The Mojave

Chapter 6: The Notorious Resident

Joshua sat down on a rock in his cave. He was just done putting new bandages on his body after the old ones started to wear off. He took a deep breath and looked out at the beautiful scenery of the Mojave as Vegas  could be seen in the distance even though it was very far from the cave.

Joshua looked on to see a huge campsite below, it didn't surprise him as he already knew of it. In fact he knew everything about it. it was the capital of a group called Caesar's Legion. He looked down at it for a couple of sections before putting a mark on the wall above his bed. This showed how many day's Joshua was living in the Mojave as the whole wall was nearly marked out. He sighed and looked back towards the camp...

Paul woke up as he slowly opened his eyes to see his was in some sort of cave..he groaned as he slowly sat up. Joshua turned around to look at him. "You're awake."

Paul looked at him as he began to process what was going on, he soon noticed he wasn't in his Vigilante gear and was instead in some random scavenger gear that the natives of the Mojave would wear. He was alarmed by this as his true identity was now known by Joshua. He went to threaten Joshua about his gear while trying to get up onto his two feet. "Where's my- ah.." He groaned and sat back down as Joshua would quickly walk over and help him lay down on the spare bed he had. "Rest my friend, rest." Joshua said quietly before walking over to his bed. he poured some water into a bowl and walked over to hand it to Paul

Paul held the bowl and thanked him before drinking some of it. Joshua sat down on a chair next to him. "You were hurt pretty badly. i tried patching you up as best as possible" he said as he looked at Paul who had lowered the bowl to look at him. "Thank you, i'm sorry but i have to ask..where is my suit?"

"Your suit?, oh you mean your armor?...I'm fixing it. there was lots of tears and it did not smell too good."

"Oh could i have it back" Paul asked as he watched Joshua get and walk over to the rock. "Once i am done with the repairs then yes, i will give it back to you but rest comes first."

Paul looked at him, a little annoyed he was being told to stay. He just hated being sidetracked and now was not a good time. "I've got to get out there. There's people who need my help"

"Who? the people of the Mojave? the one's who just attacked you?" Joshua said as he looked out of the cave while sitting on his rock

"No, they're from south. New Mexico i think.." Paul thought to himself briefly, who even was this guy?. He sounded as if he was 30 years old, couldn't tell since his entire face was wrapped with bandages except for his eyes.

"And they beat your ass too didn't they? Vigilante?" Joshua said as he raised his voice a little, still looking outside.

"wh-?..You don't know me-" Paul watched Joshua closely.

"Oh but i have heard of you, just like everyone else in the Mojave" Joshua took a sip of water from his water bottle.

"You know my alias..but you do NOT know who i am!" Paul's tempers went up. he was hurt and paranoid now that this man knew what he looked like under the mask. He watched Joshua as he was ready for a war of words. 

It went silent for a few moments before Joshua spoke whilst looking down at The Legion's Camp. "I...i am Joshua Graham. For the past eight months, three weeks and four days i have called the Mojave my home. I have become connected with the Mojave and it's nature through my various travels of the desert. I observe the inhabitants and how they treat these sands. I do not interfere unless justice needs to be bestowed upon those who so desperately need it. I do not enjoy killing but when done righteously, it is chore just like any other. I observe and represent these coarse sands so yes. I do know who you are. I know what you believe in. I know you want the Mojave to be a better place and i commend you for that. I know what the Vigilante the truly stands for."