Chapter Two: Rolling The Boulder To Vegas.
Paul woke up at exactly 6 am like always. This time it was different because he had the most beautiful girl in the Mojave wasteland laying on his chest quietly sleeping.
Paul Gently kissed her forehead and woke her up by saying, "Wake up sunshine we have to get moving."
Sunny smiled up at him and gave him a soft kiss. The two then got ready and left. They made it to boulder city and carefully moved through the ruins to get to the NCR squad that was there.
They were then stopped by an NCR officer, signified by his green beret and insignia on his shoulder. The officer spoke up with his deep southern accent.
" I'm Lieutenant Monroe with the New California republic 5th infantry division.. We've got a situation with some Great Khans right now. The brass at McCarran has ordered me to lock down the ruins until it's been resolved."
" Is there any way I can Help?" The courier asked.
" Well if you're good at speaking then you can have a crack at it and besides you're an outside source so you can try but don't say I didn't warn you." Lt. Monroe responded.
The courier said nothing and stepped past him and entered.
" Sunny, stay here." He said calmly as he approached the Khans. He went into the building with Jessup inside.
He opened the door and stepped inside.
"What the hell? You're that courier Benny wasted back in Goodsprings. You're supposed to be dead." Jessup stated.
" I hear Benny and you are good friends, I suggest you tell me where he is or all of you are as good as dead." Paul said.
" Listen I don't have a fucking clue where Benny is, he scammed us with that job he had us go on." He sighed. " I knew that many caps were too good to be true." He said under his breath.
" Well where the hell did he go?" The courier asked.
" He probably went to New Vegas, he's one of the chairman at the Tops." Jessup replied.
" Thanks for the info. I'll tell you what, if you release the hostages then I promise that those troops will let you go." Paul said.
" Ok you got yourself a deal. Also here's Benny's lighter, next time you see him shove it up his ass." Jessup said.
Paul went back to sunny and the NCR. He then spoke to Lt. Monroe.
" The Great Khans let the hostages go in exchange for their own freedom." Paul Said.
" I Just got orders that we are to either kill or capture the Khans." Monroe said.
" If you are a man with dignity then you would honor the Khan's deal but you're the officer here so you decide." Paul responded.
" You have a point but I can't disobey a direct order." Monroe said.
" Like I said, it's your choice." The courier said and then turned and left with Sunny.
" Do you think Monroe will listen to you?" Sunny asked.
" I don't know." Paul whispered.
They made a pit stop at Hoover Dam and Paul found a snowglobe.
The two then continued up the road to the 188 trading post. Once they arrived the sun was setting and they decided to ask some of the soldiers there if they had any spare place to sleep.
Unfortunately the answer was no and it didn't look like the strange hooded woman had anything of value so they continued walking for a few minutes before they found a good place to set up camp.
Paul rolled out a sleeping bag and sat down next to Sunny who was building a campfire.
They ate their dinner, talked, kissed and stargazed for a few hours and then Paul put out the fire and they both climbed into the sleeping bag. Sunny was surprised that even with both of them inside it there was still room to spare.
She snuggled up to Paul and wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist. They shared a passionate kiss and went to sleep.
They awoke at 5:56 Am to the sound of Geckos hissing nearby.
Paul searched in the dim light of the rising sun for his bag. He opened it and retrieved his service rifle and handed Sunny a Cowboy repeater.
He checked the magazine and saw that it was full, he then inserted it back into the gun with a satisfying click. He flipped off the safety. He pulled back on the charging handle and then released it, chambering a 5.56 round. He then motioned for Sunny to follow him and they moved behind the cover of some boulders.
They peered over and saw a small pack of Geckos.
" You take the two on the left, I'll take the two on the right." Sunny said. Paul nodded and took aim.
Sunny then counted down.
" Three."
"Two."
"One"
They then opened fire. All of the Geckos immediately dropped and they thought they were clear of the danger. That was until they heard the unmistakable sound of a radscorpion.
The courier spun around and unloaded into the creature's face, damaging it greatly.
The radscorpion shuffled back a little and then lunged one of its claws forward, cutting Paul's chest. " FUCK!" He jammed a stimpack into the affected area and instead of reloading he switched to his secondary. ( " Switching to your secondary is faster than reloading." — Gaz Cod 4)
He drew his 12.7mm pistol and fired five times, but his weapon jammed. Sunny then fired one shot killing the radscorpion. The courier cleared the jam in his weapon and reloaded both his service rifle and his pistol.
They cleaned up the campsite and skinned all the creatures they had just killed.
Paul took off his shirt to let Sunny examine his wound. Sunny blushed seeing that he was jacked. She gingerly reached out and examined the blood covered wound. She took a clean cloth out of her bag and slightly dampened it with some water before cleaning off the area where he was cut.
While she was doing this paul took a sip from his trusty Vault 13 canteen.
" The stimpack has done its job but this is a pretty nasty cut, I just hope it didn't damage anything internally." Sunny said as she took out a sewing kit. She threaded some string through the needle and moved it into position.
"I'm warning you this is gonna hurt like hell." She warned.
" I can take it." Paul said. He took another sip.
Sunny then began sewing and Paul winced a little.
Once she was done she used her teeth to cut the excess string off which for some reason Paul thought was kind of hot.
He placed a hand on Sunny's cheek and pulled her into a gentle kiss. She returned the kiss and then helped him up. Paul put back on his shirt and Sunny put away her sewing kit.
They then continued walking. They stopped at Gunrunners to get some new ammo and Sunny picked up a new shotgun. Paul checked the time on his PIp-Boy. 7:30 Am
They then entered the gate to freeside. They passed by Mick and Ralph's and then got jumped by three street thugs which they dispatched immediately. They then went to the gate but they were a few caps short. So they went to the atomic wrangler to see if any work could be found.
They were greeted by the owner of the casino named, Francine Garret.
" Hi my name is paul and this is my Girlfriend Sunny, we have come here from goodsprings trying to get into Vegas but we are short a few caps. Do you have any work that we could possibly do?"
" Well kid you're in luck I just so happen to have a lot of assholes who haven't paid me back the debt they owe." She stated.
" I guess we can do it depending on how much is in it for us though." Sunny said.
" How does 150 sound?" Francine asked.
" How much is owed?" Paul interjected.
"Six Hundred." She answered.
" Then we want more caps." Sunny said.
" How about Three hundred."
" Deal." The courier said. He then shook Francine's hand and then Sunny and him left.
" The first guy is behind the old Mormon fort." They then found the guy there and his name was Grecks.
" What the fuck do you two want?" Grecks snarled at them.
" Francine sent us because apparently you owe her money." Paul said.
" Shit" the guy muttered under his breath, he handed the courier 138 caps.
SPEACH: 60/40 " You still owe more."
He handed the courier 41 more caps.
They then went to the building across from Mick and Ralph's to find Santiago.
Santiago tried to talk the courier out of it but then.
Speech: 60/50 " Francine has a bounty on your head so I suggest you pay up."
He handed the courier 256 caps.
They then went to find Lady Jane to the right of the north gate.
Sunny spoke up, " I understand you owe Francine some money."
" I don't owe her shit." Jane responded.
"What do you mean?" Sunny said.
" My caravan was attacked by her debt collectors and we got separated and now I don't know where they are and my son was with them."
Lady Killer perk: " We can help you find your caravan and your son." Sunny said. ( No She is not trying to seduce her lady killer is just a perk.)
They then searched around for about an hour on the outskirts of Vegas and then Jane found the caravan. Jane then thanked them and gave Sunny some of the money. " This is all I can pay you." Sunny accepted it and then counted the amount of money that had been collected. " I'm sorry we had to collect the money from you," Sunny apologized.
Jane accepted the apology and waved goodbye.
" Francine is a bitch." Sunny said.
" If I would have known, I would have never agreed." Paul said.
" It's not your fault, Paul. It's Francine's fault because she is a manipulative jackass who extorts the desperate and poor."
" Let's go get the money she promised us and then I know how we can get her back."
It was now 10:49 Am and they went back into the Casino. They dropped off the bag of Caps on Francine's desk and when no one was looking Paul stole a spare key to the casino vault. They then got the three hundred caps as their payment and left.
" Why did you take the key?" Sunny asked.
" Have you ever heard of the fictional Character Robin Hood.?"
" I can't say I have." She responded.
" Robin Hood was a vigilante who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, he was the definition of being against tyranny." Paul explained.
" So you wanna become the wasteland equivalent of him?" She asked.
" Basically." He spotted a group of mercenaries for hire just chilling in an alleyway smoking and playing cards.
" Follow me." He pulled Sunny into the side alley and spoke to the mercs.
" Hey guys I have a proposition for you all."
" We're listening," the leader said. He was smoking a cigar and had a brown duster coat as well as some Mad Max style armor. He then stood up.
" Well I just so happen to have a spare copy to the safe at the atomic wrangler." He held up the key.
" Listen man we don't wanna get involved with them, if you want someone who will do it then speak to the King."
They went over to the King's place and spoke with him and they told him what they were planning. The king explained that She had stolen money from him a while ago and that he wanted to get it back so he agreed to it.
" All we ask for is that a quarter goes to us and then the rest is split between you and the good people of the Freeside."
" I think you have yourself a deal." The king said.