//------------------------------// // Finale // Story: The Fallout - John and Applebloom // by Maxis122 //------------------------------// The Fallout - John and Applebloom [4/4] – The Finale "We will see you soon then" said Claire as she left the house. John watched and then was hugged from behind by his daughter, Anna. "See you later then Anna" he said as he bent down and picked her up. "I love you daddy" Anna said in her child voice. She then kissed John and John handed Anna over to Claire. "You two take care now" he said as he watched them walk out of the house. He then walked out of the door and watched Claire get in the driver's seat and back up the car. He waved and the two waved back at him. The car then moved away and John stood there for a minute as if the car was still there. He then turned around and walked back into his house. He closed the door and sat down on the sofa. He lied back and closed his eyes. The all of a sudden the T.V turned on and an emergency was broadcasted on the screen. John opened his eyes to see the message that he hoped he would never see. There was a man talking and a think message saying that a nuke is going to hit in ten seconds. He jumped to his feet and ran to the door and looked outside. He watched as in the far off distance a missile came down where his wife and child had gone. It hit the ground and exploded. John covered his eyes as the great light consumed the far off land. He ran back inside and ran towards the basement door. He pulled it open and went down the stairs. Just before he closed this door he watched as a picture of his family was burned away and the building was beginning to be torn down. John pulled the door shut and ran down these stairs and opened the next door. He then closed this after he got in and ran for a corner. All this was so sudden and now he understood what had happened. His family had been killed and many others were now dead. He sat there and started to tear up. He let his head drop and he cried. He cried the most he had ever cried, and would ever cry. -------------- John started to wake up. He was still on his back but he was on a different surface and he was in the shade. He opened one eye to have to close it again because the light was too much. He took a few seconds before trying again to now see the world again. The pain in his chest was still there but when he looked down he had it wrapped up in something. He still had somewhat blurred vision but he was pretty sure that this was a bandage. His ears were no longer ringing so the shellshock had left him. He closed his eyes and wiped his face with his hands. He then looked up once again to the sky blue sky with its rose red eyes. Wait what? The sky doesn't have eyes, or does it. In front of him was a cyan blue pony with rainbow hair. She had rose red eyes and she was examining Johns face. He blinked again to see if this was just his eyes but as his vision came back to him there was a pony there. "Oh, you're awake. We were getting worried for a moment there" said this pony as she stepped back and allowed John to get up. He then looked up to the sky again and saw a rainbow. "Is your name Rainbow Dash?" he asked as he wiped his face again and was trying to think about what happened. "Yeah, but how did you know" she said as she tilted her head in confusion. John then when into his thoughts and remembered Applebloom talking about her. "Applebloom told me" he said. "Where is she?" Rainbow Dash said as she frantically looked around and was thinking that she had missed her. "She got taken. By those men" John said as he tried to stand up but he fell back over as he was unbalanced. "Whoa there, take it easy" she said as she caught John and put him back down. "You took two bullets" she continued. "Where did I take the bullets?" John asked. "One to the shoulder and one to the chest. Fortunately it missed you lungs and your heart" she said. Then the door opened to the house and Andrew walked out. He then approached John and knelt down to see him. "Wow, you took those bullets well. You are really lucky!" said Andrew as he sat down beside John. "You should be fine by tomorrow" he continued and John then suddenly jolted. "They took her, we need to save her" John said as he tried to get up but the pain was a bit too much. So he then sat back again and put his hand to his shoulder. He then though about what he really needed to know at that time and about what he was going to do next. "How long have I been out?" he asked. "We found you this morning, we came back when we heard gunshots from the house. So it has been a couple of hours" said Andrew. "Which way did they go?" asked John as he looked around. "They went that way" said Rainbow Dash as she pointed down the road that they were travelling on. John then attempted to get up again and get onto his feet. He soon stood up and he took a couple of steps forward. He then looked out onto the obis of the wasteland and sighed. He then turned around and walked inside the house and sat down. Then he looked to see his bag was still there. He sat against the wall and the others came in. Scootaloo then came down the stairs and joined everyone. "Tomorrow, I am going after them" John said. "Are you crazy?" said Andrew. "You see what they did to you last time" he continued. "But I wasn't ready that time" John said. He then closed his eyes and said "But next time I will be ready". He then looked inside of his bag and then considered some other questions now that they were all together. "Where did you come from Rainbow Dash" he asked as he still was unsure about how Rainbow Dash was even there. "I came from the new land" she said. "I was sent out to look for others" she continued as she then sat down. "Right then, wait!" said John before realising what she just said. "You're from the new land?" he said as he had never heard from a new land pony or person. "Yes, and because I travel so fast the journeys are like nothing" she said. John now had some hope that they were nearing the new land. But he was missing Applebloom so it wouldn't be the same. He had to save her, as she saved him. "You said this should be better tomorrow, right" said John as he turned to look at Andrew. "Yes, but..." he began, but John then stood up and started to walk towards the kitchen of the house. "Wait where are you going?" Andrew said as he jumped onto his feet and went after John. "To get ready to get Applebloom back" said John as he looked around the kitchen area. "But we are out gunned in every way. What are you going to do, just walking in and out?" shouted Andrew. John paused and looked at Andrew. "Not exactly" he said as he then kicked a wall. "What are you doing" Andrew said as he stopped John. "Buildings like this were used to store things further down the country" John said as he kicked the wall again. "Well, there's nothing here, we have already searched this place" said Andrew as he looked around the kitchen and was trying to see what John could see. John then kicked the wall again and his foot went straight through it. He then pulled it out and stood back. "You were saying" John said as he kicked the wall again and a set of stairs were coming into view. Andrew watched as a new area was appearing before his eyes. Soon John had made an entrance and he walked down these stairs. He reached the bottom and he flicked a switch to the left of him. A small light flickered on and lit the room. John watched as the room was filled with boxes on the floor and guns on tables. "They use places like this to store weapons and ammo so they have a backup" said John as he walked in and Andrew followed him. "That's a lot of guns" Andrew said as he looked around the room and observed the masses of weapons in the room. John walked up to one of the boxes and reached inside of it. He then pulled out a RPG that was unloaded. "This will work" John said as he looked through the scope of this RPG. He then looked inside this box again and pulled out two rockets that went with it. He put these in his bag and continued to look around the room. Andrew found a M4 rifle and three magazines next to it. He checked the M4 and it didn't have a clip in it. He aimed it at the wall and pulled the trigger. The M4 shot out a bullet and this bullet went straight into the wall. "Careful" John said as he looked around at Andrew. "Sorry" said Andrew as he put the clips in his bag and clipped the M4 to his bag. Then John looked inside another box and found a M16 with an x4 scope on it, he looked inside the box and found five clips with it. He looked down the scope and decided to take this with him. He put the magazines in his bag and continued looking. He then found some pistol clips and some shotgun rounds. "Found some pistol and shotgun rounds" John shouted and Andrew approached him. Then John handed a box of shotgun shells to Andrew with two pistol clips. Then he took the remaining box and two clips of pistol ammo. He then found a grenade and he slipped it in his bag as well. He swung this bag on his back and walked towards the door. "I'm done here" John said as he walked up the stairs. Andrew wasn't long to follow and he walked up the stairs to join everyone. Then John sat down again and Andrew joined him. "Tomorrow we move out and I suppose, Rainbow Dash, you should head back to the new land. We will meet you there" said John as he examined his new weapons. "You should take Scootaloo too" said Andrew. "Good idea" said Rainbow Dash. "I'm sorry for this short meeting. But our next meeting is the reward for our return" said John as he stood up and walked towards the door. He opened it and walked outside. The others followed and looked down the road. Rainbow Dash then started to fly and she then picked up Scootaloo. "See you later then!" said Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo waved goodbye. Then Rainbow Dash flew away and picked up speed. Then she was gone and the two men were the only ones left. John then looked to Andrew. "We should start moving now so we can gain some ground" John said and then he walked over to the car and got in the driver's seat. Andrew followed and got in as well. John took a deep breath and then started up the car. Then they began to drive on the road in the direction of where the men went. ---------- The miles began to rank up and the time seemed to fly by. The sun travelled across the sky and Andrew was becoming somewhat nervous of what they were getting themselves into. Each mile was a mile closer to Applebloom and John was determined to keep it that way. No longer was he getting further away, he was getting closer and closer. Andrew was unsure about what they would do when they got there, so he thought it would be a good idea to get some idea of what was going to happen. "What's the plan then, John?" Andrew asked as he turned to look at John. "There is no plan" John said. "How can you have no plan?!" said Andrew as he was now becoming a bit annoyed at John. "You want a plan, ok then. We are going to kill every mother fucking man in that building and save Applebloom, happy!?" John ranted and then Andrew fell silent. "Ok then, let's do this" said Andrew as he put a clip in his M4 and pulled back the lever on it to load it. He looked back to the road and watched as the night started to fall. John pulled the car over and they drove up a hill. Then at the top they could see the buildings that were guarded by the same men as before. John stopped the car and got out. He then turned back to Andrew and said: "Tomorrow we strike that place" said John. "Do you trust me John?" asked Andrew as he got out of the car and set his backpack on the ground. "I trust you, do you trust me?" John replied as he placed his bag on the ground and pulled out his sniper scope. "Hell yes" said Andrew as he knelt down beside John. John looked around the buildings and observed to see the same faces as before. Then he saw Marcus again, the man he hated. He withdrew from the scope and put it back in his bag. He then lied down and looked to the night sky. The stars were coming out and John looked up at them. The beacons of hope that would never be destroyed and they were always there when John needed them. John closed his eyes and fell asleep. It was tomorrow that he would get his friend back, and his revenge. Tomorrow he would have to believe in himself and Andrew so they could destroy all that Marcus had built. John drifted off and tried to remember what the world looked like before. He remembered the green grass and the colourful flowers. The happy towns and the busy cities. It was all lost but it was something to work towards. John only hoped he wouldn't be too late and that he would be able to do the right thing. --------- John woke up and looked up to the blue sky. His vision blurred but it was coming back into focus. He leaned forward and looked over to the buildings that they had found yesterday. They were still under guard but now John had woken, they would be destroyed. He then stood up and kicked Andrew lightly as he was still asleep. Andrew grunted and then woke up. Andrew then wiped his face with his face with his hands and stood up. The two then looked over at the buildings and had the same idea in their heads. John then put a rocket in the RPG and put it next to him in the car. He and Andrew checked their weapons and made sure they were all loaded. Then they both got in the car and sat back. John then put his sunglasses on and turned on the car. They then drove back down onto the plains and drove towards the area where they needed to be. The guards then became acknowledged of this car and one of them came out of the facility and put his hand up. The car came to a stop and the man looked inside the car. "What's your business here?" he asked. "To kill you all" said John as he pulled out his pistol and shot a bullet into the head of this man. Then all of the guards recoiled and had no idea what to do. They looked to each other and tried to think of something. Then a rocket came out of the car and struck the wall. The guards then started to open fire on the car as it drove towards the wall. They had terrible aim and were failing at hitting the car in the right spots. Then Andrew leaned out of the car with his M4 and started to pick off the guards. Then the remaining guards got off the wall and went to shut the main gate. John accelerated and burst through the gate. The car made some air before it landed and John made it slide around. Then he stopped it and turned the car off. Then John and Andrew got out of the car and fired upon the last guards who didn't stand a chance. The guards fell and the two had used their first clips of ammo for their main weapons. They reloaded the weapons and then turned to see the facility come alive as men began to come out of the building. John clenched his weapon and started to fire upon these new enemies. Andrew joined in as they advanced up the courtyard. Then they hid behind a destroyed car and allowed the enemy to waste some ammo. They then looked over the car and saw five men walking forward. John held his gun above his head and let some ammo out on these men, two of them fell and the remaining three panicked and ran back. Andrew then popped up and gunned these men down. Andrew checked his clip and saw it still had some ammo left. He then looked to John and John moved forward. The two moved towards the next building that had Marcus in, when John last checked, and stood at the door. John then kicked down the door and rushed in with Andrew. They checked the corners and there was nobody. They then went up the stairs and came to another door. It had a little window so John looked through this to see some men and Marcus were getting ready. Then Marcus grabbed the cage with Applebloom in and he walked up the next flight of stairs. John took a step back and pulled out the grenade. He pulled the pin and smashed the little window. He then threw it through there and braced for cover. A bang was heard along with a shout and then Andrew knocked down the door and fired some bullets into the room. John then followed him in and shot at the stunned men that were somewhat shell shocked by the grenade. One of the men had taken cover in the right area and was still able to fight properly. This man pulled out his shotgun and fired at Andrews legs. The shell tore at Andrews legs and caused him to fall over. Then John shot this man in the head and after checking that there were no more men left he attended to Andrew. "Oh my god this hurts" Andrew shouted as he breathed heavily and held his leg that had been mainly shot. John quickly got out a bandage and wrapped up the wound. Andrew leant back and looked to where Marcus had gone. He then put a hand on John and said "You have to go and stop him. I'll be alright, tis only a flesh wound". John then smiled and stood up. He then ran over to the stairs and ran up them to find it was the roof access point. John found the door wide open and in the middle of the roof was Applebloom in the cadge. John ran over to the cage and was about to speak. "BEHIND YOU!" Applebloom shouted and John looked around to see Marcus run at him with a machete. John dropped his bag and got out his Kanata and reflected Marcus's attack. Marcus was stunned for a moment and he took a few steps back. "Swords man then, lets settle this here" Marcus said. "It would be my pleasure" said John as he prepped himself. "I always wondered what it would be like to cross blades with you" Marcus said as he then stepped forward and sliced. John deflected this and used the handle of his sword to hit Marcus in the face. Marcus once again was stunned and he stepped back. He became dazed and his nose started to bleed. He then put his hand to his nose to feel the blood. Then he let out a yell and released his fury of attacks. John deflected these and had a few shot that were deflected. Marcus punched John and attempted to slice his neck. But John leant back after this and then kicked Marcus in the stomach. The two fell over and took a second to get back up. Johns head was now hurting and a slight ring was going about his ears. He was so close and he wasn't about to give up now. John then let out a couple of attacks and these were deflected. Then Marcus let out an attack that put the two in face to face lock. "Funny, how I bleed and you don't" said Marcus as he had a small frantic laugh. Then John grabbed Marcus's hand and twisted it. This caused the blade collision to be broken and Marcus let go of his machete. The John kicked away this machete and it fell of the building. John then punched Marcus in the face and John dropped his Kanata. Then Marcus fell back and John continued to punch him. John then got Marcus to the edge of the building and then pulled John out his pistol. He pointed it at Marcus's chest and looked him deep in the eye. "Is it funny now, mate?" said John. Marcus then began to laugh again and this was getting really annoying now. "Go ahead, blow my brains out in front of her" said Marcus. Then John remembered that Applebloom had been watching the whole time. He looked to see her somewhat unsure about things. John then took a second to think. Killing him here would be a bad move; then again he deserved to die now. John was trying to think but then Marcus lifted the gun to his head and smiled. "No hard feelings then" Marcus said as he smiled and chuckled to himself. John then gave in and let the gun down. He then stared at Marcus and frowned at him. "Aww, you don't want to kill me" said Marcus in a childish voice. Then John looked at him again. "I do want to kill you" said John and he took a step back. Then he turned back to where Applebloom was and Marcus then shuffled over to the ladder. John looked back to Marcus and watched him get down the ladder, and then Marcus started to run into the obis. John watched him and then turned back to Applebloom. He found it was locked but locks were not a problem around him. He pulled out his shotgun and blew the lock up. Then he opened the cage and pulled Applebloom out. "You came for me" she said as she let out some tears of joy. "I would always come for you" John said as the two embraced in a long hug. The two were letting out tears and John the opened his eyes to see Andrew come up the stairs. He then stood up and walked over to Andrew. "You did a good job here" said Andrew. "Couldn't have done it without you, friend" said John as he shook Andrews hand. Then Andrew looked out on the obis and saw Marcus running away. "Shouldn't we stop him" said Andrew. John the put Applebloom on the floor and looked out at Marcus. "Yes we should" John said as he pulled out his bow and he got an arrow out. He pulled back on the string and held it in line with Marcus. Thoughts were running through his head and memories of people were around. He funnelled this energy into his draw and he lifted the bow. He then softly spoke "Thank you" and he let the string go. The string flew forward and the arrow was propelled. The arrow flew over the obis and curved down. Then it was directly in the right place to hit Marcus and the arrow went through the back of his knee. Marcus then fell over and started screaming in agony as he looked at his bleeding knee. "You two go back to the car, come and meet me in a few minutes" said John as he went over to the ladder. He then climbed down the ladder and the other two walked back to the car. John then was on the ground and he looked at Marcus who was on the ground. John then ran over to him but then walked the last ten meters. He looked down at Marcus who was unaware of John presence. "No matter how far you run, No matter how hard you hide, the fury of justice will always find you" John spoke and Marcus looked up to him. "You shall burn in hell" Marcus shouted as he looked up in rage at John. "It's quite the opposite, Marcus, you will" said John as he pulled out his pistol and shot two bullets into Marcus's head. The body of Marcus jolted a bit before it finally fell dead. John took a long look at the dead man and then saw the car with Applebloom and Andrew coming. He then walked over to the road and looked at the approaching car. The car came to a stop in front of him and he got in. He sat down and Applebloom jumped on his lap. He then stoked her and looked at the road ahead. The journey was almost at an end and he had Andrew to thank for it. The car dove on into the distance and the three survivors were on their way to the new lands. John had found new friends and had made new enemies as he went on in life. He had a man that he could trust with his life and a re-enforce friendship with Applebloom. Their journey now takes them to the new lands where new dangers and wonders are to unfold. When they get there, well, that's another story.