Twilight could hear the train moving. She could hear it come to a halt. She felt somepony pick her up and carry her. She heard gunfire, and she heard zombie moans. She heard a door close, and all the outside noise disappearing. She felt the pony carrying her going up some stairs.
Her body hit the floor as the pony dropped her. She groaned in pain, and the pony kicked her. She spat blood into the bag that covered her face.
"Put 'em up." A voice ordered. Twilight was lifted up and hung from the ceiling by her fore hooves. She hung her head, feeling blood on her lips. Last thing she remembered was a steel bar coming straight for her.
She heard ponies talking to each other, but she could not make out what they were saying.
"Gotta tell boss what we found." One of them said. She listened as the ponies left the room and closed the door, leaving the room in dead silence.
"Hello?" Twilight called.
"Our mazzard hurts." She heard Luna answer.
"Luna!" Twilight sighed in relief. "Where are the others?"
"We art not sure." Luna replied.
"Where are we?" Twilight asked herself, trying to get lose of the ropes. Something told her she would be here for a while.
Intro
Five ponies were tied to the ceiling. Bags were over each of their heads. They were in the room of a building, which seemed to be in very poor condition.
"Hello?" Rainbow called.
"Rainbow?" Spitfire responded.
"Shut up!" Another pony shouted, throwing a rock at Spitfire.
"Owe!" Spitfire flinched in pain.
"Ah'm gonna kill all ya!" Applejack threatened.
One of the ponies got up and trotted to Applejack, holding a bat. He took the bat and whacked her in the stomach, causing her to choke and spit out blood.
"If you touch that mare one more time..." Secret began.
"You want some too, smart guy?" The stallion asked, trotting up to Secret. He reared up the bat and got ready to strike.
Secret took the opportunity and swung forward, grabbing the stallion's head with his hind hooves.Ge twisted his neck, snapping it and killing him.
The stallion dropped the bat and fell forward onto the ground. His body got up and pulled out a hoofgun. "I'm going to kill you!" He shouted.
BANG!
The room fell silent. Spitfire began crying silently from under her bag.
THUMP!
Something hit the floor, and Rainbow started screaming.
Spitfire suddenly felt the rope that tied her hooves to the ceiling loosen. She fell to the ground with a thump.
"What's going on?" Secret asked.
Spitfire was able to get her hooves loose from the rope, and she quickly pulled off the bag that covered her head. She was greeted by Rainbow staring straight at the masked pony.
"You again?" Spitfire asked, getting to her hooves.
The masked figure turned to her. He took out a map and gave it to her. Spitfire looked down at it as the figure cut Applejack and Secret loose. He finally cut Scootaloo loose, who he had to catch. He took the bag off of her head. She was still unconscious. He handed her to Rainbow Dash, who tried to wake her up.
Applejack helped Secret up. "Who puts a bag over a blind pony?" Secret asked. "It's not like it's helping anything!"
"Oh, quit ya whinin'." Applejack said. "Ya done killed one of 'em."
"Not surprising. Considering the idiot put a bag over a blind pony." Secret shook his head. "So...who killed the other one?"
"The masked stallion." Spitfire answered. She looked up, only to find that the stallion was gone. "Are you serious?"
"How did he disappear?" Rainbow asked. "I was looking at him just a few seconds ago!"
Secret trotted up to Spitfire. "So, what now?"
"Where's Twilight and Luna?" Applejack asked.
The ponies stared at each other in shock.
"Great." Secret uttered in sarcasm.
The bag was removed from Twilight's face. Before her was a masked pony. This pony looked exactly like the one from Appleloosa. "What are you doing here?" Twilight asked. "Have you been following us?"
"Who art thou speaking with, Twilight?" Luna asked. The masked pony pulled the bag off of Luna. Luna's eyes widened. "Ye are the one from Appleloosa! Ye are also the one who brought us the belongings in the bag!"
The masked pony nodded and pulled out a knife, cutting the two of them loose.
Two of the kidnappers entered the room. "They're escaping!" One of them shouted, pulling out a hoofgun. The masked pony turned around and threw a knife at the first pony, hitting him in the neck. He dropped to the floor, blood spraying everywhere. His friend jumped over him and swung a machete at the masked pony. The pony dodged, punching the pony in the face. He dropped the machete, leaving the masked pony to pick it up and throw it into his head. The machete inserted itself into the cranium, instantly killing the pony.
Twilight and Luna stared in shock. The masked pony turned to them and nodded before running out of the room.
Spitfire led the group down the hallway. Applejack was carrying the unconscious Scootaloo on her back. She stopped at the corner and peeked. There was one stallion leaving a room. Spitfire pulled out her hoofguns and jumped out from cover, shooting down the target. As the stallion dropped to the floor, another door opened and two stallions poured out. Secret then went around the corner, firing at them with his shotgun. The two fell backwards, dead.
Another stallion trotted out of a room from behind Rainbow, confused from the commotion. Rainbow turned around and quickly threw a knife at him. It hit him in the leg, causing him to fall over. She pulled out her katana and jumped at him, slicing his head clean off.
Spitfire led the group to the staircase, where they trotted down quickly. A stallion jumped out at the bottom of the staircase, aiming a hoofgun at them. He was quickly gunned down by the gun-wielding ponies. They continued down the staircase and quickly turned right into the hallway. Spitfire shot down two hostile mares as she flew down the hallway. She quickly ran around the corner, crashing into Twilight.
Spitfire rubbed her head and looked up.
"Twilight!" Rainbow called, galloping up and hugging her friend.
"You guys are okay!" Twilight sighed in relief, hugging Rainbow back.
"Let's get out of here." Secret said.
Spitfire got up and brushed herself off. "Led the way, princesses." She said.
Twilight and Luna led them down the hallway and to the last floor. Three hostile ponies stood there, assault rifles on their backs. Luna took out her weapon and swung it at one of the ponies, slicing their throat.
As the pony dropped, Twilight pulled out her scythe and swung at the pony. Time seemed to slow down as Twilight remembered what Rainbow taught her. Twilight's scythe sliced the pony's head in half. The top half off his head fell off slowly, leaving the rest of his body to just fall limp.
The third pony dropped his gun, scared. He backed up against a wall as Applejack approached. Applejack gave him a small smile, then trotted off. He took a deep breath as the rest of the ponies trotted past him, until Rainbow shot him in the forehead.
The other ponies, excluding Secret, looked at Rainbow.
"What?" Rainbow asked, looking at them. "You guys weren't going to kill him? Seriously?"
"Was that necessary?" Spitfire asked.
"They beat us up! Look at what they did to Scoots!" Rainbow said, pointing at the filly who was just starting to wake up. "Scoots!" Rainbow ran up to Applejack and took the filly off her back, holding Scootaloo in her hooves.
"D-Dashie?" Scootaloo asked, coughing. "What happened?"
"It's okay, Scootaloo." Rainbow told her. "I'll explain to you later. Just hold on tight."
Scootaloo nodded, and Rainbow put Scootaloo on her back. Scootaloo wrapped her hooves around Rainbow's neck and held on tight.
Twilight went the front door and opened it, revealing the daylight.
When Twilight's eyes adjusted to the daylight which she hasn't seen in forever, she was shocked.
They were in Manehattan. Zombies were visible among the streets. Twilight noticed that the train station was just across the street. Twilight looked in both directions. She figured that if they galloped, they could make it across before a zombie could reach them.
"Okay...get ready to run." Twilight said. "Ready...RUN!" She took off across the street. The others followed her close behind. Spitfire stayed behind Secret as to make sure nopony got left behind.
They made it to the station in a matter of seconds. Spitfire turned around and shot down approaching zombies as the others ran inside. They made their way through the station and came out the other end. Their train stood before them. They quickly boarded the train, fending off the oncoming zombies. As soon as Spitfire hopped onto the train, it began to move. The ponies looked at each other, noticing that none of them were at the engine.
Twilight galloped to the engine. As soon as she opened the door, she saw the masked stallion salute and jump off the train, disappearing into the distance. She looked at the furnance, which was running. The stallion set up the train for them to escape.
Twilight sat down as Spitfire entered the engine. "What happened?" Spitfire asked, confused.
"Our 'friend' saved us." Twilight told her, smiling a little.
Rainbow entered the engine a moment later. "Spitfire, I took a look at the map the stallion gave us." She said, holding it out in front of her.
"Yes?" Spitfire asked.
"It's telling us to go to the Everfree Forest." Rainbow told them. "More specifically, the castle of the two sisters."
Luna peeked in as she said that. "Art thou serious?" She asked, her eyes widening.