Fallout South Carolina

by Crusherboy93

The United States is gone, and in it's place is a wasteland, created by nuclear fallout during the Great War. 234 years later, A Wasteland Survivor escorts a girl to new Charleston to reunite her with her uncle. will the Wasteland Survivor keep the little girl alive long enough to get to New Charleston, or will they succumb to the creatures that the nuclear fallout created?

1. Chapter 1

War, war never changes. That's what everyone said before the world went to hell. On October 23rd, 2077 at around 9:40 A.M., the whole world ended in Nuclear Fire. The Great War lasted for about two hours. When the war ended, nothing was the same. All countries were wiped out, with just about 10 million people surviving. Most of the people in the United States were either killed off by Radiation, Turned into ghouls, survived the Nuclear Fallout on the planet's surface, or in huge underground Vaults created by the Vault-Tec Corporation back before the Great War, but nothing could bring the old world back. At least, that's what my father told me. Two-hundred and thirty-four years since the Great War, small settlements began to pop up across what was once the United States, like my home town of New Anderson created from what was once Anderson, South Carolina. The town was a thriving settlement until Raiders attacked it and killed everyone, I alone survived. I now walk along a road, all alone." That was the entry put into a man's daily journal as he sat down in an old Red Rocket Gas station. The man then pulled out a bottle of Nuka-Cola and took a sip of it. The man then put the Nuka-Cola back in his bag and as he was about to leave, he heard something outside.

As he drew his 10 MM Pistol, John looked over the counter to see a child, a young girl, she sat down on a bench outside, her back towards the main building. He then put his gun away, stood up, and said, "Hey kid." The young girl turned around and held a pipe Gun, pointed at the man. The man then held his hands in the air as he said, "Take it easy kid, I'm not going to hurt you." The girl then said, "That's what the last person said to me before he tried to kill me." The man then said, "Well, I'm different, what's your name kid?" the girl kept her Pipe gun pointed at the man and she said, "My name is Claire, what's your name?" The man walked out of the Red Rocket Gas station and said, "My name is John, where are your folks?" Claire then said, "Dead, killed by Raiders when they attacked my home." John replied, "I know that feeling, I lost my family when my hometown was attacked and turned into a town for Raiders." Claire then lowered her Gun and said, "Sorry, I… I didn't know." John nodded his head and said as he slowly lowered his hands, "It's alright Claire. Where do you plan to go?" Claire told John that she was going to a nearby settlement. John then said, "The only closest Settlement to here is Calhoun Falls." Claire nodded her head and she said, "I'm trying to get to New Charleston." John then said, "That's over one hundred and seventy miles, why do you need to go to New Charleston?" Claire then said, "My parents told me if I was ever to end up on my own to go there and speak to a man by the name of Mason Brown."

"Mason Brown?!" shouted John. Claire nodded her head and said, "You know him?" John then nodded his head and he said, "Mason Brown is a scheming, conniving, good for nothing piece of Shit, why on Nuclear Earth would you want to see him?" Claire crossed her arms and said, "Because he's my Dad's brother, my last name is Brown." John was silent for a few moments and he said, "Oh, sorry Kid." Claire shrugged it off and said, "Doesn't bother me, I just need to get enough supplies to last me a few more days until I get to another settlement after Calhoun Falls." As Claire was getting her small bag ready, John said, "Want me to come with you, I need to head to Calhoun falls anyway." Claire looked at John, shrugged her shoulders and said, "Sure, why not, only thing I got is this Pipe Gun." John smiled and pulled out his gun. When Claire saw John's weapon, she said, "You had that on you this whole time, why didn't you shoot me?" John looked at Claire and he said, "Because I lost my sister, who was about your size, when the raiders attack New Anderson." Claire smiled and said, "Well then, let's get going." John smiled, grabbed his own bag and ran to catch up with Claire.

Along the way to Calhoun Falls, John asked Claire if she even knew how to shoot, Claire hung her head and said, "No, not really." John then stopped and said, "You had a Pipe Gun and you didn't know how to shoot it?" Claire nodded her head and said, "I didn't know that you had a gun on you so I hoped that if I bluffed you about knowing how to shot, I could get supplies from you." John then laughed and said, "Alright, let me teach you real quick." John then gathered up a few tin cans and placed them along an old fence and told Claire to pull out her Pipe gun. She did, and John said, "Alright, aim your gun at the first tin can." Claire followed John's instructions and John then said, "Now pull the trigger." Claire followed John's instructions and pulled the trigger, the pipe pistol shot back and almost hit Claire in the face, but John caught it before it did hit Claire. John then said, "Well, that recoil is proof, this was the first time you ever shot that gun, am I right?" Claire hung her head again and she said, "Yes." John nodded his head and said, "Alright, this time, use two hands and try again." Claire nodded her head and held the Pipe pistol with two hands and fired it at the tin can, knocking it off the fence. John then said, "Perfect, now, do it again with the rest of the cans." Claire nodded her head and took at the second can, fired at it and knocked it off. Claire then did the same thing with the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cans. John then said, "Not bad Claire, a little more practice and you will be handle rifles, now let's go." Claire nodded her head and the two continued on their way.

Suddenly, a shot flew passed John's head. John then said, "GET TO COVER!" John and Claire then got to cover behind of an old Pre-war truck. John pulled out his Pistol, handed it to Claire, placed two clips on the ground and told her, "Stay here and cover me, the shot came from the abandoned building's top floor, far left window. Stay here until I call your name, if you need to reload push this button, the clip in the gun will drop and you can put one of these clips in, to load it, pull back from here and it will load the first round into the chamber." Claire nodded her head and fired three rounds at the window John told her to fire at, causing the shooter to take cover, and allowing John to move up to a tree closer to the building. John then pulled out a combat knife. John whistled to Claire to cover him again. Claire nodded her head and opened fire again at the window, allowing John to get right to the door to the building. John knocked three times and the door opened, causing a gunman to slowly walk out. John then grabbed the gun he had and slit the gunmen's throat. John then used the gun to take out another gunman coming down the stairs.

As John walked up to the second floor, another gunman rounded the corner and got shot in the head by John. John then grabbed the rifle the man he just shot, put it on his back and continued clearing the gunmen out of the building. As Claire was about to reload, John cleared all the gunmen on the second floor and got to the top floor, where he saw the person who was taking shots at him and Claire. John then pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin, and threw it at the shooter. The shooter looked down at the grenade and said, "Holy…" but the grenade exploded and he was killed before he could finish his sentence. John then made sure that there were no more gunmen, when he saw that there was no more, he called Claire to join him. Claire grabbed the extra clip and empty clip and she ran to the building and got inside when John was coming down the stairs. Suddenly, another gunman came up from the basement and said, "What the hell happened here?" John then took back his pistol and shot the gunman in the head. Claire was startled at what John just did. Claire then said, "Couldn't you have just let him go?" John looked at her and said, "Claire, in this world, you do what you must to survive. Besides, these people are Gunners, they wouldn't let us go. Now go up the stairs and loot the bodies on the second floor, I'll take of these bodies and the bodies on the top floor." Claire was silent, but did as she was told and she went upstairs to loot the bodies. As John looted the body of the person he just shot, he found a key with a label that read, "Prisoner cell key." John then looked at the door the man came out of and shouted to Claire, "Claire, get back down here." Claire followed John's orders and got back down to John. John handed Claire his 10 MM pistol again and laid down all the rifles he had except for one. John then said, "Stay behind me, cover our rear." Claire nodded her head and the two headed down the stairs to the basement.

When they arrived, John saw a person laying down in a cell. John immediately walked over to the cell as he told Claire to cover the stairs. John then said, "Hello, are you alright?" The person turned their head and John saw that the person was a woman. John opened the cell door and walked over to the woman and helped her sit up and lean against the wall. John then reached into his bag and pulled out some food that he cooked before he met Claire and gave it to the woman. John then said, "What's your name?" the woman slowly ate the food and she said, "Ayana, my name is Ayana Batchelder, but you can call me Zoe." John then said, "Well Zoe, my name is John, the little girl at the stairs is Claire." Zoe looked at the stairway and saw Claire with John's Pistol. John then helped Rachel to her feet and walk out of the cell. John then saw a chair to sit Zoe down in. after he sat Zoe down, he saw a light switch on the wall. After he flicked it, the lights in the basement all came on. John then saw on a table on the opposite end of the room what he thought was an old Vault suit. Opun further inspection, John realized that it was a Vault Suit, from Vault 140. John then looked at Zoe and said, "Is this yours Zoe?" Zoe nodded her head and John said, "You're a Vault Dweller?" Zoe nodded her head again and she said, "I'm from Vault 140 all right." John then said, "Is it near here?" Zoe shook her head and said, "Vault 140 is near Northlake." John then said, "That's not far from New Anderson." Zoe nodded her head and said, "Raiders tried to attack the vault, they failed to get deep in, but they took me prisoner and sold me to this group of gunners. I've been held here for days, I never got the chance to say thank you." John then said, "Don't mention it, I'm taking Claire to Calhoun Falls, would you like to join us?" John then extended his hand to Zoe, who smiled, took his hand and agreed to go with John and Claire to Calhoun Falls.

Back upstairs, John and Claire waited for Zoe to come out of the basement. When she did, she was in her Vault Dweller suit and wearing some of the gunner's armor that John gave her. Zoe then grabbed one of the Rifles John had leaned against the wall. John then asked Zoe, "Do you know how to shoot?" Zoe nodded her head and John said, "Alright, let's get going team." Claire and Zoe nodded their heads and they continued making their way to Calhoun Falls. Along the way, they came across a Deathclaw. John had Zoe protect Claire and the two of them set the Deathclaw up in a Crossfire. The Deathclaw didn't know which side to target and was quickly taken out. John then walked up to the Deathclaw and started to cut chunks from it. Claire then asked John, "Why are you doing that". John replied, "We can cook the meat from this Deathclaw to make food, we'll need it to sustain us to survive the trip to Calhoun Falls." Zoe then said, "Is that really necessary?" John then looked back at Zoe and said, "Zoe, I know that you're use to the food in your Vault. But on the surface, we cook what we can to eat to sustain our strength." Claire and Zoe looked at each other, then back at John and he said, "What, Calhoun Falls is still a few days walking distance from our current location, we'll need to eat something." Claire then said, "But Deathclaw Meat?"

"I make a good Deathclaw Stew, I have purified Water, some Carrots, and some Mutatoes." Claire then said, "I am kind of hungry right now, and the sun is setting." John then said, "Alright, Let's find a good spot to make camp." Claire and Zoe nodded their heads and the three of them searched for a place to spend the night, and they found an old military checkpoint made from a small radio station. As John made Deathclaw Stew, Zoe and Claire set up the sleeping bags and barricades set up for defense. After John got done cooking the Deathclaw Stew, he poured three bowls, one for Claire, one for Zoe, and one for himself. As they ate, Claire said, "I will admit, I thought that this was going to be disgusting, but this is actually pretty good, thanks John." John smiled and said, "No problem Claire, I'm just glad people appreciate it." Zoe then said, "How many people have you made this for?" John looked at Zoe, then at his bowl, then back at Zoe and said, "No one ever wanted to try it, you two are actually the first two people to ever try my Deathclaw Stew." Zoe then said, "It's really good, I don't know why people didn't want to try it." John then said, "A rumor was spreading around my hometown that I was using Human meat bits in the stew and just named it Deathclaw stew to cover." Zoe and Claire looked at each other, then at their bowls of stew, causing John to say, "You two saw me take the meat from the Deathclaw!" Zoe then said, "Relax John, we know that you used Deathclaw meat." John smiled and said, "Thank you, now you two get some rest, I'll keep watch." When Zoe asked John, "Why don't we take turns on watch?" John told Zoe, "I'm fine, you'll need you're rest."

Zoe said, "Alright." Zoe and Claire then went to sleep as John kept watch. As the night went on, John pulled out his daily Journal and wrote, "After I took a break at the Red Rocket Gas Station, I ran into a little girl named Claire and she told me that she held me at gun point with a Pipe Gun. I showed her that I meant no harm. She told lost her family to Raiders, as did I, she told me that she's heading to Calhoun Falls to get more supplies to last her to the next settlement. Her final destination is New Charleston to get to her Uncle Mason Brown, the scumbag. I decided to tag along, had business to do in Calhoun Falls anyway. Along the way, I found out that she didn't even know how to shoot, so I had to teach her. After teaching Claire how to shoot, we came under fire by some gunners in an old abandoned building. I had Claire cover me while I made my way to the building. I took out the gunners. I could tell Claire never killed a man before, when I shot a gunner in the head, she was afraid of blood. As we looted the bodies, I found a key for a cell in the building's basement where we found a woman Vault Dweller named Zoe, told us that her Vault was attacked by Raiders. The Vault Dwellers fended off the Raiders, but they captured her and sold her to the Gunners that we killed. Claire and I then found out that Zoe was from Vault 140. I then offered Zoe to join Claire and me on our journey to Calhoun Falls, she accepted and she took a rifle from the dead Gunners. As we continued on our journey, we ran across a Deathclaw, which Zoe and I dealt with. I then took some meant chunks from the Deathclaw to make Deathclaw stew, the three of us then set up camp for the night in an old Radio Station turned into a Military Checkpoint, I fixed them some Deathclaw stew as they set up the beds and defenses." John then heard Zoe say, "What are you writing about?" John looked at Zoe and said, "It's my Daily Journal, I write things that happen to me during the day in it." Zoe then walked over to John and he showed her all of his previous entries, from the Raider attack on his hometown of New Anderson to his encounter of A Behemoth sized Deathclaw. Zoe then said, "You fought a Behemoth sized Deathclaw?" John nodded his head and said, "I wounded it too, took one of its claws a souvenir, but I lost it before we met." Zoe then said, "Well, I think I should be on watch now, get some rest John." John nodded his head and went to sleep.

As John slept, he dreamt that he was back in New Anderson, he was in his home laying on his bed when his Father came into his house and said, "John, Get your rifle, Raiders are attacking!" John got out of his bed, grabbed his gun, and ran with his dad to the town's defensive wall and took part at keeping the Raiders back. But the Raider leader had a Missile Launcher and shot a missile at part of the wall, destroying it. Raiders then swarmed in through the recently made gap and they took out people before they could fire a shot. John's father told him to run to their house and use their emergency tunnel and blow it behind him to keep the raiders from following him. John told his father that he wasn't going to abandon them and his father told John, "Son, you're not abandoning us, you're surviving. Now GO!" John wasn't going to argue with his father and ran to his house and got into the emergency Tunnel and as he made his way through the tunnel, he light all of the explosives and blew up the tunnel. John then woke up from the dream by being the sound of bullets and being shaken up by Zoe and she said, "We have Raiders coming in, get up!" John got up, grabbed the Rifle by him, and took up a spot at a window and began to open fire at the Raiders moving in, Zoe covered the front door and Claire covered the other window. The raider in charge of the attack then had his men take cover. He then said, "Attention people in the old Military Checkpoint, we're here for the Little Girl, you two can walk away from this alive, just give us the girl and we'll leave." John looked at Claire and asked her, "Why do these raiders want you?" Claire shrugged her shoulders and said, "I didn't do anything to piss them off." John then shouted out the window, "Why do you want the little girl?" The Raider leader replied, "That little shit took 200 Caps from us, we want our money back." John and Zoe then looked at Claire and she said, "They were charging 225 Caps for a container of Purified Water, they can be bought at Calhoun Falls for 50 Caps, they were ripping me off." John then said, "So he's telling the truth, you stole 200 caps from these guys." Claire then said, "Actually, I found a cap stash in a trunk of an old prewar truck, I didn't know that it belonged to them." John then asked the Raider Leader, "What if we give you the caps back instead of the girl?" The Raider Leader then said, "Either the girl comes out or you all die." John looked at Claire and asked, "Was the truck near their main base?" Claire then shook her head and said, "As soon as I rounded the corner I saw the truck and the Caps stash." John then looked back out the window and he said, "NO DEAL!" Claire was shocked to hear John say that, and Zoe said, "What are you doing, she's a thief!" John then said, "She's also a little kid, besides if the truck was nowhere near their base, she had full right to take those caps."

John then took out a grenade, pulled the pin and threw it at the Raider Leader, it detonated and took out a few Raiders and wounded the Raider Leader. The Raider Leader then said, "Augh, you'll pay for that!" John then shot the Raider Leader in the head, putting him out of his misery. John then told Zoe and Claire to stay inside the Radio Station and he hopped through the window that he was defending and he killed the two Raiders still on his side of the Station. John then ran over to the other side to engage the Raiders on the other side. As he ducked from cover to cover, John took out more and more Raiders until there was one raider left and he bolted. John then took aim at the last raider and before he took the shot, he was stopped by Zoe. The raider then rounded a corner and John said, "Are you happy now, he's going to get more Raiders and return to try and kill us."

"Not if we leave now and get to Calhoun Falls, their defenses are too tough for raiders to get through." Replied Zoe. John looked at her and said, "I don't know what you were taught in your precious Vault, but on the surface, it's either kill or be killed." John was then silent for a few moments before he said, "Let's get going, Calhoun Falls isn't coming to us." John, Zoe, and Claire then gathered their bags and all the supplies they each could carry and made their way to Calhoun Falls. As they continued walking, they came across a traveling caravan and they traded some supplies for some ammunition for the rifles. After completing the trade, the three companions continued on their way to Calhoun Falls. After two days of traveling, they arrived at was once Calhoun Falls, now a bunch of ruins. John then said, "Ready yourselves you two." Zoe and Claire pulled out their weapons, John's pistol for Claire and a rifle for Zoe. As the three of them slowly entered the destroyed town, they walked by the destroyed defenses. John then said, "These Machine Gun Turrets were completely ripped out of their spots, no Raider can do this to these type of machine gun turrets, only one thing can do this though. Super Mutants attack here, let's look for survivors." Zoe nodded her head and went off to search for survivors, while John and Claire stuck together to search of survivors themselves. As noon came, John and Claire were about to head back to find Zoe when John heard someone call for help. John and Claire then ran to where the cries for help were coming from and they saw a settler from the town trying to help what looked like a wrinkled person out from rubble. Claire was scared and thought it was a feral Ghoul, but John calmed her down and said, "It's alright Claire, he's not a Feral Ghoul. Not yet at least" John then walked over to the two and using all of his strength, lifted the rubble that the Ghoul was trapped under and the other man pulled him away to safety. John then slowly placed the rubble back on the ground to treat the ghoul. John then pulled out a Stimpack and said, "Alright, hold him still." The one guy nodded his head and held him down as John injected the ghoul with the Stimpack. The ghoul then said, in his scratched up voice, "Thank you, I thought I was a goner." John then said, "Don't mention it, and now let's get you up." John and the settler helped the ghoul get up. John then asked the setter and the Ghoul, "What happened to Calhoun Falls?"

"Super Mutants happened." Replied the settler. John then said, "So that confirms what I said when we first got here, Super Mutants attack the town." The Settler nodded his head and said, "Yeah, they killed most of the people and Brahmin here, gathered up the bodies, and headed to the North-West." John then said, "Calhoun Falls state Park, that's the only place North-West of here, I went exploring there a bit, it's a Super Mutant Haven." The settler then said, "We've been living next to a Super Mutant Haven all this time and we didn't even know it?!" John then said, "I guess they got tired of people living near their home and attacked the town." Claire then said, "Great, what are we going to do about supplies?" The Settler then said, "I have a few supplies in a building not too far from here, I can let you take what you two need." John then asked for their names, and the Settler said, "I'm Richard, this ghoul here is Frank." John then said, "Well, I'm John, this is Claire." Claire waved her hand at Richard and Frank, who waved back. John then said, "We have another person with us, her name is Ayana Batchelder, but she lets us call her Zoe." Just then, Zoe came around with another survivor of Calhoun Falls, a teenage boy. Zoe then said, "I guess you found other survivors." John nodded his head and said, "Is he the only one that you found?" Zoe nodded her head and said, "This is Tommy, he was hiding behind his father's ammo stand when the Super Mutants attacked and killed his Father and Mother." John then walked over to Tommy, place one hand on Tommy's shoulder and said, "I'm sorry son, I know what it's like to lose Family." Tommy nodded his head and said, "Thank you sir." John then looked at Zoe and said, "Zoe, these two are Richard and Frank. Richard introduced himself, so did Frank. Zoe waved hello and John said, "I take it that Tommy told you what happened?" Zoe nodded her head and John said, "Well, Richard told us about a stash of supplies that we can take what we want, but let's look around town to see if there is any supplies we can salvage." Everyone nodded their heads and they all spread out to find any salvageable supplies. After a few minutes of searching, they got back together, they placed everything they found in a pile.

"So some Mutatoes, a couple rounds of Ammunition, two grenades, a Baseball Bat, and a Pre-war Sniper Rifle." Said John. Frank then said, "That Sniper Rifle was the Mayor's Personal Weapon, I guess he tried to take out the Super Mutants from a far." John then said, "Problem is, without knowing the type of ammunition it takes, we can never use it." That was when Richard said, "That's not a problem, I know for a fact that the Mayor kept a supply of ammunition for his rifle in his office." John then said, "You lead the way Richard, I'll go with you. Zoe, stay here with Claire. Claire, don't go anywhere." Claire and Zoe nodded their heads. John then handed Tommy and Frank two rifles and said, "Keep them safe." Frank and Tommy then nodded their heads as well. John then pulled put his Pistol and told Richard to lead the way. After John and Richard let, Frank walked over to Zoe and said, "He likes to give orders, doesn't he?" Zoe looked at Frank and said, "He freed me from Gunners after I was sold to them by Raiders, he's saved Claire and me from Raiders, and he even saved you from death. We owe him." Frank then said, "Damn it, you're right, and I always repay my Debt."

Back with John and Richard, they just got to the City's Town Hall. John loaded his Pistol, looked at Richard and said, "You ready for this?" Richard nodded his head and said, "As Ready as I'll ever be." John nodded his head and the two of them walked inside the Town Hall. When they arrived, they saw the place was a mess. Richard then said, "The Mayor's Office is on the Second Floor." John nodded his head and said, "You take point, I'll watch our six." Richard nodded his head and the two of them made their way to the Mayor's Office. Along the way, they past a Pre-war Skeleton, dressed in woman's attire. John then said, "Must have died while on the Job." Richard nodded his head and said, "Frank used to know her, he's told me that she was a good person." John then said, "So Frank's over two hundred years old, and from here." Richard nodded his head and said, "He's seen a lot of friends come and go." John then said, "So have I, but let's focus on the Mission Objective." Richard nodded his head and they continued their march to the Mayor's Office. When they arrived, they saw that the Office was in decent shape. John then said, "With the bottom floor looking like it did, I honestly didn't expect this to be like it is." Richard nodded his head and said, "Yeah, few people were allowed to be in here, I was one of the lucky few. Come on, it's over here." John followed Richard to a bookcase and the two of them pushed it aside to reveal a Big Safe. Richard then said, "This should have the ammo for the rifle." John then saw a key pad and said, "Looks like we'll need a code." Richard then pushed four keys into the key pad, 2245, and the door unlocked. John then asked Richard, "How did you know the combination?" Richard replied, "It's easy, I helped the Mayor open the safe the day we resettled Calhoun Falls, we reprogramed it to be a code that was easy to remember, the first digits we took from the year Calhoun Falls was resettle, 2200, the last two digits was the Population, 45 people." John then opened the door and saw the Ammunition that the sniper Rifle took, .50 Caliber rounds. John then said, "These will definitely come in handy." Richard nodded his head.

Back outside, John and Richard returned to the group and John said, "We'll need to move, those Super Mutants may come back." When Zoe Asked John where they were going to go, John said, "I know of a settlement to the North-East of here. It's a few days walking distance, but I don't think we have a lot of other options." Claire then said, "Why don't we just go east?" John told Claire, "Because the closest Settlement directly to the east is too far for our supplies to make it." Zoe then said, "Then I say we head to the settlement John's talking about." Frank and Richard were on board, so Tommy and Claire were out voted and the group then began walking to the settlement John was talking about, but he would soon realize that he made a grave mistake. As the group traveled, John saw something shine to his right, when he looked, he saw someone in Power Armor. He then told the group to get back. John then looked again and saw the person wearing Power Armor. Claire then moved closer to him and asked, "What's wrong John?" John looked at Claire, put a finger to his lips and whispered, "I just saw someone in Power Armor, and we can use it on our journey." Zoe then said, "Who are we going to get it if there's someone in there." John smiled and said, "It's simple, I'll sneak up behind him and take out his Fusion Core and when the person inside gets out, you're going to shoot him with the Sniper Rifle." Zoe nodded her head and John said, "No one else is too open fire unless I say Deathclaw, understand." Everyone nodded their heads and John made sure that the person in Power Armor wasn't looking and he bolted across to the other side. John then crept up to the person in Power Armor and he made sure that he stayed out of sights until he was close enough. Sneaking up behind the person in Power Armor, John grabbed the Fusion Core and bolt to behind Cover. As soon as the person got out of the Power Armor, Zoe shot the person in the head, which attracted other people nearby. John then took out one of his grenades, pulled the pin, and threw it at the people coming. The Explosion killed two people and John shouted, "DEATHCLAW!" As the people attacking John looked around for a Deathclaw, John's group opened fire at the attackers, taking the rest out. John then got up and said, "That went better than I expected." John's group then came out of hiding and walked up to him as he placed the Fusion Core back in the Power Armor. John then said, "Who wants it?" Zoe suggested that John take it because it was his plan, but John said, "But it was your shot that killed the person coming out, you should wear it." Claire then said, "John, if it wasn't for you and stopping us, we could have possibly died, you take the Armor." Everyone agreed and John said, "Alright, since it's unanimous, I'll take the Armor." John then opened the Power armor and stepped inside it. As the armor closed, John thought to himself, "Haven't been in Power Armor since my days of serving the B.o.S., but I won't let my past define me now." As the suit finished closing, John said through the helmet, "It's a bit snugger in here than I thought. Now let's get to that settlement." Everyone nodded their heads and continued to the settlement John was talking about. After another two days of walking, John saw the settlement and said, "We're here." The group got to John and saw the settlement John was talking about. As John got out of the Power Armor, Zoe looked through Pre-war binoculars that she found along the way and said, "What's the symbol on the Flag?" Zoe then handed John the Binoculars and he looked through it and saw the flag he dreaded of seeing again, the Flag of the Brotherhood of Steel. John then said, "Oh no." When Claire asked John what was wrong, before John could even answer, several people with guns popped out from behind rocks, demanding that John's group drop their weapons and put their hands in the air. John then said, "They have us out gunned, do as he says." The small, surrounded group dropped their weapons and a person in Power Armor walked up to the group and said, "It's been a long time since I've seen you traitor." John then said, "Take off that helmet and let me look you in the eyes, George." The person in the Power Armor scuffed, but did as he was requested. He took his helmet off to reveal a man about John's Age. George then said, "You should have never come here John."

"Hang on, John do you know these people?" asked Claire. George then said, "You keeping them in the Dark Johnny Boy." John looked at Claire and said, "I will explain everything when we're out of this situation." John then looked back at George and said, "We're not staying, we just came here to get supplies and we'll be on our way." George then said, "Of course, you may get supplies, but first you must speak with Elder Torres first." John clenched his fist at the name, but he sighed and said, "Alright, I'll go speak with him." John then looked at his group and said, "You guys get us supplies, I'll meet you at the exit." John's group nodded their heads and they all headed back to the settlement.