It's been 2 week since I went with Ringo as his caravan guard. Today is 12 October 2281, the intro of new vegas. The courier has already get shot. According to the date, Ringo is going and will ambushed on his way to Goodsprings. I haven't told Ringo about the ambush yet, I just told him to be extremely cautious because there's a Powder Ganger camp nearby.

We're currently in Jean Sky Diving. I hold my Varmint Rifle tightly. I mean, this is my first time holding a gun and all even though I'm an adult. I only know how to use a gun in games and movies.

Ringo walked in front of the Brahmin, while I tried to keep his pace by walking in the back. I hear footsteps from a distance, I prepared my rifle by pointing at the direction of the sounds. I gulped. My hands are shaking but I tried to keep it controlled. Ringo grabbed his gun and also pointed at the footsteps. The footsteps gets heavier and heavier until it stopped. I raised one of my eyebrows and lowered my gun down. I looked away from the direction to Ringo.

"Hey It's probably noth-"

Powder Gangers showed up from the direction of the footsteps earlier. They were throwing Dynamites at us. Ringo spoke.

"Shit, Powder Gangers."

"Hey! I got a plan! Don't do a thing."

I can use my Powder Ganger jacket as a disguise. Fallout New Vegas has something like that too. The only thing that matters right now is that Ringo escapes to Goodsprings and hide there. If I'm correct, Ringo is ambushed by a Powder Ganger group lead by Joe Cobb. Maybe I can lure him out. I walked to the Powder Gangers direction with my hands up. One of the Powder Gangers shouts.

"You one of us?!"

"Yeah! I already captured Ringo."

Ringo frowned at me.

"You captured Ringo?!"

"Yeah!"

"Well, shit. Bring him here."

"I want to meet Joe Cobb first!"

"Cobb? Fine. Hey Cobb! This guy wanna talk to you!"

Joe Cobb comes out of Powder Ganger's crowd. He looks just like in the game.

"What'chu want rookie?"

"Umm... I want to..umm..What's that!"

I quickly pointed at a random direction. All of the Powder Gangers looked at the direction I pointed. I pointed my Varmint Rifle at Cobb. By the time they looked back at me, Cobb already has his life in my hands.

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"Hands up!"

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?"

"I'm pointing my gun at you. That's what I'm doing."

"Do you know who I am? I'm Joe fucking Cobb and I-"

"Look, man. I know it's dramatic and shit but Ringo and I just want to get to Goodsprings so. If you would kindly go back to where you came from. That'll be lovely."

"You want to get to Goodsprings? I'll make sure your body goes there! Folks! Kill this fool!"

The Powder Gangers started shooting at me. I ran to Ringo and covered him in his brahmin (Note: This is Fallout New Vegas. Not real life. Bullets can't go through things.) I shot the Powder Gangers with my Varmint Rifle. Ah, shit. I'm not doing that again.

"Ringo. We gotta run."

"What about the pack?"

"Fuck the pack let's go!"

I carried Ringo and ran away from the ambush. I'm surprised I haven't gotten killed this whole time. I ran carrying Ringo until I lost Joe Cobb's group.

"Stop. Put me down. I can walk by myself."

I put Ringo down.

"Why did you run away?"

"Did you even see the numbers of those guys? We'll die."

"Well, you're right on that one. Anyway, we need to get to Goodsprings before Cobb's gang catch up to us."

"Well, let's go then."

We walked our entire way to Goodspring without the pack. We were welcomed by the commoners there. One of those commoners is Sunny Smiles. She greets with a different way though. She greets with a gun pointed on my head.

"Ringo, who's this?"

"No don't that's a friend of mine."

"A friend of Ringo? A friend of Ringo is a friend of mine."

She lowered her gun.

"Sunny Smiles?"

"Yeah, we met before?"

"Nope. Anyway, Ringo and I need a place to hide."

"Oh, from who?"

"Powder Gangers. Joe Cobb gang. We were mbushed earlier."

"Joe Cobb? Shit, you can hide in that gas station there."

Sunny guided us to the gas station. I'm so excited to meet the courier. I wonder what he'll look like. Maybe a little bit like me? For some reason, my head hurts like hell. It's probably nothing.

Ringo leaned on a wall to take a rest. He asks me to play Caravan with him.

"Hey, wanna play Caravan?"

"Sure. Don't cheat this time though."

Ringo chatted with me while playing Caravan until we can barely open an eyelid anymore. He slept first though.

To Be Continued...