Fallout Equestria: A Heart Full of Bullets

THE PRESENT.

"alright, I'm going to stop here for a second, kids. I should probably explain who I was at this age. Now, after I killed that last group of raiders, word got out that a pony had taken on ten raiders and won. Well, I hadn't known about it yet and well...I had been searching for Jack and the remaining stable ponies. Unfortunately, after about three years I never found them and well...gave up, but during my search, I had found a hooded cloak and had killed a couple more raiders with my new found weapons. Soon after, I ran into a slaver party with slaves, I killed the slavers and freed the slaves, and during the attack no pony saw me. This is where I earned my nickname, the ghost of the wasteland. When I had found out what every pony was calling me, I decided to make it my job to protect the innocent without my identity being known. Yes, I know it was easy becoming that, but believe it or not, raiders and slavers are stronger than they look. Anyways, should I continue?"

THE PAST.

CLINK

I swung my colt in the direction of the noise, why out of all places had I chosen this place to hide. After I had sealed the stable door, I turned on the lantern spell in my pipbuck. Yet, one of the only other uses that I used on it.

"FUCK CELESTIA IN THE ASS, THAT HURTS!" I yelled, gripping on to my now bandaged hind leg. The bullet had torn through my leg and now there were two holes in it.

CLANG

I pulled my colt around with my magic, where the hell was the bitch that was stalking me. I needed to get away from here, and fast. I looked around the room for any movement, none. I looked around one more time, for safe measures, the gray walls had been turned red and black with dried blood. To this day, I still wondered what happened here, the bones of dead ponies were also scattered around the room. I moved slowly and cautiously, throughout the room to the first hallway, I needed to find the clinic. It would have stimpaks, unused hopefully, and then I could get out of here, that or liberate this place of its horrid creatures. I shrugged,

"If I'm stuck here might as well make it comfy and less evil," I snickered at my remark, like that was ever going to happen.

I'd probably run out of ammo then be eaten alive, first.. I sighed as I finally made it to the entrance to hallway one,

"here we go," I pushed my body against the wall and pricked my ear, listening for any movement around the corner.

CA ClINK, CA CLINK,

Hoof-steps? Why were there, my face turned pale. There was a ghoul pack in here, but how did they,

hold on, blood on the walls, no guns around the pony bones, shit why hadn't I noticed,

I took a deep breath, I had to do this, I would rather die fighting, than by infection. I turned the corner and nearly gagged at the sight of it, this thing had taken a beating, for it was bruised everywhere. It stumbled, clumsily back and forth, an assault rifle strapped on it's rotting shoulder. It hadn't noticed me yet, good the easier the better, I took aim and fired one bullet through its skull, brains splattered against the wall behind it. The abomination dropped, dead, there was no way that shot was unheard. I ran through the halls, twisting, turning, and killing every ghoul in my path, until I came to stop in front of the door labeled,

"CLINIC" in all caps, I tried to look for anymore ghouls in the window, but it was smudged.

"Well, surprise it is," I whispered to the little pony inside my head.

I opened the door, it sliding up with a robotic, creaking noise. I stepped in and gagged at the smell of death and decay,

"sweet Celestia, that reeks," I gasped for fresh air and scrunched my muzzle as I entered the room.

I looked around, the beds were covered with bloodied body bags. I tried counting them all but there were too many of them to count. The walls were also covered in blood, it didn't surprise me. All of the cabinets were open, with three unused stimpaks in one of them. I sighed with relief and walked to the cabinet.

This should and better work, I thought, using my magic to lift and stab the needle into my injured foreleg. It felt good to have the nanobots put my muscle and skin back together. I sighed and ran my hoof through my mane. I turned and sat, laying my back against the wall and pulling an apple out of the unusually, less damaged, saddlebags,

"might as well hide here and let the-" I froze,

did that body bag just move? I slowly put the apple back in my bags and crept my way over to the body bag, my colt, cocked and ready. I moved my hoof to prod it when it shook and made me jump back in response. I took a deep breath and pushed myself back to the bag. please, don't be a radroach, I'm really not in the mood to blow my hiding spot!  I pleaded in my head, as I stuck a hoof on the half open zipper. I inhaled and pulled the rest of the zipper down, tensing up for the jump, but it never came. Instead of a bug there was a full skinned filly, she was shaking, tensed, her eyes squeezed shut. She must have thought I was ghoul,

Shit, what do I do, I can't just leave her here, especially in her condition I looked her up and down, she hadn't eaten in days by the looks of it, and her cream colored coat was a pale white from sickness, and probably fear. I needed to get her out of here at least, than she could find food on her own and...no, I had a better idea. I needed to nurse her back to health and than take her some where safe, it wouldn't be right saving her than leaving her out there alone, especially at her age.

"H-hey...um...you, I'm...I'm not a ghoul, you don't have to be-" she didn't let me finish, as she jumped into my chest and started sobbing. She put her weak hooves around my neck and gripped it,

"P...please...g...get me...out of here" she looked up at me with pleading, teared up, blue eyes.  I couldn't help but smile and run a hoof through her brown mane.

"Let's get you out of here, kid," I said, pulling her on to my back, under my cloak,

"Hold on tight," I said before opening the door and charging through the stable, hopping over the bodies of the dead ghouls as I went. It was when I came to the stable door I skidded to a halt.

In between us and the giant, steel door, was a pack of ghouls, waiting for us. One ghoul, stepped through the crowd of ghouls, until he was in front. He grinned with yellow, and missing teeth,

"So nice of you to join us here for dinner, pony," this one was definitely the leader of them, their king.

"Oh, well I'm sorry, but we are out of pony, fine sir," I mocked, in a rich-like tone, my own grin forming on my face.

He snarled, "dispose of him" he waved a hoof at us and turned to walk away, but he didn't get far and his head exploded, his brains flying all over his minions.

The ghouls screeched before opening fire on us with their guns, I dove for cover and hid behind a turned over vending machine. I turned my head to the lump under my cloak,

"Stay down, okay, I'm going to have to deal with these lunatics, before we go," the lump moved in response, which I guessed was a nod.

I peeked my head and assault rifle out of cover, a little risky, but these things were terrible shots, it was very unlikely-

CLANG

FUCK that was close! I thought pulling my head down as a bullet ricocheted and flew over my head.

I peeked back over and used S.A.T.S., time slowing down once again. I looked through my targets until I came across a ghoul with a plasma rifle. How he got it, I never knew, but what I did know, is that, that thing would disintegrate me in seconds if it made contact. I had to get that gun without getting me and/or the little filly shot. I chose to disarm the ghoul, now named Kill Joy, and targeted the gun and face.

"Here we go" I whispered, before firing S.A.T.S., and time moved at full speed again.

Both shots hit their mark, the gun soared into the air, Kill Joy's head still connected, blood pooling from his dismembered neck. I jumped into the air reaching for the gun, bullets flying pass me as I stretched for it. My mouth made contact, a squishing sound followed, it was after the noise that I realized I had grabbed the head instead of the gun itself. I dropped the head and grabbed the gun right as a bullet blew up Kill Joy's head. I jumped into the cover of a couple of barrels and shivered, I had the taste of dead pony in my mouth, I guessed that was it, and the brains now covered my snout, sending an intoxicating smell into it. My eyes watered at the smell, the filly must've smelt it too, because there was a muffled squeak under my cloak. I couldn't help but smile, but it disappeared when I realized we were still in a firefight. I turned my head to make sure she was okay. I sighed with relief, thank Celestia she wasn't shot during the event.

I levitated the plasma rifle with my magic and prepared myself for battle. I turned to the lump under my cloak,

"Hey kid if me or you don't make it through this...um...can I have your name" I said trying to give a reassuring smile,

"A...Appleseed" she squeaked, a slight tinge of a southern accent to her voice, as a bullet flew behind my turned head and made contact with a barrel.

"Alright...uh...Appleseed, can you get off my back so I can handle the monsters on the other side please," I asked,

She nodded, slid off my back, went to a safe corner, and ducked down. I nodded at her safe position and jumped out of the safety of the barrels rolling and firing the gun in the direction of the ghouls. I looked at what damage I had done, I had turned three out of seven of them into ash. The others, more scared than angry, charged towards me, their guns, now clubs, raised in their teeth. I fired the last five rounds towards them, three made their marks. One came into contact with me, swinging the club into my side with a loud, SMACK, I winced, but held my ground and the club with my magic. I pulled the gun out of his mouth ,some rotting teeth with it and swung it down on to his head, putting him into a daze.

I charged in him, our heads made contact and he fell back on to his back, motionless. I felt my blood boil, he was only unconscious I could finish him right there, that is until I heard a whimper. I turned my head to see, Appleseed staring at me in horror with the gun raised over my head. I felt my blood turn cold as I realized, I was about to kill an unconscious, unarmed, pony. Yes, he might of tried to kill me and the filly, but he was only trying to survive. In the end, sympathy won, and I grabbed the filly, heading for the control panel, when I froze again. Was that alicorn still up there, waiting for me,

"Um, stay here for a second, I need to check to see if it's ok for us to leave," I told her, she nodded and backed up behind the barrels we hid behind during the fight.

I slid the lever down and the orange lights came on, and the door slid open. I walked outside, cautiously sweeping my assault rifle left and right. I put it down when nothing happened,

"Alright, it's safe to come out!" I called down, when I didn't hear her hoof-steps I became worried.

Then my eyes widened, I had left her in there with the ghoul. I charged down into the stable to find the ghoul, standing close to Appleseed.

"APPLESEED!"