Fallout Equestria: Blood and Steel

What are you waiting for? An invitation?

I was awoken to a loud explosion. My eyes shot open.

"Are we under att..." I was flung out of my bed and sent flying across the barracks. "Celestia Fuck me!" I screamed as I was tossed against the wall. My vision was shaky and my ears rang from the shell shock. Another shell sent small wooden fragments into my left hind leg. I pulled out as many as I could. I looked around, my armor, "Where is my armor!" I saw it knocked over laying in the opposite corner of the room. It was covered by bits of the wall and helmet was missing. I scrambled to my hooves and dove towards it. I heard the whistle of another in bound shell, I threw my hooves on top of my head. Thankfully it didn't hit my barrack. I proceeded to put on the armor as fat as I could. I couldn't find my helmet, without it I was practically blind. I could shoot with out it and couldn't see what direction the enemy was. I began to dig through the rubble. After a few minute of searching I finally found it. I put it on in a hurry.

As I my suit began to power it up, I noticed that the left eye was cracked. I could hardly see out of it. It was like a fucking kaleidoscope in my left eye. I ran out of the building to see zebras fighting ponies in hoof to hoof combat. I saw zebra stab a pony right in the neck. I shot him with the anti-machine rifle, his body tore apart as the bullet hit him. I winced at the sight of this. I felt a bullet strike me in the side. It didn't punch through my armor but I'm sure it will leave a bruise. I turned to face my attacker. It was a earth pony who shot me.

"Why did you shoot me?" I yelled at her.

"I just want this all to end," she unloaded her pistol at me. She fell back on her haunches crying. "Please don't kill me, I have a family!" She cried.

"Why would you betray pony kind, those zebras are your enemy, not me!" I exclaimed.

"I-I thought I would be safe if I helped the zebras. They paid me 20,000 bits, I need it so my family could-" her voice was cut off as her head exploded.

"Rot in Tartarus ya' zebra lovin' flea!" Apple Fritter yelled. Behind her stood Royal Ribbon, Star Charm and Silent Night.

"Where is Milk Tart?" I asked, I feel like I already knew the answer.

"She was blown to bits when the shelling started," Star Charm replied tears in her eyes. "We lost another one..." She muttered. I paid it no mind for now, we had a battle going in our camp.

"We need to retreat now! To the train station!" I yelled turning to run.

We began to run towards the train station, ponies were lined up trying to board the train, already looking over crowded the train was dumping supplies and munitions in order to fit as many ponies on board. As we got closer the sharp whistle of a shell pierced the short silence.

"Incoming!" I yelled, all of us dove in different directions. A massive explosion erupted at the train station. I could feel the heat from the explosion. That shell hit the train. Ash and soot began to rain down on us. I stood back up, the light had turned dark as smoke billowed into the sky covering the city in a think blanket of smoke. I took a look around. I saw my squad mates recovering and getting up.

"Those damn zebra's. That was dirty..." Rori looked solemn.

"Are y'all ok?" Apple Fritter asked. My armor stated that nothing was wrong with me. I could feel a few bruises but that's only minor. I looked over at Silent Night. Her bleach white coat now turned to a dirty ashy grey.

"Turn on your head lamps, we will need it," I said flipping mine on. Rori and Fritter did the same. Star Charm sat down her eyes watering.

"My brother, I fear he is dead," she began to sob. Tears streamed down her ash covered face. Rori hugged her and tried to console her. I looked over at the city, fires began to break out across the city as more towers of smoke began to rise into the skyline.

Suddenly a group of zebras ambushed us from behind.

"Surrender pony scum, for the stars can not save you now," a zebra stallion chuckled. "We will make your deaths as painless as possible."

"Rot in hell!" Fritter yelled, her battlesaddle's minigun began to spin up tearing apart the zebra commander. The rest of them scattered, diving for cover.

"This is bad," I fired my anti-machine rifle, my hooves slid against the mud. The recoil was so much heavier than earlier. "I began to back up. Then flames shot past me dousing one of the zebras in red hot flames. I stared in horror. The zebra's face began to burn and melt as if it was an ice cube. I felt like I wanted to vomit. I couldn't watch this anymore, I raised my up my anti-machine rifle, it was overkill but at least they would be spared the horrible agony of burning alive. I reloaded my anti-machine rifle and zeroed in on the burning zebra. Star Charm stood in front of me.

"Let... Them... Burn!" she said. Much to my dismay. The zebra, after burning for what felt like hours finally collapsed. I couldn't stand the sight of it. I really felt like I was going to vomit. The zebra's skin was charred black as the night sky. Her coat was completely burned off and bits of bone could be seen on her face and hooves. Oh Celestia this was horrifying. Then the sounds of artillery fire continued.

"We need to find cover fast!" I yelled, artillery shells struck the ground behind us. I looked behind me, green fire erupted from the crater. "They switched shell types don't touch the flames!" We ran towards the station, bits and pieces of ponies and zebras alike laid strewed about. All of a sudden several shells hit the train station erupting into a bright green flame. We were trapped.

"Sir! I know where there are some houses a short run from the base, we should take cover there until the shelling stops!" Apple Fritter yelled.

"Lead the way!" I replied. We took off at a sprint, shells rain down around, a mixture of fragmentation and those green fire shells suppressed the area. We ran down the main road, the road was littered with abandoned wagons from the evacuation. For a brief moment, the shelling stopped. Now was our chance. We ran as fast as we could into the suburbs. The houses were damaged from the shelling but some of them were still livable. Apple Fritter turned to one of the bigger houses and rammed the door down. We followed inside to find the place ransacked, the furniture was torn up and ripped, the walls were covered in anti-war graffiti. A big ripped painting of... wait, this was Sugar Belle. I stared blankly at the painting.

I haven't seen Sugar Belle since school, I remember she always wanted to go to the Crystal Empire to be a famous baker. I wonder why she had a house in Stalliongrad. I remember as a colt I used to have a huge crush on her. But that was a different time, before the war. She graduated before me and I never saw her again. I walked up and touched the painting.

"Sir, are you ok?" Rori asked. She looked up at the painting. "Did you know her?"

"Yes, she is an old classmate of mine. We went to school back in Canterlot."

"I see, I'm sorry, I hope she is safe," Rori looked at me. I couldn't tell what kind of face she was making through her helmet.

"Me too I replied," My EFS updated marking this place as Sugar Belle's mansion.

"Sir, come outside you're going to want to see this," Star Charm said.

I walked outside to find the whole squad out there. "Holy Celestia!" I yelled, looking up at the sky, I saw a giant pink shield began to cover the city. We were trapped... I got a notification on my EFS, it was from the Ministry of Arcane Sciences.

"Hello, this is Twilight Sparkle, head Ministry Mare of the MAS, to those fighting in Chicoltgo, Horseolulu and Stalliongrad you may have noticed a giant barrier erected over the city, do not worry these shields will only be activated to prevent further destruction outside the city. For any soldier trapped within the barrier..." She paused for a minute. She sighed, "I am sorry. Personally, we though we could evacuate as many as possible but the shield will not go down until the zebras surrender. Until they surrender or die of starvation this shield will remain up. Good luck my little ponies... and I'm sorry," her final words echoed in my mind. I sat down. I felt like I couldn't breathe. I got up and walked back inside. I proceeded to walk up the stairs as if I knew the place. I walked into a large bedroom, it was pink and was decorated with candy themed furniture. I would have looked nice before the siege. I sat down looking at a giant wall mirror.

"What in Equestria is happening?" I asked myself. I removed my helmet. Looking at my face in the mirror, I felt fear wash over me. I was going to die here, no one was going to survive. I put my helmet in my saddle bag and walked out of the room and back to my squad downstairs. I saw them talking to each other, Apple Fritter and Rori both had their helmets off.

"Where did ya go?" Apple Fritter asked.

"It's hopeless, we are going to die here," I said solemnly. I was then smacked across the face by Rori.

"Pull yourself together!" She yelled her face bright red with anger. "You think we are going to sit here and let them win? No, we are going to survive. I did not live my life and get to where I am before the war to die here!" she screamed at me. My zebra companions stayed silent.

"Now don't y'all worry now, I know how to survive 3 weeks on 3 days of rations so this should be easy," Apple Fritter chimed in.

"Yes, me and Star Charm know how to purify water and collect herbs. We can survive this easy," Silent Night added.

"No..." My sadness turned to anger. "We were given a mission, we are going to follow it, we are going to survive. If we take out the zebra command we should be able to get them to lower the shield. The quicker we get there the better. And besides I doubt we are the only ponies to be trapped in here. Lets rest for now, we will sleep in shifts. I'll take first watch," the rest of the nodded, I walked upstairs, we still had a few hours till sunset so I decided to look around the house. I walked upstairs back into Sugar Belle's room. I walked up to the dresser and opened it. Luckily no pony was in here and found an array of lewd and provocative clothing in her dresser. I quickly closed the drawer.

"No amount of therapy will fix this..." I continued to look elsewhere for something useful, I checked her nightstand. I found an array of unsavory items for a lady of grace such as Sugar Belle but everypony has their demons I guess. I walked into the bathroom attached to her room. I paused for a moment and walked out. I'm not going to look to see whats in there. I stood next to Sugar Belle's bed. I took off my armor and after a series of clinks and clangs the armor opened up and stepped out. I sat down on Sugar Belle's bed. I looked up at the ceiling and the words 'Send Celestia to the Sun!' was written in black paint. "How could ponies not trust our rulers, our protectors and the ponies who give up their lives to keep them safe," I muttered to myself. I laid down and fell asleep.

Footnote: Level Up!
Perk added: Shell Shocked- While in your Steel Ranger armor, Big Guns do 15% less damage to you.