I do not own Fallout at all. As for the 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, I recommend you read Fallout: South Carolina. This story is the sequel story to that one.
"It's been a while, Mrs. Kingston." John said as he saw the wife of the Commonwealth Republic's President walk in and sit across from him and she said, "Indeed it has Mr. Bertrand. Your Republic has grown quite a lot. Nate would say this so I'll say it for him, you are doing much better than expected." John chuckled at her comment but not at the last remark. He then asked her what she was doing this far South and she told him that her Article about John's United Carolina Republic got a lot of people reading about it and some wanted an interview.
"An Interview… with me?" John asked, making sure he heard her correctly and saw Piper nod her head. She then got her notepad out and asked, "So people are curious about your sheer Hatred of raiders. We all get it, everyone hates Raiders, but you specifically hate them. The People up north want to know why?" She put her pencil on the notepad. John leaned forward and told her, "I despise them. They attacked my home without Provocation and wiped out my friends, and my parents, no one was spared, no children, no elderly. Raiders are in my mind, monsters that deserve to be put down if they offer any more resistance."
Piper nodded and wrote that answer down before she asked, "I heard that those of the Charlotte Imperium fled north to the pre-war Border of what was called North Carolina and Virginia and reorganized into the Carolina Empire. What do you plan on doing about them?" John leaned in the seat he was in and said that he would handle them but would send spies into the Empire to keep an eye on them. He then asked her to not add that last part, and Piper nodded her head as she said, "Of course."
"Thank you Piper." John said to the First Lady of the Commonwealth Republic. Piper smiled and nodded her head before there was a Explosion nearby. That was when a UCR Soldier rushed in and shouted, "Mr. President! The Raiders are beginning a counter attack through the Subway tunnels!" John slammed his fist onto the table and cursed.
"We need to pull back! Take the Subway entrances that are behind our lines and block them from getting more Raiders behind our lines!" The Soldier nodded his head and ran out. John grumbled as he completely forgot about the Subway tunnels. Piper was worried before John stood up and ran to his Power Armor, Put the Fusion Core inside its port and hopped into the Armor.
Meanwhile, In Charlotte, the UCR Occupying forces didn't treat the citizens there with malice, but with respect. As a patrol walked through the streets, they came across an old Charlotte imperium body and it led to another body and eventually led to a makeshift wall with the brotherhood of Steel Logo and a Lion in front of it. The whole patrol looked around before one of them said, "Excuse me… is there anyone…" he didn't finish as Turrets popped up and aimed at them as one man in T-45D Power Armor held a Assault Rifle pointed at them as what looked like Brotherhood Scribes aimed pistols at them.
"Who's asking?" the man asked them. The person who spoke said, "I'm Captain Hernandez, United Carolina Republic Occupying forces." The man in the Power Armor looked at the people in Scribes' clothes before looking back at the patrol and he said, "The United Carolina Republic? So the Charlotte Imperium is no more?" Captain Hernandez nodded his head and got backed up by the other men. He then asked, "Are you Brotherhood?"
"We are not with those traitors anymore. We are the Legion of Steel. We follow the ideals of our former elder, Elder Lyons." the man in Power Armor said to the patrol. Captain Hernandez nodded his head and said, "Well… those in the Southeastern chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel are allies to us now and are helping make the Wasteland a Safe place. So I hope there will be no issues there." again the Man in Power armor looked at the people in Scribes' Clothes before he said that he would be right down and walked away.
Moments later he came out of the gates with another Man in T-51E Power Armor, both of them had the symbol that was on the gates on their chest plates. The Man in the T-51E Power Armor took his helmet off and introduced himself as Kodiak, High Elder for the Legion of Steel. Captain Hernandez introduced himself again to High Elder Kodiak and introduced his squad to the two. Kodiak then offered them refreshments and food as they were welcomed inside the defenses seeing as the UCR defeated the Charlotte Imperium.
Behind the wall, Captain Hernandez and his patrol team saw that the neighborhood was thriving there. High Elder Kodiak told them about when Arthur Maxson took over the commonwealth, he and those who followed Elder Lyon's principles came south from the Capital Wasteland. He added that many members were killed on their track down there. Captain Hernandez nodded his head and said, "I understand. In fact, if you were not aware, the President of the UCR is former Brotherhood."
"We did hear a rumor about that. But what caused HIM to leave?" High Elder Kodiak asked Hernandez, who told him that he heard a rumor that there was a crime that John got framed for. He then said, "Instead of waiting for the crooked punishment that the former Elder wanted to give him, he left and never looked back until he had to bump into the Southeastern Brotherhood when he and his group were heading to New Charleston. But after they got away there was a Civil War in the Brotherhood to fight the Elder at the time, then John and New Charleston joined in the war with other settlements and won it. The new Elder put the Brotherhood in with the founding of the UCR."
"I see… where is the president right now?" High Elder Kodiak asked him. Captain Hernandez told those around him that John was leading the army in taking Colbia. High Elder Kodiak nodded his head and said, "I see. He's doing well, it seems." Captain Hernandez nodded his head and told him that he would send John a message to let him know about the Legion of Steel. High Elder Kodiak nodded his head back and thanked him.
Back in Colbia, the Allied forces pulled back to attack the Subway tunnels and John had to make sure Piper was safe as he didn't want Nate to get on his ass. John was in his X-01 Power Armor and punched Raider after Raider in their faces, some heads even bursting with how hard John was punching it. A Raider was about to attack him from behind when a Combat Shotgun when Auto mode went off and the Raider got sent flying. John looked behind him and saw the Raider on the ground and looked where the shots came from and smiled before he said thanks to the operator of the Shotgun.
"No worries Mr. President." said the former Slave that he let his frustration out on the Dead Human Yao Guai. He was carrying a Combat Shotgun that was modified with a Powerful automatic receiver, a Long ported and shielded barrel, a Recoil compensating stock, a Medium Quick Eject Mag, and a Medium Scope. He reloaded another magazine into his Combat Shotgun and shot the dead Raider one more time, he had a hatred for Raiders, John respected that as he and the man who he found out was named Mark Scott both had a hatred of Raiders as they both lost family to them.
"Mark, secure the Left flank with your hatred for Raiders and your recoil compensated powerful automatic combat shotgun." John said to him. The man smirked evilly and obliged and went to the left flank of the line and opened fire on the charging Raiders. John sweatdropped as Harold pulled his knife out of a dead Raider and said to John, "I think giving him that recoil compensated powerful automatic combat shotgun was a bad idea Mr. President." John looked at him and said, "I'm Starting to think the same thing Harold. But I do admire his dedication."
"His dedication… or is it his quest for Vengeance?" Harold said to John. He then said that he unloads at least 3 rounds into each Raider and was starting to show recklessness. John looked and saw that Mark was starting to be a little Reckless so he walked over to Mark and pulled him back by the shirt he had on. Mark looked at him with anger and asked him, "WHAT THE HELL MR. PRESIDENT?! I HAD IT!" John then told him about how he lost his family to Raiders and wanted Revenge, but it took someone to show him that Revenge isn't always the answer.
"THEN WHY THE HELL DID YOU RECRUIT ME INTO THE ARMY SIR?!" Mark shouted as he shot another shotgun shell into an incoming Raider. John told him in a whisper, "All honesty go to fucking town, but my advisor thinks you're going too hard in pushing them out and you could leave an opening in the line." Mark looked at Harold and then back at John as he said, "He's paranoid."
"And he's also a man I trust with my life. So please, try to stay back just a tad bit." John said to Mark, who sighed and he agreed to John's request. John thanked him and walked back to Harold and told him that he was able to convince Mark to take it easy. Harold nodded his head before Colonel Shepard and Captain Gates walked up to them. Captain Gates told John that the General was informed about the Situation with the Old Fort Mill and was coming to talk to him directly. John was speechless at that, and he said, "W… Wow… I would be grateful to talk to your commander."
"Thank you Mr. President." Captain Gates said to him. As the Sun went down, John had to go to the nearby recently taken over Columbia Metropolitan Airport and watched a Vertibird land with the symbol of the Fort Mill Militia on the side. Out stepped a man who looked like he was an Old veteran with lots of wisdom to share. He wore a trench coat over his uniform while he had an Eye patch over his right Eye. The man was being escorted by a Radio Operator and another Fort Mill Militia Soldier. John and Harold walked over to the three after getting out of their Power Armor and the first to speak was John.
"General Andrew Hickins, I'm President Bertrand, it's a pleasure to meet you" he said to his elder as he extended his hand to him, he recognized the man as he was shown a picture of him before the general arrived. General Hickins took John's hand and said, "The pleasure's all mine, Bertrand. How may I and my boys help you on this fine day?" He was getting right down to business and John respected that. He told him "Right now the Raiders of Colbia took us by surprise because of my foolish thinking that the Subway Tunnels were no good, but I was wrong and they came up behind our lines. the Fort MIll Militia can help resecure the lines so we will be able to go into the tunnels and clear them out"
The General nodded his head and said, "I can spare few units to deal with those raiders, our urban warfare specialists will be happy to help and for the subway tunnels we can force the raiders out with tear gas if you wish to be merciful or we can just send in some flamethrowers to burn out those rats den." One could hear the hatred for the Raiders in his voice. John nodded his head and wanted to use flamethrowers too, but that could cause issues to the supports of the Subway runners. So he said, "Personally I would exterminate those Rats... but my advisors say that if we did that we'd be no better than the Raiders. So use tear gas. Oh, and I'm sure Gates has informed you that I am willing to return your old headquarters to your group."
"And I'm thankful for it, without the old HQ, coordination of the militias got hard. Losing our radio center and main command post, but with them back I can assure you that the Militia will once again defend the people of Carolina from the scum of this wasteland." General Hickins assured John, who replied, "And I'm grateful to hear that. But My guess is that you would confirm what Gates told me about not joining the United Southern Alliance but would agree to a mutual defense pact."
"I'm more than willing to work with you and so are my men, but my men… they got used to our independence. It will take time and effort to unite our two groups, but for now cooperation is more than welcomed." John nodded his head after Hickins finished saying that and mentioned that he hoped it would be useful before asking Hickins if he had any squads near the old border of North Carolina and Virginia The General looked at the map in the center of the command tent upon arriving there and he said, "Well we have the 1st Recon Scouts there, looking for any pre war national guard facilities"
"Good, we got reports that remnants of the Charlotte Imperium that didn't surrender fled to the counties along the border to form the Carolina Empire. I would like constant updates on their military strength. I fear they are biding their time before they launch an attack." John informed the Veteran General, who nodded his head and looked at the Radio Operator and said,"Radio operator, contact the 1st Recon Scouts and inform them about their new task" The general orders the radio operator. The radio operator would reply with "Yes, sir" before contacting the unit. John smiled and looked back at the Militia General.
"I have to say General Hickins, your men have proven you are all top notch in military tactics. Even when I was a Knight in the Brotherhood, I heard the tales." Hickins nodded his head as he said, "Harsh drills and constant training ensures that the militiamen are ready for a fight once it comes. High morale and discipline is the cornerstone of any real military force" John nodded his head as that was the same back in his Brotherhood days, despite the Corruption. He then saw the Militiaman who was with the general admiring his X-01 power Armor. "Is he a new member? He seems… green." The general chuckles and nods "Yeah his new around here" The new guy then speaks "I never seen a suit of power armor like this"
John smiled and walked over to him, "Well this here..." he patted the shoulder plate of his Power Armor, "Is X-01 Power Armor. Back when I was in the brotherhood I was gifted this when I reached Paladin."
"It's quite different to what the Legion of Steel uses" the rookie replies as he inspects the armor to confirm his suspicion. John nodded his head and said, "Ah yes, I was just informed about the Legion of Steel. They wished to meet as well. But tell you what. I got some T-45s with a new stealth mod that you won't need to crouch to use. If you want to look at them, I can have a soldier show you to them." The Rookie nodded his head fast and Harold showed him. John looked back at General Hickins and said, "Let's take back this City."
