Ignorance Pt.2

It was mid-day. Darwin and Windwake were travelling dangerously close to the moon lit hills of equestria. “When are we gonna stop?” Darwin paused and slightly turned his head towards Windwake. “I have a, well ‘friend’ I guess you could call him that owes me a favor.” “A friend.” Windwake echoed. “What makes you think this ‘friend’ will help us?” Darwin gave a bit of a smirk and replied “Oh, he will.” Windwake stretched and lay limp again “Yeah, whatever that means.” She replied sarcastically

 

They were on the border-lands of the solar and lunar halves of equestrian, a large rock formation lay ahead a crude looking shed with a small balcony stood proud on its peak. “Is that it?” Windwake muttered “That place is a dump.” “Yeah, but it’s his dump, and a safe one at that.” Darwin sleepily replied. Moments later, a rifle blast set off the ponies attention, followed by a hum and a cloud of dust sent up from the impact. “Y’all best be getting’ off my lawn now!” An elder sounding voice bounced off the rocks. “It’s just me Ed!” Darwin boomed, ducking behind one of the many rocks. “Darwin?” He shouted, surprised. “Well get er’ flank up here, goin’ on and scarin’ me like that.” Ed rambled. “Well he sure seems friendly.” Windwake giggled sarcastically. “Yup.” Darwin replied, starting to climb up the rocky pathway.

 

“So, how ya doin’ Darwin?” Ed trotted down, meeting the ponies at the top of the hill. Darwin smiled and replied in a friendly tone “Not too bad Ed, and yourself?” “Same ol’ some ol’” Ed echoed. Ed looked up and across Darwin’s back “Well, who’s this lovely mare?” Ed tipped his hat. Windwake blushed and smiled, looking back at Ed and replied “I’m Windwake.” “Well ain’t that a perdy name.” Ed replied. Windwake blushed an giggled a little. “Ed, I need a favor.” Darwin interrupted. “You’re a doctor, correct?” “Well, an ex-combat medic, but I’ve got the same training.” The elderly pony responded.

 

“Ed, listen, I need you to help Windwake here out. I was searching one of the destroyed cities, and I accidentally stepped on a betty and injured her.” Darwin Explained. “Well that was dumb of yers! Hehe!” Ed remarked with an elderly laugh. “Yeah, thanks…” Darwin groaned. “So what do ya need then?” Ed asked. “The wounds, we need you to take a look at them.” Darwin said. “Alrighty then.” Ed said as he began to pull the bandages on her hoof to have a look at the wound. “Well, it looks mighty damaged, you kids these days, always getting’ into trouble. Yep yep I think I have a little somethin’ somethin’ fer this.” Ed said. “Really? Great!” Said Windwake. “Yep, yep. We’re gonna need to put some support on that, maybe a cast or somethin’.” Ed said. “Could I treat you two to anything?” “That would be great!” Said Windwake. “Alrighty.” Ed said, walking through a door in the back of the room. “See? He’s a nice guy.” Said Darwin. “I’m sorry, but it’s hard to make a good first impression on someone when they open fire on you.” Windwake said. “He’s just doing what he needs to do to survive.” Darwin said. “Okay! I got some bran bars, uhhh some prunes, and uhh… Cast.” Ed said as he walked back into the room. The other ponies faces scrunched, trying desperately not to laugh at the terribly stereotypical snacks. “I’m not sure I want to be shitting myself all day.” Windwake whispered to Darwin. “Glad you said it and I didn’t.” He mumbled. Ed set the food down on a table to the far right, and walked over to Windwake with the cast. “Hmm, now how should I go about doin’ this.” Ed said. He removed the bandaged on her hoof completely to reveal the still bloody wound. “I’ll be right back.” Ed said as he left the room. Moments later he came back with peroxide, an antiseptic, some cotton, and some padding. “Now, we need to clean that there wound out afore we start anything, yep.” Ed said. “This may hurt a smidgy, just warnin’ ya.” “I’ll be fine.” Windwake said. And with that, Ed put some antiseptic on a piece of cotton and began to clean around the wound. “I guess I’ve finally repaid you, huh Darwin?” Ed said. “I guess so, haha.” Darwin replied. “Though, fer bustin’ me outta that prison, heh, this seems like a rather small favor.” Ed said. Ed finished cleaning out the wound, then got some peroxide ready. “You busted him out of a prison?” Windwake asked, slightly nervous. “It wasn’t a deserved penalty, he only killed three ponies.” Darwin said. “Only, sheesh, so we have a dangerous old man on our hands now, huh?” Windwake said. “Heehehe, no need to worry young’un.” Ed said with a creepy elderly laugh. He chucked his hat at the wall and the edge pierced through the wood. "Is that a new one Ed? Haha." Said Darwin. "Relatively." Ed began to clean the wound with the peroxide. As soon as Windwake felt the substance rip and pull at the damaged tissue, she clenched her teeth and shut her eyes tight. "Almost done." Ed said, trying to get her to ease up. "There we go, all done. Now time to get that cast on." Ed said. "Ah-alright." She said, still in pain from the peroxide. Ed put the padding down and began to buckle, clip and adjust the cast. "There we go!" Ed said. "Thank you so much Ed." Said Windwake. "Well? Don't jus' lay there, stand up!" Ed said. Windwake carefully put one hoof on the floor, then her back hooves, she then pushes herself up off the ground and put her wounded hoof down on the ground. "Well, it works!" Said Windwake. She started slowly walking around the room. "Jus' no runnin' like a hooligan, heeheee!" Ed exclaimed. "Good to know." Said Windwake. "Come to think of it, we should probably clean up the rest of the w-." 'BOOM!' A loud explosion burst the windows in and sent things flying off shelves. All of the ponies braced themselves. The entire room was filled with smoke and ash. "I'm gonna go see what happened." Said Darwin. Darwin pushed the door open. It fell off its hinges and tumbled to the ground. To the ground... They stairs were completely obliterated. When the dust cleared, Darwin saw a red mare standing in the crater of the explosion. "HI THERE!" She screamed.

 

Ed ran to the scene. He burst through the door and aimed his rifle at the red mare standing in the clearing of the crater. "You best be gettin' off mah lawn miss." He said with a distinct drawl. "Wanna see MY gun?!" She screeched happily. The red mare then pulled out a flak gun from her belt and aimed it at Ed. "It'll go pew pew pew! And then you'll be coleslaw!" "Hehe I like you." Ed said in amusement. "Aw you're so cute, I'll just have to fix that!" The red mare chided. "I'm in love." Ed swooned. "I wanna remove your eyes with a melon baller and put them in a jar so I can have them forever and ever." The mare said with a creepy chuckle. "Ed, are you insane?" Darwin said. "Insane fer her, she's just mah type!" Ed said, still pointing the gun at the mare. "She's too young for you." Windwake groaned. "Eh! Shut up! " Ed yelled. "What's yer name miss?" Ed asked. "Eat my piss!" The red mare yelled. Then she broke into hysterics. She started laughing so hard that she dropped her gun and started rolling on the ground. Ed jumped off the broken balcony and ran over to the mare. "Ed no!" Darwin yelled. The mare was still on the ground laughing. "'Scuse me miss, what's yer actual name?" Ed asked. The mare rolled to her feet and and stood up. She brushed her short orange mane out of her way and stared at Ed with her big, amber eyes. "My name is Marbles! Nice eyeballs." She said with a poker face. "Haha thank you." He said. Ed poked his head to the side out if curiosity to see what her cutie mark was. It was a bottle of pills. A clear bottle of white pills. "You staring at my butt now?" Marbles said. And before he knew it there was a knife pressed to his neck. "Haha, naw I'm just kidding. You guys look like you could help me." She said as she put the knife back in her massive saddlebag. "That sure is a huge pack ya got there." Ed said. "Oh yes! There are many fun things to be had in here." Marbles said with an eye twitch. She unclipped the massive back and plopped it on the ground. "Here's where I keep my pills." She pointed at a compartment and opened it revealing pills of all colors and sizes. "As you can see, I have quite a lot of them. Mmmm yes." She said with an eye flutter. "Which reminds me..." She then grabbed a hoof-full of pills and stuffed them in her face. "Now that I have company, you may want me to be more peronable." She explained. "I like you just the way you are." Ed said. Marbles chuckled and snorted. "Here's where I keep my knives, here's where I keep my whip, here's where I keep my 'nades, and here's where I keep my food!" She said, pointing at all of the compartments with a hoof. "What's that one fer?" Ed asked, pointing a compartment with a metal plate on it. "Oh this? Heehee, this is my suicide bomb." She said happily. "Hold yer horses, a what now?" Ed wasn't sure he heard right. "If I get scared or anything. All I have to do is put a little code in here and BOOM! I can press this button and it will blow up anything within a 2 kilometer radius!" She said, hopping up and down joyfully. Ed backed up a little. "Oh don't worry I was just joking." Marbles said. Ed calmed down a bit. "You'll have to do much more than just scare me." Back on the balcony, Darwin and Windwake were getting impatient and anxious. "This bitch is crazy! She'll get us all killed!" Windwake complained. "No, I know her type. We can use her to an advantage, we just need to be careful." Darwin said. "Are you two lovebirds done yet?!" Darwin yelled down at them. Marbles put her massive saddlebag back on and the two walked over to the balcony. "What's the plan guys?" Windwake asked.