Fallout Equestria: Cyber's Story

Cyber's Point of View

What the hell did Loose Screw just say? I think I heard Clicks...did I? I mean if this was Clicks he would have noticed Loose Screw and came out to help, not commence more violence. Or did Loose Screw have an unfriendly past with Clicks that we just didn't know about.

"Come on Clicks. Put that thing away, you know we mean no harm." Loose Screw said.

"I don't know, your armored friend over there says otherwise." Clicks quickly responded, he was definably quit witted.

"That armored friend is just running on instinct, he's a protector, not a fighter." Loose Screw said. I liked the idea of protector, not fighter.

"Is that so? What, is he protecting the small one cowering behind him?" Clicks said, gesturing to Treble with his gun hoof.

"Look Clicks. We where just heading for a place to stay that Loose Screw told us about. Could you maybe let us head there?" I said, refusing to let my guard down in the slightest.

"Oh but that's just it my friend. I run that place...did Screws here fail to mention that?" He said, Loose Screw's ears fell down beside her head. She was probably nervous, I didn't blame her. All that aside, that is something she should have told me.

"Do you think we can get to that place then. Were not known to cause trouble." I said.

"All those dead raiders back there say otherwise." He responded.

How the hell would he know that. Has he been following us this whole time? I guess I could add that to the seemingly, and quickly, growing list of reasons I didn't like this guy.

"But they're raiders! Does it really matter." Treble blurted from behind me.

"No...no it doesn't. But to those raiders you killed definably made it look like you like to cause trouble, doesn't it?" He said, I guess he was also a smart ass. Down on the imaginary list that goes. "Just imagine it this way, all those raiders were minding there own business and you just came along and murdered every last one of them. One even got a lucky shot in, didn't seem to do any good though...now did it?" He continued. There's no way he knew that I almost died back there. How close has this guy been to us the last few days?

"Look...can we just leave." Treble said.

"Absolutely!" He said...it couldn't be that simple. Loose Screw and I even looked at him with large amounts of disbelief.

"Really?" Treble said with joy and confusion in her voice.

"Of fucking course not!" He yelled with a happy tune and a slight chuckle to follow. I knew it didn't make any sense. I guess he likes to fuck with ponies as well.

"But...you said" Treble was cut off.

"Don't believe what I say honey." He said, Treble went back to her scared state and hid behind me.

I have had about enough of this, but I couldn't just kill him. Loose Screw sure wouldn't be happy and this place we where heading to would shoot us on sight if we came back with there leaders blood on us. We needed a compromise, and soon.

"Look Clicks, we just want a place to say. So how about we make a deal?" I asked, Treble and Loose Screw looked at me in an unsure way.

"And what would that be my friends?" He says, bringing his hoof gun up to his face and rotating the multiple barrels.

"There has to be something you need done in return for shelter at your place." I said, waiting for a response. All three of us stared at Clicks with great intent.

The pause lasted forever as we all stood in the cold weather, not as cold as when the blizzard when we first exited the stable, but still cold. Clicks just continued to rotate the eight barrels on his hoof in a counter clockwise motion as he thought. You could hear the gears turning through the heavy winds of the snow filled wasteland.

"I do have something for you actually." He said, I think everypony's ears perked up at this moment. "I have some groups of ponies here and there that pay my organization for protection. As you can probably tell, there late on there payments. Pick them up for me, and you can stay."

"That's it? Just go pick up some cash for you and bring it back and we can stay at your place?" I said.

"Yep. A whole week of shelter for each payment you get for me." He said.

"Wait! Only a week! What kind of shit is that!" I yelled, I felt Treble tap my side to calm down.

"Yea...what? Did you think one measly chore would allow you to permanently stay at my place. Oh hell no buddy. Each payment equals a week of shelter. Considering my organization covers around 100 places or so that pay monthly, it shouldn't be that bad. Just pick a place each week, it'll take around three days to get the money and bring it back, then get the rest of the week to stay. Simple, so do you except or not?" He asked. This was one helluva decision to make. I needed a vote on this one.

"Treble, Loose Screw, huddle, were voting on this one." I said, Treble came from behind me to my side and Loose Screw came to my other.

"What do you guys think?" I asked. "Do you think it's worth it?"

Loose Screw spoke up first. "Well, I've worked with him before. He's at least a stallion of his words. Plus, his organization is fairly known around the wasteland to be taken seriously. If we become known as his errand runners, nopony would dare mess with us as we wondered the wasteland. I say we do it."

"What about you Treble?" I asked.

"Everything Loose Screw said does seem beneficial. I just say we avoid pissing this guy off." She said, we all looked over at him. He was currently just staring at us with a sly look on his face. We went back into the huddle.

"I say we go for it." I said. We all shook our heads and looked back towards Clicks.

"Were in. Where's the first place were heading?" I said.

"Well..." Clicks said as he stuck his snout into his saddle bags and pulled out an old, burnt piece of paper. "I'll leave that decision to you." He said as he passed the paper to me.

I unfolded it to reveal a map of every place that Click's organization protected circled in black. What stood out was a small red x in the upper right corner of the map that marked Click's HQ. Nice to know.

"So...where are we?" Treble asked.

That was a really good question. The stable wasn't exactly on the map anyway, so where we were on the map was unknown.

"Hey Clicks, where exactly are we?" Loose Screw asked.

"Why don't you check your hoof traps." He said, gesturing to our pipbucks.

I didn't respond, but instead looked at the map on my pipbuck. I was surprised to what I saw. Every marked location on the map was now on the map on my pipbuck, all marked with a square. It had everything right, even the places names. It even showed where we where, now could see what one was closest to us. I slid the map into my saddle bag and walked over to Clicks.

"We'll be back." I said as the three of us started walking off, away from Clicks to do his dirty work. I guess that was one way to handle things.

FOOTNOTE

Level Up

New Perk: Cool headed

During conversations you are much calmer. You can now reason with enemies slightly better...without the use of violence that is.