Ready to get a move on, I sped off in the direction of my partners and soon enough came walking in through the front door. "You ready to go, Mary?"
"Yup."
"Alright, I'll see you girls later then. Don't go too overboard with the furnishings and decoration planning."
"Mm, we'll try, but we won't make any promises." Rei responded cheekily before all three of the foxes grinned.
Sigh, what are these three up to now?
As I was looking between the three young women and pondering on what they could be planning, Alice said. "Anyway, have a safe trip, you two... Oh, and Mary, keep in mind what we discussed earlier."
"I'll do my best, but he is his own man at the end of the day, so there is only so much I can do."
"That's all we can ask for. Anyway, I wish you luck on your little trip back home." Alice followed up.
I don't know if I'm on the money with this one, but it looks like they may have had some sort of discussion regarding my "luck" with the opposite sex. I mean, I did manage to save a damsel in distress and bring home said damsel in the very short time I was away from them, so it's not like their concern is misplaced if I'm being honest with myself.
And all of this occurred on the very first day we ventured from the undercity... Haa, I wasn't planning on it but I suppose it would be wise to not go looking for or into those few capable females I had a bit of interest in... At least for a good while if I plan on keeping this arrangement from blowing up in my face and turning into a disaster. I only got one shot at making this harem of mine work, so if I screw it up, then that's pretty much it.
Planning on trying my absolute hardest to make sure I don't turn my relationship into an unsalvageable mess, I shared a few words with my Japanese beauty, Rei, and when everyone was basically done saying their goodbyes and sharing a hug; I approached Alice and Rei and gave each of them a kiss whilst Mary looked on with longing and a not-so-subtle hint of jealousy. Finally finished, I threw on my equipment, lent Mary my ancient cross necklace of protection, and headed out the front door.
From there, I dragged Mary along to the loading area located to the south of this gargantuan stronghold, and the moment we came strolling into the area, I led the wild flower to the combat chopper I finished throwing together a short while ago.
As soon as we neared the bike, the energetic young woman let loose a whistle and commented, plenty impressed with the mode of transportation we would be utilizing. "Wow, that's quite the ride you got there, Dom."
"Nn, I just got done putting her together this morning."
"Really?" Mary questioned with an unbelievable expression on her face.
"Have I told you any mistruths up to now?"
"None that I can tell, so I suppose not." She joked.
"Oh, haha." I returned sarcastically as I handed her a helmet I retrieved from one of my nearby robots.
With her safety pretty much assured via my magical cross, her protective helmet, and my presence, I saddled onto my solid black motorcycle before having my eager female companion join me. Once she took her place, wrapped her sun-kissed arms around my waist, and had a solid hold on me, I engaged the bike and told Mary to hold on tight. I then gave it some gas and took off, and quickly flew out of one of the open bays.
Right as we cleared the large opening, I shifted my weight to the left and turned the speedy vehicle eastward and rounded the facility to the gates that had been torn down and hauled away to be scrapped and converted into usable material. I sped past the gate and walls that were rapidly being constructed and hauled ass south, kicking up plenty of dust in the process.
Remaining wary of my surroundings as always, even though my forces were rapidly clearing this wide valley of nearly all hostiles, I extended my perception field to its fullest and kept a close eye on the area around us as we traveled.
I was contemplating whether or not I wanted to use my stealth field, but I think I'll forgo its use for this journey. And since I won't have to cover me and keep me hidden, I'm sure all the racket my vehicle is producing will attract plenty of attention from the local wildlife once we depart from my territory, so I guess I'll be farming a smidgen of exp on our way to Crystal Springs.
Aware that the noise my ride was producing would more likely than not attract the attention of the wasteland's hostiles, I twisted the throttle, further increasing our speed by another level. Driving at 70 miles per hour, I followed the road and headed southwest unimpeded, and not all that many minutes of travel later; Mary and I neared the mountains that surrounded my zone.
I've taken this route many a time in Wastelander 3 and every time I've passed through this tight valley surrounded by arid hills on either side, I've been ambushed by packs of wild dogs.
Pretty confident that I was going to face combat on the route ahead, I halved my speed and informed my female companion. "Mary, we'll probably come face to face with at least a few packs of mutants in the valley ahead, so just be ready for whatever we might face."
Receiving a simple thumbs up in reply, I drove my Black Mamba combat chopper in the direction of the double lane road that ran through the arid hills, that were no longer as dry and lifeless as then once were when humanity dominated earth. Before we even entered the valley, we encountered our first bit of resistance in the way of packs of wild dogs that numbered in the dozens per group.
Just as I expected.
I commented mentally as I observed the nearly 100 wolf sized savage looking mutts waiting in ambush for passersby. With a prime opportunity to put my weaponized bike to the test, I slowed down and came to a complete stop. The second I placed my boots on the ground, I aimed the dual laser machine guns my vehicle was armed with via my recently upgraded helmet and opened fire on the soon to be dead creatures.
My laser fire reached my intended target way before I could even register it, and as soon as the first mutt had a nice big hole burned right through its battle scarred midsection, I began rapidly swapping from one target to another. I hastily transitioned from dog to dog and after firing nonstop for no more than a minute, I found I had slaughtered the entire pack.
"You sure are ruthless, handsome. You didn't let a single one get away." Mary commented from behind, somewhat awed by my actions.
"Well, this will become my territory in due time, so I don't exactly want a bunch of wild mutated dogs that have no qualms about ripping people apart running amuck in my backyard."
"Mm, I suppose not. Though I wish you would've given me a chance to get some action."
"I'm sure there will be plenty of fun to be had on our journey so you can get a few shots in then."
"I hope so." She said lastly before returning her uplifted visor to the closed position.
With the way cleared of all enemies, I gave my bike a bit of gas, brought both my feet up and stuck them on the foot pegs, and took off once again. Driving into the small valley, I scanned my surroundings and saw the environment still retained the arid and dry elements Nevada was known for. But aside from that, there was a plethora of flora strewn about the landscape that looked like heavily mutated variants of their pre-war counterparts.
Those bombs really did do a number on the fauna and flora of Earth.
Imagining the many wild things I would one day discover as I explore and stomp my way through the wasteland, I turned a majority of my attention to the road ahead and just remained aware of my surroundings. Not paying much mind to the many exotic and even magical species of plants that had evolved with the help of shit tons of radiation and exposure to god knows what other elements that got released when the bombs fell over two centuries ago, I kept driving forward upon the cracked sun bleached asphalt.
...
Our trip in the valley wasn't uneventful like I expected, but we fought our way through it nevertheless and arrived on the other side unharmed and without issue.
"Well, that was certainly exciting."
"You can say that again." Mary agreed with her two arms still holding onto my waist tightly.
Recalling the literal hordes of canines we had to annihilate to make it through that path, I told Mary I was going to start picking up speed again. The instant she put her visor down again and tightened her hold on me some more, I doubled my speed and hopped on the 318 Nevada state highway. I took that multilane highway south, fought off several packs of mutants as I traveled on it and eventually encountered another valley, one with sheer cliffs on either side of it.
Slowing down briefly, I examined the area and soon turned to observe the tops of the cliffs. As soon as I had laid eyes on the highest points, I immediately noticed the signs of humans.
What do we have going on up there?
Cautious of what might be hiding up there, I called upon the few bird-like robots I brought along and had them zoom over to scout things out for me. Stopping a few hundred meters away from the steep cliffs, I updated my partner on the oddities I spotted above and told her we had to wait for my Sparrows to find out what's going on up there.
With nothing to do in the meantime, the both of us utilized this brief break we've been given to get to know each other a bit better. Unfortunately for the two of us, my mechanical birds were lightning fast and were able to fly over the area before we could really get that far into our impromptu chat.
"Ho, it looks like a bandit clan took up residence on the cliffs above and they even appear to be using them for ambushing." I interrupted Mary.
"It is a high position on a choke point, so it's not surprising that they would be up there when their MO is about robbing and killing whoever they can."
"Right."
We shared a few more words regarding the situation and eventually got to the issue at hand. "So, what do you want to do?"
"We got plenty of time to work with, so do you feel up to getting rid of bandit scum with me once more?"
"I thought you'd never ask." She replied playfully with her enchanting southern accent.
Having decided on our next course of action, I drove my chopper slowly and silently over to the cliff face, and hopped off of it and left the inbuilt AI to manage things whilst we began scaling the hill that ran up the side.
[ Creatures Killed & EXP Gained ]
Jackals (77) Exp 45,295 - Rock Scorpions (35) Exp 47,513 - Wild Dogs (356) Exp 161,090 - Total Exp 253,898
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