Chapter One
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[‘’Home?’’
As the Two ponies finished packing their bags, it was time to make a run out of the town, as they checked for any remaining hostile, Fire Tan looked outside the bunker and though one of the blasted open front door saw the world in ruins, any wood made houses were burned to the ground, a few stone structure can still be made out what they use to be, the blast from the magic was so strong that even the commissar’s office had been badly damaged, cracks littering the wall, fortunately the structure was still relatively stable.
‘’Gee, good thing that repair on the office came on time, or else we would all be meat cakes.’’ Fire Tan thought to herself.
‘’Come on, we need to see if anything is still left in the armory, a marekrov with 9 rounds won’t keep us safe.’’ Hammer Will said.
As he and Fire Tan made their way to the security lounge where the armory was located, It would have appear that the armory doors had been opened, it seems like Fire Tan also forgot to lock the door before she left for home.
‘’That tis ODD, the door isn’t damaged at all and nobody here knows how to pick look, wait, the keys were with you when the war started right?’’ as Hammer Will said that he turned around and stared at Fire Tan in a disappointed look.
‘’Well…You see...I...Well…Uhm, I was in a hurry so I didn't really remember……’’ Fire Tan said embarrassed.
‘’Whelp, there goes our chance to rearm.’’ Hammer Will said as he hoofpalmed.
‘’Wait! I still have an idea, I kept my service rifle in my house across the town! I think I kept some ammo with it.’’ Fire Tan said as she sprung up in excitement.
‘’ Now that you mentioned that I think I’ll check my safe, I think I left some equipment there when I first arrived here for political officer duty.’’ Hammer Will said. ‘’And no way it would have been missing, since you weren’t in charge of the password.’’ he said to Fire Tan.
‘’I’m sorry about the armory.’’ Fire Tan said with her head down.
‘’Nah, is just a joke comrade, I don’t blame you.’’ Hammer Will said as her reached around Fire Tan’s shoulders to try to cheer her up.
Sure enough, after checking the safe, there was a well-kept, military standard issued flak vest and some ammo for the marekrov that Hammer Will is carrying.
‘’ alright lets go search your house.’’ Hammer Will said as e field dressed himself and rearmed his gun.
The way to Fire Tans house was short, but along that path she felt like as if it was an eternity, she could remember all the houses and the pony-folks who use to live in them, but now? All that reminds her of her ‘Home’ was just burning ash and the dead silence on the streets accompanied by the (1.Solar Shadows) of the victims still carved into the earth. Although, the town had just gone through a solar blast it was odd that there wasn’t any sign that any other pony besides the three stallions that had attacked them had survived. After arriving to Fire Tan’s house, or what’s remaining of it, they heard noises from the ruins of the house.
‘’Come on get it open already!’’ an unknown voice said worried and weak
‘’ Okay, Okay! It’s almost open, I just need to make sure that we get was in there, I’ve seem that rifle stashed in here, if we get that we can defend ourselves.’’ Said
Another voice, but this one feels like a stallion.
‘’Upon closer inspection, they appear to be a couple that had survived. One of them was picking the lock, or at least trying to and the other one is slumped against the wall.
‘’Hey put your hooves up!’’ Hammer Will shouted and rushed out before Fire Tan could have said or done anything different, The Stallion ran towards his partner and attempted to carry his partner. Realizing Hammer Will had a gun, the stallion seemed to have gave up and began sobbing.
‘’First the Missiles hit and then my wife gets shot and now you? Now what? You’re going to shoot us or rob us?’’ The Stallion cried out as he slowing slump down on the wall besides who seems to be his wife.
‘’Hey I know you! You’re Ms. Kommniov from the Ammo Factory!’’ Fire Tan jumped up out of the cover and called out. ‘’What happened to you?’’
‘’ She’s been shot! That's What!’’ The Stallion yelled
‘’ Watch who you’re speaking to! This here is former Captain of the 14 Guard Division.’’ Hammer Will replied with a harsh voice.
‘’ Yeah right like if any-pony still gives a flying feather about your stupid union!’’ The Stallion replied with a scent of sarcasm.
‘’YOU bastard! I have the authority to execute you in the name of treason against the motherland!’’ Hammer Will shouted as he leveled his gun towards the stallions head.
‘’ Stop it! Both of you! We are all in this together, I will not stand idle and watch my former comrade and town-folks tear each other apart!’’ Fire Tan Shouted with an unusual authority.
The two stallions stopped and levelled their minds, after that Fire Tan went to retrieve her rifle, it’s an old SVT-40, and it’s the family passing that has gone through Fire Tan’s family it started with her grandfather ‘Fire Blaze’ who used it in the great patriotic war against Germaney and then her father ‘Fire Glow’ who continued to use it in the Vladivostok Campaign against China and now Fire Tan serving her though the Finnish Campaign, throughout all these years the shine had worn off and appeared in a bleached brown it has a USSPR sign engraved on the stock, although a relic from a long gone time, it still works well as it was well conditioned and well kept. Now with the rifle by her side she is ready for the wasteland.
‘’Lets patch up Ms. Kommniov up and get settle for the night, Fire Tan! You’re on watch!’’ Hammer Will said. ‘’ and you civilian, keep your wife safe and watch what you say!’’
With that the party of four prepared for the night, and tomorrow they will set for Leningrad.
1. Solar Shadow, it's a direct reference to nuclear shadow, where the immense heat caused by a nuclear detonation bleach the earth and the shadow are casted by the object or pony that was in that position when the blast occurred, in this case the SIMM blast.