*Author's note: For the Minutemen I wished to mostly use real makeshift weapons like the Luty SMG since pipe guns are atrocious so are the other designs like assault rifle and combat rifles. For assault rifles I figured worn service rifles aka M16 like Cody's. Combat rifles I figured 1903 Springfield that can also use the Pedersen Device. In place of pipe guns are zip guns so use your imagination on that.

Fallout Fox Chapter 2 The Runner

It was a blessing to have Liberator leading the group he knew what he was doing. Despite being a ghoul, he has no problem killing ferals he even passed down his experience to the group so they would survive. The already now elected him as General under him they will survive for a little bit. Preston wasn't a bad leader he was pretty skilled but he was broken about Quincy. Liberator did his best to comfort his friend. Liberator is now General Liberator just as Mama Murphy predicted. As they slowly made toward Lexington Liberator asked Cody to report to him. Cody did as told and stood at attention.

"At ease Minuteman said Liberator. Cody, do you know what a runner is?"

"Yes, General" said Cody a messenger?

"Yes, replied Liberator I need to get to the USAF Satellite Station Olivia I know it's several miles but you're the most agile out of all of us not to mention loyal and endurant."

"I would choose the Revere but it's full of super mutants. Olivia is full of raiders but knowing how you are you will make quick work of them."

Cody smiled "as usual General."

"Now Cody I know this is almost suicidal but we are counting on you if what Mama Murphy told us is true it's now or never."

"Get to station."

He gave Cody a pre-war U.S Army radio. Liberator turned on the radio in his helmet. The radio sparked to life

*static* "that way I can tell you what to do."

Cody just smiled "thanks General."

"Liberator said thank me later let's get the calvary here."

Cody did as he asked. In his pack he had several shots of psycho. He jabbed the needle and his arm and screamed as he sprinted. He had to save his fellows one way or the other if it meant heavy chem use so be it. While he sprinted to the station, he could only imagine the horrors the survivors would see.

Liberator continued to lead through Lexington. However, the feral ghoul hordes they would face will be even hard for him to handle. They were all low on ammo. As they marched to Lexington the ferals got up and began swarming them. Laser muskets boomed through although powerful they are slow firing. The makeshift guns others had where unreliable. Soon Liberator started charging the ferals as the clawed and scratched on his T51F. He calmly would beat them to death with his armored fist. If they fell, he would boot stomp them.

There were several surviving Minutemen with them. One of them is Josh. As the ferals swarmed other sought shelter in the Super-Duper Mart against Liberator's orders. Well, the mart was filled with ferals many got torn to pieces before Liberator could get in as their horrid screams where heard. Liberator did manage to save Josh's life or at least what's left of him. The right side of his face was completely eaten off and his legs were gone. Part of his left hand was bitten off and his right eye was missing. His right arm was unsavable and would have to be amputated. Before the ghouls could finish him, they attacked Liberator as he opened fire forgetting Josh.

Liberator tore through the ferals and hoisted josh on his shoulder.

"You're not dying on me soldier"! Said Liberator as broke through the doors.

He told Preston to guard and patch up Josh while he searched for survivors. All Liberator found was several mauled to death Minutemen. They were to first to die under his command as General the sad thing is they wouldn't be the last. Poor Josh was screaming in agony forcing Liberator to jab him with a med-x syringe.

They would soon fine the mutilated remains of Emma and Anthony it was a gore nest to say the least. That's two more Minutemen dead. Screams of a doomed settler were heard as she was brutally torn to shreds. As more ferals awoke they were many of them. Liberator ordered a retreat while chunking several Molotov's and frag grenades along with several sticks of dynamite. The fire and explosions killed may feral ghouls and caused the whole mart to crash in on itself as the fire consumed it.

Meanwhile Cody was chewing through bloatflies and bloodbugs to get to Olivia station. It's been hours feeling tired he jabbed another psycho syringe in his arms screaming with rage and sprinting once more. He was going to get there one way or another. Several hours later he would make it but it was night the moon was hidden behind the clouds letting him sneak past the raider guards. As he entered the place, he walked down the stairs and saw a laser beam trip wire. He disabled it simply by stabbing it with his bayonet.

Almost all raiders where asleep including their leader Ack-Ack. He decided on stealth. He got on the radio.

"General come in."

Liberator ghoulish voice spoke. "Cody, please get help we are pinned out here I repeat we are pinned."

"General tell me what to do?"

Liberator said "OK go to the front terminal and push the yellow button."

He did as he was told. Liberator than told the frequency numbers as Cody activated the ancient pre-war satellite. Mama Murphy told him the frequency he should tune it to. He flicked the switches and dials as instructed. He put on the headset and spoke.

"Hello please we need help this Cody Mason Commonwealth Minutemen please my General and his troops are pinned if you are out there like Mama Murphy said please help us."

Back on the Pepper's flagship. "General we got a distress signal."

As Cody's cry for help rang through, they turned on the translator. Pepper's eyes widened as he heard the cry it was a young child; they were so busy with the war they had no time to help other planets Earth included. Despite this he couldn't just let the boy die or his friends.

"Cody's voice came on again this Cody Mason please respond."

Liberator's voice came on the comm "WE ARE PINNED DOWN WE NEED REINFORCEMENTS RAIDERS EVERYWHERE!" The screams of the settlers where heard.

Pepper ordered several squads to deploy to Earth as soon as possible. He also ordered them to get their armored hazmat suits on. He also called Star Fox to pick up Cody. They pinpointed the two signals one from Cody and the other from Liberator. The Star Fox team got their suits then into their arwings. As the squadron flew closer the ships began scanning Earth for damage. They looked with shock at the extreme damaged.

One of the crew said "sir Earth is a post nuclear world." Pepper shook his head in sorrow a young species that nuked itself.

As the Star Fox team flew into Earth's atmosphere Fox said "Hey Krystal your good with kits you take the lead on this one." Krystal replied "Already on it.

Unfortunately for Cody Ack-Ack and her gang woke up. Krystal could sense the danger and slammed her arwing to full throttle. It soared and screamed in the air. As she got close enough the raiders outside turned their attention to the noise. Inside the Station Cody was fighting for his life his service rifle chattered away unleashing volleys of 5.56mm Nato. Being well worn it jammed as Ack-Ack kicked Cody in the groin and socked him in the gut. Cody groaned in Agony.

"Oh, shut the hell up you stupid little Minuteman." She then kicked him in the jaw breaking several teeth. Cody was just happy he didn't bite his tongue in the process. Blood oozed from his mouth as he laid there. Krystal landed first and immediately began tearing the raiders to shreds. The first one charged at her only for her to shattered his skull with her staff. The second one she sniped with her staff's plasma rounds. The last one was so terrified he dropped his weapon and offered to surrender. Krystal calmly shot him in the head.

She kicked the door down.

The raiders again turned their attention on her. However, a sense of dread filled the Station. Krystal could sense Cody's agony and as her maternal instincts kicked in it filled her with rage and hate. As she read the minds of the raiders all she saw was pure evil. How dare these monsters torture a poor kit. Once she made her way down the raiders aimed their guns. She was going to use one of her darkest powers.

"Take your weapons and place them against your temple."

The raiders begged and pleaded for her to stop as her green eyes stared at them coldly through her visor.

Ack-Ack had her 10mm pistol against her temple and begged the hardest.

"Now Fire."

Screams where everywhere as one by one in quick succession triggers where pulled. Pure fear filled Cody he thought this was the end soon his rifle and bayonet would be against him. Calling them may have been a bad idea. As Krystal walked towards him, she petrified him being in such an eerie suit. He may be a veteran Minutemen but he was still a lost scared 10-year-old. She then spoke to him not with her voice but her telepathy.

"It's ok little one do not be afraid I am Krystal I'm the one sent to rescue you."

Cody''s blood shot blood red eyes stared into her green eyes through her visor.

"Now let's see what troubles you."

She began searching through his mind but also gave him a sense of security she wanted to heal his mind not break it. She saw everything the Quincy Massacre the death of Rick Mason the death of the Youth Battalion and the suffering of disease she saw the truth about Kyle. She sensed his name Cody Mason. She did see what his hopes where in his Faith who and what he believed but also who he served. A citizen's militia named the Commonwealth Minutemen. She found the name of his species human and the species of a "General Liberator" a ghoul a form of mutated human.

She found the meaning of his tattoos and how he got them. She took off his bloody rag revealing his face. She frowned as she saw his shattered teeth if only, she got there a minute sooner. She put her paws on his jaw as they glowed healing his bleeding gums and easing his pain. Once Cody realized she was no threat he just wrapped his arms around her it's been years since he felt safety and comfort.

"It's ok Cody sleep little soldier sleep your fight is done for now."

Cody fell fast asleep as she scooped him in her arms. She pulled out a blanket from her pack and wrapped him in it. She just smiled on the outside a battle-hardened beast of war in reality a wounded loving child who needed a mama.

Cody began struggling as his nightmares came back to him. She spoke to him again.

"Remember you are not alone anymore I will protect you from the demons of your past."

She then plucked the nightmare away replacing it with a loving dream full of hope where Cody would lead a battalion of Minutemen and be victorious. She admired the Minutemen while others gave into corruption or gave up the Minutemen didn't when they fell to pieces they got back up. If only Venom, had its own Minutemen than maybe Andross would have been toppled maybe not these Minutemen though with how weak their current state was not to mention their antiquated tech. She walked up the stairs as she did, she heard Cody's nose whistle as he slept. She couldn't help but giggle at how cute it was.

She then gently got into her arwing and took off for Concord. She regrouped with the rest of the team. Their arwings tore through the irradiated sky soon a shuttle joined the formation. It was the shuttle that Pepper sent inside the windows they saw the weary faces of the survivors. Filthy covered in sweat and ashes just like Cody. They reached Concord quickly. Once the shuttle landed near the raiders and the ramp opened the survivors lead by General Liberator ran out screaming and charging like the GI'S OF D-Day. The crackling boom of Laser Muskets was heard as red beams began hitting the raiders some disintegrated.

The chattering of Luty SMGS and booming of double barrel shotguns was heard from the CQC Minutemen. Cody woke up from the noise jumped out of her arms grabbed his rifle then charged the enemy immediately reuniting with his group. The Cornerian soldiers fought alongside the Minutemen. Liberator ran through in his T-51F. He then pulled out a glowing sword. It was the Sword of Shem Drowne himself. Krystal could sense righteousness in the blade as Liberator swung and slashed his way through. Gristle met a grizzly end as Liberator flat out decapitated him.

Krystal drew her staff while the team drew their blasters. With the combined might of 13 Minutemen 10 C.D.F soldiers and the Star Fox team the raiders stood no chance. In half a minute all the raiders were dead.

One of the C.D.F soldier talked through the translator on his rebreather "wow you Minutemen are vicious if we had soldiers like you in are ranks Venom would have been toast."

Cody smirked and said "that's the job sir save lives kick ass."

Krystal meanwhile sensed a demonic creature lurking underground. She remembered one of the creatures Cody fought it was a deathclaw. The deathclaw screamed with rage as it tore the grate off. Liberator pulled off his back an M2 50cal and opened fire. Everyone drew their fire on the deathclaw to no avail. Krystal opened fire with her staff. Her rounds seamed to hurt the most so it chose to go after her. It tried to swat her as it charged only for Cody to shove her out of the way. The creature swatted him instead Cody flew several feet before landing on his left side shattering several ribs and puncturing a lung while breaking his left arm in the process.

Cody spat out blood and opened fire wielding his rifle with his right arm alone missing most shots. "COME AND GET ME YOU SCALY SHIT!"

The creature obliged and picked him up as everyone fired on it. His rifle empty he tossed it and pulled out his 1911 and empty the magazine into its eyes. It screamed and dropped him only for Liberator to catch him. Krystal was heartbroken seeing Cody so wounded it was for her he took the blow. She screamed at the deathclaw with rage and fire in her heart.

"You have done enough monster do the world a favor and end it you have lost you are blind and defeated your time is done now!"

The deathclaw screamed with fear as its claws approached its throat. The creature screamed as it tore its own throat out. It now laid there dead. Krystal immediately went to check on Cody and the survivors. It wasn't thirteen Minutemen it was fourteen Josh was rolled out and in worse shape the Cody. The Cornerian doctors had this blue gel on his wounds mending his flesh back together his missing limbs and eye however would need to be replaced by cybernetics. Good news is he volunteered to be the Minutemen's ambassador to the Cornerians. The Cornerians would mend him but it would take time.

Cody still was bleeding out heavily as Cornerian medics ran to him still they were in hazmat suits which freaked Cody out still. Liberator stepped in.

"Hang on Cody you ain't leaving us yet."

He pulled out a stimpack and jabbed into Cody's chest the blood oozing from his lungs and into his mouth and nose stopped. The medics where shocked at the speed of the stimpack patching Cody up. Unfortunately, his ribs and lung where still damaged and would need surgery. Cody just smiled at his General and drunk half his flask down to num the pain. Liberator patted him on the shoulder.

"Attaboy whiskey solves a lot of things."

Everyone who didn't know Cody was shocked about him drinking those who knew him well just ignored while some encouraged it Liberator included. To put it blunt medicine is scarce in the wasteland same with proper doctors so whiskey and other strong alcohol is back to a cure-all. As bad as Cody wanted to smoke, he had a hole in his lung. Even with hazmat suits the Cornerians could hear Cody's horrid struggle to breathe. One of the soldiers was curious of Minutemen weaponry. General Liberator gave them a run down.

"Now with us being a militia our weapons can be random but eight out of ten times it's this. For long range engagements and anti-material, we have the Laser Musket with a six-crank capacitor crank it six times and it will disintegrate any living being or melt through armor like butter."

Preston readied his Laser Musket at the metal dummy and fired. The six-crank beam boomed and crackled the target was melted into slag.

"Now said Liberator for CQC engagements we have the classic double barrel shotgun and Luty SMG. The double barrel is a must for defense of one's home simple rugged reliable. Now the Luty is made from different parts making each one different. Some different calibers most are 9mm and in rare cases 45 ACP. Evan's for instance is one of the rare 45 caliber. Another thing about the Luty is it's so crude being made from cut metal is you can cut yourself and get tetanus so gloves are required."

Evan and another Minuteman demonstrated. The Minuteman fired his double barrel twice peppering the other target with buck shot. He then reloaded. The Cornerians where impressed by the laser musket not so much the double barrel with having to reload every two shots. Evan aimed his Luty though it had no sights. He fired ten rounds before it jammed. He cocked the handle back and fired his reaming nine rounds.

Fay asked Evan. "Does it always do that?" Evan replied "yes it does."

Liberator spoke again.

"Now for our sidearms and grenades. First our sidearms can be random. Some are 10mm pistols like Sturges. Others are the Colt 1911 chambered in 45 ACP like Cody's. However, most are makeshift we call these zipguns no two are the same and vary widely in quality and design."

Sturges went first the bulky pistol hit its targets with a loud bang. The Cornerians realized how loud all the weapons of the Minutemen were compared to blasters. Cody walked up struggling to breathe all the while. He pulled out his battered worn and weathered blood stained 1911. Despite its rough appearance it worked fine much more economical than the 10mm.

Cody smiled and said "Can't beat good old forty-five." He blew the smoke from the barrel. He then tried to grab his service rifle only to nearly collapse. Krystal quickly caught him.

Cody quickly said "I'm fine ma'am ok."

Now that he was no longer under her spell his stubborn disposition came back. Liberator spoke again.

"Now a special demonstration by Cody Mason his rifle is known as a service rifle its real designation is the M16 his has been refurbish with fine wood furniture since the polymer furniture deteriorated centuries ago. His rifle is chambered in 5.56 Nato and is capable of both single and full auto fire."

Liberator would have shown them the M2 50cal but he was out of ammo for it. Then again, the saw it against the deathclaw.

"Alright now for our grenades."

Liberator pulled out a weird object. "This is the MK2 Pineapple grenade it's fragments when it explodes pay attention these are expensive and hard to find I'm only doing this once."

Liberator pulled the pin and popped the safety lever and threw it far. The grenade exploded with a loud *Boom* very no fire just debris and shrapnel.

"Now for our main grenade the Molotov Cocktail." He pulled out a bottle with a rag in it. He lit the rag and threw it turned into a fireball when it landed."

Cody fired three rounds in semi-auto then emptied the other seventeen rounds out on full-auto. The gun chattered and clanked away it was obliviously not in good shape however it held like a champ. The Cornerians decided it was their turn.

Their blasters were far superior in damage only being beaten by the Laser Musket. They were lighter more reliable and had a much larger ammo capacity. Fox's blaster could fire five hundred times before needing a reload. C.D.F blasters being rifles could fire three hundred times before reloading. The Minutemen twenty rounds at most at least one round with the Laser Musket and two with the double.

The Cornerians recorded the whole thing with their drones even in slow motion. As primitive as the Minutemen are the improvisation skills where impressive to say the least. General Pepper walked in his own suit and translator he to speak to Liberator.

General Pepper said "I need someone to train my soldiers how to survive death worlds such as Venom and Earth if your Minuteman could train them, I can reward you handsomely."

Liberator replied "First no cash only caps and resources are valid here."

"What do you have in mind?" he asked.

Liberator replied "I need rubber fuel paint and primer I am going to mechanize and motorize the Minutemen we can't protect at a minute's notice on foot. Sturges and I will repair and retool these factories scattered about soon the Minutemen will have vehicles standardized weapons and uniforms. Given time we will have a navy and air force."

Pepper smiled "Quite ambitious you are hellbent on rebuilding America."

Liberator was shocked "How did you know"?

"Krystal told me" Replied Pepper.

Liberator let out a ghoulish growl as Krystal laughed.

Liberator replied "Is it wrong to wish to heal one's nation America will live again the Enclave pretends to be America the Minutemen are America we will heal her once the Commonwealth is healed."

"We know," said Pepper. "Let's get you and your troops a bath first and much needed medical attention while where at it let's get you freed from your armor."