"Hey, I have to thank you for this. Here, these are technically Crimson Caravan funds, but I'm sure they'll understand when I tell them what happened. If you ever find yourself up at the Crimson Caravan HQ outside of New Pegasus, I'll be sure to pay you the remainder of the funds." Ringo promises.

"No problem. Just don't get yourself caught up in any more business like this. I wont be able to help you out then. Hey, do you know how to get to Prim?" I ask

"Yeah, just follow the road south of here until you see the amusement park. It will be impossible to miss due to the fact that there is a giant roller coaster that can be seen from over a mile away." says Ringo.

"Alright thanks. See you round." I say.

Before I head off, I turn my Pip-Buck's radio to DJ Pon-3's station.

"HELLO PONIES OF THE MIDDLE GROUND! It's me your glorious DJ Pon-3 here in glorious New Pegasus and I have some breaking news. It seems that the citizens of Goodsprings have just fended off an attack by the Powder Gangers. My sources tell me that the citizens of that quaint little town were assisted by a flaming pegasus. I have no idea what that means but one thing is for sure, even though it has been 150 years since the clouds were cleared by Littlepip, the pegasi have not completely come out of their shell's and moved back down to earth, and that means that this pegasus is either an outcast, a courier, or some form of cyberpony."

'She has no idea that all three are true. And how the hell does she know about this already, it hasn't been 10 minutes.' I think to myself.

"This just in from my assistant Rex, our mysterious helper in Goodsprings is all three of the things I said earlier. He is a courier for the Equestria Express, a pegasi outcast, and a cyberpony. Go figure. In the end, it's good to know that somepony out there is doing good. In other news, the city of Prim has been taken over by convicts who escaped from the NCRCF along with the Powder Gangers. In addition, ponies who have been exploring at night near the Hidden Vally have reported hulking forms out with glowing eyes. Now I don't know about you but anypony out there might want to stay clear of that area. For all we know, it could be anything from super-mutants to robots to heck, even aliens. And now, one of my protégées newest songs, don't worry it's not dubstep, it's called Rainbow Factory"(Actual song owned by Glaze AKA Wooden Toaster)

Now a rainbow's tale isn't quite as nice
As the story we knew of sugar and spice
But a rainbow's easy once you get to know it
With the help of the magic of a pegasus device

Let's delve deeper into rainbow philosophy
Far beyond that of Cloudsdale's mythology
It's easy to misjudge that floating city
With it's alluring decor and social psychology
But with all great things comes a great responsibility
That of Cloudsdale's being weather stability
How, you ask, are they up to the task
To which the answer is in a simple facility

In the Rainbow Factory, where your fears and horrors come true
In the Rainbow Factory, where not a single soul gets through

In the Rainbow Factory, where your fears and horrors come true

In the Rainbow Factory, where not a single soul gets through

'That creepes me out. I didn't think that anypony but the pegasi new about the Rainbow Factory.' I thought to myself

tssssssssss

"Huh, whats that hissing noise?" I said thinking aloud as I turned off my radio

BOOOM!

"Owowowowowowowowow! What in the name of Nightmare Moon was that?" I ask in rage to no one in particular.

"Yep, you were right brony, thats the guy who took out Joe and his buddies."

'Screw me with Celestia's horn. It's more Powder Gangers, and these one's have dynamite, and they caught me by surprise.' I raged at myself 'Add to the list of problems my back left leg is crippled, basically ruining my ability to fast travel.'

tsssssssSSSSSSS

'' was the only thing that was going through my mind as I tried to at least use my wings to get the hell away from the fight seeing as I was horribly ambushed.

Out of nowhere a Magic(Speed) Gatling gun started firing on the Powder Gangers vaporizing them one by one.

Then the magic just stopped.

"Well howdy partner. Seems you done got yerself into a bit of a pickle here. Let me fix that leg of your's up. Name's Appletracks by the way."

'Oh, so this must be the robot that saved my life.' I realize

I look up and see the body of a metal pony, a monitor that has a pony face smoking a cigarette, and instead of legs, this thing has 2 wheels, one in front, one in back. It also has a battle saddle style getup with a magic gattling gun on one side and a 9mm machine gun on the other.

"I suppose that now I have to thank you for saving my life twice now." I tell him

"Oh, your that Flare feller. Good to see that the doc still knows what he's doin."

"I guess you could say that. So what brings you out this way Appletracks?" I ask him

"Well I was just on my way back up to New Pegasus. Heard the commotion and decided to check it out, then I saw the Powder Gangers throwin dynamite at somepony so I started shootin at the Powder Gangers. Then here we are. Kid, do you know about your E.F.S.?"

"My what now?" I ask

"Your E.F.S. or Eyes Forward Sparkle. Its towards the bottom right corner of you vision. Thanks to the miracle of the Pip-Buck 3000, the neural interface adds and E.F.S. that detects where the life is, if it's friendly or not, and how far away it is."

"OK thanks, but I really need to get to prim. If you want to come with me your more than welcome to." I tell the robopony.

"Well darn tootin I would but ah need to git over to New Pegasus ASAP. The bosspony wants me there for your arrival."

"Ok then. See ya then."

30 min later.

'What is that crackling noise?' I think as I look around. 'I can't see anything. Nothing on my E.F.S.'

As I keep trotting along, I still hear the crackling noise.

"Hey, I can see the roller coaster that Ringo told me about. Might as well fast travel there." I say to myself.

I set my wings to sprint via Pip-Buck and take off. Except I just go splat into the ground face first.

"What the?" I ask in surprise as I look back to my wings. "Well f*ck me with the moon, my wings are whats making the crackling noise. Guess the dynamite did more damage than I thought."

"HAHAHAHAHA. Oh this is just perfect." I hear someone laughing in a rough voice.

I look around, can't see anyone. There's nothing on my E.F.S.

"Who's there?" I yell

No response. 'Hmm. I got it.' I think to myself. 'S.A.T.S. has an auto lock-on feature. I can use this to find out who or what is out there.'

As I slip into S.A.T.S., my vision immediately shot up to the rocks that were maybe 100 ft from my position, rolling on his back, laughing his ass off, was a griffon. So I did what any pissed of pony would do, I shot at him. Just a warning shot with my magic pistol. A green blast of magic energy just singeing his wing.

"F***************************************************CK THAT HURTS!" The griffin yelled

With that, he jumped down from the ledge, and basically tackled me to the ground. When he lifts his wings a little I can see a pair of shotguns underneath them, both aimed at my head.

"Great Celestia, not again. Can I go one week, ONE, without getting shot in the head and dying?" I yell in desperation.

As the words leave my mouth, the griffin gives me a once over and then jumps off of me.

"AAHH. Sorry man. I thought you were a raider, but then as I gave you the once over just now, I remembered that you're the fellow who was killed by the Will's and the city stallion. The name Hawkens, and yes, I have heard all of the jokes that are possible to make about my name. Your wings look to be a bit messed up. Explosives, am I right, or am I right?"

'Dang, this guy is a regular flipflop of emotion. But it seams that he also knows a bit about machines and such.'

"So, do you want me to take a look-see at your wings for free, seeing as I almost killed you just now?" He asks me.

"Yes, yes I would. Name's Flare by the way."

Level Up – LV.3

Perk added – Accident Prone

You now take an additional 10% damage outside of battle(fall damage, poison, etc.) but are now 10% more resistant to sneak attacks.

Perk added – Made of Tougher Stuff

The more damage any part of your body takes, the more resistant to any form of damage it becomes(This exclude out of battle damage).