Again, please put all your comments regarding where to go from here in the previous chapter. This is just the fight scene.
Applejack vs Rainbow Dash
Buried Alive by Combirchrist
"Applejack! What the hay are you doing!?" Rainbow Dash asks her. Applejack just ignored her.
"Get after 'em!" Applejack yells at Big Macintosh while motioning over towards the orchard.
"Eeyup!" is all Big Macintosh says in response as he turns and starts galloping off towards the orchard after you.
Rainbow Dash struggled for a moment in Applejack's hold as she lay there on the ground. She looked forward to see Big Macintosh run into the orchard after you. With that sight burned into her vision, she let out a loud groan and hit Applejack in the ribs with her left elbow. Applejack didn't let go though, so Rainbow Dash hit her again, and again. After the third hit, Applejack relinquished her grip on Rainbow Dash as she got out from under her.
She got back up onto her hooves again and began to flare her wings out as she prepared to take flight after them. Once she got airborne however, she felt something tug at her tail. She looked back to see that Applejack had her tail in her mouth. The extra weight caused her to fall back towards the ground. Once she hit the ground she rolled over onto her back and looked up in the sky. Applejack then suddenly got on top of her and pinned her hooves.
Rainbow Dash however, quickly pulled her back hooves back and kicked Applejack in her stomach, knocking her off of her. Applejack flew back a few feet before she landed on her back and rolled back up onto her hooves. Rainbow Dash got back onto her hooves as well and looked directly at Applejack. Their eyes met.
"Why 're ya helpin Twilight?" Applejack asked her.
"She said it was important," Rainbow Dash responded. "She just came up to me and was practically begging me to help her find that human thing. She..."
"Twilight's not right in tha head right now RD," Applejack said back to her.
"Yeah obviously, but she was..." A sudden realization hit her. "Wait, why do you want him anyway!?"
"He wrecked my stand. He owes me a lot a bits!"
"Yeah, sure!" Rainbow Dash replied. "Out of my way!" The second those words left her mouth she jumped up off of the ground and flew right at Applejack. Right as Rainbow Dash reached her, Applejack pulled back her right hoof and threw a punch. Her blow hit Rainbow Dash right in her face and knocked down on her back again.
Applejack then got on top of Rainbow Dash and threw another punch, and then another, and another. Rainbow Dash threw her hooves over her face to block Applejack's punches, but she didn't stop, Applejack just kept punching her. After Applejack threw what must have been her seventh punch, Rainbow Dash pushed it out of the way right as it was about to hit her, then headbutted Applejack right in the face.
Applejack threw her hooves over her nose in pain and doubled back a bit, which allowed Rainbow Dash to get up and push her to the ground. Rainbow Dash then jumped back and got up onto her hooves. She then flew right at Applejack and tackled her. With Applejack in her hooves, Rainbow Dash flew forward and slammed Applejack into a fence several feet back.
The fence post bent as Applejack hit it, it didn't quite break apart, but it would be needing repairs after this was over. The blow nearly knocked the wind out of Applejack as she let out a gasp for breath. Rainbow, seeing her chance, pulled back and punched Applejack in the face with her right hoof, then her left, then her right again. Applejack didn't even block as her face was hit. After Rainbow Dash's third punch through, she finally put her hoof up to block it, and what she did next Rainbow didn't expect. Applejack braced herself against the fence post she was pinned to and kicked Rainbow Dash right in the chest with both her rear hooves. Her two rear hooves that could knock apples out of any tree. ANY TREE!!!
Rainbow flew backwards nearly as far as she had she had taken Applejack. She landed on her back again and looked up towards the sky. She groaned in pain as her vision became all blurry. Applejack had hit her hard. Suddenly, her vision caught an orange figure jumping up into the air and coming down right at her. Rainbow Dash quickly rolled backwards and jumped up onto her hooves as Applejack hit the ground.
She then ran forward and threw her own punch at Applejack, but Applejack ducked to the side to dodge it and threw her own punch. Rainbow Dash threw up both her hooves to block it, but she was still knocked back a foot or so. Applejack was strong. Applejack then stepped forward and threw another punch. Rainbow Dash quickly ducked to avoid it, then got on her forehooves, spun her rear hooves around, and kicked Applejack in the face with her left hoof first, and then her right hoof. Applejack doubled back from the pain as Rainbow Dash rolled back onto her hooves. Applejack seemed like she was barely able to hold herself up after that kick.
Seeing her chance, she quickly flew forward, punched Applejack twice in the gut, then threw both her hooves around her neck so she was hugging her. She then flew forwards into the orchard, and then upwards into the air well above the trees. Just as they were about to reach the cloud layer however, Applejack came too and grabbed Rainbow Dash by one of the hooves she was carrying her with. Applejack then kneed Rainbow Dash in the gut with her right rear leg, then her left. Rainbow Dash took the first blow, but the second one made her slow down a little and loosen her grip. Seeing this, Applejack quickly pulled Rainbow off of her neck, spun her around in mid air, and then threw both he rear legs into Rainbow's left wing.
Rainbow Dash screamed in pain as she began to fall, Applejack coming with her. Applejack quickly threw her hooves around Rainbow's forehooves to keep her close and to keep her from moving, but Rainbow managed to threw her head back and head but Applejack again. Applejack loosened her grip on Rainbow's hooves as a result, so Rainbow tore her left hoof from Applejack's grasp and elbowed her in the side. This caused Applejack to loose her grip on Rainbow completely, so she then spun herself around in mid are and threw another kick towards Applejack.
Applejack quickly put up both her hooves to stop Rainbow's kick, then threw her own punch with hit Rainbow Dash square in the face. Rainbow Dash flew back a bit from that, but then moved forward and threw her own punch, which Applejack managed to block. The two of them traded blow for blow as they fell through the sky, neither one of them noticing just how high up they were. Rainbow Dash tried to fly again, but her wing was in too much pain from Applejack's kick. It was possible that she had broken a bone in there somehow.
Eventually, the two of them landed in one of the many trees in the apple orchard. The leaves and branches breaking their fall somewhat. The two of them fell right through the tree until they landed right in a basket full of apples, which broke their fall even more.
The two of them lay there writhing in pain for several moments. Eventually, Rainbow Dash managed to get up, Applejack shortly followed her. Their bodies ached, their faces, their backs, everything. All they did was groan in pain as they sat there. Applejack even rubbed her head with her stetson hat (which had miraculously not fallen off once this entire time).
Eventually, Rainbow Dash looked to her left and Applejack to her right, and their eyes locked on each other. They stood there staring at each other for several moments, each one taking in the other. The pain was there, so was the fire, but... there was also the smell... that smell...
The fire still in their eyes, they both pulled their hooves back to throw another punch at each other. Once they did though, instead of hitting each other in the face, they both wrapped their hooves around each other and pulled each other into a kiss. They then fell back onto the broken pile of apples as they made out furiously.
-Meanwhile-
Big Macintosh had the human in his sights, he was running straight down the path through the orchard. Sure, he could understand why he ran, but he still had a debt to pay them, and he had to keep an eye on him. Still, he had to give this human credit. He was a fast runner.
Suddenly, the human darted to the left and ran right into the trees. Big Mac was just about to turn and follow him, when something appeared directly in front of him and stopped him. Something purple...
Twilight Sparkle appeared right in front of him. She didn't even teleport, it was almost like she ran really, really fast and then instantaneously skidded to a halt in front of him, and she looked pissed.
She had looked more or less the same as she did when she was at Rarity's boutique. The body suit, the bandanna and the eye patch were all still there. There was however, the addition of a belt around her midsection with a scabbard attached to it that held her katana. She looked directly at Big Macintosh. Right at him.
Big Macintosh just stared back at her. He just stared right into the one eye that wasn't covered by the eye patch. She could see how batshit insane pissed off she was, but he could also see something else. Her eye was bloodshot... really bloodshot. Like she hadn't slept all night nor had she even slept bloodshot, and there were also heavy bags under her eyes. Given the evidence, Big Macintosh had to assume that she didn't sleep at all last night.
"I am here for him..." she finally spoke to him.
"For who?" Big Macintosh asked back.
"The hu-man..." Twilight responded. "I... I... n-need that... Hu... man. Give him to me.... The one you took.... I need my centaur. Need to stop Nyarlathotep."
"Are..." Big Mac hesitated a bit before he continued. "Are you okay Twilight?"
"I think your rage broke Twilight," said the ghost of Sombra the floated right next to Twilight. The one that only she could see.
"SHUT UP GHOST OF SOMBRA!!!"
"What was that?" Big Macintosh asked her.
"I'M NOT CRAZY!!" Twilight responded. "YOU'RE CRAZY! ESPECIALLY YOU SOMBRA!!!"
"Eeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy," the ghost of Sombra responded.
"Who are you talking to?" Big Mac asked her.
"HUMAN!" Twilight responded back. "Hand now please..."
"Um..." Big Macintosh responded, a little freaked out by her apparent insanity. "Ah really don't have him." The second those words hit Twilight's ears, a blood vessel suddenly broke in her only open eye, which caused the whole thing to turn blood red.
"No..." she responded to him.
"Uhh...." was all Big Macintosh could say.
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooo........................" was all Twilight said again as her horn began to glow with a magenta light. Big Macintosh didn't move, as he wasn't at all intimidated by her as she was. Suddenly, Twilight blinked as her eye returned to normal, and her expression suddenly changed from one of insanity to confusion.
"No wait, what?" she said as she looked around. "Where am I? Why are you here? Where's Sombra?"
"Didn't the crystal heart kill him?" Big Macintosh responded.
"Yes!" Twilight said. "Of course it did. He's dead.... forever..."
"So... ummm..." Big Macintosh began to say as he walked closer to her. "You all right Twilight?" Twilight didn't respond, instead she just looked towards the ground. The look her face wore was one of disappointment and sadness. Seeing this, Big Macintosh let out a sigh and put his large right hoof on her should. "Look, Ms. Twilight. You're not okay, ah can tell. We all can tell... You're stressed out. You've been runnin around like crazy all o' yesterday and last night and its finally takin its toll on you. You need to stop." As he said this, she slowly began to look back up at him. "How about we go back to the farm and Ah help you relax a little?" He said as he put on a comforting smile. It was the kind of smile that was hard to resist. Twilight let out a sigh.
"All right," she said as she gently pushed his hoof off of her. "Just a quickie though," she said as she began to walk forward again.
"Eeyup," Big Macintosh replied as the two of them walked back down the road towards the farmhouse. As they did, Big Macintosh looked back into the trees and gave a quick wink to the human he knew was out there. He may have owed him a debt, but that didn't mean he had to let him get thrown to the wolves. Big Macintosh was an honest stallion, and he always did what was right.