A few hours later when the sun started to dip below the horizon After was ready to head out, in his backpack was the block of C4 and the trigger was sitting in his pocket with the safety still on. He was about to step out of his office when a voice interrupts him.
"Hey, Afton, you wouldn't happen to know where all the meds have gone would you? We seem to be missing some..." Hannigan asks from behind him.
Afton's feet stop as his voice his caught in his throat, perhaps he shouldn't have looted all the meds until after the siege... But then the NCR might have seized them... "Err, you sure Eddie didn't take some again? You know how he is with the Chems." he says before turning to Hannigan.
They shake their head, "I don't mean just the Jet... Literally everything is gone, I think someones stolen it... We need to take this to Eddie and find whoever they are."
Afton slowly nods, "Yeah... Let's go do that, lead on." he gestures towards the door.
Hannigan turns to leave and is about to grab the door handle when *CLACK*
Afton hammers him in the back of the head with his revolver, causing the man to drop to the ground unconscious. In all honesty, it was probably better this way, Hannigan was one of the relatively decent Powder Gangers so him being knocked out now meant that he wouldn't be shot dead later.
He picks the man up and puts him on the bed, using the medical curtains to block anyone from looking at him. If they did they'd just assume he was sleeping again as this wasn't the first time he used the bed for himself.
Afton quickly ducked out of the room and into the courtyard, the sun had finally set and there weren't many people milling about the courtyard any longer. The only light came from the watchtowers, and those were only directed outside of the prison in-order to detect anyone approaching or leaving.
Taking a few glances around to make sure he wasn't be watched he snuck up to the North wall and shoved the block of C4 in between the metal of the gate and quickly retreating. He didn't immediately pull the trigger and activate it though, Instead he looked up at the nearest watchtower and down at the walkway leading up to it.
Again, he starts sneaking up it and eventually finds himself behind a wall where two Powder Gangers were drinking and talking to one another.
"Why the fuck doesn't Eddie let us take women back with us? Its a fucking sausage fest in this shit hole." one asks in a gruff voice.
"Mike, we barely have enough food for ourselves, let alone whatever toys you wanna bring back. Shut up and deal with it... Unless you wanna talk to Eddie."
The conversation stops there and Afton slows his rapidly beating heart before pulling out the C4 trigger... "God I hope this thing actually works." he mutters to himself as he activates it.
...
*BOOOOOM!*
After a moment the C4 finally detonates, creating a huge explosion which sends shards of metal zipping about the place, no one is hit by the shrapnel but the shock of the sudden explosion is enough to catch them off guard.
The two men in the watchtower launch themselves out of their chairs and walk to the edge of the watchtower to see what'd just happened, not noticing Afton who'd been waiting for them.
"Hah!" Afton grunts as he throws a kick at one of their backs, sending them flying off of the watchtower to the ground below, they'd either die instantly or be crippled for life when they land, so Afton activated VATS to see what the other Powder Ganger was going to do.
Time froze and he examined the man, noticing that their hand was already on their 9mm pistol strapped to their hip. Deactivating VATS Afton locks their hand in place and headbutts them, sending their cowboy hat flying off.
"GUUHK! F-Fucking bastard!" they shout and stop trying to grab their gun, instead, sending a fist at Afton's face. Both could hear guns firing but neither could lose focus on their current fight.
Afton tries to dodge but isn't quick enough due to him trying to take the man's 9mm pistol, he's hit in the cheek which immediately begins to bruise. In retaliation he palm strikes the man in the chin, causing their teeth to audibly clack together painfully.
Another fist flies for Afton's face but he successfully dodges this one, getting close and delivering a powerful elbow into the man's nose, this breaks it completely and creates a large bloody gash on their face, as well as leaving them disoriented.
Taking this chance Afton went into VATS and selected the man's head with his revolver a couple time, once activated Afton had drawn his revolver and pressed it under the man's chin in half a second. Their eye's widen at how fast this'd just occurred before the trigger is pulled.
*Bang!*
Blood and grey matter explodes out the back of their head as the drop limply to the floor. Afton quickly smashing the search light in-order to make it more difficult for the Powder Gangers to shoot at the NCR soldiers that were now advancing through the hole the C4 had made.
He tears off his Powder Ganger jacket and tosses it away, turning his attention towards the Powder Gangers on the ground trying to defend against the invaders. Glancing around the watchtower he finds a varmint rifle in semi-decent condition, luckily for him it seemed to be loaded already as he didn't have time to loot the bodies... Not to mention one of the corpses had been thrown off of the tower.
With his system-upgraded Guns skill he lifted the unfamiliar gun to his shoulder and took aim, it felt like his muscles were working on their own as he started firing at the ant-like people wearing blue jackets.
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Earlier :
Karl had just sat down and ordered a whisky from the barman, idly waiting for the signal to be given... It'd been a couple hours now and he'd just finished his second glass when an old friend sat next to him. "Meyers." he mutters in greeting.
"Karl, you doing alright?" Meyers asks as he sits, his balding black hair concealed by his desperado cowboy hat. He wore the typical Powder Ganger uniform and had a short stubble forming on his chin. The man was slightly overweight due to inactivity and drinking, but he couldn't really be blamed for that.
He'd been in the prison when people started breaking out, he chose not to participate and stayed outta the conflict. Karl had quickly made friends with the man, his pragmatic view on the world matched his own, even if he lacked the hatred for the NCR he did.
Karl nods at his question, "I'm alright, just got some things on my mind."
"Like what?" Meyers presses.
Karl shrugs, "You happy in this place? They refuse to let you go and blabber to the NCR, in exchange for you keeping quiet they booze you up and keep you fed... Is that really the life you want?" he asks his friend.
Meyers shakes his head, "No, but I don't have a choice, do I? I'll be shot if I try to leave, the drinks just make it bearable." he confirms with an almost despairing nod.
Karl orders another drink and tosses some caps at the barman, "Well, what if you had another option?"
...
Meyer leans in, "I'm listening..." he says in almost a whisper.
Karl's about to speak what an explosion causes the building they're within to shake, the bottles of alcohol placed on the shelves shuddering and causing the barman to frantically keep them from falling off.
The tremors quickly subside but Powder Gangers started rushing out of the bar in-order to see what'd just happened... Karl downs his drink casually and audibly slams it on the counter, "Hey barkeep? You wanna tip?"
The man who'd just finished steadying the bottle turns and nods with a greedy look, Karl stands and places his .44 Magnum on the man's forehead before pulling the trigger. Their head explodes and the bottles of alcohol are covered in blood as the former-ranger hops over the counter, dragging Meyers with him.
The other Powder Gangers in the room who'd not left yet immediately draw their weapons and start firing at them, Meyers looks at Karl as if he were crazy. "What have you done! We're fucked now!" he exclaims.
Karl shakes his head and removes his blue jacket, "You better take that coat off before the NCR gun you down, you gotta choose now boy. You wanna sit here doin' nothin'? Or do you wanna escape with me?"
Meyers only has to consider the offer for a moment, he tears the blue jacket off and tosses it over the counter, the jacket getting riddled with holes as the Powder Gangers reactively shoot at it. "I'll be shot if I leave now, you've not really left me with any options Karl, but I'll help you out, fuck sake." he pulls his bulky 10mm pistol and starts blindly firing over the counter.
Karl grins, "That's the spirit." he says, pulling the pin of a grenade out with his teeth before chucking it over the counter.
All the duo here is "What the fu-"*BOOM!* before the grenade goes off.
Some of the Powder Gangers barely survive the release of shrapnel, the furniture around the room allowing them to find some sort of cover from the explosive. Most are incapacitated by it however, limbs crippled, eyes pierced, and fragments cracking their skulls.
Karl uses this distraction to peak over the counter and fires two shots, each killing one of the downed Powder Gangers who were struggling to recover. He quickly had to drop back into cover however as bullet start flying towards him.
Meyer glances at him as he reloads his weapon, "You got anymore of those?"
Karl shakes his head, "Sorry to say no, I don't." he states as he picks up a bottle and tosses it over the counter while shouting "GRENADE!"
This gets the reaction he wants as he hears people scramble to get out of the way, standing and firing a few more bullets at the enemy. Meyers gets up too and they both manage to finish the rest off.
*Creaaaak*
The door leading to the front entrance of the prison slowly opens and Dawes pokes his head in anxiously. His eyes widen at the corpses of his friends and was about to run but finds himself incapable... His mind is blown, literally, as shards of bone and greymatter coat the door as his head explodes.
Karl blows the smoke away from the barrel of his magnum and walks over to Cobb, rifling through his pocket until he finds the key to the door. He'd need this to lock the entrance in-case the guys who left to ambush the 'mystery NCR caravan' came back due to the commotion. No doubt they'd be able to hear that explosion, even Sloan might've heard it.
He drags the body inside and locks the door, looking to Meyers and nodding, "Let's go, sounds like the fighting's still going on, we're in position to flank the Powder Gangers so let's get to it before we miss out." he explains before heading for the backdoor.
The duo dip out and are greeted by the sight of upturned tables and Powder Gangers hiding behind them for cover while NCR soldiers fire at them. The tables weren't thick enough to stop bullets but were only used to block line of sight.
Karl could see a few people dropping dead and noticed that it was Afton who was responsible, the kid firing at them from the nearby watchtower. Afton sends a wave at him before continuing to fire.
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