[IC] Fallout: The Outer Banks (Always Open)

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@Sohtem

She clicked her toung, bracing her rifle to get another shot only to get to a crouching position. No good, the leader was still moving, hunting her down now and she was trapped.
Looking through her scope to the horizon she seemed to cheer in her mind when she saw the slow gate of a death claw. His horns broken and spines snapped he seemed like an older creature that would not hunt unless absolutely necessary. The residence would run and hide at the sight of it.
But bandits...
"Oh your perfect."

Chase's eyes went wide when he saw Eden on one of the buildings, standing tall she was taking a stance that he only seen once, cupping her hands around her mouth and taking a deep breath. And ever since he never wanted to go hunting with her again.
"Reese, spread the word. That mad woman is gonna be getting an old death claw over here. Don't go letting anyone shoot it" He was already setting off another round as he mumbled a string of colourful swears. "Damn woman is insane. That thing that is outside, ain’t here yet. Knowing Eden she's saw it already and if we play our cards right it'll take out those bandits till they end up killing it themselves."

He almost missed when he heard that screeching sound that the older sister called a voice. It was not nearly as loud as the real thing, or as booming, no bass, no threat. But the raspy call held an imitation that would have attracted any of them.
A hacthling.
Eden was a huntress through and through. She knows the tricks and patterns, and if its old, or a male that thing will come here looking for an easy meal. "If I were you I'd spread the word to get everyone inside. Only way she would do that is if its old and only way to get an old one after you is if you piss it off."

She already could see the beast making his way over. Temptation calling it she made her presence known to the the other bandits. She already saw the leader making his way to her. Pulling out her blade she waited, all she had to do was end him and the other's would scatter like rats.
Twirling it with precision she got a glimpse of him. He was bigger than her that's for sure. She didn't even wait for him to get his barrings, she lunged. A quick move she would strike and move back, never staying in the same spot for more than a breath she aimed for any opening she could find. Swordsmanship passed through her father to her she put everything she had to end this as fast as she could.

[Sohtem]

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Reese glanced over at Chase when he spoke to him and then over towards a figure in the distance and his eyes widened, he had seen images of Deathclaws but none up close, though he knew how dangerous they were, it'd be difficult to take it down and almost impossible alone, he had to make sure that the others in the town got to safety, though he didn't know how much time it would take, he would try and get people to message each other to get to safety.

He soon set out, telling people to go and hide that there were dangers as well as tell anyone they came across to hide as well, as much as he would want to go to each section of the town to tell people to run, he just couldn't, not with so much chaos going on, it'd be just his lucky really. “Perhaps it would've been better to either be captured or killed, at least the town wouldn't be in danger then.” He spoke to himself quietly before shaking his head as he started to make his way back towards where Eden was, he couldn't think like that, not with so many threats going on.

He soon spotted where Eden was, getting ready to head to her when Ral and Liv along with the other bandits with them managed to stop him, pointing their guns at him, “Well well, looks like the doctor fella' couldn't resist seeing us.” Ral grinned though Reese wasn't looking too pleased, these guys were easy for him, but them wasting his time wasn't something he was going to allow.

“Aw don't look so upset, some of us is just better than you's.” He continued to taunt more.

“Look I don't have time to deal with you petty thugs, there are more dangers happening than you, so get out of my way.” Reese responded more aggressively, normally he's calm and collected, but with the danger of another gang to cause extra headaches and a Deathclaw trying to get to the woman calling for it, he couldn't be calm or nice about it.

“Ah but we still owe you and the boss wants you, so we aims to please.” He chuckled, unaware of the threat that was getting much closer than they thought.

“Look over there! You see that thing?! It will kill anything in its way to get where it's going, I'm not dealing with you.” Reese continued to speak in a rushed and angry tone.

Ral and the other glanced over at where he mentioned, they all froze seeing the Deathclaw, some getting ready to run, until Ral said, “You all stay here, the boss will be done with this trash and then we'll leave before that thing wrecks the town, now-” He spoke before being interrupted by Reese who had taken the time to get his rifle off his back and then was hit in the face with the butt of the gun, giving Reese the opportunity to slip past them, two of the bandits with the other four including Liv and Ral taking the opportunity to run, a Deathclaw was no joke.

The bandit leader may have been fairly fast on his feet but when it came to how large and bulky he was, his attacks were a little slower, though they definitely held a lot of power. Feeling her blade slash at him as he was too slow to defend but since his body was so tough and only slightly smaller than a Super Mutant's, the cuts didn't bother him too much, though just cause he was strong didn't mean he was invincible, even he knew these cuts would start taking their toll on him if he kept getting cut too much.

“Okay girly, I've had enough of you.” He growled, watching her movements, eventually feeling like he had an opening and threw a heavy punch at her, just like he did Reese, if it connected, it would surely do a decent amount of damage and send her skidding back quite a few feet.

Reese saw the fighting going, he knew he had to hurry and at least try to assist her, then get to safety somewhere and wait out the Deathclaw or try to kill it, the latter being something he didn't want to do, it was a damn Deathclaw, though it would be interesting, he heard stories of even power armor users having difficulty killing one of those things, sometimes even being killed themselves.

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@Sohtem

Chase snorted, shrugging his shoulders as Reese booked it. "Just don't piss it off and let Eden do the rest."

Eden herself felt that punch right through the gut. Sending her flying she skidded across the ground, air escaping her when her back finally hit a wall. An iron taste in her mouth she opened her eyes to see her opponent with a face that made her even more bitter. Spitting the crimson on the ground she stood once more, looking over her shoulder to see the shadow of the beast. Yet even from here she could tell that it looked a bit different, least for the massive beasts she saw when living on her farm.

Yet she knew there was no turning around now. Again she called and again she could hear the bast run forward. Bracing her weapon she went to a defence mode, buying time for now she grabbed at the pockets of her pouch, a vile holding a disgusting smelling liquid she sighed. She was going to have to make more after this.
Quick on her feet she ran back at the bandit, dodging a blow she felt her finger uncork the top, throwing the dark liquid that smelled of open wounds into his armour before backing up once more. She was making him a target, and she was not going to want to be anywhere near him once the hunter shows up.
Looking around for an escape she cursed, another wall of bandits blocking her path she clicked her blade to the ground, charging again she jumped, using his arm as a spring before slamming it in the joint of his armour around his shoulder. Her hands feeling as though they were glued to the hilt she twisted and turned the blade till she finally pulled it free and tried to back off.

[Sohtem]

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Reese would make sure to try and help everyone after this whole ordeal was over, right now though he had to try and help Eden, though he still wasn't sure if she was alright or not, if Chase knew her, than she couldn't have been all bad, regardless of their prior interactions with each other, the only thing important right now was to try and get away from whatever that thing was, noticing how it wasn't really a Deathclaw once it was a little closer, still, better to get away and then ask questions later.

The bandit leader continued to swing at her, his encumbering size though made it difficult to hit her, even if some of the blows did connect, they'd graze at the very least. He was getting tired of her jumping all over the place, however he was curious what that stuff was that was on him, he didn't know the substance but it wasn't harming him it seemed, so he'd ignore it for the time being, though when she jumped on him and thrust-ed her blade into his shoulder, he couldn't help but let out a grunt, he could take cuts and even small gun shots, but blades going in fairly deep to his body, even he'd react to that.

“When I get you girly, you'll wish I had killed you quickly!” He shouted, the look of a beast in his eyes as he pulled back for a stronger punch than he usually threw because anger was starting to take over, he was sure it'd hit her and if it did, he doubted she'd be able to get up. Though before the attack could make contact with her, Reese dove in front of the attack, using his rifle as a base to absorb the attack which made a small dent in the body of the gun, but better that then it hitting her, though the postion of the block changed slightly as he felt pressure on his wound as his injured muscle tried to hold back the bandit leader.

“Hey, looked like you could use a little help.” Reese chuckled a little with a wince as he looked back at her and then back at the leader who's fist was still pressing against the gun.

“So you know her? Well it will be equally fun to watch you be helpless as I kill her and then you.” The leader growled.

“Nah, I don't know her, but I would never leave anyone to face a tower like you.” He continued to grin and chuckled a little.

The leader obviously didn't like that and then used his free hand to slam his fist into Reese's gut, a wince and partially wheeze escaping as he felt the impact, his block lowering just enough to be hit in the head which sent him skidding into a nearby wall of a shop. Though it didn't keep him down, he was a little shaky getting up as a small amount of blood trickled down his head, his left eye not being able to open as well as him having shallow breathes.

“You can keep thrashing me around all you like, I won't let you harm anyone.” He panted, feeling that since he was why they were here, it should be his fight, even if it killed him, he could at least give her the chance to run away.

The leader chuckled but not out of amusement, no it was pure rage, a beast hidden in everyone, even if they refused to admit it was there and then said to him, “Well still won't change a thing, I'll crush her just to see it anguish you and then I'll kill you myself.”

Reese went over between Eden and the bandit leader and said to her, “Perhaps you should run, he's not after you, he's after me, no sense in getting yourself hurt on my behalf.” He chuckled, only because he didn't see how things were going to end well, two bandit groups plus a strange beast he'd never seen before approaching, he didn't know how he as well as the town would get out of this.

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Brick and Reese had gotten separated in the chaos. He had made it to the inn without incident and they were explaining the plan to Travis and the few other armed members of the community. He hoped Joe was doing the same thing across the way at the tavern.

"Everyone clear? Ok, let's move out"

The group exited in groups of 2, moving quickly to take cover against nearby shop stalls and corners. Brick dodged across the main street and quickly rapped on the door of the tavern, the signal for them to move out. Things had gone pretty sideways in the brief interlude. It appeared to Brick as though half the raiders were clustered near the upper end of the street, while the rest were moving door to door, presumably looking for him.

"No point waiting around" he said to no one in particular, sneaking to cover beneath the window of a nearby shack. Peeking upwards, he could see one of the raiders inside. He racked a load into his combat shotgun, popped up, and fired a quick two shots. The shotgun tore both the window and the raider's upper torso apart.

'One down' he thought as he quickly moved back into the alleyways and began to maneuver towards the upper group. He passed by the last place he had seen Reese and remembered.

"Almost lost you there" He said as he picked up the Tenderizer. He slung his shotgun and proceeded with the baseball bat at the ready, keeping a hand near his revolver holster in case he had to fire. Suddenly, he heard a roar.

'Oh, that can't be good'

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Scuzz looked up from pillaging yet another store to find one of his charges rushing towards him.
"Numan's dead, someone blew him up with a scattergun"
"WHO?!"
"I saw a scrawny guy take off up the street, through the alleys"
"Well, go!" he shouted "Kill anyone what gets in the way of us and Forge!"

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@Sohtem @Crossfire

Seeing the leader about to lay a blow on her Eden began to brace, this was not going to end will, broken body at the vary least, and that means her chances of surviving this guy would be going down the drain like the first night she started this shitty life.

Preparing to at least do some damage with her she brought out a grenade only to find the hand was put to a stop at the butt end of a rifle. Eyes slightly widened she looked to see the smaller male, who's face she tried to cave in. Raising a brow in curiosity she was only given the question of if she needed some help.

Yeah, she did, but there was no way in hell that she was going to be saying that.

Instead she took another stance, the male brushed aside like he was a rag doll into the other building causing her to click her tonge. People like that never really did lost long now had they? Yet it was his words that caused her to roll her eyes, he wanted the woman to run, to leave and just let the guy be killed.
"And let him continue? You really don't know how raiders work do you?"

She began to relax as she heard the beast get closer, grabbing the male's shoulders she positioned him back near the shop as though she were working with a child, ignoring the leader almost as she went to her bag and produced a rope that she began to wrap around her blade. "See, he'll want compensation for the work he put out here in killing you, so he and his men will take whatever they want, caps, ammo, food, women..."
snap
"And I can't have that happen when my only family is hidden here cause she decided to sneak out."

It was as if it was waiting on her to finish. Out of no where a beast barrelled through the wall, a roar escaping its lungs. Well, it did look like a death claw from afar, one with broken horns and spines but this thing? Again it let out a roar, cloudy white eyes sniffing the air she pushed the male out of the way, bringing her now padded weapon out she done something that most would call crazy.

She climbed up on it's back.

It didn't have the long arms that she was used to, walking on four limps with a long tail and slender face. She clung to it's body, using the blade under it's neck as a snaffle as she stayed up. Honestly it was the safest spot for her, now hunkered low to the ground she began to think it looked like one of those lizards aurora used to keep in the house when they were kids.

It let out a roar again, metal plates indicating that it was anything but wasteland natural. The thing was someone's pet and she was using it. Swinging it's head around it sniffed the air, the smell of decay coming from the leader due to the liquid Eden threw on him, letting out a cry herself the beast began to charge, a gaping maw with decomposing teeth filled with infection came to greet him as it tried to bite down of where it thought the food was.

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Chase watching the entire thing began to swear in a long stream of colours. More bandits were flocking his way, bodies falling by the door, yet what caused him to become a bit too worried about where Aurora was, was when he saw the body in the back.
"Thats it, come on I'm getting you to a safer spot."

"I'm safe here, go on cover the others I got myself handled here." The red head was fidgety, her voice calm yet she found her fingers loading and unloading the weapons that lay on her lap. "Listen hun, I'm not trying to scare you but your sister found something, beast whatever I really don't know. Might be someone's pet I really don't care, so I want you out."

Wheeling outside for a moment to see what he was talking about Chase began to protest. The woman was as crazy as her sister. "Aurora get back insi-" He couldn't finish his words, the sniper rifle that he was given was stolen out of his hands by the red head. Her moves were fast she shot it off, a yelp escaping her from the impact yet it was true as he saw what she was aiming for.

"Shit you just saved the Brick guy...guess he owes you a drink." Words falling from his lips as he saw the corpse that was aiming at the covered weapon's specialist he shook his head. "Get in the back before they see you!"

[Sohtem]

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Reese was about to object to her staying, it was his fight after all, when she pushed him near the shop wall, listening to her as she spoke to him, something that really caught his attention though was when she mentioned that she had family nearby. The only one he could think of was Aurora, she had mentioned something about her family and the two did share the same eye color, well if that was the case then it made sense why she was so adamant on defeating all the threats in town, not that he'd exactly run at the first sign of danger.

He was about to ask if she was referring to Aurora when the beast came barreling through a wall, covering his ears as it let out a loud roar, well it was here now, if it was anything like a Deathclaw, it wouldn't be easy to take down. Reese grunted a little when he was shoved out of the way, feeling his wound pulse a little in pain, he would've treated it right away if it wasn't for the many dangers going on in the town, he'd just have to tough through it until he could patch himself as well as anyone else up if they needed it.

He watched as she hopped onto the beats back, not sure if she was stupid, crazy, brave or all of the above, though with family on the line, he understood people resorting to unorthodox measures to ensure that they were safe, though that didn't mean he'd just sit on the sidelines, one thing he had a strong feeling about was that even if she directed the beast towards the bandits and raiders, once they were gone, surely it would go on its own rampage. Reese pushed himself off the wall he had been leaning against whilst he had gained some of his stamina back, that leader hit him fairly hard, he was surprised he hadn't broken anything though he was sure of one thing and that was that he'd be sore in the morning, but it was minor in comparison to the others that may be injured.

He quickly went to the back of the shop he had been slammed against moments earlier, climbing up the ladder that was thankfully there and got on top of the roof. At least this way he could take his time in dispatching enemies and he could recover a bit more, he went over to the front edge of the roof where the sign made a railing of sorts that he could set his rifle up on. When he set his rifle up, he started to glance down at the streets he could see, making sure that there were no bandits attacking anyone, though he couldn't really believe the damage that parts of the town had suffer, though he didn't really expect any less with a small war going on.

The leader slowly backed up when the woman and beast started to approach him, if he was injured like he was, he felt he might be able to take on the large behemoth, though that wasn't the case currently. Some of his thugs managed to come back to where their leader was and noticed the beast that was slowly approaching him.

“Quickly you idiots, the boss is in trouble, take that girl and that damn beast down!” Ral shouted, some pulling out energy pistols, others pulling out assault rifles and began to shoot at the creature approaching their leader, though they were scared, they weren't about to let their leader be killed.

Reese noticed the other bandits there shooting at the creature as well as the woman, he couldn't let her be hit, even if it'd be beneficial for the beast to be killed and then started to shoot at their weapons, the energy ones being easier to pierce and destroy, though when that happened and he was noticed, some shot at him whilst the others continued to shoot at the beast. Reese ducked down behind the small cover he had on the roof, “Damn it, thought I'd at least be able to take out a few more of their guns.” He spoke quietly frustrated to himself.

The leader ran when the beast started to charge, no way was he going to try and brace against that thing, not with how he currently was at least. He noticed Liv waving over to him, holding a laser rifle for him and then when he was close enough, tossed it to him. When he caught it he dove out of the beasts path, starting to fire at it, hoping to do some damage to it, this would surely be one hell of a story if him and his gang survived it, no doubt others would come flocking to join and then they'd be as big as a small army, something the leader smirked about a little as he thought about it.

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@Sohtem

She didn't have an issue with leading the scaly beast to the leader. The compacted liquefied carcases on his arm was more than enough to tell the lizard that the bandit before them was food. Just along for the ride since it was the safest spot Eden found herself leaning into the protruding spines as a laser went over her head.

Looking over her shoulder to see the other bandits trying to take aim she clicked her toung, grabbing a knife from her boot she locked on target with her golden gaze, aim true she threw the small weapon only for it to land on point. one down, too many more to go the roar grabbing her attention once more she brought her leg up to avoid a blast only for it to go into the hide of her beast, the smell of scorching meat entering her nose making her feel slightly sick as they charged once more, praying to whatever would listen that she wasn't going to get shot.

Again they went, crashing into the leader she tried her best to grab the weapon in his arms, the beast using all it's strength as it snapped its jaws at him again and again, salivating for a bite of what smelled like heaven to the creature as Eden went for the wound she made earlier, with everything she had she jammed her hand into it, twisting before she brought it back up, the sight of crimson that was not her own running down her hand she swung her leg off the side of her mount and hung on the other to use it as a shield as another round of bullets came through.
"Shit, can't get him like this."
She needed to think of something and fast, at this rate she was going to loose control over her new found weapon or they were just going to kill him here and now before he could do any damage to them.

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"Sir....." A man said entering a dark room with his first step on the hardwood floor emitting a loud creak. His attention was directed at a man in the corner of the room sitting at a desk writing on a typewriter.

"Yea Sergeant Young." The man said in a gruff voice grabbing a bottle of Whiskey from under the desk and pouring it in two dirty shit glasses. " Captain Von Braun reports of a raider gang attacking... Davenport I believe are coming in from merchants pouring in."

The Captain almost chocked on his drink. "Finally something to do!" He said shallowing the whiskey in one huge gulp. " Dispatch the 3rd Expedition Company if memory serves me right they are the closest to Davenport." He got up and put on a leather jacket, "Oh and one last thing. I am heading out too."

[Sohtem]

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The bandit leader let out a loud grunt as Eden dug into his wound with her hand, continuing though to dodge the beast when he could, he wasn't about to be defeated by her and the beast she was riding on, though he felt it was a little difficult, even with others of his gang helping attack the beast, he still had difficulty getting enough distance away from it to where he could retaliate properly.

“Come on, the boss needs our help, focus on the girl and that damn beast!” Ral shouted, some of the other gang members focused on Reese now fully focusing their attention on the creature and Eden now.

“It's difficult Ral, this thing is damn tough.” One of the members responded back, even with them getting hits on the creature, it didn't seem to want to go down, or even really care for that matter, at least it seemed that way to them based on how it kept trying to eat their leader.

Reese took the opportunity of not being focused upon to begin exiting off the roof and go through an alleyway, pausing for just a moment to check his magazine, “Hmm, only about five shots left in this plus the last magazine in my bag, shoot, this is going to be tricky.” He spoke to himself as he began to once more go through the alley until he had a clear line of sight to their leader.

He started to take aim at him with his rifle, though he thought about how large the beast was, even if he shot at the leader, he didn't know if he'd have the ammo to help kill the creature, not to mention the creature seemed like it was growing tired of being tamed, even if it was only temporary, so he had to move fast. He peered around the corner, seeing the other bandits using some walls for cover, he looked up to see a sign for a business just above them, he was sure this wouldn't be liked after-wards, but if he was going to help Eden, this was the only way.

He fired two shots at the sign, it's weakest points being some bits of wood in combination with metal to keep it up. The wood splintered, eventually causing it to crack and then break, the structure now having too much weight on one side started to creek as the metal strained to keep the sign up until it fell in front of the bandits, blocking enough of the sight to where they couldn't shoot at Eden without moving from where they were.

“Blast it, that punk.” Ral growled, unable to see because of the metal debris in the way.

With Reese having done that, he slung his rifle onto his back, pulled out his combat knife and then started to run towards the leader. Ral noticing this quickly moved to the near center of the road, shooting at Reese, “Oh no you don't.” He spoke to himself, continuing to fire, the bullets missing Reese by inches, he was nearly there, just a little closer and he could make his move.

Unfortunately, one of the bullets managed to hit Reese in the ankle, the bullet going clean through, caused him to lose his momentum and stumble before sliding into the ground. He winced as he gripped at his ankle, just his luck to be shot again, though it was a miracle he wasn't shot up more than already considering the circumstances. The leader noticed Reese and couldn't help but smirk, at least he'd make a decent meal for the beast, giving him time to temporarily retreat and make a new strategy with the gang members he had left with him.

He started to quickly approach Reese, the beast only a few meters away and fast approaching, “Thank you for serving yourself up to his thing, will make killing you a whole lot easier.” He grinned victoriously, getting ready to stomp his boot down on Reese, if only to knock him unconscious.

Reese swiftly rolled out of the way of the stomp, struggling to get to his feet and then lunged at the leader, stabbing him in the back of the thigh, the bandit leader dropping to a knee as a result and then Reese went and stabbed him in his still fresh wound, holding the blade there as the man let out a loud scream, Reese chuckling a little, “Well friend, I guess if I'm going down, I'll at least take you with me, this town will at least have one less threat to deal with.”

The man glared back at Reese, struggling to get away from him though his movement became limited as he shifted, the blade continuously cutting into the man's inflamed wound, “Quickly, take him out, don't worry about me!” Reese shouted to Eden, he felt his body was going to give up at any minute, he was past the point of exhaustion, plus his wounds were finally catching up in a serious manner.

“Let me go damn it!” The leader shouting, seeing how the beast wasn't too far away now, “Sorry, gave you too many chances, I can't risk you hurting other people.” Reese panted as he responded back to the man.

“What, you think you'll be remembered as a hero or something? No one is remembered in the wastes!” He shouted back, seeing how his death would be imminent.

“Hero? Nah, just trying to do what's right.” He lightly chuckled, watching the beast get ever closer to the two of them.

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@Sohtem @CloseEnough

Brick had just rounded the final corner, separating him and the action, when a bellow rang out behind him, he turned just in time to dodge a shoulder tackle from a raider. Brick stepped back and scrabbled at his side for his holstered revolver.
"Kill.... Youuuu" The raider said, raising a knife.
Brick's hand found the grip, he pulled hard and brought the gun around.
"Sorry bud, rock beats scissors" he quipped as he fired, blowing a hole through the raider's left eye.
Gunshots rang out as two bullets whizzed by Brick's head, narrowly missing him. He spun his head in time to see another raider running him down while another provided cover fire. Brick dropped to a knee and returned fire. It took three precious shots to down the runner. Another two to put down the shooter. Brick stood up and dusted himself off to check for injuries. He was just about to get back on the move when he was blindsided by a punch to the head. He found himself pushed up against a wall with a large, unpleasant smelling raider screaming in his face.

"YOU FORGE?! YOU KILL HARDY?! SCUZZ KILL YOU!"

'This must be his buddy. Knew that fucker was a raider' Brick thought. He still had some lateral movement. He had managed to keep ahold of his gun. Now he just had to nail the swing.

THWACK

The raider named Scuzz scrambled back, holding his ear. Brick brought his gun up to fire and finish this fight.
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"Shit" He didn't have time to reload or pull his shotgun. His eyes dropped to the ground in front of him. He had dropped the Tenderizer when the first raider had bum-rushed him, and there it was. He dropped to grab it, then glanced up to see Scuzz recovering, without any time to think, Brick followed his first instinct, he jabbed upward and bashed Scuzz in the face with the tip, then swung from where he crouched at the raider's ankles, knocking him off his feet.

"You see this? This was your buddy Hardy's. I should've told him to shove it up his ass, but what can I say? I'm tryin' to run a business here. So I crafted this masterpiece. Then he came for it, and I was reminded of the kind of scum I was dealing with. Hell, maybe my mind was made up long before he walked in, but regardless, to answer your question. Yeah. I am Forge, and I killed your buddy Hardy. I did it with this" he held up the Tenderizer "See the blood here? I cracked his jaw in half. You should've heard him squeal as he begged for his life. I felt merciful that day, so I swung again, and brained him in one. You roaches are all the same, you act tough, take what you want, but as soon as someone pushes back, you turn into frightened children. Look at you, cowering on the ground. Listen, I've got work to do, so I'm gonna cut this short. You're already dead, so stand up and take it like a man. UP!"

Scuzz slowly made his way to his feet, quietly whimpering as he struggling to stay balanced. Brick twirled the Tenderizer and brought it around, slamming into the large man's midsection. His armor bent inward and Brick definitely felt a couple of ribs crack, but Scuzz stayed standing. The large raider stepped forward, pulling a knife from his belt and swung wildly. Brick moved to defend himself, but the blade still scraped across his forearm, drawing blood. Brick gasped in pain, he swung the Tenderizer again, bashing Scuzz in the hip. He brought the bat up over his head gripped with both hands, blood flowing freely from his wound now. He crashed the weapon down and caved in Scuzz's head, then he swung again, and again, until the raider's head was an unrecognizable mess of broken skull, smeared blood, and smushed brain matter. Brick heard a throat clearing behind him and turned to see Joe standing there.
"Impressive he stayed up so long" the bodyguard noted, as he lazily tore a strip of cloth from his shirt to wrap Brick's wound.
"We gonna get to it or what?"
Brick reloaded his gun and nodded "Let's finish this. Cover me"

Brick ran out into the chaos, immediately he began to process the scene. Reese and a raider were fighting on the ground, with blood flying everywhere. A woman was mounted on the back of some massive beast, it seemed she was corralling it to use as a weapon. He spotted Chase and Aurora taking cover outside the shop, and made a beeline to join them.
"You ok?" he asked Aurora "My guys are clearing the lower end of town, they're working their way up here. So let's finish this"
He heard Reese cry out “Quickly, take him out, don't worry about me!” and he realized what was happening.
"I have a shot!" he called out, raising his revolver.

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@Crossfire
Aurora was watching the entire screen, keeping her hands on the wheels so Chase couldn't just move her away. Brick really was crazy, eyes wide she couldn't move from the sight of him bashing the raider in over and over again before shaking her head. This was the wasteland, you got to be tough to survive.
Though he actually looks kinda crazy...

Getting her bearings when she saw the others start to move she was brought back when her companions where asking of she was okay. Chase already reloading as she shook her head.
"Am I okay, what about you? Your head was almost blown to bits by some guy not even a meter behind you!"

"Its true, you owe that girl a drink, pretty sure that was her first kill to." Chase wasn't even looking at her as he kept the sights of something else in his scope.
"Actually the first one is in the back, remind me to throw up when everything is done."

Yet her jokes were cut short, eyes going wide she heard the roar again only to find her blood running cold at the sight of her sister up top. "Oh no Eden!"
It didn’t look good, not at all. The older woman didn't have that thing under control for ever. She was loosing and when that happened she and her allies are going to be in danger.
Narrowing her gaze at the target she began to remember her sister's teaching. if its big or armourd, never aim thinking its going down on the first hit. Go for the limbs, slow it down.
"Knees, go for his knees"

Confusion hitting Chase he looked behind him as if she turned into a ghoul. "Eden told me about it, if you shoot him in the head or chest he might not go down, aim for the joints in his legs he'll fall off the building and knowing her she'll have that thing fall off with him!"

@Sohtem

Eden had to think fast, she could feel the beast shake its head, the blade digging into it's own throat yet it refused to slow down as crimsion leaked from it's scales.
The male shouting at her to take them both down she waisted no time, grabbing the rope she tied it around her left arm in a suicide knot before grabbing her gun, using her arm as a brace she took aim, slowing her breath trying to find the spot that would deal the most damage.
Than again, if she shot her ally through the chest, the move would provide cover from the bandit and he wouldn't realize that she was taking aim at his throat until it was too late.
"Take em both out or risk the big one surviving...."

[Sohtem]

@CloseEnough @Crossfire

Reese continued to fight with the man, trying to keep him grounded long enough for him to be shot, Reese didn't care about sacrificing himself if it meant that the bandit leader would finally be defeated, he couldn't let this man live, as much as he disliked people being killed, he knew how necessary it was sometimes.

“You won't get me that easily you punk.” The leader growled, elbowing Reese in his side, him wincing as his grasp loosened a little before strongly gripping the knife and then pushed the handle to the left, shoving the blade inside the leader to the right, causing more blood to flow out as well as make the man scream, Reese then wrapping his arm around the man's neck to hold him still once more.

“You're not getting away from this.” Reese responded back simply, glancing over at Eden he then shouted, “What are you waiting for? I can't hold him here much longer!”

“You're a fool, no one gladly dies for other in the waste.” The man spoke as he continued to struggle against Reese's grasp.

“Guess I'm just a rare breed.” Reese chuckled back to the man.

Ral, Liv and the other bandits saw the struggle going on, but they couldn't get near their leader, nor even shoot at Reese again, the beast was partially in the way, not to mention the leader's size was now more of a hindrance, basically being a human shield for Reese.

Liv noticed Brick along with his bodyguard and said, “Hey, what about those two? If we could get over to them, hold them hostage, that doctor would let the boss go, he's too stoic to let them die.”

Ral glanced over at them and smirked, “Yeah, that will be good.”

They decided to go around the two men, that way they wouldn't be noticed approaching, at least not where the other bandits were and then started to go for their ploy they had used on Reese earlier during the day, “E-Excuse me, could you please help us?” Ral spoke shakily, Liv's arm over his shoulders as they pretended to be innocent civilians. “Please, we only just were able to get out of some rubble that beast caused.” Liv spoke, her facade being very convincing.

Reese shook his head a little, trying to stay conscious a little bit longer, he could tell how exhausted he was now that there wasn't a whole lot of adrenaline flowing through him. Though to be honest he was surprised that his body hadn't given out sooner.

“Hey look, let me go, I'll not come back after you or this town.” The bandit leader spoke a little more scared now.

“No way, I know your types, you'll get patched up and then come looking for me again, harming whoever gets in your way to exact your revenge, besides I tried talking this out earlier, you weren't having any of it.” He spoke, looking on at Eden, hoping she would make her move.

[CloseEnough]

@Sohtem (Don't want to continue the fight till Crossfire gets to have a choice for Brick.)

Looking over her shoulder, Aurora noticed a few more people who were injured in the town. Voice's shaky and bodies battered she turned her chair slightly while Chase and Brick tried to deal with the bandit leader.
"Is anything broken? Where you shot?"

She was already thinking of ideas, Reese was a doctor, surly he would help them out once this was over. Come on, it's safe over here." She was just a woman in a wheel chair at first glance, a gun on her lap yet when covered by two excellent shooters she seemed to be a little at ease, least more so than average.
Her wheels on the edge as far as she would let her chair go she turned to look back at Chase for a moment to see that he wasn't in a dire situation, her gaze looking at Eden with worry stretched across her features she was mumbling to herself for only a breath. "Come on Eden you can do this.."

[Crossfire]

@Sohtem @CloseEnough

"I'm fine" he told Aurora, taking stock of the scene. He thought he had a clear shot on the bandit leader's head, but Reese shifted and got in the way. She spoke of hitting the beast in the knees to slow it down, but wasn't sure how that would affect the battle plan. Brick was frozen by the choice in front of him, the raiders or the beast. Aurora's sister seemed to have a handle on the thing for now, but her hold seemed to be slipping with every passing minute.

'We'll need something heavy duty to finish that thing off...... Fat Man, or A couple of Gatling Lasers..... If only I could get inside....'

Aurora's voice behind him interrupted his train of thought.
"Is anything broken? Where you shot?"
He glanced back to see two people, begging for help. They didn't seem like locals, but they could've been passing through town and got caught up in the madness. Brick was on edge and didn't even lower his gun as he turned to quickly address them.
"Back up, you'll get yourselves killed" He studied their faces. Definitely not local, he hadn't seen these people before.
"You don't live here" he started suspiciously "What's your business here, and where are you staying? The name of the place. NOW"

[Sohtem]

@Crossfire

They paused their movement to the man, knowing they had to be careful when it came to this ploy, it probably would've been easier if there hadn't been so much chaos going on, but with their comrades, that other gang and the beast in the town, anyone would've been on edge.

“We aren't staying anywhere, we only got into town when that thing attacked, we had planned on staying here for just a night or so and then moving on.” Ral responded back, Liv pretending to lose her strength a little as her body dipped down, Ral pulling her back to keep her on her feet.

“Please help, my girlfriend is injured and I don't want her to die.” He spoke again to Brick, Liv herself pretending to look weak and fatigued.

Meanwhile the other bandits that were nearby were hidden, ready to start shooting if their comrades were attacked, glancing over on occasion to view what was going on with their leader and Reese, no doubt, some of them were probably wishing they hadn't attacked this town, not with so many threats and their leader in trouble.

[CloseEnough]

Eden had to make a choice and she had to make one now. The screams of her sister causing her eyes to widen she looked down, worry in the red head's gaze she felt the thrashing of the beast grow even worse, her arm bleeding from the rope it was able to cause her gun to fall from her grasp in her moment of hesitation.
Her choice made for her by her mount she undone the knot, kicking the beast with all her strength causing it to roar in irritation as she force it to charge, her eyes narrowed on the leader and the leader alone in a ride or die.

It was not even a blind, swinging her leg over the animal she found herself grabbing hold of the male, forcing him back on the roof as the beast and the leader fell. That fall wouldn't kill ether of them but it would do one thing.
Landing on top of Reese she let out a groan of pain as she felt her arm get singed from a laser, a second later and she would have been a dead woman she thought as she rolled off onto the iron sheets of the roof. "Once a beast gets a taste...It won't be letting you go..."

Picking up her gun she took aim only to see that the beast fell on top of the leader, snapping its jaws as salavia pooled from its mouth onto him he bit anywhere he could, it's moves becoming more chaotic as it grew desperate for an actual meal, the others scattering around not even interesting enough for it to acknowledge them.
Hissing a bit she ripped at her shirt, wrapping her leg and not sparring the wound another glance. She needed to finish this, she needed to finish this now.

Aurora was torn, looking back to Brick for a moment she kept her hands on her chair, ready to wheel away if there was danger. Yet they really did not look dangerous. The woman looked to be the same age as the red head, her legs going weak from the chaos here she had to be held up.
She was reminded of her and Eden. She could barely remember their last night in their family home, but she did remember the feeling of helplessness, needing someone, anyone to lend a hand yet not a single person would come to the aid of two children. "How is she hurt? Hey don't pass out we have a doctor here, he can help you out just stay awake okay?"
She was already leaning forward from her chair, a hand extended to see what was wrong only for Chase to speak up.
"Aurora get away from there!"

The crash of the beast and the leader sounding behind them followed by the screams, the red head turned her head for only a moment to see the two giants fighting for survival, she saw that thing before, in a book somewhere but it was not the time for that. "Oh no, shit shit shit guys I don't think we should stay here."
@Sohtem@Crossfire

[Sohtem]

@CloseEnough @Crossfire

Reese grunted a little as he felt the weight of the woman land on him, well this wasn't exactly what he planned, but if it meant the Super Mutant sized man would be taken care of, he wasn't going to complain, not that he had a death wish or anything, just the fact that he had been prepared to sacrifice himself if he needed too.

He listened when she spoke to him about the beast not stopping once it was set upon someone or something and said, “Well if it's anything like a Deathclaw, then I believe you.”

The bandit leader let out a yell as the beast toppled over him, blocking as it started to swipe and bite at him, obviously with that, his few remaining thugs couldn't just sit by and watch, Liv and Ral quickly dropped their ploy near Brick and then quickly went over to the area where the large man was being mauled.

“Hold on boss, we'll save you!” Liv shouted, quickly pulling out her laser pistol as did Ral, though the few remaining bandits with them fled, save for two, though anyone in that position would've fled.

“Blasted cowards.” Ral spoke as he, Liv and the other two bandits with them started to fire upon the beast, they had to be quick otherwise their leader was going to be dead.

“Forget them, we need to worry about the boss.” She spoke angrily as they continued to fire at the creature mauling their leader.

The beast let out a loud growl as lasers hit it's flesh, looking back before quickly charging at them. The leader on the ground barely alive as he coughed up blood, his body having been completely shredded, if he somehow got out of this, he'd be taking a long time to heal, though with how the creature was, it seemed the man would only get a temporary reprieve from it.

“Crap, it's coming right for us!” Ral shouted as the beast barrled through them, knocking Ral and Liv away, it deciding to go for the two in the back first, quickly grabbing the bandit on the left by the neck and then slashed slashed deeply across his chest, quickly killing him before running towards the bandit on the right who slowly backed up before trying to flee. The creature however quickly ended that endeavor, sprint around the man until it was in front of him and then lunged at him, ripping out his throat with his sharp teeth as the man tried to let out a sound but couldn't as his body fell to the ground.

“Damn...that things tough, come one Liv, we need to stop it.” He spoke as they both struggled to get up after being knocked over.

Liv having shakily watched the beast tear through them and killed two of their comrades, slowly backed up, fear on her face as she understood what they were truly facing, “N-No way, I'm not going to die by that thing, if you're smart you'll leave too, the boss has done a lot for us, but not enough for me to risk my life against...that.” She answered shakily and then ran before the beast who was feasting on their dead partner focused it's attention back on Ral.

Ral watched in shock as Liv fled before noticing the creature having returned it's attention to him, “Damn it Liv...” He spoke quietly to himself before slowly taking a step back, with her having fled, the two with them that hadn't fled having been killed, there was no way he could stop this thing by himself. It quickly started to charge at him, Ral shooting at the creature, though some of it's thicker skin absorbed the fire and continued on, ramming him to where he flew a few feet into the air and then skid against the ground, blood flowing from his head and chest as he tried to recover a little.

“No use, it's going to finish me, unless...” He thought to himself, looking at his leader and then back at the creature that was slowly approaching, “Sorry boss, but I choose life over you.” He quietly spoke, grabbing his laser pistol nearby and then shot his leader in the shoulder, the man letting out a loud scream which prompted the beast to attack him instead, having thought the man was dead and resumed to maul him while Ral struggled to flee, though with the creature focused on what was now his former leader, he knew he'd get away, he wished he had never ran into Reese.

Reese watched the chaos ensue below, unable to help but feel sorry for the people being slaughtered by the creature, though they had attacked him and the town first, he still didn't think they deserved a fate such as that. “Wow, I mean they clearly were a danger, but...even I didn't want this to happen.” He spoke aloud, more to himself though it would be easily heard by Eden.

He saw her rip her shirt to wrap her wound, “After we take care of that beast, though I don't know how we will, I should treat that wound.” He spoke, starting to get up before the pain of him putting pressure on his injured ankle caused him to topple over. “Ah, damn it.” He grunted as he gripped near the wound, at least the bullet exited out, it would heal on it's own given enough time, though if he had to face the creature on the ground, best he'd be able to do is limp.

“Sorry, guess I shouldn't be talking about treating other people when I'm in no better shape.” He lightly chuckled with a wince, looking down at the beast that was temporarily calmed by feasting on the large dead man, though he had a feeling it's rampage wasn't finished yet.

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@Sohtem
Eden simply watched the carnage unfold, eyes at ease as she stood in a relaxed position. They would have done so much worse to her if she had not attacked first. Turning around she grabbed her blade, the sound of sheathing it speaking louder to her than the screams below. Her hand grasping behind her she pulled out her water skin made of scales, taking a long drink as if nothing was going on about her.

Raising a brow at the comment she just shook her head, not speaking for a while as she took another drink. "That thing is showing more mercy than he had." Another round of screams echoing throw she sat down, waiting for it to be over only to roll her eyes at the doctor's comments. "I can treat myself."

Yet something was finally gaining her attention when she realized that her sister was still outside. A hiss escaping her she grabbed her rifle, loading it as she took aim, her voice sounding scracty and uneven as she yelled out to the red head. "Find big, loud and mean!" She knew Aurora better than anyone, the woman having a habit of calling weapons by names that still belonged to a child.

Aurora herself found her eyes growing wide when she watched the two run only to be attacked by the beast, holding her hand to her face in horror as she could only watch.
Looking up to see Eden load though she sucked in her breath, she was waiting for that thing to move to keep it's attention. "Brick..Brick whats the meanest gun you got that we can shoot in here? We're next on that thing's plate."

[Crossfire]

Brick considering firing on the raiders as they made their escape, but decided he'd rather save the bullets. He instead turned his attention to the beast. It wouldn't be long before it finished its feast and decided on a dessert.

"Ok, I got a couple of miniguns, should be enough rounds between here and the back room to top them off. We've got a fully operational gatling laser, and one badass 50 caliber anti-material rifle. Not many rounds left for it, but it'll definitely put a hole or two in that thing. Let's load up and finish this"