//------------------------------// // See Horror Run // Story: Subject 27 // by Phyrexian //------------------------------// Chapter 52 - See Horror Run         “Y-You’ve got to be k-kidding me! W-Why have you b-been hiding that from me?” Silver and I lay on the bed, she’s resting on my chest and her wings splayed out across the bed.         “H-Heh, I can’t take all the credit, t-tail did most of the work.” I pant, tail limply hangs over the side of the bed.         I stroke the back of Silver’s head as we lay there, just enjoying each others company. A sinister joke comes to mind, a little payback for the Mistress joke Silver took to far just a few hours ago. I move my mouth closer to her ear, I take a quick breath before whispering something into her ear.         “I’m going to harvest you.” I’m excited to see her response.         “WHAT?!” She yelled, jumping up as her eyes going wide. I burst into hysterical laughter as I watch the mixed expression that now plague Silver’s face.         “You’re going to do what?!” I just lay there and watch Silver freak out.         “Revenge is best served with a side of tail.” Tail brushes up against her side, next to her hind legs, she jumps up, which makes me laugh even harder.         “Revenge? Revenge for what?”         “Mistress Silver Wing.” I stick my tongue out and she lands on the bed.         “Okay, very funny. You got me.” Tail sneaks up on her and runs its tip down her stomach, which causes her to shriek.         “Okay, I’m done now, I had my fill.” She just glares at me,         “You’re an asshole, you know that right?” I just chuckle, tail wraps around her and pulls her back down onto the bed and I wrap my arms around her and I give her a hug.         “So tell me, why did those goons attack me? And what’s with Gramps drugging me?”         “The goons thought you were an easy mark, and Gramps probably thought you were a spy working for the Princesses. Nothing too serious, the poison was just some minor stuff, should've had you out for at least a day.”         “How long was I out?”         “Just about two hours, which is odd, maybe he gave you a small dosage.”         “If he gave me a small dosage; It wouldn’t of knocked me out. I just have a high tolerance to any artificial chemicals. So, who’s that Phantom Shadow and Rough Shadow character?”         “Huh, I guess that makes sense. But Phantom Shadow and Rough Shadow.... It’s hard to explain, I guess you can call them brother and sister. They’re somewhat new to the Family, they’ve only been working for them for just a few weeks now; about the same time I left to go to Unyasi.”         “Ah, they seemed a little off to me. Was it their plan or Gramp’s plan to spike my tea?”         “I don’t know, does it really matter though? You’ve got an audience with the Boss today, we should probably get going.” She gets off the bed and flies over to the mirror and straightens up her feathers.         I get up out of the bed and tail grabs my boxers and pants for me and I get dressed, I tie my boots up and Silver throws my collar at me and it smacks me in the face; I look up and she sticks her tongue out at me.         “Can’t forget your collar, now can you?” She teases.         I just grunt and put the collar on, I flick the bell and it gives a soft jingle; Silver laughs and walks out the room with me in tow. We enter into a dark room, smoke hangs in the air; my eyes water up a little and my throat starts to itch but I stay low to the ground as I crawled. Pegasi littered the dark room, I notice a few mares looking at me lustfully; Silver shoots them a dirty look and they quickly avert their gazes. We come to a door with two pegasus standing guard, they nod at Silver and open the door for her, I crawl up to them and the block my path.         “And where do you think you’re going?” One of them sneers.         “Let him through, he’s with me.” Silver yells, both the guards step out of the doorway and I crawled on through.         The pull the door close and a older gryphon looks up from his parchments with a cigar in his beak. He removes the cigar and greets Silver with a hearty smile.         “There’s my little Silver Wing!”         “Uncle, this is my pet, his name is Horror.” I sit down next to Silver and she rests her talon on my horns.         “No leash? Don’t you think that’s a little risky? Leaving such an...abomination to free rome without at least some sort of restraint?” Abomination? Really? I don’t know who took more offense to that, tail or I.         “He’s well trained, Uncle. He won’t attack unless I’m in danger or he’s provoked.” He gets up from behind his desk and walks around to us, tail wags back and forth happily as Silver starts to scratch my head.         “Horror, shake.” He orders, I look up to Silver and she silently nods.         I extend my right hand out and shake his talon. He pats me on the horns and gives me another order.         “Horror, lay down.” I’m reluctant at first, but I lay down on the floor.         “Gramps told me he can speak, is this true?” I open my mouth, but Silver quickly answers.         “Yes, but he doesn’t like to. Horror will only speak if it’s necessary, are you satisfied, Uncle?” He reaches behind him and grabs a small box, he opens it in front of me, revealing cigars.         “Care for a treat?” Maybe this guy isn't too bad, tail grabs one of the cigars and sticks it into my mouth.         The cigar isn't too shabby, nice earthy aroma to it, he lights the cigar and I take a few puffs from it; I sit back up and tail wags happily.         “Oh, Uncle, Horror has this new-fangled magical device that holds some really weird stuff.” I sit there continuing smoking my cigar. My ears perk up as she mentions my PDA. Silver reaches into my left pocket, aiming for my P-. OH HELLO! That’s not my PDA that she is grabbing... I don’t think she knows that I keep my PDA in my right pocket, not my left one... Tail stops wagging and stiffens out, I look up to see Silver with a surprised grin on her face. “H-He must’ve not brought it with him, little guy likes to ‘bury’ things.” Little, who she calling little? “You can just show me another time. So Horror, my niece tells me you’d like to join the Family.” I happily nod in agreement. “Silver has already informed me of your particular set of skills, we can use someone like you. How abo-.” My stomach rumbles, interrupting him. “Silver, how about you go take your pet to get something to eat first. Come back to me when you get some food into him.” Silver opens the door and steps out, I finish the cigar and follow pursuit. As I crawled through the dark room, the lustful eyes avert their gazes from me. We walked through the front door and I’m blinded by the sunlight; tail shields my eyes until they fully adjust to the bright light. “Jeez, how long were we fooling around?” I look up to see the sun past the halfway point, it’s nearing dinner time. “I don’t know, a few hours at least, and what a few hours they were.” She purrs, tail strokes my horns as she praises us. “Heh, so, what’s for lunch, or dinner? Or whatever bizarre time it is.” She takes a few seconds to think it over. “Hmmm, I got it, follow me!” She takes the lead, hopefully she knows where she is going. We walked through the back alleys for a short while, the wind kicks up; wafting the scent of smoke and grilled meat. My mouth waters as I breathe in deep of the savory smell of charred meat. As I start to move ahead of Silver. She grabs me by the collar and yanks me back. “Sorry, just the scent of fresh meat being cooked over an open fire... You have no idea what that does to me, and I’m starving!” Tail picks her up and sets her on my back. “E-Easy boy! S-Steady now!” She grabs my collar with both talons and I breakout into a gallop. I followed my nose, I’m a slave to the scent of burning meat. The clouds beneath my hands and feet freeze as I gallop; allowing me to move freely. I round a corner and see some gryphons hanging outside of a building with a smokestack coming from its roof. The gryphons look at me queerly as I barged into the restaurant; the door swings open and I skid across the frozen clouds. The livelihood of the restaurant dies down and everyone inside stairs at us, the scent of bloody and cooked meat hits me like a boot to the teeth; I start to drool and I find the nearest booth. Silver climbs off my back and sets down and I climb into the booth and wait patiently for a waiter to come by. “Welcome back S.K., who’s your cute friend?” A younger female gryphon comes by and hands us menus. Cute? That’s the last thing I was expecting someone to call me. “Is this the pet you’ve been talking about? You’re right, he is a cutey!” She winks at me, I’m just blown away by this, but tail seems to enjoy it as he wags furiously. “I know right?” Silver responds. “You better keep a tight leash on him, if not, I’ll snatch him right from underneath of you!” She giggles. “What do you think the collar is for?” Silver taps the bell with one of her claws, it jingles. “Heh, what can I get for the two of you?” “Give me the usual.” “Okay, a glass of our finest wine imported from Talonpolis and manticore steak well done. And what about you, cutie?” “Give me the biggest piece of meat you’ve got; and leave it bloody.” “Anything to wash that down with?” “You’ve got Apple Bombs?” “Sure do, anything else?” “One shot of Apple Bomb and a pint of Apple Cider.” She writes down our orders and flies away. “So. I guess word gets around quickly about your new pet, aye?” “You can’t blame a girl for showing off her new toy, can you?” Fair enough, she got me there, I would probably do the same thing. “I can accept that.” The waitress from before comes back with our drinks and sets them down on the table. “You sure he can handle a that much, S.K.?” Tail grabs the Apple Bomb and I down it. “I’ve lost count around seven Apple Bombs, one isn't going to do anything to me.” “That’s impressive, Horror. You and I have to go drinking some time.” The waitress takes the empty shot glass and leaves us. “Hheeyy Demon baby!” A voice calls out from behind me, I looked around to see that same oddly colored pegasus before but his mane styled and he’s better groomed. He trots over to our booth and sits down right next to me, Silver looks over to me in confusion and I simply shrug. I look back over to see the pegasus carefully examining his left hoof. He raises his right hoof into the air and calls over the waitress. “Sweetheart, excuse me!” The waitress flies over to our table and takes out a small parchment and pencil. “Yes? What can I get for you?” “Sparkling water with a slice of lemon please and thank you.” She seems a bit flustered by this but she smiles and flies away. “Oh where are my manners? I’m Hyper Crasher, Phantom’s and Rough’s cousin on their mother’s side. My oh my, aren't you a tall, dark, handsome looking fellow?” I look up to Silver in utter confusion, she simply shrugs. “Charmed?” Hyper laughs and playfully shoved me with his hoof. The waitress flies back over with my cider, Silver’s wine and our uninvited guests sparkling water. Tail grabs the cider before she can put it down and I down it. “Thirsty?” She asks. “Another one, please.” I whip away the foam mustache and she takes the empty mug. “Easy now, Horror. We’ve got work to do after this, can’t have you being drunk on your very first mission.” “It’s going to take a lot more than this weak cider to get me even tipsy. I’m just glad to finally get something stiff in me.” “If you want something stiff in you, all you have to do is ask, Demon baby.” I don’t know if I should be flattered or alarmed. I look over to see SIlver’s jaw hitting the table. “By stiff, I meant a strong drink... But, thank you? I guess?” “Hyper Crasher, was it?” “Honey, not right now, I’m busy.” I’ve never seen Silver so mad before, if this was a cartoon, there would literally be steam coming out of her ears right about now. “Excuse me?” She retorts. “Honey, you’re gorgeous in all, but I’m talking to talk to this tall drink of water here.” This is very bad, very bad indeed. Before Silver can rip this stallion a new one, the waitress acts as a perfect distraction and brings us our food. She sets down a juicy piece of manticore down in front of Silver and two male gryphons are carrying a platter with just the fattiest looking meat I’ve ever seen. They put the platter down on the table and tail quickly slides the plate over to me. She hands me the new mug of apple cider and hands both of us a fork and a fairly sharp looking steak knife; which I don’t need, I got my own knife. “72 oz porterhouse, rare. Made especially for you, cutie.” I don’t know if I should buy this beautiful piece of meat dinner first or if I should take it home and make sweet love to it. “Are, are you crying, Horror?” Just. So. Beautiful! “Just the most beautiful steak I’ve ever seen...” I wipe away a tear that even I didn’t know I had. “Should we just leave the two of you alone?” Hyper Crasher teases. “No, no, everyone should be allowed to basked in the glorious presence that is this master piece. It’s almost a sin against nature to desecrate this steak; forgive me father, for the sin I’m about to commit; amen.” Tail unsheathes its furthest blade and makes haste, it slices the steak into chunks small enough so I can just swallow each individual piece. Each bite is better than the last, the steak is incredibly tender; it just melts in my mouth. “Slow down there Horror. Don’t want you to choke now, do we?” I’ve already inhaled one forth of this unbelievably gorgeous steak. “Oh my, he sure can put away a lot of meat.” I ignore Hyper and continue to attack my steak. I pay very little mind to Silver as I continue to devour my steak, I don’t even realize that Hyper’s hoof is slowly creeping up my inner thigh until it’s too late. The sudden surprise causes to choke. “Y-You okay?” Silver asks. I beat against my chest, trying to dislodge the steak from my windpipe, but no good. I push past Hyper and tail wraps around my stomach and starts to do the Heimlich maneuver; after the third squeeze, tail manages to dislodge the steak from my windpipe. The steak flies across the restaurant and lands in someone’s mug of apple cider. “Okay, first, what the hell was that Hyper Crasher? I nearly choked to death there!” I yell at him. “What? I thought you would’ve like a little entertainment with dinner?” Silver drops her fork and knife and they both just clatter against her plate. “What...” She says in a low, serious tone. “You can’t keep this handsome creature all to yourself, S.K. You can’t blame a colt for trying to have a little fun, can you?” Easy there boyo, you’re treading on thin ice right here. “Easy now, this is a very dangerous topic. How about we finish our dinner before we tear into each other, please?” I plead, but my words fall on deaf ears. “You tried to make a move on my Horror? In front of me? You’ve got a pair of brass ones on you, I’ll give you that.” Silver shoots daggers at Hyper, I fear for my life so I slink back to my seat and slowly eat my steak. “Oh honey, honey, I can show Demon a thing or two that would make his head spin.” Why must people ruin this perfect moment of bliss for me? “Please, Horror has so many secrets in his bag o’ tricks, you wouldn’t be able to fly straight for a week!” Tail hides underneath the table and I wish I could do the same, I really do. “Do you really now, Demon baby? Mind showing me some of these tricks of yours?” I bury my head face into the rest of my steak, hoping I can avoid some of this cannon fodder. “Hey! Keep your hooves to yourself! I-.” This needs to end before someone says something they’ll regret. “That’s enough you two!” I slam my fists down on to the table, my mostly full mug of cider sloshes around and some of it spills out. “Look, this is the first actual meal I’ve ever had since I came to Equestria, and you two spoiled it for me. We were having a splendid evening until you two started a goddamn pissing contest!” I take a breather and study their reactions to my sudden outburst. “Look, Hyper Crasher, I’m flattered by your sudden interest in me, but can you two just let me finish my dinner in peace?” They just hang their heads in defeat and I finish the last few bites of my steak. I wash everything down with the rest of my cider and I just watch Silver poke around with her food. “I’ll be seeing you around, Demon baby!” Hyper Crasher winks at me before leaving us in awkward silence. “What’s with that guy, Silver?” She looks up from manticore steak with her big ruby red eyes all watery. “Crap, what’s wrong?” She lets out a long drawn out sigh and pokes her steak again. “Come on now, spit it out.” “Nothing, let’s just go get this job over with.” She gets up from the table and walks out. “Waitress, check?” The cute waitress flies over to my table and merely laughs. “Silly, it’s a Family own business, if you catch my drift.” She winks at me. “I understand, how long have you’ve known S.K.? She seems to be in a sour mood.” “I’ve known her for quite sometime, we’re both grew up in Talonpolis. We’re like sisters, but let me tell you something about her; she doesn’t like to lose her battles. You should’ve just let her handle that little cat fight on her own. Now, you better get going before you get on her bad side.” “I see, thanks for the insight.” I get up from the table and crawl out from the restaurant. Credits Editor frieD195 Characters - Hyper Crasher garouken