Fallout Equestria: Injustice

Death, it is a fact of life that creatures die, ponies, zebra, Griffins, we all may have our own different virtues or different legacies, but we all have one thing in common that eventually we all die and move on to join our loved ones in a better place and leave this wasteland behind, but not every pony is graced with the chance to die.

A normal life that’s all I’ve always wanted, I just wanted a life with no action no excitement, so I became a bounty hunter, it’s not great work, sometimes I feel like I’m killing innocents, but I need the caps so I just fire away and bring the body back to the Hunters, they always say just take the head so we can confirm, but I’m not that type of pony so I just bring the whole body, really pisses off the guards who have to dispose of the body but why should I care I get paid then I move onto the next one.

So, the day was drawing to a close and I had managed to get one last bounty in, and I was meeting with a friend in the bar well the closest thing you can get to a friend.

As I entered the bar, I looked around, there wasn't much to see really about from the main bar itself which only had five seats, there were a few tables with ponies idly chatting, as I walked towards the main bar many of the ponies turned to look at me and I stopped to stare back, there were a wider variety of ponies here, from new hunters that barely know how to hold a gun and didn't have their battle scars yet, to veteran hunters who were that scarred they looked like a ghoul from certain angles, all the races were here, earth, unicorn and pegasus and they are all here, for one thing, money, as I continued my walk I saw my friend call me over from the front of the bar “Hello Nova” this is Nova Star a very bright yellow stallion with electric blue hair, I have known him since I started the bounty hunting job and he sort of trained me as well also he’s a good drinking buddy

“Hello Hammer, so how many today then?” He asked while pushing a drink towards me

“Just brought the tenth one in now I swear they keep giving me the easy ones, this one was just stood in the open just waiting to get shot” Nova took a quick swig then snorted

“Yeah well at least you are getting bounties I’m barely making anything, just enough to survive”

“Well maybe if you could hit something with a sniper rifle then you wouldn’t be having these problems”

“Oh, haha very funny” then we just sat in silence and I looked down at my drink, it was only apple cider nothing special but I just stayed at it in contempt until he piped up again

“So, Hammer quick question if you don’t mind me asking, how is it that even after months of doing this job you’ve never once come back with any wounds or bandages at all also even when you come back completely covered in blood that’s it’s impossible to even see your green hide and mane how come it’s never yours, what’s the deal with that?” I pondered that question for a bit then took a drink

“Sorry mate that’s a secret that should never be told” he then started to chuckle

“What I thought we were pals, why won’t you tell me?” I hesitated, finished my drink then swing around my seat and looked towards the door

“Because of this, 3, 2, 1” after I said one three bounty hunters walked in, one blue, one red and one green with fiery red manes and of course they headed straight towards me and Nova

“What do the Burner Sons want?” Nova asked while getting his laser pistol ready to draw, but I quickly stopped him

“Don’t worry I’ll deal with this” as they approached us, they all had hatred in their eyes and of course weapons drawn, two pistols and an assault rifle

“Hammer we have a bone to pick with you,” the first one said, then both the others nodded in agreement

“When don’t you have a bone to pick, with me, so what do you want now?” the brother to the left stepped forward

“You know what you did” he looked like he was about to fire, but he was stopped by the third who spoke next

“You killed one of our brothers while you were hunting and don’t try to deny it, we saw the body it has you written all over it, you and that hammer of yours, I see it still has his blood on it” I turned towards the hammer on my back it was custom made, I had found it in the stable that I woke up from two years ago, it’s made to hit like a sledgehammer and cut like a sword since it, of course, had the hammer side, but it also has a blade attached to the other side, I also added a few modifications myself like the five tally marks on the top of it so that I don’t forget, I call it War.

“Frankly, I’m quite surprised you noticed him missing since practically most of the ponies here are your brothers or sisters” the first pony growled

“I’ll make you eat those words, BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH ME" and with that shout, all the ponies in the bar stood up from their tables and began to open fire at us, and as they did I quickly grabbed Nova and threw him and myself over the top of the bar and took cover behind it, without a second to lose I pulled out my secondary weapon, my trusty .44 revolver, I was given it as a gift from a family that hired me as a bodyguard, but that was a long time ago and even that didn't end well, but as I cleared my head I loaded my pistol and popped up from the bar and fired it twice, one hitting its mark and taking down one of the sisters and when I dropped back down I saw that Nova had loaded his laser pistol and he started firing away as well hit two more of the siblings, one being turned into goo with its signature sizzling sound

"You know I said really stop you two from coming into this bar because every time you do half of it gets destroyed" Both of us looked to the right of us and saw an earth pony mare with white hide and a grey mane, this was Rose she was the bartender, we had a kind of love-hate relationship and by that I mean sometimes she's a good pony to talk to but only when you stay on her good side and the only way to stay on her good side was to do jobs for like when I was her bouncer for a week.

"Yeah, well it's a pony eat pony world Rose, not much I can do about apart from keep shooting" Rose just sighed and pulled out her own weapon a small .32 pistol, and with it, she popped her head out and took another one down and ducked back down again

"So do you two plan on dealing with these ponies or do I have to deal with it" Rose shouted angrily, I just sighed

"Ok, when I say now I want you two to cover me, got that?" they both nodded "ok NOW!!" and with that shout, I pulled War off of my back and ran towards the closest sibling, and with one good whack he was down and without hesitating, I fired at two more, killing both, then Rose and Nova fired at two ore killing both as well and that only left one brother, the leader and without giving him a chance to aim, I leaped at him and with one swing he was knocked down to the ground gasping for breath but before he died, he said one more thing to me

"We won't stop hunting you, one day one of my brothers or sisters will hold your head in front of the father and we will celebrate for weeks in pools of your blood" then he started to laugh but I shut him up with a clean cut of the head.

After helping Rose deal with the bodies and putting the tables back where they belong, I sat back down next to Nova and Rose sat behind the bar in front of us as well

“You alright?” I asked, he looked fine just had a few bumps and bruises

“Yeah, I’m fine thanks, I owe you one”

“Maybe buy the next round then we’ve even” he smiled and nodded to Rose who brought out three more ciders and placed them in front of us

“So, want to tell me what that was about?” He asked before taking a big swig

“Well, I may have killed one of their brothers on a bounty mission”

“Was he the bounty target?” Nova looked at me with a confused look

“No he just got in the way” Nova just nodded and turned back to his drink and Rose just looked at me with shock

"All that over one brother, that's ridiculous" I just nodded in agreement and carried on drinking.

After another hour of drinking Nova was pretty much close to passing out so I brought him back to his room which was conveniently only a few steps away from the bar, after I threw him into his bed, I looked around his home, it was nothing special various pictures of pre-war families that he hasn’t taken down, a bathroom, one bedroom and a front room with a couch and an old terminal which sat on a coffee table surrounded by Nova’s weapons and ammo, with nothing else to do I laid down on the couch and fell asleep.

Not too long after I fell asleep I awoke in a black void with knee-deep black water and loads of voices speaking words I couldn’t hear, I started to move forward and as I walked further the voices got more clear

“You’re not the only one,” one said in front of me

“You need to be their leader again,” another said to the left of me

“The Grim Reapers need you, they need their hammer” I started to back away

“Who are you, who are the Grim Reapers, and what do you mean I’m not the only one?” Then a black pony shaped figure appeared in front of me, it had no eyes, no mouth just a black face with black sludge dripping from it, then it held its front hoof up to mouth and whispered,

“All in due time my friend” and out of nowhere it pushed me back into the sludge and I woke up on the floor with a splitting headache.

“Morning Hammer you want a sparkle cola?” It was Nova he was looking down at me with a cola in his hooves

“Yeah ... yes please” after taking the bottle I drink about half of it and jumped back onto the couch, Nova then took a seat across from me

“So may I ask why you are asleep on my floor instead of using the sofa?”

“No, I was using the sofa, but I had a bad dream and I think I rolled off”

“So, what happened in the dream?” Nova asked and I explained the very short, but confusing dream and he was as baffled as I was.

“Yeah, I’ve got no idea what that means sorry Hammer” I shook my head

“It’s fine” I then went to drink some more cola, but was stopped when there was a knock at the door

“Who could that be?” Nova asked, I did not answer I just walked to the door and opened it and stood before was two of the mayor’s personal guard

“Yes, can I help you?” I asked, one of the guards looked me directly in the eyes and spoke

“Are you Hammer?”

“Yes, why?”

“The mayor wants a word with you about a new job” I was shocked why in Luna’s name was the mayor asking for me over a job

“Ok I’ll head there now; I’ll see you later Nova” but Nova just nodded then we left.

After walking with the guards for about 10 minutes we entered one of the larger buildings in the town and the main thing I noticed was that there was a different pony sat at the Mayor’s desk, typing on a terminal and shuffling through different bounty posters, I had met with the original mayor a couple times and he was a good pony, but now somepony else took his place

“So, your Hammer?” He asked with a stern look on his face

“Yes, that’s me, what do you want?”

“Well my friend you are one of my best bounty hunters and a job came up that requires a certain pony with a certain skill set” he pushed a map towards me and pointed to an X on it “ this is the town of Knife’s edge, I got a message earlier that they are having a bit of a raider problem, while I would usually ignore this type of thing, I’m going to make this one exception because apparently they are being led by a Deadshot” every-pony just went silent and stared at the Mayor, the Deadshots were an elite group of freelance mercenaries that are pretty much a family, they don’t allow outsiders in and they are the best snipers around

“Why in Luna’s name would a Deadshot work with petty raiders?” I asked

“I don’t know, but if you could kill one of them, bring me back their armour and weapons, I could make quite a few caps from them and of course you will get a big cut and to sweeten the deal I can get you free armour and weapon repairs for a year how does that sound?” I pondered it for a minute yes free armor repairs would be great since it is so expensive nowadays and of course the caps would be useful

“Fine I’ll take the job, but before I leave, I’m going to need more bullets and some quick repairs to my armour”

“You will have to pay normal price since the job isn’t finished yet” I snorted at him

“Do you want me to finish the job or not?” The Mayor growled under his breath and nodded to one of his guards and he dropped a small bag of caps onto the table, and I scooped it into my saddlebags and started to walk towards the door, but before I left I quickly turned and faced the Mayor

“One last question, what happened to the old mayor?” The Mayor smiled

“Let’s just say he had a bit of an accident” I nodded then walked away, I may need to talk to him about that when I get back.

Luckily, the town armory wasn’t too far away from the Mayor’s home, it’s run by a mare named Sky Chaser apparently she used to be a part of the enclave, but not many believe her also she is very pricey when it comes to weapons and repairs when I walked in, she was sat down looking at a combat shotgun with most of the front part of the barrel being blown off, the shop itself was quite big with various weapons across the walls while all the ammo for them were behind Sky Chaser, also there were display boxes in the middle of the shop with what she called premium weapons, they were mostly anti-material rifles and plasma rifles.

“Repairs or you here to trade?” She asked while still examining the shotgun

“I need a quick look over on my armor and I also need some Revolver ammo” then she looked up and smiled at me

“Ah hello Hammer haven’t seen you in a while what’s the occasion?” She asked while digging in her drawers for some scrap metal plating and some more bullets, I took off my armor which was just basic metal armor, and set it down on her desk

“Just got a special job from the Mayor he wants me to kill a Deadshot” She quickly shot up and stared at me in confusion

“He must be crazy right, Deadshots are practically impossible to kill” then she paused “How much is he paying you?”

“He didn’t say how many caps, but he said quite a big cut also he said I could get a year of free repairs for my weapons and armour” Sky Chaser chuckled

“Kill one of those mean bastards and I’ll give you free repairs for life”

About five minutes later Sky Chaser pushed the armour back towards me

“Well, there you go, I’ve managed to fix the holes and scratches but there wasn’t really anything major and I’ve only got about 12 revolver bullets left” I shook my head

“Don’t worry about it Sky I can make do how much do I owe you?” She also shook her head

“Keep the caps just make sure you kill that Deadshot” I smiled, put my armor back on, then left towards the town entrance and started my quest, Knife’s Edge was not too far away only about a mile, so I headed east and prepared for my ultimate challenge.

From his window the Mayor looked on as Hammer walked away from the town, then there was a knock at the door and two guards walked in with another pony in tow

“Ah welcome” The mayor exclaimed

“So did you give him the job?” The pony asked

“Yes, I did and just gave him some bullshit story about them being led by a Deadshot” The pony smiled

“Good he was taking way too many of the bounty making the rest of us look bad, oh and he killed a bunch more of the burner brothers in the bar yesterday,” the pony said, but the mayor ignored the comment

“Well one thing he doesn’t realize is that this is all a trick and hopefully the trap I set up will stop him” The pony cocked his head

“So, what is the trap?” The pony asked

“Well, we’ve been hired to kill him and take the hammer and take it to Celestia’s Rest, so we made up a fake town and it’s been filled with some of our bounty hunters and some gang members, the plan is to try and kill him while he’s supposed to be saving hostages”

“But what if he wins and returns?” The Mayor laughed

“Trust me Nova he won’t”.