//------------------------------// // A sliver of the mirror // Story: The Broken Mirror // by Southern_Mercenary //------------------------------// Chapter three: A sliver of the mirror Geoff looked back up and out the window, the town it seemed was perfect cut grass, people playing, and animals on leashes. Though the last one he chuckled that he even noticed it really. He smiled he was safe for the time being at least. At least he thought before his attitude turned sour. Geoff breathed a sigh before continuing his search for pants. Geoff opened one of the doors on what looked like a built in wardrobe in the wall. On one of the shelves was a pair of pants and other lower garments. He quickly grabbed the boxers and put them on before donning the socks. His feet now warm he put on the jeans. While he didn't like jeans or wore them much even after the end he would if he had too. Looking around again he tried to find his boots lacking those he put on the slippers that where in the wardrobe. looking in all the compartments he saw that none of his gear or equipment was present. Sighing he closed the doors before walking to the door. He opened it slowly listening for the dead just in case and looking for guards or other medical personal. Seeing none in the hallway he crept out the door and into the hallway. The hallway was wide but not as wide as a school's hallway. Given the size he still kept close to a wall, looking around he saw the nurses desk and headed away from it looking for the stairwell. He saw the signs at the far end of the hall and the nurses' station was between him and it. Sighing in irritation he snuck closer to it. Listening he heard the nurse talk to someone on the far side of the counter. keeping low he crouched walked to where he was under the counter. Listening again he heard no new noises and he continued his sneaking. Reaching the next gap of concealment he briefly looked around the corner and saw a nurse in a standard nurses outfit. Her hair pulled back in a tight bun. Quickly Geoff snuck through the gap and to the next wall from there he stood back up and kept quit before heading to the door. When he reached it he smiled before opening it looking down he saw an exit to the outside. He descended the stairs and headed out the door but not before he realized it was an alarmed door. With the alarm shrieking he ran out into the town. (_(=)_) Twilight and Dash where both walking towards the hospital when they heard the alarm. They also noticed a man running from the hospital in jeans and a hospital top. Though they focused their attention on the hospital and moved towards it. Already though the fire department was on the way as the siren could be heard in the distance. "Nurse Redheart what happened?" Twilight asked looking around. "Someone opened one of the fire escape doors." She replied doing a checklist of patients. "Was there a fire?" Twilight asked concerned. "Not that I could tell none of the detectors went off but they could have been defective." " Could be." "And on top of a possible fire one of the patients is missing." Redheart said sighing. "What? who?" Twilight asked thinking of the man that she and dash had seen. "By current looks it’s the man Dash helped to bring in." "We saw someone running from this direction when we were coming up." "He was running? either he's healthier than we thought or scared out of his mind." (_(=)_) Geoff hid behind a corner of a building and peered around trying to find someplace to hide for the time being. It was better to hide for the time being till he found out more about the place, Last time he hadn’t he almost got ate by a group of cannibals. He shivered at the sight of a friend being slowly roasted over a fire still alive screaming through the gag. Looking around again he noticed a library sign in the distance. Checking his six he dashed towards the sign and trying to find the library itself. Seeing a large tree that looked like it had been turned into a library he ducked inside. As the sign said it was a library, Geoff whistled softly at the impressiveness of the building. Designed and built to look like a tree, impressive with realistic looking rings on the ground. Geoff continued to look around the place before seeing a staircase going up. Climbing the stairs cautiously, Geoff made his way up the stairs. Reaching the next floor Geoff kept his back to the wall before sliding into the room. Had he had a weapon it would be at the ready but for the time being he was just being cautious. Looking around he saw that this was a bedroom, a small bed pushed up against a window in a small alcove. The room was definitely feminine judging by the cleanliness. Geoff noticed a small basket on the floor he wondered over to it wondering what was in it. "It's probably a cat." Geoff mumbled looking into the basket. Geoff saw what looked like a large lizard. Curious he poked it lightly, the hard scales didn't budge but the lizard moved and yawned. "Twilight?" it asked, Geoff started to hyperventilate hearing that , a creature a lizard in his opinion was talking. "What?" Geoff asked blinking heavily. "You're not Twilight." the creature said looking at Geoff. "No. I'm Geoff." Geoff said checking his own temperature. "I'm Spike." The creature said extending a hand. "I guess pleasure to meet you." Geoff said shaking the hand noticing the three claws in a rough hand like pattern. "When is Twilight getting back?" Spike asked crawling out of the bed. "Not sure." Geoff said "Um what are you?" "I'm a dragon what are you the Easter bunny?" "A dragon? well that throws a wrench into my idea of where the hell I am." "Spike I'm home." came a voice from below. A.N. Chapter three everypony. trying to showcase Geoff's ninja abilities as well as why he is cautious given where he is at.