"Battle is something that will always end with death."

Journal entry from KipKipie

I wish I could see her fight... I wish I was there for her at the end... She vanished... close to the end... All of us separated then put together without her... We found her journal with her blood on the cover. We hope she is fine... But most of us are hungry and some of the young... are dying if we don't get help soon... We will all... haven't seen Silver Gunner or Little hoof after they took them away. It's been almost two... weeks... Please be safe Tiria... Oh, their coming I need to hide this.

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The Siege

Day 25: Pow Camp

"Everypony Fire!!"

But... it sadly was too late. They came in so fast and so quick. We weren't even ready for them. The tank that stood watch since... I have been here was firing it took out one transport and then a sudden green blast hit it and all that was left... was smoke and ash... Those inside dead. The snipers fired at what they could... But the bullets just bounced off the armour. This wasn't going to be a siege, it was going to be a massacre. We had to get some out of here we got to get them ready So... I did all I could... "FALL BACK!! Into the city." Bulwark and the other guards of the gate nodded while the rest were already rushing to underground. I grabbed my pistol and the Warden left the slaves to die. I looked to see them there. Kip rushing with the wounded and noticed Softpaw standing to defend the Slaves.

"Go... I shall defend them." I gave Softpaw and nod as the rest of us rushed to the underground. I looked at the shadows of them landing and hearing Softpaw's gun going off and then looking to the Shadows of her being surrounded and then one of the spikes of their tails stabbed her right in the heart... Tears fell from my eyes... Softpaw is dead... Then I hear a flame thrower go off burning all the slaves and the buildings above hearing all kinds of screaming. Then silence then I heard a voice. "Command wants us to take hold of this place..till the operation is over and then..we shall kill and destroy everypony after its over. Now find the rest of them and keep them alive." He chuckles softly. "If you can that is."

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Day 25: Underground City.

The first line of defense was held by Silver Gunner and the rest of the guards. I went down below with Little hoof and Shadow. Kip stayed in the hospital. We held the second row. We had an army to defend them but how do we fight... those that trained all their lives? Why is Fate doing this to me and the rest of us? I never wished this on my friends. I never wished this at all. Then looked up hearing a battle going on and Silver Gunner getting hit by the bolts from the armor the Enclave wore. But it seemed to not affect him at all. But the reset around him turned to dust or got stabbed by the scorpion tail. Silver Gunner took his Shotgun and fired in the visor of one of them and they dropped.

But then his gun was blasted off his robotic arm and fell to the ground then one of them took the tubes on the back of his head and destroyed them. Causing him to short out and fall in a heap smoke coming from him. But he lifted his head and tried to get back on his hooves but couldn't. One of the Enclave solders took their hoof and smashed his head in very badly and then he was dead... Well as dead as you can make a robot.

"Silver Gunner!!" I yelled and fired my zebra pistol at them causing some of the armor to take hits... But not enough... I did get one down but then they stood back up and looked towards me. They flew into the air and then charged at us. We all started firing at them to try to get them to stop. But it wasn't going to happen. There was an explosion and I flew with my pack falling off my belt and falling to the ground. Then hit the ground hard. My vision was hazy extremely hazy. Watching most of the troop's fall from burns and the scorpion sting. Bulwark and Shadow helped me up and then looked to see Little hoof charge a bunch of them and toss them away... But he was taken down pretty quick sadly. Bulwark and Shadow rushed me to the hospital that held some of the other troops and Kip. Hearing screams and more fighting outside.

As they locked the door and looked towards. me. "You need to get out of here. Tiria go home... forget about us... Please, this world ain't for you. I am sorry Tiria... I didn't mean for you to ruin your life... For me or for the rest of us... Kip is probably going to die like Softpaw. But we need to get you out... Please, Tiria run!!" There was then sounds from the DJ

"Well, it seems the Enclave is trying to get into my booth. I won't let them get in without a fight. Come and get me you worthless bitches." The sound dies and we hear a large growl and a lot of screaming as a pissed off Hell hound is killing what he can and then we saw a large green flash and then a body falling. I sighed and looked to the door hearing them trying to get in. "Shadow protect Kip. Please don't let them hurt her." Bulwark gave us a weak smile. "I shall make a distraction." Her horn glows and held her gun in her magic looking down to her hooves. "Take care Shadow please..." Then the door open and that bald earth mare with the Eyepatch rushed in firing on some of the Enclave and looked at us. "They killed my team!! We need to escape we need~" Then the sounds of the children outside cheer and rang as they fire their guns and Enclave soldier spoke.

"Command we have... children here fighting us what do you want us to do.... we can't... But... they're children... But..." He sighed and ordered them to fire and then there was loud screaming of the kids that we allowed into the battle and then no more. Then Eyepatch looked to us. "We have the Stable protected and they don't dare go near it... But we need to get most of us to the outside." Shadow sighed. "Alright, Eyepatch we will see how we can get out. Go get to the group in the other room. I want Kip to go with you Tiria." I nodded but then we heard a loud thump. Hearing Tiny and that giant robot I fought a few days ago. "Push them back!!"

I opened the door and saw the Enclave being pushed back to the way inside by the large robot and then blew up the way in. Then the robot lifted up Silver Gunner and the robot stepped on the dead Enclave and came to us and sighed. "We don't have a lot of time probably only a few hours. So we need to get ready for them to come back in meaning we need to get ready for them. I will set Ra Proto here on the way in and have him set mines but we need more traps. So Shadow please go to the armory and give everyone our rocket launchers and machine guns and our weapon placements up and running. That would mean... we need someone to go into the old security building and use the old terminal to get them up and running." I sighed and nodded. "I got it." I started to head out and saw Silver Gunner and tears formed in my eyes. SoftPaw is dead and Looked to see Little Hoof limping towards us with other wounded...

We had some time but not much. I looked to see some bodies left of the children and tear's forming in my eyes more. They didn't deserve this... This world is so full of pain that it didn't deserve. Following the path to the security building and then I was jumped by an enclave shoulder they punched me from behind and with their four hooves got me on my stomach and I saw the shadow of them trying to stab me with their armor. I moved, grabbed and they tried stabbing me. I caught the tail in my hands and then they aimed their gun at me and then removing one of my hands from the tail and took my sword and stabbed it into the gun and BOOM. I flew onto my back and my vision got hazy again... Groaning looking to my hand that held the sword it was burned and the fur was gone. My sword not far from me and then the pegasus jumped on me already. Their visor was broken and I could see that they were a mare. I was pretty weak but I did what... I could to fight but... I heard a shot and she fell on me dead. Tiny picked me up and gave me a potion to take. "Here drink this and get going."

I nodded drinking it the burns vanishing but the fur not returning. Then head into the security building after grabbing my sword. Heading inside and looked to see all kinds of bones and it seemed there was a battle in here... To get free. I sighed and looked around. Then heard gnashing teeth and turned a corner seeing ghouls and blinked. I growled and feeling some pain and my body... Wanted me to rest... but I can't. I grabbed my sword tightly closing my eyes... remembering my lessons... Honor... is the way to go... we fight for honor in every step... Honor. Then I rushed at them like a warrior would before they could see me... slicing through them. I panted softly and sighed. I refuse to be stopped I must fight...

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My eyes tired and puffy from the crying... But I have to fight... I rushed through the building my body telling me it needs to rest... But again... I can't rest I need to keep moving I need to get to the spot they all needed me at... I sighed holding my head a bit and then found the main room that had a terminal. I sat at the terminal and then hacked through the passwords finding the right one and then found a recording of what happen here. Turning it on looking at the screen.

"This is the warden... calling anyone that can hear this... The prisoners have escaped. They wish to do what they can to escape. But we can't let them. We have a gas going through the system already. A deadly poison that will not vanish for many many years." The screen went blank and then I felt something in the air... It was the same poison that killed everyone here... it was making my heart beat hard. But I needed to find a way to turn the turrets on. I started coughing it was affecting me more quickly here than it was outside. But I sadly need to do this I tried to ignore the pain my body. While the gas went through my body. I clicked the terminal and get into the file of turning the turrets on. Looking at them it said their old and damaged from the wear of time... But they should work. I clicked on them but two of them need to be manually brought out. I was coughing hard.

Looked up a map downloading it into my pip-buck and coughed more. Then walking out of the hall grabbing my sword and looked around. I coughed hard following the map and groaned felt pain coursing through my body. This gas getting stronger as I went deeper. Oh, wonderful I thought I have no mask never thought I would need one. Following through the halls and looking at the old paintings seeing the leaders of this old world... Seeing six mares, two alicorns. It seemed every wall had a history of the world. The old world. But I couldn't just stand around... Allow my body to die... But I was getting dizzy and starting to see things. But I had to ignore them this smoke was hurting me more than I thought. I felt inside my body it affecting me to a point. I don't know what it did... But I have so much pain now and then. Finally finding one of the room's and noticed that my Pip-buck was trying to warn me that something is on the other side.

I grabbed my sword tightly and then opened the door and it was nothing. I walked in and found what I had to do to get the turret on this side to go again. I read the instructions and sighed... "Oh, goddess... they picked the wrong creature for this..." Reading through it I found the power and then crank to force it up. Turned the power on and it charged a bit and sparked, marks the crank and forced it out of the roof. As I heard a loud crash and looking up and backed up quickly. As the doors that kept the turret in fell to the floor with a crash. I coughed again and started coughing up blood. I needed a potion... without my bag... I wouldn't last.

I figured I would look through everything... But without my bags... I wouldn't be able to carry anything. Coughing more and headed to the next room. But the gas was hazier now... Looking at my Pip-Buck it was saying a lot of warnings. I had to keep moving I couldn't stop. My heart was beating harder... and harder. Coughing more and out of the gas ghouls started to attack me... I sliced at them and they vanished. I swear I killed them. Finally getting to the last room and turning on the turret and forcing it up... But the door was so rusted I couldn't get it out... So I aimed up the shaft with my zebra pistol and then fired... Causing nothing but ash with the door. Then forced it all the way up... Coughing and heading back out. I started coughing hard and fell to the ground... I felt my body starting to go against me... Rest it said to me... Rest...

My vision was going hazy and I swear I saw a bird... A bird that has been following me... It changed into something else but..I think I was dreaming... I was lifted up and then I passed out.

Day: Unknown place dreams.

I opened my eye's seeing all my kind dead... The elders dead... my friends... my father... Dead... My entire pack dead... Most of it seemed to be from the Enclave. Looking around to see all I loved gone... My entire home burning and on fire. I rushed to the elder that forced me to leave. He was oddly still alive... He spoke. "Tiria... run... go... back... its a trap..." I looked up seeing an Enclave soldier along with a Steel ranger and they fired at me. My dream went to me seeing Kip being killed by the Enclave and Silver Gunner being reprogrammed to kill everyone in Misty Moon Apartments. Then I turned seeing a floating robot watcher and the Raven they stared at me and that's all they really did... My heart shattered a bit and whatever was happening to me I was about to wake.

Day: 25 Hospital.

I opened my eyes, Kip, forcing down potions down my mouth and I coughed and Shadow chuckled. "Damn Tiria you did well... But whatever happen to you in there... You were close to death... We found out you passed out outside the door. Now I am going to head back out keep me informed Kip. Also, we are trying to get Silver Gunner back up and going... But it's not going to so well. We will be without him for the coming battle." He was starting to head out but Kip grabbed his tail with her mouth and stood on her back hooves and hugged him tightly "Oh Kip... I will be fine sister... I promised your husband to bring you back in one piece... Even if I have to kill all the Enclave myself to do it." Kip didn't speak and nodded. I looked to see Little hoof with a rocket launcher and heading outside to get ready. "Listen... Kip get Tiria ready to escape, you go with her... we will have some time to maybe win this battle. But when the battle starts please go with her."

Kip nodded with tears in her eyes. "I will go with her." Shadow smiled and headed out. He grabbed hold of Chewer and Kip helped me up and we went outside. I saw their last stand. A lot of rocket launchers... Some large machine guns strapped to podiums and a lot of ammo ready to be fired. Bulwark was in old armor that the guards wore. Holding a large magic rail gun rifle. Ra Proto standing by the caved way in. Everyone ready... Looked to see large turrets that I brought up ready to fire.

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Day 25 The City

Everypony waited for the battle to start again. They heard that the Enclave was breaking through the cave. RA Proto started to fire into the cave opening but then large hits of green blast hit the robot over and over. The robot's casing started to melt but they kept firing back. The robot was going to do a final run and rushed through the cave opening and there was a large boom. I looked to Kip and pointed to the way out. "Head there now... I will be there... But I need to help." Kip nodded and trotted off through the city to the back way out. I grabbed my pistol and rushed near Shadow and Tiny. "I told you to leave... Tiria..." I looked at him and smirked. "Someone needs to save your ass." Shadow chuckles and then the bombs at the cave entrance blew and looked up... Seeing a force of enclave rushing in.

The turrets and the ponies griffons on the gun's started firing at the incoming force. Looked over to see and hear rocket launchers go off to try to stop their advance while some ponies make it out of the back. But I knew this wasn't going to last... I lifted my pistol and got off some shots. I hit a few and only one dropped to their death. The rest of those ponies got a few of their own but one by one... they started to fall. Bulwark was standing not far from us firing her machine gun. She took a few hits right into the side and groaned in pain. They hit the power pack on the armor and she fell to the ground frozen but alive. Shadow rushed to her and removed her helm. "You will be alright, I have to get you out." Then a blast of green bolt went going after Shadow... Tiny rushed and pushed him out of the way. He got hit right in the back... Standing up fully on his hind legs. Grabbing a large minigun that had the name... The Bone Smasher on it. "Come and fight me you foolish Enclave." He screamed loudly and fired his minigun. Our troops falling them slowly breaking through. Shadow knew this was going to be his last stand. He pushed me to the way out.

"Go... leave us." He grabbed his minigun from his back and started to fire. I nodded and rushed through seeing many ponies who are citizens of this city grab guns and fire at them along with children. It seems the only way the Enclave was going to get this place... Is a fight to the death. I found my bag and picked it up it seemed no one cared that... it was there and then I grabbed my journal that was near it and then... I felt a stab in my arm. I looked to see a sting through it and blood dripped onto the journal... then felt the sting pull out. Standing up to see two Enclave soldiers that made it through. Like most of my kind... I could stand fully up. But when we could... it was painful. I stood fully up to make myself look bigger than I was... Grabbing my sword in the wounded arm... I could still move. Then my pistol firing at them and they pushed me back pretty quickly. I may have been trained as a warrior... But I was never trained to take on well-trained soldiers. A shot rang out and a bullet went through their heads and I saw Wheel tread slowly coming to me.

"Go...Tiria get out... of here... I shall hold up in my room... go..." I nodded and rushed off looking back seeing so much chaos and then... Boom looking up seeing a building hit and it started to fall and ponies buried in rubble and crushed by it. I kept rushing through the chaos and the mountain started to shake from all the battle. The city was burning and buildings falling and all kinds of death. But it didn't stop the citizens of this city... They fired back. Enclave didn't stop their charge and the turrets kept them at bay for the moment. I stopped seeing a bunch of mares standing their ground with large guns and... I looked to see many charging and then... a rocket blew between them... It was Little hoof and he rushed to me. "We need to stand our ground." Shadow found his way to me and he held two minigun's and sighed. "Tiny is dead... I shall fight for him." He aimed both minigun's while leaning on little hoof to make sure he is able to aim. How he was holding and firing both. it was strange even to me. A mare yelled. "Let the wounded through to the back. Let AHHH!!" She was hit and turned into green goop. Grabbing my pistol and firing at the incoming Enclave. Little hoof fired rockets to get more enclave to fall out of the sky.

Journal entry Softpaw

"I have made my choice. I am going to end my life to protect Tiria and her friends. I know before this day is over with... I am going to be part of the earth. I wish that I got to know them more... But Tiria needs to live... She shouldn't be held accountable for what the light bringer has done. But I am sadly not a pony or from their world. So even if I am alive after the battle is over... I doubt they will keep me alive... So I am going to allow them to take my life to be taken. I know someday she will read this. I want to thank her for all she did for my kind. Goodbye."

Journal Entry from Little Hoof.

"I see others slowly dying around me... How can the pegasi, the creatures so full of honour for the world and love, suddenly turn this heartless. It's been almost two weeks since... the battle. Kip has been beaten, Silver Gunner they look him somewhere and I don't know what they're doing to him. Shadow they have hurt him badly... But he lives. Oh... no, they're talking to Kip again and beating on her... I wish I could get to her... but I can't... Tiria... we need you..."

Journal Entry from Kip

"I... I am hurt... They broke... my left hoof. I was able to wrap it and split it... But they keep coming and beat me... Because... I refuse to tell them how to work Silver Gunner... I don't... know why they think... I know how to work him... They refuse... to let... me heal Shadow.... and feed the others... We are dying... Oh, Tiria, please... Please hurry... please..."

It was becoming more like hell and I rushed to the back way out with Shadow, Little hoof and Kip. Looking towards the groups of ponies rushing to defend their home. It was going to be an endless blood bath. There was a sudden explosion near us and my eyes were fuzzy and I saw Kip trot to me and try to help me up... Shadow was firing at the enclave soldiers that broke off from the main to chase us. But most of the citizens of the city gave their lives to protect us. One unicorn mare jumped off the roof of a building and landed on the enclave soldier both of them falling to their death. All I could see around me was gore parts of ponies and other creatures. Then I noticed a large group of Griffins that seemed to be the guards that kept folks in line and charged at them. A Griffin yelled. "Get everyone out!!"

Shadow nodded and we were getting closer to the way out... But now something else was rock and building fell right in front of us blocking the way. We would have to go into what Shadow called the bad part of town. I thought to myself... I had the howling dance... I could have left... here and there... and left these ponies to their fate... But all my training... all my training of honour and to fight a battle and never stop till we are dead and one with the ground... I was still bleeding from my arm and I tripped as we got into the fenced off part of the city. But I had my gun and sword... But my arm was hurting so much... That I felt I could barely move it. But I had to fight to use it.

"Shadow... why is this place fenced off?" Kip Asked calmly. "It's best to move on and not ask... Allow the Enclave to deal with what's in here." As we run he kicks strange lever's and ghouls are inside the building. This group seems to be chasing after us and just us... But we shall give them a surprise. He keeps opening the old cells and then we get to the back way out. Looking back I looked to see Pow gym cell's and blinked. Gym cells? Then hearing shooting and screeching and screaming. There was one more thing we had to get through. A building and Shadow turned to us and hushed us. "When Wheeltread built this city... He didn't ask for the old camp to be cleaned... out... We are heading into the prison. This was built to give these Pow's like they were living in a peaceful home... Fluttershy, I was told hated the idea of Prisoner of war camps. So for this one... She made sure it was built to give them everything they need. Now... I warn you... it wasn't just Zebra's that got put in here. We need to get past the hospital and then we are home free."

Looked behind us to see the soldiers that didn't get stuck in the gym area to fly over the fence and we rushed into the building.

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Day 26 early morning. POW Prison/Hospital.

Looking around calmly seeing old blood stains and looks like a riot broke out. The light barely working and Shadow locking the door. "That will hold them for a bit." We went in... I didn't have my bags... So I couldn't even loot this place if I wanted to... But loot in the middle of a battle ha... classy. Looking around calmly finding a terminal that was still working. It didn't need to be hacked and I started reading about experiments they did to the... I read one of them. Subject 21 Zebra mare: The Subject seems to be taking brainwashing with bleach nicely. Of course, she is more of a vegi now. Subject 30 Griffin: Clipping the wings of a Griffin makes them very angry... So we had to put him down. Awww so sad... I blinked and looked at the last one. Subject 60 wolf: Part of the Iron wolf project. We have been given liquid form of the blood that comes from the other subjects that failed in the good doctor's experiments... So we will see what we can do... In fact, we will be recording this.

The recording turned on and Kip and Shadow oddly started watching with me. "Alright put the Zebra in the experimental chamber... We will get to work. Now watch closely to see if it works." The experiment started and in front of our eyes, the Zebra slowly started into what the same creature I am... My eyes went wide and I felt my heart shatter and break... Then the creature was let out of the chamber and fell dead. "Hmm, another experiment failed on Iron wolf. We need another pony it seems Zebra's blood has too many different features in it to not accept this change. The pony way of life will be preserved for you Good Doctor." I got angry and growled my anger growing. In my head... NO, it can't be true... I can't be an offspring of an experiment meant to expand the pony way of life... With anger, I punched the terminal and then tossed it on the ground. Growling and kip placed a hoof on my shoulder. "Even if you aren't created by normal means... You're an honourable heart and soul my friend."

My anger subsided and ears fell. But I refused to believe this... This is just a pony lie. So I removed the anger from my mind and went on. Grabbing my pistol and followed Shadow... As he lead us through this extremely creepy prison. Most of what's in the cells are bones of the dead. Then I saw a sign called experiments and I felt drawn to it. But I refused to allow myself to go to it. Followed Shadow through the prison and we heard the door break open. Shadow looked back and nodded to me and Kip. While we walked through the Prison and slowly opened a door to the hospital. "Oh by the way." He turns on a light and there is a sudden roar from an eyeless creature and then he turns it off. "Watch where you step... Also enjoy all the creations here." Blinking and looking down as a puddle was forming under my legs yellow puddle. Looking up and sighed. "Wonderful... after this, I am going to need a bath." We started to slowly walk through the hospital as... I smelled many decaying and creature and experiments... Some of them my species?

We heard shooting behind us and it started stirring the creature's we had to deal with inside this hospital. But we tried to stay out of their way. I started having visions because it seems there was a gas..that affected only wolf-like creatures. Did I see the past? But even if I saw this... I had to keep going. I took a deep breath and calmed my heart. Looking over to see a sign for the Ministry of peace and felt my heart sank. It was used to bring peace. Then saw first aid boxes and went to grab one and strapped it to my arm and rushed to the others. "Just in case." Shadow nodded to me and then a ghoul rushed past us and then turned to look at us and growled hissing as more showed up. "Oh lovely." Shadow attacked the Ghoul with his claws. Beheading it.

Then Kip used her magic to use various objects she could find on the floor or around. I used my sword and we kept fighting through them. Feeling this was going to get even more deadly. We kept going deeper into the hospital trying so hard to get away from the Enclave soldiers that kept following us. The battle outside was muffled from this building. It was pretty dark and gloomy but we kept following the way to the exit. Trying to ignore all the creature's we saw. My nose picked up many scents. It seems experiments happen even after the end of the war. But slowly stopped from the scents I got from my nose. Looking around and then suddenly a wolf creature like me charged and attacked me. He attacked me like a wolf and I did the same to him growling angrily. I knew he was a male I could see it and it seemed he wanted something from me. But now wasn't time for the pleasures of the flesh. Shadow took his own claws and stabbed them into the wolf beings head.

I stood up and looked at the creature kicking them a moment and sighed following Kip and Shadow again. Kip kept her horn from glowing... Since her magic could bring to much light in here. Shadow started to run as he knew he was closer to the way out. "Hurry... they're gaining on us." I looked behind me to see a bolt from a weapon of the Enclave soldier and it missed barely and we started running stirring the creatures that attacked the Enclave since we got away so quickly. We got to the home stretch and it was to the point we saw the way out. There were tonnes of ghouls blocking it... He looked to me and Kip and nodded. "We charge... NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER!!" He charged screaming that and we broke through the ghouls and made it through the exit and closed the door quick before the Ghouls could get out, hearing shooting back down the hall.

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Day 26: Fallen city.

We made it outside seeing half the city is on fire. So much death mostly on our side and we rushed to the back way out just a small cave guarded by two small robots and some ponies. As we saw the last line of the city ponies facing off with the Enclave and Shadow stood by the robots and he armed his gun and looked to Kip and I. We both nodded by, an explosive hit between us I flew on the way out and she flew beside Shadow and Kip mouthed. "Run..." I tried to get back to her but another explosive caused a cave in and after the dust cleared I tried to break through it all... Being able to move some... But I couldn't get it all in time to get to them. I felt my heart break... Looking at my sword and stabbed it into the ground... As a promise that I will return and I went outside... I was in a desert. A vast desert.

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Day 26: Desert of the Buffalo

Walking through the endless path... I feel alone now... I felt that I failed everyone... I looked back but then looked up seeing a green rainbow push back to the cloud cover and I finally saw the sun. But I fear that... so much death happened this day. I walked into the sunlit desert following a path I am unknown to again... As I started alone... I never saw the sun before but i had to focus. I have to find a way to save them... But I have to find a way to save myself.

Footnote: Level up no new perk.