Fallout Equestria: Revenge

I awoke to the sound of Alph humming a tune. She had turned on my C.A.M. and was listening to the music that was playing. The music was slow and melodious. I began to realize that it was playing in my head. Not as annoying as I remembered it. Alph saw I had woken up. She looked at me and gave a slight giggle. She bounced towards me and lifted me up.

"Come on," she said, "I baked muffins!"

She brandished a tray of fresh baked muffins.

"I've got some left over, so have one!" she said. She and I both picked one up and took a bite. It was delicious.

"Mmmm!" I said, still chewing, "These are really good! Where did you learn to bake?"

"I don't remember. Oh well, these muffins are great regardless!" she said and took a huge bite.

I finished my muffin and hopped on Mr. Guy. Alph began to fly, putting the muffins in a box, then in her saddlepacks. It didn't take long to get to Appleoosa. However when we got there, I had to once again replace my fission battery with the one that Alph had given me. Mr. Guy's batteries were still okay, but another day, and they would have to be replaced. I urged Alph to change, but this time she refused.

"How am I supposed to make other ponies happy if I don't look normal?" she asked, "I can use my happy power if I look like me, not a disguise. Besides, I've been here before."

"Fine," I said, "Just stay close to me. I don't want to take any chances."

"Okay!" she said.

We walked into town. I stuck close to the side of the road. As we passed, ponies regarded Alph with a strange look. It was like they couldn't decide if they wanted to smile or not. Alph walked up to everpony and greeted them happily. She would vigorously shake their hood and then transform into them. Whenever she transformed, the pony she was talking to began to snicker. They would cover their muzzle with a hoof to stifle their laughter as Alph danced around them.

As she approached, filly's and colts would crowd around her, asking her to transform into them. When she would, she begin to mirror everything they did, including what they said. They all laughed in delight of their new friend.

I found the building I was looking for. Clearly, Alph would be fine. I walked up to the counter and looked at the ghoul who ran it.

She held up a notepad that read, "Welcome to my shop! My name's Ditsy Doo!"

"Yeah, hi again Ditsy," I said, "I've got two things for you. The first one is muffins."

Her eye's lit up with joy. I brought out the muffins that Alph had given to me and set them on the counter.

"The second is a letter," I said, "Addressed to somepony in Fetlock. Can you tell me where it was sent from?"

"Anything for the muffins!" she wrote.

I brought out the letter and gave it to her. She opened it up and looked at it.

"It came from somepony called the Judge. He sent the letter from" she flipped the notepad over and wrote again, "Fillydelphia"

Oh, that can't be good. I knew of a certain red pony who had a lot of power in Fillydelphia. At this point, who didn't know? I thanked her and pushed the muffins close to her. She put them under the counter, grabbing one discreetly. I chuckled and walked away. We had a new heading. Fillydelphia. And that was not good. Few areas in Fillydelphia weren't under Red Eye's control. Anyone who was in Fillydelphia was either one of Red Eye's army, Red Eye himself, or a slave.

I walked up to Alph and put a hoof on her shoulder. She turned and looked at me.

"Looks like we're going to Fillydelphia," I said, "Get your things together and get ready to make way."

She nodded and bade farewell to the townsponies. They waved good bye as well. Looks like she had accomplished her goal of making ponies happy. I began to go and then thought. Perhaps we should stop by my stash in Ironshod Firearms, go to Tenpony Tower for my own reasons. If you haven't caught on to them by now, then you haven't been paying attention.

I hopped on Mr. Guy and told him to make way for Ironshod Firearms. We didn't make it far out of the town before something went horribly wrong. Gunshots rang out. The bounced off of Mr. Guy. I slowed to a halt. I jumped off and began to load my rifle when Alph began to scream. She was trapped in a magical field of levitation. She tried to fly away, but the magic was stronger. Attached to the magic was several unicorn raiders. They began to run away, taking Alph with them.

"No you don't," I said. I began to run after them. I should have caught up to them, but for some reason they were extremely fast. Suddenly I was blocked by a brutish raider.

"Don't worry," he said with a smile, "We'll love her just right."

"Fuck you!" I shouted. I jumped back as the brute tried to grab me. I switched out for the blade. I ran up jumped as high as I could and brought by hoof down on top of his armored head. The blade went right through the raider's head. When somepony tries to block, just stab em' in the head. I wrenched the blade out. I called Mr. Guy over. I hopped on and began to chase the unicorn raiders. They were almost to far away to see now. I switched out the spark batteries for a fission battery. Suddenly he put on a burst of speed.

I was slowly catching up to them. They took her into a cave. I jumped off Mr. Guy with all my momentum and burst right through the wooden door. I rolled, and got up. I shook myself off and began to run deeper into the cave. As I did, I passed so many things that I wish I could've taken. Caps, ammunition, but they could wait. Alph was at risk and that was my number one priority.

I ran deeper, only to be punched back by a rifle round in my chest. I gasped. The bullet felt like somepony had driven a hot spike through me, which wasn't all that inaccurate. I fell, and crawled away to cover. I drank my last healing potion. The wound began to feel better. I loaded two shots into the pistol and took aim from behind the rock. A bullet glanced off the rock. I realized that it didn't make a sound. I fired the pistol and the sniper's scope shattered, shortly followed by the sniper's skull. She fell over, dead. I ran out in the open and ran up the stairs to the platform where the sniper was.

I picked up her gun, which was nothing special, but it had a tube on the end which I recognized as a silencer. It was an infantry weapon. I picked it up and put it away, to examine later. I ran through the door and noticed two things.

The first was Alph chained to the floor on a grungy mattress. The other was the buck slowly approaching her. I practically burned with rage. I slowly walked up to him and tapped his shoulder. He turned around just in time to see my bladed hoof go into his mouth and out the other side.

I wrenched my hoof out, tearing small chunks of flesh out with it. He gurgled and fell to the ground, blood flowing onto the ground in a deep red pool around his corpse.

I walked over to Alph and bucked the spike that held the chain in the ground so hard, it broke in two. Using my plasma cutter hoof, I managed to cut the chain off, as well as the shackle. Alph looked at me with a blank expression. Neither happiness nor fear, just blank. She didn't move, or even blink. All at once, she collapsed, like a balloon deflating. I stepped back, shocked.

"Oh hey," said Alph from behind me, "There you are!"

I turned around to see Alph, except she was covered in a weird slimy film that glistened in the lamplight.

"But you-," I said looking at the other Alph, "And the-...but-...WHAAT!?"

"Changeling defense mechanism!" she said, "I can shed my carapace if I feel threatened. That's just an exoskeleton. A husk."

"Now I've seen it all," I said, "An insect that looks like a pony and can shed their skin. Yep, seen it all."

We left, but not before doing some much needed looting. I found a medical box and cracked it open. Inside were some healing potions and a splint. I collected the caps and worn out guns that lined metal shelves. I grabbed everything. We left the cave and began our journey to Ironshod Firearms.

It was getting late when we spotted them. A group of ponies, small, only about three of them. Even from where we were, I could see that one of them had been in a stable. She was a white unicorn with a black and red dyed mane. It had to have been dyed. Such a vibrant red and black was very uncommon. She wore what looked to be some kind of security barding and I realized something. I hadn't had any armor this whole time. Then I remembered I had some armor in Ironshod.

We steered clear of them. I didn't know what they would do. They looked dangerously unpredictable. I turned on Dj Pon3's radio broadcast for the first time in a while.

"Well folks, it is that time again," he said, "Time for the evening news. This one comes out of Fetlock. It seems some cyberpony went on a murderous rampage and began killing everypony wearing white socks and a suit. From what I can tell, they were called the White Sock Society. But for whatever reason, this pony, accompanied by a strange black insect creature, killed every single one of them. We'll have more on this tomorrow, but for now, let's lighten the mood up."

Music began to play. I shut it off. Looks like our stunt in Fetlock got some attention. That was good and bad. It was good because I needed to build up my name again. And it was bad, because that meant I would be getting some nasty looks from a lot more ponies. We got to Ironshod near midnight. I decided we probably shouldn't sleep. Nightime was the best time to go to Ironshod because the security system shut off at night.

I walked inside. Sure enough, the turrets and other security robots were all shut off. Alph followed me to the belt line where they made the gun. I walked up to a seemingly ordinary crate. I popped the top off. Inside was an assortment of ammunitions, guns, medical supplies and barding. I grabbed two combat shotguns, a sniper rifle, and a light machine gun. I would need them where we were going. I checked the rifle I had picked up off the raider.

It was in bad condition. I used another of the same rifle to repair it. I grabbed as much ammunition as my saddlepacks would allow. I grabbed two super restoration potions and a dozen or so healing potions. I also took some healing bandages. I dumped it all in my saddlepacks. We were good on food and water. I pulled out the barding. I had crafted it myself. It was similar to raider armor. I had cleaned it up, removed some stupid things like spikes, fixed it up with a latticework of leather and metal strips and added pockets. It was some pretty sturdy armor. I put it on. It only weighed a little. I put a leather cape on over it. Hopefully, it would keep be safe.

I had grown to like my armor. I had used it on so many occasions that it was like a part of me. Now it was time to bring it out once again. Hopefully some rain hadn't damaged it. I looked around and found a smaller, more lightweight version of my barding. It was simpler, but at least it would work. I gave it to Alph who immediately put it one. She tried to extend her wings, but since the armor was designed for earth based ponies, it didn't have win holes.

I thought for a second. I told her to hold still and brought out the plasma cutter again. I carefully cut out two wing holes and threw the excess material away. She extended her wings happily and began to fly around the room. I closed the crate, satisfied.

We left the building and made camp not to far from it. I replaced Mr. Guy's spark batteries with some that I had taken from the defense machines inside Ironshod. His battery level raised all the way full. I lit the campfire and started to cook some meat. I made a sandwich with some old bread and enjoyed my meal. I washed it down with a Sparkle Cola. I laid out my sleep mat and went to sleep.