"So you still have your bionic limbs in?!" said Veronica as I relayed the story back to my friends at the school.
"Yes they are, my brain informed me that they made me exponentially stronger and that I should consider keeping them in for the time being. Even the mechanical brain has increased ability to withstand hits and keep amounts of knowledge that my normal brain cannot. It did, however, attached a module onto the current brain and to itself so that it could absorb and understand everything that is going on with me in its absence. It can also send messages back to me if I do something that it thinks is a horrible idea.
"So are you the same person I knew when we first met?" asked Shelby.
"Yes and no. I have the same memories and personality, I just have an enhanced physiology and a new hat that is much more fucking awesome than the one I had back in Bakersfield" I said. Shelby got a good chuckle out of that. As usual Boone was silent, but the look on his face showed some surprise, which was odd. Veronica on the other hand had one hell of a smile on her face.
"I learned about people like you when I was in the Brotherhood. Half cyborg! I've always wanted to meet one of you, but I never thought it would be you. Can I get my tools and investigate your machine body?" I was about to say not but Shelby beat me to it. Right about then is when Cass started laughing.
"Ya'll are so fucking stupid. Just 'cause he has some weird body shit goin' on don't mean he ain't less of a person. He's still the same dumbfuck we came to love and follow around fer no particular reason. Lets just drop it and move on." Tyler, the Vault Dweller from DC was the first to nod his agreement. The rest of the crew quickly went along and we began to work on a plan for the future. Lots of ideas were thrown around in quick succession, but only two jumped out at me. The NCR and The Legion. The Legion had destroyed my town and killed countless innocent people. The NCR was the best way to stop them, and I already had a way in. Back when I first met Cass, I was given a task by Ranger Ghost to see what was going on down in Nipton. Since we knew the Legion was responsible, and my personal quests for knowledge seemed over for the time being, it was time to bring the fight back to the Legion, and confront the man in the Checkered Suit.
I remembered back when I helped the NCR stave off a sniper causing trouble to an outpost, and s request to find aid for the troops there from the camps in the area. Golf, Forlorn Hope, and Searchlight. It was time to fulfill my promises.
We started with Searchlight with it being the closest to our settlement. The trek down felt like an eternity and wasn't made easier by the roving Legion patrols and general raider presence, but after a few nights we arrived.