Wild Wasteland

Chapter 2

Hospitalized

Pinkie was rushing through the wood's surrounding the Courier's crash site. And by rushing, she was really just giving quick glances. She was deep in thought, thinking about all the Courier had just told her. I mean, Robot's, Giant Scorpions, GIANT robot scorpions? She had never heard of anything more bizarre, so weird… or so RANDOM before hoof! Well, Maybe a couple time involving her, but she was not one to judge. She started to slow her pace down to a brisk walk, and then stopped. The Courier had told a story where he had to survive all by himself, only relying on a broken land to survive. But now that he was here, what would he do? He wouldn't actually hurt anypony, would he? No that's silly, he only did that when somepony tried hurting him or somepony else he didn't want hurt. But then he would go and leave…. Walking alone… With no friends… Pinkie gasped! If he had no friends, he was lonely, BUT…. If he had friends… he wouldn't have to go and walk away anymore! And what better way to make friends than… "A PARTY!" Pinkie yelled as she ran off to Ponyville, Not noticing her friend trying to call her back. After all, she had A LOT to do for the first ALIEN to come to ponyville…

"Pinkie WAIT! This is not a time for a party!" Twilight desperately called out. But it was too late, she was already gone. She sighed and started to trot back to The Courier. She was about halfway back before she tripped over something hard. She glanced back to find a saddlebag on it's side, with some of it's contents spilling out. She quickly took it as the Couriers, and tried to lift it up, only to find that it was WAY WAY to heavy to lift, even for just one bag. What is even this thing? It's so heavy! Twilight thought as she tried lifting it with her magic. While she could, It strained her magic's real bad, leaving her dizzy, and with a headache. At least I got it up, now I can put what fell out back in. Twilight thought as she picked a strange metal piece… of something, and placing it into his bag. Maybe what he said IS true. Where else would he get all this stuff? Twilight was looking over a piece of what she thought was a "Gun". She quickly waved it off, and placed it in the bag. She knew that whatever was in this bag was heavy, and she would need at least AJ to lift it, even with her magic. She closed the flap of the saddlebag and cast a small light spell, so she would know where to find it when she found Applejack.

The Courier, now complete with his hat, was looking over his body. He was slightly taller than the girls, and was a Pegasus, that much he knew, but what he failed to notice before was that he was a dirty gray color, and still kept his black hair (Mane?) another thing he noticed is that all the girls had a tattoo on their hind, and even though they had one, he did not, for which he was glad. Who in their right mind would go and tattoo their butt? But at least he still had his clothes, so no one would actually go looking. He looked around, trying to spot the girls, in which they were nowhere to be seen. He sighed and looked at his pip-boy. All his stats where the same, Strength was still 7, Perception was still 5, Endurance was stuck at 6, Charisma was a solid 5, Intelligence was a average 6, Agility was sadly, a 4, but his luck more than made up for that with a 7. He used V.A.T.S to kick a rock at a tree out of boredom, which of course hit his target. He looked over the Mysterious Magnum, which made the strange guitar sound whenever he drew it, and whenever it was holstered. He looked at his Pip-Boy again, this time at his inventory. He had only six shots left in the Magnum, his Desperado hat, and his lightweight leather armour. Beside the Armour name, it had a P Variant, which he guessed that it meant Pony Variant. Geez, these things are prepared for anything. He heard a rustle in the bush, and whipped around, Magnum at the ready, hurting himself in the process. Whatever was there, stopped. He perked up his ears, listening for any sound, even the slightest heartbeat. He waited a few minutes, and then stopped. Sure that whatever was there, was gone. He went back to fidgeting with his Pip-boy, until he got hit in the back of the head with something hard… Something metal… Something like…

"EDE?" EDE was giving off short angry beeps, and his laser was glowing, ready to fire. [Robotics Expert] He quickly understood what EDE was saying, and it was.

"Who are you? Why do you have my friend's things? Tell me now!"

"Whoa whoa! Calm down little buddy, it's me, the Courier! Look, my Pip-boy even says so!" He held up his pip-boy in confirmation. EDE looked it over and gave off embarrassed beeps. Courier smiled.

"Aw, it's alright EDE, I don't blame you, I still don't believe me about being a pony, either! But still, weirder thing have happened." He heard another sound, this time the sound of the Purple pony, Along with her two friend's, who had a bag.

" Hey Courier, we found your bag… What is that?" The Courier chuckled.

"Heh heh, this is EDE, That Floating metal ball? Yeah, this is him." Ede gave off some beeps. The Courier Translated it. " Ede says hello, by the way."

The Rainbow haired Pegasus spoke up.

"You can understand that thing? And I thought this day couldn't get any weirder…" EDE sounded sly beeps and floated upwards. Whatever EDE had said, it did not make the Courier happy.

"EDE! You get down here now and apologize! That is no way to talk to a lady!" The Rainbow one flew up to the floating ball and squashed her face right against EDE's front grill, and shouted "WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT ME YOU METAL VOLLYBALL?" EDE tried to fly away, but was held fast by the Rainbow haired Pegasus. EDE was franticly trying to get free, before the Purple mare shouted at the Cyan mare. "Rainbow! Let the poor thing go, I'm sure that it didn't mean it!" "Rainbow" gave a small humph, and let EDE go, who immediately went and hid behind the broken body of the Courier. The Courier cleared his throat, and spoke. "Now that we are all clear and calm, how bout you tell me your names, you know mine, so I think it's only fair that I know yours." The Orange Mare with the hat (He liked her hat) spoke first.

"Mah name's Applejack partner! And while I don't believe that Courier's you're real name, I say that your trustworthy. Pleased to meet ya!" The purple mare spoke next

"My name is Twilight Sparkle, I'm the Princess's Personal Student, sent to ponyville to study the magic of friendship." The Courier Scoffed at this, but before Twilight could say anything, "Rainbow" spoke up. "My names Rainbow Dash, Fastest Flier in Equestria, and soon-to-be Wonderbolt!" She seemed very proud of that title. Twilight spoke up again. "Anyway, the three other pony's you saw are Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy. Pinkie was the pink pony, who ran off to Ponyville, Rarity is the White unicorn who said your clothes were in bad condition. And Fluttershy is the quiet one. Now that we have your bag, we should get you to the hospital, you don't look that good." I agreed saying

"I have been through worse, but I agree, we should get me to a doctor. But I think AJ should stay behind and find the rest of your friend's, to tell them where we are." The girls agreed, and rainbow came trotting up to my side and, to my surprise, put her wing around my back. [Lady Killer] Not willing to pass up a chance to embarrass, I said

"My, my, my, Miss Dash, Being a bit forward, aren't we?" She eeped and let go of me, causing me to fall back down. I look up and see her face is bright red. With her two friends snickering. I join in the snickering myself. I see dash looking down at her hoofs. I limped over to where Dash is standing and put my hoof on her shoulder. She looks up in surprise as I speak.

"Miss Dash, sorry for embarrassing you, but sometime's I get these little opportunities that I love to act on, and do so. I promise that I won't do it again, alright?" She thinks about it for a second, then punches me in the shoulder. The broken shoulder, and say's

"Fine I accept your apology, just don't do it again unless you mean it, alright?" I reply still rubbing my shoulder.

"Fine… Just don't hit broken limbs anymore, cause that hurts." We both laugh a bit as Twilight and Rainbow help me limp my broken body to ponyville hospital. Thankfully, I had a good conversation about were I was to keep my mind off my broken bones.

Ponyville Hospital

It took us an hour, but we managed to get to the hospital. I shrugged the two mares off, confident that I was ok to reach the reception counter. Limping over there, I was greeted by a kind voice.

" Hello Sir, how may I help you today?"

"Hi. I got hurt bad, and I need to see a doctor about setting and healing bones. How soon can I see him or her?"

"Oh my. That is bad. Alright, I will need your name and occupation."

"The Courier. Courier."

"I still need your name, sir."

"I already told you. My name is The Courier."

" "The Courier" is not a name. It is a title. Now, are you willing to tell me your REAL name?" Twilight Stepped in,

"Excuse me Nurse RedHeart, But this Stallion had lost most of his memories, so he doesn't know his real name, so I think that you should just put it as the courier." "Nurse Redheart" thought about it for a few seconds, before agreeing and writing it down… with her mouth?

"Now "Courier" I need you to sign here. Is that alright with you, "Courier"?" She emphasized his name, making it like it WAS a title. He nodded, and cautiously picked up the pen in his mouth, just like she did and wrote down his name. It wasn't the most spectacularly written, but it would do, for now. He put the pen down and nudged the clipboard back to the Nurse. She looked it over and said:

"Now, do you have a method of payment?" Aw crap. Wait don't I still have that…

"Just a minute. Dash! Can I have my bag?" She dragged my bag over to me as I started sifting through it, tossing out things to find what I was looking for.

"That gun, NO! Caravan Shotgun, NO! Power Fist, wait, no Power Hoof, Still no…" I pulled out my Red Glare. "Red Glare? NO!" I tossed it aside and continued looking.

"Laser Pistol, Laser Rifle, Gatling Laser, Telsa Cannon, Plasma Caster, NO! Oh wait here it is." He slapped a gold bar on her desl

"Is that enough?" She smiled and said:

" I think we will be having you on the "Advanced" Healthcare Programme…"

Ponyville Hospital, Three Hours later.

The Courier was laying in his bed. Using EDE's multitools to disassemble his equipment. He was getting quite handy (Hoofy?) with his new hooves. The Doctor Said that he would be here until the end of the week, and still wouldn't be able to fly. Fine by me, I prefer to keep my feet… wait Hooves on the ground. He heard a noise and looked up. There was the six mares that first greeted him into this new and strange world. Twilight came trotting up to him and poked his nose.

"Alright mister, you got some question's to answer! And I expect them to be answered truthfully! Got it?" I play along, and nod.

"Good! First question, what was all that stuff you pulled from your bag?

"Those were my weapon's. That Gun, The Caravan Shotgun, The Power Hoof, Red glare, And my laser and plasma arsenal are all very lethal. Don't Touch." She backed up a bit and got out a pencil and notebook and wrote that down. She spoke again.

"Okay, Second question. How did you pull it from your bag? It still the same size, how could you fit all that in it?"

"That is a special Courier Bag I got when I first joined up. Its called the B.O.T.I Bag, From Vault Tech. Don't ask me how it works, I don't know. All I know is that it tears a hole in the universe and I throw my junk in it."

"But it still weighs so much! How does that work? And What's B.O.T.I Stand for?" The Courier sighed.

" I already told you, I don't know how it works, I just know that it's a hole in the universe. And B.O.T.I Stands for Bigger On The Inside Bag. Any other questions?"

"Just a few more, Courier. What do you plan on doing when you get out of the hospital? And where did you get that gold bar from?"

"Heheh that's a funny story actually, you see. When I was traveling, I heard a radio signal on my Pip-boy here. It was for the Sierra Madre, Inviting all to come see it's wonders. I tracked the signal down, only to get gassed and brought to the Sierra Madre Square, only to be told by Elijah that I had to get some other people and break into the Casino. Only problem? Gas surrounded the city and I was wearing a explosive collar, as well as crazy's called ghost people tried to constantly kill me! And I didn't get to have my gun's with me. Both, not fair. Anyways, Me, Dean Domino the ghoul performer, Dog/God the super mutant with a split personality, Christine Royce, The Mute Brotherhood of steel lady all got into the Casino, only to be gassed AGAIN and split up. Long story short, I get into the vault, and it's FILLED with all these gold bars. Sadly, I can only take ten. I go and kill Elijah and make a break for it. I get the damn collar off, and leave to enjoy a job well done. Best. Heist. EVER! Also the weirdest one too, but still fun. What was your other question again?" The Courier Put his two hooves together like a businessman and slightly smiled. "Uh… What were you planning on doing when you get out of the hospital?" "AH yes, Hmm…" He pondered this. " I don't know… Maybe I'll go back to wandering. Seems to be what im good at. That, and getting hurt" He motion to his body. "As you can plainly see." There was one giant sad aw in the room, coming from Pinkie, who spoke up.

"But why do you have to go? It's not a giant bad land, and you could have friends, and parties, and candy, and-" Pinkie was stopped by AJ putting her hoof in her mouth. She spoke: "Ah think what Pinkie's trying to say is, that you don't need to wander anymore. Everypony here is accepting and kind, as well as fun-loving. You could settle down and enjoy your life, instead of always being on the run and in danger." The Courier Smiled a bit obviously liking the idea. But his expression soon turned to surprise, then anger "What are you doing here." The Courier said coldly. The Girls turned around and Screamed. Behind them was two very tall figures. One had a long coat and hat similar to AJ's and the Courier's, and had the Same "Gun" as him too. The other one had something covering it's face, while a chest piece that ended at it's rump. It wore a strange feathered headpiece and had the same "Gun" as the Courier and the other new arrival. The one with a hat spoke. "Courier We need to speak with you." Judging from his voice, it was a male. He turned his head towards the girls. "Alone." The Courier still had the coldness in his voice. "And what makes you think I want to talk to you." The other spoke. "Because, we have information that will be vital to this worlds survival." The other was a female, as told by her voice. "Now you six will leave." She lifted her "Gun" to the girls. "Now." Courier raised his voice and his gun, which made the guitar sound. "Miss Fortune, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't threaten my friends." He nudged his gun as if to say, Drop it. "Miss Fortune" holstered her gun and leaned against the wall, motioning the girls to get out. They did and then the Mysterious Stranger spoke. "About that information Courier…" Appleloosa, Noon The townfolk ran in terror as the creatures charged the town, unable to do anything, their cry's were met with silence.