July 26th, 2015
Dear Journal,
Woke up super early today, I think it was like barely morning. Geez.
Alex wasn't outside waiting for me so I was the one picking him up instead. It's fine, I honestly didn't expect him to come and pick me up this time.
I just took Madeline's police car since John fixed it up a while ago. It's got enough gas, it's not like I'll be gone for a while though. And if we need gas we can always get some from the 20 million deserted gas stations across the world. (How long will that stuff last anyway?)
All that was left was to pack up everything I needed. I really didn't want to touch that damned bat again, but if I really have to then so be it. I brought Madeline's gun too, just in case.
I'm obviously not properly trained or anything but it's not that hard to use a gun with hooves, you just need to hold it a certain way. Plus if I have trouble I can always just use my wings as "hands." I miss having thumbs now…
It's definitely 100% absolutely illegal for me to even hold this thing but who cares! Laws don't exist anymore. Which is a good and a bad thing…
God, I'm talking about guns now. My mom really would kill me if she was here…
Alyssa was reasonably concerned about me going on a trip to a meeting like this "alone."
"Promise me you'll come back safe…"
Another promise he already knew he couldn't keep. For all he knew the HPI could've been sending them both to a death trap.
So, Emile only did one thing and looked at Alyssa with a soft smile. "I'll do my best."
Huh… This was just like before…
Oh wait! One more thing before he left. Emile took out his ponytail, let his semi long semi-long hair loose a bit and handed Alyssa the band.
"Here."
What- Why was he giving this to her? Don't tell me…
"I can't-"
"Just take it alright, just in case."
Emile meant well but Alyssa didn't exactly take it the right way. He was acting like he might not come back from this.
Maybe he would, maybe he wouldn't.
Maybe deep down that's what he thought was going to happen, or they both did. Who knows…?
But both of them certainly weren't in the best mood after that.
I gave Alyssa my headband just in case I-
No, I shouldn't say things like that. We'll get through this, just like we always have. Together.
I know we will.
After that goodbye, I drove over to Alex's base to pick him up. I really overestimated the distance between us because it did not take that long for me to get there, 40 hours my flank.
They have a nice little place here.
The same green pony came out except different…
Guess what, somehow, someway Alex got magically smaller!
I immediately bursted into laughter as soon as I saw him. I'm sorry, it's just too funny.
"Hey, what's so funny?!" Is what he said, or something like that.
He's so damn tiny now. I just can't…
He explained what happened to him later.
So, apparently Moriah tried to do some magic Joseph taught her with her broken horn and BAM! He's like this now.
He's 16 now, that's what Alex said he and Oliver think at least. That's actually not far off from my age…
All jokes aside, he's not that tiny now. He seems only slightly shorter than me, I think…
Welp, I guess I'm not the youngest here anymore! (Yay.)
After I picked him up, using Alex's knowledge and Blake's superb geography skills we stopped at an air base.
I finally got that UMP45 I wanted.
I have a lot more to choose from in terms of weapons than Alex since I have wings, it probably doesn't help that he's basically a little kid now.
Basically since we don't know if he's actually younger or if he just looks it. Do ponies even age differently? It would be cool if we did. Woo, immortality!
I really hope that wasn't too much of a detour. Alex seemed fine with it, so I guess it's alright.
After that we almost made it to the meeting spot, I parked the car so we could look for somewhere to rest for a bit and you won't guess what happened.
There was a tiger. A damned tiger roaming the streets.
There's a zoo near here so that's probably where it came from.
There wasn't really anywhere for us to hide so we both armed ourselves and prepared to just shoot the thing down.
It came running at me, I was shaking, I could barely move to put my hoof on the trigger…
But, just in time Alex saved me and turned the thing into swiss cheese in an instant.
It wasn't that big but that was one of the scariest moments in my life yet. I feel like I owe him for that, I mean he practically saved my life. I'll pay you back for that one day, partner.
We broke into someone's apartment for our temporary place to stay, Alex broke the door down. He's one strong 16 year old. (Why are all these "normal" ponies so strong?)
There's nobody here as usual. We really need to stop getting our hopes up everytime we go somewhere.
We went from finding survivors at a steady pace to none at all. Maybe we'll find someone else, eventually…
But yeah, this is our temporary place to stay for now.
I had a chat with Alex since there's (obviously) nobody else for me to talk to. (He kept Huan at home, thank god.)
We just talked about everything that's happened to us recently. I asked how his trip to Oregon went (aside from his family not being there.)
"Fine, there wasn't anyone out here aside from a couple animals." is what he said.
I seriously can't get over how small Alex is now. It's actually kinda cute… I wanna just grab him and squeeze the life out of him. (In a good way.)
I jokingly called him my "little sister" and he just told me to shut up.
Geez, calm down I was only joking. Meanie…
(He made a lil pouty face when he said that. Wahhh… So cute…)
On a more serious note I told him a secret of mine during that. I told him that Dr. Parker was (potentially) my dad.
"I still kinda have family left. That Dr. Parker I told you about, he's my dad."
Alex just went silent for a bit. He honestly didn't know what to say to that.
He wasn't envious, especially considering how Emiles dad treated him. He just, didn't know what to say or feel…
"Oh, I- I see…"
"Well, I still don't know for sure though. He could be some alien lookalike from outer space for all I know!"
Goddammit. He ruined the mood didn't he? Him and his big mouth…
"I guess we'll both get our answers tomorrow…"
Alex just nodded with a quiet "Mmph."
It felt good to get that off my chest after so long. I definitely ruined the mood though…
Answers… Tomorrow is our meeting with the HPI, we'll get our answers there and I'll finally know for sure if he's my dad or not.
I finally get to know why that bastard abandoned me and mom after so long…
Well, it's getting late. I want to be ready for tomorrow. So as always, this is Emile/Bliss signing off.
I have to do this, it's what mom would want…
- Emile