Brian's POV
Brian, Boone, and Veronica successfully made it away from Hidden Bunker and are currently on the road toward Goodsprings.
"Man I can't believe we got out of there" Brian said sighing in relief.
"Those Stimpacks are handy but I can still feel the endless punches to my face." Boone said, nodding in agreement.
"You guys are babies, I told you I'd get you out of there and I did" Veronica said calmly walking next to them.
"You weren't the one who got their insides rearranged by an armored fist..." Brian said groaning, remembering the past couple hours.
"You'll live, let's just focus on getting to Goodsprings" Veronica said.
"We should be able to see the town pretty soon" Boone assured them.
"Good, I need a rest. So far I've been kidnapped and beaten to a pulp with only little information on the rest of the vault." Brian said.
"Well when we get some medical supplies we'll head toward the New Vegas Strip, staying as far away from the Hidden Bunker as possible." Veronica said.
"No offense Veronica but if we run into anymore and they fire at us, I won't hesitate to fire back" Brian said with a serious tone.
"You can try, but they wear metal for a reason Brian" Veronica said chuckling at his threat.
Courier's POV
The Courier sighed happily as she finally made it back into the Mojave Wasteland. She looked around taking in the familiar sights, seeing the New Vegas Strip in the distance.
"May as well go to the Lucky 38 and rest up before I find Boone and the others." She said to herself as she made her way toward the Strip, unaware of a group of people watching her from a far.
She made her way around the gate to reach the front entrance before he she heard gunfire in the distance. The Courier quickly pulled out her new pistol, A Light Shining In Darkness and jumped behind a rock for cover, hearing bullets hit the rock.
"Come out Courier! We're here for blood for the death of Caesar!" One of the men said.
"More of the Legion remnants huh?...Well..." She quickly jumped out of cover and put a couple bullets into a couple of the Legion's heads, hearing their bodies hit the ground as she went back into cover. She heard footsteps so she quickly jumped up and emptied the rest of her clip into the remaining Legion members. She wiped the sweat off her head and smiled, putting the gun away and quickly looting any ammo, caps, or needed equipment from their bodies.
"Now, time to go rest." She said heading into Freeside.
Brian's POV
"Oh thank god, we're finally there" Brian said smiling weakly seeing the town right in front of him.
"You weren't the most fit in your vault I'm assuming?" Veronica asked him.
"Not really, I was actually pretty lazy, my father was the more fit one, despite all he did was research. I was more of a tech person so I always stayed in my room." Brian told her.
"Well it would explain a lot right now" Veronica said to herself.
"what was that?" Brian asked her.
"Nothing! Just glad we're here" Veronica said smiling.
Brian looked at the town carefully, trying to take it all in. He thought the place looked like crap but what didn't out in the Mojave?
"Come on, Doc Mitchell is up on the hill" Boone said pointing toward a white house which appeared slightly damaged.
Brian, Boone, and Veronica walked up toward Doc Mitchell's place and knocked on his door. They were greeted by an old man who seemed to still be walking around OK.
"Hello Doc Mitchell, it's been awhile" Veronica said.
"Yes, hello Veronica, and a friendly hello to you too Boone. How is the Courier doing?" Doc Mitchell asked.
"She's doing fine, off on another of her own solo adventures outside of the Mojave." Boone told him.
"Well I'm glad she's still alive. Who is this?" Doc Mitchell asked looking over at Brian.
"This is Brian Hunters, he is a vault dweller from Vault 23 who is looking for the rest of his vault" Boone told him.
Doc Mitchell's eyes widened.
"Wow, another vault dweller in the Mojave? It's a pleasure to meet you, as they have said I am Doc Mitchell. I'm sort of the doctor for this town" Doc said, shaking Brian's hand.
Brian shook his hand back.
"Doc, is there a chance we can get a couple sets of stims? We're planning on heading toward the New Vegas Strip" Veronica asked him.
"Normally I'd charge for the Stims but since you two are friends with the Courier and your helping this lost vault dweller find his family, I'll give you guys a pair of stims. Just...don't die before being able to use them." Doc Mitchell said handing everyone five Stimpacks.
"Wow, thanks Doc I promise these won't go to waste" Brian said sticking them in his duffel bag.
"The Mojave is a cruel place if your not careful so make sure to listen to these two while you travel. They know how the Mojave works." Doc told him.
Brian nodded his head and held his duffel bag tightly.
"Sadly since we're not taking the route through the Hidden Bunker, we'll have to take the long way to the Strip, and that means going back to Novac." Boone said.
"Your not serious. There's no other route we can take?" Brian asked, hoping for an alternative.
Boone sighed and shook his head.
"It would involve us climbing over a lot of rocks with no hope of landing on the other end, it's dangerous and very risky. Our best bet is to go through Novac and head North" Boone said.
"Didn't we see those huge fucking flying things while we were leaving Novac?" Brian said nervously.
"Sadly yes, we passed by the Cazador Nest on the way toward the Trading Post" Boone said.
"Well...if you wanted to risk going through deathclaw territory you can go through Quarry Junction and head north from there. it's faster then just going to Novac" Veronica said.
"Brian has never seen a Deathclaw before Veronica, going through Quarry Junction is suicide" Boone told her.
"I was just making a suggestion, no need to bite my head off over it" Veronica said.
"What do you think Brian? We're following you so we'll go where you go." Boone asked him.
"Let's take our chances with the Deathclaws...If we get there and move as quietly as we can, maybe we can bypass them." Brian said confidently.
Boone sighed to himself.
"Fine, we'll stay here for the night and go into Quarry Junction tomorrow." Boone said.
Courier's POV
She laid in her Lucky 38 suite in her own bed as she shut her eyes slowly, enjoying how comfortable it is to be back in a normal bed.
"I hope Boone and the others aren't getting themselves into trouble" She thought to herself.
"When I wake up I'll head back to Novac and find him." She said to herself as she drifted off to sleep.
Thanks for reading! I apologize if it took so long to make this chapter I've just been having writers block plus I made some changes to the previous six chapters that I hope makes more people read.
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