Capítulo 534: Scouting the Competition...
Christine sits back in the swivel chair, monotonously spinning it and herself around while waiting for the Gala Event to begin. Afton and Veronica's Ghoul 'friend', Anja was sleeping nearby on a pile of scrap soft enough to be used as a bed.
She releases a long sigh as her muscles still occasionally twitch from her long time torture inside the Auto-Doc, she could still feel phantom pains from her scars, but ignored it all through sheer willpower alone. Despite her family coming all this way into what could potentially be hell itself, the thing pushing her forward at the moment was Elijah, and her wish for vengeance against him.
*Bzztch!*
She raises a brow at the sound, "Speak of the Devil." she mentally spits as Elijah's raspy voice begins speaking through her collar.
"Enjoying yourself, Christine?" he asks with a great deal of mirth.
Silently growling, she taps her collar once after remembering Afton's makeshift method of communication.
"Oh, still can't speak? That's a shame... Still, it means you make a great listener. Plus, it allows you to silently contemplate things, with this new skill, you've noticed it haven't you?" he asks ambiguously.
Again, Christine just taps once on her collar, not knowing what Elijah was referring to.
"Ahh, being willfully ignorant it is then? Tell me, are you still loyal to the Brotherhood? Even after they sent you on a suicide mission and abandoned you when you didn't return?" he asks, his grin somehow audible in his words.
She quickly taps twice, answering that she is indeed still loyal. The Brotherhood probably just wasn't able to track her, Big Mt fried all their methods of tracking, and the Sierra Madre was essentially impenetrable.
Elijah chuckles, "You are? Oh, do I have big news for you then my dear... You're friend Afton, your family Veronica, both are no longer part of the Brotherhood. They told me themselves, they have formed their own group that goes against everything the codex states... Why else would they lug around two mutants with them?"
Christine's eyes widen at this, her eyes trailing to the sleeping Anja, she taps no on her collar though, not willing to believe this... Or, if it true, put much faith in Elijah's words... This was just like him, trying to manipulate her, why else would he try this while the other's weren't here to defend themselves?... Yeah, he's just trying to set them against each other.
"It's funny how you refuse to believe what's before you. I've even received news from the Mojave Chapter of the Brotherhood... Did you know Afton is assisting the NCR in capturing them?"
...
Christine shakes her head, covering her ears, not wishing to hear anymore without speaking to Afton and Veronica about this topic directly... Surely if it was true they'd have a reason, right?
"If you are unsure about my words, why not ask that mutant with you? The two seems close with it, enough to reveal their secrets I'd say." he trails off.
Christine looks over to Anja and slowly gets to her feet, determined to see if what Elijah says holds any truth at all. She walks over and slowly shakes Anja awake, nudging the ghoul with her foot.
Anja slowly awakens due to being disturbed. She jumps slightly at not seeing anything, but quickly recomposes herself with memories of the recent events. "Ah... H-hello? Christine?" Anja asks, her throat still raw from Cloud exposure.
...
"Oh, right... You can't speak..." Anja sheepishly admits.
"Don't worry about that, mutant, Christine here just wants some information about Afton and Veronica." Elijah asks through the collar for Christine. She taps her collar twice to indicate she agrees with the old man.
Anja pauses for a moment at the fact Elijah and Christine were seemingly cooperating, if it was possible her skin would be pale and clammy at the situation... "W-what do you want to know?"
Elijah grins behind the terminal as he speaks, knowing that this could potentially be a turning point for his plans. "What is Afton's current rank in the Brotherhood of Steel?"
...
Anja sheepishly rubs her hands together, "Er... None... He was exiled for stopping my execution..."
Christine crooks at brow at this, that wasn't actually out of character for Afton... He took the Codex more as guidelines than anything concrete, kinda how she and Veronica treated certain passages. Still, hearing that Afton had indeed left the Brotherhood was difficult... That also meant that Veronica was essentially in the same situation if she was travelling around with him.
Elijah continues to question her, "And, did Afton make an agreement with the NCR?"
Anja thinks for a moment before shrugging her shoulders, "I... I think negotiations fell through, but yes... He did want the NCR to capture Brotherhood members... Instead of killing them which is what would probably happen if left alone." she states, not wanting to throw Afton under the bus over a misunderstanding.
Christine stands there silently upon hearing that, trying to process how she feels about it... Elijah doesn't have such conniptions, however.
"And Veronica? Is she still a part of the Brotherhood?" he continues.
Anja chews her lip, "I-I don't know... I don't think so? Our organization isn't exactly friendly with them..." she sheepishly admits.
Elijah silently laughs to himself, "Oh? What is your organization exactly?"
...
Anja shakes her head, "If you want to know, ask Afton. You can still speak with Dean can't you? I am nothing but a scout." she states, unwilling to say anything else due to the potential for her to accidentally reveal something secret.
"Hmph, see Christine? They are not the people you were familiar with. Just strangers with ulterior motives... I wonder why they even came for you? Perhaps they need some leverage against the Brotherhood?"
Anja scowls, "Afton and Veronica aren't like that! They came to save you because you're their family! Everyone in Bulwark knows this! Don't let that old traitor tell you lies." she growls.
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Capítulo 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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