章 340: Death of a loved one...

Motor-Runner had just begun to give vague orders to his men, most of which were basically telling them to charge at the NCR and take control of the trench by any means necessary... He was charismatic, and everyone was getting hyped at the idea of finally escaping, unfortunately, charisma can only take you so far, and doesn't seem to affect bullets at all.

*Pew!*

*CRACK!*

The sound of a barely audible silenced weapon going off is followed by a loud impact where the bullet had hit... Everyone's eyes were drawn towards their leader however, watching as the man barely registered the huge hole penetrating his chest.

Motor-Runner looks down and coughs up some blood, tracing the wound with his hands before finally falling over backwards, dead.

...

"SNIPER!"

"FUCK!"

"WE'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD!"

"GAME OVER MAN! IT'S GAME OVER!"

"THE NCR DID THIS!"

"YEAH!" x30

"FUCK THE NCR!"

"YEAH!!" x90

"KILL THEM ALL!"

"YEEAAAAAHHHHHH!" x230

The enraged crowd immediately charges out of the building with weapons raised, heading directly for the NCR encampment. To be honest, Afton wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing... He thought they might try to run away after their leader was killed, but apparently he'd just stoked the flames of hatred instead.

"Fuck." he mutters, grabbing his shit and quickly heading to the ground floor to attack the force from the back.

Back at the trenches, the rest of the NCR forces were already ready and waiting for the Fiend assault. So most weren't surprised when a stream of enemies started sprinting from the ruined buildings and towards them.

Immediately bullets start flying from either side. The Fiends had the numerical advantage, but the NCR were firmly entrenched and were incredibly difficult to actually hit, especially while the Fiends were running.

Karl was shooting directly at the building's chokepoint where most Fiends were coming from with his LMG, while Boone was picking off those that were using better weapons than the others. Anja, who didn't have much experience in warfare as the other two, simply sprayed her Submachine gun at the Fiends nearest to her position, managing to kill quite a few.

It was only Boone who could see Fiends at the back of the group dropping dead, he could spot Afton flanking and attack them from behind with his revolvers.

*ARF! ARF!*

Dog-meat barks at the enemy while trying to leap over the trench to fight them, Anja tries to hold the Cyberdog back, but is surprised at the sheer strength of it. She loses her grip and it charges the Fiends, taking a few hits to its mechanical parts but shrugs them off regardless.

"WOOF!!"

Anja and the rest of the trench are all shocked when the Cyber dog barks at the enemy, producing a visible sonic wave that launches quite a few Fiends off of their feet, and into many more behind them.

Dog-meat doesn't stop there however, leaping into the group and beginning to tear apart any who are unlucky enough to get into melee range. A few Fiends try to fight it off with machetes and bats, but find that the animals metal teeth and claws are the superior weapon.

Afton drops Lucky back into its holster after unloading all of its ammo, reaching to his chest to grab the Sonic Emitter. He makes sure [Meltdown] is deactivated before he starts firing, each person hit with the weapon literally have their body's disintegrate into a red puddle.

There were even a few unlucky ones who got 'crit', exploding into red mist and killing a few of their allies who happened to be standing nearby. It's only when half the Fiend forces were killed that they noticed Afton.

Some tried to charge him, but the rest decided that getting control of the trench was way more important. It was only when a quarter of them remained that they finally reached the trench, Fiends leaping inside and beginning to slice, bash, and blindly shoot at the unprepared NCR soldiers.

The men simply weren't trained for this sort of melee combat, allowing the Fiends to easily butcher their way through the trenches. Anja and Boone retreat to Karl's position along with a few other soldiers who were more intelligent than the rest.

The Fiends attempted to go through the trench to attack them, but tripped a trap Karl had set up previously, having expected this kind of outcome.

*BOOM!*

The explosion shakes the trench, fiery death travelling through it and killing quite a few Fiends. Soon enough there were only a few of each force left. The only remaining NCR were the one's who'd gathered with Karl, and the last Fiends were the ones currently scavenging the NCR corpses for better weapons and ammo.

Afton himself had already finished off the Fiends who' come for him, and quickly started making his way back to the trench. He was pretty worried if he were honest... Dirt-Bird was still inside!... Yeah, it was callous, but he knew Karl, Boone, and Anja would be fine, they were made of tougher shit than most people.

So, he headed towards where Dirt-Bird was last placed, looking down at the trench and spotting his bike blasting Fiends with lasers... He thought that it'd be fine, but was proven wrong with a Fiend charged the bike with a grenade in hand. He was shot in the throat and drops dead on top of it, but the grenade was still live.

*BOOM!*

"NO! MY FUCKING BIKE!" Afton roars out, shooting any visible Fiends and jumping down to the fiery pit to check if it was recoverable...

Though, the only thing he could find is melted metal and for some reason, the head of the Protectron he'd used as a makeshift anti-thief-machine. He growls and tosses it away, converting his indignation at losing his bike into anger for the Fiends. "YOU GUYS ARE DONE FOR!"