Mojave Hellhole

Lupo discussed may things, what had happened and such. But after Rob went to the river, Lupo and Lexus went to examine the burned shack.
"Hhmm, search around and see what caused the explosion." Said Lupo.
"Alright." They looked around then Lexus found an exploded bomb inside the stove. "Bro, looks like someone set it up."
"But who? Check the body." Lexus checked the body, and found a legion coin on it. "This ain't Alfred. He didn't have any coins and he wasn't wearing red trousers."

"So where's the old coot?" Asked Lupo.

"I don't know..." They were both confused, but a thought came to mind. Alfred wasn't here.
 
"Sir this is a restricted area,your group cannot be in here." Pawnsy waved his hand down making a 'pff' sound "We're here on business soldier boy,anyway I'm the only one going in,these jokers are staying behind." He pointed to the small group of people behind him. "Just state your business at Hoover Dam." Pawnsy grinned "That's exactly what we're here for business,just point me in the direction of whoever is in charge of the legion territory operation." The soldier's expression didn't change,the man remained motionless "There is no operation,You've been misinformed." Pawnsy held an accusing finger to the man's face "Listen here Private Asshole point me to someone in charge,this business proposal is good for you and hurts me,what else do you fucking want,gold?" The soldier groaned "Alright,I'll send you to Colonel Moore she might be interested in this,just watch yourself around her, or else your group will be leaving in body bags." Pawnsy nodded before entering the main interior,when he finally got to Colonel Moore's office he smoother back his hair and put on a salesman smile before entering. "Hello madam,Pawnsy Leon: Midas Supply and Expedition."
 
Lupo and Lexus told Rob they would meet him later at Hoover Dam. When they got to Hoover Dam, there was quite a commotion at the visitor centre. When they went inside, Colonel Moore was shouting down at a ghoul. A ghoul Lupo knew, Pawnsy. Lupo watched as Pawnsy was shouted at, then he shouted at her. Moore retreated back into her office and said something Lupo couldn't hear. Lupo went to Pawnsy.
"Well, long time no see."

"Oh yeah, thought you'd leave me for dead in Vegas? News flash, I'm already dead pal."

"Hah! Well what was that commotion about? I know Moore's a bitch, but still.." Lupo asked.
 
Rob checked that he had everything, he had retrieved another NCR trooper disguise to cross Hoover Dam and was planning to go set off to Arizona tonight, he walked calmly across toward the Dam and had seen some commotion from the visitor centre, he would've gone to see what it was but he had to Operation: Arizona took place, as he was nearing halfway across the Dam someone called out to him.
 
"Oh that bit with Moore was nothing I've met bigger bitches than her,she's just stubborn that's all. The reason she was yelling was my proposed idea,you see I started a company,pretty small nothing fancy. You see the idea came to me as I watched NCR soldiers leave the strip,most of them were whining and groaning,so the idea hit me to start a camp tag-along service. The idea is simple my company follows the main army forces offering various 'services'. You know recreational services like whoring,gambling,and alcohol,but not only are we going to be a mini Vegas,we're also offering other services such as special order food,laundry,and even a mail service. I'm also planning on mapping the legion lands to help navigation for the settlers you know will swarm the place." Pawnsy was quite proud of his idea,it came from a few musty civil war books from Orleans but saying he invented it sounded better,he also didn't want to reveal his true motives in front of all these NCR soldiers. "So how have you and Rob been doing? Last I Rob he was blasting holes in legion heads."
 
"Oh we're fine, we're planning an attack or something, things are getting stranger though. Hey speaking of Rob, there he is. Hey Rob!"Rob turned around as they came out the centre.

"I found Pawnsy again, he made the trip here. He's starting some company, pretty smart eh?"

"Like a mini Vegas." Pawnsy boasted.

"Anyways, where do we go now Rob?" Aske Lupo.

"We're off to Arizona." Replied Rob.

"Fair enough, tagging along Pawnsy?"

"Ah what the heck! You guys, head to Vegas for now, I might find something of use while I'm gone." Shouted Pawnsy.
They were set to go when Lexus stopped Lupo.

"Lupo, I'm staying here."

"What? Come on, just come."

"I can't, I need to stay here, I ain't in the condition to fight anymore, but I can help Rowan here like we discussed. He'll need it anyways." Said Lexus as soon as Rowan had just approached the team.

"Going off so soon lads? Well, you be sure to visit again, here's a bit of compensation. Silver and his gang wanted me to give it you, said that you're definitely even now. Well, I be off now, have a good scramble!" He handed a thousand caps to Rob, then he headed off.

"Silver?" Rob asked.

"The leader of the squad we fought with at Vault 3." Lupo replied. With that, they headed off to Arizona.
 
The two walked away from Hoover Dam and to High-way 93, the further they got from the Dam the more obvious it became that it was Legion territory, in the distance Rob spotted a Legion caravan of six carrying powerful weapons, Lupo raised his rifle to shoot but Rob lowered his barrel with his hand

"What are you doing?"

"It doesn't matter, here take this" Rob handed Lupo a badge that was shaped like a bull, Lupo was confused so Rob explained it

"It shows that we bow to Caesar's will, to the Legion anyway, this will help us get through Arizona without incident"

"Where did you get these?"

"Doing a few repair jobs for the Legion, they asked me to fix a busted generator, funny thing is once I was finished with it, I tampered with fusion coils so it would explode within the next day or so, by the time I would be gone"

Once the Legion caravan got close they eyed the two travellers and spotted their Legion badges

"Ave, true to Caesar" The leader said to them with an almost friendly voice, on closer inspection of the caravan it had rocket launchers and dozens of missiles

"See what would've happened if you attacked them"

"Yeah, we would roasting on their camp fire"

"Are you sure you want to leave your brother?"

"I don't know"
 
"My brother knows what he's doing, he'll be better off without getting hurt. Anyway, let's get cracking, I'm going to steal a few supplies that might be useful for Rowan and Lexus. Then we can dispatch these soldier boys like bing bang boo!" Whispered Lupo as he went to steal some from the caravans. He found some mongrels but luckily he was a dog whisperer and he told them to shush. He found the caravan, then sneaked in to start looting.
 
One of the Legionaries looked round and saw Lupo stealing from their caravan, before Lupo could react he earned himself a police baton to the face

"You dare steal from us you profligate scum!"

Lupo was about to draw his Desert Eagle but all the Legionaries put their machetes to his throat, the leader of the caravan was about to give the order to kill Lupo but Rob interrupted

"Wait"

"What? do you want your head severed as well?"

Rob talked to the leader in Latin and after a while he handed over a bag of Legion coinage

"If your friend ever thinks about stealing form the Legion again, he won't be so lucky next time" And the caravan walked off

Lupo dusted himself off and wiped the blood from his face when he was hit with a baton

"Assholes" Lupo muttered

"Lupo, if you want to stay alive in Legion territory I advise you stick to the rules"
 
"I don't know the meaning of rules. Still, you've learned Latin? I take it you didn't learn from me then. Anyway, I could've easily talked my way out the situation, I had a problem when I sneaked into a camp and was forced to the floor by these guys. I told them in latin "c'mon, how about a little reasurrance? I assure you, you had better look at your leader before you soil your pants, I'm pretty sure he was my target. Of course, he did do the same thing and I called the God of fire to burn his ass, that made him pretty worked up, he was sweating blood. Maybe I could go for a different approach to you lot? Aza cutro stronzo madacias!" Then they ran and I killed them from the back and freed the slaves. First time I met Rowan there as well. Now what were we here for?" Asked Lupo.
 
"First of all, I'm here to explore this hellhole once known as 'America' and two: So you still need to protect me? I'm sure that client of yours won't go this far to make sure you're still with me"

"I'm professional, I have standards, I stay with the job until my contract is done"

"Good point"

The two then came into sight of a slave camp, it was Dolan Springs, and upon further inspection they saw slaves and Legionaries everywhere, some soldiers kicking slaves on the ground, some executing them, Lupo began to feel rage rise up inside him at the sight of the injustice, he was about to pull out his Desert Eagle when someone put his hand on his holster, it was Rob

"Don't get any ideas"

"How can you let this happen!?"

"If you want to wipe out every slave camp you come across be my guest, but I won't help you"
 
"Fine then, it's what I've been doing my whole life. One camp ain't a problem." With that, Lupo took "Requiscat" and began firing, he ran straight in then took cover, ruining the legionaries with one rifle and plenty of brains. After 10 minutes, he freed the slaves and came back with a few bullets inside him.
"See, nothing harmful. They were only a few vets and recruits. If you had scouted them then the trouble wouldn't have been much. C'mon, let's get going." Rob gawped but then thought that he could've done the same, it was just a camp after all.
 
Rob thought to himself "If this idiot wants to play hero, let him but when they finally surround him and kill him, I'll be there" The rest of the Dolan Springs slave camp was further away from the small slave encampment, thankfully Lupo didn't know about it. Rob unfolded his map of Arizona, hopefully they would make it to Grasshopper Junction by night fall, as Rob was about to put away the map Lupo said to him in a cold voice

"Why didn't you want to free the slaves?"

"That's none of your concern, besides it would be a waste of ammo"

"You value 'ammo' more than a human life?"

"If you don't like it I advise that you turn around and move your ass back to Hoover Dam"
 
"Hoover Dam ain't an option. Fine, you can save your 'precious ammo', but I'm off on my own way. I aim to destroy a lot of Legion tonight, call me crazy but I'm a professional and I know what I do. Underestimate me and you'll live to suffer to the consequences of making me a foe." Lupo treaded to the distance and he vanished without a trace. What about his contract? His mission to protect Rob?

"Professional my ass!" Muttered Rob as he spat at the sand. With that he went his own way, worried of the fact that maybe he had lost a valuable asset...
 
"Good riddance" Rob muttered to himself, and set off towards Grasshopper Junction, almost two hours later he made it to the Junction that had an abandoned restaurant named 'Fat Tony's Pizzeria' since this was Legion territory there was little to none raider gangs so Rob thought it would be safe to settle down for the night, he made himself comfortable on the leather bench that went across the side wall and just in case he did get attacked he kept loaded revolver in hand, he was hoping to get to the Legion town Kingman.
 
Lupo paced through the hot deserts until he found a prospectors open shack. The prospector was dead, eaten and gouged actually. Lupo looted the body and found a holotape, but before he would listen, he glanced and readied his deagle in case the creature that killed her was still around. When he was sure it was safe, he listened to the audio.

"If somebody's listenin' to this, it eitha mean I'm dead, or I've gone to the dream place: California and I've set to start my real life their. Enough salvaging now, it's time to move on and find meself a fortune. People say I got go vegas, that where the money is. But no, me smarter than that, I collect shinies then seel them then I go California and get a raise of those military. Well, this audio's nearly over, so I'll tell you where my secret stash is, it's in the nearby village called Roseville, inside a rock that can be opened, look for it. Anyways, gotta go now, wait a min, what's that? Hey Jimmy, whatcha do-- no, no, don't! NO!!!!-" Lupo threw the holotape and thought it was useless. But the stash might be worth checking. When he found the village, a dark fear went through Lupo's spine. All the residents were murdered and ripped to pieces like the prospector. In the midst of the bloodshed was a child, with blood on his teeth and face, and a liver was held in his left hand. He turned towards Lupo.

"Hello mister, you came to play with Jimmy as well?"
 
Rob dreamt about the Legion badge again, he hadn't earned it by fixing a faulty generator, he helped burn a defenceless town to the ground then execute their women and children while the men watched and saw their families slaughtered like animals.

"Please! Don't kill my son!"

Rob chuckled "Sorry lass, I think we all know that children are useless in the Legion"

Rob fired his weapon while the mother looked on, horrified

(OOC: Run Lupo! Don't be a hero! We all know that children can't be killed!)
 
(OOC: he's a cannibal, he'll eat me. He's probably invincible.)

Lupo ran past the boy and went on. Jimmy chased him. Lupo ran faster. Lupo finally got away, and rested at a nearby shelter.

(OOC: that was a quick paragraph, but I'm tired and cannibal kids are the worst kind.)
 
Rob woke up with a back pain, the sun was shining through a hole in the top of the restaurant, he ate his food rations he kept with him always and set off to Kingman. Rob thought about Lupo, he didn't need him, Rob liked travelling alone anyway, he was quite annoying seeing that he the 'Free and Righteous' idea burned into his head, he's probably never experienced real wasteland life, as he was walking he opened a bottle of Nuka-Cola that he had gotten from the abandoned restaurant and sipped it, this was the best thing about travelling.
 
Lupo awoke to find a blurry shadow in front of him
"Oh shit.." Lupo muttered as his vision cleared. It was Jimmy.

"You ran away sir, don't you want to get eaten? It's ever so enjoyable."

"What's wrong with you kid? Why go cannibal?"

"Because it's nature, and it's survival of the fittest. They held back cause I was a child, their fault and their loss. They watched as I ripped their loved ones bit by bit. Only one stood against me but I stabbed him aplenty. It's their fault for being weak. Now you'll die cause you're an adult who thinks I'm weak." Jimmy explained. Lupo had witnessed the carnage and didn't think the boy weak, but he had enough blood on his conscience without having to kill another kid. He was there at Bitter Springs, and he witnessed and committed. Now he was faced with a dilemma. Kill the brat in front of him or let him loose to destroy other civilisation.

"I won't hesitate kid, I'll gladly kill you." Lupo stood up and readied his deagle.

"You won't, because you're afraid, you're scared you'll lose your sanity or that I'll kill you."

"No, you may be right, but it's a choice I won't die from though it's a decision I could regret. I will kill you, just for justice."

"Really? You'll kill me? Woohoo! Not been able to have a fight yet, die mongo!" Then Jimmy rushed towards Lupo and pounced but he stopped midair as he collapsed and bled himself to death.
"I'm sorry mungo, the hunger controlled me. Finsih me, please! Or I'll kill other people..."

"You can make it on your own." Lupo turned to walk but then Jimmy stood again and attempted to pounce Lupo again.

"Gotcha mungo!" But Lupo turned his deagle to Jimmy and the nozzle pressed aginst the forehead of Jimmy, then the bullet and killed him instantly. Lupo looked in despair, then he bowed to the dead kid and gave his respect.
"Requiscat in pace." He nodded then carried the body to the shelter for eternal rest. Lupo headed back to the village and nodded in respect to the ghost town. He found the hollow rock and searched it. A sensor module, a couple of caps, a pilot light, a bit of ammo and a baseball cap, with the name of Jimmy on it. He found a ring inside inscribed with the words 'Avo cîesta madrias Roseville." Lupo took the items and headed on forward.
 
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