Not So Lonesome Road 51 Quickdraw

I found Pacer and a couple of his friends huddled behind some rubble hiding from the NCR fire.

I ignored him and went straight to the attacking NCR, and made sure I was as non threatening as possible.

"Halt, don't come any closer" a woman who appeared to be their leader yelled out. "Turn around now or we'll be forced to fire on you!"

I didn't back down and let them know what I was here for "I was sent here by The King. He wants me to be a third party and try to broker a peace between the Kings and NCR."

She scoffed "and why should O believe you? The last time we tried work with them the messenger we sent was put in the hospital for a month!"

"That's the thing though The King didn't even know you sent a messenger. A member of the gang with a grudge against you intercepted him before he could arrive. The King actually wants to at least try working with you before this escalates any further."

"It's too late for that! The town locals and NCR squatters are already completely against each other, there is no chance for peace between them."

"Maybe but, the Kings and NCR don't have fight against each other making things worse."

"No, it's impossible" she shook her head "we've already kill two of the Kings in this firefight, and as united as they are the Kings won't take that well regardless of what The King says."

"I don't know if that's true they idolized that man but, I do know that there's no way the NCR can afford to start a war in Freeside right now. You're spread thin enough as it is fighting the Legion. Do you think you superiors would be happy know they have to devote more resources here because you didn't at least try for peace?"

I could see he gritting her teeth before she spat "fine! I'll give the Kings one last chance but, if they step out of line even the tiniest bit my hands will be tied!"

"A chance is all I was asking for."

"Cease fire" she yelled stopping her troops suppressing fire and she came out of her cover and approached me. "You got a silver tongue you know that" she put her hand out " I'm Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth."

"You can call me Devin" I returned her handshake.

"Of, course it's you I should have realized it when I saw that little robot hovering over your shoulder."

"You know me" I asked?

"Of, course you've been getting pretty famous in some NCR circles recently. Apparently you have a knack for solving problems clearing the roads and killing an ant queen at the Mojave Outpost, hara.s.sing the Legion raid camp for over a month, ending the hostage crisis in Boulder City, and most importantly killing Vulpis Inculta the leader of the Frumentarii and one of Caesar's right hand men."

"When you list it all out like that it does sound pretty impressive" I blushed.

"I have to say though, you are not what I was expecting."

"And what exactly were you expecting?"

"I don't know but, it definitely wasn't you."

I slouched a little "I'm not sure if I should be insulted or not."

"Regardless, I'm happy you were here today. Believe it or not I really don't want to have a full blown war with the Kings, if things can end peacefully then it's for the b-"

I saw he eyes widen in fear and on instinct activated VATS. Not far behind me was Pacer and he was pointing his 9mm Pistol at the back of my head.

In an instant I drew That Gun from its holster and fired on Pacer before he could even react. The bullet tore through his head and he died not even knowing it was me who killed him.

Everyone was silent Kings and NCR alike they all saw what happened and were completely in awe that I could react that quickly and accurately.

"T-that's more what I was expecting" Elizabeth stuttered.

"Well I should really be going, I need to report back to The King that I've solved the situation" I backpedaled out of there not being used to this kind of attention.

"Wait" she called out "you're a mercenary right?"

I stopped and looked back at her.

"Then you should head over to Camp Mccarran they will have loads of work for someone of your caliber."

"I'll think about" I said before walking off with everyone watching me in silence.

On the way out I pa.s.sed by Pacers body and shook my head. He probably attacked me because he knew if I got back to The King he'd be in big trouble. And if he did kill me the NCR would probably retaliate and the other Kings would come to his aid and the war he wanted would happen, then he would probably only get a light slap on the wrist.

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As for Lieutenant colonel Elizabeth's invitation to Camp Mccarran I mostly ignored it. I was already planning on heading there after my business on The Strip was over.

I needed to stop the Legion spy from blowing up their supply line and to accept the bounty on the Fiends heads. Because there was no way I was going to let the keep doing what they were doing. ****, torture, cannibalism the Fiends did every dark and disgusting act imaginable and I wasn't going to stand for that.

For now though I needed to report back to The King and head over to the Atomic Wrangler to meet up with everyone else. I sighed it was almost time to confront Mr. House.