The Courier past through the battle-torn Nipton, wear the scars of war were still fresh. The Courier was not phased by the dreadful sight, for this was not the most horrific thing he says in his life. The crucifixes were still holding the unfortunate people, that caught by Caesar's Legion. Most of the corpses were torn open and half naked by scavengers passing through the area. This graveyard marked the first time he truly met Caesar's Legion. How could he forget, he was the first bystander to arrive at the massacre that has taken place. It had a strange beauty to it, being the main path to New Vegas for the NCR, all soldiers will see this horror. This site had a different meaning to The Courier, who see this as the main reason why the NCR fails, and Caesar will die.

The World is a cruel place; one day you could be in heaven, the next in hell. The Courier decided to take shelter in one of the run-down buildings at the end town, it was too dangerous to walk across Nipton Highway this late in the day. The Courier started a small fire in the middle of the room, he used old furniture, to keep a warm orange glow. It gave the pre-war store a sense of home. The Courier sat down by the fire, he began to recall the previous night.

….

"So what do you want me to do then?" Benny was lying on his back looking up at the sky.

"It's simple, all you have to do is, gain the trust of the other Casinos. Then ask them to agree for protection for a 20% tax on their profit."

"20%!" Benny was shocked, " They will never agree to that."

"Trust me I can be very persuasive."

…

The Couriers eyes flew open, his arm rushed down to his hip where he grabbed his pistol. He waited in silence for the thing to pop out and kill it. Suddenly footsteps! The Courier fired three bullets into the doorway. A pair of hands shot out of the door, "Wait!" he screamed, "don't shoot me please."

The Courier lowered his gun to his hip, but still keeping his hand on it. Very slowly a young African American man walked into view, he wore an NCR Correctional Facility; his face was very similar to some he met before. Then it hit him, "Boxcar, what are you doing here?"

"Hello, to you too." Boxcar sat down opposite side of the fire to the Courier.

"Answer the question." The Courier muttered through gritted teeth.

"After you helped me I," he paused, "I didn't have the supplies to get to Prim."

Boxcar's stared into the dying flamed of the fire, "Why is the world so Cruel?"

"Because lady luck is a bitch." The Courier said with a chuckle.

They both sat in quit watching the flame slowly die down. The Courier spoke first, "I would like to offer you a deal, if you help me get into NCR Correctional Facility, I'll help you cross Nipton Highways."

Boxcar looked at the fire for several minutes before he responded, "fine."

The Courier checked his pip-boy, "It's still late, let's wait till morning." They both laid down and shut their eyes, The Courier still holding his gun.

…

I knew that Nipton Highway was dangerous, hell everyone knew, but that did not stop The Courier. The highway was in between a Giant Ant colony, and a Radscorpion nest. As we walked us each carried weapons. The Courier had a black Assault Rifle with him, while I had a weathered 10mm pistol on hand plus a few sticks of dynamite because you can never be too careful. The Highway was blistering hot, as the giant sun glowed viciously in the sky. After an hour of walking, the Courier pushed me behind a rock.

"Hey!" I tried to mutter Horsley.

"Shh." He pointed at small two-story building 300 yards away.

"So?" I mutter angrily

Women came out dressed in black leather with a mohawk, as red as blood. The sun was beating down on her pale cheeks, she looked very uncomfortable.

"Vipers." The Courier said sharply.

"No problem," I said confidently, "you rush them while I chuck explosions from behind."

"Are you crazy?" The Courier turned his head, to look at me, "we are directly above miles of tunnels that belong to some very angry ants, and right by some very territorial scorpions, so what do you think will happen?"

"Fine," I answered angrily, "what's your plan then?"

"I'll sneak behind the rocks facing the entrance of the building when I give you a signal you stay here and fire distracting shots. While they are distracted, I'll take them out."

I looked at him angrily, "won't that still cause a ton of noise?"

The Courier shrugged his shoulder, "quitter than dynamite."

He then proceeded to sneak down the hill, his black armor was surprising welled blended into the environment. Suddenly I heard gunfire, "what the hell Boxcar. Fire!"

I popped out the rock and fried the weathered 10m pistol, The Courier gave me. The bullets zoomed by my head, hitting a rock right behind me. I saw two vipers kneeling down in front, with one standing up 10 feet away from The Courier's hiding spot. I saw the standing viper fall to the ground red blood pouring out his head. I fried my gun and hit the one kneeling on the right in his right arm, "GODDAMIT!"

Bullets started flying out of the building toward The Courier's cover, "Boxcar move up!"

I flew out of my cover running to the ditch on the right side of the road, bullets flying over my head. Dirt flew up my pants as shots came over the hill. "They're trying to flank us, split up!" They shouted.

Shit, even I knew they could easily outmaneuver us if they had a chance. I felt our final hope on my belt, desperate times call for a little boom; I lit the fuse and let the thunder fly. The Courier pushed through the front and I chucked explosions towards the back.

I ran up to the building, as The Courier charged out of the back. "What the Fuck!"

Boxcar interrupted, "saving our butts, you asshole."

"Have you forgot where we are."

It suddenly hit me, "oh shit!"

"Run!"

We charged away heading away from Nipton being chased by hundreds of soldier ants.

"Shit, Shit, Shit!" screamed The Courier.

I tripped over a rock and crumbling towards the grown. A soldier ant crawled on top of me it's black eyes unblinkingly staring into my soul. It's pincer ready for the finishing below; the hairy repulsive legs pushing against my body to the hot rough ground. I prepared for the attack when a loud bang sounded and the bug went limp. The Courier pushed it off of me and helped me to my feet. He was breathing heavy and covered in sweat. We tried to outrun the swarm of aunts, chancing after us. The gas station was now a few hundred yards away, but the swarm was closing in only 90 yards away. As we reached the gas station The Courier turned around turned around and started to fire randomly at the swarm. I began to search for a way inside, while The Courier slowly backed towards the building. I tried to budge open a door to allow us entry but it wouldn't budge. In our confusion we didn't notice the Radscorpion sneak up behind me, it silently prepared for the kill. The Courier pushed me out of the way taking the blow from the beast's tail. I unloaded my gun into the monster filling it with white-hot lead, Chunks of its repulsive blue limbs flew everywhere.

The Courier did not look well, his leg was oozing blood as the veins around the wound slowly turned an inky black. "Open the door!" he spatted sickly.

I tried with all my energy to open the door, it just would not budge. The Ant reached the parking lot of the gas station; panic began to spread as I pushed hopelessly on the wooden door. Finally, the door launched open as I fell inside, The Courier wobbled inside after me. He grabbed the door and slammed it shut and I pushed a shelf in front of it. Both of us could hear the pounding of the Giant Ants desperately trying to get in. The Courier tried to get up but his muscle gave in and he collapsed on the floor.