The few NCR troops that were ordered to keep an eye on Afton and his groups progress were confused when he stopped his truck before reaching the Legionary blockade... They were far enough that they were forced to look through the scopes of their rifles, and use binoculars to properly see what was happening...
This is why almost all of them were completely blinded when something shot down from the clouds... they were lucky their retinae were completely burned out by the light show, the few who were lucky enough to avoid temporary blindness were greeted with the view from hell...
The blockade that'd previously been standing had been reduced into glowing red molten muck. The one who kept most of his senses immediately radioed into the base, "Colonel!"
"*Bzztch!* What is it now? Did Parker and his buddies kick the bucket yet? Over."
"*Bzztch!* NO! They stopped and the Legion blockade disappeared!... It's gone, Colonel!"
Colonel Moore's eyes widen, she glances around at the other men in the room who were listening to the conversation and they have similar expressions... "*Bzztch* Soldier, report what happened!"
"*Bzztch!* A flash of light from the sky, like someone dropped a nuke on the Legion blockade! There's nothing left Colonel!" the man continues to ramble, clearly taken aback by what'd just happened.
Upon hearing this Colonel Moore looks around at all of her frozen aids, "Well?! What're you doing!? Prepare the troops! We'll gain some ground and destroy their defensive positions while Parker keeps them distracted!" she exclaims, causing the rest of the men to scramble to complete their orders.
Back with Afton, Veronica starts revving up the .308 Machine gun turret as he drives past what was left of the barricade. Everyone in the back was giving their own mini-celebration at the utter destruction Afton had just caused, despite it though, they remained composed and ready to fight.
"Take that you fuckin' slaver bastards!" Afton laughs as he accelerates forward, the truck shooting through the canyon path and towards the other Legion defences... They weren't like the blockade, instead just having various encampment at the side of the road where the Legion slept and took breaks from defending the front line.
Obviously, the sound of the blockade being destroyed had attracted their attention, and it seems that someone had radioed in what'd happened, getting the rest of the Legionary defences ready for Dirt-Hog.
"COME GET SOOOME!" Veronica yells as she fires the turret at the Legion defences... Not even aiming at anything in particular, she was like a bull, shooting at anything that looked even remotely red.
The K9000 on the front was also hard at work, blasting most of its ammunition into the unlucky sods who'd caught its attention... The Legion's lack of proper range munitions is clearly displayed here, what do you do against an armoured assault vehicle when you only have machete's and light machine guns? Nothing, that's what!
There were a few brave Legionaries who attempted to charge at the vehicle or even to stop it... Dirt-Hog made short work of them however, leaving only smears on the road and its armoured plating. Of course, there were a few mines hidden in the road, but due to Dirt-Hog's underside plating, they were almost entirely useless... Unless two or three hit a single wheel at once there was no chance of permanent damage...
Due to Afton's [Mechanicus] Perk, any damage the vehicle actually sustains is slowly repaired... And that's not even considering Afton's [Danger Sense] which allows him to unconsciously avoid the mines anyway!
The Legion's defences all proved useless under the blaze of destruction laid by the group. Hundreds had been killed already, yet Afton didn't wait around to finish all the Legionary troops, instead just driving past in the direction of the Fort...
Afton could spot the end of the canyon, yet there was another large blockade. Via his Danger Sense he could detect something dire at the end of it... Before they read the blockade he finally spotted what was giving him the dire feeling. Atop each side of the Canyon passage were large stacked boulders and scrap metal that would most likely be rolled onto anyone below trying to breach the defences...
Unfortunately for the Legion, this blockade wasn't as thick as the last one. He pushes the accelerated to the floor and speeds up the truck, the abrupt increase in speed causes some chaos in the Legionaries who were planning on dropping the boulders... They had misjudged when to trigger the trap, and it was now too late to do so.
"Veronica! Strap yourself in the back!" Afton calls out, knowing that if they crashed into the wall while she was still manning the turret she'd probably be killed, even while wearing the armour. Fortunately, she isn't caught in bloodlust and does as he asks.
Dirt-Hog speeds towards the wall, Afton doesn't even brace himself as the vehicle crashes straight into it.
*BOOM!*
The armoured assault vehicle hits the wall at speeds most vehicles in the wasteland aren't able to reach anymore. The impact of which punches straight through the wall, sending huge amounts of debris flying and killing a large amount of Legionaries who were manning it.
Afton himself wasn't doing much better... He'd managed to stay seated, but large sharp bits of scrap metal pierced straight through the bullet proof windscreen. They were like swords attempted to reach him, stabbing the back panels of the front of the truck... A few managed to hit Afton, but were easily deflected off of his armour.
Growling under his breath, he continues accelerating while punching out the shards of scrap metal out of his windscreen, leaving large holes in the cracked and shattered windscreen. The Legionaries who survived the rain of debris had expected Dirt-Hog to be completely out of commission, and so were incredibly surprised when it started accelerating again...
The front of the vehicle was heavily dented, and one of the wheels were slightly warped... Even still, it continued moving!
"You guys okay back there?!" Afton shouts, hoping no one had been killed by the impact... This is what he had seatbelts installed for, so he'd be incredibly annoyed if they hadn't worked.
He hears Veronica's voice shouting back, "Everyone's fine!... Karl's been knocked out though!"
Afton shakes his head, "Wake him up then! He'd kick my ass if we left him outta this!" he calls back, only now noticing that the K9000 on the top of the truck had stopped firing... Taking a peek out of the window, he spots that the barrel had been completely warped, preventing anything from passing through... "Fuck!"
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Tamia and Josie had been wandering around the Fort for almost an hour now, yet they'd found no hide nor hair of Karl's daughter. They'd been given a wide and comprehensive description by Karl, yet none of the slaves they'd found had matched it...
Both were starting to get worried that Kar's daughter, Caroline, was already long dead. Regardless, their mission will continue no matter her state. They'd already got Dogmeat hidden behind a cluster of Legionary tents, finding the coordinates so they could teleport out should shit hit the fan.
It wouldn't be suspicious either, as if you ignore Dogmeat's cybernetic components, it'd just look like a dog sleeping on the floor. That said, their guide was beginning to get a little anxious at not bringing them to Caesar yet.
Tamia had pulled out all the stops to stall and find where House's hidden bunker was, but they'd not spotted any place it could be yet...
"Ma'am, we really must be heading to greet the Great Caesar now, any longer and I fear he'll have us all executed." the Legionary urges while rubbing his arm.
Tamia sighs and slowly nods, she'd wasted too much time already... Hopefully, Afton's distraction would allow them to find the bunker.
Tamia and Josie are finally led to the largest tent in the middle of the Fort. In front of it were a small group of heavily armed and armoured Praetorian guards. These were supposedly the toughest, strongest, and most skilful people in Caesar's Legion, their duty was obviously to protect Caesar should assassins try to sneak in and attack.
They're led through the tent and enter into a large room absolutely filled with guards, at the end was a bald, older man sitting on a throne.
"It's about time you've come to greet me... Whatever happened to simple courtesy nowadays." Caesar says as they enter, "Now, I hope you didn't keep me waiting for nothing, that would be most-" he stops speaking as he focuses on Tamia's face.
"You?... I must admit, I had not expected this at all. I heard you were dead." he states, slumping back into his throne to get comfortable.
...
Tamia just raises a brow, "Do I know you?" she asks, utterly confused by the situation... She'd prepared herself to be executed, tortured, or a whole manner of unpleasant things... Yet Caesar, the leader of the Legion greets her like an old friend? Was she in a nightmare or was she missing something?
Caesar upon hearing her words slowly nods and snaps his fingers while gesturing at Josie. "Take her outside for a minute, I need to talk with our... Guest."
"Hey, wait!" Josie attempts to resist by is quickly dragged out of the tent.
Caesar then looks at Tamia and crosses his legs, "Now then, now that your 'colleague' is gone, you can report on the status of your mission. It must have gone well for you to not have contacted us for so long." he says, waiting for her response.
...
"Mission?" Tamia parrots, still unsure of what was going on.
"Yes, your mission... Do I even need to explain to you how many resources we expended trying to place you as one of House's six Couriers? I could buy a whole region of villages the total!" he continues as if Tamia is just too stupid to understand what he's saying.
Tamia quickly shakes her head, "I think you've got the wrong person! I admit I don't remember much, but I'd definitely remember being in the Legion!" she says, though the fact that Caesar seemed to know her was seriously fucking with her head.
Caesar sighs, "Is that correct? I had heard that Chairman had shot you in the head, I can even see the scar now... But that doesn't change the fact that you still have a mission to complete... Did you manage to seize whatever House was transporting?" he asks, tapping his finger on his jaw.
Tamia shakes her head, "I don't know what he was transporting, I was shot in the head before I could do anything with it... Look, whatever relationship I had to the Legion is gone, I can't remember any of it!" she says, her mind still rapidly going over the implications of her once being in the Legion.
Caesar scoffs, "You made your oaths, you cannot leave for your belong to the Legion. To me! Whatever fanciful thoughts you may have right now do not matter, your injury and amnesia do not matter! You will return to my service, or we will deal with your guarantee." he states ominously.
"Guarantee?" Tamia asks, still having no idea what he's saying.
"Yes, we made sure your loyalties would remain with us... By hiding your family away. I snap my fingers, and your whole tribe are beheaded. So you should choose your next words wisely."
...
Tamia is honestly dumbfounded by this situation... She still had family left!? And they were currently being held hostage by the Legion!? Today was really not going her way! Add the fact Afton, one of the people she's known to be affiliated with would be crashing through the Legion's defences with his truck while armed to the teeth, she, as well as her family would be implicated!
She simply couldn't see a way out of this situation, everything had already been properly planned, and yet Caesar throws a spanner in works and everything is suddenly fucked!
Tamia begins visualising cutting the man to pieces but shakes her head at those thoughts. If she did that she'd be killed, Josie would be killed, her family would be killed, and the mission would fail...
"Well? Come on, kneel to your master and reaffirm your loyalty..." Caesar says, gesturing down at the ground before him.
...
Tamia, not seeing any other option slowly steps forwards and kneels down before Caesar... If anything, they would buy her time to think of something.
Behind her, Josie is brought back into the room with a black hood over her head, Caesar grins at Tamia, "Your first act in my service is to kill this woman."
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