I looked at Arc as we started out towards the Rainbow Dash Skyport in Hoofington. Since it was the Enclave's primary facility in the city we were going to have to start our attack there.

I hated the irony that they were controlling an area that had been named after Rainbow. There was a disturbing amount of irony to that and I wanted to kick them out more than ever. I sighed a little as I looked back at Arc again.

This might be our chance to save the ponies from Stable 66 if they really were here in Thunderhead. We didn't know for sure, but it was worth a try at least.

"Arc..." I said softly as I walked up next to the blue-grey Unicorn. "How are you holding up?"

"I've been better," Arc said with a sigh as she looked at me. "Do you really think I should be coming with you? I mean, we're heading right into the heart of the Enclave."

I sighed a little and looked around. “I know, but I trust you Arc. As long as the Enclave doesn’t get in contact with you we’ll be fine. But…”

“But what?” Arc asked as her ears perked up a little.

“Well, the records from Stable 66 said that they were going to be taken somewhere near Hoofington,” I said with a sigh. “Right now our first goal needs to be to find out if they’re in Thunderhead and free them. If we can do that, the Enclave can’t hold that over your head anymore.”

I sighed a little. We had to get into the city before the battle itself started given that they’d likely close it off at that point. Our primary mission was infiltration, we were going to get into the city and try and achieve our goals without drawing attention.

Which was why we didn’t bring along Rampage and Silver Gunner. It wasn’t that they weren’t good in a fight, but they wouldn’t blend in as easily as the rest of us in a combat situation. We were supposed to be getting into the city in order to figure out how close they were to getting into Stable 102 and stop Winter Breeze one way or another.

But we weren’t going to leave Arc hanging, we were going to do everything we could to make sure that her friends were rescued. I just had to figure out where they were.

“I’m sure we’ll find them,” I said and put my hoof on her shoulder. “If they’re in Thunderhead, we’re going to make sure that we get them all out alive.”

Arc smiled and hugged me. She was starting to cry a little as I hugged her back. “Thank you Scootaloo, you don’t know how much this means to me.”

“I think I have some idea,” I said as I released the hug after a moment. “Come on, let’s get going, we have a war to fight.”

Arc nodded and we picked up the pace to catch back up with the rest of the group. Sparky looked back at me and gave me a smile and a nod which I returned. I smiled a little, I was happy that she had come along even if everything was going to be tricky from here on out.

Blackjack calmly leaned near Sparky. “Don’t you seem a bit young to be here?”
My ears perked up a little as Sparky looked over at her. “I’m 18 years old, and I was in Red Eye’s Fillydelphia… I think I’ll survive.”

Blackjack blinks “Forgive me my old brain is starting to make a come back.. But I have a feeling that hitting on you will make some pony slap me. But I’m Blackjack.” Offers her hoof to shake.

“Sparky, and yeah, if you did my… I don’t even know what to call her honestly, but Scootaloo would probably hit you,” Sparky said with a chuckle. “It’s nice to meet you Blackjack.”

“Thanks to Scootaloo I feel I got a chance again.. A chance to fix my life and...Why do I suddenly feel that I should break out to sing and then shoot someone in the ass?”

“Well, I’m glad to have helped,” I commented and rolled my eyes a little. “Lets not do that, randomly breaking out into song despite the fact that we don’t know the song went out of style in the war.”

“Rampage broke out into a song..During the time we tried to save Snails from the prison it was odd and interesting. She sang like a highlander.”

“Wait, was that really a thing?” Arc asked as she looked at me strangely. “Did ponies really randomly break out into song?”

“Yeah, I don’t know what was up with that either, it was just a thing that happened I guess,” I said with a shrug. “But that’s not important right now. Right now we need to focus on getting to Thunderhead.”

They nodded and we kept walking towards the Skyport.

“Soooo Scoots.” Blackjack leaned over to speak in my ear . “Who did you sleep with to get that kid?” She said and pointed hoof to Sparky.

I blushed deeply and shook my head. “She’s, well, she’s sort of mine. Okay actually she’s the daughter of a clone of me and a clone of Sweetie Belle… I know that sounds weird, but, yeah, my family tree has gotten really weird since I woke up.”

“Yes my family tree is even odder. I’m a descendant of Twilight Sparkle.”

“Yeah that’s…” I started to say and then my eyes went wide at that. “Wait, what? I thought Twilight only had one foal and she was in Stable 13!”

“No she made a fake name and look for herself and had a love affair with Big Mac and gave up the baby to Marigold before they were born. Then Marigold gave the child to 99 when the bombs fell and she died outside.”

I had no idea what to say to that to be honest. Twilight Sparkle, had an affair during the war with Big Mac? Okay, that was news to me obviously, though at least it explained how Blackjack was related to her.

Then something else occurred to me. If Blackjack was distantly related to Big Mac, and by extension the rest of the Apple family…

“Dear Celestia…” I said as my eyes went wider at that thought.

Blackjack Blinked “What you acted like the most horrible thing in the world just came to your mind.”

“Well maybe not the worst horrible thing,” I said with a shake of my head. “Just a really weird thought. I’m engaged to a descendant of the Apple family, which means… we’d be family, sorta.”

It took awhile for that to hit the slow mare. Then when it did she just shrugged. “So we would be family. I already think of you as the one that saved my ass I don’t see what would..” It finally hit her. “Oh...I would be scared to…Wait I didn’t know Twilight had two decedent's. Who was the other?”

“Uh, sorry, just getting used to that fact… yeah, Twilight had a daughter named Eclipse who had been put in Stable 13 up in the Northern Wilderness,” I said and shook my head. “I don’t know how many descendants she actually has there, but the NCR General in charge of their military actions in the war is General Midnight Sparkle.”

Again it didn’t hit the white mare for awhile. Then when it did.. “Excuse me. So I slept with my distant cousin. Huh interesting.” She shrugged “ But I know the way in.. But you’re not going to like it.”

“I’m listening,” I said with a sigh. “I’m sure it can’t be much worse than our current plan.”

“Welp I learned a while ago I am very popular with some of the ponies in Thunderhead. Sooooo they have many fake Blackjacks.. Soooo dress up like me.”

“Uh… exactly how are we supposed to find enough Blackjack costumes? And then there’s the fact that we’re not all Unicorns,” I pointed out.

“That didn’t stop me and my friend’s the first time. Glory was in a Enclave armor. I was cloaked. The others just went up there with horn’s. So find some paint find some way to make a fake horn. Then I can teach you to act just like me.” She smirked loving this idea.

I facehooved a little. “Lets, try getting some Enclave armor for the two of us who are Pegasi at least… hopefully that’ll do it. As long as we don’t run into Winter Breeze, she saw through that disguise last time I tried it.”

“Well I know… someone who could help us.”

“Oh? Who would that be?” I asked and looked at her curiously.

“Glory’s sister…I still have the means to contact her.”

“Alright,” I said with a nod. “Do you think we can trust her? If Glory’s working for Winter Breeze, we don’t know anything about her family at this point.”

“I talked with her recently Scoots. She blames me for Glory’s death. I don’t even think she knows that Glory is alive.”

Oh, yeah, that would do it. Actually I wasn’t really sure why either of them thought Glory was dead, was she keeping a low profile or something? “Why do they even think she’s dead?”

“Glory’s father is a General. I have a feeling to keep her father and family from having a bad fallout if they knew she was alive. So Glory even changed her name for a while to Fallen Glory.”

“Oh this is gonna be a fun conversation…” I said with a groan. “‘Oh by the way your daughter is still alive and she’s part of the President’s inner circle. Sorry you had to hear it from us.’ Yeah, I’m not looking forward to that.”

“Oh you make it sound like it’s such a bad thing. Oh look sir your little girl who when I met you you said that if she got hurt you would kill me. Same with her sisters. So oh I failed... This is going to be so much fun.” She brought a strange device out from her bag. “Whelp my ass will get cooked lets do it.”

I nodded and looked at the device. I honestly wasn’t sure how this was going to go and I was a bit worried. “Alright, let’s do this.”

I took the device and activated it. There was a moment of silence as we all gathered around it and waited for an answer. The strange device remained quiet for a moment before there was finally an answer.

“What do you want Blackjack?” A mare’s voice said.

Blackjack sighed before speaking up. “Hello Moon Shadow before you get upset at me hear me out.”

“Upset? That’s an understatement for how I feel towards you,” Moon Shadow’s voice said. “What could you possibly want to talk to me about?”

“I need you to meet me at my location. I have some info on Glory and the only way you will get it. If you give me some of your time.” Blackjack said harshly.

There was a long pause on the other end as Moon Shadow considered her options. “Alright, I’ll get a Vertibuck and take it to your position. But this had better be good or the next call I make is to the nearest Enclave forces.”

After a moment there was a click as the device deactivated. I looked over at Blackjack and sighed a little. “Charming future in laws you have.”

“Wait till you meet her father..” She said with a smirk

“That doesn’t fill me with confidence,” I said with a groan. Right now I just had to hope that this didn’t do anything to change our timetable. “I just hope you’re right about this Blackjack, or I’ll shoot you myself.”

“Aim for the ass if you do please.”

I just facehooved as the others laughed. This was going to be a really long mission.

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After awhile we heard the sound of a Vertibuck on approach. I got to my hooves and looked at the aircraft as it came in for a landing. It took me a moment to realize that I had no idea how Moon Shadow was going to react to seeing me, so I quickly pulled my fedora down in hopes that she wouldn’t.

The Vertibuck landed and the door opened as a Pegasus mare stepped out. For a moment I thought it was Morning Glory, but she was a darker shade of grey with a shorter mane tied into a ponytail. Like Glory though she was dressed like a scientist with a lab coat.

“Hello Blackjack,” she said as she narrowed her eyes at the Unicorn. “What’s so important that you needed me to risk my life to fly here?”

Blackjack sighed and looked down at her hooves. “Look I am sorry for what I did to your family. But I learned that Glory is not only alive, but working with Winter Breeze.”

Moon Shadow’s eyes went wide at that. I couldn’t blame her, she was being told that her sister that she had mourned and long thought dead was still alive. There was a long moment of silence as the Pegasus processed that information.

“Why should I believe you? Even if she was really alive, which you haven’t provided evidence of, Glory would never work for the Enclave again. More than that, I don’t think the Enclave would let her work for them after what you pulled.”

Blackjack deeply sighed and looked towards me with her eye’s begging for help.

“Moon Shadow, I know this is a lot to take in,” I said with a sigh. “I’m sure you know who I am at this point so there’s not any point in lying about it. But you also know that I have no reason to lie about this. I didn’t know your sister 10 years ago, but I’ve met her. You want your proof, I’ve seen her, so have my friends.”

“Yeah, during the occupation of Manehattan she helped operate on Scootaloo here,” Arc said with a nod. “And then during the Battle of San Prancisco she saved us from Alicorns after we saved her from Slavers.”

“Helped us,” Riva added and looked at Moon Shadow. “Morning Glory helped us.”

“I haven’t known her for long, but I have no reason to doubt that is the kind of thing she would do is it not?” I asked and Moon Shadow sighed. “I don’t know why she’s working for Winter Breeze, but I do know that she’s alive and getting ready for something big.”

“Moon Shadow. I know I have cheated and hurt your family. I know I broke Glory’s heart many times. But for Glory I will change my life and die for her if needed.” Blackjack said.

Moon Shadow sighed and looked back at the Vertibuck. “Let me guess, you want me to give you a lift into Thunderhead now? Alright, but… if you get caught don’t tell them I was involved. I’m on thin ice as it is.”

“I need a few things. Some of those fake Blackjack costumes and two Enclave armors. That’s all I need. Oh and the lift would be great.” Blackjack said.

“That, will take some doing but okay,” Moon Shadow said and gestured towards the Vertibuck. “Lets get aboard and quickly.”

I nodded and we climbed aboard the Vertibuck. I sighed and looked down at the ground as we took off towards Thunderhead, I just hoped that everything would be okay.

I sighed as we saw Thunderhead on the approach. The cloud city had several Enclave Raptors circling it, in particular around the area that I figured was being used for the Enclave’s government offices.

In the distance I saw what was left of Shadowbolt Tower. There wasn’t a lot left, I assumed that was likely connected to the events of 10 years prior since that thing was built to survive a lot worse than what the Zebras threw at us.

“How long has it been since you were last here?” Arc asked as she looked at me.

“A long time, I visited here briefly in my time above the clouds,” I said with a sigh. “This was where the Pegasi found out about the Stables after they got access to the Stable in Shadowbolt Tower.”

Blackjack sighed. “Thank you Moon Shadow I know. This is not going to look good for you if we are found..But where are we heading?”

Moon Shadow looked uncomfortable for a moment before she spoke. “I had to get the Vertibuck from my father. I didn’t tell him who it was, but we have to go home.”

Blackjack blinked her eyes wide in horror. “Oh… Oh boy this is going to go very well. Scootaloo be ready to clean up my ashes or to stop her wonderful daddy from killing me.”

“Great, that fills me with such confidence,” I said with a groan. “Is there any chance we might be able to talk him down?”

“Talk Glory’s father down.. When you met her did you ever see her crazy compulsive nature? Who do you think she got that from?” Blackjack bluntly said

I sighed a little as the Vertibuck came in for a landing outside of a large mansion in Thunderhead. For a moment I hoped that there was going to be a chance that we wouldn’t have to worry about Glory’s father, but that was dashed when a large Pegasus stallion with a purple coat and grey mane with a large scratch on his face.

“Any chance that’s the butler?” I whispered to Blackjack.

“Hello Striker long time.” Blackjack said with a nervous smile.

“Hello Blackjack,” the stallion said with a growl as we got off the Vertibuck. “You have a lot of nerve showing up here again after what happened.”

“Before you do anything…” She was about to say something before the stallion’s hoof swung around and connected with her muzzle and sent her sprawled out. I ran over to check on her but she had been knocked out cold.

“What the hell was that for?” I demanded of the stallion who glared at me. I gulped a little and retreated as Riva checked Blackjack.

“Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t just have you arrested?” Striker said as he narrowed his eye (I don’t know how I missed it but he actually had an eye patch) at me. “We’re on high alert and one of the Enclave’s most wanted just landed in my backyard.”

“Dad, you should hear her out,” Moon Shadow said as she looked at her father as she adjusted her glasses a little. “It’s important, please hear her out.”

Striker looked at me for a long moment and then at his daughter. He wasn’t sure what to do, it was clear he was torn between his family and his duty to the Enclave, but finally his family seemed to win out.

“Alright, I’ll hear her out,” he finally said and looked down at Blackjack. “Bring her inside if you must, this better be good.”
I gulped and followed the rather intimidating looking stallion as we headed into the house. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but here we go.

Once more into the breach.

We entered Striker’s office in the large house. I looked around and was surprised to see it had photos framed of various ponies. There was even one of Morning Glory when she was younger, I smiled a little as I looked at it.

“You miss her don’t you?” I asked softly as I glanced back at Striker who nodded slowly. “I have, well, had a daughter too but she’s long dead by now. I still miss her and I’d give anything to see her smiling face one more time.”

“No parent should ever outlive their children,” Striker said with a sigh as he closed his eye. “I barely ever see Dusk and Moon these days. Dusk is off doing who knows what as part of Winter’s secret service and Moon’s busy with her work.”

I paused a moment, how was I going to tell this to him? I sighed and closed my eyes as I took my hat off, if I was going to talk to him it would be as another parent, not as a Wasteland hero. “I don’t know how I’m going to tell you this honestly. But, Morning Glory isn’t dead, I’ve seen her down in the Wasteland.”

“What?” He asked as he looked at me. “When? How?”

“Around a week ago during the Battle of San Prancisco,” I said. “She was being held by Slavers and me and my friends rescued her. She returned the favor when we were being held by Alicorns not long after and arranged for us to have safe harbor for the night.”

Striker stood there for a long moment, I could only imagine what was going through his mind right now. If I was told that Cloudy was still alive somehow I’d have a hard time believing it too, I sighed and looked away.

“I see…” he finally said. “Do you know anything else?”

Now here was the hard part given everything that was happening. “She’s here in Thunderhead working for the Enclave as the President’s Science Adviser. I, don’t know why she hasn’t come forward and told you she’s alive…”

Striker looked at me for a long moment and sighed. “That’s why Blackjack here isn’t it? She’s here to try and find her in Thunderhead because she feels guilty and wants to find her.”

“Basically… yeah,” I said with a sigh. “She really loves your daughter, she’s willing to change for her, to be a better pony for her. I know she messed up before, but in my experience ponies deserve a second chance to make things better.”

Striker reached over his desk and picked up a framed photograph. “Scootaloo, have you ever wondered why so many ponies in the Enclave follow Winter Breeze?”

“I admit, the thought has crossed my mind,” I said. “I saw some bits of it from a series of memory orbs, the Enclave was desperate for leadership after the Civil War right?”

“That’s part of it yes, we needed a leader and she was there for us when we needed her,” he said with a shake of his head. “She didn’t just rebuild the government, she gave us hope that we had a better future. My youngest daughters had lost their school in the civil war and she had it, and others in the cities that remained loyal to the Enclave rebuilt. She did more than make promises, she did everything she could to make it a better place.”

He showed me the picture, it was of a school with two little fillies that looked like they might be Morning Glory’s sisters standing next to Winter. I smiled a little, they looked happy, Winter was even smiling, something I hadn’t really seen from her in our brief interaction.

“You do know we have to stop her from what she’s doing right?” I said softly. “What she’s doing is dangerous, and if we can stop her one way or another, it’ll end this war. The weapon she wants to use could destroy most of Equestria if used wrong.”

“Well, I’m not going to stop you,” Striker said with a shake of his head. “But, I do hope that you can stop her without killing her. And if you find my daughter, tell her she’s welcome to come back home.”

I smiled a little and nodded. “I promise that I’ll do everything I can to do that. I just hope that she’ll be willing to listen.”

“Alright, once Blackjack is awake and everything is set up, you can go,” Striker said and I set the picture down carefully and gave him a nod. “Thank you for everything Scootaloo, you’ve given an old stallion hope.”

“I’ll do my best,” I said with a nod and sighed. “Winter… I just hope that she’s going to listen to reason. It’s not been easy for me either given everything that’s been going on, but I’ll make sure that your daughter will be okay.”

Striker nodded and we headed out of the office together. I felt more relieved than anything else, it was good to know that there were more good ponies in the Enclave, I just hoped that they’d all make it out of this alive.

“How’s she doing?” I asked Dazzle as we headed into the living room.

“A bit cranky given she was punched in the face, but she’s mostly just been staring at some little box,” Dazzle commented as she pointed over at the couch were Blackjack was laying. “She seems fine though.”

“Hey Blackjack, how’s it going?” I asked as I trotted over to where the cyberpony Unicorn was.

Blackjack didn’t answer at first just stared at the little box. Then lifted the box up to me. “Open it.”

I opened it up curiously. Inside was a ring, one that had clearly been built for a Pegasus based on how it was made and I blinked a little in surprise and looked over at her. “Was this for…”

“I had to ask many mare’s what a Pegasus like Glory would like. I bought it before i went to face Lighthooves. I was going to ask her to marry me. But she looked so unhappy being with me. So I just kept it in my bag all these years.” Blackjack said in a very sad voice.

“I know how you feel… I…” I started to say and closed my eyes. “I was looking into buying a ring before the bombs fell… you never know when the last time you see your loved one might be the last time.”

“I always wanted her father’s blessing. I was trying to get that before...it all went down..” Blackjack said. “The fact I even want that must prove to everypony that I want to change.”

“You’ve already proven it to me,” I said softly. “I just hope that everypony else will be willing to listen. You’re a good pony Blackjack, it’s just not easy for ponies to tell sometimes.”

Blackjack laughed. “Well I am sure if I ever ask him.. He will say hell no Blackjack.” She drifted the box back to her hoof.

As she did that though an armored hoof took it and we both looked up to see Striker standing there and looking down her. “What’s this?” He asked and opened it up as he raised an eyebrow and looked down at Blackjack. “Is this what I think it is?”

Blackjack let out a deep sigh and sat up looking right at Striker. “Yes. I asked so many mares and even some stallions after they got to know Glory. What would be the best ring for her. I wanted so hard to prove to her, that i changed… that… I would seek your blessing to ask her to marry me.”

Striker looked down at her and back behind him towards Moon Shadow who had come into the room. He looked thoughtful for a long moment as he tried to decide what to say. “Scootaloo told me Glory is still alive. I don’t even know what to think about you to be honest Blackjack, but if you’re that willing to change for my daughter. I’ll give you a chance, and my blessing.”

Blackjack just stared at him with a surprised look on her face. It looked like she had no idea what to say. “I can’t promise anything to you sir. But I won’t let you down. I will find her..and stop her from doing anything silly with whatever she is doing… and knowing her… I am sure it’s not good.”

“I’m giving it to you on the condition that you bring her home this time,” he said with a nod. “In one piece, all of you. If you don’t, Winter’s troops are going to be the least of your problems.”

“Yes sir..” She gave a salute with her metal hoof hitting herself in the head. “Ow.”

“We’ll make sure that she makes it out okay,” I said and the others nodded.

“Alright, well that’s good,” Moon Shadow said. “Well we have what you asked for, though since it was on such short notice I could only get one disguise.”

“Well, that’s great,” Arc said with a facehoof. “So, who’s not going in disguised?”

I thought for a moment, then I facehooved at my own stupidity. “Dazzle’s not known to the Enclave yet. What’s the usual opinion of Canterlot Ghouls?”

Moon Shadow just kind of shrugged. “Pretty much like any other wastelander really, she could probably pass as normal. Or we could always say it’s another outfit, who knows really.”

Blackjack chuckled. “Could just go..Oh she has makeup on very good Makeup.”

“Alright then, we have a plan,” I said. “Let’s get ready to go, we don’t have much time.”

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“Well, at least the armor’s more comfortable than the last suit I wore,” I commented as I fit the helmet onto my head and the EFS came up to replace my PipBuck’s. “How’s yours Sparky?”

“Its okay, just takes a little getting used to,” Sparky said as she got used to the power armor.

“You two don’t exactly look like convincing Enclave Elite Troops, but you’ll have to do,” Striker commented. “You’ll be fine.”

“Huh..I have the strangest feeling I have forgotten something.” Blackjack said.

“You know so do I…” I said and looked around. “Oh hey, where’s Riva?”

“Here,” Riva said as she lowered the hood on her stealth cloak. I facehooved, I had forgotten about Riva, but at least she had thought ahead.

“Sorry Riva,” I said and the Zebra just chuckled. “But that’s a good idea.”

“Oh...shit I forgot to say Goodbye to Boo..” Blackjack facehoofed.

“I’m sure it’ll be okay,” I said with a nod as Arc came back looking very unamused since she was made to look like Blackjack, albeit with a larger horn. “I feel ridiculous.”

Blackjack leaned a little to look at Arc. Softly saying to her. “Welcome to the Blackjack side we have…..Booze and Sex…”

Arc just facehooved and groaned as the rest of us laughed. “Really funny, lets just go and see if we can find any info on the ponies from Stable 66.”

“Hey, did you say something about Stable 66?” Moon Shadow asked as she looked at Arc.

“Yeah, Arc’s from Stable 66,” I said and blinked as I looked at the other Pegasus. “Why do you ask?”

“You could try downtown, I think I’ve seen some ponies from Stable 66 there,” Moon Shadow suggested. “I know it’s a long shot, but I think one of my younger sisters has mentioned knowing one of them.”

Arc blinked as she looked at me. I was a bit surprised too, was it really going to be that simple? Something about this still felt too easy, but we didn’t have much choice at this point.

“Thank you,” Arc said and hugged Moon Shadow who looked surprised but hugged her back.

“Forgive me for being the realist here...I know me real..But doesn’t that seem a bit to easy?” Blackjack asked.

“Blackjack, stop being a buzzkill, we’ll figure it out when we get there,” I said with a sigh. “I mean you’re not wrong, but it’s the first lead we’ve gotten, its worth checking at least.”

I looked at Arc and she nodded. “Blackjack has a point, but if there’s a chance I can see Caramel Corn again… I just want to try.”

“You’re not the only pony trying to reconnect with a loved one Blackjack,” I said with a sigh.

“So Arc is trying to get under the tail that is named after a sweet corn? Huh” She looked over to Arc and then back at me. “Sticky.”

Arc’s eyes went wide and she looked like she was about to attack Blackjack before I grabbed her and shook my head. “Arc, calm down, attacking her isn’t going to do you any good.”

Arc snorted and backed off as she glared at Blackjack. “Whatever, wouldn’t waste a good bullet on her anyway.”

Blackjack blinked. “Okay Arc really.. All I am doing is trying to get you to loosen up. You seem like a mare with a stick up your ass. Granted I barely know you. But you act like Glory when I first met her. Always questioning and upset about everything.”

Arc snorted again and headed off. I looked at Blackjack and sighed a little. “Arc has been under a lot of stress lately. Her entire Stable was taken by the Enclave and they’re probably here in Thunderhead. She’s been chasing after Caramel Corn ever since she left the Stable and this is the first chance she’s gotten to see her again.”

It finally hit the white mare. She spoke softly. “Oh...I see..lucky for her...that they will be happy to see her… again and not...hear screams every night of them dying.” She took a deep breath. “Oh yes happy life.” She just walked off.
I looked over at Riva and sighed. “Not one of my better moments.”

“They will be fine, come,” Riva said and we headed to go get everything together.

Going into Thunderhead proper I had no idea what to expect. I had seen Manehattan under Enclave occupation, not to mention Tenpony Tower. Maybe I was expecting it to look more like it was under martial law or something, but it was actually rather, normal.

Sure there was signs of the military here and there. Pegasi were dressed in the same Power Armor that we had been supplied with, but they didn’t pay much attention to us. I checked the time, the Alliance attack on Thunderhead was going to start soon so we had to make sure we finished here before it was too late.

“I can’t believe this is actually working,” Arc muttered as we went past a group of ponies that were moving toward one of the office buildings.

“Try not to jinx it,” I whispered back. “Come on, let’s just keep going.”

Blackjack stayed silent for the moment. I looked over at her. “Is everything okay?”

Blackjack just looked up at me. Giving me just a normal everyday smile staying silent. But looked back to me leaned in to whisper to me. “These ponies know my voice...So it might be best if I say nothing.”

“Okay, I understand,” I said and facehooved, actually she had a point. I had been on the radio with Xiraia’s interview, while I could disguise my body I wasn’t exactly about to fool anypony with my voice.

Something was weird though, why would Silver Gunner give me that picture? I took it out and looked at it curiously for a moment. There didn’t seem to be anything unusual about it until I turned it around. There was something taped to the back, I picked it up and found that it was a chip of some sort with a note wrapped around it.

“Just in case you need to hide yourself.”

I blinked a little and fit it into my helmet. “I wonder what…” I started to say and blinked, the voice that came out wasn’t mine, it sounded like Cheerilee’s. “Okay, that’s weird.”

“Well, that’s one way to keep your voice disguised,” Arc commented. “Though I wonder why he didn’t just give it to you.”
Blackjack calmly spoke up. “My understanding with that Robot. He is one of the leader of a village located in an old POW camp. He was explaining this to me. He had to watch a friend of his die giving birth the one that saved them. From the enclave. Who was a very racist anti pony wolf creature. So because of that he also has many enemies.”

“Okay, that’s fair,” I said, I was still getting used to this strange new voice but I didn’t have time to worry about it. It got the job done, that’s what mattered. “Come on, let’s get going.”

I checked the time on my EFS as we kept moving through. I had no idea how much longer we had before the Enclave reached Stable 102, so we had to hurry up. I sighed and looked back at Arc expecting her to look worried again, but she had actually stopped in mid-stride.

“What’s wrong?” I asked as I looked at her and when I didn’t get a reply I followed her gaze towards where she was looking.
Standing there and talking to a street vendor was a mare with a light orange coat and a long curled mane. She was dressed in a simple outfit and was taking a few coins out of a purse to give to the vendor stallion.

But that’s not what drew my attention, she wasn’t a Pegasus, she was an Earth Pony. That was odd, I remembered there was Unicorns in Thunderhead a couple hundred years ago, but Earth Ponies?

Blackjack leaned up to me to whisper. “ I have a bad feeling… My wither’s are jumping around like crazy...I feel something is about to...Happen.”

I blinked and looked at her, that sounded more like something Pinkie would say. I was about to say something when a group of ponies carrying papers swarmed around Arc and Blackjack. I facehooved, really, fanponies for Blackjack? I didn’t know if I felt jealous or worried.

Blackjack turned her head to me quick and with her eyes was trying to say get stable ponies. Then she spoke in a more raspy smoker’s voice. “Alright...alright don’t crowd there are two of us here.”

I looked around for the mare from before but she had vanished into the crowd. I cursed under my breath, where had she gone? I looked back as Blackjack and Arc managed to lose the fanponies and trotted over to Arc.

“Who was she?” I asked her. Arc was still staring off towards where the Earth Pony mare had been before. “Are you okay?”

“That was her…” She said softly and looked over at me.

My ears perked up and my eyes went wide. The way she reacted now made perfect sense, there was only one pony that could have gotten that kind of reaction out of Arc.

“Caramel Corn,” I said.

Blackjack leaned to say something to Arc. “I wish to apologize for what happened earlier I didn’t mean to be insultive or rude. But you’re lucky you get to save those you love..” She said with a weak smile.

Arc stood there for a moment and nodded. “Thanks Blackjack… I’m sorry you lost the chance to do the same.”

I smiled a little and looked back towards where the vendor was. “I’ve got an idea, stay here.”

“Oh joy…” BlackJack said.

“Eh, give it a try, she’s usually good with her plans, usually,” Arc said as I walked up to where the Vendor was working.

“Excuse me, I’m here on military business,” I said as the vendor looked up at me. I flinched a little as I tried to make my voice sound more intimidating than it really was. “What can you tell me about that mare that you just talked with?”

The Vendor just looked at me and blinked for a moment. I flinched a little, maybe I should have turned off the voice chip given that it may at least make it easier to fool them. Maybe this was a bad idea.

“Well, for a mare with a voice as beautiful as yours I’ll tell you anything,” he said as he gave me a coy smile. “What do you want to know?”

I felt my skin crawl, I did not like dealing with stallions like this but I didn’t have time to focus on that, I had to get the information. “Well, if you tell me what I want to know maybe you’ll get more than just my voice.”

“Alright, what do you want to know?” He asked with a smirk.

“Just what you know about her, we’re looking into her and any of her cohorts on orders from command,” I said with a nod. “It's nothing major, just a routine check, you know how it is.”

I really hoped he would fall for my bluff. If this didn’t work I would never visit New Pegasus again out of shame. I tried not to look nervous as I waited for some sort of answer from the stallion.

“Alright, I’ll tell you what I know,” he said with a shrug. “Honestly she’s here almost every day, I guess she likes the food here or something. I don’t really know much about her other than that she showed up in Thunderhead over a year ago with a bunch of other ponies. I don’t really know where she came from, but that’s more your department anyway.”

“Do you know where she lives?” I asked.

“Sure, she asked me to do some deliveries when she first arrived, something about being afraid of open spaces or something like that. She lives in the Summer Breeze Apartment complex about 4 blocks that way.”
He nodded down a road off to the side.

“Thank you, that was very helpful,” I said as I gave him a nod. “Thank you for your help citizen, I’ll put you down for good marks for my report.”

“Your report?” He asked and raised an eyebrow at me.

“Of course, you didn’t think this was a normal situation did you?” I said. “Just a normal loyalty check, I’ll file everything with Enclave Intelligence.”

I started to turn around when I heard the sound of him starting to come around his cart. I groaned, couldn’t this stallion take a hint?

Blackjack rushed over. “Now now big boy.. I know you’re happy to see her.. But maybe give her some space..” She said in a sultry voice. “Maybe wait till later when she is not in that armor, hmm?”

“Alright fine,” he said and went back to work at his cart.

I walked away from him with Blackjack and back to my friends before I let out a sigh of relief. “Thanks Blackjack, you really saved my flank back there.”

“I could tell what he wanted from you. If he grabbed you. He might have placed his very sticky seed in you hmm makes me hot just thinking about...Oh sorry.” She said with a cough. “I mean sorry changing.” Blackjack said with a weak chuckle.

“And ponies wonder why I prefer mares,” I said with a roll of my eyes. “Come on, we know where we need to go next at least. I’m fairly certain the intel should be good, lets get going.”

“You found something?” Arc asked as her ears perked up.

“Yeah, I found something,” I said with a nod. “Come on, lets go.”

“I take it...you had a stallion before..” Blackjack asked.

“Yeah… Sky Walker, he was a nice enough stallion and I didn’t really have any problems with him,” I said with a sigh. “I don’t even know what happened to him, I put him and my daughter in Stable 46 near Coltlumbia, but he, vanished at some point.”

Blackjack sighed. “I see.”

“Yeah… I have family, descendants that survived, one of them is nice the other is…” I said and trailed off. I wasn’t sure if I could trust Blackjack with that kind of information, even if it was bound to come out eventually. “Nothing, never mind.”

“Come let’s get this done..I want to find Glory.” Blackjack said softly.

“We’ll find her, I promise,” I said as we headed down the street towards the building that had been pointed out.

Summer Breeze apartments… I wondered if that was on purpose given that had been the name of my grandmother, or just a weird coincidence. It was actually pretty nice as far as complexes went, though I had no idea if we were going to be able to pull this off.

“Are you ready for this?” I whispered to Arc. “I mean, you’ve been trying to get back to her this whole time… I can’t imagine what you’re feeling.”

“Yeah, I’m ready,” Arc said with a sigh as she looked up at the building. “What do you think she’ll think of me after everything that’s happened?”

“Arc…” I said and closed my eyes with a sigh.

Blackjack leaned to Arc and whisper. “I would think she would be proud of you for standing up for what you believe in.”

“I hope so…” Arc said and took a deep breath before we headed into the building. I looked around for any sign that the Stable 66 ponies might be here, or at least Caramel Corn.

The ponies that were downstairs didn’t pay us much attention, I guess if you live under Enclave control you get used to seeing power armored ponies and strange ponies.

A radio off to the side was playing the same music that accompanied all of Winter Breeze’s messages. I sighed a little and started looking at the mailboxes with the names on them when the song on the radio ended and Winter Breeze’s voice came over the radio

“Ponies of Thunderhead, this is your President speaking. I’m afraid that the New Canterlot Republic and other members of the Alliance have continued to ignore our requests for peace. I am afraid that it is only a matter of time before they make a move here on Thunderhead, but we are ready. The Enclave will fight them with everything we have, I know that there are some of you who would rather not stay behind in the event of a battle and I understand that. Any civilians wanting to leave Thunderhead will be evacuated to the nearest friendly city from the designated evacuation points in the city. I hope that the war will be over soon and it won’t result in more bloodshed. This is President Winter Breeze, signing off.”

Blackjack wanted to say something. But she stayed silent for the moment. Looked up to me unsure.

“What is it?” I asked as I looked over at her.

“She is not like the other Enclave. This one cares, she is smart. She is willing to protect those around her and who she leads. This is not going to be easy, her way with words is powerful.”

“Yeah, it is,” I said and shook my head. “If it wasn’t for everything we know about her plans, you’d almost want to join up with her.”

“Oh I can see why Glory did. After all the talks we had. Yeah I could see her falling for this.” Blackjack shrugged.

I was about to say something when the door to the building opened up. We went quiet for a moment as the pony walked in since we didn’t want to blow our cover at this point. I was about to turn to talk with Dazzle when I saw who had come in and froze.

Caramel Corn had walked in through the front door and past us as she opened up her mailbox and started to check for anything. It felt so, ordinary, was she even being held? A bunch of alarms were going off in my brain.

Blackjack leaned to me to whisper. “It feels like a trap.”

“Yeah, I agree…” I said and looked over at Arc to stop her from doing anything rash but she was already heading for the mare. “Great Arc… real smooth, lets just walk right up to her instead of seeing what’s going on, Blackjack do you…”

Blackjack had already, vanished but I got the odd sense she was still standing beside me.

“Great, I’m apparently traveling with Batmare…” I muttered. I looked back towards where Arc was standing.

She had stopped and looked like she was trying to figure out what to say. I didn’t blame her to be honest, she had been looking for this mare for over a year, had done things she had never imagined herself doing for her, and here she was right in front of her.

Before she could say something though Caramel turned around and looked at her with a tilt of her head. “Uh, can I help you with something?”

“Ummm…” Arc started to say as she tried to put it into words. “I’m…”

BlackJack stood on her hind hooves covering Arc’s mouth. “Forgive my friend Arc...I mean forgive Blackjack here.. She is drunk. Come along...” Blackjack slowly pulled Arc away.

“Wait,” Caramel said as she reached her hoof out to stop Blackjack as she took a closer look at Arc. “Arc Light? Is that really you?”

Arc nodded and tried to get free of Blackjack’s grip. I rolled my eyes and looked at her. “You might as well let her go, you already blew her cover.”

Blackjack smirked at me. “Oops.” She chuckled letting Arc go standing beside me again with a please forgive me look.

“Arc, what are you doing here? The Enclave said they never could find you in Stable 66, how did you get here? Did the Enclave find you?” Caramel said excitedly and hugged Arc tightly. “I’m so happy to see you again… I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed you.”

“But… I’m confused,” Arc said softly as she looked in her friend’s eyes. “They told me you were being held captive with the others. They…” she said and trailed off for a moment. “They said they’d hurt all of you if I didn’t do things for them.”

Caramel blinked a moment and looked at Arc. “What are you talking about? We’ve all been allowed to live in peace here. Sure it took some getting used to and we have to either wear these talismans or have Cloudwalking spells put on us, but we’ve been treated just fine by the Enclave.”

Blackjack sighed and shook her head. “I’m starting to think you were used Arc.” She said softly.

“Impressive Blackjack, you’re not nearly as dumb as the stories make you out to be,” a calm voice said from behind us. My eyes went wide, I recognized that voice, but what was she doing here?

Blackjack turned around staring at the one who spoke and her eyes narrowed.

I turned to see Winter Breeze standing there flanked by several soldiers, Tornado, and of all ponies, Gambit. “Well… this is certainly unexpected.”

“Did you really think you could slip into Thunderhead undetected?” Winter asked as she looked us over. “I’m not some two bit dictator like the Empress of the Scarlet Throne was, I have eyes and ears everywhere. Though I’m surprised Arc, I didn’t think you’d be here after you gave us what we needed.”

Arc flinched a little and looked away from Winter and Caramel.

I shook my head and looked over at Gambit. “Gambit, what are you doing here? I thought you were on our side.”

“It’s not a matter of what side you’re on, It’s a matter of what’s right and what’s wrong.” Gambit said. “The Enclave are offering peace, no more bloodshed, no more fighting - and you are here willing to fight against that.”

I flinched a little at that, she wasn’t wrong of course, the Enclave had offered a way to end the war without any further bloodshed if we had just stood down. I looked at Winter and then at Gambit again and shook my head.

“Peace on what terms?” I asked her. “At what cost? Is peace and security worth giving up freedom? Is a better world, a better future worth losing that?”

“Maybe I should remind you of how it was before the war Scoots.” Gambit said shooting me a glare. “Before the war, We still had no freedom - Our lives were dictated by marks on our flanks and kept in line by the princesses that ruled over us. This ‘freedom’ we have now, is what is wrong with this world.”

“So the solution is to bend to the whims of the Enclave?” I said and looked over at Winter. “Winter, do you really think that what you’re doing is what’s best for the future of Equestria?”

Winter paused for a moment at that question. I was surprised at that actually, she had always seemed so sure in her convictions, why was she hesitating now? Were we actually starting to get through to her a little.

“Yes, it’s what is necessary,” Winter finally said with a shake of her head. “Equestria is in a state of ruin and it needs strong leadership to rebuild. The Enclave is the best chance Equestria has at rebuilding.”

Blackjack finally spoke up. “BULLSHIT!!! Equestria might follow you, but what about the rest of the damn world hmm? Oh yes we only focus on Equestria. But what about the Zebra’s about about the Griffins what about the fucking other races then the main race that is ponies. Are you that damn daft? None of them are going to bow to you. They would rather die in the name of freedom then follow the Enclave to death. I’m sorry to say but after hanging with the other races over the last ten years. I started to see why the Zebra’s went to war with us. Because of damn ponies like you!!” She yelled

“You have a loud mouth, but you say nothing of value.” Gambit sneered. “Have you never heard about ‘fix your own backyard before you worry about your neighbors’?”

“I know more about the Zebras than you do Go Fish,” Winter said as she looked at Blackjack and shook her head. “But Gambit is correct of course, once we bring security to Equestria we will turn our attention to the rest of the world.”

“We will not bow to you,” Riva said and spat the last word out. “Futue te ipsum.”

“Vigilate os tuum,” Winter retorted.

“Equestria is not your home, you have no say in this matter.” Gambit said, Glaring at Riva “It is your kind that I vowed to kill to protect my home - and where is it now? Not even the ruins still stand because of you and your cloud.”

“Gambit, it wasn’t because of the Zebras!” I said and pointed at Winter. “It was because of them, 11 years ago the Enclave destroyed Canterlot as part of Operation Cauterize!”

“You’re Lying.” Gambit said with a growl.

“No she’s not,” Dazzle said as she finally spoke up again. “I was there Gambit, 11 years ago I had just left Stable 1-B and was in the area around Canterlot. I saw the Thunderhead lowering from the skies and destroying the city. The Enclave destroyed Canterlot, not the Zebras.”

Blackjack blinked. “That was even in Littlepip’s book that she wrote.” She said.

“Why would you all lie to me like this, Winter asked me here, she sent me an envoy, she told me about Canterlot, how I was fighting the right fight when I signed up for the shadowbolts.” Gambit said, sitting and holding her head with her hooves. “Winter had no reason to lie to me… why would you lie to me..”

“Gambit, I…” The last pony any of us expected to say anything said. We turned our attention to Winter who was standing there trembling a little. “I… didn’t lie, I just omitted part of the story. I meant every word to you, but… I knew I couldn’t tell you the whole…”

She was cut off when there was the loud sound of an explosion as if something struck part of the city. Crap, that was the attack at the worst time possible!

“Madam President, the Alliance’s attack has begun,” Tornado reported as she looked down at Winter. Her horn glowed and she threw up a shield around the President and her guards. “We need to get out of here.”

Winter looked at us for one last moment before she and her escort vanished in a flash of purple light. For a moment I could’ve sworn I heard Winter’s voice saying, “I’m sorry.”

There was a moment of silence as we tried to figure out what to do. The attack had started, but our cover was already blown, what were we going to do now? Especially given that Gambit was in bad shape after that revelation.

“Come on, can one of you help her?” A voice asked and it took me a moment to realize it was Caramel. “We need to get her to safety.”

“Where are we going?” I asked as we helped steady Gambit. “Come on Gambit, this isn’t the place for a breakdown.”

As we headed out of the building I glanced up for a moment. I could’ve sworn I saw a crow flying overhead for a moment before it left my view. That was weird, but I had to focus on getting Gambit to safety.

I sighed as I headed out of the room that we had put Gambit in. Caramel had brought us to a small house that she said belonged to the Stable 66 Doctor and they were helping Gambit the best they could right now.

At least I was out of that armor now. I didn’t mind power armor, but it was good to be back in my usual coat and hat after how confining that felt. I stretched my legs a little and headed towards the main room.

Blackjack placed her hoof on my back. “Scoots i’m worried about your friend.”

“I’m worried about her too,” I said with a sigh and shook my head. “When we left Chapel everything seemed to be okay with her, I didn’t think something like this would happen.”

Blackjack nodded. “That’s.” She turned looking at the bird and then back to Scoots. “That’s” She turned again and stared at the crow. “What the hell is a bird doing in a building this high up?”

“Wait, is that the same crow I saw back by the apartments?” I asked as I looked at the crow confused for a moment. “Or are there just flocks of crows in Thunderhead?”

Blackjack stood on her back hooves and tried to poke the Crow. Of course the Crow landed in front of the two and green magic caused the Crow to form into a ruby eyed Changeling it hissed softly.

“Oh… Changeling, you know I didn’t even think of that,” I said and facehoofed. “Uh, can we help you?”

The bug spoke. “Ssss Silver Gunner asked me to keep an eye on you. But you seem fine without being watched. Ssss.” It said with a hiss.

“Yeah… I think you and I have different definitions of the word fine,” I said with a roll of my eyes. “Thank you though.”

The Changeling nodded. “Ponies call me Crow. Since well the bug name’s grew a bit tiring. But since I’m not needed with watching you anymore. Do you wish me to get anything back to the Alliance?”

I looked thoughtful for a long moment and nodded. It was a long shot, but we needed to get Gambit out of this place. This was no place for a pony in Gambit’s condition. “Did you see the Alicorn that came in with us?”

The changeling nodded. “You mean miss insanity with not enough lights on upstairs?” Crow bluntly said with a hiss.

“Yes, that would be her…” I said with a sigh as I brushed my mane back. “Look, she’s not going to do us any good here and we need to get going as soon as possible. Can you get her back to Chapel? Her ship and her friends are there, something tells me she’d be better off with them.”

Crow chuckled. “When Silver Gunner asked me and the other two to help him with this.. He said It would be a great adventure. Again i am left with taking care of the crazy. But yes I would be happy to, then I will get back to helping the others.”

“Okay that sounds good,” I said and then looked thoughtful. “I’ll reprogram her PipBuck so it emits a false signal so it’s mistaken for mine. The Enclave has a standing no-kill order on me, so it might save your lives.”
Crow smirked. “Oh goodie got to rely on a PipBuck a wonderful device of ponies of the war. Oh what luck.” He said like an ass.

I rolled my eyes. “You do realize my company helped make those right?”

Crow just stared at me. “Look Scootaloo at the moment. I feel it might be best to move this conversation when a war is not outside. So please can we just do this? I had to deal with the Enclave 11 years ago. I don’t want to deal with them again.”

“Alright, I’m sorry, I’ll get it done,” I said and turned around and headed back into the room with Gambit in it.

Reprogramming Gambit’s PipBuck had been a little trickier than I had anticipated. It was in a lot worse shape than anything I had ever seen before, I had no idea what the thing had been through, but I didn’t have much time to dwell on it.

Thankfully the radio function was still relatively intact on it so I was able to reprogram it to broadcast it on my signal. I now just had to hope that I wasn’t going to need to broadcast on that signal while she was broadcasting on it.

I looked at Gambit one more time and sighed a little. “I’m sorry this happened to you Gambit, but we’re doing everything we can to help you. You’ll be back on board your ship before you know it, I just hope it’s the right thing to do.”

I sighed and turned around and walked out of the room.

As I entered the main room of the house most of the others were waiting to see what was going on. I looked at Riva and Dazzle and gave them a nod.

“Well, Gambit hasn’t really changed but we’ve got a plan at least,” I said with a sigh as I took a seat. “We’ll stay here until she’s ready to be moved but then we need to get out of here.”

“Understood,” Riva said with a nod. “What about Arc and Caramel?”

I paused a moment and looked to where the two mares were talking in the other room. I honestly had no idea what to do about them right now. I didn’t want to have to make Arc leave her behind, but she might not have much of a choice.

“I’ll go talk to them,” I said with a sigh as I got up again and walked towards the room. I stopped just outside it though as I heard them talking, I didn’t want to interrupt them, not right now, so instead I just listened.

“You seriously did that because you thought I was in danger?” Caramel asked. “Arc, that was stupid and reckless, you could’ve put lives in danger.”

“I know, I know…” Arc sighed. “But I couldn’t stand the idea of losing you, any of you. Though, if I had known that it was all a lie…”

“Arc, it’s not your fault, you were doing what you felt was right,” Caramel said. “Don’t blame yourself, I may have done the same thing if I was in your place.”

I smiled a little and sighed softly. It was actually kind of nice to know that Arc had somepony who could be there for her when she really needed her like that. I was starting to see why Arc had chased after this mare.

“What are you going to do now?” Caramel asked. “I mean, you don’t have to leave again do you? The Enclave hasn’t been bad to us, we could make a life here.”

“I know but…” Arc said and paused a moment. “I really messed up, there are ponies out there who don’t entirely trust me because of what I did. There will probably always be ponies who feel that way. We have to keep the Enclave from doing irreparable damage to Equestria, and I’m going to help out as best I can. Besides, they used me, don’t you think I should get a little bit of payback for that?”

There was a pause for a moment where neither of them said anything before Caramel spoke up again. “Okay Arc, I understand, just promise me you’ll stay safe okay?”

“I’ll do my best,” Arc said and then paused a moment. “Caramel, there’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you for a long time. And, given everything that’s going on this may be the last chance I get to tell you.”

“What is it Arc?”

“For awhile now I’ve… had feelings about you,” Arc said softly, I swear I could almost feel her blush. “I left Stable 66 to try and find you, I did everything I could to keep you safe. I, I love you Caramel, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before.”

There was a long pause, I didn’t know what was going on. What happened, did Caramel feel the same way? What was going on? I hated being kept in suspense.

“Arc I…” Caramel said and sighed. “I don’t know how to put it in words.”

“Then show me,” Arc said.

For a moment there was silence, I peeked around the corner and smiled a little at the sight of the two mares kissing. I’d talk with them later, but for now I’d give them a little bit of time together.

LEVEL UP!

Perk Received: Where'd You Purchase That? (Rank 2)
Details: You've gained even more skill with magical energy rifles. You do an extra 10% damage with energy weapons.

Author's Notes:

Okay, so all the previous disclaimers as to who owns and wrote what still stand, but in addition Crow was made and written by MegaSkullMon.