Chapter 8, The Story of Jack.
Captain Jack Austin was ready for the fight. He had just finished a series of promising talks with the Enclave leaders there, and had just declared siege on Fort Phantom Hill. He personally thought that this was going to turn into an all-out battle, but he knew this was going to be long and rough either way. He made a few jokes to the soldiers, trying to raise morale. He then went into his quarters to get some rest. In his dreams, he saw the story of his life, growing up in the West Texas town of Seagraves, his parents being killed by Ceaser's Legion when he was ten, being tortured by Ceaser's Legion for refusing to join the ranks. He particularly remembered those days, Caesar having him chained to a cross, the newly-formed TCCR breaking him out shortly after he was hung up, rising through the ranks to Captain, being assigned as an assistant to Col. Summers. Col. Summers was one of the toughest military leaders the TCCR had, further happening when Summers transferred him to the Abilene area, and then being put in charge of a hundred soldiers to scout out Phantom Hill. He had no idea why he saw all of this, but he decided he'd better get up.
He woke up at the proper time to take control over from his assistant, and message came through for him to aid in the battle, he exited through the outer tunnel exit after gearing up. He carried a standard sidearm pistol, and was wielding a modified automatic shotgun. Jack could hear explosions and smell smoke before he had even left the tunnel, and he got right to work. He charged out of the tunnel and turned, shooting one Brotherhood knight, he continually blasted the poor man until he ran out of ammo, then stooped to reload. After this, he started aiming his blasts at the leaders. Having eventually run out of ammo, Jack started focusing on commanding the men who had come out of the tunnel with him, eventually leading a charge, though that failed.
Jack picked up a rifle from one of the fallen soldiers and started sniping at the leaders as he saw them. He somehow rallied the survivors of his first charge, and began the second one, charging directly at the gate. It was painful seeing soldiers falling right next to him, It always was, but he swallowed it. As they charged, Jack turned the charge to meet up with some Enclave soldiers. He did not know if they would make it, and he would probably bet against it seeing as how a few Brotherhood soldiers rallied and formed a human barricade in front of him, laser guns ablaze, but he gave it the 'old college try'.
"Aw, come on, why do you get lasers?" Jack shouted as they ran towards the enemy, some of his men falling in front of him. He did what every good leader does in that kind of situation, he charged to the front. No one ever figured out how he did it, and most just chock it up to blind luck, but he somehow single-handedly took out the wall of soldiers in front of him. He then picked up the laser rifles from the dead soldiers and tossed them to his men before leading them to the Enclave troops. They set up a defensive wall in no time at all, and hunkered down, this was going to be a long battle, and many Jack saw next to him would not be there tomorrow.
Jack's tale is one of loss and gain, hope and pain, just like many people in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. His story began, as most do, at his birth, he was born in the small West Texas town of Seagraves, and had a short childhood. At age ten, his parents were killed in a raid conducted by Ceaser's legion, and he was forced into slavery. At age twenty the call went out to bring all men to the front lines, but he resisted, working with underground operations to fight the legion. He was soon captured, and tortured for a full year before Caesar decided to spare him of further pain. He finally got put out of his misery, a few days after the order, he was to be hung on a cross.
The day he was hung up on the cross, Caesar's Legion was ready to move out, and they left him hanging on the cross, not making sure he died. It was at this time the TCCR came across his only half dead body on the cross and cut him down, he would have died a few hours later if they had not gotten to him when they did. He then enlisted in the Army, and eventually was promoted to Captain and assigned to Col. Sam Summers, who took a liking to him. The two became the best of friends very soon, and Jack was put as an assistant to the Colonel. The two friends were seperated when Jack was assigned to the Abilene area, and Jack made his way to Phantom Hill soon, the rest has been covered.
I probably did just tell a longer and slightly more complicated version of the events in his dream, but I wanted to give a more in-depth description of his life.