Ashley grasped the Badge in her bloody hand. Stunned for a moment. It was only until the Captain was out of the door, she came to her senses. She rushed to the door and stood in it, watching him with her blood pumping in her ears she heard nothing else. Her knuckles were white as she held the badge tightly.

Ash saw the Captain crumple to his knees then fall to the floor. She closed her eyes and turned away. Her hearing returned slowly to the laughter and singing of Dakayev. She watched Nate dive on Dakayev and did nothing but watch with grim satifaction. She suddenly felt dizzy and leaned against a wall then slowly sank down it until she was sat against it.

Dakayev felt the punches rip into his visor.

" You cannot win, you never will! George, lets go, this man has obviously no idea whats at stake!"

He coughed and stood up, dusting off his combat suit

" You won't last long. I'm going. Anyone willing to come , come!"

Dakayev looked at George, waiting to see if he would die with Nathan or join Dakayev and assemble the main faction and slaughter the BOS.

" George, make your decision, I won't hate you for it. Nathan is deluded and he has no idea what he is doing."

Dakayev walked over to the Captains body, slowly hoping Nathan wouldn't shoot him. He bended over and closed the Captains eyes. Then he stood up and un-holstered his Gladius rifle. Three clips left.

" Now then. Lets see who comes. Orson, George? Make your decisions now. Just remember that you will be my enemy if you go with Nathan and join the Brotherhood. "

Dakayev began to sing once more. Tears filling in his eyes, no one noticing them running down his face.

"Yesli na atchiznu nagryanyet bieda, pozaviot soldata truba. Armiya may?, ty na strazhe vsiegda! Ty - may? lyubov i sudyba!

Chorus:

Obyknaviennaya, sudba niliogkaya vayennaya.
Lyubov surovaya, no vyernaya. Gatovy my na ratnyi trud.
My vse, my vse ispytany ni raz, ni dva bayami-marshami.
My at soldata i da marshala - adna simya!

Nash oktyabr s nami v pakhodnom strayu!
S nami pyesni krasnykh baytsov, perbyi dyen, vayny, i pabyednyi salyut, I sudba pogibshikh atsov...

Chorus.

Mchatsya nashi gody, No zhizn moloda!
I pay?t kak prezhde truba.
Armiya may?, ty na strazhe vsy?gda!
Ty - may? lyubov i sudba!"


" My army, my family, the red star rising above the horizon of victory..............."

Pain beat through my heart and through my veins, but I wouldn't stop breathing, all that was changing was the pain, getting worse and worse. I lay there for what felt like forever, before I opened my eyes a crack, I could see red flashing and I closed my eyes again. Why am I not dying? I ate a goddam pill that's supposed to kill you! I watched my life flashing through my memories but I stuck to one moment that stayed there. I clung to it like a lifeline.

I layed there and I thought I heard voices and footsteps, but all I knew was that I wasn't going anywhere... I didn't know what I wanted now, whether I wanted to live, or whether I wanted to die, I stuck to the choice that I made though and I fought against it. The blood was clogging in my veins, the pain was beating along with my heart but I refused to give in, I started growling as the pain just kept going up and up making me feel worse and worse. I remembered so many things in that short time.

I remembered my family begging to let me go along with these people... I remembered my last moments with the one I loved... As well as the last time I saw Ashley. I felt a great need to cry, to yell, to scream, to not say a thing, but I couldn't do any of it. Is this what death is like? Fighting against yourself, choosing whether you want to stop it or keep it going? I fought and fought, but nothing came out of it, I knew I had one hope, but knowing my luck...

My one hope had probably already left.

OOC: Sorry for the double post, but I'm not dead, nor alive, I'm at a halfway point and it could swing either way, I'm still breathing here. And if someone decides to help me live, I probably won't be able to post about it as I'm leaving to go somewhere for a few hours, so... Yeah, just drag me along, hand me over to the BoS, leave me there breathing, whatever guys... I'm sure my sig can represent how I feel at the moment.

OOC: If you guys don't mind him dying COMPLETELY

Dakayev heard the Captains panting. He grew nervous as to how Nathan would react to this. He saw Ashley against the wall.

" Damn you, you both are pathetic! Sitting there cowling under the dirt. You should both die!"

Dakayev looked at the Captain. He was in pain and misery, and Dakayev began to sympathize him.

Nate saw Dakayev looking down at Ryan, as he began to move. Nate reacted immediately by bolting out of the room, not even saying anything. He ran to the best of his abilities to where the captain was laying, and knelt down beside him. He was breathing.

Nate started to smile. Then he looked at Dakayev and frowned.

"Get out of here." Nate said solemnly as he looked back at Ryan.

He slid his hand underneath his back and lifted him up, hoisting him over his shoulder. He limped back to the door, and looked in at Ashley, who hadn't noticed anything.

"Ashley, Ryans alive! I'm going to get him some help. Come if you like." Nate explained.

He walked around the corner and saw a group of Brotherhood troops, all kneeling down next to the building.

"Hey!" Nate shouted, getting their attention. He put his hands up, and hoped to god that they wouldn't shoot.

Dakayev grinned

" You damn idiot, I knew we should have never trusted you!"

Dakayev awaited Georges and Orsons response before leaving off to Megaton ( Ask francois)

((OOC: I just saw this post after I PMed you Enclave... And i'm pretty sure Francois wanted his character to survive... I guess you just ruined his chance of going further in his own RP... People in the BoS, I reccomend not reacting until Enclave and I have stopped disputing once more.. we should take this into PM so we dont fill up the RP Enclave.))

Edit: ((OOC: Oh yeah, and i'm pretty sure the group of BoS soldiers would annihilate Dakayev after he shot one of their troops. Afterall they greatly outnumber you. And Silly Cat didn't even say what he decide to yet anyway.))

((OOC: I'm sure Francois would dissaprove of what Enclave just did, and Enclave isn't online to dispute with, so I just would like to disregard Enclave's last post.))

Edit: ((Sorry for the double post.))

(OOC by the way the BoS have no NPC's with them and we weren't just picnicking out in the open, we were hiding in super secret spots :ninja: . No BoS soldiers died as there was no-one but characters to kill, dang I wish I could clean this Rp up a bit Last, best hope I'll pm you with ideas and then we'll get back to this, is that cool?)

((OOC: Sounds good, and yeah, there are some things that I wish would've went differently also.))

((OOC: Did Enclave Radio go power-mad?))

((OOC: I believe so. ._.))

((OOC Alright everyone, Last, best hope of humanity and I have pm'ed each other about the current situation. In the absence of Francois, he has left, Last, Best and myself in charge. So we've decided to push the 'rewind' button and go back a couple of steps. The BoS characters including the LW have taken up positions around the outpost. We are in hiding so no-one can hear, see or smell us except for other BoS characters. Feel free to expect that the BoS are coming but you don't know if it's a huge force or small or what ever.

Ok now on to you I:F characters, the captain (Francois's character) is in the house dying from the cyanide pill. The rest of you have a choice, you can either stay with the captain or you can leave with Dakayev (Enclaves character). If you choose to leave with Dakayev you will be leaving the house immediately, no hugs or kisses goodbye. You will travel off to Tenpenny's without noticing the BoS.

Once the characters who choose to leave with Dakayev have left the outpost, the BoS soldiers will believe the outpost has been left empty and go in to investigate. There in the outpost the BoS will find the half dead captain and anyone with him. From there you will become apart of the BoS. If for some strange reason you wish to stay with the captain but don't want to join the BoS get your character to say "I'm not coming with you" then you can go off with Dakayev or get eaten by a death claw or something like that.

If anyone has any further ideas, quarrels, questions or anything of the sort, pm me. This Rp has had enough OOC to last a lifetime. By all means you can still OOC just not about this issue and only if it's important and not spam.))

Edit: Just look up at this post Enclave, don't worry about it, just read this and let's get back to the Rp.

OOC: Grr, sorry guys, I haven't been RPing well. I'm just so tired......... Its 10:00 PM right now, and I'm ready to sleep on the keyboard. Forgive me if I did anything stupid. If you guys could PM me what you want me to edit than I can quickie edit my post........... .sounds good?

(OOC: Sleep is overated ^_^ It's 5am here.)

Ashley was sat down still, her eyes closed and asleep when Nate came into the room carrying the Captain. She woke up slowly and bleary eyed. Unsure what she was seeing was real or a dream. "... Nate?" She sat up when she saw who he was carrying, still breathing. "Is he still alive?" She stared at the body in his arms. Ash got up from her postition by the wall and went to examine Ryan. "Surviving a cyanide pill... Not an easy achievement." She smiled a little bit. "Though it was probably pre-war and not much use."

(OOC A little opening post to get us rolling.)

IC:

As we took up positions around the outposts we heard, yelling and what sounded like a fight. I signaled the other men to stay down and maintain silence. I got into a prone position and hid between some rubble, I could see the outpost through a small crack. I managed to spot that same sniper who had shot Sarah, I felt myself begin to swell with rage but I took a deep breath and held myself back, I wasn't about to put the whole team in danger because of my emotions. I watched on as I saw the man leave, he signaled for others to follow but I couldn't see who they were or even if anyone followed him. I used the short wave radios to contact the team.

"Ok guys, we are to wait until we can see no movement and the soldier or soldiers have left. I will then give a signal and and we will begin to move in to the outpost. When I give the signal load your weapons and be cautious but don't fire unless your about to die or I say so. Watch for my signal, Andy out." As I whispered into my radio I hoped it was loud enough for everyone to hear. I also hoped they were in a position where they could see my signal.

Nate elbowed the door with his free hand, and sent it flying open. He stumbled over to where Ashley was sitting, and knelt down.

"Damn, how many times have I have had you on my shoulder today Captain?" Nate joked.

"Is he still alive?" Ashley asked nervously.

"Yeah, hes alive. I guess that cyanide pill was defective." Nate said, laying the captain down on the ground.

Nate remember he had some stimpaks in his bag, which was laying in the corner of the room.

"Hold on, I still have some stimpaks left, I haven't used any of them yet, surprisingly." Nate said, as he stumbled over to his bag, and brought it back over to the captain's side.

Nate unzippered a pocket of his bag and pulled out all of his medical gear.

"Here we are." Nate said, laying his medical equipment on the ground next to Ashley.

The captain was unconscious, but his head kept moving back and forth slowly as if he were having a bad dream.

Nate leaned over the captain and grabbed his chin,

"You're not leaving us Ryan, hang in there."

"Thank you Corpor- Wait, Captain Tesla now isn't it? Unless this," She gestured at the alive Captain. "Automatically revokes that." Ash took hold of some of the stimpacks, pressing the stimpacks into Captain Harris' flesh. "This will keep him alive... For a while. The cyanide will still be in his bloodstream... We need more help than just simple stimpacks." The wiped the back of her hand across her forehead then went to work on the wound's he and Dakayev inflicted on him.

The job was laborous and added with her own exhaustion, difficult. She examined both sides of Ryan and tutted. "Bullet went in... Didn't come out again. It should be..." She traced her hand across his chest then pressed a finger down. "Here. And with his liver punctured... " She sighed heavily and stayed quiet for a few moments. "We just don't have the medical equipment to preform surgery." She was quiet for a while again as she looked up and down Ryan then at Nathan. "We need help."

Andrew heard Andy's order and radioed, "Guys, I found a hatch hidden under some gravel, do you think we could use it to suprise those soldiers by coming up from underneath."

I heard Andrew radio in with information.

"Guys, I found a hatch hidden under some gravel, do you think we could use it to surprise those soldiers by coming up from underneath."

I radioed back.

"Good find Andrew, we could use that as a way to get in without being noticed. I'm still not sure how many of them are in the base at this time, we don't want to be walking into an ambush. I'll hang back and watch the enemy movement, Andrew I want you to go down into the sewer and make sure there are no nasty surprises waiting for us. The rest of you, I'm giving you a choice you can stay up here and watch the enemy movement or you can go down with Andrew and make sure the coast is clear. However you are not to venture into the outpost, when the time is right I will join you down in the sewer and we will move as a team to the outpost. Andy out."

"I have your back Andrew." Knight said, moving cautiously to his position. He'd rather be down in the tunnels than out in the open anyway.

George looked at Dakayev. He barely knew him, but knew that he would be better off following him than join the Brotherhood.

"Alright Dakayev, we best get moving to Tenpenny Tower. As in soon as possible."

George packed his stuff, and holstered his pistol. With the captain nearly dead, and Nate and Ashley standing there, he decided that he would side with Dakayev, and continue the Invisible Factions conquest.

((Short post, but seeing as how everything is still a little confusing, i'm just saying i'm siding with Enclave. ))

Andrew said, "Alright Mitchell, I'm glad I have some backup." He then opened the hatch and climbed down the ladder into the tunnel. Once down there, he surveyed the area and heard voices coming from further ahead. Andrew radioed, "I can hear voices, but I can't discern their exact location. Any advice?"

((OOC: Good, i'm glad that Silly Cat went with Enclave, because now it wont be just Enclave leaving. By that, i'm not saying that i'm glad Silly Cat won't be with us, (Because its fun rping with you.) i'm just saying, as i've said already, now Enclave won't be a loner. Its good that we've turned this RP around also, its looking much better now than it was before. I'm probably not going to post IC again until the BoS come in, (Unless something else happens which requires my reaction or response,) so keep the posts coming you guys, this rps turning out great.))