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Chapter 169: Finder Found

Afton just ignores the weird Elvis look-alikes and glances towards the North Gate... It looked essentially like a giant steel door, it was unlike the New Vegas walls that seemed hastily put together from scrap parts, they seemed specifically designed to keep threats out.

Fortunately they didn't seem locked, indeed, Afton had no idea who was actually in charge of guarding the gate. The Elvis ripoffs didn't seem like official guards, so what would happen if the Fiends suddenly attempt a full-on assault?`

He'd think on this further later, right now though he just wanted to find someplace to rest. He hops off Dirt-Bird and opens the large gate enough for him to be able to get through, closing it ones Dirt-Bird was inside Freeside.

...

Afton hadn't known what to expect when he first heard about Freeside, he'd assumed it was like every other settlement, just regular people and scavengers trying to make a living... But it seems he was wrong, the situation in front of him could only be described as destitute slums.

There was trash all over the place, the large buildings had mostly half-collapsed and he could see many poor-looking people making the ruins their residence. Most looked incredibly sick and malnourished, a good portion of them probably had a litany of incurable ailments, being poor in the wasteland wasn't like in his old world after all... You'd need to scavenge for everything, eating the scraps you could find and drinking the dirtiest radioactive water just to slake your thirst.

This was worse in the Mojave as it was a literal desert. He wondered what the reading would be if he scanned one of those people with his Geiger counter...

That wasn't the worst part though, no, that'd probably be the group of children all chasing a mange-ridden rat.

He watched as they ran past and assumed the creature was their pet or something... Unfortunately, once they caught up to it one of the children batted it over the head with a rusty pipe, knocking it unconscious. That wasn't the end to the horror show though, the gaunt-looking children dropped to their knees and starting tearing the flesh off of it and shoving the most-likely disease-ridden meat into their mouths...

Even Boone had the decency to the look disgusted at the scene before him.

"Is this place always like that? If so, can we leave?" Afton mutters.

Karl shakes his head, "I... It wasn't this bad a couple years ago..."

"The population of Freeside had exploded due to New Vegas becoming active, the war with the Legion prevents the NCR from interfering too much without wasting resources. The gangs mostly keep to themselves though, those men out there, the Kings mostly keep this place peaceful." Boone explains.

The group slowly drive Dirt-Bird through the ravaged streets of Freeside, their destination was the 'business district' and some refer to it, it contains the Atomic Wrangler, Silver Rush weapons store, and a few other miscellaneous businesses that'd somehow managed to survive in this shit-hole.

As they pass by someplace called the 'Old Mormon fort' Afton spots two children playing nearby, a little girl being chased by a young African-American boy, in his hands was some-kind of toy raygun... Though, It looked oddly familiar to him for some reason.

"Put your hands to the sky mister!" they command as they point their gun at Afton.

Afton glances to the others who just snicker at him, he decides to play along and raise his hands. "Alright, alright, have mercy."

The boy nods and extends a hand, "Now give me all your caps."

...

Was he getting robbed by this child? He could feel his self-esteem decreasing at an incredible pace! Shaking his head, he steps off of Dirt-Bird and makes a show of reaching into his pocket, once the child's eyes are drawn towards his left hand his right darts and deftly takes the raygun from the child's hands.

"Now you put your hands up, gimme all your caps." he says playfully, taking a glance at the weapon and freezing when he spots the large glowing Poseidon Energy logo. He remembered where this is from... Helios One!

It was the schematic he'd seen on one of the computers inside the Helios base while he was snooping around Elder Elijah's stuff. It's the Range finder! The device Elijah was trying to find to use again the NCR, this is a game-changer!

[Find RangerFinder for ARCHIMEDES : Complete!]

[Take control of ARCHIMEDES in Helios One]

Afton nods to himself as he begins thinking about how to infiltrate the base, he was sure it'd be heavily fortifi-

"Mister! That's not fair, I'm the good guy and your the bad guy!" the child complains, Afton having forgotten all about him in the excitement of finding the RangeFinder... Why did the kid have this in the first place anyway?

"Good guy? Since when did good guy's try to rob people?" he asks with a raised brow.

"I'm like Robbing Hood! Stealing from the bad guys and giving to myself!" he shouts. "Can I have my gun back?"

Afton rubs his face, wondering a few things... First of all, who teh fuck was Robbing Hood? Some kind of Robin Hood knockoff? Secondly, what could he give the kid to... He nods to himself, that'd work. "Let's make a trade, your fake raygun for this real gun." he says with a grin, tossing the boy a laser pistol, obviously after removing its ammunition.

The child looks at it with wide eyes, "Woo-ow mister, I've seen people shooting these at each other and they were SO COOL! Thanks a lot!" he says before running off and chasing the girl again with his new toy.

Karl just gives Afton a weird look as the kid runs off, "Was that really necessary? I'm all for arming yourself, but giving a child a weapon without any formal training might be a tad over the top... Not to mention that toy isn't worth the trade."

Afton smirks at him, "Trust me Karl, I'd have given the kid my Anti-Material rifle in exchange if he asked for it. This 'toy' is probably worth more than an entire NCR armoury, maybe you'll get to see what it can do in the future." he says ominously, causing Karl and Boone to shrug at one another.


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Chapter 170: Anti-People rifle

After their small run-in with 'Robbing Hood' the group continued on, making their way through Freeside to reach their destination.

"HELP I'M BEING ROBBED!"

...

The group just give deadpan expressions towards the alleyway where the voice is coming from.

"It's a trap right?"

"It's a trap."

"No doubt it's a trap."

All of them mutter simultaneously, they'd dealt with enough shit in the Mojave thus far to recognise an obvious trap when they see one. The only problem was the fact that there was always a chance that it wasn't...

Afton just sighs to himself, "You guys stay here, I'll check it out. Atleast I'll get to try out my new gun." he states, hopping off of Dirt-Bird and walking into the dark alleyway.

The voice continues to shout for help, though, it doesn't seem distressed. Instead, it seems annoyed at the fact that he'd not arrived yet. He walks into a clearing with a single person sitting on the floor covering their face.

It's a dirty woman wearing rags, he hair was matted and slightly grey, her skin wrinkled... Clearly she wasn't in tip-top condition. She rapidly stands as Afton enters the area, lowering her hairs and revealing a smug visage. "HAHA! YOU IDIOT, GUYS HE'S-" *BAAANG!*

Afton had just shifted the Anti-Material rifle and hip-fired it at the woman, the bullet racing towards her at rediculous speeds before hitting them in the chest. Once the .50 Calibre round slams into them they literally explode. Their chest imploding in a spray of blood as a huge hole opens up where their heart and lungs were supposed to be.

She slumps to the floor, obviously dead as he pulls the bolt, making it give a satisfying *Click*.

He glances towards the other entrance to the alleyway where the pattering of feed could be heard... A couple of men wielding machete's run onto the scene, almost shitting themselves when they see the utterly destroyed corpse of the woman.

Afton smirks at them, spitting at the floor before saying, "Feeling lucky punk?"

The duo don't waste any time and dash towards Afton while giving enraged shouts, they must've been on some kind of drug to work up that kind of courage... *BAAANG!*

Another one drops to the floor under the brutal power of his new weapon, their body's shape now resembling a doughnut instead of a human.

He doesn't have enough time to fire another shot as the other man had almost reached him. Afton just drops the gun on the floor and grabs his knife, he easily blocks the machete with it and smacking his fist into their nose, causing them to back away as blood streams down their face.

They charge again but Afton just swipes his knife, causing the man's machete to drop to the floor, as well as most of their fingers. Taking another step forwards the knife flashes again, opening up a deep wound on their throat before they could even realise what was happening.

Afton steps back, sheathes his knife and retrieves his Anti-Material rifle just as the last would-be thief's blood sprays everywhere from the new wound.

Karl and Boone look to him as he leaves the alleyway, "Have fun?"

Afton nods, "Yeah, this thing is a beast." he says. He wasn't lying either, anything that could almost cut a man in half simply by shooting at them was something to be feared in his books. He was probably the only person in the world that could survive one of those shots without Power Armour, and that was only because of his supernatural Perk [Miracle Maker].

With that done the group start moving again and finally make it to the business district of Freeside. The place was only down the street from the entrance that leads to the New Vegas strip, which is probably why the business district was placed here in the first place. The many heavily armoured robots guarding the gate would eliminate any threats they could see. This included anyone making trouble in the business district.

On the street corners were a couple criers shouting for people to go to their respective businesses, the group drove past everyone and parked in front of the Atomic Wrangler.

The place was a casino/brothel, the group were only intending on booking some rooms though. There was no point wasting caps to fuck some disease-ridden prostitute.. Though, the girls standing outside the casino did look quite pretty...

Afton uses VATS and takes a look at them to see if they were worth a shot...

[Prostitute]

Health : 80%

Stamina : 35%

DT : 1

Strength : 3

Perception : 4

Endurance : 4

Charisma : 9

Intelligence : 4

Agility : 6

Luck : 2

Ailments :

[Chlamydia]

[Genital warts]

[Crabs]

[Breast Cancer]

[Low Blood Pressure]

Afton doesn't bother to read the descriptions of the STD's this girl has, all he knows is he won't be sticking his pecker anywhere near her... Aside from that, isn't it poor practise to have someone so afflicted with diseases to still work for you?

He shakes his head, just before they enter inside the establishment Afton looks to Karl and whispers, "The girls here are all more diseased than most Molerats, don't go sticking your dick in one of them if you don't want it to fall off."

Karl just nods at him, "I know that kid, I'm not that bad."

"Bro, you slept with Jeannie." he states, causing Karl's lips to thin.

"I thought we wouldn't talk about that?"

Afton just shrugs, "I'll gladly mock you with it whenever I think you're doing something stupid."

Karl just grumbles in response as the group books some rooms from the owner James Garret. Afton slumps onto the rather dirty mattress and glances over to the radio that was currently playing some song called 'Big Iron', at least that Happy Trails Caravan broadcast had ended. He'd almost just said fuck it and taken the group to join the expedition to earn some caps, he decided against it when Karl warned him that New Canaan wasn't a place you could just enter without putting your life on the line.

He silently laid on the mattress for a while, waiting for his [Mechanicus] Perk to clean and repair it before he takes off his clothing and slips into bed. He wasn't willing to touch the mattress with bare skin until it was completely spotless... For obvious reasons.


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