Verse 2: On the Road
It's been a whole week since Artyom left the Metro with him getting along with Bom and Natalia as well as him becoming closer with the elder sister Alisa. They parked at an old parking lot with a bunch of rusted-up cars scattered all over the place.
Artyom and Natalia grab AK-74 assault rifles out of the gun locker. "Hey Sis, we are going to check the cars for fuels. We will be right back," she said.
"Alright, I need a nice shower," she said to see the three coming out of the mobile for Alisa to strip out of her clothing to put them onto a container along with her underwear.
She takes a rag and steps into the shower stall to let the warm water sprinkle all over her beautiful snow-white skin scrubbing with a wet rag.
"Artyom, you are something else. I wonder if he survived other things like this before," she thought as her heart goes a flutter at the thought of her new crush.
She rubs the soap across her face, hair, and breasts as she flinches a bit for her chest is quite sensitive. "He seems so sweet, nice, and handsome to boot," she thought with her mind dwelling on him as she cleans her chest lifting the left breast to wash it.
Soon enough she gets out of the shower to have a towel to dry herself. "Oh yeah I feel so great, like a million gold coins," she said with a smile on her face.
Within the parking lot, Bom is keeping watch of any monsters with the duo holding gas tanks and a pump that they will use to take in any spare oil within the broken cars' gas tanks. "Thank goodness we have the sonic defense system built into the caravan," she said.
"Who made it?" he asked
"Our father, he was a military engineer in the old Russian military. I learned everything I know from him," she said.
"You seem to know what you were doing," Artyom said as she managed to fix the truck's engine to return it to normal a few days ago.
"Of course, I have a knack for it. If you need anything fixed, don't hesitate to ask Artyom," she said with a girlish grin.
"I will keep that in mind," he said.
"Thankfully at the right pitch we can keep the monsters away from our base within 50 feet radius," she said as she finds an old van to see if it has some gas left. "Okay, time to pump some gas into the tank," she said as she puts a small pump to drain all the gas into her tank.
Artyom finds more gas to put into his tank for they go for the next car to collect more gas into their containers.
"Hey, I wonder where you got Bom from. He seems so capable," Artyom said as the dog barks looking very friendly.
"Oh, he has been a family dog for years and he been in generations of Army dogs," Natalia said.
"Really?" he asked.
"Oh yes, it goes back to his great grandmother who becomes an attack dog in the Soviet Army. Now his talents will help us survive out here," Natalia said.
"He sounds great Bom," Artyom said rubbing his head as he licks his hand tenderly.
Within the caravan, Alisa cleans off her underwear and then dries them off on a warm heater to put them back on. She is about to get something out of her dresser as the door swings open. Artyom appears at the entrance as Alisa freezes up in place to be exposed to him.
"Oh crap," Artyom said as he wants to look away but can't resist looking at this exotic beauty. She is in her blue bra and matching colored panties clinging to her sexy curves and her wet long blond hair covering half her face.
"Oh Artyom, I wasn't finished yet," Alisa said as she felt his gaze on her body with her face glowing red from embarrassment.
"Oh, I am so sorry, I need to take a piss quick," he said sounding urgent.
"Okay, let me put on my outfit," she said as he waits outside the door with Alisa quickly coming out as he goes inside the bathroom section.
"You are a lifesaver, Alisa," he said as he lifts the toilet to piss into the bowl. "Oh boy, that was close. I am sorry I went inside, seriously," he said.
"It's okay if it's you I don't mind," she said in a bashful tone.
"Say something?" he asked not hearing the last part as he finished.
"Oh nothing," Alisa said sounding flustered as he comes out of the bathroom to see Alisa in a white blouse with a blue jacket and blue pants with her long blond hair lying straight across her back. "How do I look?" she asked.
"You look very cute," he said as she lets out a bright grin on her cute girlish face.
"Thank you, big guy. Are you guys done finding more gas?" she asked.
"No, I needed a bathroom break," he said.
"Oh, I see. We should check around the area here and see if they have anything else valuable for us to sell," Alisa said as she takes a Shambler out of the gun locker to sling it on her back and check her knapsack.
"Sounds like a plan to me," he said as the duo come outside with Alisa pressing an earpiece to contact Natalia.
"Hey I and Artyom will check out the other area to see if there is anything valuable," Alisa said on the radio.
"Okay, don't be fucking in the woods you two," she joked making her sister blush.
"We are not doing that," she said. "It would be pretty hot though," she thought with naughty imagery dancing within her mind.
"Something wrong Alisa?" he asked as she snaps out of her fantasy with a reddened face and a lewd expression.
"Oh nothing, something very pleasant," she said to go into the woods away from the base site.
"Hey, your sister said that your father was a military engineer?" Artyom asked.
"Oh yes, he is quite skilled. He helps make the new defenses of our town from bandits," she said.
"Interesting, how long was he in the military?" he asked.
"About a few years before the bombs dropped," she said.
"What does your mother do?" he asked.
"She was a doctor and now she helps the sick in our town," she said.
"I see, they sound very impressive," he said.
"What about your parents?" she asked as Artyom looks quite sad about this.
"I don't know my real parents, I barely remember my own mother's face," Artyom has hints of sorrow within his tone at the mention of his mother.
"Oh; you poor thing. I am sorry to bring it up," Alisa showing sympathy for him for Artyom appreciates that.
"It's okay, I will get over it," Artyom said.
"What about your stepfather. What did he do?" she asked to change the subject.
"He was a station master, he runs the whole Exhibition station and keeps everything in top shape," he said.
"Seems like a big task," she said.
"Yeah through that cost his own life to protect me," Artyom said.
"He seems like a good man, we need more like that in this accursed world," she said.
"Thank you," Artyom said as he stares at her long blond hair for it's very rare even if she is half Korean. "I wonder where you got your golden hair from?" he asked sounding curious.
"Why so curious, big guy?" she asked in a teasing tone.
"Just wondering," he said as she giggles at this.
"I am only teasing you, I got my hair color and eye color along with other things from my mother's side who is white Russian. My other features like the shape of my eyes and my silky straight hair I got from my father's side who is Korean," she said.
"You got pretty good genes for sure," he said.
"I bet I do right, Artyom," she said with her lush lips curled up in a smile as she presses her chest onto his arm letting him feel their softness and volume.
"Right, we should keep looking for valuables," he said trying to stay focused as his mind is stuck on Alisa's large chest.
"Okay," she said as they go deeper into the woods to see something very strange. "There is an impact area, a plane must have crash-landed here years ago. I bet there is some treasure inside there," she said.
"Hope no bandits come and pick off the place," Artyom said as they follow the fallen trees to see a bunch of debris all over the place. The duo sees the two sections of the passenger plane lying in the clearing.
"Let's go check the front part first," Alisa said as they go into the plane section to see the compartment is a rusted mess with seats littering the floor, suitcases scattered and tons of skeletons still in their seats as if it was yesterday.
"Lots of suitcases, let's check it out," Artyom said as they crack open the cases for he noticed a PMM pistol within the case. "Look at this, Makarov pistol," he said.
"Nice little pistol," Alisa said as she opens a suitcase as her eyes lit up. "Oh my god, this sundress is so cute," she said as she takes out the blue sundress which matches her eyes.
"That looks pretty nice," he said.
"I know right, I am going to keep it. It's in my size too," she said to fold it up and slip it into her backpack.
"Alisa," he said scolding her actions.
''What, it's cute and I want it beside the woman who owes it is not alive to enjoy it," she said.
"Fine," he said as he grabs a gold watch from a suitcase. "Interesting with this engraving," he thought to slip it into his bag.
"Oh my, this is perfume and smells good too," she said smelling strawberries to put it into her bag.
"We got a bit of a score here," he said.
"Indeed, we can cash in and get a hefty amount of supplies in no time," Alisa said as they finished picking off the plane for they got to the next section to hear something.
"Oh no bandits," Artyom said as they see several bandits wielding AK-74s and TOZ-194 pump-action shotguns approaching the crash site.
"You got to jinx it, big guy. These guys seem to be alone, let's take them out quickly," she said.
"Alright," he said as he is behind a chair to give her cover with Alisa pulling out a Japanese dagger from its sheath to go into the brushes. He looks on to see the dagger in Alisa's hand.
A bandit is coming by as Alisa kicks him in the knee to make him crouch in pain as she stabs her dagger into his neck to drag him into the bushes. "Man, he is heavy," she thought as she is in a good position to ambush them. "Artyom, let it rip," she said onto the radio.
"Okay, " he said as he fires his AK-74 to take out two bandits in the head to see them drop onto the ground.
"What the hell," the bandit leader said as Alisa pulls out her Shambler to blast nearby bandits with slugs.
She aims her shotgun at the last guy but it jams while trying to cycle another slug. "Oh shit, you got to be kidding me," she said trying to fix it as the bandit leader aims his rifle but Artyom burst fires into his arm making him drop his rifle.
The bandit leader is holding his bloody arm as Alisa hits his face with the butt of the makeshift shotgun and drives her dagger into his throat.
"Well that went swimmingly," Alisa said to seeing a bunch of weapons on the ground. "These are aplenty, not worth much," she said as she takes the gas filters and a TOZ-194 to replace her faulty Shambler.
"Wish my MGRs are of use," he said as he remembers that Alisa told him that outside the Metro using bullets as money is worthless.
"At least it adds to our ammo pool. I wonder if these guys are just a gang or part of a bigger group," Alisa said.
"Bigger groups?" he asked.
"Yep. Bandit tribes, cults, drifters, and even militants will be against us and themselves. With mutants thrown in the mix, we can take advantage of the chaos to give us an edge," Alisa said.
"Well, I will keep that in mind. We should check out the second section of the plane," Artyom said as they enter the second plane section to see more of the same.
"Time to check these suitcases," Artyom said as they hear moaning in the corner. "Shit more bandits," he said to raise his rifle at the source of the sound.
"No, it sounds like a beast," Alisa said as they shine their lights onto it to see a person crouched down looking very deformed.
"Hey, are you okay?" he asked as Alisa pull him back for the person to turn around to see it has a warped face and ravenous eyes for it is emitting a big roar.
"Shit Humanimal," Alisa said as the monstrous male humanoid is wielding a metal bar trying to swing at them. They back away with Alisa blasting the monster in the head.
"What the hell is that?" he asked as there were more roars for several Humanimals appeared holding metal bars rushing out of the corners and doors. "Holy shit," he said to let a stream of bullets cut into the mutant humans.
One of the Humanimals takes a suitcase and tosses it at Artyom to knock him down. "Artyom," Alisa said as he drops his AK rifle with the mutant leaping at him. He grabs his head trying to force it back from eating his neck. He kicks the beast back as he draws out his Rex revolver to pop a bullet into his head.
A piece of metal knocks Alisa's shotgun out of her hands with her wielding her tanto. She dodges a swing to kick the knee of the Humanimal to make him crouch as she stabs the monster in the head. She pulls out her MP-443 pistol to blast them in the head with her kicking the knee of the last Humanimal to stun it and stabbing her dagger into its head killing it instantly.
"Nice trick," Artyom said as they cleared out the plane of mutants.
"Something my dad taught me," she said searching throughout the plane section for more treasure.
"What are those, they seem human but not as well?" he asked.
"They are Humanimals, humans who were exposed to radiation and were devolved to be more like apes in their behavior liking using primate weapons and throwing objects. Also, they are cannibals, so watch out for their bites," Alisa said to get a signal from Natalia.
"Hey, you guys find anything shiny?" Natalia asked on the radio to finish collecting gas from the broken cars.
"Yep, we gather a ton of stuff. We can go to the merchant shop not too far from here," Alisa said.
"Merchants?" he asked.
"Yeah, there are some merchants out here trading and selling items. There is a trading outpost not too far from here," Alisa said to unlock a suitcase to see some underwear inside. "Oh; these are so cute, I hope they are in my size," she said.
Artyom checks a suitcase to see a box that has a silver pendant inside. "Wow, pretty valuable," he said to look over at Alisa who is taking in underwear that would fit her into her backpack. "I bet I can make her something very nice," he thought.
The duo manages to grab all they found to go back to the base site to carry their spoils in their bags. "Well we got ourselves some nice treats to sell," Alisa said.
"Indeed," Artyom as they get back into the truck with Natalia having multiple tanks of gas to put them into the trailer's compartment to store them inside.
"Time to bounce out of here and get to the merchant shop," Natalia said as they drive off to head for the outpost to sell their new haul.