The Lantern Bearers

chapter 20: other lights

We would gear up and followed Melody, as the PDA route had us on for the stash location.

Willow wore armored plates made of scrap metal and a padded jumpsuit, all emphasizing protection of the abdominal region. She carried her spaz-12 with buckshot and slug rounds, and of course, her lantern.

Zeus wore a helmet that was bright yellow, until i burned off the paint. He was pissed at me at first, yelling at me that it was the last gift she gave him before she kicked the bucket, or...ya know....murdered brutally, but i explained that yellow would make him an easy target for snipers and that she'd want him to be safe, instead of dead. He'd wear the helmet anyways, and wore the jacket and jeans i got him as well, semi-mimicking my outfit. He had his .22 rifle, and a .22 pistol. He was still too small for heavy firearms, but these will work, unless the enemy is armored.

Yui would wear a neck cloak over herself to conceal her glowing properties and not to give our positions away. She still refused to use firearms though, so i gave her two spare lanterns, first aid kit, and some canned goods, with of course bottled beverages.

I would finally get myself an semi-automatic assault rifle, the AKM assault rifle. I couldn't get a scope and didn't want one, i would blow a good chunk of money on a NV-Holo sight though. NV attachments are the norm for attachments these days, since all other attachments are deemed redundant and useless. You would see some have an NV-type attachment along with a regular holo-sight, so one could swap sights in brighter environments. I still had my S&W magnum on me, in case we came across something big, and yes....mutant bears are a thing. Of course i had my backpack on, as did everyone else, as well as my lantern.

Melody....i had no idea what her loadout was. She was very shy and kept to herself, but i think i seen a TMP on her hip with a thirty round mag, a handle grip attachment, and a choke of some sorts.

"Are we getting closer, melody?" I asked.

She nodded.

"Approximately one more mile to go." She said.

"Alright-" i said before a glare went past my peripheral vision.

I looked in the direction.

Six lights were off in the distance.

"Stay quiet and keep low." I said.

Everyone would hunker down and moved quietly. Everything went smoothly for a few dozen feet, then.

POW!!

A bullet struck a nearby rock.

"GUNSHOT!!" zeus cried, before returning fire with his rifle.

"Entering combat mode...." yui said, while dashing towards the enemy.

Willow would run up to a rock and started firing at the enemy with her shotgun. She wouldn't be able to hit anything, but it provides suppression fire all the same.

Me and melody would hide behind a rusty, broken down jeep. I pulled out my rifle and started firing.

"My bullets won't reach them, mister manfred." She said.

"Okay, just hunker down then and let us handle them." I said, focusing on the gunfight.

She nodded.

Out of nowhere some raiders jumped out from behind trees and ambushed us while we were behind the jeep, with machetes drawn.

Melody would immediately jump up and  blew their brains out with her TMP. It seem like it was instantaneous the way she done it. She shot the one on the right three times in the skull, then shot the other two in the knees, before shooting them in the chest and head. Within a span of seconds, she killed three men in one swoop.