Author's Note: I do not own the Bioshock series or anything that pertains to it.

**(double star)= actual Audio Diaries/ Radio messages found in the game.

*^= Special Radio message(that only happens when you take to long to do something you're supposed to do)=Sinclair will only give you the radio message I put down if you find the code first, if you head to the clinic next to the Pawn shop first then he tells you to look for away in. There are also a few other special radio messages that Grace will give you if you Gather ADAM in certain ares but I didn't put those in because well...to be perfectly honest I'm too lazy to put in that Delta gathered ADAM and then took care of the Sister

Anywho this is basically a Chapter telling you about the things you can find in the different areas of Pauper's Drop, sorry if you don't like it...I'm just happy to have found somewhere to find inspiration from.

Hope you all enjoy this chapter, read and review would you kindly.

Chapter 26: Back in the Drop, The New Weapon, Sidetracked

As the train pulled into the next station a Splicer stumbled onto the tracks, she looked scared and she was shooting at something; I didn't have time to wonder what it was because suddenly A Brute Splicer also came onto the tracks. He made quick work of the much smaller Splicer but instead of leaving the tracks he turned to face the train with a loud roar, I had no choice but to stop the train so I wouldnt hit him. Of course as soon as I had stopped the train the big Brute leapt out of the way but when I tried to start the train up again it wouldnt move.

**"Attention. Subject Delta is now trapped in Pauper's Drop. All rail car travel is suspended until he is found. Remember-the enemy is alone. We are the family." Lamb says over the P.A system as my car door opened.

"So I'm in the Drop am I, by the way Lamb technically I'm not alone." I sighed as left off the train platform.

**"Lamb's trying to box us in, kid—this is a god-damned city-wide lockdown! To keep the train movin' you need the security override key from the local "governor," Grace Holloway. She kicked me out of my own hotel down here, The Sinclair Deluxe. Find her, an' get that key." Sinclair piped in on my radio

"Right I'll do that, meanwhile you can sit in the train car and watch me, before I go though I'm going to see if the station has anything." I mumbled to myself before going to look around the station.

After discovering that there wasnt much in the station I decided it easy time to leave, I had to hack a security pad to get the door to open but then I was on my way out of the station. The small new area I walked into had a dead Rosie in it, the Rosie was covered in debree which made it slightly difficult to raid his body; eventually though I got a few things and once again I headed forward.

"Why on earth is there just a refrigerator in this room, Rapture has such odd things." I said to myself as I went into the next room only to find a lonely, toppled over refrigerator with a few things in it.

Deciding not to linger on the oddness I headed through the next door wondering what I'd see next, I must say I definitely was expecting what I Splicer were gathered in front of a Sister vent which had been made into an altar of sorts, two were kneeled and one was standing though all three had their heads down as though in prayer. On a table drapped in lovely white sheets was a dead Splicer and crawling into the vent was a little one, above the vent were the words Give Yourself Unto Her and I realized at last to m great surprise what was going on.

"Theyre worshiping her...they actually brought their dead friend to a vent and they're worshiping her as she takes his ADAM." I said in an amazed way before inching forward.

Of course forgetting to be quiet I was quickly discovered by the three Splicers and I actually felt bad that I had to take care of them.

Once they were taken care of I moved on, i found it odd that compared to the altar the other part of the area I was in was so dirty; despite this I was still eager to get all of the objects laying around before I moved on. As I exited into a very familiar looking area I got to see a Brute Splicer hurl a barrel at two Splicers, they were both standing over an oil spot on the floor and needles to say they exploded.

**"I remember you, monster. You stole Eleanor from me... twisted that baby girl into a thing so sick it can't even die... And now you come swanning into my neighborhood looking for me? Wrong turn, Tin Daddy When we hang you from a streetlight, and you're choking out your last... I want you to remember my face." A new voice suddenly said over my radio as I inched forward once I was sure the Brute had left.

"I didn't do anything to Eleanor woman, I was just bonded to her." I said feeling suddenly hurt and angry as I decided which way I wanted to go first.

Feeling hurt and angry still I headed first in the direction of a Circus of Values machine, after buying a few things I continued forward to look around. Deciding I could explore more later though I turned around headed to the left having the odd feeling that I was suppose to go that way, sure enough as I headed through a door into a tunnel there was a sign that said Sinclair Deluxe and figuring that it didn't matter which way I went I headed to the right side of the tunnel and into the lobby of the hotel. There was a Vita chamber in the lobby and two other areas that in the lobby to explore but I ignored these wanting to get into the hotel as quickly as possible.

**"Gracie says piss of an' die, tin shithouse." A brute Splicer said suddenly as I got closer to the actual inside of the hotel before suddenly he threw a bomb which exploded and caused a whole lot of debree to fall right in front of me.

**"Well, sport...I guess Gracie's home...but that big lug just dropped half my damn hotel in your way. Now, to break through that mess, I expect you're gonna have to work out how he got so burly." Sinclair said sounding annoyed.

"And how do you propose I do that Sinclair?" I asked with a frustrated sigh as I made use of a nearby drill refueling station and then started to explore the areas of the lobby I hadn't before.

**"Find yourself a genetic research camera, son. You can pick up a number o' tricks from a Splicer with one o 'those. Try the pawn shop downtown." Sinclair said suddenly over my radio making me chuckle at the fact he'd unintentionally answered my question.

"Okay I'll do that Sinclair, first I'm going to listen to this diary I found though." I said still chuckling as I finished exploring the room on the left and then finding a diary in the room on the right.

**"Ol' Pauper's Drop's the worst neighborhood in Rapture- but it's a hell of an opportunity to raise up some ah, affordable housin'. When Atlantic Express was constructin' their luxury passenger line, this place was hallowed out beneath as flophouses for the railway crew. Nobody was s'posed ta reside down here long-term - but when you're broke in this town, you're not exactly swimmin' in alternatives. I don't favor spendin' more than an hour or so down here at a time. There ain't a side of the tracks more wrong than under 'em." Sinclair's voice said on the diary.

"Ever the business man Sinclair, I really shouldnt be surprised." I sighed as I went int a back part of the room in which there was a safe that I hacked into before finally leaving the lobby.

Heading back to where the Fishbowl Diner was I noticed a sort of ramp leading up to the roof, feeling curious I decided it wouldn't hurt to go up and see what was up there. As I headed up to the roof I noticed a walkway connected to the roof and to a small area, i was about to head toward in that direction when I heard a familiar sound and ducked behind a wall. Just as I'd done this a Turret started to shoot at where I had been, I equipped my Hack Tool and fired a hack dart at it.

"I'm really getting good at this, that's good...it means that I don't have to use these Auto Hack Darts I found." I said happily as I hacked into the Turret feeling even more happy that I didn't have to wast the auto hack darts I'd found in the Sinclair Deluxe's lobby.

Safe now I headed toward the walkway like I'd planned, before I went across though I noticed a camera and was quick to hack that as well. I was half way across the bridge when I heard a familiar whale like moan and stopped, patiently I wait for the Big Daddy and his little one to go under the bridge and get to the other side before shooting. Of course he was less than thrilled by this but before he could attack I duck behind a billboard whilst my new security camera went off and security bots attacked him, distracted by these he didn't really have time to attack me as I shot at him with my Rivet Gun...using all my heavy rivets before switching over to my normal ones.

The bots attacking the Big Daddy didn't last long but thankfully for me he wasnt very bright and was still standing in front of my camera, this caused it to go off and a whole new barrage of security bots helped me with my attack. Trying to get a better angle to shoot at me with the Big Daddy; with his little one close behind; backed up into an area with water in in...of course I was quick to use this as an advantage and shock him with Electrobolt. Having realized that he was at a disadvantage the Big Daddy rushed back at me and I had to duck behind the billboard to avoid a hit, thankfully the Big Daddy wasnt bright enough to figure out how to get up to me so I still had an advantage. Finally to my relief I was able to put the Big Daddy down, before going to down to deal with the girl I searched through a crate, picked up a Hacker's Delight Plasmid, and picked up a diary which I decided not to play because I knew I needed to deal with the girl. As I hopped down from my hiding spot I had to quickly deal with a Splicer before I could approach the girl.

Good:

"Shh now little one shh...Daddy is here." I whispered kindly as I approached the crying girl.

"Daddy." she cooed happily as I picked her up.

"Let's get you somewhere safe." I whispered not wanting to risk the girl's safety by gathering with her.

Sensing that there was a vent near by I headed past a Gatherer's Garden machine and down some stairs, much to my relief there was a vent. As before there was a bright light and her body glowed, when it was over I put her down she looked like an almost normal girl.

"Thank you Daddy." she cooed happily before going into the safety of the vent.

"You're welcome little one, now i have to go so you get somewhere safe." I told her wishing she could see my smile.

Neutral Good/Bad:

(A.N:Seeing as the differences between these two endings don't come until the end I'll let my readers decide what Delta does with the girls in this version, however there are other characters that you can choose to save or kill...I will be putting in what Delta decides to do with THEM in neutral.)

Bad:

**"You're not going to hurt me are you Daddy? I'll be a good girl I promised." the little one said in a pleading way as I got close to her.

Despite feeling horrible as I watched the poor girl shaking in fear I knew I had only one choice, I wasnt going to pick her up and give her false hope by gathering with her then...anyway I knew what I had to do.

"I'm sorry, I really am...I have to choice." I whispered to her sadly as I picked her up.

"No Daddy please don't..." She started to plead before I quickly cut her off.

Disgusted with myself I set the now dead girl down on the ground before killing the slug that had been inside her, with one final look at the girl I decided to move on so I didn't have to look at her anymore.

(Main story)

Having dealt with the little one I walked past the Gather's Garden machine and having noticed a back entrance into the Fishbowl Dinner I decided to go in to see what was in there.

"Oh this must have been the kitchen, it makes sense that the workers would have come in through a back entrance." I said to myself realizing that this made a lot of sense as I made my way to the front after gathering some supplies from the kitchen.

As I was exploring the front part of the dinner I found a dead body back in the corner, next to him was what looked like a code and to my great delight a shotgun.

"I wonder what this code is for, oh well I might as well memorize it just in case it's useful later." I said doing so as I eager picked the shotgun up.

Much to my surprise as I turned around with my new weapon in hand Splicers suddenly started bursting through the roof and crashing into the diner, though I new that I'd probably get a little injured I decided to wait until they'd gotten very close before shooting at them with my new shotgun.

"Wow...I think I found my new favorit weapon." I said after having taken care of the Splicers more quickly then I ever had because of my strategy and new weapon.

"I should probably save you for special occasions, I don't have much ammo and I'd hate to waste it all." I added to myself with a sigh before equipping one of my other weapons and gathering stuff from all the dead Splicers.

**"Eleanor's grown now baby-snatcher, even after what you did to her. Dr Lamb found a way to shape that girl into something perfect, somethin' holy, she's a daughter to us all. Nobody in Rapture will shelter you now." Suddenly said over my radio and the P.A as exited the dinner.

"For goodness sake I didn't do anything to Eleanor, none of this is my fault." I said angrily once again feeling hurt by what Grace said.

**"Gracie's got the wrong idea. You're not responsible for turnin' Eleanor into a Little Sister. Big Daddies are just slaves, and you only recently broke free." Sinclair said after Grace in an oddly kind understanding way.

"Thank you Sinclair, at least you understand." I said actually feeling grateful to my guide.

"Anyway I should get moving on, I still have to find that camera.

As I moved on I once again saw the Big Daddy's body in the back ground and realizing that I'd forgotten to search the Big Daddy I headed back in that direction, I also see a small room that under the walkway and go in.

"Wow Johnny you're slipping." I said to myself with a sigh as I quickly got the things the Big Daddy had been carrying and then went into the room where I found a diary I decided to play.**"Religious rights, Doctor? You are free to kneel before whatever tribal fetish you favor in the comfort of your own home. But in Rapture, liberty is our only law - A man's only duty is to himself. To imply otherwise, therefore, is criminal.

Lamb: Ask yourself, Andrew - what is your "Great Chain of Progress" but a faith? The chain is a symbol for an irrational force, guiding us towards ascension - no less mystic than the crucifixes you seize and burn." Lamb and Ryan argued with Lamb receiving angry cheers.

"I should have played the diary I found above this place, oh well at least I can head on now." I sighed before exiting the tiny room and heading back toward the stairs near the Gather's garden machine.

After hacking into an Ammo machine I'd somehow missed and buying some ammo I headed down the stairs by the Gatherer's Garden machine which I didn't buy anything from because I wanted to save my ADAM temporarily. For a moment I found myself relived that as I headed down the stairs that the Pawn shop was in my direction, unfortunately my relief quickly left as a Brute leapt in my way and started throwing things at me. Equipping my Telekinesis Plasmid I caught one of the objects that the Brute hurled at me and was quick to hurl it back, unlike me however the Brute didn't have a gun and thus couldn't throw and shoot like I could. Despite this advantage however I quickly discovered that the Brute wasnt easy to take down, it was like fight the Bouncer Big Daddy model only the brute was slightly faster. Finally though to my great relief I was able to bring the big lug down and was able to approach the Pawn shop.

*^" Use the code you found on the keypad outside the clinic. Should getcha up on the rooftops." Sinclair said randomly as I discovered that the Pawn shop was locked down tight.

"Maybe I'm lucky after all, if I had come down here right away I would have had to go back up anyway." I said heading toward the clinic.

"I'll bet this diary says something about the fact that the code is in the Fishbowl, no use listening to it." I added to myself finding a diary under the clinic's keypad which I picked up and didn't play because I already knew the code.

Before going into the clinic I decided to give the area a quick look around, I was sure that I'd find something useful doing so. As I did so i discover what looked like a sort of memorial, the name Prentice Mill was on a little plaque and as I picked up the diary laying near it I knew it was his voice I'd hear when I pressed play.

**"This is it. It's over. I built this railroad from nothing... played by Mr.Ryan's rules. But then he asks me to sink my own cash reserves into the banks to give Rapture some breathing room, and now... now Austen God damned Bathysphere wants to buy me out. Decommission the entire rail! I have no family... and no time for friends. I am the Atlantic Express... and this... this is the end of the line..." the voice of Prentice Mill said sounding very depressed.

"Poor man, I actually feel really bad for you." I sighed sadly before heading back toward the clinic.

After having entered the code I'd found I went in to the clinic, I walked past a vent and was just heading up some stairs when suddenly I had to dodge out of the way because a Splicer standing on the stairs threw a flaming barrel at me. Once i'd taken care of him I made my way up the rest of the stairs only to have to duck out of the way though this time it was because of a camera, hacking into it was no problem but nonetheless I was glad that it hadn't spotted me before I'd done so.

"There now I can look around the room safely." I said once the camera was on my side.

After gathering some medicine on a nearby dresser I headed through the door nearby, there was another door but I decided to go through this one first, as the door opened however I once again had to dodge out of the way because there was a Turret in the background that immediately started shooting at me.

"I'm going to have to look for more hack darts, I really want to save my auto darts for a special occasion." I sighed after having hacked into the Turret.

"I'll this hole leads into the Pawn shop, before I go in though I should explore the other side...there might be something useful. I said discovering a large hole in the roof I was on before heading back in the direction I came from and now heading to my right.

As I went through a giant hole in the wall and across a large broken up bridge I wondered what I'd discover at the end of it, I was excited to discover that there was an ammo machine and was quick to hack into it so I could get some ammo for cheap. Not far off to my delight there was a Power to the People machine, I eagerly upgraded my Rivet Gun as it desperately needed it. To the left of the machine were more stairs and without hesitation I headed up them eager to see what goodies I'd find, I had to deal with two Splicers at the top but even this did not quench the excitement I was feeling. Going into the room the two Splicer had lept out from I discovered a diary, out of curiosity I decided to play it.

**"Another day, no clients. Atla and Ryan start goin' at it hot and heavy, and all my business dries up. Used to be easy: put the eye on some spliced-up dame's wandering husband and rake in the dough. Now it's got so bad I hadda put my camera in hock at King Pawn Makes a guy consider splicin' up himself... if I had two dimes to rub together, that is." the voice on the diary said with a sad sigh.

"So Sinclair was right, I'll have to go back to the roof with the hole in it so I can get into the Pawn shop...first I'm going to finish exploring though." I said stubbornly before going back to exploring.

After picking up and taking a Plasmid that was balancing on a filling cabnit I decided to move on to other spots to explore, instead of heading down the stairs in which I came I headed in the direction I hadn't been in yet only to be greeted by the sight of another shrine at a Sister Vent. Seeing the glow of a diary light blinking in the distance I decided to take care of the Splicers gathered around the vent so i could get it.

"I might as well listen to this one too." I said to myself after having take care of the Splicers.**"Sofia Lamb: Now Eleanor, Mummy has to go away for a while. You shall be staying with Aunt Gracie.

Eleanor Lamb: Mummy, don't go...

Sofia: Eleanor, you are better than that. Do you remember what I told you?

Eleanor: I am very special.

Sofia: That's right. And what else?

Eleanor: I was born to change the world.

Sofia: Yes. And when Mummy returns home... the world will be very different indeed. She will make it ready for you." The voices of Lamb and a younger version of my dear Eleanor said to each other with my little one sounding very upset to hear her mother was leaving.

"So Grace took care of Eleanor while you were in Persephone, that explains why she seems so protective of her." I nodded glad to have be able to make some sense of how Grace was treating me.

Having no reason to stand around I continued on my little exploration, hearing a camera nearby I quickly hacked into before it could see me. With this done I continued on my way past a dead Splicer through a door, once I'd search through some crates I headed down some nearby stairs and found myself on another roof with a hole it.

"I know I should go down there and see whats down there but I think that I'll fo through this door first." I said going through a nearby door.

Immediately I had to deal with a Splicer near a safe but didn't mind because that ment i could get into it, I had just gotten the goodies inside when a nearby door opened and I had to deal with another Splicer. Before fully moving on I quickly leaned back into the room and grabbed a diary I'd almost missed, eager to explore more though I decided not to play it.

Not sure where I'm going I head on dealing with another Splicer along the way on an empty roof, it takes a moment before I realize where I am and blush embarrassedly.

"I'm right back where I started." I chuckled having unknowingly walked in a giant circle and knowing that it was time to do what I was supposed to instead of being sidetracked.