Fallout Equestria: Wasteland Guardian

by PurpleArtist

Rating: mature
Tags: Fallout, Narcotics, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Death, Alternate Universe, Original Character, Profanity, Non-consensual, Adventure, Violence, Crossover, Sex, Zebra
Length: 268950

A group of ponies call themselves "Wasteland Guardians"

Even though it's set in the Fallout Equestria world but Kkhat says that the side stories aren't canon anyway.
Grand Pegasus Enclave, Red Eye, Autumn Leaf, and Pride belong to Kkat all credit goes to Kkat.

Stable 190. A stable built only for the best of the best. The elite ponies of ponies went far above the call of duty during the Equestrian-Zebra war. In it are Earth Ponies, Unicorns, Pegasus, Crystal Ponies & Thestrals/Bat ponies. The problem is that the population is supposed to be at One-thousand or 200 of each pony race (E.U.P.T/B) but the Last Day happened sooner. The colts and young stallions are taught basic education then train to be warriors where fillies and young mares can split and either work, become warriors like their stallion counterparts, or do neither. Stable 190 population grew over time but some ponies need to leave and make their own life that isn't the same thing 24/7 and that one pony will make friends, enemies, and lovers not adding helping those and killing the ones that need to be put down.
This takes place concurrent with Fallout: Equestria by the way.

Don't get mad that I used military terms and all that but that's because the main OC was born and raised in a Stable that taught him stuff like that and other stuff like technology and all that
so if you don't like it then don't read it.

I did my best to make it as Fallout: Equestria but inner monologue isn't my forte'.

Also, I did make new weapons because I felt like it

Also, they're going to be some war chapters with technological advances like aircraft and so in the story when I do war chapters. I mean war chapters as before the Last Day and I did my best of keeping it lore-friendly to Fallout: Equestria but the land battles was a mix of Trench warfare with other types of warfare like Island Hopping, Ground, Naval, Aerial, Mountain, Urban, Arctic. But Like I said I kept it lore-friendly though.

Published 2023-01-11 01:00:01 UTC
Last updated 2023-01-11 01:00:01 UTC

Chapter 2: The Wastes

At night. Purple was at a overlook then he looked back at a wooden door that he walked out of.

"See you later mom and Blue." said a sad Purple, "See you later the rest of Stable 190's population."

Purple than walked down and kept a moderate trot to move.

Something popped up on his Pip-Buck 3000 which he checked it out and the map said "You discovered: Fort Nightmare Moon.". Purple said, "Who names a place after a villain who tried to take over Equestria?!" said Purple, "Guess they lived of remembering history."

Purple saw skeletons of all four types of ponies; Earth, Pegasus, Unicorn, and Bat ponies on who were vaporized but Purple saw some shadows. The shadows were the soldier ponies who were vaporized but also there silhouettes on where there shadows were.

Purple then went inside to find some more skeletons of what were Equestrian soldiers. Purple made his way up to the second floor and found a key in a desk of a secretary's desk and opened the door. Purple found a holotape and played it.

"October 22. This is Base Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Lighting Shock. Canterlot wants us to train more Equestrians soldiers faster to fight the Zebras. No matter how many times I tell Canterlot we can't train rookies overnight. It takes around 120 days to fully train rookie Equestrian soldiers. For the past four years Stable-Tec been building a stable near us. Only wanting the ponies who either earned the Medal of Honor, Army Distinguished Cross, Navy Cross, Distinguished Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, and Defense Superior Service Medal. Hope a Megaspell war don't happen. My son Captain Shocking Taser is suppose to get married on October 31. This is Lieutenant-Colonel Lighting Shock signing out."

Purple then picked up another holotape and played it.

"October 23. This is Lieutenant-Colonel Lighting Shock. My Celestia. I can't believe it. I've been hearing from radio reports that Manehattan, Fillydelphia, Los Unicornia, Canterlot, and Baltimare so far have been struck with Balefire bombs. Those millions of ponies. Gone in a blink of a eye. The ones who haven't died in the blast will be in intense pain and die painfully from radiation. Oh shit. This is Lieutenant-Colonel Light Shock signing off for the final time. (sound of rushing sound and glass shattering then it cuts off)"

"Lighting Shock..." said Purple, "Lighting Shock... I heard that name before... He's my great-great-great-great-great grand father. His son or my great-great-great-great grand father was a war criminal."

Purple then went to another building where he found a ton of ammo and weapons. He picked up a duffel bag and a saddle bag where he loaded up on 7.62x51mm rounds and .45 rounds but took some weapons as well.

Purple then walked back out and heard some scary noises so he soared up and landed on the roof of the administration building of the military facility and used S.T.A.T.S only to see Feral Ghouls of what was ponies who were unlucky to die and got to wander what was Equestria until somepony kills them. Purple took his rifle and shot them where he had the high ground.

Purple killed them all and he went on his merry way and went north.

"YOU DISCOVERED: SMALL TOWN" said his Pip-Buck 3000 when he discovered a new location which it only popped up on his Pip-Buck 3000.

Purple was prohibited from entering Small Town because he's a alicorn and the alicorn's they faced are scary and feared across the Equestrian Wasteland and they thought Purple was a alicorn who had two more nearby and he was more or less a scout and he's going to go back to report to the other two.

They told Purple to prove that he isn't a "alicorn" that'll kill them and showed them his cutie mark of a number 2 pencil and he's a male which proved he isn't a "alicorn that roams the wastes" because their all female even males who are turned into alicorns from I.M.P.

The townsfolk let Purple come in and get some rest.

In the morning in order for Purple to join them, a few days ago two "wings" of alicorns assaulted the town and who fought were killed, who hid are here and who are couldn't hide were captured.

The only guard of the town told Purple that there's an small I.M.P. Facility up the road about a mile so Purple crossed the small wooden bridge and made a left and took off walking. He equipped his rifle in his wings and continued to walk until his Robronco Compass had a red tick on it so he entered S.T.A.T.S to see a blue alicorn standing by a few wagons.

"Shoot." said Purple, "I don't have a suppressor."

He chose the head, breathe in, breathed out then back in where he held his breath and fired with his magic. Purple got a sneak critical and instantly killed the alicorn.

Purple then moved up even though his sneak skill is at 49%. Purple then looked at a small facility and asked himself on how he can sneak in without being killed so he decided to wing it.

But he's smaller then the artificial alicorns so he might get by easier which he knows if he gets spotted then he's good as dead or there sex toy and die by snu-snu.

Purple kept his head turning and moved carefully while he was crouched moving lowly.

Purple heard some hoof steps approaching when he found a big cardboard box so he hit in it and flipped it upside down. The hoof steps passed and he went in.

Inside of the I.M.P. facility Purple was scared and horrified.

"Please! I bed you. Let me go." said a captured pegasus, "I have a wife and four kids. I want to go back to them. Please let me go and we can forget all about this. Please I'm begging you."

Purple peeked in and saw a pink pegasus stallion sitting begging for his life only for an alicorn use her magic and drop him into a vat of Taint or Impelled Metamorphosis Potion.

"I love you Sky rock!" said the falling pegasus, "My heart will go on for you always!" then the pegasus fell into the rainbow colored liquid.

"Poor bastard." said Purple, "Horrible way to go."

Purple then continued and stealthy made his way to the holding cells that were quickly made. Purple found the key and unlocked them and the ponies ran out like nothing thanking Purple for what he did.

Purple ran for his life when he snuck back out and he galloped back to Small Town.

Purple somewhat proven himself to the others.

Purple's heart warmed to see ponies he rescued to hug there loved ones. He looked down as he left his mother and sister back in the Stable but he doesn't give a damn about his older brother and Purple left him a rude holotape more or less of Purple telling his brother to choke painfully and die painfully.

Purple then decided to leave but before he did he asked if there's anymore settlements near or far only for the only guard to say "Watch the wastes and watch for movements. If anything that hasn't been picked clean or destroyed then scavenge to stand a better chance. You'll always be welcomed here. We got Alicorns all around mostly to the west mostly, to the north is Slavers and the south is Raiders. said the sentry unicorn, "The next settlement could be for miles. A trader that comes by from time to time says he has to trot fifteen miles northeast to the closest settlement. Take care."

Purple told him that he and the residents of Small Town to take care as well and the friendly alicorn took off.

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Purple kept his head on the lookout of anything that was either friendly or hostile but he ran into a group of Hellhounds which Purple had the advantage of flying and he pelted the two of them with 7.62x51mm rounds from his rifle.

For some reason Purple kept the magazines with him which he thought about why then told himself that if he finds loose rounds that aren't in magazines he can place them into the magazines he has even though there dead weight on him.

Chapter 3: The Pegasus

In Stable 190.

Cerulean Blue Sapphire was in a room practing playing tennis. Purple's older brother Base walked up.

"Since my baby brother isn't here." said Base, "We could you know. Make love or can I propose marriage?"

Cerulean Blue Sapphire hit Base with a tennis racket across his face. Blue Sapphire still has romantic feelings for Lavender/Purple even though Purple hasn't planned on returning.

"Just leave me alone." said an annoyed Blue Sapphire, "Also your not my type. I don't date jerks. I maybe a mare but bad ponies aren't my flavor. I prefer stallions who are willing to show there emotions not hide them. Your brother for example he's willing to show his emotion. Why do you hate your brother? He did nothing wrong to you."

"Everything that goes wring is Purple's fault." said Base, "Also you'll be a wonderful candidate to bear my pegasus foals."

"I couldn't let you impregnate me." said Blue Sapphire, "Even if we were the last two ponies in the Stable!"

Cerulean Blue Sapphire then went to go find Harp only to find her sitting on her twenty-four daughter's bed hugging her. "I miss him." said Blue, "I miss dad and Purple."

"It's ok sweet heart." said Harp, "Lavender can take care of himself. He won't do anything stupid to get himself killed. It's okay to cry honey."

Cerulean Blue Sapphire opened the door but knocked after opening it. Her heart was broken as Harp's heart and Blue's heart was broken that Harp's youngest son and Blue's baby brother isn't there anymore.

"What if something out there gets him." said a teary Blue, "I don't know if Purple can survive the horrors of the wasteland. Who knows on what's out there.''

"He's a tough pony." said Cerulean Blue Sapphire "Nothing will get him. He'll be back one day and hopefully, he can see you get married and have a foal."

Blue told Cerulean Blue Sapphire that she was going to tell Purple today but can't because he's gone and she was going to tell Purple that he is going to be an uncle but she can't tell him now.

"That's not entirely true sweetheart." said Harp, "In the studio room you can send the message to a certain Pip-Buck. Just send it to the S/N of a Pip-Buck."

In the radio room was a binder of all one thousand residences of Stable 190 and found Purple's Pip-Buck 3000's Serial Number of it being 3-5-1-5-4-2.

At a microphone. "Purple. Please come back to the Stable. You're going to be an uncle." said Blue, "Please Baby brother I'm begging you. I want you to meet your niece or nephew in eleven months. Mom misses you, I miss you, your lover Cerulean Blue Sapphire misses you. Everypony besides Arsen misses you. Please come back baby brother. The wasteland isn't for you."

Blue got done recording her message into the microphone and Harp used her wings and send the message to play repeatedly play over and over until on the Stable ends.

While walking in her Stable security armor, Cerulean Blue Sapphire used her magic and tapped her baton against her right leg.

Base ran up and used his right-wing and smacked her on her butt as hard he could which made her jump up.

"What in the hell did you do that for!" exclaimed Blue Sapphire, "What were you thinking!"

Base went in and kissed her on the mouth and the next thing he knew he was in her light blue magic aurora and thrown into a jail cell.

Cerulean Blue Sapphire told Base that she isn't interested in a relationship with him and well that time of the month is coming up for mares to be in heat but she won't let him knock her up and she wants Purple to do so because since when they were four-years-old she has a major crush on him.

At a terminal, Cerulean Blue Sapphire got on and typed.

New Suspect: Arsen Nimrod Walnut Icey Flier

Sex: Male

Species: Pegasus/ half unicorn, half pegasus

Family: Harp (Mother, Pegasus), Albatross (father. deceased, unicorn), Blue Watershed (sister, unicorn), Lavender Astrology "Purple" (brother, alicorn)

Crime: Sexually harassing a mare stable security mare, sexual assault of a security mare.

Arresting Officer: Officer One (Private) Cerulean Blue Sapphire

Sentencing: Four months.

Cerulean Blue Sapphire then saved the arrest report she typed on the terminal.

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At a glass window.

Base banged on the window with his hooves to get Blue Sapphire's attention then he breathed on the glass where he used his hoof to make a heart and wrote "B.F+ C.B.S"

Cerulean Blue Sapphire went to her room and sat on her bed. She then wished Purple to have good luck out in the wastes and hopes he doesn't die even though he isn't there in the Stable anymore.

Chapter 4: Exploration

While out going northeast. Purple checked his Pip-Buck 3000 and under the radio he found that Stable 190 is on there. So he selected it and heard his sister Blue's plea for him to return back to Stable 190 and nothing is the same but nothing but heartbreak for Purple of just remembering his father.

Purple encountered some raiders and it was easy for him and he ranked up to level two where he increased his sneak skill from 49% to 60% and used his remaining in barter taking it up from 10% to 14%.

Purple then looted the raiders and got some 5.56mm ammo and looted shotgun rounds and Purple scared one raider away because he's a purple alicorn and dark purple alicorns have the ability to teleport which he could've used to teleport and got the advantage on them.

Purple took a battle saddle because he can't use his wings to pull the trigger.

In another settlement Purple was warmly welcome where they welcome all types of ponies who are friendly. Purple asked a guard if there's any work so the earth pony guard told him to go to town hall. That was a police station that's ruined and serves both as town hall and the guards barracks.

Purple saw off in the distance of what was some mountains but Purple just went into town hall and asked if there's any jobs that fit his skill set.

A stallion asked Purple on his skill sets are so Purple said "Small guns, Big guns, and sneak." Said Purple, "I know how to shoot any type of weapon. I'm also a great listener and learner as well. Sir."

They only had a few jobs open which was Guard, Courier, and scout. Purple asked what's the purpose of a scout was. The stallion told him that scouts go out and find and mark dangers on maps like Mirelurks, Hellhounds, Alicorns, and Raiders to name a few.

The stallion also told Purple that if they can they can mark on maps of locations that'll be perfect to set up new settlements and the other two of a Guard and Courier are self-explanatory.

"Being a guard either a sentry or roaming guard you'll get 350 Bottlecaps a week and Hazard pay if this town get's attacked. You'll also get a 15% discount at stores. Being a Courier is also self-explanatory you'll get 700 Bottle caps per delivery and Hazard pay." said the earth pony stallion, "And a scout. You just roam the wasteland doing whatever you like. What job do you want?"

Purple told him that he would like to be a scout because he's skinny and can hide easily and it'll be easier to explore the wasteland.

The earth pony stallion told him it'll be easier to take somepony to watch over him but he has to look for that pony. The earth pony told him to look for her in town square.

In town square, Purple found a blue alicorn without a cutie mark sitting there wanting to make friends but can't. Ponies think she's under the control of the "The Goddess" and she's friendly and wants a friend.

Purple actually was nervous of talking to her.

"Hi. What's your name?" said the alicorn, "My name is Sunrise Storm. Well that was my pre-war name."

"Nice to meet you Ms. Sunrise Storm." said Purple Artist, "My name is Purple Artist. You can either call me Purple Artist or Purple. Want to travel with me?"

The blue alicorn told Purple sure that it's better then standing around and everypony ignoring her because everypony is afraid of Alicorns. But nopony is afraid of him where he may be an alicorn but he isn't evil.

Purple checked his Pip-Buck 3000 to see on what's there and Ms. Sunrise Storm has as 2 perks that gave Purple and that's called "Critical Strike" and "Cloak". Critical Strike offers 70% more accuracy to rifles, sniper rifles, and other scoped weapons and has a 90% of getting a "Critical Strike". Cloak due to everypony is afraid of Alicorns so everypony will fire upon Ms. Sunrise Storm making Purple almost non existent to other ponies and creatures. Ms. Sunrise also can go invisible and flank the enemy while Purple attacks head-on.

The two went back out into the wasteland and Ms. Sunrise Storm was happy that somepony was willing to be friends.

Purple then checked his map where he and Ms. Sunrise Storm are in the Undiscovered West which was secretly used to train Equestrian Special Forces because it's not populated as the rest of Equestria and they just talked about getting to know each other.

"Have you heard." said Sunrise Storm, "About the HMS Canterlot incident?"

"I read about it in history books." said Purple Artist, "The battleship was off the coast of the Zebra homeland and a Equestrian submarine fired at the ship because of the fog and mistaken the battleship hitting the magazine sinking the ship and out of the 2,789 a total of 2231 were killed and the other half went to land. The ones who went to land were captured and sent to P.O.W camps."

"Yeah. I was there when I was a unicorn." said Sunrise Storm, "I was a gunner in a 16 inch/50 caliber heavy artillery gun. When the ship's captain ordered to abandon, I didn't hesitate to leave and make my way to a lifeboat. The mare survivors like me. The Zebra stallions loved us and before you ask it was non-consensual."

Purple then asked on why she doesn't have any firearms. Sunrise Storm says that she was stripped of having firearms because the world with their relations to Alicorns even though only reason why he still has his is that Purple is a stallion. Nopony ever saw or seen a male alicorn before and he also has his cutie mark which other alicorns don't have.

They came across a very bad critically injured unicorn mare. Purple Artist without hesitation gave her some medical supplies. After Purple patched her up after Raiders nearly killed her.

She even got scared at the sight of Sunrise Storm because she's looking down at her and she looks intimidating even though she doesn't mean too.

"ALICORN!" yelled a raider, "RUN AWAY!"

The three saw a group of raiders gallop away which made all three of them chuckle. That was a positive for Purple that other ponies will run away especially bad ponies as raiders will run away.

The mare thanked Purple for his help and thanked Sunrise Storm for scaring the raiders away and for that she'll give them a 50% discount at her store back in Emsfield. But Purple doesn't have any caps on him.

Purple and Sunrise continued and encountered some dead bodies. Sunrise looted and got a total of fifty-two bottle caps and gave Purple 26 bottle caps and she kept 26.

The two mostly encountered raiders while out in the wasteland but the sun started to set in the nightmare of the Equestrian Wasteland and the two made a camp for the night.

Before Purple went to bed Purple used his Pip-Buck 3000 and found the radio message from his sister Blue who pleaded him to return but he turned it off.

"I would but it's nothing but heartbreak for me." said Purple, "Sorry sister but I'm not planning on returning anytime soon or far. I'm going to find a life out here in the Wasteland."

"Ok. You're a Stable Dweller." said Sunrise Storm, "You were safe in a steel and concrete safe heaven. Why did you leave?"

Purple Artist explained to Sunrise Storm that his father was diagnosed with Colorectal cancer he spent the entire day with his daughter Blue and promised he was going to spend all day with Purple before he was supposed to go. He died in his sleep and he only sees heartbreak in the Stable.

Purple also explained that he never told his father how much he loved his father and Albatross died on October 25, when Purple was ten and died a day before Purple's eleventh birthday and since then a half of Purple Artist died with his father, and he been depressed for the past nine years.

Purple then went to bed sleeping in a sleeping bag.

"Fuck." said Sunrise, "Why did I survive the Balefire war? My mom, adoptive sister, adoptive brothers, adoptive uncles, and aunts. All vaporized in a heartbeat. Fuck my life."

Sunrise Storm just stared at the fire and wondered why she has to live the rest of her days as an Alicorn and in the war days she was a unicorn until Alicorns started to appear in the Equestrian Wasteland she was dragged off, dipped in Taint/I.M.P. and turned into an alicorn by force.

Sunrise Storm reflected on her life of her being born than being adopted by a pegasus couple, and then Sunrise joined the Equestrian Navy, and then the Megaspell or the "The Last Day" happened where she took cover in a sewer tunnel in outskirts of Las Unicornia visiting her crippled adoptive uncle.

Sunrise saw her crippled uncle galloping in while his fur was on fire after the megaspell detonation and him screaming at the top of his lungs. Sunrise even saw shadows of ponies who got vaporized in the blasts and what's more heartbreaking was walking past a playground at school which kids played on only to see shadows of what was colts and fillies.

Sunrise still can hear the screams of ponies when the Megaspell bombs first fell on Los Unicornia then she heard gunfire a few minutes afterward.

Author's Note

In Fallout, Universe Sunrise Storm would be conceived in 2058, adopted in 2064, and signed up in 2074.
Purple's father's death will be in 2269

Chapter 5: New Companion

In the morning. Ms. Sunrise Storm got Purple Artist up and made him breakfast of Radhog meat.

Purple Artist at first was very hesitant to eat it. When he did it left a nasty taste and Purple didn't have no drinks with him so he had to keep the nasty taste in his mouth.

"Sweet Celestia!" said Purple, "What kind of meat is that? I know us ponies are herbivores but out here in the wasteland you can't be picky about food. But I mean Sweet Celestia I would rather die of starvation then eating that. But thanks anyway."

Sunrise Storm didn't say anything where she remembers her first three weeks after the Great War and seeing LUPD or Los Unicornia Police Department officers disregard law and order (or rather, what little of it remains) and murder survivors and more or less also became the first pack of raiders.

Sunrise she was actually captured caught on what was the LUPD SWAT team and raped for three days not adding she was forced to drink there stallion juice. Doesn't help that the one LUPD officer who raped her the most was her own adopted pegasus brother.

Purple and Sunrise didn't talk and just explored what was the "Undiscovered West" and on what was mostly plains and trees are mostly trees, and plains with several settlements, and countless Alicorns, Slavers and Raiders roaming the Undiscovered West.

"Oh that's why they built a Stable and Military training grounds." said Purple, "Nopony will be looking for it in a place that isn't discovered and isn't filled with places."

They heard some gunfire in the distance so Purple and Sunrise galloped to see two unicorns shooting at slavers.

"Your going to make a fine sex slave!" yelled a Slaver, "I'm going to fuck your brains out!"

Purple entered S.A.T.S even though he calls it "S.T.A.T.S" and picked off some Slavers from a distance.

Sunrise was soon behind the Slavers and she said "Boo!" where all the slavers turned around and they all galloped away knowing that fighting Alicorns are suicide. They ain't Hellhounds or a group called "Steel Rangers".

Purple came and they thanked them for the assistance.

"Name is Rocky Road." said the female unicorn, "This is my brother; Midnight Twister. Thanks again."

Purple straight up and asked if they would like to join him and Sunrise. The two siblings discussed it for a minute and agreed where with a alicorn she'll scare them away leaving the good stuff behind for them to loot.

Rocky Road has a Varmint Rifle and a unique 10mm Pistol named "Killer" that had a 50% higher chance of landing critical hits. But fires two bullets at the cost of one but it has no ammo where her brother has a Hunting Shotgun and a unique .44 Magnum named "Ace" which the user uses 50% fewer Action Points.

There all different; Purple a Stable dweller, Sunrise the terror of the group, Rocky Road the comic relief and Midnight Twister the stoic of the group who doesn't talk much because his parents sold him into slavery.

"Don't worry about my older brother." said Rocky Road, "On my fourth birthday my older brother was seven. My parents took him and sold him to some slavers for three hundred Bottle caps."

"They got wasteland justice." said Midnight Twister, "A decade later and after hundreds if not thousands of escape attempts. I finally escaped but I stole a fire axe. I found my way home and none of you could imagine the shock and horror on our parents face."

Purple asked if it was horror or quote-unquote happy saying that their son is back before he lodged a fire axe in there face?

"Shocked." said Midnight Twister, "I bucked that door right opened and they were in shock seeing their son again. I walked up too them, and stuck the fire axe I got in the side of there head. I got my than fifteen year old sister, packed up, and I burned the house down. I didn't kill them but just badly hurt them making them bleed out."

"We heard them scream." said Rocky Road, "They were slowly baked alive by the fire. No parents have the right to sell there child into slavery. We're roaming the wastes to kill Slavers usually leaving them to bleed out. We also kill Raiders who are bad as Slavers. We free slaves as well and help those in need."

Purple also saw how differently dressed they are; Purple is in a Stable suit, Midnight Twister is wearing two three-quarter boots on his hind legs, a black leather jacket with a FIrefighter helmet on his side. Rocky Road is in a navy blue jacket, navy blue shirt with a gold badge which all three are worn and a worn patch on both sleeves says "POLICE DEPARTMENT CITY OF MANEHATTAN"

Sunrise Storm isn't wearing any clothes.

Purple then checked his Pip-Buck again and under perks he has "Close Quarters" from Midnight Twister, "Spotter" and "Hunter" from Rocky Road.

With Close Quarters, Purple can fight better in Close Quarters areas with Midnight Twister backing him up with his trusty and sturdy 12 gauge hunting shotgun with the long tube and choke modifications.

With the "Spotter" perk, Purple can lock on to targets in S.A.T.S from a further range than normal. "Hunter" perk, Purple and co do 45% more damage against mutated critters and varmints.

Rocky Road asked Purple if they could try his "Fancy hoof mounted computer" so Purple took it off and put it on Rocky Road.

Rocky Road thought it was neat.

Rocky Road then checked her Perks which are; Sniper, Black Widow, Child at Heart, Commando, Night Pony, & Light trot and the main screen with a pony on it says she's Level 15.

There's a couple of perks that Purple gives which are, Grunt, Covert Ops, and Tough Guy.

Covert Ops; Because of Purple being military trained he trots more quietly and won't set off traps and can sneak past enemies easier. Tough Guy: Your body can take more of a punishment. Commando: Because Purple is a soldier or the great-great-great-great-great grandson of an Equestrian soldier and his Stable teaches colts and stallions and mares if they want to on how to be a soldier. You deal 30% more damage with Pistols, SMG's, Rifles, and all types of weapons.

Rocky Road convinced her brother to try it so Purple used his SMMK or Spell matrix master key to remove it, place it on Midnight Twister and reboot it.

Midnight Twister saw the same thing as his sister Rocky Road but he's level 23.

Midnight Twister's perks are, Ex-slave, Cautious Nature, Negotiator, Strong Back, Survivalist, Roughin' It, Cloak and Blade, Shotgun Surgeon, & Awareness.

There's also one more he isn't proud of and that is "Castrated" which says, "After several failed escape attempts. The slaver that owned you she gelded you. You cannot reproduce and have foals. Hope it was worth being stuck fatherless."

Purple then took it off and put it back on him after Midnight Twister told him to.

"We're going west." said Midnight Twister, "Those fucking Slavers. They got a base near Small Town. It's a Pre-war strip mall and well it makes a square with the only way in is a trench thing. The moment we go in. I'm killing all of those fuckers! Are we clear?"

"Just one thing." said Purple, "We get the innocent out as well."

Midnight Twister told Purple that they ain't going to kill anypony just the slavers.

Purple told Midnight Twister that he's good at following orders and he leads the way.

At the place that Midnight Twister told them about it's called "Heavenly Cascade" back during the pre-war and wartime days.

"These fuckers won't know on what hit them!" said Midnight Twister, "They don't deserve a quick and painless death. Slavers and Raiders don't deserve a painless death."

They looked around and couldn't find Sunrise Storm where she walked in and they heard the slavers yell "ALICORN!" and then they started to hear gunfire so they went in.

Behind a sandbag barrier. "HEY OVER HERE ASSHOLES!" yell Purple in his non-friendly state. Only reason Purple yelled was to draw fire away from Midnight Twister and Rocky Road.

Midnight Twister slam fired his shotgun with slug rounds. His sister Rocky Road sniped the slavers.

On a makeshift tower a Slaver had a missile launcher and was about to fire it at the two siblings. Sunrise Storm used her hooves and beaten him to death with her bare hooves.

Sunrise had the high ground and would yell at Purple and call out targets for him to snipe or use S.A.T.S or just plain shoot them with his 7,62 Battle rifle.

More Slavers came but they had .32 Pistols, Police Batons, and Baseball bats.

"Seriously?" said Purple Artist, "Bats and Batons? I'll make this more fun."

Purple then holstered his rifle and pulled out a combat knife he has with a stealth blade and he slashed at the slavers and he was able to disarm some of them by using S.T.A.T.S.

Nearing the end Midnight Twister took Purple's Combat knife and charged down the leader of the Slavers of there base of operations in the Undiscovered West.

After they killed the rest of the slavers; they all saw Midnight Twister beat the living daylight out of leader of the Slavers at the encampment. Which was the same encampment that Midnight Twister's parents took him too and sold him to slavers.

Purple freed the slaves and Rocky Road came out after she lock picked a safe which there was 2400 Bottle caps, and 30 .44 Magnum rounds.

Purple then continued to free the slaves and even battled some slavers inside where he killed one slaver and found a .44 magnum revolver.

There were two mares a pegasus and a earth pony where the eldest one said "Thank you. Well, our contract is now in your hooves so we got to do on what you say sir."

"Contract?" asked Purple, "What contract?"

Purple then looked the unicorn body and found a piece of paper that says "Ms. Crimson Clover and Ms. Harmony Shock will serve and do whatever who has this contract."

"Alright." said Purple, "You can join my companions outside. Can you two use a firearm?"

They told him no where Crimson Clover the pegasus and Harmony Shock the earth pony been sex slaves since they were four-years-old.

Purple tried to be sympathetic to them but he doesn't know how because he wasn't in there hoof steps before.

They just stayed off the roads and kept to the terrain. They came to a stop and heard. "Fan out five feet apart in a horizontal line." said Purple, "Were being watched. If any of you see anything suspicious shoot. Don't shoot foals, colts or fillies or kids and teens."

Purple then explained to them to move but be about five feet from each other so they did.

They came upon some friendly mercenaries and the leader one asked Purple how much he's selling the unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony. Purple to tell them that there not for sale.

"Alright have it your way." said the Mercenary pony, "They'll be mines one day. It'll just be easier and I'm willing to pay 500 Bottle caps each. Don't you want 1500 Bottle Caps to walk away with?"

"No. Slavery isn't my style." said Purple, "I can't imagine selling my Wasteland pals off. I couldn't and can't imagine or think about what's going to happen. Good-day sir."

Purple and them continued passing the Mercenaries and he was happy that he wasn't going to sell anypony and well his Pip-Buck said "Midnight Twister Loved That. Rocky Road Loved That, Sunrise Storm liked that."

They continued and discovered several towns. But the sad thing is that Purple and Sunrise weren't allowed entry because they're alicorns. The town didn't want to take a chance of their going to attack them.

Purple then re-listened to his sister's plea for him to return to Stable 190 over the radio on his Pip-Buck.

"Wasteland going to eat you alive." said Midnight Twister, "Show cowardice and fear also emotions. Before sunrise the next day you'll be Hellhound food and spit your bones and your bones will picked clean by Hellhounds and "Ghosts". Tell me Purple do you believe in Ghosts?"

"I do." said Purple, "I feel like my father's spirit is watching over me. Why do you ask?"

"While back." started Midnight Twister, "I traveled up and down a pre-war highway that runs through Equestria from Canterlot and goes on for miles down to southern Equestria. It takes days to get through it all. Well along the way I stopped at several towns to rest up and socialize with someponies. They told me about a pony they was a foal. I traveled down that road for awhile then I started to make my way west to find my sister."

Purple told him that he's sure that the pony is fine.

They then made a camp and gotten some rest.

Author's Note

The story that Midnight Twister is referring to is "Pink Eyes" another Fallout Equestria Fanfiction and Puppysmiles the protagonist of "Fallout: Equestria- Pink Eyes" even though they don't know her name so they call her "Filly"

The Los Unicornia Police Department/LUPD is based on the LAPD/Los Angeles Police Department

Chapter 6: Stable 190B

While out exploring Purple, Sunrise, Rocky, Midnight, Crimson and Harmony stumbled upon a wooden door in rocks and on Purple's Pip-Buck says "YOU DISCOVERED: STABLE 190B".

Purple opened the Stable door with the outside Stable door controls and there was a loud screeching sound of the door opening and they carefully went in.

They seen some skeletons in olive-drab overcoats with a darker outfit with gold "ESA" which they were high ranking Equestrian officers who were incompetent both stallions and females.

All of them gotten the heebie jeebies because it's poorly lit and well all the skeletons have firearms as if they were about to shoot each other.

They moved carefully and every intersection Purple would point his rifle down it to make sure it was clear. They went to the Overstallion or Overmare's office which they stayed in the hallway as Purple went in.

On the desk was five holotapes which Purple played.

"Day One. It's well I don't know how to put it. I couldn't save my family. The Megaspell bombs hit. The communication officers here been trying to get in contact with military HQ in Canterlot but nothing. I think Canterlot was hit. Dear Celestia! My sister she was visiting her in-laws. She's pregnant too I hope she's safe and not dead. This is Lieutenant-General Antelphos Rain. May Celestia save Equestria or what's left of it."

"Day Five. There's been some fighting but I... I can't believe it. I accused my nephew of a warcrime of him walking into a Zebra Village and massacured all the stallion Zebras and raping the mares to get them pregnant. He pointed his 10mm Pistol at me until somepony else talked him down saying it's not worth it. I can't believe my ex-marefriend is here. She was a captain in the 108th Medical Battalion. We had sex last night and I think I knocked her up. A Earth pony mare and a Pegasus stallion I wonder on what our foal looks like? If she is pregnant."

A mare's voice said Lt-Gen? What are we suppose to do? Did Stable-Tec gave us something to do besides banging each other and bringing in the next generation of officers?

The original voice in the recording replied. "Sorry Major. They didn't give us anything. Paper-pushing jackasses. Are we suppose to breed like no tomorrow? Maybe were scouts and monitor radio traffic and keep a eye out on Megaspell and Radiation levels in the Undiscovered West. Alright this is Lieutenant-General Antelphos Rain. Signing off."

"Day Fifteen. The officers who were in Engineer companies. There crying that they can't sleep. The communications ponies there crying about they get headaches of listing to static. The medical officer ponies are crying about being bored and nothing to do. Doesn't help I walked in on three medical ponies a stallion and two mares touching themselves to pass the time. I walked in on two military police officers stallions in the security room having sex and the bottom one was taking it right up the ass. Two ponies in the reactor or power room well the two mare engineers there were bored and well I helped them not being board for awhile. I think I got another two mares pregnant. I told them on their off-time to go to the athletics room to train, to the weight room to train. I actually walked into the cafeteria and behind the counter well a stallion was leaning on the counter with a mare behind him. I didn't know that the mare had a strap-on. I think those paper pushing jackasses wanted us to get bored easily. This is Lieutenant-General Antelphos Rain sighing off."

"Day 335. I'm a father. I'm a proud father of healthy pegasus mare. Me and Ms. Wild Whiskers are also married now. I also did the wedding to the two military police stallions who turned out to be gay but they couldn't come out because of there parents. (Off in the distance a foal cried her lungs out) Aw shit here we go again. I haven't slept in four days and nights with that daughter of mines and my wife. Alright little Courier Night. I'll be there soon stop your crying. This is Lieutenant-General Antelhos Rain signing off and I hope I don't die of sleep deprivation."

"Day 1825. My wife been killed. I'm hiding with my daughter. I don't know on what brought it but the Stable has entered some kind of civil war. All groups the Military police, Engineers, Medical, Communications, Logistics, Recon, & Maintenance. All of them broke out in some kind of war. the Military Police are going after the Engineers, the Logistics officers are going after the Recon officers, the Maintenance officers are going after the Engineer officers. The only sane ones are the Medical ones. I was able to safely get the Medical ponies out through a secret tunnel under the office I'm in. Sweet Celestia. My daughter she's only 5 years old. It's alright sweetie. Daddy's here. Daddy won't let anything bad happen to you. The door been barricaded with everything and I have a saddle bag with two .30 Cal rifles the one that was introduced a hundred and forty six years ago. (A Filly's voice cry's out: Daddy I'm scared. I want mommy to be with us.) It's ok pumpkin-wumpkin. Daddy's scared too. Sweetheart cover your ears real quick. Good girl. I think those Stable-Tec or Military or both pencil and paper shoving jackasses. I need to find a way to escape with my baby girl.- This is Lieutenant-General Antelhos Rain signing off for the final time. Come on baby girl we're going out to the wasteland if we have to. Cover your ears again sweetie. IF YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF THIS STABLE TEC OR THE MILITARY OR THE BOTH OF YOU THEN GO FUCK YOURSELVES! (There's a big bang sound) No please leave us alone.

The sounds of gunshots are heard on the recording. A filly voice cries out again, "Daddy no. Daddy... Daddy wake up!"

The crying sounds continue and so do gunshots. Then the recording ends

"Celestia damn it." said Purple.

Purple Artist then turned around and saw a skeleton in a Lieutenant-General uniform and the skeleton of a child. Purple then carefully got out of the room but he crossed his heart.

Midnight Twister asked what were the gunshots. So Purple told them about this was a military stable and well a civil war and they went on a mass murder and killed each other.

Purple even told them that if they see any smaller skeletons they are what used to be foals, colts, and fillies.

All of them were heart broken where even the two that were sex slaves were heart broken where Crimson and Harmony which they birthed some foals and were auctioned off to Slavers in what was the city of Fillydelphia which being a slave in that city is a death sentence.

Midnight Twister told them that anypony who's a slave is getting a death sentence. He saw ponies who are slaves who were slaves just keel over well they either had to get back up and get to work and if they didn't they were butchered and he had to eat them.

Midnight Twister then continued that a foal young as four-years-old are then brought up and take over. He then shook his head on what he witnessed from age seven to seventeen which for a decade he tried to escape.

Purple then told them that they'll split into teams of two; Midnight Twister and Rocky Road will be Alpha 1-2, Crimson and Harmony will be Alpha 1-3, and he and Sunrise will be Alpha 1-1.

None of them besides Sunrise Storm understood his military lingo talk but he was raised in a Stable and all the stallions learned how to speak soldier and several mares know how to use military lingo but not all.

"I wonder on how my mother and sister are doing." said Purple in his head, "Maybe I should go and see how they are. I really didn't give anypony in their a proper good-bye. "

The alicorn placed her right frontal hoof on Purple and told him it's Ok where she didn't give her adoptive parents a proper sign off and well she thinks that they died hating her because instead of getting a job. Sunrise joined the Military mostly the Equestrian Navy.

Sunrise told Purple it's alright and for the past 219 years she been having the same guilt where the last thing Sunrise Storm told her adoptive parents was "Go to hell" and she been regretting saying that.

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While walking through the Stable.

"What the hell caused all this destruction?" asked Midnight Twister, "This looks like the work of professionals."

In a room.

"Some more Holotapes." said Rocky Road, "Purple can play them on his Pip-buck. Didn't you find some clear circle things in Fillydelphia?"

"Memory Orbs." said Midnight Twister, "I found some but I didn't really used them or see what they're about. When you have a whole army of slavers or raiders on your flank you don't have time to stop and check every little thing out."

They all heard a loud rumble sound and the dim lights started to flicker.

Rocky Road told her older brother that she's scared, "It's okay Rocky." said Midnight Twister, "I'm scared too. Let's fine Purple and let's get the hell out of here."

"Agreed." said Rocky Road, "We can't kill Slavers and Raiders if we're dead."

Rocky Road and Midnight Twister gotten lost trying to find Purple & Sunrise or Crimson and Harmony.

Harmony picked up a 9mm pistol and Crimson picked up a .44 Magnum revolver from dead military officers. But they heard a deep growls, huffing, and grumble sound and also unbridled rage sounds.

They nervously turned their heads around and they saw a big muscular mutated pony and they ran fast screaming at the top of there lungs.

Their screaming was heard by others so they ran but when the two mares made a left turn they ran into a dead end.

"I wasn't expecting to die like this." said Crimson, "I wasn't planning on dying like this."

The two mares then heard gunfire and a loud painful roar and deep hoof steps away from them. They then heard Purple tell the other three to back up so Midnight Twister, Rocky Road, and Purple himself backed up with Sunrise Storm gone invisible and hid in a already opened room.

The creature took a ton of damage but they finally were able to kill it and the two mares told them that they should get the living daylight out of there before more of those creatures show and murder them.

Outside they heard the sound of a unknown thing until they saw a big metal bird land with a black "E" symbol on the side and then four pegasus ponies in black power armor wielding Plasma rifles, Plasma Casters battle saddles.

A pegasus mare in jet-black uniform with a tan jacket and a black hat. She was not friendly to them.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WASTERS DOING?!" yelled the mare, "DO YOU KNOW ON WHO WE ARE?"

They all looked at each other not knowing on who they are so due to Purple is the de-facto leader asked how they are.

"WE'RE THE GRAND PEGASUS ENCLAVE!" yelled the mare, "WE'RE ON ORDERS OF CLEARING OUT THE UNKNOWN WEST! YOU SIX ARE CURRENTLY NOW MAKING IT WORSE! YOU GOT THREE DAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR REPUTATION WITH THE ENCLAVE OR WE COME FOR YOU. Next time it won't be pleasant conversations."

Purple asked on who in the world they are.

"See, the Enclave sends us when they want terrible things done to terrible ponies." said the mare, "We're giving you a warning. We're leaving now. You got 72 hours to either help us or we will hunt all six of you down and kill you ourselves."

They got back in there "Big metal bird" and they flew back into the clouds.

"The Grand Pegasus Enclave?" said Sunrise Storm, "All my years of roaming the Wasteland and the pre-war and wartime days I never heard of them."

"Did you seen there fancy weapons and armor?" said Rocky Road, "I think we should do on what they say. I think they can kill us with a touch of a hoof. There flying bird can make them find us anywhere."

"Alright. Follow me." said Purple Artist, "I know somewhere we'll be safe at."

Author's Note

9mm Pistol is based on the 9mm Pistol from F:NV (which is based on the Browning Hi-Power in Real life)
.44 Magnum is based on the .44 Magnum (From New Vegas not Fallout 3) and in real life it's based on the S&W M29

Chapter 7: The Grand Pegasus Army

At a Grand Pegasus Enclave base which has several hangers, multiple buildings, a long and tall chain-link fence.

A pegasus mare walked into a building and talked to another GPE officer. The officer told her that their little secret project in Stable 190B well a group of ponies are in there.

"The council is making a decision that'll take long." said an Enclave officer, "So Lieutenant Honey Cake. Get your team ready and take a V-4 Vertibuck, and well "pleasantly" tell them to knock it off. Even though the council hasn't made up their minds yet I'll take the heat."

Lieutenant Honey Cake told the base commander that they'll get it done and told him that they'll make the group of six "piss their pants".

In a barracks were three Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers in their power armor playing poker. "Alright you three." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Pvt. Orchid Jewel, PFC, Sugar Gem, and River Cake. Let's roll. I mean let's move out."

On the way out they ran into Lieutenant Honey Cake's Identical Twin sister Corporal Lucy River Cake.

"High flying witch." mumbled Corporal Lucy Cake, "Always did on what she wanted to do rank up."

"What's that sis?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Don't be sad or jealous that I'm a officer at age 21 and your still a Corporal."

"At least I didn't sleep with half of the council and high ranking officers." said Corporal Lucy, "Or given them a blowjob to be a officer."

The two sisters walked past each other not saying another word to each other because they hate each other.

"It's your fault that mom and dad got divorced." said Corporal Lucy, "You have to be "Ms. Can do anything I want even if the council disapproves of my actions." Remember that the council had us scout into the Wasteland and you wiped a Settlement off the map? They greeted us with open hooves because they saw us as ponies that can be guardians. You ordered your team to 'Kill them all. All of them, no questions.'. I mean damn your soldiers under your orders ever killed helpless colts, fillies, and foals. How can you sleep at night?"

"I sleep like a baby." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Every now and then I'll use my wing to pleasure myself when I'm all alone."

"You know what." said Corporal Lucy Cake, "Tell mom, & stepdad on how they can be proud of somepony who can sleep like a baby after wiping out a town of Wastelanders that weren't doing anything to us. We're no longer sisters."

"Sis." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Come on. I just had a hunch of that they were going to shoot us."

"WITH WHAT!" yelled Corporal Lucy Cake, ".32 PISTOLS? SPEARS? OUR JOB WAS TO FIND A SUITABLE PLACE THAT WASN'T HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE OR CONTAMINATED BY TAINT OR PINK CLOUDS! WE WERE UNDER ORDERS TO FIND A PLACE TO SET UP A FARM SO WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER FOOD SOURCE SO THE COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO MONITOR ON WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CLOUDS AND AT THE FEW PLACES WE HAVE!"

Corporal Lucy Cake then walked away from her twin sister shaking her head and mumbling on how she doesn't have a sister anymore.

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In the Maintenance room.

"What's wrong sugarplum?" asked a happy pegasus, "Is your sister picking on you? If so I told her so many times to leave you alone and it's not your fault that me and your mother split."

"Yes Captain." said Corporal Lucy Cake, "Honey she keeps well a stuck-up witch. I told her not too long ago that she's no longer my sister."

Lieutenant Honey Cake and her small team got on board a Vertibuck and they were off.

"Alright when our hooves touch the ground." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Look intimidating and I'll do the scaring."

The pilot told them that they'll be hooves on the ground in five minutes.

Lieutenant Honey Cake made sure her uniform was on nice and snug. Then she scratched her face with her left wing, She then started to talk to herself in her head on what she's going to say to the group.

They then heard the landing gear extend out and the pilot told them that they landed.

They got out to see a moderate purple Alicorn stallion, a dark blue Alicorn mare, a light chocolate brown unicorn mare, dark chocolate brown unicorn stallion, a red pegasus mare, and an orange earth pony mare.

A pegasus with plasma caster battle saddles got out first then the one with plasma rifle battle saddle got out. Then another Grand Pegasus Enclave member got out with plasma rifle battle saddles and another one with a plasma caster battle saddles before Lieutenant Honey Cake got out.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WASTERS DOING?!" yelled Lieutenant Honey Cake, "DO YOU KNOW ON WHO WE ARE?"

Honey Cake saw them look at each other in confusion for the moderate purple alicorn stallion asked who they are.

"WE'RE THE GRAND PEGASUS ENCLAVE!" yelled the mare, "WE'RE ON ORDERS OF CLEARING OUT THE UNKNOWN WEST! YOU SIX ARE CURRENTLY NOW MAKING IT WORSE! YOU GOT THREE DAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR REPUTATION WITH THE ENCLAVE OR WE COME FOR YOU. Next time it won't be pleasant conversations.

The male alicorn asked who they are besides the "Grand Pegasus Enclave"

"See, the Enclave sends us when they want terrible things done to terrible ponies." said the mare, "We're giving you a warning. We're leaving now. You got 72 hours to either help us or we will hunt all six of you down and kill you ourselves."

They then got back in their Vertibuck and flew back to base.

In the Base Commander's office it was empty until a Pegasus mare came in and asked if she can help her which lead Lieutenant Honey Cake asked who she is.

"Lieutenant-Colonel Sugar Gem." said Lt-Col Sugar Gem, "I'm the new base commander of Base Cloudsdayle or Cloudsdale. I came from Base Flying Leaf."

Lieutenant Honey Cake asked why she's here and where's the other commander was here.

"He was given enough warnings." said Lieutenant-Colonel Sugar Gem, "At first some food goes missing. At first the council didn't notice until somepony gave them an anonymous tip. Soon a set of power armor goes mission. He was told that he would have to pay for it until the day he dies and when he dies he still has to pay to replace it. Then unauthorized missions. Training missions are one thing. The mission you went on to scare the piss out of some wastelanders. Well the council decided no and yet the base commander still sent you and your team went on. Things are going to be different under my supervision and command of this base."

"Are you related to councilmare Ivy Gem?" asked Honey Cake, "I'm just asking."

"Leave my mother out of this." said Lt-Col Sugar Gem, "My mother had nothing to do with this. She wanted me to follow in her hoof steps and be a councilmare like her. I just hate being behind a fucking desk I want to be out in Wastes roaming and doing on what I want to do."

Honey Cake then left and visited her father who works in Maintenance and he's working on a suit of power armor that's jammed and the wings cover can't move so Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier who owns the power armor can't fly.

The suit of power armor he's working on the right frontal leg is stuck as well.

"What do you want?" asked her father, "Can't you see I'm busy."

Honey Cake told her father that she wants to talk to him and asked if he has seen Lucy Cake anywhere.

"She left." said her father, "Gotten permission from the High Council and she's at another base. She wanted me to pass you a message and she says "I hate you. I wish you weren't conceived with me. If I get married and have a foal I won't let you see your brother-in-law and niece or nephew. Do me a fucking favor and don't try to find me. Also, do me another favor and go fuck yourself." Well, that what the note says. You always treated your twin sister like dirt and never treated her with any respect."

"I know." said Honey Cake, "Now I wish I could get a second chance to be the oldest sister. I should've included her in my pegasi games. Where did she go? I need to make this right with her."

"I don't know. Maybe back in the clouds with the other Enclave." said her father, "Maybe to the Hoofington Enclave Branch, or to Neighvarro. I don't know. I wished her luck when she was approved to go and she left."

Honey Cake then left on how rude she was to her sister more or less came back and bit her right on her plot.

Author's Note

This was originally called "The Council"

Chapter 8: Stable 190

Purple and his companions were outside of Stable 190's door and Purple opened it with the Stable door controls and went inside.

Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Sunrise Storm, Crimson, and Harmony went into the Stable only to be stopped by a Stable 190 Security Mare. She recognize Purple and told him that he looks like he went through hell.

Purple told her that he decided to come home.

"I though we were here to hide from the Grand Pegasus Enclave?" asked Midnight Twister, "This looks like a safe place to stay."

They all then followed Purple and he took them to his room. Purple's room which has a single small bed, a drawer, a window that looks out into the hallway and a big rug not adding a shelf and a nightstand that has a photo of him, Blue, Harp, Albatross and his brother base that's folded out.

Purple told them to stay here and he'll be back within several minutes.

Outside of the Overmare's office Purple knocked on the door which opened where his mother Harp and grandmother Brisk hugged and kissed him on his cheeks saying that they missed him for the past four days.

Brisk asked how he survived?

"I made some friends." said Purple, "I brought them here and there in my room. Want me to go get them?"

Overmare Brisk told him that she'll meet him later and he should go re-met the other ponies who more or less bet Purple wouldn't survive or come back.

Outside of Azure Blue Sapphire's room, Purple knocked where Blue Sapphire told him to give her a few.

Purple accidentally opened the door to see Base on top of Blue Sapphire who she's laying on her stomach.

"She said she wants tough kids." said Base, "Your weak and won't want foals from you."

Purple then just closed the door and went back to his room and he doesn't know on how to describe on what he just saw.

Purple then took his companions and let his grandmother meet them and only Sunrise Storm predicted that his mother and grandmother would be happy to thank them for watching out for him.

Purple then left to go find his sister who was in her room looking at a photograph of her and Purple.

There was a knock on the door so Blue opened it where she deeply hugged her baby brother almost breaking his back.

Blue asked how the wasteland was?

"Delt with Alicorns. Not like me there hostile." said Purple, "There's Raiders, Slavers, Hellhounds. There's a group called "The Grand Pegasus Enclave". Well they more or less told me and my Wasteland friends that we're dead in 72 hours by them. I don't think that their friendly. I want to know what the Zebra's were thinking launching there Balefire bombs."

Blue told her baby brother that she just's happy that he's safe and sound now and he's back where he belongs.

Purple then went down to the armory and shot at some targets to blow off some steam.

The door opened where Azure Blue Sapphire came in to talk to Purple but he just drowned her out just ignoring her.

Soon Purple's wasteland companions came in and found him to ask what there going to do now which lead Purple to tell them that if they want to go back out into the Wasteland they can but his home is right here.

"No way boss pony. I mean Purple" said Midnight Twister, "You're the leader of this misfit group. We either all go together or we all stay together."

"This stable may have unicorns but they need a lot more." said Rocky Road, "Were not a well-oiled machine or not an picture perfect family. Nopony is going to separate us."

"The good thing is." said Sunrise Storm, "The Grand Pegasus Enclave can't find us here. I hope they can't find us here."

Crimson and Harmony didn't say anything thinking that if they said anything without permission then Purple would hit them or rape them. But there too afraid to ask if they can speak without permission.

They all besides Crimson and Harmony joined Purple went up to the firing line and trained their markspony ship on the firing range which they were there for a while.

"Master." said Crimson, "Can we join?"

"You don't have to ask for permission." said Purple, "Please don't call me master. You're a pony not somepony else's property."

When they got tired of shooting they followed Purple who showed them around the first floor being with the second floor being nothing but the living quarters of each of them having a pony also the security office and holding cell. The third floor has the power generator rooms, cafeteria, water treatment. The fourth floor has storage room, armory, weight room, athletics room, classroom, medbay, and fitness room, on the fifth floor is the fitness room, lounge/bar, game room, barbershop, and water purification. On floor 1A which is the Overmare's office and on floor seven is the jail Office.

Purple told them there's two ways up and down the vault which is stairs and a couple of elevators.

All but Sunrise Storm looked confused because none of them heard or ever seen an elevator before.

Purple let them stay in his room. Even though it felt awkward for all of them besides Purple sleeping in one bed not adding one room.

While sleeping they had a rude awaking of an alarm going off.

"Whoever set of this noise." said Midnight Twister, "I'm beating them to death!"

They heard the door open and close as it's Purple who's going up to the overseer's office to go turn off the alarm which it's set for 7:00 AM and his Pip-Buck says it's 1:40 AM.

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In the Overmare's office.

"Looking for something? Or did I wake you?" asked Base, "It would be better if you stayed out of the Stable. It would've been better if mom and dad didn't conceive you."

Purple used his magic and turned off the alarm and told Base to put his violin down nice and easy where it's a gift from their mother to Purple.

"Sure." said Base, "I'll put it down "easy" I'll do it right now.."

Base then used his wings to smash the violin to pieces.

Purple's glad he's somewhat trained in hoof-to-hoof combat and he beat his brother Base only for his older brother to throw him out of the Overmare's window.

On Purple's Pip-Buck it shows his right-wing is crippled and he's only minor hurt which feels like a boo-boo for Purple.

Purple then got up only for his older brother to uppercut him and sucker-punched him as well.

"You know that this is treason right?" asked Purple, "Grandma said that I'm precious and attacking me is treason. That what grandma said."

Base then spit on Purple then he walked away to go to bed.

Purple got up and went to go lay back on the rug that's in his room but he lied down on his left side.

In the morning Overmare Brisk and Harp wondered where Purple was which it's unlike him to miss breakfast so after breakfast they went to his room which is devoid of life but found a holotape which is labeled "To: Mom or Grandmom, Love: Purple"

Harp played the holotape

"Hi Mom or Grandma or Sis." said a recorded Purple, "Well I tried to live in a Stable with my friends only to get beaten by Base. Not even back for twelve hours. I came back and brought my friends it was at 5:50 PM and I gotten attacked by Base at 1:40 AM. It's currently 5:20 AM and well we're leaving. I love you mom, I love you grandmom and I love you Blue. Also if you see Base well tell him that he's dead to me and tell him to choke to death.

The sound of Rocky Road in the background: "Purple don't you think you shouldn't speak ill of family members you like?

Midnight Twister voice in the background: "Purple and his brother don't like each other that's why he said that.

Purple continues, "Either way I'm leaving with my friends. This has been Purple Artist former resident of Stable 190. I'm deserting if that term still applies even though Equestria ceased to exist two hundred years ago. Alright. Goodbye home for a second time. I'm 99% sure I ain't returning. Well, I'm going to start a new life out in the wasteland. We'll either be alive or the Pegasus Enclave might kill us."

The two pegasus mares went down to the diner and dragged the iceberg pegasus out into the hallway and yelled at him.

"It's a great thing that he left." said Base, "Purple was doing nothing but wasting our precious air down here. I'm also happy that I took the mare that loved him away from him. The good news is that we don't have to feed somepony else now. Name one thing that he did that benefited us down here?"

"What did he do to help us?" asked Harp, "YOUR BABY BROTHER DID A LOT MORE THEN YOU DO! You don't know how hard he worked to keep everything in the kitchen working. The overseer door your brother fixed that. What did you do that benefited the Stable? Nothing that's what besides playing Baseball."

Harp and her mother then walked away.

Chapter 9: Mercs and Enclave

In the wasteland the six heard a loud sound again and saw the same "Big flying metal bird" and re-met the same Grand Pegasus Enclave Mare and told them that times up.

Purple told her that they still got two days remaining and asked how she knew on where they are.

"Stable 711." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, " We were tracking you since you were ten years old. Who names their foal "Purple Artist"? I mean what an embarrassing name."

"I'm lavender-moderate mix purple and I mostly draw and mostly an artist as a hobby." said Purple Artist, "If you want to fight. Fight me just me and you my companions will stand down and your companions will stand down. Just you and I."

"How about no." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Wait a second where's the other Alicorn? Who was watching watching the alicorn? (A Grand Pegasus Enclave pegasus with plasma rifle battle-saddle raised his right hoof) Take off your helmet. May I?"

Purple told her sure and she used a specialized plasma pistol she customly built as a teenage mare that's big enough for her to use her wing to hold and shoot without using a battle-saddle. Lieutenant Honey Cake shot him which turned the Grand Pegasus Enclave Member into a pile of goo.

"Alright where did the other ones go?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Well four against one won't be fun."

"Huzzah." said Sunrise Storm, "There don't have ammo for energy weapons."

Sunrise Storm then kept the Spark batteries and Crystal batteries rendering the Grand Pegasus Enclave troopers defenseless and helpless without there energy weapon ammo.

Midnight Twister, Rocky Road, Harmony, Crimson, and Sunrise were behind the Grand Pegasus Enclave. They all have ammo not adding that they took some armor-piercing rounds from Stable 190 with some more ammo.

"Feel that fancy boy?" asked Midnight Twister, (The Grand Pegasus Enclave told him yes) "That's a twelve gauge magnum, twelve gauge flechette and/or twelve gauge 4/0 magnum hoof load. Just twitch your head without asking I'll blow your wing off."

"Please don't." said the scared Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier, "I got a wife and two baby daughters back home."

"WILL YOU STOP MOVING!" yelled Lieutenant Honey Cake, "JUST STAND STILL SO I CAN TURN YOU INTO A PILE OF GOO!"

Every time Lieutenant Honey Cake would shoot Purple would jump out of the way.

"Damn it!" exclaimed Honey Cake, "I guess I got to kill you by hoof or wing. Now hold still so I can beat you or choke you to death!"

Lieutenant Honey Cake only got one lucky hit on Purple and he punched her with his right wing with enough force to knock her down.

All but one of the Grand Pegasus Enclave members attacked them but the armor-piercing rounds which killed them because the AP rounds went through their power armor.

"I got an idea." said Sunrise Storm, "Let's mark her."

Sunrise Storm used her magic and placed a knife on Lieutenant Honey Cake's head.

"Why haven't you killed me yet?" asked Lt Honey Cake, "Get it over with."

"We're going to use you." said Purple, "Take us to your commanders and we'll let you live. If not then MT will burn you alive with the Dragons Breath rounds he has."

"Your bluffing." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I won't betray the Grand Pegasus Enclave and be branded as a Dashite. You might as well kill me now."

Purple nodded his head at the group and they boarded the "Big metal flying bird" and take it over.

"You go to any Grand Pegasus Enclave base." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "The Council will have all of you marked for termination. They won't stop hunting you until all of you are dead or just change your appearance and names to think they're dead. Also, all of you aren't even in power armor our weapons will slice all of you apart. Not adding that all inbound flights well if you don't respond with the correct flight name you'll be shot down. We got Automated Surface to Air missiles that'll shoot down any targets. We got automated laser turrets that'll shoot any surface and air targets not adding in a 180 degree is mined with frag, plasma, and pulse mines. We even got patrols that go out."

"You're going to help us get through." said Rocky Road, "Or brother will you please (Midnight Thunder pumps his Hunting Shotgun) or you die it's simple as that."

"Fuck me." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I can't believe it. I'm going to become a fucking Dashite or a traitor to the Grand Pegasus Enclave. Damn it."

They stole the power armor and the scared Grand Pegasus Enclave member taught them how to use power armor thinking he'll be spared so he can go home to his wife and twin baby daughters.

On approach to the Grand Enclave Base, Rocky Road gave a pair of headsets to Lieutenant Honey Cake "aw shit." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Well I do want to see my sister again."

"Flight GPE-03 your clear to land at Vertipad number 4." said a GPE controller, "Do you copy."

"This is Grand Pegasus Enclave Flight three." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Copy that."

"Your voice doesn't sound familiar." said the GPE Controller, "Identify yourself."

"It's me Lieutenant Honey Cake." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "The Pilot went to take a leak only for a Hellhound to tear him to shreads."

The Grand Pegasus Traffic Controller bought her lie and told them how to land it.

They landed, "Ok. Corporal Orchard Jewel just go." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Shit. I'm totally screwed."

"During the flight, you mentioned the High Council." said Crimson Clover, "Take us to them."

"That's suicide." said Honey Cake, "Only the two Alicorns and only Pegasus besides me can reach them the rest of you wouldn't be able to walk on the clouds. Not adding before you reach the council room they would have the place locked down and all of us will be killed."

"This suit is chafing my butt." said Rocky Road, "Why is this thing so tight?"

Midnight Twister told his sister that complaining won't get it fixed or be better.

Lieutenant Honey Cake told them that the command building is up ahead. She's going to go soak her head in disappointment where she saw that somepony probably her sister in retaliation will brand Rainbow Dash's cutie mark making her a Dashite.

"This is suicide." whispered Rocky Road, "We'll be dead within a minute after we kill the base commander."

"Will you be quiet." said Harmony, "Get it over with and go home."

Crimson told them to knock it off where complaining won't make it go any faster and they should just keep their eyes forward and follow Purple's lead.

All of them were scared, all but Midnight Twister who thought about death when he was a young stallion young as seven to seventeen, and that thought still lingers in his mind, and death is something he embraces.

In the command center a three-story with a pre-war radio antenna and saw Grand Pegasus Enclave members hard at work keeping stuff up and running.

They all entered the Base commander's room and the Base commander asked how she can help them.

"We like to send you our regards," said Purple Artist.

Midnight Twister used his magic and fired his shotgun off the 12 gauge magnum rounds and killed Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Commander Lieutenant-Colonel Sugar Gem.

An alarm siren went off and the Enclave base went off and they had to battle their way out.

They then heard a loud shatter which was Purple who shattered a gun case and took a prototype plasma minigun.

Purple used his magic and fired it at the Grand Pegasus Enclave members which the unarmored ones and the officers fell quickly. But the Grand Pegasus Enclave members in power armor were more of a challenge. The combination of a plasma minigun and Flechette rounds from Midnight Twister's shotgun made not short but made work of them.

Crimson told them that she saw a Stable door and the Stable door number is "711" then she went to Purple.

They then moved to Stable 711. Purple and Midnight kept the Grand Pegasus Enclave busy. Tut the great thing for Midnight Twister and Purple Artist is that they can use their magic and blind fire which they don't have to rely on battle-saddles which the Enclave has.

In the stable there were non armed and not in power armor Grand Pegasus Enclave pegasus which wasn't a threat to them.

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In the mainframe room Rocky Road went to go find Purple's Pip-Buck. But there's thousands of them so she shortened the list to "Stable 190" and there's only seven hundred ponies mostly unicorns and earth ponies.

Rocky Road then finally found Purple's Pip-Buck and put on Purple's file that he's dead so the Grand Pegasus Enclave will stop following them.

Unknown to them that the Grand Pegasus Enclave can still track the Pip-Buck anywhere in the world, even underground. They want to know who in the world built Stable 711 besides saving the airponies of the Equestrian AIrforce. The Pegasi were placed in cryogenic sleep because The Last Day happened too fast and they couldn't reach the clouds without being killed.

They saw thousands of ponies on the list and a list of Stables across Equestria and some Stables are different some have two or three thousand ponies to a couple of thousand, some don't have ponies but griffons or both ponies and zebras.

"This is just plain creepy," said Rocky Road, There's list of the original Stable dwellers from when the Megaspell bombs dropped to now. Creepy that this thing has been keeping track of who's born and died. Let's go."

They then went back out to see that Purple and Midnight were still keeping the Grand Pegasus Enclave busy.

They were done but they used the rear of the barracks and other buildings and made it to the front gate but the Grand Pegasus Enclave didn't give pursuit.

Lieutenant Honey Cake was the only high ranking officer remaining besides her father. But she told the High Council about Stable 190 and how they housed or sheltered the terrorists that stole their power armor and killed so many of them.

The Enclave high council discussed it for several days before giving her the greenlight.

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While out in the Equestrian wasteland still in the Undiscovered West a new selectable under the radio popped up and it says "Stable 190 Emergency Broadcast"

"Purple this is your mother." said a panicked Harp, "Some pegasus in black suits with weapons we've never seen before breached the Stable door somehow. Come home son we need help. So far they have only been killing the elderly and everypony who isn't pregnant or a child. Hurry Purple we need your help."

"It's all my fault." said Purple, "If I didn't tell any of you to help me to take on the Grand Pegasus Enclave then my Stable would still be safe. Now there all in danger and will be killed because of me."

"I don't want to sound rude," said Sunrise Storm. "But we put on your file on the terminal that your dead. Maybe it's a retaliation strike from them?"

"I say we should go and kick their asses." said Rocky Road, "They attack the innocent who had nothing to do with this."

"Rocky!" yelled Midnight Twister, "She right. Let's go and help the defenseless."

"No. All of you stay here." said Purple, "I started this. I put my Stable in extreme danger and I only can fix this. I need to make this right to my Stable dwellers back in Stable 190."

Purple then galloped off to Stable 190 but his companions followed him. He re told them to stay put where he needs to do this. He doesn't want their help because it isn't their home in trouble.

They still followed Purple and they got ambushed by Mercenaries and the same pony mercenary told Purple that he's still willing to buy the earth pony, unicorn, and pegasus.

Purple told him that they're not for sale and they're busy.

The mercenaries told them that it ain't up for debate. They told Purple he can either give them over or they can be killed and the mares he want can be taken by force and it's up to Purple.

Purple told them that there in a hurry and like before there not for sale and they're with him.

The mercenary told his pals to kill them but keep the light chocolate brown mare, red pegasus, and orange earth pony alive. But the problem is that the mercenaries have .32 pistols, lead pipes, and police batons.

"Wow really." said Midnight Twister, ".32 rounds the weakest in the wasteland. A unicorn with a 12 Gauge, a unicorn with a 5.56mm bolt-action rifle, an alicorn with a plasma minigun, 7.62x51mm Battle Rifle, and a .45 Auto pistol. Not adding a pegasus with battle-saddles with lever-action rifles, and an earth pony with grenade machinegun battle-saddle. These got to be some stupid mercs."

The mercenaries with batons and pipes were placed down quickly before they got into range.

They also killed the other mercenaries with .32 pistols then they continued their way to Stable 190.

"Alright well thanks for the protection." said Purple, "I need to do this alone. I don't expect to come back and If I'm not back within a couple of hours then leave."

"Were coming with you Purple," said Crimson.

"Thanks but no." said Purple, "All of you stay here. I need to do this alone. Stay, that's an order."

Purple then went through the wooden door and walked down the almost dark rock tunnel and entered Stable 190.

Purple looked down after seeing some dead Stable Security officers and he shook his head. He knows the security mare who use to foal sit him when he was young and they didn't stand a chance and they were killed and were caught off guard.

Purple then went up to the Overmare's office to fine Lieutenant Honey Cake sitting behind the desk with her rear hooves on the desk.

"Hello." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Did you miss me?"

"Tell your attack dogs to back off." said Purple, "These are innocent ponies killing them just screams out your no better than Raiders and Slavers."

"We captured you mother, sister, and brother." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "If you just move an inch I'll order my stallions slice their throats or turn them into goo or ash."

"Just take me." said Purple, "Let them and the rest of the fellow Stable Dwellers go and take me instead. They don't deserve it and deserve what there going through by your soldiers."

Lieutenant Honey Cake rolled her eyes but thought for a few minutes while holding her specialized plasma pistol in her wing pointed at Purple.

"Alright." said Lieutenant Honey Cake before pressing a button, "All Grand Pegasus Enclave members stand down stop attacking and killing the Stable Dwellers. That's a direct order."

They did on her orders and left but she told Purple to start walking while she pointed her plasma pistol at the back of his head.

Outside Purple told them not to attack and everything will be fine and not to engage or attack the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

Chapter 10: Rescue Mission

Outside of Stable 190.

"It's suicide we don't have the horsepower," said Sunrise Storm

"With backbone like that." said Rocky Road, "It's hard to believe this country fell to the Megaspell bombs."

"It's not a question of backbone." said Midnight Twister, "In all likelihood that Purple is dead."

"Forget likelihood." said Crimson, "If there's a snowball chance in Tartarus he's alive. We're getting him out."

"There isn't." said Harmony, "And we'll be killed too."

"We're getting him out end of discussion." said Midnight Twister, "He would go to Tartarus and back for us and we can't turn around and leave him behind."

They all then trotted back to the Grand Pegasus Enclave base that they shot up but did some reconnaissance and saw that they tighten up perimeter defenses but they watched the patrols to know where to step so they won't fall onto a mine.

They were able to walk right in when two guards walked off which gave them a thirty-second gap until two more guards came and took over for the night shift.

They had to follow Midnight Twister but they snuck by undetected sticking to the shadows.

"Move it come on!" yelled Lieutenant Honey Cake, "You and your friends broke all of this you fix it! The Grand Pegasus Enclave ain't fixing on what you broke! Also, how's that belt I tied around you? Is it tight between your legs? I can make it tighter so you can't have foals to ruin the Grand Pegasus Enclave's plans."

Midnight Twister told them to stay behind the building they're at. Then the dark chocolate unicorn equipped his fire ax and knocked Lieutenant Honey Cake out cold instead of killing her. He also freed Purple and took that belt off.

They were trapped with roaming guards not adding sentries roaming the base.

They all followed Midnight Twister and stole a Vertibuck.

"Let see here. What was it." said Midnight Twister, "Which do I push to start it up."

Midnight finally got it and started it up.

"GPE flight 5. You know that there isn't supposed to be no nighttime inspections and no nighttime flight missions." said a Grand Pegasus Enclave controller, "Shut down right now or we'll open fire."

Midnight Twister ignored the Controller and flew until there was an explosion where the tail of the Vertibuck was hit and blew off.

They got out but all of them fell down only to see Lieutenant Honey Cake standing there.

"Pathetic." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "But I do respect of capturing out Vertibuck and try to do a false flag operation. I do respect that. So instead of feeding you to the Hellhounds, I'm going to give all of you a head start for one minute. Then we'll capture you and kill you all. I don't care if the High Council says it's a waste of resources. It'll be like the pre-war holiday of Bunny Day of trying to find Bunny eggs except we get to kill you."

Lieutenant Honey Cake started to count down from 60 where all six of them got up and ran eastward.

"They won't go to Canterlot." said Lt Honey Cake, "The ghouls will tear them apart. Ponyville the Raiders will get them. The main Enclave force will take of Canterlot sooner or later."

"I think we lost them." said Crimson, "We need to go in a different direction they'll find out we're just going east."

They then started to go south only to hear the sound of a Vertibuck. A light shined on them only for the Vertibuck to land and heavily armed Grand Pegasus Enclave members to come out and surround them.

"I know when we're beaten," said Purple, "We're not fighting our way out of this one."

"We can't give up Purple." said Crimson, "Can we do something?"

"What are you going to do?" asked Midnight Twister, "We can do something to escape."

"I wouldn't advise it." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "If you want to live a little while longer."

At an abandoned swimming pool that was once used by Equestrian soldiers and their families.

"Why is it called the Undiscovered West?" asked Rocky Road, "If there are some towns and a pre-war military base."

"Because not all of it was discovered." said Sunrise Storm, "Only about three percent was discovered by pegasus during the war days as more or less a secret location to build a couple of Stables and some small towns for the pegasus and their families. Not adding unicorns who used magic to make Pegasus rearmed and get back in the air quicker, and Earth ponies to farm the land."

"Alright step-bro." said Lt Honey Cake, "Stop being such a wimp and kill whoever you like first. Go for the alicorns first if you want."

The Pegasus gulped and went to shoot Harmony first only for Crimson to drag him into the pool with dirty water and contaminated with Balefire Radiation.

Crimson then floated up lifeless. Then Lieutenant Honey Cake's stepbrother came out of the pool and walked off in horror. He never killed any pony before and doesn't like killing.

When that was happening Purple was able to break free and took Lieutenant Honey Cake hostage using his magic to hold her wings. With her own plasma pistol and told them that all of them are leaving and don't hunt them down.

"The High Council will send more and more." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "We won't stop until all five of you are dead. We got tons of soldiers. If need be the High Council can order other Enclave forces to shift horsepower to us to give us more soldiers. The longer all five of you are alive the more elite will hunt you down. The more elite the more dangerous and they're armed with the latest battlefield tech. None of you will survive a year out there."

Purple armed and primed the two EMP grenades she has on her. He shoved her at her own soldiers which the EMP short-circuited the power armor, locking the Pegasuses inside of their power armor.

Purple used his magic and freed his friends and they ran with Midnight Twister using his magic to bring Harmony with them.

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In a field.

Purple used his entrenching tool and used his magic to make a grave for Crimson.

"Sleep tight Crimson." said Harmony, "After all the years of being sexual slaves you deserve the rest."

They all looked at Purple who was playing on his Pipbuck and unknown to them he marked the location on his Pipbuck's map as "Crimson's Grave"

"Damn Enclave!" exclaimed Midnight Thunder, "Killed the quiet one of the group! She was like a sister to us! I'm going to kill every single FUCKING ENCLAVE MEMBER THERE IS IN THE WASTELAND!"

"Brother calm down." said Rocky Road, "Yes we'll add the Grand Pegasus Enclave to our list to kill. We got to keep our heads focused. We still got Raiders and Slavers to kill. Yes we will kill the Grand Pegasus Enclave but we can't let our emotions get the best of us."

They heard hoof steps coming only for it to be Lieutenant Honey Cake's step-brother who's deeply regretful for what he did. But they also noticed his cutie mark is gone and with a burned one on him.

Sunrise Storm asked what happened to him?

"The Enclave." said the pegasus, "Well any Pegasus who deserts the Grand Pegasus Enclave will be branded as a "Dashite" and they'll lose their cutie mark and have Rainbow Dash's cutie mark branded on them. Having a branding iron placed against you is very painful. My step-sister did it well you know her."

"A bitch is what she is." said Midnight Twister, "She's an all-round bitch."

"Midnight." said Harmony, "Can you stop swearing we're paying our respects to Crimson. Well that what Purple calls it "Paying our respects". I think I might need a few more minutes more."

"It's all my fault." said Purple, "Why didn't she kill me. She could've chosen me and let the rest of you go. It's all my fault."

"It's okay Purple. It's alright." said Rocky Road, "It's just life out here in the Wasteland. Ponies face death every day. It's ok."

The Dashite asked if he could join them only for Midnight Twister told him no and Purple said yes.

"Why do we need him with us?" asked Midnight Twister, "He's the one that killed Crimson! You want him to travel with us?"

"Look at him." said Purple, "Nopony is going to miss him in the Grand Pegasus Enclave. If his own sister is willing to call him a traitor or a deserter and kick him out then he's no danger to us. Prove me wrong."

"Fine." said Midnight Twister, "If he tries to kill you I won't say I told you so."

"Hey, sir." said Purple, "What's your name?"

"It's Harvested Intolerance." said the Dashite, "I know it's an embarrassing name."

Harvested Intolerance joined them.

Purple's skills are

Barter: 16%

Energy Weapons: 40%

Explosives: 50%

Guns: 90%

Lockpick: 53%

Medicine: 100%

Melee Weapons: 45%

Repair: 100%

Science: 14%

Sneak: 80%

Survival: 97%

Unarmed: 77%

Purple's perks are Grunt, Covert Ops, Tough Guy, & Commando, Better Criticals, Friend or Foe, Sharpshooter. Purple is now level 6.

Midnight Twister is now level 26, Rocky Road is level 17, Sunrise Storm is level 44, Crimson is level 10, and Harvested Intolerance is level 14.

Midnight Twister's perks are Ex-Slave, Cautious Nature, Negotiator, Strong Back, Survivalist, Roughin' It, Cloak and Blace, Shotgun Surgeon, Awareness, Hunter, Rapid Reload, and Ferocious Loyalty.

Rocky Road's perks are Sniper, Black Widow, Foal at Heart, Commando, Night Pony, Light trot, and Jury Rigger.

Chapter 11: The Abandoned base

While roaming the Equestrian wasteland they came across a sign that was built into the rocks which says "EQUESTRIAN ARMED FORCES BALLISTIC DEFENSE".

Purple opened the metal door and they entered.

They saw some wires hanging and some were shooting sparks but they moved carefully down the wide tunnel to another metal door and entered a big room.

"That is so fucking creepy." said Midnight Twister, "Who wants a poster like this "PINKIE PIE IS WATCHING YOU FOREVER!" Creepy as hell."

"What does this poster mean?" asked Rocky Road, "Purple what does "Better Wiped than Striped! Join the Equestrian Forces Today!" What does that mean?"

"Two-hundred and something years ago." started Purple, "We had magical gemstones and the Zebras had coal to power Equestrian industry. What caused the war was when a convoy of Zebra refugees passed the Luna's School for Gifted Unicorns in Littlehorn Valley. In retaliation Zebra's used a stealth cloak to approach the school and deployed Pink Cloud and killed everything inside of the school. That what the history books in the Stable I was born and raised in said how the war started."

"I agree with the unicorn." said Harvested Intolerance, "This "Pinkie Pie is watching you forever" poster is creepy as hell."

Harmony told them to stop staring at the poster if it creeps them out then they heard something open.

Purple pulled a level and metal shade to see a missile.

"What can cause a lot of damage," said Purple.

"Launch it at the Grand Pegasus Enclave base." said Midnight Twister, "So we can watch them burn. That'll stop them from following us."

"That'll kill the innocent ones as well." said Rocky Road, "So you want to kill colts, fillies, and foals? Then you'll be no better than they are. Purple if you launch that missile to the Enclave or at their cloud bases which will even kill foals as well then you'll lose all my respect for you."

They then went through a metal door only to see Purple loot a locker where Purple used a saddlebag and placed his Stable Jumpsuit in it and placed on a suit of wartime combat armor that couldn't enter mass production because "The Last Day" happened.

Purple picked up a combat helmet as well but he couldn't wear it because it was made for Earth Ponies or Pegasus ponies so he gave it to Crimson to wear to give her some protection.

They left the missile silo and went outside on the other side where they found some Robobrains which attacked them.

Purple, Sunrise, Midnight, Rocky, Crimson, and Harvested Tolerance engaged the Robobrains from a distance.

The lasers couldn't hit them from range where the Robobrains were out in the open where they were out in cover.

They moved on until they heard the sound of a Vertibuck only to see Lieutenant Honey Cake debark where she's armed but doesn't want to harm them.

Lieutenant Honey Cake walked up to Purple and wanted to talk to him one-to-one, one leader to another leader.

Purple told her to keep her "fancy gun" holstered to her or she'll be dead quicker than her guards in the Vertibuck can respond.

Lieutenant Honey Cake told Purple that she doesn't have anypony but the Veribuck pilot and co-pilot but she wants to talk just pegasus to alicorn.

"Stable-Tec made one-thousand Pip-Buck 3000's." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "That specific model was only sent to Stable 190 and Stable 190B. Well, Stable 711 for some reason. I hacked into your Pip-Buck from Stable 711 on the mainframe. I heard on what you said about Harmony or that pegasus or earth pony my step-brother killed."

Purple told her to save her sympathy because she isn't sorry.

Due to Honey Cake and Purple Artist being close she surprised smooched him on the mouth.

Purple was raised to be a gentlestallion and asked why she did that only for her to say, "Ever since I first laid eyes on you. I have been and having romantic thoughts about you."

"I wouldn't date you." said Purple, "One you nearly killed me, two you used my family as bargaining chips to have me surrender and nearly killed them. Also I got a message for your "High Council" and tell them that if they want us then you and your base will have to carry our bodies to them."

"Purple I can have you and your friends." started Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Into Grand Pegasus Enclave Associates which you'll do more of our dirty work so the Wasteland can't find us out more unlike you six."

Purple politely declined because the Enclave High Council would still want their heads on a golden platter or a gold plate to show the Wasteland that they won't tolerate hostilities against them and it'll meet with deadly force.

"Our council takes time on deciding things." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "But you scared the living daylight out of them. You and your friends were the first outsiders to walk onto our base not adding killing a majority of our members and stealing a very expensive piece of equipment. They think your going to sell or tell the Wastelanders about our "friendly hospitality". Can you and your friends just lay low so the High Council can think your dead?"

Purple agreed to that because his hooves have been hurting lately and Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Harvested, Sunrise, and Harmony went back to Crimson's grave which Purple told them there going to build a town.

A part of Purple's military training was building and Purple worked in solitude and built his own house. The other's built their own helping each other.

At night Purple looked up at the stars and the moon before sighing and going inside to go to bed.

"I feel naked without my officer uniform on." said a voice, "The High Council will kill me for this."

A pony then got into bed with Purple.

In the morning Purple got up to see Sienna colored pegasus mare who she then got up to see Purple.

"Morning Purple." said the mare, "I didn't know your a light sleeper and a great cuddle pony."

"Lieu-Lieutenant Cake?" asked Purple, "What are do here? Your spying on us ain't you because your High Council said so."

Lieutenant Honey Cake knocked Purple back down onto his bed, placed a magic suppression ring on Purple's horn, and placed her lips onto Purple's lips.

"The High Council or some high ranking pegasus pony in the Grand Pegasus Enclave." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "They're going to kill me or exile me after branding me a Dashite. It's worth it though."

Honey Cake forced Purple into having sex with her. Even though her mother who's a member of the Grand Pegasus Enclave told her twin daughters and son that having sex and impregnating wastelanders or getting pregnant by wastelanders is prohibited.

Honey Cake also told herself in her head that Purple is a Stable Dweller and not a Wastelander even though her mother doesn't care about the difference.

After Purple and Lieutenant Honey had sex, Lieutenant Honey Cake asked Purple about the town he and his friend's made is called and he told her it's Crimson after the pony her step-brother killed in self-defense.

Lieutenant Honey Cake told Purple that she'll sneak them some food until they can harvest some food.

Purple told her that they'll be fine without her help.

"I would show you but your precious white gold is in my mare area." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Maybe I'll move my tail so you can see it another time."

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Outside.

"Midnight, Harmony, Rocky." said Purple, "Go out into the wasteland and find supplies like wood and metal material. Me and Sunrise will stay and build up our town's barriers and other buildings and farms."

Midnight Twister, Harmony, and Rocky Road got their equipment and ran out into the wasteland to find crafting material.

"I saw that Enclave mare come out of your house." said Sunrise Storm, "What did she want? Hope it's that the Grand Pegasus Enclave will be leaving us alone."

"No. She just slept with me." said Purple, "Not adding she also stole a part of me."

Sunrise Storm asked what part of him that Lieutenant Honey Cake stole.

"When a mare and a stallion love each other." started Purple, "I don't love her but she stole my well she called it "Precious white gold" and I'm going to leave it there."

"My adoptive parents told me about where foals come from." said Sunrise Storm, "After I was turned into an alicorn by the Goddess I had hardly any memory of my past life. When I roamed places then my memory of my past life came flooding back. I even remember losing my fiance' to the Zebra's. They shot my fiance' with a Zebra Assault Carbine. It's a rifle that fires in a three round burst but it ignites the targets. My second lover he was captured by the Zebra's and I don't want to talk about it."

Purple told her that everything will be ok and she got new friends.

Purple then checked his Pip-buck again and saw under his perk tab and saw a new perk that says "Equestrian Loyalty" and the description says "After cheering up Sunrise Storm she's more loyal to you even though her lovers are gone and from a past world she sees something in you."

Sunrise Storm put Purple's Pip-Buck on after she asked and he used the Spell Matrix Master Key and placed it on to Sunrise Storm's right let.

Sunrise Storm has a perk from Purple.

The perk says "Loving Leadership" which the description says "Purple treated Sunrise Storm as a friend besides she was his first friend in the Wasteland. Now he'll treat her as a sister. If somepony hurts Sunrise Storm Purple will attack and have an increased unarmed, melee, energy, and guns increase by 30% and Sunrise Storm will receive medical aid above anypony else besides foals, colts, and fillies."

While out in the wasteland Harmony, Rocky, and Midnight saw some Slavers and they heard a gunshot so they ran and saved a stallion and a four-year-old filly.

They heard the filly crying and calling out for her mother but Midnight and Rocky freed the filly and her father where the earth pony stallion galloped over to his unicorn daughter and hugged her.

Rocky and Midnight were sadder where Harmony was not because she mothered so many foals from the age of twelve after hitting puberty to the age of twenty-two and doesn't help that the slaver who owned her and Harmony sold his own foals to other slavers mostly to Fillydelphia.

Rocky asked if they need a place to stay which the father told her that he and his wife had been on the road for the past ten days because the town they previously came from well Slavers took it over.

Rocky led the earth pony father and unicorn filly back to the town of Crimson which Purple and Sunrise Storm was building up and just talking to each other.

The father and filly were scared of Purple and Sunrise because there both Alicorns but gotten over there fears.

Chapter 13: Story time Pt 1

Sitting by a fire, Sunset Storm asked Midnight Twister to talk about what he went through as a slave only for him to tell her no.

Harmony started to get involved and told Midnight Twister to open up about his days as a slave only for him to holler at them to back off because he doesn't want to.

Rocky Road told her brother to keep it down because Purple is trying to sleep.

They all looked at him out of the combat armor he was wearing but has his stable suit in his Saddlebags sleeping like a baby.

Sunset Storm asked again but said "please" where she just wants to get to know him better.

Fine." said Midnight Twister, "I was born 23 years ago to two farming hard-working parents. I was three years old when Rocky Road was born. Life was a little harsh for a while but it was fine until I was seven. My parents told me that we were going for a quick walk. Me, my mom, and dad went to the square strip mall we were at a couple of days ago."

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Sixteen-years ago.

"Come on boy." said the father, "We're going on a small and short walk."

Seven-year-old Midnight put down his toys, got up, and went outside where Midnight Twister joined his unicorn mom and the three were on their way.

At a slaver asked what they want so Midnight Twister's mother told the slaver that they want to sell their son so the Slaver took Midnight Twister and gave them three hundred bottle caps.

In a cage, seven-year-old Midnight Twister wondered if his parents were going to come back to get him but a pegasus stallion walked up to the cage and hit the chain link fence cage with a lead pipe.

A mare unicorn walked up and asked how much the young stallion is so a slaver told her that he'll go ask the boss so the slaver pegasus galloped off and went to go ask the leader slaver.

The earth pony slaver leader asked what he wanted. The pegasus asked him how much the seven-year-old young stallion is because of a possible buyer.

"What?" asked the earth pony, "Already? He hasn't been here for an hour. There's already a buyer?"

The slaver leader walked out and went to meet with the buyer of it being a unicorn mare looking at Midnight Twister.

The mare unicorn asked how much is the young stallion and the earth pony stallion told her thirty-eight hundred bottle caps and she paid the full price and took him to Fillydelphia.

Several days later in Fillydelphia, Midnight Twister was scared of seeing some hot air balloon with the head of a pink pony with pink hair and some fire and rising black smoke rising across the city in certain spots.

"Come on boy!" said the mare unicorn, "Let's go!"

They got off one of the few working trains and he was taken to a factory to work on making steel.

"Please ma'am take me home." said seven-year-old Midnight Twister, "I want my mommy and daddy. I don't want to be here."

Midnight's heart started to accelerate and had heavy breathing not adding that he's sweating.

"I don't care that you want your mom and dad." said the unicorn mare, "You're my slave, and you're going to work in this factory making hard steel. For now, I'm going to be your momma. GET TO WORK! My sis will be taking care of you until later."

For several days the seven-year-old was scared and hardly talked.

In his room after working for thirteen hours from 3:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Midnight Twister broke down crying. He wants to go home and wants his mom and dad.

The door opened where an eight-year-old unicorn mare came in and asked why he's crying where Midnight Twister told her that she gets treated like a "Queen" as he read in the fairy tale books before he was sold and he been working very hard.

"COME ON BOY!" yelled the unicorn mare, "IT'S TIME TO EAT!"

At the dinner table, there were some mutt chops which he ate sadly.

A month later.

At night, Midnight Twister snuck out but got caught by some raiders and was brought back only for the raider mare who owns him used a wooden board to bust his butt which made Midnight Twister cry.

Even though she's a raider and cruel she comforted Midnight when he started to cry. She's only harsh on him to make him grow up.

A couple of years later after 93 other failed escape attempts, Midnight Twister is now nine-years-old. His raider mother kept whacking him harder and harder with the wooden board she has each time drawing blood.

Each time Midnight Thunder escaped the harder the spankings with the wooden board occurred and he hated it.

As several years went on Midnight Twister's escape became more desperate he tried everything he could think of escaping even the old sewer systems but nothing and was dragged back to his raider mother.

In the middle of the night on Midnight Twister's fifteenth birthday, Midnight Twister was awakened by his Raider mother where she raped him then have her sixteen-year-old daughter rape him as well.

His raider mother then had Midnight Twister go to work even though it's 1:00 AM and work for a full three days without taking a break.

Several times when the raiders weren't looking the dark chocolate unicorn would try to escape only for him to be caught, beaten with police batons, baseball bats, lead pipes, shovels, and tire irons.

After a couple of days of working hard in the derelict steel mill, Midnight Twister went up to the roof and was about to jump.

"MIDNIGHT IF YOU JUMP I'LL KILL YOU!" yelled his raider mom, "GET DOWN FROM THERE AND GET BACK TO WORK!"

"I just want to go home!" said Midnight Twister, "I don't want to be here!"

"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU WANT!" yelled his raider mom, "GET BACK TO WORK OR SO HELP ME I'LL COME UP THERE AND MAKE YOU GO BACK TO WORK!"

"NEVER! I WOULD RATHER DIE THAN STAY A SLAVE A MINUTE LONGER!" yelled Midnight Twister at the top of his lungs.

"WHEN I GET UP THERE!" yelled his raider mom, "I'M GOING TO BUST YOUR ASS WIDE OPEN!"

She then entered the factory meanly and stomped her hooves on the ground and went up to the roof.

"Stay back. leave me alone." said Midnight Twister, "I just want to be left alone."

The raider unicorn mare carefully walked over to him and brought him onto the roof off the ledge and like she said she used a brick to beat him an inch of his life.

Midnight Thunder then laid down on his bed in a ball crying.

His bedroom door opened and felt somepony sit on his bed so he stopped crying only to see his adoptive sister or raider sister where she shows him more compassion.

The unicorn teenage mare kissed him on the forehead telling him that everything will be alright.

The two fell in love and started to date behind the raider mother.

While sleeping one night.

Midnight Twister tried to escape but entered a room only to see his raider mom talking to somepony. This gave him a window to sneak out but she turned her head.

"HEY WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!" yelled the mare raider, "Where do you think your going young man!"

Midnight Twister ran but unknown to him that his raider mother was talking to somepony else.

Midnight Twister got caught again and brought back to his raider mom who picked up a brick again and hit him with the brick again.

Two-years later

It's Midnight Twister's birthday but his raider mom forced him to get married to her daughter because his sperm reached the raider's daughter egg not adding he also knocked up the raider who purchased him.

"You are lucky you're not like the last slave I had." said the Raider mother, "I'm going to tell you what happened to him as well."

She then cleared her throat and took a sip of Sparkle-Cola.

"Seventeen years ago I had sex with my personal servant slave." said the mare raider, "Well after a month I discovered I was pregnant. We went on a "nice walk" and I told him to close his eyes because I had a surprise for him. When he closed his eyes I turned around and bucked him right into a vat of molten steel. I know you like and are in love with my daughter so here's a proposition for you. Marry my daughter and keep her happy or if you try to escape one more time I cut your balls off and force-feed them to you take my daughter's hoof and be with her and build up this raider pack and take over the city."

"Alright take me to her. Take me to Snarking Associate." said Midnight Twister, "Take me to your daughter."

He noticed a charcoal magic aurora around his neck and he was dragged to Ms. Snarking Associate's room and shoved into the eighteen-year-old mare bedroom but he couldn't breathe because a part of their dinner was beans.

Midnight Twister got into bed and cuddled up to Ms. Snarking Associate.

The next night.

Midnight Twister snuck out of the building and walked out onto the streets of the city of Fillydelphia.

He got spotted by some raiders and on orders from Ms. Sharking Pain is to bring him back alive not dead.

A searchlight came on him and a Raider told him to stop but he galloped and ran into a derelict old Fillydelphia Fire station but the raiders gave up the chase because there's old wartime propaganda of Pinkie Pie poster that says "PINKIE PIE IS WATCHING YOU FOREVER".

They also think that during the pre-war and war days that firefighting ponies went out and burned ponies alive if they weren't happy even though that's far from the truth.

After the raiders passed to keep searching for Midnight Twister.

Inside of the building, Midnight Twister walked over to an old horse-drawn fire engine where he picked up a black leather jacket with yellow stripes, a metal firefighting helmet, two 3-quarter boots, and a fire ax.

When a group of armed raiders passed, Midnight Twister snuck out and entered the old sewer system. He headed south for a bit, got out of the sewer system, continued to head south, found an old Highway/route with a sign that says "ROUTE 52", went south for a bit, heard stories of a pink filly in some kind of suit.

After a few days, Midnight Twister got off the pre-war highway and went right to the Undiscovered West, found his way home, and went inside.

"Midnight? Midnight come here boy come give your mother a hug." said his mother.

"YOU TWO SOLD ME!" yelled Midnight Twister, "SOLD YOUR OWN SON! WHY BECAUSE YOU TWO WANTED MONEY?"

Fifteen-year-old Rocky Road heard yelling so she went to go check it out and asked who he is.

Midnight Twister told Rocky Road that he's her older brother.

"No your not." said Rocky Road, "I don't have a brother."

Their father told Rocky Road that she does have a brother where he needed to find himself.

Their mother told Rocky Road to go outside where there going to talk to their son on how his years of roaming the Equestrian wasteland.

The only thing they met was a fire ax which Midnight Twister struck them in the side of their necks and had them bleed out and he set the house on fire and the brother and sister duo walked off to kill raiders and slavers.

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Six-years-later

Sitting around the campfire, Sunrise Storm asked how he got castrated.

Midnight Twister told the truth that he didn't get castrated after trying to escape multiple times but for accidentally impregnating the mare raider who captured where the first time when she did rape him she wanted another foal.

Midnight Twister also told him that the mare raider had gotten a rusty kitchen knife and used heat or fire to make it superheated it and castrated him slowly.

Midnight Twister told them that storytime is over and he went to go to bed and doesn't want to go deeper into his backstory.

"Really?" asked Rocky Road, "Your undercover Grand Pegasus Enclave name. Midnight Thunder?"

"What?" said Midnight Twister, "It's the same initials of my name Midnight Twister and Midnight Thunder. Both have M T in them."

Midnight Thunder then went to go to sleep.

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In the morning when Midnight Thunder got up, he saw Purple Artist and Rocky Road cuddling up with each other and Purple nibbling on Rocky Road's ear thinking he's eating but Rocky Road doesn't mind.

Midnight Thunder then shot his Hunting Shotgun where all of them got up and saw Midnight place a 12 gauge buckshot in the tube where he killed a Radroach.

Chapter 14: Operation Husky

Author's Note

Yes, I named this after "Operation: Husky" the Allied invasion of Sicily. It has nothing to do with that. I'm not changing it
This is not based on the battle of Iwo Jima because they're both Islands in the ocean. Don't like it I still don't care if your the type that'll complain I'm not the type to care. I care for your feelings but I try my best not to romanticize real wars or real battles. I respect war veterans.
Only reason why is because I was watching a video called "To the shores of Iwo Jima"
ALso, I did add new weapons and technology that probably was used in the Equestrian-Zebra war where if the GPE have Vertibucks and Cloudships that would require flight so why not

Chapter 14: Operation Husky

After several days of roaming the Unknown West of the Equestrian Wasteland, they came upon some military grounds which they found some Holotapes and memory orbs.

Inside of a building, there was a memory orb that Purple picked up with his telekinesis magic and focused on his magic to access the memory orb.

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Two hundred years ago.

At Fort Constellation, Private Shocking Taser was in an office with a nineteen-year-old mare pegasus officer and the two were making sweet love.

Unknown to Private Shocking Taser is that the mare with who he's currently having hot steamy sex is that her father is the base commander.

"Aw yeah, I can't believe that I'm banging the base commander's daughter," said Shocking Taser, "Even though I feel bad about it but at least I'm getting laid before I get deployed to fight the Zebra's."

The officer he's having unprotected sex with told him to stop talking where his blabbering is ruining it.

They continued to have a long kissy match of under the covers affair.

They heard hoof steps approaching but they didn't stop. But they didn't hear some keys jingling or the door opening.

The covers flew off of them.

A pony cleared his throat and the two stopped having sex and looked at Lieutenant-Colonel Lost Legacy.
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Present-day.

"That was creepy." said Purple, "I wasn't expecting to feel as if I was my great-great-great-great-great-grand dad have sex with a mare and I'm not going to finish this sentence."

Purple picked up another memory orb and liked the first one he used his magic to access it.

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Two hundred years ago.

Private Shocking Taser was on an Equestrian transport ship reading a letter from his marefriend a Ms. Sky Chaser and he discovered he's going to be a dad.

"How did I come this far first asking a Shadowbolt out on a date while she was on furlough and now she's carrying out foal? Now I wish I could be there back home to be with her."

A loud whistle blew and Private Shocking Taser got up and headed down to an LVT.

"If we're running low almost out of coal why are we still using ships?" asked Shocking Taser, "Well this eight-mile island is supposed to have coal mines with an abundance amount that we're going to take from those Zebra basterds."

While the landing ships moved to the shore, Private Shocking was going to lose his hearing from the Equestrian Navy bombarding the island for the past ninety-six hours or four days with everything they had."

"There's nothing going to be left of those Zebra's!" said an eager earth pony, "That means it'll be a cakewalk for us!"

"Don't hold your breath." said a unicorn pony, "These bastards are tough and mastered stealth with stealth gemstones. If you feel like you are being watched we'll all fire bullets in a general direction. These bastards are well-known for their martial-art skills and physical prowess that's comparable to an earth pony. So stay alert and stay alive."

"There's nothing going to be left for us." said Shocking Taser, "Our navy and airforces been bombing the living shit out of the island. Hope those mines are still there. We really need coal. Also, I want to capture a mare Zebra to make her my personal bitch when the war is over."

The Equestrians hit the beach which was calm at first. But the Zebra's were hiding and waiting for the Equestrians to get closer and waited until the Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasi soldier ponies were on top of them before they opened up.

By a radio, Private Shocking Taser radioed the Equestrian Navy; the dreadnoughts and newly built Canterlot-Class Super Battleships fired their 8x 16 inch /45 caliber cannons for the dreadnoughts and 12x 16 inch/50 caliber cannons for the super heavy battleships shelled where Shocking Taser told them to.

"LUNA DAMN IT!" yelled Shocking Taser, "I'M GOING TO LOSE MY FUCKING HEARING!"

The only reason he yelled that is how loud the cannons are to pulverize the Zebra defenses on the island.

The Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasi ponies moved up off the beach and moved inland but still gotten shot at.

Shocking Taser saw some ponies get ignited and burned alive but some Equestrians stopped, dropped, and rolled.

"What the fuck is that?" asked Shocking Taser, "Do they use incendiary rounds?"

An Equestrian earth pony told Private Shocking Taser about the Zebra Carbine Rifles which is the Zebra's response to the Equestrian power armor.

"Nightmarish" is Shocking Taser's reply to the Earth pony who told him about the Zebra rifles.
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Back in Present-day

"I don't know how me and my great-great-great-great-great-great- granddad are related." said Purple, "At first he has an affair on his marefriend. He also swears a lot as well. I only swore what three times?"

"What is it?" asked Sunrise Storm, "Who is your great-great-great-great-great-grand dad?"

Purple told Sunrise that his six-time great granddad is Private/ Captain Shocking Taser.

Sunrise asked about the battle which lead Purple to tell her the start of "Operation: Husky. The invasion of an eight-mile big island in the middle of nowhere just for coal."

"Yeah." said Sunrise Storm, "We Equestrians really loved coal back in the Pre-war days. We used the hard black rocks to fuel our industry. We had Gemstones and the Zebra's had Coal. I wasn't big on the news back in the pre-war times but after the Littlehorn Valley Massacre after the Zebra retaliation was when I signed up only to be rejected because I was only eight when the war broke out and waited a decade to sign up."

The group moved on and entered another room where Purple found another memory orb and did the same using his magic to use it.

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Two hundred years ago

Still on the eight-mile big island while at the base of the mountain on the island.

"What in Tartarus is that smell?" asked Shocking Taser, "It smells like rotten eggs."

An Equestrian soldier told him it's sulfur and that's why it smells.

Shocking Taser asked how he knows that only for the pony to tell him as a response that he was a member of the Equestrian Geology Service before leaving for the war.

The shelling of the mountain stopped and Shocking Taser and a small group of Equestrian soldiers moved up the steep mountain but wondered why the Zebra's weren't shooting at them.

Unknown to them is that the intense shelling of the mountain caved in the tunnels the Zebra's dug to keep the element of better firing positions. They had which protected them but over time they caved in.

At the top of the mountain, the admiral blue unicorn placed the Equestrian flag on some metal piping where Shocking Taser, an earth pony, and a pegasi pony raised the Equestrian flag on Mount Equidaeasses.

Private Shocking Taser asked who in the world named an operation after a breed of dog but he just kept it in his head.

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Present-day

"Interesting." said Purple, "My six-time great-granddad helped raised the flag on Mount Equidaeasses."

"Mount Equidaeasses?" asked Sunrise, "I know that mountain. It was the first mission for HMS Canterlot. That was a rough twenty-six days of combat. Glad I was out at sea bombarding the island with 2000 pound rounds over being inland."

"Mount Equidaeasses?" asked Rocky Road, "What's that? Will be safe from the Grand Pegasus Enclave there?"

"No we won't be safe from them." said Purple, "There Verti-Bucks can find us anywhere. Oh, sweet Celestia!"

"What? What is it?" asked Midnight Twister.

"I just realized." replied Purple, "The Enclave's Verti-Buck's! They can reach us anywhere."

"I thought you were going to say." started Sunrise Storm, "Apart of you and apart of Lieutenant Cake mixed and have a cake in her oven. I miss eating cake from the pre-war days and wartime days before I enlisted. Purple you and Lieutenant Cake should tie the knot. That's a pre-war and wartime express to get married."

"Nope." said Purple, "I like tough mares even though I don't care if the mare is soft or not but I prefer mares with gemstones in their names. I prefer mares with the gemstones Garnet, Amethyst, Aquamarine/Bloodstone, Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Moonstone, Alexandrite, Ruby, Peridot, Spinel, Tourmaline, Topaz, Blue Topaz, and best for last. Sapphire."

Harmony asked why he considers "Sapphire" to be the best stone.

"I had an aunt named Sapphire. She was a loving and caring unicorn mare." said Purple, "And this lovely Sapphire wedding ring. It has been in my family for twenty-five generations. My mother had it and she gave it to me. In my family, it's usually passed down to the first stallion who got married but my ma gave it to me to safeguard knowing that Base would gamble it away or lose it permentally or try to break it. Also, none of you can touch the ring. I don't want to lose this piece of my family heirloom. My family is not picture perfect but we're not dysfunctional."

He didn't mention about his ex-marefriend who's name is "Azure Blue Sapphire" who's a sweetie pie and not mean.

They lost Harmony until they went into another room and saw her on a terminal.

The terminal screen said.

"Operation: Husky. Some damn island in the South Lunar Island is under control of those sneaky Zebra's. Well, that island better is worth it. The only thing we're going to throw at that puny island. The only thing I can spare is the First "Solar" and Second "Lunar" Infantry Division. That's 40200 ponies. What that's 200 new vehicles called a "Tank", 288 Rocket Artillery, 24 of a something called an "Armored Car", 24 artillery guns. I've seen the new thing called a "Tank" and "Armored Car". The So-called tank is 27 feet, 11 inches long, 11 ft, 6.25 in wide, and 11 feet tall armed with a 90mm canon, a roof-mounted .50 Cal machine gun, a coaxial .30 Caliber machine-gun, and a hull-mounted .30 caliber machine gun. Those light tanks that the Zebra's have with a 20mm autocannon and two machine guns won't stand a chance now. Well, the invasion will start on August 10th at 07:00 Hours on the dot. Those Zebra's will know pain. Naval Taskforce three will consist of five destroyers, four heavy cruisers, three dreadnoughts, one super heavy battleship, and an aircraft carrier. Two new ship types the SHBB and the carrier. At least we caught up with flight and don't need to rely on Pegasi to do aerial fighting for us all the time."

Purple picked up a holotape and played it.

"Alright General Thunder Wings. We can't foreshadow everything." said the General, "Our casualties are higher than expected. We expected casualties but around several hundred to one thousand. It's just day one and casualties on that island are fifteen-hundred, 1500! So far soldiers reported the Zebras have had pillboxes dug in into the ground and spider holes. Those bastards are probably got tunnels underground. We got a solution to that. Flamethrowers and Satchel charges we'll blow and burn em out."

There's a knock on the door, "Enter" said the General "Ah! Ms. Tango Blueberry Alchemy. The Equestrian favorite Zebra besides Zecora."

A mare voice said "General I don't want to be rude but these unicorn and pegasi ponies suck. They can't even throw a knife only the earth ponies can. I know it's weird that before the war I was a prostitute in the Zebra lands and was a special forces operator but not every pony is soldier material Do you want to know how I reward them?"

General Thunder replied "No no. I'm already not pure-minded but not dirty-minded but I'm a seasoned vet where I've seen Steel Rangers screaming due to the Zebra rifles set them ablaze on the inside. I've also seen both ponies and Zebras both torn to shreds and blown to pieces losing limbs and body parts."

The recording ends.

Harmony clicked onto another page and it says.

"OPERATION: HUSKY! STATUS: COMPLETE BATTLE DURATION: TWENTY-SIX DAYS. AUGUST 10th to DECEMBER 3rd. CASUALTIES: TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND (28,000) FOURTEEN THOUSAND FROM BOTH DIVISIONS. ANY GAINS FROM IT? YES, A ABUNDANCE OF COAL FOR OUR NAVY AND INDUSTRY. WAS IT WORTH IT? BOTH NO AND YES. NO NOT WORTH THE CASUALTIES YES FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF COAL NOW. OVERALL: TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DEAD, TWELVE-HUNDRED WOUNDED, FIFTEEN-HUNDRED WON'T RETURN TO COMBAT CRITICALLY INJURED OR MISSING LIMBS.- General Thunder Wings."

Chapter 15: Team Naming.

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Chapter 16:In the Wasteland

While walking through the stable with a big smile on his face. Base was also whistling until over the intercom he was called to the Overmare's office so he went.

He opened the door to see his mother and grandmother talking so he asked what they want from him.

"Get in here and close the door." said Harp, "NOW!"

"Alright what's going on?" said Base, "It better not be a surprise party. It ain't my birthday."

"It ain't your Celestia damned birthday!" said Overmare Brisk, "Me and my daughter been talking. And I don't know how to say this, Your out. Get out of the Stable your exiled go get your baby brother and bring him back he belongs here not you."

"Wait what?" said Base, "You can't do that to me! I'm an important pony in the Stable!"

"You are not important!" said Harp, "YOU NEVER HAD BEEN IMPORTANT! IF I COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND TELL YOUNGER ME! I WOULD TELL HER TO GET AN ABORTION SO I WOULDN'T HAVE YOU! YOUR MORE OF A PAIN IN MY BUTT THAN A NEWBORN FOAL!"

"You don't mean that mommy," said Base.

"Grow up." said Overmare Brisk, "Nopony over the age of seven calls their mother "Mommy" I stopped calling her that when I was five."

There was a knock on the door and it opened where a unicorn and a pegasus stable security mares entered where Overmare Brisk said.

"Please escort Base out." said Overmare Brisk, "To the Stable door and throw him out."

"Mommy! Please, mom!" said Base, "Please don't have me thrown out!"

"Base you had too many times to be nice." said Harp, "Let's see you see some mares as inferior to stallions. You may not be a full chauvinist but you're rude to most of the mares here calling them "Breeding Stock" not all mares though. Why you have fifteen mare friends and not together let's see because you called them nothing but "Breeding Stock". So Goodbye!"

Base was screaming at the top of his lungs yelling for his mother to stop them.

At the Stable door, the unicorn mare kept Base suppressed in her magic while the pegasus one opened the door and they both threw him out closing the door.

"Bye Base!" said the Unicorn mare, "You won't be missed. Not by us."

"You don't remember us." said the pegasus mare, "But you dated both of us. It was going well until you called us and your remaining other 12 ex-mare friends as breeding stock. So go out into the Wasteland and go to Tartarus,"

Before Base knew it the steel door closed and saw a yellow number "190" in the center of the Stable door.

"FUCK!" yelled Base, "Well you all can go fuck yourselves!"

Base then went outside but shielded his eyes from the sunlight.

"Stupid Purple." said Base, "Had to ruin my life and made me get thrown out. Stupid femboy sissy. Why do I always get yelled at but when mom caught him her special red sparkly dress she didn't do anything? He's more sensitive, sweet, supportive, gentle, cooperative, expressive, and shows affection and that makes him a fucking femboy. I'm more assertive and independent not adding strength but I get scolded for hitting my brother. That fucking femboy get's more attention and loving than me. What does he got that I don't or what does he do and that I don't?"

Base then used his Pipbuck and saw a marker eastward so the pegasus went his way to the marker on his Pip-Buck 3000 Map.

While walking Base realized he has no way to defend himself besides from his hooves and wings and no way to heal himself if he gets into danger.

"Pay the toll!" said a raider, "Give us one-hundred bottle caps and we'll let you go."

"I don't have one-hundred bottle caps." said Base, "Can we work something else?"

"Hand over everything you have!" demanded the raider, "NOW!"

There was the sound of a rifle going off and the raider's head going pop with blood rushing out.

"Sweet mother of Celestia!" said Base, "I shouldn't be here!"

Base looked at the three dead raiders on the ground all dead and two of them with their heads blown off with blood rushing out.

A unicorn in pre-war armor was used by pre-war police departments to protect officers during riots but had the visor down but had a balaclava mask on.

"If your looking for a place to stay." said the unicorn stallion, "Go to the town of Crimson. There's food, purified water, and shelter. It's three miles east just go in the direction behind me."

While walking Base heard a loud sound to see an A-4 Vertibuck land and a mare exit.

"You must be Base." said the mare.

"Yes I am." said Base, "Who the Tartarus are you?"

"Lieutenant Honey Jolly Cake," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Grand Pegasus Enclave. I got a proposition for you."

"What Proposition?" asked Base, "If it involves me and my brother."

"It involves your brother." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Find Purple, contact me, and we'll take care of it."

"What's in it for me?" asked Base, "I deeply hate my brother since when my father and mother conceived him and birthed him."

Lieutenant Honey Cake told Base that she'll let him execute his brother painfully instead of outright killing Purple and he can be her protege and have his own platoon to lead in the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

Honey Cake knew she'll get in trouble for bringing in a wastelander into the Grand Pegasus Enclave. But she'll explain and lie that she's using him until she kills him even though she won't.

Base stuck his left wing and she did the same and shook wings and she gave him a radio to contact her later when he finds her.

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In the town of Crimson.

It's lightly populated but Base saw some ponies farming with some irrigation, a group of ponies talking or some walking throughout the town.

"Hey, you!" said Base, " Where can you a pony named Purple Artist is?"

"Our wonderful leader." said a mare, "He's currently out with his friends. A small settlement is being harassed by mercs so he and his pals are taking care of it."

Base waited for a while for Purple to come back.

Base then noticed some ponies in the pre-war army fatigues of a white t-shirt and dark olive green uniform top with a belt. They have a white armband with a red cross on it to show that there are "Wasteland Guardian Medics".

Base watched as some injured Wasteland Guardians were carried in magic to a house with a pre-war hospital sign. He then saw Purple with his friends even though he doesn't know them and vice versa.

Base then walked off and picked up the radio that Lieutenant Honey Cake can come and get Purple.

"We're inbound," said Lt Honey Cake, "Hold tight we'll be there in a jiffy."

After a while Base heard the sound of a Vertibuck flying then landing where he saw some Grand Pegasus Enclave members and Lieutenant Honey Cake get out.

Base pointed out his baby brother to Lieutenant Honey Cake and she told Purple to come with them.

"I ain't going nowhere," said Purple, "Especially with you and your Enclave!"

Base then saw a Grand Pegasus Enclave member shoot something at Purple which locked up Purple's nervous system and skeletal making him immovable without being moved by somepony else.

Two Enclave pegasi went to go get Purple only for his friends and other Wasteland Guardians to block them.

They knew they were greatly outmatched, outclassed, and outgunned but the one thing the Grand Pegasus Enclave doesn't have is the horsepower where they only have five in power armor and energy weapons but they have the ponies to fight them with ballistic weapons.

Base picked up his baby brother and threw him to the Grand Pegasus Enclave members and one of them picked him up and threw him on board the A-4 Vertibuck.

"Come on Base." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I keep a promise."

At the pre-war airforce base. Base looked around and saw a few Pegasi carry Purple into another building. He followed Lieutenant Honey Cake into the command building and into her office.

Lieutenant Honey Cake made Base into a Grand Pegasus Enclave member instead of being born into one.

In a room, a pegasus was keeping an eye on Purple and kept telling him to talk.

The door opened for Lieutenant Honey Cake to tell Base he can get his brother to talk so Base told Honey Cake that he'll get it done.

Lieutenant Honey Cake brought the other Pegasus member out so Base can take over.

Base sat down in the chair across from his baby brother and yelled at Purple to talk.

Purple just spat on his older brother for how rough he treated him in the past.

"Come on baby brother. Just help me this once?" said Base, "You owe me."

"Owe you?" said Purple, "If you're thinking that. Lieutenant Honey Cake. She isn't going to bend over and spread her legs open. That's your problem Base and that is you see a lot of mares and see them as nothing but breeding stock. One of these days a mare is going to put you in your place."

Base then told Purple to help him this once again only for Purple to ask why because they have a hate-hate relationship with each other. Base also told Purple that he's his older brother and has to do what he says.

"Older brother?" said Purple, "That word is foreign to me. As far I'm concerned about an "Older brother" I don't have one."

Purple and Base then argued like normal brothers.

"Just leave me here." said Purple, "I'm got nothing else to say to you. After all you always did say that I'll die being a "virgin loser" So bye and afternoon."

Base then reached over the stainless steel table and slapped his baby brother so hard Purple thought some of his teeth were going to fall out. Base then grabbed Purple with his wings.

"YOU ARE GOING TO TALK AND HELP THESE NICE GRAND PEGASUS ENCLAVE!" yelled Base. "AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT NOW!"

Lieutenant Honey Cake walked it and had to force Base off of Purple and took him outside.

"What are you doing?" asked Honey Cake, "We're trying to get Purple to talk! Not kill him painfully!"

Base couldn't explain himself where jealousy how Purple was more loved and still is loved by a majority of the population of Stable 190 where Base is hated by a majority if not all of Stable 190 for several reasons not adding trying to knock up multiple mares and Azure Blue Sapphire is the first mare for Base to give a foal.

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At night.

Base was in the observation room watching his baby brother sleeping on the cold concrete floor with a big smile on his face.

The interrogation room door opened where a pony walked in, picked Purple up, placed him on the table, gave him a pillow, a blanket, and gave him a smooch on the head.

The pegasus pony then jabbed a syringe and filled three 50ml syringes and left.

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In a small science lab.

Lieutenant Honey Cake gave the three syringes to a GPE scientist and told them to use Purple's DNA to make GPE super soldiers and Purple is an unwilling candidate where Purple's DNA and traits are good enough.

"What kind of pony is he?" asked a GPE Scientist, "Gender, Species, Age, Traits. Want me to continue"

"No I got it," said Lt Honey Cake, "Gender: Male, Species: Alicorn, probably from crossbreeding from a Unicorn and a Pegasus in his Stable, Age: 18 to 23 I guess. Traits well he is a stubborn pony but pretty brave to stand up to us while armed with a 7.62 battle rifle and a .45 pistol. Honestly, I don't know. I'm not going to ask him."

The Grand Pegasus Enclave scientist the pre-war science lab was working with what they had. But the GPE has smaller bases and groups across Equestria and can't get other's supplies and resources they have without overstretching what they have.

"Where's Purple," asked Lt Honey Cake, "Where did he go?"

Lt Honey Cake went into the observation room to see that it's empty so she went and searched the base for Purple until she heard a painful scream coming out of the maintenance room.

Lieutenant Honey Cake was shocked to see Base take a blowtorch to Purple and cut his right-wing off.

"Base?" said Lt Honey Cake, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!"

Lieutenant Honey Cake then turned off the blow torch and got Purple down where they both can hear Purple whimpering due to his mean older brother just taking a 2610 degree Fahrenheit blowtorch cutting his right wing off.

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Outside of the maintenance building.

"It's okay Purple." said Honey Cake, "Everything will be fine. I'm going to take you to the hospital here on this base and get you patched up. It's alright stop your whimpering. Everything will be fine."

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Inside of the medbay.

"You!" exclaimed Lt Honey Cake, "Take care of this alicorn. I don't care that he isn't a GPE member just do it! Now!"

Lt Honey Cake then placed Purple down on a pre-war medical bed but she held his hoof and stayed there with him.

"Ssssh Purple it's ok." said Lt Honey Cake, "It's alright. It's fine stop your whimpering."

Lieutenant Honey Cake may be tough and rude but she has romantic feelings for Purple and think he'll be a fine Grand Pegasus Enclave pony or an associate but he won't but she wants Purple to be with her as well and probably have foals later on in her life even though he dislikes her for many reasons.

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In the maintenance workshop.

"Hey Sugarplum what are you doing here?" said the maintenance captain.

"Is it wrong for me to come to visit you?" said Corporal Lucy Cake, "I have gotten permission to come here to check up on you dad."

"I'm fine sweetheart." said her father, "How have you been since you left?"

"I'm doing good." said Corporal Lucy Cake, "I found my special somepony."

"I'm happy for you sugarplum." said her father, "I would ask it but I bet your mother already did."

"Yeah, I told her." said Lucy Cake, "I didn't even say three words and she asked when I could ask the council for how many foals I could have. She hated what I said and that my special somepony is a mare. She and Step-dad threw me out and told me that I should break up with my lover and get a stallion so I should be bred."

"Oh." said her father, "I don't care what you prefer but I'll still support you."

The door opened and Lieutenant Honey Cake came in and gave her sister a bear hug.

"I'm sorry for how I treated you." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Lucy? Can you please forgive me for how I treated you in the past? Please, Lucy."

Honey and Lucy Cake hugged and made up.

"Hey dad?" said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Can you do me a favor?"

Their father asked what she needs and Lieutenant Honey Cake told him that she needs him to make a cyber-wing, not for any GPE soldier but the one they captured of the purple alicorn.

"That's a misuse of resources honey." said their father, "I would love to but the council will kill me or exile me out of the Enclave. I would do it in a heartbeat but it ain't going to happen. Sorry honey."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then went to walk back to the medical building they have.

"BASE!" yelled Lt Honey Cake, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake saw that Base had a bone saw and was about to start to saw off Purple's horn and remaining wing. But Lt Honey Cake intervened and stopped him.

Lieutenant Honey Cake then climbed onto the medical bed and cuddled up with Purple Artist.

Chapter 17: Cyber-wing

In the Maintenance shop.

"Hey pop," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Can you please make that cyber-wing? It's just between us and if the council asks I'll tell them it's gone to repair broken and worn out power armor."

"You been bugging me about this." said the Maintenance pegasus, "Fine if it'll make you shut up. Give me a few days to several hours."

Lieutenant Honey Cake told her father to have it ready ASAP.

Three hours later.

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In the medical bay.

Lieutenant Honey Cake was watching the GPE doctors place the new cyber wing on Purple.

A couple of hours passed and Lieutenant Honey Cake had her face in Purple's face and he opened his eyes and jumped back seeing Honey Cake's face in his face.

"What did you do to me?" asked Purple, "DId you take my genetics?"

"Yes. Both your blood and the part that makes foals," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "The latter well,l every mare on this old AFB base I personally inseminated with apart of you. Well, congrats you're going to be a father to a lot of half alicorn- half pegasi foals."

"I would rather have a special somepony and have a foal with her," said Purple, "Well I can't do anything about it now. Thanks anyway for patching me up."

Purple then asked why he can't move and can't move his mouth so Lieutenant Honey Cake told him that one of her soldiers fired an experimental new weapon that the thing locked him up like a taser but more painfully.

"A "more painful"? yeah right." said Purple, "My entire muscular system cramped up. That's intense pain."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then gave Purple a kiss on his forehead and mouth then walked out.

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In the command building.

Lieutenant Honey Cake only had small Enclave teams in teams of three to four go out into the wasteland and set up small outposts in the Undiscovered West. They monitored some other parts and mostly engage the baddies of the wasteland which are Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns the artificial/drone ones, and Hellhounds not adding other mutated evil creatures.

A pegasus stallion asked about the group called "Wasteland Guardians"?

Lieutenant Honey Cake told them that they're friendly to them even though all of them mistook friendly with quotation marks around it meaning they're hostile. Base was also sent out into the wasteland so she wouldn't cause her any more headaches within a 24 hour period.

On a small hill, Base looked at a group of Wasteland Guardians on a dirt road with a pre-war military convoy.

"Attack!" ordered Base, "Now!"

The Pegasi ponies under his command did.

The Enclave ponies in power armor their power armor has on their tail is a pointy thing like a Radscorpion stinger/telson.

One GPE member used the tailpiece and rammed it right through the back of the neck of a Wasteland Guardian member and had it go out through the front of the neck covered in blood.

"FUCK!" yelled a Wasteland Guardian member, "WHAT THE FUC"

He then let a groan out.

Base then walked up behind the only mare, knocked her out, and dragged her away and undressing her as well.

They settled up a tent on the hill but the GPE that Base has with him settled up a camp without a name.

Base actually went out into the Wasteland and personally killed stallions of the Wasteland Guardians. He captured the mares of the Wasteland Guardians for unspeakable things.

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Back at the pre-war AFB base.

Purple was outside and tested out his cyber wing but he soared off to the town of Crimson but he's still getting used to flying.

In her office.

Lieutenant Honey Cake found a note from Purple thanking her for giving him a new wing and he owes her one to make his debt to her fully repaid.

Purple's note even said that he'll repay her any way he can as long it ain't over-sexual or counts as a fetish or non-consensual because he isn't into that.

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Town of Crimson.

"Hey Purple." said Rocky Road urgently, "Hey cool wing. Never mind that. Alpha, Bravo, and Echo squads aren't reporting back. I don't know if they're going rouge or not but can we send somepony out to investigate?"

"Isn't Sunrise Storm in charge?" asked Purple, "She's officially in charge. I just got back ask her then ask me again."

Inside of Purple's house which is also the command building.

"Sunrise." said Rocky Road, "We got a problem. Some of your teams aren't reporting back. What do you want to do? I suggested sending someponies out to their last known location."

"What?" asked Sunrise Storm. "I'm just having a headache micromanaging units is hard. I wonder how that bitch can do it. What were you saying?"

Rocky Road re-told Sunrise Storm what she told Purple than her again.

"Alright." said Sunrise, "Have your brother, and Purple go and check them out. Maybe their radios are busted or maybe a solar interference is affecting those or their walkie-talkies."

Rocky Road then saw her brother sweet-talking a unicorn mare but told Midnight Twister and Purple to go out.

Purple was playing on his Pip-Buck 3000, to everypony else looks like he's playing on it but he's actually leveling up to level eight.

Purple then looked at his new perk which is medic rank three where now Healing Potions and other aid items (like Rad-away and RadSafe) work faster and heal more.

Purple also chose Sniper where he is more accurate with semi-automatic and bolt-action rifles and the same for scoped weapons.

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While out in the wasteland

"Psst," said somepony or some creature, "Over here."

Purple carefully approached a tipped-over wagon and there was a mare wearing some kind of stealth clothing.

"Can I introduce you to new weapons or equipment?" asked the mare, "Weapons, Ammo, Aid, and anything you can imagine."

Purple was skeptical but told her that he has a few minutes to see what she's selling.

Purple did like what she had so he bought a pre-war made 9mm semi-automatic Police Pistol and a few 9mm magazines for it.

"Thanks for the gun and ammo." said Purple while paying, "Do you need. Where did she go?"

She vanished out of thin air.

"How's your mechanical wing?" asked Midnight Twister, "Does it feel the same?"

"Fine." said Purple, "I can use it as my normal wing. The downside is that it's cold against my fur and skin. At least it's a wing I don't need to preen it at least."

They soon ran upon the bodies of three of Wasteland Guardians.

"Look at this." said Purple, "No bullets, no casings."

"So Professional Mercs?" asked Midnight Twister, "The mercs I ran into or seen usually take their casings and bullets out of the target to take with them."

"No. Look closer." said Purple, "Energy burn. They were shot at by somepony or some creature with a laser weapon. We know somepony in a certain group. The GPE they fancy in power armor and energy weapons."

"Your right." said Midnight Twister, "So wanna call your marefriend out on it?"

"Lieutenant Honey Cake is not my marefriend." said Purple, "We're just enemies and she has romantic feelings for me. But I do owe her one for giving me this wing."

A laser flew past them and they took cover.

"Damn!" said a pegasus pony, "I missed my brother's head by a fucking inch!"

"What you planning Purple?" asked Midnight Twister, "Anything to get us out of here than being suppressed by a fucking sniper."

"Suppressive fire." said Purple, "I'll use my 7.62x51mm battle rifle and lay down some suppressive fire and you move up and kill that sniper."

Purple then switched over to his 7.26mm and fired the wooden and steel battle rifle and laid down suppressive fire. Purple also told Midnight Twister to go so he did using his magic to hold his shotgun and run.

Purple then stopped shooting so he wouldn't hit Midnight Twister.

Midnight Twister then got knocked down by an iceberg blue pegasus. He started to attack Midnight Twister after disarming him but the two then rolled down the hill.

Purple then switched to his .45 Auto Pistol and cocked it with his dark moderate blue magic and aimed it.

"LET HIM GO ARSEN!" ordered Purple, "NOW LET HIM GO OR I WILL PUT YOU DOWN!"

"Go on Purple!" said Arsen/Base, "Shoot me I know it'll make you more happy!"

Purple had a perfect shot to kill Base in the forehead with a round or a few rounds but something came over Purple and he fired his pistol and shot Base in his wings.

Purple and Midnight continued with their mission and found the other two Wasteland Guardians squads to see them dead only the stallions but they just assumed that they didn't have a mare in their squads.

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At Night.

Purple returned to Stable 190 to visit his mom, grandmom and sister to see how they're doing.

In his room, Purple dropped his stuff off and went to his sister's room.

Purple could hear her crying so he knocked and asked if she's ok and she let him in where he did his best to console his sister.

"Purple I wish you were here before hoof." said Blue, "But you have a brother-in-law but I don't like him I hate him. Only reason I married him because I'm pregnant with his foal. Little brother can you talk to him please? He's usually at the lounge getting drunk. I hate him when he hits me, Please talk some sense into him?"

Purple wiped his sister's tears away and told her that he'll go give him a quick talk and tell him not to hit Blue again.

In the lounge, Purple walked up to his brother-in-law a Mr. Deceration Select and told him to leave Blue Water alone only for Deceration Select to hit Purple over the head with a WIld Pegasus Whiskey bottle.

Purple just knocked the glass shards off of his head, & tapped the lime green unicorn on his shoulder.

Deceration Select punched Purple in his face.

"Ok no more Mr. Nicestallion or Nice guy." said Purple.

Purple started to attack him not in self-defense but to teach him a lesson and why he shouldn't hit a mare especially with a protective younger brother as well.

While walking through the Stable back to his sister's room, Harp encountered her favorite son again.

After a half a hour of saying bye and that they'll see each other again one day, Purple then went back to see his sister and told her what happened.

"WHY DID YOU ATTACK MY HUSBAND!" yelled Blue, "I TOLD YOU TO GO TALK TO HIM NOT BEAT THE LIVING DAY LIGHT OUT OF HIM!"

Purple tried to explain that he tried to talk but his brother-in-law attacked him and Purple attacked in self-defense.

Blue didn't buy what he was saying because her husband got to her first and started to play the victim card.

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12:40 AM

While sleeping.

Harp came into Purple's room and seen him tossing and turning, Harp knows Purple is having a nightmare.

Harp then sat down on Purple's bed, used her wings, placed Purple on her two fontal legs and began to sing.

"It's alright little baby don't you be sad or cry." sung Harp, "You can stop worrying mommy and daddy are here for you. It's alright little baby no need to cry mommy and daddy will always be there for you so there's no need to be sad, and upset."

Harp then placed Purple down under the covers and gave him a small kiss on the forehead telling him to have a good night.

Author's Note

The pistol that Purple buys I'm basing it on the H&K P8

Chapter 18: Two heads two ideas

Chapter 18: Two heads two ideas

At Enclave Base Aurora.

Lieutenant Honey Cake walked into the science lab with a smile on her face.

"Ok, where are we with the super pony soldier project Mark 2?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake, "We need them ASAP I gave you all a thirty-six-hour deadline. I want good results."

The lead scientist pegasus told Honey Cake that his scientist team is tired and haven't slept in a whole day and twelve hours and they don't have a pre-war and wartime drink called "Coffee" to keep them awake.

Lieutenant Honey Cake told him that she'll let him and his team rest the moment she gets the results of the Super Pony Soldier project.

By a tarp, the pegasus scientist removed it to see a purple alicorn in a glass jar tube thing with green water with its eyes closed but floating.

"I'm assuming it's purple because the blood/DNA I stole came from a purple crossbred pony that's an alicorn?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake.

The scientist told her that what she said is correct.

Lieutenant Honey Cake asked when they can be battlefield deployed. The scientist tells her that they're still in the experimental stage and ain't ready to be deployed to the field they ain't even deployed to be trained.

Lieutenant Honey Cake sighed. "Okay okay. I want them battle-ready within forty-six hours! Within a day and 22 hours! But take your break and rest up first."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then walked out and went into the mess hall for some breakfast and she did.

Two-days later.

Back in the science lab.

"Alright, I want results." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "And I want them now!"

The lead scientist yawned and told her that they had to work around the clock and walked over to a terminal and showed a moderate purple alicorn with blue eyes but no cutie mark in a test room.

"Ok Test Subject PA-001." said the lead scientist, "Do what you were made to do."

They saw that "Test Subject PA-001" has superpony strength, superpony speed, superpony durability, regenerative healing, skilled combatant. Those are the strengths. The weaknesses are limited intelligence, always aggressive against non-Grand Pegasus Enclave Members."

"We'll work out the kinks later," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Just field deploy them."

"But the PA's are still in the experimental stage." said the lead scientist, "We haven't even created armor and weapons for them yet. This is absurd! Also very stupid we can't deploy them out to the field!"

"Go cry to Colonel Autumn Leaf! Or to Pride!" exclaimed Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Why you are at it why don't you suck his and Pride's dicks or preen their wings or kiss their asses why you're at it!"

There's a knock on the door which leads Lieutenant Honey Cake to answer it.

It's Purple and he stuck his hoof out as a form of thank you for giving him a cyber wing and she shook his hoof.

"Does it have to be black with an emblem of clouds and wings with a pair of eyes gazing out from the shelter of an arch?" asked Purple, "I'm just asking. I don't feel like feeling like I'm the property of the GPE."

Lieutenant Honey Cake told him no but found a sapphire wedding ring in his saddlebag.

"I guess that makes us husband and wife." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I can't wear it but I can wear it on my holotags."

"GIVE IT BACK!" demanded Purple, "THAT ISN'T YOURS IT BELONGS TO ME AND IT BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS!"

Purple acted out of character but didn't apologize for what he said and stuck his hoof out for Lieutenant Honey Cake to hand his family wedding ring heirloom. But she dropped it accidentally but Purple caught it.

"I'll be on my way," said Purple before walking off.

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Back in her office, Honey Cake looked at a map of a wide area around the pre-war AFB and she placed a green square where the town of Crimson is at and green is supposed to mean that they're allies.

Base walked in like if he owned the place.

"I heard that your working super soldiers." said Base, "Tell me about them."

Lieutenant Honey Cake told Base no and take a hike back to his camp or FOB Golf.

"I can make you talk!" said Base, "I want to know what they are!"

Base then went to Lieutenant Honey Cake and went behind her.

"If you think you are." scoffed Honey Cake, "Well I already took a part of your baby brother DNA and put it inside me you can't give me a foal and I made sure for me to have your baby brother's DNA in me."

"Fuck!" said Base, "Tell me anyway. Please?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake gave him need to know information which isn't a lot. Base quickly figured out that Lieutenant Honey Cake used Purple's DNA to make the superpony soldiers.

Lieutenant Honey Cake told Base that it was her decision, not his to make and she told him to get out of her office so he did.

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Back at Foward Operating Base Golf, Base stepped out of an A-4 Vertibuck only to see four GPE Assault soldiers standing at the four corners of the landing pad.

In the command bunker an 11 foot high, 7 foot wide, and 10 foot and 5 inches long wooden building he walked over to a holomap.

On the holomap is seven green squares which are FOBs: Golf (Base's current location), Echo, Delta, Alpha, India, Foxtrot, and Feather. There is also another green square which is Base Aroura the wartime EAF or Equestrian Airforce Base named Luna or now Grand Pegasus Enclave base: Aroura.

There's one red square which is the town of Crimson and smaller red dots which are confirmed Wasteland Guardians and redlines which are Wasteland Guardians routes.

There are also green ovals which are the GPE soldiers that Base leads and there are Courier, Berainum, Oxide, Gold, Onyx, and Dynamite squads and they report to Base.

By a radio, Base re-ordered his squads just to kill the stallions that are Wasteland Guardians but to bring back the mares to him.

The only reason Base ordered it is because he's a semi-chauvinist but think that the mares who fight will be excellent breeding stock. Even though his baby brother disapproves of it and believes that mares have the same rights as stallions even in the post-apocalyptic wasteland even though Purple wouldn't mind having a mare for him but he isn't going to force or harm a mare.

Lieutenant Honey Cake started to think about what's going on in Base's mind. She thinks that she's losing control of Base and the 2 platoons he's in charge of thinking he's going to start a war between the Enclave and the Wasteland Guardians which is something Honey Cake doesn't want.

Lieutenant Honey Cake even thought about it for a while but kept her remaining squads which are Foxhound, Harpoon, Pronto, Boxer, Carrera, and Starlight Squads in reserve because she doesn't want to telegraph the GPE presence in the Equestrian Wasteland too early.

She may already have several squads deployed to FOBs: November, Juliet, Bravo, Sapphire, Garnet, Pearl, Opal, and Amethyst and those squads are Titans, Hellhounds (not actual Hellhounds), Nightmare, Oracle, Red Dragons, Blue Dragons, Scepter, Havoc, Banshee, Fiends, and Napalm Squads with Special Service Squad. Incident Organization Squadron, Trauma Rescue Squad, Strategic Assault Squadron, and Strategic Combat Team, Special Engage Unit, Disaster Assault Squadron, and Advance Reconnasiance Crew are in reserve with Foxhound, Harpoon, Pronto, Boxer, Carrera, and Starlight Squads.

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In the radio room.

Lieutenant Honey Cake radioed for Starlight and Carrera squads to go out and find some wartime defense factories to bring them back online so they don't have to have to rely upon what happens above the clouds and the council doesn't have to bitch about it and so.

Lieutenant Honey Cake also would love to get out of the shadow of the Council but what she's doing is unsanctioned by the council and can remove her rank of Lieutenant. But they might not because factories they have only produce 1500 per hour for twelve hours a day is 18000 and the GPE has three-hundred factories to maintain the Grand Pegasus Army and Airforce and a small navy with 54 cloudships, 4 Thunderheads and 50 Raptor class-cloudships.

She then breathes calmly in and out and went to do her normal duties as a base commander.

Chapter 19: VIZP

On a hill was Corporal Sapphire Love a blue unicorn with black hair with a sapphire gem and a Claddagh symbol that's in the background with the gem over the Claddagh symbol.

In her squad is Farming Green a dark green earth pony stallion armed with two 7.62mm GPMG on battle saddles, Violet Soaring a violet-colored pegasus mare armed with two Rifle caliber 5.56mm battle saddles, and Aroura Surge a stallion alicorn who's a light purple who's armed with a scoped 7.62 battle rifle. They're all wearing dark olive green woodland camouflage with backpacks, some with helmets and some with hats, and gas masks on their utility belts.

The Equestrians are still working on flight and got the basics of something called a "helicopter" and the 57 foot 9 5/8 inches long, 10 foot tall, and 10 foot wide olive green helicopter flew away they saw some exploding clouds.

Their only way in and out of the Zebra homelands is kaput and they're on their own.

Corporal Sapphire Love told her team that they need to find two defectors from the Zebras and bring them back to Equestria. But the closest is within a mile from their location.

They heard some of the bushes rattles and they pointed their weapon where they heard the rattling coming from.

"Come out nice and slow," said Farming Green, "Or we'll fill you with lead!"

A zony mare came out of the bushes, sat down, and stuck her hooves up.

Sapphire Love told Violet Soaring the question and Violet Soaring said, "Who is my favorite mail pony?" asked Violet.

The zony told her that it's Derpy Hooves.

They singled the zony over to them before any zebra sees her.

"My mother." said the Zony, "My mother you have to rescue her from my father. I can show you where she's being held captive."

"Just stay here and stay hidden." says Aurora Surge, "Just stay here sweetie we'll get her.", PFC Aurora Surge then gave the twelve-year-old Zony mare a kiss on the head to keep her calm.

The Zony protested wanting to help them and finally said, "I know the Zebra patrol routes down there and knows how to get to her house quicker than normal routes.

"First we silence those AA and triple AAA guns." said Sapphire Love, "Then we come back to you and you can take us to your mother."

They went down and caught the Zebra sentries off guard.

On the roof of a small warehouse, Corporal Sapphire Love placed a satchel charge on one of the Zebra's Anti-Air Cannon where she had a small steel thing that's in the shape of a cigarette and turned it three times in a 360-degree rotation and pulled the pin with her magic.

Corporal Sapphire ran and yelled "Fire in the hole" and after fifteen seconds the Zebra AA gun was knocked out of action they had one down and two to go.

They made quick work of the Zebras of using their weapons where the Zebras had old bolt-action-rifles while a majority of the Zebra Carbine Rifles are on the front to deal with the Steel Rangers. But some of the Zebras have specialized rounds that can penetrate steel.

The Zebras they fought were undertrained and they went back for the Zony and she lead them through thick woods until they were thirty feet from a quarter-mile bridge.

There was no way to cross it easily without attacking the guarding Zebras head-on.

The Zony mare asked what's their plan was without being suicidal but the only way for them to cross was head-on so they did. They laid down a heavy amount of firepower that overwhelmed the Zebras but the Zebras on the bridge had no cover.

The Zony mare galloped across the bridge and they had to catch up with her because she's running home.

They ran inside to see a Zebra on the second floor holding a golden assault rifle, "You think you Equestrians can come in here and take over!?" chuckled the Zebra, "Your mistaken, Nothing not even your precious Steel Rangers can stop us! We won't stop until every Equestrian stallion is killed and every Equestrian mare becomes our sex toys!"

He shot at them but he was quickly put down by the Equestrian special forces team.

They searched the rooms for VIP 2.

"Um Ponies." said the Zony mare, "We got company!"

Sapphire Love came over and saw three companies worth of Zebras walking on the bridge and coming off of it and spreading out but also coming closer to the house.

Aroura Surge opened a door and saw a tied-up orange earth pony so the alicorn walked over to her, untiled and unbounded her.

Still, on the second floor, Aroura Surge came out with the VIP and told them that the package is secure.

The rest regrouped with Aroura Surge but they needed to get away out of there. The only way they came in is their only exit but 360 Zebras are outside and slowly approaching the house.

The orange earth pony told them that there's a golden flying thing on the roof which they can use so they all went up there.

They all got on and Sapphire Love got in the cockpit.

"Okay, Sapphire okay," said Sapphire Love, "How do you start this thing up?"

Sapphire Love started to hit random things until it started up and they were off.

"Alright we're off." said Sapphire Love, "We're going back to Equestria."

They all heard bullets ricocheting and thudding sounds on the metal of the prototype Zebra helicopter which they're trying to be neck to neck with the Equestrians in air supremacy because they don't have pegasi and an advanced war industry or magic as well.

Sapphire Love started to calm down the moment but though that the Zebras have a powerful industrialized empire but they can't mass produce on the Equestrian level which unicorns can copy/clone objects so they don't have to waste materials that are vital in the war effort.

"Hey look." said Farming Green "Enemy convoy down below. They must be heading to the front."

"I ain't going to attack them." said Corporal Sapphire Love, "Our brave mares and stallions on the front lines can deal with them later no fun for them if they don't kill them."

They soon came across a dam and the Zebra forces attacked them but the helicopter they're in has an autocannon and some rockets to destroy Equestrian power-armored Steel Rangers.

They were easily dealt with from the air but there were some anti-air fortifications in the valley below.

Sapphire Love and the Equestrians Special Forces team disembarked after she landed it.

In a building.

"Corporal Love?" said Aroura Surge, "I don't know how to say it but I love you and I want to be with you. Will you be my marefriend?"

"We been friends since we were both colt and filly," said Corporal Sapphire "I always had a special place in my heart for you. When this war is over it'll just be me, you, and a "couple" of foals living on a farm."

Aroura Surge asked what she means by "a couple of foals" only for Sapphire Love to point out that by the time the war ends that millions of Equestrians will die and will go through a foal boom and the two are going to do their part.

"Power's off," said Farming Green, "The enemy port won't have any more power and they'll be in the dark as well."

They all left because the building has a backup generator in case of a power failure and re-embarked the helicopter and flew off again.

There were loud thudding sounds of higher caliber rounds hitting the helicopter so Corporal Sapphire Love used her magic and had the helicopter go up to make them a harder target.

They flew back to Equestrian front lines which took hours but before they did they painted it in Equestrian colors.
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Two hundred and two years later

In Stable 190, Harp was looking through a book of her family generation and thought it was funny that a unicorn and an alicorn gotten a spot in the Stable and had two daughters and she's their great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter.

Harp then kept her smile of seeing her pride of joy which is Purple Artist under her and her husband but she placed a red x over Base because he's dead to her and going to pretend that she never conceived him and birthed him where in her mind, Purple is her only son.

"Purple I know you can't hear me." said Harp, "But can you please find a mare, come back to the Stable and give me some grand foals?. Love you Purple stay safe. But please give me some grand foals before my time is up."

Author's Note

The 7.62 GPMG is based on the M60 (mostly the M60 and M60E1)
The Rifle caliber 5.56 is based on the M16 (mostly the M16A1)
The scoped 7.62 Battle rifle is based on the M21 (mostly the scoped M14, a M21 is a sniper/DMR version of the M14 Battle Rifle)

Chapter 20: New Friend or Foe?

While out walking in the wasteland.

Purple and Sunrise Storm were sitting against an old wagon taking a break but they heard some metallic hoofsteps coming and they checked it out to only get shot at so the two alicorns took cover.

They heard the hoof steps get closer and closer only for them to see some ponies in power armor which is made of steel, adhesive, aluminum, and circuitry.

They stood pointing their weapons at each other.

"Well looks like we got an Equestrian standoff." said a pony in a suit of power armor.

"It's just called a "Standoff" no need to put what we are in front of it." said a mare pony in a suit of power armor.

The ponies in power armor mostly pointed their weapons at Sunrise Storm which she is very used to her but not Purple because on their Eyes Forward Sparkle or E.F.S has them both as yellow but alicorns they studied are were usually mares/female, highly aggressive, and evil not adding strong but Sunrise Storm posed no harm to them even though she has a firearm but she doesn't see the reason to use it.

"A male alicorn!" exclaimed the same mare pony, "We never seen one of them before. They must be evolving to procreate! We need our scribes to study him!"

"No pony is going to study me!" said Purple, "I just hated regular check-ups while in Stable 190!"

Purple also asked them if they were friends or foe and they told the two alicorns that they're neutral even though they could've told them that they were friends but Purple is just skeptical of them now.

The ponies in power armor and some in robes but one mare walked by Purple with her power armor helmet off and said with a big smile on her face, "See you around cutie."

Purple then used his Pipbuck and entered STATS to see that the ones in robes were labeled as "STEEL RANGER SCRIBE". a few labeled as "STEEL RANGER SENIOR SCRIBE", some in power armor are labeled as "STEEL RANGER KNIGHT", "STEEL RANGER KIGHT CAPTAIN", "STEEL RANGER PALADIN", and one is labeled as "STEEL RANGER STAR PALADIN".

There are also some in wartime-made Recon Armor which they're called "STEEL RANGER INITIATES".

"I'll get right on it," said Sunrise Storm, "When we get back to the town of Crimson."

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Back in the town of Crimson.

"Waters, Anvil, and Cobra!" said Sunrise Storm, "We got a new group of ponies here in the Unknown West. Keep an eye on them from a distance."

The three earth ponies ran to the last known location of the new group of ponies where Purple is skeptical of them where he thinks they're going to cause trouble. The Wasteland Guardians already have their hooves full of keeping the Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns, and the Grand Pegasus Enclave in check.

Purple already has stressed out to figure out why some squads have gone AWOL or desert and who's been killing them with energy weapons. Not adding his rival, Lieutenant Honey Cake has the hots for Purple even though the two don't see eye to eye.

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A couple of miles to the southeast on a rocky edge looking down.

"Hey um. Waters?" said Private Anvil, "Is it ok if I date your sister when we get back?"

"Don't ask me to ask her." said Private First Class Waters, "If you were the same age as my daughter then I would probably kill you if you asked me to date her. The only reason is that I feel like I owe them so I signed up to help others."

"Walls are so pre-war times." said Private Cobra, "Probably setting something called a "Forward Observation Base" Whatever that is."

They have seen some ten steel walls be erected on the east, and west sides also including a small steel wall blocking a path in a small valley.

They also saw some 13 feet and 14 inches long and 14 feet wide tin shacks which are acting as makeshift barracks.

They heard some weapons cock and they turned around and were captured by the ponies in power armor.

Down in their base, the three were placed against a wall and the initiates were ordered by the leader and the three Wasteland Guardians were executed by earth pony initiates armed with minigun battle saddles. They were taken away so their base didn't start to stink of there corpses rotting in there "slice of heaven".

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In the town of Crimson, Purple personally oversaw the building of the defense of the town of Crimson and he personally built up a bigger building for guards. The smaller one only has several rooms which are Barracks, Kitchen, and Living room/Common Room.

Purple is planning on having supply lines, gunsmiths, procurement teams, shooting range, situation room, canine room, and multiple barracks so they all don't have to share beds or sleeping bags.

"Hey Purple!" said Rocky Road, "Recon Team Alpha 1 isn't radioing back. It could be on our end or not. I'm still new to this radio stuff but I fear that Enclave got them."

Purple told her that they could be hiding and turned it off which got rid of Rocky Road's fear and the beautiful unicorn mare went back to her place on the radio.

Soon Midnight Twister and three other Wasteland Guardian rookies.

"Rocky!" said Midnight Twister, "How have you been?"

"I'm fine big brother." said Rocky Road, "But well Sunrise Storm sent three ponies out into the wasteland to scout something but they haven't radioed back in two hours."

Midnight Twister more or less told his sister what Purple did and told her to give it time and they might radio later or they're trying to reach her now but she isn't there on the radio that Purple repaired.

Midnight Twister was impressed how a small town grew slightly bigger and saw more ponies in pre-war and wartime made police riot armor just walking around or standing at place to keep the town safe.

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At night while heading home.

"Excuse me." said a mare, "Are you a member of the "Wasteland Guardians"? If so I need to talk to you."

Purple politely asked how he could help her only for her to tell him that she would like to talk to him in private so she entered his house. She told him about the group she's in called "Steel Rangers" well the contingent she's in are evil and she's the only very kind one.

Purple told her to go on and she couldn't explain but her leader the Star Paladin is leading them because they heard of pre-war treasure that'll whip out all life in the Wasteland and in the Stables besides for them because they want to rule the wastes.

Purple asked what it is and she explained what she could and that well the wartime Equestrian military was working on a superweapon to win the war. It'll something that'll send a bolt of lighting at the targeted enemy and kill them instantly but if targets are nearby it'll cause a chain reaction.

Purple finished it that it was either in the paper stage, prototype stage, or in the experimental stage. But the Last day happened sooner before they could be finished and massed produced to be shipped to the frontlines to fight the Zebras.

She explained that three were being produced in secret locations but before that there orders were to clear out Canterlot. When they entered the Equestrian War Dept HQ and found schematics for the superweapon and of three possible locations where it could be well here they are.

She showed him a map of the unknown west and they're at Fort Nightmare Moon, Fort Constellation, and Airforce Base Luna.

Purple told her that he had been to all three of the places but the problem is the last well she'll be dead by a group of ponies.

Purple then asked for her name so she responded "Sapphire Heart. Paladin Sapphire Heart."

Purple then went to bed only in the morning to find both Paladin Sapphire Heart and Lieutenant Honey Cake in his bed cuddling up to him with the former not in her power armor as she came to the town unarmored. Lieutenant Honey Cake always sleeps "naked".

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In the morning Purple asked Lieutenant Honey Cake if she can deploy some Grand Pegasus Enclave members to search for an energy weapon.

"It all depends." Lieutenant Honey Cake said seductively, "But I can't clear it right away it'll take days if not weeks or months for the council to approve or deny it. But anything for you Purple honey. I'll see who I can spare but I'm not making any promises."

"Okay three terrifying superweapons." said Purple, "Well let's get them before your friends do and kill us all. Hope my brother doesn't find them if he does then we're all screwed."

Sapphire Love told them that they better get a move on. The Steel Rangers have a five-hour head start on them. It's 9:00 AM and the Steel Rangers have a small group of three heading to Fort Constellation as they're standing there.

Purple is glad they got technology on their side of having a V-4 Vertibuck which is faster than walking and the three got on and Lieutenant Honey Cake flew it because her step-father is a pilot.

"I hate my mother." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Left my father for a pilot. The pegasi in Maintenance are more important than pilots."

They were on there way and hoped they would beat the Steel Rangers to it but they could only hope.

Chapter 22: Super weapon

At Fort Constellation.

Purple, Lieutenant Honey Cake, and Palidan Sapphire Heart got off the V-4 Vertibuck and entered Fort Constellation again.

Purple picked up a holotape and played it.

"Private First Class Napalm an orange unicorn with orange eye and red-eye. He's an excellent inferno specialist in the war but he uses arcane fire magic that can spray a stream of flammable corrosive fire from his magic. It's a great demoralizing for the Zebras but he also demoralizes our own soldiers. It's scary to see an equine one minute standing there and the next minute the flesh and everything but the bone melt away into an orange gloop thing. It's very terrifying and horrifying. This is Lieutenant General Sonata Blues signing off."

Purple then sat down at the terminal at the former Lieutenant-General desk but he thought about it for a while and Lieutenant General Sonata Blues she was the first overmare of Stable 190.

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"What in the wide wide world of Equestria is that smell?" asked Paladin Sapphire Heart.

Lieutenant Honey Cake told her that she doesn't want to think about it.

They opened a door and saw some kind of critter run past a messy hallway covered in something which creeped them out.

Lieutenant Honey Cake pulled out her plasma pistol and Paladin Sapphire Heart equipped her Novasurge rifle in her sapphire blue magic aurora but the two mares were scared.

They saw more critters scatter away from them but they both saw a big one coming towards them and it picked up Paladin Sapphire Heart, rammed something down her throat then dropped her and crawled away on the ceiling.

Lieutenant Honey Cake shoved Paladin Sapphire Heart back into the stairwell and Lieutenant Honey Cake gave Paladin Sapphire Heart a Healing Potion which made her throw up what the creature put in her.

They locked it from their end and went to go find Purple who was still on the terminal.

Purple was having a hard time trying to find out where the schematics or prototype of the superweapon but he finally was able the location of it, it's in the science lab with the creepy creatures that implanted something into her down her throat.

They went with Purple but he entered a room and picked up an equipped wartime-made flamethrower to burn the creatures out but used led to killing them when they entered rooms.

They found a terminal in a room which Lieutenant Honey Cake used it and found out that the lead scientist pony frequently visited a resort and more or less lived there for all the pretty mares.

"Lead Scientist Master Mustang usually goes to a resort. It's a nice resort but expensive." Said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "The resort is called the "Paradise Pinnacle Resort" built fifteen years before the start of the war. Expensive as fuck. It says that he would spend five hundred bits a week to stay for the week. Well a pony like him had the money to stay there. The terminal also says that he stayed there for all the pretty mares and sometimes stallions."

Paladin Sapphire Heart came back and told them that the other rooms are clear and no sign of the so-called "superweapon" so they decided to go to the armory to load up.

On a map, it showed that they can take the stairs to the armory. But the problem is that it's flooded and there's another way is through an elevator shaft which is also flooded; but they can take the elevator shaft to the armory because it's faster.

Both Sapphire Heart and Honey Cake noticed a moderate blue bubble around their heads and Purple used his magic and pushed them in the water and they followed him and soon they were underwater and got close to the armory and got to an elevated spot where it's dry.

Purple shaked like a dog but they continued to the armory door. A lot of ghouls came out of the water so all three of them galloped into the armory and locked themselves inside.

They found a flare where Paladin Sapphire Heart lit it and saw a lot of weapons and they heard Purple say "Nice."

On the weapon racks, they saw several 7.62mm GPMG on battle saddles, and not, 5.56mm battle saddles and 5.56 assault rifles, scoped 7.62 battle rifles, and 7.62 battle rifles on battle saddles, 9mm SMG's both on battle saddles and not, .45 Auto Submachine Gun both on battle saddles and not, .380 SMG both on battle saddles and not, 9mm mini SMG both on battle saddles or not, 12 gauge police special shotguns both on battle saddles and not, 12 gauge hunting shotgun (like what Midnight Twister has) both on and not on battle saddles, .30-06 semi-automatic rifles both on the battle saddles and not, .30 Carbine rifle both on battle saddles and not, auto .30 Carbine rifle both on battle saddles and not, double-barrel shotguns, IF-9 Combat Shotgun, Sniper rifles, revolvers, assault rifles, submachine guns, Scopted Assault Carbine, Automatic Rifles, Flamethrowers, Missile launchers, miniguns, Grenade Machineguns, Rocket Launcher, Magical Energy Rifle, Plasma Cannon, Magical Plasma pistol, Novasurge Rifles, Magical Energy Miniguns, Balefire Egg Launcher, Lighting Rifle, Plasma Rifle, combat knives, mines, dynamite, and fragmentation greanades.

Purple went to a button thing and started to press random numbers and he opened all the lockers with their numbers and they took ammo for their handguns but took it

They took some duffel bags and started to take a lot of weapons and ammo and went out another way.

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Outside.

"Thanks, Purple." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "For getting us out of there so we wouldn't have to battle through those ghouls. I think we would've been killed."

They entered the V-4 Vertibuck and Lieutenant Honey Cake flew to the resort and touched down in the plaza.

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At the Resort.

"This place has seen better days." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "If Purple and I were alive during the prewar days we would've had our honeymoon here and fuck like animals."

"No it would've been me and Purple." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "He would've fucked me silly! As long we were on your "honeymoon" if that's what it's called."

They just saw Purple walk away from them and enter the lobby of the old and crumbling resort and go behind the receptionist desk.

The terminal was still operational and on so Purple got on it and started to search for Lead Scientist Master Mustang.

They heard some noises so they had to defend Purple until he could find what room Master Mustang was staying in.

After several minutes they took the elevator up to the suite floor.
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On the suite floor, they went to suite 503 and Purple bucked the door in.

They found a skeleton on the queen-sized bed but found a briefcase and some papers on a table in the bedroom.

"Package secured." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "One down two to go."

"Lovely view of the Lunar Ocean," said Purple, "Ooh a memory orb."

Purple used his magic and accessed the memory.

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Two hundred years ago.

Master Mustang went down to the receptionist's desk and flirted with the mare behind the desk.

"My shift ends at five." said the pegasus mare, "Leave your suite room door cracked open so I can come in and "relax". See you around handsome."

Master Mustang went into the casino and pulled his luck and charm but made a bet with a unicorn mare that if he wins a game of pool a cue sport she comes back to his suite for a little fun time.

She told him that if she wins he has to buy her the most expensive bottle of alcohol at the bar. While she drinks it she's going to shove the pool cue up his butt and hit him in his testicles with it.

Master Mustang went over to the bar and gave the cashier sixteen bits for three games of pool.

"I'll make this interesting." said the unicorn mare, "You just need to win one time and I'll go up to your room and have sex with you."

Master Mustang never played billiards before and lost the first two times but won the third time.

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In Master Mustang's suite, the unicorn mare gave him a condom and she told him that she doesn't want to get pregnant but Master Mustang sabotaged it and the unicorn mare lifted her tail in shame at what she's doing.

She was embarrassed and didn't feel like showing her face again not adding the suite balcony window was open and she could see happy ponies down below having fun on the beach, swimming in the ocean, surfboarding, or swimming in the pool.

"I may be in heat but don't you DARE!" said the billiard unicorn mare, "I'm not ready to be a mother! If you do make me pregnant your paying for foal support! AND YOU'LL HAVE TO COME TO MY FOAL BIRTHDAYS, CELEBRATIONS, GAMES, AND GRADUATION!"

Master Mustang made a huge mistake and got the mare pregnant.

"My Brothers! Will hear about this!" said the mare, "They're going to kill you! Or take a lot of your money as restitution or compensation for making me pregnant!"

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"Creepiest and weird hour I been through," said Purple "Our deceased scientist that we captured his weapon well he's a flirty pony who'll do anything just to either get laid or spread his seed to other mares."

They entered the elevator and Purple pressed "L" to go back down to the lobby.

They met some ponies who were still living there but they. But they were wearing the pre-war and wartime clothing of what was worn by the staff a long time ago and after some convincing had the three to stay to relax.

Purple would rather keep the advantage of staying ahead of the Steel Rangers.

"Maybe a strong stallion like you needs a mare who can take good care of you." said an earth pony mare seductively "You're stressed and there's nothing wrong with relaxing."

The mare then placed her hoof onto Purple's crotch which made him blush but also jump back because he isn't of ponies touching him and the only pony that usually did touch him was his mother to hug him or pat him on his back or to rub his short hair.

The light pink earth pony then took Purple's right hoof and dragged him away.

"I could use a quick drink." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "We can rest real quick."

At a bar.

"Excuse me, barkeep? How much do you charge per drink," asked Paladin Sapphire Heart?

"Purified water 20 caps, Wild Pegasus Whiskey 20 caps, Rum 8 caps, Scotch 12 caps, Beer 2 caps." said the stallion bartender, "If you can't pay you'll "work" to pay off your debt. We also accept all types of currency."

Paladin Sapphire Heart told the barkeep that she'll take a Wild Pegasus Whiskey and Lieutenant Honey Cake told the barkeep she'll take a bottle of Scotch so Sapphire placed her bottle caps onto the counter and Honey placed her Enclave bottle caps onto the counter.

They wondered where Purple is but just drank instead.

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In a room, the earth pony mare locked the door but pushed Purple onto a chair.

"My my." said the earth pony mare, "I didn't know tails could be so small. I wasn't expecting your other "tail" to be small either. Don't worry I'll take real good care of you. Just let me do everything and this mare will pleasure you and ride your small dick."

Purple got up only to be knocked down onto a bed and the mare got on top of him.

"What's wrong?" asked the mare, "First time getting laid? Are you a virgin?"

Purple nodded yes because it's his first time ever having sex and what Lieutenant Honey Cake did to him doesn't count.

"What's your name?" asked the mare.

"It's... It's Purple Artist call me Purple though." said Purple "Also can you please not pick on me for having an almost four or five-inch tail and my other tail is three inches long."

The earth pony mare laid down on him and told him to kiss her so he did very nervously.

The only thing Purple felt was her mouth and her tongue wanting to enter his mouth but soon he felt her tongue on top of his tongue.

The mare felt a little bulge hit her and she thought it was cute. But the mare felt something enter her but just ignored it.

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After Purple lost his virginity.

"You were amazing for somepony who never had sex before." said the mare.

"Um thanks," said Purple. "I really need to get back to my friends."

"Take me with you." said the mare, "I hate doing this I'm supposed to be a prostitute so stallions can stay longer and spend more money. Please take me with you."

Purple couldn't take some mare he doesn't know but he loves to help those in need.

"Meet me and my two friends at the front plaza." said Purple, "Meet us at eight pm on the dot. We'll leave within five minutes if you don't show."

She nodded.

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At night it's Eight Oh Four PM and Purple told Lieutenant Honey to get the Vertibuck ready so she did.

"Wait for me." said the mare, "I'm almost there."

The mare ran and jumped onto the vertibuck.

"To Fort Nightmare Moon." said Purple, "We need to get our "package" from the old base."

"What's your name?" asked Paladin Sapphire Heart, "You took our leader, and well I don't know what you did to him but you're with us."

"Rose." said the mare, "Rose "Rosie" Glitter."

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At Fort Nightmare Moon all of them disembarked from the Vertibuck and entered.

They had a problem where they may be in the wasteland but Rose refused to use a firearm and she relied on the three to protect her.

They went down into the basement of the old military installation and opened up a briefcase.

Paladin Sapphire told them they got two out of three.

"Gold?" asked Purple, "Why would there be gold in a military base?"

They asked what's worth the value and Purple told him that his HUD says it's 10,375 caps and there are five of them.

Paladin Sapphire Heart lit up her magic, closed the briefcase, and took the gold with them but she took seven others each with five pieces of gold bars.

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Back in the town of Crimson, Purple, Rose, and Sapphire got off the Vertibuck and Lieutenant Honey Cake flew home back to Enclave Base Aroura.

"Purple, you fuck me now. No more games, rip your uniform and breed me..." said an eager Rose, "I'm 28 years old, and just fuck me and breed me!"

Purple's face turned fifty shades of red because no mare ever told him to breed with her.

After another hour passed.

Mhmmm... I never knew Purple could be a flavor." She smirked at him and got closer to his head. "And such a tasty one too... A very tasty one."
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Back at base.

Lieutenant Honey Cake and a small group of Enclave members roamed and search the old science labs below the base and one of them found a briefcase and opened it where it's the superweapon they were searching for.

A GPE pony told Lieutenant Honey Cake that they should mass produce it for them and make them battle saddle accessible so they can shock their enemies to death and deep fry them the inside out.

Lieutenant Honey Cake shot the pegasus down and told him that they ain't where it's dangerous wartime made technology and if it fell into wrong hooves or wings or magic or all three then they're all screwed.

Lieutenant Honey Cake kept it for herself but found a small booklet in the briefcase on how to maintain it.

On her terminal she found a file called "OPERATION: BEACHED" so she selected it.

The terminal told her about an island that's a mile long with a small town that was once populated by the ponies of Equestria but the Zebras captured it from the Equestrians overnight and the Equestrians came back a year later to capture it the day before the last day.

Chapter 24: Increased aggression

In the town of Crimson.

Purple woke up to see the mare is gone but she left a note so he read it.

"Purple. Thanks for the fun time and thanks for last night. The heat I've been going through has been driving me nuts and insane. Thanks for the best time and my mother has been wanting a foal from me so thanks again. From Rose."

Purple got up and went on a quick morning run for him to stay fit.

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At town square

Sunrise Storm, Midnight Twister, Rocky Road, and Harmony were sitting at a park table and their breakfast was instant noodles, nuts, oats, and tomatoes with their drinks being Sparkle-Cola.

Midnight and Harmony saw a GPE stallion officer with two GPE pegasi with him.

Rocky Road went up to him and ask how she can help him only for her not to realize that it's Purple's brother Base.

"You can come back to my FOB and I can make you a mother," said Base.

Rocky Road slapped him very hard across the face for being very much offended by it and one of the pegasi snickered. That's because all the mares in Base's small army had to follow his order. The order that was of him placing a foal into them even though the council doesn't know what he did.

Base then asked Rocky Road where his brother is because he's here just to gloat how more "successful" he is and how lucky he got with all the mares in the three platoons he leads.

Rocky Road rolled her eyes and told Base that she doesn't know where Purple is.

Base told her that he'll wait for him here and sat down on the ground with his two pegasi guards.

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An hour later.

"There's my virgin loser baby brother," said Base.

Purple just rolled his eyes after seeing Base. Then he asked what he wanted only for Base to tell him that he just wanted to rub it into Purple's face that he has a small army and Purple has nothing.

Purple told Base that he doesn't force mares to carry his foals because he prefers having a mare to be with when he's ready.

Purple told Base that he has two companies worth of ponies who go out to defend others from the horrors of the wasteland. He also has a couple of settlements on their side.

Base chuckled and told his baby brother that he'll always be a virgin loser which lead Purple to tell Base that he got laid twice even though it was weird but he didn't force the mare into sex.

Base then asked Purple why he shouldn't beat the living Tartarus or kill him right then and there.

Purple told him of three words "Companions and Army" where if Base kills Purple then his army and companions will kill Base in retaliation.

"Alright, colts let's go." said Base to his two guards then he turns to Purple, "Oh it was I and my Pegasi who are killing your Wasteland Guardian stallions but capture the mares for our pleasure. The mares in the platoons I lead have different roles than stallions."

"Oh sweet goodness I'm afraid to ask." said Purple, "So I'm not going to ask."

"I'm glad that you ask," said Base even though he heard Purple loud and clear.

Base considers mares as nothing more than breeding stock, midwives, and healers and not really meant for combat. That is another reason Purple and Base don't get along. Purple even told Base that what he's doing is sexist, misogynist, and patriarchal and Purple hates all three.

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Back at FOB Golf.

Base walked into his luxury officer's barrack where he has collars on captured Wasteland Guardians and a leash on all of them which are hooked onto some kind of hook thing.

Base couldn't choose on which mare to "play" with even though he raped and abused them a lot.

Base finally chosen one but before he could force the earth pony mare into sex there was a knock on the door where he's needed.

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Outside

Base asked what they want only to walk into the Command Bunker to see that FOB Feather is red on the holomap and Base asked why it's red when it should be green.

A Tech officer in the base told Base that they don't know why it's red but asked if they should send somepony or a squad to go check it out only for Base to slap the technical officer mare across her face.

Base also told the mare to shut up and she doesn't have a say because she's a mare.

Base then gave it a long though and decided to go pay Foward Operating Base Feather a visit and see why its red so he and a few of his GPE pegasi ponies entered the V-4 Vertibuck and went there.

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Forward Operating Base Feather.

The vertibuck landed on the landing pad and he and his soldiers entered the command bunker.

"Hello brother." said Purple, "Your guards here were weak. They attacked us and well here we are right now."

Base also saw Purple petting two GPE mares, a Technical officer and a Specialalist ones.

Base ordered the two mares to come over to him and get into his Vertibuck but they told him no and the Specialist mare told him to fuck off.

That pissed off Base and when he stormed over to them he heard the sound of a shotgun being pumped where it's Midnight Twister and told Base that he can try but it won't end successfully.

Base then ordered them again to come over to him so he can punish them but the two mares stuck their toungs out at him.

Base was frustrated but knowing there's only one option to do Base did a tactical withdraw knowing he and his two guards will be killed if they picked a fight.

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Back at FOB Golf.

Base made it clear that the Wasteland Guardians are their enemy and is considered to be shot on sight but injure the mares to be brought back for "pleasure".

Base was thinking how to distinguish his almost company sized element of Enclave from Lieutenant Honey Cake where he knows that at first sign of trouble she'll send some reinforcements to Purple and his Wasteland Guardians.

Base then had a great way to get rid of his brother and that's a small island in the Lunar Ocean.

Base had a few of his GPE soldiers to go and attack Purple which they did and chased them to a small boatyard where a explosion threw Purple and the GPE Technical mare from FOB Feather onto a small boat.

The mare accidentally pressed or hit something for it to go forward so the boat did.

Base was happy that his baby brother was now out of the picture. Soon the Wasteland Guardians will be nothing more than a distant memory and the masses will flock to him and the Grand Pegasus Enclave for shelter and protection.

Chapter 25: A Island

On the boat, it hit something but Purple and the GPE Specialist mare got up.

They saw some huge rocks and sand so the two got off.

While walking the Specialist looked at Purple where he drew his 7.62mm Battle Rifle and slid the bolt back and had it go forward.

She asked why he has his weapon drawn so Purple responded that his E.F.S or Eyes Forward Sparkle has some red dots on it meaning there are hostiles.

Purple and the GPE Specialist mare were captured by outlaws, lost of their stuff besides Purple's Pip-Buck. Purple covered himself up for feeling naked and exposed and that's because he's used to wearing either his Stable suit later Combat armor.

"I feel naked." said Purple, "And far out of my comfort zone."

Purple caught the GPE Specialist mare staring down at him where his nuts/crotch is at but he snapped her out of it.

Soon some other ponies appeared with lever-action rifles and then they rescued Purple and the Grand Pegasus Enclave Specialist. They were brought to their saviors camp on a plateau surrounded by trees with an amazing view.

Purple was about to ask who they are until a well-dressed mare for the wasteland appeared.

"We're the Island Lawponies." said the mare, "There's not a lot of us and we're greatly outnumbered. But we're trying to make this island nice and livable if it wasn't for raiders and following old laws from the pre-war and wartime days. We need your help. Will you help us?"

Purple told her that it would've been nice to ask instead of being taken. He said sure they'll help because the Wasteland Guardians are there to help others and make the wasteland a better place.

"We've heard of the Wasteland Guardians." said the well-dressed mare, "There to help ponies from threats from the wasteland. Raiders, Alicorns, Mercenaries, outlaws the list goes on what you and your group of ponies will fight against to protect others from the Wasteland."

the mare told the two to go to the armorer and get their gear and weapons. If they prefer fighting hooves and no armor where they won't stand a chance or the weather of the wasteland.

By a wagon and a small tent, the unicorn told them to pick their weapon and gear. For now only it'll be on the house but when they leave and come back they have to pay for it.

Purple told the unicorn that he'll take the lever-action rifle but to replace the barrel with a blacken steel barrel, blackened steel frame, blacken steel hammer, blackened steel lever, blacken steel sight, and blackened steel trigger because the Nickle/silver barrel, frame, hammer, lever, sights, and trigger are shiny and will be spotted.

Purple also got his double-action revolver with improved rifling but the gunsmith doesn't know how to so Purple did because they were taught in Stable 190.

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At a town that is trying to thrive Purple and the GPE Specialist mare saw some raiders harassing some shop owners for their money.

Purple ran in like a mindless kamikaze and fired the lever-action rifle with his magic shooting at the raiders.

The raiders never expected trouble and some of them decided to flee. Others put up a defense but they were killed before they could get a shot off on Purple and the ones who fled didn't look back and got far away as they could.

The townsfolk were skeptical of the two but Purple and the GPE Specialist mare didn't pose any harm to them. They were on their way where Purple and the mare just chased down the raiders that were running away.

"Leave us alone!" yelled a raider, "Who the fuck are you!?"

Some of the unicorn raiders fired their weapons only to miss only for Purple to hit them with the lever-action rifle he has.

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At a ruined two-story plantation the raiders returned back to their hideout.

"Help! Help!" said a Raider stallion, "Somepony is killing us! Somepony or a group of ponies are revolting against us!"

Gunfire rang out and the other raiders got up and placed on their battle saddles and picked up their weapons.

Instead of acting like mindless kamikazes Purple would flank the raiders and the GPE Specialist mare can flank them where they can't take the firepower of being flanked from both sides.

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By a rock, Purple placed his rifle onto the rock and picked off the raiders getting headshots on them. The GPE Specialist attacked sooner and Purple had the advantage of having the high ground.

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After a few minutes, Purple and the Specialist regrouped but Purple went over to a dead raider and picked up the pump-action shotgun the raider had and the two went inside.

A raider popped up behind a flipped-over wooden table but before he could get a shot off Purple blasted him with the shotgun. The two went upstairs where a door flew open and Purple blasted that raider to the next dimension.

They cleared all but one room. When they entered the red tick on Purple's compass was red until it turned yellow where a raider mare threw out her weapon and gave up.

The GPE Specialist asked Purple what they should do to her. She even suggested that Purple should use his magic to hold her down and rape her only for Purple to tell the raider mare to leave and run away.

The raider mare was surprised and she did leave her gun behind and just ran off and didn't know what to think about that because she never encountered anypony being nice to a raider.

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A couple of hours later the group called "The Lawponies" moved into the old plantation as their new base of operations.

Inside of the two-story plantation in the kitchen at the old dining room table and the map was the whole island and almost all of the island is under raider control but not under the control of the Goddess or anything else.

The well-dressed mare gave Purple and the GPE Specialist some money as payment for a job well done and a bonus for what they did of getting them a better base than where they previously were.

Purple then looked at his PipBuck and saw he has to level up so he did up to level eight so he moved his barter from 16% to 22% and unarmed from 77% to 84% and Lockpick from 53% to 65%. Purple also chose the Mare Killer and Ranger.

Mare Killer means that Purple can easily more persuade mares easily and Ranger where Purple can avoid unwanted attention while traveling throughout the wasteland.
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While going into the town the GPE Specialist mare asked Purple what he wants in his life or plans on doing before he dies which lead Purple to say that he wants a mare and probably with the name Pear, Opel, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Bloodstone, Emerald, Ruby, Topaz, or Sapphire even though he likes the name Sapphire the most.

Purple also said that he wouldn't mind having a few foals and he'll be a lot better than his brother who's a complete jackass.

The Specialist mare told him that it sounds nice but he shouldn't be picky on names so Purple told her that he isn't picky on names and just likes gemstone names more.

The two then entered the town and entered a clothing store and Purple went up to the shopkeep and wanted to buy some clothing so he doesn't feel so naked.

Purple bought a black leather jacket for twenty-five bottle caps, denim button fly ranch pants for five bottle caps, and a blue branded collar everyday overshirt for ten bottle caps.

The GPE Specialist bought normal denim overalls/w suspenders and a black branded collar everyday overshirt and a white undershirt for the same amount that cost Purple.
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In a gunsmith store, the mare asked how she can help them so Purple walked over to the bandoliers and inspected the prices for each of them and the mare told them that they're on sale of them being 5% off.

Purple chose a black leather bandolier and because had he bought it he named it "A.B.S" and "H.L" which are the initials for his ex-marefriend Azure Blue Sapphire and Harp Love which is his mother's name.

The mare asked if their's anything else he wants so he asked for ammo and other things so he browsed her catalog but for the shotgun, he has he got a long barrel for it for 14 bottle caps, improved the rifling for twenty bottle caps, hazelnut leather wrapping on the stock for eighteen bottle caps/ ten caps for the leather wrap and eight caps for the color and he also bought some weapon cleaning things.

Purple also continued to browse where he bought a bow and a lasso.

Purple also asked the mare if their's any jobs in town. The mare told him that they can deliver some supplies that she has hidden to another town and she'll pay them double of what they bought and some hazard pay.

Purple and the GPE Specialist looked at each other and told her sure that they'll do it for extra money and Purple is doing it for experience and exploration he isn't greedy.

The GPE Specialist hit Purple lightly and nodded her head towards the mare gunsmith and Purple looked at her how a parent looks at their child to make them shut up.

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Outside Purple hitched himself to a wagon after he and the gunsmith mare both used their magic to load the wagon up.

They looked at a map and there are three ways into the town out of six and the other six are on the other side but the gunsmith mare told them that the closest and fastest way is guarded by raiders. All of them are and they'll demand a "tax" for traveling on the roads and want about half of the goods as payment from caravans.

They were on their way to the other town called "Hope" and they were stopped by raiders wanting all of their caps and half of the goods they have and they can continue unscathed.

The GPE Specialist mare used her battle saddles and fired first and when the raiders went to go shoot the Specialist where Purple used his magic and shot the raiders protecting her and they continued.

They reached the town of Hope and didn't encounter other raiders besides the first group they ran into.
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At the town of Hope General Store.

The GPE Specialist walked In and told the General Store worker or owner that the supplies they ordered are here so Purple unloaded them into the General Store and they went back to the town and got their pay.

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In the General Store Purple had a basket in his magic and was shopping.

The GPE Specialist was outside just waiting where after a while Purple came out with a new saddle bag and it's filled.

"What'd you got?" asked the Specialist, "Is it useful?"

"I got some assorted biscuits, some canned corn, some canned strawberries, some candy, two bottles of gin, some bottles of Wild Pegasus Whisky, and this saddlebag," said Purple.

After a few minutes, Purple started to wonder how Sunrise Storm, Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, and Harmony are doing if they haven't shot themselves in the hoof yet or gotten killed by Base.

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Outside of a pre-war or wartime research facility.

Purple looked at his PipBuck which says "You have Discovered Ministry of Wartime Technology facility 93-Bravo."

Purple and the GPE Specialist mare entered it.

Purple's Buckco compass or the Eyes Forward Sparkle lit up with red ticks with the only yellow one being the Grand Pegasus Enclave Specialist with Purple.

They treaded carefully but they were both scared but so far they were safe and sound until they heard something say "FOUND YOU!" and the pegasus mare and alicorn stallion were back to back shooting the feral ghouls, endless ghouls, feral ghoul reavers, and some crystal ponies ghouls.

They were the wartime workers of the Ministry of Wartime Technology facility who got irritated by the Balefire Radiation and all but the Crystal pony ghouls charged them to beat them to death with their hooves and bite them where the crystal ponies ghouls tried to turn them into them though meeting eyes and their memories try to demolish Purple and the Specialist's minds.

Purple's mind is a steel trap and is impossible for arcane/dark magic to take over his mind. The mares back in Stable 190 tried to get into Purple's mind by trying to seduce him where he may be a stallion but he never and still doesn't think about having sex.

Purple isn't also like his brother who thinks about either having sex or hitting a mare while being sexist, patriarchal, and misogynist. Not adding that Base sees all mares as breeding stock and Purple just wants to hit Base for how stupid he is but can't because he always got into trouble.

They nearly got in trapped until they entered a room and Purple locked the door where the GPE Specialist turned on the light only for it not to turn on so she went over to a terminal and hacked it.

The screen said that the main power is offline and the auxiliary power is online but it only powers emergency lights. The Specialist told Purple that they got to restart the power so they can see and don't have to rely on the flashlight on Purple's PipBuck.

They could hear the banging on the door and reinforced a one-way security window so they made a new door and used some explosives to blow a hole in the wall and they were in another room.

They went out the other door and went on their way to the maintenance room and reactivated the power.

"Warning unidentified creatures. Security Protocol Alpha Red is in full effect!" said a mare robot voice.

Soon brain-bots, owl-bots, Sentinels. Sprite-Bots, Ultra-Sentinels, and Mister Handys were awakened and went on their way to carry out Security Protocol Alpha Red meaning everything that isn't employees or having special badges on them or something that shows that their friends will be killed and dragged down to the R&D labs for experimentations and to be directed for research to help Equestrian troops.

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In another room.

Purple found a suit that's vacuum-sealed with ballistic protection, temperature control, and thermal insulation against temperature experiences in different biomes.

They saw that it's a black camouflage on the legs, boots, gloves, chest, helmet, and undersuit and the Specialist found an old piece of paper.

"It's made of titanium coated with a heat resistant material to control the heat by dispersing excess heat. The helmet visor is made of a glass-like material with the ability to polarize and when polarized the faceplate is a blue color." said the GPE Specialist, "When it leaves the experimental and testing stage goes to selected industries to be mass-produced for our brave and heroic special forces ponies that go to the Zebra homeland and behind enemy lines for far extended periods of time. There are currently four models. The Earth Pony, The Unicorn, The Pegasus, and The Alicorn."

Purple placed the version on the table on and he was in luck where it's "The Alicorn" variant on the table. The GPE Specialist asked how it is and Purple told her that it's tight around his crotch and butt but besides that, it's tight and very uncomfortable.

There was another table where there's a suppressed submachine gun on it which is 25 inches long overall, 3 inches wide, 9 inches tall, and weighs 7 pounds.

They went out but quickly went into another room before an Ultra Sentinal blew them to bits and pieces and they found another suit of armor but unlike what Purple is wearing it's better armored and meant to be a new prototype version for Steel Rangers instead of the bulky one that they have.

Purple made a few modifications for the suit of armor they found and he placed wing armor on it and had the GPE Specialist mare get into it and like the armor Purple is in it's also made of titanium.

Purple found a holotape and played it.

"This is Mustang Master and this is Project SPRPN or Project Super Pone. And Project SEILPN or Project SPECIAL/Special Pone. The Super Pone project is currently running under budget which is a good thing we had a five-hundred thousand Bit budget and spent Eighty-thousand Bits so far for research. I hope Minister Applejack will be pleased and now can allow for Pegasi and Alicorns to join the Steel Rangers besides Earth Ponies and Unicorns allowed."

There's a knock on the door and the door opened.

"Head Scientist Master Mustang? Do you got a minute?" asked a stallion.

Master Mustang replied, "Yeah? What is it? Don't say we're running over budget for Project Super Pone?"

The stallion replied, "No sir. But for Project Super Pone how in Tartarus are we going to fit a computer into the helmet? Or some kind of chip that can update and give the user instant intel in the field? This is leveling on some SCI-FI bullshit. I mean yeah we need to win the war but don't you think you're going mad with science? I mean for Project Super Pone you want to attack your superweapon to it and fry the Zebras to death."

Master Mustang replied, "I've been thinking about deploying a superweapon in space and calling down orbital and kinetic bombardment from orbit. No, I'm not going mad with science. Maybe I can do something that'll impress Minister Applejack so she can be my girlfriend and maybe wife."

The transmission ended and Head Scientist Master Mustang doesn't know that Director/Minister Applejack already had a coltfriend a Steel Ranger named Applesnack.

Purple and the Specialist went on their way and fought both robots and ghouls.

"I feel sorry for them," said Purple. "The Crystal ponies the ones that look like they have been crying. And the other Ghouls of ponies having to live through torment from all the Balefire Radiation and changing them into something and probably begging to die on the inside."

"The Crystal Pony ones I forgot what they're called. I was a part of a research expedition in the Crystal Empire territory." said the GPE Specialist. "The ghoulifed Crystal Ponies and they're bizarre and ghastly creatures. I can give you the report when we get back to Wasteland Equestria."

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For an entire week, Purple and the GPE Specialist liberated the island from the raiders and gave control to the group called "The Lawponies" and in return, The Lawponies joined The Wasteland Guardians as a subdivision but they have complete freedom for their activities.

Purple didn't give a damn that they gave options for the towns to join them if they want to and pay taxes and in return, the towns get guards, and laws.

Purple stayed for a bit and helped them to train a professional army so they can defend against well-prepared enemies that aren't unorganized raiders.

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At the run-down plantation.

The well-dressed mare told Purple and the GPE Specialist that there are old wartime military bases, armories, bunkers, and old forts also some prisons and secret prisons.

She also told them of old commando and special forces bases and they set on taking them to have their armies to be better prepared.
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At a pre-war building that says "STARLIGHT'S MILKSHAKES & HAYBURGERS"
Purple Artist was inside where he found a pre-war camera and took aerial photo recon as if he was a wartime aerial recon pilot but a platoon from The Lawponies army he developed the photos in an old photoshop store.

Purple planned for a while which is aside from his tactical and strategic side where he doesn't want any unnecessary casualties.

Due to three parts of the walls collapsed of the old fort Purple thought of two things of something called a pincer move and a firing line on all three sides.

The ponies in their leather jacket, denim button fly ranch pants, and a random color branded collar every day overshirt but some had denim overalls/w suspenders and a random colored branded collar everyday overshirt and a white undershirt.

Purple had ten ponies each on each side so the creatures or evil ponies inside. They found out that it's Boglurks and they were armored and the only easy part to kill them is either with energy weapons, armor-piercing bullets, full metal jacket bullets, or shooting them in their face which is the only soft part.

The Boglurks came and they shot at them before they could use their claws or pinchers and The Lawponies destroyed the eggs of the Boglurks but they went inside of the castle were and fought the Boglurks more. They went onto the roof or old walkway that wraps around the fort they killed the Boglurks and the eggs.

There was a loud roar sound and a Boglurk queen came out of the ocean but the castle had an advantage for defenders of it having five triangular bastions connected by walls and the walls are hollow and contain most of the fort infrastructure.

Purple and the GPE Specialist mare found a ruined Equestrian 105mm M101A2 towed howitzer and Purple used his magic to turn it and he placed an old 105mm round in it and fired it hitting the Boglurk queen.

The Boglurk queen went to them and the GPE Specialist said "Fire! Reload! Quicker!"

Purple responded by telling her to shut up where he's doing all the work of firing the howitzer and reloading it while she's sitting on her butt.

They heard another loud roar sound and the Boglurk queen collapsed and fell onto the ground.

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By the same boat that bought them there.

Purple used his magic to put the boat back into the water and the two were on their way and it took them a whole 24 hours to get back to and along the way the two drank the Wild Pegasus Whisky but Purple can hold his liquor more than the Specialist.

While drunk a little the two had sex and the GPE Specialist mare used her left wing to pinch Purple's flank where his cutie mark is.

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In the town of Crimson, the next day besides Purple is questioning why he didn't teleport himself and the Specialist back to the town.

They saw a lot of Wasteland Guardians lying on the ground because the clinic is full of critically injured Wasteland Guardians and Purple asked what happened and where his pals are.

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In the new command post, Purple and the GPE Specialist saw Sunrise Storm rubbing her head out of having a headache. She decided to take the fight to Base and the Grand Pegasus Enclave while leaving out Lieutenant Honey Cake and her pegasi ponies who she leads while Base more or less went AWOL or rouge and doing what he wants without consulting her or the council.

But Base made it easy for the Wasteland Guardians to distinguish them from the rest of the GPE by power armor markings and paint because he wants to personally deal with his baby brother and his so-called "Army" without red tape and bureaucracies of the council slowing him down.

Purple asked what happened to Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, and Harmony, where Sunrise Storm blocked Purple out where micromanaging, isn't her thing nor is commanding.

A Wasteland Guardian told Purple that while they were going to take an old police station that the GPE captured to have a hoof hold in a pre-war and wartime town and Base used himself as a decoy to lure them out and get them.

"Stand down Sunrise." said Purple, "I'm officially relieving you of command! I'm taking over again."

Purple then sneezed where he has a sore throat and a stomach ache where his body isn't used to the wasteland and got sick when he and the GPE mare were on the island and the Specialist didn't because her body is used to the wasteland and its contaminants.

Purple refused to rest and get better where he would rather go out and help his friends who are in trouble if they aren't dead yet and well Base will have Midnight Twister killed and force Rocky Road, & Harmony to have foals.

Purple couldn't do the job of being a tactician and a strategist so he decided to go lay down and get some rest.

Chapter 26: FOB Feather

FOB Feather is a captured Grand Pegasus Enclave Forward Operating Base that has metallic barracks, a command post, a metal building that's for the medical center, a quartermaster building, a mess hall, and a jail.

The FOB is within the sight of FOB Echo which is still occupied by the GPE under the control of Base but Base waited to strike.

Base also wants his baby brother there before they assault the FOB because Base wants to kill Purple himself wanting Purple to die slowly and the most excruciatingly painful death Base can imagine.

A GPE scout entered the command post for FOB Golf and told Base that Purple entered FOB Feather so Base and his personal elite stormtrooper guards which are either armed with laser miniguns, plasma miniguns, railguns, and the latest state of the art weapons that the GPE Research and Development have made and produced.

They also have some kind of sword a shock sword that'll fry whoever it hits and explodes their hearts and electrifies their vital organs.

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At FOB Feather

The GPE Pegasi saw that the GPE markings and insignias were painted over and the GPE flag was removed when it was taken replaced with a new flag of an Earth, Unicorn, Pegasus, Alicorn, and Zebra ponies holding hooves in harmony.

Purple hasn't encountered any Griffons or any other creatures yet and if they did they would be added to the flag.

Base gave the word to attack and the GPE pegasi did but Base did respect them for defending themselves against them. But he also told his soldiers to capture the mares if have to hurt them lightly so they can be dragged back to their FOB's for pleasure.

Base looked around and watched as his GPE forces and Wasteland Guardians battled out. Unknown to Base and his GPE forces, the Wasteland Guardians have armor-piercing, full metal jacket rounds, and flechette rounds for shotguns.

Base and the FOB leader for FOB Feather who personally chose by Purple he chose a mare to lead it.

"Who are you to approach me?" asked Base, "Mare of the Guardians. You will learn your place. In my barracks and you'll beg for release by a telson on my armor."

Base and the mare engaged in melee combat but a Wasteland Guardian jumped onto Base's back to help the FOB's leader against Base and the GPE.

Base got the Wasteland Guardian off of him and punched him with a power hoof punching the earth pony stallion in the torso where the heart is.

The mare was horrified and she increased her aggression against Base.

She then felt something burning hitting her then she fell down hitting the dirt and her eyes closed where a Novasurge laser blast hit her and killed her.

Despite losing their leader the Wasteland Guardians still fought to the last pony.

Base could respect what they did of standing off to the last pony. But Base and his elite stormtrooper guards then entered the mess hall and heard a clatter coming from a cabinet.

Base opened it to see a dark purple unicorn hiding then he told his guards to leave so they did.

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A couple of minutes passed and Base walked out of the mess hall with his face and hooves, and a part of his uniform is covered in blood. He was beaten even head-butted the unicorn to death.

Base then ordered somepony to remove the Wasteland Guardian flag and burn it with the bodies of their fallen within FOB Feather and to get rid of their graffiti to replace it with the Grand Pegasus Enclave insignias.

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Back at FOB Golf.

Base was storming around the Forward Operating Base, and he is hot under the collar where he wanted to kill his brother, not a nopony then he corrected himself saying that Purple is a virgin loser, nopony.

"I got it!" said Base, snapping his wings, "I'll hire some hitponies to kill my baby brother in a slow and very agonizing pain. How where is he?"

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Stable 711

Base got on a terminal and typed in his baby brother's full name as "ASTROLOGY, PURPLE, LACENDER" which is Purple's last, first, and middle name and it shows that he's back at Stable 190 instead of the town of Crimson or roaming the Unknown West.

Base then decided to defrost the old Equestrian pilots and due to their pegasi and some unicorns quickly joined the GPE and went to go fix up their planes that were 200 years worn out from sitting out on the tarmac and hangers just sitting there of sun and the wasteland elements overtime.

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In an old wartime town.

Base looked at an old welcoming sign that said "WELCOME TO EMPIRE POPULATION 3700"

Base had some of his GPE soldiers enter the old police station and have it transformed into a Forward Barracks.

The one thing that Base forgot to read and that all GPE forces and Base's need a steady income source of Horsepower, Munitions, and Fuel where without horsepower then they can't field new squads or deploy new squads if they don't have any reserve.

Base thinks the reserves can be bred but doesn't care that in a war that if he loses a squad of GPE members that they can be replaced but without reserves then he'll permanently lose a squad.

Base doesn't care about munitions thinking they can just be found scavenged out in the wastes where bullets maybe common energy weapon ammo is more scarce and uncommon out in the wasteland even in old military installations.

Base also doesn't care about fuel where the vertibucks both the V-2 and V-4 Vertibucks both need fuel and without it supplies and troops can't be ferried to the surface and to the clouds.

A stallion GPE radiotelephone operator told Base that Lieutenant Honey Cake is hailing him. So he took the phone while the RTO operator kept the radio on his back.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING BASE!" exclaimed Lt Honey Cake, "OUR SUPPLY LINES HERE IN THE UNKNOWN WEST IS ALREADY STRETCHED PAPER THIN!"

Base told her that he's doing what she won't and that is to make them an all-around powerhouse.

"Unlike you. I ain't going to kiss my baby brother's ass unlike you!" said Base, "I'm not going to sleep or fuck my brother! You may I will not. You may have stolen two different versions of Purple's DNA the blood for the Super ponies you want and the other for a foal. Well, I'm far more superior than you and I would've given you more superior foals!"

Lieutenant Honey Cake yelled at Apprentice Lieutenant Base Flyer to remove his sexist, misogynistic, and patriarchal ideals real quick if he would like her to have him promoted to Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Honey Cake told Base to play nice to Purple where he and his allies may have attacked them but it was in retaliation where she and her forces deserves it and it really woke her up.

"Fine!" exclaimed Base, "But I'm going to use my brother and his "friends" do to our dirty work though. I see them as cannon fodder and more expendable."

Lieutenant Honey Cake told Base that he should and isn't going to harm the Wasteland Guardians where she sees them as allies where the GPE may have the technology of energy weapons and power armor not adding Vertibucks and cloud ships. But the Wasteland Guardians have the horsepower and probably can completely surround them on the ground.

Base then had an evil smile on his face and pretended to be a pony in trouble with raiders so Midnight Twister, Rocky Road, and Harmony went to go see it only to be captured by Base and his elite stormtrooper guards.

They were disarmed and taken to FOB Feather and interrogated by Base and he tried to rape Harmony, and Rocky Road but they were able to defend themselves from him.

Base even planned on throwing Midnight Twister into the corpse pyre of the deceased Wasteland Guardians which is still burning because of the old armor and bodies.

Chapter 27: Back home

Outside of Stable 190 at the Stable door.

Purple let out a loud sneeze but he opened the Stable door with his magic.

The Stable door opened then closed when he entered where Purple just sickly walked to his mother's room and lied on the bed.

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6:00 PM

Harp walked into her room to see Purple laying on her bed with the covers up to his neckline.

"Purple? Sweetheart?" asked Harp, "What are you doing here?"

Purple told her sickly that he's sick and he thought that coming home would be for the best to heal up.

Harp then went over to Purple to give him a smooch on his forehead which is burning up but Harp told Purple that he'll get well soon.

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In the Overmare's office.

"Hey mom." said Harp, "You won't guess who's back."

Overmare Brisk asked who so Harp told her mother that it's Purple but he's sick.

"Damn it Base!" said Overmare Brisk, "We told Base to go get Purple and I bet Base got Purple sick with something out there if you look how the two hate each other it wouldn't surprise me one bit if Base did get Purple sick. Well, I better go visit him and tell him that he won't be sick long."

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Back in Harp's room.

Overmare Brisk kissed Purple on the forehead and told him that he'll be alright and she walked off.

Harp sat on her bed next to her favorite son telling him that he'll be fine well and started to sing to him.

It wasn't long until the door opened and Overmare Brisk came back into her daughter's room and gave a bowl of soup to Purple but he's too ill to hold the bowl in magic so Overmare Brisk held the bowl and Harp spoon-fed Purple as if he's a foal but the two switched back in forth of holding the bowl and feeding Purple.

They both kissed Purple on the forehead after feeding him where Overmare Brisk went back to her office and return the bowl back to the kitchen and Harp got in bed with her son.

Purple even told his mother sickly not to because he doesn't want her to get sick.

Harp told Purple that she has a very strong immune system, probably an impenetrable one where she isn't going to get sick.

Purple didn't want to take the chance but he isn't going to back-talk his mother and he would rather go to Tartarus and back to protect his mother.

Harp then got in bed with her son and cuddled up with him to make sure he's nice and warm.

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In the morning.

Harp didn't go to work where she know she should but she's going to put the welfare of her baby well favorite son over anything else.

"Just go mom," said Purple, "I'll be fine. Trust me, mom. I'll be fine."

"I'll get my mother to watch you." said Harp, "Alright honey see you at 6."

Overmare Brisk came into her daughter's room and watched his grandson and made sure he didn't throw up or anything.

Overmare Brisk even read to Purple to keep him occupied.

Overmare Brisk noticed that Purple started to feel worst as the day went on. She picked Purple up, carried him to the medbay, and placed him on a medical bed, and placed an IV into Purple to give him water.

A doctor told Overmare Brisk that Purple is sick but doesn't know what they have researched and they have a book of know diseases, viruses, and fevers. Purple has something they don't know.

"It's going to be fine Purple," said Overmare Brisk, "You're going to be fine and get well soon."

Purple turned his head to see some doctors in a back room which is the science lab and they're in a beige lab coat with a blue tie, and a teal undershirt.

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In the science lab.

"Interesting." said a mare doctor, "It'll eat up anti-biotics we have and medicine we have."

"I think I got something," a Stable doctor said, "Come look."

All of the doctors in the room came over and saw that the medicine she made is killing what Purple has in the Petri dish.

A stallion doctor asked what she did to make it so she listed off the medicine she combined of two syrettes of Morphine, three syrettes of Healing Potion, & one Rad-away mixed together.

They made several batches of it but gave Purple a shot so he weekly gave them his right front leg and they injected it into him.

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6 PM again.

Harp entered the Medbay to see Purple in there but he doesn't feel sick anymore where the medicine that was made by mixing other meds and he was moving around and talking like he's fine which he is.

"Were calling it "The Wasteland Virus" no offense though." said a mare doctor, "Maybe the radiation outside weaken Purple's strong Stable body immunity. I mean Stable as we live in a Stable. We should let him get some rest though."

They let Purple go back to his room so he can rest up.

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In a hallway.

"Your back." said Blue, "Thought you would've been Wasteland food."

"Why do you hate me?" said Purple, "Because your husband hits you, I talked to him, he attacked me, and I attacked in self-defense? If you believe your husband's lies then you're stupider than a stallion. Rather believe what your husband tells you at face value and not question him about it."

"Fuck you Purple!" exclaimed Blue, "You attacked him for no fucking reason!"

"That's a damn lie!" said Purple, "He's just feeding you damn lies and you're believing them! Your IQ is a negative ten and it ranges from 0 to 300. A foal isn't stupid than you! You know what believe your husband's lies. I don't care. I don't care if he still hits you because you made your position quite clear! You would rather believe a jackass who hits a mare over your own brother!"

"At least I have a special somepony!" exclaimed Blue, "You have to cuddle up to a pillow and dream of getting laid!"

Purple decided to take himself out of the conversation and walked back to his room and laid down and read a field manual on how to use a howitzer. He's thinking about placing Equestrian 105mm M101A2 Howitzers at settlements so field squads can have artillery rain down.

Purple wants them to rain down explosives on raiders, slavers, and the FOBs under control of Apprentice Lieutenant Base because he started a war saying that they have superior firepower and reserves.

There was a knock on his door so he told the pony to enter it where it's Azure Blue Sapphire and she asked if she can come in so Purple told her sure.

Azure Blue Sapphire climbed into Purple's bed and gave him a quick smooch.

She started to cuddle with him.

"I'm not going to be your baby daddy because my brother got you pregnant." said Purple, "But that doesn't mean we can't still be friends or together."

The two went to bed cuddling up.

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In the morning

Azure Blue Sapphire got up to see the room was empty but found a note from Purple thanking her for being his cuddle pal throughout the night but there was no sign of him.

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While walking back to the Security Office but she was stopped by her aunt who's a major pain in the ass.

They had a heated argument because her aunt, Aunt Negative Charge told her niece that there are plenty of handsome studs for her to be with in the Stable over Purple or his jackass of a brother named Base.

"I love Purple, Aunt Negative Charge!" said Azure Blue Sapphire, "I've been on thirty-five dates that you set up for me with other stallions! And they're either boring, more excitable than a foal, insane, neurotic, slob, snob, cowardly, clumsy, unflirty, grumpy, dramatic, childish, or perfectionist. The last stallion you set me up with he told me that when I give birth he's going to give my foal up to another family."

Negative Charge replied, "So what. That's not my problem maybe you shouldn't have slut yourself out to get that way."

Azure Blue Sapphire kept her cool but replied, "I didn't. I was raped by Base to get pregnant! Not adding I was in heat so I somewhat did enjoy it. Don't think your picture-perfect because nopony is. So please stay out of my love life."

Negative Charge replied "No. I want you to find a strong romantic partner to be with. I ain't going to stop until I find that somepony. Maybe I should move from unicorns and move onto Pegasi, Earth and Bat ponies."

Azure Blue Sapphire replied, "Well I ain't going to show up they're going to be disappointed when I don't show. It'll be like before the Balefire days of when a stallion leaves a mare at the alter but not marriage."

Negative Charge replied, "You'll find that special somepony that isn't Purple. You just got to give them a chance."

Azure Blue Sapphire told her aunt to leave her love life alone where she'll choose who she wants to date, marry and have a foal with and her aunt has no say.

Azure Blue Sapphire walked off to go to work but unknown to her and that is her aunt is setting up another date for her.
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7:00 PM in the restaurant

A stallion who's twenty-two years old sat at a booth with a bottle of Sparkle-Cola on the table where he waited patiently waited for his date with Azure Blue Sapphire to come.

He waited until the diner closed at 9:00 PM and she never showed because she did what she told her aunt. That was that she wasn't going to show because she wants to find somepony she wants not have somepony do it for her.

Chapter 28: The Failed Offensive.

Base was in his FOB's command post staring at a map where he noticed on a small mountain the Wasteland Guardians are on and he wants to take it because it'll give his forces a birds-eye view without them flying.

Base then ordered two of his best squads to go take it so they flew.

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An hour later.

Base got a distress call that they're getting shot at by some kind of a rapid-firing gun firing explosive rounds at them but they lost communications with both squads so he decided to send another squad.

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Another hour passed.

The squad reported being understaffed because half of them were shot out of the sky.

Base could hear explosions in the background.

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On the mountain.

Midnight Twister used radio and re-radioed in a destroy salvo where the cloned 105mm howitzers that Purple copied from the island and placed in the town of Crimson and other settlements under Wasteland Guardians control.

The six howitzers in the town of Crimson fired where he called the coordinates and the shrapnel cut the wings off of the pegasi making them easier to shoot.

Midnight Twister even chuckled, "How does that feel? Doesn't feel fair when somepony else has the superior firepower! Thank you, Purple for giving us an upper hoof against the Enclave!"

The GPE pegasi decided to run but the 105mm artillery rounds killed them.

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At FOB Golf

Base decided to send two platoons to go attack the Wasteland Guardians on the mountain but to go attack with the gunship variant of the Vertibuck and two V-4 Vertibucks to deploy them.

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By a radio.

"Mayday Mayday this is Banshee 1 we're going down." said the V-4 Gunship pilot

Base decided to deploy "The Disaster Training Squad" to rescue the pilots of the crashed Vertibucks pilots even though they're only trained in disaster relief for ground forces not combat recovery.

Base then heard an explosion over the radio so he radioed for the two transport Vertibucks only to hear static.

"This is Banshee 1 sir." said the pilot, "We got eyes on Banshee 2 and 3 and the cockpit of them been dislodged by their own blades and they're waiting for orders."

Base told the pilot to tell them to attack so the pilot yelled for the injured GPE members to attack so they did.

The only thing the injured pilot and co-pilot saw was green and orange tracer bullets. But the GPE soldiers didn't survive where unknown to them that the Wasteland Guardians with Midnight Thunder have armor-piercing and full metal jacket rounds.

They only could watch in the horror of the power-armored GPE soldiers get torn to shreds.

They heard the sounds of a Vertibuck and the Wasteland Guardians shot at it so the crew had to abandon the shot down vertibucks and abandon the crew.

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At FOB Golf

Base thought about breaking the Wasteland Guardians frontlines where even his holomap shows all of FOBs under Base's command is surrounded.

Base noticed new markings to see that the Wasteland Guardians have wartime made 40mm anti-air guns and howitzers where now they have an opponent who's more dangerous and they can't rely on having their vertibucks to transport them.

Base even can't think of asking Lieutenant Honey Cake for reinforcements because she would ask why and the GPE Council will ask why she needs reinforcements when she gives away another squad or a platoon over to Base.

At another map in the command post building, Base looked at it and decided to take some of the settlements that are allied with the Wasteland Guardians to give them a breathing chance.

Unknown to them and that is all of the settlements are within artillery range of each other (i.e the town of Crimson and the town of Small town can provide overlapping fire support because their 105mm howitzers are within range of each other by a total of 7 miles which is how far the two towns are from each other.

Base stared at a map and decided to attack Elmsfield because it was the most secluded and furthest away and Base decided that it'll take them a long time for the Wasteland Guardians to reinforce.

He sent his elite stormtrooper guards in the last remaining vertibuck. But Base sent them on their way.
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In the town of Crimson.

Rocky Road was on the radio and heard a distress call coming from Elmsfield so Purple had a squad of Wasteland Guardians to do and reinforce Elmsfield and had Sunrise Storm go with them.

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Outside of the town of Elmsfield.

They saw the old pre-war and wartime homes ablaze and dead ponies everywhere.

Sunrise Storm had a tear come to her eye where she was sad and upset where the town of Elmsfield was skeptical of her being an alicorn and was not trusted by a lot of ponies but the town was another home and the ponies in it was like a big dysfunctional family to her.

Sunrise Storm needed a few minutes to herself.
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In the town hall, there was a ham radio where there was a pile of ash which was a pony who radioed in that the GPE was attacking them.

"Rocky Road this is Private and we got some bad news." said the unicorn stallion, "Elmsfield. It's destroyed. No survivors. Give us specific orders."

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In the town of Crimson

Rocky Road entered Purple's house and almost got shot.

"Damn it Rocky I told you five times today to knock not just barge in!" said Purple, "Alright what do you want?"

Rocky Road couldn't exactly explain to Purple how an entire town was wiped out so she had him come to the radio and have the squad led by Sunrise Storm explain it to Purple.

"If my brother wants a war I'll give him a war!" said Purple angerly, "Tell all howitzers to fire their rounds at the Enclave Forward Operating Base's that are under command of my brother!"

Rocky Road did what Purple told her to do.

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FOB Golf an hour later.

Base saw some black smoke rising in the direction of FOB Golf so he flew to FOB Golf and landed.

Base saw the FOB in ruins but only noticed that only stallion Enclave members are dead and the mares are gone even the captured ones.

"Fuck!" said Base, "I got to ask Honey Cake for reinforcements now that a majority of my forces are either dead or scattered. FUCK!"

Base then gulped and radioed Lieutenant Honey Cake for reinforcements. She asked what he needs them for and he explained the whole ordeal and even told her that he needs her help to defeat Purple.

Base even told Lieutenant Honey Cake that his baby brother destroyed almost all of his forces and destroyed all of his FOBs.

"Oh I know," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Your brother told me in pony and in face before hoof and I told him that he wouldn't face retaliation or any kind of strikes from me. So yeah I more or less gave him permission to attack you. I know he's hot under the collar from you kidnapping his friends. Also, we're not as advanced in combat as you think. They got artillery and old wartime made Rapid-fire Anti-Air guns so yeah."

"Did you allow him because your pregnant with his foal?" asked Base.

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Who's foal I'm carrying is not your business!"

Base replied, "I'm taking that as a yes."

Base then heard nothing where Lieutenant Honey Cake changed frequencies so she wouldn't have to talk to Base anymore.

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At the town of Crimson.

Base spotted Purple standing in front of four ponies a earth, a unicorn, and two pegasi ponies and he was instructing them how to use the vehicle called "Tank". He read the operator manual on how to use it and maintain it and he used his magic and teleported it to the town of Crimson.

"YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" yelled Base, "I'm going to kill you!"

Base then stopped in his tracks and continued up to his baby brother.

"If you want a war then I'll fight you." said Base, "But I'll pick out the battlefields! You're going to be wishing you were never born you stupid virgin loser son of a bitch!"

Base then flew away to set up a new base and gotten his reinforcements which is three platoons.

Base hated Lieutenant Honey Cake. On a holomap it shows her forces to the west but they aren't making any moves against the Wasteland Guardians like what Lieutenant Honey Cake said that they're her allies but she isn't taking sides in the war but Purple and the Wasteland Guardians won't attack Lieutenant Honey Cake or the Pegasi ponies under her command.

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At Base Aroura the wartime old Air force Base.

"Absolutely not!" exclaimed Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Those Cloudships are being prepared for Operation: Cauterize and even if I or the Enclave command approved it the council will deny it calling it a "Misuse of valuable resources for petty things instead of the big picture.". So no I'm not going to radio for you to use a cloudship."

"It'll be a quick campaign!" said Base, "Just a couple of days maybe a week or two. Who's going to notice?"

"Almost everypony!" said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "They'll kill you! The Enclave they're training and preparing for Operation: Cauterize and if you mess it up or anything like that where they got to replan they'll kill you or exhile you!"

Base walked out thinking it'll be fine but had his scouts go out and they found a wartime factory and had his GPE soldiers to build a ship like a cloudship and he wants to crush his baby brother and his forces but he had more of his soldiers build Vertibucks in another factory.

Base also wanted it done by the end of the week but a GPE officer under his command told him that it'll be a few years if not longer but Base told him to have it ready by the end of the month maximum or the end of the week minimum.

He gave them an impossible deadline and would have to work throughout the nights to get most of it done.

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In a old hospital.

Purple had his hoof up and moved it to his left and right.

Sunrise Storm and Harmony stacked up against a wall where Harmony opened a door and Purple threw in a fragmentation grenade because his compass is shows a hostile.

They moved in but they came across a T-intersection hallway so Purple went forward, Sunrise Storm went left, and Harmony went right.

Purple just found some minor rooms like supply closets and an office for a doctor.

Sunrise Storm found some surgery rooms which has skeletons on them but she went on her way.

Harmony saw a melting once-pont monstrosity with most of the fur gone, with bits of flesh that was bloated and gassy and eyes which are huge and red with mass of tentacles hanging out of its maw with the tentacles writhing constantly.

Harmony stared at it staring at the face but she can't move and the creature went behind her and placed it's face near her crotch and implanted a egg or a couple of eggs into her and went on it's way.

Harmony then called out for Purple and Sunrise Storm and they ran to her.

Harmony decided to move and ran into another one of a Hospital Horror and did the same as the first one.

Harmony then ran into Purple as he ran around a corner.

They decided to get out of there and went back to the town of Crimson and Harmony went to her house and lied down on her bed.

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In the morning

"Harmony? You in there?" asked Rocky Road, "Is it ok if I enter?"

Midnight Twister walked by where he's coming to see his marefriend. But Rocky Road told her older brother that she doesn't think that Harmony isn't feeling well and wants to go check on her.

Midnight Twister told his sister just to enter her house but Rocky Road respects her privacy and isn't going to enter.

Midnight Twister did but he wasn't in the house no longer than 30 seconds and he came back out and just went into the direction of Purple's house.

Purple went into Harmony's house after Midnight Twister tried to explain what he saw.

What all three of them saw was horrifying and that was Harmony's body with cracked pelvis bones and a giant bloody gash and Harmony's bed is covered in blood and a giant hole in Harmony's lower torso where the hospital horror's youth came out gushing through her.

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A couple of hours later.

Purple was walking out in the wasteland and sat down by a lake that's contaminated with Balefire radiation.

"I'm not a leader I'm a failure." said Purple, "Lost my friend Crimson first due to of Lieutenant Honey Cake's step-brother, then I lost Harvested Intolerance due to of a child holding a frag grenade. Now I lost Harmony. They can teach you about failure but when you actually go through it it's different than you can imagine."

Purple then heard the sound of a Vertibuck come and land.

"If it's you Base well go yourself." said Purple, "I'm not in the mood for you I'm not even in the mood to talk to you."

Somepony replied, "Is that how you treat the mare carrying your foal?"

Purple replied, "Sorry Lieutenant Honey Cake. I'm not in the mood to talk."

Lieutenant Honey Cake walked over to him, sat down next to him, and asked what's wrong.

Purple explained that in Stable 190 that everypony is taught how to accept and face defeat and loss. But he faces defeat before losing his father and he still hasn't gotten over his father's death but the deaths of Crimson, Intolerance, and Harmony on his mind as well adds guilt to him.

Lieutenant Honey Cake placed her right-wing around him and gave him a very big kiss on the cheek.

"We all take defeat and loss differently." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I know it's hard to move on. When I was an NCO and lead a scouting party in the south of what was Equestria. All my friends the scientists and guards. The guards were enlisted pegasi and soldiers they were my best friends even my fiance. We were jumped by Hellhounds and I had my friends blood on my hooves."

Purple asked what she do to get over it?

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "At first I was mostly at bars up in the clouds drinking away my sorrows. Half of the stallions in the bar I had sex with more than once on how drunk I was then. I'm not proud to admit it but when I was in Neighvarro I was even drunk and tried to get into Pride and Autumn Leaf's power armor. If you know what I mean."

Purple didn't know so Lieutenant Honey Cake told Purple that she tried to have sex with them and Purple even shook his head.

"Your small tail looks adorable," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I hope our foal has a short tail."

Lieutenant Honey Cake got up, hit Purple with her dark chocolate eight-inch tail, and told him that she'll see him later.

Purple smiled that he had at least one Enclave member that's a friend that's on his side. even though she's pregnant with his foal.

"Wait!" said Purple, "I'm coming."

Purple galloped and jumped on board of Lieutenant Honey Cake's personal Vertibuck and went to the main Enclave base in the Unknown west.

On the flight, Lieutenant Honey Cake asked Purple how he has old Equestrian M101A2 105mm artillery and 40mm rapid-fire anti-air guns. Purple told her that he used his magic and cloned them and placed them in the settlements allied with the Wasteland Guardians.

"When we get back to Base Aroura," said Lt Honey Cake, "You're going to be a very busy stallion. Due to your brother's incompetence in leading and getting three platoons killed. Well, they relaxed about how many foals families can have. Well, the mares in my base and you're going to breed all of them because you're a wonderful leader and a brilliant tactician. We need more ponies like you but you made your position quite clear that you won't join us so we'll do the next best thing and that's you're going to have a lot of mares bred."

Purple just gulped where he wouldn't mind having a family but he wants to get married and if his wife wants a foal then they'll have one and it won't be his decision.

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At Aroura Base.

Purple got out of the Veribuck and a GPE mare in power armor took Purple into the barracks and he was thrown down onto a bed and he saw the mare get out of her power armor and get on top of Purple.

"Besides from the order of Lieutenant Honey Cake." said the sky blue pegasi mare with blonde hair. "You're going to give me a pure daughter or a semi-pure son! So you better get with the breeding I don't have all night you do!"

After a minute.

"What are you waiting for?" asked the mare, "By the time I can give my parents a grand foal I'll be their age without a foal. So hurry up and give me an Enclave-Stable foal already damn it!"

After a quarter of a minute passed.

"Ahhh! Finally!" said the GPE mare, "Finally. Now my parents can finally have a grand foal. Is this better to get laid by a more dominant mare over your Stable sub mares?"

Purple told her that he likes tough mares if that answers her question which it did but he isn't picky about mares though.

Purple hated what he's going through but after doing what Lieutenant Honey Cake told him to and the mares are just following the orders from Lieutenant Honey Cake.

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In the morning.

Purple awakened up to see the sky blue pegasus mare with blonde hair cuddled up with him and with Lieutenant Honey Cake on the other side of him cuddled up with him as well.

"You'll be a wonderful father." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Me, you, Sergeant First Class being together having a family of the next-gen strategists and planners."

Purple lit up his torn and teleported back to the town of Crimson.

Chapter 29: Back to Stable 190

Both Purple and Base got a radio message from Stable 190 and it's their mother telling them to come home because she has some sad news and would rather tell them face to face not over a radio.

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Outside of Stable 190.

Purple placed his Stable suit back on and opened the Stable door where Base flew it and tried to close it on Purple but Purple got in before it did close.

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In their mother's room, the two stallions sat on the cold steel floor as their pregnant sister sat in the only chair.

Harp came in all teary-eyed and couldn't tell them that their grandmother or Harp's mother Overmare Flyee Brisk is dead. But Purple quickly caught on and he gave his mother a hug and let her cry onto his shoulder.

"It's alright mom." said Purple, "Grandma is in a better place. It's okay mom it's alright."

Blue and Base just rolled their eyes and walked out not really being affected by their grandmother's death because Overmare Brisk favored Purple over the Base and Blue.

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In the medbay cold storage.

Purple walked in and went over to the gurney with a white sheet over it. Purple used his magic where Purple then kissed his deceased grandmother on the forehead.

"You deserve the rest grandma." said Purple, "Especially on how many times me and Base fought like nothing. You're the best grandmother there was and is. I'm going to miss you the most. Sleep tight grandmom you deserve it."

Purple then gave his grandmother another kiss on the forehead, and put the upper half of the sheet back over the top of the corpse of Overmare Brisk.

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Outside of the medical bay.

Purple met Azure Blue Sapphire where he just hugged her and cried on her shoulder and Azure Blue Sapphire did the same what Purple did to his mother of trying to cheer him up.

Azure Blue Sapphire took Purple to the lounge and got him a few rounds of whiskey where she got some Sparkle-Cola. She isn't going to drink because she's carrying a foal that she has in her from Base even though she would prefer if it came from Purple.

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In the morning.

Purple Artist turned over in a bed to see Azure Blue Sapphire's cute face in his face but he fell out of bed.

The thud sound woke Azure Blue Sapphire and she asked if he's ok where Purple told her that he is.

Over the intercom was Harp and she told Blue Sapphire to come to the Overmare office so she and Purple went.

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In the Overmare's office.

The two saw fourteen other mares and Purple asked his mother if she's becoming the type to set their son up on dates to find a partner to be with and have a family with. Harp to tell him no because he's married to Azure Blue Sapphire.

Purple tilted his head in confusion and Harp explained that yesterday while Purple was drunk she did the wedding of Purple and Blue Sapphire because she knows that they'll be a cute and adorable couple.

Harp also told Purple he'll be a wonderful father to Blue Sapphire's and Base's foal because Base won't do anything. If he did he wouldn't be father material and if it's a daughter well he'll most likely treat his daughter as a second class citizen.

They heard whistling and Base entered and asked his mother what's going on. Harp told Base that the mares he once dated, and abused not adding tried to rape when they walked away from him well they all have something to "say".

Harp then locked the door and all of the fifteen mares surrounded Base as Harp and Purple watched where Harp kissed Purple on the cheek and said "Love you son. You'll be a wonderful father one day."

Purple replied, "I agree with you mom. But I don't know how I can tell you this."

Harp replied, "You found a mare and going to have a foal?"

Purple replied, "Yes and no. Yes, you're going to have grand foals from me. But do you remember the Enclave? No, I haven't found a mare for me yet."

Harp replied, "Yeah I remember. Why? What did you do?"

Purple explained that he was taken by the Enclave where he's an excellent tactician and strategist and well he was used to breed with the GPE mares.

"Purple. Don't lie to me. Half of the story you told me is a lie." said Harp, "Just tell me the whole thing."

Purple replied, "I was sitting by a creek. The Lieutenant that's responsible for the raid on this Stable. She found me and we talked saying that it ain't my fault for not predicting the deaths of fellow Guardians and my friends. I went to the GPE Base with her because I'm a planner and a tactician. She ordered the mares under her command in the base. Well-liked what they were ordered to I and I did some of it somewhat voluntarily I bred with them."

Harp was a little bit mad at him but happy that he's going to have kids and she'll be a grandmother to lots and lots of foals. Harp even asked how many mares were ordered to breed with him.

"One Hundred and five. That's how many," said Purple, "And when Base cut off my wing. Lieutenant Honey Cake also used a part of me to artificially inseminate the mares before they were replaced because they were pregnant so I guess around two hundred and ten I guess."

Harp replied, "I'm going to have a lot a lot of cuties wuties grand foals. I wouldn't mind seeing them all! I want to give a tight hug to all the mares who you were forced to breed with and I want to see all my grand foals when they're born. If this was the pre-war or wartime days I would be like a Heartswarming deliverer or a grandparent who buys a million things for their grand foals on Heartswarming."

Purple replied, "We'll see. I highly doubt I'll even see them. The only one I'll probably see is the one that I "conceived" with Lieutenant Honey Cake."

The two heard Base cry out for Harp to have the mares stop having them beat the living hell out of him. Harp shook her head as no.

They still heard Base cry out in pain as fifteen mares beat the living daylight out of him.

"OW my wings!" exclaimed Base, "Stop beating me up! I didn't do anything to you I didn't do anything to any of you!"

Purple wanted to chuckle but didn't because he isn't mean even though he'll stick up for himself. But Harp and Purple watch the mares that Base once dated and sexually assaulted and used his sexist, patriarchal, and misogynist "charm" against them.

It lasted for an hour of the two having fun watching fifteen mares beat the living daylight out of Base. Then all of them stopped and all but Azure Blue Sapphire left where she walked over to Purple and took his hoof.

"Ow!" said Base, "Watch where you're kicking and punching!"

Some blood flew, a lot of hooves were thrown, Base's GPE officer's uniform got badly damaged even torn to pieces in some spots, Base even got a black eye and a broken nose.

There was a knock on the door and ten other mares entered were the fifteen mares that Base dated stopped beating him up. The other ten took over for all the anger they have and that Base used them for his own advantage.

"Damn it!" said Base, "Not another beating!"

"You deserve it Base!" exclaimed Purple, "For being sexist, misogynistic, and treating mares like dirt so I say it's Karma coming full circle."

"If I and dad couldn't discipline you then this will," said Harp, "I wish I had a pre-war food called "Popcorn" to eat."
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Back in Azure Blue Sapphire's room.

"Kiss me." said Blue Sapphire, "There's nothing wrong of a husband and wife kissing."

Purple was nervous but the Azure blue unicorn and Moderate Purple alicorn made out. Azure Blue Sapphire placed her hoof onto Purple's back and he wrapped his left wing on her where he would use his cyber wing but he doesn't want to give her a cold chill down her spine.

Purple stopped kissing Azure Blue Sapphire and told her that he doesn't know how they can continue their relationship if he's going to be back in the wasteland. She told him that when she isn't working she can come out there and be with him.

"No." quickly said Purple, "You can't handle the wasteland. The horror, the lawlessness, the creatures. They'll eat a pregnant mare like you. Even though you're pregnant with my brother's foal but I don't know how to tell you this. I really do want to be with you but the only reason I left is because of heartbreak since when my father died. I left and I still feel heartbroken since he died and with my grandmother's death now. I even feel more heartbroken."

Azure Blue Sapphire placed her hoof onto Purple's mouth and told him that she understands. She told him to come back at least once a week from the wasteland to visit her.

Purple told her that she's an important pony to the Stable and her safety and welfare are a top priority to Purple and the foal she's carrying he doesn't want her to leave the wasteland.

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In the morning.

Purple kissed Azure Blue Sapphire on the head but he stealthfully walked out and went walking.

"Morning Purple." said a mare Stable dweller, "How have you been? Keeping your mind out of the gutter?"

Purple told her morning and told her that he's clean-minded and didn't do anything dirty or considered sexual.

"That isn't what your mother told me." said the mare, "She told me that some mares you encountered wanted a foal and you volunteered to give them foals to each of them. I'm yanking your tail she told me that you quote-unquote "volunteered" to breed some mares and I mean "some" I mean a lot. Your mother did say you're a saint since you were born. Your mother did say you'll have a lot of foals but she did say that you told her that about helping out the group called "Enclave" reproductively because Base already threw eight platoons at you and that's what?"

Purple told her that it's fifteen per platoon because Base removes the mares out so they can "Pleasure" the stallion soldiers. Purple even told her that 15x8 is 120 not adding more getting killed by the wasteland horrors because he underarms the ones who are out in the wasteland scouting.

The mare told Purple that Base "cares" about mares in a different way and Purple told the mare that he knows. The pegasus mare even flirted with Purple but Purple was tired
but knew where she was going but just told her to get it over with.

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In Purple's room

The two sat on Purple's bed and her lips met Purple's lips slowly because she doesn't know how to have sex but soon both of their mouths met and the two lay down on the bed.

"For an alicorn, you're pretty good." said the mare, "But well. I'm going to stop talking so we can just have sex."

Purple told her that her lips taste like cherries. But she felt a part of Purple hit her and not long enough she felt another part of him in her and well they're having unprotected sex. Unknown to her and that is she's going to be a mother soon.

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After an hour passed the two stopped having whoopee.

"Don't know how I feel Ms. Prelate." said Purple, "I well got married yesterday, and is what we did consider cheating?"

Ms. Prelate told him no because no one found out and will be between will be a secret.

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Purple was walking to go talk to his mother again but she hugged him very tightly in the Overmare's office.

"Mother?" asked Purple, "What are you doing in the Overmare's office?"

"My family has been overponies since day one when the Stable got populated after the Last day. If you stay you'll be the next because I ain't letting Blue be the next Overmare." said Harp, "Unless if you can give me an heir to take over. Oh, I didn't mean to phrase it like that. I don't want you to get me pregnant. I may be 40 years old but I don't think I could have the responsibility to have another foal. Also, If I did want another foal well your father is dead and there's no way I want another pony to get me pregnant. You know what the hell with it. I know you ain't going to stay here any longer just pop in and out but what I'm trying to say is... Purple I know it's weird for me your mother asking... Will you give me another foal?"

Purple's face turned a bright red and he never thought in his mind of his own mother asking him to get her pregnant.

"I...I don't know how to respond to that," said Purple, "I don't know if I should just walk out or not."

Harp knew it was wrong and very stupid but she started to flirt with her own son and the two ended up having sex. But Purple felt very much uncomfortable where he's the use of being kissed by his mother but straight up impregnating his mother was a whole different story.

Harp even though Albatross has been dead for seven years she still wears her wedding ring and says that she's married even though she's a widow.

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After two hours passed and Purple was walking down the hallway back to his room.

Blue intercepted him and started to pick on him.

"You're such a disgrace." said Blue, "Still a virgin and don't have a special somepony."

Purple told her that he's still nineteen and still has some time to find somepony to be with because of family tradition. He still has some time to father some foals too until he passes age 21 and his family will consider him to be too old or something stupid because he doesn't have kids and a special somepony.

Blue doesn't care that Azure Blue Sapphire and Purple are married and says that Purple was drunk so it doesn't count of being married. He hasn't told nopony besides his mother that he's going to be a father to a lot of foals from pregnant mares within the Grand Pegasus Enclave because the Stable still hates them for what he did.

They wouldn't know how or understand why Purple would quote-unquote "sleep" with the mares of the Grand Pegasus Enclave and get them pregnant and Purple would be better off just having his mother know.

Purple then decided to walk away thinking it'll be better because he still wasn't expecting that he would ever get his mother pregnant and he's still a little shaken up over the fact he got his own mother pregnant.

I do love my mother very much. Purple thought to himself, I will do anything to keep her happy. I guess if my mother wants more foals well it'll be weird but she can count on me. If my mother says she wants more foals it'll be weird but I'll do my part. If she asks me to I'll stay here in the Stable even though I see it as heartbreak though.

Purple then reran into his mother again and the mother and son duo walked side by side.

"I know it's early or whatnot." said Harp, "But thanks for giving this old mare another chance of being a mother. You're a stud and I was right when I was holding you after I birthed you. I said you're going to be a wonderful stallion who'll be a breeder. But I would never expect you to knock me up."

"You're not old." said Purple, "Your still a wonderful and cute mare as always mom. You're never too old you're always going to be young and cute."

"Thanks, son." said Harp, "You're a charmer. I'm so lucky to have you."

Purple replied, "I'm so wonderful to have a mother like you. Even when you were busy and tired you always made time for me."

Harp gave Purple a smooch on the forehead again but showed him secret access to a landing pad within the mountain they're in.

Before Purple left the mother and son duo had goodbye sex but Purple squeezed his mother during it which made her toot but Purple didn't matter.

"If no mare out in the wasteland wants to be with you." said Harp, "You always have your mother to be with."

Purple then kissed his mother on the mouth but Harp grabbed Purple, kissed him, and forced her tongue into his mouth, and gave Purple a big sloppy kiss.

Harp then decided to sneak on board and go with Purple where the Stable can go a day without having an overmare. Not adding she thinks that her son is the right pony to have foals with even though she's split of being a mother and a grandmother at the same time because the foals are coming from Purple making her a mother again but they're coming from her son so she's also making herself a grandmom as well.

Purple felt like he was in heaven if there is one because he knew how the Ministry of Wartime Technology made some stuff that's either jaw dropping or annoying.

Purple and Harp saw an AJR-02 Heavy Troop Carrier which is more rounded and steamlined not angular and is far superior over the Enclave Vertibucks.

Purple saw twin autocannons on the 100 ft long, 83 foot wide, and 35-foot tall aerial vehicle not adding that it has the capacity of carrying 20 soldiers into battle. It was made to ferry 20 Steel Rangers into battle.

Purple and Harp also saw some weapon containers on the side with prototypes or weapons that never reached mass production because of the Last day happening before they could.

Purple climbed in and entered the cockpit where Harp got in and stayed in the troop bay.
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In the town of Crimson.

Purple went into his house and Harp followed.

"So this is your house?" asked Harp, "If so it's very nice, roomy, and commandy."

Harp then walked over and placed a wing over her son and gave him a kiss.

"I'm so proud of you honey." said Harp, "Where Base checks every box of worst pony ever you check every box of being the best pony ever."

Harp then lowered her wing down to his crotch.

"Oops. Sorry Purple," said Harp, "Sorry for having my wing go down by your crotch."

Purple told his mother that it's alright where she took care of him since he was born.

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At FOB Golf it was rebuilt.

Base walked into the medical tent to get patched up but they are very limited in supplies and they got badly injured ones who are at the top priority over a pegasus who got beaten up by twenty-five mares.

Chapter 30: The Solar plant

While out exploring Purple Artist, Sunrise Storm, Midnight Twister, Rocky Road, and Paladin Sapphire Heart.

They came across a prewar building that says "CELESTIA POWER CO" and they entered it.

It was grimy and dark.

"Midnight and Rocky you're team 2. I and Sunrise is team 1." said Purple, "Sapphire. Watch the front door."

"I'm always on boring duties," said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "Sapphire do this, Sapphire do that, Sapphire bring the Scribes some pre-war books, Sapphire watch the initiates and make sure they don't kill themselves. Sapphire make breakfast, lunch and dinner for the 89 of us, Sapphire for this week you're doing menial tasks, Sapphire polish your power armor it's getting all dirty, Sapphire watch the initiates doing push-ups."

"Bitch enough?" mumbled Midnight Twister.

Purple told Sapphire Heart that she can either join him and Sunrise or join Rocky and Midnight only for Midnight Thunder to protest that he doesn't want a whiner to be with him and Rocky Road.

"Fine." said Purple, "Let's go Sapphire."

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On the second floor.

Purple found a holotape and played it.

"This is absurd!" said a mare, "We're just making enough power to power us and the towns here and the military posts here! And they want us to make a solar-powered weapon? That's fucking absurd we're already using what we have and just enough to power homes, stores, and military installations and the military wants us to build them a fucking raygun powered by the fucking sun."

A pony responded, "Scarlet Electic, do you ever get tired of bitching? I mean we are at war and you bitch every five seconds."

Scarlet Electric replied, "Fuck you Sapphire Swing. You work on lines and do maintenance you don't have a right to talk to me like that."

Sapphire Swing replied, "At least I don't bitch about everything. I only bitch when my food gets cold."

The holotape ended.

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In a big room.

Rocky Road and Midnight Twister entered a room both wearing a Enviromental suits which are like the Mark VI Omni-Enviromental Suits but the ones they're wearing are made for adult ponies not for foals, fillies, and colts.

The two entered a room filled with pink cloud. They walked through it unscaved but scared thinking the pink cloud will enter their suits and kill them. But they just walked through it but stepped over skeletons of deceased workers.

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Purple, Sunrise, and Sapphire walked outside.

"Tall tower." said Sunrise Storm, "Wonder what's at the top of it."

"No duh Captain Obvious." said both Purple and Sapphire "Looks like we can get in through the base of the tower."

They found a door and went in it.

"We did pass words that says "STAY OUT KILLER ROBOTS!" so we should leave" said Sunrise Storm.

"Stop being such a baby." said Paladin Sapphire, "They could've put that up during the pre-war or wardays to scare tresspassers away."

"You can always stand guard." said Purple, "So you don't have to fight the killer robots but noting venture nothing gained. Maybe there's some pre-war or wartime secrets that was buried over time."

"You had me at secrets." said Sunrise Storm, "But I still say there's killer robots in here."

They entered.
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Inside.

Purple was about to walk around only to get shot at so Purple jumped back.

"Machine gun turret." said Purple, "8 O'clock high."

"I got it." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "Let me take care of it."

Sapphire Heart then fired her Novasurge rifle at the machine gun turret and completely destroyed it.

They moved down some stairs, through another door and kept on going and destroyed the robots and turrets in it.

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In a big room, there was a terminal and a huge mainframe.

Paladin Sapphire Heart hacked it.

"Where would you like to send the power?" said the terminal screen, "1. Military Installations. 2. All towns. 3. Full region but the plant will suffer from regular brownouts. 4. Space-laser thing. 5. Full region emergency output level."

Paladin Sapphire Heart has a kind of heart and chose full region for all ponies to get power but she knows her parents will hate her. They already hate her for not her joining them.

Paladin Sapphire Heart got off the terminal but was sadden so Sunrise Storm asked what's wrong.

"It's my parents." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "In the group of Steel Rangers I came with. Well both my mother, father, even my older sister, younger sister, and my four-year-old sister hate me. They're all scribes. My mother, she's pregnant again and told me that I'm not their daughter anymore and my own sister told me I'm not the middle child anymore. They disowned me."

Purple told her that they are her family as well but this family isn't going to disown her and they'll be there for her anytime she wants.

Paladin Sapphire Heart removed her helmet and replied, "Thanks."

They then went up to a door and rode a pre-war elevator to the tower and walked up for a bit until they reached the control panel and Purple let both Paladin Sapphire and Sunrise move the switch down and they did.

All three of them closed and shielded their eyes so the sunlight brightness reflecting off the solar panels don't blind them.

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Inside of the building.

Rocky Road and Midnight Twister wondered what the brightness was coming from so they went outside.

"Hey!" yelled Sunrise Storm, "Uphere!"

Both, Rocky Road and Midnight Twister looked up to see Purple Artist, Sunrise Storm, and Paladin Sapphire Heart waving down at them. The next minute the three of them appeared in front of them.

Purple even asked them if they found anything interesting only for the brother and sister duo to tell him no.

"Get some forces stationed here and lock it down." said Sunrise Storm, "Sorry just the wartime unicorn talking."

Paladin Sapphire Heart told Sunrise that she's an alicorn only for Sunrise to tell Paladin Sapphire that she was born and grew up in the pre-war and wartime days as a unicorn but sometime after the Last day or the great war he was dipped in taint or I.M.P and here she is now as an alicorn.

"So you are?" started Paladin Sapphire, "Over two-hundred years old?"

"I'm two-hundred and nineteen years old," said Sunrise Storm.

"Purple? Are you Ok?" asked Rocky Road, "Because your ears are down."

"No." said Purple, "My grandmother. Overmare Brisk. She died and couldn't say goodbye face to face only face to body. I looked up to my grandmother as a role model as my mother and father."

Purple didn't tell them about him and his mother having sex and him getting her pregnant where he isn't too proud of that. But he is a mama's boy, a very big mama's boy.

They heard some metallic clanking sound to find some Steel Rangers.

"Sapphire." said a mare scribe coldly.

"Mother." Paladin Sapphire said neutrally.

"This facility is now under our jurisdiction now." said a Steel Ranger Knight, "So leave now and we won't kill you!"

"This place is under the jurisdiction of the Wasteland Guardians." said Sunrise Storm, "So leave before we kill you!"

It was about to turn into a two-way fight but Purple told Sunrise, Rocky, Midnight, and Paladin Sapphire that they're leaving.

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While walking on the road again.

Purple asked Paladin Sapphire where she's from where he told her that he just wants to get to know her better.

"Bucklyn Cross." said Paladin Sapphire, "I was born and raised there. It's a fortification atop of a bridge. The last standing ruins of the Bucklyn Bridge. I don't want to talk about it. Bad memories with my scribe father."

Rocky Road asked why not to pry into her private life but wants to get to know her better.

"I need some time alone," said Paladin Sapphire Heart before storming off.

"Smooth sis." said Midnight Twister, "Sapphire didn't want to talk about it but you had to ask."

"I just wanted to get to know her better," said Rocky Road, "I just wanted to know."

They looked around and lost Purple.

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By a river bed.

Paladin Sapphire Heart started to sob but took her helmet off.

"Is it ok if I sit next to you Sapphire?" asked Purple, "It's fine."

Paladin Sapphire replied sadly, "Sure ok."

Purple walked over to her and sat down next to her and he placed a hoof around her.

Purple became supportive and told her to tell him anything she feels like telling him because he's there for her as a friend.

Purple even asked how old she is only for Paladin Sapphire to tell him that she's 19 years old.
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Fifteen-years-ago.

In Bucklyn Cross.

Four-year-old Sapphire Heart came into her parents' house only to see her father there and he used his magic and dragged Sapphire Heart into his and his wife's bedroom.

Young Sapphire Heart asked what they're doing in his and mother's bedroom.

A couple of hours passed and Sapphire Heart's mother came home where four-years-old Sapphire Heart went crying to her mother saying that her father forced himself on her. But Sapphire Heart's father lied to his wife and she believed her husband over daughter.
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Present-day.

"Oh. I'm so sorry for what you went through." said Purple, "At least you have us."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Since when I was four. I thought about killing myself several times. Only eight times I tried to actually kill myself. I've tried hanging myself four separate times. I even jumped off the bridge several times only for my mother or father to use their magic to catch me."

Purple told her that her mother should've walked in on what happened.

"My mother?" said Paladin Sapphire, "She did walk in on it once. She told my father to keep going. She told him to keep raping me. She made me lick her crotch as well. And they wonder why I hate them. To make it worst my boyfriend well then-boyfriend my father told him not to date me saying I was a wreck, not a type of pony who can hold down a relationship or anything. My father even told him that I'm not marriage material and would be the worst mother in the world if I got married and had foals."

"You're a wonderful ally, you're a wonderful friend, and I'm sure one-day somepony will gladly date you, marry you and I'm 100% sure you'll be a wonderful mother," said Purple.

"Thanks, Purple." said Paladin Sapphire, "Thanks for trying to cheer me up. You're a great friend. Are you single?"

Purple told her it's complicated where he's married to his marefriend in Stable 190 but he was drunk and doesn't remember getting married. But he left out of knocking up his mother but he told her that they can be together because he didn't contest the marriage and Purple highly believes that their relationship won't work but with Lieutenant Honey Cake as well which is a weird relationship that isn't romantical.

Paladin Sapphire Heart slid closer to Purple and rested her head onto his fronal leg/ torso.

Author's Note

If this was the Fallout series timeline.
2058- Sunrise Storm is born
2075- Sunrise Storm joins the Navy after graduating High School.
2077- Great war happened.
2077-2120's- Sunrise Storm is dipped into taint or I.M.P.
2211- Overmare Brisk is born.
2213- Albatross's parents are born.
2232- Harp and Albatross are born.
2245- Base is born.
2249- Blue is born.
2257- Purple is born.
2277- Purple leaves Stable 190, makes friends, creates the Wasteland Guardians, Base is exiled from Stable 190, Overmare Brisk dies of old age and worries about her favorite grandson and turns 20.

Chapter 32: Operation: The Surge

In the Fillydelphia railyard.

At a table, there was a map of the prewar city; It was only several miles but they heard some noise coming from one of the train cabooses so Paladin Sapphire Heart went to open it.

They found some Grand Pegasus Enclave members in there where the squad leader told the three that Lieutenant Honey Cake sent them because she deeply cares for Purple and actually wants to marry him even though he isn't a Grand Pegasus Enclave member and a "Wastelander" even though he's also a "Stable Dweller". But the GPE don't see him like that anymore.

Purple told them to stay put where he'll be back within a couple of hours.

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By a bridge, Purple found a pair of binoculars but he just scouted out the raiders on the bridge. They were just either walking back and forth or standing in place to make sure slaves don't escape the city.

Purple then lit up his horn and teleported to the other side and continued with scouting out Raiders positions and marked them on a prewar map of Fillydelphia.

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At the railyard.

"Got any sevens?" ask Rocky Road, "Wait why are we playing a card game?"

"To pass the time." said a GPE Heavy Weapons Specialist, "Your leader is out there scouting and we need to do something to pass the time. Also, there are only two stallions here and I don't think we can have a sex party."

They went and played a couple of more games until an hour passed.

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One hour later.

Purple came back but he waited until they were all finished their card game.

Purple then placed the map on the table and said "Rocky you're with me." said Purple.

The GPE Squad leader replied. "What about Granite squad?"

Purple just stared at the map then replied, "Granite squad you're with Paladin Sapphire and you'll take the bridge from Raiders."

"Why do we have to and why do I have to be with them?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "They tried to kill us more than once."

"For one Sapphire, the ones that tried to kill us are under the command of my brother." said Purple, "and second you have a Novasurge Rifle, Granite Squad has a Plasma minigun, Laser minigun, Plasma rifles, Laser rifles, and a Rechargeable laser rifle. Also power armor."

Rocky Road asked what they're going to do and Purple used his magic and handed her a sniper rifle then said, "we're going to take care of the snipers on the bridge."

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Back on the ridge, Rocky Road had an old Police SPSRS (Special Purpose Sniper Rifle System) and Purple has a fancy hunting sniper rifle that's extremely rare and his Pipbuck description says

"The overall length of the weapon is 1014mm, with a 436mm barrel and the weapon weighs roughly around 5.2kg.

It uses 7.62x45mm rounds, but most other calibers are available.

The weapon has an upper and lower receiver for easier maintenance. The pistol grip is made out of plastic, but can also be made out of horn and pearl depending on your purpose.

The stock is made out of walnut, but other materials aren't available yet and may never be. The standard stock is a detachable stock, but the plastic stock is very popular as well, despite being less common.

The standard-issue magazine is a rotary that carries 40 rounds, but plenty of other magazines are available. It has a lever mechanism to release the magazine.
The selective-fire modes are safe mode, semi-auto and 3-round burst.

This weapon was designed for the military with the purpose of fighting new threats."

Purple laid down where he held his breathe and sniped the first Raider sniper on the bridge and that was single for Granite Squad to assault the bridge with Paladin Sapphire.

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Paladin Sapphire's Point of View.

Paladin Sapphire readied her Novasurge Rifle but she waited for the single to go and assault the raiders. However, a gunshot rang out and they assaulted the bridge.

The Novasurge rifle turned the raiders on the bridge into ash.

"FOR THE RANGERS!" yelled Paladin Sapphire, "DIE RAIDER SCUM!"

A big raider tackled Paladin Sapphire and took her Novasurge rifle but there was blood spatter so she looked where Purple and Rocky are were. She nodded, picked up her Novasurge Rifle, and moved on.

The raiders tried to have an organized defense but they didn't care that they had snipers sniping them. Especially the raiders with sniper rifles and heavy weapons like a flamethrower.

One raider threw an ax at Paladin Sapphire and it bounced off of her armor. But Paladin Sapphire picked up the raider in her magic and threw the raider into the highly radiated river.

They broke through where the raiders turned into ash, a pile of goo, or gotten shot either by Rocky Road or Purple.

There was a road that went left to right and the road went dead ahead. A couple of blocks ahead was a pile of rubble from when the Balefire bombs shockwaves made them topple over.

They charged ahead shooting the raiders who were lightly armed but Purple said that he feels sorry for the raiders having mundane firearms.

"Hey Purple." said Rocky Road, "Why did the Stable Dweller leave the Stable?"

Purple asked why?

"To be used as breeding stock by the Enclave." said Rocky Road, Get it?"

"Yeah I got it." said Purple, "Not really funny."

Rocky Road told Purple that it is funny how he was used twice to breed with 210 different Grand Pegasus Enclave foals. Purple looked away with his face red but Lieutenant Honey Cake capitalized on what Purple wants but with a mare, not 210 different mares not adding a majority of them scared Purple.

"Harbinger, Ivy Gem, Recognizing Alignment, Bargaining Tapper, Spiffy Coles, Shortcoming Trickster, and Raining Heart will kill us." said Granite squad's Squad leader, "Or have us all exiled."

"Consider it target practice." said Granite Squad's specialist, "What they don't know won't hurt them or us."

"Yeah." said Granite Squad's DM\Designated MarksPony, "At least it's real targets over wooden cutouts."

The ground thudded for a bit and an earth pony in raider power armor came.

The raider in power armor had minigun battle saddles where they all took cover and returned fire until Purple yelled, "Hey! Gran team. Give me and Roc covering fire while we retreat and we'll do the same to you!"

"WILCO!" yelled Granite Squad, Squad Leader, "Ok Granite Squad! Covering FIre!"

The Grand Pegasus Enclave members laid down covering fire for Purple and Rocky to retreat but a raider shot Rocky making her fall. But Purple picked her up, and carried her on his back, and ran back to the crossroads.

Granite Squad then followed with Paladin Sapphire being the last but Purple laid down covering fire with his sniper rifle which is on single shot.

Granite Squad ran left and Purple/w Paladin Sapphire went right and they flanked the powered armored raider.

They removed the helmet to see a unicorn mare but Paladin Sapphire let out a sigh of relief and she thought her sister turned raider but lucky she didn't and they were on their way.

There was a loud explosion and Purple said "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" and Rocky is getting tired of his military lingo. But she doesn't know how to tell him and she only thinks what he'll tell her in retaliation or if he's going to hit her.

To avoid additional raiders they used the buildings but found a pre-war military building and entered it.

They found some deceased ghouls but went up to the second floor because the doors and hallways on the first floor are blocked in by rubble.

They saw a colt run and make a right turn so they chased the colt and entered the room the one that the colt entered.

They saw a midnight-colored unicorn wearing Steel Ranger's scribe robes with a book in her hoof.

"Who are you ponies?" asked the mare, "I didn't do anything to you."

Paladin Sapphire walked into the room and took off her helmet.

"Sap?" said the mare, "Is that you? It's me Moonlight Paradise."

"Moonlight." said Sapphire, "We're here to rescue you."

Moonlight replied, "Rescue me? I'm not in danger."

"Yeah say that while in a city filled with raiders," said Rocky Road.

"They mean me no harm." said Moonlight Paradise, "I'm under protection under of an Earth pony that's a crimson red with jet black mane and tail, blue eye, and a right cybernetic eye."

"Were getting you out of here!" said Paladin Sapphire, "This place is not for anypony who's sane to live in."

Purple left the room to watch their six.

"I'm not leaving and that's final!" said Moonlight Paradise, "I'm also not leaving my kids either!"

"You been missing for four years and you have kids?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "So you first got pregnant when you were twelve?"

"I'll be back." said Purple, "I'm going to go and talk to this Blue Eye, Green Eye, Pink Eye, or Yellow Eye or whatever his name is."

"I wouldn't." said Midnight Paradise, "You'll be killed before you get anywhere you get to him."

"I'll just try." said Purple, "If I have to I'll assassinate him with my new sniper rifle."

"It's not new." said Midnight Paradise, "It was constructed during the final two years of the war for Equestrian snipers and if they were behind enemy lines and had to use Zebra rounds or Stalliongradian rounds."

Purple still left.

"Come on sis." said Paladin Sapphire, "You don't know what it's like back home."

"Home?" asked Scribe Midnight Paradise, "We live on a fucking bridge! Sorry you heard mommy swear kiddos"

"We moved." said Paladin Sapphire, "We have a new home across Equestria. Everypony in Bucklyn Cross and where we are now think you're dead. Our sisters, our parents they think you're dead. The Elder's terminal even lists you as K.I.A. So you would rather think that everypony thinks you're dead?"

"They all think I'm dead?" asked Midnight Paradise, "All of them besides our parents and siblings think that I'm dead?"

Paladin Sapphire told her that everypony and their parents and siblings think that she's dead even Paladin Sapphire thought she was dead but just had a gut feeling that she might be alive and here they are today.

"But Blue Eye, Green Eye, Pink Eye, Red Eye or what his name is," said Scribe Midnight Paradise, "I promised him that I'll find a way to support his army. That's why I'm here this is my home. I find locations of old military installations and bases, tell him or have a small team to go out and get the weapons, ammo, and armor for his army. There's no way I can betray him I swore my allegiance to him and dropped my flags/allegiance for the Steel Rangers. Fighting in the pit was a nightmare but I've proven myself. That I'm not a slave. In return, I'm not a slave and he took me under his leg to help his army. He protects me from enemies and has some members of his army to protect me and I go out to bring weapons to him. My team is actually out bringing his army weapons and ammo."

"I think we killed them," said Granite Squad, Squad Leader, "All those raiders on the bridge and to here we killed."

"Yes I was listing to the whole battle." said Midnight Paradise, "Through sprite bots and wartime MoM or Ministry of Morale secret cameras. The MoM was creepy as fucking hell. What was Luna thinking putting a mass psychopathic pink pony to mass spying on the citizens of Equestria."

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In an abandoned building on the last floor, Purple placed the sniper rifle down and aimed down its 8x scope.

Purple saw some ponies walking around or standing guard but he noticed some snipers.

He then saw a crimson red Earth pony with black hair. Purple took the shot but the wind blew knocking the bullet off course and hitting another pony.

Purple quickly put on a HAZMAT suit and galloped after taking some RAD-safe and RAD-X pills and reached a blown open hole in a wall in a room.

He heard galloping but he looked down at a river so he gulped and jumped for it.

"I could've thought of another escape plan then jumping into a radioactive river!" yelled Purple and there was a big splash and some ponies of Red Eye's Army stopped to see that Purple can't be harmed because he's underwater now.

"Fuck!" said a member of Red Eye's army, "Alright let's go find that pony and bring him in front of Red Eye or Stern and brainwash him into our leader's loyalty."

The ponies and griffons of Red Eye's army went to go find Purple.

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After a couple of minutes, Purple washed up onto the shore and he rolled over onto his back.

"Well...shit," said Purple when seeing thirteen soldiers from Red Eye's Army pointing their weapons at him.

The thirteen of them backed away and one came with a flammer about to burn Purple Artist alive but bullets flew hitting them and saving Purple.

Four ponies in an olive shade of khaki uniform came out and Purple asked who they are and the lead stallion told Purple that he's a member of the Stalliongradian 190th Rifle Division well the descendants of said division.

Purple heard of Stalliongrad in his history books in Stable 190 but the history books called them "Sisies" for not aiding Equestria during the war.

The two of four ponies have M44 rifles and SSMG-41 Submachine Gun where they need some help where their division has either been killed or been brainwashed by Earth Pony Raider's army.

Purple told them that he'll help so the moderate purple alicorn climbed a ladder onto a fire escape and went into a ruined apartment building.

There were some members of Red Eye's Army just talking to each other and Purple saw one with a flammer so he aimed for the fuel tank and took the shot.

The tank blew up catching a group of them on fire but saw that there were some more descendants of the Stalliongradian Army in Fillydelphia attacking them head-on but they were caught off guard.

Purple would love to help them but he was busy fighting earth ponies in the Red Eye's Army but he dealt with them using magic by throwing them off the building he's in but couldn't help where he needed to get to a new firing spot and went to another area.

Purple saw a building where reinforcements are in so he switched to explosive 7.62x45mm rounds and tried to knock down the ruined ceiling to seal off their reinforcements route but had to do to help the descendants of the Stalliongradians until his spot was given up which was quick.

The Stalliongradian who Purple first talked to waved him off before his position got discovered but he didn't.

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Granite Squad, Paladin Sapphire, Rocky Road, and Midnight Paradise/w her kids heard the distant gunfire so Granite Squad went to go check it out. But Midnight Paradise's kids are scared of them because of their tail armor.

Paladin Sapphire told her sister that she and her kids can live in peace with them over living in a city full of raiders, slavers, and mutants.

Midnight Paradise refused where she loves it in the city of Fillydelphia.

That shattered Paladin Sapphire's heart.

"Well, Goodbye sister." said Paladin Sapphire, "You're dead to me. Have a nice life in this hellhole!"

Midnight Paradise looked down in sadness at what she said to her sister how she loves it in the city of Fillydelphia. To her she gets left alone, has three square meals a day, and protection from the threats of the wasteland not adding that she's married to a blood-thirsty sadistic Raider. But he's kind to her and she takes great care of him and vice versa.

Midnight Paradise told Paladin Sapphire and Rocky Road not to kill her husband a parakeet green unicorn with black mane and brown tail.

Paladin Sapphire asked how she could love a raider?

"Well when I was walking in Fillydelphia after being ambushed." said Midnight Paradise, "I saw him get shot so I ran over to him and gave him aid. He was fourteen and turned me into his father and I was put in the pit. I have proven myself after a few years but in return, I help and fix up his armor and weapons, and in return, he protects me both physically and guardedly also pleasure. If either of us is stressed out we have sex. What if he's stressed then I let him fuck me in the ass or mare area and if he's stressed."

Paladin Sapphire shook her head but told her sister that she wishes her luck and hopes she comes to her senses one day.

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Back to Purple's POV.

"That's fifteen." said Purple, "Blastmaster prepare to meet your specialty."

Purple then shot and the Raider blastmaster with flamer blew up and ran around on fire. as the napalm fuel slowly burned the fur and skin off the earth pony.

Granite squad soon got there and flanked the raiders where they used their battle saddles and fired their Laser, Plasma, and Novasurge weapons and they gunned down the raiders.

"Fifty-seven." said Purple, "Fifty-seven raiders I killed in a half an hour. I killed a total of a hundred and four in one day."

Purple then opened up his journal and wrote down 104 for today of how many Radiers he killed.

It's now listed as

Raiders: 178
Slavers: 92
Alicorns: 8

Even though he isn't a sadistic pony he just likes to keep tallies even though his Pip-Buck keeps track of all of that. Purple even thought about it but about every raider and slaver in the city is on the way but they freed some slaves. They could and told them to go to the trainyard because they're getting out of the city.

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At the railyard.

Paladin Sapphire got the train up and running but Granite Squad and Purple defended the train from the almost endless sea of raiders and slavers trying to get the slaves back.

"Alright let's go!" yelled Paladin Sapphire, "Come on double time it!"

Purple galloped first and went behind a concrete barrier to provide covering fire and only two members of Granite squad ran instead of flying until they're two members left.

When the last two ran a raider used a flamethrower and the fire was corrosive and when it hit the last two while they were galloping away where the flammable corrosive liquid melted through their armor and melted their power armor, fur, skin, muscles, and everything in the pony body melted.

Purple used his magic and forced the remaining members of Granite squad onto the train and they got out of there before they were all killed.

Purple then threw a grenade which blew up the pony with the special flamethrower.

"Y'all did great." said Purple, "Granite Squad, descendants of the Stalliongradian 190th Rifle Division, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire. All of you did great."
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Back at the railyard in the Unknown West.

The train came to a stop and they disembarked but they heard an argument.

Purple saw Lieutenant Honey Cake and Apprentice Lieutenant Base Flyer arguing and Lieutenant Honey Cake telling Base that she'll have his head on a golden platter for wiping out the town of Elmsfield.

"If you do." started Base, "I'll tell the council you and 209 other Enclave mares had sex with a wastelander! How do you think they'll feel that 210 Grand Pegasus Enclave mares are pregnant with a filthy wastelander's foals!"

"HEY!!!!" yelled Purple, "I'M NOT A WASTELEANDER! I'M A STABLE DWELLER! AND THE LEADER OF THE WASTELAND GUARDIANS!"

Base used his wing to mock Purple.

Base then said, "I got technology on my side! You got old ballistic weapons and peasants who don't know what to do!"

"At least I have more soldiers," said Purple, "You prohibit mares from fighting you rape them, you force them to carry foals. What happens when you have a short-tailed one? You'll refuse to breed with her?"

Base told Purple to go suck himself and Purple rolled his eyes.

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In the town of Crimson.

Sunrise Storm had a hard time of prioritizing but went on finding better healthcare and having a medical supply network between the towns that are allied with the Wasteland Guardians so no one town has more medical supplies over others.

Before Purple left he chose to prioritize water supplies so they won't have to drink the radioactive water where water is a precious resource and ponies will want it over the irritated water.

Purple also chose to prioritize agriculture so they don't have to rely on traders bringing them food and having their own.

Midnight Twister he has that the roads he would like the old main roads, old highways, and dirt roads with gravel and stone to be better so their hooves don't hurt from the dilapidated roads.

Rocky Road wants the old power stations to come back online like the prewar days when ponies had power where she read that before the Balefire missiles flew that power stations once powered hundreds if not thousands of homes and businesses.

Purple walked into his house and saw Sunrise Storm and she's getting more stressed.

On a map, there were green chips representing Wasteland Guardian squads, charcoal-colored chips representing Grand Pegasus Enclave members under Apprentice Lieutenant Base command, and black chips representing Grand Pegasus Enclave members under Lieutenant Honey Cake's command.

Purple saw five green chips in a city well city on the map are shown as eight 2D or 3D models of high-rises.

There are eight red chips that represent Raiders, and fifty yellow-colored chips which represent Alicorns and each yellow one is a wing of alicorns and there are 150 Alicorns in said city.

"I'm going to get some rest." said Purple, "And I'll go and help them and secure the city from the Raiders and Alicorns."

Unknown to Purple and them is that most of the GPE forces under Lieutenant Honey Cake's command deserted and flocked to Apprentice Lieutenant Base Flyer and they see him as a better leader and she lost Foxhound, Harpoon, Pronto, Boxer, Carrera, Titans, Hellhounds, Nightmare, Oracle, Red Dragons, Blue Dragons, Scepter, Havoc, Banshee, Fiend, Napalm, Strategic Assault Squadron, Strategic Combat Team, & Special Engagement Unit deserted.

The only thing that Lieutenant Honey Cake has is Starlight Squad, Trauma Rescue Squad, Advanced Reconnaissance Crew, Granite Squad, Lighting Squad, Aroura Squad, Bullseye, Boogeystallion, Creeper, Ghost, Hitpony, Icepick, Killshot, Ninja, Phantom, Specter, Vampire, Werewolf, and Reaper squad with Aroura to Werewolf squads are in FOB's under her protection.

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In the town of Crimson

Purple was sound asleep in bed and it was nighttime but Sunrise Storm walked into his house and went into his bedroom where she used her magic, lifted up the blanket, got under the covers, and cuddled up with Purple.

"I love you Purple." said Sunrise Storm, "Maybe when we get rid of the Enclave, Raiders, and Slavers we can be together and have a family?"

Sunrise Storm gave Purple a kiss on the forehead.

They stayed cuddled up and Purple placed his left hoof around her.

Author's Note

The Police SPSRS is based on the Remington RSASS.

Chapter 33: The City

On an V-4 Vertibuck, it entered the city's airspace where it started to get shot at but landed at an old multi-story parking lot. Purple got out with Sunrise Storm and with a few members of the Wasteland Guardians and with Lieutenant Honey Cake with them.

A Unicorn soldier saluted Purple and said, "Commander, Private Atom, D-Company 5th Rifle Platoon."

Purple looked up to the right to see a flying ship hovering in the sky and asked what in the world it is.

"An airship." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I denied the use of cloudships for him and I guess your brother built his own. Alright, Purple go kick your brother's ass for me. I would go any farther but due to being pregnant I ain't going to harm our unborn foal."

Purple and Sunrise went to go to the front to fight the GPE soldiers under the command of Base.

"So Purple do you have any plans when the war with the Enclave is over?" asked Sunrise Storm.

"Try to find a mare if it ain't Lieutenant Honey Cake or my ex-marefriend to be with and probably have some kids." said Purple, "Probably live on a farm somewhere and let you take over."

"You don't have to look far for a partner." said Sunrise Storm, "I'll be your partner. I've been alive for two hundred and nineteen years. I've been planning on settling down."

Unknown to Sunrise Storm is that before she turned into an alicorn when she was still a unicorn she married a unicorn who was in the Equestrian Marine Corps as a Corpsman and they had three kids but they were killed by raiders.

On a level thing, they had the high ground but the Wasteland Guardians under the command of Lieutenant Midnight Twister shot at the Grand Pegasus Enclave members with armor-piercing and Full Metal Jacket rounds. Even though rare but better suited for going against GPE members in power armor.

"Rangers down right," said Midnight Twister.

"Great." said Purple, "Now we got to deal with the Steel Rangers!"

Sunrise Storm just fired at the Grand Pegasus Enclave keeping them busy and Purple crawled his way over to a radio.

He then picked it up and said "Anypony on this freq?" asked Purple.

A pony replied, "Commander Artist. This is Yankee-Five we're ready for orders over."

Sunrise Storm asked who it is only for Purple to say "Artillery."

"Glad you copied artillery that was once used to bombard the Zebras," said Sunrise Storm. "We can use the fire support."

Sunrise Storm then kept Purple down so he wouldn't get killed.

After a few minutes, there was a loud explosion sound and Purple told "Yankee-Five" that they hit the target and thanked them for the fire support.

"We deal with the ground forces then we go and take out the flying ship," said Purple, So they can't easily reinforce the crew of the ship and so. I haven't worked out the details of how we're going to bring it down yet. If have to we'll improvise."

"Purple." said Midnight Twister, "This city is a nightmare but not as much of a nightmare as Fillydelphia."

"Midnight." said Purple, "Take your forces and find a way up to that ship. Ask Lt Honey Cake if she can reteach you how to fly a Vertibuck."

"We'll find a Vertibuck." said Midnight Twister, "We'll find a way to get you up there Purple."

Midnight Twister and several of his Wasteland Guardians ran to go find a Vertibuck.

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At the entrance of a ruined building, they assaulted it where the garrisoned forces were no match for the armor-piercing bullets they had.

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By a ledge, there was an old highway where they witnessed a wing of Alicorns literally tear apart a squad of Enclave ponies ripping their wings, tails, legs, even their heads off. But Purple didn't throw up because he swallowed it.

They stayed quiet until the alicorns walked by to look for their prey or for new prey.

It took several minutes but the alicorns finally walked off giving them a chance to move on. But Purple wanted to throw up again after seeing the deceased GPE soldiers that were torn to shreds by the three alicorns.

"Vertibucks!" said a Wasteland Guardian. "Take cover."

They all took cover and Purple found two battle wagons so they mounted up and rode around with two pulling until after a few minutes a V-4 Vertibuck came overhead and a heavily armored GPE member came out.

The GPE soldier killed all but Purple. Purple unloaded the minigun on him until it was out of ammo where Purple and Sunrise killed the Grand Pegasus Enclave member fastly.

"Purple." said Sunrise Storm, "Watch out incoming!"

They saw some Grand Pegasus Enclave members in a new aerial vehicle.

Sunrise Storm flew up to it and she hijacked it midair and got Purple. They fired the autocannon at a few V-4 Vertibucks knowing if they keep going back and get reinforcements from the "flying ship" then the Wasteland Guardians will eventually be wiped out in the city. A city once used by the Equestrian forces for urban warfare training.

Purple had a little bit of too much fun of being the flying vehicle's RIO and Armorment controller and gotten four Vertibucks to chase them.

A pursuing V-4 Vertibuck fired it's machine gun at them but missed. Purple told Sunrise to go through the tunnel so they did with the Vertibucks still chasing them.

There was a big hole in the ceiling and Purple pressed a button and the wings retracted and folded the wings but turned the engines off and they went up and out but it still tore the wings off.

The Vertibucks crashed into the metallic tunnel shield and blew up.

On the road.

Purple and Sunrise got up and Sunrise said, "There's the ship. Now we need to get up there."

They heard a wooshing sound and looked around. They saw twelve different pod things around them and twelve Grand Pegasus Enclave members come out and one of them pointed towards Sunrise and Purple and they pulled out some kind of sword holding it with their hooves and they circled and surrounded Purple and Sunrise.

"If we're going to die." said Sunrise Storm, "The last thing I want to say is "I love you Purple." Even though I'll live on even when you pass but I don't think it's going to come to that of us living another day."

Sunrise Storm then saw Purple just holding a combat knife in his left-wing and was about to attack if one of them lunged at them.

Purple's eye's then widened where the GPE soldiers don't know that behind them is a Green, Purple, and Blue Alicorns and they killed them but they didn't see Purple and Sunrise as a threat to them and they know that Sunrise doesn't have a hive mind or a mind connected to "The Unity"

Also, the other three Alicorns probably think that something is going on because of Purple being a male alicorn which nopony ever seen before.

The three alicorns left just leaving Purple and Sunrise there but soon Midnight Twister found them and picked them up in a V-4 Vertibuck and flew them to the so-called "Flying ship" and docked in the hanger.

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In the hanger

the disguises didn't help and they were fired upon so they fought their way to the bridge.

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On the bridge, all but one of the crew fought and died and the final one was a mare who was scared out of her life and did what they said. Purple even asked how they can destroy it and the tech mare told them several well-placed grenades, rockets, missiles or plastic explosives will do it.

Purple tossed a Frag grenade into the air a few times with his left hoof.

Sunrise told the tech mare to go to the hanger and to board their vertibuck or she can stay and die for a stallion who's going to mistreat her and she galloped as fast as she could.

Along the way they passed the armory and they loaded up on Novasurge rifles. Sunrise picked up a rocket launcher and they headed into the engine room and did what they had to do.

Over the PA system, "Warning. Engine overload is imminent. Starting emergency shut off procedure."

"Go Purple." said Sunrise Storm, "I'm going to be fine just go."

"No!" said Purple, "Nopony get's left behind."

"It's okay Purple." said Sunrise Storm, "Just go we'll all make it."

"I want you to be on that Vertibuck before we leave." said Purple, "Or we're not leaving without you."

Sunrise Storm told Purple some reassuring and comforting words that she'll be with him. So Purple galloped to the hanger and reboarded the V-4 Vertibuck.

It took a while and the PA system announced that the engines reached dangerous levels and will detonate in "T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1", and Midnight Twister wasn't going to stay and flew out.

The airship thing blew up and Sunrise Storm knew it would be a one-way trip so she stayed behind and sacrificed herself to destroy the airship that Base had constructed and she took out between five hundred and fourteen to ten thousand "recruits and soldiers" on the ship before they were deployed to the surface.

Unknown to them is that Base is starting to have his forces to capture ponies and tell them to join the Grand Pegasus Enclave even if they aren't pegasi. He knows sooner of later the council will hear about what's going on and turn against him.

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On the V-4 Vertibuck

Purple got a note and it's from Sunrise Storm and it says.

"Dear Purple. Please don't cry for or about me. The ship thing will try and turn off the engines so I have to stay on board and I really do love you since the day a couple of months ago when we first met. I imagined we would be together and have some foals. But I'm going to stop these Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers from being deployed down to the ground. But a relationship between us wouldn't work out I'm 219 and you're 19 and it wouldn't work out. But I do love you. Do me a favor Purple. Just one favor and please kick your brother's ass for me.-Love Lieutenant-General Sunrise Storm, Wasteland Guardian Second in Command."

Purple held back his tears and they went back to the town of Crimson.

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By the same creek again Purple just cried his eyes out over losing Sunrise Storm where she was his first friend in the Wasteland he made and he had some romantic feelings for her. But he can't say anything about it but he knows she died painlessly because she was vaporized when the engines blew up.

"She's a hero." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Doesn't matter how you see it, Sunrise she's a hero. Base he started to stray far from the Grand Pegasus Enclave's ideals and ideology and all that and started to recruit and "recruit" outsiders to fight for him."

Purple told Lieutenant Honey Cake that she said recruit twice.

"He's actually having ponies join his forces for a "better future"." said Lt Honey Cake, "And captured ponies he forces to join them. I wish I could say something to the Grand Pegasus Enclave's council but he blackmailed me so I can't."

"Let me guess." said Purple, "Because you and two hundred and nine other mares are carrying my foals? Because one hundred and four of them you artificially inseminated while I was in a medically induced coma and the other one hundred and five you ordered them to have sex with me to get them pregnant?"

Lt Honey Cake told Purple that he's right but doesn't care if the foals aren't pegasi and told them to lie where if they birth a unicorn or an alicorn then to lie that in their blood they have part unicorn because their descendants was a unicorn and pegasi husband and wife and all that.

Purple even told Lt Honey Cake that the note that Sunrise Storm sent before the ship's destruction says that he shouldn't cry for her and yet.

Purple's Pipbuck even removed Sunrise Storm's perks of Cloak and Critical Strike are gone and out of all Purple misses her the most.

Chapter 34: In the past

While out exploring Purple and Paladin Sapphire Heart discovered some burned-down homes and burned-down buildings.

The two entered a charred building and the two found a couple of memory orbs and Purple accessed the first one.

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One hundred and ninety-seven years ago

twenty-two-year-old Sunrise Storm was at the town's restaurant eating lunch where she's know that the town's doctor had been staring at her butt.

"If you want to stare at my ass you have to buy me dinner more than once," said Sunrise Storm, "Also, my ass is off-limits."

The dark green unicorn with the Star of life cutie mark asked Sunrise Storm out on a date this night because it's Friday night and she accepted.

After lunch Sunrise Storm went back to the one-room schoolhouse. She's a teacher because her career in the Equestrian Navy ended when the Last Day occurred. But Sunrise Storm decided to be a teacher so they don't have to go through this again.

The sad thing is that her adoptive parents didn't make it where they were killed during the Megaspell blasts.

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Back in the present day.

"I guess she had a special somepony or a lover," said Purple.

Purple then used his magic to access another one.

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One hundred and ninety-seven years ago

At the restaurant, Sunrise Storm walked over to an empty table and sat down, and waited for her date to show. The town doctor did and sat down across from her.

The dark green unicorn told Sunrise Storm that she's adorable in the candlelight and she told him that he's just saying that. But he told her that she's the most amazing-looking mare he saw.

They had their date and it ended with a lovely stroll throughout the town in the moonlight but they both wish for days to go back before "The Last Day" and have a normal life.

The doctor even told Sunrise Storm that he wishes he was in Canterlot when the Balefire bombs hit because his parents were there not adding that his sister went into labor the minute "The last day" occurred and she died in the hospital giving birth.

He doesn't know that they died by Pink cloud which Zebra agents had in Canterlot which was released after the shield went up to protect Canterlot from the incoming Balefire bombs.

The doctor started to cry because he couldn't save his family during "The Last Day" but Sunrise Storm said, "It's alright they're in a better place. At least you have me."

Sunrise Storm then gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

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Back in the present day.

Purple found another memory orb and used his magic to access it.

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One hundred and ninety-seven years ago.

In townhall.

"Do you Sunrise Storm take Doctor. Needle Stitching to be your husband?" asked the mayor.

"I do," said Sunrise Storm

"Do you Doctor. Needle Stitching take Sunrise Storm to be your wife?" asked the mayor.

"I do," said Doctor Needle Stitching

The two kissed before the mayor said, "I now pronounce you husband and wife"

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In Sunrise Storm's house, Doctor Needle Stitching moved in because his house was too small. But Sunrise Storm shared some good news and that was she's pregnant. Doctor. Needle Stitching dropped a box of what he had and hugged Sunrise Storm.

Sunrise Storm helped him get settled in.

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"I guess she had a pretty happy life," said Purple.

"What's that Purple?" said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "Are you sad that she had a life she didn't tell you about?"

Purple replied, "I'm sad that she's gone. She was the best pony I had I actually had a few dreams of after defeating the GPE that we go and live on a farm somewhere and have a couple of foals. But at least she can rest easy now and not worry."

Paladin Sapphire then gave Purple another memory orb which was the final one and he accessed it.

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One hundred and ninety years ago.

Sunrise Storm was walking and came back from exploring the wasteland.

Sunrise saw buildings burnt down in the settlement and she galloped home which was a pile of rubble.

The twenty-nine-year-old mare was deeply saddened to see her husband and three kids killed. The wenge brown unicorn with blue eyes and Bubblegum and Orchid pink hair and tail sat down and started to cry.

"It's time to move on Sunrise," said Sunrise to herself, "Can't be here forever. Maybe I'll find somepony else and watch over them."

___
Back in the present day

"I can see why she was sad but excited to travel with me," said Purple, "At least she doesn't have to worry about me or us anymore."

"She's reunited with her family." said Paladin Sapphire, "She's in a better place reunited with her husband and kids in the afterlife."

The two then saw some skeletons on the ground and Purple paid his respects to Sunrise Storm's deceased husband, colt, and two fillies. Then he left to go cry in private.

Paladin Sapphire continued to roam of what was a town that was only had fourteen homes, a town hall, a jail/sheriff's station, and a medical station which all of them were burnt down and had skeletons in it and the homes were filled with skeletons of what were families.

Paladin Sapphire was even deeply saddening of seeing the remains of what were families got massacred either by raiders or alicorns. But Paladin Sapphire doesn't know that Alicorns didn't start to appear until a decade ago.

"Sunrise claimed she's an artificial alicorn." said Paladin Sapphire, "Maybe an Alicorn examined her brain and took her memories and took her identity. Maybe she went to an I.M.P. Facility and fell in. Or maybe the Equestrian Government created a Super Soldier Pony Serum to create Alicorns for the military and she volunteered? Who knows."

The duo then went and continued to explore the wasteland.

"So Purple?" said Paladin Sapphire, "If you have to choose between me or that Enclave mare that has a crush on you who would you choose?"

Purple replied, "Well you two have a background in the military. Honey Cake is a leader and you're not no offense. She commands a small army and you don't so she has leadership points there. You have a Novasurge rifle and she has a custom-made Plasma pistol. You're a unicorn and she's a pegasus. You have a name of a gemstone in your name but she doesn't. Honestly, I don't know. I just want to have a special somepony but just not yet."

"Why?" asked Paladin Sapphire.

"I don't want my brother to find out." said Purple, "If he finds out he'll scare her away, and if she and I do have a foal. He'll probably kidnap it and raise it as his own if not kill when the foal turns 18. If it's a mare/daughter she and I have. Well, she's going to be my brother's play toy. I actually want a daughter especially with a gemstone in it."

They soon came across an old I.M.P. facility and entered it.

___
Inside.

"We could use Sunrise right about now," said Paladin Sapphire.

"We need her to lighten the mood," said Purple, "But we have to do what we can do without."

They saw a big hideous and grotesque creature about half the size of a wagon, with some scales and is horrendously disfigured, possessing multi-jointed awkwardly proportioned limbs with sickle-shaped claws.

It charged at them where Purple fired his 7.62mm Battle Rifle and Paladin Sapphire fired her Novasurge rifle at it and killed it.

"Ugly fucker." said Paladin Sapphire, "One of these creatures implanted an egg or something in me back at Fort Constellation. When we were searching for the superweapons that were being made to win the war but the Balefire bombs hit first before they could be produced on the platoon level or so."

"This would be a good time for a flamethrower", Purple replied, "No wait. My brother. Use him as a shield."

"You two need to get along and stop trying to have a pissing contest on who's the better pony." said Paladin Sapphire, "Is everything between you a "Big brother little brother you broke my Giddyup Applejack and I'm still pissed off at you games"? I mean come on. Can you two just stop fighting and settle your differences that don't end in bloodshed?"

Purple replied, "He won't. Until I'm either dead or retreat with my tail between my legs galloping away. Honestly, I don't care what happens to my brother. I don't care if he runs to Fillydelphia and join Red Eye's army. His time is coming for karma to get him."

___
In the security room.

Purple opened a weapon locker by lockpicking it and he whistled.

They saw some double-barrel shotguns, IF-9 Combat Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Assault Rifles, Submachine Guns, Scoped Assault Rifles, Automatic Rifles, Missile Launchers, Minigun, Grenade Machinegun, Rocket Launcher, Magical Energy Rifle, Magical Energy Shotgun, 10mm pistols, 9mm pistols, 9mm SMG's, 10mm SMG's, .30 Caliber Medium Machine Gun, .50 Caliber Heavy Machine Gun, Trench Knives, Bayonets, .45 Revolvers, .30-06 Semi-auto rifles, 7.62mm Battle Rifles, .30-06 Bolt-action rifle and .276 Semiautomatic rifles.

"Big gun doesn't leave a small mess." said Purple, "Big gun is mines."

Purple then used his magic and picked up the minigun but also added the, .30 Caliber Machine Gun, .50 Caliber machine gun, a Trench Knife, A Bayonet, a .45 Revolver, a .30-06 Semi-automatic rifle, and an IF-9 Combat Shotgun but equipped the minigun.

Paladin Sapphire just picked up a .30-06 Bolt-action rifle, and a Magical Energy RIfle.

They went out and killed more and more of those creatures until they found an empty cell and found a holotape where Purple played it.

"This is Sunrise Storm. It's been twenty-five years since my husband and kids were murdered." said Sunrise Storm, "I was 29 when they were killed and I'm 47. I deeply miss my husband Doctor. Needle Stitching and out three kids our daughter Sunset Healer, daughter Midnight Stethoscope, and son Morning Healing. I wish I could go back in time and spend their final moments with them before they were killed by Raiders. I think raiders. Maybe slavers. I don't know who I just want them back to hold them, hug them, and tell them that I love them. I would do anything to see them one more time."

The holotape ended and they entered a room with vats of Impelled Metamorphosis Potion and they found a memory orb and Paladin Sapphire used it where it's the view of another pony who tried to save Sunrise Storm but a part of the catwalk gave and the pony fell in where Sunrise Storm was leaning against a railing and it snapped.

Sunrise storm hung on until she couldn't and she fell into the I.M.P. so did the pony an earth pony fell in.

Paladin Sapphire told Purple how Sunrise Storm turned into an alicorn. Purple was still sad about the loss of Sunrise because she was his true friend and she was Purple's secret lover and admirer but she knows that a relationship with Purple wouldn't work out.

On the way back to the town of Crimson, Purple, and Paladin Sapphire ran across Hellhounds, Feral Ghouls, Alicorns, Mole Rats, Radroaches, vicious dogs, Radhogs (which terrify Purple for how scary they look), Boatsprites, some raiders, some GPE members under Base's command, and a group of ponies calling themselves "The Tax Collectors" and they want ponies to pay them a hefty price.

Purple just went to bed even though it's 6:40 PM but knew that Midnight Twister has a handle on things of defeating a few brigades with each having 3500 Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers (14000) in total vs Midnight Twister's platoon of 29 (adding him it's 30).

While sleeping Purple had a dream where his mother leaves the Stable and stays in the town of Crimson with him and his friends but Harp gets very excited when Purple gets married and in his dream, it's Paladin Sapphire and they have a few kids and she's happy to be a grandmother.

Purple got out of bed and checked his Pip-buck where it's 9:30 PM but had a vision of Sunrise Storm as a unicorn.

"I know Purple." said Sunrise Storm, "The good news is that I'm reunited with my family."

Sunrise Storm sees Purple wanting to cry.

"It's alright Purple." said Sunrise, "Don't cry. Purple I wanted to tell you before I died and that is I love you and I hoped we would be a couple but we both know it wouldn't work out. I was immortal and I would see our kids grow up and die and their kids grow up and die and so on and so forth. Also, I know you're going through the trauma of seeing all this bloodshed. Reading about the Littlehorn massacre in the history books is one thing but seeing bloodshed is another. Before the war broke out there were military skirmishes along the border then all hell broke loose when the Littlehorn Massacre happened where all but one Zebra was killed and that one Zebra went in and released Pink cloud into it. Killed everypony even the ones who weren't old enough to receive their cutie marks."

Sunrise Storm told Purple to take care and two watch the others over for her and Purple responded, "Take care Sunrise. You'll always be missed."

Sunrise Storm smiled and she nodded before vanishing into thin air back into the Afterlife where she reunited with her husband and three kids.

___
In the morning, Purple built a memorial building and the plaque outside of it says "SUNRISE STORM MEMORIAL BUILDING" and a plaque thing inside has Sunrise Storm being the first officer to be killed.

"Sleep tight friend." said Purple, "You deserve it."

Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, the GPE Specialist, and Paladin Sapphire walked in and they all gave Purple a hug at once. But Purple cried onto Midnight Twister because he was the only one hugging Purple from the front.

"It's alright Purple we're here for you." said Midnight Twister, "You're brother's going to pay for this. Sunrise she wouldn't hurt a fly unless if she had to. There there Purple just let it all out."

"She was the one that kept us together even when we were separated." said Rocky Road, "She... Well, Sunrise will I'm glad that we didn't shoot her at our first meeting but she was kind and tried her best to make us breakfast and dinner while we were out in the wasteland even though she was a terrible cook but at least she tried and she was the most important pony in this group."

Paladin Sapphire and the Grand Pegasus Enclave Specialist mare kept their mouths shut because they didn't want to say something that would offend Purple and one of them would've gotten hit by somepony else.

Everypony else left while Midnight Twister just hugged Purple and let Purple cry on him.

Author's Note

The size of a car is the creature
Double-Barrel shotgun is based on

Chapter 35: Losing trust and a new friend

In Stable 190.

Purple walked in with the Grand Pegasus Enclave Specialist mare.

While walking through the halls they encountered Azure Blue Sapphire and Purple gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"How are you Purple Wurple?" asked Blue Sapphire, "Is the Wasteland treating you ok? It'll be embarrassing for me a pregnant mare to go out there and straighten them out to leave you alone."

"No. I just wanted to see if the Stable hasn't fallen apart." said Purple, "Especially without a successor well my mother... She wanted me to get her pregnant which I'm still creeped out over with. I see everypony is happy and healthy. But I don't want to sound rude but the Stable need some more DNA in it or so."

Cerulean Blue Sapphire asked what he means?

"Blue Sapphire look at it." said Purple, "Same 1000 ponies. Sooner or later. Let say the first five hundred ponies had two kids the two quickly turned into four, four turned into six, six turned into eight, eight turned into ten, ten turned into twelve, twelve turned into fourteen, fourteen turned into eighteen, eighteen turns into twenty. What if when it gets to twenty it jumps to forty. It's twenty-five years added for each generation not to be in-bred but one day in a couple of decades or so then pony genetics will start to be related to each other. Do you want grandkids or great-grandkids who get married to each other to actually be cousins or something like that?"

Cerulean Blue Sapphire told Purple that she understands. But he would need to talk to his mother about opening up the Stable for better stuff and other ponies so they all don't become inbred within several decades.

"My name is." said the GPE Specialist, "Rainy Night. Thanks for saving me from your brother. Colonel Autumn Leaf will probably kill me. Heck, his brother Pride is an asshole in my book. Who brands their own brother as a Dashite?"

"Maybe there's a reason." said Purple, "Maybe older brother and baby brother just competed for their parent's love where the baby one received more love over the other. Who knows I wasn't there."

"I've heard that the younger one went down to the wasteland with his squad and saw the horrors of the wasteland." said Rainy Night, "I've heard that he called the Enclave cowards and that the ponies down here on the surface needed our help. After that, I heard that he was branded as a Dashite."

They heard some moaning and groaning sounds coming out of a room and Purple accidentally hit the button to open the door because he was walking too close to it and accidentally opened the door.

Rainy Night and Purple looked in and Purple was the most horrified to see his mother, Overmare Harp Love with four other stallions having sex by giving one a blowjob, another stallion doing anal sex on her, and two other's both penetrating her mare area doing the DVP/double stuffing part.

"Mom?!" exclaimed and shocked Purple said, "What are you doing?"

Overmare Harp's right eye opened widely to see Purple standing there all shocked only for a pony to say, "Hey! Do you mind?"

Another pony said, "Yeah we're trying to film this as well."

Purple just walked away after closing the door and left speechless. But he looked straight and just walked down the same steel and concrete hallway that he used to roam as a colt and teenage stallion.

Rainy Night asked if he wanted to talk about it and he told her nowhere he doesn't know how to start or describe seeing a fivesome of his mother and four stallions.

Rainy Night then told him that at least that she didn't have stallion juice or what stallions call it only for him to tell her that she has it on her mouth and on her and so on.

"Only thing I can tell you." said Rainy Night, "The Ministry of Wartime Technology probably designed some crazy stuff back in the war days. This suit? Probably going to create super-soldier ponies to fight along with the Steel Rangers. This Semi-Powered Vacumed Power Armor or SPVPA. Made of Titanium, flexible, light, I can run and fly in it. If this was massed produced and Super-soldier ponies were trained the war would've ended shorter than expected. But the Balefire bombs stuck first."

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In the town of Crimson

Rocky Road entered Purple's house thinking he would be in there hoping she won't walk in on him having sex only to find that his house is empty but found a dark olive green steamer trunk.

Rocky Road opened it and wondered what it's in it only to find.

an .45-75 Lever Action rifle and a .45 LC Single Action Revolver and the double-action revolver he got from "The Island"

A Bow and Arrows from "The Island"

A suppressed submachine gun from "The Island"

A suit of armor from Project Special Pone from "The Island"

A Pump-Action Shotgun

A Stable 190 Jumpsuit

Old Police Riot Armor

Some Combat Armor

A modified Grand Pegasus Enclave Soldier's uniform/ with modification to allow for his unicorn horn

A Grand Pegasus Enclave Officer's uniform

Rocky Road then closed it and left and went out into the Wasteland to explore.

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Back in Stable 190

Purple and Rainy Night just walked through it but the colts and fillies thought she was a robot pony or a cyborg until she took off the helmet to show she's a pegasus mare just wearing a fancy suit of armor that never saw the light because the Balefire bombs went and detonated first.

"So how are you going to talk to your mother?" asked Rainy Night, "After walking in on her in a fivesome or something like that."

Purple told her that he can't stare into his mother's eyes and see her as a saint as he used to but it's life. But he won't trust his mother fully anymore where from a scale from one to ten on where Purple trust his mother; it used to be a ten and now a two.

"How do you like the Unknown West?" asked Rainy Night

"I like that." said Purple, "That there are grass plains, mountains, only a small amount of cities, and forests. Mostly open and wide for us to roam the wasteland. But there isn't a short. Bad thing is that the prewar and wartime highways and main roads are dilapidated which leaves traveling by hoof extremely difficult. So far I dealt with Slavers, Raiders, Alicorns but with the war with my brother and the GPE well it's a nightmare. You know what Base always said that he wants a war with me and now he has one."

"Your brother is a "lovable" pony," said Rainy Night, "That's sarcasm he's an all-around jackass. In my book, he's more worst than Pride and Autumn Leaf. I get the vibe that Autumn Leaf will send countless Enclave soldiers to their death of sacrificing them to achieve his goals but I could be wrong."

"If my brother was a mare I can see the two getting married." said Purple, "They're about the same. Base throws away his soldiers calling them "expendable" and rather do Mass Assaults saying "The perfect weapon is overrated a large number of ponies is the perfect weapon.". Dumb idiot is going to go be left alone one day when they finally desert him or go back to Lieutenant Honey Cake."

Rainy Night told Purple that Purple and her would make a cute couple even though the two got off on the wrong hoof. But Rainy Night can see the two living happily ever after and having a lot of cutie wuties adorable foals if she leaves the GPE because the council will set a number of how many foals they can have because they do it to all families to prevent overpopulation.

The two waited in the Overpony's office but had Azure Blue Sapphire join them.

Rainy Night just looked out the window while Purple Artist and Azure Blue Sapphire made out. Several minutes the door opened and Overmare Harp Love cleared her throat.

"Purple." said Overmare Harp, "I know what you saw. I can explain. I was kidnapped and dragged into that room and raped. I was forced into it."

Purple replied, "If they were capturing it on camera and all that. You were enjoying it. I could hear you humming peacefully while going through it. When you hum peacefully mother you're happy or enjoying something that you're doing. If dad was still here he would've killed us both. Me for not stopping it and you for having an affair on him."

"Purple, sweetheart, honey." said Overmare Harp, "Blue gotten over his death, your brother gotten over his death, my mother gotten over her son-in-law's death. I've even moved on from his death. Only you haven't moved on yet. You have to go on and live your life and not live in the past of wondering what Albatross would've done or said if he was still alive. Move on Purple. He's dead and you're not just let go."

Purple told his mother that letting go is something that's very difficult almost impossible to do first his father died.

Harp then went over to Purple to give him a little kiss on the forehead but he got away from her because he didn't want to be kissed by his mother whom he sees as a "whore" and a "slut".

"Purple." said Overmare Harp, "It's not wrong for a mother to give her son a hug and a kiss."

"It's wrong." said Purple, "When a mother turns into a whore. Sorry mom but what I walked in on you became a slut."

Overmare Harp tried to explain what she did that didn't make her a whore or a slut. But Purple told her that what she did does make her one, especially how she hummed peacefully meaning she enjoyed it.

Purple and Rainy Night then left to go back out into the wasteland.

"What can I do to fix this?" said Overmare Harp, "I've lost the love and respect from my only favorite son."

Cerulean Blue Sapphire told Overmare Harp Love to act like a mother, take him into her room, and spank him as if he was a naughty colt. Overmare Harp told Blue Sapphire that she never struck Purple in her life and she doesn't plan on doing it now.

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At night in the town called Foreverspring.

The town has a schoolhouse, fifteen houses, a house that's also the doctor's house, a cemetery on a hill, a General store, a saloon, a small motel and the town's population is fifteen adults and thirty-seven colts and fillies.

The town is built around Equestria Route 195 and I-95 converging with Equestria Route 199.

In the bar at a table both Purple and Midnight saw a group of mares wearing uniforms from the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles", and 220th Airborne "Flying Angles" Divisions wearing the white undershirts and dark olive green overshirts and a black belt around them.

Midnight Twister told Purple that he should go over and talk to them.

"I maybe a stallion." said Purple, "But I'm not like my brother who only see mares as sex objects. Also if I did they would gun me down too. They're tough mares. They saw the horrors of the Wasteland."

Midnight Twister checked the bottle caps he has and asked Purple for his bottle caps then he went over to the bar and gotten forty bottles of Wild Pegasus Whiskey and came back.

Midnight Twister told Purple that they're going to drink until they can't feel no feelings or something. They both started to chug the whiskey down.

Purple didn't last long. He only had seven bottles before he was knocked out but Midnight Twister kept on chugging away until all of the bottles were empty.

A mare unicorn walked over to the bar and asked for a few more bottles of Wild Pegasus Whiskey only to be told that they're sold out. The barkeep pointed too Midnight and Purple with Purple laying on the hardwood floor knocked out cold from drinking.

"Hey Jackass!" said the mare, "You bought all the whiskey!"

Midnight Twister slurred his words but more or less told her that he did before falling over and getting back up.

The mare used her magic and took the remaining eight bottles that still have some whiskey in it even the one that Midnight that was drinking. She went back to the table with her friends and drank.

"Don't you think it's a little harsh." said a unicorn mare, "I mean you just started with "Hey Jackasses" and you could've kindly ask if they could spare some bottles."

"We just lost Gray Specter who she was torn to shreds by hellhounds! And we lost Rainbow Shield to Paradores. They could've paralyzed her and inject their eggs and after tomorrow or the next day the hatch would devour the victim from within or their venom that killed her outright." said the mare, "So excuse me for being a little bitchy! That alicorn has a fancy sniper rifle. I'm going to take it."

The unicorn mare tried to take Purple's fancy sniper rifle he got from Fillydelphia but couldn't because he had it tightly on his body.

The unicorn mare then went to sit back down and drank with her friends but she let out a loud belch and said, "Who wants to play a game of Caravan?"

They took out their 52 deck cards and played Caravan which is the most difficult game but only one pony needs to reach 21 to win over 21 the ponies lose, under 21 you lose but can win under 21 if, above the dealer, the closer to 21 without going over is the winner.

Midnight Twister got up while extremely drunk and walked over to the mares only to fall and break their table ruining their card game.

They were about to kill him but couldn't because the bar has a very strict "Take your business outside and don't kill anyone inside" rule and failure to follow the rule is a permanent banishment from the saloon/bar.

The group of mares didn't leave the saloon because they know that creatures or abominations called Dwellers roam the wasteland at night and stick to the shadows during the day. They may be like insects than ponies because they keep hives and rarely stray from centralized locations.

They're also carnivorous creatures by hunting down ponies and other lifeforms and they reproduce via parasitism by impregnating female prey with swarms of young who grow and kill their hosts. They also resemble what color the pony was, hairless pony not adding they have claws tentacles and fang-filled mouths.

The bad news is how some of them got there? Was from Lieutenant Honey Cake and her second science exploration team back when she was still an Apprentice Lieutenant and her Lieutenant got impregnated by said creatures and they were able to capture some with hefty casualties but got back before the then lieutenant got killed leaving a spot open for Apprentice Lieutenant Honey Cake to take her place.

Somehow the creatures broke free from Enclave Base Aroura during the night, killed a handful of Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers, impregnated a lot of the mares, and the then base commander was relieved of duty and the pegasus who relieved him and hoof picked the replacement was no other than Colonel Autumn Leaf.

In the morning Purple had the biggest hangover in him but he went on his way and walked out only to sit outside and drink some water that he has.

A unicorn mare in a 220th Airborne Division uniform and combat helmet sat down next to Purple and she asked where he got the sniper rifle.

"Fillydelphia." said Purple, "Place is a Raider and a Slaver's wet dream. Did some recon in the city, killed a hundred and four raiders in the city. Almost killed a pony named Blue Eye or Pink Eye."

"His name is Red Eye." said the mare, "Sorry. Let me introduce myself. Twyla. I'm a scout for the Wasteland Defenders. Do you know what a scout is?"

Purple Artist replied, "Scouts back during the wartime engaged with enemy targets at long ranges while occasionally serving as demolitions behind enemy lines besides assassinations and providing intelligence back to friendly soldiers. You have a .30-06 Sniper Rifle. Material is walnut wood before the Balefire bombs. Your receiver is a Calibrated powerful receiver and with a 7.8x Lunar Scope."

Twyla asked how he knows that and Purple explained that he's from Stable 190 which before the Balefire bombs were launched 250 pony officers from each class 250 Earth, 250 Unicorns, 250 Pegasi, and 250 Bat ponies were chosen for their bravery and intelligence and all that.

Purple kept on going and explained how his 6 times grandmom was an officer back during the war but his six times granddad wasn't but Stable-Tec gave him an exclusion for his extreme duty and the call of duty back in the war days.

"Purple Astrology" said Purple, "Wasteland Guardian"

"The radios been buzzing about you and the Guardians," said Twyla, "How successful you all been defeating the Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns, and the Enclave."

Soon the other mares came out.

"Opal, Shining Sparkly, Pearly Love, and Harmony Defender," said Twyla, "Meet Commander Purple Astrology of the Wasteland Guardians."

They looked down at him coldly because he can't hold his alcohol.

Twyla told them that they're joining the Wasteland Guardians where they'll be the Wasteland Guardian's elite force called the "Wasteland Defender Rangers" because they're the Wasteland Defends once only thirty friends now down to five friends where the remaining 25 were killed in nightmarish ways in the wasteland.

Purple looked at them and they're all armed differently where Twyla has a .30 Cal Carbine and a 7.62 pistol in her holder, Opal has a unique submachine gun called Mobster Special and a commando .357 magnum revolver.

Shining Sparkly she's the only Crystal pony of the group she has a scoped 7.92 scoped rifle and a 7.92 Airborne Rifle, Pearly Love is armed with a .30 Cal Mg, and Harmony Defender is armed with a .30-06 scoped sniper rifle and a damaged BB rifle.

Purple checked his Pip-Buck and he leveled up to level ten for stopping a majority of Base's Enclave forces so he raised his Barter skill from 22 to 37, Energy Weapon skill from 40 to 58, Explosives from 50 to 60, Guns from 90 to 100, Lockpick from 53 to 62, Melee from 45 to 55, Science from 14 to 30 and Survival from 97 to 100. He has no more points to choose to be put into his skills.

Purple chose the perk called "Advanced Reconnaissance" which he gains one point to perception, two points in sneak, and can get better intel and spy on the enemy from even a more further range putting himself out of the range of enemy snipers and sentries.

Author's Note

The Lever-Action Rifle is a little bit based on the Winchester Model 1886
The .45 LC revolver is slightly based on the Colt SSA
The Double-Action rifle is slightly based on the Colt 1878
The Pump-Action Shotgun is slightly based on the Winchester M1897
.30-06 Sniper Rifle is slightly based on the sniper version of the M1903 Springfield the M1903A1/with 7.8 Unteriex Scope.
What Rainy Night says about Autumn Leaf later comes true when Autumn Leaf during Operation: Cauterize
Twyla's rifle is slightly based on the M1 Carbine and her pistol is partially based on the TT-30
Opal has her mobster special which is a unique version of the .45 Auto Submachine gun but with a pistol foregrip, 50 round drum magazine, and a compensator. She also has a revolver which is partially modeled after the Smith and Wesson Model 19
Shining Sparkly's rifles are partially based on the G43 and FG42
Pearly Love weapon is partially based on the M1919A4.

Chapter 36: Prisoner

While sitting on an old Equestrian Highway, Highway 104 where they're sitting on or near the old Equestrian tank with a 90mm cannon.

Purple was maintaining his 7.62mm Battle Rifle and .45 Auto Pistol. But he used his Pip-Buck and selected a radio station and was playing a blues song.

Rocky maintained her 5.56mm Varmint Rifle and her unique 10mm Pistol "Killer" where she hummed which reminded Purple of his mother.

Midnight cleaned his Hunting Shotgun where it's starting to show wear and tear and he also cleaned his unique .44 Magnum "Ace"

Paladin Sapphire Heart maintained her Novasurge rifle. But she was fighting the urge of wanting to exit her power armor to pleasure herself because to her it's a great thing to do with stress. She doesn't have to worry about getting pregnant from stallions.

Twyla cleaned the dirt off of her .30 Cal Carbine where the wood is made of birch wood. She cleaned her 7.62 pistol as well because it hasn't been clean in decades.

Opal cleaned and repaired her unique .45 Auto Submachine gun "Mobster Special" and her Commando .357 Magnum Pistol.

Shining Sparkly was maintaining and fixing her 7.92 Rifle and 7.92 Airborne Rifle with the latter was used by Equestrian Airborne Forces during the Equestrian-Zebra war.

Pearly Love just fixed her .30 Cal MG where her charging handle is broken and not sliding.

Harmony Defender just took apart her .30-06 Sniper rifle and put it back together but with a better bolt for faster cycling.

They heard the sound of a Vertibuck coming and land and some Grand Pegasus Enclave members were in front of them. Above them hovering pointing their Novasurge Battle Saddles at them.

They were going to fight in out only for more hoof steps and wings flapping to see more GPE members pointing their Novasurge Battle Saddles and they had to surrender.

___
In an old wartime refinery, each of them was placed in a holding cell that all of them were in.

"Thanks, Purple." said Midnight Twister, "Thanks for getting us captured by the Enclave."

"Hey quite down!" said a GPE soldier, "Unless if you want to be shocked by a shocking baton!"

"Hey Bite me!" said Midnight Twister, "Take your shock baton and shove it up you're ass!"

"That's it!" said the GPE Soldier.

A whistle blew and ten Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers ran in hitting them all but Purple with shock batons. They have strict orders from Apprentice Lieutenant Base Flyer to keep Purple safe and sound where he'll deal with him personally. Also if a GPE soldier or officer hurts Purple before Base can deal with him he'll have the pony plucked of his/her wings and thrown to a pack of feral ghouls.

An NCO came and told them that Lieutenant Base radioed and told them to have the prisoners taken to the "Parole" rooms so they were taken and couldn't fight back due to being restrained.

Before they did Purple told Paladin Sapphire Heart that she's a beautiful looking mare without her power armor even though his heart is for another. But she told him that he's only saying that to her because of what's going to happen to them.

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In the rooms, all of them were strapped down to chairs but all of them had guards to watch them all but they were allowed to rough all but Purple up. They even waterboarded all of them besides Purple with dirty water.

" Orchid Jewel, Ebony Snow, Cerulean Moonlight, Sky-blue Star, Ocean Aura, Lunar Candy, Lilypad Love." said a GPE NCO, "Base wants us to do a perimeter sweep of this place to keep the low lives out and make sure that the mutated creatures don't leave the sewer system. Silent Bullet, Fun Joy stay behind. Let's go Brimstone Squad"

All of the members besides the two left where Purple could tell that the two mares pretended to play dumb and Purple thought it was stupid but it was his amusement. He even snicked.

"What you snickering at?" asked Silent Bullet, "You think we're doing this for your amusement? If you think so we'll come over there and beat you up!"

Purple told them that if they hurt him then Base will rape them and probably make them his personal sex slaves. They're lucky that they're the only two mares that he hasn't knocked up yet.

"He won't. He gave us his word he won't." said Private First Class Fun Joy, "He told us that we'll be used on more special missions."

"Yeah. Those "special missions" he isn't telling the truth." said Purple, "Sooner or later. He's going to rape you two and knock you two up."

Another Grand Pegasus Enclave NCO came and he told the two to come out into the hallway and while the NCO was yelling at Silent Bullet and Fun Joy. Purple Artist just weakened his hoofcups and when the NCO came in to check on him that's when Purple sprung into action where he killed the NCO and took his Magical Plasma pistol.

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Outside.

In the shadows.

Purple whistled and a Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier came down into the dark alley between two buildings where Purple fired the Magical Plasma pistol and it hit the GPE stallion soldier's snoot and turned him into a pile of goo.

Purple walked by a building and heard some GPE soldiers how during the war and the refinery they're in was used to make Gas. The Gas was altered to be more effective in the war effort against the Zebras and how it's also lingering gas as well.

Purple also overheard that they can use it against the Wasteland Guardians and at least Apprentice Lieutenant Base will test it on Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Paladin Sapphire Heart, Twyla, Opal, Shining, Pearly, and Harmony to see how painfully their deaths will be.

Purple found light coming out of another room and he walked in where he found all the stuff that they have and then some.

He took all of his companion's stuff and went on his way to find them even though he was over-encumbered he finally made his way and went into a room where he found Twyla where he killed the guards in the room and gave her, her stuff back.

They searched every room and freed them all but didn't want to draw any unwanted attention to them.

By a manhole.

Purple hopped down first were after that was Rocky Road who hated the smell and at first, she thought that Purple farted but it wasn't him.

Midnight Twister came down thirdly where the others came down but Paladin Sapphire felt nude because they couldn't find her power armor where the GPE sent it to a place called "The foundry" where they're going to melt it down and rebuild it into Grand Pegasus Enclave power armor.

With all of them in the sewer system, Purple told them that he heard of that mutated creatures living down here. But Harmony Defender didn't believe him and when she went to cross to the other side a mutated alligator tore her to shreds and blood and her body parts flew too and don't help that she was still alive as she was being torn to shreds and she was screaming at the top of her lungs.

They all fired at the mutated alligator which swallowed Harmony Defender as she's still alive and now she has to deal with the stomach acid which will kill her painfully.

They got it to chase them but they all split up until they all found their way to a ladder. Purple used his magic and had them go up quickly where he was the last to leave until he climbed out.

"Welcome to the city of Madhollow." said Midnight Twister, "Madhollow was built along the gentle river of the Luna river and is truly a modest city. Its wonder is matched by the backdrop of green, fertile fields which have helped shape the city into what it is today. Trade resources these fields brought were of great importance but they were also influential to the architectural design. The city skyline is sprinkled with elaborate skyscrapers where health and public services are faultless in Madhollow and it has attracted tons of attention. The city population is 9 Million."

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Above the clouds at the Grand Pegasus Enclave cloud building.

Apprentice Lieutenant Base sat in a chair where he met the Grand Pegasus Enclave council even though it's getting late and they would rather be home with their lovers or spouses.

They read several pages of charges he'll be brought upon which they are.

A. Removing mares out of combat units and into a more "supportive" role. The ones being reassigned to a doctor, nurse, or some kind of medic they're mad.

B. The ones he raped constantly and got them pregnant. Even though the Grand Pegasus Enclave encourages homosexuality among its rank and file soldiers and population to keep the population down.

C. Base will lose his GPE pay to pay for the therapy for the mares he raped not adding with a serious consequence which the council will come up with sometime soon.

The council finished each other sentences and asked how Base will defend himself and what he has to say about it.

Base lied and told the Grand Pegasus Enclave mares under his command actually told him that they wanted to have sex with him and they didn't want to use protection. He wanted to use protection but the mares swayed him out of it.

They looked down at him knowing what he said is a lie and from his point of view is that he's about to be set on fire by their glare on him. Base just gulped knowing that his private and "sneaky" war is now exposed and wonder what they're going to do.

Base even knows that he isn't even a born within Grand Pegasus Enclave pony. He was hoof picked by Lieutenant Honey Cake which turned out it was a very bad mistake for her. The GPE because of Base they have fewer soldiers for Operation: Cauterize which is coming up within twenty-seven days.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave council went into their chambers and discussed what they should do with Base. He told them that Lieutenant Honey Cake had sex with Purple but called him a Wastelander and stole the Wastelander's sperm and artificially inseminated 209 other GPE mares under her command.

The council had a group of GPE soldiers to escort Base to a prison cell and he was.

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In a jail cell.

Base talked to a mare guard who was sitting outside of his cell where he told her to come into his cell so they can have sex. Only for the GPE mare entered his cell and beaten him with a shock baton even stuck it up to his backside.

"That's for my sister!" said the Prison Guard mare, "You ruined her life! She and her wife wanted a foal from a more better stallion but you fucked it up!"

The mare then left but came back within several minutes with two Grand Pegasus Enclave stallions. Base couldn't do anything because his wings are tied and so are his legs but he tried his best to walk.

The two gay pegasi stallions gladly raped Base even one placed his wing on Base's crotch. Base couldn't fight back only could feel the two stallions going deeper as they could.

Base hated that but it lasted for a few hours.

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In the morning.

Cerulean Blue Sapphire got out of bed where she turned the lights on more to full brightness over dim. She saw Purple sleeping in the bed and she got him up. But he's extremely tired.

"Purple?" asked Cerulean Blue Sapphire, "What are you doing here? Last time you were here you saw your mother in a gang bang with four other stallions."

Blue Sapphire just reminded him of something he didn't want to be reminded of where he got out of bed and left Stable 190 again.

"Why did I open my mouth?" said Blue Sapphire, "Why couldn't I just start with a morning or ask why he's back? Too late now."

Purple just reunited with the rest of his friends only to see that Rocky Road is missing only for her to come out of nowhere.

Author's Note

Cerulean Moonlight and Sky-blue Star were originally Sapphire Moonlight and Sapphire Star but I changed it

Chapter 37: Lunar Island

Author's Note

Don't complain about this chapter that it's in the past but Twyla was reading what her 6 time great grand father wrote down but its in a was from the pilots not from Twyla's point of view. Also,
I haven't seen anyone do war chapters so I decided to do a crack at them and think that both sides would have stuff that they would be new. So I had technology like planes where if the Grand Pegasus Enclave have Vertibucks and Cloudships then that would require flight so I came up with planes that were new and didn't get a chance to be mass-produced but they flew along with the Pegasi where after all the Undiscovered West will have more militarized stuff that won't be In other places of the Equestrian Wasteland.

Chapter 37: Lunar Island

Sitting around a campfire Twyla had a journal which she started to read it. Rocky Road asked what she was reading for her to say to Rocky Road,

"A journal that was handed down to me when I was a kid. It's a story of how this pony from way back then says about the "The Battle for Lunar Island" and how they kept the Zebras off of it." said Twyla, "And the pony says how he's lucky that the E.A.F have a new thing called a "plane" that runs on Kerosene, the same kerosene in lamps. But he thinks the Zebras are catching up as well."

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Two hundred and five years ago
On Lunar Island is four friends a five-mile island. On the island is Airpony Silver Drawer a pegasus who's the pilot of a new Equestrian "Rainbow" Fighter which is new off the factory floor, Airpony ASW AO the pilot of a new Equestrian light bomber B-55 "Lunar" twin-engine bomber, Petty Officer Arty Ease the pilot of a new Equestrian TB (Torpedo Bomber) 32 "Luna" and there is Airpony Humming Peace.

They were happy that their crush, an entertainer mare named Silver Strive. She volunteered herself to the Equestrian United System Operations to go on tour to Equestrian Bases and to raise morale for the Equestrian soldiers.

The four friends got front row seats to see the movie star they love but they know that she's a radio star. But they don't know that she's a big whore where she had sex with hundreds of stallions in Bel Celestia and more in Applewood not adding she had sex with stallions in front of their own wives and own families.

Ms. Silver Strive the nice lovey silver and cream-coated unicorn mare started to sing and shake her hips on stage. Airpony ASW AO had to hide his boner with his leather air cap.

The show was cut short when an air raid siren went off. A pony over the PA system just said "Man your battle stations. Man, your battle stations' enemy forces are inbound!"

The island garrison manned the seventeen flak cannons, ten anti-air .30 caliber and .50 caliber water-cooled machine guns, twelve field guns, and the numerous machine-gun bunkers.

Silver Drawer manned his plane and took off with the other 23 Equestrian fighters who went to engage the Zebra fighters and dive bombers which the Equestrians haven't seen before.

"The Zebras." said Airpony Silver Drawer, "They finally caught up with flight. We don't have the element of advancement with aerial combat anymore. Well, our aerial luck was meant to run out somewhere."

The dogfighting was easy where the Equestrian Airforce doctrine is "Strategic Destruction" which favors air superiority but also strategically bomb the enemy homeland. The Zebras is well they don't care about their pilots but want to gain Air Superiority. They try to do infiltration bombing of tailing back Equestrian Pegasi and planes and bomb their facilities. The result very from location to location.

"They must have ships somewhere nearby," said Airpony Drawer, "Alright Fighter Squadron 1. Let's go find those ships."

"The great thing about planes." said a Pegasi Pilot, "They don't get shot down easy as us pegasi. One shrapnel round can cut off our wing. Planes won't lose their wing due to a shrapnel round. "

They flew around for a while until Airpony Silver Draw radioed in a fleet location. He used binoculars and he saw four eight hundred and eighty-eight foot long ships, and countless smaller ones around them.

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Back on Lunar Island.

Airpony ASW AO, Petty Officer Arty Ease, and Airpony Humming Peace manned their planes and headed to the coordinates.

"Hey, Humming Peace. ASW AO, Silver Drawer." said Petty Officer Arty Ease, "Whoever goes back first after sinking the enemy fleet. We have to fight who gets Ms. Silver Strive."

"Yeah yeah yeah." said Airpony ASW AO, "I'd say I'm going to win. I wouldn't mind having a piece of flank like that. Don't worry I'll name our foals after you three."

"You mean that I'll marry her?" said Airpony Humming Peace, "Our foals will be named after you three. They'll be the next generation, Equestrian pilots, in the air force!"

"You three have fun with that." said Airpony Silver Drawer, "I ate her out last night and earlier."

"Come on Silver Drawer." said all three of them.

"We got to keep this PG or PG-13 not R rated," said Airpony ASW AO, "We'll catch Tartarus from the Garrison commander just for what Silver Drawer just said."

The four just argued who would get Ms. Silver Strive until there were clanking and thudding sounds. They were getting shot at so Petty Officer Arty Ease and all of the Torpedo Squadrons followed him and he said, "Ok colts and fillies slow and low. Don't drop your torpedos from heights or they'll explode from hitting the water from any heights from twenty-three feet."

Arty Ease closed the cockpit and placed on an air mask. He used his magic and switched from the machine gun to the torpedo. He got scared as flak rounds and bullets thudded against the planes where he looked around and watched as all of twenty-four torpedo bombers got shot down.

Arty Ease's plane caught fire but the cockpit glass was jammed so he used what control he had was to he dropped the torpedo. Soon there were two major explosions where his torpedo hit the magazine of the Zebra ship. The plane he was in crashed into the hanger.

There was a giant pink explosion after two big red fiery explosions where half of the bombs on board were Pink cloud bombs that were going to be dropped on the Equestrian soldiers in the machine gun bunkers and other Equestrian soldiers.

The other two got shot down and Airpony ASW AO told his crew that if they have to and that is they'll have to crash into the Zebra ships to protect Lunar Island and all of Equestria from the Zebras.

Airpony ASW AO just took one deep breath and crashed into the Zebra second carrier.

He and his crew knew it was a once way flight but they all knew what they signed up for.

Airpony Silver Drawing had to return home because the Fighter Squadrons were running low on fuel which Silver Drawing said, "This is a disadvantage of planes. We only have a limited range until we have to go back over the Pegasi who can rest in the clouds for a bit and go right back to it without turning back and going home."

Back on Lunar Island Airpony Silver Drawing got out of his plane. But he asked an officer on were Airpony ASW AO, Petty Officer Arty Ease, and Airpony Humming Peace. He was told that they were shot down and he went to go sit down somewhere and started to cry where the three were friends with him since kindergarten.

Airpony Silver Drawing started to cry in private until Ms. Silver Strive startled him and asked if he was ok only for him to tell her that his friends are dead even though what he told them he it was wrong.

Silver Strive asked what he told them.

"I told them that last night and earlier I told them that I ate you out." said Silver Drawing, "I couldn't tell them that well we had dinner last night and breakfast this morning together."

Silver Strive gave him a smooch on Airpony Silver Drawer's cheek and told him that she'll be there for him.

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Three months later.

In Los Unicornia Silver Strive and Silver Drawer got married but Silver Drawer joined his wife as an entertainer where the most popular song that he did was "I wish I was back in the air force."

The two had three sons named after Silver Drawer's three deceased friends and they had two daughters.

The great news is that due to Silver Drawer's service in the military he was given a spot in Stable 192 but Silver Strive bought a spot in Stable 195 wanting to be with her husband in Stable 192 but they don't have any room for the two and their foals. Doesn't help that their kids have to go to another Stable because they don't have a room in either or stable for their kids.

Silver Strive and Silver Drawer actually gave a lot of money and had a Stable built in Hoofywood. Silver Drawer had a feeling that the Zebras would do something to win the war or something like that.

Silver Drawer doesn't know how right he is where Stable 222 got done building and the day after the Last day occurred and they entered Stable 222 with other entertainers.
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Two hundred and five years later

Twyla was singing even though Purple and Midnight Twister is sleeping. But Midnight Twister was sucking on his hoof.

Rocky Road just went to bed and the others were looking up at the stars.

Twyla doesn't know that her six-time great-grandparents were entertainers and her six-time great grandfather was a war hero.

Chapter 38: Breaking the Stalemate

Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.

Chapter 39: The Mountain Fortress

In a Grand Pegasus Enclave prison.

Apprentice Lieutenant Arsen "Base" was placed under arrest by the Grand Pegasus Enclave council due to the number of letters and letters from terminals from what Base did to them and they want to see him be punished. Some of the mares want to see Base Flyer branded as a Dashite and have the hot rod used for marking Dashite's to be placed on his crotch. Some other mares want to see Base Flyer be publicly castrated and have him eat his stallion area. Some of them want Base to become a mare so a stallion can rape him and some want him to be locked in a cell and not to be let out.

"Psst," said Base, "Hey. Emerald Specter. Let me out of here and I'll give you something in return? I'll put you in charge of a Verti-Assault team. Or what about being a Squad leader?"

"Shut up inmate!" said GPE Corrections Officer Emerald Specter, "I won't be afraid to shove my shock baton up your ass! I'll even shove my "shock baton" up your ass as well!"

Base just sat there and thought about what he could say to convince Emerald Specter. Base told him that he can have anypony he wants in his version of the Grand Pegasus Enclave which got his attention. Emerald Specter told him that he wants a mare and a stallion because he's bisexual.

Emerald Specter bought what Base told him. He told Base that he wants to be a Grand Pegasus Enclave assassin but his parents despise him for being a CO over a soldier.

Emerald Specter then went to lunch where he talked with his friends who are also CO's and they are Platinum Haze, Yellow Shine, Lucky Beat, and Star Wing. Emerald Shield told them what Base will do to them and they agreed even though Platinum Haze and Yellow Shine are mares knowing what he's in for.

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At night.

Emerald Specter unlocked Base's cell door and awakened him telling him to follow him where Emerald Specter snuck Base out and they went down to the surface only for Base to have his forces to rendevous with him. His remaining forces from the Forward Operating Base's he had before they were destroyed or captured from the Wasteland Guardians.

Base had a force of 2,830 with him not adding other forces in the city that Sunrise Storm was killed in when she sacrificed herself. The city is owned by both sides where they're under a cease-fire with the Wasteland Guardians in the city where both sides split the city 50/50.

In the mountains, they saw something on the mountains so they went and got closer where they saw some old Equestrian flag in an old Equestrian fort and they entered it

Base then checked his Pipbuck and looked at his skills which are

Barter: 12%
Energy Weapons: 45%
Explosives: 10%
Guns: 60%
Lockpick: 4%
Medicine: 22%
Melee Weapons: 100%
Repair: 34%
Science: 18%
Sneak: 29%
Survival: 1%
Unarmed: 50%

Base then decided to raise up his energy weapons up to fifty percent and used his remaining points for survival. He even chose the Expert Sapper perk where he can disarm mines and explosive bouquets without killing himself. Doesn't help he has two perks already which are "Jailbird" which says "You broke out of a Grand Pegasus Enclave prison. You spent some time in prison not adding getting raped by two gay stallions hope that put you in your place of being raped", and "Exile" which says "You are prohibited from reentering Stable 190. Hope being a sexist, misogynistic, and patriarchal was worth now the horrors of the wasteland will kill you for looking at somepony wrongly by accident"

Base then entered the old fort officer's room where he sat down. He just thought of his next moves. He may have a lot of pegasi under his command but they don't have the element of advantage of the technology of power armor nor energy weapons.

A charcoal-colored mare with green eyes and violet purple hair came it and asked Base if he needed anything from her or her squad to do anything on;y for Base to ask who she is Sergeant Saccharose Sprinkle of Soaring squad.

Base still couldn't think about what to do. He couldn't believe that two gay stallions raped him but he hasn't slept within three days for what happened to him.

There was a knock on the door so he answered it. It's another Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier and he asked Base for orders and told him to have "The Pyre" cleared out where its name is actually called "Fort Celestia" but base renamed it "The Pyre" even though he doesn't know what a Pyre is.

Base then read a book or the remains of a book on why it was chosen and the book said "The forest is vast, gloomy, and budding. Its canopy is overshadowed by beech, Buxus, and asp which provided just enough openings for light to pass down into the colorful shrubs to dominate the rich ground below" even though this was written during the war. Also, the Fort only has one way to get up to it is one way.

Base then walked around the fort which has fifteen skinny, round towers surrounding the fort and reaches twice the size of the walls. The walls are forty feet tall and are connected by a giant thin wall made of white marble. Wide windows are scattered along the walls in seeming perfect symmetry along with asymmetric crenelation for old demi-cannons, 12-iber foot artillery, 18-iber foot artillery, 6-iber cannons, snipers, machine guns, and archers. There's also a sizable gate with a tall metal door and there are several buildings which are the command building, barracks, medical center, armory, radio room, and there's a few ways in and out but the only ponies who knew are long dead.

Base then ordered his forces to go out into the wasteland and continue their harassment and war with the Wasteland Guardians. Then Base had the radio room up and running where he then contacted the Grand Pegasus Enclave and did two things which he did his best to convince others to join him and he seceded from the Grand Pegasus Enclave. He even called them out saying that they're against ponies wanting families for more soldiers and he didn't think about the limited of farmlands and strictly regulate how many foals a certain family can have so they don't overpopulated.

When nighttime fell Base went to bed and get could actually sleep. When he got up for the next day he was shocked to see more members in "The Pyre" which only a quarter of them was from the city of "Empire" was able to sneak out without the Wasteland Guardians catching on and well they'll have nowhere for their future airships to be put without being spotted.

When one of his soldiers called him "Apprentice Lieutenant" he said publicly over "The Pyre" old PA system where he said "I'm no longer Apprentice Lieutenant Base Flyer. It's Dictator or Emperor Base Flyer. Emperor Base Flyer sounds nice. The wasteland will see the true power of us!"

Base then had to hold back his sexist and misogynistic views because they won't be getting any more pegasi or supplies from the Grand Pegasus Enclave. So he started to use his forces as nothing more than militaristic raiders to take what they want and kill who they please which are Wasteland Guardians, Raiders, Slavers, and Alicorns.

The mares he raped and got pregnant weren't under his command anymore where they're back up in the clouds but some of them decide to go to do different things were a lot of them went to go and get abortions. Only a few decide to keep the foal where they want to have Base punished not the foals. The few even convinced a few others to keep the foal and give them the foals.

When Base then decided to inspect his soldiers. He had them slightly modify their armor with color so they can be told the difference between the Grand Pegasus Enclave and his forces.

He would even go out but noticed that some of them have fire burn marks on their armor and asked what happened to them. They told Base that there's a gang of raiders with flamethrowers. The gang of raiders their base of operations or something like that is in an old wartime steel mill.

When night fell again Base went to the town of Crimson and went into Purple's house which he had a lot of nerves walking into his baby brother's house and he tried to be stealthy of using Purple's Pipbuck and saw Purple's skills are

Barter: 42%
Energy Weapons: 55%
Explosives: 60%
Guns: 100%
Lockpick: 62%
Medicine: 100%
Melee Weapons: 55%
Repair: 100%
Science: 30%
Sneak: 84%
Survival: 100%
Unarmed: 84%
Throwing: 23%
Traps: 14%
Outdoorspony: 19%
First Aid: 100%
Doctor: 100%
Pilot: 3%
Speech: 55%
Athletics: 2%

Base even saw Purple's Perks of Grunt, Covert Ops, Tough Stallion, Commando, Better Criticals, Friend or Foe, Sharpshooter, Mare Killer, Ranger, and Pathfinder. Purple got the Ranger perk from the Wasteland Defenders Twyla and them, and Sharpshooter from Rocky Road.

Base even woke Purple up. Purple had a wonderful dream of having a wife, a few foals, and living on a farm but his dream is different each night where one night he's back in the stable and other is that he's still out in the wasteland. But his wife in the wasteland is either Paladin Sapphire Heart, Lieutenant Honey Cake, or Rocky Road but he did have one where Sunrise Storm was his wife but she's dead.

Purple asked what he wants even he used his magic to get his .45 Auto Pistol and Base asked him for help.

"Get the fuck out of my house," said Purple, "I would kill you but somepony else who might be worse will replace you. You have five seconds to explain yourself why you're here."

Base explained of a new group of raiders had been terrorizing the wasteland so they want Purple and the Wasteland Guardians to help and when Purple asked what's in it for them besides of making the wasteland a bit safer.

Base replied, "If you help us, baby brother. We'll go bang another hostile group and give you some breathing room for three months."

"Permanently," said Purple, "You'll stop attacking us permanently and we'll do a prisoner exchange as well."

Base replied, "Five months. We can do five months. If you decline I'll go talk to some raider bosses and have them attack you and let them pick you clean."

They agreed but the first thing first was Purple told Base to release his captured Wasteland Guardians. In return, Purple will release captured Grand Pegasus Enclave members under his command back to him.

In the morning somewhere in between Fort Celestia/ The Pyre and the town of Crimson Base actually for once kept his word. A squad of his soldiers given captured Wasteland Guardians back over to Purple and Purple kept his word and gave Base back his captured soldiers.

"Ok Purple I kept my word. Say who you want my forces to bang to give you a little breathing room for a bit?"

Purple replied after thinking, "The Hawkeye, Deadeye, and Bullseye raider gangs.".

Base nodded and he went back to "The Pyre" and told his forces to go hammer the Hawkeye, Deadeye, and Bullseye Raider gangs.

Base even walked around with his head high and walked around as if he was a rich pony back during the pre-war and wartime days. He even gave compliments and was friendly to his soldiers to keep their morale high. He even did it to mares without saying something sexual to them which was a shock for the ones who are friends or related to the ones he raped and knocked up. They even think it might be a ruse.

Base also wonders why his PipBuck has a "level" with a number where Purple wonders the same but he and Purple can't do anything about it. Unknown to them they got a slightly modify PipBucks and it comes with a slightly modified E.F.S which says levels.

Chapter 40: Raiders

While out visiting a farm that's been having some trouble with raiders.

The farm has been being harassed by a group named "The Conflagration". They were a fire-based raider group using flamers and other incendiary rounds like incendiary grenades and incendiary bullets. They were extorting the farmers for their food and other supplies and last time it wasn't pretty where the farmer's eldest daughter stood up to the raiders only for them to gang-rape her in front of her parents and brother and when her brother tried to free her a raider blew his head off with a sawed-off double-barrel shotgun.

"Critical Shot," said Purple, "stay here and provide overwatch. See anything go wrong or a fight about to start. Shoot a weapon out of the raider's magic or shoot their battle saddles."

Critical Shot rolled his eye and said "I know how to disarm somepony with a bullet from range."

Purple, Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Paladin Sapphire, Twyla, Shining Harmony, & Pearly Love went in and intervened. They told the Raiders to leave where a unicorn raider was about to point her 10mm pistol at Purple only for it to go flying out of her magic aurora.

The raiders didn't know where the shot came from so they decided to flee to their base which is an old pre-war/wartime-made steel factory. The farmers gave thanks for them protecting them and sadly explained what happened last time.

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Last week.

"Time to pay up!" said a Raider with a flamethrower, "Or we'll take everything you own by force!"

The farmer stallion replied, "Fine we'll give you some of our products so you can leave us alone."

"NO!" said a seventeen-year-old mare, "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EXTORT US ANYMORE! I'M GETTING TIRED OF YOU DAMN RAIDERS COMING IN AND TAKING WHAT YOU WANT AND DOING WHAT YOU WANT WITHOUT SOMEPONY STANDING UP TO YOU! I'M FINALLY DRAWING MY HOOF IN THE SAND!"

"Somepony needs to put in her place!" said the raider leader, "Let's get her guys!"

The farmer, his wife, and son were forced to watch where the raiders took their turn and gang-raped her in front of them. Her brother who's a year younger than her fought the raiders. He was able to hurt a few of them only to see next was a double-barrel shotgun where he was shot and his head exploded from the incendiary and explosive rounds.

The parents were more shocked than they were used to giving some of their stuff to the raiders because they usually leave them alone. But what their daughter and son did make them more heartbroken even though they're more heartbroken seeing their daughter be raped for a few hours.

The raiders then took the seventeen-year-old mare and half of the farmer's produce and went on their way.

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Present-day

"Sorry to hear about that," said Purple, "We'll go and rescue your daughter and bring back your stolen stuff. Let's go Guardians."

While out walking. Paladin Sapphire Heart said, "How far is it? My hooves are hurting."

"Then get out of your fancy suit." said Midnight Twister, "And walk like us without your fancy suit."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "I would say it but you're taken."

"Just say it." said Rocky Road, "Just say what you're going to say."

"Alright then." said Paladin Sapphire, "When I do get out of my armor when we are resting. You can bite my ass for saying that."

"I see some smoke." said Purple, "The steel mill must be getting close."

"About time," said Rocky Road, "We've walked for five miles"

Purple then held up his right hoof when he stopped. "Critical Shot. Let's go"

Purple Artist and Critical Shot moved up ahead and saw raiders standing guard, roaming around or taking.

"Heart of head, either way. Bad pony's dead!" said Critical Shot, "Trick or treat motherfuckers."

"Hold your fire." said Purple before going back to Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, and Paladin Sapphire. "Paladin Sapphire due to you have that weapon and in a suit of power armor you'll attack from the left." said Purple, "Rocky, Midnight due to you two are a brother-sister duo you attack from the left."

"What about us?" asked Twyla, "What role do we have?"

"Twyla, and Opal." said Purple, "You're with Paladin Sapphire, I'm with Rocky and Midnight. Shining you're with Critical Shot due to your scoped 7.92 Rifle and 7.92 Airborne Rifle. Make sure your scoped 7.62 rifle battle saddle is equipped not the 7.92 Airborne Rifle"

"What about me?" asked Pearly Love, "Who do I help?"

"You're with Critical Shot." replied Purple, "Your job is to keep raiders away from him and you're .30 Cal MG will do it perfectly."

Once they got into position without drawing attention to themselves. Critical Shot lit up his magic and he aimed down his sniper rifle's sights and fired off a round hitting a raider in the head that's on the roof.

"One shot, one kill..." said Critical Shot, "He won't see this one coming"

The assault began when they used their specialty like Purple being the riflepony, Midnight being the CQB one, Rocky being the riflepony like Purple, Paladin Sapphire being "the tank" due to her power armor, Critical Shot being the deadly cold sniper, Twyla being the Ranger, Pearly being the machine gunner because she's armed with a machine gun, Shining is the Designated Markspony or Assault pony depends on which battle saddle she has, and Opal being the Submachine Gunner.

The raiders threw Molotov cocktails and fired incendiary rounds at them. Some even tried to get close to use the flamethrowers they have to burn them.

"I've got them all lined up," said Critical Shot. "Going for the kill!"

"Die you fucking raiders, die!" said Pearly Love, "You raiders are a nuisance on the Wasteland!"

The bullets stopped flying where the raiders outside are dead. All of them besides Pearly and Critical Shot moved to a set of double doors and moved inside where they kept their head down and fired at the raiders with their bullets. But the raiders never expected the day for somepony or a group of ponies knocking in on their door.

"Damn it's hot!" Midnight Twister complained

"You think it's hot?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "I'm not and I'm wearing a steel suit."

The two bickered and Rocky Road told Purple to have Midnight Twister and Paladin Sapphire Heart to stop bickering.

"Will you two shut up!" said Purple, "Were here to fight raiders and save somepony not fight each other."

"Is three good for you?" asked Midnight Twister.

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Bite me Midnight."

Paladin Sapphire get knocked down where they killed a raider who popped out with a twin-barrel heavy rifle with .700 Nitro rounds. Purple took the rifle for himself and fired the rounds rarely but only at slightly armored targets.

They then moved into the crucible where they found a raider having the farmer's daughter lick her to keep her clean.

"Well, well, well. Look at this." said the raider mare earth pony, "Wasteland Guardians walked right into my house. This is suicide for ya. Just to be kind hoof over all of your stuff and I'll let you live. If not you'll all be fed to the crucible."

They all saw a giant vat of molten steel.

"Give us the mare that's licking you so we can give her back to her parents and we'll go." said Purple, "Wait who are you?"

"I am. Firey Thought but everypony calls me "Pyre" and you can call me that." said Firey "Pyre" Thought, "I can guess you're Purple Artist and you're the leader of the Wasteland Guardians?"

Purple replied, "I am. I never heard of you lady!"

"You never heard of me Pyre?" said Fiery Thought, "You crawled out of a hole or out were you born and raised under a rock?"

Firey Thought then saw Purple's Pipbuck and said, "You're a Stable Dweller. Who ran away from home?"

"How do you know I'm a Stable Dweller?" asked a confused Purple

"Stable 195." replied Fiery Thought, "Let my home be how it is. Where's your Stable? Stable Dweller?"

"I'll never tell you!" said Purple, "You're not going to find my Stable's location!"

"So be it." said Fiery Thought, "I'll just have my raiders just hold you down and saw off your left frontal leg and bring me your Pipbuck and I'll find out myself."

When two Raiders got started to get close to Purple there was the sound of a shotgun and a Novasurge rifle. Now they had a battle on their hooves. They decided to leave the crucible before getting killed and used range for their advantage and the raiders played hide and seek to find them.

The raiders didn't last long where they ain't use to combat and they could try to fight but die anyway.

Purple and the others entered back in the crucible and told Fiery Thought that she has no more forces left. He told her to give up only for her to shove the seventeen-year-old mare into the giant vat of molten steel. Purple caught her with her magic and floated her over to them.

Fiery Thought escaped but they got the daughter safe and walked with her back to the farm. The farmer said, "We don't know how to thank you."

"No need to thank us." said Purple, "We're here to help."

"Are you with the group called "Wasteland Guardians" or I'm I mistaken?" asked the Farmer's wife.

"Yes ma'am we are." said Purple, "Why?"

The Farmer and his wife looked at each other and nodded in unison. "We'd like to join. As long there isn't any long canonization. We like to join if that's possible."

Purple replied, "There aren't no requirements to join. Only if you want to help to make the world a better place."

"Wait before you go." said the Farmer, "There's a town nearby that's under raiders and slavers' control. The quickest way is through a dirt road between old ruined hedgerows."

Purple thanked them for the location of a town nearby and they were on their way to have a "civilized" chat with them.

"Wait." said the Seventeen-year-old mare, "Wait, wait"

The group stopped and let her tag along where for days she been raped and wants revenge to get the Raiders a lot of payback.

"What's your name?" asked Purple, "I'm Purple Artist. Call me Purple."

"Starry Cultivating," said the Green Earth pony mare, "Thanks for rescuing me."

Chapter 41: The town

On a dirt road between old hedgerows.

"Twyla you're with me," said Purple, "The rest of you stay here"

Purple and Twyla moved on; they walked about several hundred feet and entered a field and went behind a little dirt mount and they saw some raiders in a field walking around.

Twyla got out a pair of binoculars and saw some more raiders on a cobblestone road. Purple then trotted back and said, "Raiders. Saw about thirty or forty. Sapphire, Midnight, Rocky, Starry, and Opal you're with me. Shining, and Critical Shot, Pearly you're with Twyla. We'll do a pincer maneuver."

"I'm getting really tired and sick of hearing military lingo." mumbled Rocky Road, "I'm going to remove Purple's vocal cords one-day hearing military lingo will end."

They moved on and behind a cobblestone wall where there was a shot. The raiders ran to it and fired at Shining, Critical, Pearly, and Twyla where they fired at the raiders, and Purple, Rocky, Sapphire, Starry & Midnight fired at the raiders. But they didn't expect to be flanked but the raiders are usually doing drugs or high on every drug there is.

The raiders were killed but Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Sapphire, Opal, and Starry were busy fighting but Shining, Critical, Pearly, and Twyla joined them in combat.

"Are you kidding me." said Midnight, "Purple, some Alicorns have joined the party and by the looks of it they're not friendly."

They all saw a raider fall down and place a hoof on his chest. They all saw Purple dash ahead trotting as fast as he could. Purple just used his magic to fire the rifle he has where he made it over to the raider. Purple then used his hooves to drag the raider behind the cobblestone wall and did his best to help the raider from not having a heart attack.

They don't know why Purple is helping a raider who's having a heart attack. But they ain't going to complain about it because Purple does what Purple wants to do.

"Purple!" yelled Twyla, "Why did you help a raider? They're drug-abusing psychopaths! Just let them suffer."

Purple replied kindly, "Because I'm kind-hearted. Also, my role as a medic is to help ponies in trouble if they're friendly or not. Also, it's my moral choices. I chose to help the Raider not let him suffer."

Purple then rejoined them and fought the three Alicorns with the raiders which was almost impossible but they got it done. After the Alicorns were killed the Raiders went into the buildings for better cover.

"They're retreating into the buildings." said Rocky Road, "We can fight them on their own turf."

At the door of the old post office Midnight Twister, Rocky Road, and Twyla went in. The raiders didn't survive a chance thanks due to Midnight Twister's Hunting Shotgun, Rocky Road's unique 10mm Pistol, and Twyla's .30 Caliber Carbine rifle. They could clear the post office and the raiders were high.

Over at the barn was Purple, Opal, and Starry with the rest doing what they're doing of fighting raiders in house to house combat.

Starry ran over and picked up an IF-9 Shotgun battle saddles and was able to join in on the fight. She wants to fight them for the past week she was gang-raped for hours up to eighteen hours a day and she really wants to get payback on them. Starry even thinks she could be pregnant to a lot of foals from different raiders.

They all then heard a loud booming sound. It scared Purple half to death then it started to rain. Purple's Pipbuck Geiger counter clicked where he just used it and for once in a few days he went back over to the radio and selected "Empire City Radio"

While they waited for the rain to stop because the water and the rain droplets are contaminated by Balefire Radiation. But Purple did roam around and found a rare modification for his 7.62mm Battle Rifle which he took off the rear and upper hoof guard and attacked the modification.

The modification has a lower wooden hoof guard, a grip, and a heat shield where it also makes it automatic. But Purple is a smart cookie and won't fire the ammo like nothing.

They then heard a loud thud so Midnight went up to where Purple was and saw him where he fell down but Midnight found a dart stuck in the side of his neck. So Midnight called Critical Shot up to there location.

"Sniper reporting for duty Midnight." said Critical Shot.

"No need for that." said Midnight, "Enemy sniper out there somewhere. You're our best shot."

Critical Shot lit up his horn and walked over to the barn window. The wind blew the shutters but he looked through his scope for the enemy.

"Like hunting back home on the farm." said Critical Shot. "Like hunting Hedgehogs, and Radhogs like a colt and teen with my ma."

"What happened to your mother?" asked Midnight Twister, "If you don't mind me asking."

"I killed her." said Critical Shot, "At first she started to date a Raider. A Raider Psycho. I didn't mind because he didn't hurt her and he was like a father figure to me. He was getting tired of being a raider and wanted a normal wasteland life. Well one day when I came back from huntin some raiders well they didn't like him leavin the gang. They were going to take my mother and do Luna knows what. I only had one had one bullet left. Just me and my .30-06 bolt-action sniper rifle. I aimed down my sight and shot my mother in the head killing her."

"What happened to your father?" asked Midnight Twister, "If you don't mind me asking."

"He died." said Critical Shot, "Died before I was born. He was apart of a mercenary group that did what we were doing. Well from what I heard was that they pissed off a group of pegasi in black armor and in those Omni-Environmental suits. I heard he was a nice guy who's like us. They wanted to make a word a better place... for a price"

"Were you married or ever had a special somepony?" asked Midnight Twister, "If you don't mind me asking."

"I dated and was with a mare named Requiem Monody." said Critical Shot, "She was pregnant with our first foal." Critical Shot gulped then continued suddenly, "While walking back home we were jumped by a group that calls themselves "Foals of Radiation". Either way I was laid up in a clinic somewhere for two months and couldn't do a damn thing about it. Well I was able to find her but their "zealots" brainwashed her and the Balefire radiation made her have a miscarriage and she told me that it was "Radiation's will" for it to happen. No more fucking questions."

There was a gunshot where Midnight looked at Critical Shot where he cycled the bolt with his right hoof and said, "Enemy sniper down."

"I wonder how Purple's doing," said Midnight Twister

Paladin Sapphire and Twyla came up to inspect the gunshot where they only seen Critical Shot looking out the window. They also saw Midnight Twister walking over to Critical Shot to be a spotter and they saw Purple on the ground with a dart on his neck. Paladin Sapphire removed her helmet, and used her magic to remove the dart and got a closer look at it.

"Oh no. Not these Rangers." said Paladin Sapphire, "Not the Onyx Rangers!"

"Onyx Rangers?" asked both Critical Shot and Midnight Twister

"The force that I came with." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "We have thirty Steel Rangers in a subcontinent called "The Onyx Rangers" their not like me I'm a Paladin. The Onyx Rangers. They're bad news they're well besides arrogant and very aggressive if there's a price out on some pony's head they're going to go and collect it. They are a one-of-a-kind enemy and they are arguably the most dangerous foes in the Wasteland. I've been intimidated by looking at one. But I can tell you is that their identity and motives are a mystery but they show extreme brutality on whoever gets in their way or if you're their target. They will aggressively assault their target. Getting close to one? It's extremely dangerous and ill-advised they'll knock you down instantly and they'll execute you and off with your head with some kind of combat ax. You'll be wanting to get away from them faster than every single one of you in a room if we have wasteland chili."

"Well we have to move." said Twyla, "The dart it could be poisonous."

"It's not." said Paladin Sapphire, "They kill with lead or with energy weapons mostly with lead. They can't cash in on targets that have been disintegrated. With darts, they want to knock out their target so their target can't escape or try to fight back. Let's move and not jerk off for them to catch up to us."

"I can't." said Midnight Twister, "I'm castrated."

Paladin Sapphire lit up her horn and put Purple on the back of her power armor. They were about to leave until they heard thudding sounds of a group of Onyx Rangers so they snuck out the back and did a tactical withdraw before the Onyx Rangers discovered them.

"We can't go back to the town of Crimson." said Rocky Road, "If need to keep moving."

"It's one of the safest places." said Midnight Twister, "Purple will be protected there."

"Let's see Midnight. Just regular ponies trying to survive day in and day out armed with double-barrel shotguns, IF-9 Combat Shotguns, Sniper Rifle's, Revolver's, Assault Rifle's, Rifle's, Submachine gun's, Brush Gun's, Assault Carbines, Scoped Assault Carbines, Automatic Rifles, .30-06 Bolt-Action rifles, .30-06 semi-automatic rifles, 10mm Submachine Guns, 9mm Submachine Guns, 9mm Pistols, 10mm Pistols, .357 Magnum revolvers and .45 Auto Pistols." said Rocky Road, "Against ponies in power armor armed with miniguns, grenade machineguns, missile launchers, rocket launchers, sniper rifles, Magical Energy rifles, Magical Energy Shotguns, and Magical Energy pistols. Who will win? I don't know-how about an enemy in power armor with more deadly weapons than us!"

They just wandered around for a bit until it started to get dark where Paladin Sapphire asked Critical Shot to go hunt some kind of animal like a Radhog which he did where he killed two and bought them back where Paladin Sapphire went to another town that's run downtown and looked some of the general store for some old cans of beans which she made some wasteland chili.

Paladin Sapphire Heart got out of her power armor and removed her Steel Ranger uniform which it was designed from the ground up to work with the Steel Ranger power armor and to make the user comfy and reduces chafing. Paladin Sapphire's Steel Ranger uniform is orange which is used by her contingents Knights, Knight Sergeants, Knight Captains, Initiates, and Recon/Scouts forces. She didn't get a chance to get a black and gray one.

Paladin Sapphire's belly then grumbled and she said, "After I get done eating I'm going to go sleep somewhere else. Chilli and anything related to beans make me un mare like."

They all looked at her confusedly and Twyla told Sapphire to explain.

"Last time I cooked." said Paladin Sapphire, "I made chili. Well everypony in my Paladin group and everyone in the barracks I'd live in well I made them all gallop out like nothing."

All of them still didn't know what she meant until she pointed out that chili and beans make her fart so that's why she's going to go and sleep somewhere else.

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In the morning.

Critical Strike left where he saw some raiders harassing a caravan.

"Heart or head, either way, fucker's dead!" said Critical Shot, "Trick or Treat motherfuckers!"

There was a loud bang where the echoing gunshot awaken them all but Purple.

"One shot, one kill." said Critical Shot, "He won't see this one coming!"

There was another gunshot echo and Critical Shot was picking them off one by one until all of the raiders were dead.

Critical Shot then heard hoof steps approaching so he hid only to see his new companions.

"Luna damn it!" exclaimed Critical Shot, "Are all of you trying to get shot?"

All of them besides Paladin Sapphire ran around the corner where she heard a loud thud where Purple fell off. The effects of the dart finally wore out and he tiredly got up and asked what happened.

They filled him in what happened where they did what he calls a "tactical withdrawal" and brought up the Onyx Rangers in conversations. They just retreated to the city of Empire where since when the big battle between the Grand Pegasus Enclave forces under Base and a platoon of Wasteland Guardians under the command of Midnight which it became hell on Equestria with packs of Raiders, packs of Slavers, raiders from the "The Conflagration" raiders pack, a group of mercenaries, and some Steel Rangers.

The city became a free for fall more or less but they think it might buy them some time to rest up and all that. Purple protested because that's where Sunrise Storm died and he still blames himself.

While they were walking Purple asked why and who names a small city and a town the same and the city and town of Empire and none of them could give him a answer.

Chapter 42: Surprise visit and the front

At Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura.

A Vertibuck came and landed and the door opened. Colonel Autumn Leaf in his power armor he stepped off and walked over to the command building and there was a knock. A Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier opened Lieutenant Honey Cake's door where she was sitting there working and reviewing after-action reports of her few remaining loyal squads where for some reason there had been some random assaults from the Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns, & Steel Rangers but they been holding them back so far.

"Lieutenant what are you planning on doing about the enemies that keep attacking you?" asked Col. Autumn Leaf, "I'll attack them and get it over with if you won't."

"I've dispatched my QRF to attack the nearby Raiders and Slavers." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Then we'll move up to the Alicorns and the Steel Rangers."

"What's this?" asked Col. Autumn Leaf, "These circles with blue stars? What are they?"

"They're a group called "The Wasteland Guardians" and they have been friendly to us," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "They don't make any threats than us."

"Eliminate them or I will," said Col. Autumn Leaf,

"Col." said Lt Honey Cake, "Eliminate them? They don't pose any threat to us."

"Did I stutter?" said Col. Autumn Leaf, "When we are victorious after Operation: Cauterize they're going to be an enemy. Who are you going to believe? Me your Commanding Officer or the enemy? Choose wrongly and I won't write a commendation for you to be promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and not be my second-in-command. Wouldn't you like to lead your own battalion over several platoons? One day you might be a Colonel and lead your own Regiment or a Brigade one day."

"Yes sir." said Lt Honey Cake, "They'll be engaged as well and be added to our enemy list."

"Also, Fort Celestia." said Col. Autumn Leaf, "Where that Pegasi you recruited into our ranks. That's where he's held up. It's almost impenetrable with old machine guns and miniguns not adding old artillery and anti-air cannons. You'll get Hail Battalion and the Cloudship a Raptor-class or a ThunderHead-class to be help not me. The council says so where I don't like it but I'm not going to become a Dashite. Also, Don't kill Base just badly injury that bastard is mine!"

Colonel Autumn Leaf then left to go and prepare for Operation: Cauterize which is coming up within seventy-two hours. Lieutenant Honey Cake doesn't know what to do where she loves Purple and doesn't want to kill him and she loves the Grand Pegasus Enclave and Col. Autumn Leaf where she's torn.

"Damn it." said Lt Honey Cake, "Purple won't forgive me but I need to be loyal still to the Enclave I'm no dashite or traitor. I know that I can't marry two stallions. I don't see a Lt Honey Cake sandwich with Purple and Autumn Leaf being the bread with me in the middle. I don't know what to do. I wonder how Purple and they are doing? Haven't seen him in a while."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then took a long nap and had a dream of marrying Colonel Autumn Leaf. He stops being a brutal officer who sacrifices Enclave personnel for his own goals and drops his ego to be a loving and caring husband. She even knows she's living in a fairy tale in her dream and knows that Autumn Leaf won't change.

It took a couple of hours later and there was another knock on the door where it's the leader of Hail platoon who told her that she's their new commanding officer now not adding the Raptor-class cloudship the GPE RCC (Grand Pegasus Enclave Raptor-Class Cloudship) Typhoon.

Lieutenant Honey Cake then broke the battalion into platoons and had them go out and clear out Raiders and Slavers locations but sent 25% of the battalion down to the City of Empire or what remained of the city with the Raptor class cloudship as a mobile flying fortress. They ran into an enemy Metalic ship thing.

It fired upon them and missed them where the Raptor fired back at it. It damaged a super cannon it has where the two ships fired at each other like old wartime when Equestrian and Zebra naval ships fired at each other on the open seas when they both tried to gain an advantage over the others.

"Captain it's me. Lieutenant Honey Cake." said Lt Honey Cake over a radio, "I can sence you're under attack. Are you?"

"We are, Lieutenant." said the Captain of the Raptor-class cloudship named Typhoon, "We're a little busy at the moment. Can I get back to you?"

"Captain." said Lt Honey Cake, "Send a Vertibuck to Empire Park in the city center. You're about to receive some non GPE help. Unless if you want to fight without some help."

"Roger that Lieutenant." said the Captain, "Wind Sore, have a Vertibuck go to the city park." A big explosion happens in the background "Fuck! And tell them to double-time it."

"Oh a little heads up Captain." said Lt Honey Cake, "They're not Grand Pegasus Enclave but they're allies of mines and they'll gladly help."

It took almost thirty minutes for the round flight trip to happen.

There was another explosion where the Typhoon was hit again.

"Captain." said Lieutenant-Commander Wind Sore, "Starboard weapons are down. We got hull breaches in sectors 2,8,15,17,19,3,1. and 12. We got fires in several sectors as well."

"I see you got a fight on your hooves." said an unknown voice, "We'll we're here to help."

"There's my side force or allies." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Purple can you help the captain before the Typhoon goes down in fire and blows up?"

"Captain." said Purple, "Can the Typhoon and your Vertibucks provide fire support while me and my friends storm it and destroy it?"

"Lieutenant- Commander." said the Captain of the Typhoon. "Get Vertibuck squadron Sleet into the air and the Vertibuck that brought them here onto that ship."

Lieutenant-Commander Wind Sore nodded and did what he was told.

___

On Base's flying metallic cloudship.

Base's Grand Pony Enclave forces were getting ready to head down onto the surface to fight until the Vertibuck that brought Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Rainy, Twyla, Opel, Shining, Pearly. Critical, and Starry had to hard battle to get to the bridge.

There Vertibuck left where Midnight Twister said, "We could've used the support."

"That fucker's dead. Now that fucker's dead." said Critical Shot, "One shot, one kill... He won't see this one coming."

Pearly told them to cover them which lead Critical Shot to say, "It's like hunting back on the farm. Like hunting Hedgehogs and Radhogs like a colt and a teen with my ma. But instead of animals, it's a militaristic raider group."

"Cowards." said Midnight, "Can't handle a fight for this long."

"They're weaker than Raiders and Slavers." said Rocky, "Look at the cowards."

"Don't underestimate them." said Purple, "They're not like your ordinary raiders and slavers. The last time I was in one of these it was me and Sunrise and the hallways are seven feet wide. They're probably barricading it."

They all went over to a door and Purple said, "Midnight, Rocky, Rainy, Pearly and Shining your Alpha 1-2. Me, Sapphire, Opal, Twyla, Critical, and Starry will be Alpha 1-1. We'll go and secure the bridge. The rest y'all go and secure the engine room so the enemy can't go and destroy it."

"Purple will you please stop using that lingo!" snapped Rocky Road, "It's been getting on my nerves!"

"Sorry Rocky." apologized Purple, "I was raised in Stable 190 and we were taught to use military lingo and use old military tactics from when we were fighting Zebra's before the Balefire bombs flew. It's what I'm use to being around it since I was four-years-old and been taught it for fifteen years."

"You're twenty?" asked Rocky

"Go down" replied Purple

"You're fifteen?" asked Rocky

"Go up by four," said Purple

"You're nineteen?" asked Rocky

"Bingo right on the bits." said Purple, "Sorry for saying an old saying. Right on the bits mean you're accurate/correct. Just me relying on what I was taught in the Stable is what made me then us survive longer. Sorry I'll try my best to not keep doing it."

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In a hallway,

"I think you were a little harsh on him." said Midnight, "You got to respect how he was born and raised. He was sheltered his entire life in where he was. He been out here in the Wasteland for almost three months and he's still learning the wasteland. He knows that Raiders, Slavers, and Alicorns are bad. We are good. So cut him a little bit of slack."

"Yeah I think he isn't going to go back to his Stable anytime soon on what he saw." said Rainy Night, "Also I don't care if he speaks military lingo or not. I've been born and raised in the Grand Pegasus Enclave my whole life and use of using military lingo."

All of them asked what he saw and Rainy Night said, "He caught his mother in a gang-bang with her enjoying it and all that. He didn't and doesn't know what to do but he doesn't trust his mother and doesn't want to talk to her. I don't think he wants to go back to his Stable anytime soon. After all if I saw my mother give another stallion a blowjob, have another one do her in her butt and two more in her mare area. I wouldn't talk to my mother ever again I would request the most furthest assignment away from her."

"I killed our mother and father." said Midnight Twister, "They sold me into slavery I returned a decade later and shoved a fire ax into the side of their faces and when they asked why I did that. I took Rocky Road and burned down the house while they were bleeding out burning them alive."

"That's... Dark" said Rainy Night

"It's called Wasteland Justice." said Midnight Twister, "The reason I joined with Purple is to protect ponies and creatures from the Wasteland and the Slavers, Raiders, and Alicorns."

___

Over in another hallway.

"Sapphire, and Opal with me." said Purple, "Critical, Starry stay here and defend this barracade so they can't retreat this way."

"By the time this war ends." said Paladin Sapphire, "A lot of ponies will die. And a lot will be displaced."

They stormed the bridge with Critical Shot and Starry acting as a rear guard and they killed everypony on board. They weren't in power armor which gave them an advantage over Enclave ponies in power armor.

Purple had a flashback when Sunrise and he stormed the bridge to destroy Base's cloudship thing that's different than the others. But when they go destroy the engines Sunrise stayed behind and sacrificed herself to destroy the ship, Purple still blames himself where she didn't have to stay behind where she could've teleported to safety.

"I'm not a good friend." said Purple, "I first put my Stable in trouble and got all but one of my friends killed. And Sunrise Storm been dead for a month it's all my fault. Pumpkin Pie, Scrumptious, Jackpot, Lucky, Soaring Jet, Diamond Astute, Trick Light, Cantle. My friends back in the Stable are dead. And my first wasteland friend is dead. It's all my fault. I'm not a good friend, I'm not a good friend, I'm not a good friend. I'm a bad friend, I'm a bad friend, I'm a bad friend."

"Snap out of it Purple!" said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "It's war! Ponies who you'll love or adore will live or die! It ain't up to you it just happens! I've lost friends in Bucklyn Cross when somepony and her friends went and massacured the Steel Rangers there. When I get my hooves on her and her friends she's going to be sorry she was born."

"All right I'm calmed." said Purple, "I'm just not use to this combat and blood. In Stable 190 we were taught to hoof-to-hoof combat and how to break out of chokehold without the use of magic or the use of wings. In Stable 190 they teach you how to fight but they don't teach you or train you how to expect the nightmares of combat. I'm just a Stable Dweller who came out, explored a little bit, and now created my own faction to protect others from the horror of the wasteland."

"This pony named Base is a dumb ass." said Paladin Sapphire, "Build a "cloudship" made of metal. Good concept in the mind not in reality because now enemy troops can board it and destroy it. Or capture it."

Purple walked over to a crate and found a Star Blaster and some cells. He took it for himself where Purple decided to go and reinforce Rocky, Midnight, Twyla, Rainy, Pearly, and Shining. When Purple went on his way to the Engine room he didn't use the Star Blaster. But his automatic 7.62mm battle rifle and shot them but he made it quick.

***
In the engine room they were about to leave it where a door blew open knocking all but Purple down. He fired it fourteen times hitting the soldiers in Base's Grand Pony Enclave turning them into ash. Purple then opened his saddle bag and got the healing potions he has and gave it to Rocky, Midnight, Twyla, Rainy, Pearly, and Shining which they drank and healed up.

They all heard the sound of a tin can so they asked what Midnight Twister what he has where he said "Nothing" with his mouth full of something. All of them besides Purple used his magic to suppress him where they opened his saddle bag and found it full of Mint-als, Painkillers, Rage, and Dash. They all thought his eyes were red from sleepless nights of having nightmares when he was a slave not a junkie.

All of them turned against him besides Purple where Purple said, "I don't care if he takes drugs. As long they don't make him kill us and make him a productive member of this team. I don't care if he tries to masterbate as long it doesn't get us killed."

They did what Purple and Sunrise did last time but all of them were able to make it out of there.

***
At Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura.

Lieutenant Honey Cake had an old sketching pad and a pencil. She sketched her and Colonel Autumn Leaf getting married where she loves him and Purple. But she loves Colonel Autumn Leaf more for his brutal tactics and ways to win battles and she tries to be him.

Honey Cake then heard hoof steps approaching so she hid the old sketching book and went over to the map and Hail battalion was broken up into platoon elements where Starlight squad is busy hunting down raiders, Granite squad is busy hunting down slavers, and Lighting squad/w Aroura, Bullseye, Creeper and Ghost squads are hunting down other enemies including alicorns.

Honey Cake also have Boogeystallion, Hitpony, Icepick, Ninja, Phantom, Specter, Vampire, Cerewolf, and Reaper Squads are in reserve not adding having Trauma Rescue and Advanced Reconnaissance team squads back at GPE Base Aroura.

"There their little one." said Lt Honey Cake, "You'll grow up in a safe wasteland united under the Grand Pegasus Enclave. You'll have lots of foals to grow up and play with and play with other ponies when you're old enough.". Then Honey Cake then rubbed her belly with her wings.

***
Lieutenant Honey Cake entered the command building and hailed the Typhoon.

"This is the Typhoon." said the Captain, "We're not fine. We're severely damaged returning to base for repairs. We're disengaging from support for our soldiers on the ground."

"Roger that." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "We'll be awaiting your arrival so we can start repairs."

There was a magic sound where she jumped up when a hoof was placed on her. She turned around and saw Purple. She was about to hit him but she didn't and asked what he wants.

Purple used his wing and pointed over to the medical building where Lieutenant Honey Cake walked over to see the medical building is packed with injured Grand Pegasus Enclave ponies with many more on the way.

"Medbay is filled and probably be losing supplies soon." said Lt Honey Cake, "And many more are inbound. What I'm I going to do?"

Purple then pointed to himself which made Lt Honey Cake tilt her head and asked what he wants.

"We can help." said Purple, "Yeah your boss and your council will hate it but we'll help. Yeah, The Grand Pegasus Enclave may be mean and extremely rude and close-minded but we'll help them. Consider it payback when you stole my DNA and sperm. After all these young mares and stallions have a lot to live for."

"Purple let's take a walk." said Lt Honey Cake, "I would rather tell you in private."

Purple and Lt Honey Cake walked side by side and said leaning at Purple's left ear, "Purple. I know you and Base hate each other and he went back on your two truce and backstabbed you. But you better fly or gallop or do what you do best."

"Planning? Stratagizing?" said Purple,

"Being used to breed with others?" said Rocky Road

"Not moving on after it been two months since Sunrise Storm's death?" said Midnight Twister

"Being a great cuddling bear who wants to have a special somepony?" said Paladin Sapphire, "Wait? Where's the others?"

"Listen. Purple I know you and your brother don't get along." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "But you got three days to get to Fort Celestia or The Pyre. If not the Hail battalion will storm it and kill everypony but capture your brother and he'll be killed by my CO. My CO will kill him after he kills a pony Red Eye. I got that because I heard him say sometimes saying he "wants to deal with that bastard myself" so I got that assumption."

"How is your CO?" asked Purple

"Colonel Autumn Leaf." said Lt Honey Cake, "He's a brutal officer who'll sacrifice countless Enclave soldiers for his own gains. If you told him he'll lose half a million Enclave soldiers to take a inch of ground. He'll throw his forces and mind-controlled Hellhounds to take that inch. He has a ego as well. He's also a charismatic leader. I have a feeling he'll leave his family at the gates of hell and say "They're an acceptable loss" I have a feeling that if he has a family if he isn't gay I don't know I didn't ask and I won't but I'd say he'll to the same to his wife and foals or husband. I don't know why I have a crush on him."

Unknown to Purple, Rocky, Midnight, and Paladin Sapphire is that Twyla, Opel, Shining and Pearly are either killed or currently under attack by Grand Pegasus Enclave, Base's Grand Pony Enclave, Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns and every evil faction in the wasteland against then even some Steel Rangers.

Critical Shot and Starry are hiding from raiders and doing there best to keep a low profile where Raiders would kill Critical Shot, decapitate him and put his head on a pike if not rape him. They would rape Starry until she either dies or tries to escape one day or night.

***
In the small city of Empire.

"Shhhh." said Critical Shot, "Raiders on the other side of the wall patroling the streets for ponies and creatures to capture to torture."

Starry is scared out of her mind but she crawled on the floor and made her way over to Critical Shot. They could hear gunfire and ponies screaming in the distance. Starry then bumped into Critical's butt where she saw a raider standing there but looking the other way. Starry saw the raider taking some Dash and Buck then drinking some beer.

The raider then moved into another room and closed the door. It wasn't long until they heard some heavy breathing and moaning sounds. It only lasted for ten minutes, the door opened, and the raider walked by them thinking they were dead where the raider farted in the small enclosed room before going out another door.

Critical and Starry went into another room and went upstairs. Starry asked what the raider did in the room when the raider moaned and breathed heavily where Critical said "He was masturbating. Don't ask me how I know that. Screw it I use to masturbate as a teenager up to five times a day. You could say I had a date with "Rosie hoof and her sister the tip of my hoof" I'm not sorry."

The raiders moved on and it gave them some room to move on and they did where they entered an old Equestrian Army checkpoint. In a tent, they found several rounds of .44 Magnum rounds, a copy of "Equestrian Army Today", and a Stealth Buck.

They saw a steel wall blocking their advance with a lot of old biohazard warnings and danger signs so they avoided going through it. The sun started to set through the cloudy day. They spent the night in a old Equestrian Armed Forces recruiting station.

They saw a poster that said "VICTORY JUST A WING'S BEAT AWAY! FIGHT WITH HONOR! FLY WITH DIGNITY! KILL WITH VENGENCE! JOIN THE R.E.A TODAY!"

Another poster that says "WIPE THE STRIPES! JOIN THE EQUESTRIAN FORCES TODAY!"

The third poster says. "THE SHADOWBOLTS KEEPING EQUESTRIA SAFE" this poster has three Shadowbolts.

The fourth poster says. "COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU! FULL SPEED AHEAD WE STILL GOT A BIG JOB TO DO! JOIN THE EQUESTRIAN NAVY TODAY!" this poster shows an Earth, Unicorn, and a Pegasus sailor.

The fifth poster says, "LET'S HIT THE ZEBRA'S WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE! JOIN THE EQUESTRIAN NAVY" this poster shows an Earth pony on a 5''/25 caliber artillery gun with a 3x 8 inch/55 caliber artillery cannons in the background.

The sixth poster says, "THERE ACCURACY DEPENDS ON OURS! LET'S GO EVERYPONY KEEP'EM FIRING!" this poster has an Equestrian plane and a Zebra plane dogfighting which planes are a new technology because in wars both sides will advance their technology.

The seventh poster says, "YOU GIVE US THE FIRE WE'LL GIVE 'EM HELL!" this poster has two planes shooting at Zebra's which they're providing CAS to Equestrian soldiers.

The eighth poster says "JOIN THE EQUESTRIAN AIRFORCE SOAR ACROSS THE SKIES IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES!". This poster has a plane which is new tech for the Equestrian Airforce.

Starry went over to a terminal which was on and unlocked. She saw a list of new recruits but even the recruiter asked why one of the Ministeries built a dummy city near the front lines. Critical went over to a map of Equestria and saw that the towns and city of Empire aren't on the map. They were used by the military as testing targets for urban combat and to test new technology like planes or longer-range artillery or bio and chemical weapons.

They just slept on the old carpet in the city where in the morning they got up and headed south to the town of Crimson.

"I had a shot." said Critical, "I saved Purple's brother from Raiders and I could've shot him and prevented all of this."

"You didn't know." said Starry, "You can't predict the future. You thought he was just a wastelander in trouble. You can't predict the future and you didn't know. It's alright."

***

By some mountains, they followed a road into in and found a town where there was a Green Alicorn their and they cautiously approached and the green alicorn said.

"Welcome to safesville." said the Green Alicorn, "Keep your weapons holstered some of a lot of us gotten shot at by wastelanders."

The two entered Safesville which is filled with two dozen Green, Purple and Blue Alicorns.

"Excuse me Ms?" asked Starry, "What powers do you Alicorns have?"

"Us green Alicorns." said the Green Alicorn, "We can create nearly impenetrable shields. The blue Alicorns can be invisible and the purple Alicorns can teleport."

"Interesting." said Starry, "Are there any male Alicorns?"

"No." said the Green Alicorn, "Just us mares. But I heard that somepony is going to try and turn himself into a male Alicorn or find a way to make male Alicorns."

"There is a male Alicorn." said Starry, "My friend back in the town of Crimson or the Grand Pegasus Enclave base Aroura he's a Purple Alicorn. I can go bring him if you want?"

"We'll believe it when we see it." said the Green Alicorn, "You bring your friend who's a Male Alicorn and we'll see it for ourselves."

Starry went out by herself avoiding Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns who aren't friendly, Hellhounds, and other mutated creatures of the wasteland.

Starry encountered Purple, Rocky, Midnight, and Paladin Sapphire while walking on Highway 104. They followed her back to Safesville and all the Alicorns were actually in shock to see a male alicorn with a cutie mark and they didn't know what to say.

Chapter 43: Stable 195

Purple Artist, Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, and Starry got up and they followed Purple up the mountains and they found a concrete wall and a steel door with a yellow "195" on it. Purple remembered the raider mare Firery Thought nicknamed "Pyre" mentioned she was born and raised in "Stable 195" so Purple used force to push up on a lever thing on a control box and they soon heard a loud noise.

There was a loud ear-piercing, teeth-clenching sound as the steel slid across the steel and concrete and the door rolled over to the side. They peaked in and saw some ashes and Purple's E.F.S says that they were Stable 195's Stable Security until they went in where Stable 190 got an advanced version of it.

They carefully entered the hallway where they saw more ash piles. Purple gulped and hoped none of them were fillies, colts, or foals and he hoped to Celestia and Luna that they weren't. Rocky, Midnight, and Critical went left, Purple, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry went right and in the hallways, they saw nothing but ash as far their eyes can see.

"Does this make you homesick Purple?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "Because you were born and raised in a Stable."

"Yeah. This is making me homesick." said Purple, "But I don't want to talk about it. I'm sure you can understand."

"Yeah, I can understand where you're coming from." said Paladin Sapphire, "I miss my friends in Bucklyn Cross. But I heard somepony she killed them if she has friends then Celestia help them. I'll rip them a new one. I'll rip them hoof from hoof, limb from fucking limb. It'll rip their heads off and shove it up each other's asses!"

"Calm down Sapphire." said Purple, "Karma will get them It usually does."

"You're right." Said Paladin Sapphire calming down, "It's just I never got a chance to say goodbye to my friends. Now they're friends. I guess we got one thing in common. Or something in common"

Purple looked down, "Yeah we don't have any friends back home because they're dead."

"You're eyes." said Paladin Sapphire, "You know what I'll tell you later."

They approached a door that says "PATRIARCHAL SIDE" Rocky, Midnight, and Critical approached a door that says "FREE SIDE"

"My brother would be in heaven if he entered this side of the Stable," said Purple, "Because Base he's a sexist, misogynistic, and patriarchal."

"Maybe one day your "soldier" can enter my stable," said Paladin Sapphire

Purple tilted his head in confusion where he doesn't know what she means because he was trained to fight as an Equestrian soldier during the war in case they ever went out into the Wasteland and take over and rebuild the pre-war Equestria. He wasn't trained to have his mind in the gutter nor he was trained or raised to chase mares whereas Base was the only one in the Stable who chased skirts.

"I know that Purple isn't like the average stallion." said Paladin Sapphire, "Hey Purple can I tell you something?"

"Sure." said Purple, "What's on your mind?"

"On Bucklyn Bridge." said Paladin Sapphire, "I had fifteen Stallions try to woo me and climb into my power armor if you know what I mean. But I had a boyfriend he's like you or was like you."

"What happened to him?" asked Purple, "Hope I ain't prying. But what happened to him?"

"Well when I turned fourteen." said Paladin Sapphire, "I became an Initiate. My parents and older sisters wanted me to be a scribe like them. Well after some fiery firefights against Raiders, Slavers, and Alicorns I got promoted to Knight. After I chose to be a Knight my parents told my boyfriend that I was gay and he called off our engagement. I was devastated not adding my father raped me. I tried to kill myself more than once. But soon I ranked up to a Crusader which is more or less what you call a "Sergeant" or a "Non-Commissioned Officer" back in the way before these hellhole days. After doing some advanced recon and all that well I got promoted to Paladin. We were told to come here so we packed up and walked here. It took almost three months to walk from Bucklyn Bridge which was an old suspension bridge that connected Manehattan to Bucklyn. We had one-hundred Steel Rangers now they only have forty-eight. We lost fifty-two on the long walk here. Well, I've heard that we were getting some reinforcements. Also don't know why Not add our Onyx Rangers which formed out of it. I'm nineteen and I'm the youngest Paladin."

They continued to see more ash piles. They saw a room which a sign that says "NURSERY" and the two looked in where Purple just ran the way they came in.

Paladin Sapphire didn't know why until she walked in and saw that all of the cribs have ashes in them. It was where once foals were when they were sleeping. A deep chill ran down her spine where a lot of the stallions she worked with said that he has "breeding hips" and she thought about having a foal with her ex-boyfriend before her parents spread a lie about her being a lesbian.

***
Over in the "Free Side"

They all saw the same thing but when they walked into the dining hall they all saw birthday party balloons and birthday decorations with ashes with a banner saying "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAPPHY!" and every booth and stool is an ash pile.

"Damn that's cold," said Critical Shot, "A mare it was only her ninth birthday they get turned into ash. She must've had a kickass ninth birthday."

There was a memory orb which Rocky Road accessed the memory orb.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAPPHY!" Thirty-Two ponies in the room shouted.

"Go on Sweetheart." said Sapphy's mother, "We all threw this birthday for you."

"It's alright Sapphy." said Sapphy's father, "It's filled with your friends and family."

Sapphy ran over to her friends but she tried to put a memory orb in her mouth thinking it was a jawbreaker until her mother told her about the memory orbs. They heard some screaming but they thought it was somepony having a nightmare. The dining hall door came open where some raiders used some weapons turning ponies into ash and Sapphy transferred her memory of what she saw and when she got done she turned it into ash.

***
"That was dark and disturbing," said Rocky Road

Rocky Road told them to leave where she quickly followed behind closing the door.

They quickly kept walking but kept seeing ash piles everywhere where they went into the security room which had a room next to it but they couldn't lockpick it.

Critical Shot's jaw opened and drool came out where he saw 10mm Pistols, IF-9 Combat Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Assault Rifles, and Automatic Rifles where he's more interested in the sniper rifle where he wants the semi-automatic sniper rifle.

They just continued on saying that they were going to come back for it.

***
Over in the Patriarchal side of the Stable.

Purple was on his Pipbuck which had two numbers where Purple hates his Pipbuck where it has levels he "leveled up" to eleven then twelve where he forgot to do so yesterday.

Under his skills says

Barter: 37

Energy Weapons: 58

Explosives: 60

Guns: 100

Lockpick: 62

Melee: 55

Science: 30

Survival: 100

Unarmed: 84

Sneak: 82

Throwing: 23

Traps: 14

Outdoorspony:18

First Aid: 100

Doctor: 100

Pilot: 3

Speech: 55

Athletics: 2

So Purple carefully boosted up his athletics from 2 and put it up to 14 and with a few points up from 14 for Traps and added the remaining three points to 17.

"Thanks, Stable-Tec." said Purple, "Thanks for making a model of the Pipbuck that we have to bump our skills even if we don't learn a darn thing. What were they thinking?"

"Who knows," said Paladin Sapphire, "Maybe somepony said "Let's torment some of our Stable Dwellers by giving them a different version of our Pipbuck". Like I said who knows."

The three of them found their way into the security room and found an armory locked where Purple hotwired the door and soon the door opened.

"There we go." said Purple, "I'm lucky I actually paid attention in class to how to hotwire and rewire."

"If I was a stallion." said Paladin Sapphire, "I would've gotten a boner by now. Just look at all these weapons."

They both saw Double-Barrel shotguns, IF-9 Combat Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Revolvers, Assault Rifles, Rifles, Submachine Guns, Scoped Assault Carbines, Automatic Rifles, Missile Launchers, Miniguns, Grenade Machinegun, Rocket Launchers, and Magical Energy Rifles. Just seeing all that firepower made Paladin Sapphire say, "I'm so lucky I'm not a stallion or my boner would've been hitting the steel power armor."

They both made their way to an atrium and Midnight asked, "Did ya see anything."

"Dead foals and dead ponies in their beds," said Paladin Sapphire, "What did you gals and guy find?"

"Ash piles." said Critical, "And a kick-ass ninth birthday..."

There was somepony looking out of the Overpony's window.

"At least there's a survivor," said Starry, "At least Purple. You can be happy that somepony survived."

"I don't think it's a survivor." said Purple, "I think it's Pyre. Or a raider."

"I disagree," said Critical. "I'm with Starry with this one."

"My E.F.S. will disagree with both of you." said Purple, "It shows red. So it's hostile."

They just followed Purple and entered a staircase and went up to the Overmare's office and found two doors which the first door says "OVERMARE" and the other says "OVERSTALLION"

They went in to find Pyre sitting there.

"Want to guess who these ponies were?" asked Fiery "Pyre" Thought

"Your lovers?" asked Purple,

"Your friends?" asked Starry

"Your rivals?" asked Midnight

"My parents. My father the Overstallion." said Fiery Thought, "My mother the Overmare. My mother wanted me to find somepony to love and marry and give her grand foals. My father? He wanted a colt, not a mare. So I killed them all. My mother tried to force me into relationships since when I was ten and my father hated me just for being a mare. Now they're both in hell. You can imagine the look in their faces when I came in with my raider force."

"So you killed a thousand of innocent ponies just to kill your mom and dad?" said Purple, "You're sick in the mind and need help... Need serious help."

Soon all of them besides Purple looked around where they saw a purple shield around them all and behind them was a group of raiders with Magical Energy rifles and flamethrowers. When a raider fired at Purple with a Magical Energy rifle it bounced off of his shield right back at the raider and disintegrated her.

"Fire will burn them out." said Pyre, "Or sweat them out."

The heat grew intense inside where it made them all sweat. All of them felt like the prewar food called "Ice cream" and were about to melt on a hot sidewalk on a hot day.

They all saw Purple steady his magic and soon the shield expanded where all of the raiders were knocked down and Purple's shield dropped where Purple dropped to the cold hard steel floor. Paladin Sapphire used her magic and picked Purple up and said, "Let's go we're out of here."

On their way out and back to Safesville, they ran into the Onyx Rangers and the Onyx Rangers Leader said, "Out of the Wasters! We don't want to use more ammo than we want to but we will."

"Venom Canberra." said Paladin Sapphire, "Can you pretend that he's dead. Please?"

"Sorry Paladin." said Onyx Ranger, "We've got our orders, and the Elder, Elder Encoded Pibble told us to kill him. Now get out of our way or we'll kill all of you!"

Soon there was a moderate cobalt color and soon Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry disappeared. They all soon appeared in front of a cave which there's a sign that's pointing to a wooden door that says "STABLE 190 THIS WAY"

"That's new." said Purple, "Never seen that before."

They saw hoofprints and followed it into the Stable 190 where they saw the Stable door opened and Purple sensed trouble.

Gunfire echoed in the distance so all of them ran and saw a three-way firefight in the atrium between the Grand Pegasus Enclave, Steel Rangers, and Stable 190's security and citizens trying to defend themselves from both the Grand Pegasus Enclave and Steel Rangers.

"Doctor!" yelled Azure Blue Sapphire, "We need a doctor up here!"

Purple just dashed ahead and went over to where Stable security is.

"Nice to see you again." said Azure Blue Sapphire, "You coming back to stay or just helping out?"

Purple just used his magic to equip his automatic 7.62mm Battle Rifle. He used his right-wing to slide the bolt back and said "Just came by to see how my mother is doing but I guess I came by the wrong time. We can always leave if you want and come back later?"

Purple saw some Frag grenades where he used his wings to grab one, hold it, pull the pin, and throw it where he threw it over to the Steel Rangers. There was a loud explosion and some screaming where Purple killed a Steel Ranger Star Paladin, Senior Paladin, and a Crusader. Purple just sat there for a minute just thinking what he has done so far. Killing ponies for survival where he has no problems with self-defense but the only fights he had in Stable 190 were hoof-to-hoof fights, not guns.

A Stable Security officer said, "The ones in black armor are easier to kill than the other ones! Guess due to their wings are exposed or their armor is made of weaker material."

Paladin Sapphire couldn't believe what she did and that was she betrayed the Steel Rangers and killed one of them with her captured Novasurge rifle but to her, it felt kind of good where the first one she killed he told her that she has some fine hips for popping out foals. She even hit him in the face for that remark but that was back when they were on the Bucklyn Cross though.

"Maybe Purple will," said Paladin Sapphire, "Maybe I can spend my life taking care of him and be with him."

"Why don't you suck his dick while he's sleeping." said Midnight Twister, "He'll probably let you do it all the time."

"Midnight!" said Rocky Road, "Apologize to Sapphire now for what you said!"

"I meant it." said Midnight Twister, "She should go suck his dick if he likes him that much."

"Fall back." said a Stallion Stable Dweller, "We can't hold them any longer. Back to the living quarters.".

All of the Stable Dwellers in the atrium and Security retreated back to the living quarters with the Steel Rangers giving chase. The Grand Pegasus Enclave went to go get the Overmare. They saw Purple run up the stairs up to the Overmare's office because he's going to go protect his mother because he's a mama's boy.

"If Sunrise was here what would she do?" said Rocky Road, "What would she do?"

Before Rocky Road could say something she saw her brother, Starry, Paladin Sapphire, and Critical Shot chasing after the Steel Rangers. So instead of standing around Rocky chased after them.

"Purple!" said Harp, "What are you doing?"

"Setting up a trap." said Purple, "Grenade bouquet tripwire."

Harp watched her son tie several Fragmentation grenades and place a string on the pins and he heard some metallic hoof steps coming towards them so he went into the Overmare's office and closed the door. "Mom hide quickly," said Purple.

"Purple I'm not going to hide like a child." protested Harp, "I'm not going to hide and see my Stable get taken over."

They both heard a door open and an explosion where several GPE soldiers are now dead thanks to Purple's boobytrap. Purple then equipped his Star Blaster and told his mother that she'll probably see a side of him she'll won't like but in war it brings out the worst in ponies for survival.

There was a loud explosion and the door leading into the Overmare's office blew open and several Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers came running in. Purple didn't waste anytime shooting them turning them into ash.

Harp didn't know what to think or say where she doesn't know what happened or know how to describe what she just saw. She saw her favorite son just turn seven Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers turn into ash like nothing in the blink of an eye.

"Purple?" said Harp, "What did you do? I don't know how to describe what I just saw."

Purple replied, "Fancy energy weapon I found. Any target turns into ash. I still get shocked to. Alright mother I'm going to help my friends and fellow Stable Dwellers. Use the tunnel and hide in there where the Grand Pegasus Enclave and Steel Rangers won't find you."

Purple then ran off and Harp did what her son told her what to do.

***
Over in the Living Quarters the Stable Dwellers and Stable 190's Security was getting overran by the Steel Rangers and with Midnight, Rocky, Starry and Paladin Sapphire helping them it was just too much firepower for them to go against.

"Medic need a medic here!" yelled Azure Blue Sapphire, "Somepony go get a doctor now!"

Before somepony could go and run to the medbay to go get a Stable doctor, Purple arrived using his Star Blaster firing it incinerating the Steel Rangers. Purple spent all of his Healing Potions and other medical aid stuff on his fellow Stable Dwellers helping them because he knows they would've done the same.

By the Stable Door in the hallway.

"Hey Purple do you got a second?" asked Harp.

Purple replied, "Yeah mom what is it?"

Harp replied, "Purple. I've made a lot and I mean a lot of tough decisions since I became Overmare but I made a lot of tough decisions since when Base, Blue and you were born. But none of them are harder than this. You saved us but they fear and I fear you'll kill us. I'm sorry, you're a hero... and you have to leave."

Purple replied, "You mean I'm exiled?"

Harp replied, "In different words but yes. Sorry Purple but you're exiled. So now that you're not a Stable Dweller anymore you need to hoof over your Pipbuck and Stable Jumpsuit. And we need your rifle, and pistol back. I would say we need your saddle bag back but you got a new one"

Purple used his spell matrix master key and removed his Pipbuck, gave her his rifle and pistol, and opened his Saddlebag and gave them to his mother. Harp wanted to give her son a final hug and a kiss only for him to walk away with his ears down.

"Goodbye Purple." said Harp which was her final words to her son, "I'll miss you."

"I love you Purple." said Officer 2 Azure Blue Sapphire final words to Purple, "I'll miss you."

Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry quickly followed behind Purple before the Stable door closed shut for the final time.

"We're here if you want to talk Purple." said Starry, "At least you have us."

Purple turned around with his ears already down before he just walked away from them and when they reached the field below them he galloped away from them and they tried to keep up with him until soon he was far out of their sight.

It wasn't long until they heard a Vertibuck fly overhead and saw it land so they galloped to see it take off again and fly towards Fort Celestia/ Pyre.

Chapter 44: The Pyre

Back at the town of Crimson, Rocky Road was able to convince the descendants of the Stalliongradian soldiers from the old Stalliongradian 190th Rifle Division to go assault Fort Celestia/ The Pyre. So they did a long walk to Fort Celestia/Pyre only armed with M44 Bolt-action rifles and SSMG-41 Submachine guns they have.

"Damn how far is this walk?" asked Midnight Twister before taking a shot of his Dash

"About thirty-two miles." said Paladin Sapphire, "Thirty-two miles. Well it's getting dark so we should set up camp."

"I agree." said Rocky Road, "No Sapphire you're not making "Wasteland Chili" again. "

"Good my hooves are starting to ache," said Starry, "I can lay down and rest for a bit."

"Thought you grew up on a farm and use of walking and using your hooves a lot?" said Midnight

"Critical." said Rocky, "Do you think you can you can scrounge up some food real quick?"

"I'll go bring up some food," said Critical Shot

"If Purple was here," said Midnight Twister tiredly, "Paladin Sapphire would be getting food from him by giving him a blowjob."

"Ok brother what's with you against Sapphire Heart?" asked Rocky Road, "No seriously since yesterday you've been hostile to Paladin Sapphire since yesterday saying mostly she can give Purple a blowjob and that."

"Purple is nieve." said Midnight Twister tiredly, "For a while, she been throwing him signals or singles. She wants him and she wants to be with him. But he doesn't see it and thinks there's something wrong with her or just wants attention. He doesn't see that Paladin Sapphire wants him. Purple doesn't see that Paladin Sapphire wants to fuck him and bear his foals. He's stupid and doesn't know when a mare is hitting on him. He doesn't see that a mare wants him but he's blind to it."

"Maybe he just isn't interested in the mood for a relationship for the moment." said Rocky Road, "Also he was just exiled from his Stable give him some slack. He just hoof over his rifle and pistol back over to the Stable he was born and raised in. He can't go back to his home."

They both saw Paladin Sapphire get out of her power armor and she lay in a ball and go to bed. The night was nice and peaceful where the only thing that they could hear was the fire crackling due to the campfire they made and almost all of them were sleeping. Some of the ponies who are descendants of the Stalliongradian 190th Rifle Division stayed awake to keep an eye out for Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns, and a creature called a Denizen that only comes out at night and usually in dark places.

Paladin Sapphire jumped up and screamed only to see them sleeping so she got back into her power armor with a modified helmet to allow for her horn because she isn't going to cut it off without a fight.

Paladin Sapphire accessed the map and saw that the time is 1:30 AM where she had been sleeping for four hours and three minutes. She wondered what to do because she couldn't go back to sleep because she had a nightmare of being raped by her father again. She hasn't had a good night's sleep in fifteen years.

In the morning the ones who were sleeping got and walked for a total of ten hours with their hooves aching and legs getting tired. But they kept their mouths shut and stayed away from Raiders, Slavers, and Alicorns because they wanted to save as much ammo they could and can.

For the second night, they made a makeshift camp and slept there but their night was cut short when they heard gunfire and the sounds of Novasurge weapons as well so they got up only to see that it's Hail Battalion assaulting Fort Celestia/ The Pyre where Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry had a chance to "rescue" Base before Hail battalion got there with the Raptor class cloudship the Typhoon providing aerial combat but taking heavy damage from the surface because the old anti-air cannons are shooting. The thunderclouds aren't tearing holes into the armor and at the massive magical energy cannons.

They saw a Vertibuck fly by with an engine on fire and it crash into one of the mountains blowing up killing all on board.

"We need to take the Fort and have it for ourselves," said Rocky Road, "After we get past these Enclave ponies. And take out those defenses. LUNA DAMN IT! Now I just talked like Purple with his "military lingo" damn it!"

Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry stayed behind a crashed Vertibuck and used it as cover where 20x102mm rounds from the rotary cannons firing 1500 rounds per minute. Doesn't help that the sky is turning green meaning a rad storm is coming.

"Trick or treat, motherfucker." said Critical Shot, "Either way you all are dead."

Critical Shot fired his .30-06 Sniper rifle hitting one of Base's Grand Pony Enclave which is something as the Grand Pegasus Enclave but he allows all types of ponies in his army even though he forces them to join if they hate it or not because Base wants to "build a better future".

Critical Shot just stayed behind and said,

"One shot, one kill... He/She won't see this one coming."

"I've got them all lined up. Going for the kill."

"Die you fucking Grand Pony Enclave die! You Pony Enclave are a nuisance on the wasteland!"

"Like hunting back home on the farm. Like hunting Hedgehogs and Radhogs like a colt and a teen with my ma."

"Heart or Head, either way, fucker's dead."

"Trick or Treat motherfuckers!"

"Who believes in the boogeypony?"

To him, it was easy because the defenders were standing still using magic to hold and fire the rotary cannons or battle saddles armed with automatic rifles.

***
On the inside some dust fell Purple for some reason wasn't restrained and the hoof cuffs he had were worn out and not maintained. Purple was to break free and the cell door wasn't even locked so he walked out. But he knew it wasn't easy. He knows that there are roaming death guards or evil ponies who'll drop him in a moment's notice but he walked out.

"Inmate!" said a Grand Pony Enclave officer, "Back in your cell. Or I'll drag you into it."

Purple replied, "Your jacket's on backward."

"Aw shit." said the Grand Pony Enclave officer, "Damn it."

As the unicorn Grand Pony Enclave pony was trying to fix his jacket Purple walked away and he thought it would be easier than that only for him to hear some metallic hoof steps approaching so Purple quickly hid in a supply closet in the fort. The hoof steps left and Purple went on his way.

Doesn't help that he hears moaning coming out of a room only to see a mare soldier under Base's command masturbating. He just continued and didn't disturb her.

Purple came across a pegasi soldier just standing guard. Purple used his right wing to put over the pegasus soldier's mouth. He used his left-wing taking the pegasus's combat knife and did a stealth kill of stabbing the pegasus soldier in the heart three times and slit his throat.

"Didn't want to kill you." said Purple, "But you were in my way and you would've killed me if I walked by you." where Purple thought bad about killing the pony but knew that the pegasus soldier he just killed would've killed him without hesitation.

Purple soon came across the armory and he opened it and he thought that the Equestrians must've been planned for an all-out defense and no retreat if the Zebra's assaulted Fort Celestia. They never did because the Last Day happened before a clear winner came to the war.

Purple picked up an Ironshod Firearms IF-22 semi-automatic pistol in .357 Caliber rounds, an IF-100 "Thunderhoof" Anti-Materiel Rifle in .50 caliber rounds, and an IF-37 Patrol which the shotgun was manufactured by Ironshod Firearms but made for the pre-war police forces for high-risk situations.

Purple couldn't hold the .357 rounds, .50 caliber rounds, and 12 gauge rounds so he picked up a saddlebag but he walked over to the armor workbench and modified the saddlebag with padding to make it more sturdy to gunfire and cushioned to make it comfy.

"I guess they wanted soldiers to modify their armor and weapons." said Purple, "Because they left dozens if not hundreds or thousands of adhesive, aluminum, ballistic fiber, circuitry, leather, and plastic.". He then found some gears, screws, steel, and wood.

So Purple went over to the weapons workbench and modified his IF-100 "Thunderhoof" with a lighter frame, and a better bolt to be cycled faster. He also modified his IF-37 Shotgun and put on a choke, and a long tube.

Before he left he opened a locker and he found a dark olive green tiger-stripe camouflage uniform with a medium-sized pack and a Boonie hat but he slightly modified the uniform he's wearing where he replaced the nametag with a new nametag that says "Astrology, "Purple" L" and he went on his way after grabbing twelve fragmentation grenades, seven pulse grenades, and eleven Stun Grenades.

***

Outside of "The Pyre" some Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers were going to breach the main gate instead of flying over because Base followed in Purple's hoofsteps and read a field manual and maintained the anti-air cannons. They would've gotten shot down and don't want to end up to the couple of platoons that got killed. That's because Base was stupid and still is.

Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, Rainy Night, and Starry closed their eyes and looked away but they could still hear twelve Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers scream painfully. The fort had some old oil that they boiled and dropped on them.

They couldn't believe nor saw and doesn't help that Rainy Night was about to cry because her sister was one of the twelve GPE soldiers that had hot oil fall on them. But the Grand Pegasus Enclave cloudship Typhoon blasted a hole in the main gate with one of its massive magical energy cannons.

"We should've been busy fighting raiders, slavers, and other evil ponies." said Starry, "Not a militaristic group."

"They are raiders." said Rainy Night, "A militaristic raider group. They're the same as raiders but more militaristic."

"Now I get it," said Starry

They joined Hail battalion because Lieutenant Honey Cake ordered it to have them partake in the battle and that they're still allies even though Colonel Autumn Leaf sees them as enemies, enemies that they would have to fight even though Purple would rather have peaceful options with them.

***
In a hallway, Purple lied down and fired his IF-100 "Thunderhoof" Anti-materiel rifle and fired until the magazine was empty and reload and if Base's Grand Pony Enclave forces got close to him he would switch over to his IF-37 pump-action and fire the 12 gauge shotgun. Purple even told himself that they're undertrained or just plain stupid for running out into the open.

This is just sad. Purple thought, You think they would be better trained unless if my brother trained them to act like idiots and charge headfirst.

It didn't help that Purple used his wings to hold a grenade and threw it and they didn't even notice and the frag grenade blew up.

What scared Purple was when two Ultra-Sentinels and three Sentinels rolled out and fired at Purple. He ducked and rolled into another room where he found his stuff but he used his magic and threw four EMP grenades he found in the room and the EMP grenade fired the Ultra-Sentinels and Sentinels circuits.

Purple then equipped his Star Blaster and had it battle-ready and he was glad to have been born and raised in Stable 190 to at least prepare him for combat and he was trained to act like a soldier from the war days before The Last Day happened. Not adding getting an advanced education.

All right Purple you've been through war scenarios hundreds of times in Stable 190. Purple thought, It's not like the old days of you knowing your enemies.

Some of Base's forces came running through a door and he fired his Star Blaster incinerating them down to a pile of ash. He decided to save ammo and switched over to his IF-37 12 gauge pump-action shotgun. The unarmored ones didn't survive or stand a chance against the double-00 buckshot rounds.

There was a loud explosion. Purple saw his friends come in and he almost shot them because they ran in without warning or anything.

They heard Base say over a PA system, "Excalibur danger close fire mission target package, Butcher."

"Damn it." said Purple, "Why do I have a brother who knows military lingo! Damn Stable 190! And what he said isn't good either."

"What do you mean Purple?" asked Starry. "Military lingo? What's that?"

"In Stable 190 Stallions were taught to fight and talk like the prewar military of Equestria." said Purple, "Instead of talking normally we say things for example instead of saying "What the fuck" we were taught to say "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" but now when you're fighting against someone trained like you it's hard."

They heard a lot of explosions outside and they heard Base say over the PA system again, "Thunder 4 prepare my Vertibuck. You got three minutes, I'll meet you in the hanger."

"Convenient." said Midnight Twister, "This thing shows us where this "hanger" is."

They passed another armory and Purple went in and came out quickly where he has a .45 Auto Submachine gun, a .45 Auto Pistol, and a Minigun. He thought that he would make it unfair for Base's Grand Pony Enclave and he didn't think about why Base just changed "Pegasus" to "Pony" but kept "Grand" and "Enclave". He thought that Base could've changed "Grand" to another word like magnificent.

The door opened and they went into the hanger where they saw five Grand Pony Enclave gallop towards it where Purple laid down with his newly acquired .45 Auto Submachine gun, and Rocky Road with her Varmint rifle fired at the unarmored Grand Pony Enclave soldiers.

Soon they heard a clatter where Purple dropped all of his stuff where he teleported into Base's vertibuck and all of his soldiers tried to attack Purple where Purple just said "Let's go."

They all but the pilot and co-pilot attacked Purple who held the combat knife in his left-wing and magic with his .45 Auto Pistol that's nickel-plated finish. They blindly attacked Purple just going to use their hooves and wings but Purple just shot them in the head.

Purple just used his magic to release the empty magazine and used his right wing to slid in a fresh magazine. He noticed that none of them were Base until he heard over the radio, "Purple if you're hearing this you fell right into my trap. I'm not here and this Vertibuck will soon blow up with you and your incompetent friends."

The message was on repeat until soon there was a poof sound where Purple teleported himself, the pilot, and co-pilot away. They saw from a distance of the vertibuck explode and saw another one fly by. Purple just teleported himself and the pilot and the co-pilot back to Fort Celestia where the pilot and co-pilot were captured by the Grand Pegasus Enclave and will be taken back and face punishment for desertion.

"They're probably going to be branded as Dashites." said Rainy Night, "If not executed."

"Dashites." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I talked to the Council and convinced them to brand the deserters and traitors who left and fought with Base to be branded as Dashites."

"What's a Dashite?" asked both Rocky Road, and Midnight Twister

"Dashites are pegasus ponies who have deserted the Enclave," said Rainy Night

"They returned to the surface of the Equestrian Wasteland, They show apathetic to us," said Lieutenant Honey Cake finishing Rainy Night's sentence. "We burn their cutie mark off and put the first Dashite's cutie mark the cutie mark of a Rainbow Dash, whoever she is beside the first Dashite."

"Rainbow Dash was the Ministry mare for the Ministry of Awesome," said Purple, "The Ministry of Awesome has primarily dedicated the research, development, and field-use of clandestine technology and resources. You can thank Stable 190 for giving us materials and books about the six ministries.

***
Inside of Fort Celestia/ The Pyre. Starry, Critical, and Paladin Sapphire got lost, and when they would look at a map to find their way around they always ended up back where they were starring on the same map.

"I'm getting tired of getting lost." said Starry, "Whoever made this place needed a serious kick to the balls."

"How do you know a mare didn't build this place?" said Paladin Sapphire,

"Whoever built this place deserves to be beaten to death." said Starry, "I'm getting tired of getting lost."

Soon they found their way into the basement and found a giant door with a yellow numbered "197" and they opened it where they heard the same ear-piercing, teeth clenching sound and the Stable door opened up.

They entered Stable 197 they saw flipped over stuff and messed up stuff as if somepony looked for something important which lead Paladin Sapphire to say "Good grief! What's all this? Burglars?! Thieves?!"

"Burglars are thieves." said Critical Shot, "Nowadays you all call them raiders, I call them free target practice on junkies and nuisances of the Wasteland."

"Duck!" said, Starry

"Where?... Aah!" said Paladin Sapphire only to get hit by a swinging steel beam.

They saw Paladin Sapphire lie on the ground but she got up and told herself that she'll not be that stupid again.

They saw hundreds if not thousands of Cryogenic pods which none of them had ever seen before where it's filled with prewar Equestrian soldiers in deep cryogenic sleep but Paladin Sapphire decided to unthaw them but went to the Overmare's office.

Paladin Sapphire accessed a message from the Stable-Tec and played it.

"Good morning, or good afternoon or good evening." said a mare voice, "I'm Scootaloo from Stable-Tec and you brave service ponies of Equestria. Here at Stable-Tec, we created specific orders for you. If you're listing to this it means either your cryogenic sleep is finally over or your Crusader Maneframe detected minimum Balefire Radiation is either low or finally safe enough to return back to the surface and rebuild Equestria."

They heard a sipping sound coming from the recording.

Scootaloo continued, "Only the best of the best got chosen for this Stable. Delta Legion, Navy Frogponies, Army Rangers, Airborne Rangers, Airborne, and Green Calottes. You've been chosen to be frozen and now you're hearing this you're unfrozen and thawed out. You need to get ready and take back the wasteland for Equestria. Fort Celestia above will it's been stocked with plenty of food and supplies to last for one century. We at Stable-Tec salute you for your service and wish all of you luck when you all."

The message ended.

They beat the old Equestrian soldiers to the surface of the fort and with Base and a majority of his forces gone or killed the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers left and continued eastward fighting raiders, slavers, and alicorns. In the end of it out of all the Stalliongradians descendants, Purple had come from Fillydelphia to the town of Crimson. To defend other towns and attack the raiders and slavers, and alicorns 97% were killed in the battle and the remaining three percent went back doing what they did before.

Doesn't help that they're standoffish with other ponies besides them, Purple, and Rocky. But Purple has reserves though with the slaves he freed they said that they owe him and joined the Wasteland Guardians to defend others to prevent what they went through to the others.

Purple found a journal that says "Day 1. This is Private Lavender Lilac. I'm a Private in the Stalliongradian 190th Rifle Division. The division I'm in volunteered to go to Equestria and fight the Zebras but we won't wear our uniforms when we get to the front. I'm afraid that if the Zebras take over Equestria they would set their sights on the Crystal Empire and on Stalliongrad. I'm going to protect my wife and our twelve daughters and one son. I'm going to do my duty to protect Stalliongrad before we get drawn into the war."

On the long walk back to the town of Crimson to rest up a voice said, "Sapphire? Is that you?"

Chapter 45: Reunion

A stallion asked "Sapphire? Is that you?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Knight Glance Monterey? What are you doing out here?"

"We're your backup that Elder Encoded Pibbled called for. Oh, Sapphire, do you think we can get back together?" said Knight Glance Monterey, "Also, I'm a Sentinal now."

"I'll think about it." said Paladin Sapphire, "not really" she then mumbled under her breath.

They just walked at a moderate pace without saying much where Midnight was the only one to say something.

"Who was that?" asked Midnight Twister, "Your ex-lover?"

"None of your damn business." said Paladin Sapphire defensively, "Who my friends or enemies are none of your damn business."

"Damn. She got you there Midnight." said Rocky, "But yeah stay out of her business."

They encountered a small town under attack by a group of raiders and the town's outer walls are made of large metal walls made of various scavenged materials mostly metal and steel. They immediately sprung into action.

"I really miss S.A.T.S." said Purple, "This would be a good time for it."

"I thought you called it S.T.A.T.S?" said Rocky Road.

"Yeah I did." said Purple, "I did because S. T stands for Stable-Tec. It's really called S.A.T.S, not S.T.A.T.S."

They moved into the town and fought raiders where Purple used his IF-22 .357 semi-automatic pistol and he would aim down the sight and would shoot raiders in the head. But Rocky Road shot one male raider in the crotch which lead the raider to scream "My cojones!"

"Rocky." said Starry, "You don't shoot a stallion in the balls!"

"You said that you wanted to kick the stallion in the balls for making Fort Celestia!" said Rocky, "Because we got lost in it more than once."

"I swear it's like having foals who always bicker," said Purple, "Now I'm thinking about not having kids.".

He even says that he misses his Pipbuck where he knows that his mother or a Pipbuck technician would probably reset and reboot it and give it to a ten-year-old.

"Aw shit." said Purple, "They're in danger from the Onyx Rangers! I jeopardized them! Hope they can't track a rebooted Pipbuck."

Purple just worried if he put his old home in danger not knowing if he put Stable 190 in danger because the Onyx Rangers had been tracking his movements via his Pipbuck. Stable Dwellers are lucky that the Onyx Rangers haven't been in Stable 711 which is a mix of a Stable for the old war pilots of the Equestria Airforce. There's a big mainframe that can locate all Stable Dwellers and their Stables and can track specific Stable dwellers.

Why Stable-Tec? Purple thought, Why make a mainframe that can track every Stable Dweller? Was it supposed to be for the pre-war soldiers who were put to sleep to help Stable dwellers when the Balefire radiation died down then rebuild Equestria? I would gladly help rebuild Equestria heck I'll do anything to rebuild the pre-war days' heck if I had to help to increase the population I'll gladly donate my sperm.

A raider jumped out with a chef knife and had the knife in her magic only for some blood splattered onto his face and heard somepony say "Tango down."

It's Sentinal Glance Monterey, two Paladins and two Knights where they been following them and decided to help. Sentinal Glace Monterey is armed with a Minigun, a stallion knight armed with an XL80E9, a pegasus mare knight is armed with CQBR Carbine Rifle that she built makeshift battle saddles into her armor, a mare Earth pony Paladin with an IF-91 5.56mm Assault rifle battle saddles built into her armor, and a rare pony a crossbred alicorn like Purple, but he has a missile launcher equipped and a magical energy minigun.

"Um, Paladin Sapphire?" asked Sentinal Glace Monterey, "Will you marry me?", he chose the wrong time to propose to Paladin Sapphire because they're in a battle. The raiders are almost surrounded them.

Paladin Sapphire looked at the shiny diamond ring which been in Sentinal Glace's family for the past four hundred years.

"I'm sorry Glace." said Paladin Sapphire, "I would accept but you broke up with me three years ago because my parents lied to you. Also, my heart beats for another and I love another. I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry I broke up with you," said Sentinal Glace, "I'm sorry for yelling at you when we were sixteen back on Bucklyn Cross. Can we just start over as we never broke up?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Sorry, like I said my heart is for another."

Sentinal Glance said, "I understand. If I just could just go back in time to tell sixteen-year-old me not to break up with you. I'm sorry."

Paladin Sapphire then went to go catch up with Purple where Purple thinks he's doing right of killing raiders because they're harming others and see them as monsters, not as other ponies.

Inside of town hall, Purple held his IF-22 in his magic and told the Raider to let go of the mare. The raider laughed and whistled only for five more raiders to come out so Purple used his magic to equip his IF-37 pump-action shotgun only to feel a double-barrel sawed-off shotgun be placed against the back of his own head.

"Hoof over all of your stuff and go sit in the corner." said the raider holding a hostage

The raider behind Purple didn't see it but Purple lowered his weapons. But he quickly took the raider behind him hostage and he placed a fragmentation grenade on the raider's bandolier and shoved him into the group of raiders.

When the unicorn raider looked at Purple he just used his cybernetic wing to wave at him and had the wings come down and back up, Soon there was a loud explosion and the raider and several others were killed.

"Six down hundreds of thousands to go," said Purple, "I'm giving you one final chance to let go of the hostages and skedaddle out of here. The wasteland will deal with you."

the raider replied, "Nope. How hoof over all of your stuff and go sit down in the corner."

There was a loud bang and a bullet flew by Purple's head and hit the raider between the eyes. Critical said "Trick or treat motherfucker."

Purple then went over to the captured ponies where he pulled out his combat knife. The ones tied up where he scared them by holding a combat knife but he cut off the rope and he went over and freed the foals who were put in old dog cages and he lockpicked the locks which were placed on them.

"Hey Purple you want to come and see this." yelled Critical, "Looks like we got more enemies to fight."

Purple teleported onto the wall and saw a lot of raiders through the scope of his If-100 "Thunderhoof" AMR and came up with a half-assed plan where he used his remaining frag grenades and made a booby trap where when the raiders come in some of them will be blown up.

***
By the door, Purple equipped the minigun he has where he heard the raiders on the other side telling the raiders on their side to open up not knowing that they were dead so they opened the gate by force.

"You didn't say please," said Purple before he fired the minigun shooting at the raiders where he then said, "This will be a good time for support."

There were more raiders than them but they used the wooden and metallic buildings as cover and fired at the raiders. Purple and Rainy saw a fragmentation grenade land between them only for Purple to grab it with his wing and throw it back. They heard three raiders scream.

"That's seventy-four today." said Critical, "Seventy-five, Oh shit."

A raider with a missile launcher fired at Critical Shot's position and the wood and sheet metal fell on Critical as he did his best to crawl out. The wood and metal were hot and some of them were on fire and the hot metal slightly burned him.

"I'm out," said Rainy Night, "You got any ammo Purple?".

Rainy quickly looked over at Purple who was firing his IF-37 Police Pump-action shotgun with his magic because the trigger guard is too small for him to place a feather in it and well he can use both magic and a battle saddle but chooses not to.

"Look out," said Purple before blasting a raider with his shotgun. "Another nuisance down."

"Come on let's get them!" yelled a stallion, "We're getting tired of you The Jade Jackal Tribe! We're not afraid of you anymore!"

The towns ponies armed themselves with IF-9 Combat Shotguns, Revolvers, Assault Rifles, IF-91 Assault Rifles, Submachine Guns, and Brush Guns including battle saddles ones for the pegasi and earth ponies. The raiders were quickly killed because of the Steel Rangers, Purple. Rocky, Midnight, Rainy, Critical, and Starry shooting them in a 180-degree radius.

While looking at the bodies soon there were some more hoof steps where they saw a dark purple alicorn there and she is pissed.

"I can't do what that mare what's her name did in that town." said Purple, "I think it was Old Appleloosa."

"A derailed train car," said the dark purple alicorn, "Her name is "Littlepip" but my fellow Alicorns call her "The Destroyer" but what I heard by a pony calling themself "DJ-PON3". Instead of standing there gawking let's fight."

The alicorn mare threw Purple a sword and he used his magic he held it and the two had a sword fight where raiders fought against the Wasteland Guardians and the town folk. The artificial alicorn hit the sword that Purple has so hard it went out of Purple's dark cobalt magic aroura and landed hear Grand Pegasus Enclave Specialist Rainy Night.

"Is that a dagger?" asked the dark purple artificial alicorn, "What are you going to do? Peel the skin off of a potato?"

The alicorn started to laugh until she felt something hit her only to look that Purple threw the combat knife. It landed into the dark purple alicorn's chest only to see that she took it out and threw It at Purple which he ducked.

"Hoof vs sword?" said the dark purple alicorn, "This is easier than I expected."

It wasn't as easy as she thought until Purple jumped onto her back and started to choke her and the alicorn said, "Your brother said you'll be a tough one!".

Purple replied, "My brother? What did he promise you? That you'll be his queen when he wins? He'll become a male alicorn so Artificial Alicorns can finally breed?"

"A new ruler." said the dark purple alicorn, "Since The Hellmare and her friends killed The Goddess!"

Purple replied, "He's just going to use you. Every mare he worked with he either used them and left them when they outlived their usefulness or impregnate them!"

"Lies!" said the Alicorn, "He promised me that once you and your friends are taken care of and the Grand Pegasus Enclave is taken care of we'll go to The Pyre and rebuild the Wasteland in our image!"

She then was able to throw him off making him hit his head on the gate where he sat there and rubbed his head for a bit.

"Get away from him you bitch!" said Rocky Road only for the alicorn to throw her through a building hurting her badly and unknown to her and that is Purple quickly drew his shotgun and shot her in the head with the double-ought buckshot rounds that were loaded in the shotgun.

"What the fuck are you made of?" asked Purple seeing that her head and face are heavily bleeding but she's still alive.

She threw the sword at him only to duck and when he rolled onto his back to see her right on top of him. She kicked his shotgun away and used her magic to throw his Star Blaster, IF-22, and IF-100 "Thunderhoof" Anti-Material-rifle far from him.

She then threw him through two buildings then through another building. He tried to get up but he fell and was knocked out. She then used her magic and got her sword and was about to kill Purple while he was down.

"Get away from him you bitch!" said a mare so she turned around to see that it was Lieutenant Honey Cake armed with an IF-64 "Bloomberg" assault rifle battle saddles and she killed the Alicorn.

***
Purple awakens in a hospital to see Lieutenant Honey Cake laying next to him reading a pre-war love book. She noticed Purple started to wake up.

"It's alright Purple." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Take it easy but you been sleeping for fourteen years."

"What?" asked Purple, "How's Rocky, Midnight, Rainy, Critical, and Starry?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Rocky's dead, Midnight been captured by your brother, Rainy, and Starry been made into your brother personal sex slave. Critical is dead."

Before Purple could say anything, "I'm yanking your tail you've been in a coma for seventy-two hours. What happened to your Pipbuck?"

Purple said, "I've been exiled from Stable 190 and I had to give it back. With my Stable jumpsuit, my 7.62mm Battle Rifle, and my .45 Auto Pistol also all the aid I took from my Stable. But we've been being hunted by the Onyx Rangers they've been tracking me via my Pipbuck and it's in Stable 190."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "You're in luck. Stable 711 a secret Stable built by Stable-Tec and the Equestrian Military to house the pegasi of the Equestrian Army and their aircrews and a supercomputer maneframe which is "more better" than the Crusader Maneframe which I don't know about. Come on Purple."

In Stable 711 in another big room, the purple alicorn and serene tan pegasus mare with chocolate brown mane and tail walked down where Purple sat on the chair and he typed in the username of "L. SAPPHIRE LtCdr." and the Password of it being "19 11 6 16 8 9 18 5 12 14 22 5" which they're the numbers which coordinate of Sapphire Love's name. But Purple put it all in one so it's 1911616891851214225.

"LtCdr?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake, "What does that mean?"

Purple replied, "Lieutenant-Commander. During the war, she was a squad leader of Green Calottes. And she chose to be the Overmare of Stable 190 then her eldest daughter became Overmare when she passed then her eldest child a stallion was the Overstallion, his daughter was Overmare, then her daughter was Overmare, then her son was Overstallion then my Grandma Overmare Brisk Flyee was overmare, then my mother. My brother would've been Overstallion if my mother died before he was exiled then Blue but she would've locked me out and my mother chose me to be Overstallion when she goes unless if she has another foal. That foal will take over when my mother dies. Got a chill too."

"It's not cold in here," said Lieutenant Honey Cake.

"No not that." said Purple, "My mother she wanted another foal. Guess who gave her a foal?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake shrugged her frontal legs and asked who?

Purple sheepishly replied, "Me. I got my mother pregnant."

A long list came up which has Stables all across Equestria from 1 to 210.

Purple just typed "Stable 190" and hit the enter key and soon it came up and he selected it and typed "Artist, Easel, Purple" and he was still on it.

Purple then selected his name and accessed it where on the Status it says "Status: Alive/Exiled" so he overrode it and now it says "Status: Deceased". He hoped that the Onyx Rangers won't go to Stable 190 and massacre everypony just looking for him.

Purple then got up and left where the injured alicorn made his way back to Stable one-ninety where Lieutenant Honey Cake got on the computer and accessed a file that says "PROJECT: SPECIAL PONE" and there was a file under it called "PROJECT: SUPER PONE"

She selected "Project: Special Pone" and the file says.

"Project Special Pone. We've finally came up with a more elite special forces group. So Project: Special Pone was created. Instead of wearing a white undershirt, with a dark olive green uniform top and a combat helmet. They'll wear a new special made battle armor that's made of titanium but going to be light enough to be flexible and not over cumbersome. Some new weapons will be made in the Ministry of Wartime Technology that'll be made on Celestia Island."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then selected "Project: Super Pone" which says.

"Project: Supe Pone. Project Super Pone is going to create a generation of physically, genetically, technologically, and mentally superior supersoldiers. They'll be so strong the Steel Rangers will think they'll be replaced. Thanks to the advancements in technology with Flight, Radar, & Rocketry. We'll outgrow and destroy the Zebras. We already can outproduce them thanks to magic from unicorns and crossbred alicorns so instead of one IF-22 Pistol we can clone them with magic and make thousands if not millions by the end of the year. Or IF-9 Combat Shotguns we can mass-produce what the Zebras cannot. With those new Rainbow FIghters. Now we don't have to rely on the Pegasi for aerial fighting. I think I may be getting carried away with new technology. First, for decades, it was just pegasi doing the aerial combat with their battle saddles and now they're slowly being replaced. Well, the Zebras got tanks and we got tanks, we got aircraft but they're slowly but surely catching up with us. But yeah our super soldiers will make us the clear winners and well wipe the floor with the Zebras."

There was another file that she selected that shows the recent technological breakthroughs they have finally researched of flight which says.

"We've been dreaming since the days when the three tribes were separate to soar through the skies with the Pegasi and Alicorns. Now the Earth Ponies and Unicorns including our Crystal Ponies can join us soaring through the skies without Pegasi and Alicorn brothers and sisters."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then decided to log out and not remain logged in as Purple's decease six-time great-grandmother.

Author's Note

I originally going to have Purple in a coma for five days.
The Password is
19-S
1-A
16-P
16-P
8-H
9-I
18-R
5-E
12-L
14-O
22-V
5-E

Chapter 47: Chicoltgo

The group left Stable 190 and Purple looked at his Pipbuck and set a marker on his map to the railyard that they took to Fillydelphia.

Along the way they passed several old buildings including a old fire station which lead Purple to say "Old fire station. They couldn't stop the world from burning. Probably got some nasty creatures in it."

Purple then noticed Rocky, Midnight, Critical, Starry and the Crystal Earth Pony walk over to the old and derelict firehouse; where it was just Purple and Paladin Sapphire Heart.

"Come on Purple." said Rocky, "A Radstorm is coming. Let's seek shelter."

By the door, Purple used his wing and got a bobby pin and a screwdriver where the Crystal earth pony thought he pulled them out of his ass only to realize he pulled them out of his short tail.

"Voila!" exclaimed Purple, "Door's unlocked.".

Purple then opened the door and they went in only to see a huge Radscorpion and Purple entered S.A.T.S and it said, "Radscorpion Queen"

"If this a queen." said Purple, "I would hate to see a king if there is one. If so then the duo."

The Radscorpion queen was a nightmare but Purple them shot in different areas with Purple shooting the tension, Midnight and Rocky shot the pinchers, Starry, Critical, and Paladin Sapphire just shot the Radscorpion's that's in the room protecting the queen.

It looked like it shrugged off the bullets and it felt like it took forever to stop it. They finally were able to kill it and the Radscorpions. They saw old destroyed fire wagons and old rusting fire poles and a door which they went through and met some stairs.

"It's too quiet." said Critical, "Wondering what's going on."

They went upstairs and saw some Ghouls which Purple used his Pipbick and all of them said "Feral Ghoul Firemare" or "Feral Ghoul Fire Stallion" and they killed them before they were detected.

"Sleep tight fire pones." said Purple, "Your suffering is over now."

There were several rooms which the closest had beds, another room was the kitchen and dining room. The third room was the bathroom and the final room was the chief's office.

___
In the Chief's office

Paladin Sapphire sat down and hacked into the computer and it says "Fire Department town of Starlight" and she found some files.

File A. Arsons
File B. Incidents
Files C. Reports.

Paladin Sapphire chose File B and it said, "Structure fire last night at 234 Princess Luna Road. His wife and three foals were saved but the house wasn't saved. Husband is out of the picture when asked because he was caught cheating on the wife with his secretary before being drafted into the war. That was what his ex-wife said."

"Cart accident. Somepony's cartwheel got broken and went downhill nearly killing the mayor."

Paladin Sapphire then backed out and chose File C and said, "Drunk person said negative things to Ms. Sunflower and she threatened to shove a Halligan bar down his throat."

Paladin Sapphire went to file A and there were several lists.

"Smoke reported at the school. We responded to the School and the entire west side of the school was on fire. Were able to save all the colts and fillies but it took the towns of Elmsfield and Big town to aid us in fighting the fire. It took a whole day. Starlight Sheriff's office is currently investigating the arson. I'd say it's those Zebra's trying to kill our foals and I say they will stoop that low."

Purple sat on a bed and he lay down on a bed and set an alarm on it for two hours.

Rocky Road and Midnight Twister were in the kitchen looking for food and beverages and Critical/w Starry and the Crystal Earth pony mare just stood around not doing anything.

***
Two hours passed and Purple for up because of his Pipbuck waking him up.

"Glad that they built an alarm in the Pipbuck 3000's," said Purple, "So we can get up at a specific time."

Purple then carefully looked at an old fire pole, he gulped and he carefully wrapped his hooves around the old pole. He slid down it was when he got to the first floor/ apparatus bay of the old firehouse and he blew onto his two frontal legs. The fire pole gave him friction burns because it hasn't been maintained in two hundred years and the elements of the wasteland.

"Let's go way gotta git tuh Chicoltgo." said Purple, "It's uh long trip ahead uh us."

"He said," said the Stable Dweller mare, "Let's go we got to get to Chicoltgo. It's a long trip ahead of us."

They all agreed and joined Purple. They walked to the same railyard that they road to Fillydelphia and got on the same train.

"These rocks will suffice for the trip," said Paladin Sapphire, "Alright get in the caboose and rest while I drive the train."

Paladin Sapphire then lit up her magic, started a fire in the train's engine, shoveled some coal that was shipped from "The Island" that was captured by Equestrian soldiers a very long time ago.

***

In the caboose behind the Engine.

Purple lay down on the old chair and decided to go back to sleep as the others sat in the chairs but Rocky and Midnight sat in the furthest caboose and looked out the window to make sure raiders or slavers don't try to raid them.

Critical just sat on a chair looking out at the clouds above, Starry did the same as Purple and went to bed and the Stable Dweller mare just looked at her Pipbuck 3000.

***
Several hours later.

"Aw shit we got company," said Midnight Twister, "Rocky we got raiders!"

Midnight Twister then used his magic to hold his hunting shotgun. He smashed out the window and fired at the raiders hitting a few with the buckshot rounds. The shotgun blasts awaken Purple and Starry where Purple and Critical ran back and joined them.

Purple just used his magic to fire his 7.62mm Battle rifle by aiming down the sight and even though it's automatic he fired in a controlled burst.

"Fuckin' raider!" exclaimed Purple, "Thay're uh dawgone nuisance."

"What the fuck did you say?" asked Midnight Twister,

Purple replied, "Fucking raiders! They're a damn nuisance."

"Missile launcher!" yelled Rocky Road, "Get down!"

A raider unicorn fired a missile launcher at the caboose blowing the top half off.

Purple saw Rocky so he ran over to her and he used his magic and removed the piece of hot steel out of the side of her neck and a piece of wood that's in her neck as well.

"It's gunna bay alright Rocky," said Purple, "Ahl gunna do everythin' in mah power tuh save yawl. Thus iz gunna hawht uh lot."

"What did you say?" asked Midnight

Purple replied, "It's going to be alright Rocky. I'm going to do everything in my power to save you. This is going to hurt a lot."

Purple used his magic and ripped the hot steel and piece of wood out of Rocky Road's neck and he used the medical stuff he had to perform combat triage on Rocky Road.

"Thank yawl Stable 190." said Purple happily, "Thank yawl fahwar thus advanced medical trainin' or thus "combat triage" the ah wuz taught in thuh medbay."

"Will you speak normally Luna FUCKING DAMN IT!" exclaimed Midnight.

"I'd said," said Purple, "Thank you Stable 190. Thank you for this advanced medical training or this "combat triage" that I was taught in the medbay."

They saw another missile come so Purple used his magic and moved Rocky, Midnight, Critical, and himself into another caboose and disengaged the caboose they were in.

"Fuck that was close," said Midnight, "Thanks."

Purple just nodded his head.

"Vertibuck," said Starry, "Inbound. Friendlies."

"Nope hostiles," said Purple, "Get down,"

The vertibuck opened fire destroying the caboose they were in but they were able to crawl into the other and Purple unhitched it.

All but Rocky and Paladin Sapphire looked at Purple. He shifted through his saddlebag and pulled out all of his EMP grenades and used his magic to throw them at the Vertibuck.

"Eat that you fucking cocksuckers!" yelled Midnight, "Fuck yeah."

There was a huge explosion of the Vertibuck blowing up.

"Thuh road," said Purple, "Thuh road is gunna git hayuder an hayuder as more closer way git tuh Chicoltgo,"

The Stable dweller replied, "The road. The road is going get harder and harder as more closer we get to Chicoltgo."

They passed a rail sign which says "CHICOLTGO 1963 MI"

All but Paladin Sapphire went to go to sleep or just rested up and slept throughout the night. Doesn't help that Paladin Sapphire acted as a filly and used her magic to pull the whistle cord to activate the whistle. Really didn't help when it was nighttime.

As the sun hit their eyes in the morning to wake them up they felt the train slowing down and they saw a city on the horizon and they got up and got their stuff.

"Welcome to what was the city of Chicoltgo," said Paladin Sapphire, "We passed through here while on our way to the Undiscovered West. That's a different story."

"What happened?" asked Midnight Twister.

"I was raped," said Paladin Sapphire, "I helped a patrol of Senior Paladin, a Paladin, and a Crusader. Well. They used a lockup grenade on me. They removed my armor and the effects of the "Lockup grenade" last for an hour. After we got back to their base I used a steel rebar thing and did a homemade abortion to make sure I didn't get pregnant."

They just disembarked the train and walked through an old train station. They saw skeletons everywhere of ponies either taking the train to visit relatives or coming back from vacations or something like that.

They followed Purple and Purple watched where he stepped because he doesn't want to disturb the dead. It took a while but they made it outside. It was windy and getting cold.

They went north, but the weather became so cold they had to seek shelter so they wouldn't freeze to death. The shelter they chose was an old run-down Chicoltgo Police Station. They saw some Steel Rangers insignias on the outside.

"Hello?" said Purple, "Anypony home?"

"Fuck the Steel Rangers," said Midnight Twister, "This is our temporarily new home."

"Purple what are you doing?" asking Paladin Sapphire.

"Lockpicking," said Purple, "Now I need my concentration."

Purple was lockpicking several locked ammo containers and it was a success.

There were a lot of 7.62mm rounds and fragmentation grenades which the grenades were equally shared. The second box had 5.56mm rounds which were given to Rocky Road, and some 12 gauge shotgun shells which were given to Midnight Twister.

"Yore mighty welcome," said Purple, "Fahwar thuh ammo an sum supplies."

The Stable Dweller mare said, "You're mighty welcome. For the ammo and some supplies."

"Who's mighty stupid tuh leave thus hare?" asked Purple, "Wayul it's ours now. Hare yawl go Amazonite."

Amazonite replied, "He said. Who's mighty stupid to leave this here. Well it's ours now. Here you go Amazonite." she also placed on the Minigun battle saddle.

"Wonder where he's going?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "Hey Purple? Where you going?"

"Going to find a map to see where we should head next," said Purple in his non- Southern accent.

They soon lost Purple who went to the second floor and went into the old briefing room where there is a map of all 23 Chicoltgo Police precincts and a map of the whole city.

"Way is hare." said Purple, "Way should go tuh Hogget Manufacturin' Headquarters in Downtown."

"I think your accent is cute," said Paladin Sapphire, "I'm the only one who doesn't have a problem with it. Do you know what the three most precious things in the Wasteland are, Purple? Besides survival, food, and water."

Purple replied, "Wha thank yawl Paladin Sapphire Heart. Chur thonly wum who hasn't complained. I mean why thank you. Your the only one who hasn't complained."

Purple then placed his right hoof to his chin and started to think until he heard a booming sound where he looked out of a partially cracked window and saw storm clouds with lighting and the sound of thunder.

"You know we could just," said Paladin Sapphire, "Spend some "quality time" together?"

"I don't know what you mean?" said Purple

"Have sex damn it." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "For a month I've done nothing but tried to woo you in more than one way. But everyone went right through you and you didn't even notice."

Purple's face turned red and he blushed and said, "Oh. Well in the "sex" department I'm severely lacking because I'm not my older brother."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Oh I see. You're called "Clean-minded" not "Dirty-minded" now I can see why you didn't catch on to my advances." she then got out of her power armor and walked over to Purple and started to kiss him and had sex. Purple entirely didn't want a "repeat" of "last time".

Paladin Sapphire even felt that Purple felt uncomfortable with it.

"What's wrong?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "Don't say you don't like mares."

"No not that," said Purple, "Just it's been at least a month by now if not a little bit longer than the Grand Pegasus Enclave forces under Lieutenant Honey Cake's forces, and she had one hundred and five mares under her command to have sex with me so they could get pregnant. Instead of them going back up to the clouds to be labeled "sluts" or something bad for getting pregnant by a "wastelander" so Lieutenant Honey Cake had a small town built for them."

"Don't worry Purple," said Paladin Sapphire, "Don't worry about getting me pregnant you won't."

The two went back to having sex but Paladin Sapphire found out that Purple enjoys being on bottom even called him an "adorable submissive alicorn"

"Sub...Submissive?" nervously asked Purple.

Paladin Sapphire said, "Deference. There is Dominant and Submissive. You're on the bottom and I'm on top. Before you ask. When I was here before. Before I got raped again I entered an old store that said "Sex shop" and found an old pornographic magazine."

They just stopped talking and Paladin Sapphire Heart's lips and mouth met with Purple's mouth.

***
Downstairs.

The storm was making them sleepy but it isn't the storm's fault but it's Paladin Sapphire's fault for blowing the whistle like a foal. They just made sure that the Steel Rangers didn't come back.

The storm scared Amazonite because she was sheltered in the Stable her life and never heard of a storm. It came down hard and the wind picked up so hard she thought the building out fall apart and blow away like a house of cards in the wind.

The floorboard creaking above them doesn't help because of Purple and Paladin Sapphire making love.

They just didn't say anything but watched the front and back entrance.

The storm died down after several hours and they were on there way to Hogget Manufacturing HQ in Downtown Chicoltgo. It was a long walk and they did there best to avoid the packs of raiders.

"Luna fucking damn it," said Midnight Twister, "It's a long walk. How far is it?"

Purple replied. "Were nearly there. Just two more miles,"

"Great," said Midnight Twister, "More fucking walking,"

Rocky Road replied, "Do you ever get tired of complaining?"

Midnight Twister took a dose of Dash and said, "Nope. My hooves hurt from all this walking."

"Just keep doing your drugs," said Paladin Sapphire, "They'll "ease" your pain and kill you one day."

"Why don't you go and fuck yourself," said Midnight Twister.

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "Say that to my face!"

"Go fuck yourself!" said Midnight Twister, "No seriously GO FUCK YOURSELF!"

Paladin Sapphire removed her helmet, and got out of her power armor, got up in Midnight Twister's face, and punched him so hard he fell down.

"How's that!" yelled Paladin Sapphire

"Will you two shut the fuck up!" said Rocky Road, "There's raider's everywhere! We don't need to shoot up a fucking flare and signal every pony to our location in this city!"

"Over here!" said somepony, "I've heard something!"

Purple shook his head and said, "Great you two had to start a fight couldn't hold it back until we returned home,"

They followed Purple and they took the alleyways and got to Hogget Manufacturing HQ and entered the fifteen-story building.

"Probably some juicy stuff upstairs," said Purple, "From what I read from books back in the Stable that company leaders had their office on the top floor."

They all entered a stairwell and walked up to the fifteenth floor.

***
At the CEO level, it's a nice space with a boardroom off to the side and the CEO office behind the boardroom. They saw fourteen out of fifteen chairs filled with skeletons in black businesswear where some had skirts, where they were mares, and the ones without skirts, were stallions.

Paladin Sapphire went over to the terminal and hacked it.

"I miss Sunrise Storm," said Purple, "And I also miss Twyla, Opel, Shining, Pearly Love, and Harmony Defender. I wish they were still alive. I'm not a good friend. A good friend wouldn't their friends to die."

Purple then walked over to a safe and he walked away from it and searched the desks and found a key where he walked over to the safe and used the key. Purple just found some earnings and financial papers and looked like profits were soaring for them. Purple even found some paper orders which says

"Crystal Empire order. Prince Shining Armor contracted us and placed in a high order to fulfill the Crystal Empire Army, Marine Corps, and Home Guard. They want to replace their aging Conifer Model 30 lever-action rifles. The order is for 10000 .30 Carbines
for forty-five thousand bits, and the 120000 .30-06 semi-automatic rifle for seventy thousand bits. They also placed an order for some .45 Auto Submachine Guns for Squad leaders and police. I told him it'll take several years to fulfill the order."

"Stalliongrad contracted us to build some M44 Bolt-action rifles and SSMG-41's as they're busy. I happily accepted the contract from them. They want us to make them 100,000 M44's and 80,000 SSMG-41s for a total of Nine hundred-thousand bits."

"Purple I hacked it for you," said Paladin Sapphire, "See if you can find any juicy on it."

Purple walked over and got on the terminal.

There were some files which says

Contracts

Employees

R&D

Weapons list

Competitor

Purple chose "Weapons list" and saw a list that says

".30-06 Bolt-Action. Caliber: .30-06, Weight: 8.9 pounds, 17.8 pounds in Battle Saddle version. Length overall: 43.3 inches, barrel length: 25 inches.Muzzle velocity: 2850 ft/s, effective firing range: 1300 yards, Maximum firing range: 5700 yards. Feed system: five-round stripper clip.

Scoped .30-06 Bolt-action. Caliber: .30-06. Weight: 10 pounds, 19.1 pounds in Battle Saddle version, Lenght overall: 44 inches, barrel length: 27 inches, Muzzle velocity: 2850 ft/s, Effective firing range: 1300 yards, Maximum firing range: 5700 yards, Feed system: individually loading each bullet/ stripper clip with Battle Saddle version.

.30-06 Semi-automatic rifle. Caliber: .30-06, Weight: 10 pounds, length: 44 inches, barrel length 24 inches, Muzzle velocity 2800 ft/s, effective firing range 500 yards, feed system: 9 round en bloc or 18 round magazine.

Scoped .30-06 Semi-automatic. Caliber: .30-06. Weight: 11 pounds, length 44 inches, barrel length 24 inches, Muzzle velocity 2800 ft/s, effective firing range 500 yards.

.30 Caliber Carbine. Caliber .30, Weight: 4.9 lb, length: 34 inches, barrel length: 17 inches, Muzzle velocity: 1990 ft/s, effective firing range: 300 yards,

7.62mm Battle rifle, Caliber: 7.62mm, Weight: 11 pounds (loaded), 9.2 pounds (unloaded), length 48 inches, barrel length: 24 inches, Muzzle velocity: 2800 ft/s, effective firing range between 500 to 880 yards.

Scoped 7.62mm DMR, Caliber: 7.62mm, Weight: 12 pounds, length: 48 inches, barrel length: 24 inches, muzzle velocity: 2800 ft/s, effective firing range between 500 and 880 yards.

Assault RIfle. Caliber:5.56mm, Weight: 7.90 pounds (unloaded), 8.50 pounds (loaded), muzzle velocity: 3300 ft/s, effective firing range 610 yards to 900 yards.

5.56mm Carbine Automatic Rifle- 30. Caliber: 5.56mm, Weight: 4 pounds (unloaded), 7 pounds (loaded), inches: 28 inches, barrel length: 14 inches, muzzle velocity: 2720 ft/s, effective firing range: 1500 yards

Assault Carbines. Caliber: 5.56mm, Weight: 4 pounds (unloaded), 7 pounds (loaded), inches: 28 inches, barrel length: 14 inches, muzzle velocity: 2720 ft/s, effective firing range: 1500 yards

.45 Auto Submachine Gun. Caliber: .45 Auto Pistol, Weight: 10 pounds (unloaded), 14 pounds (loaded), length 32 inches, barrel length: 11 inches, muzzle velocity: 950 ft/s, effective firing range 180 yards.

.45 Auto Pistol. Caliber .45 Auto Pistol, Weight: 4 pounds (loaded), 40 oz (unloaded), length 10 inches, barrel length, 5 inches, muzzle velocity: 850 ft/s, effective firing range 180 feet."

Purple said after looking at the list, "This is a lot of weapons from another company besides Ironshod. Guess they only built military weapons for the Army and Marines besides Ironshod but made their own weapons and manufactured their own ammo."

Purple then quickly backed out and selected "Contracts" where there's a few from the Equestrian Army, Marines, and Rangers for more weapons than the IF-9 Combat Shotguns, Sniper rifles, Assault rifles, Semi-automatic rifles, Submachine Guns, Brush Guns, Scoped Assault Carbines, & Automatic Rifles but they're still going to use the Flamethrowers, Missile Launchers, Miniguns, Grenade Machineguns, Rocket Launchers, Magical Energy Rifles, Magical Energy Shotguns, Magical Energy Miniguns, and Magical Energy Pistols.

"Looks like Ironshod Firearms had some competition with the military and police market," said Purple, "In the way back then times with they only had IF-9 Combat Shotguns, IF-18 "Horseshoe" revolvers, IF-22 pistols, IF-38 "Cornhusker" police revolvers, IF-44 "Angel Bunny" 10mm SMG's, IF-64 "Bloomberg" assault rifles, IF-80 Pump Shotgun, IF-84 "Stampede", IF-100 "Brown Betty", IF-100 "Thunderhoof" and my IF-37 Police shotgun which it's rare."

Purple then just got up after trying to select "R&D" which only says "down please contact security or maintenance" and he just walked back over to the door and heard some moaning sounds coming up the steps.

"Sounds like ferals," said Rocky, "Great were trapped up here. Thanks, Purple. Any more great ideas?"

"Hang on tight," said Purple, "Unless you want to meet those ghouls within some time. I say they'll be here within eight to four minutes."

They all hugged onto Purple very tightly and he teleported away and soon appeared on an old expressway.

"That's new," said Amazonite, "Never seen one of those things before. Look" she then pointed up to a strange ship.

"Don't worry," said Purple, "That's a Raptor-class cloudship. It's a part of the Grand Pegasus Enclave."

"Your "lover" must be really going east," said Midnight.

"Will you cut it out Midnight," said Rocky, "Just because Purple had a half-assed one-night stand with somepony don't mean they're lovers."

"We're north," said Paladin Sapphire, "She's supposed to go east. I guess she's taking her "rearguard" job very seriously. Besides stealing a pony special something to get others pregnant or ordering 105 to get pregnant by you. Well, she probably threaten them by branding them as Dashites or killing them if they didn't. Oh, Purple here's her journal thing."

Paladin Sapphire then handed over Lieutenant Honey Cake's journal to Purple but he just placed it into his saddlebag because he respect ponies' privacy even if they were once his enemies.

"Thanks," said Purple, "But Ah don't go too ponies private stuff,"

Amazonite replied, "He said. Thanks but I don't go through ponies private stuff,"

"I'll read the fucking book," said Midnight Twister, "Hoof it over."

"Naw," said Purple, "I'm going to return it. It's not even ours, to begin with,"

There was a big explosion where it was from the Raptor-class cloudship which fired at a group of raiders in a pre-war high rise. They saw a group of Alicorns walking towards them and they were hostile and they knew when a cart flew at them.

"Yawl go," said Purple, "AHl delay them an stop them. Go now,"

Amazonite replied, "He said "You all go. I'll delay them and stop them. Go now."

They ran away where Purple ran towards the three evil alicorns with a fragmentation grenade hidden and he went behind an old cart.

By a gap on the concrete wall they went down to the street level and there was a major explosion. They thought Purple was dead until they found a way back up there and saw destroyed carts for miles going northwest and southeast. They also saw a wall of fire but it attracted the attention of the Raiders, Alicorns, Grand Pegasus Enclave, Steel Rangers, and Hellhounds.

It took a while but the fire simmered down and they hastily ran through the fire.

They saw a moderate cobalt shield and saw Purple sitting within the shield with him unscathed from the fire and explosions. They saw the three alicorns that were killed had blood and gore everywhere. Purple just waved and he lowered his shield and walked over to them.

"hot hot hot," said Purple, "That's some hot asphalt."

Midnight Twister just took a shot of his Dash like nothing only to find out he has no more left.

"Fucking damn it," yelled Midnight Twister after realizing he's out of Dash, "Fuck! I'm out of Dash!"

"Maybe if you slowed down on using it," said Paladin Sapphire, "You stop being a filthy junkie."

"Say that again," said Midnight Twister

"Maybe if you slowed down on using it," said Paladin Sapphire repeating herself, "You'll. Stop. Being. A. Filthy. Junkie."

"You want to go you lust hungry whore!" exclaimed Midnight Twister, "You heard me you fucking slut whore!"

"Will you two just shut up!," yelled Rocky Road, "I mean you two been arguing for almost a damn month. Over a damn month, we've been hearing you two go at each other throats and we're sick and tired of hearing you two argue."

The two stopped arguing temporarily.

"My E.F.S says there's a Stable near that old apartment complex," said Amazonite, "Should we go check it out?"

Purple replied, "Go ahead we follow you."

They all followed Amazonite through the old apartment complex and found an old concrete pathway with a steel lid.

"Mares first," said Purple, "Rocky, Paladin, Starry, Amazonite you go first."

Paladin Sapphire went first following with Rocky, Starry, and Amazonite behind her where Critical, Midnight then Purple went down.

Purple and Amazonite turned their flashlights on their Pipbuck's and Paladin Sapphire turned on her helmet's flashlight and saw a Stable door number that says "194" so Purple opened it.

They carefully entered the Stable entrance and went into the hallway and saw a Stable Dweller mare.

"Hello?" said the Stable Dweller mare, "Can I help you?"

"Um hi," said Purple, "I'm Purple Artist and this is Amazonite. We're from Stable 190."

"Oh thank Luna," said the Stable Dweller mare, "So you're here for the reproductive situation we have?"

"No, we don't know about that." said Purple, "Just discovered your Stable and wanted to see if anypony is home."

"Wait, wait, wait," said Amazonite, "You have a reproductive problem? The stallions here are sterile?"

The Stable Dweller mare replied, "No there are no stallions here. We've estimated about a total of forty years before we die out. Stupid question and that is can you three help us populate?"

Purple was his good self and will help out, Midnight Twister couldn't because he was castrated and Critical Shot doesn't want any foals because he wanted foals with a certain somepony but she's dead. "My mother did say I was a mare magnet," said Purple, "On how popular I was with make friends with mare not adding some told my mother that they would be glad to be my mother's daughter-in-law."

It took a long time a very long time where when Purple was done he was very tired but that's the disadvantage of breeding with 598 mares and he doesn't want to walk.

"Hey what are you doing?" asked Amazonite, "Midnight what are you doing?"

Amazonite caught Midnight Twister raiding Stable 194's clinic for drugs and other narcotics which he did mostly stealing Buck, Rage, and Mint-als, and didn't care.

"You know what raiders use to give to foals, colts, fillies, and ponies who they captured?" said Midnight Twister, "A combination of Buck and Dash so us slaves can stay alive longer so they could get their money not caring if we died or not after getting sold and brought to where in the fucking hell hole we were and are going to be sent to!"

"But what you're doing," said Amazonite, "It's wrong! Your stealing medicine from these ponies which they'll need if something bad happens you don't care."

"And," said Midnight Twister, "You're not going to tell anyone."

The door closed and there was screaming for a while and some blood gushed up onto the clinic's window.

Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, and Starry left with Purple sleeping on Paladin Sapphire's back.

"He looks like a foal," said Starry, "A foal or a colt sleeping on his mother's back."

The Stable Dwellers were kind enough to let them stay the night and let them eat the morning and let them go. They just headed towards the mercenary base and fought every mercenary there was at the base.

Midnight Twister killed a mercenary and took his combat armor where he walked right up to the base and walked right in where Midnight killed a guard and kept the main gate opened.

Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Starry, and Critical went inside and fought the Mercenaries. Purple's stun grenades helped which the stun grenades disorientated the Mercenaries and made some of them stumble out of cover.

"Zebra carbines watch out," Purple warned, "They'll set you ablaze because they have enchanted bullets and they fire in a three-round burst."

"How the fuck do you know this!" demanded Midnight.

"He was raised in a fucking Stable you jackass!" yelled Paladin Sapphire, "His Stable was built to house intelligent, brave or even heroic military officers back then you fucking jackwagon!"

"Wow Midnight," said Purple, "You really broke the cutie."

"You think I'm cute?" asked Paladin Sapphire.

"This isn't the time," said Starry, "This isn't for that love and romance well that what those old love books I use to read called it "love". So get your head out of it and into the fight."

"Here you go Paladin Sapphire," said Purple, "Take my personal minigun and use it."

Purple then hoof over his minigun and she used her magic to hold it and she didn't waste any time firing it. The old paper-thin or drywall didn't help the mercenaries where the minigun tore right through them even tore a lot of ponies to bloody shreds.

They just went up to floor by floor clearing it out and the mercenaries got weaker and weaker where the lower floors were the stronger ones were on the lower floors.

Purple galloped ahead and busted through a door and saw an earth pony stallion escape via an old tower crane and Purple didn't waste any time shooting him in the leg with his .45 Auto Pistol.

"Who put a price on my head!" demanded Purple, "WHO DAMN IT!"

The Earth Pony Stallion replied, "Go fuck yourself. I ain't telling you."

"It's your funeral," said Purple before using his magic and throwing him off the roof down thirty-seven stories.

By the time they caught up with him they saw Purple lockpicking a safe and he got it opened where it was a lot of caps. Purple even thought to himself.

Damn, that's a lot of caps, Purple thought, that's enough to buy tons of ammo and food but I'm not greedy. Pipbuck says I only have thirty-one caps.

Purple then opened his saddlebag and slid all of those caps in it and now his Pipbuck says he has 15000 Bottle caps.

"Where's Amonizite?" asked Purple

Midnight replied, "She fell in combat."

Purple replied, "If you're going to lie to me. Don't have your story full of horse apples. You know what we should get back to Crimson."

They didn't say anything and just walked back to the train and like before Paladin Sapphire drove the train back to where they were. But Purple stayed with her.

***
A day later they got delayed due to a storm they heard a Vertibuck and it fired at them. They had to fight it which was almost impossible and Midnight got shot.

They decided to abandon the train which is gotten destroyed by the Vertibuck but they abandoned it before it got destroyed.

"We got a long walk," said Purple, "So we better start walking."

They followed Purple and were surprised he didn't complain about the rain and weather.

They quickly found shelter in an old Stable which says it's Stable 193 which was abandoned. But they still moved on in until they fully rested up and waited until the storm passed. Unknown to them and is Purple's rude brother was tracking them.

***
In the Overpony's office

"Um. Purple do you have a few minutes?" asked Paladin Sapphire Heart.

Purple replied, "What's on your mind?"

"Purple. I don't know how to tell you this," said Paladin Sapphire, "But if we get together I don't want foals. I know the type of stallion you are Purple. You're the type of pony who wouldn't mind having foals and having a family. But I don't."

Purple replied, "I'm not selfish and I don't care what I want. I just want who I'm with to make them safe and sound also happy. Let me guess you don't want foals because you were raped more than once?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Yup. The doctor in my contingent says that I'm lucky that my reproductive system wasn't destroyed from being raped since I was four. And one reason I don't want to have kids is that I don't want them to happen what happened to me. Besides not adding you're going to have almost eight hundred foals anyway. But it was your choice to help Stable 194 to have another generation of ponies."

Purple replied, "Don't forget those two hundred and ten Grand Pegasus Enclave pegasi. Almost half Lt Honey Cake artificially inseminated and the other half were ordered to and threatened to brand them as Dashites and/or execute them. Hope the Enclave council doesn't find out but I think that's why Lt Honey Cake had a small town built for the pregnant ones so they probably won't find out. I'm going to do my damn best to see all of them even if it kills me. I'm not Base who doesn't give a fuck on how many foals he has he won't see any of them heck he won't take care of them."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Random Precision F Strike. I think that you should cut back on swearing because you're going to be a father soon. Good fathers don't swear."

Purple looked at her and said, "My father never swore. That is what my mother and grandmother said. My father's parents? They hated my father marrying a pegasus and they hated me, Blue and Base and they disowned my father. Doesn't help that my parents got married when they were 13 both of them were 13. But yeah they hated my father or their son and hated my mother as well. I think you would've liked my father. He was a nice and caring stallion who was always available to help others I think that's why my mother loved him. He was available 24/7. When I was eight I had recurring nightmares and when I would go over to my parent's bed my father would say "It's alright Purple. It was just a bad dream. Come on."." He suddenly stopped and a tear ran down his face, "I dearly miss him. He taught me how to repair stuff. Heck, the rifle I have well it wore down so bad he fixed it like nothing. Nothing but some duct tape, and some scrap metal. And it's fine."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Sounds like that's where you get your fixing things came from him. Or just maintaining your Pipbuck, weapons, or something like that. Like when we're in Stable 193 you helped the Stable to have foals so they could keep on going without dying out. I'm sure he would've done the same. You have a very big heart. You always do the right thing even if it'll backfire later down the road you do what you think it's the right thing like helping a stable from dying out by giving them a new generation.", She didn't waste no time kissing him, "That's what we see in you a pony who has a big heart but a pony who doesn't get let any bullshit get to him. A pony who wants the wasteland a better place a better wasteland then Red Eye's vision of the wasteland."

Author's Note

I originally was going to have the pre-war weapons company make Zebra weapons but didn't.
The weapons the company made. I partially based them on real-world weapons and yes I did use real-world carriages because I couldn't think of fictional ones or close-to-fictional ones.

Chapter 48: The other Fort

In Stable 193. Purple got out of bed and walked over to the Overpony's office. Purple hacked into it. There was a message on the terminal which says "WATER LEAK CONTACT MAINTENANCE!!!!"

"Better go get some food," said Purple, "Haven't eaten in a few days don't want to starve to death." his belly then grumbled which lead him to get up and go to the restaurant in the Stable and got something to eat.

Tasteless food, he thought to himself, But this Stable been abandoned or something like that but I'll leave the bottle caps as payment.

Purple even left forty bottle caps on the booth and left.

***

In the clinic Midnight Twister was loading up on drugs where his saddlebag couldn't fit anymore. He started to take some of them to get his fix. He even found an empty saddlebag and loaded it up on the drugs without hesitation and he took some of the drugs to open his mind.

Midnight also doesn't care that he's hurting himself where he enjoys being a junkie and he loves the rush from it and he doesn't care that he's destroying his mind. Nopony besides Paladin Sapphire, Rocky and now Purple knows that he's a drug addict and he doesn't care. He then took another shot of Dash and let out a peaceful sigh.

Rocky Road went to go find Purple and found him in the dining room/restaurant/cafeteria looking at the map on his Pipbuck.

"Thank you Honey Cake," said Purple, "Thank you Stable-Tec for these different Pipbucks and for Stable 711!"

Rocky Road asked, "What you so happy for?"

Purple replied happily, "Lieutenant Honey Cake well she had some of her scouts go and hunt for my brother's base's and they written down the coordinates or something like that. They used the terminal in Stable 711 and sent them to my PipBuck's map. Wanna go hunting later?"

Rocky Road replied, "Does a Star Spawn masturbate?"

Purple replied, "Not even going to ask nor answer. What's a Star Spawn?"

Rocky Road replied, "A Star Spawn is evolved from an Ursa Major and Ursa Minor but they weren't unaffected by Balefire Radiation and Taint. The Star Spawns are practically invisible and the body is composed of those lights in the sky when it's dark."

"Stars," said Purple, "When it's nighttime. Well, I'll wait until Paladin Sapphire, Critical and Starry wake up and we'll go hunting. I was hoping for more exploring not a war when my brother came out of the Stable. But I'm not complaining. I wonder what my fucking jackass of a brother is up to probably something stupid or like the pre-war days and war days of research and development. If back then if they came up with new weapons besides what Ironshod came up with new companies coming up to create new weapons. Well, different places of the Wasteland will have different weapons so out here we'll have more military weapons over other places in the wasteland."

***

A few hours passed when Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, and Starry finally got up and they slept in where it was 11:30 AM. They then walked into the cafeteria and saw Purple still on his Pipbuck.

"Looking at porn?" asked Critical

Purple replied, "Nope. Just thinking and planning. Something that I'm good at thanks to Stable 190. Thinking about doing a hit and run tactic."

Rocky Road replied, "A hit and what?"

Purple replied, "Back during the war both Equestrian and Zebra commandos and special forces did hit and run tactics. A hit and run tactic is a surprise attack and withdrawing before the enemy can respond in force. Back then with the A-1 Vertibuck or back then it was called a "helicopter" or a prototype vertibuck before what we see today. They would drop off a squad of commandos, they hit a weak part in the enemy lines or blow something up like supply depots and retreat before the enemy can respond with a bigger force."

"I have no idea what the fuck you just said," said Critical.

Purple replied, "We go, we shoot it up, we gallop away before they can react. Get the picture now?"

All of them said in unison, "Oh now we get it."

"Let's go hunting," said Purple, "My brother won't know what hit him."

They all left and followed Purple back to the surface and went northwest.

"Wonderful weather we're having," said Starry.

"It's hot." said Midnight, "Reminds me of that shit hole of Fillydelphia. On how hot it was in those factories working from 3 AM or 4 AM to 6 PM and getting abused 24/7 not adding I was raped more than once."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "And I was raped for fourteen years of my life and you don't hear me crying about it every other day. Stop crying about something you have or don't have control over! We're sick and tired of you complaining that you were a slave. We get it you had a rough life and a rougher child and teenhood. But crying about it won't fix anything. I was raped since I was four! You don't hear me cry and my family shut me out when I needed my sisters and mother's help. Why do you think they disowned me because they would rather be idiots and believe a lie over the truth. You know what fuck'em a Hellhound can rip them all limb to limb and I won't shed a tear for them."

Purple just held up his hoof and said, "will you two just stop bitching about stuff out of your control? Yes Paladin your father raped you and you have a right wanting to slice him in pieces. Midnight to what Paladin Sapphire does and hold it in you and release it against raiders and slavers not bitch about it every second."

They saw some smoke in the distance where Purple quickly teleported to his house in the town of Crimson and got his Bow and Arrow where he teleported back.

Thank goodness for this bow and arrow I got from that Island, Purple thought. Now I can engage enemies more stealthfully without using my knife.

Purple went by an old tree where he saw two Base's Grand Pony Enclave soldiers standing guard. He used the bow and arrow.

"Nothing but militaristic raiders group," Purple said to himself.

"What was that?" asked Rocky Road.

"My brother and his army they're nothing but a group of militaristic raider group," replied Purple.

"Hope we don't run into Hellhounds while out here," said Midnight, "I've heard of Hellhounds roam this area from caravanners."

"Just take a shot of your dash you junkie," said Paladin Sapphire, "Just your imagination."

"Fuck you," said Midnight, "Just go fuck yourself,"

"If I had a Balefire Egg I would shove it so far up your ass and find a way to detonate it," said Paladin Sapphire.

"Critical where are you?" asked Purple.

"Sniper reporting for duty Purple," said Critical,

"Damn it going to put a fucking bell around your neck one day," said Purple after getting startled, "Alright Critical you stay here and provide sniper fire. The rest of us will assault it."

All but Critical ran ahead and hit the Base's force. Base's forces didn't know what hit them. The bad news is that the gunfire attracted a pack of hellhounds nearby not adding a stray bullet hit one.

"Minigun turret is mines!" said Paladin Sapphire.

"No, it's mine!" said Midnight Twister,

"Will you two just stop acting like a damn colt and filly siblings!" yelled Purple, "I mean damn you two bicker every second. The wasteland is just harsh and unforgiving but you two fucking bickering none fucking stop! Aw shit, Hellhounds!"

Purple then drew the Hellhounds away from them and he galloped as fast he could use his magic to fire his 7.62mm Battle rifle and fired it not looking.

Thank goodness I have a small tail, Purple said to himself, If the average ponytail is about a foot point 5 if not almost a foot-long well I'm lucky mine is several inches long at least I won't be grabbed and torn to shreds.

Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, Starry, and Critical fired at the Hellhounds chasing Purple. Only for him to disappear and reappear on the back of the third hellhound where he started to stab the hellhound with a knife he has.

The other two hellhounds charged at Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Paladin Sapphire Heart, Starry, and Critical Shot where it felt like it would take forever if not all of their ammo to kill them. The only good help they had was Purple ramming the combat knife he has into the necks of the Hellhounds.

They noticed some ultra-sonic sound generators or high-frequency broadcasts.

"Let's get out of here," said Midnight Twister, "More probably bound to show up,"

"I agree with my brother," said Rocky Road, "If those three were here well nearby then more will probably show up."

Purple just walked over to a building and entered the building and he went over to the terminal.

"Unlocked terminal," said Purple, "So much for a professional army. Well, maybe we attacked them and didn't have the time to lock it down or turn it off."

He sat down on a chair. He used the terminal and found a file from Lt Base telling them to catch Hellhounds and find a way to make them fight for them and tear through their enemies faster.

Not going to happen, Base, Purple thought, They'll tear your forces limb to limb and I know I almost had my own flank torn off by their razor-sharp claws.

"Your brother is a dumbass," said Starry, "Look it tells where he sent this from."

Purple then looked and it says it was sent from Fort Nightseeker.

"Another fort," said Starry, "It'll be like last time. With The Pyre. What's a pyre?"

Purple replied, "A pyre is a structure mostly made of wood for burnin' bodies as a funeral or an execution. You can thank Stable 190 with tons of bookies from the Pre-wasteland days. My Stable had enough books for somepony to read until your eyes started to bleed. Or just have a headache."

"Why did you leave?" asked Starry, "Why did you leave your Stable?"

"Because when my father died," said Purple, "He taught me a lot of things and showed me around the Stable. And everywhere I went I just remembered what he told me and taught me. On Saturdays and Sundays, he and I would be in the atrium and we would go and toss a Baseball around or he taught me how to play football or baseball. My mother? She taught me how to sing. Her voice sounds like angels playing the harp. Her first name is Harp like the old musical instrument with the same name. My father was a nice pony and he told me that out of all of his and Harp's kids I was the favorite not because I'm the youngest but I keep my nose clean and my head out of the gutter because I'm not like Base and chase skirts all the time and I'm not like Blue she's a rude pony and she would rather believe her husband over the rest of her family. Why did I leave? Because I couldn't stop having flashbacks to my youth and I just couldn't stand it."

Purple then got up where he walked out and told them to follow him in a stern voice as if he was a pre-Balefire post-apocalypse wasteland commander.

"Alright all of you listen to me!" said Purple sternly, "First of all Midnight, Paladin Sapphire. Both of you stop acting like you're both fuckin' five years old I mean damn in the Stable Base and I hate each other but didn't have a pissing contest. I mean it metaphorically but we didn't have a contest on who's better every two fucking seconds. With you two, you two can't shut up. When I was inside of the building on the terminal I heard you two arguing like nothing. Can you two just shut the fuck up for a whole fucking day because I have a huge fucking headache from your almost non-stop arguing!"

They all think that the stress of being a leader, a friend, and a war between almost every faction added a lot of stress onto Purple not adding the death of Crimson, Harmony, Sunrise, and the Wasteland Defenders.

"Also," sternly Purple said, "We need to find a way to end the war against my brother. Any suggesting?"

Midnight Twister raised his hoof.

"No Midnight," said Purple, "I'm not going to give my brother a blowjob and tell him he's better."

Midnight Twister replied, "It's a suggestion though."

The rest of them didn't know until Purple had the most terrifying thing to come up with and they all caught up with him and they went back to the old Balefire missile bunker that Purple, Sunrise Storm, Rock Road, Midnight Twister, Harmony, and Crimson found a two months ago.

"I hate to do it," said Purple, "But it needs to be done. In wars ponies' hooves get dirty and mines have enough blood and mud on it to last several lifetimes."

They all saw that Purple was fighting his frontal hooves and wings back where he doesn't want to kill probably hundreds if not thousands of ponies and pregnant mares.

"I can't do it," said Purple, "It's a part of my nature of not hurting ponies who didn't do anything bad to me."

Paladin Sapphire hugged Purple and told him that it's fine and it shows he isn't a bloodthirsty pony like her brother-in-law who's married to Midnight Paradise.

They heard a loud noise and saw that Midnight Twister launched the Equestrian version of the Balefire missile.

"What have you done!" exclaimed Paladin Sapphire.

"Did you know what you just did?" asked Purple.

Midnight Twister, "Yeah. I did what you wouldn't. I launched that at one of your brother's Bases places. Your welcome."

They left and in the distance, they saw a Balefire cloud where Purple looked down sadly. Purple even started to walk to the Balefire cloud.

None of them expected to see Purple walk too where the Balefire radiation will kill him if not mutate him into an abomination and beg them to kill him.

"He's a different pony," said Paladin Sapphire, "Unlike the rest of you he has a big heart which I guess he has from his parents on what he told me about his mom and dad that they have a big heart. I guess he's going to go and check on the enemy that you Balefire bombed. Because he has more of a heart than you."

Midnight Twister replied, "Having a heart and being kind to everypony will get you killed!"

Rocky Road replied, "No that's not true. Having a heart can earn you friends. In Stable 194 or 193 or what it was numbered in Chicoltgo, he could've told them no but he helped the Stable to populate because they had no other way to keep their numbers up or they all would've died out. He had a heart and well you can't and Critical refused and with Purple being the only Stallion in the group that didn't blackout or had an excuse he helped them out and gave them foals not for what he wanted because of how nice he is and gladly helped them not for his selfish needs but he's kind-hearted. He could've told them to "fuck off and die" but he didn't. He did his best to make sure there was a new generation of Stable Dwellers."

Paladin Sapphire Heart then galloped up to Purple Artist and they kept a moderate pace while Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Critical Shot, and Starry went back to the outpost that they captured.

"So?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "How have you been since Sunrise Storm died?"

Purple replied, "Been a month and I'm slowly but surely I've been putting myself back together. Didn't want to hear that she had a crush on me within an hour of her death. But it's life and we can't predict how we're going to go. You may not because of your parents and siblings but that's what you choose and you hate them."

"After all this," said Paladin Sapphire, "With the war against your brother. What are you going to do? Find a mare to be with and have foals? Continuing the war against the Raiders, Slavers, and other evil ponies and when you get old your son or daughter or both will take over?"

Purple replied respectfully, "I don't know. Not adding I already got a lot of kids coming anyway. The 209 Grand Pegasus Enclave mares, Lieutenant Honey Cake, Those mares in Stable 194 back in Chicoltgo. I love to be nice and so helpful where yeah I did help Stable 194 to have foals because they have no stallions and well Midnight can't have foals because he's castrated and Critical doesn't want to have kids."

Purple even left out the part of him knocking up his mother because that's something he doesn't want to talk about.

They soon heard the sound of a Vertibuck which it's the V-7 version which is far different from the V-1 and V-4 where the V-7 is a little bit longer which it's 57 feet long like the V-1 but 45 feet wide from the tip of each wing and 24 feet high and can hold 24 seated infantry with another 32 sitting on the floor. The side door opened to reveal its Lieutenant Honey Cake and she stepped out.

"Was that you?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake, "That launched that Balefire missile?"

Purple replied nicely, "It was Midnight Twister. So more or less us well he launched it at one of my brother's fortifications. Why?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Well me and two others were flying around and we almost got blown out of the sky from it. Also, Purple do you have a lighter or something like that?"

"Why?" Purple asked

"Got a letter of reprimand," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "For my orders of having 105 mares under my command to have sex with you and to get them pregnant and when I artificially inseminated 104 mares under my command and got myself pregnant with your foal. Looks like your dumbass brother before he left and well he threw the book at me. The reason the council has been slow for this is that they have been busy going after Dashites, Red Eye, Renegades such as Slavers and Raiders they even classified the Wasteland Protectors, Wasteland Defenders, and Wasteland Guardians as renegades. Heck even ponies who oppose the Enclave and hold information that could jeopardize the mission. So do you have a lighter or something so I can burn it and give the Grand Pegasus Enclave's council a nice old big fuck you?"

Purple then tossed her an old gold-plated lighter he got from Chicoltgo. She used the lighter and burned the letter of reprimand and threw it onto the ground.

"Want a lift?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake

Purple and Paladin Sapphire looked at each other then boarded the V-7 Vertibuck and sat down. They soon came across the fortress that Midnight Twister launched and they saw that the Fortress is still operational where it has a shield around it.

"A shield," said Purple, "I probably can teleport myself, and my friends into it and find a way to bring it down to allow support. But that's different once we're inside we're going to be outgunned and outnumbered 1000:1. Alright, I've seen enough."

Lieutenant Honey cake asked, "Hey Purple can I ask you a favor?"

Purple asked what it was?

"The officers and the Grand Pegasus Enclave Council will have a ball within three days," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "And well I'm thinking we can give them a surprise a huge surprise..."

Purple interrupted, "I'm not going to walk in with a minigun and kill them."

"No, no, no," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Can you use a spell to change your appearance?"

"Yeah. why?" said Purple.

"Have you never read an old spy book?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake.

"I have when I was eight to ten which my father mostly read them to me," said Purple, "But I read some. Alright who I'm I impersonating?"

"A Lieutenant-General." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "A Lieutenant General named Canter Walkover. Well, last year he said to me "I'm a man of action, not a politician" but he's a glory hog and fame where he is power and fame-hungry. He's Ill-tempered, has poor strategic planning, and if you think Col. Autumn Leaf is bad of being a high-level brutality officer and willing to sacrifice his own soldiers for his own goals. You are mistaken. Lt-Gen Canter? He'll deploy a Cloudship to crush his enemies and he'll make sure he'll leave safely and let his soldiers die as the Cloudship is about to go down."

"Great. Impersonating somepony out of my comfort zone," said Purple, "Get to play a real piece of work."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "He's more worst than you can imagine. Raiders, Slavers heck even the ordinary Wasteland family he'll have round-up and sent to one of his "concentration" camps and work them to death building Enclave equipment. He'll rape, pillage, murder, kidnap, and so on. You name it he did it. After all, where do you think my second stepbrother came from."

"I didn't even know you had another stepbrother," said Purple, "Looks like I got to help my friends to make this wasteland a livable place one bad pony going down at a time."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Be careful. You'll only get one shot at him and he has half of the council in or on his pocket. He will make sure you won't survive another day he will make sure you will be buried next to him when he dies, he will use what he can to have the most deadly and the most elite soldiers to track you down and kill you. Also, why did you structure the Wasteland Guardians around the old wartime Equestrian military?"

Purple just looked at her stupidly only for her to realize and remember that Purple was born and raised in a Stable that trained Stallions and mares if the mares want to be trained as if they were soldiers from a bygone era when there was war between the Equestrians and Zebras.

"I can tell you," said Purple, "That I miss Sunrise. She was the Blue Alicorn. She was the only one who actually didn't get on my nerves and she was lovable and she wanted the wasteland to go back to the days when she was a filly and a teenager before all this killing, pillaging, and other fucking nightmares of the wasteland. I can't go back to my Stable like this all this murdering I did of Raiders, Slavers, and other evil ponies I killed enough ponies to haunt me even after I'm dead."

"We're almost back to base Lieutenant," said the V-7 Pilot, "ETA twelve minutes."

"Thanks for letting me know," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Purple your Pipbuck has a number two on it. What does it mean?"

"My Pipbuck," said Purple, "My Pipbuck and the ones in Stable 190 do a thing called "level up" and we can choose skills that we can improve on and what perks to make us better. Now I'm "level 14". I'll be busy for a while."

Purple looked at his Stats which he just chose to raise Energy Weapons from 58 to 63%, lockpick from 62 to 69%, and pilot from 3 to 8% also speech he took from 55 to his remaining eight points up to 63%. He also chose the perk "swing for the fences" where he's used to hoof-to-hoof combat but now he does more painful punches.

"Purple can I tell you something?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake.

"What?" Purple calmly asked.

"It's your brother," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "He's just so dreamy with his slick back jet black mane and tail and his Ultramarine or Savoy blue eyes, and his iceberg blue coat."

"Really?" asked Purple, "He's a fucking sexist, misogynist, and patriarchal prick and he can choke to death on a dud fragmentation grenade."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "I'm yanking your tail he may be cute looking but you are more adorable even though 99% of you're in the same color as Purple and the only thing that isn't purple are your eyes."

Purple Artist replied, "Well that's how the creator created me I guess he was either distracted or tired. But there's nothing we can do about it now nor he doesn't want to change me or don't know-how. I don't know but nothing we can do about it."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Well either way you're still cute. You're the most cutest stallion in the whole wasteland. You're even cuter than Autumn Leaf in my opinion. And our son will be a total badass like you."

"Or daughter," said Purple, "Or twins." Purple shivered, "or more. Well, at least I helped out."

"You're a real stud," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "A real real stud who's going to father almost eight hundred foals if not more. I was listing through your Pipbuck of helping that Stable in Chicoltgo which had no stallions and almost six hundred mares. And the 209 mares under my command and yes I've gotten a letter of reprimand from it I've tried to explain to the council that the war will make us lose a lot of soldiers and officers especially against ponies like Red Eye who can be a charismatic leader I've heard some Sprite-bots transmitting his messages and from the AAR when I had Granite squad to back you up in Fillydelphia of the old factories and facilities running not adding a army. I've heard from the salves says that he's "extremely resourceful and cunning and a great tactician.". But I still say that you probably can kick his ass and my commanding officer Col. Autumn Leaf's ass blindfolded going hoof-to-hoof two against one."

"Lieutenant," said the Co-pilot, "Colonel Autumn Leaf is on the radio and wants a report on the Wasteland Guardians and other enemies and wants to know when you can act as his rearguard before he goes and assaults Red Eye's Cathedral."

"Shit," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Sorry. Alright, alright, alright. For an officer who displaces a high level of brutality and favors brutal tactics, he's becoming a fucking thorn in my butt."

"Lieutenant," said the Co-Pilot, "Col. Autumn Leaf says he'll be waiting for you at Helipad 4 back at base."

"FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!" angerly said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "FUCK ME! Purple there's no way you're going to slip by him. So fake a surrender. Keep your mouth shut and don't antagonize him he'll kill you with his Star blaster or with his hooves or with his power armor tail. He. Will. Kill. You. Without. Hesitation!"

Soon the V-7 Vertibuck landed at Helipad four and the side and back door opened and Purple looked down acting all sad.

"Lieutenant Honey Cake," said Colonel Autumn Leaf, "I decided to visit in pony for your report. Within a week and only made a four percent progress."

"I've been busy," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I've caught the Wasteland Guardiand's leader but they're second in command is a crafty son of a gun."

"I don't care," said Colonel Autumn Leaf, "I'm about to assault Red Eye's Cathederal soon and it's either you're going to be there and act as a rearguard or after I kill that bastard I will do your job for you and kill the Raiders, and Slavers out here and I don't care how many soldiers I waste. I'll do it myself if I have to."

"If your armor is supposed to be terrifying," said Purple neutrally, "It doesn't work for me my mother was scarier than you and she's a saint! And at least I didn't brand my older brother as a so-called "Dashite" unlike you. You're reputation proceeds you Colonel Devil or Scourge of the Wastes."

Colonel Autumn Leaf didn't hold back and punched Purple in the mouth for what he said and said "I won't be afraid to kill you but you're not much of a threat. Red Eye is more of a threat than you. You're just a lonely Stable Dweller, just a Stable delinquent."

Purple replied, "My mother can hit harder than you." Purple got up and wiped the blood coming out of his nose and mouth away, "And I'm less than a threat than Red Eye? I launched a fucking Balefire warhead at my own brother and I could've easily sent it here or to another GPE bases or at you. I have a feeling this Red Eye will either kill you or make you his personal bitch if he or this "The Destroyer" whoever that is doesn't kill you. And I want to say that you'll probably beg like a foal for either Red Eye or "The Destroyer" to spare you."

"I'm intelligent and he won't know that we're coming and..." said Col. Autumn Leaf before being cut off.

"I'm intelligent too you imbecile." said Purple, "I volunteered to surrender and to see if we can come up with an alliance or truce. Also, I'm sure that this Red Eye probably prepared for your arrival if not turned his place in Fillydelphia into an almost impenetrable fortress."

"Before you two get into a pissing contest," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Colonel we'll be there and act and be your rearguard during the assault or what you want to call it when you want to kill Red Eye. Alright, move it prisoner."

Colonel Autumn Leaf then left to go back to his cloudship the, Overcast a ThunderHead-Class cloudship.

"What the heck was that?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake, "You couldn't keep your mouth shut?! Didn't I say not to agitate him? He isn't the type who'll go buy you a beer and let you suck him off he's the type who'll probably break your neck in a wing beat. I told you he's a ruthless pony. He didn't become a Colonel by fucking ponies in the ass and or taking mares out on dates."

Purple replied, "Yeah he's a friendly pony. Maybe he should go to Stable 190 and take my sister off of her hooves where they'll be a cute couple because my sister is a bitch and not a mare I use to look up to. She was a nice pony but she married a piece of work who abuses her and mistreats her but she puts up with it and loves him and she takes his words at face value and does not question it. When he hitted her she told me to go talk to him he hit me with a Wild Pegasus Whiskey bottle and I beat the living daylight out of him but when I went to go back to talk to my sister somepony wanted to talk to me so I gave a few minutes to talk to somepony and my brother-in-law got to my sister first and played the victim card."

"Fuck her," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I can't stand ponies like her. They ask for your help and turn around and hate you because you did what they said to do. So Purple can I ask you for a favor?"

"What is it?" asked Purple, "You want me to shove a Balefire bomb up my brother's rear end?"

"No, and yes." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I have a feeling that Autumn Leaf will jump the gun and go assault "The Cathederal" early. He's a fucking idiot. What kind of officer throws countless soldiers to their deaths and he's also ruthless and with an ego to kill somepony? I've met his other brother forgot his name but he was nice. I was stationed in Neighvarro and trained there. The Drill instructor I had damn he was an asshole and hated his son well one of them. Col. Autumn Leaf and the Drill instructor I had looked alike well they look alike in my opinion."

Purple replied, "Maybe there father and son."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Who knows. Also, what the hell were you thinking after I told you not to antagonize Colonel Autumn Leaf?"

Purple replied sorrowfully, "I'm still pissed off that there were some Stable Dwellers who raided a group of mercenaries when I was in Stable 190 again. The group of ponies well my Stable had an entire floor called a "Cathedral" where we would go and pray for the pre-apocalypse or the pre-war princesses to keep us safe in the Stable and all that. They were willing to sell out their own Stable to capture on of their own for money. They even almost killed my mother so I'm sorry I still have a lot of feathers riled up."

They both entered the command building.

"Here you go Lieutenant," said a Pegasus mare, "Reports from Starlight squad is engaging Hellhounds, Granite & Aroura squads are busy engaging a evil Alicorn town down by Bottomless lakes, Lighting, Icepick, Boogeystallion, and Vampire squads is clearing a stretch of Highway 104 and Route 4 with forest around them."

"Thank you Technician fourth-grade Peaceful Glory," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Also, give your brother my congrats."

Technician 4th-grade Peaceful GLory replied, "You mean I can go to my brother's wedding?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake nodded her head in agreement and she was happy that she wasn't an all-around bitch anymore and started to grow a heart. She even thinks it might be due to she being pregnant with Purple's foal that she stole his sperm while he was in a medically induced coma. But she has been lying to her higher-ups saying that she's been getting fat of being in her office 23 hours a day.

Lieutenant Honey Cake looked around for Purple and the serene pegasus with chocolate mane and tail looked until she finally found him in her office looking at the warboard and it shows black rectangles with two black lines going diagonally from bottom left to the upper right and upper left to lower right which means infantry.

Purple saw white circles with blue stars which means they're Wasteland Guardians and a lot of red diamonds meaning hostiles even Safesville. Purple replaced the red diamond with a yellow diamond meaning the Alicorns there are friendly but nonaligned because they want peace and to be left alone no trouble but want to find a way to find a way to create more alicorns via breeding, not I.M.P. But they haven't asked Purple because he's a crossbred Alicorn.

"Maybe I am," said Purple, "Maybe I am the only male Alicorn and my purpose is or should be helping out the artificial Alicorns to breed. Who knows I'll gladly help out ponies with anything as long it ain't sexual fetishes. If Sunrise was here she would've know what to say or what to do. I miss you Sunrise I was here you were the brightest one here and was always there for us and me. You were my best friend who was more closer to me than my own sister."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "That's going to be our daughter's name if we have a daughter. I'm going to name our daughter after Sunrise Storm."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then gave Purple a kiss and a hug.

***
Half an hour past where Paladin Sapphire was out of her power armor and wondered why Purple was taken so long so Paladin Sapphire Heart laid down on the seats and placed her right hoof on her crotch and started to pleasure herself.

"Paladin what are you doing?" asked Purple, "Pleasuring yourself again. Let me guess a date with Rosie Hooves? If you're going to masturbate do me a favor and don't moan and sleep talk. If you're going to ask me why or how I know you masturbate when I got my own room when I was fourteen and had nightmares I would go and sleep with my sister and sometimes she would take my own wing to pleasure herself."

"Your wing?" asked an embarrassed Paladin Sapphire.

Purple stuck out his right-wing which is cybernetic which he said "My brother cut my wing off and I got this cyber wing and I'm going to choke him to death. You ready to get out of here?"

Paladin Sapphire Heart nodded her head in agreement and walked over to Purple and ready to be teleported out only for Purple to clear his throat and point over to her set of power armor so she quickly got them in her magic and Purple teleported himself and her back to the town of Crimson.

***

In Paladin Sapphire's house in the garage.

Paladin Sapphire was at a power armor station. She modified her power armor to resist more radiation and energy damage. She even heard some hoofsteps approach and a door open to see Elder Encoded Pibble.

"Elder," Paladin Sapphire said bitchy.

Elder Encoded Pibble replied, "Watch your tone with me, young lady."

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "What are you going to do? Going to have my father rape me? I don't care I don't even want to see my parents and sisters again. I wouldn't care if they died the most painful way imagined."

"Well they want me to give you this," said Elder Encoded Pibble, "They want you to know that they want to let you know that they love you."

Paladin Sapphire snapped, "THAT'S COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLSHIT! THEY NEVER LOVED ME! MY PARENTS ARE TOTAL ASSHOLES FOR FIFTEEN FUCKING YEARS OF MY LIFE I WAS ALWAYS RAPED BY MY FATHER AND SOMETIMES MY OWN MOTHER! MY SISTERS ALWAYS DID THE "You can come to us and we'll help you with your problems" AND WHEN I DID THEY JUST SHUNNED ME AND LOCKED ME OUT! SO FUCK'EM THEY ALL CAN DIE AND I WOULDN'T GIVE A DAMN!"

Encoded Pipple placed the holotape down onto an old desk and said, "Since you're not with us anymore and hanging with us you need to hoof over your power armor and Magical Energy Weapon."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Fuck you I worked my fucking ass off 24/7. If you want my Magical Energy Rifle, Novasurge Rifle, and Power Armor you have to take it from my cold dead hooves!"

"If you wanted to be like that," said Elder Encoded Pibble, "It'll be war and we'll take it by force and finally wipe this smudge stain of a town off the map."

"Paladin Sapphire replied, "Bring it on bitch! I would love to see you try!"

Elder Encoded Pibble then left and Purple walked in.

"Who was that?" asked Purple, "Also, how are you?"

"I don't know I could be on my period or I could be pregnant or just delayed in my period!" said angrily Paladin Sapphire, "Sorry. I'm fine. That was Elder Encoded Pibble the leader of the contingent I came with. Just a little pissed off that's all."

Author's Note

Yeah I broke the fourth wall

Chapter 49: Battle for Crimson

In Purple's house.

Purple was sound asleep knowing his small army will keep the other settlements safe even though the copies of the Equestrian 105mm artillery that Purple copied with his magic from the island wakes him and others up.

The front door creaked opened and Purple drew his .45 Auto Pistol and said "Base if that's you I will shoot you in the legs and have Paladin Sapphire or Rocky Road's make you her personal bitch!"

The voice replied, "Don't shoot Purple it's me. It's Paladin Sapphire Heart."

Purple turned on his Pipbuck's light and asked what she wanted tiredly only for her to tell him that she couldn't sleep so he allowed her to sleep in his house.

"Goodnight Purple," said Paladin Sapphire cuddling up to Purple, "See you in the morning."

Purple replied, "Night talk to you in the morning.", Purple then gave her a kiss on the forehead.

***
In the morning Paladin Sapphire got up where she couldn't find Purple within his house until she walked outside to see Steel Rangers and her friends and allies sitting down all tied up and was forcefully watched as Elder Encoded Pibble take a combat knife and sliced Purple's neck from ear to ear and then gutted him like a fish.

***
In reality, Paladin Sapphire Heart jumped up out of bed having a nightmare only to see Purple putting on his dark olive green with tiger stripes uniform and same colored Boonie hat with tiger stripes.

"Morning Purple," said Paladin Sapphire, "Can I tell you something?"

Purple replied, "Morning to you too. Sure what is it?"

"The contingent I came with they're going to assault us." said Paladin Sapphire, "Don't know when or what time could be today or tomorrow. I don't know but my gut feeling has never been wrong before and it says that they're going to assault within 5 hours. What time is it?"

Purple looked at his Pipbuck and told her it was 7:04 AM.

"So they're going to attack between 11:00 AM and 2:30 PM," said Paladin Sapphire, "But I don't know when probably today, tomorrow, next week. If I knew and could pinpoint then I could tell you. But my gut feeling says today and tomorrow and my gut feeling never been wrong before."

Purple went outside and he got Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Critical Shot, and Starry up and out of bed and all of them were grouchy and sleepy.

"Purple what the fuck do you want?" asked Midnight Twister, "I was busy sleeping."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "You can go back to your drugs later but the Steel Rangers I came with they're going to assault us one day or maybe today?"

"I'm going to kill you!" yelled Midnight Twister, "You sold us out! I'm going to kill you!"

Purple replied, "She didn't, she was visited by her Elder and the Elder told her that they were going to attack us! Put down your fuckin' drugs and open up your mind. Alright. Rocky and Midnight go out into the wasteland and find buildable stuff. Critical and Starry go with them."

"What are we going to do?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "The Steel Rangers they out armor and outgun us. Even with armor-piercing and FMJ bullets probably won't work. They're armed with Grenade machine guns, miniguns, and Magical Energy Weapons. Your army? They have ballistic weapons. Unless if Lt Honey Cake can spare some soldiers to reinforce us."

Purple told Paladin Sapphire Heart that she's in command until he gets back and Purple teleported to Grand Pegasus Enclave base Aroura/ Equestrian Airforce Base Luna.

***

Inside of the command building, Purple entered Lieutenant Honey Cake's office and found a holotape and played it.

'It's a nice warm week." said the stallion's voice, "Hope my furlough comes in though want to go back to Trottingham and take my son on a week-long fishing trip, meet my and my wife's daughter before she turns four. Haven't been in Trottingham within three years next month on the first Monday marks four years."

The door opened and a pony said: "Major! Computers read multiple Balefire missiles and bombs launched from the Zebras! The terminals say they're targeting Canterlot, Manehattan, Fillydelphia, Las Pegasus, Los Unicornia, Vanhoofer, and Trottingham."

The Major replied, "It's probably just a software glitch or a solar interference with our Radio detection and ranging Captain. If it isn't I'll call and see if other places have the Decimetric, and Centimetric Radio Detection And Ranging are working or not. Get the Stormbringer Bunker buster munitions, Infantry's bouncing missiles, and Stormguard Meson Rockets and other munitions locked."

The Captain replied, "Sir, you could've said RADAR/Radar for short instead of saying Radio Detection And Ranging twice. I'm going to get on it, Sir."

There was a sound and the Major said "Majors Sunset Fiery, Raining Dream, Deagle Bagle, Bagel Cream, and Soaring Night. My terminals here say the Zebras launched Balefire bombs and missiles at us. Do you have anything?"

All of the majors agreed with what he said and Major Soaring Night replied, "My Sonar picked up a pack of Zebra submarines so I had my Pegasi here and they dropped depth charges and sunk them. We don't have planes because only a hundred were ever made so far and slowly replacing us Pegasi in the air."

The Major replied, "Thanks. Alright, let us have our Balefire bombs do a retaliatory strike."

They all agreed and they all radioed their communications and had the Balefire silos in their sectors to turn their keys and launched a retaliation strike against the Zebras.

The tape ended.

Lieutenant Honey Cake came in and was shocked to see Purple sitting behind her desk and asked what he wants.

"The Steel Rangers they're going to attack us," said Purple, "And I'm wondering if you can aid us?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake thought about it for a minute and said, "99% of my forces are currently occupied. But I can spare my QRF as reinforcements but those old planes aren't operational yet. They'll be there. Call it as payback for helping the Enclave for a new generation even though the council is pissed at what I did but they're busy going after a mare and her friends. But I say it'll blow over and this war and Operation Cauterize will make us lose a lot of soldiers."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then gave Purple a very big sloppy kiss on Purple's mouth and said, "When this is all over please come back to me."

Purple didn't understand what she meant but asked, "Can you help us build up our defenses? I know I'm asking you how to build all of this up for our defenses. But please?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake used her two hooves and grabbed his cheeks and said, "I'm not going to say no. Don't know why I have a huge crush on you. First, we started off as enemies, and well look when your brother cutted off your right-wing I had you in a medically and I had sex with you and can't believe I'm carrying your foal."

Purple replied, "Yeah. Well, I'm going to get out of your hair."

Purple then teleported away really fast and back to the town of Crimson.

***
In the town of Crimson

Purple Artist didn't hesitate and he took part in building up even reinforcing the walls.

***
In the wasteland.

Critical said, "Old Wagon repair shop up ahead. It might have some goodies in it."

They saw an old wagon garage. But they noticed the sky started to turn green and a Radstorm started to brew so they seek shelter in the old garage. They heard the sounds of Feral Ghouls and saw some Feral Ghouls in mechanic jumpsuits and they killed the Feral Ghouls and they either said "Thank... You," or "Luna Bless you" or "Celestia Bless you" when they were killed.

They looted the place of crafting material even and just carried what they could but waited until the Radstorm passed.

"I'm going back to sleep," said Midnight Twister, "Wake me when the storm passed."

"Fuckin Jackass," whispered Critical Shot, "I mean just because somepony is in another organization doesn't mean you're a spy."
***

In the town of Crimson.

"I bet it's my brother who put the Steel Rangers up to this," said Purple, "He can't even let me be happy for once. We could be busy exploring and fighting Raiders and Slavers but we've been so busy bogged down fighting my brother and the Steel Rangers. Those fuckin' Steel Rangers don't know that my brother gonna betray them and accumulate them if that's the correct term."

Paladin Sapphire Heart scared Purple when he turned around and saw her where she attached his .50 Caliber machine gun to her power armor replacing her grenade machine gun.

"Sorry about this Purple," said Paladin Sapphire, "Sorry for what's going to happen to us soon. If I just gave up my power armor back to them then this wouldn't happen."

Purple replied, "Sooner or later they would attack us and better now than later. Also, glad you stuck up for yourself. You had this armor since you were a Knight I think and it's rightfully yours. Also, what is the yellow lighting bolt mark on your right side on your torso mean?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "It's my birthmark. Do you have one?"

Purple replied, "I don't know. Probably. Let's get back to bolster our defenses."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "I love the way you talk. You sound very leadership ish. I would ask if you have a special somepony but I know you have feelings for that Grand Pegasus Enclave mare."

Purple replied, "I'm already taken. I'm already married back in Stable 190 but I was highly drunk when I got married to my old childhood friend and I don't know-how and well I'm married."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Maybe your wife will let you marry somepony else as well. Have a wife in your Stable and one out here. I wonder what she would say about you helping out almost six hundred mares to populate a Stable that had no way of reproducing."

"Supportive," said Purple, "She'll be happy that I did something good for others for not wanting something in return. I'm the anti-selfish type because if I was selfish then you can call me Base Icy Flyer. That's my brother's full name. His middle name is Icy because he's an Iceberg blue and an all-around jackass."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "If he and I were the last ponies and the last creatures on this planet I wouldn't let him procreate. Also, what's an Iceberg?"

Purple replied, "I'll tell you after we get done bolstering up the town's defenses and walls."

Purple went over and helped a group of ponies to set up some explosives before they killed themselves. Purple added some wires to an old demolitions plunger and he even doubled and tripled check them to make sure.

They're going to hit us all around, Purple said in his mind, Maybe I should help them and reinforce the north, east, and west sides just in case better safe than sorry. Or I should radio up some reinforcements?

Purple trotted over to the north side which is the rear entrance and the first thing that Purple did was dig the dried wasteland soil and placed some satchel charges with wires to another old explosive plunger.

"We need some rain," said a Crystal Earth pony mare, "It'll make it easier to farm than this dry dirt. We might have to rely on caravans for excess food."

"I agree," said a charcoal pegasus stallion, "I know some ponies in the Pearlighting Caravan Company they can deliver us some food at a reduce price."

"If you think it'll work," said the same Crystal Earth pony mare, "Talk to Purple about it."

The charcoal pegasus walked over to Purple and said, "Purple? I was wondering just to keep our food supply stable can we trade with some trade caravans? I know some ponies over at the Pearlighting Caravan Company and wondering if I could see if we could get some food for a reduced price?"

Purple replied, "Sure. How much do you think it's going to cost?"

The pegasus didn't know.

"What's with your Cutie mark?" asked Purple, "It looks like somepony took something hot over it and burned it on."

The pegasus replied, "I'm a Dashite. I told the Grand Pegasus Enclave to suck it because I fell in love with a Wastelander. I tried to get the council to let me marry her and well when I was at Enclave Base Raven. I started to protest of the GPE being strict assholes and at first, I was just thrown into a jail cell for a bit. I was given a warning not to do it again. I refused to do what my squad wanted and every time we went into the wasteland I would go away from my squad to visit her. Well eventually they found where I would sneak off to they razed the town to ash and killed everypony but she was able to escape but nopony else. I called them out and I was knocked out by them and I was branded a dashite where they removed my old cutie mark and put this one. I can say it was worth it. I'm going to go and see how much it'll cost."

The pegasus then flew off to Pearlight Caravan Company.

Alright, good to go, Purple said to himself quietly, Got to help the east and west sides and we're good to go and we'll blow those Steel Rangers sky high.

***
Over on the east side of town, they had it pretty secured where the ponies were armed with Rifles, IF-9 Shotguns, 10mm Submachine guns, 9mm Submachine guns, Missile Launchers, Rocket Launchers, and some with Miniguns.

They already had some landmines placed down both fragmentation and pulse mines.

***
Over on the westside Purple just saw that the ponies were still reinforcing the wall and Purple went to go and check on Paladin Sapphire who was sitting down looking sad and depressed. She didn't want to talk about it because she was about to betray her family who hardly helped her and her actual family.

***

Still in the garage, the Radstorm finally passed and Rocky, Midnight, Critical, and Starry hauled what they looted and what they could carry without being over-encumbered and still can do some fighting if they ran into trouble.

It was hot and they sweated where it was a very hot morning but they dropped off their loot in front of Purple's house. Then they went back and kept looting the wagon repair shop until it was unlootable and they cleaned house too.

"My hooves are aching from all of this walking," said Midnight Twister, "I need to sit down for a while."

Midnight Twister then sat down only for Purple to say, "No time to rest. The Steel Rangers will assault either today or tomorrow or one day and we don't want to be caught off guard."

Midnight Twister mumbled, "Fucking cocksucker. Hope a fuckin' Star Spawn comes as well."

Midnight then got up and helped with reinforcing the walls but did a supervisor role to get out of doing hard work and he just sat back drinking Sparkle-Cola and some of the Wasteland Guardian soldiers mumbled "lazy bastard" or "ungrateful bastard"

Midnight just waved his .44 Magnum revolver and said "Keep working or I'll shoot you as saboteurs."

"Ungrateful bastard," said a mare unicorn, "we work our asses off and he sits back and drinks. If I could I would flash him,"

An Earth pony stallion replied, "We don't have any stun grenades. Unless if you're serious about flashing him."

The unicorn mare replied, "I'm not a whore and I'm not going to show him my ass or mare area. But he is an ungrateful bastard. I got a plan."

The mare unicorn did a painful scream and fell over and faked a cry in pain. Midnight walked over to her and yelled at her to get up and get back to work and he pointed his .44 revolver at her threatening her that he would kill her.

Purple and Paladin Sapphire walked over and Purple said, "What the hell is going on over here?!"

The unicorn mare said, "I badly sprained my hoof and I can't use it. I sprained it when I went over to get some supplies and Midnight won't let me go and see a doctor about it."

Purple walked over and helped the mare up where he helped her walk over to the clinic and sat her down on a chair.

"Just stay off your hoof and it'll be fine Ms. Garnet," said Purple, "There you go let Doctor. Artist patch you up."

Purple just used some elastic bandages he has and wrapped them around the hoof.

Purple then left and told her to stay off of her hoof so it can heal.

***

Paladin Sapphire tried to take Midnight's .44 Magnum away only for him to fight her over it with his magic and he accidentally pulled the trigger and it shot another Wasteland Guardian and when they looked they shot Purple in the side of the neck.

The two of them galloped over to him as fast as they could and asked if he was alright.

Purple replied, "NO I'M NOT ALRIGHT I GOT SHOT IN THE SIDE OF THE NECK!"

Midnight replied, "I'm so sorry Purple I tried from Sapphire taking the gun and she pulled the trigger."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Me? You're the one who pulled the trigger you dumb motherfucker!"

Purple used his Pipbuck as a homemade mirror and he used a pair of tweezers and removed the bullet, wrapped it up, and drank a Healing Potion just to be safe just in case.

"Midnight," said Purple, "Just go and sit down somewhere and stay out of our way. You'll do more harm than good."

They spent the remaining time of keep reinforcing the old walls and soon they saw Purple move some steel wire with some things on it where they don't know that he's adding old barbed wire even though he knows it'll have no effect on power armor. But he thinks it'll slow them down.

***
Three more hours passed.

The Steel Rangers and Onyx Rangers showed up an hour early.

"I guess you were off by a whole sixty minutes," said Purple, "But we can deal with them now over later."

A Star Paladin yelled, "PALADIN SAPPHIRE HEART RETURN YOUR POWER ARMOR TO US AND HOOF OVER YOUR NOVASURGE RIFLE OR WE'LL TAKE IT BY FORCE!"

Paladin Sapphire replied by yelling, "YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM MY COLD DEAD HOOVES!"

Purple mumbled, "This will be the time for your QRF force Lt Honey Cake. I still can't believe I agreed to impersonate a Grand Pegasus Enclave officer for Lt Cake."

A Steel Ranger fired a missile launcher only for Paladin Sapphire and Purple ducked and when they heard the explosion where they looked behind them and the building that Purple built to remember Sunrise Storm that it blew up.

"Oh shit," said Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, and Starry said in unison. All but Starry knew how much Sunrise Storm meant for Purple as a friend and possible romantic partner and Paladin Sapphire saw the fire in Purple's eye that the Steel Rangers just made the worst mistake in their life.

Purple got up and said to Paladin Sapphire, "Follow my lead. Just feign over your power armor and let them get close."

Paladin Sapphire removed her power armor and placed it where Purple told her to and three Steel Rangers and a Scribe and an Initiate went over to get it where Purple ran over and pushed down the old demolitions plunger and there was a huge explosion and it killed the three Steel Rangers Knights, Scribe and Initiate blowing them sky high and on fire.

"Let's go around!" yelled the Star Paladin, "Let's find another way around."

The Steel Rangers went to the east and north with the Onyx Rangers going west and when they entered there were loud explosions. The other Wasteland Guardians used the old demolitions plungers and detonated the mines and satchel charges blowing the Steel Rangers sky high and in gory ways.

The old Equestrian 40mm rapid-fire anti-air guns they have fired at the Steel Rangers where the explosive rounds either stunned and knocked down the ones in power armor or blew the unarmored ones and tore them to shreds.

Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, and Starry saw Purple throw a signal grenade at the attackers from the west side, and soon some explosives exploded where some dry wasteland dirt flew over their heads.

"Next time you want to call in your so-called "Artillery" Purple, "Said an annoyed Rocky Road, "Do us a favor and warn us before hoof before we nearly get blown up."

There were some deep hoofsteps where unknown to them all the gunfire and explosions awakened a Star-spawn and Purple's Pipbuck couldn't register it on how huge it is.

Purple just threw another artillery signal grenade and soon some explosions hit the Star spawn. But they saw some Steel Rangers get swiped and thrown or crushed or just being an initiate they were just squashed or torn to shreds.

The Star spawn was very tough and was almost impossible to kill but they finally killed it and had an area where it could be or was when the Star Spawn would swipe, step, or crushed the Steel Rangers.

The sound of a Vertibuck came and Lieutenant Honey Cake stayed true to her word and sent her Quick Reaction Force and she even tagged along with her unique plasma pistol.

The V-1 Vertibuck stayed in the air and circled over the town of Crimson with a Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier on the minigun shooting at the Steel Rangers and occasionally at the Star Spawn until the Staw spawn slapped the V-1 Vertibuck making it spin out of control.

When the door gunner decided to bail the Grand Pegasus Enclave stallion gotten sliced up by the blades and a bloody mist rained down on them there was a big explosion as the V-1 Vertibuck blew up when it crashed outside of the town of Crimson.

Midnight fired his .44 Magnum and hit a rocket in a Steel Ranger's rocket launcher blowing it up which lead Midnight to say, "Ha-ha, got you, tough bastards! Also, Sapphire apologize to Purple for shooting him in the neck,"

Paladin Sapphire replied angrily, "Bitch, please. It was you that shot him in the neck you should apologize to him. It's your fault."

Purple replied, "WILL YOU TWO PLEASE STOP ARGUING YOU'RE BOTH GROWN UP NOT FIVE-YEARS-OLD SIBLINGS THAT ARGUE EVERY THIRTY FUCKIN' SECOND'S! I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH YOUR BICKERING!" Purple then pointed to the tip of his unicorn horn to show much he had it.

A pack of Hellhounds showed up and started to slash them apart like nothing or a hot knife through butter.

***
Pearlighting Caravan Company HQ.

The Dashite sat on an old chair and another Pegasi in a Grand Pegasus Enclave uniform which had been decorated differently and he has a necklace of ponies' right ears that he killed.

"Hey, Shocking Light." said the stallion pegasus, "It's been like what? Half a decade? Long time no see how are you, my man?"

Shocking Light replied, "Fine. Fine. I'm married. How are you Thunder Ghost?"

Thunder Ghost replied, "I've been fine. Just working normally as a Caravan Guard. Yeah, it's a lot of walking and bitching sometimes but it's good caps. Why are you here? Looking for a job?"

Shocking Light replied, "No. I'm here to see about starting a caravan to the town of Crimson about an hour's walk southeast of here. Just going to ask for some food to be sent there before we starve where with the dry and hard ground it's almost impossible to farm."

Thunder Ghost replied, "Alright I'll let you go and talk to my boss but he can be a pain in the ass. But he can be convinced."

Shocking Light then got up and went over to Thunder Ghost's boss and sat down.

"Excuse me, sir?" said Shocking Light, "I'm here and wondering if you can start a caravan to the town of Crimson."

"That road is extremely dangerous." said the earth pony stallion, "Raiders, Slavers, Hellhounds, that iceberg pegasus's fucking army. No caravan or caravanner will travel down that road not even for fifty times the pay not even an insane pony will travel down Route 79. Route 39 isn't even safe they're the most two dangerous routes out here. Can't go off-road got giant ants, Radscorpions, Paradores, Hellhounds, Carnivorous Parasprites, Giant Mutant Hedgehogs, Radhigs, Radroaches, & Bloatsprites. Nopony ever decided not to clear them where they're too scared. Unless you can clear them then we'll start a caravan at a 75% reduced price with the first caravan being on the house."

Shocking Light replied, "Alright. Those roads will be cleared soon."

Shocking Light then flew back only to get hit by something electrical and fall down where he heard the sound of a vertibuck and saw a GPE member with a Magical Energy Minigun and a Novasurge rifle battle saddle and an iceberg blue pegasus in an old-world military officer's uniform of an olive drab overcoat which is worn over a darker outfit with two golden pins that say "GPE" which is short for Grand Pony Enclave over Grand Pegasus Enclave.

"Well, well, well," said Base, "A former Grand Peg Enclave Soldaten. Working for my brother with no thanks and nothing to be shown for it. Would you like to serve in an army where you'll get a better life? Do what you want without the red tape of a council? Anypony you want you can marry without going through weeks if not months of the red tape of a council? Do what you want without the approval or denial of a council?"

Shocking Light replied, "Fuck you! Your nothing but a raider who hides behind steel and hundreds if not thousands of ponies. You can take your offer and shove it up your ass. I'm already married and nothing you can say can change my mind."

Base replied, "Not even being a high-ranking officer in my army you'll get paid a lot from loot we bring in. I have a lot high ranking officer spots opened in my army. Would you = your foals to live in a safe world? No raiders. No slavers. No evil ponies just like how it was as described in the days before the war. Won't you like to go home to your wife and kids every night without fearing attacks by raiders, slavers, or mercenaries?"

Shocking Light replied, " "No thanks Purple says you'll do anything to convince ponies to join you and create an authoritarian world. I will not be a part of it. So good fucking bye!"

Base said to his two soldiers and Verti assault team leader Emerald Specter, "Load him onto my Vertibuck. I'll personally interrogate him when we get back to Fort Base."

Shocking Light replied, "Yeah name a place after yourself. That isn't selfish."

Base kicked Shocking Light once and said "The term is egocentric and self-centered."

***
In the town of Crimson. Purple took the helmet off of a Steel Ranger Knight and started to beat the stallion to death with his own helmet.

"Purple!", urgently said Lt Honey Cake, "Airy fireteam and airborne fireteam cannot hold the Steel Rangers back any longer. They say they'll be overrun soon unless we can give them support."

Purple replied calmly, "You got vertibucks call them in for help. The gunship and attack ones. Also, tell your Colonel he can get his ass out here and help us."

Lieutenant Honey Cake picked up the phone of an old Equestrian radiotelephone pack and said "Avatar 1-1, Avatar 1-2, Avatar 1-3, Thunder 1-1, Thunder 1-2, Thunder 1-3. We need immediate air support. Come in over."

Lieutenant Honey Cake then looked at the radio to see it was shot so she took it and galloped into Purple's house and did her best to repair it and tried again with more urgency.

She then ran out to see Purple now armed with a Thumper a Equestrian 40mm grenade launcher where she saw him open the breach with his cybernetic wing and slide in a new round with his normal wing and fired it with his magic.

"Where did you get that?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Don't say you pulled it out of your ass or dick."

Purple just pointed to a deceased unicorn stallion in leather armor with a hole the size of an mango in his head.

It wasn't long until some V-4, & V-5 Veribucks fly over with the V-4's being a slim and narrow design of it being 59 ft and 2 inches long and only being 14 feet tall only armed with a 20mm tri-barreled rotary cannon, 19 70mm rockets and eight guided missiles. The latter being a foot shorter but either armed with a minigun or a 30mm autocannon, 30 70mm rockets, and 12 missiles.

The Steel Rangers were forced into a retreat due to the Grand Pegasus Enclave brought the heavy guns to the party which they couldn't fight something that flew too fast for them.

"Thanks for the help." said Purple to Lieutenant, "Guess I have to return the favor when you need a favor from me."

Purple then stuck out his normal wing out to shake wings with Lieutenant Honey Cake but she went in for a kiss on the mouth with her tongue touching his tongue. Purple even felt uncomfortable with it but didn't say anything.

***
Several hours later at Fort Base Icy Flyer

Base was in the command room overlooking the map until their was a knock on the door and two Grand Pony Enclave soldiers opened the doors only for Encoded Pibble to enter the command center.

"The town of Crimson?" asked Base, "My femboy brother and his friends and army?"

Encoded Pibble shook her head in disappointment and Base walked over to her and said "Let's take a walk.". Base stood next to her where he's a foot higher than her but half a foot taller than Purple.

They walked in the derelict hallways.

"You know when I came to you and created the GPE-SR alliance." said Base, "I expected you to uphold your end of the bargain. I keep the Grand Pegasus Enclave busy and off your back and gladly protect your supply lines. I expect you to deal with the Wasteland Guardians; they're nothing but militia and peasants. You can't go hoof to hoof with militia or lawful vigilantes or whatever they are. I will deal with them if I have to if you can't keep up your end of the bargain."

Elder Encoded Pibble responded, "I had seventy-eight soldiers out of one hundred and twenty-eight soldiers attack them including an initiate and a scribe so eighty Steel Rangers I had. We had it going the way we wanted until the Grand Pegasus Enclave and their fancy flying vehicles arrived and after that when it turned against us. I'm sorry I just need some more soldiers and more supplies and we can launch another assault on them. Can you please buy us some more time? Just keep the Grand Pegasus Enclave in here and prevent them from breaking out and meeting up with their other forces in the main wasteland?"

Base replied calmly, "You got thirty days to rebuild your forces and assault them so hard that they'll submit to us."

Soon they approached a set of solid oak double doors which Base opened and Elder Encoded Pibble saw a heart-shaped bed. But she continued until the next thing she knew she and Base were having sex and out of the forty years she had sex with different stallions. Elder Encoded found out that Base had the shortest orgasm in the history of his hyper-sexual life and it never happened before until now.

Base felt embarrassed for what happened to him of having the shortest orgasim in his entire life. But that didn’t stop him from having sex with Elder Encoded Pibble who’s eighteen years older then Base which he’s twenty-six and she’s forty-four with him almost being twenty-seven.

Damn I wasn’t expecting that to happen, Base said to himself in his mind, But the wasteland need more ponies like me and I’m the best. The wasteland has to relive the glory days so I should have a ton of foals with lots and lots of different mares. But I haven’t found a mare who wants to be my housewife and doesn’t want to just cook and just bear foals.

Elder Encoded Pibble hoped she wouldn't get pregnant again where she already had three sons only for them to get killed by Littlepip in Bucklyn Cross because the exchange didn’t go to plan.

She’s so stupid, Elder Encoded Pibble thought, She just can’t move on what happened to her yeah her father raped her. But she needs to move on and grow up and stop living in the past.

Elder Encoded Pibble then wrapped her hooves around Base holding in on him tight even though she’s under him.

***
In the town of Crimson

Paladin Sapphire just removed the power armor off the Steel Rangers. Purple was kind enough to call a truce with the Steel Rangers and let the Steel Rangers come back and take their dead. Paladin Sapphire lied and told them that the Grand Pegasus Enclave took the power armor to be remodeled into their power armor.

Paladin Sapphire even wanted to talk in private so she and Purple walked into his slighly damaged house and Purple politely asked what she wants to talk about.

Paladin Sapphire didn’t say anything where she just started to kiss Purple on the mouth and she wrapped her two frontal hooves around him and she didn’t let go. Paladin Sapphire even lowered her right hoof down to Purple’s flank where his cutie mark is and she closed her eyes.

Purple entirely didn’t like it but he hated that he couldn’t tell her when he had an orgasm and he would’ve liked to tell her but couldn’t because she kept her mouth on his mouth and refused to let him speak and refused to let him stop kissing her.

Even though Paladin Sapphire was raped for fifteen years of her life she didn’t care about of him ejaculating into her where she’s used to it and knows that Purple is a whole lot better than her father who didn’t take responsibility of being a good father. But she’s hoping Purple doesn’t impregnate her because she doesn’t want to be a mother because she fears what happened to her will happen to them.

Paladin Sapphire then curled up into a ball and had her rear end facing towards Purple’s crotch and they just cuddled up. Purple hoped Paladin Sapphire didn’t eat any of her “Wasteland Chili” where if she was able to clear out an entire room of Steel Rangers by only farting once then she’ll probably kill Purple’s sense of smell.

Purple then placed Paladin Sapphire in his wings, carried her into his bedroom, placed her in her bed, covered her up, and he gave her a smooch on her forehead.

Purple took off his rucksack and almost everything besides the his dark olive green overshirt with tiger stripes, eight ammo pouches with them filled with both 7.62x51mm magazines and .45 magazines, his Boonie hat, and the canteen that comes with the uniform and filled with purified water.

“I’m not a good friend,” said Purple sadly, “I’m not a good friend. I’m not a good friend, I’m not a good friend.”

Purple just kept repeating himself saying he isn’t a good friend.

“Would a friend let his friend die?” Purple asked himself, “I’m not a good friend. I put my Stable in danger and I let my friend Scrumptious, Jackpot, Lucky, Pumpkin, Soaring Jet, Diamond Astute, Trick Light, & Cantle die. I letted all my friends in the Stable die. I’m not a good friend. Not adding I letted Crimson, Harvested Intolerance, Harmony, and my soldiers' deaths fighting the Steel Rangers. Not a good friend, not a good friend, not a good friend. Maybe I’m cursed. Maybe I should distance myself from them. It’ll keep them alive longer.”

Purple then went over and hit his head on a burnt tree.

***
Back in the town of Crimson

Midnight Twister took several shots of his dash only for Rocky Road to come up.

“Midnight what are you doing?” asked Rocky, “Drugs again! Damn you Midnight. Yournot the brother I once knew and loved.”

Midnight replied, “I’m still the same unicorn, I’m still the same brother you know. I haven’t changed.”

Rocky replied, “You're doing drugs! The brother I know won't do drugs. You have a serious addiction! I’m going to go and tell Purple and see if he can get you some serious help!”

Rocky Road then entered Purple’s house only to see Paladin Sapphire Heart sleeping in his bed and she started to look for Purple. But she couldn’t find him within his house and he was nowhere in the town of Crimson.

“Purple where are you?” Rocky Road said while walking around.

***
By an old store Purple got a white pillow cover and a branch where he just headed towards Fort Base where Purple was within eyeshot and waved the stick with the white bedsheet as a sign of surrender.

Base actually came out not knowing if Purple is actually surrendering or just faking one only to realize that Purple has not faked a surrender and is actually surrendering because his “morale” is low due to the death he saw just been eating away at him, and he doesn’t know what to do.

Base never thought he would see the day of seeing his brother giving up and he was about to gloat but didn’t when Purple said, “You’re the better pony Base. You're better than I am. You win.”

Base replied kindly, “Guards bring him in. Get him cleaned up, and give him something to eat. I’ll deal with him later.”

They escorted Purple inside following Base until they took him into a big and cozy room but they had to take his weapons, ammo, and knife leaving him defenseless so Purple just sat on the balcony all sad.

“Dad, if you were here I wonder what you would do,” said a sadden Purple, “What would you and Grandma Brisk would’ve done if you and her were in my hooves. I know you wouldn’t sit here and cry like I’m about to do.”

Base soon entered, sat down next to Purple, and placed his right-wing around Purple where instead of wanting to be enemies, Base actually was more friendly and hugged his baby brother to comfort him.

"Purple. The only reason I hate you," started Base calm, "Because I thought you were going to receive more love and affection from our parents and grandma then what me and Blue got. I deep, deep, deep, deep down love you little brother."

Purple replied sadly, "I love you on the inside Base. But you're the better sibling over me. I can't even keep a single friend without them getting killed or badly hurt."

The two brothers hugged.

Base asked friendly, "How have you been Purple? I'm asking out of the little bit of kindness of my heart."

Purple replied deeply sadden, "Not good. Just traumatized from all this fighting. All this bloodshed. I've seen guts and gore and other nightmares out here. I just want everything to go back to the day it was. Back when we were in the Stable just me and you going neck to neck. Not all this leadership. I just want all my friends to be alive as well."

Purple then started to cry on his brother's upper chest and upper right leg.

Base said " Shhh. It's ok Purple. Let it all out. Just let it all out."

Base then wrapped his other wing around Purple to hug him more tightly.

Chapter 50: The School

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.

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.

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.

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

Sunrise Storm- Sunrise sacrificed herself

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Spotter- She was captured by the Grand Pony Enclave.

Markspony- He was killed by the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sandy Lighting- The Daughter of Sandy Smooch and Sleepy Firefly

Scarlett- She was killed by a pack of Raiders.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Opel Specter- She was killed in an ambush.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 51: The Gala: Part One, Preperation

At Grand Pegasus Base Aroura.

Purple looked at a photo of Lieutenant-General Cantel Walkover and Purple lit up his unicorn horn and soon Purple turned into a Davy's Grey Pegasus and his unicorn horn was missing.

Lieutenant Honey Cake poked where Purple's unicorn horn was for it to still be there. But it's just invisible.

"We better move," Purple said, "It only lasts for several days. I don't want to be sitting there and turn back into me."

Lieutenant Honey Cake nodded in agreement and hoofed over a duffle bag that was full of stuff.

"What's in it?" asked Purple, "Better not be full of sex stuff. You got the wrong pony the world is bad enough with Raiders, Slavers, and my brother Base. I'm not going to have sex for a good long time."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Just open the damn thing,"

Purple unzipped the duffle bag just to see some formal clothing to wear to the Gala. He kept searching for something and soon found a machine pistol with a thirty-two round magazine and a wireframe folding stock. There was also an M727 which was a commercial copy of the Equestrian XM235 Assault Carbine.

"Alright let's go," said Purple, "Let's give them a Gala they'll never forget."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Whoa, whoa whoa! Hold it, Calamity Jane. We're not going to walk up and gun down every motherfucker up there. We'll be dead in ten. Now if you want to kill every Enclave councilpony up there and face super heavy security we'll need more firepower and heavy backup. Your friends won't do. If you want to do the Shock and Awe way."

There was a blank piece of paper which Purple forged Lt-Gen Cantle's writing and sent it to Colonel Autumn saying he has to amend the Gala if he hates it or not. Purple even threatens to have him branded as a Dashite if he doesn't show.

Lieutenant Honey Cake lost Purple and her office door was wide opened and she didn't know where Purple was.

***
Over in the armory.

"I'm sorry Lieutenant-General," said the armorer, "Due to we're at war you'll need written permission from either a General, a Field Marshal, or a Councilpony. To access the armory. I'm sorry Lieutenant-General I'm just doing my job."

Purple replied in his southern accent which Lt-Gen Canter speaks, "Son. Ahm leadin' an investigation. Whoever helps will git rewarded fancy. Anythin' yawl want name it an Ahl make shore you'll git it. Name it?"

Purple then looked down and saw some porn magazines just with stallions.

"Want uh stallion tuh bay with?" asked Purple impersonating Lt-Gen Canter.

The stallion replied, "Yes sir I also want two cartons of cigars. You won't find any here. I already searched every inch even sucked off a majority of the stallions here. But in the pre-war military training city of Empire where you'll find some. But I'm not permitted to leave."

Purple replied, "Wun stallion an two cartons uh cigars comin' raht up."

Purple then left.

I wasn't expecting to do a scavenger hunt, Purple thought, Fuck it. I need the hearts and minds of the Grand Pegasus Enclave and not piss them off. Need to find a stallion and two cartons of cigars for the armorer. Easier said than done. If I was bisexual or gay I would've let the armorer just suck me off and do me. But I'm straight and this won't be easy. Just breathe Purple. Just breathe. I got this.

***
Back in the command post.

Purple caught Lieutenant Honey Cake napping where he clapped his two frontal hooves which scared her.

"Damn it Purple!" said Lt Honey Cake, "You nearly made me pee myself and give birth or pop out to our two-month-old foal in me. What do you want?"

Purple replied in his non-southern accent, "Can I borrow some of your soldiers? My friends are out doing what they're doing and they're busy."

Lieutenant Honey Cake rubbed her belly and said, "What do you think little one? Should I give daddy some of my soldiers to protect him?"

Honey Cake then burped out loud and took that as a yes. She then called her Advanced Reconnaissance team to go to a Vertibuck, An V-3 Vertibuck a tandem rotor vertibuck.

___
Onboard the V-3 Vertibuck.

The Pilot said, "This is Hotel Nine-One. We are loaded and we are mission ready."

Soon the V-3 Vertibuck lifted off the ground and flew to the military training city of Empire where along the way Raiders and Slavers took potshots at them from everything they could.

***
An hour later flew by.

"Welcome to the city of Empire." said the pilot, "Don't want to forget but the Grand Pony Enclave's forces own this city. If you would like to explore freely then you'll have to deal with them."

I would rather ask a Raider mare out to dinner, Purple thought, Because high chance she would just make me her personal sex slave and just hit me for fun. But we have to deal with my brother's army here. Well that's new. I've seen the Grand Pegasus Enclave use Novasurge rifles. I guess this Recon team just use both, a combination of energy and ballistic weapons mostly ballistic. I don't have anything against mares at least I'm not Base he would've gotten them all pregnant by now.

Soon the Vertibuck landed where Purple still under the disguise of Lieutenant-General Cantel and the Advanced Recon squad piled out of the Vertibuck and soon the Vertibuck left to circle above them to provide air support if they engaged in combat with anypony from Base's Grand Pony Enclave.

***

Inside a ruined convenience store, there was a cigarette machine which Purple tried to pry open the cigarette machine. But he couldn't so he punched it and it opened so he used his magic and tore the front face off the cigarette machine and found a carton of cigars.

Bingo one down, one to go, Purple thought, Hope it'll be a challenge. It won't be fun if it'll be all easy.

"You said something?" said an Advanced Recon GPE mare, "If you don't mind me asking Lieutenant-General."

Purple replied in his southern drawl, "Ah sayud. "Bingo wun down wun tuh go. Hope it'll bay uh challenge. It won't bay fun hif it'll bay easy.". Come on let's go."

They hit the road again.

They immediately got into a firefight where they all took cover behind a few Jersey barriers.

Purple then ordered the Advanced Recon team to flank the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers where they did.

As the bullets flew Purple kept his head down not wanting to die just yet.

When I plan on dying, Purple thought, plan on having my and every single foal I help to make and their kids and my wife. I'm not planning on dying in this military urban combat training city.

Purple then jumped up with his automatic 7.62mm battle rifle and shot at the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers which lead them to jump and dive down to protect themselves.

Purple just kept them suppressed as the advanced recon team moved up to kill them and soon the Advanced Recon team soon hovered over them literally and killed them.

Purple used his wing where he removed the magazine, put it in an ammo pouch he has which there's nine on him and all of them with two 7.62x51mm magazines in each making a total of twenty magazines and with a total of 180 in reserve or 160 now.

"Alright," said Purple, "Fall in on may. Way gotta clear out thus hell hole an move on an secure at least uh part uh thuh city."

Some of the advanced recon pegasi wrote down what Purple said but in English which is "Alright. Fall in on me. We gotta clear out this hell hole and move on and secure at least a part of the city", or, "Bingo. One down one to go. Hope it'll be a challenge. It won't be fun if it'll be easy.".

The Grand Pegasus Enclave Advanced Reconnasiance wonders what's going through Lt-Gen Cantel's head unknowing it's actually Purple Artist.

I got to deal with the actual Lt-Gen Cantel, Purple thought, But his base? Guarded three hundred and sixty degrees rotation from the air, ground, and water. Well, his time is coming up.

The squad rejoined Purple.

"Alright Lieutenant-General what do we do now?" asked the squad leader, "I don't think sitting and doing nothing won't help."

"Shut up an let may fuckin' thank!" yelled Purple, "Ah thank Ah got it. We'll clear thus block an set up uh FOB hare."

A stallion wrote down, "Shut up and let me fucking think! I got it. We'll clear this block and set up a FOB here."

One of the advanced recon squad members wrote down what Purple said but in English, not a Southern accent.

"Hotel Nahn-Wun," said Purple, "Go git sum reinforcements. We're gonna secure thus city block."

A GPE Advanced Recon member wrote down, "Hotel Nine-One. Go get some reinforcements. We're gonna secure this city block."

They enjoy writing down what Lt-Gen (Purple in reality) said thinking it's fun to translate what he said onto a piece of paper.

The V-3 Vertibuck flew away back to Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura to get reinforcements and come back which will take some time.

Well just sit here and wait, Purple thought, I wish I had my Pipbuck to play some tunes. But my Pipbuck 3000 would just blow a massive hole in my cover.

Purple walked into a convenience store and raided a Sparkle-Cola machine and his stomach rumbled where he's regretting eating Wasteland Chili that Paladin Sapphire made last night because beans never sat well with Purple and still don't. But he isn't Paladin Sapphire who becomes a mobile fartillery mare and is fifty times worst than Purple.

I didn't know a mare could toot so bad where you would rather be mauled by a pack of Hellhounds, Purple thought, But we're all different like how my stomach disagrees with beans. Or my sister believes her sack of crap husband over her own family. She dug her own grave.

Purple used a little bit of force to open it which he stressed his body a little bit and it made him have a little fart which made his entire face turn red where he maybe a stallion but he acts like a very sweet gentleman.

Purple started to drink a bottle of Sparkle-Cola and acted how the Lt-Gen acts and didn't share any with the recon squad.

I wonder what I should do, Purple thought, Maybe should go back to Stable 190 after this and be Overstallion when my mother passes away. I still can't believe I got my own mother pregnant, That's something I'm not going to tell anypony that. Ooh, cigars.

Purple walked over and looted a cigarette machine that had four boxes/cartons of cigars and Purple didn't waste taking them

"LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WALKOVER!" yelled an Advanced Reconniance soldier, "WE'RE OUTNUMBERED AND ABOUT A PLATOON OF GRAND PONY ENCLAVE SOLDIERS INCOMING!"

We can't fight them, Purple thought, Got it. To the old fake or old real amusement park. Alright we'll go there!

Purple grabbed the microphone from a Grand Pegasus Enclave Advanced Recon and he said, "Hotel Nahn-Wun. This is Recon Thray-Thray Alpha. We're under heavy attack. Ah repeat we're under heavy attack, now headin' tuh extraction point fower!"

Everyone galloped to the abandoned amusement park which was hard when they galloped so they decided to fly there instead.

A mare wrote down, "Hotel Nine-One this is Recon Three-Three Alpha. We're under heavy attack. I re-eat we're under heavy attack, now heading to extraction point four."

She enjoys writing down what Purple says in his Southern drawl. But they all think that it's the actual Lieutenant-General Cantel Walkover. But Purple dropped "Painting" out of his name because he's more of sketches than painting.

Another damn Radstorm, Purple thought, I would rather be raped by a pack of mares than face another fucking radstorm.

The V-3 Vertibuck pilot said into a microphone thing, "Recon Three-Three this is Hotel Nine-One we're going to be delayed severely by the Radstorm. E.T.A thirty minutes to several hours. Hotel Nine-One out."

Fuck this, Purple thought, We can hoof it back to Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura within that time probably. Well, we should get going.

The squad leader has beaten Purple to it and they walked back to Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura. They heard the sound of the V-3 Vertibuck and soon they were able to catch a ride back.

Before they could board they saw a pack of Hellhounds come to them coming at them at full speed ready to tear them apart. Purple was the last in and he felt the difference between the hard and very dried wasteland soil and the cold metal of the V-3 Vertibuck because it's an old military one, not one made of cloud material.

***
In the armory

"Hare yawl go," said Purple, "Two cartons uh cigars."

The armorer replied, "Thank you Lieutenant-General for the cigars. Ok, you can go in."

Purple walked into the armory where he got a duffle bag and placed in it a Counter-Terrorist 9mm Submachine Gun which was used by pre-war police forces and military special forces to fight terrorism, a 7.62x39mm assault rifle, sixteen Frag grenades, Sixteen Stun grenades, Sixteen Flashbangs, a 40mm Grenade Rifle, 25mm Grenade APW, two bundles of TNT on a timer, Grenade Rifle, twelve sticks of C4 demolition charges, eight satchel charges, Single Action Equestrian Revolver, .45-70 Guide Gun lever-action rifle, .30-30 Carbine, A flare gun M414 Flame Launched Assault Rocket Launcher, .50AE pistol, C96, a suppressed .45 Auto Pistol with HD slide, 9mm SMG, XL80E8, Roython (combination of Royal and Python), Commando .375, a combat knife with a stealth serrated blade, '97 Trench Gun/w a ten-round tube over five, Mk44 Mod 0 Special forces pistol.

Purple then took a crap ton of ammo without hesitation. He took three hundred 9x19mm rounds, 300 7.62x39mm rounds, eighty 40x46mm rounds, thirty-five 25mm grenades, one hundred and twenty .45-70 rounds, one hundred and twenty .30-30 rounds, seventy-seven .45 Auto Pistol rounds, two hundred and fifty .50 AE rounds, two hundred and ten 9mm rounds for the 9mm SMG, three hundred and ninety 5.56x45mm rounds, twelve 40mm rockets, sixty .357 magnum rounds for the Roython, and sixty for the Commando .357, one hundred and thirty-one twelve-gauge rounds, thirty rounds for the Mk44 Mod 0 pistol for a total of 2174 rounds.

***

In Lieutenant Honey Cake's office

"I'm back," Purple said in his normal voice and went back to his original appearance, "I can't play "Lieutenant-General Cantel for long. I can't play a jackass for long."

Honey Cake replied, "Check your other bag. We need to leave tonight. My contact thinks the GPE thinks she's the mole. Well, it'll just be you and me and we can make sweet, sweet love right under their noses."

I can't believe I got to play and pretend I'm Lt-Gen Cantel, Purple thought then rolled his eyes, Going to give the Grand Pegasus Enclave a big kick right in the butt and they'll be so sore they won't be able to sit down for a good while.

"You contact?" said Purple, "Can we trust her?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Contacts. I got three who'll tell you later about. Don't worry none of them will steal your sperm to get pregnant like how I did with one hundred and four mares under my command and had sex with you while in a coma. I got my distraction force all ready and I had to use all up my favors too. I had fifteen favors I called it and I wanted to use them all for this for tonight or tomorrow night."

I would rather be out helping other ponies survive day to day and not play this dress-up bullshit, Purple thought to himself, Going to be around thousands of GPE soldiers and officers.

"Oh before I forget," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Here's your identification papers and I got your bag ready."

Purple took the ID papers and checked his first duffel bag again and he responded, "A box of condoms?"

"I... I don't know how that got in there," Lt Honey Cake said, "Maybe somepony put it in there accidentally."

Purple replied, "If you're going to lie. Don't lie through your teeth."

They just prepared for the Gala and Purple wished he could use his own soldiers to cause a distraction to the Grand Pegasus Enclave but not a lot of them are pegasi.

Chapter 52: The Gala: A Gala they'll never forget

At Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura.

"Alright Purple. I mean Lieutenant-General Cantel. Let's check our bags." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "My bags have personnel armor and modified helmets. There are also some dresses for me and a black suit jacket with a white collar shirt and a full Windsor tie."

Purple replied, "I got a Welara Machine Pistol Light a 9x19 round submachine gun with a wireframe stock, a Counter-Terrorist 9mm Submachine gun with a suppressor, a knife with a stealth serrated blade, a 7.62x39mm Assault Rifle with a 30 round magazine. There's also a suppressed .45 Auto Pistol with a heavy-duty slide, sixteen fragmentation grenades, sixteen stun grenades, sixteen flashbangs, one '97 Trench Gun with a ten-round tube, Another box of Grand Pegasus Enclave condoms? Not going to ask. Matchbooklet, and a Mk 44 Mod 0 pistol. In my other bag. There is the 40mm Grenade Rifle, 25mm Grenade Anti-Personel Weapon, two bundles of TNT on a timer, Grenade Rifle, twelve sticks of C4 demolition charges, eight satchel charges, Single Action Equestrian revolver, .45-70 Guide Gun Lever-action rifle, .30-30 Carbine, a flare gun, an M141 Flame Launched Assault Rocket Launcher, .50AE, C96 pistol, a 9mm Submachine Gun, an XL80E8, a Roython, and a Commando .357. Let's get the show on the road. Also, if you think we're going to have a ton of sex you're mistaken."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "No, no, no. Some of my friends want their hymans popped and I told them about you. I told them your dick is small but that doesn't mean you can't pleasure somepony."

Purple stood his ground and said, "I don't care if somepony if somepony gives me a hard time for being skinnier, have a shorter tail than the average stallion, and my pecker is only 2 7/8th inches long dick. I don't care that my brother is 8 15/16th inches long. I don't care that he's taller than me and I don't care his tail is the average length for a stallion. I'm happy who I am."

Purple lit up his horn and turned back in Davey's Gray pegasus named Cantel Walkover.and looked over his fake identification papers.

I am Walkover, Waterfall, Cantel. I am forty-seven years old. I'm a Davey Gray with black hair and with green eyes, Purple thought, I'm married to Councilmare Bubblegum Wind and Major-General Windy Soar. I'm bisexual. My service Number is 6825381CW. I was born in West Trottingham, fifteen hundred feet above West Trottingham to a Grand Pegasus Enclave Captain mare and a Pegasus stallion who was a scavenger before my grandma made him a GPE member. My grandmother was a councilmare. I got to remember all this bullshit too.

Purple then folded it up and put it into his suit front pocket and picked up his two duffle bags and Lieutenant Honey Cake's duffle bag because he's a gentle stallion. They walked over to a V-4 Vertibuck where Purple placed the bags on, helped Lieutenant Honey Cake on board, and he got on himself and closed the door.

____

A couple of hours later at 7:38 PM. Outside of a three-story cloud building.

Purple got off first with both of his bags and helped Lieutenant Honey Cake off who's carrying her own bag and they walked to the main entrance.

"Lieutenant-General Cantel," said a GPE soldier, "Go on through. Captains, Majors, Lieutenant-Colonels, Colonels, Brigadier-Generals, Brigadiers, Major-Generals, Lieutenant-Generals, Generals, Field Marshals, and Councilponies won't be searched and not stopped. Have a great time Lieutenant-General Cantle."

Purple started to walk away and Lieutenant Honey Cake approached where the guard told her to place her bag onto the table.

Lt Honey Cake did let out a sigh and before another guard had a chance to open it Purple came back.

"We're short on tahm. Gist let her thoo or ahl send yawl, chur family, thur kids, an chur grandkids, and their kids an so on tuh thuh bone an waon't let thum take uh break. Don't push may an let her thoo without checkin' her. Don't make no never mind to may hif it's security protocol. Do it."

The guard let Lieutenant Honey Cake pass and she took her bag and the two walked in as if they were a couple.

Security checkpoints ain't for me. Lieutenant Honey Cake thought, They see the armor in the bag well I'll be arrested and detained. Probably executed highly over being branded a dashite.

"Alright Pur. I mean Lt-Gen Cantel," said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "I'll take your bags and take them to our room."

Purple looked at her and said, "Are you stupid? You stupid mare!"

Purple then leaned in and whispered, "If they catch you they'll arrest you. I'll take your bag because they won't search me,"

Lieutenant Honey Cake then gave Purple her duffle bag.

"I got two contacts," said Lt Honey Cake, "Colonel Snow Blue on the second floor with security and she'll be in a fieldgrau uniform don't know with a cap on or not. The phrase is "We have a friend in a low place" and the countersign is "Yes we do". The other contact is Col. Raining Sleet is the head of logistics and head chef. She'll be found in the kitchen. Meet me in the assembly room at 8:10 on the dot."

They went their way where Lieutenant Honey Cake went to go get the hotel key for her room and Purple took the most obvious route to the second floor.

***
On the second floor.

"Could've told me what Colonel Snow Blue looks like," Purple mumbled, "About thirty pegasi up here."

There was a mare standing on her hind legs writing with a black ink pen in her mouth and Purple walked up to her.

"Is yawl Colonel Snow Bulloo?" Purple asked

The mare replied, "I am how can I help you?"

Purple replied, "Way got ah friend in ah low place."

The mare was confused and thought that Lieutenant-General Cantle is confused and confused her with another mare.

"Sorry Lieutenant-General," said Colonel Snow Blue, "There's two more Colonel Snow Blue's here. I'm Colonel Snow Blue number three. I think you're looking for two or one. I'm filling in for Snow Blue number Seven."

Damn that's a lot of ponies with the same name, Purple thought

"Sorry fahwar botherin' yawl. As yawl wuz Colonel." Purple apologized, "Have a nice evenin'."

The Colonel placed the pen back in her mouth and started to write again.

Maybe I should go ask the secretary to find Honey Cake's contact, Purple thought, I wish Sunrise was here with Harmony, Crimson, and Harvested. They were good friends even though Harmony and Crimson were the silent type. Silent and deadly is a great idea for combat. And it's my fault that they're dead.

"Excuse me Ma'am?" asked Purple, "Can you tell me where I can find Colonel Snow Bulloo?"

"There's one over there," said the Secretary said pointing to the closest then farthest, "And another one over there,"

"Thank yawl for the information," Purple said before walking off.

"Are yawl Colonel Snow Bulloo?" Purple asked.

"Yes sir. I am." said Colonel Snow Blue, "I'm Colonel Snow Blue number Five. How can I help you?"

"Do you know a Lieutenant Honey Cake?" asked Purple

Colonel Snow Blue replied, "I'm sorry sir. I do not know this Lieutenant Honey Cake you speak of."

Purple replied, "Sorry fahwar botherin' yawl. Havuh nice night ma'am."

He then walked away to the final Colonel Snow Blue.

"We have a friend in a low place?" asked the mare

Purple replied nervously, "Yes we do"

"Follow me "Lieutenant-General" we better not speak here," said Colonel Snow Blue, "And please don't stare at my ass. I already get a ton of mares and some stallions that look at my ass and some ask if they can have "sleep" with me."

Colonel Snow Blue placed her papers into a billfold and escorted "Lieutenant-General Cantel" into a room and closed the door.

"You're late by a whole sixty-nine seconds," said Colonel Snow Blue, "But they're cracking down on security thinking there's a mole or a planned attack here. Can't believe I fell for this and agreed to this but Honey Cake did call in her favor I owe her. Meet me again in twelve minutes in a board room on the first floor. You can also drop your disguise while in here."

Purple used his magic and now is himself and not be Lt-Gen Cartnel Walkover.

"Alright," said Colonel Snow Blue, "Also got some bad news for you and Honey Cake. Enemy reinforcements are inbound and a ThunderHead class cloudship with hundreds if not thousands of soldiers. Soon nopony won't be able to get through security points without being searched. They'll be here in twenty-four minutes before they arrive. Now you better go."

Purple used his magic and turned himself back into Lieutenant-General and left with his and Lieutenant Honey Cake's bags and headed to Lieutenant Honey Cake's room.

I would rather be pegged by a mare while forced to give oral sex to another mare, Purple thought, while another mare gives me a very painful hoofjob. Wait a second. I'm not Base.

***
In the main hall/lobby area

"When Colonel Autumn Leaf kills RedEye," said a stallion, "I'm going to promote him to General of the Army."

A mare replied, "After we deal with Redeye, Dashites, that Littlepip mare. I forgot about the Grand Pony Enclave and the Wasteland Guardians."

They're soon going to get a major kick in the ass soon, Purple thought, A very huge, very huge kick in the ass.

***
In the dining hall.

Purple walked over to the table where Lieutenant Honey Cake was sitting in her Officer's battle dress and he sat down next to her.

"We got a serious problem," Purple whispered, "We got to hurry this up. Enemy reinforcements are showing up in nineteen minutes and fifty seconds. We got to hide these weapons where they can't be found. We got to go quick."

Lieutenant Honey Cake whispered responded, "Ok thanks for the heads up. Go hide them in the basement or somewhere safe where they can't be found."

Soon a mare walked up behind them and whispered into Purple's ear,

"Lieutenant-General. We got a problem." said the mare, "We need your help we got a security problem."

Purple replied, "Very wayul. Ahl go check it out an solve it."

Purple got up annoyed and took the bags with him.

***
In the hallway

"Follow me Lt-Gen," said Colonel Snow Blue, "We got a problem in the basement."

Purple followed Colonel Snow Blue down some steps to the basement and they were outside of a door.

"I'll be back in a few minutes," said Colonel Snow Blue, "Remember use suppressed weapons or this place will get tighter than my butthole."

Thanks for that, Purple thought, I never looked at a mare's butthole before and I may be straight but I didn't and still don't want that thought in my mind. And now I got one.

Colonel Snow Blue walked away and Purple took the suppressed .45 Auto Pistol out and walked in.

There were three Grand Pegasus Enclave officers standing at a table where Purple used his magic and held his suppressed .45 Auto Pistol at his side against his torso where the three of them looked at him then saw his gun.

He shot the first one, the second one backed away only to get shot, and the third one reached for his Novasurge pistol which it's a Novasurge rifle but without a rifle stock but with a pistol grip and a shorter barrel.

Purple killed the third and final one before going on.

"Fuck off!" said a captured Wasteland Guardian Pegasus, "I ain't tell you jackshit!"

Purple replied, "It's me. Commander Artist. I'm here to set you free."

The Pegasus replied, "Oh. Sorry, sir. If you want to free us. There's a Major on the other side with the keys unless if you want to lockpick it."

Purple didn't have any lockpicks so he went and drew the suppressed CT 9mm Submachine gun. He saw several Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers sitting at a round table playing cards where he just shot them using his magic.

Purple even encountered more captured Pegasai from the Wasteland Guardians sitting in jail cells under the building and some of them were Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers or officers who defected over to them because they don't like what or how the Grand Pegasus Enclave became or who they are or don't like the officers they have.

The major was easy where Purple just walked up behind the bright yellow Pegasus and slit his throat and took the key. He released his captured allies where they just took the Energy weapons mostly the small arms one that they could fit into their mouths.

They also remained hidden where Purple left the weapons with them but took the two bundles of dynamite and most of them think that Purple shoved them up his ass only for him to place them in Lt Honey Cake's bag and went back to her.

***
Lieutenant Honey Cake then escorted Purple to her room where he hid the bag under the bed but inside of the frame.

Purple then left where he has several minutes left until more enemy soldiers came which he went to the security room.

Purple didn't hesitate of using his suppressed .45 Auto Pistol and he killed every Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier in their power armor or not. But they were headshots.

With every pony in the room dead, Purple had some time where he planted a timed bundle of dynamite in the room hidden to the best of his ability and walked out after hiding the bodies in lockers.

"Hey honey," said a mare, "Didn't expect for you to be here before eight thirty. Well ready to go back to our room and our threesome sex with me on the bottom, you in the middle, and your husband on top? Well I better go say high to my sister before we do."

Purple replied nervously, "Your sister doesn't want to see you hon. I was in there and you know how higher-ups can be grouchy and they yelled at me for going in there."

The mare took "Lieutenant-General Cantel" back to their room to have sex which Purple didn't want to. But has to keep his cover full and act like the real Lieutenant-General Cantel Waterfall Walkover even if it means having sex with the actual Lt-Gen's wife.

Purple thought that Councilmare Bubblegum Wind was lying. But a stallion named Windy Sore came in.

Lieutenant Honey Cake didn't lie to Purple which she did tell him that they'll have an threesome with the other stallion that fucks the Lt-General in the ass. Purple he hated it but he couldn't say or do anything because he had to stay in character.

I can't believe I'm letting a stallion do me in my butt, Purple thought, But I have to stay in character even though I hate it. I got to put up with it. After all when I had nightmares and would go sleep with my sister she would've done the Dutch oven prank on me and I put up with that. Maybe I should. Maybe I should get this council mare pregnant and say she got pregnant. Not really I'm not Base. If Base was here. He would've impregnated every mare here by now if not a quarter amount of mares here.

Purple just did his best to block out Windy Sore. But he couldn't when he ejaculated into Purple which he still had to ignore but he tried.

***
In her room.

"Where the hell is he!" Lieutenant Honey Cake said to herself loudly, "Where the fuck is he!"

There was a knock on her door and she went and opened it only to see a few Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers with an officer. Due to an mole every room is going to be searched for weapons or anything with weapons or spying.

They tossed the room up and down but didn't find anything. But Lieutenant Honey Cake felt violated when she was stripped searched her and they didn't even have the curtesy of putting her room back together.

Fuckin' assholes, Lt Honey Cake thought, Could've had the fuckin' courtesy to put things back not leave it all messed up.

Lieutenant Honey Cake then had the process of cleaning up her room until there was another knock on the door and she just saw Purple standing there all shaken up.

"Are you ok?" asked Lt Honey Cake, "Looks like you saw a ghost."

Purple replied, "Well. I never expect in my life to have sex with a mare and have a stallion do me. Also, no I didn't like it. I fudging hated it. I'm just going to go to bed now."

Purple then used his magic and went to bed in Lieutenant Honey Cake's bed with her joining him soon after cuddling up with him.

***
In the morning.

Purple got up where he changed back into his original appearance and took a nice long push up to wake himself up even though they're other ways. But he chose to do push-ups and left the room after re-disguising himself as Lieutenant-General Cantle again.

***
In the main lobby

Purple ran across Colonel Autumn Leaf with another pegasus that looks like Autumn Leaf and Purple thought it was either it was Autumn Leaf's brother or father and Purple never met Autumn Leaf's family. But his gut was saying it was a brother.

Purple just ignored them not wanting an argument and last time Autumn Leaf punched Purple and he doesn't want to draw any unnecessary attention.

What is he doing here! Purple thought, You know what I just need not to remember what happened last night and focus on givin' the Grand Pegasus Enclave a giant kick in the butt.

Purple then went down into the basement and got some of the satchel charges and C4 demolition charges.

Can't go around they'll find the explosives and gun on me, Purple thought, Need to find another way around without being detected. Maybe the cloud airshafts can do. Maybe.

"Commander," said a pegasus Wasteland Guardian, "My great-grandpa designed this place and well this is only sublevel 1. There's more underground even though we're 7300 feet high. But well. The Garrison commander here. Get rid of him including the organizer. He's a tough son of a bitch. He can see through disguises. On the second sublevel, there's some offices and a room and there's a poison somepony has. You can poison them or frame one or both of them being the mole."

"Thanks for the information," said Purple, "Also, When there's a big explosion which will happen later flash a light down that tunnel thing to single our strike force number 1. Our strike force number 2 is nearby. I'll get going."

Purple then left even though he didn't follow his plan of using vents and walked to a stairwell where he went down to the final floor and saw a Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier walking past a server room.

The only thing he felt was when Purple placed his cyber wing on his mouth and Purple took the combat knife he has with a stealth serrated blade whose blade is black but now red with the blood of the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier.

There was an office that Purple entered where there was a cabinet with a lock on it so he searched the files to look for a passcode to unlock the lock. But he couldn't find any so he decided to search the terminal and soon found the passcode.

Purple then got up and went to the cabinet and put in 1-6-7-5-6-0 and opened it where he got a small bottle of poison and placed it on him.

***
Purple walked down the hall going through a side door to avoid the security and approached a Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier sitting behind a desk writing then asked if he could see the commander of security which the pegasus allowed.

Purple sat down where the pegasus placed two-shot glasses filled with purified water and left the room.

The pony asked Lieutenant-General Cantel what he wanted even though he was eyeing Purple from top to bottom to see anything out of the ordinary.

Purple looked at a model of a V-4 Vertibuck and said, "Miss the old days?"

He replied, "Yeah. But that accident several decades ago at Neighvarro put me behind a desk. Nothing like going down memory lane. But the Drill Instructor there he was an asshole. How can a pony like him have a family? And hate his own son for some reason that's probably stupid."

Before he could turn around Purple slipped the poison in but when he turned around he took the non-poisoned one and took a sip.

Purple then wanted to talk about something personal and asked about the pegasus next to him in a photo where he turned around again and Purple did the old switcharoo before he turned around and they both took a sip.

When they both finished the water.

"I know who you are!" said the Pegasus, "YOU'RE NOT LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CANTEL WATERFALL WALKOVER!"

Purple replied, "And you're going to die before anypony finds out. And I tend to keep it that way."

Before the pegasus could report him to the guards he fell out of his chair choking where Purple just got up and walked off through another room and down the hall and through another door to avoid the checkpoints.

***
In the kitchen

Purple walked up to a mare and said, "Are yawl Colonel Rainin' Sleet?"

"Who the fuck are you!" yelled the mare, "Show me some fuckin' identity or I'll have every fuckin' stallion in here fuck you so hard you'll be cryin' until the Brahmin's come home."

Purple hoofed over his forged ID to her and gave it back hostilely to him.

"Tell me what the fuck you're doing here or I'll make you my personal bitch!" she screamed at Purple

"I'm lookin fawhar Colonel Rainin' Sleet." Purple replied

"She's in the back!" screamed the head chef, "Now get the fuck out of my sight!"

Damn she's a rude witch, Purple thought, At least I'm out of her sight. I would rather put my dick in a blender then be with a mare like her. I like mares I don't care if they're soft or fiesty. But I prefer mares like my marefriend or wife Azure Blue Sapphire, or Paladin Sapphire Heart, or Honey Cake, or Rocky Road, or Rainy Night. Fiery Thought she's extream but the head chef mare she's more worst. I would rather marry and be with Fiery Thought. No pony will be sane nor insane to be with her.

"Excuse me Ma'am?" Purple said, "Are yawl Colonel Rainin' Sleet?"

The mare replied friendly, "Yes I am. How can I help you?"

Purple replied, "We got a friend in a low place."

Col. Rainin' Sleet replied, "Yes we do."

Colonel Rainin' Sleet got up leaving her clipboard and pen behind and took Purple into a side room and told him to lose his disguise which he did,

"Did you bring the explosives?" asked Col. Rainin' Sleet, "If so hoof them over."

Purple hoofed over some of the explosives to Col. Rainin Sleet without hesitation.

"Set the time for 7:00 PM on the dot." said Purple, "When the music and all loudness starts. It'll cover up the sound. We'll give them a Gala they'll never forget."

I wonder how Col. Snow Blue is doing?, Purple thought, Hope she's fine.

***
Last night.

I can't be seen or they'll think I'm the mole, Colonel Snow Blue, But I do hate them with all this red tape and bureaucracy bullshit. I hate the fucking' council. I wonder how many fucking councilponies are there? Probably more in different parts of the Enclave. Probably above Canterlot, Trottingham, Crystal Empire, Ponyville, Neighvarro, Manehattan, Fillydelphia, and so on. If not by region of Center, Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western councils. I really never paid attention and well my mother and father. Well we were just peachy. Hated them and they hated me and each other.

Outside of Lieutenant Honey Cake's room, Colonel Snow Blue opened the door and entered where she went over to Purple and took the suppressed Mk 44 Mod 0 suppressed 9x19mm pistol.

"Halt. Colonel." said a Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier, "Security check. Put your two frontal hooves against the wall while we search you."

As Colonel Snow Blue was about to she whipped out the pistol, placed it into her mouth and shot the two. Behind her was a door which she dragged the two bodies in it and placed them into a locker to keep them out of sight.

Colonel Snow Blue then walked outside where she was in the courtyard where she just avoided the guards and there were two of them with searchlights to look for anypony that isn't supposed to be out there.

By the south gate she took out two guards looking the other way and dragged their bodies into another room and locked it and broke the handle but she did the same for the northside of not knowing which side the second strike force is going to come from.

This is going to be hard, Colonel Snow Blue thought, Thousands of Enclave personnel. A fucking ThunderHead class cloudship and reinforcements ready at the press of an alarm. Well if I get caught. I'm going out in style.

As the security increased so did Col Blue's sneakiness where she started to use the cloud airshafts to move around and went back to the original post and no pony was the wiser of where she went or did.

***
Present-day.

Purple Artist and Rainin' Sleet came out of a room they were in and parted way so nopony would be the wiser.

Back in the main lobby, Purple saw Lieutenant Honey Cake on who's the mare she's talking too.

The mare replied snottily, "I'm Councilmare Daisy Sugar Belle. I'm her mother! Please leave this conversation doesn't involve you!"

Purple replied angrily, "I AM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CANTEL WALKOVER AND YOU WILL NOT SPEAK TO ME IN THAT TONE!"

Councilmare Daisy replied, "I'M COUNCILMARE DAISY SUGAR BELLE, AND I WILL NOT BE SPOKEN AS IF I WAS A FILLY! COME ON EBONE HONEY BOOTE CAKE WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THIS IN PRIVATE!"

Honey Cake finally snapped, "STOP TREATING ME LIKE A DAMN FILLY! IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT DAD DIVORCED YOU! YOU'RE THE MAIN FUCKING REASON I HATE YOUR GUTS AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU MEET YOUR GRAND COLT OR GRAND FILLY! DO ME A DAMN FAVOR AND LEAVE ME ALONE I'M NOT GOING TO BE A DAMN COUNCILMARE SO LEAVE ME ALONE ABOUT IT. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ONE WHEN I WAS FOUR AND I STILL DON'T! NOT EVEN STEPDAD COULD BRIBE ME TO BE A COUNCILMARE NOT EVEN WITH A RIDE IN HIS VERTIBUCK!"

Lieutenant Honey Cake then walked away angrily and Purple caught up with her.

"Oh crap." said Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Follow me. And keep your darn head down."

Purple did without asking where unknown to him where Lieutenant Honey Cake saw the actual Lieutenant-General Cantel Waterfall Walkover and now security think either or are could be a spy or the mole.

***
Back in Honey Cake's room.

"Time for Plan B?" asked Lieutenant Honey Cake, "Or stick to Plan A?"

Purple responded uneasily, "I don't know. First just walking around was scary. Not adding I freed some of my captured soldiers down in the basement. Then I had sex with the actual Lt-Gen Cantle's wife and his husband joined and did me in my butt. Now this with lying that I'm some pony that I'm not with the actual one here. We'll stick with Plan A. If it'll go sideways I'll give the single which is a ca-caw."

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "Alright. Plan A it is. The "party gift" will go off at 7:00 PM on the dot. Also, Purple. I'm carrying your foal and why haven't I seen your ring yet?"

Purple replied, "Ms. Prelate a mare in Stable 190 she's pregnant, all of Stable 194 is pregnant from me, two hundred and nine Grand Pegasus Enclave mares under your command are pregnant, and you are. Not adding I'm already married. Also, if I wasn't married to a mare I had a crush on since I was four. I would probably choose Paladin Sapphire Heart or Rocky Road. I definitely would've chosen Sunrise Storm. But she's dead and it's my fault that she's dead. I should've given her a direct order to leave one of Base's metal airship."

***
After ten hours passed and every pegasus went into the dining hall and Purple hated it because that's because at the table he was at had Lieutenant Honey Cake, Colonel Autumn Leaf (who's there against his will which Purple forged Lt-Gen Cantle's writing and it's payback for hitting him/Purple and threaten to brand him as a Dashite and a traitor if he doesn't show), Councilmare Daisy Sugar Belle, Major Bubblegum Sweets, and General Autumn Breeze.

Purple looked annoyed but he tried to keep his facial expression at least happy or neutral looking.

When the time reached 6:55 PM both Purple and Lieutenant Honey Cake left the room at the same time where in the main lobby they ran into Rainy Night, Colonel Snow Blue, and Colonel Rainin' Sleet, and they headed towards Lieutenant Honey Cake's room.

"I bought us a twenty-minute window," said Colonel Snow Blue, "After the explosives go off we'll have twenty minutes to do what we need to do and go. Let's do it."

Rainy Night replied, "I'm going to give them a nice final fuck you, and I say we had a hell of a night."

They made it to Lieutenant Honey Cake's room and soon there were several loud explosions which were covered up by the music which weren't heard by the officers and councilponies due to how loud the music was. But it was dealt with due to the shocks from the explosions.

"I hope your right with that airship and enemy reinforcements don't show soon." said Purple, "Well lock and load and I don't need this disguise anymore."

Purple went back to his design as a moderate purple alicorn not Davey's gray pegasus and he got his weapons from the bag besides just a suppressed .45 Auto Pistol.

Both strike teams which have pegasi in them including the captured ones that Purple freed fought them.

"Nineteen minutes before enemy reinforcement come." said Colonel Snow Blue, "We either do this or not."

Lieutenant Honey Cake took point where for a pregnant mare she galloped fast where she walked up to her mother and shot her more than once before galloping out with several guards chasing after her only for them to fall into their trap.

The gunfire surely caught their attention due to a lot of the weapons aren't suppressed and the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers ran up to fight them where the council ponies were escorted out a back way away from the gunfire and explosions and to a safe location until it's resolved.

They're lucky as the Grand Pegasus Enclave is calling for help as far away as Neighvarrio for help but they're not receiving their distress call for help.

The bullets and Novasurge entry flew by a majority of them missed. But Purple used his Grenade Launcher and Grenade Rifle which the shrapnel got the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and the officers were easier to kill because they weren't in any form of armor.

As the soldiers were forced to retreat because they were being overwhelmed and the explosives from the grenade launcher and grenade rifle. Purple tried to hit Colonel Autumn Leaf with it but every time they would miss him even though he would fire all around the Colonel.

"Autumn Leaf has a lot of golden horseshoes up his flank!" Purple said, "WILL. YOU. FUCKING. DIE. ALREADY! THE WASTELAND DOESN'T NEED ANY MORE PONIES LIKE YOU!"

***

Out in the courtyard.

"I'm going to go take that ship," said Purple.

"I'm going with you," said Rainy Night, "There are thousands and you'll need assistance."

Both Purple Artist and Grand Pegasus Enclave Technician Rainy Night flew up to the ThunderHead class cloudship where they fought them.

"Guess we caught them with their power armor down around their legs," said Purple, "Or not a lot of them are here."

The bullets and grenades flew where no place was safe for them, especially the explosives from the Grenade launcher and grenade rifle that Purple is using and blowing the living shit out of everything in sight.

"Lay down some suppressive fire!", yelled a Grand Pegasus Enclave officer, "Suppress the two! I'll be damned if I let them take over this cloudship!"

A Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier responded, "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU YELLING AT? There's a lot of us and they won't get this ship."

A grenade from Purple's grenade launcher killed them and the officer had his head blown off and blood gushed out like a gusher.

There wasn't a lot of Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers on the ship which made it easy for them and they ran down the halls and went up to the bridge which the door opened and soon seven Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers came out in modified power armor with tesla coils on them giving them an electrical which will hurt anypony attacking with melee weapons.

Purple and Rainy ran where Purple asked on who and what they are.

"SIGMA SQUAD!" yelled Rainy Night, "THEY'RE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS ELITE FORCES WE HAVE! THEY CAN'T BE REASONED WITH, THEY CAN'T BE BRIBED!"

Purple replied calmly, "Why are you screaming at the top of your lungs?"

Grand Pegasus Enclave Technician Rainy Night replied yelling, "TO MAKE IT MORE DRAMATIC!"

Purple replied, "Well it's working."

They just kept running until they decided to hijack a Vertibuck and used the main armament on the gunship vertibuck and it was a tough fight.

Energy and Novasurge rifles were intense and the right engine of the V-4 Vertibuck caught fire and blew up.

It was still flying and the autocannon on the Vertibuck soon malfunctioned which lead Purple to say,

"ARE YOU FUCKIN' KIDDING ME? NOW, SOMETHING BREAKS!" Purple yelled, "WHY IS IT SOMETHING BREAKS WHILE IN COMBAT!"

Purple then switched over to mini-rockets and fired where the body parts from Sigma squad blew up.

"They weren't that good anyway." said Rainy Night, "They were at the bottom of the most elite food chain anyway. They weren't that special nor that elite anyway."

The two then left the Vertibuck before it crashed and blew up where they both ran and entered the bridge where something hit Purple so hard it knocked him out cold only leaving Rainy Night where the captain of it was in it.

He threw a sword at Technician Rainy Night and she used her wing to hold it where they had a sword battle. The swords just clanged against each other where it wasn't exciting.

The captain cheated and knocked Rainy Night down and asked what her final words were only for her to respond, "I'm going to cheat."

Purple fired his .45 Auto Pistol killing the captain by shooting him in the head which Purple got up after rubbing the back of his head.

"I guess this cloudship is ours now." Purple said, "Now we got a mobile base of operations."

Purple then went and sat down in the chair and Rainy Night walked up to him.

"New ships." said Rainy Night, "Because the ThunderHead-class has four large thunderclouds each cloud-capable transporting a single Raptor-class. And says here there's four. So five ships."

Purple then got off the chair and the duo left the ThunderHead class cloudship and rejoined the fight.

***

Still in the courtyard the gunfire and Novasurge fire were intense. They were both not gaining an inch. Some of them had grenades that they would throw and dislodge each other.

Both sides heard the sound of a vertibuck and the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and officers cheered as air support arrived only for the vertibuck fired its autocannon at the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier and officers killing a majority of them.

All of them boarded the Vertibuck after it landed to see it was Purple and Rainy Night in it and after they got on board they went back to the ThunderHead Head which Purple needed a crew to run it.

Colonel Snow Blue and Rainy Night took over which lead Purple to say.

"Colonel Snow Blue doesn't exist anymore but Admiral Snow Blue. Rainy Night you are no longer a Technician but Captain."

None of them questioned Purple or asked how he knows the prewar Equestrian naval ranks. But some of them remembered that he was born and raised in Stable 190 and that was taught and drilled into his head.

"I'd say this was a very fun evening." said Honey Cake, "And I finally shut my mother up once and for all."

Snow Blue responded, "You walked up to her and shot her seven times in front of a councilmare, Colonel Autumn Leaf, and a few others."

"With their leadership scared and about 22% of their army leadership dead," said Honey Cake, "They're finished for a while until they can just train which will take a while to bring back. Better luck next time Purple. Maybe next time you'll be able to kill Colonel Autumn Leaf or maybe you can propose to him. I'm joking but you'll have a third chance to kill him."

Purple then went into a room that had a bed, Purple went to bed and had a weird dream.

Lieutenant Honey Cake rubbed her belly even asked her and Purple's unborn foal if he or she would like to be born on land, in the cloudship or above the clouds which she told herself that she'll choose where she'll give birth and it'll either be in the town of Crimson, Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura or on the ThunderHead class named, The "Dry lighting" which was built my Lt-Gen Cantle's forces built by slave labor.

Rainy Night just roamed the ship to get used to it so she won't get lost in the future and the others did. But Snow Blue stayed on the bridge and got used to the controls while reading the manual to operate it.

***

At the building where the Gala was being held.

"I'm going to kill that Bastard!" exclaimed Colonel Autumn Leaf, "After I kill Redeye I'm going to kill the Wasteland Guardians leader and make him wish he wasn't born as I give him a very painful death."

A pony replied, "Colonel Leaf? Can you stop acting like you got a very huge stick shoved up your ass?"

Col. Autumn Leaf responded, "Because of Calamity. If he wasn't born then mom wouldn't have died and dad wouldn't be such a bastard. Since mom died giving birth to Calamity and dad became a different pony and well I'm not going to go give you my entire life backstory."

Once Redeye is dead after I kill him!. Colonel Autumn Leaf thought, I'm going to kill Base and Purple and give them a very painful death. Going to give Base a painful death and give Purple a more painful death and have him begging me to put him out of his misery. But I won't because I'm a bastard. I better get back to the Overcast so I can kill Redeye.

Colonel Autumn Leaf then left and took a Vertibuck back to the Overcast an assault on Red Eye's Cathedral to kill Red Eye soon.

***

When the sun rose, Snow Blue entered the room Purple was in sleeping and told him that Rainy Night had been busy and still is where she was able to "hotwire" the Enclave communications on board so now he can talk to any Wasteland Guardian place or outpost in the wasteland.

Got some tech I don't know and some Pegasi that know how to use it, Purple thought, But we got a mobile base of operations with four escort ships. I better get up and contact Rocky and them.

***

On the bridge of the Dry Lighting, Purple walked over to the radio and contacted the town of Crimson.

"Purple?" asked Rocky Road, "Where the hell are you?!"

Purple replied friendly, "In a stolen Grand Pegasus Enclave Cloudship we got a new mobile base of operation. I'm going to be up here for a while. I'm going to be mission control from up here and say where's trouble and have Guardians go and protect the Wastelanders."

Rocky Road replied friendly, "Oh, ok then. Well, we're busy building up Crimson. We built up a wooden wall and Midnight and they are out currently are reinforcing the wall with a huge stone wall to help reinforce and protect us against future attacks."

"Hey Rocky?" asked Purple, "Can you put Paladin Sapphire Heart on the radio?"

Rocky Road agreed and went and got Paladin Sapphire Heart and she was excited to hear that Purple wanted to talk to her and did.

Paladin Sapphire said, "Purple? Where are you? I've worried about you. I've been worried sick about you."

Purple replied, "I'm fine. Just shot up a GPE Gala with Honey Cake and several allies who turned their backs on the Grand Pegasus Enclave. Killed about several hundred GPE soldiers with some help."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "It was hard without your leadership. Come back please I miss you. I miss cuddling up to you while sleeping. I love your Purple. Please come back."

Purple replied, "Hey Paladin? I know it's a very stupid question. But... But will you wouldn't mind having a dinner date with me?"

Paladin Sapphire replied disappointed, "I thought you were going to ask my hoof in marriage."

Purple replied, "But I'm already taken. Because I'm married to my childhood sweetheart. You know what screw it. Paladin Sapphire? Will you take my hoof in marriage?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Yes. A million times yes."

Snow Blue and several Wasteland Guardian Pegasi left the bridge so Purple can be alone to talk to Paladin Sapphire Heart.

***
In the town of Crimson.

I wonder how Purple can do this?, Midnight Twister, I can't do this bullshit. Wait I'm not even second in command. I'm the third in command. Where the fuck is Rocky? She's the second in command. If Sunrise was here she would've known what to do. She and Purple were a duo with Purple being the leader, Sunrise being the second in command, Rocky being the third in command, me in fourth in command, Harmony being the fifth, and Crimson being the sixth. What was his other name he was the seventh in command? But those two were Good-hearted and we still are. Purple's the type who'll donate his medical aid to make sure a colt or filly will survive even help random ponies even enemy combatants to make sure they're well if they're not dead. I still can't believe I wore a pre-war fireman's outfit.

Midnight then walked over to the radio room and yelled at Paladin Sapphire for using up the radio that ponies could be trying to radio them for help and can't get through because she's hogging it.

Rocky Road was on another radio broadcasting into the wasteland telling ponies to radio them if there is any problem where no problem is too small nor too big and they'll handle any problem day or night twenty-four/seven the Guardians are ready to help.

"Rocky can you help us build up the wall?" asked Midnight, "Because we don't have a lot of soldiers here to build it up so we can add protection to this town. And you're not doing your part."

Rocky replied, "I did my part. Hauling stone away from thirteen miles is more difficult than you can imagine. You can just kept Softshell Boglurks away and they were easy to kill. Hauling stone away even with magic is hard."

***

The Grand Pegasus Enclave all of the council pegasi got together in an emergency meeting to discuss the Gala well what happened only for them to come to a quick decision to wipe them off the face of the wasteland and placed on the same threat teir as RedEye.

"This is going to be fun," said Colonel Autumn Leaf, "I get to kill three birds with two stones. Red Eye first then I get to kill Base and Purple at the same time. Not going to use my Star Blaster that'll give the brothers a painless death. I wanna give'em a painful death. I know that either or will run to each other and get support from another."

The Grand Pegasus Enclave are still wondering how the explosions and all that worked only to forget that magic was cast on them so they wouldn't fall through the cloud. They also don't know that Purple is part pegasus with 41% Pegasus in his DNA from his mother's side.

***

On the Dry Lighting

"So Purple how was the Gala?" asked Admiral Snow Blue, "Did you have fun?"

Purple replied, "I think I got a councilmare pregnant. The wife of Lt-Gen Cantel. I think I got her pregnant."

Snow Blue replied, "Well you can blackmail her that she had sex with a "wastelander" and I don't think the Council would approve of what happened. And that she's carrying a "wastelander" foal. They'll probably kick her out if not exile her. Blackmail her."

"No, no," said Purple. "Blackmailing somepony isn't me. I don't care if Raiders do it I don't."

Snow Blue replied, "Ok then. Well, how was your night on here when you went to bed."

Purple replied, "I had a dream that I was in the pre-war days. I'm going to go find Honey Cake."

***

Still in the town of Crimson.

Midnight, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry couldn't believe they missed out on attacking the Grand Pegasus Enclave gala. But they knew why they couldn't be a part of it and that's because none of them are pegasi.

At least we don't have to worry about the Grand Pegasus Enclave for a bit, Paladin Sapphire thought, Until they get back on their hooves and have a huge counter-attack from them. At least we have some breathing room and get some more initiates. But we're still going to be attacked by the Grand Pony Enclave, Steel Rangers, and Fiery Thought's Raider group.

Midnight was happy that the Grand Pegasus Enclave would be leaving them alone for some time. But he's been busy trying to woo his marefriend who's also a guard and a unicorn, Ms, Domino's twirl. He would've loved to help her out with her urges but he was castrated.

Paladin Sapphire was and still is happy but he's more excited and happy has a filly due to Purple proposing to her even though it was through a radio.

Starry has been busy doing more work than Midnight where he's just been sitting back mostly drinking Sparkle-Cola and doing drugs. But he does that when Ms. Domino is out and not in town.

Rocky is just happy for having a place to rest and relax so she isn't out walking for once. She isn't like a prewar mare who would buy shoes for formal events and not sleep outside and not spend caps on food, water/beverages, and first aid not adding security/defense, beds to sleep in, housing, and not out roaming around. Not adding a group of friends who has her back and she got there's.

Rocky then heard a transmission from the radio from a settlement that needs their help because of "The Conflagration" gang so Rocky then told Sapphire to tell Purple which Sapphire did lovingly.

Purple told her over the radio that he'll meet them there but he'll beat them via vertibuck.

Chapter 53: The Dream

Onboard a Vertibuck. Rainy Night asked Purple that she overheard his conversation with Snow Blue about him having a dream and she would like to hear about it.

"I don't know where to start." said Purple, "Well it was like how the books in my Stable would describe the pre-war days. It was a nice day with no chance of death by raiders, slavers, artificial alicorns, no hellhounds, no radscorpions, and no other wasteland horrors. Well, the town was a small town. Well when I went to go eat breakfast I found out that my wife... she was Lieutenant Honey Cake wearing a pink rose dress."

***
In Purple's dream last night.

Purple was in a room sitting at a desk writing where he smelled something cooking so the moderate purple alicorn got up and went into the kitchen to see Honey Cake wearing a pink rose dress making pancakes.

"Mornin' Honey," said Purple warmingly, "How are you?"

Honey Cake replied, "Morning honey. I'm fine and the colts and fillies are out playing. I made your favorite. Chocolate chip pancakes. Have a seat, honey. I'll get you a plate and a cup of coffee."

He gave her a smooch on the cheek and got his own plate of food.

Honey Cake walked off to go fetch the morning newspaper and she said when she came back to the table, "I'm glad we're not at war. Not with the Zebra's, not with the Dragons, not with the Diamond Dogs, nopony. Just peace and harmony. Oh Purple. I know it's a stupid question. But can you give me another foal? After you get home from work."

Purple replied, "Anything for my "Honey" If you want another foal you'll get one even though we already have seven daughters and three sons. We multiply like rabbits."

Purple finished his breakfast, gave Honey Cake a smooch on her mouth, and left the house. It was a nice spring day with the sun shining, nice breeze not and hot

"Morning Purple," said Rocky Road while walking down the sidewalk

Purple replied, "Morning Rocky. How are you?"

Rocky replied friendly, "I'm fine. Just headed into work."

Rocky Road then left to go to work.

"Another beautiful day in Crimson," Purple said out loudly, "No storms, no hail. Nothing just another peaceful day."

Soon Purple ran into his old marefriend Azure Blue Sapphire in a police uniform.

"Nice day. Isn't it Purple?" she asked

Purple replied friendly, "It is a lovely day. Well, I'll let you go back on patrol Blue Sapphire. We don't want ponies like my brother to ruin this stepford town."

Purple just walked on the concrete sidewalk to work and just passed his companions in the real world either out walking around or going to work. Purple just let the sun hit his short fur.

Purple then went to work where he drew and sketched his heart's content which was only for eight hours. Then he headed home to his loving and caring wife and their colts and fillies.

We have a lot of kids, Purple thought, But if she wants another she'll get another. I'm not going to argue with her.

"Hey Honey," said Purple, "How was your day?"

Honey Cake replied, "My day been fine. Baked a cake and a few pies earlier. Did the laundry and made the beds. Besides that just listened to the radio. And took care of our one-month-old thought of our one-day newborn of her or his name when he or she is born. How was your day?"

Purple replied friendly, "Fine. I'm going to go and make dinner."

Purple then walked into the kitchen and mac and cheese. When it was done he called his wife and their colts and fillies to dinner where after dinner Purple and Honey Cake went into their bedroom so he could give her another foal.

"Give it to me Purple," said Honey Cake, "You're the best stud there is! I'm glad I married you and started a family with you!"

Purple replied, "Anything for you. You're my loving and caring wife even though we got on the wrong hoof but if somepony said that we would be together back then we wouldn't believe them. But look at us happily married and have a lot of foals."

Purple then wrapped Honey Cake within his wings and the two had sex and Honey Cake enjoyed it. After it, Honey Cake went to bed because having sex tires her out more not adding she's on her hooves all day cooking, cleaning, and all that.

Purple just went outside and spent some time with their foals throwing a baseball around with them. He had a grand old time being happy spending time with their foals and being a good father to them.

***
Purple's alarm went off on his Pipbuck 3000 which he got up. Not adding Snow Blue.

***

Still in the Vertibuck

"Interesting dream," said Rainy Night, "I thought you two hated each other?"

Purple replied, "We did. But I'd say we're somewhat allies. I know she can have me and my Wasteland Guardians killed and wiped off the face of this planet. But she also knows my forces can bombard her Forward Observation Bases and the old Equestrian Anti-Air weapons I copied and restored can tear the Cloudships and Vertibucks apart. Now the Typhoon is a modified Raptor class with side weapons instead of the ones on top. Now the "ThunderHead" will be an easy target to shoot at."

Rainy Night replied, "But there's hundreds of thousands of Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers. And only a hundred something of the Wasteland Guardians. But you got fire and determination. And your not like that Colonel. You care for your soldiers where Autumn Leaf does not. Not adding we just use Novasurge rifles. I've mostly seen them use Novasurge rifles. Your forces got almost every type of weapon from a 10mm pistol to missile and rocket launchers. Not adding some energy weapons."

Purple replied chuckling, "And that's why every faction from Raiders, Slavers, Mercenaries, Steel Rangers, The Grand Pegasus Enclave, and my brother's Grand Pony Enclave. Not adding the Steel Rangers Onyx Rangers. We got our hooves filled not adding the nightmares out here."

Soon Rainy Night extracted the landing gear and landed the Vertibuck where she then turned off the Vertibuck and equipped the suppressed submachine gun battle saddle even though there's one saddle, not two.

***

In the old military training city of Empire.

"Had to land on a roof," said Purple, "At least we can fly up here to get back up here. To get back to it."

The two got off the building and walked down it which was a long walk to get down to the street.

"I think they know that we're here." said Purple, "After all a Vertibuck isn't the most stealthful vehicle. And they're on the other side of this wall."

"Wait should we wait for backup?" asked Rainy Night, "Who knows on how many raiders are on the other side of there."

Purple replied, "Their Raiders not the guards of Fort Knabstruper."

"Fort Knabstruper?" asked Rainy Night, "Never heard of it?"

"Fort Knabstruper was home to the Equestrian Gold Reserve. About 261,500,000 troy or that's 17,931,428.57 pounds. A lot of gold. But that's somewhere in Central Equestria." Purple explained

Purple then lockpicked the door and they saw raiders looking the other way and Purple kept Rainy Night out where he snuck up on a Raider, placed a fragmentation grenade on the raider, and shoved him into a group of Raiders just standing there and the raider blew up when the grenade went off.

***

A block away.

"Sounds like Purple is kicking ass!" said Midnight Twister, "Sounds like he beat us to it."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Well he does have a Vertibuck. Or an Fleet of them so he'll get around a lot quicker."

Midnight replied, "No one asked you."

Rocky replied, "You don't have to be so rude to her all the time."

***

In the Raider's camp Purple hid behind a thin metal wall where a Raider is trying to bake him alive with a Flamethrower but the only reason he isn't burnt is that he's smart enough to take cover and not be against it.

Rainy Night shot at the raiders helping Purple so he can fight back.

Purple thought about it. He thought about using his last remaining fragmentation grenade or not. He chose not to and wanted to save the grenade for something else.

With the raiders distracted by Rainy Night, Purple didn't hesitate to pop out of cover and shot them with the 25mm Grenade Launcher APW he has still and his .45 Auto Pistol.

Soon Rocky Road, Midnight Twister, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry soon joined the fight.

All but Paladin Sapphire got scared when fire from the flamethrowers that the fire came to them. All of them used Paladin Sapphire as a mobile shield where she fired her Novasurge rifle shooting the Raiders as nothing.

For a bunch of drug dealing, sadistic, & anarchic raiders did their best to take cover even though some of them had pool cues and the ones with pool cues got either killed instantly or the pool cues broke against Paladin Sapphire's power armor.

Paladin Sapphire only did it once & she used her magic to pick up an Earth Pony raider and threw him as hard she could into a brick wall face first. It wasn't a painless death.

Purple unintentionally fired a 25mm grenade at Paladin Sapphire where it ricochet off of her power armor and blew up on another surface killing a few Raiders behind a wooden cover. It leads Paladin Sapphire to say "I guess you can say we're a tag team. Purple has the guns and I have the armor so bullets and grenades will ricochet off of me. I need to stop reading pre-war books about how once ponies once did tag teams."

Midnight replied, "Shut the fuck up Sapphire! And keep fighting!"

Don't know why Midnight hates me, Paladin Sapphire thought, I didn't do anything wrong to him. Not that I can remember

The Raiders weren't that well-armed nor weren't well armored to go against them where most of them either had melee weapons like pool sticks, baseball bats or knives but some had machetes. Others had flamethrowers which are terrible to go against Purple, Rainy Night, and Paladin Sapphire and they're also armed with .32 Pistols.

"I'm going to flash them!" yelled Rainy Night

Starry replied, "No one wants to see you butt naked!"

Purple replied, "She's going to use a flashbang not literally flash them. I don't think she's literally going to flash them."

Rainy Night used the only flashbang grenade she had since last night while assaulting the Grand Pegasus Enclave Gala and the flashbang stunned the remaining raiders also Midnight at the same time.

With them stunned they were quickly put down and killed.

They all joined Purple and they followed Purple and Rainy up to the Vertibuck where Purple cast a spell on them allowing them to enter the Vertibuck.

They flew back to the Dry Lighting where during the flight Paladin Sapphire took off her helmet and laid her head on Purple with a smile on her face knowing she was safe and sound.

"Different than last time," said Rocky, "At least we didn't fall through the previous Vertibuck but this one is different."

Rainy Night replied while flying, "Because they're two versions of the V-4. This one and commonly used by the Grand Pegasus Enclave is made of cloud material. The ones that "The Bitch" captured all of you were the pre-war Equestrian Airforce or Marines Vertibuck made of sheet metal, aluminum, and titanium. This is the former not the latter."

Midnight replied, "Yeah Honey Cake is a bitch. Paladin Sapphire is "Queen Bitch". Yeah I said it!"

Purple replied, "Midnight leave her alone. She didn't do anything to you."

***

It wasn't long until they returned back to the ThunderHead class Dry Lighting and Purple then Rainy Night showed them around.

"It's huge!" said Starry

Rocky replied, "Could've phrased that better."

Starry replied, "Oops! Sorry. I didn't mean to phrase it like that,"

They soon entered the bridge.

"Purple," said Snow Blue, "If you want to give your brother a huge kick in the groin. The old Equestrian defense factories. He brought those old factories to produce stuff for his army. I'd say attacking and destroying those will hurt him very well. Well, the wasteland has no rules and I'd say we follow those."

Purple replied, "Agreed. But I've been thinking about taking them for ourselves. Imagine using the presses in them to make our own ammo and our own equipment such as combat armor. At least we won't be dependent on traders and scavenging."

Snow Blue replied, "Good point. Especially with stuff like armor, weapons, aid, and ammo being expensive. I've been to a wastelander market. They were selling a Healing Potion for thirty bottlecaps. There was a .45 Auto Submachine Gun somepony was selling for three hundred bottlecaps. I mean damn I know that they got to put food on the table for families. But price gouging? Going to cost a leg and a hoof for something."

Purple replied, "Let's go Guardians. We got work to do."

***

Back on the same Vertibuck

Purple fell asleep again.

***

In Purple's dream.

Purple was in the town's clinic sitting in a chair where Honey Cake is on a bed laying on her back where the doctor told her to push which she let out a scream and pushed as hard she could.

Honey Cake kept pushing as hard as she could as the mare doctor kept telling her to push.

It was only a few minutes where soon they heard crying where soon they both held their newborn daughter where Purple said "Harp."

Honey Cake replied, "Harp is a lovely name. Do you want to name our daughter after your mother? Alright, I'm down with it."

They name their newborn daughter "Harp Love" after Purple's mother "Harp Love".

The two then shared a kiss.

***
Back in reality the dream was cut short when Midnight hit Purple in the gut with the stock of his shotgun which hurt.

"Damn it Midnight!" said Purple, "What the Hell did you do that for!?"

Midnight replied, "I don't know what you're talking about?"

Rocky Road hit him and said, "We're about to land."

The vertibuck then landed.

***

Outside of the Vertibuck.

"Ante Up," said Purple, "Let's give them a surprise they'll never forget anytime soon."

Midnight replied, "I think I've heard that before. I think I've heard "Ante Up" before. Can't remember where."

Purple replied, "Well, "Ante Up" does mean to raise the cost or price of something. Or increase the risk or possible harm that could result from something."

Purple then led them to the closest factory.

We're outside of artillery range so we can't rely on them, Purple thought, But we can get the drop on them. Looks like they're bored, tired, and DEFINITELY NOT ORGANIZED! This should be hard. I like to say the opposite so I don't jink myself.

"Alright it's two stallions." said Starry, "Easy peasy."

"Your "Easy peasy" my flank," said Midnight, "What about others? More on the inside with guns."

Starry charged ahead where Rocky was going to get her only for her own brother to hold her down and told her it's a lost cause.

Starry shot the two with her overpowered shotgun blowing them into bits and pieces and she got shot which made her run back to where they were.

A few more evil guards ponies came a trotting and they were quickly gunned down by Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, & Starry.

"That was easy," said Starry

Soon there was a gunshot sound and a bullet hit Paladin Sapphire's helmet and hit Rocky Road in the side of the neck.

"Right now would be a great time for Critical!" said Midnight, "That's right he's on a personal vendetta."

Purple got down to his stomach and crawled over to Rocky and accessed his medical kit.

"Stay still Rocky let Doctor Purple fix you," said Purple

While Purple reformed combat triage on Rocky to save her while Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry charged ahead leaving Purple and Rocky alone.

***

Inside by a door

"They won't get through us." said a Grand Pony Enclave soldier, "Nothing going to get through if they don't like it or not."

Soon the thin metal door busted right open with the door crushing them. Paladin Sapphire weighs fourteen hundred pounds and her modified power armor weighs 114.5 pounds for a total weight of 1514 pounds.

"You're a fat mare," said Midnight, "If you can break down a door like nothing."

Paladin Sapphire replied offended, "I'm not fat. I'm skinny. I can still beat your ass in a race with this suit on and without this suit."

Midnight replied, "If you want to go bitch we'll go!"

Both Paladin Sapphire Heart and Midnight Twister ran around the factory with Paladin Sapphire being the winner.

"Ready for round two?" asked Paladin Sapphire

Midnight replied pissed off, "I'm going to beat you this time without your fancy armor."

They had another race where Paladin Sapphire got out of her power armor. But Midnight cheated and had a thirty-second headstart. But Paladin Sapphire caught up real quick like nothing and still beat him.

"How could I lose to such a fat mare!" said Midnight, "I'm lighter than you!"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Because back before and during the war my family were race unicorns. So don't be sad you lost to a "overweight" mare. Also jackass from a medical book I read it says the average pony should weigh between eight hundred and sixteen hundred pounds."

Midnight replied, "Did Purple tell you that while you were sucking his cock?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Nope. I may have a crush on Purple and accepted his marriage proposal. I learned myself. I use to sneak off as an Initiate and a Knight to old hospitals in Bucklyn and took the old pre-war medical books."

Paladin Sapphire then re-entered her power armor not paying attention to the gunfire of Rocky and Starry already firing and killing Base's Grand Pony Enclave. Just like Purple and Lieutenant Honey Cake, they're also wondering why Base just kept "Grand Pegasus Enclave" but dropped "Pegasus" and replaced it with "Pony".

Doesn't help a majority of his forces were Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and officers before he got into their heads to leave them and join him. Not adding their power armor is the same as the Grand Pegasus Enclave with a small hoof actually modifying it so they don't get mistaken for Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers.

"I wonder why they would join Purple's sexist, patriarchal, misogynistic brother?" said Starry, "If they think they're creating a "better future" then they're mistaken. I mean I'm a mare but I'm not going to be inside all day bearing foals, and cooking. There's probably mares out there that want to do that. But I'm not one of them."

Rocky went back to the Vertibuck to be safe in it and Purple rejoined the fight.

Well they cover their wings with armor, Purple thought, But their snouts are still unarmored. Smaller target but still easier to kill.

As the bullets, shotgun shells and dark orange Novasurge energy rounds flew. Purple decided to flank them. But he decided to go up to the second floor.

Purple was jumped by the sniper who shot Paladin Sapphire only for the bullet to ricochet and hit Rocky. He hit Purple hard and soon Purple got the upper hoof where Purple repeatedly stuck him until he was close to a ledge where the sniper pulled out a dagger and tried to stab Purple only for him to twist his wing to make the enemy sniper.

"You'll be seeing your friends real soon!" said Purple, "And you'll be seeing me in Hell!"

Purple then shoved the pegasus over the ledge into a vat of molten steel. Purple then used his pistol to shoot at the enemies from above. But he then picked up the sniper rifle.

Purple looked at the rifle which on the stock it's engraved with "BELONGS TO SHINING SPARKLY- WASTELAND DEFENDER/ WASTELAND GUARDIAN"

Purple also broke the battle saddle where he removed the rifle and used his magic to fire it.

"Sorry for breaking your rifle Shining." said Purple, "I'll do my best to fix it."

Purple just sniped and shot the Grand Pony Enclave. But like Honey Cake, he's wondering why she recruited Base into the Grand Pegasus Enclave knowing he isn't a good pony where Base will lie, cheat, even manipulate others for his own gains which Honey Cake learned the hard way like other ponies Base used. Not adding he opposes the Grand Pegasus Enclave view of population control and how many foals families can have so they don't overpopulate.

The bullets still flew. But Paladin Sapphire released all of her anger against her parents, siblings, and Midnight against the Grand Pony Enclave. SHe gave them painful ways to go out as an officer she grabbed with her magic and based his head into a steel pole or threw some into vats of molten steel.

That made all of them look away in horror even Midnight. But hearing the ones in the molten steel scream was nightmare fuel for them.

Note to self don't piss off Sapphire Heart, All but Midnight thought, If she can do this to a group of enemies I would hate to see what she can do to a single pony.

Paladin Sapphire then dropped the officer who was badly beaten and face caved in and all bloody where he fell down. He picked up a Novasurge rifle and fired it where it missed where Paladin Sapphire got out of her power armor, got on top of the badly injured Grand Pony Enclave officer, and beat him to death with a big pile of blood on her hoof, chest, and face. What scared them all was that Paladin Sapphire had a sinister smile on her face where she enjoyed caving his face in.

Paladin Sapphire then re-entered her power armor where she looked at them confused and asked what they were looking at.

Purple said, "Um. You. It's you. You bashed his face painfully then you did the same again where all that blood. I think you're entering the stages of being a raider."

Paladin Sapphire then looked at all the blood on her snout and face and she was in shock because she has never beaten a pony to death before.

"Um, hey Purple!" yelled Starry, "Over here! It's Pearly Love and Twyla! They're alive!"

Purple, Paladin Sapphire, and Midnight Twister ran over to Starry and saw that Twyla and Pearly were still alive and Purple thought they were killed.

Purple then broke them free.

Twyla said, "I thought the next friendly face I would've seen would have a harp and wings. Where's Critical?"

Midnight replied, "He's on his own vendetta. Where's Opel?"

Pearly replied, "Captured. Purple's brother's forces injured her and captured her. Probably taken to one of his Base's. That's not a pun."

Both Pearly and Twyla coughed violently where Purple got between them, placed his wings around them, and took them to the Vertibuck.

"It's going to be alright," said Purple, "We get back to Crimson we're going to get you patched up."

Pearly replied sickly, "Thanks Purple,"

Twyla replied finishing Pearly's sentence, "Your a lifesaver."

Purple then placed them down and gave them some painkillers he has in his medkit so they won't feel pain for some time and the only Sparkle Cola bottle he has. He also gave them both a little kiss on the forehead.

"Why did you do that?" asked Twyla

Purple replied, "Because my mother and grandmother when I got sick or hurt they would always kiss me on the forehead. Yeah, it's possible to get sick in a Stable but it's extremely rare."

Pearly said, "Sorry for not protecting Opel and letting her get captured."

Purple replied, "I do believe we can make this work to our advantage."

They don't know what he means by that. But they just waited by the Vertibuck until the rest returned.

Unknown to them the other factories under Base's controls got word that Purple and they attacked his places. He even now going to send a counterstrike against them.

Soon Purple, Twyla, and Pearly heard gunfire in the distance so Purple trotted as fast as he could against the dry wasteland soil to see that Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry are fighting Hellhounds which were sent by Base because like the Grand Pegasus Enclave he's using captured Hellhounds and using mind control to control them for his own gains.

The great news for them is that the steel walls of the factory is protecting them from the Hellhound pack until they're either dead or the wall breaks and they get torn to bloody shreds.

"Well if we die," said Rocky, "Well it was an honor of giving those Raiders and Slavers a nightmare from us. After all, we got to make somepony afraid of the dark."

"None of you are going to die. I'll die first to protect all of you from these abominations." Purple replied

It felt like the bullets and shotgun pellets weren't doing any damage to them and some of them would actually bounce off due to the hard skin of the Hellhounds. But they were able to kill one which was nearly impossible not adding they wasted a lot of ammo just trying to kill one.

The Hellhounds kept slashing at the steel wall trying to break it. But they kept shooting at the soft bellies and heads of the two remaining Hellhounds where after a while the two remaining Hellhounds fell over and died.

They all checked and now realized that they were out of ammo.

"Let's go home," said Purple, "I'll send some Wasteland Guardians out here to defend this site."

They all went back to the Vertibuck where Twyla sat on Midnight and Pearly sat on Purple for dear life.

***

Back in the town of Crimson all but Rainy Night got off where Rainy Night flew back to Dry Lighting and Purple took Twyla and Pearly to the clinic. But a majority of the beds still have injured Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers in them and that's because Purple agreed to help them even though they got off to the wrong hoof.

Purple placed the two mares down onto a bed and used a few healing potions he has remaining and used it on them to make them feel better. To Purple, the health of his friends and family is a top priority over his health.

Purple then left to the small market that was built by his own guardians so they can have a place to shop not adding the non-combatants are happy for places they can buy and sell stuff. Not adding they rake in bottlecaps from travelers on the road and so.

***
Purple left the clinic and saw seven ponies walk in town wearing power armor and militarized weapons and they walked up to Purple.

I know their classes due to the pre-war Equestrian military, Purple thought, Well the books say that ponies armed with Bolt-action and semi-automatic rifles were "Rifleponies", ponies armed with Submachine Guns were called "Light Assaulters", Ponies with Automatic Rifles & Assault Rifles were called "Heavy Assaulters", Ponies with sniper rifles were usually called "Scouts" and "Snipers", Ones with machine-guns were called "Machine Gunners" and "Support", Ponies with Missile Launchers, Rocket Launchers and the early months of the war with "Bazookas" were called "Anti-Armor Ponies". I see one with an old medic armband on her uniform so she's a "medic". Medics were usually targeted. Even though that's a violation of the Crystal Empire Convention which happened a few months after the war.

The Bubblegum pink unicorn mare walked up to Purple and she acted as a pre-war hussy which lead Purple to say

"Get to the point or stop wasting my time."

The bubblegum pink mare replied, "I want to strike up an alliance. If that's okay?. After all, we need friends out here if you want to live longer. I didn't mean it that way."

Purple replied, "Let me guess. Raiders? Slavers? Hellhounds? The Grand Pony Enclave? Grand Pegasus Enclave? They attacked your army and withered you down to almost nothing?"

The bubblegum pink mare replied, "Yeah the group named "Grand Pony Enclave" withered us down only just me, my husband, and the remaining five. We've heard how successful and great all of you are from Empire Radio in the city of Empire. But I see you're a busy pony with an all-exclusive group."

Purple replied, "Yeah got every type of pony. Well, almost every type. We got Earth Ponies, Unicorns, Pegasi, Alicorns. We don't have Crystal Ponies, Zebras, Griffons or any other type because we haven't found any yet. Alright, what do you want to talk about? If you want to make a pact or some kind of treaty?"

The bubblegum pink mare nodded in agreement.

***

Inside Purple's house which is also the command center.

"Neat looking," said the mare, "What are these circle-looking things?"

Purple replied, "Shows what my scouts report back of ally, enemy, and neutral positions. The yellow is Safesville. A whole town of friendly alicorns. A whole town of Artificial Alicorns who won't rip you in half. The Green their my army or lack thereof army of their current passions. The blue ones are allies and my allies are "The Grand Pegasus Enclave" well a small detachment of them. Red that's enemies so Alicorns, Raiders, Slavers, and Grand Pony Enclave and Grand Pegasus Enclave. Let's get down to creating this alliance. Want to tell me about what happened to your army?."

The bubblegum pink mare couldn't explain and didn't know where to start until Purple slid out a chair and told her to sit down where she sat in the chair Purple pulled out and he pushed it in close to the table.

Chivalry may be dead with nobility out here, Purple thought, But I was raised like that. Always put others and definitely put your lover above me. My brother doesn't see it that way he see's it as that mares should open doors for stallions, mares should walk on the outside of sidewalks so wagons can't splash water onto them, and so on. Wait this isn't the pre-war days. I'm more of a Gentleman than my piece of crap brother.

"Alright. I know where to begin." said the Mare

***

Last year.

At the Wasteland Protectors HQ an old Equestrian Fort.

They got a radio transmission from somewhere from what was Southern Equestria which by it was a three thousand mile walk or a one thousand, and nineteen-hour walk or forty-two day walk. Unlike Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry they don't and still don't have a train to rapidly move around. Even though the train that Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry had got destroyed.

After a long and excruciating walk of forty-two days walk.

The town of four thousand ponies requested their help against a mercenary group called "The Rocketeers" a mercenary organization with discipline, organization, training, and weapons. But they're hostile and brutal where they're cold-blooded and lethal accepting any job for the right reward. The crimes of "The Rocketeers" are Genocide, Mass murder, destruction, invasion, conquest, pillage, plundering, slavery, and contract killings.

The quickest way to the town is through a pass in the desert with two mountains. But there were two more passes that lead to the same place so they broke up evenly and went through all of them.

The first and third were packed with raiders but the center pass was almost a clean shot just with a few packs of Raiders that were easy to kill. But they made it to the town where they weren't entirely warmly welcomed.

The mayor set them up in the old church and the mayor's own home. The other ones won't be showing up they're a little "pre-occupied" or straight-up dead. Not adding a whole lot of Raiders to the north and "The Rocketeers" to the south, to the east are Hellhounds and to the west are Alicorns.

The Wasteland Defenders did their best to build up the town's defenses before The Rocketeers came and assaulted the town. The bullets, rockets, and Magical Energy Beams flew.

They were outnumbered fifty to one but they held on. They knew it was a one-way trip but a lot didn't know what to do when The Rocketeers breached the wall where they even massacred the citizens even colts, fillies, and foals.

The battle lasted several days. But The Rocketeers were victorious only twenty Wasteland Defenders survived and withdrew from the battle with several regular ponies including some colts, fillies, and foals.

The journey was more treacherous and dangerous where they tried to move fast to get away and back where they came from only for it to turn into a bloody affair by the time they got back home. It took them one year to reach the Undiscovered West.

***

Back in present-day

Purple knew what it's like to face defeat where they may have defeated Base's forces initially in the old military training city. But with the death of Sunrise because she sacrificed herself to stop the Grand Pegasus Enclave. He then gulped know how it feels to lose especially a somepony that he loves.

"We'll help you go against The Rocketeers." said Purple, "Just nightmares what they did. I mean helpless foals, colts, and fillies also mares & stallions. Ponies out here don't have any sense of morales. Ponies need morality out here not twenty-four-seven being hostile and rude."

Purple then stuck out his hoof and the two shook their hooves then Purple told her that she and her remaining Wasteland Defenders can do shopping where he'll cover it. He only did it out of the kindness of their heart and the remainder of the Wasteland Defenders shopped for medical aid, junk, and ammo even some weapon repair kits.

The Wasteland Defenders took a few days to lick their wounds and took back to the wasteland to go back to their settlement a fortified farm that was still flourishing with some ponies still working as if nothing happened.

***

Still in his house, Purple decided to clear Route Seventy Nine and Route Thirty-Nine. Unknowing that Route 79 & 39 has Raiders, Slavers, Hellhounds, Grand Pony Enclave, and not adding Giant Ants, Hedgehogs, Radscorpions, Paradores, Hellhounds, Carnivorous Parasprites, Giant Mutant Hedgehogs, Radhogs, Radroaches, and Bloatsprites.

Paladin Sapphire came in with a blue diamond ring where Purple took it with his wing, sat down on the floor, and like what Paladin Sapphire wanted to hear from him for a while.

"Paladin Sapphire Heart. I know that we've only known each other for a couple of months, and I know that you have a crush on me." said Purple, "And I know you nagged me to do this. But Paladin Sapphire Loving Heart will you marry me?"

Paladin Sapphire replied lovingly, "Yes I do. Yes, a million times yes. What's that term when somepony has more than one spouse?"

Purple replied, "Polygamy. Yeah, you and Azure Blue Sapphire."

The two kissed.

Chapter 54: Fort Luna

While in the town of Crimson.

Purple was in his house modifying his 7.62mm Automatic Battle Rifle where he just attached a sword bayonet then he walked over to Paladin Sapphire Heart who was sleeping in his bed where he gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Purple then walked outside for a breath of fresh radioactive air where soon a mare walked up to Purple.

"We need some rain," said the mare, "This soil is harder. Harder than my boyfriend's boner. Oh, Purple. Me and a few discovered another place up in the tall hill if you want to go see it."

Purple replied, "Thank you. We'll get right at it."

The mare replied, "Also. We found a route that's being used by the "Steel Rangers" that bring supplies from where in the hell they came from."

Purple thanked her again for the vital information.

I think we can sever or cut ties with the other Steel Rangers back east, Purple thought, And cut them off from reinforcements and supplies. I wonder how they'll feel when they find out that they're attacking defenseless farmers?

Soon some Steel Rangers walked into the town of Crimson where it's Knight Glance Monterey, the two Paladins, and two Knights.

They gave up where the Steel Ranger Contingent that they showed up with strayed too far from their original ideology; they're becoming more and more authoritarian not adding more technophobic against ponies with energy weapons. Not adding that Elder Encoded Pibble had sex with Purple's older brother more than once not including she loves him despite being eighteen years apart by age.

Purple then went back inside his house and awaken Paladin Sapphire Loving Heart.

Funny, Purple chuckled, My sixth-time grandma her name was Sapphire Heart Love. Ha, their middle and last names swapped places. The great news is I'm going to treat her how I want to be treated. She doesn't want to have any foals and I can live with that. The world is terrible enough with Raiders, Slavers, My brother. Just to name a few.

Purple saw Paladin Sapphire not enter her power armor where she wanted to stretch her legs and wore that steel suit for several years. Not adding she has been having mood swings and she thinks she's on her period. And really enjoy pissing off Midnight Twister.

***

Over in her house, Rocky got up only to see Midnight sitting on her bed-sitting there like a child wanting his parents to get up and Rocky Road bucked him off of her bed and through her bedroom door.

Damn Midnight!, Rocky thought, What got into him? Like somepony pissed in his mouth lately or something like that.

Rocky Road then got out of bed, got her varmint rifle, and placed her 10mm pistol in her holster then she walked out of her house.

Rocky then noticed the five Steel Rangers walk by whom are surrendering their command over to them. That's because they can't stand an Elder who'll believe somepony and gladly give him a blowjob at the same time or believe him while he fucks her.

Purple entirely didn't trust them because he has a gut feeling that they'll stab him in the back which he's used to of Base stabbing him in the back which he's used of it since when he was four.

Rocky, Starry, Rainy, and Paladin Sapphire joined Purple and went to Fort Luna with Midnight Twister later joining them just hesitantly lying about what he was doing. But all but Purple bought his lie.

Soon a big shadow appeared over them were all but Paladin Sapphire thought it was storm clouds.

"Damn it," said Paladin Sapphire, "I thought it would be just a bunch of baloney! I've heard of creating flying ships but I thought it was old foals tales."

They saw seven airships which were an impressive sight but Purple thinks they were being fueled or using hydrogen. He knows by reading a book that hydrogen is highly flammable.

Just an artillery round can put one down for good, Purple thought, But I think the Dry Lighting and the four Raptor classes can take them out easily with their laser weapons or what type of energy weapon they're armed with.

"Well we're fucked." said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "Just one of those Applejack Airships just hold three hundred support staff and other Steel Rangers Civilians like Scribes to keep it afloat. Not adding Four hundred soldiers at the ready at the snap of a wing. And those old Vertibucks made of metal, not the Grand Pegasus Enclave ones."

Purple replied, "So? Now the Steel Rangers that came with you now have twenty-eight hundred Steel Rangers Knights, Crusaders, Paladins, and Senior Paladins. For a total of twenty-nine hundred twenty-eight. You think they might be pre-occupied with The Grand Pegasus Enclave. Or my brother. Maybe there out here to fight my brother. I'm dreaming though."

"I don't think they're friendly," said Rocky, "Who I'm I kidding. They're 800 yards long they got the firepower to wipe us off the map if that's the correct term."

"Lovely thinking Rocky," said Rainy Night.

***

They just ignored the depression of the wasteland and went to Fort Luna. They soon became under fire from Fort Luna.

It supposes to be defenseless, Purple thought, Either it's Sentinels or A.I. Turrets. Or worst.

Soon there were some metallic hoofsteps where it's Sentinal Glance Monetary with his minigun, a Paladin with her IF-91 Assault Rifle Battle Saddle, a crossbred Alicorn mare Paladin with a Missile Launcher and Magical Energy Minigun, a Stallion unicorn with an XL80E9, and a pegasus mare armed with a CQBR (Close Quarters Battle Rifle) Carbine rifle.

I should check on my AJR-01 VTOL at GPE Base Aroura, Purple thought, Hope it hasn't been stolen or scrapped. If either then Luna so help me. But I wonder what AJR means? Army Jetpack Rangers? Applejack Rangers? Army Jumpin' Rangers? Armed JSOC Rangers? My gut says Army Jumpin' Rangers or Applejack Rangers.

"Hey Paladin Sapphire," said Sentinal Glace, "I can tell you news back east isn't friendly. I heard a contingent of Steel Rangers assault a Stable in central Equestria between Canterlot and near Ponyville. But I heard that they call themselves now "Applejack Rangers". They're going back to our original ideals and back to the ways we originally were."

"I'm not a Steel Ranger anymore. So I wouldn't give a fuck. My parents and siblings can get molested then torn to shreds by Glowing Hellhounds. But I'm keeping Paladin as my rank I don't give a damn if Elder Encoded Pibble hates it or not I don't care that my leader's brother is fucking her and sucking him off." Paladin Sapphire replied

Purple chuckled, "Yeah. My brother will have sex with anypony he wants and if a mare says no. Well, he won't take no for an answer. One time he was in the lounge drinking and flirting up a storm with a mare. Well, she told him she wasn't interested in a relationship with him knowing. She slapped him so hard it knocked some of his back teeth out and his response was "Stop being so hard to get.". It's funny for me because I was working in the lounge fixing a pinball machine and to see my older brother get slapped so hard it sent him over the bar counter. Funny. Yeah, my Stable has currency. We work we get paid every Friday a total of eighty bits. That was for leisure anyway like going to the lounge to get drunk or play pinball games. I may have been assigned to work in the Med Bay but my heart is in fixin' things like my father. He was the go-to pony to fix things even worked in the craft room and made designs for holidays like Nightmare's night, Heartwarming, or Hearts and Hooves day. He would make designs and fix things. He was a nice stallion and I would do anything to see him again."

Sentinal Glance and his team drew the heavy fire giving Purple, Rocky, Midnight, Paladin Sapphire, Rainy, and Starry a chance to reach the main gate unscathed from bullets.

The crossbred alicorn Steel Ranger used her Missile Launcher and fired it at the main gate blowing a huge gap into the old wall giving a gap for Purple and them to storm. But before they could go through it, it collapsed blocking out the Steel Rangers.

"Rangers!" said Sentinal Glance, "Grappling hooks now!"

They all have grappling hooks they fired the grappling hooks they have and scaled the wall even though it felt like the steel cables would snap and make them fall. But they scaled the wall and stormed the towers.

They found out that Grand Pony Enclave soldiers were there where somepony radioed them to man and occupy the fort because somepony well a group of ponies is inbound to take the fort for their own and that's the Wasteland Guardians that are coming to take the fort as another place under their belt.

"Let's see how hard it is," said Sentinal Glace, "Ponies in thinner and lighter power armor."

In a tower, the crossbred alicorn mare saw a pegasus run to an old Equestrian Army radio where the mare killed the pegasus and went over to the radio.

"Disciple 3-3 come in this is Disciple 1-1 over." said a stallion over the radio, "Come in damn it."

Another stallion replied, "You can't say that. It isn't proper protocol and we can't say "damn" over the radio."

The alicorn mare smashed the radio to bits and pieces with her hoof.

I need to find a radio to call for help, Purple thought, But the radios here are either busted, worn out, rusted or my brother and his forces captured them so they can have initiative, and call for help not adding to keep in communications with others. Purple's forces only have a hoof full of old war-made military radios only to call down artillery so they don't have to waste signal grenades, call for help, and report back to the town of Crimson.

Purple then saw the reflection of a sniper scope and shoved Paladin Sapphire Heart behind a rusted Armored Personnel Carrier that was once used by Equestrian forces to transport soldiers which like the planes it ran on kerosene.

Purple got shot where Paladin Sapphire galloped out of cover to drag Purple into cover and used one of his first aid kits to patch him up to the best of her ability. But her medical and doctor ability is on par as a newborn foal playing golf and it's terrible.

"Fuck," said Purple, "I'm sending you to my Stable to teach you better first aid and medicine skills. But thanks."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Your welcome."

Paladin Sapphire didn't understand if he was being rude or sarcastic but she just ignored it.

They all looked around where they couldn't find Midnight which lead Paladin Sapphire to think he ran away and said he was a coward thinking he can't stand the fighting where he wouldn't be a good Steel Ranger.

Maybe we should recruit more ponies and creatures, Paladin Sapphire thought, We're greatly outnumbered and outgunned. Against the Steel Rangers, Purple's older brother's army, Raiders, Slavers, and the Grand Pegasus Enclave. Nothing like getting screwed more ways than imagined.

Purple went inside the fortress garrison which once housed ten thousand Equestrian soldiers to defend not adding other roles as doctors, pilots, mechanics, logistical officers, and cooks not adding WMD/BBRC or Weapons of Mass Destruction/ Balefire Biological Radiological Chemical Warfare Specialists.

Purple then ran inside and saw Midnight walking down a hallway and when Purple yelled Midnight's name he started to run and lost Purple who chased after him for some time and not even Purple's E.F.S could locate him where he lost Midnight within the fort.

Damn it! Purple exclaimed, Where could he go to?

Purple then said, "Come out Midnight. Come here Midnight. Come here good boy come here Midnight, Midnight, Midnight. What am I I'm not calling a lost pet? Alright, Midnight you're starting to piss me off! I'm not going to play hide and go seek! You know what Midnight! I'm not playing any foals games with you!"

There were some sounds that scared Purple and soon a huge pack of feral ghouls charged and they were in old dark olive drab military uniforms with a white undershirt and some were in yellow HAZMAT suits and Balefire suits.

As Purple galloped away in fear he said, "Those Balefire suits look like old pre-war Equestrian Astronaut spacesuits!"

He just kept running and screaming at the top of his lungs and he went outside which he said out of breath, "Fer... Fera... Ferals inside. They're... They're chasing after... They're chasing after me."

Before any of them could react to what Purple said well a whole pack of Feral Ghouls came out and they started to shoot and kill the ferals. One feral hit Purple which leads him to say. "Ah damn it. Damn, that hurts. Fudging Ferals!"

Purple then took his automatic 7.62mm Battle Rifle and stabbed the Feral Ghoul who hit him and stabbed the feral with his bayonet in the neck.

They kept keeping their distance from the ferals and Rocky said annoyed, "Purple why don't you call Honey Cake for help. She can lend some assistance. Or use Paladin Sapphire if she ate her wasteland chili. I'm pretty sure one of her farts can kill them."

Paladin Sapphire replied annoyed, "Ahahah. Not the first time somepony said that to me and definitely not the last. AND IT'S REALLY FUCKING ANNOYING WHEN PONIES KEEP SAYING THAT I KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME BUT I LIKE EATING IT SO LEAVE ME ALONE ABOUT IT!"

Purple replied, "I can't call her for help. No way to call them for help. No way to call for help. Wonder if I can order an extra cheesy pizza with my Pipbuck? That's right Ferals eat later. Mmmm extra cheesy pizza sounds delicious as well."

Purple just kept a moderate pace going backward but he just shot the feral ghouls in the face. The others fired but for some reason, the ferals were interested in going after Purple and tearing him to shreds but he kept his distance.

Rocky said, "WHY WON'T THESE BASTARDS DIE!"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "There ferals! Just aim for the head. It'll kill them faster."

Rocky then switched over to her 10mm pistol which she's confused about how it fires two rounds at the cost of one. But when one ghoul got too close for comfort she bashed the feral in the head and some blood came out.

Starry said, "This would be a great time for Midnight's shotgun!"

There were more and more ferals that nearly overwhelmed them even the group of former Steel Rangers. But they were able to make it to the top of the wall which the ferals couldn't reach them besides the pegasus ones but Purple and they found it easy to shoot the wings to make them fall down.

"Okay I'm going to admit it," said Purple, "Right now we can use Lt Honey Cake and her forces. I'll be back."

Purple then lit up his horn and teleported to Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura and asked Honey Cake for some help.

They just had to conserve ammo so they stopped firing willy nilly because they were running low on ammo.

"Where's Purple?" said Paladin Sapphire, "He just up and gone like Midnight."

Rocky Road replied, "Keep firing!"

Rocky then soon ran out of ammo for her Varmint rifle and had to switch to her 10mm pistol which she soon ran out of ammo for that.

Soon Paladin Sapphire then Starry ran out of ammo and had to rely on the Steel Rangers to fight them until they ran out of ammo which they couldn't hold back the almost endless wave of Ferals where when they killed one fifty more came out.

"Well if we're going to die," said Rocky, "At least we're going out together."

A few minutes passed when Purple returned with tons of old ammo for them. But he shared the bad news that Lieutenant Honey Cake can't spare anypony to help. Not adding she's in trouble for several reasons and her walking up to her mother and shooting her is one.

Purple used the autocannon and killed the ferals until they stopped coming where he landed which he got out and they got ammo off of the AJR-001.

"Here you go Rocky here's some 5.56mm rounds," said Purple, "Here you go Starry here's some .700 Nitro rounds. Paladin Sapphire, you can take any weapon you'll like."

Paladin Sapphire picked up the tri-barrel minigun from the AJR-001 and got a few thousand rounds from it as well. They decided to go in but left the former Steel Rangers out even though Paladin Sapphire was with them as they entered Fort Luna.

"I don't think the Grand Pony Enclave was guarding Ferals," said Paladin Sapphire, "They must've been protecting something very valuable or worthy inside. But it would've been better if they dealt with the Ferals for us."

They entered Fort Luna and it was poorly lit so Purple used his flashlight on his Pipbuck and that was the only light source they had that was bright enough to see in one direction.

They ran into some more ferals but they were able to put them down with ease they wandered up in the old commanding officer's quarters and they found a terminal that was up and running.

A message popped up which Purple walked over and read it.

The message said, "Purple. Yes, I know who you are. I need your help and please come to the science lab on the fourth sub-level. Please Purple come to the fourth-floor sublevel and I will explain more."

Alright, I better go see what if this pony or creature wants, Purple thought, Hope it ain't a waste of time.

They all followed Purple to the fourth-floor sublevel which was hard due to all the ferals. But they're glad they stocked up on ammo.

***

On the sublevel four, they soon made it to the science lab and they saw a crimson red unicorn with green eyes and a cutie mark of a paintbrush and a golf club overlapping.

"Hello Purple," said the crimson red unicorn, "Long time no see."

Purple replied, "Nope I'm having a nightmare. My father died eight almost nine years ago. My mind is playing tricks on me."

Purple's father replied, "Purple I'm sorry for faking my death. And there's nothing I can say or do that'll make you feel better. But the Grand Pegasus Enclave convinced me to help them but the problem is I had to leave you, Blue, Base, and your mother. But if you want me to prove I'm your father then ask me some questions."

"Why does my brother hate me?" asked Purple

Purple's father replied, "Because you have a short tail that's long enough to get past your butt, your dick is small and we favored you more than Base and Blue."

Purple asked, "What is my favorite food?"

Purple's father replied, "Extra cheesy pizza, Mac and Cheese, and lasagna. Every Tuesday was pizza night and every Friday was lasagna & Mac n Cheese night. You adored over those two days that weren't your birthday or a Stable holiday. The Stable has a machine to make cheese without milk and the only way to get milk was from mares or weird and sick to the mind stallions."

Purple asked, "What's the name of the mare I had a crush on since when I was four?"

Purple's father replied, "Azure Blue Sapphire. But you like mares with the name Opel, Sapphire, Turquoise, Emerald, Ruby, Alexandrite, Aquamarine, & Amazonite. But you like Opel, Aquamarine, Turquoise, and Sapphire more. But you always had a thing for any type of mare."

Purple asked, "What kind of mother do I have?"

Purple's father replied, "A loving and caring and nurturing mother. She wanted the best and other loving and caring things for you, Blue and Base."

Purple replied, "What is my full name?"

Purple's father replied, "Purple Painting Eastle Artist. Born October Twenty-Sixth at 1:35 AM. Your grandmother is Overmare Brisk Flyee and your grandfather is Blaze. My mother is Minty Green and my father is Hard Rock. My parents and siblings disowned me because I loved and still love your mother and hated me for being in love with a pegasus."

Purple asked, "Who's my favorite ministry mare?"

Purple's father replied, "You have two. Ministry Mare Twilight Sparkle and her Ministry of Arcane Sciences and Ministry Mare Applejack and the Ministry of Wartime Technology. You hate the Ministry of Peace and call them weak because they valued peace over fighting. As you said, "If you want peace you better prepare to fight for it,". The medicine helps but that's different."

Purple was left speechless until he galloped and hug his father with teary eyes and Albatross gave him a bear hug as well.

"It's good to see you again son. I deeply missed you," said Albatross

Purple replied all teary-eyed, "I missed you too dad!"

It actually warmed their hearts and it warmed Paladin Sapphire's Heart's heart more because she has never seen a loving parent before and thought it was all a fairy tale.

They heard some more Feral Ghoul sounds so they all got in and closed the door.

"Mr. Artist," said Paladin Sapphire, "What are you doing here? Why fake your own death?"

Albatross replied, "Please don't call me "Mr. Artist". My name doesn't have Artist in it. Also somehow the Grand Pegasus Enclave. They heard how great I am at fixing and repairing things so they found some way to contact me. Well, I redundantly joined even if it meant some wastelander taking by the place that looks like me and dies within seven hours after being placed in Stable 190. I've been here for eight years just drawing and designing new equipment for the Grand Pegasus Enclave. For eight years I've been trapped down here and only once a week a mare to pleasure me even though I hate it though because I'm a happily married stallion and miss my wife and I wouldn't have sex with another. Do you know what it's like to draw something while a mare sucking you off?"

Purple didn't know because it never happened to him.

Albatross then joined them because he was getting tired of being in the same room and nothing happening not adding the Grand Pegasus Enclave been giving him the same food for almost a decade.

"There's an armory nearby. Sub-level two," said Albatross.

They headed up to Sub-level two and entered the armory where they ignored the Ferals and locked themselves in.

They saw a lot of weapons ranging from .45 Auto Pistols, .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, .50AE Pistols, Double-barrel shotguns, IF-9 Combat shotguns, Trench Guns, 870 CS (Combat Shotgun), 9mm Micro SMG, R700 Sniper, 66mm LATL (Light Anti-Tank Launcher), Flamethrowers, Frag Grenades, Flash Grenades, Stun Grenades, 5.56mm Assault Rifles, 5.56mm Assault Carbines, Miniguns, 7.62mm GPMG, Special Purpose Combat Shotgun-12, .30-30 Country Rifles, .30-06 Automatic Rifles, Jumper Rifles, 7.92 Airborne Rifles, and Miniguns.

There were combat armor, old military clothing, and tons of ammo.

"Let's go Guardians. Let's gear up," said Purple

They walked over to the combat armor and placed it on.

"Now ballistic weapons won't hurt as much," said Purple, "Because combat armor was made to protect the soldiers from Zebra bullets. I'm going to be honest. The Zebra carbines still caught them on fire."

That didn't reassure any of them but they still placed on the dark olive green combat armor which would help them be protected from ballistic weapons even though magical energy weapons and rounds from Zebra Carbine Rifles and explosives.

Purple then looked at his father where Albatross picked up a .30-30 Country Rifle which is a six-round lever-action rifle.

"You're going to fight dad?" said Purple

Albatross replied, "The Stable may say I'm a repair pony. But I can do more. You could've seen the fights me and my brothers got into back then. Oh, boy, we got into fights that some involved Stable Security to break up. I bet my parents and brothers were happy that i "died" because I love and married a pegasus. I'm sorry for how they treated you, Blue, and Base."

Purple replied, "It's not your fault,"

They went to the fortress hospital and stocked up on Healing Potions, Magical bandages, bandages, Rad-away, and Radsafe.

"Come here Paladin." said Purple, "Dad I want you to meet one of two of your daughters-in-law. I also married a Stable Officer Azure Blue Sapphire as well."

Albatross replied, "Well you already had and still have the guts and initiative to choose the right ponies. You know who's a right pony to hang out and be with and know who's going to use you and just use you for what they want. You know what you know how to choose ponies to be with. You got that from your mother."

Purple replied, "Like my singing voice I got from mother? My leadership from Grandma Brisk? My intelligence from you and mom?"

Albatross replied, "Bingo."

"Alright, Let's get out of here." said Rocky, "We can take this place for ourselves."

Purple agreed and they all headed outside.

***

Outside in the courtyard, Purple ran up to a tower and tried to lower a switch but he couldn't until Albatross came and assisted his baby son and lowered the switch and the main gate opened.

Purple then teleported away and was able to scavenge up some Wasteland Guardians and sent them to Fort Luna where Purple renamed it "Fort Sunrise Storm" to honor his deceased friend, his first friend out in the wasteland.

Purple quickly teleported back.

"Purple there's nothing I can say or do to catch up in the years that I missed." said Albatross, "But they said that once I get them more technologically advanced then they would bring you, Blue, Base, and Harp to me. I don't know if they were telling the truth or not."

Purple replied, "I know. But we can't dwell too much on the past."

Albatross agreed even though he missed a lot of Purple's teenage years.

"Oh Purple," said Albatross, "When I was brought here the GPE talked about a farm somewhere that's several miles somewhere southeast. Don't know if it's important or not."

"Thanks for the information dad," said Purple, "We'll go check it out."

They headed back to the town of Crimson. Purple & they unloaded the excess supplies they bought back from Fort Luna and Albatross slightly modified his lever-action rifle from the original 18-inch barrel to a 24-inch barrel, an extended tube going from six rounds to nine rounds.

"So this town you built up son?" said Albatross, "Since you left the stable?"

Purple replied, "Yup I built it up. After one of my companions named "Crimson" died. I named it after her. And well it's just a town with ponies surviving day in and day out. I created a small group of ponies called "The Wasteland Guardians.", Our mission is to protect the ponies of the wasteland from Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns if they're evil, Base, Grand Pegasus Enclave, and the list go on."

Albatross replied, "I'm proud of you son. I really am. If your mother was here she would be proud as well. And if your grandmother was here she would be proud."

Paladin Sapphire told Purple to tell his father what he did out of the kindness of his heart.

Purple replied, "Hey dad? Are you ready to be a grandfather?"

Albatross replied, "You two are expecting a foal?"

Purple replied, "No. She doesn't want foals and I can live with that. But Ms. Prelate, two hundred and ten Grand Pegasus Enclave mares, and I think a Grand Pegasus Enclave council mare."

Albatross wasn't mad but he was happy that his son helped mares to have foals even if they don't want him in the foal's life.

"Alright, Guardians let's go," said Purple

They followed Purple and after a while, they entered a forest and it was dark.

"Let's get some sleep," said Rocky, "We've been walking for almost twelve hours."

They all agreed but they had to sleep on the ground.

Purple had a dream that Albatross and Harp met his and Honey Cake's daughter a filly named "Moonlight Breeze" a gray pegasus with a white snout and a bow tie, blonde hair with some white and a long blonde tail with some white, and a white heart on her chest.

Chapter 55: The Farm

In the forest.

The sun was rising and the sun hit Purple's eyes at an angle so he got up and noticed all of them have their backs turned to him. Purple then just grabbed his rifle and went on his merry way.

In the distance from them, they heard the echo of a gunshot and they all jumped up and stupidly galloped to it. They only found Purple with his rifle.

"Damn Radhog!" Purple mumbled, "How you're going to come back. Charging headfirst is the cause of so many deaths of non-intelligent. But you're a mutated pig."

Purple took another shot with his rifle and with one bullet he killed the radhog with a well-placed headshot.

Purple then walked over to it and picked it up with his magic and took it back to their camp where out of sight of them he skinned the Radhog for the meat and made bacon.

Albatross was horrified of ponies eating meat and even called his son out on it only for Purple to say, "Remember what you use to tell me pop? When I wouldn't eat? You said and I quote, "If you don't eat then you'll starve and don't complain while your starving.". And out here what you don't kill will kill you and eat you,"

Albatross was redundant and didn't want to eat the bacon. So he didn't.

After the others ate they followed Purple who followed the map on his Pipbick 3000.

They soon entered a building and entered a breakroom. They saw some wall graffiti and it said "FOLLOW THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO ECHO," another said, "THIRD ENGINEER REGIMENT IS DUG UP NORTH,", another said, "FOLLOW THE TRAIN TRACKS!", another said, "WATCH OUT FOR THE FERALS THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! BE SAFE IF YOU GOTTA WALK OR FLY!"

"Damn flying ferals!" said Starry, "They're more of a pain!"

"Flying Ferals?" asked Albatross, "What are flying ferals?"

Rainy Night replied, "Yeah. You think regular earth pony or unicorn ferals are bad. Then Pegasus Ferals. They can still fly. I've seen a majority of them fly before I killed them."

Albatross replied, "Who are you?"

Rainy Night replied, "Specialist Rainy Night. Grand Pegasus Enclave Third Army, Twenty-Fifth Airborne Division, Sixteenth Regiment, Third Battalion, Second company, First platoon, Fifth Squad. My job is to keep communications up and running and to keep the squad's gear and equipment up in tip-top shape."

Albatross was confused, "Airborne? I thought all the old planes didn't work?"

Rainy Night replied, "No we get deployed by Vertibuck from ten thousand feet, we jump out and get deployed behind enemy lines or enemy-infested places for a short amount of time and get relieved within twenty-four to a week after being deployed. Actually, we got four Airborne Divisions there's the Seventeenth, the Twenty-Fifth, Two Hundred and Twenty, and Two Hundred and Twenty-Two. There are only 2800 Pegasi in the airborne divisions or 112000 combined. but we're more of a regiment though. I'll tell you more about the Grand Pegasus Enclave later."

Purple left them for a few minutes but he told Starry, Paladin Sapphire, and Rocky, "If I'm not back within fifteen then come find me. If I turn into one of them then kill me."

They heard some gunfire in the distance but only Albatross and Rainy Night were worried and against what Paladin Sapphire, Rocky, and Starry told them they both still went out to find Purple.

They walked in the darkness and soon they saw Purple sitting on a ledge shooting down at the ferals down below but some came up to charge him down and Purple didn't hesitate to shoot the ferals in the head.

Some of them said, "Luna bless you,", "Thank you,", "I'm coming home (random mare or stallion pony name) thank you,", "Finally being reunited with my family,", and, "Thank you, your a kind pony,"

Purple felt happy about putting down the ferals knowing they can leave this realm and go into the afterlife and be reunited with their families. Knowing they're going to remeet their mothers, fathers, siblings, spouses, and offspring. But he isn't a psychopath he just feels happy about putting them out of misery. He doesn't know how long they have been roaming the same warehouse for where it could be days or months or decades if not the past two or so centuries.

"I'm a good crossbred alicorn for putting suffering ponies down?" Purple asked, "I feel good about doing so but at the same time I don't."

Purple then reloaded his automatic battle rifle where he placed the hot casings back into the magazine and the magazine into the ammo pouch he has. But for some reason, he holds the rifle at a 45-degree angle while reloading and he uses his wing to slide the bolt back so it can go forward.

He got startled when he heard a gunshot only to look back to see it was his father who fired his .30-30 Country rifle.

Purple was going to say something but didn't due to he may be an adult well a young adult but he isn't going to backtalk his father or say anything rude to his father. Without getting hit or anything worst.

"Thanks Dad," said Purple

Albatross replied, "Your welcome son,"

Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Rainy Night, and Starry soon joined them and put the feral ghouls out of their misery and went down to the main floor and went through a door and another door said, "IF THIS DOOR OPENS THE ALARM WILL SOUND!"

If it's almost pitch black dark in here and it's sunrise, Purple thought, I highly doubt it the alarm will sound.

Purple opened the door and as the door sign said the alarm did sound.

"Thanks, I wanted to beaten to death and chewed on by Ferals," said Rocky, "I wasn't planning on dying today!"

Instead of fighting they all ran and followed Purple who didn't run as fast as he could or they would've lost him easily and they soon followed the railroad north into and into a big gap in the concrete wall and made it to a maintenance room.

They soon heard the ferals banging on the steel door but they catch their breaths for a short time and soon left the room and hoped the ferals don't catch up. But soon they left the tunnel and re-entered the forest.

"I bet back before all this," said Purple, "This place was lovely I think it was. I've seen pictures of this place back in the Stable in old picture books and they were called "Pictures before the Balefire Bombs". And it had stunning photos of way back then. If the Balefire bombs didn't go off and the war ended peacefully I would've brought my family here. My wives and foals." Purple shivered, "Didn't want to but I was glad I was able to help them."

They just kept following Purple and soon they got attacked by giant mosquitos which Purple's and Albatross's Pipbuck S.A.T.S called them "Bloodbugs"

"FUCK OFF DAMN IT!" yelled Paladin Sapphire, "Fuck off you damn Bloodbugs!"

They were easily killed but the bloodbugs are a pain in the ass and usually travel in a pack from two to eight if not more and are usually found in heavily wooded areas or areas with houses or places ponies & other creatures might go or be.

Soon they went up a hill, into a concrete structure, down some metalic stairs, and soon found more railroad tracks going north east and Purple decided to take a short cut. He used a freight train car and knocked down a wooden bridge and they went that way.

They climbed it and soon after they found a warehouse and they looted it for supplies.

There wasn't a lot just old military equipment that's no longer needed such as CSARC (Careful Screening Aerial Radar Combat) Radar that was mounted on Equestrian ships, JSSUW (Joint Strike Submarine Underwater) Radar that was mounted on Equestrian Submarines. There were torpedos that were used on Equestrian Submarines and Destroyers even though they no longer serve a purpose and old bombs that once were dropped by pegasi and later planes. Also, there were old naval munitions that won't fit inside of the artillery guns the Wasteland Guardians or Base's Grand Pony Enclave have.

"Us Equestrians loved coal," said Albatross, "But when the coal mines ran out or started to dry up. We turned to the Zebras. But when the war broke out we created alternate fuel sources for our military. Kerosene was more popular due to how cheap it was to use and produce. Charcoal was used as a temp alt to coal for our navy back then until we found a source of it and I mean coal."

They soon kept going north following the tracks, went through a train caboose and kept walking on the railroad until they came to a collapsed train tunnel where they climbed on top of another train and walked through an elevated cut in the hills.

They walked on it for a while until they saw corn stalks for a long way.

"There's Outpost Echo," said Rainy Night, "Let's stop by and say hi,"

They all jumped down and walked through the cornfield and approached the two-story farmhouse and entered it.

It was abandoned but they saw GPE insignias and decals on the walls and saw a giant map of the area and various warnings of where ferals, Hellhounds, Grand Pony Enclave, Raiders, Slavers, and other dangers even the Wasteland Guardians are labeled as hostiles on the map.

"Some councilpony or all of those councilponies are going to have a big trouble coming after us," Said Purple, "We're not pushovers. We're not raiders, not slavers. We don't rape, we don't commit murder, we don't loot or plunder. We defend the ponies and creatures of the Undiscovered West. If they don't like that then they can kiss my flank!"

In the room they were in had some ammo, ballistic and energy weapons, on a table is ham radio, notes, binders from the old Equestrian military, and other pre-war Equestrian military equipment and Grand Pegasus Enclave equipment.

Rainy Night stayed in the dining room where the map and all the gear was, Paladin Sapphire and Purple went up to the second floor and Albatross thought they were going to "spend quality time".

Rocky and Starry decided to search the outside of the perimeter to make sure Ferals or any other evil creatures didn't make it within the farm perimeter.

***

On the second floor, Paladin Sapphire went and sat on a king-sized bed and thought it was comfy for her.

A feral came out of nowhere from the other side wearing a Grand Pegasus Enclave officer's uniform. Purple busted in and knocked the Grand Pegasus Enclave officer off of her, and through the window, and Purple used his magic and used the knife he has and stabbed the feral multiple times where the heart is.

Purple then got off of him and went back in the house.

***

In the dining room

"Rainy!" said Purple, "See if you can get anypony on that radio. My gut says we're going to be attacked soon."

Rainy nodded her head and got on the radio.

"Hello?" said Rainy Night, "Anypony on this frequency?"

A pony responded, "Holy Luna fucking shit! Captain! Somepony is on this frequency! Hello, who is this? Identify yourself!"

Rainy Night replied calmly, "This is Specialist Rainy Hailing Night, from the
Third Army, Twenty-Fifth Airborne Division, Sixteenth Regiment, Third Battalion, Second company, First platoon, Fifth Squad. I'm stuck at a place called "Outpost Echo" and there's Ferals closing in on this place."

The pony replied, "Roger that. We'll send an Evac flight to your location and a Vert-Assault team to protect you. Radio back when you're ready!"

Rainy replied, "I'm ready. Also, I have some Wastelanders with me."

The pony replied, "Roger that. They'll be there E.T.A. twenty to thirty minutes!"

Rocky and Starry soon ran in and slammed the door shut.

"Ferals got a ton of them!" said Starry, "Coming through the cornfields!"

They took no time and barricaded up the doors and windows leaving a few windows barricaded and soon they saw what felt like an endless wave of Ferals. Some of them were in Grand Pegasus Enclave power armor too.

"I'll be back!" said Purple before teleporting away.

Rocky replied, "Well Purple ditched us. Guess he doesn't want to stay and die and left us to stay and die."

Albatross replied, "My son is not a yellow belly! Your lucky your a mare or I would've slapped you on the back of your head!"

Rocky replied, "Don't get mad. It's the truth he ran off."

Purple was only gone for a few minutes. He used his magic and brought some of the old bombs from the warehouse they passed and he used his magic to throw the at the ferals.

It killed some of them but it felt like with one dead three more will take it's place and Purple kept going back to the warehouse to get more and more each time he would throw them. It seemed endless though. But Purple soon started to use the torpedos which also felt pointless to use.

Purple then went inside of the house where they were and soon they heard banging on the bedroom door. The ferals started to break through and it was the job of Purple and Starry. The moderate purple alicorn and green Earth pony used the two shotguns they had and fired them.

The problem was that

But they all missed Critical Shot. He still wore the pre-war riot armor used by the old Equestria riot police and a balacalva mask. But they miss his aim and all that.

The latex glove blue mare, sapphire & cobalt blue mix ,rocky road colored mare, and crimson red unicorn stallion focused on fighting the Ferals outside. But bullets left the weapons less than it took Ferals to replace one that was killed. It felt like that when Crimson, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire (the sapphire & cobalt blue one), or Rainy Night (the latex blue one) killed four it felt like twenty took the four's place.

Damn, we're outside of artillery range, Purple thought, We're at least thirty something miles from the nearest M101A2 105mm Artillery guns and they only fire about two almost three miles. Wonder how far away the Grand Pegasus Enclave is away from us we can use the evac asap. Me, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and my father can teleport away. But teleportation takes a lot of energy.

When a minute passed it felt like an hour or longer passed and when a few minutes passed it felt like a few hours passed.

The bullets kept on coming and going until Purple and Starry ran out of ammo for their shotguns and it was down to Purple to use the weapons he has and he gave his .45 Auto Pistol and she fired it with her mouth due to it's small enough. Purple switched to his rifle and fired that.

Twenty-four minutes passed and the sound of a vertibuck came and soon they heard the sound of Novasurge rifles, and magical energy miniguns. The ferals got cut down in no time. But more and more kept coming.

A small window came for them and they had a total of ninety seconds to reach the vertibuck or they'll be left behind. But they galloped and made it and got on the V-3 Vertibuck.

All of them were knocked out and after several hours passed.

***

Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Daylight

All but Rainy Night were tied to chairs out in the hot sun so the sun can "bake brains and boil blood"

Soon Lieutenant-General Cantel Waterfall Walkover walked over to them with a knife in his wing.

"Alright Rainy," said Lt-Gen Cantel, "Which ones should I send to my special camps to work forever and which ones should I gut like a fish just more painfully."

Rainy replied instantly, "All of them. Send them to one of the labor camps."

Lt-Gen Cantel replied instantly, "Nope. There's five of them. Three of them need to die or be sent to one of my labor camps or vice versa."

Rainy couldn't decide until she walked over to Lt-Gen Cantel and knocked him out in one punch. She then took his knife and cut them free.

Rainy said, "Your gear is in security. There's two security buildings. One in a wooden barracks and one in a reinforced concrete bunker. Your gear is in both."

The base is one large base with three Vertibuck pads, a dock with an old Equestrian motorized boat that doesn't work anymore, an airstrip, a single hanger, and fifteen wooden buildings used as barracks 5x, mess hall, kitchen, storage, workshop, security, infirmary, armory, mailroom, shop, & visitation. The latter is well family members can visit them, shop so they can buy stuff, mailroom so they can get mail, the armory is where they keep their Novasurge and other weapons, infirmary so the injured can go to, Security so they can have guards, workshop so they can build things for leisure or something, and the rest are self-explanatory.

Even though it was day time they stuck to the shadows and they soon came to the wooden security room. Paladin Sapphire took the knife, walked in, and she stabbed, sliced, and shivered every Grand Pegasus Enclave member in the room which there was only seven.

There was only Crimson red (Albatross), and Rocky Road's rifles in it and the two reunited with their rifles.

"Cloudship," Purple whispered, "I'm going to take it."

Purple then stealthfully walked away towards the cloudship he saw in a drydock.

The other's did their best to go to the other security room which they did. They charged right in where Crimson and Rocky killed the guards and they didn't hesitate.

Rainy Night then sat at a chair while she tuned the ham radio to a special frequency.

Albatross stayed by her side to protect her just in case any Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers do come and inspect the gunshots.

***

In the basement, it was terrible of seeing skeletons in the old jail cells. But on the walls in some rooms, they saw old pre-war Equestrian propaganda against the Zebra's.

They wondered what the skeletons were not knowing that this was a place where sometimes Zebra Prisoners of War came to and tortured even raped and they died of starvation or thirst or both.

Some of them were occupied with captured Raiders, Slavers, Grand Pony Enclave, Wasteland Protectors, and Wasteland Guardians. Not adding average wastelanders who just survive day in and day out.

They freed them all even though the Raiders and Slavers went back to their old ways and were killed right away.

There weren't a lot of Grand Pegasus Enclave ponies down there and they were killed easily with broken necks. Not adding they were only armed with shock batons to keep them in line. Doesn't help some use the shock batons as sexual kinks with their partners.

They found Purple's, Paladin Sapphire's, and Starry's stuff. Unknown to them the cloudship that's Purple's on is already gone because it had to be repaired for some reason and is carry the most elite and dangerous Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers. A whole battalion of eight hundred and all of them are ruthless, can't be reasoned with, can't be bribed, and trained to ignore pain.

They're going to what was the Crystal Empire where a lot of the most dangerous and hideous mutated creatures live not adding some of them burrow underground with either nature or pony-made underground infrastructure.

Purple just had his hooves, magic, and wings.

***

On the cloudship.

New type of cloudship I have never seen before, Purple thought, Never mind that. Need to take this ship down before tons of Ponies and creatures get killed.

Purple stealthfully walked up behind one and Purple strangled one to death and the pegasus said, "what about my kids?"

Purple replied, "Should've called in sick then."

There was a closet on the cloudship and Purple hid the body there.

I can't take his uniform, Purple thought, They'll see through me and I don't know his personality.

Purple did his best to stay hidden from the shadows on the cloudship.

The PA system came on and a pony said, "All hands prepare for deployment within 24 to 48 hours. Get the Vertibucks and mobile base deployers ready and prepared when we arrive."

Mobile base deployers? Purple thought, Oh that's right. During the war, the Equestrians built mobile base deployers to set up bases far away from others to gain a foothold. And to deploy forces so they can have some kind of military base on foreign soil.

Purple somehow found his way to the armory and found a new type of missile launcher. Purple thought it was funny that a note was left out in the open and Purple picked it up and it says. "Here's the M3 Assault Weapon. It's a double shot assault rocket launcher that's 4.5 feet long, 0.9 feet long, and 1.4 feet tall. It carries two rockets. It's designed to be a lighter version of the Missile launcher and Rocket Launcher. It's also designed to be held and fired by the wings not requiring a battle saddle."

Purple took it and several rockets for himself and he found a saddlebag and placed the ammo in that.

Assault rifle at least now I have a weapon that doesn't involve explosions, Purple thought, But what can I do. Let's get this over with.

Purple picked up a modified Novasurge rifle that fire's automatically and a 5.56mm assault carbine.

Purple became stupid and launched a one pony assault against the defenders but he locked himself in the armory with a one way in and out with the other locked and barricaded.

Purple had the advantage of magic and blindly fired the assault rifle and automatic Novasurge rifle which he fired in bursts to conserve ammo. They were keeping Purple suppressed with the intense Novasurge, Energy, and Ballistic weapons but Purple isn't stupid enough to step out.

Purple switched to the rocket launcher and fired both shots and he heard a lot of screams where he just killed a majority of the Grand Pegasus Enclave elite troops with a blast. Not adding one rocket was incendiary and another was high explosive where the two he just placed in are a high-velocity one and a hive one which the latter has nine smaller ones inside.

A pony said over the PA. "We got damage and fire in section five. Deploying damage control."

"Nice to see that after a long time since the Balefire bombs flew," Said Purple, "Nice to see that the Grand Pegasus Enclave has damage control to keep the cloudships up and running even when damaged. But this isn't made out of cloud material. But allows all types of ponies and creatures to walk on it. But it's long. It's half a mile long. Well, everything starts somewhere."

Purple then carefully charged after them and ignored the noncombatants due to he has honor and won't attack somepony if doesn't attack him first or not fight or gives up in the fighting.

Purple kept firing the weapons he has but he kept himself well in cover but the elite Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and officers didn't seek cover behind walls or anything thinking that their modified and reinforced pegasus power armor will keep them safe only for them to be blown away in a gorey death.

If these are the most elite, Purple thought, They're doing a half-assed job. If not terrible. Well I can always retreat back to the armory if need be. They got enough weapons and ammo to share.

The most elite Grand Pegasus Enclave didn't stand a chance. But Purple had a gut feeling so he quickly ran back to the armory, got a few gas masks with goggles which looks like one of those early gas masks with a rebreather attached on it.

There was a gas bomb and a detonator so he ran to the engine room and placed the bomb in the air filtration system and galloped towards the bridge.

Purple saw through glass that it's Lieutenant-General Cantel holding his father and Rainy Night hostage and told him he has ten seconds to decide either he gives up now or both Rainy and Albatross's brains meet the metallic floor.

Even though he did a count down it was muffled due to he has a C96 in his mouth. Purple just used his left-wing to use the detonator and detonated the gas bomb and soon Lt-Gen Cantel started to cough violently.

Purple dashed in and saved his father and Rainy and placed the gas masks on them and took them to the hanger as the elite Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers choked to death on the gas.

They made it to the hanger where Rainy abandoned ship and Albatross held tightly onto his son as Purple flew down to the ground. Unknown to them that is Rocky, Starry, and Paladin Sapphire took out the remaining base defenders as a majority of them were on board the cloudship that the trio was on.

The rest was killed either by bullets, energy or choked to death on gas.

***

"Alright dad I'm taking you home this is getting too dangerous!" said Purple

Albatross replied, "Your my son, and I'm taking you home. Back to the Stable where it's safe! You don't need to be out here you need to be in the Stable!"

Purple replied, "I CAN'T LOSE YOU AGAIN! I can't lose you again dad. Just those eight years and I thought you were dead and believed it. Everypony did and still does. Even mom. You don't know what I had to do to keep mom happy she even thinks I'm not going to return to the Stable permanently and she wanted me to get her pregnant so the Stable could have another Overpony when she dies. I didn't want to but you know mom not adding later I caught her in a gang bang. But everything gone to heck while you were gone."

Albatross didn't know how much the Stable changed when he decided to fake his death and leave and now he wished he could've negotiated with the Grand Pegasus Enclave to bring his family or he could've done the work in the stable and not leave and have somepony take his place that looks like me. He screwed up.

Purple took Albatross back to Stable 190 and nopony believed it and thought he was a ghost until he proved that he was still very much alive and kicking Harp was excited to have her husband back but like the others, she at first thought he was dead.

***

Still at Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Daylight

Rainy Night was with Purple on the old metallic boat that has duel .50 Caliber machine guns up front and a 7.62mm GPMG on the back on some kind of stand.

"What are you doing?" asked Rainy

Purple replied, "Trying to fix this boat. Wanna see what's around the bend. I'm a little bit tired from all that teleporting. Mind giving me a hoof?"

Rainy Night sat down and helped Purple repair the boat.

Paladin Sapphire actually explored the base and Rocky just roamed around and noticed a lot of old military stuff that's been repurposed for the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

***
Hours passed and soon night came

Rainy Night and Purple slept together on the boat, Paladin Sapphire slept in the commanding officer's room, and Rocky Road slept in a barracks by herself and Starry slept in the medical building.

Rainy Night just stared up at the stars and it was a nice night and stared up at the moon with the mare in the moon that used to frighten her as a filly.

"If I was alive during the back then times," said Rainy, "I would be a DJ or something useful."

Purple replied, "I would say it but I'm not my brother so I'm not going to say it."

Rainy replied, "Just say it. What would your brother say?"

Purple replied nervously, "My brother. Well first off don't get pissed at me or hit me. But he would say "I'm a stallion and stallions have sperm. You are a mare and mares have ovaries. You can help by bearing foals. You can start with me. I'll gladly impregnate you.". I really hate him. He sees mares in different ways he sees mares as breeding stock, healers, midwives, and be in safe occupations where they won't get hurt. I see mares differently. I see them the same as stallions even though different. I don't show any signs of sexism, patriarchy, and misogynistic life. Alright, I'm going to go to bed."

Purple then closed his eyes and went to bed. Rainy Night did the same but placed her head onto Purple.

Chapter 56: Research Trip

Twenty-year-old Apprentiance Lieutenant Honey Cake was sitting in the barracks of Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura. She's writing in her journal saying that she's glad she isn't training in Neighvarro and hated the drill instructor she had there.

Honey Cake she's happy that she's with her father even though her mother since she was four has been trying to lobby her to be a councilmare over being an infantry officer. She hasn't taken a bite of it and her mother has been pissing her off about it.

"Hey Sugarplum how are you?" asked her father, a captain in maintenance.

Apprentice Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "I'm fine dad. How are you? I'm glad I'm out of Neighvarro. Hated that Drill Instructor. Have you ever heard a stallion yell at his son for having a cutie mark he didn't expect and asked if it was for killing enemies? I mean come on should've been supportive that at least his son has a cutie mark! Me? I'm still a twenty-year-old blank flank!"

Her father replied supportively, "Don't worry sugar plum. You're going to get your cutie mark one day or another. I didn't get my cutie mark until you and your twin sister were born. So you hated Neighvarro that much?"

Honey Cake replied, "No not entirely. I saw two stallions that look alike a little though. To me they're dreamy. But they made me nervous a bit. But they're dreamy in my eyes. I talked to one of them I think they're nice. But my gut says they hate their baby brother."

Her father replied, "Oh like how you hate your twin sister? Besides that Lieutenant Soaring Pip was looking for you. Here's a note from her."

Honey Cake picked it up and read it and went over to hanger three.

***

In Hanger three.

"There she is," said Lieutenant Soaring Pip, "Late to the party. Alright, let's go down south and do a research purpose."

Before Honey Cake could get on the Vertibuck was halted by command saying it was Councilmare Daisy Sugar Belle's orders.

"Luna damn it. Luna can fuck me with her horn!" said Honey Cake, "My mother never wants me to be happy. Damn her."

Soon there was a mare in a suit. It's Councilmare Daisy.

"Come on home Ebone Honey Butte Cake." said Councilmare Daisy, "It's where you belong especially when you become a Councilmare."

Honey Cake replied, "Mother I'm a grown adult! Leave me alone and listen to me. I cannot be more crystal damn clear than this! I. AM. NOT. GOING. TO. BE. A. LUNA DAMN. COUNCILMARE! Now leave me alone!"

Honey Cake re-bored the Vertibuck and told them to go because she isn't going to stay behind.

***

In the southern Equestrian wasteland, the Vertibuck had to go back to refuel because it has enough fuel to return. But they have to find a suitable place to set up a firebase.

Honey Cake kept her Novasurge rifle ready which she illegally modified to be fired by her wings, not a battle saddle. But she still carries a battle saddle variant.

They found an old Equestrian base with a tall thirty-foot concrete wall with circular towers on top at the two entrances and on the flanks as well.

There were only some old barracks and they had to clear out the ferals which were easy and they were able to shoot and kill the few ferals with ease.

"Alright Ebone," said Lieutenant Soaring Pip, "Radio Aroura base and tell them to set up a Firebase here."

Honey Cake replied, "Please call me Honey Cake. Don't call me Ebone. I'm going to radio command."

Honey Cake flew up to a tower and picked up a pair of military binoculars and saw nothing by a sea of sand and some grasslands but they were in the mysterious south. She stayed up there for several hours.

Soon some bigger Vertibucks came and dropped the back half of a building and the other dropped a front end of a building and the soldiers there were dropped some engineering tools and settled up a firebase.

The platoon used the resources there to build stuff like a supply pad so Vertibucks can drop off supplies, and a generator, and they rebuilt the barracks so they can sleep in. Some more Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and scientists are off. Doesn't help a whole squad were her friends.

The night quickly hit and they're lucky they built three small windmills to get power so they can see in the dark. But at least it ain't noisy and everything will be fine so far.

***

In the morning.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave platoon with the scientists went out into the Wasteland and they just walked without being off track. Honey Cake thought that the scientist won't survive in a firefight because the Balefire suits they were wearing doesn't protect against bullets or energy weapons. In their power armor, they felt hot because of the morning sun

Honey Cake just removed her respirator mask and she had a hard time breathing. All of them snapped and yelled at her to put her mask back on even when she explained that she couldn't breathe they still snapped at her.

Lieutenant Soaring Pip walked over to her and inspected her and her armor and saw that everything was in tip-top shape so he tried her respirator and it wasn't pumping air. It was pumping Carbon Monoxide.

"Someone unless if it was you replaced your air pack," said Lt Soaring Pip. "Go back to base and get it fixed or repaired."

Appretance Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "No sir. I wanna continue please don't sit me out."

Lieutenant Soaring Pip tried to reason with her why she should go back.

Honey Cake replied, "Just like everypony else in my family. My mother, stepfather, aunts, and uncles. Everyone that isn't my father always wants me to be sheltered. I'm a twenty-year-old mare who can take care of herself! If I couldn't take care of myself I wouldn't join the Army!"

Lieutenant Soaring Pip replied, "Fine. Get yourself killed out here. I ain't carrying your stinkin corpse back to base."

Honey Cake replied, "I can take care of myself. I don't need to prove my strength to anypony. And I didn't cut or cheat through the military academy by sucking a lot of dicks! When I did had a boyfriend I may have sucked his dick once or twice to have him help me pass an exam. But I didn't fuck any of my teachers to pass!"

Lieutenant Soaring Pip replied, "Alright calm down no need to yell. But I gave you a chance."

They continued and the hot Wasteland sun continued to bake them in the desert.

***

An hour passed and three Hellhounds appeared.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers including Honey Cake fired their Novasurge Rifles and had to protect the Scientists who were completely defenseless.

Honey Cake saw in horror what Hellhounds could do as she saw one pick up a Grand Pegasus Enclave Private First Class in her squad an engineer and tore him to shreds even ate his head off.

She then snapped out of it and fired and continued to fire as the Operator, Machine gunner, Specialist, Sniper, and three rifle pegasi including the squad leader. They just fired but the Hellhounds tore right through them.

The scientists didn't stand a chance. One slash they were dead and the power armor for the Grand Pegasus Enclave which they stood a chance but it was only temporarily.

Honey Cake heard the Grand Pegasus Enclave Operator scream very painfully and very loud as his wing was sliced off and the sharp nails or claws pierced the armor and hit vital organs. She could hear their agonizing screams of pain. But she was able to kill one.

A Hellhound slashed its claws at the Lieutenant and his head went flying off and rolled over to Honey Cake who's more frightened and scared than believed. She heard stories from scouts of the horrors of the Wasteland but didn't believe them thought they were fairy tales.

Honey Cake then reloaded her Novasurge rifle but she used her battle saddle version of the Novasurge rifle and the Hellhound destroyed it.

Fuck!, Honey Cake thought, Damn these are tough bastards. I'm the officer here and I should organize a retreat.

"Fall back!" Honey Cake yelled, "We can't take this anymore. Fallback to Aileron Base."

More Hellhounds came and Honey Cake and the remaining few remaining Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers retreated back to Camp Aileron and they didn't stop running even if it felt like their hearts could explode.

***

Back at Camp Aileron.

"Appearance Lieutenant?" said a Grand Pegasus Enclave Captain, "Where's the rest of your unit?"

Honey Cake looked behind her now noticing she was by herself.

Appearance Lieutenant Honey Cake replied tiredly and breathing heavily, "Hellhounds! We were jumped by a pack of Hellhounds! Everyone dead if not scattered away."

Honey Cake then passed out due to having a heat stroke.

Two Grand Pegasus Enclave medics took Honey Cake into the command center and to the barracks and to the first aid center to cool her down.

***

Two days later.

Honey Cake found a corner that was isolated and she started to cry due to out of nine squad members not adding the Lieutenant. Three of them were her besties since they were four years old. Not adding she didn't believe what the scouts or any member told her about the horrors.

She then heard some hoof steps approaching so she stopped crying and wiped the tears away and saw that it was a Grand Pegasus Enclave Marine.

A marine, Honey Cake thought, The Marines have been a mainstay of the GPE Armed Forces ever since the GPE Armed Forces was founded. They secured their popular reputation as an invaluable assist to the GPE Military. They're tuff, strong, and very combative and never walk or fly away from a fight. I couldn't be a marine. I'm weak and not useful.

"Hey you Ok?" asked the GPE Marine

Honey Cake replied sorrowfully, "No. My friends. They're dead. Torn to shreds if not eaten by the Hellhounds."

The marine was supportive to her and comforted her and even told her that it'll be ok where her friends will always be with her in her heart.

It cheered her up a bit to know that not all Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers or citizens were all-around jackasses.

The marine then left so she could have some time to herself and start acting as a lieutenant.

***

Outside.

Appearance Lieutenant Honey Cake was walking with the Captain and he talked to her.

"HONEY CAKE!" yelled the Captain, "Next Vertibuck that arrives."

The sound of a Vertibuck came closer.

"Get your blank flank ass on board!" Continued the Captain, "And report for your next assignment as a secretary!"

Honey Cake couldn't believe it but she followed orders and got on the Vertibuck.

***

Back at GPE Base Aroura.

Honey Cake got off the Vertibuck and saw her mother standing there.

Councilmare Daisy said, "Come on Ebone Cake. Time for your new career and a date with your new stallionfriend."

Honey Cake replied, "Mother! WILL YOU STAY OUT OF MY LIFE!"

Councilmare Daisy walked over and grabbed her eldest daughter by her ear and took her back above the clouds and removed the power armor and had her daughter become her secretary.

Councilmare Daisy even told her daughter that it's "Time to play soldier is over." and even forced her onto a date even though she wasn't interested in the date nor a relationship. She and her ex well their breakup was a fiery train wreck.

Turns out her ex was only dating her for political favors from her mother even forced her to suck his dick or forced her into sex when she didn't want to even though. Not adding he was inappropriate and acted as a child sometimes including one time he took his wings and held her face to his butt and farted in her face.

The only reason they didn't break up sooner is that his father who's more of a gentleman than his son but he's a high-ranking general and works in the Grand Pegasus Enclave Armed Forces Staff and was hoping he would make her a high ranking officer. Until she turned Seventeen she finally snapped and told him to suck his own dick and even told him that if she had a dick he can choke on it.

***

At night.

Honey Cake snuck away from her mother and went back to Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura and she was happy there even though she just sat in a hanger all teary-eyed and the hanger is occupied with old Equestrian fighter planes with the old Equestrian Air Force decals on them.

There were some more hoofsteps and it was her mother who sat down next to her and said, "Ebone. It's time to stop dressing up and playing soldier. It's time to return back home. Just get married, settle down, and have some foals."

Honey Cake replied, "Stop calling me Ebone. I don't care it's in my name I hate it. I prefer to be called "Honey Cake" not "Ebone Honey Butte Cake". Also, I'm sick and damn tired of you thinking you know what's best for me. I'm not going going to be working in a civilian role. I'm not going to settle down and have foals. You want me to but you never asked me what I wanted it's always like "Honey Cake do this. Honey Cake do that.". I just want to do what I wanna do not what you want to do. If you want another foal then just ask stepdad to give you one. But it's your fault that Dad divorced you!"

Councilmare Daisy replied, "My fault? It's his fault why if he didn't come home early then we wouldn't be here. He filled your and Lucy's minds with what the Army can do and gave you two more freewill and all that and polluted with what you can do. Damn him and his Authoritative parenting style. If he was more Authoritarian we wouldn't be here."

Honey Cake replied, "Damn him? It's not his fault he walked in on you and stepdad having sex. Oh wait I mean your lover before you divorced him! It's your fault! We were a happy family but you broke up the family! Why do you think I hate you and stepdad? You & stepdad want me to be a damn councilmare and I don't want to be a fuckin councilmare. Just leave me alone you done more damage that's irreparable."

Councilmare Daisy replied, "But Sweetie."

Honey Cake interrupted and replied, "Don't "But Sweetie" me! You wanted me to get straight A's and be on the Honor Roll every school semester! The only reason I went to the Military Academy was to get away from you! I used my own money to pay for it! Just go. Just leave me alone for the rest of my life."

Councilmare Daisy replied, "But Sugarpie."

Honey Cake snapped, "Stop giving me those embarrassing nicknames! I hated them when i was four and I hate them now!"

Councilmare Daisy replied, "But Snookums. You loved being called having those nicknames."

Honey Cake replied, "Yeah when dad does it. He actually loves me and wants me to do what I want to do not what you want me to do! Just go. You have done more than enough damage to me. Now get out of my sight. I want to sulk alone."

Councilmare Daisy replied, "I just want to protect you. Due to your service so far you are eligible to have foals. Just keep going on the date with the stallion I picked out for you, marry him, and make me a grandmother."

Honey Cake replied, "There you go. All about you. You want to be a grandmother. I don't want to be a mother. And you just say that I won't. Just go. Right now."

Soon Honey Cake's biological father entered thinking she would be in here due to she likes to be in isolated places when she's sad.

He walked over to her and hugged her due to hugs from her father usually cheering her up or making her feel loved. Her mother makes her feel hated and not wanted.

"Oh it's you," said Councilmare Daisy, "Don't you have some Power armor to fix? Or fix something? Go away your not wanted here!"

Honey Cake's dad replied, "I'm allowed to see my daughter! The Judge said we have split custody but Honey Bunny she's an adult. You got to stop treating her like a filly. She's twenty years old. She may be our child but you keep her suppressed under your oppressive and authoritarian wing and hoof! Why do you think she feels oppressed, depressed, and sad? You don't allow her not to gain not even an inch or a 1/16th of an inch of freedom and happiness. With you, it's always forcing her to do something she doesn't want to do. You and your husband may hate that I gave her freedom and wasn't strict with her. But that's my choice. You choose to keep driving away from our daughter."

Councilmare Daisy replied, "Our daughter? That's a laugh. Do you mean my daughter? I was the one who carried her and Lucy and gave birth to them. You did nothing."

He replied, "Did nothing? Who's sperm did they come from? Not your second husband's sperm. She and Lucy came from me and I still have a say in what they should do. I'd say that they should do what they want to make them happy not force them to do something. Like you forcing both Honey and Lucy to go to Hail Force University. You know the top prestigious university we have named after one of the first Council pegasi we had back then. Honey Cake didn't want to go then what do you make she wants to go now?"

Councilmare Daisy replied, "Because I know she does want to go."

Honey Cake replied, "I didn't. What part of "I didn't". Don't you understand?"

Councilmare Daisy replied, "I know you do want to go and be more intelligent."

Honey Cake rolled her eyes.

"I'm going to go before I snap," said Honey Cake

Councilmare Daisy replied, "See what you did Angel Pine!"

Angel Pine replied, "What did I do? How is being a supportive father make me look like a bad guy? I was there for them when they needed me. Where were you when they needed you? You were too busy going behind my back and later your second husband's back suck others' cocks! Do you know why other mares don't want to be friends with you? Because they know the straight ones will keep their husbands locked up so you can't suck them off of having sex with them. When your husband was too busy doing what he does and not home and you weren't home because you were busy sucking off the other council stallions to get what you want. Remember that time your husband was gone and somewhere else for a month and couldn't take care of them and you were busy deciding something. What were you doing? That's right you were too busy sucking off the other council stallions you work with so they could vote what you want. What did I do? I made sure they were fed and had a roof over their heads not adding made sure they got an education."

Councilmare Daisy replied, "Yeah. I did do that. I did make sure they were fed, educated, and had a place to stay."

Angel Pine replied, "Luna damn it. Pull your head out of your ass. I remember when you were an intelligent mare who didn't fuck others to get what she wanted. The Daisy Sugar Belle I remember was a kind, friendly and loving mare not a mare who got her head up her ass so far she doesn't see what was going around her. Somepony can hold a knife to Honey Cake's throat and you'll say, "I hope the two can have some foals so I can be a grandma". Just leave her alone. Let her make her own choices. She needs to learn life herself not having you holding her hoof at every step against her will."

Captain Angel Pine then got up and went over back to the workshop to do some repairs and other stuff.

***

In the workshop.

Captain Angel was surprised to see his daughter in their working on her power armor where she removed the respirator air pack thing and wondered why it was full of Carbon Monoxide. She thinks it was replaced intentionally when she wasn't looking or sleeping.

"Mother!" said Honey Cake, "Damn her! She was the only one who touched my power armor! She could easily swap it!"

Captain Angel Pine replied, "Your mother? What did she do this time?"

Apprentice Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "My air pack that's supposed to give us fresh air so we don't breath in wasteland contaminated air. But "somepony" swapped it out for carbon monoxide. I bet my year's salary it was mom."

Captain Angel Pine replied, "Why would mom try to kill you? She wants the best for you and when I mean you I mean her."

Honey Cake replied, "Because I know she won't allow me to be happy and I've been rebelling against her since when I was nine. So she might as well get it over and just label me as "Killed In Action" over "Mother kills rebelling daughter". Also try it."

Captain Angel Pine placed on the respirator mask and turned on the air pack and he soon took it off and was about to help his daughter to fix it until he saw a flash of light.

"Um Honey," said Captain Angel Pine, "You might want to check your butt."

Honey Cake looked and saw that she finally received her cutie mark. It's a ratchet wrench and a Novasurge rifle overlapping.

Finally, I have a cutie mark and those punks and bullies can kiss my ass, Honey Cake thought, I know mom will hate it but I don't care.

Soon Councilmare Daisy Sugar Belle entered the workshop.

"Speak of the Devil!," exclaimed Honey Cake.

"Oh look you finally got a cutie mark," said Councilmare Daisy, "Wish it was something else like counseling or something about politics. Don't worry we'll burn it off like how we burn the cutie marks off Dashites and I'll put something more appropriate on your flank."

Honey Cake snapped, "NO YOU ARE NOT! I LOVE MY CUTIE MARK AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF IT! IF YOU DO YOU MIGHT AS WELL BRAND ME AS AN DASHITE!"

Councilmare Daisy just tilted her head in confusion not knowing why she yelled at the top of her lungs like that and thinks she loves her and just acting in front of her father. And other things thinking other stuff and thinks she does wants to be a councilmare even though Honey Cake can't say it any more clearer that she doesn't want to be one she wants to be a field officer, not somepony who sits at a desk with her hoof or a wing up her ass.

Councilmare Daisy then went back home above the clouds and went home.

***

At home, Councilmare Daisy walked into her house and her husband was sitting on a couch made with cloud tech.

"Hey Sugar pie," said Daisy's husband, "How was work?"

Councilmare Daisy replied, "Good. I think I'm getting through with Honey Cake. I really do believe she wants to be a councilmare but she's just hiding it. How was work Nor'easter?"

Nor'easter replied, "It was ok. I don't think she'll become one. She resents us. She despises us, hates our guts. Remember when she was just a filly and just up to twelve years old when we would go kiss her goodnight? How she would yank the covers over her and put her pillow over her face and told us to get out of her room. I may have terribly bonded with her but at least I played "Blast Radius A Balefire Board Game with her even as a teenager. I tried to bond with her even though it was hard and couldn't. At least I tried to be a father figure to her. But when I started with "You want to be a Councilmare?" she would get up and leave. But when she turned Seventeen I said to her, "Do you want to be a soldier?" she replied, "Yes I do.". I told her to pack her bags and I used all five of my favors and got her into the War College to be an officer. And you know what happens when we don't have an officer spot available? We call them "Apprentices" until a spot is available. Because they're "Apprentices" to actual Officer's starting with Leftenants. Also, they can learn from the actual leftenants."

Councilmare Daisy replied, "It's pronounced as "Lieutenant" not "Leftenant". Also, what's wrong with you?! She wants to be a councilmare."

Nor'easter replied in his Cockney accent, "You mean you. You want her to be a Councilmare. When I started to do so even tried to bribe her to be one. But I noticed I was driving her far and far away. So I started to spend time with her doing what she wants not what you wanted. If she wanted to read an old Equestrian Military book about infantry and how to counter infantry. Well, when I was out at the Base I go to when called to. I would go out and scavenge around a bit. If she wanted I would go find and get her a dildo the size of Manehattan if she asked me. Honey Cake may not entirely not like me but at least she can come to me if and I'm open ears. Alright I'm going to go to bed."

Nor'easter got up and went to bed and Daisy followed him and before they went to sleep they had sex and went to bed with their backs turned. But Daisy doesn't get any goodnight's sleep due to her hind right leg acting up due to an injury she isn't or straight with due to she tells different Pegai different stories about it.

***

Appearance Lieutenant Honey Cake wanted to be a lieutenant so bad she wanted to lead a platoon so far even though she know it won't happen.

She just drank a few shots to mourn her friends who were killed even though she still has a few. She thinks they'll be great soldiers. But after she paid for her drinks she went up and stared up at the sky. It was a nice warm night but she decide to trot along the old asphalt runway with brick side access for old emergency wagons in case the old Equestrian plans had to make an emergency landing and caught fire or something.

Even though it was a nice night Honey Cake thought about removing her uniform, finding a non-radioactive polluted lake, and going skinny dipping. But she knows she'll get busted and scolded big time going AWOL/ Absent Without Leave and probably be kicked out of the military. Doesn't help she quickly thought about jumping into bed with either Autumn Leaf or Pride due to she thinks they're dreamy.

I wonder how they feel about settling down a mare who can lead and repair, Honey Cake thought, Wonder who'll ask out on a date first. Should I ask Autumn Leaf or Pride they're both cute in my eyes. Umm Major Autumn Leaf or Pride? I know that Autumn Leaf is going to be promoted soon to Lieutenant-Colonel probably going for Colonel or General of the Army or some higher rank in the GPE armed forces. But he is sure dreamy as long with his brothers Pride, the Tech one, and the one who's a Dashite. But my BCT or Basic Combat Training at Neighvarro was over in a year with a jackass Drill Instructor who always yelled and those three years at the War College sitting on my flank. There's nothing like being called a Blank Flank in training and back at school. Not they can eat my ass that they can't pick on me anymore.

Some stallions not in power armor came up to her and started to call her some names and when they call her a blank flank she showed them her cutie mark which is a torque wrench going upper left to lower right diagonally and a "Novasurge rifle" even though she calls all energy rifles "Novasurge rifles" and it's actually a Magical Energy Rifle.

They picked on her for getting her cutie mark last and she finally snapped. There were three quick shots and they were ash from the Novasurge rifle she illegally modified.

Honey Cake then quickly left before any of the Base's MP's arrived or any GPE soldiers did and when they got there they only saw three ash piles and just labeled that whoever they were committed suicide over being murdered out of anger.

***

Two-years-later

Apprentice Lieutenant Honey Cake finally got the ability to be an actual Lieutenant and her first assignment as an actual Lieutenant is to give a group of wastelanders an ultimatum or have seventy-two hours to be back on the good graces of the Grand Pegasus Enclave or be killed by them.

Unknown to her she a twenty-two-year-old started to have romantic feelings for the moderate purple alicorn in the group over Colonel Autumn Leaf and Pride due to she thinks he's a better leader over the latter two.

Chapter 57: The Colonial Fort

At the recently captured Grand Pegasus Enclave base Daylight.

Purple and Rainy Night were sleeping peacefully and cuddling up. Rainy Night was using Purple as a pillow.

***

Hours later the sound of an alarm went off and Purple got up tiringly but Rainy Night didn't. Purple was a gentleman and took rainy Night into a barracks and placed her into a bed where he covered her up.

He went back to the boat and kept fixing it even raided the workshop for some spare parts to do it.

Paladin Sapphire got out of bed tired and walked over to the armory. She saw in the armory of Novasurge rifles and other weapons in weapons lockers with combination padlocks and don't know the unlocking numbers so she couldn't do anything.

Paladin Sapphire Heart then walked over to Purple and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"What's that for?" Purple asked

Paladin Sapphire replied, "What I can't kiss my spouse? Even though I was raped and don't want to be kissed on the mouth or forced to get a kiss."

Purple replied, "Oh sorry. I'm just a little busy and it's only 0740. I mean 7:40 AM. My Stable runs off the old military time even though we couldn't tell if it was night or day in the Stable and still can't so we took what time it had with a grain of salt. Oh, can you go and turn the key honey? Please?"

Paladin Sapphire walked over to the keys in the console of the boat and turned and soon the boat just did the sputtering sound so Purple went to go fix the boat's filter, pump, and other things to get it running. He was in luck that the shop hat it all and was able to get it up and running.

The two just spent the morning fixing the boat and got it in running condition.

"What are you doing?" asked Purple

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Got to check the guns to make sure they're working."

Purple replied, "It's 8:20 in the morning and Rocky is still sleeping. You do not want to wake her up without her beauty sleep. If she's interrupted in her sleep she'll kill you."

Paladin Sapphire then walked back over to Purple and sat down next to him and placed a hoof around him and slid herself closer to him. She even gave him a little kiss on the mouth.

"I'll be back," said Purple, "Going to see what's on the other side of this bend."

Purple then soared to see a little village, a hill, and a star fort on another hill, and that small island is connected by a wooden bridge.

Purple wanted to get a closer look so he went to the village where he soared to it and found that the village well they pointed their weapons at him and told him to keep his weapons holstered and they won't have a problem.

"Stop pointing your weapons at me or we're going to have a huge problem," Purple said

Purple then walked around the town and like how advanced the village was even though it was a post-apocalyptic world around it. Purple enjoyed they got irrigation, crops, some farmland to the side to grow corn and other crops, not adding brick roads, basic security. But he disliked the lack of a wooden or stone wall to give that extra layer of security or any turrets but he isn't going to tell them how to live.

When Purple entered a store they refused to service him and didn't allow him to barter with them because he's new and the town's leader hasn't given him any permission for them to sell to him, not even the crappy equipment they have.

Purple just kept walking and soon a voice caught his attention.

"Purple? Is that you?" said a stallion's voice

Purple turned around and saw a unicorn stallion wearing a Stable 190.

Purple replied, "Vulcan? No way that's you."

Vulcan replied, "Yeah it's me. Purple what are you doing out here? The last time I saw you, you were only so high"

Vulcan then placed his right hoof up to Purple's flank where his torso and hind legs meet.

Purple replied, "At first my father died back when I was eleven. Well, Eight years later I came out here to clear my mind. I made my friends, created a group of ponies and creatures called "The Wasteland Guardians.". I'm married to two different mares and going to have a ton of foals. Yeah half of them were "conceived" while I was in a coma and the other half I volunteered to help breed with. Also, found out that my father was still alive just working for those Grand Pegasus Enclave, and sent him back to Stable 190 to be with my ma. Well besides me how have you been?"

Vulcan replied, "I've been fine. Still can't believe I got chosen to be a missionary by Mrs. Rose and the Cathedral of Princess Luna. But I was rescued by the ponies here, I got married and got five foals. Two are young adults, two teenagers, a colt and a new one coming soon. I tried to make peace with our neighbors across the way but they don't want us."

The jet black unicorn with brass-colored mane and tail, and with brass-colored hair pointed to the star fort on the other island. But he warned Purple that they're not friendly and shot at them when a colt or filly hits a ball over on their side they just shoot a warning shot or straight-up murder. He then told Purple to let him show the leader of the place.

***

In a building.

"Alright Purple," said Vulcan, "Whatever you do. Don't fuck around with her. She isn't the type to piss off."

Purple nodded in agreement and the two then entered the room and talked to the leader who wasn't a very pleasant nor friendly mare. Purple found out she was rude but decided to exploit Purple for their services and in return, he'll be able to shop, even live among them and probably get married and have kids. Even though Purple doesn't care if he has foals or not even though he hates his older brother for having kids.

"Alright I'll give you one shot." said the mare, "Do a job for me and do it right. You'll get another if you fail don't show your face around here again you'll be shot on sight."

Purple replied, "You won't be disappointed in me. I'll get it done right."

The mare replied, "You better or I get to place your dick and balls in a blender and make you eat them."

"Ok then... What's my job?" Purple asked

The mare replied, "There's a cave nearby which has a stash of goodies from long ago. I mean a long long time ago. The problem is the citizens, guards, militia, and warriors won't go into the place saying it's scary and cursed. Do it you'll get fifty bottlecaps and some access to our gear. The shittest level of gear we have. Don't ask me for more caps or I'll say something rude."

Purple replied, "Consider it done."

Purple then got up and left and he trotted up solo to the cave.

***

In the cave.

Could've been darker not what I imagined, Purple thought, Also, wish I had my friends with me to watch my back.

Purple drew his IF-37 Police Shotgun and watched out for any dangers. It was almost quiet but Purple only hit was water dripping but he did see some stalagmites and stalactites. He thought they were neat and scary-looking.

Purple then saw a gate and saw a lock pad which he took a bobby pin and a screwdriver where he quickly placed the screwdriver away after seeing it won't fit even without trying. The lock was a pain in his ass but he didn't fight with it and soon he unlocked it.

There was a crate which says on it, "EQUESTRIAN ARMY SURPLUS"

When the gate opened a pack of ferals swarmed Purple and he opened fire with his shotgun blasting them. Purple saw them wearing old Equestrian combat armor and combat helmets but he aimed for the head.

Purple just grabbed the surplus box and galloped like hell and fired back killing them and safely made it back to the village.

***

In the small church.

"Pastor Vulcan," said Purple, "Got the supplies your leader was looking for. I think. I didn't have a chance to look without being attacked by ferals if it's the wrong one I'll go back and get more."

Vulcan replied, "Thanks put the surplus box down and I'll make sure the sick and injured will get to them."

Purple placed the box down where he opened it and noticed there were only about three boxes of healing potions but each box only has four, twelve Radaway, twelve buck, twelve Dash, Twelve Mint-als, Twelve bottles of painkillers, twelve Radsafe's, twelve rage, twelve Radeject, twelve radexpel, twelve Equestrian Power, Two metal ammo boxes of .308, two metal boxes of .357 Magnum, two metal boxes of .44 Magnum, two metal ammo boxes of .45 Auto Pistol, two ammo boxes of .45-70, two metal ammo boxes of .50 Caliber, two ammo boxes of 5.56mm, two ammo boxes of 7.62x51mm ammo, two ammo boxes of 12 gauge rounds, and two ammo boxes of .30-06. Let's see there's one hundred and thirty-two medicine and each ammo box has two hundred and fifty rounds. So there are fifty-five hundred bullets. Never heard of RadEject or RadExpel."

Vulcan replied, "RadEject was designed for ponies who are allergic to Radaway. It's the same and only a total of 4200 were made before the Balefire bombs hit. If the terminal in Los Unicornia is to believe. RadExpel is the same thing but was made for troops in the Chemical Corps and so on. Only 8400 were made if the terminal in Seaddle is to believe. Go report your success to the leader. Don't let her bitchy attitude get the best of you. You'll warm up to her sooner or later."

Purple nodded his head and left and saw some pegasi walking around with a smile on their faces even some had colts or fillies if not both riding on their backs or on the top of their heads. Purple asked what's with their cutie marks and they all gave the same story that they're "Dashites".

"Dashite?" said Purple, "Is that a pegasus who was a citizen or soldier with the Grand Pegasus Enclave?"

They all agreed and all said, "We wear it with a mark of pride not a mark of shame. Yeah, we live a half-mile away from a Grand Pegasus Enclave base. But we don't care."

Purple told them that he and his friends took the base out and placed it under the control of the Wasteland Guardians.

A Dashite replied, "I bet Colonel Autumn Leaf cost them the war too. He's extremely overconfident and he underestimates his opponents. He's probably either captured, dead, or made RedEye's sex slave by now. My gut says he's dead by now. He's a lucky son of a bitch if he's still alive."

Purple then left the Dashites alone because to them they're happy not adding they have families and already given the biggest middle feather to the Grand Pegasus Enclave by blowing up their biggest ammo dump that's beneath the clouds which could be seen from a hundred and fifty miles away in all directions. Purple wishes he could've seen it but he was still sucking on his mother's very small mammary gland/breast when that happened but that happened when he was a week old foal.

***

Back in the leader's office.

"I delivered the supplies unless you want me to go get more," said Purple

The mare replied, "No that'll do. For now, what did we agree on for a job well done? Was it three hundred bottle caps?"

Purple replied, "No it was fifty bottlecaps."

The mare chuckled and replied, "I do like honesty. I've had ponies try to nickel and dime me out of more bottlecaps than agreed on. Here you go."

She slid over the bottlecaps.

"So you ready for your second job?" said the mare, "Or do you want to rest up for a bit?"

Purple replied, "It's not even nine-thirty and I'm ready for more."

The mare replied, "I like stallions like you. Have the hunger for adventure and got balls of steel doing what others won't. Alright. I can tell you the star fort across on the other side. Well, we want it. We're planning on a surprise attack but that's kind of impossible."

Purple replied, "Let me guess. As a civil minded individual, you'd feel obliged to step in and have a new place under your belt. Also. You want me to eliminate the outer guards so your militia can catch them off guard."

"Where can I find more guys like you?", the mare asked

Purple replied, "Alright considered it done ma'am."

the mare replied, "When you're done, shoot a flare-up at night so we can attack them."

Purple replied, "I got soldiers under my command and I can have some come here and help with your assault if you want."

The mare replied, "If you wish. But I want my militia to take part at least 98% of it."

Purple replied, "Got it."

Purple then left and went outside.

She's becoming a nice mare, Purple thought, I guess due to she's wearing "Project: Super Pone" armor and probably had a rough childhood.

Purple lit up his horn and teleported back to GPE base Daylight and got his friends.

They even got spooked by him.

***

Back in the village/town at the church.

"Vulcan," said Purple, "These are my friends."

Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry introduced each other to him even though Rocky picked on Paladin Sapphire and told Vulcan not to let her eat "Wasteland Chili" if he wants to keep smelling. That keeps getting on her nerves.

Due to it's a stealth mission they had to keep their weapons behind. But Vulcan came prepared with his secret stash that he keeps under his bed. They were surprised that a pastor had weapons.

In the box was a longbow, a compound bow, and a heavy crossbow. There's also an EMC C-bar knife, a large bowie knife with a serrated edge, a trench knife, a silver broadsword, and a survival tactical tomahawk.

There were some other goodies such as frag grenades, Molotov cocktails, incendiary grenades, shurikens, javelins, throwing axes, throwing knives, concussion grenades, mines, and spiked ponyshoes.

Paladin Sapphire picked up the heavy crossbow and the Equestrian Marine Corps K-bar knife. Rocky picked up the large bowie knife with a serrated edge and a longbow. Starry just got the trench knife and the broadsword.

They then left and thanked him for the suppressed weapons and went on their way.

***

At the bridge.

"Alright," said Purple, "Should we sneak in underground or just take them head-on stealthfully?"

Rocky and Starry agreed to want to take the underground one, Paladin Sapphire wants to do what Purple wants to do.

They split up, Rocky and Starry went underground were Purple and Paladin Sapphire went head-on.

***

Up the hill.

There were two guards standing still with muskets and the two were talking. Paladin Sapphire snuck up on the one to the left and sliced his neck where Purple threw the tomahawk with his wing hitting the guard in the heart.

Purple acted as a gentle stallion and hid the bodies and had Paladin Sapphire wait for him to finish and he went on.

***

Down in the underground tunnel aka a sewer Rocky and Starry soon ran into some iron bars they couldn't get through. Rocky could teleport to the other side but she wouldn't be able to bring Starry so the two mares turned around and joined Purple and Paladin Sapphire.

Purple temporarily left them behind as he soared up to the edge of the fort and there were two guards just walking back and forth and Purple used his wings to drag them overboard and to the ground and they fell and broke their necks.

Paladin Sapphire started to climb up the wall and she did it carefully.

"Whatever you don't fall down." said Rocky, "And don't land on me then fart on me."

Paladin Sapphire shook her head in disappointment and climbed up the wall up to Purple who stuck out his left-wing, she placed out her right hoof, Purple grabbed her leg and pulled her up.

It was Starry's turn and she didn't need any help getting up and Rocky was last where she almost fell if it wasn't for Purple using his magic to catch her and bring her up.

They have gotten into a fight with the guards on the roof and Paladin Sapphire thought Purple was kind enough to give the evil ponies a painless death as he either threw them over the edge, broke their necks or rammed the tomahawk or combat knife into their hearts or sliced their necks.

Paladin Sapphire made it worst where a unicorn armed with a magical energy musket fired and missed where the energy round hit one of the other guards.

"Oh hell with it," said Purple.

Purple then pulled out a flare gun and fired the flare towards the village even though it ain't night and soon the town's militia ran towards the danger and started to attack the wooden gate which soon broke down.

There weren't a lot of guards on top and Purple jumped down and there were two enemy soldiers inside where he used his combat knife and tomahawk and took them out before they could get a shot off.

Paladin Sapphire, Rocky, and Starry took a long way around and down some stairs even though they could've stayed above fighting the enemy above.

Purple rarely used his SATS but only did if he doubt if it thought he couldn't hit and just made sure he had at least a chance and not to waste ammo due to how scarce ammo is and they just had a big shoot out.

One unicorn aimed his bolt-action hunting rifle and aimed it at Paladin Sapphire where Purple galloped and shoved Paladin Sapphire out of the way. The .223 round hit Purple and lodged right into one of his ribs.

Paladin Sapphire picked up Purple and placed him onto her back even though she placed his face close to her plot/butt and she galloped like a bat out of hell.

***

In the church.

Paladin Sapphire placed Purple down on a pew and Vulcan asked what happened to him.

Paladin Sapphire didn't know where to start where she just told him that he stupidly if not heroically charged, shoved her out of the way, and took the bullet. She even told Vulcan that what Purple did was noble how old knights way back then before gunpowder was invented and armies could eliminate each other in seconds.

Paladin Sapphire then retrieved their weapons besides Purple's 7.62mm Automatic Battle rifle and she galloped back to the fight.

Vulcan had a problem and that is his surgical tools but he had no way to clean them without getting Purple sick due to infection.

"Use some whiskey, scotch, or vodka to sterile them," said Purple.

Vulcan replied, "There isn't any alcohol in this town. Ran out hundreds of years ago. Sometime after the Balefire bombs detonated. Maybe some painkillers can help you."

Vulcan opened a translucent orange pill bottle and gave Purple a few painkillers.

"Alright Purple," said Vulcan, "I'm going to give you some Morphine from the few morphine we have. Just going to knock you out for a bit and you'll be right as rain."

Vulcan then used his magic and gave Purple a shot of morphine which put him asleep and Vulcan wished the forceps, scalpel, surgical tubing, surgical scissors, a bone saw even though he didn't use it, a medical brace which he didn't use, a sewing needle and some surgery sewing.

***

The hours passed were two hours passed where Vulcan had a hard time trying to remove the bullet without hurting or hitting one of Purple's lungs, an artery, or his heart.

Vulcan was able to remove the bullet and patch Purple up.

Soon the doors opened and it was Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry who came to check on Purple. But Vulcan told them to check in with the leader.

***

In the leader's room or building.

"Excuse me, ma'am," said Starry, "We'd like to talk to you about that Colonial fort on the hill."

The mare replied, "What happened to the purple alicorn?"

"He got shot and in the building two buildings down and being taken care of. Wait you look familiar. Were you at a place called "The School"? Because their's a cream-coated mare with blue hair and blue eyes?" Paladin Sapphire said

The mare replied, "No that's my identical twin sister Target. My name is Bullseye. She hates me because she called me a "Zebra Lover" due to instead of putting Zebra's out of their misery back during the war I would waste first aid on them and help them so they could flee. Well, I'll give him the caps we agreed on later. Thanks for that."

They then all left and walked around the town where Bullseye gave them permission to shop with them even though it was what they sold to them was the crappiest of equipment they had even weapons made of wood and old pipes.

They got a surprise visit where it's Critical Shot where he use to visit this place a lot with his mother and sold their crops to for a reduced price.

Chapter 58: Foals of Radiation

After Critical Shot ran away from Paladin Sapphire, Starry, Midnight, and Rocky. He held the Jumper rifle in his hooves and shed several tears when he looked over "To Critical Love Mama".

Alright, I'm going to hunt those Foals of Radiation down, Critical thought, To avenge my marefriend and our unborn foal then move and hunt down the raider group that came to the farm and made me kill my mother so she wouldn't go through the pain and nightmare of what raider's make them go through.

Critical then checked himself where he noticed he had five rounds in his scoped .30-06 bolt-action rifle and fifteen rounds remaining. His Jumper rifle runs off the same ammo and there's some ammo in it a total of ten rounds for a total of twenty-five rounds.

Critical just headed south where he first met his marefriend and well they were inseparable until the day they were jumped by somepony or something, she joined the Foals of Radiation, the Balefire radiation killed their unborn foal giving her a miscarriage and he was knocked out for some time. When Critical and her did remeet she said "It was Radiation's will that it happened."

There was nothing but dry ground, burnt trees, dried grass, and nothing but ruins for miles and miles but some mountains in the distance.

***

A day later Critical took "the scenic" route and avoided where ponies or other creatures will be especially along roads or railroads. He didn't telegraph his presence then and doesn't want to now.

There was a small fortified town that Critical entered. He was hungry and thirsty, he grabbed a bite to eat and something to drink. He just had some carrots, chips, and a Sparkle-Cola RAD even though he doesn't like the flavor of it.

Critical then went over to the general store in the town and spent all ninety-five bottle caps he had to buy ammo which cost four bottle caps for four rounds of .30-06 rounds. He bought the ammo and walked out of the town after wasting every last bottlecap he had.

***

Critical just hummed as he kept walking to where he soon spotted a Foal of Radiation earth pony talking to somepony trying to convince them to join them. Critical just aimed his sniper rifle.

"Trick or treat motherfucker!" exclaimed Critical Shot

There was a gunshot and Critical walked away and towards the couple who were being convinced to join them. Critical was lucky enough to convince them what really happens in the Foals of Radiation. Besides they worship the Balefire Radiation as a God well they'll do religious stuff and prevent ponies from doing things they want.

They asked how he knew that.

Critical responded, "They were able to convince my ex-marefriend to join. Besides that it killed our unborn foal they'll try to convince you into their way of believing and with all the bottlecaps you have they want you to hoof them as a "donation". They want their members to harass others into joining them and believe what is right and think whoever isn't with them is all wrong and kill ponies they think won't be "a good fit" for them."

They were glad they didn't join not adding the mare was knocked up and she doesn't want to lose her unborn foal like how Critical and his then marefriend before she was convinced to join them.

Critical went on his way and saw through his scope after an hour later he saw a group of Foals of Radiation around a Balefire missile praying to it.

Dumb bastards think it's a God or a Goddess, Critical thought, They going to die from it. Hope it's sooner than later.

Critical then fired at them picking them off and when he would reload the Foals of Radiation thinks that they failed to pray correctly to the Radiation so it killed them and Critical just shot them from range and they never expected it even though they could hear the gunshots.

"Ten down about a shit ton to go," Critical said grouchily.

Critical kept walking even killed a pack of wolves who tried to jump him and eat him alive but his Jumper rifle was used due to it doesn't have a scope and is used better for long and mid-range combat over long-range combat like his sniper rifle.

Maybe I should add a scope to the Jumper rifle and use the .30-06 sniper rifle as my main rifle due to the Jumper rifle has a greater rate of fire than the bolt action one. Critical thought, No wait. The bolt-action isn't great for close range. I need to find a pistol if not a shotgun or a submachine gun.

***

An hour later

Critical overlooked a concrete base and there was a thin metal sign on the ground that says "EQUESTRIAN SUBMARINE BASE LUNA TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT!"

There were some walking sounds coming and something hit Critical right across the back of the head very painfully. It knocked him out very painfully.

***

Several hours later.

Critical Shot woke up with a very painful headache but noticed he was tied up to a wooden pole. He also noticed some ponies in rags while welding 7.62x39mm Assault Rifles pointed at him even the battle saddle version and the unicorns had some with a 40mm grenade launcher.

They were in rags and if they weren't then their clothing was in very despise look and worn out even filled with holes.

"If you're going to kill me then get it over with you dumb sons of bitches!" exclaimed Critical, "If your not going to kill me then let me go!"

A Foal of Radiation replied, "I'm Confessor Rad Python and you are going to die."

Critical responded, "I don't care who you are. Just get it over with you Balefire Radiation loving psychos. Your "God's will" will just kill you anyway. You can say all you want it's still going to kill you sooner or later."

There was a quick burst of gunfire but it was suppressed. It was Midnight who secretly followed Critical Shot and saved his bacon from him about to be executed. Midnight then freed him.

Midnight handed Critical the sniper rifle he has and the semi-automatic rifle then Midnight reloaded his shotgun and removed the suppressor.

Critical just walked out the door with the Jumper rifle and started to open fire on the Foals of Radiation and he told Midnight that they have a dumbass name because they're the "children" of the Balefire Radiation since their name.

"They're going to die from it." said Critical, "They worship the Balefire Radiation as if it's a God or a Goddess. I'm going to use that against them."

Critical bucked opened the door and didn't hesitate between targets and he just opened fire on all of them where they took his special somepony away and their unborn foal he knows they got to stop their rein and cult before everypony dies.

Midnight took off the rags and the clothing he was in due to he hated it and threw it at the Foals of Radiation. Then he fired his shotgun at the Foals of Atom where the Dragon's Breath's shotgun rounds that Midnight Twister had done the job effectively.

They had enough covers and would move up if either or could keep the Foals of Radiation down and they kept pushing the Cultist back.

"Thought they would be better armed," said Midnight, "And know how to shoot better this is pathetic."

Critical responded, "Even amateurs get lucky,"

Before Midnight could advance there were some deep hoof steps and there's were some ponies in gray or dark uniforms and body armor and old heavily modified police riot helmets with the visors replaced with one-way visors blackened out so enemies can't see their face. Not adding they're armed with machine guns mostly the Stalliongradian 7.62x54S General Purpose Machine Gun or the Equestrian 7.62mm GPMG and it drove them into cover and suppressed the two.

There was no way out for the duo until the duo split up with Midnight going back into the room he saved Critical from and Critical galloping onto the submarine which has two old 5 inch/25 caliber artillery guns which were used for merchant raiding besides using torpedoes and two old anti-air guns.

The two would take turns where Midnight would fire to get them off of Critical and Critical would use his magic to fire the cannon or anti-air gun at them. Even though the old cannon could wipe out Zebra unarmed combat ships with ease but this time it was different; they were tough to kill.

Every time that Critical would fire it they would shift his focus to him and he would hide on the other side of the conning tower of the submarine only for Midnight to fire his shotgun to fire back and draw their attention until they decided to shoot at both of them.

It proved difficult until Critical did his best to use the old 20mm anti-air gun and used his magic to fire it and there were a lot of painful screams as the old explosive rounds blew off their armor and then their limbs went flying and blood gushed everywhere.

"Gross," said Midnight, "I would hate to be the pony who has to clean this up,"

There was a loud sound as Critical got into the submarine and after a few minutes it started to move and Midnight saw some long rockets unknown to Midnight, Critical got some overdue payback on the cult that killed his marefriend and unborn foal.

***

In the Submarine bridge.

"I'll see you all in Hell!" said Critical in a very deep tone

Critical was at a holographic map and it shows all of the Foals of Radiation camps, strongholds, and other places under their control, and the Submarines two launch keys were laying out in the open.

Critical used his magic to set in the coordinates, placed both keys into the keyholes, and turned them at the same time. Two buttons came able to push and he used his front and hind legs to push them.

"Burn in Hell assholes!" said Critical before picking up a cigarette and putting it down because he doesn't smoke.

There was an option for him to scuttle the submarine which will cause it to self-destruct and he pressed it and got out of there quickly.

The submarine blew up and sunk to the bottom of the ocean and Critical walked up a steep incline and he almost slipped down and almost fell into radioactive water. But he got up and went back up.

Midnight straight-up vanished but Critical and them don't know he hitched a ride on a Vertibuck and went off the grid.

***

In the middle of nowhere.

Critical Shot saw some smoke in the distance and used the scope on his sniper rifle and saw Foals of Radiation walking around or standing around. Critical didn't hold back and killed them out of spite and anger.

They didn't know where the shots were coming from and he kept picking them off not giving a damn if they were mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grand foals. Just anypony with them he killed without remorse.

"You took away my family," said Critical, "I'm going to take away yours!"

No one knows why he used his hoof to put the bullets in but he doesn't care and he isn't killing them painlessly but painfully.

"You took my mare and our unborn foal!" exclaimed Critical, "I'm going to take away your world!"

Critical charged in and used his Jumper rifle and just shot them.

Glad I turned those missiles at them. Critical thought, Turn their world to ash and make them all go to Tartarus and burn there forever.

Critical then climbed over a wall and started to shoot indiscriminately not caring if they were armed or not and not caring if they were kids or not.

One of the injured Foals of Radiation members tried to crawl away only for Critical to walk over and kick him against a barrel.

"You took away my family!" yelled Critical, "AND I'M GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOURS! FIRST KILLED MY AND MY GIRLFRIEND'S UNBORN FOAL AND KILL HER AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO PAY!"

The Foal of Radiation preacher replied, "Ms. Pink Lemonade. She was a fine soldier and a fine preacher. She also had a fine piece of ass too. It's Radiation's will that she died. She's with Radiation now in the afterlife she's happy about it."

Critical got some kerosene lamps and poured the kerosene onto him and Critical lit a match and said, "Burn in hell you piece of shit!"

Critical then threw the match and the Foal of Radiation preacher screamed while ablaze.

Critical then walked away as the preacher kept screaming at the top of his lungs and Critical did not care an inch of his life just hearing him scream.

Hope they burn in Tartarus, Critical thought, And burn permentally and slowly and painfully.

Night soon came and Critical Shot soon broke into a deserted house and slept there in a ball until the sun rose.

***

In the morning,

Better go to that little town that I and my mother use to visit, Critical thought, Nice old little town or village. Wonder if anything changed about it. Safe and sound without the threats of the wasteland beside the weather.

Along the way, Critical just painfully killed the Raiders, Slavers, and Foals of Radiation even if they weren't in his way. He just wanted to get payback against the raiders for making him kill his mother so she wouldn't go through the hell they put Ponies through and killed the Foals of Radiation for filling his deceased girlfriend, Pink Lemonade filling her head with lies and believing that the death of their unborn foal was a good thing that a "God" wanted.

***

In a Foals of Radiation Camp.

Critical Shot had some of the Foals of Radiation camp tied up to a fifty-five-gallon barrel full of Kerosene and tortured them.

"I remember you," said a Foal of Radiation, "When you tried to take Pink Lemonade away from us. She was a great member until you filled her head with disbelief that we hate and frown upon."

Critical snapped, "Tried to take away from you? YOU TOOK HER AWAY FROM ME AND KILLED OUR UNBORN FOAL! YOU FILLED HER HEAD WITH YOUR BELIEFS AND SHE DIDN'T CARE THE RADIATION MADE HER SICK AND KILLED HER! YOU TOOK HER LIFE, AND OUR UNBORN FOAL'S LIFE YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT TO ME!"

The Foal of Radiation replied, "And a lot of us rutted her all the time too. She had a fine piece of ass. Wish we could've given her Radiation's foals. She was meant for it."

Critical responded angrily, "YOU'RE DEAD!"

Critical Shot lit them all on fire giving them a very painful death and he didn't look back and just walked off in the morning sunrise. Critical didn't care about them and just scoffed at the idea of giving them a painless death.

About one shit ton down, Critical though, About another shit ton to go.

Critical then took in the sights of death and destruction and soon came across a pile of deceased Steel Ranger Knights and a Steel Ranger Crusader and a blood trail he saw and followed.

"Probably tried to tango or mess around with a Wings of Alicorns," said Critical, "If not something more sinister. Hope it's Alicorns. I have never seen a male Alicorn before besides Purple. Wonder if they're all female? If so then Purple would be a treasure to them and The Goddess. Because they would be able to reproduce without using Ponies in Taint. Purple will be a very, very, very lucky stallion if not unlucky. Depends on how it feels to him being used as a stud. But I think he's done being used for breeding."

Critical then walked away torn apart Steel Rangers even accidentally tripping over a dismembered leg.

"Ok, I deserve that," Critical said, "Guess that's karma coming and getting me."

Critical then got up and dusted himself off and started to walk northeast only for him to stumble upon a swarm of Paradores and he galloped like a bat out of hell away from them which he was able to get away from them. He then ran into a pack of Hellhounds which he ran like a bat out of hell away from them as well.

Wish Sunrise was with me, Critical thought, She could've scared them away. I may haven't been friends with her nor close with her. But she was a hell of a good blue Alicorn. She and Purple deserved each other. They would've been a cute couple and I wonder what their foals would've looked like probably adorable.

Critical Shot saw a wing of Alicorns walking down the same road as him via his scope but he decided to hide where he hid behind a boulder and incase he played dead.

"Darn I wanted to kill somepony!" Exclaimed the Green Alicorn, "Haven't killed nor placed any pony in Taint to make more of us."

"Maybe there's another way to find a way to make more of us," said the Blue Alicorn, "Maybe instead of throwing Ponies into Taint we should find other ways."

The Dark Purple one replied, "You mean that we should reproduce by breeding? Haven't you noticed that there aren't any stallion alicorns? So how are we supposed to breed? Without Taint."

The Blue Alicorn replied, "Yup. There's got to be a male Alicorn out there or just a regular pony."

The Green Alicorn scoffed, "Male Alicorns? That's just a myth."

The Blue Alicorn replied, "There could be crossbred ones out there. We can't stop having ponies join the Unity or what remains of it since The Destroyer killed The Goddess. But there's other ways to do it without turning other's into Alicorns. I'm sure there's some stallions out there that would like to get to know us a bit more."

The Purple Alicorn replied, "Get for real. No Stallion will procreate with us. Not adding we found out we're not as strong and powerful as though. Ever since The Destroyer killed one of us via a train car in Old Appleloosa. But we're still strong, stronger than as those Steel Rangers. Especially those ones we torn apart half an hour ago."

Maybe I should do something, Critical thought, Unless if those Alicorns will just kill me. Screw it, everypony should have a special somepony or just to be bred. Purple can fulfil this. I'm not like Purple he's more of a stud then I am and I'm not offended. I should go tell them even if it'll kill me.

Critical then got out from cover and caught up with the wing of Alicorn.

"Um excuse me?" said Critical, "I don't mean to interrupt or join in your conversation. But I think I have the solution to your problem of creating new Alicorns. Just to let you know there is a crossbred Alicorn that I know. He's real if he wasn't I wouldn't be standing here. I can send him here so you can meet him."

The Purple and Green Alicorns just looked at each other thinking it was a trap or he was trying to pull their leg. The Blue Alicorn was excited because they would be able to create more without using Taint even though the new ones won't have an Hive mind.

The former two played along.

"Alright," said the Green Alicorn

The Purple one continued, "Bring this "Crossbred Alicorn" to us."

Critical replied, "Alright I'll bring him here. Unless if you have someplace particular?"

The Green Alicorn replied, "This spot will do."

Critical replied, "It'll be several days. But I'll bring him to you. I'm going to gallop away and go fetch him and not to waste your time."

Critical Shot then galloped away very fast towards the village he and his mother used to go to a lot not adding he knows the way by heart due to he used to sneak off there to see Ms. Pink Lemonade due to she was born and raised there and they met there.

It wasn't long until Critical's hooves were barking due to all the running.

Wait? Critical thought, I like helping ponies that aren't Raiders or Slavers. But I think I might be ruining Purple's life due to how many mares he bred against his will or "volunteered" to breed with. But hey. Not all Alicorns are evil. Yeah, some will tear you apart and rip you piece by piece. But I was skeptical of Sunrise Storm and she was pretty friendly even if she had a crush on Purple. But not all Unity Alicorns are eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeviiiiil.

Night came fast.

Critical Shot kept going even though he thought about stopping to take a nap or go to bed. He just kept on pushing through with his pain and kept on pushing through.

It took almost two full days and nights but Critical entered the village that Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, & Starry are at. He asked if Midnight was with them only for all but Purple tell him that he wasn't. He just up and vanished.

"Oh. Paladin." said Critical, "Have you seen Purple anywhere?"

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "Here's in the church resting up."

Paladin Sapphire then pointed to the Church where Purple Purple was in and walked up to the pew Purple was on just saying there on his back with some scars where there was a bullet hole was that Vulcan removed and patched up after opening up.

"So Doctor or whatever you are," said Critical, "Do you think Purple can be up and roaming anytime soon?"

Vulcan replied, "Yeah. I gave him some Morphine earlier. But he should be fine and well It'll last about four hours."

***

Four hours later.

Rocky Road and Starry entered the church with more of those old Equestrian military surplus cashes. They carried where the one that Rocky Road was carrying had nothing but ammo and weapon repair kits. The ones that Starry had were filled with bandages, magical bandages, Rad-away, Radsafe, Healing Potions, and some other fancy ones like
Viper an anti-venom drug that has a very high addiction rate which has increased heart rate, dilated eyes, blood pressure, & excessive sweating.

There's also Slasher which is a very dangerous drug that is supposed to increase strength, heart rate, and a pony beating the leaving hell out of the enemy without thinking about the consequences.

There's also Healing powder and that was it.

Paladin Sapphire then came in carrying the rest of the old Equestrian Armed Forces Supply cashes there were only five. They were random.

Box one had; Combat knives, Machetes, Throwing knives, Trench Raiding Clubs, Trench Gauntlets, Zebra Assault Carbines and ammo for the Zebra Carbines.

Box two had; W Mk VI, MP 18 SMG, No 3 Mk. III SMBA/ Short Magazine Bolt-Action, Urban Service Pistol Model Compact/USPC, M9 Pistol, 416MC, Service Carbine Automatic Rifle-Light, & Service Carbine Automatic Rifle- Heavy.

Box three had; nothing but maps of the region nothing but both pre-war and wartime military maps not post-war. But Paladin Sapphire didn't complain at least they don't have to rely on Purple or Purple's Pipbuck twenty-four seven for locations.

Box four had; military riot armor and batons both wooden ones and twenty-four-inch polycarbonate side handle ones.

Box five had; Tactical Radio Systems, Army Integrated Air and Land Defense, Army Key Management System, Chemical, Biological, Balefire, Nerve Agent, Medical System. Compasses, Webbings, Rutsacks, dark olive green uniforms, Balefire Radiation Suits, HAZMAT suits, and Combat Helmets.

"Ohh old military goodies," said Paladin Sapphire, "The Steel Rang. Oh, that's right. I got kicked out I'm not a Steel Ranger anymore. Well, I'll need some time to work over this old military gear so we can use them. Unless Purple's going to donate half of them if not all of them to the Grand Pegasus Enclave."

Unknown to them Purple got up and drank a bottle of Purified Water but gave Vulcan some bottlecaps for it. Purple then took Box number five, four, and three leaving the first two for the village.

"Alright," said Purple, "Let's go back to the town of Crimson, and let's finish hunting down my brother."

Critical replied, "Hey um, Purple. Do you got a minute?"

Purple replied, "Critical. Yeah, what is it?"

Critical replied, "Purple. I don't know how to tell you. But I ran into a wing of Alicorns. One of them was talking about how there isn't a way to make more."

Purple interrupted, "Sorry for interrupting. But let me guess. You told them about me and said that I'm a male alicorn and I can get them pregnant so the Alicorn race can live on?"

Critical replied, "Yeah. I know Alicorns besides yourself and Sunrise are usually evil and work for The Goddess."

Purple replied, "I would like to help them. But Every mare I come across who wants a foal always pick me or I'm just unfortunate and either get raped or have my sperm stolen and the mare or mares artificially inseminate themselves or somepony artificially inseminate them. You're saying a Wing of Alicorns wants me to get them pregnant? Most Alicorns I ran across out here are friendly or neutral even if their the Unity's Alicorns. I guess I'm still alive because they need a way to reproduce. But I don't know. I'll think about it."

Critical replied, "Well they said you need to hurry up. Well, the Blue one. She thinks they're being picked off one by one by Steel Rangers that came and killing them off. One group being killed off at a time if they aren't allied with your brother."

Purple thought about it and just moved his eyes around quickly thinking.

They went back to the town of Crimson and dropped off all the old gear that wouldn't be useful collecting dust in the village not being used.

"Now we can communicate with each other," said Purple, "More effectively. Rocky & Starry. You go to our allied towns and set them up so if any of them get attacked they can radio for reinforcements and we can have the initiatives to send help."

Rocky and Starry went and after Purple set up the main one up in the town in Crimson he went with Critical Shot and the duo traveled at night.

***

The next day.

Critical & Purple waited by the same boulder and coming down the road was the same three synthetic female Alicorns. The Blue one just reminded Purple of Sunrise Storm due to she was a synthetic blue Alicorn.

Critical and Purple parted ways where Critical went back to the town of Crimson while Purple went with the three Alicorn mares so he could continue the Alicorn race by getting them pregnant.

Purple was nervous being with them due to the last Alicorn he ran into they tried to kill him and now he's going to get three of them pregnant. He doesn't know that with the Hive mind that the same trick or tricks won't work twice unless they underestimate their opponent.

Unknown to Base now. Several wings of Alicorns sworn their allegiance to his baby brother because they view him as a God due to he's a stallion and can help them reproduce even if it means all of them are going to be siblings. But he does have a trick up his sleeve of the Hive mind and they can tell Base what's happening from what they gained like how avoiding from having a train car crushing them.

Purple figured the Alicorns were connected when they called themselves "Us". Even though it creeps him out but Purple doesn't back out of anything he goes in. Not adding they know they can kill him in a heartbeat and they can kill him painfully or painlessly mostly the former.

What really crept Purple out when they called him "Purple". But he forgot about Sunrise Storm whose mind was with the Unity even though she left the Unity and they know all about him but he doesn't know about them.

***

In the town of Crimson.

Critical was over by the firing range testing his skills. Before leaving to Camp Aroura.

***

Over at the Grand Pegasus Enclave base Aroura.

Rainy Night may have been kicked out of the Grand Pegasus Enclave and escaped before she could be branded as a Dashite and ordered to be killed. The soldiers under Honey Cake's orders won't due to she having a heart and not being as cold-blooded as them.

Rainy Night installed a radio that they got so the Grand Pegasus Enclave or what's left of them can join in the battles or make moves against the Steel Rangers.

"They make a move," said Rainy Night, "We make a move."

"We got a raid!" yelled a Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier, "It's the Foals of Radiation!"

Honey Cake said, "This is the thirty time this week!"

***

On a cliff.

"Alright let's do this!" exclaimed Critical Shot, "Time to show that I belong in the big leagues!"

Critical Shot laid down, aimed down the sights of his .30-06 Bolt-Action rifle, and aimed for the Preachers, Zealots, and the High Professor.

Even though the Grand Pegasus Enclave is on the ropes after the failure of Operation Caturize with the failure at Friendship City, New Appleloosa, & RedEye's Cathedral to name a few. But a majority of them aren't going quietly into the night and will follow orders until they're put down.

"That's five. Make it six," said Critical, "That's for Pink Lemonade! That one is for me! That one is for our unborn foal!"

The Foals of Radiation started to shoot at him which made Critical crawl back so he doesn't get hit by a blast of radiation from their Beta guns which shoots Balefire Beta Radiation which is deadly against creatures that aren't in power armor, Balefire Suits, or Hazmat suits.

Critical just saw the Foals of Radiation get mowed down and disincinagrated by the Grand Pegasus Enclave with their Novasurge Rifles and Magical Energy Rifles.

"The will of the Balefire that we press on with this attack!" yelled The Foal of Radiation High Professor, "Attack harder!"

The Foals of Radiation kept attacking relentlessly and felt like an endless sea of them just coming. it felt like when ten died a hundred replaced them. But the bullets and energy rounds kept going and flying killing them but soon they stopped and all of the Foals of Radiation stopped due to they were all dead.

Critical Shot then carefully scaled down the cliff only for a piece to break off and he fell.

A Grand Pegasus Enclave mare soldier galloped over and caught him with her two frontal hooves. The two stared romantically into each other's eyes.

The pink pegasus with orange eyes, cherry mane, and tail placed Critical down onto the ground.

"Are you ok?" said the mare, "Do you need to see a doctor?"

Critical replied, "No. I'm fine thank you."

The mare went back into the base and Critical followed only to see Honey Cake all sadden.

"Are you Ok?" asked Critical, "Are you upset due to the Enclave is losing a lot?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "No. I don't care that we lost with Operation Cauterize losing in Fillydelphia, Friendship City, RedEye's Cathedral, & Neighvarrio. My twin sister well at Neighvarrio her lover died and I didn't care that her lover was a mare. My sister, died while in a counter-attack at a cave. There was a raid at Neighvarrio by some mare, her friends or companions attacked and they were backed with a dragon. Some mare got on the PA system and well a lot of the soldiers surrendered to them without a lot of resistance. Damn cowards. But yeah my sister, Corporal Lucy Cake died while attacking the dragon's castle and died by the dragon. Her lover, she died at Neighvarro. I trained there a while ago before I went to the War College."

Critical Shot hugged her giving Honey Cake a bear hug for the loss of her twin identical sister. But what Critical Shot didn't know was that Honey Cake used Purple's .45 Auto Pistol and murdered her mother in cold blood during a Gala.

"So with the Grand Pegasus Enclave defeated or somewhat defeated," said Critical Shot, "What's going to happen to them? Are they going to crumble away and fly away and disappear into the night?"

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "No. Forces out here will rally under my flag and we'll go after the Steel Rangers even though greatly outnumbered in a ratio of seven hundred thirty-two to one hundred seventy-five with us is one hundred seventy-five and the Steel Rangers being seven hundred thirty-two. Not adding Base's Grand Pony Enclave with a force of eighty-seven hundred and Purple's forces of one-hundred in a ratio of eighty-seven to one. But we got forces scattered all over the wasteland and if you can. Can you send them here please?"

Critical replied, "Can do. As long none of them joins the "Foals of Radiation" cult of nutbags."

Guess my gut told me to go back to Pink Lemonade home, Critical though, But I never expected to see my friends there. Guess I went there and cut my travel time down severely.

Critical then went to go find the mare again and he nervously asked her out on a date or something like that.

"Alright you seem like a good stallion," said the mare, "Does hunting raiders down sounds good?"

Critical replied, "Up to you. If you want to hunt raiders. Then we'll hunt raiders."

The mare replied, "Come and get me tonight at six PM."

Critical nodded and left so she can prepare and he can rest up and tune up his rifles.

Author's Note

W Mk VI is loosely based on the Webley Mark VI
MP18 is loosely based on the Bergmann MP18
USPC is loosely based on the H&K USP
M9 Pistol is loosely based on the Beretta M9FS
416MC/416 Marine Corps is loosely based on the H&K416
Service Carbine Automatic Rifle Light is loosely based on the
Special operations forces Combat Assault Rifle or SCAR both the Light and Heavy versions.

Chapter 59: The Date

At Grand Pegasus Enclave Aroura.

Critical Shot walked around to find the mare until he found her talking to somepony in the maintenance room talking to Lieutenant Honey Cake's father to work on her Novasurge rifle.

She then noticed Critical Shot so she got up and left and walked out.

"I thought you weren't going to make it," said the mare, "Thought Raiders were going to get you or some pony or creature would get you."

Critical replied, "Well you ready for our date?"

She replied, "Yup. Let's go."

***

The two were walking on the road.

"So?" said Critical Shot, "What's your name?"

The mare replied, "Master Chief Petty Officer S/N 94720421. Moonshadow Sprint. I had five sisters and still have three sisters alive. They're Staff Sergeant Velvet Trail, Gunnery Sergeant Ivory Charm, Master Sergeant Amber Pie, Master Gunnery Sergeant Sweetie Spice, Major Caramel Pie, Technical Sergeant Cinnamon Spice, Master Technical Sergeant Bubblegum Pearl Petunia."

Critical didn't respond and don't know what to think but he wondered how she has so many siblings if the GPE has strict population control to prevent having families from having a lot of foals so they don't overpopulate.

"Oh sorry for telling you about my sisters," said Moonshadow Sprint, "If you're wondering how I have a ton of older and baby sisters. Well, nothing like a little bribery can't fix. My mother bribed a lot of Councilponies and told them they can have nine foals. I'm the seventh out of nine. All eight are or were in the GPE Marines. I'm in the Army. My mother said, "You don't want to be in the GPE Army. It's the Marines you want to fuck with.". But they chose to be elite and I didn't."

Critical replied, "What's the role of the Grand Pegasus Enclave Marines?"

Moonshadow Sprint replied, "There the pegasi who are descendants of the Equestrian Marine Corps, they're rugged and diverse, not adding well-trained stallions and mares like their predecessors. But after the Balefire bombs hit. After a couple of decades, the marines were the first scouts looking at the wasteland. But they only travel in a pack of five and carry Missile Launchers. Well, one carries a Missile launcher while the other three fight, one is an armed medic and the one with the Missile Launcher has a primary gun. But they're tough and very hard to kill. They're only deployed for scouting, force recon, and expeditionary warfare. But they're scattered."

Critical replied, "Interesting. I don't want to sound impatient. But I wonder how Purple and Paladin Sapphire are doing? But besides that how are you?"

Moonshadow Sprint replied, "I've been fine."

***

Over at Fort Base Icy Flyer.

Purple Artist and Paladin Sapphire Heart were along a cliff edge where Purple remodified his 7.62mm Battle rifle back into a single shot with a Starlight Nightvision scope. Paladin Sapphire Heart has an H40 Bolt-action sniper rifle with a 3-9x scope and a suppressor.

"This is a fun date," said Paladin Sapphire, "No seriously this is fun."

Purple replied, "Well I thought we should do something "romantic" by wasteland standards. But I want to see what my brother is up to. Have you ever heard of the term called "Scouting" Sapphire Heart?"

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "Yes. Scouting is to find out enemy strengths and anything we can use. What we find we can rely on what we found and see and adjust to it. Also, Purple. How did you get away from your brother?"

Purple replied, "And that's a story for another day."

***

By a campfire Critical and Moonlight.

"Come on light damn it!" said Moonlight

As Moonlight kept striking the match but it didn't want to so Critical did his best and lit the match and they started a campfire.

"You know Raiders traverse this area right?" asked Critical

Moonlight replied, "Yup. Use the fire to attack their attention. And we shoot them, loot them and send a message to them. The message will tell them that they'll face justice."

The duo set up somewhere more concealed and good for them and there were some hills.

Their plan worked as soon Raiders came and the duo sniped them. Moonlight's Battle Saddle worked for a bit until it malfunctioned. So she had to take it off and had to do a homemade repair on it.

Critical didn't hold back where he just pulled the trigger and shot them and cycled the bolt back before the raiders could figure out what happened.

"That's five," said Critical, "Five to two."

Moonlight Sprint replied, "A challenge? That's how I like my stallions with a challenge. Like that old spy comic book when the spy would order his martini saying "Shaken not stirred". You want a challenge? I'll give you a challenge."

Moonlight was able to fix it and placed the sniper battle saddle back on and started shooting. She had an advantage over Critical and that is her battle saddle has nine rounds before reloading and it's semi-automatic over Critical's bolt-action and five rounds over her nines.

"That's a headshot," said Moonlight, "That's a groin shot."

Critical replied, "Double headshot! And a heart shot!"

Moonlight replied, "I'll go double or nothing! What do you say?"

Critical replied, "I don't have any bottle caps. But yeah I'm in."

The two kept sniping the raiders and the casings piled up and the Raider piles kept up and soon an hour passed.

"Let's count the casings," said Moonlight

They counted the bullet casings.

"I got seventy-seven," said Moonlight

Critical Shot replied, "I got one hundred and four."

Moonlight replied, "Alright. I'll give you two Enclave Bits per Raider. So that now I have to give you one hundred and fifty-four Enclave Bits. But due to the Double or nothing now I have to give you three hundred and eight."

Moonlight gave Critical Shot three hundred and eight bits and the two got up and brought their casings with them.

***

Back at Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Aroura.

"Thanks for the date," said Moonlight, "Haven't been on a fun date like that since. Well never."

Moonlight Sprint then gave Critical Shot a kiss on the cheek before trotting back inside and he stood there dumbfounded not knowing what to do because the last time he was kissed was the day before he was knocked out and his then-girlfriend joined the Foals of Radiation.

***

Over at Fort Base Icy Flyer, half an hour after Critical and Moonlight started shooting. Paladin Sapphire slid down the cliff carefully and walked by two guards.

"Maybe I shouldn't made Wasteland Chili for me and Purple," said Paladin Sapphire, "Not good for stealth. Doesn't sit well with my stomach."

Paladin Sapphire thought about finding her way in through stealth. But she decided to take on the two guards with her suppressed rifle and Purple was about to take them out only for Paladin Sapphire to fire her rifle and quickly cycled the bolt and took out the other.

"I guess not," Said Purple, "Well I better find my way in."

Paladin Sapphire just walked in and the gate wasn't even up and it was down.

No wonder Base is losing the war against his baby brother, Paladin Sapphire thought, Leaving the front gate wide open. And now I know why a lot of stallions are stupid.

Paladin Sapphire then walked right in and noticed the inside of the fort was abandoned or a ghost town but saw a lot of tents everywhere.

"Where is everypony?" Paladin Sapphire said quietly, "This place is a Luna damn ghost town."

Somepony walked up to her and tapped her on her side.

"What the?" said Paladin Sapphire, "You better not rape me or kill me."

Somepony used a shock weapon or some kind of non-lethal energy weapon and was knocked out.

***

On the wall, some pony walked up to Purple and hit him with the same thing as Paladin Sapphire Heart.

***

A couple of hours later

Purple and Paladin Sapphire woke and saw both Dictator Base Icy Flyer and Midnight Twister standing next to each other and they were both well dressed both wearing a grimy dark olive green jacket, white-collar shirt, a black tie, and a dark olive green service cap.

"Thank you Field Commander Twister." Said Dictator/Commander Base, "You're free to go now. It'll be a long monolog I have to do."

Purple replied, "Yeah monolog. It's not like those comic book villains. You know what happens to them Base. The Villains monolog and while under their noses the hero frees themself. And your the villain in this story and me and my wife and my allies are the heroes. You the villain and your faction are the villains."

Base replied, "I'm the villain? Don't make me laugh, No your the villain and I'm the hero."

Purple replied, "That's how the villains see it. They think what they're doing is good, not bad. You want to create a new world order in a dictatorship and want to impregnate every mare you come across! I want to reshape the wasteland with Liberty, Honor, and Freedom not worry in fear twenty-four seven. You just want an Autocracy and Order world where it's your word goes."

Base replied, "And I know you're trying to one-up me. You had more sex than me and I don't like a femboy sissy trying to dethrone me. And I sence you got a ton of mares pregnant. Well, I can't remove you from the genetic tree now because they're going to be more of you out there. Well, when they turn eighteen I'm going to sentence them to death when I shape the world in my image."

Purple replied, "Spoken like a true dictator."

There were some metallic clanking sounds and soon the four plain glass windows shattered where it was the Quick Reaction Force from Lieutenant Honey Cake where she had been more stealthy than Purple and Paladin Sapphire and radioed for them.

Base somewhat fled like a coward only for him to should while running away, "Fortunately, I always keep a few tricks up my sleeve."

It wasn't long until Base returned with Ponies even Zebra's wearing black combat uniforms, tan body armor, black balaclavas, with tactical goggles, and combat helmets armed with a lot of different variety of weapons.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave, Quick Reaction Force was quickly cut down and some were disincinagrated.

"Damn," said Paladin Sapphire, "Well this is the worst date ever."

Unknown to them Purple was freeing his hooves and he took Paladin Sapphire behind some sturdy cover he finished untied himself and united Paladin Sapphire and used his magic and retrieved their gear which was in the same room.

"These guys don't know when to give up!" said Purple Artist before throwing Paladin Sapphire her Novasurge rifle.

Paladin Sapphire replied, "We need to find a way to get out of here."

Purple Artist lit up his horn and created a shield where he walked out as the bullets bounced off he went over to Paladin Sapphire Heart.

"My lady, will you join me in getting the hell out of here?" said Purple

Paladin Sapphire joined him and he went over to a cellar door where he opened it and the two got down into it and he closed it.

***

In the dark tunnel.

"Follow me and keep your head up," said Purple

Damn Pipbuck won't give me the local map of the tunnel, Purple thought, Alright just got to keep walking and we'll find a way out.

It was pitch black dark so Purple turned on the flashlight on his Pipbuck so they could see. Paladin Sapphire was scared and she's lucky that Purple's tail isn't long or she would be stepping on it.

They could hear some water dropping or rats sounds. But the husband and wife duo just kept ongoing.

Soon they saw some iron bars and some ponies near it and the two kept just carefully approaching it until Paladin Sapphire just suddenly stopped and hid behind some boxes.

Purple only saw that it was Base, Midnight Twister standing there waiting with the same Ponies and Zebras in old black military clothing the same ones in the room that almost killed them.

"Like I said Purple," said Base, "I always have a trick up my sleeve. Unfortunately, you'll have to die. I would say I would miss you. But I won't."

"If I see your horn light up I won't hesitate to shock you again," said Midnight Twister

Purple quickly lit up his horn and like what Midnight Twister said he went to shock Purple only to see he placed an invisible shield.

"Son of a bitch," said Midnight Twister, "Fine I'll break through it."

Midnight Twister hit the shield for a while with his two frontal hooves for a bit until he decided to shoot some Dragon's Breath shotgun shells at Purple only for him to be unscathed.

"We can wait until he falls asleep," said annoyed Base, "It's only eight-thirty as my trusty Pip-Buck 3000 says. I can stay up all night and act like nothing tomorrow. But you Purple? You can't make it past ten PM."

Base started to sing a lullaby as if he was a parent trying to get his foal to sleep. Surprisingly it started to work on both Paladin Sapphire Heart and Purple Artist.

Purple tried to stay away but he kept nodding off and wanted to go to bed. He also thought he was seeing things but the lullaby was making his elite soldiers fall to sleep only to see Midnight then Base go to sleep.

There was a thud sound where it was Paladin Sapphire Heart where she passed out so Purple placed her on her back and teleported him and her back to the town of Crimson.

***

In the town of Crimson.

Critical Shot maintained his sniper rifle.

"Moonlight is a lovely mare," said Critical, "I wouldn't mind being with her. But the hole in my heart can't be fixed with the loss of Pink Lemonade and our unborn foal."

Critical then went to bed and slept with his sniper rifle and kept it within hoof's length.

***

Over in Paladin Sapphire's house.

Purple Artist put Paladin Sapphire into bed and gave her a kiss on the forehead before walking out of her house and went into his house to go to bed.

"It was a hell of a date night," said Purple Artist.

Chapter 60: Stable 192

Eighteen-year-old Technician fourth grade Rainy Night was with a Grand Pegasus Enclave six pegasi squad.

"Alright we got to find those missing army troopers," said the squad leader, "They just didn't vanish into thin air. Somepony or something out here got them."

A Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier replied, "Commander. The distress beacon should be around those boulders or rocks."

The squad leader replied, "Alright squad let's go over there."

The squad went over there and saw a few Raiders was eating something but the Raiders ran away.

They went over to the meat and it was a strange color. But they went inside the cave.

"This ain't spooky," said Rainy Night

They went down the cave to a Stable door that says "192" on the door.

Rainy Night went up to the door panel and worked her magic and Rainy Night hotwired the Stable door control and the Stable door slid open.

"Shit somepony opened the door," Said a raider, "They're going to wish they didn't mess with the Hawkeye Gang!"

Several Raiders came out with blunt objects and a few unicorns with 10mm pistols.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers including Rainy Night didn't hesitate to shoot them quickly.

"Not worth the time or effort," said a Grand Pegasus Enclave assault specialist.

Rainy Night replied, "Don't get cocky now. There's probably more down here probably more dangerous or more of a challenge."

The squad entered the hallway and due to their's six of them Rainy Night, the squad leader, and cold sniper went east while the Heavy Weapons expert, hyper lethal one, and assault specialist/CQB one went to the west.

I sure do love that hyper-lethal one, Rainy Night thought, Even though I have never seen him out of his armor. I haven't seen his eyes. I wonder his sexuality is straight or bi-sexual.

More Raiders jumped out and attacked them. But they were killed with ease and they had primitive armor dating back to the cave ponies very far before the three tribes got together.

"I wanted a challenge," said the sniper, "These Raiders. They're poor-quality to be a threat. They're just rift raft and not really a threat. Yeah, they're a big threat but just thieves."

The squad commander replied, "Even they're inferior to us. But they'll use the same tactics as us. They'll set booby traps and do what they want to survive. Just watch out for their booby traps."

They soon came across an elevator and the three got in the elevator and the squad commander pressed the most bottomed bottom to the "mainframe" room.

"I'm going to skull fuck those raiders," said the sniper

Rainy Night replied, "Hope you don't mind Raider diseases, Warrant Officer,"

The Sniper replied, "What? Raiders don't have diseases. I don't think they don't have diseases."

The elevator door opened and the three stepped off.

"Alright Technical Fourth Class," said the Squad Leader, "This is your specialty."

Technician Fourth Class Rainy Night went into another room and saw a Crusader Maneframe.

"I thought only three were built," said Rainy Night, "I guess some built more illegally or the rest aren't on record. Alright better get to work."

Rainy Night went to work and tried to access it only to be blocked out from it.

"Alright if you want to play this game you dumb Crusader Maneframe," said Rainy Night, "I'll find a way to get into you."

Rainy Night did her best to hack into it and tried to override it. But every time she did she kept getting locked out and doing an override to let herself try to hack herself in.

***

An hour later.

Finally got you, you bastard, Rainy Night, Thought you were so tough but nothing can stop me from hacking and getting through anything technical. Bring it on Crusader Maneframe. Think you're so tuff. If you bring your A++ game I'll bring my A+++ game.

Rainy Night was able to get in only to find out what Stable's 192 purpose was. It was for racism where it had a population of 2000 and a half were Zebra's and half were Equestrians. Not citizens but soldiers.

Rainy even found out that the plan somewhat backfired and some put an end to their racism against each other and some actually started families even though it's not what the role of it should've been. Twenty-five percent of the Stable became another version of Stable 3 but Zonies faced more racism and hate than the Zebra's and Ponies.

"I would hate to be them," said Rainy Night, "But that was a long, long time ago."

The Heavy Weapons Specialist, Assault Specialist/CQB, and Hyper-lethal one soon joined them.

"They posed not much of a threat." said the Assault Specialist/CQB GPE soldier, "My Novasurge Scattergun is limited with ammo. Those Raiders were easy."

Rainy Night then left the Illegally made Crusader Maneframe and opened the door and screamed in horror a bit.

The Squad leader and the Hyper lethal ones entered the room and saw three Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers nailed to a wall and two laying on the floor with their wings torn off.

"We found the missing soldiers," said the squad leader, "Come on airborne pegasi. Let's secure this area for the Grand Pegasus Enclave."

All of them besides Rainy Night left to secure the wasteland within a mile around Stable 192 around the whole Stable even flush out the entire Stable.

Rainy Night then hummed and waited for the Crusader Maneframe to be more proper and work until it started but for some reason, it started to throw sparks so without tools she used what she could to fix it.

"I kind of miss my older identical twin sister," said Rainy Night, "Even if she would trap me under the blanket and fart in my face while sleeping. But I miss her though. But she's at FOB Echo. Just sitting here talking to myself."

What's the point of the Grand Pegasus Enclave Airborne Divisions, Rainy Night thought, I mean we jump out of a Vertibuck from several thousand feet and soar down. We got Cloudships that can transport hundreds if not thousands of Soldiers. Those ThunderHeads may transport thousands and act as mobile military bases. But why are we needed? The Army, Marines, and AIrforce I can understand. The GPE Army for defending bases, serving as assault soldiers, and garrison soldiers. On the other hoof the GPE Marines they're just responsible for a majority of land-based military operations, combined arms, surface raids, and hunting down deserters, not Dashites. Nothing like hunting down pegasi who turned against us and fled without becoming a Dashite. The Airforce I can understand because they fly & maintain the V-1, V-3, V-4, V-5, V-6, V-7, V-8, & V-9 Vertibucks.

Rainy Night just tried to hack into the other terminals in the room only for some of them just shut off on her for no reason and one of them blew up on her when trying to access it.

"Lucky me," said Rainy Night, "Others aren't lucky. They had their faces blown off."

The glass shards fell off of her face power armor and she went to another and for some reason, that one shut down.

Rainy Night then went back over to Crusader Maneframe and saw a mare's face on it.

"Hello?" said the voice, "Who are you?"

Rainy Night replied, "Technician Fourth Class Rainy Night. Third Grand Pegasus Enclave Army, Twenty-fifth Airborne Division, Sixteenth Regiment, Third Battalion, Second company, first platoon, fifth squad. Who are you?"

The Crusader Maneframe replied, "I'm Overmare Bell Break or for the past couple hundreds of years I'm Crusader Maneframe CM-0012OMBB. Would you like to play a game?"

Rainy Night replied, "What kind of game?"

The Crusader Maneframe replied, "Chess or a game I made called "Balefire: Nopony Survives". Which one is it?"

Rainy Night chose the Balefire one and the screen changed to an outline of Equestria and the Zebra homeland. Rainy Night was the Zebra's and the Crusader Maneframe was Equestria.

"How do I play?" asked Rainy Night

The Crusader Maneframe replied, "There are five levels. EDEFCON 5 is where you can place your units, in EDEFCON 4 You can still place down units and buildings but you can see your enemies, in EDEFCON 3 your naval units will go attack enemy Naval units in the South and North Lunar Seas and your airforces will dogfight, in EDEFCON 2 Your bombers will prepare for first-strike capabilities, and in EDEFCON 1 either one of us has to launch our Balefire missiles and drop our Balefire bombs."

They played the game and Rainy Night lost very quickly.

"How do I win?" asked Rainy Night

The Crusader Maneframe replied, "You don't. Everypony loses."

Rainy Night then wanted to play chess so the two played chess until the squad came back.

***

Four hours later

The squad came back and the hyper-lethal one was covered in blood and saw Rainy Night talking to the Crusader Maneframe.

"It's alright Overmare Bell Break." said Rainy Night, "They're my squadmates."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "I remember my squad back during the war. Sergeant Hawk was a no-nonsense squad leader, Corporal "Bucklyn" even though he was Manehattan. But he was the nerd, Private First Class Withers, and me, Private Bell. Do you want me to tell you a story about how I and the platoon I was in holding back a whole regiment of Zebra's from overwhelming us?"

The squad leader replied, "Not now. Another time."

Crusader Maneframe/Overmare Bell replied, "Oh ok then. Be safe and hope to see you all soon."

They all left and went to the third floor of the Stable.

Wonder why I joined up, Rainy Night thought, Yeah I get forty-five Enclave Bits a month of my military service. So I can support my family and my twin sister gets paid fifty Enclave Bits a month. But we always had a way with technology and our parents may have been soldiers and were allowed to have two foals. And that's me and my twin.

A Raider came out of nowhere and tried to slash Rainy only for her armor not to allow the knife's blade to go through the armor to harm her.

Soon there was a bright light where another Raider threw a flashbang and Rainy Night had a flashback to her childhood.

***

Fourteen years ago.

"Papa?" said a four-year-old Rainy Night, "Can I have some more food?"

Rainy Night's father replied, "Sorry Rainy. I would love to feed you more. But half of our crops go to feed every other pegasus up here. And I know it ain't a lot but we got to ration our food until another harvest. I'm sorry honey. If I could I would find a way to double our harvest intake so we could have food not ration it. But we have others to feed as well. Those marines, army soldiers, and other GPE soldiers and civilians and the councilponies. We have to feet them as well. The GPE may have other farms but we all have to feed them. I wish food just magically appeared but it's not like those fairy tails I read you and Hailing Rain to bed at night. I wish mother was here and well I try."

four-year-old Rainy Night replied, "Where is mama daddy?"

Her father replied, "I'll tell you later when you're older."

"I wish mother was here," said four-year-old Rainy Night, "I wish mother was here I miss her,"

"Alright kiddos," said the father, "Time to go out and play and don't come back until sunset. And don't go underneath the cloud layer."

Rainy and Hailing Night both got up and went out to play.

***

Back in the present day

"Rainy?" said the squad leader, "Rainy? Rainy! Are you alright?"

Rainy replied after shaking her head, "Yeah I'm fine. Just had a flashback. I'm fine. Let's clear out this Stable from the Raiders and let's go."

The Raiders were just armed with 10mm Pistols, .357 Magnums, .44 Magnums, 10mm Submachine Guns, Hunting Rifles, and Double-barrel shotguns. But they were ineffective against the Grand Pegasus Enclave's power armor and the Novasurge Rifles, Novasurge Sniper Rifle which just has a scope on it, and the Novasurge Scattergun which just acts like a shotgun over a rifle. the heavy Weapons Specialist has a Magical Energy Minigun.

One Raider jumped on the back of the Hyper-lethal one only for him to quickly get the Raider off of him and twisted the Raider's head around in a 180-degree rotation then threw him down onto the cold steel and concrete floor.

Now that ain't scary, Rainy Night thought, Never seen no pony get their head twisted around.

As the bullets fired so did the Novasurge rifles, and Novasurge scattergun rounds increased and the raiders were killed and mostly incinerated.

With the third floor easily cleared they went up to the second floor and found it was easily fightable and the Raiders weren't easily defendable due to its mostly the atrium and the tables weren't the best cover and some of them were so high and charged at them with baseball bats or pool cues.

The ones with melee weapons were easily killed and Rainy Night saw the hyper-lethal one use the scorpion-like tail and stabbed the Raider ten times in the torso. Then threw the raider down onto the ground.

Before they could go up they saw more raiders show up. But they're armed with flamethrowers.

"More Raiders," said the Squad leader, "Alright Ethereal squad. Take them out."

The squad fired their Novasugre weapons and Magical Energy Minigun at them and the Flamethrowers had a short range which the cover they had didn't help the raiders and the Ethereal squad made short work of them.

"Damn that fire is hot," said Rainy

The Sniper replied, "Yeah. Fire is hot. But we're lucky that our power armor protects us,"

Rainy Night then went back to Crusader Maneframe and talked to it.

"Would you like to hear my background?" asked Rainy Night

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "Sure why not,"

***

Eighteen-years-ago

A pegasus mare painfully screamed as she pushed and soon there was a crying sound. The doctor told the two that they have a baby daughter then told them there was another foal so she pushed.

The second female foal was named "Rainy Night" while the first was named "Hailing Rain Night,"

***

Eighteen-years-later

"My life been mostly boring," said Rainy Night, "Just living on a farm only thing I wanted as a foal, filly, and as a mare. I just wanted food on the table not just having felt like scraps. Nothing but eighteen years of eating little where the other fillies and colts picked on me and my twin sister due to how skinny we were. But when I turned Seventeen I left home and joined the Grand Pegasus Enclave Army and was sent to Fort Breeze for my basic training but assigned to 1766. My twin sister was assigned to 777. The pay is alright but yeah I like my job. My armor has a specialized piece a microphone. So I can call for help and all that."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "Oh fancy. Back when I was in the army we carried radiotelephone on our backs. Also, what happened to your mother?"

Rainy Night replied, "She suffered from... From Cardiac Arrest. She didn't make it and we never got to meet her."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "Oh. I'm so sorry that you didn't have a mother and didn't have a mother figure. My mother back then was abusive she always drank and when we got into trouble she burned us with her cigars or cigarettes. I hope she died painfully when the Balefire bombs went off in Baltimare. But the war was different than you imagine. I can tell you about the war days if you want?"

Rainy Night replied, "I would love to understand how the world was then,"

Crusader Maneframe/Overmare Bell replied, "Well sometime before the war started. The coal in Equestria started to run out. Sometime after the Zebra Pirates had Seventeen ponies captured but the Princess wanted to help but the Zebra Ceaser replied that it would "increase aggressions".

"The Wonderbolts went in and four died freeing the captives and fighting the Zebra pirates. Sometime after the Wonderbolts Massacre, a convoy of Zebras went through LittleHorn and went by the Littlehorn School and was massacred by accident. I think it was an accident but after that Princess Celestia abdicated her position to Princess Luna."

"But Shattered Hoof Ridge. Big Mac he died protecting Princess Celestia when a Zebra Assassin tried to kill her but Big Mac died instead. When Princess Luna took over.

"There was no peace and well us and the Zebra's placed armed troops along the Equestrian-Zebra border and both sides dug trenches and like that war. Those Zebras were crafty bastards where they mastered stealth and wore stealth cloaks a lot. But a lot of them fought honorably without stealth but a lot did.

"But us Equestria. We had our best and brightest at work and came up with new wartime tech. Yeah, Ministry Mare Applejack and her Ministry of Wartime Technology created new tech like Power Armor and the Steel Rangers were formed. I always called them MWT Rangers. But in the war the Zebra's had Zeppelins and in response, we came up with Flak cannons and Monoplanes. But the planes slowly replaced the Pegasi but they did things that the planes couldn't do. But Soon newer planes were invented such as Fighter-bombers, and bombers.

"But after some got shot down the Zebra's started to build their own. But the Zebra's even fearing Princess Luna went out into the North and South Lunar Oceans to capture Equestrian Islands. In response, we started to build Submarines, Destroyers, Light Cruisers, Heavy Cruisers, BattleCruisers, Battleships, and Aircraft Carriers. But without coal, we started to make Charcoal as a temp which it worked. But had to use kerosene for the planes.

But to me, there are too many white crosses out there and our population before the war was forty million two hundred eighty thousand, and two hundred and sixty-five. Our Army forces were Sixteen and a half million, 3,546,179 Sailors, two million and four hundred thousand pilots and pegasi who served in the war. A total of twenty-two million, four hundred forty-nine thousand, and one hundred and seventy-nine served. The Zebra's had Sixty million soldiers against us.

But yet we prevailed with the Steel Rangers and new tech. It turned into a bloody affair nothing but a stalemate at the border so both sides resorted to Island Hopping campaign to capture each other islands and get to each other's homelands. Us Equestrians went with the Shock and Awe way while the Zebra's went with a more of a Covert way to take them."

Rainy Night replied, "Interesting. How many Pegasi fought in the war? Not the pilots."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "A total of two million, three hundred thousand and seventy-three served. Eighty percent of those who served were killed but the remaining twenty percent formed the first council and leadership of the Grand Pegasus Enclave. Scanning Complete. Your Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Granddad was Colonel Autumn Raining Hail. He strafed thirty-seven hundred Zebra soldiers with a minigun battle saddle and a rocket launcher battle saddle. He also destroyed thirty Zebra Light tanks with two machine guns and a 20-30mm autocannon and Heavy Zebra tanks."

Rainy Night replied, "I thought Crusader Maneframes couldn't scan?"

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "I'm built to scan any anypony or anything. I was built by the Equestrian Army thirteenth Engineer Regiment without permission from Stable-Tec. The Crusader Maneframe was built and Crusader was from CMC or Cutie Mark Crusaders or popularly known as adults as Stable-Tec Trio which is well was Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle. Connecting... Connecting... Connecting... Connection failed. I cannot connect to the War Department in Canterlot."

"I wish the food was good," said Rainy Night, "Sorry. But the field rations we get and the food the GPE makes. It's bland and tasteless. Unless I got terrible tastebuds which I don't."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "The Equestrian M.R.E's. Some were terrible and some were good. The Porkchop one was delicious but extremely rare. Can you tell me more about your past?"

Rainy Night didn't understand where she didn't know where to start with her childhood or teenage life so she started with her childhood.

"My childhood," said Rainy Night, "It was tough but me and my twin sister and our father went through with little food per month. We always had to ration our food supply and it felt like nothing. So, my father took me to go see his brother who's a Councilpony. Well, my uncle told my father that he would love to help us but he couldn't. A lot of other colts and fillies picked on us. They always said, "Why don't you eat more?", "Hey boney? Want some food? Or are you just dieting?", "Hey skinny? Why don't you eat more?". When we became teenagers the stallions were more ruthless. They were like, "Yeah I cam give you some "food" it won't make you that skinny,". That's just one but it was most common."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "This "food" what were they talking about?"

Rainy Night replied, "Well you know. Unless if you want me to fully tell you?"

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "Yeah. I want to know."

Rainy Night replied, "Well they want me to give them a blowjob. But I always hit them. I hit them so hard I don't think the Brahmin hasn't still come home yet."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "What's a Brahmin? Also when I was alive before the Balefire bombs went off we had an animal species called a "Cow". But the only thing they were good for was milk and leather when they die. I do miss my leather jacket a nice black leather jacket, Sorry for dragging this on please continue,"

"Yeah my childhood wasn't pleasant and wasn't easy," said Rainy Night, "But neither was teenhood. Even though I was skinny and almost boney I kept my physical shape in tip-top shape. Well, when I turned fourteen I told my father I wanted to be a GPE Military Policemare and he supported my decision to join the GPE Armed forces. My twin said, "Rainy took my idea of joining the GPE Armed Forces,". But yeah we turned eighteen and when we signed up we went to Fort Breeze for BCT. After Basic Training and Basic Combat Training well the ones going to train for repairs and engineering also radios and all that to be a GPE Armed Forces Specialist and Technician we went to Fort Cyclone or Fort Typhoon or Fort Hurricane.

"Me and my twin sister went to Fort Typhoon even though we got the same room. But I'm a Technician Fourth Grade even though I keep getting called a Specialist. My twin sister, she's a Specialist First Class and I'm a Technician Fourth Grade. She gets fifty Enclave Bits and I get forty-five. Not adding we had to share the same bed like our childhood and teenager and she still acted like a child and still held me under the blanket."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "My brother. He was the worst. My older brother made me give him a blowjob or held me down and well... he... he... raped me. But sorry. I feel sorry for what you went through."

Rainy Night replied, "I want to know if the Zebras created the Balefire Bombs. But how did we get them?"

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "There were some Zebra's who worked with us. Well, they said that Fluttershy gave the schematics to C.A.R.E or Mass Healing. Well the ones working for us used telegraph and messaged us about us and they sent us the schematics of the Balefire bomb to us and secretly made ours without the Zebra's being wiser. They launched theirs at us first and we launched a retaliation strike even if it means the end of the world. Also, you can keep telling me about your youth,"

Rainy Night didn't know where to start due to she did have a poor family, a poor lifestyle, not enough food not adding she never met her mother who went into cardiac arrest and was picked on her entire life. Rainy Night didn't have the most happiest nor best childhood or life. But she loved it and taught her to be a better pony than being spoiled brats like her fellow pegasi who bullied her and her twin sister.

"I didn't have the best youth," said Rainy Night, "But I didn't give up and kept my nose to the grindstone. And after my training, I was assigned to the Twenty-fifth Airborne Division. Well, we either jump and fly or soar down from about ten thousand feet and land, or our Vertibuck lands some miles away and fly or walk to the targeted location. Let's say in Fillydelphia. We jump out, land, secure some locations that are important, and assassinate/kill any targets."

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "At least you kept your head up and kept working hard even though your father's financial situation. Not a lot of ponies would do that."

The rest of the squad entered.

"Alright Crusader Maneframe." said the Squad Leader, "You said you have a story for us?"

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "Ah yes I do. But it's a long time ago back before you pegasi flocked up to the clouds and sealed yourselves up there like a bunch of cowards."

None of them took offense to that because they actually think the pegasi that formed the Grand Pegasus Enclave were cowards for leaving the Unicorn and Earth ponies behind and didn't help them.

Chapter 61: Defending the Pass

In Stable 192.

"Back then a long long time ago," Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe, "I was assigned to the Equestrian First Infantry Division, Sixteenth Regiment. Our job was to hold a pass after we took it. As they say, "Taking it is one thing. Holding it is another". But the Zebra's most elite including their tanks were sent to re-take it. They threw everything including the kitchen sink at us."

***

Two Hundred Years ago.

On a 4x4 wagon.

"Alright rookie," said Sergeant Hawk, "The Zebra's been doing their best to drive us back and take out home and been increasing their assaults against us since when we landed on their homeland."

"Get off the damn one-way road!" yelled the Earth Pony soldier pulling it going by a galloping Unicorn soldier.

After a couple of minutes, they exited the pass and heard tumbling only to see five Zebra Heavy tanks.

"What are they?" asked Private Bell Break

Sgt Hawk replied, "They're the heavy tanks I was telling you about. Apparently, they run off of Alchemy. That's what a Zebra P.O.W. said. We run of ours off of Kerosene, Now man that gun, Even though you need four ponies to pull it!"

The Orange Earth Pony got out and ran over to the M8 Half-Track with a 75mm Anti-Tank gun where she would pick a tank, fired it, and used her hooves to load the Armor Piercing round, and fired it.

There was an explosion that destroyed it and knocked Private Bell Breaking out of it and she got up and grabbed her Battle Saddle and galloped over to a foxhole and joined her fireteam.

The Zebra's used their Zebra Assault Carbines and shot at the dug-in Equestrian Soldiers and the Steel Rangers. Private Bell used her battle saddle and fired the Automatic Rifle and shot them but would take cover against the sand and sandbags.

"Hope those 37mm light tanks can hold back for a bit," said Pvt Bell

Sgt Hawk replied, "We got more tanks on the way with more soldiers on the way. We got to hold the line so keep firing. If they break through then command will be threatened and overwhelmed. Not adding in between us and Command is a little town that has our wounded."

Bullets and tank rounds flew back and forth and it felt like the Equestrian's were on the verge of withdrawing or surrendering. But Private Bell her Battle Saddle ran out of ammo.

Hope those reinforcements get here soon, Private Bell thought, Want to go home when this war is over. Not in a body bag.

There was a loud cannon sound and their reinforcements came and above were Pegasi wearing Pegasi Power Armor used their Battle Saddles where they destroyed the Zebra tanks before flying back to rearm their weapons.

"Come on let's go," said Sergeant Hawk, "Let's rally with the platoon commander and see where she wants us,"

Private Bell looted the ammo off the dead Equestrian soldiers for her battle saddle even though it felt wrong to her to loot the dead. She even found a letter from one who was dead and the letter said, "Dear Sleepy Night. I know I'm in the Zebra homeland and slowly pushing towards the Zebra capital. But I wish I was back home with you and be there when our newborn arrives. Sleepy Night? Do you remember that night at the Carnival in Ponyville? When we rode the Ferris wheel and it got stuck? Even though I wished I knew you work for the MoI/ Ministery of Image. I'm glad that Ministery Mare Rarity is glad to have a Unicorn like you. Who knows maybe our daughter or son will work alongside you and Rarity in the Post-war era. I'll see if I can get a furlough for Heartswarming and Hearts and Hooves Day. - Love Corporal Sweetener Pie."

***

At the most forward command post.

Private Bell stood outside due to she wanted to.

Why did I sign up? Private Bell Break thought, Patriotism was a majority of it wanted to serve my country yeah. But this I was hoping for a cushy desk job if not a messenger job or a Military Policemare. Not wanting the frontlines. But beggars can't be choosers. I have to do my eighteen months and either can sign back up or take my papers and go back to Baltimare. No fuck Baltimare nothing but trouble like a mother who drinks and smokes and if we even made a peep at night she would've beaten us with a vodka bottle or some kind of alcohol bottle with a cigar or cigarette until it was fully burned out.

"Alright. Come on Delta 3-2 let's go," said Sergeant Hawk, "We got some Zebra's to kill, and recapture our captured artillery as well."

They went up some desert stairs and the nerdy one called "Bucklyn" even though he's from Manehattan he bucked the door opened and found that the small village was deserted and they passed through the wooden gate.

"It's quiet." said Pvt Bell almost whispering, "Too quiet. My gut says the Zebra's left in quick haste or left but set a major ambush for whoever comes here."

The unicorn sergeant used his hoof and the five pony squad spread out and found that it was completely deserted and all their stuff in the homes are gone.

"Hey, Sergeant?" asked Pvt Bell, "How do we have mechanized stuff and flying machines?"

Sgt Hawk replied, "It's called research and development. We got monoplanes, bombers, tanks, and Half-Tracks. Yeah, Research was hard but when the MM's come together we can create anything to crush the Zebra's. Just not even almost a decade ago along the border we just stood in trenches and just shot bullets and artillery shells at each other. We got power armor they got Zebra Assault Carbines. They got cheap soldiers who are fast to train and good armor while we are an all-round country with great tanks, infantry, air, anti-air, artillery, and anti-tank capabilities not adding most advanced possessing high tech stuff. Yeah making the combustion engine was hard but it's a success and it runs off of Kerosene like lamps."

They left the village and kept walking on the sand. There was a gunshot sound and they all took cover.

A Unicorn arrived and fired his .30-06 bolt-action sniper rifle and fired at the Zebra and he got up.

"Alright I got him or her," said the Equestrian Unicorn Sniper

There was another gunshot and there was a huge hole in the Unicorn stallion's head. Sgt Hawk took the sniper rifle and killed the Zebra sniper.

"Let's go," said coldly Sgt Hawk, "These fuckers won't die easily. Yeah, they may have convinced multiple Dragons and hired mercenaries like Griffins to fight for them. But I want to say that Fluttershy screwed us but I hope I'm wrong. If not I'm going to track her down and kill her."

None of them asked why and some frontline soldiers believed what their Zebra spies say of Zebra's that work for Equestria and they reported that Fluttershy gave the schematics to a battlefield restoration to heal others but turned them into Balefire Bombs.

They kept the sniper rifle with them but quickly crossed as they heard sounds where the Zebra's are trying to find a way to cut off the Equestrian soldiers in the pass and either make them surrender by attrition or completely annihilate them even though they want their heavy war machines in there to fully block them not just regular Zebra Soldiers, Zebra Snipers, Zebra Inferno/Flamethrowers, Zebra Launchers, & Zebra Dragoons.

"Better watch out for those Zebra Dragoons," said Sergeant Hawk, "They wear their invisible cloaks and they're armed with Officer Swords, Zebra Shock Swords, or broomhandle pistols or Zebra Assault Carbines. They're almost impossible to spot. They're trained while either still in their father before going into their mother or trained while in their mother's womb or after getting birth. They will kill you without hesitation and more deadly than our own special forces."

Pvt Bell replied, "Interesting. And terrifying."

Sgt Hawk replied, "Oh Bell Breaking. I read your file. What happened to your father?"

Pvt Bell replied, "He was a storm chaser. Hurricane took him. Don't know what he saw in my mother. Last time I saw him. I was five years old."

There were some more heavy grinding sounds so they carefully looked and saw it was Equestrian Medium tanks that came to hold that route where it's the obsolete medium tank with a 75mm cannon in the hull and a small 37mm cannon on top next to a .50 Caliber Machine gun.

The other medium tank was relatively easy to produce over the other three Equestrian tanks and vehicles but only has a 75mm cannon and two .30 Cal machine guns.

On both sides, the tanks fired at each other but there wasn't a lot of time where the Equestrians only sent them until they could come up with something more concrete to stop the Zebra's.

The fireteam hid and watched and soon the sound get closer only to see the Zebra tanks go by. They quickly wiped out the Equestrian tanks and just went on as nothing happened.

Damn we're cut off, Pvt Bell thought, But we got to continue with the mission and find a way home.

They pressed on and kept walking in the hot sun and on the hot sand.

I'll probably die out here, Pvt Bell thought, Either by a heat stroke, dehydration, both, or those vultures circling above us. Going to die in the middle of a safari or desert or whatever the hell this place is.

They then heard five multiple loud explosions and they looked over a ridge and saw five captured Equestrian M101A2 105mm Artillery firing at Equestrian positions.

"We're going to go around back," said Sergeant Hawk, "Let's go,"

Pvt "Bucklyn" replied, "Get the advantaged on them, Hehehehehehehe,"

Pvt Bell replied, "What the fuck kind of laugh was that? Sounded like Woody Woodpecker,"

***

Behind the captured Equestrian small artillery camp.

"Conserve ammo," said Sgt Hawk, "Choose a target and shoot when the guns go off,"

Pvt Bell aimed her Battle Saddle and the moment the guns fired simultaneously the Equestrian fired their weapons shooting the Zebra's who weren't looking or going to get the 105mm rounds.

One badly injured Zebra tried to crawl away only for Sgt Hawk to walk over to the Zebra mare and placed a Fragmentation Grenade into her mouth and walked away and the grenade exploded.

Unexpected reinforcements showed where it's Corporal Sapphire Love, Farming Green, Violet Soaring, and Aroura Surge. Their job was to re-capture the captured artillery guns but their V-1 Vertibuck got shot down and they had to walk three times the distance.

"Recon says a whole division of elite Zebra soldiers will go through the pass," said Corporal Sapphire Love, "But they don't expect that the tables have turned. Sergeant get your fireteam on those guns and I'll call them out,"

Soon the unicorn mare teleported away and after a few minutes.

"Fire for effect," said Corporal Sapphire Love, "Grid coordinates W81 A35 Range 28. Fire for effect,"

Private Bell didn't know how to operate the artillery gun but she pulled a string and the gun went off and the loud bang right next to her scared the living daylight out of her.

Damn, that's loud, Pvt Bell thought, From a distance, they're loud but not that loud. But we got to stop them before they overwhelm our G.I.'s in the pass.

***

Half an hour later.

"Ceasefire," said Corporal Sapphire Love, "Ceasefire. All Zebra infantry and tanks are destroyed. Well done. You saved a lot of lives. The sector's clear we're gone,"

The Special Forces team quickly teleported away and the one who wasn't a unicorn or an alicorn was also teleported away.

***

In Stable 192.

"With the Pass secured and fresh recruits even volunteers and expeditionary force from the Crystal Empire and Stalliongrad. Even though the latter was neutral but some wanted to fight." said Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe, "It was a tough battle a very tough one. The Zebra's outnumbered us twenty to one. But our will and determination held them back even annihilated a whole elite Zebra division. A whole division! Of their best soldiers twenty thousand Zebra's blown away and in Gorey ways!"

Rainy Night replied, "Where is this pass at?"

Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe replied, "Calculating... Calculating... Calculating... Calculating... Here you go."

There was an old printer sound coming from the Crusader Maneframe and Rainy Night got it.

The piece of paper said that it's 1,295 miles northeast of Stable 192.

"I guess this is a goodbye?" asked Overmare Bell/Crusader Maneframe

Rainy Night replied, "It is goodbye for now. Don't worry I'll come back later to talk to you again. Take care Private."

Rainy Night and her squad left and took some time until the Grand Pegasus Enclave reached the pass where once two mighty armies took part in a battle.

They walked around seeing rusted either destroyed or left to decay Equestrian tanks, half-tracks, wagons, weapons, anti-air guns, & artillery guns.

What crept all but the hyper-lethal one out was that they could hear the gunfire, explosions, and the sounds of war not adding screaming and painful moaning sounds from both Zebra's and Equestrians.

They then searched the area and went more and found the old Equestrian Artillery guns that once the Zebra's captured to use against the Equestrians for them only to re-capture them and used it to fully hold back the line.

When they went back to the pass they saw skeletons that were both Equestrian and Zebra soldiers. But they kept walking northeast and soon came upon a town and the flagpole had a red flag with a white circle, the side of a Zebra's head, two small rectangles which are white but with a light gray light going horizontally, and four stars two on the bottom and two on top. The flag has the words which say "livorem imperare"

The Heavy Weapons Expert said confused, "livorem imperare? What the fuck does that mean?"

Rainy Night replied, "livorem imperare means "rule over bruising". If I had to guess Zebra's had a harsh life back then and beaten their young into submission or something like that."

They heard some noises and soon it was Feral Ghoul Zebra's in their old military uniforms and the ferals were no match for the overly prepared elite squad of what the GPE Armed Forces has to offer.

"Once a division of twenty thousand strong," said Rainy Night, "Defended against Eighty thousand Zebra's. Outnumbered four to one. But they held on tightly. They were brave to hold out against their own against a huge disadvantage. This place was a huge battlefield."

Chapter 63: Return to Stable 195

While Purple's and Base's war is dragging on Fiery "Pyre" Thought was on the sidelines flying under the radar of the two of kidnapping ponies and rebuilding her gang of raiders. But she left the Artificial Alicorns in the town below in Safesville she left them alone.

"Whom should I go after?" Fiery Thought said, "The Purple one or the Blue one?"

Fiery Thought then just walked around the Stable she was born and raised in and she didn't care that everypony she knew was killed. But she was happy she killed her parents due to her father was a patriarchal and misogynistic prick and her mother more or less set her standards too high for her and put her on random dates with random stallions.

But she was feeling sad for having the foals, colts, and fillies killed even though she could've used them for slave labor or used all of them for slave labor but she can't due to their all ash now.

"Whom should I have an heir with?" said Fiery Thought, "The Blue one or my Arch-enemy for the past month who's Purple and an Alicorn? Decisions, decisions!"

Some of her Raiders returned where they just wiped out a caravan going to the Steel Rangers base and got some very good loot off of them but they captured the mare earth pony so they could have some "fun" with her.

Fiery Thought didn't care what they did with her. But she just wondered who'll she have to replace her when she finally does die but she doesn't know who to pick and she thinks it'll fraction or weaken her Raider gang or she could have a stallion to get her pregnant or something like that.

Maybe one of the two brothers, Fiery Thought, thought, The Purple Alicorn seems like the perfect ticket to have an heir with. But his brother on the other hoof has big balls and is doing more but he's hiding behind his army while his baby brother prefers to take his fight right up to the enemy than hide. Decisions I got to make, a tough decisions I have to make.

Fiery Thought then decided to take a walk without any of her Raiders and the unicorn mare just wondered what kind of ponies or creatures would make the world into what they have it as today with the horrors and all that in the wasteland.

Fiery Thought then hummed and just kept jogging at a moderate pace.

It took a couple of hours. But Fiery slipped into the town of Crimson and the ponies there didn't attack due to they don't know her. But she found Purple looking at his Pipbuck. She saw

Barter: 54

Energy Weapons: 58

Explosives: 70

Guns: 100

Lockpick: 80

Melee: 69

Science: 47

Survival: 100

Unarmed: 89

Sneak: 100

Throwing: 44

Traps: 17

Outdoorspony:34

First Aid: 100

Doctor: 100

Pilot: 11

Speech: 55

Athletics: 14

She even saw that his "rank" was level 20. But she also hates that Stable-Tec like Purple she thinks it's stupid and makes ponies with Pipbuck 3000's more overpowered or too cocky over ponies with Pipbuck 3000's with lower ranks.

Before Fiery Thought could say anything she just opened her mouth.

"Nope," said Purple, "I'm not going to help anypony reproduce. I'm not my brother and I'm not trying to one-up him. If you want a foal my brother will whore himself out to you just to "prove a point" that never existed. But my brother would gladly turn you into one of his foal factories,"

Fiery Thought replied, "Foal factory?"

Purple replied, "My brother will make sure to have the pony race survive. But you? He'll put foals into you, you give birth, and he'll keep putting foals into you. You'll probably bear about twenty, thirty, fifty, seventy, maybe a hundred foals from my evil bastard brother. And he takes care of you? That's a laugh. He sees mares should take care of stallions. For the heck of it, I know some mares who are misogynistic against other mares saying that they should be in more "traditional roles". I respectfully disagree with them but respectfully agree with them so they don't try to kill me. I hate their ideals but respect them because I have my own ideas,"

Fiery Thought replied, "The "Traditional roles" what do you mean?"

Purple replied, "Getting married, having foals, doing the cleaning, and working in the kitchen to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner. While I respect their decision at the same time I don't. I see mares can do whatever they want and not do roles that ponies like my brother want them to do. If they want to cook, clean, and have foals that are their decision. But there's more to life than keeping the pony race alive. Ponies like my brother makes it harder for me to make friends that are mares because they think I just want to jump into their Stable jumpsuit. But out here it's open season for my brother to sleep with every mare out here and to impregnate them. My brother, he doesn't care if he ruins their life as long he gets what he wants."

Fiery Thought replied, "So your suggesting I should get fucked by your brother?"

Purple replied, "Yeah if you want to be locked up more or less and be bred like no tomorrow. Why don't you ask one of your raiders to give you a foal?"

Fiery Thought replied, "Then the others would think I would favor one over the others. And my raider gang isn't the picture-perfect family and always cries and bitch about something. And I don't want my raider group to fight each other. Alright, how about a truce?"

Purple replied, "A truce? I've learned early enough not to listen to Raiders because they'll lie. Not adding I'm in an alliance with the GPE. The ones at GPE Base Aroura are raiding the Steel Rangers supply lines which is a Lunasent and in return they keep what they loot and if they sell what they don't want to wastelanders and in return they give us 25% of the bottle caps they earn though. I guess she's just doing it because she's pregnant with our foal. But hey if you want to help then you can be my guest and help."

Fiery Thought replied, "Alright. We can help and clear and eliminate the Steel Rangers. But aren't they Steel Rangers?"

Purple replied, "Yeah they were. Sentinal Glance Montery, Paladin Groomy Fury the most aggressive one even though she's a mute and her cutie mark is around cheerleading and she's a unicorn, Paladin Galaxy Swir a Alicorn mare with the height of Princess Luna, Knight Prismatic Twister a mare pegasus with a cutie mark around arts and crafts, & Knight Sugar Pumpkin with a ropy figure. There was Crusader with them. But they say that he's missing both eyes."

Fiery Thought looked behind Purple and seen that the four hitting each other with modified power hoofs testing them against them. They don't have nopony else to test it on and their power armor protected them.

"Well looks like they're going to kill each other," said Fiery Thought, "If they're going to be punching each other with power hooves,"

Purple replied, "Just ignore them. They do that all the time,"

Fiery Thought replied, "Do you think we can talk somewhere more private? Like in Stable 195?"

Purple replied, "I would rather be here. But you initiated this conversation you lead."

***

Several hours later

In Stable 195, Fiery Thought whacked Purple on the back of the head hard enough to knock him out.

***

A couple of hours later

Purple walked back home but walked with his head high. Even though hurting he just doesn't want to go back to Stable 195 where it makes him sad to see ash piles of ponies who were turned into ash and didn't have a chance to fight back. Not adding a birthday party in a cafeteria for a mare who turned ten.

I'm not going back there, Purple thought, Not even somepony threatens to kill me.

Chapter 64: Going North

At Fort Base.

Arsen "Base" was looking at a map of Equestria and saw the Frozen North and the Crystal Empire.

"Never really got a chance to socialize with Crystal Ponies." said Base, "Never fucked one either. Got potential for recruitment and more soldiers and farmers. And definitely breeders."

Soon the door opened and Elder Encoded Pibble entered she saw Base's elite bodyguards with him even though they were all stallions, not mares due to the mares he had he put foals into them.

"Good morning Commander Base," said Elder Encoded Pibble, "How are you?"

Base replied while still staring at the map, "Fine. Some mare gave me a blowjob around 2 AM. But I want to go here."

Base then placed his left hoof where the map has a dot and under it says "Crystal Empire"

Elder Encoded Pibble replied, "The Frozen North? It's cold there all year round not adding a special breed of Ghoulified Crystal Ponies called "Weepers". If they stare into your eyes they'll corrupt your souls and our Scribes say that they can share what they see with others like the Alicorns hive mind. But if you want to go then be my guest. But those Weepers can stare into your eyes and demolish your mind and don't underestimate them even if they look like they have been crying for a very long time."

Base looked at her with a determination that he wanted to go somewhere not to be bogged down somewhere for long fighting his femboy baby brother. He knows he has total victory in the bag with almost three thousand Steel Rangers, almost fifteen hundred of his own soldiers not adding an army of mercenaries he hired to go after Purple to bring him to Base.

"I'm going to the Frozen North," said Base, "Can you have one of your airships take me there?"

Elder Encoded Pipple replied, "Thought you had your owns made by metal?"

Base replied, "They're busy engaging with the GPE and lost a majority of them. The Typhoon within the GPE service is modified with turrets on the side. While it's anchored it's still a pain in the ass and my metallic cloudships get destroyed by it. Not adding some were hijacked by GPE Commandos and GPE Marines and either destroyed from the inside out or captured and placed in GPE Military service."

Elder Encoded Pibble replied, "I'll have the Applejack get ready for the long trip. I'll have three platoons with you. That's Seventy-Two with three Paladins, Nine Crusaders, and Sixty Knights. The logistics on this will be a bitch. But I'll have my finest Scribes take care of it. I'll get back to you when the Applejack is about to depart and well I suggest you bring some warm clothing."

Base replied, "I was warm enough in my mother's womb. Now I wonder what kind of bullet I'm going to use to badly maime Purple with?"

Elder Encoded Pipple replied, "A bullet?"

There was a clap of thunder.

Base replied, "Yes a bullet,"

A clap of thunder.

Elder Encoded replied, "A bullet?"

Base replied, "YES A BULLET! Damn you heat lighting! I'll go with a golden bullet."

Elder Encoded Pibble replied, "What are you going to do? Shoot him in the crotch? Shoot his wing off? Shoot his horn off? Shoot his other "horn" off?"

Base replied, "I have standards. I will not shoot another stallion in the crotch or their nuts."

Elder Encoded Pibble replied, "Yet you'll impregnate every mare you gallop or fly across?"

Base replied with his wings touching each other, "Perhaps"

Elder Encoded Pibble then left but she came via a V-1 Vertibuck. But there were some rapid explosions and the tail rotor of the V-1 Vertibuck was shot down and landed in a lake. But she was able to make it back to the Steel Ranger MOB/ Main operating base.

***

At the Steel Ranger Main Operating Base.

Elder Encoded Pibble had Head Scribe Settlement Pon and Scribes RGN Omniverse, Midnight Moonlight, Midnight Cuddle, Midnight Grape, & Midnight Apple and had the family prepare the logistics and had them in charge of the long trip to the Frozen North.

Only Scribe Midnight Apple openly declared that she misses Sapphire Love Heart even though Paladin Sapphire Heart is labeled as a deserter, a coward, defector, and is labeled shoot to kill by all Steel Rangers in the Undiscovered/Unknown West.

Her mother Head Scribe Settlement Pon even slapped her daughter across the face so hard that some of Scribe Midnight Apple's teeth came out and she rubbed her cheek. Not adding some blood got onto her and her mother's red Steel Ranger robes. But they did the hard part of making sure there was some hydrogen was enough for the trip and enough food and supplies for several month-long campaigns in the frozen north.

***

Three days later.

At Fort Base.

Base was staring out of a window looking at the wasteland

"This place needs me more now than ever!" Base said, "These wasters should be lining up for miles to sign up and serve under me! And mares should be lining up for miles to be bred by me."

Soon there was a knock on the door.

"If that's you Purple," said Base, "Then I accept your Surrender if it's Unconditional surrender. But if it's a perfidy surrender then I would shove every type of grenade up your ass,"

The door opened where it was Midnight Twister escorting Elder Encoded Pibble to him and he left.

"I got the Applejack ready," said Elder Encoded Pibble, "It's ready for launch on the expedition to the Frozen North. I got Seventy Two Steel Rangers on it and five mare Scribes and one Scribe stallion. But there's still enough room for forty more. I mean thirty-nine more adding you."

Base then politely thanked her and left and got his elite soldiers who wear black fatigues, with a balaclava mask, tactical goggles, some kind of tan or khaki vest, and black combat helmets.

Base got them and they took the V-1 and V-3 Vertibucks with the latter only pegasi can ride in and the first one is made of aluminum, metal, steel, and tungsten.

They arrived at the Applejack, an Applejack class airship which they built several of them so they can explore other places and probably cross both the Celestial and Lunar Oceans and create more Steel Rangers places and contingents.

***

Several days later

Base got out of bed and in his bed, it has Scribe Midnight Apple in bed and slept with all of Paladin Sapphire Heart's sisters, and he made sure he got them pregnant because it's a part of his personality on how he sees mares.

Base left the command deck and walked outside where it was cold and he shivered where he saw nothing but whiteness so he got inside and looked out some windows and saw more whiteness not knowing they were flying through both a whiteout and a blizzard.

Base then went back inside of the airship where it was warmer but not warm enough to ignite the hydrogen and kill them all.

The Steel Rangers were still in their power armor and they were warm but they were walking around or some were still asleep. But he knows once the snowstorm blows over he'll take over the Frozen North with ease and gain more soldiers and breeders and will have more soldiers and defeat his baby brother.

***

Several hours later.

The snowstorm died down and they had clear visibility soon they were deployed to the ground and found it mostly barren with snow and ice. It was like a majority of it was barren.

Base placed some boots onto his hooves and stepped off a V-1 Vertibuck and heard the snow crunch under his steps and he placed his Stable 190 jumpsuit on as a scarf.

His elite bodyguards didn't say anything where they are there to protect Base even if it means costing them their lives to protect him.

The show was crunching under their steps but they flank Base on both sides were the three Zebra Stallions armed with Zebra Assault Carbines and with Zebra cloaks. There are also four Unicorn stallions with one armed with a 5.56mm Assault Rifle, CAR-30 Carbine, IF-9 Combat Shotgun, and an Assault Rifle.

There are also five pegasi armed with assault rifle battle saddles and eight earth ponies with doubled barrel shotguns, revolvers, or submachine guns.

They walked for several hours and soon came across a town and without hesitation Base and his forces took it over and had the town converted into a barricaded town. But Base being who he is had all mares ages from eighteen to forty-nine to line up and one by one he bred them all.

The Crystal ponies' stallions as young as sixteen were forced into Base's Grand Pony Enclave as soldiers.

Chapter 65: Tom and Jerry

While in the old military training city standing on a cathedral that once worshiped Princess Luna.

"I don't know if it's going to come or not," said Purple. "The Steel Rangers and my brother's army could counterattack or not."

Starry replied, "I'd say we go and find Wild Pegasus Whiskey,"

Purple replied, "Where are we going to get whiskey at? This was an old military training city to simulate urban combat. Not the biggest bar in the wasteland. Maybe there is whiskey somewhere out here in the city but it's not today."

A unicorn replied, "Can we do someth..."

There was a hole in his head and his body fell over and all of them took cover but Critical Shot looked through his scope and Purple looked through the scope of his scoped Lancaster lever-action rifle.

"Damn where is this fucker," said Critical.

Purple replied, "Critical. Snipers glare dead ahead down the main road."

There was a gunshot and they all looked at Purple who placed in a new round.

"Enemy sniper down," Purple said. "Alright me and Critical will stay up here and provide sniper fire while we can. Go down below and meet up with Paladin Sapphire she's with Sentinel Glace, Paladin Groomy Fury, Paladin Galaxy Swirl, Knight Sugar Pumpkin, and Knight Prismatic Twister."

Rocky Road rolled her eyes because she and Paladin Sapphire act like sisters who don't get along and try to fight each other. Purple acts like a father who has to break up the fighting.

***

Out on the streets.

"Let's secure this city," Paladin Sapphire said. "They don't get nothing on us!"

The Grand Pony Enclave Infantry were mostly equipped with submachine guns and rifles but not really much of a threat because the Raiders are more of a threat than them. But their officers only carry submachine guns and rally them and the Wasteland Guardians and the Grand Pony Enclave usually target the officers first though.

They're more Grand Pony Enclave soldiers such as their Airborne forces which were Grand Pegasus Enclave airborne soldiers but their power armor or uniform is a green-gray uniform. They were armed either with rifles or assault rifles but they're very skilled and deadly in combat. But their snipers and officers are the same but they are extremely deadly.

"Hey up here!" yelled Purple, "That sniper! Go see who it is! Well, who it was!"

The group then went into the building but there were ten Grand Pony Enclave soldiers armed with both Zebra Assault Carbines and Equestrian Storm Assault Rifles which the latter were issued to Equestrian elite soldiers. They are three times deadlier than the Zebra Assault Carbine and one round can blow a ponies head off even though it's chambered in 7.92x30mm rounds.

They used cover effectively and fired blindly. If they had grenades they would have used them. The Grand Pony Enclave had basic infantry but they were the Grand Pegasus Enclave Airborne soldiers who defected over to Base. Some were random Zebras armed with their deadly Zebra Assault Carbines.

Critical and Purple provided sniper cover and the Grand Pony Enclave didn't care or didn't notice the light glances on the two scopes before their brains met the cobblestone or brick road.

"Your brother really wants this city all to his wholesome," said Critical.

Purple replied, "According to Rainy Night. My brother left to go to Frozen North this morning. He probably doesn't know we're here. But who knows. But Rainy Night is monitoring their communications and she relays messages to me. So we got the upper hoof. I don't think he has a radio or some way to relay orders or commands back to his soldiers or something like that so we don't entirely don't have to worry."

Critical replied, "I hope I have enough bullets. Yesterday I bought one hundred rounds in my spare bag. And I only have thirty remaining, not adding the five I got in my rifle."

Purple replied, "When we go home. I can show you how to make more ammo."

***

Outside of the bombed-out brick three-story building.

Paladin Sapphire went in first with the remaining of the Steel Rangers who defected over to Purple entered and Starry, Rocky, Twyla, and Opel went into the building. They went to the second floor and saw the dead Pegasus Grand Pony Enclave sniper.

Twyla waved towards Purple and Critical and they both saw it.

They were engaged by Grand Pony Enclave soldiers. But they were easily dealt with because they were normal wastelanders forced into the Grand Pony Enclave and they were all stallions.

***

On the ledge of the cathedral both Critical and Purple got scared because Lieutenant Honey Cake came and she wanted to share some good news.

"You got some help incoming within an hour," said Lt Honey Cake. "Some expected help."

Critical replied, "An hour? We can't wait an hour! We're running low on ammo, Purple is out of medical supplies. So far it's mostly me, Purple, and the other friends we have who are combat effective about half. Tell'em to hurry up. Lieutenant!"

Lieutenant Honey Cake replied, "I'm no longer a Lieutenant. Due to the mess, we left at the Gala. I was promoted to Colonel. It's Colonel Honey Cake. And I'm in charge of Combat Command Attack Honey Cake. Even though I only have three Battalions of infantry, a Field Artillery Battalion. Engineer company, twelve infantry companies, four artillery batteries, a recon company, and a Regimental HQ. I may be pregnant but I do my own scouting with my own reconnaissance company."

Purple replied, "How many soldiers do you have?"

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "Three thousand and five hundred soldiers. The remaining one thousand and five hundred are in the other companies. Don't worry my CCA will help and I ordered them to modify their power armor to distinguish them from Friend or Foe."

***

Paladin Sapphire then went up to the third floor and there was a loud explosion and a thud which led her to retreat back downstairs. She removed her helmet to see a hole in the helmet.

Paladin Sapphire then saw a bullet that narrowly missed her head by half an inch and she said that she was lucky. And the round she removed out of her helmet but she would need to go back to the town of Crimson to fix it. But she pushed on.

"There's an enemy sniper out there," said Paladin Sapphire. "Nearly removed my head."

Rocky Road wished that it did hit her in the head so she can get rid of her and not be a pain in her side since day one. But Rocky couldn't do anything about it and didn't know what Purple would or will do in retaliation.

They were about to leave but encountered more Grand Pony Enclave soldiers. But Purple and Critical couldn't provide any sniper support because some of the ruined buildings blocked their line of sight. But if they needed it badly then they could retreat out into the open and the two could pick them off.

"They're too powerful!" said a Grand Pony Enclave soldier, "They're stronger than raiders!"

As they retreated, Rocky, Starry, Paladin Sapphire, and the other former Steel Rangers with a few Wasteland Guardians shot them in the back as the Earth, Pegasi, Unicorns, and Zebras galloped away. Not adding some of the Wasteland Guardians had Molotov Cocktails and they lit them and threw them and set the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers ablaze.

***

Still on the ledge of the cathedral.

"Honey Cake?" asked Purple, "Want to hear a joke?"

Honey Cake replied, "Sure. What is it?"

Purple replied, "Why couldn't the five-year-old couldn't see a pirate movie?"

Honey Cake replied, "Why?"

Purple replied, "Because it was rated Arrg!"

Honey Cake chuckled because she used to read comic books which had pirates in them.

Purple then shot a Grand Pony Enclave soldier on a machine gun in an emplaced place with no cover above the gunner. Purple shot him through the soldier's helmet.

Purple saw another Grand Pony Enclave soldier get on the machine gun and the unicorn fired it thinking they knew where Purple was but he was somewhere else. Purple aimed down the scope and shot the unicorn in the forehead.

"Raiders are a better annoyance and can fight better than them," said Purple. "I mean at least I've fought Raiders who at least can take cover and some shoot at you to keep you suppressed while some charge you with knives, machetes, and pool cues."

***

Rocky snuck up behind and shot unarmored Grand Pony Enclave with her ten mm pistol and shot them without hesitation.

Rocky was shot by a bolt-action rifle and was shot in the leg. She ran back onto the other side for cover because she didn't want to be shot again.

None of them knew where the shot came from. But they thought it was dead ahead in the ruins of a four-story building.

Rocky couldn't move more or less. But the former Steel Rangers had enough firepower to lay enough covering fire and Twyla, Opel, and three other Wasteland Guardians entered the place but it was empty.

Before the elite Grand Pony Enclave soldiers arrived they were a Verti-Assault team and they had the firepower to keep them suppressed. It led Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Starry, Twyla, Opel, and the three others to blind fire which lowered their chances of getting shot or killed.

***

"Purple," said Critical, "Look. Hostile armored wagons! Our bullets can pierce them!"

Purple replied calmly, "Do we have any missile or rocket launchers?"

Critical replied, "On the Eastside. Let's go, I'll follow you."

Purple opened a door and saw some Grand Pony Enclave soldiers on the other side. He switched to his 7.62mm Battle Rifle. Critical only had his sniper rifle and really wished he had another weapon.

Purple cleared out the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers and slid over a 5.56mm Assault Rifle to Critical who then picked it up with his magic and followed Purple. They had to clear out more. But Critical could help out in combat now.

***

On the Eastside of the Cathedral, there were some 66mm Light Anti-Tank Launchers, Missile Launchers, and Rocket Launchers.

Purple got the 66mm LATL and Critical got a Missile Launcher, went back to the Westside and shot down at the armored combat wagons down below shooting at them with their water-cooled .30-06 Machine guns or air-cooled .30-06 machine guns. But Purple found out quickly that the 66mm LATL is a one-shot disposable Anti-Tank Launcher given to the Equestrian Marines and Equestrian Special Forces so they wouldn't have to carry the Missile and Rocket Launchers.

I hate this running back and forth, Purple thought, Screw it. I'm bringing it all.

Purple came back shortly and had the remaining five 66mm LATLs with him and fired them while aiming in front of them. He would shoot and blow the unicorns pulling it but they have a shield around them so the shrapnel can't kill them.

It took both Purple and Critical six shots to destroy both of the armored wagons which weren't shooting at them not too long ago.

***

The former Steel Rangers used their firepower to keep the enemy suppressed, giving Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Starry, Twyla, and Opel the chance to throw the grenades they had if they had them to flush them out. Which it did and the Verti-Assault team was wiped out.

"Let's clear the rest of this city," said Paladin Sapphire, ordering, "Let's go, our work is just starting out!"

They cleared out the rest of the square of the city they were at, but rubble blocked them in and a V-1 Vertibuck brought them.

On Purple's Pipbuck.

"Purple," Rainy Night said, "If you can hear me get to the bridge. Reinforcements from the Grand Pegasus Enclave are inbound and they would appreciate the assistance. Even if a majority of them are assholes."

They noticed they couldn't because Purple was the only one who could go up due to his wings. But soon a brick wall exploded showing an armored wagon with an autocannon and Base's elite Grand Pony Enclave soldiers. They proved to be a lot more difficult to fight. They even suppressed Purple and Critical so they couldn't provide sniper support.

The former Steel Rangers were able to turn the tide and cut them down and destroyed the armored wagon. But there was a ruined apartment building that was occupied with more Grand Pony Enclave elite soldiers and if it wasn't for the former Steel Rangers then all of them would be dead or still pinned down.

The room to room fighting was brutal because it was hoof to hoof. But the Wasteland Guardians were victorious in the room to room combat. But when they made it to the final floor there were some health kits, sandbags, and a wide wooden board so they could get onto the bridge.

***

On the top floor.

"Looks like reinforcements are here," said Rocky. "We can take it easy,"

There were several Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers walking and with armored wagons. But they saw several rockets fly by and completely destroyed the armored wagons. And fifteen Grand Pegasus Enclave Army soldiers laying on the ground dead.

The group went to go and fight the Grand Pony Enclave. But what was nightmare fuel for them was that in the armored wagons. They heard the ones inside scream in agony as they're being burned alive inside of the wreckage. But they couldn't save them and could still hear them being baked alive.

They fought and Critical did his job and that was being the sniper and shooting the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers in the head without remorse. He didn't care if they have families or not, if they're willing to kill them or the Grand Pegasus Enclave whose members have families then they're going to do the same.

"We got to secure this bridge!" said Purple, "Before CCA Honey Cake arrives and they get steamrolled."

The bullets and energy rounds flew and if it wasn't for Critical they wouldn't make it. The elite of the Grand Pony Enclave soon were killed but there was a pile up and they had to clear it which they did.

They guarded the bridge and soon after a majority of Colonel Honey Cake's Combat Command Assault Regiment showed up and either walked across the bridge or flew. But they were kind enough to let them rest or relax.

***

Back in the town of Crimson.

Purple was with Critical in the garage of Paladin Sapphire's house.

Purple took some copper, lead, and gunpowder and made some 7.62mm rounds. But Critical Shot followed the same and he made a lot of .30-06 rounds for his sniper rifle.

Author's Note

Lancaster Rifle is loosely based on the Henry 1860 rifle.

Chapter 66: Fort Wild

Purple was in the town of Crimson. He was sitting outside looking at his Pipbuck 3000 which he was looking at under the category: 'Perks.'

Purple's Perks were: Grunt, Covert Ops, Tough Stallion, Commando, Better Criticals, Friend or Foe, Sharpshooter, Mare Killer, Ranger, Pathfinder, Slight of Hoof, and Explosive Breeder. The last one is self-explanatory, the Slight of Hoof one Purple can reload weapons he's been using faster than normal by a whole 25%. Pathfinder, he can find his way around without looking at a map more easily, Ranger he can see things farther, Mare Killer he can successfully convince a mare.

Due to Purple's heart for adventure, he left the town of Crimson and headed northeast.

"I'm glad I have a ton of tricks up my sleeves," said Purple, "that includes secret abilities. But I'm glad my main special ability is Reconnaissance/Recon View. But I don't like to use it a lot."

Purple then hummed but his neck hurt from turning a lot to scan the horizon around him to scan for enemies.

***

A couple of hours later.

Purple saw a lot of wood standing up with several wooden towers. But he saw Grand Pony Enclave insignias and a flag flying proudly in the wasteland wind.

Purple quickly teleported back home and got his bow and arrow and teleported back.

Purple used his wings and placed a bow onto the arrow and he pulled the string and he hit a guard standing outside of the gate in the head. Then he moved up and got the arrow.

Purple heard the sound of hoofsteps so he readied the bow and shot somepony in the neck with it. When Purple removed the arrow, blood came gushing out.

"Gross," said Purple unamusingly.

Purple then went to the main gate and opened it.

Dumbasses leaving the gate unlocked, Purple thought, At least it ain't a pack of Hellhounds. Of course, I had to open my mouth. Of course there are containers with them in them. More time with my trusty bow and arrow.

Purple started to pick them off one by one scoring headshot after headshot and would go retrieve the bows if he could without getting caught.

Call me Purple the stealth assassin, Purple thought, No wait. It doesn't have a nice ring to it. Call me Purple the bow master.

Purple kept at it by killing the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers with the bow, not adding all of them didn't have a helmet. But Purple didn't enjoy killing them knowing some were leaving their colts or fillies or both fatherless now but it's something that needed to be done. At the end of the day Purple isn't going to make his parents childless because they both disowned Base and Blue.

A Grand Pony Enclave soldier walked by and Purple used his magic and used the tail tension on the former Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier and stabbed him in the side of the neck.

Purple freed the Hellhounds and removed the high-pitched mind control devices and sonic tech on them and he was shocked to see that they weren't hostile as he saw before but actually friendly. They thanked him and Purple told them that they were free and to go.

Purple got caught and he cracked his neck.

Alright let's do this, Purple thought, No more stealth but more loud.

Purple then pulled out his 7.62mm Battle rifle and started to shoot the ponies on top of the walls but he ran out of ammo in the magazine so he held the rifle in his right wing and pulled out his .45 Auto Pistol and shot at them while holding the pistol with his magic.

Purple took cover inside a building.

"Alright there's twenty," said Purple, "Forty max. Maybe two dozen at least."

Then Purple saw a gun case so he went over to it and found a pair of bolt cutters so he cut the chains around the case and found that it was a 40mm break-action grenade launcher like the one he has back in the town of Crimson. He took it but only saw that there were only three rounds with one already in the tube.

But Purple did like that it has a shark mouth painting. He shot a group of unarmored Grand Pony Enclave soldiers where the explosion killed the three.

Purple also fired his rifle blindly and found a wooden box that said 'EXPLOSIVES' and he opened it. There were five fragmentation grenades, four incendiary grenades, five pulse grenades, and four land mines.

Purple took them all and he would try to figure out who to throw the grenades at them but the pulse grenades were a nightmare for the ones in power armor because they would lock up their power armor making them easily killable.

"LAY DOWN SOME SUPPRESSIVE FIRE ON THAT FUCKER!" screamed and yelled a Grand Pony Enclave officer, "KEEP THAT COCKSUCKER PINNED!"

They did but the thing that they all fired at once and had to reload at once. That gave Purple a small window of time to fire, throw or launch grenades. But he quickly ran out of grenades so he went back over to the explosive box and found a lot of rifle grenades.

Purple found some blank rounds so he replaced the live rounds and put a magazine full of blank rounds and fired them by shooting the grenade using his normal wing to place a new one on and fired it.

None of their covers worked as Purple could blow them up with the rifle grenades. Not adding a lot were blown sky-high or blown to pieces with the high explosive rounds. Not adding some of them that got hit were hit by Armor Piercing rounds.

"THAT FUCKER IS PICKING US OFF!" yelled at the base commander and officer. "SOMEPONY KILL THAT SUM BITCH!"

"He has to go!" Purple exclaimed, "He's up on level one million yelling and annoying."

Some of the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers were Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers before defecting over to Base. They charged Purple but he zapped them with his Star Blaster.

"Next time bring some more friends," Purple said after zapping them. "Oh y'all do have more friends."

More Grand Pony Enclave soldiers stormed the building that Purple was in and he zapped them all.

The soldiers, even officers charged Purple's location but each of them he zapped with the Star Blaster. But soon it was just Purple and the base commander.

"Come out and play you stupid son of a bitch!" said the base commander.

Purple yelled, "You come on out and play! You hide behind your soldiers and you don't have any more to hide behind."

The commander responded, "I got more on the way! They're going to hold you down with your ass in the air and fuck you so hard in the ass so hard you'll be begging for death or surrender."

Purple replied, "Is that the Grand Pony Enclave slogan or motto?! But come on out!"

The commander replied, "Fine. Have it your way."

An Earth pony came out wearing a black trench coat, black hat, a gas mask, and a voice modulator.

"Well well well," said the Base commander. "You are Purple."

Purple replied, "I never told you my name."

The stallion replied, "Your brother is a real chatterbox. He mostly talks about defeating you."

Purple replied, "I still never told you my name,"

The stallion went to hit Purple but he ducked out of the way and the Grand Pony Enclave officer hit his head on a stack of wooden crates.

Due to his hat coming off the Earth pony stallion removed a long trench coat, the gas mask, voice modulator, and some kind of suit to reveal it's a mare, not a stallion.

"You're a mare!" exclaimed Purple.

The mare officer replied, "If you were a mare and had to deal with your brother! Who plays grabass all the time! Would you hide your true identity?"

Purple replied, "Nope. I would rather drag him down to all ten levels of Tartarus. Are we going to fight?"

The mare cracked her neck and told Purple to throw his best shot.

Purple replied, "Nope. Mares first. You throw your first punch or shot."

The mare replied, "How Chivarlis or Chivalry. Chivalry and Nobility died out a long long time ago. These ain't the days where stallions would hold open the doors for mares, walk on the outside of sidewalks to protect them if a wagon splashed water up onto the sidewalk, give the mare his coat if she got cold. You want to bring back a world that hasn't existed in a couple of hundreds of years."

Purple replied, starting to get angry, "Stop wasting my time! Let's fight."

The mare kept striking Purple. But Purple Purple would let her hit his legs or cybernetic wing as a form of protection.

She threw her hard punches and it hurt Purple a lot but he was waiting for her to tire herself out and Purple didn't even have to fight back because she passed out due to being out of energy.

Fort Wild was secure. Soon the sound of Vertibucks was in the distance and some crashes followed.

It was the Grand Pegasus Enclave that saved Purple's bacon due to the reinforcements from Base and his most elite that almost murdered Purple and Paladin Sapphire not too long ago

Chapter 67: A scary night

Purple headed back to the town of Crimson and he hummed peacefully.

Purple just didn't pay attention to his surroundings and not too long later he soon arrived at the back of the town of Crimson. Purple saw Paladin Sapphire just sitting and staring up at the sky. It was a wonderful day even though it's still a hellish apocalypse.

Purple then sat somewhere and Paladin Sapphire then walked up behind Purple catching him off guard and he flipped her over in front of him on her back.

Purple then apologized to Paladin Sapphire for doing that he thought she was an enemy assassin who probably got fucked six days to Sunday by Base. But he realized his mistake.

Paladin Sapphire got up and dusted herself to get the dry dirt off of her and asked Purple how he was.

Purple replied, "I'm good. Took Fort Wild for us and I did it all myself. How are you?

Paladin Sapphire replied, "I'm fine. Ate some of my famous or infamous wasteland Chili. Thinking about going out and exploring later. Wanna come?"

Purple replied, "Sure I'll come with you. After all, aren't we a husband and wife duo?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Yeah we are. You're a stallion who'll gladly help out others without expecting something in return. Heck, you got a lot of mares pregnant to help them for one reason or another."

Purple replied, "Yup. That's how my parents raised me. Help others even if you don't get anything in return. I really didn't want to get them pregnant but I decided to help them. Like the second half of the Grand Pegasus Enclave mares. I... I actually get intimidated by their power armor due to the tail. But Lieutenant. I mean Colonel Honey Cake did it so she more or less predicted Operation: Cauterize's a failure and needed a way to grow their military back to full strength."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "When do you want to leave?"

Purple replied, "I'll be back in a few. Get what you want. But I say keep your pack under seventy-five pounds."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "I can carry more weight than that,"

Purple replied, "Alright. One hundred pounds. But when we leave I don't want to hear, "Oh Purple. I left my fancy magical energy weapon back home in the town of Crimson,". So make sure everything you have is squared away because I'm not the type who wants to turn around for something when somepony is supposed to have it."

Paladin Sapphire made sure she had everything she needed like her Novasurge rifle, a .44 Magnum, A few grenades, Healing Potions, bandages, and a saddlebag.

Purple just had his 7.62mm Battle Rifle, .45 Auto Pistol, a combat knife/w stealth serrated blade, and some Healing Potions, and Bandages. But Purple went shopping where he bought a pair of patrolman sunglasses, more ammo for his 7.62mm Battle Rifle, and .45 Auto Pistol.

The two then headed out and walked Northwest and the two didn't know what to say. But the two were constantly at alert to make sure nopony attacked them.

The two just walked for miles and soon the sunset came and they decided to seek shelter.

It felt like night fell instantly but they were in a two-story rectangle building. But when night fell they tried to start a fire.

"No we are not!" said Paladin Sapphire Heart, "We're not going to use one of my farts to light a fire."

Purple just used his lighter and started a fire and made a campfire.

They just sat there but they saw a reinforced wooden door with a misspelled "HELP" with it saying "HELL"

Paladin Sapphire said, "That isn't scary."

Purple looked at what she was talking about.

They heard Feral Ghoul sounds and heard running sounds and Feral ghouls started to bang and tear apart wooden boards. Purple entered S.A.T.S and it says "Zombie"

"Zombie?" said Purple, "Aim for the head. Shoot'em in the head."

They used their ballistic weapons and killed them but more and more kept coming. But what caught Purple's attention that the Earth Ponies, Unicorns, Pegasi, and even some Crystal Ponies in dirty dark olive green overshirts, dirty white undershirts, and dirty army combat helmets. Some of them were Zebra's without Cloaks and what's terrifying to them was that the Zebra's still have their Zebra Assault Carbines and the Ponies had their old standard-issued primary and sidearms back during the Equestrian-Zebra War.

They were lucky that the Zombies couldn't use their old weapons. But Purple bucked opened the door like nothing and they went in and they closed the door with Purple using his magic to keep the door up and the Zombies at bay.

Paladin Sapphire found some weapons and she gave Purple a Trench Gun which has five rounds in it. And she got a .30 Carbine rifle which has 15 rounds in it. She then told Purple to let them come.

They moved them down and would switch to their normal weapon but soon they were down and they decided to reload and if they were low on ammo they would just fire them off into the dead bodies. But Purple was smart enough to take a Zebra Assault Carbine.

"I say B.B.Q," said Purple, "They say "Welp I'm a goner". Now let's smoke some Ferals and Zombies."

More Zombies came and they just kept shooting and aiming for the head. But they were both happy that they were not dead yet and doing some target practice.

But after thirty minutes passed. The two ran out of ammo so Purple used his magic to keep them at bay and Paladin Sapphire Heart got some ammo for her and Purple.

***

In the morning in the town of Crimson.

Rocky Road got out of bed and she wondered where Midnight was and also wondered where Purple and Paladin Sapphire were. Even though she and Paladin Sapphire Heart don't get along they act like sisters and don't mean to hurt each other's feelings. But they just joke around even if Rocky does sound a little mean to her.

Rocky went into Purple's house and didn't find anyone in it but she did find a note saying in the general direction where the two went. Because Rock is the third in command. She got Critical, Starry, and the five former Steel Rangers, Sentinal Glance, Paladin Groomy Fury, Paladin Galaxy Swirl, Knight Sugar Pumpkin, and Knight Prismatic Twister.

They walked in the same direction the duo did yesterday. But it took several hours. But they heard gunfire coming from a ruined two-story concrete building and they went to it.

***
Inside

They saw Purple and Paladin Sapphire mow down Feral Ghouls and Zombies. But they helped them and got them out of there.

***

Back in the town of Crimson.

Purple was on his Pipbuck and didn't even know that he "leveled up" ten times now he's up to thirty. He hates it but he looked at his perks of it being.

Barter 54

Energy Weapons: 58

Explosives: 70

Guns: 100

Lockpick: 80

Melee: 69

Science: 47

Survival: 100

Unarmed: 89

Sneak: 100

Throwing: 44

Traps: 17

Outdoorspony: 34

First Aid: 100

Doctor: 100

Pilot: 11

Speech: 55

Athletics: 14.

Purple moved Athletics from fourteen to thirty, pilot from eleven to thirty-three, and Traps from seventeen to thirty-seven. Purple also chose the perks Full Charge now he knocks over bigger enemies, Archer now he can use bow and arrows and crossbows more easily even though he knows how to, Dead Silence he can move a lot more quietly than normal, Extreme conditioning he can run & sprint farther than normal ponies/creatures, and Bomb Squad where now in his special ability he can spot booby traps.

Purple wanted to choose Reconnaissance to help spot enemies who are hidden. But he can't do anything about it without ranking up to 32. But he and Paladin Sapphire went through a scary night and not going to go through that again.

I wish these Pipbuck 3000's didn't have "Levels". Purple thought, It gets annoying real, real quick.

Colonel Honey Cake scared the living heck out of Purple and asked Purple if he would like to help her.

Purple would due to his kindness and Combat Command Attack Honey Cake is running out of resources. And Purple agreed reluctantly. The fastest way is via a Vertibuck and the second fastest is boat.

They took a boat.

Chapter 68: The Storm.

Colonel Honey Cake docked the ship and Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry got off.

Colonel Honey Cake said, "I'm going to go dock off for a while. Single me when you get the supplies."

Purple said, "Anypony got a way to single Honey Cake when we get back?"

Rocky replied, "You're supposed to have the flare gun."

Purple replied, "Who died and made me the flare gun holder?"

Starry replied, "The moment you got on board the boat before the rest of us."

Purple replied, "Fuck me. Just don't. Please don't. It's just a saying."

They went on their way and they saw nothing but Ferals and shot them.

They saw the sky turning gray.

"Storm is brewing," said Starry. "I know how to spot storms approaching,"

None of them questioned it and went on their way.

They kept walking until they approached a two-story house and they entered it. They could hear the sound of rain coming down a little harder but it wasn't hard enough there was still some sunlight.

***

In the house.

"Anypony know what to do? If we get separated," asked Rocky.

Starry replied, "Yeah. Grab the back of your legs and kiss your ass goodbye."

Both Purple and Paladin Sapphire looked at a town map and think they can cut through the old defense factory as a shortcut to the other side where supplies are. If not then they could strip the old factory for supplies.

"Ready to go Guardians?" asked Purple.

They all agreed without checking for ammo or anything or checking them to make sure they were good to go.

They followed Purple when they saw a sign.

The sign said, "FERALS EVERYWHERE! STAY OUT!"

Rocky said, "Yeah right. They all probably moved on by now. Or just trying to scare us away from getting supplies."

Critical left only for them to see that he was climbing an old pipe and got onto the roof. They heard some gunshots.

"Got you!" exclaimed Critical.

"Let's go," said Purple.

***

Inside of the factory.

Damn it's dark, Rocky thought, We need some more light.

Even with Purple's light from his Pipbuck 3000, it was still dark and Rocky Road kept running into Paladin Sapphire Heart several times due to the fact that they couldn't really see each other.

"Purple?" asked Starry, "Can you make that brighter? I can't see a damn thing!"

Purple replied, "Sorry. I can't. It's at the brightest. I may be an Alicorn but I don't know a lot of spells. Just teleportation, shield, levitation, and allusions. I'm not a very spell-y Alicorn. But I'm intelligent. At least I think with my brain and not with my almost three-inch dick. My brother is the other way around. He thinks with his dick, not his brain. I'll be surprised if he has a brain."

They kept going but they're looking for a way out. Purple is lucky to have S.A.T.S and the local map on the Pipbuck that Purple has.

They followed Purple and found their way out. They were still in the factory but at least they could see and there were a ton of ferals.

"GO, GO!" ordered Purple. "Get to the high ground!"

All but Purple made it to a three-story somewhat gutted concrete building with still a working elevator that they could use to get to the field below.

It was jammed and wished they had Rainy Night with them so she could've fixed it. But the next best thing they wish they could have is Albatross but Purple is good enough. They had to keep the Ferals away from Purple and they would try to keep an organized defense.

Five minutes passed.

"Alright," said Purple. "Everyone get on! Now,"

All of them got on with Purple being the last and he hit the button to go down.

They now noticed Purple has a cutie mark over something else and asked what it is.

Purple said, "It's a .30-06 Semi-automatic rifle that's being overlapped by the number two pencil. I like my butt mark. The pencil for my good drawing and the rifle for my good shooting. The rifle is almost impossible to see due to its black walnut wood and how a majority of the .30-06 rifle was made back during the war. Also, please don't stare at my butt it makes me uncomfortable."

The elevator came down to a stop and the metallic door opened as they got off and walked through the high grass that passed them and felt like it blocked out the sky from them.

"I wonder where Midnight is," said Rocky. "Hope he's safe."

"If he was a mare. Then Base would've used him for another role," Paladin Sapphire mumbled under her breath.

Rocky replied, "What did you s..."

"My gut feeling says we're getting close to supplies that CCA Honey Cake wants," said Purple interrupting Rocky Road.

They entered a ran down by the road convenience store and entered the background and found five five-gallon water jugs, some expired food from several hundred years since the Balefire Bombs hit, some supplies and ammo.

They stocked up on ammo, supplies even the water jugs. But they decided to rest up for a bit even though they could hear the rain hit the building and so outside. But they all got up and followed Purple and retracted through the field and back to the elevator.

On the elevator.

"Anypony got a plan?" asked Purple, "Any way to single Honey Cake?"

None of them had any ideas besides Rocky but none of them were going to go with it. Her idea was to use Paladin Sapphire to fart and use a match or some kind of fire even though none of them are going to go with it.

The storm would pick up and it would make them not hear each other and not see each other. Even though Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and Critical are using magic to hold their firearms.

Even though the rain was hard, the storm would let up for a bit giving them a chance to see and hear. But they all stayed next to each other. The water was hard enough for them to walk through, slowing them down.

Purple and Paladin Sapphire were together and they kept to the high ground, they're walking wasn't hampered by the water while the others were on the ground walking through the two-foot-deep water.

"Hey Purple?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "What's your brother's name?"

Purple replied, "We call him Base. But his full name is Arsen Base Nimrod Walnut Icy Flyer. But he shortened it to Base Icy Flyer. My actual full name isn't Purple Eastle Artist. It's not Purple Painting Eastle Artist. My full name is Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist. But my parents then shortened it to Purple Painting Eastle Artist but my grandma and I shortened it to Purple Eastle Artist. But I don't care if you use my actual long name, shoten name or my current one. I don't care if you or anypony uses any of them. I prefer to be called Purple for short. But that's just me. Heck, Honey Cake her full name is Ebone Honey Butte Cake. And you can see why she prefers Honey Cake."

They went on their way and back through the same way even though now all of them had to walk through the rain. Purple may have wings and he could've flown away but he stayed with them even walked through the rain and deep water with them.

It felt like there were hardly any Ferals if there were none. All of their hooves were cold and wet so they entered the house they entered on the way to the place to get the supplies. The house still had supplies they left behind.

We need to find a way to single Honey Cake to pick us up, Purple thought, But we don't have nothing to single her. But we'll find a way.

"Hey look," said Starry, "A so-called flare gun."

Rocky Road replied, "No don't! Don't fire it!"

Starry put the flare gun into her mouth and it went off and landed in the ammo pile setting off all the bullets and all of them went on the other side of the wall for cover.

"Sorry," said Starry.

They heard a thudding against the concrete wall and saw it was Purple banging his head on the wall and they lost the only way to single Colonel Honey Cake.

"Come on Guardians," said Purple. "Let's go. We'll find a way to signal Honey Cake."

They went on their way back through the strong winds that would pick up from time to time and rain that would sometimes get so hard they would have to stop and close their eyes and keep walking when the rain slows up a bit and the wind doesn't blow so hard.

But they soon found their way back to the little dock like where Honey Cake dropped them off.

"Stay here," said Purple, "I'll be back."

Purple flew off in the direction he saw Honey Cake going when they disembarked.

***

On the boat.

Colonel Honey Cake was playing solitaire with her right wing and was rubbing her belly with her left wing. The storm scared her a lot especially when the storm would pick up and lighting and thunder which scared her a lot.

What scared her the most was the door opened and she almost killed Purple but didn't.

"Alright Honey Cake," said Purple, "Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry ready for pick up."

Honey Cake replied, "I can't see anything. Purple, can you act as a light and a navigator?"

Purple went out on the front end of the ship and lit up his horn bright enough for Honey Cake to see and he would lean his head which way to turn.

When they got there all of them were soaking wet. They all got on and sailed away.

"Hey Honey Cake," said Purple, "I know your full name,"

Honey Cake placed Purple's head onto the railing of the ship and held a knife to his neck.

Honey Cake replied angrily, "If you tell anypony! And I mean ANYPONY! You won't meet our filly or colt!"

Purple replied, "Calm down. It'll just be between us. Don't worry, my lips are sealed. I won't tell anypony Honey Cake."

Colonel Honey Cake placed her combat knife back into her knife sleathe and got off of Purple and went back inside to look at a map to see where they're going.

The boat hit a rock and they all abandoned ship.

"Find me a radio and I can call for help," said Honey Cake. "Wonder where the Tartarus are we?"

Rocky said, "Don't know. But it stinks. Unless it was Sapphire."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "It wasn't me."

Purple said, "Let's get the hell out of here. My gut says something bad is going to happen."

Rocky replied, "Like Paladin Sapphire making us suffocate to death when she farts?"

Starry replied, "Leave her alone. She can't help it."

Rocky replied, "Yeah you're right."

Critical replied, "Trees. Somewhat opened a swamp. Not good for me for the offense. But enemy snipers are great for defense."

They went on their way but stayed on dry land and didn't get in the water thinking mutated alligators or mutated crocodiles were in them. Not adding they also think Ferals or somepony or groups of ponies might live in them.

They all hated the fog through which cut their vision but they had Purple with his special ability and S.A.T.S..

Chapter 69: The Swamp

Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, Starry, and Honey Cake were in a swamp.

Rocky Road quickly pointed out that it stinks badly and like normal blamed Paladin Sapphire for it.

"Rocky. Knock it off," said Purple. "It's Hydrogen Sulfide. It comes from sulfur springs, swamps, and salt marshes. Not from ponies."

Everyone else replied, "What? What's that?"

Purple replied, "Hydrogen Sulfide. It's a hydride gas and is poisonous, corrosive, and flammable but has a foul odor of rotten eggs. It's not from Paladin Sapphire."

They heard some feral noises from ferals that were white with black stripes or black with white stripes. They weren't Pony feral ghouls but Zebra feral ghouls still in their military uniforms not in their stealth cloaks.

"What are we going to do, Lavender?" asked Paladin Sapphire.

Critical replied, "Who's Lavender?"

Purple replied, "That's my first name. My real name is Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist Astrology. I don't care if you call me Lavender Astrology, Purple Artist, or Serenity. But I shortened it to what I liked. I prefer Purple though but I don't care. Just don't call me Base 2.0 if you like your heart beating."

They shot the ferals which weren't a lot of them. Then they went on their way and found a two-story building with a thatching roof.

"Creepy," said Purple. "But better than walking in a swamp."

Honey Cake replied, "Come on Laffy Taffy. Better than standing out here."

Purple replied, "Oh you're just asking for it, Honey Cake."

***

Inside of the building.

They searched the building for a radio but didn't find one.

"Hey look a body," said Critical.

Purple came over and looked up.

"Looks like an old Equestrian Special Ops soldier," said Purple. "Probably a mare or a stallion if not a trans or non-binary."

Critical replied, "Purple? Why did you shorten your name?"

Purple replied, "Say 'Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist' then say 'Lavender' or 'Purple' and see which one is shorter. Honestly, I don't care. But don't call me by my long name and do not call me after my brother's name."

Honey Cake and Lavender/Purple walked off to a hut called 'Comm hut' and stayed on the dock to it thinking there were alligators or something in it.

"Hey Purple?" said Honey Cake, "Out of curiosity. Why did you shorten your name?"

Purple replied, "Because I felt like it. Also, there was a soldier during the war, a purple unicorn named Purple Masonary, and another soldier, a pegasus named Hazel Artist. My parents named me after both. And I shortened my name to those two. They struck with speed and courage and hit the Zebra's where it hurt. But I don't care if you call me Lavender or Purple. Just don't call me 'Laffy Taffy' again."

Purple opened the communication hut doors for Honey Cake and she sat on a chair and needed time to hotwire a radio. More Zebra Feral Ghouls came and Purple shot them in the head.

"Anytime Honey Cake," said Purple. "I'm not planning on being Feral food."

Honey Cake tried to call Combat Command Attack, she kept at it and finally got through. But Honey Cake didn't know their exact location beside a swamp.

They couldn't exactly find out what swamp or anything like that and with a limited amount of soldiers and Vertibucks. They would have to search the swamps across the Undiscovered/Unknown West and they don't know how long.

More ferals came and kept coming until Purple felt like he was about to get overrun until he closed the door and barricaded it but he aimed for the head.

"GO AWAY!" yelled Purple, "FUCK OFF ALREADY!"

It felt like more and more kept coming and over in the main building Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry had the same but they were more or less back to back and shot the ferals. But if they felt like they were going to be overrun all of them would gallop away.

***

In Stable 190.

Technician Fourth Grade Rainy Night was on a radio thing and heard Colonel Honey Cake's call for help.

"Alright let's get to it," said Rainy Night. She placed both of her wings in front of her, placed them on each other, and cracked them.

Rainy Night rolled the chair over to another machine and did her best to radio triangulate where the signal was coming from. The machine gave her a huge area of A and being 1400 miles away, B to C is 500 miles away, and C to A is 1500 miles away.

It'll take hours! Rainy Night thought, That's a huge area! I'll try to triangulate it down to a smaller area.

She went back to work on the machine.

"Uh. Excuse me, Rainy Night," said a mare's voice. "Don't you think you need some rest? You haven't slept in ninety-six hours. You haven't eaten in two days and haven't drank anything in fourteen hours."

Rainy Night replied, "I'm fine Mrs. Harp. You know what, I'll take some water."

Harp replied, "Alright. I'll go get you some water or Sparkle Cola. Sure you don't want something to eat?"

Rainy Night replied, "I'm fine."

Rainy Night's stomach grumbled and protested what she said to Harp.

"And your stomach disagrees," said Harp. "I'll fetch you something from the cafeteria."

Harp went on her way.

"I wonder who names their child 'Purple' after a color," said Rainy Night. "But hey no pony is perfect."

Albatross replied, "Harp and my son. His name isn't Purple Artist. It's actually Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist. But we named him after two Equestrian soldiers during the Equestrian-Zebra war. One named Purple Masonary and another named Hazel Artist. He chose to be called 'Purple Artist.' Purple from Sergeant Major Purple 'Purp' Masonary and Staff Sergeant Hazel 'Haze' Artist. They struck fear into the Zebra's. Not adding SgtMjr Masonary was gay and Sgt Artist was bi-sexual. And SgtMjr Masonary donated his sperm and his husband knocked up an eighteen-year-old mare. Who was she? She was Overmare Sapphire Heart Love's eldest daughter. And SgtMjr Purple had a son who's Harp's and my son five-times grandpa."

Rainy Night replied, "Interesting. What's Base's real name?"

Albatross replied, "It's Arsen Base Nimrod Walnut Icey Flyer. Nimrod is a good middle name for him. I must've beaten him about eight dozen times when he mistreated or hit or abused a mare. I couldn't beat it into him to stop mistreating mares and to treat them as equals not as inferiors. Arsen does more harm than good. And well since your a mare. He'll do his damndest to jump in bed with you and just use you for his own gains and throw you aside when he's done using you and pretend you never exist. Me and Harp pretend he doesn't exist and say he isn't our son. He is a Nimrod. Want some help?"

Rainy Night replied, "He's a nuisance in the wasteland. A gigantic pain in the ass. His army only has stallions and has mares for 'special purposes.' What I mean by 'special purposes' is that he has them as midwives whatever that is, Healers, and Breeders. He probably 'sleeps' with twenty mares a day. Also sure."

Albatross sat down next to her and placed on a set of headphones and listened to the chatter. He lit up his unicorn horn and soon a number two pencil had an azure blue magical aurora and started to write anything that sounded important.

***

Back at the swamp.

Critical opened a box and found a captured Equestrian ,45 Auto Submachine gun with a thirty-round magazine and shot at the heads.

"TRICK OR TREAT MOTHERFUCKERS!" yelled Critical, "BOOM! FUCKING HEADSHOT!"

He's nuts! Rocky thought, I think he likes this way too much!

"He's taking this a little too far," Paladin Sapphire whispered. "I think Critical enjoys this."

They heard maniacal laughter and Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry looked at Critical who was laughing maniacally while shooting the .45 Auto Submachine gun and popping the Feral ghouls in the head.

***

Back at Stable 190.

Rainy Night saw the radio triangulation was smaller from A to B was now two hundred miles, B to C was now 100 miles and C to A was now two hundred and fifty miles.

"Sometimes I wonder what goes through my twin sister's head," said Rainy Night. "I wonder where she is. And what she's doing."

Albatross replied, "I'm sure she's fine. I bet she's safe and sound."

Rainy Night replied, "Yeah. But me and my sister never really got along. But I worry about her and with the Grand Pegasus Enclave more or less disbanded. And I don't know where Hailing Rain is. But I hope she's safe."

Albatross replied, "I'm sure she's fine. Probably out running somewhere. Not running from danger but with a squad of soldiers or something or found a place she calls home."

Rainy Night replied, "I hope she's with a GPE squad or in the remnants of the GPE. Hope the raiders don't get her. I hope she isn't an Alicorn. Albatross? Why do you want to be called that?"

Albatross replied, "My real name is. Condor Albatross Soaring. But I've always been the type to be called Albatross even though it's my middle name. Also, what's wrong with Alicorns?"

***

In the communication hut.

"HONEY CAKE!" yelled Purple, "I NEED YOUR HELP OR WE'RE GOING TO BE FERAL FOOD! GET OFF YOUR ASS AND HELP ME!"

Honey Cake replied, "Don't have to be rude to me."

Purple replied, "And our first conversation you yelled at Rocky, Crimson, Harmony, Sunrise, that unicorn I'm not going to mention, and me. But you don't hear me bitching about it!"

Honey Cake got off of her butt and used her illegally modified Novasurge rifle and fired it, helping Purple's fruitlessly bayoneting the Feral ghouls. He's out of ammo is why he is stabbing them with the bayonet.

"Come on Lavender," said Honey Cake, "You got this."

Purple replied, "I'm out. I don't have any fucking ammo! I need your help or we're going to be feral food!"

The ferals finally broke through and Purple lit up his horn, created a shield, and shoved the ferals back into the swamp.

"COME ON HONEY CAKE!" ordered Purple, "OR STAY BEHIND AND LET THE FERALS EAT YOU!"

The two galloped back to the main building.

***

Purple stayed on the main bottom level and found a captured Equestrian air-cooled.30-06 light machine gun which only had 125 rounds in it. Purple ran upstairs and joined them.

More and more ferals came and Rocky saw Purple and Paladin Sapphire back to back.

"Those two need to get a room," said Rocky.

Paladin Sapphire replied, "What did you say?"

Rocky replied, "YOU AND PURPLE NEED A ROOM!"

They kept mowing the ferals down.

Soon it got foggier and the fog got a little bit denser. But soon there were some sounds and the ground shook for a bit.

"What the fuck was that?" asked Starry.

Rocky replied, "Probably Paladin Sapphire's fat ass breaking something."

Critical replied, "Something worse."

Soon some dogs look charred or burnt with glowing red eyes.

"TARTARUS HOUNDS!" Critical screamed at the top of his lungs, "SHOOT THE FUCKERS!"

They shot at them but they were tough and took a good ten to twenty rounds from Purple's machine gun or seven to fourteen rounds from Critical's submachine gun. But it took three to four shots from Paladin Sapphire and Colonel Honey Cake's Novasurge rifles.

They killed them and they even got hurt by the Tartarus hounds.

Due to Purple being the only medical one he patched them up starting with Paladin Sapphire first due to she being the closest and Critical being the last due to he wanted to go last.

Soon some soldiers from Combat Command Attack Honey Cake arrived.

"We've found Colonel Cake," said a Major. "Getting them ready for exfil, Alright you two fuck faces you got the clock on you."

There were two Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers who got harnesses ready for them. But took them outside and they released a balloon.

"This should be fun," said Purple, "If not scary."

Due to all of the harnesses being attached with a rope soon heard the sound of a Vertibuck flying.

"So how does this wor..." said Purple before being cut off, "Oh shit!"

They were all snatched off the ground with Purple being in first, Critical being second, Starry being third, Paladin Sapphire being fourth, and Rocky Road being last. Not adding Rocky Road got hit by several branches on the dead trees.

I guess that's Karma for her being rude to me, Paladin Sapphire thought, You know what. I really don't care. I know the wasteland won't sugarcoat things but that's Karma. What comes around goes around.

All of them looked up and saw Purple spread his front two legs and wings out feeling the breeze.

"Bon Voyage!" yelled the GPE Major.

"See you later!" yelled Colonel Honey Cake.

***

In Stable 190.

"So?" said Albatross, "Alicorns are created by somepony named 'The Goddess' and wanted to create the ultimate race of ponies? And the Goddess had ponies captured who didn't cry or complain a lot? And had some kind of truce or something like that with an Earth pony named 'Red Eye' but she was killed by a mare with a Balefire bomb?"

Rainy Night replied, "Yup pretty much. The Goddess was a mare named Trixie Lulamoon. The Unity simply wants all ponies to join them as Alicorn drones are perfectly adapted to the wasteland and therefore immune to practically all wasteland hazards. The choice to join has to be voluntary but those who have unwilling minds. Well, it's only dire circumstances. But the problem was or is that the Artificial Drones Alicorns are all females and all of our scouts haven't seen a male one or any artificial male alicorns. Only your son Lavender is the only male one. Ponies have seen. But that doesn't stop others from shooting at him for being an alicorn. Ponies out there in the wasteland it's usually a shoot first and loot later."

Albatross replied, "Interesting, Thanks for telling me what's happening or happened in the wasteland. Thank you Ms. Night. Thank you for the information."

Rainy Night replied, "Thank you for asking me about the Wasteland Mr. Albatross. It's actually nice talking to someone who isn't a complete dick. Your kind and most stallions I've talked to are complete dicks. Like your son Arsen who is a complete cocksucker."

Albatross replied, "Yup. Like I said I beat him like ninety-six times to not be that way. But Harpy and I tried. But we couldn't get it through his head. But we tried. And he was a huge nuisance and a major pain in the ass. I feel sorry for those mares in the wasteland and I feel sorry for those wastelanders in the wasteland. Wouldn't surprise me if he already spread his genetics to keep his side of the family alive."

Rainy Night replied, "Lavender did the same. But instead of what he wants he did it to help others."

Harp replied, "That's my Lavender I mean Purple. He always does good even if he doesn't get anything in return."

Chapter 70: A new foe

On the ground after a somewhat fun ride thanks to the Grand Pegasus Enclave remnants. The group found themselves back on Equestrian Highway 105 and they walked east. They also knew because of Purple's Pipbuck that Highway 105 and 104 meet.

They came across a one-story concrete building and Purple's Pipbuck said that it's an Equestrian Highway patrol building whose job was to patrol the roads, highways, and police the civilians as they moved out west and the soldiers who went out west to fight the Zebras.

They heard Raiders talking about things.

"I was taught how to clear a room," said Purple. "Bang and clear. Who has a frag grenade?"

Rocky Road gave Purple a fragmentation grenade she had.

"Thank you, Rocky," said Purple. "Everypony go leaning against the walls."

They all went against the wall. Lavender slightly opened one of the double doors and threw the grenades in and closed the door. There was a loud bang and they stormed it. The Raiders weren't prepared and in the main office area of the old police station.

With the Raiders in the main area dead, a Raider came out of the hallway and hit Purple with a pool cue only for Purple to force his .45 Auto Pistol into the Raider's mouth and shoot him.

Purple carefully moved down the hallway and noticed two side doors opened and he used that to his advantage. He quickly took out another Raider with a headshot and he took out the other Raider with his combat knife by gutting him like a fish and slicing his neck.

Not worth a challenge, Purple thought, But hey. Fuck it.

Purple entered the other room which was the holding cell and saw some ponies in it and two Raiders whom he quickly killed.

Rocky Road came and said, "Lavender. There was a radio and we got some Slavers coming here."

Purple replied, "Mares and Gentlecolts. If you can fight then raise your hoof. If not, stay here! If you are injured, speak out."

A majority of the ponies and a few Zebra's and some Crystal Ponies raised their hooves meaning they were ready to fight. Some spoke out that they were injured or that their colts or fillies were injured. Purple tended to the injured and Paladin Sapphire broke open the old armory. It was full of Commando Assault Rifles which have thirty round magazines or some have forty-five round magazines. But they had andom attachments such as sights, suppressors, grenade launchers, or under barrel shotguns.

Purple gave his medicine to the injured and told them to stay in the back while they helped them upfront but he grabbed a Commando assault rifle with dual magazines and red dot sight.

He joined them upfront. Not adding when he sat down some Slavers came in and dropped the Slavers.

***

In the armory.

Paladin Sapphire tried to open a locked gate by force and she decided to search the building while the firefight was happening for a key and even searched the bodies. But none of the keys opened it.

There was an arc welder and she put on the welder mask and used the arc welder and cut the door.

Paladin Sapphire got access to the old military high capacity high powered shotguns which were mostly the M.S.P.C.S or Military Special Purpose Combat Shotgun and armed them with it. She gave Purple a special one which had Dragon's Breath's rounds in them.

The Slavers kept coming with Raiders and it felt like an endless wave of them and they kept coming with two Raiders dead and ten more would take their place. But the gunfire kept coming and both sides kept the gunfire from coming.

When Purple would reload he used his wing to flip it upside down to place the dual magazine in or drop both empty ones, place in another one, and hit a button on the side.

But Paladin Sapphire and Lavender Astrology worked in a tag-team where when Lavender was reloading Paladin Sapphire would take over shooting at the Slavers and Raiders and vice versa. But they worked well and in unison.

Once the smoke cleared and they looked. All of the Raiders and Slavers were deceased and were looted for supplies.

***

Outside of the old police station.

"Go north!" Purple said, "Road is clear for several miles!"

Rainy Night said, "Lavender. CCA Honey Cake. Squad's Airy, Ethereal, and Loft just cleared Route 74 to Highway 104. I'll give you more updates or something. Technician Fourth Grade Rainy Night out."

Purple went back into the building and found a pair of aviator sunglasses with black lenses.

Paladin Sapphire did the same but with Patrolpony's sunglasses.

"Now we got some cool shades," said Paladin Sapphire.

"Let's go Guardians," said Purple. "Our work isn't done yet."

They followed Purple going south on the highway and they noticed some ponies wearing a crimson red and old sports gear. They charged them with spears and machetes. But they quickly put them down.

"Woo," said Critical, "That was fun."

Purple replied, "Don't know who they are."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "They're called 'The Legion.' Another version of your brother and his faction but they use mares as slaves as well and they don't want to lose and whoever loses who is a leader. They're beaten to death and thrown to the wolves literally. They're trained in 'winning is everything. Losing is death. Victory is everything, defeat results in death. Honor and Victory only.' They're fucking loons. They even tourment young colts into mindless killing machines when they turn sixteen."

Purple was the only one disgusted by what Paladin Sapphire said about how they treated colts and fillies. All of them but Paladin Sapphire forgot that Purple was born and raised in a Stable where colts and fillies weren't treated how Paladin Sapphire told them how 'The Legion' treated them.

They kept going south and Paladin Sapphire rode on Purple's back not adding she rested her head on the back and top of Purple's head.

"Lavender what's your nickname?" asked Paladin Sapphire.

Lavender replied, "It's 'Purple Hazel Artist.' From two old Equestrian special forces soldiers who turn out to be husband and husband. And they're my five-times great grandfathers. Purple from Purple Masonry and Artist from Hazel Artist. And that's the last time I'm going to talk about it."

Rocky replied, "Lavender or Purple. Why don't you and Sapphire or whatever her name is live together? If you two are together."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Because I don't want to. I grew up in a household with a lot of sisters, a mother who's a piece of work and a father who always raped me. I sometimes think that Purple is going to rape me."

Purple replied, "I won't. I'm a gentle stallion. But your decision is your decision and I respect that."

They kept walking and going until they saw some smoke rising in the distance.

"Come on Critical," said Purple. "Everypony else. stay here."

Purple and Critical ran off to investigate the smoke and they saw a huge encampment with smoke and tons of stallions in crimson red old sports equipment, mostly football equipment. They were either training or chasing young colts around and whipping them with whips to get them into shape.

Sick fuckers, Purple thought, These fuckers are on my personal enemy list. There up top on I'm switching the focus away from my brother and dealing with these fuckers!

They did some reconnaissance and it was sick to Purple's stomach. He wanted to go in there and shoot every pony in there and give the colts, fillies, and mares a better future.

"Psst," whispered Critical, "Where did your brother get his name?"

Purple replied, "There were three baseball players back then. One named 'Base Runner,' another one named 'Icy Frost Wind,' and a third named 'Flyer Las Hoofer.' So he combined them into his name. He thinks it's better than Arsen Nimrod Walnut Icey Flier. He changed it to those three. He's a fucking Nimrod. Let's go back to the others."

They went back to the others but they noticed it was getting dark. They didn't go back to the town of Crimson. But they had a nice night under the starry night.

All of them stared up at the stars but all fell asleep. Purple who stayed up staring up at the stars which were peaceful and lovely. And he kept his wing around Paladin Sapphire to keep her warm and feel safe.

Chapter 71: The Zebra Legion

While sleeping. Purple had a nightmare of his brother Arsen winning and forcing the wastelanders to do what he wanted and force himself onto mares to carry on his 'legacy.' Purple does believe in ponies being together but Arsen is excluded from that list because the wasteland is nightmarish and doesn't need creatures like him.

Purple woke up and gave Paladin Sapphire a small kiss on the mouth.

"Good night Ms. Heart," said Purple. "Talk to you in the morning."

***

In the morning eight hours had passed and all of them got up.

Purple yawned and checked his Pipbuck 3000.

"Let's go west," said Purple, "Alright Paladin Sapphire you lead."

They followed Paladin Sapphire with Rocky Road being last in line. It only took a couple of hours and they saw buildings horizons and a huge bridge which was covered with old tank traps and some barbed wires on the bridge.

"Hold up," said Purple. "I smell an ambush coming up. Rocky, Critical. Stay here and if anything happens give us covering fire. Paladin, Starry. With me. If we have to fall back Paladin Sapphire you go first and give me and Starry covering fire and Starry goes after you reach a safe location and I do the same after she goes. Let's get to it."

"Something isn't right," said Critical. "It's too quiet even for our standards."

When they crossed the bridge there was a hiss of a bullet and Purple, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry ran for cover.

"Where did that shot come from?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "Where?"

Purple replied, "We got to get off of this road."

He jumped through a window of a building while Starry and Paladin Sapphire vaulted over it.

Purple looked at his Pipbuck 3000 and noticed the screen had a lot of lines in it and they were wavy which he couldn't rely on due to he didn't know what was going on with it.

"Piece of shit oversized plastic!" exclaimed Starry, "Thought everything back then was made to last, not breakdown while we need it!"

Purple replied, "Back in the Stable I read a book that both sides during the war created machines to create something called 'dead zones' or sometimes called 'Quiet Zones.' It more or less kills or stops radio or some kind of transmission or something like that from getting out or coming in."

Both Paladin Sapphire and Starry had no idea what he said because they didn't have the same luxury of growing up in a stable like Purple. He had an extensive amount of knowledge to learn from and try not to repeat the same mistakes of the past only for Arsen and Purple to have a war with nopony to break it up.

While Purple was trying to fix his Pipbuck, Paladin Sapphire looked at Purple's flank and noticed his cutie mark and it has something else and in order, it's an M3 fighting knife going straight down, a number two pencil, and a .30-06 rifle.

They followed Purple who went to the second story and hid without making a shadow.

"EQUESTRIAN SOLDIERS!" said someone over a PA or loudspeaker system, "COME OUT WITH YOUR HOOVES UP! OR WE WILL FORCE YOU OUT AND EXECUTE YOU!"

"Equestrian soldiers?" Purple said, "High chance of Zebra ghouls from the war days."

They kept on crawling and had to time it right and jumped across into another house.

"COME OUT AND PLAY!" said a Zebra ghoul, "WE WON'T HURT YOU!"

They hid underneath a few tables lined up behind each other and it felt like their faces were right on each other's butts. They even held their breaths as three Zebra ghouls came in and walked by them not knowing that they were underneath them.

Purple got out and drew his combat knife and held it with his wing and used his cybernetic wing and placed it over the Zebra's mouths and sliced them from ear to ear.

"Zebra Carbines," said Purple. "Let's start some fires!"

Starry and Paladin Sapphire picked up some Zebra Assault Carbines and went on their way playing hide and seek with the Zebra ghouls.

"EQUESTRIAN SOLDIERS!" said a Zebra ghoul, "MY PATIENCE IS RUNNING OUT! EITHER SURRENDER NOW OR THE CIVILIANS HERE DIE!"

"Damn we're running out of time now," said Paladin Sapphire. "We need to save these ponies or they'll die!"

Purple didn't know what to do until he hatched an idea in his mind.

"Let's free the population of this place," said Purple. "And turn them against the Zebra's. After all, strength in numbers."

They came across a locked room and Purple had to lockpick it and they had to break the necks of the Zebra ghoul soldiers.

Purple was able to get the door opened and saw seven ponies, four stallions and three mares.

"Hello, I'm Purple," said Purple. "We're here to free you. Does anypony have any injuries? Are any of you hurt?"

None of them were hurt but they were scared and Purple gave them the Zebra assault carbines they took.

"Are there any more captured ponies?" asked Starry, "If so we need to know to free them."

A mare replied, "Yes there are. There's seven being held in the old fire station, twelve being held in the old police station. and ten being held in the old clinic. But our main three guards are being held at three separate farmhouses a small ways out of town."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "We'll go get them."

The three left with the group still in the closet and they had to stay indoors and if they went outdoors they would've been lit up by the Zebra ghouls and killed within seconds if not minutes. But they heard a loud mechanical sound and all of them peeked out of the same window and saw a moving metallic vehicle.

"Shit," said Purple. "That's an A-43 Heavy tank! The three machine guns can tear up anypony and its 88mm cannon has enough punch to scare away the Steel Rangers. With a cannon like that nobuilding is safe in town. If we could get in contact with Honey Cake and request the Typhoon with its energy cannons on the side and top it would destroy it. Or the tank would destroy it. Either way we're stuck with it for the time being. Just don't go outside."

***

In the old police station it wasn't guarded on the first floor and had easy access to the basement where the cells were at and Purple used the old cell keys and opened the cell doors.

"Hello, I'm Purple," said Purple. "We're here to free you, are any of you injured? If not, we need you to launch an attack on the Zebra's soon."

Starry went to go find the armory and she opened the door and it was stocked with shotguns and assault rifles. They were armed and waited for the single to come as the trio went to release the others and armed them up.

Unknown to the Zebra's that the captured town citizens were relocated on their own accord to stay hidden.

***

At a farmhouse.

Purple, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry stormed it and it was excellent for Purple's IF-37 Police Shotgun; it was close range. But they noticed it was empty so they decided to search the small barn which they did and noticed it was stocked with barrels full of wine. They entered the basement and found a couple of the town's guard's tied up and they freed them.

Purple healed them and they got their weapons, went back to town via a shortcut and hid. Before they could run off they told Purple, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry shortcuts and hidden paths to the other two farm houses to free the other captured town guards.

They did that and freed the other seven town guards who got their weapons and got healed because of Purple and they went back to town.

***

Back in town.

They took positions up on the tallest rooms on the brick buildings but they noticed a sniper in the tower of the cathedral of Princess Luna. The Zebra's destroyed everything referring to Princess Luna.

"Need to take that sniper out," said Purple. "Or we'll all die real quick."

When the heavy tank passed under them that's when the citizens of the town dropped Molotov cocktails catching it on fire and blowing it up. Purple switched to his 7.62mm Battle rifle and killed the sniper in three headshots.

Most of the ruined buildings were excellent against the Zebra's because their enchanted Zebra Assault Carbines bullets couldn't hurt them. Unless they were actually shot and killed.

The Zebra's weren't inexperienced and were to prevent getting killed and used old military war tactics against them. Not knowing they're dealing with old Zebra commandos.

The town's residents, town guards, and the gang had better cover and better weapons and the Zebra commandos were quickly put down. That's because there wasn't a lot of cover in the streets below.

***

Down on the streets.

"I've seen that uniform before," said Purple.

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Where? A dream?"

Purple replied, "Nope. Back in the Stable. The Zebra's had a few special forces units. What we fought was called Saddle Saddlebred or SS for short. They Were more skilled than the average Zebra Infantry soldier and carried different weapons. The average Zebra back during the war carried a Zebra Assault Carbine, 7.92mm rifles, 9x19mm Submachine Guns, and the 7.92 Storm Rifle. They were deadly and I mean deadly just one platoon of them can wipe out two companies of Equestrian soldiers.

"They didn't favor stealth-like normal Zebra soldiers but engaged head-on and eighty-nine out of eleven they would win. What I mean is that 89% of the time they would win and eleven percent they would lose. Not even my ancestors, my six-time great grandfather Private Shocking Taser who was a rifle pony, five-time great-grandfather through sperm donation by Sergeant Major Purple Masonry and Staff Sergeant Hazel Artist and they were commandos."

They were interested in Purple's story about his knowledge of the pre-war days due to the reading and education he got from the Stable. But he didn't want to tell them at the moment

Chapter 72: New Base

While out walking after saving a town full of old wartime Zebra commandos who were turned into ghouls via the Balefire Radiation. Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry were out walking again. It was just another day in the nightmare of the Equestrian Wasteland.

They saw a building on the horizon and they saw that it was an old pre-war farm with ruined crops and dead animals. They entered the barn and decided to get some rest.

They didn't do much, only for Critical to look out the barn window to keep an eye out for Raiders, Slavers, Alicorns, Hellhounds, Grand Pony Enclave and so on.

Paladin Sapphire, and Starry took a nap, and Rocky couldn't comprehate that her brother stabbed them in the back and mostly she's broken hearted about it that Midnight Twister would betray them. He promised her that he would take good care of her no matter what and won't be separated from her.

Purple was busy raiding the farm for supplies; he left anything that he felt had any kind of sentimental values to the pre-war owners. That's because he had morals which are more or less extinct in the wasteland.

***

Half an hour later they all got their stuff and headed southwest and saw more of the same dry wasteland soil and a lot of destroyed trees and they kept going. They also saw some destroyed buildings or buildings waiting to collapse one day.

They kept walking until they saw a tall wall with a five foot concrete wall in a rectangle formation with a twenty foot razor wire fence on top of the concrete fence and an old tattered Equestrian flag flapping in the wind.

The base didn't have much, they saw some metallic circle's on the ground with numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4, they all stepped on number four. Paladin Sapphire out of curiosity pressed a button and number four started to go down.

They saw darkness so Purple turned on his Pipbuck 3000's flashlight and soon it stopped and they got off.

"Let's find the utility or engineering room," said Purple. "And let's start the power back up!"

They would all like to see and they came to a directory telling them where each room is and not surprised that the utility/engineering room was and it was kinda hard to see where they were going even with Purple's Pipbuck was bright enough to see far ahead.

"I wanna say we're walking into a death trap," said Critical. "Who knows. But a location like this? I would've set up a permanent operation out of here. Nice and located underground. Nopony would think to look for me here."

They soon went downstairs and followed Purple into the utility/engineering room and it took some time and Purple got it up and running the main power was back online.

They decided to explore the underground base and thought it was a secret remote by the Ministry of Morale to do surveillance on the wartime Equestrian population or just a secret off the books Equestrian military black ops base. But they saw some skeletons in white t-shirts, dark olive green overshirts, and combat helmets.

In the main room, they saw a map of Equestria and the Crystal Empire. It said, "CANTERLOT: OFFLINE, FILLYDELPHIA: OFFLINE, MANEHATTAN: OFFLINE, VANHOOFER: OFFLINE, LAS PEGASUS: OFFLINE, APPLEWOOD: OFFLINE, LOS UNICORNIA: OFFLINE, CRYSTAL EMPIRE: OFFLINE, CLOUDSDALE: OFFLINE, MARETROPOLIS: OFFLINE, BALTIMARE: OFFLINE, SEAWARD SHOALS: OFFLINE, TROTTINGHAM: OFFLINE, SALT LICK CITY: OFFLINE, SEADDLE: OFFLINE, CHICOLTGO: OFFLINE, HORSOLULU: OFFLINE, FOALEDU: OFFLINE, HOOFINGTON: OFFLINE, MUSTANGIA: OFFLINE, WHINNYAPOLIS: OFFLINE, SAN FRANCISCOLT: OFFLINE."

"That's a lot of 'Offline's.' Something bad happened," said Critical.

Rocky replied, "No shit Sherlock Homes."

Purple replied, "The Balefire bombs what happened. The Balefire bombs are the reason for that."

They walked around to explore the new underground base. They did it to explore it and to see the base more until Rainy Night came over Purple's Pipbuck telling him that Honey Cake and they are under attack with no way to escape as their Vertibucks are being blown out of the sky while taking off.

Purple lit up his horn and teleported to Grand Pegasus Enclave Combat Command Attack- Honey Cake base Aurora and saw Steel Rangers attacking it with force.

***

At GPE Base Aurora.

Purple flapped his wings and saw a Vertibuck take off from a hangar only to blow up killing the crew and injured soldiers. He also saw a Senior Paladin ordering the four Paladins, three Crusaders, and twenty-one Knights. Not adding there were five more Paladins, four Crusaders, and twenty-eight Knights attacking the left and the same amount attacking the right for a total of one Senior Paladin, fourteen Paladins, Eleven Crusaders, and seventy-seven Knights.

Target the officers first to demoralize them, Purple thought, That's what we were taught in the Stable from books written by the military and that is to target officers and their morale will drop quickly. That's what our sharpshooters did back during the war and shot the Zebra officers. But all their armor is the same and I don't know who's who. Come on S.A.T.S do your trick.

Purple used his S.A.T.S. and found the Senior Paladin and he picked him up, took off his helmet, and shot him only to drop him from several hundred feet.

A mare voice said, "All hooves! Abandon the base. The Aurora base is lost."

Purple headed to the command building he saw several deceased GPE soldiers and dead GEP operators and almost got his head blown off by Colonel Honey Cake with her Novasurge RIfle.

"Sorry Lavender!" said Colonel Honey Cake, "This isn't the best time for this!"

Purple told Colonel Honey Cake about a secret base he and the gang found. He'll buy them some time to head there.

Purple galloped out and the Steel Rangers opened fire on him only for their bullets and energy rounds to reflect off of Purple's magical barrier which he used to defend himself. The remainder of GPE CCA Honey Cake headed to the secret location even the old Equestrian pilots who finally got there old fighters, dive bombers, tactical bombers and torpedo bombers in working condition and went there.

***

At the secret base.

"Come on Private," said Colonel Honey Cake. "Lavender! Got a badly injured one! The right eye was blown out!"

The GPE Private replied, "I don't want to die. I want to see my little fillies."

Purple had his hooves overwhelmed literally and didn't have the medical supplies on him or in the room to keep up with the injured. All of the hospital beds were occupied and the additional injured had to wait outside or sit on the inside against the wall.

Purple did what he could. Paladin Sapphire saw Purple overworked so she went and found Honey Cake setting up in the main office overlooking the operations room.

Paladin Sapphire talked to Colonel Honey Cake and Honey Cake pressed a button.

"Honey Cake to Aerial 2-1." said Colonel Honey Cake.

A GPE Pilot said, "Reporting Colonel."

Honey Cake replied, "Got a special mission for you. Transportation."

The GPE Pilot replied, "Roger that Colonel. Transportation mission."

"Honey Cake to Aurora squad," said Honey Cake.

A GPE Soldier replied, "Reporting Colonel."

Honey Cake replied, "Aurora squad go with Aerial 2-1. Travel light. You're going to have a visitor with you."

The GPE soldier replied, "Roger that Colonel. Recon only."

Paladin Sapphire got Aerial 2-1, a metallic AV-1 Vertibuck.

"Looks like they're about to go fight a Star Spawn," said Paladin Sapphire. "Two miniguns and twenty-four 77mm rockets."

The Gunship Transportation Vertibuck started up and they piled on.

Honey Cake told the pilots and told Stable 190 and gave them the coordinates. And the Vertibuck flew to the location.

***

In the Stable in the Overpony's office.

Paladin Sapphire knocked on the door and Overmare Harp answered it.

"Oh it's you," said Overmare Harp. "What do you want?"

Paladin Sapphire explained the best she could that a lot of Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers need medical help. But Overmare Harp quickly shot Paladin Sapphire down due to the fact that they and the Grand Pegasus Enclave have bad blood.

"Fine hope you can sleep at night knowing that dozens of colts and fillies are going to grow up without a father or mother or both," said Paladin Sapphire. "Hope you can sleep at night knowing that there's going to be dozens of colts and fillies that are going to grow up parentless and fall into bad groups and become other groups of Raiders and Slavers."

Overmare Harp replied, "Alright. I'll get some Stable Doctors and give them to you. But I want them back and hope I don't regret this decision."

Paladin Sapphire thanked her for that and went to pay Rainy Night and Albatross a visit as the Stable doctors got their medkits and medical supplies ready for a lot of mass injury of all those Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers.

The two made a wonderful duo and Paladin Sapphire didn't disturb them and went back to the Vertibuck with the medical team and went back to the new CCA Honey Cake base. The Stable doctors were able to help with their two tons worth of supplies and that quickly went and they had more to go through.

***

At night.

The barracks in the underground base were full with GPE CCA Honey Cake Soldiers and officers in the bunk beds. There weren't a lot of beds for a thousand so a lot of them had to sleep on the floor or somewhere. The bed in Honey Cake's office was full with her, Purple in the middle and Paladin Sapphire on the right against the wall.

Both Grand Pony Enclave and Steel Rangers flew over the new base for the CCA Honey Cake regiment; the base has a secret defense mechanism to create a sandstorm to deter anypony from finding the base. It also prohibits night time flight operations as well.

***

In the morning.

Colonel Honey Cake got up and noticed Purple was missing and Honey Cake visited the infirmary to pay a visit to the critically injured soldiers under her command. Even the one who's missing an eye.

"Colonel?" said the GPE soldier, missing an eye, "Can you do me a favor?"

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "Yeah, name it."

The GPE soldier replied, "Can you write and send a letter to my two fillies?"

Honey Cake replied, "Yeah. I can."

Honey Cake got a pencil and a piece of paper.

"Ok say what you want me to write down," said Colonel Honey Cake.

The GPE soldier said, "Winter Breeze, Fall Gust. This is your father writing to you. I don't think I'm going to see you two any more. I was badly injured in a firefight and I'm just badly injured. None of the doctors or medics won't tell me but I have a gut feeling I won't make it home and won't see you two within sixteen months when my tour of duty is over. But I want to tell you that daddy loves you. I wish I could be there to see you two grow up and get married or something like that. Whatever you two do just run and go live with your Aunt Melody Heart she'll take care of you better than your alcoholic mother. But daddy loves you. Love Daddy."

Honey Cake wanted to shed a tear but she didn't and sent the letter to the injured GPE soldier two fillies. She went to go check on the injured GPE soldiers again only to notice the one with a missing eye had a white sheet over him.

"Lavender?" asked Honey Cake, "Why aren't you helping him? Why aren't you helping PFC Autumn Windsore?"

Purple replied, "Your Private First Class is dead. Even with the antibiotics and medicine the infection reached his brain and heart. He died from it. Even if he was the only injured soldier in here and with every medicine and medical stuff here, he still would've died. I'm sorry but we tried everything we could even if we had every medical item and medicine here he only had a 99 to 1 chance of survival. 99% of death, 1% of survival. I'm sorry Honey Cake. But we couldn't and we still have to ration our medical supplies and we're critically low and don't have a lot. I'm sorry."

Colonel Honey Cake left and went back to her office and she trashed it. Honey Cake slid down a wall and started to cry her eyes out

Chapter 73: New Companion

At CCA Honey Cake's new HQ and new building.

"You know how to run a tight ship," said Paladin Sapphire. "Got everypony working hard."

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "Well got them to do something. So we'll monitor the Steel Rangers, Grand Pony Enclave, Raiders, Slavers, and so on. Just going to hide down here for sometime and I'll just send scouting parties to the surface between 01:30 and 03:00 before sunrise. Any forces outside a part of my force have to come back between the hours of 22:00 hours and 04:00 hours. But I'm prohibiting daytime operations. That means I won't send my soldiers and Vertibucks out into the wasteland between 05:00 to 20:00 hours. But they need to do something to keep their minds occupied.

"They got brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, nieces, nephews, cousins, sons, and daughters out there who rallied with scattered Grand Pegasus Enclave forces out there. Some of them, their family or friends are out there but we're outgunned, out supplied, outnumbered, and outclassed. We cannot provide support to Purple and the Wasteland Guardians anymore. Tell him I'm sorry but I'm not going to waste my soldier's lives on anything we can't do.

"The Steel Rangers outnumber us ten to three. And the Grand Pony Enclave? They outnumber us thirty to two. Yeah, Arsen is cute-looking and cuter than Lavender... But Lavender won't stab you in the back and won't jump into bed because of your mare. Yeah, I did my homework."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "I have no idea of the numbers that you said."

Honey Cake replied, "01:30 is 1:30 AM, 03:00 is 3:00 AM, 04:00 is 4:00 AM, 22:00 is 10:00 PM, and 20:00 is 8:00 PM. It's something they teach us about time. Me and Lavender have the same military background."

There was a knock on the wall and it was Purple who was covered in a little bit when Honey Cake allowed him to come in.

"Got some good news and bad news," said Purple. "Seventy-nine dead and twelve hundred alive. But all twelve hundred are in medically induced comas so they can heal. We had to transport some of them to Stables 190 and 193. Good thing that you had some soldiers make Stable 193 into a GPE Safehouse and make it home. Heck, why are you at it? You should ban reproductive safety and let them go wild."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Why don't you recruit from the outside world? Have the pegasi in the military structure and the non-pegasi in the civilian structure? At least you'll have trainees and rookies to fill up new squads and have replacements."

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "Oh, Lavender?"

Purple replied, "Nope. Hell no. I'll help anypony but not reproductively for the next two to three months. I'm not my brother. Also, I'm pretty sure it counts as rape if I artificially inseminated a mare in a medically induced coma."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "What about the other two hundred and nine mares you had Purple get pregnant?"

Honey Cake replied, "I had them moved to Stable 192 for extra security and protection."

Purple left and went to wash up and decontaminated himself of all the blood and anything he got out in the wasteland off of him. But when he turned off the shower he shook himself like a dog to get the water off of him.

Purple put his Pipbuck 3000 back on after he completely dried off and washed his clothes to get rid of the blood. He washed up to get rid of the smell of a sweaty alicorn male due to the Wasteland heat.

***

In a conference room with a long oak table and eighteen rolling chairs.

"Okay if we attack here, here, and here," said Colonel Honey Cake, "Unless we can find a more covert way in."

A Lieutenant Colonel replied, "We should take a more direct action to assault it."

A Major replied, "Have you seen our losses? Higher than expected! We're behind schedule, and the Grand Pony Enclave is digging in every town and village and farm and forcing ponies into their forces. Not adding Red Eye's Army is broken up into raider gangs fighting over whoever should be in control, 29% to 69% of the Grand Pegasus Enclave broke away from us after they found out that we lied to them of what we and our government has been doing to the surface. How much they've been lied to. We got the Steel Rangers and got that Base and his fucking Grand Pony Enclave. We don't have many fucking soldiers and we don't have any more fucking allies! We're more or less alone!"

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "We got the Wasteland Guardians. They're doing more work of pacifying the wasteland of Raiders, Slavers and Cannibals. Their force of only one hundred and four is fighting both the Steel Rangers and Grand Pony Enclave with a combined force of eight thousand. Not adding the Raiders, Slavers, or other places like Arbu. Also not including Hellhounds, Alicorns who'll rip you apart or toss you into Taint, and other nightmares of the Wasteland. If a ragtag group of Farmers and day to day Wastelanders can accomplish that then we can. But we need reinforcements quickly and now. I'm not going to rely on Commander Lavender to donate his sperm all the time to get our mares pregnant!

"The GPE remnants that we're allied without here are stretched thin with only fifty G.I. squads, forty Marine squads, and ten Ranger squads. Only four hundred and fifty young Pegasi who are mostly inexperienced with fifty experienced squad leaders and platoon officers and company officers. Three hundred and fifty-one battle hardened and seasoned GPE Marines with forty experienced officers and experienced squad leaders and platoon leaders. And ten Ranger squads, eighty-one elite Pegasi with ten experienced officers and squad leaders!

"And our GPE ally is going after the Steel Rangers and watching our backs simultaneously but they're also isolationists and prevent outsiders from joining them. I do not want to be down here being an isolationist! Sooner or later before every pony down here is going to be related one way or another and I highly doubt a lot of brother-sister or cousin-cousins aren't going to procreate! I wouldn't let my son if I have a son but I won't let him impregnate me if any of you have sons or daughters you won't let them impregnate you or impregnate them."

There was a knock on the door and it was Purple standing there.

"Alright Honey Cake," said Purple, "me, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry are about to leave. While we're out do you want me to do any shopping? I'm joking."

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "If you can. Bring us some food? And purified water? If you can, I'm not forcing you to just keep asking."

Purple replied, "Yeah we'll see. What we find and we'll give you what we can. But no promises."

Purple left to go find Rocky and Starry and Paladin Sapphire was with him. Critical was easy to find with him in the armory homing his sniper skill and shooting targets downrange with his girlfriend. Starry was more difficult of being everywhere and going somewhere else before they got there. Rocky was in a side office space in the main operations room reading a chart on Balefire exposure levels.

What a lovely place but the carpet should've been a different color than some shade of yellow, Purple thought, or any color that isn't yellow or an ugly color.

They took an exit that wouldn't make any kind of noise and went back out into the wasteland.

Everyone but Purple shielded their eyes.

"Damn that's bright!" exclaimed Rocky, "Probably how Purple felt leaving his Stable seeing sunlight for the first time."

Purple replied, "Nope. I left at night and my eyes have gotten used to the sunlight when it started to rise from the East. Now which way should we go?"

Rocky and Paladin Sapphire agreed that they should go Southeast and Critical and Starry didn't care as long as they didn't run into a pack of Hellhounds.

Purple hummed which kept them entertained even if the wasteland was depressing and the only thing they saw was the dry ground or the ruined asphalt roads. Roads once had thousands of Equestrian soldiers march off to fight Zebras and transport supplies by wagons and old rails that trains use to carry supplies.

"How do the things on the rail line things work?" asked Starry.

Purple replied, "Coal mostly. But here in Equestria when the coal mines started to run out they turned to the Zebras and wanted our precious gems to trade coal with. But several things happened. The Wonderbolts were sent in secretly to free seventeen captive ponies from Zebra gem pirates but four Wonderbolts were killed. Princess Celestia built the Littlehorn Valley School for Princess Luna called 'Luna's School for Gifted Unicorns.' But when a Zebra convoy passed they were massacred. But what broke the Zebra's back was when Princess Celestia abdicated the throne over to Princess Luna.

"The Zebra's hated that, thinking that Luna was still Nightmare Moon and the Stars were her agents of chaos. But before the war, Equestrians would trade gems to the Zebra's to receive coal. My Six times Great grandmother and Six times Great Grandfather did covert and special operations for the Equestrian Gov't and Military back then. They always used the latest battlefield technology as night vision and energy weapons. But my battle rifle was owned by my six times great-grandma."

They all asked for proof that his rifle was owned by his six-time great grandmother so he turned it onto its right side showing the right side it said, "Owner: Lt LtCmdr Sapphire Heart Love. Owner: Lieutenant Topaz Turquoise, Owner: Warrant Officer Opal Moonstone, Owner: Sergeant Major Labradorite Tanzanite, Owner: Sergeant Aventurine Zircon, Owner: Colonel Brisk Flyee, Owner: Lavender "Purple Artist" Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist Astrology."

Purple explained that from his mother and grandmother's side going all the way up to former Lieutenant, Lieutenant-Commander Sapphire Love. She gave it to her eldest daughter who was Topaz Turquoise who gave it to her eldest daughter who was Opal Moonstone who gave it to Labradorite Tanzanite who gave it to her eldest daughter Aventurine Zircon. She gave it to her eldest daughter who was Purple's grandmother Overmare Brisk who gave it to Purple due to her four daughters not joining the military side of Stable 190. She saw in Base and Blue that they would've horsed around and Blue is on the 'civilian' side of the Stable.

Purple went back humming and soon they saw three black figures in the distance and Purple entered S.A.T.S and it said, "GRAND PEGASUS ENCLAVE SOLDIER." Purple snuck up to the GPE Soldiers.

"You're coming with us!" said a GPE soldier, "You're the bright one out here and we need your help to bring our reactor online!"

A Unicorn Stallion replied, "No. I'm not going to and you're not going to make me!"

A filly came up to hug her father's hind leg thinking he was going to go.

The Second GPE soldier replied, "Last chance! Either you're going to come with us willingly! Or not at all!"

The Unicorn stallion replied, "This is the final time I'm telling you three! I'M... NOT... LEAVING... MY... HOME!"

The Third GPE soldier replied, "Alright have it your way. Open fire."

Purple and the others witnessed the three Grand Pegasus Enclave mow down the unicorn father and filly daughter.

"Who wants lunch?" asked the third GPE soldier, "It's a little past twelve."

The First GPE soldier replied, "I'm there. Like a very horny stallion with his partner."

The Second GPE soldier replied, "Count me in on that. The lunch part, not the sex part."

The three walked away in a different direction away from Purple and them.

"Dear Luna," said Purple. "No."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Is that a game reference? Where a big guy said that they can't teleport bread?"

Purple replied, "How the Hell should I know? I know about the pre-war world and wartime world but not everything."

They went on their way tailing the three GPE soldiers and overheard what they were talking about.

"I hope that Purple Alicorn male isn't gay or bi," said GPE soldier number 2, "So I can ram my nine and three-quarter dick down his throat or up his ass! With the former, he can choke on it!"

Third GPE soldier replied, "But he'll be a good breeder though. Yeah, but he didn't screw us over or kick our asses like Red Eye, The Twilight Society or The LightBringer, or that Base Jackass. But I'll look up more about that Purple Alicorn."

First GPE replied, "No need. He has a long fucking name. But his full name is Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist Astrology but prefers to be called Purple Artist or Purple for short. He's nineteen years old. He's straight as an arrow, he's straight, keeps his nose clean, and doesn't dig through ponies' private lives. He thinks helping others is the nobility even if it means donating his semen unless a mare actually wants to fuck him and place his almost three-inch dick into her to get her pregnant that way.

"His family in the past during the Equestrian-Zebra war his family in total earned twelve Purple Hearts, fifteen Legion of Merits, forty Bronze Stars, thirty-five Silver Stars, forty-seven Distinguished Service Crosses, one hundred and four Medal of Honors, twenty-nine Army/Navy/Pegasi/Airforce Crosses, thirty-two Defense Distinguished Service Medals, one hundred Defense Distinguished Service Medals, Seventeen Joint Meritorious Unit Awards, and one hundred and three Airforce Princess Unit Citations. Do you know how they did that? They didn't make circle jerks, they did it by killing Zebra's using different tactics! A twelve pony squad with a .45 Auto Submachine gun or 9mm SMG or Assault rifle, a .30-06/7.62x63mm Balk Automatic Rifle soldier, seven rifle ponies with Assault Rifles, Rifles, .30-06/7.62x63mm Bolt-action rifles, .30-06/7.62x63mm Semi-automatic Rifle, 7.62mm Battle Rifle or captured Zebra Assault Carbines, A three pony machine gun team or launcher team with the machine gunner with a .30 Cal air-cooled machine guns, 7.62mm GPMG, a fucking Minigun or a .50 Cal HMG with a riflepony as an assistant and another riflepony as an ammunition bearer or a launcher with a Bazooka which led to the Missile and Rocket Launcher!

"They even did Search and Destroy tactics, Air and Artillery, Bombing runs, and technology not adding as Guerilla warfare on the Zebra's own homeland, and Psychological warfare on them. Reports from what I hacked that one of his six times great grandmother, Lieutenant I mean Lieutenant-Commander Sapphire Love's brother he would use magic to remove his horn and turn himself white or gray and paint black stripes on himself. He walked into a Zebra town or village, slept with the Zebra mares and in the dead of the night he would slice the neck of the Zebra stallions from ear to ear or ear to asshole. Or walk in and massacre them all. Not adding an After Action Report says he saw a group of Zebra's were spitting on the Equestrian flag and his response was charge in headfirst and beaten every single fucking Zebra in a town to death at the cost of his leg which was replaced by a prosthetic.

"Yeah, Purple may be a nice pony but he believes in 'a pony's got to know their limitations.' But he won't kill you or torment you if you don't do anything to him. Yeah his family who served in the war was the type that when asked how many Zebras they killed in a half-hour they would say, 'Killed a dozen Zebra's within half an hour. What are you going to do within an hour?' and they would've responded with, "Kill a dozen more if not three or twelve or ninety dozen more.' in a flat tone. But to him, he sees them as heroes through history even when he saw and read their military history.

"Heck, I caught him reading his six times great grandmother's after-action report, and who knows how she made a Zebra mare talk? She had all of Zebra mare's foals, colts, and fillies, soaked them in flammable fuel or something flammable and lit them on fire which made her talk but she still did dirty work and lit them all on fire and she then stuffed a stick of dynamite down the Zebra mare's throat. She had her brother put him in a vat of corrosive acid. They did the work that nopony else wanted to do to win the war. He idolizes them and reads their tactics but what Lt-Commander Sapphire did he won't step into what she did. He isn't a pushover. Our forces are 98% female and 2% male and half of the males are sterile or don't want to donate their sperm to repopulate and I say that Purple would be a wonderful candidate."

The Second GPE soldier replied, "Are you vouching for him because you were a Stable Dweller on a 'Missionary mission' with your Stable's 'Cathedral of Princess Luna?' And you used to foalsit him when he was a kid? Or that when he was seventeen he went into the Stable's 'gold lab' to masturbate and donate his 'precious white gold?"

The First GPE soldier replied, "In Stable 190 it's required once by stallions to donate their 'precious white gold' but the Overmare or Overstallion can prohibit a stallion from donating their sperm. We have a Pegasus named Arsen Nimrod Walnut Icey Flier and his own grandmother prohibited him from donating his sperm. But it's a failsafe just in case all the stallions die and mares can have a way to artificially inseminate themselves."

The female pegasus the GPE soldier kept talking about how they can use Purple because he's a nice fluff ball who's brilliant and the type the wasteland needs. But he's a mixed pony due to having Pegasus, Unicorn, Earth Pony, and Crystal Pony in his DNA according to his medical chart and a machine in the Stable says.

They kept following the three Into the mountains and they overheard one of them say, "Dear old friends, remember Neighvarrio." They heard an automatic door open and close after a few seconds.

Purple and the others got in and Purple said, "Dear old friends remember Neighvarrio," and the computer replied, "Welcome Corporal Lavender Astrology."

"Are they expecting you?" asked Starry, "It knows your name."

Purple blew on a logo and it said, 'STABLE-TEC' and he blew on another logo and it said, 'WAR DEPARTMENT.'

The door opened and they entered the room and saw a few metallic V-1 "Vertibucks", A-1 "Vertibucks" and two V-3 "Vertibucks". There were only nine. Only the V-1 Vertibuck can carry eight passengers, the A-1 can't carry any passengers and the V-3 Vertibuck can carry eleven passengers.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers in there don't have anything against them even though they're more or less trespassing in their base. But they thought he's an alicorn who can kill them all in a heartbeat or know they don't have the horsepower to keep reinforcing them due to all scattered GPE forces aren't communicating with each other and are fighting each other. Not adding due to Purple's a stallion and a majority of them are mares and have no way of reinforcements and could have sex with them all to place foals into them.

"LAVENDER!" exclaimed a GPE mare, "How did you find this place?"

Purple replied, "Well me and my friends started to follow you and two others after the three of you massacred a unicorn stallion and a unicorn filly. We could've killed you and the other two. But I decided to see where the three of you went to and here we are today."

The mare replied, "Do you remember my name?"

Purple replied, "Yeah it's... it's Spring Charm, you're deaf in your right ear, and when you touch things you can bless things. Your cutie mark revolves around writing legends."

Spring Charm got out of her power armor and they saw a Bright Urb mare with Vista blue mane, Tuscan red tail, Spring Frost left eye color and Puce Red right eye.

"Follow me," said Spring Charm. "I'll show you all to your temporary rooms."

They followed Spring Charm and all but Purple had one room to themselves. Purple had one room all by himself. But Purple noticed some mares young attractive and sexy mares lined up outside of his room and guessed their age ranging from eighteen to twenty-seven may be in their early thirties and maybe seventeen. Not all of them are going to get pregnant a hoof full due to they still need a lot of combat active.

"Oh Purple," said Spring Charm, "I mean Lavender. I need your help to breed these mares. It's either you can do it voluntarily or you'll be feeling a painful pain on your head and be walking funny for a while or I'll knock you out and drain every inch of your sperm from you. I'd say you being in the Stable that radiation hasn't messed with your DNA in your sperm unless you've been working around a lot and your sperm that comes back has Ionizing Balefire Radiation in your DNA then well it won't be safe but better than nothing."

Not adding that Spring Charm interviewed the four hundred and eighty GPE mares under her command and she either chose the undisciplined, misfits or didn't have the stomach for combat. Spring Charm more or less said to them, "If you're not going to fight or do recon or scouting missions in the wasteland or do something useful. Then you're going to use your ovaries to help. And I'll find the perfect stallion." She more or less did as she said so they can have future generations of soldiers.

Purple did it voluntarily due to he's afraid of mares and afraid of his mother more not adding he doesn't want to fight a friend of his mother's. Not adding he doesn't want a conversation with his mother about getting into a fight with her fillyhood friend and stop acting selfish and he should help them have foals even if he doesn't like it.

***

An hour later.

In the command post.

"How was the breeding?" asked Spring Charm, "You got all eighteen of those mares full of your foal batter?"

Purple replied, "It was fine. Didn't care for it I'm not Arsen he would've impregnated the whole base by now. Then he would enslave them for his breeding stock. "

Purple walked over to a map Spring Charm was looking at.

"What are you looking at?" asked Purple, "Just planning for future operations?"

Spring Charm replied, "Nope. Missing four fireteams. Got Sgt Blossom Orange, an Earth pony, a UCLA blue, with shiny shamrock mane, UFO green eyes, and an American Violet tail. He's mute, he's amicable and his cutie mark is around a pre-war food called Grapes. There's PFC Flared Blizzard. He's an Alicorn like you but his personality is untrustworthy and for some reason, his cutie mark is around bananas. He's Russian violet color with pale chestnut mane & tail, Purpureus magic aurora. There's Cpl Dahlia Sky he's an inert and his cutie mark is about cherries and mostly blind in his right eye. He's a medium blue sky, with Sinopia eyes, and with African violet, Forest Green, and Awesome mixed mane and tail. Finally, there is Lieutenant Cheese Flower. She is excitable and her cutie mark is around the galaxies. Her main body is a blue sapphire, medium sky blue right eye, violet-blue left eye, and a light taupe mane and tail. We lost them within a thirty-six-mile area."

Purple replied, "And you want us to look for them?"

There's a Robopony walking around with a medium spring green body with dark purple eyes, a pink raspberry laser beam, and a Philippine violet antenna.

"Oh that's Diamond Scale and he's bossy and for some reason the robot pony's cutie mark is cupcakes," said Spring Charm. "Don't worry he won't bother you. Also, did you read my mind?"

The two walked over to a big orange screen with a magnifier that was moving around.

"If I hurt somepony," said a GPE soldier.

Purple replied, "There are many reasons why that would be a bad idea. I will illuminate three. First, do not believe that me or Starry are peaceful and that we're incapable of or unwilling to defend ourselves. Second, if you harm Starry or any of my friends. I will find you. Make no mistake: Luna willing you will not leave this realm painless. Lastly, waging war against good ponies is bad for the soul. This may not seem important to you now but it's the most important thing I've said to a stranger."

"Computer... Show me where the missing fireteams are?" said Spring Charm, "Teams Crimson, Gray, Majestic, and Domino."

The computer replied, "Roger. Locating Crimson Team. Crimson Team located. Locating Majestic Team...Majestic Team located... Locating Domino Team... Domino Team located... Locating Gray Team... Gray Team located."

Four circles appeared with a green one near Stable 198 about 69 miles southwest from here, a red circle appeared near Fort Nightmare Moon which is 79 miles away, a blue one appeared at Fort Constellation which is 98 miles away, and a Gray one at an elevated highway which was 172 miles northwest.

Purple tapped on the Gray circle and Spring Charm was given access to a Vertibuck and they took a V-1 Vertibuck and Purple looked at the controls.

Purple started it up and flew. He followed his Pipbuck and he downloaded the information to his map.

***

While flying it was peaceful, for awhile

"Purple," said Rocky, "Sapphire won't keep her hooves on her side."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "That's not true. She keeps coming into my side of the Vertibuck!"

Purple responded, "If you two won't knock it off. I'll land the damn thing and separate you two or find some duct tape and tie both of you where neither of you can't bother each other! Sometimes I feel like a father with kids who never stop bickering,"

They saw an elevated highway and Purple landed a good three hundred yards away and they got out and decided to go towards the elevated highway.

"Alright. Gray Team should be around here somewhere," said Purple. "Whatever you do, don't loot corpses if they have GPE insignias on them or any wartime Equestrian relics."

Rocky and Starry went Southeast. Critical and Paladin Sapphire went Northeast looking for deceased pegasi if not captured and being tortured by Raiders.

Purple took some kind of lift up and it got stuck halfway up.

"Come on, you piece of shit work!" exclaimed Purple, "Screw it. I'll fly up!"

Purple flew up and climbed over and found a unicorn raider looking off in the opposite direction and snuck up behind him and hit him hard enough to knock him out. Purple said, "Rock and Roll motherfucker, rock and roll" Before he pushed the raider off the two hundred foot tall freeway.

The Raider dropped a gun when Purple knocked him out and took his ,44 Magnum revolver.

A .44 Magnum, Purple thought, Badass weapon. It’ll blast a hole straight through somepony.

Purple also saw some hastily built shacks and went towards them and the raiders fired their pipe weapons. They were no match for Purple and the forty-four magnum revolver. But Purple was able to capture some raiders. He interrogated some of them.

One raider tried to shoot Purple when he ran free and got a Pipe Rifle but the shot missed and Purple shot the Raider with his .44 Magnum revolver.

"Where are they?" asked Purple, "The pegasi in power armor, where are they!"

A Raider spit on him.

"Listen here punk!" said Purple, "This is a .44 Magnum, the second most powerful handgun in the world! It'll blow your head clean off. Ask yourself a question and that is if you feel lucky punk. Well, do you?"

A Raider went to try and attack Purple but Purple shot in self-defense and the Raider flew off the tall elevated highway.

The final Raider she pointed to the furthest shack and said, "They're in there!"

Purple helped the Raider mare up and told her to run. He put his revolver away as she ran away. She thought Purple was going to play a hunter game and he was giving her some time to escape before he came after her to kill her and probably skin her for food or to make leather.

Purple opened the door and a very bad smell whacked him in the face.

"Damn the smell is bad," said Purple. "Better go find them."

Purple went in and saw decaying bodies. Not adding each second made him want to throw his guts up at how awful the smell was. But he found the Gray team whose corpses were slowly decaying.

Purple respectively didn't say anything but slightly moved the one in Project: Superpone and removed some kind of chip out of the back of the helmet.

Purple got out of there quickly but respectfully and threw up his lunch because of the smell of a room full of rotting corpses. Not adding 1/9th of them were either colts, fillies, or foals.

***

At the V-1 Vertibuck again.

Purple sat trying to think and clear his mind on what he saw of dead stallions, mares, even colts, fillies, and foals.

He wanted to listen to music but he worried if he played music he wouldn't hear Rainy Night if she comes over with any information or something useful.

It wasn't long until Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry rejoined Purple and he flew the Vertibuck to Fort Nightmare Moon

***

At Fort Nightmare Moon.

Purple landed the Vertibuck in the courtyard and they got out.

"Alrighty then. Paladin Sapphire, you're with me, Starry, Critical, take Rocky and search the upper floors while we search the main lobby and the basements," Purple said.

They followed Purple in and split up. It was creepy and derelict as normal.

They thought it was creepy. But there was nothing useful but they still looted the desk and everything that could hide anything but mostly found ammo. The upper floors which were two were derelict and had nothing of use.

***

In the basement, Purple and Paladin Sapphire thought it was slippery due to it being wet and an old busted pipe.

Purple wanted to go to the armory to get guns and ammo and anything useful. That was because he had a huge gut feeling they'll need them for the showdown between the Wasteland Guardians and the Grand Pony Enclave when that comes.

They soon came to the same armory that Purple, Paladin Sapphire, and Honey Cake went to while searching for the superweapons. They got back to it and Purple took every single weapon and grenade it had and he was about to throw out his back carrying every single thing out to the Vertibuck.

Paladin Sapphire and Purple did thorough searches but found nothing.

***

On the second floor.

Rocky, Critical, and Starry found the missing fire team and Critical went to go tell Purple and they went to it.

Purple carefully removed a chip from the back of a pegasus in Project: Superpone armor. And they went on their way.

They now had to find and locate Majestic team and Crimson team with Domino team all dead.

***

They went to Fort Constellation and it was worse.

So they decided to go to the roof and it was Critical's idea and they found the Crimson team and all of them wiped out on the roof. Not adding a huge hole in the one wearing Project: Superpone armor. But Purple did the same and removed the chip out of the back of the head and placed it into his saddlebag.

They reboarded the Vertibuck and it wasn't long until Paladin Sapphire and Rocky Road started to act like siblings again and started to attack each other. That only led Purple to land the Vertibuck, and separate them having Starry and Critical between them.

"Now if you two are done acting like three years olds," said Purple. "I'd like to get the show on the road."

***

Near Stable 198.

They all disembarked the Vertibuck and went on their way. But it wasn't long until Purple got a new transmission on his Pipbuck.

"This is PFC Flared Blizzard to Force Recon command. We're up to our necks in bad guys down here. Does anyone copy?" said PFC Flared Blizzard with some static, "Is Anypony listing? We desperately need help!"

Purple's Pipbuck had a message that said, "Save PFC Flared Blizzard and Majestic team or don't if you're heartless."

There were a ton of Raiders and Slavers and Purple went back and got a 7.62mm GPMG and led the charge.

"Shit they got help!" said a Raider stallion, "Kill them!"

The raiders were killed easily and the Raiders are armed with Pipe weapons which are chambered in .32 and .38 rounds over Purple's 7.62x51mm Battle rifle or 7.62x51mm General Purpose Machine Gun, 12 gauge shotgun, .45 Pistol, or .44 Magnum. Or Rocky's 5.56mm Varmint Rifle, Paladin Sapphire's Novasurge Rifle, Critical's .30-06 Sniper rifle or Jumper Rifle, or Starry's shotgun with rounds that'll leave a gory mess.

The Raiders were blown away literally and moved into the Stable clearing it. They headed down to the maintenance level and stood outside of a door.

"Stand down their friendlies," said Purple.

The door opened with a pony in an Alicorn version of Project: Superpone armor.

"Thanks for the help," said the pony. "Those Raiders have been hammering us for the past twenty-nine days. Did the council send you? Or Force Recon command?"

Purple replied, "We're not with the GPE but Spring Charm sent us. Who are you?"

The pony replied, "Well if Major Spring Charm sent you then it's ok. I'm PFC Flared Blizzard. We've been scouting this region for a new base but Fireteam Silver, Fireteam Hail, Fireteam Rain, and Fireteam Snow were under fire and we came in to assist. But we got trapped ourselves. Did our message get out?"

Purple replied, "It was garbled up and mostly static. But I'll send word to Spring Charm that you're ok."

Flared Blizzard replied, "Don't. Fireteam Silver is all K.I.A and half of Fireteam Hail are either dead, captured, or injured. I'll tell her face to face."

They went back to the hiding base for the GPE Force Recon in the Undiscovered West.

***

In the command post. Purple told Spring Charm that the Crimson, Dominio, and Gray team were dead and removed the chips from their helmets and he placed them on the table.

PFC Flared Blizzard told Spring Charm that Stable 198 is secured but Fireteam Silver is dead, Fireteam Hail is either dead, captured, or badly injured. They need reinforcements due to Fireteams Snow and Rain aren't enough to fully lockdown and secure the Stable fully two pegasi aren't enough to watch the Stable door and another two somewhere else in the Stable.

Spring Charm said, "Sorry my hooves and wings are tied down. I wish I had additional help to spare but every pegasi down here are either too scared of their own shadows or rather fuck each other twenty ways to Sunday."

Purple replied, "I guess I got to whip them all into shape. I'm I right or wrong?"

Spring Charm replied, "Lavender. I've been friends with your mother since the day we were born after that day. And I hate asking her favorite son for help. But can you help to whip them in shape and combat effectively and not be two years olds when it comes to their shadows?"

Purple reductively agreed and would take ten on to train them.

When he would train them to shoot he said to them, "Alright. Just aim to choose your targets and don't spray and pray, just shoot to kill and don't go all Rambo. Conserve your ammo."

There were pony targets which were told to shoot without listening to Purple and wasted their ammo. and he immediately shook his head in disappointment.

"I got a lot of work to do," said Purple. "A foal. A FOAL can do better!"

***

Eight hours later.

In the mess hall. Purple joined Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry for dinner and it looked like his head was about to explode because of how the pegasi he had been training were harder than raising foals. Not adding several of their Novasurge rifles broke for no reason and they were maintained as if they were fresh off the factory floor.

Purple ate in peace and quiet and had to go back.

***

Back on the shooting range.

"Take positions where all of you can cover each other," said Purple. "Stay focused!"

A squad of Grand Pegasus Enclave Force Recon soldiers got focused and covered each other.

"Take your time," said Purple. "Pick your shots and tell your squadmates who you're shooting at!

The squad leader replied, "I got the one at 1 o'clock. Everypony else choose and aim."

Purple replied, "Exhale before you fire. Squeeze the trigger, don't jerk it."

The squad of Grand Pegasus Enclave Force Recon shot the targets as Purple instructed without jerking the battle saddles and they had to go to the grenade range.

***

Over on the Grenade range.

"Okay, to start, pull the pin but keep the striker in until you know what you want to throw it at!" said Purple, "If you have the striker come out then count to three and throw it."

The squad got the grenades ready.

"Don't pitch it like a baseball," said Purple, "Lob it. You want a good solid arc."

The squad was about to throw them.

"Don't worry about accuracy," said Purple. "Use the grenades to break up clusters of enemies or to clear rooms of enemies."

The squad was ready now but Purple gave them one final test and that was to get past him in hoof to hoof combat. The catch was if they win they can do more than be bored underground and not see the daylight again or if they fail they have to keep trying.

It took eight hours and it was 10:00 PM when they had to start the hoof to hoof combat and didn't win until six in the morning. Purple hardly broke a sweat fighting them.

Purple did the same with the other four hundred and forty-three very underperforming squads. It's sad Purple found out that the older ones who are in their mid-twenties and early to mid-thirties served under Colonel Autumn Leaf or with his brother Pride even when the GPE assaulted Red Eye's cathedral they performed poorly over the rest.

It didn't help some of them blame themselves for Colonel Autumn Leaf's death thinking they could've done better. Some have even been thinking about taking a gun and covering a wall with their blood and brain matter but they move on by living day in and day out.

Purple kept on training them even if he was tired but he knew they can either go out and be a force to be reckoned with. Sooner or later they'll die out either by inbreeding or a lot of them will go on their merry way and more or less become another group of raiders that someone has to exterminate.

***

In the command post.

"You shouldn't follow the same road as the Contingent of Steel Rangers I was with," said Paladin Sapphire, "The Elder? Elder Encoded Pibble she made the Undiscovered West contingent and she made them more Xenophobic, Techophobic, and Homophobic. I had a niece and she was a lesbian and when that came out she was exhiled with her lover. But she hung herself instead and her lover blew her head off with a double barrel shotgun.

"Make it worse, my niece, who was expecting both her and her lover were both expecting due to their stomachs you could see a little bump. But anypony we saw with some kind of energy weapon we'd take it by force and kill them and their family for having a piece of technology they 'don't need.' How do you think I got my Novasurge Rifle? I stunned a GPE Scout and bashed his head into a giant boulder and took it, replacing my Magical Energy Rifle which I still have.

"There's ponies out there that need our help and being isolationists doesn't help. How long do you think your and your forces are going to last down here until all of you are related and be first cousins or brother and sister? Open up your group to the outside to recruit and everypony out there is different than the last."

Spring Charm replied, "Sorry to hear about that. But I'm scared of the pegasi down here. They don't know their ass from their front hoof and sometimes they get scared of their own shadows. But I've been planning on opening up to the outside for trading and recruiting from the outside world. Screw the GPE and say that they are the 'the last pure pony race' and as 'savors.' I'm not bigoted and I'm in the middle where if somepony came to me and told me if they were gay or bi or what not I don't care because it's not my life to tell them what sexuality they are. But to me technology should be in hooves of ponies who know how to use it."

Purple walked in exhausted from training in all of the very underperforming squads into greenhorns who could fight and not run away when the wind blew.

When Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry started to leave, PFC Flared Blizzard joined them and he's more or less an attaché to them and a new companion.

"So do you have any dreams you want to have?" asked Rocky Road.

PFC Flared Blizzard replied, "Yeah I want to have a lot of foals. But I can't have any due to I'm sterile and a Raider with an Anti-material rifle shot my left groin off. But every night I dream of being happily married, living somewhere nice and peaceful and having between fifteen and thirty foals. I really do want a big family but can't."

Rocky replied, "Did you have anypony to be with or something?"

PFC Flared Blizzard replied, "Yeah I did. She was Lieutenant Cheese Flower, the leader of the Dominio team. She and her fireteam went for Fort Nightmare Moon. But she's gone and her family had pegasi in the council and the council allowed them to have big families while other pegasi either couldn't have families."

Rocky and PFC Flared Blizzard chat up a storm and started to like each other.

Author's Note

Purple Heart medals are medals for soldiers who get injured in the military
Legion of Merits are medals for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achieving
Bronze Stars are medals for military medals awarded for heroic achievements, heroic services, meritorious achievements or meritorious services.
Silver Stars are medals for soldiers for gallantry in action
Distinguished Services Cross Medals are medals for extraordinary heroism
Army/Navy/Pegasi/Airforce Crosses are medals for distinguished service medals for meritorious services
Defense Distinguished Service medals are for defense of the country
Joint Meritorious Unit Awards for outstanding meritorious service

Chapter 74: The Industrial Plant

While out walking.

"Purple this is your father," said Albatross. "We've received word of a Raider group in a small industrial complex."

Purple replied, "You heard my father. Got to deal with Raiders."

A custom map marker appeared on Purple's Pipbuck and they followed it and it was actually safe. Along the way, they saw a rope bridge and heard Raiders and they stuck to the shadows.

The two stallion Raiders were talking about finding some mares to do Raider things mostly rape though. Paladin Sapphire readied her Novasurge rifle but Purple had her lower it due to they didn't want to alert any other raider in the area. They're still far from the industrial complex.

They took the scenic route until they came to a hill and PFC Flared Blizzard saw the industrial complex in the distance with his binoculars.

"Alright it's early morning," said Purple. "We can either go now where they're all awake or go in at night where a lot of them are asleep. Who wants to do what?"

Everyone chose the night because they'll have the element of surprise. Even though their accuracy will be severely reduced, the gunfire from the raiders will help them see and shoot their targets.

While waiting PFC Flared removed his helmet, placed a cigarette into his mouth, lit a match, and waited. Purple fell asleep and Paladin Sapphire sat with him and they all waited.

***

Twelve hours later.

It's now eight-thirty in the evening and they are headed towards the industrial complex. But their first obstacle was an old ranch house with dead grape vines once used to make wine.

Some raiders actually patrolled the old vineyard Purple dealt with them with ease either holding their mouths shut. Or stabbing them in the neck or sneaking up behind one, stabbing them three times in the back using the magic. Purple dealt with the ones inside by slicing the sleeping raider's necks. The only one awake he interrogated by holding the raider hostage.

"You're going to tell me how many Raiders there are up the road at the industrial complex," said Purple. "Or you won't see the daylight."

The Raider told Purple that along the path are four old dual artillery/anti-air cannons and there were thirty-two raiders in total at the industrial complex. Place is 96 with an alarm at the center and at the push of a button raiders will come and kill them between thirty seconds and several minutes.

Purple replied, "Nighty night." before he punched the Raider hard enough to knock him out and not kill him.

He found a crate he looted and it had several old Equestrian satchel charges and he went on his way. The others followed and their job was to watch Purple's back.

But they went to the closet and they fired at the Raiders and Purple placed the Satchel charge onto the old Anti-Tank gun and he placed a three inch steel cigarette looking thing in and turned three times. They all ran like hell and after fifteen seconds there was a huge explosion.

After fifteen seconds each gun blew up thanks to Purple and the Satchel charges he had.

They moved on and soon came to a pathway and could see the Industry complex. What scared them was that a squad of Grand Pegasus Enclave Force Recon appeared out of nowhere. They had been sent as gratitude from Spring Charm.

They kept going down the path with a squad of recon as backup and took the raiders head-on. The group of Wasteland Guardians went into a building and Purple used his shotgun.

"If you see any wastelanders!" ordered Purple, "Free them and send them into the general direction of the town of Crimson where they can find food, water, aid, and safety! Tell'em to stick to the roads for a better chance of survival!"

The alarm was raised and Paladin Sapphire got onto a machine outside where there were some levers. She used her knowledge of machinery and created a block for the raiders besides the pegasi ones to get through.

Paladin Sapphire did the same for another three with the Grand Pegasus Enclave Force Recon squad providing covering fire and Critical Shot providing sniper cover.

"I'd say that fucker is dead," said Critical Shot. "Ouch. I think her foal-bearing days are over."

Rocky replied, "Did you seriously shoot a mare in her birth area?"

Critical Shot replied, "Yup. Wasn't planning on it. But shit happens."

Paladin Sapphire and the GPE Force Recon squad fell back with the Wastelanders they freed while the latter picked up firearms and took their anger out against the Raiders. They performed well and excelled in combat.

When the Raiders showed a sign of weakening the pissed-off Wastelanders went to charge after them and that was a costly mistake.

***

An hour later unexpected reinforcements arrived when they heard something sounding mechanical and soon some explosions and they looked up.

"Well I'll be damned," said Purple. "Looks like they got those old planes up and running."

They welcomed the sight of a company of soldiers from CCA Honey Cake from they form more or less the last bastion of the Grand Pegasus Enclave. They assisted in clearing out the raiders.

After the fighting was over, Paladin Sapphire noticed a lost filly who couldn't find her parents. Purple and Rocky found them dead. Paladin Sapphire took the mortal course and adopted the filly and would raise it as if it was her own.

"Thought you didn't want to have foals?" asked Purple, "But if you want to adopt her. That's your choice and I'll support it."

Paladin Sapphire replied by whispering into Purple's ear, "I don't want to have sex and get pregnant. But I didn't conceive and birth this one. I adopted this one."

The remaining Wastelanders headed towards the town of Crimson. The main group headed east to one final base owned by the Grand Pony Enclave and the bad news is a majority of the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers, officers, and even council members flocked to them.

But the night grew so Purple started a campfire.

Chapter 75: Story time Part 2

At the campfire, all of them were sitting around and Rocky asked Purple if he had a story to tell.

Purple looked at his Pipbuck that illegally downloaded some files from a Stable computer.

"Yeah I got one from my Great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother, Sapphire Love," said Purple. "This was back when aviation started to come into the war. Yeah, Pegasi were pissed but also saw it as a blessing as well."

***

Two hundred years ago.

In Canterlot in a boardroom.

In the room Princess Luna and a few military higher-ups who were planning a retaliatory strike after a group of Zebra's sunk or badly damaged sixteen ships in the Equestrian Lunar Fleet.

"How bad is the damage?" asked Princess Luna, "I want a total estimate."

A Unicorn in a dark navy blue Navy service uniform asked permission to speak and it was granted. "Your highness, in the surprise attack. We lost eight battleships which were BB-36 Neighvada, BB-37 Dodge Junction, BB-38 Fillydelphia, BB-39 Airhoofia, BB-43 Canterlot, BB-44 Calihoofnia, and BB-46 Mareland. Four cruisers, CL-50 Halter, CL-7 Rainrot, and CL-48 Horolulu. And we also lost four destroyers, DD-375 Luna, DD-324 Celestia, DD-454 Blueblood, and DD-575 Amore.

"But we lost one hundred and eighty planes mostly the Rainbow fighters and B-55 'Lunar' bombers and some TB-32 Torpedo bombers. On the surface so far we've recovered three thousand and twelve bodies of earth, pegasi, and unicorns. The ones still in the sixteen ships sunk are unknown. But BB-17 Mare Island was badly damaged but is currently in San Franciscolt and is expected to return to service within seventeen weeks."

Princess Luna replied, "How are we going to retaliate?"

A Pegasi in a high-ranking air force uniform replied, "Your highness, we can't. Our aircraft are outside of their operational range to bomb the Zebra's and us Pegasi can get shot down easily and we don't have no power armor, unlike the blasted Steel Rangers."

A high-ranking officer in the army replied, "Your highness, with all due respect, ma'am… What you're asking can't be done."

There was a knock on the door and between two Royal Guards was an attractive blue unicorn with black hair wearing a white collared shirt with a black full Windsor tie, and a dark olive green army service jacket.

"Who are you?" asked Princess Luna.

The mare replied, "Lieutenant... Lieutenant Sapphire Heart Love. Lieutenant Sapphire Love at your service your majesty."

Lieutenant Sapphire Love came in and sat down.

"So where are all of you were at in a conversation?" asked Lt Sapphire Love.

The Army Officer replied, "Planning on a retaliatory strike. But Lieutenant and your highness, it cannot be done."

Somepony a hit the table, all of them looked and it was Lieutenant Sapphire who got up and replied, "Do not tell ME it can't be done. It will be done. We are at war and always going to be at risk. I'd say we use our new carriers and launch planes close enough and hit them where it hurts."

The Navy pony replied, "But that puts our carriers and remaining ships in harm's way and if we lose them we'll be opened to a surprise naval invasion from the Lunar Ocean, and our Celestial Ocean Fleet won't intercept them in time. What you're asking for can't be done. If we lose our carriers and the rest of the Lunar Fleet, the Zebra's could and probably penetrate as far as Chicoltgo if not Manehattan or Ponyville before we could put up an effective resistance or have a way to stop them."

Lieutenant Sapphire Love replied, "It's either we do something or by sometime, next week or next month we can kiss our pony life goodbye, and all of you can be cucks or something as the Zebra's fuck your wives a million way before tomorrow. So either grow a pair of balls and do something or we might as well just put up the white flag and let them steamroll us. I'm a mare, just a simple nineteen-year-old mare from the farm who got bigger balls than you Admiral, Airforce Marshal, General of the Army. If I was a stallion my balls would be so huge it would take up this whole room. I'm willing to take a damn risk to strike back at the Zebras while the rest of you just want to act like nothing is happening!"

***

A couple of days later at an undisclosed military base.

"Alright mares and gentle stallions," said Lt Sapphire Love. "You've been selected for a top-secret mission. A mission which will involve the B-55s."

An Earth Pony replied, "What's the mission, Ma'am?"

Lt Sapphire Love said, "Top Secret. You won't know until it's happening. But the B-55s need a minimum range of six hundred feet but we're going to do it from four hundred and fifty feet."

A Unicorn stallion replied, "That can't be done. That's physically impossible! Only Pegasi can do that and they don't need a runway."

Lt Sapphire Love said, "Yeah but Pegasi can't carry sixteen tons worth of high explosive bombs. Now, can they? Can Pegasi carry two hundred and fifty-pound bombs or five hundred pound bombs? And fly for miles for several hundred miles?"

None of them responded.

"If any of you want to back out now," said Lt Sapphire Love. "Now is the chance. If not, step forward."

The Earth Ponies, Unicorns, even some Pegasi came forward for the special mission that they don't know about. That's because they fall in the category of not needing to know.

"Also one more thing," said Lt Sapphire Love. "Don't ask questions about it. If you ask about it I'll tell you to mind your only damn business and if any of you keep asking I'll turn you over to the authorities who'll question you. Alright, fillies and gentlecolts get to the planes and try to take off before you'll reach the four hundred and forty or four hundred and fifty feet."

Lieutenant Sapphire Love went to a watch out tower at the red line; they need to have the wheel up or it'll be considered 'fallen overboard.

But none of them got airborne so they would go park the planes and would remove some things to make them lighter. It felt like everything they removed wouldn't make a difference so they kept rolling past the line with the front wheel still on the ground.

***

Five thirty PM.

"Maybe they're still too heavy?" asked Aurora Surge, "Maybe this is a bad idea."

Lieutenant Sapphire Love replied, "No. Put everypony on the line!"

Aurora Surge did as his girlfriend said and got everypony he could round up and sent them to the airfield. Including Pegasi who are pissed off that ponies saying they're being replaced by flying machines who can do their job. They fear they're going to replace them one day.

Every time they kept going none of them got the wheel up. They had to keep them light to get at least the front wheel up. But they kept on going past the line until it became dark and they had to suspend the training until sunrise.

***

In a building.

Lieutenant Sapphire Love was planning an attack when they got the training done. Her plan is to use an aircraft carrier to launch the B-55's over the Zebra homeland because they want to strike fear in them.

Aroura Spring was reading a book but he had been thinking about 'eating out Sapphire Love' not adding the night before they signed up they had sex by her giving him a blowjob and him performing cunnilingus on her. That was because they prefer to have safe sex than her getting pregnant. She wanted to do more than be home having a foal while her boyfriend is fighting.

But she already made plans for when she and Aurora Spring got home when the war ended to have tons of foals. They have to wait for the war to end before they do their part of doing honest hard farm work and help to regrow the Equestrian population. Not adding there's a fifty-fifty chance she'll get a disease that's passed down through the mare side of her family the mares get a rare disease that'll make them sterile when they reach thirty-five. They don't know how long the war is going to be.

***

In the morning.

Lieutenant Sapphire Love ordered them to throw out anything not important. She even had them remove some of the anti-air defense and the machine guns were removed.

When they did the training again all of them got the front wheel up each time.

***

Two weeks later.

Onboard the CV-1 Luna, Lieutenant Sapphire Love was on the bridge of the carrier talking to a pegasus.

"You damn well know us Pegasuses can do the job!" said a Pegasus officer, "We're lighter, smaller, and faster than these planes!"

Lieutenant Sapphire Love replied, "Yeah I know that. But just one pegasus can carry a single 250lbs or a single 500lbs bomb. Can eighteen pegasus carry sixteen tons worth of high explosive and incendiary bombs?"

The Pegasus said, "No. But there's something we can do more than nothing."

Lieutenant Sapphire Love replied, "Don't worry. You and your six pegasi squadrons will be used."

Down the hall was an earth pony mare who was the occupation to listen to a radio to monitor for anything. She heard some voices over her headphones.

"Zebra's transmitting," urgently said the mare, "Zebra's transmitting!"

The mare came out of the room.

"Admiral," said the mare, "Zebra patrol boats several miles out are reporting."

"I'm going to tell her the truth," said the ship's admiral. "Lieutenant Love. I'm not going to risk the rest of the fleet for something stupid."

The Admiral went to tell Lieutenant Sapphire Love on what to do asap.

The Fleet admiral picked up a phone and said, "All Cruisers and Battlecruisers open fire! Sink those patrol boats!"

Lieutenant Sapphire Love got in the front of the frontest B-55 medium bomber to start it up. She calmed her breathing as her boyfriend pushed the machine to give the plane maximum power.

They waited for the ship to go down so that when the ship came back up to give them a better chance to fly and not end up in the ocean. But their plane dived over the flight deck only for it to dive right back up and fly off. Everypony on the ships cheered and had the other ones do the same and the sailor ponies ran out onto the flight deck cheering.

***

In the plane.

Lieutenant Sapphire Love stuck her left frontal leg out and let the wind hit it and it was nice and peaceful but a long flight. But Aurora Spring's face looks like he saw a ghost until he decided to go back and ask the navigator where they were at.

The Navigator more or less gave him the middle feather because he has to calculate where they're at with the maps he has shown. They were launched off by thirty-seven miles west, and one hundred and sixty-nine miles north than they actually launched. It was a failsafe in case if they were shot down and captured the Zebra's wouldn't exactly know where the Equestrian Pacific fleet was.

Damn them, the Navigator thought, It's a wonderful failsafe but it's a pain in the ass. I don't even know where we are.

Each map had different places, even some that were four times away and outside of their range or too close.

"I see land," said Lieutenant Sapphire Heart. "We're approaching the enemy's backyard! Remember everypony we're here to damage their war industry and don't go target anything that won't do anything."

The other fifteen pilots radioed Lt Sapphire Heart telling her that they understand because they don't want to be painted as monsters.

All of them went back, maintaining radio silence so the Zebra air patrols couldn't hone in on their position.

Aurora had a pair of binoculars and saw three Zebra bi-plane fighters. They quickly got taken out even though none of them were instructed to engage any Zebra aircraft unless they were under attack. Even though the bottom side is exposed because there's no gunner down there.

"How's your sister?" asked Aurora Spring, "Or any of your sisters or brothers?"

Lieutenant Sapphire Heart deadpanned, "They're all dead. In that surprise raid last week two days ago early morning. Some drowned, some burnt alive, some shot up. None of them made it."

Aurora Spring replied, "You don't sound sad that they died."

Lieutenant Sapphire Heart replied, "They pissed me off a lot. Where I come from you have to keep an eye on your food or beverage. My mother made wonderful food. But one time I went to use the bathroom before eating and I didn't get anything to eat. I made a sandwich and when I turned my head once to get a bag of chips my sandwich was stolen. I was pissed off that night I broke the yellow ceramic plate and stormed out and didn't come back for a week. In my family it was first come first serve so if you got out of bed somepony else would've taken it screwing you over. Oh sit down at the table but get up to use the bathroom or get something to drink well guess what they'll take it and eat what you had. Trying to do a school project? Not a chance that would happen if you start but leave for anything they would've taken your project and change it for their project."

The two kept going and flying until they saw an industrial complex with Zebra flags proudly flying in the springtime wind.

Aroura Spring climbed under the pilot area, laid on his stomach and opened the plane's bomb bay.

"We have moderate turbulence and a strong wind from the south, south-west. Aurora you have the controls. You're flying this baby." said Lt Sapphire Love.

They only had twelve 250-pound bombs and had to spare them. But the fifteen did their job but Aroura kept two and saw a trio of fuel silos which are full of alchemy for their war machine until a 250-pound bombs blew the three sky-high. But the final one went through a concrete building destroying it.

"Alright we're going home," said Lieutenant Sapphire Love. "All planes turn and head to grid A7 and fly west. Shit that was close."

The sky started to be filled with anti-air rounds.

"Alright fly higher," said Lieutenant Sapphire Love. "Go high and get out of their range. Climb every pony climb higher!"

Aurora Spring got out of the nose gunner and went to the dorsal turret with the dual .30 cal machine gun.

Somepony replied over the radio, "Mayday mayday mayday. This is the Red Diamond we're going down."

Lieutenant Sapphire Love, Aurora Spring, and their Navigator saw the rear B-55 go down with the right-wing breaking off and spinning out of control.

The Navigator kept calculating and told them the nearest airbase was several hundred miles away and by 'several hundred miles' he meant eighteen hundred miles about twelve miles east of Shattered Hoof Ridge.

"Damn we won't have the fuel to reach it," Lieutenant Sapphire Love realized. "How much fuel do we have remaining?"

The Navigator replied, "Just one ten-gallon can ma'am! Enough kerosene to get us about a hundred miles more or less give or take."

"Fuck, fuck, fuck," said Lieutenant Sapphire Love. "Fuck! Ok, we'll go as far as we can before we bail or crash. So we're down now to fifteen bombers, not a full sixteen."

The Navigator replied, "Ma'am we actually lost "The Mighty Lunar Storm" during take-off. It couldn't pick up enough speed by the look of it or the ship was moving too slow. But when the carrier started to turn to the starboard well the ship brought it under, killing the pilot, co-pilot/bombardier, and navigator. I knew the pilot and he'll never meet his unborn foal. I should know because my sister is his wife."

Lieutenant Sapphire Love replied, "Sorry for your loss of your friend and brother-in-law."

***
Two hours later

They kept going until after a couple of hours it was becoming dark and they heard the engines shutting down.

"This is Lieutenant Sapphire Love and the crew of The 'Solar Blister Flare' and we're out of fuel," said Lieutenant Sapphire Love. "We're going to bail and may Luna have mercy on your souls."

They bailed out from the underside of the bomber and deployed their parachutes even the Navigator even though he's a pegasus his left wing was cut off during a battle. But the only reason he was a Navigator was because of his pre-war occupation as a cartographer for the military. When he signed up he was an RTO in the Shadowbolts until an explosive bullet round blew his left-wing off. Not adding he slept with several Shadowbolt mares and under Rainbow Dash's orders, he was 'kicked out' for a few months which she only temporarily reassigned to the regular Equestrian army until the 'investigation' was over.

Unknown to them they're still in the Undiscovered West in Zebra-occupied territory. But they still headed east.

***

Near a building, after a few minutes of walking, they approached their crashed bomber and Aroura Spring removed the right side .30 Caliber Aircooled Machine Gun. They also bought ammo with Aurora Spring having 125 rounds in the gun and in the belt and with
five hundred in reserve and the other two have five hundred rounds on them.

They kept on going until they saw some sandbags next to a bombed-out building and saw two captured Equestrian soldiers sitting down with two Zebra's talking about what they should do to them but wish they were mares. Lieutenant Sapphire drew her .45 Auto Pistol and killed the two and freed the captured Equestrians who they took the Zebra Assault Submachine Guns. There was also a crate that Lt Sapphire Love opened and it was full of Zebra Stealth cloaks.

They both knew that the Zebra's favored stealth tactics while the Equestrians preferred to blow stuff up in their way and move fast. Besides out in the Northern Lunar Ocean & Southern Lunar Ocean the Equestrian Marine Corps they favored Airland Battle, and Shock and Awe battles.

The Zebra's favored infiltration, and night assault tactics with their cloaks but a lot of Zebra's favored mobile warfare and usually attacked Equestrian lines it was the weakest or strongest at night.

Zebra Assault Submachine Gun, Lieutenant Sapphire Heart thought, Just a submachine gun version of the Zebra Assault Carbines. But the Zebra Assault Shotgun? That'll incinerate us and blow our asses goodbye. But the Zebra Assault Pistol is neat and a war trophy for us.

They avoided Zebra patrols but would engage some when they saw captured Equestrian soldiers. The Zebra's would've been looted for ammo and weapons like the Zebra Assault Carbines, Zebra Assault Submachine guns, Zebra Assault Shotguns, and a Zebra Assault Designated Markspony Rifle.

Before an hour passed they rescued twenty-seven enlisted Equestrian soldiers with ranks ranging from Private, Private First Class, Technician Fifth Grades, Corporals, Technician Fourth Grades, Sergeants, Technician Third Grades, Staff Sergeants, Technical Sergeants, Sergeant First Classes, Master Sergeants, First Sergeants, Sergeant Majors, Command Sergeant Major, Sergeant Major of the Army and a Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairpony.

They didn't know why a Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairpony was out there but couldn't ask him due to the Zebra's cut his tongue out and his vocal cords.

After a few minutes of walking, Lieutenant Sapphire Heart started to think about how all of her siblings died and the last thing she told them was, "Go to Tartarus and all of you can drop dead!" She's regrets saying that now.

***

Two weeks and two days ago. At Margarita Harbor.

There was a unicorn stallion named Marbled Lotus and he has a broken horn from roughhousing with Sapphire Love, his cutie mark is around roses. He got out of Navy training and was assigned to The Neighvada, an old Dreadnought armed with two fourteen-inch/45 caliber artillery gun turrets upfront and back for a total of ten cannons, and twelve 1.5 inch anti-air guns.

Marbled Lotus was assigned to an Anti-Air position on the frontest bow on a 1.5 Inch Anti-air gun. He was walking down a road at an angle where the sun was hitting him in his eye.

Their sister, a Unicorn mare named Coconut Salt was on board the Light Cruiser Horolulu was sleeping in. Their other sister Cobalt Jubilee, a unicorn mare, was on board Battleship Mareland, their brother Heart Ore was on BB-43 Canterlot. Their other brother Corn Smoke was on BB-38 Fillydelphia, and their youngest sister Azure Sugar was on DD-375 Luna.

All but Marbled Lotus were sleeping in. But they heard a mechanized sound and soon heard rapid gunfire and explosions.

***

Onboard BB-46 Mareland. Cobalt Jubilee was awakened by the sound of the explosions and somepony above yelled, "GET UP! GET UP! WE'RE BEING BOMBED!" The pony let out a very painful scream as a round tore his leg off.

There were a few more explosions on board the ship or underwater and the ship started to lean a little. What scared her the most was an earth pony stallion banging on a steel door she saw fire ranging and it started to flood.

"Please don't leave me!" said the earth pony sailor, "Please don't go!"

Cobalt Jubilee tried to open it but she saw the water got too high and the earth pony stallion sailor drowned to his death in front of her. What was heartbreaking to her was a photograph that floated out of his shirt pocket revealing he had a wife, four daughters, and a newborn son. Not adding the photograph was dated only four days ago.

Another explosion scared her and soon there was fire rushing out of the door behind her which was the sleeping beds on the ship and she knew she couldn't go back now.

Cobalt Jubilee ran into the other room and went up to the deck and manned a 1.5-inch anti-air gun and shot at the attacking Zebra aircraft. It only lasted for a few minutes when an officer told her to get to the other ship by climbing across a rope.

The ship moved slightly and soon there was an explosion. There was a huge gash in the ship with some part of the armored deck missing and a part of the side missing with fire rushing. She heard somepony screaming and saw a mare sailor on fire fall over into the lower end of HMS Mareland which has water with kerosene which is on fire.

My Luna, Cobalt Jubilee thought, What have we gotten ourselves into!

Cobalt Jubilee climbed the rope across the rope to HMS Calihoofnia the rope snapped and the sailor next to her hit HMS Calihoofnia hard enough it made him fall off the rope and into the fiery water below. She was pulled up and she watched the HMS Mareland sink and she could hear the screams of the sailors on board as they were being baked or burned alive.

The HMS Calihoofnia started to set sail to escape the harbor and with the excess amount of sailors coming from HMS Mareland or from HMS Dodge Junction with the latter snapping in half.

"The Airhoofia is capsizing!" said a unicorn sailor, "My Luna, those poor souls!"

There was a huge explosion and they looked at it's HMS Blueblood with the magazine being blown sky high and tearing the bow off of the ship and sinking.

Cobalt tried to shoot down a Zebra plane but there were a few explosions and the ship. HMS Calihoofnia started to lean and Cobalt Jubilee fell overboard into the fiery water below.

***

Coconut Salt was manning an Equestrian duel .50 Caliber air-cooled machine gun on the HMS Horolulu and noticed HMS BB-43 Canterlot sailing right by them. She saw her brother Heart Ore having a .45 Auto Submachine gun with a thirty-round stick magazine shooting at the Zebra planes only for a Zebra fighter plane to strafe the battleship killing other Equestrian sailors armed with Rifles, .30-06 Bolt-action rifles, .45 Auto Submachine Guns, .30-06 Balk Automatic Rifles, and other types of weapons they could have.

To make it worse as she was trying to shoot at the attacking Zebra's she saw the Pegasi get airborne in their prototype pegasus power armor and with their battle saddles and would dogfight with the Zebra fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers. But the Zebra's expected this as well and most had their fighters to go against them. Their high-powered rounds would pierce the pegasi power armor.

A bomb fell but didn't detonate and it landed next to Coconut Salt.

"It's a dud!" exclaimed Coconut Salt, "IT'S A DUD!"

There was a huge explosion which tore through Coconut Salt and covered the gun she was on in her blood but her death was painless, but there were no remains for her to be sent home for a funeral.

Corn Smoke and Azure Sugar were considered somewhat lucky as they were untouched until both the Fillydelphia and the Luna were bombed like no tomorrow. Mostly the Luna receiving thirty-six torpedo hit on the bow, starboard, port, and stern and sixty-four high explosive and armored piercing bombs.

The Luna's Damage Control was overwhelmed with them trying to stop the flooding and stop the fires in the magazine and fuel compartment. But it wasn't long until the ship captain said, "All hooves abandon ship"

They did abandon the ship but out of the three hundred and twenty-nine sailors and officers, only thirty-two abandoned the ship while the remaining two hundred and ninety-seven sailors and few officers stayed on board to try to save the ship even knowing it was a lost cause. But when the magazine went the ship was more or less dead and the fire reached the engine room from the magazine and fuel compartment and that was the final blow to the Luna.

The thirty-two were saved by the Fillydelphia and they had to join their damage control to keep the ship afloat but a few bombs hit the Fillydelphia in the center a few times and knocked out the engine room making them dead in the water and easily hit by the Zebra torpedos.

When Azure Sugar was below deck fighting the fire she started to feel hot water. The burning water was leaking so she had to get out of there. But when she came to the bulkhead door it was jammed. She saw her brother Corn Smoke who ran over to the door and tried to get it open.

Azure Sugar saw the water approaching and fire coming. She looked down and shed a tear.

"Go brother," said Azure Sugar. "Go finish the fight. Go live your life. Go be happy."

Corn Smoke replied, "No. You may be my older sister but family doesn't leave family behind. Oh, My Luna! We've done the same to Sapphire and left her behind when she needed us. I'm not going to leave you."

There was a cabinet that had a welder and Corn Smoke started to cut through the steel. He started to hear screaming and he was too late to save Azure Sugar and he saw her lifeless corpse floating on the kerosene covered water and fire. Corn Smoke thought about leaving but he stayed on the ship and accepted his fate and thinks it was fate for how they treated Sapphire Love as a filly and teenager.

I wish I would go back in time and spend time with her, Corn Smoke thought, I wish we treated Sapphire better than kept driving her away. When she needed us we pushed her away and I wish we got to spend more time with her.

It didn't take long for the water covered in kerosene to reach him and burn him alive. He did his best not to scream thinking it would be better as payback for how they treated Sapphire Love only now they feel remorseful for how they treated her.

Only Marbled Lotus was alive not knowing what happened to his siblings besides Sapphire Love but to him, it was heartbreaking to see HMS Airhoofia, Calihoofia, Mareland, Dodge Junction, Canterlot, Halter, Rainrot, Horsolulu, Luna, Blueblood, Amore, Celestia sunk. Only HMS Neighvada escaped with a lot of damage until it got stuck on the beach still in the harbor and HMS Mare Island escaped badly to San Franciscolt.

Marbled Lotus did his best to help the injured air ponies, pegasi, and sailors out of harm's way and even took a rowboat to help the sailors get out of the water until a Zebra fighter plane strafed the water with him getting several shots and falling over into the water dead.

The Zebra's headed away after damaging the Equestrian Lunar Fleet very badly with the Naval yard now being out of commission. All of the combat ships both capital ships which were the Battleships and the screen ships, were the Light Cruisers and Destroyers. All of the aircraft were destroyed and the pegasi were either dead or badly injured and couldn't keep up the fight anymore.

***

Over on CV-3 Manehattan, their sister Laffy Taffy walked into a room and saw ponies hard at work. And Somepony was typing on a typewriter.

"Ma'am!" said a Unicorn sailor, "Here!"

The sailor gave her a piece of paper and it said,

"AIR RAID, MARGARITE HARBOR, NOT A DRILL! REPEAT NOT A DRILL! THREE BATTLESHIPS, ONE CRUISER, AND ONE DESTROYER DESTROYED, NEED IMMEDIATE HELP!"

"Mother of Luna," said Laffy Taffy. "Going to get this to the Fleet Admiral"

Laffy Taffy ran up to the bridge and gave it to an Earth Pony mare who's the Fleet Admiral. The Fleet Admiral sent eighteen pegasi in their prototype power armor and battle saddles to help. But by the time they got there, it was too late, and they couldn't provide any help.

When night came HMS Manehattan with HMS Luna and HMS Celestia they're two Canterlot class battleships and three Heavy Cruisers, HMS Twilight Sparkle, HMS Rainbow Dash, and HMS Applejack sailed into Margarite Harbor. The sailors were sick to their stomachs. But they did aid in firefighting and rescue but they were twelve hours too late.

When the Equestrians listened over their radios they heard that the Zebra's were waiting for them to surrender or sue for peace but it had the opposite effect. Equestria was divided over the war now 98% back the war with 2% still opposing the war.

Now Equestrian Morale dropped but enlistment and production skyrocketed as once weapons were only having two thousand and thirty-seven were being made now it's ten thousand five hundred and sixty-nine being made per day. Or with aircraft it once took a month to make a squadron of planes now twenty squadrons of planes are being made per day or power armor once took two weeks to make one suit now fifteen hundred were being made in a single day for both the Steel Rangers and the Pegasi.

Tanks, Half-tracks, Armored Personnel Carriers, and anything mechanized once took three days to a week to build now took a day with ten or twenty being made a week, forty were being made per day. Not adding Equestrian strength were only seven million soldiers now it doubled to fourteen million with another two million joining shortly after.

After two weeks passed Lt Sapphire Love's secret mission was a success. Equestrian Morale skyrocketed and hurt the Zebra's morale so badly some would surrender to the Equestrians in combat than fighting. Also the Equestrian Colony state named "New Mareland" was brought into the war as an ally to the Equestrians giving them access to their ten factories and small navy of five destroyers, one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, one dreadnought, and one escort carrier.

In the following month, half of the Undiscovered West/Unknown West became an Equestrian State named 'West Equestria.' It struck fear into the Zebra's knowing that
there's only so much left of the Undiscovered West they could freely roam and fight the war in until the Equestrians break through the front lines and commit acts of who knows what to the Zebra population such as rape and murder on the defenseless civilians.

The only reason the Zebra's feared that sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, and other types of family are signing up to avenge their mothers, fathers, nephews, nieces, sons, daughters, cousins, husbands, wives, aunt's or uncles deaths.

***

Present Day Equestrian Wasteland.

"Interesting story," said Rocky. "Interesting to hear about the days during the war and how one attack led to a greater one."

Purple replied, "Yeah the Zebra leadership taught us Equestrian we were a nation of Playcolts and weaklings who hired Griffon, Dragon, or Stalliongradians who fight wars for them."

Starry replied, "Playcolt? What's that?"

Purple replied, "A pre-war and wartime magazine of mares. A pornographic one."

Flared Blizzard asked, "How do you know that?"

Purple said, "In Stable 190 when we turned seventeen or eighteen we had to look at one so we could get a boner or something so we could donate our sperm. Not adding my older brother in the Stable had a collection of them and still has them."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Interesting story but I'm going to bed."

Paladin Sapphire went to sleep with her adopted daughter. She kept her left frontal leg around her to keep a sense of safety to her and when Purple went to bed he did the same but with his left wing.

They had a guard watch with the last pony awake and had to stand guard for two hours with the last one to go to bed which was Starry, Rocky, Critical, Purple, Paladin Sapphire in that order with the last one getting up to stand guard when the first one goes back to sleep.

Flared Blizzard was lucky that his helmet is special, it had built-in night vision and highlights friends and foes which was a game-changer for stealth Zebra's. It highlighted anything wearing Stealth Cloaks or Stealth bucks as orange while allies are highlighted in green and hostiles are red.

When it was Paladin Sapphire's turn to stand guard it was almost sunrise and she had Purple stay up with her. The two made out because she wanted to. But when the sun rose they stopped and Purple got them up.

After a while, Rocky Road asked how many people died in both attacks of both the surprise airstrike and Lt Sapphire Love's secret mission.

Purple replied, "For the Equestrian Navy and Airforce including Pegasus were four thousand and nine hundred and thirty. For the Zebra's they lost forty planes, twenty pilots, and nineteen tail gunners. In the Secret mission forty-two pilots and navigators with one hundred and twelve Zebra factory workers. A total for us Equestrians was four thousand nine hundred seventy-two and the Zebra's lost one hundred and fifty-one"

They kept on going until they saw a Raider by herself and Purple bravely walked up to her.

"Are you ok?" asked Purple, "Do you want something to eat? Something to drink?"

Raider mare replied, "No. A group of ponies in black balaclavas, gray or black ballistic goggles, tan or Khaki vests, and black uniforms and coyote brown body armor. They murdered my raider gang and my foals they made me watch and one of them said, 'That's what you get for raiding a Grand Pony Enclave supply line."

Purple replied, "I'm sorry for your loss. Want to come with us and get payback?"

The raider replied, "Why do you feel sorry for a Raider?"

Purple said, "Raider or not. You are still a pony. And I despise ponies who do that?"

She put her left frontal hoof onto Purple's right frontal hoof and he helped the light umber brown mare with dark chocolate mane and tail mare up.

Flared Blizzard stared at her cutie mark it's pentagon shape with two .30-06/7.62x63mm rounds right left from the right and the two bullets are dark yellow or gold color and the pentagon shape is the same color.

"The name is 'Double Tap.' That's my name," said Double Tap. "And what's the word... What's the word for being polite?"

Purple replied, "Thank you. That's the word."

Double Tap an earth pony mare joined them and due to her being with them some raider groups will leave them alone now due to the 'Double Tap' raider gang being the most feared so feared not even Alicorns or Steel Rangers wouldn't and didn't fight them. But now 'somepony' and his army annihilated them.

Chapter 76: Outpost Raiding

It's early morning and it's been a while since they recruited Double Tap, a mare Earth pony raider into the group. Double Tap told them how the Grand Pony Enclave virtually destroyed her raider gang with her being the only one due to they 'wanted to teach her a lesson' thinking it would scare her and she would run off not pissing her off wanting revenge.

"I know where all twelve of their remaining outposts are," said Double Tap. "If you want to know where they are?"

They looked at her and they wanted to know the longer the Grand Pony Enclave is up and running then well they'll have a hard life. With mares serving as servants to stallions, cooking, cleaning, & bearing foals while the stallions did the fighting, hard working, farming, manufacturing, and teaching to colts and fillies. They'll have a sexist, misogynistic, and patriarchal blue pegasus who prefers to be called after three deceased baseball players.

"After you," said Purple. "You know where the outposts are."

Double Tap walked in front of Purple and she led them to a close-by Grand Pony Enclave outpost which it's small and had a ten-foot-tall tin or thin metal wall. But is usually has a squad of Grand Pony Enclave soldiers and an officer go around terrorizing the wasteland and kidnap mares for their 'pleasures.' Not adding forcing them into their faction for supportive roles and stallions are forced for combative and educational roles.

"I'd say your brother is misguided," said Paladin Sapphire. "His heart is in the right place but if he changes his ideology and helps instead of making others join him but have it volunteering like how you do. Then you two would've been an unstoppable force. Oh well, Arsen has it coming.

"I'm not defending him but I see goodness in his heart and eyes but he thinks mares enjoy being slaves. If some mares want to have foals and not do a lot then let them. But I know well I know a lot of mares who'll go down in a blaze of glory. Helping is what Honey Cake did by getting herself and two hundred and nine other Grand Pegasus Enclave mares pregnant with their foals Purple. She knew that Grand Pegasus Enclave would've lost Operation: Cauterize and a lot of soldiers.

"Heck somepony I know in Manehattan sent me a message with one of the last caravans and said that during the battle of 'Battle of Friendship City' that the Grand Pegasus Enclave fired upon one of their own Cloudships due to they were mostly firing upon non-combatants. The only reason they fired upon the city was that they wanted somepony but the settlement refused to hoof that pony over to them.
"Your brother is a Red Eye 2.0 but just more misguided. At least my source in Fillydelphia told me that Red Eye was talked to by somepony and she or he. I think it was because she can't remember the letter fully. But Red Eye was convinced by the mare that what he was doing was misguided what he was doing was good but misguided by using slaves."

They kept on keeping an eye on where they were going but Flared Blizzard was staring at Double Tap's small ponut. But lucky that Rocky Road couldn't see what his eyes were staring at. Purple was standing next to Double Tap with Paladin Sapphire riding on his back and he had to relocate his rucksack to his stomach.

They walked for an hour until they stopped and Purple served them breakfast which he gave them apples which are shipped from The Island. From the Lawponies as thanks for him and Rainy Night clearing the Raiders from the island. Part of the Wasteland Guardians as an ally and trades food and crafting material to them and vice versa. The Lawponies sent meat, apples, bread, cabbage, beans, canned corn, nuts, and maize while the Guardians sent them carrots, tatos, meat, leather, and alcohol.

They ate the apples and drank the purified water and they went on their way to the closest Grand Pony Enclave outpost.

***

On a hill, all of them laid down and looked down and saw nine Grand Pony Enclave soldiers walking around and one barking orders or just yelling his lungs out.

Purple teleported to the town of Crimson. He opened up a truck he had and got a .45-75 Lever-action rifle, .45 LC Single Action Revolver, a Double-action revolver, a Pump-action Shotgun, and bow and arrows. He teleported back and shot the Grand Pony Enclave officer right in the head with an arrow.

"Nice shot!" said Double Tap, "Wish that fucker seen it!"

Critical Shot replied, "I don't think he saw that."

A Grand Pony Enclave soldier walked over to the body and there was another hit. Purple launched a bow and arrow and it went through the eye protectors on the helmet of the pegasus power armor.

I guess they don't stop bow and arrows, Purple thought, Should've made them bullet and arrow proof unless that's on the Steel Ranger one.

Purple thought about shooting one of them again with a bow and arrow but didn't.

"Go get them," said Purple, "They're all yours."

They attacked them while he stayed back and started to think how chaotic it was at Maragirate harbor and what was going through his six-time great-grand uncles and aunts. Not Sonata Blues or Shocking Taser. Paladin Sapphire stayed behind with her adopted daughter.

Paladin Sapphire did her best to cover the filly up so she wouldn't witness the destruction and fighting going on down below. But the filly was curious about what was going on but Paladin Sapphire just shielded her ears and eyes.

They were kind enough to drag the corpses away before looting them and hid the corpses for the decency of a filly in their group.

***

Down in the camp well outpost, it was how Double Tap described it with a small building at the back end and a ten-foot-tall thin metal or tin wall.

Paladin Sapphire, Purple, and the filly went into the outpost's command building.

***

In the command building, there was a terminal and Purple went to it while he gave Paladin Sapphire some food and water so she could have the filly eat and drink some food and drink some purified water.

Purple worked in silence and wondered what something juicy he could find on it.

There was one file he opened and it said, "Us Grand Pony Enclave is going to win this war and take over the wasteland and build up the old Equestria as it was during the wartime days. But instead of a Monarchical nation, it'll be an Autocratic world. Soon we'll invade the rest of the radioactive world and rule the whole world. That Base is an intelligent pegasus. He always makes the right decisions. Not involving mares but yeah he does make decisions that usually give us total victories! Yeah, we've won a ton of battles against the Grand Pegasus Enclave who are the strongest enemy. Not adding we've been whipping their asses and taking their names."

"Aresn won't get away with this," said Purple. "Once he takes over what was Equestria or commonly called since The Last Day now as Equestrian Wasteland. Arsen wants to take over the world. Back then it was a semi-constitutional coregency monarchy. I think he's overcompensating for something. Or he thinks having an eight-inch dick makes him untouchable."

***

Outside.

Both Rocky Road and Private FIrst Class Flared Blizzard chatted up a storm but out of the blue he asked her if she would like to be his girlfriend. She didn't know what to think besides accepting his offer to be his girlfriend out of the blue.

Critical did his job and kept looking out for any sign of trouble or enemy reinforcements. But his scope was clear, but he saw Rocky Road and Flared Blizzard walk the perimeter of the place to do Critical's job as well but on a patrol.

Double Tap was doing normal Raider things and she was looting the dead Grand Pony Enclave soldiers mostly for stuff to sell for bottlecaps or for food, beverages or something useful. But she found a new type of currency on the bodies called, "Grand Pony Enclave Dollars."

There were three $5 Grand Pony Enclave dollars, two $20 Grand Pony Enclave dollars, 1 $100 Grand Pony Enclave dollar, and a $500 Grand Pony Enclave dollar. The five-dollar bills have a picture of Blue Watershed on the face of the bill and a landscape image of The Pyre, their first base.

The twenty-dollar bill has either Harp or Albatross on it it varies but on the back has a Stable door image on the back, the one hundred dollar bill has a picture of Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist Astrology on the front and a landscape image of the town of Crimson, and the five hundred dollar bill has a picture of Arsen Nimrod Walnut Flier or commonly he's known as 'Base Icey Flier' with a landscape image of Fort Base.

Arsen only had money printed with the faces of his family on them due to the fact that on the outside he hates them but deep, deep, deep, deep down he shows love for them. But he does love his parents more than he loves his siblings. He's currently designing a $50 bill with the face of Overmare Harp on it due to the fact that he also loved his grandmother even if she favored Purple a lot more than the rest of them.

***

Still inside of the outpost command building.

Purple found a vanilla folder and opened it. He didn't believe it because it says that Arsen/Base actually wants a truce or to form an alliance with his baby brother. But he thinks everypony will think he's weak and try to kill him.

Purple also thought about who to leave behind to defend the outpost but he messed around with a radio and got a frequency from Stable 190. it's a mare singing and Purple knows who it is, it's a unicorn mare named Singing Pasta Heart.

Purple decided to leave Starry behind to stay at the outpost but he quickly came back and got her. They saw smoke and only PFC Flared Blizzard and Purple Artist went up and heard gunfire and they headed towards it,

They saw Grand Pony Enclave soldiers fighting Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and the latter was pinned down trying to defend their crashed Vertibuck and waiting for their evacuation flight because the crash hurt their wings so they couldn't fly without adding some have broken wings.

Unknown to them that the Grand Pony Enclave heard their distress beacon as the squad had to wait until 8:30 PM for their evacuation flight to arrive due to both the Grand Pegasus Enclave and Grand Pegasus Enclave Force Recon had daytime operations cease and desist.

Purple and Flared Blizzard flanked the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers and one officer & killed them and saved them.

"Thank goodness we got some help," replied a GPE soldier. "Thought we were gonners."

A GPE Soldier replied, "Are either of you two surgeons? Or have better medical experience?"

Purple went into the Vertibuck and saw two injured Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers, a badly injured Grand Pegasus Enclave co-pilot, and an extremely critically injured Grand Pegasus Enclave pilot.

Purple did his best but he had two options and those were either save them or put them out of their misery and he did the former to save them even though he burned through a majority of his Healing Potions, bandages, and magical bandages.

Going to need to find a trade caravan and get some more supplies, Purple thought, Running low on medical supplies.

Purple stepped out of the crashed vertibuck.

"There's an outpost down the road," said Purple, "You'll be safe there."

The Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers left with some containers with both Equestrian and Zebra markings from the war days but Purple and Flared Blizzard didn't ask because it wasn't their business. If it was Purple would and will go ask Honey Cake.

Flared Blizzard and Purple went their way and met up with Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, Starry, and the filly who hadn't said her name yet. Paladin Sapphire tried to get her to say her name but Paladin Sapphire thinks she was scared because she doesn't know where her parents are, not knowing they were dead.

The only reason Purple or Paladin Sapphire haven't told her that her parents are dead yet is due to they don't know how to tell a four-year-old filly. But Purple every now and again kept giving the filly some apples and some sips of Purified Water.

They followed Double Tap again and they did the same Purple and Paladin Sapphire stayed back with the filly to protect her while Rocky, Critical, Starry, and Double Tap attacked it and looted it. They also would loot the dead Grand Pony Enclave soldiers and officers and go hide their bodies and would move on.

The third Grand Pony Enclave outpost was hidden more in a jungle and Flared Blizzard went ahead and snuck into the command building where they kept the ammo as well. He found several crates of ammo for their ballistic weapons and he found timed dynamite and he found timed dynamite and set it for an hour.

***
One hour passed and all of the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers and the squad officer went inside for lunch.

The door closed when the last soldier went inside and there was a huge explosion and the outpost was now decommissioned or out of commission for the Grand Pony Enclave.

***

Eleven hours later.

The final Grand Pony Enclave Outpost was well defended and in a strategic location with a hill on a one-eighty degree rotation. Not adding the wall is reinforced and has a wonderful Killzone for the defenders there's an incline with no cover. The machine guns and miniguns can tear apart anypony even the Steel Rangers within a matter of seconds if not a few minutes.

"They're reinforced and better armed," said Purple. "I see the everyday rank and file Grand Pony Enclave soldier, about ten officers, twelve machine gun heavies either carrying a .50 caliber heavy machine gun battle saddle or a minigun battle saddle or being carried by unicorns. There are twelve Grand Pony Enclave in reinforced pegasi power armor armed with flamethrower battle saddles.

"There are also fourteen scouts either with scoped Novasurge rifles, bolt-action, or semi-automatic rifles in their battle saddle variant. I see two buildings, probably the barracks, the command center, and a storage room. I got a plan but we'll be caught anyway because that place can make you be easily discovered more than trying to sneak out of the living quarters in the Stable. I'm thinking of a number. Between one and one hundred. What is the number?"

Rocky Road replied, "Twenty-Two."

Critical Shot Replied, "Twenty-Four."

Starry replied, "Seventy-Eight."

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "Fifty-Two."

PFC Flared Blizzard replied, "One hundred and one."

Double Tap replied, "One."

The four-year-old filly said, "Eighty-Five."

Purple replied, "Flared Blizzard and the filly are the closets. Well, the filly is closer. It's Eighty-Seven."

Due to the filly not knowing any military tactics or anything like that only Purple, Paladin Sapphire, and Private First Class Flared Blizzard had to discuss. Paladin Sapphire was ok with what Purple wanted to do. PFC Flared Blizzard wanted to gallop into the final outpost and drop all of the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers, officers, and anypony else who's allied with them.

They waited until the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers and officers went to bed. But they saw more Grand Pony Enclave officers and soldiers come out of the barracks after some time more came out to stand guard at night. But unknown to them that the ones in the outpost below are battle hardened deserters from the Grand Pegasus Enclave who fought during Operation: Cauterize and/or scouting missions in the past if not both.

PFC Flared Blizzard pointed out his brother-in-law in an officer's uniform. He pointed out that his brother always enjoyed taking it up the ass and that's probably how he probably became a lieutenant or a captain.

Purple, Flared Blizzard, Rocky Road, and Double Tap went down only Purple, Flared Blizzard, and Double Tap have sharp weapons, Purple with a combat knife, Flared Blizzard with a Bowie knife, and Double Tap with a paring knife, and a wooden spear that she made.

***

In the final outpost.

There was a Grand Pony Enclave officer walking and Double Tap placed her hoof over the officer's mouth and stabbed the mare pegasus officer in the side of the neck with her wooden spear.

A Grand Pony Enclave soldier walked by Flared Blizzard and he snapped his neck in a painful way and made him feel the pain before death while using his wing to cover his mouth so he wouldn't scream.

Purple used his magic to cover one mouth and beat one to death with the IF-37 shotgun with the trigger grip the final two blows when Purple hit the back of the neck and when Purple hit the top of the head with his shotgun.

They prefered stealth takedowns because if it was loud they would be up a creek without a paddle and with possible no escape and probably be torn to shreds or burnt alive by the ones with flamers.

One Grand Pony Enclave soldier had a suppressed 10mm Pistol. Purple took it with his magic and he shot the Grand Pony Enclave soldier in the back on the legs, turned him around and shot him right between the eyes.

***

Paladin Sapphire was staring up at the stars.

"They need to open up," said Paladin Sapphire. "Or soon there's going to be empty suits."

Critical replied, "What did you say?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "The Steel Rangers out here. Isolationism and distrust is self-destructive in the long run. For communities and factions to prosper is to open up to the world to make friends and allies, trade and cooperate for a better tomorrow. But no they would rather stay locked up in their camp and be allied with Purple's dumbass brother. But they keep themselves locked up in their own base and kill anyone who comes close to their base not adding they harass farmers for half of their crops. Heck, on the way out here we forced a farmer to give us half of his crops but noticed he had a Magical Energy Rifle. What the Steel Rangers did was that they killed the farmer, killed his wife and they killed three fillies, two colts, one teenage mare, and a newborn colt."

***

Purple snuck into the command post.

Purple sabotaged the radio and booby trapped a couple of things such as the weapon's cabinet, front door, and backdoor and left out the front door not triggering the boobytrap.

He rejoined Flared Blizzard, and Double Tab who was stab happy.

"Lavender got bad news," said Rainy Night. "Your Stable. The water chip. The water purification chip broke and your Stable's maintenance ponies can't do a workaround so the Overmare. I mean your mother is sending somepony out with just their Stable Jumpsuit and a 2065 10mm pistol with hollow jacketed rounds. My bet she'll be some Raider's bitch by six in the morning."

Unknown to Rainy Night she screwed Purple, Flared Blizzard, and Double Tap and the three galloped back into the jungle hiding. It wasn't long until there were some huge explosions and that's from Purple from the booby traps he placed.

"Go Sapphire." said Purple, "Critical go with her to protect the filly. Go run far!"

Paladin Sapphire ran with the filly on her back with Critical Shot running with her to protect her if anypony was going to fight them.

Only Purple, Rocky Road, Flared Blizzard, and Double Tap stayed behind and fought them to keep Grand Pony Enclave at bay. Purple gave Double Tap his double-action .45 LC revolver. Both Rocky and Flared Blizzard thought it was a bad idea of giving a Raider a firearm but Purple does what Purple wants.

They kept them at bay and mostly performed headshots on them which put them down with ease and made them retreat into the forest and set up explosive booby traps for the ones with the battle saddles with miniguns, .50 Caliber machine guns or flamers.

The four played high and go seek with the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers which the latter couldn't find them and they moved so rapidly but sneaky as well which scared them.

The fight didn't last long but Private First Class Flared Blizzard said, "My hometown is nearby. It's called 'Clearwater Creek.' A nice trading town even if you don't want to trade you always could work in the hydroelectric dam or saw mill. We can stop there tonight, get some rest, do some trading and leave in the morning."

All of them were down with that due to their hooves being aching all day from all that walking.

Chapter 77: Clearwater Creek

"My hometown Clearwater Creek," said Flared Blizzard, "It resides within a mountainous valley and lies on the banks of a river. The town itself is divided into several districts. The town center is divided into two blocks connected by a concrete bridge, with the residential area lying in the nearby hills. Two bridges lead into the town from across the river. Beyond the river banks are several houses, a wagon repair station, a large sawmill, and the local Luna Church. Also, a dam also operates on the river, providing the town with hydroelectric power. Whatever you do, keep your weapons holstered."

Purple joked, "Is it a 'God damn?' Just trying to relax everypony up."

PFC Flared Blizzard replied, "It was built during the war according to the town's history. And it survived this long. So I guess so. Once the town was built so was the sawmill for blue-collared jobs and the dam was built so ponies wouldn't have to go around the town to cross the bridges to go east. According to some legends, a Stable was built underneath the town but I'd say it's true because my mother usually wore a 'Stable 199' utility jumpsuit. But what should I know? I'm the bastard son of a Grand Pegasus Enclave Non-Commissioned Officer and a whore. My mother she was a prostitute and a Grand Pegasus Enclave Non-Commissioned Officer was on furlough and went to the town. Well, one fun night and guess what I was convinced. My mom is a Unicorn and my father is a Pegasus."

Rocky replied, "Just like Purple's parents but reversed. His mom is a Pegasus and his father is a Unicorn."

They enjoyed a peaceful night and only Paladin Sapphire Heart and Purple stared up at the stars seeing how much of a lovely night it was. The filly slept on her back. It was a long track and they kept walking for a couple of hours.

***

At a truss bridge.

"Halt!" A town guard said, "Who goes there!?"

PFC Flared Blizzard replied, "It's me Divine Eyes. Let me and my friends through."

The red pegasus with black hair opened the barrier and replied, "Welcome home Flared."

The group walked on the bridge, passing another guard, a female unicorn in leather armor and a security helmet with a visor sitting on her ass with her hunting rifle in tow.

"Don't worry about Divine Eyes," said Flared Blizzard. "He's usually a pain in the ass who you'll have to warm up to."

They entered the southern half of the town and saw all of the shops were closed because it's two-thirty in the morning. They don't open until seven in the morning and are only open Monday through Friday the town never gets any trade caravans on Saturdays and Sundays. But the town's motel is always open even if it was hailing buildings the size of Manehattan.

It was ten caps per pony but Purple paid for himself, Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, Starry, Double Tap, and the filly. Rocky Road went with PFC Flared Blizzard to his house.

Rocky Road saw guards walk and patrolled the streets. The town only has twenty-four guards twelve during the day and twelve at night.

"Don't worry about the guards," said Flared Blizzard, "The night guards won't mess with you. There's Apple Parchment. He's an earth pony he's determined but alright. There's Virtuous Aura. She's a deer pony and she's the Guards captain. There's Neutral Carrot, she's a Kirin with a prosthetic horn but she's kind. There's Strawberry Burst and he's a Zebra but usually quiet. White Fang, she's alright even though she cheated on Apple Parchment with Lotus Smoke and there's Lotus Smoke he's an Earth Pony.

"There's Dusty he's a Unicorn, there's Littlebomb a small Earth pony who is small and short temper, there's Dakota she's an Earth Pony who wears a Stable 101 jumpsuit, there's Apple Jam she's an Earth Pony mare, and the mare we passed at the south gate she's Gambier Bay. The Day shift has Sunny Smiles she's a unicorn, there's Avenger she's a Pegasus mare, Hammer Strike he's an Earth Pony, there's Lemon Spice who's a unicorn and both a guard and a restaurant owner, there's Amethyst Strike she's an earth pony.

"There's Storm Wind he's a Pegasus, there's Storm Tornado he's a Pegasus, there's Midnight Lighting he's a unicorn, there's Flash Guard he's a Pegasus. There's his brother Flash Comedian, there's Sonata Striker a unicorn, Crispy Burn he's a Pegasus, there's Eagle Eye he's a Pegasus and the only sniper with an EWM (Equestrian Warfare Magnum) and his .338 Equestria rounds. The town's doctor is Mage Heathrow. She's an earth pony and her wife is Sprocket Locket a Unicorn. They'll patch you up. But they don't like being woken up at night. Heck, my old squad leader is here. Maybe I should stop by and see Lieutenant Onyx Locky Pocky. But she is usually busy."

Rocky Road replied, "What does Ms. Onyx do?"

Flared Blizzard replied, "She goes out exploring and brings back useful shit. Like scrap metal, clothing, weapons, ammo, medicine, and anything that somepony will buy or use. But she lives outside of town. Why she left the Grand Pegasus Enclave is anyponys guess."

The two left town and went to Private First Class Flared Blizzard's house is a nice single-story house with a master bedroom and a smaller bedroom, a kitchen, and a living room. The two cuddled in bed.

***

In Purple's motel room. Purple was sound asleep while Double Tap was awake and didn't know what to think. She wants to get payback on the Grand Pony Enclave for killing her fillies but wants another filly.

Paladin Sapphire in two rooms down with the filly keeping her safe and sound.

Double Tap thought about asking Purple if he could give her a daughter or son. But they hardly know each other. So while Purple slept she knocked him out but didn't know if it worked or not.

***
In the morning.

Everyone met up at a restaurant for breakfast. Flared Blizzard bought all of them breakfast which was bacon and some Fancy Buck Cake's. But Purple was surprised they had coffee which was made of roasted coyote tobacco chew and honey mesquite pods. Purple didn't like it but he still drank it all.

Flared Blizzard paid for their breakfast. When they walked out of the building they heard a chirping sound so they went to the west wall.

***

At the west wall, they saw giant black ants and the ants are the size of houses coming towards the house. The dayshift guards came over and brought some heavy weapons like Missile launchers with White Phosphorus missiles which may be rare but are powerful enough to stop the giant ants due to how hot it is. No sane pony or mutated creature ain't going to cross land that's five thousand degrees hot.

They also shot at the huge ass ants until town guard Eagle Eye said, "Shoot the antennas! Shoot the antennas! It makes them go into a frenzy and attack each other! Shoot the antennas!"

Eagle Eye had a better chance because of his EMW sniper rifle and its powerful .338 Equestrian round which was common with Equestrian Marines snipers and scout snipers. While the others had a harder time due to their weapons not having scopes and some weren't made for long-range combat.

They fought the giant ants and killed them.

"What the hell was that?" asked Purple, "What the hell are they?"

Flared Blizzard replied, "Giant ants. Big ants. They're about twelve to twenty feet long and tall as a single-story building. We've never seen the queen or queens before nor how they reproduce. We've sent scouts out to find their nests but none returned so we've guessed the giant ants got them."

Purple replied, "Well we're not going to go after them without some additional help."

They went shopping and what caught Purple's eye was a Balefire Egg Launcher and it was in pristine condition. He asked how much the Balefire Egg Launcher was and the stallion shopkeeper told him it cost fourteen thousand caps.

What a rip-off! Purple thought, But I'm here for better gear and all that.

"I like to have a 'private viewing,'" said Purple. "If that won't be a problem."

The shopkeep replied, "If you follow me sir."

Purple followed the stallion underground there were two ponies standing guard and they opened up double doors. There were three walls full of weapons.

"What is your taste?" asked the Shopkeeper.

Purple replied, "Close to medium range. Something precise, robust, strong, and get the job done without wasting too much ammo."

The Shopkeeper replied, "So A shotgun and some type of assault rifle?"

Purple replied, "Yup."

The Shopkeeper replied, "I think I have something you'll like."

The shopkeeper placed a custom-made Super 45 semi-automatic combat shotgun. It had a full stock and has some custom texture.

"Custom-made shotgun in the pre-war days for a faster rate of fire for the Equestrian Marine Corps. Faster fire rate than the IF-9 but only has eight rounds but can be modified more to hold ten shells. But the custom textures allow you to carry it with your hooves or wings should your hooves or wings get... wet. A classic. It has a custom bolt carrier release and charging handle."

The Shopkeeper got a fancy post-war but neat-looking assault rifle. It had a suppressor, red dot sight, and a fifty-round magazine.

"Steel and plastic made with a steel barrel and the outer barrel has small lines in it to help it cool off," said the shopkeeper. "It's powerful enough that enemies including powerful ones will be dropping dead in two shots in the 5.56mm rounds."

"What about the 'pointy ones?' Can I see those" asked Purple, "Just in case it gets messy or in hoof-to-hoof combat."

The shopkeeper replied, "Ah yes. I was hoping you would ask for that."

The shopkeeper bought out a box and opened it and it has Ballistic knives, Butterfly knives, Combat knives, Daggers, Fighting Knives, Trench Knives, Throwing knives, Hunting knives, Pocket knives, Survival knives, Switchblades, & Utility knives.

Purple got seven throwing knives, a utility knife, a survival knife, a hunting knife, a trench knife, a fighting knife, a dagger, and a ballistic knife.

The Shopkeeper told Purple that the rifle is one hundred and seventeen bottlecaps, the shotgun for sixty-five bottlecaps, ten bottle caps per throwing knife so seventy bottlecaps, twenty bottlecaps for the fighting knife, fifteen bottlecaps for the dagger. Forty bottlecaps for the ballistic knife, thirty bottlecaps for the utility knife, thirty-five bottlecaps for the survival knife, twenty-five bottlecaps for the hunting knife, and forty-five bottlecaps for the trench knife.

It cost Purple a total of four hundred and sixty-two bottlecaps which he happily paid it and walked outside of the underground part of the shop back to the main lobby and left but when he opened the door he saw it raining.

His Geiger counter that was built into the Pipbuck wasn't going off and that told him the raindrops weren't contaminated with Balefire Radiation but actually safe. They were even safe to drink without being purified. Purple stood in the rain only to sit down and had his two frontal hooves stretched out with his eyes closed and had a smile on his face.

"I'm singing in the rain. I'm singing in the rain," Purple sang. "What an Illustrious affection. I'm walking down the street with a happy smile just singing in the peaceful rain."

Rocky Road, Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, Starry Cultivating, Flared Blizzard, and a lot of the town's citizens were staring at Purple thinking he was a nutcase dancing around in the rain like it was nothing.

Paladin Sapphire went outside in the rain and joined Purple dancing, even wrapping her right frontal hoof around his and jumping around in circles in happiness. Everypony thought the two were insane or a couple of nutcases.

The two also shared a long romantic kiss in the middle of the dance.

"I love you," the two said simultaneously before sharing another romantic kiss.

They continued to dance in the rain until it ended. Paladin Sapphire noticed something with Purple's hair and it had some jet black in it and she pointed it out.

"Your hair is black?" asked Paladin Sapphire.

Purple replied truthfully, "My hair is striped and down the middle is jet black. But I dyed it purple. The only reason I dyed it purple is so it wouldn't remind me of Arsen."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "You're perfect the way you are. Don't hide any part of you even if it'll remind you of someone. Just stay yourself."

Purple replied, "You're right. I'm not going to re-dye my hair again."

Purple got Rocky, Critical, Starry, Flared Blizzard, and Double Tap and they went on their way to find the giant ants' nest even if it's suicide. They had a rough location but nothing concrete of a solid location but they think it'll be a huge anthill in the ground or some kind of hole in the ground.

When they entered some farmland they saw torn to shreds Brahmin and rib cages and bones of ponies that were eaten by the giant ants. Everyone was scared to go down it until they heard loud chirping sounds and a giant ant appeared down below. All of them fired their weapons and it retreated back into the cave.

"We're going to need big guns," said Purple. "I don't think our normal weapons will do."

Purple lit up his horn and got Sentinel Glace and his team and teleported back to the hole which Purple was the first one to jump down with Double Tap being the last.

***

"Well we're in a different hell," said Critical. "A new batch of hell."

Starry replied, "Giant ants. Well, I'm scared."

Purple replied, "I'm scared too and I don't feel less of a stallion saying that."

What scared them wad that some town guards jumped down to clear out the ants even though their leather armor won't protect them nor their IF-9 Combat Shotgun and Brush Gun won't be enough firepower to stop or kill'em all.

Sentinel Glace and his team turned on their power armor flashlights to see better and they saw a giant ant and heard a chirping sound before they quickly killed it. They knew they would have the firepower if they stuck together and not split up. Even though they could cover more ground, they didn't want any unnecessary deaths.

New gun going to try the Super 45 with the eight-round tube magazine, Purple thought. That's one more shell than the IF-37 Police Special with the seven shells. Semi-auto here I go.

Purple switched over to the Super 45 Semi-Auto Combat Shotgun and for some reason, he held it with his wings and used his magic to fire it. The giant ants were no match for them until they came to a fork in the tunnel with a tunnel going southwest, a tunnel going southeast, and the tunnel going south and they're currently going south.

"Do not split up," said Purple. "The fewer of us there are, the higher the chance we'll die."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "This place is creepy. Needs to be 20% cooler."

The town guards didn't listen and went through the tunnel going Southeast while Sentinel Glance, Paladin Solar Comet, Paladin Sundancer, Knight Parmmica, and Knight Aurora Skies. There were another four former Steel Rangers who were a part of the team but they're still in the town of Crimson to help defend it. Not adding in this group besides Sentinel Glace are all mares. Three unicorns and an Artificial Alicorn due to Purple's anti-discrimination policy and she's in the Wasteland Guardian Powered Armor Platoon.

They continued and saw a fancy sign written by a group of survivors but they didn't know if they were still alive or dead.

"Speakin' in fancy," said Purple. "No wait It's upside down."

Purple flipped the sign right side up and said, "Giant ants. They enjoy eating us and dragging us to their nest for their queens to eat. Pregnant mares are usually eaten first with colts and fillies being the last. If anypony sees this. GET THE FUCK OUT BEFORE YOU'RE MADE INTO A SNACK FOR THESE CREATURES!"

All but Paladin Sapphire and Purple continued with Paladin Sapphire and Purple went with them knowing it was suicide. But in all three tunnels, they saw ponies' ribcages nearly every step and they knew what killed them.

All of the tunnels lead to a giant hole in the ground with four giant ants with wings. But the tunnel leading south Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Starry had to fight a few Giant Ants who tried to cave in the tunnel to stop them from getting access to the queens and the eggs. But that didn't work.

They killed the ants and looked down at the defenseless queen giant ants who chirped for help only for them all to fire down upon them killing the queen ants and the eggs. They don't have to worry about Giant Ants terrorizing the pony communities in a seven and a half miles radius around the hive.

Down below they saw the green screen lights which are officially familiar to Purple's Pipbuck screen light so Purple went to check it out and it is a Pipbuck. But it's on bones now of a former town guard before being chewed and eaten by one of the Queen Ants. When they went back through the tunnels they saw several more and really fourteen more Pipbuck 3000's. They were the scouts that Flared Blizzard mentioned and they were former Stable Dwellers but don't know what Stable is due to their skeletons now and there's no Stable Jumpsuit.

***

Back in Clearwater Creek, they had their weapons holstered and secured; only town guards can walk around with their weapons drawn.

Flared Blizzard told them that if they have a gun out everypony will give them the death glare and shops and restaurants will refuse to trade with them until they put their guns away in the holster or are not equipped. Not adding the guards will follow them from a distance to make sure they ain't going to pillage, rape, murder, and so on not adding they have a raider in the group. Not adding some of the stallion guards want a 'piece' of a Raider mare and Double Tap fits the ticket due to she has 'Raider' written all over her.

Flared Blizzard told them as well that his town is split not that it's split east and west with a river splitting it half and around but in social class with citizens who are the guards, and leader aka Flared Blizzard's mother due to they were Stable Dwellers and as they call 'others.' But mostly called non-citizens. One way to be a citizen is to be born in it of a Citizen and Non-citizen having a foal but whoever the mother is well it's a 50/50 chance with the mother being a Citizen the foal will be a citizen. If the mother is a non-citizen the foal is a non-citizen.

Flared Blizzard even told them that non-citizens can take citizens' tests in the guard building which is a two-story blue building with a sign facing south and east that says 'POLICE DEPT' but 'CET' rusted off but can still be seen. Not adding it's the higher-powered guns are stored like Rifles, Magical Energy Weapons, Sniper Rifles, Assault Rifles, Scoped Assault Rifles, Automatic Rifles, Missile Launchers, Miniguns, Grenade Machineguns, Rocket Launchers, & Magical Energy Shotguns.

What crept Purple out was that the citizens of Clearwater Creek referred Purple as a fellow citizen even though he wasn't. They only say that they see a fellow Stable Dweller from a mile away even if he isn't wearing a Stable Jumpsuit but he quickly got over it. Not adding some of the mare guards gave Purple bedroom eyes or affections looks or blow him a kiss without using their hoofs. Even with how close Paladin Sapphire was to Purple they know that the two are a couple but that didn't stop them.

Paladin Sapphire wanted her adoptive daughter back but Flared Blizzard told her that his mother was watching her and took her to the town hall. The Guards wouldn't let them all in; only Purple and Flared Blizzard were allowed.

Purple got Paladin Sapphire and his adoptive daughter and Flared Blizzard was kind enough to put in very grateful words for them even though he didn't know them for long and her mother gave them all including the filly citizenship to the town making them citizens even Double Tap as well.

One thing about Citizenship in the town as well: they get residence in the town, most of them have a place to stay in an apartment building besides Rocky Road and Flared Blizzard. Flared Blizzard had his own house and Paladin Sapphire had the same apartment with Purple due to the two being a couple.

When night came Paladin Sapphire and Purple had their first night outside of the town of Crimson with a makeout section and it was different. Purple could feel Paladin Sapphire's tongue in his mouth.

Flared Blizzard and Rocky Road also had a dirty makeout section.

***

Paladin Sapphire and Purple were both gone done with their sex and she went into the kitchen to make dinner which she made her famous or infamous wasteland chili. The trio ate in peace and they went to bed and Purple cuddled up with her even though throughout the night Paladin Sapphire did fart a lot. But Purple wasn't bothered by it due to him loving her for who she is even with all of her imperfections.

Purple also gave Paladin Sapphire a smooch on the head and said, "Don't worry I'm going to protect you and be there for you, and I will not be the type to ditch you. You're in good hooves."

Paladin Sapphire felt warm and safe with Purple due to the fact that he actually kept his word and will actually protect her, something her parents didn't do when she was a filly or when she needed them. She also kissed him on his nose because she felt safe around him. She felt more secure and safe than when she was with her parents and sisters who shunned her and kept her out of everything.

Not adding Paladin Sapphire saw Purple as a father to his friends and soldiers who always had the support for his soldiers and friends and always stands up for them when they need the help. But she saw a papa wolf in Purple's eyes knowing that if somepony hurts anyone of his friends or family they are going to be in a world of pain that nopony ever been through and make them wish for death.

But in her journal Paladin Sapphire wrote, "Purple or Lavender is the only pony I know you simply do not want to piss off."

But Purple knows that Paladin Sapphire Heart has mommy, daddy, and sibling issues and didn't want to talk about them. If she heard about what happened to her sisters she would enjoy that Purple's brother Base is going to have tons of sex with them, and all that and make sure they won't like it. But if she was there she would applaud Base if he raped them as payback for how her parents raped her as a filly and teenager.

During the night Paladin Sapphire Love Heart actually had a dream of watching Arsen rape her sisters and she had a sinister smile on her face and she had a big old smile in the real world.

Double Tap dreamed of rebuilding her raider gang but she also wants to cry. Her gang may have been full of raiders but they were like brothers and sisters to her and vice versa. They may have been full of drug fueled jackasses who enjoy murdering, pillaging, and rape but they were family not adding her kids were killed by the Grand Pony Enclave and they weren't even eight years old with the oldest being six years old and the youngest being only a few months old.

Rocky Road thought that she found the special somepony but still can't wrap her head or brain around why her brother betrayed them. But she didn't sleep for long so she headed down to the river and watched it flow thinking why her brother betrayed them and went to serve under Arsen Walnut Nimrod aka Base. Rocky thought he might've reasoned or bargained with Arsen for something better or what not or vice versa such as he'll get to lead his own army or have his own land or something like that.

Starry wrote a letter and sent it with a caravan to her parents farm to see how they are. She didn't have the courage or backbone to see them in person thinking she's a killer. While her parents do see her as a killer but not in a bad way but in a good way they know she's killing ponies and creatures who deserve it. They still love her and unknown to her that they pray at night to Princess Luna to protect her to keep her alive.

Critical Shot joined Eagle Eye on a night on the town to make sure no raiders or no bad ponies broke in or something. The two wondered if they would make a great pair due to they're both snipers with deadly aim even though they favor different rounds with Critical favoring .30-06 and Eagle Eye's favoring .338 Equestrian Magnum rounds.

Critical Shot also found out that Eagle Eye does have an apartment but he prefers living on the roof on top of the old fire station under the bell tower with a mattress, a pillow, a blanket, and a chair during the day. He looks out for enemies while at night during night attacks he uses another sniper rifle in the same caliber but with a night vision scope.

***

While sleeping there was a window shattered and an almost quiet bang Paladin Sapphire jumped up and saw Purple with a harpoon gun.

"What happened?" asked Paladin Sapphire.

Purple replied, "I think he got the point."

The two went to check it out and it was a Zebra stallion in black battle fatigues, khaki vest, and khaki-colored combat helmet and he was armed with a Zebra Assault Carbine, suppressed assassin pistol, a Zebra shock sword, a steel dagger, a crossbow, and some smoke bombs/smoke grenades.

Purple and Paladin Sapphire took the suppressed assassin pistol and steel dagger before going back to their apartment and going back to bed cuddling up with each other and Purple having his right-wing around her to keep her safe and sound.

Author's Note

The Assassin Pistol is based around the Walter PP the .380 ACP version

Chapter 78: Defense of Clearwater Creak

The Grand Pony Enclave learned the location of Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, Starry, and Flared Blizzard. Under the orders of Midnight Twister, he wants them all to pay even his baby sister who did nothing but loved him and was there for him after he broke free from being a slave.

Some town guards on the northern wall saw them and told them that their kind isn't allowed because of the fact that they always want to fight or take over settlements who want to be independent and don't have a choice in the matter.

The town doesn't know how outnumbered they are by a ratio of one hundred to three the defenders have a better lay of the land. But one advantage the attackers have is that they're outside of artillery range that the Wasteland Guardians have to rain down artillery fire. But the town does have a ton and they have four hundred and fifty military portable radio transceivers and walkie-talkies in pristine and mint condition sitting in boxes.

When Flared Blizzard's mom found out that they sent one hundred and twenty Grand Pony Enclave soldiers to go to the west side of town, she knew what they were doing. She knew that they're going to do a flanking maneuver until she was told that they're going to the east side as well. She knew now it was a double pincer move.

Like Stable 190, Stable 199 was filled with Equestrian soldiers who earned high ranking medals like the Medal of honor. Not adding Purple's six-time Great granddad Aurora he was chosen to be the Overstallion of Stable 199 but turned it down to be with his girlfriend later turned wife Lieutenant Commander Sapphire Heart Love.

Stable 199 also taught and educated colts and fillies military teachings and passed down until they got an all cleared message from Stable-Tec.

The colts and fillies were taught about a Delay tactic that they can slow down a superior force with ambushes, Overwhelming firepower, Regimental Combat Teams, Concentrated FIre Plans to concentrate fire of different artillery guns synchronized to give better and greater damage to be inflicted. Combined Arms infantry, and support units working together in well oiled organized teams to be more effective than the same forces that are separately, and Tactical Control with officers familiar with combined arms operations in forwarding positions. Not adding Shock and Awe tactic to do a massive concentration of firepower to overwhelm the enemy.

The defenders were better prepared and better defended but the town had a militia who went out to hunt down enemies. Even though they wear leather armor that is dark, leather armor reinforced with the latter darker than regular leather armor. But for some reason, the mare version has shoulder pads once used by sports teams to protect their upper frontal legs.

But the militia is armed with basic ballistic weapons such as Pipe weapons which haven't blown up in their faces yet or typical home defense weapons mostly 10mm pistols, double-barreled shotguns, pump-action shotguns, lever-action shotguns, and the rare bolt-action shotgun.

When Purple went to go find somewhere to help in the fight he found an opened journal that said, "As the war continues. The Cutie Mark system of job assignment has been abandoned in all but name. How do you categorize ponies with bottle caps, flowers, or musical notes when you line workers, welders or front line soldiers?" It was written by Ministry Twilight Sparkle during the early few years of the war.

There was a rare wartime-made poster from Fluttershy with her on it and it said, "How about we try talking to them instead of fighting?"

Purple didn't like it because he's a firm believer in 'if you want peace prepare for war' and doesn't like Fluttershy for giving the Zebra's a megaspell only for them to reverse-engineered it to make the Balefire Bombs. That's what they have today. But Purple couldn't go back in time and change the past. If he could he would warn Fluttershy about what would happen and show proof.

Purple, Rocky, and Starry went to the west to defend the truss bridge. Critical Shot stayed with Eagle Eye to provide sniper support, and Paladin Sapphire stayed with their adopted filly to protect her.

When Critical Shot started to shoot he said, "Is it weird I'm getting an hard on?"

Eagle Eye replied, "It's normal if you have a boner due to all of this power you have and all that."

Critical Shot replied, "I didn't mean to phrase it like that. I don't have an erection."

The two made a perfect sniper spotter team. But every now and again Eagle Eye would tell Critical to accommodate for the wind and to aim higher when a target is farther to give the bullet a chance to hit the target due to after a while the bullet is going to drop or point down and he needs to use that as his advantage.

Critical didn't know about bullet drop or to account for wind. He guessed that education in Stable's actually helps and teaches them how to use firearms and accounted for everything that the average wastelander doesn't know. But unknown to Critical that Eagle Eye's six times great grandparents were the coldest deadliest snipers in the Equestrian military who hunted down Zebra's not to kill but for sport. Eagle Eye even knew that.

He mentioned to Critical Shot that his great-great-great-great-great-great-granddad and great-great-great-great-great-great grandmom were the coldest snipers. They remembered who they killed but they didn't kill the Zebras, only shot them to critically injure them. Not adding the Zebra's put a bounty out on the two and every best Zebra sniper sent to kill them never came back.

Purple had an idea that he went to go to talk to Flared Blizzard's mother who was making preparations for a better defense and the town has werewolves. They're the town's non-citizens and who make up a huge number of the town armed with basic and some better weapons.

Purple politely asked if he could borrow one of the military radios to walkie-talkie for help. She didn't want to but her gut said she should and her parents told her to follow her gut feeling.

***

In Stable 199 in a storage room.

Flared Blizzard's mother asked Purple for his knife. At first he thought she meant something else only for him to take the knife out of the sheath and hoofed it over only to take it back.

"Don't cut yourself," said Purple before giving the knife over.

Flared Blizzard's mother replied, "Thank you handsome."

Did a thirty-something if not a forty-something-year-old mare call me handsome? Purple thought, Nope, nope, nope, nope, fuck no I'm not turning into Arsen. Don't know why I thought she was referring to my three-and-a-half-inch dick over the Combat knife I hoofed over.

Flared Blizzard's mother cut the scotch tape and opened it and gave Purple a portable radio transceiver. He put it on his back and went to Critical Shot and Eagle Eye's area for an almost unobstructive view and set the radio to the right frequency and called the town of Crimson.

***

On the east side of the town at the truss bridge.

Rocky and Starry helped place sandbags at both ends with the rear end they set up an air-cooled .30 caliber machine gun and a box of old Equestrian fragmentation anti-personnel landmines which they got and placed them out.

The two town guard's knew the river was deep enough to cross by walking. The bridge is the only way in from the east but they have a fail safe and that is to blow up the bridge if anypony whose a warring faction takes it.

Rocky pointed out the plastic explosives on the bridge with demolition wires connected to a plunger. A guard told her that it's a failsafe and if she doesn't like it she can leave and not come back.

***

The southern bridge was overwhelmed by the Grand Pony Enclave but there was a huge explosion. They demolished the southern bridge to prevent the Grand Pony Enclave making them go east towards the hydroelectric dam and west to the bridge, even north to the bridge.

For some reason the North bridge was easy to take for the Grand Pony Enclave until that was blown sky high.

***

On the radio while with Critical and Eagle Eye's.

"Sorry Commander Purple," said a Wasteland Guardian. "It's raining here. Artillery delay is unknown. The mud is making us push it almost impossible. Sorry Commander Purple."

Rainy Night scame over Purple's Pipbuck and she said, "Laffy-Taffy. The enemy is moving to the east to reinforce the assault. But going to take the Lunar Church and go into the trees that are northwest of the town near the river. My guess is as a distraction force to take some of the pressure or defense away from the dam."

Purple replied, annoyed, "Ugh you got to be kidding me!"

Purple took the portable radio and went to Flared Blizzard's mother and told him about the enemy was going to reinforce the assault on the dam. But they're going to have a force to take the church and the small wooded area near the river as a distraction.

Flared Blizzard's mother picked up a walkie-talkie and said, "Reinforce the dam. I repeat reinforce the dam."

A majority of the guards and 'Non-citizens' went over to the Dam to reinforce it while some of the guards have the Equestrian Storm Rifle which was a response to the Zebra Assault Carbine but has a better muzzle velocity of 2247 feet a second with five hundred to six hundred rounds per minute not adding they hit like a pain train.

Not adding some of them have telescopic sights or taped magazines to allow unicorns to reload faster. None of them were made for the Battle saddles but they were also made for Pegasi to hold & shoot with their wings.

Purple's friends besides Paladin Sapphire went to the northwest to engage the distraction force by using the buildings as cover and fired. But the Grand Pony Enclave doesn't know that Rainy Night and Condor Albatross Soaring are listening to their communications.

The duo wouldn't mind screwing up their orders and maybe try to have them try to attack each other to relieve some pressure from the defenders. But Rainy Night heard a familiar voice and it was Midnight Twister who's giving orders on the fly from a Vertibuck looking with a pair of binoculars.

More Vertibucks came to drop off Grand Pony Enclave soldiers in town only for Purple to go to the police station and opened a locker and he found heavy body armor with a titanium helmet with a visor which he closed with his wing. The body armor chafed him but he opened a locker with his wings and grabbed the 40mm break-action grenade launcher, a tri-barrel minigun, and a 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun.

"Let's get this party started!" Purple exclaimed.

Purple walked slowly to the front door and bucked it open and went out fast.

***

Outside of the old police station.

Purple fired at the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers with the bullets tearing through him while the Novasurge and Magical Energy weapon rounds didn't harm him but made him flinch sometimes.

Purple wasn't trigger happy but did his best to conserve the twenty-five hundred rounds he had before putting the minigun down without damaging it. He switched over to the grenade launcher Purple has eleven 40mm high-explosive grenades and eleven 40mm buckshot grenades.

The Vertibucks that hovered in one spot were easy to hit with the shrapnel and kill the pilot or co-pilot and a majority of them crashed outside of the town. It helped to defend the town as well but some of them landed in the town which was used as a makeshift cover. Not adding some of the town's guards came and either pushed or used their magic to carry pieces and use them as makeshift cover.

***
Over in an apartment.

Rocky and Starry shot at the Grand Pony Enclave. It felt like their weapons were ineffective. Starry didn't tell anypony that she secretly had a pistol in her bushy tail and it's powerful enough to knock somepony on their ass if they're not a unicorn.

Rocky told Starry to go find some better guns that would actually pack a punch than a rifle that was designed to hunt creatures or varmints not to punch through power armor or pony's skin.

***

A couple of hours passed and the Grand Pony Enclave dropped off more reinforcements at the dam and on the small beam bridge that connects the east and west side of town. Purple dealt with them personally with the 7.62mm GPMG with a hundred round magazine and seven hundred in reserve.

The rainstorm came to the town. It was really a squall but every now and again the wind would pick up and neither side could see each other and it made it difficult to see.

***

WIth Critical Shot and Eagle Eye are still on the same roof.

"Come in Commander Purple," said a Wasteland Guardian. "Commander Purple pick up,"

Critical Shot went over to the Portable Radio Transceiver and answered it. It was Yankee-five again an artillery battery but Critical Shot didn't speak military unlike Purple so he just had to say they needed support to help turn the tide of the battle.

"The enemy occupies the church!" exclaimed Critical Shot, "Those fuckers are in the church fire now!"

The artillery crew has a map of the town and saw where the church was and it wasn't long until 105mm rounds landed around the church destroying the Grand Pony Enclave camp they set up around it. But the high explosive shrapnel cut through them leaving bits and pieces and the shocking thing is that the church survived it.

Critical told 'Yankee-Five' to fire on the east side of the dam but not on the dam to prevent the Grand Pony Enclave from overwhelming the Guards and Militia.

The artillery commander replied, "Negative. give us thirty minutes to get the guns a chance to cool off and recalibrate them."

Critical replied annoyed, "Ugh you got to be kidding me! Damn you Purple for teaching them that lingo and all that!"

***

With the West, North, and South sides secured Purple went over to the Dam and helped with the fighting. Critical and Eagle Eye stayed providing deadly sniper support while Starry went over to the dam to aid in the fighting,

Purple led the charge with the 7.62mm GPMG with a mix of armor-piercing, full metal jacket, hollow pointed, and jacketed soft point hoof load round. But he still had some rounds for his grenade launcher both buckshot and explosive.

Making things worse even though it's a machine gun, not a sniper rifle, Purple aimed for the head to put them down for good not to waste a ton of ammo trying to pierce through them.

One Grand Pony Enclave soldier jumped out and was about to try and stab Purple with a bowie knife until there was a bullet where Critical Shot cycled the bolt of his rifle.

"And stay down fucker!" Critical Shot mumbled.

Purple looked towards them and nodded his head before grabbing and holding the 7.62mm GPMG with his wings and pulling the trigger with his magic. The Militia and town's Guards charged ahead pushing them back every inch and completely wiping out the attacking force. But more were hiding waiting to do a nighttime surprise attack.

The wooded area by the river northwest was soon saturated with high explosive fire and the attackers in hiding wouldn't be able to attack anymore.

The town of Clearwater Creek was secured and the town only suffered ten deaths with three Guards and seven Militia members. The Grand Pony Enclave lost everyone besides Midnight Twister who went back to Fort Base Icey Flier to consider another plan. But he left the fortress's southern flank open to an attack with the Western, Eastern, and Northern soldiers & officers couldn't reinforce the southern flank without creating gaps or holes into their lines.

Midnight Twister also thought that Base left at least some reserves behind before he went to the Frozen North.

***

In a library an hour after the attack.

Rocky Road, Critical Shot, Starry, and Double Tap found Purple reading a magic book. He learned how to carry and use weapons more than one so he can use his .45 Auto Pistol, Police 9mm, 7.62mm Battle Rifle, Super 45 Semi-automatic Combat Shotgun, Automatic Rifle-Carbine, & IF-37 Police Shotgun at once.

They thought he was reading how he could use his magic to read minds or zap ponies' brains with his dark cobalt blue magic aurora.

When Purple decided to stop reading he went to go check on Paladin Sapphire Heart she's fine and so is the filly she's a bit shaken up. But she'll be fine and won't come off of Paladin Sapphire on how scared she is.

Paladin Sapphire thought about it and she thought about staying here in town, getting a job and raising the filly. What shocked them was that the filly finally spoke and she called Paladin Sapphire 'Mommy,' Purple 'Daddy,' Rocky as 'Aunt Rocky,' Starry as 'Aunt Starry,' Critical Shot as 'Uncle Critical,' and Double Tap as 'Aunt Double.'

"What's your name sweetie?" asked both Purple and Paladin Sapphire Heart.

The filly replied, "Pipp. Pipp Eclipse."

Purple replied, "Pipp is a wonderful name."

Purple gave her a small smooch on the forehead. Paladin Sapphire didn't know what to do. She wants to travel with Purple, bringing Pipp with them. But she also wants to stay and raise her as a child.

***

In Flared Blizzard's mother's office.

Flared Blizzard told her mother that he's with the group of the Wasteland Guardians. She's lucky that the group can open up trade with them and they can stay independent or join them and can have more protection.

Flared Blizzard's mother was reluctant to join at first but she knew that trade is good but alliances are better because she knows the world is changing. She knew that their enemies are making alliances. Even raiders groups were making alliances with each other to be powerful but she knew that Raider alliances don't typically last too long usually several weeks maybe a couple of months.

Flared Blizzard's mother agreed to have an alliance and a caravan from the town of Clearwater Creek would go to the town of Crimson and so on and so forth. But they'll have Guards with them to protect them.

Paladin Sapphire decided to stick with the group but when any combat starts she'll take Pipp and put her in cover to keep the little filly safe.

Chapter 79: Pointy Valley

While walking. Purple looked at his Pipbuck and noticed a new location popped up on the map called Pointy Valley and Purple had heard of the Battle of Pointy Valley during the Zebra-Equestrian war. Zebra soldiers captured an Equestrian battalion, took it back and held out to the last pony.

At their first break stop.

"Where's mommy?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "Where's Mommy Pipp?"

Paladin Sapphire played peek-a-boo with Pipp Eclipse but every time when she would cover her face with her hooves, Pipp would start crying, making Paladin Sapphire uncover her face.

Purple said, "Stop playing Peek-a-boo Sapphire. Pipp apparently doesn't like it."

They ate lunch, which was some apples that Purple bought from somepony in Clearwater Creek. The pony was saying "Buy some apples!"

Purple bought a dozen for twelve bottle caps. But he took his utility knife and cut up an apple into slices for Pipp only for her to want Purple to peel the red off the apple so he did.

They ate the apples and drank some purified water or Sparkle-Cola and they rested for a bit before hitting the road again. They walked peacefully while Purple hummed.

***

A couple of hours later.

Purple looked at his map on his Pipbuck and it says that there were six and a half square miles from the town and they're coming in from the east. The west has a bay that goes into a river and that leads into the Southern Lunar Ocean.

The town looked like it was in pristine condition as if a Balefire apocalypse never happened. But Purple's and Paladin Sapphire's guts were saying something isn't quite right.

"Critical, go up to that smokestack and see if you can find anypony," ordered Purple. "Rocky, Starry. You two work well together so you two go secure that wagon repair shop and take Double Tap with you. Paladin Sapphire go take Pipp and find somewhere safe to be. I'll be with Critical as a 'Spotter.' My gut says we're walking into a trap."

Rocky and Starry entered the Wagon repair shop and found junk and a register with three hundred Equestrian Bits.

***

On top of the old smokestack.

Critical saw no one in the town and thought that Purple's gut was wrong. Until he saw somepony dressed as a raider and saw more Raiders come out of town hall. But Critical did what Eagle Eye's taught him and to take into account gravity and wind and shot a Raider who looked like she was giving orders.

Unlike Purple, Rocky Road, Paladin Sapphire, Critical Shot, and Starry don't have problems shooting and killing raiders. Even if they surrender they won't have a problem blasting them away unlike Purple who'll spare Raiders and give them a chance to run away or offer a chance to make a difference in their life by starting a new life.

***

The trio wanted to go into town only for Purple to come down and stop them. He wanted to come up with a way that didn't involve running and gunning.

Twyla and Opel came out of nowhere and when Rocky asked where they came from, Twyla told her that Rainy Night told them via radio before they left the town of Crimson and asked Purple about his plan.

Purple replied, "It's the Wasteland! We go in there with threats and bribes until we get what we want. If all else fails we beat the living daylights out of everypony."

Double Tap replied, "Spoken like a true raider."

Purple replied, "Well you can say where the Raider's raider. Raiders have no problem killing innocents out here and we have no problem killing raiders. It's like the saying 'What comes around goes around.' if it's still a saying even though the Balefire bombs went off a couple of hundreds of years ago."

Purple went over to the town's map and he placed X's for them and arrows from where he wanted them to go. Rocky, Starry, and Double Tap went through the top left of the town and he wanted Twyla, and Opel to go down to the beach and cause a distraction. But Purple will be with Twyla and Opel and Critical will do overwatch and provide sniper support.

***

Still on the smokestack.

Critical Shot saw a sign that said, "During those days ponies will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will evade them."

Critical didn't know what it meant but probably thought it's nothing or something from the wartime days.

***

On the beach, the trio saw relics of the past of destroyed Equestrian tanks. They also saw destroyed Zebra armored vehicles with skeletons everywhere in dirty dark olive green army fatigues and stealth cloaks that aren't working due to the users being deceased.

***

On the smokestack.

"Just squeeze the trigger and the fucker is dead," whispered Critical Shot.

Critical Shot steadied his breath and rifle. He used his rifle to squeeze the trigger before shooting a raider from a far distance and he took into consideration the wind and gravity.

***

"Quick inside this building!" said Rocky Road.

Rocky, Starry, and Double Tap went inside of the building and sought shelter & a combat position to fight the Raiders. A group of raiders walked right by the building they were in and they dropped them swiftly, deadly and mercilessly.

More Raiders came but more cautiously knowing the trio were in the area. They knew they were there but they kept walking into the ambush.

***

On the beach.

Twyla and Opel were still on the beach watching the waves coming in and out. Until Purple came and snatched the two by the ears saying they have the fight to get back in.

They went up to the boardwalk Purple lifted the duo up with his wing and cybernetic wing. They had an advantage with the Raiders occupied with Rocky, Starry, and Double Tap so they could go behind them without adding Critical Shot.

The Raiders were ambushed on their own ground and their own territory. But Critical Shot didn't make their retreat any easier as he either shot them in the ass or sometimes the bullet would drop down and shoot them in the crotch. That was incredibly painful for the stallions.

The Raiders ran away into the wasteland even though Critical Shot kept picking them off as sport. He thought it's fun to pick on Raiders due to the Raiders doing the same to ponies who want to be left alone.

More raiders from the other side of town started to come and fight them. They fought them hard but still had the advantage of the buildings for better cover and the Raiders weren't smart enough to use cover but they kept running into their gunfire.

Dumb idiots, Purple thought, Even my deceased friends knew better. Yeah Scrumptious Succulent, Jackpot Inferno, Pupkin Rose Pie, Lucky Star, Diamond Astute Light, Soaring Jet, and Light Trick. They knew what to do. But they went down fighting to defend the Stable when the GPE raided it.

The Raiders kept falling into the same trap over and over until there weren't any more left in the town.

But when the battle were over they decided to walk around the town.

***

By the ruined town hall.

They saw a campfire with a rotating thing that's used to cook food. But it had a pony on it with a campfire under it cooking the dead pony.

Everyone quickly learned that the raiders they fought were also cannibals as well. It made Purple sick due to him still learning about the wasteland. But the other ones are used to it due to the fact that they grew up and usually saw cannibals in places. Not adding Paladin Sapphire fought some cannibals when she was still a Steel Ranger.

"Alright then," said Purple. "Some Raiders might be held up in town and I don't want any nasty surprises!"

Everyone besides Paladin Sapphire went and searched the whole town for raiders but there weren't any. They took the deceased raiders and threw them into the bay of the town. A giant mutated fish came up and ate the corpses.

I'm not going in there, Everyone thought, Not even if you paid me a billion bottle caps.

They stayed away from the bay not wanting to be a mutated fish's breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Chapter 80: A new foe

While in Pointy Valley. Purple was on his Pipbuck until Rainy Night came over the Pipbuck's radio, scaring him..

"Purple I got some bad news," said Rainy Night. "Your papa has been maintaining radio listening. The place called 'The School' where you and the team were that has the colonial fort at. They both requested our help and half of the Wasteland Guardians are going to The School and half are going to that town. They require assistance and are currently running low on ammo and medical supplies. Rainy Night out."

Purple, Paladin Sapphire & Rocky headed towards 'The School' and Critical Shot, Starry, and Double Tap headed towards the place with the Colonial Fort. But both groups were eager to get back into a good fight that didn't involve fighting Raiders.

***

Several hours later at 'The School.'

The group entered and they saw dead bodies not adding some of the bodies are colts and fillies. But some of them had their flesh and muscles burned off revealing the skeleton.

Whoever attacked them is advanced, Purple thought, Their skin is gone and we're not dealing with remnants of the GPE and we're not dealing with my brother Arsen.

Some areas of 'The School' were inaccessible because of fires or rubble. Paladin Sapphire kept Pipp's eyes closed so she wouldn't see the horrifying corpses.

Purple scared the living hell out of them with an SCBA air pak and mask on. He was wearing the school's old firefighting gear of a Nomex and Kevlar black turnout jacket with yellow reflective stripes and trousers and four boots, and a helmet.

Purple also had a two and a half hose and he fought the fires in the school so the heat and flames didn't and the group searched the school.

It was horrifying. But Paladin Sapphire and Rocky pointed out that out of all the citizens and guards there were about fifty while there were only eight of them dead.

"We're only missing forty-two," Purple pointed out.

Rocky replied, "Must be a group of Raiders."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "It ain't Raiders. Raiders would've taken the better firearms and all of the drugs and medical aid. Pipp, listen to me, drugs are bad."

***

At Camp Daylight.

Critical, Starry, and Double Tap took the boat that Purple repaired and went over to the town. But they didn't know what to think.

They saw all of the buildings ablaze with a few of the residents deceased. But they entered the ruined church where they prayed to Princess Luna.

They found Vulcan who was impaled by a piece of rebar and he was coughing blood.

"Vulcan? Who did this?" asked Starry, "What's the strength of the Grand Pony Enclave? The Steel Rangers?"

Vulcan replied in a painful state, "It's not them. It's a group from the Grand Pegasus Enclave. They came in and took who they thought they wanted. Those who fought back were killed with advanced weaponry that wartime Equestria would've killed to have. They had an advanced version of the Vertibuck and a Battlecruiser Cloudship and captured the town populace and took them to it.

"Even my wife and our kids were taken. Please rescue them. Also, they captured the Colonial fort as a Forward Base as I heard from a Radio one that was carrying saying that 'Command wants to set up a forward base on the ground' and that's that."

Critical Shot left and went into the back and got the medical supplies to help Vulcan and removed the rebar and had him get some rest. But while Critical Shot stayed with him the other two went to go find a radio. But all communications devices in the town have been smashed into pieces or blown up.

Starry and Double Tap decide to see if the new enemy has taken over the Colonial Fort or not only for them to be surrounded by pegasi in upgraded Pegasi power armor and saw they had weapons no pony had ever seen before.

They dropped their weapons knowing that if they tried to fight they would be dead within a millisecond. Starry and Double Tab were taken down to the dungeon.

***

Down in the dungeon.

They saw Pegasi in white lab coats wearing blue latex surgical gloves on their hooves and wings. They also saw a dark blue formal shirt and tie but the mares it's the same but with a dark blue dress. But the mares were expecting.

A Pegasus held a clear quartz crystal toward the two. Through a safety glass on the door.

"Tick-tock," said the pegasus stallion. "Tick-tock until your Wombs and Ovaries are ours."

Double Tap looked at them until a Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier whacked her in the back of the head and he said rudely, "Eyes forward whore!"

Double Tap quickly went to look and stare at the back of Starry's head. They were both separated and taken into separate rooms. Double Tap had a magic suppression ring placed on her head.

The two sat on the beds in the chambers they were in and it wasn't long until two Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and one stallion scientist came into their rooms.

There was no way out and they were told to undress because in Clearwater Creek they bought some clothing and armor and they undressed and both of them were scared so they undressed slowly.

"Who are you?" asked Double Tap.

The Scientist replied, "We are Expiry Squall. And you had the pleasure of meeting our Black Guard. Now undress. Faster!"

Both of them were scared but they couldn't fight and both of the scientists showed them the crystals they had.

Both Starry and Double Tap asked what it was and both scientists replied, "It's a 'Reproductive Crystalline' and the longer you stare into it the more you want to open up your legs and want to accept my sperm and want to bear my foals. Do you have any mare friends who would like to take this position as well?"

Double Tap resisted the crystal Starry gave in real quick and told them about Rainy Night, Rocky, Colonel Honey Cake and Stable 190.

Starry also laid down on the bed spreading her legs open, and gladly had sex with a Grand Pegasus Enclave scientist even though the crystal didn't affect her mind.

Double Tap bit the ear of the scientist when he went to have sex with her. But she was so resilient that they had to tie her down but she broke out so the scientist had to sedate her with a drug that locks her up and she was defenseless when the GPE Scientist forced himself onto her.

But the scientist with Double Tap had the two Black Guard soldiers to have their 'fun' with her. But she hated to feel the orgasm's they had. Yes she does want to rebuild her family but she didn't want it from somepony who'll kill her later.

***

In the ruined church again.

Critical Shot came in with some supplies and food to find Purple, Rocky, and Paladin Sapphire with Pipp.

Critical Shot told the trio where Starry and Double Tap went only for him to tell them that his gut says it's likely a trap.

Purple went by himself because he prefers to travel alone to spy on the enemy. But his gut was saying that they're probably hired by his older brother or are soldiers of his older brother.

Honey Cake encouraged her soldiers and officers to breed like rabbits even with wastelanders. What the Black Guards and Expirey Squall were doing not even Honey Cake wouldn't encourage. But Arsen would encourage his soldiers and officers to do so.

***

At the Fort again.

Purple climbed up the wall and dragged two Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers off and broke their necks.

Purple saw them doing training that's pushing them to their limits and wondered who in the world they are. He knew that the Equestrian Special Forces during the Equestrian-Zebra war wouldn't do what they're doing.

Purple was torn and he thought about going back to the church but the other half wanted to investigate further. He went to scout further and went inside of the command room where there's a room with a table and everything that a command room has.

***

In the command room.

Purple searched the room even for files but heard hoofsteps coming so he quickly hid underneath the bed.

A stallion in a Grand Pegasus Enclave officer uniform went over to a desk and sat down. He had a gut feeling he was being watched so he went to go search for any listening devices or some kind of recording device. Purple got out and drew his combat knife and carefully walked up behind the officer slicing his neck.

He placed the guy into his bed and covered him up hoping a guard wouldn't notice he's not deceased but sleeping.

Purple went down the stairs and entered the dungeon which was somewhat clean and all white he noticed the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers on guard so he had to play it safe.

In each room, Purple was horrified at what they were doing. The research they were doing was unimaginable crimes against ponies. Some were reasonable and expected such as weapons and armor research.

The bedrooms of the dungeon had mares in them and all of them besides Starry were the same. They were resilient and tried to fight off the scientists only to be injected with something that locks up their bodies and were raped and the mares felt the scientists orgasms and they knew they had to bear foals they didn't want.

Purple was able to find Starry and Double Tap. But he knew something was wrong as Starry was excited to have a new role and that is a foal bearer. She didn't want to leave, but Double Tap couldn't move.

Starry even told Purple that she found her new purpose in life and that is supposed to bear foals and be helpful and not kill. Double Tap more or less cried for Purple to help her escape.

The lock was too strong for Purple and he had to find a key. But he promised Double Tap that he'll come back for her.

***
By a door.

"I can't wait to brainwash all those Grand Pegasus Enclave mares," said a GPE Scientist. "They see us as monsters and won't talk to us and don't want to be in the same building as us. But once they're brainwashed they'll gladly have sex with us and won't hate us."

Purple felt sick to his stomach if his brother Arsen said it then he wouldn't mind because he's used to it but with scientists and soldiers from the Grand Pegasus Enclave a strict society of limited breeding.

What Purple heard didn't sound like something soldiers or citizens of the Grand Pegasus Enclave would do. He thought they're acting as a huge group of horny teenagers away from their parents for the first time ever.

Purple also told himself that if they want to have foals they should settle down and ask the mares they're with if they want to have foals. Not adding Purple wasn't asked to give a mare a foal and was forced but in the second half, he was intimidated.

Purple was able to sneak into the lab and unexpectedly that they left the keys unguarded and unattended he was able to snatch them with ease and sneak out.

Dumb bastards need to be robbed, Purple thought, They leave stuff unattended. They'd probably lose their heads If it wasn't attached to their necks or their balls if it wasn't attached to their between the legs part.

Purple went back to the room where Double Tap was being held and unlocked the door and let her go. Starry wanted to stay behind until she had to hit Purple so hard that it knocked him down.

Starry blocked their way saying that they need to stay to help so mares can experience motherhood.

"I don't got time for this shit," Purple snarled. He did the one thing he never expected to do: he used his right hoof and hit Starry hard enough to knock her out and the two left quietly.

***

Back at the church.

"Where's Starry?" asked Critical Shot.

Purple replied, "Sad news. The Grand Pegasus Enclave over ye younger. They brainwashed her wanting to embrace motherhood and do nothing but have foals."

Double Tap replied, "No she gave in real quick. I could hear her. She wanted to help them not be brainwashed by them. They tried to brainwash me but it didn't work and I tried to fight until that scientist fucker had his way with me by injecting me with something to lock me up.

"And out of all the stallions I had sex with I thought Purple had the shortest orgasm by three and a half minutes. But that scientist fucker it wasn't even sixty seconds. Heck, the third stallion I fucked his orgasm was only four and a half minutes."

Purple replied, "I'd suggest we remove Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and Pipp out of this fight. The mares and kids go first. We're going to deal with an enemy who'll have no problem drugging the mares to turn them into foal factories. And make them carry and have foals against their will."

Paladin Sapphire didn't want to go and hide but she didn't want to fight either because she knew if she was captured they wouldn't take into consideration that she doesn't want to get pregnant and have foals. She knew that Purple's happy enough to raise Pipp with her as if she was their daughter. He wants the best for her, not for him, and Paladin Sapphire knew that Purple would gladly take a bullet or a Balefire Egg at point-blank range to defend her.

Purple kindly escorted Paladin Sapphire, and Double Tap to Stable 190 for protection because it's a safer place than the wasteland and Condor Albatross Soaring and Overmare Harp Love Harmonica would watch them. Not adding the duo treated Pipp as their granddaughter not caring that Paladin Sapphire and Purple adopted her.

***

Still in the town.

Critical Shot packed up Vulcan's stuff and even found a hidden rotary cannon that's named Shredder it's owned by Vulcan. Before that, it was used by a pegasus during the Equestrian-Zebra war.

Big gun tears ponies into a mess, Critical Shot thought, It'll tear those power-armored punks into new assholes.

Purple entered the church and placed Vulcan on his back and made one more quick stop at Stable 190. He gave Vulcan to the Stable's medical team. But before Purple left, he gave Paladin Sapphire a big romantic kiss on the mouth, a big sloppy kiss for Cerulean Azure Blue Sapphire, and a cheek kiss and a bear hug for his mother.

Purple shook hooves with his father.

Both Albatross and Harp told Purple to be careful and warned him not to tread into dangerous waters he can't get himself out of situations he got himself into. Harp reminded Purple that it wasn't the first time he got into a fight he couldn't finish and got beaten up by somepony stronger than him who wasn't Arson.

Before Purple could leave, Pipp wrapped herself around Purple's right hind leg telling him not to go.

"It's alright Pipp," said Purple. "Daddy has to go but I'll be back one day."

Harp came and got the filly and she wished her favorite son good luck.

Before Purple could leave his sister Blue Watershed came and she called him Lavender. When Purple went to face her she spat on his face. Overmare Harp had it up to the tip of her ears and she exiled Blue Watershed as well, not caring she was pregnant as well.

The brother and sister duo went out together not saying one word only to leave separately with Purple heading back to get Critical Shot. Anypony else who wants to fight the most despicable group that the Grand Pegasus Enclave has.

***
In the town of Crimson.

Critical Shot was making ammo now Purple thought, So he and them wouldn't have to rely on traders twenty-four-seven to get ammo.

Purple and Critical Shot went on their way to go fight them. But the two went to warn Honey Cake, Spring Charm, and the few settlements under their alliance.

Colonel Honey Cake never heard of them. But Spring Charm has and she's the reason the Black Guards exist. Another Grand Pegasus Enclave group called the 'Brutal Guards' which were elite Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and officers equipped with either a flamethrower, and miniguns.

Spring Charm told them that the Black Guards have five high ranking officers named Obsidian, The Knife Light ,Defiant Spring, Short Meadow, Vinyl Arrow, and Tinker Treasures.

Spring Charm said, "Short Meadow is short, while having a slight figure. Vinyl Arrow is of average height, while having a fragile figure. She is blind in one of her eyes. She has no additional information about her. Her personality can be described as stupid. Her cutie mark is themed around constellations. Tinker Treasures is of average height, while having a thickset figure. She has fresh intense scarring on her inner thighs.

She has no additional information about her. Her personality can be described as suave. Her cutie mark is themed around azaleas. Obsidian Light got her nickname due to the fact that she loves to carve up her enemies and captives. She's fit and can outfly anypony. Her cutie mark is an Obsidian sharp. Her personality is warming but bitchy if she's your enemy. and Defiant Spring his cutie mark is well of a gusher. He's rude and sleeps with every Grand Pegasus Enclave high ranking officer mares left right and center. He's also scared and is a deadly fighter. Oh by the way, Defiant Spring. He loves to rape his mare captives. Lavender I can say you're lucky to have balls over a vagina."

Lavender and Critical Shot wanted to fight them but the Black Guards were being led by five of the most deadliest GPE high ranking officers.

Chapter 82: The Black Guards

Still in Stable 190.

"Oh mom," said Lavender, "I've defeated Base's army. But he fled before we got there. He fled to the Frozen North as his Calligraphy says he fled there."

Overmare Harp replied, "Well he was always a coward when things got too rough for him he preferred to leave when something he didn't like or didn't like happened he preferred to leave."

Lavender replied, "We need to do these Mother-Son chats about what three days a month. At the beginning week, middle week, and end of the month on the last week."

Overmare Harp replied, "I'd been leaning towards bi-monthly well twice a month."

Lavender replied, "Ok mom. Well I'd better get going and better find my friends before they get lost."

Overmare Harp and Lavender gave each other a hug but she gave her favorite son a small kiss on the cheek.

Unknown to Lavender that his friends were waiting for him outside of the Overmare's door in a lobby area and they went out back into the Wasteland.

"Come on, let's deal with the Black Guards," said Lavender.

Paladin Sapphire, "Alright we follow you Lavender."

Lavender replied, "Please call me Lavender."

They entered the wasteland but Paladin Sapphire left Pipp behind to be raised by Overmare Harp and Albatross until they got back.

"You can stay behind if you want," said Lavender. "Nopony is going to judge you if you want to stay back to take care of Pipp,"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "No, no, I should but I also need to be out here because we work together like a well-oiled machine, not a broken down what you call it."

Lavender replied, "Alright. Well, we're going after the Black Guard."

Rainy Night caught up with them. "If you're going to go after the Black Guards. Watch out. But please, please, please find my sister Hailing Rain."

Lavender replied, "Don't worry. We'll find her and bring her to you."

Rainy Night replied, "Oh hold your Pipbuck out please."

Lavender did and Rainy Night placed a holotape into it and messed around with it before letting go of Lavender's Pipbuck and giving his upper right leg back.

Rainy Night even told Lavender to check his map, the world map and not the local map.

It was still the same but Rainy Night marked four Black Guard Bases, even the old Colonial fort only for her to quickly snatch Lavender's right leg again. She modified Lavender's Pipbuck with a software thing from the Grand Pegasus Enclave for their terminals to give the user in S.A.T.S to get instant intelligence in the field.

Lavender thought it would be interesting if elite Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers have it in their power armor to give the user or users advantages and weaknesses who they select. But at the same time, it'll give info that nopony wants to know.

Lavender field-tested it on Rainy Night and it said, "Specialist, Name: Rainy Night, Distance seven feet, State: passive but worried, Weapon: Novasurge pistol, Special Item: GPE Advanced Mechanical and Technological Education, GPE Info: Defeated Former Lieutenant, Current Colonel Autumn Leaf in a boxing ring,"

"I'd thought Colonel Leaf was dead?" asked Lavender.

Rainy Night replied, "There's three Colonel Leaf's but one Colonel Autumn Leaf. The Hellmare killed him near Stable 101. But all three are dead, one near New Appleloosa, the other near Friendship City and Autumn Leaf."

Rainy Night left to go back inside of the Stable to monitor radio frequencies with Lavender and then continue on their way and went to the closest Black Guard camp which is only half a mile away from Stable 190.

***

By some tall rocks.

Lavender, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and PFC Flared Blizzard thought of a plan.

Rocky was about to say something only not to say it knowing charging in headfirst is a quick way to die.

Flared Blizzard took off his helmet, placed a cigarette into his mouth, and lit it with a black matte steel metal lighter and he closed the lighter.

Everyone looked at him.

"What does it say on the lighter?" asked Rocky.

Flared Blizzard replied, "The front says 'LtCmdr Sapphire Love 1st SFG,' back says 'Semper Fi fighter day or night, but being a lover is permanent. Soldier for honor and duty. If found please return to LtCmdr Sapphire Love 1st SFG.; Some mare with a hot first name's lighter."

Lavender traded Flared Blizzard for it Flared Blizzard got the golden lighter that Lavender snatched from the old police station from Chicoltgo and he gave Lavender the lighter of his six times great-grandma.

"Oh my great-great-great-great-great-grandma she didn't smoke," said Lavender. "But during the war, she and I quote, 'Used lighters as a makeshift flamethrower to burn shit like homes or anything flammable the enemy uses.' Well thank you for returning it to me and when I'd return to the Stable I'll return it to her. I'll put it in one of my ammo pouches and when I go to her crypt I'll open it and place it in there. Oh Stable Overponies in my stable don't get incinerated, they're put into an I mean a tomb in the Stable's Mausoleum not a crypt. But it's her property,"

Everyone kept looking at Lavender because he's the one who comes up with strategic plans that he was taught in the Stable. But his plan had to wait until night when a majority of them were asleep.

It was a long day and they had a ringside few of them testing their new Novasurge weapons on unwilling participants, even their own average rank and file GPE soldiers stallions who aren't a part of the Black Guards.

***

At sunset.

"That's the fifteenth fucking loud painful screen we've heard," said Flared Blizzard. "And those mares are going to be those Black Guards personal bitches."

Lavender replied, "Let's go save them."

He holstered his weapon and drew his throwing knives and combat knife. He cut some razor wire that was setup to prevent animals and earth ponies from getting into the base.

Lavender headed right to the one shack that was labeled as a 'Command Post' and it was deserted but they left some stuff out. But he didn't enter it saying 'It's too easy' and he had a gut feeling they're going to walk right into an ambush.

Lavender carefully walked away but he noticed a tripwire at the door of the command post that he nearly stepped on.

Sneaky bastards, Lavender thought, But they needed to get up early to trick young Lavender. I'd expect the GPE to fight honorably, not Raiders 2.0.

Lavender used his knife and disarmed it but he used his cybernetic wing as a makeshift shield. He even took the plasma grenade as well after he cut the wire. He checked the rest of the command post for any boobytraps.

Better check this place for anything that'll kill me, Lavender thought, Don't want to sit down on the chair and blow my tail through my mouth. Is that possible? I think the force of the shockwave from a fragmentation mine probably can do it.

Lavender tried to hack it until he connected it to his Pipbuck and soon it allowed it to be accessed without using a password. That's from Rainy Night who installed that GPE software thing that allows whoever to hack into anything without wasting their time.

Rainy Night is a very smart and intelligent mare, Lavender thought, I should give her a bear hug or a very sloppy kiss as a thank you.

Lavender accessed top-secret documents. For some reason, he was disturbed that this garrison commander who's a mare she actually supported and didn't care that the stallions under her command would capture mares to rape them, and sometimes she would watch them do it.

Lavender was still sick that she would give them medals for it and even send letters via the terminal to the Grand Pegasus Enclave council and to high ranking military officers. Lavender wasn't shocked that they also supported it even because the mares they raped to got pregnant weren't GPE citizens or soldiers so they wouldn't have to take care of them.

Lavender also discovered three different things such as; the commanding officer her sister was a mad scientist who made a special bomb for the GPE to drop on the wasteland to prevent the Steel Rangers, Wastelander, Raiders, and even Artificial Alicorns from reproducing by making them permentally sterile. The commander even though her friends were bi-sexual, gays, and lesbians she's happy for seeing them find their romantic partners but she knows she never will because she sees herself as a monster. She tried multiple times even with wastelanders to have a foal. She knew her biological clock was ticking down even though she's twenty-nine.

Lavender also is reading that her parents don't help her because her father was a commander in the Grand Pegasus Enclave Army. Her mother was a field officer in the Grand Pegasus Enclave Marines even though the latter got onto the council. Both of them have been harassing her to have foals even though they set her up on dates with stallions and hoped they would hit a home run but it usually ended in a 'strikeout' or 'first base.'

Lavender even kept reading that her own soldiers label her as a mare whos 'playing for both teams' thinking she's bisexual but she's straight. But usually the 'catcher' during sex the terminal also says that she's scared to get pregnant thinking her daughter or son would hate her for who she is so she would rather spend the time 'clopping' than be with them.

He was torn between just killing her in battle or helping her conceive a foal or foals but he wonders why nearly everypony he comes across used him reproductively. Even though Lavender is a stallion, he isn't like Base and unlike Base, Lavender doesn't care if he has kids or not. Even though that won't stop him from helping others from having foals.

There were some hoofsteps so Lavender turned around with his revolver and .45 Auto Pistol in his magic aurora only to see it's the mare he was reading about, a Commander Chocolate Lotus a mare pegasus with a muscular figure.

He noticed she didn't have a cutie mark but what scared her was that she speaks in an authoritarian way.

"I bet your name is Lavender Astrology," said Commander Chocolate Lotus. "But you prefer to be called Lavender after a deceased relative and it's a part of your long name."

Lavender replied, "I never told you my name or nickname."

Commander Chocolate Lotus replied, "The Grand Pegasus Enclave started a dossier on you the moment you entered Stable 190B. But our scouts have taken a million-dollar photograph of you which I have the photo to clop to every night."

Lavender replied, "I feel disturbed to learn about that. Not the dossier part but the part you masturbate to a photo of me. I wouldn't be surprised if you did with a photo of my old brother."

Chocolate Lotus replied, "You should be glad you're not being strapped down to a table with a magic suppression ring on your horn and your wings tied and not being dissected or experimented on."

Lavender replied, "I'm glad that I'm not breeding another mare to help her. Even though I'll gladly help even though my gut feeling says I've just backed myself into a corner with that."

Chocolate replied, "I'll give you an offer you can't refuse. It may be breaking the GPE rules. But you fuck me without protection and I'll tell you where my sister and her team and guards reside."

Lavender replied, "It's an offer I can refuse. But if my friends and I had to search I don't feel like searching millions of square miles if not billions of square miles. Well, I really don't have a choice do I?"

Commander Chocolate replied, "No not really. Like you said. If you and your friends do it. It'll take months, years if not decades if not generations to search for it. Well get undressed and unequip then hop into bed,"

Lavender did only to get it out of the way even though Commander Chocolate told Lavender her sister and her forces were not adding she gave Lavender a slap on his flank.

Lavender quickly learned that Commander Chocolate was a harsh leader, a career officer, an old guard, a commando, an invader, a trickster, politically connected, and a war hero.

Lavender even asked what war she was in only for her to tell Lavender that there was a small group of pegasi in the Grand Pegasus Enclave held by a big group of council pegasi and demanded they go down and help the wastelanders. She was just a captain then but she led a small strike force and ended the rebellion after seven days.

Her mother was a councilmember until the GPE more or less broke out into a civil war and there are two Grand Pegasus Enclave groups called 'Loayltists' and 'Mutineers' with three groups of 'Mutineers' allied with Lavender and them.

Lavender asked which category she falls under only for her to tell Lavender that she falls under Loyaltist even though she highly disagrees with the controlled population. She even said that she doesn't like how a lot of stallions she likes are gay and won't sleep with her even though she doesn't care that they're gay. Not adding she won't save the council if she had a choice to save her mother or father.

Lavender left without saying anything but he noticed his friends were ready to assault them to get him only for him to return unscathed. He has some intelligence on them. Lavender also wanted to take the closest out with them being right across from it.

Make it worst that they're asleep and not in their power armor making Mr. Sandpony kills easy with them taking a knife from Lavender and slicing their necks in their sleep. Their blood either flowed out or shot out like a volcano.

***

Outside.

There was a Black Guard on patrol and Lavender turned him around to disarm him and punch him in the nose, shoving the bone into the brain to kill him.

He went up to the second one on patrol. He placed his hooves around him and broke his neck before continuing. He walked up to the final one on patrol and rammed his bayonet into the final one's heart. Doesn't help that the third one wasn't in power armor.

There was also the sniper who was asleep and Lavender had no issue snapping his neck in his sleep.

While Lavender took care of the guards, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and PFC Flared Blizzard freed the captured mares who were going to be raped or were already raped to have foals. While the stallions that were captured for experimentation were placed out of their misery.

"What the fuck were they doing in here?" asked Critical Shot.

Flared Blizzard replied, "Experiments. Trying to create their own supersoldiers. But let's say each experimentation was... worst than the last. Some stallions that were experimented on well let's say they begged to be placed out of their misery. One experiment. His face was disfigured, even his eyes were missing. But his fur and skin melted away revealing the bone. I'd asked what they put into him and a scientist told me 'Gelentized Kerosene' so they could be unscathed and unharmed by fire like napalm."

Rocky and Paladin Sapphire were horrified about what they heard not adding they both think they won't be able to sleep at night.

***

Outside.

"Black Guard doesn't sound terrifying enough," said Lavender. "I think 'Valkyrie Hunters' are terrifying. I'm calling the Black Guards 'Valkyrie Hunters. now. The latter somewhat sounds more terrifying. What's our next enemy? An oversized teddy bear? Also, when we were in the Stable I should've visited Blue Sapphire but I didn't. Maybe next time,"

It wasn't long until Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, and Flared Blizzard showed up and they left Commander Chocolate behind alive because Lavender told them to leave her alive.

Rocky Road quickly put two and two together and called Lavender out for sleeping with the enemy saying they all deserve to die.

Lavender replied, "Rocky. The Equestrian Wasteland is four thousand and seven hundred miles big and wide. Imagine how long do you think it's going to be to search for the scientists who are doing this at their hideout? It's not like they have a sign saying where they're at. If they did then I wasted twenty minutes of my life and highly likely got. Not going to finish that sentence."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "There's a high chance your sperm entered her. Is that what you were going to say?"

Lavender replied, "We can make a camp or return to the Stable to get some rest due to more dangers coming out at night,"

Everyone knew Lavender was in denial and wasn't going to say anything else about that. But they all went back to the Stable occupying the empty rooms with Rocky and Flared Blizzard sharing a room with Lavender and Paladin Sapphire sharing a room.

***

In the morning .

Lavender and Paladin Sapphire got up. It didn't help that Paladin Sapphire burped in Lavender's face while they slept but she didn't apologize and Lavender didn't say anything.

The two learned that Rainy Night lives in the room across from Lavender's and all three of them and all of them got breakfast with a side of apples, one each even though Lavender and Paladin Sapphire shared an apple even though she ate more of the apple than he did.

They left the Stable again and headed to the second closest place which was near a lake and the fastest would be by a boat.

Everyone held onto Lavender and they teleported back to Camp Daylight and got on a PBR-styled boat. But they noticed an unwanted visitor, a pegasus stable dweller and he wanted to tag along.

Everyone said that he would be dead weight. Lavender told him that if he dies he's going to take the Stable Jumpsuit and Pipbuck back to Stable 190 and not his body which some creature will eat.

***

Half an hour later.

"I don't like this," said Lavender.

Critical replied, "Why what's wrong?"

Lavender replied, "My gut says we're sailing right into a trap."

Critical replied, "What do you want us to do?"

Lavender replied, "If I was LtCmdr Sapphire Love. I would've called in a massive napalm strike and burned a mile all around. But this ain't the Wartime days but post-apocalypse. Rocky man the dual .30s upfront and keep your head down, Paladin Sapphire get on the mounted 7.62 GPMG. Rocky and Flared you take the right side, Critical and Blizzard Wind take the left side."

Lavender kept sailing but held his 7.62mm Battle rifle in his magic and they kept an eye out while sailing as well. The Stable Dweller, Blizzard Wind got hit several times by crossbows and bows and was killed.

Rocky randomly fired the dual machine guns with her magic until Lavender threw an empty magazine at her to get her to stop wasting ammo at enemies who probably ain't there.

Lavender used his special ability and pointed closer to Rocky to shoot. She did and they heard some painful screams.

"Hey Lavender?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "Do you have any stories?"

Lavender replied, "Yeah. But I'll tell you all later."

They kept going and it was quite peaceful even though there was a dead body onboard only for Critical to take off the jumpsuit and used Lavender's Spell Matrix Master Key and remove the Pipbuck. Paladin Sapphire placed it on herself Critical was about to chuck it across the river.

Critical also removed the bows and crossbows and pushed the body into the river only for a group of fishes to come and quickly devour the body.

Remind me not to go into the water, Critical thought.

An hour passed and it wasn't even eight-thirty yet but when they reached the lake Lavender opened up a duffel bag he got some rope and moored the boat using a tree.

***

On land, the group kept on going with Lavender leading and following his Pipbuck with the map.

"Okay everypony," says Lavender, "My trusty Pipbuck says that their main lab thing or something is near. Just a few more square miles and we'll be there."

They kept on walking until they saw a medium-height hill with wooden barricade fences and a square building called 'GPE PROTOTYPE & RESEARCH BASE HOPE.'

"Who calls their place 'Hope,' Especially an evil military force?" asked Lavender, "Especially who'll kill anypony who didn't do anything to them."

Flared Blizzard replied, "I think it makes them feel better. Wouldn't surprise me if every stallion in there has small dicks,"

They strolled up to it with weapons ready and shocked that they weren't shot at yet and they either guessed the guards didn't see them or it was guard exchange with all-night guards going to bed and day guards getting up.

Lavender lockpicked the door and it didn't take long and he carefully opened it.

"It's quiet," Lavender said hushed, "Too quiet."

Flared Blizzard replied, "I don't like it. I think we're going to walk into a trap. What does your gut say, Lavender?"

Lavender replied, "My gut says we're walking into a trap."

Lavender picked up the radio he still has from Clearwater Creek and said, "Yankee-Five. Requesting Suppression Salvo at my location. Fire one round per gun per minute. Fire at grid E5."

Lavender put his Pipbuck down to stop staring at it and placed the radio away.

The Support Artillery Commander replied, "Ok General we got the target. Firing at your target location... Now."

Lavender and them retreated into the woods and waited.

***

Three minutes later.

"How long until raining explosions happen?" asked Critical

Lavender replied, "Shou-"

Lavender was cut off because there were explosions in the Grand Pegasus Enclave Research and Prototype Base 'Hope' and around with a ton of screams.

"Should've we tried to rescue the mares and stallions in there?" asked Rocky.

Paladin Sapphire replied, "I'm sure a mare who was raped would rather die. There have been multiple times I tried to kill myself after my father raped me more than once. Shockingly, the doctor in our group works well every three months. Well, he said that it was a surprise that my reproductive organs were still intact and working and not destroyed. The only thing that was destroyed was my self-esteem I told any Steel Ranger to have some kind of wasteland justice but they all laughed at me even mares who have been raped by other Steel Rangers just ignored me.

"Not adding I was close to shooting myself with a 2065 10mm pistol until my eldest sister disarmed me somehow. And I still don't have any respect for myself. Next time I see my father I'm going to gut that motherfucker like a fucking fish. And if any of you try to stop me then you'll end up on the list."

Rocky Road got away from Paladin Sapphire Heart because she isn't becoming Ms. Nicemare who'll get pissed off as anypony else. Even though she hates stallions but has a special place in her heart for Lavender.

Rocky started a bet with herself on how long it'll be until she and Lavender have a foal even though Paladin Sapphire Heart made her position quite clear. She doesn't want to have any but taking in colts and fillies doesn't count. Lavender made his position quite clear that he respects and backs up Sapphire Heart's decision one hundred percent.

After five more minutes Lavender radioed the artillery to stop firing because of the high explosive rounds causing more damage than imagined.

Everyone entered it and spread out with Lavender and Paladin Sapphire being an obvious choice, Rocky and Flared Blizzard being a pair, and Critical staying behind even though they wish Critical or Rainy or Albatross was with them.

Lavender still wishes Crimson, Harmony, Harvested Intolerance, and Sunrise Storm were with them and not deceased but they still move on.

***

Underground in an all-white lab they moved carefully. And they all thought the GPE Black Guards would've been lying and waiting to ambush them only to capture Rocky and Paladin Sapphire for breeding purposes and probably capture Lavender and Flared for experimentations.

They kept an eye out but every door they opened to an operating room was horrifying with ponies once who had loved ones. Unless they were sadistic raiders were mutated and horrified to look at but the mutations killed them. But they moved on.

They were sick to their stomachs because of what they saw but they had to continue.

They continued with no resistance only for them to come across a single red door. Lavender opened carefully and They followed him in and they laid up vertically so if anypony who's evil wanted a fightthenthey could fire.

Soon a bright light came and everyone shielded their eyes only for Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, and Flared Blizzard eye's to twirl and Lavender wasn't affected.

"Kill Lavender," Paladin Sapphire said in a deadpan tone, "Under direct orders of Grand Pegasus Enclave High Council Order 375-GPE WG Warplan Teal and Grand Pegasus Enclave High Council Order War Plan White of a well-organized group of Wastlanders, and Grand Pegasus Enclave War plan Blue of an attack on Grand Pegasus Enclave forces or bases during times of peace."

Lavender hauled his butt out of there with everyone else giving chase to kill him. But they didn't try to use their magic to catch Lavender only to shoot and all of their shots missed.

Outside, Lavender grabbed Critical Shot and carried him to the boat he shot the rope and continued.

***

On the boat.

"Lavender?" asked Critical Shot, "Where's the rest of the group?"

Lavender replied, "Brainwashed. Whatever 'Grand Pegasus Enclave 375-GPE WG Warplan Teal, and Grand Pegasus Enclave High Council Order War Plan White, and Grand Pegasus Enclave War plan Blue,' are. They're brainwashed or under some kind of hypnosis. Something like from the old Equestrian Central Office for Strategic Action and Intelligence had Project WD-Mega."

Critical replied confused, "Project WD-Mega?"

Lavender replied after sighing, "Project WD-Mega was the successor to the failed Project MW-Zealot. Project MW-Zealot was an illegal pony experimentation program designed and undertaken by the Equestrian Central Office for Strategic Action and Intelligence or COSAI for short. But they used LSD to be used in interrogations to weaken individuals and force confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture. It failed due to in the countryside there was a problem where families refused to reproduce and in the prelude to the war food supply was high and the demand was high but not a lot of farmers to go around so we started food rationing.

"But teenagers of farmers were taken and Project MW-Zealot was used to have stallions and mares have foals and it even made gay stallions and lesbian mares want the opposite sex to have foals with. But a detail the COSAI didn't take into account is that the stallions well if his and the mares they're with have a daughter or daughter well when they came to the age of breeding after puberty well then they would've gotten them pregnant. But they never expected so many foals to be born. Within one year of the project starting a total of thirty-seven million, three hundred thousand, five thousand, nine hundred and nine hundred and ninety-nine foals were born to the old Equestrian farming population of ten million, four hundred thousand and twelve thousand, and seventy-seven farmers. But when they did it in the cities with the elite and poor it was a fucking wildfire I'd mean you had stallions cheat on their wives to get mares pregnant and have mares cheat on their husbands to have foals.

"We captured spies from Stalliongrad, the Zebra's before the war and you name it, and tested it on them. Not adding my six-time great grand uncle or my six times great grandmother Sapphire Love her uncle. He was commander of the Royal Guard well he went to Stalliongrad and tested it on their leader a Ms. Altidya Novasugea well he planted false memories in her head saying their childhood sweethearts, who dated in high school, and under Project MW-Zealot she believed it and the two got married, had fourteen daughters and three sons."

Critical replied, "Luna damn. Why was it canceled or lost or what not?"

Lavender replied, "Ponies were starting families faster than someone or a machine could count. A super terminal in Canterlot said before the decade was over that the Equestrian population would soar up by 38 million. It actually soared up to seventy-eight million foals being born by the end of the decade not adding the stillbirths and mares dying from childbirth.

"Not adding when a mare died from birth that didn't stop the stallion without freewill just have sex with the next mare even if it was their own sister. Only ponies who were safe were Royalty. Heck my six times great grand dad Shocking Taser he said that he would've 'I would love to fuck and impregnate all three of the Princesses and all of their Royal Guards mares.'

"I think I know where Arsenic comes from now. But he wasn't under the effect of it due to his mother was the Mayor of Manehattan what horseplayed around in the bed. Not adding the side effect was that it made both mares and stallions super fertile meaning they would've conceived and birthed more foals than imagined. The average mare can birth a foal maybe twins or triplets. But every eleven months? Mares were giving birth from Quintuplets, Sextuplets, Septuplets, and Ninuplets. In another terms five, six, seven, eight even nine only one reporting of a mare giving birth to ten foals!"

Critical replied, "But why did it end?"

Lavender replied, "In the early stages of the war that the foals born for farm work. Well they were 'taken in' by the military. But they would've have sex with mare soldiers and if they captured Zebra mares they would've impregnated them as well. So they were put in units without mares or anywhere with other stallions even though that didn't stop gay and bisexual soldiers 'reliefing stress' and the same with mares even though they didn't mate with Zebras.

"Not adding some of them got pregnant by their own brothers during the war while in the military. But they no longer needed population increase. But they used Project WD-Mega to force Zebra's and brainwash them to fight on our side or have them tell us vital information and all that. Not adding that didn't stop our stallion higher ups from keeping Zebra mares they captured as 'play toys.' For about a minute or two their eyes will twirl then go back to normal."

Critical replied, "Is there a way to break it?"

Lavender replied, "Honestly I don't know. I think with Project WD-Mega they were just going to kill whoever was under the effect of it when they outlived their usefulness. Unless we can remind them who they are, maybe it'll break it. Honestly, I don't want to kill them and if it comes down to it. I won't be able to so you might have to or will."

Critical replied, "I... I can't kill my family without a reason. But if it comes down to it I think I might."

They reached Camp Daylight only to see it wiped off the map with fires in the buildings and ruins. Not adding destroyed Vertibucks of every type that CCA Honey Cake had with soldiers she had garrisoned there.

They disembarked and saw a critically injured Grand Pegasus Enclave soldier crawling over to the medical building only for Lavender and Critical Shot to catch up to him Lavender helped him with some medical stuff and Critical asked who did it.

The GPE soldier told the duo that it was two unicorn mares and an alicorn in some kind of fancy wartime armor. They wiped them out within ninety seconds.

Critical and Lavender looked at each other and didn't know how to wrap their brains around how Rocky Road, Paladin Sapphire Heart, and Flared Blizzard took on eighty GPE soldiers single-handedly.

"Maybe we can..." asked Critical.

Lavender interrupted, "No. We're alone. Not going back to Crimson, Not going back to Stable 190, Not going to talk with Honey Cake or Spring Charm. I would love to get help. But if they did this to three platoons of GPE soldiers what do you think they can do to whole companies? Wipe them off the face of the world and destroy their bases. Just three ponies did this! Let's go."

Lavender and Critical went their way hoping they won't have to fight their friends and Lavender hopes he doesn't have to fight his wife. They both know that Lavender will be the most hesitant.

Lavender and Critical decided to check on the GPE outposts under Honey Cake's command only to see them all destroyed and soldiers torn to pieces and the sole survivors of each outpost told the duo as the dying GPE soldier at Camp Daylight that Rocky Road, Paladin Sapphire Heart, and Flared Blizzard got them and tore them a new one.

Critical still didn't want to believe it but it's true.

Unknown to the duo that the trio is stalking them from range until Rocky and Sapphire were recalled to 'Grand Pegasus Enclave Research and Prototype Base Hope.'

What it was that they were going to be bred even though brainwashed they were resistant with Paladin Sapphire being the most resistant and doing everything in her power to fight them off while brainwashed. But they kept tightening the brainwashing wrap around her brain to make her submit to them and it hurt but she kept on resisting.

It wasn't long until they decided to inject her with some kind of medicine which made her lock up and she was raped. But what they don't know is that Sapphire Heart's mood is different from hormones and missed her period even though she thinks the former is having to deal with Rocky and the stress of fighting and the latter is a mishap.

***

At Grand Pegasus Enclave Outpost Echo, not farm outpost Echo.

"What are we going to do?" asked Critical urgently.

Lavender replied, "I don't know."

Critical replied. "If the three can do this. What are we going to do?"

Lavender replied, "I don't know."

Critical replied, "How are we going to stop them?"

Lavender said in anger, "I DON'T KNOW! I JUST DON'T FUCKING KNOW! I'm going back to that camp that we raided last night."

***

At the Black Guard camp near Stable 190.

"I'd see you return," said Commander Chocolate.

Lavender replied, "You have five seconds to tell me how to break the brainwashing that the Black Guard does!"

Commander Chocolate replied, "I don't know."

Lavender started to count down from five and he drew his .357 magnum revolver and pointed it at her wing.

"Will the GPE allow you to have one wing?" asked Lavender.

Commander Chocolate told Lavender that one way she knows how to break it is to do something they're used to.

That gave Lavender an idea.

Author's Note

Mr. Sandpony is a parody of Mr. Sandman from the Fallout series

Chapter 83: Saving friends

Purple and Critical returned to Stable 190 which was the only safe place Purple could think of even though he thinks they'll be safe for a while.

***

Inside of Stable 190 in the cafeteria.

"What are we going to do?" asked Critical.

Purple replied, "I do not know."

Critical said, "Maybe with Sapphire. Just walk up to her and kiss her,"

Purple replied, "This ain't a fairytale, I'm no Prince Charming to rescue a damsel in distress. Yeah, I'd love to help them but how are we going to get close to them without them tearing us into a trillion bite-size if not smaller pieces."

Critical replied, "Yeah you're right. Especially that Flared Blizzard is another version of you. So he'll be the deadliest and honestly, I think that he can take us on a single hoof. Two against three. This should be fun. We should get Double Tap to make it even."

Purple replied, "We'd bring everypony in the wasteland including Hellhounds. And we'll still lose."

Soon Officer Cerulean Azure Blue Sapphire sat down in the booth they're in and asked what was going on and Purple brought her up to what was happening.

Blue Sapphire told them to go down to the lounge and recruit the mares that Base screwed over. But Purple told her that they're not dealing with Base who fled to the Frozen North.

Purple and Critical went down to the lounge and tried to recruit the mares that Base used for his own advantage but all of them turned it down.

They walked and talked throughout the Stable before deciding to leave.

***

At Grand Pegasus Enclave Research and Development Base Hope.

The only high-ranking officer named Raven Blackbird, a Lieutenant-General pegasus was lying in bed with a sinister smile on his face. He was still excited about how he got his nickname Death Scythe because of his way of fighting being swift, deadly, and merciless not adding he prefers to always aim for a killing blow.

He planned how to make Paladin Sapphire Heart his bride due to her being the feisty one to him and his soldiers. Even while under brainwashing and dark magic she's the most resistant. He believes she'll be the best wife and best mother to their crossbred pegasi and unicorns.

He had a mare on him wrapped up in his two frontal hooves.

"Sir," said the GPE NCO Mare, "Don't you think it's wrong to capture wastelanders and use Project AL to brainwash them and put them under dark magic?"

Raven Blackbird replied, "Nope. They're resistant and resist us. Project AL is the only way. But those three are still resisting even after I personally hit them with three more rounds of it. They're still resisting it. They'll be excellent Black Guards. But the two mares aren't pegasi and the one stallion is a GPE Special Operations soldier. But I'll keep doing Project AL as much as I want until they stop resisting like good fillies and a good colt. Until then I'll keep doing whatever the fuck I want."

The GPE Mare replied, "But don't you think that Project: Autumn Leaf won't eventually fry their minds or kill them?"

Raven Blackbird replied, "Specialist Hailing Rain? Are you questioning my decisions?

Hailing Rain replied, "No Lieutenant General. But have you ever thought about the mortality due to even these wastelanders having families. Even some of them are generous enough to help us and all that. But..."

Raven Blackbird replied, "Stop judging my orders! Question one more of my orders I'll have you strapped down to a table and experimented on or use Project: AL on you!"

Hailing Rain whimpered twice like an injured puppy at what Lt-Gen Raven Blackbird said.

***

In another room.

Sapphire Heart was doing her best to fight the Grand Pegasus Enclave Black Guards mares who were doing what they were ordered to do and that got her all ready for their wedding even though she did her best to fight them. She knows inside on who she is but on the outside she's a glorified killing machine for her enemies against her friends and allies.

***

In another lab.

Rocky Road and Flared Blizzard who are still under the GPE Black Guard's control were given prototype futuristic weapons that not even the latest power armor won't save them and completely disintegrate them down to ash.

Raven Rock told them later after they were given armor over the regular stuff they have and they were ordered to go after the Steel Rangers to completely wipe them out.

***

In the Steel Ranger Camp.

Purple and Critical Shot called a truce with the Steel Rangers. Purple even gave Elder Encoded Pipple a heads up but pleaded with Elder Encoded Pipple to capture the trio and not to kill them.

Elder Encoded Pipple agreed under one condition that Purple doesn't go to the Frozen North to kill his older brother. Even though the two brothers hate each other, they won't kill each other.

Elder Encoded Pipple went to address the Steel Rangers, even the Onyx Rangers, not to kill Paladin Sapphire Heart, Rocky Road, and Flared Blizzard.

Critical Shot came back with Double Tap, Rainy Night, Albatross, Ms. Apple Sauce a mare Earth Pony, Mr. Phantom Strike a pegasus stallion, and Ms. Striking 'Ghost' Sparkle, a unicorn mare.

Mr. Phantom Strike has a suppressed 2065 10mm pistol, a 5.56mm Assault Carbine battle saddle, and Stable 190 security jumpsuit, and a stable security helmet.

Ms. Striking Sparkle has a 5.56mm Assault Rifle and a 7.62mm GPMG and she's wearing a Stable 190 utility jumpsuit.

Ms. Apple Sauce has a DSK-242 semi automatic sniper rifle with a 3.5x scope, and a five-round magazine in the battle saddle.

Albatross still had his rifle and Rainy Night still had her Novasurge pistol.

Purple asked what they were doing.

Rainy Night told Purple that she heard about the GPE elite fighting force and they're not going to sit on the sidelines.

"Mrs. Cerulean Blue Sapphire-Astrology told you?" asked Purple.

Rainy Night replied, "Yeah. She told us,"

Purple replied, "Luna damn I love her. But only Rainy Night knows what we're dealing with. The rest of you are inexperienced with combat and the ponies and creatures out here won't restraint their violence against you because you are inexperienced and Stable Dwellers. Raiders, Hellhounds, Ghouls, some groups of Grand Pegasus Enclave. Just the mares the Raiders would rather just injure the mares and make them into sex slaves."

Everyone followed Purple for a while until he came to a stop.

"What's wrong Purple?" asked Albatross.

Purple replied, "We're being followed."

"Wait what!?" said Ms. Striking Sparkle, "How do you know that?"

Purple replied, "When you're out here for a while. You have to learn to trust your instincts and guts not go willy-nilly. Yeah exploring is fine but trust your gut and you'll be fine. But don't go charging in headfirst all the time."

They followed Purple inside of a cave.

***

Inside of the cave.

The cave was fully lit so they wouldn't have to use their Pipbuck lights. The group followed it until they came to an underground base with a reinforced door that Purple opened and closed once they all got in.

They found it lit with lights so they followed it until they came upon a room with hideous creatures behind glass. So they decided to move slowly and they got to the other end where Purple opened a steel bulkhead door.

Purple pointed out that they look like the watertight ship bulkhead doors that would be found on old warships.

Once they got through they continued but searched the other area for ammo. But it took half an hour until they reached a place that looked like a temple or tomb. The gate was up so Purple and Rainy Night decided to go open it.

Some creepy monsters crawled up the wall from an abyss from below and it was the same mutated dogs. The group had to kill them before they could get the jump onto Purple and Rainy due to they were also coming they wouldn't know it.

Both Rainy and Purple pulled a lever and the bridge came down allowing them to cross but they waited for the duo to come back and they crossed as a group.

Everyone followed Purple into an open area and saw somepony standing there.

They thought the mare was hostile until Rainy Night ordered her to turn around and it was her twin sister and the two sisters hugged.

Somepony else came out of nowhere wearing a cloak and that pony whipped all of their butts single-handedly.

Purple even admitted that if it's a mare, he's going to be super embarrassed that he got his butt handed to him by a mare.

They tried to shoot the pony but she moved so fast it was physically impossible to hit the pony until they decided to land.

"Well, well, well," said Lt-Gen Raven Blackbird, "Ain't this one big happy family reunion. I thought you were going to be happy to see us."

Purple replied, "Us?"

Lt-Gen Raven replied, "Very slow to catch on."

Lieutenant-General Raven Blackbird removed the cloak off of the pony revealing its Paladin Sapphire Love Heart.

"I'd think the fight is fair," said Lt-Gen Raven, "Four against Seven."

Purple told Critical, Rainy, Albatross and three others that they take Lt-Gen Raven, Rocky, and Flared Blizzard while he deals with Sapphire Heart.

It was hard not adding every now and again Paladin Sapphire would actually use her magic and bring out two Vz 61 .32 SMG's to shoot at Purple only for him to put up a shield.

The bullets bounced off the shield but everytime the two would fight Paladin Sapphire would throw Purple like a toy or a rock and it was usually against the wall.

Purple went over to a door to find it locked. It didn't help that both Paladin Sapphire Heart, and Lt-Gen Raven kicked Purple right through the steel door which nearly broke his back and he thinks his stomach might have ruptured or something.

Purple started to limp away to get away from Sapphire Heart and he was able to hide on the second floor using up the Healing Potions he has. He had to burp but held it in because he could hear hoof steps approaching.

***

Still on the first floor.

"Luna damn there though!" exclaimed Rainy Night. She spit some blood out and had a nosebleed coming out of both of her nostrils.

Hailing Rain and Ms. Phantom Strike both dogpiled onto Rocky Road only to get thrown off and Hailing Rain to meet a wall breaking her nose.

They kept trying to fight them but the trio was too tough for them. But it didn't break their spirit and kept on trying to fight. It got harder and harder as each second the fight kept going.

***

On the second floor still.

Purple still hid thinking about how to defeat Sapphire Heart without hurting her until he started to think that a kiss might work. He decided to do it but he had to get close to her without getting killed or badly hurt.

Sapphire Heart found Purple and before she could punch him he gave her a kiss on the mouth only for it to backfire and he got thrown.

Sapphire Heart charged him only for him to grab her and do it over but longer. Purple felt a tongue in his mouth and hooves wrapped around him and he stopped kissing.

"Purple?" asked Paladin Sapphire, "Where I'm I? Where are we?"

Purple explained that she, Rocky, and Flared Blizzard were placed under dark magic but the latter two are still there.

The two went down to fight Lt-Gen Raven, Rocky Road, and Flared Blizzard, and even with Sapphire Heart's help, it wasn't enough.

Five minutes later on the second floor.

"I'd expected more of a challenge. How disappointing," said Lt-Gen Raven. "I'm very disappointed. Alright, Sapphire honey. It's time to go."

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "Who the fuck are you calling honey?"

Lt-Gen Raven replied, "You. You're my wife. We got married an hour ago."

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "Like the fuck you are! He's my husband and you are just a giant bully who loves to pick on others and flex your own muscles!"

Paladin Sapphire Heart also pointed toward Purple during that conversation as well.

"Remarkable but futile," said Lt Gen Raven. "Have fun watching her suffer."

Lt-Gen Raven pulled out some kind of strange device and pressed a few things on it, turning Sapphire Heart against them again and her quickly vanishing.

Everyone was injured so Purple gave a direct order for them to retreat somewhere safe to heal up and rest. Purple chased after Lt-Gen Raven who placed an earpiece and started to talk to somepony.

"Luna damn it!" exclaimed Purple, "What did you do to her!"

Lt-Gen Raven slightly turned his head having his right eye focused on Purple and Paladin Sapphire came out of nowhere and got the drop on Purple even twisting his normal wing and right frontal leg not adding she's standing on the side of his neck.

"Sapphire, come on!" exclaimed Purple, "It's me, Purple! Snap out of it!"

Lt-Gen Raven walked over and said, "Nice move, Purple. But now that your 'wife' has arrived. I'll leave you two alone to catch up."

Lt-Gen Raven walked away and Sapphire Heart twisted Purple's frontal right leg again more painfully.

"Get yourself together! Wake Up!" exclaimed Purple, "Paladin Sapphire Love Heart! Snap out of it!"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Pur... Purple."

Paladin Sapphire got off of Purple and shook her head.

"Remarkable," said Lt-Gen Raven, "Still resisting at such the latest stage of Project AL. Commendable, but futile. No more time for games, Purple. I got work to do. Have fun watching Sapphire suffer,"

Lt-Gen Raven walked away and got into the elevator but Purple chased after him.

"Wait!" said Purple, "What did you do to her?"

The elevator door closed and Purple wouldn't be able to pry it due to it's made of stone that was made to use to build temples.

Purple now has to deal with Paladin Sapphire Heart, Rocky Road, and Flared Blizzard not adding the latest two have advanced weaponry and it's no longer a hoof to hoof combat but a lethal environment now they can shoot to kill Purple.

Paladin Sapphire was the most difficult but a very huge kiss well a sloppy kiss broke her mind control. But the two had to fight Rocky and Flared Blizzard with the latter being easier. Purple removed his helmet, placed a cigarette, and lit it. That broke Flared Blizzard out of his dark magic and Rocky well they couldn't because only Midnight Twister breaking her out of it but he fled to the Frozen North. But that didn't stop the trio from doing their best even though Flared thought it would be pointless.

Flared Blizzard was able to snap Rocky Road out of it by giving her an affectionate hug and a small kiss on the cheek. But all of them apologized to Purple for trying to kill him and them kicking his butt earlier.

Purple told them not to apologize when it's not their fault due to the fact that they were under dark magic and had no control. But everyone had the same game plan and that is to kill Lt-General Raven Blackbird painfully.

"One step at a time," said Purple, "We got to stop Lt-Gen Raven and the Black Guards. That's top priority but the Back Guards are a tough group."

They followed Purple and got into the same elevator that Lt-Gen Raven was and it went down and opened and the group headed out and through a door. They saw a huge transport cargo ship docked with Grand Pegasus Enclave Black Guards crawling around.

"All hooves we're about to leave the harbor," said a Grand Pegasus Enclave Black Guard over a PA, "We're going to be leaving the harbor in five minutes."

Rocky opened her mouth.

"Nope we can't sneak by them," said Purple. "Just too damn many. But I got another idea."

Flared Blizzard replied, "What's that?"

***

CCA Honey Cake's base.

Purple walked into Colonel Honey Cake's office to talk to her but she was still in bed pleasuring herself and didn't know Purple was in there until he cleared his throat. Colonel Honey Cake was fifty shades of embarrassment.

"What do you want?" asked Colonel Honey Cake.

Purple replied, "We'd need your help to take down Lt-Gen Raven."

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "He's a slippery bastard. But by the time we can find his location he'll be gone in the wind."

Purple told Honey Cake he is at a harbor about to leave on a ship and they teleported here.

Colonel Honey Cake could figure out why he was fleeing by ship because there weren't a lot of safe places for him to go to with Grand Pegasus Enclave loyalists getting picked off left right and center by the mutineers and other groups.

Honey Cake agreed on one condition and that is that she'll be allowed to kill him and Purple told her that he didn't care.

Purple and everyone else went to visit Spring Charm. But while they were still in Colonel Honey Cake's command building Paladin Sapphire Heart announced that due to her missing her period and suffering from mood swings she was pregnant. She also announced that she was going to be keeping the foal.

They went on their way by being teleported to Spring Charm's base and asked her for assistance which she gladly provided. Paladin Sapphire went with them even though she's expecting but that didn't stop her. She even told them that if they did she would send them to a clinic or hospital.

Chapter 84: Ship Assault

Rainy Night was able to find her way into Lt-Gen Raven's communications and found out that he's going nationally with a mixture of Project: AL, Project: MW-Zealot, and Project: WD-Mega and bombard the Equestrian Wasteland to put everypony into mindless killing machines who'll reproduce like no tomorrow.

Spring Charm met with Honey Cake at her base in her officer's space.

Honey Cake and Crimson Charm don't like each other but at least they can cooperate with each other. Purple found a wartime map of the harbor and thought the ship was going to go out to the Northern Lunar Ocean and fire missiles or rockets at cities and towns, and settlements.

They both called Lavender a smart bastard.

"Don't look at me," said Purple. "The Equestrian Navy, Army, and Marines did the same during the war of having Rocket artillery fired at Zebra positions. But the problem is that rockets aren't accurate but they give the targets less time to take cover. The Army & Marines had 5,074,000 M4 rockets which had sixty-four barrels. The Navy sent 7,039,000 on their LST (R) to bombard Zebra islands and their homeland. But..."

Spring Charm replied, "But missiles require someplace or something to lock on and be guided somewhere. Unless they have an area code or they have M.I.R.V's. So with multiple warheads they can cause multiple targets with fewer missiles."

Honey Cake asked what is 'M.I.R.V?'

Purple replied, "Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle."

There was a map of Equestria in the room and they thought Lt-Gen Raven would target Manehattan, Los Unicornia, Applewood, Crystal Empire, New & Old Appleloosa, Ponyville, Junction R-7, Fillydelphia, Trottingham, Shattered Hoof, Hope, Old Olneigh, Maripony, Fetlock, Friendship City, New Pegas, Chicoltgo, & Seaddle.

They both decided to go and launch a mass air assault on Lt-Gen Raven's ship. Both sides only brought their experienced soldiers and for some reason only V-1 and AV-1 Vertibucks were able to carry the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and Force Recon soldiers while the latter was the gunship version.

Paladin Sapphire Heart and Lavender 'Purple' Astrology took a gunship version out of blind luck and most with Honey Cake's help got it started up but Honey Cake, and Spring Charm hitched a ride with them. It didn't help that the pilot and co-pilot windows don't roll down or up but are stuck up.

It didn't help that when it started up it scared Paladin Sapphire Heart for a minute and it made her fart. But Honey Cake took the rap for it because Vertibucks blades also scare her when they start up. She has the same reaction as Paladin Sapphire Heart every once and a while.

***

A couple of hours later.

On Lieutenant-General Raven Blackbird's ship.

The gunships would've provided support and the transport ships would've dropped off both Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and Grand Pegasus Enclave Force Recon soldiers.

They got shot at by the ship's old wartime-made anti-air defenses which quickly shot down some of the V-1 Vertibucks and a few of the gunships as well.

***

On the ship in a luxurious room.

Lieutenant-General Raven was considering carrying on his legacy by having foals. But he had twenty Grand Pegasus Enclave Council mares with him but only two of them are lesbians the remaining eighteen are either straight or bi-sexual.

The eighteen pegasi mares agreed to Lieutenant General Raven Blackbird's demands which the first was a ton of budget per year of two hundred million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine ninety-nine hundred Enclave Bits. The second any war crimes in the GPE Books he'll be fully acquitted and won't be charged with any past or future crimes he did. The third demand was that any mare he comes across he can impregnate but the Grand Pegasus Enclave have to take care of them with the money and put them in the Grand Pegasus Enclave Officer's Corps.

They all agreed because they really didn't have much of a choice. Lieutenant-General Raven was really keeping the ideas of the Grand Pegasus Enclave even though what he had been doing was illegal.

The final thing he wanted was to be the Commander of the Grand Pegasus Enclave Armed Forces, Secretary of the Grand Pegasus Enclave Navy, and Marshal of the Grand Pegasus Enclave Air Force and to be the leader of the Grand Pegasus Enclave which they allowed.

Even though they didn't like it they got it out of the way. But they couldn't go back to the old days, especially since a mare and her friends kicked the Grand Pegasus Enclave's butt by taking a Single Pegasus Project aka Single Pony Project and opening up the clouds.

When the last Grand Pegasus Enclave Council mare went to go have sex with Raven Blackbird before they both could have their orgasms that's when they heard loud sounds.

***

In the Vertibuck.

Lavender had control of the helicopter and he shot at some parts of the ship but saw a friendly A-1 Vertibuck get shot out of the sky. They had to deal with two enemy V-4 Vertibuck gunships. The V-4s were made for close air support for the Equestrian military. But they also have missiles to combat aerial threats.

When they shot down the couple of V-4s they got hit by a couple of rockets and they bailed over at the rear of the ship with Purple hanging over the edge only for him to throw his rifle onto the helipad and climb on.

The final V-1 Vertibuck dropped off a squad of Grand Pegasus Enclave Force Recon before leaving. But the final A-1 Vertibuck gunship got shot down and blown up.

The two remaining enemy V-4s left when bad weather came not adding Honey Cake and Crimson Charm scared Purple they were both in their pegasus power armor. Honey Cake and her father modified hers to take into account that she's expecting.

***

On the front half of the ship, some shipping containers opened releasing captured Hellhounds under Raven Blackbird's control and tearing apart the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers.

Everyone on both sides were lucky that their armor is color coded for their convenience with the ones under Honey Cake's command having beige tan stripes or half of the armor in that color. The ones under Spring Charm's command have a desert tan on theirs.

But Raven Blackbird's soldiers and officers are still in typical Grand Pegasus Enclave colors.

Purple and Paladin Sapphire Heart saw a huge mutated fish jump out of the ocean and it went back down which was actually terrifying but also interesting.

Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Rainy Night, Critical Shot, Albatross, Double Tap and Hailing Rain entered the ship by going under it while both CCA Honey Cake and Spring Charm's forces attacked the enemy Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers.

***

Underneath the ship.

"What in fresh Hell did we walk into?" asked Critical Shot.

Purple replied, "My guess is a stockpile of weapons with their munitions. But Raven Blackbird is going to turn them into the innocent wastelanders, evil Raiders, Alicorns, and everypony else. Just going to turn them into psychopaths who'll kill and breed like it's about to go out of style."

They saw missiles and more missiles and shockingly a lot of them were already gone and didn't know where they were.

***

On top of the ship, Spring Charm and Honey Cake found the missing missiles and they have words on them.

They say different things such as 'To Manehattan Love: Grand Pegasus Enclave,' and they all say their target locations.

Honey Cake and Spring Charm wished they could disarm them until they started up and launched.

"Do you think you can save the entire wasteland?" Raven Blackbird taunted over the PA system, "Of course not. But I'm the only one that always saw the big picture! I'm doing the best thing for the Wastelanders!"

They heard Raven getting mad because his missiles targeting all of the cities wouldn't launch. His terminal kept saying they need nine minutes before they can start up and launch.

"You don't have anypony that can stop this launch and new world order!" exclaimed Raven Blackbird.

***

"This asshole never met me," said Rainy Night. "There's nothing I can't hack into. Get me to a terminal and I'll do it,"

All of the terminals below deck were either busted or everything was fried making them not operational.

Raven Blackbird didn't know that Purple and his friends and father were closing in on him. It didn't help that the mic and PA system was still on and they heard his moans because he was receiving a blowjob.

***

Several minutes later Purple and them were outside of the bridge. They opened the door and interrupted Raven Blackbird as he was busy calculating his army on the wasteland. Doesn't help he was still receiving a blowjob as well.

Rainy Night knocked him and the GPE Councilmare out in one punch.

Rainy Night sat in the chair and started to work her magic but the missiles launched.

"What the hell are you doing!" exclaimed everyone.

Rainy Night replied, "Calm your balls I'd know what I did and doing. I've quickly changed the destination at the last minute. They're going to a location on the other side of Old Appleloosa near a road between two mountain ranges. And the latest Grand Pegasus Enclave recon report says it's uninhabited but it does have a lot of Grand Pegasus Enclave Black Guards there. I thought I'd turn their weapons against them."

Everyone quickly realized that Rainy Night had no problem betraying the Grand Pegasus Enclave and quickly said she was forced to do so and didn't want to. Hailing Rain threw up at the idea of her own sister betraying the Grand Pegasus Enclave because Rainy Night is a GPE Loyalist and will defend the Enclave until she dies.

"Um, Rainy?" asked Hailing Rain, "Why are you betraying the Grand Pegasus Enclave?"

Rainy Night replied, "I'd quickly learned that even if you vouch for someone who'll help you and you helped them. The Grand Pegasus Enclave will try to kill them."

Hailing Rain replied, "Not every officer will do that?"

Rainy Night replied, "Yeah we got two hundred high-ranking officers, four hundred officers, and several thousand NCOs with hundreds of thousands of infantry. And every officer I've come across had wastelanders killed. Oh, a wastelander family patched up some soldiers after a harsh firefight and gave them food for the road. Oh having them killed and taking their food. A lot of them are hardasses who are either by-the-book hardasses or hardasses that if you blink without asking for permission you'll be written up, sneeze without asking for permission you're on latrine duty for half a year.

"Got a little dirt that's hard to see from your peeling potatoes for half a decade, lose your power armor you spend two months in the box, lose your Novasurge or standard issue weapon spend two months in the box, lose either you're either kicked out, branded as a Dashite, or what on. I've seen pegasi get flogged just to do one thing accidentally.

"A pegasus just cleaning his power armor was given one hundred and eleven lashes to a mare who was secretly flirting with an officer in her platoon. She got one hundred and ten lashes. When the officer and the mare decided to go AWOL and leave but after seven years they found the two settled down and had two daughters and a newborn son. Their previous commanding officer, the Company officer had an example made of them and had them decapitated. Including their kids to make an example out of them. But I'm sure there's kind officers but a lot I've met are and some were hardasses."

Hailing Rain was about to say something only for Rainy Night to tell her that Aurora Base safety officer rode anyone and was a hardass to everyone not caring if you were or are a council pegasi or not.

There was some screen and Rainy Night pushed a few keys and they got to witness the missiles striking the middle of nowhere and the wasteland was safe for now.

Honey Cake and Spring Charm decided to take turns to torture Raven Blackbird until he started to chuckle like a psychopath until he revealed he booby trapped the ship. Everyone of them fled with Purple carrying his friends besides Rainy, Hailing, and Flared in his magic due to the fact that they can't fly.

***

Couple of hours later.

Honey Cake and Spring Charm pooled what remaining resources they had together and continued to pursue the remainder of the Grand Pegasus Enclave and their Black Guards to make them pay.

Double Tap decided to reveal that her raider gang broke away from her and they kicked her out.

Everyone looked at Purple.

"Well let's go Guardians," said Purple. "We're returning to Stable 195."

They followed Purple in the direction of Stable 195.

Chapter 85: Return to Stable 195 Again

While walking to Stable everypony wondered what Lavender 'Purple' and Sapphire Heart were talking about. Rainy Night guessed that the two are talking about foal names.

Flared Blizzard and Rocky Road snuck up on the duo only to go back after twenty seconds and told Rainy, Critical, Hailing, and Double Tap that Rainy Night is right that they're talking about foal's names.

A couple of hours later. The group entered Safesville and they rested up for a bit after all no sane pony is going to attack a town full of Artificial Alicorns.

The night quickly fell and if they didn't rest, they would've pressed on in the morning.

***

In the morning everyone got up besides Rocky and Flared Blizzard who spent most of the night in steamy; mouth-to-mouth action under the covers. But Purple's banging on their bungalow door got them up.

They were offered breakfast which they accepted and on the tables. There were Banana yucca fruit, Radhog Bacon, Blood Sausages, and Fancy Buck Snack Cakes. But there were also Sparkle Colas such as Sparkle Cola, Sparkle Cola RAD, Sparkle Cola Quarts, and Sparkle Cola Victory.

They sat down and ate in peace and when they got done they left and headed up the trail to Stable 195.

***

At Stable 195.

The door was wide open and all of them said it'll be too easy.

A Vertibuck came, it was Colonel Honey Cake and Spring Charm with a captured Raven Blackbird on board and she threw the group the super weapons they've captured from the old Equestrian military bases.

"Some ponies are going to be electrified," said Flared Blizzard.

Purple replied, "Ah. The Wonder Weapon. Wonder Weapon H9 four-shot electromatic weapons."

"Alright we go in and shoot every Raider that isn't Double Tap," said Critical.

Purple replied, "That's better than my plan."

Rocky asked, "What plan was that?"

Purple replied, "I didn't have one."

Everyone started to laugh thinking about what Purple said was funny. They didn't think what he said was true, he didn't have any plan.

All of them went in to clear out the Stable floor by floor.

***

Stable 195 First Floor.

Purple, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, Rainy, and Hailing went to the left while Flared Blizzard, Rocky, and Double Tap went to the right. But Flared and Rocky have two of the Wonder weapons/super weapons and Critical has the final one.

A Raider jumped out trying to hit Flared only for Flared to grab him and stab him ten times in the heart before throwing the body down.

Purple was different; he walked up behind a raider who was standing bipedal and Purple drew his .45 Auto Pistol and shot the Raider twice in the back of the legs before turning him around to shoot him right in the head and did it with the other two Raiders he shot in the head.

The Raiders on the first floor and partially on the second floor knew where they were because Purple would rather go in shooting instead of using stealth. Both Paladin Sapphire and Rainy thought it was neat that Purple holds his pistol with his normal wing to reload it and place a new magazine in with his cybernetic wing and slide the rack back with his hoof.

They battled through the Raiders and they had a few tactical advantages such as pristine or clean weapons, used cover, had ponies who know what to do are in charge, and the super-weapons.

The weapons were less organized, weapons were in very low conditions, and they were high on Dash or any other drugs they have. But a lot of them were still sleeping.

A Raider tried to attack Purple only for him to hold the bat one winged and used his magic and shot the Raider psycho in the heart with an .45 Automatic Equestria Pistol Hollow Point round.

***

On the right side.

The Raiders were zapped with the super weapon which they quickly learned had a chain reaction effect three, four, five and sometimes seven Raiders would get electrocuted to death in a chain reaction effect.

The Raiders who were zapped it was a quick five seconds of pain of electricity frying them from the inside out and exploding their hearts. The Raider's attack dogs let out a painful howl or yelp before they died, not adding they jumped up with their two front legs bent.

Both groups kept on pushing and the raiders hardly put up any defense. When the Raiders would've run away they were shot in the back of the head. But on the second floor there were two ways, which is an elevator and the stairs to the atrium.

Flared Blizzard went down the stairs after Rocky, and Critical got into the elevator with Purple and Paladin Sapphire. Rocky even told Paladin Sapphire not to fart in the elevator due to it's an enclosed space and she didn't want to suffocate and Rocky would kill her with the Wonder weapon.

Purple told Rocky that if she shoots the wonder weapon in the elevator then she'll kill them all and herself as well.

The elevator door opened and they stepped out.

"Hello Raiders," said Purple, "Well here comes pain."

Rocky fired the Wonder weapon so did Flared Blizzard zapping the Raiders.

***

In a room which is the nursery

Double Tap walked over to a crib and noticed two foals sleeping a female and male in the crib and she looked at them.

Double Tab thought about taking the two foals and raising them as her own. She started to feel bad about knocking out Purple and stealing his sperm in his sleep. But there's a part of her that she can't explain. She feels less like a Raider and more humane, not a pony who'll blow someone's head off, loot them, and probably molest their dead body.

Double Tap stayed in the nursery with the two foals and the rest of them continued.

The remaining raiders barricaded the stairs down to the third floor and so they took the elevator down to the third floor.

***

On the third floor.

The elevator door opened.

"Hey Raiders!" said Rainy Night, "Is that any way to treat your guests?"

Rocky, Critical, and Flared fired their wonder weapons while Purple, Paladin Sapphire, Rainy, and Hailing fired their normal weapons at the raiders. The group had an advantage of being on the Raiders flanks but the other group had an advantage in which Flared lit up his horn giving them magical shields that they can carry on their legs and it'll reflect bullets and absorb energy rounds to increase its overall strength.

They wiped out the Raiders and moved on.

***

On the final floor.

Purple holstered his .45 Auto Pistol and got his Trench Gun out he pumped out a few twelve gauge rounds and he placed in a few incendiary shells. They followed Purple.

A Raider kicked open the door and Purple fired the Trench Gun and the incendiary round burned the raider alive.

"What rounds are those?" asked Rocky.

Purple replied, "Incendiary shells. Mostly called Dragon's breath. Dragon's breath shells are a special type of incendiary effect shells for twelve gauge shotguns. They primarily consist of magnesium. And when fired the sparks and flames can shoot about one hundred feet."

They continued and kept shooting the Raiders and as the further they went in the crappier weapons the Raiders had mostly jammed, had misfires, hang fires or squib loads which the bullets are more or less has not enough gunpowder or get stuck.

Everyone but Purple found it hilarious when a Raider's double-barrel shotgun failed to fire only for the two twelve gauge rounds to blow up in the Raider's face when he opened the gun.

The Raiders also decided to charge at them with knives, baseball bats, and other weapons only to get shot and mowed down before they could hurt any of them with their melee weapons and could hit or stab them.

With Stable 195 now cleared they all decided to leave but Double Tab thought about staying behind. Purple told her that her mother would watch them until they get done. Double Tap was hesitant but she decided to go with it.

***

At Stable 190 Overmare Harp agreed to watch the two foals alongside Pipp Eclipse. Harp even swore that she'll watch them and raise them as her own. Even Albatross swore by it and he went back inside of the Stable to be with his lovely, adorable, loving, and caring wife.

Double Tap felt attached to them and she hoofed them over to be watched in a safe place.

"There's only so much one pony can do," said Paladin Sapphire. "Even a superhero like you, Lavender."

Purple replied, "I'm no superhero."

Rocky replied, "That's not what others will say about you."

Rocky used Purple's Pipbuck to the old military training city which has a DJ and the stallion DJ saying how Purple and the Wasteland Guardians are the post-apocalypse superheroes.

"The Wasteland Guardians?" said the DJ, "There are mercs but at the same time they're not. There is an army but at the same time they aren't. You can call for their services but they won't make you pay for them. You can give them caps, food, drinks but it's optional. There are farmer-soldiers. They'll protect you at a minute's notice. There are superheroes out here and they have my respect. There are no mercenaries who usually want caps up front and caps when the job is done. Also at least they respect ponies boundaries and know that there's always a bigger fish and don't want to start wars with other settlements and groups. When you see the Wasteland Guardians give them a thank you for their service to protect supply lines to food and other important things of life."

Rainy replied, "Reminds me of my first officer outside of Aurora Base. When I was stationed at Lighting Base near Trottingham. All of you remind me of her and I don't want to sound rude and that is I see the Wasteland Guardians as unfocused and far too charitable for our own good. No offense but she always handed out purified water and food to the citizens.

"But when her commanding officer a Lieutenant-General Winter Blizzard Storm. She was a Brigadier, Brigadier Freezing Rain was always compassionate and all that. But Lt-Gen Winter Storm had her, her sister, her brother, her husband, her kids, her nieces, her nephews, and cousins lined up and executed in front of a firing squad to 'make an example out of them.' But her family were in the GPE Military and some died during the initial assault on Friendship City or soldiers who assaulted the city."

Purple gave his parents a hug and they went back inside of the Stable while Purple and his friends went on their way.

"Alright Lavender," said Critical, "Another time for one of your interesting stories."

Purple replied, "You think my stories are interesting?"

Everyone besides Hailing Rain replied, "Yup. We think they're interesting,"

Chapter 86: Railroad gun and Harbor

"Alright I got a story for you," said Purple. "Yeah it's another one from my six-time great-grandma Sapphire Love."

They didn't care what the story was about. But they wanted to hear something to pass the time.

***
Two hundred years ago.

At Equestrian Outpost Nightmare.

It was a calm warm day with the Equestrian flag proudly flying in the wind.

LtCmdr Sapphire Love walked outside of a barracks in her dark olive green uniform and walked over to the command post.

"Lieutenant-Commander," said the Lieutenant-General, "Take your squad and meet up with some Zebras who..."

LtCmdr Sapphire Love replied, "Zebra's who support our cause and rebel against their own for a better future. Is that what you were saying?"

The Lt-Gen said, "Yeah. But the terrain is inhospitable along the way. But you'll have Ms. Drawn Skies, Ms. Lovely Sprinkle, Ms. Kale Tiger, Mr. Marble Blitz, and Ms. Flower Heart. They're a part of the Zebra Legionnaires. They'll act as your guides to the resistance location."

LtCmdr Sapphire Love had her reservations and had no problem fighting with the Zebra's but a squad helping them. The Zebra legion being the most dangerous in the war gladly helped the Equestrians. Something didn't sit well with her but she also thought it was her prejudices due to their being at war.

LtCmdr Sapphire went and talked with Sgt Drawn Skies, the squad commander for the Zebra squad that would be helping them traverse the land to meet up with some Zebra's who'll support the Equestrian war efforts over their own war efforts.

They got their gear and went with the Zebras but the entire time she and her boyfriend thought they were going to be led into an ambush. But the trip was long and there was a path they couldn't go through without a guide or a map because the path was dangerous with animals and rockslides.

Zebra's never expected their enemy to use one of the few passes that they don't watch. They didn't care that in the pre-war days smugglers used unwatched passes to smuggle and the few guards sent to stop them were bribed.

***

Ten hours later.

"Alright the town," said Sgt Drawn Skies, "But the Zebra's are everywhere in the town."

They saw Zebra patrols walking around not adding they did door to door searches for any resistance. They already loaded up a bunch of Zebra's onto wagons to sabotage resistance, steal industrial blueprints, sabotage infrastructure, sabotage resources, steal military blueprints, steal navy blueprints, steel air forces blueprints, and infiltrate the civilian administration.

LtCmdr Sapphire Love, PFC Farming Green, CPL Violet Soaring and Chief Warrant Officer Five Aurora Spring decided how to get into the town. But LtCmdr Sapphire thought about freeing the prisoners.

"Anything we should know before we continue?" asked Corporal Violet Soaring.

Sgt Drawn Skies replied, "There's four 85mm dual-purpose AA/AT that overlook the town that'll blow any Equestrian tanks and Steel Rangers sky-high. But all four are castmates. There are four quadruplet Anti-Air guns with HE-Frag nose fused with tracer rounds that will cut your pegasi in their fancy-schmancy pegasi power armor and aircraft. Also, do me a favor when you return to Canterlot. Call Fluttershy a 'dumbass bitch' for us. I mean the C.A.R.E. That she made is one thing. But I'd got a warning your government would do well to heed. Zebra engineers are reverse engineering them into Balefire bombs.

"Their necromancy is an enhanced version of a dragon's fire that's strong enough and supposedly can level whole cities if detonated in large quantities. But it'll do more than I imagined. The Gov't thinks just three of them can wipe out a city like Manehattan and completely destroy it leaving no survivors. Oh, all the easy paths that'll put you under the castmates are mined with fragmentation and pulse mines so it'll be easier to sneak around and strike from behind."

Ltcmdr Sapphire was hesitant to thank them but Private First Class Farming Green did it for her. Even the squad of Zebra's with them understood why and the Zebra's with them didn't mind and knew they would've done the same if the situation was reversed.

The squad went down into the town but none of them have a suppressed weapon only a 7.62mm Battle Rifle and a 5.56mm Assault Rifle for LtCmdr Sapphire Love, a 7.62mm GPMG battle saddle for Farming Green, a 5.56mm battle saddle for Violet Soaring, and a scoped 7.62mm for Aurora Surge.

They moved from cover to cover and stuck to the shadows. But at the house they got to meet with the Zebra rebels.

***

In the house.

A Zebra stallion had a Zebra Assault Carbine stuck it in Ltcmdr Sapphire's face and told her to drop her gun.

"Get that damn gun out of my face or something bad is going to happen!" said Ltcmdr Sapphire Love.

The Zebra stallion replied, "What are you going to do about it?"

Ltcmdr Sapphire Heart knocked the gun out of his hooves and punched him hard across the face breaking some bones but knocking the Zebra out.

"That's what I'll do," said Ltcmdr Sapphire.

Aurora Spring said under his breath, "Hot damn I love her."

They met up with the local resistance and they weren't entirely liked due to the Equestrian Air force been dropping both high explosive incendiary, earthquake bombs on both military and residential targets. A couple of days ago the Equestrian Air force razed a Zebra town with ninety-six incendiary bombs.

The resistance leader told them that Zebras built a massive railroad gun that can lob a ten thousand pound high explosive round. They planned on mass producing them to halt or even turn the tide of the war.

Before Ltcmdr Sapphire or anypony in her squad could say anything the resistance leader told them that the defenders are Zebra Legion soldiers who took precautions of mounting anti-air guns which will cut down pegasi in power armor and the Equestrian fighter-bombers, and bombers. Not adding machine guns as well for anti-personnel roles.

It was getting dark and it was a very long walk from the Zebra resistance in the town and locked the Special Forces Group in the attic due to at night Zebra patrols doing door to door searches. But mostly do half-assed jobs of doing so, not adding they kill any Zebra who didn't support their war effort but supported the Equestrian's over theirs.

The attic was hot but they saw posters wanting peace and harmony with Equestria over fighting with them. They also saw wooden weapon racks with both Equestrian, Stalliongradian and Zebra weapons.

What creeped Aurora Spring out was the scythes but that's because he's from a middle-class family from Maretime Bay. He was also a military brat with his father being a Lieutenant-Colonel and his grandfather being a five-star general, and his great grandfather being the General of the Equestrian Army and inventor of gunpowder with his father Aurora's great-great-grandad who was a Major in the Equestrian Army.

"Once it took hours if not days for armies to destroy each other," whispered Aurora Spring. "Now armies can destroy each other within seconds if not minutes. Castle walls like the ones that protect Canterlot make those walls useless. It also made the old armor useless as well,"

Ltcmdr Sapphire whispered, "Yeah. But the war would last twice if not three times as long if we were still using spears, javelins, bow and arrows, crossbows, lances, axes, maces, daggers, and trebuchets. I mean we got pistols, shotguns, automatic rifles, sniper rifles, submachine guns, dynamite, satchel charges, plastic explosives, grenades, and other ballistic weapons. But yeah we had muskets but some ponies wish it was like the old days when friendship, harmony and bleh."

They went to sleep with Ltcmdr Sapphire Love and Aroura Spring cuddling only for her to have a nightmare of her returning home one day and walking in on Aroura Spring having sex with another mare. Not adding when he was eighteen he was in multiple issues of Playmare the mare version of Playcolt and he was ranked number one of the sexiest stallions alive.

Aurora Spring had to console her and reassure her that he wouldn't cheat on her no matter what and if it'll make it better he promised to be a house husband when the two officially tie the knot. But Ltcmdr Sapphire told him she doesn't care if he gets a job with his mother posing in those dirty magazines for mares.

"Only thing I want is to make you happy," whispered Aurora Spring. "I'll do anything you want. Especially when the war ends. I will do anything to keep you safe and sound even if we end up with a house full of foals, you're going to be my top priority."

Ltcmdr Sapphire replied, "I love you too. And I'll do the same."

The two shared a passionate kiss before going back to bed.

***

In the morning.

The special forces squad got up and some of the Zebra rebels came and told them the location of the railroad gun which was sitting and waiting for the Equestrians to get close and blow them sky-high. Not even the Steel Rangers will be safe.

They were escorted by some of the Rebels and it was also a long hike. The time was 7:30 in the morning when they got up and got there at one forty in the afternoon.

***

At a scenic overlook.

They saw the massive railroad gun with the crew maintaining it, waiting for the day and time for the Equestrians to get close so they could blast them back to the stone age.

"Alright we'll go right," said Ltcmdr Sapphire Love. "Aurora, you stay behind and provide sniper support. But use subsonic rounds over your normal rounds dear,"

Aurora Spring switched over to the subsonic bullets he has and sniped the Zebra's that were isolated. He even shot a small treehouse look alike that had a Zebra sniper with a Zebra sniper rifle only for it to break and make the Zebra soldier fall to his death.

The Zebra soldiers with the SFG used their knives but couldn't believe that they're betraying their own country for a better future. But they knew it's a pointless war and knew they're going to lose and they're losing the war.

They also hid in the tall grass and snuck right under the Zebra soldiers' noses and didn't even notice the Equestrians until they either had their necks broken or throats slit. Ltcmdr Sapphire also strangled some Zebra soldiers to death with either her 5.56mm or 7.62mm rifles.

***

Twenty minutes later by the bridge.

Lieutenant-commander Sapphire took the satchel charges and because she's the lightest one of them all and she placed the charges on bridge legs.

***

Two minutes later there were multiple explosions and the massive railway gun fell below with the Zebra crew falling to their deaths and they returned back to the place.

Unknown to them that all of the Zebra towns and villages in a thirty-mile radius around the bridge are now under strict enforcement. Now they were doing brutal oppression on their own citizens and prohibited them from leaving town to see their loved ones in other towns, villages, and prohibited soldiers from seeing their own families.

At night after spending all day in a hot attic sweating like a pig they snuck out to have a fake delivery to the Zebra war dept with paperwork looking official and they didn't bother to check to see if the order was legitimate.

***

Several hours later.

The Equestrian Special Forces soldiers were on a hill overlooking a Zebra harbor which had a few Zebra Anti-Air guns and a few searchlights searching the night sky for any Equestrian Pegasi, Chariot bombers even thought a lot of them had been phased out of service, and aircraft such as the V-1 Vertibucks.

"Alright let's take this harbor out of commission," said Ltcmdr Sapphire. "At least we can severely hurt one of their supply lines."

Everyone used their binoculars and saw Zebra soldiers and Military Police walking or standing guard and Zebra sailors loading wheel barrels full of coal on board for long trips to take supplies to Zebra soldiers and bases across the North Lunar Ocean.

"One less harbor for them," said Corporal Violet Soaring. "And fewer supplies for them makes it easier for the Marines to secure the Islands."

Private First Class Farming Green replied, "How many Marines, Shadowbolts, or Sailors are going to return home with fewer supplies than the Zebra's have? I mean the less ammo for their guns and artillery they have the better. But our logistical system is so fucked up that a lot of our coastal cities like Baltimare and Manehattan are to the East but the war is in the West. It takes about what? Thirty days under normal weather conditions if not more."

They went to work silencing Zebra soldiers, Zebra Military Police, and Zebra sailors, and they sabotaged the Zebra anti-air guns and searchlights. But after twenty minutes they heard tumbling where the Zebra's were deploying their light tanks onto patrol.

Ltcmdr Sapphire came raided the armory and picked up a missile launcher and two shots destroyed the tanks and the commanders of the tanks climbed out on fire.

The Equestrians and rebelling Zebra's didn't even bother to put them out and let them burn to death as the fire burned their fur off and let them scream in agonizing pain.

With the Harbor now in ruins they walked into the night as more and more explosions came destroying buildings. But Ltcmdr Sapphire Love and Warrant Fifth Officer Aurora Spring stole a crate of vaccines for Malaria, Typhus, and Polio and brought them back to the village.

***

In the village.

Ltcmdr Sapphire, Chief Warrant Officer Five Aurora Spring, Corporal Violet Soaring, and Private First Class Farming Green administered the vaccines to the village residents. What was shocking but heartwarming was that a Zebra colt walked up to her and gave her a hug.

Ltcmdr Sapphire hugged the colt back. She saw all Zebra's as the enemy and the propaganda and newsreels in cinemas don't help and in the newspaper, they said a ton of racial things towards the Zebra's even Zebra's who are Equestrian citizens.

They were thanked almost nonstop by the residents but when PFC Farming Green started to walk off, Aurora Spring asked where he was going.

Farming Green replied, "Doing what I did best before this war. And that is to get laid. Back in Appleloosa I always got drunk and got laid every night."

They let him go because they were going to be there for a while and they radioed back to Headquarters that they liberated a village and the residents were on their side. But HQ also asked if there's anything else for them to report.

Ltcmdr Sapphire replied, "Tell Fluttershy... I'm coming to get her. As well, find her or I'll hunt you down if you aid her in escaping my wrath!"

They stayed there for a couple of weeks and waited for reinforcements which they did and they fought off the hostile Zebra's. Ltcmdr Sapphire Love stayed close to Aroura Spring and even kept her back end towards him because she thought a Zebra stallion would've raped her.

Ltcmdr Sapphire even had nightmares that she would've been raped, enslaved or brainwashed by a Zebra if not by a Zebra Ceaser or legate or the leader of the Zebra homeland making her a sex slave or wife.

Aurora Spring had to reassure her that he'll go to the millionth level of Tartarus to defend her no matter who or what even he'll go to the trillionth level of Tartarus to protect her from her parents.

"Maybe you should write them," said Aurora Spring. "Just say something."

Sapphire Love replied, "Nope. Nothing but bad blood. My father... my father after I reached puberty he...he...he raped me tried to see if I was fertile and all that. He met a knife into his lung. My mother was and still is a total bitch always doing the chores that my brothers and sisters had to do. They go out on Friday night and what do I do? I had to haul water, tend the garden, fill the wood box, milk the cows, feed the livestock, and so on and so forth. On Saturdays and Sundays, I had to do the laundry by soaking them overnight then using soap and boiling water then rinsing them then wrung them out, mangling them, drying them, stretching them, and flat ironing them.

"Then I would redo it the next day which I didn't finish. School wasn't better. I had two Zebra teachers, a mathematics teacher and a history teacher. Well my, they more or less wanted me to spread my legs so they can have sex with me and I was just a minor in school. My school says 'Report anything to a fellow staff member for any misconduct and report it and we can help.' But they just filed it and put it into a paper shredder or just filed it away and did nothing."

Aurora Spring replied, "What happened?"

Sapphire Love replied, "I told my parents. They 'shockingly' did nothing. I demanded to go to new teachers but the schools laughed at me more or less and didn't do a damn thing. In High School the Zebra history teacher I had told me to lift up my tail so he could fuck me in the ass. I told him to get hit by a train and stormed out. But I reported him and they asked him one question and he refused and told me that nothing will be done due to lack of evidence. I told them that I overheard their investigation and they asked him one question and walked away. "

Aurora Spring replied, "What did they do?"

Sapphire Love replied, "They kept me in the same classes. Same teachers. He did his best trying to scare me into sleeping with him but it backfired. He even used some kind of alchemy to brainwash me so he could take me to meet his son so I could be his or son's bride. Before you ask with his son I sliced from neck to neck to point and to his balls. My teacher well I drop kicked that fucker out of a second-story window.

"Tried to charge me with murder and the principal said that I should've come to him about the problem he was giving me. I told him that I did twice but they just sweep it under the rug where the school failed me in protecting me and all that. Even my own family hated me for it. But some other mares came out even mares who already graduated saying what I said about him was the truth."

Aurora Spring replied, "Let me guess. They said that they also reported to the other teachers and even principals but they asked one question then swept it under the rug?"

Sapphire Love replied, "Yeah. They said the same thing but the only reason they had sex with them was to get their math and history grades up. But now wishing they kept on the offensive like how I did it."

Aurora Spring gave Lieutenant Commander Sapphire Love a smooch on the forehead and hugged her with love and care.

***

Present-day.

The group stopped for a quick rest and let their legs and hooves rest for a bit. Purple placed his right hoof around Paladin Sapphire Heart and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Flared Blizzard did the same with Rocky Road. Double Tap was alone with Critical but Critical's girlfriend was and still is with Honey Cake and Double Tap really never had a lover.

After they got done resting they went on their way going southeast to the Conflagration Raider Gang held up in an old fortress. But with their flamethrowers and incendiary grenades, they'll be made almost impossible to dig out.

"How was life do you think was back then during the war?" asked Critical Shot.

Purple replied, "Wasn't pleasant. The police entered residences and rounded up Zebra's. When war broke out xenophobia swept through Equestria like a wildfire, not even Zebra-Equestrians or Zebra citizens to Equestrians didn't help. The police and military police, even the Royal Guards went into the towns and cities and entered residential neighborhoods and rounded up Zebras, Zonies, and the spouses of Zebra's. They were sent to 'camps' but the camps were made for forced labor as the war continued there was the reduction in food and deaths from disease and malnutrition increased. Not adding the Military Police ponies used police brutality on the Zebra's. Not adding the Zebra's on the streets of random cities and towns, well they were attacked on the streets for no reason and heavily discriminated against."

Double Tap replied, "Anything else happened?"

Purple replied, "Yeah. Well in some cities there were nonviolent activists to desire Zebra-Equestrian citizens to be freed and not to be segregated and to be treated as their own citizens, not as the enemy and be arrested for crimes they didn't do. Well in cities like Manehattan, Seaddle Los Unicornia, and Chicoltgo. The protests were peaceful and followed the laws and that didn't stop the police from attacking them for no reason. But as the war continued so did the Anti-War protests and they met the same response. But after a few years at Celestia University in Manehattan, the military was called in to keep a protest under control but a rifle platoon from the 49th Infantry Division opened fire into the crowd of ponies protesting the war,"

They got done resting and got up and continued Southeast.

"Hey Lavender," said Rainy Night, "Where did you get those stories that you read off of your Pipbuck?"

Purple replied, "I Illegally downloaded them to my Pipbuck from a terminal."

Chapter 87: Helping the Lawponies

Chapter 87: Helping the Lawponies

Purple played with his Pipbuck and got a radio transmission from the group called The Lawponies requested their help because the Steel Rangers were attacking them and The Lawponies didn't have the firepower to hold them back.

They went up to the Dry Lighting thanks to Spring Charm's forces giving them a lift.

***

On board the Dry Lighting.

"Okay Snow Blue," said Purple.

Rainy Night replied, "Take us to Celestia Island. Longitude is 28.2072 degrees North, Latitude 117.3735 degrees West."

Everyone stared at Rainy Night.

"If you think Lavender knows military stuff," said Rainy. "I know, and my twin sister knows coordinates and military stuff. It's common knowledge for GPE soldiers and pilots to know where they are and all that."

Paladin Sapphire was about to say something. Rainy Night cut her off, "We're Dizygotic aka fraternal twins, not Identical twins. You can see Hailing Rain Night is dark gray with blue hair. I'm a latex blue color with black hair. I see you being a mix of a Cobalt and Sapphire blue. But I don't see it in your sisters."

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "There is a darker shade of blue. I'm a lighter shade of it."

Paladin Sapphire Heart left to catch up with Purple to be with him. Purple went back to his bedroom on the Dry Lighting.

***

Several hours later they arrived at the island that Purple and Rainy were at a couple of months ago.

Purple, Paladin Sapphire, Rocky, Rainy, Critical, Albatross, and Hailin Rain Night took a Vertibuck down to the castle which is the Headquarters of The Lawponies.

***

On the ground.

The group entered the fort which was up and running but all of The Lawponies are on high alert but a lot of them are in the medical center badly injured. Their doctors were overworked and not having enough supplies, not adding somepony or someone was coming in at night to steal some medicine.

Purple met the leader of The Lawponies but she had an eyepatch because she got shot in her left eye.

She was about to say something only for Purple to volunteer him and his allies to slow down the enemy only to ask who's the enemy.

She told him that it's the Judgement Hour mercenary group. Purple looked up and let out a sigh and he told the mare that he had the unpleasant memory of fighting them because somepony placed a bounty on him.

Purple, his friends and his father went to slow down the advance of the mercenary group. They were twelve miles away and all experienced Lawponies were on the front delaying them and slowing down the inevitable.

Everyone saw that the island wasn't hit by any Balefire bombs but some Balefire Radiation landed on the island and mutated some things; they still grow nuts while anyplace else it's dead because of the high amounts of radiation.

The walk was long, jarring and hoof aching no one complained and they found a wooden covered bridge with two sandbag barriers and two boxes of Fragmentation and Anti-Armor mines.

Everyone besides Albatross placed the mines and he maintained the air-cooled .30 Caliber machine gun and put it into optimal working condition and jury-rigged the machine gun doing makeshift repairs on it.

***

Several minutes passed and the group got done placing the mines and Albatross went to fix the other air-cooled .30 caliber machine gun but they heard a lot of hoofsteps approaching.

Purple and Albatross access S.A.T.S and it said they're Judgment Hour mercs. They waited until the Mercs were getting close until Purple told them to open fire.

They fired at the mercenaries when they got close. The nearby mercs were torn apart but the ones further away ran for cover only to get blown up by the mines and some of them tried to charge them.

Albatross and Lavender worked in a pair when the machine gun ran out of ammo Purple would take the machine gun from his father, pull the charging handle back, open the lid, place a belt of .30 caliber bullets, close the lid, hit the lid shut, and slide the bolt forward.

When Purple would reload it his father would use his son's Super 45 Semi-automatic combat shotgun.

"And stay back!" exclaimed Albatross, "Stay away from my son and daughter-in-law you bastards!"

Purple let his father have the machine gun back and he fired the machine gun at the mercenaries so did the others.

During the fight, Flared Blizzard joined them, and the reason he's late is because he took a nap and overslept.

The mercs ran away when their numbers got low enough but unknown to them that other places of conflict that the Lawponies were overrun or completely annihilated and other mercs are going to encircle them.

"They're going to encircle us," said Lavender/Purple. "My gut feeling says those mercs are going to flank us. So we're going to leave two at a time. Rainy and Hailing you two will flee first, Rocky and Flared you two flee thirty seconds after Rainy and Hailing go, Critical you and my father will leave then me and Paladin Sapphire will go."

After a few more minutes the mercs came back and hit them hard and when the battle began both Rainy and Hailing fled by galloping as far as they could. Thirty seconds passed and Rocky and Flared Blizzard fled, then another thirty seconds Critical and Albatross left.

When both Albatross and Critical fled and got out of eyesight of the bridge Paladin Sapphire and Purple fled with Purple carrying the machine guns.

"Got a little surprise for them," said Purple.

The mercs moved onto the bridge going to secure it and wait for ammo and aid to catch up with them. But there was a beeping sound and a major explosion destroying the only bridge for miles.

***

Several hours later.

Back at the Fort only Purple and Albatross came back even though Purple felt bad for leaving his friends behind at another half-assed defensive line.

Purple told the leader of the Lawponies that they destroyed the bridge but killed a lot of mercs and the mare placed a red X over the bridge they were at.

Purple looked at the map and saw the next couple of bridges were captured with another one razed down but the captured few were ten miles spaced out from each other.

Albatross walked off and went into the clinic and saw a dead mare. He found a Twilight Sparkle Statuette and a note attached to it.

The note said, "Blech. If my kid looks like that and married somepony who isn't a part of their own race and species I'd abandon it too. Mother and Father who abandons you, Siblings and family pretends you don't exist, you aren't blessed."

The note hit hard for Albatross because he's a unicorn and his family hates pegasi but he loved and married Harp a pegasus. His family blames him for driving his family away from him and even blame him for putting his and Harp's only three adult kids into the nightmare of the wasteland.

Albatross walked away but bumped into Purple who was looking for him and Purple saw his father was sad.

"What's wrong dad?" asked Lavender.

Albatross replied, "Just saw a note and it hit home for me. It says that if somepony is with somepony outside of their own race then they would abandon it. Due to me being a unicorn and your mother a pegasus, my family abandoned me and said that I'm not their nephew, uncle, son and brother."

Lavender replied, "But you do got a better family. You got mom she was and always there for you and us and you got a well to pardon my French but you got a dumbass sexist pig son, a once nice but now a rude bitch daughter and you got me a free-spirited crossbred Alicorn who always do the good thing by heart and do mean things if it calls for it. But I and mom love you for who you are and I and she are the only family that you need. We've always been and still are always there for you."

Albatross replied, "Thank you, Lavender. I needed to hear that. You're the best son me and your mother have and couldn't ask for a better son. We love you, son."

Lavender replied, "I love you too dad. And I love mom and Grandma as well. If your uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, mother, father, and brothers don't like you for being you then they are the fools. You're perfect no matter what and who you are and you love and care for a pegasus while they hate pegasi then that's them and not you. Now I wonder how if everypony besides Grandma Brisk was Unicorns how was Grandma Brisk was a pegasus?"

Albatross replied, "I'd asked her the same question. She told me that she was a foal by rape. Her mother a unicorn had a short fling with a pegasus Stable security officer but she called it off and started to date another unicorn. But he raped her and that's how Brisk Flyee was conceived and the other Stable Security officers sat there and just watched and didn't help her."

Purple was left speechless almost every pony in the Stable besides Albatross's family and Arsen/Base are usually besides Purple's father's family and his older brother are the only two rude ones.

"Come on dad," said Purple, "We got to slow those mercs down some more."

Albatross and Purple went to the half-assed defensive line which is called the "South wall" and they only saw trenches that had mud in them. Purple was very hesitant to hop in due to not wanting to get trench hoof. Not adding he wouldn't mind being in a reinforced pillbox or a casemate.

Purple walked up and down the trench and saw concertina wire mixed in with tank traps to slow down unarmored and armored enemies. Purple was also kind enough to check on the other Lawponies and a lot of them were nervous and scared.

"I'm scared they're going to get through and eat us alive," said a young Lawpony. "There's just too many of them and too few of us."

Purple replied, "Calm down and breathe. Just panicking will get you killed faster or not focus. Those Mercs would love to get the drop on you. Now take your T52 and keep your eyes down range. I know the calm is scary but it's the calm before the storm. But just keep an eye out for the Judgment Hour Mercenaries."

The Lawpony mare replied, "Okay. Just breathe."

The mare calmed down and started to breathe in and out and thanked Purple for it because the unicorn mare was ready to shoot at something that would appear over the horizon even if it was friendlies.

***
A few more hours later.

Purple was taking a nap when there was an explosion and gunfire that woke him up. Purple stood on his two back legs and used his magic to hold his 7.62mm Battle rifle and fired it aiming for the heads or trying to even though the mercs were a good twelve hundred feet away.

"Time for me to do my specialty," said Critical. "Time to make them pack their bags and gallop home to their mama's."

Critical and a few snipers for The Lawponies worked their magic even though some are pegasi and earth ponies. With battle saddle snipers they shot the mercenaries charging and firing their assault rifles, rifles, submachine guns, brush guns, scoped assault rifles, automatic rifles, miniguns, grenade machine guns, rocket launchers, missile launchers, magical energy rifles, magical plasma pistols, magical plasma rifles, and multi-gem miniguns.

"Do you believe in the Boogeypony? I sure do," said Critical. "Well that fucker is dead."

Critical brought out a bottle of Sparkle-Cola Cherry, took off the bottle cap, and drank it out in one big gulp which led him to have a huge burp only to go back to sniping.

The Judgement Hour mercenaries kept on charging but they heard mechanical sounds and The Lawponies including Purple, Rocky, Critical, Paladin Sapphire, Rainy, Hailing, and Albatross couldn't believe that the mercs got some fixed up and running old Equestrian tanks.

"Of course, they'll get those fixed!" exclaimed Rainy, "What's next? Ten packs or groups of Hellhounds?"

"Luna damn it Rainy!" exclaimed Hailing, "You had to open your big mouth!"

A pack of captured Hellhounds ran past the mercs and headed right to the defensive line so they all had to switch focus away from the mercs to shoot the Hellhounds. But there were a lot of them and a lot of Lawponies decided to flee in terror and fear.

"That's what those mercs want," said Albatross. "They want terror and fear to make them disorganized and make them confused. You think they'd been used to seeing mutated creatures like that."

Purple replied, "Yeah that's true dad. But maybe they have Hellhoundphobia and everypony is afraid of something. Like for you, you have Arachnophobia, Arachibutyrophobia, Atychiphobia with your biological family, and Lilapsophobia. I have Autophobia, Codependency, and Social anxiety disorder. One reason I'd left the Stable is that everypony more or less judged me and my second wife has PTSD and Rape trauma syndrome and she's coming into the outer adjustment stage and in the reorganization stage due to she fantasizes of getting revenge on her parents and sisters and the rest of the Steel Rangers."

Albatross replied, "What did they do to her?"

Purple replied, "Her father raped her, her mother raped her at times, her siblings turned her back on her when she needed them, and some members of the Steel Rangers would've used a dart gun to paralyze her and they would've 'taken their sweet time to help her' and they just used her and every time she would say she was raped and all that the Steel Rangers more or less shunned her and didn't help. She more or less wants to get revenge on them. I don't blame her and told her she has my full support."

Both Purple and Albatross went back to shooting the mercs but after half an hour the mercs retreated.

"I'd guess they're falling back or we'd win," said Albatross.

Purple replied, "They're just regrouping, not falling back. You got to give them more credit than you can think. Their tough bastards who won't give in so easily. They must have something else up their sleeves. I'd mean my scouts have told me that their pay is good just to get three thousand bottle caps just to kill somepony, they have good armor and they know how to fight, they're not Raiders. Raiders just do it for the fun and thrill of killing like how Arsen just wants to get laid for the fun of it."

Albatross slapped the back of Purple's head for him saying "laid." But Purple did tell his father that it's true and his father did agree with his son about it.

Condor Albatross looked at his son who used a wing to drop the current magazine out of his 7.62mm battle rifle, open an ammo pouch, grab another twenty-round magazine, place it into the rifle, and cocked the bolt.

Condor Albatross also saw his son place some thirty-round stick magazines into his ammo pouches as well and he picked up an M1 .45 Auto Submachine Gun.

"Rocky, Sapphire, Critical, Rainy, Hailing," said Purple. "Reload and keep an eye out for anything suspicious."

They reloaded their weapons and The Lawponies did the same and it was the waiting game but the battlefield was littered with dead mercs, dead Hellhounds, and destroyed tanks.

Purple went up and down the trench to check on them but the leader of The Lawponies came out and asked if they were fine and one squad leader replied to her, "They won't get through us."

The leader replied, "I know. They'll break sooner or later."

Further down the line in the trench Purple sat on a wooden box with Sapphire Heart and the two shared an apple and a carrot and drank the same bottle of purified water. Doesn't help that Paladin Sapphire Heart had to burp and she burped into the can of water but that didn't stop Purple from drinking it.

While waiting, Sapphire Heart sang, "Boom boom boom cha-cha," repeating it in rhythm and after the fifty-third time she sang it Purple galloped away and broke down.

***

In another pillbox.

Purple found a box which he opened and found gas masks in them. He saw they were full molded rubber egg-shaped facepieces with a respirator but they had a bag that was connected by a hose and the bag is strapped to the bag which is close to the body.

Purple took them and gave them to Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, Rainy, Hailing, and his father but the only reason he left out Flared Blizzard because his helmet protects him from airborne weapons such as gas, viruses, diseases, and everything else.

Several metallic things landed in the trench and they popped open and Purple's friends and father looked at him as he was placing the gas mask on his face so they did the same.

It was sad for them to watch the ones who couldn't leave or have protection only they could smell was musty hay.

"Poor sons of guns," said Albatross, "They didn't have time to react, only choke to death while gasping for air."

Purple replied, "Only thing we can do is to put them out of their misery and wait."

Even though they didn't want to do it, the ones who were choking were put out of their misery so they couldn't continue to asphyxiate from the lack of oxygen. It started to rain though.

The mercs came back with full force but they were outnumbered. But they were determined to hold the line or die trying.

Purple pulled out his knife and said, "Here we go."

For some reason, the Mercs didn't fire a single bullet but decided to fight with their hooves, knives, and spiked ponyshoes.

"They come to fight," said Flared Blizzard.

Rainy replied, "I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass but I'm all out of bubblegum. So we all got to kick a little ass."

Purple replied, "Today's forecast will be partly cloudy with a 100% chance of ass-kicking!"

Condor Albatross slapped Lavender "Purple" against the back of his head for the second time for swearing.

A merc charged Purple with a twenty-inch bayonet only for Purple to just stab him in the throat with his own knife but completely dumbfounded how a merc who's the size of a tank missed Lavender who's the size of a regular unicorn stallion even though he's an alicorn.

Rocky Road used her magic to pick up an old ammo box and smashed the head in of a merc, and Flared Blizzard strangled two with his armored wings and stabbed one in the throat with his armored unicorn horn.

"Suck on my horn bitch," said Flared Blizzard.

Rocky Road thought he was talking to the stallion merc he stabbed and she thought he wanted that merc to give him a blowjob, not his unicorn horn.

Sapphire Heart used her Novasurge rifle and bashed the head of a merc repeatedly each time more violently than the last.

Albatross used his .30-30 lever-action rifle and hit the mercs with his rifle without hesitation. None of them were light strikes but heavy-handed strikes with his rifle.

Rainy used her hooves while her twin sister used a knife until Rainy found a miniature pickaxe and she started to swing it around wildly striking the mercs repeatedly.

They kicked a lot of mercenaries' asses and a few of them ran away going back to the bridge they captured because they thought they were weak but Purple, Rocky, Sapphire, Critical, Rainy, Albatross, Flared Blizzard, and Hailing decided to stay back and catch their breath.

Critical protested that they should launch a counter-attack before the Judgement Hour mercs could get reorganized and resupplied.

"Counter-attacks can be fatal," said Albatross, "Back during the war. The Zebra's launched a massive offensive but we and I mean the Equestrian 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, and 79th Infantry Divisions were completely wiped out by the Zebra's. What did we just do? When the Zebra's attacked we'd just held the line using an elastic defense, delays, tactical withdrawals, ambushes, backhoof blows, Guerrilla tactics, overwhelming firepower, nonstop air support, almost nonstop artillery, close-quarters defenses, and evading. But what did we do? Recklessly recaptured bridges, more or less reckless assaults, relentless assaults, well-planned assaults, mass charges, seize bridges, seize dams, blitzes, breakthroughs, shock assaults, and encirclement. Two hundred and one years ago it was the longest battle for us Equestrians a total of 416,800 died with a few thousand tanks destroyed, 95000 aircraft including bombing chariots, and A/V-1 Vertibucks destroyed so an overall total of 511,800. The Zebras? They lost 3,751,200 soldiers, 33,344 tanks, and dual-purpose AA/AT weapons, a total of 3,784,544. Then when the 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, and 79th infantry divisions completely got annihilated and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 45th infantry divisions were half annihilated with half injured."

Everyone but Lavender/Purple replied, "Interesting."

Lavender replied, "Yeah there were Five Equestrian Armies Corps One to Five each one with twenty-four divisions each division has 20,000 soldiers. Hang on a minute. 20,000x24 is 48,000 so we had 2,400,000 for the Equestrian Army but those were just the Central Army. There was also the Northern and Southern Equestrian Army with a total of 4,800,000 so all three combined are 7,200.000. But don't forget dad the Equestrian National Guard and Equestrian Militia with the former having 443,543 and the latter having 5000."

Everyone besides Condor Albatross got confused as hell about what Purple said but remembered that both his father and Lavender were born and raised in Stable 190 so they would have access and knowledge of it so they didn't say anything about it.

Paladin Sapphire Heart replied, "I have no idea what a 'National Guard' and 'Militia' are or is. Can you explain what they are or were?"

Albatross replied, "A militia is a military force that's raised from a civilian population to supplement a regular army. For example, we are one. I mean how many times did you help out the GPE when they were low on horsepower? Like with that ship for example."

Lavender replied, "National Guard were weekend soldiers aka part-time soldiers and had it easier than active-duty ones. But the National Guard was federalized during the war with 25% with peacekeeping missions and quelling riots and protests. Militias couldn't be federalized but the Guards could."

They waited and rested up for a bit and the mercs came back when it was dark. But Purple felt something was wrong so he randomly fired into the night only for a hail of gunfire to fly right at them.

They kept their heads down as the bullets and magical energy rounds flew right at them but Purple was the only one to use his magic to blindly fire but the mercs were able to storm the trench.

Lavender "Purple" switched to his .45 Auto Pistol which only has seven rounds and eighty-four in reserve and he also used his revolver which has six rounds with fifty-four in reserve.

The others just used the weapons they had but they didn't ask Lavender why he switched over to his pistols besides Hailing Rain Night.

"Hey Purple, why did you switch to your pistols?" asked Hailing Rain Night.

Purple replied, "Pistols are just better for close quarters."

Purple went back to blasting the mercs with the .45 Auto Equestrian Pistol and .357 Magnum rounds even using his normal wing to hold his knife and slash mercs like it's about to go out of style.

A group of mercs caught Paladin Sapphire Heart by surprise and eight of them went and dogpiled on her and Rocky went ballistic to save her even though the two have their differences and hate each other.

Albatross switched between shooting to beating each mercenary to death with his .30-30 country rifle.

Rainy and Hailing were back to back literally to defend each other's back.

The mercs put up a fight but they were no match for Purple, Rocky, Paladin Sapphire, Critical, Rainy, Hailing, and Albatross; they worked in an almost synchronized way even helping each other.

The mercs didn't really help each other but they're in it for the caps not each other. But they mostly attacked one at a time with only four helping each other only to be killed by Rocky Road to save Paladin Sapphire Heart.

One Judgement Hour merc had a gauntlet dagger and he tried to stab Lavender/Purple only to miss and hit Albatross right in the stomach. Purple placed his two pistols into the merc's mouth and fired the revolver and semi-automatic pistol at the same time.

Purple holstered his guns and went over to his father to help him. Purple didn't have the necessary medical gear with him but with his quick examination, he found that the gauntlet dagger hit Albatross's central artery.

Purple picked up his father and teleported back to Stable 190.

"Damn it Purple!" exclaimed Rocky, "Damn yellow belly!"

Purple teleported back but he fell from twenty feet crushing two mercs but he went on a ballistic assault wave of beating up, slashing, hacking, or shooting every merc in the trench.

The remaining few mercs decided to flee but Purple chased them down and gave them all the most painful and excruciating death imaginable. What he didn't know was that his six-time great-grandma Ltcmdr Sapphire Love gave the Zebra's she captured the same type of death.

Only Paladin Sapphire Heart was shocked at Purple who finally succumbed to the violence of the wasteland. But it's common but it's hotwired into his genetics due to generations in Equestrian history they were soldiers not adding some were psychopaths in the war.

***

In the morning all but Purple were dead asleep the leader of The Lawponies. She thanked Purple for their help but she kept her voice low due to the fact that she didn't want to wake the rest of them up.

"Without your help, we all would've been killed," said the leader of The Lawponies. "Thank you for helping us, and thank you for single hoofedly pushing those fuckers back to the bridges. Thank you. My ponies will deal with the stragglers and push to Hill Hitch to take over their base."

She then left the trench to go back into the bastion fort to rally up the remainder of her forces there even though a majority of The Lawponies was scattered all over Celestia Island unorganized and with little to no supplies.

Chapter 88: Hill Hitch

Purple carried all of his friends inside of the fort and placed them in unoccupied beds so they could sleep. Purple went on his merry way to Hill Hitch and he thought he could try and reason with the leader of the Judgement Hour mercs.

Purple went back to the same town where he bought the Trench gun, bandolier, and other important stuff. But he went into the general store and traded the junk he has for caps. But he spent the caps for food and a lasso.

Purple went over to the gunshop.

***

Inside of the gunshop.

The gunshop's owner was being harassed by her mother to ask a stallion to impregnate her to give her grandfoals.

The gun shop owner told her mother that she isn't interested in settling down and with her work she's busy selling guns, accessories and ammo from eight in the morning to eight at night, and she makes ammo.

But she also has a contract from the The Lawponies to supply them with a hefty order of three hundred lever-action rifles, fifty shotguns, thirty semi-automatic rifles, twelve machine guns, and four tons worth of ammo.

She didn't really have much time for herself and she definitely wouldn't have the time to raise a foal.

The bell rang so a unicorn mare went up front and saw Purple looking at an .30-30 Carbine Lever-action and a A5 Semi-automatic Shotgun.

"Um excuse me sir?" asked the unicorn mare, "How would you like to get your dick wet?"

Purple replied, "Yeah no thanks. I'd just come in here to buy some ammo and maybe buy a new gun."

The mare replied, "My daughter will give you a 75% off discount if you and her have sex and place a foal in her."

Purple replied, "Yeah no thanks. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to have sex with another mare no matter what."

The gunshop owner's mother fired a dart at her daughter and Purple and placed the two into the same bed for them to breed even though the two don't want to. Purple really doesn't want to because he already had his sperm stolen once by Honey Cake, the second time was out of fear, and the third and final time was to help and he thinks he already has enough soon to be kids.

***

A couple of hours later

Purple and the mare got up and quickly realized that the mare's mother wanted them to breed and placed them in the same bed. The mare's mother was hoping for Purple to have a wet dream and with each other facing each other that he'll get the gun store owner pregnant.

They quickly found out that the door was locked from the outside and she told them to be breeding so she can have healthy grandfoals.

Purple didn't want to and the gun store owner mare finally gave in to her mother's constant nagging at her for the past two months of getting pregnant.

***

Purple walked out of the store with a free semi-automatic shotgun, the .30-30 carbine lever-action rifle and enough ammo for both guns to fill three Equestrian infantry companies during the war and that was 120 ponies each company.

Purple hated it though he was prohibited to leave and he was allowed to leave by getting the gun shop owner pregnant. Lavender's mother was right; she did say when Lavender was born that he would have a lot of foals and help those in need.

Overmare Harp Love Harmonica was right but she didn't know her son would be a breeder.

but she knew that more of him is out there and the wasteland will be a better place because of that.

Purple walked through the town with livestock, it had several suppliers and businesses such as a saloon, a doctor, a general store, a gunsmith, a hotel, and a breeding stable.

The roads were made of brick or dirt but Purple didn't mind it. He walked through the fields humming but every now and again he used his Recon Vision to scan for threats or booby traps which luckily there were none.

***

A couple of hours below Hill Hitch.

Purple saw a golden plaque that said:

"Lance Corporal Hitch Fry Hill. Lance Corporal Hitch Fry was the first Earth pony stallion born here and raised here on Celestia island and was the first volunteer soldier during the war. Lance Corporal Hitch was assigned to the Seventh Marine Division, 17th Regiment, Fourth Battalion, Third Company, Seventh Platoon, First Squad. He single hoofedly killed two hundred and thirty Zebra soldiers on Laminitis Hill with his Balk Automatic Rifle as the rest of his company was killed in action.

"LCPL Hitch Fry was killed by a Zebra soldier when his B.A.R & .45 Auto Pistol ran out of ammo. He slowed down the Zebra's enough time for the Equestrian 88th, and 89th Infantry divisions to fully repel the Zebra's. He was posthumously given the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, National Defense Service Medal, Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Legion of Merit. LCPL Hitch was buried at the summit of this hill with full military honors."

May he rest in peace for giving those Zebra's a hard time, Purple thought, He was a brave stallion.

Purple looked up at the hill and it was nine hundred and ninety-nine feet tall. And he gulped because four hundred and ninety-six feet of the hill was covered in a mist and he didn't know if they were waiting for him. He walked up with his head high and told himself that if the mercs kill him then he was going to face death with dignity and not cower like a foal or like Arsen.

Purple reached the summit unscathed but was captured by a wing of Artificial Alicorns and brought to their leader who was a rare Artificial Alicorn, a poppy red with black hair.

"Never saw a red and black artificial alicorn," Purple said. "How is this possible? Are you the daughter of Red Eye?"

The Alicorn replied, "I cannot confirm or deny that question. Also, you've been a pain in my ass! I mean do you know how many soldiers of mine you killed?! How much caps, equipment, and everything else you cost me!?"

Purple replied, "No. They shot at me and my friends and almost tried to kill my family and asshats in my Stable. So it's their fault for starting this fight and not adding that one of your mercs tried to buy three of my friends from me. He wanted to buy three of my friends and I told him no and he came back and offered me more money for them but I refused so he tried to take them by force. And I'd put two rounds in his face. If you're going to fight me. Let's have it between me and you and not your almost endless mooks!"

The red artificial alicorn replied, "I got something better!"

The Red Artificial Alicorn lit up her horn and there was a red aurora on her horn and soon magical auroras were on both Purple's cybernetic and normal wing. She pulled hard to make sure Purple could feel the pain.

Purple couldn't use his magic because he walked through a machine that disabled his magic and he was being held down as well. He tried but couldn't hold back his painful scream.

She painfully ripped off both of Lavender's wings and said tauntingly, "You don't feel special anymore."

Purple replied, "And you can go fuck yourself."

She replied, "Persistent little fucker, aren't you? I like that in my stallions. Guards take him to my room. I would like to have a private word with him later."

***
Over at the Fort.

Everyone slept in until two in the afternoon but when they noticed they were missing Purple they expected him to be with Sapphire Love Heart only for her to say that he wasn't with her.

They assumed he was out exploring or out helping train some Lawponies to maintain their weapons or teach them not how to blow themselves up with a single fragmentation grenade.

Sapphire Heart walked into the command room and heard that the leader of The Lawponies was making some kind of plan to storm Hill Hitch.

***

A few more hours.

Rocky, Sapphire Heart, Critical, Rainy, Flared Blizzard, Double Tap, and Hailing were at the base of Hill Hitch with thirty-two Lawponies armed with .45 Auto Submachine Guns, .30-06 semi-automatic rifles, Balk Automatic RIfles, and .30 Carbine Semi-auto rifles.

"What are we going to do?" asked a Unicorn Lawpony soldier.

Somepony replied, "I don't know. Just let me think!"

Another Lawpony unicorn replied, "Let's go get the bastards!"

They got out of a ditch and charged up the hill but it had a few concrete blockhouse fortifications with a few Judgment Hour mercs inside and they picked off the Lawponies.

The Lawponies had one advantage and that was they could go around which they did and blow open the door to shoot the mercs without hesitation.

As they were getting closer to the summit they started to get pelted by high explosives and white phosphorus rounds and the latter was more dangerous.

Sapphire Heart picked up a Balk Automatic Rifle and used that instead because the mercs could trace back her Novasurge rifle. It's an energy weapon and she kinda felt bad for killing the GPE scout to get it from her. It didn't help that the GPE mare she killed begged her not to kill her but Sapphire Heart still did.

They kept on moving up the hill shooting at the mercenaries.

***

They reached the summit and fought more mercs but the mercs on top were poorly organized and poorly trained on how to use a weapon which made them easier to be killed.

Sapphire Heart charged ahead into the main headquarters building and fired her Balk Automatic Rifle and shot the mercs up without hesitation. But she left the ones still alive to bleed out.

The Judgement Hour mercs were easily killed off.

Purple walked out of the bunker but none of them believed it was him due to the fact that he's missing his wings but it was him.

Everyone decided to fortify the place and Purple thought they could come back to retake the hill.

"What happened to you?" asked Sapphire Heart, "What happened to your wings?"

Lavender replied, "I had a 'lovely' meeting with a red and black artificial alicorn. I'd asked her if she was the daughter of Red Eye and she told me that she cannot confirm or deny it, which I say she is. But as retribution for us shooting up her operations in Chicoltgo. Then she ordered her two elite guards to take me to her bedroom. She used her magic to fix the wounds she caused but held me down and I'll leave it at that."

Sapphire Heart could only imagine what happened. But they had a view of dead trees, dry ground, and dead grass for miles and miles but the fog dissipated.

More Lawponies arrived to help to reinforce the hill until more help could arrive.

***

At night both Lavender and Sapphire Heart were laying on their backs staring up at the stars.

"They're beautiful, aren't they?" asked Lavender, "The stars."

Sapphire Heart replied, "Yeah the stars are beautiful."

Lavender replied, "They're even more wonderful how they sparkle in your eyes."

Lavender gave Sapphire Heart a smooch on her cheek and went to bed by laying next to her.

Author's Note

The .30-30 Carbine is based on the M1894 Carbine .30-30 WCF

Chapter 89: Defending Hill Hitch

It was a chilly morning and Sapphire Heart and Lavender Astrology went inside the bunker to warm up. But their time inside was cut short when they heard gunfire.

Lavender, Rocky, Sapphire, Rainy, Critical, Flared, and Hailing galloped out of the central bunker and went over to the south-facing slope to see about a hundred and twenty Judgement Hour mercs coming up charging them.

The Lawponies and the Guardians had the high ground but there's only a total of sixty Lawponies not adding Lavender and his friends and wife.

This is gonna be interesting, Lavender thought, I'm calling for help.

Lavender used his magic and got the walkie-talkie he has.

"Dry Lighting this is Leader 1," said Lavender. "Dry Lighting come in!"

***

On board the Dry Lighting.

Snow Blue was playing solitaire on board the Dry Lighting's bridge and she was humming.

I should've asked for seconds, Snow Blue thought, I'm still hungry.

Snow Blue heard Purple's voice come over the radio so she got up and went over to the radio.

"General Purple," said Snow Blue. "What do you want?"

Lavender calmly replied, "Need immediate support at Hill Hitch. Got a ton of mercs and there's too many of them we need support ASAP!"

Snow Blue replied, "What kind of support is due to need?"

Lavender replied, "Any kind! I don't care if it's reinforcements or air support! The Judgement Hour mercs are coming up the south slope and there's just too many of them."

***

Lavender put his walkie-talkie away and reloaded his 7.62mm battle rifle.

A Judgement Hour merc tried to stab Sapphire Heart only to miss and his knife got stuck in the wood. Sapphire Heart used the Balk Automatic Rifle she had and broke the mercenary's neck.

Critical went on the top of the main bunker and did his job as the team's sniper. But Flared Blizzard was with him as a scout and to protect him if any Judgment Hour mercenaries got close.

Rainy and Hailing were in-between the main concrete bunker and the small wooden bunker where Lavender and Sapphire Heart were and Double Tap was inside of the bunker nursing her wounds.

The Judgement Hour mercs were smart and attacked in waves with the first wave having about one hundred and twenty armed with the crappiest weapons the wasteland has to offer because they're rookies in the Judgment Hour Mercenaries group.

The mercs thought it would be easy to kick them off and kill them but under Lavender's leadership they ain't budging an inch off of that hill.

Lavender pulled out his .45 Auto Pistol and said while shooting, "One a time take a number!"

The only reason Lavender said that was because the mercs were coming to try to beat the duo to death due to the fact that their weapons were terrible and didn't work properly.

The first wave was easily taken down but soon the summit of the hill got bombarded with artillery. The Wasteland Guardians and Grand Pony Enclave the Judgement Hour mercs had artillery as well.

The shelling stopped and the Guardians and the Lawponies had to fight off a second wave and they're not rookies but they're still weak though.

"Hey Purple?" asked Sapphire Heart, "Why did you leave your Stable? I'd mean you were safe and sound in it with family and friends who adore you,"

Lavender replied, "Because when my dad 'died' I somewhat blamed myself and well dumbass Arsen fully blamed me for it. But I'm the type who wanna taste love and pain and wanna feel pride and shame. For me, I'd rather lose my pride and take the fall than my dumbass brother and sister rather take the fall and keep their pride. Damn cocksuckers."

Sapphire Heart replied, "So you don't like your brother and sister?"

Lavender replied, "My brother Arsen besides taking the names of three deceased baseball players he believes mares are inferior to stallions and Arsen sees all mares as breeding stock. My sister Blue Watershed? She would rather believe her abusive, alcoholic husband over the rest of her family. Last of what I heard of her was that she cut off me, Arsen, our parents and my mother. She had enough of her and permanently exiled her out of the Stable. Hope a Hellhound tears her apart."

The second wave of Judgement Hour mercs hit like a freight train but they faced the same amount of resistance. But this time Lavender switched to both his IF-37 Police Shotgun and Super 45 Semi-auto combat shotgun.

Right now I'd wish I had my power armor, Sentinel Glace and his team with us, Sapphire Heart thought, And some more help than what we have. But it's life in this fudging world.

"That fucker is dead," said Critical Shot. "And that motherfucker is dead."

Flared Blizzard found a box of frag grenades and he chucked them like it's going out of style.

"At least Hellhounds haven't shown up yet," said Hailing Rain, "That's good."

Rainy replied, "Keep your mouth shut sis. Remember how you told me to lie to dad to prevent us from getting into trouble but what did you do? He still gave us tanning."

It's kinda funny that during the pre-war days there was a group called Equestrian Equality Emancipation and Education group, Sapphire Heart thought, Funny. Wait, why I'm I thinking about this now?

A merc tried to stab Lavender only to miss his body and stab his hoof. Lavender to pulled the rifle out, knocked the merc down, get on top of the merc, and punched the merc in the face three times very hard and said in anger, "Fuck you fucking fuck!"

Double Tap came out only for the steel bunker door to hit her. She reopened the door and left after closing it. She went up to where Critical Shot and Flared Blizzard were but she had a 9mm SMG and fired in bursts.

The mercenaries stopped coming and the ground was bombarded for a second time but everyone else was unscathed. They came back with better-armed mercs but armed with submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, grenades, and automatic rifles.

Sapphire Heart took Lavender's Commando assault rifle and M.S.P.C.S shotgun but she and Lavender didn't leave the trench in the small wooden bunker even though the new company of Judgment Hour Mercenaries are trained to fight in close quarters and had grenades to flush enemies out of trenches.

"And your dead mate," said Critical Shot before firing his sniper rifle.

The gunfire was intense but they were able to hold on and kill off the entire wave without any casualties.

The summit of the hill was bombarded again but it lasted longer than the previous couple of times and it was intense and Critical, Flared, and Double Tap got off and went inside of the central bunker. Lavender used his body as a shield to protect Sapphire Heart from the shrapnel.

The artillery fire temporarily ceased when a group of Lawponies got up to check the damage. The artillery barrage continued and a 155m artillery round landed right on top of them leaving a pool of their blood leaving no body parts.

Rainy and Haling shielded their eyes so as not to see the blood. It didn't help that a severed hind leg landed on the twin sisters and it made them both jump up and scream like a filly.

The two went their own ways but had the common goal to defend the hilltop.

There was a loud mechanical sound and they saw a pair of tanks which Purple called a "Landship." They're a rhomboid vehicle with a long track length with their main armaments in the right and left sponsons and a machine gun in the center.

The good news is that the "Landships" are going five MPH and the other news is that Flared Blizzard found a wooden crate full of 66mm LATL's and both Double Tap and Flared Blizzard.

"They have twenty mercs escorting the landships!" yelled Lavender, "Sapphire, Rocky, Rainy, Hailing, Critical, and Double Tap and I will focus on the mercs! Flared you knock out the landships!"

Rainy replied, "WILCO, Lavender!"

Flared replied while cracking his wings, frontal legs, and neck, "Set up those things and I'll knock them down!"

Hailing replied, "For the Enclave!"

Critical replied, "Yay more fuckers to kill."

Double Tap replied, "More loot for us to loot."

Rocky replied, "Do they have an endless supply of them?"

Out of the blue Twyla and Opel joined them and they almost got blown up if it wasn't for Critical saying something.

"Don't shoot," said Critical, "The Grand Pony Enclave already whipped their asses more times than they wanted to count."

The mercs arrived at the top and they were mowed down literally because they didn't know where to go first because they were ordered to "take the hill" but they weren't ordered to kill or to capture them. They were even split with half wanting to kill them and the other half wanting to capture them.

The "Landships" took longer than expected to reach the summit but Flared Blizzard fired one 66mm LATL and it pierced through the thin armor blowing up from the inside out. He got the second launcher and he extended the tube, and aimed it.

"Say hi to Tartarus for me," said Flared Blizzard. "Tell'em I'll be there soon to be their new overlord when I die and be sent there."

Flared Blizzard fired the Anti-Tank launcher, blowing up the second land tank.

Everyone ran for cover again not long after the summit of the hill got bombarded to death with every square inch of the summit being bombarded with 105mm and 155mm artillery shells.

"I can't take this anymore!" exclaimed Sapphire Heart, "Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop!"

The only ones that were unaffected by the constant shelling were Lavender, Rainy, Hailing, and Flared Blizzard. Lavender was unaffected because Arsen's room and his room were next to each other and either heard him having sex with a random mare or a date with his hoof by touching himself so hearing him hit the wall got annoying but got used to it real quick.

Flared were unaffected by it because of being in the Grand Pegasus Enclave special operations command. Rainy and Hailing were unaffected because of them being a part of the Grand Pegasus Enclave Army.
***

Two hours later.

The mercs came and it's now brutal hoof-to-hoof combat.

One mercenary tried to bayonet Sapphire Heart only for Lavender to take the rifle and stab the mercenary with his own bayonet.

Flared Blizzard picked two up and threw them off of the bunker face first.

Critical hit them with the stock of his .30-06 sniper rifle or Jumper rifle.

Right now will be a great time for help, Everyone thought, Better happen soon.

There was the sound of vertibucks mostly the AV-1 Gunship Vertibuck and they shot up the hill killing the mercenaries on the hill before flying away back to the Dry Lighting. A few more V-1, & V-7 Vertibucks came to drop off Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers on board the Dry Lighting into the fight.

They took care of the mercenaries and they got a flight back to the Dry Lighting.

During the flight they asked Lavender to tell another story.

Author's Note

The 9mm SMG is the M3 Grease Gun

Chapter 91: Sad day for Purple

While on the Dry Lighting Purple was organizing his saddle bag and got rid of any stuff he didn't need anymore.

Purple checked his Pipbuck and got a message from his mother telling him to come home right now because of an emergency. He lit up his horn and teleported to Stable 190 and only had his .357 magnum and .45 Auto Pistol on him but his knife, shotguns and rifle he left behind.

***

At Stable 190.

Purple ran to the Overpony's office and saw his father lying on his right side not moving. But every time Overmare Harp said something Albatross waved his left frontal leg not saying something.

"Dad?" said Purple, "Dad? Time to get up dad."

Condor Albatross didn't do anything this time so Purple turned his father onto his back and didn't hear any breathing.

Purple started to do CPR while trying to wake his father.

"Mom go get some doctors," said Purple, "Dad? Wake up, dad. Please wake up,"

After ten minutes Overmare Harp returned with a Stable doctor. The two went outside and Harp closed the door.

Purple could overhear the Stable doctor say something to another Stable doctor. Purple hugged his mother and cried on her and she placed her wings around her son to comfort her.

"There there Lavender," said Overmare Harp, "At least now Condor can be with my mother in the afterlife now. I'm going to miss him too. Just let it all out."

Purple held his mother very tight and cried on her.

***

On the Dry Lighting.

"Where did Purple go?" asked Rainy.

Rocky replied, "Ask Sapphire Heart. She's usually sucking his cock or kissing his snout."

Rainy Night went to go find Sapphire Heart and she found her sitting in the hanger near the ledge with her right hoof on her stomach.

"Are you ok?" asked Rainy.

Sapphire Heart replied, "I... I can't believe it. I'm going to be a mother. I'd never expected to be a mom. I don't even want to have foals."

"How did it happen?" said Rainy, "Since you don't want foals. How did you get pregnant?"

Sapphire Heart replied, "Well... Well... Purple and I were having sex because I wanted to. After a while, he told me he wanted to stop because he could already feel a part of my vagina. I said to keep going but he tried to get off of me but I overpowered him."

"So it's more or less your fault then?" asked Rainy.

Sapphire replied, "Yeah. I should've listened. Oh, Rainy?"

"I would love to be the colt or filly's aunt," said Rainy Night. "Oh do you know where Purple is?"

Sapphire Heart replied, "Sorry. I don't know. My guess he's probably walking around somewhere,"

Rainy Night walked around looking for Purple.

"Friendly Vertibuck incoming," somepony said over the PA system, "Got an officer inbound."

After a few minutes a V-7 Vertibuck came and landed and a door opened to both Colonel Honey Cake and Spring Charm.

The two Colonel's went to the bridge and they went into a side room with Snow Blue.

***

In the same room.

"So you're headed to the Frozen north?" asked Spring Charm.

Snow Blue replied, "Yeah. We're going after the remainder of the Grand Pony Enclave."

"My Friend up there," said Honey Cake, "She says there are two un-organized divisions, an under-supplied division, and an HQ division. She also says that he enslaved thirty towns so far and even enslaved Raiders and Slavers but the former two he lets do what they want."

Snow Blue replied, "What's your friend's name?"

"Her name is Vigorous Orchestra," said Honey Cake. "She's a light blue pegasus with light natural blonde mane and tail with light blue eyes, and she's with her partner a spotter with a Novasurge rifle and she's armed with a Novasurge Sniper rifle. Their sign is 'Star' and your countersign is 'light.' Remember the countersign and none of you will die."

Snow Blue replied, "I'll tell Purple and them. Anything else you want to say?"

"Yeah watch out," said Spring Charm.

Honey Cake replied, "You're going to walk and fly through different territory now. Oh watch out for some places the snow it's green & glowing,"

***

Still in Stable 190.

Purple was still crying but he was crying on his mother's lap. She was petting him with her right-wing and trying to make her son happy.

"I know Lavender," said Overmare Harp. "I know dad's gone again. But at least he'll keep an eye on us now. At least he can rest easy now."

There was a knock on the Overpony's door so Harp answered it and it was a Stable doctor.

"Well we did an autopsy," said the Stable Doctor. "He had cancer. The radiation outside gave him cancer and well it slowly ate away at his health. If he didn't go out he would've lived another thirty-seven years at the minimum. Also I would like to test Lavender for anything he might've caught out there in the wastes. If I have your permission."

Overmare Harp went inside of the Overmare's office and asked if he wanted to be tested for any Balefire Radiation poisoning or any diseases he had and he agreed.

***

In the Stable Hospital.

Lavender sat on a table and a mare Stable doctor checked Purple and surprisingly that the radiation hasn't affected him but benefited him in a good way and helped his DNA and other things to heal fast.

"Oh I donated my sperm to help some mares, even the GPE," said Purple.

The doctor replied, "Well according to nature and all that a stallion has to wait seventy seven days until sperm regrows. But according to the tests well. Now for you it takes half the time now. Also due to you're a hero around here and you need to donate your sperm again."

Purple sighed and went off to another room but the mare soon followed without the white doctor stable uniform. She went to give Purple assistance to donate his sperm but he was uncomfortable with it.

An hour later Lavender walked out the doctor she lied on the cold concrete floor with his stallion "milk" in her mouth, butt, and vagina he didn't want to but he did donate his sperm but she had sex with him which lasted a lot longer than expected.

***

Back in the Overmare's office.

"Alright mom," said Lavender, "I'm headed back out into the wasteland."

Overmare Harp replied, "Goodbye son. Come back soon. Wait what happened to your wings?"

"An evil Alicorn ripped my wings off," said Purple, "Painful too. And raped me as well. Don't know why she spared me though."

Overmare Harp replied, "Oh my! At least you're fine now, that's the most important thing!"

Purple went over and gave his mother a kiss on the forehead and she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Purple lit up his unicorn horn and teleported back to the Dry Lighting but locked himself in his room.

***

In his room.

Purple went back to organize his room but found a photo he didn't put in his saddlebag.

Purple flipped the photo frame around and opened the back.

The back of the photo says, "Dear Lavender Purple Astrology. This is your father writing this. I just want to say. You are the best son anypony could ask for and your friends and wives are lucky to have a stallion like you! I wish I could've brought you, and mom when the Grand Pegasus Enclave brought me to do research and development for them. Also, I wanted to tell you that you have a lot of half-brothers and half-sisters in the Grand Pegasus Enclave. No, I didn't have sex with them but due to how smart I am or was well the department I was in was full of mares 98% were mares and 2% were stallions but I was the only straight stallion the rest were gay and I don't have a problem with that.

"Well, a lot of the straight and bisexual mares flirted with me. But I'd refused yeah I could've easily had an affair with your lovely mother but I didn't. And I know you would do the same, But Lavender I want to say I love you son, and tell your mother I love her too and I'll always be with you two always."

Purple wanted to cry some more but he did hugging the photo of Lavender "Purple" Astrology, Harp Love Harmonica, and Condor Albatross Soaring.

***

Seven hours later.

In the mess hall.

Purple sadly slid the metal cafeteria tray down a railing thing.

"Hey how much food do all of you have to make?" asked a Grand Pegasus Enclave marine, "It seems like an endless wave of food y'all have."

The Grand Pegasus Enclave cook replied, "Just in one day we go through twelve tons worth of food. In one week we go through 84 tons worth of food each work. Got 1600 pounds worth of Brahmin steak, Brahmin meat, Chicken, and Radhog meat. Got Apples, Pears, and Potatoes down there, and drinks are coffee, and water. Now choose what you want, you're holding up the line."

"Hey move it jackass!" said a GPE Marine, "We're all starving! We haven't eaten in four hours!"

Purple replied, "Can you kindly choose so we all can eat please."

The GPE Marine got what he wanted and went on his way.

"Hello Commander Lavender," said the GPE Cook. "What can I get you?"

Lavender replied, "Tough choice. I'll take the chicken."

"And I'll like your creampie," quietly said the GPE Cook.

Lavender replied, "What?"

"Nothing!" said the Cook.

Lavender went down and got an apple and a cup of homebrew coffee that they made.

Lavender went and sat by himself but Colonel Honey Cake and Spring Charm sat with him so he wouldn't be alone.

"How's the chicken from the mutated chicken?" asked Colonel Spring Charm, "Is it good?"

Lavender replied, "Stable food's better. But it's good."

"What's with you now?" asked Honey Cake.

Lavender replied, "My father died this time for real. Sorry for not being in the mood, Ebone!"

Colonel Honey Cake leaned over the table holding a steak knife to Purple's throat.

"Nopony! And I mean nopony!" said Colonel Honey Cake, "Calls me Ebone Butte Cake! Do it again! I'll castrate you and shove your left testicle up your crossbred alicorn ass and shove your right testicle down your throat!"

Lavender replied, "And I wanna say it's your hormones from being pregnant are talking! But I wanna say that this is normal self!"

They went back to eating dinner on board the Dry Lighting.

***

Later that evening.

"Excuse me doctor?" asked Lavender, "Do you have a few minutes?"

The GPE Doctor replied, "Sure Purple. I have time for you. What's on your mind?"

"I don't know how to explain it doc," said Lavender, "I feel a great sense of pride and joy of saving ponies and other creatures of the Wasteland. But earlier today my father died and well it feels like I failed to save him."

The GPE Doctor replied, "Sounds like you have Chronic Hero Syndrome. It's admirable but there are negative sides such as wearing yourself out just trying to save everypony, and blaming yourself when you can't save the day one time. Does killing one Raider matter? No it doesn't because by the time the Raider group finds out you killed that Raider another group would've already formed. Do you know how many ponies become raiders per day? Recon estimates that between 1500 and 30000 ponies and other creatures become Raiders.

"But you got to tread carefully with your heroness. You can make things worse without getting the whole picture or villains can use your heroness to their advantage. Have you ever stop to think a Raider or Slaver will paint somepony they're after as the villain?"

"Yeah I thought of that," said Lavender. "But it's good to help those in need. Do good things and you receive good things. Do bad things then you receive bad things. I want to make the Wasteland into a livable place without ponies having to fear Slavers and Raiders and evil Hellhounds. I just want to make the Wasteland a hospitable place, not a nightmare."

GPE Doctor replied, "Well it's noble of you to do that. But you need rest. Just try not to fight anymore for I'd say about a week."

The GPE Doctor did a check-up on Lavender.

"Ok from my check-up," said the GPE Doctor, "You really need to relax. Do something relaxing according to your stress level. If you don't relax and keep your stress up even under pressure or threat well you are very close to having a heart attack. Also, your blood pressure is high. Also, remember if it's more than two shakes then it's playing with yourself."

Lavender replied, "I know. My older brother does that. And our rooms back in Stable 190 are next to each other. Also in my Stable stallions are required to donate their sperm and there are two ways to do that. Well thanks, doc."

Lavender left the doctor's room and walked around the ship trying to relax.

***

In the hangar.

Rainy Night, Rocky Road, and Double Tap gave Lavender a big warm cooldown hug because he's alway there for them and they want to be there for him.

"Ow Rainy," said Lavender, "You're crushing my leg!"

Rainy replied, "Oops. Sorry forgot how heavy this power armor can be. But you're just so cuddly and fluffy. Oh I overheard about you having high stress and all that. But have you tried to cuddle with your wife?"

After they got off of Lavender he got up and went to bed with Sapphire Heart slowly following behind him and to Rainy's suggestion the two cuddled and Purple felt relaxed and calmed.

Lavender really couldn't sleep because he was remembering all the good and great times with his father.

Chapter 92: The Frozen North

Purple was lying down in bed and Rainy Night put her hooves onto Purple's back and gave him a deep tissue massage.

"This feels so good," said Purple, "Never had a massage before."

Rainy replied, "Well I can do a lot of things. But my specialty is in equipment and maintaining gear."

Rainy kept on giving Purple a massage. They heard Purple's spine crack a few times but that was normal.

Purple told Rainy Night to get on the bed so he could give her a massage. But Rainy was hesitant for a while until she got onto the bed and Purple gave her a massage, and like what happened with Purple her spine cracked.

***

In the gallery again it was breakfast time and what they have are eggs from mutated chickens and bacon from Radhogs.

The cook, for some reason she had a crush on Purple and gave him a little extra but he didn't notice and he went on his way and sat at a table to eat. The food was good too.

"I thought you pegasi were concerned for being the last batch of safe ponies not to have radiation?" asked Purple.

Honey Cake replied, "Yeah well that came and gone especially with a majority of the GPE broken up like a burp in the wind. Now we'll take anything to eat even if it alters our DNA."

They went back to eat in peace and quiet.

The breakfast was actually quite delicious and good.

"Can you tell me about your friend?" asked Purple, "More about Vigorous Orchestra."

Honey Cake replied, "She's friendly and cute. You'll like her."

***

A few more hours later.

The Dry Lighting arrived in the Frozen North.

Purple, Rocky, Critical, Rainy, Hailing, Paladin Sapphire, Honey Cake, Spring Charm, and Flared Blizzard got off the Dry Lighting and headed down to the surface.

On the surface, they met up with a Lieutenant Vigorous Orchestra and her friend who wasn't a pegasus at all but a Zebra mare named "Alchemist Harmony" and she worked as a scout for the GPE and she's an associate for them.

Lt Vigorous only talked with Colonel Honey Cake.

Lieutenant Orchestra is a hard-set mare. She has already been on forty trips throughout the Frozen North, a harsh and unbearable place. But she bore it and to her it's nothing.

***

A few more hours later and it's 3:30 PM.

"Ok the Grand Pony Enclave don't know that we're here," said Lieutenant Orchestra. "And let's keep it like that. They control a small town over ye yonder with them controlling the railroad as well. But we lost a drone that has vital info and we need to destroy it. But they have a response force twenty-five klicks out."

Rocky and Sapphire replied, "Klicks?"

"It's short for kilometers. Because they're twenty-five away it means they're fifteen miles away," said Purple. "Also, is there anything else you can tell us?"

Lt Orchestra replied, "Yeah our recovery team we need to rescue them they have been captured. Recon says they're being held in the nearby town. But first we got a prototype cloudship that was shot down and we need to destroy it before Arsen's forces get their hooves on it."

They walked on the snow which crunched under their hooves and power armor for some.

They saw a few Grand Pony Enclave soldiers walk by and they quickly took them out before they turned into a problem.

They approached the crashed prototype cloudship, but saw some old wartime-made anti-air guns that were manned and they took the crews out before they could react.

"Yes ma'am," said Lt Orchestra, "Command says we got to sit and wait until the engineers arrive to blow it."

Purple replied, "Would it be better to make the engines reach critical levels and make them blow?"

"Go to the surface," she said. "They're savage primitives who have rocks and we have
magical energy weapons, Novasurgre rifles and power armor."

``What could they ''possibly'' throw at us?" Lt Orchestra said, "You're the smartest wastelander I've met! And I'll admit I've seen a lot of dumb wastelanders but I've met a few intelligent ones!"

Only Purple and Lt Orchestra entered the crashed cloudship and went to the bridge.

Lt Orchestra tried to hack into it but got nothing so Purple tried to override it and it worked and he went over to a terminal and selected self-destruct.

Warning the Autumn Leaf will self-destruct. Select input Y/N

Purple typed Y

You selected Y. Do you mean N?

Purple typed N

Are you sure you want to self-destruct the Autumn Leaf? Y/N

Purple typed Y

You selected yes. Does your mother suck dicks in Tartarus? She must do it to have an ugly son of a bitch son or daughter like you!

Purple typed to have the ship self-destruct within seven minutes.

"Alright Lieutenant Orchestra," said Purple, "You ready to leave?"

Lt Orchestra pointed at the terminal.

Self-destruct aborted have a nice life in Tartarus and hope you suck a ton of cocks through eternity in Tartarus!

"What would it take to blow up the engines?" Purple asked.

Lt Orchestra replied, "A well-placed fragmentation grenade or a well-placed rocket or missile will but we'll need to do all four."

Lieutenant Orchestra led Purple to the armory and they found some GPE Mk 3 Assault Weapons and they loaded up on ammo.

***

In the engine room.

They met a lot of Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and the ship's crew, some of the ship's crew who were now Feral Ghouls. The problem was that the soldiers and few GPE Marines are still in their power armor.

"Maybe if we don't make any sound we won't draw their attention," said Lavender.

Lt Orchestra replied, "Copy that."

Lt Orchestra got hiccups and that alerted them to the duo's location.

"Go go go go go!" said Lavender, "Move faster, a foal can run faster than you!"

Both of them gallop to somewhere else but Purple used his magic and equipped all of his weapons and fired at the ghouls but Purple would use his hooves to close the doors.

On the second floor Lt Orchestra went over to a terminal and hacked into it and exposed engine number one and Purple fired a rocket into it. They repeated several times and had five minutes to escape, they made it and they ran fast and far as they could away. There was a huge explosion and the shockwave knocked them down.

***

In the snow.

"Is everypony alright?" asked Colonel Honey Cake, "Anypony needs medical attention?"

Everyone told Colonel Honey Cake that they were fine.

They headed to the town and the only residential buildings were eight twelve-story apartment buildings but they're home to Arsen's elite forces and for them to get a little down time.

"I think our captured force is in one of those buildings," said Lt Orchestra.

Col. Honey Cake replied, "We don't have enough soldiers here and don't have anypony else to do a search and rescue, and the Grand Pony Enclave has at least several hundred, and let's see it's me, you Lieutenant, the Zebra, Purple, Rainy, Hailing, the unicorn, the other unicorn, & the sniper."

Rocky replied, "We have names you know! I'm Rocky Road, that's Sapphire Heart, and the sniper is Critical Shot! And I'm not repeating our names again."

Lieutenant Orchestra pulled Col. Honey Cake to the side.

"Hey Honey Cake?" asked Lieutenant Orchestra, "Is that purple alicorn single?"

Col. Honey Cake replied, "Why are you having a crush on Purple?"

"Somewhat like that," said Lt Orchestra.

Col. Honey Cake replied, "Sorry he isn't on the market, he's taken by Sapphire Heart but if you want a foal he'll gladly donate his sperm. Or you could convince him to have sex with you."

"Maybe I might do that when I get older and want a foal," said Lt Orchestra, "But never know."

Col. Honey Cake used her microphone built into her power armor and radio up to the Dry Lighting and Snow Blue sent down three companies of Grand Pegasus Enclave infantry squads to assist them.

***

In the town.

"Aileraron Company follow me!" ordered Alieraron Company leader.

Alieraron company searched the first four apartment buildings while Camber company searched the other four while Col. Honey Cake, Lt Orchestra, Rocky, Sapphire Heart, Rainy, Critical, and Hailing stayed outside with Baseline company.

"Fuck they won't stop coming!" said Hailing Night.

Rainy replied, "Yeah well we're on their land! They're going to kill us before they give up!"

Rocky took out her last fragmentation grenade, pulled the pin with her teeth, and threw it with her magic.

They heard a thud. It was Purple who dropped his 7.62mm Battle Rifle because he ran out of ammo and switched over to his revolver and fired that.

"There must be a thousand apartments here!" said Lt Orchestra.

Col. Honey Cake replied, "Well the first floor I've seen twelve apartments so I guess there are twelve apartments per floor."

"There are 144 apartments per building," said Lavender, "There are 1152 apartments together."

***

An hour later both GPE companies came out and reported that all four of them are cleared but now they have to take the train station and move out. The train station was packed full of GPE soldiers and around it.

Lavender kicked the door in and he went in by himself. Inside of the two-story train station, Lavender drew his .45 Auto Pistol because his 7.62mm Battle rifle, IF-37, Super 45, .357 Royalton (Combination of Royal and Python), and AR were out of ammunition.

"It's better in here than being out there," said a Grand Pony Enclave soldier.

Another Grand Pony Enclave soldier replied, "Yeah at least in here you won't piss ice cubes. And we won't have to worry about mutated polar bears mawing you to death."

Lavender stayed against the wall and he fired and he'd killed two of them before they could know what hit them. He didn't know that he was fighting former GPE soldiers who didn't know how to fight. He'd made quick work of them but in a former break room, he found Grand Pony Enclave intelligence laying out on a table.

It said that after they conquer the Frozen North or Crystal Empire Wasteland they'll move on to conquer the Equestrian Wasteland, the Undiscovered West aka Unknown West, the Yak wasteland, Zebra wasteland, and the Griffon wasteland across the Celestial Ocean.

Not adding some of the intel said that they're going to bombard Friendship City, Tenpony Tower, and New Appleloosa into submission or until everypony's dead, and they'll move into those settlements and set them up their Forward Operating Base's.

One also said that they want to enslave the Twilight Society as well for their pre-war technology and all that. But after all, some notes said that the Twilight Society didn't exist because a ton of ponies never heard of them.

Lavender opened another door to go outside with his pistol ready and he heard gunfire and the sounds of Novasurge weapons firing.

He opened the door and ran over to his friends and the Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers who were busy shooting at the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers.

"Hey Colonel!" said Lavender, "Give them suppression fire and me and my friends can flank them!"

Col. Honey Cake replied, "Lieutenant! Take your mares and stallions and flank right while my mares and stallions fix them with suppressive fire and you and Purple can finish them off!"

"Got it," said Lieutenant Orchestra, "Come on third platoon! Follow me!"

Lieutenant Orchestra and her platoon and Zebra guide went around to the right while Purple and his friends went around the left side of the Grand Pony Enclave. Colonel Honey Cake's forces keep them suppressed in the Grand Pony Enclave.

They got killed and the area was now secured.

***

Back inside the train station, they searched every room and closet.

Lt Orchestra found the missing recovery team but instead of four, it was only two.

"Where's Senior Airpegasus Autumn Rain?" asked Lt Orchestria, "And where's Chief Master Sergeant of the GPE Air Force Lighting Wing?"

GPE Pegasus replied, "Both got eaten. They were both tortured on two separate days for information. But knowing the Lighting Wing he refused so they shot him, and after removing the bullet they ate him in front of us. Yesterday they did the same with SrAp Autumn. If it wasn't for you then we would've been next."

Lieutenant Orchestria freed them and took them outside where a friendly V-8 Vertibuck was waiting.

***

Back on the Dry Lighting in Hangar bay 2 Lavender and everyone else including Honey Cake and Orchestria saw Grand Pegasus Enclave maintenance ponies working on the V-1, V-3, V-4, V-5, V-6, V-7, V-8, and V-9 Vertibucks.

They also noticed some leaving to go down to the surface for surface operations. Only Rocky, Sapphire Heart, Critical, and Double Tap noticed they were all different.

"Yeah they're all different," said Lavender. "The V-1/A-1 are transports but the A-1 is the gunship version. V-3 is a tandem rotor Vertibuck designed to carry and pick up heavy stuff."

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "The V-4s are attack Vertibucks with two pegasi crews, V-5s are gunships with four pony crews and can carry two squads into combat."

"V-7s are tiltrotor vetibucks and V-8s are air ambulances to get wounded out of combat and so they don't use up their energy to fly," said Lt Orchestria. "And finally the V-9s are only for reconnaissance and observation only, not for fighting. V-2's and they're used for Cargo transport, & gunships. But the V-2s are primarily used by the GPE Marines though."

They were educated about the different Vertibucks in the GPE service.

***

In the war room.

"Fort Arsen is wide opened now!" said a GPE Officer.

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "But not good enough. His fort out here sits on four major railroad lines and recon says he does have armored trains that do work. But it recently just took over the former city of the Crystal Empire. He might flee there."

"No he won't flee there," said Lavender. "He'll try and flee somewhere else."

A GPE officer replied, "Who the Tartarus are you?"

"I'm Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist Astrology," said Lavender. "I used to hide behind a name that I mixed with passed relatives but you can call me Purple or Lavender. And we're going after Arsen who's a crafty bastard who believes mares are inferior and he wants to be called after three dead baseball players."

Another GPE officer replied, "Since you're his brother. How do you suggest we deal with him?"

"Deny him the chance to escape," said Lavender. "The railroads destroy them whiter down his army. Do what you want but that bastard is mine."

Col. Honey Cake replied, "Sounds like you're becoming Col. Autumn Leaf. He said and I quote, 'And if you find him, do not kill him. Just wound him. Excessively. But that bastard is mine!' End quote. That's what he said about Redeye and it killed him."

"Red Eye was just misguided," said Lavender. "He'd wanted to save Equestria through slavery, conquest, and murder but he wanted to rule as a god and guide ponies than help them do better. Arsen just wants to enslave mares to force them to have his foals and he doesn't want to save ponies he just wants to force them into his faction and rape every mare he comes across who turns down his advances. Not adding he forces stallions to fight in his cause and threatens them if they don't want to."

Lt Orchestria replied, "So what do you want us to do?"

"Sabotage his war industry or lack thereof," said Lavender. "We need to cut his main base from reinforcements and lure a majority of the defenders away including the Hellhounds."

Lt Orchestria replied, "We should pay you to be the brains of our operations. I think it might work."

"If no one will say it," said Colonel Honey Cake, "I fully support Purple's tactic."

Lieutenant Orchestria replied, "I second that order. Tell me where me and my rangers should be?"

"Hold it!" said a GPE Officer, "Are we seriously going to listen to a filthy wastelander?"

Another GPE officer replied, "Well he did kick our asses several times over without breaking a sweat. Not adding what Col. Honey Cake had him do and all that. But he did use effective tactics and all that."

"I'm also a Stable Dweller," said Lavender. "A smart one. Unlike my older brother I stayed out of bed and kept my head in books. Yeah I spent a lot of time in my Stable's library reading instead of trying to get laid."

***

In another room.

"Lieutenant Orchestria," said Lavender. "I want you and your rangers to go down to the surface and do hit and run and raids on my brother's forces position. But you and Rangers can keep whatever you and them find. Keep or sell up to you."

Lt Orchestria replied, "You can call me Vigorous Orchestria or Vigorous for short. You're a tactician at heart. Since you're an Alicorn what happened to your wings?"

"An evil artificial alicorn ripped them off," said Lavender, "Also you can call me Lavender or Purple."

***

In the hangar. Hangar Bay 1.

"Are they your Rangers?" asked Lavender.

Lt Orchestria replied, "Why don't you ask them?"

"Who are you?" asked Lavender.

The GPE soldiers replied while sprinting, "RANGERS!"

"How far?" asked Lavender.

Another group of fifteen rangers replied, "ALL THE WAY!"

"Healthy bunch of pegasi," said Lavender.

Lt Orchestria replied, "Us Rangers are a tough bunch sir! They're the best the Grand Pegasus Enclave could volunteer Sir! We always adapt to the missions and have different types of specialists and have deadly firepower Sir!"

"Next time don't act as if I'm your superior officer," said Lavender. "Just talk to me as if I was just a normal pony to you."

Lt Orchestria replied, "Ok Lavender. Sorry,"

"Don't be sorry," said Lavender, "It's fine."

Chapter 93: Diversionary Raid

Now Somepony newish

Lieutenant Vigirous Orchestria

First Grand Pegasus Enclave Ranger Battalion

Thirty Seven miles southwest of Fort Arsen

It was one in the morning and Lt Orchestria had seven objectives which were to neutralize enemy hardpoints, destroy the ammo stockpiles, destroy the fuel depots or barracks, search enemy buildings for documents, cause enough trouble that Ft Arsen sends some help, and cause a lot of casualties on the Grand Pony Enclave.

Lt Orchestra checked her Novasurge rifle and hopped down into an old wartime-made trench system that was made by the Crystal Empire Army in case of a Zebra invasion

I got this, Lt Orchestra thought, I got this! I got this! I GOT THIS! Let's do this!

Lt Orchestra got down into the trenches and either shot or stabbed The Grand Pony Enclave soldiers or officers not adding a majority of them were Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and officers.

"And that's what you get you treacherous fucks!" exclaimed Lt Orchestra, "I'm going to enjoy killing you all! Wish I would've made you all fucking Dashites!"

Lt Orchestra moved on and kept killing the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers and officers and stabbed them with extreme prejudice with her tail.

"And fuck you too you fucking cocksuckers!" said Lt Orchestra.

***

Rainy Night and three other Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers came out of nowhere.

"Alright you three go blow up their supplies," said Rainy Night. "I'll go find anything they have for any plans or so."

Lt Orchestra stayed behind and covered the three young pegasi as they set charges onto things that go boom.

"Come on let's get out of here!" said Rainy Night, "We got a company holding a small town from an almost endless wave of Grand Pony Enclave jack wagons."

A vertibuck came and got them.

"Vulture 3-2 to Dry Lighting," said the Vulture 3-2 pilot, "We are en route to Lighting 3-3 location."

Snow Blue replied, "Roger that. They're surrounded and it's a strongpoint and they're in close quarters defense!The Grand Pony Enclave soldiers are mass charged and almost breaking through! Honey Cake with Purple and his friends are currently on the ground doing infiltration attacks and well-planned and coordinated attacks in a way to slow them down. That Critical fellow is sniping their officers in a assassination way with Moonshadow Spirit."

***

In a small town that's under siege by the Grand Pony Enclave.

A V-3 Vertibuck blew up near them.

"Damn it," said Vulture 3-2's pilot, "Alright, after we drop them off we head back to the Dry Lighting."

Lt Orchestra, Rainy Night, and the other three GPE soldiers got out of the V-3 Vertibuck flew back to the Dry Lighting.

"Rainy!" said Lt Orchestra, "Take the three stallions with you and head to the command building here!"

Rainy replied, "Got it, Lieutenant! Come on to the command building! Let's go!"

They headed to the command building to defend it. Lieutenant Orchestra went to the south of town where the fighting was the worst.

She readied her Novasurge rifle and fired it at the Grand Pony Enclave soldiers and officers.

"HELLHOUNDS!" yelled a GPE soldier, "THEY GOT HELLHOUNDS!"

The Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and a few officers shifted their fire to shoot to kill the Hellhounds. But that left a lot of them open to getting shot and killed.

Lieutenant Orchestra killed a Hellhound and saved a GPE soldier from getting killed only for another Hellhound to swipe its claw and cut his head off.

Tried to save him only to die anyway, Lt Orchestra thought, Can't save them all and in war that makes it worse because you can't save everyone.

Lt Orchestra went over to the remaining few GPE soldiers and decided to enter the command building and barricade the doors and windows. They went up to the second floor and shot down at the Hellhounds and Grand Pony Enclave soldiers.

"Dry Lighting come in," said Rainy Night. "Dry Lighting, this is Lofty 3-3 we need immediate support asap! We are surrounded by Hellhounds and the Grand Pony Enclave! Come in Dry Lighting!"

Snow Blue replied, "Rainy. Use your actual callsign."

"My callsign?" said Rainy Night, "How about that we're under siege by the enemy, and Hellhounds under their control are about to break through within several minutes and we desperately need help right fucking now!"

Snow Blue replied, "That's not proper radio protocol and that's not proper radio communications."

"Listen here damn it," said Rainy, "I, Do. Not. Give. A. Damn. About. Proper. Radio. Talk. I. Don't. Care. WE NEED FUCKING HELP RIGHT FUCKING NOW OR YOU'RE GOING TO GET A EAR-BLISTERING RANT FROM LAVENDER FOR LETTING US ALL FUCKING DIE AND AS A GHOST I WILL HAUNT YOU UNTIL YOU DIE!"

Snow Blue replied, "You don't have to yell Technical Fourth Grade Night! You know what I'm demoting you back down to Technician Fifth Grade."

"Honestly I don't care we need help!" said Rainy Night, "I don't care if my punishment is that I got to beat Purple's foals until I'm too old to not have any anymore! I don't care if you make me be his sex slave from now on!"

***

On the second floor.

Lt Orchestra shot out of a second-story window and she blasted the Hellhounds under the Grand Pony Enclave Hellhounds' command.

"Will. You. Just. Die. Already. And. Stop. Coming!" said Lieutenant Orchestra.

They heard a voice outside.

"I got a lot of issues to work out on you today," said a stallion.

It wasn't long until they heard a mare's voice. "How you holding up Lavender?"

Stallion replied, "Let's find a Vertibuck and assault my brother head-on."

The rest of the Grand Pegasus Enclave inside quickly found out it was Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Astrology, Rocky Road, Sapphire Love, and Flared Blizzard.

Critical and his marefriend were still hunting down the Grand Pony Enclave Officers and assassinating them.

***

Back on board the Dry Lighting, Purple stayed up all night working on the Equestrian tank making it into an operational state and he definitely wanted to use the .50 Cal HMG to shoot his brother's legs and wings off.

Purple found a book inside the tank and it was the well former tank commander. It was a journal saying that his sisters work for several Equestrian Arms manufacturers.

"I can't believe my eldest sister Cinnabar Sea got a job at Remhayngton Arms, Second eldest sister Stone Lance got a job at C0lt, my middle sister Crimson Gizmo got a job at Lock, Bolted Dew got a job at Springhoof Arms, and youngest sister Lavender Aloe got a job at Bascule arms. Of course, Lavender Aloe and Crimson will be supplying police depts across Equestria. But their main competitors are Ironshod Firearms to supply the Equestrian Armed Forces.- Staff Sergeant Wildbeak Redwood. Yeah, I'm a pegasus serving in the Equestrian 23rd Armored Division instead of the Shadowbolts. If you don't like it you can suck it,"

We did have a lot of soldiers and tanks in the war, Purple thought, What was it? That's right it was four platoons of five M4A3E8 105mm, four platoons of M4A3 75mm, three platoons of 5 M5A1 light tanks, and eight platoons of five 90mm MBTs. That's 40 Main Battle Tanks. Fifteen light tanks and forty medium tanks. That's not adding three platoons of twelve self-propelled guns and four platoons of nine half-tracks or APC's.

Purple took a sip of Sparkle Cola and continued with his inner monologue, That's about thirty-six self-propelled guns, and thirty-six half-tracks with four hundred and thirty-two Equestrian Infantry ponies. The Zebra's had the same but their tanks were either underpowered or had bad transmissions. Not adding near forested areas Equestrian Infantry could fire their bazookas and later rocket and missile launchers at the sides or rear and blow them up in one hit. At least our tanks then had reinforced armor before rolling off the factory floors and the crews added additional armor in case.

Purple got the tank to run even though he had to 'borrow' some stuff from the Grand Pegasus Enclave to get it up and running.

***

"Morning Lavender," said Lt Orchestra, "Do you want some help?"

Purple replied, "Sure. Help fix the engine?"

They got out and worked on the tank's engine and Purple did the transmission to get it up and running.

"How far is it until we reach your brother's last bastion on this wasteland?" asked Lt Orchestra.

Col. Spring Charm replied, "A day's flight. Purple got any stories to tell?"

"Yeah we love your stories," said Sapphire Love.

Purple replied, "Alright another one from my six times great grandma. It all started on a rainy night,"

"I'm here," said Rainy Night.

Purple replied, "Not you Rainy. But it was night and it was raining."

"Oh, my bad," said Rainy Night.

Author's Note

Remhayngton is a parody of Remington
C0lt is a parody of Colt
Lock is a parody of Glock
Springhoof is a parody of Springfield
Bascule is a parody of Beretta

Chapter 94: Operation Tornado

Two hundred years ago in a half-track.

"I can't believe I've been approved to be an Overmare in a Stable," said Lt-Cmdr Sapphire Heart Love, "Uh Aurora Surge? I got good and bad news. You're approved to be an Overstallion in Stable 199."

Aurora Surge replied, "That's fine we'll be together."

"No we're not," said Sapphire Love. "I'm going to be in Stable 190 which is in the middle of scenic nowhere. Stable 199 is under Clearwater Creek. That's 130 miles away."

"We're stuck in traffic," said Violet Soaring, "In a war. I wanna voice my concern to General Mazzy about how we're easy targets for the Zebra's to ambush and kill."

Sgt Farming Green replied, "Violet... What?"

"We're so easy just sitting here,", Technician 5th Grade Violet Soaring, "And we are on a bridge where just an artillery barrage can destroy this bridge and obliterate us as well at the same time."

Staff Sergeant Aurora Surge replied, "I don't like it either but... Hey, why are we stuck in the first place?"

They soon heard some gunfire so they disembarked as Technician 5th Grade Violet Soaring said it was an ambush. But they never expected to fight the Zebra's this far from the frontlines.

They quickly killed the Zebra machine gun team and continued but were stopped by a squad of Equestrian Assault Ponies.

"Hey Sergeant," said Lt-Cmdr Sapphire, "Meet us at Checkpoint 19. I think it's a cafe or a restaurant."

The Equestrian Assault Team with their Balk Automatic Rifles, M1A1.45 Submachine Guns, 9mm Submachine Guns, .30 Carbine, and .30-06 semi automatic rifles.

Lieutenant Commander Sapphire Love and her team continued after she reloaded her 7.62mm battle rifle, Farming Green reloaded his 7.62mm GPMG battle saddle, Violet Soaring reloaded her 5.56mm battle saddle, and Aurora Surge reloaded his scoped 7.62mm battle rifle.

They continued as it rained as hard but there was a Zebra 89mm cannon at an intersection.

"Aurora!" said Lt-Cmdr Sapphire, "Bazooka! Front and center!"

Staff Sergeant Aurora Surge Equipped his M9 Bazooka and he fired it where it destroyed the Zebra dual purpose Anti-Air/Anti-tank cannon and it killed the crew as well. But the explosion alerted a lot of Zebra soldiers.

"I don't think they're pushovers!" said Corporal Farming Green.

LtCmdr Sapphire Love replied, "They're Zebra 10th Valkyrie Commandos! I call them CV-TkDiv for short! They're a bad bunch but they've committed about every war crime under the fucking sun! They committed mass murder of POWs, Surrendering soldiers even killed their own for surrendering!

"Used their own citizens as pony shields, Raped captured Equestrian, Crytal Empire soldiers, Griffon mercenaries, and Stalliongradian volunteers! The mares that are captured? Oh boy, they turn the mares into foal factories to have foals against their will! Not adding they did experiments on Prisoners of War and did biological warfare in other parts of the war."

There was a loud mechanical sound and soon a Zebra tank appeared and a friendly Crystal Empire tank came and the two tanks fired at the same time destroying each other. The explosion also killed the Zebra commandos as well.

They pressed on and what was horrifying was that inside the tank from the Crystal Empire was that they could hear screaming of the tank cream screaming in agony as they were being burned alive inside the steel coffin they were in.

The squad continued but they had to fight more Zebra's. But they were just regular Zebra infantry soldiers who had no combat experience.

They heard more mechanical sounds when they took cover behind a wall was a Zebra tank.

Lt-Cmdr Sapphire ran over to a box and picked up a Bazooka. She and Aurora fired their bazookas together but the tank got away even though both hit the side. But the tank came back and was easily destroyed.

The special forces squad pressed on until they encountered another Zebra medium tank but that was easily destroyed as well.

They heard a mechanical sound and thought it was a zebra tank only to see a friendly Equestrian medium tank with a 76mm cannon.

"Hey we're a little bit lost," said Staff Sergeant Wildbeak Redwood, "Do you know where the 23rd Armored Division is at?"

Ltcmdr Sapphire replied, "Yeah just go up that road and they should be at the intersection and square where our checkpoint is."

"Ok thanks!" Said Wildbeak Redwood, "We'll go up this road and make it easy for ya."

The tank started to move and went up the road where it engaged Zebra Mk4 Medium tanks while LtCmdr Sapphire's squad engaged with the Zebra Anti-tank teams and anti-tank guns.

***

Half an hour later at a three way intersection.

"Thanks for the assist," said Wildbeak Redwood. "I'll tell the other pegasi that not all unicorns and earth ponies want to take our jobs in the skies!"

Soon a lot of pegasi in the Shadowbolts came and formed tornados to clear the rest of the small city of Zebra forces. But some were near them so they had to seek shelter before getting sucked away.

"My hair!" Violet Soaring said, "I'm going to yell at Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust for this!"

LtCmdr Sapphire replied, "I don't think yelling at a ministry mare is going to work. But Lightning Dust won't give a shit if she did that as a Wonderbolt cadet. She won't care now."

LtCmdr Sapphire Love Heart took Violet Soaring into another building and did her hair so she wouldn't complain about her hair.

Staff Sergeant Wildbeak Redwood continued to look for the 23th Armored Division but never did find another tank from them. He and his crew kept rolling past destroyed Equestrian tanks from the 23rd Armored Division.

Wildbeak Redwood and his crew met up with the 16th Armored Division and stayed with them until a new 23rd Armored Division was formed.

I'm just ready to go home and start a family, LtCmdr Sapphire Love Heart thought, Yup go home, marry Aurora Surge and have a huge family.

Aurora Surge just wrote an angry letter to Stable Tec telling them how pissed he is because he's going to Stable 199 and Sapphire Love Heart is going to Stable 190. They're the type of ponies who are inseparable. But Stable Tec knew that and was going to separate them because they would've given him or her a spousal exemption.

That's because Sapphire Love besides being a soldier she's a farmer and Aurora Surge besides being a soldier he's a model for his mother in a pornographic magazine. Stable Tec was looking for ponies like Civil engineers, Doctors, and ponies that are the best and the brightest of Equestria.

"I don't want to be surrounded by the best soldiers and the creme de la creme of society," said Aurora Surge. "I just want Sapphire Love Heart. I don't care about anypony else. If we are separated I'm not going to marry somepony else. But I don't care how many foals she wants. If she wants ten she'll get ten or twenty, eighty or a million. She deserves to have a foal and I'll be by her side no matter what. Even if I have to punch a Stable Tec representative."

LtCmdr Sapphire Love Heart heard what Aurora Surge said and thought it was sweet that he loves her so much that he won't settle for any other mare.

Aurora Surge picked up a piece of bread which was stale and he and Sapphire Love Heart ate it like nothing but shared a kiss. But then Aurora Surge placed LtCmdr Sapphire Love Heart onto the countertop and they made out. It wasn't long until she could feel his dick and soon after that she felt his orgasm.

"Maybe if Stable Tec won't let us be together," said LtCmdr Sapphire Love Heart, "Maybe they'll let us be together if we have a foal."

Aurora Surge replied, "it's a long shot. But if you do get pregnant they'll take you out if this war and I want to be with you all the time!"

LtCmdr Sapphire Heart told Aurora Surge that she's bringing him with him even if the War Dept and Equestrian gov't doesn't.

"At least Operation Tornado is a success so far," said LtCmdr Sapphire Heart. "Even though twenty thousand and ten Equestrian soldiers are dead."

***

Modern day.

"So your so many time grandfather impregnated your so many time grandmother," asked Rocky Road.

Colonel Spring Charm replied, "Shut it civilian! Let Purple finish the story!"

"Maybe I should let some ponies just call me Purple," said Lavender, "Over everpony."

***

After Aurora Surge and Sapphire Love had sex. Sapphire Love Heart read a letter from Stable Tec and it said that the pony who invented the combustion engine and pressured cockpits.

He's Scootaloo's cousin who has been paired up with Sapphire Love Heart and Aurora Surge has been paired up with Sweetie Belle's cousin. But Sapphire Heart and Aurora Surge were destined to be with each other.

The two didn't care about Operation Tornado which actually killed more Equestrians than Zebras. But the Shadowbolts didn't care, because they thought they were all dead.

Chapter 95: Assault on Fort Arsen

On the Dry Lighting.

"This is the final battle against Arsen," said Lavender. "If you want to back out now. I'll understand. This isn't your fight and I don't expect all of you to partake in it."

Lt Orchestra replied, "Were not going to sit this one out! My rangers never sit out a fight! It's bout time we get payback on that fuck who impregnated or raped a lot of mares! Heck what that fuck-o did to my twin sister he made her kill herself because Arsen raped her. But my elite rangers will do it!''

Rainy Night stepped forward so did Sapphire Love, Flared Blizzard, Critical Shot, and Col. Spring Charm.

Rocky Road wanted to stay out but Flared Blizzard pulled her along.

"If you don't want to fight," said Purple, "I'm not going to force you to go."

Rocky Road tried to back out again only for Flared Blizzard to keep her up front.

"We're going to crack that shield like beating a drum," said Col. Honey Cake.

The Dry Lighting used its main armaments to bombard the energy shield around Fort Arsen.

It took a while but in the meantime they had to wait but while they had to wait it gave time to the Grand Pony Enclave to bolster up their defenses.

"Whatcha doing Purple?" Rocky Road asked.

"Just maintaining my weapons," said Purple, "Why? What do you want Rocky?"

Rocky replied, "Purple. I really don't want to partake in this fight."

"You don't have to if you don't want to," said Purple. "But I can't promise that we'll bring your brother back here alive. I'm not going to lie to you but Midnight might be killed while first seen by some pony!"

***

Inside of Fort Arsen.

I can't believe I'm losing this war! Arsen thought, How I'm I losing? How am I losing to my sissy brother! I can't be losing!

There was a knock on the door. It was Elder Encoded Pibble and she somehow was able to escape the Grand Pegasus Enclave and the Wasteland Guardians.

"At least you have battle hardened soldiers under your command," said Elder Encoded Pibble, "But sorry. My Steel Rangers are too far away to help. Sorry Arsen."

Arsen replied, "But how did I lose to my brother? My sissy brother! I mean I'm smart and intelligent!"

"Yet your brother is pushing the Raiders, Slavers, us, you and every pony else who's bad. He's pushing them to their limits," Said Elder Encoded Pibble. "He thinks with his brain, he has friends who give him advice not adding he's a survivalist. Yeah you two may have built your own factions but you're forcing ponies into it. Your brother, he doesn't discriminate against others. Not adding he's paying them by having them keep on what they want and sell what they want. But you? You 'pay' mares by impregnating them. Not adding he made a strategic alliance with the remainder of the Grand Pegasus Enclave."

"Also, your brother doesn't impregnate every mare he trots across," continued Elder Encoded Pibble.

***

Still on the Dry Lighting on an observation deck.

"I hope he proposes to me," said Col. Honey Cake.

Col. Spring Charm replied, "Marry you? He's already engaged to Cerulean Blue Sapphire and married Sapphire Heart Love. Do you think he'll marry a third pony who got off on his bad side and not adding you stole his sperm and DNA. I really didn't force him to do that. But I'm besties with his mom. Also if he had to choose I'm 97.99% sure he'll pick Specialist Rainy Night and fuck her brains out."

"Yeah you're right," said Col. Honey Cake, "Wait? You're saying he's willing to marry a specialist over a cute and attractive mare like me?"

"Mares and gentle colts! The shield is broken!" Admiral Snow Blue said, "I repeat the shield is broken! All ground forces may assault Fort Arsen! I repeat the way is open for the assault!"

The assault began with the Grand Pegasus Enclave going first because they're veterans of Operation: Cauterize and the previous Operation, Operation: Smackdown.

I still couldn't believe I had to kill my academy instructor, Col. Honey Cake thought, But the GPE IA said that a statistic they did ranked him and a few others 'highly likely to betray' the Grand Pegasus Enclave. Now I think about it. That statistic had Pegasus I like, friends with or they helped me. I say my mom was behind that statistic. She's an evil cunt.

"I still can't believe I killed my university professor," said Colonel Honey Cake. "But the GPE intelligence said he was a hoof full of Pegasi who had top secret intel and they would betray us. He showed more loyalty than that Rainbow Dash mare."

Col. Spring Charm replied, "Wasn't he, Professor Autumn 'Smoke' Blaze? Former GPE Assassin?"

"Yeah he was," Col. Honey Cake said, "How did you know him?"

Colonel Spring Charm told Colonel Honey Cake that the two dated, had a one night stand and then parted ways.

They went to partake in the battle. But Colonel Honey Cake knew she shouldn't because she's pregnant but that didn't stop her from entering a suit of Pegasus power armor.

I wish I never recruited Arsen into the Grand Pegasus Enclave! Colonel Honey Cake thought, Then we wouldn't be in this mess! Wish I could've just recruited Pure into the Grand Pegasus Enclave and we would've been better off! We could've just used Purple as a field operative and a sperm donor because he's attractive and he deserves to have foals not his brother!

Colonel Honey Cake joined Lavender "Purple" Astrology, Rocky, Critical, Rainy, and Flared.

"Hey Purple," said Colonel Honey Cake, "Oh I got a specialized team that's in the progress of saving Starry. Also I'm sorry for being a total bitch and jackass. Can you please forgive me?"

Purple gave her a smooch on the forehead.

"Oh just marry her," said Sapphire Love, "And have tons and tons of foals!"

Purple replied, "Wait, are you serious?"

"Yeah just marry her and give her foals!" Said Sapphire Love.

Purple was about to say something.

"Yes I accept and I would gratefully be your wife," said Colonel Honey Cake, "and I'll be a wonderful mother to our foals,"

Purple replied, "I was going to ask if you want to come and fight Arsen. But okay then."

Before they left the Dry Lighting Purple took the tank with them.

***

On the ground

"Driver step on it. Let's roll," Lavender "Purple" Astrology said.

Rainy Night replied, "Got it Purple."

Rainy and Sapphire Love drove the tank with Purple acting as the commander, Rocky acting as the loader and Flares acting as the gunner.

"Firing!" Flared Blizzard said.

He fired the 90mm canon at something but they kept on going.

***

Inside of the Canterlot styled city on a mountain that's also a fortress.

Lieutenant Orchestra bucked opened a door and a Grand Pegasus Enclave Ranger threw a Plasma grenade into the house and it exploded.

"Go go go!" Said Lieutenant Orchestra.

Two Grand Pegasus Enclave Rangers entered with their Novasurge Rifles and Lt Orchestra and the remaining 27 Grand Pegasus Enclave Rangers cleared the remainder of the buildings. But they came across a fence.

Purple and them came in the tank as well.

"If we lose the tank we're all dead!" Said Lieutenant Orchestra.

"Lieutenant, do you mind giving us an escort to the command center?" Purple asked after popping out of the commander's hatch.

Lieutenant Orchestra replied, "Yeah we can give you an escort. Rangers flank the street by being in these buildings!" Lieutenant Orchestra and her rangers used the buildings to provide Purple and them with support.

The Grand Pony Enclave had specialized soldiers to use missile launchers and they tried to blow up the tank. But either the Rangers or Sapphire Love, Rocky Road, Flared Blizzard or Purple killed them before they could.

The Grand Pony Enclave tried their best to destroy the Dry Lighting, but nothing happened as the steel had the armor piercing, full metal jacket and high explosion 20×138 mm rounds.

***

On the bridge.

"Pathetic" said Snow Blue, "Use rounds meant to shoot down Vertibucks and Aircraft! Just pathetic! Which button is it now?"

A Grand Pegasus Enclave mare replied, "What are you looking for ma'am?"

"Just have CIC fire the laser cannons at those damn old Anti-Air cannons!" Said Snow Blue.

Same mare replied, "Got it ma'am."

The mare went over and ordered the Pegasi in the cloudship combat information center and told them to target and destroy the fort's Anti-air guns.

***

Back on the ground.

"Let's get out," said Purple after he popped his head out, "Can't bring this tank inside with us. Lieutenant! Have your rangers protect this tank!"

Lieutenant Orchestra replied, "Got it. I'll order my best Pegasi to defend it!"

Purple and them went inside of the command center for the remainder of the Grand Pony Enclave or what remained.

***

Inside of the command center.

"The Grand Pony Enclave Elite Guards defending this building will fight to their last breath. Crush the last remnants of resistance and tonight our flag will fly over this fortress!" Colonel Honey Cake said.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave and the Wasteland Guardians charged ahead and gunned down the elite soldiers.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave there soldiers had Novasure Rifles, Novasurge Submachine Guns, Novasurge Scatterguns, 10mm submachine guns, missile launchers, and flamethrowers.

Their counterparts had Magical energy weapons, and ballistic weapons in piss poor conditions. But some have Novasurge Rifles because they're traitors to the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

"Come out and play Arsen," said Lavender.

"Purple!" Arsen said, "Get your small dick ass up to the roof ASAP! WERE GOING TO END THIS TODAY! AND I'LL PROVE THE WASTELAND I'M A BETTER PONY!"

Purple and his companions ran up to the roof but the moment Purple stepped through the door it sealed up and locked out the rest. Not even Rainy Night could hack through it.

***

On the roof.

There were some deep and thud sounds and soon a mech suit appeared in front of Purple.

"Hello Lavender... I mean Purple," said Arsen, "Now. Die. And I hope it's painful!"

Purple fired his .45 Auto Pistol at Base while he charged at him. But Purple dodged so he wouldn't get hit, stomped or crushed by his brother.

"Mom and dad can't stop us this time!" Arsen said, '"Just me and you!"

Lavender replied, "I'll never kneel to you!"

Purple kept firing his .45 Auto Pistol until he ran out of ammo for it. But he switched to his revolver.

"Just hold still so I can painfully kill you!" Arsen said, "Just stand still so I can painfully rip you apart piece by piece!"

Purple replied, "Just come out of your prototype mech suit so I can kick your ass single hoofingly!"

Soon a door opened and a few of Arsen's Grand Pony Enclave Elite Guards came out onto the big area.

Ugh you got to be kidding me, Purple thought, What did I expect though? My brother, fighting fair? That won't happen. Never has and never will.

Purple used his remaining ammo for his 7.62mm battle rifle and killed Arsen's elite guards before going back to fighting his brother who's more of an enemy than Raiders.

He kept running and shooting at his brother until more Grand Pony Enclave Elite Guards came and Purple kept killing them.

Purple was able to damage Base's armor a little bit.

"You perplex me, Purple. But, you do not scare me," Arsen said. "But I'll always be better than you. I'll be better at everything! While you lose all the time!"

Purple replied, "There's a point of losing. You always learn from your mistakes! I've learned from my mistakes you don't. You make a mistake and what does Arsen do? He goes and impregnates a random mare and leaves. I've lost friends out here and I learned how to be a better friend and a better leader. You just have a mare suck your dick while you hide behind your army. I learned and still learn how to survive out here!"

"Yeah but my army has ponies lining up around the corner to serve under me!" Arsen said.

Purple replied, "You mean force them and if there's any mares you just hold them down and force your foals into them!"

"NO!" Arsen screamed, "NOW HOLD THE FUCK STILL SO I CAN KILL YOU!"

Purple kept running laps around his brother without breaking a sweat. But he used his magic and fired all of his guns until they all ran out of ammo.

All that ammo and didn't make a dent, Purple thought, I can't just fight him with my knives!

Soon a random box fell out of the sky. Purple galloped over and opened it. "How this is what I'm talking about! A prototype Anti-Vehicle Model 1 Project: Super Pone Laser. This should weaken his ass!"

Purple used his magic and squeezed the trigger the laser charged and Purple fired the first shot at Base.

"How do you like lasers?" Purple said, "This should hurt your ass!"

Arsen now really tried to kill his baby brother but not as painful. But Purple kept his distance and fired it three more times. There was a loud metallic thud and it was the mech suit that Arsen's in.

Purple used the final shot and blew open the door allowing his friends in and the Grand Pegasus Enclave to enter. He cautiously approached the mech suit and used the outside override and it threw Arsen out like nothing.

Purple approached the body of Arsen thinking his older brother was more of a nuisance than Red Eye. But he thought he was dead.

Arsen jumped up after faking his death and attacked baby brother with an old sword while Purple used a combat knife he has.

The Grand Pony Enclave Elite Guards came out and both the Grand Pony Enclave Elite Guards and the Grand Pegasus Enclave with Rocky Road, Sapphire Love, Critical Shot, Rainy Night, Hailing Night, Flared Blizzard, and Double Tap fought each other.

While both armies fought, both Lavender and Arsen had a knife fight while around them both sides fought.

Arsen put a couple of deep cuts onto Lavender's frontal legs and chest. But also was able to knock Purple's combat knife out of his magical Aurora.

"Kill me before you could be thirty?" Arsen said, "I don't think so!"

Arsen was about to get a swing off to kill Lavender only for him to dodge and miss. Lavender was able to defeat his older brother.

"I wonder what your fate is!" Lavender said, "Ooh I got one!"

Lavender removed Arsen's clothes and forced him in a maid outfit and made him wear a chastity device.

"This is just humiliating," said Arsen. "Just kill me!"

Lavender replied, "No no. I think I'll make you a maid. Or just sell you into slavery."

Arsen was watched by several Grand Pegasus Enclave Rangers and Grand Pegasus Enclave Marines but his charm had no effect on the mare's because those mares he tried to woo are lesbians or knew some mares who Arsen fucked.

Midnight Twister gave up without a fight but Rocky Road punched her older brother in the face without hesitation.

The Grand Pony Enclave didn't give up and the remainder of them were killed but they had very low and limited supplies over the Grand Pegasus Enclave which had an almost endless supply of soldiers and munitions. But it was a one sided battle.

***

Back on the Dry Lighting on a bridge both Colonel Honey Cake and Lavender Astrology got married. She's the third mare that's Lavender's married.

"Before we get married I want you to do something and that is you have to marry Rainy Night as well," said Colonel Honey Cake.

Lavender agreed and they got married. Rainy Night she had a crush on Purple and she never thought that this day would come.

***

In a room Rocky Road asked, "Why did you betray us Midnight? Why? I know it wasn't to protect me."

Midnight didn't answer but Rocky saw that Midnight's eyes were red from repeat drug use of Dash, Party-time Mint-als, Rage, and Stampede.

Rocky was about to hurt her older brother until he told her that he thought the Wasteland Guardians were too slow moving and he didn't have the freedom to do drugs and kill whoever he didn't like.

In the end the Equestrian Wasteland was safe. Lavender returned to Stable 190 with his wives following him.

Overmare Harp gave them rooms to live in but hated Honey Cake. That didn't stop her from traveling a lot to the Stable and to her forces Headquarters.

The Steel Rangers in the Undiscovered and Unknown West were virtually destroyed.

Fort Arsen also fell under the command of the Grand Pegasus Enclave and was renamed to Fort Honey Cake.

Chapter 96: Epilogue (one year later)

full year passed.

At Colonel Honey Cake Headquarters.

Honey Cake was in the infirmary. She and Sapphire Heart were on two different beds. They both gave out painful screams.

Sapphire Heart gave birth to triplets with one of them being an Alicorn that looked like Sunrise Storm.

Honey Cake gave birth to Quintuplets. But she told Purple that before stealing his sperm she also stole Autumn Leaf's sperm a day before she stole his.

Sapphire Heart wondered why she gave birth earlier than it should've been but Purple explained that the Balefire radiation could've made her give birth earlier.

"I'm going to name her," said Sapphire Heart, "Sunrise Storm."

***

Over in another room

"Umm," said Critical Shot, "Moonlight? Would you... Would you marry me?"

Moonlight replied right away, "Yes I will!"

The Pegasus mare and Unicorn stallion shared a kiss mouth to mouth.

***

Outside of Clearwater Creek.

"You missed a spot," Rocky Road said.

This is still so fucking embarrassing! Arsen thought, Would've been better if Lavender just straight up killed me!

"You heard Rocky!" Flared Blizzard said, "Get back to work!"

Rocky and Flared Blizzard shared a kiss, and Arsen went back to do hard work as their personal worker even though he won't get paid.

***

In the Stable.

Overmare Harp gave birth to two fillies.

Lavender was in the library typing up what he witnessed out in the Equestrian Wasteland and what he and his friends did to make it a safer place.

Some colts and fillies wanted to be like Lavender and go out into the Wasteland but he did say in his reports about the dangers out in the Wasteland.

Colonel Spring Charm returned to Stable 190 with a box she took from Stable Tec HQ in Fillydelphia and it's full of water chips. So if it ever breaks again they'll have a box load to work with.

Lavender heard about the founding of the New Canterlot Republic so he went by himself and did his best to create an alliance. They wanted to but at the same time didn't because the Wasteland Guardians are also allied with a division and a regiment of the Grand Pegasus Enclave.

Lavender was able to make an alliance work between the two and they started a trade alliance as well. It was a long walk back to Crimson from Junction Cross.

***

Back at Combat Command Attack - Honey Cake, Headquarters.

Lavender laid down on a medical bed and surgically had his wings reattached to him so he could be an Alicorn again. It was painful but Lavender wanted to have wings again so he got them.

***

Rainy Night replaced Rocky Road's job and became a radio person for the Wasteland Guardians and the Grand Pegasus Enclave where she would broadcast alerts out, and said what was happening or played vinyl disk music from the pre-war and wartime days.

Rainy Night also had two colts and a filly to raise because she wanted to know how sex felt like so she had sex with Albatross which he unintentionally got her pregnant.

Rainy Night also took in several young mares and a couple of young stallions and they were Albatross's foals when he was forced into sex.

Their names are Lily, Aruera, Laurea, Beryl, Rosy Cookie, Chrome Strawberry, and Nature Impact with the right year old stallions are Tricobolt Disk, Guided Shot, and Gamma Shot.

Chrome Strawberry, Aruera, and Laurea are Crystal Pony Pegasi.

Rainy Night raised them as if Albatross wanted them to follow in his hoof steps. They were all so cute as well.

Hailing Night lived inside of the town of Crimson and she acted as a liaison officer between the Grand Pegasus Enclave and the Wasteland Guardians.

Lieutenant Orchestra got promoted to Brigadier General of the Grand Pegasus Enclave Rangers. Colonel Honey Cake got promoted as Lieutenant-General. But their promotions didn't mean a damn to them but being a mom kept Honey Cake inside of her HQ.

Brigadier General Vigorous Orchestra was happy to see her mare friends settling down now that the war is over and them starting their own families but Vigorous Orchestra was like Honey Cake and she also had a crush on Autumn Leaf.

Brigadier General Vigorous Orchestra was also a busy mare. She has to visit her rangers at Fort's Ruffian, Empire, Defiance, Noble, Thunder, Diamond and Western penitentiary. Not adding her rangers took over the former urban training combat city of Empire as well.

Vigorous Orchestra thought about having a foal but none of the stallions she knows she doesn't like besides Purple. She's kinda nervous to ask him and not adding she's also busy and won't have the time to have foals.

Her rangers also fortified the former training city of Empire and turned it into a new city and rebuilt as well with a population of 675,647. It now has a booming economy and the Grand Pegasus Enclave Rangers also provide security as well.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave council really didn't exist with them gone in the wind and the few residing in the former training city and they took up administrative roles.

Vigorous Orchestra was also elected to be the new leader of the city by a landslide vote of ninety nine to one with her being 99 and a Grand Pegasus Enclave Council stallion trying to take over.

Double Tap mostly kept to herself she deeply misses her two foals she had and she actually felt sad for raping Purple to have the chance to be a mother again.

Flared Blizzard wanted to start a family but he was sad that he can't start one with Rocky Road because he's sterile and an anti-material rifle bullet blew his left testicle off.

That didn't stop them from having sex and Rocky Road from having her own orgasm. But Flared Blizzard suggested that they could use Lavender to impregnate Rocky due to Flared Blizzard and Lavender "Purple" Astrology are both crossbred Alicorns.

Critical Shot and Moonlight not even a day into their marriage decided to have a foal together. Critical Shot remembered what happened to his past girlfriend and doesn't want to lose another.

In the end the Wasteland was under protection from the Wasteland Guardians, Grand Pegasus Enclave, and The Lawponies. They had a healthy alliance with the New Canterlot Republic.

Arsen offered his services to impregnate Rocky Road but she straight up refused him and told him that it would be better if Lavender impregnated her right in front of him.

***

In the town of Crimson at sunset.

"I'm going to miss our adventures," said Rocky Road.

Flared Blizzard replied, "I don't think it's over yet. But never know. Also, honey, your brother wants to see you in that old penitentiary."

"I should see him but I don't have anything to say to him," Rocky Road said.

Lavender replied, "There's going to be plenty more adventures in the future for us. And I'll be in Stable 190 but I'll come out every now and again. I'm not going to retire back into the Stable permanently. Adventure is out there. But I think it's time for me to explore what fatherhood is like. I'll see you all another time and be safe."

Lavender "Purple" Astrology returned to Stable 190 to be with his wives Cerulean Azure Blue Sapphire and Sapphire Heart.

Before Lavender left the town of Crimson Rocky Road nervously asked him to impregnate her so he did to be a good friend.

***

Back in the Stable. Lavender remet Vigorous Orchestra and she wanted the same thing but she's in heat and it drives her crazy.

Lavender did breed her and they went on their merry way.

Rocky Road even visited her brother in a prison that has Midnight Twister in it and it is now being operated by both the Grand Pegasus Enclave and the Wasteland Guardians.

Purple was happy that he helped ponies in the Wasteland to survive better but he didn't care about breeding a lot of mares. He also visited the mares he impregnated by breeding; some wanted him to see his foals but a lot didn't.

The Wasteland in the Undiscovered West were happy that now they didn't have to worry about raiders and all that due to having other ponies to deal with the threat of the Wasteland.

Ponies and other creatures around the Equestrian Wasteland joined the Wasteland Guardians and they didn't care if they were Earth ponies, Pegasus, Unicorns, Bat ponies, Theresial ponies, Zebras, Griffons, Yaks or what not.

Sentinel Glace and his team were happy but wished they hadn't missed out in the big battle. They thought they were all that and a bag of chips because they had power armor.

The Undiscovered West prospered and all that and purified water flowed for anypony to drink. The purified water was rationed throughout the Wasteland but it cost three bottle caps per bottle.

The slave legion was quickly destroyed by the Grand Pegasus Enclave and the Wasteland Guardians with the slaves set free.

In the end justice and peace flowed throughout the Wasteland but there's still raiders, slavers, evil Hellhounds, and mercenaries out there. Their work isn't over yet

Chapter 1: Growing Up Fast

At Stable 190's radio room was Harp wearing a Stable suit where the iceberg blue pegasus was singing to her heart content to keep the stable happy. Harp looked at the clock which says it's 5:30 where her shift is over and somepony else took over.

Harp was walking in the hallway to the diner for dinner. Harp accidentally bumped into a cardinal red unicorn and he apologized to her. Harp told him not to apologize but asked if he was single which he told her he is then asked why.

Harp told him that she would like to see if he would like to go on a date with her. It's a Friday so everypony gotten milkshakes and the stallion and Harp talked and got to know each other better. He introduced himself as "Condor Albatross Soaring" and the two hit it off.

A month later in Harp's room, Albatross sat down on the cold stainless steel floor and said "Harp Love Harmonica?" asked Albatross, "Will you marry me?".

Harp told Albatross that she was pregnant then she jumped for joy at his wedding proposal.

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In the Overmare's office.

"No honey!" exclaimed the Overmare, "Marry a pegasus! Not a magic-using Unicorn!". Harp told her mother that she loves Albatross.

"Fine." said Overmare Brisk Spirit Flyee, "If your marriage fails don't come crying to me!". Harp told her mother that they won't break up.

They got married. Ten months passed in the hospital. Harp gave out a painful scream as the earth pony mare told her to push. Several minutes passed when Harp and Albatross heard a crying sound. Harp gave birth to a male pegasus and Harp held their newborn son in her hooves.

Harp named him "Arsen Nimrod Walnut Flier"

Unknown to them that their son wants to be called "Base Icey Flyer" after three pre-war baseball players which one was named Base Runner", another one named "Icy Frost Wind", and a third named "Flyer Las Hoofer"

Their life was a bit rough dealing with newborn foal but two months after birth Harp discovered she was pregnant again. Harp would've preferred to have the foal they have grew up for a while and well they can't predict the future.

When Harp given birth again she named the filly "Blue Appalachia Watershed" and that was when both Harp and Albatross were seventeen-years-old.

Four-years-later. Harp and Albatross who's now twenty-one. Harp given birth to a healthy moderate Purple alicorn colt and she named him "Lavender Purple Silver Canvas Serenity Artist". She named him after two Equestrian Special Forces soldiers named "Purple Masonary" and "Hazel Artist".

Unknown to them that their newborn son wants to be called after Purple Masonary's first name and Hazel Artist's last name which is Purple Artist.

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Five years later.

Harp is now twenty-six and Albatross is twenty-six as well with their eldest son named Arsen Base Nimrod Walnut Icy Flyer being seven now with their second child a mare named Blue she's six and their youngest son an alicorn named Lavender Purple Silver Serenity Artist who's four.

"GET BACK HERE!" yelled Arsen/Base, "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

Albatross used his magic and the young pegasus stallion and the colt alicorn are in a cardinal red magic aurora. Four-year-old Purple told his eldest brother that he's sorry for accidentally knocking a bottle of purified water onto his stable suit.

Two years later Arsen/Base celebrated his tenth birthday and got his Pip-Buck 3000 but he hated it that his baby brother is there but both of his parents are there. Only reason Lavender Purple is there is that mom and dad said so not adding that his grandmom also said so.

Lavender made some friends with a young stallion named "Scrumptious Succulent", another young stallion named "Jackpot Inferno", a young mare named "Pumplin Rose Pie", a young stallion named "Lucky Star", another mare named "Dimond Astute Light", another mare named "Soaring Jet", and a earth pony stallion named "Light Trick Magic". And they're all his age too

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Four years more passed.

Purple gotten his Pip-Buck 3000. But like his older brother starting tomorrow he'll start his military training to be a fully trained Equestrian warrior even though the Last Day wiped out the countries on the planet of Equus.

With his grandmother. Ms. Brisk picked up Purple with her wings and smothered him with kisses like how she still smothers Blue with kisses. They're proud of being kissed by there grandmother and Base hates being kissed by his grandmother.

Ms. Brisk took her ten-year-old grandson down to the armory where there were some cardboard cutouts of Ponies but there were no unicorn and no pegasus ones.

"762 Rifle." said Purple, "ESA ARMY?"

"No no sweetheart." said Ms. Brisk, "It's 7.62 Rifle Equestrian Army. Well they initialized Equestrian to ESA."

Lavender/Purple was scared to fire the rifle but his grandmother used her wings to steady the rifle as he held it with his wings and told him to squeeze the trigger with his magic. The rifle fired where the loud bang scared young Purple. Brisk looked at Lavender/Purple who's holding on tight onto her.

"It's ok Lavender." said Overmare Brisk, "Guns are always going to be loud. Over time you'll get over it."

Overmare Brisk taught Lavender/Purple on how to shoot and reload a rifle. Ms. Brisk was happy to see her favorite grandson grow up saying he'll be the perfect warrior and soldier that'll retake the Equestrian Wasteland and restore Equestria to it's former glory.

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Six-years later.

"Ok sweetheart." said Harp, "You have to take care of your M.P.O.A.T/ Military Pony Occupational Aptitude Test."

Lavender/Purple lies and told Harp that his mother that his stomach hurts and wants to lay in bed because he has a tummy ache.

Harp told Purple that he isn't the first to do that excuse and every mother knows. Purple then kissed his mother on the cheek and Purple went to the classroom.

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Lavender Purple sat at his desk.

Question one said: A mad Stable scientist wants to stick his/her new invention inside of your butt. How would you respond?

A. Up yours pal.

B. Knock the mad pony out

C. Slip out before he/she notices"

Purple Artist chose answer C.

Question two said: Your an intern at the hospital and a pony walks in with a strange rash or infection that's spreading at an alarming rate. What will you do

A. Amputate the infected area.

B. Pray to Celestia to get that pony healed.

C. Medicate the infected area.

D. Restraint the patient and study.

Purple chose A.

Question three said: You discovered a lost colt or filly but the colt/filly has some stolen items. What will you do?

A. Comfort the child and lead him to safety.

B. Leave the child there after taking the stolen property as punishment.

C. Take the stolen property by stealth.

Purple chose answer A.

Question five said: You been exposed to radiation out to the radiation out in the wasteland. What will you do?

A. Kill yourself by shooting yourself in the head.

B. Use anti-radiation medicine.

C. A prayer to Celestia.

D. Go get medicine and/or see a doctor.

Purple chose answer B.

Purple then looked over the questions again and wondered on what they have to deal with the military which none of them do. He then got up and turned in the form to Ms. Teaching Note where she said "Purple. Nice answers to the questions." said Teaching Note, "You'll be a military combat medic."

"I was hoping to be a riflestallion." said Lavender/Purple, "Or a Grenadier."

"Well. I can always change it Purple." said Ms. Teaching Note, "If you date my only daughter." then the bat pony pointed behind her to her half pegasus half-bat pony daughter.

Purple gulped and saw on how ugly she is and told her that he'll take being a combat medic.

"Nopony will date her!" said Ms. Teaching Note, "Well I'll never become a grandmother."

"Whoa whoa whoa." said Lavender/Purple, "Slow down. I'll date her to see how it goes."

Ms. Teaching Note told her daughter that Purple would like to take her out on a date. Teaching Note's daughter rejected the date and Purple went to go roam Stable 190.

At the Stable entrance, Purple brought up his Pip-Buck 3000 and went to the notes in the Data part under the notes. Purple was teary-eyed.

There are a couple of notes and the second note said.

"Dear Purple. I know our time wasn't long. I just want to say is that I love you son. No matter what I'll always be here with you, your sister Blue, your jerk brother Base and your wonderful mother. Please don't cry. I wish I could see you grow older, get a date, get married and see you and your wife have some foals.-Love Dad."

Purple then started to cry where he was found by a Stable security mare. She sat down next to Purple and let him cry on her.

"It's ok." said the Security Mare, "Your father is in a better place. Let it all out."

"I really miss him." said Purple, "I miss my father." then he hugged her very tightly.

In the security room Purple re-met his old elementary friend Azure Blue Cerulean Sapphire whose sewed name tag says "C.B. SAPPHIRE" whom she was typing on a terminal.

"Long time no see." said Cerulean Blue Sapphire, "Since when we were four. What are you planning Purple?"

Purple just told her that he can't stay in the stable anymore. Everywhere he has been he keeps thinking about his deceased father and he's been thinking about it for the past five years and he's been depressed and not even anti-depressant medicine in the Stable hasn't been helping.

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At night back in the Security Room; Lavender Purple Artist went back in to see Cerulean Blue Sapphire sleeping at a desk where he tapped on her back where Cerulean Blue Sapphire got up with drool on her face.

Cerulean Blue Sapphire asked what he wants. Purple told her that he's leaving the Stable and he isn't coming back then he gave her a holotape and he left a holotape for his mother and sister. She gave Purple an five minute head start for old times sake.

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In the armory. Purple got his Equestrian Battle Rifle which he placed on his back which the rifle has it's sling on it which made it easier to carry. He took fifteen magazines with twelve of them are twenty round magazines and the remaining three are thirty round magazines.

Purple also took his .45 Semi-automatic Pistol which he had a seven round magazine in it and two more seven rounds more magazines.

In the hospital which has some ponies in it but not enough. Purple Artist stole some healing potions, Rad-Away, some more bandages, and a few bottles of Radsafe/Rad-X.

While walking in the deserted but dimmed hallway. "Goodbye home." said Purple, "Thanks for protecting me from what's out in the wasteland. I ain't coming back. Protect my mother and sister."

At the Stable entrance, Purple opened the door and the loud steel against the steel and concrete was heard throughout the dead silent stable. At the door Cerulean Blue Sapphire begged Purple to stay.

Lavender Purple told Cerulean Sapphire that he can't stay then he turned around and walked out. Cerulean Sapphire closed the door.

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In the morning. Cerulean Sapphire told the Overmare that Lavender Purple left and Overmare Brisk was heartbroken that Lavender Purple left without saying anything.

In the morning Harp found a holotape from her son and her Pip-Buck 3000 says the holotape is named "To: Mom, Love: Son/Purple".

"Hi, mom. I can't stay in Stable 190 anymore." said a sadden recorded Lavender Purple, "Please don't follow me or try to find me out in the wasteland. Don't tell Grandmom to have a group of ponies to find me. Ever since Papa died I've just been putting up a facade of being happy. I've been depressed and deeply sadden since father died. I love you and Blue I hope I can come home one day and not be sad anymore and move on. Like I said I love you and Blue.- Love Private Purple Artist, Stable 190's Combat Medic, Stable 190 Infantry Battalion. I love you and Blue."

Blue has the same thing but altered which her says. "Hi, Blue. I can't stay in Stable 190 anymore." said a sadden recorded Purple, "Please don't follow me or try to find me out in the wasteland. Don't tell Grandmom to have a group of ponies to find me. Ever since Papa died I've just been putting up a facade of being happy. I've been depressed and deeply sadden since father died. I love you and mother I hope I can come home one day and not be sad anymore and move on. Like I said I love you and mom. Like I said I love you and Mother.- Love Private Purple Artist, Stable 190's Combat Medic, Stable 190, Infantry Battalion. I love you."

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In a big room.

"Alright Everypony!" exclaimed Overmare Brisk, "One of our ponies went out unauthorized. Well, we all know on who Lavender Purple Painting Silver Eastle Serenity Artist is. A kind, dependable and friendly alicorn who was there when we needed him. He needs us of him suffering on the inside and he needs our help on how he helped us in our time of need. Purple has a nine-hour head start. Each squad leader pony will draw straws and whoever draws the shortest will be sent out into the wasteland to hunt him down. Let's get started."

Everypony who has the military rank of Sergeant was given a straw.

A mix group earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasus were sent out where they don't know on how engineers can do so.

They only have Five Assault Rifles, one 10mm SMG, one flamethrower, and three 45. Auto Submachine guns but all of them have satchel charges and frag mines.

The ten Engineers went out but shielded there eyes from the sunlight where they saw nothing but burnt trees and ruins in the distance.

Author's Note

There's a difference then my OC Purple Artist and Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist. And there's a difference between my OC Base Icy Flyer and Arsen Base Nimrod Walnut Icey Flier.

Differences are that Purple is a number 2 pencil, and Lavender Purple is an M1 Garand rifle with a number two pencil. Base cutie mark is a baseball base while this one is a baseball bat overlapping a baseball base and a baseball.
Azure Blue Celertuan Sapphire is different than Azure Blue Sapphire or Blue Sapphire for short. SHe's friendly but this one is more neutral than friendly. Azure Blue Sapphire's cutie mark is a sapphire gem over a book while this one is a sapphire gem over a hat. Harp and Albatross are different too as their names is Albatross Soaring while the other Albatross I have is Albatross Birdie. Harp's name is Harp Chordophone Love while the other one is Harp Love Harmonica.

Chapter 12: Doesn't feel the same

In Stable 190, Azure Blue Sapphire walked into her bedroom.

She stopped at a photograph of her and Purple before Purple left, Blue Sapphire picked it up and hugged it tightly, "I miss you Purple." said Blue Sapphire, "I really do miss you. I wish you were here. I'm sorry for letting your brother take advantage of me."

Azure Blue Sapphire's door opened where it's Base, the stubborn pegasus said. "Honey I'm home!" even though the two aren't married.

"Go away." said Blue Sapphire, "I'm not in the mood to talk to you and I don't want to be around you."

Azure Blue Sapphire was also still sad especially, when some of her friends were killed when the Grand Pegasus Enclave attacked Stable 190 in retaliation when Purple and his companions did a surprise raid on their base.

Azure Blue Sapphire then got up and walked around the Stable being sad and depressed that she lost her only lover who's out in the Wastes and is either dead or gotten another lover and moved on.

Blue Sapphire then ran into Harp who she's also sad and wonder how her favorite son is doing out in the wasteland. She hopes he's alive and well and not dead by what's ever is out in the Wasteland.

"Hi Harp." said Azure Blue Sapphire, "How are you?"

"Not well." said Harp, "I wish my son was here. Not Base or Blue but Purple as well. Out of all three of my kids, me and my deceased husband had three kids and my favorite are Blue and Purple at least they could stay out of trouble and be polite to each other. Base I don't know how to describe my eldest son. There are days I wish I could shove him back inside of me to rebirth him and try to redo my parenting skills."

"I don't know how to tell you this." said Azure Blue Sapphire, "But well I don't know how to say this... I'm carrying Base's foal. I thought I should've told you."

Harp told Azure Blue Sapphire that she would've been better to let Purple and her make a foal not her and Base. That's because Base is just going to take advantage of her like how he took advantage of his past fifteen marefriends.

Blue Sapphire asked if it's possible if she can send Purple a message via radio to be sent to his Pipbuck only for Harp to tell her that she'll have her send one in the morning.

Azure Blue Sapphire then went to her parents' empty room and started to cry her eyes out because they were killed when the Grand Pegasus Enclave raided the Stable.

Even though Blue Sapphire and her parents didn't get along and the last thing she told her mom and dad was to drop dead and now she's regretting it and never gotten to tell her parents that she loved them.

Azure Blue Sapphire wasn't in her parent's old room for long and went to the lounge and drank some bottles of whiskey.

After drinking until she was drunk that she was slurring her words a fellow Stable Security officer escorted her to her room only to lock her and force himself onto her.

"Oh yes!" said Blue Sapphire, "Purple don't you dare slow down or stop. I've been a bad mare. Are you going to punish me as if I was a naughty filly?"

The unicorn stallion stable security office used his right hoof to slap her on her flank where her cutie mark is.

"Blue Sapphire is a weird mare." said the Stable security stallion, "But she is also tight as well."

In the morning Azure Blue Sapphire waken up with a huge hangover. But she cuddled up with the unicorn security stallion even using his torso as a pillow.

Azure Blue Sapphire then gave the security stallion a kiss on the cheek and said she loves him thinking he's Purple.

When her hangover ended Azure Blue Sapphire went into the radio room and recorded a message for her lover out in the wasteland.

To her it doesn't feel the same and since when Purple let Blue Sapphire been having dreams of her and him getting married and having a couple of foals. But she's carrying Base's foal even though Stable 190 has a weird rule that if a stallion and mare are married but if the mare gets pregnant by another stallion then she and that stallion area also married.

Blue Sapphire then went to the game room and played some pinball because she's bored. Today is her day off, and once every three weeks everypony gets a day off besides the cooks. Unless if there's someponies who are the age of sixteen who can work on the older ones days off.

While playing Pinball Base walked in and sat down next to Azure Blue Sapphire and placed his left-wing onto her stomach.

"How's Base Junior doing inside of your belly?" asked Base, "I hope he's alright. Not my brother but my foal."

Azure Blue Sapphire punched Base so hard, sending Base flying a few feet.

Azure Blue Sapphire told Base to leave her alone and she told him that she made a mistake of having sex with him.

"Join the club." said the gaming pegasus, "You're not the first mare to be used by him, and your not the last. I was used, my sister was used. Twelve others not adding you were used."

Chapter 21: Helping Settlements

In the town of Crimson, Midnight Twister had the "luck" of training new Wasteland Guardians members.

Their first training mission is to defend the town of Emsfield where Raiders have been attacking it so the three, one unicorn, one pegasus, and one earth pony went to the town.

The town defenses are shambling or weak and the only reason they weren't attacked before is because of Sunrise Storm but now she's with Purple and that lowered their defense big time because everypony is afraid of alicorns.

They have some pre-war and wartime weapons and fought the raiders who were armed with weapons made of wood and pre-war and wartime piping that once carried water or sewage.

Midnight Twister told them to spread out and they're better armed and armored over the raiders because the pistols and short rifles the raiders have are in the .38 caliber which is the second weakest round after the .32 round. Not adding the raiders don't have armor.

Some of the guards and civilians of the town died in the combat. But the town leader told Midnight that they'll join the Wasteland Guardians to make the wasteland a tab bit safer and put the enemies in their place.

They were their first settlement to join them but if they feel sad that they ain't doing their job they can always back out.

They then went to another settlement called

They have been dealing with slavers who have been widdling down their defenses and they desperately need help were there only armed with Buck Repeaters, Terra Repeaters which are worn down not adding dirty and worn-out pistols.

Midnight Twister didn't take a liking to them right away but over time of walking to each settlement that needed their help they would help but in the end. It was worth it because they decided to join the Wasteland Guardians and ally with the other settlements because they would need help.

At sunset, Midnight Twister and the other two came back with success but Midnight Twister said hi to Rocky Road and went to his house. He saw his marefriend sitting there waiting for him to come back.

The unicorn mare gave him a little kiss on his cheek and she's glad he's back.

The two ate dinner in peace but when night fell Midnight Twister was sleeping in their bed but the mare gave him a kiss on the mouth while he slept and she went to work guarding the town at night even though her shift rotates between night and day and patrolling or standing guard.

Author's Note

Terra Repeater is based on the Evans Repeater and the Buck Repeater is based on the Spencer Model 1860 Carbine.

Chapter 23: The Island

There's an island in the Celestial sea that's a mile long and 990 feet long. The Island has a small town of some country houses for poor ponies and some apartments that house sixteen families in sixteen tenement rooms.

There's also a tavern, colonial-era grocery store, newspaper, clinic, library, bank, eight guard towers, and a small garrison.

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Out at sea on a rowboat is Private Alchemy Watcher and she was the heir to one of the thirteen tribes but she protested against the war because she loves Equestria and thinks the whole war is a huge mistake.

Private Alchemy Watcher gulped as her brother hit her to make her cheer up then the boat hit sand where they can't see because it's pitch black out and they want to keep the element of surprise and don't want to lose it.

On land. Pvt Alchemy equipped her Zebra carbine rifle which she named "To Equestria with love." because she wants to give it to the Equestrians so they can study it.

Two Equestrian earth ponies walked by and Private Alchemy's brother and another Zebra silenced them and dragged their bodies away.

They went to the Equestrian barracks and killed the mares and stallions that were sleeping.

"That's not a lot of Equestrians." whispered Pvt Alchemy, "They must not really care for this island. That's a shame I want to marry an Equestrian."

Pvt Alchemy looked back where they landed, a red flare was launched into the sky and another red flare came up off the horizon. Not half an hour later more and more Zebras came ashore and not an hour later the town and the island was in Zebra hooves.

Anything that resembled it was in Equestrian hooves was gone flags, markings everything.

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In the morning when the ponies got up to go to work or school they were all rounded up. Pvt Alchemy was heartbroken because her uncle was the colonial of the occupying force and he's mean and evil.

Alchemy saw him with a clipboard and if he pointed left the stallions were forced into hard labor if he pointed right they were executed. He had the mares he had them rounded up so the Zebra stallions can breed with them by force.

Alchemy saw a filly hug her father before he was executed. But she ran right in front of the Zebra assault carbine and she got shot to protect an earth pony and his filly daughter.

It was for naught where the earth pony stallion and his daughter were killed. That shattered Private Alchemy's heart into trillion pieces.

When night came again, Private Alchemy used radio to contact Equestria but they didn't believe her that an island belongs to Equestria and hasn't fallen to the Zebras.

Private Alchemy kept radioing Equestria and kept telling them that the Zebra's captured their island. They repeatedly ignored her thinking it's a prank and wanting Equestria to send some forces to retake an island that already belongs to them.

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Eleven months later

After almost a year passed and after constant radioing Equestria they finally come to check it out.

It was now 11 AM and the Zebras heard the sound of helicopters and they decided to go on the offensive.

Private Alchemy didn't partake in the counter-offensive. She just watched as the Equestrians set up a few machine guns and anti-armor emplacements.

The Zebras threw everything at the Equestrians they had and forced Equestrians that they captured they were forced to fight for the Zebras. The Equestrians didn't kill them knowing they were forced into a war.

In the small palace, Private Alchemy was captured but she defected over to Equestria. But stayed on the island and personally trained a new batch of garrison ponies in the martial arts of the Zebras. This gave them a fighting chance in hoof to hoof combat against the Zebras.

The new leader of the island well he needed somepony to have an heir with so he put a few mares including Alchemy but he chose Alchemy to have an heir with even though the population of the Island was against it. But the population soon got over it on how helpful she is during the war.

Unknown to them is that the war ended but they didn't know about the last day happening and they continued with their lives and they waited to be deployed to the war but nothing.

Private Alchemy was happy in her new role of being a trainer, mother, and princess of the small island. But she sadly found out that her husband had other wives to have foals with. Only the foals he had with the other mares only could breed with the daughters he had including Alchemy's Zony daughter and Zony son.

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Present-day.

Purple was telling the story of how the pony in charge of retaking the Island was his six times great-grand ma.

The group asked who she was only for Purple to tell them that he'll tell them in the future time.

Chapter 31: Two-front war

At FOB Golf.

Base was planning out his next operation, "Operation: Falling Guardian" he wants to deliver a major blow to the Wasteland Guardians but heard of a contingent of Steel Rangers.

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At the Steel Ranger base.

Apprentice Lieutenant Base met with Elder Encoded Pibble an Earth Pony mare. The two entered the small command building for them for the time being.

"Alright what do you want?" asked Elder Encoded Pibble, "We're busy with the so-called group called "Wasteland Guardians". Recently we captured three of their scouts and executed them."

"I say we strike up an alliance or truce," said Base, "My scouts have seen that they're trying to refurbish old power armor and energy weapons."

That quickly had Elder Encoded Pibble jump up in shock and thought that they were just so-called "farmers with guns" and not that much of a threat. But hearing they'll have energy weapons and power armor is a threat to them.

Base also told the mare elder that they're trying to refurbish old wartime days vehicles and will become tyrants of the wasteland. But the Elder doesn't know that Base just fed her some lies of the Wasteland Guardians being evil even though they're trying to help settlements and wastelanders just to survive day to day.
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In the wasteland, while walking Purple, Sunrise, Midnight, Rocky, and Sapphire get shot at by a patrol of Steel Rangers.

"Hey! Is that, you Paladin High Hooves Cleansed? Paladin Lolipop Enchantment, Paladin Sundancer?" asked Paladin Sapphire Heart.

"Is that you?" asked Paladin Lolipop Enchantment, "Is that you Paladin Sapphire Heart?"

"Yeah it's me!" yelled Paladin Sapphire, "What the FUCK are you shooting at us! We did nothing to you!"

"We're on orders from Elder Encoded Pibble." said Paladin Sundancer, "We can't say but wasteland Guardians are our enemy so we have to eradicate them!"

"You're not harming my friends!" yelled Paladin Sapphire Heart, "They're more of a family than you and my parents and siblings."

Midnight Twister removed the buckshot rounds out of his hunting shotgun and placed in flechette rounds into the tube with one in the chamber.

"Your parents miss you!" yelled Paladin High Hooves, "They miss you being back at base!"

"MY PARENTS NEVER LOVED ME!" yelled Paladin Sapphire Heart, "THEY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE CALLED PARENTS. MY FATHER RAPED ME FOR FOURTEEN YEARS OF MY LIFE AND MY MOTHER JUST SAT THERE AND WATCHED SOMETIMES SHE EVEN RAPED ME! ALSO WHEN I BECAME A INITIATE THEN A KNIGHT AND NOW A PALADIN. WHEN I BECAME A INITIATE THEY DISOWNED ME AND MY SISTERS GIVE ME THE COLD SHOULDER. SO THEY ALL CAN DROP DEAD AND I WOULDN'T CARE LESS!"

Paladin Sapphire then rubbed her throat for all that yelling.

Purple offered her bottled purified water which she took and drank it all.

Unknown to them and is Rocky Road and Midnight Twister left and flanked the Steel Rangers but Rocky Road switched to her unique 10mm pistol which she has armor-piercing rounds.

A combination of Rocky Road's 10mm AP rounds and Midnight Twister's Flechette rounds they make a deadly combination. Not adding the prototype VTOL aerial that Purple took has some prototype but deadly and scary weapons like a squad automatic weapon that the bullets will even shred the Steel Rangers and Enclave to bloody shreds.

The Paladins knew they had a disadvantage of having two unicorn siblings behind them using a bolder as cover and the rounds they have will kill them.

They all discuss where they should wander to next.

"I wonder where my sister is." sad Paladin Sapphire, "Recon said that last they saw of her was in the old city of Fillydelpha . Can we go there and find her? Please? My baby sister was the only one being supportive of me of being a Knight."

They all looked at Midnight Twister who was sweating like nothing then he galloped away.

Paladin Sapphire Heart asked what's wrong with him only for Rocky Road to tell her that their parents sold him to slavers, and Midnight Twister was a slave when he was seven to seventeen where he was able to run away.

Rocky Road then ran to go catch up with her brother.

Purple told Paladin Sapphire that Midnight Twister was sold by his parents to be a slave and was abused, raped, and even castrated by the raiders in Fillydelphia.

Paladin Sapphire didn't know and if she did she wouldn't have said anything.

"Don't beat yourself up Paladin," said Purple, "You didn't know. We'll go just me and you they can take over without me."

"Alright. Lead the way." said Paladin Sapphire.

Sunrise Storm told them that she's joining them on there adventure. Purple told her no because she's the Wasteland Guardians second in command and needs to stay here.

Sunrise Storm didn't protest but wished the two luck.

They did the same.

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"It's alright Midnight." said Rocky Road, "Slow down! Stop!"

Midnight Twister kept running but soon fell down a hill.

Rocky Road caught up with him and calmed him down saying that Paladin Sapphire didn't know.

Midnight Twister remembers of being abused, raped, beaten and everything that's considered child abuse during the pre-war and wartime days before the Last day happened.

Midnight Twister then calmed down where he knows it ain't Paladin Sapphire's fault for saying that they should go to Fillydeplhia but when he finally escaped he promised himself of not returning to that hell hole. He also doesn't want to talk about what he went through but he only talked about it once and he isn't going to talk about it again.

"Go. Go with them." said Midnight Twister, "Give them a fight that those Slavers and Raiders will never forget."

Rocky Road then galloped and caught up with Purple and Paladin Sapphire.

It took a couple of hours and the trio found a train that was steam-powered. Paladin Sapphire did her best to fix it because her repair skill is higher than Purple's and Rocky Road's.

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"Are you ok?" asked Midnight Twister, "Since Elmsfield was destroyed."

"Yeah. I'm fine." said Sunrise Storm, "The Enclave under Purple's older brother's control deserve to die. They killed helpless ponies and foals."

"Damn." said Midnight Twister, "That's dark. That's more worst than raiders and slavers. I think. They deserve to die."

The do then went to the Steel Ranger base and scouted it out but waited until it was nighttime.

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Five hours later.

It's nighttime now and Midnight and Sunrise snuck into the Steel Ranger base where they were either sleeping and some of them only a select few was on guard duty but they had a small window to enter.

In the command post, they saw a terminal so Sunrise hacked it.

There were three options to select.

Patrol routes

Personal list

Support

Sunrise Storm chose number 2 and a three-page list popped up and said

Elder-
Encoded Pibble- Mare- Earth Pony- 45.

Star Paladins-
Stars Usable- Mare- Unicorn- 33.
Starry Cheese- Mare- Unicorn-24

Senior Paladins-

Paladins-
High Hooves Cleasned-Stallion-Unicorn-29
Lolipop Enchantment-non-binary/mare-Unicorn-25
Sundancer-Mare-Unicorn-30
Sapphire Heart-Mare-Unicorn-19

Crusaders-
Sleepy Zypher-Stallion-Unicorn-20

Knight Captains-
Funimation Servant-Stallion-Unicorn-29

Knight Sergeants-
Thunderstorming Confusion- Stallion-Pegasus-30
Prammica- Mare-Unicorn-27
Steel Stud- Stallion-Unicorn-22

Knights-
Ming Buckling-Stallion-Earth pony-18
Solar Comet-Mare-Unicorn-21
Straight Storm-Mare-Unicorn-28
Brisk Night-Mare-Unicorn-31
Sunrise Whistle-Mare-Unicorn-38
Ivory Charm-Mare-Earth pony-44
Amber Gem-Mare-Unicorn-41
Chocolate Dawn-Mare-Unicorn-34
Cutie Snow-Mare-Unicorn-36
Sugar Spice-Mare-Unicorn-33
Midnight Harmony-Mare-Unicorn
Snowflake-Mare-Earth pony-17
Violet Sparkle-Mare-Unicorn-29
Violet Moonlight-Mare-Unicorn-29
Onyx Ice-Stallion-Earth Pony-28
Steel Sweeper-Stallion-Earth pony-26
Sky Scraper- Stallion- Pegasus-43
Fancy Colt- Stallion- Earth pony-32
Fancy Shadow- Stallion-Unicorn-23
Arctic Breeze- Stallion-Unicorn-23
Thunderbolt- Stallion-Unicorn-19
Brisk Star- Stallion-Unicorn-20
Astral Thunder- Stallion-Unicorn-28
Crimson Vision-Stallion- Unicorn-23
Thunder Spark- Stallion- Unicorn-34
Shining Whistle-Stallion-Unicorn-35

Head Scribes-
Settlement Pon-Mare-Unicorn-39
Eyebot JEezy-Mare-Unicorn-21

Senior Scribe-
Sue Fulist-Mare-Unicorn-38

Scribes-
Midnight Harmony-Mare-Unicorn-34
Scarlet Harmony-Mare-Unicorn-33
Electric Harmony-Mare-Unicorn-32
RGN Omiverse-Stallion-Unicorn-38
Midnight Moon-Mare- Unicorn- Scribe-22
Midnight Cuddle-Mare-Unicorn-Scribe-21
Midnight Grape-Mare-Unicorn-Scribe-20
Midnight Apple-Mare- Unicorn- Scribe-18
Moonlight Paradise-Mare- Unicorn- Scribe-Missing in Action probably Killed in Action-17

Initiates-

Squires-
Eyebot JEezy Jr- Mare- Unicorn-4

Families
Eyebot JEezy Sr and Jr (Mother and daughter). Eyebot Jr looks up to her mother as a hero for being a scribe and wants to follow in her hoof steps. Eyebot Sr’s husband died a month after their daughter was conceived. Her husband, Crusader Sleepy Zephyr was killed by Red Eye and his forces.

Settlement Pon and RGN Omniverse have seven daughters well five.
1. Midnight Moon-Mare- Unicorn- Scribe-22
2. Midnight Cuddle-Mare-Unicorn-Scribe-21
3. Midnight Grape-Mare-Unicorn-Scribe-20
4. Sapphire Heart- Mare- Unicorn- Paladin (disowned)-19
5. Midnight Apple-Mare- Unicorn- Scribe-18
6. Moonlight Paradise-Mare- Unicorn- Scribe-Missing in Action probably Killed in Action-17
7. Peachy Paradise-Foal/female-Unicorn
Artic Breeze and Winter Gust are gay.

Sunrise Storm found a hototape and injected it into the terminal and downloaded the personal roster but noted Sapphire Heart's name in it.

Sunrise then selected "Support" and saw that there's Filidelphia and Manehattan Contingent where they're from the Manehattan one and had a few from Filidelphia with them.

That was also downloaded onto the holotape.

They got out of there before they were spotted.

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In the town of Crimson.

"Hey um Midnight? You got a second?" asked Sunrise, "I need to talk to you for a minute."

Midnight asked what's on her mind and she told him that she has a crush on Purple but she don't know how to tell him. Sunrise continued that she's been alive for the past 219 years and she thought about settling down and wouldn't mind doing it with Purple.

"Sleep with him, fuck him," said Midnight Twister, "Give him a blowjob while he sleeps or privately plans out what we do next. Have him get you pregnant if he can after his sperm was stolen to artificially inseminated 105 Grand Pegasus Enclave Mares well 104 without Lieutenant Honey Cake. And was forced to breed with another 105 Grand Pegasus Enclave mares. Well, I did overhear Lieutenant Honey Cake say that Purple is a Brilliant Strategist, Cautious, Organizer, Skilled Staffer, Thorough Planner, and Bold. She did say that the Grand Pegasus Enclave can use more officers like that but he did go with her voluntarily and I guess he was either forced or chosen the mares he wanted to impregnate."

"Maybe I might when they get back." said Sunrise, "Maybe I'll ask him out."

Chapter 46: Battle for Stable 190

Outside of Stable 190.

I hope I'm not too late, Purple thought to himself, Hope the Onyx Rangers aren't here yet.

He saw that Stable 190's door opened so he ran in just with the IF-37 shotgun he has and went in and he saw some dead bodies of Stable 190's Security. He carefully went into the atrium and hid behind a flipped-over table.

"Where is Purple?" asked an Onyx Ranger, "You give him up and we'll let the rest of you live."

"He isn't here." said a Stable Dweller earth pony stallion, "He gave up his Pipbuck because we exiled him."

"Wrong answer." said the Onyx Ranger leader, "Gladiator kill this one."

The Onyx Ranger named Gladiator placed the Earth pony stallion against the wall and roasted him with a flamethrower.

"Oh, I do love a roasted pony for dinner," said Gladiator, "How about another barbecue?"

Purple fired his shotgun getting the attention of the Onyx Rangers and they chased him. He trapped himself in the power generating room and they didn't notice that he was aiming his shotgun at the power generator.

They didn't notice it at first until Purple told them and if a power generator gets damaged the Spark generator it'll start shooting sparks and explode if badly damaged. It'll destroy the Stable with everypony going to die.

They were going to call Purple's bluff but can't because he would shoot the generator which the Stable Dwellers can escape. But Purple and the Onyx rangers would be sealed in the room until either a Technician came and fixed it or it blows up and destroys the whole Stable.

"I'm going to tell you this once." said Purple, "Get the fuck out of my Stable, leave my fellow dwellers alone, and if you hurt another one of my Stable Dwellers or a Wastelander. I. Will. Personally. Hunt. You. Down. And. Kill. All. Of. You! Don't think I won't."

Purple even pulled out an EMP and a Stun grenade and told them they can leave now or well the "little goodie Stable Dweller who has a bounty on his head". He won't be a "little goodie Stable Dweller" won't be one.

Hope that did work, Purple thought, I had to create more enemies than allies the Enclave, the Steel Rangers, Raiders, Slavers, everypony is my enemy besides Lt Honey Cake she and her team is my only ally. The world may need more love than enemies and if have to I'll bring Equestria somewhat to its pre-war glory or die trying. What's with me? Why do I enjoy risking my own life to protect strangers?

In the Atrium again Purple helped his captured Stable Dweller to be free. A lot of them were grateful for Purple for helping them and some weren't friendly and were extremely rude. Being the Overmare's son didn't win him any favors either.

"You grouchy ones. You're welcome," said Purple,

Mean Stable Dweller mare, "We've would've been better off without you."

Mean Stable Dweller stallion, "We've would've been better off if you weren't born."

"Gratitude. Look it up," replied Purple. Damn cocksuckers." Purple then mumbled

"Give him some slack," said Ms. Prelate, "Remember Mrs. Rose when your colt broke his leg and who was there in the med bay to patch up your son? Or you Mr. Swiss Cheese when you somehow got a Sparkle-Cola bottle stuck in your throat who got it out?"

"He did," mumbled Mrs. Rose and Mr. Swiss Cheese.

"I can't hear you in the balcony," said Ms. Prelate, "Speak up"

"He did," said Mrs. Rose and Mr. Swiss Cheese a little bit louder.

"Don't worry about them," said Ms. Prelate, "Mrs. Rose has been cheating on her husband for a long time now. She has been a bitch for a while."

Purple then decided to go and visit his mother who was excited for him to save them.

"I'm glad you saved us son." said Harp, "If it was Base he wouldn't help. I don't know what they want with you."

"Somepony put a bounty out on my head." said Purple, "They were tracking me via my Pipbuck before you exiled me and made me hoof it back over."

"But we rebooted it the moment I gave it to the Pipbuck Tech." said Harp, "You mean these Pipbuck 3000's can be tracked?"

Purple nodded his head in agreement.

"Damn you Stable-Tec!" said a pissed-off Harp, "Why did they make another version of the Pipbuck?! Alright, I'm calming down stress ain't good for the foal. Oh, Purple can I see your journal you have? I want to see what you wrote down about the wasteland."

Purple used his hoof where he reached into his saddlebag and he found his 9mm semi-automatic Police Pistol which he lost almost two months ago and it was in his Saddlebag the entire time.

"Let's see here," said Harp opening up the journal.

"Day 1. Okay, this is kind of... depressing and heartbreaking. If I die out here well I want to say I love my momma. Nothin wrong for a nineteen-year-old saying he loves his momma."

Day 3. Ran into some creatures called "Hellhounds". Glad I could flap my wings and shoot them with my trusty walnut-made 7.62mm Battle rifle. I need a traveling partner perhaps a mare doesn't care if she's an Earth Pony, Unicorn, Pegasus, Alicorn, Bat, or a Crystal pony maybe her and I get married one day and have some foals. Also, helped a town called Big Town with their Alicorn problem. Alicorns out here aren't friendly besides me and Sunrise. Well, I went to an I.M.P. facility and freed some of their captives before they could become an alicorn."

"Day 4. I befriended a dark blue alicorn mare named "Sunrise Storm" and she's friendly and she scared a group of raiders from some mare and for it, she gave us a 20% discount for her store back in Elmsfield. Found some tracks but wrote them off that they weren't a pony. I wonder what life was like back in the pre-war days, Stallions probably cheated on their wives like it was about to go out of style."

"Day 5. Me and Sunrise made a campfire and slept but she was kind enough to make me breakfast. Tasted terrible but I still thanked her for it because I'm not an ungrateful A**hole. Saved a unicorn mare and a unicorn stallion who are a brother-sister duo who have been hunting raiders and slavers. The mare's name is Rocky Road. Don't know who names a mare after a flavor of ice cream and her brother Midnight Twister. Okay, I'll admit it. I'm terrified out here. We went to a strip mall or what was a strip mall and killed the Slavers and freed the slaves. What is a strip mall? Something pornographic? If so leave me out."

"Day 7. Haven't written in a while. But we explored Stable 190B. The same as Stable 190 but it was made for incompetent officers, not for brave officers. Ran into a group called "The Grand Pegasus Enclave" to be honest I thought I was going to piss myself. We passed a prewar baseball diamond. Sad that colts and fillies don't play baseball anymore. Also, passed some pre-war helicopters didn't loot them because they had skeletons of the pre-war crews. Poor ponies. I think those Helicopters were the predecessor to the Enclave's Vertibuck's. We passed a rusty old playground almost cried when I saw small skeletons of what was once colts and fillies. Very depressing. We passed an old fire station. Even they couldn't stop the world from burning."

"Day 10. I can't believe it. That B***h raided Stable 190 and well I can't say goodbye to my friends. My friends Lucky "Luck" a gay earth pony stallion, Pumpkin Rose Pie, Soaring Jet Stream, Diamond Shining Astute, and Trick Light. Could've told her to kill Base and let the others live. Well, I volunteered to surrender over to the Grand Pegasus Enclave to save my family. Sunrise, Rocky, and Midnight saved me."

"Day 11. Still couldn't write. I wonder how ponies out here can have foals if they know that Slavers would take their foals and send them to Fillydelphia. Poor ponies. I heard a Raider talking to a Slaver saying that it's fun to kill the parents and make the foals fight to the death where who wins get sold and who loses gets killed and fed to the other foals. I mean Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Came to an old Cart tunnel we went around it, not through it."

"Day 18. Mercenaries are A**holes. Some merc offered me three-hundred caps for Rocky, Crimson, and Harmony. I told him no and he came back later and offered me three-hundred caps each or nine-hundred caps for all three of them. I politely refused but he and his merc group had old .32 pistols and police batons. We easily killed them and continued. I think that Sunrise Storm has a crush on me because she's been always been close to me since we met. Sunrise told me about the days of the pre-war and war days turns. Says she was in the Equestrian Navy on the H.M.S Canterlot a Canterlot Class-Battleship which was new. Sought shelter in a large apartment building which was devastated though. I think I'll keep my entries either bi-weekly or semi-monthly unless if something happens that's important."

"Day 19. We created the group called "Wasteland Guardians". We allow anypony to join our ranks and we'll give those Raiders and Slavers a run for their money. We'll show them that we're getting tired of them enslaving ponies, raiding them, and killing innocents for no reason. I say were no match to go against the Grand Pegasus Enclave."

Harp then noticed Purple's numbers in his journal which says

Raiders: 1486
Slavers: 700
Alicorns: 34
Grand Pegasus Enclave: 96
Grand Pony Encalve: 112

"Note: I don't know why my dumbass brother and his forces he calls the "Grand Pony Enclave" it's almost the same as the "Grand Pegasus Enclave" I feel that it's confusing and I've almost killed Lieutenant Honey Cake's forces because they're armor color is the same and their armor is the same. I mean it's the same. I mean they're both black with metal coverings to protect their wings and a vicious blade on the tail that looks like a scorpion's stinger. I've heard Lt Honey Cake mention a Col. Autumn Leaf. I don't think he's a nice pony. Maybe he and Base can be friends."

Harp then closed the journal and gave it back to Purple then walked over to her terminal and started to look at it and found a single coming from another hidden part of the Stable and asked Purple to go check it out even gave his Pipbuck 3000 back.

"Thanks, mom," said Purple.

Purple didn't waste any time putting it back on but he noticed that he had a mission on it and it says "Locate random message leaking out into the wasteland from a hidden area in the Stable" so Purple went to the map and followed it.

Open Sesame, Purple said to himself, What I'm I four years old?

Purple then hit the wall and it opened.

"So that's new," said Purple before drawing his gun, "A secret broadcasting area. What did Stable-Tec build without us knowing? What did this "Scootaloo" mare from Stable-Tec and the military build?"

Purple encountered some of his Stable dwellers on some wartime broadcasting equipment and wondered what they were up to until he heard Mrs. Rose talk into a microphone talking.

"Any group of mercenaries out there," said Mrs. Rose, "This is Stable 190 we have a pony in our Stable with a bounty on his head. out their put that bounty on his head and we have him if you want to come and get him."

She has always been a bitch, Purple said to himself, Even when momma made us go to The Church of Princess Luna so we can worship Princess Luna who's in another dimension. I didn't believe in it and still don't. Doesn't help that Mrs. Rose made us go to the other Stable Dwellers who didn't join us and tried to convince them to join us. Me, Blue, and Base were lucky not to be missionaries to go out into the wasteland and help others. It came full circle for me because out in the Wasteland I help others but at least I'm not a pacifist.

"Um." said a Unicorn Stable dweller, "Going to go check it out."

"Probably just your imagination," said Swiss Cheese, "Just nothing."

Harp then decided to find the secret broadcasting area and walked right up to Mrs. Rose and demanded what she was doing. There was a lot of clicking sounds and she slightly turned her head to see eight different unicorns holding 7.62x39mm Assault Rifles in their magic pointed at her.

"So much fahwar preachin' peace an luv," said Purple, "Every Sunday tuh 10 yawl preached non-violence, always peace an harmony then the way sin' kumbaya and go out and help others peacefully that way shouldn't even do violence evun if was threaten. Ah, see ya holdin' mah ma hostage with a knife to her throat and pointin' guns at her."

"Purple's finally speaking like an actual southern pony," said Harp, "Not faking it with a regular round mid-Atlantic accent."

"Now Ah suggest ya'll drop chur weapons an we can end thus peacefully." said Purple, "Or ya keep pointin' them guns at mah ma drop all uh yawl."

"Will you stop speaking like that!" demanded Mrs. Rose, "It's impossible to understand you! Talk like that again I'll come over there and remove your tongue and shove it down your throat!"

Purple replied in his Southern accent, "I'd luv tuh see yawl try!"

"LUNA FUCKING DAMN IT!" exclaimed Mrs. Rose, "It's "I'd love to see you try" speak normally damn it! I'm coming over there to cut your fucking tongue out and going to shove it up your ass!!"

As Mrs. Rose and two unicorns came down Purple quickly entered S.A.T.S even though he calls it S.T.A.T.S even though he's wrong but he chose the heads of the two accompanying unicorns and performed headshots on them.

"Surrender Mrs. Rose. It's only yawl," said Purple in his accent, "Mr. Flare, Mr. Swiss Cheese, Mr. Mozzarella, Ms. Chedder, Ms. Colby Jack, Mr. Colby-jack, Ms. Pepperjack, Ms. Morel, Mrs. Harmer, Ms. Nosferatu, Ms. Lestat, Mr. Lecter, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Pepper, Mr. Lamia, Mr. Warder. Don't know what most uh ya ponies are named after cheeses but surrender!"

"Open wide Purple," said Mrs. Rose, "Prepare to kiss your tongue goodbye."

There was a gun blast where Purple looked behind him to see that it was Cerulean Blue Sapphire holding an IF-9 Combat Shotgun and she said, "Get your damn hooves off of my husband you bitch!"

Ok, that's new from her, Purple thought to himself, But I've read while working in the med bay that mares have hormones while pregnant which change them.

"You ok Purple?" asked Azure Blue Sapphire, "Mrs. Rose didn't hurt you did you?"

Purple replied, "Yeah Ahm fahn. Thanks, fahwar thuh support, Bulloo Sapphire. Wayul this is chur jurisdiction uh arrestin' bayud ponies."

"What the fuck are you saying!" exclaimed Mrs. Rose

Azure Blue Sapphire replied, "Yeah I'm fine. Thanks for the support, Blue Sapphire, Well this is your jurisdiction of arresting bad ponies. That's what he said."

"May Princess Lunda fucking rape me with her fucking horn when I get to the next dimension!" said Mrs. Rose, "Luna fucking damn it!"

"Mrs. Rose?" said Purple, "Why a religion of a pre-war princess?"

"Go fuck yourself!" said Mrs. Rose, "Seriously go fuck yourself!"

Azure Blue Sapphire went to go get her fellow Stable officers arrested them and placed them in the holding cell in the Stable Security room. Mrs. Rose was in the hospital but hoofcuffed and with a magic suppression ring on her horn.

Unknown to them that the mercenaries came to the Stable and somepony in Mrs. Rose's group gave the coordinates to Stable 190 and the passcode to the door. The door opened not adding that they were shooting up the Stable.

***
In the armory.

The Unicorns got their IF-9 Combat Shotguns, 10mm Pistols, IF-22s, IF-37 Patrol Shotguns, IF-38 police revolvers, IF-44s 10mm Submachine Guns, IF-100 "Thunderhoof" Anti-Material Rifles, 5.56mm Assault Rifles, 5.56mm Carbine Automatic Rifle- 30. 5.56mm Carbine, 7.62mm Battle Rifles, Assault Carbines, 9mm Pistols, .45 Auto Pistols, .45 Auto Submachine Guns, 9mm Submachine Guns, .30-06 semi-automatic rifles, and,30-06 bolt-action rifles. The Pegasi, Bat ponies, and Earth ponies got the battle saddles armed with rifles and IF-9 Shotguns.

"Back then soldiers sometimes made their own guns," said Overmare Harp, "Or commissioned companies to make new weapons. Well, different parts of Equestria had different weapons so finding more militarized ones we'll probably find out there than other places in the Wasteland. Well back then thousands if not millions of Ponies marched West to fight the Zebras."

Overmare then looked around in her office and saw that her son was missing and found that a message was leaking outback from the same location where the mystery broadcast was coming from so she galloped. Overmare Harp saw Purple on it before he finally took his pistol and fired at the old broadcasting equipment.

"Purple?" said Overmare Harp, "What were you doing? It better be no more bad ponies you called here!"

"Nope," said Purple, "Called fahwar reinforcements. Allies, not enemies."

Purple didn't stay there longer and went to go join the fight with his Stable dwellers. But the Mercs were well-armed and some were well-armored where the Stable Dwellers have their jumpsuits which don't protect them well against bullets.

The mercs didn't even try to negotiate with the Stable dwellers; they just opened fire on them. But they just held their ground but were confused when they heard gunshots, and the sound of a Novasurge rifle, and they almost shot Purple's allies but they didn't.

"Purple," said Rocky Road, "We got your message and we were able to scavenge up some Wasteland Guardians. Makes us wish that Twyla, Opel, Harmony, and they survived. Not died "

Purple just nodded his head to his right or their left.

"Oh," said Rocky, "We'll get right on it."

They left and chased after the other mercenaries.

"Got him," said Rocky Road.

Critical Shot replied, "Like hell you did."

Rainy Night replied, "Nope I did neither of you killed him."

Purple walked over to a deceased Mercenary and found an old sheet of paper that says
"Colts and Fillies, we've got ourselves another holier-than-thou white knight needs putting down. Here are the details:

Name: Lavender "Purple Artist" Astrology
Race: Moderate Purple Alicorn
Sex: Male

The bounty is 1500 caps this time around. And, for a change of pace, they want the head or whole body this time.

Target is considered armed and extremely dangerous.
Capture is recommended -- Bounty will be paid upon proof of death (head) or capture.

Good hunting! Let's put this angel in the ground and be done with it.

Payment: 1500 caps upfront, 10000 caps alive, 5000 caps dead."

Purple then found a piece of stamped metal tag that says "Mercenary Magical Haze. Judgment Hour."

"Anypony heard un Judgement AIr?" asked Purple, "Wayul looks lahk wuz gunna Chicoltgo."

They had no idea what he said.

Overmare Harp said, "Anypony heard of Judgement Hour? Well looks like we're going to Chicoltgo."

"Sorry fahwar thuh mess mom." said Purple, "Thay waz brought here by Mrs. Rose an it's thur fault."

"What did he say?" asked Midnight Twister.

Overmare Harp replied, "Sorry for the mess mom. They were brought here by Mrs. Rose and it's their fault. Alright, all of you are going to need a translator. Blue you're going with them!"

"What! Are you kidding!" protested Blue, "I'm not going out there! I don't care if Purple and them die! I'm not risking my own life, my unborn foal's life, and my husband's life over a virgin loser!"

Overmare Harp replied, "I wasn't asking. You're going!"

Purple replied, "An ain't un virgin loser sis. Unlike yawl Ah at fursed waz in un coma an unknown tuh may thet Lahutenant Honey Cake mare stole mah sperm an artificially inseminated wun hunnerd an fower mares. Shay then ordered another wun hunnerd an fav mares tuh hav whoopee with may an thay got pregnant by it. So Ahm naw uh virgin."

"What did he say?" asked both Rocky and Midnight

Overmare Harp translated, "I ain't a virgin loser sis. Unlike you, I at first was in a coma and unknown to me that Lieutenant Honey Cake mare stole my sperm and artificially inseminated one hundred and four mares. She then ordered another one hundred and five mares to have whoopee with me and they got pregnant by it. So I'm not a virgin."

"Let's go pals." said Purple, "Let's go tuh Chicoltgo an fite these mercenaries. Way don't need naw more help gist us can do it."

"We need a translator pony." said Midnight.

"Do you mind translating ma'am?" asked Rocky.

Overmare Harp said, "Let's go pals. Let's go to Chicago and fight these mercenaries. We don't need any more help just us can do it. I highly insist that somepony goes with you and translate."

"I'll go." said somepony, "I'll act as a translator."

Soon a Crystal Pony earth pony mare walked forward.

"Alright," said Purple, "Alright this is enough thut rest uh yawl stay hare. Don't faller may or mah friends into thuh wasteland. Thuh horros in thuh wasteland will scare all uh yawl half tuh death."

"He said," said the Crystal Pony mare, "Alright. Alright, this is enough the rest of you stay here. Don't follow me or my friends into the Wasteland. The horrors in the wasteland will scare all of you half to death."

Author's Note

his pistol is based on the H&K P8
When Purple says "Mr. Flaire" he means "Mr. Flower"

Chapter 62: A trick up his sleeve

Chapter 62: A trick up his sleeve

While home there was a knock on the door.

"Um, Purple?" asked Paladin Sapphire Heart, "What are you doing? Why haven't we attacked your brother or the Steel Rangers since when we were captured last night?"

Purple Artist said, "Waiting for another guest."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Can you explain?"

Purple said, "We're going. From bait or prey to predator..."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Less dramatic like,"

Purple said, "My brother knows we're a smaller force and thinks he can bring in all the supplies of resources of the wasteland under his rude hoof. So instead of acting as bait or pray we act as predators. No more running, no more hiding. We're going to take the fight to my brother and the Steel Rangers."

There was a knock on the door and Purpled answered it. Purple was shocked that the Grand Pegasus Enclave or what remains of it well one of the higher-ups stuck his hoof out to Purple and wanted to bury the hatchet between them.

"How can we help you sir?" said a Grand Pegasus Enclave General, "With Colonel Autumn Leaf dead and about 54% of our military deserted to your pompous ass brother of yours. And thirty percent dead due to the failure of Operation: Cauterize. Most of our leadership packed up and left."

***

Two days later.

Even though a majority of the Grand Pegasus Enclave is gone they decided to make an alliance with the Wasteland Guardians. Even though Lt Honey Cake and her command are a part of the GPE but they're another Combat Command Attack and Lieutenant Honey Cake is only taking orders from Purple thinking playing kiss ass is a good way to jump in bed with him.

***

Still in Purple's house

"I believe a congratulation is in order," said Paladin Sapphire, "Wish we had a bottle of champaign."

Purple said, "Don't count your chickens just yet."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "What do you mean?"

Purple replied, "Don't make plans or something before they happen. Do you think we'll win just with superior firepower? The wasteland will adjust to that. I bet that RedEye is probably on his way out here if he isn't dead and he'll enslave us all. Fortunately, I always keep a few tricks up my sleeve. And I got a trick up my sleeve."

Purple then moved a black bishop taking Paladin Sapphire's white knight.

"What are these pieces?" asked Paladin Sapphire

Purple replied, "There are eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen, and one king. It's Chess. The objective of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king which it's under immediate attack and no way for it to escape. My niece Cherry Lollipop since she was four she could beat anypony. Even I'm a good chess player and my logic is high. She has beaten me while she was blindfolded. She has beaten everypony while blindfolded even her own parents or my Aunt Pointy Spear and Uncle Cotton Wind."

A Wasteland Guardian scout came in without knocking.

"Purple," said the Scout, "We've spotted your brother via binoculars going into a building. There were some others with him to defend him and look like it was "The Conflageration" raider gang."

"Don't want to be a Grammer Nazi but it's "The Conflagration" gang. But thank you for that." said Purple

The scout then left to go and do his job of just walking around the wasteland.

"Guess my hunch paid off," Purple said, "Guess my brother feels threatened that a majority of the GPE didn't flock to him. But we'll have a tough time telling who from who. After all, a majority of my brother's faction their power armor is the same color as the GPE with a few actually making it easier to tell them apart. Let's take a trip."

Paladin Sapphire soon followed Purple after moving a white rook then galloped outside.

"Rocky, Starry, Critical, Twyla, Opel," said Purple, "Let's go Guardians."

Paladin Sapphire went into her house and got her suit of power armor on and galloped to catch up with them.

"Where are we going?" asked Rocky

Paladin Sapphire replied, "Going to stop another unholy alliance with Purple's brother."

Rocky replied, "So? How's that our problem?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "If you want to lose and be bearing nothing but a ton of foals from Purple's brother. Then you can surrender over to Base right now."

Rainy Night scared the hell out of them as she soared out of nowhere and landed alongside Paladin Sapphire.

Purple's peaceful and loving humming kept them entertained. Rainy Night, Paladin Sapphire, and Starry asked Purple to whistle.

"I'm sorry I would love to," said Purple, "But I can't whistle every time I "whistled" I just played a recording on my Pipbuck 3000. From either my father or grandma Brisk whistling. I tried whistling but without a whistle, I can't whistle."

Along the way, they passed some Grand Pegasus Enclave patrols.

***

Near a motel.

They just kept their pace normally and there was a gunshot and all of them ran for cover.

"I don't think they're raiders," said Rainy Night, "They're way too organized."

"Mercenaries?" Purple said

Rocky replied, "Who's going to put a bounty out on your or our heads?"

"Take a guess," Purple said

Rocky said, "The Steel Rangers? The GPE?"

Purple replied, "The GPE. The Grand Pony Enclave that's led by my sexist, patriarchal, and Misogynistic brother. If you want to surrender to him. He'll make sure you are in bed with him and be prepared to be bred like no tomorrow. Not adding he would have you make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for him at a specific time. But hey if you want that you have a long walk ahead of you if you think that'll be a better future. But I'm not going to stop you."

Rainy replied confused, "Grand Pony Enclave? Don't you mean Grand Pegasus Enclave?"

Purple replied friendly and kindly, "No. Honey Cake. She recruited my brother into the GPE due to he's a Pegasus. But she didn't figure it out until it was too late when he tried to blackmail her into staying silent due to Honey Cake stealing my sperm to get herself and one hundred and four other mares under her command pregnant to regrow the GPE. That's because she knew that Operation: Cauterize would've killed a lot of GPE soldiers. But for a while, she kept silent about it until she finally told him that she didn't care because she says what she did was a good thing even if the council doesn't see it that way.

"When my brother deserted and about eighteen percent of the GPE left and joined my brother and they deserted the GPE forces and well a lot of them haven't modified their power armor with different colors so it's hard to tell if not straight-up impossible to tell who's who in the heat of combat."

Starry replied, "Your brother sounds like a bastard,"

"Yeah he is. Me? He'll shoot me on sight. He hated me since I was born. He isn't confined in a Stable. He sees the wasteland as a huge playground for him to play in and wants to shape the world. He'll play ponies and others for his advantage. Felt like every night back in the Stable he would bring another mare back to his room to "sleep" and actually sleep with her. He'll use anypony to gain the upper hoof. Even you. I am only on the other hoof. I will not use you and I don't use anypony for an advantage. It's wrong and immortal to use others for your own gain."

Rocky replied, "It's the wasteland. It happens all the time. Mostly slavers though. They have an advantage of slaves to do the hard work."

Purple didn't reply but equipped his 7.62mm Battle RIfle and rolled over onto his stomach.

"That's one down," said Critical, "And that's another one down. And that's fucker is down."

Critical was doing more of the fighting while they had that conversation.

"Well they're not Raiders," said Rocky, "They're well too organized, well-armed, and well dressed. Raiders are more sadistic."

"We got our noses in Hell now!" said loudly by Rainy Night

Critical replied truthfully, "No shit!"

As the bullets and Novasurge rounds went flying back and forth the Mercenaries were killed.

"Probably those same Mercenaries sent from Chicoltgo to kill us," said Purple

Rainy Night replied, "No. These bastards are more ruthless. They're called "Shooters." Their best marksmen and marksmares can take your head off from three and a quarter miles away in the most extreme weather that'll make it impossible or damn near impossible conditions. They got a company within them called "Power Armor killers". They make a combination of AP, FMJ, EXP, and INC rounds, and anypony in power armor can kiss their ass goodbye."

Rocky replied, "AP? FMJ? EXP? INC?"

Purple said, "AP stands for Armor Piercing, FMJ stands for Full Metal Jacket, EXP for Explosive, and INC for Incninderary."

Rocky replied, "Mr. Know it all,"

Purple went over to one and looted one for ammo which he then gave to Critical and found a letter.

"Colts and Fillies, we've got ourselves another white knight out there that needs putting down. Here are the details.

Name: Lavender Purple Painting Silver Canvas Serenity Artist Astrology "Purple Artist"

Race: Crossbred Alicorn

Sex: Male

The bounty is 8300 caps this time around, And for a change of pace, he wants the whole body alive this time.

Good hunting!"

"Here we go again," said Purple, "Just like Chicoltgo all over again,"

Rainy Night replied, "What happened in Chicoltgo?"

Paladin Sapphire caught Rainy Night what happened in Chicoltgo and went after a Mercenary group called "Judgement Hour" and they never found out who placed the bounty on Purple's head. But they all suspect that it's Base for Purple's friends/companions to be killed and Purple to be captured so Base can kill him himself.

Rainy replied, "Your brother sounds like a real "charmer". I don't see how you two are related."

Purple replied, "Yeah. The only part that we're related that is DNA, parents, and eye color somewhat. I have medium blue eyes he has Ultramarine eyes. I'm more friendly and my brother is more inclined to stab you in the back when you "outlived your usefulness" to him. Unless if you're a mare then you haven't and won't outlive your "usefulness" to him."

Rainy Night asked what he means by a mare's "usefulness"?

Purple replied, "It doesn't take rocket science to know where foals come from. But when a mare and a stallion love each other very much they have sex and soon part of the stallion and a part of the mare create a foal. But they have to wait eleven months until the foal or foals arrives."

None of them wanted to know that or what Purple means and they don't want to. But they carried on after looting the mercenaries for the bottlecaps they had, purified water, and some food they had.

They kept walking. But Critical Shot kept his temper under control and didn't go into a pure rage to kill any Raiders, Slavers, or Foals of Radiation but they mostly encountered Raiders though.

"What are we doing out here?" asked Critical, "Is it because Midnight went missing?"

Paladin Sapphire replied, "He didn't go missing. He left and joined Purple's brother and he's a high-ranking officer in the Grand Pony Enclave!"

Rocky replied, "He didn't betray us! He just left to go clear his mind. Got Mr. Explosive breeder, loves mares with gemstones names, & likes feisty mares over here, Ms. Living moving gasbag, Mr. Deadly sniper who keeps to himself because he couldn't protect his girlfriend, got Ms. give me five minutes and I can hack into anything."

All but Purple, and Rainy took offense to that what Rocky Road said about them.

"Thanks for summing me up in eleven words or less," said Purple, "Also, the only reason those mares in the GPE. The Grand Pegasus Enclave, not the Grand Pony Enclave. I know confusing. But first I was in a coma and the second half. Well, their power armor scares the living hell out of me. I just did it to be helpful not to one-up my brother. I don't care that was just helping out and I can say no. But it's a part of my nature to help others. I got that from my Grandma, Mother, and Father which is something that didn't rub off onto Base and Blue. It surely rubbed off on me."

Rocky replied, "In other terms, you're trying to one-up your brother,"

Purple said, "No. I'm not trying to one-up him. If he wants to think he's better than everypony else. Then let him think that way. I don't think that way he does,"

Rocky replied, "In another term, you think your better than he is."

Purple said, "What's the part that I don't. That you don't you understand?"

Rocky replied, "I can hear it in you. That you think you are better than your brother. Maybe that's the reason behind your feud with him and you think you are better than he is and he's trying to put himself back on top as the older sibling."

Purple replied, "Everything you just said was nonsense. He hated me since the day I was born! He hates me due to my Intelligence quotient being one hundred and fifteen his is eighty-seven. If he stayed out of the bedroom with different mares then he would be more intelligent than what he is now."

Rocky replied, "At least he hasn't gotten two hundred and thirteen or two hundred and fourteen mares pregnant."

Purple replied, "Nope. While all of you slept I snuck back there and well in his sleep he says "I'm going to outnumber my femboy sissy brother by having three or four times more foals than him. I'm better than him in every other way and the world needs more ponies like me or come from me than my brother."

"But he'll kill me and Critical without hesitation but you Rocky, you Paladin Sapphire, you Rainy. He won't hesitate to impregnate all of you. Go to Stable 190 and say that "Base Icy Flyer is a good pony". You'll throw a damn riot on how many mares he used or "slept" with to get ahead in life for his own advantage not caring what happened to them. Base even promised them a better life with him even when the mares he used told others but they didn't listen. Heck some of them he impregnated and didn't care."

Rocky asked for proof so it doesn't sound like something Purple pulled out of his ass. Purple pressed a couple of things on his Pipbuck 3000.

"I'm going to outnumber my femboy sissy brother," said Base in his sleep, "He may have gotten two hundred and ten mares pregnant and I'm going to triple that number for me instead of two hundred and ten it's going to be six hundred and thirty if not more from me. The world needs more ponies like me."

Purple then ended the recorded message from last night where he secretly went back and tried to find concrete evidence of finding Midnight Twister's betrayal.

***

A couple of hours later they were almost under Fort Base Icy Flyer and went in the same way as Purple and Paladin Sapphire escaped.

"Hold up," said Purple, "Do you hear that?"

They heard some voices up ahead.

"This is Butcher 1-5," said somepony, "Tunnels are clear again. But we're doing our search for anypony."

Somepony replied, "We don't want Purple to find his way back in here. Operation: Electrodiathermy will go as planned. That femboy sissy won't stop me nor any of us,"

"Yup that's Base alright," Purple whispered, "Alright we're getting close. If you have to kill somepony just strangle them and break their necks we don't need to telegraph our presence to them because this would turn into a terrible storm real quick."

They then saw some lights coming so they hid easily within the tunnels and they waited in the dark and the ponies in black military clothing, combat helmets, goggles, and balaclava masks. They were Earth ponies, Pegasi, Unicorns, and Zebras and they were not engaged.

They snuck by them and knows they got some time before they returned and Purple soon cracked opened the cellar door and saw both Base and Midnight having brunch and acting as if they were long-lost friends just re-meeting for the first time in a long time.

Purple then singled Rocky for a look and she saw that her brother did betray them and joking about it as if it were nothing. Rocky Road was heartbroken.

They all heard Base say, "I got a trick up my sleeve to end the war with my baby brother's head on a pike,"

Purple then carefully closed the cellar door so they won't alert Base, Midnight or anypony else saw and they got out of there before any of them were discovered.

***

Back at the town of Crimson.

Purple was looking at a map but had Rainy Night to contact the Grand Pegasus Enclave remnants and to set up their base on the other side of the mountain range and to safeguard them from the left as Honey Cake and her forces are to the right and safeguarding them from the horrors of the wasteland.

"Um Purple?" said Rainy Night, "Don't you think your brother or somepony might be listening to us?"

Purple replied, "Nope. But I know a place where we could listen to them. It's a place called Stable One-Ninety and the old military equipment that I shot up was used to monitor Zebra's communications so we can have an order of attack or defense and it would give us an upperhoof in combat. But I bet Base has the same thing in his twisted crooked mind."

Rainy replied, "Interesting. But let's go back and see what we can fix and use it."

Purple and Rainy then left and went on their way to Stable 190 even though Purple has a mixed feeling with the population of Stable 190.

***

In Stable 190

Purple almost got hit by a mare Earth pony for what he did but Rainy Night stepped in.

"If you hit him I will kill you," said Rainy Night, "But I never killed a Stable Dweller before. But there's a first time for everything and do you want to be the first Stable Dweller that I kill? My power armor tail has a scorpion pincher and your Stable jumpsuit won't protect you."

The earth pony mare walked away huffing and puffing.

"Stay here," said Purple, "Got some ponies to say Hi to,"

***

In the Stable's security room.

Blue Sapphire was on a terminal typing an arrest report for two ponies fighting in the lounge and broke the Pinball machine.

Purple knocked on the wall getting her attention and the two hugged and caught up on lost time.

"I'll take you to go see your mother," said Blue Sapphire

Purple replied, "Alrighty then. Can't believe it's been three months."

Blue Sapphire said, "Yeah. Long hard ninety days,"

They arrived to the Overpony's Office and Purple went inside of the Overpony's office to see his mother there listening to music by Sweetie Belle from the Pre-war days.

"Oh, Hi Purple," said Overmare Harp, "Can I help you?"

Purple replied, "I just stop by to say Hi. Also remember that old secret broadcast room that I shot up the old military monitoring stuff?"

Overmare Harp replied, "Yeah? Why?"

Purple couldn't really explain it well and told her that he would like to use to monitor Base's radio transmissions unless you want the world to be ran under his hoof and she know how he treats mares.

Overmare Harp said, "Purple I'm going to be honest to you. If I could go back in time after finding out Base's real personality over his fake one. If I could go back in time I would convince me to get an abortion. But young me was excited to a mother for the first time."

Purple replied, "Mom? How old were you when Base and Blue were born?"

Overmare Harp replied honestly, "I was Thirteen when it happened me and your father were thirteen. Well we loved each other very much and my mother made us get married and well we learned where Foals come from ourselves. We were Seventeen when Blue was born and twenty-one when you were born."

The mother and son duo then went to where the old military radio monitoring stuff is at but before they did, Purple got Rainy Night and it took her a full day to fix it.

"Well Purple," said Harp, "You always have an trick up your sleeve,"

Chapter 81: Assault for Fort Base

"Alright we have Raiders, Slavers, and Evil GPE Soldiers & Officers," said Purple. "We take out Arsen and bring him out of the war. Then we can focus on those psychopaths and all that of whatever you call them. We're going to be outgunned and outmatched. We can do it."

The remaining of the Wasteland Guardians weren't up to a monumental task; there were only seventy remaining not adding Sentinel Glace and his team. They had essential clothing and primary home defense weapons against ponies in body armor and power armor.

One Wasteland Guardian Pegasus told Purple that even with help they're outnumbered by a ratio of two to one.

Purple knew that but he also knew that one final breeze and they'll blow away into the wasteland. A Wasteland Guardian did say that if they took the time to nurse their wounds and had open recruitment of ten bottlecaps a week for service then they would get more.

Purple replied, "The longer we wait. The worst it'll be. If we wait a week to get more soldiers by the time we'd have enough for a surprise attack they'll have double if not triple our amount. By the time we get to one thousand, my brother Arsen will have three thousand new recruits."

A mare replied, "Oooh rah Purple. Let's kick them while they're down and spread out."

It was Colonel Honey Cake and she pulled Purple off to the side.

"I only can support five V-4 and three V-5 Gunship Vertibucks and some artillery fire," said Colonel Honey Cake. "But the rest of my forces have to stay behind to provide security for the rest of my forces and make sure nopony finds our secret hideout."

Purple replied, "You'd don't have to support in this battle you've done enough so far. Also, I'd think you should stay off of your hooves while you're pregnant."

Colonel Honey Cake replied, "No it's my fault for allowing Arsen into the Grand Pegasus Enclave. Ok, Arsen is a stupid name it sounds like Arson. I'd see why he changed his name to three long-deceased Baseball players. I'm going to play a part in this battle like it or not. Just say when and where and we'll be there."

Purple told Colonel Honey Cake that it'll be tomorrow morning between eight and three. But Honey Cake told Purple that her forces would raid convoys heading to him due to the fewer supplies they have the better.

Honey Cake even gave Purple a kiss for a charm of good luck to support and they can't believe not too long ago the two hated each other. Now they fight side by side somewhat not adding she's happily carrying Purple's foal even though he's a typical 'Wastelander.'

Honey Cake even hasn't told anypony yet but she has a huge crush on Purple not caring that he's a crossbred alicorn with 53% Unicorn DNA in his blood and 47% Pegasus DNA in his blood. She likes him for being a good pony at heart and hasn't succumbed to the vices of the Wasteland. Honey Cake has seen GPE soldiers go AWOL to get laid by a wastelander or sneak drugs and alcohol onto military bases.

Honey Cake decided to tell Purple that during her apprentice days as an officer she was in charge of a small team to find missing Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and that's the way she learned how to find him.

Purple told her that is creepy. He had a gut feeling that she'll be the type of mother that'll keep track of their daughter or son, not letting them do anything and can find them anywhere.

Honey Cake left to go back to the hidden base she and her forces have.

Colonel Spring Charm promised support as well as recon that her pegasi are trained in and do sabotage missions as well if they can or mark targets for Honey Cake's artillery or cloudship to attack. But she also told Purple that the soldiers that Arsen has are battle-hardened and Veteran Grand Pegasus Enclave soldiers and officers who know how to fight.

Purple took that into consideration due to Base being a slippery and intelligent bastard. He's always taking to his advantage not adding the Grand Pegasus Enclave that's helping them that aren't with Honey Cake or Spring Charm are going to keep the Steel Rangers occupied and hope they don't break through to reinforce Base.

Purple got pulled off to the side by his mother who came out of the Stable to talk to him. Overmare Harp Love Harmonica and Condor Albatross Soaring told Purple that she's giving him permission to take Base down.

They didn't mean to beat him up, they meant Purple can kill him so Base can't make the worst of others when he takes over. Purple has free rein due to he'll do what is best for others not make them into glorified sex ponies and won't turn mares into breeders.

***

The next day.

Tomorrow morning at eight-thirty in the morning.

Several miles outside of Fort Base Icey Flier.

Purple gave the Wasteland Guardians an order of battle and Colonel Honey Cake started the divisionary distraction which as expected sent a majority of them away and got pelted from above by pegasi and artillery she had.

The Steel Rangers are being bogged down by the Grand Pegasus Enclave. Honey Cake's few gunship vertibucks began the assault and softened the way for Purple and them to lead the charge.

It was useful because the rockets destroyed the cover and walls the Grand Pony Enclave can't effectively cover. The vertibucks didn't stay overhead above them but moved around making it hard for the Grand Pony Enclave ballistic and energy rounds to hit them.

"Critical," said Purple. "You and your fiance' go find the high ground. You and her sniper rifles are great in urban areas. Yeah, snipers are deadly due to ruble and the high ground will keep them looking everywhere!"

Critical Shot and his girlfriend went to find a tall place within the side fortress which had a tower and the two counter-sniped the Grand Pony Enclave snipers not adding a majority of them were inexperienced or poorly trained.

"They make this too easy," said Moonshadow Spirit. "A foal can do better than them! A FOAL! I've been shooting since I was weaned when I was three. Heck, my father is the deadliest sniper the Grand Pegasus Enclave has at their disposal with his EMW Sniper with 7.62mm FMJ, 7.62mm Match Grade, 7.62mm Frangible, and 7.62mm Hollow-Point. Oh, FMJ bullets can pierce armor, Match Grade is high-grade ammo made for snipers, Frangible are bullets made to disintegrate leaving a mark when hitting their target, and Hollow-point expands causing more lethal hits without penetrating further than necessary. I've been learning about this stuff since the day I came out of my mother's womb. I lived in Grand Pegasus Enclave Base Raven. Near Seaddle. My mother wanted me to be a doctor, or a GPE Lawyer, or a cook. But at GPE Base Raven? The doctors there were hornier than college frat brothers or your average teenager. But my mother still talks to me."

Critical replied, "Too much information. But thanks. I haven't seen my mother in years. Wish she was still alive though."

Moonshadow Spirit replied, "Have you ever thought lewd things about your mother?"

Critical replied, "No... Not in the past decade... Once when I was thirteen I'd visualized my mother, not as my mother, and had sex with her and during that dream, I did touch myself. But it was only once honest!"

Moonshadow Spirit believed him.

"Your secret is safe with me," said Moonshadow Spirit.

***

Purple shanked a Grand Pony Enclave several times with a bayonet, a rusty one. He fired his 7.62mm battle rifle and shot at some Grand Pony Enclave officers and the three officers fired their Novasurge pistols at Purple and somehow missed only for Purple's shots to be dead right on the money.

The gunship vertibucks left to go rearm and refuel at the GPE secret base but they had a 'little' surprise coming. It was the Typhoon coming to provide support and drop off reinforcements from the main GPE force.

***

"Purple," said Rainy Night. "The Typhoon is on the way with some reinforcements. They should be arriving in a few moments."

There was the sound of several vertibucks that landed and dropped off a company of Grand Pegasus Enclave elite soldiers and half company GPE Marines and they reported to Purple due to the fact that they were ordered two.

"Alright Captain," said Purple. "Take your soldiers and go left. Captain take your marines and go right,"

The two captains took their respective companies and did what Purple told them to do. It was a good idea with Purple and the Wasteland Guardians going up the center. The Grand Pegasus Enclave Marines taking their right guard and the Grand Pegasus Enclave Army on the left could support each other if any of them got bogged down or needed the support.

The GPE Soldiers and Captain were upset due to the GPE Marines and Wasteland Guardians having better armaments such as automatic Novasurge rifles for the GPE Marines. The Wasteland Guardians have every type of ballistic weapon known to a pony that can be carried with magic or in a battle saddle.

The bullets, explosive, and energy rounds flew but they had an element of surprise and a group of Stable 190 mares joined them. They were arranged by Overmare Harp and Albatross to get payback on Base for taking advantage of them for his own personal gains. But they came armed, loaded, and with the advanced body armor that Stable-Tec could provide before the Balefire bombs went and blew up.

The remaining outer guards of the Grand Pony Enclave retreated inside the fortress and they hastily gave chase until the main gate was locked so they couldn't get in. The Typhoon did that with a laser cannon and it blew a hole by heating up the metal not adding there were some explosives on the other side as a failsafe if they broke in.

All of them stored the inner fortress with a platoon of the Grand Pegasus Enclave Army Soldiers and stayed outside to keep any Grand Pony Enclave soldiers' reinforcements away or keep an area open for Vertibucks opened for reinforcements and supplies coming in and out.

***

In the fortress. The Soldiers went straight down the center, the GPE Marines went to the left while the Wasteland Guardians cleared the right. But unknown to them the Grand Pony Enclave unleashed captured Hellhounds.

It wasn't long until Rocky, Double Tap, and Paladin Sapphire Heart came in with the latter in her power armor. Critical Shot also joined them.

"The gang's all here," said Purple. "Alright we're doing a kill or capture order on Arsen. "

Rocky Road replied, "If we see Midnight. That cocksucker is all mine. Going to make him wish he didn't backstab us! Sorry to interrupt Lavender. Also Purple, Lavender is such a beautiful name you should stick to your first name over one of your middle names."

Purple decided to be called by his first name now but doesn't care if somepony called him Purple.

"Oh Lavender," said Rocky. "Thank you."

Lavender replied, "You're welcome that I didn't sell you, Crimson, and Harmony to that mercenary prick. I could've sold all three of you for three hundred bottle caps. But I place my morals above anything else. I see ponies as ponies, even monsters as who they are. Even if you Double Tap you may be a Raider but you're on the road to reforming."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "I agree that ponies who place their morals over anything else. So sad a lot would rather turn a blind eye, kill, rape, pillage, murder, or sell their friends in a heartbeat or in a blink of an eye if they think they can survive. They'd sell their own mother, father, and own kids for their own survival."

Rocky replied, "Oh Sapphire. I'm glad that you're here with us. Honored to have you here with us."

Rocky and Paladin Sapphire started to warm up to each other which made Lavender and all of them happy since they all been arguing and bickering since they met but now they're getting better and acting as friends over enemies.

Lavender found a piece of paper with a drawing and another piece of paper on the bottom of it with evacuation orders if they become overwhelmed and it was written in Calligraphy and Purple knows who's hoof writing it is and it belongs to Arsen Walnut Nimrod.

Lavender told them that in the Stable well in Stable 190 that all ponies coming at the puberty age they're taught Calligraphy and Arsen was taught it as well.

"I think your brother had other ideas," said Rocky

Lavender replied, "Yeah he sure had his head in other ideas. If you don't count as the towel pony and center fielder. One time he smelled like he slept with a ton of sweaty stallions because they threw their smelly towels on him. He mostly washed, dried the towels and folded them. But yeah he would've preferred to put his stallion area in a mare's mare area."

Paladin Sapphire replied, "At least your parents raised you right over him."

Lavender replied, "Yeah but they tried their most damnest to send him down the straight and narrow but he kept going off. But once he turned seventeen he was no longer their problem. Let's go."

Soon Sentinel Glance and both of his teams arrived. They were a squad of power-armored Wasteland Guardians or ex-Steel Rangers and they were the best of the best that the contingent from Bucklyn Cross before sending them out here had to offer.

The Hellhounds came and they may be terrifying but the Grand Pegasus Enclave, and Wasteland Guardians were strong and held their ground and poured enough lead, explosive, magical energy, and Novasurge energy rounds down killing them all.

They pushed on and two Wasteland Guardian soldiers tried to force open a door only for bullets to come out killing them. Lavender and the Alicorn ex-Steel Ranger combined their magic and created an impenetrable shield which the bullets bounced off.

"Eat lead nightmares!" roared a Grand Pony Enclave officer.

He fired all twelve rounds of his ten-millimeter pistol and he looked scared.

"I guess that shield eats lead," said the Grand Pony Enclave officer.

Lavender used his wing and threw a throwing knife placing the knife right between the eyes of the Grand Pony Enclave officer.

Lavender found a letter from Arsen and it more or less says that Arsen is glad to have as a Lavender brother and honored to have him as an opponent and loves him deep down in his heart. But he'll be in the Frozen North.

The note was happy to Lavender at least he now knows he doesn't have to fight his brother. He knows sooner or later he'll come back or he'll have to come to him. But that was a story for another day.

All three groups continued to search everywhere even in secret rooms but Midnight Twister got away.

The remaining Grand Pony Enclave either went down fighting, fell into Raider and Slavers groups, or headed Northeast to the Frozen North to be with their leader and command.

"One group down," said Lavender. "Two more to go down."

Fort Base was renamed to Fort Colonel Autumn Leaf because a lot of the GPE soldiers served under Colonel Autumn Leaf. Not adding Lavender allowed it even praised it due to the fact that he may have hated Autumn Leaf and thought he was a pompous ass but didn't tell them no.

The Grand Pegasus Enclave force who allied with the Wasteland Guardians as a bigger place. They opened up recruitment to pegasi in the wasteland and paid them thirty bottlecaps a week as good faith and started to remodel themselves like the Wasteland Guardians even though Lavender didn't pay his soldiers because of what they sell they can keep the caps or if they find any bottlecaps they can keep them for themselves.

Critical Shot knew it was a long shot but he sat down in front of Moonshadow and held his hoof out.

"Moonshadow Spirit?" asked Critical Shot, "Will you marry me?"

Moonshadow Spirit jumped for joy and accepted it.

The two saw that they saw the Grand Pegasus Enclave and the Wasteland Guardians actually applaud for the two to get engaged. Even Honey Cake and Spring Charm got there in time to see the proposal even though he didn't have a ring.

Both Lavender and Colonel Honey Cake both told the duo to take the time off so they can tour the wasteland and be together.

Colonel Honey Cake held Lavender's wing and Paladin Sapphire held Lavender's hoof. But Lavender knew a way they could officially get married and that's back in Stable 190.

Rainy Night showed up eager to get into the fight but she was late.

***

Overpony's office.

"Do you Ms. Spirit take Mr. Critical to be your husband to love and cherish and take care of until death separates you?" asked Overmare Harp.

Moonlight Spirit replied, "I do."

Overmare Harp replied, "Do you Mr. Critical take Ms. Spirit to be your wife to love and cherish and to take care of until death separates you?"

Critical Shot replied, "Yes I do,"

Overmare Harp replied, "You may now kiss the bride."

The two kissed with Lavender, Rocky Road, Paladin Sapphire Heart, Rainy Night, Albatross Colonel Honey Cake, and Colonel Spring Charm were witnesses to the marriage.

***

After everypony left besides Overmare Harp.

"Something wrong sweetie?" asked Overmare Harp.

Lavender replied, "No. I still can't believe my six times great-grandma was a Special Forces soldier and so on."

There were photographs of the first overmare to Harp even though Harp's photo said "Overmare: Harp Harmonica," The photos in order said, "Overmare: Sapphire Love, Temp Overmare: Sonata Blues, Overmare: Topaz Turquoise, Overmare: Opal Moonstone, Overmare: Labradorite Tanzanite, Overstallion: Aventurine Zircon, Overmare: Brisk Flyee, Overmare: Harp Harmonica".

"Funny thing," said Lavender. "Everypony besides Sapphire Love is in a Stable Jumpsuit or in a Stable Utility Jumpsuit. Sapphire Love, she's in her Army Service Uniform and Overmare Topaz Turquoise she's in an armored Stable 190 jumpsuit. After all, she and I mean Topaz did make the Stable Scouts go out into the wasteland before she was even the Overmare."

Overmare Harp replied, "Yeah. But I'd think I'd know where Arsen gets his sexist side and all that. It's from Shocking Taser who was a unicorn and well Condor's side of the family is a pegasus and if they found out that one of their mare family members had sex with a pegasus they go bat crazy. Because they hate pegasi. But your grandparents, and uncles hate me, you, Blue, and Arsen because I'd married Condor, and had the three of you."

Overmare Harp went over to Lavender and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. She told Lavender that he and Albatross are the only two important stallions in her life but her father isn't due to the two hating each other and she didn't cry when he died from cardiac arrest.

Lavender and Harp caught up on some time missed in the Stable but it wasn't much. She noticed he has a jet black stripe down the center of his hair and told him that he looks better like that instead of trying to be somepony new which he isn't good at.

Chapter 90: bloodiest battle of the war

On the Dry Lighting well on the bridge.

"Snow Blue," said Lavender. "Take us to the Frozen North."

"Alright then," said Snow Blue.

"Well I better go tell them a story," said Lavender.

Lavender walked out and went to the hangar and found everyone looking out.

"I've got a story for you," said Lavender, "It's from the war between the Zebras and the Equestrians again. But it'll be told from multiple ponies."

***

Two hundred years ago.

There was a platoon of Equestrian soldiers mostly young stallions and mares.

Private Stone Kicker was an average-sized Earth pony mare, Private Gizmo Bow was a small earth pony mare with a small figure, Corporal Aroura Gusher was a unicorn stallion and half-brother of Aroura Surge, Sergeant Rose Heart was a buffy Unicorn mare, Warrant Officer Parchment Aegis a transgender male alicorn, Staff Sergeant Boreal Carrot a unicorn mare, Master Sergeant Jewel Cookie a Pegasus mare who's missing her left ear, Private First Class Rocky Evergreen an Earth Pony mare, Technical Sergeant Aroura Skies a Pegasus mare (six-time great grandmother of Rainy and Hailing), Sergeant First Class
Magic Shot a unicorn stallion, Private Applepie an Earth pony mare, Private Blueberry an Earth pony stallion.

Private Sweet Cloud a mare pegasus, Private Mythic Burn a mare Unicorn, Private Lunar Harmony a unicorn stallion, Private Harmony Arrow a mare unicorn, Private Chocolate Fury a mare unicorn, Private Virture a stallion Earth pony, Private Jade Raddist an Earth Pony mare, Private Sprout Rock a stallion earth pony.

Private Cold Ink a unicorn stallion, Private Candied Butterered an earth pony mare, Private Ruby Chocolate an earth pony mare, Private Velvet Gizmo a unicorn mare, Private Lavender Moonlight a pegasus stallion with a missing wing, Private Brilliant Fleet a pegasus stallion, and Lieutenant Oasis Nature a unicorn stallion.

"I believe I left my job at the First Bank of Canterlot," said Master Sergeant Jewel Cookie. "At least I had a stable 9 to 5 job,"

Lieutenant Oasis Nature a 33-year-old unicorn stallion was reading papers from Canterlot saying he had a replacement coming in but he had been in the war since day one and had seen ponies come and go. He also has a wife, son, and three daughters.

Those paper shuffling jackasses in Canterlot, Lieutenant Oasis Nature thought, I'd put in a request for every type of ammo and I get a piece of paper that said, "Sorry the EAF cannot afford your request at the moment." It's my ass on the line all the time and I keep getting scolded for having my platoon use Zebra weapons or scavenge ammo off of dead Equestrians. Fuck'em but I can't wait until I can go home to see my wife, our son, and our three daughters.

Lieutenant Oasis pulled out a photograph of his bubblegum pink unicorn wife and their newborn son that was from a long time ago. When he last saw them was when their son was a toddler now he's thirteen almost fourteen.

He wanted to go home to have a normal life. His wife's kids didn't know who he is and his daughters were almost pre-teens but they never met their father. His wife was thinking about either staying faithful and wait until his return or get a divorce and find somepony else.

***

Outside of the tent.

Lieutenant Oasis placed a cigarette into his mouth and lit it with a metal flip lighter he only smokes because of the stress of the war not adding yesterday he saw his old marefriend and her head was blown off like somepony trying to pop a zit while they were having small chat catching up on what they've been doing. He had a job of a bricklayer, his ex had a job as a sous chef.

Lieutenant Oasis walked up to a group of Nineteen Privates and asked who are they with. The Alicorn told him that they were all his new rookies and they introduced themselves to him even though he heard enough names to write a book on the mares, stallions, and non-binary ponies he had under his platoon.

"Well welcome to the fucking worst place in the world," said Lieutenant Oasis. "I've seen ponies shot, stabbed, bayoneted, gassed, choked, shot, torn to shreds, blown to pieces, crushed, ran over, gutted like a fish, strangled, and so on. The list would be long. So don't expect me to hold your hoof and don't expect to come out alive."

Master Sergeant Jewel Cookie approached and asked what their objective is.

"We got three," said Lieutenant Oasis Nature, "First we take the town of Alchemy, punch a hole in the Zebra Defensive Line called 'Legate Sorcery,' and take a damn hill. I'm not going to lie but I expect not a lot of us will walk away from this battle. So I expect all of you to write your loved ones now and mail them now. There's a chance and I mean a big Luna damn chance you won't get a chance to do so. So do it now we move out in ten minutes."

Hardly any of the recruits took him seriously even though he been their since the day after his and his wife's son was born. But he did have a dream last night of him taking his wife out to dinner and buying her the biggest dinner he could afford on a bricklayer and officer's salary.

"I wasn't expecting a rude officer," said Pvt Lavender Moonlight. "But I wasn't expecting Prince Charming. Maybe he'll mellow out when he gets to know us better."

"ALRIGHT MAGOTS!" yelled Sergeant First Class Magic Shot, "FALL IN!"

Everyone fell into an organized box square formation.

"LAVENDER, GIZMO, BLUEBERRY PIE," yelled Sergeant First Class Magic Shot, "YOU'RE WITH ME!"

Master Sergeant Jewel Cookie replied, "Stone, Apple pie. Harmony, Brilliant, Cold, Candied, Sprout, Chocolate, Lunar! You're with me! Fall in damn it!"

Sergeant Rose replied, "Rocky, Aroura Skies, Sweet Cloud, you're with me!"

Staff Sergeant Boreal replied, "Aroura, Chocolate Fury, Lunar Harmony, Mythic Arrow, Ruby Chocolate. You're with me and the rest of Charlie Squad."

Warrant Officer Parchment replied, "Virtue, Jade, Velvet, and everyone else. You're with me, No lollygagging either."

The new rookies looked at each other knowing that Sergeant First Class Magic Shot is a hardass and has no indoor voice.

They joked around and thought the war was all fun and games but not Tartarus on Equss.

***

Two hours later.

The town of Alchemy lay in ruins but the Equestrian Artillery bombarded it to weaken the Zebra forces but they didn't find a single corpse. They went into a ruined brick building which was unidentified what kind it was.

It started to rain more Equestrian soldiers arrived to fortifiy the town. Lt Oasis Nature's platoon dug in in and around the building.

When reinforcements arrived they were better defended. Soon a loud whistle and saw a wave of Zebra's charging right at them through the mud.

Private Lavender readied his .30-06 Semi-automatic rifle and fired at the Zebra's and the Zebra's fired their weapons.

"For Princess Luna. For Ms. Apple Jubilee," said Private Lavender. "And for Equestria!"

"What are you a type one eagle lander?" asked Private Jade, "A patriotic nutcase?"

Private Lavender replied, "A type one and I love my country. Just a Seventeen year old serving his coun..."

Private Lavender got shot by a Zebra with a double-barreled shotgun and twelve pellets hit him right in his face.

Private Lavender a seventeen-year-old, was jJust a seventeen-year-old from Fillydelphia and had a wife because his marefriend was pregnant with their foal and was married with a shotgun wedding.

Private Jade fired the .45 Auto Submachine Gun M1 she had but she saw an armored Zebra armed with a flamethrower. So she opened fire and fired the thirty-round magazine before reloading.

It took a lot of bullets from the platoon to take the Zebra down but they went back to fighting the Zebras.

"Damn gun!" exclaimed Private Virtue, "Unjam damn it!"

Private Virtue unjammed his 9mm SMG but he and a Zebra riflepony stood and stared at each other both aiming down their sights and both firing at the same time both landing headshots.

Private Virtue, a simple hard-working farmer son of a farmer who just wanted to gain his parent's approval but ran off to fight to protect his country. He was only sixteen and he lied about his age to join.

Private Velvet was on a water-cooled .30 Cal machine gun in a tower and mowed down the Zebra's running across the field but there was an explosion that made her disembark and it was destroyed but she equipped her Trench gun.

Pvt Velvet fired her trench gun which has five twelve gauge shells in the tube and one chambered but she reloaded she hoof-loaded incendiary shells into the shotgun.

She turned around and a Zebra riflepony bayoneted her in the heart killing her.

Private Velvet Gizmo was just a fifteen-year-old, a fifteen-year-old who dropped out of high school and joined the Army to run away from her abusive stepparents. Her biological father an Earth pony stallion was killed at Margarita Harbor on the Battleship Mareland and he drowned to death. Her biological mother a unicorn mare put her up for adoption when she was just a three-year-old so she could avenge her husband's death only for her to die from Chlorine gas. Doesn't help her mother was in the same platoon as her.

Private Applepie had a Balk Automatic Rifle battle saddle and fired it at the Zebra's and she was in pure horror because of the war. Shrapnel from a fragmentation grenade blew up and some of the shrapnel flew into Private Applepie's throat.

Private Applepie a hardworking welder from Manehattan who lived with her lesbian partner, a hard-working mare who was only twenty-one years old. But her lover well wife worked for the Four Stars transportation company and they broke up because Applepie believed that Equestria would win the war while her lover believed that the Zebra's would win the war not adding her lover's company believed in that as well.

Private Blueberry fired his 5.56mm Assault Rifle at the Zebra's but he moved up and everypony in the platoon heard a whistling sound and a Zebra mortar round landed right on Private Blueberry.

Private Blueberry was a seventeen-year-old stallion, who wanted his parents' approval but they constantly kept punishing him even with things were out of his hooves I mean control. He dropped out of high school and ran away from home and joined the Army.

Private Stone Kicker fell down but she got up and picked up her .45 Auto Submachine Gun M1 but she fired her submachine gun at the Zebra's.

Out of the remainder of the rookies, Pvt Stone Kicker was the most ambitious and bravest. When she left the ruined building a heavily armored Zebra with a water-cooled 7.92mm machine gun tore a lot of holes and turned her into swiss cheese.

Private Stone Kicker a very bright mare a eighteen-year-old mare. She wanted to be an engineer but she was drafted into a war she didn't believe in.

Pvt Gizmo Bow fired her .223 rifle battle saddle at the Zebra's until he had to reload and she switched over to her .45 Auto Pistol only for a Zebra soldier to slice her neck with a sword.

Pvt Gizmo Bow was a mechanic from Los Unicornia, a twenty-one-year-old mare who left her boyfriend behind but she wanted to serve as a mechanic in an armored division, not as a riflemare. Her boyfriend didn't learn of her death; he died two days later in the worst naval disaster when an Equestrian destroyer sank the Tiberius, an Equestrian "V-boat" sub.

Pvt Aurora Gusher climbed inside an Equestrian tank.

"Push on we need to help turn the tide," said an Earth pony mare tank commander. "We need to prevent them from overrunning out G.I.'s! Shoot, Blow up, Run over anything that has stripes!"

Another tank commander replied, "We're going to burn them. Burn, hahaha!"

That pony is insane! Pvt Aurora Gusher thought That pony deserves to be in a mental hospital or be lobotomized!

The tank moved and the turret rotated to the left and Pvt Aurora used the coaxial .30 caliber machine gun and shot the Zebra soldiers in the open field. The 90mm cannon scared him as the commander fired an HE round.

The tank moved and Pvt Aurora Gusher fired the machine gun like it was nothing, mowing down the Zebra's. He did feel bad about killing them but he knew he was taking fathers and mothers away from families.

The tank moved on and it crushed several barbed wire fences but Pvt Aurora saw an Equestrian tank driving on a dirt road with a few Equestrian soldiers galloping behind it only for the tank to blow up and the soldiers to die.

"SHIT!" said the tank commander, "INCOMING!"

The tank blew up.

Pvt Aurora Gusher was a nieve unicorn, a simple naive unicorn from Maretime Bay with his half brother Aurora Spring. He wanted to be a politician but followed in his half older brother's hoof steps and joined the army.

Private Cold Ink fired his Balk Automatic Rifle at the charging Zebra's and he was killing with pride. He sadistically enjoyed killing the Zebra's acting like nothing was wrong and thinks it's all fun and games.

A Zebra commando came out of nowhere and jumped onto Pvt Cold Ink's back and pulled his Fragmentation Grenade pink but by the time Cold Ink realized what the Zebra commando mare did he kamikaze himself into a group of Zebra soldiers.

Pvt Cold Ink hailed from Ponyville, went from Foster home from foster home each one worst than the last but something snapped in his brain and murdered his twenty-seventh foster family but raped his foster sister more times than anypony would want to admit. But he forced his foster sister to be his bride… Slave wife before the wasteland and yes that means breeding slave as well. Nopony would cry at his funeral and no the Equestrian Army didn't bury him with honors.

Warrant Officer Parchment had a Jumper rifle and he fired at the Zebra's and even bayoneted a few Zebras. But he didn't last long as a Zebra with a Zebra Shotgun fired it once and the Dragon's breath shell caught him on fire.

Warrant Officer Parchment was born a mare but later in life she became a he. He worked in a textile mill in Los Unicornia until leaving to fight in the war. He had no special somepony.

Only Lieutenant Oasis Nature, Master Sgt Jewel Cookie, Staff Sgt Boreal Carrot, Sgt Rose Heart, Technical Sgt Aurora Skies, and Privates Rocky Evergreen, Magic Shot, Sweet Cloud, Mythic Burn, Lunar Harmony, Harmony Arrow, Chocolate Fury, Jade Raddist, Sprout Rock, Candied Buttered, Ruby Chocolate, and Brilliant Fleet survived the whole ordeal.

Lt Oasis told the Privates in his squad that it won't be all fun and games and told them now they move on to the defensive line. Now, defensive line Legate Sorcery which is said to be impossible to penetrate because of the fact that it had machine guns, mortars, artillery, Anti-Tank guns, flamethrowers, and so on.

The Steel Rangers would help as well as the Shadowbolts and Equestrian Air Force but the Zebra's took steps ahead even having bunkers that can be placed on lockdown in case the Equestrians use Gas such as phosgene, chlorine, or mustard gas which was mostly used in retaliation if the Zebra's used their Pink Cloud on the Equestrians.

***

Half an hour later.

The rest of the platoon looked up at the sky and saw hundreds of pegasi, fighter-bombers, and both strategic and tactical bombers with the latter two dropping their bombs on miles and miles of the defensive line.

"I guess they poked the hornet's nest," said Lt Oasis.

The sky started to be filled with tracer bullets and flak rounds and both are extremely dangerous to the pegasi even if they were in power armor.

"Go get them, brother," said Aroura Skies, "Go fuck them up!"

The Equestrians, Mercenary Griffons and volunteers from Stalliongrad and the Crystal Empire charged the defensive line and got mowed down literally even blown up but the Zebra's had pre-sighted the whole area with artillery, mortars and even gunfire.

An explosion knocked down Lt. Oasis and he couldn't hear, blurred vision, muffled hearing and everything was moving slow. He also could hear a faint ringing noise.

He saw his squad taking cover behind some dragon's teeth tank traps with none of them wanting to move but there's not a lot of cover between them and the bunkers; it's tank traps to prevent tanks and Steel Rangers from getting through.

Lt Oasis looked over at a unicorn soldier who went over and picked up a right frontal leg and ran over to a destroyed Equestrian tank.

They were picked off one by one and what the Equestrians don't know is that the Zebra's have the deadliest snipers they have there picking them off.

"What do we do, Lieutenant!" exclaimed and asked a Equestrian soldier, "What the fuck do we do!"

Lt Oasis replied, "Move up! You'll have a better chance of survival by moving than sitting still!"

As the soldier was about to move and when she got up her head popped like a zit.

Lt Oasis went to his squad or what was left moved when Lt. Oasis did and he made sure they got closer and closer to the bunkers.

Pvt. Magic Shot placed a rifle grenade on his .30-06 bolt-action rifle and fired the HE rifle grenade through the slot the explosion killed four Zebra's on machine guns. But four more Zebra's remounted them.

Private's Brilliant Fleet and Mythic Burn were trained as combat engineers and they had a few sticks of dynamite which they tied together and placed. They both lit the fuse and they got away. After a few seconds there was a big explosion making a gap the Equestrians charged through even though a lot got shot at and killed.

Pvt. Mythic Burn got killed in the blast only leaving his head.

Mythic Burn was an electrical and civil engineer, hIs father was the architect who designed Tenpony Tower. He tried to impress his father but his father hated him for being an engineer over an architect. So he thought he would be better off in the army, not as a civilian engineer. Of course, he had a fiancee who he had shipped to Stalliongrad due to the fact that she was a Zebra, and didn't want her to be taken away.

The rest charged ahead but they had to clear objectives to take the defensive line out of action permanently.

Lt Oasis, Master Sgt Jewel, Staff Sgt Boreal, Sgt. Rose, Technical Sgt Aurora, Pvt Rocky, Pvt Magic Shot, Pvt Sweet, Pvt Lunar, Pvt Harmony, Pvt Chocolate, Pvt Jade, Pvt Sprout, Pvt Candied, Pvt Brilliant, and Pvt Ruby pressed on.

They moved up and killed the Zebra's even though they looted ammo and weapons off the Zebra's to have weapons other than a pistol and a knife not adding most of them were out of ammo with their primary weapons.

The rest of the Equestrian forces went to clear out the tunnels connecting the bunkers and to destroy the artillery guns and anti-tank guns in the casemates while the rest of the platoon went to destroy some Zebra anti-air guns.

***

At the first anti-air cannon.

Sergeant Rose Heart placed a grenade into the cannon but the grenade went off too early.

Sgt Rose Heart was a twenty-one year old mare who was a stenographer, typist, and security guard, she worked three jobs to support her very ill mother who was in the hospital and with mounting debt from the medical bills. Her friend approached her to join the military because the military's health insurance would cover her mother's bill. She had a girlfriend and a boyfriend back home. But she did her job.

More Equestrians showed up and took over the role-taking out the Zebra's AA cannons while Lt Oasis and the remainder of his platoon went on to take the hill and capture a Zebra Legate named Sorcery a Zebra mare who's extremely deadly with any weapon and in hoof to hoof combat.

They encountered Legate Sorcery. She was intimidating standing there by herself and everyonel but Lt Oasis ran away. The two were face to face and Legate Sorcery knocked Lt Oasis out in one punch.

***

In a tent.

Lieutenant Oasis Nature awakened Legate Sorcery and gave him a very painful hoofjob.

"I've been keeping my eye on you," said Legate Sorcery. "You've been busier for the past thirteen years. Well, I've been admiring you. I got a proposition for you. How about you stay with me? Do you think ponies back home are going to welcome you back with open arms? Haven't you thought about your special somepony just writing you to keep you happy but he or she is just fucking somepony else behind your back?"

Lt. Oasis replied, "Fuck you! Untie me now you bitch so I can fight you in hoof-to-hoof combat!"

Legate Sorcery sat on him with his dick in her and the two stared at each other with him being angry and her being happy. But it wasn't soon until he ejaculated into her even though he didn't want to.

Legate Sorcery sat there with a huge grin on her face and she enjoyed feeling his cum in her mare area. She even gave him a smooch on the snout.

Why is this fucking bitch stealing my sperm! Lt Oasis Nature thought, Why me though? Everypony's back home is gonna kill me if she doesn't.

After a few hours, both of them were tired but Lt Oasis couldn't believe he was raped and also reproduced with a Zebra. He wants to know why but he also knows it'll be an answer he probably doesn't want to hear.

The rest of the Equestrian forces captured the hill they wanted to capture but when they entered Legate Sorcery's tent nopony was in there so they made trenches, and added tank traps, and barbed wire around the hill.

The Zebras attacked the hill and the Equestrians held it when Pegasi came when they were nearly overrun but the rest of the platoon didn't make it.

Pvt Rocky Evergreen was a simple working-class mare whose parents were miners. They died in a mining accident so she joined the military she didn't have much.

Technical Sergeant Aurora Skies, she survived the war and she was one of the first few to establish the Grand Pegasus Enclave. She had four daughters and three sons and she's the six times great-grandmother of our own Rainy Night and her twin sister,

Privates Ruby Chocolate, Candied Buttered, Sprout Rock, Jade Raddist, Chocolate Fury, Harmony Arrow, Lunar Harmony, Sweet Cloud, & Magic Shot were all friends, fresh out of high school wanted to explore so they joined the army for adventure only to fight.

Staff Sergeant Boreal Carrot she was a troublemaker and a judge gave her an offer to either join the army and her sentence would be considered served or put in a federal penitentiary so she joined the army.

Master Sergeant Jewel Cookie she well when the war ended by the Balefire bombs she created an Raider gang in Los Unicornia made of former members of the Equestrian Armed Forces. She wasn't allowed by the other pegasi in the GPE because she denounced them and was the first Dashite.

***

Present day.

"Hey Purple," said Rainy Night, "Actually Rainbow Dash was the first Dashite. Then Scootaloo,"

Hailing Night replied, "I thought it was Scootaloo who was the first Dashite?"

"No. Rainbow Dash was where I agree with her," said Rainy Night. "Our founders were cowards to abandon their home on the ground. And she went to help the post-war land below like how we are. Scoots followed her and the term came from Rainbow Dash but Scootaloo objected to the isolation of the GPE. So they branded and marked her for going underneath the cloud layers."

"Where did the blue one go?" asked Flared Blizzard.

Rainy replied, "I'm here."

"Not you," said Flared Blizzard, "The other blue one."

Rocky replied, "The one that hangs out with Purple all the time. The one I called 'Ms. Living gasbag.' That one?"

"She isn't feeling well so Critical walked with her to the doctor," said Lavender. "I think she's pregnant because she told me she missed her period, started to feel tender, feeling nausea and fatigue. Those are the signs of pregnancy. Well I was taught those were the signs of pregnancy. But she wants a second opinion from another medical specialist. And I support her decision wanting to see another medical specialist."

Rainy replied, "Well this is the right ship for medical. There's Corpsponies for the GPE Marines, Medicine officers, Critical care doctors, Pulmonary disease doctors, gastroenterologists, cardiologists, urologists, dermatologists, and other types as well."

Purple went to go check on Sapphire Heart the doctor's door was locked for privacy reasons. After all there's two thousand and six hundred Pegasi on board not including Grand Pegasus Enclave Army, Marines, and Special Forces soldiers, pilots and officers.

"So Purple," said Flared Blizzard, "What happened to the Lieutenant you were telling us about?"

Purple replied, "Legate Sorcery kidnapped Lt Oasis's family and brought them to a deserted island and lived in peace and harmony. Well not really where he and his family wanted to go home and try to live a normal life but really couldn't. But Oasis was the only stallion until his son got done with puberty where he bred three hundred and four Zebra mares."

"How many died at the battle?" asked Hailing Night.

Purple replied, "One thousand and four hundred Equestrians eight thousand and three hundred Zebra's."

Author's Note

Private Velvet Gizmo's biological father is the one who died in Storytime part two the one who drowned to death on BB-46.

Chapter 97: Epilogue (fourteen years later)

Fourteen years have passed and Lavender is now thirty-four, Sapphire Love Heart is thirty-four, Honey Cake is thirty-six, Rocky Road is thirty-four, Critical Shot is thirty-five, Flared Blizzard is thirty-seven and Starry is thirty-three.

They were happy that Starry was back. But there was a disturbance in the wasteland and that is the mercenary that tried to buy Crimson, Harmony, and Rocky Road. His brother is out to get revenge on them.

They weren't worried even if they had families of their own. But Purple's and Sapphire Heart's daughter, a crossbred Alicorn mare named Tulip Shy and her twin sister, a crossbred Alicorn mare named Tempest Ember tried to go out and fight.

Their fifty-five year old grandma did her best to stop them from leaving the Stable. Only Lavender "Purple" and Sapphire Heart take them out to go shooting.

The mercenaries with their leader vowed to kill them all but to capture Purple so the leader can make Purple his personal sex slave.

When Lavender and Sapphire Heart returned to Stable 190 one day. They found out by Harp that their third daughter named Lighting 'Falcon' Ruby left the Stable in a suit of Project: Super Pone armor armed with a knife, a magnum pistol and a fancy assault rifle that Lavender made.

The mercs learned that Purple had foals but they plan to capture his favorite son or daughter and turn them into a sex slave.

They didn't know that she's a member of the Wasteland Guardians and an elite mare within the Grand Pegasus Enclave. But Ms. Lighting 'Falcon' Ruby has a half sister who's the daughter of Honey Cake but her sister who's also a soldier who's accompanying her.

But besides back at war they had fun and prospered and peace and harmony was about even though it lasted for fourteen years.