Finally, they arrived at the slaughterhouse. Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy got there as fast as they could after receiving Sunset’s message. Now, two options presented themselves; either they go in immediately, or they wait for back-up.
“What do y’all think?” asked Applejack.
Rainbow Dash was obviously the first to speak her mind. “I say we go in and help Sunset! She’s in serious danger without us!”
Fluttershy looked around in hopes that the rest would arrive, but when it seemed that they weren’t going to be there for a while, she had to choose. “I would have preferred to wait for Pinkie, Twilight and Rarity, but we can’t let Sunset handle this on her own! We’re in this together.” Despite her desire to save her friend, Fluttershy was still horrified at the idea of even entering a slaughterhouse, a place that kills and maims animals in masse to sell their meat.
Applejack nodded. “Then it’s settled.”
But just as they were about to enter, Pinkie’s voice could be heard.
“We’re coming Sunset!”
Pinkie was dragging both Twi and Rarity along with both hands. She was much stronger than she looked and these two got to learn about it firsthand. “Oh hey you three!” Pinkie followed up with a smile.
“Ain’t that perfect timing!” Rainbow Dash was thrilled to see the gang all reunited. Together, there wasn’t much reason to be afraid. The killer might be bigger and stronger, but they outnumber him. He’ll be the one at a disadvantage should they confront him directly. “Let’s not waste any time and go!”
Twi nervously looked at the slaughterhouse. The place didn’t look inviting at all, even more so after she watched a documentary regarding the despicable methods employed at this establishment in particular.
“I... don’t really feel comfortable right now.” said Spike as he slowly retracted into Twi’s bag.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack had already opened the door, fully committed to waltz in no matter the dangers that lurked within this eerie place.
Pinkie grabbed Twi by the hand. “Don’t worry! If you stick close to me; nothing bad will happen! I pinkie swear!” she said in a comforting and confident voice. It succeeded at easing Twi’s fears, but not to eradicate them.
“And I’ll stay in there... for moral support of course.” nervously spouted Spike.
Twi could obviously feel the stress in her pet, it was up to her to be the brave one of the two. “Uh, thanks. I guess.”
The rest had already entered and now it was up to them to join their friends inside.
The door creaked; its infernal sound echoed throughout the empty slaughterhouse. Nobody was in there, that much was certain since practically everyone in Canterlot was out celebrating Halloween. The place was gloomy but that was a given considering what kind of establishment this is.
A fitting hideout for a serial killer, even more so for a zombie. Despite knowing that Sunset had entered a couple of minutes ago and that the killer was inside, it was deathly quiet. Not even a single footstep outside of theirs could be heard. They were the only one making noises in the dark slaughterhouse. Once the door closed behind them, the place got even darker, now only lighted up by the faint light coming from the windows.
Their advance was hesitant, fearful yet determined to reunite with their missing friend. To turn back would be to give up on Sunset. They were, however, unaware that she was locked inside a freezer to turn into an ice statue.
Once they got past the entrance, it was pitch black which forced them to pull out their phones and use the flashlight feature to brighten their path. Twi lowered her head to activate her phone’s flashlight at the same time as everybody else but when she looked forward, everyone was gone. She could no longer feel Pinkie’s grip. She only took like what, five seconds to pull out her phone? They couldn’t have left her behind. They were her best friends, right? In any case, they disappeared, and she was all alone.
“Uh... G-G-Girls?” she asked, now terrified at the prospect of being alone in the dark with a zombie lurking in the shadows.
“Wh-Wh-Where are you?” She took one step forward, the sound echoed through the empty halls of the slaughterhouse. It was so loud that it startled her. Twi definitely wasn’t cut for this, but these girls were the first friends she ever made. She looked over her shoulder only to find that Spike was also missing, which seemed impossible since he was literally mere inches away from her.
“S-Spike?”
They helped her where everybody else left her out of disdain. Something was wrong, they’d never leave her behind.
“C-Can you hear me?”
She heard distant shuffling, coming from a few rooms ahead. Thinking that it could be them, Twi cautiously moved forward. She stopped in front of an unremarkable door. The shuffling came from behind. After a few seconds of waiting in the dark, she lifted a trembling hand towards the handle.
It rested on it for a while before Twi mustered up the courage to make a move. She turned the handle and the noise it sparked caused the shuffling to stop instantly. Twi also stopped, wondering if this was a mistake.
Then, the shuffling returned, only, it was moving towards the door. Scared, she pulled back, unwilling to take her eyes off the door that was separating her from who knows what was on the other side.
She backed away, and backed away, and backed away until her back touched the wall. The wall had a strange texture to it. It felt like cloth and had a strange bent that she felt around her waist.
Wait... that’s not a wall. Something growled behind her, and Twi froze, too scared to even move a muscle. It was a growl that sounded strangely mechanical and yet, it still sounded like an animal. A big, big animal.
The beast’s snout came into contact with the top of her head, and it sniffed her. Then, it made its way down to her neck before it opened its jaws to snarl. Twi trembled; her teeth chattered with fear and her breath became laborious. In the corner of her eyes, she spotted a large shadow moving to her sides.
“Run.”
The commanding tone in its voice convinced her to make a run for it, whatever was on the other side of that door couldn’t compare to the danger this monster posed.
But she couldn’t run far for something wrapped itself around her legs and tripped her. The fall knocked her glasses away, blurring her vision. In her moment of panic, she looked back at the enormous beast behind. It was inches away from her now. As she looked down, it became clear that the cause of her fall was the monster’s long, muscular tail.
The tail pulled Twi closer as the beast got on all fours and opened its jaws as wide as it could. It’s so big, so big in fact that it could swallow her whole.
Twi screamed in sheer terror, and it was at that moment that the tail stopped pulling. The Tyrant slowly raised its eyebrows as it took a closer look at her.
“Younger, inexperienced. Too dependent on others. A poor vision, a different hairstyle and an almost crippling fear of magic... You’re nothing like his Twilight.”
Its tail let go of her legs and the Tyrant retreated in the shadows, his purple eyes fading away until he was completely gone. Twi couldn’t take her eyes off the dark corner that it fled to. It was like being in a trance.
“Twilight! Where have you been?!” a familiar, concerned voice brought her back to her senses.
Rainbow Dash stood above her; the rest of the group was not too far behind. “We turned around for a moment and it was like you just disappeared! Spike even fell on the ground as if you just popped out of existence!” she exclaimed.
Twi remembered that SKX used hypnotism and various other illusions with his magic, what she witnessed must have been just an hallucination inflicted by him, though that didn’t explain the whole Spike thing. “I... think he’s trying to separate us with illusions.” she finally said after being pulled up by her friend.
“Then let’s stay even closer!” immediately followed Dash, glancing over her shoulder to see if the rest had caught up to her.
“Next time, tell us when you’re gonna start runnin’, Dash!” Applejack said in a displeased tone, the rest of the squad was catching their breaths since, they aren’t all athletes like these two.
“I didn’t want to leave Twilight on her own for even another second!” defended Rainbow Dash.
Applejack looked at the others, then shook her head. “Tirin’ the whole group out like that ain’t a bright idea. We ain’t in any condition to fight back if we’re tired.”
“Fine.” Dash pouted. “I’ll give you a heads-up next time.”
Spike bounced into Twi’s hand, looking terribly worried. “Twilight! I thought we all lost you for a moment!”
Not really knowing what to say, Twi simply patted Spike on the head before letting him jump back into her bag. “I, uh, will be more careful next time.”
So cold, it’s too cold. Sunset gave up on banging on the door, she had instead curled up in a ball, leaning on a crate where she trembled to keep herself warm. She putted her hands in her sleeves and buried her face in her arms, hoping that that would be enough to keep the heat.
Her friends were her last hope. Her one and only chance to get out of here. As she sat there in loneliness, she remembered the stories she heard of people dying inside freezers after being locked in there accidentally. The only difference with her situation was that she was locked in there intentionally to freeze to death.
Her neck began to hurt, forcing her to pull her head back for a moment to ease the pain.
“You don’t look so good, Sunset.” A familiar voice echoed in the freezer. The voice of an old man whose corpse Sunset stumbled on earlier that night. She slowly turned her head to her left where she saw Beelz sitting next to her with his adorable smile. Unlike her, he wasn’t trembling because of the cold. He looked unfazed by it even.
“B-B-B-Beelz?” she stammered, pushing through the cold to get her words out.
The elder dropped his smile. “You know I'm not real, right? Just... a figment of your imagination.” He looked at the freezing floor with a thinker’s eye. “You really valued my advice, didn’t you? Here I thought I wasn’t going to make that much of an impact.” he said, almost chuckling to himself.
Sunset took her eyes off him; she couldn’t bear to look at him knowing that she may have been responsible for his untimely demise. “I... s-s-s-suppose I was just d-d-d-desperate, to find some guidance.”
“I’m happy to know I’ve at least been of some help. Most people just brush me off because of my age. You know, I only wanted to stay relevant amongst the youth, I didn’t have anything left to speak of. I, thought of you as my only friend... well, had I lived longer.” he said in a sorrowful tone.
Sunset teared up. Her tears streamed down her face as she struggled to blink because of the cold. She wiped away her tears and remained silent. The words have completely left her mouth now that she was overcome with emotions.
“Don’t cry now. I didn’t have a lot of time left anyway. Just be happy to know that you’ve made my final days that much better.” He raised a trembling hand and touched her shoulder. Sunset couldn’t feel it. It was just her mind playing tricks on her and yet, he felt real. Somehow, she could feel his warmth.
“I know you feel guilty about SKX or should I say, Stardust Radiant. The guilt is eating away at you, you blame yourself for all of the murders that have happened here.” He inched closer to her. “You can’t erase your past, Sunset, but you can change the present and the future. The past doesn’t define who you are. It never will. You can fix your mistakes and show the world that you’re a different person from who you once were. You can still... redeem yourself.”
Sunset choked up, wiping her tears away as they just kept on streaming down her face with growing intensity.
“Your friends have always believed you could be a good person, they helped you when everybody else rejected. I believe in you too. You saved Twilight from her demons, and now, it’s their turn to save you. You just gotta have faith, Sunset.” He placed his other hand on her shoulder, urging her to look at him in the eyes.
“We believe in you. We always have!”
Sunset felt her body warm up and she closed her eyes, having come to terms with her situation. The freezer was thrown into silence once more, but not for long.
She could hear low rumbling just a couple of feet away from her position. Slowly lifting her head, her eyes clashed with those of something wicked inside the freezer. Dark purple eyes lighted up parts of its face. Strangest of all was that its breath sounded mechanical, but it was clearly a living being and not a robot of sort.
Tall, big and certainly inhuman in nature, the monster stared at her with its sharp eyes. The cold atmosphere of the room created dense mist that only allowed her to make out its silhouette. The three most striking feature were the long snout, the top hat and lastly, the muscular tail slithering near her legs.
“Still clinging on to life? How bold, you might be worth my time after all.”
With these words spoken, the Tyrant retreated in the mist to disappear, leaving Sunset Shimmer to freeze all by herself.
“Just... need to hold out a while longer.” she repeated to herself, clinging on to the hopes that her friends would come rescue her from this terrifying and lonely way to die. “I have not... come this far... to die now.”
The Tyrant left his side, a rare occasion for SKX and that’s exactly why he didn’t like it. The beast had made its interest of the Rainbooms loud and clear to the zombie on multiple occasion. If he left, then surely that must mean that they’re nearby, maybe even inside. He had the keys to the freezer, so if he just hid for a while, then they won’t be able to save Sunset Shimmer.
Run and hide, that was the name of the game. It didn’t matter how strong he was, it’s six on one. He didn’t like these odds. The only problem was the Tyrant itself. This monster screwed him over on multiple occasion just to raise the stakes. No way in Tartarus would he ever approve of his strategy; he’ll lead the girls right to him.
“You can’t run, and you can’t hide. There must be bloodshed! Or else... you will experience real suffering for the second time. Got it?”
Bad, real bad. He made the Tyrant angry. He grasped at his face in a slight panic, expecting a horrible punishment to come, yet nothing happened. Nothing, just two bloodied eyes meeting his. The monster was staring him down, establishing his dominance with its simple gaze.
“A brawl is surely brewing, wouldn’t you agree? Now go!”
“Eek!” Fluttershy shrieked when she saw the carcasses of all the cows. This place was truly her biggest nightmare.
Rainbow Dash stayed near her to bring her some comfort, which meant that Applejack was the one to lead the group in this nightmarish slaughterhouse.
“Y’all are still here?” she asked, looking back to make sure no one missing.
“No one’s missing, Applejack.” responded Twi, still remaining at the rear, but this time accompanied by Pinkie who was holding onto her as best as she could.
“We haven’t disappeared yet!” shouted Pinkie.
“Still here!” exclaimed Spike as he poked his head out.
Applejack briefly smiled before turning around to continue their exploration. It didn’t take long for her to stop again. There was movement in the corner of her eyes, SKX most likely. She silently pointed in what she believed to be the location of the killer, a gesture that the rest understood.
His bones cracked ever so slightly, giving them a vague idea of his location. All they knew was that the cracking was getting closer, closer.
A loud slithering sound boomed behind them, causing Fluttershy and Twi to let out a scream of surprise. Applejack looked back to see what it was but was suddenly hit by one of the dangling cows. The impact knocked her to the ground. Rainbow Dash quickly moved in front of her to shield her friend from a potential attack on SKX’s part. But nothing happened.
The killer moved away from the group and slowed its movement to a crawl which made the cracking sound much quieter and harder to hear.
Dash helped Applejack get up. Once she was back on her feet, she wiped away the blood that had stained her costume.
“He’s usin’ the ol’ tactic of hit and run. We’ll have to intercept him at the right time.”
“Twilight? You got any cool gadget we can use against this zombie?” asked Rainbow Dash.
Twi pulled out her bag and rummaged through it, Spike eventually popped out, holding a pair of googles in his mouth.
“Oh sweet! Are these night vision googles? You never told me you had one!” Dash was clearly excited to try these on. Twi nodded and took out more.
“Since we were planning on trick or treating, I thought we could use these... just for fun, you know?” she explained with a sheepish grin.
“That’s our Twilight! Always coming up with strange idea, but hey, you get used to it eventually.” affectionally exclaimed Spike.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack wasted no time putting the googles on so they could scan the surroundings with ease. Now, SKX could no longer hide in the dark, which was of course, his biggest advantage over the girls.
Speaking of the killer, he heard the Tyrant’s voice speak to him once more in a somewhat belittling tone.
“Now you’ve lost your one and only advantage in this bout. If you had a gun, you could just shoot them but don’t count on me to bail you out. Just remember; you have the keys to the freezer. In other word, the one thing that dictates Sunset’s fate, so you can always just... run away like a coward and that’ll be that: a win. Unless...”
Its head swerved up to his face. “You still have a bit of honor left in you? Or perhaps there’s something you desperately want to say to her before her untimely demise? Whatever it is, I shall grant it just as long as it’s not an obvious advantage in battle.”
“He’s hiding over there!” shouted Rainbow Dash, pointing a finger just to make sure everyone was looking in the right direction.
SKX looked at the table on his right, mainly at the tools laying on it. The one that caught his attention the most was one whose shape could only indicate that it could be used as a weapon. It had a trigger on it, something he had never truly seen before yet somehow, he knew what it could do.
“That is a slaughter gun. More specifically, it’s a tethered armour-piercing projectile pistol or as it’s commonly known; a matador. It fires a short-range round that pierces the skull of the target, mainly used to knock out animals before they are slaughtered. Heh, I'd like to see you bash their skulls in with this.”
Applejack squinted through her night vision googles. “He’s, uh, holdin’ some sort of cylinder lookin’ thing.”
Twi gasped, knowing what this tool was. “Girls, it’s a matador! It’s a weapon meant to stun the animals before they are killed!”
“Your knowledge disturbs me, Twilight.” squealed Spike.
Fluttershy shuddered and grasped onto Dash. That... wasn’t something she wanted to know, nor did she even want to be here. But good friends don’t quit when one’s in danger.
The zombie was closing the distance rather quickly. He pretty much gave up on his initial hit and run strategy. Instead, he’ll rush in and kill as many as he can. After all, they didn’t really know that Sunset Shimmer was locked inside of the freezer, nor did they know that he had the key.
Panicking, Twi searched through her bag in hopes of finding a gadget suited for the situation and that’s when she noticed that the remote for her drone was missing.
“Look out, the magic drone is sweeping in!” it was Pinkie Pie who possessed the remote. She somehow piloted the drone inside the slaughterhouse and got it to fly above them.
The drone swooped down at the killer and struck him full force to which he barely had enough time to shield his face with an arm. The propellers on the drone cutted through his arms, slightly damaging the bone underneath.
Much to SKX’s shock, a yellow liquid poured out of his open wound rather than blood. He stared in awe at this strange happening before the Tyrant returned to explain this phenomenon.
“Want to learn some fun facts about blood? I’m sure you do. You see, 55% of blood is plasma, the other 45% is a mixture of erythrocytes and other elements. Erythrocytes are mainly known under the name, red blood cell. They are the reason why blood is red while plasma, on the other hand, is a slightly yellowish liquid. Therefore, if you strip a person of all his erythrocyte, then you’re left with just the yellow plasma.
Erythrocytes have no core, unlike most cells, so they are fated to die eventually. In 100 to 120 days, they become too old. At this point, macrophagocytes will arrive to phagocytize them, which is essentially eating the blood cells if you didn't know. Each time one is phagocytized, another is produced in the bones, more specifically in the red bone marrow. You see where I'm going with this, aren’t you? Zombies don’t have a functioning body, so no blood cells are produced. All that’s left of their blood are the elements that can’t perish, like plasma. Now you know why you have yellow blood. Stay tuned for more fun facts with me.”
SKX looked back at the group, who were now fully prepared to deal with any incoming attack, although they did lack experience with these kinds of situation. That was the only real advantage he had, but he knew that it wasn’t enough to overcome the odds.
“Oh? You’re asking me to lend a helping hand? Sure, I'll try something out.”
The glee in the beast’s voice was for the first time, reassuring to him.
Pinkie looked at the drone’s reading on the remote. “It’s still good! I was worried that I might have broken it for a moment.” she nervously giggled.
But before she could prepare the drone to ward off SKX once again, she felt herself levitating. Well, not really levitating, she felt a strong grip around her abdomen pulling her upward. “Uh, girls?”
Everyone, including SKX, watched in surprise as Pinkie was flung high up in the air, though she seemed to enjoy her momentary flight. “Wahoo!”
“Can someone care to explain what is going on?” blurted out Rarity in a panic.
A maniacal laughter echoed throughout the entire slaughterhouse, and SKX took advantage of the panic to gesture at Trixie to make a move. At this point, she was fully under his control, convenient considering the predicament he’s in.
“Beware foolish Rainbooms, for I, the Great and Powerful Trixie have joined the fray!”
“Tr-Trixie?! Why is she with him?” shouted Rainbow Dash. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing, especially since Trixie was as worried as everybody else in Canterlot High regarding the murders.
“She must be under some sort of spell!” reasoned Applejack.
“As much as I find her to be insufferable, I won’t let her be this freak’s puppet.” said Rarity.
Trixie jumped down from her vantage and pulled out a bunch of playing cards. “Look into my cards and watch, as I make them as hard as STEEL!”
Applejack raised an eyebrow, clearly not believing Trixie’s bold claim. She threw a card at Applejack, and it brushed against her cheek, spilling blood much to the latter’s surprise. “W-Woah! She ain’t lyin’!” she said as she caressed her injured cheek.
Rainbow Dash didn’t even hesitate to tear off one of the hanging carcasses from the meat hook to use as a shield. “Now let’s see if your cards can pierce this!”
Trixie chuckled. “Oh, I believe steel’s tougher than a dead cow. Watch.”
While Applejack and Rainbow Dash were busy dealing with Trixie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Twi were having a stand-off with the killer. Even together, they weren’t strong enough to take him on but thankfully, they had a plan to push him back at the very least.
Fluttershy stepped forth, directly challenging SKX. His eyes shined brighter than before. He knew something was up, they couldn’t be that desperate.
“Hey! Leave Sunset alone! She has done nothing to deserve this!”
Something snapped in SKX. His anger rose to an unbelievable degree. She’s done nothing to deserve this? A lie. A terrible lie that she believed in. Not only did the thought of Sunset being completely innocent drove him mad with fury, but the sheer audacity on display made him even angrier. Was she really pretending to know more about the situation than him?
His jaw opened wide, and his eyes turned to a bloody red. His entire body began to crack right as he lifted his weapon, and he started moving at a rapid pace towards Fluttershy.
Fluttershy took a few steps back, constantly looking over her shoulder at her friends. “I-I-It worked!”
“Darling, I think we already know!” Rarity responded.
SKX picked up the pace, now running straight at them until he suddenly tripped. He couldn’t feel anything period, so he wasn’t even aware that Spike was biting down on his ankle. He only noticed once he looked at his legs to find that his right ankle was badly damaged to the point that he could only stand up on one leg.
Now the tables have turned, a switch that was demonstrated by the incessant laughter of the Tyrant. “Now that was an amazing performance... by the OTHER TEAM!” Thankfully for him, he had the beast on his side; surely, he can work something out.
“Yeah, a fair trade and I’ll fix your ankle.”
SKX took out the keys to the freezer and chucked them as high as he could. The object being suddenly flung in the air caught the girl’s attention, which bought him enough time to make his getaway.
“Alright then. One functioning ankle coming up. Next time, try not to get triggered this easily. You have some serious issues, you know?”
His ankle now fixed; the killer ran away. He got out of there in mere seconds.
Spike returned to Twi’s side and looked at the keys on the floor. “Hm? Why would he be holding on to this?”
Twi read the initials written on the key, deducing that it was linked to a freezer somewhere. At first, she was just as confused as Spike. That was until she connected the dots. “Sunset!”
“Oh my! That fall sure did a number on my back!” Pinkie Pie returned to them with her back hunched over.
Twi didn’t bother to explain anything, with the amount of time it took for them to get here, Sunset might not have much time left. “To the freezer, quick!”
Sunset’s shivering slowed down with each passing second. Her costume wasn’t keeping her warm in the slightest and at this state, she was going to die within mere minutes.
During what she believed to be her final moments, she thought about her friends, how they would do without her. Hopefully, they’ll do well without her around. She wasn’t the one that united them, she only tried her hardest to study Equestrian magic in the human world... and failed.
Equestrian magic... Her thoughts switched to Stardust Radiant, the stallion that she spent most of her life with. The more she thought about him, the more her heart was being swallowed in regret.
Then, she felt a hot breeze caress her face. The door had opened and behind it was Twi, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie. They ran up to her, holding back tears once they saw the terrible state she was in.
Sunset Shimmer was barely responsive to their calls, the cold had seemingly slowed down her mind to the point of having nearly stopped. She did, however, feel immense relief to see her friends again.
“Hold on Sunset! We’ll get you of here!”
Applejack and Rainbow Dash were hiding behind the carcasses to avoid the cards being flung at them. The cards were thrown at a pretty regular pace, which only made it weirder when nothing happened for several seconds. Hesitant, one of them peeked to see what was going on.
From the looks of it, something snapped in Trixie’s mind. She looked around in confusion, wondering why she was holding a bunch of playing cards, but that wasn’t the weirdest part for her. Why was she in a slaughterhouse? A place so crude and repulsive had no business with a showrunner with refined taste such as her.
“Whe- What am I doing here?”
SKX has fled the scene and in the process, unknowingly dropped the spell. Her mind was freed, though the memory erasure still persisted.
Someone approached her in the darkness, causing Trixie to take a step back. “Trixie! Oh, I'm so glad to know that you’re okay!” She recognised that voice.
“Fl-Fluttershy? Why are you also in here?” If you just think about it from Trixie’s perspective, why WOULD the animal lover be inside a slaughterhouse?
“Oh! It’s not important, just know that we came here to save you.” responded Fluttershy in a soothing voice.
“Save me?” repeated Trixie. “Save me from what?”
Fluttershy pointed at the few drops of blood on the floor. “From the serial killer.”
Trixie’s eyes widened and then darted around her surroundings. “He’s... no longer here, isn’t he?”
“Don’t worry Trixie; he’s gone... We should probably leave now.”
The magician nodded. “Yeah, I, the Great and Powerful Trrrixie... have an awful crick in the neck. Well, that and I’m also very tired. I can’t remember what I even did this night, but it must have been exhausting.”
Fluttershy looked away, feeling sorry for what she must have gone through, even though she doesn’t appear to remember a thing. “It certainly seems so.”
Rainbow Dash was furious that SKX managed to slip away. That was their best shot yet at stopping him. “Gah! I can’t believe we flopped! That’s mega uncool!”
The rest of the group joined them with Sunset now back in the group. She covered herself with a blanket that was offered by Pinkie Pie.
Sunset didn’t appear too worried about it. She had finally warmed up, regaining a bit of vitality in the process. Just enough to form a full sentence. “Relax, Dash. We’ll get a second chance. He’s not going to stop until I'm dead, so as long as I'm alive; he’ll show his face.”
The rainbow haired girl calmed down. “You’re right. He’s probably done killing other people for now, so at least we don’t have to worry about that anymore.”
Twi yawned, and soon, everyone else followed. It was at this point that the Rainbooms realised that it was terribly late. Spike was barely able to keep his eyes open. The adrenaline had stopped pouring in and now they were feeling its effects, or lack thereof. They should get some sleep for next night will probably mark the end of SKX’s murder. They’ll stop him tomorrow but first; they must recuperate.
Pinkie’s eyes shined with excitement. “Does this mean we get to have a sleepover at my house?”
“I wouldn’t be opposed to that idea, darling.” yawned Rarity, barely able to stand up.
“Same goes for me, I've been up and runnin’ all night.” added Applejack as she hunched over out of fatigue, still caressing her bloody cheek.
Finally, the Rainbooms got to leave this dreadful place in direction of a much more welcoming spot to spend the night. A night, they were all glad was finally over.
Rainbow Dash seized the opportunity to throw in one last complaint. “Aw man, that was the worst Halloween I ever spent.”