Back again, and this time I didn't make you guys wait a few months. Now this chapter is really just Shamus being introduced to Night Raid and vise versa. The truth will come out, though they may or may not believe him. Night Raid is going to get a taste of what it means in to live in the aftermath of a nuclear Holocaust.

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Ch. 3 Getting to Know You

I don't think you have to worry about the specifics. Basically, expect a lot of firepower and dead bodies.

-Arcade Gannon

Shamus

Sharpening my Bowie knife may just be seen as maintenance, but personally I found it relaxing. The sky was a beautiful blue and the sun was nice and warm unlike the intense rays in the Mojave. The view was spectacular from the top of the cliff, green trees as far as the eye can see. The only thing to bring my mood down was the mopping Tatsumi.

He was currently mourning his friends after putting flowers on their graves. Honestly, I never understood while people mourn so much. Death is just a part of life. Sure be sad for a bit, but come on don't let their loss effect you forever. Granted I know I'm not put together right, but what can you do. He needs to get it out of his system, just like I did with….

Just let it go Shamus. It only puts you in a bad mood.

Shaking loose those thoughts I saw Leone sneak up and hug Tatsumi. Putting away my knife, I made my way over to the two.

"Heya Shamus!" The blonde said putting Tatsumi in a gentle yet firm headlock. "I was just asking Tatsumi here whether or not you've decided to join us? You both have plenty of talent in killing. Apparently he doesn't like the idea of murdering people. What about you?"

Shrugging I said, "I've got nothing wrong with that. Some people just deserve to be put six feet under. Before I say anything however, I want to see how your group operates before I decide on what to do. Get my own opinion."

My answer got her to smile and started dragging her captive away with her. "That's great, because I'm going to introduce you guys to the rest of the group!"

Following along, I thought this might be the best shot to see what kind people I'll be dealing with. They seem capable, but its best to see how they act when not on a mission. Time to see whether not to help them or tear apart the Empire on my own. Not the first time I destroyed a civilization, hell not even the second.

We walked back to their base, which is pretty decent. A large citadel like building directly underneath a large overhang. They really only had to worry about an attack from the front, which they could see any large force heading there way for a few miles.

Inside we found the purple themed woman Sheele, reading a book called '100 Ways To Cure Being An Airhead'. She still had a few bruises and cuts from our confrontation back at the mansion. Fortunately, she didn't seem the least bit upset about it. Which is good because I'm not very good at apologizing.

Leone explained what she was doing with us and that we had still yet to decide to join the group.

"They're still undecided about joining?" She asked.

"That's right. Sheele, how about some encouraging words?" Leone asked.

Thinking about it for a bit she nonchalantly said "Now that you know where our hideout is located, if you don't join us, we'll have to kill you."

Tatsumi looked ready to cry but I just scoffed. "Really? If you're going to threaten us, do it right. You have to me more specific and go into detail, like 'we'll mount your head on a pike for decorations' or 'you'll skin us alive.' My personal favorite is threatening to strangle them with your own intestine."

This earned a questioning look from Leone and a disturbed one from Tatsumi. Sheele though actually seemed to consider my advise. "Alright, thank you. I'll be sure to remember that next time. Anyways, it's an important decision so think carefully about it."

"Hey! Wait a second Leone!" A young and familiar voice yelled. Standing in the doorway was a short girl dressed in pink. She did not look happy to see us.

"What are you doing letting these two in the hideout?"

"Because They're a part of our team." Leone shrugged.

"Well I haven't approved them yet…" The girl sent a glare at us and Tatsumi went on the defensive and nervously took a step back, while I didn't so much as flinch. When she saw I didn't react, she hardened the glare even more. Honestly, it was more adorable than threatening.

"Fail." Turning around and crossing her arms. "One doesn't look like he could hope keep up with professionals like us, the other has guts but he looks more like a dumb hobo than anything else. I mean what's up with that ratty looking thing." She grabbed the end of my worn leather duster.

The pinkette backed up and paled at the glare I directed at her. "Do not. Dis. The duster." I said menacingly.

She gulped before Leone stepped in to defuse the situation. "Don't mind Mine, she treats everyone that way."

I just waved away the excuse. "Yeah, yeah. Just don't insult my clothes again Pinky."

"Pinky!?" She screeched.

"Pink hair, pink eyes, pink dress that hurts the eyes, there for Pinky" I Said smirking, causing Mine to go red in the face while Tatsumi struggled to keep in his laughter.

Before the girl could retort, Leone was pushing us out the door. "Love to stay and chat but we need to introduce these two to everyone else, bye!"

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Outside, we were shown around the training grounds. Nothing much, open ground, a few targets and scattered training equipment such as wooden practice weapons.

"The training grounds here are a good for stress relief. Over there, the one who looks like he reeks of sweat, that's Bulat."

In the middle of the grounds was a tall, muscled, shirtless man. He was expertly swinging a long wooden staff to exercise. However, he had an odd looking hair cut that resembled the ones the Kings were famous for. Based on his build, he was most likely the armored man I sent flying.

He finished the excise with a powerful strike that sent out a small gust of wind. Relaxing, he turned towards us and that's when I noticed he had a large bruise on his chest. He then flashed us a smile. "Well, if it isn't the two guys we picked up the other day. By the way, that's a hell of a right hook you got there buddy." Pointing at me.

"How'd did you know who we are?" Tatsumi asked.

God damn it Tatsumi. Who do you think is big enough to wear that armor?

"Oh, this is the first time your seeing me this way. I'm the guy who was covered in armor. I'm Bulat, nice to meet you." The man said holding out his hand.

Giving it a shake he moved it to Tatsumi only for our guide to interrupt. "He's gay." She said causing the boy to panic.

"Hey now, he'll get the wrong idea, right?" Bulat said blushing.

Gay huh? Eh, I'm friends with Arcade so this is nothing new. Hopefully he won't be as snarky. Or lazy.

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We walked around a bit more before we found the guy in the green coat laying down and hiding in a group of bushes near a stream. He still had no idea we were there.

"It's almost time for miss Leone's bath. I won't be fazed by danger, if it's for the sight of those breasts!" He mumbled to what he thought was just himself.

"Then how I break two fingers." He went still as he realized Leone was right behind him.

In an instant the green man was on the ground with his arm twisted behind his back and held by Leone as she stepped on his spine.

"You never learn, do you?" She asked. Giving the appendage another twist before she turned to us. "This idiot here is Lubbock. He's mostly harmless, just a pain in my ass." She then kicked him in the head and he was out like a light. Letting him go we carried on with her little tour.

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The day went by fast and sunset was already here. We were walking along a river bank as Leone was taking us to see one of the last members of their team. Tatsumi was complaining about already having enough with the weird Night Raid members.

"Next up is a pretty lady you're both familiar with. See? That's Akame over there. Isn't she cute?" The woman asked.

The red eyed assassin was in front of a cooking pit with what looked like a giant toothed chicken roasting over the fire. Akame was munching away on a piece of its meat.

"I-Is she eating an evil bird? She killed it alone?" Tatsumi asked.

Evil bird? The people on this planet come up with worse names than the brains in Big Mountain. No imagination.

"Despite Akame's looks, she grew up in the wild."

"You should eat as well Leone." Akame stated and threw a piece of meat over her shoulder to the blonde woman. She then just gazed at us, mostly me, as if deciding something.

"Have you decided to join us?" She asked.

"Sorry darlin, we're still deciding that."

"Then I can not give you some of this meat."

I just shrugged. "No problem here. Your kill, your call."

I liked her. She likes simple pleasures, she can fight like hell, and she seems to know the one the laws of the wild. 'What ever you kill is yours.' Tatsumi, not so much. If his mumbling was an indication he gated her for trying to kill him.

"By the way, the boss is back." Said Akame to Leone.

Boss?

Looking past the fire, I could make out a woman with short white hair, black shirt and pants, and eye patch over her left eye. Oddly enough, her right arm was replaced with A green robotic looking one. If I remember correctly from the wanted poster, her name was Najenda.

Cybernetics huh? Good to know that's a possible here.

"Hey Boss! Welcome back! Did you bring any presents!" Leone said cheerfully walking towards the woman.

"Before that Leone… Three days ago, it seems you exceeded the time limit on that job." The Boss said calmly, her artificial hand twitching.

Leone froze, and immediately tried to make a break for it. The boss merely raised her hand and suddenly it fired out like a harpoon. Catching Leone by the collar she started reeling in the struggling blond like a fish, using the cord connecting the hand to her arm.

"It isn't good to enjoy fighting your enemies to much. You should fix that habit."

Looking over at us she released her captive. "Anyway, who are these men?"

Leone got back up and put her hands on our shoulders. "These two are new recruits! They've got plenty of talent."

The Boss seemed intrigued. "They show promise?"

"Tatsumi here held his own against Akame for a bit. And this guy," Shaking me, "Shamus beat Sheele, suckered punched me and Bulat, and backed Akame into a corner. Hell he survived getting cut by Murasame and has his own Imperial Arms that's not in the book!"

What? The hell is an Imperial Arms?

The white haired woman widened her eye at hearing about me and immediately grabbed her coat and prepared to leave

"Akame, gather the others. I want your full report along with more details on these men."

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Later that night, everyone was gathered in the meeting hall, Tatsumi and I included. Tatsumi explained to Night Raid about his village's problem, his trip, how he met me, our experiences in the Capital and how we came to be at the mansion of the murderous family.

"I see… I understand the situation. Tatsumi, how would you like to join Night Raid?" Najenda asked.

"I'm dead if I don't, right?" He asked sarcastically.

"No, that's not the case. But that doesn't mean we can just let you go. We'll just employ you in our workshop. Regardless, you won't be killed if you decline. With that in mind what do you say?" She said looking the boy dead in the eyes.

Tatsumi seemed to steel himself before speaking. "I-I was supposed to go to the Imperial Capital, and make a name for myself so I could save my village from destitution, but the Capital was…"

"Tatsumi…" a now fully clothed Bulat said. "This country is impoverished because the center is venal. Don't you want to attack the problem at the roots?" He asked.

Najenda gave him a smile before continuing the conversation. "Originally, Bulat was a skilled Imperial soldier before he discovered the corruption and became one of us.

"Our job is to eliminate the evil in the Capital. This is far better than working for the debase!" Bulat explained.

"But just killing people won't change the world will it? At this rate other villages won't ever be saved." The boy solemnly said. This just seemed to please the Boss.

"I see. Then you fit in even more than I expected." She exclaimed.

"W-why would that be?"

"Far to the south of the Capital is the camp of the Revolutionary Army, an anti-Imperial force."

Of course that's what it's called. Oooo, how about the Good Person Army instead. Seriously, stupid names.

Najenda went on to explain how the Revolutionary Army started small but grew. Night Raid is their special operations unit. Assassinating the key targets of the Empire and gathering information. Causing mayhem where they can for the Prime minister.

This brought Tatsumi to one conclusion. "In other words your assassins of justice!"

The whole room went quiet for a moment. Then, except for Akame and I, everyone started laughing.

I don't see what's so funny. The way he said it was funny in a way, but it's pretty much wasteland justice. If someone's bad for the world, kill 'em.

"Tatsumi, no matter how you spin it, we commit murder." Leone said before Sheele and then Bulat continued. "You don't find justice in something like that." "Everyone here could die at any moment, as retribution for our actions."

Ridiculous, they think death and justice don't go hand in hand. I gave a snicker catching Mine's attention.

"Something funny there hobo!?"

"Yeah, you people." I said getting everyone's attention. "Justice in definition is to give proper treatment for what the person has done, in a sense karma. What goes around comes around. A care giver who takes care of the sick being taken care of when she herself is sick, is justice. A man who helps no one and cares only for himself, only to have no one help him as his house burns down, is justice. A man who rapes and burns people alive for shits and giggles, only to have a burning hot metal rod shoved up his ass and set ablaze, is justice." A few of them took a step back as I said that. "Yet you're saying that there's no justice in slaying the wicked, well that's hilarious." This earned me a few glares, but none greater than Akame.

"You enjoy slaughtering, spilling blood and taking lives, don't you?"

Tipping my hat back, I gave them a small smile and a good look at my eyes. "Yeah I do, but only when they deserve it. Now, even if you don't like the act, a friend of mine once told me that you don't have to enjoy it. However when done righteously, killing is but a chore, like any other."

The all just stared at me. However, Najenda seemed to pale a bit as she looked into my eyes. Deciding to get the attention off me for a moment, I turned towards Tatsumi.

"Kid, now that you've heard what they had to say, what do think?" I asked nudging his shoulder.

"I…if you really plan on making the world a better place, will I be compensated for my work as well?"

Najenda fortunately had regained her composure. "Yes you will. If you work hard I'm sure you'll be able to save your village."

"Then I'll do it! I'll join Night Raid." He stated causing everyone but Mine to smile.

"It's decided then. Welcome to the life of carnage Tatsumi!" Najenda announced, before looking me in the eyes. "Now what do we do with you Shamus?"

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Najenda

What is he?

Tatsumi was a simple boy, dedicated to protecting his village. Shamus on the other hand was a complete mystery. Somehow surviving Murasame's curse, apparently wielding an Imperial Arm, and that glint in his eyes. I hadn't seen that glint in anyone other than…no, best not to dwell on her. Time for answers.

"You are an interesting and dangerously skilled man. Obviously we would have questions for you. However given you apparent memory loss-" I would have continued but the man held up his hand and stopped me.

"Hold it right there, before this goes any farther, you ought to know that that was a lie. One that I personally didn't think anyone would believe, sorry Tatsumi." He said getting a hurt look from our newest member.

"Now before I continue, how about we all sit down, this may take a while."

Seeing nothing wrong with his request, me moved into the dining hall and took our seats. With the matter settled I decided to ask what has been on my mind.

"Ok, now what is the truth? Who are you really if not an amnesiac? If you thought your lie was so unbelievable, why tell it?"

"Because the truth is sometimes far stranger than fiction. Honestly, I don't think you would believe me." He said with a smirk, causing me to narrow my eye at him.

"Try me."

He just chuckled. "Heh, well what would you say if I told you I wasn't from this planet?"

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Shamus

As expected, the room went quiet with a mix of confused and unbelieving faces.

"What?"

"You heard me. This giant rock you call your world, I'm not from here. I came from a planet that actually has a name, called Earth."

"Ok, he's crazy! Can we just shoot him before he drives us insane with his nonsense?" Mine said throwing her arms up in the air.

"Hey Pinky, I'm telling you the truth. Whether or not you believe me is up to you."

"Actually," Tatsumi was holding his chin. "That explains all the questions you asked. And how you didn't know anything about the Empire, danger beasts and asking about the name of the world. You really are an alien!" He said happily, causing mine to facepalm.

"How do you seriously believe him! He could lying again, besides, say he is telling the truth. How did he get here? Maybe he just showed up here because of some magical portal?" She said with an eye roll.

"Kinda, yeah." I shrugged.

"Oh come on!"

"My world has far more advanced technology than this world, and I was helping a group of geniuses called the Think Tank fix a malfunctioning teleporter. The machine had been on the frits for a few days and I was fixing it when it suddenly let loose a burst on energy. I blacked out and found myself waking up in a forest here, near the village of Arya. The town was being attacked by bandits so I…remedied the situation."

"Wait a minute!" Leone shouted before slamming her hands on the table and standing up. "You're the Courier?"

I blinked in surprise. "How do you know that?"

"Uh, it's all around the country side. The town reported a light appearing in the air above the village and was there for a few days. Suddenly an unconscious guy was thrown out of it, the light disappeared and bandits attacked the place. The man woke up, called himself the courier, went in and killed, hell, decimated them. The villagers found one guy cut open, the guts wrapped around his neck and was choked to death with his own intestines….I'm just now realizing you told us that's your favorite threat." She said blank faced.

"It's not just a threat if I actually do it." I told her.

"Holy shit your telling the truth." She said sitting down.

The rest of the group started eyeing me like you would a strange new animal and you're not sure whether it's friendly or wants to rip your face off.

The boss was the one to finally take the initiative. "Say you are telling us the truth, which I'm still unsure about, what will you do now?"

"Well now, you see back on Earth, I was what I like to call a problem solver. You think the Empire's bad? You should see some of the Raiders and factions from my home. I went around and sent the bad guys screaming to whatever awaited them after death. The moment I found out about the Prime minister, I was planning on killing him and tearing apart everything he holds dear. But first I was going to start investigating Aria's family, but you guys showed up first."

"Why exactly do you wish to destroy prime minister Honest? Tatsumi wishes to save his village, yet what are your reasons?" Boss asked.

"You see I have simple tastes. I like booze, fancy lad snack cakes and slaughtering my enemies. Despite not particularly caring if a good person dies, I have enough of a conscious to know who needs to be saved and who needs to die. So while I'm stuck here for the foreseeable future, I thought I ought to do some good."

Nodding, she pulled out a cigarette, lit it and took a drag. "Never thought I'd see the day I met a kind hearted sociopath. A few more questions, you also seem to have survived being cut by Akame blade. The Imperial Arms One Cut Killer: Murasame can kill any thing with a heart with just one cut, no matter how small. How did you?"

"I thought the sword of hers was poisoned. But here's the thing, poison and venom doesn't work on me." I Said catching them by surprise. "Remember how I said my world was advanced? Well the first time I met the Think Tank, they may have kidnapped me and surgically replaced my heart, spine and brain with cybernetics. Got my brain back, though it was being a bit of a dick about being put back in. Anyways, I kept the metal spine and heart pump. Didn't really need my heart anymore anyways."

To say the assassins were shocked was like saying a cazador's poison is painful. Sheele and Akame didn't react much other than widened eyes. Leone and Lubbock had their jaws dropped, Tatsumi looked ready to puke while Mine looked like she was going to blow a gasket.

"How could you not need your heart! It's literally the most important organ!"

"Actually it's a muscle, besides I'm alive aren't I?" I said shrugging. "By the way, I've heard you talk about imperial Arms twice now. What is that?"

"You don't know? From my reports, wield one, your gauntlet to be precise." Najenda said gesturing to my let arm. "Apparently it lets you pull weapons out of nowhere with a flash of light."

"What?" I shook my head. "No no no, this is my pipboy. This little beauty is one of the best inventions to come from my world. Able to atomize objects into digital storage, essentially acting as a bottomless backpack, so long as you can carry the weight. Also includes a mapping system, Geiger counter, health monitor and a radio." I demonstrated by turning on 'Ain't That A Kick In The Head'.

While they were inspecting the miraculous devise, Sheele started bobbing her head to the beat. "It really is not an Imperial Arm." The boss said shaking her head. "Since you have been polite enough to answer our questions, I'll answer yours. A thousand years ago, the emperor who built the great Empire was deeply troubled. He wished to protect his kingdom for eternity so he ye decided to create great and powerful weapons. He gathered materials from extremely powerful danger beasts, and rare metals such as oricalcum. Artisans from around the world were summoned to help him."

The way she's describing them make them sound like nukes. Wait, do they have nukes here?

"The emperor's wealth and power allowed him to create forty eight weapons, a feat that would be impossible today. He called them Imperial Arms. Each one is equipped with amazing abilities, and some are able to wipe out entire armies. Ministers who were able to use imperial arms were quite successful on the battlefield. However, a large civil war five hundred years ago caused nearly half of the weapons to be scattered across the land. The Murasame is one such weapon." She finished.

I let out a low whistle. "Well, I can see why you hoped I had one then, thanks for sharing. Now, since I know a bit more about yourvwold, hers some info about mine. No doubt your all anxious to no about the planet I came from." I received nods from everyone except Sheele, who was now dancing to the music.

Turning off the radio, I atomized an intact globe I had found during my travels. Knew I'd need this one day.

I placed it down on the table, though Najenda was interested since that was the first time she's seen me use the pipboy. "This is my world, Earth. It's had a long history, and managed to survive over two hundred thousand years with us humans walking around. It's almost exactly like yours, same climates, same animals and people...except no danger beasts or as large of a color palette for hair. That is until two hundred years ago, then came the Great War."

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Tatsumi

I did not like the way he said that at all. Anything called the Great War can't be good.

I was still shocked my friend was an alien, but if any thing, I get used to things fast.

"Now unlike your Empire, my world has never once been controlled by one single power, some nations have tried throughout the centuries but ultimately failed. Before the Great war, my country the United States of America was at war with the Republic of China over resources. You see, the world was full of amazing machines. Horseless carriages that could go faster than any animal, telephones that could let you talk to someone miles away, planes that could let you fly through the sky and be able to cross half the world in a day, ships that let us touch the stars. Everything and anything was possible, but they all needed materials and fuel."

This world sounds like paradise! Wait, this is before the Great war, so what's it like now?

"Over the course of decades the resources got scarce. America and China both wanted those resources and since the countries already hated each other because of how their countries were run, they went to war. It lasted twenty five years, both sides tearing each other apart until eventually, the inevitable happened."

"W-what did happen?" I asked, dreading the answer.

"Mutual destruction. The thing you should know is that both sides had what were called doomsday devises, weapons of mass destruction. The atomic bomb." He said with out any trace of his usual amusement.

Just the name sent a sense of dread through me. The rest of my new comrades seemed to be feeling the same way. I even saw the stoic Akame twitch a bit.

"The atomic bomb took the building block of the world, the atom, and split it. Nuclear energy is near limitless and was used to power the old world, problem was it was extremely deadly to anything biological. When you take that energy and weaponize it, well, just one bomb could level half the Imperial Capital."

I suddenly regret having a snack earlier.

I almost wanted to puke. That kind of devastation from a weapon…well its seems unreal. Yet, if what he saying is true than what would happen if there was more than one?

"I see your letting that sink in, well that's only the half of it. The other half besides the initial blast, is fallout. The blast sends out waves of radiation, the emission from nuclear power. Think of it like an invisible poison. You don't have to eat it, drink it or breath it in, only be near it. It shuts down the body, twists it so your hair falls out, your skin starts peeling off, you start vomiting up blood and you just start to waste away. No one knows or cares who started it, but on October 23, 2077, someone dropped a bomb. They nations retaliated, all launched their nuclear stockpiles at the other. Thousands of atomic bombs were dropped all over the world."

Shamus pulled out a lighter and summoned a small flame. He held it towards the model of his planet, only for the hungry blaze to catch and spread across and devouring the globe.

"In just two hours, six billion lives were snuffed out and civilization as we knew it was destroyed. The world burned in nuclear fire. Two hundred years later and the world is still a dead rock, nothing more but scorched wastelands. Every day is a fight for survival, where its kill or be killed."

I tried to hold it in, I really did…but the very idea of the sheer amount of suffering and pain, it pushed me over the edge. I ran to the nearest window and emptied my stomach. I was slightly surprised to see if was joined by Lubbock and Mine. Trying to compose ourselves, we sat back down in our seats.

Our resident alien gave us a glance and a raised eyebrow. "Maybe I should stop now."

"No, its alright," Lubbock waved. "We got it out of our system. We're good."

"Alright, but just a bit more. Anyways, two hundred years later and though humanity survived, we've been at each others throat ever since, fighting tooth and nail for anything we can get our hands on. People will even kill each other over a bottle of clean water. Unfortunately the radiation still blankets the world, we've just adapted to it. However there are plenty of monsters around, you see radiation does more than just kill, it can change creatures, mutate them. Little scorpions suddenly grew up to the size of a horse, ants became as big as dogs and even small harmless geckos got as big as a human and can breath fire. They may not be as big as Danger Beasts, but they make up for it for being more durable, more lethal and far more vicious."

"Even some of people themselves are little more than savage animals. That slaughter house back at the mansion? That was a common sight in any of the vast number of raider gang hideouts. Raiders do nothing but pillage, steal, and torture for the fun of it."

Well that explains why he didn't react to the bodies, but my god! How are people capable of this!

"Anyways, if you want to know about me specifically, I came from the Mojave wasteland. The place was a scorched desert before the war and it's only gotten worse. However the place was home to a city called Las Vegas, an oasis in the middle of nowhere. Unlike the rest of the world it's relatively intact."

Shamus messed with his 'pipboy' again. He pulled out a small square piece of paper and told Leone to pass it around. When it came to me it seemed odd, yet I could see it was a painting, only far smaller and seemed to capture ever detail. In the picture, it showed a huge city, not as big as the Capital, but still massive. Several of the buildings rose high into the sky and all of it was lit up with beautiful colors. Above it all however was a tall tower of light. Seeming to gaze upon the world and keeping vigil against all threats. It looked beautiful in its own way.

"Its called New Vegas now, but it's always been a gambling city. Before the Great war, Vegas was the place the rich and middle class people went to party or relax. Now it's a haven in the wastes, boasting the pleasures of life. Prostitutes, willing by the way, entertainment and fine dinning if you have the caps. Also a vast supply of technology that you can't find anywhere else."

"Being that well off, obviously other factions would be want the place for themselves. Six years ago, two rising empires went to war over the place. The New California Republic or NCR and Caesars Legion. The NCR were trying to rebuild America, even though it brought along all its political corruption, they were mostly good. Better than the Legion. These guys were brutal, ready and willing to slaughter any and all that got in their way. Naturally being the caring man that I am, I got involved and kicked both of them out of the Mojave. After I got revenge on a guy who shot me in the head twice and buried me alive in a shallow grave."

"Ok now your lying!" Mine yelled, which actually kind of made her look cute when her face scrunched up like that. "No one could survive that!"

Not saying anything, Shamus took off his hat and lifted up his orange bangs and out of the way. There, just below the hair line were two circular scars, the perfect shapes for bullets.

"Satisfied Pinky?" He smirked.

Mine grumbled as she sat back down.

"During my time there, I explored ruins and settlements all over the Mojave. One exploration lead me too the Big Empty, the home of the Think Tank. I do jobs for them when their experiments get out of hand. One of which lead me here. Now here I am." He said spreading his arms. "Now you know what I'm used to and what I plan doing, the question is what do you want to do with me?"

Boss sat there with her hands together, her cigarette had since burned down to the butt and hung there uselessly. "Well, you've certainly given us a lot to think about. If even a portion of what you have told me is true, then I am sorry for your people and wish you somehow find a way back somehow. As what I wish to do with you, well you've said it yourself you with to eliminate the corruption of the Empire. You seem to be a force of nature, it be foolish of us to simply let that skill fall through our fingers. Which is why I ask you, will you join us?" Boss stood up, threw away the cigarette and raised her metallic fist. " Will you stand with us and weed out the corruption. To cut down the evil that heaven can not judge!?"

Shamus stared at her before putting his hat back on. He then put his hands behind his head, and kicked his feet onto the table. "Lady, I've been waiting for you to ask that. It's a whole hearted yes from me."

"Then let me be the first to welcome you to this bloody world we call home." She said smiling.

Personally, I was smiling like crazy.

Alright! Glad to know my new friend will be here with me. The future suddenly doesn't look so bleak! Although, dealing with the crazies here will be tough, especially since my friend is from another world. Man I don't think I could handle any more crazy killers. I wonder if Shamus knows any interesting people on Earth?

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Arya Village

Tomess

Normally, I like to think as my self as a calm and cool individual, even when I was facing death by the bandit leader. Now I was fidgety and nervous, considering I was the only one standing between my still recovering village and bandits, no one could blame me.

The village had cleaned up the bodies left by the Courier and scavenged their weapons, even taking the leaders rifle for myself. Unfortunately, the bandits that had attacked were only half the clan. The other half were here now, and looking for revenge.

It was just me and all the able bodied but still wounded men. All wielding the stolen blades, but no true experience with them. Which left me as the only one who could do any good with the rifle.

A man stepped out of the band of killers, he had no facial hair, bald and a long scar that ran down the right side of his face. He actually wore armor with bits of metal on it. "Alright you bitches. I want the man who killed my brother to come foreword. If he does I'll kill the rest of you real quick and painless." He cocked his head and waited. "No? Alright then, let's have some fun boys!" With a roar the two dozen armed men charged at us.

If there really is some being watching over us, please, help!?

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What?! I-It's there again!

There in the night sky was the very same green hole that unleashed the red eyed Courier on the previous bandits. And again like last time, a figure was spat out.

Whatever It was, it was big. The bald leader didn't even have time to look up before it came down on him with a thundering crash.

When the dust settled we all got a good look at it. It looked like a man, though it was hard to tell. The figure was covered head to toe in a massive suit of shining silver armor. Even the helmet completely covered his face leaving only a black glass where the eyes would be. Underneath his armored feet was a pile of red gore and mush.

The thing looked down and lifted up its foot to inspect the damage it inflicted. Then it finally spoke.

"Awe shit. I hate when this happens, its like ten times worse then stepping in gum." The distinctly male voice said. Looking around, he saw us all gazing at him. He looked at us, then the bandits and repeated several times before looking at his feet. "Oh please tell me this was a bad guy." He said.

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Looking again, another figure appeared and landed next to the giant. Instead of a crash, this one land gracefully and without a sound. He too was a male and looked like he was several years younger than me, maybe around nineteen. He was dressed in an odd one piece blue outfit with bits of armor attached. On his back in yellow print was the number one hundred one. The boy seemed to wear the gauntlet similar to the courier, only it gave off a green glow instead of amber. Both his hands were adorned in black gloves. He was clean shaven and had well groomed dark brown hair. His most defining feature however were his bright lime green eyes that almost seemed to…glow.

The new person looked around, saw everyone starring and then saw the red stain on the ground. He immediately looked at the armored man and narrowed his eyes. "Nate." He warned the giant.

"It was not my fault, someone put a guy in my way. Also, based on the mean looking guy over there, he may have been a bad person. Am I right?" The metal man, Nate asked Turning to the bandits. "I'm right, aren't I?"

"He squished the Boss!" a voice cried out from the crowd. "Kill the both of them and the villagers!" With that the group continued their charge.

Suddenly Nate, in a flash of light, pulled out a massive…thing. It looked like a gun, but I had never heard of one with so many barrels. The thing was big and heavy looking but he seemed to carry it with ease. The barrels started spinning and let loose what I could only describe as a storm of fire. Bullets struck the men and wherever they impacted it immediately caught fire. The screams they made, I knew would haunt me for the rest of my life.

Letting off the trigger, all that was left were the mangled and charred remains of our would-be-killers. Miraculously, three bandits were still alive and relatively intact, lying on the ground. It seems they tripped on their friends guts and avoided the lethal rounds. The men soon up, though obviously shaken.

Nate lowered his monstrous weapon and looked to his smaller companion. "Hey Able, want to take care of these guys?"

The now named Able sighed. "Fine." Stepping forward, he too seemed to summon a weapon, a blade this time. I knew my fair share about blades, I had dealt with plenty of mercenaries and soldiers passing through town, even helping the black smith forge a few. I had never seen a blade like that.

It seemed to be similar to a katana, only instead of the signature curved blade, it was straight. The handle was wrapped in a dark green cloth and a black guard. The lethal metal of the sword was a light blue, that seemed to be covered in green lightning.

What is that thing? Who are these men!?

The boy started closing the distance until he was in ten feet of the men. "Leave now. You've seen what awaits you if you continue your lives as marauders. I'm giving You a chance to just put down your weapons and walk away. If not, then I will kill you where you stand." He said, voice like steel.

The men seemed to consider it, until one acted. "Like hell we'll be intimidated by some punk ass kid!" He said before lunging.

He didn't make it three feet before his head was separated from his body. The boy stood there with his now bloodied blade before he was on to the next man. The bandit tried to block the blade with the handle of his battle axe, only for it slice right through the wood and then the man with ease. His body collapsed into two pieces, yet not letting the deaths of his comrades effect him, the last bandit charged.

Able just stood there, and as the bandit got near, the boy simply…vanished into thin air. My village and I all stood the stunned, yet none more then the bandit. He stood there confused until the tip of a blade burst out of his chest before being pulled back through. He fell over dead only to reveal the green eyed boy as his killer.

The boy then summoned a metal sheath, attach it to his left hip and cleaned then put away his weapon. While he was making his way back, Nate stepped towards us with planting hands. He slowly reached up and removed his helmet which reveal a short black haired and brown eyed man around his mid to late twenties. He had some short stable and had a scar across his right eye, luckily still undamaged.

"Sorry about the rude introduction folks, we just got here. We're actually looking for a friend. Duster, orange hair, red eyes, a love for killing bad guys and a cocktail attitude that sometimes want to punch him in the face?" He asked.

We just stood there in silence starring at him and trying to process what we had just seen.

"Hello, any one in there? Huh, so this is what it feels to the other person when I'm trying to decide whether or not to be a smart ass." He mumbled.

I like to think I was calm, that I responded with a cool head. I am lying to myself.

"THE FUCK IS GOING ON!"

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Hopefully you all liked Shamus's take on the end of the world.

Yes, I brought in the Lone Wanderer and Sole Survivor. And yes, I gave Able a ninjaken similar to Jingwei's shocksword. And yes he is nineteen, that was on purpose and will be explained.

Now like Shamus I am giving them songs too.

Nate- 'Going Nuclear' by Miracle of Sound

Able- 'I Know I'm A Wolf' by Young Heretics

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