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Kapitel 535: Fire!

Back with the clear-up trio, or duo more like due to Dean's complete reluctance to get his hands dirty, Afton and Veronica had given up trying to persuade their ghoulish friend. Dean continued to make excuses varying from "I'm too tired!", to "I'm scared!", to "I've run out of bullets."

In the end, the duo just decided to go it alone and hope nothing bad happens. Both were basically immune to harm due to their Power armour, but that didn't mean something unexpected couldn't happen... The Cloud for instance had obviously displayed the ability to mutate other creatures aside from humans...

If it can mutate a Super Mutant, what would happen if it got a hold of a Deathclaw? Or a Cazador? Or even a Yao Guai? Just the thought made Afton reluctant to be arrogant or overconfident about their durability, he wouldn't mention these thoughts to Veronica either, for fear of pushing her into a 'Dean' mindset...

Afton leads the assault by jumping off of the roof and landing right on top of a Ghost, his feet crushing its body as if it were a slinky.

*CRRRAACK!*

*SQUELTCH*

Afton flicks his hand and shoots out a wood-like tendril from his plant arm, extending it until it's a couple meters long before forming razor-sharp blades on it. Once done, he begins spinning it over his head.

However, before he can get off his first attack, the Ghosts were already upon him, sprinting like mangled fast zombies with various weapons ready to strike. In response, Afton ignites his Ultra Chainsaw in his left hand and bisects the closest Ghost before kicking its slowly regenerating body towards a few other charging enemies.

Once the razor whip spinning over his head had picked up enough speed he swings it down around him, cutting a huge swath of Ghosts in half! Many fall to the ground in halves or missing limbs, if they hadn't been immortal Cloud-controlled zombies this would've been extremely effective!...

Unfortunately, for these creatures, losing a leg and an arm amounts to nothing but a scratch as it'd regenerate soon after it was incurred.

Now that the plant-whip had halted against the bodies of the Ghosts, they immediately started attacking it with their weapons. Their Saturnite knives, steel spears, butcher knives, and beartrap gauntlets easily damage the relatively fragile whip, quickly destroying it and continuing their charge towards Afton.

Veronica had already jumped into battle behind him, popping Ghost heads with her shotgun fist weapon. Occasionally getting a crit and causing an explosion with the unique weapon... In fact, her fist weapon's ability was one of the only things that permanently killed the Ghosts... Its explosive effect was strong enough to completely annihilate the Ghost that is detonated.

*SKREEEE!*

*DINK!*

*PING!*

The sounds of metal bouncing off of her Saturnite plating rings out, but she ignores it and focuses on punching as many skulls as humanly possible. While her non-crit attacks may not put them completely out of commission, it does take them a while to regenerate a splattered skull.

Up on the rooftop, Dean had laughed and clapped when the duo had first jumped down, but once he saw Afton's unnatural whip-attack his sunglasses had almost fallen from his face in shock... He tugs at his shirt collar nervously at the sheer amount of destruction the duo were causing.

He thought they'd be fine dealing with the enemies, but not like this... He thought it'd be more like a drawn-out slug-fest until they whittled down the Ghosts numbers. Indeed, these thoughts continued to plague him until he saw the need to start getting active... He stands and runs off to quickly collect some supplies.

Afton gives a grunt as he smashes his elbow into an attacking Ghosts skull and causing it to explode into a bloody red mist. He steals the axe it was wielding and swings it at another Ghost, cutting its head clean off before throwing the axe into the crowd, probably hitting another...

There were so many that Afton wasn't actually sure how much of a dent he'd made in the group. He had almost been swarmed a number of times already, the Ghosts numbers trapping him under their combined mass... Fortunately, his Ultra Chainsword lends itself well to cutting his way out of sticky situations...

He glances over in Veronica's direction but doesn't see her... Instead, he just saw a pile of bodies with Veronica most likely underneath it all... Occasionally an explosion would occur from within, knocking a portion of them off, but the hole was quickly filled in by the others.

He smashes his helmeted forehead into a Ghost's literally causing it to explode while forming a razor-sharp wooden blade from his plant-arm and beginning to wade his way towards Veronica. The only actual harm the group could do to her was suffocation, which wasn't likely due to the internal oxygen system contained within her armour.

Still, one problem presented by the group was hs inability to permanently keep the Ghosts dismembered bodies apart to stop them regenerating while he dealt with the others... But...

*Smash!*

*Splash!*

*FWOOM!*

Dean had tossed a Molotov Cocktail into the pile of dismembered bodies left in Afton's wake. He'd taken into account the 'Sandstone, spit, and glue' buildings and found that they'd probably survive being on fire for a bit... Probably.

Afton was grateful regardless and hopeful that fire would actually be able to permanently kill the Ghosts.

Dean tosses a couple more firebombs and soon enough flames had almost completely enveloped half of the clearing. Even despite that, literal flaming Ghosts were still running out of the fire towards Afton.

He just brushes them off though, continuing to carve his way into the mound that is slowly gaining mass atop Veronica. "I never figured you as a bottom bitch Veronica!" he shouts.

*BANG!*

Another explosion occurs as Veronica's voice shouts out a reply muffled by the Ghosts, "Fuck you and help me! Can you even speak with those dark blue balls anyway!?"


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Kapitel 536: Copyright Right?

Afton quickly but carefully slices through the pile of Ghosts and pulls Veronica out of it... Right into another horde of flaming Ghosts who quickly charge straight at her. She retaliates with a punch, sending one back into the fiery hellscape that Dean had created but is pushed back by the sheer numbers of them.

Apparently, one of the downsides of using fire is the smoke it produces... Combine that with the smoke detectors scattered around the place and you've got a shitstorm coming!

*DUUDUUDUUUDUUDUUDUUDUUDUUDUU!*

"Fuck!" Afton exclaims as more and more Ghosts come crawling out of the woodwork... He was sure there were some even from the bell tower coming here, reinforcing the already sizeable horde!

"JUST!"

*SLASH!*

"FUCKING!"

*CRACK!*

"DIE!!"

"THUDD!*

Three hours of this pass with both Afton and Veronica fighting almost nonstop... Veronica was exhausted and on her last legs, while Afton was mentally tired from the whole ordeal. The fight had gone on for so long that the toughest thing about it was keeping the flames stoked so they could toss the dismembered bodies into it to finish them off.

Dean had already fallen asleep on the top of the roof judging by his loud snoring (which also served to attract more Ghosts), so Afton was left continually chipping away at their numbers...

Fortunately, by now the horde was nearing its end. With only a few Ghosts occasionally crawling out of the vents, sewers, and alleyways, Afton was sure there were none left around this area to bother them.

Though, he was somewhat worried about the burning corpses... They didn't burn like regular materials. Instead of releasing smoke, they released the Cloud when burned... The corrosive fog slowly gets blown away from the area, but it just provides yet another hazard for him to worry about.

He stomps down onto a Ghosts head before tossing it into the fire with the rest of its kin, taking a deep breath while glancing around for more... Only to realise that the earlier Ghost was the last one remaining...

"FINALLY!" he exclaims, causing another hand to poke out of a manhole nearby... With a growl he picks the Ghost up by the scruff of its clothing and tosses it into the fire without even slashing it first, allowing it to toss and turn while still attempting to attack then.

He walks over to Veronica and lends her his shoulder just as she's about to stumble to the floor, exhaustion quickly overtaking her. "You alright? Last time you looked like this we were surrounded by Legionaries." he jokes.

Veronica shakes her head with a snort, "Legionaries don't grow their heads, limbs, and bodies back. Nor are they anywhere near as fast as these things... Let's just hope that's the last of them, otherwise I'm going on strike." she states, pushing off of Afton and standing on her own weakly.

Afton glances around for Dean and notices the Ghoul still sleeping, so he snaps off the handle of an axe that throws it at him, the wooden scrap performing a parabola before striking him clean in the forehead.

"Ouch! The fuck was that!?" Dean angrily yells out.

Afton ignores him though and just pumps his fist in the air, afterwards giving Veronica a high-five. "Oh, sorry mate! Looks like a Ghost had it in for you and tossed something!"

Dean sits up and looks down at the now-empty clearing, "Yeah, looks like it..." he mutters, slowly getting up and climbing down. "Good work dealing with those Ghosts, team." he smirks, "It was a good team effort."

Veronica scoffs, "Team effort huh? I'll remember that if I see someone winning big in New Vegas... What now?" she asks after a moment.

Dean nods his end towards the gated area, still illuminated with a number of rusty electrical switches. "Now, we wait there while one of you heads to the bell tower to activate the Gala... They need to be pulled in a specific order, but I doubt I'm strong enough to do it alone... That's what HE needed Dog for the last time." he states.

Afton shrugs, "It falls on me then..." he says after some easy deduction. Veronica was still tired from the earlier fight, and Dean was required here... Which left him to start the Gala. "You two wait here, I'm assuming it'll be easy to tell once I'm done."

Dean sagely nods, "Indeed, it'll be like a New Years fireworks display, the angelic voice of Vera Keyes will invite us inside, and music will blare from the casino..." he hums with a smile before it drops into a frown... "Of course, the racket will cause every Ghost, Goblin, and Ghoul within one hundred miles of here to head to the casino, so be ready to fight for your entry ticket."

Afton sheepish rubs the back of his helmet, yeah, he'd forgotten that the casino would basically be under siege as soon as the Gala Event started... By the time they collected Christine and Anja, the place would be swarming with them... He wasn't even sure if the defence systems could identify between Ghosts and regular people. Judging by how the Holograms attacked him earlier, he doubted they had such a capability. "Right, well, I'll be off." he gives a mock salute before jogging away at a tame pace.

Once he was out of the clearing he thrust his palm at a nearby rooftop and produced a plant-whip which grappled one of the railings, allowing him to begin to swing across the street like Spider-Man... Obviously, he only had one plant arm though, so he was pretty limited in his 'swinging' ability.

One thing he appreciated though was the plant arms ability to reintegrate material that'd been created, allowing him to suck the whip in and pull himself around like a grappling hook. If he couldn't steal from Spider-Man, he certainly could Batman


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