Sorry for the wait! I was busy with New Vegas and Fallout 3. So, without further adieu...

Underworld. Concourse. 9th Circle.

"You want me to do what?" Charon spoke.

"We need your help to take down the outposts. And since your still under my contract..."

"Why do you always bring in the contract?" He groaned.

"Your not scared of anything else." He reminded him as they both left the 9th Circle.

Charon was a Ghoul. He wore a suit of Reinforced Leather Armor and tied a Bandana around his mouth to cover up his indentity. He wore a wig that he recieved from Fyrus. He insisted Charon wear it because his skin on his had was peeling off, which revealed his brain. Not that much happened in it, though. It was itchy, but he didn't care. Nothing really bothered Charon at all. He now uses a Marksman Carbine, which he moded with a HD Skin which increased condition. He replaced his Knife with a Ripper, which he attached another to the end, making it double-bladed.

As the group left the concourse and into the museum entrance, they began giving each other mixed looks. None of them really knew that Ghouls went through so much, and their living conditions. It hit Cain so hard his mouth was clamped shout the whole time. Fyrus walked ahead of the group to meet up with a tall, imposing figure and the two conversed for a time. Then they walked toward the group.

Um, wow..." Sarah said as she saw Fawkes. She'd fought Super Mutants, but this one actually looked human. Fawkes got rid of his Jumpsuit and wore now a suit of armor cobbled together from spare parts. His armor consisted of train, plane, car, and Sentry Bot parts. He made himself a helmet that reminded the group of a Reinforced Combat Helmet, but with the mouth area cover up with a steel plate, which could be pulled up to reveal his face. He improved his Gating laser with the help of Fyrus, turning it into a Plasma Caster with his Super Sledge combined, making it the ultimate SM weapon.

"Everyone, this is Fawkes." He told the group. "Fawkes, this well, everyone."

"Nice to meet you all. I'm glad to be of help to your cause." He said boldly.

"Wow, a friendly SM, now I've seen everything." Nate replied in wonder.

"I'm not a Mutant." He told Nate." I'm just one of their failed creations."

"What's it like being a SM?" Mia asked Fawkes.

"I have no memory of what I used to be, but bits and pieces cross my mind sometimes here and there." He said as he began to drift off.

"Enough chit-chat." Charon grumbled. "We've have a job to do."

"You've got that right." Fyrus said. "Lets move." Then the group left the museum for the fight that would rock them all to the core.

BOS Rally Point. 2 Hours until Mission: STS. (Setting The Standard)

The group decided to make the camp at Raven Rock, since everyone thought it was a ghost town and the fact it had got sniping and spotting positions. Nate was busy tending to his Recharger Rifle when Nikki walked in. She was wearing a Merc Charmer Outfit with Novasurge clipped to her thigh. She found a spot to sit and started to talk.

"So, how has my picture been going?" She asked curiously.

"Oh, that?" He replied. "It's done."

"Really?" She asked. "Can I see it?"

"Um, sure I have right here..." He mumbled as he rummaged through his pack. He eventually pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Nikki. He handed it to her nervously.

"Here you go." He said weakly. " I hope you like it..."

"Wow." She exclaimed. "Nate, this is beautiful."

"You really think so?" He answered. "I did my best..."

"It's one of the best gifts I"ve ever gotten, Nate. Thank you." She said looking up away from the picture.

She stood up and got close to Nate. She then leaned in closer to his face and gave him a kiss on the cheek. They then stared into each others eyes for what seemed forever. She then looked away blushing and then walked out of the room, making the motion to follow him. He got up immediately and went after her.

Wow. He thought. She's defintely worth getting to know now. I mean, her eyes make me just want to just fall over!

They then sat down on a small bench and began to talk. It now seemed like things were coming Nate's way after all.

BOS Rally Point. 90 Minutes later.

Emerson was loading his RCW with Overcharged MF Cells with his team to make sure every hit took down at least one opponent at a time. Cain had recieved a Laser Rifle with a new scope and fiber optics. He was a good sniper, if sometimes noisy. All of their armor changed too. They now wore a Enclave hellfire armor and a black T-51d helmet and red streaks throughout their armor. Issac was issued a Minigun with a longer barrel for more ammunition. Mia used a Plasma Rifle with a red paint job and made the weapon weigh less when she took off some of thee parts she didn't need. Ryan however, decided to use a Tesla Cannon. He never really showed his knack for explosives when he shot down a Vertibird in one shot with it. Emerson was proud of his team. As he set his RCW down and began to put a silencer on his Anti Material Rifle when Fyrus and his group walked in.

Fyrus was now using a Mutiplias Rifle and a silenced Scoped 44. Magnum. His armor was new in camoflage paint and he mad sure his helmest headlights worked when he needed to see.

"Alright, everyone." He told the group. "Its time for me and the strike team to enter the camp. I can't all of you with me, so I'll have to pick the best fitted for the mission."

Not to big of a team. He thought. Five or six maximum.

"Nate."

"Emerson."

"Charon."

"Sarah."

"Nikki." He shouted. " Those are the ones I'll be taking. As for the rest of you, you have the more difficult part of the mission. You'll have to wait here."

Most of the group groaned and their eyes met with the floor. Amata, curious why she wasn't chosen, decided to have a talk with the Fyrus.

"Fyrus..." She said quietly. " Why didn't you choose me? I can help! I ca-"

"Amata. It's too dangerous for you with me. Your dad would kill me if you got hurt under my watch. He reminded her. "Stay here and wait for the signal to attack. Then if you can, you can fight with me."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

She then left him and went to gather up with the main attack force.

"Alright." Fyrus said after slipping on his helmet and activating the HUD, with showed his heartbeat, and the others with him. "Lets do this."

Outcast Outpost. West of Raven Rock's ruins.

The team sneaked along an old riverbed near the outpost to use as a makeshift trench. Emerson unslung his Rifle and spotted through his scope for a good entrance to the base. While he was doing that, Fyrus was checking his Pip Boy for some good sniping poistions for Emerson and Nikki. He then set a marker a few meters north of their position.

"Listen closely." He whispered through his helmet's speakers. "There's a spot near the base where Emerson and Nikki can snipe to cover our poistions. Also, I set up a NAV point ahead where we will go to when the mission is completed. Everybody got it?"

"Yessir." Emerson whispered back and he and Nikki went to their poistions.

"Charon."

"Yes, boss?"

"Come with me, but follow a few meters behind us with your Carbine using this Stealth Boy. So you can provide cover if I don't see it."

"Of course." Charon got out of his spot and activated the Stealth Boy and moved ahead.

"Everyone else, with me." He said as he finished putting his muzzle on his Multiplas Rifle.

"Got it." Sarah answered. " Lets move out, Nate."

"Oh, I'm going enjoy this." Nate said as he readied his Recharger Rifle.

"We all will."

Outcast outpost. Base entrance.

Fyrus shimmied across a concrete wall after nearly getting caught by a search light. He got to the end of the wall and crouched down, then made the motion for Nate and Sarah to tighten up. First Sarah went, then Nate. He then pulled out his Rifle and aimed for the searchlight. He squeezed the trigger and a bolt of plasma hit the searchlight, destroying it instantly. He heard some voices coming form that direction, probably about checking on the searchlight. It was gonna be close.

"30 seconds." He said through his com. "Go."

The group moved up as fast and quietly as they could and made it to the other side just in time as the searchlight activated.

"Alright, we have to breach through the wall." He told Nate. "Got any Thermite?"

"No, that wouldn't work. But a Pulse Mine would do the trick." He replied.

"Happy Birthday." He said as he produced from his pack a Pulse Mine.

"Just what I wanted." He said as he rigged it to the wall.

"Ok, stand clear." He told the two.

The timer on the mine went off in three seconds, which quickly and quietly blasted the group a entrance. They walked into the hole and sweeped the area with their rifles.

"All clear, Fyrus." Sarah said.

"Alright, lets find that terminal and get out of here."

"Agreed."

Fyrus let the group through a series of hallways when he said an Outcast Patrol walking right in fornt of them.

"Nate."

"Got it." He pulled out his rifle and shot both of them him once in the head. Sarah pulled the bodies around the corner and policed their weapons and ammo. They then made through way through the base and into the Control room without incident except a few stragglers which Sarah handled. He checked their heartbeats on his HUD. They were steady, for the moment at least.

He opened the door to the main room and found it empty. The only thing that was there was a terminal that was left all alone.

"Go ahead." Nate said nevously. "Hack it and lets go."

"No, it seems too..."

"Easy?" A voice said from behind them.

They all whipped around to find a whole Outcast platoon pointing rifles at them.

" Well, well, isn't it the little saint from the vaultI knew that Emerson couldn't do it, so I guess I'll have to do it myself. My name is Protector Eisenhower. And your just a corpse who doesn't know its dead."

Fyrus activated his mic in his helmet.

"Everyone, go for Plan B."

They drew their rifles and began to rain green goo all over them. Sarah and Fyrus took cover behind the desk while Nate took cover behind a pillar. He poked out of cover to return fire, but was then shot in the chest, which catapulted his body into the wall with a thud.

"Fuuuucccccc-" He said as he went down.

"Nate! NATE!" He yelled. " Are you alright?" He started to rush to him for aid, but had to take cover again.

"Leave me, just get out of here."

"No! I'm not gonna lose you too!"

"Cover me, Sarah. I'm gonna grab him and we'll get out of here."

"How? Can't you see its blocked by enemies, not to mention we're outnumbered 10 to 1?"

"We'll head straight on and hope for the best. Ready?"

"She sighed. Ready."

"Go, go!"

Fyrus ran as fast as he could shooting back at his opponents, at hitting 3 of them in the chest, causing their armor to buckle beneath them. He then scooped Nate up and retreated back to the terminal where Sarah hit one of them with her elbow and then headbutted the fiend with her helmet.

"Cover me, I'm gonna download the data we need."

"Got it. I'll check on Nate and see where he got hit."

"What are you wating for?" Eisenhower barked. "Destroy them!"

"Can't sir. If we do then we risk destroying the codes that terminal contains."

"Bah. Forget about the damn terminal! Shoot those idiots!"

"Got it, sir."
The Outcasts moved in and began to advance on them. As they were moving up, Fyrus was downloading the data via Pip Boy. when his Pip Boy showed the data transfer was complete, he began to back away from the terminal. As he was doing that, the Outcasts formed a circle around the three, making sure they had no chance of escaping.

"Now, if you don't mind, Fyrus. I would ask you now to stand down and drop your weapons and get down on the ground before things get ugly. I would hate have to clean your preciuos blood of the floors today. What do you say?" He smirked.

"We got you outnumbered!" Nate said inbetween breaths.

"Ha! Is that a joke? Because you, my friend, need practice." Eisenhower chuckled.

"Actually," Fyrus said in a smile. " I thinks it's pretty funny."

What Eisenhower didn't know is that Fyrus had just activated his beacon, with meant the whole attack force would break through here and take them all down. And just when he'd list expect it, the right of the BOS blew a whole in the wall and started to pore out like angry mutated ants. Eisenhower tried to make a run for it, but then Amata, pulled out the Pulse Gun and shot him in the back, causing him to fall flat on his face.

"Come here, you little bastard!" Cain said as he grabbed Eisenhower by the chest handle and then slugged him in the face.

"Enough!" Fyrus shouted. "Take them all prisoner and take them back to the Citadel. He'll asnwer our questions, like it or not."

"Copy that, capturing hostiles." Cross said and began to bind the enemy soldiers with cuffs.

"Also, we need a medic." He said as he walked out of the base and stoped a medic. "I have a casualty."

"On who?" Nikki asked breaking through the crowd. "Who is it?"

"Nate got pounded in the chest with a plasma bolt. He's unconsious now, and should be okay if we take him back to the Citadel."

"Will he?"

"I'll oversee his treatment personally. Now get on your Vertibired and head back to the Citadel, Intiate."

"But I'm not a-" She stammered.

"You are now."

"Yes sir." She saluted and rushed into her ship.

"Well." Amata said impressed as she came up from behind Fyrus."Only one casualty and a daring capture of the enemy, how did you do it?"

"I knew a stealth mission was down the drain halfway through the infiltration of the base, so I activated my beacon, knowing you would take care of the rest. And I didn't do it alone, by the way."

"Sure you did, hero." Amata said. See you at the Citadel." She said and ran to her Vertibird.

"You too, Amata. You too."

I was thinking of doing a story on Fallout: New Vegas. Think its a good idea? If you do, tell me in my reviews. Thanks for your encouragement!