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Bab 321: His Think Tank

Klein's seems to be trying to glare a hole through Afton's head, but due to his 'colleagues' interference, his sawblades and scalpels halt to a stop... Temporarily at least. "VERY WELL... WHAT IS THIS. FAVOUR?" He asks, the rest of the Think Tank turning towards Afton.

Afton shrugs, "I actually think you'd all be happy with it... I want to use my favour to become the leader of the Think Tank-

"WHAT!? ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Klein shouts before Afton's able to explain himself.

"Shut your loud, fucking, mouth Klein! Let me finish before you start another temper tantrum!" Afton growls out, the scientist quickly going silent, even despite his reluctant murmurings. "As Dr. 8 said earlier, I am well versed in all kinds of scientific subjects, but that is not one of the reasons you should want me in charge... As you all already know, I am from outside the 'known world' you call Big Mt, I have knowledge of the regions and know much about the apocalyptic wasteland that you all would find difficult to gather.

America is not what it once was, most of it is covered in mutated monsters, 15ft Deathclaws that can cut through most metal with ease, swarms of Cazador's that'd devour a person before their corpse hit the ground, Supermutants created by the FEV virus that roam the wastes killing and eating anything they come across... The wasteland is not a friendly place, and I highly doubt that any of you would live more than a month out there.

But! That doesn't mean I cannot bring the wasteland to you! I have a goal, a goal that requires the aid of the smartest minds this world has to offer, where else would I look then here, among you all. Together, we could truly create something brilliant, instead of merely being a group of knockoff mad-scientists that only harm humanity with their creations." he says, emphasizing the fact that the robots would likely be torn apart outside of the crater... Afton actually believed that to be the case as well, even if the mutated creatures didn't get them, the wasteland governments certainly would.

"Bring the wasteland to us?" Dala asks curiously, "Would that include subjects for me to use my tools on?... Human subjects."

Afton manages to stop a scowl from appearing on his face, instead, sending a friendly smile, "I would be willing to send you any deserving criminal to you, in fact, I think whatever experiments you'll conduct on them are more fitting than just a simple death sentence."

"OOOoooo, please do, the fighters are always the best subjects." Dala says, and Afton's ears tingle unpleasantly at her voice.

"But what will we do here? The place is barely operational as it is, most materials we have were transported from the outside in, and since the trains and tunnels are gone that doesn't seem a likely place to start..." Dr. Zero asks.

"Why, just use robots... There are enough robots here in Big Mt to be used as a workforce. Just send them out of the crater to gather materials." Afton explains.

"But the power needed for something like that is far beyond what we are currently capable of... Though, maybe if we stopped using forcefields for everything we'd be a little better off..."

"THE FORCEFIELDS ARE THE MARVEL OF OUR COLLECTIVE SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS! WE MUST DISPLAY THEM WHEREVER WE CAN!" Klein says, clearly proud of their creation. Afton couldn't blame him either, they were incredibly advanced for their current level of tech.

Afton crosses his arms and hums to himself, "I think I may have a way to fix that issue... Are you all aware of the existence of ghouls, specifically the Glowing Ones." he asks.

Borous and Dala nod their monitors at him, "Strange creatures, what were once humans are now mindless, radioactive beasts. But what use could they be? Aside from interesting test subjects." Dala asks.

Afton grins, "Well, I recently found that Glowing ghouls could be used as energy sources... They are somehow able to produce a seemingly unending amount of radiation, so with enough gathered we'd be able to power whatever we want, whenever we want. I'm not even sure if they require food or not..."

"That... That might work. I have only observed such creatures from afar, none ever seem able or willing to enter the crater, unfortunately, but if what you're saying is true... This would solve the problem of our reactors slow degradation!" Borous says, somewhat excitedly at the idea.

Afton nods, "I want to fix up Big Mt, these destroyed and desolate laboratories hold no place among us any longer. We'll scrap those unable, and repair the ones that are. It will likely be a monumental effort, but I think this could be the beginning of a new age of scientific discovery and innovation... So, what do you say? Will you take me as your leader, or will you... Go against me." he growls out the last part to emphasize just how bad an idea that would be.

"I'm all in, centuries of basically doing nothing under Klein has proven we might need a new perspective. You're all good with me Lobotomite!" Zero happily agrees, though whether this is because of his dislike of Klein or faith in Afton is unknown.

"*I believe in Mr. Parker here... Besides, we can always decide later if this doesn't work out.*"

Afton nods, "I'll even throw in the data of my brain extraction... Once everything is sorted, I think putting you guys back into human, or if you dislike that idea, stronger robotic bodies would be a boon for everyone involved." he says, and notices Dala perk up at that.

"I am in agreement." Borous states.

That just leaves Klein... Everyone present turns to focus on him, they all knew Klein held massive pride in his position and ability. With the majority wanting to side with Afton, there was only two options for him... Join, or die.

...

"FINE! BUT MARK MY WORDS LOBOTOMITE, I WILL INTERVENE SHOULD I SEE THE THINK TANK SLIDING INTO DESTRUCTION." Klein reluctantly agrees.

Afton nods, "That's fine... I don't want to lead unfeeling robots after all, you all have your own initiative, if you feel I am doing something wrong then don't hesitate to bring it up with me... However, there will be rules..." he states.


PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA
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Bab 322: Payback.

*BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!*

The ear wrenching sound of gunfire could be heard across the whole of Zion, as the Burned Man, Joshua Grahm leads the Sorrows and Dead Horse tribe into battle against the White Legs. They are currently trying to fight their way through the canyon passage leading to Three Marys Caverns.

The White Legs had already been residing in this place for a significant amount of time. Enough so that they'd created many fortifications to stop any kind of frontal assault. Due to this and the layout of Zion itself, most considered it to be impenetrable...

Tamia and Veronica had joined this battle as well, even with Daniel, the leader of the Sorrows begging them not to. He wished to try and flee Zion with the maps the duo had provided, and wished to peacefully exit without causing more bloodshed. However, both Tamia and Veronica had agreed with Joshua, in that trying to escape Zion without either completely crushing or crippling the White Legs would result in catastrophic losses.

As such, they stood beside Joshua as the bullets started flying, both retaliating with equal if not greater force. Weaponry in Zion had been somewhat lacking due to their rather primitive ways, but Joshua had managed to scavenge and outfit most of the Dead Horses and Sorrows with .45 Auto-Pistols, and .45 Submachine guns.

Both Tamia and Veronica were slightly shocked at the ferocity Joshua fought with... He was light a tornado of bullets, brutally massacring any who dared cross him. The White Legs seemed to be in a similar situation as well, as whenever they were forced to fight him, they shouted things like 'DEMON!' or 'KUNA-MAN'.

Unfortunately, the Sorrows and Dead Horses weren't as experienced or skilled in this kind of fighting, more used to melee combat as opposed to modern ballistics. The White Legs fortified positions allowed them to easily kill most who approached, in fact, the only reason the attacking force was gaining any ground whatsoever is because Joshua was cutting a line straight through them.

Tamia and Veronica were no slouches either though, they'd found themselves in some of the side caves that interweaved throughout the cavern passage, some even leading to higher positions were the White Legs were firing from.

"HAH!" Tamia roars as she brings her axe down towards an enemy, cutting their arm clean off as they try to point their weapon towards her. With her other hand she points her .45 Pistol and gives a bullet lobotamization which instantly kill them.

Nearby Veronica has been hiding amongst the rocks, awaiting the reinforcements which intended to attack Tamia, once they passed her position she jumps out, punching one in the back of their head with her powerfist. This literally causes their head to explode in red mist, the unfortunate persons eyeballs flying out and striking the person ahead in the back.

If they hadn't heard the sound of their friends head breaking apart like a dropped melon, the eyes would've keyed them to the problem. Veroncia doesn't wait for them to react though, barreling forwards and slamming her foot against the back of one of their knees, causing them to tumble to the floor as she punches the person next to them.

*CRACK!!*

They'd just turned to face her when they got hit, their head wrenching side with their neck loudly snapping. This isn't a Looney toons cartoon however, and someone's next twisting 180 degrees isn't something you can recover from.

By they time ther mangled body hits the floor, Veronica had crushed the third and last person attempting to help against Tamia's axe-rampage.

Veronica flicks her fist to rid her weapon of the blood covering it... *Bang!*, a bullet flies past her head, and a body dropping behind her signals that it wasn't intended for her.

"Get your head in the game, there's still a shit-load of them to deal with." Tamia says, blowing the smoke from her pistol.

"Would you, well I don't know, give me a warning instead of almost shooting me in the face?" Veronica retorts sarcastically

Tamia shakes her head and suddenly points behind Veronica "LOOK OUT!"

Veronica spins but doesn't see anyone aside from the person had just shot...

"There, I did it. Slightly late but you can't get everything you asked for." Tamia says, walking past and over the corpse to reach the tunnel exit.

"You're soooo funny. When this is over, I'm definitely getting payback." Veronica mutters, giving the corpse a kick before following her companion.

The duo continued fighting through the White Legs, occasionally receiving injuries but nothing that could be considered life-threatening.

Soon enough, they managed to get to the area where Joshua was fighting, but before they and the other troops caught up a massive explosion occurs. This causes the upper part of the canyon to collapse, completely blocking off access to where Joshua is.

"Fuck!" Tamia growls, still hearing the fighting from the other side. Quickly she looks around, eventually finding a cave that may or may not lead to where they need to go... Without much other choice, she leads the remaining warriors through it.

Inside they came across more White Legs, but these ones seemed to also be setting up explosives, probably to block off this entrance as well. They hadn't been expected a veritable army to suddenly appear in their midst though.

The Sorrows and Dead Horses easily kill all White Legs inside. Tamia and Veronica eventually reach the exit, but what they see before them is quite surprising... Joshua was standing behind three bound White Legs captives with his weapon drawn, all of them looking absolutely terrified.

Joshua doesn't hold anything back, instantly killing two of them before he leans down next to the last. "We warned you at Syracuse, Salt-Upon-Wounds. Yet you persisted. You took advantage of us at New Canaan to drive us out, and like the dogs of Caeser you are, you followed us to Zion.

And now you stand on holy ground, a temple to god's glory on Earth. But the only use for an animal in our temple is sacrifice!... Kale watcha nei conserva ho! You understand me, don't you? Don't you!?" he growls, his scarred and burned visage behind the bandages matching brutal and determined soul.

The bound man, Salt-Upon-Wounds looks up at Tamia and Veronica with utter dread in his eyes, "Y-you! H-help! Kuna-man mad! He kill all White Legs! You talk! You stop!" he begs in broken English.

Tamia scoffs but Veronica looks slightly sympathetic, she knew of the atrocities these people have committed. But she was still pretty reluctant to utterly wipe them out... Genocide wasn't something she wished to be apart of.

"I-" She starts but is interrupted as Tamia steps forwards, grabbing the man and digging her fingers into his cheeks.

"You who rapes, pillages, and murders wish for mercy? I don't know whether this funny, or just sad." Tamia quietly says, giving a hard back-hand to his face, almost causing him to lose his balance and fall onto his side. "Do you remember when we first arrived in Zion? We were ambushed by your men, killing my friends and employer... It doesn't matter if you don't, just know that I consider this... Payback." she states, holstering her pistol and holding her axe high.

"Wait don't-" Veronica tries, attempting to find some other option but is already too late.

*SLASH!* *Thud*

Tamia beheads the man in one swift swing, the ugly face rolling across the sand and eventually coming to a stop in the shallow stream nearby, the blood pooling from it colouring the water red.


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