(Nathan teleports outside of bunker hill, and he finds a courser waiting for him named X4-18)
X4: I've been waiting for you
Nathan: I've just been busy. Give me a status update
X4: I assume you've already been briefed. Our targets are inside. Four synths, but they're under railroad protection. The majority of the settlement is unguarded. The majority of the settlement is uninvolved and are expected to run for cover
(X4 and Nathan look around and see a bunch of railroad agents organizing)
X4: The situation appears to have escalated. A covert approach is likely impossible. We move in, secure the synths, and I relay with them back into the institute. Clear?
Nathan: Water
X4: What?
Nathan: Clear like water. I hate the whole "crystal" cliche
(X4-18 rolls his eyes)
X4: Your attempt at humor is wasted. The mission's parameters just changed. We go in shooting. This is X4-18 requesting a backup relay immediately
(A bunch of institute synths teleport near bunker hill and they start fighting with the railroad agents)
(While the chaos unfolds, Nathan and X4-18 slip into bunker hill's underground base, where a squad of synths is keeping the railroad agents busy, making the mission a cakewalk)
(The duo finds a group of synths all huddled together in fear, guarded by a few railroad agents, but X4-18 makes quick work of them)
Synth: Oh my god! It's a courser!
X4: Quickly, say their recall codes so we can-!
(Nathan cuts X4-18's speech short by shooting him through the head with his laser rifle)
X4: Functions... terminated...
(X4-18 falls dead)
(But then, Nora and X6-88 run in)
X6: Hey-!
(Nora knocks X6-88 unconscious with a knock to the back of the head from the stock of her rifle)
Nora: No need to panic. You're all free to go
Synth: I... I can't believe you'd do that for us!
Synth: You've given us another chance at life. We won't forget it
Synth: Thank you for sparing us
(Some railroad agents run into the room, and they find the two coursers on the ground)
Desdemona: Good work. We'll get these two squared away
(The railroad agents drag X6-88's unconscious body and X4-18's dead body away)
(Later, after the mission is complete, Nathan meets Father on the rooftop of the old CIT ruins building)
Father: You know, in all my years, I've never set foot outside the institute. Not once. Since the day they brought me here. I've never had a reason to come up to the surface. But this confirms the truth I've always known. The commonwealth is dead. There's no future here. The only hope for humanity lies below. Standing here, I'm reminded of how I was spared a life in this wasteland
Nathan: So why come out here now?
Father: To put things in perspective, I suppose. I know that to you, I was kidnapped from the vault. But in truth, the institute rescued me. Both of us, really
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FanfictionWar. War never changes. In the year 1945, my great-great grandfather, serving in the army, wondered when he'd get to go home to his wife and the son he'd never seen. He got his wish when the US ended World War II by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshim...
