FalloutNV: On the Road Again

CH2 knife to a gunfight

Morning brings in the warm sun over the horizon of goodsprings, inside the shack Margaret sleeps soundly curled up next to the sleeping baby gecko on her pillow letting out soft burbling purrs in the air. The sunlight shone through her windows into her eyes causing her to stir from her slumber, "jeez morning already?" She says tiredly letting out a loud yawn stretching in her bed. She looks over at the baby seeing him still asleep, she smiles warmly and rubs his back softly with her fingers making the small gecko wake up slowly "hey little guy good morning, are you hungry?" She asks softly kissing his little head. The little guy bubbles softly nuzzling into her face making margaret giggle softly feeling his smooth skin on her face, "well then let me fix you up from grub!" She says grabbing another can of cram for the little one putting it on her bed with a little bowl of water. "Eat up sweet pea" she says rubbing his back with her fingers again making him click softly.


After feeding Geiger Margaret gets ready for the day putting on her shorts tank top and short sleeved flannel shirt adding on her leather shoulder pads, leg pads, arm guards and gloves. She looks over at Geiger and thinks for a moment, sometimes her papa would come into her room to fill her fridge with food he bought for her and the occasional medicine she needed if she gets hurt.
She walks over to the gecko and picks him up and places him on the floor grabbing her small blanket and pillow pushing both of them under her bed, she picks up Geiger gently and places him under the bed and pushes his food and water in front of him.


"Now stay here Geiger i don't want papa to see you and try to hurt you...it would brake my little heart to see you dead in my room" she says with a sad look in her eyes rubbing his head softly making Geiger chirp and click softly at her. "Good boy, now stay here mama has to go out and see papa and sunny" she says with a smile and blows him a kiss "be good ya hear" and with that she gets up and leave the shack. Margaret opens the back door to the house and steps in quietly not sure if her papa was awake or still sleeping she stands still for a moment to listen out for her him when she heard the sound of pots and pans clanking together, he was about to cook breakfast! She smiled widely and walks over to the kitchen seeing her papa grabbing up some eggs and bighorner milk. "Well good mornin' darlin'! Sleep well?" He asks with a smile on his face greeting his daughter as she stood in the doorway "yes sir i did!" She said walking into the kitchen hugging him from behind making sure to not knock the food out of his hands.


"Need any help with breakfast?" She ask letting him get to the stove "no darlin' don't worry about little old me, why not set the table for the both of us" he said with a smile turning on the burner getting ready to cook "yes papa" she said turning to the cabinets pulling out 2 cups 2 plates and 2 sets of silver were, after setting the table and both of them eating their meals both doc mitchell and margaret go out for the day saying goodbye and have a good day to each other. Margaret meets up with with sunny smiles at the back of the saloon giving her a tight hug and flashes her a smile "come on let's go inside and say good morning to everyone" sunny says cheerfully, margaret nods in agreement and heads on in with her. Sounds of raised voices were heard inside the saloon as both women walked into the room, a tall man was standing before trudy talking menacingly to her towering over her "i'm done being nice" he said in a low voice getting into trudy's face "if you don't hand ringo over soon, i'm going to get my friends and we're burning this town to the ground, got it?" He says to her with a evil grin on his face.
Turdy crosses her arms over her chest and looks at him with an unamused expression. "We'll keep that in mind. Now is you're not going to buy something, get out! "She says raising her voice at the man. Margaret was standing nearby the man as he turns to leave bumping into her almost making her fall down on her butt, "hey! Watch it! What the hell is your problem? He yells getting into her face gritting his teeth "no sir no problems here, except i have a problem with you yelling at my mama, you should really know how to treat a lady" she says frowning at him with a angry expression. The man was caught aback by the young women's behavior for a moment but then growls softly at her "you better keep the pretty mouth of yours shut before i-" "before you what?? Shot me? Not likely when you are out numbered" she says as sunny cocks her gun standing behind margaret. The man growls again and clinces his fits "you'll be first when i bring my gang over to tear this place apart!" He yells stomping out the door.


Trudy walks over to margaret with a heavy step and stand in front of her giving her a look of disapproval "now margaret rose that was not a smart thing to do! He could of shot you right then and there!" She reprimands her shaking her finger at her. "Yes ma'em i know, but i won't let ANYONE hurt my mama no matter how big they are!" She says with determination in her voice, "i don't care what happens to me if anything were to happen to you it would break my heart" she said with a sad tone in her voice taking margaret in her arms hugging her very tightly to her cheat. "I-i'm sorry mama i didn't think of it that way...i won't do it again i promise" she says softly hugging on to her as well giving her a soft kiss on the cheek.


"But who was that guy yelling at you?" She asks tilting her head "that was joe cobb, he's part of the powder gangers there looking for ringo a man we let stay here and lay low, but it seems like there dragged us into something we don't want to be a part of" she says to margaret letting her go as she talks "where's ringo now?" She asks looking up into trudy's eyes "he's hold up at the abandened gas station up the hill" she says point out the window. "Why not just kill him mama, get it over with" trudy looks at her with disgust "now sweetheart you know that's not the way we deal with things. It's not in our ways to murder people out of the blue, it would make us no better then them powder gangers" she says crossing her arms "ya i guess you're right....i just don't want to lose my home" margaret says looking at her feet holding her arms behind her back. Trudy pulls Margaret's chin up to look her in the eye "now sweetheart we won't let that happen joe can threaten and whine all he want's we aren't gonna budging no way no how" she says with a warm smile on her face.


Suddenly margaret get's an idea and smiles brightly "what if i got talk to ringo myself???" She says with excitement "well...i would be agents it but i'm willing to try anything to make sure this town is safe, i'm sure all of us are. She says with a unsure look on her face. Margaret nods with a smile on her face and rushes out of the saloon heading straight to the gas station, as she gets closer to the door she pushes it open slowly looking into the dimly lit room. "H-hello? Ringo? Are you in here?" She says softly walking into the building steps were heard behind her as well as the sound of a gun cocking "who the hell are you,what are you doing here and what do you want miss" a man's voice said from behind her, margaret glups softly raising her hands up slowly shaking "n-now now..i-i'm just here to talk to a man named ringo" she says in a shaken up tone of voice "oh! Sorry about that miss you just caught me off guard, please turn around i won't hurt you" margaret turned slowly scared that she might get killed until she sees a man with black hair and light tan skin wearing leather armor "you must be ringo i'm guessing? She asked calming down slowly "ya that's right, what can i do for you ma'am?" He asks kindly "w-well a man named joe cobb came into town threatening to burn my town down if we didn't hand you over to them" she said with a worried look upon her face "oh ya i know him, he doesn't look very tough though. I hear he's afraid i'll shoot him down from one of the windows when i see him. And he's right." After saying that he sighs softly "i'll have a much bigger problem once his friends show up, there's no way i could handle all of them in a gunfight.' Margaret nods "well what are you gonna do about the powder gangers?" She asks with her arms crossed. "I'm going to lay low for as long as i can, assuming the town doesn't throw me to the wolves. I've got no chance against the gang on my own." "Hey we would never do that to anyone! What do ya take us for? Hu??" She says getting up in ringo's face making him rear back a little "now hold on miss i didn't mean to assume anything against you all, i'm just a little worried for my safety" he says with his hands up




"well..is there anything i can do to help you?" She asks back off a little. "We'd just end up sharing the same grave if it's just the two of us. Now, if some of the other people in town were also on board..." he said with his hand on his chin thinking "i'm not sure they will help but i can ask around and see if i can round up anyone who can help you." She smiles a little at the man before her. "That would be of great help miss, start with sunny smiles...she's been....friendlier than most here" margaret crosses her arms yet again "well do you blame them? They want no part of this and you got them all dragged into it!" Ringo chuckles softly " ok ok fair enough miss just ask around and see if anyone can help us" she nods and leaves the gas stations on her way to ask her family for help.