Without the guidance and leadership of Purple, Rocky Road took charge because she was third in command but after Sunrise's death, she became second in command.

There was a knock on her house door and she opened it.

"Rocky we've got a radio transmission from a place called "The School" and they need our help," said an Earth Pony stallion, "They say they have been getting attacked by raiders almost non-stop."

"Alright. Thank you," said Rocky Road, "Midnight, Critical, Starry, Sapphire you're with me. The rest of you stay here and watch and make sure the dumbass Steel Rangers don't re-attack us."

***

While out in the wasteland. The group saw the wasteland more as they never traveled more Eastward.

"I wonder where Purple is," said Rocky Road, "Hope he's alright."

Midnight said grumpily, "He's probably sucking his brother's dick."

Rocky Road replied angrily, "Can you stop acting like a drug-fueled jackass! For a whole fucking day can you stop acting like a fucking jackass!"

Paladin Sapphire said to herself "I hope he's alright. Probably needed some alone time to cope with what he had seen and been through. No pony is built or bred to witness carnage or destruction like nothing. I don't blame him for that going rouge to have some alone time."

"Can we just enjoy the peace and not fight?" asked Starry, "With this group, if I want to bicker and bitch to each other 24/7 I would go back home and live with my parents and not you and this group."

"I agree with Starry," said Critical, "Just hearing arguing gets very very old. Me and my mare friend never argued until she joined the Foals of Atom or Foals of Radiation. I HATE THOSE FUCKERS!"

They didn't ask Critical why he hates them because it isn't any of their businesses.

They finally started to be quiet. Now none of them won't get a headache.

I wonder how Purple would deal with it, Rocky thought, These two don't know when to shut up. Paladin Sapphire and Midnight bicker and argue twenty-four seven and it gets on everyone's nerve.

They both enjoyed the peace and quiet.

***
An hour and a half later at a place called "The School"

There was a sign that says "WELCOME TO MS. Smoke's SCHOOL FOR FILLIES & MARES"

Purple would probably know what this is, Rocky thought, Probably or not.

They just saw a few ponies armed with high-caliber rifles and submachine guns.

There was a cream-coated mare in special armor from Project: Special Pone and the mare has both orchid and moderate blue hairstyle and blue eyes like Purple.

"Finally some help." said the cream-coated mare, "I hope your not more raiders."

Rocky Road replied confidently, "No we're not. We're the Wasteland Guardians and got a radio transmission saying you need our help."

"Finally. A raider gang has been harassing us and taking our supplies and ponies they've been killed or kidnapped. We would go and chase them down. But there isn't a lot of us and there are more of them than us. There is only four guards not adding me, my twin sister, and my husband. I'll go take you to him." the mare said.

"No offense," said Paladin Sapphire, "How old are you?"

The unicorn mare replied, "Two hundred and twenty-four years old. Seen it all. My name is Staff Sergeant Target Bullseye. Your names?"

"Rocky Road or Rocky for short." Rocky Road said.

"Midnight Twister," Midnight said.

"Paladin Sapphire Heart," Paladin Sapphire said.

"Critical Shot," Critical Shot said.

"Starry," Starry said.

They all said one by one telling Mrs. Target their names as they walked through the old derelict school to the former school's principal's office.

Target knocked on the door and her husband answered it.

Thunder "Demon" Wings asked, "Are you the Wasteland Guardians that I summoned?"

Rocky Road replied, "Yes we are. Sorry for the delay we've had to deal with the Steel Rangers before we could come here."

Thunder Wings said grumpily, "Bitching, bitching, and making excuses."

"But I wasn't making an excuse," said Rocky, "Earlier today almost to twelve. Steel Rangers attack us."

"Whatever." said Thunder Wings, "We know where they're coming from. But it ain't like in the old wartime days when I had my own platoon where we wouldn't need the help of you and we would've smoked them all. Like how they taught us back in the army. Those were the days. Killing Zebras and raping Zebra mares like nothing and I'm proud of what I did of pillaging, raping, killing, and blowing shit up with a Missile launcher or a Rocket Propelled Launcher or a Grenade Launcher or a Grenade Rifle. Damn those Zebra mares were tight and tried to put up a hell of a fight. But they messed with a superior force!"

They wonder where Target went and Thunder Wings gave them a tip of looking behind the building.

***
Behind the old school, there were some white crosses where Target was looking down in deep sadness and held back her tears.

"Are you okay?" asked Paladin Sapphire Heart, "If you don't mean me asking."

Target replied, "Do you have any foals? I've seen my and my husband's foals come and go for the past one hundred and ninety-five years. You'll be sad. Damn the fucking Equestrian Government! Damn them to Tartarus!"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Sorry for asking. We're just going to go."

They then left and Paladin Sapphire Heart, she felt remorseful and told herself in her head that she won't ask any stupid questions.

***
On the road, Rocky Road said, "What the hell was that!"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "I apologized. I didn't mean to upset her and I don't know what she meant when she cussed out the Equestrian government if they do something to her."

Midnight said annoyed, "Where are we going? I would like to know. Purple isn't so quiet."

Rocky Road replied kindly, "Well I'm not a friendly purple alicorn who'll save his enemies. So If I hear that question or somepony says that again my response will be, "If I had a penis you can suck it!", so don't tempt me."

If the Radiation does give me a penis, Rocky Road thought, Then so many stallions that said that I have a "sexy ass" will get what's coming to them. At least I probably won't get pregnant unless if I turn into a Hermaphroditus.

Starry replied, "What did you say? A hermaphrodite?"

Paladin Sapphire said, "A hermaphrodite. It's a pony or creature with both a vagina and a penis."

Rocky Road snapped, "WILL YOU TWO STAY OUT OF MY DAMN OWN MIND! NOW I WISH I HAD AN PENIS SO I CAN TELL ALL OF YOU BESIDES MIDNIGHT TO SUCK IT!"

Midnight replied, "You said it out loud and we didn't say anything until they said something. So sorry sis. It's your fault you started a conversation we'll never hear the end of."

Starry said whiling chuckling, "A mare with a penis. Now I would see everything."

Paladin Sapphire then just shook her head for adding fuel to a conversation that'll never end.

Midnight said coldly, "See what you two had to do? I'm talking to you Rocky, and Sapphire. Had to do a fucking conversation about radiation making you grow a dick."

They just stopped talking again and enjoyed the peace and quiet.

***

At a farm, they all saw Critical Shot run away holding back his tears so Paladin Sapphire got out of her power armor and chased after him with Starry.

"If Purple was here," said Rocky, "He would've come up with a so-called "game plan" by now. I'm not on his level of thinking and so. I wasn't born and raised how he was."

"Let's go get the bastards," said Midnight, "Let's charge them before those Raiders knew what hit them."

"It's just the two of us," said Rocky, "It'll be suicide. It'll be a great time if Crimson, Harmony, Sunrise, and Harvested were with us. But this is the present and we have to move on. Only if I can say the same for Purple who is totally beaten up about it, and hasn't moved on yet. But that's him."

Midnight replied, "We going to fight these raiders or not?"

They both nodded in unison where Rocky Road leveled her rifle and lay on her belly where Midnight decided to flank and he loaded Dragon's Breath rounds into his hunting shotgun.

***
By a hill near the old Equestrian Highway 104.

"Critical slow down!" said, Starry

Paladin Sapphire said, "It's alright Critical. You can talk to us anytime. It's fine."

"I can't," said Critical Shot, "I can't go back to that farm."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Why? Why not?"

Critical Shot replied, "I just can't go home."

***

On the farm. Rocky Road steadied her breathing and fired her varmint rifle at a raider with a flamethrower blowing up the fuel tank killing the raider and a few more giving them a fiery death a very painful fiery death as the geletan fuel burned the hide off of them.

"Painful death." said Rocky Road, "Wonder what kind of fire was it?"

Rocky then shot another raider with her varmint rifle and she didn't hesitate of killing them. Rocky even felt a pre-war serial killer. She killed for a while and didn't have any remorse and still doesn't.

She only felt remorseful when Crimson, Harvested, Harmony, and Sunrise died. But she wasn't like Purple where she moved on, Purple hasn't, her brother Midnight doesn't really care because it's an everyday occurrence in the wasteland of ponies dying twenty-four seven.

***

Behind the farmhouse

Midnight bucked the door opened without hesitation and shot a raider with the Dragon Breath rounds burning the pony alive. Midnight didn't even discriminate and shot every raider in the two-story farmhouse.

Midnight didn't even help his sister. But he went upstairs and he entered a bedroom and found several wooden blocks which spell in order "C", "R", "I", "T", "I", "C", "A", "L", "S", "H", "O", "T" or Critical Shot.

This must be his old house, Midnight thought to himself, Probably that little bitch ran away to cry.

Midnight turned around and fired his shotgun blasting a Raider Psycho with a machete.

"Had a chance to kill me," said Midnight, "But you didn't. Did you cocksucker? That's right you didn't have a chance because you didn't take the opportunity."

"Midnight!" yelled Rocky, "Midnight where are you? You better not be dead or I'll kill you myself for you getting yourself killed!"

Rocky Road tore apart the first floor and while she did that Midnight took a very huge hit of his Dash and let out a huge sigh of relief where he then quickly re-equipped his hunting shotgun.

"There you are!" said Rocky, "I thought I lost you!"

"I'm fine." said Midnight calmly, "I'm good. Just glad to kill raiders. Fuck some of Purple's southern accent got on me!"

Rocky Road replied, "Let's report back to "The School" so we can continue to explore and find out what happened to Purple."

Midnight replied, "I wouldn't care if he turns into a mare and can get fucked by his own brother."

Rocky replied neutrally, "What do you mean? What's with you against Purple?"

***
Critical Shot was crying his eyes out. Starry and Paladin Sapphire both sat down next to him and they placed their hooves around him.

"It's alright Critical," said Starry, "You still have a family. You have us. We're your family. Purple and Midnight are your brothers where me, Rocky, and Sapphire are your sisters."

Critical replied sadly, "My only mother was my family. I miss my mother."

***

Rocky went over to the skeleton of a unicorn and found a .30-06 bullet lodged in the skull so Rocky removed it and found writing on the bullet that says "Critical". Critical and his mother wrote their names on the ammo they had so they knew which one they had where Critical always used .30-06 since he was four years old and his mother always used .30-03, .270, and .22 Spitfire before Critical killed her to save her.

Midnight looted the house and he opened a safe where he found a Jumper rifle which in the wood stock says "TO CRITICAL LOVE MAMA"

They left the farm. But they couldn't move Paladin Sapphire's power armor because they didn't know power armor training.

On the horizon was Critical, Sapphire, and Starry and soon they rejoined them.

"Give me that!" said Critical angrily, "Before your dumbass breaks it!"

Critical snatched the Jumper Rifle away from Midnight and he placed it onto his back, then he made a coffin and buried his mother, and Critical said, "I'm going to take a few days and I'll remeet all of you back in Crimson."

Starry asked, "What are you going to do?"

Critical replied friendly, "Going to hunt Foals of Radiation! Those fuckers killed my mare friend and our unborn foal and they deserve to die!"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "We'll help you. If they're willing to kill an unborn foal then they're not willing to live."

Critical replied, "I need to do this alone. I'll see all of you within three to eight days."

They wished Critical good luck with his personal vendetta. All but Critical went back to the school and reported their mission success.

***

At the school.

"We did what you asked for," said Rocky, "That group of raiders shouldn't bother you for a while or some time."

Thunder "Demon" Wings replied calmly, "I know payment is in order. What do you want? We got 5.56mm ammo, Frag grenades, Radaway, Healing Potions, Bottlecaps, Radsafe, or bandages. What will you like?"

Rocky Road replied friendly, "We'll need a few minutes to discuss it."

Thunder "Demon" Wings replied nicely, "If you come up with a decision. I'll be on the roof tending to my crops."

Thunder "Demon" Wings then left in his Project: Special Pone armor and walked up to the roof to use his right-wing and used a watering can and watered his carrots, corn, razorgrain, and tatos.

"Honey," said Thunder "Demon" Wings, "How are you?"

Target replied sadly, "If you were paying attention you would already know. I told you that I want another foal. Yeah, the fucking Equestrian Government and Military created a fucking potion that makes us immortal and we've seen ponies come and go even our own kids and grandkids. But I'm ready to have another! If you won't give me one I'll find somepony who will!"

Soon Rocky, Starry, Paladin Sapphire, and Midnight came up to the roof and Rocky said, "We've come to a decision. We'll take the Frag grenades."

After a few minutes they only each got a Frag grenade only one for each.

Down below were a group of raiders and they demanded them to hoof over everything they have only for Thunder to fire his Automatic .30 Carbine rifle which he modified to be fired without a battle saddle where he just sawed off the trigger guard.

On the inside, the ponies who are injured, sick, and pregnant were placed in the old classrooms with the doors barricaded to keep the raiders away. The abled body ponies were able to half-ass barricade the main and side entrances/exits besides the main front door so the outside guards can fall back inside.

"More raiders!" exclaimed Target, "It's not like the prewar days when ponies lived in harmony. Makes me wish I died during the war."

Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry went to the side where they fired at the raiders who fired at them first with incendiary rounds.

"Probably the "The Conflagration" Raider pack," said Paladin Sapphire, "Damn not these fuckers again."

Thunder "Demon" Wings replied confused, "Conflagration? What's a Conflagration?"

Target replied calmly, "Conflagration is an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land and/or property. Back in the day, my uncle was a wildland firefighter and my mother called her own brother a "peasant" for being a civil servant over being a worker in Canterlot. Dumb bitch didn't realize that somepony has to do the hard work."

Midnight said urgently, "Less talking more fighting!"

The sky turned green where a Radstorm is forming so they got off the roof and went inside where Radstorms are terrible enough and they're violent enough that some radstorms are strong enough and capable of lifting ponies into the sky and making all types of vertibucks and cloudships spin and crash into the ground beside the ones that the GPE have before they descended from the clouds.

"Hope my crops will be there!" said Thunder "Demon" Wings, "I really hate these fucking radstorms!"

Rocky replied, "The good news is that you can see them approaching due to the green clouds looking like the blast of a Balefire bomb. At least we got that not adding the sound of thunder they make."

"MISSILE LAUNCHER!" yelled Midnight at the top of his lungs, "GET DOWN"

Midnight then ran and knocked his sister out of the way and he took a majority of the blast and the rubble badly injuring him.

"Medic," said Thunder "Demon" WIngs calmly, "Give this pony first aid."

An earth pony stallion came and picked up Midnight then took him to the hospital room in the school which was the nurse's office and Midnight was given medical aid.

"These Raiders make it too easy," Rocky said calmly, "I mean with weapons that can catch fire and blow up. Come on."

The bullets flew. But the raiders armed with Flamethrowers were easy pickings and got shot first and some of them the fuel tanks exploded since some of them the fuel tanks were homemade or old military fuel tanks that haven't been maintained in decades and centuries.

"Damn I'm out!" Target said to herself, "Could can use some fucking ammo now."

Target then placed her suppressed sub-machine gun on her back and ran off to get some more ammo.

"What the?" Thunder "Demon" Wings said to himself, "Now a wing of Alicorns came into the picture."

A wing of three moderate purple alicorns came and they tore the raiders into pieces and into parts where blood came out rushing and gushing out like a geyser.

The lead moderate purple alicorn waved at them in friendliness and walked away and to Rocky, Starry, and Paladin Sapphire watched as the three moderate purple Alicorns walked off.

"Damn," said Starry.

Paladin Sapphire replied confusedly, "If they killed those Raiders with ease. Why didn't they kill us?"

Thunder "Demon" Wings replied warmly, "Guess we would been more easier to tear to shreds. Guess we weren't worth or aren't worth the time and effort."

***

In the nurse's office.

Midnight was laying on an old leather bed with a straw pillow while a pony with a white armband with a red cross on it worked on Midnight with the medical stuff they have.

A doctor told them that he'll be out for several days.

Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry then went back to the town of Crimson to rest up and recuperate.

"Like Purple said," said Rocky, "Depressing. An old playground with skeletons. Now I wonder where he is? Hope he's fine."

They then heard an engine failure and saw a Vertibuck V-4 spinning out of control with the left engine on fire and the right one completely destroyed.

There was a huge explosion so they decided to go check it out and all of them galloped to the crash site and saw deceased Grand Pegasus Enclave members and heard a radio.

"Raptor 1-1 report! Raptor 1-1 come in! Raptor 1-1 report in! Sir, they're not reporting in." said a pony over the radio.

A voice said calmly, "It's war and you'll ponies. They're expendable. They'll be another Raptor 1-1 which we'll create."

The pony replied, "Got it Mr. Dictator Flyer."

Paladin Sapphire said not shocked, "Base got a new title. Wonder how Purple feels about it? Who knows."

Starry replied, "Let's go home."

They just continued walking back which was nothing just and ignored the animals, killer animals, and Raiders/Slavers.

***

In the town of Crimson they saw the town rebuilt like nothing as if a major battle never took place with the homes and other places rebuilt.

Paladin Sapphire Heart walked into the Sunrise Storm memorial building and saw Purple sitting there with a smile on his face and nodded.

Paladin Sapphire saw a lot of plaques that Purple made and there's a lot of them.

All the plaques say.

1. Crimson Clover- She was the one that this town was named after. She'll be missed when she was killed by Lt Honey Cake's stepbrother and the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

2. Harvested Intolerance- Shy ex-GPE soldier who got killed by a colt with a frag grenade, he'll be missed even though he killed Crimson Clover.

3. Harmony Shock- killed by a hospital horror but a nice quiet mare who was a sex slave but she'll be missed.

4. Sunrise Storm- Sunrise sacrificed herself

5. Dazzle Storm- he was the first causality in the war against the Grand Pony Enclave which the forces under Apprentice Lieutenant Arsen "Base Icy Flier". He will be missed

6. Feather Light- She was the first Prisoner of War against the Grand Pegasus Enclave under Apprentice Lieutenant Base Flyer before Base's forces. But she was rescued and later died by a Grand Pegasus Enclave patrol.

7. Heaven Peace- She was killed by a pack of Feral Ghouls with Blue Fascinating.

8. Blue Fascinating- He was killed by a pack of Feral Ghouls with Heaven and Red Exciting.

9. Red Exciting- He was killed by a pack of Feral Ghouls with Heaven and Blue.

10. Money Counter- She was killed by a Hellhound with Sharpen Spear.

11. Sharpen Spear- She was killed by a Hellhound with Money Counter.

12. Spotter- She was captured by the Grand Pony Enclave.

13. Markspony- He was killed by the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

14. Apple Harmony- He was killed by Raiders while out running some errands.

15. Artic Storm- He was an Alicorn who was killed by a wing of Alicorns.

16. Star Aroura- She was killed by a pack of Raiders with Lucky and Scarlett

17. Lucky Luck- She was a drunk who got killed by a Raider with Scarlett

18. Sleepy Firefly- He was an earth pony who was killed by the Grand Pony Enclave.

19. Sandy Smooch She was a Zebra mare who was captured by the Grand Pony Enclave and hasn't been heard from yet.

20. Sandy Lighting- The Daughter of Sandy Smooch and Sleepy Firefly

21. Scarlett- She was killed by a pack of Raiders.

22. Mythic Vision- She was killed by the Grand Pony Enclave.

23. Violet Night- She was killed by the Grand Pony Enclave.

24. Ruby Spice- She was a unicorn who died defending protecting the town of Crimson against the Steel Rangers. She will be missed.

25. Azure Moon- She was a unicorn mare who was killed while on patrol and killed by the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

26. Lucky Star- She was a unicorn mare (and wife to Emerald Blossom) who successfully defended the town of Crimson even though she and her wife were killed by the Steel Rangers

27. Emerald Blossom- She was a unicorn mare who successfully defended the town of Crimson. She was married to Lucky Star.

28. Cherry Dream- She was an Earth pony mare who was killed by the Grand Pony Enclave under the leadership of Base by a misunderstanding.

29. Electric Pon- She defended the town of Crimson from the Steel Rangers

30. Electric Shock- She was a Zebracorn who defended the town of Crimson. She will be missed.

31. Leaning Needle- She sacrificed her life to protect the one-room schoolhouse from the Steel Rangers on the attack on the town of Crimson and protected her class. She will be missed.

32. Iris Sword Lily- She was a unicorn mare who sacrificed her life to protect a defenseless filly from the Steel Ranger's assault on the town of Crimson.

33. Sweet Sprinkle- Was killed by an Ultra- Sentinal with Dancing Mango and Starry Reader.

34. Nature Peace- He was a nice earth pony who put his life on the line to defend the town of Crimson against the attack from the Steel Rangers

35. Dancing Mango- She was the first and only bat pony in the group and killed with Sweet Sprinkle

36. Starry Reader- She was killed with Dancing Mango and Sweet Sprinkle.

37. Rose Petal- She was a nice Earth pony mare who defended the town of Crimson against the Steel Rangers. She died a hero even though her newborn daughter is parentless.

38. Solar Comet- He was a loving pegasus who defected from the Grand Pegasus Enclave. He died during the Battle of Crimson with his lover

39. Opel Specter- She was killed in an ambush.

40. Farming Green was an Earth Pony who was killed in an ambush.

41. Opel Thunderhoof- She was an earth pony mare who was killed in an ambush.

42, Opel Specter- She was an earth pony mare who killed in an ambush

1. Opel Sweeper- He was an earth pony mare who killed in an ambush

2. Opel Facade- He was an earth pony mare who killed in an ambush

3. Opel Whistle- She was a unicorn stallion who killed in an ambush

4. Opel Breeze- he was a unicorn stallion who was killed in an ambush

5. Aquamarine Aroura- he was a pegasus stallion who was killed in an ambush

6. Aquamarine Candy- he was a pegasus stallion who was killed in an ambush

7. Aquamarine Snowflake- she was a Crystal pony earth pony mare who was killed in an ambush

8. Aquamarine Daisy- she was a crystal pony earth pony who was an ambush

9. Garnet Diamond- he was a crystal pony pegasus killed in an ambush

10. Garnet Flower- she was a crystal pony alicorn who was killed by Mister Gusty

11. Garnet Dawn- she was an Earth pony mare who was killed by a Mister Gusty

12. Garnet Sunlight- he was an earth pony stallion who was killed in the Battle for Crimson.

13. Twyla- She was killed in the military training city of Empire

14. Opel- She was killed in the military training city of Empire

15. Shining- She was Killed in the military training city of Empire

16. Pearly Love- She was killed in the military training city of Empire

17. Harmony Defender- She was killed by a mutated crocodile.

They all saw Purple open a bottle of Wild Pegasus Whiskey and drank the bottle where he fell down and doesn't know what to do.

"You Ok?" Asked Rocky, "Don't beat yourself up over their deaths. It happens it's just the wasteland and ponies die all the time."

Purple replied, "I know. It's war and the Wasteland. Well, I better prepare for a Gala."

"Gala?" Everyone asked.

Purple replied, "Yeah. I get to impersonate a Grand Pegasus Enclave member. I would like to bring all of you. But none of you can't join because none of you are pegasi or part pegasi. Well have a good time and I'll be back soon."

Rocky replied sarcastically, "Keep your dick out of those mares. You don't want to catch every sexually transmitted disease. Well, that's what this book says that I stole from a place called "The School". Well your already going to be a father to a lot of foals. You don't want more foals unless if you're going to turn into your brother and just have sex on your mind twenty-four seven."

Purple replied, "I take offense to that. Don't compare me to my dumb-ass brother. We have the same DNA and parents and same sister. That's the similarities end. I'm not a sexist, patriarchal, and misogynistic jackass. When I think of a mare I think of a female who can do whatever she wants to do. What does my brother think of mares? He sees mares as nothing but breeding stock who all want a strong stallion like him and mares shouldn't be with me because I ain't strong enough because I'm weak for crying and showing my emotions. He doesn't cry and doesn't show his emotions."

Author's Note

The Jumper rifle is partially based on the M1941 Johnson Rifle