Wasteland

Dawn of a New Friendship

Standing there, I realized the real problem of the situation. The container that I was observing vigorously, was a multi-lock high security chest. They were very hard to open. This chest especially. It had 7 locks, and 7 keypads to enter passcodes. All that security just for one chest.
I stood there for about thirty minutes, pondering what to do. Suddenly, I took a blow to the head. Blackness overwhelmed me. And, when I awoke, there was my machete, the one I used to slay several giant sized creatures, lay broken before my eyes. Anger flooded through me like a flash flood. I jerked my head up, and was horrified when my eyes laid upon not one dangerous being, but a whole pack. They were a being known as the Lured. These creatures had minimal intelligence, and had skin hard as metal armor, they were also very fast and agile. These creatures were not to be messed with. But, I, had been stupid enough not to lock the door.
I looked to the doorway. My rifle, lay there, undisturbed, and not broken. But, stupid as I was, it was next to the door. I looked back up to the pack of Lured, they were all looking at me. And now that I had made eye contact with them, they reached out there arms, and started comimg towards me.
Just as their outstretched arms reached me, the door bursted open, and there stood a silhouette of a woman. And before I could make out what she looked like, she reached down to her pockets, and removed several small objects. And before I knew it, there were knifes ripping through the air. In the confusion, the two of the Lured took knifes to the head. They died instantly upon impact. The rest of the Lured turned in her direction. She then unsheathed a machete, and unrolled a chain from her coat.
They started running towards her. She tossed her chain towards the nearest one. It latched onto the creaures's neck, and she pulled the chain down, taking the Lured with it.
She then swung her machete upwards at the next Lured. She merrily stunned it. As the pack got closer, and the first Lured started to untangle itself, she pulled out a handgun, and shot the one that was stunned. The pack was now almost on top of her. She quickly punched one in the face, and kicked it as it started to recover. The Lured fell, and tripped the other creatures. It gave her time to shoot them. As she finished, she looked over at the one that was tangled. And simply looked at it, and shot it.
She turned to my direction.
"Next time, " She said as she kicked my rifle to me, "keep ALL of your weapons close".
"Thanks," I said, "wait, are you the woman I met earlier?"
"Yeah," She said.
"Well, thanks for saving my skin. I know I was a soldier, but I sorta adapted some of my old habits again. Sorry for acting like I knew everything, its just, I've seen countless friends die at the hands of nature, and war."
"Its fine," She said as she reached out her hand and spit on it, "how about we start over, and start a new friendship?"
I nodded, and took her hand.
"Now, as a first task of friendship, how about we find a way to open this chest and split the treasure?"
"All right, simple enough," She said, as she shot every single lock with her gun.
I looked at her, with a look of question.
"Well, try it now,"
I opened the chest, and gasped at the treasures.
"Oh my, theres all kinds of gear here. X-ray Goggles, a Stealth Suit Mk 2, and a armored Stealth Suit Mk 5! What, what it this!? Is this a ATSW? Wow these are really rare!"
"You," She said slowly, "are the biggest nerd ever."
I smiled.
"How, in the blazes, am I the only one that is excited? Especially you? You are a scaveneger! Aren't you?!"
"Yeah, I am, but I get excited in my mind."
"Huh, well, anyways, after this, I am gonna head over to the nearest military outpost. They got a bounty on a fiend. We could split the cash evenly. Deal? Oh yeah, by the way, what is your name?"
"Bliss, its Bliss," She replied, "and yes, I accept your offer".
"Ok, then, and, what do you want out of the treasure? You saved my life, and I found the treasure. We'll split this evenly too."
"Hmm, I'll take the X-ray goggles, and the regular stealth suit."
"Alright then," I said as I handed over her loot.
"Hey, could I change into this? Like, I'll change into this while you stand guard, and when I'm done, we switch."
"Ok then, hurry up," She replied.
She left, and I changed into the ASSMK5 (Armored Stealth Suit MK 5). I put my camo clothes on over my suit, and I grabbed my guns. The ATSW was pretty large. It was the size of a sniper rifle. I put my gear on, left the room, and waited for her to finish up, when she got out, we left the facility.
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I approached the door, and it had seemed to me that the Lured had not yet noticed me. This gave me the perfect opprotunity to kill them all. But I had to wait until the striking moment. They grabbed the man, and threw him to the floor like a rag doll. They procceded to disarm him of his machete and snapped it in half. What an idiot, I thought, why would you be stupid enough to keep only one of your weapons on you at all times?
They punched him in the back of the skull as they disarmed him. He did not stir. And I kept watching, apparently they were planning on how to eat him. As they were speaking in some sort of hooting, screeching sound. They kept conversing in a language I didn't understand.
I didn't care, however, as the moment the man woke up, he would be killed. And, as the thought had crossed my mind, he did wake up.
The Lured turned to look at him, and started to move towards him. A look of dread, panic, and fear spread across his face.
"Now or never," I whispered to myself, suddenly gathering my weapons.
I hurried and kicked open the door. They suddenly stopped advancing, and turned to face my direction. Before they could even make a move, I put a hand into one of my pockets and removed several throwing knifes. They started to jog towards me. But before they could get any closer, there were knifes suddenly flying through the air. I hit two of them, and luckily, killed them. I merrily stunned the others. Although one was able to recover faster than the others. I let a hidden chain I was holding unroll. And I flung it at the Lured.
I got caught around the neck, and I pulled it down. Tripping it, I turned to another Lured literally breathing in my face. But, machete in the other hand, I swung upwards, and yet again, only stunned it.
Ok, now I know I am in trouble. The rest of the pack was almost upon me. Thinking quickly, I kicked the one I stunned in the shins, and it fell, tripping a few others. Now was my chance. I pulled my handgun from my jacket, and took aim. I shot the one I stunned, and executed the ones that tripped. After I shot them, I turned and looked down upon the one that was still tangled in the chain. I merrily shot it in the head, like I did the others.
I looked back up at the shocked soldier. He had a look of gratitude on his face. I looked at his rifle and kicked it towards him.
"Next time, keep ALL of your weapons close." I said.
We had a little chat afterwards. And became friends. But I didn't tell him my real name for the sake of personal safety. We got the chest open, and split the treasures. And, so I could maybe get some money for medical care, agreed to go with him and finish a bounty.