Capítulo 671: Intro'dad'tion...
Afton shakes his head of the dour thoughts concerning his father and an agonizing death involving cancer. He adjusts the Stealth suit and puts on gloves to prevent his father from spotting his plant arms, afterwards waiting for Usanagi to leave the room.
*Shuuk!*
The reinforced door slides open, and Usanagi walks out with her clipboard clutched to her chest, she gives him a small smile and nods, "He seems fine, though, I'd not let him go anywhere without supervision, preferably yours, as I don't think anyone else could actually deal with him if he went out of control." she explains, remembering the way the chain groaned against the man's strength.
Afton nods, "Thanks for your help, I'd give you a bonus, but your salary is already big enough." he chuckles, gently clapping a hand on her shoulder as he walks past, into the air-lock between the observation room and where his father was.
He calms his breaths as the door closed behind him, "You ready to meet my dad, Nyx?"
"I have already met him before, sir... I think I still have the imprint of his fist..." Nyx mutters.
Afton shakes his head, "That, wasn't my dad." he easily retorts, "Just try and behave yourself... Try not to reveal anything before me, I'm a bit scared of his reaction, to be honest." he admits as the door opens and he steps into the room.
Zachary Parker looks up from where he was sat on the bed, spotting a familiar-looking man enter the room. They were 6.1 ft, messy average length black hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes that matched his late wife's. He wore strange clothes as well, but he didn't recognise the insignia printed onto the chest plate.
It was his son he realised almost immediately, though, the light beard and black-veins around his eyes made him slightly unsure of himself... The latter because he couldn't recall any medical ailment that would cause such an effect... Which meant, potentially a mutant?
He shakes his head, not daring to believe such a thing without confirming who this man was. And what'd happened in his life. He stays quiet, silently observing Afton and not making any moves to start the conversation.
Afton certainly hadn't been expecting the tense atmosphere as soon as he stepped into the room, he'd imagined a joyful reunion with lots of hugging, tears, and everything else that goes along with it... But maybe his dad just wasn't in the mood...
He coughs into his fist and sheepishly approaches his dad, not bothered in the slightest by his deformed face. "You're starting to make me kind of depressed here, what's wrong? Can't even recognise your own kid?" he asks semi-sarcastically.
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"No. I recognise you, but, a lot has changed. I really didn't expect to see you again after you and the others left through that canyon passage." he admits with a sigh.
Afton slowly nods, sitting on the bed next to his father, "Yeah, well, I thought you were dead. Only found evidence that you were alive when I rechecked the battle sight years later... I avenged mom you know. Blew him to kingdom come." he chuckles morbidly.
Zach finally looks up and locks eyes with Afton, "Good. Bastard deserves to rot in hell." he affirms, acknowledging Afton's efforts.
"Yeah, the guy who lead the attack on Helios didn't have a good end either... Got chopped up and eaten by cannibals or something like that. With how fat that bastard was, he could've fed the whole casino."
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"How has your life been, son?" Zach asks, wanting to know if his son's life had been easy, hard... Worth living.
Afton thinks for a moment before shrugging, "It's been interesting, I guess. I've experienced quite a lot, done good things and things I regret... It's been a bit shit at times but, I think I've managed well enough."
Zach slowly nods, "The Doctor said you were the one to rescue me?"
"Yeah..." Afton pauses, wondering if he should tell his father that he'd been sent to assassinate him. "Er, I lead a group to attack the facility that mutated you, capturing the scientist and forcing him to help return your mind." he finally says, not explaining that the group he'd lead had been an army of supermutants...
Zach finally lets a proud smile make its way onto his face, "You must be at least a Paladin to be able to lead a group into battle like that... That'd make you one of the youngest Paladin's in Brotherhood history." he mutters.
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"Er, not exactly." Afton quietly replies, feeling bad for ruining his father's moment.
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"What do you mean?" Zach asks with mild confusion.
"... Well, a year or so ago I kind of... Left the Brotherhood." he explains sheepishly.
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"What...?" Zach's face goes blank in utter confusion.
Afton breathes a sigh, "Do you know what happened to the Chapter once we left Helios?"
Zach shakes his head, "I assume you retreated out of the Mojave and requested reinforcements?"
"No... McNamara led us into the Hidden Valley where a number of old bunkers were located. We hid away in those as we were basically trapped without anywhere else to go... The NCR destroyed a couple of them, but missed the main one."
Zach scrunched his brows, "Then what?"
"Well, nothing, really... We hid there for years, doing little to nothing for the Mojave and slowly dying out underground. I ended up leaving for. reasons. Eventually travelling all around the Mojave, making friends, enemies..." he explains.
Zach slowly stands, tugging slightly on his chains that prevent his full range of motion, "Where are we now then? Are we back in the bunker? Headquarters? Another Chapter?" he challenges, becoming more and more unsure of this situation the more he learns.
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Capítulo 672: Culture Rock
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"About that..." Afton walks over and grabs his father's cuffs, easily warping the metal and allowing them to drop to the ground. "I'll show you around, as long as you promise not to freak out." he states.
Zach looks down and glares long and hard at the remnants of his restraints. "I'll agree if you tell me how you did that. I know that wasn't ordinary steel." he states.
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Afton walks to the airlock and opens the door, "I was infected by an incredibly dangerous species of fungus, there was no cure. I knew I'd be dead soon so I left to find some hail mary lead that probably wouldn't amount to anything. By the time I reached my destination, I was half-dead, and on my last legs. But luckily, I'd arrived to the one place that had the tech to save my life." he explains, leading his father through the hallways underneath the Think Tank.
"What does that have to do with your ability to bend steel?" Zach continues pressing.
Afton shrugs, "Well, while the operation I underwent did save my life, it didn't completely remove all of the fungus." he says, taking his gloves off and revealing his plant arms. "The neutralised fungus improved my body, making me resistant to diseases and poison, enhanced my strength and healing... Even grew back my arms when I was dismembered." he flexes his hand.
Zachary eyes the limb, the brown bark-like material covering the top, half, while the bottom was a sickly green, looking like incredibly rough, discoloured skin. It was confirmed, his son was a mutant... But, it sounded like the circumstances leading to it weren't up to him at all... Unfortunately, the Codex doesn't make exceptions...
The fact he himself would also be considered a mutant wasn't lost on him, which is why he was struggling so much with his core tenets. By all rights, he should drop to his knees and smash his head against the floor until he perished, to ensure the prolonged existence of the human race.
He was honestly still considering it, rejoining his wife wherever she was didn't sound all that bad. But that would also mean leaving his son, again. "How did the Brotherhood react? If you were even still in contact with them?"
Afton grimaces slightly, "Well, I was kind of banished for stopping them from killing a Ghoul companion of mine. I don't know if any of them noticed my mutations."
"...Banished..." Zachary rubs his face, having expected something like this when Afton said he'd left the bunker.
Afton continues leading his father through the maze-like laboratories until they reach the Think Tank doors. He pushes them open, revealing the steadily growing city within the massive crater that composed Big Mt. Plants and flora were abundant, with many farms and high-tech buildings scattered around the place.
To most people's eyes, it'd look like a utopia, especially when compared against everything else in the wasteland. But for Zachary, he saw a complete and utter misuse of dangerous technologies, he instantly put two and two together, realising that this place wasn't affiliated with the Brotherhood at all.
This was concerning as only the Brotherhood, Enclave, and some parts of the NCR should possess holographic tech like had been shown in his cell. Before he's able to say anything though, Afton begins his introduction.
"Welcome to Bulwark, my answer to the weaknesses and corruption of the Brotherhood." he grins, "I've built this place with my blood, sweat, and tears, now finally it's starting to look how I envisioned."
Zach eyes the people walking around, their comfortable-yet protective clothing, the guards with high-tech armour and weaponry, the robots both rolling along the ground and flying above their heads... Even those Cyberdogs that seemed to eye him warily. "
He chews his lip and glances at Afton, "Are we still in the Mojave? Is the Chapter still around?" he tentatively asks, knowing that the Chapter wouldn't stand and let this place be built if they had a choice in the matter.
Afton shrugs and waves at the landscape, "You're looking at what's left. Hardin kinda went crazy and started making drastic actions, seemingly ignoring the mounting NCR threat on their doorstep... They only lasted so long because the NCR was afraid of my retaliation. In the end, I was forced to intervene." he states.
"Intervene?" Zach tensely parrots.
Afton nods, "An NCR army was about to lay waste to them, so I invaded the Brotherhood base that Hardin had set up above ground and gave them an ultimatum. Join Bulwark, or leave. For those that didn't want to join, I sent them all to Mexico, where the NCR wouldn't be able to follow. Everyone else was integrated into my forces." he explains.
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"But, what about the Codex? Did I teach you nothing? This. place... It's like spitting in the face of everything the Codex dictates! This, irresponsible use of technology, it can only lead to disaster!" Zachary lectures with slight indignation, grabbing Afton's arm to make sure he was listening.
Afton shakes his head, "What disaster!? The shit the Codex peddles was just the fears of paranoid larping ideologues! They just echoed what each other said, slowly getting more extreme in their practices and prejudices... Look around you, dad, do you think the Brotherhood could have created any of this? Or would they have squandered the technology they unabashedly tore from their owners, in the name of preventing more 'atrocities'?"
Zach growls, reminiscent of what Mr X had sounded like before, "The Brotherhood isn't perfect, I never said it was. But it was the best way we had to protect the wasteland! Can you imagine if the Enclave was in our place? If they had this kind of technology?... How long will it take until this, Bulwark, becomes corrupt as well? Or how long until another country seizes this place for its own ends!?"
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