Capítulo 98: The Queen giving head...
Karl unloads his .44 Revolver towards its head, the bullets blasting pieces of the exoskeleton away but not managing to pierce it... Its defences seemed to be significantly stronger than its lesser brethren.
Afton had also started firing, shooting all six bullets from both his weapons, only achieving a similar effect as Karls. Fortunately the exo-skeleton on the Queen's head seemed to be flaking away from the force subjected to it... With enough persistence they'd eventually penetrate it.
The ant queen dashes towards them with surprising speed, the tiny wings on its back buzzing to life uselessly. The duo had reloaded their arms and began firing another barrage at it, the impacts not dissuading its charge in the slightest.
They start slowly backing away while firing at it, but aren't able to kill it before it reaches them. Afton was forced to leap away as it jumps on his previous position, madibles almost burying themselves in the concrete he was standing on.
Reloading while dual wielding is pretty difficult, but his [Rapid Reload] Perk and maxed out Guns skill made him able to reload quicker than most could manage with a single gun. He fired a couple shots as it but is caught off-guard when it feints as if it's going for Karl only to turn and strike him in the chest with its head.
[Stonewall is in effect]
The force behind it winds him and pushes him a couple meters away, he doesn't fall to the floor though as his Perk prevents him from being knocked down. Karl runs forwards and fires a couple shots into one of its back legs, crippling it completely and forcing the queen to turn to retaliate.
This brief reprieve gives Afton the time to get his breath back. He notices that the queen's legs were as armoured as the rest of its body, but thin and rather frail. Instead of targeting the creatures head, he aims at its legs, more specifically the joints were the exoskeleton seems lightest.
Karl was struggling to retreat while firing shots at it, and so Afton used VATS to stop time in order to form a plan. Without the Adrenaline rushing through his veins he realised that he had a relatively easy way of dealing with the creature...
Releasing VATS he pulls out something and lays it on the floor before running close to the ant queen and firing a couple close range shots into its swollen abdomen. It releases a spurt of orange blood as the bullets pierce it, but it likely did no damage do it that just being the egg-sack.
He sprints away as the queen turns towards him, circling around a device he'd previously placed and taunting the queen to "Come fuckin' get me".
Like a bull to seeing red, the queen charged without hesitation, not even bothering to note the rapid beeping it could hear as it ran over some metal thing.
*BOOM!*
An explosion occurs as the proximity mine goes off. The force blasting off all of the queen's right side legs. The ant falls to its side, releasing a sick-sounding squeal at the loss of its appendages.
With it now rendered immobile the duo walk up towards its head, the creature still angrily clicking its mandibles at them, threaten to tear them apart should they get close enough.
"Good job kid, lets finish this thing and head over to Nipton... I need a lie down after all this excitement." he states, raising his gun at the ant's head and firing a few close-range shots as the damaged and fractured exoskeleton.
It took seven shots, but the creatures head was pierced eventually, the exoskeleton caved in and dripping with orange fluids... Afterwards Karl went off to harvest all the Nectar from the corpses, leaving Afton to somehow behead the Queen...
It took thirty minutes to finally figure out that a knife simply wasn't going to get through its carapace encased neck. Using lucky to blast a line through it and pulling it from the body while holding its mandibles.
The sinew and other gross connective tissue tore away and he was left with the rather heavy head of the queen. He got some rope out and tied it around the head before hanging it from the backpack Karl had handed him... No way was he going to get everything covered in orange blood.
[Bug Stomper gained!]
[Bug Stomper] : +10% to all insects.
[Lord Death gained!]
[Lord Death v1] : +1% damage to everything.
An hour later Karl returned with a huge pile of nectar, they must've had over a hundred doses of it, not to mention to special Nectar produced by the Queen... They'd need to sell it off as soon as they could, as neither was going to use it... He hoped.
He looked at the Pipboy to see what the Nectar actually did...
[Ant Nectar] : -2 Intelligence for 4 minutes, -2 Charisma for 4 minutes, +4 Strength for 4 minutes.
[Ant Queen Pheromones] : +3 Charisma for 4 minutes, -3 Intelligence for 4 minutes, -3 Perception for 4 minutes.
Yeah, he wasn't going to use these anytime soon... More strength is great and all, but not that helpful for his form of combat.
With that, the duo turned their eyes towards the town a few miles away. The black smoke was still rising, with more intensity than before actually... This meant that it was either completely burning to the ground, or the attackers were still present.
This put them in a pretty bad situation as they'd used a huge amount of ammunition to deal with the ants... They'd need to restock soon or they'd run out. But, both were confident that if they did enter a gun-fight they could scavenge some ammunition from their fallen foes.
Karl hefts the backpack with the queen's head hanging from it and starts walking towards the town, "Let's check it out and head back to the Outpost, hopefully its just raiders... Otherwise I don't want to think about the NCR's chances at dealing with the Legion.
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Capítulo 99: Naught but Crosses
The duo slowly made their way towards the town of Nipton. From a distance, it looks like a relatively small shanty town, using old-prewar buildings for homes and businesses. Fortunately, the black smoke didn't seem to be coming from burning buildings... Instead, it should be originating from the centre of it.
Just as the two are about to enter the town's streets they're approached by a man wearing Powder Ganger attire, an almost manic grin on their face. "Hehehaahahah! I won, I won the lottery! Suck it work!" he suddenly shouts, putting both Afton and Karl on high alert, their hands resting on their respective weapons.
"What lottery?" Afton quickly inquires, feeling like something's amiss here... And not just because of the heavy smell of charcoal and... Burning flesh?
"What lottery? THE lottery! The lottery of life, and I'm the winner! You two losers can suck it, I'm going to New Vegas and seeing how far my luck can really go!"
"Boy, you really think they'd let you into New Vegas wearing Powder Ganger gear?" Karl asks as if he were stupid.
"Hah! With my luck they'd bow down and blow me! You two downers can go do one! Cya later losers! Hahahaha!" he shouts before running off into the desert... He had no visible supplies or weaponry, so he was definitely going to die... Afton shakes his head, if they wanted to die so much then he'd let 'em, no point in trying to help someone like that anyway.
"Seems like somethin' fucked up has happened here." Karl mutters, moving his focus from the man to the town, his nose twitching.
Afton nods and they slowly walk into the town, the smell of burning flesh only gets stronger the further they progress, with the added metallic scent of blood. They come out onto a path that cuts through the middle of the entire town and are appalled by what they see.
Along the sides of the road are crucifixes with people nailed to them, a few are black with burnt corpses but most still have living people on them... On the floor of the street there are many corpses, presumably of those who'd tried to resist.
"What the fuck is this?" Afton growls, slowly becoming more enraged the more he sees. Why would someone do this? yeah, sure, he'd raided a couple caravans... But this wasn't for survival, no, it was some sick show of dominance...
"Legion demoralisation tactics." Karl states, "Seen 'em before in my time... Like to put 'em in places the NCR can see and torture those nailed to them." he sighs, "We should put them out of their misery, they look to have been here for a couple days now."
Afton raises a brow at Karl and walks over to examine one of the men, he was sure there was something they could do, right? But, upon further examination he could see that they had indeed been here too long. The limbs that'd been nailed had begun necrotising, it was clear their wounds were infected aswell... He didn't know how long the necrosis had gone on so it'd be a miracle if they survived... Even if they did he'd have to amputate all of their lims.
"You're right, death would be a mercy." he admits, who'd look after the men if he somehow saved them? They'd be completely incapable of taking care of themselves... And what kind of existence would it be without arms or legs?
He feels a pat on his back and turns to Karl who was looking directly at the largest building at the end of the road... People wearing red sports-gear had exited in formation, There was around thirty of them, with fifteen vicious-looking dogs accompanying them. There were burning piles of clothes weaponry, and supplies next to the building and these people were probably responsible for it.
"Legion." Karl quietly says through gritted teeth.
Afton's about to draw his weapon and start firing at them, but Karl stops his hand with a firm grip, "Stop, we're outnumbered and out-geared... They haven't shot at us yet which means they have something to say. I get what you're feelin' Afton, but we can't throw our lives away here... We still have much to do." he says, claiming the eighteen-year-old who was about to start firing.
They slowly make their way over and are greeted by a man who seems to be the leader of the group, they have pale skin and wear a dog's head as a hood, black goggles that conceal the eyes. They grin at the duo and Afton struggles not to pull out Lucky as bore another hole into their face.
"Don't worry, I won't lash you to a cross like the rest of these degenerates... I want you to witness the fate of Nipton, to memorize every detail and let other's know the strength of Caesar." he says in a surprisingly youthful voice, though if Afton had to place it, they man would look more fitting wearing a rat's head.
"And what crime did this 'degenerates' commit to deserve this?" Afton asks, cold fury in his voice.
The legionary grins, "Why, the entirety of Nipton brought this upon itself... It was a blasphemous town of whoring, gambling, and any other vices human's tend to dabble in. It didn't matter whether we were strong and they were weak, this destruction was wrought by their own hands."
"What do you mean?" Afton asks, not getting what the man was referring to.
"The mayor of this immoral and debased town had accepted an offer we made... To lure the NCR troops who were... Enjoying the town's facilities so we could execute them. It was only afterwards that the trappers became trapped, before you on the crosses are the men helping us capture the NCR..."
"Where are the NCR troops then?" Karl asks, wanting to know if there was a chance of possible rescue.
"Hm, you may have already seen them... The bones you stepped over on the way here belonged to them, they put up a much more valiant fight than the rest of these cretins."
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