Courier and Sunny split up with Courier going to the doc's home as Sunny heads to get the others who are willing to help Ringo out. Courier entered the house and found Doc Mitchell checking on the woman they found.

"Hey Doc, Sunny and I are getting some of the towns people to help out Ringo and drive away the Powder Gangers when they come to town in two days." Courier told Mitchell explaining what's going on. "Decided to give you a heads up to look out for wounded and in cause the Gangers try something." He finished explaining.

"I see." Mitchell said with a sigh. "No matter where we are people are always trying to hurt each other. I won't be much help thanks to my leg but I help with the wounded after the fight. And thanks for the warning." Mitchell told Courier. He left the room as Courier looked at the woman on the bed for a minute before leaving to round up the rest of the town. He entered the general store and walked up to Chet.

"Hello, you must be the one Doc Mitchell was working on. It's good to see you walking around." He told Courier. "How may I help you?" He asks.

"I heard you got a shipment of leather armor. I'm going to need you to hand it out of the towns people that come in for it." Courier tells Chet and explains whats happening.

"Well I'm sorry but I can't do that without investment of 7,500 caps." Chet told him.

Courier hit the counter. "Are you mad? Did I not explain what's going on?" He told Chet in anger. "You know what forget it. We'll do without the armor but I won't be surprised at after I tell the townspeople about this they'll drive you out of town or let the Gangers kill you." He told Chet as he looked at the man.

"No caps no armor." Chet told him. Courier shook his head and left the store. Courier found Easy Pete sitting in front of the Saloon. He walked up and spoke to him.

"I was told you have some dynamite we can use." He told him.

"And why do you want it?" Pete asked him.

"Did you hear what happened earlier?" Courier asked him. At the shake of the head he explained. "The Powder Gangers plan to burn down the town to look of Ringo and will likely have their way of no one stops them. If you don't trust us in using it the you can set them up on the road yourself." He told Pete who thought about it.

"I can do that." Pete told him. "I go now and dig them up from where I hid them and place them on the road when it gets dark and on the path to the springs just in case." He told Courier who agreed with the idea of other paths to town being trapped. He entered the Saloon and found Sunny speaking to Trudy. He walked up to them as Trudy turned to look at him.

"Sunny told me what's going on. I'll admit I don't like it but she has a point about the Powder Gangers." She told them with a shake of her head. "I rally the town together and get them ready." She said with a nod. Sunny smiled as she turned to him and asked how his end went.

"Pete's getting the dynamite and is going to set the trap up for them main road and the side path from the springs tonight. Doc Mitchell will be ready to help the wounded after the battle and will keep a eye out for them if they try to get in his home. However I couldn't get Chet to hand over the armors he has. The greedy bastard wants 7,500 caps for the armor. I tried to get him to just hand over the armor by warning him what could happen by the Gangers attacking the store or you all driving him out of town but he won't give us the armor unless he's paid." Courier told them.

Trudy sighed. " I'll try and get him to give us the armor but if he doesn't then we'll lock him up in his home and then cast him out of town with a couple of days of supplies after we deal with the Gangers." Trudy told them. "Do you two have a plan?" She asked the two.

"I have a idea but perhaps you two can help me refine it." He told them and explained his plan which involved the dynamite trap along with a defensive line using crates and the houses with a few people hidden in the ditch on the right side of the path to surprise the Gangers after the dynamite went off.

"It's not a bad plan, a little risky for those in the ditch but not bad at all." Trudy admitted to Courier. The three parted ways to get things set up for the battle, Trudy the store with a couple of the towns people while Courier and Sunny helped make a defensive line.

Two days later. 11:45 am

Courier along with Pete and six townspeople were in the ditch waiting for the Powder Gangers to walk into the trap. Sunny and three others were on the roof of the Saloon using the sign has cover. Sunny has a piece of a mirror on hand to use to signal us when to blow the dynamite. The rest of the towns people aside from two at the Doc's home and eight watching the path to the springs were behind crates or the buildings. Chet is in his home for he was still greedy even after Trudy tried to get him to hand over the armors. Courier and Sunny had gone out and located the Powder Gangers' camp the night before and returned after figuring out now many Powder Gangers there are in the camp which was 23 counting Cobb. Courier had gone in and carefully replaced some of the dynamite with more made by Pete that has a wick which burns quickly in less than a second. Pete made it to force the Powder Gangers to risk their lives in using the Dynamite or use what ever weapon they have on their selves and none of the dynamite they have on hand.

The group was waiting for several minutes when they heard the sound of footsteps on gravel. They waited as the foot steps stopped. "Hand over Ringo and no one will get hurt. This is your final chance!" Cobb called out.

Ringo yelled. "Sorry but your not going to get me today." He says. Before the Powder Gangers could do anything Courier saw the flash of light off the mirror.
"Now!" He tells Pete who pushed down the detonator. A few seconds later.

"BOOM!" The hidden dynamite went off with some of the ones on the Gangers going off as well from the explosion turning some of the men into bloody messes. The group poked their heads over the side of the road, a couple gagged from the sight. As the smoke cleared they saw a few forms getting up and a stick of dynamite was thrown at the defenders but fell short. The group let lose a few shots before ducking down as a couple of shots came their way a few seconds later. The rest of the defenders took out the rest a minute later.

Courier walked up to Ringo. "Thank you. I don't know what could had happen if you hadn't gotten things ready but it would had been a hell lot worse that's for sure." Ringo told Courier. "Here, take those." Ringo handed Courier a small pouch of caps. "It's the least I could do to repay you." He told Courier.

"I didn't do this for caps." Courier told Ringo.

"I don't care. I own you my life, it's the least I could do. If there's anything you need call on me. I'll do what I can to do it." Ringo told him not taking the caps. "I'll need to get things ready to head back to the Crimson Caravan trade post." He says as he left to return to the gas station. Sunny came up to Courier and was about to speak with him when one of the townspeople who was with the Doc came up to them.

"Hey the woman you saved? She's waking up and the Doc wants you to be there." He tells them. The two looked at the other before running at a jog to reach the house. They entered the house and found the Doc putting a hand on the woman to keep her laying down.

"Easy missy. You just woke up after a couple of days." He tells her. She looked around noted the place as Courier and Sunny walked up.

"Hey it's good to see you up, how are you feeling?" Sunny asked her.

"Where am I? What are you?" She asked them.

"You're in Goodsprings and for what we are. We are humans. I'm guessing there isn't many of us at where you are from." Mitchell tell her.

"More like none but were is Goodsprings?" She asked them.

"Goodsprings is in the Mojave Wasteland." Sunny told her.

"I see." Chrysalis said thoughtfully. 'So it appears I'm no where near Equestria, nor can she feed on emotions anymore. She can feel them but can't feed on them. The questions are now how far from Equestria am I? And what's going on with me?' She thought to herself as she looked at the humans. She decided to play the lost memories till she understands whats going on. "I can't remember a lot aside from my name and a few things about me." She tells them.

"That bad? Good lord two people with memory loss in one week." The old one says with a shake of his head which made her interested.

"Two people? Who was the other one?" She asked them.

"That would be me." The younger male tells her. "I remember things about the wasteland and about items but my personal memories are mostly gone, even my own name." He tells her which made her flinch slightly. Not only losing your personal memories but your name as well. Talk about unlucky. "Some of it is clearing up but it's slow, so it will be a long while before I get everything back if I'm that lucky." He explains. She then noticed she didn't know their names.

"I just notice but we don't know each other's names. Mine's Chrysalis, what are yours?" She asks them.

"I'm Doc Mitchell." The old human told her.
"Sunny Smiles." The female told her.
"I go by my job title Courier Six. Call me Courier." The last human of the group told her.

"It's a pleasure to meet you three. So when will I be able to leave?" She asks Mitchell.

"Well with your faster than normal healing I say you'll be able to leave tomorrow. However with your memory loss leaving afterwards that soon won't be wise. You will be more than likely to get killed out there, there's a lot of dangerous creatures out in the wasteland, and that's not counting the blasted Raiders who will kill you for what ever you may have on you." He warns her with Sunny nodding in agreement.

"She can come with me." Courier spoke up. "I know how to fight and what's out there. I can easily bring her along and we can see if anything jogs her memories and if not then at least she'll have a idea of what to expect when she leaves the Mojave." He tells them.

"I don't mind going with him if it lets me leave the town. No offense, I just want to find out what's going on." Chrysalis tells them feeling glad for the sound of the Doc's warning worried her slightly if what he says is true.

"It's not a problem. Now I'm going to make some lunch." Doc Mitchell told them as he left the room.

"I'll have some lunch at the Saloon so no need to get something for me." Sunny called out to Mitchell. She turned to Courier. "I don't know about you but I'm going to help clean up the mess we made on the road." She tells Courier and then left the room.

"Can you explain about what she was saying?" Chrysalis asks Courier. He tells her what happened and the reason why. "I see. That would indeed be a mess." She says with a grimace at the thought of what had happened before she woke up. Rarely a battle in Equestria that would get that bad and never have bodies being blown apart like that. Mitchell came in the room with a couple of trays of food and give them to the two before going to get his own. As Chrysalis ate she noted the food she was eating was filling and her hunger was going away. The three spoke some after lunch Chrysalis learning about the wasteland she found herself in and the dangers at live in it. She was shocked to learn about them and concluded that humans are very stubborn creatures in staying alive. Courier left the home during the afternoon to help look for more Gangers near the town.

Author's Note

I'm making it so not everyone is going to be reasonable and be convinced to do something else, depending on what's it's about and what I can think happened. They will be left alone or dealt with one way or the other. The dynamite thing was because in the wasteland you need to have somethings to fuck up someone day if they want to kill you. As for the fight others will be longer and more even.

Perks: Swift Learner, Skilled, Trigger Discipline