Fallout: Equestria - Shadow of the Day

Chapter 6: South Gait

It was past midday when the trio of young ponies returned to EchoBeat's home, GleamingChance levitated memory orb boxes out of OrchidRays' bags. Echo's eyes widened as they were set on the table before him. He opened one and took an orb in his hooves.

"Oh, thank you so much!" He rejoiced.

"Sure thing, Mr. EchoBeat!" Ray said.

"Would you mind if I took a look at a few of them?" SwiftHaze requested. The recollector she found was dangling by her forehoof.

"I suppose so," Echo replied. "However I'd like to view them first. To know what's appropriate to share."

That made sense. "Okay," Haze accepted.

"I hope it wasn't too much trouble retrieving these," stated Echo.

"We had to disarm some mines and dodge raider camps. Besides that I'd say we fared pretty well," Chance reported.

"And got stopped by the Enclave," Haze added.

"Oh no..." Echo cautioned.

"I got 'em to fuck off but they were interested in me." Haze shrugged.

A second later, the door opened behind them. Haze turned to follow Echo's gaze. In the doorway was the shadowy figure of SilverFlash. He stepped in and shut the door behind him.

"Oh, you're just in time!" Ray greeted him. "We just got back from HyperBlitz's house!"

Flash looked at Echo. "Hyper's place? What were they doing there?"

"They wanted to do a favor for me, so I had them find some of Hyper's memory orbs for me," Echo explained.

"Have you been there since... you know," Chance attempted to inquire, but awkwardly stumbled. "You..." He waved his hoof in the general direction of Flash.

"Yes, I have," Flash replied flatly. "Many years back."

"But, the doors were locked when we got there," Ray said.

"Do you think I'd leave the doors unlocked? No, that place holds too many memories to let miscreants ransack. You already saw what they did to the outside," Flash retorted.

Ray lowered her head and pushed her ears back. Haze remembered the crude graffiti on the sides of the home.

"Wait, if you've been there before, why didn't you ever get the memory orbs for Echo?" Haze chided.

Before Flash could respond, it was EchoBeat who spoke up. "I've asked for enough favors from Flash for a lifetime," he sighed.

"I hope we aren't miscreants for scavenging," Chance mumbled, ashamed. He certainly held the opinion of Flash quite highly.

Flash let out a breath behind his mask. "You didn't defile the place. I'm sure what you took wasn't any use there. Food and medicine, right?"

Chance nodded.

"Anyway, enough chit-chat, I've got to get moving," Flash announced.

"So soon?" Echo asked.

"I only stopped here because it was on my way to South Gait from my friend's house. Her son had just fled from there because there's a band of raiders camping at the entrance," Flash clarified.

"South Gait?" Haze wondered, interested. "Why don't we come with you?"

"Did you not hear me? There's raiders," Flash refuted.

"And we'll help fight them off!"

"I did want to go to South Gait next," Chance noted. "I've got a lot of shit to sell."