Rainbow Dash continued her gasps for the cleansing air. She was unable to keep in most of what she was inhaling. Her coughing started back up, her lungs had almost completely shut down when it had been trying to filter out the constant intake of smoke. She noticed her pain was still growing in her leg and wing. She rolled Applejack off her side, hoping the removal of the weight would soothe her wounds as well as allow more use of her lungs.
The oxygen slowly filled her, each breath permitting more and more to enter. Her coughing became increasingly stronger, as it cleared out the last remnants of the smoke that resided in her system. Rainbow Dash examined her leg, it lay there bloodied and bruised and dirt that covered the gashes stinging her as it dried.
Rainbow Dash's body now no longer desperately crying for even the slightest breathable air, permitting her mind to use its full capacity which caused the pain to shoot back through her in full force. The mangled shin sat there, the events having rendered it completely useless. The connecting hoof had cracks running through it and the edges were jagged and bleeding. The lodged chunk of debris in between her wing had sunk so far deep into her skin that only a red crater was visible where it had penetrated.
Rainbow Dash turned to the sleeping pony, and shook her but still didn't wake, "WAKE UP APPLEJACK!" she screamed into Applejack's ear. Her friend still did not wake, her chest raising up and down, making her breathing still visible and appearing at a regular pace. Apart from the small lump on her head, Rainbow Dash thought she seemed fine. She looked around and found a nearby puddle, she splashed the water onto Applejack's face and she was soon wide awake.
Applejack rubbed her hoof onto her bruised head, a terrible ache resonating in her skull where she had been hit. She looked around, and spotted Rainbow Dash. Her eyes wide and watering as she gawked at the battered pony, wincing as she only imagined how much pain Rainbow Dash was in.
"Rainbow, uh what happened?" Applejack asked slightly confused as to how they were resting safely on the road near the slowly dying blaze nearby.
"You got hit in the face, and decided to take a nap. So I picked you up, and I carried your lazy flank all the way out here" Rainbow Dash replied triumphantly, with a hint of sarcasm.
Astonishment covered Applejack's face, "And how in the hay did yah manage that?" She silently tried to fathom a way that somepony in that state could have possibly have achieved such a feat.
"Well obviously with my pure awesomeness of course!" Rainbow Dash grinned, but her smile faded quickly, "Uh, look, it doesn't really matter. You maybe wanna take me to the hospital?" Rainbow Dash pointed at her leg. She let out a gasp of pain when she allowed herself even a brief second to focus on the injury, "I'd rather it be sooner rather than later, just saying." Her breathing sped up, trying to cope with the overwhelming pain.
Applejack nodded and said nothing, her head ached dully, but she knew it must be nothing compared to what Rainbow Dash must be feeling at this moment. She knelt down and allowed Rainbow Dash to climb on her back. She stood back up and began galloping down the slippery road as fast as her legs would let her.
Rainbow Dash let out continuous groans of agony as she bounced lightly with each step Applejack made. Her eyes began to blur again and her ears started ringing loudly, she started becoming dizzier by the second. Her stomach beginning to feel nauseous while the wound near her wing's joint started to burn, it was soon overpowering all the other pain she was experiencing, even that of her decimated leg.
The hospital doors were visible now, the double doors of the entrance close. Applejack ran faster, her hat flying off her head; she ignored as her favorite possession blew away, she kept going. Reaching the door, she charged her head straight into the glass pushing it open and rushed inside.The desk attendant ran off the instant she saw the two enter the room.
Soon a doctor pony rolled out a gurney from one of the rooms and wheeled it towards them. Applejack knelt by it and
Rainbow Dash to rolled onto the platform. Soon the gurney began to move away from the orange pony. Rainbow Dash reached out her hoof toward Applejack, "Stay with me, please…" she whimpered.
Applejack ran back towards Rainbow Dash and took her terrified friend's hoof, clasping it tightly with her own, "It's gonna be okay Sugar Cube."