Chapter 1 : Getting out of Stable 83
Life is monotonous in Stable-83. The walls look all the same with the same dazzling white colors and threads and pipe that come to change the monotony of these walls similar to becoming sleepy. Being the head of security gives me a lot of free time when the only thing that breaks the routine is when you find Cider Party still vomiting on the halls and that me and my teams have to return her to the infirmary or his room. The alcohol is supposed to be reserved for the section of the bar but she always manages to slip some outside. Like yesterday:
"Hey Cider Party where do you go with this bottle of Whisky? We are in the obligate to ask you to give it to us fastly or it will have consequence."
"Me giving you my alcohol? Never! I will drink it where and when I will want to."
"Well you'll have to stop or we will have the duty to arrested you."
After the fourth time that she was drinking alcohol outside of the bar I was not that gent with her. We have to pass the good image for the youngs. She will have a long time for think how to have a better behaviour during her detention time.
The best day was always Sunday because Melody Divine was giving a concert in the auditorium, and everyone was present and we could listen to her sweet and soothing melody. Her music was always resonating in the speakers of Stable-83 that was allowing us to entertain us every day but I think it’s always better when we are listening to the person during a concert. His music was always enchanting us and help breaks the monotony of the Stable with some differents songs. We could have probably become mad without that.
But there was nothing better to go back to my neighborhoods to spend time with my daughter Shooting Star. For me she was representing the most precious thing I have in the world. She was the world for me because since the death of my wife in a accident she have becoming more distant with me and she was avoids me cause she was taking me of responsible of his dead and I was not wanting her to run away from me. She was really close to her before and even after sevens years of separation she was mourning.
She was making and makes me again so proud, however, that she’s goes beyond every day in her studies in pre-war history to learns as much as possible about our old nation called Equestria. According to what she taught me zebras and ponies would have fought a great war 150 years ago that would have lasted more than 10 years and whose outcome would be the complete destruction of our country and the destruction of our capital Canterlot. The zebras would have used a powerful weapon known as the Balefire which is a sort of equestrian over powering missile.Most of the people are according to say that the zebra's have stole it and they have reproduct more or it's a pony traitor have give them.
My daughter as daughter of the chief of security was having certain privilege like being the personal secretary of our Overmare who is a kind of leader for us taking her power directly from the fallen princess. It’s a mother-daughter position since the Stable creation 150 years ago. I don't know why but my daughter often was staying very late in the Overmare office. Maybe they were talking about history or politics but it's not my very strong subjects, for me who wants to live a simple life. My daughter Glowing Star, told me they were on a secret project they were working on but if all was going well I know all earlier than what expected.
4 days pass after have she told me that I may know what is the project she worked on with the Overmare after my patrol. I was on my ordinary schedule when suddenly a alarm sounded through the speakers over all the stable. Then the voice of the Overmare was warning me through my Pipbuck that the door to the outside have been open and that I will have to go immediately closing it before a habitant can go out or worst if something can go in. Then when I was running for the stable-83 door I thought of a disaster scenario as an attack or worse. When I was younger, there were horror story nights where stories were told and one that have particularly fearing me was the one with the iron demons ponies armed with powerful fire-spitting weapons had managed to enter in my stable to kill all those who I loved there.
When I got there the door was closed behind the or the fugitives and I saw the bodies of my two service guards unconscious near the opening console. The rest of my team informed me that one of the habitants had fled and we were still trying to find out who it was. With the radio from my Pipbuck I called the rest of the team to help me find out what happened and also to said to the other ponies that all was under our control. Thanks to the surveillance cameras but it was a big surprise to find my own daughter was the one who run away from the stable that was been closed since the last 150 years . The Ovemare after I have revealed this information, she have asked me immediately in his office for giving it my feelings and maybes I may have some information to know the reason of the escape..
“So you have no idea why your own daughter come out of a closed stable since now 150 years?"
"I thought like the majority that the door was sealed and I think you owe me an explanation on this secret project that you have shared with my daughter. She spoke very vaguely and I think there is maybe a connection between today's events and this secret".
"I admit there is a connection. I asked him to help me decipher as a secretary a message encrypt assuming it was a commanding from the first Overmare Precious Ruby on the main management console. In appearance the message was not dangerous just a little guide on a PDA that youre girl was keeping for continue his research on our past. she probably find the code for open the Stable door. I don’t know how it’s upposed that’s only the Overmare can open it. But this not explain the why.’’
‘’Well this if you’re agreing this be my job,’’ I was determined and nothing will come between me and my daugter, ’’ I will try to find her outside and know why she have ran away and I will bring her back”. I have declared courageously to the Overmare.
‘’ I love your devotion to your daughter and I am sorry to have keep the PDA secret but it was one of her condition to help. I will ask now that we start your package cause I think you will need it. Good luck Rainy Day
“I think I will need if I go outside and probably a good weapon and a lot of food if it takes too long even with the Pipbuck tracker.
“I will give you my own weapon ”, the Overmare have get out a box inside his office. Inside there was a Colt with is graved name in ruby.” it’s name is Blood of Ruby and it have appartned to the first Overmareof Stable-83 and I give now to you for pay my debt of my mistake. And if the legend is true she can enchant the bullets for making them more powerful and can be able to pass through a armor of power.”
“ I can’t accept it it’s too much and I’m sure my service weapon will be enough for what I will encountered outside but I will maybe take a assault rifle and a armor and I think it will be enough with some bags of food.”
"Okay if you thinks so, but I will escorted you with your squad to the door for seing what is to the other side of the Stable and checking your Pipbuck one last time and give you the identification number of Glowing Star".
After I have pass through all the Stable and say goodbye to all my friends I was ready to go search my daughter. It could not be that hard with a marker tracker of where she's.
When the door have been open I finally see what was attnending me outside, a desert of rock in every direction I was looking. Nothing was alive probably in 5 miles outside of the Stable. With the hardnest of the task I was facing I was already close to abandon but I couldn't done this to my Glowing Star so I have start to walk in this desert of ashes, dead tree and rock. The marker was pointing the South so it will be this direction.
"My Glowing Star I arrive for you anywhere you could be."
Author's Note
This is my first story so if you could be indulgent it would be great, but it will be a pleasure to receive your comments.
Chapter 2: Discover the fallen world
I was out since only some few hours and I was already encountered a pony. He was like burn and very aggressive so I have kill it with a shot of my revolver in the head. After this meet I was more careful and I listening to all the sound around me when I was following the track of my daughter.
But it have not prevent me to find a big ossuary with a lot of bone and dead poney. this place was very silencious and bothered me a lot cause of the phenomal numbers of pony dead here. In the ossuary there was also some carts full of supplies and even a military convoy with probably some ammo and equipments like grenades or heavy guns. it could be a good thing to grab the most of what I can when I will come back for increase the armory of Stable-83 who have only only some IF-38 police revolver, IF-64 Assault rifles and IF-80 Pump shotgun and some riot stick.
I have see pretty away from me something like a flying boat, like we have see on books when I was looking the books my daughter rwas etudying, but with 4 big cannon under it and on each side and he was way more bigger. On the back there was painted the mark of the Equestrian Flight Army.
I was walking to go check the military truck the most near from me for verify the states of the suplies when suddenly I have crush a bone who have break the quiets. At this moments a leg next to me have tried to catch me by surprise but I have dodge him. This sudden sound have been follow by a lot of creatures trying to get out of a piles of bones. Understanding I was in dangers I have start running to find a way out of this frightening place when I was follow by a number of dead poney who was increasing each time I was in this place of horrors.
When I have found a way to get out of the ossuary I was followed by at least 1000 dead poney and they were pretty fast for a person who was supposed to be dead 150 ago. After running since 5 minutes my endurence was low and I was sarting to be catch up by the pack right behind me. But just before I will be catch I have seen a old bridge over a canyon and start to trying to cross it even if he was not sure. It was better for me to die of falling in a deep hole then die under the jaw of these creatures. After I have pass it the creatures then was too heavy and the bridge have been destroyed and the most of the burn poney have fall in the deep.
- Well I will have to find a new way to return home. And if someone listen to me can he say what was that!
After I have recup my mind of the recents events with the group of dead pony I was bothered of what I could see in this lands of devastation. I was only here since 5 hours and I have already been close to die 2 time.
The mark of my daughter was South so this mean I have to continue to a place call Dodge Junction by my Pipbuck. This place was supposed to be a city specialise on the cherry now the cherry tree are probably dead like all the trees I see around me. The city was again to 5 hours of my position, the night was near and I would not take the risk to be outside when the night will rise. I could see a building at the horizon that I was planning can be in at the sunset.
More I was near to the building and more I was finding her strange. She was alone away of everything and from the outside I could tell she was really big, at least I could call it a complex. there was sandbags in front of the massive doors and 5 Heavy Machine Gun behind with 2 powerful rocket launcher. I was asking myself why a building could use so much equipements until I see the logo of Stable-Tec. The pony skeletons outside have probably tried to enter after the bombs have fall and the guards have resist against them instead to let them in. It's have really chocked me to see ponies fight against each other for find a place to be safe.
The doors was unfortunaly lock and I was sure there will be probably a lot of good equipments in and I there was nothing for open them. Until I see the rocket launcher and the rocket next to it. It will be the first I will used this huge weapons but it should not be that hard to use it. Just aim the massive door and trying to don't fall with the retreat of the weapon. After makes a lot of noises with the rocket the doors was open but it was also these doors that were holding the dead ponies in the complex and I was again surprised by these damn creatures. Fastly I was trying to get my IF-64 and shots the most of heads cause it was that worked the most on them. After my loaders have been emptying I was not having the time to reload it again so I have take a Heavy Machine Gun next to me and I was just destroying all the groups with a single burst of bullets.
After the lobby was cleaned of all the deads ponies I have started to check for see where could be the most importants zones with like the weapons and maybe a zone for sleep safely, cause after all these event in simply one days I was starting to become sleepy. The best thing I have found for sleep was a sofa in the rest room and it was just perfect after all these dead ponies.
After I have wake up I put a markers on this place to visit her a other time cause It was urgent for me to find my daughter after I have find all this danger in the wastelands. hopefully or not she was still at the same point at Dodge Junction at only 5 hours of here and if I walk fastly I could get to this point before noon. After make's a breakfast of apple in can and drinks a water in bottle I have quit this grim complex. The road for the city was damage and obstruct so I have arrive to the iconic cherry field approximately around in afternoon.
Even if It would be supposed we are in summer today the day's was fresh with a big cloud layer likes the pegasus was not apperently doing again this job or they were holding the cloud layer expres. Well I think I will know soon this information. But this was questionning me what have became the pegasus after the fall.
My questions have been ended by the wailing of a pony near of me and the sound of someone beating a other ponies. I have fastly go see what was happenings to see a unicorn beating to death a others poney down to the ground with a strange collars with some cable in and a box and a red and green button attached to it.
" Hey you stop right now or I'm gonna shot you down with this!" And while I was talkng I have get out my IF-64 and have threat him with.
"You are not in position to negociate because if you threating me my friends will hunt you down." The unicorn have respond.
"Well I don't see your friends and it's me who threaten you so if you want to survive you should probably go". At this moments a bullet have whistle to my ear and have obligate me to go covering and the collar of the slave have explodes with the heads. Knowing I was now in position of weakness I have killed the unicorn with my IF-64 and makes a cover shoots with my heavy machine gun from the Stable-Tec complex for escape from the slavers. I was running with approximately 5 slavers well armed followings me on my hooves. Suddenly like a Deus Ex Machina a rocket have pass near of me and have makes explodes the majorities of the slavers and makes the rest run away. When I have getting out of the cherry fields I have seen my saviors, a earth pony with the famous rocket launcher and a pegasus with a IF-33 rifle.
"Hey thanks for having save me."
"Well now can we know who are you and why were you going to Dodge Junction."
"My name is Rainy Days and I was going to see my daughter cause I'm sure she is in the town. Can I know what are you're name and why you are here, now please."
"My name is Ashes Rain," have reply the pegasus", and here it's Steel Plated." by talking about the earth pony."We try to save all the slaves we can from these slavers but it's hard cause they have these explosives collars and it's hard to remove them without being treath or even killed. If you help us to being rid of them it will be pleasure to help you save your child."
"You can count me in. But I think we should go do some shopping for be better equip. And I know the perfect place to only 5 hours of here and with probably a lot of good things to loot. And during the travel we could start to knowing each other more.
"I thinks it's a good idea cause Dodge Junction have a lot of defenders and they are well armed and we don't have at this time the fire power. So it's clear we go make some shopping." Have accpeted Ashes.
