บท 597: Marked
Tamia and her troops march through the Railway tunnel for hours, occasionally coming across other Bulwark patrols that were observing the place. This stops around halfway through the tunnel however, as most signs of Tunnelers slowly disappear.
The draft blowing towards them gets harder and harder the further they venture, and eventually, the group reaches the exit, coming out onto some sort of cliff? The railway bridge that snaked along the cliff seems to have completely collapsed, leaving a desolate and rather dangerous pathway as the only way forward.
Tamia attempt to scan the surroundings around the cliff but the sandstorm that was currently happening was simply too thick to see through... Though, she could vaguely see various red and green lights off in the distance.
She was thankful Afton had those modified Ultimo-Bots, otherwise they'd not be able to follow her down this path... As for where she was actually going? That red light off in the distance looked like a good place to start... "Maybe going there just to jog my memory is a bad idea...?" she mutters but keeps walking despite her thoughts.
The path is long and the sand storm doesn't seem to be easing any time soon. Night eventually falls without anything happening, and Tamia finds a small cave for the group to rest in. The Cyberdogs in the meantime gathers the coordinates outside the cave in case they need teleportation... Though, the sand storm would probably prevent any escape even if they wanted to.
The night, again, was uneventful. The sand storm seems to have eased up slightly in the morning but hadn't completely disappeared...
*Bzztch!*
Just then, Tamia's eyes shoot down towards her Pipboy that'd suddenly bursts to life, the sound of her radio automatically going through various signals... Until it stops on one unknown number.
"*Bzztch!* Hmph, thought you would miss the fireworks... Cutting it close, aren't you?" the familiar voice asks, in the same raspy tone as always.
"You... Who are you!? What do you want!?... Are you stalking me?" Tamia demands, not having expected this guy to be around to, nor for him to have seemingly hacked her Pipboy.
The man chuckles from the other end of the radio, "It's not me who wants something... Why else did you come here? To find something you lost?... Or is it for that new flag you wear?" he states, causing Tamia to look down at her breastplate where the Bulwark emblem sits. She cautiously looks around but spots no indication of the man's presence.
Scowling, she looks back down at her Pipboy, "Stop hiding and show yourself, coward. You think I'm scared of some creepy fucking stalker!?" she exclaims.
"No. But you must remember that it is you who came to me, so you only have yourself to blame." the man says, but Tamia's eyes are drawn towards some strange shadowed figures ahead. They're obscured by the sand storm but her helmet's visor allows her to get a better look at them.
Her eyes widen as her magnified view locks onto their faces, revealing bloody flesh that looks to have been flayed completely of all skin, only leaving muscle and sinew behind... It isn't just their faces though, their whole bodies look the same and it is only their clothing that provides some degree of protection against the sand particles assaulting them.
"Oh, and if you want my advice... Watch out for the locals.*Bzztch!*" the man chuckles over the radio before disconnecting.
"AAAAARRRGGGGHHHH!" one of the bloody skinless men suddenly shout as they raise their weapons towards Tamia.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
They fire but all the bullet easily bouncing off of her armour and deal no damage whatsoever... However, it does anger Tamia, who draws her Proton-Greatsword from her back and ignites it, charging the men who continue frantically screaming in agony and firing their weapons.
The six Cyberdogs split into two groups and maul two of the men, while her Ultimo-Bots fire upon them, forcing the rest into cover. While they look utterly insane, they seem to retain some amount of intelligence and combat ability.
Despite that though, it doesn't matter, Tamia reaches them without issue and begins swinging her large blade, cutting the men to pieces as they do everything in their power to fight back.
The energy blade leaves large cauterized cuts in its wake as the flayed men fall to pieces. Tamia looks over and watches the last man get torn to pieces by the Cyberdogs. She makes he way over and manages to stop them before their tear the man's throat out, but his wounds were already fatal.
"Who are you!?" she commands, only now realising that the man was wearing NCR Trooper armour.
The man doesn't reply to her question, instead just continually sucking in air and shuddering as if in agony... It isn't surprising either, she could see sand in the air bouncing off and getting stuck in the man's bloody flayed skin...
Shaking her head, she stabs him through the chest with her greatsword, bisecting him due to how wide it is. "Any more hostiles?" she asks the nearest Ultimo-Bot.
"NEGATIVE." it states in a harsh robotic tone.
She nods and begins examining the corpses, curious at the NCR's armour being present. Most of the men present were wearing similar attire, but she was surprised to fine a man wearing Legion armour as well...
She'd thought that they were probably just scavengers who'd come across the armour... But was quickly cleared of that thought when she found the NCR soldier's dog tags, and many Legion coins on the Legionary... Clearly, they had each been a soldier at one point, but she was still questioning why they were fighting together... And the fact their skin looked like that, they kind of resembled ghouls, but she couldn't recall any feral ghoul being able to wield weapons...
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บท 598: Red Glare
After the ambush Tamia continued walking, quickly noticing that the radiation levels were steadily increasing the closer she got to the red light. She walked for two more days, occasionally running onto more of those flayed men, but easily fending them off.
After examining their bases, she realised that these men weren't hunting her, but hunting for prey outside the irradiated zone. Animals would stay away from radioactive areas if they had a choice, so prey within the zone was limited at best.
Still, that did not explain why they were attacking her... Perhaps they had a history with the Brotherhood of Steel? In which case she could understand if they were hostile, but still, that didn't really add up in her mind.
Eventually, she reached some sort of ruined city... The skyscrapers that hadn't collapsed leaned perilously against their foundations, and a small military camp was sitting just outside the city's boundaries.
She quickly notices the figures of more flayed men and has her troops on high alert to prevent any mishaps from occurring. Suddenly her radio starts activating, and Tamia sighs while preparing herself for another talk with her mysterious stalker.
"*Bzztch!* Welcome to Hopeville... Remind you of anything?" he asks, causing Tamia's brows to furrow.
"No... Should I?" she cautiously asks, wondering if she had a connection to this place... She couldn't imagine she did, as without her Power armour and troops, she'd find it incredibly difficult to survive out here... And that's not even mentioning the crap ton of radiation.
"You should... It's your history, and your home... Not the one you were born into, but, the one you gave life to... Same thing..." he trails off, only confusing her further.
She shakes her head, "No... I don't remember this place. I would remember... This!" she angrily gestures with her arm towards the desolate landscape.
The man chuckles again, only aggravating Tamia further, "You wouldn't remember it like this, it was different before... Now, it's just the remnants of your failure... Or your success."
Tamia grinds her teeth while racking her mind for any memory of this, yet nothing comes. "Stop with this mysterious stranger dogshit and just tell me what you want! Why you want me here!?"
"Heh, Heh. This is a nightmare of your own making, if you survive it, I'll tell you about your history here... Until then, keep walking, Courier.*Bzztch!*"
"You motherfuc-Argh!" she growls before kicking a nearby boulder, cracking it with her saturnite plated boots. "I'll find you, you arrogant prick!" she roars, inadvertently drawing the attention of the flayed men from the city...
Shadows begin popping up from the street, buildings, and military camp... She could even see some wielding hightech-looking rocket launchers... "Get into cover!" she shouts as she throws herself behind the boulder she just kicked.
The Ultimo-Bots and Cyberdogs do as she says, retreating as a large volley of missiles is launched in their direction.
*BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!*
Explosions erupt around Tamia as she attempts to use her wrist-mounted shields to block the shockwaves. Her armour protects her well enough, but by the time the explosions stop, the boulder she was hiding behind is completely decimated. She looks around and spots most of her troops still alive, but an Ultimo-Bots had been destroyed, seemingly having taken a missile to protect the Cyberdogs.
She looks over towards the city, where the figures seem to be reloading their weapons... Angrily, she tears an arm off of the destroyed Ultimo-Bot and fiddles with it for a moment, eventually tearing it apart to reveal the hidden missiles that hadn't been shot yet.
"Fire at the one's on the buildings!" she commands to the remaining three Ultimo-Bots as she throws the missiles far ahead on the path, intending to utilise the dust they kick up as a smokescreen that they can pass through.
The Ultimo-Bots thankfully fire before the enemy can get off another volley, their missiles zipping towards their targets and completely destroying the rooftops... The impact is actually enough to destabilise the desolate buildings, causing the lurching skyscraper to finally collapse. This ends up crushing a large portion of the flayed men who'd fired at them.
The chaos produced by this is a good enough distraction, she draws a revolver from her hip and fires at the missiles down the path, causing them to explode and kick up a large amount of dust. The flayed men finally fire another volley just as the group run into the dust cloud.
*BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!*
Tamia leads the group into one of the military camps bunkers as the explosions barely miss them, managing to get out of sight before the dust cloud dissipates.
"Fuckin' creepy red bastards." she grumbles, looking around the room for anything that might help combat this annoying enemy. She hadn't expected to meet such great resistance when coming here, if she had, she'd have brought way more forces... It was already too late to turn back, and she couldn't contact Bulwark due to the sand storm. Plus, the 'fireworks' the man had spoken of didn't sound good at all.
Fortunately, the bunker her group had entered appeared to be the armoury... Most of it had been looted, but she could see a cage that still contained weapons that those 'skinless' hadn't managed to get.
She walks over to it and easily opens it with her Power armour enhanced strength, afterwards grabbing the high tech rocket launcher that was inside. It had an American flag printed on it and wasn't able to take regular missiles? She glances over at a canister and realises that it's around the same size. She loads it and grins, dropping the weapon on her shoulder and adjusting its telescopic scope. "Alright, this'll probably work...?"
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