Risky Business 2

Chapter 2

[i]Freeside[/i]

Once the group passed the large gate into the town of Freeside, the female Follower pointed out the Old Mormon Fort, a building surrounded by giant walls with a large courtyard in the middle. It served as the Followers' base of operations. "We'll take here there." She said, and after a few more moments of running, the group were allowed through the large gates of the fort. Inside the main courtyard stood Julie Farkas and three other male and female Followers.

"Take her to the tent." Julie ordered, and the two men carried Cetea into a medical tent, where they set her down on a metal table. Inside a single doctor sat beside the table, "This is what I'm working on? I haven't seen an alien before..." He said, and he brushed a few strands of blond hair off of his glasses, he then leaned over the now unconscious Cetea. "Gonna need to amputate this ring finger.." He muttering, lifting Cetea's right hand and examining her blackened ring finger.

Azumi stayed by the table, hands gripping the side, not bothering to depolarize at the moment. After removing the Stealth Boy, she looked to the as-of-yet unnamed female follower, and tossed it to her with a nod of thanks. She reached into her chest's pouch immediately after, trying to find some kind of equipment. Anything. "Any way to save it, or is it completely gone? Can I help in any way?"

After the female follwer caught the Stealth Boy and left the tent, the doctor shook his had. "Nope, it's probably been like this for an hour or so, and yeah, you can help. Hand me a saw and those stim-paks over there on that table." Said the doctor, pointing to a table beside Azumi, where a hand saw and two syringes lay on top.

"Oh yeah, forgot to introduce myself, Arcade Ganon." He added, before turning towards Cetea as she slipped into consciousness again.

"What's... Azumi... Where...?" She mumbled, and tried to lift herself up, only for Arcade to gently push her down again.

"Syringes, saw, now please."

Azumi nodded, running over to the table and getting the materials and bringing them back. "Go back to sleep, PFC. It'll be alright, just sleep now."

Arcade took one stim-pak and immediately injected it into Cetea's neck. "I've modified this particular stim-pak to serve as a knockout agent. It's more efficient than whiskey." Said Arcade, and Cetea's eyes soon closed to prove his point.

"Okay... I haven't tested my modified stim-pak on any patients yet, so I'm not sure if she'll feel this..." Arcade muttered, grabbing the saw. He held Cetea's blackened index finger up and placed the saw at the back.

"Be ready to get that bottle of disinfectant and dab it over the wound, I'll use a hot iron to brand it, should only take a few seconds to do all of this." Said Arcade, and he immediately began sawing through Cetea's finger. In less than five seconds, he was finished sawing, and he placed the blackened finger on a nearby tray. the stump of Cetea's index finger then began to bleed. Arcade wiped the excess blood off, and turned to Azumi.

"Disinfectant."