It has been two years since the Dazzlings were defeated and everyone else was off to college and off to new lives all except Sunset Shimmer. She was on her way back to Equestria to ask for forgiveness from Princess Celestia and to finish her training with her she sent a message to Princess Twilight to give to Princess Celestia. So here she was in front of the portal to Equestria,she said her goodbyes to everyone of her friends and packed everything she brought to this world in a bag. She closed her eyes and stepped through the portal and the first thing she noted before opening her eyes was that the ground and air were dry and hot and when she opened them she realized that she was not in Equestria all she saw was dirt and dust for as far as the eye can see. The second thing she noticed was that she had fur and hooves now and she still had her skirt, jacket and blouse. Her bag was still with her as well, good thing to because she could use the book that she used to contact princess Twilight last time.
"Where am I?" she asked to no one in particular. but she looked to her left and saw a sign that read, 'Las Vegas 15 miles'. "What is 'New Vegas' it kind of sounds like Las Pegasus." Then she heard voices and what sounded like the crack of a whip, coming from the next hill over.
One of the voices she heard said, "Move it slaves we have three more days until we reach Cottonwood Cove so move it." she ran up the hill and peeked over to see people like in the other world but different for starters five of them had heavy packs on their backs, no shoes and they had collars on their necks. The last three had either a gun or what looked like a machete and they wore a combination of torn red shirts as well as skirts and shoulder pads with red a 'X' on both sides. Some of them had some weird looking headdresses on while others don't just as she was about to goo back down the hill she was on one of them that she didn't see grabbed her.
"Sir, I found something you might want to see." said the one that grabbed her.
"And what would that be recruit Veralius, it better not be another dead bloatfly the last five times weren't funny and the centurions are not as forgiving like me." said the one that had a dog headdress on. Sunset was then thrown down the hill in front of him.
"I found her watching use from the hill she looks like a horse from one of those books that was in that office building we raided a few days ago."
"Your right and maybe she can carry more weight as well put two packs on her."
"But sir what about the horn on her head what should we do about that." asked the one with a massive sword on his back.
"We'll watch her closely and when we get to Cottonwood cove we'll let the centurion decide what to do about it. But until then keep mov...." he didn't get to finish as his head exploded and then a thunderous sound ripped through the air.
"We are under attack take cover." yelled the one with the sword on his back but he didn't make it to cover before his leg was blown off, he fell to the ground screaming as blood squirted out while he was holding on to his now stub of a leg.
The others all took cover one of the ones with a pack grabbed Sunset and dragged her over to some rocks where the others were hiding. they watched as on of the men in red poked his head out only to have it shot off, then it was quiet. The last one pulled out his machete when he heard foot steps coming closer to them, when they were close enough he charged the unknown assailant but a moment later a shout rang out and the man's head came rolling back. Sunset didn't even notice a man standing in front of her until she saw a pair of boot next to the head of the dead man. she looked up only to see a man in a mask. He walked past her and went to the first man to die and grabbed a set of keys off his body, then walked back to them and unlocked the others callers. He then said, "You might want to get out of here the town of Novac is a few miles when you get there look for a man named Boone or Manny and tell a desert ranger sent you." they all nodded their heads and took off, all but Sunset she sat there and started to cry.
He noticed this and walked over and kneeled down next to her and wrapped her his arms around her and let her cry herself to exhaustion and she tried to stay awake but she couldn't keep her eyes open and was soon loosing consciousness, but before she did he said, "Now where did you come from?" then she passed out completely.
Rowe had seen a lot of weird things out in the wastelands for instance who in the right mind would put a coyote and a rattle snake. But after tracking those Legion slavers never in his whole life would he have thought he would find something like the girl that is currently asleep in his arms. A lot must of happened to her today because she broke down and cried right in his arms until she fell asleep. Now Rowe was walking with her back to base camp which was in the Coyote mines he rigged the entrance with booby traps but he knows how to disable them. After a few hours he got back and set her down on a bedroll and started a fire and started some stew made with gecko and coyote meat. As he cooks he realizes his guest is awake but doesn't say anything but instead takes his helmet off and see what she dose. When he heard her trying to sneak away without turning his head he said, "I wouldn't go out there if I was you. There are worse things there than those slavers."
She froze because he somehow heard her trying to leave and to hear there are worse things out there she stopped to think. He then turned to look at her he was no older than thirty years his face covered in dust and grim from the desert, he had a small Gettysburg style goatee, on top of his head was a low cut Mohawk and finally he had storm cloud gray eyes. They stared at each other for a while until he said, "Come on over and warm up by the fire we can talk while we wait for the stew. My name is Rowe by the way."
"I am Sunset Shimmer, where am I exactly." asked Sunset.
"Well to be specific you are in the coyote mine but in general you are in the Mojave Wasteland." answered Rowe.
Before she could ask another question her stomach growled and Rowe said, "Well I'll make you a deal we eat and get some sleep then come morning I'll answer your questions and you answer mine sound good?"
Sunset nodded not knowing how she would get home and wondered if this Rowe would be able to help.
Meanwhile in the Crystal Empire a servant was being chewed out by the Palaces head maid for being so clumsy as to crack the mirror that Princess Twilight used to go to and from the other world. While this was going on Princess Celestia, Luna, Twilight and the mane six where on there way to the mirror to welcome Sunset home. But when they arrived they noticed the head maid a mare that looked to be in her forties and the maid was at least in her teens. "What is going on here, my little ponies?" asked Celestia not noticing the crack in the middle running down the middle of the mirror.
"I am sorry your Highness I didn't see you there," the head maid said and bowed to Celestia and the others, "I was just telling Ms. Cherry pit here that she needs to be more careful while cleaning she almost broke the mirror that Princess Twilight used to go to the human world."
Luna walked over to the mirror and when she saw the crack in it she looked back at her sister worriedly and said, "Sister if Sunset Shimmer was in the portal when this happened she might of been sent to whole other world entirely she could be in any number of worlds now or she might be dead." everypony gasped at the sound that Sunset might be dead. But Celestia looked like she was thinking intensely.
"Twilight do you still have the book that Sunset used to give you the message for me?" asked Celestia
Twilight nodded and turned to Spike and asked, "Spike do you still have the book on you or did you put it in the suitcase?"
"I have it right here Twilight. What should I write in it?" asked Spike.
"Write 'Dear Sunset Shimmer, are you still alive, and if so where are you?" said Pinkie Pie.
"Alright.....and done."
"Lets hope she is still alive and somewhere safe." said Celestia with some tears streaming down her face.
"It will be alright sister she be alright, I am sure of it." said Luna as she hugged her.
"I hope so sister I hope so."
Meanwhile in the Mojave Wasteland Sunset was explaining to Rowe where she is from and what she is. "Okay let me get this straight. Your a Unicorn that can use magic, from a land called Equestria that is populated by ponies and the only reason you are here is because you ran away a long time ago and wanted to go back." said Rowe
"For the hundredth time yes and I bet you still don't believe me." said Sunset.
"No, I do considering something in your pack is glowing and vibrating for the last five minutes."
"WHAT! Why didn't you tell me." yell Sunset as she opened her pack and pulled out her book and read 'Dear Sunset Shimmer are you alive, and if so where are you?'. She then wrote, 'Yes I am alive, but I am in...' she realized hasn't asked her questions of her own yet.
Temporarily forgetting the massage she was writing she asked Rowe, "So now that it is my turn to ask the questions, where am I?"
"Well you want a specific location e general version?" asked Rowe.
"I'll take the general version."
"Well you are in the Mojave Wasteland."
"The 'Mojave Wasteland' why is it called that?"
"Two hundred years ago, the world was consumed by nuclear fire and many people died but many other survived in massive under vaults. When they finally opened the world as they knew it was gone and it was replaced with a harsher more unforgiving place were the strong survived and the weak perished. Many factions eventually cropped up in this new world such as the NCR or New California Republic that wants to back the values of the old world they started in west as well the Brotherhood of Steel who is more interested in the preservation of old world technology. But to the east the combination of forty tribes created Ceaser's Legion the ones that you met yesterday the NCR might be bad but the Legion is worse."
"So where did you come from, if you don't mind me asking?"
"I came to the Mojave with two of my friends from a place back east in Utah a place called New Canaan. We were tracking Legion slave routes and saving slaves along the way. In fact you are lucky that I found you when I did."
"What do you mean, What would've happened to me if you didn't show up."
"I really shouldn't say mostly because it will shock you more than anything."
"Tell me please."
"Ok, well if you proved to carry more weight than other slaves and could last longer to they would of most likely breed you for more."
"You mean like...get me pregnant....then take the foal away?" Sunset said and started to tear up at the thought of other going through the same.
"Yes, but that is not going to happen because you are staying with me and I'll do everything in my power to get you home. You have the word of the desert rangers on that."
"Thank you Rowe." she said then she realized some thing, "I think I know a way to possibly get me home."
"Oh, and what would that be?"
"Celestia could find me a way home, but until then I guess I could stay with you."
"Well, write back to her and get sleep we have a big day ahead of us tomorrow. We have to find my partners then we will look for a way home for you on our end while they look for one on theirs. I'll stay up you get some sleep." He then walked off to the mouth of the mine leaving Sunset to watch him go and she wondered why she didn't tell him she could use magic now that she got her horn back and why she was still staring while he went. She quickly looked away with a lite blush coming to her face and wrote in her book, 'Dear Princess I am alive and well but I have wound up in a place known as the Mojave Wasteland. I have found some one who is willing to help me find a way home while you look for one on your end so please don't worry. I'll be back soon I hope.' with that the message was sent and she laid down and fell asleep.
(Crystal Empire)
The palace was a buzz with all kinds of unicorns to try and find a way to bring Sunset Shimmer as per Celestia's orders. While the Princess do some research themselves. After receiving Sunset's message that she was alive and well was welcome relief, but when she said she was in a place called the 'Mojave Wasteland' that got them very concerned but they decided to wait for her to write them but, what they were more concerned with was the man that she was with she said that she could trust him but they weren't to sure. "How the hay do we know that she is fine with this....man all we is that he could have a gun to her head and told her to write that message to us telling us that she is fine." said Rainbow Dash, "I just don't like it."
"Ah know what you mean RD how do we know that this guy won't just kill her" said Applejack. Everypony was wondering the same thing while the Princesses were all wondering how to get sunset back from this 'Mojave Wasteland'.
"Do you think this man can be trusted sister?" Luna asked, "The elements are right we know so little about him and this 'Wasteland'. How do we even know we can get her home."
"I don't know sister but we must find a way to get her home she deserves that much." said Celestia. Cadence, Shining Armor and Twilight arrived looking exhausted they spent more then half the night looking in the Crystal Empires Royal library trying to find anything that can hint that their might be another portal that Sunset can get back to.
"Did you find anything thing Twilight?"
"Well we didn't find anything in the library about a portal." said Twilight Celestia's ears started to droop, "But we found a book hinting on where we can find it unfortunately it was hidden by King Sombra." Celestia's eyes widened when the mention of King Sombra was brought up.
"Why would he have something like that?"
"Princess, he was trying to other world in which he could enslave and use the inhabitants to fight you and Princess Luna, but you stopped him before he could enter it but not before he could make contact with the inhabitance who also built a machine to look for other worlds as well."
"How do we find this portal and help Sunset find it on her end?" asked Luna
"We need to find Sombra's personal research lab that is where we can find the portal, we can then help her find it on her end but until then she has to stay alive, hopefully."
"Let us hope she can and hope this man is trust worthy." said Celestia.
(Mojave Wasteland)
Sunset woke up to find Rowe some of the stew that he made last night and he had set a plate with carrots and an apple next to her, she ate and stared at Rowe ate. When he was done he pulled out a an M1911 colt .45 and a few magazines and waved for sunset to come over to him she over with a look of uncertainty and he said, " I am not going to hurt you but out here in the wastes you need to be able to defend yourself so I am giving you this" he handed her the pistol and she held it for a while at it, "You do know how to use a gun right?" she nodded and thought back when Applejack taught her how when she was living alone in her apartment in the downtown area.
"Well you should probably change that skirt of yours out for some pants it kind of makes you stick out." Rowe said as he handed her a pair of dusty blue pants and a holster for her pistol, he left while she got dressed. She started thinking one part of her said that she can't kill anybody and the other was saying that you can if you have to. She was very conflicted and she didn't know what to do, after a while she went the way Rowe did and she opened the door at the beginning of the mine and walked out into the blazing sun of the Mojave wasteland.
"You look good in those pants by the way." Rowe said as he was sitting on a rock loading round into a magazine Anti-Material rifle. Sunset blushed at his statement, she always did like wearing jeans as opposed to the skirt but Rarity convinced her that she looked better in it.
"Thanks for compliment, so you said that we are going to find these buddies of yours." said Sunset, Rowe then stood up and nodded and they started walking west.
For a few hours they didn't talk and only listened to the sound of the breeze and the occasional gunfire in the distance. Sunset was taking in the dead land before her eyes and remembered what Rowe had told her about the war two hundred years ago. As they were walking d something over the next hill. Rowe crouched and motioned for Sunset to do the same as they came to top of the hill they saw members of the viper gang holding a caravan hostage. Rowe then pulled out his Anti-Material Rifle and pointed it at the leaders head, he then took the shot and blew the leaders head off but them managed to sneak up on them and tackled Sunset to the ground and they struggled with each others. The Viper was trying to slit her throat with his switch blade, she managed use her magic to stun him and without thinking she pulled her pistol and shot him in the chest twice, he fell back and a pool of blood formed beneath him and all Sunset could do was stare. Rowe had finished dealing with the Vipers when he turned and saw Sunset sitting on the ground staring at the Viper that she killed. he went over and pulled her hug to comfort her for he knew how hard it is to take your first life she just sat there for awhile.
After Sunset little breakdown they helped the caravan to the Mojave Outpost. they walked into the Barracks and found a bar with a group of caravaners and NCR troopers ding cheering as two people were drinking bottle after bottle of whisky one was a woman with dusty blue jeans, brown over shirt, a yellow plaid shirt and a straw hat, she had a double barreled shotgun on back. The other was a man with a long duster over body armor with forest green jeans and combat boots, his steson sat on the bar next to him and his goggles around his neck. He was extremely drunk speaking incoherent sentences, after they both drank the last bottles they both passed out and everyone dispersed. Rowe went and picked the man up and said, "Grab the girl we are staying here tonight." sunset nodded and picked the woman up and as she did so she noticed that some of the troopers that lingered behind were eyeing her like a piece of meat. But they stopped as Rowe looked back at them through his helmet.
That night Sunset wrote to Princess Celestia again, 'Dear Princess, I am writing you to tell you that I am still alive and that we have found one of Rowe's friends currently staying at a outpost. I have also had to take my first life today after a man tried to slit my throat.... I will write to you again soon.' she then put the book away and crawled onto bed and closed her eyes but she couldn't sleep all she could see was the man's face and the faces of her friends and the princesses. She then got out of bed and climbed in with Rowe, he was awake and let her in with him for he knew she was going through a rough time and they slept tough ether that night.
(Crystal Empire)
Princess Celestia was in the Royal Archive with the elements of harmony all looking for the location of King Sombra's lab, but he hid the information well. There are still secret rooms that have not been found by anypony. While they were there Spike noticed the journal they were using to talk to Sunset was vibrating and he said, "Hey, everypony Sunset wrote back."
Everypony came rushing over and waited to hear what Sunset had to say Luna grabbed the book and opened it and started to read out loud, "Dear Princess, I am writing to tell you I am still alive and that we have found one of Rowe's friends currently staying at a outpost...."
"Well it good to know that she is still alive." said Fluttershy.
"I would have to agree with you darling, and I do hope that she will remain so." said Rarity
"Well what else did she write or was that it?" asked Rainbow
Luna then looked back to the book and started to read, "I also had to...take my first life today after a man tried to slit my throat. I will write you again soon." she put her hand over her mouth and started to tear up and looked at the other and they were all at different levels of disbelief and shock. Celestia couldn't believe that her former student had killed somepony, Twilight couldn't wrap her head around as to why, Spike couldn't believe it, Fluttershy and Rarity were starting to tear up, Rainbow and Applejack were looking furious, Shining and Cadence were very confused as to why this has happened.
"I bet it was that Rowe fella had something to do with it an then force her to say she did it in self defense." said Applejack
"Yeah, he's probably teaching her to kill others for him because he is such a coward to do it himself." said Rainbow Dash
"But the question is why would he do that?" asked Twilight.
"He doesn't need a reason to all he needs to do is put a gun to her head tell her if she didn't do like he said he would kill her." said Rainbow and soon they where starting to argue with each other while Cadence tried to console Fluttershy and Rarity.
"QUIET" Celestia yelled in the Royal Canterlot voice and everypony stopped arguing and they all looked at her and she they said, "Why don't we use the book to send a mirror spell through the book and talk to her that way."
"Can we do that sister, I didn't think that was possible?" asked Luna.
"We can and we will later, right now we need to find anything leading to find Sombra's lab so we can bring her home." she pulled a book and a click was heard and a bookshelf on the opposite wall opened to a dark tunnel. Celestia and the others went down the tunnel flanked by Crystal royal guards, as they made their way down the tunnel opened up to a wide room. When they got in the room it was a lab of sorts and near the far wall was a table next to a frame similar to that of the mirror's. On the table was a book that looked like a journal Celestia walked to the table and opened the book and then gasped, "This is Sombra's lab and this is his journal we found it !" everypony was looking surprised at first and then it turned into determination to bring Sunset home.
(Mojave Wasteland)
Sunset woke up alone in the bed she crawled into with Rowe last night, at the foot of the bed was the woman from yesterday leaning against the metal bedpost. She looked over at Sunset when she heard her getting out of bed and said, "Hey, good to see you awake your friend is outside sobering up his friend."
"Thanks, miss..." the woman then realized that she didn't give her name.
"Cass, my name is Cass and just Cass. saying 'Miss' makes me feel old." Cass said and motioned for Sunset to follow her.
"Well thank you Cass. My name is Sunset Shimmer." said Sunset as she followed the woman outside where she saw Rowe repeatedly dunking the man she saw yesterday in a trough with a bunch of two-headed cows like the one that she saw with the caravan yesterday.watching and munching on dead grass that managed to crop up.
"blurbbbbbbbbbbbb, *gasp*. Ok, I think I am good." breathing heavily as Rowe let go of him and he sat against the trough looking over at Cass and Sunset.
"Well at least you are sober again, now allow me to introduce you to Sunset Shimmer I found her two days ago when she just got captured by some legion slavers." said Rowe "Sunset may I introduce you to one of my oldest friends Crow he is deadly when it comes to long range."
Crow nodded and looked back at Rowe and said, "The woman next to her is Cass of Cassidy caravan, I kind of helped her with a problem concerning her caravan so yesterday was us celebrating her getting to travel freely again I guess we over did a little."
"Yeah a little, so I got your Anti-Material Rifle and for it, your welcome. Now where is my Medicine Stick?"
"Oh, uh I gave it to the bar keep for safe keeping." Rowe then handed him a few boxes and the Rifle off his back and walked back inside and came out a few moments later he came out with a lever action rifle with a silver finish on the action of the rifle, and on the butt stock was a leather face guard with a target reticle made out of beads with feathers of a Raven hanging off of it. He walked up to them and looked over to Cass and said, "So what will you do now that you are free to walk around? Go back to California and keep your Caravan moving or what?"
She looked at him and then said, "No I think I can travel with you guys for now, I feel like I will a lot more action following you guys around so I think I'll stick with you guys."
"Welcome to the crew, now ," He looked over to Crow, "where is Wolf? Last I saw of him he was with you."
While putting his pack on and said, "We separated when he heard of some reports of troops being pulled from the prison to the dam, last I heard he was in Primm."
"Well then I guess that's where heading." he turned to Sunset and motioned for her to follow, they went a little bit away and turned back to her and removed his helmet so she could see his eyes and said, "Are you alright Sunset, you were pretty shaken up yesterday?"
Sunset looks at him and then down at the ground and starts to rub her arm and said, "It was scary I wasn't even thinking and the next moment I was pulling the trigger and the man was falling backwards with a hole in his chest and I just lost it." her eyes started to tear up, "The worst part is that I saw my friend looking at me with an accusing gaze like I killed him because I wanted to!" she then started to cry. Rowe pulled her into a hug and let her cry.
After a few minutes he said, "Your friends will always be caring and understanding of things like this. You have to do what is needed to survive and if your friends don't understand that then I would hardly count them as friends." he pulled back and looked her in the eye to show that he is one hundred firm in what he said.
Sunset and Rowe then became lost in each eyes and then he looked away and said, "Well...I'll go and see if they are ready to go." He walked over back to the others leaving Sunset standing there for a while with her thoughts and they were squealing in delight and wondering why he walked away with a sad look in his eye at the same time.
They set out for Primm a little before noon with a Caravan heading for Sloan on a resupply run. Their was no talking for a while the only sounds made came from the pack on the Brahmin, the sounds of boots on the cracked asphalt, the clopping of Sunset's hooves and the occasional distant Gunfire. That was until they were passing a building with black and white cars out front of it she heard what sounded the cocking of a gun and before she could say anything a explosion landed next to the front mercenary and blew him a good four feet away from where he was standing. The next thing to happen was people were coming out from behind and from the inside of the building rushing out with 9mm and 10mm pistols and sub-machine guns, except one that was hanging back with a weird tube looking weapon. Rowe was the first to start firing back he managed to kill two of them with head shots. Cass was next as they got closer to Rowe she let them have to round of twenty gauge buck-shot to the face. Crow managed two whip out his 10mm sub-machine gun and let out five round burst to the chest of the ones trying to flank Cass and Rowe. Sunset and merchant and mercenaries were firing as well, she looked and saw the one in the back raise the tube and aimed at Rowe, Cass, and Crow and pulled the trigger without even thinking her magic flared and she caught and threw the object the came out of the tube back at the woman in the back and it landed right next to her right leg blowing it off of her and sending her flying towards the wall of the building. After the last of the attackers were killed the mercs went about collecting ammo and what ever else that might be useful from the ones they killed, Cass and Crow were doing the same Rowe was treating the injured merc. Sunset went over to were the woman was standing and found the tube like weapon she was using, it was broken but she thought it might have some value later so she stuffed it in her pack. She then walked over to were the woman was on the wall and was surprised to find her still alive and barely breathing she looked up at Sunset and said, "Kill me....put....me out of....my misery."
Sunset looked at her for a while and then pulled her .45 up and leveled it with the injured woman's head and mumbled, "I'm sorry." then she pulled the trigger, bits of brain and skull spattered on to the wall and the woman's body slumped against it. Sunset stared for a while before she grabbed the pack that was on her back and went back to the others. Nobody talked for a while and they soon had the town of Primm came into view and they were going to make a stop in it.
Primm is a small town with two big buildings in it one said 'Bison Steve's Hotel and Casino' and the other was 'The Vick and Vance casino' and another building across the street of 'The Vick and Vance' was a post office called 'The Mojave Express'. But they were heading for a big long shack that served as the local Sheriff's office. Inside was one man, the man was in his late thirties-early forties and he was currently asleep at his desk until Rowe knocked on the door even though it was wide open. The man woke with a start and fell out of his chair and on his face after about a minute of silent cursing he got up and looked over to the door and saw the group but his eyes stay a little to long on Sunset. He regained his composer and said, "Howdy, I'm Deputy Beagle. Sheriff McLain is currently in the Vick and Vance Casino across the way, how can I help you?"
Crow answered, "We are looking for a friend of ours. He's wearing some salvaged power armor much like the ones the NCR heavy infantry wears but no NCR symbols on it but a Black Wolf instead."
"Hmmm. Now that you mention it someone wearing power armor like that came by here a few days ago. But he left and went towards Goodsprings up north. If ya leave now I think you can get there 'fore night fall."
"Thanks for the information Deputy Beagle." Rowe said and we all started walking north after they got back on the highway as they walked Crow would run off for ten minutes at a time and would return talk to Rowe and run off again. After abut the third time Crow ran off he came back in just one minute and said, "Hey guys Goodsprings is just over this hill." they al were about to start walking a little faster when a shot rang out and Rowe fell forward with a yell. Cass grabbed him and pulled him behind a rock and hide behind as well, Sunset was almost shot a few times when she made a run for the rock as well and Crow was behind a rock a little further up the hill and pulled his Anti-Material rifle. He took aim and saw the flash from a .308 sniper rifle being held by a Cesar's Legions assassin, He could also see four other assassins with close range and medium range weapons. Crow took the shot on the assassin with sniper rifle the .50 cal round blowing his head off his shoulders, Cass was charger by one wielding a hand-held saw and she blasted him in the face with both barrels. The next two ran at Sunset and Rowe, both in Centurion armor, one wielding a 12.7mm sub-machine gun and the other a Super sledge, Sunset managed to hit the one with the super sledge in the face with a .45 round. The other took aim at her and shot she closed her eyes and waited for the pain to come from the bullets but none came when she opened her eyes she saw that Rowe was standing in front of her, while the assassin was about to let lose another burst, he blew up. Sunset caught Rowe when he began to sway and fell, she then saw that most of his armor had blocked five of the six rounds that the assassin fired the sixth buried itself in his in the lower left of his torso and he was now bleeding from two holes in his body one in his right shoulder and then the one in his lower left of his torso both had not gone through either. Sunset then saw a armored hand lift Rowe up and she saw mask that motioned for her to follow. she and the others did but also picked up weapons and ammo from the dead assassins as well as a note. They arrived at a off-white house on a hill, they followed the armored figure to the door where he knocked and a elderly man answered took one look at Rowe and let them inside.
"Put him over on the bed in the other room, as for the rest of you." he turned towards the other standing by the door while the armored figure takes Rowe into the other room and said, "My name is Doc Mitchell, Welcome to Goodsprings. Why don't ya'll head on down the hall to the living room and wait for me to be done with your friend?" they all nodded and he disappeared in to the next room, the group continued down the hall into the living room and the armored figure was sitting on the couch working on what looked like a similar tube like weapon but it looked like the one Sunset picked up earlier. He stopped what he was doing and looked back at them and Crow went over to him and hugged him.
"it's good to see you again Wolf. Now take off that helmet and meet these nice women?" said Crow as he stepped back and Wolf pulled his helmet off and he has a scar running down his left cheek to his the bottom of his neck, his hair is buzz-cut, his eyes are forest green and he has a goatee and a tattoo wrapping around from the bottom of his eye to the top and it looked like a wolf.
" Well it is nice to meet you, My name is Wolf." He looked at Cass and Sunset and said, "Any of you have a 40mm grenade launcher on you by any chance, broken or otherwise." Sunset was about to shake her head when she remembered the tube weapon the she picked up from the woman. she pulled it out of her pack and handed it to him and he said, "Well thank you.....I'm sorry I never caught your name?"
"I'm Sunset and this is Cass, Rowe found me a few days ago and saved me from Legion slavers." Sunset said and bowed her head with the idea of being breed and the foal being taken away to become a slave to didn't sit well with her.
"Well if I know Rowe he will pull out of this, you might as well get comfortable Doc's going to be a while." they nodded and spread out among all the furniture, Sunset watched as Wolf went to work on his grenade launcher. She eventually fell asleep, and when she woke up Doc Mitchell came into the room followed by Rowe without his armor on.
Sunset jumped up ad hugged him as tight as possible and failed to notice the wince that Rowe had on his face. After the embrace Doc Mitchell then said, "Well it was a pretty standard procedure and the wounds will heal in a couple of hours, but it's late so you all better stay here for the night. I have some makeshift cots that I have for more than one patient and you can use the bed in the other room."
"Thanks doc for everything" said Rowe
"Hey it's no problem any friend of Wolf's is a friend of mine." with a nod he left the room and came back with two cots.
Sunset was going to take one when Rowe put his hand on her shoulder and said, "If you want you can sleep with me tonight." Sunset nodded and they both went into the other room were Rowe's armor laid on a gurney with a missing wheel. Rowe laid down on the mattress and Sunset followed, after about ten minutes Rowe heard quiet sobbing. He looked over to find Sunset trying not to make it obvious but it was failing, Rowe placed his arm around her and said in a hushed voice, "What is wrong Sunset?"
"I ...came so close .... to losing you that I didn't realize it until now." she said while sobbing, "And now I know why I was so worried about you is because I love you."
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since you saved me I have felt this draw to you and I can't ignore it any more." she was about to cry again when she felt a pair of lips meet hers and she opened her eyes to find Rowe kissing her.
After a while the kiss ended and Rowe said, "I feel the same way, I never made a move because I felt it wasn't my place to do so." They looked into each others eyes again kissed each other to sleep.
Author's Note
Skills and Perks:
Rowe: Survival 100, medicine 100, Guns 100, Lock pick 100, science 60, sneak 15
Cowboy perk (do more damage with Lever-action Rifles, Revolvers and Machetes)
Rapid reload (Reload your weapon faster)
Quick Draw
Hunter
Strong Back
Crow: Guns 100, Barter 100, Medicine 50, Sneak 100, science 75, Survival 60
Unshakeable tracker
Silent Running
Ninja
Explorer
Fortune Finder
Sniper
Commando
Wolf: Explosives 100, Guns 56, Survival 60, Repair 100, Barter 70, Speech 100
Hit the deck
Jury rigging
Weapon Handling
Heave Ho!
Demolition expert
Commando
