unnels and emerge on the outskirts of what-used-to-be Chicago. That was when things started unraveling..

As the group rests by a derelict bus stop, Audrey stands up and looks around.

"Audrey!" Nora said "It's dangerous out here. Come back"

"Mommy.." the young girl said "Where's daddy?"

"Daddy will meet with us later.. Ok, so be patient"

"But mommy, we left daddy at the base!"

"Don't worry. Y-Your daddy will make it and meet with us soon!"

"Promise?"

"Promise"

"How were the raiders even able to breach the base's defenses?" Sithis asked "Let alone, why would they want to attack us.. This has never happened before.."

"Not sure.." Nora said "But we need to get outta here and find shelter"

"Lyons.." Sithis muttered

"Who?"

"Owyn Lyons. An old friend of mine. He was headed to a place called Washington D.C. Maybe he can help us."

"Better than sitting here.. Let's gather some maps and-"

But before Nora could finish her sentence, a bullet pierces through her chest.

"Mommy!" Audrey said as she runs to her mother's side

"What?!" Sithis uttered as he turns to the source, who was none other than Gerard "Gerard?! The fuck are you doing?!"

"You knew all of this..!"

"Not just knew. I orchestrated it!"

"What?!"

"I think that's enough talking!"

Gerard then fires another bullet from his pistol, piercing Nora's neck.

"Au-Audrey.. St-Stay st-strong.." the mother said before succumbing to her wounds

"No! Mommy!" Audrey said as she begins to cry

"Gerard!" Sithis shouted as he charges towards the betrayer, who fires another bullet but misses.

Sithis then punches Gerard in the face, who quickly recovers and returns with a kick. Sithis parries the attack and does a two-punch combo. It seemed that Sithis would win as Gerard was on the defensive but the betrayer managed to dodge one punch and picks up a combat knife. Gerard then goes on the offensive as he attempts to slash and stab Sithis.

With one sweep, Gerard, manages to slice the man's left eye. Sithis cries out in pain as he covers the wound with his left hand.

"How does it feel, Sithis?" Gerard taunted

"You fucker!" Sithis shouted

"When you meet Nora and Morris, tell them I said 'hi' and don't worry, I'l ltake good care of the kid!"

As Gerard lunges towards Sithis, a Giant Wasp emerges from an alley and sets its sights on Gerard.

Taking the opportunity, Sithis grabs Gerard's pistol and goes towards Audrey.

"Audrey!" he said

"Mommy!" the young girl said as she continues to shake her mother's lifeless body

"I'm sorry, Audrey but we have to go!" Sithis said as he grabs Audrey and leaves

"NO! MOMMY!" The young girl shouted

We were betrayed.. The entire attack was orchestrated by the Western Brotherhood and Gerard was one of the conspirators.. Eventually, I managed to escape the carnage and luckily, I met up with a few survivors. Together, we formed a group and left the Brotherhood behind us. We would later call ourselves, the Scattered Bones, in honor of our murdered brethren..

For the next few months, we would travel from place to place until we finally reached North Carolina, or as many would call it, 'New Carolina'..

We lived there in peace for a time, living out as mercenaries for hire, until Audrey turned 10 years old..

For some reason, the Western Brotherhood found us and sent an assassination team to kill off any loose ends.. Not surprising, the one leading the team was Gerard. Of course, we put up a good fight. But we were outgunned and outnumbered. So we had no choice but to abandon the base. Lost a few good men in the attack..

While we were escaping, Audrey fell off a cliff. She survived the fall but we couldn't get to her! I told her to head to North, to Washington D.C. and threw her a map and a brotherhood dogtag..

Good thing she listened..

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"And that's my story.."

"I thought you died during that time.." Audrey remarked "If only I knew, I'd.."

"He's dead.." Arthur said with his head held low

"Oh.. I'm sorry"

"Anyway" Vyse said "How did Audrey manage to reach D.C.?"

"Well.." James replied "We found her passed out in the wastes. My dad brought me along in one of his patrol missions and that was how we found her.."

"That's nice" Sithis muttered

"At first, she was a bit depressed, she even hated my company" James said "But I didn't give up on her. Long story short, she got over her depression and became a great soldier! And a beautiful one at that!"

"J-James!" Audrey said with a flustered face

"You still haven't told me your purpose here.." Sithis said

"We're looking for something" Ellie said "Do you know of a person named Marcus?"

"Yes." The one-eyed man replied "Met him in 2298. Helped out my crew during the NCR invasion but disappeared in the middle. Why?"

"We believe that he was looking for something here.."