Please note, if you haven't finished Broken Steel that this might have some spoilers...

Prologue

This is the tale of a simple Knight by the name of Theo, he was fortunately one of the few men to be posted out of the Citadel reguarly. He always hated this prospect, as he was tired of fighting the Mutants everyday of his life, until one day, when he thanked his lucky stars that he'd always been posted out of the Citadel. It all started on that one day in the year 2277... The year of many trials, triumphs and failures.

Theo trudged his way after his superior, Paladin Jake, who never really liked anyone in his squad. Surprisingly, even with the superior tech and power of the Brotherhood, the whole squad except for Theo and Jake had been decimated by a small group of Super Mutants. Theo was of course the hero, but Jake never showed any emotion, always keeping Theo in the dark, never congratulating him. As they made their way through the ruins of a small building, they saw the Citadel, gleaming in their view.

Jake stopped and leaned against a wall, this was the closest thing Theo would ever get to an order for rest, he walked over to a wall far away from his superior, sitting down. Once again, Theo thanked his lucky stars for his hatred for his superior, for this was the one unlucky day for everyone else. Theo was looking down at himself, wondering once again what he'd done to annoy his superior so much, he looked up at the exact right moment, just in time to see his superior die.

A shot rang out through the barren land, a bullet sped towards the Paladin before he could so much as flinch, his head came clean off, blood spurting all over the walls and even over Theo who was 6 metres away. Theo's eyes bulged, but right as he thought his luck had run out, he realised it was very far off, as the day was only going to get worse. He heard a sound, that he couldn't quite recognise as anything similar, he ran towards the window, looking at the gleaming husk that was the Pentagon, which was now the Citadel.

He looked right above the beautiful structure, there, flying down towards the building, were multiple missles, they crashed into the centre of the Bailey. He heard the impact and felt the shockwaves fly across the ground, across the water, he flew into a wall, as soon as he made contact with the stone he lost conciousness. His last thought was this, Why did this happen? Why now? Why did we ever trust him...

Is this going to be continued or is it a one shot? And I though it was pretty damn good. Thanks for the read.

It's a good story although it's a bit short but a wholesome read.

Thanks and thanks, it isn't a one off, it's just the Prologue THAT'S why it's short, Prologue's are short... And I can't use word! GAH, hate that...

Epilogue is the ending.... Prologue is the introduction... lol You kind of got it the wrong way round.

!!! Lol, thanks M'heree, that's shameful, how could I get that mixed around? Oh wait, maybe it's cause I'm trying to work on this assignment, playing Fallout 3 and writing the story at the same time... Wowie, thanks.

Talk about multi-tasking

Hmm, since I'm short on things to do, cause I'm mainly trying to get away from playing Fallout 3 cause I don't want to get bored of it, anyone want me to see if I can do Chapter 1?

Yeah do it be crazy lol seriously I would like to know what happens next.

Okey doke, I'll see if I can get this all done...

Chapter 1

As Theo woke slowly, he looked at his surroundings, he'd been out for a while and everything was very dark. He suddenly realised it was dusk, he'd completely forgotten how everything had happened and he quickly remembered when he saw Jake's corpse propped up against the wall. Theo jumped back and yelped, like a dog after getting bitten, he walked over slowly to his superior and nudged him with his boot, his corpse fell to the side, lifeless. Theo suddenly realised that Jake's head was lying next to the body, he shuddered and turned around, closing his eyes.

He opened them again with worry, he quickly picked up Jake's rifle and slapped it over his back, as his weapon had been broken during the blast. He looked out the window and his mouth dropped open, there was the Citadel, embers flew across his view as he saw the small flames on the outskirts of the walls, suddenly a vertibird touched down. Theo started up again, he jumped out the window, he landed on the ground expertly, he then ran towards the water, he jumped in with his armor and weapon still on, he swam with a ferocity towards possibly the only other living thing in a 200 metre radius.

He quickly arrived, but he was too late, he saw a group of corpses piled on top of each other, they were killed in numerous ways, such as being decapitated. Theo turned around and threw up, he wiped his mouth and turned around again, he looked at the corpses and saw who was dead. He recognised two Paladins and a Knight... And then he noticed the Lyon's Pride members looking lifeless at the sky above, Theo's eyes bulged, the only two members who weren't among the corpses were Sentinel Lyon's... And him.

Theo quickly recovered and ran towards the entrance to the Citadel, he left the vertibird and the weapons, even the armor. He couldn't stand to go near the corpses that seemed to scare him, he soon made it to the entrance, he noticed a trail of blood that continued going around the building. He gulped and moved quietly around, following the blood, he soon saw two figures in the distance, hoping for help he ran towards them. Unfortunately, they weren't help, he soon saw the Lone Wanderer, standing over the top of the Sentinel who was on her knees, looking up at the Lone Wanderer.

He laughed maniacally and pulled out a pistol, Theo yelled and ran towards the murderer, but he was to late. The heartless man brought the weapon to Sarah's head and pulled the trigger, she fell to the ground, lifeless, just like her allies. The man turned around with a snarl, he had power armor that was as black as his heart, but surprisingly, no helmet. Theo yelled with rage, pulling out Jake's laser rifle off his back, he brought up the weapon and charged at this terrible man.

Theo expected to get killed, but somehow he manged to barge into the man, he fell and landed heavily on the ground. He quickly rolled, but not quick enough for the well trained Knight, Theo brought up his rifle and said, "You, who killed everyone here, shall pay, you scum," He then aimed swiftly and shot, it hit the man right in the head but it had no effect. The man got up and tackled Theo, they fell to the ground, both of them trying to gain the advantage on the other.

Swiftly, the Lone Wanderer brought up his armored hand, he brought it down on Theo's head again and again. The Knight resisted the urge to fall into a deep and blissful sleep, instead choosing to throw the man back, into the side of the remains of the Citadel. He hit it hard but he still seemed fine, Theo looked on the ground and found only one thing, the pistol the man had used. Theo dived for it, he picked it up and aimed at the man through the small scope on the chamber of the gun.

The man tried to move but this time, it didn't work. Theo took the shot, he felt the world go extremely slow, he watched the bullet make its way towrads the man, it hit him right between the eyes, his whole head seemed to explode with force as the blood sprayed everywhere. Theo would never forget that moment, when he killed the Lone Wanderer, he had succeeded, but in the end, it didn't matter, for this was the biggest failure. Theo moved towards the mans corpse, stripping him of his armor and few weapons, he donned the armor, he took a breath and entered the remains of his home.

I'd love a comment or two, if I'm really that bad just tell me. I just want some more Feedback you know???

I thought it was a very interesting story, for one, most story's at least featuring the Lone Wanderer tend to portray him as a good guy, so this was quite original, I look forward to seeing where this story will go.

But how come the guy who killed Jake didn't kill Theo?

OHH EMMM GEEEEEEH DONT KILL THEO!!!!!!!!!!!! he's mine...



*Hugs Theo Protectively* My Theo!


Ohhhh, And Francois,



I FRIGGIN LOVE THIS STORY!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOT!!!! you rock man!!!

Thank you Mr. Glow, very nice of you to say.

Chapter 1 Part 2

As Theo moved towards the Citadel's smouldering ruins he saw someone move through the main door of the now ruined building. He was wearing the exact same armor that Theo had peeled off the man he'd just killed, this man had a helmet on, but when he spoke he definitely sounded more like the person he thought he killed, "You there, Brotherhood Knight, what are you doing wearing that armor? It doesn't matter, who are you little Knight?" He yelled, his voice was commanding, Theo recognized it immediately as the Lone Wanderer's.

Theo stood there, rooted to the ground, for about 5 seconds before he finally spoke up, "My name's Theo, I'm the only survivor of my sqaud, Alpha Assault Force, I know you, your the Lone Wanderer. Your the one we trusted," Theo choked out, emotion coated his voice quite heavily. The man slipped off his helmet, he looked like he was a man you'd trust, Theo was disgusted at even thinking that. The man spoke up again, "My name's John, although I actually have gotten the nickname of the Devil. It's quite a nice nickname don't you think?"

He laughed, Theo scowled, "So, John, you ready to die, Devil? Haha, I'm joking, I don't stand a chance, who was that guy I killed may I ask?" Theo stammered out, John chuckled,
"That was my mercenary, he looks almost exactly like me, I met him many a week ago. I hope you get to meet him in hell, he'll have some things to do to you Theo," John said, he then pulled the rifle off his back.

Theo quickly started up, he pulled out the pistol he had and took aim, he shot at John's head, he missed. John took aim once and it hit Theo, Theo felt the burning pain of heat, he realised what John had, he had a Plasma Rifle. Theo yelled out in pain, he aimed again and again, trying to shoot his enemy, he missed again and again, he felt tears falling down his face at his failure. He was supposed to be a trained soldier and here he was being beaten by a Wastelander that turned up one day?

Theo yelled, he never knew what would happen if he did this, he was foolish enough to try it. Theo ran at John, John stood there and grinned, he reached behind his back, as soon as Theo was just about to barge into John the Wanderer pulled out a sword from a hidden compartment on his back. He drove the weapon through Theo, straight through the left side of his body. Straight through his heart. Theo fell to the ground, bleeding heavily, all over the ground and over the sword.

The Wanderer laughed, then spoke, "So, Theo, you failed, I hope eternal damnation suits you," Theo's head rolled back and he whispered out one last thing, just loud enough for John to hear, "I failed, I'm so sorry, I failed. Sarah..." That was the last thing Theo would ever say.

Killed by the blast. Everyone read Chapter 1 Part 2!

Cool chapter, My character in Fallout is called John, which i thought was quite a coincedence, he's evil too.

Francois,

You have true talent for this type of stuff

Keep up the good work...

From,
Random Person you met on the street!

Funny much, I always thought of John as a good fella's name... Ah well, coincedence you say? I think not, I knew all along, .

So is that the end? Or are you starting up with a different character? Because I admit it would be pretty interesting to see the Lone Wanderer tracked down by the Brotherhood. Anyway I like it, a lot. It figures you'd be good at Fan Fic, seeing as how good you were at RPing. Keep writing.

Thanks for the double compliment and I will continue writing from another persons perspective. Will it be the Lone Wanderer's? Who knows, not me, that's for sure!

Ah, a marvelous gem of a story there Good job!
But... since you killed off Theo, does it end there?

After all the nice comments I've gotten I simply CANNOT end it here. I'm thinking of how to keep it going, I'm wondering who's point of view it should be from now. Any ideas? I'd be happy for any support, I simply cannot end it after doing 3 writing pieces! The Prologue, Chapter 1 and Chapter 1 Part 2...

A new character? Or it could be from Sarah Lyons? Like maybe she didn't die? Or something... idk

Okay, first person to chime in with a good idea gets it put in, cause I'm having writers block, I hate assignments!!!

Seriously, I'd love an idea or two, please, I want to keep writing but I can't think! All I can think of is Stephen Sondheim... (Don't ask)