"We're considering it..." The Elder spoke in a deep and venomous tone. Spring looked at Sunlit again before turning around to face the Elder. Look's like his past just came back to haunt him.
"Look, in case you guys didn't notice, the world is Tartarus out there! Ponies need someway to eke out a living, ya know! And I'm not the kinda pony to be tied down by farming or other things!" Sunlit suddenly pipped to the Elser, "That haul would have gotten me enough coin to move into Tenpony and live a nice comfortable life until I die! But you Steel Rangers and your damn tech-fetish had to go and ruin it! For the amount of coin we were about to get, Tenpony would have let even Spring over there in! Yea, sure I was about to put those weapons on the market? So what? I would much rather they be in the hooves of those able to afford them than sitting a damn armory that could be gotten into by anyone with a little bit of computer knowledge!"
"And that is precisely why we have neutralized both of you. Both of you underestimate what that armor contained, it would have been enough to supply a small pre-war sized army. The last thing we needed were Slavers or even a Raider with a tiniest amount of computer knowledge to break in. That is why we took both of you down, we don't care about money, we care about safeguarding all hazardous technology to Ponydom so that there is still a future for ponydom to have. We dont want a repeat of the Last Day, do yo-" The Elder began to state before being interrupted, her tone of voice starting to pick up on each sentence. "You know nothing...." Spring said, taking all of those in the room by surprise. The Elder looked at her furious, she was interrupted by a ghoul. "Excuse Me!" Spring looked her in the eye. "You know nothing. I survived the last day, I survived the Great War as well. I seen what happened on that day, I seen entire cities get vaporized in a blink of an eye and all I could do was watch. There are ponies out there, barely able to survive and wondering if they could last another week. With your technology hoarding problem, you are actually further dooming ponydom instead of saving it. If you had some form of intelligence, you would let us go without charge. If you killed me right now, then I don't really care. At least that i've made some bit of difference in this world. All of you are pathetic, techno-religious fetishists. You should be protecting the people, not destroying them! You should lead them into a light of hope, not leave them in darkness!" Spring said. "Your order is dying from the inside, I'm very sure of myself that many inside this very chapter, maybe within other chapters, maybe within your entire organization think of saving others rather the securing everything that has a blinking light." "Besides, the last thing you need right now is an uprising...."
Sunlit gave Spring a look of amazement, he had never heard of an Elder being talked back to, not even by (sane) Wastelanders, all he hoped is that it wouldn't get them killed, "Well...Look...I know you guys have given me 3 chances already...and warned me...But please, we're just trying to make a living to do more than just survive out there! To do more than the status quo! And you guys seem to be trying to maintain the status quo on everypony!"
(Time to add a Cliffhanger...) "Enough! I want to Ghoul to die first so that her friend here can witness what his fate will be." The Elder bellowed, as the two Paladins raised their rifles. There was a tense moment, a single movement could have ignited the friction of the emotions in the air. The Paladin's raised two laser rifle's to Spring's head, taking their aim as the looked down the barrel. Then, something happened that shocked everypony in the entire room. The two Paladins looked back up at Spring and slowly lowered their rifles. "What are you doing? Kill her !" The Elder snapped. Eventually, the two Paladin's completely lowered their rifles before they holstered them back onto their Power Armor. Spring could tell behind their steel helmets, they were clearly upset. "I'm sorry Elder Blueberry. We cannot kill her. Their crime wasn't even that serious, a category level three at the least. We think you should let them go." "Absolutely not. Kill her, that is an order...." The Elder replied back, shocked at the lack of respect she was getting. The two Paladins looked at each other in disgust before doing the unthinkable, taking their rifles out once more and pointing them. At their own Elder. "What are you doing?" the Elder meaked out. "The Ghoulpony is right. We should be helping the wasteland, not leaving them behind to die. We're leaving the Rangers." "THIS IS TREASON !!!" The Elder screamed before being backed into a corner. "All of you shall receive death, we must uphold our du-" She said midsentence before she was hit directly between the eyes with a laser beam, burning a hole almost clean through the back of her head. The Ranger then watched as the Ranger's Elder fell unto the floor dead slowly, her body collapsing onto a wall. Spring was shocked about what she had just witnessed, it was obvious something had happened prior to the death of their leader. The Ranger then walked over to an intercom and began to speak. "Ponies of Friendship Valley Bunker this is Head Paladin Dust, from this moment onwards we are declaring ourselves independent of the Steel Rangers entirely. We have entered this hellish world stripping the poor of all of their possessions, leaving them rot, leaving them alone helplessly as the world around them goes to tartarus. Upon holding our oath, we are being torn apart by it's values. Ask yourself, are we really helping Ponydom this way? Are we 'saving' them by leaving them to die? We cannot abide to simply looking the other way any longer while our Elder forces us to murder innocents, this is time for action. Hence forth, all those wishing to return to the surface and ensure that ponydom has a future will stick by us as we carve a new world for Equestria. Those who believe that the Elder's ways are right, it seems like the Elder has left the building. Forever. Wishing to kill thousands of more innocents for her own selfish desires. If you wish to continue to serve for the Steel Ranger's, you have exactly 1 hour to pack all your belongings and leave Friendship Valley forever through peaceful intentions or through the barrel of a rifle. Thank you for your time." The Paladin then walked up and uncuffed Sunlit and Spring quickly. "First Floor, three pathways down and to the left. There is a vault styled door to the surface. I have a feeling that this entire place is going to go to hell any moment now. To your left is your confiscated weapons and clothing from which we found you with, including the Anti-Material Rifle, with exception of the Power Armor for which would serve better use under our control. If this little ‘Revolution’ of ours works, you’ll be rewarded with at least half of the value the weaponry was worth on the surface.” The Paladin said, his helmet hiding his expressions as the steel clad pony and the other Paladin soon left the room with their rifles, the door closing behind them. “What have I done...?” Spring said, horrified about the monster she had just created. (If you feel that this is over-the-top, i'll change it.)
Sunlit shrugged, "I don't care, we didn't die, that's all that matters. besides, these rebels likely won't last long against the rest of the Steel Rangers." He commented as he trotted out of the bunker, wanting to put as much distance as possible between him and th bunker
Spring picked up her footlocker and followed Sunlit, following at a close pace behind him. "You might be right. We can never tell for sure, and I don't really care. If the Rebel's win, then they are likely to go to war against other chapters and eventually lose anyway unless other Rebel's decide to join them. We'll know who will win this so called 'revolution' of their when they return to the surface. Either way, it's really none of our business." Eventually, the two of them made it towards the door they were told about and left.
(Might as well) Once Spring and Sunlit had made it towards a safe-house, a single shed in seemingly the middle of nowhere, both of them had made it inside and closed the door. Once inside, Spring got armor back on after closing a curtain for privacy, and also pulled out the new weapons from the bunker. She just sat down in awe at what she had obtained with Sunlit, high powered rifles and pistols that would have been stronger then her previous weaponry from when she used to perform jobs. "I only need about two of these, but I can guarantee that three of these rifles in there is worth at least $10,000 bits each." Spring told, looking at the box of weapons in a daze. "Wow..."
Sunlit smiled at the sight of the weapons, "Well, it may not be the armory, but it will still be a lot of caps!" He commented with delight, "We'll be well on our way to Tenpony with this!"
"Quite a long way to travel, but nothing is likely to even consider harming us when we pack this much heat." Spring commented, taking out her own custom revolver. It seemed that she had found some parts for the weapon, reducing it's weight and even managing to make her revolver quieter without the use of a silencer. Although still as loud as any other revolver, it's retained it's infamous stopping power.
Sunlit yawned slightly as he looked at the weaponry, "Boy...I'm really tired for some reason right now..." He muttered, but he really wasnt, he had in mind a little trust excersize....
Spring turned around to take her eyes of the weapons, looking for a simple sink to wash her hands in. "Considering all the walking we've been doing, it's not surprising to be so tired." Spring replied before turning on the tap to wash her hands in dirty water.
Sunlit nodded and stretched out, closing his eyes slowly with a yawn, "Yea...Well, mind grabbing first watch?" He muttered, secretly keeping his eyes just open enough to keep an eye on Spring but not enough to seem open.
"Sure thing." Spring said, taking her revolver alongside a sniper rifle from the footlocker and placing them onto a nearby crate. She was about to perform watch duty, but noticed the stretch that Sunlit was performing. She expected his muscles to be tense after such a long time of walking, so she expected that this was simply normal.
Sunlit settled into a comfortable position and began his watch on Spring, he's been betrayed before, and he wasnt about to let it happen again...
As the sun went down, Spring took the rifle and aimed it outside of the window. Throughout the night, Spring remained motionless while she let Sunlit sleep, unaware that he was awake. As the next morning came to an bright opening, Spring appeared to have never moved from her position lifelessly. Upon an alarm clock beeping to indicate it was 7 in the morning, she finally moved for the first time in seemingly many hour's as she went for a toilet break and a glass of water, alongside an apple to eat. Once she had done her duty's, she went back to sit down and get herself comfortable again before looking outside the window again.
(sorry, creative energy has shifted away from this no idea what to post... also, have you seen my new RP?)
