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"HALT! FIEND!"Captain Wasteland called. He ran through the streets of the now ruined city of Boston. He was chasing after a someone he'd seen in Diamond City. He saw them sneaking out of the store Fallon's Basement. No wonder the lady running it was so suspicious of theft. Apparently the thief had made off with some caps that were in the register. "STOP RIGHT NOW AND I'LL LET YOU OFF WITH WARNING!"The Captain said.

The thief ran through the streets turning rapidly and quickly navigating alley ways and side streets. He was average height and wore a military grade gas mask and wore a dark brown cloak over a fairly old and dirty officers uniform. Original in a shade of dark blue now looking more grey. Hearing his comments he snickers. "Like he could catch me." He says pulling out a small pistol and shooting a hinge. The hinge breaks and the ladder falls down. Smirking he runs up the fire escape and with a firm stomp knocks the old ladder out of its rusty restraints down preventing the captain climbing.

Captain Wasteland frowned. He grabbed the Ladder quickly holding it back up to the fire escape, thankfully managing to get it to balance enough for him to climb up the fire escape. "STOP!"Captain wasteland ordered as he got to the roof and continued chasing the thief.

The Captain kept chasing after the Thief, even as the Thief got back to the ground through a ramp built by some Raiders. After a few more streets it became clear they were entering Raider territory. Corpses were strung up on chains and there were make shift fortifications built everywhere. However, the Captain soon began noticing out of place 'decorations'. The bags of meat strung up by chains typically seen in Super Mutant territory. Finally, long deep gouges in the surrounding buildings and streets were seen. CW's heart sank when he realized where he was.

"STOP! PLEASE! THIS AREA ISN'T SAFE! COMING IN HERE IS A DEATH WISH AND ISN'T WORTH A HANDFUL OF CAPS!"Captain Wasteland called out, this time all hints of anger in his voice gone, now replaced by unease and fear.

The thief found himself screeching to a halt just before a building. He noticed the tone shift and smelt the meat. "What is that smell?" He asks noticing the corpses and meat bags. "Oh. Is this what I think it is?" He says drawing a shotgun. Sounds of movement where heard around inside the buildings and looking for an escape the thief makes his way up the side of a building. As he gets up past the second story window the window opens and a super mutant looks out. "Whose there?!" It yells. Holding his breath the cloaked thief slowly pulls himself up onto the above roof. As he gets up his weapon clangs and the mutant looks up just missing him. "Ok bad move." He whispers to himself scanning the area.

By now, Captain wasteland had pulled out his Sledgehammer. HE never used it on people, unless they were in power armor and could take the swings. No, his Hammer was typically saved for Super Mutants and the wild life his machete and swatter couldn't handle. "Nonononononononono!"The Captain repeated to himself as he tried to follow the Thief up to the roof. The Super Mutant noticed the Captain, but with a quick swing of his hammer, the Super Mutant recoiled, holding its now shattered nose. It screamed in pain before pulling out it's pipe gun to shoot the Captain with, though by this time the Captain had gotten to the roof aswell. "Stop running! Turn back now!"Captain Wasteland said.

"Easier said then done. Shit. If I had of noticed this before hand." He says his voice muffled lightly by the mask. "Stick to the roof tops and head that way." He points east. "It will get us out of their territory. Just keep moving." He says starting to run before a super mutant barges through holding a heavy machine gun. It roared and fired. He managed to leap behind a wall. Bullets flew by. "Can I have a hand?" He asks caught up.

"East is the wrong way to go. It's not the Mutants I'm worried about."Captain Wasteland said, before the Mutant burst through the door. CW took cover with the Thief behind the wall. Keep it's attention, I'll sneak around it."He said.

"Fine." He says tossing a flash bang around. It goes off stopping his gunfire for three seconds. Long enough for him to run over to the next large metal cooler. "Over here!" He yells firing at it to distract it. It turns and fires furiously.

Once the Mutant was blinded, the Captain darted for more cover, going the opposite direction of the thief. Once the Super Mutant had its back turned to the Captain, he sprung. The Captain ran behind the Supermutant and swung his Hammer, hitting the Mutant straight in the face. The Mutant roared in pain and Staggered back, only to get hit in the head by the Captain's Hammer. One more hit and the Supermutant toppled to the ground.

He wanders over. "Not bad." He snickers. "Wait!" He jumps back. "Ok seems we are done here. Or do you want something else?" He raises his pistol. "Or are you still bent on arresting me? As I bet that guy had many friends nearby."

"Let's just get out of here beforem ore Mutants get up here."CW said, putting his hammer back in the strap that went along his back. However, loud clanking could soon be heard from the streets below. The Captain peaked over at the ground, seeing power armor clad people walking around down in the streets. The Power Armor was mostly made up of what ever pieces could be found. However, all of the people had their armor painted black, save for the white Insignia on the chest. The Insignia was an 'E' surrounded by a circle of stars. One of them however was clad in a full set of X-01 Power armor, which was painted white and had a black insignia on it.

"Who are these guys?" The thief asks curiously. "They friendlies?" He peeks over keeping his pistol at the ready. He noticed the power armor and wasn't exactly wanting to try his luck fighting them. He had fought someone in power armor before. Thankfully the energy supply ran out quickly and he escaped. But these seemed fairly charged which didn't bode well.

"No, they're not."Captain Wasteland said. "So, we gonna try to recruit these muties Colonel?"One of the men in power armor asked the person in the white power armor. "Definitely stay to the roofs."CW added after a few moments.

"I agree. Stay to the rooftops and travel that way. That will give us the most visual cover." He points to the set of close by buildings going three stories up then to the left a bit. "We should move quickly. Those guys down there don't seem very generous." He adds. The captain in white armor gives his orders. "Stay on guard and keep your eyes open. If these mutants don't find true to follow us I will want their full extermination." They say as they wander in. "Be on guard for raiders." They says as he approaches the main building. Their voice was altered by the armor giving no clear indication to gender.

The Captain nodded as he headed to where the thief had pointed. "Sir yes sir."the Man said. Soon, the Supermutants seemed to take notice of the men in the power armor. As they did with just about every human out there in the wastes, the Supermutants opened fire, sending out their Mutant hounds, and throwing molotovs.

The soldiers seemed prepared. Rapidly responding two pulled up grenade launchers and fired into the building blasting the mutants nearby and cause it to become unstable. Part of the roof caved in. The one in white armor pulled out a large military grade shotgun and with five swift shots blasted the dogs to pieces. They seemed to manuvour well and avoid much if not all damage keeping themselves almost completely intact minus a few small dents. "Pathetic." The one in white adds pulling an incendiary grenade off his waist and tossing it in. After three seconds it detonates turning the building into an inferno. On the roof the thief managed to make it to the adjacent building as he watched the brutal efficiency take place.

The Captain followed, not bothering to see what was going on down below, he simply did his best to avoid being caught in the fire or to avoid falling. The Captain followed after the Thief still. Down on the ground, loud footsteps were heard. Soon, a Deathclaw came into view. It had very pale skin, with bright red eyes, marking it as an Albino Deathclaw. Oddly, it wore clothing, having a clearly modified Trench coat on. "Guess they didn't want to join up?"The Deathclaw said as it approached the Woman in the white power armor.

"I told you the super mutants wouldn't be nearly intelligent enough to think or speak before shooting. Was a waste of time coming here. But the target practice was enjoyable. Only so fun are Raiders." The white armored individual replies to the Deathclaw. "Frankly Jack would have been better to target that militia located twelve kilometers west. Weapons and supplies to arm a small town and a strong hold out. But from what I hear food rations are getting scarce." They say pointing in the direction.

"Hey, less of these Frankenstein's to worry about."The Deathclaw said, picking up one of the charred Supermutants. "Alright, you grunts start setting up fortifications. Savannah, let's get back to base get a few more troops and take that Militia's outpost. We also gotta work on getting some of those Verti-Birds the Brotherhood of Steels got. Those'd make travel much easier."The Deathclaw said.

"I have scouts investigating that area as we speak. We will have some or atleast know the location of some by dawn." The white armored trooper says pressing a button on the suits neck. The helmet depressurizes and loosens around the base. "So stuffy in this thing." A more female voice says not revealing her face. "Now soldiers secure this area and set up an outpost. Report back to base with any important details." She says walking to the Deathclaw named Jack.