Chapter 19: Guess Who Just Got Back Today
Oh god it feels like I've been gone for weeks.

I guess Boone and Jango weren't stupid enough to get caught like I was.

I can't wait to breathe fresh air again.

Christ, I've never been happier to see a lifeless desert.

Need to make a few detours and collect my traveling partners.

Jango, I'm so pop flyin' to see you again.

Never leave me again.

I can't imagine Boone would come back here, but I don't know where else he would be.

Oh hell, you are here. Well let's get moving then.

Heh.
Hahahahaha. AAHAHAHAHA THAT FUCKING DINOSAUR.
Oh god it's... hahaha. Oh man.
I'll never go back to that fucking place.

Yeah, no shit.
Wait, are you talking to me on your own? Something on your mind, Boone?

Bitter Springs?
Wait, you were at Bitter Springs? Boone, the things First Recon did there...
You weren't part of that... were you?

Miscommunication? It was a slaughter!



I guess I wasn't there so I can't judge, but...
Boone, you can't just mindlessly follow orders, or else shit starts going downhill fast.

I guess you still think about it, huh?

So now you want to go there again.

You'll get some closure, at least.

It's fine, Boone. We're doing this together. Because we're friends.
Not just some assholes forced to work together because of explosive slave collars.

Fuck me, that's a long walk across unfamiliar land.

I wonder what the odds are of me getting knocked out and dragged to two separate deathtrap casinos after getting lost two times in a row?

Yes, radioactive geckos are much better than zombies with glowing eyes and invincible holograms.

Shit, I will gladly take a deathclaw over those fucking... whatever they were in the casino villa.

Especially now that Mama's got all her fun toys back.

Ready... Aim...

FUCK.

I think this missile launcher suddenly got a whole lot more useful.

Now, where were we?

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE FIREWORKS?

This thing isn't as accurate as I'd like so I have to let those things get awfully close.

Luckily Boone seems to be drawing their attention.
What a fucking badass silhouette.

SHIT, SORRY.

Let's finish this up without killing our teammates.

I knocked it down. I knocked it down?
I KNOCKED IT DOWN. IT'S BEEN SO LONG I'VE FORGOTTEN I COULD DO THAT. THOSE FUCKING GHOST PEOPLE WERE IMMUNE.
Ghost people confirmed more durable than deathclaws.

Fuck shit, what is THAT?

GODDAMN THING STUNG ME.

Holy FUCK that thing was fast.

Thankfully I have plenty of antivenom. I won't even question the fact that every venom needs its own cure.

I did not miss the Mojave's lethality, to tell the truth.

Luckily I won't have to worry about it anymore.

I highly doubt that sign was here when the Khans ran this place.



Let's head there then. Walk me through this.

Looks like this is the spot. What am I looking-

OKAY yeah just sneak up on me okay.

Fairly simple tactical decision, I imagine.



Oh, Boone.
Boone, no.

And there you have the Bitter Springs Massacre.

I know they're a bunch of hardasses, but... women and children, man.


Take your time. I've more or less forgotten what I was doing before I was kidnapped anyway.
Several hours later...
God, my back. Sleeping on a boulder was a bad idea.

Oh SHIT.

No such thing, Boone.
What are they doing here, though?

Well I guess they saved us the trouble of hunting them down.


I'm not going to think about what that could mean.

The last thing I need is a suicidal bodyguard.

WELCOME TO THE PARTY, BOYS.

THERE AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE A LEGION RAIDING PARTY.

BECAUSE A LEGION RAIDING PARTY DON'T STOP UNTIL EVERYONE IS DEAD.

And that's all she wrote.

Oh wait I had one more.

Shit, some got around us.

Da
mn but there were a lot of you fuckers.

It means we're fucking awesome.

We're partners, man, it ain't no thing.


Doesn't work like that, Boone.

Shit happens, Boone. You can't just wait around for some punishment you think you're receiving.

Just live your life, Boone. I'm not saying to forget about what you've done, but you can use those experiences to make yourself a better person.
Begin again, but know when to let go.

Maybe I should leave you to that, then.

It's good to be back.