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章節 406: Sunburned

With the target now selected, Afton moves up to the ladder and climbs all the way up the tower. He had no idea why the control panel was placed right in front of where the intense rays of sunlight shined, but there was no point over arguing about it now.

Once at the top, he walks around and finds the small lever that'd realign all the mirror, as well as give skin cancer to everyone who was currently up there... Fortunately, Afton was immune to diseases, otherwise he'd have come wrapped up in a foil blanket or something.

"Well, as the alien time-traveller would say, Geronimo!" he exclaims, slamming the lever down and waiting for... Nothing to happen...

"Huh... Is it broken-OH GOD MY EYES!" he shouts as all the mirrors realign at once, shooting concentrated beams of sunlight directly at him. Afton does as any self-respecting genius would do at this moment, falling to the ground while clutching his eyes.

"I HATE YOU GOD, APOLLO, WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS YOU BASTARD!" he shouts while waiting for his healing factor to fix whatever damage had occurred. Once his eyes weren't feeling like they were on fire, he opens them and spots that is entire body had gained a dark tan... Though, it was covered by a lot of peeling skin, meaning that he'd been terribly sunburned by the whole ordeal.

"Gross." he mutters, peeling off what seems like another person's weight in dead skin.

Before anything else though, he glances at the notifications that'd popped up in his peripheral.

[Take control of ARCHIMEDES in Helios One COMPLETED!]

[Quest gained! : Use the Orbital Laser!!!!]

Afton grins at the quest but is forced to stop thinking about it as he hears a commotion coming from below, yeah, the NCR probably noticed all that didn't they... Lucky they probably hadn't managed to spot Afton, not that he would be recognisable all the way up here.

Regardless, instead of leaving the tower he decides to start gathering the coordinates so he can teleport up here whenever he wants... Plus, it'd be terribly difficult to leave this place now that they know something had happened, he could see it from here already, the many NCR troopers guarding the underground entrance, stopping him from leaving that way.

He shrugs to himself, pulling out a bottle of water and laying back on the slowly warming metal surface of the overlook, might as well kick back and relax while he waits for the teleportation to be ready.

Elsewhere :

"WHAT DID YOU DO!?" Lt Haggerty exclaims, glaring straight at Fantastic with a caustic look.

"W-whaddya mean!? I fixed the thing, just like you asked, lady!" the chem'd up dope quickly says, sending pleading looks at Ignacio to ask for help.

"YOU, want me to believe that you fixed this place? After Ignacio hadn't managed for TWO YEARS?" she shouts, clearly not trusting the fraud.

"Err... Yeah?" Fantastic sheepishly says, "So, when do I get paid?"

Lt Haggerty just growls at him, "How do you explain the figure we saw on top of the facility then!?"

Ignacio raises a brow at this, opening the door and glancing up at the tower, spotting a figure who was seemingly laying down? Once he confirms its presence he goes to enter inside once more, but he takes one more glance and finds the figure gone... "What the fuck...?"

Lt Haggerty looks at Ignacio as he enters, "WELL? How do either of you explain that?"

...

"I-er... You saw a figure out there?" he asks and Haggerty nods.

"Well... It's not out there anymore..."

...

Lt Haggerty pushes past Ignacio and walks outside, glaring up at the tower where the figure should have been... It wasn't there any longer, meaning that it'd either started heading for the underground exit and would be caught, or... It didn't exist in the first place... "Men! Position yourselves at the entrance! We'll catch whoever's messing with our shit!... THAT'S AN ORDER!" she exclaims upon seeing her troopers still standing around with dumb looks.

Unfortunately for everyone involved, the 'figure' had completely disappeared, leaving the troopers sat with guns ready in front of the underground entrance for two months before they were finally allowed to leave it...

In the end, it was explained away as a 'trick of the eyes' due to the activation of the solar panels. Due to the facility seemingly working at full capacity, there wasn't any reason to investigate anymore either, especially since there was no point in destroying the robot security now that it was working how they wanted. The NCR just considered them an extra layer of protection and left it as is.

Of course, Ignacio was disgraced as less competent than a moron, and Fantastic was offered a promotion, allowing him to work in the OSI... At least, until they discovered how stupid the man is.

Back to Afton, he'd just teleported back to Novac and waited until midnight. Once he was sure most of the NCR in Helios One was asleep, he headed to where the Brotherhood and NCR had fought and started looking around.

He hoped to find some buried suits of Powerarmour or perhaps some weaponry the NCR had missed, but as he'd expected, the place was stripped clean... Even shards of metal blown from Powerarmour had been taken, most likely so the NCR could synthesize the material again.

There was one thing Afton noticed however... The canyon where he'd been forced to leave his father was relatively untouched by dust. Sure, there was a small layer of sand, just like the rest of the wasteland, but he was particularly interested in the place his father was last seen,

Despite the layer of dust, he could see drag marks left from all those years ago, as if a large truck as driven past. Afton knew it wasn't a vehicle though, it was likely the NCR dragging his father with his Powerarmour out... There weren't any bones or any sign of a corpse, which meant they either took his body with the suit, or, something else had happened...

Afton rubs his forehead, ignoring the cold sweat that was greasing his palm. Yeah, he didn't know what to hope for... To hop for a clean death for his father, or to hope he was still alive and imprisoned?...

Whatever the case, he didn't know where to even start... Perhaps once he'd antagonised the NCR enough and gained access to their databases he'd find something, but, for now, he had other matters to attend to. Regardless of the notification that'd popped up in his peripheral.

[Quest gained! : Find out what happened to your father]


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Niggross Niggross

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

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Chris Lindsey

章節 407: Fast, Fast, FAST!

As Afton was making his way back to Novac, he was thoroughly confused and conflicted with the situation concerning his father... This, among other things, had him acting rather erratically when his danger sense started warning him of something.

He gives a small sigh and rubs the bridge of his nose exasperatedly, "Nyx? Are there any hostiles nearby?"

"None in the immediate vicinity, but I am detecting three men watching us from nearby..." she explains and Afton looks over at the two-story building, almost immediately spotting a shadowed figure watching from the window.

Afton growls under his breath and cracks his knuckles before striding towards them. The figure ducks away, but he has Nyx track their position to prevent them escaping.

He ignores the salutations from the Novac residents as he marches through the town, following straight out the otherwise where the three people seem to be running. "You aren't getting away from me that easily." he mutters, breaking into a sprint that would make any athlete from his old world pale.

Elsewhere :

Jonas Vita breathes heavily as he and his two companions continue retreating from their previous position... They'd been tasked by Vulpes Inculta to spy on the man known as Afton Parker, otherwise known as the Butcher, the Sheriff, and a few others he isn't in the mood to mention as of right now...

The reason for his dour mood? Their target seems to have spotted them and is chasing them right now... The man known for his brutality and body count is after this... This very notion alone freezes the blood in his body, were he a lesser man he didn't think he'd be able to move a finger due to the overwhelming fear that's overtaking his body.

"T-think we lost him?" Hestus asks with a slight huff from jogging for so long.

"I hope so... I don't want to consider what he would do to us if he caught us... You've all heard the stories. I think I'd rather challenge the Blade of the East to a fistfight than go near that man..." Peter mutters.

Jonas shakes his head, "You remember our task... Even if he catches us we may have some leverage against him."

Hestus nods, "I'd rather not be caught in the first place, let's keep-" he pauses as he glances over his shoulder behind them, "What is that?"

The other two looks over and spot a rather large cloud of dust approaching them at a rapid pace... Once it gets close enough they're able to spot the lone figure of the Butcher sprinting towards them like a man possessed.

...

All of their breaths are caught in their throats at the sight, it was simply unbelievable for someone to run so fast. Fortunately or not, it doesn't take long for them to recognise the trouble they were in. "RUN!" Hestus exclaims, breaking into a sprint back towards Nelson where they'd been deployed from.

All three start sprinting as fast as their legs could carry them, but it was somehow not enough as the Butcher rapidly shortened the distance between them. Even now Jonas could see the ground beneath the man cracking with every powerful step as if he were splitting the earth with his strength alone.

*CRASH*

The Butcher, sparing them or otherwise, chooses not to barrel straight into the group of three, instead electing to slam into a nearby boulder with his shoulder to stop his momentum. Jonas feels his mouth go dry as the fact the large rock acquires thousands of spiderweb-like crack marks in its surface from the force of the man, as if it'd been shot with a tank shell...

The cloud of dust overtake the group, but neither of the three spies could force themselves to move... They knew they had been caught, so running was a pointless endeavour... They weren't even close to reaching Nelson, and the Butcher could pop their heads like cherries if he wanted to with the strength he'd just displayed.

A hand reaches out from the dust cloud and grabs Jonas around his throat, dragging him away as the man ties something around his arms and legs before tossing him against someone... Most likely one of his fellow spies.

Once the dust clears, the three spies find themselves tied up and sitting against the splintered boulder the man had just run into. The Butcher was standing over them without even a bead of sweat on his brow, as if the running he'd just done was less than a slow morning job.

"I'm not in the mood for this shit right now, so you'll tell me what you were doing, or I'll have to acquire the information some other way." he states, igniting a strange energy axe and slashing it at the boulder, causing half of it to slide off with an incredibly smooth-cut surface. "Go ahead and lie. I think I'll start with the legs this time, so you can't try to run... Or maybe the tongue, so you can't scream for help? No, then you wouldn't be able to talk..." the Butcher mutters to himself, seemingly contemplating the various tortures he intended to put them through.

"I'll never-" Hestus begins but is interrupted by the Butchers contemplative thoughts.

"Eh, castration always works?"

...

Indeed, the thought of losing the most essential part of being a man is enough to shut Hestus up. Jonas was already willing to betray everything he stood for just to gain some degree of mercy... A swift death would be a boon at this point.

He glances between his two companions, both looking ashen with cold sweat beginning to form. Their skin was clammy, and Jonas swore he could smell the faint aroma of urine... It was embarrassing at the fact he had to check that it was not himself that was the cause... The spies spoke to one another with their eyes, quickly agreeing to give whatever the man wanted, in exchange for mercy.

"S-stop... We'll speak... Just don't hurt us!" Jonas stutters out, as a brutal and sadistic grin forms on the Butcher's face.


創作者的想法
Niggross Niggross

Ye, Afton's reputation is pretty horrifying to those 'in the know', just wanted to display to what extent.

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

Also, thanks to my patrons for their support :

Joseph Suh

Chris Lindsey

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