"Tabellarius, Caesar has requested to meet you at the grand canyon."
the messenger said, the courier felt his heart sink, nothing good come of this request.
He remembered the tale of Joshua Graham a man who had failed miserably at hoover dam, as a punishment he was covered in pitch, set ablaze and tossed off of the very canyon caesar had requested to meet him at. Joshua was a good man but a failure none the less."Tell him i shall arrive soon."
But he was no failure unlike Graham he was the slayer of the bear and he led the legion to victory at the second battle of Hoover dam.
After a long day of going through the wastes he arrived at the Grand canyon he had to admit horses made travels alot easier and shorter, he was greeted by Vulpes inculta the leader of the frumenttari a group specializing in espionage "Well well well if it isnt our favorite courier took you long enough."
"Oh put a sock in it asshole the grand canyons far from where i live ok, cut me some slack here, your lucky we have horses now." The courier responded
Vulpes chuckled "I suppose your right, if we didnt have horses it would have taken far longer for you to reach us." "But that is of no matter, Caesar is waiting for you." he said.
The Courier simply nodded and said.
"I understand i shall be on my way."
As he walked to Caesar that tiny piece of fear began to grow larger and larger "Ah if it isnt the man of the hour." Caesar said as he noticed The Courier approaching.
"Caesar why have you requested for me to come here?" The Courier asked.
Caesar sighed "Courier you have been truly helpful to my legion and you have grown quite the following." Caesar answered.
The Courier had a feeling he knew where this was going, and that he wasnt going to like it
"But thats the problem you have grown to be too popular for my liking" Caesar Continued
He sighed again "Goodbye Courier you shall never be forgotten."
His fears were proven correct he immediately pulled out a light shining in darkness and shot at his former leader "GAH!"
"After all i have done for the legion you betray me like thi-." a shot rang out, he stumbled back and then another shot rang out.
he looked towards where the sound came from to see he had been shot by Vulpes and then he was falling he didnt have anytime to register who pushed him but he knew this was the end. as he hit the ground everything went black.
He awoke to darkness "Where am i?"
"Your in the afterlife my child." a voice stated calmly, strangely the courier felt calm aswell, it was like the Big MT pacification field all over again
The courier looked towards where the voice was coming from only to find...no one "alright what the hell is goin on" he said
"I am here to offer you a deal." The voice said.
"A deal?" the courier asked.
"Yes a deal you could have done many things to help people, but you didnt so i am giving you the option to redeem yourself in a new life." the voice stated
"But why are you giving me this choice to redeem myself and what do i get out of this?"
"Because i find you interesting see their are many like you but all of them have chosen to do good but you didnt, you chose to enslave Vegas but i want you to be so much better."
The voice stated
"Alright than so whats the deal?" The Courier asked
"You shall be sent to a new world with a new life if you do not change your ways after you die your soul shall be trapped here forever."
The idea of being trapped in this void wasnt that appealing so The Courier let it continue
"If you do not accept this deal your soul shall be trapped here, but if you do accept, your soul shall be reincarnated into a new world one where a war between hope and despair will start and depending on which side you chose will determine your fate."
The Courier couldnt really say no "Alright i accept."
The Courier couldnt see its face but felt it was smiling at him "By the way im not the most experienced at this reincarnation thing so you may have a couple memories from this life but most of them will be gone"
The Courier took a moment to process what it just said but before he could say anything he saw a bright light.
"Its a boy a beautiful baby boy" The doctor said
"Oh he is adorable, sweety what should we name him"
A feminine voice said probably my mother
"How about after my grandpa, Benny" a more masculine voice stated, he was probably my father
"I believe that is a wonderful name Mr and Ms.Gecko" the doctor said
As my memories started fading i had one thought 'hey wait a minute-'