[Rachie Stout]

Alright, I am going to start the story guys. Here we go.


"Heh, sometimes I feel like the lone wanderer was the one who did everything for me. I just can't hope to repay him. Either way, because of him I was able to exterminate the trogs and get rid of the raiders. My city is grand, the cure has rid the fear of infection, and we are in a metropolis the likes the wasteland would hope to ever be."

Ashur (me) grabs the holotape recording and stores it in his safe.

"He, hopefully I won't need to hear this ever again"

Ashur then walks out of his room and heads towards his office. He then gets on the intercom:

" Citizens of the Pitt, today is a grand day, operations besides mining are going good. Today the engineering department is going to set up makeship water purifiers around the river. So until we can get true clean water, rations of rad-away will be passed out to the local populace. The Brotherhood has oh so generously provided us with water caravans containing aqua pura. All citizens are to get their share of the water and proceed back to their apartment. All Haven guards are to patrol the city walls and assure the populace is under control during the water transaction. I want detachments of 4 men on both bridges across the city. I want every entrance guarded. Andrew, I want you to guard the bridges with the detachments. Eddie, I need you to patrol the streets with a sweep squad and assure there are no wastelanders from D.C inside. Oh, and I want that cook, James Silva, to prepare me some squirrel stew on the double. Lets get to work people, I haven't got all day."

[Inol Wakhid]

*rejoices*

*installs purifiers*

[GEo LIme]

I chuckle then I quickly pull my game in, I go fumbling through my locker for my weapons and I quickly shove my armor on. I take a breath then I start my little jog towards the bridges, I stop then I quickly fumble through my mind which bridges Ashur wants guarded... I shrug then I just keep moving, I make it to one of the bridges that are a bit closer to Haven and there is a detachment there. I grimly smile and I set myself up in a chair overlooking the whole area around us.

I look at the others and I chuckle, I wonder what I need to do, then I just laugh, the others look at me and I contain my little outburst. For the sake of it, I start a conversation, "Ok, guys, we're just gonna stick here for a while and make sure nothing comes in and wants to [censored] us up, okay? Don't worry, we'll stay alive... Hopefully," I say to them, I put emphasis on 'hopefully'. A couple of them shudder but most laugh, they know my sense of humor.

I settle back into my chair and I pull out my laser rifle, I put it in my lap and I watch the exit and entrance to the bridge.

[Annika Marziniak]

Ashur suddenly moves to the rooftop and pulls out a pair of binoculars. He then looks towards the Eastern bridge.

"[censored]"

Ashur then rapidly enters the intercom:

"Security officer Andrew, be on alert, I have just spotted a few wastelanders wielding firearms heading your way. Don't hesitate to shoot on my order."

Ashur thinks in his mind Where the hell is Eddie

[Dean Ashcroft]

I curse then I look up, I look as far as I can with my naked eyes and I can't see a thing, I curse again and I look at the others. They'd heard what Ashur had said as well and I expected that they were getting ready. I noticed the group of Wastelanders a minute later, they were garbed in simple enough attire, but they did have weapons... I gritted my teeth, "Don't hesitate to shoot if they do anything stupid," I spat out.

I quickly moved back a step, I bent down and I pressed the button on the intercom, "Ashur, what do you want us to do? They have guns but they aren't shooting yet... Open fire, or let them pass?" I muttered, I quickly moved my hand away from the button and I moved forward a step again. I hoped that Ashur would make the right choice, thing is, which one's the right choice?

[Len swann]

James got on the food immediately. Squirrel Stew was not hard hard to make, and he had done it plenty of time before. His kitchen was a small room in the main hall that had some cabinets and a fire. He took out a frozen block of the mush and set it over the fire. Then he put a pot under it to catch the stew. He cooked some molerat meat and put it in the pot. By this time a lot of the stew had unfroze. Eventually it was all steaming in a pot. James walked to Ashurs office and handed him the food. He hastily walked out. He heard about the incoming attack and needed to get some food and stimpaks to the bridges.

[Alexandra walker]

Ashur thanks James then begins to eat the soup. Tasty, haven't tasted something this well done since that raider brough me some scavenged insta-mash

Ashur goes back on the intercom:

" Andrew, there are more and more of those beggars wanting in, I don't want our future city to be full of filth-ridden fools. Open fire!!!"

And so Ashur gave the order to fire on the crowd.

[Kieren Thomson]

I grinned my hellish grin and I turned around, I opened my mouth and I yelled, "Open fire!", I watched the men turn quickly and aim at the Wastelanders. I pulled up my laser rifle and I shot at one of them, his head went flying, blood spraying on the others, as they realised that we'd opened fire on them they started firing. I laughed and I shot another one in the arm, he yelled in pain as the intense ray struck him.

I watched them fall and I felt no pity, whatever emotions I'd really ever had, had been bashed out of me through my life. I watched as the other men killed the other couple of men and I checked for injuries. No one was dead and only one man had been injured, with a bullet wound to the arm was all as well... I walked over to the intercom and I bent over, I opened my mouth to speak.

"Ashur, no survivors, no casualties on our side, only one injury, all in all, sucessful slaughter of the idiots. Little ammo was used, I hope your satisfied Lord Ashur," I muttered, I really hoped that he'd be pleased. From my past, all my other leaders had hated the idea that I'd ever let any of the people with me to even get injured...

[Juliet]

Ashur heads back to the intercom:

"Good job Andrew, I will compensate the injury with a new ration of stimpacks for your men. Keep up the good work."

[joannARRGH]

I let my mouth open widely and I let my breath fall through into my lungs. Ashur, nice? I'd never had a leader like this, someone who'd do things for his own men... I quickly started up again and I pressed the button on the intercom, "Thank you Lord Ashur, this is very generous of you... I hope that this won't cause to many problems for any of your other men. Oh and Lord Ashur? I was hoping that some day I could see you in person once again, it's been a fair while,"

I then chuckled, "But then again, your always busy talking to people on the intercoms, either way, thank you for your support to our squad Lord Ashur." I quickly looked up at the others and I walked over to the injured man. I brought out a couple of my personal stimpacks and I injected them into the mans arm, he stopped fidgeting and he looked a bit better already.

I smiled and I looked at the others, "Alright guys, Ashur's proud of us and we're getting a new small stock of stimpacks because of it. We'll hope that we're not on patrol tonight so we can drink ourselves merry!" I then laughed and everyone else did. I moved back to the chair next to the intercom and I sat in it, I thought to myself: Life in The Pitt is grand.

[Melly Angelic]

Ashur responds on the intercom:

"You earned it, no one does much of a good job now-a-days. Keep up the good work and I will give your men a little suprise. Besides the extra stimpacks, I need you , no, after you are done celebrating I want your men to patrol the river for any psychotic wildmen trying to cross the river. I have a small cot with all the amenities your men need to carry out the mission. Enjoy"

"And if you want a meeting, I can arrange it at the hotel on Sixty Timbers streeet. Meet me there tommorow"

Ashur chuckled as he realised how good life was when men didn't ask questions that jeopardized your mission.

" The slavers would be angry if they found out how we liberate the slaves. I need to think of a plan to deal with them."

Ashur proceeds towards the intercom again.

" Daniel, I need you to work a little faster, I am concerned you work crews are in danger from loose bands of wildmen trying to cross the river. If you can do this in enough time I will give you a free permit to the Timber Hotel. Just please make sure the machine works, I know you can do this, just do it quickly."

[Peetay]

I chuckled then I quickly thought of a way to keep our forces strong, I quickly decided on keeping half of the men keeping an eye on the bridge, (Including the injured man,), a quarter moving upstream and the other quarter moving downstream. I sticked with the downstream group and I kept my eyes open, I knew that the stimpacks would probably arrive at the bridge, with this surprise perhaps? We didn't need to celebrate so, we just moved out.

I wondered what this meeting with Ashur would be like, I'd heard a lot about him and I'd only seen him once, fleetingly. I grimaced and I kept my eye out for any crazies, so far I'd seen two and I'd gunned down both as soon as they came into view. I wondered how someone so important as Ashur would take his time to actually talk to me personally... I wondered what there would be to talk about, but then again, it didn't really matter in the end.

I kept my eyes open and I noticed a small group of the crazies and I grinned, "Guys, small group over there, gun em' down!", we started shooting and within 5 seconds there were no men left on the other side of the river. I laughed and I kept moving, soon enough, we made it to the end of the river and we started moving back up. We met more crazies and we kept killing them, we eventually came back into sight of the bridge and I grinned, that was easy.

I saw the small stack of supplies on the bridge and I wondered what Ashur's surprise might be... I let myself wonder whether it be weapons, armor, perhaps even some form of med? I didn't care, if Ashur cared enough to even mention something extra, that meant we were special.

[Eddie Howe]

Ashur returns to the intercom:

" Andrew, tell your squad to get over to the bridge, seems you cleared out the attacks for a while. I have something you might want to take a look at."

" And help yourselves to a few barrels of Aqua Pura courtesy of the Brotherhood."

"I will be seeing you at the Timber hotel"

[Lisha Boo]

I chuckled, Lord Ashur was one hell of a nice guy, so different from all the stories... I remembered some of the stories I'd heard about him killing people, such an evil person, I realised on that day, that this was wrong. I quickly moved towards the bridge and I saw pretty much the whole squad waiting for me. I walked over and I moved to the intercom, "Thank you Lord Ashur, I will see you tomorrow at the Hotel, thank you for your gifts."

I looked at the supply crates, there were a nice number of them, I quickly cracked open the first one, I looked inside and I gasped. Sitting there, in near perfect condition, was a set of the illustrious Tribal Power Armor I'd heard about. This stuff was designed to last, only worn by the most illustrious of Ashur's forces. He even wore his own personalized set, that was so powerful none had manged to kill him while he wore it...

I chuckled and I quickly slipped the Power Armor over my light Combat Armor. I looked at the skull on my shoulder and I looked at the amazing condition of the piece of armor. I looked at the other men, splitting open their own crates and slipping the armor over themselves. I chuckled and I looked at myself, the black and yellow didn't clash with this environment in anyway, as a matter of fact, it seemed to fit the city...

I moved over to the intercom, "Lord Ashur, you do us honour, we won't fail you, I will meet you tomorrow, I wish to ask, shall we keep guarding this bridge or shall we retire? I'm sure the men would be happy to do either, we're jumpy and tired at the same time." I muttered into it, with as much emotion as I could get into my voice. Ashur was more of a man than I'd ever seen.

[KRistina Karlsson]

"Andrew, get your men some rest, don't forget the Aqua pura barrels you guys got, thats the first shipment thats come in. Take a rest in the cot I secured you guys. I require healthy and active troops for tommorow"

Ashur cracks his fingers

" Just give Daniel, the engineer, a memo to retreat after he gets the purifiers running, I don't want any casualties today, not today."

[sophie]

I nodded to myself and I pressed the intercom button, "Of course Lord Ashur, we'll rest for now, we'll drink a merry toast to you, with water no less, I wouldn't mind the feeling of pure water running down my throat..." I stopped then I chuckled, I quickly pressed another button on the intercom to communicate with another intercom, "Hey, Daniel, you out there? Make sure after you get those purifiers working you get back, we don't want you dying out there!"

I then turned around and looked at my squad, I grinned, "Men, we get the rest of the night off, no alcohol for the moment... But guess what we get instead? Pure water, no irradiation, just pure water. Enjoy, we're off to an area that Ashur's secured just for us, have fun guys," I said to them, I gathered a couple of bottles of the water and I quickly moved off. Soon enough I found a man that escorted me to the area Ashur was talking about. I settled in and waited for my squad.

The place looked clean, nice and decent, I unscrewed the cap off of the bottle and I took a quick gulp, the sensation of having pure water run down my throat was wonderful... I sat back against the wall and I wondered how life could get better. I guess if Ashur wants to meet me in person, in a hotel, not in his palace, I guess I must be special...

[Jack Moves]

*Vince approaches Ashur.*

"Sir, do you need me to anything? Because, I am more than willing.."

[For future references my out of context messeges will be in "[]'s". My dialouge will be in quotes, and my actions will be in "*'s".]

[Donald Richards]

*Vince approaches Ashur.*

"Sir, do you need me to anything? Because, I am more than willing.."

[For future references my out of context messeges will be in "[]'s". My dialouge will be in quotes, and my actions will be in "*'s".]

"Ah yes, I was wondering if you could keep an eye on the Slaver merchants, they keep getting mad at me just because I free the slaves every time they come. What good is a man if I can't educate him and help him. I want you to make sure they keep their end of the bargain. If they don't , put their head on a platter and have a few men sweep the streets for any slavers. After that, you can help yourself to a free permit to the Timber hotel."

" Eddie, I just have a question for you. I just got a shipment of Aqua pura from the Brotherhood, and I was wondering if you want a barrel. Everyone is dying for some but the purifier isn't up yet, care for some or should I divert the shipment. Just a small favour courtesy of me. I don't like it when the city isn't happy. "

[Jah Allen]

"Ah yes, I was wondering if you could keep an eye on the Slaver merchants, they keep getting mad at me just because I free the slaves every time they come. What good is a man if I can't educate him and help him. I want you to make sure they keep their end of the bargain. If they don't , put their head on a platter and have a few men sweep the streets for any slavers. After that, you can help yourself to a free permit to the Timber hotel."

Ah, Timber Hotel, that sounds nice. Anyways, I will keep a close eye on them, but what exactly do you want to me to say to them about their end of the bargain, sir?

[Rachell Katherine]

Ah, Timber Hotel, that sounds nice. Anyways, I will keep a close eye on them, but what exactly do you want to me to say to them about their end of the bargain, sir?

"Shoot them if they even think about taking back the slaves. A new caravan always comes, just dump the bodies into a ditch if it is necessary."

" The Timber hotel is nice, let me tell you, they have T.V. Yeah, I know, did you say T.V? I sure did, Three dog in the capital wasteland established a news program with sponsorship from the brotherhood, take a peek at it, decent show with interesting events."

[Janeth Valenzuela Castelo]

I looked up as my squad filed in, I yawned and I forgot what the time was, I opened my mouth, "Okay guys, you can celebrate now, just keep it down, if anyone calls for me then you can wake me up, unless that happens, you better make sure I stay asleep." I quickly fell down onto the bed, I kept the armor on, as it was comfortable on the insides of the armor, I yawned once then I fell asleep.

[Ria dell]

"Thank you sir..Those slavers won't live to see the light of day, if they defy your wishes..I'll be heading out now...Also, i'll report back to you once everything is settled..."

*Vince walks off to the slaver trade caravan.*

*He meets their leader, who goes by the name Dirk.*

Dirk: It's you again..Ashur's little enforcer..Well, tell your boss that we don't plan on trading the slaves to you guys, since you'll just free them again...

*Vince interrupts.*

"Here in The Pitt Ashur's word is law..."

Dirk: Tell him I don't care. No, slaves for him!

"Fine, if you wish to be an incomptent fool.."

*Vince pulls out his signature sawed-off shotgun, shoots Dirk..He then quickly switches to his Chinese Assault Rifle, and makes short work of the rest of Dirk's men..*

*Vince takes Dirk's key and frees the slaves, and speaks to one of them*

"You guys...GO, speak with Ashur or someone in the Haven..Now."

*Vince throws the Slavers body in the ditch, Ashur told him about..Then walks back to Ashur's office.*

"Sir, the Slavers wouldn't abide, so I made short work of them.."

[Laura Richards]

"Thank you sir..Those slavers won't live to see the light of day, if they defy your wishes..I'll be heading out now...Also, i'll report back to you once everything is settled..."

*Vince walks off to the slaver trade caravan.*

*He meets their leader, who goes by the name Dirk.*

Dirk: It's you again..Ashur's little enforcer..Well, tell your boss that we don't plan on trading the slaves to you guys, since you'll just free them again...

*Vince interrupts.*

"Here in The Pitt Ashur's word is law..."

Dirk: Tell him I don't care. No, slaves for him!

"Fine, if you wish to be an incomptent fool.."

*Vince pulls out his signature sawed-off shotgun, shoots Dirk..He then quickly switches to his Chinese Assault Rifle, and makes short work of the rest of Dirk's men..*

*Vince takes Dirk's key and frees the slaves, and speaks to one of them*

"You guys...GO, speak with Ashur or someone in the Haven..Now."

*Vince throws the Slavers body in the ditch, Ashur told him about..Then walks back to Ashur's office.*

"Sir, the Slavers wouldn't abide, so I made short work of them.."

"Good work Vince, I am glad you solved the problem just the way it should have been. I have a little reward for doing the word "hard work" justice."

Ashur hands over to Vince a hand-crafted steel knife that had a mercury filament inside.

"Its a special knife that I had during my days in the Brotherhood. Put it to good use and it will never fail you. Next time the caravan comes, I want you to instill fear in them and let them know that no-one dares defy me for doing them a favor. But since it is night-time, I want you to take a brake at the hotel. See you tommorow. "


Ok, lets reply tommorow guys, I am incredibly sleepy.

[El Khatiri]

"Good work Vince, I am glad you solved the problem just the way it should have been. I have a little reward for doing the word "hard work" justice."

Ashur hands over to Vince a hand-crafted steel knife that had a mercury filament inside.

"Its a special knife that I had during my days in the Brotherhood. Put it to good use and it will never fail you. Next time the caravan comes, I want you to instill fear in them and let them know that no-one dares defy me for doing them a favor. But since it is night-time, I want you to take a brake at the hotel. See you tommorow. "


Ok, lets reply tommorow guys, I am incredibly sleepy.

This knife...is amazing...Thank you sir, I will use it with pride..I'm heading off to the hotel..now..See you tommorow as well..

*Vince walks off to the Timber Hotel..*

[Andrew Perry]

"ahhh, the purifiers are up and running master. We had a slight slip up, but it is all taken care of."