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Bab 182: What's a King without a crown? Or a head...

Try as he might, Afton couldn't get any of the Kings to listen to him. Their adrenaline was pumping and they were driven by a misguided sense of justice... Or was it revenge? Either way, there was only one way this could end. It was whether or not Afton could salvage whatever relationship the Kings had left with the NCR...

If the Kings were left to their devices they'd eventually be wiped out, not without dealing a huge amount of damage to the NCR on the other side though. After this, the NCR would probably regroup and create a task force to deal with the rest of the Kings.

After that, they'd take control of Freeside and try to police it themselves... And fail spectacularly due to their severe lack of man-power. The Legion was still knocking on their doors, and they had no resources to expend on governing Freeside.

Of course, there was another option... Though, Afton wasn't sure if it was the correct decision to make, or indeed if he had to make it... He shakes his head and activates VATS, needing more time to decide.

While time is frozen he goes over the probable results of whatever actions he'd take... He already had semi-good relations with Emory, and he was still technically employed by the King. Afton was the only person who could deal with this 'properly'.

Afton stops VATS and drawn Lucky from its holster, pointing it at the back of one of the King's heads.

*BANG!*

The man drops like a drunk fly, though due to the continual sound of gunshots no one else seemed to notice.

*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

[John Wick Style is in effect]

Afton had emptied his revolver into the Kings, and only now had some of them noticed that their friends were dying. They quickly turned around to engage him but found themselves looking down the barrel of That Gun.

*BANG!*

His bullet passed through the King's skull, causing them to drop the 9mm submachine gun they were using. The other Kings immediately opened fire on him but he agilely threw himself over some concrete rubble, the enemy bullets kicking up dust as they missed him.

"DAMN TRAITOR!" a King shouts as he runs up to his cover, not realising that Afton wasn't someone to be trifled with, especially by a raged fueled wannabe-gangster.

They jump on top of the rubble and points their gun over it in search of Afton, unfortunately, his new Perk [Blur], had allowed him to almost vanish momentarily. The King was shocked to find Afton pulling him by his throat over the cover, That Gun pressed in his mouth as he squeezed the trigger.

*BANG!*

The NCR had stopped firing by now, not having a clue at what was going on. The Kings had suddenly stopped engaging them and there seemed to be a fight happening on their side. They continued to fortify their position in-case this lull in combat abruptly ended.

Afton himself was struggling to get a shot in, there were around thirty Kings who'd all turned their attention to him, peppering his cover with an egregious amount of lead. Surely they'd run out eventually, right?

Using [Blur] he sneaks a small distance away from where he'd been hiding and pops his head up momentarily while using VATS.

The Kings had hidden themselves in between some buildings in the alleyways that'd block line of sight from him and the NCR watchtower. There were a few hiding behind some ruined pre-war vehicles as well, though, Afton had just the thing for that.

Stopping VATS and reaching behind him, he equips his Anti-Material rifle and loads it, putting one slightly different bullet in his mouth for quick access. The Kings were still shooting his previously known position, attempting to suppress him from moving... If he were anyone else they'd have succeeded... Unfortunately.

*BANG!!!!*

They'd started a fight they weren't going to finish. His rifle explodes like an angry thunder god as his .50 calibre bullet easily tears through the pre-war vehicle's metal doors. Striking a King in their chest as they fall to the ground missing a huge portion of their chest and lungs.

Afton fires again at the other King hiding behind the same car, the bullet hitting the chassis and diverting its trajectory, missing the target... It wasn't all bad though, the pieces hit by the bullet turned into pseudo-shrapnel and peppered the man all over his body, pieces striking him in the throat and causing him to go down too.

The Kings had located his current position and started firing again, only for Afton to load his 'special' bullet. He aims at an alleyway containing five or six Kings and fires, not at them, but at the wall behind them.

*BANG!!*

*KABOOM!*

The bullet explodes on contact and instantly kills one of the Kings standing nearby the wall, their body looking like a red-water balloon as it implodes. That's not all though, the debris from the destroyed wall injures a few of the others, and the building begins to creak as the rest of the structure struggles to retain its stability.

The Kings aren't able to get away fast enough as the entire thing collapses on top of them, if the weren't dead from the impact, they'd suffocate under the rubble... All in all, the former option would be preferable.

Upon seeing Afton's brutal dismantlement of their forces, the other Kings immediately start shouting to surrender. Throwing their weapons towards him and dropping to their knee's in hopes that they'd be spared.

Afton wasn't a fool though, he didn't trust them at all and knew one would likely try to shoot him in the back. "TOSS YOUR WEAPONS AWAY AND CRAWL TOWARDS MY POSITION IF YOU WANT TO LIVE! IF I SEE A WEAPON ON YOU I'LL EXECUTE YOU LIKE I DID THE OTHERS!" he shouts, wanting those that'd surrendered to get out of the way in-case more wanted to fight.


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Bab 183: Pulling the finger out...

The surrendered Kings slowly crawled towards Afton on their stomach's like limbless seals, he looked over each one with an inquiring eye to see if they had any weapons stashed away while still sitting warily behind his cover.

It took a while for all of the Kings to reach his position, but once they had he stuck he head out again to check for any more hostiles... He couldn't see any, so they'd either fled or were no longer living in the first place

Afton stands and hefts his Anti-Material rifle on his shoulder while strolling to the bus stop where the Kings had been shooting at the NCR from. "You lot don't move until I sort this shit out..." he states.

He holds his hand up as he becomes visible to the watchtower, waving at them and making broad gestures for them to come to his location. It wasn't long before Emory and a small squadron of NCR soldiers jogged towards him, guns at the ready.

"Colour me surprised Afton, but I hadn't expected you to do... This." Emory gestures towards the dead Kings before then glancing to the surrendered ones. "Before we do anything else it'd be in our best interests to speak with the King."

A woman with a strict face, dirty brown hair standing beside Emory shakes her head with a scowl, "We already tried that sir, my men were almost killed in return. I say we end this farce and get rid of the rest of these thugs."

"I know you dislike them Major Kieran, but it is clear this was... Not in the King's control. After all, he did hire someone to deal with the problem internally. A bit late but better than never." he states, sending a quiet look to Afton.

Afton just nods at his words, wondering why the man wished to form a relationship with the Kings so badly... Perhaps he saw the many benefits that could sprout from it? "Yes, the King wanted me to stop the conflict and prevent further deaths. It is unfortunate my hand was forced today, but I think from the smoke and ashes, something new could be built." he says, his Speech skill giving him pointers and flowery words to get Major Kieran more malleable to his suggestions...

"Well... I suppose if you put it like that-" just as she says this her eyes widen suddenly, focusing on something behind Afton.

Spotting this he quickly uses VATS, turning around as time is stopped and see's what the problem was... A King had somehow managed to slip in a tiny single-shot pistol and was currently pointing it at Afton. The bullet likely wouldn't be able to break through his skull, but if shot into his neck or in any of the delicate area's of his head, it'd cripple or likely even kill.

He breathes a sigh before deactivating VATS, quickly turning and pushes his forearm into its line of fire. He couldn't dodge as Emory and Major Kieran were behind him, so instead he'd just take the bullet.

*Bang!*

Afton grunts as he feels the small bullet pass through his flesh, luckily not penetrating through all of his muscle and hitting someone else. He didn't stop moving, however, immediately tossing his Anti-Material rifle to the floor and launching himself at the hostile King.

Their single-shot pistol had already been used up and they hadn't expected the sudden melee assault. Afton fist buries itself into their face, and it would've broken their nose... Had it not already been broken... Ah, Pacer.

Continuing, he sweeps his legs and drops an elbow on their chest, winding the man as he splutters to suck oxygen back into his body. Afton ignores the blood seeping out of his arm and searches his body a second time, tossing away the single-use postil as well as a small pocket knife he hadn't noticed. "Fucker." he growls.

"Jesus, you alright?" Emory asks as he walks over, placing a foot on Pacer to make sure he stays down.

Afton nods, "Yeah, just a flesh wound." he says, holding up his arm... The bullet had barely passed through the thick material of his Recon armour, Pacer had managed to somehow get it between the steel plates armouring it, but the bullet still hadn't gone all that deep. "Still, I think we might've found the one who started this mess. Ain't that right Pacer?"

"F-fuck you!" he spits at him, though it doesn't go far due to how winded he is.

Afton just cracks his knuckles, the sunlight washing over him was already healing his wound, but he felt the need to pay this guy back for the pain he'd caused him. "If you don't wanna talk, I have a few ways of breaking someone. Do you need your limbs? Oh, maybe I could tear your testicles off with my bike." he says with a sadistic grin.

"Hang on, we don't torture people! Protocol dictate-" Kieran tries to interfere but is interrupted.

Afton just shakes his head at her, "Those employed by the NCR can't torture people, prisoners are guaranteed a right of care after all. But I'm not one of you, right?"

Upon hearing this Pacer shivers, he'd already heard of Afton's actions towards the two slavers in Westside. "W-wait!... I started this, those pansy soldier boys were rifling in on our turf, you expect me not to do somethin'?" he says as if Afton would understand.

Afton pulls a knife from his belt and spins it a couple times, tossing it in the air and catching it in different places. "Thanks for the confession, but I still need some payback for getting shot." he says, grabbing the man's arm and pushing the knife against Pacer's right trigger finger.

Before he's even able to beg, Afton breaks the bone and efficiently cuts the finger off. Causing Pacer to shout and hold his bleeding hand to his chest.

Afton looks at the Emory and Major Kieran before pocketing the finger after covering it in some fabric, "Alright, he's all your now. I'll go speak with the King to arrange a meetup... You guys got anywhere specific? Maybe it'd be better if you went to him... As a show of trust."


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