Fallout: Born Unto Trouble

19. Blue Fog

Veronica Santangelo was another lesbian who loved dresses, but she was short and chubby and slightly mischievous. Her childlike nature was endearing, even if her love for punching things was kind of scary. Elizabeth didn't mind though, she was happy to have another member of her little team.

Team Six, Veronica offered as the team name, and Elizabeth shrugged. Boone was too grumpy to give an opinion, so the vote was a landslide.

Veronica was chatting with Elizabeth about her role in the Brotherhood of Steel before Boone pushed both of them down behind an old military truck and peered around it, looking through the scope on his gun. "You could have warned us," Veronica huffed, and Boone waved her off.

He took four shots, then stood up, "Legion raiding party."

"Seriously?" Veronica gasped.

"Who were they looking for?" Elizabeth asked. She hoped they weren't looking for her...

While she wasn't too popular she had been making a name for herself in the NCR with small things like getting Primm into NCR control, or killing Legionaries when they got too close. Maybe Caesar was mad at her?

"They're not looking for anyone anymore." Boone said, slinging his rifle back on his shoulder and continued on.

Boulder City, or what was left of it, was just little ways ahead. After being blown to heck during an NCR ambush, what remained was a memorial and sad, sad saloon on the outskirts of the ruins.

The ruins were guarded by the NCR, and forbid Team Six to enter without permission. Somehow, Elizabeth was able to convince him to let her, and only her, inside. She gave the other two a pre-determined "wait here" signal and disappeared into the ruins.

Apparently, some Khans were held up in the ruins after getting into a firefight with the NCR and had taken some of them captive.

She took a deep breath to quell her anxiety (once more) and entered the building holding the Khans.

The man inside looked familiar, and pleasantly surprised. He grabbed his gun and unlocked the safety, aiming it at her, "What the hell? You're the courier Benny wasted back in Goodsprings. You're supposed to be dead!"

"I got better," Her voice shaking, but she wasn't trying to hide her fear. She reached for her gun, and the man's aim wavered, "And here I thought us Great Khans were tough to kill. So, what happens now?"

"Where's the Platinum Chip?"

He put the gun down and sighed, "Don't have it. Benny stole it, right before he stabbed us in the back. He's probably back at the Strip by now, laughing at us." he snarled. Clearly, he also didn't like Benny.

But there were other problems she promised to talk about, so she negotiated a deal to get the Khans out of Boulder City safely with the return of the hostages. She was about to leave when he spoke again.

"Here, a souvenir for you," He pulled something out of his pocket and tossed it to Elizabeth. She caught it and raised an eyebrow. It was a fancy lighter; silver, and had some pretty engraving on it.

"It's Benny's lighter. Shove it up his ass when you catch up with him."

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The blue fog was brighter tonight, Elizabeth noted. Usually, it was just a soft glow, but tonight, it was much harsher. It was like a full moon was out, but it was a new moon.

Veronica was happily cooking everyone's meal, Boone was cleaning and fixing up his rifle, and Elizabeth was staring up at the fog, drifting off into space and listening to her playlist on her Pip-Boy.