"E-excuse me?" Maxson stuttered. His eyes filled with concern. "What do you mean I killed your people?"
"Don't play stupid Arthur." Avery responded, walking around the table to the seat Arthur was sitting at before. "When you and your troops were on your way here to the Commonwealth, you flew over an actual green-covered forest. Obviously for curious measures you sent troops down to the ground to investigate whatever you could." She then sat down in Arthur's chair, and continued to talk as she glanced around from one person to the next. "Your troops were ordered to kill on sight; regardless of friendly or hostility… YOU are responsible for the murders of two dozen people from my colony. YOU are the reason their leader in charge risked life and limb to get here."
The others stood around in shock and confusion on their faces. Maxson tried to keep straight, but Avery could sense the fear and anger growing within him.
"Elder Maxson?" Haylen started, slowly walking towards the table. "Is this true?"
"Of course it is." Avery replied for him. She pulled a small square device from under her shirt and slid it across the table. Danse, who had been sitting in a chair the whole time caught it before it fell off. Avery continued, "Hate to destroy your discussing excuse of a leadership as is even more, but even if you denied it, there's enough copies of the evidence that says otherwise."
Danse held the device in both hands. Avery gave him the instructions to activate it. He watched and listened in horror of what some of the BoS soldiers did in the video.
Images were showing a group of people, gather plants or examining plant life in the moment. Sudden gunfire shot out from nowhere and bodies began to either drop to the ground or run in different directions. A couple BoS knight come into view, carrying mini machine guns in their clutches.
"Maxson…" Danse mumbled, watching the suffering and torture of innocent lives fade in the moment.
The video continued. The soldiers search the area for others, and killing any they came across.
Danse slammed the device down on the table in disgust and threw himself from the chair and over to Maxson.
"What the fuck is this shit Maxson?!" Danse yelled, charging towards him.
Cade stepped in between them and was the first to try holding Danse back while saying, "Calm down Danse. We don't need a war to break out right now."
"You filthy son-of-a-bitch!" Danse yelled, trying to push Cade away. Nate comes in and helps hold Danse back.
Halyen tries to sneak out of the room until Avery catches her.
"DO NOT LEAVE!" Avery yelled from the other side of the room. "All of you, are apart of this now, even in the littlest way. And for right now I plan to keep it as such. Under several conditions obviously."
They all turned their attention to her. Danse still stood there in a rage as he began to speak.
"I'm assuming you're reason for being here is to kill all who are involved?!" Danse asked, now charging over to her.
"Please." Avery started, chuckling a little as she secretly began to slide the knife she had hidden in her cast earlier. "If I wanted to kill him, then my intentions would include my life being lost as well and then that would leave my community to perish without an order for next leader. Unlike your leader, I'm not a fucking idiot."
"Then why the hell are you here?!" Maxson finally spoke. He had choked on his words a bit as he did so. "In my eyes, you seem like a ducking idiot to not have the want to murder me for what I supposedly did."
"Supposedly is not the word here Arthur!" She snapped back, pushing herself out of her chair and faced him. "You know damn well what the fuck you did and you're mortified and embarrassed that you're little secret is out. And judging by Danse's power armor, you're little secret was revealed by a Paladin."
"Then what is your reason for being here Ms. Hart?" Nate asked, keeping the most calm out of all of them. "If your reasoning for being here isn't to kill Maxson, then what is it?"
Avery's attention was on Nate for the moment, and then returned to Maxson before speaking.
" I am here, because I am willing to give you a chance to prove yourself." She said as she slowly sits back down into the seat. "But from the looks and sounds of it, you're gonna need as much help reforming Brotherhood to its true glory."
"Excuse me?!" Maxson snapped. "There is nothing wrong with The Brotherhood of Steel."
"WRONG!" Avery snapped back. "The shape that Brotherhood is in is a disgrace to Rodger and the former Avery. Your little antics and games is a spit in the face to their legacy."
"How dare you disrespectfully discuss of my great-grandfather in such a tone!" Maxson fired back. "You have no right to talk about him in such a manner!"
"I sure as he'll do because I AM the former Avery Hart!"
