It has been two days after the battle vs the Powder Gangers. There was a couple of them at the camp who were trying to grab what they could before getting away but a hunting party leaded by Courier found them at the camp and attacked. the fight lasted for a few minutes with a couple of the towns people getting hit but they'll live. They picked up the supplies and after Courier removed the trapped dynamite give the left over ones to Pete. After finding no more of the Gangers returned to town and started getting things ready for the hunt to find the one who shoot him in the head and took the chip. He brought some med supplies, ammo for the rifle and a set of larger clips for it.

He was in the room he was given making sure he has everything before grabbing the pack and left the room. He found Chrysalis waiting for him. She was given some leather armor and some supplies to carry. Courier looked at her and noticed she only had the sword on her. "Do you know how to use a gun?" He asked her.

"I'm afraid I don't. Why?" She asked him.

"Most of the enemies we will run into will be using guns. Plus some of the animals and creatures out there will be too dangerous to fight close up like Deathclaws." Courier explained to her. Chrysalis was thoughtful as she thought of what to do and if to tell him of her magic. Courier sighed before speaking again. "I'll guess I'll have to teach you along the way." He told her. She nodded as she followed him. She figured it would be best to do so after all with what she heard was out there.

The two left the house and walked to the road and were about to leave town when. "Hey! Wait up!" The hear Sunny call out to them. They turned around to see her jogging to them carrying something. "So you two are leaving?" She asked them. When Courier nodded she handed over a couple of boxes of 5.56 and 10mm ammo. "I figure you could use those. I would come along but this town still needs someone to be a ranger to deal with the critters around here so this is the next best thing." She told them. "Do come back to town when you can. You'll always be welcomed here." She told them.

"If I find the one who shot me and I complete the job I may come back to rest for a bit." He told her. Sunny nodded before turning around and heading back to town. The two continued their way down the road headed for Primm, the next town over. They have been walking for a couple of hours when they came to a shack with a sign saying 'Jean Sky Diving'

Chrysalis sensed emotions nearby behind the shack. She decided to tell Courier just to be safe. "I believe their is a couple of people behind the shack." She told him. He looked at her before pointing to the right side before pointing to himself and the left side. She understood what he was saying and drew her sword. The two moved and saw two Powder Gangers below the small ravine they are on. Courier pointed to her and the right Ganger as he aimed at the left one with his pistol. She nodded before waiting. Courier used VATS to get a good angle before firing. The man fell to the ground before Chrysalis landed on the other one her sword going into his back.

Courier walked down the nearby steps and. "Ok, how did you know those two were back here?" He asked her.

Chrysalis looked at him before answering him. "My people are what you call Empaths. We can feel the emotions of others." She told them not telling that Changelings can feed on them as well.

"I see." He said as he thought of how useful that will be. "Is there anything else your people can do?" He asked her.

Chrysalis thought about it before deciding to be truthful. Courier jumped in surprise as green fire covered her before it disappeared showing Chrysalis as a human. "My people can make ourselves look like others. We can also do a number of other things but those are mostly telekinetic abilities and illusions." She told him. She new form looked to be a mix of Sunny and a couple of other townspeople with light blue hair.

Courier nodded as he knew it will help them when they reach Primm. "It would be a good idea for you to keep yourself like this. While the people of Goodsprings were able to get used to your appearance others we may run into won't be. They'll be more likely to shoot than ask what you are when they see you." He told her. Chrysalis agreed after thinking about it. This wasteland is dangerous and people are more likely to shoot at things they don't know.

After they cleared out the shack and finding nothing but a few caps and a couple of bottles of water they left and continued going to the town. Chrysalis asked him about the wasteland and he told her of the fractions and what they want. They didn't encounter trouble an till they reached the town a few hours later mid afternoon. They saw three men standing at a checkpoint with a ruined bus and a hastily built guard post. Courier saw they are wearing NCR armor. "NCR." He told Chrysalis. "Lets see why they are here." He continued.

As they walk up to the checkpoint. One of the men jogged up to them. "If you are going to stop in town I'm afraid we can't let you in the other side of town." He told them.

Courier frowned before speaking. "Why? Is something going on?" He asked.

"The other end of the town as been taken over by a group of convicts from the NCRCF nearby. You can go over but you're likely to get killed by them. Hell we don't know if any of the townspeople is alive." The soldier told them before returning to his post. The to entered the area and into a building to talk.

"What should we do?" Chrysalis asked Courier. "We won't be able to find anything about the man in a checkered suit here." She told him.

Courier thought about it for a minute. "I say we should clear out the town. If there is anyone still alive they many have be able to tell us about him. Plus we are going to need a place to rest for the night. The NCR have a outpost a few miles down the road but It will be after nightfall when we get there and the night is much more dangerous out here with night stalkers hunting." He told her. He stood up and grabbed his rifle off his back. "Lets go." He told her.

The two made way to the bridge only to find mines have been placed on it. Courier removed turned them off but left them there to fool the convicts. The two entered the town slowly moving forward. They soon came upon a group of three convicts talking one was armed with a gun, the other two were holding a axe and a cleaver. "Damn it! Those townspeople are causing a lot of trouble. Does the boss have any plans on dealing with them?" One of them asked his friends.
"The boss says tomorrow we will blow the door and toss some dynamite inside. Yea it will cause damage and kill some of them but better than trying to wait them out or force our way in." Another replied to him as he point to the door of what the Courier remembered to be a Casino.

He had Chrysalis enter a ruined building to attack the convicts from the side. He aimed at the gun user and fired hitting him in the head. The other looked around and saw him. Meanwhile shouts were heard from the Casino as the two convicts ran at Courier. He fired and hit one on the right shoulder. He dropped his weapon as the other one ran past the doorway Chrysalis ran out and swinged her sword at him he dodge as his friend tried to get his axe only to get a shot to the chest dropping him. The last convict stabbed at Chrysalis but she parried and decapitated him. Courier reloaded his gun and joined Chrysalis. The two were about to continue when five convicts ran out of the hotel. Three of them carried guns and aimed at them but Courier pushed the two of them into the ruined building Chrysalis was in. He aimed from the window and fired knee capping one of the gunmen. The two without guns ran towards the building. Courier left them for Chrysalis as he focused on the gunmen. He used VATS head shooting one before aiming at the other one and hit him on the chest. The two melee users tried to enter the building only to get pushed back by a energy wave as Chrysalis ran out and out the left arm of one off causing him to drop his weapon and fall on his knees. He was decapitated before Chrysalis blocked the swing of the other one's pipe which her sword cut into. She pushed him back before cutting his pipe in half and then stabbing him his chest. Courier killed the one he knee capped.

Courier recover the ammo and of the gunmen and then the two moved to the hotel doors which had closed. "Get ready. This will be harder. Hallways and rooms mean they can gun you down from the distance. Stay close and deal with the ones that come close or try to get a jump on us from behind." He told her as he changed weapons to his 10mm pistol. She nodded as he pulled out a small pack of three dynamite wrapped together with duct tape. He pulled out a lighter and give the dynamite to Chrysalis. "Throw that in after I open the door." He told her.

"Ok." She replied as he lit it before quickly opening the door. She tossed it in and as Courier closed the door they heard yells of surprise. Suddenly they heard a explosion before he open the door again and the two went inside. They found the remains of two tables and two convicts. The two quickly ran up to the doorway and heard footsteps of people running to them. When a convict appeared Chrysalis stabbed him as Courier shot his friend who ran around him. Courier took point leading the two down the hallway. They past a room which they checked and found no one inside, but did found a safe which Courier planned to open later. They heard shouts of a man up ahead.

"Oh get your asses moving! The bastard is getting close! You! Keep a eye on the Townie we captured." Was what they heard. Courier saw a door to the side. He checked it and found it locked. He pulled out a pin and a screwdriver and started picking the lock. A couple of minutes later he unlocked the door and the two enter the hallway. Courier looked down the other hallway and saw a man with his back to him. He waved Chrysalis up who saw him and quietly walked up behind him before backstabbing him as she covered his mouth to keep him from yelling out. The two saw a man on his knees with his arms tied together with the doors leading to another room closed.

"Oh good. I was wondering when you guys were going to appear. Good idea with the hallway." He told them with a low voice. "Do you mind getting the ropes off? It's starting to make my wrists feel raw." He asked them. "My thanks." He said as he rubbed his wrists and picked up the gun of the dead convict. "Mind if I join in? I want to get so payback." He asked them. Courier nodded before pointing at the doors. "The rest of the one on this for and the boss is in the room. The problem is there is seven of them in the room and the boss has a flamethrower. There is 14 more upstairs." He told them. Courier pulled out another stack of three dynamite. "That will work. I'm Deputy Beagle." He told them.

Beagle pulled out a lighter of his own and lit the dynamite before opening the door. Courier looked in and saw the boss before tossing the dynamite at him. "OH SHI-" "BOOM!" was heard before they opened the door to find five dead convicts with two knocked out. The three were going to tie up the knocked out ones when they heard shouts of anger as the last of the convicts came downstairs. They fall back as the convicts ran into the room. Courier and Beagle fired a couple of rounds each killing three convicts as they moved to the counter and fridges and took cover. They traded shots with the convicts before a stick of dynamite was throw in. Chrysalis grabbed it and tossed it back before it blew up near another convict was about to light a stick of dynamite from the row of dynamite he had on him causing a fair sized explosion. Seven of the convicts were killed by it while the rest where injured. The three ran out Chrysalis killing two with Courier and Beagle killing the rest. The only convicts left where the ones knocked out. Beagle tied them up while Courier grabbed what ever was usable. They left the hotel to find a crowd of people waiting with guns aimed at them. When the saw Beagle they put their guns down.

"Beagle, boy am I glad to see you are alive. We thought you were dead when those convicts caught you. Who are those people with you?" A man in his 50s asked Beagle.

"Those two are the people who got me out of the jam and killed the convicts but those two Johnson." Beagle told the man. "They are- oh I didn't catch your names." He asked Courier and Chrysalis.

"I'm Courier Six, this is Chrysalis." Courier replied.

"Courier Six? I was wondering what happened to you." Johnson told Courier.

"I'm sorry I don't know you. When I was on they job I got attacked for the package and was shot to the head." Courier told Johnson showing the scar. "I can't remember anything but a few bits and pieces. It's coming back but slowly." He told him.
"I'm currently tracking down the man that did it." He saw and told them of the man in a checkered suit and the Great Khans.

"Well then I can repay you for helping me out." Beagle told Courier. "I was out looking for supplies when I saw this man of yours. He and the Khans where walking along the underpass. I overheard them say they are going to Novac before heading to Boulder City for payment." Beagle told the two.

"You have my thanks." Courier told Beagle. Beagle nodded before heading to the NCR camp to drop off the convicts. Johnson stepped up to the two as some of the towns people headed into the hotel to clean up the bodies while the rest headed for their homes.

"Since you are going after the one who attacked you then I won't have to sent a team after you which is good for you are one of the best couriers we have." Johnson told Courier.

"That's good to hear. Do you know anything about me?" Courier asked Johnson.

"Unfortunately no, But I can tell you of the job if you want?" Johnson asked Courier who nodded. "Ok I don't know who requested the job but it wasn't the only one. There was six items that were to be transported to New Vegas. Aside from the chip there was also a set of oversized pair of dice, a chess piece, and a couple of other items. The client used a cowboy robot to get it all done. I had gotten word that the other five jobs have been payed for so I guess it's your chip that didn't make it. The first person we hired to do the job canceled. Hope a storm for the Divide skins him alive. Well, that's where you came in." Johnson told Courier.

"Any idea who he is and why he quit the job?" Courier asked Johnson. He was wonder if the man know of what was going to happen.

"I don't know who he was but he got this look when he saw your name on the Courier list. He turn right around and asked me if you were for real. I told him you were still kicking like the lack of rain. He then turned down the job right then and there. I asked him if he was sure, it was good money and he was. No, let "Courier Six" carry the package, that's what he said - like the Mojave'd sort you out or something. Then he just up and walked out." Johnson said with a shake of his head. Courier and Chrysalis looked at each other with the same thought on their minds. They will need to find this man to learn why he doesn't like Courier after this is all done. Johnson spoke to the townspeople leave the hotel for a minute before turning to the two. "You two can stay in the Hotel for the night for free as payment for saving our hides." Johnson told them. The two decided to agree to the offer.

They were shown to the rooms on the second floor which had been cleaned up from the mess made by the convicts. The two were given a room each and they unpacked their items. Courier headed back down and found no one in the room with the safe and got to work on it. It took him several minutes for him get it open also involving three bobby pins being broken. He got it unlocked and looked inside to find stacks of prewar money. It doesn't have a full value as it did before but it still can be used to buy things. If there was a rate of value between the old money and caps then it's three bills for one cap. Courier pocketed the money and also found a instruction on learning how to shoot a gun bullet or laser and a laser pistol in very good condition. He kept both for Chrysalis to use along with the power cells for the pistol. He was going to leave when he saw a glint and found a false bottom, he pulled up and .357 Magnum revolver with a poker club on both sides of the ivory handle and the word Lucky. 'Good name for it nearly didn't find it but did by luck.' He thought as he returned to his room and after putting away the money and pistols went out and knocked on the door of Chrysalis's room.

"Who is it?" Chrysalis asked.
"It's me, Courier. I got something for you." He told her. Chrysalis opened the door and let him into her room. "Here. I found this in the safe we found. Because you don't know how to use guns I figured it would be better for you to do know. Sooner or later we are going to run into people who only used guns and nothing for you to use to get close to them to use your sword. Plus some of the things out in the waste like Deathclaws are too dangerous to try and get close to." He told her his reasoning.

Chrysalis considered it and had to agree with Courier. This new world she is in is a lot more dangerous than her old one. "Very well. But there is a problem, I can read but not what you use for your books." She told him having found that out when she tried to read one of the books the Doc has.

"I see. Then I'm going to have to teach you." Courier told her. He found a pencil and blank paper along with two clipboards. ""Here." He said as he give her a pencil, some paper, and a clipboard. "You write the letter of your language down and I'll do the same with mine. Then we will do comparisons of each on so you can put them together and be able to read the human written language." He told her. She nodded and did that as he started as well.

Author's Note

If Chrysalis is acting different than you think she should be then you should remember that she is in a unknown land filled with things she doesn't know about and her biology has changed. Plus she will be different due to being the only one of her kind in the wasteland and will change over time from having to look after only herself and not a hive.

Just because you can speak the same language does mean others well be able to read the same language.

Edit: Thanks for the reminder of the gun, only got it once.