Chapter two of This Wasteland.

I know Nate is part of the Brotherhood of Steel, but he pretty much wears what he wants. And most of the time, it's the Elite Riot Armor, my favorite mod in the game. I try to figure out what kind of plot I'm going for, and since I have the DLC in Fallout, unfortunately I haven't gone into depth when I played them. I'll probably just have the story play out and see where it takes me.

Why do they always scream?... Nate thought before running up the stairs to a screaming girl who was frantically looking around. No doubt she's unfamiliar with her surroundings, and if she keeps screaming like that, the guards are bound to be suspicious. Diamond City guards can go fuck themselves, such hard asses.

Nathan quickly ran to her side, grabbing her shoulders, to which she fought back of course. Throwing punches to his chest and head, which didn't do much. "Hey, calm down! You're safe, those men won't hurt you anymore." he said, in an attempt to calm her down, only for it to cause her to hit harder.

"Stay away! Don't hurt me!" he held onto her shoulders until she soon started to calm down, and break into tears. Sobbing uncontrollably, she gripped his arms, and wept into his shoulder. Patting her back, he held the little girl who no doubt thought she was gonna die.

"It's fine, see? It's just me, you're lucky I found you before they did anything. Raiders are no joke..." he said, he thought back to Shaun, wondering if this is how it would have been if he hadn't been taken from him. A small smile adorned his face.

He pulled back, looking at her. She has silver eyes, strange but unique at the same time. It suits her. "You gonna be okay now? Don't want you screaming again, the guards here are nosy little turds." he chuckled at his little insult, but earned no positive reaction from the girl.

Off to a good start he thought with a taste of sarcasm to go with it.

Nate moved off the side of the bed, standing up once more. "So... what brings you to the Commonwealth? I've never seen someone like you here, judging from the out of place look to you. I'd say somewhere definitely not from here, or anywhere near." Nate watched her expression go from confusion to sadness.

Concerned, he knelt down to her level. "Is everything okay? If there's a problem, you can tell me." Nate said to her. Let's start with introduction, might make things smoother...

"My name's Nathan, what's yours?" he asked.

"..."

"If you're not comfortable yet with it, I understand." he said, knowing it'd be difficult to even gain a name.

"Ruby... my name is Ruby Rose."

"Ruby... that's a lovely name for a lovely young lady." Nate complimented Ruby.

"Now that I know your name, and you know mine, how about we start from the beginning. I will understand if you don't wish to speak, but maybe it'll help with your situation. Like say, if it were possible to get you back home." Nathan said.

Ruby had a look of contemplation, most likely weighing her choices, which is funny to see a fifteen year old girl being in such deep thought. He frowned, now that he thought about it, one her age shouldn't have this air of seriousness.

It's like she has seen horrors of the world and beyond, and at such a young age? It's unlikely that that's the case, but he doesn't know her story. He doesn't know what happened to her.

"I come from Beacon Academy, a school to train students in protecting the world from the darkness, the Grimm. I don't know how I came here, all I know is that I was with my friends during class before a flash of light blinded me. N-next thing I-I knew, I was being t-tied up by these people..."

Ruby started to stutter and cry a bit. Nate knew that part already. He sat next to her, offering his open arms, to which she hugged him, crying into his shoulder again.

'She sure cries a lot, but it doesn't matter. She was taken from her home, everything she knew was gone, and she was about to be raped... Thank God I saved her...' Nate held Ruby until she stopped crying.

"It's alright, you don't have to continue. I know what happened next. I saw it, quite frankly I was in the process of sneaking around them to take those nancies out. Then they hit you with a lead pipe. Not the best way to be knocked out..." Nate said, earning a wince on Ruby's face.

"Look, I'll get you something to drink. What would you like, the selection is not great and probably the best tasting would be Nuka Cola." he said, getting up.

Ruby gave a look of confusion, "What is Nuka Cola? I've never heard of it. Is it a new type of soda?" she asked, to which Nate was thrown off by the question.

New? What is she talking about? That stuff's been around since before the war, I should know.

"Not sure what you're talking about, but Nuka Cola's been around since before the war, and that was... around 200 years ago." he said. Ruby looked startled, before she got up. She ran to the door up the stairs.

"Wait! where are you going?!" Nate ran after her, before seeing her slam the door open, taking a look outside.

She stopped moving, looking over the town she found herself in. It was a slum, or at least to her it was one. Shacks, and what looked like a stadium surrounded her.

She choked a bit, obviously overwhelmed by the turn of events and surroundings that she was unfamiliar with.

"Where am I..." she said quietly to herself, but it still was enough for Nate to hear.

"You're in Diamond City... 'The great green jewel of The Commonwealth...' or at least that's what the former mayor said." Good riddance to that lying bastard...

"I don't know where that is, I never heard of Diamond City... and to be honest, this place doesn't look like a city..." she said, eyes still pointed forward.

"Tell me about it, I thought the same thing when I first came here." he chuckled, before stopping when she turned to him, a pleading look in her eyes.

Sighing, he walked to the door of his home, "Come on, we'll talk over dinner... or lunch, since it's roughly that time anyway." he said, waiting for her to follow. She didn't at first, before she then followed.

The door shut closed for the day.

Crap chapter for a crap story. But after this long, I found the motivation to finish this chapter since most of it was finished anyway. Too much bull crap to deal with. Car issues and money troubles.