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.
As the Summer of 2313 rolled in, The Battle of Colbia was still going, with the Fort Mill Militia joining the Coalition to take the City, the raiders initial counter attack was pushed back. The USA and Fort Mill Militia Forces slowly whittled down the Raider numbers as a New Huma nYoa Guai was trying to stop them. John and General Hickins coordinated with the soldiers near the front lines. John used a Pump Action Shotgun modified with a Refined receiver, a Aligned long barrel, a Forceful stock, a Standard Sights, and No Muzzle to take down Raiders as General Hickins used his Service rifle found in a old Military warehouse that he modified with a Marksman stock, comfort grip, combat scope, twin barrel mag and extended barrel.
"Hickins! The right Flank is going to fall! Send men there to reinforce it!" John shouted to the Fort Mills Militia General. He nodded and sent a squad to reinforce the right flank. John then saw that the Raiders were bringing in Power Armor units so he called for Vertibird support. Rebecca came back and said Vertibird support had arrived as two Vertibirds flew overhead and opened fire on the Raiders as the Minigun Operators opened fire on Raiders as they passed over and they even took out the Power Armor wearing Raiders.
"They're pulling back Mr. President!" Shouted an Athenian Soldier. John nodded his head and pulled out a Katana that he took as a trophy after he killed Onimaru. He waved it to get the men's attention before pointing it forward and shouted to charge. He ran out from a barricade with the UCR soldiers following him and then the New Spartans, next was the Athenians.
"COME ON MEN! CHARGE!" Shouted General Hickins as he led the charge too. The Raiders tried to hide in buildings but the Fort Mill Militia went to work clearing the buildings and killing Raiders who resisted. John sliced more Raiders down as General Hickins covered his back. That push was just what the USA-FMM alliance needed and soon, the Raiders Surrendered after Slaves close to the fighting rose up and also joined in on the fight. The Battle of Colbia was a bloody one, John was told that of all the raiders that were in the city to begin with, 5% of them surrendered.
"What's more is that we suffered heavier Casualties than the War of the Carolinas. The numbers are almost 100 dead, 115 wounded, and a Vertibird crashed, killing the occupants which were included in the killed count. New Sparta Lost 250 men due to brashness and moving without cover. The Athenians were mostly the defense units and they lost 25 men and had 30 wounded from Molotov Cocktails being thrown in the initial street to street fighting." Harold said as he read over the Casualty reports for the United Southern Alliance when General Hickins stood up and said, "The Fort Mill Militia also took hits, we lost 13 brave men… including Captain Gates when he was trying to save one of our men." John nodded as he sat in his seat, the battle was over, they had won, but at a heavy price.
"Now comes the job of rebuilding. And how the city will be divided between the four armies." John said as they looked at an old map of Colbia. Leonidas of New Sparta stood up and asked, "If I may ask, may we take the 1250 raiders back to New Sparta." John looked at him and asked why, to which he got his answer, and he did not like it.
"Seeing as we lost the most men, we want to make the captured Raiders into slaves." was his response. John quickly stood up and asked, "Please tell me you're joking. You practice Slavery?" Leonidas then explained that slavery in New Sparta would only be for the criminals and those who put themselves into it. The Raiders were no better than a common criminal. That was when the Athenian representative told John. "It has been their custom since they followed the Spartans of old." John sighed before he looked at Leonidas and said, "If that is your custom, fine, but I must make this proposal first. That the top 100 Raiders there be turned over to the UCR and executed by us."
"That is acceptable." Leonidas said to John, who nodded his head back. Walking out of the meeting tent, John had his soldiers gather the top one-hundred Raiders of the 1250 prisoners to be shot. John turned his back and walked off as a United Carolina Republic Soldier armed with a Minigun walked to the 100 and with it, mowed them all down, quick and painless. John kept his back turned as he heard a voice speak.
"That… that was just horrible." It was Piper's voice and John told her that he needed to set an example to all would be raiders as they did much worse. He then looked at her and reminded her that he lost his family to Raiders and the entire town, they did the same thing he did. Piper pointed out that it was a different raider group who killed his hometown. John the Pointed out that The leader of the raiders was from the North, pointing out that those who become raiders are all guilty.
"Is this what the UCR will do to all prisoners? Execute a good handful of them?" Piper said as she wrote what she saw. John walked to her and said, "No, I'm always a man of Mercy, I even offered them to surrender before the battle even happened. They were the ones who didn't take it. Not to mention that the alliance forces losses, 100 lives taken isn't even a third of the losses we took. We had 375 killed casualties alone. About 100 for the UCR, 250 for New Sparta, and 25 for New Athens. The 100 raiders we executed were top rank Raiders, meaning they had to give out commands. Killing them will save lives. And you can quote me on this, "Raiders are not human after they take lives for the enjoyment of killing, Raping, and the high off their drugs."" John then walked off to help coordinate the rebuilding of Colbia.
The next week, John asked the UCR Congress if they wanted to switch capitals from New Charleston to Colbia and on June 24th, 2313, in a vote of 81% to 19%, The UCR's Congress voted to move the Capital to Colbia. As they prepared to move capitals, John then proposed that they fix the name by changing it from Colbia to Columbia. Congress thought about it as the city's name held some historic information for their allies and voiced their concerns.
"In that case I will ask the representatives to speak to their respective groups about it and get their opinions. If they don't want the name changed then we'll stick with Colbia." John said to Congress before the day's session ended. That night, John was in his office as Zoey walked in carrying Claire with Mason the Dog following behind them.
"She wanted to see her daddy." Zoey said as she passed Claire to John. John smiled and held his adopted Daughter close to his chest as she said, "With what you've been through recently daddy, you could use some loving." John smiled more and held both her and pulled Zoey into his arms too. John then told the girls that he did need it as the Raiders of Colbia took a lot out of him and thanked them for what they were doing.
The next day, John oversaw the transport of the government documents to Colbia and he thanked the people of New Charleston for letting the UCR have their home as their Capital and he hoped that they would keep on good terms with the Super Mutants and keep them safe. The People nodded their heads and John smiled as the military and Government prepared to fully move to Colbia. Afterwards he got on Eagle Force One and flew it to New Sparta where he was greeted with cheers and an escort. Arriving at the New Sparta Senate, John told them what he wished to do for Colbia. Leonidas of New Sparta asked him why he was asking for permission since Colbia was under UCR Control.
"It's not just UCR Control. All of us UCR, New Sparta, and Athens fought to take the City that has historical value to you. So that is why I am asking you, the New Spartan Senate, to let me rename it to what it was called before the Great War, Columbia. Athens is next I assure you." John said to them. The room fell silent as the representatives looked at each other before Lycurgus stood up. He pointed out that John helped reveal the truth about a deception and rooted out all the enemy spies. They had made peace with Athens and formed an alliance. John could have just renamed the city without permission but he came to them, the Senate, to ask for permission.
"This shows that President Bertrand is an honorable man and I say we allow him to rename it." Lycurgus finished with. Soon Leonidas said that he even gave the raiders they took prisoner during the battle as they lost the most men. He too also agreed with letting John change the name of the City back. After time passed, John watched as the senate of New Sparta stood in agreement to allow John to change the name. He thanked them all and after a small party, he got back into Eagle Force One and flew over to Athen. Along the way, John made sure his speech for the Athenians was perfect. Soon they crossed into Athen's Airspace and landed at the Athen controlled Airport, where they were greeted and escorted to the Athenian senate. Along the way, John spotted some people wearing white cloaks hanging a Ghoul. That made john worry about that as they rolled into the City
At the Quarters John had been given by the people of Athens, he walked back and forth as he practiced the speech he would give to the Athenian Senate when there was a knock on the door. After giving the person permission to enter, John saw the door open to reveal someone wearing a cloak. That person then took his hood off and John saw a nearly Identical version of himself but with a Scar across the left side of his face.
"Hello… Cousin." the man said. John took a step backwards as he saw that his look alike was wearing an Enclave officer's uniform. He looked at the man who claimed to be his cousin and said to him, "I thought my dad was an only child…" the Enclave Officer told John, "We're long distant cousins actually. Our roots go back to Vault 76. Our ancestor was one of the original dwellers."
"My dad did say his father told him about a brother leaving my Ancestor to join another group… it was the Enclave wasn't it." John's Cousin nodded his head and said that he himself was also called John. John glared more at his Enclave Cousin as he said that the Enclave was no more.
"They got wiped out on the West Coast when their Oil Rig blew up, and they got wiped out here on the East Coast when they lost their Mobile base crawler." John added on, but Enclave John scoffed before saying, "The Enclave is never gone. We're buying time for our great return to power. Your rebel government and her allies will be subjugated. We true, pure humans will take back the United States." John clenched his fists before telling his cousin to leave before he called for him to be arrested as a Prisoner of War.
Enclave John said nothing as he scoffed and walked out. John sat down in his seat and sighed. Later, He was in front of the Athenian Senate and explained things to them and like the New Spartan Senate they all agreed to allow John to change the name of the City. That made him smile and he thanked them for it. Afterwards John was greeted by members of the Athenian Senate who had allied themselves with the UCR and he told them about what happened in his room.
"The Enclave Remnant is a dangerous threat." Said one of the Athenians. John nodded his head and said, "Indeed, we have their location. They're in what was once called Tennessee and after we're done moving things to Columbia, we're going to attack their base. As far as I know, they don't know we have their location. So we can use the element of Surprise to attack." The Athenian leaders with John nodded their heads in agreement. John thanked them for their support and soon was on his way back to the UCR. Getting in Eagle Force One, John got a call from General Hickins and he said that his scouts have reported back about the Carolina Empire and they're getting ready to move on a UCR settlement. When John asked the destination, what General Hickins said in response shocked him. The Carolina Empire was moving on Charlotte to take back the old Imperium's capital.
