//------------------------------// // They Shot The Sherriff Pt 5 // Story: Fallout: Equestria - Lovely New Pegasus // by No one is home //------------------------------// They Shot the Sheriff Pt5 -=-=-=-=-=- “So old Pear Cider figured he could rustle in a few caps, and rustle the jimmies of the New Canterlot Republic at the same time?”  I snort with derision as I look around the veritable ghost town.  “How'd that work out for him?” “Ask him yourself, he’s been holed up in the Glim Glam ever since that Checkers fella rolled through town right after all the couriers left on their routes and met with the Powder Gangers.”  Boss Lady scowls and squints at the same time.  Kinda like ‘squowl’,  Luna on the moon I hope I get old enough to squowl like that one day.  “After that they ran him right out.  Poor Sheriff Coal Train tried to rally a posse and put things right, but it was already too late.  They shot the sheriff dead, and took his nephew, Deputy Caboose hostage.  I reckon he was being held in the Gladmane Casino before you blew it up.” “I only blew up the front entrance of the casino, in my defense.”  I feel like I am being unjustly blamed, here.  “And the deputy is prolly still in the… somewhere…” “And lemme guess,” Jack-E rolls right on in with her two caps on the matter, “The soldiers from back east, they just decided it was the towns problem for letting ‘em in, in the first place?” “Somethin’ like that.  They escorted anyone who wanted to leave early on on up to Freeside, by The Strip.”  The old grey mare shakes her head kinda sadly.  “I reckon they’ll still do the same for any of the hold outs.  But they’ve made it pretty clear,  They got better than half the gang holed up here.  Why bother moving em back to the hooscow they busted out of, when we got for walls and one way in or out right here.” “Wait, they're actually just escaped convicts?”  I suddenly remember I’m drinkin’ a sparkle cola when it erupts outa my nose.  “I thought that was just their raider cosplay… you know, cause they all got cosplay themes. But, like they’re actually just escaped from the Republic prison up by the quarry and the NCR just let ‘em congregate in Primm?  They got an outpost right there!  On the other side of the bridge, I walked through it to get there!” “I guess they all figured it was easier to just let em’ all in than to track em’ down one by one.”  Princess snarls angrily.  “So Checkers met with whoever was hiding in the back of that casino I blown up the front of?”  An idea begins to percolate in my brain. “They got the backside locked up tighter than a breezy’s tweet.  Blowing that door could bring the whole place down!”  She doesn’t get it.  Boss lady’s just too old to see the power and glory in those tracks.   “There’s the big outside hill of the roller coaster, right there.” “Maybe a team of NCR Rangers could climb those track, six.” She chuckles as she shakes her head.  “But they’d snipe you off in no time.” “Who said anything about climbin’?  I plan to take the train.”