Fallout Equestria : The Bounty Hunter

When black and white are no longer viable options,you will look for a middle ground,but is it really worth it?...

       The morning light came shining through the thick cloud cover,it was as dull as always and it might not have been the warm and bright ray of the sun that once shined upon this land,but it still lights what is left of this land.Some believe that Celestia's soul ascended to the sun when she presumably died and the cloud cover was pulled by her as she was to ashamed to look at what her subjects had been reduced to.That in some degree is true,Celestia is certainly dead,but the rest is just a story you tell to little fillies and colts when they ask why is this all real,the wasteland,raiders,radiation,mutants and why there is a cloud curtain floating above their heads.The pre-war ghouls that are still sane talk about the sky with so much admiration,yet for others that blue that adorned the sky as well as the mighty tapestry of stars that covered the night sky are just fairy tales.Being on the subject of stories,some stories are true some are fake,some are just creation of our imagination,but one might ask why anypony should let themselves drawn in a fairy tale land especially in an age as dark as this,when surviving is more important than telling stories about dungeons,dragons,heroes in shining armor and mares in danger that can only be saved by one brave hero?The answer is quite simple,the stories that are now told by campfire are of terrifying,sick,sad,bloody and unfortunately true,a little bit of fantasy were the hero saves the day,bringing peace and order is the only way to escape this nightmare,a dream,a small dream,but a good dream nonetheless,a safe heaven that can only last so little.A place were we can find some sort of peace,a glimpse of hope,a sanctuary.Once all this was seen as common,usual,but now dreaming of happy days is as rare as finding  a clean breath of air.

Now to return to our story or more precisely Quick Draw's story,a tale that yet again tells us that these days is the evil that thrives and heroes fall.

They were still in the convenience store and didn't plan on moving anytime soon.Xavier proved to be an early bird.No pun intended.He was the first to wake up and went to scout ahead to make sure the path is clear while the rest slept.When he returned Snap Shot,Spring Rose and Quick Draw were already up.He then he explained that they might cross paths with a group of steel rangers if the were to leave in the next hour or so,apparently they were looking for somepony. Of course passing by them wouldn't be that bad,but given they had a pegasus in enclave power armor with them made the 'peacefully resolution' seem rather improbable.Steel Rangers were not very keen on pegasi,especially enclave.

"So,were was i at?",Quick Draw asked,

"You just accepted to work for...ugh...what was her name again?",Spring Rose said,

"Oh right.",Quick said,then began to relate his story;

"Her name was Desert Wind and she was incharge and she was doing a damn good job keeping five bounty hunters in check,six with me.";

"The others were...",Quick said then gave a little laughed;

"Let's just say they all had their own thing,but when it came to get the job done they always worked as a well oiled machine."

"Dusty Winds,was Desert's daughter and she was the 'second in command',well sorta she was more that pony we point out at when we were asked who was leading the group,that is when we were out of town"

"Hunter was a pegasus born below the clouds,he was our air recon and melee specialist,well more of a stabbing specials as his favorite weapons were usually very sharp knifes.Cinnamon Biscuit was a steel ranger that left her chapter.Apparently there was a struggle for power from which resulted in a bloody fight and well she was the only one with some common sense to leave the fight.She was our heavy weapon expert.Twinkle was our demolition expert,she loved two simple things,explosives and shotguns,while her brother Twirl was our designated sniper,he was a damn good shot with a sniper rifle.Then there was me,the team medic."

"We were building up quite a reputation taking out the nastiest bastards that around Rust Town,especially Iron's Tugs,which were the toughest of them all."

"So that is how things went for the past two or three years.We fought some power crazed lunatic.As for my deal with Desert,well i kept my part of the bargain and so did she.",Quick then looks at Snap Shot,glaring slightly.

"Say whatever you want about her,but she kept her promise even though the one she helped me looking for never stayed in one damn place more than two minutes.",hearing this Snap Shot which was still encased in his power armor,began to look aimlessly around,while Quick looked at him,but then Quick began to take in the power armor he was wearing,in design it was less bulky than the steel ranger one and since it was a power armor designed for flyers it had to be aerodynamic and light,at that moment Quick considered to take a break from his story telling to ask.

"I forgot to ask,were the hell did you find that?";

"Well,lets just say i still have some 'buddies' up there that are willing to help with few 'odds and ends'.",Snap Shot said

"I could also ask about what is up with the duster?";

"Uniform.",Quick responded;

"Uniform?Really?Since when bounty hunters care about style?",Snap said,

"We all wore it,its more professional that way.";

"If you say so."

"Anyway.",Quick said then continued his story.

"Things went alright until,shit really hit the fan,about two month ago.";

               ~TWO MONTH AGO,RUST TOWN,AFTERNOON~

        Sheriff Lucky Ace was pacing frantically in front of Rust Town's main gate,but then suddenly stops when he hears multiple hoofsteps coming towards him,those hoofsteps belonged to Desert Wind and her bounty hunters,Quick Draw included.

"Finally!Desert we are in so much deep shit you wouldn't believe.",he said in his rough voice,Lucky Ace was a dark green stallion with a grey mane and a well groomed mustaches.

"Yeah i know and yet you wont give me the details,what is going on Lucky?",Desert Wind said;

"Its Iron,she is trowing in every thing she got.",Lucky said,

"Ww...what?"Desert said,

"One of my scouts spotted out a big camp nearby,over a hundred and i will let you guess who is leading the assault.",Lucky said,

"OK,ok,we don't have to panic,that is what she wants."

"Listen,ring the alarm,evacuate every civilian and gather anypony willing to fight,this is going to be our stand.",hearing this the sheriff lost it,

"ARE YOU CRAZY?SHE GOT OVER A HUNDRED COLD BLOODED THUGS AT HER SIDE,DO YOU THINK WE CAN JUST FIGHT THEM?",at this statement Desert calmly approached him and starred right into his eyes.

"Listen,if we don't fight we die,but if we fight then we might stand a chance,all i ask you do is to show the same courage you did when we faced her the first time.",

"And that ended up so well back then.",Lucky said;

"I know,i was there,but it doesn't mean we should surrender without a fight,it's not like Iron would let anypony live,at least give them a chance to fight back.",Desert reasoned,hearing this the sheriff went through the motion rather fast;

"OK,fine,i will ring the alarm and gather any battle able pony,but how we will get the civ's out?",that was a question Desert Wind already had an answer for.

"Remember the old metro system?",she said;

"Right,but who will escort them?And more importantly who will make sure they're safe?",Lucky asked;

"I will send one of my bounty hunters,now lets get the plan in motion.",Desert Wind said,then turned towards her bounty hunters.Her gaze went over all of them then stopped on Quick Draw.

"Keep them safe at all cost.",she said,Quick nodded in response.Desert then turned and looked at Twirl and Hunter.

"I need you both to go out and keep an eye on Iron,if you are engaged you can fight back,but keep your distance,if things get out of hoof pull back.",

"Yes ma'am!",Twirl said,Hunter just nodded.Desert turned toward the other three bounty hunters

"Dusty ,Cinnamon and Twinkle,with me.",she said.

The evacuation went well for the most part.Quick knew how to hold a crowd under control.He never thought that Desert's lessons on how to keep crowds under control would really be of any use.One might think that a bounty hunter learns from experience which is true,but what Desert was running was hardly called a band  of bounty hunters,at that time that is.Before Iron's 'siege' they were in fact going after bounties.Now they are more of a task force.They had to learn tactics,strategies and tricks on how to over come anything Iron trowed at them.Of course Quick being very keen on learning new things as well as honing his skills.So he got some extra lessons from his new friends.He learned everything about explosives and how to use shotguns effectively from Twinkle.Hoof to hoof combat and the basics of reconnaissance from Hunter.How to spot and snipe from Twirl.How to lead a group from Desert and Dusty.He also tried to learn how to use a power armor,but that was more of a bumpy ride as there was the obvious problem with the power armor helmet which wasn't made for unicorns.Now going back on topic the evacuation would have been a success.

Quick pushed his way through the crowd and faced what impended their progress.

"Well shit.",Quick cursed under his breath,staring at the collapsed tunnel,then turned around to speak to the crowd.

"Plan B folks,follow me.",he said,those words brought an wave of murmuring and whispering from the scared crowd.

"What plan B?",somepony in the crowd asked,

"Yeah,what plan B?i've never heard of any plan B.",another pony asked.Those question were asked by several others,making the current situation go down hill fast.The whole metro was drowned in sound of conversations,protests and generally loud speaking ponies.In all this mess one would simply lose it ,but Quick Draw kept his calm,

"QUIET!",Quick Draw yelled,but no pony seemed to hear him.He pulled one of his pistols and unloaded two bullets into the ceiling in order to receive some attention from the panicking crowd.After the two gunshots the whole crowd went silent,

"LISTEN UP!THE SITUATION MIGHT BE BAD,BUT NOW IS NOT THE  MOMENT TO LOSE OUR HEADS.",he yelled out to make sure every pony heard him,then reverted to a tone that wasn't yelling,but it was loud enough to be heard by everypony in the metro,

"Plan B consists of you all keeping calm and heading as deep into the metro as possible,understood?"

"What if that lunatic comes down here?huh?did you think about that?",a masculine voice said.Quick scanned the crowd until he saw the one who spoke,it was a stallion Quick meet few times before while walking around town,he was actually the first to tell Quick to go shoot himself when he asked if he saw his father passing through.That stallion was,in Quick's opinion,a coward that barks,but doesn't bites and at that very moment his opinion was as correct as it can be.The crowd Quick Draw leaded through the metro consisted of children,mares with young fouls,old ponies and some wounded stallions and mares.Any other pony that could run,hold a gun,aim and shoot remained behind to fight.All except for him and he was as healthy and battle able as the ones that stood behind.

"The metro entrance,as you have seen is well hidden from sight.I doubt that we will be find down here.",Quick said,

"Yeah right,it's not like we won't be jumped by fifty armed thugs when we least expect it.",the stallion said,

"We won't be jumped by anything down here,I personally checked this place inch by inch several times and there are only two viable entrances.Of course now just one,given that the other one seemed to be collapsed for no damn reason.";

"So we are trapped and i assume you will be siting in front of the metro entrance holding back an army.";

"How reassuring.",the stallion kept mocking.Calmly,Quick responded with;

"If by some miracle.You somehow grew some balls.Then you can fell free to hold the line with me.If not then get back in the line before i put a bullet between your eyes.",that was enough to put that loud mouth in his place.

"Alright everypony,down we go.";

Soft whimpers echoed through the metro.The refugees are scared,they got two lines of defence between them and an army of blood thirsty invaders stalking around the horizon.The first line is held by their loved one,most of their family,their sons,their daughters,their parents,their friends.The second and last line was held by a lone gunslinger down a forty meters long corridor.The corridor was a good choke point,narrow and with solid cover on the defender side.Quick could hold back Iron's army,he had to,but he wasn't sure if he could held all of them back.The thought of holding the line against all odds kept flying through Quick Draw's mind.He was starring down the corridor and wondering if this is it ?The end of the line?He came this far just to die?,these questions clouded his mind until his trail of thoughts was broken by a newcomer,his first reaction was to pull out his twin revolvers.Then he holstered his guns when he saw Twinkle,which seemed a bit surprised at the sudden hostility,then smiled,

"Just like good ol'days,eh?",she said

"Oh,its just you.",Quick said,holstering his guns,

"So,plan B?",Twinkle asked,

"Yeah pretty much."Quick said with a sigh then asked

"So,why are you here?",

"Well,Deseret thought that you might be stuck in here so she wanted me to give a little something to you as for Iron.Well she will attack in like an hour or so.",Twinkle said,then pulled out of her duster pocket a letter and a pocket watch.Quick took both item in his magical aura and floated them to his side ,then said,

"You seem rather calm about it.";

"Panicking doesn't help in moments like this.";

"You don't say,but i got to ask how are the other holding out there?",Quick asked;

"Well they are scared,but most of them are ready for whatever come.They are doing well i say,but don't take my word for granted."

"As for line holding,well i'd better get back before i miss all the fun.",she said,the fear in her eyes betraying the smile she wore.Then turned back to leave,

"Ugh... HEY!",Quick called after her.Twinkle stopped in her tracks not turning around to face Quick,

"What?",she asked,

"Try not to die!Alright?",Quick said,she turned around smiled and said,

"I'll try,but i can't promise anything.".With these words she departed from the dark metro.Then the realization that he didn't asked for what the pocket watch was for struck Quick's mind.Fortunately he just now noticed that there was a sticky note on it that read:"If nopony comes by ten p.m. open the letter."

The words that were written on the sticky note kept repeating in Quick's mind as he checked the pocket watch every hour.The watch case was gold with the inscription "Only time will tell,if we are to fall or prevail." ,very fitting words for the situation Rust Town was in.The watch mechanical components worked flawlessly,the nice gold plating was clean and well polished,but the most noticeable aspect of the watch was the trim on the edges of the watch were shaped in what looked like wings and the engraved lightning below the inscription.The watch was pegasi made for certain. Of course,another factor that gave its origins away was the small engraved words on the back of the watch that were easily missed at the first glance,that read "Made in Cloudsdayle.".That pocket watch was both a work of art and a piece of history.

The time was ticking.Quick took a glance at the pocket watch,sighed and muttered,

"Huh,i guess you didn't try hard enough.Did you?.",the watch was just few more seconds away from midnight.

"I guess praying and hoping are really for nothing.",he said in a whisper,then with another sigh he opened the letter and read,

"Well,if you read this then i guess we failed,we are all dead,but you are still alive,Quick.I know you are,it will take more than Iron and her army of tugs to put you down.Its funny if think about it you know.I never thought you would do so well in this line of work.Yet here you are probably reading this way later than ten p.m.I do know that you are one to hardly believe something without proof,but sometimes you just got to believe simple words.Even if those are words you wouldn't want to be true,but i digress.You are smart enough to know that we didn't actually stood any chance,yet here you are.One thing i liked about you was your sense of what is right or wrong.You did right by staying and helping those who needed the most.This fight wasn't your fight,but you chose to stay and help us even when we couldn't help you.I'm sure you father would have been proud,i know i am and maybe you will some day find him and tell him about us.You will find him,never lose that hope.Now i know what i will ask,will give you something to think about.It's just that,well you know,sometimes a lesser evil is needed to defeat a greater evil.Yes i want you to kill Iron,she is a threat not just to Rust Town,but to what is left of Equestria. Imagine what will happen when she realizes she can change things on a higher scale.She will conquer all she sees and she will kill anything that stands in her way.That must not happen.I know i ask much,but please don't do this out of petty revenge.Do this just because its the right thing to do.Please,all this land needs is somepony to do the right thing for once.Please be that pony.

Now it seems that i'm sending you on a wild hunt.Well i won't do that,i never did.So here is the plan.I know you hate slavers,but you will have to get over it for this plan.You will have to go south east to big industrial site.There is a building with two large doors,you go knock on it and then you will have to tell them this 'Take me to were the sky is burning' they will get it.Yeah and don't say anything else,they are,kinda weird and you don't need to offend them in anyway.They will then let you in and offer you fast transportation to Fillydelphia. There you will go and ask for a griffon.His name is Recker and tell him i sent you,he will ask you about a key phrase too.The key phrase you tell Recker is the inscription on the pocket watch.To find Recker you will have to do a something rather dangerous.I'm sure you can do it,i hope you can.You will have to go knock on Red Eye's front door and get to talk to Recker,then Recker will take you to Red Eye.You will have to make a deal with Red Eye.Hopefully he will be in a bargaining mood,but all you really need is his help,that's all.I also forgot to say that Red Eye is the 'smooth talker' kind of guy,so be careful.

Well,i guess this is all,Goodbye!

Signed,Yours Truly

Desert Wind.

After he finished reading the letter.Quick felt like he had a big rock crushing his heart.That day he lost good friends,but he couldn't just stay there and mourn the lost.Nope,that just wasn't his thing,he got a mission.He was determined to put an end to Iron,he had to stop things like this from happening again even if it meant it could kill him.

The plan Desert left to Quick was very uncertain in some aspects.The fact that the weird ponies at the industrial site were all pegasi and had a skywagon came as a surprise,but now it was the moment when the uncertainty began.Knocking on the gates of Tartarus seemed more appealing than knocking on Red Eye's gate,but it had to be done.The sun was setting as Quick Draw approached the tall walls of Fillydelphia trying to put on his best 'i mean business,but i also don't give a fuck' face,an act that was held rather hard.With every meter Quick walked towards that hell hole.A sentiment of unease crossed through his body.That was to be expected since that was the felling Quick always had when he felt like he had a gun pointed directly at him,but this felt more powerful,probably because there were several guns pointed at him.Red Eye had his soldiers and slavers sitting on the walls with guns pointed towards the horizon all day long,now those guns were pointed at Quick Draw.Its to be expected the higher ground and the fact that nopony with half a brain would approach Fillydelphia like that made a lone traveler going towards Fillydelphia to stick out like a camp fire in the dark of the night.

When Quick Draw reached the front gate he was welcoming committee which consisted of six Talon Company griffons.The most ruthless mercenaries that ever walked the wasteland.In Fillydelphia that is.In other places the Talons are seen as not that ruthless even just mean,but those facts depended on who they were working for.The griffons in their signature black armors strafed around Quick Draw until a grey feathered griffon stopped right in front of him,

"Listen up pal,i will give you thirty seconds to tell me what are you doing here or else i will slice you to pieces and feed you to dogs.",the griffon said,Quick Draw which at first was surprised by the fact they didn't shot him first,responded retaining a certain degree of calm in his voice,

"I'm looking for a griffon called Recker.";

"We got some business to do."

"Recker you say.";

"Wait just a moment.Guys keep an eye on him",the griffon said as he ascended back on to his guard post on the wall,

The waiting was really tense,most likely because Quick was still surrounded by almost half a dozen well armed mercs ready to shoot him from every angle if he only sneezed.After few more minutes the griffon that first talked to Quick came back this time accompanied by another griffon,this one was older,had brown feathers with a white tint at their tips,he wore the usual Talon merc armor and had an eye patch over his left eye.The griffon looked at Quick Draw,taking in every detail about him,but mostly looking at the brown duster,Quick wore over his combat armor,

"I'm Recker. So whom do i own the pleasure?",the brown griffon asked,

"Quick Draw.",Quick bluntly stated,

"Quick Draw?I never heard that name before,but i've seen dusters like that.I assume you have something to say don't you?",the Recker said,

"'Only time will tell,if we are to fall or prevail'.",Quick quoted the inscription on the pocket watch,

"So,she finally bit the bullet.Well,that was to be expected given the odds she was fighting against.",

"Well,i assume you are not one for stalling so follow me.",Recker said then turned to face the still closed gate and yelled,

"OPEN THE GATE,WE GOT A VISITOR.",

The way to Red Eye's office was rather unsettling for Quick Draw.He seen the slaves,the state they were in,the punishments they receive from the slavers,he even seen some getting shot from falling behind because they were to exhausted to continue.This was what he thought hell would be like and hated the fact he couldn't change it.After passing through the horror that was Fillidelphia,Recker lead Quick to a balcony were a crimson red earth pony stallion with jet black mane and wore a black cape looked over to the slaves below.The stallion then looked over his shoulder to look at the new comers,he looked at Recker,then at Quick Draw,his gaze then shifted to the hard working slaves down below and then completely turned to face both Recker and Quick Draw whom he regarded with his blue eye and his other red cybernetic eye.Red Eye wore a confident smile,

"Ah,Recker, i see you bring before me yet another one of your associate.",Red Eye said in a smooth,almost benevolent tone,yet keeping a certain level a firm tone to it;

"Not as much of an associate,this is more of a deal i made long ago."

"A deal you say.Should i remind you about the last time you brought 'a deal' before me?",Red Eye said,Recker scratched his eye patch with one of his claws;

"You don't need to remind me.But this one is different.He is here to help us solve our mercenary problem.",

"Is that so?",Red Eye asked turning his gaze towards Quick Draw,

"How could you help me with this little nuisance who calls herself  Iron?",

"I,ugh...i.",Quick stammered.Red Eye wasn't really that intimidating,but his cybernetic eye was the tool he used to instill fear in others.It was working well on Quick Draw.Quick wasn't in any way the 'bravest of them all'.He always knew when he should pick a fight or run.This might not have been a fight,per se,but it was enough for him to lose it for few seconds.Fortunately he managed to focus on saying words again.

"I fought these mercenaries for the last three years.I know how they operate.I know how they fight and more importantly i know how she thinks.",Quick

"If you do,then why did you come to me?"Red Eye asked,

"From what you say,you can handle them with ease."

"Well,i'm neither stupid nor suicidal.If i want to take out Iron i will need some help.Given you are the major power in Fillydelphia and there is also the fact that Iron from what i've heard is not on your good side.I assume we can make fair deal.",

"And what would this 'deal' will consists of?"

"You help me take out Iron and i will lend my services to you without requesting any payment in return.",Quick said,

"I will think about your offer.Now i hope you don't mind,but me and my guest will have to discus in private.",Red Eye said then hes gaze shifted towards something that was behind both Recker and Quick.Quick looked over his shoulder to look at what caught Red Eye's attention.The sight of the newcomer that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere left Quick with his jaw hanging.It was a tall majestic dark purple alicorn that could have easily towered over the tallest pony.Seeing what reaction Quick had made Recker smirk.

"First time seeing an alicorn?",Quick just nodded;

"Well that won't be the last time you will see one.Alright kid,enough starring we should get out of here",Recker said while slightly pushing Quick towards the way they came up on the balcony.

Time passed as Quick starred down from a catwalk that overlooked over the slaves that were working.Waiting for Red Eye's decision.One slave in particular caught his attention.It was a dark green stallion with a dirty blonde mane and tail.What actually got Quick attention was how he looked.He was unusually small,hes ears were disproportional.He also wore a vest tie well around his skinny body by a belt.Quick Draw was impressed by the fact that somepony in this state would even be able to stand,let alone work to death like that.Then Quick attention turned towards the griffon that approached him.

"Well?",Quick asked;

"He agreed to help you.Of course he demanded that i would watch your progress closely which means you will drag me with you.",Recker said;

"Sorry for the inconvenience.",Quick said;

"Eh,i was bored anyway,seeing some action might be a good change of pace.",Recker said;

"If you say so.Now let's talk about the 'generous' help from Red Eye.",Quick said;

"Well,i'd say he got us covered very well.",Recker responded;

"How many?",Quick asked;

"Forty two of his followers and believe it or not,but we also got two full wings of alicorns.",Quick perked at the word 'alicorns';

"Really?";

"Yeah,really,trust me when i say i was as surprised as you are.";

"Wow...just wow."

"Yeah i know.Unfortunately now you also got the Goddess watching.";

"The Goddess?";

"The mother of all them alicorns and that's pretty much all i know about her."

"Why would she be interested in what are we doing?",Quick asked,but only received a shrug from the old griffon;

"Hell if i know kid.";

"Yeah,anyway.So what do you have on Iron and her mercs?",Quick asked,

"We know that her base is somewhere close to Fillydelphia and also she has two lieutenants in this area from which we would gain the location of her base if we ask them 'politely' ",Recker said;

"Alright kid,since we got this out of the way,i'll go catch some shut eye,you'd better get some too.We will be heading out early",he said holding back an yawn,

"Agreed.",Quick said.

The morning light usually came as a refreshing sight.Although not so refreshing for the unfortunate souls trapped in Fillydelphia. These days a pre-war city fells like an empty ruin that inspired sadness and melancholy,but what Fillydelphia inspired was just pain and suffering.These thought were the only things that flew through Quick mind,as he was starring into the gloomy horizon on the wall that separated the wasteland from Fillydelphia .Then a small bump in his shoulder woke him up from his daydream.

"Still there kid?",Recker asked;

"What?oh...ugh...i just thinking about stuff.",Quick said,

"Well stop thinking,your troops are waiting for you.";

"My...oh right.";

"Welcome back to reality.Now listen they woke up early and they are kinda pissed.Well minus the alicorns,they couldn't give two shits about it,but listen you might want to hold a little 'motivational' speech before we head out.To get them going with some more eagerness."

"Motivational speech?What should i say?",Quick asked;

"Mention you will be cracking some skulls or something,that should be enough.";

"Now let's move,we are burning daylight.",Recker concluded,

The group that Red Eye sent to help Quick was waiting at the gate of Fillydelphia. They were all looking expectantly in the direction of a wooden box of nothing else but soap.Quick took in the sight he was expected to give a damn good reason to why they all woke up this early in the morning and he had to make it good. Recker leaned in to whisper in Quick's ear;

"Now or never kid.You go climb on that soap box and motivate these guys so we go kick some ass.",hearing this Quick gulped,closed his eyes,took in a breath of air,exhaled then went and climbed on the soap box then cleared his throat.

"OK listen everypony,we will be going out to hunt some assholes,but those assholes are not in any way your regular run of the mill  kind  of assholes.Nope,they are strong,fast and the worst is that they are actually smart,but that doesn't mean they are invincible.No that makes them a target we will be proud to tell others that we left in puddle of blood.";

"They are the toughest sons of bitches you will ever face,but now we are the hunters and they are the prey."

"Me as a bounty hunter i can safely assure you that there is no greater satisfaction when it comes to killing a target that tries to escape you by trowing everything it has at you in desperation.It's efforts being futile.Then the felling,the adrenaline rush when they are cornered,the fear in their eyes is a delightful sight.Especially when they are a bitch to put down,but i think we wasted enough time.ARE YOU READY?",Quick Draw ended his speech.The crowed seemed to react to his speech rather slowly,but one of them began to stomp on the ground,then another cheered,shortly after that the whole crowd was stomping and cheering.

"LET'S GO CRACK SOME SKULLS!",the crowd then lined up and began marching towards their first destination with Quick Draw himself in front. Recker landed by Quick side and said;

"Nice one kid.If it was just a touch longer it might have even been inspirational.Yet you did well.";

"Well,what can i say,i know how to put the right words together.";

"Also,a soap box?really?",Quick asked

"That was more for emphasis than anything else.",Recker said;

"Right..."

                ~PRESENT DAY~

      The after noon sun shun through the thick curtain of clouds as Quick and his group were finally on the move.The steel rangers moved out of their path and they managed to cover quite a lot of ground.They almost reached Oasis.Meanwhile,returning to Quick's story.

"We went out hunting for Iron's lieutenants.After a bit of searching we found our lieutenants.The first one we found was not that helpful,but the second one was more forthcoming with the location of Iron's little base.After he spilled the beans.We went to kill Iron.We found her and i put a bullet between her eyes and i was done.",Quick finalized;

"Wait...that's all?",Spring Rose asked;

"Yeah,that's all.What did you expect?",Quick said;

"Well...i don't know,it's ...It's rather underwhelming.",she said;

"Well,what did you expect?";

"I don't know,some epic fight or something.";

"That would had made the story more interesting,but it didn't happened.Well,she did give a monologue,but it was just bullshit.";

"Eh,fair enough i guess,but finishing a story like that it is just as i said underwhelming.";

"Well,at least i finished it in time.",Quick stopped and said,Spring just blinked in confusion,then Quick nodded ahead.That made Spring turn her gaze ahead,the sight made her jaw drop.

It was a flat field filled with nothing but grass.Green healthy grass.The terraforming megaspell that dragged Sunny Field underground was just potent enough to hold the ground it affected healthy and radiation free.The sight itself was a unbelievable.

"Wow.",Spring Rose said;

"Yeah,its quite a sight.";

"So, how do you fell going home after all this time,dad?",Quick said turning his gaze to his father;

"It's...i got no words.",Snap Shot said;

"Well,you'd better find some words for mom.Now let's go,we are almost there.",Quick said and began to walk towards his home.Quick then out of curiosity asked Spring Rose who walked by his side the whole way from the convenience store.

"You know,i've never got around to ask you why are you coming with us,i mean you said you like going to new places,but it fells like there is more than that.";

"Well,you could say my curiosity needed to be satisfied.I mean look at all this.",she said then sighed and added;

"But to be totally honest,i don't really have anywhere to go.",taken by surprise by those words Quick asked;

"How so?Didn't you had a family back at Tennpony Tower?What about the caravan you were travelling with?";

"About the caravan,well my stocks were low and that lifestyle was hard and it was getting harder,as i was barely making any decent caps.As for my Tennpony Tower.Well,i'm not allowed there anymore?";

"Say what?";

"Eh,well i might have poured a drink on some fella head and i also might have thrown my dinner plate which was still full in the face of another,but they were jerks.Important jerks as they managed to convince the Tower leadership to kick me out.";

"Oh,that rather harsh.";

"Yeah,but what else i can do.It was either me alone or my whole family,but i can't do that to them,can i?";

"I see,but hey we might find you someplace in Oasis.";

"Would you?i mean i don't want to bother anypony or something but...";

"Don't worry about that,folks in Oasis are very welcoming and nice.Almost all travelers that found Oasis settled down there.";

"Well,thanks.";

"That's what friends are for,right?";

"Right.Thanks again.".