Fallout Equestria: Remnants

"Just do what I do and don't think about it"

TIME: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

I shot up gasping and coughing hard, after my fit I let out a pained groan and looked around the metal bucket that had brought us down safely? I sighed and glanced down at my right hoof. There was several shards of glass stuck in my leg, although I was not alarmed because of that. I was freaked out because it barely hurt I was freezing in fact.

"Flare!"

I said baffled by my own raspy sounding voice, I sounded like a 'ghoul'. I forced my self up and took a deep breath before I limped through the wreckage and peeked out the side of the shuttle. I gasped and stared out at the darkness, the wind blew hard as the flakes would follow a pattern in the wind I was only able to see this because there was a fire in the rear end of the wreckage.

I yelled out again into the snowy darkness then back into the wreckage and limped back looking for her hoping she wasn't...dead.
She was nowhere to be found I began to panic and worry for her, maybe she was thrown out of her seat? No maybe she woke up and went to go find help. I sighed in annoyance and felt dumbfounded. I kicked some debris in anger and groaned at my hurt leg and cursed, it was a green light that had taken my mind off the pain and cold for a moment, what ever it was it was buried under snow and it blipped. I scrambled towards it and dug it out and lifted it with my magic.

"What do we have here..."

I mumbled as I grinned now looking at this 'Pipbuck-3000'.

"It must've broke out of it's case when we crashed down here, lucky it didn't brake it's self..."

I said to no pony. Turning it around several times I was amused and looked at my forehoof

"Well if they're anything like these HUDs then it's one size fits all...here goes nothing for my big ugly ass hoofs..."

I floated the device onto my left forehoof before closing the casing and locking it into place, it was at a surprise very cozy. I sat on my rump and manually pressed the power button.
The screen flashed to life and a strange looking mascot pony smiled giving a hoofs up before numbers scattered across the screen introducing it's self as the 'Pipbuck-3000'.
Blipping a few times in a cheerful chime I was met by a diagram of a pony and all of it's limbs along with a map,Geiger counter, Inventory management, and even a radio!

"Celestial and Luna it has more features than my HUD so far! does it maybe have a hollowgram?"

I smiled and fiddled around with it for the top to open and a tape to launch at my face. I rubbed my muzzle and looked down at the tape and pushed it back into the strange device.

"So...this is it...after 25 years of crumbling the cracker has finally snapped...it's only a matter of time before they crazies reach me...I was hoping for a good day today because it's my. Birthday...this is ironic isn't it...I just hope my family is okay...sure is a lot of shooting upstairs...and screaming too...I don't have much to say...hey captain...if you hear this...go fuck your self...and your good for nothing Royal Feet Guard..."

The Pipbuck blipped twice as I stood there interested by the two hundred year old tape that somehow survived. After a good few minutes of fiddling around with it I stood up again and sighed

"I need to find Flare..."

I said to my self as I realized the mare that had actually brought us down was now missing, looking out the side of the wreck again into the darkness the darkness stared back as the wind howled loudly as snow quickly poured into the wreckage only making my situation even more worse that it already was. checking the Pipbuck on my hoof again there was a single arrow on the compass with a note in the corner titled 'Find Flare'. my first thought was how and why, does this thing listen to what I was saying? and how did this thing know where flare was in the first place? it was my only lead and chance if I wanted to find Flare, she had to have found shelter.

My journey had begun as I stepped out, my hoof falling into deep snow as the rest followed until I stood with snow half way up my legs. the snow crunched softy under my hoofs with each step as I felt the unfammilar ice and bits of rocks that I stepped upon, all completlely alien compared to the metal meshed and hard cold steel floors that I had walked on my entire life, it was exciting and I felt adventurous. My muzzle was already freezing along with my ears, searching around I managed to find a bit of the supplies that was loaded on earlier by the captain. All that was left was a grenade, a flare gun with two shots and one military ration meal.

I let out a sigh and put the two into my saddlebag and I looked at my assault rifle that hung by it's strap on some metal bar. It was in bad shape.

"Okay...alright...I'm going to find you Flare..."

I trotted past the luggage netting that blew wildly at the new entrance to the ship, crawling out I felt the snow hit my face hard so hard that I could feel each individual particle zip and sting into my face. I walked forward with the assistance of my HUD and the Pipbuck 3000's lights

"Pretty useful...ah...it's cold!"

I stopped in my tracks when my eyes met a single black figure in the darkness barely able to see what ever it was. Calling out Flare's name again I was met with no response.

I yelled out again in hopes it was her, I swear I saw a pair of eyes, what ever it was it back away slowly disappearing. It was too big to be a pony. Ignoring it I struggled through the deep snow pushing my way through the sea of white. Turning my head back I glanced back at the shuttle once more looking at the wreckage that served as a safe haven from the wicked winds that perform a frigid dance around me accompanying the wind was the snow that also blew up and embedded them selves on my coat and fur

I yelled again again for Flare and pushed my way further and further, I repeated to say this. All that answered back was my own echo and the howling night winds. On my way to where ever I only met snow, snow and even more snow with the occasional large rock.

"This was a bad idea! Ah gotta turn back!"

I heard a low rumble. I tensed up in my spot Like a cat encountering a large dog. My ears twitched and moved trying to pick up the sound again, it was a constant rumble. The rumble got louder and louder and before I knew it a wall of white hurled it's way towards me!

I quickly jumped to the large boulder moments before the hurl of snow tried to carry me with it. The boulder shielded me from the wave of snow, some shot over the rock and curved around the edges. Grunting and panting I held onto that boulder, my life depended on it greatly.

"What in the name of Celestia was that!"....

It didn't take long for this wave of snow to go by or rather settle. I sighed in annoyance as there was even more snow than than before. I was once again spooked by a sound. This was no natural sound, it was a howl a angry howl.

"Was that a lion? No you dummy it must be...a...a Wolf!"

I blurted out then I continued to facehoof. I was being too noisy and I would give my position away to these beasts. In weather like this...anything would be hungry...

"Okay okay scratch stay calm you got this you got this just...fire a flare and light your path of course your a genius!"

I started yelling to my self only for comfort at this point. how ever I did listen to my self. I slid a flare into it's launcher and fired a single red flare into the air. It exploded like a firework dimly tainting my surroundings with red light. Nothing...just more snow...I kept walking as the flares in the sky burned out eventually leaving me with just my devices to light my way again.

I was freezing and it was worse than before, I legs began to feel...no...I didn't even feel my legs. My ears and muzzle were pretty much frozen and my main had froze in place along with them. It was hard to blink and after a while it was hard to see. I fell and panted trying to breath. Then I heard it, steps several steps in the snow what ever it was it was light or very sneaky as it did not crunch the snow below it's hoofs or paws. Out of fear I loaded the flare gun and fired it into the air one again pushing the darkness back.

My eyes widened with horror as giant wolf like beasts snarled and retrieved into the darkness, their eyes glowing in the dark

"Oh fuck!"

I yelled and began to run. I'm not sure how but I was running again, stumbling and rolling through the snow I came to a stop as I eyes met a steep slope into darkness, looking at my Pipbuck the arrow pointed down into the slope.

"Ah fuck me with my soul you gotta be kidding me! ugh!"

looking back at the fast approaching beasts I jumped down putting little hope and trust into this Equestrian tech that was around my hoof I slid and rolled, grunting and cursing as I hit the bottom of the slope, I hit rock.

Shrieking in pain I tried to get up again. I forced my self up and yelled in pain before my eyes had met something again, it was distant lights. Adrenaline rushed through me as I hauled ass through thick snow that the beasts behind me ran around in with such ease. I called out desperately in hopes that somepony would hear my calls for help. One of the wolfs had snatched at my leg and caused me to fall into the snow, turning onto my back I snarled and slammed my hoof into it's face, it yelped and fell back laying lifeless. I must have one hell of a kick to make it stop moving. I shot up again my limp worse than never as I left blood soaking into the snow behind me. I needed to get their attention, I focused and performed a spell that lit my horn brightly, I was never one for spells and with my already weakened state I felt weaker and weaker by the second.

"I help pony!"

A very blunt voice rose as a wooly beast charged with a bright lantern on it's side rammed into the group of beats, he managed to grab one by the head and slammed it down into the ground. standing on his hind hoofs he slammed down into the wolf several times crushing the beast to death. A wolf pounced as I yelled to warn him, he had drawed a shotgun and with a loud boom the flash from the worn well used single shot shotgun lit the snowy darkness for a brief moment before the darkness overtook us again leaving the pipbuck and the wooly beast's dangling lantern to illiminate our surroundings. The hot metal from the shotgun hit the beast causing the wolf fly back into the snow. the group of beasts yelped and began to run back into the darkness spooked by the loud buckshot they eventually disappeared. I finally fell from exhaustion with my ears ringing from the killing device the wooled gaint wielded.
The wooly thing walked up to me and began dragging me before I had finally went unconscious

"can you two stop grinding each other? there's foals here"

I nudge my friend zephyr as both him and his marefriend both snickered as they looked at me.

"Don't worry Scratch we do it all the time in public it's just our kink! plus we got away doing it in a transport shuttle heheh"

I rolled my eyes as the two continued to have borderline sex in their gear. Both were security guards of my sector and I wouldn't know them if it weren't for Circuts to semi-drag me to meet them half way across the ship in their barracks.

"Where's your little marefriend anyways?"

Zephyr said as him and his marefriend both looked at me finally stopping with the whole grinding up on each other thing.

"She's busy with her work, not a day that goes by around here without something breaking. it's funny ho-"

I screamed in pain and choked, ripped from my dream I was shocked and quiet literally as my entire body tensed up in a locked position as electricity zapped through me before it cut out and I went limp with my eyes squeezed shut.

"good good he's awake"

an ominous voice rose and echoed around me

"was that necessary? rude way to wake up the pony"

I heard the familiar voice as the skimpy voice arose again

"the boss wants him awake right aw-"

I jumped a little as a loud bang erupted from behind the voices. hearing calm yet heavy hoof steps I slowly opened my eyes as I now looked up at a big pony wearing rusty plates of armor that covered his chest and legs. rebar shaped to cover the entirety of his head. he had a black helmet on with 'Security' faded on the side slightly scratched out. My muzzle scrunched up as the air was filled with a rotting stench of the buck, did he not wash or something?

"well look at this oh...look how healthy he is!"

he laughed wickedly showing his crooked yellow teeth that had many cavities and many looked like they were on the verge of falling out. He looked back at the wooly beast and the scrawny pony.

"you caught him ahahah good job ahah!"

the wooly beast smiled and stood proud. my body still ached and I groaned softly as I felt my side all bruised and beaten up. But I was astonished that there was living ponies here. Living things in this hellish snowy land. I found the buck strange though due to his armored up body of metal scrap. I guess a lot can happen in Equestria after 200 years.

"I need help...I'm from-" I stopped my self thinking that they would probably not believe that I came from a big old ship in the sky and I stopped thinking as I stared up at the buck leaving us in awkward silence before I finally said something.

"I'm a traveler my name is Scratches from..uh... Equestria..lower...Equetria...uh...Canterlot"

I cringed at my horrible lie as the buck laughed and I tried not to groan in disgust as his breath washed over me.

"Canterlot!? ahah you must of hit your head pretty hard! you can't be from there"

I stared up and tilted my head as I slowly stood up now towering everyone excepted the wooly beast.

"yeah?...I'm from Canterlot"

The buck shaked his head

"are you living under a rock? do you know that Equestria was oh I don't know was destroyed about two centries ago. There's no way you're from there. no way you can get past the storm"

he looked up and grinned as he examined my body I stood shocked speechless. Equestria? destroyed? that can't be, I knew there was a war but we were shielded from it and instead were taught Equestrian history and locations.

"E-Equestria...destroyed?..."

I stared still speechless as my mind forgot about my bruised side and aching body. I suddenly felt hopeless and lost at the news and it might have explained his queer armor. If there was no Equestria then what was there? just the ruins? the left over scrap. The thing that I questioned the most was who or what destroyed Equestria.

"Eyep heheh...now now...let us not keep the crowd waitin'..."

being pulled from my thoughts and shocked state the big buck grinned slowly backing out of the doors as they slammed shut two bucks wearing the similar armor around them poked me with a stick only to be shocked. I cursed and yelled as these fuckers were backing me up using cattle prods, forced back onto a platform like a damn animal I stared and looked around now panicked noticing that the platform I was not began to whir and slowly rise up a long shaft the ponies below disappearing as now I was left in the dark. I lifted my forehoof the pipbuck still there clinging to my leg with scratches around the casing indicating that they might have tried to get it off forcefully and I imagined my HUD had been scratched up as well. I checked my self and found my saddlebags missing along with my coat and vest.

"what the hell is going on!?"

I yelled now pissed off as the platform pushed me closer to the surface. My ears twitched as I picked up the sound of a cheering crowd and it sounded big along with a roaring voice dwarfing the crowd's cheer as I picked up the big buck's voice again.

"Hello again! My it's great to see such a large crowd again! You all can't admit each time you watch blood hit the ground you all feel great! Now for our weekly scheduled arena battle! Here we caught a 350 pound beast in the snow this evening and mare's and gentle colts I got you all a real treat here with our newest fighter! Mares and Gentle colts!.... I welcome you the most dreadful looking pony we've seen in a long time! Scratches!!"

I raised a eyebrow as the elevator finally stopped as I rose from the ground into a arena, bright lights forced me to squint my eyes as I heard ponies cheering above the metal walls that was the arena's border limit.

"Look at this monster of a pony! tall and strong means we need a tall and a strong opponent! what do you think my subjects?! who should it be!"

I was surprised and panicked my eyes darting around left and right as I searched for an exit. but the walls were too tall to jump or climb over. I was startled again as the crowd roared a name

"Dominator! Dominator! Dominator! Dominator!!"

I stared up at the big buck now grinning down at me from the high platform he sat on

"you heard it!! let's hear it for the strong, mean machine DOMINATOR!!"

A loud bang erupted from one of the walls as a well hidden door slowly opened and metal on metal created a loud ear piercing screech. I was scared not gonna lie. it felt like not to long ago I was on the Fleet ship enjoying a safe life under the protection of soldiers and security. Now I was standing in a makeshift arena sitting in a winter wasteland with the news of Equestria destroyed by war. It was too dark past the corridor to see what ever was in there. A light flashed on it's shine reflecting off the cement walls it walked past. Coldness filled the air as an uncomfortable breeze of air brushed over my coat making my fur stand. The thing finally stomped out of the darkness and under the light from bright lights revealing the giant metal pony shaped...wait that was a pony! the pony was inside of some sort of huge armored suit and it stood to my height. half of it's armor looked scavenged and the other half looked welded and hastily sealed on. Rust fell off of it with every step. My mouth gaped as the sight of it as two more ponies were forced up from other platforms just like me, I choked at the new stench and noticed that it was the two ponies. They looked crazed and I sank as I recognized the crazed look in their puffy yellow eyes, Crazy ponies

"Bonus opponents! because if there's no blood and guts there's NO FUN"

The speakers blared with the buck's voice as the crazy ponies both looked at me then the metal pony already armed with wooden bats. They were scared like me, it didn't take words to tell that they were willing to work with me and one of another to work as a temporary team.

"BEGIN!!"

I didn't notice it before but the metal pony had a two large weapons mounted on it's sides. My eyes widened as two miniguns spun up and began to fire a shower of lead. Leaping to the side I stumbled looking back watching one of the crazy pony's chest and face shred apart before falling to the cement ground with a disgusting wet thud. the other ran the opposite side and didn't waste time to attack the metal pony. his bat just bounced off it's thick armor with a solid bang. The thing just pulled the buck close and lifted him in the air with magic. slamming him down the pony yelled in pain letting go of the bat and cried for help as the metal monster crushed the pony's back and stomped a few times now leaving a bloody mushed mess on the ground all while the crowd cheered wildly. Turning to me it's miniguns spinning up again as the several barrels spun in circles faster and faster before letting out another shower of bullets, one hit my leg as hot lead found a home deep in my leg as I tried to flee along the sides, the storm of bullets following me. after a game of cat and mouse, the Bullets being the cat and me being the mouse I heard the guns stop. I turned my head and watched as the metal pony was now reloading, pulling two large boxes from under the miniguns, I could only imagine that so many bullets must take awhile to reload. I rushed to grab one of the bats that the crazy ponies wielded and took my only chance to attack. Charging I yelled as I slammed the bat down as hard as I could, the bat snapping in half as it did little effect against the beast. It slammed it's metal hoof into my chest that took my breath. It tried to reload again as I caught my breath again and wheezed before grumbling. I turned quickly and with all my might I kicked the metal pony's head hard, hard enough to hurt and sprain one of my legs. I winced in pain as the metal pony grunted and stumbled back dropping one of the minigun's big bullet cartridge that held all the rounds. I picked it up with magic and slammed it against the helmet over and over backing the pony further and further and I managed to break a part of it's visor as a bright blue eye stared down at me with rage. It finally prevailed my attack and backhoofed my face, I backed up yelling and nursing my face with my numb and hurting cheek bone that now bled from the metal pony's sharped edged hoof that pierced my flesh.

"son of a bitch!!"

I yelled furious as the metal beast managed to load one of the miniguns.

It fired again and a bullet grazed my cheek and a few hit my chest, with nothing to protect me the bullets dug far into my chest and it stung. As the pain shocked me more lead flew at me and also hit my legs filling them up with a few extra small holes, eventually if I allowed more and more bullets hit me I would be looking like the first pony that got shot up. I jumped to the side again with more knowledge on how to dodge the big bulky gun. Sure it was furious but it sure as hell wasn't fast. Zig zagging my way toward the metal pony I ducked and turned around again about to buck the thing in the face as hard as I could again and managed to do so. With a violent thrust with my hind hoofs they hit the helmet hard, but the welded up looking helmet had many jagged objects on it and a piece of metal pierced my hoof and buried it's self in causing me to grunt and back away from the big pony. I panted looking at the metal beast that caught it's self from falling, I felt the warm blood ooze down my body from the bullet holes and the bruised and probably cracked ribs from my long fall from the wolves. But I had to shake it all off now. The big pony charged fast despite the heavy looking armor and rammed into me lifting me and pushing me against the wall. I grunted and screamed as it just applied pressure against all my wounds, I pounded the top of it's helmet with my hoof but it shook off my pathetic attacks. I was feeling weak again and I looked around for something to hit it with. My eyes spotted the other bat and I magically grabbed it and pulled it towards me slamming down the metal bat over and over until it let me go. Before I could swing at it again a giant metal hoof slammed down on my chest digging the metal hoofs hard. whinned and coughed and was struck again, this time being fully on bucked in the chest once again. I let out a pathetic and pained grunt as I smashed against the walls falling to the ground now wheezing. I fought to just breath as blood came up making me sputter and it all out as I tasted my own blood, it tasted a bit like copper.

"let's make this a bit more exciting shall we!?"

The speakers blared as both me and the metal pony stopped and looked at the buck as he grinned down a us. Another door slowly opened as roars emitted from the darkness and a beige monster crawled out. it looked like a lion, but with a massive stinger as a tail and what I could tell wings but they were tied back against it's body. The metal pony stomped it's hoofs against the ground as it stared up at the buck on the platform, I could sense that this metal beast might have been betrayed.

"MANTICORE!!!"

The crowd cheered once again as the strange monster focused on the metal pony. Before the metal pony could get a chance it was lifted into the air by the beast before being slammed down against the ground once again grunting as bits of metal broke and scattered across the arena as the monster began to slash at the pony over and over breaking off bits and bits of armor. I forced my self up and coughed while feeling tears form around my eyes, the pain was all to much. I eyed the metal pony getting pummelled by the manticore's claws, anger surged through my veins as the rage building up blocked the pain temporarely. I yelled charging towards the two and jumped on the beast's back trying to bite down the pain and covered my entire body. I rammed the pointy thing on my head into it's side. My horn plunged into the fur as some blood oozed out, it let out a roar of annoyance and pain and yank me off now focused on me. it pounced growling as I managed to duck and slip past under it. it's stinger slammed and sunk into my flank, I shrieked in pain as it's venom sprayed into me. I had forgot about the tail. It turned around as the tail whipped out leaving venom and my blood trailing down my flank and legs. I grunted and limped grabbing the metal pony and began to drag the pony to the wall. I turned around only to get my body swiped by claws sending me flying across the arena and slammed against the wall and hit the ground. I grunted and stared up at the dark sky wheezing for air once again as I felt my blood gushing from my chest, four long deep cuts into me made from the manticore's claws bled profusely. The venom began it's job as to weaken and kill me, my vision began to go blurry and I coughed as it was getting harder to breath, evry breath got shorter and shorter. I forced my self up now trying to breath as the beast stared at me, it's mouth drooling of saliva. I looked around to see if there was anything to use as a weapon. I found satisfaction with a curved piece of rebar from the metal pony's armor.

"cmon you fucking fur bag..."

I managed to say quietly while locked eyes back at the Manticore as it charged. Jumping up I attacked before it could, the piece of rebar found it's self in the monster's eye. It screeched and backed away and thrashed violently as the crowd of ponies gasped in surprise, limping to the metal pony it got up as the beat helmet finally fell off revealing a mare. I stood in shock as the pained yet pissed off mare stared up at me as blood trailed from her muzzle ruining her tanned beige coat. I noticed there was a patch over her right eye and her horn was chipped. half of one of her ears was missing, her short black mane covering any further scars.

"What are you fucking looking at, let's get out of here!!"

she got up as she pulled me into the closing door she came from. smashing right through it she ran down the hall as the speakers blared.

"Dammit!! Catch them!!"

The mare bashed open a door and trampled a guard only knocking him out as we raced into her ready room which consisted of tools, tool boxes and a station for her armor. grabbing a large saddle bag she ordered me to grab items she pointed out, I grumbled and obeyed, after all she was helping me escape.

"drink this"

She ordered as she forcefully shoved a bottle to my mouth. I rejected by sputtering and letting the fluid run down my neck, she just narrowed her eyes and growled.

"it heal you now drink it!"

I accepted the drink as I gulped the fluid down, I started to feel instantly yet only slightly better as my wounds began to close, I gasped for air as if I was about to drown in water only to reach the surface barely in time and coughed. Satisfied, the mare piled more equipment on me and in a quick hurry. Now equipped with saddlebags and a few heavy metal boxes we bursted out, looking around we were in a large trade street. shops and makeshift signs covered buildings as we stood on wooden pallets that sat above the cold snowy ground. Ponies in makeshift armor lifted rifles of all sorts.

"There they are!"

Me and the armored up mare both ran as I used her armor to my advantage using it as a running shield. We found cover behind a old looking wagon that chipped away with each shot from the ponies not to far from us. She galloped fast, her heavy armor thudding loudly as she ran down anything in her path. As we ran through streets and ally ways the shouting of the chasing ponies behind us got louder until finally the mare leading us out bursted through a gate door and ran out towards a bridge that blew in the wind. I stopped as the mare looked back.

"Coming or what!?"

I gulped and stared down as the void that separated the piece of land that the town sat on from the desolate snowy darkness that I came from not to long ago. I stepped onto the bridge and peered down at the seemily endless void. A boom filled the air as a bullet whizzed past me and bounced off the mare's armor, I booked it and was now running across a long rope bridge. I sighed in relief as we finally got to the other side safely, she beat down another guard taking his weapon. Looking back at the settlement I turn and ran again as a mob of ponies stopped as the mare shot the bridge up with her miniguns causing it to fall.

"cmon! hurry up you slow bastard!"

She was already running into the storm that I came from not to long ago. My tired body followed her as the venom from the Manticore started taking it's toll and drained more of my life away. Coming back annoyed she grumbled as she helped me and pulled me along into the snowy darkness.

TIME: 0400

Location: ???

At this point my vision was so blurred I wasn't able to see two feet infront of me. The mare pretty much pulled me through a door and dragged me across the ground as I winced at the pain of the wide wound on my flank rubbed against the rugged rough floor. Finally she dropped me onto a bed that smelled of musty rot and she slammed the door before forcing me to drink something. It was not long before I fell asleep.

My senses came back to me slowly as my eyes opened up, I now looked up at a ceiling with it's paint chipping off. Hair line cracks spread across the old paint and cement as grafiti consisting of paint added the last touch. My HUD let out a loud spark and a cloud of smoke flared up as I tried to view the time using the hollowgram. I groaned, great my HUD is damaged.

"Good morning sunshine"

The mare made her self present, sitting up I squinted my eyes and wanted to punch my self for doing it to fast. I fell back in pain and looked down at my chest and hoofs that were covered in bandages that were dampened by my blood.

"Take it easy...I'm not very good at patching ponies up but I managed to yank those bullets out of you...you're....one tough bastard I'll give you that"

I turned my head looking at the mare now out of her suit, she was small now that she wasn't in some huge metal welded suit.

"Who are you....?"

The mare fixed her glasses that I didn't see before.

"You can call me Dominator, until I get to know you better I wanna keep my name to my self...I did help you after all"

I turned over and winced at the sharp but more bearable pain that was now calmed down slightly with medicine.

"You tell me your name...I saved your life first after I charged that...thing"

The mare raised her eyebrow now closing a magazine she was reading in the red comfy chair she sat in

"And I returned the favour by getting you out of there and saving YOUR life on that very bed"

I thought and nodded to my self as she had a point, I rested my head now defeated of my persuasion.

"What...what is this place...this...land"

I waited for her answer, her chuckle filled the air

"You saying you aint from around here...? Don't see that everyday. Don't tell me you're one of those Stable ponies"

I raised an eyebrow, stable pony?

"No I'm not a stable pony..."

I heard her get off of her seat and trot up to the bed now tapping the pipbuck that clung to my left forehoof

"I guess you just found this huh...? But...that thing on your back...never seen anything like it before...mind explaining?"

I stared at the mare now thinking again, if it true that Equestria was destroyed and had no sense of order, the town of freaks who put me into a battle arena supporting that then was it so bad to tell just a pony about the EMTF? Then again she probably wouldn't believe me. But I suppose it was worth a shot, it could also probably establish trust between each other.

"How do I explain this...well...I'm from a secret force...eh...called the Equestrian Mobile Task Force and I know this may sound silly but it's the truth"

The mare sat down and raised an eyebrow with a smirk

"I'm in for a little story, my minds open. Fire away"

I blinked a few times and sighed now thinking where to start

"Twelve hundred years ago at the very beggining of Equestria and the two Royal Sister's reign a secret and technology advanced group was created by one of the sisters, Celestia. She feared that the Elements of Harmony would not always be there to protect Equestria from all dangers and she had created the Equestrian Mobile Task Force in order to stealthly protect Equestria from harm they did not see or if the Elements could not stop a crisis. fast forward one thousand years the Equestrian Mobile Task Force had grown to be large...in the thousands...and Equestria was running out of space for us and no matter what we were supposed to remain secret from the public eyes. So they developed homes called Fleepships...only five of these massive ships were built and they were meant to fly up into space, they were built in the middle of nowhere far off in Saddle Arabia before ultimately only Fleetship 004 and 005 actually succesed on launching into the atmosphere...it sounds stupid but you have to believe me...the ships were surrounded by a huge magical spell that allowed invisibility entirely"

I sighed amd facehoofed expecting her to not believe what I just told her.

"I believe you"

Her words shocked me into surprise as my eyes focused on her, she was sincere about what she said. I questioned her why and she chuckled fixing her glasses once again. I hadn't noticed or even bothered before but now that I examined the mare she was cute despite the scars that covered parts of her body. The colors of her body reminded me of a mare I once heard in a fictional story, I couldn't remember what though.

"Iv'e seen all sorts of crazy stuff here, Trust me...I believe you. So mind telling me the rest of the story, Special agent pony sir"

I cocked a brow as she grinned and sat, patiently waiting for me to continue. I grinned back softly feeling...comfortable and at ease again, something only Circuts could do.

Through the course of a few hours I had told her from when I was born all the way up to when I was put into cryogenic storage and finally when I was recently launched down into Equestria in search for the leader of the EMTF. I stopped my self and realized that Flare was still missing, the pain had dissipated slightly more now allowing me to sit up.

"I need to find Flare...."

I mumbled and looked around, the mare's ears perked in interest as she looked up at me.

"Flare...Iv'e heard of that name before...now to think of it she had a simmilar thing on her back...she came around and well, my used to be leader, Brass Bore that big pony that was announcing the fight had an eye for her. She is a looker and he listened to her saying a friend needs help. I'm guessing that's you"

Worry and relief shot through me at once as I sat up even more as I pulled the mare close shaking her as I begged for more info.

"Y-you have to tell me where she is!"

The mare back away and sighed softly

"I was gonna say Brass took her across the lift to the main town...Poor mare...she's probably being forced to be a sex slave"

My eyes widened, I couldn't imagine Flare, my closest companion being forced as a buck raped her. Rage filled me as I got up, the newfound anger filtered out my sore wounds as I grabbed the mare with magic and slammed her against the wall, despite what she was earlier in the arena she now had a scared look on her face as she looked up, her one blue eye staring at me with fear. But I pressed my hoofs on her neck harder, because she worked for them, and she was okay with it?! I growled as I reared up, now dragging her up the rough and worn wall.

"And you let this happen?!"

The mare the mare squirmed under my grasp as she choked out

"I'm not like them! Please don't kill me! I swear! I-I'm just"

I let go and backed away watching the mare gasp and cough while looking up at me and yelled up

"I'm not like them!...I'm not...I just...use them as protection...after all...where else could you go right...? The reason why I'm there is because the one good thing they're doing is protecting the town that is actually there...sure they may be forcing some ponies to fight but they are protecting the town...and if they weren't there then they all would wither away by the land's monsters...at least we protect against raiders..."

I let out a sigh and stared down the mare, what was I doing...? I just choked mare that saved my life and felt empathy for my missing friend.

"I...I'm sorry....I am just worried for my friend..."

I looked down in shame as I leaned against the bed now feeling my sore pain come back, guilt being a new asset to it all.

The mare got up and trotted up to me putting a hoof on my chest gently

"Then let's go find her...I got nothing else to lose...I'm now seen a traitor of the town...so I might as well follow you..."

I glanced down at the mare with a hopeful look and smiled

"Yeah...sure...."

It was another hour and I had changed into thick winter clothing that the mare had brought with us and now she was kicking her suit in frustration.

"Ah the damn Spark Cores are all out of juice...looks like I'm hoofin' it until I get some new ones"

I looked back at her as I mounted some saddlebags full of canned food and water

"Who are these ponies anyways...the ones in the town"

She turned to look at me as she wrapped her self into a orange jump suit before sliding on a leather harness.

"They are Mercenaries slash slavers hired by Demise, he runs a Mafia across the lift into the big city...those mercs are jokes compared to the power Demise has"

My fur stood up, someone who runs a mafia with the name of Demise had to be pretty dangerous and scary.

"Well...if they're nothing compared to the mafia...what's our plan to take out Brass...?"

She smirked

"I have an idea"

Footnote: Level up

New perk: Blinding Rage: when pissed off enough anger will block out all sense of pain, temporarely giving a boost of strengh to beat down your opponents!