Chapter 17 everyone. Now let's all take this nice and slow before seeing another perspective. It's too fresh to make a... Reveal... At this time. So just for a bit of now, let's see how complicated this will get while we finish the opening act...
What you gonna do when there's blood in the water?
Song used
"Contagious" by Searchlight
-The Enemy-
"What's our status report?"
Amanda began as she stood inside the communications tent.
"We've had four devided forces, Commander. The other two already are moving in to start surrounding Mexico. And lastly, our main front line units now ready to attack the Hoover Dam. Our engineers also reported that they've hacked a handful numbers of securetrons and had implanted explosive charges on each, and now being remotely controlled, the robots will create a minor distraction until our forces can fully surround the armed personnel there."
Amanda gave a satisfied nod.
"Perfect. Now... Get me a vertibird ready. I want to see how this operation proceeds."
"Yes, Commander!"
After leaving the tent, Amanda emmidiately proceeded to get her issued laser minigun and her Liberty power armor before directing to the vertibird on standby for her use. She will admit, that being a leader is better than a follower, but being a leader by simply staying idle just wasn't her style. She needed her bearings moving as well, after all, she had already taken up the mantle Nate had left in reminding of her about him, but Amanda was just too far better than him than she expected. A better militant Commander.
"Welcome aboard, Commander! You joining the siege of the Hoover Dam?"
Amanda simply gave a nod at the pilot with a sly, sinister grin as the vertibird began covering and flying towards the destination.
"An honor to have our Commander in the battlefield! Now, based off our eggheads in charge of the Intel, the muties had been fighting over the Hoover Dam for years now. Long story in the amount of full mission briefing, but to skip to the best summary, 4 years ago, the NCR fucks were on a second battle of the Hoover Dam against some brainless savages called Caesar's Legion living in Arizona during that time Basically muties on full Roman vibe and getup. Bunch of idiots that preferred melee weaponry and combat which got them to lose in the second battle of the Hoover Dam against the NCR with the help of their Courier. It's a really long story, Ma'am. But here's a fact from long ago based off intel has gathered: The NCR was first known as a town called Shady Sands, founded by some people who emerged out of a Vault 15 back in 2097, then to cut it to the chase, they also followed the pre war society of having a president named Tandhi, which made their living in prosperity but we all know how these low lives turned out as their greed to expand got the better of them."
Amanda silently nodded as she listened to the AI pilot. It reminded her of the old pre war America when it mentioned the word 'greed' and that's exactly where it all led to the nuclear holocaust with China all because of the oil. The NCR however, is a different story. A story that only the people on their side would have the right sources to tell why they weren't really thriving well, aside from the expanding army. But Amanda doesn't give a fuck. Why should she, right?
"Charlie - 2.3 we've arrived at the rendezvous point, check-in for all active units."
Hearing the reason from the cockpit, Amanda quietly listened at the chatter.
"Zulu - 5.6 over! We've reached the rendezvous point! Preparing for drop is a go!"
"Charlie - 2.4 we've dropped all active units and are all moving to the rally point. Press forward brothers!"
"Marco - 5.0 Outcast Re and 4 are now clearing in the Hoover Dam entry! Awaiting for the securetrons detonation at the main weak spot, and all units on standby over!"
Amanda finally readied her laser minigun.
"Roger that, Marco - 5.0! The Commander in on the mission, I repeat the Commander is on the mission! Requesting for escort while the operation is on the go over!"
"Roger! Marco - 4.9 Outcast Red 6 on standby for assistance!"
"Copy that, Marco - 5.0! The hud on your maps shall mark where she'll drop over!"
"Roger!"
Seeing one of the pilots turn g to her with a nod Amanda took the cue and finally jumped off the vertibird. It's time to show these NCR that they picked he wrongest fight of their lives.
After a loud thud from the shockwave she caused upon a hard drop, Amanda gripped on her laser minigun and just at the sight on the far in front of her were exploding securetrons, gunfire and the sight of Enclave vertibirds flying around the Hoover Dam and gunning down NCR personnel.
Seeing at the far end of the sight, Amanda found herself watching at the sight of the grueling battle between Enclave and NCR personnel, a sinister grin crept on her face under her helmet, Amanda sprinted towards the battlefield with no hesitation.
By the time she managed to get close, she emmidiately fired her laser minigun at the sniping personnel on the higher ground, but them clean thing the glimpse of black and red X01s sporting the Outcast paint jobs, Amanda left the sniper's to her soldier before setting g her attention at the personnel trying to block the main entry on the Hoover Dam.
"Vertibird!"
Hearing one of her soldier yell out, Amanda saw a vertibird flying around with what appears to have two sniper trying to snipe from above.
Amanda bitterly watched before turning to one of the AIs with a Fat Man.
"Take that vertibird out!"
"Yes, Commander!"
"The entry! Charge!"
Hearing the screams from all fighting forces, Amanda only focused at the sight as a mini nuke successfully managed to hit the single vertibird above 30 feet and with the vertibird crashing at the wall towards the NCR personnel, Amanda stood on her spot as she watched her soldiers mercilessly charging at the regreting soldiers. But as she only watched blankly, she saw about 3 more NCR vertibirds retreating away. Amanda cleared her throat as a friend bitter, murderous glare formed on her face.
"SURROUND THE DAM!"
She charge along with the numbers of her soldiers, shoving, slamming and stomping on the now overwhelmed NCR personnel inside the Dam, the rest of the retreating unfortunately manage to escape with the vertibirds, but the rest that remained, were all cornered, shot, ginned down.
"Commander! We are here to assist you!"
Seeing a team of Outcast emmidiately approaching her, Amanda emmidiately pointed at the main platforms above as a fee more NCR personnel were trying to make a run.
"After them!"
"YES COMMAMDER!"
Despite the gunfire now echoing inside the Dam, Amanda began seeing the sight of corpses falling off the platforms, the surviving soldiers miserably trying to escape only to be executed.
Firing her laser minigun on whoever was left on the NCR guarding the dam, Amanda was suddenly interrupted when one of the AIs approached her.
"Our vertibirds managed to crash down one of the NCR vertibirds, Commander. One survived, a woman one of the Desert Rangers stationed near the long abandoned Arizona. Shall we execute the prisoner, Ma'am?"
Amanda raised a brow. Arizona? The exact location where the Legion once existed before they were defeated by the NCR? They can easily reach out there, but upon reaching there could bring a possibility to encounter any other bands.
"Send a team to tail those other vertibirds. And take the prisoner back to the outpost. Something tells me that we're in for a full plate of more than just NCR heads..."
"Yes, Ma'am!"
After dismissing the soldier, Amanda was then emmidiately approached this time, by an Outcast operative.
"Commander, the Dam is secured, survivors are 0, not counting the escapees, and our casualties are one, AIs only require emmidiate repair once we get back to the outpost."
Amanda gave a small nod.
"Well done. But have two battalions ready. I want this dam secured under our name. But we will still go after those escapees..."
"Yes, Ma'am!"
Quickly making her way out of the Hoover Dam, Amanda noticed the flags of the Enclave in three flag poles being raised, she only managed to give a very short satisfied smile for a split second, but then her mind went dark... A bizarre thought suddenly flashed for a split second in her mind. Would Nate approve of this?
"Commander! A vertibird is ready for your departure!"
Amanda emmidiately forgot the thought as she emmidiately gave a quick nod before marching towards the vertibird on the way to the current outpost from the far east of Mojave.
Simply getting on board, Amanda impatiently waited on the way back to the current outpost. Time may be limited for her now, but she wasn't going to waste any second either as she will never allow these NCR to get the chance to get away easily.
"I tried my best, Amanda. To show you how to be... Human... But I'm not saying I'm giving up either."
Amanda mentally cursed with an extremely bitter frown. Why bother her now? It's only distracting her. Making her grind her teeth as she ILY waited.
Finally, after the arrival, Amanda emmidiately hopped off the vertibird and bitterly made her way to where the prisoner was held, and after hopping off her power armor for a moment, Amanda cursed loud as she only saw a young red headed woman, bruises, and even a stitched wound was on her forehead. And the medics even bothered tending to one of these low lives?
Amanda coldly stared at the young woman. She wasn't wearing the same NCR tanned uniform, rather likely, a green outfit only similar to the NCR. But it would seem that even luck itself finally succumbed to her manipulation as the young woman sitting g in front if a small table, hands cuffed, had the name 'Reilly' on her uniform aside from the Rangers in it. Amanda clenched her fist before slowly soothe woman who motionlessly staring at her.
After a long silence, Amanda lolled the woman in the eyes before making a silenced, but threatning, straightforward approach.
"Where were you taking the survivors?"
She got no response, instead, the young woman only looked down in silence.
Amanda took a deep breath, her fists clearly tightened as it clenched.
"Where. Were. You. Taking. The. Survivors..."
There was no response. Amanda didn't frowned this time. Rather, she slowly stepped further until she stood behind the woman, and finally, grabbed Reilly by the back of her hair and ignoring her screams from her tight grip, Amanda slowly began again.
"Where were you taking them?"
"You won't get anything..."
Amanda finally got a response. But as it didn't pleased her, she instead slammed Reilly's head onto the table with a loud thud. And with her scream, and cries from the pain, Amanda pulled her up again by the back of her hair, the stitch on her forehead was finally ruined and once again bleeding.
"I have no regrets, Ranger... Unless you give me a reason to spare you?"
"I'm telling you... I don't know-"
Amanda slammed Reilly's head on the table again, the blood was now spallet, her nose bleeding as worse as her forehead. But what caught her attention was the glint of water on the eyes. The woman was obviously afraid now. But Amanda didn't have a fuck as she slammed Reilly's head one last time, much harder than before.
Silence, but the soft, and hushed cries could be heard.
"You won't give me and answer?"
Amanda slowly pulled out her plasma pistol before leveling it down to Reilly's head.
Amanda bitterly frowned when she heard the woman now driving quietly. She was now afraid of her. Amanda could feel the fear, and she loved it, but for some reason... She blames Nick. Holy shit.
Amanda suddenly began putting her pistol away.
"Tell me."
She suddenly muttered with the most bitter frown.
"Arizona..."
Between coughs with blood, Amanda finally got the response.
"Enclave... Enclave... And... Midwest... Brother... Hood... In... Arizona, after the Legion were... Defeated... The remnants... Turned it into a Ranger outpost..."
A pause, and there she watched as the woman slowly began sobbing, fear and pain was obviously felt from her sobs.
"That's all I know... I... I... I swear..."
Amanda felt satisfied with the response, and straightening herself, Amanda simply turned away to head outside but to hear the woman's hushed sobs... Amanda cursed.
'God dammit, Nick. This is all your fault! Look what disadvantage it's giving me!'
Amanda only stood motionless. She was that cruel before. But, she didn't wanted to be weak. She opposed to being human now. But seeing this poor woman she violently tortured... Amanda cursed. She finally came to reach the point where she could no longer think straight. She couldn't tell what was even right anymore. But does it matter now? The only thing that matters is the Enclave.
Slowly, and as quietly as she could, Amanda took out a tony piece of cloth. She hated this, but she knew this woman was just following her orders. She was following orders, and that's it.
Amanda gently began wiping off the blood from Reilly's face before finally keeping the cloth on her bleeding forehead.
"I'll have a medic to tend your wound... I'm sorry... That you have to go through this..."
She then met the teared eyes of the young Ranger, but Amanda didn't allowed her to speak as she decided to continue.
"Understand this... The Enclave's goal is to destroy the New California Region. One way or another. And I'm sure you know what reason we have as to why were doing this. But I know that you know that you're no longer favor to the NCR and it's expanding numbers... If I can only get you to understand the Enclave's perspective on all this. But I'm not asking for your forgiveness. What I ask, is understanding. That's it."
She knew Reilly wanted to say something, but Amanda frowned and emmidiately turned away before finally leaving the Ranger on her own for a medic to tend to her wound. Amanda felt her blood boiling at that she did there. For being soft... It was all Nick's fault for getting to influence her how to be... Human...
Would Nate want this? Would Shaun want this? It doesn't matter now, right? The Enclave is what matters. But, Amanda felt her own sanity is trying to compromise her own person herself. To being human. But if turning herself away from being a human, then what difference does she make between Colonel Autumn, or to President Eden? Amanda frowned as she walked. Do any of those thoughts even have any valid point to show her either of it is actually the right decision to make? Amanda stopped on her thoughts. Not now. Her objective comes first. Chase down these NCR escapees then annihilate the NCR in Mojave. She can always find an alternative solution for Mexico... But... What was her agenda our of all of this? It's clearly not for Nate or Shaun anymore as it clearly shows. Either it's for being worse the the original Enclave, that or she was trying to actually reform the wasteland but violence was the only way to do so? Now Amanda doesn't know... But why would she worry now when she's already right where she is? The only thing that should matter now finishing odd what she'd currently dealing with.
"Commander, we've got great news."
Turning her attention to a human soldier who approached emmidiately, Amanda cocked a brow.
"Our Outcast teams under Captain Finley's command has now full control on Freeside, but even better... The people in Mexico had sent us a message regarding their surrender, but the condition was... To be left out of the conflict we have with the NCR. Commander, this gives us a valid authority to terminate these expanding muties, now that we got a perspective from the people on this part of the wasteland. If we will allow them to surrender, it would make our work less complicated to pick who's to shoot and who's to spare. There are even NCR personnel there stationed on Mexico who'd be willing to lay down weapons for surrender. Commander, we can show President Eden that we can make a different path from them previous chapters. We don't need to execute everyone at all."
Amanda was quiet for a long moment. But clearing her throat, she harshly replied.
"Why buy an obvious trick, Sargeant?"
"It's obviously not a trick, Ma'am. They're willing to surrender, which automatically leaves the NCR in Mojave as the only enemy standing left. We don't need to wait days in order to gain control of the situation."
Amanda firmly folded her arms before with a bitter frown.
"And then what? Integrate whatever remains of the NCR to our cause?
"It's an option, Commander. But it's entirely up to you on what you plan to do on those who surrenders, those who won't... We can always execute them, as justified but it's for the people they're ruining the lives of thriving here."
The Sergeant has a point. But wait... Why the fuck does he act tolerant? Hell, this was the issue she's been worried about her soldiers back in the Commonwealth, and now in here on California? Amanda cursed. Was she the only that's trying to drag these tolerant Enclave to the worse, path that the previous chapters never managed to stomach taking before? Is she really the only one trying to be... This thing that she is?
Deciding to forget the thought, Amanda bitterly stared at the Sergeant before a bitter reply.
"Our objective comes first, Sergeant. Think about lives once we finished our current objective here. And remember... We don't take failure kindly... Because we're not incompetent fools like the previous Enclave."
She wanted a defeated sigh before quiet response.
"Yes, Commander. I understand..."
Amanda firmly nodded before dismissing the Sergeant. Was she really going to risk an exception? She wanted everyone dead. For god's fucking sake.
"I care because of unarmed civilians."
"But seeing there's nothing I can do..."
"Do I really have to leave you in order for you to see what actually makes sense, Amanda?"
"I tried my best, Amanda. To show you how to be... Human... But I'm not saying I'm giving up."
"Fuck... Just fucking... Stop..."
Amanda gritted her teeth before deciding to try and keep her hot temper in control, but she was failing. She didn't needed to worry about time. Because she had all the time in the wasteland. But her... Weak side... Trying to get to her? Amanda needed to act fast. To finish her objective, one way or another, before she does what she doesn't want to do to fail her goal for her Enclave.
Amanda emmidiately gathered for teams herself. It's time to move. Her sanity trying to regain control over herself to be human was now the one she needed to worry of. She didn't feared anything, or anyone. It wasn't just a dream that she had before. And Amanda didn't expected to have found the enemy, living within herself.
After a long moment of briefing personaly by herself, Amanda emmidiately instructed the soldiers - A four team half battalion - to fly with her to Arizona. But how would her loyal soldiers react to be fighting... The Enclave from Navarro now integrated to the NCR? But, should it matter? She'll have to find out. And she still looked forward to take out those Brotherhood fucks from the midwest. They're both enemies, and both needed to be terminated along with the NCR.
It was a good flight. Silence, and nothing but the chatter through the comms were the only ones she had to listen to keep herself occupied. Amanda never wanted to let that distraction get the best of her. Not one bit.
But she wondered... Why would the Brotherhood of Steel ignore their DC division? Do they also have a different belief from the other Brotherhood? Are they also tolerant? Or greedy like the NCR and the DC Brotherhood? Amanda frowned. That's another thing she needed to deal with once she's dealt with the NCR. But which Brotherhood in particular? Should she worry that the USAF might try to compromise her and her Enclave? How was Codsworth doing now? Was he safe with Dogmeat? Piper... She had not thought of Piper ever since she left Sanctuary. Was the other woman still pushing herself to get the truth out of Mcdonough being a synth? Was she now doing some live experience to cover stories from the tension between the USAF and Brotherhood of DC? Would Nick tell them where she is? Hell... Would her soldiers understand how she feels? Being conflicted? Lost? Alone? And mostly... Out of control?
Wait... Just, what the fuck was she even thinking?
So many thoughts... Fuck. Her sanity is fighting back itself. To try and turn her back into a human being again... Amanda didn't wanted to keep her sanity. She knew herself that she had long embraced her lust for power, and control. Perhaps, she is worse than the previous Enclave leaders. But above beyond better. She just needed to fight back against her own sanity. Her enemy. Herself.
"We're taking fire!"
Amanda was emmidiately interrupted in her thoughts when the pilot began shouting.
"Bravo - 6.2 this is Charlie - 4.3 we are now in enemy territory, proceeds to drop all units emmidiately!"
"Copy that, Chapter - 4.3! All of you! Get out of the vertibird and emmidiately cover as much as ground as you can to keep enemy eyes off us! Jump now and we'll try to gain control above ground to give you cover fire!"
Amanda emmidiately jumped off the vertibird first with no hesitation before she was even followed by the rest of the unit. She was clearly not thinking straight, but she kept ignoring as she finally created a shockwave before finally rejoining the rest to start annihilating the enemies she has labeled herself to kill.
"All teams! Surround and corner these muties!"
"I'm running and I feel times running out
There were twelve of us, were down to seven now."
She met a fortified fence with turrets all over. This was not to be underestimated as Rangers armed with wooden rifles began sniping behind sand bags, along with oddly looking and horned power armored personnel began rushing out of small establishments. Amanda figured these must be the the remnants of the Midwestern Brotherhood chapter. But it didn't mattered now, as anger began to infect her own blood to boil before ginning down the rangers and even opening fire to some of the Brotherhood remnants.
Seeing her soldiers were efficiently fighting the ones in power armor, Amanda began dressing all teams to charge further inside tr outpost, where they were met by a small, but heavily armed resistance of what she finally recognized as Vegas remnants of the Enclave in first generation power armor and weaponry.
"Our vertibirds above are now gunning down the Rangers!"
Amanda heard one of the humans on X02 yell. It's time. To make this quick. Even if it mean fighting the older faces of the Enclave's failure chapters.
"I'm fearing exhaustion
The temperature is dropping down is anybody with me now?"
"Murderers!"
Amanda suddenly heard one of the Enclave remnants shout as a whole bunch of group along with Midwestern Brotherhood remnants altogether began to charge at her. Is this for real? These sons of bitches actually working together to 'stop' her? Are they trying to make her laugh?
"All I really wanted was the cure"
"Enclave, attack!"
Amanda shouted as she began charging towards the remnants, her soldiers is X01 and X02 suits of power armor backing her up ready to kill. This was fucked up. Was she really going to do this? Amanda bitterly frowned and gritted her teeth as she shoved an Enclave remnant onto a nearby wall before gunning down the poor soul with her laser minigun.
"Commander watch out!"
Amanda emmidiately ducked as a Brotherhood remnant tried to melee her with a laser rifle bit seeing two automated X01s tackling the end, Amanda what to continue doing her part on the execution of these motherfuckers, and traitors.
"These people are crazy! knight get our heavy artillery!"
"Paladin watch out!"
Amanda emmidiately began firing her laser minigun at the said paladin remnant, then came rushing in were her soldier, AIs and human altogether fighting the remnants of two factions needed to be annihilated.
"Something was written
They tried to erase us
Now that they govern, here to contain us"
"All units, retreat to the higher ground we can try to make a last stand there- AAAAARGH!"
Amanda furiously gunned down the Enclave remnant who fell dead with an amputated arm.
"Surround them!"
Amanda furiously demanded as she began seeing the retreating remnants, the Rangers unfortunately for them, we're finally terminated. Now it's all those filthy muties left to deal with. And those traitors.
Amanda slowly began charging in along wit u her soldiers while never allowing herself to stop firing her laser minigun even if she wanted to stop for some fucking reason that she didn't wanted to think of.
"Bodies were lifted
Well past the stages
And like the virus, we're too contagious
Are we over?"
Letting the vertibirds do the work on clearing off the outpost from the now cornered remnants, Amanda along with her aggressive units chased after the retreating remnants to a small uphill, where they came into a close ranged firefight against the Midwestern Brotherhood and Vegas Enclave remnants.
"Now we're fighting, there's no way that this is real
We are not actors, this is no movie reel"
"We die together brothers!"
"ORAAAH!"
"AD VICTORIAM!"
Amanda felt insulted by the fighting spirits of these fuckers. Are they really trying to make her laugh, or rather, insult her and her Enclave?
"The dead were all rising
The federations heresy is now the state emergency"
Amanda focused her firing range on the last few Brotherhood remnants while leaving the Enclave remnants to her Enclave to deal with. She was rather pleased to actually see that her soldiers, especially the AIs were brutally gunning down the previous Enclave.
"And I want my family
Thirty seven hours now, the whole world's rearranging
My live heartbeat's changing"
Amanda didn't said a word, and as her blood booked in rage, she charged while gunning down and shoving the remnants from wither Enclave or Midwestern Brotherhood. All that matters was killing. She needed to have this issue dealt with. But she was ignoring her hesitation to stop. Amanda cursed loud as she yelled before shoving an Enclave remnant before stopping on the soldier's head, his old fashioned helmet getting crushed along with the head.
"This wasn't me now
This isn't me"
"They are the disgrace to the uniform and name of the Enclave! They chose to be against us, they will fall with the Midwestern Brotherhood!"
"OOORAAAAH!"
Amanda began opening fire at the last standing soldiers on the traitor splinter group, her soldiers doing the same, Amanda only kept firing and tried her best to ignore the screams as nothing was done to make then stop. To make her stop.
"Something was written
They tried to erase us
Now that they govern here to contain us"
"Commander. The traitors are terminated. Shall we dispose off the bodies?"
Hearing one of her soldiers in X02 ask slowly, Amanda was somehow feeling hesitant. But frowning bitterly, she forced a small nod and replied.
"Burn their bodies. But I want their gear, and the Brotherhood's to be brought back to the outpost in custody. We'd rather not let any others make use of these still advanced weaponry and gears even some are Brotherhood made. And I find some interest I'm their old generation power armors. Useless to us, but would till be nice to examines these, as well, and these would do a nicely fine addition to our power armor collection to be delivered back at the airbase once we're dealt here..."
Amanda firmly replied as she yes suddenly landed on the odd looking power armor worn by the now deceased remnants of the Midwestern Brotherhood chapter, hell, she even found it interesting just by looking shortly at the power armor worn by the previous Enclave. The faces on the helmet slightly resembling the X01, but was rather a bit of a long shaped than bulked out.
"Bodies were lifted
Well past the stages
And like the virus, we're too contagious
Are we over?"
With the power armors and weapons being recovered and loved upon the vertibirds, Amanda simply walked back on the now liberated outpost of the two different remnants. Dead Rangers, Midwestern Brotherhood and lastly... The sight of those last Enclave remnants all forced on their knees, still in power armor, but helmets being taken off one by one, with plasma rifles pointed on their backs. A total of seven last remnants from the Navarro.
"We're not getting out, so much for getting out
They built up the walls and left us for ruins"
Amanda met the bitter stares. Hate, disapproval, some even showed fear while most remained staring at her quietly as she simply strolled pass in her Liberty power armor.
"We're not getting out, so much for getting out
They built up the walls and left us for ruins"
Standing in front of the small line of men on their knees, Amanda was emmidiately approached by an AI who quickly began.
"Commander. These are the last survivors."
"Something was written
They tried to erase us
Now that they govern, here to contain us"
Amanda simply hopped off her power armor, and to see the faces of these remnants, these traitors, all staring at her tall and cold figure, Amanda took a few steps forward while staring blankly at the captives.
"Bodies were lifted
Well past the stages
And like the virus, we're too contagious"
"Traitors..."
She simply muttered but made it a little loud for these people to hear.
"Were done with you. We'll never buy your 'Rebuilding America's future' bullshit!"
Amanda didn't fazed. Instead, and simply took out her plasma wand shot the one who spat at her right between the eyes.
"FUCK!"
"YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY DIFFERENCE!"
"FUCK THE ENCLAVE!"
"There's no use standing
We were all falling out
We're over"
Amanda bitterly frowned. Her temper was getting the better of her again, but this time... She remembered Nick's final statement before he left for the Commonwealth. Amanda glared on each before she decided to try and keep herself I'm control. She felt her sanity was preventing her from pulling the trigger six time for each of these last six remnants.
"There's no use standing
We were all falling out
We're over"
Amanda finally turned away and simply walked back and hopped back on her Liberty power armor. One look on her soldiers who were all frozen on their spots while clearly waiting for her order.
Amanda didn't said a word, but glanced back at the remnants. She saw the looks of defeat. Fear. And acceptance. That they'll never be out of where they currently are now. All, waiting for the inevitable. Amanda wished it didn't had to come this way. But it had to be done. She can never turn back once she's made up her mind.
Giving one nod to her soldiers on plasma rifles, Amanda simple turned her back on the traitors and began walking away and towards the awaiting vertibird on standby for her use.
"There's no use standing
We were all falling out
We're overdue..."
"Ready!"
Amanda finally got on board the vertibird, clearly lost in thought. She felt it. She felt being weak, again, soft and... Overwhelmed Nerissa of what Nick tried to influence her in. To be human. Amanda bitterly frowned, because she knew being human is what makes one weak. Defenseless. Pathetic. Powerless. And she hated it.
"Aim!"
Trying to keep her mind off the thought, Amanda knew she had to stop at some point. She wanted this. So why worry when she can control herself? If she can't... She can always force herself to her limits. She didn't wanted to care if Nate would even disagree to her on this. Because she worked hard for this. And this is her work. Something she can call her own.
"Fire!"
As the vertibird finally began to hover and to fly her back to her outpost, plasma rifles were finally fired, one shot per each individual. Amanda didn't felt bad. She made those traitors deserve it. And traitors would always be traitors no matter what. The only thing that was trying to compromise herself was her sanity trying to push itself back to her to become human. But she wouldn't allow it overwhelm her. Because she wanted this. This is what's right. As Amanda kept making herself think it is.
As the vertibird flew on the way back to her outpost, Amanda remained quiet. She needed to do something to get this sanity out of her to remove it. To erase it. It is, the only thing that can set her free from being a weak mother and wife that she wanted to forget.
For the Enclave.
And no one else.
Welp... We're finally one step away out of the opening act. And I'm not sure how this all make of this story as it will continue. But... We can't just focus on one enemy, right? Of course... Let's not forget about the others...
So... Who's really the 'Good' guys in the story? And who are the bad? Let's, find out as this horror show gets even more darker...
But I intend to make it way more darker than how it will soon be.
But anyways, I hope you all enjoyed reading this one and hope you'll all stay tuned for the next chapter.
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