AN:Sorry about the delay, parental unit malfunction. NOW THEN, onwards

Well it's been a few days since we left Boulder City. Hawkens has been re-teaching me how to fly without crash landing. Now I can fly just like my old self before the mecha wings. Stardust finally fixed her gun. Apparently the bullet tore through the cable that connects the flux to the charger that led into the superconductor of the tesla, whatever the buck that means. Last night Hawkens decided to pull out another little gem from the junkyard. It was a memory sphere that was like a mirror on one side and crimson red on the other. I downloaded it to my Pip-Buck and we all watched in horror as two ponies, the host and a forest green one with a red and black mane, slaughtered the old mare who owned the place and her 8 canine companions. The worst part was that the green one rounded up all of the dogs and simultaneously executed all of them at the same time, in front of the old mare. At that point I just had to shut the damn memory off. Anyway, now to the present, we are now close enough to New Pegasus to see the slums of Westside and in the center, an elevator that lead all the way up to New Pegasus, the legendary city of the clouds where all of the richest ponies of the wasteland gather to frolic while the rest of us wallow in the wastes. Las Pegasus was re-designed by the pegasus just before the war with a supershield to prevent any and all attacks from the outside and the entrance was so heavily guarded that you would have to be sneakier than a ninja just to get into the elevator. Now they have a group of Mr. Stable's securitrons guarding the place so it's even more of a superfortress. The only thing it doesn't have is a death ray, but who knows. As we approach the entrance to Freeside, it's just before sundown and we stop at the Gun Runners so we can stock up on our ammo and Twilight wants to buy some mods for her sniper. After she finishes moding her gun, the muzzle has 4 integrated blades in the muzzle, so when she detaches the barrel they pop out and it does more damage, and the scope has a variable zoom. We then head a few minutes further north to the entrance to Freeside. We go in and the place is a little less run down than Boulder city. Most of the buildings are standing yes but they also have a great deal of barred buildings so nopony can get in.

"Psst. Hey you. You want some help?" a Ghoul in rags asks us.

"We don't need any help. I live in the Ultra Luxe. I know my way around these places." Twilight says to him rather harshly.

He turns away and lies down by a wall. We continue on and a few minutes later I ask.

"Do you really live in the Ultra Luxe?"

"Well, my mom does, but I wanted to do something different than what ran in the family so my brother got that job. He's my twin but we look nothing alike. I'll introduce you when we get there."

"So do you know Pon-3? She lives in the Luxe after all." Stardust asks.

"We're actually on the same floor."

"Huh. Well then. Before we get into New Pegasus, I want to stop by the Silver Rush. See if I can't get my hands on a better scope for my rifle." I say

"I don't see the harm. I'll even let you use my discount." Twilight says

"You have a discount at the Silver Rush? The top-of-the-line seller of Magic Weapons this side of the Octavian Mountains. The ponies who supply Mr. Stable with Magic Weapons. Those same ponies." Hawkens says in surprise.

"Yep."

"Who are you?"

"You'll see." She says mischievously to the group and then to me she whispers seductively, "And you'll get the special tour."

My wings flare open with a pomf and she giggles.

"Let's just get going ok." I say

"OK Flare. " Hawkens says. "What'd she say?" He asks in a quieter tone after we get moving again.

"She said she would give me the 'special tour.'" I respond in a hushed tone.

"You both do remember that I can read your minds, right? Hawkens, do I need to hit you over the head with something? If not, then get those thoughts out of your head." Twilight says. She must have thought something about said thoughts back to Hawkens because his wings flared out bigger than mine did. Luckily the safeties were on, on his shotguns.

"Let's move." Hawkens says while appearing embarrassed

Twilight snickers at this. "I didn't know you liked that."

I can see the sweat pouring down Hawkens face. We are all just laughing our asses off while rolling on our backs for a good two minutes. After we are all thoroughly entertained, we head towards the elevator up to New Pegasus. Before we get there though, we make a stop and the Silver Rush. They were about to confiscate all of our weapons and try to take my not so cyber wings, but then twilight walked to the guard and said we were all together and he just let us in. We get to the counter but she is already in conversation with Twilight as though they were old friends. It was awesome to say the least, especially since I am able to get an upgrade for my wings, since they are still semi inorganic, and a variable zoom for my magic rifle. They said it would take a day or two to make it but it would be ready by the time I left. We then head towards the elevator to New Pegasus. It's a huge structure that can be seen from basically anywhere in the Middle Ground and goes all the way up into the clouds. It is a miracle in the fusion of the three pony sciences. Twilight tells me that the Elevator is kept from falling over through Mr. Stable's magic, which also maintains the shield around the city. The actual structure is a mixture of Pegasi and Earth pony technology. The Pegasi technology is what allows it to be easily repaired. The whole dang thing is made of clouds. The Earth technology is a special plating that is light enough to stay on a cloud but strong enough to keep non-pegasi up. It's a work of art in my mind. We get to the gate that lets ponies into the elevator and we are stopped by more of the Securitrons. Twilight shows them her passport and they immediately move aside for all of us. Whoever her mom is, she must be one hell of an important pony. We go onto the elevator and it shoots up. We are easily pulling 20 g's we are going so fast but our bodies can easily handle it. When we get to the top, the door is opened by none other than Appletracks.

"Well howdy partner. Hows it goin for ya?"

"Not bad. I see you finally made it up here. Is it OK if I meet Mr. Stable later on? Twilight wants to introduce us to her family. Apparently they're some big shots up in the Ultra Luxe." I say.

"No problem. I'll be waiting outside the 38 for when you're ready. And about that upgrade?"

"I'll stop by tomorrow and give it to you before we get to Mr. Stable."

We then walk through the city of New Pegasus. We pass by a hotel that has fire everywhere. But I can tell that what really catches Hawkens eye are all of the whores in socks and panties.

"Move along Hawkens, unless you want to catch something even I can't get rid of." Twilight comments to Hawkens and he goes straight to the head of our little pack. The next hotel is the Lucky 38, which basically is a giant roulette spinner and the fortress of Mr. Stable. The place is a fortress with the entrance alone being guarded by 5 of his securitrons along with Appletracks. We move on to the next section of the city and there is The Tops casino. That's where I will be headed tomorrow when I get Benny. I light up I am so ticked off at that guy.

"Calm down Flare, your drawing attention." Twilight says to me.

I look around and everypony is staring at me. It's not like I give a buck but I simmer down and go out. I look across the street and see the teleportation hub for the NCR. I hear that at the back of the building are nearly 50 unicorns who just spend their lives teleporting NCR members where they need to go. Then comes the final section of the city. There's a small motel style place and larger motel called the Skystable. At the end of the section however is the Ultra Luxe. It's basically the fanciest dang place in the entire wasteland. As we get closer, I see a dark green unicorn with a black and yellow mane and tail rushing towards us. He has a pair of aviators on so I can't see his eyes. When he gets to us he says.

"Hey sis. Hows it hanging, other than that little mutation thing."

"Not bad, I have some new friends as you can see. This is Flare, Hawkens, Shiara, and Stardust. Everyone, this is my brother, Rex Drop."

When she says that, all of our jaws drop.

"Your brother is Rex Drop? The DJ's assistant. Wait, you said this was a family business and if it's in the family to DJ, then that means your mom IS PON-3!" Hawkens exclaims as he puts the pieces together faster than the rest of us.

"SAY WHAT NOW?" I ask in a shouting tone.

"Yeah. What say we get up to our suite and I'll fill you in. Maybe mom will be in."

"She should be getting back in from the hourly show soon."

All of a sudden, there is a bright flash of white light right next to Rex. When the light dies down, there is a white mare with a blue dual-tone mane and tail and a record as a cutie mark.

"Do I hear some ponies talking about little old me?"

"Yes mom, we were just talking about you. You already know the gang since you have been reporting about us." Twilight says slightly annoyed.

"Yes, indeed. Flare, you look, different, than what I had expected. What happened to your mane and tail?"

"Well, mom, when he gets excited, angry, surprised, or any really energetic emotion, he lights on fire."

"Well then remind me not to piss him off, unless I have marshmallows."

Twilight facehooves at that.

"Hey mom, Flare and the rest of the gang can stay with us right?"

"Of course. We actually have enough spare rooms for all of them. Why don't you show them around the hotel. And Twi, I need to talk to you before you go to sleep."

"What is it now mom?"

"I found your stash, and not the fun one."

"Oh buck, not again." I hear Twilight whisper under her breath.

"What's wrong? Mind link me." I say to her.

'Well, when I was 15, I went to a party at the Tops. Some prick slipped me some drugs and I was hooked. I knew that pony slipped me a cocktail of drugs because I wanted everything. Mom found my stash a few months later and sent me to Chrystal Horn. He did something that got the need for the drugs out of my system but a few months back, I got the urge to take the drugs again. So, I went to my old dealer and he gave me the usual fix that I would get. I ended up stashing the leftovers in my room. Mom must have found them. I actually have been sneaking some Dash, Rage, and even Buck from some of the places we have been. I'm surprised that nopony had noticed to be honest. I know I have a problem, I just don't know who to turn to.'

'Look, if you ever need help with these things, I used to have a Dash addiction and I got help from my friends back in New Cloudsdale. Without their help, I wouldn't have been able to do my job as courier, and I would have never met you. I'll be here for you whenever you need me.' I see her blush at this.

'Thanks Flare. I'll keep that in mind.'

"Will you two stop your little mind chat so we can get inside and eat something? I'm starving." Hawkens complains.

"Aah shut the buck up and wait just a second would you." I respond. "We're done talking anyway."

"Well on that note, allow me to officially welcome you to the Ultra Luxe Hotel and Casino." Pon-3 says as she opens the doors with her magic.

The place has a very high class atmosphere that rivals that of Old Canterlot before the war. Everypony who works here is wearing a mask and either an old world tuxedo or dress.

"Welcome back Madame Beat. Are these your guests?" A Unicorn pony asks Pon-3 while pointing to us.

"Yes they are, and the griffin is hungry, so could you show him to the Gourmand and put whatever he gets on my bill."

"My pleasure Madame. Follow me sir." She says to Hawkens.

"Thanks Pon-3."

"Please, call me Winter. By the way, Flare, I have a little quest for you if you don't mind."

"Sure, what do you want me to do?" I ask.

"Well, there's an old record stash from the original DJ Pon-3, Vinyl Scratch. If you could get that for me, I can give you a prototype device that Rex made. It is sure to be helpful in your adventures."

"Where is this record stash?"

"It's not that far actually. The Vinyl Stable is maybe an hour flight for you. If you want, I have a custom militarized sky-carriage if you want to take the rest of your group."

"Thanks for the offer, as soon as I deal with Benny, I'll take you up on that offer."

"Sweet, I'll just mark it on your Pip-Buck."

"Thanks. To be honest, I just want to get to sleep now."

"Twilight, show Flare to his room would you."

"No problem mom."

I now go up the elevator to the penthouse suit with Twilight. The door opens and as it turns out, the entire top floor is their suit. Twilight turns around the corner since the elevator is in the exact center of the suit. We walk by a pair of rooms, to which the door of one happens to be open. I see inside it and it is pure pink, with rainbows and butterflies everywhere.

"Is that your room Twilight?" I ask with a bit of surprise in my voice.

"Yeah so shut up unless you want to be paralyzed from the neck down."

"Ok." I respond quietly. Knowing her, she could probably sever my brain stem if she felt like it.

After a few more moments of walking, I ask. "So what room do I get?"

"You get the corner room, with a view of the Octavian Mountains, and is also the adjoining room to mine. Your room also links to the holo-training room. With the wonders found in stable 101, New Equestria got on the tech bandwagon really quickly. If you want help with it, I'll be happy to help."

"I'll take you up on that right now actually. Even though we haven't had much conflict in the past few days, I still want to practice with something."

"I'll set that up, what do you want to fight?" she asks me

"Well, let's throw some griffons, LOZ members, and maybe a hellhound in the end."

"Ambitious are we. I'll set it up, along with a little surprise in the end." She replies. She then proceeds to teleport us into the holo room. I am on the floor, she is in the control booth behind a wall of glass.

"I want to work on my infiltration skills mostly, so if you could set that up?" I yell through the glass.

'No problem.' She thinks to me.

The room seems to pixelize, and the reform into an overlook. I am on the overlook and I see a battle between some griffins and the LOZ. It seems that the griffins are losing, go figure.

'OK Flare, the objective of this mission is to get into the LOZ base, destroy the reactor, and get out alive. Now, how you do that is up to you, but this simulator gives bonus depending on the mission, I've set it up to a particle accelerator for your rifle that increases the damage of the magic shots and the range of your pyre shots.' Twilight thinks to me. 'But only if you can do the mission without raising the alarm.'

'Got it. Alright let's do this.' I think to myself before starting to try to sneak into the building. I first let the griffins and LOZ kill themselves off, leaving only 3 LOZ from the origional 6. I wait a few moments before two of the LOZ members go back inside the building. I slip into S.A.T.S. and go for the headshot with the Magic. I shoot and hit the head. His body the proceeds to vaporize, and is blown away in the wind. I sneak down and look around the building. There is a large air vent in the back. I fly up to it and use my grapples to take it off. Inside is a giant fan that is spinning far too fast for me to jump through. Instead, I shoot at it with my Pyremagic, melting the axle stopping its rotation. I crawl through the gap now created and proceed further into the building. I see through more grates that this is a weapons storehouse.

'Better not wake the hive.' I think to myself. I notice a drop in the vent system and jump down. Right before I hit the bottom, I flap my wings rapidly, slowing me down so that I can land without making too much noise. I move further through the vent and realize that I am in the maintenance room, where all of the slaves are. I notice that some of them are pegasi so that gets the gears in my mind working. I move on through the level until I am at a vent above the reactor room. There are no guards here so I jump down. I proceed to walk over to a control panel and start to hack it. The obvious word sticks out, Caesar. Sometimes I wonder. The screen lights up with three commands.

Deactivate Reactor.

Set Self Destruct Timer.

Free Slaves.

I select the set Self Destruct Timer and it gives me a time input. I give myself 5 minutes to get out and then select free slaves in one minute. I proceed back into the vent and fly back up to the level of that the slaves were on. I open the vent and see two guards, flanks to me, at the entrance. I pull out my magic(power) pistol and fire a shot at both of them through S.A.T.S. One falls dead and the other one is vaporized on the spot. I then walk over to the stunned slave ponies and motion for the pegasi to come to me. I tell them the plan to free all of the slaves by having them carry the others out through the vents. They nod their heads in understanding and begin to pick up two slaves each.

'Dang. They must be so strong from all of the labor they have been doing.' I think to myself.

After all of the slaves are cleared, I fly out behind them. After we get outside, I lead them all away from the facility, only to run into a Hellhound with an artificial limb that looks even deadlier than it would have been.

'Well, I guess that Twilight was listening to me.' I think.

I whip out my grapples and thin them out so they are as thin as a leaf. Dashing towards the Hellhound, I run past its artificial leg and cut through to the bone above where the leg connected. That made the Hellhound pissed off more than it was to begin with. I use my wings to pivot my body around and dash right back at it and cut its legs clean off. Unfortunately, it was ready this time and brought a claw down against my lower back as I passed it. This proceeded to piss me off and catch fire, startling the gruesome creature. It quickly shook of its shock and charged at me. I, in response, took off using my wing power and started to spin quickly in a circle, letting my grapples swing out from centripetal force. This in turn allowed for my flaming mane and tail to grow massive and create a tornado of sorts, made entirely of fire. I take myself and the pyre tornado and charge the Hellhound, effectively cremating it. At that very instant, the facility blows sky high and the simulator switches locations to the top of a mountain. I see the particle accelerator in front of me and pick it up. Now for some unknown reason, I start to get very tired.

"Wha, what, what is…" And I am out cold.

Level Up- Level 14.

Perk Added – Grapple Wizard rank 2

You now deal an additional 10%(20% overall) damage with your grapples and can lift 10%(20% overall) more.

Stat Update-Magic Weapons-75%, Sneak-25%, Science-75%, Melee weapons-25%.