Elder John Quinton seeks unite and teach all of Equestria and the Multiverse the ways of God with the help of his troops and friends across all worlds.
Elder John Quinton, the leader of the Templars of Steel Equestrian Wasteland Chapter and descendant of a member of the Knights Templar will bring order and justice to the Equestrian Wasteland with the help of God. He will eliminate the Raiders, Red Eye, the Grand Pegasus Enclave and all the threats to the Wasteland. He will spread God's teachings across the Multiverse with his troops and friends by his side while keeping the armies of Hell at bay and prevent them from spreading across the Multiverse.
Yes, I just made a new story. If you're thinking why? My mind just won't stop making new ideas. Warning: Contains Christian themes and hate comments will be deleted Constructive Criticism is allowed DEUS VULT!
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Fire, pain, suffering and death. These things were spread across this wasteland. Winged creatures flew around destroying and killing anything they could find. Demons. The servants of Lucifer, the Devil. They carried out his plans across the wasteland. The corpses of a multitude of beings were strewn across the land, their bodies to damaged to identify what they were when they lived. A single shining light stood in this void of evil. An armored man was fighting the demons. He had pure white armor with the Cross on the center, wings sprouted on his back carrying him in the air. He carried a glowing sword, in one hand and a radiant shield in the other and a minigun was strapped in between his wings. He swung the sword at a demon flying nearby and used his shield to block an arrow from another. All the demons started swarming around him until the light could not be seen, suddenly the man burst out of the vortex shining as bright as the sun. A pair of demonic yellow eyes glared at him from above.
"YoU aRe NoThInG bUt A NuIsAnCe. GiVe Up NoW aNd YoU mIgHt StIlL hAvE a ChAnCe To LiVe." a voice said.
"Never! I will not let you destroy this world like the others before it! I fight for God! I will defeat you in His Name! DEUS VULT!"
The man charged at the pair of eyes, but the darkness swallowed him whole never to be seen again.
Location: San Diego; Realm: Earth 40; Time: 4:30 AM; Day: July 19, Wednesday; Month: July; Year: 2020
John woke up with a jolt from the dream he just had. He was sweating all over from fear. He slowly got up from the bed and walked to the hotel bathroom. His T-60 Power Armor costume stood across the room leaning against the wall with its cold, stalwart eyes. He opened the faucet and splashed cold water all over his face. He turned it off and wiped his face with a towel. He walked to his bag beside the bed and pulled out a Bible and opened it to Psalm 25. He made the Sign of the Cross and recited.
"To You, O Lord, I offer my prayer; in you, my God, I trust. Save me from the shame of defeat; don't let my enemies gloat over me! Defeat does not come to those who trust in you, but to those who are quick to rebel against you. Teach me your ways, O Lord; make them known to me. Teach me to live according to your truth, for you are my God, who saves me. I always trust in you. Remember, O Lord, your kindness and constant love which you have shown from long ago. Forgive the sins and errors of my youth. In your constant love and goodness, remember me, Lord! Because the Lord is righteous and good, he teaches sinners the path they should follow. He leads the humble in the right way and teaches them his will. With faithfulness and love he leads all who keep his covenant and obey his commands. Keep your promise, Lord, and forgive my sins, for they are many. Those who have reverence for the Lord will learn from him the path they should follow. They will always be prosperous, and their children will possess the land. The Lord is the friend of those who obey him and he affirms his covenant with them. I look to the Lord for help at all times, and he rescues me from danger. Turn to me, Lord, and be merciful to me, because I am lonely and weak. Relieve me of my worries and save me from all my troubles. Consider my distress and suffering and forgive all my sins. See how many enemies I have; see how much they hate me. Protect me and save me; keep me from defeat. I come to you for safety. May my goodness and honesty preserve me because I trust in you. From all their troubles, O God, save your people Israel! Amen." he prayed.
He placed his Bible back in the bag and checked his phone. It read 4:35. He still had time before going to Comic Con, so he ate breakfast and took a shower, then put on his costume. He placed his legs inside the greaves, he lifted the chest plate onto his torso and placed the helmet on his head. He grabbed his bag and walked out the door going to the lobby meeting some other cosplayers on the way. He hailed a taxi and asked the driver to go to the convention center. Fortunately, the taxi was big enough to fit him in his armor.
"So how long did it take you to make that costume Mr..." the driver asked.
"It's John and I've been making this for about seven months." John answered.
"Wow. That's a very long time."
"Yeah. It's hard finding the right materials to make it look as realistic as possible. The mail lost my minigun, though."
"That's sad to hear. The mail has been losing a lot of things recently. What's strange is that they're all cosplay items."
"Yes, it is."
The rest of the trip is filled with silence and finally, the taxi arrives at the convention center. He paid the driver and opened the door and got out of the taxi.
"Goodbye Mr. John and I hope to see you again soon." the driver said before driving away.
John got in line and waited. Other cosplayers and normal people stood with him waiting for the doors to open and the fun to begin. He chatted with some other cosplayers and other people took pictures with him and complimented his costume. When the time came for the doors to open all of them swarmed in and started doing their own thing.
John went to a forum about the new Fallout game and what they were going to be adding. After the forum was done he strolled around looking for souvenirs to bring home when he saw a stand with a man dressed as the Resident Evil Merchant. His stand had a multitude of items from all fandoms. But what caught his eye was the minigun on the center of the table. It looked exactly like the one from Fallout and the one the mail had lost. Almost immediately he went to the stall to purchase it.
"How much for the minigun?" John asked the vendor.
"Its five hundred dollars, but for the amount of effort you put in your costume I'm willing to discount it for fifty percent." the vendor said.
"Deal." John said taking out his wallet and giving the man the two hundred and fifty dollars.
The vendor gave him the minigun and John placed it on his back where his lost one was supposed to be placed. It fit there almost too perfectly. He thanked the vendor before going back to wandering around occasionally taking pictures with people and talking with other cosplayers. Then the madness started. Portals started appearing swallowing cosplayers whole left and right. All the people started running and screaming for the exit. John was about to run as well until he heard a crying child. He turned around to see a little girl in the middle of the crowd shouting for her parents. He ran towards the girl and picked her up.
"Thank you mister." the girl said.
"Don't thank me just yet, kid. God, protect these people I have helped. May your light be with them always to guide them in the darkness of this world and may they be safe forever. Amen." John muttered.
Once they got to the exit he put the girl down and saw a woman run towards the kid, probably her mother and run outside. He looked back to see some people still in the building being sucked in by the portals. He rushed back to help them back to the exit.
"Everyone here! Run to me!" he shouted as more and more started getting swallowed.
The people heard his cry and ran towards him aiming for the exit. But a man dressed as a Clone Trooper fell down on his face and a portal appeared right behind him and was about to drag him in. John rushed to the man and carried and tossed him closer to the exit where the others helped him outside. The portal grew larger and larger behind John. The other cosplayers were yelling at him to run as well, but instead, he smiled and closed his eyes under his helmet for he knew he wasn't getting out of this. He accepted his fate and saluted to them as the portal consumed him.
Location: Outside Comic Con convention center; Realm: Earth 40; Time: 11;30; Day: July 19, Wednesday; Month: July; Year: 2020
Police and news were on the scene almost immediately after the people evacuated. The police were blocking entrance into the center except for forensics teams to go in and investigate. The news was asking people what happened in the center, but some of them wouldn't answer due to the grief of losing family and friends, yet a few would answer their questions and thank the man who helped them inside.
"The man in a costume that looked like armor gave my daughter back to me. Without him I probably would've lost my child." a mother answered.
"Who do you think this man is and where is he now?" the reporter asked.
"I don't know who he is or where he is now, but I hope that he is safe."
"He runs towards me and tosses me to the entrance before he gets swallowed by the vortex without even making a move. He probably knew there was no way he was getting out of there and instead saluted at us and disappeared." a man in a Clone Trooper costume replied.
The reporter turned to the camera and said, "Who was this man who saved these people and where is he now?"
The first thing that John saw was blinding light then weightlessness. He looked around his surrounding, but all he found was whiteness everywhere.
"Ah. I see that you're awake." a voice said to his right.
John looked to his right and saw a man with wings and armor with a sword strapped to his belt.
"Who are you? Where am I? What happened?" John asked.
"I am St. Michael, you are in a place between universes and you were swallowed by a vortex that the Merchant summoned."
John was just shocked at what he heard. He did believe in Angels, but not in the Multiverse theory. He was at a loss for words.
"God sent me personally to give you a gift for saving those people back in your world." Michael said handing him a sack.
Inside the sack were a shield and a sword. He pulled them out of the bag and they glowed and radiated with much power.
"Those are the Sword of Justice and the Shield of Protection. It comes with being an Angel." Michael said.
"I'm honored St. Michael, but I can't accept this. I'm not worthy to become one of God's warriors." John said handing them back.
"On the contrary. God has chosen you specifically, for you have lived a faithful life. You prayed and went to mass every day, you help people for no reward and for the greater good. But if you wish I shall keep these for the time being. You may summon these in your time of need. For now, God has a mission for you. You must bring justice back to the world you will be sent to and spread God's teachings to the denizens of the land."
"Yes, St. Michael." John bowed.
"But before you go. Your father wanted to give this to you." the Archangel said handing him a Templar Cross on a string.
John took it and saw that it was his father's cross from when John was young.
"How did you get this?" John asked.
"When your father died he asked for this to be given to you when the time was right. For he was a descendant of one of the Templars who weren't executed and so are you."
John was shocked. It's not everyday that you found out that you were descended from a centuries-old Christian order that fought in the Crusades.
"Thank you." John said.
"Now go and spread the Lord's teachings." Michael said waving his hand and everything turned white.
John opened his eyes to a dark and bleak sky with no sunlight peeking through the clouds. He stood up and noticed he was still in his costume, but instead of a normal look through the visor, he was greeted by the Fallout Power Armor HUD. There were two counters displaying his HP and Rads counter on the lower left side, a display of his power armor above it, a radar in the bottom middle and two other radars displaying his fusion core levels and AP.
"What the heck?" John muttered.
John stood up and saw his surroundings. Decrepit buildings everywhere surrounded him and a bag was right beside him. He looked inside the bag and found a bunch of guns, ammo, melee weapons, meds and caps. He took out the weapons and inspected them. Each of them were in perfect shape. Next, he took out the meds and saw that they were Stimpaks and RadAways. Then he took out the caps and saw that the brand was Sparkle Cola.
"Why do I have these and what is Sparkle Cola?" he questioned.
He put the items back in the bag and he checked his arms and tapped the armor and found out that it was real metal. He checked his radar for any enemies nearby, when he saw none he started walking to look for any signs of life. After a few minutes he saw nothing except for houses and more houses. He was about to give up until he heard a gunshot from deeper in the town. He quickly ran towards the sound and once he arrived he saw ponies...
"Wait what?!" John shouted.
He saw ponies in what looked like armor hanging on by the thread. Some of them had horns while the others had none and they were all equipped with weapons ranging from guns to melee weapons. They were surrounding another pony that looked like it was wearing ponified power armor. The pony in the armor was bleeding in bullet holes from several areas.
"You'll never take me alive Raiders!" the pony shouted in a male voice.
"Oh that's alright. We don't need you. We just need that armor." one of the Raiders said smiling sadistically.
"Hey get away from him!" John shouted getting the Raider's attention.
"Who's he?" one Raider asked.
"I dunno, but whatever who or it is, let's kill it." another answered.
All the Raiders readied their weapons and charged at John.
Some Raider ponies charged at John with their weapons raised, while those with guns shot at him from behind their allies. John raised his arm to block an incoming stream of bullets from a Raider SMG, but the bullets simply bounced off his armor. A Raider raised his ax and hit John's leg creating a shallow slash in the armor. John punched the Raider in the face sending him flying into a wall. He punched another one into the ground and kicked another into a window, breaking it and throwing him into a house. A Raider holding a revolver in a blue glow pulled the trigger somehow without touching it, released a bullet headed straight for John's left eye visor. The bullet hit the visor cracking it, but not breaking it. John's HUD showed that his power armor's helmet was now a color yellow.
"Shit. I can't take another hit from there." John cursed, "Looks like I have to use this thing."
John unlatched the minigun from his back and held the trigger. The barrel started spinning as the Raiders stood there too stunned to even move.
"He's using his minigun! RUN!" a Raider shouted before being shredded by bullets.
The others ran into alleyways and behind rubble to escape the hailstorm of bullets. A few were cut down, but majority of them still managed to escape unscathed. Meanwhile, the pony in power armor somehow healed himself and repaired his armor in the time he was downed. The pony got back up and a mounted barrel on his back started spinning, then a stream of grenades shot out aimed at the Raiders in the alleys. The grenades exploded on impact sending Raider parts flying everywhere.
"Who left our supplies near the damned Ranger?!" a Raider shouted over the sound of bullets and grenades exploding.
"It was Clean Cut, sir!" another replied.
"Would somebody shoot him for me!"
A Raider shot the aforementioned pony exploding his head into pieces.
"Thank you." the Raider boss said, "You'll get an extra twenty caps after this."
John was still firing his minigun that never seemed to overheat or run out of ammo. He stopped once he knew that the bullets weren't going to tear through stone quick enough. But the pony in power armor was still firing his grenade machinegun causing more body parts to fly around.
"NEVER MESS WITH A STEEL RANGER!" he shouted as a foreleg flew past his helmet making it all bloody.
At this point the Raiders gave up and retreated leaving their comrades' body parts and weapons behind. John placed his minigun back in it's place and walked up to the 'Steel Ranger'. The Ranger looked at him and his gun slowly started revolving.
"Wait! Don't shoot!" John shouted.
"And why is that?" the pony said as the barrel stopped moving, "You could be a dangerous new species born from a radioactive lake, a member of a new faction that's a danger to the Wasteland or something else."
"Okay. One, rude. Two, why do you think I'm radioactive? Do you hear your Geiger counter ticking? And three, I am a member of a new faction, but I am no threat. I just helped you with those raiders."
"Fair point. So, who and what are you and what faction are you from?" the Ranger asked.
'I should say the truth, but what faction name. I'm wearing Brotherhood T-60 Power Armor and I'm a descendant of the Knights Templar... I got it!' John thought, "I am Elder John Quinton, I am a human and the only member of the Templars of Steel.
"You don't look like the humans of legend and what is this Templars of Steel?"
"The Templars of Steel is a faction set on spreading God's teachings across the world, we protect those who can't protect themselves, we eliminate the threats to the Wasteland and we do whatever it takes to follow God's will." John said as his chestplate opened up and he removed his helmet, " Do I look like a human now?"
"Yes. Also, who is this 'God'?" the Ranger questioned.
"He is who he is. He is The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, He is three people and one person at the same time, He is the one who governs us all, He sent His only Son to save us all from Sin, He guides us in the dark, He is the One before All, He is the Lord, The Giver of Life, He is the one, true God and He sent me on a mission to spread His Good News across the world."
"That's cool. I'll contact my contingent to see what I can do now." the Ranger said putting a hoof to his ear.
"I never asked for your name." John asked the Ranger.
"It's Knight Iron Works." the Ranger answered still looking for the radio frequency.
The Ranger finally found the frequency he was looking for and started talking in a muffled voice.
"Elder, this is Knight Iron Works I have been attacked by Raiders on my way to Pon-" the Ranger said before being cut off by another voice.
"I don't care. You disobeyed direct orders not to go to Ponyville."
"But sir-"
"Shut it. From now on you are no longer a member of the Steel Rangers. You are dismissed. Deliver your armor back to base and you shall be exiled from the Rangers never to return." the voice said.
"No. I will not give this armor back. You can just pry it off my cold dead body... Sir..." Iron said before cutting off the connection.
"So what happened?" John asked.
"I'm now exiled cause I disobeyed orders by going here."
"Well that's bullshit."
"Yeah. The Elder likes things to be planned not made up as it goes. Looks like I have no place else to go, except either survive or die in this Wasteland."
"How about you travel with me. I could make you my first Commander." John offered.
"Sure. That sounds good."
"Therefore. I initiate thee Commander Iron Works." John said placing a hand on Iron's shoulder.
The moment John finished the sentence, the ground started rumbling. A rupture in the ground appeared ten feet away and started moving closer.
"Oh no..." Iron muttered.
"What do you mean 'oh no'?" John asked worriedly.
"Hellhound..."
A huge, black, lupine figure leaped out of the ground. It landed in front of them revealing it to be a werewolf-like figure with black fur and yellow eyes. It snarled at them and slammed its fists into the ground blasting John and Iron out of the way. The landed a few meters away. They slowly got up and Iron's grenade machinegun started revolving. John saw that his HUD showed his armor going to a dark yellow color.
'Shit.' John cursed mentally.
He got up and removed his minigun and the barrel started revolving as well. They both opened fire on the Hellhound that started charging towards them with both claws raised. John's bullets merely bounced off of the Hellhound's thick hide, while Iron's grenades hit, but barely did damage to it. They dodged a swipe from it and ran for cover in a house. Luckily, the door was made of metal and had a plank of wood to keep it shut. John slammed the door and quickly put the plank.
"How do you kill that thing?!" John shouted.
"I don't know! I was never trained for this!" Iron panicked.
John looked around the room and saw a bow and arrow propped up on a wall. John walked over and picked them up.
“Why is there a bow and arrow here?” John asked.
“Well whatever it is put it down and help me block this door!” Iron shouted pushing a couch to the door. “Wait. It says say your name and ask for the Hunter or the Goddess.”
“If it’ll help us, then do it!”
“I am John Alexander Quinton and I need the Hunter!” John shouted.
A loud thundering boom came from outside overhead. The sound of the building next door falling into rubble. The Hellhound stopped throwing itself against the door and let out a screech as it jumps over toward its new prey. It then lets out a call of pain before falling silent. A knock then comes from the door that John and Iron had blocked.
“Who’s there?” John asks.
“The tooth fairy.” comes the highly sarcastic male voice from outside the door. “I’m the one that you just called.”
Iron and John remove the couch and plank and open the door. Instead of the Hellhound, a tall male human wearing a long cloak of flowing prismatic colors, and a long bow upon his back. His face showed age and wisdom within the man’s eyes and his salt and peppered beard. “So which one of you is the Displaced?” he asks.
“What’s a Displaced?” Iron asked.
“To put it simply it’s whichever one of you wasn’t born in this world.” The man states, “In a more complicated way of telling you, a Displaced is what happens when some all powerful, almost godlike entity picks you up and has thrown you into the quaint little land of Equestria.”
“Like through a portal or something?” John asked.
“That part doesn’t matter, what’s important is that you are now somewhere you weren’t native to.” the man explains as he turns and looks at the ruins around them, “Did a dragon come through here?”
“You’ve never heard of The Great War? The entirety of Equestria was wiped out by megaspell bombs.” Iron said.
“And didn’t you just hear me talking about other worlds and how I’m from one?” the man asks Iron as he crouches down to his eye level. “And I hope you’re thinking really hard about how tough that armor of yours is little pony.”
Iron glared from inside his helmet and didn’t respond.
“Back to the topic at hand. I guess, I am the Displaced.” John answered.
“Like most Displaced are.” the man says then standing back up and looking at John, “I am Shobbit O’Gale, Dragon Ranger of Alvinailey. What’s your name kid?”
“John Alexander Quinton of the Templars of Steel, Equestrian Wasteland Chapter.” John said.
“Alright then now that introductions are out of the way let’s go find somewhere nicer to talk than some old ruins.” Shobbit says as he turns and starts to walk down the ruined street.
John and Iron follow him as he leads them to an old house and they go inside it. ______________________________________________________________________ Location: Ponyville Hardware Store; Realm: Equestria 40; Time: 1:45; Day: July 20, Wednesday; Month: July; Year: 1240
Shobbit, Iron and John sat around a table. From within his cloak Shobbit pulled out a coffee pot setting it on the table.
“So I’ll go ahead and just say it, you’re pretty much stuck here.” Shobbit said as he starts to prep the coffee inside the pot getting it ready to start brewing.
“The only way you can travel around is by making a Token much like the bow you found and used to call me. Now, I plan on sticking around and helping you by teaching you how to use your new powers and magic. My only request is that you allow me to travel as I please and hunt down the dragons of this world.” he said as his cloak goes red as he puts his hands under the coffee pot and starts a small fire.
“But I’ve heard rumors about Spike, the assistant of Twilight Sparkle the Ministry Mare of the Ministry of Arcane Sciences, is still alive. If those rumors are true, don’t kill him.” Iron said.
“Goes to show no matter what sort of world I’m dragged to by that god forsaken Token, that little priss and her friends are around.” Shobbit says with a sigh as he pulls two cups out from inside his cloak and set them on the table. “Now for you John you need to make a decision, shall you go find Celestia or whoever the horse says is in charge and let them know you mean no harm, or will you stay in hiding until they come and find you?”
“Celestia has been dead for over two hundred years. Equestria has been split up so much, even a single house is territory for somepony else.” Iron said.
Shobbit looks at Iron before saying “I never got your name, and if what you say is true then that means she won’t be breathing down me or my kingdom’s shoulders.”
“It’s Iron Works and what kingdom?”
“The Kingdom of Alvinailey.” Shobbit said as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
“Oh.”
“So, since Celestia is dead, who do I talk to now. Raiders are out of the question and the Steel Rangers are probably hostile to me since I have Iron, a former Steel Ranger outcast.” John said.
“I have heard that there is a group of other Rangers, called Applejack’s Rangers. Applejack being the Ministry Mare of the Ministry of Wartime Technology. They’re different from the Steel Rangers mainly because instead of the Steel Rangers hoarding tech like a dragon hoards gems, they protect ponies like the Steel Rangers were supposed to do during the war. They might be able to help us.” Iron replied.
“Do as you will kid, my first bit of advice would be to get better equipment.” Shobbit says as he slowly sipped on his coffee, “You can have a cup John.”
“You mentoned Tokens earlier. How do you make them?” John asked as he took a cup of coffee.
“My sister made mine, I’ll call her to come and make you one once you’ve done a few things here in this Equestria. You have to know the basics before I just give you the reins of the cart.”
“Ok.” John replied.
“Now then I’m going to give you a list of tasks and I want them done before I help you get that Token of yours.” Shobbit says then raising a hand to start counting on his fingers, “One, Gather together the six Elements of Harmony, that’s Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight Sparkle. Two, I want you to get some slightly better equipment. Three, I want you to figure out what sorts of powers and magic you now have and practice a little, next time we meet I will help you train those things you discover.”
“I’ve got the second and third one down already. My bag has a bunch of weapons, meds, armor and miscellaneous stuff in it and I'm an Angel of God.” John said.
“Great… a religious nut.” Shobbit says hanging his head, “I don’t believe in gods just so you know, I’ve killed too many and my sister became a Goddess, so don’t you dare try converting me to your religion.”
“Oooookaaayyyyy…”
"The Bearers are all dead and the Elements went missing after the war." Iron said.
"Well that complicates things. Just see if you can figure out where they are. I will be back when you finish these tasks. Take my token if you ever need help." Shobbit said handing over the bow and arrow and John put it in his bag, "I must return to my world now. To send me back say, 'Shobbit our contract is complete.'."
"Sure. Shobbit our contract is complete." John said as a portal appeared behind Shobbit.
"I wish you luck in your endeavors. Until next time." Shobbit said as he went in.
"So Iron, where is the closest outpost of Applejack's Rangers?" John asked.
It was nearing night and John and Iron have been traveling west for a few hours following a set of train tacks into the Equestrian Heartland. Iron said that there is an Applejack's Rangers contingent in New Appleloosa that his previous contingent found about and that they were planning to attack it before he got banished. They hoped to reach it before the Steel Rangers arrive and destroy everything. They were about halfway there there when they saw a group of power armored ponies with red highlights were galloping across the wastes.
"Are those them?" John asked.
"Yep. Applejack's Rangers." Iron replied.
The group then turned towards them and started running towards them. Iron was slowly revving up his grenade machine gun, but John stopped him.
"What are you doing?" Iron asked nervously.
"Just follow my lead. We have to convince these guys you're not with the Steel Rangers." John said.
"Halt! Who and what are you and why do you have a Steel Ranger with you?!" a Ranger asked.
"I am Elder John Quinton of the Templars of Steel and I am a human. And this is my commander, Iron Works. We have information regarding the Steel Rangers White Tail Woods Contingent. My commander used to be a Steel Ranger from that Contingent. While he was there, they were planning to attack your Contingent." John said.
"I wish to believe you, but we still have to take you in for questioning." the leader of the group said.
"Alright. I will allow that."
The Rangers surrounded them and they started to walk all the way back to New Appleloosa.
"So how did a human get into the Equestrian Wasteland? I thought you guys were legends." a Ranger asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." John said.
"Go on."
" I used to be from another world called Earth. I was just a simple man attending a convention. Then I bought my minigun from a guy, then all these portals started appearing and sucked other people into them. I managed to save a few others before getting sucked into one myself. Then I woke up in Ponyville Ruins with my armor and weapons becoming real and a bag was next to me with a bunch of armor, weapons, meds, equipment and miscellaneous stuff. I basically have a never-ending cache of items."
"That does sound a bit far-fetched."
John removed the bag from his back and pulled out an assault rifle, a sack of bottle caps, ammo and some Stimpaks.
"How did you fit that in there?" the shocked Ranger asked.
"I dunno. I think I have a Pip-Boy in my armor or something. I can even cheack my S.P.E.C.I.A.L, perks, skills and vitality." John said putting back the items and pulling out a Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV, "Huh. So that's why this thing was so light. The Pip-Boy was digitizing everything I put in there." he put the Pip-Boy in a slot on his left arm and they continued walking.
"So how did your commander defect from the Steel Rangers?"
"I saw him being attacked by Raiders and I helped him out. The both of us drived the Raiders away from that are of Ponyville, then a Hellhound attacked us. We barricaded ourselves in a house, then I found a bow which I used to summon Shobbit. Another human like me, but from a different universe. He killed the Hellhound and explained that I was a Displaced, one of countless others that were all sent to a version of Equestria to live the rest of their lives there. Then you guys took us and here we are now."
"Other dimensions. I find that very hard to believe."
"I'm not judging you. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it myself."
"So what do you Templars of Steel do?"
"The Templars of Steel is a faction set on spreading God's teachings across the world, we protect those who can't protect themselves, we eliminate the threats to the Wasteland and we do whatever it takes to follow God's will."
"Sounds a lot like us, but we follow our Ministry Mare's real purpose for us. Protect Equestria. Not to hoard technology, but to share it instead. Not to shun others from the outside, but to help them."
"Looks like our factions have more in common than we thought."
It was late night when they finally arrived at New Appleloosa. The walls were made of boxcars with ponies with guns patrolling the top of them. Once they saw the Rangers they immediately opened up the gates. The New Appleloosans were all staring at John as they passed by and entered a group of boxcars connected to form a makeshift base. Inside, there were Rangers wandering around doing their daily tasks, Scribes working at terminals and even a few suits of power armor being repaired. John and Iron were led into a small office with a table and a terminal whith a blue earth pony with a gray mane was sitting down in a chair.
"Star Paladin Steel Apple. We have returned from our scouting mission and we have information regarding the Steel Ranger's White Tail Woods Contingent. These two can provide it for you." the Ranger said leading John and Iron inside.
"Very well, Paladin Silver Fleet. You and your team can have the rest of the day off." Steel said as Silver nodded and left.
"So. What is it about the Steel Rangers that was so important that you had to come all the way here to tell us?" Steel asked.
"Sir, they plan to attack New Appleloosa to take hold of it and establish a new base here and eliminate your Contingent. I was a guard in the briefing room and I heard every single battle plan to capture this town. My Elder and I can help you defend this town and its ponies from them in any way we can. They plan to attack within the week." Iron said.
"Why did you leave the Steel Rangers, Iron?" Steel asked.
"I went to the Ponyville Ruins to investigate Raider activity without saying it to Elder Raspberry, and then I was incapacitated then John arrived and helped me drive them away. I contacted my Contingent after what happpened, but they banished me when they knew that I went there. Since I had nowhere else to go, John initiated me as his first Commander."
"Alright. I trust you. We will arrange for a room to be set up for the both of you and we will discuss this again in the morning. In the meantime you are free to explore the town and our base." Steel said and John and Iron left the room.
Steel Apple pressed a button on his table and said "Prepare all the weapons and power armor. Get ready for an assault within the week. I want patrols doubled with more ponies per team. We will not let our guard down." he released his hoof and sighed.
Location: Applejack’s Rangers Base, New Appleloosa; Realm: Equestria 40; Time: 10:30; Day: July 22; Month: July; Year: 1240
John and Iron have been biding their time at Steel Apple’s base. Everyday, the Rangers have been fixing all the armors and weapons, getting them ready for the upcoming battle. John had been giving them items from his seemingly never-ending supply of every item from Fallout in his Pip-Boy to make up for their low supply cache.
John was lying down on the bed in the room that Steel provided for them. He was wearing a white t-shirt, jeans his father’s Templar necklace on his neck and his Pip Boy on his wrist, and his armor in the corner of the room. He managed to find some of his old stuff like his Bible and Rosary. He suddenly felt something prick the back of his neck under his pillow. He reached under it and pulled out a tooth with a crack in it.
“This is Eris, if you have found this know you hold the means to summon the Lady of Imbalance, if my mood is good well go ahead and see if it is.” It spoke statically almost as if it had been broken and rewritten.
“Huh. So, another token. Let me see who is this. Eris, I summon you.” John said.
A swirling multi-colored vortex opened open in the room as out floated a mix match creature, wearing a full body cloak who looked at him blankly with a emotionless gaze, “Seriously? Kinda cliche don’t you think?” She spoke before the token floated over to her, “Well congrats seeing how you’re the first one to find this let me introduce myself, I am Eris, Alternative self of Loki, Dweller of the Void, Imbalance between the forces of Chaos and Order… and you have no idea what I am do you?” She questioned with a raised eyebrow.
“Not in the slightest.” John replied.
“You know Discord?” Eris questioned before she rolled her eyes, “Who am I kidding… Fallout Equestria Reality you either don’t know Discord exists or he has long deported, Well I’ll explain I am a Draconequus, an Ascended Draconequus to be technically seeing how I’m a Void Dweller, I’m the last and currently only Alt of Loki, a displaced who went as Discord from MLP of all things and now here I am.” Eris tossed back the tooth to him, “Just to sum up my powers, whatever you think up… I can make a reality.”
“Ok. I think I get it, but what’s MLP?”
“Non-Brony?” Eris voice was a bit surprised, “Well that’s a rarity… well rare from a statistical standpoint, well let’s just ignore it so how about you talk who are you, what’s going on and what do you want?”
“I am John Alexander Quinton. I am the leader of the Templars of Steel, we protect the Wastelands with the help of God.”
“Well word of advise, don’t find tokens relating to, or if you do… don’t make any deals with anyone who looks like they are edgy, demonic, or if there are not right in the head… trust me on this as I’ve been across the space between space… there are things… that make the devil look nice.” Eris finished, “By coincidence I’m one such being but you caught me at a bit of a off day, I’m in a loathes mood as it feels soon I will have to… “Help” my hated rival and normally I would just rip apart your atoms and firing them across the galaxy but seeing how you are the first find the token and I made it my word to help that person well… you lucked out.”
“Ooookaaayyy.”
Then that alarms started blaring and Steel’s voice came through the comms. “All Knights, Crusaders and Paladins, get to your posts! The Steel Rangers are approaching in full force! Protect the town!” the comms said.
Then Iron barged through the door and said, “John, we have to help th- WHO THE HELL IS THAT?!” Iron shouted pointing at Eris.
Eris snapped her fingers at this and where Iron stood only dust was left. With another snap the dust rematerialized into Iron who seemed weirded out at what just happened, “Yep you died and was brought back congrats, names Eris don’t do that again or… well how do you like it to be permanent?”
“No no. Please don’t. I’m sorry.” Iron said shivering a bit.
“Good now then it seems you about to fight a battle do you want me to either upgrade your weapons… or just drop the attackers into the sun?” Eris asked as she materialized a drink, “Personally I would go with the upgrade… you haven’t seen fire power until you get a bottomless nuke bullets.”
“Alright. I’ll go for the upgrade, but I already have unlimited mini nukes in my Pip-Boy.” John said.
“Hmm then how about,” Eris seemed to reach into the pip-boy pulling out a mini-gun and then ripping it apart before shoving a vial of glowing blue liquid into it, “Acrano-technology now you don’t have to worry about missing… or walls… or armor really.”
“Cool.” John said.
He pressed some buttons on his Pip-Boy and his armor materialized onto his body with the mini-gun in his hands.
“Eris, do you think you can protect the town while we go to the frontlines and try to fend them off?” John asked.
“Sure why not…” Eris shrugged sitting on a chair with a book which its title read ‘The Love Story of The Void’ “Warning though they are going to try to flank you from both sides, I suggest you place mines around your position.”
“Thank you Eris.” John said as he and Iron ran out of the room and they ran into Steel Apple in his power armor.
“Star Paladin. The enemy is flanking from both sides. I suggest we place mines around the town in case any of them get through.” John said.
“Very well. Paladin Silver Fleet!” Steel said into his comms.
“Yes sir?” Silver replied.
“I need you to take some men and place mines around the town. They’re flanking from both sides.”
“Yes sir!”
“John. I need you to fend them off from the frontlines. While I take a team to the walls to the turrets. Can I trust you?” Steel said.
“Yes sir!” John replied.
Steel left calling to a few more Rangers while John and Iron went out to the front gate. The moment they saw the oncoming enemies, they were shocked. There were almost a hundred Steel Rangers charging at them. There were only a handful of Applejack’s Rangers at the base. This was going to be a very hard battle.
Then bullets started to fly…
Mini-guns and grenade machine guns from both sides started firing at each other. John started firing his mini-gun as well. The bullets he fired gave off a blue trail as they shot towards the enemies. Instant death met them. Their bodies dropped like flies the moment the bullets made contact and explosions from the other side of town signaled that the other group of Steel Rangers have activated the mines. But when the explosions stopped, screams from the townsponies filled the air. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: New Appleloosa; Realm: Equestria 40; Time: 11:30; Day: July 22; Month: July; Year: 1240
Eris walked out finding a few of the Steel Rangers who slipped right though. She cracked her neck. She wasn’t in a good mood but now she might have something to finally take her rage out on. “Hello suicidal idiots, you have one chance drop your weapons beg forgiveness from the townspeople, well townponies but all the same, and walk away… don’t and well your lives are forfeit and my playthings so what do you say?” Eris asked calmly, while she walked up to them.
“Kill that thing!” the CO of the squad shouted as they started firing at Eris.
Eris sighed as the bullets hit her bouncing off. They paused in shock as Eris rolled her eyes their guns melting into past in their hands, “Please… shooting a Superman? Well in this case a Superwoman?” Eris walked up to the closest one before forcing her arm through his chest, “Oh don’t worry… you're not dying until I say so!” Her voice suddenly turned dark as she pulled back her arm… and ripped the guy's spine out on the way back with him still screaming in pain. Eris crushed it in her hands as she picked up the screaming limp and still alive body to his comrades. Speaking with a sweet tone she gave them a caring smile saying, “You're all next.”
They all ran away screaming right into a dead end.
“Crusader Marble Cake to base! We managed to infiltrate the town, but we encountered someth- urk!” said the Crusader as he floated up and Eris pulled him to her giving him a scolding look, “Oh I said you only get one chance I meant it your lives are mine now,” Eris looked as the others, “I guess I should tell you what you are fighting… A reality warper.” with that the Ranger’s body twisted and turned into a monstrous mass of bones, scales, arms, spikes, and eyes with only the vaguest appearance of what it once was, “Here how about I make you all play together?” Her tail feather ripped open a portal sucking in the rangers, the abomination and the living corpse into it.
Their screams of pain could be heard as they fell through and the portal closed leaving nothing behind of the Steel Rangers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location:, Steel Rangers Contingent, Whitetail Woods; Realm: Equestria 40; Time: 11:20; Day: July 22; Month: July; Year: 1240
“Elder Raspberry Tart, we lost contact with the group that we sent to flank them and enter the town, but we managed to receive a short message before they went dark.” a Paladin said to an elderly red mare with a greying blonde mane.
“Play the transmission.” she ordered.
The Paladin took the radio and played the mess age.
“Crusader Marble Cake to base! We managed to infiltrate the town, but we encountered someth- urk!” the radio played, then a woman’s voice played, “Oh I said you only get one chance I meant it your lives are mine now. I guess I should tell you what you are fighting… A reality warper.” then a scream and squelching sound was heard before a roar filled the room, “Here how about I make you all play together?” then the screams of the Rangers started to fade seemingly getting farther and farther.
The sound of laughter soon spoke though the radio, “I see you heard that… don’t worry they’re alive… well you wouldn’t call being ripped apart and forced to still be so alive.” The voice spoke with a laugh, “What’s the matter? I can hear you over the radio.. Well not really I don’t have one you know I’m speaking though this little primitive device.”
“Who is this and what have you done with my men?!” Raspberry shouted
“Who? Why I’m a reality warper who can, with the snap of my talons toss you into the same void I tossed your little cannon folder… if you want I can give you their remains.” Eris taunted with a laugh, “Or I could bring you to them your call.”
“You bastard!” Raspberry yelled, “If I ever see you, I will rip your heart out!”
A flash of light appeared in front of them as Eris gave her a smile handing her a handgun, “Then do it, shoot me.”
Raspberry grabbed the handgun and shot Eris multiple times in the chest. “Fuck you bastard!” she yelled.
The bullets bounced off the ground as Eris just looked at her unharmed, “If your brain hasn’t grasped the level of power you're dealing with.” With a snap the two of them appeared on the sun which should have killed her from numerous factors, but her she was in a ball of plasma, no air and no protection from the radition… and she was perfectly fine, “No this isn’t an illusion you are in the sun itself by all rights your body should be gone turned into dust and tossed by the solar wind but you know why you're alive and well?” Eris had a smile, “Because of me with a simple thought the laws of reality will return and you will die.” With another snap the two of them returned, “So your move… mortal.”
“I-I... We… surrender.” Raspberry said slumping to the floor
“But Elder-” the Paladin said before being cut off by Eris.
Eris waved her hands, “Stop your groveling, I’m just here to show you something and by the end of the chapter I’ll be gone going back into the void between universes so you can continue your war with the Angel.”
“What do you mean by the end of the chapter?”
“The fourth wall does not exist duh!” That only confused Raspberry even more, “Fine seeing how you can’t understand medium awareness I’ll make it simple, at the end of the day I’m heading for a place that does not exist yet does.”
“...” Raspberry just sat in silence to Eris’ reply.
“Now, I must go my non-existent planet needs me!” with that Eris flew right through the roof.
“Forget what I said earlier. Continue the assault. I don’t care what that thing says. Nobody defies us.” Raspberry said standing back up.
“Yes Elder.” the Paladin replied. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: New Appleloosa Battlefield; Realm: Equestria 40; Time: 1:14; Day: July 22; Month: July; Year: 1240
The battle had been going on for hours. The Applejack’s Rangers managing to hold out against a force this large was a big accomplishment for them. They had sustained a few casualties, but overall they were still good.John and Iron were behind a rock taking cover from the storm of bullets flying overhead.
“We need to end this battle now! We can’t take any more of this punishment! I think we shou-” Iron said before being cut off as a bullet hit him in the head causing him to fall over.
“Iron!” John shouted.
Then suddenly his eyes started to glow with power and a voice called out in his mind, “Take the sword and shield. End this battle now.”
A glowing sword and shield appeared in his hands and a pair of wings sprouted from his back tearing through his armor. He rose up and started speaking in Latin, “Resurget et qui ceciderunt gladio cadent inimici.” he raised his sword hand upon the Applejack’s Rangers and the fallen ones came back to life ready to fight again, even Iron.
After that, John swooped down towards the Steel Rangers and started slashing at them, severing limbs and weapons from their bodies. He blocked a stream of bullets from a Ranger using his minigun and stabbed him in the chest. The more he fought, the brighter the aura around him radiated. Some Rangers were starting to fall back, while the others kept fighting, but John wasn’t giving up. He would fight till the very last. He sliced the foreleg off a ranger charging at him while firing a stream of bullets and then the rest started to retreat back towards Ponyville. John raised his sword in triumph and transformed back to normal and fell to the ground before hearing the shouting of the Applejacks’s Rangers and passing out.
Location: New Appleloosa; Realm: Equestria 40; Time: 7:30; Day: July 22; Month: July; Year: 1240
A splash of something cold and wet woke John from his unconscious state as Eris stood over him with a bucket in hand, “Grape soda wakes them every time.” She tossed it into the air and it turned into a weird lizard bird thing, “Congrats you won and I might have scared their leader with a display of reality breaking, well reality breaking.”
“What happened?” John asked Eris.
“With me or you? With me I simply appeared and had a had a chat within the sun,” Eris started to chuckle, “Fool tried to surrender.., I mean if I wanted to I would have just let her burn in solar plasma but eh she’s your problem so yeah I might have scared her, oh with you congrats you won.”
“How did we win? All I remember was a voice talking to me then I blacked out.”
“Maybe it was me…” She then laughed at the thought, “nah it wasn’t me but peahaps your Angel self is alive.” Eris was playing with two figurines of him now and him as an Angel, “Or maybe the strain of a wasteland has gotten to you?” Eris crushed the two figurines, “You pick.”
“Well, at least we won. How many casualties were there on both sides?”
“None for you… and the enemy.. Well I kinda burned alive any stragglers.” Eris pointed out.
“Why? Why did you kill the survivors? They didn’t deserve that, even if they attacked us. If they ran, you should’ve let them.” John said clenching his fists.
“Why not?” Eris asked casually, “I mean why let them live at all, actually when you're as powerful as me death isn’t the end I mean with a snap of my talons I can bring them back to life kill them again and repeat until I’m bored.” Eris laughed as she looked at John’s face, “I told you there are beings like me, didn’t I? Heartless, cruel and powerful enough that few could stop, plus let’s be honest if you tried to fight me… well it would be classified as Suicide on your part.”
“I don’t want to fight you Eris, but I need you to leave.”
“Arrivederci.” With that Eris disappeared into a multi-colored portal leading to the void and out of John’s reality.
When the portal disappeared John just sighed and walked out of his room. Outside, all the Rangers and New Appleloosans were celebrating over their victory against the Steel Ranger. Steel Apple saw him and shouted, “Well well well, The Angel has awoken. Thanks to you we have won this battle, those Steel Rangers won’t be bothering us anytime soon. A few of my troops even want to fight with you and I would be happy to let them. Consider it as thanks for helping us, John.”
“Thank you, Star Paladin Steel.” John said.
“Now then. It’s time to party!” Steel said, tossing John a bottle of Apple Whiskey.
Then John joined the party and they all celebrated into the night.
