Fallout Equestria: The Tale of the Soldier

Chapter 6: Assimilation

“Trust, it’s hard to earn, and easy to lose.”

I woke from my slumber in the room we had rented out for the night, even though I desperately wanted to get out of there, there was no point in wasting in being able to sleep in an actual bed. I got up, rubbing my eyes, and looked around the dark room. Something seems off, I thought.

I looked around the room and realized what was wrong, the others were gone. My head swung back in forth in desperation, hoping that I had merely overlooked them. Nope, they were nowhere to be found. “Shit, shit, shit, shit!” I muttered under my breath, gathering up my supplies quickly. “This is not good!” I said to myself as I holstered Silent Death and Head Hunter, from the state of the room, they had obviously left for good, probably too tired to realize I wasn’t with them.

I opened the door, ready to dash out, hopefully I would be able to catch up with them, but instead I found myself face to face with two Tenpony guards. “SHIT!” I yelled, slamming the door on their faces. In a flash, I quickly came up with a plan, activating the S.A.T.S. in my Pipbuck for the first time in a long time. Time seemed to slow as I opened the door, the two guards still shocked at the door being slammed in their faces, then two quick punches to both of their faces left them drooling on the floor.

“Night night.” I muttered as I jumped over them and began to run my way out of Tenpony Tower, guards starting to chase me whenever they saw me zoom by.

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Tenpony Tower began to roll away as I galloped away from the place, somehow I managed to get a lucky break and dashed through the checkpoint right in the middle of a guard shift so I was able to slip through. I continued to gallop even though I knew I was safe from the guards in the hope that I could catch up with Bloody 2 and the rest, but being the idiot I am, I completely forgot about the comm unit that Bloody 2 had for just these types of circumstances.

I turned one more corner, all the galloping was starting to catch up to me, but little did I know that there was a certain blue wagon sitting there, and slammed into it at full speed, the last thing I saw was the word Bandit before hitting the skywagon and knocking myself out.

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“So do you know anything about this guy who attacked you guys?” Velvet Remedy asked Littlepip, as Calamity was busy installing the generator into the Sky Bandit.

“Well, when I came in, suspicious of how the door was hanging open, I see some stallion on top of Calamity, welding a huge knife, and was obviously about to kill him when he noticed me. Next thing I know, I’m taken on some flashback to my past that I viewed from a 3rd-pony point of view.”

“And this flashback was?” Velvet asked, rolling a hoof showing a go-on kind of thing.

“Well, it was back when I was just a filly, back in the Stable. It was this one time that I was caught by the Overmare picking a lock to some safe. She got really mad, then some colt came out that looked like the crazy unicorn that tried to kill Calamity, he spoke with the Overmare, his eyes turned red, and proceeded to make the Overmare leave and forget all about what I had just done.” Littlepip continued.

“Wait, so you’re saying is that the same pony who tried to kill our Calamity, saved you back in the stable?” Velvet asked, clearly confused.

“Apparently, after getting the Overmare to leave me alone, he dropped a few words of wisdom and advice by me, actually treated me nicely, then left.” Littlepip said, her mind suddenly thinking about the possible friendship the two could have had if she had ever seen him again, “I think he said his name was Julion.” she said after thinking a little bit.

“So wait just a dog gone minute!” Calamity’s voice was suddenly heard, “Y’all mean to say that tha Soldier’s, the leader of the Commandos, real name is Julion?!” laughing could be heard from inside the Sky Bandit, “Hah! Who woulda thought! Y’all do realize we’re probably the only ponies outside that damn army that knows ‘is name?!”

Velvet and Littlepip looked at each other worriedly, then back towards the skywagon as more laughter came from it. That’s when they heard a loud SMACK coming from the other side of the wagon.

“Now what the hell was that?!” Calamity asked, suddenly reappearing.

“I have no clue.” Littlepip replied, floating up Little Macintosh. They peeked around the corner to see an unconscious Julion laying in front of the wagon.

“Dang dumbass must’ve run smack into the wagon.” Calamity observed, “Well, we best tie ‘em up before he wakes.” The other two nodded just as Steel Hooves appeared on the other side of the wagon.

“Wait happened here?” he asked.

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I slowly came back to consciousness, mind groggy, but not for long after seeing that I was surrounded by four ponies, and that I was hogtied. “AH!” I yelled out in surprise, then fell off the bench I had been put on with a painful thump. As I then dealt with having a good look at my captors hooves. “Lovely day I’m having.” I remarked sarcastically.

“And it’s only gonna get worse.” a familiar voice said.

My eyes narrowed, “Calamity.” My neck still hurt too much to look up to get a good look at the four around me, but at least I know had names, “And I’ll take it that you two are Littlepip and Velvet Remedy?” I said, painfully nodding my head at two sets of hooves.

“That would be correct.” a lovely, but strangely sinister voice replied.

“And of the big guy?”

“I’m Steel Hooves.” the armored pony replied.

I chuckled a bit, “Ya know Steel Hooves, one of my mercenaries, goes by the name Heavy Stomp, told me ‘bout you, well at least your rank and what you mostly do.” No reply to that. “So what are you gonna do to me, the suspense is killing me.” I said, before chuckling at my own pun.

“We don’t know yet.” said a voice that I guessed was Littlepip.

“Hm, makes since. And I’m also gonna guess that you told them about the little flashback, Littlepip?” I asked, finally being able to lift my head without too much pain.

“How did you-” Littlepip started.

“Mind-hacking, well, sure it didn’t work so well in your case. Must had a bad case of guilty subconscious. Anyways, we both saw the same thing, yes, that colt was me. And that is why I keep my past a secret, what mercenary army would want a ‘stabler’ at their helm? None.” I replied, “Now can you please loosen these bindings? If I wanted to run, I would have the moment I looked up, because if you notice, my eyes are purple, not red. That means I’m safe.”

“Maybe in a little while, but for now, you’re going to ride along with us just like that.” Littlepip said.

Hm, they must have discussed at least that part while I was out. I thought as Calamity left the inside of the wagon. I suddenly felt a magic field wrap around me and sat me back up on the bench, I looked over to see Littlepip nodding towards me, showing that she had done that. Hm, maybe doing good does pay off, even for the little things.