Adam was leading at the front of the pack and Eve proved to be just as fast, staying right on his tail. Deccanus was shortly behind followed by Salvatore after that. Rae and the Buddy lacked the speed to keep up but were coming from the very back.
As soon as Adam stepped through the doors he saw a room full of super mutants, so in a state of half readiness since they had heard the gunfire from outside but didn't take it seriously enough.
Adam imdiately filled the first super mutant he saw with a near full cell of laser fire from his pistol, hitting him in the sa place in the chest over and over until a hole had been burned through his body.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw a super mutant charging him with a sledge hamr but Eve jumped in the way and spun her claws to dizzyingly fast speeds and then thrust them into the chest of the super mutant. In re monts she had drilled two holes through the beast and she now held up its large, lifeless, corpse with her still-impalled arms.
Deccanus was the next one to enter with his spear raised and ready to be thrown. The mont he crossed the threshold he threw the spear with enough force to impale one of the huge mutant n into the wall. Then, while it struggled against the spear, still fully alive and ready to fight, Deccanus charged through the slowly growing battle past several other mutants, drawing his machete and cutting off the mutant's hand. A mont later the head was next to fall.
As one of the other remaining mutants reared around to shoot Deccanus in the back, Salvatore walked in, rifle raised and then elegantly and efficiently put the mutant down. 5 to the head, 10 to the chest. Just like that it collapsed without having fired a shot.
Two more were now ready to engage the group, having only vaguely picked targets but Adam and Salvatore gunned one down and the other was impaled and cut apart by Eve and Deccanus respectively. 4 more began to pour out of the side rooms yelling all the while however it was now ti that Rae arrived blasting laser fire at the super mutants as the rest of the group split up and took cover from the mutants who ca out firing.
One of the super mutants had a rocket launcher. He was the first target. Salvatore fired twice, one for each eye. Hitting the first one cleanly and missing the second one by an inch. Blinded by the attack it was Eve who had picked a chunk of rubble large enough to weigh at least a hundred pounds and chucked it at the super mutant. As it fell over the rocket launcher went off, hitting the ceiling. More rubble fell down from above, hitting so of the group and all of the super mutants.
Rae was unaffected and kept pushing forward firing their laser emitters without delay, Eve too took advantage of the chaos to charge forwards.
Now, finally, Buddy arrived, and with his souped up laser emitters he decimated one of the Super mutants alone, turning him into naught but a pile of ash on the floor.
Another super mutant was lit up with the laser fire from Rae's heavier but slower firing lasers, buying ti for Eve to charge up to the mutant and drill her hands through the chest of the mutant.
The last one remaining, partly covered by a handful of rubble, was put down by a handful of rounds to the head by Adam. Then, it was quiet.
"Is that all of them?" Salvatore said, surprised how well that had worked.
"Up here?" Adam said before stopping to listen to his surroundings. "Maybe. But we still have 3 floors below us, this floor is the smallest." Adam then looked to the door to the stairway and then down the hall to the second stairway door.
"Rae, Buddy, move that Nuka cola machine over there on the wall in front of that door right here." He instructed his robots to blockade the door so when they descended they couldn't be flanked from behind. As they began moving Deccanus grabbed the arm of one of the mutants, partly examining it, partly just ssing around.
"I think that was a pretty effective fight, don't you?~" Eve said, playfully as she spun her claws around quickly to shake off all the blood that had stuck to them.
"Yes but we must remain vigilant…" Deccanus said as he slowly dropped the arm of the super mutant. "I fear this group may have a Behemoth." The entire group looked at him, minus Rae and Buddy who were working.
"What gives you that idea?" Salvatore asked, carefully.
"These super mutants, they are of the Eastern FEV strain…" He paused and then pointed to the arm. "Those stretch marks, on the arm, they are indicative of the variant that allows the Mutants to grow infinitely. It is not yet certain that there is one here but these mutants have the capacity for it. It is best to proceed with caution." Deccanus inford seriously.
"How the hell would a super mutant behemoth even fit in here? This is all a normal sized building and ceiling."
"I can not answer that. Perhaps it beca trapped?" Deccanus offered within a shrug.
"Excuse , I can infer, but for the sake of understanding what kind of threat has everyone looking so wary, what is a super mutant Behemoth?"
"A large, very strong super mutant, usually around 20 to 30 feet tall. Its musculature forces growth in an uneven manner so it is often clumsy and lopsided but its strength is enough that it can even throw a car with ease." Deccanus said, painting a picture for Adam.
"Suffice it to say they are bad news." Salvatore said with a grim tone.
"I think this makes it far more interesting~" Eve interjected with a maliciously excited tone. "It would be uninteresting if it wasn't a challenge."
"It won't be interesting if you are in pieces." Salvatore said to her, Eve turned to look at him and was about to speak when Rae chid in.
"Sergeant! We have successfully completed the task you assigned!" They said with an overly happy tone as usual as they indicated to the heavy nuka cola fridge now blocking the door."
"I'd say throw sothing else in front of the door too, just one vending machine isn't enough to stop an angry super mutant." Salvatore said casually, disengaging from his forr conversation with Eve.
"Agreed." Deccanus said back calmly. Adam nodded and then looked to the standing vending machine that was next to where the nuka cola machine was a mont ago.
"Rae, can you and buddy move that one too? Drop it on its side once it's in front of the door, it will be harder to move."
"Right away sir!" Rae said happily as the two robots then moved to start pushing the next machine. Adam decided to walk over to, and check, the nuka cola machine, who knows, it might still have so soda inside.
As it turns out he was right to check, the nuka cola machine had not just one soda, but 5 bottles available. They were all the classic flavor, not any of the other types, but nuka cola was a great thirst quencher no matter what.
He pulled them out and then tossed one to Deccanus and Salvatore.
"Spoils of war." Adam joked as he uncapped another one himself, throwing the cap into his pouch, bringing him back up to a cool 15 caps. "I'd offer you one too, but you can't drink." Adam said to Eve.
"I understand~ But do let know if you find any good coolant, that I will gladly take." She said with a more playful and joking tone than anything serious.
Salvatore imdiately uncorked the bottle and drank his nuka cola with gusto, whereas Deccanus looked at it hesitantly.
"What, have you never drank Nuka Cola before?" Adam asked as he looked at Deccanus, now moving out of the way so Rae and Buddy could push the vending machine into place.
"I… have not…" Deccanus said slowly.
"What?" Salvatore said with so surprise. "Really? Then you are in for a treat." He grinned. Deccanus still seed hesitant but eventually uncapped the bottle and took a sip. His eyes went wide when he drank it but he did not drink more.
"This is a… strange beverage. I do not know how to feel about it." He continued, cautiously.
"Is it the bubbles?" Adam guessed.
"Yes, it's the bubbles." Deccanus returned, Adam grinned.
"Well if you don't want it I will drink it for you." Adam said, hand outstretched, ready to enjoy a second glass. Deccanus looked at Adam and then at the nuka cola bottle again and then pulled it closer.
"No, thank you. I must spend more ti understanding this drink." He said as if he was planning to study a new animal. Adam laughed and then stashed the two extra bottles in his bag for later.
"I report we are finished moving the machines sir!" Rae said from behind as they finished fully blocking the door.
"Alright, we got three floors to clear, everyone ready?" Adam asked as he turned to the group. Salvatore checked his magazine, Deccanus grabbed his spear from the wall, and Eve simply stood there, ready to go as needed. "Then let's go kick so more mutant ass."
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