Alright, I have decided not to end the RP and since previous events in the RP left Drakesville to be taken over by Raiders we have returned to HarrisTown, let’s just say that the caravan that brought us there brought us back, and now we are at the gates of Harris Town, Marko is all fixed up but is still injured and weak.

The group had made it to the gates of Harris Town, but something was different the normal guards that were there were no longer there, instead it was Shadows men that they saw at Steel Haven. Things were looking suspicious. One of the men began to talk into a walkie talkie and then the gates slowly opened. Harris Town had changed, a pile of at least twelve bodies was near one of the walls, and buildings were smashed, the people that were alive all stayed in their houses. Crow was shocked and then out go nowhere came Shadow.

“Like my new town?”
“What are you talking about Shadow?!” Lucien asked.
“Well since there was no Mayor anymore I thought I would take over the town!” Shadow said.
Crow could not say anything.

Lucius and the rest of the group realized the situation was hopeless as they were heavily outnumbered and outgunned. The group somehow managed to hop aboard a caravan that was fleeing the city. They laid the injured Marko in the back so that he could recover. The group sat in silence as the makeshift caravan made it's way back to Harristown except for Carla who sat beside Lucius talking quietly.

"Carla, you've been here for a month what do you know about those raiders?" asked Lucius. "Not much except that they attack at least once a week but not with the overwhelming numbers we saw today". Lucius pondered this statement for some time running scenarios through his head but he simply didn't have enough facts. Carla then inquired about the job he was commissioned for which he promptly explained then leaned back to rest as he was completely drained.

Hours later Lucius awoke just as the caravan was pulling into Harristown, what surprised him upon his return to the town was the destroyed buildings and dead bodies. Also the fact the previous security had been replaced by Shadow's agents the same group that attacked Steel Haven. Then out of nowhere Shadow appeared and said, "Like my new town?”. Crow then asked him what he was talking about and Shadow replied that with no mayor it was easy for him to take over.

Lucius looked over to Carla who also had a serious look on her face as they stared at the "giant". Unsure what to do Lucius asked Crow, "Should we take this guy down?".

Normally Crow would have gladly taken up Lucius’s offer but this time he could not, for the simple fact that if they were to attack Shadow all of his assassins would be able to easily get rid of the group, Crow told Lucius that killing him now would be a stupid move. Crow signalled the group to follow him to the HQ, everyone did, including Shadow. Before they knew it they were in the meeting room in the HQ and Crow began to talk.

“Things are not going as we thought they would and know we have a new threat, The Enclave. And so far we have no leads what so ever on the Rockland Mercenaries, we are basically screwed until we find some info, and seeing how the Enclave are everywhere it will be hard. So as I see it we try and find a group of Rockland Mercenaries in hopes that they can lead us to their base, or we take care of this Enclave problem, both will be difficult. And as for the Raiders, Crawley convinced them to be on our side, the ones at Drakesville obviously did not know that, so the Raider leader will tell them that we are allies for the time being. As for now we will go to Steel Haven and alert the Brotherhood of the Enclave problem so we can get reinforcements. Now, off to the barracks everyone we have a lot of work to do tomorrow so we need our rest.”

Everyone headed to the barracks except Crow and Lacy, Lacy approached Crow. “So things are finally getting serious now I see.” Lacy said. “You could say that.” Crow replied. “Yes, well. I am prepared and ready to fight, these Enclave bastards have no place in Rockland as for the Mercenaries we can do without them.” Lucien nodded his head in agreement. “So, what should we do until then?” Lucien asked. “Well, everybody else is going to bed, so why don’t we?” Lacy asked. “You mean together?” Crow asked. “If that is what you want, sure.” Lacy said with a smile. “Well, let’s get going then!” Crow said. The two walked to one of the rooms in the barracks.

8 Hours Later..... 11:21.AM.2279.October 7th

Crow awoke with Lacy by his side, he did not want to wake her so he slowly got out of the bed and collected his clothing and went to a different room to get dressed, after he finished he left the HQ and headed to one of the armour shops and began to look through what through was there, there was not much so he went into the back room hoping for some good stuff, and he found it, it was not exactly armour but it looked awesome. Crow put it on and found a Kevlar vest in a box; he grabbed that to and put that on. He quickly returned to the HQ and went back to his room, as soon as he got in he saw Lacy getting dressed, he did not say anything he just left and went to the armoury. It was full of guns, all of them in perfect condition. He grabbed a modded Ak47 that was silenced, and had a sight on it. Crow grabbed that and a Desert Eagle for safe keeping. Crow was equipped with some new armour and had some new guns, now he just waited for the others.

Marko slipped in and out of conciousness for most of the trip to Harristown, when he was awake he was confused and weak. He spent the next few hours slipping in and out of the darkness that enfolded him, each time awakening to a new scene he couldn't distinguish. Finally, it appeared that he was in one place for good. In his delirious state he couldn't recognize the place he was resting at, but he sensed something familiar about it, so he relaxed. Finally, his eyes closed once more and the darkness enveloped him again, but this time in peaceful sleep.

Marko felt like he had slept for days, as he woke his body was stiff and cold, his muscles were weak and his bones ached. His skin was paler than usual, and the armor he always wore was stripped from his body, along with all of his equipment. Now he was lacking a shirt, but at least he was wearing some comfortable pants. He looked down at his torso to find a large bruise on his stomach where the armor he wore had stopped the bullet. There were clean stitches on his shoulder and leg, with wounds healing underneath. Instantly the memory of the fight with the Raiders flooded his mind, and he became angry with himself for letting a single Raider with a pistol defeat him. In anger he slammed his fist into the soft bed, which did little to satisfy his burning vengance. With a rage-filled mind he unintelligently stood suddenly, ready to take his wrath out on a small stool in the corner of the room. Unfortunately for him, his body wouldn't let him do such a thing, and before he could take three clumsy steps he fell weakly to the ground. Unable to move or quench his angry thirst, he began to sob in shame, never before had he been so weak and so powerless to do anything. Never before had Marko been the weakling, the dead weight, the useless one, the waste of space. Now, he was all of those, and it made him sick with himself. Soon enough his body became too weak to move anymore, and the tendrils of darkness filled his vision once again.

When he awoke his body was still stiff and achy, but his muscles were no longer weak and useless like they were before. Marko was still on the cold metal floor, and he pushed himself off of it, surprised by his speedy recovery. He cautiously tested his muscles, even the injured ones, and found that other than his right thigh and left shoulder, everything was functioning normally. He grinned happily to himself as he paced the room, with only a slight limp. In excitement he began to jog, laughing somewhat hysterically to himself in elation. He thanked his altered genetics out loud, for if he felt pain, he doubted he would be able to even move about now.

He found his equipment placed on a table inside his room, and he smiled to himself as he felt the familiar protectiveness of his own armor cover him. He was surprised to find that the armor had been repaired, and from simply looking at the armor he could have never guessed it had stopped a bullet for him. He found his weapons and other gear in equally perfect condition, and when he had finished getting dressed he stepped out into their HQ, and sat in the foyer to wait for the others.

(Playing as Enclave)

"Harristown in sight, sir."

"What about Drakesville? What's the news on that?"

"Reports say that Drakesville has been taken over by Raiders, but we sent in some Hellfire troops and they cleared the place out. It belongs to the Enclave, now."

"Excellent.. Command the other three vertiberds to land in front of Harristown. Tell them to get all Hellfire troops to unload on the gates immediately, then get the bomb squad to blow down the gate. Then have them send in all available soldiers immediately. We have about 30 men as of now, this shouldn't be too hard."

"Yessir. Alpha-Niner, Beta-Zero, and Omega-Twelve, land in front of Harristown and enable codename VIX-332094. Then enable codename UNF-928372, and then finally enable codename NAK-620084. We will be leading you there, so land when possible. We will provide air support after deploying soldiers, over." The radio buzzed from the other end.

"Copy that, Ground Eagle. Harristown is now in range, landing now. Please deploy all men and give air support when possible."

The other three vertiberds landed in front of Harristown and deployed every man, then the main vertiberd touched down and deployed its special-forces soldiers. They had a newly engineered Enclave armor called Gamma Shield armor. Its helmet had a flat respirator and three titanium bolts pointing horizontally to the back, and the visor was a large, wide glowing blue piece. The armor itself was similar to Enclave armor in some ways, with the same chestpiece, but the boots were thicker, the shoulderpieces went down to the bicep, and had plasma orbs dotting the body. It was considered the most elite, strong armor of the Enclave as of now. The soldiers all jumped out while the front gate of the town was blown off.

The three vertiberds went the other way while the main vertiberd was hovering above the town, now. The soldiers moved into the town, killing any and all. The vertiberd launched one of its four missiles at a large building complex, destroying it all at once. Everybody in town would have known that something was wrong. The town's few guards tried to resist, but were gunned down in seconds.

"Use all missiles to destroy Town Hall." Major Greene commanded.

"But sir, there are maybe 50 civilians in there. I can't.." the pilot said.

"Do it. Now. That is an order."

"No, I refuse. This isn't why I signed up. I didn't join to kill civilians. I'm turning this around." The pilot then turned the vertiberd around and began going back to base.

"I don't think so.. That's not how it works." Major Greene got his plasma pistol and pulled the trigger on the back of the pilot's head. The pilot screamed in pain before near instant death, the blood sprayed across the window and other machinery. The co-pilot watched in horror but didn't dare protest.

"Take this thing back and fire on the Town Hall! NOW!!" Green shouted. The co-pilot did as told and flew back to Harristown. He closed his eyes as he launched all missiles at the enormous Town Hall. The missiles destroyed the building, and debris was launched everywhere.

"Now, that wasn't so hard, was it? Take us back to base." Greene ordered. The vertiberd was then turned and flew back to the satellite relay.

Lucien walked back to the room after getting tired of waiting; Lacy was lying on the bed fully dressed. “Hey.” Lacy said as he walked through the door, “Hello.” Lucien replied. “When are we heading out?” Lacy asked, “Soon, the others have to get ready first.” Crow said, he approached the bed and laid down beside down her, “Well until then, what do you think we should do?” Lucien asked. Lacy smiled but it came to an end as soon as a loud explosion sound came from outside of the HQ. “What the [censored] is going on out there!” Lucien ran out of the room and loaded his AK he quickly went to where Lucius, Adrian, and Crawley where. “You guys some [censored] is happening outside!” before they could reply Shadow came out from a room and asked what was going on, “I do not know but grab a gun and get the [censored] out there! I have a feeling that the Enclave are here!” Lucien said. He turned around and began to run to the exit, but Marko got in his way “Ah Marko, good we need your help grab a gun from the armoury!” Lucien quickly left the HQ after that and returned to ground level, all he could see was the Enclave storming in.

Lucien opened fire and watched as Shadows men came out of buildings, there were at least forty of them and they were all armed with Shotguns, Assault Rifles, Swords, and all sorts of pistols. The men were fast and the Enclaves Plasma Rifles bolts could barley go fast enough to hit them. Lucien noticed a few weak spots on the Enclave’s armour, mainly the neck area and the waist. He was very good at examining armour. Lucien shouted out to the men of the Enclaves weak spots and he saw them all mainly attacking there, which was good. Lucien began to open fire at the men.

Lucius had been sound asleep with Carla laying next to him when all of a sudden a huge explosion rocked the settlement of Harristown. Lucius and Carla awoke with a start, "What the [censored] can't a guy get one good nights sleep, GOODNESS!". Carla gave Lucius a look then climbed out of the bed and was rapidly getting dressed. "Lucius get yourself in gear we've got trouble", Carla screamed. "Yeah, Yeah, I'm up", Lucius replied as he groggily picked himself up and began putting his armor on. The pair with their armor on quickly collected their weapons and made their way outside only to step into another war zone but this time their enemy was the Enclave.

"This is just, Fan-[censored]-tastic", Lucius exclaimed as he watched the plasma wielding power armored troops attack the remnants of Harristown. The only defenders were Crow's group of mercenaries and Shadow's vanguard who had successfully halted the raider attack on Steel Haven. Shadow's men were holding there own quite well but several were reduced to globs of plasma by the Enclave weaponry.

"Hey Lucius, make sure I can get my hands on one of those plasma rifles and I might figure out how to use it". "I'll keep that in mind while I try to keep myself from ending up like that poor sap, Carla", Lucius replied while pointing to the remains of one of Shadow's men. In the nearby distance Lucius spotted Crow fending off a group of Enclave soldiers the other mercs were probably still arming themselves in the base.

Carla opened fire on a soldier who had his weapon trained on Lucius, the shot pierced the soldier's helmet killing him instantly. "Lucius get your head in the game, before you lose it". Snapped back to reality Lucius gripped his infiltrator and crouched as the pair moved to Crow's position. A squad of Enclave soldiers were attempting to flank Crow from behind but the timely intervention of Lucius and Carla forced them to turn to their new assailants. Using his scope Lucius aimed for the vulnerable neck area of one power armored soldier and let loose a stream of bullets, all but one clanged of the near impenetrable armor but the single round was enough to eliminate the soldier but four remained. Carla aimed for the head of another repeatedly firing her laser rifle several of the rounds went wild but four shots had left a gaping hole in the power armor. Lucius aimed and expended his clip dropping the second soldier.

But by this point the squads survivors had regrouped and took evasive action moving to points of cover. One popped out and fired a cell from his plasma rifle which dissolved the dumpster Lucius and Carla had been hiding behind just seconds prior. They had sprinted to cover behind one of the few intact buildings. No one in this standoff made a move each side waiting for the other to make a mistake. When suddenly one of Shadow's men jumped off of a rooftop and stabbed one soldier through his armor pinning him to a wall. The man then drew an assault rifle of foreign make and opened up on the two dumbfounded Enclave soldiers. Lucius and Carla took this break in the action to reload their weapons then shot at the backs of the pair of enclave soldiers. The combined effort of the trio saw both enclave soldiers fall dead due to the hail of gunfire. The impaled soldier during this time tried to remove the sword stuck in his chest to no avail. The man slung his assault rifle onto his back the with a swift motion retrieved his sword then thrust it into the already near dead soldier causing him to slump to the ground. The figure then ran down the street and made a left to join in the action elsewhere.

Lucius and Carla used this brief reprieve to salvage the bodies, Carla collected a plasma rifle which she gave to Lucius to place in his bag, she then collected as many micro-fusion cells as she could. They then made their way to where Crow had taken up cover listening to the sounds of battle being joined all over Harristown. "We sure do get into trouble no matter where we end up don't we Crow?", said Lucius with a chuckle. "Where are the others and what's the plan?".

Marko gripped his weapon grimly as he saw the scene in front of him. Enclave Hellfire and Plasma troopers were flooding the town as buildings creaked and groaned as their foundations burned. The shouts of men and the pvssyr of weaponry echoed in the once great town. Explosions rocked the ground, and fire consumed the remainder of Harristown burned and crumbled under the onslaught of the Enclave. Bodies littered the streets, both civilians and soldiers alike. War was hell, and Marko was right in the middle of it.

After climbing over the rubble of the town hall, Marko lunged himself into the battle, abandoning his riot shield near the entrance to the bunker. He knew that his shield couldn't handle plasma, as the metal would be dissolved in seconds by the gooey substance. He crouched behind what was left of a wall and waited as a Plasma Trooper ran through the street. As the armor clad soldier marched by the hiding spot, Marko opened fire with his shotgun. The first round hit the soldier squarely in the torso, at least causing him to stumble. However, it was clear the man was far from dead, so Marko pumped another round at the soldier. Still no affect.

Frustrated now, Marko slowly approached the soldier, making sure to keep up the rain of shotgun fire so the Plasma trooper couldn't respond. After at least a dozen rounds, the Enclave soldier was barely scratched, his armor taking every heavy shot with extreme durability. Now that he was in striking distance, Marko shot the plasma rifle from out of the Enclave soldier's hand, swiftly following by driving the bayonet under the helmet and into the man's skull. The soldier's hands scrabbled at the shotgun for a few futile moments before the body finally slumped to the ground. Marko stood over the corpse before finally saying, "I have got to get me some of that armor!"

Marko spent the better part of the battle searching for Enclave that had become seperated from the main battle, with little success. Even though he returned empty handed, he could still redeem himself, the battle was still young. Also, Shadow's men couldn't hold off the entire assault on their own. Marko arrived on the front lines near the heaviest part of the fighting. Marko could tell from the amount of plasma fire, bullet holes, corpses, and the defeaning noise.

Crow, Shadows Men, and the Group were all holding off the Enclave proficiently, it was almost a miracle that they were defeating the Enclave, but Crow had a feeling that they would not be winning much longer. Enclave soldiers kept rushing in, it seemed as if they had an entire army, at the spot where Crow was he could see over the town walls and behind the massive amount of Enclave men he saw an oncoming squad of Brotherhood of Steel men, Crow began to cheer. He watched as the Brotherhood attacked them from the back getting a well needed advantage, the Brotherhood took down many men and before the Enclave could retaliate the Brotherhood had already thrown multiple grenades near the Enclave men, Crow watched as the fireworks went off and the Enclave men fell to the ground dead, not all of them, but a hell of a lot.