Borderlands: The Stable hunters.

by Wicked Bass

The "Doctor"

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"Now then you should be all fixed up now, and um...if you feel anything like dizziness, headaches, or internal bleeding, That's normal."A friendly voice said. I opened my eyes to observe my surroundings. What I saw was a very poorly put together, dimly lit homemade surgery. My head still felt very dizzy but I could see a mare standing in front of me with a scalpel and a blood covered apron.
"Well, look who's back from the dead. Ha ha ha! Nice to meet you, I'm nurse Redheart, but my friends call me Dr. Red. Ironically I don't have a 'fancy medical license' but I can stitch you up nice and quick, and I keep the medical vendors stocked up so you won't die as much. Oh, I'm sorry. Where are my manners. What's your name?"
"Um....Dash. My name's Rainbow Dash," I mumbled still trying to bring myself to stand.
"Well nice to meet you Rainbow. Your friends are all waitin' for ya. I tell you, there a hoot and a holler, especially that Big Mac fellow. He told me the story about how he ripped a man almost perfectly in two. Now that takes skill"
Oh god not that story. It was so fucking gruesome when I actually saw him do it. I didn't think I'd fucking be able to eat for a month. I tried to stand and look around. I saw my gear on the table and realized I was naked! I hovered in the air and used my hooves to cover myself.
"What are you doing?!" Redheart said looking confused, "It's not like you need clothes. Heck, a lot of the residents on Calamity don't even wear clothes. You're a pony, so what's to be ashamed of? Your fur covers most of you anyway."
I began to blush and dashed for my clothes. I got changed but actually felt a bit silly that I'd overreacted. It felt good to be back and fully recovered. There was a garage door that appeared to be the way out so I pushed the button to open it. I was blinded by the light of the sun as the door slowly opened. As my vision came back I was greeted by my three friends looking at me. Twilight and Big Mac looked relieved but, as usual, I couldn't tell what Fluttershy was thinking under that helmet. I looked around, the surrounding area was a small, broken down town with nopony in sight. Not exactly a welcoming sight, but it was better than a shitload of bandits. Suddenly I was greeted by a very familiar sound...
"My pony friend you're ok! I was worried for a bit. There was so much blood coming out of you that I thought you weren't going to make it" There was a funny robot standing in front of me. This must be the one who saved me.
"Allow me to introduce myself to you properly. I am a p1nki3-p13,but you may refer to by my local name pinkie pie. As my way of saying welcome take this class 19 heads up display module. Psst, I stole it from those Hornperion jackasses."
I took the device
"Hey put it to your neck. Be warned it might sting a bit dash," Twilight teased.
I put the device on my neck and I fell to my knees. There was a needle that jabbed itself into my spine. I felt a flash of code cross my eyes as he H.U.D. turned on. Everything seemed.....20% cooler. It was as if my eyes were set to ultra high definition. I saw the world from a new perspective. This was great! I could see my ammunition, my damage threshold, and my items on hand and in my carrier bag. This would be one of the most useful tools I would ever come across and I can think of a thousand situations that this will come in handy.
"Hey nice to see your all still alive and bucking. Any of you know what happened exactly?"
"Yes. I was made a fool of my that asshole Applejack! She will pay for this! I am an assassin and I will not rest until I kill that son of a bitch! Nopony crosses me and lives!" Fluttershy shouted through her visor stomping her hoof on the ground
"What she means to say is that Applejack tricked us. She'd anticipated us coming and rigged to train to blow. Just like the fucker she is."
"When Y'all are done catching up are ready to head out?"Big Mac asked.
"Yeah. I guess so. Thanks Pinkie pie for the.....thingy," I said not certain of what to say after being given such a gift.
"You're welcome. And make sure to come back soon now. I still have to throw you a party. I do that for everypony around here," Pinkie replied cheerfully.
I chuckled, mainly because of the lack of ponies in this dump of a town. I'd say these two get pretty lonely
Redheart poked her head out. "Oh wait! Before you go. If you die you'll regenerate at one of those New-U stations there." She said pointing at a weird looking device implanted in the ground.
"Ok bye," we said. I was getting tired of goodbyes. I couldn't wait for another "hello". As we left the broken down town and entered a very barren, trash-filled wasteland where the only sounds were gunfire, screams and the roars of the creatures looking for a fresh meal. I could see some skags eating away at what I assumed was a former resident of the town. Two words came to my mind.
"WE'RE FUCKED!"
End of Chapter Four

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