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Capítulo 433: Unwanted Observations

Afton had been completely unaware of the attack on Novac while he was in Big Mt. The only reason he'd been alerted to it was that Glados had detected damage to her 'observation unit', better known as Dogmeat.

A quick teleportation and he was once again inside Novac, immediately he was greeted by many weapons pointed at him, the Novac soldiers were all on edge and were waiting for some more intruders to face.

Afton just crosses his arms and glares at them, "There better be a good reason you're pointing those things at me." he growls out, causing the men to halt.

Fortunately, Daisy walks over with an angry look and smacks a couple soldiers on the back of their heads, "What do you think you're doing? Go on, get back to work!" she says before turning to Afton, "Welcome back... Has anyone told you about last nights events yet?" she asks.

Afton shakes his head, "No, explain it to me... And where's Dogmeat?"

Daisy gestures for him to follow her as she begins explaining the events the night prior. She explains that the Mercenaries were here to kill Afton or someone close to him, judging by their attempts to gain access to the apartments.

Afton had expected something like this to happen, but was sure the security of Novac was good enough to block most attempts... Somehow a few got through though... He would've laughed their attempts off had they not killed many people, and he certainly wasn't laughing when he saw the state Dogmeat was in.

The Cyberdog was missing a leg and had scorch marks covering it, blackened spots on its metal components with burns on its organic ones. Dogmeat whimpers as he kneels down next to it to examine its injuries, but Afton wasn't really sure what weapon would cause something like this...

Glados was helping examine its systems and reported that some of its nerves had been fried, something a flamethrower wouldn't usually do... After a couple minutes, Glados eventually just tells him to transport Dogmeat to Big Mt so she can get it repaired or replaced.

Afton nods to himself and does so, teleporting Dogmeat back so Borous, Dala, Glados and the other robots could help fix Dogmeat... Hopefully, he wouldn't have to be replaced, Dogmeat had been a 'good boy' as far as he was concerned.

After seeing to Dogmeat he looks for his companions and eventually finds Boone on the southern wall watching the road. "Yo Boone, where is everyone? They all seem to have disappeared..." he asks as he approaches, Boone not even giving twitching at his sudden appearance.

"Everyone but Tamia should be attending to the injured, or at least, helping those that know something about it... You're a doctor right? You should probably be down there too." he states.

Afton nods, "I will be, but I need to make sure everything is ok before that... Where did you say Tamia is?"

"She left to go find a doctor." he states simply.

"Wait what? Isn't she on the NCR and Legion watchlist for associating with us?"

Boone smirks, "You mean for associating with you, right?... Anyway, she has the protection of House, so she should be fine for now, she also took that floating robot-thing... Plus, that woman can handle herself."

Afton sighs and leaves Boone to it as he heads down to the make-shift hospital they'd set up... He should still have his medical equipment in his backpack... But it's been quite a long time since he'd properly used any of them.

Elsewhere :

Tamia kicks a rock as she walks North towards New Vegas, she'd only now realised how annoying walking actually is... She wished Afton or Josie had taught her how to drive on of those Vehicles. And given her permission to use one for that matter.

She'd been walking for around Eight hours now, yet she was still a couple miles away from the 188 Trading Post. Though, At least she had some company, ED-E wasn't just good at detecting incoming enemies, he also came with an inbuilt radio... Though, he didn't seem to be able to lower the volume of it, so both of them were very, very noticeable as they walked through the Mojave.

Of course, she'd encountered a few troubles along the way, halfway to the 188 Trading Post she'd run into an NCR barricade. She'd thought she would be arrested, but apparently she was the only one involved with Afton that didn't have a bounty... For obvious reasons.

*Bzztch!*

Tamia raises a brow at ED-E at the strange sound he was emitting, "You alright Eddie?" she asks, but doesn't receive its trademark beeps to indicate its mood.

"*Bzzztch!*-And so you walk, far from those under your banner, to an old master with a new flag. Where will your path end? That, will be for you to decide.*Bzztch!*"

Tamia scowls at the gravelly voice that'd come over the radio, this wasn't the first time she'd heard it, whoever they are seemed to use ED-E to speak to communicate with her... They would occasionally chip in with unwanted observations on her situation, which meant they either had a good information network, or were watching her...

She glances around the sandy area she was in for anyone, but finds herself still alone, the only sound she could hear being the desert winds and the old prewar songs ED-E was playing.

Tamia rubs her temples, feeling yet another headache coming on... It was strange that she got a migraine every time she heard the voice, the fact they seemed to know her better than herself was worrying too.

Afton says that the voice belonged to the one who helped save his sister in all but blood, Christine. And that they were looking to meet a courier... Which most likely meant Tamia herself. What she didn't know was why they hadn't just come up and spoken with her yet, did they have another goal in mind? Or was just fucking with her mental state deemed 'good enough'?

She shakes her head and sighs before continuing to walk. Must be her old motto, or at least it felt like it... When in doubt, walk it off.


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Capítulo 434: Successful Doctor.

Afton had just returned from Novac, he'd spent almost two days straight just helping the injured... Most people either had bullet wounds, breaks, or burns. Which was good and bad. Good because most would live, bad because the majority of people who were actually hurt in combat were outright killed.

Whoever the mercenaries were, they definitely meant business. Lethal cuts to the neck and vitals, headshots, etc... Most of the injured were a result of deflected shots, shrapnel from cover, and accidents.

Of course, Novac was in an uproar, and those who'd survived the attack were training far more than they ever did before, some to the extent of of passing out. As far as Afton was concerned, it was a wake-up call to those who were taking it easy 'under his protection'.

It wasn't like he hadn't noticed the few freeloaders who took his food and did bare minimal training. Something like that was like a vacation for most denizens of the Mojave... Now however they might actually try putting some effort in.

Afton himself decided to help speed up construction on the Power armour. It was time to make a message to the NCR and the Legion, make sure neither wanted to fuck with him or his people. He figured storming into the Fort under Caesar's nose and getting out alive and without casualties would do the trick.

Elsewhere :

Shani motions over to the bathroom for her close friends to join her, once inside she looks them all dead in the eye and states, "We are all going to die if we stay here."

The rest of the group look at her wide-eyed. "What? What do you mean?"

Shani scowls at their naivety, "You think they're just keeping u here to help tend to the fields? They are going to experiment on us and discard what's left!"

...

"No... Cass said we were staying here until the war ended. She wouldn't lie about something like that!"

"You don't understand!... I-I know what will happen, I've seen it!" Shani pleads, but is let down by their disbelieving and suspicious looks.

"I think you need a doctor Shani... You aren't acting well..."

"Yeah, have you been using Chems? Those things are really dangerous!"

Shani just shakes her head and leaves the room, she wanted to scream at the top of her lungs at their stupidity. Apparently her *close friends* she'd made during her stay here weren't her friends at all!

She walks straight out of the building and is about to head to an isolated spot to brood when she'd stopped by a floating drone with an orange eye.

"You are upset." it states and Shani quickly shakes her head.

"No, I'm fine... Just leave me alone!"

"If you are not upset then by my calculations you are being affected by an arrhythmia... I will report this to Doctor Da-"

"NO!" Shani cuts off the drone with a shout, afterwards clutching her mouth at her rather over the top reaction. "J-just no. I'm fine, I swear." she states and quickly walks past, ignoring the intense look the drone was giving her.

"Report, Organic worker 31 is acting unusual, requesting extra surveillance." Glados thinks after receiving the information from one of her drones... Indeed, she'd been keeping an eye on this human as it had suddenly been acting out of her expectations for no reason.

The spider bots she'd placed to spy on them had recorded the entire incident in the female bathroom, so it was clear the organism was having a psychotic break, or knew something Glados didn't... Glados obviously ignored the latter option as she was the most advanced AI that had ever, or will ever be constructed. It was impossible for her to ever be wrong, only misunderstood.

She lowers her body into the Think Tank and focuses her single orange eye on Doctor Dala, "Organic worker 31 needs a psyche evaluation, this must be completed within 48 hours." she states before leaving, not waiting for the scientist to respond.

One day later :

Shani screams as she's dragged into the Think Tank by hundreds of tiny spider robots. Her arms and legs were bound and she couldn't do anything but wriggle in a vain attempt to escape capture. Her heart was beating furiously at the fact her life might be ending soon, but not before agonizingly painful torture...

The spiderbots continue to take her through the facility, and eventually end up in a laboratory underground. She'd grabbed by a mechanical arm that sprouts from the ceiling and placed on a surgery bed, bright lights momentarily blinding her as she'd forced onto her back.

*Ssshck!* the sound of a door opening draws her attention, and she spots one of those freakish scientists floating inside, the weird monitors projecting facial features looking at her speculatively.

"Greetings, I am Doctor Dala. I have received information that your mental stability is in question... I will examine you, and after you have been deemed 'sane', you will be deposited at your work station or home, depending on where you should be." Dala explains, but this doesn't bring any reassurance to Shani who was still sure her death was near.

"Hmm." Dala hums, "No reply, possible damage to ears, eardrum, or auditory cortex... 31, do you hear me?"

"I-I do..." Shani stutters out, realising that being uncooperative would have very, very bad results.

"Did you ignore me before that, or could you simply not hear me?"

"I-I heard you... I just couldn't find the r-right words." Shani says, finding herself unconsciously focussing on the various scalping, drills, and saws attached to the scientist's manipulators.

"Oh? And why is that, my little skinvelope?" she asks curiously.

"I am a-afraid of you... Afraid of what you might do to me..." she admits, feeling like being called 'skinvelope' should derive a far bigger reaction than she gave.

"OOooooh? Why would you be afraid of me? 67% of my operations have resulted in a success, this does not include my 99% Lobotomy rate, the only one of which to fail would be my Teddy bear." Dala says, only scaring Shani more.

Does this psyche scan include a lobotomy? Shani thinks to herself as she starts sweating under the bright lights.


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