Afton was deep in focus with his father's chest open as he examines Mr X's regenerative properties, as well as how its organs work in real-time. Obviously, this wasn't all that informative, but he was determined to do everything to try and cure him.
He wipes some sweat off of his forehead as he slowly cuts around his father's liver with a Saturnite scalpal. All he needed to do was cut it out, see what kinds of hormones and chemicals it was currently metabolising after force-feeding Mr X a cocktail of various chems... Slowly... Closer...
"Reporting! Designations Tamia, Boone, Josie, Dogmeat, ED-E, have returned with OSI hostages." Glados' loud voice sounds out over the intercom, causing Afton to jolt in surprise and accidentally stab the scalpal a couple inches into Mr X's pancreas...
"RRAAAAAAGG-MPPH!"
Afton sweat drops as he retrieves the scalpal to let the damaged organ heal, "Er, sorry dad..." he sheepishly mutters. While standing up, "Glados... Could you turn down the volume next time? What if I wasn't operating on a super-healing mutant?"
"Affirmative."
Nodding to himself, he gets up, washes himself off and steps outside, quickly spotting Tamia marching into the laboratory with two prisoners on her shoulders. "Hey, I got you something..." she states as she dumps them at his feet.
Afton grins, "Ohoho? That's quite the gift, I don't know if anything I can give would match this." he chuckles.
Tamia shrugs, "Well, you can start with teaching me how to operate Power armour..."
Afton waves her off, "Yeah, yeah, once you're done dealing with Jacobstown we'll get started... For now, let me have my fun with these two."
Tamia nods and leaves in short order, probably wanting to get back to her duties so she can start power armour training.
Afton looks down at the scientists and grins viciously, picking them up and walking straight back into the lab holding his father. He drags two metal chairs directly in front of his father and ties both people in them with chains, afterwards asking Glados to send Dala down there.
Dala arrives and already seems to be aware of what they were doing as she was pushing her own trolly filled with 'dissection' tools. Though, they look more like torture devices than anything else. "Are these the teddy bears that need help?" Dala asks in a husky voice.
Afton nods while picking up a stimulant and injecting it into the male scientist. After a couple of slaps to the face, the man quickly wakes up and is immediately presented by Mr X who's chest and stomach are still pried open, displaying all the writhing and beating organs... The mutant viciously looks down at the man, causing him to go completely white.
Afton drops a hand on his shoulder, causing the man to jump in surprise, pushing against the chains restricting his movement. "W-What?" he rapidly mutters, only now realising that he'd been locked in place... He leans back as he could feel Mr X's hot, smelly breath on his face, hoping to God he wouldn't be fed to the creature.
"So you're awake! That's good since I have a few questions I want to ask you." Afton cheerfully says as he walks over to Dala's tool trolly. The scientist looks over and somehow pales even further at the sight, he knew who Afton was, and he knew what most of those tools were for, last but certainly not least... He knew what awaited him should he anger this man. "Y-you're A-Afton Parker?"
Afton grins, "Ding ding, good deduction... Now, Sherlock, can you figure out why you're here?" he asks with crossed arms.
The man swallows his saliva and he considers the best answer... "I-Interrogation?" he asks, hopeful that'd be the extent of what is done to him.
Afton slowly nods as if listening to an advisor, "Good idea. But, let's make sure everything you say is truthful... Nyx, record everything he says, we'll wake up and ask the woman the same, if either differs then we'll have to use more extreme measure." he says.
"N-no! I'll tell the truth! G-god, please!" the scientist meekly begs, piss already streaming down his legs as he loses control of his bladder.
Afton pulls up a chair and sits on it while resting his arms on the backrest. "Alright, first thing's first... Do you know who is responsible for creating this creature... Mr X." he questions.
The scientist slowly nods, "I-I do... D-doctor Macka Bree... He is the head scientist of biological research conducted in the OSI."
Afton nods, "And where might I find this man? Where is the lab he works at?"
"I-It's not in the M-Mojave... It's west, f-from there, in NCR territory..." he stutters out, knowing just saying this was enough to promise his execution at NCR hands. Traitors aren't received well anywhere, after all.
Afton nods, getting Nyx to note down the specifics. "Alright, what were you doing near Jacobstown? From what I'm told, you were experimenting on a Supermutant?... Remember to not lie to me, I'll be asking the same to that girl beside you." he states.
"W-w-we were t-trying to incorporate y-y-your cells into Supermutants... D-doctor Bree t-thought it would work d-due to the presence of FEV in their b-blood."
...
Afton raises a brow at this, only now remembering the existence of FEV... Could that be one of the components that'd helped mutate his father? It was highly likely considering he was essentially a super-powerful supermutant with similar abilities to his own. How had he not considered this before?... Perhaps the key to fixing his father was to cure Supermutants first?
The scientist looks up at the thoughtful Afton and sweats slightly... The fact he was near the unstoppable creature his department helped to create wasn't lost on him... Would he have a similar end to Frankenstein? Dying at the hand of his own monster?"
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Afton eventually breaks out of his deep thoughts and sighs, "Glados, send some scouts west of the Mojave to search for the OSI base."
"Affirmative."
Afton nods to himself and turns back towards the man, "Alright, now's time to see if you were telling the truth... Dala, wake up the girl." he states as he stuffs a cloth into the man's mouth and ties it to prevent him from speaking.
Some stimulants and slaps later, and the woman is up, already paling at the sight of Mr X with tears of despair streaming down her face. "PLEASE LET ME GO! I'LL DO ANYTHING!"
"Uh-huh, well Mrs 'Do anything', let's first start with where the OSI base holding Doctor Macka Bree is."
Her head whips around at Afton once she hears the name, but quickly purses her lips once she spots her restrained and gagged colleague. "I KNOW WHERE IT IS!" she exclaims, still looking incredibly fearful, "IT'S UNDERNEATH THE CONGRESS BUILDING IN SHADY SANDS!"
...
Afton smirks at the male scientist who's begun to sweat through his clothes. His eyes were wide and disbelieving as if he hadn't expected her to say that. "Oh? Are you sure? This guy here says the base is located west of the Mojave."
The female glares daggers at her colleague but quickly nods, "He lied! That's why he gave such a vague answer!" she shouts.
Afton slowly nods in agreement, "But... Why would a secret OSI base be under the congress building?... Hm, seems like I'll need to be more persuasive." he states while holding out his hand, "Dala, pass me the small bone saw... Thank you."
Afton walks between the two hostages while clutching the small tool, "Hmm, how to choose. Girl, you get to decide, choose either him or yourself."
"HIM!" she immediately shouts.
Afton nods, and turns to face the fearful man, "Look like it's your lucky day. She picked you to be spared punishment... Are you lovers or something?" he jokes while using chains to restrain the woman's arm, all the while she screams that she didn't understand the question.
He locks her fingers in place and begins slowly sawing off each digit, one by one. She screams bloody murder as this occurs, but neither Afton nor Dala take any notice of it. Once all the digits on one of her hands were severed, he took his time to feet each one to Mr X as the two hostages watched. "Sorry, looks like my old man was hungry... You do know he's my father, right?" he questions and quickly finds that they hadn't.
He nods, "Yeah, Doctor Macka saw fit to mutate my father into this... Say, I wonder what'd happen if I injected his fluids into you... Would you become the same? Or would you simply explode?"
"Oooooh, I like this... Let's explode all the teddy bear's fluff across the walls." Dala audibly mutters to herself, unconsciously revving her sawblade.
"P-PLEASE! DON'T!.... I LIED, OKAY!? IT ISN'T IN SHADY SANDS!" she suddenly screams out, his [Spies Guise] Perk along with all his other intimidating related ones most likely helping this process along.
"So your colleague was right?" he confirms and the woman rapidly nods.
He thinks for a moment before grinning to himself, activating his Pipboy and turning it to the map. "Alright, here's one last test. Each of you will point to where you think the base is, if both are similar, then I won't kill you. Cool? Cool." he states while choosing the woman first.
She does as she's told, quickly using her unmutilated hand's index finger to point at a position a couple hundred miles or so west of the Mojave.
Afton nods and lets the male scientist do the same, both pointing at around the same place. Confirming the location of the OSI. "Aha, thank you for your cooperation. This information will be very helpful in my future endeavours. Dala, do what you want with them... Actually, wait... Let's extract some FEV from my father and see its effects on them. Maybe it'll provide some insight into his mutations." he states, and both scientists immediately start struggling against their restraints. "BUT YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T KILL US! PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!"
Afton shrugs, "I'm not killing you, just subjecting you to the same treatment of my father. See, if you paid a little more attention to your Karma, you wouldn't be in this situation." he states, glaring at the completely red aura covering the both of them.
They both had very limited positive karma, with a shit ton of negative. It wasn't even a question if they were bad people, only 'how bad'. "Both of you enjoy your stay, say your peace to whatever god you worship, because you'll likely be meeting them soon." he says as he leaves, ignoring the terrible screams of the woman as despair overtakes her.
He claps the dust and dried blood from his hands and decides to take a walk to clear his head. He'd been stuck in that lab for hours, plus the discoveries of FEV's influence on his father had his head cramping at all the work he'd have to put in to fix this.
He's greeted by the residents of Big Mt as he strolls through the place, though, most keep a good distance due to the blood covering his hands. He does spot a strange duo sitting on a bench further up the bath though...
"Anja? Scorpion dude?" he asks, stifling the knowing grin that as threatening to appear on his face.
"A-ah sir!" Anja scrambles to say, her posture straightening in his presence... Obviously, she hadn't seen him coming because, youknow, her eyes. He just chuckles though, "Relax Anja, I'm not 'sir' right now, chill."
"Ah..." she murmurs as she slowly nods.
Scorpion-Man looks at Afton and frowns, "Erm... My name is Juan, Juan Cienna.." he offers, not wanting to be called 'Scorpion-Man' for the rest of his life.
Afton crooks a brow and somehow manages to hide his snort, "Juan Cienna? No relations to John Cena right?"
"John Cena? Who is that?" asks the superhero, thoroughly confused.
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