2014
In a Kronos Facility, as children, Kyle Desipich and Shawn Burton are playing with their Zeus Corps Soldier toys before Shawn looks up and notices a Zeus Corps Helicopter flying towards the horizon.
Young Shawn: Wow! That's cool! Someday, I'm going to be a soldier!
Young Kyle: Yeah, yeah!
Young Shawn: You should come with me, Kyle! Think about it! We'd be brothers on the battlefield!Â
Young Shawn imitates rifle in hand.Â
Young Shawn: Shooting at Blood Hogs! Monsters! Just like my Daddy!
Young Kyle: But your Dad doesn't do that anymore...He's got the boring job now.
Young Shawn: Nuh-uh! General's an awesome job! Unlike scientists!
Young Kyle: Hey! That's not nice! You know my Mom and Dad are in heaven!
Young Shawn: Sorry! I didn't mean to make fun of you....
Young Kyle: Shawn, you and me....we're wasteland brothers.
Young Shawn: Yeah, brother...
Young Shawn and Young Kyle perform a handshake.
Young Shawn: Wasteland Brothers.
Suddenly, William Burton arrives.
Young Shawn: Dad!
Burton: Hey, sport! How's my little soldier?
Young Shawn: Playing with Kyle.....Dad, when I get big, me and Kyle want to join the military like you did...
Burton: I think you two would make better use out there in the wasteland....serving a better purpose then in here....for those who have no hope....don't worry....when you two get older....you'll understand.
Jason Ryder approaches the Burton family and Kyle.
Young Shawn: Hey, Daddy. It's Mr. Ryder.
Ryder: Hey, boys! William!
Burton: Administrator Ryder. What can I do you for?
Ryder: Well, it's just you guys are visiting and I wanted to take young Kyle and Shawn on a tour if you don't mind....
Present Day. December 2029
During the events of the previous story, Burton, before his death, sits down in front of a computer, preparing a camera to record himself.
Burton: My name is General William Burton...this is going to be my last video log....I'm not sure how long I can hold.....How long I can hide....but I can't hide....not anymore....sooner or later....I'll have to face consequences for everything that I've done....that I've contributed too.....They say that....that karma always comes back and stabs you in the back....maybe they're right...
The video turns static and goes off.
Present. December 2029. One day after Dante's death
In a bar, in a nearby settlement in the west, Shawn Burton, a Sergeant, is gambling with Blood Hogs. Shawn laughs.
Shawn: Full kings, bitches!
Blood Hog: Fuck, man!
Blood Hog: Goddamn it! You won again, Zeus Soldier!
Shawn: It's called luck, boys! Blind fucking luck!
Shawn takes the money from the table, before he notices a woman at the bar staring at him.
Shawn: Gentlemen, if you'll excuse me.....duty calls.
Shawn stands up and walks over to the woman.
Carrie: That was one hell of a game you played, soldier boy.
Shawn: You didn't want to come over and watch?
Carrie: Well, seems like you had the game at the palm of your hand.....
Shawn: Well, can I buy you a drink?
Carrie: do you want to buy me a drink?
Shawn: Do you want me to buy you a drink?
Carrie smiles when suddenly, the scene transitions to Shawn and Carrie having sex in ladies bathroom. Suddenly, a group of Tycoons burst in and grab Shawn, before throwing him to the ground.
Shawn: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What? I was almost done!
Tycoon Leader: Carrie. Get out of here.
Carrie leaves when the Tycoons and Q look down at Shawn.
Tycoon Leader: You fucking my girl, asshole?
Shawn: Well, not my fault your girl wanted to suck a bigger cock.
The first Tycoon kicks Shawn.
Tycoon Leader: Oh, real funny, prick.Â
The Tycoon Leader turns to the other Tycoons.
Tycoon Leader: Stand this cocksucker up.
The Tycoons grab Shawn as the Leader begins to punch Shawn in the stomach. Shawn suddenly kicks the Leader back, before head butting a Tycoon and pushing the Tycoon into the mirror. Shawn punches the Leader before he backhands Tycoon. The second Tycoon punches Shawn in the face, before Shawn breaks one of Tycoon's leg. Shawn then smashes the third Tycoon faces into the mirror, shattering it, before Shawn smashes the second Tycoon's face into the sink, knocking him out. The first Tycoon tackles Shawn, but Shawn slams second Tycoon's face into the wall. The Leader tackles Shawn out of the bathroom as the two struggle on the ground, before Shawn kicks the Leader. The Leader equips a blade, before attempting to attack Shawn, who dodges the blade and disarms him. Shawn then stabs the Leader in the hand. Shawn is then thrown out of the bar by the guards.
Bar Guard: You know the rules, Burton! No fighting or killing in the bar!
Shawn: He started it and I didn't even kill the guy!Â
The guards close the bar door, before Shawn tends to his wounds.
Shawn: Fuck.....faggot bitch lard ass.....well, the more you bleed; the more you need....Merry fuckin Christmas, assholes! And Happy New Year, 2030! We made it after the world went to shit! Still standing after twenty years!
Shawn is suddenly approached by two Kronos Corps Agents.
Kronos Corps Agent: Sergeant Shawn Burton?
Shawn: Oh....messengers....if you could hop off, my mood's kind of good right now....
Shawn pulls out a cigarette and places it in his mouth, before igniting the cigarette.
Kronos Corps:.....it's about your father.
Shawn gives a look. At the Kronos Morgue, Shawn and the two Kronos Agents step into the morgue.
Kronos Agent: We're looking for Burton. W.
Morgue Attendant: Here
The Morgue attendant leads Shawn and the Kronos Agents to a coffin as the Morgue attendant opens the coffin, revealing the shot corpse of William Burton.
Shawn: Dad.....
Shawn silently grieves for a moment.
Shawn: Close it....
The coffin is closed by the Morgue Attendant.
Morgue Attendant: Mr. Burton. We need a signature from a family member....would you like his-
Shawn: I don't want his ashes.....scatter them in the nearest ocean....
Shawn signs the waver to have Burton's remains cremated.
Kronos Agent: We're from the Primary Kronos Facility in San Francisco ran by Administrator Jason Ryder. Your father was going to head there after acquiring Subject 19, who was also killed....Administrator Ryder wanted to know if you wanted to travel there to participate in the funeral of General Burton. It's in two days. Administrator Ryder also wanted to make you an offer in person....so to speak...
Shawn: Who did this? Who killed my father?