"Thought carrying that chip would end you...no you've got lives in you, hard to kill
Storms, bullets...sand and wind, yet still you walk. For now" - Ulysses
A man bearing an insignia of the Black Dogs was running blindly through the woods, not minding the branches that whip his face as he did so, the monster is coming! he thought as he never stopped for breath as stopping would mean his pursuer would gain on him, the Black Dogs mercenary company was trained to defeat monsters and to dominate women not to face demons from whatever part of hell they came from, a loud bang rang from the forest and the man dropped on his knees, his left leg obliterated and he was already bleeding, the fear wasn't helping either as he looks around then found the figure who had taken the shot.
"Please" he calls out as red visors stared him down, the man regretted already joining the Black Dogs as he looks at this person, no this demon who began to raise his strange weapon to his face, at first he laughed at it, now staring at the end of the barrel seem too terrifying for him to handle.
"Please!" he begged again his blood already draining out, "I wont join the Black Dogs again, I'll change for the better, p-please! S-spare m-me!" he was crying now, tears were now mixing with blood as well as piss as the demon seem to not care at his pleas for mercy. The demon didn't care at all as he calmly just deactivated his dreaded red visor and then looked down at the cowering man before him.
"You've just got into an eighteen-carat run of bad luck" the demon said as he pulled the trigger a shot rang and his quarry's brain matter where on the floor, like a macabre painting of sorts, whistling a tune the demon began to set out once again looking for a path towards civilization wherever it may be. The road never ends for a courier as war, war never changes and its time for people of this continent to be reminded of such a truth whether they want it or not, he wouldn't care less the road is long but he always carries on.
Removing her helmet Alicia scanned the latest village to be torched down by the Black Dogs, it had been months now since Volt had declared his so-called sex empire and the Dark elves Olga Discordia and Chloe were able to escape the clutches of the mercenary group, the Black Dogs then had ravaged the countryside of the Seven Shields Alliance, slaughtering the men, forcing their supporters to join them while raping the women and pillaging what's left.
Damn Volt and his men, Alicia silently cursed them from the heavens above, the Black Dogs and their supporters, her mission now is to track down an orc warband which was unleashed by the Black Dogs on her kingdom, to track down as well as try to exterminate them before they could cause more havoc. "Princess Alicia" one of her knights, Rowena Sylva, called out to her as they began to hear a musical instrument and a voice ringing in the air.
"I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
And I feel no evil, 'cause I'm blind to it all,
My mind and my gun will comfort me,
'Cause I know I'll kill my enemies when they come"
Alicia and her party decided to follow the source of the song as it lead them to a roadless forest where as they walk they saw bodies of orcs strewn at the path, their faces were drawn with terror, and on their bodies were holes from a strange weapon that they didn't know, as they approach the song became much clearer and the tunes louder.
"Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life
And I will on this earth forevermore
Still I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul,
But I can't walk from the path of the right because I'm wrong"
The song lead them to a stream that must have seen better days because the water was red with blood and on its banks was a man who was carrying a strange stringed instrument, a foreign bard, Alicia quickly concluded as she and her knights hide and observed the stranger whose back is turned on them so they couldn't make of his face no matter how they wish to do so, he was wearing a brown duster coat that seem to be paired with a full-face helm that was on the man's side as they silently watch him conclude his song one of her knights quickly snapped a twig and then panicked as she quickly back away.
"I know that I'm not alone!" the man shouted, a he slightly looks on his back but not enough for Alicia to make of his face, "don't hide, I know you are there" he said as he reached for his helm and then put it on, he stood up and then visor of his helm began to flash red and for the first time Alicia felt fear.
A demon! She thought as she observed the man, he was a tall imposing figure, the brown duster, bandoleer, and leather armor seem to accentuate the fearsome visage while his helm reflected terror as the man drew a strange contraption from his bandoleer.
"If you don't show yourselves, Columbus' massacre of the Indians will be more of a side-show than this" the threat was clear despite its strange wording and Alicia and her knights couldn't help but feel fear at seeing themselves at the end of that strange contraption that he just pointed at their direction, "I'm going to count down to ten now" he warns as he strides to their direction.
"We're not here to fight" Alicia began as she went out of her hiding place, the man seem to be not interested in the way she was dress only noting the sword that she carry with her.
"I doubt that armor could do anything but protect you, from whatever elements around here girl" the man simply said as he looked at her companions and then sighed, "really where am I Gomorrah, is this a new theme from them, I'm telling you I ain't buying 'em?" as if the words were already strange enough but from the gravelly voice of the man behind the helm, Alicia could sense the sarcasm and wit on the words wasting no time she decided to query the stranger about the path of carnage that he may have made before he washed himself.
"Did you slay the orc bands?" she asked as the man considered her, his eyes are hard to discern but she can conclude that the man was looking at her strangely like she had just said something ridiculous.
"What is this Tæles of Chivalrie?" the man said as he sheathed his weapon to his bandolier, "if that's your term for Super-Mutants who rape women around here, okay I guess I'll buy into it" he said as he began to strap his strange musical intrument on his back and then walks away but not before stopping and turning back to them, "...and yes I killed those assholes" with that said he continued to walk if not for Alicia trying to stop him.
"What's your name stranger?" she asks as the man stops again and turns to her once more, his visor becoming red as it glares right through her as well as to her companions who shivered in fear.
"Depends on who says who I am, I've been called many names, but the one I know of is Courier Six just call me that" he walks away as Alicia watched his back disappear to the thickness of the forest, Courier Six, surely it wasn't his true name from what she had just seen the man is anything but a messenger of sorts.
Courier Six had to try his hardest not to just wolf whistle at those girls, they look like those great women he frequently visits from the Gomorrah Casino and yeah despite being heartless literally, it can't be said that Courier Six is not a man of carnal desires and sexual needs. He's already old almost reaching forty if he was able to keep count, but because of the brains at Big MT he was expected to have an enhanced lifespan also thanks to Dr. Usanagi there are certain enhancements that she built inside of his body that help him survive many things that are often called inhumanly possible.
As he walk at the dense forest, Courier Six looked back and sighed "I should have asked them where is the end of this forest" he said to himself as thunder rumbled and Six saw the skies began to darken, living in an atomic desert shithole never let Courier Six experience the rain, sure he heard about it but he never felt it so to see the sky darken he was a bit overwhelmed so to speak.
"Not even the Zion Canyon has an experience of this weather, odd..." the courier said as he quickly took out his binoculars then started scanning his surroundings, there is an exit located eastwards but that led him to a road and road either mean civilized people or an ambush point for bandits, still Courier Six needed the lay of the land and to know the land is to follow the road that leads to either civilization or dangerous wildlife, nothing ventured, nothing gain, Six quickly put back his binoculars then started to follow the path eastwards, the rain still pours.
As Six walks to the road he was met by a familiar sight, it was a caravan of people there were about six of the carriages being pulled by horses that carry supplies as well as women and children all of those things that the courier had only seen in a comic book or an almanac, now this is new, he thought as he wave a hand towards them, the leader, as Six assumed seems to be afraid as when he approached him he seems to be cautiously looking around his surroundings.
"Howdy there" Six greeted to the man who didn't seem to understand the term he had just used and also his helmet didn't help either, wait till they see the face, Six thought as he smirk underneath his helm.
"Hello stranger, where do you come from?" the man asked as Courier Six began to detect movement on his back, whipping out the Light shining in the Darkness Courier Six turned around then started shooting at the direction where he saw movement, "Black Dogs!" the man cries out as arrows began to fly.
"What the fuck?!" Six screamed as an arrow grazed his helm, turning to the man who was now shouting orders to the others to defend their caravan "get the women and children out of here!" he orders as the man looks at him, "don't just stand there just do it!" he grabs the man by the collar then throws him to the ground before an arrow could skewer him.
There were war cries as men and monsters began to spring out of their hiding place, Courier Six put back the handgun to its holster, pulling the Survivalist Rifle that was custom to have a bayonet on its end, the first monster that tried to reach for him was shot point blank to the head, turning around Six bayoneted a man who tried to take advantage of his exposed back moving forward he parried a sword thrust before countering it with a shot, a sword tried slashing him from the side but his armor was thick enough to catch the blow and only damage the duster he was wearing, Six snarled in rage at the offender as he slams the butt of his rifle at the man's face before stabbing him repeatedly until he was surrounded by allies.
"Anyone else!" Six roars, blood drank and berserk, he was going to send all this fuckers down to hell wherever part of that hell they may be, now there was a breathing ground for the defenders as the battle once more begins.
Courier Six dodges a spear thrust before shooting the offender to the balls then to the stomach and then to the head, quickly pulling out the spent magazine Six dodged a sword thrust then whipped out and pointed his Ranger Sequioa blowing the man's brain off with a satisfying explosion. The fighting lasted for almost three hours and as Six saw it the rain began to end however the battle seem unending, this is what I lived for! Six smiles as he headbutted a monster in the head before ending with a stab of a knife to the face.
"Come on! Come on!" he calls out as he raises his arms in the air taunting the attackers to come at him, "anyone of you man enough?!" he calls out to the attackers who were backing away now, "what are you waiting for?! Come on!" he screams and taunts them as a large figure from the attacker began to step forward, it was bigger than the mutants he had faced and he was sure as hell it was a lot more stronger as it carried a nasty looking mace, "fuck me" Six said as the monster roared to him as he activated his visors, "lets dance mother fucker!" he quickly reloads his rifle then points to the monster as it raised its mace and charge to him.
Courier Six, enhanced human, doctor, tribal, and mercenary, had never thought that he was in a whole new world and it seems he was ready for the adventure there is, repeatedly bursting his rifle until he empties his magazine Six charges also bayonet at the ready into the unknown.
Author's note: hey guys new story again, well I was planning a Bloodborne crossover but since I didn't know enough lore of the game so I decided Fallout: New Vegas and yes there are a lot of stories where the Courier is the main character, well since the man itself was an enigma even for fans of Fallout (myself included) I couldn't help but write this story also college is hectic.
Criticisms and Praises are appreciated
Miko 56