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As I reached the tower, I walked back into the ruined lobby before gently pushing the small button. I saw the doors open, before walking into the claustrophobic elevator. I suddenly found it hard to breathe, the doors closed. The light flickered violently as I felt the elevator pushed me upwards through the small shaft, again hearing the rusty mechanisms screeching. As it came to a grinding halt at the top, the doors opened before I rushed out. I noticed both mares were awake, Dodge sitting with them.

“Tornado?” Dodge got up and ran to me, “is the way clear?” He asked, looking at me dead in the eyes. I replied with a simple nod before looking towards Crystal with a smile.

“There’s one last thing we need to do, then Violet helps us in her part of the deal.” I showed a soft grin, before turning to Violet. “You happy now? The Alicorns are getting blown out of Manehattan.”

“Well, of course. They don’t belong here at all, especially how they came here ambushing us all! I promise you, after this - I’ll help you.” Violet got onto her hooves, she moved next to Dodge showing a soft smile of relief.

“All we have to do is help the Steel Rangers fight the last remaining Alicorns. They’re at North-End Exit Tunnel.” I added, Crystal walked over to me. She still had a smile on her face; it was as if she was happy to see me come out alive. Well, we are friends after all - close friends.

“And if we do this, we’ll be able to leave?” Crystal softly asked, she looked tired as it was late, but as long as she didn’t have to stay in this shithole of a city, she’d do anything. I nodded and wrapped a hoof over her.

“Yes, I would imagine so.” I stroked her mane gently and placed my hoof back on the ground, “what we’re about to do is extremely dangerous, this is no easy battle.”

“Since when have we had it easy? Every single day, I’ve nearly been killed by something or somepony. I know what I’m getting myself into Tornado.” Dodge got everything he needed before nodding to me. Violet and Crystal already had their things with them.

“Come on, I’ll lead the wa-” I was abruptly cut off by Violet instantly; I shot her a look for doing so.

“I know a shortcut Tornado, a path that is shorter and safer. Trust me on this one.” Violet walked towards the elevator. I looked at the Power Armor inside my bag, before sealing it up and following Violet into the elevator. Dodge and Crystal followed closely behind us.

“Well, if you do know a shortcut. Lead the way I guess.” I activated the elevator by pushing the button. As soon as I did, the doors closed and the elevator started traveling vertically downwards to the ground floor.

When the doors opened, I walked back out into the lobby. Violet instantly took the lead as she walked out into the large open area of the city; it was dark now - really dark. The light on my PipBuck lit up the area enough to make some of the path visible to us. There were some spots of blood and also Raider bodies lying upon the floor. Something had been here recently. I almost felt pity for the Raiders even though I hated their guts.

“Since you’re the one with the light, you stay close to me. Crystal, you and Dodge follow closely.” I nodded to what she said in understanding, before looking back at my other two companions. They nodded in agreement.

A loud explosion echoed in the distance, followed by a small wave of gunfire. This was from the battle at the north-end exit. I took a deep breath, Violet began trotting ahead and with that I followed closely, I heard Dodge and Crystal following behind me. I heard their soft whispers from behind me, though I couldn’t make out what they were saying. I wasn’t going to disrupt them, besides saving lives is better than knowing a Pony’s thoughts. But I must admit, it was tempting to listen to their conversation, but I fought the temptation and carried on with what really mattered.

We took a different route, we began heading down an alleyway, and something I certainly didn’t have in mind. We reached a sewer entrance, before Violet took the grate off of it and stared down at the murky water that was reflecting off of my PipBuck. I shook my head, looking at the destroyed brick wall surroundings. I was starting to feel claustrophobic yet again, I felt as if the walls were closing in on me and were about to crush me.

“No, not down there. I stink enough!” My breathing picked up in pace. Violet showed a mocking grin.

“What’s that? You’re claustrophobic. Surely a sewer has more open areas than a backstreet alleyway.” She giggled with a mocking tone, before looking at me in the eyes. “Out here, stench doesn’t matter...bravery is what matters.” She gave me a small push; I looked at her and climbed down the small, rusty ladder leading into the diseased filled sewer pipes.

As soon as I hopped off the ladder, I landed in an eggy smelling, waste filled water. It made me shiver and gag slightly, the others followed me down before I felt Violet pat me on the back. I did not like her for that, mocking me of something I can’t control.

“Which way do we go?” Crystal spoke with a soft elegance, she looked towards me and Violet as Dodge ventured onwards.

“Straight ahead. Dodge, you might not want to go ahead alone. Radigators live down here.” She walked ahead to Dodge, and as she said before, I accompanied her. Crystal followed behind us as we made our way through the sewage, the walls were made of brick and there was a lot of space. Graffiti had be written all over the walls from some of the other Ponies who travelled down here. There were some missing bricks, and at some points I felt dust fall onto us.

We travelled through the rotten sewage, seeing no signs of danger. We reached a giant floodgate blocking our way, it was made of rusted, mossy metal. There were two platforms, one with a control panel on it and the other with a door possibly leading into water control. I walked up the platform with the panel, looking back at my companions with a nod. I flicked the switch and the sound of an alarm triggered as the mechanism slowly lifted the door upwards.

SCREEECH!!

The doors rusty sounding mechanism let out a long screech that tore through my ears, I quickly covered them as my companions began making their way through the small entrance that had opened up from the door. I jumped down from the platform, landing with a small splash before following my party through the lifting door. The door finished lifting, finishing with a loud bang as it hit the end of the metal above it.

We wandered into the seemingly endless tunnels, before hearing quick movement in the water. Violet came to a halt and with that, so did I. I placed a hoof out in front of Dodge and Crystal, listening for the movement. The sound was heard again, I readied myself for combat, placing my Combat Shotgun into my battle saddle. I then saw what appeared to be a Radigator’s snout appear out of the water.

BANG!!

I chomped down on the lever for the trigger, shooting a few shells into it, while seeing its snout blowing off completely. After I gave the shot, a family of eyes appeared in the darkness (clear reflection from my PipBuck). At this moment, Violet spun her Minigun, while Crystal levitated her Assault Rifle to her side and Dodge yanking his Revolver from his saddle bag.

One of the Radigators came out of the surrounding darkness, before the rest followed. We all engaged in combat, Crystal was at the back as combat was not her main role, Violet unleashed her heavy lead which tore some of the Radigators to pieces. Limbs of the Gators floated to the top of the murky surface. One of them leaped out of the darkness towards me, but as it did I entered S.A.T.S. and targeted all of its limbs (including the head) before unleashing hell upon it.

The thundering clap of my Combat Shotgun echoed throughout the sewer, but it didn’t cause much damage. No - it barely left a mark, it was as if these scales were even more advanced in protection standards than the ones I faced back in the cave - these scales were like armor. Violet seemed to have no trouble, as the rounds her Minigun packed were colossal and full of flesh ripping strength. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t have enough room to evade an attack. The Radigator swiped for me, grabbing me in its piercing claws.

“Guys, a little help here!” I called for them, Crystal saw me under attack and began to open fire upon the Radigator that grabbed me, the bullets she used took out the eyes and the Radigator cried in pain, covering its now bleeding eyes. It dropped me and I fell into the waste filled water. I nodded to Crystal as a thank you.

Dodge got tackled by one of the mingling Gators in the darkness, he yelped out in agony as he unleashed its jaws upon his body, ready to crush him at any moment. Violet quickly rotated, spinning the Minigun’s rounds upon the Radigator. At this moment, this made me realize that the ones Crystal and I were fighting in the cave were just babies. These were the adults - the real deal.

We began to get ambushed by Gators, before Violet took out most of them with her raging Minigun. Only a two remained, I splashed a shot at one. This time the effectiveness was high, killing the Gator instantly. The others swarmed us; this gave us no other option but to charge past them.

“Follow me!” Violet exclaimed, as she barged through the water and the Gators, I tried to keep up, feeling the Gators just missing my hooves with their bone crushing jaws. Crystal and Dodge followed closely, as we sprinted away, the sound of the Gators following us was heard from behind us. They weren’t too far behind us also – this wasn’t going to end well if we stopped.

Violet rushed onto a platform, then quickly turning to face us, spinning her vicious Minigun at us. At this moment, I thought betrayal was about to occur, but then I noticed a small smirk quiver on Violet’s lips.

“Get down!” She screamed. At this moment, I grinned at her before turning to my other companions and nodding to them. I quickly ducked down and with that, so did my companions. I then heard the loud thunderous Minigun shred through the Gators, ripping and slicing their scales into pieces. I glanced back at the bodies of the Gators she just eviscerated, before looking at her with a smile.

“Well, that went well.” Dodge grunted, as he lifted himself onto his hooves. I noticed his wound around his chest – fortunately for him it wasn’t too deep, teeth marks were left but were barely bleeding (thus meaning, blood has been drawn, but there was not a lot of it).

“You alright?” I walked closer to him, placing my hooves around him and looking at the wound. He slightly moved away and I lost my grip.

“Torn, I’m fine. Honest.” Dodge showed a smile, but I could see a wince in his face. I couldn’t help but feel pity for him. He showed the smile yet again and gave me a small hug. I hugged him back, Violet wasn’t amused by this.

“Are we going to get a move on?” She broke us apart – as if she was either jealous or uncomfortable. It was just a friendly hug, Dodge was my friend and I was his. Crystal glared at Violet.

“They’re just hugging, what’s your problem?” She walked up to Violet, looking into her eyes. She really had something against her and I doubt Violet didn’t have anything against Crystal. Violet just smirked lightly.

“Well, every second we waste could determine the fate of a city. There might be one last push to end the violence in this city, well at least for now, but wasting time could completely fuck up everything.” Crystal couldn’t argue with Violet, even if she tried. She just backed away, sighing and looking down at the floor. “Now, let’s get moving.” She used her telekinesis to open the rusty door in front of her. We walked into a steel corridor, with a rusty grated flooring along the bottom and dull lights across the ceiling and underneath the grating floor. In front of us was a slope, leading up to what seemed to be another door.

“Do you think we’ll run into anymore?” I asked Violet, as we began walking up the slope slowly. She glanced back at me, chuckling a little to herself as if she thought I was stupid. I heard a slight snicker come from the mare.

“Oh, there will be more - and that is something I know.” She sounded serious, no jokes coming from her. Yet, jokes never left that mare’s lips. We moved into another room, this one fairly large. We stood upon a high rusty catwalk, above some Pre-War generators that are now inactive since they are now surrounded by water.

The room around us was old and even contained some bugs. Radroaches, we also noticed Radigators in the water below us, of course they were too far away to reach us and all the ladders that were here had fallen apart. I could tell because there are some dusty marks to where the ladders were. Violet led us into a control room which consisted of a decaying, rusty look to the walls and floor. A small terminal stood upon a desk - it appeared to be logged on and useable. But as we did encounter it, a small message was on the screen.

Be wary of where you walk. I know who you are, Pegasus. You are the very Pegasus who left Stable 30, how and why did you? You’d destroy your own safety to explore this deathly Wasteland? You’re a very daring one; my Enclave troops will annihilate both the Rangers and the Alicorns.

I am giving you a choice, to your left is an ignition switch that will overpower the generators within this room, blowing up the entire city - they may seem inactive, but trust me, electricity and water do not mix well. You will have time to escape my boy, and after you destroy the city, report back to me and I shall give you the honor of joining the Grand Pegasus Enclave. However, if you choose to disobey my commands, I shall crush you and the Steel Rangers, leaving this city and its Ponies to rot in within the very shadows it has created. -Mist

I shook my head, before glancing at the Switch. Violet glared at me with a threatening look. The switch was coated in a red that was decaying from the switch, revealing the silver beneath it.

“If you flick that switch, I shall never forgive you.” Violet hissed, “choose wisely - I hope your decision is the right one.” I looked at her, walking to her and looking into her eyes with a straight face. I shook my head.

“If they know where my sister is, I have to do it.” I look back at the switch, Violet yanked my face to face her with a glare. She spun her Minigun, as if she knew the choice I was speaking about was final - even though it wasn’t.

“He never said he knew where she was, so how do you know that!?” Violet grabbed me, shoving me to the floor, before pinning me down onto it. The control room shook slightly, as the sound of screeching metal echoed around the entire room.

“Get off him, Violet. Now!” Crystal levitated her Assault Rifle to her side, aiming at Violet’s head. This wasn’t going so well, Dodge quickly stood in front of Crystal, guarding Violet.

“Crystal, don’t do this. Lower the gun!” Dodge frantically panicked, as he tried to calm Crystal down. Crystal shook her head, the anger growing in her heart.

“No, she isn’t on our side - all she wants is the Rangers to be safe, then she’ll abandon us.” Crystal hissed violently at Dodge, “Now, get out of my way!”

“Don’t you see!? Tornado isn’t on our side, he doesn’t care about any of us. When the time comes, he’ll stab us in the back. He’ll even do it to you Crystal!” Violet held me down as I struggled to get out from under the strong mare.

“No, don’t listen to her; I wasn’t going to blow up the city!!” I arched my back, trying to get out. Violet was too strong for me, Dodge still blocking Crystal from shooting Violet.

“Don’t feed us these lies, Tornado, all you want is to find your sister and save your home. What about my home, huh!? Don’t you think of others!?” Violet screamed. I managed to throw her off, but she went to tackle me again. This time she failed and I stood above her.

“Listen to me; I would never blow up an entire city in favor of my happiness. I would never backstab anypony in favor for my happiness.” I glared at Violet, getting close to her with a fearsome look, before looking up at Crystal calmly. “Crystal, lower the gun.”

“B-bu...” Crystal stuttered, before lowering it slightly. I shook my head slowly.

“No buts, we shouldn’t be arguing. We work together, I know it’s hard to trust one another out here, but it’s all we can do. Now, I’m going to shut this entire sewer down, therefore it’ll become impossible to start to the generators.” I slowly made my way towards the terminal, and loaded up the main database.

<Back

Please wait...

Hello user! Welcome to Sewer Control

Generator status>

Floodgate control>

Filter status: Offline>

Current direction of water flow: North>

Shutdown electronic systems>

<Logout

Opening file.Shutdownelectronicsystems.

WARNING: If you choose to shut down the electronic mainframe, the sewer’s power system will become inactive forever!

Continue>

Shutting down electronic mainframe please wait...

Shutdown complete...powering down.

With that, the sewer became pitch black, as all the lights faded out. The only light aiding us was the one from my PipBuck, yet that didn’t light up enough for us to see the room. I wandered back onto the catwalk outside the control room, looking back to my companions.

“Stay close, don’t wander off.” I walked ahead, but heard some muttering from behind me. It sounded like Crystal and Dodge; yet again I didn’t want to disrupt them. Violet managed to walk next to me.

“Sorry about earlier, I thought you would have ignited the generators and blown them up. I was wrong.” She smirks and walks ahead, “follow me, all of you. I know the way to go.” Violet walked ahead, before turning right and walking to another steel door. She opened it and walked through. I quickly walked ahead, catching up with the mare as so did my companions.

We found ourselves back into the sewer tunnels, the current was dead since the power was dead and this made it easier for us to travel. I saw a small light in the distance with a ladder, showing the end of the sewer, Violet grinned and ran ahead.

“This way, we’re getting close.” I saw her get jump into the water with a splash, and darting ahead towards the beam of light. I followed her closely, before hearing my companions behind me. When we reached the ladder, Violet climbed up, I stepped aside allowing Dodge to go up. Crystal on the other hoof, stayed behind with me.

“Tornado?” She walked to me; I looked at her, waiting for her to go up. I smiled a little. “Can we speak for a moment?”

“Of course, Crystal.” I spoke softly, looking around at the surrounding darkness. She walked closer to me, smiling back at me. The light came down on us, making her majestic mane look beautiful within the horrible looking moonlight. “What’s on your mind?”

“D-do you ever feel...lonely out here? Like do you wish you had a Pony with you - to hold you, to love you?” She looked up at the moonlight, the mumbles of Dodge and Violet were heard above. I looked at her with a slight frown.

“Yeah, I do actually. You’d probably think I guy like me wouldn’t give two shits about love, when actually it means a lot to me.” I admitted with a sigh, I looked at Crystal with a slightly saddened look. “My only problem of course is, if I lose them, I wouldn’t see any reason to continue without them.”

“Yeah, I doubt I’d be able to c-” Crystal was cut off by a sudden shout from above.

“WHAT’S TAKIN’ YOU BOTH SO LONG?!”

Violet’s voice screamed at us above. I saw her looking down at us with a glare, I looked at Crystal before helping her onto the ladder and gently pushing her up, before mounting myself onto the ladder and slowly climbing up. When I reached the top, I noticed at the end of the road, the battle at the north-end exit tunnel was raging on.

When we reached the battle ground, Steel Rangers were behind cover and some were out in the battle, shooting their Miniguns at the enemy. Some of the ones behind cover were bleeding and dying from deep wounds caused by Alicorns.

KABANG!!

An explosion hit the ground from one of the Alicorns with a missile launcher. At this moment, I quickly hid down behind cover, readying myself for the battle. I quickly entered S.A.T.S. and targeted an Alicorn near the tunnel. The battleground was small, the only thing around us were a few tall buildings and some closed down stores with boarded up windows, while ahead of me was a tunnel leading downwards into the darkness, with a sign above it stating: North-End Exit Tunnel.

I unleashed my Shotgun’s rounds upon the Alicorn, as soon as the rounds made contact the bullets tore into its flesh, making it let out a blood curdling cry of agony. I quickly fired at it rapidly, before reaching the end of my clip and having to reload.

Crystal on the other hoof, stayed behind cover. She was the medic for this; she only fought if she had to. Violet walked ahead, unleashing the heavy lead inside her Minigun upon some of the Alicorns.

BRVRVRVRVVRVRVVRVRRVVRVRVVR!!

She managed to take a couple down, but reinforcements arrived soon after. A few missiles came down upon us from the Alicorns in the buildings; Dodge quickly tackled me and prevented my death.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

“Watch yourself, Tornado.” He spoke, lifting me up onto my hooves. As the Alicorns reinforcements came in, so did the Rangers. A small group marched down the street, unleashing their Miniguns upon the Alicorns above, watching them fall and land in a pool of blood and guts.

The Alicorns defence grew stronger; some of the Alicorns packed Miniguns themselves, spreading the rounds at us. A bullet full blizzard was on top of me as I took cover inside a toppled skip. I peeked out a small hole that was carved into the steel, noticing the Rangers eliminating the Alicorn troops from the scene, but more kept on coming. All of a sudden, a large wave of missiles came down on top of us, wiping over the battleground.

KABAAAANG!!

As the explosions went off, many limbs from the Rangers and even Alicorns flew off and landed beside us. The skip was dug into the ground, therefore it was unable to move, but it was slightly dented from the aftermath of the hellfire strike. Slightly larger Alicorns landed, firing their missile launches at the Rangers marching towards them, blowing them limb from limb. I quickly changed to my Zebra Rifle, also equipping the Power Armor I was given before peeking out and taking aim.

“Take cover!” I heard one of the Steel Rangers yell, I then noticed Violet running towards us and getting behind the skip. With that, Dodge and Crystal followed and we were together yet again, I aimed for the head on one of the heavy troops and unleashed an incendiary shot upon it.

BANG, WHOOOSH!!

The Alicorn began to burn slowly, as it ran around frantically trying to put the strong flames out. It did it no good, and it collapsed and turned into a burning corpse, dying with one last scream. I was running low on Zebra Rifle ammo, this wasn’t going to last me at all. I swear I had more ammo than this!

More Steel Rangers were called in, sprinting in with their heavy armor clanking and raining hell upon the Alicorns with their Miniguns. Violet joined the Rangers, and as Violet and the Rangers opened fire upon the Alicorns coming out of the dark tunnel, they started to retreat. Unfortunately for them, that wasn’t an option; the Rangers killed them before they even made it into the abyss ahead of them.

“Hit them hard!” I heard a Ranger who walked passed us yell, Violet looked at me and signaled me to come out. I looked towards Crystal and Dodge.

“Come on, let’s go!” I ordered, running out. My companions followed me into the blizzard of gunfire, before Ranger snipers above us were taking out the Alicorns with one shot. They collapsed, some losing heads and others losing limbs.

I aimed my Zebra Rifle at one, picking its head off as it began to burn in a raging blaze of fire. Dodge quickly took cover, taking aim and chomping down on the trigger, releasing a shot towards the Alicorn. The Alicorn stumbled back; this gave me the chance to finish him off. I quickly lined up my shot and shot a burst round at the Alicorn. I sent three bullets into its torso, watching it blaze violently and listening to its screams of agony and mercy. But it wasn’t over yet.

Alicorn troops quickly came through the tunnel, firing their heavy weapons upon us. I quickly ducked down behind one of the dirty sandbags, my companions joining me, before aiming back up and releasing another burst fire upon one of them. Luckily, they were too close to each other, this sent the fire blazing through not just one, but five of them. Their screams sounded brutish and tortured, as they ran around igniting others around them. I grinned at this, and sent another burst shot at one of the bigger ones, igniting it. This one did the same thing, running into other Alicorns and starting a blood red flame that lit up the night. I grinned at this, I felt pleasure watching them burn and also, I felt accomplishment.

The battle died down, Elder Lockhart walked down the street to see the battle had ended. He walked up to us all with a proud smile.

“Well I’ll be damned; you managed to push them back out of the city.” Lockhart smiled widely, “we thank you for all the help you gave - we needed it.” He turned towards Violet, frowning slightly. “Well, I guess this is where we part ways, Violet.”

“Well, I promised this blue fella that I’d help him, so it is unfortunately.” She hugged him gently, Elder Lockhart hugged back. “Thanks for giving me a place in this world, Lockhart, without you, I’d be dead.”

“Hey, it’s quite alright. As much as I’m going to miss you, you cannot break a promise. Off you go, you have a long journey ahead of you.” Lockhart turned to me, Crystal and Dodge before smiling slightly. “Again, we thank you all for the help.”

“It’s no problem.” I simply replied with a jolly smile, “we’re willing to help - always” I added, before looking at Crystal and Dodge.

“Well, you are now citizens of the Steel Rangers; you have full access to our armory. Although, it’ll cost you a few caps to buy the stuff. But I will tell you, it’s worth it.” He answered with a small chuckle. I nodded to him, and then looked at my companions.

“I guess this is goodbye, until the next time.” Dodge spoke, tipping his hat at Lockhart, before placing it back onto his head. Crystal walked ahead, levitating something onto Lockhart’s back. It was a small statue of a Pony standing upon a rock, looking up into the sky.

“Take this gift, it shows freedom...my mother used to tell me stories about it, I kept it for memories, but I think you deserve it more than me.” She smiled softly; Lockhart looked at her with a grin and nodded.

“Thanks my dear, I shall take good care of it.” He nodded to her before glancing back at the remaining troops. “Now, you should leave through the tunnel behind you - it is closest exit and it should take you to the Omega Mountains. The Enclave tend to linger up there, but it’s nothing you four can’t handle, now I really must get back to base, so until the next time.” He began to walk back the way he came from, and with that I turned myself towards the tunnel before walking to it. My companions followed closely and Violet seemed to respect me a lot more than she used to. Maybe because she got what she wanted.

As we entered the abyss, the light from my PipBuck lit up the surrounding area, showing tiled walls, some covered in blood and even some with messages written upon the wall. Some stating, Help me! Or Turn back now, if you continue it is suicide. How settling...

As we ventured onwards, I noticed a small tape dangling from the cylinder type roof. I grabbed it, before downloading it onto my PipBuck, at this moment I scrolled over to Notes and selected the tape’s recording and began to play it. What I heard was a stallion’s voice, it sounded harsh, deep and unsettling. But I just let it play onwards.

The wasteland is cruel and unforgiving, dear Pegasus.

As I stand trapped within the confines of my eternal prison surrounded by the fires of the old war, I send you a message to shine amongst the darkness around you - a beacon to light your way, a torch to carry, a Gypsy's call to head.

Know not of pain or sadness, of the grief that has taken this land by the throat and threatened to tear it to shreds. Take this message in good faith and continue on your quest of valor, even when it lies in short supply. Your road is one of danger and peril, it is a road I once walked, for every traveler walks his road... eventually, none will know of the deeds you have done - but your mark will remain.

I ask of you to remain vigilant and steeled in your darkest hours, shove aside the lust and sin of your brothers and fight with your teeth tight and your trigger taught. As you walk your road, do not forget the mare who has stood beside you, and make sure to honor her faithfulness and admiration.

But more importantly, do not make the same mistakes I made my friend. In a short time I will come and find you, but this is far off - focus on the present times and keep your head high, do not let the sirens call of the old world hold you back... I heard her call and followed foot, losing everything.

Until the day we meet make sure you prepare, the wasteland is filled with dangers far worse than greedy Rangers or powerful Alicorns. Keep your friends safe under your wing and guidance and never let them fall - I will find you one day, and when I do...

Reflect on your sins.

This is the Gypsy caller, saying farewell my friend - I will continue to watch you from my prison, awaiting your success... or failure.

Oh shit, we were heading into some deep, deep shit. So deep that, not even our screams of mercy would save us. Being alone in the dark would ensure death; we had to stick together - no matter the consequences.

“Well I’ll be a son of a gun, that Pony’s warning us.” Dodge spoke out, Crystal walked up next to me shaking lightly.

“We surely aren’t going to continue are we?” Crystal spoke in a shaky voice; I turned to her with a grimace quivering onto my face. I sighed deeply.

“It’s the only way we can go; if we die...we die trying.” I began to walk ahead, into the darkness and absorbing what the tape said into my mind, now knowing the possible dangers ahead, I could prepare myself - and so could they.

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Footnote: Level up!

New perk: Peacekeeper, this perk allows you to use the powers of persuasion against Wasteland gangs to access all sorts of information that they don’t want you or anypony else to find out.

Current level: 11

Next Chapter: Intermission: Act II Estimated time remaining: 6 Hours, 40 Minutes