//------------------------------// // Long Road Ahead: Escape The Motel // Story: The Mane 6 And Lee Everett // by Can-dees_Murder_Weapon //------------------------------// "Who the fuck is that!" Lee exclaims before adding. "They've got our people out there!" He says, getting up and peeking through the tiny gap in the blinds. It looks like the bandits have decided to attack again, somehow they managed to get everyone on their knees. The leader of the bandits is barking out orders to his henchmen, four of them in total. Lee carelessly backs away from the blinds and he goes over to Lilly. Twilight then peaks through the blinds, unbearable tension in her chest. Looking out to the motel, she sees everyone on their knees with their hands behind their heads. Twilight feels like her heart has just been stabbed as she caught sight of a bandit, holding Flutttershy as hostage with a barrel of a gun planted on the left side of her temple. How did they even get to her? Twilight is so focused on Fluttershy that she doesn't even hear Lilly exiting out the room through the bathroom with a rifle in her grasp. Without warning, Twilight goes to leave the room completely oblivious to Lee's voice sternly calling out to her; her main priority is her friends and no one is going to stop her, not even Lee. As Twilight walks out the door, she remembers what happened at the St. John dairy, how she went on a merciless warpath to gain back her friends, completely apathetic about her actions; completely ignoring her morals and beliefs. How she fully let her emotions determine her actions, how she felt after it was over. Feeling overly responsible for the destruction of an entire family, she doesn't want to kill anyone or anyTHING else. Nearing the bandits, she promises herself to never lose control of her actions. "ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT!" The head bandit sees Twilight detdeterminedly walking towards them, a few feet away. He already knew the ponies can talk, from observing them for the whole week. He raises his gun at her with his finger on the trigger. "Hold it, bitch!" He yells at her to stop, which she does so. The insult makes Twilight flinch. She doesn't understand why they're so hostile, they didn't do anything to cause this. "H-hold on! Why are we fighting each other? Why can't we all just work together!" ""Why are we fighting each other? Why can't we just work together?" Because we don't want to fucking work together, that's why!!!" The leader angrily replies. Twilight manages to maintain her calm posture but she is still afraid that the gun pointed at her was gonna go off at any moment. She looks to the bandit holding Fluttershy as hostage, finding her crying; which gives Twilight an urge to go and comfort her but she strongly ignores it and she looks back at the bandit leader. "B-but if we worked together, we would get even more supplies!"- The head bandit slowly starts lowering his gun as he listens to the purple mare. -"Isn't that what you want? More supplies, more food?" No one says anything for a moment. Twilight intently studies the head bandit's eyes through his mask, he isn't frowning anymore. Twilight takes it as a good sign. "Well, ah supposed we oughta' hash out some terms then," He says, in a much more calmer tone. Twilight is glad she managed to convince the bandit to listen to her but she is still worried for her friends, what will happen to them? She wonders. A loud bang rings out through the motel and Twilight sees the leader fall to the floor, lifeless. Before Twilight registers what's going on, she promptly pushes the bandit with Fluttershy; using her magic, catching her before she falls to the ground. Two more gunshots ring out. Twilight turns around, finding Carley firing a gun at two other bandits. Soon after, tons more bandits emerge from the trees and they start firing their weapons at the motel. Mayhem breaks out between the two groups, with both sides attacking each other. Twilight notices the dumpster being pushed open from the other side. Grabbing Fluttershy, both of them run towards the R.V., seeing Lee behind the vehicle. Twilight and Fluttershy manage to get to the R.V. unharmed. Twilight tells Fluttershy to stay in the vehicle, warning her not to come out, no matter what. As Fluttershy reluctantly enters the vehicle, Twilight notices that her heart is beating way too fast, for her. She's not even able to think clearly, with all the gunshots and yelling that's happening. Twilight found herself stuck, unable to move. She is too stressed to even do anything and she aimlessly stares at the ground. Everything starts to fall apart, her vision becomes blurry and sounds start to muffle. Twilight becomes unbearably light-headed and before she knows it, everything turns black. "Twilight!" Rainbow Dash yells, completely distressed about her friend. She feels a gnawing on her chest, she would've already flew towards her if it wasn't for the bandits shooting at them. She's hiding in one of the motel rooms, fortunately it gives her a clear view of the R.V. Lee is too busy laying cover fire for Ben, Rarity and Carley to notice Twilight passing out, behind him Quickly peaking out the doorframe for any bandits, Rainbow makes a split second decision and she bolts for the R.V. In less than a second, she flies over to her purple friend laying on the ground. Rainbow's breathing is erratic and she is viciously shaking. Rainbow couldn't afford to be afraid now, Twilight needs to be taken care of. Rainbow ignores the anxiety welling up in her chest and she swoops her up. Rainbow brings her inside the R.V., Fluttershy immediately sees Twilight's dangling figure. Tears flood her eye sockets and she speeds towards Rainbow Dash, in fear of the worst. "NO! Twilight, please... n-n-o." Knowing what Fluttershy is thinking, Rainbow immediately speaks up. "Fluttershy, she's okay, she isn't dead. She's just unconscious," she gently says to her. Tears are still trailing down her face but she looks up at Rainbow Dash. "S-s-she's okay? S-she's n-not h-hurt?" Fluttershy struggles to say, the large lump in her throat. "No, Fluttershy. She's okay, she just passed out. Here, take her." Rainbow carefully places Twilight into Fluttershy's hooves. "I'm gonna go and get the others, I'll be right back." Fluttershy stops her before she can leave. "Rainbow Dash, please! Be safe. I don't want you to get hurt." Rainbow puts one hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder and she smiles. "I'll be okay, Fluttershy. Now, I need to go, okay?" Not waiting for her response, Rainbow leaves the R.V. Lee continued shooting at the offending bandits. Rarity's anxiety faded when she remembered that Carley and Ben were with her. Lee fired one more shot from his rifle before yelling for them run over to the R.V. With no injuries, they all make it the large vehicle. That is when Rarity sees Rainbow exiting the vehicle and Ben moves past her to get into the R.V. Carley chooses to stay outside the R.V. to help Lee defend against the bandits. "Help!" Katjaa's voice grabs the attention of Lee and he runs over to the other side of the vehicle while Carley takes care of the other side. Lee focuses on the bandits that are attempting to attack. One bandit hiding behind cover, doesn't see the walker sneaking up on him until it's too late. Walkers start flooding the area and the group tries their best to hold them off. Lee stops firing his gun. "Now! Hurry!" Clementine runs over to him and she gives him a hug. Applejack, Pinkie, Doug and David are the next ones to enter the R.V. Out of Rainbow's peripheral vision, she sees Katjaa and Duck getting pounced on by a walker. She turns and her instincts kick in. In the blink of an eye, Rainbow flies to them and with all her strength, she kicks the walker off of them. "Go! Now!" Rainbow Dash is going to fly back to the vehicle with them when suddenly her right wing stopped working and a wave of severe throbbing pain hammers her wing. She falls to ground, grunting and her teeth clenching, harshly. Eyes shut tightly. The bone in her right wing feels crooked and uneven. The pain is too great that is renders her from moving. Before she knows it, she's being lifted up off the ground by... Applejack? Fluttershy's heart comes to a complete stop as she sees Applejack bringing Rainbow Dash into the vehicle. There is no doubt that she is dealing with unbearable pain. As Applejack sets her down on the seat at the back of the vehicle, guilt rains on Fluttershy's chest. "Celestia! What happened!" Rarity exclaims, looking at Rainbow Dash in concern. "A-ah don't know, I think someone got 'er wing." As gently as she possibly can, Applejack turns Rainbow Dash to get a better angle on her wing. Once carefully turning her friend, she sees blood trailing down from the small puncture wound on the top part of the wing. "Ah need to find a bandage..." Suddenly, the vehicle makes a loud sound and it starts vibrating. Soon after, Carley enters into the vehicle. "Lilly! Last chance, get down here!" Lee yells from outside the vehicle before quickly coming in. Just before the vehicle leaves the motel, Lilly makes it just in time. The vehicle accelerates and it rides past the barricade and onto the road. END OF CHAPTER...