The three of them were up for most of the night having to use a couple of Simpacks and alcohol to heal the wounds of the bug woman for her injuries were worse than they looked with broken bones and slight internal bleeding but they managed to keep her alive. Courier watched her as she laid on the bed he was on about 24 hours ago.

"Sigh. Can't really wrap my head around her." Courier told Doc Mitchell. "Looks impossible yet at the same time too natural to be a mutant." He told him.

"Can't say I disagree with you there." Doc Mitchell spoke. "It'll be a couple of days or so for her to wake up, I would say longer but she's healing some what faster than a human can." He told Courier. The two were about to speak some more when Sunny came in with a box having left earlier.

"I went to get some of my old clothes. Figured she would want better clothes than what she has now." Sunny explained herself. The three watched the woman on the bed for a few minutes before Sunny spoke up again to Courier. "By the way, Trudy would like to meet you. She works at the saloon." Sunny tells Courier.

"What for?" He asks her.

"She is basically the town mom, so she wants to meet and get to know you." Sunny explained to him.

"Well if that's so then I may as well do so." Courier told her and got up. "Let me know went she wakes up Doc." He told Doc Mitchell and then left the house and entered the saloon only to find what was likely to be more trouble coming soon.

"I'm done being nice. If you don't hand over Ringo in two days by noon, my boys and I will come in burn this town down as we look for him. Got it?" A man in a uniform tells a woman who must be Trudy. Courier put his hand on his 10mm pistol as the woman responded.

""we'll keep it in mind, now unless there's something you want to buy here get out." She told him. The man just ran out of the building. Courier moved to a seat and sat down taking his hand off it as Trudy moved to him.

"So your the guy the Doc was taking care of. Good to see your up and walking, welcome to Prospector Saloon." She told him. Courier nodded and ordered a drink. After taking a sip he spoke.

"What was up with that guy a minute ago." He asked her.

"A week ago a trader named Ringo came to town. He was shaken up and claimed to be a survivor of a attack, said the one who attacked his group were after him. We give him a stop to lay low as he recovered and didn't out much thought about what he said thinking he was in shock. We didn't expect someone to come after him." Trudy explained to Courier.

"You know who that guy is apart of? I can't remember seeing something like what he wore." Courier asked her not remembering a group wearing a uniform like the one he saw.

"They call themselves the Powder Gangers. They were criminals that were used by the NCR to start clearing out boulders and what not. The NCR brought them in from California to work on the rail lines. Problem is, it turns out that giving convicts a bunch of dynamite and blasting powder isn’t the best idea." Trudy said dryly. Courier rolled his eyes at that. “There was a big escape not too long ago. Some of ‘em stuck together so they could make trouble. That’s what we’re dealing with now. Cobb's the leader of this group here." She told him.

"I don't remember much but for what I'm feeling, I don't like the NCR that much, at least in how they deal with somethings. Looks like this is one of them." He told her with a shake of his head. "Where's Ringo?" He asked her

"He's up in the gas station, it's behind Doc Mitchell's home." She told him.

"What will you do?" He asked her wondering of they have a plan.

"Some of the folks like Sunny will help him if he asks for it. Honesty, I hope he sneaks out at night and takes those Gangers with him." She admits to him.

"I see." Courier replied to her. He thought about what he could do. On one hand he can help deal with the Powder Gangers and on the other he could help the Gangers. He thought about for a couple of minutes and knew he had already chosen what to do. Help deal with the Gangers. He asked about his attackers and learned about the group that attacked him. Great Khans with a man in a checkered suit. They group had spoken about going to New Vegas but couldn't going along the I-95 north due to Deathclaws and Caovores having cropped up on the road the past couple of days. She didn't hear about anything else from the group but did remanded going to Primm. He paid for the drink and had left the Saloon when he saw Sunny walking to the Saloon.

"Sunny, I'm going to speak to Ringo. I think it would be a good idea for you to come along, don't want him getting the wrong idea." He told her.

"Sure. You planning to help deal with the Gangers." She asked him.

"Yea, Cobb said the town as two days to hand him over or they'll come looking for him and burn the town down as they do so." He told her. She started cursing Cobb and his friends out. The two walked to the gas station and Sunny knocked on the door with the Courier behind her.

"Ringo! It's me Sunny. We need to talk." Sunny called into the building. The two waited a couple of minutes before a voice called out after they heard movement.

"It's unlocked." The two entered and said Ringo holding a gun. "Sunny Who's that guy behind you?" Ringo asked her.

"Remember the guy I told ya about?" She asked him. He nodded. "This is him. And he wants to help out." She told him. He looked at them before putting the gun away.

"Sorry about that but I was being careful." Ringo told Courier.

"It's alright, but we got a problem." He told Ringo. He told him for Cobb's warning to Trudy. "So ever you leave town and have them follow you or stay here and fight." Courier told him.

"Shit! I knew they wanted me but fuck!" Ringo cursed. "Damn it. I didn't intend to drag the town into this." He said as he shook his head.

"Courier and I would like to help." Sunny told him. He looked at her.

"Thanks but it leaves three of us vs how many men Cobb brought with him. We'll be outgunned." Ringo told her.

"Not if we can get the rest of the town to help us. Trudy said some of the others are willing to help if you ask for it." Courier told Ringo as Sunny nodded.

"He's right. Plus if we can get Easy Pete as some dynamite we can use if we can get him to hand them over. Chet has some armor we can use as well if we can get him to at least cut down on the prices. Doc Mitchell can help us out after the fight. Plus we can get a couple more guns to help fight if Trudy is on our side, She's very well liked around here." Sunny told the two.

"If we can get them to help one way or the other then we got this in the bag." Courier spoke as he thought about what she said.

"I'll stay in here while you two go get things ready. Don't want to go out and have those fucks find me." Ringo told them. They nodded and left the building.

Author's Note

If it looks like a remake to you then no it's not, I would ask to do a remake but the guy who put that one up hasn't been online for years. Didn't noticed it looks like it or the second chap at least, other than that looking like it it's all my own idea.

Perks: Swift Learner, Skilled, Trigger Discipline