บท 249: 'Rooting' out the problem...
After the incendiary round exploded the thick fog of spores lingering in the room had cleared to a small degree, this meant that the spores were at least somewhat susceptible to fire. If only Afton had kept the Flamers and Incinerators he used to have.
"Quickly, again!" exclaims as he ducks under a swipe from the whip-like root. It was fortunate that he had too! Since the wall that'd been struck now had a sizeable dent decorating it.
He unloads the rest of the bullets in That Gun at the recovering root and blows a good portion of it apart. With that he glances at Anja to see if she'd managed to reload it yet and nods when she cocks the bolt. "Fire there!" gestures towards the Spore Carrier controlling the roots, though they were unlikely to hit it as it was a fair distance away and still concealed by the spores.
*BAANG!*
Again, the Anti-Material rifle fires and sent a bullet flyings in the direction of the target. Unfortunately, it is way off and hits the wall behind it, still, the incendiary round does its job and ignites a good portion of the spores. This also manages to clip the Spore Carrier, causing it to release a raspy growl in response.
Afton holsters the empty That Gun and stills for a moment before reaching for the Laser rifle he'd stored in his backpack. If the Incendiary bullets were able to ingite the spores, then wouldn't superheated lasers be able to?
The rifle is heavy in one arm, but he has enough strength to heft it up and pull the trigger in the direction of the enemy.
*PWWWUUUUSH!*
A thick green laser beam explodes from the rifle, the kick of it almost blowing the weapon clear out of his hand. The attack flies through the room and strikes the Spore Carrier in its shoulder, most importantly, all the spores it travels through are instantly destroyed, a large area around the laser burning them away.
He fires a couple more times randomly, not seeking to hurt the enemy but to just remove the spores, Anja fires a couple more Incendiary rounds and after a few minutes of this, the room is entirely cleared of spores.
There's no time to celebrate however as now they were able to properly see the Spore Carrier that'd been attacking them. From the silhouette, Afton had been able to see how much larger it was compared to the others, but that wasn't the only difference... Instead of green bark skin it was grey like rock. It's legs were fused with the ground, somehow connected to the maze of roots covering the room.
Last but not least, it's arms were not even arms, but the roots that'd been attacking them up until now... Though, both looked heavily damage from their assault on it. Afton hefts the Laser Rifle and points it at the monster, but before he's able to destroy it the roots underneath him snap into action, wrapping his legs tightly together. Apparently, those root-arms aren't the only things its able to control.
Anja fires an incendiary round at the floor next to Afton's feet, igniting a large portion of the roots and allowing him to escape their grasp as they wave around and erratically attack everything in reach.
After being freed he fires another beam at the creature, the superheated blast strikes it in the chest, liquifying whatever organs it has left. Another shot burns a hole straight through its chest, causing a chain reaction where its upper body simply disintegrates into ash.
With that done they both breathe a sigh of relief, it was one thing fighting regular spore carriers, but fighting a mutated one with who knows how many abilities? Very stressful to say the least.
Afton glances around the room now that he's able to see the place properly, was relatively large and had large cordoned off bays in the middle of it, they were filled with what looks like soil, and plants of every kind were growing from them.
He spots the devastated corpse of the Spore Plant, the venus fly trap-creature tht shot some sort of projectile at him. He gives it a nudge with his foot and is surprised by how tough the material that composed its body was. It was like leather, but less dry and more slippery.
Shaking his head he walks over to Anja, "I think we've found a way to deal with the spores now." he says, passing her the prototype laser rifle and strapping the Anti-Material rifle onto his back. "You know how to use it, right?"
Anja shakes her head and Afton is forced to quickly go through the ways to operate it. Once he was 'relatively' sure she'd be able to use it without killing him or herself, he looked to the sealed door on the other side of the room.
He was 110% sure there'd be more mutated creatures down here, so they'd need to be prepared for anything. He props the axe next to the door and readies That Gun as he opens it, immediately activating VATS when the fog of spores floods into the room.
OOOOOoooooooohhhhhhhh shit! He mentally intones as he sees just how many enemies there were in the hallway set before him. "Anja... Start, shooting." he says in as low a tone as he can manage in order to not attract their attention.
His companion does as ordered and immediately starts randomly spraying laser beams through the doorway. Afton was momentarily confused by the fact the weapon wasn't dealing as much damage as last time, but eventually realises that his Perk had been boosting its power.
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บท 250: Roses are red, blood is red... Roses are blood?
Just as Anja had started firing Afton was struck by something, forcing him a couple steps back... Looking down at what'd hit him he sees four large thorns protruding from his shoulder that'd managed to slip past his recon armours metal plates.
Quickly, he steps to the side just as more projectiles are fired through the fog, thrones and large globules of a corrosive material flying by. Afton rips out the thorns stuck in his shoulder and scowls when he spots the green substance clinging to their tips.
[Grit is in effect]
"Of course, why wouldn't they be poisoned!?" he complains aloud to no one imparticular before getting back up, now isn't the time to laze around. He jabs himself with a stimpack to hold off whatever poison he'd been afflicted with and surveys the situation.
Anja's efforts in clearing the fog had proven rather effective, while the laser rifle wasn't as powerful as when Afton has used it, she'd still cleared the majority of the spores in the hallway. This revealed the various enemies within it.
Afton takes a peek and uses VATS to stop time, in the hallway were many Spore Carriers, Spore Plants, and some huge rose-like plants that had tentacle-like limbs covered in thorns... They seemed to be swinging the limbs to dislodge their thorns and fire them down the hallway at them.
One immediate problem he noticed was the fact that some of the Spore Carriers were wearing combat armour. More of Dowagers mercenaries Afton reckoned, shaking his head to void the pity he felt for them he reaches for the grenades... He had three left and needed to use them sparingly.
Deactivating VATS he unclips a grenade and tosses it inside, afterwards slamming his fist on the door control to shut it, just as the explosion occurs.
*BOOM!*
[John Wick Style is in effect]
The ground beneath them shudders and Afton sends a glance towards Anja, nodding before opening the door again. The place was scorched, and most of the Spore Carriers were dead after taking the brunt of the explosion.
That Spore Plants and Spore Roses were still alive, however, resuming firing projectiles once the door was open again. Afton avoids the first burst of fire and waits for a lull, afterwards peeking out and firing unloading his pistol at the Spore Plants. He knew that he could be hit by a couple thorns, but if he was hit by one of those globules of acid then he was truly fucked.
What he didn't notice was the fact that the Spore Rose wasn't stuck in place like the Spore Plants were. By the time he'd holstered That Gun and pulled out Lucky the Spore Rose was already upon him. It rapidly slithered towards him like a snake, snapping one of its thorny limbs at him.
Afton throws himself out of the way but loses Lucky in his panicked movement, the tentacle hits the door frame and his jaw almost hit the floor when the tentacle wrenches itself backwards, allowing the thorns to slice through the metal-frame like a chainsaw.
Anja fires the Laser rifle at it, but the Spore Rose was apparently much, much smarter than the other creatures as it flung one of the Combat armour wearing Spore Carriers into the line of fire, completely avoiding any damage.
Still, her actions had given Afton some room as it's attention was on Anja. One of its limbs shot towards her as the Spore Rose stuck its head through the door. Quickly, he slammed his fist on the door, allowing it to drop on top of the creature, locking it in place under the weight of the heavy door.
Afton grabs the axe he'd propped next to the door and is about to cut it's head off, but is stopped when its tentacle swipes past the axe, catching it by the head and throwing him across the room. "What the fuuuuu-ck!" he exclaims as he's slammed into the wall, knocking the air from his already in poor condition lungs.
He holds his ribs as he hits the floor but notices the creature's tentacle rearing back with the axe still in its grasp. His eyes widen as he quickly ducks his head, just as the axe is thrown at him.
*THUNK!*
Fortunately, he'd managed to barely avoid having his head split... Some stray strands of hair float down in front of his face, clearing showing just has close that had been. He looks back up at the creature in time to see Anja unloading the Laser rifle at it, the beams dealing heavy damage to its tentacles and large red petals on its head.
Afton stands and wrenches the axe out of the wall and runs at it, managing to catch the creature by surprise as he slams the axe down onto what he could only guess was its neck.
*Slice!*
The axe had been dulled to quite a large extent after being stuck into a metal wall, so he had to bring it down two, three, four more times to finally decapitate it. He wasn't at risk of a counter-attack as the monster was having a seizure from the first attack... He must've cut something vital to its functions.
With it finally dead, Afton drops to his knees and releasing a hacking cough, spitting out dark, unnatural-looking blood onto the floor. That knock he'd taken earlier wasn't hard enough to truly injure him, but the infection was definitely taking its toll.
He plunges his hand into his Deathclaw leather bag and searches around for something to help him out... Med X? He jabs it into his thigh and feels the pain dull, but he continues. Buffout? No. Anti-veno-What the fuck? He still had Anti-Venom in here?
Cursing his stupidity he gets it out and slowly injects it into his vein. He knew it wasn't advised to go all at once, so he slowly injects the substance over a minute or two. Once done he tosses the used needle away and props himself up against the wall. "Ah, please god don't let any more of those things exist." he mutters, not wishing to face anything like that again...
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