You cracking douche monkeys! - Dark Lightning

The newborn filly on my back was still fast asleep from when her mother died, even though she was laying on my twenty milometer cannon rendering it unusable. I flew just below the cloud cover and quiet slower than usual since I didn't know how well my makeshift harness would work. Looking down I could see a river snaking below me as well as many radagators moving from either side hunting for food. At that thought I realized that it would not be long before this foal would need nourishment, which meant milk, which also meant that I was in deep shit since I couldn't exactly walk up to a mare and ask her to lend me some. Perhaps I could with Shadow Star, oh sweet Shadow Star, but that would only work if I could find her and the others.

I spotted a group of ponies pulling a small train of other ponies who were tied together. There were eight of the slavers, mostly in the front, and at least four captured ponies approaching the river.

"Damn slavers, maybe this aint so bad though." I said as I stopped and hovered in mid air as the sky grew darker.

I checked the foals harness and made sure it was tight before I dived downward allowing the lightning to form streaks upon my wingtips that trailed behind me as I charged for an attack. Just before I zipped past them a bolt of lightning beat me to the ground and was followed by a rather sinister thunderclap. I blasted them with my lightning before performing a tight flip and landing before them in a crouched position. My visor was aglow as I circled them slowly, the ponies that they had been herding were terrified upon seeing me, as were their captures since I had evidently struck two of the bastards before landing.

Rain started to pour down on us as the slavers began to shoot, I dodged to either side making sure that they wouldn't hit the foal as I got in close. They had been firing their seven milometer pistols which wouldn't pierce my armor too badly so long as it only hit the bulky parts. Dashing between two of them I opened my wings and cut them in half before bolting up into the air to avoid a combat shotgun that did manage to dent my chest plate with a slug round. Rolling over I dived down for the mare using the lethal weapon before dipping my wings to the right and cutting her in half from head to flank. Hearing screaming about a demon, I watched as the other slavers turned and ran before I landed.

"That's right run you jack wagons!" I yelled after them as the foal on my back giggled.

I looked behind me to see that she was awake and laughing her flank off, I cracked a smile but also wondered when the little filly had woken up. Since she wasn't bawling her eyes out I figured I could tend to her after I get what I needed from the slaves and the dead.

"Hey everypony, the name is Dark Lightning and I see that y'all could use a bit O' help." I said as my helmet retracted to show my face.

"Y, you aren't h, here to k, kill us?" a mare who looked as though she had been brutally beaten asked.

"Eenope, I'ma here to help ya, and find food for my little friend here." I said moving myself around to show the foal harnessed to my back.

"I c, can help you with t, that." she stuttered as I approached, sure I'm a Shadowbolt and we do look a bit scary, but she should know that she aint got nothin to fear from me.

I slowly and very carefully cut the ropes that were tied around their necks with my wings earning many grateful looks from the four ponies. I then unstrapped little Crimson Flower and set her on the ground next to the mare who volunteered to help me with my problem.

"Take what you need from those slavers everpony, I don't see anything on em I could use." I said rather sad since I did still need ammo.

"Thanks dude." A young stallion said as he picked up the shotgun in his green magic as he smiled.

"That was about the only thing they had that actually hurt me pal." I said trying to talk to these ponies as I watched the mare feed Crimson.

"Sweet, lots of ammo on this shit bag!" He laughed.

"Always a good thing." I said walking away from the young stallion while he enjoyed shotgun paradise.

"She is really tiny, how old is she?" the mare feeding Crimson asked.

"A few hours, her mom died at birth and I wouldn't be alright with just leaving her in the middle of the wastes to die of starvation." I said as I sat down near them.

"Well you are going to need help feeding her if you aren't going somewhere with the supplies to do so, not to mention a willing mare." the yellow earth pony mare said as she stared into my orange eyes with her green ones.

"I'm heading towards where I think my marefriend is, I'll give you all escort there." I stated frowning as I did so.

"Whats wrong Mr?" A young colt with a grey coat and brown mane asked with curious blue eyes.

"Nothing, just wondering how I'm going to explain that Tempest stayed behind." I said looking back the way I came.

"Don't worry, if your friend is as capable than you then he'll be fine." and older stallion said as he sorted the pistols from the dead slavers out.

"So you all know each other I'm guessing?" I asked since I was going to spending some time with them.

"Yes, we are family." the older stallion said, "That is my wonderful wife Sunfire, our oldest Soundwave, the youngest Tracks, and I am Primal." he added as he beamed with pride.

I nodded but remained silent as Crimson burped and went back to sleep. I got up and walked over to put her back in the harness but was surprised when Sunfire continued to hold her. I sighed before pulling out my map and gazing at our location, thankfully we weren't far from where I was going.

"Where do you think they are?" Primal asked looking at my map.

"Well I believe that they are in a slaver camp right now, knowing them they have probably ripped the slavers apart and are resting or something, perhaps moved on, but nonetheless I expect them to have at least been there." I replied looking the way would need to walk.

"You want to walk into a slaver camp?" Soundwave shouted worriedly.

"As I said, they probably killed everypony there, my friends pack big guns." I said smiling at the thought of slavers trying to kill them as Bulls Eye or Applebits ripped them apart.

"Who are your friends?" Sunfire asked.

"Hehe, well they are two prewar steel rangers, that's who they are." I said grinning.

This caused them all to look at me like I had lost it, but when I stood to begin walking they followed. Engaging my helmet I checked my systems, since I did take a hit or two, just to make sure that nothing had changed since I ran out of ammo. Thankfully nothing had been damaged functionality wise but that didn't mean that the massive dent wasn't still there, I would have to press that out when I got the chance.

I looked back before I took off into the sky to see the family and Crimson in close pursuit of me, much to my gratitude, and flew slightly ahead so that I could spot hostiles. All I saw in the distance was a small single road town with a few buildings and a few familiar ponies walking around it. I circled back to the family and flew just above them as we all converged upon the town.

Author's Notes:

I know Transformers references but hey, I'm running out of names since I did throw so many out early on. It also shows that if you do a good deep, good shall come to you, but perhaps Lightning is being to trusting of these ponies. Keep reading to find out and stay brony!!!