Chapter 2Theo died a hero's death, although no one would ever recognise him for it, because there were so few people remaining. The Brotherhood of Steel soon found out what happened from an Initiate that was luckily in the Armory in the deepest part of the Citadel when the orbital strike hit. Soon the whole Brotherhood knew who to thank for the destruction of their home. They sent messages across to everyone of the Lone Wanderer's armor and soon he was posed to be shot on sight.
We now move on from the poor Knight Theo, to a simple Wastelander by the name of James, as he had the name of John's father he was spared in the great massacre of a small settlement. Very few people ever heard about this, but somehow, James heard about what John did, he felt it his duty to inform the people's of the Wastes to rid the Wastes of this scum.As James made his way across the ruined bridge he saw a simple landmine just sitting there, he walked up to it and quickly pressed the button in the middle, the explosive device stopped beeping. He quickly noticed that the whole bridge was dotted with the mines and he groaned, within five minutes he'd made it to the other side without a scratch, he took a breath and continued on his way. He was hoping to reach the settlement of Megaton before John could, for if he got there too late...
James kept up his breakneck pace, he didn't stop to eat or drink, he didn't plan on doing that either, he just kept moving because he knew that John would make sure he brainwashed a settlement to his side soon. Megaton happened to be one of the closest Settlements to the Citadel. James took another breath and winced, he wished that life had just been easier for him, at least had it so that he didn't have to fight for every moment of his life. He quickly pulled out a bottle of Vodka and took a swig.
He continued on his path, when all of a sudden he noticed something he'd been dreading. The Enclave. They'd set up a small outpost on the road, with a blockade and a turret, just sitting there waiting for someone to walk in and die. James took a breath and looked at the small compliment of guards, when all of a sudden he noticed a movement in the side of his view. He moved to look at what it was when he suddenly realised who it was, wearing the armor as dark as the mans heart.
John.
James watched him lift his rifle and take a shot, the small burst of energy travelled painstakingly slowly towards the group of soldiers, but it did not miss. It struck one of the men and his helmet came clean off, blood spraying everywhere while half of his head turned into a green goo. The other soldiers quickly knew what was happening and lifted their own weapons, James quickly ran off in the direction of Megaton, away from the fight. He was not in the mood to die in case John saw him.
He soon made it to the gate of Megaton, standing out the front was the Robot Deputy Weld, James waved at it and it said one of it's programmed responses. James chuckled and walked in through the gates, waving at the sniper on top of the scaffolding. He moved quickly and found Lucas Simms eating at the Brass Lantern, James ran up to him and quickly stammered out, "John, the Lone Wanderer, he's destroyed the Citadel..." James didn't have to say anymore as Simms rose.
Within 20 minutes everyone was awake and holding guns, they were right on the inside of the gates, waiting for John to enter, when James realised something. Two months ago when John had first entered the town, he'd heard of something, something that could've saved the town. He'd been told that the bomb was still alive, he got offered to disarm it, he sure went down and fiddled with it after entering Moriarty's Saloon, but he never said he disarmed it. This worried James at the wrong time, he soon shook his head and once again put his attention on the gate.