after Liz and John recruited Veronica at the 188 and made there way towards Vegas. Reilly's group have arrived in the town of novac, a few hours ago, helping out at the repcomm test site, out of ghouls and nightkins, where in return the day time sniper tells them where John and Liz went, and for Ben. Where his shooter went.
(authors note: i dont wanna write the all thing that has happen there is to long)
"are the ghouls dealt with?" he asked
Reilly just nodded, looking tired
"i think we completed our end of the bargain, what about you" Ben asked
"oh yeah right, well i saw your man and his bodyguards heading north, and possible to Boulder city, but he looked like a New Vegas type. My advice, check Boulder city for clues. And for you" he said pointing at Reilly "the couple your after" she growled at the word couple "were also heading north, but i think i heard one of them say they headed to freeside" he told them
Jaden pop up from behind her CO
"you think?" she ask him
"my friend boone, he is also a sniper, he heard them talked after his shift was over" Manny told them
"hmmm where can we find this Boone?" Jaden asked curiously
"his room is on the lower floor, right to the sealed room" he pointed over to the door
Jaden nodded and she and her teammates exited the dino building
Reilly then stops Jaden "are you thinking about meeting this guy" she asked
"i um just think he would be a good adition to the team, since you 2 a good at close and mid range, and i am awesome at long, we might need a other long range fighter" she answered hopefully Reilly would accept
"she is right Reilly, an other sniper cant hurt" Ben agreed
and then they met Boone and explained the situation. he agreed to come along (i also skip the little quest with Boone)
"ok i join, but be aware, i shoot every legion troops on sight" Boone confirmed coldly
"hey Boone" Jaden greeted him
"hello" he just said blankly
"ok i vote for going to Boulder city, before heading off to new vegas" Ben confirmed them
"well Ben remember i am your CO and i do the orders, going to Vegas to get John back should be more importen then looking for a guy in a suit, who proberly is in Vegas" Reilly said
"but maybe something in Boulder city can me, in my investigation" Ben tried to convince Reilly
Boone stepped in "besides Boulder City is just a couple of feet from the road to New Vegas, we can catch up to them even if we stop to investigate" he cleared out
Reilly then sigh "ok but we better hurry" she said
"and Jaden since you taken a likeing to our new member, you get the honour of giving his armor, and thats an order" Reilly orded Jaden
Jaden then said "i never said i like him"
"you better not" Boone said coldly
meanwhile at the other group
"are we there yet" Liz asked impatiently
"yes, arcording to my pip boy map, we are about to pass one of NCR's farms i think" he said
"farms?" Veronica asked curiously
"oh thats right" Liz said "i have heard that the NCR are growing food of the ground and send it to their camp, so they dont starve to death"
"seems like an good idea, the Brotherhood could try and resarch in it" Veronica added
as they passed the farms they saw an shop
"wait what does that sign says" Ben asked his companions
"thats the Gun Runners! they make the finest ammo and guns in the wasteland, and in top condition" Liz squelled a little
"i bet is pretty pricy then" He said
they walked over to the kiosk and saw an robot inside
"wow look at all those guns" Liz was still excited about it
"i know you punch things Veronica, but you need a good sidearm" John suggested
Veronica sigh "well ok then" she looks over at the table behind the glass, where the pistols and SMG's are
"give me a 9mm smg then with the extended mag" she orded
"ok Liz?" he asked
"naa im good at what i got" she sais
"ok then" John said looking at his hunting shotgun who had seen better days
he decided then to sell the shotgun and the rest of the ammo for it and bought a brush gun and lots of ammo to it
and of course the smg to Veronica and her ammo
they ventured forward to the east gat entrance to freeside
once they entered Liz was feeling she was home
"ahhh Freeside" she said relaxed
"i guess you had a bunch of good memories" John asked
"yeah, once 4 thugs with lead pipes and pool cues, tried to rape me and steal my stuff" she said smiling
"figures, its very common around men to do that, doesnt matter if they are poor or rich" Veronica pointed out
John decided not to comment at Veronicas comment about men cause he kinda knew that it was true
"and you slaughter them i guess" he asked
"oh yeah, when i told them to go mount each other in the alley, they got pissed and one of them with a pool cue attacked me, i slice his pool cue in half and cut of his head. then an other one tried to take me from behind, but i just did this move" she sais and shows them
it was like the samuris way to kill themself with a katana but she just avoided herself and stapped the man behind
"then the 2 guys started to run off but i got them. I hit one of them with my throwing knifes and it hit him the back of his head, and i throwed an other one at the other guys leg so he couldnt run anymore" she told them
"i know i am gonna regret this but what happen" John asked regretfully
"well i didnt want people to see, but i draged him out to the alley, oh you should have heard him begging for mercy and 'i was just kidding'. but he didnt said much when i gave him the mark on his neck and impaled him with my sword" she told them
"maybe people remember that and the thugs wont attack you" Veronica said
"maybe your right" Liz told the scribe while the trio walked until 3 guys stood infront of them
"or not" Veronica said
the guy in the middle who looked tough for a thug were holding a knife in his hand, and his followers, who apperead to be drug addicts had pool cues
"if ya wanna pass us, you have to pay" the guy in the middle said
"and if we dont give you caps" John asked
"who said caps" the guy responded
Veronica just looked disgusted "ewwww"
"so whats is gonna be, ya letting us have fun with ya girls, or die" the guys asked John
Liz were reaching for her knifes but John stopped her, and whispered something to her ear
"let me handle this" he told her
"so, whats its gonna be asshole" the guy asked
John just smiled and looked at him "well you should know one thing. and that is, never to bring a knife to a gun fight" he said and quickly pulled out his .44 magnum and head shotted the guys 2 friends in the head
"His all yours Liz" John told her, while reloading 2 rounds in his gun
"sweet" she said and lead him to the alley, holding her sword to his throat
"im glad im not her enemy" Veronica told John
"me too, im just glad she didnt did anything to me when we first met" he told the scribe
Veronica were confused then "wait if she gives a bite mark to people she meets, then how come she didnt gave you one when you met" she asked
"well she told me this. she only gives this marks, to her victims, and people she want to keep" he told her
"and i guess, your a keeper to her" Veronica said almost laughing
John sighed "yeah cause i know better to not screw her over" he assured her
When Liz were done they walked over to the mormon fort to see what it was
inside they saw random poor people and people in lap coats
they walked over to a black haired girl with a punk like hair style
"are you here to drop off medical supplies? cause if you are, just drop it at the rest of our cache" she told them
"oh we were just passing by to see what was going on" John said
"okay then, i guess your knew around freeside" she told them
"well i am, i dont know about Veronica here" he points to the scribe who just waved to the girl
"and Liz here have been here before" John assured her
the girl eyes just wided "wait your Liz?" she asked
"sure is Julie, long time huh" Liz answerd
"wait you 2 know each other?" John asked
"Liz were a patient here sometimes after she were in a few fights" Julie told them
"so you guys treat people for free?" Veronica asked
"we tend to the sick and those who need it for the locals for free, but we have to charge for travelers to keep up a steady surpply" Julie told them
"anyway we could help?" Liz surprisingly offred earning confused glares from John and Veronica
"what, she paced me up for free. People who tends to me like that, are ok in my book" Liz told them
after that Julie explained them the situation, that they were in need of a steady surpply rate, eighter by get something from the travelers or make a deal with one of the local companies
after some walking around they made so that the atmoic wrangler surpplied them with chems and alcohol so they could treat people with it, in exchance they had to make their alcohol more pour so their customors got drunk more quickly
meanwhile outside of nelson
Reillys group headed over to nelson, since Boone told them about what was going on there and wanted to help out
"are you sure we can not save those soldiers?" Ben asked hopefully
the ncr ranger just shooked his head "the legion wanna use them to their advantage, if they dont have that advantage we can strike on them" he told them
"i understand. We will go down there take care of things" Ben assured the ranger
the ranger then takes out his repeater and walks to a nearby rigde with a good view of the place
Boone and Jaden followed the ranger since that would be a perfect setup for them both
Ben were walking down the road to the wrecked legion filled town until Reilly stopped him
"we are saving those men" she told him
"but the ranger said we have to kill them. its for their own best" he told her
Reilly remember how it felt when her old squard didnt maked it, she didnt wanna let it happen to someone eles
"Ben, i order you to help me to get those guys out of there" she orders him
He realized that Reilly gave him a direct order and had to follow it
then he and Reilly were walking down to the town, Reilly with her trusty ak 47 and Ben with his hunting rifle
the ranger, Jaden and Boone were waiting for Reilly and Ben to make the first shot
Ben and Reilly sneaked up and Ben had a good shot at a leginary that had some sort of mask on
"my guess that would be the leader of this legion group" Reilly whispered to him
Ben hold his breath and aim carefully, waited till the legion soldier were in his sight and fired
the bullet didnt hit the target but it made contact with a legion recruit beside him
when he notice this he quickly falls back to his barracks while some of his recruits covered him by running over to Reilly and Ben with machete's
Jaden, Boone and the ranger couldnt fire at the legion soldiers advancing at Ben and Reilly, but shot at the legion troops trying to get to their post
Reilly hold of the advancing legion troops with her ak 47, making a clear way to the tied up soldiers
her and ben then makes a run to the soldiers, they manage to cut down all three of them and covered their escape
back in freeside, Liz, Veronica and John had made some erands. They helped out the followers and the kings and the garret twins.
when they were done helping people eighter out of money or make freeside a better place or to get status, they decided to relax at the atmoic wrangler with alcohol and gambling
"so guys, when are we making our move for the strip?" asked an optimistic Veronica
"why ya wanna go so badly to the strip?" John asked
"i heard that there is a casino there, where they got everybit of pre war luxury" the scribe told them
Liz cut in the conversation saying "and since your a BoS, your gonna search for technology so people dont hurt themself or others, or what ever you wackos belive in"
"no. i just think that, when they got luxury from a pre war time, then they gotta have nice dresses" Veronica said
that made John almost laugh "you wanna go to the strip for a dress?" he asked
"we saw an spring dress on a doll at mick and ralph's place and you didnt said anything" Liz said
"yeah but that dress aint pretty" Veronica said using that as an excuse
"fine when we get to the strip i make sure that you can run around the strip if you want" John said trying to stop the conversation
one of the casino owners heard it and cut in the conversation "ya heading for new vegas? if you are then i might have easy job for you" Francine offerd them
Liz looked excited "oh does it invole killing" she asked egarly
"is the only way you can do the job. Now before you think, this is not an assassination. The guy your after, was a guard here but got pissed you guys got some work that he decided to steal some of our money and ran of the strip with it. Kill him and bring the money and his hat as proof, you get paid for it of course" Francine tells them
"sounds like regurly assassinatio to me" Veronica said not surprised about it
"ya wanna go to the strip or not" John asked her
"i can allow to kill a other dead guy to get my will then" she said sighing
Liz who had the urge to kill something could take it anymore and drag them out and to the gates of the strip, where they were confronted by an securiton
"submit a passport or sumbit a credit check" the machine demanded
"how much does the credit check needs, roling tv can" Liz asked it
"2000 caps lady" the securiton answered without saying anything to the insult
Liz stepped one step forward but John hold out an arm in between Liz and the robot
"it called me lady!" she complained
"its a robot, it doesnt know any better" he said and reached for his bag of caps
Liz backed down barely she was really getting excited to kill something out of sudden
the robot scanned Johns currency and let them pass
they then entered the strip, a glomming bringt street with drunken soldiers on the one side, killer robots in the middle and hokkers on the other side
Veronica scanned the street for Caleb and spotted him infront of the casino known as gamorrah
"hey, isnt that the cowboy we were hunting?" she asked nudging to Johns side
Liz quickly turn around and saw him "finally" she said and run over to the poor guy
"aww crap" John said
Liz quickly approach the theif but was quickly stopped by John
"we cant kill him, while everybody is watching, just wait till your close enough to stap him without anyone sees ok?" he told her
"fine but hurry up" she pleaded
John then approached the theif
"you Caleb?" he asked
"yeah and who are yo- oh its you guys" Caleb said recognice them
"ya know us?" Veronica asked
"yeah your the guys that take all the jobs that should be mine" he told them
Liz began to walk slowly to the right without Caleb seeing her
"stealing from the twins, arnt such a good idea, it can get you killed" John told him
"what? by you? your just a kid that got lucky thats all you got" Caleb said not impressed about John
"listsen, if you wanna get out of here alive, you better give me all your caps, leave vegas and give me your hat as proof that, we 'killed' you. if you dont accept it, well your dead" John offered they guy
Caleb then even tought about his options and pulled out his shotgun
"i think i just shot the 2 of you and take your stuff" he said
"well, if you had a better perceptionist then you would know that we were 3" John said giveing Liz the signal
before caleb knew it, he had a small knife in the back of his head
it was a quick kill and no one seemed to notice
"ahh i want more" Liz cried out
"easy now Liz, lets get the caps and the hat to the garrets" John said
before they knew it a securitron approached them
"this unit saw what you did" it said
"oh but this is just a misunderstanding" John said not realizing he is trying to reason with a robot
"Mr House wants to speak with you ASAP" it then said
"wait the House wants to speak with us?" Veronica asked surprised
"thats affirmitiv" it said
"what about the garret twins?" Liz asked
John thought for a moment "Veronice you take the money and the cowboy hat back to the Garrets and tell them i sent you, while Liz and I have a chat with this House" he said
she nodded and ran off while Liz and John entered the lucky 38
5 minutes later at the penthouse floor
John and Liz entered the floor and looked around on how much room there is
John then spots the big computerscreen and walks over to it, the same does Liz
"greetings travelers. This meeting has been planed for some time now" House said
"wait? you awaited us why?" Liz asked confused
"i followed your progress since Victor the securitron that dug the courier Ben up in goodsprings and had it to monitor your movements and his. and by now, i see much more potential in you 2, then him" he answered
"why is that" John asked
"well since your group splitted up, he had done many NCR jobs and done a gratehelp to them, but you have been recently helping freeside to get it in a more stable state" he told them
"what is it that you want" Liz whined
"down to buisness? ok then. The thing i wanna restore new vegas to its pre war glory, and make you two my top agents of see to it" he told them
Liz looked a bit not sure about it "whys that, i thought you had a treaty with NCR" she asked
"ah yes the treaty, well the thing is, that i have to belive that they are planning to kill me, in order to annex the strip before or after they win over the legion" he explained
"what do we get for being your agents House" John finally asked
"you both will of course be granted the luxury of what the lucky 38 can offer and garanti a safe night sleep with the securitrons guarding you" House told them
Liz was liking the idea so far "but our jobs arnt only to protect you i guess?" she asked
"thats right, i need you 2 to perform certain tasks for me that not even my robots can handle. The jobs will make a influence on a brighter Vegas" he said
John looked a bit confused "what ya mean a brighter Vegas?"
"a city, which is restored in its pre war glory, and without any outside goverment or slavers destroying it" House said referring to the legion and NCR
"wait you are gonna kick NCR out?" Liz asked excited
"in a way yes" was all he said
"well getting luxury and kicking out 2 armies doesnt sound so bad. im in" Liz quickly decided
John were a bit unsure but joined in "me 2" he said with a slight smile
"then we have much to do then" House told them
how will the future look like when Ben and Reilly are siding with the NCR and Liz and John working for House. and what is it that is wrong with Liz?