William was taken care of by Ryan. He fell into a state of unconsciousness and started to remember back when Gedon killed Captain Mardin and Breton.

William was double timing as the Ranger HQ was being assaulted wave after wave of Legionaries. He ran to the compound were Captain Mardin and Breton were commanding the defense. There he saw a Lone Desert Ranger Figure in his armor, pointing at Captain Mardin. William saw Breton dead and was shocked.

"What are you doing Ranger, who are you?!"

William saw a face turn, taking of his Ranger Helmet revealing Gedon. Gedon gave a small evil smirk and lighted his cigar, shooting the vodka bottle and throwing. There was a large fire. which was going to bring down the Captains Compound. He ran towards window to only see Legionaries running off with Gedon. He knew the Ranger HQ was almost overrun and would be captured. He picked up Mardin and Breton bodies carrying them threw the fire. When he got out, he saw many Rangers retreating to the underground exit. He rushed as fast as possible as the other Rangers gave him covering fire. There, he was inside old Native American Catacombs. Breton and Mardin were laid to rest with a quick funeral and the Rangers immediately left, drifting, to escape from the Legion.

William woke up with more anger and used his hands put his finger nails deep in Ryan's leg. Ryan stumbled and tried to keep a hold of him though his legs were bleeding, and Ryan fell back. He immediatley saw him on the floor and started to punch him in the face, not knowing he is currently attacking a friend.

"I will kill you Gedon, I will kill you! You will pay for what you done!

William was in a large psychotic rage.

Ryan Mitchell - Nipton - Morning

OOC: They're outside Ace's house.

The ex-Ranger was certain he'd contained William's threat. The man awoke and clawed Ryan's shins, then jumped on top of him and began to pummel his face. Ryan's rage only resurfaced, this time with more potency. The vet caught a fist, then the other and shoved William off him. While his opponent was on the ground Ryan got to his feet, ignoring the pain his body registered and stomped on William's stomach.

" STOP IT! Stop attacking me! " Ryan was livid, he was screaming at the top of his lungs. The ex-Ranger had been lost in his own fury. He picked William up by the collar of his shirt and drug him over to the window of Ace's house. Ryan pulled William's head up then slammed it down onto the window sill, shattering the glass. The old Ranger pulled William's head up from over the edge of the sill and threw a few rock-hard punches into William's bruised face to help with the pacification. He wanted the violence to end, he couldn't handle so much pain and hate at once. But it kept coming, even after the Legion had done their worst to him. Even after the Brotherhood had vaporized his comrades. Even after the Fiends slaughtered and enslaved men, women, and children. The hate and the pain and the anger just would not stop.

Emotion had overwhelmed Ryan's formidable emotional defenses, all the hurt had caught up with him. The vet had knocked William completely unconscious. He tossed the other man's body to the dirt. Ryan stood there panting, everyone had seen the fight save for those in the bar.

Roderick Filcher - Afternoon - Nipton streets

“I’ll help you out James, just give me a sec,” Rod replied to James when asked if someone will help him carry Jack to the basemant in town hall. He finished his drink, and went over and grabbed Jack’s legs as the James grabbed his arms. He tried to be careful carrying jack but James banged the convict around bit while they were carrying him like bumping into a wall and bar table. Rod kept his mouth shut; he was just going to help the sheriff and then head back out to the doc and help her out, he didn’t care to know about the sheriff’s beef with the convict.

“What the hell is all that commotion?” he said when he heard Reggie screaming, and the shots. They get Jack to the basemant, “I’m gonna go see if anyone needs some help.” Rod runs out of town and heads to where all the commotion was happening he sees Ryan beating up William and knocking him unconscious. He ran even faster and got to William’s body, and yelled at Ryan “what the [censored] is wrong with you, you [censored].” He grabbed William and began carrying him back to the doc’s house, when he saw Peter and Mary laying on the floor tending to his wounds. [censored] not even one day on the job and already busy as hell! Better get a raise at the end of the day for all this work I’ve doing! He got to the doc’s place and laid William on top of one of the beds. He ran back to where Peter and Mary where and she was struggling to carry Peter to the doc’s house, “here let me help you with that ma’am.” He helped them and got to the doc’s house and placed them on the couch. He grabbed the doc’s gab, and ran back outside to give her a hand with anyone else that needed some, “are you ok Doc? Are you injured? I took William to your house and helped carry Mary carry Peter as well. What the hell happened here? also, I brought you your bag.” Rod's adrenaline was just rushing and he was getting flushed thanks to everything that had happened and the drink he had.

Alexander Winter- Nipton
Alexander was cleaning a glass and stepped outside to see a group sort of threatning and shooting each other he swore and ran inside, he dragged a chest out from under the bed and opened it, inside was his old Anti-material rifle his hand ran over it before lifting it out and walking outside he fired it into the air everyone knew the sound he shouted "Everyone calm down or else I'll fill you all full of lead" he stood there in the calm wind his coat flapping in the calm wind.

OOC: everyone gets to meet alexander's badasss side.

Cat Bellamy - Afternoon - Nipton Streets

Cat stood up after Mary had helped Peter into her house. Her pants were stained with Peter's blood and she wiped a strand of hair out of her face with a sigh, when Rod came up to her, asking if she was ok.

"Yes, yes, I'm fine," she said with a tired voice, when suddenly a fight exploded out of Ace's house into the streets. William was shooting first into Ace's house, then into a group of men, who emerged from said house.

Ryan soon had the shooter subdued, but his face was contorted by anger and pain. Ace didn't look any better and William had been knocked unconscious. She couldn't quite see what had happened to Karl. A moment later, a single shot rang through the air and Cat flinched, but saw that it was just Alexander, walking toward the brawling man. His voice ran out loud and clear, trying to calm everyone down.

With a shake of her head and another sigh, Cat walked over to the men.

"You all should be ashamed of yourselves, brawling like school boys," she admonished the fighters and then checked on William.

While she was crouched over the unconscious man, she looked over her shoulder and asked. "Anyone else got hurt? Did his bullets hit anyone?"

Cat opened her first aid kit and noticed her dwindling supplies, again. Then she reached for a bottle of water and poured it into William's face and slapped his cheeks gently, trying to bring him around.

"Rod, help me get William into his house will ya?" She asked her young assistant. "By the way, you are doing fine, just fine," she told him with a smile.

Once William was taken care off, Cat stood up and with a stern look turned to the other men. "I'm not a psychiatrist, but if you all have unresolved issues, maybe it's time you all talked about them. I'm rather tired to keep fixin' you all up, just so you can get into anther fight and disturb the peace of this town. Nipton isn't the only place around, I'm sure the Followers in Freeside would love to have me back," she said and took a deep breath. "If you all need me, you know where to find me," she said and turned on her heels and headed to her bungalow, disgusted and angry and tired.

Jack Mulder- Afternoon
Town hall basemant

When Jack woke up, he noticed that he had been moved to the basemant in the town hall. He went straight to the door and started to kick and punch it, yelling "Let me out, you [censored]s!" all the while. He had energy to do that for about 5 minutes, then he calmed down and sat on a couch. "Well, [censored]." Jack thought and took a comfortable position.

He sat there for a while, but soon became bored and started to see what stuff the basemant had. He only found some tin cans, various metals and other miscanellous junk that he had no interest in. When he started to go through the burnt and ruined books, he found one intact one. He flipped it to see its cover. "The Bible" it read. Jack snorted and said to himself "Not like I have anything better to do..." and went back to couch, opening the book and started reading.

Alexander Winter- Nipton
Alexander watched as Cat walked out and reprimanded the rest of them alexander rested his Anti-Material rifle standing on the ground, one hand resting on it he looked around at the assorted group "We are all civilised are we not, we are all human, I admit the NCR is not perfect I was the senior officer at Bitter Springs" he looks at his feet at the revalation "I was the one who ordered the command to fire after the command from my superiors came through the radio" he pauses for effect "I however will not resort to fighting in the middle of a street like a bunch of coyotes over scraps" he looks up "Forget you all" he spat out and turned and began walking back to his bar.

OOC: Revelation from alexander.

Karl Kliesmann
Karl walked slowly out of Ace's house, his energy depleted. He had found that two of his new neighbors were involved in the one thing he was trying to forget. He lit a cigarette and walked home. He ate some canned pork and wondered how he had been unscathed. Karl then went outside and checked on his crops. Seeing no change he went back to his house and laid down on the couch. He thought about Bitter Springs and tried to rerember Alexander and Ryan but kept visualising the victims. He was awakened by the cigarette burning down to his lips and decided to go to the town hall to get more pipes.

Ace Makovich – Nipton - Afternoon

William walked into the house and fire into the air to get Ace and Ryan to stop fighting and chastised them and told them to leave their past behind and then he left. Great, I’m gonna have to patch that up when this over. The ranger lowered his gun as well and blabbed on about something he didn’t pay attention to. He was about to say something when all of a sudden there was a barrage of shots going through the walls. Ace slid into the kitchen while Ryan knocked Karl down to keep him from being shot. When the shots had finished, Ryan had headed outside. Ace opened one of the windows and saw William and Ryan fighting.

He grabbed a bottle of scotch, and lit a cigarette. “I can’t miss this, GO WILLIAM! BEAT THAT SMUG RANGER!” he watched as the two fought, it helped clear his head from what had happened. Yet he was still filled with rage, and wanted to get in there but decided against it. His burn on his shoulder was intensifying and could really feel it throbbing. Regardless, Ryan managed to beat William and the Ranger carried him over to where Ace was, perhaps to fight him now. Before he knew Ryan slammed William against the window sill denting it and causing the glass to shatter. The slam on the window caused the bullet riddled wall to begin groaning and soon enough it collapsed. “[censored] what the hell!” he said when the wall fell, he was going to say something to Ryan but the Doc caught his attention when she yelled at them. He ignored what she said and before he could do anything, an older looking ranger fired an anti-material rifle, and caught him off guard. Then the doc chastised them again but he ignored what she said.

Ryan Mitchell - Nipton - Afternoon

Ryan felt as if nothing in the world go right. He'd come to this town to protect it, and help everyone out. But already things had gone to hell. Ace lay injured in his house, in front of him lay William, beaten severely. William had needed to be put down, but Ace was only angry and in pain. Ryan doubted if he was right in leaving the NCR, considering why he left. He left because he saw how the NCR oppressed others. Now though, with what he'd done, the vet felt he had become the evil he sought to leave.

“What the [censored] is wrong with you, you [censored], " A man came running to William's body.

" It's called self-defense. It was either let Ace and I die, or stop him. " Ryan said the words with a far away look in his eyes, he was in another place. He didn't care what the man thought of him, nor what anyone else thought. The vet planned on just returning to the trailer he'd commandeered and staying there. He would live there, hunt for food, take his own portion the leave the rest for the town. When the town needed him, he would lend his gun to their defense.

"Everyone calm down or else I'll fill you all full of lead," he stood there in the calm wind his coat flapping in the calm wind.

Ryan looked up to the bar, he saw a fellow Ranger in that man. " Hey, none of us want to see anyone dead. Cool it with the threats. " The ex-Ranger wasn't about to let someone threaten the momentary peace. He was tired of violence but still it seemed to rear it's ugly head. Calm down Ryan, take it easy. You know you don't want anymore folks hurt.

Cat appeared, she aired her grievances with the situation. Ryan felt even worse seeing her exasperated and tired from all the work. She was such a kind person, it pained him to have a hand in her pain. She spoke of any issues they had then went to tend to William.

"We are all civilised are we not, we are all human, I admit the NCR is not perfect I was the senior officer at Bitter Springs. I was the one who ordered the command to fire after the command from my superiors came through the radio," he paused, "I however will not resort to fighting in the middle of a street like a bunch of coyotes over scraps. " He walked back in the bar with some more words.

Ryan raised his voice for the man to hear. " So you're the coward who had those women and children killed? Any man worth his salt would have never given the order, even if his superiors commanded it. Fighting in the streets like animals is better than gunning down innocent women and children! Men like you are why I quit the NCR, so I wouldn't be thought a murderer of the defenseless. Or an oppressor of the weak. " The vet had made his point, he'd talked enough for the other Ranger to hear. His eyes had regained their awareness, Ryan was looking towards where the Ranger had walked to.

William Krios - Nipton

William woke up groggy, tired and with pain.

"God, what the hell just happened.

He put his hand on his forehead and it hurted. He soon exited out of Cats clinic. His eyes were groggy. He then saw his carbine and picked it up. Then a argument.

"We are all civilised are we not, we are all human, I admit the NCR is not perfect I was the senior officer at Bitter Springs. I was the one who ordered the command to fire after the command from my superiors came through the radio," he paused, "I however will not resort to fighting in the middle of a street like a bunch of coyotes over scraps. " He walked back in the bar with some more words.

William did not care and was stumbling while holding his rifle.

Ryan raised his voice for the man to hear. " So you're the coward who had those women and children killed? Any man worth his salt would have never given the order, even if his superiors commanded it. Fighting in the streets like animals is better than gunning down innocent women and children! Men like you are why I quit the NCR, so I wouldn't be thought a murderer of the defenseless. Or an oppressor of the weak. " The vet had made his point, he'd talked enough for the other Ranger to hear. His eyes had regained their awareness, Ryan was looking towards where the Ranger had walked to.

His mind was clouded and couldnt remember. He saw HK-47, patrolling like always. He managed to get into his house, going into his kitchen to grab a Med-X and stimpak. He injected into himself and laid on his couch, falling to sleep.

James Burns
James’s House
Afternoon

James scrounged around his house, he was looking for anything useful, to sell or to use himself. So far all he’d found was 2 toilet plungers and about 15 empty jars, James really wondered what sort of person used to live here. His thoughts were cut short as he spotted a piece of varnished brown wood; he picked it up and turned it around. It was the casing for a radio and after pressing a few buttons it came to life, tuned in to Radio New Vegas

“According to our source in Novac the culprit is a bright yellow bark scorpion with 13 legs called bob” The voice blared out from the radio, James continued to listen

“In darker news escaped legion slaves have reported seeing a top legion operative named Vulpes arrived in cottonwood cove. The last time Vulpes visited the Mojave he was responsible for the slaughter and destruction of Nipton, sources indicate that he plans to do this again. My thoughts are with the people of Nipton” James dropped the radio as Mr New Vegas continued to talk.

James ran outside into the street He noticed people fighting and pulled out his revolver, aimed it up into the sky and fired several times. “PEOPLE STOP FIGHTING WE HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM!!”

Lisa Rodgers – Hidden Valley

Deep within the bunker Elder McNamara was reading reports by various operatives in the fields. He was reading of newly acquired technolodgy and status reports regarding Helios One. Damn, we are getting nowhere without Ace, but I can’t trust the bastard. Speaking of which where the hell is Lisa. As he turned to face the door Lisa appeared.

“Good! you are here, did you read the reports I sent you?”

“Yes sir, but I don’t quite understand what you want me to do?”

“Well, I’ve had scouts reporting on Ace and how he’s taken residence in Nipton. We need to keep an eye out on that drunk, make sure he doesn’t reveal any secrets.”

“I get that but what do you want with me?”

“You are to infiltrate the town and keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn’t do anything foolish. Also, you are to report on the town and send us any illicit technology they may have. This way I can free up a scout, and send them out to keep an eye out on New Vegas.”

“Very well sir, I shall depart immediately.”

“You are to wear your combat armor, your will carry your power suit in a crate and only are to use it in dire situations, but while in public you are not to wear it unless its life or death!”

“But sir, I need my armor!”

“I’ve already given my orders, Lisa, do as commanded and keep to the codex.”

“Yes sir, I shall depart immediately” she turns around and begins to leave

“Oh and Lisa, if Ace betrays the Brotherhood, you know what to do”

All of a sudden she stops, and looks at the Elder, she stammers a bit, “what should I do?”

McNamara stops looking at his reports, “You’re a member of the Circle, you know what to do, kill him.”

She turns around and continues walking, and in a hushed voice says, “Yes sir, as you command”

William Krios - Nipton - Williams Residence

William hears 3 shots from a revolve, waking him up from his nap.

"Is there another fight again" as he got out of the bed with the empty hypos of the stimpak and med-x on the ground he opened the door and felt slightly better. He then putted on his respirator as felt he felt trouble breathing. It stabilized. His head did not hurt anymore, but felt like he was beaten.

“PEOPLE STOP FIGHTING WE HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM!!”

"What the-, everybody is fighting. What is the problem sheriff?!

Karl Kliesmann
Karl went back to the scene of the fight and heard Ryan say "So you're the coward who had those women and children killed? Any man worth his salt would have never given the order, even if his superiors commanded it. Fighting in the streets like animals is better than gunning down innocent women and children! Men like you are why I quit the NCR, so I wouldn't be thought a murderer of the defenseless. Or an oppressor of the weak." There was nothing that Karl hated more than being called a coward. Karl's grip tightened on his shotgun and he screamed at Ryan "How do you have the right to say who is a coward. I was there at Bitter Springs, everyone did what they were ordered and there is no crime for that." Karl's voice softened as he said "One strange spot you're in then, coward if you don't shoot, murderer if you do." Luckily James fired three shots and yelled "PEOPLE STOP FIGHTING WE HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM!!”. All reminicing forgotten Karl jogged up to him and asked "What is this major problem?"

Alexander Winter-Nipton
Alexander was walking away when he heard "So you're the coward who had those women and children killed? Any man worth his salt would have never given the order, even if his superiors commanded it. Fighting in the streets like animals is better than gunning down innocent women and children! Men like you are why I quit the NCR, so I wouldn't be thought a murderer of the defenseless. Or an oppressor of the weak." alexander turned and was about to reply when another man ran in shouting that everyone had to stop fighting, alexander paused in mid-step,he considered something before turning round "why quite simply I've had it" he stayed however to see the outcome of this scene.

Jamie "J.T." Taylor - The Captain's Club

After a brief introduction with Alexander, JT took a drink of his beer. The golden liquid flowed down smoothly, bringing a cooling relief to his ever drying throat. The place got rather busy for a small town wasteland bar in an somewhat, off, location. One man ended up pretty drunk, while at another table a man who seemed out of his mind high was being tended to. JT ordered another beer when a woman walked in, she seated herself right next to JT.

"A new face in town I see?" She greeted him and held out her hand, "Doc Bellamy, but everyone just calls me Cat," she introduced herself as she stared into JT's eyes. It took him a moment to respond, he was taken back by her emerald green eyes.

"Jamie Taylor," he winked, "but I usually go by J.T. It is truly a pleasure Cat." JT shook her hand, her skin was soft, hand warm and comforting. As they exchanged words, a young man came up and tapped Cat on her shoulder.

"Wha... what is it?" she asked turning to face the young fella who apologized for ditching her earlier. "Oh Rod, yea, no worries, kid. You did a good job helping out," she said with a smile. Then Rod mentioned a fella named Jack, Cat's smile turned upside down. "Jack here? What in the blazes? Why isn't he locked up and sleeping off those fumes?" she asked with frustrated sigh. "I'll have a talk with the others. Jack needs to be dealt with and his crazy planters need to be destroyed," she said with a huff, then motioned to Alexander. "Alexander, hit me with a shot of Whiskey, please," she said and dropped a few caps on the counter. He filled a shot glass and handed it to her. Cat took it and downed it in one go. "Ahhhh, I needed that," she said with a grin.

"My kind of woman," JT smiled then took a swig of his beer.

"Oh by the way, Ryan brought a few geckos back. We just need a few men now to cut them up. I've already started a fire," she said to Alexander before looking back to JT, "You are cordially invited to have supper with us, if you like,"

"I'd enjoy that, the desert can be a lonely place, and what better company could I ask for," he smiled, "consider it a date."

Cat left, JT stuck around for one more beer before getting ready to head off to help with the geckos. He had overheard Cat mention she could use some help, and figured he would take that opportunity to chat with the intriguing woman some more. The dull pops of gunfire echoed into the Captain's Club. Alexander stepped outside, returning just a moment later and disappeared into a room. When Alexander came back out, he was holding an Anti-Material rifle in his hands. He stepped out again, JT heard him fire the rifle and shout. JT polished off his beer, left a few caps for a tip and went to see what in the hell was going on.

Standing on the stairs Alexander let it be known that he did not want fighting in the streets, but also mentioned Bittersprings. That he ordered the command to fire. Two men had been fighting, but one shouted something back in utter anger. Another tall skinny man came outside, firing several round in the air and shouted for the fighting to cease, and of an even bigger problem. JT just shook his head, but unsure of the mens reasons for fighting, he choose to remain silent. One more man voiced his opinion, Alexander said he had had enough.

JT strolled casually down the street, to the bungalow he had seen Cat enter when he first arrived in town. He knocked on the door, "Hello? Cat, it's JT. I came to lend ya a hand with them geckos."

(OOC: Short post but it adds to the effect)

James Burns
Nipton Main Street
Afternoon

James turned to those that had gathered around.

“The Legion is Coming”

OOC: Can we have a dinner first and set up a council!? And then build up to the Legion attack, not just have them come out of the blue? You all need to chill! LOL And the short post is way too short and sounds rather out of place, James just heard that Vulpes is back at Cottonwood. Let's not go crazy here...

Cat Bellamy - late afternoon - Nipton - her bungalow

Cat closed the door behind her and Reggie with a sigh and headed into the bedroom. She was stopped short by Reggie's tearful confession.

"Hush now," Cat said softly and joined the younger woman on the couch. She placed a comforting hand on Reggie's arm. "We are all just human and this live sure puts a strain on us. Your heart is in the right place Reggie, and sure, Ace provoked you. Every time we loose it, it teaches us how to control our emotions and actions in the future. Don't let mere words set you off, Reggie, you are better than this. Never give in to a belief that you are not. What's the old saying? Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me? It's a cliche, sure, but it still holds truth," she said with a wink, when Mary walked into the room.

Cat had completely forgotten that Peter occupied one of her beds.

"Mary, we finally get a quiet minute. Let me introduce myself, I'm Doc Bellamy, but you can call me Cat," she said with a smile and then turned to Reggie, "And I this is Reggie, sure, you have met her before, but she had been under a lot of strain lately, so you haven't seen her best side," she added with a slight shrug.

Then she looked down at her soiled clothes. "Excuse me while I wash up and change," she said and grabbed a fresh pair of pants and a t-shirt from a near by cabinet. Then she headed to the bathroom and took off her blood stained clothes. She went over to the sink, turned on the water and washed herself from head to toe. At last, she stuck her head under the sink and rinsed off the sweat and dust of the day. She stood dripping wet in the middle of the bathroom, without a stitch of clothing, when someone knocked on the door.

"I can't get one moment of peace it seems," she said under her breath and reached for a sheet to cover herself, showing only her long, smooth legs and bare arms and shoulders.

When she opened the door, she inhaled sharply, while her cheeks burned crimson.

"JT," she finally said, once her senses returned and then she remembered her wet and tousled hair, she must look a mess. "I wasn't expecting anyone, I mean... my clothes were all bloody and I did sweat a lot and I just got home and..." she babbled incoherently.

Shut up, Cat, she chided herself.

"I mean, sure thanks for offering to help with the Geckos," she said and beamed a smile at him. "Let me just throw on some clothes and I'll walk over to the picnic area with you," she said. "Come on in, have a seat," she told JT and pointed at the dining room table.

"Oh, excuse me, I have a patient in the other room. This is Mary, her husband Peter is my patient, and this here is my roommate Reggie. Mary, Reggie, this is JT," she introduced the two and then she hurried back into the bathroom, closed the door and got dressed.

When she returned, she said, "Well, JT and I will head on out and start supper. By the way, Mary where are your children?" Cat asked concerned. "I don't think it's a good idea to let them roam around town unsupervised," she added with a frown.

Then she turned back to JT, her heart skipped a beat, when she felt his blue eyes on her. "Well, JT, are you ready for that date you promised me?" she asked and felt the warmth return to her cheeks.

Regina "Reggie" Torrez - Raising hell in the street - Afternoon

Even with Ace pointing a pistol of some sort at Reggie, she didn't budge. She was about to throw the larger rock when Ace fire, covering Reggie with small pieces of rock and green goo. Reggie found herself being flung to the ground, Cat had landed on top of her, bringing a scream of pain from Reggie.

"I'm so sorry, Reggie, I'm so sorry," Cat said looking down to Reggie before going over to Peter. That's when Reggie saw his wife in a panic, guilt filled her, she knew he was just drunk and didn't know what was happening. But she had hurt him, pretty badly it appeared from all of the blood, and now his wife and children would be a mess. Reggie pushed herself up from the concrete, the tall muscled guy had taken her side and was now handling the situation.

Rubbing her leg gently, she grit her teeth and tried to stand up, "Oww, my God that hurt like hell."

Cat came over, helping Reggie to her feet, "You ok, hun?" she asked softly.

Reggie fought back tears, "sure, I just need to go back inside," she hobbled with Cat back to the bungalow.

Cat scolded the others, then helped aid Reggie back to her bungalow. "I gotta take these off," Reggie kicked off her boots and thumbed the button on her jeans, "they keep rubbing against it causing it to burn bad." She removed her jeans and grabbed the sheet she used the night before, curling up on the couch.

"I lost it...lost it Cat," Reggie shook her head, "and I hurt Peter for no good reason and caused his family grief, is his wife going to be OK? What about his kids?" A tear ran down her cheek, "I've faced so much crap, people either think I'm a dirty tribal, or just...a whatever. I had to stand up for myself, I can't let these guys, or more so Ace, think he can just walk all over me and call me what he wants. I didn't do anything...NOTHING." She threw her head back onto the arm of the couch and quietly cried.

Ace Makovich - His House - Afternoon

James had appeared and gotten everyone to stop talking with the threats of bad news. Ace turned around and went back to his house; he could care less for whatever problems these natives had, “[censored] them, I don’t need them.” He was curious as to the problem, but would satiate his curiosity later. He was still shirtless, but he liked the breeze that was coming inside his house due to the collapsed wall. Why dirty a shirt, I’ll stay like this for now. He went to the bathroom and looked at himself through the mirror. He was dirty and beat up, he took his clothe off and took a quick shower, washing off the dirt and blood. He looked at the mirror again, and could see a lot better the damage he had taken. He had a gash above his right eyebrow, that was bleeding. Probably might need a stitch or two, [censored], gave my med kit to the doc, but I’m not gonna bother her with this, plus I bet she doesn’t want to see my face. He looks at his right shoulder and sees the big scar he had due to his impromptu solution to the bleeding. It was throbbing, and he noticed a strange mark. He took a closer look and it looked like a hand print had been marked into the wound. What the [censored]! When did this happened? He thought for a minute and the only explanation was when he was fighting with Ryan, he pressed the wound and must have imprinted his dirty native hand into his flesh. He was furious, all he wanted to do right now was a grab a knife and cut the flesh out, and put a plasma shot through Ryan’s eyes. He was reaching for his combat knife, when he was interrupted by a man at the door. He goes out to see who it is.

“Howdy, Clint Belmet, this here is my partner, Felice. We are simple caravaneers transporting our goods from town to town. I specialize in weapons and Bill there carries some armor and other nifty supplies,” A strange man wearing a nicely iron pre-war suit said to Ace as he was standing by the collapsed wall in Ace’s living room/work area.

“Do you have medical supplies? If so I’ll buy whatever you have,” he said asking the two men. I gotta repay the Doc, for what I have done. “I could also use some weapon mods for a cowboy repeater”

The three man do business, exchange goods for caps, as well change some info as to what has happened, Ace informs them to head to the trailer park area, everyone else is there. The men head for the trailer park to see if anyone else would like to buy anything.