บท 68: Bullet for a bullet
The laser beams left black marks on the man's chest, his clothing scorched away leaving blackened flesh behind. He wasn't dead though, he still attempted to raise his gun, Afton's VATS wasn't over though.
*PEW, PEW, PEW, PEW*
With a good deal of his chest turned to ash, the man dropped to the floor lifelessly. Afton uses VATS again to survey the area, the remaining three gang members were all shooting up towards the top of the derailed cargo train, Afton was able to get a glimpse of Karl's Stenton cowboy hat as a bullet whizzed over it, the man frozen in time as he was dropping into cover.
He takes a good long look at the enemy before releasing VATS, he was out of action points and would have to do this manually.
*PEW, PEW, PEW*
He begins firing away, some missing while others hit non-vital area's. He drips behind a large rock for cover as the gang members turn towards him. The sound of bullets whizzing past as they try their hardest to hit him or Karl.
Karl isn't able to get anymore shots off as they continually fire at his position, Afton did his best to draw their attention away but one of the enemies was able to keep him suppressed by firing non-stop with their 9mm pistol.
Soon enough they stop shooting at Karl's position and start advancing on Afton, two sprint up in attempt to catch him off guard and put a bullet in his skull. Afton fires a couple shots off as they advanced, hitting one in the chest and causing him to fall backwards.
As the other gets close he lunges at them, pushing their 9mm away, causing them to pull the trigger and fire into the air uselessly.
A punch hits Afton's stomach and causes him to drop his weapon, but he retaliates with a headbutt, using the distraction to grab their gun with both hands and force them to release it.
*BANG!*
The trademark sound of Karl's gun going off seals the fate of another former-Powder Ganger. The man currently wrestling with Afton reaching behind him and pulls out a rusty-looking kitchen knife, attempting to plunge it into his gut.
Afton bends forwards while locking the man's arm in place, barely stopping the knife from piercing his stomach, he sweeps the man's leg and slams the man's arm against his knee, completely dislocating the elbow as a loud *Crack!* sounds out.
Picking up the knife Afton thrusts it into the man's throat, finally ending their life. He takes a moment to recover but doesn't realise there is one guy left... He hears the sound of a gun being cocked and looks up, spotting the man he'd hit earlier with his Laser pistol pointing a revolver at him.
*BANG!**BANG!*
Two gun shots go off, one killing the last gang member and the other sending a bullet through Afton's shoulder. He falls onto his back as blood gushes from the wound, momentarily thinking about ignoring it and bleeding out.
The sound of feet running on sand can be heard and Karl leans next to him with a worried look, "You alright kid?!" he quickly asks, looking at the hole in his recon armour that's slowly straining red with blood.
"... Probably?" he mutters semi-sarcastically.
Karl breaths a sigh of relief and sits him up, "Alright kid, let's get you fixed up. Can't have you losin' too much blood, we still need to carry all this stuff back." he says as he unclasps and unzips the recon armour to gain access to the injury.
Afton groans, in pain, "Is the bullet still in me?" he asks, not able to see if he has an exit wound on his back.
Karl shakes his head, "We'll take it out when we get back." he says as he wraps Afton's arm up after cleaning it with alcohol.
They slowly begin looting the area, finding a good amount of ammo and food, not much water but that's to be expected. They pack up all the weaponry the gang members had on them and loot the corpses, finding a good amount of caps that they split in between each other.
The feeling of a hundred caps sitting in his pocket almost outweighs the pain pulsing from his shoulder. Karl packs up the bloodied NCRCF uniforms belonging to the gang members and they head back.
Chivez head had exploded so they'd use the uniforms as proof of his death, isn't much else they could do besides that. Eddie knew Karl wouldn't lie about something like this either.
Afton fingered the new .357 revolver on his hip, unlike the last one he'd found, this one hadn't been damaged by an explosion. It was in relatively good condition, and he was going to use the better condition parts from the damaged one to improve this one.
He played the New Vegas Radio on his Pipboy as they walked back to the prison, enjoying the old songs he'd never heard before. Though, after an hour he could already tell that the radio station didn't have many songs available, the same songs having already been played a few times over...
Once back Karl immediately left to tell Eddie that Chivez had been dealt with. Afton took a seat where he usually operated on people who needed it, applying pressure to his shoulder that was still thrumming with pain.
He took out some MED X and injected it into his shoulder, the powerful painkiller causing him to sigh as the pain washed away. He unwrapped the bandages and started going through his wound with a pair of sterilized tweezers, looking around for the bullet that was presumably still lodged in his body.
Blood gushed from his body and he was having no luck, he wasn't good enough with medicine yet to get a bullet out of himself, so he just stuffed some gauze into it and waited for Karl, the man said he'd do it when they got back so hopefully he'd know what he was doing.
Time froze abruptly and Afton was confused to see the notification,
[WELCOME TO LEVEL 4]
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บท 69: Day Drinking
[WELCOME TO LEVEL 4]
...
Hm, Karl must've spoken to Eddie which would have completed the quest. It's rather interesting that someone else can complete the quest for you, but Afton didn't know if Karl was technically his companion... Maybe it didn't matter and he could have anyone complete a quest for him, along as he was involved he'd get the exp right?
Regardless he had some skill points to use, he decided to continue his current path in maxing out Guns, putting all his skill points into it before moving onto Perks.
The selection had changed, new Perks were now available due to his level having risen. He'd definitely not be taking the first one though.
[Cannibal] : When you're in Sneak mode, you gain the option to eat a human corpse to regain hit points, but lose Karma... Yeah, whether or not this Perk was good, it didn't matter... This wasn't a game and he'd literally be forced to sink his teeth into human flesh to make use of it. Fuck that.
[Comprehension] : You gain one additional skill point for reading books and double the skill points for reading magazines. Good, but he didn't know how many skill books actually existed in the wasteland.
[Educated] : You gain two more skill points every time you advance in level. This, was a must pick. 2 extra skill points over 46 levels was 92 extra skill points, almost enough to max out a skill.
[Run'n Gun] : Halved spread with one-handed ranged weapons while walking or running. In the game this might seem relatively normal, not something to write home about, but in real life being able to sprint and fire accurately could potentially make you a very dangerous opponent.
All in all, picking the Perk he wanted wasn't difficult, [Educated] simply brought along too many bonuses for him to ignore. He selected and confirmed it, causing time to begin again, the pain the dull pain suppressed by the MED X making itself known.
Afton Parker
Level : 4
S.P.E.C.I.A.L :
Strength : 7
Perception : 7
Endurance : 7
Charisma : 4
Intelligence : 6
Agility : 7
Luck : 4
Skills :
Barter : 18
Energy Weapons : 55
Explosives : 20
Guns : 61
Lockpick : 10
Medicine : 40
Melee Weapons : 38
Repair : 41
Science : 41
Sneak : 20
Speech : 35
Survival : 30
Unarmed : 30
Perks :
[Trigger Discipline], [Heavy Handed], [Rapid Reload], [Torture Techniques], [Educated]
Soon enough Karl came by with a bag of caps and tossed them into a nearby chair before sitting next to him, "Alright, let's see what I can do with this." he mutters as he begins examining the wound.
It seemed like he knew what he was doing, why he'd never considered treating the other Gang Members Afton didn't know. Karl eventually got some tweezers and start rummaging around his wound, nodding to himself as he begins pulling something out of his wound.
The deformed lead of the bullet that'd shot him was dropped into a metal container that was now stained with blood. "That'll do ya, just try not to get shot again." he jokes as he wipes the blood from his hands.
Afton just shakes his head at the man, "Yeah, I'll try to keep that in mind next time you come up with a plan."
Karl snorts, "That bullet ain't my fault, you let your guard down and paid for it, I'm not your babysitter... Speaking of which, let's grab a drink, we've earned it at least."
"Err, I've just injected some MED X, I'm not sure drinking would-"
"Son, I've been on MED X, Psycho, Jet, and a whole manner of other chems while day drinking, you'll be fine, trust me... Now let's get, I'm of this room, it smells of blood." he says before leaving.
Afton just shrugs and puts his clothes back on, ignoring the fact that they're slightly damp from his own blood, following Karl to the bar and drinking the rest of the day away.
Elsewhere :
Lieutenant Hayes had just received some aggravating reports, the supplies that'd passed through the area they'd set up outside Primm had all but been destroyed. Sloan hadn't received anything and the workers there were beginning to get antsy, they weren't getting paid right now, and if the NCR couldn't even provide them with food or water, then what good were they?
Not to mention the unfortunate soldiers who'd been charged with protecting the caravan... The report stated that they were all dead, likely at the hand of the nearby Powder Gangers. He rubs his face, first the Legion and now this? He didn't think this situation could get any worse.
A soldier wearing the typical NCR uniform strolled into his military tent and saluted him, "Sir!"
He didn't feel like dealing with NCR procedure right now and simply waved his hand at them, "At ease. Got something for me?"
The soldier nodded, "Civilian caravans have started being attacked, I saw the remains and... If we find the bastards that did this I'll shoot 'em dead." the growl.
Hayes raises a brow, "What's got your hackles up soldier? Isn't the first time a civilian caravan has been raided." he inquires slightly callously.
They nod, "The "Civilian caravan", wasn't actually a caravan... It was just a family heading from one side of the Mojave to another, the men and children were killed, and the women..." he doesn't continue, both already knowing what fate awaits women who're put in that situation.
Hayes sighs, "Any leads?"
"Yes... Whoever is doing this are restricting themselves to a certain area, we could send a patrol to ambush them."
...
"What're their numbers?"
The soldier shrugs, "Its a small group, three to seven at most, we're more than enough to handle them." he says while sending an imploring look at his commander.
Hayes sighs, "Fine, organise your squad and debrief them on the mission. Try and be quick about it, no clue when the Escapee's in Primm will attempt something." he says.
The soldier salutes him and leaves, an eager look on their face.
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