Fallout Equestria: Fallen Fortress

Medic groaned, his hooves sore from tending to all of the freed slaves in the small medical clinic he had set up in one of the building remains. Bloody Ruby helped where she could, though she acted surprised when Medic said he didn’t even know what a Healing Potion was when he had half a dozen. Ruby voiced her concerns when Medic stands below a pipe spraying somewhat radiated water to clean himself. His Pip-Buck quietly ticking away,

“Medic? Why do you seem so… Confused?” Ruby asks as Medic downed a Rad-Away he had found amongst the ruins,

“Thought jou might ask zat soon.” Medic tossed the Rad-Away away and shook his fur in an attempt to dry himself, “I have a mental illness called Amnesia. So in some places of mein memory, I’m blank, don’t have it, do not remember.” Medic kept out what he did remember not wanting her to think he’s insane, “So zere are a lot of zings I vould like to know, and I just don’t.” Ruby gasped,

“So what do you know?”

“I was a doctor in a war, I was tortured by mein enemy for somezing, vhen I got rescued by a friend, then me und mein team had to fight a whole hoard of robots to get out free. Ze last zing I remember is all the blood being drained from my body from ze robots… After zat, I’m lost… I woke up in cryogenic stasis deep underground in a Stable. Mein team vas in stasis too, but somezing happened to each pod causing each von to die in cold sleep. I buried zem, but I vas attacked aftervards by von of Magnus Blaze’s goons, und I zink jou get ze rest.”

“Well yes, but a war? The only war I know of was the Great War between Ponies and Zebras that occurred two-hundred years ago!”

“My war vas more… personnel. A… very demented… pony vanted to control a company, und in ze process get hold of a very powerful mineral, Australium, it had life-enhancing properties."

“That’s intense.” Ruby muttered, “But the war changed everything, you’ve seen that for yourself... I think.”

“I have a little bit of an understanding of jour war… But if two-hundred years have past… I don’t know if I could find my friend who may have survived… Two-hundred… Not even I could dream about going zat far…”

“Well maybe you're friend became a ghoul!”

“A vat?”

“A ghoul, sort of like Zombies but created from magical radiation. If he didn’t lose his mind, he would still be alive and well.”

“... Danke Ruby. Now zen, I’m gonna go out and get somezing to eat. Please don’t leave here. Archimedes, stay vith her.” The robo-dove nods from its location on the rafters and the comlink opened again so Medic could keep an eye on her. Once Medic’s a safe distance from the ruins he summons up the soul magic he’s been using and awakens Sniper, “Alvight. Let’s see… I need to get food for both me und Ruby. Rats aren’t gonna do a lot.” He then spots a very large mole rat, “I stand corrected.” Medic pulls out his bone-saw and crawls toward the rat that was feasting on pony flesh. When Medic was just a meter from the rat the wind changes, making him no longer downwind. Medic felt ready to chase the rat, but was surprised when the Mole Rat ran towards him, “Holy Dooly!” Medic swiftly cuts off the rat’s head before it could strike with its dirty claws. Medic panted as he tried to calm himself down, then got worried again when he realized what he said, “So ze more I use jou guys skill, ze more of an effect jou have on me! Zen Sniper’s gonna gain a strong influence over me since I need him so badly… Zis can’t be good.” Medic shook off his worries for the time being then picked up the Mole Rat by the tail in his mouth with his teeth.

Medic returned to the mini-clinic he had made to find Ruby asleep next to a pile of wood for a fire. Medic smiled, happy that the little filly thought ahead. Taking the flint and steel he had used to start a fire earlier, Medic created another and started preparing the meat. Ruby woke about thirty minutes later. Medic had canceled using Sniper and there was a cracked plate of meat in front of her, Medic settled for another rat kabob. Ruby seemed shocked,

“Vat? Never had roasted meat? I know vere equine, but ven jou need food jou gotta eat somezing. Rats seem to be fairly common prey too.”

“No, I just thought that you wouldn’t want to eat meat with the fact that some of your memories are missing.” Medic hadn’t thought about that. Even in war, these ponies would’ve eaten a vegetarian menu! Medic swallows his chunk of meat and replies,

“Vell… Ven rations vouldn’t get through, ve had to hunt und eat meat to stay alive.” Medic remembers the days when the supply trains wouldn’t come on time in different bases so the team was forced to go out and hunt the local wild stock to survive. Medic smiles at the thought of when Heavy saved him from a full-grown bear that was feasting on some wild berries Medic was going to collect. They ate well that day,

“Why are you smiling?”

“On von of ze hunting trips I vas attacked by a bear. Von of mein teammates killed ze bear und ve had a feast zat night. Afterwards, I started reading up on edible plants. I didn’t vant to follow another bear for safe berries ever again!” Medic laughs a little at his own idiocy, a laugh that Ruby doesn’t share,

“How did he kill it?”

“Vith his bare han-er, hooves.”

“Wow!” Ruby said, absolute trust written on her face. Medic’s smile wavers a bit seeing the trust the filly had for him. He shook his head as he remembered how much he had trusted Vengeance Heavy, and how he had turned on Medic for things he wished he could forget again, “Mister Medic? Are you alright?”

“J-Ja… I just remembered somezing disturbing… Anyvays could jou help me vith ze simpler zings zat I don’t remember?”

“Of course! I owe you one!”

“OK... “ Medic pulls out the small gold coins that had been left in his safe, “Are zese jour currency?”

“They used to be, till every pony switched to bottle caps because they wanted to forget about the war and all it wrought. I can’t tell you what those words mean though.”

Medic looks closely at the coin and read “Von bit.”

“No, the other stuff.”

“Oh! Zat’s Latin! Deum magnum solis translates to: Worship the great god of the sun, und terra nocte ac die stands for: The land of the night and day!”

“Sounds like Old Ponish to me, but I’ll take your word for it.”

“Um, vat pony species are zere?”

“Species? I’m guessing that means types. You have the Unicorns, which you are, that can do magic, Earth Ponies, which I am, who have strong ties to the land, Pegasus, who sealed up the skies, and can fly, and Zebras who are our arch nemesis, I hear they’re good at potion making. They are the reason the war started after all.”

“Interesting. Next can jou tell me vat a Cutie Mark is?”

“Your memories are so bad you don’t even know what a Cutie Mark is!?” Medic nodded, “Wow, no wonder why you need my help. A Cutie Mark is the symbol on your flank, it comes when you discover your special talent. I haven’t gotten mine yet… What’s yours?” Medic smiles at this and pulls his violin out from his saddlebags,

“Zis is a Violin. A string instrument zat I have played for the majority of mien life. Zhough I zink my talent has to do with mien healing abilities too. Mein family und meinself have alvays been doctors, und I did more zen zey ever did in ze medical field. I even brought von of my teammates back from being dead for 17 hours! Haha! Ug.” Medic grabbed his head, “I zink, I’m getting anozer memory flash.”

“What!? What can I do!?” Ruby asked worriedly. Medic didn’t respond as he was shaking really bad. He didn’t feel his body hit the floor.

Demo was shouting at Medic to get up, “Come on Doc! The team needs ya!”

“Demo? Vat happened?” Medic asked weakly,

“Bloodsucking, Australium seeking, deadly robots! That’s what!”

“How zen are jou not drained?”

“The bots couldn’t handle the alcohol quantity within me!”

“I swear jour made of zat stuff!... Vere are ze robots?” Demo points behind himself to the pile of robot scrap, “Oh… Zen how am I alive?”

“Your magic healing gun did that bit, and your self-healing ability you’ve been bragging about. Now come on! Sniper’s fighting a bunch of bots by himself! You’ve gotta get the team and Ms. Pauling back into shape. I’ll see what I can do to help that naked rat.” Demo runs off drawing his cursed sword,

“Heads… Heads…” The sword says as Demo runs off. Medic starts to heal his teammates. Come on! Medic mentally shouted, They need blood. He rushes to the robots and pulls out the blood canisters, This’ll have to do. During this moment a robot Medic rolls around the corner and Medic freezes,

“Don’t worry Doc, I’ve hacked this one to help us out. An Engineer is on its way!” Engineer’s voice came from the sound box and Medic calmed returning to his work.

With the entire team recovered they ran after Demoman, but Medic gets grabbed from behind, “Doc! I’m losing control!” Engineer’s voice was cracking up from the robot Engineer that was holding him, “I-I’m sorry Doc.” The cold metal of a gun was pressed to Medic’s head. He heard someone screaming, a gunshot, then darkness.

Medic returns to the real world gasping for air, “I am never gonna like doing blood draws ever again.” He mutters shaking and slowing sitting back up, “Sorry if I scared jou Ruby… Ruby? Archimedes?” No reply… Till he hears a scream, “Oh no, vat now!?” A robot pony walks in holding Ruby by the neck and ignoring Archimedes’ pecs and scratches as he flew around the robots head. Ruby is tossed at Medic’s feet and he immediately checks her for injuries. Medic glares at the robot, “Vat do jou vant!?” He screams, as a section in it’s chest opens and a small television is revealed from the pony robot. Medic recognizes this as how the Administrator would sometimes talk to the mercenaries if communication links were down, “No vay…”

“Hello Medic. I had heard Stable Two Four had been opened. Didn’t think only you would come out though.” A pony Administrator appeared on the screen.

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Level up:

New Perk: Self Healing: Over time your wounds will heal, just not the extreme ones.