章節 449: Generational Issues...
"D-Dad?!" Caroline asks with wide eyes, the spear in her hands dropping as she utters the word.
"Caroline!" Karl almost chokes out as he steps forwards and envelopes the girl in a hug. "It's me. I'm here baby, I'm here." he utters sweetly as he tightly hugs her, his daughter reciprocating with equal if not greater force and emotion.
The two just stand their embracing for while, ignoring the rest of the world as they reassure themselves with the other's presence. The other people in the room don't dare interrupt this intimate moment, especially since one of them just shot his way into the room... With one exception...
Caroline jolts slightly as she feels someone tugging on her arm, looking down she realises it's her son, Carlos.
"Ma, stop hugging this man and make him leave... Da' will get angry again!" he urges, looking at Karl suspiciously.
Karl upon hearing the boy's words all almost instantly breaks into a rage. The very existence of the boy led credence to his greatest fears, and yet even now the boy speaks of the bastard who'd touched his daughter with fear. "I'm your grandad, kid. My rank is above your dads." he states semi-playfully, before looking around the room. The women here looked like a mixture between slaves and citizens, which meant that a few of them would want to leave with his daughter... Considering she'd probably made friends here, he could just leave them to their fates...
"Grandad?" the child asks while looking towards his mother.
She just nods at him, "It's true... I even named you after him." she smiles sweetly as the boy gives her a hard look. She turns to Karl, her face turning serious, "You came to rescue me right?"
Karl nods, "Yeah, you and anyone else who doesn't want to be a slave anymore." he promises while glancing around the room. A few of the ladies eyes light up at his words, but more look disinterested.
"How are we going to escape? With the noise you made, reinforcements will be here any minute..." she asks incredulously.
Karl just shakes his head, "Just follow me, I'll explain everything after we get outta here-"
*BOOM!*
An explosion occurs nearby, Karl pokes his head out of the bullet-riddled wall and spots a small group of Legionaries entering after blowing up part of the wall. They looked different compared to the other Legionaries they'd fought until now, all wearing a variety of cloth masks, wolf headrests, and other symbolic equipment. With their strange get-ups, Karl was easily able to identify them however, "Assassins." he spits, as he glances behind him, "Quick, we need to go!" he urges.
The assassins were currently running up the hill towards the main entrance of the Fort, this would take them right next to where the group was currently holed up. Once noticed, they'd all probably be killed for being complicit with an invader.
Despite all that though, a good portion of the women refused to leave... Karl can only shake his head at them and offer a 'goodluck'. He unclips a grenade from his belt and pulls the pin, tossing it at the Assassins as he steps out. "Quick, head through the main gates, I'll be behind you." he states as the assassins scatter to avoid the grenade.
Caroline takes Carlos by the hand and sprints towards the top of the hill where the main gate of the Fort lies, all the while followed by a small group of slaves who wish to be free of this place... Some even leave their children behind due to spite, fear, and a whole slew of other reasons. As much as Karl would like to interrogate them, there wasn't enough time.
The Assassins scattered to avoid the grenade, getting into cover to wait for the detonation. Once it occurs though they rise out of cover to deal with whoever had thrown it.
*Bang!*
An Assassin drops dead as he pops his head out of cover, Karl having been waiting for them to reveal themselves. After he kills the one, he sprints for the top of the hill as well, hoping the single death would make them apprehensive and give him time to retreat.
Unfortunately, the Legion Assassins were far better trained than the regular Legionaries he'd encountered thus far.
*Bangbangbangbang!*
Before Karl's able to get through the gate he's struck in the back by a couple bullets. Most don't penetrate his Deathclaw Duster, but a few higher calibre bullets make it through the thinner parts of the coat, specifically the joints.
A bullet strikes him under his left armpit, while the rest blacken his back with bruises. He stumbles slightly but keeps running, making it through and meeting back up with his worried-looking daughter.
Karl could barely hold up his LMG due to his injury, but he ignores that for now and looks over in the direction where they would teleport out... Unfortunately, Afton and Veronica's fight with the Legion army had drifted over in that direction now, so they'd be forced to either sneak, or fight their way past to reach it... Not only that, they'd need Afton or Dogmeat to actually teleport them, both of which were currently occupied with other things.
"We need to get to a secret bunker that should be around here, do you know where it is?" he quickly asks, managing to keep down his pained groans.
Caroline frowns and shakes her head, "I don't know any bunkers around here, are you sure it exists, dad?"
"I know where it is!" a voice exclaims, when both look down they spot Carlos grinning up at them.
"You do?" Caroline asks, unsure.
He nods, "Da' said to stay away, but I looked anyway! It was really creepy!"
Karl shakes his head and gesture at the boy, "Well then, let's go. We got no time to waste." he states, following Carlos as he leads the group towards the North West side of the camp.
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章節 450: Regrouped and Recouped
Karl and the group of women follow Carlos as he leads them. He'd hoped that the Assassins would be attracted towards Afton who was still causing mayhem, but they instead continued to follow them.
He couldn't think of a single reason why they'd be so concerned about them when bigger threats were around, whatever it was, Karl disliked it.
The group ducked and weaved through the Legion tents, occasionally ducking and dodging to avoid gunfire from their enemies... Unfortunately, a few women and even children had gone down from a stray bullet. Of course, this only sped up the rest of them who were fearing for their lives.
Karl upon seeing a young boy's head explode from a high calibre bullet growls and whips around, ignoring the sharp pain from the injury under his arm and firing.
*BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!*
He sprays lead at the group of assassins through tents, thin cover, and other obstacles. His accuracy is pretty shit, but the sheer amount of bullets he fires is enough to hit a few of them.
*Bang!*
Karl has the air knocked out of him when a heavy bullet strikes him in his right shoulder. His grip weakens and he accidentally drops his LMG, all the while more bullets strike him in the front. There's only so much his Deathclaw Duster can take, it was looking quite ragged by now, but Karl was thankful that by whatever god's grace he'd avoided having his head blown off.
He falls backwards but follows the momentum and rolls into a crouch, he's about to attempt to grab his gun when someone else does it for him.
"DON'T TOUCH MY DAD YOU PIECES OF SHIT!" Caroline roars as she barely manages to heft up the LMG and starts firing. Her aim is worse than even Karl's was, but the random shots somehow manage to hit a few Assassins.
Of course, this doesn't last long before the enemy retaliates...
*Bangbangbang!*
Karl throws himself at her as bullets start flying in her direction... A couple actually manages to hit her, however... Karl panics as he spots blood pools from her stomach, arms and shoulders. "No, baby are you okay?" he quickly asks while checking her wounds.
"I-I'm fine, j-lets keep moving." she coughs out, stumbling as she gets up by doing so nonetheless. The injured duo leaves the LMG behind as it's too heavy to carry in their current states and follow Carlos who had been waiting for them with worried eyes.
Their low, climbing posture protects them slightly from further fire from the enemy, but their speed was lacklustre... They would have never made it if it weren't for their unexpected saviour.
*Beepbeeep!*
*Pewpewpewpew!*
ED-E floats towards them while firing its laser at the Assassins, the projectiles actually managing to ignite a couple of the tents they were hiding behind.
"Eddie, you magnificent bastard!" Karl exclaims as he spots the robot, "Quick, get to the bunker!" he urges everyone as they continue, eventually spotting a rundown-looking shack in the corner of the Fort. It looked hastily constructed and functionless, not even worthy of storing garden tools...
Yet, it looked like the perfect place you'd want to hide something. The doors of the shack were already wide open, meaning Tamia and the rest of the group had already found it. Karl only hoped shit wasn't looking as dire as it was up here.
Inside the shack the group is greeted by numerous deactivated boobytraps. Some seem to have activated, but the rest were disarmed by a relatively skilful hand, in Karl's honest opinion... The room was almost empty aside from the traps, but in the corner, the floor seems to have opened up to reveal a metal staircase, one reminiscent of the bunker the Brotherhood of Steel had been hiding in or the Vaults he'd been inside.
At the bottom they're greeted by metal double doors with the Lucky 38 logo printed on them... Karl stumbles forwards with Caroline and tries to open it but hears shuffling from the other side. "It's Karl, don't shoot me you bastards!" he shouts as the doors open, revealing Tamia, Josie, Boone, Anja, and Dogmeat... With the addition of the tied up Caesar in the corner.
"Karl?" Tamia asks, walking over and helping support the man, "You're injured!"
"No shit!" he grunts out, forcing himself forwards before resting against the wall. Boone walks over and starts tending to his wounds, "Guessing you found what you were looking for?" he asks, glancing over at the group of women and children that were fearfully shuffling into the room.
Karl nods and smiles despite the pain he was in, "Fix me up after looking at my kid," he gestures at Caroline, "She took more shots than I did." says.
Boone nods and starts looking over Caroline. He frowns when he sees just how bad her injuries are, she'd been shot in the gut, and was bleeding pretty heavily from her arms. She'd probably need surgery to live through this.
"Will Ma be okay?" a young boy asks him from the side, he raises a brow and sends a glance to Karl who just solemnly nods. Boone gives a sigh, and looks at the boy, "If we can get her to safety soon, then yeah." he states, not willing to sugarcoat it. That said, he wasn't a doctor, maybe Afton could do something without needing invasive surgery.
"Traitor's, the lot of you." Caesar spits from the corner, but almost immediately receives a boot to the face courtesy of Anja.
"Be quiet, prisoner." she states in her usual dull tone.
Caesar just growls at them, he was already black and blue from interrogating him on the location of the bunker. The only threats he seemed to respond to were the ones threatening his manhood... It seems that even the most wilful people would bend over backwards to save that part. Tamia took great joy making the man sweat though.
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