Chapter 431 - Queue Chase Scene

Once Drake spots Dogmeat sprinting towards him he raises his rifle and fires, "I fucking hate dogs!"

*CRACKLE!*​​

A blast of lightning explodes from the end of his rifle and strikes Dogmeat fullon, causing the Cyberdog to collapse midstride and start spasming. Once this occurs Stasus runs up to the downed dog and slams his blade into it, completely severing its remaining blood and flesh front leg.

"Serves the fuckin' thing right! Argh, thing did a number of my back!" Drake mutters as he and Stasus continue heading towards the southern wall.

Unfortunately for them, Karl, Veronica, Tamia, and ED-E weren't too far behind Dogmeat...

"You fucker!" Veronica shouts as she spots the injured Dogmeat on the floor, she draws the revolver at her side and starts firing at them. At the same time, Karl, and Tamia open fire with their own respective weapons.

*Bangbangbangbangbang!*

Drake is struck in the shoulder blade by Veronica while Stasus takes a couple rounds for Karl's light machine gun... Neither are seriously injured however due to their better than average armour.

Drake turns and glances at their opponents and scowls, he nods to Stasus and changes the direction of their run, slamming his shoulder into one of the residential homes nearby. Once they enter they're greeted by a woman with her young children who're already screaming at the sudden intrusion.

*Slash!*

Stasus beheads the woman as he and Drake run past, her corpse dropping the hidden gun she was attempted to draw. They head upstairs and reach the master bedroom, positioning themselves around the door to kill any intruders.

It doesn't take long for Karl, Veronica, and Tamia to catch up, Veronica enter first and is forced to raise her arms to block the sword strike towards her neck, her armoured gauntlets protect her, but a blast of lightning strikes her in the stomach, causing her to stumble out of the room.

Tamia sprints in next, swinging her Proton axe wildly at Stasus who struggles to dodge every strike. The weapon leaves long-burning trails in his metal armour and the walls of the building, and the man instinctively understands that it'd definitely damage his weapon should he attempt to parry it.

Again, a Drake shoots another blast of lightning from his rifle, but Tamia blocks it by thrusting her Proton axe in the way... Once the lightning strikes the blue energy blade it seems to be absorbed into it, the weapon glowing brighter and brighter the longer it's exposed to the attack.

She isn't able to see how much it'd take however as Stasus swings his blade at her neck, forcing her to duck and back away into the corner of the room. As this happens Karl enters though, already firing his LMG at the intruders. Sparks shoot off of Stasus' armour who barely brings his arms up to his face to block the bullets.

Drake, seeing that this is a losing battle, unclips a flashbang grenade and tosses it in the center of the room, afterwards leaping out of the window to the roof of the next building as Stasus follows.

Karl, Veronica, and Tamia upon seeing the flashbang immediately throw themselves out of the room, it wouldn't be the first time an enemy faked them out with a highly explosive version... Frankly, Karl didn't want to get any Cybernetic limb replacements yet.

*Bang!*

The grenade goes off and reveals that is was indeed a simple flashbang... Fortunately, the group had avoided the disorientating effects of it and were ready to give chase again. They run back into the room and jump out of the window to follow the duo.

Drake and Stasus were running south along the rooftops... The sound of glass breaking had attracted a few Novac soldiers, but they'd managed to avoid detecting by laying low on the roof as they moved.

It wasn't long before their pursuers leapt through the window to follow them though. Drake growls and glancing down at his gun. He flicks the modified weapons 'safety' switch which changes the mode of fire... Instead of non-lethal arcs of lightning, it'd instead shoot concentrated bolts that'd burn and destroy flesh should it hit.

He knew the people chasing them were tough fuckers, getting hit once by the rifle should've knocked them unconscious, but apparently they had some form of protection. "Alright, let's see how you like this you cunts." he mutters under his breath and spins around, taking cover behind the ledge of a building.

Karl just barely throws himself out of the way as a single bolt of lightning shoot past, striking the wall behind him and carving a long burning trial into it over the one second it was firing. "The fuck is that guy shootin'?!" he exclaims, never having seen such a weapon before.

"Who cares! Just shoot them!" Veronica chides, reloading her revolver as she attempts to get punch-distance to the duo.

Tamia leaps over the cover she'd taken and sprints towards the enemy, raising her Proton axe in preparation for the attack... Only for the energy blade to deactivate once the bolt of lightning strikes it. The arc of lightning then proceeds to carve a long vicious line into her combat armour... Once it spreads to her Deathclaw leather duster the damage is significantly reduced however...

Still, the amount of lightning that'd just struck her was enough to stop someone's heart. Fortunately, combat armour was designed with energy weapons in mind, and had a good degree of insulation, preventing her instant death.

She growls at them and tries to reactivate her Proton axe but finds it defective... As a result, she's forced to retreat back behind cover and fire at them with her own .44 Magnum.

"We can't get close to them!" Veronica almost snarls as another bolt of lightning shoots over her shoulder.

"Just stay in cover and wait until they run outta ammo... Once they retreat we'll get 'em." Karl states, getting nods from the others.