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章節 215: Blood for Blood

Time resumed and Afton was bombarded with an ungodly amount of knowledge concerning the Science Perk. He grimaces but tries to conceal it by rubbing his face as casually as he can manage. All the while feeling like every cell in his body was on fire...

"You alright Parker?" Dhatri asks, he'd seen the kid act like this before, last time had left him in hospital for two days straight.

Afton nods and waves him off, not noticing the large nosebleed he was currently having, causing everyone else to raise a brow at him. "I'm fine, just thinking about what to do next." he says, trying his best not to let the pain show.

"Kid, you're bleeding." Karl states as blood trickles from his nose and begins pooling under his recon armour...

Afton really hadn't noticed the wet sensation on his face due to how much pain he was actually in, both physically and mentally. "Ah, really?"

Karl just shakes his head, "We're putting you in the hospital before you start bleeding everywhere again.

"Er, no. I'm fine... Just a nosebleed." he says, wiping his face with his single remaining arm and having his eyes widen at the amount of blood. Really, he couldn't refuse being looked over by the doctor when he was bleeding this much... At least he was conscious this time, right?

Elsewhere :

Tamia and Veronica had been walking beside the Happy Trails Caravans for a while now, her Pipboy map stated that they were almost there, but it was always hard to tell with the maze-like canyons that lead here.

She was lucky Veronica beat the pulp out of that lying addict called Ricky, bastard thought he could hit on her just because they were both wearing Vault Suits. Afterwards, she managed to blackmail him as his Pipboy was clearly defective.

One glance at Ricky told the whole story, the guy looking like he hated life right about now, being forced to carry all of Tamia and Veronica's gear or risk getting exposed and left alone in the canyons.

Jed Masterson, the leader of the Happy Trails Caravan points at the cave exit with an excited expression, "That's it, I think we're here boys and girls!"

A small cheer erupts from the few armed mercenaries charged with keeping the Caravan safe, the group exit out of the cave and Tamia squints slightly as her eyes readjust to the bright desert sun... Well, almost desert-sun? Up ahead Tamia could see many trees that looked suspiciously like those 'pine' one's she'd read about, to be honest, they look somewhat familiar to her though.

"Woow, this place is beautiful." Veronica says as she looks over at the picturesque seen before them. The group was currently standing on a large hill that gave them a view of most of Zion, sprawling hills, rivers, trees, and almost primitive-looking constructions could be seen, all of which left Veronica gawking like some sort of tourist.

Her companion was still wearing that out-of-place-looking robe, but had taken her advice and was now wearing armour beneath it. The only thing the robe actually seemed good for was concealing her power fist and plasma pistol, both of which were expensive enough to attract unwanted attention should they be seen.

Tamia nods, "Sure is, feels almost like a vacation from the Mojave..."

"You two, stop gaping and let's go, who knows when trouble'll rear its ugly head." A voice belonging to the caravan guard leader known as Stella brings the duo from their thoughts.

The balding man wearing a vault suit known as Ricky just sneers at her, "Yeah? I'll take care of it if that happens, they don't call me dead-hunte-*Cough* Dead-Eye Ricky for nothin'!"

Stella just scowls and looks away from the man after hearing this, everyone was aware of Ricky's fraudulent claims at this point. How can a man who flees from a Gecko claim to have beaten *DeathJaws*, a supposedly bigger and stronger variant of regular Deathclaws.

"Now, now, the hard part is over. Now we just need to contact the tribes willing to trade and the trip will be a success!" Jed Masterson says with a deep but chipper voice.

The group walked down the large hill for a couple minutes, all the while Tamia could feel that something was up... The hairs on the back of her neck were prickling, something she'd only felt when she was being hunted by a pack of coyotes... Her eye twitches at a quiet sound and she glances to teh side to see small pebbles falling from the cliff above. Her eyes widen as she looks up and shouts, "It's an ambush!"

Quickly Stella and the rest of the Caravan guards jump into action, leaping behind cover while scouring the area with their eyes, Jed Masterson hiding in the safest place... Behind Stella.

As for Ricky? He was currently running as fast as he can back the way they came. He'd be disappointed though, the way back was too steep for anyone to traverse without proper equipment.

Tamia grips her axe in her right-hand while readying a .44 Magnum Revolver in her left.

*Bang!*

The familiar sound of a hunting rifle firing goes off, though the target causes a small grin to make its way onto her face... Ricky falls over like a puppet with its strings cut, a new hole in the back of his head.

Fortunately, with Ricky's 'unfortunate' sacrifice, she and everyone else now knew the enemies position. She could spot a few tribal-looking men wielding various weapons positioned above them on the cliff face.

Not wasting any more time she starts firing at them, her skill with the revolver not matching her skill with the axe, but it was still enough to put a couple down. Veronica herself was accurate blowing people to pieces with plasma bolts, large parts of their bodies liquefying into green goo. Damn, Plasma weapons were terrifying.

Tamia glances over to the Jed Masterson and Stella to get some orders on what to do next, but is horrified to see machine gun fire blitz them, killing both almost instantly. This was incredibly bad as Stella was the only one with any real experience in these lands.

It didn't take long after that for the rest of the Caravan Guards to start dropping like flies, leaving only Tamia and Veronica to deal with the enemy...

"Why does it always fall to us to deal with this shit!" Tamia complains as she reloads her weapon.

"Hey, it must be you causing it as I never had this much trouble before travelling with you!" her companion states.

"Yeah? Well? I don't like your hair!"

Veronica growls at her, "That's a low blow fem-Grognak."

"Whatever! Just keep shooting!"


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Niggross Niggross

Hope you bois like the chap, if I missed anything please let me know. Thanks!

章節 216: Test Subject 69...

Afton found himself back in bed while wearing a hospital gown... Dr Kemp had just looked him over and taken some blood tests, though Afton was reluctantly to grant him his blood. He disliked any and all information the NCR may have on him... He wasn't able to refuse treatment though, otherwise Karl and Boone would actually begin to suspect something was wrong.

"Well, it'll take a while for the blood test results to come in, other than your sudden bout of bleeding though I have no idea what might have caused it... Perhaps some strange symptom of shock from losing your arm?" Dr Kemp speculates with a hand on his chin.

"Is that what they call it? 'Losing your arm'? Kid here had to cut it off himself after it got crushed." Karl says, causing those that were listening to pale.

"At least we got some payback." Boone says from the side with his arms crossed, Afton had to agree. He'd rather lose an arm than have a nuke dropped on him, that was for sure.

"Ah yes, I, as well as the entirety of the NCR inside and outside the Mojave have heard of your 'payback'. That was one of the things that I would have suspected your symptoms to have come from, had you not already been immune to radiation."

"I checked with my Geiger counter, we were far enough away from it to avoid any radioactive material." Afton says, more to reassure his companions than anything else. "When can we get out of here Doc? I feel fine and would rather get back to work."

Karl and Boone don't look happy to hear this, Afton was younger than them both, and even despite his apparent leadership role over the group they still considered him their responsibility. Fortunately Dr Kemp steps in before they start an argument.

"I think that would be ill-advised Mr Parker. You've come in and out of my care and I suspect that your original mutation hasn't completely healed, thus the bleeding after going through such an ordeal."

Afton shakes his head and is about to retort when someone he hadn't met before walks over to them.

"Ah, my favourite test s-*Cough*, Patient. You truly are a marvel Mr Parker."

...

"Who are you?" Afton asks, clearly not happy to see this man who seemed to have malicious intent towards him.

"Ah, forgive me. I am Doctor Hildern, director of operations of the Office of Science and Industry, or OSI for short. I alongside Dr Kemp have been monitoring your condition since you first started mutating."

...

"Do you need something?"

Dr Hildern jolts slightly as if he'd just received an electric shock, "Yes! Yes I do." he says, handing a clipboard to Dr Kemp whose eyes widen. "Another one?"

Dr Hildern nods, "Indeed, I pushed forward the test as I had a hunch... Mr Parker, it seems that you are undergoing some sort of rapid evolution, something we at the OSI or any other NCR department has witnessed before."

Afton gets a cold sweat as he rapidly tries to think of an excuse for this, but even using VATS to give him all the time in the world, he can't find an excuse aside from revealing the existence of his system...

Karl and Boone look at the men in confusion, "What does that mean?" they ask.

"It means that Mr Parker here is evolving at a rate that shouldn't be possible. Millions of years worth of mutations and progress all happening within a matter of days." Dr Hildern days before grabbing his clipboard back and flipping to a paper. "I've made some observations on Mr Parker's blood, and am astounded by what I have found... Mr Parker, were you aware that you are essentially a plant?"

...

...

"Is that an insult Dr Hildern? I might have lost an arm but I'll take your greying ass on any day." Afton threatens, more to throw the researcher off than anything else.

His threat clearly works, the doctor taking a small step back but quickly recomposes himself, "No, I don't mean it in a disparaging manner Mr Parker, No, I mean that your skin, flesh, and blood are all currently performing photosynthesis at an almost impossible efficiency."

...

Afton chews on the inside of his cheek, "And? Why does that matter?"

Dr Hildern scoffs, "W-why does that matter!? Why, you literally do not require food to sustain yourself! And I suspect a whole litany of other benefits! Not to mention what we've found in your latest blood test!"

Dr Kemp looks at his colleague in interest, "What have you found?"

"Why, Mr Parker's blood becomes what I can only describe as supercharged in the presence of radiation! Cell division, retention, and durability increase to a rediculous degree depending on the level of radiation! I need to perform more tests to discover what other effects have occurred, but it is still a marvel to witness!"

Dr Kemp looks shocked at this, occasionally taking glances at Afton as he reads through Dr Hilderns report, "Truly, this all feels like a dream... It's almost as if you are becoming superhuman Mr Parker..."

His words cause Boone and Karl to look at each other, both remembering the various situations they'd found themselves where Afton had performed incredibly difficult feats of strength and skill. Just one example of this would be repairing a vehicle in only a few weeks.

"Mr Parker, upon seeing all these incredible changes, I want to request that you stay under observation so we can research these changes properly. Just think of the advancements we could make, perhaps we could grant similar mutations to other people!"

Afton quickly shakes his head upon hearing this, "No. I refuse. From what I've heard these mutations only began occurring due to an incredible amount of radiation I'd been exposed to. How can I be sure you won't start doing the same and accidentally turning people into ghouls to try and replicate it?" he says, having already thought of a few arguments to refuse such things.

Dr Kemp stalls at this, realising that yes, such research would probably lead to that. Dr Hildern isn't phased however, "Nonesense, I can guarantee that nothing of the sort would occur under my watch... Just think of the benefits to mankind! Can you really refuse to solve the number one problem of the wasteland? That being radiation!?"

Afton looks the man in the eye and growls out, "I refuse."

...

Dr Hildern looks shocked by the hostility Afton had displayed but still looks as if he wants to argue his case... "But I-... Very well, good day to you Mr Parker, Dr Kemp." he says before briskly leaving.


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