Chapter 4
Scootaloo stood by the door, with a look of pure shock, as the flames shot out into the hall way. The fire slammed into the hall way reaching the stare case in the back. The intense heat caused Scootaloo to stager back. She clung to the wall as the fire raged on.
Finally after what seemed hours past, though Scootaloo figured it was only a few minutes, the fire subsided. Scootaloo shut her eyes as a maddening laughter could be heard in the other room. Scootaloo wanted to cry out but was too shocked to do so. Then the laughter stopped abruptly. Scootaloo opened her eyes and saw that the stallion stood there unharmed as the smoke cleared. The stallion threw back his hood and grinned. “That won't work on me” he said. Scootaloo's jaw hit the ground.
The stallion didn’t even look worried, he looked like he almost enjoyed the fiery inferno as if it where nothing but a blast of warm air. Scootaloo took a few steps toward the door and looked out into the room.
In it she saw the door led out onto a small bridge, below she saw cages filled with small pegasi. Above, there was a machine with a knife on the end of a claw. The claw connected to a series of wires and gears. Pipes appeared out of it going into different big buckets filled with different colors. On the far corner she saw what she thought was a Pegasus on a small balcony with a lever. He looked liked the greyest pony she had ever seen and his wings appeared too made of metal. He also had no tail.
On the bridge stood a blue pony with a weird looking pack connected to a hose. On the end of the hose was a nozzle with a button on top with smoke coming out of the end of the nozzle. The blue pony looked like he was about to strangle the next pony he saw.
“Why won’t you just die” hissed the blue pony through his teeth. The stallion started to walk forward. “Stay here” he mumbled to Scootaloo. The stallion walked out the door unsheathing his blade. The blue pony took few steps back and whistled. Two black coated pegasi came out of nowhere and landed in front of him. They had batons with a tazer at the end of it. “Show him true pain” he told the pegasi.
The pegasi on the left of the stallion ran forward with the baton out stretched the other following behind him. The stallion stood there motionless. The pegasi looked at each other for a moment as they ran up to him. They smiled with a look of triumph. “Time to die” said the one on the left. The moment he got within two feet of the stallion, the stallion turned around and bucked the Pegasus, sending him to the railing dazed clutching his stomach as he his back lay against the railing. The other lunged with his baton only for it to get blocked by the stallion’s blade. The stallion then pushed the end of the blade into the chest of the Pegasus leaning against the railing. The Pegasus screamed in pain as the electricity coursed through his body as the blade sunk into him. The Pegasus shook until he tumbled over the railing, plummeting to one of the open cages below. He landed in a heep as the occupents moved forward to see if he was still alive. When it apeared that he was, they decided right then to change that. The pegasus tryed to escape only to be draged back to the ground and dissapeared under a bunch of enraged fillies looking for blood.
The stallion then brought the but of his sword into the jaw of the other Pegasus. The stallion then turned around bucked the Pegasus over the side of the bridge and fell. To dazed and injured to try and save himself he plummeted to the ground with a thud. “Now then” said the stallion walking toward the blue pony, “I need someone alive to reveal some secretes when this place falls. You seem a worthy candidate.”
The stallion took a few steps forward. Then out of nowhere a whistle was heard, then the stallion felt like he was hit by a runaway cart as a cyan Pegasus slammer into him, sending them both off the bridge and landing on an extending balcony on the other side of the room. The stallion felt himself being pinned against the wall by the Pegasus’ hooves. His sword fell to the edge of the balcony out of reach.
“You” said the cyan Pegasus blazing with rage. “You have destroyed nearly 75% of my workers here. Do you have any idea how hard it will be to run this factory with only 25% of my workforce?” The stallion grinned, “In a few moments you may want to consider the unemployment line and maybe brand new memorial center while you’re at it. Soon this horrible place will no longer exist. And the truth of what happened here will finally be revealed.” The stallion then laughed, “Something tells me that you are not like the others. You have a spark. Too bad you are using it for all the wrong reasons.”
The stallion felt a hoof connect with his face. “You will die by my hands before I let this place fall!” she continued to strike him. The stallion tried to get loose but the Pegasus pinned him with her wings as she continued to assault him. Then out of nowhere an orange flash appeared and tackled the Pegasus to the ground. Scootaloo now stood on top of the Pegasus.
The stallion went for his sword only to be blocked by more black coated pegasi. They surrounded him. He tried to break free as they circled him. “Get out of my way!” yelled the stallion. As he fought them, Scootaloo was dealing with problems of her own. She stared into cyan Pegasus’ eyes. “Rainbow Dash,” she spoke, tears starting to form around her eyes, “what happened to you?
What happened to the Pegasus I looked up to? The one I thought would always be there for me. Who taught me how to fly? Who taught me that there was nothing to fear but fear itself? That was you Rainbow Dash, but his Rainbow Dash isn’t her. This isn’t the one who did the impossible. Who showed that a pony could do anything they set their mind too. That FAILURE wasn’t the end. To learn from your mistakes and keep going. What happened to the Rainbow Dash I LOVED?!” Scootaloo screamed the last words as her emotions of anger and sadness flowed out. She looked into Rainbows eyes and saw nothing. No hint of love or emotion. Scootallo’s eyes blazed with fire. She brought her hoof down and punched her in the face as hard as she could.
Rainbows head turned to the right as she flinched from the blow but said nothing. Scootaloo felt her emotions run wild. As she was about to bring her hoof down again she noticed something metallic sticking out of the back of her head. It appeared to be some kind of device that was sticking into her skin. Scootaloo still angry but curious reached down and yanked it out of her head. Rainbow Dash cried out and then blackened out. In the distance she heard the blue pony cry out and curse at her. He had been watching from the bridge what had transpired.
“Hey” he yelled “but that back now you stupid little %#@&ing filly. That device took years to come up with and it is the only way we could make her work here. We need her as she was before. Now put that back in her head and I promise when this is all over we will put you back in your nice room again.”
Scootaloo looked at the device. It looked like a big nail with glowing lines running down it. Scootaloo set it on the ground sideways, the crushed it with her hoof. Rainbows eyes then opened. She looked at Scootaloo.
“What am I doing here, am I in a factory? What is going on? Last I remember I was going to sleep back in my home. How did I end up here? Scootaloo what is this horrible looking place?” she then noticed tears starting to flow from the filly. “Rainbow Dash is it really you?” Rainbow Dash despite being in a strange place and confused she puffed out her chest and said “yea the one and only.”
Rainbow Dash then felt two hooves rap around her as Scootaloo’s tears continued to flow. “ I Thought…I…Had…lost…Sorry…I…”Scootaloo sputtered as she wept. Rainbow Dash returned the hug. “Hey” she said “no matter what happens I will always be there for you. I will always care for you no matter what.” Scootaloo looked into Rainbow’s eyes. They were filled with fire and life.
“Now then, Scootaloo, Where are we and what is going on?”
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