Throwing stones


" Talon company! Charge!"

Clive along with the rest of his squad charged the group of mutants, firing blindly


" I want they're mutie heads on a [censored] plate!"

Clive took cover behind the dilapidated column of the Capital building. He felt the vibrations of the mutants lead storm hitting upon the marble

" Flush'em out Dave!"

Another Talon merc came from behind him, pulling out a grenade and tossing it at the super mutant brute

" Eat this Lemon skin!"

Another Talon company member foolishly charged the mutant, getting torn apart by the mutants mini-gun. But before it had time to react, it was blown apart by the grenade.


" Lets secure this LZ, now! The client wants this place clean, get to chop!"

Clive walked along the worn out steps of the building. Placing down his portable radio on the them, he dialed in on a frequency

" Client Eagle to operative Talon, the LZ is secure"


" Roger that Talon, Eagle moving in"



Within minutes of the transmission, a Enclave verti-bird appeared out of no-where and landed on the steps. A man in a black buisness suit came down from the passenger door and approached Clive.

" I'm glad you were able to secure the LZ. All I need you to do now is secure this buildings main dome and you can call yourself assured members of the Enclave"

Clive smiled

" I'm glad the Enclave saw the opportunity we posed. Now if you excuse me, I need to go get my men prepped for the assault"

" Of course. I'm providing you with a full compliment of Enclave soldiers just in-case."

" No need sir. I'll move my men out in a second."

Clive then watched as the man walked away, climbing up into the verti-bird and flying off into the distance

" I love my job..."

Clive looked at his worn out men.

" Ah, come on, I'm trying to clip my nails here!" John said. He was the groups demo expert, holding Talon companies #2 spot on the kill list with dynamite and C4.

" Shut up John, I'm ready for some action!" Dave sadi. He was the groups frontline "breaker", doing multiple tasks. His position in pre-war times was "shock trooper".

" Give him a break, we're all a little worn down" Vernor said. He was the groups marksman. He specialized in sniper rifles and assault rifles. Very handy with covert ops.

" Lets get your sorry ass's up and running. Get ready to go in!"

The group prepared as they loaded their weapons and walked along the broken stairs of the capital.

" Here we go again" John said before entering the door to his next mission, and challenge.


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What do you guys think. My old Fan fic was ignored completely so I guess this might attract some more attention.

Simply briliant!
This is really good I am looking forward to reading more keep up the good work.

another good piece of work.I guess they don't make it out of the Capital building

Heavy metal lemons

Clive entered the main lobby. The columns supporting the roof had fallen over and most of the room was in major decay.


" Look's like muties don't like re-furbishing their homes...." John muttered

Clive waved his hand and he ordered the group to move on. They continued walked on the empty halls when they heard the familiar voice of a super mutant. Clive bent down and hid behind the wall, the rest of the squad doing so as well.


The super mutants carried out their conversation.

" Me want more big guns! This stupid gun no work well"

" Gah, you need a fat man, those very good for killing stupid humans"

" Me want one, where do me get it, tell me NOW!"

" Humans have it. Maybe when they come, we can go get one!"

They both laughed at each other. Clive turned to John

" John, can you toss a C4 in less than 10 second's over at the muties and actually kill them?" He whispered


" You betcha!"

John then pulled out of his side pocket a small wrapped bomb with filaments inside of it.

" This will knock'em out good"

John switched the buttons on the timer and set it to ten. He crawled over to the door, looking at it. He forgot about the timer and looked at it. 6 seconds


" Ahhh! [censored]!" John shouted before tossing it at the mutants, hitting one of them in the head.

" No more games humans, TIME TO DIE!"

Before the mutant could charge John, he and his companion exploded into hundreds of fleshy bits.

" Like I said captain, I could do it"


Clive chuckled

" Well, spazzing out does not count...."

John frowned then stood there.

" Lets move out. The muties are already in the dome, waiting for us. Let's give'em a show."

Clive pulled out a radio

" I got a present for you John, a fat man. This is operative Talon, we require package Atom."

It was two seconds before the man on the other side responded

" Roger that, package atom inbound on your position"


Several minutes passed by before a loud crash could be heard. Clive and the rest of the squad went back to the main lobby and saw a nice metal box.

" Like I said, I've got a present for ya"

John ran towards the box, pulling out a tactical nuke launcher and three mini-nukes.


" Hell yeah, its Christmas all over again!"

John lugged it on his back, putting his SMG on his belt holster.

" Now let's take that dome!"

Clive and the rest of his squad began moving deeper through the corridors of the capital building. One mutant was standing there, chewing the rough skin of a dead mole rat.

Clive took aim with his laser rifle, waiting until the mutant stood up from his fresh meal. He shot the mutant twice, blast a nice hole in its shoulder then neck.

" Nice one capt'n " Dave said.

" I think this is the way towards the dome" Vernor said

Clive followed Vernor as he and the squad moved on through the dimly lit corridors. Clive arrived until he found himself in a similar lobby to the one they entered. Before Clive could say anything he heard a deep moaning sound. Then footsteps only matched by a mutant behemoth.

" Ah crap, not again!" John said. Everyone stared at him as he soiled his pants.

" What was that for?" Vernor said

" You ever seen a mutant behemoth?" John said

" I've never met anything that can stop a .308 caliber bullet to the head, if that's what you mean"

John waved him off. Clive then ordered the squad to move next to the arching doorway, opening a path towards the dome.

" You think you can kill a behemoth with that launcher of yours?" Clive remarked

" Unless it crushes me with a car door..." John sobbed as he moved towards the opening. He got closer the dome center when the behemoth came. It's muscles were bulging with power and the veins were incredibly strained. It looked at John then roared. It slowly ran towards him as John meddled in fear

" Ah crap....." John aimed his fatman and fired it once, the nuke hitting the behemoth right in the chest. A large explosion followed, knocking John over along with his launcher.

"AHHHHHHHH!!!!" He screamed before crashing into a pillar.

30 minutes later

John looked at the ground, realizing that he was still inside the Capital building. Clive was in-front of him, patching him up with a stimpack and a few bandages.

" What happened captain?"

Clive looked at him

" Well, you took the behemoth out at the expense of you bed rest tonight"

John sighed in relief

" Just another day in Talon company, I guess..."

Clive smiled then lifted him up.

" There are probally more muties inside. Let's get'em"

The squad assembled and then moved on towards the dome, not knowing what would be there.


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What do you guys think so far?

Has a few grammatical errors, like when you use something like "The super mutants mini-gun" that should be "mutant's mini-gun", but nothing major.

8/10

Its good..really good.The room-to-room,fight-to-fight thing is pretty good,because you can read it a lot quicker.I'll be checking this one out.When will you have the next chapter in?

Beware the yellow


" Man, this place wreaks!" John exclaimed

" Shut your pothole, we'll be gone in a few minutes. Just wait up until we clear the dome." Clive barked out

" Stand down idiot!"

Clive held his fist in the air and crouched behind an old sandbag. The squad watched him as he took a peek from the emplacement. Looking over he could see a dilapidated sky-walk and a few railings, and a super mutant brute, holding a rusty mini-gun.

" Vernor, take aim and finish it"

" Roger that" Vernor said. He took aim with his sniper rifle and started zooming in. The mutant was slapping the ammo cartridge of the weapon, in an effort to fix it.

" Stupid mutant didn't go to weapons jamming 101"

Vernor slowly aligned his sights with the mutants head and pulled the trigger, watching as the bullet flew into the mutants eye.

" Easy go"

The super mutant fell from the railings, crashing down onto the floor.

" I think the dome is clear now! Lets go outside and take a nice break...and......" John said

Heavy footsteps were heard as yellow figures could be seen coming from the three doors in front of the Talon squad

" You just had to open your damn mouth......" Clive muttered. He took a position in the sandbag entrenchment , the rest of the squad doing so as-well.

The super mutants charged from the doors, screaming with laughter as the mercs cowered behind the sandbags. They opened fire, bullets flying into the bags, spilling sand.

" When ready guys, take fire!" Clive said as he crouched down into position and took aim with his laser rifle, firing at the mutants, taking down two.

John grabbed another bag of C4 and primed it. Waiting for the right moment, he threw it at a group clustering around an old display case. Within moments of the throw, a large blast erupted, tearing apart the mutants and flinging their limbs around. More of them arrived from the doors.

" I'm guessing it's my turn then........" Dave turned and aimed his CAR at the super mutants, firing wildly into the group. A super mutant master absorbed the bullets until one of them hit it in the life support tubes, killing it instantly.

" Fine fine, my turn" Vernor exclaimed as he took aim with his sniper rifle, firing two shots into the skulls of two unfortunate super mutants.

Clive watched as more mutants arrived from the door, he pulled out his portable radio.

" Everyone get down!"

The squad put their backs against the sand-bags.

" Wingman Eagle, can you provide air-support package "inferno" on my position?"

" Roger that operative Talon. Sights on position Capital. Clear the radius, we're coming in hot!"

Clive then hit the sandbags, waiting for five minutes until he heard the familiar whir of a verti-bird, as it passed by and dropped it's deadly cargo

" HOLY CRAP!" Johnson said as he felt the mini-nukes carpet the building.

Six minutes later

Clive stood up and looked at the scene. The marble floor was crushed into millions of fragments and torn limbs and gore were strewn across the floor.

" We did it!" Johnson screamed with joy at the sight.

" Well, that's it, lets move out and let the Enclave do the rest, we have another contract at the Washington monument. Get ready, we're moving out again"

" Roger that" The whole squad said in unison.

The Talon mercs then walked away from the seen, rifles slung across their shoulders, heading for the nearest exit door. Johnson stumbled as he carried the Fat man launcher and mini nukes on his back.

This is really good I look forward to continuing to read this

Fighting the good payday


Clive continued walking through the abandoned trenches as he approached one of the last Brotherhood outposts since the "Fall". The Washington monument came into view, and he approached the two BOS guards. The rest of the squad stayed behind, waiting for his signal.


The guard looked at him in a cruel manner.

" What do you want Talon? Your kind is not welcome here"

Clive laughed

" Get out of here before I blow your sorry power armored heads off"

The guard raised his gattling laser at him before the paladin next to him pushed it down.

" Before we get angry, tell us merc, what do you want here in the Washington monument?"

" We just came back from a contract over at the Capital building and we're looking for a good bed and rest. We figured the monument was good enough."

" What contract, and for who?"

" Confidential"

" Tell us or we kill you"

" Really, I'd love to see that, but too bad you won't live long enough to see them. The Enclave"

The paladins eyes widened.

" Fire on them when ready guys" Clive said.

Before the Paladin could lift his Tri-beam rifle a sniper round hit him in the forehead, splattering his blood on the floor. The other BOS soldier aimed his rifle at Clive only to recieve another bullet to the head. The Talon squad jumped from the trenches and scavenged what was left of the BOS patrol.

" Find anything useful, grab the flag and plant it, and get us some re-decorating." Clive announced.

Dave and Vernor found an old abandoned makeshift bunker filled with supplies. They opened everything and lugged the storage containers over to the building itself.

" Someone fix the lights, someone help me get up to the top of this tower, and the others check and see if you can get the flag planted"

Clive and Dave walked inside the building, John staying outside, fixing the lights surrounding the building, and Vernor planting the flag at the front entrance.


Clive walked inside with Dave to see an Ham radio in one room next to him, and another room next to him filled with cot beds. He took the elevator while Dave began changing the radio signal from BOS propaganda to Talon Company Radio, established after the Lone wanderers death. Clive took the elevator and saw a giant radio frequency machine. He changed the settings and looked as it broadcasted the Talon company radio over miles. He grabbed his radio and lugged it onto a nearby table.

" Alright, lets start re-decorating. Make'em know that Talon Co. is in charge now"

Vernor spray painted the Talon company signal over the Brotherhood emble, instead of a wing and a sword, it was a nice bird claw. John hit a wire with his precision cutter and the lights outside the monument sprung to life, emitting a nice shine to the limestone floor.

Clive watched as everything came to fruition.

" Alright, top part of the tower is Vernors bed, the inner beds are where we are sleeping, get to it!"

John walked by the gate and quickly re-programmed the terminal to a Talon Co. system before going inside and closing the gate. He entered the building along with Vernor. Dave was fast asleep. John jumped into another cot and went fast asleep. Vernor waited for the elevator as Clive walked past him and jumped into another cot.

" Sweet quarters" Vernor said as he got into the top floor. There was a nice cot bed, cleaned white, and a table with a fridge full of beer and wine. A radio station broadcasting machine whirred next to him. He looked as he saw a giant window give him a snipers view of the wasteland.


"Perfect target practice"


The squad hunkered down, sleeping silently while the wasteland lived out its course.

The morning commute


Vernor tilted his sights to the left as he continued aiming.

" Damn, no muties, I want some action!" He yelled.

He had been up the entire morning awaiting an intruder.

" I'll guess I'll listen to the damn radio"

He then lowered his sniper and sat down in a table. He lifted an old Radio King set and tuned it in to the right FM.

" Hello! This is Mike, the Talon D.J at your service! We got three contracts going once towards a group of merchants. Seems they owe Jabsco big time, 40,000 caps for their heads!. Woohooo, enough to land me a retirement eh! On other hands The Brotherhood remnants have made another flimsy attack on Ft.Constantine, trying to break through our defenses. No luck for them today, haha. Side note for you all, we just received word that the monument is ours! Celebrating our radio's new frequency range. We'll have hunting contests spanning the eastern coast, so get your wet boots on, we're going ghoul hunting!" " And now some good'ol music for our boys in black and white!"

Vernor listened as the song " Maybe" played.


" Great stuff, so sad though"

He turned on an old coffee maker and started drinking mug after mug of it.

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Clive awoke to the sound of the song , and the radio jock talking. He stood up from his cot and stretched his arms, yawning loudly.

" Great day in the company!"

He then walked over to the ham radio room and sat down on the chair, he tuned in to Talon H.Q's frequency.


" Operative Eagle, the building is all yours. Take it when you want it."

" Roger that, payment en route to your location"

The ham radio cut off and the music substituted it.

" Let's see whats for dinner today"

Clive opened up a side pocket on his armor and saw a quick fancy lads snack cake sitting there. He pulled it out and bit chunks out of it.

" Hmmm, need some meat with that. I'll go fetch a brahmin later."

He then sat and put his legs of the table, sitting down and relaxing the music.