I do not own Fallout at all. As for characters, they can die at any moment in this story. So don't be mad if a character you love dies. If you want to know what happened before all this, I recommend you read Fallout: South Carolina. This story is the sequel story to that one.
It had been 4 months since the South Carolina Republic was born. John sat in his office looking over official papers when Harold Moore walked in. John smiled at him and said, "How goes the defense build up, General Moore?" Harold sat across from John and said, "The Recruits are working hard but I got them trained." John smiled and said, "Good to hear. Once we get the land sorted internally, we can start expanding outwards." Harold nodded when a man rushed in and said, "Mr. President! Our science boys have a new request!" John was handed the paper he had and read it. John was shocked and he sighed at what they wanted and he sighed. Harold took the paper and read it.
"They want us to capture a Radcoon to be tested on?" Harold said in shock. John nodded his head and said, "According to Nate they were a lot smaller and scrawnier than what we see today. My guess is that the Radiation did it to them when the bombs fell." He leaned back in his seat as he thought back to when he first got a look at a Radcoon. It stood on its hind legs, Patches of fur missing from parts of its body,the claws on the front looked like it could tear through a Protectron. The head had five scars across its snout and over one eye, it tanked bullets like they were nothing. And a Howl form a Radcoon was so loud, if a person was roared at and at Point Blank Range, his eardrums would be destroyed. John looked it over as they explained the potential benefits of researching a Radcoon.
"What do you wanna do?" Harold asked John. John looked at him and said, "I have no clue honestly. I mean they say we could potentially bring them to taming, but I've seen what Radcoons are capable of close hand. Not to mention where would they find a Radcoon?" That was when Harold said, "didn't you seal a cave filled with them near Old Port Royal?" John looked at him and said, "No, I am not blowing the work we did, besides the cave collapsed, the Radcoons were all crushed by the rubble." Harold nodded his head and said, "I see… this is tricky." John nodded his head when a messenger arrived.
"Mr. President, the envoy is here," he told John. John smiled and said, "Good. Let's go meet them." Harold stood up and asked, "Envoy?" John looked at him and said, "From a settlement that just opened up for traders, New Sparta I think it's called." Harold Nodded his head and followed John to where the Envoy was. Seeing the Envoy, he was wearing Marine Armor on him with a cape attached. He held a spear with what looked like a Ripper on the end of it and a Round Shield with a V like shape on it. John bowed his head and said, "Welcome Envoy of New Sparta, I trust the trip wasn't too harsh for you?" The Envoy looked around before he said, "New-Spartans are warriors all, there is little left in Dixie that could phase us." John stood up as Harold crossed his arms. John then said, "I see, well if you are hungry and thirsty we set up some refreshments for you and your party." The Envoy said nothing, but he walked over and took some bread and a cup of wine. (A.N.: New Sparta was made by a Reddit user named Ryousan82. I got permission to use the settlement in my Story.)
Back in John's office, he sat down as the Envoy sat across from him and John handed him the trade deal. The Envoy looked it over, he knew it was beneficial for both New Sparta and the South Carolina Republic. He looked at John and said, "Surely you can increase the amount of Supplies you can give us." John knew the Envoy was trying to make the Deal more favorable for New Sparta. John sat up and said, "I know you're trying to get more goods from us since your settlement has been on the Decline. But we can't give you any more goods… but I may be able to send more if you join in a MIlitary alliance with the South Carolina Republic."
"I'm not sure, as you know we are a proud and mighty people. We do not fully trust outsiders since the battle of Colbia." the Envoy said. John leaned back and remembered hearing about that battle as a scribe, A coalition that New Sparta was a part of held off an attack of Super Mutants. John then asked if there was anything he could do that could help solidify their choice. The Envoy looked and said, "There may be a way you can help us, our former ally, the Athenians, have turned against us."
"I see… well would you like us to talk to them?" John asked him. The Envoy nodded his head. John and Harold looked at each other before looking back at the Envoy. John then said, "We'll talk to them, and if so we will take them down." The Envoy nodded his head and stood up. He then said, "We will await for you afterwards in New Sparta." The Envoy then walked out. John looked at Harold and after the Envoy left, he said, "What's the status of the South Carolina Intelligence Network?" Harold looked at John and told him, "Our Intelligence Network is Finally up and running, we can have them in Athens in a few days." John nodded his head and said, "Good, and when we get an embassy set up in New Sparta, I want all the intel I can get. I feel like the Envoy didn't tell us the whole truth."
"You think he held something back?" Harold asked John. John nodded his head and said, "He just asks us to help his people with dealing with another group that betrayed them and he wants us to try and talk it out. I feel like there's more to this story." Harold nodded his head and walked out. John then stood up and walked to a window as he said, "Thoughts Rebecca?" Soon a side door opened up and Elder Smith walked in. She sat down and said, "Hard to tell what he was thinking. But Elder Torres said not to engage New Sparta at all. So we did our best to avoid them at the time." John nodded his head and said, "Yeah, I remember when I was a knight. I just have a bad feeling about New Sparta." Elder Smith nodded her head and walked to john.
She then told John, "I'll try to see what I can do, maybe we could get some of the old stealth boys working and infiltrate New Sparta?" John shook his head no to that and said, "No Stealth boys, they may see that as an act of aggression, but let's get those stealth boys ready just to be on the safe side of a war. What about the brotherhood branch of the Military?" Elder Smith smiled and said, "the men are questioning why we're helping, but then they compare how better we are now than back then with him."
"That's good to hear… Rebecca, I am proud of the woman you've become. You've surpassed all my expectations of you… You made me… so so proud." John said to her with a smile. Rebecca returned the smile and they two shared a hug. Rebecca was happy she made her mentor proud and John was happy with what they've done. Soon they looked at each other and blushed. Rebecca simply leaned on John and put a hand on his chest. John blushed as a girl he trained since she was a scribe was leaning on him. That was when Zoey walked in and the two separated.
"Did i… Interrupt something?" Zoey asked the two. John told her, "I was just telling Rebecca here how proud I am of her at where she is in the brotherhood. She's come a long way since she joined us." Rebecca smiled and nodded her head." Zoey smiled before handing John a stack of papers as she said, "The defenses of the City are coming along nicely, the local Garrisons are also training well." John smiled and thanked Zoey with a kiss on her cheek. Zoey smiled and blushed at what he did.
The next day, John watched the Envoy board a Vertibird that took him back to New Sparta after getting the location of where the Athenians supposedly betrayed them. As the Vertibird left New Charleston, John did a patrol around the City where he waved to the citizens of the city when a newly formed South Carolina Republican Army Sergeant approached him and said, "Orders now sir?" John looked at the sergeant and said, "get a vertibird ready for me. I feel something off about this." The S.C.R.A Sergeant nodded his head and walked off as John looked at Harold and said to him, "I need specialists, and I need a Synth."
Later, John sat in the Vertibird as it flew over what the Envoy called Colbia. It was a massive city with buildings leaning on each other in some places. A Wall was built around the City and it was Eerie quiet. John then said, "According to the Envoy the Betrayal happened North under an underpass of the old I77 Freeway." The Pilot nodded his head and flew north as the Synth asked, "Why do you need me?" John looked at him and said, "Cause I want to see if you can scan the area and find something that the New Spartans may have overlooked." The Synth nodded his head as the Vertibird flew along the I77 Freeway. Soon arriving at the location, the Vertibird landed so John, the two Specialists, and the Synth could get off. John walked under the highway where he saw them. The rotting corpses of the New Spartan patrol that was killed.
"Ok, start scanning." John said to his men. The Synth nodded and used his robotic implants to scan for anything not natural as the Specialists kept an eye out. The Synth then found a shell casing and picked it up before saying, "Mr. President, I found this." John walked over and was handed the shell casing. Looking it over, John noted that it was a 5mm round casing, and the only type of gun he knows uses 5mm rounds is a minigun. John thought about how it got there as the latest intel he had on the Athenians was that they had no miniguns. He spun the shell around before he stopped and got a good look at the firing Pin of the shell and was shocked at what he saw.
Back in New Charleston, John sat in his office when Harold walked in with Rebecca. John put the shell casing on his desk and asked the two, "Without picking it, what does that look like to you guys?" Rebecca and Harold were confused and both agreed it was a 5mm Shell casing. John nodded his head, picked it up and handed it to Harold as he said, "Now look at the firing Pin." Harold and Rebecca looked at the firing pin and were soon shocked at what they saw. Rebecca looked at John and asked, "Please tell me you're pulling our legs?" John shook his head and said, "I'm not." Harold looked at him and said, "Where did you find this?"
"At the Ambush site where "Athenians" ambushed the New Spartan patrol." John told the two. Harold sat down as Rebecca asked John, "What does this mean John?" John sighed before he said, "It means, somehow… they're back." Rebecca shook her head and asked, "How?! They were wiped out in the Capital Wasteland!" John looked at her and said, "That was just the Capital Wasteland, there might have been more than we thought." The three of them were worried at the symbol on the firing pin of the shell.
"Rebecca, we'll need the Brotherhood ready for things to come. Tell your second in command and have them ready their men. Harold, alert the army officials, we may need to make moves soon to protect the Carolina Republic." Harold and Rebecca nodded their heads and ran out as John picked up the shell casing and looked at the symbol on the firing pin, the symbol of the Enclave, a long defeated faction that was formed from the old United States Government. John said to himself, "If they're here, all ghouls in the Carolina Republic are in danger." That was when a guard ran in and said, "SIR! SUPER MUTANTS ARE APPROACHING!"