//------------------------------// // A Ticket to Hell // Story: Left 4 Ponies: Friendship VS Zombies // by Ice Bolt //------------------------------// "Poor Applejack…She was such a good friend." Rarity said as she cried. All of the ponies cried as they gave their goodbyes to the orange cowgirl pony under the mat. Nick was starting to get angry at the scene, with all of his strength he got up and got the mat off of the pony. "WILL YOU ALL QUIT YOUR GOD DAMN CRYING!" he yelled. The mares all stepped back from Nick. But they were still cried. "Why should we stop? Applejack's dead…" Rainbow Dash said. Ellis gave Rainbow Dash a look of confusion. "Why do ya'll think she's dead?" he asked. "Just look at her! She was crushed by a giant armed zombie! There's no way she could survive that!" Nick was feeling AJ's legs and sides checking for any broken bones, not one bone was actually broken. He was amazed by this, usually when a Charger crushes a human there would be broken and fractured bones. "She's fine! Not one bone is even cracked, damn! You ponies must have some tough bones! That or you drink too much milk!" he said. "Wait, she's okay?" Twilight said as she ran over to Nick. "Ya! She was only knocked out, can't believe you guys thought she would actually die!" Nick replied. He set down the pony just before he sat down, his broken leg was in major pain, when Twilight saw this and she had to help him. If he wasn't able to walk then he wouldn't be able to help fight the zombies. "Uh, Nick, I think I can fix your leg." she said. Nick looked up to the purple unicorn. "You can?" he asked. Twilight gave a simple nod of her head. "I've been learning about how to heal injuries with my magic, it's difficult and tiring but it might work!" Twilight said. "Well, What're we waitin' for? Heal him!" Ellis yelled with excitement in his voice. Twilight's horn began to glow, soon Nick's broken leg was glowing to. Everyone could hear the rattling of bones. Nick felt the pain of the healing process, he gritted his teeth and fought the pain. Twilight was starting to struggle; she kept using her magic, but she had little time before her magic would overload and die out. Only a few more seconds of pain for both Nick and Twilight and then it was finally done. Nick's leg was finally healed, Twilight collapsed from exhaustion. "You okay?" Coach asked the purple pony. "Ya… I'm fine." she said. Coach helped her back onto her hooves. "Thanks Twilight!" Nick said. Twilight just nodded, she didn't have enough energy to speak anymore. She looked over to Applejack and noticed that she was waking up. The cowgirl pony looked at everyone and scratched her head. "Ugh… What happened?" Applejack said. Before she could speak again she was caught inside a group hug from her friends. "Applejack! We thought you were dead!" Fluttershy said. "I thought I was too!" Applejack responded. Once the group was finished with their hug, it was time to leave the safe house. Canterlot Princess Luna and Celestia were walking around their throne room, worried about the Elements Of Harmony and where they were. Suddenly a letter materialized and floated towards the ground. Celestia used her magic to grab the note and began reading, she had a smile on her face when she realized it was from Twilight, but that smile faded when she read the part about them being stuck in a zombie apocalypse. "Sister, look on the back of this paper. It might have something that could be helpful for thou." Luna said. Celestia turned the note around and raised an eyebrow. "Who are these, Midnight Riders?" Celestia said. She looked at some small writing in the bottom right corner. "Whispering Oaks, that's probably where they are!" Celestia grabbed a blank scroll and wrote another letter. This time it read; "Dear Twilight Sparkle, Me and Luna are relieved to hear that you and your friends are safe. But we are still worried about these creatures in which you speak of, are you sure that these humans are trustworthy enough to protect you from the zombies? Please write back and stay safe. Sincerely, Princess Celestia." She sent the letter off to her student. There was nothing that they could do except hope that the humans will keep them all safe. Earth The gang was on the move to their next objective. Ellis looked up at a sign that read "Bumper Cars" in neon light. "I ever tell you about the time me and Keith made a homemade bumper car ride with ridin' mowers in his backyard? Mower blade wounds over 90% of his body. I didn't run him over, either; he somehow managed to fall under his own." "Ellis…Can you please shut the hell up?" Nick replied. "Why the hell is it that every time I tell a story you guys tell me to stop?" Ellis yelled back at Nick. "Listen! We all hate your God Damn stories! Just Shut the fuck up for ten minutes and maybe I wont shoot you!" Nick hissed. Applejack got between the tow making sure they wouldn't try to kill each other. "Listen Sugarcubes! Ya'll need to quit your fussin'! We should all just get on our way and find the next safe place!" Applejack suggested. Ellis and Nick nodded their heads to the orange pony. The gang got back on the trail, Rarity was about to open the back door to the bumper cars when she was punched by a Tank. She hit the railing and fell to the floor, Rochelle ran over to the pony. Amazingly, Rarity wasn't hurt that badly; but she was pissed! "HOW DARE YOU ATTACK A LADY? YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Rarity yelled towards the Tank. Without warning, Rarity grabbed bumper cars with her magic and tossed them towards the Tank. The giant infected was knocked down, it struggled trying to stand back up. This gave Coach enough time to slice into it with his chainsaw, blood spewing all over him and everyone else. After the blood splatter ended everyone looked at the Tank, it was an indescribable sight, they all nearly threw up from seeing it. "Let's keep moving people!" Coach ordered. Everyone agreed, they didn't want to sit around and enjoy the defeat of the large infected. They soon found themselves back outside, there were games everywhere. The team walked towards what looked like a barn. When the went inside, Fluttershy noticed the dead cows and started to cry. "T-t-t-these poor creatures!" she cried. Rochelle knelt down and tried to comfort the yellow pony. Fluttershy cried on her shoulder. "It's okay sweetie!" Rochelle said. The others waited on the two. Everyone except Nick were being as patient as they could. Suddenly, Nick lost it. "SCREW THIS! I don't need you bastards slowing me down!" Nick yelled. Everyone stared at him, the mares were frightened by the outburst, Ellis and Coach gave Nick looks of anger and disappointment. "You all can stay here and die!" he said while walking out of the barn. Suddenly a shot was fired, Nick heard a bullet whiz through the air. "You ain't leavin' Nick! If you try, we will shoot ya!" Ellis said. Coach nodded his head. The ponies were shocked at what Ellis had done. Nick walked back into the room and sat down. Once Fluttershy had finished crying, the gang got on with the journey. The group found themselves on the roof of the barn. Ellis and Rainbow Dash were the first to make it to the other side. They looked and found where they could enter the stadium, unfortunately, it was gated off. "We're gonna need to open those gates." Ellis said. "Ya but how?" Rainbow Dash replied. Ellis pulled out his sniper rifle and looked into the scope. He noticed a blinking red light on a metal box. It was the control panel to the gates. "I think I found a way!" Ellis whispered. They looked behind themselves and noticed everyone was waiting on them. They joined back with the group and jumped down to the ground. They walked over to the gated area. Half of the gang climbed up a ladder and onto a platform while the others gathered around the gates. Rochelle pressed the button to open the gates and the sound of the horde ringed in the group's ears. "Game on, baby!" Coach yelled. Rainbow Dash looked from her cloud and saw the horde charging after the survivors. She took aim and smacked the cloud. The lightning struck the horde but it only killed a small amount. Rainbow tried again with the same results as before. She tried to get another shot out but it was too late. The horde had made it to the group and now it was up to the survivors. Ellis felt a burning sensation in his legs, he looked down and saw a green goop bubbling around him and the Fluttershy. "Ah Hell man! Spitter Goo!" he yelled. He grabbed Fluttershy and jump out of the goo. He looked and found the Spitter and opened fire. The Spitter fell to the ground, bleeding the acid like liquid. "Ow! My hooves are still burning!" Fluttershy grunted, she looked at her hooves and noticed the green liquid was still on her hooves. Ellis wiped off the acid knowing that it would burn him instead. Coach and Rochelle were ambushed by a small group of zombies. Luckily Twilight and Rarity were able to lift the zombies and throw them away from the two. Nick pulled out his AK-47 and loaded it with incendiary rounds. The first shot he fired had a huge kick and green fire, along with a scroll appearing from the ashes. He quickly got to his feet and jumped for the scroll. He caught the scroll and fell into the horde of zombies. He pulled his gun back out and opened fire on the horde. "YEEAAAH DIE!" he screamed. Soon the gates opened, it was time to get the hell out of there. The team regrouped and ran through the gates. Unfortunately the infected were blocking their path. The survivors opened fire while running, killing the zombies with every shot they fired. The gang turned around the corner and found what they were looking for, a safe house. "Keep moving people!" Coach said as he ran towards the safe house. The rest followed him into the room. Rochelle slammed the door shut and locked it. "We kicked ass yes we did! WOO!" Rochelle taunted. "Thank goodness, we got out of that dreadful place!" Rarity said. "Yeah…But were not done yet…" Nick replied. The ponies all looked outside and saw a hallway filled with zombies.