Chapter2 : Battle Royale!
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At camp McCarran there were 30 troops cleaning their guns, getting armor repairs and eating a hot dinner. There were also 10 brutes polishing their swords and axes. Boone and President Agvir were walking amongst their troops talking to them and waxing lyrical with them. They soon come upon General Hsu of the former NCR now he's in command of the entire Mojave Army.
"General, how're you doing?" Agvir asks sitting down on the hood of a truck.
"Fine sir, have you met the troops of the 12th Novac? Damn good sharpshooters they are." Hsu said with a dark grin on his face. "Fresh, outta Camp Golf. (The training field)" Boone looks at the soldiers with a small look of pity.
"Well we'll see how much merit to give that won't we." Boone says
"They look like they can hold their own." Agvir says dismissively "of course they'd never hold out in a straight confrontation but you've got something for that, don't you Hsu?"
"Come with me to my office we can look over some strategies if you want." He said getting up. Agvir looks to Boone and beckons with his head to go with them. Boone nods and jogs after , Hsu. Agvir gets up and grabs some more chow and then mingles with some soldiers, president Agvir is a big hit around his country, primarily because he's pretty much helped everyone ,who's still living of course.
Boone, Hsu and Three other soldiers are hunched over a map of the Quarry and land extending out.
Boone looks up at the General "Any ideas Hsu?" Hsu studies the map.
"We can set up the three squads here, here and here." He says pointing on the map along two flanking ridges on behind one the Quarry and one on the left side flank overlooking the train depot and one on the road leading up towards the Quarry.
"Won't they hit the Brutes who are coming up here and here?" Boone asks pointing to North and South roads. The men all shift their footing giving it a hard think.
"Oh! Sir?" One of the Sergeants starts. Boone raises his brows. "Are you and the President still acquainted with that Ghoul, Raul?"
"Of course, Sgt….?" Boone asks.
"Michaels, Mike 'Mikey' Michaels… if you can get contact with him and maybe get him to repair some of the trucks we can take that to our site and set up on top of the trucks back." Sgt. Michaels looks up at Boone looking excited. Boone crosses to a phone and picks it up and dials the number for the dam.
"Hey, Polonius? Yeah it's Boone… god damn… well, hells bells that sucks… hey can you put Raul on? Yeah…" he pauses for a second. "Hey man its Boone we need you… no repairs. A truck, military. Aww c'mon man if there's anyone who can it's you! Alright cool we're at McCarran how long will it take? 2 hours… cool see ya then, bye." He hangs up and strides back over to the table. "He'll be here in 20 minutes, he'll fix up that truck and you guys can set up there. Nicely done Michaels I'm going to give you a field promotion to captain." Sgt. Michaels beams. "The President and I will go around and hike up these hills by the passage (the scorpion filled canyon ) and we'll provide over-watch set the artillery strike and take out a couple of Deathclaws along the way." Boone says fiddling with couple of bullets.
"Sir, are you sure you want to risk you and the president's lives for us we can Vert you in." Hsu says quickly.
"Ground is too rough and there are a couple of Cazadores in the area and I don't want to have them attracted to the area any more than they will be from the gun fire." Hsu starts to interject. "Don't worry Hsu we've faced worse.. the dam, that Cazadore nest! We took out Ceaser and his entire defensive team! We can handle it." Boone nearly shouted at Hsu throwing his glasses on the table. Hsu cocked his head. Hsu beckons the sergeants out.
"What is it?" Hsu asks
" 3 months and 22 days since we've seen combat, and 6 months after that, we need this. You'll drop us here." Boone said pointing at a place in between the gun stop and the power station. "We'll requisition two service rifles for you." Hsu said. Bonne looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"Are you high? I'm using my Rifle and it's your funeral if you try to take Jon's rifle he'd stab you faster than you can say 'Wait'. Just give us 500 rounds of 5-56's and maybe a .44." Boone says walking towards the door, before leaving he turns around and back pedals slowly. " Be careful guys, Deathclaws can be crafty." And he whips back around and heads out to the commons.
Agvir is currently swapping war stories with an NCR trooper that's been stationed in the Mojave, Agvir is currently telling him how he and Boone took out the Searchlight Camp single-handedly.
" So we were coming up the right side sticking to the mountains picking off several legionaries that were scouting the area. We were about to crest the area near the trailer site. When we saw it, the nuclear barrels I was considering pushing them down the cliff when-" Boone comes up behind Agvir.
" When I say why waste the land when we could just snipe them from up here, And we did we sat up and sniped 30 legion dogs, Before 5 minutes were up. Then the Legate Phoenix (Is that the right one?) came out and we shot him down, and that's how the Battle of Camp Searchlight was won..." Boone says the fire glinting off his glassy eyes. Agvir stands "That's where I knew, he may be rough around the edges and potentially maniac, Craig Boone was a man I can trust." Agvir smiles at Boone.
"Sir Raul is coming to fix up the trucks we're going to go up the Radscorp pass and head up a hill for a vantage point, get your gun cleaned and fixed, sir we're walking half the way." Agvir grins at Boone.
"How long?", Agvir asks as a Vertibird comes in for a landing.
"That's Raul now it'll be about two hours until he's done with the trucks and we'll head out then. I got a bag of 500 rounds each for the both of us." Boone says holding up a bag jingling with the sound of bullets.
"I'm gonna grab a shotgun as well. Well then let's get ready then." They go take a shower shave and pack their bullets into their magazines.
- 2 hours later- in the Bathrooms of Camp McCarran.-
Agvir and Boone were just getting done shaving they tap their razors on the sink and wash off the rest of the shaving cream. When they were done, their heads tilted up simultaneously and Agvir brushed his hair with his hand and Boone snapped his fingers by his ears checking if they responded quick enough. Their heads bowed again and they put on their sunglasses, simultaneously once again.
"Ready, Jon?" Boone asks a slight grin on his face. Agvir wipes the barrel of his guns and pulls back on the cock of his gun.
"Oh, Hell Yeah Craig, just like old times." The President says beaming with eagerness.
"Kick their asses, BOOYA! Kill their Faces, BOOYAH! And be totally awesome, Hell yeah!" the two recite their pre-battle prepp-er. A whistle is being blown outside.
"All Mojave soldiers taking part in the Quarry Attack, get ready to move out!" a trooper yells out. Agvir and Boone hustle to the truck that's now waiting humming and growling they climb up into the truck with a sergeant in the truck.
"Here you go, sirs." He says handing them a kind of wire frame device that looks like it could foot over a foot.
"What are these, Soldier?" Agvir asks, holding the device up.
"It's to put on your boot, sirs. Mr. Gannon designed these to ease foot travel in hilly terrain here give me your shoe." He fits the spiked toes on top of the presidents shoe and presses down on the heel there's a loud click and turns the tightens the device "When you climb up hills lean forward and you'll get a better traction it's a bit of a workout but you can get up quickly." The sergeant says.
"Thanks they'll help. Jon do you have the designator?" Boone asks bouncing up and down on the rough roads of the Mojave. It was ten minutes later and the truck came to a halt. The driver jumps out and heads to the back.
"Mr. President, Mr. Boone. We've arrived Radscorp pass is a mile that way, please be careful sirs the activity is always worse at night." The driver says as Boone and Agvir jump down off the truck.
"take care boys be careful." Agvir says as the truck moves on towards the town of Quarry going past Novac. Agvir notices Boone looking towards the dino in Novac the president sees a glint of a sniper's scope. "Hey, you ready man?" Boone nods and they start trudging their way across the lake "Boone on your belly. D'you have that robot with on you?"
" Yeah I'll have it roll out there and try to draw any ants for us." He maneuvers to his pack and takes out a small tight cylinder he twists the dial on the side and sets it on the ground he then gets out an RC controller and the robot goes shooting off, in 30 feet the device goes of shooting out flashes of noise and bursts of light. Immediately a swarm of ants flood out of their colony.
"Drop 'em."Agvir said and the both let loose with their volleys the two killed most of them but the largest one was squirming around on the ground. Agvir and Boone jogs up to it and Agvir kicks it in the neck with his spiked boot. "Let's go." Agvir said they make their way up to the pass. "Alrighty, Boone we've done this before I'll go ahead low, with the shotgun you stay behind me and if you see anything take it."
"Just like old times." Boone says as they advance slowly. Agvir looks behind him and smirks. Boone's face goes pale "No, no, no, no! c'mon man it's such an old song NOOO!" Boone starts to say franticly.
"OOOOOHHH, I've got heartaches by the number and troubles by the score." Agvir sings while Boone is mentally throttling him. "Oh yeah, just like old times." Agvir laughs he's now humming the song. Thirteen minutes later they reach the large basin. "Back-to-back," they move slowly across the basin and into the rest of the passage.
"Alright, that's where we go up, dig in and pump your legs be careful there may be some Deathclaws in the A.O." Boone says quietly. They dig their spiked-toes into the dirt and pump their legs up they move up slowly when they get to the top they crouch down low.
"Ok that's where we need to go." Boone says pointing towards a hill about a mile away.
"any sign of Danger?" Agvir asks looking behind them towards the Goodsprings water tower.
"Cazadore's to the left but they won't be that bad and a couple of Radscorps in the valley on the right.
"Lets take out those Cazadores now the only good Cazadore is a dead one." Agvir says getting his gun ready. "fire at will Boone." Boone lets go with a huge crack, the Bullet rips through the Cazadores right wing joint and exits at the left neck side. The Cazadore falls twitching and starts getting up again. Agvir takes aim and lets go, the bullet hits it in its head. They slide their way down the side of the hill and take off going up and down and up and down.
"Jon, it's almost 3:30." Boone says as they're going up the last hill that has a good vantage point to the Quarry. Boone stops "Wait, d'you hear that?" Agvir stops and listens, he can hear the sound of gun shots and screams from men across the valley that has the Quarry in it. The two men push up to the top of the hill and get on their bellies immediately Agvir gets his Bi-noks out of his bag and Boone zooms through his scope his gun sliding smoothly over the terrain.
"Over the other ridge, on the other side of the Quarry." Boone says steady flashes of light brighten up the horizon of where Squad-B was supposed to be in station.
"Arcade, I need you to fly over where B-Squad was supposed to be, we think they might be under attack. We need you here ASAP." Agvir whispers urgently into the Radio that the Vertibird had roped in earlier in the night. The radio cracks through the murky night.
" 10-4 we're on our way in 10 minutes, Vertibird out." The Radio goes silent. Ten minutes later a low whine is heard and the Vert came flying over.
"Hawk 1-1 to ground teams, be advised, B-squad has been hit by Colony of Geckos we have…. Seven dead and it looks like two severely wounded, one survivor but he looks bad, we can rope in for him but it'd dangerous, ground command please Advise?" The Vertibird pilot says. Agvir looks to Boone solemnly Boone nods slightly.
"Hawk 1-1, return to base wait for medevac at roughly 6:00 Agvir out." Jon says still looking through the binoculars.
"10-4, Hawk 1-1 out." And the Vert turns and flys away. Agvir and Boone still look through their sights looking onto the basin. They sight around 50 Deathclaws in the valley and the surrounding hills.
"My God there's so many of them." Agvir breathes to Boone.
"Stay sharp Jon. It's only a couple of 'em" Boone says "Thank god for Lily's brutes."
"hell, yeah." Agvir says "now we wait keep 'em in your sights. Watch for anything interesting any odd looking Deathclaws."
"Yea- Wait- SHIT!" Boone says "Look at there, by the first rock chute d'you see that?" Jon shifts his sights on a massive Deathclaws at least 5ft taller than a tall Deathclaw and way more buff than one. It's circling another Deathclaw a
"Ground command in position." Agvir says into the radio.
"Alpha Team, in position." The radio chirps and two flashes of a light chirp from the direction of the Quarry 'town' mountains.
"Charlie team, setting up now." The Radio calls over.
"All Brutes are in position." A gruff voice calls over The Radio
"Hawk 1-1, ready for evac." Boone looks at Agvir.
"Boomers ready for target." The radio chirped again.
"Lock and Load, Jon." Boone said getting a clip and popping it in as Agvir does the same. Agvir pulls the designator out and starts looking for a target. "D'you see any unstable areas that we can hit that might make an avalanche of sorts?" Boone looks his rifle slowly panning the terrain.
"Thirteen degrees left of the hopper two degrees up there should be a rocky cliff. If you hit it should slide down and crush half the Deathclaws." Agvir sights again
"Yeah I see it." He grabs the radio "All units, all units, this is President Agvir we're going danger red. Boomers, we are sending the co-ords to you now, over."
The radio crackles to life. "10-4, send them now." Agvir lazes the aforementioned area.
"All hands get down! Fire 25 rounds. Repeat two-five rounds, fire when ready!" Agvir hollers into the radio. "Boone, slide down a bit in case there's debris and shrapnel." Agvir slides down so that his face Is pretty much covered but his eyes are still looking out on the scene. Boone slides down and hits a bit of loose dirt and is slid down about halfway down the slope. A low repetitive thud from far off is heard and soon a piercing whining noise fills the air. Agvir tenses up and pushes his spiked boots into the dirt. Boone scrambled up next to Agvir muttering "If you think I'm going to miss this you are outta' your mind." Soon a tremendous noise fill the air as 25 explosive rounds start punching into the side of the cliff a loud crack rips through the just starting day as the mountain side comes crumbling into the Quarry taking at least 20 Deathclaws with them.
"Brutes, Charge! Sharpshooters wait ten seconds and engage." Agvir says to the radio "Boone keep it quick and methodic." And the two move up to the vantage point and join the shooting. There are gunshots surrounding the area and the sound of blades being pulled from their sheathes. The Deathclaws have regrouped by now and start charging and the brutes as the two opposing forces clash the Brutes give a massive swipe at the Deathclaws, now, Brutes' blades were designed to kill humans, not to penetrate the thick skin of Deathclaws. When the blades hit the skin they dug into the Deathclaws skin stuck into them and the blades popped off.
"Double your firing!" Agvir says shooting more and more Deathclaws. The Brutes are now grappling the Deathclaws punching them attempting to rip limbs off and biting at their necks. The bullets are flying over the Brutes, smacking against the thick muscles and skin of the Deathclaws. It was an hour later when the tide started to turn for the Mojavians when at the rubble of the Quarry was a stirring, rocks began to fall and break against the ground. A giant claw rips through the rubble and the Massive Deathclaw emerges, a faint crimson glow is radiating around the Deathclaw. Ten brutes charge at the beast only to get a massive swipe and sent flying. The rest of the Brutes are occupied with multiple other Deathclaws and Bullets can do only so much. Boone and Agvir are emptiing everything they have into this sucker.
"Outta bullets!" Agvir shouts and Boone throws him a clip. "Y'know what, screw it." And he throws back his cartridge back to Boone and pulls his Shotgun out "Cover me!" and the President slides down the hill towards the Massive Deathclaw that's now wreaking havoc on the remaining Brutes who along with this one have other Deathclaws to deal with. Agvir trudges his way through bodies and blood, silencing one severely injured Deathclaw with his Shotgun. "Hey!" he shouts at the Deathclaw and shoots a round off at the Massive Deathclaw. The Deathclaw stops and turns, looking at the miniscule President standing a dead 30ft away from him. The President tenses up as the Deathclaw charges at the president in a dead sprint. The Deathclaw get spaterred with bullets as Boone is attempting to slow him down or weaken him. When the Deathclaw is nearly on top of him, Agvir jumps and rolls under the Deathclaws right leg he then turns and pulls the trigger of his gun …. Nothing the gun had jammed! "Fucking gun runners." Agvir mutters to himself as the Deathclaw turns. He drops the gun as the Beast charges again. Agvir rolls out of the way and his left hand hits a sword handle that has a blade stuck into a Deathclaw's neck. Agvir leans down and feels the area by the blades entry, it was soft and slightly puffy, he then feels the rough skin of the arm bumpy and callously. 'hmmm' he grabs the blade as the Deathclaw charges rolls under his legs again and jumps on the Deathclaws tail Boone's voice reverberates through his head. '"Alright, that's where we go up, dig in and pump your legs be careful there may be some Deathclaws in the A.O."' Boone's voice echoes. Agvir stabs his toes into the Deathclaw's back pumps his legs up slicing the back of the Deathclaw making it thrash about. Agvir keeps pumping and pumping when he gets up to the beast' shoulders he leaps and raises the blade in his left hand across his chest using his momentum and his upper body strength he cut the head off the Deathclaw. The head falls off of the massive bastard as Agvir lands on his hands and knees the body of the Deathclaw next to Agvir spraying blood on him. Boone slides down and Jogs over to Agvir.
"Urgh!" Agvir says flicking his hands to get the blood off of him and looks up to Boone. "He slimed me Boone." Boone shoulders his rifle and takes a finger and wipes some of the blood on his finger. Boone makes a face.
"Gross, tastes like flies." Boone says as Agvir sits down on the Deathclaw corpse. Agvir pats on the Deathclaws butt and Boone sits down. Agvir pulls out a cigar and lights up, Boone immidieatly takes it out of his mouth and crushes it. "I said no." Agvir stares crossly at him as a truck comes up. Captain Michaels jumps out and runs over to them and salutes.
"Sirs, we've killed 90% of all the Deathclaws in this area, and we've had 60% of losses on our side." Michaels says stepping in Deathclaw blood and making a face.
"Thank you Mikey, call in Hawk and have him Medevac ASAP." Boone says. Agvir gets up and walks towards the truck.
"I dunno about you but I'm taking a nap!" he shouted over his shoulder. Agvir jumps into the truck and lays down on one of the benches. Soon the flaps of the truck entrance shift and Boone climbs into the truck and lays down on the opposite bench. Agvir thrusts a fist towards Boone.
"Just like old times." He says his fist dipping and waving with fatigue.
"Just like old times." Boone says hitting his fist with a grin.
"Oh I've got heartache by the numbers and troubles by the score. Everyday you love me less is a day I love you more…" Agvir croons as Boone glares at him.
Aaand scene.
Thank you for reading all of you. If you could drop me a review that would be super cool. I personally take great pride in the length of this chapter as it's the longest that I've ever done (willingly) I'd really like suggestions for what to do next. All ideas are good ideas so please please please! Send something you'd like to see. I mean that's what I like to see in a fic and I hope that you guys would like to take part in my- no, our fanfiction. Quick shout out to Fallout2012 for being a great person, writer and advisor. You are my inspiration.
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P.S. if you guys would like I'll provide you with a short list for things to recommend, this is not, however a rule this is reccomendations: Natural disasters, invaisions, beasts, food problems, water problems crime problems housing problems. It would be nice if you provide a kind of scene, such as, Boone walked into here and noticed this and decided to try and change it. There you go.