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// Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion 
// Story: Left 4 Dead in Equestria 
// by Pegasi will rule 
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Chapter 6: Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion





Celestia's eyes fluttered open as Loner shook her awake. She slowly sat up and stretched her arms, cracking the aching joints. He tossed her some clothing, which she looked over curiously. 

"Put that on. You'll want to be dressed." Loner said, grabbing his UZI. Celestia looked over the strange garbs and frowned.

"I... must admit, I've never put on clothes like this before" She said with a blush. Loner stared her over and sighed, taking a seat next to her. He grabbed the bra, putting it over her large breasts. It was the second to largest size they had. It fit her perfectly. Next, was a shirt. He grabbed a t-shirt from one of the boxes, and a jacket to go over that for added protection from bites and the cold of October weather. 

"What about these?" She asked, holding up the flower printed panties. Loner sighed and lifted her up. He knelt down with the panties in his hand.

"Alright, lift your left leg." He ordered. She did as instructed and he slid the panties over her first leg. He ordered her to do the same with the second and he slowly slid them up. 

"Alright, I assume you can do the pants after watching that." He said. 

"I suppose. Thank you very much." She beamed. Loner waved and walked over to his corner, studying the guns he'd be taking. 

His UZI was his main weapon. It was small, powerful, and fast. He'd need it in a tight spot. Next weapon was a 50 cal. Desert Eagle. It shone brightly, reflecting his face back at him. He frowned and put it in a holster on his side. Third was a pair of his lucky machetes. One was black, the other white. He called them Yin and Yang. Even going so far as to paint the symbols on each one. 

He frowned, knowing Tia would need a weapon as well. She wasn't of this world, he knew, so training her would be tough. He grabbed a Glock and a MAC-10. Hopefully these would be suited for her. He turned to see Tia come over, wearing the clothes he gave her pretty well.

"How do I look?" She asked, spinning to give him a full view.

"Lovely." He grunted. "Now, come on. I have to train you how to use these." He said, passing her the two weapons. 

She held them in her hands and studied their features. One was a pistol, like Francis had. The other looked similar to Loner's, except it was a few inches smaller and had a large, cylindrical object covering the barrel. 

"That's a silenced MAC-10. It'll keep the Zombies off ya, but still deadly enough to pack a punch. I call it, 'Tiny Death'." He chuckled, patting the gun. "Now, fire at that box. Show me what you got."

Celestia's eyes widened. "Um. Are you sure this is a wise idea? I mean... I could hurt somepony else, and I-" Loner held up a finger and stopped her cold.

"First, we say somebody, not somepony. Second, the only people you'll hurt are the ones trying to beat you to a bloody pulp. Now, let's start with the Glock." He said, taking the MAC-10 away from her. 

She studied the weapon and looked over to the box with the hastily drawn bulls eye on it. She turned to Loner and frowned. "Alright. Here I go..." She said hesitantly. She aimed the gun at the target and squeezed the trigger, flying backwards from the force. Loner caught her and helped her back up. 

"Well... You missed, but not bad for your first time." He assured. Celestia frowned and let out a sigh. She was never going to last for two weeks...

"Can... you demonstrate the proper way to fire one of these things?" She asked. Loner thought she'd never ask. He quickly grabbed a small box and went over to the large crates around the room. He stacked glass bottles, jugs, cups, and everything in between on them. When he finished, he stood next to Celestia with an eager grin. 

"Duck."

Celestia threw herself to the floor as a hail of bullets left his gun. He sprayed the closest row of bottles with his UZI, sending bits of glass in all directions. He pulled out his pistol and shot the next row to the left. He finished off with his sniper, scoping in on the shot glasses on the far room, shattering them one by one. 

Celestia uncovered her ears and looked up at Loner. He smiled at her and picked her up. "Any questions?" He asked. Celestia gulped and shook her head.

"N-no. I think I got it." She stuttered. Loner rolled his eyes and gave her back the MAC-10. 

"Good. We're going into the city for supplies. Allan and Cho are one roof patrol, and YOU have the honor of being with me." He grabbed a few explosives and strapped them to his chest, as well as two health packs, passing one to Tia. 

"It will also give us time for you to give me answers. I want to know who you are, why you're here, and... well, that's pretty much it."  

Celestia geared up and smiled at him. "Of course. I think it would be best if we got off on the right foot. I'll tell you everything, but... please don't tell the other two. They'll probably think I'm crazy."

Loner chuckled. "Barely talk to them anyways. Let's go." 

Loner and Celestia walked quietly through the city, passing bodies of Zombies and half eaten survivors. Celestia wretched again, but forced her food back down. She bumped into Loner with an 'oomph' as he stopped suddenly. Celestia looked down the road to see a few zombies shambling about.

"What are those kinds?" She asked. Loner took out his hunting rifle and smiled.

"Common infected. Easy to kill, dumber than dirt." He squeezed the trigger six times, and all six fell to the pavement, dead. Celestia frowned and tried to look away. Such a loss of life was depressing, but they were already dead. 

"So, Tia, tell me about your home." Loner said, slowly sulking into a gas station. Celestia followed him in and smiled. 

"Of course. I come from a land called Equestria. This... isn't my true form. I am an Alicorn." 

Loner raised a brow. "What the fuck is an Alicorn?" He asked, rummaging through the cash register, grabbing money and other objects of value. 

"An Alicorn is a pony with the blood of all three pony tribes. Earth, Pegasi, and Unicorn." She stated. Loner laughed hysterically and grabbed a Twinky.

"Lady, I heard some crazy shit. But that takes the cake. If I didn't see you fall through that portal, I woulda shot you to put you out of your insanity! So, you're a pony, is what you're telling me?" He asked, hoping he didn't scare her too much with the shooting her part. She nodded.

"Yes. I am the Princess of Equestria. I raise the sun, and my sister the moon. It has been that way for thousands of years." 

Loner took this all in. She was a pony, a princess, raiser of the sun, and... wait, why was she here. "And you're here because..."

She sighed and looked out the window. "A group of three survivors ended up in our realm after a terrible storm. My student, Twilight, found them on the beach. When I met them, they were rude, brutish, and ill tempered. We had a falling out over why they were so disrespectful, and one thing led to another. I bet them I could do what they did, and come out none the worse for wear. Well, I think I'm in over my head here..." She admitted, slumping down the counter. Loner sat by her side and gave her a Twinky, which she took, biting into it curiously. She enjoyed it and scarfed it down.

"Well, I'm glad we got to you first. You're strangely enchanting." He admitted. Celestia smiled and a blush formed on her face. That was unexpected to hear from someone so... distant.

"You... think I'm enchanting?" She asked. He shrugged and nodded.

"I guess. You still have that innocence about you. I like that. But, this world will take it away from you pretty quick. I'll protect you as best I can, but if anything happens to me...?" He trailed off and sighed. "You should just go back home, Tia." 

Celestia couldn't help but smile at the actual concern and care Loner was showing her. He wanted to protect her, keep her safe from the nightmares of this world. She scooted closer to him and gave him a warm smile.

"I'm... glad you found me. Even if you are... a little rough around the edges." She giggled. Loner smiled and shrugged.

"That the nice way of saying I'm a monster?" He asked.

Celestia put a finger to her chin. "More or less." She laughed. She noticed his sigh and put a hand on his leg. "But you're a monster with a heart. I never expected to find that here." She leaned in and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. She held back the giggle as his face turned bright red. 

"Oh... um, lets just get back to scavenging." He said, quickly standing. He walked briskly into the back room, leaving Tia alone. She took a deep breath and calmed her quickening heart. 

She jumped when she heard a loud, animalistic scream, followed by sniper fire. "Loner?" She yelled. When no answer came, she began to panic. 

"LONER?!" She ran into the back room, pushing past boxes and car parts. She rounded the corned to see Loner, clutching his bleeding throat, a hooded creature lying on the floor with its head blown away. 

"Gotta... Gotta add another dash to the 'H' column now." He chuckled dryly. Celestia ran to his side, grabbing the health kit off her back. She opened it and was met by medical supplies she wasn't used to. 

"What do I do?!" She asked quickly. Loner shrugged and kept pressure on his throat. 

"You tell me. You're patching me up." He said dryly. She grabbed a sheet of gauze and quickly pressed it to his wound. She paled at the amount of blood. 

"What next?" She asked. Loner grabbed the wrappings from the kit and wrapped it around his neck. After that, he popped a few pills into his mouth and got back to his feet. He looked over to Tia, who was shaking uncontrollably. 

"Hey. I'm okay. You gotta be strong, Tia." He said harshly. "Come on, get up." He extended a hand, which she shakily took. "You'll learn soon enough how much worse things can be." He warned. "This was just a scratch compared to what some of the other infected can do." 

"How badly have you been injured?" She asked astonished. Loner shrugged and smiled. 

"Lost my right kidney, and I got some scars in some places you probably don't want to see." He assured. Celestia turned away and blushed profusely. 

"I... suppose not. Are we almost all set here?" She asked. Loner chuckled and handed her a large gas tank. 

"Oh, no. We need to siphon gas for our generator. This gas station has a few thousand gallons beneath it, and we come here each week for a refill. You up for a work out?" 

Celestia sighed. "Labor isn't my strong suit, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try." Loner frowned and walked outside. 

"Gotta leave your title as princess behind. You listen to me, and you live. You listen to yourself, you'll be dead before you take a step. That's not me being commanding or cocky, that's me stating fact."

"I understand." She said, hefting the large orange jugs in her arms. She struggled and stumbled a few times before making her way back to him. He was lifting a large piece of metal of the ground, revealing a large hole. She peered inside and was assaulted by a smell that stung her nostrils.

"Ugh! What is that horrid stench?" She asked, plugging her nose. Loner inhaled deeply and smiled. 

"That's the smell of pure gasoline. Nothing quite like it, is there?" He asked, putting a hose into the hole. She wrinkled her nose and walked away.

"I suppose not. If you don't need me, I'd like to take a look around..." She said. Loner shot her a glance and scowled.

"Oh no. You're staying right here. Don't know what's out there." He said, gesturing to the vast city before them. Celestia conceded the point sitting by his side. 

"So, Princess. What's your full name?" He asked between sucks on a hose. Celestia smiled and pushed her hair out of her face. Seeing as how she possessed no magic, it didn't effortlessly blow. She'd have to find a fix for that later. 

"My full name is Celestia." She said proudly. 

"Huh. Kind of like celestial. Catchy name for the princess of the sun. Tell me, did you ever see yourself as a powerless human, completely at the whim of a complete psychopath?" He asked. 

Celestia gave him a warm smile. "You aren't a psychopath. You... were dealt a cruel hand in life, yes, but you seem stable and trustworthy." 

Loner finished sucking the hose as gas began to spew from it. "Aha! We got our power for tonight!" He said happily. There was a buzzing at Loner's side, which pipped Tia's interest. He pulled out a radio and Allan's voice came through.

"Yo, man. You got some serious shit comin' your way. Get you and your girl outta there fast!" He panicked. Loner turned to Tia and pointed for the gas station. 

"Get inside. I got this." He assured. She didn't want to leave him. She wanted to stay by his side where it was safe. She heard the shrieks and growls down the road and didn't hesitate for another second. She liked being close to Loner...

But she wanted to be as far away from the Zombies as possible. 

"Oh. What has this old mare gotten herself into now..?"

She looked out the window as a wall of undead came bolting towards Loner. He threw a cylindrical object, the same as last night, at the crowd. Celestia was ready this time and covered her ears as the detonation rocked the store. She picked her head back up to see a large creature barreling towards him. One of its arms was shriveled to nothing, whild the other one was fat and bulky, covered in scabs and callouses. 

It was a Charger, and a fair sized one at that.

It burst forward, slamming into Loner's chest. The man grabbed two swords from his back and stabbed them into the creatures thick hide, again and again. It slammed him into a wall and slumped down, dead.

Loner pushed it off him and got back up, continuing with the horde. Celestia smiled at his stamina. He may be small but he sure was tough. 

"You can do it Loner!" She said happily. "I know you ca-" 

Something warm and wet wrapped itself around her throat, squeezing her windpipe shut. She tried desperately to pry off the moist appendage. She suddenly began to slide backwards, hacking and gasping for breath. She felt herself press against something soft and bumpy. She turned her head to see a tall, gangly creature with oozing soars and pustules across its body. It raised a fist and brought it down on her collar bone. 

She silently screamed as the bone broke. Another fist came down on her right temple and she saw stars. She desperately reached for something, anything that could save her! Her hand found her pistol and she brought it to bare, firing it wildly in the air. The creature punched her again and she went out cold.

Loner heard the frantic gunfire in the store and panicked. "Celestia! Son of a bitch!" He yelled. He stabbed the last Zombie in the face and ran in the store, to see the beautiful woman being punched repeatedly by the Smoker that had her wrapped around the throat. 

Loner didn't hesitate. He jumped over the counter and took out 'Score Keeper'. He cut the deformed monsters tongue clean off and Celestia fell to the floor. He then proceeded to stab the creatures face in. It thrashed on the floor, totally helpless to the onslaught the sociopathic man was unleashing.

"HOW DO YOU LIKE IT, FUCKER?!" He shouted. He slit the creatures spinal cord and it went limp. Loner quickly crawled over to Celestia's side. She wasn't breathing.

"Son of a bitch!" 

He laid her straight out on the ground and began CPR. He pressed her chest ten times, then blew air into her lungs. "Come on, baby. Don't fucking do this to me." He pleaded.

He continued the life saving treatment again and again. "Come on. Come back to me. Don't leave me like this!" He pressed her chest one last time and she shot up, taking huge gulps of air. Loner smiled and wrapped himself around her. 

"Tia! Holy shit! I'm fucking sorry! I... I shouldn't have left you alone." He said desperately. Tia stood and had a look of dread on her face. 

"My spell didn't work!" She gasped. Loner was at a loss for what that meant.

"What spell? Why? What happened?" He asked. 

Celestia coughed for a second and spit up a little bit of blood. "I... put a spell on myself before I came here. If I was close to death, I'd be instantly teleported home."

"It didn't work?" He asked. She shook her head and began to sob. Loner wrapped an arm around her and held her close. She was the only thing getting him to open up since this whole nightmare began. He cradled her head against his chest and rocked her back and forth, shushing her and telling her it'll be alright.

For Celestia, things couldn't be more wrong. She was now trapped in this realm. Her sister didn't know the spell, nor did Twilight. They couldn't bring her back. Not now, not ever.

"I'm stuck here forever!"