There was not much time to rest on the lonely road traders traveled. They always had to be on the alert, even more so when alone. Rest stops were a blessing, a time to eat, drink, sleep, and prepare for the journey and dangers ahead. Agalia was at such a place reflecting on her thoughts in peace and quiet when a bug sat down across from her uninvited. It was the last thing she wanted to see after her survival in escaping the hive. Agalia pretended not to notice it, but the rhythmic tapping of its finger like appendages on the table got on her nerves.

"Can I help you?", she asked without looking or stopping from her task of eating her first hot meal in days. The insect soldier just kept tapping on the table for a few awkward seconds and staring before finally replying. "That remains to be seen....." Agalia lost her temper and finally turned her head and eyes to stare into the strangers with a rattle from her snake tail. "I have no patience for games roach! Speak your business or go away."

The bug let out a few clicking sounds from its mouth. "Never met one of your kind before, always heard the stories..... I suppose you had nothing to do with every living thing on the west coast having a seizure a few months back, did you?" Agalia resumed eating only to shake her head. "You sure about that?", the stranger asked with confidence but quickly backpedaled as Agalia reached up to remove the psychic shock collar from around her neck.

"Now now no need for that! I am here for you on orders ma'am." With that he turned the shot glass up and poured the bottles contents in withe the eyeballs bouncing around. "Iron Sky." The bug said and handed her a folder. With that he got up and left. Agalia took the shot and opened up the folder. Looks like a foreign faction of the brotherhood of steel was in the area raiding an old-world chemical weapon and nerve agent storage for one of their purges. She intended to give them a Mohave welcome.

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