alright so i got up to the part where you gotta help get houses chip back...

i kill Benny and get the chip. I talk to the robot in bennys room and now i dont know where my guns are or where my companions are i go outside and there not there where did they go?

also is this the point where i pick a side? because im just so confused is the wild card quest sort of the screw all of you I dictate on how everything works?(without spoiling anything please)