Mojave Hellhole

Lupo had indeed seen Rob walk past, too bad Rob didn't stick around or the Legionaries and Vulpes might not have killed Lupo. But the large shadow that loomed over him was none other than a doctor. What luck! The doctor didn't reveal his face or name, and just healed Lupo back to full health, right on time or Lupo would never see day again. Lupo thanked him and asked who he was. The doctor didn't reply until he got to the gates. "Get back on your mission and protect Rob, that's what I hired you for right? I don't always hide in dumpsters." He walked on and laughed, then he shouted "watch out for them fucked-up Romans as well, they've got your friend in Pawnsy's suite, but don't worry. Rob can handle small shits like them, you just go and kill Vulpes Inculta, and stop his deranged plan." With that said, the good doctor danced on his way out while the shadows hid him, and then he was gone. Lupo was amazed at the incident, and glad he was alive. He wanted to help Rob but knew the clever bastard wouldn't get hurt, then lupo headed off to find Vulpes. No one shoots Lupo dead and gets away with it. No one..
 
Rob targeted the main Legionary who was shouting at Pawnsy, the first round went off striking him right in the head, blood spattered on Pawnsy and his fellow comrades, the next few bullets entered the skulls of more Legion Spies. There was two left one of them grabbed Pawnsy, pulled him in front and pointed a gun at his head

"Profligate, if you want to see your friend move again, I suggest you put down you weapons"

As Rob bent down to put them on the floor, he reached for something in his belt, a throwing knife. Rob quickly threw it straight into the head of the second Legionary and shot Pawnsy's captor in his exposed shoulder, he stumbled back and weakly pointed his gun at Rob, but he was faster, Rob emptied the whole cylinder into his chest. Pawnsy was about to thank Rob when he just left leaving the ghoul slightly confused in a room covered wall to wall in blood.
 
Lupo headed for Vulpes. Vulpes was at the embassy near vault 21. He was surrounded by 9 disguised legionaries, then they turned in shock towards Lupo. Vulpes was carrying a head, a head Lupo knew too well; his wifes!
"Yes Mr. Aquila, this is your dear wife. Would you kiss her now? Even as you see her head dangling from my grasp? Would you kiss her as you know her now? I would, especially if I put her on a pole. But she's better as a trophy, don't you think? It is Caesar's will that all that defy will be eliminated. Your wife defied the power of Caesar. Just as you will join her." Vulpes ordered 3 of his men to attack Lupo with their machetes. Lupo was enraged, but he stayed calm and channelled his anger through his fists. He wasn't just a trained sniper, he was also good in hand-to-hand. The first recruit slashed wildly and Lupo immediately grabbed the wrist and plunged the blade staright into it's holder. The other two recruits tried to flank Lupo and slashed as ignorant as the first. Lupo simply stepped back and the two slashed each other's shoulders. Lupo then took his dagger and slashed both their necks in one swipe. Vulpes ordered 2 recruit decanus at him, they had hunting rifles and shot two bullets each before Lupo took his own deagle out and emptied one clip into them both. They staggered back and collapsed into the cold closure of death. Vulpes ordered the rest of his troops (who were primes) at Lupo. Their machetes clashed as Lupo rolled out the way, he then swung a fist into a prime's jaw, unsheathed hus own dagger, and then brought it down onto the prime's forehead, and slid it down whilst blood spilled. The other 3 rushed at him and Lupo grabbed the closest one around the neck with his knife, and using him as a hostage, warned them to stay back.
"I laugh at your warning, that legionary will die an honourable death as he died for Caesar!" They then rushed towards Lupo and his hostage but Lupo pulled the pin from a frag grenade from his hostage's belt and shoved him towards his former allies. They toppled over, then saw the danger they were in as smoke bellowed from the grenade. An explosion went off, and chunks of flesh and blood had sprayed across the floor. Only Vulpes was left.
"How did you come back then? I was sure I killed you near the Lucky 38. Maybe luck had grabbed you in it's paw, and gave you a chance." Vulpes asked.
"I'm a ghost. Big fucking booo! What you think of that? Enough with the poetics, let's just say that dead men have unfinished business. And my business is with you. Your plans have stopped now, and I'm gonna blow your big -as-crap head off." Lupo replied.
"Do not try to intimidate me, I have faced slaves tougher than you. You have only delayed the inevitable, Caesar's truth will plague the lands, and New Vegas will become ours. If only the NCR could wipe their own ass without hiring mercenaries to do it for them, then maybe they could be a symbol of independence, but alas; they do have to learn to walk, and the Legion will make sure their walking meets a dead end. Besides, are you and me not brothers? We speak nearly the same language, I am Latin, you are Italian."
"I'm looking for my brother, and I was related to you... Then I'd have killed myself long ago. Now stop delaying your death." Exclaimed Lupo.
"I'm sorry, but your brother is held as a slave now, no where to go, and now an empty soul. You can't kill me. You can't kill Vulpes Inculta." At that moment, a screen of smoke blinded Lupo but luckily for his helmet, it didn't choke him. But when the smoke cleared, Vulpes was gone without a trace. Only the bodies remained, and Lupo walked back to the casino to see what had happened to Rob and Pawnsy.
 
Rob walked to his door and unlocked it, he searched the room for any hidden Legion Spies waiting to capture him, after five minutes when he was sure that there was no one in the room but him, he laid back on his bed and began to fall asleep, but was suddenly jolted awake by a extremely loud sound and saw a pile of bodies and limbs spread all over the NCR Embassy, which was soon flooded by NCR troopers who were coming out of the barracks, Rob then spotted a lone figure walking away from the scene, it was Lupo. Rob quickly ran to elevators and pushed the button for the bottom floor, when he got out of the elevator he saw Lupo stumble in without his helmet, and dropped down to his knees and began to cry.

(OOC: I'm eating jelly beans)
 
Lupo was a sight, his brother was now a slave, and his loyalty must've been forced by the legion. But now, he decided to take a new turn, he wanted to stop his moping around and actually do something. Taking his helmet off more frequently was the first case, it must've held all his pain he build up over the years, as he let all the tears out. NCR were running around in a frenzy, and chaos had hit the strip. But at least the worst of it was gone, for now. Lupo had green eyes, a well built face but his hair was spikily messed up. He was blonde, and his eyes seemed to pierce into you, which was quite unsettling. Lupo pulled himself together and spoke to Rob.
"How's Pawnsy? And I think it's time for a plan for once, the Legion don't take kindly to wild dogs, or they'll just put us down. We're killing them, maybe not tonight, but we will soon. Caesar will get a taste of his own truth, and that truth is going to hurt like hell. Si?"
 
"Slow down there mate, I'll answer your question one by one, first: Pawnsy's fine, maybe a little shaken, two: making a plan against the Legion is suicide, three: handing Caesar his ass personally is impossible"

"I will kill Caesar personally, even if it takes me a lifetime"

"Well... I do have one important piece of info you might be interested in"

"What?"

"A while back me and a... friend discovered a secret plan the NCR are planning to launch, it's called Operation: Arizona, the NCR plan to surprise attack the Legion and take at least a quarter of Caesar's territory, you're dressed as a Ranger, I'm sure you could sneak in no problem"
 
Lupo liked this plan, and was impressed for once.
"I like it, they won't care about my insignia, even if I don't have a bear; a young veteran could still make it, and among the chaos; well I'll just bring the legion hell. I want to make it clear that I'm not looking for revenge, just that true justice is served and that no more innocent lives will have suffer like my family did. If I can save my brother, then I will. If not, then fate has decided. I still have a mission to protect you though, and I will not abandon it. What are you going to do?" Asked Lupo. Lupo decided put his grimy helmet back on, only for a new reason now. Just cause he'd think it'd look cool.

(OOC: it's my mom's birthday today :D)
 
"That's good for you, but it's the trouble of me getting through, right now only NCR personnel are allowed through Hoover Dam"

"I could find you an old NCR uniform, don't worry" Lupo said with a reassuring tone

After, they left the strip still full of NCR troopers from the commotion the explosion had caused, they stopped over at Gun-Runners to pick up some ammo and left for Hoover Dam.

(OOC: Pretty tired now, I'm going to get some sleep now)
 
Hoover Dam wasn't the first time Lupo had been. He had been here twice, first time to protect against a simple raid by Legionaries, and the second when he was promoted to a veteran ranger by Kimball himself. Of course, there was a bit of a disagreement between the two. Lupo had a friend who was a ghoul and had visited for the promotion ceremony. Kimball simply didn't like the look of the ghoul and embarrassed the unfortunate skinless being and shamed him. Lupo didn't like this and beat the crap out of Kimball, repeatedly hitting the face. All this he told Rob as they ventured to Hoover Dam.
"I didn't actually quit, but was fired immediately. But before I was hired for your job, I was contacted by General Oliver and given the opportunity to enlist back. They wanted my services but I refused. I'm a lone merc now, one who spat on the bear himself and replaced it with a wolf and an eagle. The ghoul was called Kebab, real name: Danny Troza. He's lived in a shack for all his life now since the incident, and works a living being a bum and hacking into any network. The possibility's their if we want to access the main netframe of the NCR and be able to expose the Legion's battle plans and work our way ourself, knowing where to hit them. Don't think Kebab would offer his services for free though." Lupo said with a disappointed frown.
 
"I'm surprised they didn't kill you for hitting Kimball, I was at his Pro-NCR speech and I went to the front to get a better view and all the Soldiers there pointed their guns straight at me, and another thing: The Legion don't keep their plans on any network, they just write it down on a piece of paper"

"Damn"

"We can however, once the NCR attacks the Legion, get to the slaver camp Dolan Springs, and get their troop movement there"
 
"Then that is fine, think we'll need reinforcements? A little back up never hurt anyone." Asked Lupo.
The plan was indeed well, but 2 people weren't going to defeat the Legion by themselves. And the NCR wouldn't take kindly to one that commited treason and mocked the flag. Disguises would only last for a while, unless the superiors were contacted, misunderstandings could be fixed.
 
Rob and Lupo finally got to Hoover Dam and passed the front guards thanks to their disguises, when nearing the visitor centre, all the soldiers seemed to be in a crowd surrounding a single figure on-stage, Lupo opened his eyes in disbelief

"I know him"
 
Lupo was pretty sure it was the guy.A guy he met ages ago, a guy that was troublesome, sarcastic, and a pain in the ass. A guy that always cracked wise about someone and would get himself in trouble. "Rowan Samuel. He used to be a comedian, until he had an argument with the manager and ripped his arm off: with his teeth." Rowan was fairly tall, had ginger hair and wore glasses. He seemed to have a fiery temper, and was arguing with another man on stage. But Lupo couldn't tell who it was with many soldiers crowding them. He asked Rob if he could see who it was.
" I can't see a thing either, let me get closer." Said Rob, as he approached the stage to see who the mystery man was, he then gawped in wide shock. "Lupo, it's-"
 
It was Jack Turner, him and Rob were good friends, they had met at Camp McCarran, when Rob was getting paid to take out Fiend leaders, Jack had overheard the conversation and wanted to chip in, he was in the 1st Recon sniper team, he must have been transferred to McCarran, he was a patient guy, but someone would have to do something really bad to him to piss him off, the two were about to start kicking each others asses, when an NCR general came out of nowhere and stopped the two before anything got out of hand.
 
Rowan wasn't about to back down, but then he saw Lupo and quickly backed down. The General shouted "You trying to set an example or not??! I didn't post you two here just so you could wring each other's necks! And you, for God's sake, you're the head engineer. Mike's a retired man, and you've got to take after him. Do something that'd make your gramps proud, not shame him on the most important monument in Nevada!! And Jack Turner! You will do what was intended of you, the attack will begin in 2 days, and no doubt Legion will attack when we are most vulnerable. This is why you must hone your skills so when that day comes, you're ready to kick ass.. Understand troopers? Or do I have to shout your ears off again?" They both replied with a sullen "Yes sir". Rowan immediately hopped down and gave Lupo a warm smilem
"Buddy! Y'alright? Long time no see eh? The general loves me really, can't get enough of me he cannae."
"Oh yeah, I trust he gives you warm milk and sings lullabies every night as well.." Replied Lupo.
"Hey, I'm meant to be pulling the funnies. Developed some sense of humour then? Or are you still as boring as last time?"
"I'm a funny guy Row, cut me some slack. It's just that not everyone can share my same view, and they're the boring ones. So what was the argument about?" Asked Lupo.
"It was him! He wouldn't agree with me that defending the northern side was a better idea than the southern. I already have my invincible robots deployed at the southern, he doesn't need to add more to the chaos!"
Lupo glanced at the robot, they did look sturdy and strong, even if they were rusted up. Protectrons, sentry bots and a couple of salvaged securitrons. Lupo wasn't sure what to make of the situation yet, until Rob had spoke to Jack..
 
"Hey pal! Killed any Fiends for me?" Jack asked Rob

"I did take out Greg's gang" Jack was stunned

"How the Fuck did you do that?"

"A frag mine and six bricks of C4 my friend" Jack was impressed

"So asshole here thinks it's a good idea to defend the Northern side with those tin-cans!"

Rowan replied "Those things are freakin' invincible! Watch" Rowan drew his 10mm pistol and shot the rusty securitron straight in the head, while Rowan expected to find the thing completely undamaged, the securitron's head exploded

"Damn! Why won't you work!?"
 
Lupo sniggered, "dude, your mighty robots just seem to be pieces of junk."

"But, they're invincible as hell! That one was just faulty." He shot the securitron in it's screen and it remained intact.
"See? Invincible." Then the robot exploded coincidentally.

"Oh yes, I see now. It blows up in 5 seconds, giving the element of suprise.' Jack remarked.

"Go fuck yourself. I'm sure that scavenger gave me the right fission batteries. At least he said they were batteries." Rowan looked thoughtful while stroking his rough beard.

"Who was this scavenger?" Rob asked.

"Some guy, came to the entrance and gave me these batteries for free. Said they would fix my bots into perfect warrior stature." Rowan replied.

"It seems he was a conman. Rowan Samuels, got the brains, but ain't quick on the spot." Laughed Lupo.

"How'd he know about the bots?" Rob asked.

"I don't have a clue that I think about it. He wore a suit, and a tie. Spoke in a strange voice, kinda wispy as well. Spoke in latin at the end as well, then he ran off." Lupo and Rob looked at each other, and knew that a Legion spy had known about the plans. "Shit, I think that's bad news. You got any actual batteries?" Aske lupo.

"Yeh, but they need recharging, and I ain't got the time to do that. If they worked, then them robots would truly be invincible. Oh and I'd need to repair them bots to full stature." Rowan replied as he walked towards his tin companions with a spanner twirling round his finger.
 
"Well I do know a thing or two about repair and robotics" Rob said

"You think you could help me out?"

"Sure" Rob replied with enthusiasm

Rowan and Rob walked over to the robots and began saying things Lupo and Jack couldn't understand, Rob removed a burnt fuse from the securitron and held it up so Rowan could see

"Looks like the fission battery was tampered with, as soon as the machine was turned on, the battery overheated and began to damage all the wiring and electronics"

"Damn, any other damage?"

"Well.... not to insult your engineering skills or anything, your welding melted the wiring going to the arms and legs"
 
"Oh hot damn, thought they walked a bit funny. I was thinking my eyes were going on me. Well, it couldn't have been my skills, it must've been bad luck. That's it, just plain bad luck. I must've stepped on a black cat or something." Rowan replied.

"Cats are extinct, no need for claws to come out now."Corrected Jack.

"Yeah, now we've got nasty deathclaws to do the job." Lupo joked.

"Well, I had ta have stepped on some deathclaw then. Yeh, now he be cursing me, that's the problem!" Exclaimed Rowan.

"Nope, it's just your skill. You're a bit of a dope aren't ya?" Corrected Rob.

"Ahem! I think it's time for a drink boys. These robots can be attended afterwards, boy am I thirsty!" And with that, Rowan fleed into the cafeteria whilst blushing.

"He's a piece of work eh?" Commented Rob.

"Yeh, but he's also reliable, when he knows how to do things; he does them perfect. His past experience with robots had it's ups and downs. He built a sentry bot, a protectron and a Mr. Handy and forged them together. It was awesome, he called it Destructo, and the damn thing helped me wipe out one entire fiend and a legion camp. I wonder what happened to it.." Mused Lupo.
 
The group gathered in the cafeteria and sat at a table, Lupo and Rowan began to catch up with each other, while Rob and Jack sat silently eating their food, after a while Jack tried to make a conversation with Rob

"So, what have you been doing for the last four months?"

"The usual: Hunting down and killing Fiends, Jackals, Vipers and a few mercenary jobs here and there, You?"

"Blowing the heads off Legion soldiers I guess"

"How many did you kill?"

"Probably around two hundred" Jack said with a boasting tone

"Oh yeah? Beat eight hundred"
 
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