Fallout Equestria: Cyber's Story

Cyber's Point of View

I could not believe what I was seeing! Pegasi were meant to be extinct after the events of the war! This wasn't making any sense, even Treble looked like she was having trouble wrapping her head around this.

"Well...did you hear me?" He asked, his voice was raspy and deep.

"I'm afraid I didn't." I responded...I was ready to open fire at any moment.

"I said you still shouldn't let your guard down." He responded.

"And why is that?" I asked.

"The pony in there might seem nice...but who's to say what's around the next corner." He said, chuckling as he obviously referenced himself.

"Right...noted...how about we all just go our separate ways before anything gets out of hoof." I said, Treble was now starting to slowly walk behind me.

"Hmm...how about no." He said as he extended out his wings, revealing a weapon that I have yet to see that was attached to a battle saddle.

On one side of the battle saddle was a medium sized tank with a 'flammable' warning sticker on the side. Attached to the tank was a tube that led to, what looked like, a very large pipe with a nozzle that resembled a large hose nozzle on the front. Attached to the pipe was a smaller pipe that stuck out in front of the large nozzle. I scooted Treble further behind me.

"What you got there?" I asked as a readied my battle saddle.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" He said as he bit onto one of the pressure plates on his battle saddle's firing mechanism.

This caused the smaller pipe to light up with a small flame. I was now confused as to what exactly this was...but I wasn't taking chances.

"You have three seconds to back off!" I said as I put my mouth on the firing mechanism of my battle saddle.

"As to..." He was cut off by a familiar sounding metallic voice off to my right.

"That's enough Nightshade." The voice said with a chuckle. "I think you've given them a nice welcome."

I looked over to see Dawnstar walking towards us. Well shit...now I was to confused.

"Yea...agreed." The pegasi Dawnstar referred to as Nightshade said as him and Dawnstar started collectively giggling.

"The flying fuck is going on here?!" I yelled.

"Easy Cyber...I wanted Nightshade here to give ya a hard time. We do it to all the new ponies." Dawnstar said as he removed his helmet.

"You guys are assholes." Treble spoke up as she came back forward.

"Agreed." I responded as I let go of my battle saddle.

"Now now...your safe here." Nightshade said as he disabled his weapon.

"Right...anyway, what are you guys doing still up? Where's Loose Screw?" I asked.

"Loose Screw is asleep at my house...she passed out pretty quick." Dawnstar said. "And Nightshade and I are on guard duty for the night shift tonight."

"Well...alright then...think maybe we should be getting to sleep." Treble said.

"Well...I was actually wondering if you wouldn't mind helping out with guard duty today Cyber." Dawnstar asked.

I looked over at Treble to get her opinion, her face was giving an obvious answer of 'No'.

"Can we please just get some sleep." Treble said. "Or at least some food."

"Yea guys...not today. Treble and I really need some rest." I said.

"Well, alright then. Your helping tomorrow on the day shift then." Dawnstar said.

"Yea, that's fine." I said.

"Alright then. See you two tomorrow." Dawnstar said as him and Nightshade turned and started walking towards the main entrance to New Fillydelphia.

"Well...guess we can finally get some sleep then." Treble said.

"Yea...thank Celestia." I said.

Treble and I then turned and started walking towards all of the small houses. They would all be extremely similar if they were all made of the same metal...but they seemed to still all be the same size. Each one had a number above the doors, also in the same white paint used on the main buildings.

"Do you remember our house number?" Treble asked.

I levitated out the set of keys Hourglass gave me and looked at the tag.

"The keys say 32." I said.

"Well...here's 28. So we must be close." She said, looking around at the metal houses.

"Yea, they go in order...so we should be...right...here?" I said as I looked at the house in between houses 31 and 33.

"What's wrong?" Treble asked.

"Umm...there's no number on the house." I said.

"And? It probably just got rubbed off by weather or something. Just try the key." Treble responded.

"Alright." I said as I levitated up the key and stuck it in the lock of the rusted, metallic door, then twisted.

The door made a loud clicking noise. Treble and I looked at eachother, then I opened the door to see inside. And dang was I surprised on what we saw.

Inside the small house was much nicer then the outside. The one couch that was in the place seemed to be made out of a high quality leather, in front of that was a small, finely built wooden table. Out in the corner of the room was a very pleasing looking bed made of straw and cotton. In another corner was what looked to be a refrigerator and a stove hooked up to a gas tank. On the ceiling was a silver-ish colored ceiling fan.

"Well...this is...unexpected." Treble said as she walked inside.

"Yea...was expecting more...rust." I said, Treble chuckled in response.

"Anyway." She said. "Want to see if there is anything to eat?"

"Yea. Food sounds really nice right now." I responded.

We then walked over to the refrigerator, and opened the door. What was inside was...interesting.

"Do they expect us to eat that?" Treble said as we stared at the unknown skinned and freshly dead animal inside.

"I take it so...it looks new." I responded.

"Please don't tell me that is the kind of stuff we have to start eating. Ponies are vegetarians Cyber." Treble said, her face might as well have been a light shade of green.

"Yea...I know. But we don't have to be vegetarians. It doesn't exactly hurt us...it just won't taste right." I said.

"Please don't be serious Cyber...I'd really rather not." Treble said.

"Well...what about the bar? They might have some selection." I suggested, an immediate nod followed.

"Yea, let's try that. I don't even care if it's spoiled." Treble said. "As long as it's not meat."

"Lets go then." I chuckled as I began to walk out of the door, but felt a hoof land on my back.

"Now now...we are in a safe place now, you should take off the armor. Were something classy." Treble said.

"Treble...the nicest thing I have is bloodstained Stable barding. Plus I would rather have a gun on me as of now. We don't exactly know anypony here other then Dawnstar, Nightshade, and Hourglass. I really don't like those odds if something happens. Plus it's a bar, so it could get a bit rowdy." I said.

"So your gonna shoot somepony if they get a bit rowdy?" Trebled jokingly said.

"Not what I meant." I responded.

"Yea...I know. But I mean, at least lose the battle saddle and helmet. You can just leave them here and lock the door." Treble said.

"Alright...but I'm keeping one gun on me." I said.

"That is fine." She said. "Just hurry, I'm starving." She said as she sat down on the leather couch against the wall.

"Just give me a sec." I said as I began unlatching my battle saddle from my riot gear. Latch after latch I could feel the battle saddle get looser, and it wasn't long until it just slid off over my head. I levitated it over in the corner along with my saddle bags and helmet. I made sure that I kept Black Rose slung at my side. I may have only had seven rounds left, but if I picked targets wisely, and only if it comes to that, I can make those last.

"Alright, lets go." I said.

"Finally." She chuckled.

"You really can't insult people with a serious face, can you?" I laughed as I opened up the door of House 32 and walked out.

"No, never could. You know that." She said, slightly blushing.

"Ah, come on now. I think it's adorable." I said as I nuzzled against her cheek.

"Glad you think so." She giggled as I locked the door behind us.

"Alright, bars right around the here." I said as we turned the corner that lead to the front of the Main Hall.

We walked by the main hall, and then the General Store/Doctor, and finally to the front of the bar. We stood in front and stared at the entrance, listening to the noises coming from inside. We could here laughter, yelling, and music.

"You know, music would be nice right now." Treble said.

"Yea, it really would. Maybe we could join in." I joked.

"Hmm, maybe. I don't were gonna hear anything from The Stable though." She said.

"Hell, I hope not." I responded as I opened the door for Treble, who smiled and walked in with her head up high, a small amount of her duster dragging at her feet. I followed behind her.

Inside the bar was more like how it was in the Main Hall, rusted and built entirely of scraps and old, broken furniture. In the middle was a bar with a female bartender serving drinks and more unknown food to the few ponies who were sitting at the bar. There were a few ponies walking around with trays that had drinks on them, they seemed to be serving the ponies sitting at the wooden tables off to the side of the large room. The music that was playing was something Treble and I had yet to hear. We looked at eachother and then went up and sat at the bar, the bartender approached us.

"What can a get ya?" The brown unicorn said, her voiced had a small slur and an unidentifiable accent to it.

"Umm...not sure. Were new here in town." I said.

"Ah...so your the ones Dawnstar brought in from the waste. He vouches for you two mighty kindly, he told me to tell ya first meals on the house." The unicorn said.

"Well, remind us to thank him then." Treble said.

"Noted. I'll get you two some menus." She said as she walked off to a small closet at the end of the room.

"She seems nice." Treble said.

"Yea, most of them do. But there is a few in here that look a bit sketchy." I said.

"How can you tell?" Treble responded.

"Well...I noticed a few gawking at you when you walked in." I said, looking over my shoulders to see if that was still an occurrence.

"Oh! Really!" Treble sarcastically said as she lifted her hoof up to her mane and lightly fluffed it, then giggled as she looked at me. "Calm down Cyber, I understand why you would be on edge, I am to. But just calm down...at least for tonight. Dawnstar, Nightshade, and the other guards can handle anything that happens out there."

This coming from Treble truly did calm me. I must have really been on edge and been to focused on it to even realize it.

"Thanks babe...you have no clue how much that helped." I said as I took a few deep breaths, during which Treble scooted over a bit and started resting her head on my side.

"Trust me...I know it did." She said as we sat there as we watched the bartender come back out of the closet, a menu in her mouth.

She walked over to us and laid the single menu in front of us. "Sorry, only one I could find." She said.

"It's fine." I said.

"Alright then, just call me over when your ready." She said.

"Umm...sorry, but...what exactly is your name?" Treble asked.

"Oh, where are my manners. Names Tapster." Tapster said. "But like I said, call me when you need me."

"TAPSTER!" A very drunk sounding pony yelled from one of the wall tables.

"Just like that." Tapster smiled as she walked off to help the drunken pony.

Treble and I then giggled and opened up the menu, looking over it's items.

"Well...anything we want first go. Take your pick." I said as we looked over the relatively small menu.

One side had beverages, the other food items. The beverages were pretty simple, stuff like water, juices, Sparkle Cola, and different kinds of alcohol. On the side side was a bit different. Not a single item was for vegetarian, every single one was some sort of animal.

"Oh no." Treble said.

"We where gonna have to do it eventually. Might as well do it now, I mean we have to eat." I said.

Treble looked at me with a defeated face, then her head drooped down. "Fine! But I'm getting some beer afterwards!" She said.

"You and me both." I yelled. "Should I yell for Tapster?"

"Might as well. What are we gonna do though? We don't know what any of this is, I mean what the hell is a bloatfly?" Treble said, she was sounding annoyed.

"No clue." I said to Treble as I turned. "TAPSTER!" I yelled.

"Coming!" Tapster voice said from off to my right as she came around to the front of the bar and looked at us. "Have you decided?"

"Well...two of the same random meal and two beers." I said.

"So surprise ya on the meal?" Tapster said, ever so slightly tilting her head.

"Yep..." Treble regrettably said.

"Something wrong?" Tapster said.

"Well, it's our first time eating anything meat related." I said.

"Oh yeah. Dawnstar said you two were only a few days fresh out of the Stables. Tell ya what, I'll prepare the best thing we have for ya. Two Brahmin steaks coming right up!" Tapster yelled as she walked off into the kitchen area of the bar.

"Well...can't be that bad." I said.

"Oh yes it can." Treble responded, leaning her head back on my side.

"Look at this way. More then likely every pony here has been eating this stuff sense they were born, and other then being dirty, most of them look just as healthy as us." I said.

"As comforting as that thought is, it doesn't make me anymore thrilled to try this." She said.

"Hey, me neither babe." I said as Treble and I began to watch as Tapster prepared our meals.

30 MINUTES LATER.

It was at this point that Tapster finished plating the so called 'Brahmin Steaks' on the stainless steel platters and started walking towards us, then laid them in front of us along with two beers.

"If it makes you two feel any better, I've been eating the stuff sense I was a filly." Tapster said.

"Yea...not really." Treble said as she stared at the steaks.

"Tip of advice, if you absolutely can't stand it, I'd save the beer for last." Tapster said. "Well, enjoy your meal." She continued as she walked away to the sound of another pony yelling her name from the opposite end of the bar.

I looked over at Treble, her face looked sickening.

"On three?" I asked, levitating up a piece of the steak.

"Ugh...yeah, on three." She said, picking up a piece with her hoof.

"One...two...three." I said as we both simotainiously bit into our pieces, and began chewing.

To be completely honest...it wasn't that bad. A little chewy, but not enough to where I could swallow it. I looked over at her face, she looked back at mine...then swallowed.

"Well...umm...it's not the worst thing I've had." She said. "Glad I have the beer though."

"Yea...it could be way worse." I responded as I took another bite, Treble did the same.

We once more looked into each other's eyes, then simply shrugged as we devoured the rest of the meal in no more then five minutes.

"Not bad. Texture is gonna take some getting used to though." I said.

"Yea...not as bad as I thought it would be...still glad I have this though." She said as she scooped up the beer mug with her hoof and began sipping.

"Same." I said as I took a large swig of the alcohol. "Damn, that's a bit strong."

"There is a reason I'm sipping Cyber." She giggled.

It wasn't to much longer until we had the drinks finished.

"Thanks for the meal Tapster." I said as we got up from the bar and headed out the door, and then back to our house.

Once inside we both took off our armor, Stable barding and all. I climbed into the bed, Treble followed. As we faced eachother I planted a light kiss on Treble's lips and then pulled the makeshift blanket over us with my magic.

"I like this place." Treble said as she returned the favor with a slightly, as one would say, heavier kiss and wrapped her front legs around me.

It wasn't long until we both fell into the only legitimate worry-free sleep either of us had sense we left The Stable. Looks like we made it another day.