As the walkway falls towards Afton he barely dodges it by hopping backwards. This doesn't achieve much however as Patient Zero simply swipes the walkway with its tentacles, managing to clip Afton and smashing him through one of the building's deteriorating walls. Almost falling down the cliff before luckily catching himself.
[Grit is in effect]
He shakes his head to rid the disorientation and gets to his feet, he coughs slightly from having the air forced from his lungs but regains his breath quickly.
*Thunk, Thunk, Thunk*
Every step Patient Zero makes sounds like a tree being felled and hitting the floor, its sheer weight making even blind creatures aware of when it's moving. Afton glances up and sees the monster slowly approaching, it's tentacles prepared to stab and grab at him.
He unconsciously shuffles back slightly but reaches the very end of the cliff, glancing backwards at the large drop that doesn't seem survivable in the least. Not having much other choice, he draws the LAER and starts firing a spray of tri-beam lasers at it.
Most lasers actually hit the target, but only seem to burn some of the bark instead of actually piercing deeper or doing any true damage. Patient Zero grunts slightly with each impact but doesn't seem injured at all.
Using VATS, he freezes time and looks around for anything he may be able to use against the monster. There isn't much up there in all honesty, aside from the building which is inhabited by Patient Zero and a number of Spore Plants. The only exit, the walkway, had been destroyed moments ago, making leaving rather difficult.
If Afton had a larger area to fight the monster, he was sure he'd be able to kill it fairly easily, but unfortunately, he was at risk of being torn limb from limb the longer he stayed within tentacle length of it.
After looking around for a while he finally spots some outcroppings where the walkway had been... Perhaps he could hop down and escape this place?
Resuming time, he dodges sideways to avoid some tentacles while drawing his Inversal axe, slicing cleanly through them and causing Patient Zero to growl in annoyance or maybe pain? He sprints towards the drop where the outcroppings were and attempts to jump... Only to find a tentacle wrapping around his ankle, pulling him into the air and slamming him against everything solid.
"FUUUUUCK!" Afton shouts as he's bashed against the canyon walls, the metal of the building, many of the roots around the place, and even the ground. He tries to escape the tentacles grip with strength alone, the damage he was taking boosting his [Grit], and in combination with [Solar Powered] he had around 16 Strength now.
Still, it wasn't enough to pry himself from its grasp, he attempted to cut away the tentacle with his Inversal axe but after cutting it, found another grabbing the same spot. After a few moments of being slammed around, Afton grabs a root and resists the tentacles pull, his muscles straining in the contest of strength.
He manages to wrap his legs around the root to keep hold while aiming his LAER at one of the Spore Plants around Patient Zero... He was quite a distance away, but he was willing to waste all of his ammunition on this task.
It's awkward to fire the rifle with one hand, but he's forced to regardless, he fires many, many shots towards them. Eventually clipping the stem of a Spore Plant.
*BOOM!*
Plasma explodes from the creature as [Meltdown] activates, incinerating it, and a few nearby Spore Plants, causing a chain reaction which envelopes Patient Zero entirely. The tentacle holding Afton's leg drop off lifelessly, and he quickly climbs down from where he was holding on for dear life.
He doesn't even take a second glance at the dust cloud caused by the explosion as he jumps down to the outcropping to reach the canyon passage below, hopefully never having to see Patient Zero again.
Once Afton reaches the canyon passage below, he falls into some deep foliage that'd somehow been growing down here, despite the lack of sunlight.
He unconsciously releases a deep growl at being caught in yet more plants. Activating his Inversal axe and slashing it all around him, destroying many saplings, bushes, and even some hidden enemies that'd been hiding.
After his short reign of destruction had ended, he huffed and sucked in air, glancing around at the small area cleared of plants. "I really, fucking hate plants..." he mutters.
*SMASH!*
Afton looks up to see what the sound is and noticed many stones falling from the cliff wall towards him. He avoids them and tries to see what'd caused it, grimacing when he spots tentacles thrashing around up where he'd left Patient Zero... Apparently, it wasn't as dead as he'd thought.
He bites the inside of his cheek and decides on a 'strategic retreat', when really meant, running away and coming back later with the biggest flamethrower he could find.
Despite his dislike of plants, his fear of Patient Zero allowed him to quickly make his way through the jungle-like canyon passage. He was forced to kill many creatures on the way, Spore Plants, Spore Carriers (presumably from unfortunately Lobotomites), and other mutated strains that'd infected plants. He even saw a mutated potato plant that shot rock-hard potatoes... Yeah, the Irish would love that thing, but not Afton.
Eventually, after much trouble, he made his way out of the fungus infested zone, inwardly celebrating at escaping in one piece, despite the injuries he'd sustained by Patient Zero... His ankle, back, neck, and arms were incredibly sore, though now that he was back in the sunlight they'd be slowly repairing themselves.
Just to make sure though, "Nyx, could you give me a stim to help my injures?"
"I'll begin treatment." Nyx says, speaking for the first time since he found himself in the fungus infested region. Perhaps she was upset at not being useful at all in the battle?
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After his harrowing experience with Patient Zero, Afton was more than happy with the slight reprieve he found walking through the abandoned passageways leading to the Forbidden Dome. It was actually quite peculiar, the large red crystals sprouting from the ground must serve some sort of purpose, but he couldn't actually think of one.
Once he'd dealt with Mobius he would be sure to conduct some research on them. Whatever properties they have, he definitely wanted to take advantage of it, especially considering their apparent abundance here.
The peace didn't last long however, soon enough Nyx warned him of enemies up ahead. He dropped into a crouch and slowly made his way forwards, eventually spotting what looked like a large tunnel entrance with X-42 written on the wall.
This is most likely the Forbidden Dome, and his suspicions were only encouraged by the small army of Robo-Scorpions patrolling out the front. He was tempted to just blast them with the Sonic Emitter and let the explosion take care of them, but knew that'd likely collapse the Forbidden Dome entrance.
"Any ideas, Nyx?" he quietly asks.
"Sneak past them."
"Yeah, that's not going to happen... Remember last time? And the time before that? Their proximity sensors are the bane of my existence. Though, you have given me an idea..." he mutters, glancing behind him at the large crystal formations.
He retrieves his Anti-Material rifle from his back and takes aim after loading an Explosive round into it. The explosion wouldn't be as large as a chain reaction [Meltdown] would be, so he felt more confident controlling how much damage it'd do. He aims at a cluster of Robo-Scorpions that were walking in some-sort of formation and fires.
*BOOM!*
A fiery explosion lights up as around eight robots are either destroyed or crippled. Afton loads another and fires again, immediately afterwards getting to his feet and running towards the crystal formation. The Robo-Scorpions probably hot on his tail by now.
Using his maxed out Agility and [Masterful Movement], he's able to quickly climb the crystals, jumping from one to another. The Stealth suit boots and gloves provided him enough grip to scale to crystals without slipping. Eventually, he made it to the top of the canyon, looking down at the small army of Robo-Scorpions streaming towards his previous position.
Knowing he didn't have much time, he ran to the opposite side of the peak and started sliding down into another canyon passage. Once on the floor, sneaking towards the relatively empty Forbidden Dome entrance. There were still a few Robo-Scorpions milling about, but they didn't last long as he charged them with his Inversal axe.
One he'd killed the few remaining he quickly headed towards the entrance, getting out the device Klein had handed him and entering through the now raised doors. He was slightly worried that the Robo-Scorpions would attack him from behind once they noticed he was inside. But this proved false as the door slammed shut behind him.
"MWHAHAHAHA! You have entered my forbidden zone DOME! THERE WILL BE NO ESCAPE FOR YOU! And once you have been taken apart and rendered for materials, the Think Tank is next!" Mobius shouts maniacally over the intercom.
Afton smirks, "I'm not trapped here with you... You're trapped here with me!" he loudly retorts, thanking whatever gods allowed this situation to happen for the opportunity.
"Ha... Ooohhh, that was actually rather frightening... Could we tone this down a little bit? Wait, let me just..." Mobius mutters, leaving for a moment before coming back, "THAT'S BETTER! Your feeble words won't move me! MY FINAL DEFENCE WILL END YOU SWIFTLY!"
"Final defence? Pfft, yeah? What's that gonna be? A few more Robo-Scorpions?"
...
"YES!"
Afton palms his face, is this guy for real? He walks through the hallway of the Forbidden Dome and eventually exits into a humungous room. In the middle is the largest robot he'd ever seen. "Oh, so this is what he meant..." Afton mutters as he glares at the Giant Robo-Scorpion.
It looked identical to the other's he'd fought thus far, the only obvious exception being its size. It must have weighed tons, and that huge laser tail it possessed didn't look friendly at all. It seemed to be deactivated, but who knows how long that'll las-
"ATTACK MY BRILLIANT CREATION! ATTACK AND EXTERMINATE THIS PEST!"
*BrrrrRRRRRRR!*
The sound of many generators activating occurs as lightning rods hanging from the ceiling above the Robo-Scorpion shoot blue arcs down at it. This is apparently enough as he immediately starts moving, its massive claws clacking while its tail points in his direction.
"Oh, shi-" Afton leaps out of the way, into one of the many metal-reinforced bunkers littered around the place. He's surprised when it isn't a laser that's fired out of the Scorpions tail, no, instead it's a massive ball of energy that shakes the entire room when it hits.
The shockwave washes over Afton, but he takes no actual damage... Instead, his Pipboy bursts to life, immediately clicking to indicate the presence of high levels of radiation.
[Atomic! is in effect]
Afton glanced at the part of the wall that'd been struck by the ball of energy, it looked as if the metal was slowly melting. Despite the attack having ended. He knew if he got hit by it he'd been instantly incinerated...
Fortunately, the Robo-Scorpion appeared to need a few seconds to charge up another shot. Giving Afton time to think about how to properly move next. He uses VATS to extend this duration indefinitely.
Now that he was able to get a better look around the massive chamber, he saw many small buildings similar to the one he was in now. There was a single terminal in the one he was currently in, meaning the others would likely have similar things as well. Though, first, he'd need to check the terminal to see if anything useful would be on it.
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