Still shocked that Elizabeth kissed John on the cheek, John puts on his helmet and aims his revolver around and saw the people suffering. Shantytown: a place where poverty exists, all of the people are poor and hungry and the living housing is terrible. Seeing all this too, Elizabeth said "These people are all like this because of Fink, aren't they? Maybe Fitzroy has the right idea; maybe she should pay him back for all of this."

John nodded and said "Along with her paying us too. Come on, let's go find this impound."

When Elizabeth nodded, the two began to walk around Shantytown. After walking for a few moments, they found a kitchen stand where all the food was present and there were people standing in front of it in case anyone tries to steal any. And just by the kitchen counter, there was a Lutece Infusion on it. Wanting to get it, John knew if he tries to get into the kitchen, he would be shot at. Thinking about what to do, John looks around and saw a Tear just a few feet away from them. And through that Tear, there are barrels of food in them. Looking at Elizabeth, he motions his head at it as if saying to open the Tear. Catching on, Elizabeth nodded her head, used her powers and opened the Tear. Once the Tear was open and the barrels of food were present, everyone turns around and rushed to the food and tried to get some. When the guards went over to get some food as well, John took this chance to quickly gets into the kitchen, gets the Lutece Infusion and quickly drinks it. Once he was done, he quickly rushes out, grabs Elizabeth and rushes away from there.

After walking for a few moments, Elizabeth and John walked up to a bar and John opened the doors. But as soon as the doors swung open, a gunshot was fired and John's shields were partially damaged. Knowing that it was a brutal bar-fight, John pushed Elizabeth out of the way and he grips his revolver. Seeing only five people present, John aims carefully and pulls the trigger and fired 5 shots, each of them shooting each person in the head, instantly killing them. Once the coast was clear, John walks over to Elizabeth and helps her up. Once she was up, both of them looked around and, to John's surprise, found yet another Lutece Infusion. After drinking it, John walked up to the vender that sold ammo and he ended up destroying it, which cause a lot of stuff to fall out of it. Getting ammo for his Volley Gun, Hand Cannon, RPG and Sniper Rifle, John did the same thing to the other vender that sold other stuff, broke that and got tons of Salts. After getting that, John and Elizabeth walk downstairs to find more stuff. Once they got there, they didn't find anything useful, but they found a guitar that stood next to a chair.

As John got it, Elizabeth asked "Do you know how to play one?"

Sitting on the chair, John took of his helmet and began to play a few strings until he got a rhythm going. Then he began to sing in a deep voice.

Well, I won't back down

No I won't back down

You can stand me up at the gates of hell

But I won't back down

No I'll stand my ground

Won't be turned around

And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down

Gonna stand my ground

And I won't back down

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out

Hey I will stand my ground

And I won't back down

Well I know what's right

I got just one life

In a world that keeps on pushin' me around

But I'll stand my ground

And I won't back down

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out

Hey I will stand my ground

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out

Hey I won't back down

Hey, baby, there ain't no easy way out

I will stand my ground

And I won't back down

No I won't back down

When John stopped playing, Elizabeth looked at him his face was sad there was no smile nothing. So she looked at him and said "are you okay".

John snapped out of it and said "yeah"

She then let out a yawn. Seeing her tired, John said "Maybe we should take a rest. You find a place to sleep while I keep watch."

When John took position near the stairs, Elizabeth asked "What about you? You haven't rested when we first met. Plus, you look exhausted."

John chuckled while putting on his helmet and said "There will be a lot of resting when we leave Columbia."

A bit worried, Elizabeth asked "Are you sure?"

John nodded and replied "I'm sure. Now get some rest."

A bit hesitate, Elizabeth eventually agreed as she saw a bed, got on it and started to fall asleep.

After a few hours of resting, Elizabeth was woken up. When she looks up, she saw John looking at her and said "Hey, are you alright to go on?"

As she sat up, Elizabeth stretched her arms and said "Yeah, I am now."

"Okay," John said as he took out his Assault Rifle, "Let's head out."

Once he said that, the two of them exited the bar and made their way to the impound. After walking through some alleys and side streets, they made it to the impound. However, when they got there, the place was packed with Comstock's soldiers: there were six men in front of them, a few snipers on the buildings and a few more soldiers and two turrets near the entrance of the impound, which the only way to reach it is through the Skyline. And the worse part, there were two giant rocket launchers on top of the entrance.

"Oh," John said, "That is going to be tricky."

"Yeah," Elizabeth said, "How are you going to…"

But before Elizabeth could finish, John raised his left hand and launched a Devil's Kiss at the crowd of soldiers in front of them, and seconds later, the fireball exploded and killed all of them. Just then, the alarm started to sound off to alert every soldier there was. As Elizabeth stood there a bit scared, John switched his weapon to his Sniper Rifle and aims at the buildings where the other snipers are. Seeing that there were 8 in total, John began to shoot them in the head one by one. After four shots, John quickly reloads, aims and fired at the remaining snipers. Once they were dealt with, John and Elizabeth got on the Skyline and soared through it until they were on the building on the right. Once they got off, John changed his weapon to his RPG, aims it at the rocket launchers and starts firing them. After spending a few minutes of firing his RPG, John manages to destroy the giant rocket launchers. Now having a good view, John saw the soldiers, turrets and a Motorized Patriot were guarding the entrance. Concentrating, John used his Possession Vigor on the Motorized Patriot and caused it to fire against the soldiers. As that happened, John used his Devil's Kiss to launch two fireballs at the turrets and exploded upon impact. Seconds later, the Motorized Patriot killed the remaining soldiers. Seeing how it is the last thing standing, John and Elizabeth used the Skyline to land in front of the impound. And once the Motorized Patriot gain control again, John used his Shock Jockey Vigor to temporary immobilize it before using his RPG to destroy it. And with that, the Motorized Patriot was destroyed.

Looking around, Elizabeth saw a few Tears that would have helped John. But to her shock, he manage to clear out the area like nothing. She looks at him and said "Wow, that was…something."

"I know," John said, "I am that awesome."

Taking out a bottle of Salts, John drinks it, throws away the bottle and said "Okay, let's go and get the tools."

With that, the two of them entered the impound. After looking around the main entrance, John opens the doors and found more soldiers with their guns aiming at him. Just then, John saw a Tear that had cover on the other side. When John points at the Tear, Elizabeth nodded, opened it and created cover for the both of them. As the two of them stood behind the cover, John switch his weapon to his Laser Rifle and starts firing. After killing a few soldiers, Elizabeth shouted "John! Behind us!"

When John turns around, he saw a Motorized Patriot walking towards them. The Patriot shot right at his helmet knocking him on the ground he lied there for a while and scared Elizabeth. She ran to him trying to get him up, crying she pounded when she saw John breath then he got up slowly and pulled out the Hand Cannon and shot the remaining soldiers in the head. Once the soldiers were dead, John used his Devil's Kiss and threw a fireball at the Motorized Patriot destroying it. After it was all done, John took off his helmet which was now destroyed, his face however was bleeding very bad his face was cut up he put his helmet in his pipboy and Elizabeth saw his face and was shocked she then asked "Are you okay"

John looked at her and said as he pulled out a Stimpak and shot it in his neck stopping the bleeding. "Yes, now let's look around"

John and Elizabeth started to look around until they walked down the stairs. Just then, at the lower level of the building, where a large pile of tools and machinery were chained up.

Knowing what it was, Elizabeth said "John, there are the tools!"

"Great," John said, "Now we just have to get them to the Vox, we get our airship, and we're good to go."

After Elizabeth picks the lock, the two of them rushed downstairs. As they were walking downstairs, Elizabeth asked "Who are we really helping by getting these guns for the Vox Populi?"

"Ourselves," John said, "Daisy has the only means of helping us get out of here."

Elizabeth then said "Daisy Fitzroy can make a change; she can make things better for the people here."

"Just hope she doesn't abuse that power," John said.

However, once they got to where the tools where, John whistled and said "Okay, I am going to be honest here: I have no idea what to do. There is no way we are going to carry all of that."

"What about your Pipboy?" Elizabeth asked, "Can you use that?"

John shook his head and replied "Nope, my Pipboy has a weight capacity. There is no way I can store all of that. No…there has to be another way."

Just then, a flash of light appeared and blinded John a bit. Recovering his eyesight, John asked "What was that?"

Elizabeth replied "It's a Tear. Another version of this room that doesn't have any tools in it."

"So," John said, "If the tools aren't here…"

Then the both of them then said "Then they must be back at the shop!"

"Aright then," John said, "Let's open up this Tear and head back to the shop."

Elizabeth nodded as she held up her hands up and did the ripping motion like before and the Tear. There was a flash of light before it died down. Now, instead of the room filled with Chen's tools, there were ammunition and weapons. As John smiled at Elizabeth, he started to have a major headache as he held his head with his right hand. Elizabeth saw this, place a hand on his shoulder and asked "John, what's wrong?"

As the pain was slowly fading, knowing what it might mean, John reached up to his nose and felt blood coming out of it. Seeing this, Elizabeth gasped and said "John…your nose…"

"Yeah," John said as he cleaned his nose and wipes it on his pants, "It would only mean that my version of me died in this timeline."

When Elizabeth looks down, John place a hand on her to comfort her and said "Come on. The sooner we leave, the sooner we get out of here."

Elizabeth nodded in agreement as the two of them headed upstairs. But when Elizabeth looks back at the weapons and the ammunition, she said "John, if the Vox get these weapons, they will start a revolution, just like in Les Miserables!"

John looks at her, raised an eyebrow and asked "The what?"

Elizabeth shook her head and said "A novel I read in the tower. But the point is, these people will have better lives."

"I hope so," John said.

Just then, there was a huge explosion that shook the whole place. Elizabeth looks at John and asked "What was that?"

Taking out his Assault Rifle, John replied "I have a feeling we might be in for a fight."

As they made their way to the entrance, they heard a crowd of people crying 'Vox! Vox! Vox!'. Elizabeth then looks at John and said "See John? Things can change, and we can be a part of it!"

"Uh…" John said, "No thank you. I am from the future, don't want to cause any consequences for the future."

Then Elizabeth raised an eyebrow and asked "Aren't you being here already cause consequences?"

There was a moment of silence until John shrugs and said "Touché."

When John opened the doors, both he and Elizabeth saw a massive battle between the Vox and soldiers. Seeing their chance to slip by, John and Elizabeth used their Skyhooks to soar through the Skyline and landed on the other side of the platform. Seeing there were soldiers shooting at the Vox, John decides to help out the Vox by rushing up to the soldiers and using his Combat Shotgun to blow their heads off. As one soldier turns around and shot John, his shields held up as John aims his shotgun and killed the soldier on the spot. When the Vox saw John, he looks at them, gave them a two-finger salute and said "Keep on fighting the Good Fight."

When he motions Elizabeth to follow him, the two of them left to go back to the gunshop. Along the way, John's vision started to get blurry and was starting to see things in his memories that never happened to him before. He then said "I…I led the Vox. Slate and I… we burned down the Hall of Heroes…"

"John," Elizabeth said, "You're bleeding."

When John reached up and touched his nose, he saw blood on his fingers. Shaking his head, John said "It's… hard to think. I've got memories that I didn't do…things I did and…"

Elizabeth then place her hands on her shoulders and said in a calming way "John, come back to me. We're going to find Daisy Fitzroy…and then we're going to get out of here, okay?"

Shaking his head, John nodded and said "Yeah…we are getting the ship from Daisy."

As John slapped his himself trying to keep himself together, he jumps up and down for a bit and said "Okay, let's go."

Holding his shotgun, he and Elizabeth were making their way down the alleyways. Along the way, they saw posters of John everywhere. When they reached to where the kitchen stand once stood, there was a huge airship above them. Then, Daisy's voice said through the speakers "John Walker died for this day! It was he who spoke with one voice of the people! Now is the time to stand true to his cause; now is the time for Fink to fall!"

As the people cheered, John and Elizabeth quickly rushed to the elevator, and when they got in, John pushed the button and the two of them went up. Elizabeth then said "So in this world, you were a martyr."

"Bad enough we are trying to get out of Columbia alive and unseen," John said, "Now we got the attention of every person living here. This is going to be a long day now."

After a minute going up the elevator, it stopped to where they needed to go and they got off. Once they got off, John held his Assault Rifle and made his way to the exit. But before he was going to leave, he heard Elizabeth saying "Oh John."

When John turns around and saw Elizabeth in the office, he walks in and saw what she was pointing at. The steel door that once was locked was now open, and standing there was a Vigor. It was a green bottle that had a ram skull on it. This was the Charge Vigor.

"Oh hell yeah!" John cheered, "Another Vigor! Sweet!"

In excitement, John gets the Vigor, opens it and drinks it. After he drinks it, he almost gagged due to the fact that it almost tasted like gasoline, a familiar taste when he was in the Wasteland. Just then, his hands were started to get covered in wind and lightning. Seconds later, the wind exploded and died down. Curious, Elizabeth asked "What does it do?"

John looks at the description and said "It lets me deliver a tornado blow. Oh hell yeah. Let's test it out."

Holding his Assault Rifle, he and Elizabeth rushed outside and saw the Vox shooting at the soldiers. Looking around, when John looks to the left, he saw a Tear that had a turret on the other side. When John points at it, Elizabeth nodded as she opens it and the turret appeared and started to shoot at the soldiers. Wanting to test his new Vigor, John takes his Skyhook with his left hand, channeled his Charge Vigor through it and the hook started to spin faster than before. Seeing his target, John then lunged at the soldier in high speed, delivers a powerful uppercut and, to his surprise, not only decapitated the soldier's head off and flew 7 feet in the air but the of the dead soldier flew backwards until it slammed against the wall.

In excitement, John shouted "Holy shit! That was awesome!"

Elizabeth rushed up to him and said "John, come on."

"Oh right," John said, "Yeah, let's go."

When the two of them entered the building, they were blocked by crates. Seeing the lever, John pulls it and the crates started to move. As the crates moved, Elizabeth said "So… we did it."

John nodded and said "We did it."

Elizabeth then said "I don't know if I brought us to a world where the Vox had weapons…or I created one?"

John thought about it and replied "Honestly, I don't know. Maybe we got lucky?"

Elizabeth smiled a bit and said "Maybe so."

Once the crates were out of the way, John and Elizabeth continued to walk until there were more Vox members fighting the soldiers. Holding his Shotgun, John rushed to through the crowd of soldiers and started to shoot everyone that was in the way. As a few soldiers saw him, they aimed their rifles at him and started to shoot him. Thanks to his shields, John turns to face them, rushed towards them and fired a few shots from his Shotgun and killed the soldiers. Once the soldiers were dead, John motions Elizabeth to follow him. After a few minutes of killing the soldiers, John and Elizabeth made it to the gunsmith shop. But when they got there, they saw Chen Lin and his Caucasian wife dead and laying on the ground.

As John stood there motionless, Elizabeth covered her hands and said "No…No…this is not what I meant to have happen."

John looks at her and said "Elizabeth."

"They're dead, John!" Elizabeth cried.

As Elizabeth stood there as tears ran down her face, John puts away his Shotgun, walks up to her and hugs her. In response, Elizabeth hugs him back. John then said "Elizabeth, none of this is your fault. All you did was just open a door to another timeline. What happened here, it's not your fault. I promise, after we leave Columbia, you will not see any more of this. Okay?"

Elizabeth sniffed as she buried her face in his chest and nodded. John sighed as he held her close to him. He will vow that Elizabeth will never witness any of this after they leave. She has seen enough death for one person. When the two stopped hugging, John pressed a button on his Pipboy and took out his Hunting Shotgun and said "Come on, we have an airship waiting."

When Elizabeth nodded, the two of them made their way to the factory, hopefully where Daisy is with their ship.

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