Fallout Equestria: Victim of the past

The sun was dropping below the horizon when I finished my little Germain history lesson for sledgehammer, he was ready to grab the nearest pole and stick my head on it.

"My brain hurts." He complained

"Sorry kid. Anyways this part of the road should be safe. Is it not?" I said hopefully

"Um. It should be. At anytime I've seen at least ten guards patrolling." He said while rubbing his head with his hoof, while walking.

"How do you do that?" I asked very confused

"What."

"Rubbing your head while walking?"

"Um. I genuinely don't know." He said becoming as confused as I was.

"I. Alright, I guess." I said giving up on any way to do that, if I tried I would have my muzzle planted in the dirt.

We walked in awkward silence for another ten minutes before I spotted a group of raiders huddled around a campfire for heat and light. why are they here? "hold up" I said raising my forehoof to stop him.

Luckily the raiders seemed to be more focused on the fire than anything else. Either that or now that it was dark the fire was messing with their nightvision. I got into a ditch on the other side of the road to avoid the raiders. I motioned for sledgehammer to follow. he slid down into the ditch where I stopped his momentum with a foreleg. we should slip past them to avoid anymore wounds for you or sledge. said scorch again offering advise. I put my hoof up to my mouth in a "shooshing" gesture, sledge just nodded.

Pushing forward in a crouch in the ditch as to not be heard by the raiders.

We got well out of earshot of the raiders before we climbed back out of the ditch. "We should talk quieter untill we get to new appleloosa." Sledgehammer advised.

"Agreed" i said raiseing my voice from a whisper to quiet chatting.

As i spoke neither sledgehammer nor my semi trained ears heard the friends of those we passed were comeing down the road. "WELL LOOK WHAT WE FOUND! FRESH MEAT!" Yelled one of the two psycos as i drew my gun, dropping behind the barely standing concrete barrier, sledge ran up and got behind it aswell. A hail of bullets from a machine gun flewpast me as i contemplated a course of action.

I popped up and fired a shot into the pony with the machine gun, fireing two shots in quick succession I dropped back behind cover hopeing he was dead. After ten seconds and no return fire I readied the my gun before i hopped back up to shoot the other raider with brass hooves.

I jumped up to find he wasnt there. "What?.."

*BOOM*

"Agh!" I yelled in suprise and pain as a rifle round imbedded itself in my ribs. I dropped like a stone with a hole in my right side.

Out of nowhere the raider brute with brass hooves hopped over the barrier and looked down at me, smileing "why hyullo" he spoke with an accent like he was from marescow or stalliongrad. He kicked me in the ribbs makeing me cough and gasp for breath. Rolling me over he raised his hoof and brought it down on my muzzle four times breaking my nose in the process. He layed his hoof on my revolver and kicked it away breaking the silencer and something internal as it hit the concrete barrier. "Do svidaniya" he said as he raised his hoof over my throat about to crush my windpipe.

"Hey! Get away from him!" Yelled sledgehammer who grabbed the machine gun from the dead raider.

"Oh hyullo little one." The brute said smileing devilishly.

Before he could move an inch closer, sledge unloaded into his face completely vaporizing it. He switched the gun over to semi auto and fired four shots at the sniper only one return shot came. He dropped the gun and ran over to me. "Are you alright?

I always hated when ponies said that if you were hurt, you always state the obvious. "N. N. No. *cough* Go to new appleloosa you'll be safe" i said between coughs with hope.

"No i wont leave you to die" he said trying to convince me i was okay

"Go" i commanded.

"Ill be back with a doctor" sledge promised

"Alright... *cough* I think I'm going to go to sleepp..."

"no don't go on me now!" sledge yelled as I fell into unconsciousness.

~~~ooOOooOOooOOoo~~~

I realized I could still feel my body even though I was unconscious, which I have never had happen before since I have been knocked out at least five times in the testing range by a malfunctioning weapon. also I was a mare. what the, what is going on? asked scorch who was as confused as I was.

I don't know, wait I think this is the memory orb I grabbed.I thought to scorch

How, don't you need to grab that in your magic?he replied still confused

I don't know but... oh I think our senses have come back

Then shut up and watch.he retorted venomously

Everything came together at once, sight, sound, even smell. and I knew that smell of barbecued circuitry and electronics, this was the terminal station where all the tests are viewed. this mare was looking at a mirror that she had hung somehow on the wall where there was no hooks or loose nails, just a flat grey wall. and I was in the head of a pure white coated, long grey maned mare, she was straightening her mane before somepony knocked on the door. She opened the door with a press of a button next to her. stood in the door was a orange colored pony with a tied faded blonde mane with a worn Stetson sitting on her head,  waiting patently for the mare to speak.

"H... hello M.. Mrs. Applejack. how a.. are you today?" the mare stuttered obviously scared half to death on why the ministry mare had arrived.

"just fine sugar cube, so are we goin ta begin the testing for the balefire armor soon, Ms. Phrase?" said AppleJack making Code Phrase, there is her name, remember why she was straightening her mane in the first place.

"Y... Yes ma'am, Mr. Byte is standing out in the testing floor awaiting your approval."

"Alright then shall we get started?"

"yes ma'am" said code phrase now loosing any stutter.

"alright, oh wait! Paladin Heart you may come in." applejack said to a steel ranger just outside the room.

"thank you Ma'am" came a deep now modulated voice through a set of power armor. As a dull greyed set of steel ranger power armor walked in.

"shall we begin?" Code Phrase asked expectantly

"Ee'yup" said AppleJack before she looked down, mumbling something of a prayer to somepony.

Code phrase belted out list of directions to everyone but... me.

WAIT WHAT!?I yelled internally as she walked over and I saw a stallion with a blue green coat and a light and dark blue mane stood there waiting for the armor to be placed on him.

The armor was assembled onto me and after only one minute the low caliber turret fired ten rounds, none did even a dent in the green tinted grey armor. As the suit was being taken off by several pneumatic arms suspended from the ceiling though, a ponytron crashed into the ammunition stockpile in the back creating a giant inferno that spread towards me in less than 10 seconds.

I saw me run to the door on the right of the building just before the blast shield was dropped over the window.

Time zoomed forward at ludicrous speed until it stopped abruptly making me and scorch get jostled around in the mares head, somehow. what just happened? I asked scorch mentally climbing off of him as we had landed on top of each other in the mares headhead.

I don't know I didn't think memories could fast forward. he said mentally dusting himself off

we stood over a medical table where I lay burnt more to the look of a peice of burnt toast than a pony.

"Ma'am I have an idea." blurted out code phrase.

"yes?" replied applejack with a raised eyebrow.

"to compete with robronco I had plans set up for robots that used our weaponry instead of robronco's. giga here may speed that up."

"what do ya mean?"

"we could implant cybernetics under his skin to make him a "sleeper" agent if you will."

"I.. I don't know about that."

"why?"

"it seems a bit unnatural to bring him back to life with technology."

"I.. yes, but it could help in a lot of ways..."

"I personally agree ma'am." said Paladin Heart without his helmet on showing his dark violet coat with a almost black, blue mane.

"I... I don't know." said applejack hesitantly.

"think about it, Mr. Byte could help with the war! We could implant him as a defector in the zebra capital and assassinate the Caesar." insisted Heart.

"I.. I.. Fine, but don't expect me to be happy 'bout it." applejack said quite annoyed.

"alright, lets get to work." code said happily.

~~~ooOOooOOooOOoo~~~

WHAT!? I yelled at scorch internally as everything faded to black.

Ah! don't yell, you aren't the only one in here you know. he retorted while covering his ears.

how could they do that!? I like electronics and all but this I ridiculous!I said lowering my internal voice.

I don't know but you should be happy, your alive. and it could be a lot worse.. he faded away as I snapped back awake with a jerk.

"woah, slow down there." said the doctor I saw from new appleloosa.

"what happened while I was *cough* out?" I said groggily

"this little guy told what happened here." she pushed Sledge forward gently. "and I ran as fast as I could to get here."

"thanks sledge."

"no problem" he replied shyly

"anyways you've lost a lot of blood so I don't advise moving too much, so I hauled this old piece of shit wheel chair for you, now can you get in?" she said as she started to push me into the chair.

I got in, settled my self comfortably into it and started to roll it towards new appleloosa.

"woah hold on I got ya." said Allen who appeared out of nowhere.

"finally *cough* found your brother I see." I said sarcastically.

"yea" she rolled her eyes "anyways lets get you back to the town were only just over that hill!" she said happily as I gained speed from her gallop.

Scorch had been mentally humming a cheery tune with "always look" and "side of life" escapeing his muzzle when we hit a large bump while Allen ran me in the rusted to death wheel chair. She stopped so quickly i flew out of the chair a good four feet before I stood up slowly. "Ugh, that hurt." I stated as i limped towards thw wall to lean on it, feeling as if i was going to pass out again.

Allen ran over to me and put a foreleg over me to steady me. "Sorry sir. I was happy my brother is back is all." She apologized with a smile

"Its *cough* fine. My name is Giga Byte by the way, i forgot to say my name when we met." I said with happiness crawling into my voice.

"Alright Giga Byte, we need to get you into the doc's office."

"Alright, *cough* lets go

I woke up, the anesthetic haveing worn off, on a operateing table as the doctor ran from place to place. "Oh come on! I know i put it there two minutes ago. Where could it?.. Oh for the love of, why is it up here!?" She said grabbing at the top of a filling cabinet, pulling a medical clipboard down. "Oh your awake, the anesthetic should have kept you out for another two hours, well you dont need to be asleep any more. Apparently you have some VERY advanced implants in your skin, may i study them?" She asked anxiously.

"Sure" i said

"Thanks." She spoke gratefully

She spoke up after five minutes of mumbleing. "Where did these come from? They are more advanced than any robronco implants ive seen before"

"Um yea about that. They are from Ironshod Firearms."

She deadpanned "what? They didnt make implants only weaponry."

"Its true!"

"Who installed them then? Cause you havent traveled far and im the only doctor in a fifty mile radius."

"Um a scientist, with applejack watching over her shoulder." I said

She burst out laughing when i was done speaking. "That is the biggest bullshit ive heard so far this year" she said holding back another fit of laughter.

"Its true." I said hopefully

"And im related to the goddesses"

"I wish that hadn't been a one use memory orb." As it had apparently cracked in half after I used it.

"If you wana get any one to believe you got to tenpony" she said rolling her eyes.

"I dont know were that is and i want to stay where ponies know me."

"Who knows you here?"

"Ditzy does."

"I... Lets go see." She said smirking while helping me off the table, and opening the door.

As we walked up to "Absolutely Everything" I said a thought that had been bouncing around in my head. "Well at least they didn't make me a full robopony" I said with a laugh making the doctor glare at me. "Alright I'll be quiet." I said annoyed.

We entered Absolutely Everything to find derpy helping a customer with working out prices on several cans of food.

As it turns out the stallion didn't take much time and left with five of his six cans. "Hi ditzey." I said happily with her waving back. Doc here says no one knows me from here, is that true?" I asked with some sarcasm and a smirk forming on my muzzle that still had not been reset.

She smiled and hoofed out her chalk board before writing "Giga Byte was one of my best friends before the war!"

"Oh. Sorry Miss Do for interupting. Your day then." The doctor said annoyed, yanking me back outside she glared at me. "Ugh fine I'm sorry about that, now since you are one of the most decent..." She reached up and reset my muzzle who?e I was unaware, makeing me jump in pain. "Customers I've had all week I'll tell you about some stuff around town. First of all there is a house outside of the walls, mabey a five minutes trot from here, that just became available ask ditzey for the price since she has been handling that for a couple of months now. I don't think much else is going on but I'll help you if I can, but my prices will stay the same, and that will be about a hundred caps."

She spoke with enough speed to make my head spin, but I knew I didnt have that many caps... Yet as even though I lost the pistol in the fight I still had full saddle bags under my slightly beat up duster. "I don't have that right now. May I sell some stuff to ditzey fist?" I pleaded

"Fine but I'm staying right here untill you get back, and you better have my caps" she spoke warningly.

"Don't worry I'll be back."

I walked out of ditzey's shop two hundred caps ditched leaving me with around two hundred and eighty caps.

"You got my caps?" The doctor asked impatiently

"Yep here ya go" I said pulling out a small bag full of caps and throwing it to her.

As she caught it she remembered what was in her sergical apron's pocket. Pulling out a beat up revolver she threw it to me, catching it easily in my telekinesis and outing it into my foreleg holster. "Thanks"

"Ner problem" she said holding the bag in her mouth before dropping it to where the gun was.

I still had around a hundred or two hundred caps left as I walked away going towards the house the mare, as well as derpy told me about.

"This place better be good for all the money I just got."