After freeing himself from the trap Afton became more aware of his surroundings. Immediately noticing a wire leading to a shotgun trap not too far from him. He was lucky he trod in the bear trap instead of getting shot point-blank with a shotgun... Not only would it hurt like a bitch, but the Fiends would know of his position as well.

Shaking his head, he continued along the alleyway while keeping an eye at where he was going. He did make sure to cut the wire to prevent himself from triggering it if he needed to quickly retreat. ​​

Though, one good thing did come out of him stepping into a bear trap... He noticed a ladder that had previously been concealed by trash and scrap metal. It'd lead to the roof where the Fiends were holed up.

He didn't want to waste any more time, both Boone and Karl were at risk if he waited any longer. Gripping the ladder he slowly and silently made his way up. Peeking over to check there weren't any traps laid at the top.

The Fiends were all on the other side of the building firing towards the Sergeant and towards the REPCONN building where Boone was currently at.

Afton pulls himself over the side of the building and takes cover behind some scrap concrete. Boone had apparently taken out quite a few of them, and most were too scared to even peek at the sniper now, instead just electing to blind fire in the general direction... Not a smart strategy...

Afton quickly checked Lucky and That Gun, making sure there wouldn't be any problems before he entered combat. He pulled out and laid some extra bullets on the floor so he wouldn't have to struggle pulling them out of his pocket later.

With everything secure, he popped over his cover and activated VATS. He'd kill those closest to him first, it'd prevent the group from rushing his position and allow Boone more opportunities to take them out if they attempted it.

[John Wick Style is in effect]

Closing VATS he started shooting, the drug-addled freaks movements were random and spontaneous, making it rather hard to judge what they'd do next. Due to this only eight of his eleven shots actually struck true, eight going down with a spray of blood as bullets enter their skulls. His three missed bullet's only managed to hit non-lethal areas. One thing was for sure now though, he had their attention.

"F-fuck! There's one of them on the roof! Jessie!? YOU BASTARD!" one shouts after realising their friend had been killed.

Afton quickly reloaded his weapons as the sounds of the Fiends panicking continued. One stood and started sprinting over to his position, but he was put down by Boone almost immediately after they left their cover.

The Fiends were terrified, as well as enraged by what Afton had done. They'd considered themselves in the optimal position, but hadn't expected someone to get around all their traps.

"FUCKING NCR PIG, TAKE THIS!" one shouts. Afton peeks over and uses VATS, his eyes widening as a grenade is about to sail past his head.

Holy shit was the only thing he could think. Luckily time was frozen otherwise he'd have been blown up... He might've survived with his [Miracle Maker] Perk but it still wasn't optimal... Honestly, he was surprised by how badly he'd reacted to a grenade getting thrown at him... Bullet and knives? Fine. But this? He'd frozen up.

He took a couple moments to compose himself in VATS before deactivating it and grabbing the grenade out of the air.

[Scare a humanoid shitless. 38/50]

The Fiends gape at him as he tosses the grenade back, most immediately jumping into action and either throwing themselves to the ground, or off of the roof. One didn't seem to realise the danger he was in and got the brunt of the grenade, shrapnel tearing his body apart in a bloody and brutal fashion.

While this was happening Karl had been sneaking over to try and recover Ranger Morales', he'd just reached the man when a Fiend throws themselves off of the roof and lands in front of him. Their leg broken from falling badly.

They spot Karl and quickly try to point their rifle at him, but the former-ranger just kicks it away and stomps of their face.

"Howdy, nice to meet you son." he says coldly as he points his .44 at their face.

"P-p-p-please! I have a fam-"*BANG!*

Karl holsters his gun after dispatching the Fiend and looks over the Ranger. they had a few bullet wounds, one in the stomach while others just in his limbs. The only dangerous one was the gutshot, he'd probably need surgery to get that fixed... He'd try to do some on the spot first-aid, it'd be good enough until Afton got there and tended to the man.

"You still awake Morales'?"

"Y-yeah..." the man grunts through the pain.

"Good, we're gonna get you outta this. Just hold on until then."

With Afton he'd just put down one of the other injured Fiends who'd been caught by the grenade's shrapnel. There was two left, both stabbing themselves with some kind of drug and charging his position.

Afton shot at them but they blocked their faces with their arms while ducking and weaving. A few bullets blasted holes into their limbs, but the Fiends didn't even slow. Seems whatever they just took prevented them from feeling pain?

He quickly holstered Lucky and drew his knife at a Fiend jumped over his concrete cover and tried to punch him. The punch was easily blocked but Afton was more worried about the pistol they were trying to shoot him with.

In a melee controlling your opponent weapons was imperative, especially if they had a firearm. He sliced their eyes with his knife and dipped behind them just as the other Fiend started unloading their own weapon. The bullets hitting Afton's makeshift meat shield.

He quickly fired back with That Gun, putting a bullet between their eyes now that they weren't making themselves a hard to hit target. The Fiend he was using a hostage tried to break out from his grip, but his 10 Strength was simply too big a hurdle to overcome.

Afton slit their throat and threw them off of the roof once he confirmed that the other Fiend was dead. Wiping his forehead as he tried to calm his breaths.

That, was one hell of a fight.