*Prince*

Point Lookout was still creepy. I managed to detox the fog before we all got here. But the swamps natural fog was still eerie.
"So where too?"
I don't know if Anna had any clue what to do.
"I found some old files that mention Calvert Mansion. So that's our first stop."
So we made our way to the mansion grounds. Every now and then we'd fight off some ghouls. I used my knife to save my slug shot for my AA-12. I had ditched my scar back at big mountain.

We cautiously peeked into the mansion not knowing what to expect. A shot near my head is what I got and I instantly whipped out Lil' Devil.
My reflexes have always been fast. With my cybernetic enhancements they were almost unmatched.
Before I fired my gun, a non-feral ghoul called out to us.
"What the hell!? Nevermind, get up here and help me defend my house!"
I looked at Anna and shrugged. She and ED-E took point on the balcony while I stayed downstairs to go hand to hand.
"Get ready!"
With that, a hoard of tribals busted through the front door. I immediatly engaged them, putting one in a hold.
I did that just in time to save myself from getting smacked by some buckshot. When my shield dropped dead I grabbed the shotgun and punched the guy in the throat.
He loosened his grip and I disarmed him.
I roundhoused the now disarmed tribal in the head. He fell down and I unloaded the second shot on the tribal behind him.
I readied Lil Devil and my knife together and went to town.
The last tribal though...he begged for his life. That hit hard.
"PLEASE NO! I WON'T KILL ANYMORE!"
I stopped dead in my tracks.
It was then I realized what my dream was about: I'm a fucking killer.
I holstered my pistol and sheathed my knife. The tribal got the message and ran out the door.
"Prince?" Anna yelled from the balcony.
I didn't know what to say back. I was lost completely. I slowy took off my helmet and clipped it to my side.
Then I buckled over and did something I didn't know was possible for me to do ever again: I cried.

*Anna*
"Prince!?" I yelled as I ran down the stairs.
He was just kneeling there crying. What just happened? The ghoul, Desmond, just scoffed at us. I ignored him completely.
Prince looked at me and put his hand up.
"Anna...I'm sorry... I need to be alone."
He walked out the door and I saw a blue light as the it swung shut.

*Zion Canyon*
*Joshua Graham*
I had many things stored away in head. But seeing my friend Prince come in sobbing? That was a sight I thought I'd never see...this soon.
"Prince my friend, what is wrong?"
"The killing Joshua...how did you deal with it? How were you able to stand it? Evertime I kill someone I feel numb. Then when I hear an explosion-"
"Cause, Prince, I had a cause."
He looked into my face confused.
"Ask yourself why you take the lives of others."
He was quiet.
"What seperates us from killers is the reason for which we kill. Killers snd murderers, they have no cause or boundries. But you and I know why we kill... and when to stop."

*Prince*
Joshua was right... I'm not a killer or a psychopath. I'm just a man trying to get by and live. I'm a defender, a peacekeeper, and now... now I have someone to protect.
"Thank you Joshua. I have to go somewhere to go now."
"God bless you."

*Point Lookout*
*Anna*

It had been hours since Prince left and I was on my own right now... or maybe from now on. I couldn't bear not seeing him again.

I never thought I'd find someone in this wasteland that I'd fall in love with.
Right now it was just me and ED-E and I still wasn't keen on having an Enclave robot.
I didn't know what could have caused such a mental breakdown in him. Until I asked ED-E...

LOG PLAYBACK BEGIN
"It was you that destroyed what could have been a new world. You choked out the last breath in the old world Prince. I could have called this place my home..."
"Ulysses I had no idea what that package had in it! You think I intended on doing this? I lost everything here too; my mother, my baby brother, my friends. The list goes on!

Don't let others pay penance for my past sins."
LOG PLAYBACK END
That recording sent chills up my spine. I was afraid to ask my next question. I regret doing it anyway.
"E0D-E...What did Prince do...?"
LOG PLAYBACK BEGIN

EMREGENCY OVERIDE 66584264-AA46
*Loud siren*
SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCES
HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED
ALL PERSONEL EVACUATE IMMEDIATLY
*People screaming*
REPEAT ALL-
*Loud Explosion*
Eyebot system damage catastrophic, please-
LOG PLAYBACK END

By then I was in tears. Now I knew why he hated explosions, and what haunted him.
He thinks he's just a killer. He thinks-
I heard a high pitch screech.
"Oh god no."
Rakes
"ED-E we gotta run!"
And run we did. I repeated my same tactic as last time only now my head doesn't throb when I look at them.
But that wasn't enough.
They kept coming. Eventually we reached the beach. Where we were surrounded, and now there was no guardian above me this time.

*RED GLARE ARTILLERY ONLINE*

"ED-E?"
He made an error beep.

0*HIGH EXPLOITASIVE ROUNDS LOADED*

I turned around and saw my new guardian angel.
It looked like a vertibird but its propellers were replaced with jet turbines and were on shorter wings.

*DISCHARGE*

A flurry of small missiles burst from the vertibird. These rockets moved fast and obliterated the rakes.
When it was over, there was a faint hue of red light lingering in the air where the rockets hit.

The vertibird flew overhead and landed near me on the beach. My night in saturnite armor jumped out.
"PRINCE!"
I bolted over to him jumping into his arms. For the first time since we met we kissed.
And I've never been happier.


So I was gunna use "The Bat" from The Dark Knight Rises as Princes aircraft but I didn't know how to describe it.

Sorry this chapter was late but I had classes yesterday and was beat.

I forgot to mention that ED-E has had a saturnite plating upgrade and his blaster is a holoblaster fitted for his size.

just thought I'd mention that.