Chapter 31
“Have you gotten the igniting agent like we discussed?” Chris asked, turning a monkey wrench on a nut to secure a machine with unknown use to the friends.
“What about these rocket souvenirs? The stuff inside glows.” Anne stated, pulling out each of the six toy rockets and putting them on a table nearby.
“Yes, that’s Isotope two thirty nine all right, and there’s enough here to launch the rockets.” He said, still not smiling. “Now all I need is the thrust control module.”
“Where do you think we might find one of those?” Anne asked.
“Scavengers wouldn’t know the value of the modules just by looking at them. If you know any junk dealers in the area I’d start there.” He stated before walking off to another console to work on that.
“I know someone who we should go to, they call her Old Lady Gibson.” Boone stated. “She’s a junk dealer, buys and sells that type of things.” The sniper said.
“Then we’ll go to her, let’s go.”
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On the walk it went through Novac from where they were and further on, walking for a fair amount of time. In the distance could be seen a large tower, an antenna coming from the top and a large factory of sorts right up against the side.
“Hey Anne, what’s that over there?” Twilight asked looking over at the building.
“That… I have no clue, Boone, what about you?” Anne said with a shrug.
“It’s the HELIOS One power station, the NCR run it but they aren’t able to get it working that well from what I’ve heard.” Boone said.
“Solar?” Anne asked, guessing it was that type due to the large tower.
“Yes.”
“What’s solar power?” Twilight asked.
“Well you know how everything we do and happens involves the transfer of energy from one form to another, be it from turning on a light makes heat and light or using a speaker makes sound. Well what solar does it acts a bit like how a plant would, using the energy that the sun lets off to power things.” Anne explained, following Boone as he knew where to go.
“So it’s like a giant tree?”
“If you want to dumb it down a lot yes, it’s like a tree.”
Before Twilight could say anything else Boone pointed at a small, old building, maybe a few rooms at most but right next to it was a fenced off area where dozens upon dozens of destroyed cars were, piled up or on their own. “That’s the place.” He stated.
“Alright, let’s go meet this Old Lady Gibson…”
Sitting in front of the building on a rickety chair was an old greying lady, half a dozen black and grey dogs around her and keeping her company.
Approaching the older woman Anne lifted up a hand in greeting. “Hey there friend.”
“Hi there, I’m Old Lady Gibson or so they tell me. I’ve got odds and end for sale and I’m pretty good at fixing things too. You might have noticed the very large building just north of here. That’s HELIOS One. The NCR runs the place so it’s off-limits to prospectors.” The kind sounding old woman said, sounding rather practiced.
“We were wondering if you had any thrust control modules from REPCONN in stock.” Anne said with a friendly smile of her own, not wanting to get ripped off if she wasn’t.
“As it so happens I do have some thrust modules but they’re expensive. Five hundred caps expensive.” She said.
“You should cut down the price, it’s not like anyone will probably buy them.” Anne said awkwardly, bartering wasn’t one of her strong suits.
“Oh I don’t know about that, lots of folks travel by on their way to New Vegas.” The old woman said unconvinced.
Anne let out an irritated sigh, rubbing her eyes before reaching into her bag and handing the woman a sack that jingled. “Fine, five hundred caps it is then.” Anne muttered unhappily.
“Pleasure doing business with you.” She stated before going inside the house, coming back a few minutes later with a large box filled with five metal contraptions none of the trio had any clue about. “Here you go.” She stated happily, giving them to Anne who in turn gave them to Boone.
“Thank you.” Anne said with a fake smile, stating to walk away back to the REPCONN HQ with the other two close behind her. “Next time Twilight, you’re asking for it, I’m not good with people and now that’s most of my caps gone and probably for nothing more than a pat on the back.” She mumbled.
“Alright then, yet another thing I’m better than you at.” Twilight said with a smirk, getting Anne to mutter something under her breath but the pony didn’t hear it, something rhyming with duck.
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“Did you get the modules?” Chris asked gruffly.
“Yes, here you go.” Anne said, Boone handing the box over to the other man.
“Indeed you did, and they seem to be in excellent condition.” He said, for the first time ever to the group seeing the faintest smirk on his face but it might have just been a muscle twitch.
“The rockets are all set to go right?” Twilight asked, she wanted to see how those three metal machines worked.
“Yes, I can tell Jason the Great Journey can begin.” He stated, handing the box to a ghoul in a red skintight suit, a glass fish tank looking helmet on his head before he headed down a hatch onto the launch pad.
Walking to the window Chris pressed a button and said. “We have everything we need to launch the rockets Jason, the Great Journey can begin.” The human said.
All the ghouls walking around the irradiated launch bay started to line up in front of any of the three rockets, looking at the window as Jason stood before all of them.
“Gather, all. May the creator guide my words and help me speak true... The almighty creator has seen fit to answer our prayers. The time has come for us to board the rockets and begin the Great Journey. Though it may seem that all humans despise us, the creator has seen fit to instruct us differently. The Journey ahead would have been impossible if not for the intercession of two human friends, one new, the other a long-abiding companion. To our new friend, we say thanks, and promise never to forget how he cleared from our path the demons who sought to stay our Journey.” He said before letting out a sad and regretful sigh. “But to Chris, we owe more than thanks. Chris, you have made this Great Journey a reality. From this moment forward, you will be remembered as the Saint of the Great Journey. We shall never forget you. I ask that you forgive us, Chris, and give us your blessing, and we bestow ours upon you. Seekers, board the rockets, take your seats. The Great Journey awaits! To the promised land we go! To the Far Beyond!” He said before walking up the ramp into one of the rockets, all the other ghouls getting into at least one of them.
Chris looked in shock at what was said before slowly turning and facing the trio, his shock making way to pure rage. “Did you hear him? My god you were right all along, I’m no ghoul! They were just using me…” He growled.
“They’d take you if they could Chris, but you’d die from the radiation.” Anne said solemnly, she could understand what he was feeling at that moment.
“And dying would be worse than this? Used up and thrown away like garbage?” He asked with a growl.
“They’re going to revere you as a Saint, Chris.” Twilight said.
“Oh, so I’ve redeemed the human race, is that it? What a crock, the human race can’t stand me!”
“That’s not true Chris, you’re all right.” Anne said softly, trying to comfort the man.
“So, you want me to accompany you on your adventures across the Wasteland, is that it?” He asked crossing his arms.
“No, I’m just saying that people won’t hate you, you just need to go back with people and you’ll fit in great, many places a scientist would be useful.” Anne corrected.
He didn’t say anything to the group, just walking away, through the tunnel and around a corner where no one could see him anymore.
“Come on, they’ll need someone to activate the rocket in the control room, they won’t be able to do it from in here.” Anne stated, walking back through the tunnel but not up the ladder but back into the main building.
“Where would that be?” Asked the Princess.
“It would be at the very top if I were to guess, so they can see everything that is happening and to make sure it’s all going well.” Anne said with a shrug.
Going back up the rusted metal staircase into the rooms the ghouls were originally at when they first arrived they tried to find a way to keep going up and after a little bit of looking they found a staircase they led further up, leading to a metal box, were once a window was now just a hole looking at the huge grey dome in full view. There was a large command console and a small stand with a button on it.
“Alright, do you want to do the honors Princess? Just press that button when you’re ready to send our friends off, just pray it won’t all just explode on the pad.” Anne said.
Twilight approached the stand with the button, lifting up a hoof and resting it over it. “Alright, I hope they all make it alright, they may be crazy but they seemed very nice, I don’t want to see ponies like that get hurt.” Twilight said before pushing her hoof down with a click.
Suddenly a siren started to go off and the doors of the dome slowly started to open, exposing the three rockets inside. Anne’s Pipboy let out a static crackle before classical music started playing full volume, making all three faintly smile as they watched.
Smoke slowly came out of the back of the rockets as the music slowly built its way to its climax. Sparks started shooting from the backs before flames, Twilight worried that something was going wrong but seeing her friends all calm she guessed it was meant to happen.
With a loud roaring sound like something massive was ripped the rocket in the middle suddenly launched from its support followed by the right one then the left but as the let one left its support the engine cut out for a split second, making the rocket make a sudden and sharp turn and instead of going off to the side with the others it went right over the trios heads with a loud screech as the air rush by it. Twilight ducked down in fright when she saw it headed for them but looked back up when she saw that they weren’t all dead.
The doors on the large dome slowly closed again with the sound of the siren, the music slowly dying out.
The sun slowly started to set, the skies going to a deep orange as they slowly made their way to a darker and darker blue.
Anne let out a tired groan, sitting herself down against the wall of the box they were in, Boone doing the same. Twilight felt extremely tired as well, not even getting the nap from when they cleared out the nightkin so she sat down with her side pressed against Anne’s leg.
“That… was quite something…” Anne said tiredly, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a packet of cigarettes and putting one into the corner of her mouth before pulling one out slightly and offering it to Boone who took the loose cigarette and held it out at Anne.
Putting the packet back away she pulled out a scratched silver lighter and lit her cigarette and gave a quick puff before lighting Boones who took a long and relaxed drag of the smoke stick. “You can say that Twice, we never did things like that in the NCR, it was always take out a target from a great distance.” Boone said, taking off his rifle and putting it to the side.
Twilight let out a tired yawn, nose scrunching up slightly at the smell of her two smoking friends. “I don’t think I’ve been in that much life threatening danger than the time vines attacked Equestria…” Twilight said softly.
“That is a story you’ll have to retell one day but not right now, I think I speak for all of us when I say I want to just sleep, I can’t be assed to go anywhere to do it, just lay down here.” She stated. “It’s not like anyone will come up here anyway, they still think ghouls are here and who would really come up here? There’s nothing.” The woman said, putting her bag on the ground and using it for a hard pillow, Boone doing the same with his and using his beret to cover up the upper part of his face.
“Night you two.” He as he tried to get to sleep.
“Night.” The two girls said in unison.
“H-hey Anne?”
“Yes Princess?” The woman asked, turning her head to look at her friend.
“I-I know this is weird but could I m-maybe sleep next to you…?” The pony asked timidly.
Anne just gave a soft smile, moving herself over slightly so Twilight could use her bag-pillow as well. “Sure, just don’t get any ideas.” She joked, making Twilight blush.
Laying down Twilight cuddled herself against the woman’s side, wrapping a hoof over her stomach and the woman wrapped an arm around Twilight’s back. “Night Twilight, I’m glad I found you…” She said softly, closing her eyes.
“Goodnight Anne, thank you for saving my life…” Twilight said back softly, a faint smile as she rested her head on Anne’s shoulder, the closeness making her heart flutter, thoughts of how much the human woman meant to her going through her head.
She needed to have a word with Anne next chance she got and tell her about how she really felt but at that moment she cared more about resting so she closed her eyes.
And soon sleep took her.
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I'm a little disappointed you didn't write about interacting with the nearby panel before pushing the button to adjust their trajectory to get good karma.
5772297 Twilight is smart but she would have no idea where to start to adjust the trajectory maybe if there was a manual near by and her insane speed reading ability, and Anne... well she's Anne.
, good in a fight but, street smart, but not so much in the rocket science department.
Hey, I love the new cover.
So... are Twilight and Anne going to be a couple? It would be cute. Even if it's really slow going.
A question though - Why doesn't Twilight use her magic as a weapon? It was shown in the changeling invasion that she could shoot off 'magic beams', why doesn't she do that here? It would save ammo.
I'm also surprised that Anne hasn't commented on Twilight's ability to teleport, it would prove useful for 'fast traveling' to cities they've already been.
Poor Twilight - She needs to get her strength stat up, it's pretty low.
She might be a good sniper though - Her perception isn't too shabby.
Is Twilight ever going to get a Pip Boy that would help her a lot
5772521
thank god someone else sees the problem with this, I'm honestly kind of depressed by how popular it is. The writer doesn't seem to have improved at all since last I saw it, and there's just nothing to it
5772904
Wow, I was just thinking the same thing - A Pip-boy really would be useful, and I don't see any problems with one fitting on Twilight's leg. Plus, if they stop by a vault or ask a merchant, I'm sure they could acquire one easily enough.
Errors are scattered in most of the chapters. Incorrect words such as spelling 'of course' as 'of cause'.
Errors aside, the story isn't bad. A decent read, really. I guess it makes sense to nerf Twilight's power too to avoid COMPLETELY throwing off the story, too.
5772935 exactly
5772297 or making them smash into novac thats fun to
5772598 meh a lot of these crossovers have her as an energy weapons person because she is smart
but come on this is awesome
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also twilight can lift heavy things give her big guns
I kinda like the pairing, but then again I do like the relationship they have at the moment.
5783221 What you do is quickly grab them all first and then after you talk with the Father go to the door and walk as fast as you can into it and once it opens make your way to the left and make your way around by sneaking, don't need it to be high or anything, I never rank it up, and once he locks himself in you just keep going down the halls until you escape and the collar turns off and you made it, you'll be very slow with all the gold on you but you have it and if you have enough gold that's 20,000 caps or something per bar and with a few dozen of the things that's enough to fund any adventures you have in the Mojave
I hope this helps you even a little bit, I do this every playthrough so I can buy all the awesome weapons even though I barely use any but Dinner Bell and a Anti Material rifle, along with the All American. Though I am planning on making Anne a heavy with miniguns and things and because I play the game for the areas and the dialogue while writing a chapter I guess you can say I'm starting to play with a mini gun and thus need a lot of caps spent for bullets for the damn thing!
HAHA THE SPOON HAS BEEN DOUBLED
Darn ever since twilight bought the sugar bombs from cliff I was hoping they were going to sabotage the rockets always was fun to do heh now I really wanna go through new Vegas again
I'm loving how I can recognize barter and speech fail checks
Can't get that in fallout 4