Fallout NV – 4
By Invisa Fox
Chapter one: saved or am I?
This is the journal of Ethan NCR Desert ranger I am accompanying Tyler and Connor. we are heading to Boston to set up a new NCR base and try the ally with the local settlements. Tyler is a demo man of sorts and Connor well, I'm not really sure about him yet, he just came along for the ride well anyway better get going. As I sat up from the camp and looked around as the morning ritual began which mean I kick them both until they got up. Tyler usually gets up without a fuss but Connor he's another story he grabs his scalpel and waves it at me but I just respond with "I'll give you some Psycho" then he usually gets up without a fuss and them I say "aww sorry none left" then he responds with "one of these days Im'a kill you" (with an angry tone in his voice). as we begin our daily walk north east we're 2 days out form Boston about 2 km's later we spot a Deathclaw pack. we all pull out our weapons Tyler has 5 grenades, Connor has a scalpel and I Have a medicine stick you think Connor would die but no somehow he always miraculously survives. After we finished the fighting, Tyler says "I wish this was easier, this tires out my arms" Then Connor says "I wish I had a better knife and more Psycho" I reply with "oh that reminds me Tyler and I found this a while ago". (Give a grenade launcher) "and for you Connor a combat knife" (gives Combat knife) Tyler replies with "Where did you get that from, your ass?" I reply "No, I just found them a while ago within the first two days" Tyler replies "Really?" (with a blank expression) "maybe". I said Connor looks at me with puppy eyes and says "please sir can I have some more" I reply with "what are you Oliver Fucking Twist". Connor replies with "just give me some more fucking Psycho you dumb fuck" then I replied with "well since you asked so nicely how could I say yes". (Connor stays silent) I think to myself well that shut him up then I say come on guys lets go. by the time we had finished arguing we could already see the outline Boston and it was getting late so we set up camp and went to sleep.
I woke up to great Kaboom! I opened my eyes and saw Tyler using his new Grenade launcher I looked behind me and saw Connor standing over me with knife in hand. and I said "Connor what are you doing!" Connor replied "me and Tyler" I stopped him right there and said "no need to talk I've been expecting that you would betray me for a while and I came up with a plan to deal with it". Connor asked me what it was, I said I'll show you I got up out of the dirt I've been sleeping in and grabbed my stuff and ran like hell I looked behind me and said "ha ha ha suckers". I reached in my bag and pulled out a button remote as Tyler aimed his Grenade launcher at me I pressed he button then Tyler's Grenade launcher fell apart. Connor ran at me knife in hand he was getting closer and closer I pressed the button for a second time this time it didn't work. he lunged at me I grabbed my medicine stick and went to shoot him but it was too late he had stabbed me in my left thigh and again in the right arm he went for the head I thought to myself I'm going to die right here and now. but all of a sudden I heard a gunshot this man standing at least 4-5 meters away with a hunting shotgun. I realised Connor had been shot and his knife stabbing into my left shoulder Connor lying next to me blood all over the ground a mix of his and mine I passed out.
I awoke in an enclosed area I was in a cage, I looked to my right, it was just a pile of boxes and to my left was a man, the same man who rescued me, I said "who are you and what am I doing in this cage?" he replied with Low and monotone voice. "all shall be explained." Of course I thought to myself, all of a sudden the cage suddenly started to move. two people started to carry it towards a door they were both big and strong when we got to that door they through me and the cage towards the door it slid across the floor, and the doors opened a massive drop was awaiting me and at the bottom, two Deathclaw's I fell but saved was by a crane. The person that I saw before said this "your stuff waits at the bottom and two Deathclaw's, you win you get your freedom you die well I don't really need to explain that do I, now lower him." he said to the crane driver the cage started to lower very slowly, it took about 5 minutes to reach the ground I thought to myself I wouldn't want to fall that's for sure. I saw my stuff as he promised but it was on the other side of the pit in-between two Deathclaw's. The cage door slammed open I ran towards my stuff. one of the two Deathclaw's jumped at me but the other one jumped at me as well but they collided with each other, I thought to myself "looks like luck was on my side today hopefully." I got my medicine stick went to shoot one of them but it had no ammo, the guy that I saw before said. "sorry forgot to mention the ammo is on the other side of the pit" I thought to myself "Really?" I got my bag and searched inside and pulled out a box of .44 bullets the box said in case of emergency's it had to clips worth of ammo still in it. I loaded my medicine stick I shot the Deathclaw in both legs until both Deathclaw's could only walk but I had no ammo left. I ran over to the ammo cache and searched for the .44 ammo I found it and the I also found enough ammo for my ranger sequoia and filled that up too. I shot 7 bullets into each of the Deathclaw's heads and won the match, I thought to myself that was way too easy but meh, at least I survived. All the people just stood and watched in awe and yelled to the guy who I met before and put me down here. "now, get me out of the dam pit its hot down here!" he replied with "Stand on the cage and we'll pull you up" I stood on the cage and when I finally got up there the guy handed me beer and said this "so you are actually an NCR ranger then" and I said. "Na' I'm a fairy." We sat down on a couch, I asked him how he knew about the NCR all the way out here he said "I used to be a NCR myself until I took an Cazador sting to the knee, anyway why are you here" "to find a new base for the NCR". I said, he replied with "bit far don't you think" I said "just following orders, so anyway whats you name" "Cahill" he said, I said to him "So you want to tag along with me?" he replied with "yea sure where you heading?" I replied "I don't know yet just to find the safest place to recruit and stay, so how bout it, you want to come?" he replied with "yea sure It'll get me off my ass at least" We headed out the next thing in the morning.
