Wasteland Blues

Chapter 4 Atom Bomb Baby

P.O.V Cloudy Skies

The ground shook and the air burn hot has the very gates of Taurus. I watched the light, burn and consume my fellow guardsmen. Dust swallowing the street while in seconds. I felt a tremendous pressure lift me higher into the sky. My body felt so heavy and then so light. The soft ringing in my ears overtook the world, shutting out the sounds all around. I collided with the ground, it sucked the heat from my breath. Its icy tendrils wrapped my limbs until the radiant warmth of Celestia's love. It flowed freely and numbed my pain. It hurts so bad, and I need to rest so I can fight again.

P.O.V Moon Runner

My ward shielded me from the impact of that spell. What it did not do is dampen the noise, the ringing in my ears are a testimony to that. The ward is however still intact even if it is covered in a thick brown liquid. I dissipate the ward and to try and find Captain Golden Hooves. The dust completely obscuring everything but a soft purple glow behind me. The ringing in me ears beings to quite and that is when I hear the first cry for help. Then more and more until there are too many to count. I prepare me best healing magic and go forwards to find somepony.

The Dust settles enough for me to find somepony, it is a Sky Blue Pegasus with a rainbow main. She looks pretty banged up. I think she was thrown into the wall by those monster before the spell went off. I cast a series of some of my strongest first aid spells. My horn pounding from the effort and I have to take a break inbetween the last two. Both of our fur at this point is stained by the brown mud and it clings to anything I touch.

I look around and find that all of that disgusting dust has settled to the ground. Letting me see the full effect of that spell. Twenty or so ponies are laying on the ground and coated in mud and dust. The walls on two houses have been blow in, and a large flowing river of blood runs down the street. It picks up dust and makes that mud. I look down at it and realize I'm covered in somepony's blood. I feel my lunch climbing into my throat and vomit. The acid burning my throat, my body frozen by terror. Who could do this and how is this even possible.

The defending sound from before along with some other version forces me to look up. The few that are still standing exploded, burn, or turn to ash. Blood splatters all over me from the closest pony and it turns my soft blue gray fur dark red. My white main is turned pink and crimson dripping out of my hair and onto the ground. Only four of five of us are still in fighting condition I think. It is hard to tell with all of the blood. The massive metal monster stomps toward me, my entire body shaking and amour rattling. I open my mouth to scream but nothing comes out, fear stealing my words. "Take me to your leader you crazy fuck. ~Dustin"

I turn to run has cast has I can from these beast my legs find it renewed strength. "Not so fast you cunt.~Dustin" I feel his fist wrap around my torso and clamp down on it like a vice. His steely grip inescapable. I try to scrape and kick at his foreleg but I only seem to hurt my self. Along with smearing blood and dust on his amour. He began shaking me violently "Stop dicking around and listen to me you bitch. I'm going to need to to stop fucking around and tell me witch of the remains crazy fuck tards are your leader. Trust me little bitch you don't want to find out what will happen if I ask again.~Dustin"

I raised a hoof at Celestia and her small group of ponies. He seemed happy with this a d threw me onto the ground half heartedly. The other two advancing pass him towards them and somehow looking more dangerous than the big one. I closed my eyes and let out a deep breath. Glad not to be drawing their anger, and believing that Celestia will stop them.

P.O.V Twilight

Two of the three inpony monsters that had just killed an entire company of guard are walking towards us. I need to think my magic can't hold them from lon..... The sound of all my wards failing out once destroyed any hope I might have had. We were all going to die and not even Celestia and Luna can help us. "So who the Fuck is paying for all that ammunition? What do I look funny or something that shit is expensive and I'm not paying for it. So do I take payment from of corpse or what?~James"

The second one who had no amour on, took on step toward us. "What my friend is trying to say is that we didn't come looking for a fight. But if you compensate us for our losses we will look the other way. Ok?~Tom"

Celestia walked close to them and took a deep breath before speaking. "Genital Colts you do realize you just killed a number of my precious ponies? What makes you think we are going to pay you.......~Celestia"

She was cut off by one of the monsters putting a weird pipe thing in her mouth. His red eyes and amour making him intimidation enough to make Celestia flinch. The other over drew a short sword out of thin air with his magic. Playing with it like it was a toy, something no normal pony would do. "Are you quite sure about that. I'm not to bothered about killing you all but ammo isn't cheap. So why don't we help each other out and call this good eh?~James" Celestia reconsidering their offer found it to be acceptable. Nodding her head to make it clear. "Great news.~James"

The big one seemed to relax a bit and the one with the sword let out a soft sigh. They both had much larger weapons than most ponies and look six and seven foot tall at least respectively. They are quite possibly the most intimidating things I have ever seen. Oh why are they so interesting! I mean who and what are they? Where do the come from? How did they get here?