“Special Delivery! It's one of the patients birthdays, and the Cakes asked me to deliver this big scrumptious birthday cake to them” Pinkie Pie exclaimed with absolute glee in her voice.
This is so not gonna work I thought, hidden in the extremely large cart carrying the extrememly lage tray.
“Who is the patient?” The doctor asked.
Pinkie just smiled and said “Red Rocker of course silly filly”.
The doctor's heart actually seemed to skip a beat. “Oh, well alright then. I was sure his birthday wasn't until next week, are you sure...”
But Pinkie was already gone, bounding through the hospital doors with mirth.
“Okie dokie Loki, so where's this Christian guy? Oh, I love a good rescue mission”.
“I don't know, but I think he was in the room next to mine”.
“Wait, so you don't even know which room he's in? Uh, and here I thought you actually had a plan for when you got in” “I did Spike, if I had just gone by myself, as I had originally intended, I was gonna find the window I'd jumped out of, get back in, and from there, find Christian and get him out. I certainly had enough practice at being unremarkable back home to be able to get in without causing a panic”.
“Says the guy with a metal leg, and a sword?”
“Oh shut up”
Suddenly, the cart stopped. “Found him! So, did I win?”
I felt myself tense up. “Are you sure that it's his room Pinkie?”
“Yup, it says right here on the door that the patients name is Christian, and I've never heard of anyone named Christian before, or Stephen either, say what other funny names do you use, cause I could...”
I got out and shoved my biological hoof across her mouth and said “Calm down Pinkie. Now, let's just get Christian and get out.”
I opened the door, not knowing what to expect. What I saw somehow didn't surprise me that much. After all, Christian always did say he wanted to fly. So when I saw a dark red pegasus with a maroon mane and tail, I didn't freak out like I did when I first woke up. Instead I felt strangely calm, and relieved to know that he was alright.
I also noticed that I wasn't the only one who somehow got a weapon when he arrived. Christian had a hunting knife strapped to his neck, in a position that allowed him to draw it with his teeth. He always did like knives I thought as I went to wake him up. When I did, I half expected him to lash out. What I didn't expect was to be locked in a massive bear hug when he opened his eyes and somehow recognised me.
“Dude, what happened? And can we get some pie, I'm starving!” Yup, definitely Christian.
So there we were, me getting hugged until I almost passed out from lack of oxygen, Christian looking mortified and repeating “Guess I don't know my own strength” What is that his motto or something?, Pinkie with a now empty tray (She must've eaten it while Christian was hugging me) and Spike, with a pretty good poker face in place. That was when I heard the doctor coming to the room, and a shadow I recognised all too well, a shadow that made me think of what a jackass I'd made of myself after waking up in the hospital. And they were walking through the door right now.
“So you see Princess Celestia, we still haven't managed to find the other one, but never fear, we have everyone working on this, so it's only a matter of time before we...” And that's when he saw me. With my new leg and everything.
“What are you doing here? Guards, apprehend them at once!”
That was all I needed to hear before I repeated the action that made me look like a jackass the first time. The only difference was this time I actually took a moment to address the Princess.
“Sorry ma'am, places to go, ponies to see and stuff”. She chuckled, amused at my comment. Then the four of us (Me, Christian, Pinkie and Spike) were out the window and headed for the library.