Fallout Equestria : Seeds of Hope

The steel ranger stood armed at the entrance of the old rusted door of a stable. The clock on his visor ticking. His EFS alerts him to a shadow coming from the brush of the mutated flora and long dead, rotting mangroves. As the figure steps out of the shadows, it is revealed to be a taller than average unicorn stallion wading through the thick putrid bog of the swamp. His decaying and warped yellow hide identifying him as a ghoul. He had a scowl on his face as he approached his employer. "The pay better be good for making me travel through this crap"

"I take it you are Scorcher?" asked the steel ranger.

The tall ghoul looked at the steel ranger flatly and replied. "No! I'm a wingless alicorn! who else could it be?!"

The steel ranger nodded and pulled out a large bag full of caps. "I assure you that you will be properly compensated for your time if you complete the job."

The stallion's eyes lit up at the sight of the bag full of caps and looks back towards the steel ranger. "You have a deal"

Scorcher entered the maw of the abandoned stable. He usually hated going into stables or anywhere that was underground or had narrow spaces. I mean, you couldn't blow things up in such a tiny space and his tall stature made everything feel tight. He just wanted to take care of the pests living in here and get out, so he could collect that huge sack of caps. Yep he just wanted to take that huge jingling sack of caps to the casino and try to get lucky with a few of the girls. Maybe they won't slap him this time.

As he went deeper down into the stable, the EFS on his visor alerted him to two red bars on the sides of the intersecting corridor, he stood still and listened carefully to try to identify the hostile entities. He could make out the moaning and snarling of feral ghouls. That gave him an idea. He trotted forward pulling out his prized melee weapon, the fire axe levitated beside him as he made his presence known to the two hostile ghouls. "WHO WANTS A PIECE OF SCORCHER!!" Scorcher yelled loudly to get their attention.

This instantly got the attention of the two ghouls who both lounged at him teeth and rotting hooves bared. Scorcher dove forward at the last second and the two ghouls crashed into each other momentarily disorienting them. As he got back on his hooves, he took advantage of their confusion and swung hard at them with his axe. The fire talisman going to work as their decapitated bodies were set ablaze.

Then the fire alarm went off.

"fuck" cursed Scorcher as every feral ghoul was alerted to his presence and began to rush him. He started to back peddle and started galloping towards the exit of the stable. The herd of ghouls right behind him trying to bite and gnaw at his flesh. He figured now was a good time to enact his back up plan. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!" Screamed scorcher as he leaped over a large stretch of mines and explosives at the entrance of the stable. The steel ranger jolted awake and bolted for cover behind a huge boulder with scorcher.

*KABOOOOOOOM!!!!!*

The herd of ghouls set off multiple land mines which triggered a chain reaction and set off every explosive in a large cacophony of explosions, lights, and gore.

As the smoke cleared, scorcher and the steel ranger peaked from behind the boulder to see a bloody mountain of rubble where the stable entrance used to be. The steel ranger ran to the destroyed entrance to see if there was any way to get in or clear away the rubble. Scorcher knew he was fucked and began to sneak away. The steel ranger turns around to catch scorcher in the act. "Halt!!!" The steel ranger aimed and loaded his gatling laser.

Scorcher quickly dives behind the boulder again as the steel ranger opens fire, magical energy bursts heating up the massive stone boulder. "I guess i'm not getting paid then" Scorcher uses his magic to levitate a couple of magical disruption grenades and tosses them in the direction of the steel ranger and makes a run for it. He then runs back to grab the sack of caps from the paralyzed steel ranger then runs off.

After a few hours of running to try to lose the enraged steel ranger and any of his comrades that would try to blast Scorcher to the moon, he decided to take refuge in a small rotting house. The green paint peeling off the walls and rotting wood giving little actual shelter for him but it would at least help him lie low for a while.

What he did not expect to find was an unconscious pegasus mare.