//------------------------------// // Escape // Story: End of the Rainbow (Factory) // by alexanderhunt88 //------------------------------// “Hey, What’s going on here?” Yelled a unknown yet commanding voice. The two saviors looked towards the voice and saw a small, but rather impressive, group of flying factory guards, one distinctly more heavily armored than the others. “What has happened here?” the armored guard yelled in the same commanding voice as before. Must be the leader of the group Soar thought to himself “See. I told you we were attacked.” Came another voice from the group, a slight tone of annoyance in his sentence “And you did not believe me” Now a tone of smug in sentence. The commander of the group did not answer, or even respond, instead just looking straight ahead towards Ditz and Soar, giving off no emotion in his dead, unnerving eyes, as if peering into there souls. Buck, he’s creepy Soar thought to himself, before the leader spoke up “Well? What do you have to say for yourselves?” he directed at Soar and Ditz, as if they would answer the instant he finished. “Why are you asking them that?” The other guard desperately replied. “Can’t you see the other dead guards around them. Isn't that your answer?” Soar realized this guard had a particularly annoying shriveling in his voice. “They‘re not dead” Ditz answered flatly Buck, he’s irritating Soar thought again shaking his head in vexation. “Wait” he said to himself, and looked behind him towards the so-called dead guards 1...2...3... Soar then realized one of the knocked-out guards was missing from his spot. Soar returned his gaze to the guards, more precisely, the irritating guard, who was still arguing with the captain of the group, sprouting off nonsense as if he wanted to prolong Ditz and Soar’s stay at the factory. “What do you mean let them say there side of the story, I told you there side of the story” “I just want them to explain themselves, who knows, they-” “You can SEE what is going on! Have you no eyes?” The guard still arguing with his commander, with no apparent to stop anytime soon. Soar was using this time to take a good look at the guard. Broken hoof Bruises on face “Oh yeah it’s you” Soar said nonchalantly, accidentally interrupting the two guards ‘talk’, as it were. “What do you mean it’s you?” he answered in a rather unhappy way. “I’m the pony who you broke their hoof. How could you forget something like that?” “It’s not like that was something I would really remember-” “Ah-bu-duh that was only moments ago!” The guard was easily frustrated with Soar’s laid-back demeanour on this. “Yeah, but still…” “ENOUGH!” The commander bellowed, breaking the awkward exchange of recent memories, causing all eyes to shift to him. “Enough.” He motioned to the guards as he pointed a hoof towards Soar and Ditz. “Get them!” he bellowed, with the rest of the guards charging in suite. “Ditz” “Yes” “Run” Ditz, at that motion, immediately took flight, heading towards the ‘open’ window. However, Soar did not. He just stared at the unconscious Rainbow Dash, a look of sadness was worn on his face. “Soar, come on!” urged Ditz, who was already by the ‘exit’. Soar didn't move, still staring as if contemplating something on his mind. “Soar they are getting closer! Move!” She was right; as the guards were now already upon him, the beaten guard at the front of the pack; he was the one that was wanting blood the most. Almost on instinct, Soar suddenly jumped forward, grabbing the knocked-out Rainbow Dash and rushed backwards, just in time to dodge an oncoming attack from the blood-lust guard, barely missing his hoof as it clattered to the ground. Soar, at that, took flight, carrying the body between his hooves as he flew. “Don‘t let them escape!” the captain of the group yelled to his subordinates as Soar caught up to the mare. “Why did you-” Ditz tried to asked quizzically, before being urged by Soar to move as he passed Ditz and escaped the factory, with Ditz, and the guards, shortly in tow. “Get back here!” yelled the blood-lust guard as he, along with the other guards, flew through the window, before being abruptly stopped by a strong hoof draped across his shoulder. As he looked back to protest, he noticed that all the other guards had stopped as well, hovering in the air and watching the two ponies escape. “There getting away, let go, we need to-” “They aren't escaping” The captain interrupted, the pony who was holding the guard back. “They can never escape us” and grinned menacingly at that ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Why?” Ditz asked simply to Soar, both of them knowing what her question was They both had noticed that the guards were no longer in pursuit and their speed had slowed down now to a constant flight. “Because” he replied, his tone now quieter and almost emotionless than usual “Because I‘m stupid”