Chapter 560 - Easy Approach

The soldiers glance around for a moment in search of the sound before finally looking up... Far above them was a small shadowed orb that is likely the cause of it.

*In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red*​​

"Sarge?"

The soldier repeats, bringing the man out of his contemplation, "Er, ahem! Soldier, report that we are-*FEEWEUK!*"

*Splash!*

*Thud*

The sergeant is cut off as some kind of project fires through his skull, exploding it right in front of his men... It takes a moment for them to break out of their shocked states, a few afterwards immediately starting to scream.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH! WHAT THE FUCK!"

"WE'RE UNDER ATTTTAAAACK!"

*BOOOM!*

Bomb sight 1 :

"Hey, do you hear someone screaming?"

His buddy scoffs, "Probably just sissy who stubbed his toe." he jokes, giving his friend a shove.

Caught off guard, the man slips over, landing next to the table holding the coffee machine... "Hey, what's this thing under the table?-"

The other crooks a brow and leans over to take a look... His expression immediately breaks into shocked horror once he spots it, "WHAT THE FU-"

*BOOOOOOOOOM!*

The entire cabin is enveloped in flames immediately after the shockwave kills or knocks everyone inside unconscious. The walls of the cabin are literally blown out, the doors shooting off of their hinges as if fired from a gun.

Bomb sight 2 :

The three men atop the watchtower run to the side as they hear the explosion, quickly looking down at the now burning cafeteria. "Holy shit!" one mutters before immediately accessing the radio. "WE ARE UNDER ATTACK, REPEAT, WE ARE UNDER ATTAC-"

*BOOOOOOM!*

An explosion occurs below them, completely destroying one side of the watchtowers struts... The structure begins to slowly topple from side to side, the soldiers running to either side to keep it from falling over... Unfortunately, their weight alone isn't enough to save them...

*CREEeeeeeeeeaaaak!*

*CRAASH!*

The man atop the tower are buried alive as it falls over, this includes all of the military tents it'd fallen over on, instantly killing the few resting NCR troopers unlucky enough to be caught in the collapse.

All around the encampment explosions were going off like synchronised fireworks, all while the person operating them watched with mixed feelings... As a former NCR soldier herself, Josie could only stifle her tumultuous emotions until they completed the mission.

Tamia herself quickly takes the distraction provided by ED-E's music and the explosions and sprints out of the tent with the two scientists on her shoulders. Her invisible feet leaving heavy footprints as she sprints towards the treeline.

Despite the chaos, some NCR troopers quickly notice the two floating bodies rapidly moving away from camp, eventually spotting their labcoats and realising what was happening. A few sprint towards the bodies in an attempt to rescue them, while others begin lining up their shots to target the likely invisible person carrying them.

*PPEEWWWW*

Another almost lightspeed projectile is fired from Boone's railgun, he grunts as he reloads it again and readies another shot. The presence of a sniper certainly stops most NCR troopers from sticking their heads above cover, which leaves Tamia with just a few stupid ones who decided to chase her.

She sprints past the marked tree and cautiously makes her way through the foliage, making sure to avoid all the mines that Josie had set up... The NCR aren't so lucky however, the leading one immediately stepping on the first plasma mine in their way.

*Click!*

The man looks down and his eyes widen at the slightly glowing green mine his foot was currently on. "NOOOO-"

*BOOOM!*

A green shockwave envelopes him and a few of the other troopers, quickly reducing their flesh to radioactive mulch, leaving nothing identifiable behind. Seeing this, the other trooper don't dare enter the treeline... But are eventually forced to when Dogmeat sneaks behind them and fires a sonic bark into their backs, launching a few through the treeline.

*BOOM!*

*BOOM!*

*BOOM!*

Explosions continue to go off as limp bodies ragdoll over and atop the various mines that'd been set up, killing all who'd been hit by Dogmeat.

The rest of the surviving NCR encampment can only watch on through gaps in the rubble they're using a cover, none were willing to risk their lives for some scientists, nor were they going to throw their lives away after somehow surviving the absolute shitshow that'd just happened...

From around one hundred and thirty troops, to twenty, the attack had been a massacre... It was lucky that none of their commanding officers survived, as those unfortunate few would be the ones who'd have to explain what'd happened here.

Tamia finally reaches the small camp she, Boone, and Josie had set up prior to the attack, her invisibility had run out as she was making her way through the forest, so it was a pretty close call all considering.

She tosses the two unconscious scientists onto the group, just as Boone cautiously clambers down a tree with the large, heavy railgun strapped to his back. Josie appears from... Somewhere? and helps him, the two afterwards look down at the hostages they'd recovered.

"Least we got the egg heads before you blew everything up." Boone states while glancing at Josie, "Never took you for a pyromaniac..."

Josie shakes her head, "I'm not, and look," she shows her backpack still filled with grenades, "I didn't even have to use these... See?"

Boone just shakes his head, "You alright? Any injuries?" he asks Tamia.

She shakes her head after looking herself over, "No, I'm good I think... Also, was that ED-E playing music overhead?"

Josie nods, "Yeah... Fortunately, we didn't have to use him too much, I doubt those troopers would have appreciated having grenades dropped on their heads..."

Tamia crooks a brow, "You strapped grenades to ED-E? What if he got shot?"

Josie shrugs, "He can be rebuilt can't he?"

...

"No, and don't let Afton hear you say that. You've seen how he is with Glados and Nyx right? Consider ED-E on the same level." she states, and Josie nods in sudden realisation.

"Woops..."