A fully clothed Natsu, Erza in her Ataraxia armour minus the swords, and Natsumi walked the streets of Magnolia, the blossoming town was slowly growing into a bustling city thanks to a policy that Hisui had push forward earlier in the year, she had created labs and research divisions that focused on the progression of both magical technology as well as non-magical alternatives.
The morning was mostly uneventful for Natsu, mostly. Kagura had visited him at six am, which was a definite positive in his morning, the two mages had left the bedroom around nine-ish, maybe a little later. The train ride home was definitely uneventful, Natsu basically slept the whole trip home.
Natsumi and Erza enjoyed the trip home more, while initially annoyed that the man had fallen asleep on them, they quickly found enjoyment in tormenting his practically comatose body. They drew on it with markers, made him dance like a puppet on strings using Erza's telekinesis, do ballet, pole dance, and everything else under the sun that they could come up with.
"I'm going to stop by Irashi Bakery." Erza told the two pinkettes, she had a really bad craving for Strawberry Cheesecake right not. "I'll see you in the guild."
"See ya." They both replied as the redhead split off from them.
The two dragon slayers continued on their path to the guildhall, walking down the sidewalk as some of the first, newly built vehicles powered by alternative energy sources drove down the street next to them.
"Tell you what, Natsu, I didn't expect your universe to be like this." Natsumi said as her eyes tracked one of the automobiles.
"The research teams that Hisui formed were basically given one task, think outside the box while looking to the future."
Natsu let out a sigh as he ran his hand through his almost annoyingly long hair. 'I need a haircut… I'll talk to Lucy about that.' "I'll be honest, while most of the weaponry in the country is magic-based, we have come across ballistic weapons, there were these treasure hunters a few years ago, one had a ballistic sniper rifle. Gave Lucy and Flare… You'll meet her soon, she is a nice girl but she is misguided and fell into the wrong crowd…"
"You're off-topic again." Natsumi pointed out.
"I'm getting back on topic woman, calm ya tits. Anyway, he gave the girls some trouble with proper lead bullets, as much as I hate to admit it I think we'll need to start working on some form of ballistic armour, nothing major right now since we aren't dealing with well… Assault Rifles with Chainsaws attached."
"But you don't think you'll get Hisui to come around?"
"I could do that, she trusts our guild, it is more of a case of whether it would be a good idea, it could start an arms race, someone builds a new gun to pierce current armour, the smiths build armour to stop that, new gun, and new armour, and it will continue that way."
"Sounds like you need to talk to Levy then?"
The male turned to his companion, looking into her eyes with his own onyx orbs. "I'll need to travel, are you right with managing your training back in your universe until I turn up?"
"Are you going to another universe?"
"Yes, Dragneel told me about a world that was consumed in nuclear fire, a place like that would have some good armour, Levy has been there at McGarden's lab, at a place called Buston? Botton? Breton?"
"I think it was called Boston, Natsu." She corrected him, though to be honest, she wasn't sure either.
"Most likely, we'll have to see what happens."
"Ok, any tips for training during these months before my games?" Natsumi asked curiously.
"Don't be fooled by Virgo that is the biggest thing you need to remember. If I manage to get back in time then I'll prevent it myself, maybe even force the Celestial King's hand. But yeah, avoid Virgo as she takes you all to the Celestial realm and you have a party that thanks to the time difference between the two realms, completely cuts down your training time to only a week."
"Oh shit! Really?" Natsumi said, shocked at the revelation. "How did you all beat them?"
"We had our second origins unlocked, something I'll sort out when I get there, and from there I'll train you all even harder."
The two dragon slayers entered their guildhall to find it a mess, there were signs that a fight had just recently broken out, Natsu raised his voice so it carried throughout the hall. "OK. What The Fuck Happened Here? It Looks Like A Bomb Went Off!"
"Natsu!" Shouted a blue fur ball as it flew at him at near-supersonic speeds. "Welcome Home!"
THUD
"Oww Fuck~." Natsu groaned out in pain, he swore he could feel broken ribs as he landed flat on his ass thanks to the overzealous exceed welcoming him home with a hug.
"I'm sowwy!" Happy cried out as he moved away from the man's now injured chest.
The pinkette looked at the cat with an eye closed in pain, he gave him a pat on the head as he reassured him. "It's ok buddy, no real harm done, I just gotta see Wendy now is all, come sit on my head and join me."
Happy scurried up to the man's pink hair and made himself at home in it as Mira walked over, she had a bump on her head that was slowly going down. "The guild got a little rowdy again Natsu. How have you been?"
The beautiful model lifted his shirt up so she could inspect his chest. "Oh my." She gasped. "Happy really did a number on you. That is some bad bruising."
Natsu brought his head down and planted a soft kiss on the woman's lips, he gave her a sly but happy grin. "I'm much better now."
"Oh, you silly bugger~." She giggled happily and batted at his chest, she gasped at her actions when she heard a sharp intake of air from the man. "Oh My Gods! I'm sorry Natsu."
Natsu slumped over, holding a hand over his chest as he started to cough and wheeze. "I think I'm dying Mira, you've killed me. I see a light, it's Igneel, calling me home."
At first, Mira panicked but she quickly realised that he was just hamming it up, toying with her and caused her to snap at him. "Oh don't be so melodramatic mister! Off to Wendy with you before I make you even more injured."
"Yes, ma'am. Where is she, and Levy?"
"Wendy is in the infirmary, healing people from the brawl. Levy is down in her workshop in the basement, sub-level two."
"Thanks Mira." He gave her another kiss and made his way into a hallway, the infirmary wasn't fair from the main hall.
He kept a hand on his chest as he walked into the infirmary, Happy had already fallen asleep on the man's head and was mumbling something about fish. "Wendy, you in here?"
"Natsu-san!" The 18-year-old sky dragon slayer popped her head around the corner, her eyes lit up when they landed on the man, she rushed over to him and was about to leap onto him for a bear hug but she was stopped by a hand on her shoulder.
"Mend my broken ribs first, hug me second." He requested simply, he gave the energetic blunette a soft smile as he ruffled her hair. "Happy crashed into my chest going near supersonic."
"Ok!" She cheered as she held out her hands, they pulsed with her magic as she started to heal his injury.
"How have you been, Wendy?"
"I've been great!" She beamed a bright smile at the pinkette. "I knew I'd look like Edo-Wendy when I grew up!"
"You sure have grown up, I know it was due to an accident, caused by Mira and me… But I am glad you are happy to be like this."
The busty blunette looked up at the man with her bright smile. "All done, what do you have planned for today, Natsu?"
"I'm going to check on Levy, I want to see if she needs anything."
"Ok! I have to stay here, I don't know if anyone told you but there was a massive brawl, a lot of people got injured so I have to patch them all up."
"Just another day in Fairy Tail. Right, Wendy?" He smiled at the young woman, she seemed to retain her cute, mostly innocent self in the accident. He ruffled her hair again which made her pout at him. "You're too cute for your own good, Wendy."
The blunette giggled and disappeared around the corner again, Natsu could hear the pained groans of Gray but he shrugged his shoulders. 'He probably deserved it.'
'Wendy has definitely filled out well, don't you think?' END said inside the man's head.
'I'm not going to answer that.'
'Why not?' Ask the annoying voice as Natsu left the room, he made his way to just behind the main hall where the entrance to the basement was.
'I watched that girl grow from that timid girl from Cait Shelter to who she is today.'
'But she is so damn hot! And powerful. Damn, imagine her in a bikini!'
'Fuck off…'
'Oh, what about light blue lace?'
'Fuck off.'
'Or do you think she is more of a spandex kind of girl?'
'For Fuck's Sake END, Fuck Off With That Shit!'
"Oh, well you're no fun at all.'
The man continued down the stairs, finally getting some peace and quiet in his head, he passed the first sub-level and continued down to the second, he wondered which room she would be in and was kicking himself for not asking Mira exactly where she would be.
Natsu could hear muttering and grumbling coming from a room at the end of the hall, he decided to check it out. The pinkette stuck his head into the room and found the short woman sitting at a workbench.
He quietly entered the room and looked around, seeing his COG/Fiorian armour, given to him by Corporal Dragneel, on an armour rack, it was fully repaired thanks to the schematics Levy sourced from her counterpart, he had also 'borrowed' various tools and equipment that she decided she'd need to create a fully functioning workshop.
"Hey, Levy. What are you up to?" Natsu asked as his eyes came to rest on the blunette who was holding her head.
"Quiet, Please…" She groaned, she shook her head gently and rose from her chair.
"Hungover?"
Levy gave the man a nod, confirming his suspicions. "Remind me to never drink with Cana again…"
"I'll try, but I might not be around next time again."
"Fuck it, I'll do it myself. Anyway, how can I help you? But keep your voice down." Levy said as she made her way to the man, looking up at him with bloodshot eyes and a booming headache.
Natsu looked over to his armour, lowering his voice to a soft tone that won't upset the blunette's sensitive head. "Looks like you got that all fixed up."
"Yeah, I've also managed to lace the armour with adamantium, further strengthening it, Gajeel helped with that. I also added a gel layer to the inside, that should soften the blows from weapons fire a fair bit."
"No more getting shot through the gut for me then." The man joked as he walked to the armour stand.
"Mhm." The woman mumbled, the light that reflexed off the armour started to give her a worse headache.
"I plan on taking a trip to the wasteland, Levy."
"Wait, What?!"
"I figured they'd have useful items there. Guns, armour, things you can reverse engineer."
"I mean, I'm always looking for new tech, McGarden has a lab in the Boston Wasteland in the universe 1000-A, that is where my armour came from." She pointed to another armour rack which held the armour she was given by hey double. "I wouldn't be surprised if she had picked that location clean so it would be best to try somewhere else. Oh, word of warning, magic doesn't exist there, so make sure to fill your pouches with ammo."
"And make sure to scavenge what I can, right?"
"Yup." She moved to a small weapons rack and took a Laser Rifle from it. "Take this too, it runs on cells that you'd easily be able to find out there."
"Woah, woah. Give me a couple of days to relax, I just got home from Gracia and the Mermaids."
"Nope, you offered to get me new toys to tinker with so get dressed and get your ass through that portal!" The blunette ordered as she pushed the laser rifle into his chest.
"Fine, fine, anything you need?"
"I'll make a list while you put on your armour, I suggest wearing all of it, including the arm and helmet this time around, who know what you'll run into out there." She said as she went over to her workbench, she waved a hand idly at him. "If you're unlucky then you'll run into a Deathclaw or something."
"Deathclaw?" Natsu asked with a raised eyebrow, he moved to his armour and requipped into a set of fitted black clothing.
"Big ugly fucks, giant deadly claws, hence why they are called Deathclaws, that armour should be able to hold up to a few blows from them but if you come across one either kill it as quick as possible or get the fuck out of there."
"Sounds… interesting."
Levy looked over her shoulder at the pinkette who was putting on the chest armour, a teasing grin on her face. "Don't tell me the big bad dragon king, slayer of Acnologia, is going to pussy out of going to the wasteland. Come on, lil' cute me was able to handle it."
"Barely, I seem to remember you coming home angry as fuck, shouting at the top of your lungs as you stormed back to the dorms."
"And I ended up just fine, maybe a little mentally damaged but nothing too drastic." She brushed her hair out of her eyes as she was getting annoyed at how it tickled her nose, she picked her headband up and put it back one. "Fucker better not give me a headache."
"Ehh…" Natsu sweat-dropped at the woman and made sure his armour fitted perfectly. "Definitely feels more comfortable."
Levy walked to the man clad in full COG/Fiorian armour. "Ammo in the pouches, now. Boltok on your thigh and sword wherever you like, make sure to put the Laser rifle on your back too. And don't forget fusion cells, there are some in the box by my armour. Here."
She handed him a 'shopping' list. "I don't know how much you'll be able to find but it all helps, just don't die out there, your girls would never forgive me."
Natsu stuck it under his breastplate, he requipped the crate of ammo he was given by Dragneel for the Boltok and placed it on the bench next to the box of fusion cells, he noticed a recording lacrima levitating on a stand. "What the orb for?"
"Gift from the guys, contains schematics and training manuals and shit like that. I copied the manuals to a few other lacrima if you want one."
"Might come in handy in the future, I guess." Replied the Dragon Slayer as he filled some of his pouches with supplies.
"Here." Levy threw it to the man with a very short warning, she grabbed a bottle of water and guzzled it down in an effort to kill her headache.
The man stored the orb in his pocket dimension so he could read it later. Checking over his gear quickly but carefully, he glanced over to her momentarily. "Fatty food, Levy, ask Mira to bring you my hangover remedy, she'll give you something to sort you out."
Levy gave the kitchen a call on her mobile and ordered what Natsu had prescribed her as she typed in a string of random coordinates in her IVD for Universe 1000-A.
"Why do I get the feeling that I am about to be dumped into the middle of an ocean?"
Levy looked over and shrugs. "I wouldn't worry so much, anyway, I thought you enjoyed getting wet."
"Yeah, when I'm sticking my dick in Seilah or my other girlfriends slash friends with benefits…"
"Exactly! So a little bit of water should be nothing for you, Oh Great Slayer of Acnologia."
"When did you get so sassy?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Levy replied with a smirk, she activated the portal as Mira walked in with a plate of food. "Speaking of getting wet. Mira, what do you think of Natsu's gear?"
"Getting wet? It looks good on him, even though I can't see anything since it covers everything now, I preferred it without the helmet and arms." The model said as she gave the man an appraising look on the way to the workbench.
"Remind me why you aren't coming with me, Levy." Natsu said as he crossed his arms, he stood right next to the vortex of energy.
The blunette slowly walked over to the man, she ran an annoyed hand through her blue locks as she peered up at him. "Because I'm busy here, and I am hungover. Maybe next time I'll consider tagging along on one of these scavenging trips, but until then you'll be on your own. Now GET!" She raised her foot and planted it, heavily, against the armour covering his gut, kicking him through the portal.
"FUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!" The man shouted as he vanished.
She lowered her leg and dusted her hands off. "Well that sorts that headache out, thanks for the food Mira, I appreciate it."
"No worries, Levy. Just don't go kicking me out the door as you did to my man." Mira joked as she headed for the door.
Unknown Location, Universe 1000-A (A.K.A. FALLOUT)
"FUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!" Natsu continued to shout as he flew out the other side of the portal, he looked down and found that he was a fair way off the ground. "MOTHER FUCKER!"
The pinkette continued to swear at the top of his lungs, cursing Levy with every word in his arsenal as he plummeted to the earth like a cannonball.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK! I can't call out my wings! Can't produce any fire! This armour has no means of propulsion! I can't use my curses! FUCKING FUCK! LEVY YOU FUCKING BITCH!"
'Well ain't this quite the predicament.' Came the calm voice of END in his head, vastly contrasting what it should be in this situation.
"FUCKING END!"
'Calm down, you are falling into water. See, there is a dam down there, just make sure you don't actually hit the damn.'
"DO YOU FUCKING KNOW HOW HARD WATER IS!?"
'No, I've been a book for the vast majority of my life.'
"FUCKING HELL!" Natsu shouted as he continued to fall towards the water, he took a very deep breath as all he started to see was blue.
SPLASH!
'FUCK THAT HURT!' The man thought as he smashed through the water, his weapons came adrift from his armour and started to sink. 'Aw fuck…'
He quickly swam after his gear, hoping his lungs held out , he grabbed his treasured sword first, snapping it to his back and swimming after the Boltok.
The weight of his armour aided in his ability to chase down his revolver, his lungs started to burn as he locked the Boltok to its mounting point, his eyes landed on the sinking Laser Rifle. 'Fuck, should I risk it? I'm getting low on oxygen…'
'Damn it, I may need it.' He swam deeper into the darkening water, he really hoped that the swim back up won't be too hard.
He followed the glinting of metal down deeper, he was getting close to his limit as he reached out, managing to grab the weapon by its stock.
'Ok, time for some fresh air.' He snapped the weapon to his back and swam directly up, straining against the armour but managing to overcome it.
The water became lighter and lighter until he breached the surface, he pulled his helmet off as he gasped for air. "Fucking Hell Levy, I'd swear she was trying to kill me if I didn't know better."
Natsu replaced his helmet and swam to the shore. "Now the real question, where the fuck am I?"
'A nuclear wasteland, most likely.'
"Real fucking helpful."
'You're welcome.'
"Ass." The pinkette got out of the water and tried to shake the water from his gear. "I really hope that list is intact…"
Natsu fished out the list from under his armour, he was expecting the worst but was extremely surprised when it was only slightly damp. "Lucky, but I doubt it will last long."
The man placed the list back into his armour and set off up the embankment. "Time to figure out where I am."
A light started blinking on the P-IVD mounted on the underside of his left forearm. It took Natsu a few moments to notice it, only happening when he was scaling up some nearby rocks. "Huh, it's probably Levy."
He tapped the User Interface and answered the call, a holographic window appearing near the device, the window confirmed his suspicions that it was the blunette who called him.
"Levy, what the hell was that portal!" He pointed up to where the portal had opened. "It was up there, I fell so far down into that water!" He pointed to the reservoir of water. "Into that fucking shit, you are lucky that the list is intact, along with my damn body!"
"But did you die?"
"No, I'm here talking to you aren't I."
"Exactly. Now, have you figured out where you are?"
Natsu put his anger aside and finished climbing, he stood atop a pile of rocks as he looks out across the land. "Some kind of desert."
He detaches the window from the device and puts it half an arm's distance off to the side at eye level. "There are some signs in the distance, but I can't make out what they say."
"Hold on a sec." Levy said as she typed on her IVD's interface. "I'm taking manual control of that window."
"You can do that?"
"Of course I can, I built the damn things." She responded as she got her bearings with the screen. "It is still mounted to you so I can't move away but I can change the camera angle and move it around your body."
"Fair enough. I'm going to check on these signs." Natsu said as he leapt off the rocks and started walking. "So what do I need to be careful of here?"
"Everything, treat everything and everyone as hostile, be ready to kill in an instant, some of the people are nice though so I guess just keep a hand on your weapon or keep your weapon in hand."
"It can't be that bad, can it?"
"It can and it is, be on your guard, you don't know what could happen out in the wasteland. But don't worry, I'll be here providing moral support."
"Aw gee, thanks… that's the best kind of support."
"I'm glad you agree."
It took a few minutes but he finally reached the signs, there were two to his right and one to his left. "Alright, what do we have here… Some shit about something called Sunset Sarsaparilla… the other one says "Welcome to Vegas, Baby", huh, that sounds like something that Cole guy would say."
He moved to the one that stood alone This giant concrete structure is apparently Hoover Dam." There was a short pause. "Levy, I have no fucking idea where I am."
"Hoover Dam is in Nevada, you should be close to New Vegas, before the bombs were dropped it was known as Las Vegas. You are on the other side of the country to where I was."
"Right, well it looks like night is falling soon, I better get a move on."
"Head towards New Vegas, Natsu. See if you can find any information."
Natsu drew his Laser Rifle and started following the road to the northwest. Hoping to run across some kind of civilisation.
Night had fallen and to Natsu it felt like he had been walking for a few hours, he was lost and he no longer had Levy's chat window for company.
He was feeling on edge, he was in an unknown land, on a moonless night. His senses were screaming at him and he could hear numerous faint footsteps around him.
He wasn't sure what is making the footsteps but it was starting to annoy him, he shouldered the rifle and swept it around, following the faint sounds.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are…" He muttered as his eyes scanned the darkness around him.
click
The armoured pinkette spun around 180 degrees, snapping to the sound and seeing a small flame illuminating a person, they lit a cloth that was coming from a glass bottle.
"Well, I think I found some hostiles…" Natsu murmured as he raised the rifle followed by his voice. "Drop It Or Die."
"GO TO HELL!" The bandit shouted as he threw the Molotov Cocktail at the wanderer.
The glass bottle impacted the helmet, shattering on impact and spreading fire all over the man, the bandit cheered as his companions threw their Molotovs at the armoured foe too, bathing him in roaring fire.
A dark chuckle emanated from the fire, the man somehow was still standing. "We are already there. Welcome, you can call me The Devil!"
The burning dragon slayer launched forwards, opting to use his bare hand over his rifle for the moment as he grabbed the first guy by the throat and lifted him off the ground.
The bandit started to choke, his eyes bulging and skin burning from the fire, he struggled to force words out of his constricted throat. "Ho... De… Uck?"
"You just fucked with the wrong person pal." Natsu said, the flame that coated him was illuminating the group, their terrified faces flicking between light and shadow.
"He really is the devil!" Shouted a female bandit, her knees were shaking as she was torn between wanting to save her… friend? And running for her life, leaving the man to die at the hands of the monster they thought would be easy pickings.
"FUCK THIS SHIT, I'M OUT!" Gaven shouted, he turned and ran for his life, he'd rather live a little longer than risk fighting whatever this was.
Natsu's head slowly turned to the fleeing man, he contemplated his options. Should he let the man run home to most likely kill, pillage, rape or whatever else was on his agenda, or should he just kill him so he isn't going to harm anyone anymore?
The group watched on in morbid curiosity, they wondered what would happen, will he spare him…
CRUNCH
Natsu came to his decision, his left hand tightened around the man's neck, breaking it as his right arm raised the Laser Rifle at the fleeing man's back.
He was pissed, on edge, and couldn't give a flying fuck about anything right now. He pulled the trigger and sent a bolt of light racing after the man, illuminating the ground as it chased him down and punched right through his chest, vaporising his heart.
That was all she wrote, the man fell to the ground with no fanfare, just lights out in an instant.
Thud
Natsu dropped the body in his hands and looked around the group, the fires slowly going out. "Now, I'm going to ask a few questions, you all are going to answer. Pull any shit and you end up like these two."
A hesitant murmur of reluctant acceptance spread throughout the group. "Good. Now, tell me about this place. You see, I've travelled a long way to get here and don't really know much about this area."
"How could you not know where you are?" Spoke a rough voiced man, his grizzly attitude ground Natsu's nerves and the man found himself eye-to-eye with the muzzle of a Laser Rifle.
"I know I am in Nevada, Near New Vegas, I came through the Hoover Dam area. What I don't know is who runs this place, what I should look out for, who I should talk to if I need supplies."
"Well maybe you should of figured that our before you came here, dip shit, don't ya think?" Joan responded, sarcastically, the last thing she saw was a flash of red landing right between her eyes.
A growl emanated from the helmet of the man, only intensifying their perception of him as The Devil. "Next person who doesn't give me a straight answer will die a slower death."
The bandits watched on in fear as the man placed the common Laser Rifle on his back and drew a very unique, and very deadly looking revolver from the mount on his left thigh.
His Boltok was unique, well it was as far as he knew, as its cylinder could swing both ways. It had a small catch on the locking mechanism that locked one of the sides. Natsu's preferred side was right opening as it allowed him to easily fire left-handed and reload with his more dominant, right hand which was saved for using his sword.
"Come on." He said angrily as he gestured with his free hand. "Show me some snark, some sass, provoke me and waste my time even more."
The bandits slowly backed up, holding their hands up in surrender. Leanne stuttered as she stared into the blue lenses of the helmet, becoming even more terrified when she realised she couldn't read his intentions as his head was completely covered. "W-w-what d-did you want-t to know ag-gain?"
The massive revolver snapped to her, sending a cold chill down her spine as she looked down the barrel, barely seeing the massive bullet at the end of the barrel. "I'll say it a little slower, maybe that would help. Who runs this place?"
"The NCR, there was a big war between factions, they came out on top and control the dam. They have grown in number since then but they can't be everywhere." Leanne said quickly, her eyes wide as she started to shake.
"Good, now. What should I be careful of?"
"The casinos for one, each one of them will try and screw you in some way, there are rumours that one of them are a pack of cannibals too." Jerry said, he stiffened as the blue lenses came to rest on his face.
"Anything else?"
"Gangs, raiders, super mutants, depends on who you get in bed with and who you piss off." Jerry's twin Jen said, she stood nearby her brother.
Natsu could hear very slow steps, they come and go as he looks around the group. He knew what one of them was up to and decided to play along for a little bit. "So keep an eye on everyone…" He shrugs. "Sounds easy enough, I know the animals are deadly too."
The bandits nodded at his comment, having had a run-in with a Deathclaw a few days ago. Anton glanced at his fellow bandit who was now behind the Devil. "You wanted to know who to talk to about supplies? Talk to the Crimson Caravan Company or any of the traders on the strip and in the towns that dot the Mojave."
The pinkette stared the blonde man with a heavy accent dead in the face, keeping his eyes locked to the man as his body turns quickly.
BANG
"FUCK!" Andrew shouted out in pain, he fell to the ground and clutched the stump that used to be his left knee. It was absolutely decimated by the powerful revolver and separated his lower leg from the rest of his body.
Without a word, Natsu turned to fully face Anton again, not even acknowledging the bleeding man behind him. "Where can I find this company?"
"T-they are n-near the strip…" The blonde man said with a noticeable shake to his voice, none of them knew how the man noticed Andrew sneaking up on him.
"Good, and what is their currency?" Natsu asked as he swung the cylinder of the Boltok out, he removed the empty brass casing and replaced it with a new one, bringing the revolver back to max ammo.
"Caps, bottle caps that is, and the NCR's paper money."
"Good. That wasn't so hard now was it?" The pinkette said as he turned away from the group, he started to walk past Andrew when Anton calls out to him.
"Wait, you are leaving us alone, just like that, after we attacked you?"
The armoured man turned to look over his shoulder, staring them all dead in the face. "Killing you all would just be a waste of ammo." He turned back and walked away into the darkness, his blue lights flickering as they fade away.
Natsu let out a long sigh, he had started to grow tired and was looking for a place to rest, any place would do but since he didn't have any of these caps or paper money that the bandits had told him about, he couldn't stay in an owned place.
He stumbled across a decrepit motel and started going door to door, he wasn't a fussy person but he did like something comfortable to sleep on. Truthfully, he had been getting spoilt with his girlfriends wanting to share his bed with him, he enjoyed holding them close and sometimes using their tits as glorious pillows.
The pinkette shook the thought of those perfect pillows from his head, he had a job to focus on and he needed to stay alert so he wouldn't get surprised. He came up to a door labelled 3 and checked the room inside, he was surprised to find it in relatively good condition, given the circumstances.
Natsu made his way inside and locked up the room the best he can, he'd rather not be interrupted with his guard finally lowered. He sighed as he took his helmet off, after what felt like an eternity… he hated how confined it felt and how it muted his senses too much.
He set the helmet down on the battered bedside table and ran his hands through his hair to get it spikey again. Once he was satisfied with the results he removed his weapons, placing them on the bed for easy access in case of trouble along with his belt. "Wonder if I'll have a peaceful night's sleep… Somehow I doubt it but I can only hope."
With the armour still in its place on his body, Natsu laid down on the bed and got as comfortable as he could. "Wish I took something to keep me occupied, shits boring by myself."
He ran a hand down his face, wishing that one of his girls were with him in this gods forsaken wasteland, he really missed them even though he had been away longer, it must have had something to do with being in a completely different universe.
'We better get some rest, Natsu. We don't know what we'll be up against when the sun rises.' END said to the pinkette, using his name for the first time in however long it has been.
"Yeah, I know, I'll be regretting it later if I don't."
The man closed his eyes and tried to get some shut-eye, he stayed alert even while asleep as muffled footsteps filtered through the old walls, along with murmurs, growls, hisses and every other strange sound out there in the wasteland.
BOOOM
Natsu was only a handful of hours into his uncomfortable rest, with only the voice in his head as a companion, when a series of explosions jolted him awake. They shook the dilapidated motel to the foundations, releasing dust clouds from the floor and ceiling.
BOOOM BOOOM
"OH FOR FUCK SAKE!" Natsu shouted out in pure anger, he slammed on his helmet and collected up his gear as he marched to the door.
SMASH
The pinkette planted a heavy boot into the centre of the door, busting it open and turning it to splinters from the force of the kick. "OK, WHO THE FUCK THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO WAKE ME UP!"
All was silent as two warring groups turned to the armoured man stood in the doorway. One group looked like some form of military while the other looked like escaped convicts or something of the sort.
One of the thugs lit a fuse on a red stick then threw it at the newcomer, kick-starting the skirmish once again.
Natsu watched the red stick fly towards him, his senses were screaming 'danger' at him. "The fuck is this?"
The stick bounced off his armoured plate and landed at his feet. "Huh…" He didn't wait for anything spectacular to happen and booted the stick back to the man who threw it. It blew up in his face and took half his body with it, leaving only a pair of legs behind.
"Oh, it was an explosive, whelp I know who to kill first now." Natsu said as he strolled into the fray, drawing his Laser Rifle.
"Surrender, Powder Gangers, and you will be treated fairly!" Shouted one of the soldiers.
The man walked through the firefight with such confidence or reckless abandon, no one could tell which as he walked up to a PG with his rifle.
Rounds pinged off of his toughened armour, he knew that even before Levy's upgrade that the armour was designed to hold up to much worse than the pebbles these guys were throwing at him.
"I was having a perfect dream, and you arseholes interrupted it." The man said as he raised the rifle in one hand.
"Jeff! Run!" Shane shouted at his fellow Ganger, he had a chat to some bandits a couple of hours ago and they told him about a man in armour with blue lights, they had called him The Devil.
The man called Jeff turned to look at his friend, but all he could see was the square body of a Laser Rifle mere inches from his face, there was a flash of red light and Jeff fell to the dirt, a glowing hole that passed right through his head.
"JEEEEFFFFF!" Shane shouted as he ran at the armoured man with a Nine Iron. He swung at the helmet as the man looked at him, causing the head to whip around to face the other side. "EAT SHIT!"
Crack, crack
Natsu rolled his neck, audibly cracking his neck then slowly turning back to the brunette, the blue lenses on his helmet cracking and falling away to reveal a pair of beyond angry, glowing red eyes.
The eyes burned right through Shane's own eyes, frightening him to the core as the Nine Iron clattered to the ground. He started to step back, he tripped over the golf club and fell onto his ass. "I-it really IS THE DEVIL!"
While Natsu wasn't able to access his powers, that didn't stop him from accessing the physical aspect of his abilities, through sheer rage he had activated his Etherious form, accessing the bloodlust of his demonic side.
"Lilith! Hose him down with the Flamer!" Shouted Carrol, as she kept the soldiers pinned down behind bombed out cars.
The woman with orange hair pulled out a flame thrower as she ran to the man. "BURN BITCH!" She shouted as she lit the man up.
The pair of unblinking red eyes glowed through the fire as the owner's left arm went to the Boltok at his hip. "That all you got?"
BANG
In a split second Lilith's head was gone, blown apart by the power of Natsu's revolver in a shower of blood and gore. The woman falling back as a fountain of blood poured out of her neck.
Shane was trying to crawl away unnoticed, hoping to make it to safety and away from this devil, he made it a fair few metres away when a bullet found home in his chest, utterly decimating his unprotected internal organs and killing the man.
The remaining PGs all bolted from the battle, they fled so they could live another day and hoped that the monster wouldn't shoot them in the back like he did to Shane.
Natsu put his weapons away and walked over to the soldiers, they rose up and slowly lowered their weapons when they realise he has no intention to harm them. He started to calm down and return to his normal state. "Who are you guys?"
"NCR Military Police, we were on patrol when those guys jumped us. Who are you?" Asked the man who appeared to be their leader.
"Just call me Natsu."
"Sargent Phil McCloud, . You don't sound like you are from around here." Phil said as he watched the man walk over to one of his fallen squadmates.
"I'm not." He said simply as he knelt by the body, he felt around the dead woman's neck and removed her dog tags and held it out to Phil. "Here Sargent. For her family."
"Thanks, kid. If you don't mind me asking, where did you come from? That armour looks nothing like anything I've seen before, same with that big iron on your hip. Boy did it pack a wallop" The soldier said as he pocketed the tags.
"You'll have to settle with just knowing that I've travelled a long way to get here."
"That's 'ight, I ain't 'bout to pry. Not about to piss off a guy who took a Flamer to the face and walked it off like it was rain."
"Smart, who are the rest of your people?"
"Well the fallen one at your feet is Private Sharon, the guy with the shotgun is Corporal Emile, Private Karl has the 9mm SMG, Private Morgan has the grenade rifle, and the one with the sniper rifle is Corporal Terri." The Sargent rattled off as he gestured to each member of his squad, the living members giving the armoured man either a salute or a nod as a greeting.
"Alright, well if you don't mind, I've got some stuff I need to look for." Natsu said and started walking away.
"Hold up a moment. I owe you one for saving our bacon."
The pinkette turned to look at Phil who pulled a bag from one of his pouches, the Sargent walked over to him and placed the pouch in Natsu's hand. "We don't use caps in the NCR but it doesn't mean we don't collect them anyway, you'd get more use out of these than we would."
"Thanks. Hey, do you mind telling me where I'd be able to find some of these items." Asked Natsu as he pulled the list from under his armour.
The blonde-haired Sargent took a look at the list, he murmured to himself in thought before looking up at the man. "You should try HELIOS One, there is a lot of salvageable tech there so you should be able to find some of the stuff you are after there, aside from that you could try talking to the Brotherhood, the NCR has a treaty with them. Also, that last item on the list should be in The Divide."
"Where can I find these?"
"HELIOS is near Novac, just north of the town in fact. The Brotherhood operate out of the Hidden Valley, though I'd be cautious around them with that armour of yours, they might try and take it from themselves. But they would also be able to take you to The Divide."
"They'll regret trying." Natsu said as he placed the list away. "Which way to Novac?"
"Head south, that way. Just be careful, the Deathclaws have been more active down that way recently." Phil said as he pointed down the road.
"Alright, thanks."
It didn't take long for Natsu to become pissed off at the wasteland again, he'd been walking for a while and the sun had risen over the horizon, unfortunately though, a bad sandstorm had rolled in not long after the sun rose.
Natsu grumbled as the helmet's inbuilt filters couldn't stop the sand coming in through the broken lenses, he tapped on his P-IVD and sent a call out to Levy, continuing down the road while he waited for a response.
After a few minutes, a window opened up with Levy's face in it. "Good morning Natsu, why is it so brown… and what happened to your helmet?"
"There is a sandstorm going on, and I took a golf club to the face during the middle of the night."
"Middle? Did you get any sleep?" She asked, worried.
"A few hours, I got woken up by explosives, went out and dealt with them, took a golf club to the face which has shattered the lenses in the helmet."
"I can fix it, but I'll need to do it in my workshop, should I come to you?"
"As much as I'd rather wear a helmet… yes, come and get it."
"Alright, give me a moment." Levy said as she closed down the window.
Slowly, through the sandstorm, Natsu manages to see an array of panels near a building. "This must be the place… I hope. Looks like no one is hear right now."
The man went inside and was greeted soon after by a rift, out stepped an armoured Levy. "I've decided that I ought to help you, now that my hangover is gone."
"That's good and all Levy, an extra hand helps a lot, but the lenses are still fucked." Natsu said as he pointed to the helmet.
"Give it here, I'll fix it."
Natsu lifted the helmet off and gave it to the blunette, she went over to the reception desk and placed it down as she rummaged through her satchel bag.
"I assume you know what you are after here?"
"Yes, Natsu. I do, you're just here to kill things and look good. Oh, I'll be needing my Laser Rifle back."
"Alright." He said as he took the rifle from his back and put it on the desk. "Which direction should we go first?"
"Let's try left first." Levy said as she handed the newly repaired helmet back to him. "Make sure you don't take a bullet in any of the unarmoured sections, I'd rather not have to explain it to everyone."
The pinkette placed it back on his head and shifted his sword from the left mount to the right mount on his back, giving him better access to it in case of emergencies. "Sounds like there is machinery not far from us, I hear echoes coming through both pathways."
"Let's still go left anyway, I'll lead the way since I know what I am after. Just be quick on your trigger."
Levy held her Laser Rifle at the ready as she walked through the left doorway, she pushed the broken door aside with her shoulder and moved through to what looked and sounded like a generator room.
"Anything we need here?" Natsu asked quietly as he knelt down beside her, his Boltok in his right hand, a soft click emanated from it as he switched the release.
"Not from this particular room, it's possible that we won't even find what I am after here."
"What do these items even do? What do you have planned for them?"
"I just need some hardware, and this place has some very resilient hardware, don't worry too much about exactly what we are after, just trust me."
"If you build a crazy robot thing, I swear I'll put a bullet in it before it has a chance to do anything, had enough of mechs and shit."
"You fought a mech?"
"Edolas, Faust had a giant dragon mech. It ran off magic and was draining Edolas rapidly."
Levy led the way up the catwalks and into a small room with lots of levers and cables, she ripped the cables out and placed them into her satchel, not caring if they were important or anything.
Natsu had a quick look around while Levy was busy with the panels, he peeked around the corner and saw a wall-mounted bed, or maybe it was some kind of bench seat, he didn't care. "Yo Lev, I found you a nice bed."
The blunette finished up collected wires and cables and walked around the small divider, spotting the cot/bench, she grumbled at the man as she walked right past him and continued down the hall. "Oh finally, a bed fit for a princess, better tell Natsumi or Lucy, but then again it might break under the weight of their tits."
"You sound very jealous."
"I can't be jealous over something I don't have, Natsu."
"Envious then."
Levy looked over her shoulder at the man behind her and flicked her middle finger up at him though she didn't look wholly angry.
"Maybe you are envious of McGarden?"
"Natsu. If I wanted my tits enlarged, I would talk to Brandish about making them bigger next time she is in the country."
"I won't be surprised if I rock up to the guild one morning to find that you have D or E cups next time she is in town."
"Yeah, yeah." She waved him off as she walked down the next set of catwalks into a room with more machinery, though she ignored them and went through the door to her right. "It's too quiet, I expected at least robots…"
Levy opened the door at the end of the hall and came face to face with a protectron. "Ah shit, I had to open my mouth."
Natsu moved forwards quickly, placing a hand on her chest and pushing her aside and into cover behind the doorframe as he opened fire with the Boltok, severing the arms of the robot and rendering it ineffective, the robot waddled forwards and kept trying to shoot as sparks flew from its now removed shoulders.
"Need anything from this?" Natsu asked as he turned to look at the blunette, she was blushing faintly and was internally glad she had her chest plate on as she had decided not to wear a bra today.
"Yeah, I'll pull the circuits from it and anything else I can easily justify taking."
"Why not take the whole thing?"
"This is the worse example of a robot I could bring home, it's only good for scrap and salvage. If I had to pick one to bring home, it would be an eyebot."
Natsu watched the small woman slip out from under his hand and make her way over to the harmless and armless robot, she popped open some panels on it with a nearby crowbar. "Need a hand?"
"Yes actually, see that cylindrical object, short black end with a long yellow body? Yank that out for me."
Natsu shrugged his shoulders and walked over to the robot, he grabbed the part that she pointed out and tugged on it, his arm launched back involuntarily with the power core in his hand.
"HOLY DAUGHTER OF KAMI! MOTHER FUCKER!" He shouted as he got the shock of his life, literally. The core flew out of his grip and bounced off the wall beside him with a loud bang.
"That Natsu, was for teasing me about my boobs." Levy said, matter-of-factly, as she got to work of removing the circuits.
'That looked very shocking, feeling all charged up now kid?' END asked, mentally smirking his head off.
Natsu groaned and shook his body, getting rid of the tingles as his hair stuck out at all directions thanks to the helmet exploding off his head comically.
The blunette looked up at him through the reflection on the sheet metal plating in front of her. "That's a great look for you, Natsu, you should think about staying like that."
"I guess I did deserve that one, why an eyebot?" He conceded as he cleaned up the mess that was his hair and placed the helmet back on his head.
"Mobile speaker system, I can have it follow me around and play music while I work, plus I want to figure out how it flies."
"Alright, well I guess I'll let you salvage this place, I'm going to walk off these tingles."
Natsu left the room and wandered around the facility, shooting any defence turrets he comes across and disabling the robots for Levy to scavenge.
After a thirty-minute slog, Natsu finally reached the Solar Reflection Tower and cleared it, he sat down on the catwalk and enjoyed the view the best he can due to the raging sand storm.
Levy joined him after cleaning up his mess and sending her loot back to the workshop, sat down next to him with a pair of goggles over her eyes and a bandana covering her nose and mouth.
"You get everything you need?"
"Most of it, I don't believe the Brotherhood will have the last few items that I am after, we would need to go to the Divide for it."
"I was told by the NCR guy that the Brotherhood would be the best bet to go there."
"Well they would be, if I didn't scour the mainframes and find a way there myself, it's a bit of a hike though, but if you are ready?"
Natsu got up with a groan. "Yep, let's hit the road again."
"Primm should be just up ahead, we can pass through to the Divide through a passage in the area." Levy announced, her rifle was placed on her back as she held a robotics magazine in her hands, it had piqued her curiosity when she came across it at the store in the Mojave Outpost, Natsu had paid of course since he had the caps.
The duo had drawn many pairs of curious eyes in the outpost, mainly due to Natsu's odd-looking armour.
Natsu came to a dead stop, his hand shooting out to halt Levy in her tracks. "I hear heavy footfalls, two, no, three hundred metres to the northeast."
"It could be the Brotherhood, do you hear any clanking, metallic sounds?"
"No, I hear scraping, claws most likely, and growling, they seem to be communicating with each other…"
"Shit… this isn't good."
"What do you mean?"
"You can hear Deathclaws, I was really hoping we wouldn't run into them. Since you can hear them then there is a high chance they can hear us too… They have great hearing and smell, like you, but their eyesight is shit."
"Unlike me." Natsu said as he knelt down, thankful that the sand storm moved on around Nipton area, he could see hulking monstrosities that had to be somewhere close to ten-foot-tall, they weren't facing their way just yet but Natsu had a bad feeling, he could feel his hair sticking up on the back of his neck as his instincts were triggering his fight-or-flight response.
"How many are there, Natsu?" Levy said as she licked her finger and held it up into the wind, she lowered her voice further. "We are downwind of them, they won't be able to smell us."
"I count… six, make that seven, seven of them."
"Don't try and open fire with the Boltok, think of them like Berserkers from Sera, you'll just piss them off. I won't even be able to do much with my Laser Rifle."
"It's times like these that I really wish I had my powers…"
"That bomb curse would've come in really handy here, Natsu."
"Yeah… Yeah it would have." Natsu said, his baritone voice slightly distorted from the helmet. "Sword could cut through Berserkers though, but it put me dangerously close, like it would with those Deathclaws."
"Yeah but you, yourself were berserk at that time."
"We have no other choice, if they come after us then I'll have to get close and hope that your improvements to the COG armour would hold up against those long as fuck claws."
"I won't be able to repair it if you do damage it too far, you'd need to get a new set from Dragneel."
ROOOAAAARRRR
"Ah Fuck, they heard us." Groaned Natsu, he wanted to not get attacked by a bunch of insanely deadly animals.
"You're the Dragon Slayer, go kill those things!" Levy shouted as she backpedalled to cover.
"Yeah Dragon Slayer not Deathclaw Slayer!" He shouted back, his body was pumping adrenaline throughout his body, prepping his body to either fight for his life or to run for it.
The seven Deathclaws all started to charge at the armoured male, Natsu stood his ground and drew his sword, if he was going to go down, he would go down fighting to his last breath.
ROOOAAARRRR
"ROOOOAAAARRRR" Natsu sprinted flat out at the nearest Deathclaw, roaring like a mad man or a warrior entering battle as he dodged the first swipe.
The sword flashed up at the extended arms of the Deathclaw. The sharp alloy meant for killing dragons making short work of the hide as Natsu cleaved the hands from the beast.
The man kept the momentum going, bringing the sword around for another strike.
The blade met the torso of the monster, separating the legs from the chest as the weight of it made it start to fall forward.
"DIE!" Natsu shouted as he brought the sword down like a headman's axe, decapitating the beast.
Heavy footfalls rushed to Levy, they belonged to a group of three NCR Rangers as they ran to her side.
"What the hell is that man thinking!?" Shouted their leader as she got into cover behind a wrecked car.
"He is doing what he does best!" Levy shouted back. "Killing Monsters!"
The second Deathclaw lunged at the warrior, it managed to score twin blows with its claws, one creating shallow gouges in his chest plate, Levy's upgrade doing its work in preventing critical damage.
It's second bow, however, landed on Natsu's left arm, scattering the armoured plates and tearing the cloth. Leaving his arm defenceless while staggering him back.
"He is going to die!" Shouted a male ranger.
Natsu caught himself before he gave too much of an opening, he stabbed his sword into the monster's left hand while it was mid-follow-up strike.
He managed to remove its hand but couldn't do anything for the strike aimed for his head, he tried to dodge but took the blow full force as it sent him flying back.
It dislodged his helmet during the strike and the pinkette received two, long gashes along his right cheek.
Natsu hit the road, hard.
He groaned and he staggered to his feet, blood leaking from his cheek as he seethed with pain and anger.
The Deathclaws advanced on the lone warrior, they didn't care for the people hiding behind the cars, they just wanted to kill this man for killing their pack member.
Crunch
One heavy, hard, footfall landed right on his helmet, crushing it completely. But its job was done, it saved its owner from a fatal blow.
Natsu's eyes slowly rose to the beasts that were coming ever-closer, his blood was boiling with hate and rage. There was only one thing in his vision right now.
Red.
A demonic, bloodthirsty, grin spread across his injured face, his body going numb as his emotions started to fuel him, drowning out the pain.
"Pink hair?" Asked the leader of the Ranger squad.
"His hair isn't what you should focus on right now, look at how he is standing." Levy replied, sparing the woman a glance.
The woman's went wide under her glowing red lenses in her helmet. "He has no fear? Is he INSANE!?"
"Maybe." Levy said simply.
RROOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR
Natsu let loose an earth-shaking roar that echoed throughout the area, his body naturally amplifying the intensity, it was enough to even give the Deathclaws pause.
The Rangers fell back, they had never seen anyone like this before, the man moved faster than humanly possible as he charged at the beasts with reckless abandon.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS HE!?" Shouted the third member of the squad at the top of her lungs.
With a flash of black metal, the Deathclaw that gave Natsu the gashes on his cheek was split right up the middle of its body.
Its guts spilled out on to the ground as Natsu continued his charge, his inhibitions shattered as his eyes glowed red with the demonic and draconic rage which fuelled him.
The plating on his right arm flew off him due to a strike from a Deathclaw, leaving him in only the plating on his legs and his chest armour.
"Heh heh heh hahaha ha!" Laughed the demonic man, berserk and battle crazy as he danced around the monsters, hacking and slashing them to bits and pieces slowly.
Oh how he wished he had his powers right now.
The last head flew off the Deathclaw the a gruesome fountain of blood to accompany it, Levy stepped out from cover and collected up the damaged and destroyed armour, she slipped it into her satchel so it won't fall into the hands of any wastelander.
The Rangers followed her, they kept their eyes on the man with the sword that could cut through Deathclaws like butter. Their guns remained in their hands.
"You can put them away." Natsu said, coming down from his rush as he flicked the blood from his sword and returned it to the sheath on his back. "You won't find any harm from me."
"Who the hell are you?" Asked the Squad Leader, she watched him turn to face them. She flinched at the sight of his glowing red eyes. "Holy fuck… the rumours are true…"
"Rumours? Natsu what did you get up to while I was asleep?" Levy said with her hands on her hips.
"I got set on fire, more than once." Natsu said, offhandedly, as he stretched and walked to the group, his eyes fading back to onyx as he let Levy clean his twin gashes on his cheek, he glanced over the Rangers' armour. "Hmm, nice gear."
"Thanks. So you're the "Devil of the Wasteland." I thought it was just bandits getting high and seeing things." The leader said as she held out her hand. "Names Alessia, Alessia Michaels. Left is Jon Heiliger and the right is Cynthia Rutger."
"Why is your hair pink?" Cynthia asked, curious, as the pinkette shook hands with her squad leader.
"It's closer to Salmon, I was born that way, don't think too much about it."
The woman just shrugged in response as she looked to her squad leader. "What now, Sia?"
"We continue to head to Primm, these two can fend for themselves. Easily I might add."
"Alessia. Hold up a sec." Natsu said, holding a hand up. "You wouldn't happen to know the exact location of the passage to the Divide? We know it is in the Primm area."
"Yeah, head up the hill behind the outpost there, it will lead you right there."
"Alright, thanks." Natsu replied as he and Levy set out for the Divide, hoping to not run into any more dangerous monsters.
The duo carefully passed through the storm-tossed wreckages that clog the canyon, stepping out onto a cliff that overlooked a massive fissure in the earth, going as far as the eye could see.
"Holy fuck…" Natsu murmured in awe. "Did nukes cause that?"
"Most likely." Levy replied, she looked along the cliff face and could see a gap large enough for them to squeeze through. "Follow me, Natsu."
They passed under the remains of a steel structure, beyond which a concrete bunker could be seen in the cliff face. Levy walked up to the sign and wiped some of the sand off of it. "Hopeville Ballistic Defense Station."
"What do we need here?"
"Well, maybe an eyebot, a useful one. And hopefully, some schematics and tech that I can reverse engineer."
The two mages entered the building, walking down a tunnel filled with hanging, sparking, live wires. They were careful not to touch them as to not be electrocuted.
The reached a room with a big section of windows on one side, Natsu walked up to it, ignoring the electricity jumping from the instrument panel to the nearby shelves. "Levy… that is one big, fuck off, missile…"
"Don't press anything, knowing this universe, that "big, fuck off, missile" is definitely a nuclear weapon."
Natsu spotted and interesting looking device on the shelves next to him. "Hey Lev, do you think you'd have some use for this?"
The short woman walked over to him and took a look at what he was pointing at. "It looks like some kind of… industrial strength arc welder? I'm sure I can find some use for it."
She opened a portal and took it to her workshop, coming back through the portal and dusting her hands off. "Ok, let's move on."
Levy was about to leave the room when something caught her eye, she moved up the short stairway and peered into a tube, she gasped giddily. "IT'S AN EYEBOT!"
She activated it with the nearby computer and the tube opened, the eyebot hovered out and started to play some weird music and what sounded like a clip from something.
"Well then… I'm sorry Levy but it seems like it is broken beyond repair, I gotta put it down." Natsu said as he pulled out his Boltok.
"NO!" She shoved his revolver back to his hip. "I'll get it to dredge up all the schematics it can find, let's go get you some new armour, or at least something I can work with."
"Alright." Natsu said with a shrug, he headed back to the silo controls and started looking for a way further in, leaving the blunette to figure out her new toy.
It took her a few minutes but she finally worked it out and caught up to the pinkette who was still having trouble with the door.
"The eyebot will open the doors for us, once we are out of the bunker then it will do the task I gave it and find us when it is finished." The blunette said, she shifted her legs uncomfortably then darted back into the previous room.
"You alright!?" Natsu called out to her.
"Y-yes. Just give me a moment, I'll be right back."
It took her a few minutes but she came back with an awkward blush on her face. "Sorry, nature called…"
"Ah, that's alright, let's push on, your robot opened the doors ahead of us and flew off."
The two mages made their way through the facility, salvaging anything useful they could find and filling Levy's quota of tech.
They stood overlooking Hopeville, their eyes became drawn to the warheads scattered around. Levy looks to the pinkette. "I'd rather not get radiotherapy, but we need to find you some good armour, can you see anything good?"
"It's hard to tell through those high winds, all the sand being blown about, but I think I see a police station. Something like that, it's over there." He pointed to the middle of the area. "But we have nukes between us and it, you should stay here, I'm made of hardier stuff, so hopefully I won't get affected by it."
"Famous last words… but ok, I'll wait for the eyebot up here." Levy said as she sat down on a large rock overlooking the missile base.
Natsu drew his Boltok and pushed into the ruins, he shot anything that tried to come anywhere near him in the head, showing no mercy.
He didn't care about the men who've become monsters in this hell hole, he put them down like the rest of the monsters, sparing no expense in lead.
The pinkette climbed fences and crawled over rubble, doing his best to avoid the unexploded warheads and their radiation.
He made it to a tunnel and crawled inside, Natsu heard digging below his feet, things were crawling through tunnels, the sound made his skin crawl. "Fucking hell…"
A reptilian-humanoid monster flew out of the ground and launched at the man, its clawed fingers extended.
"Fuck this!" Natsu shouted, he thought the deathclaws looked demented but then he saw the skinless zombie-like men back in the first area, now these weird tunnelling monsters.
He thrust the Boltok forwards, smashing the end of the barrel against the monster's head. It's head exploded with the pull of the trigger.
'Boom, Headshot.' END said. 'Now if only we had confetti and laughter.'
Natsu shook his head, he ignored END's quip and pushed deeper into the collapsed overpass, carefully eliminating the Tunnelers so they don't get too close and take his arm off.
"Not as bad as the locust, at least these things go down with a single bullet to the head." Natsu told himself, he had to focus as he was on the verge of being overwhelmed by hordes of Tunnelers.
It took him ten minutes but he managed to escape the collapsed overpass, he stood on an elevated road and looked back at the ruins. "No way on my fucking life am I going back in there."
"High road it is…" He said as he turned back to the overpass, he trudged down the lonesome road, killing anything that tried to put him in the ground, passing through ruins and old military bunkers.
Natsu had been on the trail for some time now, and his fatigue was starting to show, he received a message from Levy that she had what she needed and had returned to her workshop to process all the information.
He was all alone now.
Just him, his Boltok and Sword, and the annoying voice in his head.
'I'm not annoying.'
Natsu trudged on, his head splitting open thanks to all the loud alarms.
He felt ready to break, to blow his top and go home, but he had a task to do and he needed that armour.
He finally got out of the military structure, but his head was killing him, the next thing he sees would have to deal with a severely pissed off man.
Natsu was in some kind of building, the plaque on the wall telling him that it was the Sunstone Tower.
He was growling with seething anger, his wounds were aching and it was irritating his face, he made his way up the stairways.
Grrooaaarrr
A pair of Tunnelers leapt down the stairs at the pinkette.
Natsu recklessly grabbed one by the head and slammed it into the wall, crushing it under the force of the impact.
"FINALLY! Something to take my anger out on!" He shouted as the second monster tried to attack his legs.
He lifted a heavy, armoured boot with a ferocious grin on his face.
CRUNCH
Natsu had stomped down on the Tunneler's chest, crushing it into giblets with an oh so satisfying noise.
He continued up the stairwell, a wicked grin on his face, he rounded the corner and was met with a second pair of monsters.
One of the monsters launched at the man, hungering for flesh, only for it to be met with a very heavy kick to the face, breaking its jaw and sending it headfirst into a wall.
The pinkette followed up with another heavy kick with his armoured boot, decimating the monster and covering the wall in its gore.
The second monster in this pair tried to flee but Natsu caught it by the legs.
He wrenched them apart, ripping them from the body of the Tunneler and causing it to try and drag itself away.
"Uh uh ah, you can't escape death." Natsu said as he slowly stalked over to the monster.
He placed a heavy boot in the middle of the monster's back, he grabbed the arms and slowly pulled back. Slowly using more and more force until…
POP
The shoulder joints popped apart, followed quickly by the sound of tearing flesh as Natsu pulled the last two limbs from the monster.
He threw the arms aside and put all his weight on his foot, crushing its chest as he planted a heavy gutter stomp on its head with his other foot, spreading blood and brain across the floor.
The demonic man grinned with savage satisfaction, he left the building through the rooftop access and took in the sight of a grand chasm.
His keen eyes spotted a trio of Marked Men by a campfire and another set of three by a ruined building a little further up.
But what really caught his eyes was a body that was propped up next to a destroyed window of the building.
He'd have to get closer but from what he could see, it looked promising. But first, he had to clear the path to the building.
Natsu took out a fragmentation grenade that he salvaged from a dead Marked Man inside the bunker. "Let's hope it makes the distance."
He quickly tried to judge the distance but gave up, opting for a much more straight forward strategy.
He pulled the pin from the grenade and wound up his arm, preparing to launch the frag into the first trio.
'YEET IT!' Shouted END.
Natsu fumbled the grenade mid-throw, he juggled the explosive device as the safety spoon flew off it, he had no choice but to fastball it right at the group.
PING
It bounced off the helmet of the closest hostile and landed between the group.
'What the fuck did you just say to me!?' Natsu yelled in his head, he started to rant at his inner demon for interrupting his attack. 'You start to yell some bullshit in my head! Right at the time that I had a live frag in my hand!?'
Boom
An explosion echoed around the chasm, informing the oblivious man that his attack worked, he was too busy taking his anger out on the demon inside him.
The trio of hostiles were left in bits and pieces from the blast, shrapnel littered their bodies as they bled out around their campfire.
"Fucking arse." Natsu said to himself, he quickly made his way down the collapsed metal scaffold-like structure and into the building before the second trio of Marked Men could spot him.
"Fucking stairs! Why so many stairs!" He yells as he sprints down them and through the bombed-out, collapsed building.
It took him minutes to make it through to the ground but he was glad to be out of the ruined building, it had looked ready to collapse into rubble any second, he hid behind the wall as he could hear the hostiles talking.
They were trying to work out who blew up their allies, Natsu watched as they checked the bodies around the campfire.
"I bet I can get it to work twice." He muttered to himself as he pulled his last frag out, he pulled the pin and lobbed it into the group.
"Grenade!" Shouted one of the ghoulified humans.
Natsu quickly pulled out his Boltok and moved around the corner, he opened fire on the Marked Men as they tried to take cover while avoiding the explosive.
BOOM
The much closer grenade blew off the legs of two of the men but the third only sustained minor cuts and started to open fire at the pinkette.
"Fuck!" Natsu shouted as he dived into cover, he had hoped not to risk a firefight.
The lone warrior pointed his revolver over the cover, using his senses to guide his aim and hoping for good hits on target.
He heard the sound of his bullets colliding with metal, followed by a clattering. He chanced a glance and saw that he managed a lucky shot and knocked the rifle from the hands of the hostile.
Pressing his advantaged, he launched over the cover and sprinted at the man.
The Marked Man pulled out a flaming sword and tried to hit Natsu with it.
"What the fuck! A flaming sword!?" Natsu shouted as he slid under the man's swing.
Natsu passed through his legs as he raised the Boltok, he fired a bullet up through the man's head, killing the hostile.
The man rose to his feet and walked to the remaining, legless, hostiles. He brought up his revolver and executed them with the last two bullets. "I should have brought more bullets."
Natsu sighed and emptied the cylinder of casings, he holstered the Boltok and picked up the closest weapon, it was a twin barrelled, over-under, shotgun. He placed almost a dozen shells for it into a pouch.
"Let's find that body." He said as he made his way to the building, he climbed up the wreckage and entered the destroyed floor.
Keeping the scavenged shotgun in his hands, he entered a sewer and came face to face with two Tunnelers. "Fucking more of them?"
He gave them two blasts of the shotgun each, killing the monsters.
"I'm sick of this hell hole, I might grab a drink with Levy after this." Natsu said as he exited to the second accessible floor, he found the body he had spotted earlier from the rooftop.
He approached the dead man and knelt down, he started to rummage around their gear. "Nice armour you got there bud, looks like you no longer have a use for it."
The pinkette found a set of NCR dog tags. "So you are an elite riot control officer… Huh, well I'm pinching your gear, Officer."
Natsu pulled the Elite Riot Gear off of the body and picked up the sniper rifle that laid beside the corpse, with his goal of getting more gear done, he opens a portal back to Levy's workshop.
Without a single look back at the wasteland, he steps right through the portal.
Levy's Workshop, FT Guildhall, Universe 129-G
Ultear was poking around the basement of Fairy Tail, she had snuck off from the main hall when Mira had gone up on stage to sing.
The woman was loving her new youthful body, she did hate how Meredy had taken to calling her 'Little Sister' all the damn time though.
She had chosen to wear a silver silk kimono that went down to her mid-thigh and was long-sleeved, she grew fond of wearing this type of attire back in her days on the council.
"OF COURSE HE WENT BERZERK AND FUCKED THE ARMOUR I JUST MODIFIED, WHY WOULDN'T HE? HE SAW A FUCKING DEATHCLAW AND DECIDED THAT HE JUST HAD TO HAVE A DICK MEASURING CONTEST WITH IT!"
SMASH
"FUCKING ARSEHOLE!"
"Was that Levy…?" Ultear asked herself as she strolled into the room, she saw tools strewn across the floor and shattered glass by the wall.
"AND NOW HE IS ALONE IN THAT FUCKED UP PLACE. I THOUGHT SUPER MUTANTS WERE FUCKED! NOOO THERE HAD TO BE SKINLESS HUMANS, AND THERE WERE FUCKING NUKES EVERYWHERE. THE IDIOT PROBABLY HAS RAN OUT OF AMMO TOO. WHAT THE FUCK IS HE GOING TO DO NOW, PUNCH SOMETHING?!"
"Umm Levy, is everything ok?" Ultear asked as she slowly walked to the enraged woman.
"NO! It has been over an hour since Natsu and I parted ways in that wasteland… I… I'm worried for his safety."
"Worried for the big bad dragon? He could just burn everything that tried to attack him." The time mage said with a smirk.
"Not there, not in that wasteland." Levy replied flatly. "Magic doesn't exist there, I feel it in my body but I can't manifest it in any way. Natsu would be the same."
"Wait, so you're telling me… that Mr Deadly Demon Dragon can't use any power, and he is in a place that sounds like it could kill him in seconds…?" Worry seeped into Ultear's voice.
"That is not the worst of it, we had armour that was designed to stand up to worse threats than the wasteland, and I had improved on it… but uh… that metal pancake is the helmet and those plates were the arm guards…"
"How long ago was the damage done?" Ultear asked as she prepared a spell.
"About two hours ago, if you are planning on reversing the time for it then go for two and a half to three for a guarantee." Levy said, still silently fuming at the situation.
"How long were you two gone?" Ultear asked curiously as she got to work at reversing the armour's condition.
"Five hours for me, most of it was walking though. Natsu was in there overnight, since before dinner."
Ultear almost lost her concentration on the spell. "He was at it for that long?"
"Yeah, he wasn't having the best of times, plus having an awakened demon inside him makes his temper shorter than what it used to be, and he gets bloodthirsty too, though this is the first time I saw it up close."
"Natsu? Bloodthirsty?" Ultear asked, her eyes turning to the short blunette. "Are you sure we are talking about the same guy? I remember him being a level headed reformed battle junkie…"
"Yeah, it's the same guy. He went berserk fighting a pack of Deathclaws." She moved to one of her holographic displays and made it project a slowly rotating image of the beast at its full size. "Our weapons wouldn't have done much more than piss them off. So Natsu, in either a stroke of madness or genius, draws his sword and charges one."
"What happened?" The time mage asked, she had finished restoring the armour to its former glory though she left the gouges from the claws intact.
"Well… I don't know if it was a berserk state or more of a battle focus, but he killed the first with three slices, arms, middle then neck. The second monster got a few good hits on him then managed to get his helmet off, giving him two slashes on his cheek."
The busty woman inspected the hologram, admiring its killing potential as she took a close look at its claws. "How the hell did it not take his head clean off?"
"Luck, timing, divine intervention…" The blunette shrugged her shoulders as she started to inspect the repaired armour. "He went nuts right after though. If I had a recording then I would show you…"
A portal opened up and outstepped the pink-haired man they were talking about. He had dried blood on his cheek from the wounds and was carrying his scavenged armour and sniper rifle. "Yo Levy I-."
"THERE YOU ARE YOU FUCKING ARSEHOLE!" Levy exploded as she marched to the man. "DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN?"
Natsu took a step back at the woman's outburst, he calmly responded as he walked over to her workbench. "No clue, how long was it?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT?" She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "It doesn't fucking matter, what did you bring back?"
"Elite riot armour, it was on an NCR officer or something in the Divide." The pinkette glanced at the newly mended COG helmet and arm guards. "Oh, it has been fixed." He looked over his shoulder and spotted the slim, dark purple-haired, woman. "Sup Ultear, thanks for helping with my armour."
Ultear saw the long gashes on his cheek, it bad her gasp internally as her eyes widened. "That must have hurt…" She said soft as she slowly walked to him, taking out a cloth from one of the kimono's interior pockets.
She turned his head gently so she could get a better view then started to clean it with the cloth gently, she noticed his eye twitch as his wound stung.
Natsu heard rummaging behind him, he could tell that it was Levy, she smelt of paper and fresh, juicy, apples. "Do you think we could get that rifle chambered for that Longshot ammo? It would probably be easier than travelling back to that wasteland for ammo and you know, having to search for it."
"I'll see what I can do, but don't expect a miracle, if anything I'll travel back and grab something more powerful for you if that is what you are after." Levy said as she pulled out a set of calipers and started to measure the dimensions of the barrel. "Bisca would really appreciate this weapon, I bet."
Ultear kept dabbing at Natsu's cheek, making sure there is nothing bad in the wound. "We need to disinfect this, who knows what was on those claws."
"I'll go see Wendy before I have something to eat, I haven't eaten since the train back from Gracia… Hey Levy, with that armour could you modify it with some kind of recycled O2 system, I nearly drowned when you dropped me into the dam."
The blunette started to remove the armour from him, she laid it out on a bench and moved a mobile workbench next to it with the Elite Riot armour, complete with the duster, on it. "I'll have to mix parts it seems… Legs have poor armour on the new set… the new chest plate has a somewhat better design though, what with that neck guard that rises from it… Huh, sorry Natsu I wasn't paying attention, what did you say?"
"Don't worry Lev, I'll make a list of modifications for you, I'll let you figure out what and how to do them." Natsu said as he pulled away from the doting time mage, he pulled up one of the displays and started working.
"I'll bring Wendy down to you Natsu." Ultear said with a caring smile, she was starting to admire his new drive.
"Thanks Ice Queen." He responded with a playful grin.
"Can you send down Gajeel for me Ultear." Levy said, not tearing her eyes off the armour. "I'll need him to help forge some new armour."
Natsu looked over at Levy as Ultear left the workshop, he was curious as to why she needed Gajeel.
"I can feel your eyes on me Natsu, what's up?"
"Why Gajeel?"
"He has been working on blacksmithing and different forging techniques, he found a way to use his magic to manipulate metal to take the shape he wants." Levy said as she got to work removing the 'hump', a pack that had magnetic holsters and could hold supplies. She mumbled to herself. "We don't need this, I can cut down some of the tech and maybe streamline it or make it a hybrid system when I have time."
"I noticed that the helmet had communications equipment in it along with some other tech, maybe visual aids?"
"Jessie can you bring up your schematics for this armour." Levy called out, the duraframe eyebot flew to her and projected a hologram for her.
"You called it Jessie?"
"Yes, since I didn't have anything to do when I came back, I spent my time making changes to it."
"So what is it telling you?"
Levy quickly skimmed over the information projected by the robot. "That specific armour is the final generation of its series, it contains advanced communication equipment in the helmet, it also has night vision, thermal vision, and… electromagnetic vision? Jessie can you bring up more information on that last one."
"So it can see in the dark and see heat signatures."
"And electronics too by the look of that last one." Levy said, the armour had really piqued her interest now, she wanted to get elbow deep into its guts and really figure out how it works. "Jessie, play playlist… four."
Soft rock started to play as Levy disassembled the 'hump' into its functional components, she then reassembled them into a more streamlined albeit less armoured pack and placed it on the back of the duster coat.
"Alright, that has cut down the size of the chest armour considerably, allowing it to be worn under the coat, the rest of the armour on the chest, waist and legs can stay as it is much better armoured than that of the riot armour you brought me, but I'll work in the better design features into the COG armour."
Her brown eyes danced across the two sets of armour, her brain firing on all cylinders as she works her 'magic'. "Where the fuck is that tin-can man!"
"HOLD YOU HORSES WOMAN, I'M COMING." Came a shout from the floor above them.
"THEN FUCKING HURRY BITCH." Levy yelled at the ceiling before going back to work. "Natsu which shoulder plating would you prefer? Riot or COG?"
"COG, but make more plating on the arms, mainly the upper arms to protect them, and use the Riot forearm guards."
"Right." The blunette replied as she started moving the armour to the configuration he wanted. "I'll work on modifying things further once the base is done."
Gajeel entered the room and looked between the two mages, he eyed the slices to Natsu's cheek. "Who'd you piss off?"
"Big, dumb and ugly over there." Natsu said as he pointed to the life-size hologram of the deathclaw. "Whole pack of them."
"Armour did its job then?" The iron dragon slayer asked, wanting to know how his work went out in the field.
"Claws left gouges in the chest plate, that doesn't matter all that much as they are shallow. The helmet was crushed though." The pinkette replied as he crossed his arms in a relaxed manner.
"Can't do much about that, Salamander. There is only so much I can do with existing armour, you're lucky I could even mix adamantium into it to begin with." The taller dragon slayer walked to the woman. "What do you need, I can bump the percentage of adamantium by a few more percent but it is nearing the limit already, I'd need to fully remake the armour to get any higher."
"Get the alloy to its limit but not until we make the necessary changes to the design, I will also need you to create some more plating, then I'll need to get in a specialist to armour the coat."
Gajeel cracked his knuckles with a grin, happy to work with combat armour. "What is it that you say, Natsu? I'm all fired up now!?"
"Damn, I haven't said that in forever." The pinkette replied with a hearty chuckle.
"Gihi. Where do I start?"
"Use the riot armour for materials. First, create a throat guard like the riot chest plate on the COG chest plate, but make it wider and taller." Levy instructed him as she started to fiddle with the electronics in the helmet.
Gajeel placed a hand each on the chest plates, he started transferring the materials from one to the other per Levy's instructions.
"Yeah… I'm going to leave you to it." Natsu said.
Levy glanced up at him then started to shove him out of her workshop. "Get! Go see Wendy before you bleed all over my floor!"
She shoved him through the door and shouted through it. "And go get some food too!"
Natsu blinked at the closed door as his stomach growled, he shrugged his shoulders and decided to go see the blunette dragon slayer.
As he entered the main hall he drew eyes to him. "Hey guys, what's up?"
Lucy gasped as she bolted over to the pinkette. "NATSU! What happened?"
"Fought a group of monsters in another universe with no magic. Where's Wendy?" Natsu replied as he tried to calm his girlfriend down.
"YOU MAKE IT SEEM LIKE NO BIG DEAL!"
"Lucy, I haven't eaten since I got back from Gracia, I've barely slept. Two gashes are nothing compared to almost having my head taken off by monsters with twelve-inch claws, my armour did its job. Now please, calm your tits and point me in the direction of Wendy." The man spoke softly, trying to placate the woman as he placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "I know you are worried for me, you always have, but I have it under control."
"Wendy, she just went to the toilets, come take a seat and we'll get you patched up." The blonde said quietly as she tugged his arm and lead him to the table she was sitting at.
"Damn man, you smell like hell." Gray said as he wafted the pink-haired man's smell away from his nose.
"I'm not surprised, I pretty much just waded through hell."
Wendy wandered over to the table, she caught the scent of her king and it made her feel fluttery and giddy inside.
"Natsu-san!" She cheered happily. "Oh, you're hurt. I'll be right back!"
The group watched the eighteen-year-old blunette bolt to the infirmary to get medical supplies as Meredy joined. "You know… as my guild's medic, I could treat that for you, I have the supplies on me right now."
Natsu smiles at the bubbly pinkette. "Let Wendy take care of it, you can come and check on me tonight if you would like."
"Will do, I'll bring little sister too." Meredy giggled, she loved holding that above Ultear's head.
"She really finds that annoying, you know?" He said with a smirk.
"Mhm." She replied, nodding vigorously. "Her reactions are great!"
"Natsu-san~!" Wendy called out as she bounded over with her medical bag.
Natsu tilted his head for the eager dragon slayer, allowing her to clean up his wound. "Where is Natsumi?"
Erza sat down with her cheesecake. "She left this morning, she really wants to get started on training her guild. Will you be joining her?"
"Yeah, but I will need to eat and rest first, plus I basically got ordered by Levy to get this wound checked out."
"It's a good thing you did Natsu-san, there is some nasty bacteria in it, I don't know what did this but it must have had really dirty claws… I'll need to disinfect it."
"Go ahead Nurse Wendy, do what you need to do." The male said with a smirk, he scrunched up his cheek when she started to swab at it with medical grade disinfectant to sterilise the wound.
"How long ago was the injury?"
"Closing on three hours now."
"You'll have scars then, I can heal it but due to the length of time and that it wasn't treated right away, the best I can do is close up the wounds."
Natsu sat still for the busty blunette, trying to keep his eyes off of her tits that jiggled gently almost right in front of his eyes.
Once the twin gashes were fully cleaned by the Dragon Slayer, she quickly worked her magic to stitch the wounds together the best she can, true to her word there were somewhat nasty looking scars that started near his mouth and ran up to about half an inch before his ear, an inch gap between the twin scars.
"All done, it shouldn't bother you anymore." Wendy informed her King, she gave him a quick and tight hug, pressing his head into her soft E cups. She blushed at his warmth and immediately let go so she could return the medical supplies to the infirmary.
"Seems like young Wendy has a soft spot for you, Natsu. Two soft spots in fact." Mira said with a devilish smirk on her face, she watched the blunette happily skip back to the infirmary.
"Here is a pick-me-up." The model said as she placed a few large plates of food on the table along with a bottle of fireball whiskey.
"Thanks, Beautiful." Natsu said as he drooled at the sight of the food, wasting no more time as he dug right into the delicious meal.
Alright, that was a long one, it almost is as long as part one of the crossover I had done with thehappy, speaking of which you might like what will be happening after Natsumi's GMG, we have been planning somethings behind closed doors.
Now, this chapter was fairly easy to write as it helped that I was playing Fallout 3: New Vegas for this, I hope it turned out good but I can see it being a long slog of a chapter (literally for Natsu) but I hope that was still ok with that in mind, it was fun to write and it had some good fights and had Natsu getting pissed off at the world, also his more demonic tendencies are coming out too (gotta love character development).
So one of the things I had in my reviews was someone asking about The Burning Legion, now I'm sorry but at the time I had no idea what it even was so I did a little research and found it was something from WOW. Again, I'm sorry, but I never played WOW so it would be doing that franchise a disservice bringing that into my story and completely butchering it. This is something I would leave up to someone who knew the lore of WOW and understood it, so don't expect seeing that come into Universe 129-G. My experience is shooters and rpgs like Halo, DOOM, Gears of War, The Witcher, and The Elder Scrolls for just a few examples.
So with that all said and done, I thank you for reading this chapter and my story in general, stay tuned for new chapters. Peace and Chicken Grease, I'm Out! (If you were wondering, that last part is from the Youtuber BigJigglyPanda.)
