I am laying in bed with my wife. she is snuggled up to me, almost asleep, She mutters something that I can't quite hear. I say, "What was that love?" she mutters it again, but I still don't quite understand what she says. I sit up. "Baby, you're gonna have to speak up."

She sits up and whispers in my ear. "You could have done more..."

I look at her confused for a second. "wha...?" suddenly everything is stripped away the house is broken down. the roof caves in, the windows burst, and I look at my wife and all I can see is her petrified corpse in front of me. I scream and I fall backward off the bed.

I sit up in a cold sweat. I look around and I sigh as I slowly start to recognize my surroundings. I look down. "Goddammit..."

Hannah is sitting in a chair across from me. "Nightmare?" I simply nod and she speaks again. "Wanna talk about it?" I shake my head. She nods and hands me a beer. "Here, I think you could use one of these."

I look at the beer. "Got anything stronger?"

She looks at me. "No, we have a meeting with my superiors today. no getting shitfaced."

I huff. "Fine." I sip my beer. She smiles at the fact that she won. I roll my eyes. "So, What's our play for that meeting?"

She nods and says, "Let me do the talking. You will just be there for moral support."

I nod, "Fine. when is it?"

She says, "In about an hour." I nod and she says, "So... in the mean-time, make yourself at home. please don't steal anything. I'll be back and we'll go after I get back. See you in a bit." she walks out and closes the door behind her. I sit back on the couch and I decide to lay back down.

Hannah comes back and shakes me to wake me up. I instinctively reach for my gun but I stop short when I see her. "Oh, it's you."

She smirks, "Don't sound so disappointed." I roll my eyes and I sit up. She says, "We gotta go now, come on."

I nod and we head out to a building at the end of the road. At the door to this building, there are two people in power armor. Hanna says her name and they let us in. We go to an elevator where Hannah tells me the plan once again. I nod as she talks. we get to our floor and we walk to a room with a table in it with some chairs around it. there are some guys in military fatigues and what I assume to be brotherhood emblems on their shoulders. the meeting starts.

The man in the middle of them all speaks. "Knight Hannah Turner, you have asked us to convene today, no doubt, because of some concerns you have with some of the local raider groups. Have you come to us with any proof that what you have said is true?"

Hannah speaks up. "No, sir. I have only come to tell you that I have found someone who is willing to help me with this case."

The leader shakes his head. "We have told you once. We will tell you again. This issue is not the biggest. And since you have no evidence, there is no further need for us to investigate."

Hannah says, "But sir..."

He interrupts her, "Enough. You will report to Knight-Captain Marwin for reassignment."

She looks confused. "Reassignment?"

He says, "You are obviously too close to this raider situation for you to be able to resume your regular duties. It is for that reason that you will be reassigned to one of our other East-Coast bases. Dismissed." she looks down and walks calmly out of the room. I look at these men in awe of what just went down. The leader notices that I am still there. "You may leave sir, thank you for offering your services."

I say back to him. "I just would like to know what your problem is..."

He looks at me with a blank stare. "Excuse me?"

I say, "You heard me. why not investigate this problem?"

He says, "As I said, this is not the biggest problem on our agenda."

I say, "If the problem is so small, then why not spare a couple of soldiers to at least investigate the issue. If it isn't something, then yay, we stopped a small raider gang from terrorizing this part of the land. But if Hannah is right, If these raiders really do have control of the entire region, you will be damn glad to have, at least, checked it out." I turn and I go out the door without another word. I walk out of the building and I don't see Hannah. I walk to her house and I knock on the door. "Hannah? It's me, Brian..." There is no answer. "Hannah? Is it alright if I come in?" I hear the lock on the door click, indicating that it is open, I smile and open the door. "Hannah?" I walk in.

I look over and I draw my weapon. There is a raider holding a gun to Hannah's temple. "Drop it buddy, or I drop her." I glare at him as I lower my weapon. "Good." he shakes his head. "You two... have been causing quite the stir. And, you know, the boss hates it when outsiders are meddling with our... private affairs." He smirks. "And, of course, we can't have the Brotherhood of Steel breathing down our necks" I look confused and he laughs, "you didn't seriously think that one of the biggest raider groups in this region wouldn't have a bug in the Brotherhood of Steel? how do you think we keep off their radar? That is until you two came along and started poking around and all that bullshit. Now, the boss wants both of you dead. It's nothing personal, it's just that we would rather not have to go to war with the Brotherhood. Now, Drop it all the way and I can get this done quickly."

I nod. "Alright, asshole... you win." I drop the gun in such a way that it goes off. the bullet goes into the raider's foot. He drops his gun and screams in pain. Hannah escapes his grasp and goes for his gun, successfully grabbing it and pointing it at him. he comes to his senses and grabs at the gun. They fight for the gun and I go for mine. I almost have my gun when I hear the other one go off. I grab mine and look back to see Hannah clutching her side. The raider was pointing the gun at her head and I immediately shoot him in the head killing him.

I go to Hannah and I kneel by her. She looks up at me. "I was right."

I smirk. "You were right. There is definitely something more going on here."