AN: As you may be well aware of I'm doing the Operation Anchorage, and after that I will head back into Broken Steel. This is kinda filler to explain how you could do Broken steel in a short time. I mean it's a war for crying out loud. Anyway enjoy.
Bren walked through the Wasteland; it wasn't too hard to find his way to Bailey's Crossroad as this area was pretty open. Lack of buildings made it so raiders or Talons couldn't ambush him. And it was noon when he left so he had a lot of light to travel by. Soon he saw the door leading inside into the metro station; he turned on his Pipboy light and looked around inside.
"Alright this seems to be the place" Bren thought and he stepped on an old box of Sugar bombs and he heard the gargling sound of a ghoul
"Fuck" Bren thought grabbing his infiltrator and aiming it ahead of him.
"Come on out" Bren said to himself and he then felt a blow to his side and was on the ground being clawed at.
A ghoul had snuck around him and jumped him from his side.
"Damn it get off" Bren grunted punching the ghoul in the face and rolling to the side and grabbing his assault rifle that he dropped and firing upon the body
"Fucking ferals" Bren muttered spitting out some blood. He knew that the scuffle would attract some attention of other ghouls but he kept going on through the tunnel and he saw two more ferals sniffing the air, most likely looking for Bren.
"See you in hell" Bren thought taking aim with the infiltrator, he fired the shots and the ghouls were out like a light. He smiled, ever since he has been using this gun, he found its power was much more powerful then the normal assault rifle, and yet being silenced made it even deadlier. He knew this was the right weapon for this situation.
As he continued further he could hear the sound of a battle up above
"Show time" Bren thought running up, he held his infiltrator up ready for anything and the moment he stepped out he saw something land right next to him, it was a head, a head with power armor. The helmet unlike the Brotherhood was a blackish red. He assume it was an outcast
"That's harsh" Bren thought running up the stairs, he could see a couple of the power armored men firing their laser weapons at three super mutants who were in what Bren assumed, a hollowed out house. Bren could also see the corpses of both mutant and outcast, the outcasts had more fallen ones.
"Alright, time for you to say your prayers" Bren thought pulling out a frag grenade. He pulled the pin and threw it where the mutants were taking cover; they were surprised to see the device because they never noticed Bren in the direction he was in.
The two of the mutants were blown up in a beautiful explosion of the frag grenade, the third was barely alive on the ground and Bren took a few shots with his infiltrator, ending his life.
The outcasts turned to Bren and one of them walked over to him and looked him over.
"Well judging by your appearance I would say you are no ordinary wastelander" The man said
"I'm Bren, you must be Morrill" Bren said extending his hand
"Sorry I don't care if you're the Lone Wanderer, you shouldn't be here" Morrill said not shaking his hand, Bren was surprised by his rudeness, that and the fact that he was the Lone Wanderer, he figured not to say it or else he might be shot for "lying."
"Hey I just saved your life, and I came to help" Bren said annoyed
"How, I thought we were only using special frequencies" Morrill said surprised
"My Pipboy picked it up, so I figured I help" Bren said, he thought it would be smart not to mention the brotherhood at this point.
"Alright alright, follow us, but be careful, those mutants are tougher then the average ones outside of here" Morrill said and he and the other two followed him with Bren behind them. Morrill grumbled something about how he didn't want to make a grave for the local.
Bren followed them into what looked like an old office complex, only it was hollowed out like other buildings before it.
"Stay alert" Morrill said scanning the area, but then a flash of light lit up with a loud laser shot was heard and the man next to him fell to the ground
"Clayton, you ok?" Morrill asked the man
"Ohhh" Clayton groaned
"Careful now" Morrill said
Bren helped the man up and noticed three burn marks on the chest, all in a triangle shape.
"What the heck?" Bren thought, he never saw laser scorch marks like this
"Hey Morrill the laser shots are in a triangle shape" Bren said, he had to tell him
"Triangle shape, impossible, I only heard one shot" Morrill said looking around and then Bren saw it. He saw a super Mutant, only instead of the normal looking mutant (if you can call them normal) it was a taller one, Bren could see veins sticking out of his arms, he was a more powerful one known as an overlord.
"You….die….NOW!!!" The Overlord shouts and he held his weapon, it looked like a laser Gattling gun but when it fired, three shots came out.
"Fuck" Morrill swore as they dodged the laser fire. They were under cover but the blasts of the tri-beam laser as Bren called it, were beginning to wear out the cover
"Damn it, we can't get stopped at this point" Morrill said, he groaned clutching his shoulder, got a blast and he could feel the heat coming off it. It did not feel good.
"Sir, how do we take on these monster?" One of the outcast asked. He seemed scared
"I don't know, that thing knows how to fight, and that's bad" Morrill said firing a few shots from his laser rifle, only to have the shots miss
Bren looked around the area and saw a ventilation shaft large enough for him to get in.
"Bingo" Bren thought opening the cover and crawling in
"Where the hell is he going?" One of the outcasts asked and Morrill just grumbled, "Good riddance"
Bren crawled through the vents with only one thing in mind, beat that mutant.
"Now I know what a prewar T.V. dinner feels like" Bren said to himself with a slight chuckle. Soon he made it around the area and he used the butt of the infiltrator to open the cover. He saw the mutant in front of him firing a few shots at the, "Puny humans" and he drew his trench knife.
"Take this" Bren cried out and he stabbed the mutant in the back, only to have it turn around and smack Bren onto the ground.
"That HURT!!!" It shouts and it grabbed a nearby sledge hammer and swings down on Bren
"Fuck" Bren thought rolling out of the way, he rolled around twice avoiding the swings and he got back up on his feet.
"Damn" Bren thought moving back, the overlord looked at him and grinned, it knew Bren was scared
"You will make good FOOD!!!" It shouts at Bren and it lunged at him, Bren side stepped and fired three shots from his magnum into its chest.
"THAT HURT!!!" It shouts and it slammed Bren onto the ground and held him down. He began to squeeze Bren's neck and he was running out of air, no that wasn't what the mutant was trying to do, it was trying to break his neck.
But then a wave of laser shots fired through the air and the mutant backed away
"Get up local and fight" Morrill said and Bren caught his breath and he pulled out his infiltrator and stared at the mutant. Both him and the overlord faced each other and Bren fired a barrage of bullets into its chest and head. It was dead from the burn and bullet wounds of Bren and the outcasts.
"Oh man, I never want to see one of those again" Bren said pulling out the trench knife and flicking the blood off of it.
"Local…er Bren, I don't know whether you're the dumbest or the bravest wastelander, but either way you are alright" Morrill said as they continued onwards and soon they made it to the base, or at least the top of the base.
"Alright, hold on" Morrill said to Bren and he went onto his Com link, "Yeah, this guy is good, maybe he could be on the one. He has a Pipboy on….alright I will send him down" Morrill said to the man on the other line.
He turned to Bren
"Alright, head on down, through the elevator, go to Protector McGraw, he will explain everything. Oh and thanks for the help…I suppose" Morrill said turning to go back to his patrols.
Bren took the elevator down and when he went closer to the bottom he heard a conversation.
"I'm just saying, why don't we just kill him and take the Pipboy for ourselves"
"No, we have orders from….McGraw to bring this one to him, just remember the plan"
Bren came to the bottom floor and he saw a man in the power armor looking at him
"Hey I'm-" Bren was cut off by the man holding his rifle up
"No talking, and follow me" The man said and Bren gulped and nodded his head, what was the Outcast's problem? He followed the man past some devices and a large door that had a terminal next to it.
Soon they came to an office where a man who seemed young and smart looked up from a desk, unlike the others who kept their helmets on, his was removed and he had a military shaved head. He smiled at Bren
"Brought the local McGraw" The man said
"That will be all Defender Sibley" McGraw said and Sibley walked off, McGraw walked up to Bren and looked him over
"Hmm, interesting. Yes you may be the one" McGraw said muttering to himself.
"Uh you wanted to see me?" Bren asked
"Yes, I'm told you helped my men, for that I thank you, but what brings a man like you to this area?" McGraw asked
"Well I'm not going to lie, the Brotherhood sent me" Bren said and McGraw sighed
"Really now, you know a normal Outcast would have shot you for that, but I'm a little more tolerant, now tell me why did they send you?" McGraw asked
"They need help, elder Lyons told me that he needed the Outcast's help against the Enclave" Bren explained
"Heh, Lyons is still kicking huh. Well I suppose I could send some men….but I need your help, are you aware of the battle against Communism back in 2065?" McGraw asked
"Huh?" Bren said, being from the Vault he never really did learn much that happened during the Vault years. All he knew was pre-bombing history and current history of the Wasteland.
"I thought so, you see after the bombs fell, America still fought the communists, and it would seem we stumbled upon a cache of weapons and armor, useful to the Steel…" McGraw sat down and sighed
"Let me guess, something is blocking you from getting them" Bren said
"A military simulation, a recreation of the Battle to reclaim Anchorage, we did some tests and found only certain computer systems would work with the simulation, meaning your Pipboy there" McGraw explained
"I see, but is there anything else I should know?" Bren asked
"First off, once your in, your in until the end, and if you go in and die, game over. You die for real" McGraw said
"Oh, so that explains a lot" Bren said
"Listen, you seem like a nice guy, so I'm gonna let you decide, you can leave now and I will make sure you don't get shot at, but if you go in and help us unlock the cache's not only will I provide troops and convince my fellow outcasts to help, I will provide you with weapons and armor from the cache" McGraw said and Bren held out his hand and shook his hand with McGraw
"Right go find specialist Olin, she will be in the simulation room, and do be careful" McGraw said and Bren walked out and past a room where Bren could see from an open door, the corpse of a Gary clone, his right arm had been severed and Bren had a feeling how they got the tests done.
He walked in to see a woman with a long black robe on, writing some notes on paper and Bren cleared his thought a bit and she turned around.
"Oh you must be the next subject, right lets get down to business" She said in a serious tone and Bren sighed
"Alright, but could you explain a little to me, I'm not the best with virtual systems" Bren said and she sighed
"Right, first off, we need you to put on the neural interface suit here, and with it, you go into the egg shaped device in middle there. Then you will be transported into the virtual world.
"Great, I'm just praying creepy girls aren't in there" Bren muttered and Olin was confused
"Pardon?" She asked
"Nothing" Bren said and he cleared his throat again and Olin realized what he meant
"Oh sorry" She said turning around blushing, Bren quickly changed into the suit, felt pretty skin tight and Olin turned back around.
"Alright, I'm opening the pod" Olin said pressing a few keys on a terminal. The pod opened up and Bren stepped inside and laid back
"Don't worry about a thing, I personally made sure it is 98.3 percent safe" She said pressing a few more keys and the pod closed around Bren
"I hope the 1.7 percent doesn't happen" Bren thought as he was engulfed in a white light and soon felt the feeling of being spun around while at the same time dropped at 10,000 feet.
He blacked out
"Hey get up soldier, we need to show these communist bastards whose boss"
AN: Yep I'm in Lyoko….I mean Operation Anchorage. Man this is gonna be good.