Not So Lonesome Road 54 Confrontation

As awesome as laser weapons are they kind of suck in situations like this. All of their energy gets scattered by the smoke making the nothing more than glorified flashlights.

Getting rid of any useless thoughts I focused on the task at hand. As long as House was still connected to his systems there was still a chance he could stop me. So I unlocked his secret elevator and took it down to the Antechamber House's home for the past 200 years.

On the trip down I open up my skills list because I finally reached level 20 after killing those Securitrons.

I put all 15 points into Speech because I was going to be dealing with a lot of the bigger factions soon and a high Speech skill would make a lot of things easier.

As for the perk I was very tempted to get Grim Reaper's Sprint which would give me +20 AP every time I got a kill in VATS a gave it up and chose Robotics Expert. It was a perk I could have gotten as far back as level 12 but, put it off because there were better perks available.

Now though Robotics Expert was exactly what I needed. My main reason for getting it was because I wanted to see if it was going to give me knowledge about robots work and how to program them.

Which was something I didn't know yet, and seemed like it would be pretty useful considering I was going to be the proud owner of a robot army soon.

Once I was done with my level up I opened my Pipboy to check my stats.

Special

S 5

P 6(8)

E 5(6)

C 5(7)

I 10

A 5(6)

L 5

Skills

Barter 50

Energy Weapons 15

Explosives 19

Guns 100

Lockpick 50

Medicine 30

Melee Weapons 15

Repair 80

Science 84

Sneak 50

Speech 65

Survival 20

Unarmed 25

Perks

Confirmed Bachelor, Intense Training(1), Friend Of The Night, Commando, Comprehension, Sniper, Adamantium Skeleton, Action Boy, Weapon Handling, Robotics Expert

I closed it satisfied with my stats especially considering I could still go up another 30 levels. Which meant 450 more Skill points and 15 more Perks, which isn't even counting Cybernetic enhancements and other acquired Perks.

The elevator continued to descend far deeper than ground level and it was over five minutes before it stopped.

I stepped out onto a metal catwalk suspended above a giant underground room.

At the end of the catwalk I could see a lone computer and the sealed chamber that has kept Mr. House alive for hundreds of years.

I kept my gun drawn in case there were anymore defenses but, there didn't seem to be any.

It was eerily quiet and I could only imagine what was going through House's mind.

Logging onto the computer I could see the option to open up his pod and expose him to the outside world. It would be so easy to do all I had to do was press a b.u.t.ton but, I hesitated.

Was this the right thing to do?

I still didn't believe that house could successfully lead the Mojave but, I didn't feel right about killing him either. I distinctly remembered that you lose karma in game when you kill him.

"f.u.c.k it!"

Instead of opening up his pod I temporarily disconnected him from his network and rerouted his comms through my Pipboy so I could talk to him.

"So my usurper wishes to speak to me, does he" House's face show up on my Pipboy?

"You and I have a lot to discuss."

"I should say so first of which is HOW THE h.e.l.l DID YOU KNOW ABOUT MY ANTECHAMBER!!!"

I laughed "that's not important, what is important is what's going to happen now. Because as I see it you have two options."

"Let me guess" he scoffed "either I help you take over the Mojave or you kill me, that's it isn't it?"

"Pretty much" I shrugged.

"Tell why did you do this? Are you working for someone else? Do you want fame and fortune? Or are you just an idiot" he spat!

"I did it because I don't think you could lead the world into the future."

"Great, you're one of those people. What did you think I'm a tyrant who needs stopped? Do you even comprehend how much you just messed up! I was going to rebuild The World! I would make the Mojave a functional country in ten years, in fifty I would have men in orbit and in 100 we would be headed to the stars! You my friend have just doomed humanity!

"Dramatic much" I rolled my eyes.

"You mock me but, what exactly are you going to do now! You're just a courier who stumbled into this! While I have been planning for centuries! How are you going to lead humanity go on tell me!"

"That exactly it" I snapped "I have no idea how to run a country which is why I need your help."

"And why would I ever help you!"

"Because" I smirked "I can get you the one thing you'll want more than anything in the world."

"And what's that" House spat!

"A body."

". . . I don't believe you"

"Believe what you want" I shrugged " but, I know exactly where I can get you a new body, just like I know what's in Fortification Hill."

"Again, how could you possibly know that. I would've known if Caesar managed to open the vault."

"I'll explain that some other time right now, though I want your answer."
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"Fine but, answer my question first. What makes you so certain I wouldn't be able to lead humanity?"

"It's not that I don't think you're competent enough or that you're are too harsh, not that I agree with all of your methods. It's that as smart as you are you're not seeing the entire board."

"And you are?"

"No" I shook my head "but, I at least see more than you."

"Prove it!"

"Have you ever heard of the Zetans?"

"What the h.e.l.l is a Zetan?"

"They're a race of aliens that have been observing the earth at least as far back as the warring states period of j.a.pan."

"Pfft, aliens."

"Don't give me that! Have you seen all of the crazy s.h.i.t out in the world compared to that aliens aren't that weird."

"Fine a.s.suming these 'Zetans' are real what does that have to do with anything."

"You mean aside from the fact that they were the ones who launched the nukes 200 years ago."

"Okay now I know you're messing with me?"

"It's true! Probably. That was never explicitly said just heavily implied and don't even get me started on all the other supernatural s.h.i.t . . . we're getting off topic" I shook my head "will you help me or not?"

"I'll tell you what if you can bring me proof of these 'aliens' then I'll help you."

"Fine" I said "It just so happens I know exactly where to find a crashed alien s.p.a.ceship."