After accepting that she would never awaken and failing in his quest to find Amata's killer, Lloyd Freeman left the Capital Alliance, seeking redemption in the liberation of the slaves of the Pitt. But in the wake of his exile, none could predict her recovery. Separated from Lloyd, Amata leaves herself to find and kill Burke, journeying to the forgotten marshland of Point Lookout.

In a combined universe of various Mortal Kombat media, a new hero will rise when he receives an invitation to an ancient tournament, but events conspire against him as the fickle hand of fate casts him off on an adventure that will change the realms forever. This story is the novelization of a quest written on 4chan's /tg/ board and hosted there every weekend.

Lloyd Freeman is joined by Amata Almodovar as they leave the safety of the halls of Vault 101 in search of his missing father, stepping into the broken world above. Along their grim path, they encounter harsh adversity and new enemies every step of the way, forge new alliances and meet new friends, and through their actions, they come to change the Capital Wasteland forever.

When the world lays dying, its winds like labored breaths, its ground cracked and bleeding, its skies as bleak and grey as a man upon his death bed, I walk. When the triumphs of humanity fall, when our greatest technologies fail, when the worst of our nightmares becomes a reality, I walk. When all that is left of our cities, our monuments, our hopes and dreams is only ash, I walk.

One young courier, a simple delivery and an incredible destiny. The Mojave Wasteland is a place filled with opportunity, danger, and adventure. For some, it is home. For others, a means for power. For the man known only as Courier Six? It is both the birthplace of his legend and where he will find the true meaning of his existence.

A short story that takes place between the tenth and eleventh chapters of The Legend of the Wandering Pair from Vault 101. Lloyd awakens in the night after a horribly vivid nightmare, and ponders his own place in the wider world around him and what it truly means to him to have Amata by his side.

A letter was sent to Nathan Hale from someone who loved him, but he never opened it. What could it have said?