The day after, at Hoover dam.
"We ensured that the Kahns have called of their alliance to the legion" Reilly reported.
"I had hoped you had killed them all, since they could be trouple, but we focus on them after we win at the dam" Moore said.
"We also had a run in with one of the NCR's most wanted Liz Colt" Boone informed the colonel.
"So Deathclaw Liz have returned to the mojave? I am going to send some squads to get her, i got other plans for you" She informed them. "We are aware we cant take New Vegas as our own with Mr House in the picture. I need you to infiltrate the lucky 38 and kill him" She orded
"Any idea how to get in?" Reilly asked
"Our network tells us that one of your friends, John have been going in and out of the casino. Even a women in a hodded outfit just talked to the securitron there and let her in, we belive that they eighter use some kind of password or just mention they are friend of John might let them in" She informed them.
"Understood" Ben said and they all went out of her office.
Meanwhile near cottowood cove
"Tell me again why we are walking towards the gates of hell" Liz demanded.
"House needs us to activate his securitron army under Caeser's fort" John explained
"Are you sure we can trust House?" She asked
"If we can not, we just overthrow him" He said
"We can what?" She asked surprised
"Well when Veronica and i got the Chip from Benny, he showed us his setup on how to make New Vegas free from the NCR, Legion and Mr House himself. So if we dont like House's way of shaping things around, we could just take over and go with Benny's plan and decide which tripes to stay or not" He explained
"You dick and you did not even told me about it before!" She yelled at him
"I told you now, lets just see where this is goin" He calmed her down and they reached the legion camp. They notice a slave pen with 3 people inside, but continued down to the raft.
"Are you the one, Caeser wanted and audience with?" The man asked with authority in is his voice. John showed him the mark and was allowed on the raft, but the legionary stopped Liz
"The woman, will stay here, our commander would like an audience you" He told Liz. She looked behind her and saw a man with a old roman helmet, looking down on her.
"Well tell your commander he can fuck himself for all i care, hey why cant he just fuck your buddies instead, i heard the legion have a habit of that" Liz told the legionary who now had a tight grip on her.
"You will show respect woman. One way on an other" He said
Before Liz could tear him apart, John interfered.
"She's with me and i perfer it stays that way, or eles i can not be held responsible for what might happen to your men here" John informed him.
"Fine, but you better teach your woman some manners, they should know their place" He said and let her go aboard. John literly hold Liz from chewing the man's head off.
Meanwhile at the strip.
Ben and Reilly made their way to the lucky 38, where the securitron guarded the door.
"Hold it right there fellas, only certain kind of people are allowed inside" Victor told them
"Hey Victor, its me Ben you know the one you dug up in Goodsprings" Ben reminded the robot
"Oh hey fella, sorry if i did not recognize you, think my memory circuits needs an upgrade" The robot said
"Well we are friends with him who works for House. He sent us here" Ben said
"And who was that?" Victor asked
"John" Reilly said
"Just need checking. Cant be too careful nowadays you know" He said and open the door for them.
They made their way to the elavator and got inside and quickly pressed the button to the penthouse floor. They got out and saw that only a few securitrons were there. They saw the big screen of a well dressed man with a moustache and nice comb hair.
"Who let you in?" He asked
"Victor, seems like you forgot to make him forget me" Ben said and looked around
"Hmmm yes, that could be the reason. Okay lets say it is, what now then?" House asked
"We came here to discuss about the current situation. The NCR are worried that you will hinder them in getting New Vegas" Reilly told him, while Ben went over to the terminal on the wall.
"Of course i am hindering them, i have done that since they arrived. You see, I saved this city from the horrors of the great war, using my own design defensive to stop some of the nucelar warheads heading for Vegas. I couldnt stop all of them but manage to make sure the most of the city, was intact" He explained
"But the NCR can make this a better state for the people" Reilly argued on a level headed way
"The NCR? dont get me started, they can hardly keep their own road safe, they even making more enemies then friends. The only good thing they have done, is keeping the Legion at bay" He ranted
"But the NCR will get their acts together once the war with the legion is over" Reilly said
"You see, I have nothing against the NCR, they are my best customers at the moment, i only dont want them to get their greedy hands on Vegas" He explained
"Greedy? You are charging street vendors for them making a living" Reilly argued
"Since i saved and protect New Vegas, I need to be a man of buisness. And making independet buisness on the strip demands a permission. And the NCR should be the last one to talke about charging people" He countered
"The taxes are neccasary, since it was part of the old world" Reilly said
"The taxes have made people move away from the NCR, and dont get me started on how you treat your supply line, that is maybe the only good thing you can say about the legion" He said
This made Reilly a little mad "Are you saying that the savages of the Legion treat their supply line better then the NCR?" she asked
"Yes. You see, the NCR got many independet suppliers, but when they have to ready their supplies and head into the Mojave through the Mojave outpost, they most pay a toll to get in. And if they want to get through safely they can have escort for a price also. In the end, they dont get so much profit of it and none at all if we count the return trip. But the legion as i have opservered, they protect their roads and dont demand their suppliers to pay for protection" He said
Reilly did not know how to counter that, so House continued
"Oh will you excuse me for a moment" He said and the screen went dark
"You got something over their?" Reilly asked
"I almost got this terminal, just keep him busy a little longer when he comes back" Ben informed her
House then returned on the screen
"Sorry, i had buisness to attend to" He said
"What kind of buisness?" Reilly asked
"Something that is above your pay-grade to know. It has been wonderful to chat with you, i almost regret replacing you and your friend Ben" He said
Ben turned his head a moment and asked "What?"
"You see, i had planned that i would make you my top agent, and make sure that New Vegas remain itself, rather then it became part of the NCR. But your service for the NCR prove that you were to unreliable to count on, so i got new agents who have proven to be more reliable" He said
"Wait! John is your agent?" Reilly asked
"Yes. He and his unstable friend turns out to be what i have been looking for" He said
"Why them?" She asked
"Since Ben were to busy cleaning the mess for the NCR, which is a lot. I were desperate and looked for any who wanted to give New Vegas a chance to be what it was before the war. John and Liz helped the people of Freeside, making it a bit more stable with keeping the followers supplied, and the kings in power. Can you imagine Freeside without those groups? Without the kings, any punk in the neighborhood would run more wild and feral then ever. Without the followers, proberly half of freeside would be deserted. And if he play his cards right, maybe he can be my protege" He explained
"NCR will help Freeside too" Reilly stated
"When? They rather wait until its to late and solves it with their guns blazing. Freeside have no respect for the NCR and would proberly cause more damage if they started to station troops there. The kings are not to fund of them" He said
"And why is that?" she asked
"They may just seem like a regular gang with better clothing, but they stand for every man is independet, and choose his own way of living with no one to tell him otherwise. They see the NCR as a threat to that. And they also keep the locals in check so there are no uprisings" He explanied
"I see" Was all she could say.
"Its been a wonderful time but i need to ask you to leave, you are trespassing and will be terminated if not removed from here now" He warned them
That was Ben's call.
"I got it!" He said and open the hidden door. The securitrons open fire at them but they were to quick and got inside the elavator. They got down to Mr House's chamber, and saw a container of sort at the end of it. Ben tap on the nearby terminal and open the container. They saw how it open up and saw what came out. It was Mr house himself, his body plugged into various tubes keeping him alive for all these years.
"Why... have... you done... this? years of... preparations... gone!" He spoke with a choking voice.
"The NCR arnt perfect, but it will make people safe" Ben said
"Knew... you were... to blind... to think ahead" House managed to say
"He is to dangerous to be kept alive" Reilly said drawing her gun out
"Do it... kill me... im dead... anyway by... year's end" He said
"Lets just leave him. He cheated death for over 200 years, now he can wait and die" Ben said and headed for the elavator with Reilly behind him. Before they entered the elavator they heard House for a final time.
"May hell... be your... reward" He said
*At Caeser's fort, before Ben and Reilly enters the Lucky 38"
John and Liz had got of the raft and handed over their weapons to the guard at the gate. They had no choice but to comply since being surrounded by legionaries. They had a few talks with some of the people there, mostly John since some of the legion soldiers dont wanna talk to Liz cause she's a woman. They had heard about the commander of the Legion force Legate Lanius, a brute of a man they say and deficult to kill. They have entered Caeser's tent and saw Caeser himself, protected by his trusty guard led by Vulpes.
"So you 2 are the ones who have made quite a stern in the Mojave. You kill your enemy in ways we thought were impossible, you waltz into New Vegas like you own it and even get's inside the Lucky 38 like someone left a key for you, you even outsmart and ambush a chairman in his own casino and kill him. When you 2 set you head for something you get results. I like that. Question is, are you ready to do real work now?" He asked
Liz were about to rant on him, but John held her back and said "How may we serve your legion?"
This caught Liz by surprise, John showed and equal hatred for the Legion as Liz.
"I like the attitude young man, shows promise. What about you woman, you got any say in this?" He asked
Liz were about to say something but were caught off
"Let me answer that for you, no you dont. Now listsen cause i only say this once. We know you got the platinum chip, and you are going to use it for us. Under the building nearby, there is a underground bunker. The only way in is through a console with a slot that only the platinum chip can fit in. I belive is the key to the bunker" He explained. Liz really wanted to tear this guy a new one.
"And when we get i?" John asked
"Destroy anything downthere. Simple as that, return with the task complet and i will reward you. Now go!" Caeser order
Liz and Vulpes had starred at each other doing most of their time there. Liz sended out her usual 'i gut you and make you play with your own inside' glare while Vulpes sended out his cold and emotionless glare that could go through your skin. John literly dragged Liz out of the tent, and were met by a legionary with 2 slaves.
"I am your escort to the station where the bunker is located under. These slaves will carry your weapons the way, and back when you completed your task" The legionary told them. As they walked down the rigde, they saw that the legionaries did pushups or sharpen their machetes. They reach the station and were given their weapons, John saw a consol to the far sight of the room. He walked over to it and saw that their was a slot on it, in which the platinum chip fitted through. He inserted it and a floorpanel open and he walked down, followed by Liz and entered the door before them. As the door closed behind them and they made it into the next room, Liz grab John and threw him face first up to the wall to the left of them. She hold him agains the metal wall and took out her black revoler and aimed it at his head.
"Now dickhead, can you please explain me why you decide to be lord fuckup's errand boy" She demanded while pushing the gun of the barrel to his temple.
"I can, i just need you to relax a abit" He said but was cut off by Liz who pointed the gun to her right and fired a shot and then pressed the warm barrel to his head again.
"Dont tell me what to do crap for brains" She said and poked his head with the barrel
"Ow ok ok just please dont poke me with it. I pretend to be Caeser's earran boy to decive him" He quickly said. It made her lower the gun abit but kept the hold on him tight.
"Go on" She said
"We needed access to the bunker, and piss him off would proberly just end up me getting crucified and they would proberly send every man on you to stop you" He told her. She kept holding him until they heard a voice behind them.
"Am im interrubing?" Mr House said on the screen right behind Liz. She immediately let go off John.
"No sir, we were just going through what had happen" John informed his boss.
"I see, i trust that Caeser has sent you down here to destroy whatever there is i can use" He guessed. John nodded and said
"We decived him to think that we are working for him. What is it you want us to do down here again?" He asked
"Somewhere in this bunker there is a control room, in that room is a consol to activate this bunker" Mr House reminded them.
"And what is that secret?" Liz asked.
"Its best that you see for yourself. After you are done, report back to me eighter by this consol or back at the lucky 38. Now if you excuse me, i got a chat with some uninvited guests" House said and then the screen went black.
"You have to trust me Liz" John told her
"Fuck you and lead the way" She said still a little mad for not telling her his plan. He just lead on as told with his shotgun in hand. He walked down some stairs and saw a robot down there. It fire at john but missed, but John pump 2 shells into its head which made it explode. He saw behind the dead robot, were a room with a active terminal in it.
"Maybe i can disable security with this, keep them off me if they come" John said
"Fine just do it quick" She said and leaned outside the door opening with lucky in her hands. She leaned her head out and saw 3 robots coming to their position and she fired all the last 5 shots she had in the chamber of her gun.
"Hurry up retard!" She yelled while reloading
"Hey this is hard encrypted, you can do it if you think you can do it better" He snapped back at her.
"You think i can not is that it?" She asked while shooting down one of the 3 incoming robots
"Shooting a terminal is not hacking, it proberly destroy this bunker if you shoot something wrong" He said almost done hacking. After she shot the last one down she went up behind him and said
"But you still think i can not do it" She said pissed off
"I never said that, just be quiet and let me finish this" He orded her. He finally hacked the terminal and all of the bunkers security messures shutted down. He turned around and saw the Liz looked directly into his eyes.
"Call me stupid, and i feed the deathclaws with your brain" She dared him.
"Im not, i just dont know if you can hack them, you never showed how to" He explained
"Lets just get this over with and get out of here, i rather not stay under Caeser's ground" She said and moved forward into the bunker. After some room to room searching, they found the control room. At the back of the room was an other dark room next to it, and on the room's right side were the terminal they looked for. They both walked over to the terminal and John offered Liz the chip.
"You want the honours?" He asked. She just took it out off his hand and placed it into the slot it fitted through. They heard and felt a big rumbling around them. While Liz searched the terminal for what happen, John went over to the window.
"Piece of shit! Was that it?" She said while kicking the wall.
"Liz, you better see this" John called her over.
"It better be cause im not in the moo. Oh my god" She said and changed from mad to shocked when she saw out of the room. Infront of them was a securitron with a soldier face on its screen instead of a police man. And behind it was thousands of them alike on standby.
"I knew Mr House had alot of securitrons then those on the strip, but this is a fucking army" Liz told him.
"An army big and tough enough to defend and push the NCR and the Legion out after their fight, so House can roll in and finish whatever is remaining of both sides" John realised. Liz turned to John for a moment and asked.
"You said we could overthrow him right?" He nodded "Well if we can take control of his army, then Vegas and the dam could be ours. Imagine it, an entire region at our feet, with no one to stop us!" She said with a dreaming look on her by the thought of the power she could have. He just chuckle and said.
"The Queen of Vegas"
"Dont need to be so formal, still Liz to you" She said still joyed by the thought.
"Arnt ya going to need a king?" He asked while grinning
"Maybe, first have to find him" She said and walked out of there.
"That hurts my feelings Liz" He said following her.
"That will teach ya to imply i cant hack" She argued whit a slight smile. As they got back to the bunkers entrance, John managed to stop Liz for a moment.
"Ok we cant have Caeser know what we dont and found out down here, so its best you dont look so satisfied of it" He said
"Fine, i make sure i dont look excited to rule over Vegas with you at my side" She said and changed her expression from joyed to annoyed. They then got upside and handed over their weapons and exit the building. They followed their escort to Caeser's tent and entered. Liz made sure that John walked in first just to satisfie them.
"I felt the earth shake a little while ago, i take it that the task is done then" He said. John were about to say something but Liz came before him. She walked over to him and kneeled infront of him.
"It has been done my lord" She said through it took all her will to not rip this guy's dick off from her position. He looked at her with a raised brow and then looked at John.
"What is this? Have you taught your woman some manners?" He asked.
"Yes great Caeser, since im am going to aid your forces, i might as well start with teaching women their place" John said
"hmm good, then i got the perfect reward for you. Bring her in!" He called out to his guards. In came they with a woman in a cowgirl kinda outfit, tied hands and were threaten with machetes to her back.
"We just caught this degenerate 6 miles from the Mojave outpost, my spies sais she has consumed a shameful amount of alcohol, that she deserves to be treated like a rapid dog" Caeser annoced.
"Let go of me, you raping lunatic!" She yelled
"I would hand her to our legate, but she is not worth transporting through NCR lines just so he could put her head on a spike" Caeser told them.
"I accept your gift lord Caeser. What will my future asignment be?" John asked
"I want you tu kill Mr House, you dont have to report back on that, word will get around with his demise. Secound, their is a deadly squad working for the NCR, they been a thorn in my side lately. They have killed my forces at Nelson, and broke off our alliance with the great Khans. This is optional since they can be everywhere" He told them.
John nodded and said "I see what i can do" and took off with Liz and their slave behind him