I get into the entrance area and I only see two guards posted by the door. I take a couple throwing knives out of my belt that goes across my chest and I throw them at both the guards in quick succession. They both go down, making minimal noise as they land on the dirt. I open the door as quietly as I can with it being a rusted out door. I make my way over to a doorway that goes into what looks like an office, possibly where the foreman worked. In the office is a terminal a couple chairs and a bed with a raider sleeping soundly in it.

I move up to him and I put my knife to his throat and my hand over his mouth, "make one sound and this knife and you are going to get real friendly. You're going to tell me where I can find Freddie Lang."

I slowly remove my hand, keeping the knife to his throat. He starts to speak softly, "his place is down the mineshaft and up some stairs."

I nod and Jam my knife into him. "Thanks." I walk away saying to myself, "he'd have gone to tell someone."

I walk down the mineshaft and I find a small corridor with some stairs at the end. I go up the stairs to find another office, but this one is makeshift, definitely put there by the raiders. I move over to where a man is sleeping, I do the same thing with him keeping the knife to his throat and threatening him. "Mr. Freddie Lang?"

He speaks to me in a gruff voice, "what do you want asshole?"

I answer, "I need to know who you work for."

He says, "I ain't workin for nobody."

I say, "that's the wrong answer, dont make me hurt you man. Just tell me."

He says, "I ain't workin for nobody. I run this here operation."

I say, "I know you have superiors who control these lands using you and a few other gangs, I just need to know where I can find them and you can go free."

Hannah's POV

while hes in there I take the gun and I start picking off guard towers. No alarms yet. I slowly start picking off more and more raiders. I make my way down the slope and into the camp, I make my way through silently taking out as many as possible before heading into the mine after him. I take care of the little raiders there are in the mine before trying to find Brian. I call his name and I dont here him, I start to get worried. "Brian!" I call again, and again, no answer. At this point I think the worst until I call his name down a corridor and hear a strained answer, "Hannah! In here!" I start down the corridor and I see a raider running my way, I take out a throwing knife and i pin him in the chest knocking him down and killing him. I run in and I see Brian sitting up against a bed with a knife jammed into his knee, he also seems to be bleeding in a few places. I come over to him and I kneel down "Brian! What the hell happened?"

He struggles to talk, "Stupid bastard got the drop on me, he was able to get my knife from me and, well, you can see the rest."

I nod and I take a look at the knife. "I've got some bandages that you can use until we get somewhere safe. But i have to take out the knife."

He nods weekly. "Yeah, do it."

I start to count, "on three. 1...2..." I pull the knife out fast before applying pressure to the wound.

He groans loudly when I pull it out. "I suppose that's payback?"

I smirk, "i heard that it doesnt hurt as bad if it's a surprise."

He chuckles lightly before groaning again, "smartass."

I look him over and i ask, "are you hurting badly anywhere else?"

He answers, "my knee is kind of distracting me for any other pain."

I nod. "Here. Keep pressure on this while I wrap it up."

He nods and does as I say. His eyes start to close as i finish the wrap. I look up and shake him "hey, hey! Brian, you gotta stay awake for me." I put his arm over my shoulder and I help him up. "Tell me about your family, your wife, what did she look like?"

I start moving out of the mine as he talks, "long brown hair...her eyes were the nicest shade of brown, but in a different lighting they almost looked golden."

I nod as we get closer to the mine exit/entrance. "Keep talking to me, what else can you remember?"

He strains to keep talking. "She was curvy, and short, about 5'4". She used to always make me and joe breakfast in the mornings. Her pancakes were the best in the world."

I smile, "hey, we make it out of this, I'll find some and make you all the pancakes you want. Just stay with me."

I glance behind me and I see a trail of blood. He's losing alot. I think to myself of where to take him. He speaks up, "I know somewhere we might be able to get help. The town I used to live in. Last I saw, it had some folks in it."

I nod, "friendly folk?" He nods weekly. I look on as I walk out of the raider camp. I dont see another choice. "Which way?"

He hands me his pipboy. "Follow the map...to...Flatwoods."

With that he stops talking but is still awake enough to partially walk. I start to make my way towards where he said to go.

I find myself thinking, "please brian, stay with me. I cant loose anyone else that I care about."