The scene was horrifying.
The gym was large and stretch out, it was shaped like a narrow rectangle. The floors were green tiles. The walls were white with windows, lined up one by one, near the ceiling. There were various exercise equipment littering the floor, most were lined up in an organized fashion, except near the center.
Dispite, the organization of the equipment the scene was gruesome. In the center, those things have swarmed a group of surviors. The infected ranks were so great that the survivors weren't visible, there indication was makeshift weapons soaring at the top of the pile. That wasn't all of the nightmare. All the way down, on the right wall, was a large hole; in the hole was a mare covered in bites. She was kneeling, arms wrapped around, a pile of entrails. Tears dropped on the entrails, most likely it was once a living walking pony. Now its "everywhere" like it never was made whole.
As the fillies watched the horror, Applejack felt a sharp pain through the side of her head. The room began spinning. Gravity suddenly became stronger as Applebloom hit the tiled floor with a thud.
In the corner of her eye was a stallion. His mouth dropped open in shock. A sound echoed as something fell. A bat rolled into Applebloom's vision. It was soaked in blood, most likely her blood.
Applebloom's vision began to blur. The world spinner as she tried to focus on something, anything. It was going black. Everything started to fade away. She felt hooves on her body, shaking her. Could that be Blue? No it wasn't her. That's not her name anymore. Applebloom tried to focus on the stallion again. He was just standing there in the same stance he was originaly in. Then a new figure came in, Who was that? The pony tackled the shock stallion. He screamed in agony from the pain. That was the last thing Appleblom heard before her vision was swarmed by darkness.
* * *
"Hey, squirt can you help me with this?" Asked the pegasus.
"Uh, yeah sure," replied the earth pony.
The pegasus had her mouth on a padlock, meant to keep out intruders for a rickshaw. The earth pony whipped his head back to pull out an arrow. In a swift motion he destroyed the lock with the arrow. He put the arrow back and adjusted his bow. In the richshaw were bits of clothing and a candy bar.
"Nothing, damn," cursed the earth pony.
The pegasus reached in the rickshaw to pull out the candy bar. She laid it on the ground and put her mouth on one end of the wrapper. Putting her right hoof on the other end, she ripped the wrapper to get at the pure chocolate bar. The pegasus took a bite out of the bar. so sweet.
"*sniff**sigh*"
"What are you doing?" Asked the earth pony.
"Reviving memories," replied the pegasus.
"Did you have a kid?" Asked the earth pony.
"Something like that, let's say she and a couple other ponies are why I'm down here," replied the pegasus.
"Well I'm sorry to ruin your moment but we gotta find the source of that scream," said the earth pony.
"Right," replied the pegasus.
They searched there surroundings with no success. They begin entering the downtown district of ponyville soon later. It was a ghost town for the two. Theres usually at least a good handful of the sickos here, thought the pegasus. They continued east with no signs of life, or sickos.
"There's something going on, and I don't like," said the pegasus.
"I agree," said the earth pony, " but we mustn't be detered of our goal here, our*clears throat* I mean your friends must be out here somewhere."
"I know," started the pegasus. "but everyday I live on this world........ the thought that they will never be normal again........haunts me."
"Don't put to much worry into it, theres got to be a vaccine soon. Your friends will be fi-"
"Shh," hushed the pegasus, " another scream in the direction of the recreation center."
"Then let's go have fun," said the earth pony.
They galloped towards the location of the recreation center. The sound of thunder ran through ponyville with each hoof smacking the dirt. Then, in the distance, the recreation center was finally in sight.
The two saw the gaping hole in the wall, they approached with caution. Moans filled the air, and the hole was a speaker. They peeked inside and saw the nightmare within. They were mordepified.
"Dear, Celestial," began the earth pony, " mare, are you ok?"
The earth pony saw the mare in the gaping hole. She was kneeling before a pile of entrails. The earth pony jumped back as a makeshift blade projected into the mare.
"Oh, shit," responded the earth pony, "why'd you do that?" He motioned the question to his partner.
"She was littered with bitemarks, there's nothing we can do for her anymore," replied the pegasus.
"May she rest in pea-"
"Oh, Celestia," screamed the pegasus.
"What?" Asked the earth pony.
"That pony, with the red mane I know her."
"That's in the past we can't save everyone you once knew befo- HEY!"
The pegasus rushed forward, weapon in mouth. She moved like a fast animal, and her slashes to the undead were like lightning.
The monster fell before like wheat before the scythe as she charged for the red mane foal. The earth pony drew his bow and slammed it within the earth. He drew an arrow and slid it into the slot, pulled back, released, repeat.
The pegasus reached her destination, before the fallen foal. A solid black pony was fighting an undead with a bat in her mouth. The pegasus stepped in, slamming her blade into the skull of the monster. It fell like rock as it hit the floor with a thud.
"Thank you," said the black unicorn, " please you got to help us sh-"
"This is what I'm here for kid," said the pegasus, "grab your bat and follow me out of here."
"What about them?" The unicorn mentioned about the survivors in the center.
"Us helping would cost us our lives," said the pegasus, " There's nothing left for us to do here now."
The pegasus saw a leather hat on the floor, memories began firing up like wild fire. The pegasus turned back and lowered near the fallen foal. The unicorn, with a little bit of minuvering, got the foal on the back of the pegasus. The pegasus grabbed the leather hat with her mouth. They charged out through the gaping hole.
Why am I moving so much.
Oh yeah the pony shaking me.
No, this feels different.
"Hey, sugarcube wake up," demanded the pegasus.
What sugarcube.
"Please I know your alright talk to me!" Yelled the pegasus
I don't know how to.
"Please Applebloom,*sniff* I need to know your alright."
She knows me I don't know her though.
The pegasus dropped her mask that coved her face. She breathed in air between crying and gasping. She saw Applebloom open her eyes a bit. The pegasus gasped.
"Please, you need to wake up."
Applebloom looked up at the face. It was something out of a nightmare that was staring right back at her. Applebloom wanted to move, but she felt stuck. The monster's face stretched out and got closer to Applebloom. It opened its mouth revealing a loud noise that caused her vision to go black
Applejack?
Yeah.
I'm scared, I want us to be together. Forever.
hush, its all gonna be alright. As long as you keep breathing I'll keep those things away. No matter what. OK?
do you promise?
I promise. With all my heart I promised Big Mac and I'll promise you, you will live to see us going back to the ways things use to be. I promise *sniff*.
I wish it was true. I miss y'all so much. *sniff* *gasp*