Time's Running Out

The Ragtag Reapers are in a tight spot. For those of you that don't know of The Ragtag Reapers, I will recap their adventures quickly. There was 9 mercenearies that met in Rivet City. After they all met, they got on a vertibird to find two chhldren who had been kidnapped by a crazed wastelander. They got near Evergreen Mills and their vertibird was shot down. A few of them went down with it, but others escaped. Now we get to were we are now. Mel and Travis are seperated from the rest of the group. Erin, John, River, and Mikhail are in a shack to the northesat of Evergreen. And, to make matters worse, a group of raiders are approaching Mel and Travis, and its low visibility from a sandstorm.

This is the meaning of tension.

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The 3 raiders were using rocks as cover, as they approached the two people standing by the cliffside. They had to be careful, because they wanted to surprise them, and capture them. As they got closer, they were ready to fire, but they knew to wait. Maybe the two could lead them to the others

Travis unstrapped his gun. The small building up ahead might've been where the others were, but you couldn't be too sure in a situation like that. "Let's just hope this is it." Travis told Mel. He slowly began walking to the building. It was still a bit away, but he still had to be cautious. If he rushed things, it could result in getting killed.

John pulled his scarf down and looked out a small window, the wind still blowing strong. He had his rifle held near his chest, ready to shoot anyone that looks to be a threat. "Dam weather," John muttered, it made it hard to see almost anything more then a few metres away. John looked at the rest and frowned when he saw the odd one playing cards, John turned back to the window, he wondered how long the storm would last, sometimes they could go on for days, or drop in a matter of minutes.

((OOC: I feel like I'm the only one who frequently posts here. Could you guys get on more often to make this RP.. Funner?))

Travis could now see the building in almost clear view. He quickly double checked his gun to make sure it was loaded. He had already loaded it in the vertibird. He came to the door, and wrapped his hand on the doorknob. He turned it slowly, then when he couldn't turn it any further, he quickly opened the door. He was relieved and lowered his gun when he saw River, Mikhail, John, and Erin inside the building.

Mel had followed Travis. He was relived when the ghoul lowered his gun.

This must be the place. Mel thought.


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The 3 raiders saw the 2 people entering the building. They knew that must be the place. So the leader pulled out his assult rifle....and fired. Luckily the shots missed and hit the building, but the raiders began a charge.

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"Holy crap!" Mel yelled out as he heard the shots and saw the raiders "Get into the building!"

As the door burst open Erin sprung to her feet and spun around, drawing her magnum as she turned. The barrel of the pistol pointed at the door. She lowered her pistol when she noticed it was the ghoul.

"Where's Mel?" she asked, putting her pistol in her holster, before the ghoul answered Erin added, "Close the door, we're trying to stay out of the sand storm."

She sat back down and put her boot back on. Then began dumping out the rest of the sand from her pockets. After that she cleaned sand from her hair and started fixing it.

No wonder hardly anybody lives out here in this hell hole, she thought to herself.

She heard shots ring against the building.

"What was that?"

"Mel is right behind me." Travis told. But then he heard gunshots from outside.
Travis opened his eyes widely when he heard the gunshots. He held onto his helmet with one hand and ducked down, trying to run to cover without getting shot. He knelt down beneath a window. He raised his gun and smashed out the window with the back of his assault rifle. He got the barrel of the gun to aim out the window, and he began firing rapidly in hopes that it would kill whatever was out there.

John smashed open the window he had been looking out from, he was annoyed he hadn;t noticed them earlier, the sandstorm covering their movements. John aimed his Enfield rifle out the window, looked around for a target, seeing the outline of a target he fired and saw it crumple to the ground. John pulled the bolt back of his rifle, the empty bullet case being ejected, closing the bolt John picked his next target, killing another raider with a second well placed shot. A burst from an assualt rifle hitting around the window forced John to duck back in, "Where did they come from?" John asked, he was surprisingly calm for someone that was stuck in a firefight.

"Were next to Evergreen Mills!" Mel said to John "They came up here to capture us!"


He then pulled out his Modified Sniper Rifle to scan for outlines. He then spotted one, but it was in an odd position.

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The last raider up there watched as his friends died. He decided that he was going to do this the hard way. He knew he would get in trouble for it, but he pulled out a grenade and threw it in through one of the windows

Double post. Sorry

Travis had tossed a grenade outside. He hoped it would explode and kill the Raider. But then a grenade came in through the window.

((OOC: Sorry for double post didn't mean to do that.))

The raider had hid from Travis's grenade. He dove behind a rock after he threw it, and waited for his to go off.

"Holy [censored]!!! Grenade!!!!" Travis yelled. He got up and startde to run to the other end of the room, but the grenade exploded. Travis was knocked to the ground. The explosion damaged his leg, and he couldn't get up. His leg wasn't broken but it was still injured. Bits of shrapnel had penetrated parts of his leg also. "Damn it!!" Travis yelled in pain. "Does anybody have medical experience?!"

Mel looked at Travis, whos leg had just been injured. "Everyone get out of here! Ill take the raider down. He may have more grenades, and I don't want to lose an entire team like last time...." Mel yelled out at everyone "They might send reinforcements!"

John managed to get further away, only catching some shrapnel in his back, but nothing serious. John went back to the window and looked for the raider with the grenade. John felt the pain in his back, but looked out into the desert, no seeing the one who threw the grenade. "where are you?" John muttered to himself, aimming his rifle out of it, ready to fire at the first sight of him.

John after hearing the order brought his rifle back in, pulling up his scarf again to go out in the blowing sand. John was the first to leave, looking around, he went towards where the grenade must of come though. Keeping low to make sure he is a harder target.

When the grenade flew through the window Erin quickly rolled out of the room. Then she heard someone in pain, the ghoul was hurt. She located him and ran over to him.

"Its Travis right? Where does it hurt?" Erin said.

Erin weaved her arms through the ghoul's arms and began dragging him into a safer room.

Travis clenched his teeth in agony. His leg felt like it was on fire. "My left leg is hurting like hell.. What can you do about it?" Travis asked Erin.

The raider saw John coming. He pulled out his assult rifle, and began to aim. He still wanted one or two alive, but he was sure his boss wouldnt mind if one of them went missing. He opened fire on him.

John dropped down into the sand as the raider opened fire, with no cover avalible this was his best chance. Aiming his rifle he fired and hit the rock next to the raider, though it was shock enough to scare the man into cover for now. John picked hmself back up and made forward towards a rock he could get behind for cover. John heard as another burst went by him, breaking into a sprint John managed to get behind the rock just as another burst came his way. John rested for a moment, trying to catch his breath.

Erin frowned and shook her head, "Not much I can do, but this might help."

She pulled out a stimpack, and before there could be any protest she injected it near the injury.

"Its still going to hurt, but the injury should heal up soon," Erin said pulling up her FN FAL, "I'll be back."

Rolling her rifle up to her shoulder she peaked out the window. The raider was well hidden. Someone would need to sneak out and find him. Erin crept over to Mel and told him her idea.

"Oh [censored]. John's under fire from that raider." Mel said. He was worried. Under his breath he said "I hope this isnt like that mission for Talon."

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The Raider knew he was gonna die, but he wanted to go down fighting. He pulled out part of a ham radio so he could contact HQ.

"This is Lenny. I am under fire and need back-up ASAP" He said into the radio. He then pulled out one more grenade, held it for a long time, and jumped up and ran for the shelter, the grenade nearly ready to blow.

Travis was in a clear view of what was happening. Straight ahead past the open front door was the Raider with a grenade charging at the shack. "Guess this is my first kill." He said to himself. He unholstered his pistol, and aimed. A moment of aiming for precision passed, then he pulled the trigger. The bullet from the 10mm dug itself into the Raider's head, and he fell over dead. The grenade exploded then, which made his body go back a little.

"That wont be the last one," Mel said "He probobly called in for reinforcements..... I have a plan. If he did call in reinforcements, then I have an idea to get you guys safe, but it's really desprate."

John looked as the raider ran past him, "What is he doing?" John asked himself. Seeing the raider get shot and then get blown apart by his own grenade John picked himself up and looked at what remained of the raider, most of his upper body had been blown away, and half his head. The man dead, from the bullet or the grenade, hard to tell. John rested his rifle on his shoulder and walked back towards the house.