Fallout Equestria : The Bounty Hunter

"Sweet Celestia!",the bounty hunter proceeded with caution,whoever did this might be around,as Quick Draw checked the base room by room,he come to a conclusion:

"I don't want to mess with whoever did this",then a thought struck him,he then tried to remember for a bitthen his eyes widened in shook,then ran to the boat as fast as possible

After he reached the shores again,he jumped out of the boat and bolted off towards the general direction of the town,after he climbed a hill he spotted the town,at that very moment he hugged the ground pulling out his sniper rifle to peer through his scope at the town that seemed all alright ,then he let a breath of relief:

"Phew,thank the goddesses!",but as before he could get up and holster his sniper rifle a shape caught his attention,,he followed the moving shape till it passed by a faint light for a second but it was enough to make out her features,it was a small framed unicorn mare with a strange yet specific cutie mark,it was a mare Quick Draw recognized only from descriptions received from Homage,Quick then focused more to see if she had something on her right foreleg,since it was dark it was hard to see a thing,but the green color of the device made it easy for Quick to see,at that moment the gears in his head,,at that moment Quick was to caught in his thoughts to realized the mare moved out of sight,moments later she reappeared with a striped gun by her side and looking like a pony of the apocalypse,,were his last thoughts when he witness how she slaughtered an entire town.

When Quick Draw recovered after seeing this horror he starts muttering:

"No,it cant be her,no the stable dweller is a heroine she would never do such a thing,this has to be somepony else",then another thought struck him,it was something he heard a long time ago and with a his voice close to a whisper he quotes exactly what that somepony told him:

"In the wastes a hero either dies or turns into a monster...",with that statement his blood runs cold,and with a resigned sigh he continues:

"...and monsters like that need to be taken down.",and with that he begins to aim at the the fallen heroine's head preparing to take the shot,but before he pulled the trigger something drew his attention from his target,it was a black coated unicorn mare that surrounded herself and a small group of little fillies and colts behind her in a protective bubble,while her steel ranger and pegasus friends were talking,but Quick Draw's crosshair fell again on to the stable dweller,.

Later on the stable dweller's group left towards Friendship city with the what survivor of Arbu were left,meanwhile Quick Draw tries to find a  reason for why she did this and the only way to find a good explanation was to get it from stable dweller herself so without losing anymore time he starts trotting towards Friendship city himself,although chasing a sky wagon will prove quiet a challenge,Quick wont give up until he gets an answer from that mare.

Around afternoon,Quick Draw finally reached Friendship City,the city itself was built in a massive prewar monument depicting a pony holding up a flaming torch known as 'The Statue of Friendship' that was separated from the mainland,to get in you needed to use the intercom to tell the city guards to  extend the bridge.

Friendship City was a sight to see and Quick was gazing at it in awe for a good while but the sun was going down so he had to go see if anypony knows anything about the stable dweller,as he approached the intercom Quick had the sensation that he was watched,after taking a better look at the statue's torch,he could spot a shape,a pony shape but it was too far to identify<i guess a sniper got his or hers eyes on me,this is the 'most secure' city in the wastes after all.>,Quick then puts his hoof on the intercom button and say:

"Hello?",

"Yes?,can i help you?",came a voice from the intercom,

"I'd like to enter your town",after a few to many seconds later the bridge extended to welcome the bounty hunter<and here i thought they won't let me in>,when the bridge extended Quick began to walk across,when he reached the end he was greeted by a couple of the city guards,the guards took a good look at him and one of them said:

"OK first of all,you need to give all the weapons to the guard post at the entrance",said the guard<at least they don't ask only for the ammo>,then the other guard took another glance at Quick and said:

"Actually clothes off,i know your kind,you always carry hidden weapons"<wow those guys are not messing around>,after getting stripped of his gear,the mare at the guard post began to make a list of his stuff so she could keep a record so that nopony else would come and claim his gear.

"OK so...Name Quick Draw, possessions two custom forty four magnum revolvers,a sniper rifle,ammo,a brown duster and ... five combat knifes?",to which Quick responded with a half sheepish grin :

"What can i say,my life is dangerous"<five concealed combat knifes are a good bet when you are disarmed like this,but i wasn't expecting them to be this strict about safety>

"Right... now if you please sign this to confirm that those are the possessions you wish to leave here and afterwards you will be given access to roam the city as you like",the mare said offering him a pencil and pointing were to sign on the paper she puts in front of him.

After the whole paper signing,Quick finds himself in the market area of the city,inside a general store were he takes an important decision<well i guess my days of  traveling light are over>,then he turns to the shopkeeper and says:

"I will take those saddlebags",then he looks at the combat armor on the shelf and points at it,

"And that combat armor",

"So we have a pair of medium size saddlebags and a combat armor,now,what do you got?",said the shopkeeper.

"I got this worn combat armor,three spark batteries and of course bottle caps."

"Well let's see, i will take the combat armor and the batteries,but it will still cost you one hundred and ninety caps",Quick then gives the shopkeeper the gear and the caps and leaves the shop,with his pockets a bit lighter<OK,gear check,supplies check,i got all i need to pick a fight with the stable dweller or at least have some sort of chance,now i hope she will have a good explanation that wont result in death for anypony>,as Quick was planing on how to handle his little 'situation' a familiar voice interrupted his trail of thoughts:

"Um,excuse me but do you know were is...",the bounty hunter then turned to face the red mare he meet three days ago,

"Quick Draw?"

"Spring Rose?,what are you doing here?"

"You know,shopping",she answer with a as little smile,

"But what about you?"

"Its a long story",

"Right...did you delivered my letter?"

"Delivered as promised."

"Well thanks then,so would you like to come take dinner with me,i am starving and we will get a chance to talk a little more"

"Um,yeah... i kinda have to ...",but before he could deny the offer his stomach growled in protest,

"Actually that sounds good,lead on",and with that the pair started towards the mess hall were they picked a table in a corner and began to talk about what they did after they last seen.

"So you are telling me you made your way from Gutterville to here without dealing with any kind of danger?",Quick said in disbelieve.

"Pretty much,but why are you so surprised?",Spring asked,

"Well lets see,when i have to travel a distance i usually run into armies of raiders,bands of slavers and hordes of ghouls and of course on more rare occasion i get attacked by some other stuff that still want to kill me,i try to avoid that from happening but its not working very well."

"Hell,even just when i want to go to the bathroom i have to fight a whole pack of hellhounds."

"Really?",then she took another bite out of her daffodil sandwich,after finishing chewing she said,

"Wow,talking about some bad luck";

"No kidding, i guess everypony with its on luck.",then he took a sip from his glass of water,

"Now i guess is my turn to tell how i got here",

"Yeah,i thought you were still in Tenpony Tower,"

"I was,but i received a 'special' job."

"'Special' job?like what?",asked the mare,

"Is something i call a 'guardian angel' mission,you see i was hired to watch over somepony"<and i was thinking on how to kill that somepony,at least i wont have to if she is in a chatty mood and of course she isn't a murderous psychopath>,after one more bite she finished her daffodil sandwich,the mare asked.

"Who?"

"The stable dweller",he said in a low voice,so he wouldn't attract to much attention,

"Y-you mean t-that monster",said Spring with a mix of anger and confusion,Quick then deeply sight,

"I know.",but that didn't calmed down her in the slightest,

"You know what she did",she growled,<alright that wasn't such a good idea>,in a calmer tone he said:

"Yes,i do and that is why i'm going after her,but when i find her i will first get some answers and then maybe blow her head off"

"Y-Y-you DO WHAT!...",

"MAYBE BLOW HER HEAD OFF?,SHE IS  FUCKING MURDERER SHE NEEDS TO BE SHOOT ON SIGHT FOR WHAT SHE DID",she spat out.

"I KNOW ALRIGHT!it's just that something is missing in this story,this thing that happened it's to sudden for her to truly turn into the a evil murderer,something must had happened.",Quick explained,but this didn't defuse the situation,then Spring began to say something but she was cut out by an old stallion from a nearby table,

"He's right!",<say what now?>to the confused look he received he then said,

"I lived there and i know what happened,what exactly happened.",to this words the pair remained stunned,but Quick was... well quick to break the silence;

"Um...who are you and do you care to elaborate,please?",

The old stallion cleared his throat and explained:

"You can call me grandpa Rattle,you see the folks in Arbu had a diet that consisted of meat...pony meat.",at that statement both Quick and Spring looked in disbelieve,then in shock,then looked like they were about to lose their dinner,

"T-t-they,they...they were...e-e-eating...",Spring tried to say but felt a sick the instant she imagined what those ponies did she cover her muzzle and clutched her stomach,

"That is...that is just..."<and here i thought i had to go kill the stable dweller,hell i would have joined up if i knew>Quick said shivering slightly,

"But...but wait a second,what evidence do you have?",asked Quick,

"Yeah do you have any evidence of this?",Spring added,the old stallion then nodded and pulled from his saddle bags a book,but not just a book,a ledger,

"In this ledger are records of everypony they've eat and how many times i tried to warn them and how many times i told them i had a shotgun"<huh?,OK what is a shotgun had to do with this,i mean it would make them think you are crazy...OK now Quick focus this seems...quite solid proof,i hope is not>,he said as he gave the ledger to Quick and Spring to read.

After going through the pages of the ledger Quick and Spring just stood there speechless,then the old stallion took the ledger back and said:

"Now you need to take me to this DJ of yours."

"W-why?",Spring said,her voice being no more than a whimper.

"I assume he wants to tell him about what really happened in Arbu",Quick said,

"Well yeah,now if you want to shed some light on this you'd better get me there",said the grandpa Rattle,the pair shared a look,after giving it bit of thinking time Quick opened his mouth to say something but Spring was faster this time,

"So what are we waiting for?shouldn't we go,like about now?",that made Quick rise and eyebrow,

"What do you mean 'we'?"

"I'm coming too of course!",Spring said,then turns her gaze to Quick Draw and added,

"And before you say something,i know you get into dangerous shit but i can handle myself",then Quick smiled and said:

"You should make a shopping list you will need some better gear if you come with us."

"Alright let's do this!",Spring said with all the enthusiasm she could muster,

"Ahem!i like to see your enthusiasm but first of all ,who are you two? and second it's almost nine, i don't think going out at night is a good idea",that might have put a small dent in their plans but tomorrow is another day,

"Oh right... I'm Quick Draw"

"I'm Spring Rose"