"Fallback to rally point!" Hawke shouted to the survivors of the REBIRTH attack.
Nate and Hawke didn't anticipate them being that hard to kill. Hawke had brought down a robotic army, Nate saved the Capital Wasteland twice, and they both took down Behemoths single handedly, even if they were different types (one being a robotic tank-like thing, the other a type of super-mutant), and they were losing to three experiments plus some of Lyons soldiers. Sarah, Stitch, Farsight, Ice, Trevor, and a few other troops managed to get some distance while the other knights and paladins stood their ground against REBIRTH. Nate and Hawke took up the rear, delaying them further, until they got to the fort at Rock Falls.
"Good thing I didn't blow this place to hell when I had the chance." Hawke thought to himself, recalling one of his first missions, back when he was a mere initiate.
Hawke and the others stayed in the large headquarters area of the fort while Nate alone kept watch. Sarah insisted on being by his side, they all did, but Nate said if anyone should die it should be him, besides he was the one with the best armor and best weapons. He stood just outside the main gate. All was quiet; the only noise was the dust and sand on the wind. Nate took the time to reflect on his choices, and think of his future plans with Sarah and their child. Where would they go? What would he do for a living? Would he even live to see that day come? He thought about it then he heard the clank of power-armor.
Nate turned, drawing his Chinese Assault Rifle, to face a single REBIRTH soldier. He fought this one before, he knew it was the same one, because of the large dent his gauss-rifle left in the armor and the dangling cord from the back of its neck. He leveled the cross-hairs to its head, but before he squeezed the trigger it put its hands up and removed its helmet. The face he saw made him think he was going insane and he heard the voice.
"Who are you?" Nate asked, as his weapon shook with his hands.
"It's me, son." He said
"Bullshit! My father is dead; he was killed at the purifier."
"Nathaniel, son, I know it's hard to believe, but it truly is me."
"If you are my father," Nate started, not lowering his gun, "What was mom's favorite passage from the Bible?"
"Revelations 21:6 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I shall give onto him that is a thirst of the fountains of the waters of life."
"Freely." They said in unison.
Nate dropped his gun to the ground his eyes began to tear up as he stood in front of his one true father. He knew it was him because only he, his father, and Sarah knew that. Sarah only knew because Nate had said it aloud as he start up the Purifier. He embraced his no-longer-dead father in a bear-hug, while they both felt tears stream down their cheeks (Queue the happy music).
"This is just so unbelievable!" Nate said to his father, "How are you still alive?"
"Elder Lyons found my body buried outside the purifier. The next thing I remember is that I felt volt of electricity course through my body, bringing me back to life. One of the scribes then proceeded to give me a sedative and I blacked out. After that my latest memory is after you shot and broke the cord that was transmitting orders from that psychopath to me. It really is good to see you again son."
"It's great to see you too, dad." Nate said with a smile. "I suppose I should fill you in on what happened since you were dead."
"Yes, please, like, why are you out here and not in the Capital Wasteland?"
"Sit down this might take a while to explain."
Two hours later…
"..and that's about it." Nate said, wrapping up his tale.
"Great," James (his father) said sarcastically, "I'm going to be a grandfather, doesn't that make me feel young again."
"Oh you aren't that old, dad. Your only 45, that's not old."
"Holy shit!" Hawke said surprising them both, "Long time know see James."
"Hawke, always good to see you too."
Hawke pointed his Desert Eagle at James's head. Nate stood in front of his father giving his uncle the "Go ahead, I dare you!" look. After a moment Hawke put down his gun, and looked at Nate.
"If he kills any of us, my last bullet is going through his damn skull." He said. "Anyways the reason I'm out here is to tell you Sarah wants to see you, and that I'll take my turn at watch."
As Nate walked away Farsight, Stitch, Ice, Trevor, and Jo took their positions with Hawke. Nate and his father walked to the building were Sarah was waiting for him. When James walked in with Nate, Sarah turned a beat-red with embarrassment. Why? Well if your boyfriend/girlfriend walked into your room and their father or mother was following them, and you were wearing only your underwear, and nothing else, wouldn't you be embarrassed. James quickly left the room, and Nate walked up to Sarah who was still in shock.
"Sorry, about that." He said. "If I see your father again Sarah don't be surprised if I put a bullet in his head."
"Why?" She asked nervously.
"He separated my father from my mother, and that's where I draw the line."
Suddenly there was the sound of gun-fire all over. Sarah put her power armor on and grabbed her newly modified laser-rifle. Nate put his helmet back on and grabbed his Plasma rifle. They walked out to see a recruit.
"It's REBIRTH, they finally made it here!"
Then a bullet went through the skull of the recruit. Nate switched to his Gauss-Rifle and looked up to see one of Lyon's snipers on a Vertibird. Nate fired one round, through the pilot's window hitting him in the right temple. The Vertibird whirled around a bit and finally crashedout side of the fort. Nate ran to aid his Uncle and Father, while Stitch tended to Ice's wounds. Farsight blew the head off of one of Lyon's Paladins, but then a REBIRTH saw her and fired a missile at her. After that it was uncertain what happened to her. The final blow of this fight was when Trevor threw one of the Nuka-Grenades Nate gave him and it exploded when it hit a REBIRTH in the chest, after that the remaining force fell back into the ruins of Chicago. It was The New United Wastelands first victory over Lyon's dictatorship.
The next morning…
Butch helped Nate load the last of the supplies Hawke and the rest of the BoS could spare into the A.P.C.
"You head to New Vegas next?" Hawke asked his nephew.
"Yeah, that was the plan anyways." He told him.
"Could you give this package to Alex?" He asked pulling out a box.
"Sure."
With one final goodbye to his father and Uncle, Nate and the gang (Butch, Amota, Cross, Charon, Sarah, and Dogmeat) where off, travelling to the Mojave to find his cousin Alex T. Jacobi.
Meanwhile in the Capital Wasteland…
"Damn it!" Elder Lyons cursed. "How the fuck is that little bastard still alive!"
It made no sense to him, they had defeated the Enclave, they were the better fighters, and they had the better tech. So how did they lose to the boy from the Vault?
"Rothchild," He said though the intercom on his desk. "We have no choice, start conscripting all able body citizens and begin training immediately."
"Of course sir." He said back.
"If that boy wants a fight, so be it," he said to himself, "looks like we have to kick it up a notch."
A/N: Yep, Elder Lyons finally jumped off the deep-end, it isn't about Sarah's love interest anymore, it's just pure insanity that makes him fight. That and him going mad with power. I've recently gotten back into Fallout 2, so you might see a one-shot of that up or maybe I'll just get back to work on a few other stories. Still, review, request, blah, blah, blah… do I really need to repeat this almost ever chapter? START DOING IT! Please.