When the group arrived at Divine, the guards allowed them inside and they opened the gate into Divine. As they entered, the Mayor walked up to them and said, "Welcome to Divine, I'm Mayor Rachel Dean." Rachel extended her hand as a friendly Gesture, and John shook her hand and said, "Greetings Mayor Dean, my name is John, and these are my companions, the little girl is Claire Brown, the woman in the vault suit wearing gunner Armor is Ayana Batchelder, but we call her Zoe, and the man is Lee." Mayor Dean then said, "Well John, may I offer you a place to stay in our fine community." John then said, "I appreciate the offer, but we need to get Claire to New Charleston, her parents were killed and we need to get her to her uncle there." Mayor Dean then said, "In that case, you must stay in Divine for the night, you may get more supplies for your journey across the wasteland." John thanked Mayor Dean and asked Mayor Dean, "If you would let me I would very much like to get my power armor back, Hyra kind of made me get out of it at an old Military Checkpoint." Mayor Dean nodded her head and said, "Of course, I'll have two guards escort you to your power armor." Two guards then took a step forward, John noted that they were both female. John then noted that everyone in Divine was a female. John then said, "I hate to get you ticked, but where are all the men?" Mayor Dean replied, "Unfortunately, the last man died from Raiders a few days ago when they attacked us." Then John said, "So no boy kids?" Mayor dean shook her head and said, "Unfortunately, all the men were killed by Raiders that have harassed us, they're holding up in an old motel north of here, if you can clear the raiders there, we'll give you extra supplies." John looked at Zoe, Claire, and Lee, then back at Mayor Dean and he said, "Okay, we'll check the Motel out, after I get my power Armor back." Mayor Dean nodded her head and said, "Of course." John then looked at his group and said, "You guys stay here, I will be right back." John's group nodded their heads and John walked towards the exit with the two guards and as he passed Lee, John whispered, "Watch these girls, and make sure Zoe and Claire stay within your eyesight." Lee nodded his head and John left Divine with the two female guards. On the way back to get his Power Armor, John said, "So how many Raiders have attacked Divine?" one of the guards by the name of Frances said, "They have about 2 dozen raiders in their group." John nodded his head and said, "I see, are they heavily armed?" The other guard by name of Stephanie said, "They have Pipe Pistols, old Combat Shotguns, and a few assault rifles." John nodded his head again and said, "I see, the reason I'm asking is because I need to get all the facts about these raiders before I can create some kind of plan. Tell me, is what Mayor Dean said true, about the group of raiders killing all the men?"
Both Frances and Stephanie were quiet for a few moments before Frances said, "Well, they thought that the men would only be a problem." John made a mental note of that and they arrived at John's Power Armor and he got back into it. John then walked up to the two guards and said, "Now before we head back, I have one question for the two of you?" John then grabbed both girls by their throats and lifted them into the air. John then said, "What kind of a fool do you take me for?" Frances said that they didn't know what he was talking about, until John said, "Raiders don't just kill the men of a settlement, I've seen settlements wiped out by raiders, everyone was killed. Every man, woman, and child, killed, raiders don't just kill the men and leave the women, now tell me what is going on in Divine." Both Frances and Stephanie were silent until John shouted, "NOW!" that caused Stephanie to start crying and she said, "Please don't kill us, I'll tell you, I'll tell you." John then released Stephanie and she said, "There were men in divine, but a few months ago, Mayor Dean comes to town and says that she needs help, her little boy was captured by the Raiders at the Motel, said that there was about 2 dozen of them. We had a town meeting to discuss on what to do, she suggested that all the men go and attack the raiders to get her boy back, everyone agreed and they left to attack them, they never came back. Days went by and they still didn't come back. Then Mayor Dean said that she would find out what happened and walked towards the Motel. An hour later, she came back, saying that the men were all killed and she proclaimed herself Mayor of the town, one person objected, but she just killed her. After that, no one wanted to object, in fear of being killed." John looked at Frances and asked her, "Is this true?" and Frances nodded her head and John let her go as well. Frances then said, "We were too scared to do anything, we didn't want to die, and we didn't know how to fight, but Mayor Dean taught us how to shoot, and we've done well in the most recent Raider attacks." John asked Stephanie and Frances if they ever wanted to know what might have truly happened to all of the men, and Frances said, "We have, some of the girls went to find out, they never came back either. Mayor Dean then told us to stop trying to find out what happened to those girls and the men."
"That Mayor Dean seems more like a dictator than a Mayor." John said to Frances and Stephanie, he then said, "Alright, you will not tell Mayor Dean what I did, I'll deal with her after my group deals with the Raiders." Stephanie and Frances nodded their heads and the three of them headed back to Divine. Back in Divine, Lee was leaning against a Post when a little girl walked up to him and gave him a flower. Lee smiled and took the flower. Zoey and Claire walked up to Lee and said, "You wanted to talk to us?" and the little girl that gave Lee the Flower left and Lee said, "I've been thinking about what Mayor Dean said, why would Raiders just kill the men and not the women and children." Before Zoey or Claire could say anything, John came back and called them over to him as Stephanie and Frances walked off. John then told Zoey, Claire and Lee, "We're going to scout out the Motel before we make any plans. However, I just found out that all the men in this settlement went there and never came back, meaning that they were either slaughtered, or betrayed." Lee then said, "How can you be sure?" and John said, "I'm sorry guys, but I can't tell you yet, just to be safe, let's get going to the motel." Just as John and his group were about to leave, Mayor Dean and Hyra walked up to them and Mayor Dean said, "Mind if I accompany you, I want those raiders dead." John then said, "No thanks Mayor Dean, we've handled Raiders with just the four of us before, we're going to scout them out first before we come up with a plan, but if you told me how many Raiders there are and how armed they are, I can come up with a plan now." Mayor Dean nodded her head and said, "About two dozen, armed with heavy weapons." John nodded his head and he said, "Well, I have a plan now, we'll be back."
"But I really insist I come with you." Mayor Dean said to John and he looked back and said, "No." John then led Lee, Zoey, and Claire out of Divine, with Hyra right behind them. About half way there, John stopped and said, "Did Mayor Dean send you out here Hyra, or did you follow us on your own." John looked behind him and saw Hyra walk out from behind a building corner and she said, "I followed you by my choice." John then said, "Well then, come here so I can tell you what I found out about Mayor Dean."
After Hyra got to the group of four, John said, "The two guards that came with me, Stephanie and Frances, they told me that Mayor Dean arrived in town and said that her son was captured by Raiders that were held up in the motel we're heading to." Hyra gave a look of confusion and she said, "That's strange, Mayor Dean told me that she had no family." John nodded her head and said, "Stephanie and Frances also told me that she led the men to get her son back, only she came back and said that all the men were killed. Some women went to find out what happened to them, they never came back as well, Mayor Dean then declared herself Mayor, when one woman refused, she was killed." Lee then said, "Is that why you told me to watch them?" John nodded his head and said, "I think there's more to divine than meets the eye, but let's head to the Motel anyway, maybe we can find the answers there." Lee, Claire, Zoey, and Hyra nodded their heads and the group continued walking towards the motel. Along the way, John was leading the group when they heard a voice coming from behind. After turning around, they saw Frances and Stephanie running towards them. When they got to the group, Frances said, "Mayor Dean said that she needed to do something and we saw her walked into her office. A little while later, we saw her exit the back and climb the fence, we think she might be warning the raiders at the Motel, we came to warn you." Hyra then said, "Why would Mayor Dean warn the Raiders we were coming?" and John said, "I have a theory, but I have to be sure before I make accusations. Let's continue towards the Motel." Lee, Zoe, Claire, Hyra, Frances, and Stephanie nodded their heads and walked to the motel.
After arriving at the Motel, John took out a scope and said, "Looks like Mayor Dean was right about the number, I count about two dozen raiders and…I knew it." When Hyra asked what John meant, he handed Hyra the scope and told her to look towards a bench. When she did, she saw Mayor Dean. Hyra then said, "That Bitch, she's working with the Raiders." John nodded his head as Hyra handed Francis the scope and he said, "I think that she led the men into a trap, and told the Raiders about the women that came here to find out what happened to the men." Lee then took out binoculars from his bag and looked at the Raiders. Lee then said, "I know those guys, call themselves The Bronze Lions, because their leader had a bronze Lion's head around his neck, calls himself Alpha." Then Stephanie said, "I saw a guy with the thing you just mention, he's talking to the Mayor right now." John asked for his scope back and Stephanie handed it back to him and when he looked through it, he saw who Stephanie was talking about. John then put his Power Armor head on and looked through the scope again and with his helmet on, got a scan of the person Mayor Dean was talking too. John then said, "Well, he's definitely not a human." Then Zoe said, "He doesn't look like a ghoul?"
"That's because he's a Synth, not a ghoul." Replied John. Everyone with him looked at John with a confused look until he said, "This helmet was apparently customized to detect any synths in a settlement. The brotherhood of steel, yes I was a part of it, created a prototype of X-01 power armor, like…" John stopped talking and backed up and looked down at his armor and said, "Like this one." Zoe stood up and said, "What are you saying John?" and John looked at her and said, "I think this was my original X-01 power armor." When Claire asked John what he meant, John said, "When I reached Paladin, I got a special type of Power Armor, it was a complete set of X-01 power armor with a helmet that was customized just like this…." John then took the helmet off and looked at the back of the helmet on the inside and saw words were etched into the inside of it and the words were, "Libertatem liberam non est, suus 'pretium est in sanguinem." John was speechless as Claire took his helmet and asked, "What is this gibberish?" and John said, "Libertatem liberam non est, suus 'pretium est in sanguinem. It's Latin, for 'Freedom is never free, it's paid in blood' I etched that into my helmet with a laser scalpel when I first got my set of Power Armor. That son of a bitch let someone else in my Power Armor, next time I see him, I'm blowing his brains out." Hyra then walked over to John and asked him to calm down, and John breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Hyra for calming him down. John then said, "Okay, now I have a plan to deal with those Raiders." Hyra and the others nodded their heads and began to come up with a new plan.
After a while, John walked into the Motel area and a dozen Raiders popped out of hiding with Mayor Dean being amongst them. John raised his hands and the leader popped out and said, "I honestly thought there would have been more." And John said, "Well, I decided to tell the others to take this little girl in my group to new Charleston." Mayor Dean took a step forward and said, "That's not true, I saw your entire group head this way." John then looked at Mayor Dean and said, "Well you told this synth buddy of yours the wrong information." the Leader of the Raiders then asked John, "What are you talking about, I'm no Synth." John chuckled before he said, "Is that what you want these fools to think. You want them to think that you're just like one of them, a human. I know what you are, you are nothing but a pathetic piece of Machine, a synth." The leader then ran at John, who grabbed him by the face and said, "NOW!" Just then, bullets went flying as Raiders were killed in a cross fire from Lee, Zoe, Claire on one side, and Hyra, Stepanie and Frances on the other. As Raiders went down, John threw the leader of the group at Mayor Dean before he took out some Raiders who charged at him as he pulled his Gauss Rifle and fired at shooters on the second floor of the motel.
"Move up!" said John as he kicked another Raider and everyone moved up to finish the raiders off, leaving only the raider leader and Mayor Dean with Claire, Zoe, Lee, Hyra, Stephanie, and Frances. John knelt and tore off an arm of the Raider leader and everyone saw sparks fly out of the torn area. The Raider leader then said, "Impossible, I can't be a synth, but the proof's right in front of me." John nodded his head and looked at Mayor Dean and said, "Why did you do it?" and Mayor Dean said, "Because men are the reason the world is what it is now. I swore that I would get revenge on men for what they did to our country." John then said, "that was over 200 years ago, you can't kill men for what people did over two centuries ago. You led people to their deaths and murdered someone for being against you, you put the town of Divine in a state of fear." John then grabbed Mayor Dean by the shirt, lifted her up and said, "Did you make a deal with these Raiders, to give them something to keep Divine safe?" Mayor dean nodded her head and when John asked what, she said, "Women slaves." everyone was shocked to hear that, and Hyra said, "Those women didn't come here just to see what happened to the men?" and Mayor Dean shook her head and said, "They came here to walk into a trap and sold into slavery." Stephanie and Frances were shocked, both of them lost a friend to Mayor Dean, Ginny, a childhood friend they grew up with, disappeared and Mayor dean told them that she saw Ginny head to the Motel. Stephanie pointed her gun at Mayor Dean's left leg and shouted, "Is that what happened to Ginny?! Did you send her here to be thrown into slavery."
Mayor Dean nodded her head again, causing Stephanie to shoot her left leg and she screamed in pain. John looked over at Lee, Zoe, and Claire and told them, "Search the area, if these Raiders were also slavers, they would have kept a record of the profits they made." Lee, Zoe, and Claire nodded their heads and began a search of every room as John tended to Mayor Dean's injuries as Stephanie and Frances were shocked and before they could get a word in, John said, "She will receive her punishment at a trial, not by vigilante justice." Stephanie and Frances huffed as Hyra took them to the side and tried to calm them down. Meanwhile, John wrapped Mayor Dean's wound and she said, "Thank you." John looked at Rachel and said, "Don't you dare thank me, you caused pain and suffering for the people in Divine, We'll take you back there and expose you for who you really are, a low life Raider who sells people into slavery." after getting Rachel's leg patched up, John was approached by Claire and Zoe. John saw that Zoe had a book in her hand and when she and Claire got to John and Rachel, Zoe handed the book to John and said, "We found this in the Manager's office, it was labeled Profits, we looked inside it and immediately brought it out after we saw it." John took the book and opened it up to see written in big letters on the first page, "Slave profits." John went on to read the list;
Noah Peterson, Male, age, 29 years old, strong muscles and tall figure, sold to Gunners in Arcadia Lakes for 500 caps.
Carly harris, female, 27 years old, mother skills and a nice ass, sold to Brick at the old lighthouse near the ruins of Hilton Head for 750 caps.
Dakota livingston, male, 18 years old, brilliant mind, sold to Elder Torres of the Brotherhood of Steel for 800 caps.
Virgina Clark, female, excellent rape girl Material, sold to gunners in Arcadia Lakes for 1000 caps.
After John saw that last name, John asked Stephanie and Frances, "Was Ginny's last name Claire?" and after he saw Stephanie and Frances nod their heads, John said, "Well, according to this log, she was sold to some Gunners as…" John paused to think of what to say instead of what he saw before he resumed "...Excellent pleasure, to a group of gunners stationed in Arcadia Lakes a day's walk from Divine." John then looked at the Raider Leader and said, "She was sold for a thousand caps." Stephanie stood up quickly and charged at Rachel and the raider Leader, but was stopped by Frances and Hyra and they got her back down as Stephanie shouted, "YOU GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKERS, I'LL KILL YOU BOTH, YOU FUCKING HEAR ME?! I'LL KILL BOTH YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!" John then told Stephanie, "COOL YOUR JETS STEPHANIE!" John stood up before he told Zoe and Claire to watch them as he went to talk to Stephanie and Frances. When he got to them, John said, "If you two can get a list of names of the people from Divine that have been sold into slavery by Rachel and these raiders, I promise you that I will do everything in my power to bring them home safe and sound." John then handed Stephanie and Frances the book and said, "Look through it, see what names you recognize, make a list, and I will look in the last locations of the people they were sold to and find a way to rescue them." Stephanie and Frances nodded their heads and looked through the book as John and Hyra took their weapons.
Just then, Lee came out of a room in the motel, ran over to John and said, "John, you have to take a look at what I found." John told Hyra to watch Stephanie and Frances and followed Lee into the room he came out of. When he entered the room, John could not believe his eyes. In the room were people chained to the walls, to the ceiling, and in cages. John took one step forward and everyone in cages looked at John and Lee and some begged them to be released, and John said, "Remain calm, we are help to help you all. You will be freed and can go home, but first I want to do a full check up on you all, make sure you're all fit to travel."
John then walked over to the closest prisoner, knelt and did a scan. As he scanned, the prisoner said, "Y...y…. You're with the Brotherhood of Steel." and before anything else was said, John spoke and he said, "I was… part of that accursed organization, but I was accused of a crime I never committed, so I left it and didn't have to deal with it until recently." John finished scanning the person and he said, "You're severely dehydrated." John then pulled out a bottle of fresh water, gave it to the person and said, "Drink it slowly, don't want you to drown after getting water again." John then went through everyone and made sure they were fit to travel, those who were left the motel, those who weren't were taken to Divine and treated by the town doctor. Rachel and the Raider Leader were tried and found guilty of murder and kidnapping and sentence to be killed by hanging for Rachel and decapitation for the Raider Leader. John didn't watch the hanging, neither did Zoe, Claire, or Lee. As the four companions sat down eating their dinner, Hyra, Stephanie, and Frances approached them and asked if they could sit with them. After she sat next to John, Hyra said, "She's gone, and someone else took office as Mayor and promised the people we freed from the Motel that they will always have a home here in Divine. But Frances, Stephanie, and I, we decided to leave Divine and join you." John smiled and kissed Hyra on the lips and said, "Welcome to the group. I believe you heard me when I told Rachel what we needed to do." Hyra nodded her head and said, "Stephanie, Frances, and I are all excellent shots, we can help keep the group safe." John smiled again and said, "Alright, we leave first thing in the morning." John then looked at Stephanie and Frances and said, "If you two ever want to come back here, just let me know and you two can come back." Stephanie and Frances nodded their heads and they all continued eating.
The next day, John and his group got ready to go as Hyra, Stephanie, and Frances packed their things to go with them. At the entrance of Divine, John's group was at the gate when the new mayor approached them, a man named Garfield Jackson, with a crutch under one arm. After he wobbled over to John's group, he said, "I don't know how to thank you all. You saved our town, our lives, and our freedom." John smiled and said, "Don't mention it Mayor Jackson, we're happy to have helped. But we must be on our way now." Mayor Jackson nodded his head and said, "You seven will always have a home here in Divine. But If you need to get more supplies, there's a settlement not to far from here. It's about 3 miles away." John thanked the Mayor and told his group that it was time for them to go and the group set out to the nearby settlement.
Along the way, they encountered a group of soldiers who John didn't recognize. John told his group to take cover as he got out of his power Armor and with his hands in the air, he shouted to the soldiers, "Hey!" and the group of soldiers pointed their weapons at John said, "Woah there gentlemen, I'm not a threat to you." the lead soldier lowered his weapon and said, "Okay, who are you?"
"My name is John Robert Bertrand, former Paladin of the Brotherhood of Steel." the man then got a look of shock , as did the rest of the group of soldiers and the lead soldier said, "I'm Sergeant Owen Johnson, this is Omega Squad of Alpha Company of the first corp of the Army of the Commonwealth Republic, we were looking for the town of Divine." John stepped to the side and said, "Divine is right down the road, why do you need to go to divine?" and Sergeant Johnson said, "We got a report that a Traitor named Rachel Dean, was last seen in that town, we've been on the road for days from the Capital and we are here to arrest her." John then said, "I'm sorry to tell you, but Rachel was tried and found guilty for Slavery and murder and she was killed, the townspeople there hung her." Sergeant Johnson nodded his head and said, "Okay, thank you for taking care of that." Sergeant Johnson then turned to his squad and said, "Alright men, let's get the body and return to our base." Sergeant Johnson's squad nodded their heads and made their way to divine, Passing by Hyra and the others. John then walked back to his Power Armor and got back in it and said, "Alight people, the sun's starting to go down, let's find a place to camp for the night." everyone agreed and searched for an area to make camp and Lee found an old two-story hotel room. Zoe and Claire shared a room, Lee had his own room, Frances and Stephanie shared a room, leaving John and Hyra to share a room.
After assigning a guard shift to everyone, John and Hyra went into their room and got changed into their night clothes. But before they got into the old bed, Hyra said, "John, I was without you for too long, I want you to do me." John was speechless until he walked over to Hyra and began kissing her passionately, his tongue circling her tongue, always keeping contact. (A.N.: For those too young to know what's happening, I suggest skipping to the second to next paragraph.) John rubbed Hyra's Back and ran his fingers through her hair as he picked her up by her ass and laid her down on the old bed, running his hands all over her Body before he took off her top and bra to reveal her beautiful breasts. John then said, "Just how I remember them." Hyra nodded her head and said, "I let no other man touch them because they're all for you. Go ahead, suck on them." John nodded his head and placed his mouth on one of her nipples and began sucking on it, causing Hyra to moan and run her fingers through John's think hair. She Begged John to suck harder before he spun the two to allow him to be sitting on the bed and Hyra sitting on his lap/ John then took his mouth off the Breast he was sucking on and went to the other as he moved one hand down towards Hyra's most private Are and began fingering her there with one finger causing her to moan even louder. Outside, Claire and Zoe heard Hyra Moan and claire said, "Sounds like they're having fun." Zoe nodded her head and gave Claire some fresh water. Back in John and Hyra's room, John had taken off his shirt and was kissing Hyra and holding her close to him. John then suggested that they do their favorite position. Hyra Smiled, and they took off their pants, becoming completely naked. John then laid back down on the bed and Hyra got over him and placed her private area over his mouth and grabbed his rod, placed it in her mouth and began bobbing her head up and down as John licked Hyra's private Area. As they went on with their favorite position, john rubbed Hyra's back before she took John's rod out and said, "I want to ride you now my love." John nodded his head and after she got off John, she stood over his rod and slide down it, moaning loudly as she slid down it. Before she started bouncing, Hyra looked at her long lost love and said, "I've waited for this moment for so long, I want to savor it." Hyra then went up and slowly went down then back up as John's rod got used to the feeling of Hyra's Private area before John suggested that they go faster. Hyra Agreed and increased her speed and John thrust up to help her bounce more. As they bounced or thrust up, the oldbed started to shake and as they increased speed, the bed shook more and more until it broke and collapsed, catching the two lovers off guard, after which, they just laughed and continued to bounce and thrust. Hyra was enjoying every moment of it as she leaned forward and kissed John on the lips and he placed his hands on her breasts and squeezed them tightly, remembering all the talk they did of having sex aggressively, he even bit her lower Lip when they kissed. John then flipped them around and Pounded Hyra's Private area as she begged him to go faster. After a while, John told Hyra, "I think I'm about to release it, want it inside." and Hyra said, "Yes, my love, release your seed inside me, get me pregnant. I want to have your children." John nodded his head and kissed Hyra one last time before he released his seed into Hyra's womb. After which he laid onto the bed, Hyra cuddled up next to him and said, "That was... magical." John nodded his head and said, "I agree, I want to do it again sometime." Hyra nodded her head and agreed with her before they kissed passionately again and fell asleep in each other's arms.
Back outside, Zoe and Claire were approached by Frances and Stephanie and Stephanie said, "We heard John and Hyra going at it, sounded pretty aggressive." Zoe nodded her head and said, "Yeah, I guess it's for not being with each other since the fall of New Anderson." Frances then said, "Yeah, Hyra told us about her lover when she first arrived at Divine." Then Zoe said, "John told me about her when I saw him writing in his journal." Then Claire spoke up and said, "John has a journal?" and Zoe nodded her head and said, "Yeah, I saw it the night of the Raider attack to try and get you." Stephanie and Frances were shocked to hear that Raiders tried to get Claire. Zoe then said, "I can tell by ur faces that you two are shocked, they only came after her because she 'stole' some caps from them, they were nowhere near the base the Raiders were at so they were fair game.
The next morning, John and Hyra got dressed, kissed each other, and walked out of their room to see Claire, Zoe, Lee, Frances, and Stephanie looking at them. John and Hyra were then approached by Zoe and she said, "So I take it you two had fun, last night?" causing both John and Hyra to blush before John said, "So you guys heard us, huh?" and everyone nodded their heads, causing Hyra to say, "Well, it's been so long since we saw each other, as Stephanie and Frances know, I missed my teddy bear a lot." Zoe then looked at John and said, "Teddy bear?" causing John to say, "I'll explain later, right now, we have to get our things packed and on the road." Hyra rolled her eyes as Zoe Chuckled and everyone got their things together and they started back on the long road to New Charleston.
As they walked, John's group came across a group of raiders heading north and engaged in a fire fight. Hyra, Frances, and Stephanie aimed for Raiders heads as John blasted Raiders to bits with his Gauss Rifle. After he took cover to reload, John said to Lee, "Do you recognize these guys Lee?!" Lee peeked and eye out to see the raiders and a look of shock came onto his face as he took cover again and he told John, "These Raiders, they belonged to the group of Raiders I ran before I was overthrown." John was shocked to hear that the raiders that took over his home were this far out from New Anderson. John then took another shot at a Raider and sent him spinning backwards as his arm flew off and landed with his pipe rifle firing a shot at a fragmentation grenade on another Raider and it went off, killing several raiders in the shrapnel blast. John then placed his Gauss Rifle down and pulled out his pistol and shot three Raiders in the head as he jumped the barrier he was behind and walked forward as he continued shooting at the raiders.
"Geez, how many Raiders were there when they attacked us?" thought John as he shot the last Raider in the head. That was when he realized that it was the raider that got away from him when Zoe stopped him from killing. John then looked back at Zoe and said, "I hope you're happy Zoe. Because of you, we had to deal with more Raiders that belonged to the Group Lee used to command after they attacked us at the station. All because you wanted to let one Raider go!" Hyra, Frances, and Stephanie all looked at Lee with shock and Zoe said, "Okay, so I made a bad call, I'm sorry." John stared at her through his helmet before he said, "Let's get going, we still have a ways to go before we get to the next settlement." Everyone in John's group nodded their heads and they continued on their journey to the nearby settlement.
After walking for what seems like forever, John's group finally reached the settlement Mayor Jackson told them about. It was a small trading settlement with vendors in different locations, a well in the center of the town and an old Mobile home with a sign with the words, "Town hall." just then, a ghoul in old world clothing walked up to them and said in his scratchy voice, "I welcome you all to the town of Shakespearia, my name is Timothy Smith, Mayor of our small trading town." John introduced himself and his companions to Mayor Smith. Mayor Smith then said, "Well then, spend some money at the vendors, walk around. Enjoy your stay in our little town." John thanked the Mayor, looked at his group and said, "only spend caps on what we need to make it to New Charleston, sell anything that can get us caps." the Mayor then said, "Oh, you in need of caps, then i have the perfect job for you and your group." John looked at the Mayor and asked, "What job are you talking about?" and the Mayor said, "Come to my office and I'll explain." John then followed the Mayor to his office as John's group went to the different vendors to get supplies for the journey.