บท 591: Clean up
Tamia, Veronica, Christine, and Juan all quickly move to reinforce the backlines just as the Ultimo-Bots are charged by another group of Tunnelers.
A good portion of them are incinerated when they dive into the flames, but the heavier variants manage to break through, jumping onto of a couple robots and beginning to tear them apart.
*Suuchi!*
Afton's Ultra Chainsword bisects a Gargoyle as it tries to slam its claws down onto a downed Ultimo-Bot. He then dodges claws from two other Tunnelers while literally disarming them in the process.
He's forced to duck under a destroyed Ultimo-Bot that'd been thrown by a Gargoyle, but retaliates by thrusting his plant arm towards it and extending his limb like a spear, it turns as hard as steel as it punches through the creature's chest.
This doesn't instantly kill the creature though, so Afton had roots spring out of the spear and into the Gargoyles wound, infesting its body and tearing its organs apart. Once it was dead, he lifts his arm up and throws the beast at one of the charging brute Tunnelers headed right for him.
"Fuck!" he exclaims as it tears its allies corpse apart and continues running though, bringing down a heavy hand towards him. He twists away and easily avoids it, but the stone beneath cracks from the sheer impact.
*SHHOOoo!*
*ROOooaaarr!*
A couple of Ultimo-Bots that weren't locked in battle turn their flame throwers towards the brute, peppering it with bullets while the flame throwers went to work... Unfortunately, the Tunneler Brute's scales were simply too thick to harm this way.
It turns its attention towards the robots, thus giving Afton an easy path to its back... He leaps towards it, his Ultra Chainsword swimming through the air as it carves into its back, cutting upwards until it passes through the brutes neck and skull.
*GUHK!?*
The creature gives a confused grunt as its brain is pierced, its body quickly slumping to the floor, dead. Afton turns his attention to the other Brute currently decimating his Ultimo-Bots and scowls, he shoots a root to the roof and uses it to swing across the cavern, allowing him to drop towards the brute.
*SLASH!*
*Thud!*
Its head falls to the floor not long after, the creature not having noticed Afton's presence before it was too late. With the threat of the brutes finished, he takes a moment to survey the battlefield, silently nodding at how dominant his troops were compared to the frankly desperate-looking Tunnelers.
The Cyberdogs were keeping their distance and firing Sonic Barks to deal with Tunnelers with too much armour, and his companions were dealing with the more resilient variants on the backline. The frontline was basically almost won, as without the brutes to cause tramble the Ultimo-Bots the other Tunnelers stood no chance.
He turns his focus towards the end of the cavern as the smoke begins clearing up, quickly spotting a strange-looking Tunneler that was drastically different from the rest... It was as big as the Gargoyles but clambered around as if drunk, its abdomen was disproportionately bigger than the rest of its body, and its scales were very colourful...
It gives a weak screech as Afton starts running towards it, it tries to escape by burrowing into the stone below, but he just plunges his Plant Arm into the ground, spreading roots that quickly catch his prey.
He pulls it out of the ground kicking and screaming, retraining it as he takes a better look... "Hm. So you're the queen then? You don't look all that royal." he smugly remarks as the creature continues to try and escape capture.
"Whatever." mutters noncommittally before locking all of its limbs in place with a harness made from his arm, afterwards snapping off the connection so it stays in place. He'd bring this creature back to Borous to see what he could make of it... Perhaps the queen held secrets to how they could easily deal with these things. At least, that's what he hoped.
The battle continues for a couple more minutes, the Cyberdogs, Ultimo-Bots, and his Companions exterminating any remaining Tunnelers. After they're all eliminated, he takes samples from each Variant, as well as the egg-sacks stuck around the room before ordering the robots to incinerate the rest.
Once the room is completely cleansed, Afton leads everyone out of the cavern and back up towards the railway. Once they got back up to the surface, they spotted the Deathclaws they'd left behind surrounded by Tunneler corpses...
"Huh... Seems like they're still coming from somewhere... Or maybe these were just out hunting?" Afton questions.
Veronica shrugs, "Who knows... Let's just get back and wash this stuff off, we can always come back later."
*Screeech!*
The group turn around and send dull looks at the still restricted and squirming Tunneler queen. Afton just gestures at his companions, "You guys are free to do what you want, I need to get that thing back to Borous, organise more raids, and collect the destroyed robots and Cyberdogs that're still down there."
"You sure? There isn't something we can do to help?" Juan asks, looking tired despite his sudden eagerness to help out.
Afton shakes his head, "Nah, I got this. Go take a shower, have a drink, you know, the good shit." he states while looking down at the Ultimo-Bots that were still climbing out of the hole.
"Don't mind if I do." Veronica announces as she marches towards the exit while pulling Christine along.
Juan still looks a bit unsure but follows them anyway, the only person left was actually Tamia who was looking past Afton towards the direction directly opposite where Big Mt was.
Afton notices this a minute later and crooks a brow at her, "Something wrong?"
Her body jolts slightly as she hears him, having apparently been deep in thought, "What? Ah, no..." she shakes her head, "I was just thinking, well, not thinking perse... Remembering maybe?" she shakes her head again, "Something about this all feels familiar for some reason. The Tunnelers, cave crawling, even what Christine said about that irradiated military base..."
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บท 592: Moods Barred
...
"Well, do you remember anything? Or is it just Dejavu?" Afton asks.
Tamia shakes her head, "Dejavu would be the word for it I think... Vague feelings of familiarity, somehow knowing how to deal with Tunnelers..." she rubs the spot on her helmet where she'd been shot by Benny, "Feels like I've been here and done this all before. Yet, I feel like I'm doing something wrong..." she admits while sounding somewhat vulnerable.
Afton gives a shrug and looks her up and down, "Maaybe you're just going crazy? That knock to the head finally catching up with you." he says semi-sarcastically.
"I'm being serious." Tamia instantly retorts with crossed arms, "Something's wrong, but I just can't place my finger on it." she states.
...
Afton chews his lip and decides to just throw an idea out there... Even if it were instantly rejected and labelled 'idiotic and ridiculous', it'd at least be less awkward than whatever this silence is called. "You know this tunnel supposedly leads to that irradiated military base Christine spoke about, maybe you'll find your answers there? If anything else, you could scavenge it for me, clear it and make it easy for my robots to take all the valuables."
...
Tamia taps her foot, "I'll think about it... But I need to see if House needs me for anything... And I'd have to take some of those robots with me too, I can't imagine a military base will be all that friendly... Plus the radiation." she trails off, as if trying to persuade herself.
Afton nods, "Right, well, you get on that. I'll be with Borous attending to our 'queen'." he says, gesturing for the Ultimo-Bots, Cyberdogs, and Deathclaws to follow him as he begin walking towards Big Mt.
Tamia just watches as he walks back, eyes glazed over as she'd deep in thought, wringing her mind for any information it was willing, or able to grant. "Urgh, why can't I just remember!" she mutters to herself, frustrated with Benny, Bullets, Brains... And anything else started with the letter B.
Elsewhere :
"Boss really has his stuff together, don't he?" Raul says as he watches the 'vending machine' materialise a cold bottle of Mexican beer. The humming of the machine stops and he opens the door, taking it out and marvelling at the condensation forming on its surface. "I mean, really, how does this thing even work? It's giving me a headache just tryin' to wrap my head around it." he mutters.
"Aha, well. You can't hold those things solely under him, he only scavenged and recreated them from a strange and dangerous place... Still, he did save my behind when it came down to it, even when it put himself at risk." Dean says and raising his beer, "Cheers my fellow outcast." he chuckles as they clink their drinks together.
Raul laughs along with him, "Aha, sounds similar to how I first met 'im. Was imprisoned by some crazy Nightkin and forced to operate the Black Mountain radio... Boss stormed the place alone and found me sitting there as if I were a teen masturbating."
"That must've been a strange sight to behold... Mind you, I haven't masturbated since I turned into a Ghoul... Afraid the thing might just, drop off!" Dean proclaims before bursting into laughter. He and Raul had been drinking for a couple hours now, and were both thoroughly drunk. While their status as Ghouls might've made it more difficult, the amount of beer they'd ingested would knock out a few human men, yet they were still drinking.
Once they quieted down Raul looks around the bar they were sitting in... It was dim with dark walls, yet nicely constructed, unlike most bars the duo had previously been to. The staff serving people were all nice-looking women wearing maid uniforms, and most of the patrons seemed to be of the military sort.
Indeed, both Ghouls could see a couple people sending sideways glances their way. Seems like wherever they came from weren't all that friendly towards Ghouls, it was good enough as long as they didn't bother them though.
Still, Dean had spent hundreds of years on his own with minimal company if any. And now that alcohol was loosening his lips, he couldn't help himself... He abruptly gets up out of his seat and walks towards them while Raul watches with morbid curiosity, wondering what kind of reaction his fellow Ghoul would get.
"Hello Amigas and Amigos, I was just wondering, do any of you have some matches I could borrow?" he asks while presenting an unlit cigarette... Of course, he had a lighter in his pocket, but he was interested in conversing with them than anything else.
The group of Former-brotherhood soldiers shuffle uncomfortably. Each had been given long lectures by Veronica, Christine, Afton, and even Glados when things started getting really bad. It was difficult for them to acclimate from their previous isolationist lifestyle to this one...
Life in Big Mt was strange, there were people from all walks of life here, Former-Legion slaves, NCR citizens, Ghouls, Robots, those creepy Scientist things... That overbearing creature called 'Glados'... It wasn't uncommon for Former-Brotherhood soldiers who were tired from training to react badly to things, especially since they'd been brought up from birth to be like that.
Miles glances around the table but finds that no one was willing to help the Ghoul out, he releases a sigh and lights Deans cigarette with his lighter, "Here."
Dean takes a couple puffs and blows the smoke in the air, not caring that the smoke catches a few of the soldiers... Fortunately, they manage to restrain themselves from reacting though, the lectures they received still fresh in their minds.
"Thanks for that, you know, I don't think I remember seeing you lot around here when I first arrived... Where are you from?" Dean drawls conversationally.
Miles notices his friends tense up at the Ghouls continued presence and decides to try and resolve this before they do anything they'll regret. "Look, I'd love to talk with you but we've just finished training and just want to relax... Maybe we can chat some other time?" he says, hoping the Ghoul would catch the message.
Dean shrugs and slowly examines the group before nodding, "Alright, fine... I'll leave you to it... But know you can only glare and avoid us for so long, eventually, there'll be more of us around... I wonder what you'll do then." he states, stabbing his cigarette into the ashtray and returning to his own table.
Raul across the table at Dean with a frown, "You tryin'a start a fight or somethin'? Boss will know who's right and wrong, his lady's always watchin'..." he warns.
Dean chuckles, "Tell me about it." he says while glancing up into the corner of the room where a camera with an orange light is observing everything.
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