Wasteland Equestria

"Here's a good-looking building," Vinyl said, walking up to a nearby door. "Wanna try it out?"

"Alright," Octavia said. She pulled out her gun and loaded it, walking over to the door Vinyl was beside. Vinyl quietly opened the door and peeked inside.

"There's somepony inside," she said, looking back at Octavia. "We can probably sneak past him, though."

Octavia nodded and ducked in after Vinyl. The building had a few sleeping bags scattered around the floor, one of them with a pony sleeping on it. Some bags were thrown about lazily.

"I'll watch the pony sleeping," Octavia whispered.

"Are you sure?" Vinyl whispered back. "You haven't really gotten used to your gun."

"Hopefully, he won't wake up," Octavia replied.

"If you sure," Vinyl said. She walked off and began to search through bags.

Octavia trotted over to the sleeping pony and aimed down at him, staring down at him. The pony had a bobby pin as his cutie mark. He was brown with a slick-backed cream-colored mane. He also had wings, symbolizing he was a pegasus. He appeared to be sleeping with his saddlebags on.

Suddenly, Octavia got an idea. She slowly lowered her gun and moved close to the pegasus. When she was close enough, she quietly opened his saddlebags. She saw a gun and quickly took the gun out of his saddlebags and put it in her own saddlebags. She then preceded to take more out of his pack, leaving a few supplies behind.

Then, without warning, the pegasus opened his eyes and looked at Octavia. He instantly rolled onto his hooves and reached for his gun. When he didn't find it, he simply opened the other bag and pulled out another gun, aiming it at Octavia.

"Don't move," he said. "Take your saddlebags off, now." Octavia hesitated, debating whether or not to pull out her gun.

Before she had the chance, however, Vinyl yelled form the back of the room. "Hey!" she said. The pegasus briefly looked at Octavia, then back at Octavia. He smiled evilly and pulled Octavia towards him with his wing. When she was close to him, he put his gun against her head.

"Let her go!" Vinyl yelled.

"Stop or I kill her!" the pegasus said. Vinyl quickly skidded to a stop. "Now, you, empty your bag. And no magic."

Vinyl began to empty her bags. The pegasus took his wing away from Octavia, still keeping his gun to her head. He used his free wing and empty Octavia's bag. When he found his other gun, he put it in his bag and threw Octavia's bags to the side.

When Vinyl was done emptying her bag, she laid it at her feet and kicked it towards the pegasus. "There," she said. "Now, let her go!"

The pegasus aimed at Vinyl and shot her kneecaps. Vinyl crumpled to the ground, crying out in pain.  "Vinyl!" Octavia screamed, attempting to break free of the pegasus's grasp.

"Now," the pegasus said, "get out of here!"

"H-how?!" Vinyl said, blood coming out of her knees. "You shot my legs!"

"I'm sure you can figure it out," the pegasus grinned. He casually turned around and led Octavia into a room, locking the door once she was inside. He then approached Vinyl and literally kicked her out of the building, closing the door behind her.

Vinyl looked up at the door that the pegasus had closed. She turned to the south end of town, and began to crawl, hoping she would somehow make it. She knew that was where Reggie had gone. Maybe she would find him in time.

Maybe. It was a really big maybe. Vinyl knew she was going to die, but she couldn't just lay there while Octavia was trapped with that crazy pegasus. So, she began to crawl.

After a few seconds, her vision became blurry and her stomach began to churn. This is it, she thought.

The last thing Vinyl said before she passed out was: "I'm sorry, Octavia."

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Vinyl felt a sharp pain in her knees and her eyes snapped open. She looked at her legs and saw Reggie, putting a knife in the bullet hole. He turned the knife and pulled the bullet out. Vinyl began to yell in pain, but Dinky appeared and covered her mouth. Vinyl pulled the knife out and repeated the procedure with her other legs.

"Alright, Dinky," he said. "I'm done." Dinky took her hoof out of Vinyl's mouth. Reggie walked up beside Vinyl and looked down at her. "You okay?"

"Wh-where are we?" Vinyl said. She snapped up and looked at Reggie. "Where's Octavia? Did you get her? Are we still in Canterlot?"

"Easy," Reggie whispered. "We're still in Canterlot. I sensed you were in trouble and brought you in here."

"What do you mean 'sensed' I was in trouble," Vinyl asked.

"That's not important right now," Reggie said. "What happened to you?"

"We were raiding a building and were attacked by a pegasus," Vinyl said. "He shot me in the knees and kidnapped Octavia."

"Oh, crap," Reggie said. "Where is she?"

"I don't know," Vinyl said. "All I know is the building's on the north side of Canterlot."

"Alright," Reggie said. "Watch Dinky. I'm going to find her."

"Octavia's my friend, too," Vinyl protested. "I'm coming with you."

"Vinyl, you're still hurt," Reggie said. "You need to get out of Canterlot. Take Dinky with you and meet me at the train station." Reggie walked towards the door and turned around. "You girls be careful." He opened the door and left.

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Reggie stood a few feet away from a certain building. He focused his magic into it and instantly recognized the feeling inside-Octavia was definitely inside.

Reggie began to approach the building, but instantly ducked behind cover when he saw two ponies approach the building. The ponies all had crimson saddlebags. One of them was dark orange with a dusty brown mane and the fur where his cutie mark would've been was gone, showing his skin. A grey unicorn stood behind him with a dark blue mane and a thin triangle as a cutie mark.

The ponies walked into the building. Reggie heard a click. He trotted up to the door and tried to open it. Locked. Of course.

Reggie looked at the lock, trying to find the tumblers. When he found them, he began to use magic to pick the lock.

"Hey, Runner," a voice said from inside, "why are the supplies scattered everywhere?"

"Some mares broke in and tried to raid us," another voice, which must've been Runner, said.

"What'd you do with 'em," a different voice said.

"I've got one of 'em here," Runner said. "Whaddya guys wanna do with her?"

"I think we should just kill her," the first voice said. "She'd just get in our way if we leave her alive."

"Let me get her out here," Runner said.

Reggie heard a click and the door slowly creaked open. He peeked inside and saw Runner open a door on the far side of the room and pulled out Octavia, hogtied with a gag in her mouth. Runner pulled Octavia across the room and set her down in the middle of the group.

"Are you kidding me?" the orange pony said. "THIS mare broke into this place?"

"Could've fooled me," the grey unicorn said. "So, what should we do with her?"

"Let's keep her," the orange pony said, grinning.

"We're not gonna keep a prisoner so you can have sex," Runner said.

"Come on!" the orange pony said.

"You wanna lose your virginity, do it on a pony that likes you," the grey unicorn said.

"Killjoys," the orange pony whispered under his breath.

"Let's just kill her," the grey unicorn recommended. "Oughta save us some time."

Runner sighed. "You mean I could've kill her half an hour ago?!" he said. He looked at the orange pony. "You kill her."

The orange pony nodded and pulled a gun out of his bag. Reggie pulled out his own gun and broke the door down, aiming at the orange pony.

"Let her go!" Reggie yelled.  Octavia looked at Reggie and let out a muffled cry. "Put the gun down and let her go. We'll leave you alone after that."

"Look, buddy," Runner said. "I don't know who in Tartarus you are, but what I do know is that there are three of us and one of you." He looked at the orange pony and motioned towards Reggie. The orange pony aimed at Reggie. "How about YOU put your gun down?"

Reggie, without hesitation, fired at the orange pony, killing him and knocking the gun to the ground. He then aimed at Octavia's bonds and shot them, knocking them off.

"Octavia, get out of here!" he yelled.

Octavia stood up and galloped towards Reggie, removing her gag as she did. "Thank you, Reggie," she said.

"Go find Vinyl and Dinky," Reggie told her. "Head to the hill and meet them at the tracks."

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Octavia asked.

"Just go!" Reggie said. Octavia nodded and left.

"You killed Helios!" the grey unicorn said. He picked up the gun, but barely had it off of the ground before Reggie blew his head off.

"Oh, crap," Runner said, turning to run away. Reggie teleported in front of him, knocking him down.

"You hurt Octavia," Reggie growled, lighted Runner off the ground. "And Vinyl."

"I-I'm sorry!" Runner cried in fear.

"Give me one reason I shouldn't tear your wings off with my bear hooves," Reggie said.

"Wh-what would that prove?" Runner said. "You'd be harming another pony, just like I did."

"You're not a pony anymore," Reggie said. He slammed Runner against the ground and stood over him. "I hope you didn't enjoy flying."