SECONDARY QUEST- A Light in the Darkness
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"Eat lead you motherfucker!!" A particularly loud and noisy raider screamed while practically foaming at the mouth, a large drum fed assault rifle raining thunder in the direction (Boss assumed) Carson had just opened fire from. Admiring the dead bodies that littered the ground Boss tried to make a mental note to let Carson know he was a decent shot-you know, if iether of the pair survived the firefight that had erupted in mere seconds. 

Fortunately for the moment being all attention was off of Boss; the wall of gunfire the raiders let lose souly focused up on Carsons little perch. Honestly it couldn't have been a better situation for Boss, the distraction literally allowing him to walk out from behind cover into the thick of things without any of the raiders so much as batting an eye. Hell, from the corner of their eyes they probably though he was just another roughly dressed river bandit. 

Not wasting a second of Carsons distraction Boss struck his first target from behind; his gnarly looking machete sinking a good half inch into the skull of the chemd up raider that had been shooting the bulk of bullets and obscenities at Carson. The mans enraged expression immediately turned blank as if he could no longer remember what emotion was; the last look on his face being a brief display of agony as Boss turned the machete sideways-effectively pointing the man in the direction of the few men that had now taken notice off Boss. 

In a rather morbid display Boss held the machete with one hand; guiding his man sized puppet on a stick into the path of any bullets aimed his way while simultaneously shooting at the remaining card players-in three bullets he'd dropped two more men. 

[i]Hopefully that'll open up somethin for Carson[/i] Boss thought as he lined up his next shot, his eyes growing wide as an arc of white hot fire filled the air from somewhere to his right. Turning he met eyes with the bandit leader who Boss was to pumped full of adrenaline and drugs to properly recall name wise. Honestly he was more concerned with the (dead?) raider on the end of his machete who had burst into flames courtesy of his former Boss.

In what was a rather sudden attempt to rip his machete free Boss was met with a horrifying "Ca-Link" sound as his machete snapped in half. Well, more like thirds-and he was left holding the smaller digit. Staring at the broken piece of steel for what felt like hours Boss finally looked up at the bandit leader with a display of disbelief etched on his face; the sight of the flamethrower wielding lunatic laughing at him sending him into a rage. 

"YOU FUCK! YOU FUCKING FUCK!" Boss roared clearly upset about more then just some broken machete. The blade had obviously meant something to him on a personal level. "Ill [i]fucking KILL[/i] you!" His words dripped with venom and the seriousness of a man that intended violence;which became even more clear when he actually threw himself at the raider leader who had been halfway into shooting yet another volley of flame Boss's way. Sheer momentum carried Boss rather safely through the short burst of fire, he could feel the crackling heat and dancing flames kiss his skin during his mad dive but for the most part he was unscathed-only the tail ends of his duster actually catching fire. 

Boss seemed to completely tune out the fact that he was on fire though as he wrestled on the ground almost comically so against the slightly larger man-like an angry animal Boss kicked, punched, stabbed, and headbutted any piece of flesh that wasn't his own-even biting the mans ear off at one point. 

After a few moments of what had evolved into a rather epic brawl the remaining raiders seemed to lower their guards slightly-as if the show of their Boss fighting some crazy stranger was in fact more interesting then the potential sharpshooter that had just killed so many of their comrades. Bandits were stupid like that.