When Skye was taking the bullets out she saw they were laced with something. She got a scientist to examine the bullet and he came back and said it was laced with poison. She pulled the other bullets out to see if they were all poisoned and they were. Skye went back to Nolan to tell him about the bullets. Nolan got a doctor to see if he could find an antidote for the poison. The doctor got the antidote and put it in an IV, which he hooked up to Justin's arm. The antidote didn't work. The elder sent out two patrols to see if they could find an antidote for Justin. They came back with nothing. The elder ordered the scientist to work on an antidote. They found out that the poison was chloro-toxin, a venom found in the dark stalker scorpion. They created an antitoxin and gave it to Justin. The cure started to take effect, but he was still knocked out. The doctors started to remove the bullets from his leg. The doctors worked on Justin for another hour removing bullet fragments from his leg. Justin was moved into a recovery room to recuperate from the surgery.

Meanwhile, Judy was still pursuing Elijah. She had tracked him down at little Yangtze where she spotted him outside the tower working on a bomb collar. Judy has to be careful not to be seen by Elijah, she wants the element of surprise on her side. Judy moves slowly and quietly towards her target. Judy is an expert in the use of camouflage and this comes to her benefit in the attempted capture of sentry bots sense an intruder and move to eliminate Judy. At the same time Elijah opens the gate that holds back the ghouls. Confusion and mayhem results, Elijah escapes through an abandoned train tunnel while Judy fights for her life! Judy fired at the robot sentry bots, as they were closer to her position.

Judy noticed that the ghouls were fitted with bomb collars that would blow up as the ghouls reached the gate entry point. Judy fought as hard as she could versus the sentries. She realised that her gun was inflicting minimal damage, so she switched to her battle axe. The battle axe was more effective and started to cause sufficient damage to the robots. Unfortunately, Judy wandered to close to the perimeter of the ghouls and was knocked unconscious by the blast from a bomb collar. Three Y-17 walking dead suits scoop Judy up and take her to the Y-17 facility.

Justin wakes up from his surgery and attempts to get out of bed. Justin falls to the ground, he is too weak to stand. Two medical personnel rush over to Justin and place him back into his bed. Justin is given a sedative so that he can rest properly and recover. For the next 2 days Justin was monitored by the medical staff until he was fit enough to leave his bed. Justin did not remember what had happened to him, but he knew that he was lucky to be alive. Justin was relieved that he could have time to scout around the base. Justin put on his T51d power armour with a T45b helmet. Justin told his 4 comrades to suit up and come and patrol with him.

Nick is at Helios One, and he has been reassigned to the NCR detachment. Nick is no longer able to carry out his sniper duties because of the damage to his hands from the grenade at the Hoover Dam. Nick is ready to go out on patrol with his NCR mates. There are 4 NCR soldiers out on patrol near the Helios One when they encounter 4 Paladin soldiers. As luck would have it, the NCR and Paladin soldiers literally bumped into each other. Both groups were on patrol and came upon each other, There was a momentary pause before they recognised their enemies.

What ensued was a scrambled hand to hand combat. Justin went into battle versus Nick; and Nolan squared off versus an NCR soldier. There was a flurry of action as Justin and Nick utilised their power armour to it's best abilities. There were sparks and metallic noises filling the air around the soldiers. Justin's helmet began to malfunction because of the repeated blows inflicted from Nick. Justin had to remove his power helmet because it was becoming a distraction and was draining his battery life. Justin stood in shock when he realised that his opponent was Nick. Nick used to be in the Desert Rangers of Nevada and Justin used to fight alongside him.

Nick was about to strike down Justin when he saw his old comrade standing in front of him. Justin is struck by a pulse shell fired by another NCR soldier. Justin drops to his knees because his suit is damaged. Justin's face is burned because he has removed his power helmet. Nolan sees that his commanding officer is down, so he runs toward Justin's position. Nolan orders his 2 heavy weaponry soldiers to provide cover fire for him. Nolan scoops up Justin and runs toward the covering fire.

Nick orders his men to fall back because they are under such dangerous fire from the heavy weapon soldiers. In the ensuring confusion, Nick trips and is captured by a Knight. Unfortunately, for Nick he is on his own because his soldiers have decided to retreat towards the Black Mountain where the dangerous mutants are positioned. Nick is brought to the bunker where a bomb collar is put around his neck. Nick is in bunker 13, which is a bunker that Elijah utilises as a sanctuary when hiding from others. Nick realises that he is in some trouble because he is a prisoner of the Brotherhood, which means that they have stripped him of any weapons and armour that he may have. Nick is thrown into a cell with only his underwear and a tank top to wear.

In the bowels of bunker 13 was a NCR ranger hiding in the portion that was destroyed in an earlier raid. This NCR ranger was a scout from camp Forlone Hope, which is a major NCR out post. The NCR ranger tried to get his radio working. He was successful but the signal would only go so far. He started moving rubble to see if the signal would get stronger. He was unsuccessful. Outside the bunker a veteran ranger was looking for a spot to fortify against the enemy on the other side of the river. He couldn't find a usable spot and he was about to return to camp when he heard a faint signal over his radio. A veteran of the NCR is attempting to contact any soldiers on his side. The veteran relays that he is stuck in bunker 13 and needs assistance to get to safety. Unfortunately, there is nothing that anyone can do, the soldier is on his own against heavy odds. The soldier monitoring his radio goes looking for some rangers to assist him in a crazy rescue, he knows that he would not like to be stuck in bunker 13, They have to try, even if it is against his best instincts to take on the brotherhood.

Nick is in his cell when he hears some brotherhood soldiers coming to transport him to the Hidden Valley bunker. The Hidden Valley bunker is a more secure facility than bunker 13. Nick realises if he ends up at Hidden Valley, he may never escape. When the cell door opens Nick recognises 2 of his jailers: Justin and Nolan stand before him. Nick does not know if he can hold back his astonishment at seeing his old mates. Justin and Nolan keep their cool and act like Nick is just like any other prisoner at bunker 13. The veteran ranger has rounded up 3 other soldiers to assist him with his rescue of bunker 13. The 4 rangers have made it into bunker 13 through a grate that they blew up and made it into an outside tunnel. When the blast occurs Justin dives one way with Nick and Nolan dives the other way. Nolan has most of the weapons, but he is knocked unconscious. In the excitement Nick picks up Nolan's gun. Nick points the weapon at Nolan and calls out to Justin to "drop your weapon, or I will fire!" Justin realises that he does not have any option, he must drop his weapon to save Nolan, At the same moment as Justin drops his weapon, the 4 rangers arrive to assist Nick. Nick is happy to see the rangers, but knows that they have to move quickly to get out of the bunker. The explosion by the grate will have been heard through out the bunker. Two rangers grab Justin and two ranger wake Nolan and escort them out of the bunker. Now the tables have been turned and the rangers are in control of some valuable prisoners. The rangers are taking their quarry to Camp Forlone Hope near Lake Las Vegas.