Jessica barged out the door and looked up into the sky, three vertibirds blocked out the sunrise. Why the hell were the Brotherhood coming to Sanctuary? She ran past Minutemen collecting their gear and prepping for a fight. Preston was standing by the alarm, laser musket at the ready.
"Why the hell did you raise the alarm?!" screamed Jessica "It's the Brotherhood, General." replied Preston, "Their coming for Sanctuary"
"The Brotherhood are on my side, I'm a Brotherhood Knight for crying out loud" she screamed more angry then last time.
"Well I'm sure you'll be able to tell them that. It looks like they've just landed."
Jessica was confused. Why the hell did the Brotherhood come to her door? She made it perfectly clear that she didn't want anything to do with them after they made her execute Danse, well that's what she told them she did anyway. She ran up to the front gate and climbed one of the guard posts to see over the fence they had constructed. The lead Paladin took of his helm and showed a familiar face to the sole survivor.
"Knight Rhys, what the hell do you think you are doing here? The minutemen are peaceful towards the Brotherhood. I am a Knight in the ranks same as you. What the hell does Maxson want?" Jessica screamed "That's Paladin Rhys now, since you declined the promotion the Elder thought I would be the best candidate to replace the traitor." explained Rhys "Oh shut up Rhys, well done you outrank me again. Is that it? You've come to gloat."
"No I came on Elder Maxson's orders. You are officially stripped of your rank and banished from the Brotherhood. You are an official enemy and by proxy so are the Minutemen, we have no intent of harming civilians but if your men don't surrender then I can't be held responsible for what happens."
"What the hell? I'm an enemy now? What did I not kill enough puppies to satisfiy Maxson's bloodlust?" questioned Jessica "You know perfectly well what you did and you are now responsible for the deaths of two Brotherhood scribes" cried Rhys "It was a routine patrol looking for pre-war technology. Two scribes and a Knight, they came across a place called Recon Bunker Theta..."
Jessica's face froze in fear, how could they have found him so quickly?
"You'll never guess what they found. Paladin Danse sitting in there alive as day. Naturally they opened fire on the abomination but he managed to kill the two scribes. The Knight reported back as fast as he could and Maxson sent me to deal with you."
"And what happened to Danse" asked Jessica on the verge of tears.
"The Elder sent a squad to kill him when the Knight returned. We saw to it was done properly this time. I made sure of it personally."
Jessica froze in anger, Rhys had murdered her friend in cold blood. Danse probably never stood a chance, he was good in a fight but not good enough to best a squad of Brotherhood Knights by himself. Why did they still pursue him he wasn't hurting anyone, he was just left in a bunker all alone. But now he was dead, finding out he was a synth killed him a little anyway. Mabye this was mercy jessica thought, no Maxson wasn't capable of that. What happened to Danse was cold blooded murder and Jessica knew exactly what she needed to do.
"Go to hell Rhys" she said finally "As you wish" Rhys said putting back on his helmet, and then all hell broke loose.
A Brotherhood Knight fired a missile at the gate smashing it to pieces, Minutemen shot down with their hunting rifles and Brotherhood Knight charged into the gates. Jessica jumped down drawing her shotgun and firing blindly trying to hit Rhys, thats all she cared about at this point, she wanted him dead. She heard Preston shouting commands from a guard post trying to organise his men in the chaos but he was drowned out by the distinct rat-a-tat-tat from the submachine guns as they fired on the armoured soldiers. Out of the fifteen Knights there was maybe four or five men in power armour but that was more than enough to take over Santuary. Her power armour wasn't holding up well, she must have not repaired it fully. She needed to abandon it before the armour frame seized up and trapped her inside. She exited the armour and drew her machine pistol. She fired away untill she had to reload, pumping round upon round into Brotherhood men not caring if they were alive or dead. She looked down and saw the tattered remains of a power armour, good she thought, one down four to go. Bodies were everywhere, cries of retreat from Preston as he ran up to her and grabbed her shoulder.
"We have to fall back," he yelled "we need to save the settlers"
Jessica shook him off and told him to go. She had to find Rhys and kill him. All she could hear was the sound of lasers and gunshots as she ran back into the fray. Through dust clouds she could see Minutemen trying to hold there own, her soldiers dragging the burned bodies of the wounded back further into the town. Replacement troops with fresh equipment from the armoury came to try and relieve the already wounded but it wasn't enough. Settlers were joining in the fighting, she could see Sturges firing away with his pipe pistol and catching a laser blast in the leg. She called his name but he couldn't hear her. She could barely hear herself. How had it come to this? Brotherhood bodies were tattered at the gate, gunned down as they tried to break through. Two power armoured soldiers broke through the defenses and she heard the sound of a minigun whiring. She dove for cover and pulled out her trusty rifle, she aimed at the soldier and just as the first few bullets came churning out she fired. The bullet whizzed and hit the power armours fusion core. She saw a green flash and knew exactly what was about to happen. The fusion core dropped onto the floor and started beeping. She tried to run but the core exploded with the power of a mini nuke sending her flying. The last thing she remembered before she blacked out was her house on fire.
"Why the hell did you raise the alarm?!" screamed Jessica "It's the Brotherhood, General." replied Preston, "Their coming for Sanctuary"
"The Brotherhood are on my side, I'm a Brotherhood Knight for crying out loud" she screamed more angry then last time.
"Well I'm sure you'll be able to tell them that. It looks like they've just landed."
Jessica was confused. Why the hell did the Brotherhood come to her door? She made it perfectly clear that she didn't want anything to do with them after they made her execute Danse, well that's what she told them she did anyway. She ran up to the front gate and climbed one of the guard posts to see over the fence they had constructed. The lead Paladin took of his helm and showed a familiar face to the sole survivor.
"Knight Rhys, what the hell do you think you are doing here? The minutemen are peaceful towards the Brotherhood. I am a Knight in the ranks same as you. What the hell does Maxson want?" Jessica screamed "That's Paladin Rhys now, since you declined the promotion the Elder thought I would be the best candidate to replace the traitor." explained Rhys "Oh shut up Rhys, well done you outrank me again. Is that it? You've come to gloat."
"No I came on Elder Maxson's orders. You are officially stripped of your rank and banished from the Brotherhood. You are an official enemy and by proxy so are the Minutemen, we have no intent of harming civilians but if your men don't surrender then I can't be held responsible for what happens."
"What the hell? I'm an enemy now? What did I not kill enough puppies to satisfiy Maxson's bloodlust?" questioned Jessica "You know perfectly well what you did and you are now responsible for the deaths of two Brotherhood scribes" cried Rhys "It was a routine patrol looking for pre-war technology. Two scribes and a Knight, they came across a place called Recon Bunker Theta..."
Jessica's face froze in fear, how could they have found him so quickly?
"You'll never guess what they found. Paladin Danse sitting in there alive as day. Naturally they opened fire on the abomination but he managed to kill the two scribes. The Knight reported back as fast as he could and Maxson sent me to deal with you."
"And what happened to Danse" asked Jessica on the verge of tears.
"The Elder sent a squad to kill him when the Knight returned. We saw to it was done properly this time. I made sure of it personally."
Jessica froze in anger, Rhys had murdered her friend in cold blood. Danse probably never stood a chance, he was good in a fight but not good enough to best a squad of Brotherhood Knights by himself. Why did they still pursue him he wasn't hurting anyone, he was just left in a bunker all alone. But now he was dead, finding out he was a synth killed him a little anyway. Mabye this was mercy jessica thought, no Maxson wasn't capable of that. What happened to Danse was cold blooded murder and Jessica knew exactly what she needed to do.
"Go to hell Rhys" she said finally "As you wish" Rhys said putting back on his helmet, and then all hell broke loose.
A Brotherhood Knight fired a missile at the gate smashing it to pieces, Minutemen shot down with their hunting rifles and Brotherhood Knight charged into the gates. Jessica jumped down drawing her shotgun and firing blindly trying to hit Rhys, thats all she cared about at this point, she wanted him dead. She heard Preston shouting commands from a guard post trying to organise his men in the chaos but he was drowned out by the distinct rat-a-tat-tat from the submachine guns as they fired on the armoured soldiers. Out of the fifteen Knights there was maybe four or five men in power armour but that was more than enough to take over Santuary. Her power armour wasn't holding up well, she must have not repaired it fully. She needed to abandon it before the armour frame seized up and trapped her inside. She exited the armour and drew her machine pistol. She fired away untill she had to reload, pumping round upon round into Brotherhood men not caring if they were alive or dead. She looked down and saw the tattered remains of a power armour, good she thought, one down four to go. Bodies were everywhere, cries of retreat from Preston as he ran up to her and grabbed her shoulder.
"We have to fall back," he yelled "we need to save the settlers"
Jessica shook him off and told him to go. She had to find Rhys and kill him. All she could hear was the sound of lasers and gunshots as she ran back into the fray. Through dust clouds she could see Minutemen trying to hold there own, her soldiers dragging the burned bodies of the wounded back further into the town. Replacement troops with fresh equipment from the armoury came to try and relieve the already wounded but it wasn't enough. Settlers were joining in the fighting, she could see Sturges firing away with his pipe pistol and catching a laser blast in the leg. She called his name but he couldn't hear her. She could barely hear herself. How had it come to this? Brotherhood bodies were tattered at the gate, gunned down as they tried to break through. Two power armoured soldiers broke through the defenses and she heard the sound of a minigun whiring. She dove for cover and pulled out her trusty rifle, she aimed at the soldier and just as the first few bullets came churning out she fired. The bullet whizzed and hit the power armours fusion core. She saw a green flash and knew exactly what was about to happen. The fusion core dropped onto the floor and started beeping. She tried to run but the core exploded with the power of a mini nuke sending her flying. The last thing she remembered before she blacked out was her house on fire.