As I opened my eyes I noticed that Drizzle was standing over me talking to Reg and Blue, but I was under the effects a daze. Reg then turned to me and stuck out his claw. When I grabbed it I was lifted up at which point I stumbled a bit before regaining my balance, then there was a pain that I felt around my lower chest and when I looked down I found that I had been wrapped up. I began to ask “Why the hell is there sharp pain in my left kidney and back?”
Reg grabbed me and turned me to a rock that had a massive rod sticking out of it. “That was where you were thrown when the train exploded and then a piece of rail pierced you.” At that point I realized that Reg had a scar down his arm and chest. “Why is there a scar down the center of your chest?”
“Well… When I was thrown from the train my heart was stabbed by a shard of metal. So Blue and Drizzle were able to savage bits of the wreckage to create a cybernetic heart to combine with my organic one.” He replied.
“And the lightning bolt on your arm?”
“Because now I can say I have a lightning bolt scar.”
“Also what happened to Bone?”
“He’s… actually now that I think about… I don’t know. I didn’t see him anywhere.”
“So where are we?”
“No idea, but if we follow the tracks we will right back to where we started.”
“Quick question.”
“Shoot.”
“What was left of the wreckage?”
“My sword, a few medic supplies, and a pack of cigarettes.”
After a few hours of traveling we stopped to take a rest in what I guessed was a dry lake. It was not bad considering that I was sleeping with a busted kidney and getting bit by a few mosquitos. When we woke up we restarted our journey home. As time passed on we approached a dense forest filled with darkness and thorns.
“So should we just cut through?” Reg asked.
Drizzle answered. “I mean we have no idea how huge it is or how long it could take to go around.”
“Let’s head in.” Reg said while he unsheathed his sword and began slashing and thinning the dense.
“Did you ever name your sword?” I asked.
“Yep it’s called Nightshade.”
"Why that?"
"Favorite flower."
As the day drew on we became exhausted from the exploration of the forest. When nighttime fell over the trees there was chatter from the inhabitants. After awhile it seemed like a lullaby which helped me enter my slumber. When the sun was seen again it restarted our journey. About three hours after setting off again I began to feel an uneasiness and that we were being stalked, then out of nowhere a tomahawk flew splitting the tree trunk it hit. Without notice we all became strung up by vines and then spun around being wrapped in more vines as if we were being captured by a spider.
"Well... This is weird." Said Midnight.
"Nah.. This is like a normal Wednesday for me." Reg replied.
"What does that mean?"
"Reg is into some kinky stuff." I answered.
"Wait.. With who.. And how do you know that?"
"Cause I know drunk Reggie."
"Hey drunk Reggie is best Reggie." Reg explained.
"But with who?"
"My wife."
"Reggie your married!?" She asked shocked.
"Yep with two kids. I'd show you a picture, but.. Yeah can't really do that.. Huh.."
Then from the branches of one of the trees came a stallion whose coat and mare were an emerald green and eyes shined with a amber color. He also had leather belts circling his entire body acting as holsters for his tomahawks. When I looked at his hoofs I was amazed that this Earth pony had vines tied around his two front hoofs acting as whips. When he approached me he stared at me with an analyzing glaze.
Then he spoke with a tribal accent. "Why you come here? To take wood from forest?"
I replied. "I'm sorry we're just trying to go home. We mean no harm to the forest or you. We just took a shortcut through here."
"You no part of white unicorn?"
"No we actually just had a fight with him." I stated as I also tried to wiggle my hoof out to shake his. "Names Spectrum." He shook it. "And that's Midnight Drizzle, Blue, and Reg."
"Why am I introduced last?" Asked Reg.
"Mares first." I answered.
"And Blue?"
"Half mare. Still counts."
"Half mare!?" Blue asked annoyed.
"Hey.. Hey.. Hey... It's true." I replied. "What's your name anyway?"
"Mother call me Thorn." He replied.
"So Thorn could you.. Cut these vines so we can continue journey home?"
"Only if I join friends."
"Why the hell not. The more the merrier."
At that insistence the vines uncoiled themselves and slithered back into the bushes and trees that they had emerged from. With that small delay we once again began anew. While walking Reg showed Midnight the pictures of his hippogriff children and how he meant his wife. How she was a paleontologist that needed help from someone with strength and the closest one was a Griffon at a bar drinking a scotch while smoking a cigarette. Blue nudged me. "You think
Fracture survived?"
"Yes... But there... Everyone deserves a chance."
"But not him."
"Every. One."
"Why?"
"Cause..."
"You tell me why you think everyone deserves a chance?"
"Because I have I been given chances."
"Like what."
"Well.. I'm here."
"So what."
"I'm not suppose to be here."
"Cause you should have died?"
"No..no."
"Then what?" Blue asked angrily.
"Corrupt ones aren't allowed to be in the overworld!" I yelled.
"What do you mean?"
I loudly explained to Blue. "Think about it Blue. I live in a castle that is in the middle of nowhere and thirty minutes from anyone. Luna made a corpse disappear so the guards couldn't trace me. My is sister who is a corrupt one lives in the void. When I sent to the factory Celestia couldn't know a corrupt one lived in the overworld. And the only reason I wasn't sent back with my sister is my godfather adopted me. Now here is a trait of corrupt, red eyes. I wear contacts to cover my red eyes just like Vinyl does with shades. Also who do I spend a lot of time with? Vinyl. Don't you understand it I'm not making this up. And you probably complain about my drinking and smoking, but I drink, smoke, and I use to take anti depression pill, and I occasionally carry on the pain of being alone. Even though I have an armory in that castle with gun ranging from .22 to .50 caliber and the only reason I didn't pull the trigger cause I always look up and hope that I could find a way. Sure enough Luna gives me a tome over alchemy and I created this ring to let me see my sister after ten long years." I then turned to Reg.
"Can I get a smoke?"
"Sure." He replied.
"Thanks." I took it and sat leaning against a tree taking long drags to calm myself.
After my little smoke stop we returned to walking and eventually made our way back to the castle. When we entered everything was still and quite. "What y'all want to drink?" I asked while heading down to the cellar.
"Wine." Said Midnight.
"Firewater." Replied Thorn.
"So that for you two, a scotch for Reg, vodka for me, and Blue you want water?"
"Nope, rum." He replied while injecting himself with the serum. When I returned with clanking bottles and glasses along with a deck of cards we started to feel connected and finally had bliss. The first story told by Midnight was about a rose that someone had put a spell onto so it would be on fire forever, but never burn. It was a symbol for his love to her, but he would later cheat on her. Midnight then pressed the rose to his arm and burned the petals into his flesh which continued to burn for eternity. About halfway through a game of poker Luna busted into our home panicking and then grabbed me and forced me against the wall. "Did you kill Fracture?" She asked with an anger tone.
"I gave him a chance." I replied.
"I asked you if you fucking killed him. Now answer the goddamn question. She yelled at the top of her lungs.
"No."
"Well he is on his damn way to kill you and probably the rest of us now." She said taking a swig of vodka.
"Ok... Just follow me."
"Why?"
"Cause from what you're saying we're going to be fighting a battle. So follow me."
"Where?"
"The armory or as I call it the "Gun Room." I replied along with grabbing the bottle from her hoof and drinking on the way there.
"We have a Gun Room?" She asked confused while hurrying after.