Capítulo 570: Punishment, fit for...
He bends the bars and pulls Veronica through, afterwards grabbing Christine but not letting go... He leans into her ears and whispers, "Listen, I know you're the one who dragged Veronica here, and I hope your short time in this cell has given you some perspective. Aside from your punishment, I won't take this further, but you need to promise me you won't do something so fucking stupid again." he states.
...
Christine purses her lips but slowly nods despite herself, "I won't... I'm sorry..." she solemnly admits.
Afton nods, "Good. Otherwise I might be forced to chip you or something." he says as he pushes her at Veronica who catches the stumbling woman with a raised brow.
[Christine Royce has become your Companion!]
[Perk acquired from Companion : Pristine Shot]
[Pristine Shot] : Increase damage of Ballistic weaponry by 50%
Afton stops mid-step upon receiving the notifications. He'd only just realised Christine had never become his companion... Had she just never trusted him enough for it? Or had she been too conflicted between him and the Brotherhood to make a decision? if it's the latter, then wouldn't that mean she's made her decision?
...
Regardless, the Companion Perk he received was pretty op in its own right... Anti-Material rifles would probably disintegrate anyone he hit, and let's not even talk about using explosive ammo...
He recomposes himself and only now realises that the others were ahead of him... He jogs a bit to catch up and eventually begins leading the group again... He pokes his invisible head out of the exit and spots a few tense BOS members lingering around, most likely waiting for Afton to attack somewhere...
"You guys wait here." he whispers as he sneaks up to the few BOS members and cleanly knocked them out. After that, escaping isn't too difficult, they climb up the makeshift wall and Afton helps them down by creating a rope with his plant arm. After that, the group run off into the desert, and once the coast is clear he has Nyx gather the coordinates before teleporting them all back to base.
One day later :
Afton stands outside the doors of Miles' new room, waiting for him to wake up... He'd been medically examined and fed, but was so tired he'd fallen asleep not long after.
*Knock, Knock, Knock*
"Yo, it's me, wake up you lazy bum!" Afton calls out and hears Miles stumbling towards the door after most likely falling out of bed.
The door swings open and reveals a half-naked Miles standing there with a toothbrush in his mouth, "Am I late for something?" he asks, wondering what's the rush.
Afton shakes his head, "No... Well, kinda. I wanted to check that you were up to see it."
Miles raises a brow, "Can you at least tell me what it is?"
Afton smirks, "Well, that would be telling... I'm sure it'd be more interesting to see it first hand."
Miles reluctantly nods, "Alright, let me just get dressed... After this, can we talk about your plans for the Brotherhood though?"
Afton shrugs, "Yeah, apparently we've got news concerning it anyway that we probably need to discuss."
Five minutes later Afton was leading Miles towards the 'composting' area. It's the place where Big Mt dumps its rotten or uneaten food, as well as the faeces from the various creatures. Of course, the faeces is processed to remove all the dangerous pathogens first... Human shit was dangerous enough, not to mention the hundreds of kilograms of Deathclaw shit Borous project produces...
Usually, they'd only have robots working in it as it was an obviously disgusting job that most would refuse to do... Which is why he'd decided to use this place as punishment. Miles squints and covers his nose as they approach, Afton gestures down at the pit where food, faeces, and other compostable material was being piped. He points at the two figures that were different from the robots working down there...
"Is that...?" he mutters, looking slightly green at the sight.
Afton crosses his arms and nods, "Yeah, along with stripping their teleportation rights, luxury food and drink rights, maid service rights, and entertainment rights, I'm having them 'help' the robots with their workload."
Indeed, both Veronica and Christine look as if they are on the cusp of vomiting as they shovel the compost material into the designated areas. Afton didn't have a problem if they did throw up, it'd only add nutrients to the compost after all...
"Is this really necessary?" he asks, holding a hand over his mouth as if to stifle his gap reflex.
Afton nods, "Yeah, they broke the rules, used unauthorized tech for their excursion, got captured and potentially risked top-secret information about Bulwark... Honestly, if they weren't family I'd have them executed or chipped... This is probably good enough to prevent them from doing it again though, after all, they still have a couple days left of 'community service'."
"C-can we leave? I'm feeling a bit..." he admits weakly.
Afton nods again, "Oi! You two!" he shouts over at the shit-covered duo whose heads snap up at him, "Get yourselves cleaned up and meet us in the Think Tank!... Make sure you're smelling nice or I'll add tow extra days of shit-service!" he calls out before leaving.
The girls don't need him to say it twice and immediately throw their tools down and sprint for the exit. Once outside, they leave a trail of fire as they rush towards the showers.
An hour later Afton and Miles were making small talk in the Think Tank main room, two glasses of whiskies sitting in front of them on the holographic map.
*Tuk!*
"Afton..." Veronica mutters as she walks inside while shooting him a pleading look, "Please change our punishment... I'll do anything! Even the Sierra Madre was better than this!"
Afton shrugs and sniffs the air, nodding at the perfume she'd applied to mask whatever taint was leftover from the composting. "You shoulda thought about that before you let your girlfriend run off... Ain't that right Christine?"
Christine just bites her lip and slowly nods as the duo approach the table. "T-the punishment is just... Why have you called us here?"
Afton grins and leans forward on the table, "We're going to decide how we destroy the Brotherhood."
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Capítulo 571: Quickness
"We're going to decide how we destroy the Brotherhood."
...
"What!?" Veronica exclaims after a shock finally wears off.
Afton shrugs, "Well, we'll destroy the Mojave chapter at least. First things first though, let's see what my spies have to say." he says while gesturing at the holographic table in front of them, it's light ripple slightly before it displays a series of pages, all of which seemed to be some sort of report.
It's rather long and extensive, as you'd expect from spies, but all in all, there were only a few important points.
The first was the NCR's continued attempts to covertly turn the public against Bulwark, they did this using variety of strategies, primarily rumours from their undercover agents, reporting on fake crimes Bulwark has supposedly committed, and by public statements from the NCR themselves. Their attempts were so-so though, mainly due to the public's awareness of how bias NCR news is, as well as the rather large amount of resentment against them.
While yes, they were a better alternative to the Legion. Most people in the Mojave would rather neither be present at all, as both were oppressive foreign forces at the end of the day, regardless of their intentions.
The second point of the report were the large numbers of reinforcements that'd been dispatched to the Mojave in response of the Legion's own mustering. Ambassador Crocker was very, very worried about it, and has assisted General Oliver in getting more troops to the front lines
Third was the fact the investigation requested by Ambassador Crocker against Macka Bree concerning the unauthorised experimentation of prisoners and humans was accepted but not... This was due to the fact that the investigation was handed off to General Poacher, who was well known to be working with Macka Bree...So it was unlikely anything would be uncovered at all. Ambassador Crocker was rightly furious at this, but there was literally nothing he could do... He'd have to petition for more support at congress if he wanted anything done, but that'd involve leaving the Mojave which was teetering on the edge of war...
Forth was the fact the NCR fully intended to go to war with Bulwark due to the recent attack near Jacobstown. The spies weren't able to uncover how the NCR would move, as that was handed off to someone else, but it was a certainty an attack would be occurring.
Fifth and most relevant to what Afton was hoping to hear, was the fact among the reinforcements coming to the Mojave were three mobile artillery systems. What were they intended to be used for? Well, their first mission on the books was to assist in the eradication of the Brotherhood of Steel... Once that was accomplished, they'd be shipped to Hoover Dam where they'd assist in the defence of the incredibly important strategic location. They were set to arrive in around two weeks, which gave Afton plenty of time to plan on how to deal with them.
Afton chuckles, "You know, you guys getting captured didn't really matter in the end... I'd have had to do something before those reinforcements got here, and I doubt Hardin would've reacted any different. Though, I would ideally like to get my hands on those mobile artillery machines..." he admits.
Miles sighs and looks at his feet, "I'm not really sure how to feel about this Afton, I mean, I know Hardin's lost it, but... Does it have to be destroyed?"
"Yes..." he states before raising a hand to stop the trio's objections, "Just be pragmatic about this, the Chapter has been dying ever since it arrived in the Mojave, that was only accelerated after what happened at Helios. Bulwark will take its place and be more effective for it, we'll try to recruit those willing, but for everyone else?... They'll be on their own." he states.
"So that's it? Their only options are to bend the knee to you, flee into the desert, or stay and be murdered by the NCR?" Christine questions with a hard look.
Afton shrugs, "Don't act like I'm not giving them choices. If they can follow Hardin with a smile on their faces then they can follow me instead... I'm not being callous, there just isn't anything else I can really do for them without going out of my way. I'd essentially be misappropriating Bulwark funds for my own ends, which sets a bad president... Kinda like Hardin when you think about it." he says, trying to convince them.
"Is there really nothing we can do? I know many good people who would refuse your offer. I don't think they deserve to die for their firm principles..." Miles asks, but is clearly not hopeful.
Afton shakes his head, "I'm sorry, but no... I mean, I can allow you to try and convince them, and I'm willing to offer a place in the department that'd handle the research, acquisition, and containment of technology, but that's all. Don't forget that I have loved ones among them as well, friends and acquaintances, but it's up to them whether or not they wish to accept my offer."
Miles just slowly nods at him, there wasn't all that much he could do to try and change Afton's mind. They both knew some simply wouldn't be swayed no matter what they were offered, so it would be useless to consider. "There will be a fight... How are you going to handle it?" he asks.
Afton shrugs again, "How else? An army of robots." he smirks, finally getting a chance to put his new forces into action. Of course, they wouldn't be going all out, if the Brotherhood didn't surrender he'd simply go in there himself and subdue them.
Once the Brotherhood was dealt with, he'd use some spare sets of Power armour as 'scarecrows' and dummies to make the NCR believe the base was still operational... Once they set up their artillery machines to attack, he'd swoop in and steal them. Oh, yes. He was looking forward to it.
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