Alex once again felt reassured as the vertibird flew over him. He aimed down the rifle, watching the enclave soldiers jump out and point their weapons at the crowd. He heard a single shot, and growled. He had ordered them not to use force...
As he thought about this, he heard something behind him and a single shot. Not thinking, he launched himself to the side as a wave of burning fuel cascaded around him. He kept moving, not even yelling in anger as he moved from the fire's range, with nothing but a few more scorch marks on his armour. This was irritating. Burns were a pain to clean out, even more that most other damage. He whirled around, but his assailant had made their escape quick.
Smart Mutie.
Instantly pushing his attacker out of his mind, he got up and ran towards the vertibird, reaching it and climbing on board as it slowly rose above the crowd. He nodded to a nearby enclave trooper, who fired his gun in the air several times. Instantly, the crowd went silent, and Alex activated his helmet loudspeaker.
"Attention, all denizens of this island! You are now all under the custody of the united states government! All of you will submit for processing and collaring, as well as DNA scans. Dont worry, unless you are a mutant, you have nothing to fear!"
He looked to the nearest soldier, making sure to turn his speaker off. "Get it done soon. The colonel should be nearly done as well."
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He, his men and the prisoners got to the colonel as some small wastelander was talking to him. Negotiations? With mutants? Could the battle have really gone that badly?
He listened to their talk. He wasnt really listening, preferring to keep an eye out in case anyone tried anything, until one thing caught his attention.
"You have my compliance, with anything, if you would just let my friends go. That's what I have to bargain with, my obedience."
Alex paused, his eyes widening under his helmet.
"You...idiot."
He watched the rest of it, although he didn/t exactly want to. He was enclave. Enclave had to stomach much more than this. When the order was given to board the vertibirds, he obeyed without a word.
