In Fillydelphia, the weeks passed by quickly since I joined Red Eye’s army. My days were mostly spent the same way. I would patrol around near the slave pens to make sure that the slaves kept working and to keep them in line. I didn’t like that all of these ponies were being forced to work against their will and I wanted to help them, but at the same time, I knew that there was nothing that I could do. If I helped them out and set them free, I would be discovered immediately and I would have the entire city against me. Yes I could fly, but so could all of the griffins and they were much faster and better trained than me. I wasn’t stupid enough to think that I could take on the entire city by myself. There is a big difference between risking your life and throwing your life away. So I just continued on with what I was supposed to do. This was just the way the world was.

I was also sometimes sent to recover slaves that had managed to escape and to deal with intruders that tried to raid to city for supplies. A few days ago, there was a huge commotion in The Pit, where a small unicorn and a zebra somehow managed to escape from The Pit and ran all over the city. I had been sent in to apprehend them when we had them cornered on a rooftop; however, we were ambushed by a giant balefire phoenix before we could reach them. Only me and a few griffins managed to survive. I don’t know what happened to that small unicorn and zebra after that and frankly I don’t care.

Things continued on normally again after that little incident. I carried out my orders, just like any soldier would. I never really got to know anyone else in Fillydelphia and I didn’t want to make any friends. I was simply here to repay a debt and nothing more.

Then one day, a few days after the incident, Red Eye came to me personally, saying that he wanted me to accompany him to the cathedral in the Everfree Forest, to be his bodyguard. At first, I was confused as to why he would ask me of all people to be his bodyguard. I wasn’t good at close combat fighting, like this job would call for, and if he needed someone who could fly, there were plenty of griffins that were much better suited to the situation than me. If he was going to the cathedral, what did he need a pegasus for? Regardless, I complied with his request immediately.

My days at the cathedral we pretty boring. I was only meant to guard Red Eye when we were under attack. Any other time, he had alicorns protecting him. This made me wonder even more why he even bothered asking me to come here at all.

I wasn’t allowed down into the lower levels, so I spent most of my time patrolling above ground. There was very little to explore above ground, so I pretty much just kept patrolling the same areas over and over again. I mostly spent my time in the main chamber.

The main chamber was the first room you came into when you entered the cathedral. The whole chamber was made of rock; half worn away, half restored from the centuries since ponies had occupied it. There was a dais in the centre of the chamber where, according to stories, was where the Elements of Harmony were found over two hundred years ago. Red Eye had also replaced the window panes with stained glass murals from the palace in Canterlot. These stained glass windows displayed important moments in Equestria’s history, such as Discord’s rule over Equestria, Celestia and Luna defeating him with the Elements of Harmony, the six mares of the ministries defeating Nightmare Moon with the elements, them defeating Discord again, a unicorn and alicorn couple locked in a loving embrace, a baby dragon underneath a shimmering heart, and the founding of the ministries.

After several days of just patrolling the same area, I was becoming incredibly bored. Red Eye wouldn’t even tell me anything about why he had brought me here, apart from that I was his bodyguard for when the assault came. He didn’t even tell me who was going to assault us. He just told me to follow his orders and that I would know everything when the time came.

A few days after this, the Enclave had returned to the Equestrian Wasteland. The Enclave was the pegasus government above the clouds. From what I had heard over the radio, they had attacked several towns and cities, causing a lot of trouble for the Wasteland instead of helping us. I have never been a big fan of the Enclave, but now everything was worse, now that they weren’t simply not helping us, but outright attacking us.

For the first time in months, I started thinking about Blitz and the others back home. I was worried about them and so I decided to take a short leave to go visit them and see how they were doing.

I was only going to be gone for a little while, so when no one was watching, I slipped out and flew away towards the town I had grown up in.

After a long fly, I finally made it back to the settlement where I grew up. As I was approaching the town, I noticed one of the Enclave’s Raptors hovering directly above it. When I saw this, I knew that the Enclave must be attacking the town, just like so many others. I was worried after seeing this, so I increased my speed and continued flying forward.

When I was hovering directly above the town, I stopped and looked down. My eyes immediately widened at what I saw. There were about a dozen Enclave soldiers standing around on the ground inside the town; their novasurge rifles all hung from their power armor, not initiated in combat anymore, and the bodies of the town’s citizens, the ponies that I had known my entire life and grown up alongside, were all lying on the ground, unmoving and scattered around the town, with bullet holes all over their bodies. They were all dead.

Looking down at this sight, I was angrier than I had been in years. This was like the raider attack all over again. What reasons did the Enclave possibly have to attack our town? Were the Enclave any different from the raiders that I so despised? First I had lost my parents and now, I had possibly lost everyone I had ever known. I couldn’t keep myself from shaking in anger.

Unable to hold back my rage anymore and not having any other choice, I drew my sniper rifle, took aim at each pegasus down on the ground and started firing at them. I felt a strange sense of déjá vu. This was just like when I was killing the raiders when they had attacked us for no reason. However, unlike the raiders, these pegasi figured out exactly where I was shooting from instantly and they all charged into the sky, towards me as soon as I took the first shot.

As they approached me, they all kept moving in the air, making it difficult for me to hit them. Their power armor also meant that I had to hit them in a specific weak spot in order to cause any real damage. They were also getting close enough to hit me at this range with their novasurge rifles. I wouldn’t last long against this many pegasi, armed with energy weapons, so I had to finish them off quickly, before they got any closer. I had never fought against pegasi before, so it was difficult for me to fight them like this. However, it seems that they weren’t used to fighting pegasi either, so we were evenly matched. I also had the advantage of the high ground and I also moved about in mid-air to avoid being hit. Thanks to my unsurpassed sniper skills, I had managed to kill them all before they reached me.

When I had killed all of the Enclave soldiers, I threw my sniper rifle back around my waist and began drifting down towards the ground and took a look around. The bodies of the ponies that I had grown up with were strewn about everywhere, completely lifeless.

After the raider attack that killed my parents, I became much more withdrawn from those around me. Blitz was the only one that I really considered a friend after that point. I still lived with all the others for seven years after that, but I never really opened up to them and became their friends. I guess that I was just afraid of being hurt when they finally died; like I was when I lost my parents. I only realise now just how stupid I was being. In the back of my mind, I had always wanted to mend those bridges. Once I had paid my debt to Red Eye, I was going to come back here and continue living here, just like I always had. As the years went by, I would begin to mature more and more, and start to open up to everyone; work together not as a town, but also as friends. Now that was all gone. It’s ironic how such things only occur when it’s already too late to do anything about it. At this point, I don’t deserve to call these ponies my friends. However, as I looked around and saw all of their dead bodies, I still recognised all of them. I was never really friends with them, but I knew a lot about them.

Pistol Whip was a trigger happy soldier, who loved nothing more than killing people. We were always at odds in the past, due to our conflicting views about when we should kill in order to survive.

Flora Song was a happy and carefree pony who loved flowers. She had heard stories about how beautiful they once were, and she tried hard to find some way for them to grow in irradiated soil.

Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Was a good friend of mine. I never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine.

As I looked down at all the bodies of the ponies that I had grown up with, I noticed that there weren’t nearly enough bodies to account for the whole town, and I noticed that Blitz was not among them. This was all the proof I needed to know that some of them were still alive. I guessed that they would most likely be hold up in Blitz's house. It was the biggest house in town, so it would be the easiest to fortify.

I knew that the Enclave would be sending more troops down from the Raptor, so I had to move fast. I turned towards Blitz’s house and made my way over there. The outside of the house was still largely intact and I used this to reassure myself that some were still alive.

When I was standing just outside the house, I moved to open the door and it opened in normally. I poked my head inside and I immediately felt a gun pressed against my head. I felt nervous for a moment, however, out of my peripheral vision, I could see that the gun was not attached to a set of power armor. When I looked closer, I also saw that it was enveloped in a familiar purple aura. I turned suddenly to see who it was, and I was struck speechless when I saw who it was. “Blitz?”

Blitz immediately followed after me, his angry expression quickly changing to a look of surprise. “Lightning?”

Upon seeing him alive, I pulled my nervous expression into a more serious, but happy face, and I smiled at him. “Yeah, it’s me.” I kicked the door shut and I immediately embraced him in a big hug. I was so relieved to see that he was still alive.

Shortly after, he returned the gesture. He seemed equally happy to see me again. As I wrapped my hooves around him, I felt all of my earlier unease wash away, being replaced by a relaxing and warm feeling all around my body. I let out a calm sigh as we both just stood there, locked in each other’s embrace. The room fell completely quiet. I didn’t see anypony else in the room, but just knowing that he was alive, was enough to make me the happiest pony in the Wasteland. He was my best friend for my whole life. Just seeing him again and alive, it was like nothing else in the world mattered.

After about ten seconds, I broke the embrace and looked around the room. It was completely empty except for the two of us. I then looked back at Blitz and asked, “Where is everyone?”

Blitz then closed his eyes and he fell back into a sad expression again. “They’re all dead. I’m the only one left.”

My heart sank at the sound of those eight simple words. Almost everyone that I had ever known was dead. At first, I thought that that was impossible, since there weren’t nearly enough bodies outside to account for everyone in town, and many of the houses didn’t look like they had been attacked; but then I remembered that many of the Enclave’s weapons disintegrated ponies on contact, so that would explain it.

After I had finished thinking about this, I raised my head up again and asked Blitz, “Why did this happen? Why did the Enclave attack you?”

Blitz opened his eyes again and looked up at me, but he then closed his eyes and lowered his head again almost immediately. He hesitated and then he gave a short sigh. It was as if what he was about to say was physically painful. “The Enclave had heard that there was a pegasus living in this town. My guess is that they didn’t want to risk a pegasus fighting against them, so they came here and asked us to hand them over.” He opened his eyes again, but he didn’t look up. “We tried telling them that you weren’t here anymore, but they didn’t believe us. They assumed that we were trying to keep you from them, so they started attacking us. We fought back, but they were using weapons that we had never seen before, and their armor made it too difficult for us to defeat them. We tried pulling back to our houses, but it looks like they didn’t make it.”

After hearing Blitz’s explanation for why the Enclave had attacked our town, I fell back on to my haunches. I was in shock. Was all of this my fault? Were all of these ponies dead because of me? I stayed that way for about a minute, in complete silence; but then I pulled myself into a stronger and more serious expression. No, it wasn’t my fault. It was the pegasi. It’s always the goddamn pegasi. All they ever do is cause trouble, whether they’re here or not.

I stood back up on four hooves and looked Blitz in the eye. I now had a stronger expression on my face. It was stoic, but strong. “Hey, Blitz.” Blitz finally lifted his head up to look at me. “You’re coming with me back to the cathedral. Red Eye apparently wants unicorns for something, so he should let you stay.” I then looked back over my shoulder, at the door

Blitz face suddenly changed to a look of confusion. “Wait, Red Eye?”

I soon followed suit. With everything that was happening, I forgot about what Blitz might have thought about where I was all this time.

I quickly turned back to face him, but I immediately looked away in embarrassment. “Long story; I’ll tell you later.” I then turned around and proceeded towards the door. “We have to hurry before the Enclave sends in more troops.”

I was about to open the door, when Blitz suddenly called out to me from behind me. I turned my head around and I saw that he had his hoof stretched out in front of him. He then lowered his hoof and looked over to the side. His horn then began glowing in a purple aura, and he lifted up a loose floorboard, revealing a hole in the floor. He then dropped the piece of floorboard down, but then he moved to pick up something else, from inside the hole. As the item came into view, my eyes widened when I saw what it was. It was the energy pistol that I had left with him before I left for Fillydelphia.

He then levitated it over to me and held it out in front of me. “Here. I still haven’t fired it yet.”

I looked back at him and he now had a much more serious expression on his face. I immediately matched his expression. We needed to be strong now. I then took the energy pistol in my hoof and placed it into my saddlebag.

As I did this, Blitz walked out ahead of me and over to the door. He then turned his head around to face me, and he said, “Let’s go.”

I nodded back to him and made my way over to him. He then opened the door.

The very next second, I heard the sound of a gunshot. In that split second that I had to think about what had just happened, my fears were immediately confirmed when I saw Blitz falling to the floor, with a bullet hole through his head.

Time seemed to slow down for me as I watched Blitz fall to the ground, dead. My mind started running a mile a minute. I tried to tell myself that this wasn’t happening; that I had seen things wrong and that he was just falling over slightly in shock. However, as much as I wanted this to be so, it simply wasn’t the case.

I had come here because I was worried that the ponies that I had grown up with were in danger, and I wanted to help. However, mostly I was just worried about Blitz. He had been my best friend throughout my entire life, and after my parents died, the only pony that I cared about more than anything.

When I come back home and saw that so many of the ponies that I grew up with were dead, I was as sad as I had been since my parents were killed. However, despite how many I saw were dead, I felt that as long as Blitz was still alive, I would be okay and I would have the strength to keep going. Now that I saw that he was dead too, it felt as bad as losing my parents and my hometown together and multiplied by ten. I now had nothing.

After only two seconds in real time, but what felt like an eternity to me, Blitz’s body finally hit the floor.

I looked back up and in front of me there were three Enclave pegasi. The two standing at each side looked like ordinary soldiers, but their armor was bigger and stronger than the soldiers that I had taken out. They had more pronounced pauldrons and they crackled with electricity. They had the usual scorpion-like tail that all Enclave soldiers had. They also had a symbol of a pound cake where their cutie marks would be underneath.

The pegasus in the centre was different, however. His armor wasn’t crackling with electricity and it didn’t have the pronounced pauldrons that the other two had, though he did still have the scorpion-like tail. He wasn’t wearing a helmet either, revealing his dark blue coat and his medium length, black mane that came down to the back of his head. His bangs came down to his eyes and gently blew about in the slight breeze. He had a calm expression his face, which betrayed all emotion. He looked like an officer.

I quickly reached back for my energy pistol, but before I could grabbed it, the two pegasi at either side of the officer activated the novasurge rifles built into their armor. “Don’t move,” they both said in unison. I simply stared back at them for a few seconds, standing completely still. I then slowly brought my hoof back to the ground and turned my head back to face them.

The officer suddenly raised his hoof to the side and turned to face one of the soldiers. “Now now, there is no need for that.” The soldiers turned to look at their commanding officer, and after only a moment’s hesitation, they both lowered their weapons.

He then turned back to face me. “So sorry about that. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Major Hurricane, second-in-command to Colonel Autumn Leaf, and Commander of Pound’s Rangers. And yourself?”

I was inwardly cursing at this pony, who had the gall to speak to me in such a friendly manor, after he had just murdered my friend. I swallowed these harsh thoughts, lest his bodyguards decide to shoot me. “Lightning.”

“A pleasure,” he responded. I had never wanted to shoot a pony more in my life.

“What are you doing here?” I asked abruptly. “Why did you attack this town?”

He responded back without dropping his smile. “Why, we came here for you, of course.” I was shocked. “We had heard that one of our own was down here, lost in this horrific ‘Equestrian Wasteland’.” He exaggerated those last few words for emphasise. “And we came to bring you back home. You don’t belong down here in this despicable, tainted Wasteland. You belong in the safe haven of the clouds, along with the rest of your kind.”

I couldn’t hold back my angry expression anymore, and I was outright snarling at him now. “You mean to say that you killed all of these innocent ponies just to get to me?”

He glanced away, dropping his smile, at the body of one of my friends and said, “Yes, a regrettable loss.” He then turned back to face me. “However, you should not dwell on the dead. You are still alive and for that you should be thankful. If you burden yourself with the dead, you can never move forward. Best to just forget about them and move on with your life.”

My anger was building up faster than it ever had before. This pony was twisting my own philosophy, trying to justify his wanton murder of innocent ponies. I couldn’t hold myself back any longer. I quickly reached back for my energy pistol again, even faster than last time, grabbed it and pointed it right at Major Hurricane’s head. His two guards weren’t fast enough this time. “Don’t move!” I shouted at them immediately. They complied with my request and didn’t attempt to raise their guns. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you. This thing can vaporize a shielded alicorn in a single shot.”

I stared at Major Hurricane as I spoke, and I saw that his facial expression was not one of fear or disbelief, but rather one of confusion.

He then slowly uttered, “A star blaster?”

I matched his expression of confusion after he said this. I then looked at the weapon in my outstretched hoof and thought, “A star blaster? So that’s what this thing is called.” I then looked at Major Hurricane again, resuming my earlier look of determination. “So then you know just how powerful this is. Now I want you to pull out all of your soldiers. I want to bury my friends.”

Major Hurricane didn’t seem shaken at my threat and just responded to this with a smug smile. “I take it you don’t have any ammunition for that weapon.”

“I’ve only fired it once,” I stated matter-of-factly. “I still have more than enough ammo to take out all of you.”

He then responded in the same smug tone from before. “Tell me; would you like some ammunition for that weapon?” I went right back to my look of confusion. “The Enclave are the only ones with ammunition for that particular weapon. If you side with us, then you can have as much ammunition for that weapon as you want. You will never have to worry about running out of ammunition ever again. You would be unstoppable.” He took a brief pause before continuing. “So, what do you say?”

I just stood there completely silent. My look of confusion had dissipated and had been replaced by my earlier serious expression. After about ten seconds of just standing there, Major Hurricane spoke up again. “Well, what’s your answer?”

I responded to him in a very calm demeanour. “I believe I already gave you my answer.”

Major Hurricane suddenly changed from his usual calm demeanour to a look of annoyance. “I think you’re forgetting who is in charge here.”

“And I think you’re forgetting who has a star blaster pointed at your head,” I responded immediately, with a smug smile on my face. “It seems that our positions have been reversed. I know hold all the cards here, Major.”

Major Hurricane snarled angrily back at me. I simply smiled back at him, smugly. Five seconds later, he took a step back and said, “We’re pulling out.”

Both of his guards turned to face him. “Sir?”

“That’s an order.” Major Hurricane and his two guards then started flying up into the air. Major Hurricane kept his gaze locked on me as he retreated. He had a look of pure anger and annoyance engraved on his face. He couldn’t take the humiliation of being forced to retreat because of such a little pony.

I kept my star blaster pointed at them just in case they tried to attack me while they were leaving. When they were out of sight and back on board the Raptor, I still stood there for several minutes until they started moving. The next minute, the Raptor was back above the clouds.

After Major Hurricane had left, I placed the star blaster back into my saddlebag and then I turned back down to look around the ruins of the settlement that had once been my home. Everything I had was gone and everyone I knew was dead. I haven’t been this close to tears since I watched my dad die. However, I still held back the tears. I had to be strong, even now.

I searched inside and outside the settlement and brought every body and pile of ash and plasma together into the centre of town. I then dug a hole in the middle of town as a grave for my friends and placed each of their bodies (or what was left of them) into it. Blitz, however, I gave his own personal grave, right next to everyone else’s. He deserved it.

When I was finished burying my friends, I then took a quick look at my old house. I then suddenly remembered something important and I started walking over there. Even though it was important, I was still too sad to run anywhere.

As soon as I opened the door to my house, I could hear a song playing on the radio. I just stood there in the doorframe for about a minute, just listening to it. I hadn’t forgotten why I came to my house; listening to this song was just something I needed to do. The song, combined with everything else that had happened to me here was enough to finally make me cry. I didn’t try to fight back my tears. Crying was also something I just had to do right now. I simply lied down on my stomach and cried.

After about five minutes, I got back up. I was still crying a bit and I was sniffling, but I was more controlled now. I still had something I needed to find. I just prayed to Luna that it was still here.

I then took a look around my old house. It looked like it had been ransacked. I immediately looked over at the small cupboard in the far right-hand corner of the room, and I made my way over there. When I was directly in front of it, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I then opened the cupboard and I was relieved to see that it was still there. It was a small statuette of a beautiful, young pegasus pony with a bright yellow coat and a beautiful, flowing pink mane. On the base of the statuette, there was an engraving that read, ‘Be Pleasant!’.

This statuette has been in my family for generations. It had been given to my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother by Fluttershy herself. I had seen this statuette many times when I was young, but now, when I took it in my hooves, I suddenly felt awash in a strange energy. I couldn’t explain it, but I felt stronger; like I could face anything. I then smiled, wiped the tears from my face and put the statuette into my saddlebag.

My grandmother’s statuette and my grandfather’s memory orb. These were now the only things that I had left to remember my family by. My smiled dipped a little, but I kept smiling. I had to stay strong. If I didn’t then my friends died for nothing, and I would not let that happen.

I then walked back outside and started flying into the sky. As I rose up into the air, I took one last look at the settlement where I had grown up. I then flew away, back to the cathedral.

A few days later, after I had returned to the cathedral, the Enclave began their attack. Red Eye told me to stick by his side the whole time. We then made our way down into the lowest levels of the cathedral, where I had never been before.

After a long trip into the deepest levels of the cathedral, we eventually stopped before a large door leading into another room. Red Eye then turned to address me, without actually turning around. “I’m going in here alone. You stay here and don’t move.” He then turned his head around to face me. “You are not, under any circumstances to come in unless I tell you to. Understand?”

I simply nodded back at him. “Right.”

Red Eye then turned back around and opened the door in front of him. The door led into a huge room, lined with several metal catwalks, above several huge vats of glowing, rainbow-coloured liquid. Red Eye stepped inside, activated a stealthbuck and disappeared. The door then closed behind him.

I couldn’t keep myself from placing my ear against the door and listening to what was being said inside.

“I know you are in here. There was no other way to run."

"By intention, I assure you. And now that we're all here..."

Red Eye seemed to be speaking with somepony else. The first voice was male from the sound of it, but the volume of his voice kept changing, like he was moving around the room as he spoke. Red Eye’s voice, however, sounded like it was coming from every part of the room all at once.

I continued listening in to what they were saying.

“So you are going to become the new Goddess. Is that it? Replace the one you killed?"

"If you understood the creature your High Councilor tried to make friendly with, you'd understand. The essence of the Goddess was formed out of the souls of four dominant ponies. And these ponies, in turn, provided the metaphysical template for the alicorns to follow."

"A new deity needs to be created with templates from all three races. Which meant I needed to find a pegasus and a unicorn who were strong enough in mind and soul to become dominant aspects with me in the new Godhood. We're all going to get to know each other very well, you in me."

I pulled my head back from the door in shock when I heard this. The pieces were all starting to fit into place. The reason Red Eye brought me specifically to the cathedral. In addition to himself, he also needed a unicorn and pegasus to join him in the new Unity so that he could become a God. He had plenty of unicorns already that he was bringing to the cathedral, but how many pegasi were in his army? Just me.

The male voice in the other room is constantly moving around the room as he speaks. The only way a pony could move around in that room that quickly was if he was flying. That pony he’s talking to is a pegasus. Red Eye is well known for his back up plans in case something doesn’t go according to plan. In the end that’s all I was to him; a backup plan. I don’t know why I expected anything different from him. I should have just left Fillydelphia when I had a chance. Then everything would have turned out fine; and all of my friends would still be alive. I am such an idiot.

I suddenly heard a loud crackling blast coming from the other room. I recognised the blast as a pulse charge. Despite how horrified I was now that I knew the truth, I put my ear to the door again so that I could hear what was going on in there.

"Not a chance in hell.”

"Up to you.”

"Wait... you're giving me a choice?"

There was a new voice in the room now. This one was clearly female. From what I could make out, she was probably around the same age as me. Also, from what I understood of the situation now, she was also most likely a unicorn.

Suddenly, I heard another loud crash from inside the other room. I was just about to place my ear back up against the door again, but it was suddenly ripped apart by several angry looking Hellhounds. I quickly jumped backwards to avoided having my head cut off by their razor sharp claws.

Once I was firmly back on the ground, I looked over at what I was facing now. I was now facing down four Hellhounds in an enclosed space. I think that this is an appropriate time to use the star blaster. I quickly reached back into my saddlebag; however, before I could grab it, I suddenly heard a loud radio frequency and it caused me incredible pain.

I placed my hoof to my head to try (unsuccessfully) to drown it out. I quickly fell down completely and placed my hooves over my head in pain. I tried to drown out the radio frequency, but it didn’t work. I have only been listening to this thing for about seven seconds, but it was causing me the worst physical pain I had ever felt in my life. The accursed noise was infecting my head. I could feel blood pouring out my ears and my eyes. I was sure that I would be dead in a few seconds and there was nothing that I could do about it. However, almost as quickly as it had come, the noise suddenly vanished. I have no idea why, but I am certainly not going to question it.

As I slowly stood back up on to four hooves again, I looked over at the Hellhounds. They were being tortured by that sound as well, but even though it was gone now, they still not getting up. Again, I was not going to question my good fortune.

I didn’t know what was going on exactly, but I did know that Red Eye was dead; which meant that my debt to him had been paid. Which means that I’m out of here. I turned back around, away from the room with the metal catwalks and huge vats of glowing, rainbow-coloured liquid and ran fast as I could for the nearest exit. I was getting of here.

I made my along the narrow corridors of the cathedral. The whole place shook violently every few seconds. Now that Red Eye was dead, the Overcast was giving it everything it had to completely destroy the place. After a while, I just decided to fly, so I could avoid tripping up every time the cathedral shook.

I eventually made it above ground, into the main chamber. I quickly made my way over to an open window and flew out. For the first few feet out the window, I had to manoeuvre carefully to avoid incoming fire. Once I was a bit further out, I was safe.

When I was a good distance away, I slowed down and looked back over my shoulder, back at the cathedral being bombarded. Suddenly, there was an enormous explosion that lit up the entire area. I had to raise one of my wings up to shield my eyes because it was so blinding.

When the light from the explosion started to fade, I lowered my wing from my eyes, to look back at what had happened. My eyes widened at the sight I was seeing before my eyes. The cathedral and the attacking Overcast… they were gone. They were just gone; just like that.

I had no idea what could possibly make an explosion of that magnitude and frankly, I didn’t want to have anything to do with something that was that powerful. I just faced forward again and continued flying forward.

As I flew along in the air, I couldn’t keep one thought from surfacing in my mind. “What now?”

Footnote: Level Up.
New Perk: Keen Eye -- You now know exactly where to aim on Power Armor to cause damage. Attacks with Firearms ignore 10 DT of an enemy's armor rating.