Strong and Strange

Swan and Secretive

The next morning, I woke up to the smell of something. "What is that?" I asked, walking into the other room.

"You don't know?" Rhys asked, mockingly.

"It's coffee... try it. It will energize you for the day." Danse said.

"Uh..." I was confused. "I'm fine."

"Alright." He said, sipping his cup.

"I'm going now... I'll be back later." I said, helding toward the door.

"Don't you need anything to eat?" Danse asked.

"I'm still not hungry... I'll come back later... unless I find some 'caps' or a free bedroom somewhere." I said.

"Be safe." Danse said. I walked away from the police station and headed my way to the next local settlement. I made my way and ended up in the Boston Common. I looked around and someone tugged on me.

"Don't go too near... it's dangerous." the person said.

"Why?"

"Big monster!" He said.

I went out into the open anyway ignoring his protests. I saw a white lump in the water nearby and used the force to know what it was. The man was right... a huge monster... but I've fought big enemies before in my training and random missions so I went to fight it. The monster woke up from his underwater nap.

"SWAAN!" it yelled. What kind of monster can talk like that? It was big, green, ugly, and had some sort of backpack on its back made from junk fragments.I pulled out my lightsaber, ready for whatever it would do. The man from before hid in fear. The monster, "swan," threw rocks at me but I used the force to throw them back at it. I dodged a couple of rocks and dashed forward. I slashed at it's legs. It tried to stomp on me but I dodged and climbed its back. It twisted and turned but when I got to the head, I put my lightsaber right through its brain. It collapsed down to the ground with me landing gracefully on the ground. "One less thing to scare people away." I said to myself. The man came up to me, amazed. "How - "

"Don't ask." I said, walking away. There was a red brick path that wound its way everywhere. The force guided me to follow it. I arrived at a "Church" when it ended. I went in and had to kill more ghouls. The force had me go through old catacomb tunnels until I came to the dial. It needed a code but I didn't know it. I probably should've paid more attention to my surroundings when I followed the trail. I closed my eyes and found a circuit breaker on the other side. I flipped the switch and the wall opened up to a dark room. I pulled out my lightsaber and ignited it to light the way. I walked forward until bright lights came on. My eyes were blinded for a second and I got my lightsaber ready to swing.

"Stop, right there! I know you've come a long way to arrange this meeting. But answer my questions first. Who the hell, are you?" A red headed female asked. There were two other people surrounding them and they had their guns pointed at me. One had a regular pistol of some sort the other had a heavy weapon. The weapons used bullets, but my lightsaber could still stop them. Of course the bullets would melt as they go through the blade.

"I don't know what you mean by arranging any meeting. I just stumbled through here."

"I find that hard to believe. You knew the code to the door." she said. My heart skipped a beat when she mentioned about the code.

"No I didn't." I admitted. "It was pure luck." That was a lie... but I couldn't let out the secrets more than I already have.

"Mhm... Well. I'm Desdemona. I'm the leader of the Railroad." It sounded like bragging but I didn't know. Then, a man walked into the room from behind the woman. "Deacon, where have you been?"

"Sounds like you're having a party." Deacon said. "What gives my invitation?"

"I need intel. Who is this?" Desdemona asked.

"Oh wow. Newsflash boss. This gal is a huge deal out there. Out of this world." He said. "Literally. She's from another Galaxy. That laser sword is a deadly weapon. You do not want to mess with her. Mostly attack first. She uses this Force for many things. I'm guessing including opening the secret door." My eyes widened when he said all of it. I controlled my anger though.

"How do you know all of that stuff?!" I exclaimed.

"Is that true? You are from another Galaxy?" Desdemona sounded skeptical... as most other people would.

"I don't even want other people to know it!" I said. "But.. yes... it's true..." I said.

"Really boss. We need her on our side. She's strong. I mean, she just took down Swan with ease! Go look for yourself... corpse is still there, rotting to hell." Deacon said.

"Well, that changes things. But we don't have time to train anymore agents right now." Desdemona said, looking away.

"Come on, boss! We have to let her in." Deacon pleaded.

"Fine. You can be a tourist for now, Speak to Deacon... he'll have something for you."

The two people lowered their guns and Deacon walked down towards me.

"Sorry about that." He said. "Des is always this cautious when it comes to people like you."

"Like me?" I asked.

"People who come waltzing through the entrance."

"I guess she was only being careful." I said. I had already hitched my lightsaber back onto my belt. My bag dangled at my side, carrying all my worthy possessions. "How do you know about me so much?"

"It's my job to stalk people... I was going to come to you myself at some point... but you saved me that trip and time." He smiled.

I looked away quickly and then back at him. "So what do you have for me?"

"I was assigned to an op that's too big for me, perfect for the two of us." He said. "You in?"

I used the force to sense that it will involve fighting somehow. "I guess.." I said.

"Alright. Meet me at the old highway in Lexington. See you there."