//------------------------------// // Returning Home // Story: The Plauge // by William w2 //------------------------------// We were all walking towards my old, rusted car. We couldn't stay hidden when the world was on its last legs. "There's going to be enough room for all of us in the car. Twilight and Spike, you'll sit in the backseat. Jarod and I will sit in the front." I instructed my group. Me and Jarod packed all of our stuff that we needed into our book bags. We had guns and ammo already in the car. We got in the car and I cranked it up. It coughed twice and died out. "Shiit." I moaned. "What is it?" Spike asked. "The fucking gas is out." I answered. "Hey, wait. Wasn't there a bunch of gas tanks in the back? I think I saw some a while ago!" Jarod said in a hopeful manner. "Jarod. You're a fucking genius!" I pulled him into a hug. "Gay much?" He said, laughing. I let out a hoot and ran out to the shed in the back. The shed was about six-by-eight and plenty tall enough for someone to fit in there twice my height. I had only been in here a few times to get wood out for the fires Jarod and I needed to survive the snowy winters. I looked around until I saw the red canisters and brought two out. They were full of gas and sloshed around as I walked. I got to the car and set the jugs down. I opened the gas cap and poured them in quickly. The powerful smell invaded my nose. Man I love the smell of gas. I hopped back in the car and tried to start it up again. I prayed it would work. A loud -kunk- was heard and then I tried again and -thank God- heard the engine start up. I looked at the gas gauge. "Damn it!" I said, looking at the unmoving gauge. "The frickin gas gauge isn't moving!" "Well, just drive until it gives out." Jared said plainly. "Duh du jour!" I said to him,"what do you think I was gonna do?" "Yell at it and get us nowhere." "Smart ass" I mumbled under my breath as I drove us out, and back into town. Back home. :/ (Rainbow Dash's pov) It's been three whole Celestia damned weeks since we've been brought here. I think. Less than an hour after we arrived on this weird ass planet, we were TAKEN captive by some random people that only want to use us tools. 'Bastards' Rainbow thought. "Y-you shouldn't talk about these people t-that way Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy said in an attempted scolding voice. Rainbow was not fazed."How on Equestria can you say that? They've forced us to do work. They -forced- us to live here. They FORCED you to pleasure them. You can't let that live as an innocent act. No part of rape is innocent." Fluttershy squeaked when Rainbow raised her voice, but she didn't care. A point had to be proven. She was crying by when she was done. Rainbow got off of her bunk and moved down to Fluttershy's. She gave her a hug. They held it for a few seconds. "What about Twilight and Spike?" Fluttershy asked. She never got an answer for a moment later the door creaked open and a large forms shadow was outlined by an unseen light. "Alright, bitches! Time to work!" I gruff voice said in an overly loud tone. 'I'll die of boredom if I don't get out of here soon.' Rainbow thought as she shuffled her feet for the door. :,( As we entered the abandoned town, it was riddled with obvious signs of lack of upkeep and it had rained recently. There was grass growing in the sidewalks and all over the yards there was overgrown weeds and more grass. The concrete had cracks all in it and my flat tires didn't cushion a single one. My ass was sore in less than a minute. I knew exactly where to go. I left out the part where a group of my old high school buddies offered me to stay with them and be a 'Resistant'. I declined when they didn't let my brother in. The said they'd kill us if we'd ever go back there. I'm sure they wouldn't. My old best friend was their leader, at least since I last was here. I slowly started to see the old four story mansion over the hill. It was diffirent from the other parts of town. This one actually had someone at least trying to make it slightly presentable. We pulled in to the front of the driveway and I turned before we got to the 15ft gate and cement wall surrounding the house into the grass. I got out and told the others to stay here. I walked up to the gate and started looking for a way in. I looked at the top of the gate. There was barbed wire up at the top so there was -no- chance I was going to go that way. I looked around the gate and I saw a slight hole at the bottom of the gate and got down to check it out. 'If I dig a little then I can fit through that' I told myself. Easy. It turned out to be not so easy. After several minutes of digging through mud I finally made a space large enough for me to fit through. I crawled under the fence and, as it turned out there was freakin wire underneath the fence. It was a miracle my hands didn't meet the wire, but my back and arms and legs weren't so happy about taking it for them, and they were letting me know. After I got out from under the fence I got up, and what do ya know! My fucking foot found a hole and I felt my left ankle twist. I fell onto the ground and moaned in pain. I tried to get up, but FUCK my ankle hurt. I thought about walking it off. Hell no! That ain't happening. I halfway hopped/limped towards the house. "Hey you!" I heard a rough voice say, possibly feminine? I looked for the source of the voice, but couldn't find it. "Up here you dipshit." I looked up and saw...fuck. My old ex-girlfriend. "Oh-ho-ho shit! Is that you William? Ha! You looked like a fucking zombie bathed in shit. I woulda shot ya if I didn't see you fall." Her voice was now one I could recognize, but she had changed a little bit over the two years I wasn't here. I hadn't seen a mirror in forever, so I wouldn't know what the hell happened to me over two years. I blushed with embarrassment at her last comment and just gave her a bird. "Ooh feisty, aren't you?" She said with a laugh. "Bitchy aren't you?" I said, immediately ending her laughs and replacing them with a growl. She stormed off inside. She hated to be called a bitch. I put an internal score in the back of my mind. Me: 1 Tammy: 0 I had a moment where I was put off guard when the door suddenly opened and Cole stepped out. Fucking Cole. He was a jock from high school and we used to be best friends. "Well, if it isn't my good old friend Willy." He said, with a slight bit of menace in his voice. I was a little taller than him, but he had more build. "Well, fuck you too." I replied. "Ha! I see you've still kept your personality in check." He said, adding a pat on my back. "We've got a -lot- of catching up to do...."