//------------------------------// // Infection Toll // Story: Left 4 Dead: Equestria // by Gone now //------------------------------// The truck the group used in the previous chapter? It ran out of fuel. So now they are outside of Fillydelphia, their next stop. In front of them is a destroyed bridge, and in the pit were zombies. The group had no idea about the zombies, but they still grabbed the weapons in the truck they used. They advanced forward to see that there were zombies in the pit under the bridge. "Seems like we will never get a break," says Twilight Sparkle. "Did you forget about the sewers back in Manehattan?" asks Shining Armor. "Yeah, and so did the writer of this fiction for a second." replies Trixie. After a while, and a recovery from a fourth wall break, they decide to shoot at all zombies in the pit. There wasn't too much problems, since they were using shotguns. Armor even yelled something about his shotgun being his boomstick. After the zombies died, along with a dasher, the survivors walked down the side of the bridge into the pit and used the ladder up the other part of the bridge. In front of them is Fillydelphia Tunnel. "This is the tunnel," says Armor. "There is a lot of destruction here, and on the other side might have a way in to Fillydelphia," replies Button Mash. "I think you are right, Button." The group goes into the tunnel in hopes that Button really is correct. After a ten minute walk, they heard banging on a wall. They saw a military pony attempt to get in, but can't because of a password set in a meeting fifteen minutes ago. The group decides to walk around them, since the town is right next to them. They had to go down a ladder and go down some stairs before heading into a safe room. They opened the door leading out of the safe room to a drainage factory. There were multiple pipes that were solid, so they had no idea if it was full of water or spectra. They advanced through the pipes, as they were pretty sure this would be another one of those break periods. The pipe they chose lead them to a high area that requires a ladder to reach the bottom floor. After walking for a couple minutes, they see a door that needs a switch. They turned on the switch, and sixty-three zombies started running towards them. "The writer had to move one previous event to here because of a mistake in time, right?" asks Twilight Sparkle. There was non-stop firing for two minutes until the door finally opened. Behind the door was a bridge that they needed to cross. They crossed the bridge to enter another pipe, which lead to stairs leading to a room. They went upstairs, only to find out that there are multiple infected outside the building. "Anypony has a sniper rifle?" asks Trixie. "Nope," says the others, with Button's neck growing to reach his hat. They decide the next best thing is to run in the open while shooting the zombies. The do that while running to a workshop, which has a red caboose with a safe room in it. They bust through another window to enter what we might call a "safe train". When making it, with little challenge whatsoever, they close the door and stock up on ammo. They had made it inside of Fillydelphia. They opened the door leading to a train yard, and see that there are multiple infected, since trains create lots of noise. They found a sub machine gun in the caboose, so they could just shoot them from where they are. After the zombies got killed, the survivors advanced through the train yard. When the group made it through, they found an empty and dark street surrounded by nothing but forest. "So, is there going to be a hockey mask pony here?" asks Button. "Shut up, it isn't even Friday," replies Sparkle. There was a long walk with the debate on whether "Jason Vorhooves" is real or not when they see a cabin all alone. The four agree to check it for supplies, and find an assault rifle and an automatic shotgun. There was a T.V. with static and you could hear Button say quietly "They're here!" The survivors walk out of the cabin when they see a church with spotlights. To enter that church, ponies had to go through a cemetery. Well, our heroes did that, but find out the door is locked. Inside is a crazed pony. "Hello, this is Shining Armor, and I have a group of survivors that needs to be in here." "How do I know you won't turn when you get in here?!? I already got bit by a pony an hour ago!!! I must be immune..." "Look, buddy, you have to trust us." "Better safe than sorry... DING DONG! DING DONG! DING DONG!" After the crazy pony said that, he started ringing the bells to attract a horde of zombies. The survivors got into a defensive position to defend against the zombies all while the church pony was getting infected. A solid five minutes passed and all the infected got killed. Trixie proceeds to opening the door to see that the crazed lunatic turned into a dasher (somehow). Trixie fired at him (it) immediately after seeing him. The group then proceeds to shut the door behind them to prevent more zombie bites. Outside of the church were multiple zombies in sniping position, so Twilight started sniping from inside the door, so there would be no chance of a zombie reaching them. One of the creatures in the crowd she was sniping at was a gumby, who kept saying "My brain hurts!" This ended up confusing the zombies, because they didn't know where to go. Twilight manages to snipe everypony but the ones in her group and the gumby. They drop off the church balcony with their preferred weapons, go down the street, and entered a nearby building. The survivors walked towards the exit with a Molotov, and exited the building. There was a small amount of zombies, but not big enough to waste a bottle on them, so the group used pistols instead. After the zombies died, the group advanced past some buses to see a turret with sandbags. Button turns on the forklift near the turret, but a piece of concrete falls on a car, not only making a new way forward, but also an alarm. There is now a huge horde of zombies running towards them. Armor uses the turret to mow down any zombies heading towards them, and thirty seconds later, the alarm stopped. "How does that alarm go off after it got smashed?" asks Trixie. Mr. Bean might reply with "Magic." The survivors head over the car and head towards a wooden bridge with a safe room. Because of the high amount of bullets shot out of the turret, there were no zombies in the way. They even had a nice, long conversation about what they did before the infection and why Scootaloo was so scared of Rainbow Dash on December 27th, 2011. Some time had passed and soon, the safe room was in sight. The group of four gathered their supplies in the safe room and headed to Baltimare park. In the park was a house that had a radio calling for a couple with a boat. The survivors went to the radio, and like at Tolerance, had Button operate it. He dialed the number written next to the radio and waited for an answer. "Hello? Is this another group of survivors?" asks the mare on the radio. "Yes, this is Button Mash and I am with three other ponies wanting to be rescued." "O.K., here is what you need to do to call for the boat," says a stallion. "First, turn off the computer and make sure it powers down. Then, you must drop it in a twenty-three foot hole in the ground. Third, you need to bury it completely, rocks and boulders preferably. Finally, you must burn all the clothes in the pile next to you." "Why would I do that?" asks Button Mash." "We accidentally put a virus on the computer." says the mare. After Mash down all those steps were completed, there was a light on the opposite side of the river. Somehow, the light was so bright, multiple zombies saw it and are now heading towards the house. There were a couple dashers, partiers, and draggers. The partiers and draggers weren't a threat, as Twilight Sparkle still had a sniper rifle, but with the dashers, they couldn't be sniped, and they were too fast to track with a scope anyways. "Got one in my sights," says Shining Armor. Because of how close the dasher was, Armor was able to kill it with one shotgun blast. However, the second one was still on the lose, and couldn't be seen. Just then, the boat comes to rescue them without the drivers knowing about the dasher. The group heads towards the boat while worrying about the dasher when they heard a gunshot. Trixie turns around to see that Sparkle sniped the dasher. "B-but, how?" asks Trixie. Twilight replies with "First things first, I'm a marksmare." The two mares run onto the boat so they can get off the island. When all the survivors got on the boat, the boater took off. Their next destination is Baltimare...