Junkers

The Equestrian Badlands

The waste of the badlands lasted as far the eye could see, they say that the badlands was once an thriving empire of ageless beings with magic that went far beyond the magical arts of the modern era.......now it the home of the unwanted elements of Equestria society Changelings...... Dragons.......the wandering buffalo tribes but for some their only and last resort..

''That's the job.....take it or leave it'' said an very pristine sounding pony in a cloak  '' if you too chicken to do the job well the badlands is crawling with scum looking for an big pay off

I scratched my chin in though before looking the massive wall of muscle that was my little brother and partner Roadhog......despite his face being hidden behind an mask I could tell the he wanted to do the job yet at the same time he hatred the job. The job this pony was offering would either place us in prison or worse dead but the payoff was high the job was simple kidnap Little Strongheart the princess of the Thunderhoof buffalo tribe and hand her off to the the Naga Empire at the southern reaches of the badlands for 89 billion bits enough to buy passage into any country but enough to live like kings. The down sides are the road will take us into the borders of the Changeling Domain and the Caribou Kingdoms an place where even Alicorns were afraid to go. I let out an small growl we were the best team the badlands had to offer ''no job too big, no score too small'' we had an reputation to up hold if the others found out that we pass this up the biggest job since the failed Changeling invasion of Canterlot.......we'll be better off dead

''What happens after the Buffalo princess is giving to the Naga? I asked while picking up my gun under the table pointing it the cloaked pony out of the pony line of sight.........that is one of the greatness weakness of the pony race.....terrible eyesight even the nearly all powerful Alicorn suffers the same weakness. It might explains why their coats are so odd for the lack of an better word you almost never see an dark colored pony outside of few here and there, most of the time their always a bright color.

''That Mr. Junkrat is none of your concern'' said the pony with an whinny as he crossed his fore-hooves '' my clients are paying you to not ask questions but for results, now can't you do the job or not''

''Yeah we CAN do the job pony but you should know that the operation that me and my brother are running is an clean one we don't partake in dirty dealings and in this.......I smell a lot of dirt'' said Roadhog his massive hand creaking the chuckles threateningly at the pony, ever since it happen Roadhog rarely speaks anymore due to shame and guilt plus an ever increasing case of shyness........he knows that I don't blame him for what happen but I doubt he could ever forgive himself. Yet I was pleasantly surprised that he had spoken up and I not surprised by much anymore ......years in this world had seen to that.

''As I said it's none of your concern'' repeated the pony '' either way the job will be done but I doubt any other team would keep her as fresh as you would........it's seems you rather let her to be hoofed over to the likes of The Brotherhood of Stone''

My eye cut of the mention at those words.......The Brotherhood of Stone, an rabid clan of Diamond Dog marauders famed throughout the waste lands for their blood-lust. There wasn't an place in the world were the brotherhood were welcome, even in the Caribou Kingdoms they are outlawed the Caribou themselves are famed for their blood-lust for the caribou to outlaw the likes of brotherhood that out here in the badlands spoke volumes.......it was an truly frightening though that if they gotten their paws on that 89 billion. '' Alright Mr. Apple tell  Prince Blueblood that he has an deal''

''Splendid, Mr. Junkrat and Mr. Roadhog my clients would be overjoyed to hear that.'' Said the pony lowering his hood revealing his red Unicornian furred face. Applejack J. Apple Senior a.k.a The Gambler was renown in the badlands for his talent for making deals and to bargain with him......well let's just say that you better pray to Lady Luck that you didn't owe him money even worse mention his foals back in Equestria. It had been said that he made the devil's bargain with The King and lost everything.....banished by his own mother from the Apple Clan till the day that he died since then everyone in the badlands called him The Gambler. '' I trust that you know how this works?''

''Yes'' I said placing my gun back into my robotic leg ''half now, the other half when the job is complete''

'' Good now gentleponies if you excuse me I'll collect what is owed '' said the red unicorn before disappearing in an flash of magic

'' James'' said my brother using my original name, we rarely use our original names anymore cause we not the same people as we were when we first came to this world. For Roadhog to use my name meant that he was upset with me  '' I don't like this......there's no much that could go wrong with this job and all the dirt it has on it''

'' I know Cody but what else could we do? If we don't The Brotherhood will make that girl suffer the least we could do spare her from that fate and we need that money if we ever to walk in Equestria again.'' I said logical but that didn't mean I didn't felt some remorse. We were going to rip an girl from her family and give her away to questionable folk anything could happen to her but we need the money.

''James please, she wouldn't want you to do this '' said my brother placing an massive hand on me as carefully as he could ''how will you be able explain why you did this to her face.''

'' Cody leave Twilight out of this'' I snapped ''what done is done and there ain't no magic gonna  change that.........I must explain why to her then I would do it then ''