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Chapter 3 - Vegas or Bust

As "Mr. Blue Sky" plays on the radio, Arris tosses her work shirt into the wind along with the others. Veldspar takes a swig of his vodka after removing his human mask, revealing his skeletal pigman face. He passes the bottle to the others as Kbar smiles and tosses his fedora into the wind. 

"FUCK YOU WORLD! YOU'VE SUCKED! WE'LL SEE YOU NEVER AGAIN!"

"NOT IN MY GODDAMN LIFE SPAN!" Yelled Polaris laughing, looking at all of his friends. 

As the song fades out, the car disappears out of sight headed to Vegas. 

About twelve hours later, "Come With Me Now" blasts from the radio as the group pulls in at a gas station to get gas. 

"We got about another 25 hours to go. Get some food, drinks whatever. I'm driving through the night on this one. Pick me up some of those energy drinks Archimedes." 

"Fine, just this once seeing as we'll never see them again once we get to Vegas." 

After the group leaves the gas station, Kbar puts the pedal to the metal and races towards Vegas. Minutes turn to by every so slowly making hours. By six pm, everyone is passed out except for Kbar and Polaris.

"Not tired big guy?"

"No. You know I don't need much sleep to function." 

"Yea, yea, I know, but you should.... Fuck we got company. EVERYBODY UP! We got Tech Goons after us. This time there isn't anyone else on the road so fucking open fire. Guns are in front of everyone's seat." 

As the group lowers the top on the Model J, the open fire at the SUVs. 

"Fuck! Boss they spotted us. Orders?" 

"KILL THEM! HOLY FUCK! HOW STUPID ARE YOU? DO NOT LET THE GET TO VEGAS!"

The soldiers return fire at the Model J. As Kbar looks at the road signs, he grimaces. 

"Polaris we got another 10 hours till we reach Vegas. Anything you can to?" 

"I got this!"

Polaris leaps from his seat into the sky. "Come on you bastards..... SOLAR TENDRALS!"

With two words uttered, solar flare arms appear around him. He fires them off at the SUVs causing them to pile up and block the road. He returns to the car and exhales his excess heat away before sitting down. 

"Fuck yea! That'll keep em busy for a while. Everyone get some shut eye. Ya gonna need it." 

As the next ten hours run down, Kbar wakes everyone up to see the Drusenburg entering the strip. 

"We fucking made it." 

"Damn good driving Kbar." 

"We ain't done yet. Apparently we gotta get to the old Nellis Airforce Base. That's where the portals and shit are." 

"Right."

As the party keep traveling, the excitement and nervousness finally hits everyone. They are just one battle away from being free. As the Model J comes to a halt finally, the Wilderness ditch their masks, body mods and anything they made them look human. 

Arris was a well-endued Druid, Powerdrive was a Mythril Golem, Hexxit was a Jade Pixy, able to control radio and geode waves. Veldspar was a Skeletal Pigman, Archimedes an Elf, Kbar was still, just a colorblind human who didn't aging, and Polaris was the living embodiment of a Star. The Wilderness Initiative was back and ready to get out of this awful reality. 

As the Initiative made their way to the Nellis Compound, Hexxit played "Welcome to the Strip" as they armed up and readied for entry. With a nod, Powerdrive smashed through the door. Soldiers and Guards opened fire at them only for Powerdrive to soak up the energy bullets like it was nothing. Polaris slashed open soldiers with his Great Sword. His shield took the stray shots from the energy weapons as they pushed deeper into the facility. 

"Sir, we have a situation!" 

"What is it now?"

"Sir, it's the Wilderness Initiative, they're storming Nellis." 

"Fuck....." Flight shook his head as he took to the sky heading towards Nellis. 

"Troopers, listen up. Our old leader and his pals are storming the Nellis Compound. Meet me there now."

"Copy that Flight. We'll be there."