The Past Is Faster Then Progress

by Phony15

Chapter 4

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Corruption, that is the best word to explain doge junction. Here are a few reasons I say this, ever corner you look there somepony all shady most likely waiting to get hired to kill somepony then use most of the cash to bribe off a guard, there are foals running around stealing stuff for there parents and every house and shop looks like a Uras Major chewed it up, spit it out, and took a dump on it, little to say its a clestia-awefull place to be in no matter what kind of pony you are (and I don't mean by race) not to mention the large amount of 'night women' as I would say (Berry find much enjoy meant, much to Gunhoof's dismay, calling them dirty hussies) "so how are we going to root out the good from the bad?" I asked the group with me at the table.

"Well from what I know of this town, I say just kill every one.  More then likely every one did something bad at one point." Gunhoof said like it was nothing giving a little hoof wave, easily getting a thump on the back of the head from Berry.

"They most likely did but every one has done something bad at one point and the good in this town deserves more then either death or corruption." i said stated very seriously.

Lyra looked up happily "ideaaaaaa!" She yelled and added "you know how ever pony here has some kind of gun or weapon?" Lyra asked not giving us any time to say any thing "well I found out, from a pretty shady guy, that the mayor here got speakers every where due to so many lockdowns so we just go in the mayor's place, get on the speaker thing, fight any guards trying to stop us, say stuff to make the good in the town to fight the corruption and there you go!" Lyra puffed put her chest very proudly.

"That could work." Gunhoof said before adding "but what would we say?" Lyra seemed to deflate.

I was sitting there thinking as hard as I can search my mind for the right words to inspire a small war. But then it came to mind, it might be a long speech but... "I got it!" I yelled as jumped up, ever one looked at me with shock.

"Well what is the speech?" Berry asked and taking a sip of cider.

"You will find out when I tell it to the town but there are some things we need to do!" I said before running out, the others following swiftly behind as we ran I explained how before we can root out any corruption they needed to strike down the already known bandit groups, I promised to my self that I will make this town better. After all my birth town couldn't be that bad right?

We where walking around the towns alleyways for any large groups of gun toting ponies, we all split up after a while and I found my self walking down a dark alleyway, a ruff voice emerged from the shadows "oh... This is not place for a sweet mare like your self to be" the stallion chuckled as he walked out of the shadows with many others, some holding blunt weapons like base ball bats and others holding guns or knives, I quickly whipped out my Griffin Hunting Rifle and aimed ready to fire if they tried any thing.

"Do any thing dumb like attack me and I will fire!" I said making sure my rifle was aimed at one of the sleaze balls head.

"Oh I am soooo scared, you out matched girly give up and maby we won't rape you to hard" the leader like bandit said sounding very bored but the idea of them doing... That! Was vey scary.

"Oh that's it you buckers made a bad choice!" A voice said, it wasn't mine it was... Lyra leaped over me sliding to stay up, her SMG griped in a magic aura. She fired wildly targeting ever pony that was in front of her, the battle was in her favor in tell a bullet hit her chest, she dropped her magic falling, pissed now I griped my rifle tight quickly fire bullet after bullet in to there sculls watching them drop fast. I looked down to see Lyra pull out the bullet with her magic and wrap the wound.

I picked up Lyra on my back ignoring her telling me she's fine and can walk. When we met up with the others I ordered Berry to take Lyra to the hospital and handed her some bits to pay for the medical treatment and I got to work on thinking of the speech as Gunhoof left to hunt down more bandits, I got to work on what I was going to say and it quickly came in to mind.

I met up with the others and we headed for the shops, we pay a lot of money of armor but now we looked pretty awesome and more protected, Gunhoof didn't buy armor due to having the armor holding him together, Berry had some simple leather armor, I got some thick padding on my jacket to protect me more, and Lyra go some scraped together metal armor that seem to be very good. We then for to armor store headed to the town hall, we made sure out funs where loaded and we where ready.

A guard stopped us from going in "halt! No pony is allowed in to town hall unless you are some kind of noble!" The guard said then turned to the guard next to him and nodded, they look out there shotguns ready to put up a fight If we try any thing, I nodded to Gunhoof and he galloped to a abandoned looking building and got his way to the roof, Lyra and Berry distracted the guards as  slipped next to the one on the right putting my pistol to his head, when I fired Gunhoof shot the guard on the left. We had most of this worked out Berry ran in the building jumping behind a filing cabinet for cover up close so her shotgun is useful and she opened fire at the guards, Lyra ran in next getting in cover behind a door spraying bullets at the guards helping Berry fight off the guards, I ran in firing my rifle as I ran for cover behind a cubical wall, and I heard Gunhoof change place to shoot threw a new window at the guards with his sniper.

After a while of fighting we reached the last stop before the office, the door of the office, it was guarded by two earth ponies in heavy heavy looking armor. They looked like walking metal chunk and on there back was a some kind of twin berral metal thing, I couldn't really tell, I looked at there armor in my hiding spot. The only weak spot seemed to be the helmet, I pulled out my pistol and ran next to one fire three shots  in to his he's the first one failed to get threw but the other two shoots ripped in to his head, I took cover behind the dead lump of metal I just killed as the other one turned to me biting on a string sending many bullets from the twin berral gun. Due to the heavy amount of gun fire I was pinned down, Lyra and Berry aren't understanding that the head is the weakness and they are firing at his chest, he started to turn to them but I couldn't let him kill them so I reloaded my pistol and jumped in to the spray of bullets, I felt the bullets rip threw my body and the warn stickyness of my blood running in my fur but I tackled the lump of bullet spraying metal and I unloaded my clip in his head to make sure he died, as I felt the stallion I shot die my eyes closed then... Darkness...

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