Author's Note

Hey, welcome back for more... about 17 more sets to go and then the finale... it's coming... like sometime in the future... don't worry about it...

Universal Apocalypse Life: Episode 5: Bad Thing No. Neon Part 1

Universal Apocalypse Life: Episode 5: Bad Thing No. Neon Part 1

When will it all end? When will it all just come to a fucking end? Why were we left alive? Why couldn’t we have gone with the others in the blast? Death is a preferable alternative than to life here. By now, we would wish a nuke or a cluster bomb to be sent in our direction, where it would blow off our limbs and toss it on to the deserted streets and let us die in one of the abandoned buildings. Just please, put a gun to our temples and pull the fucking trigger already… but that’s just me day dreaming.

In all honestly there is no way out of this hellscape that we got ourselves in. Well, that we were forced into that is. We really didn’t have a choice in the matter as Neon just exploded one day and in the blast took us with him. For all we know, this is Neon Hell and somewhere up above is the land of the living, where everything is fine and dandy up there. But I doubt it; else I think we would have seen some of the souls of the damned that we damned in the first place down here. Instead, the damned are the lucky ones right now, and for us it is only hell on Earth… Neon Hell that is.

But what about heaven though? Is heaven even safe from Neon’s clutches? That I don’t even have the answer to, but it probably isn’t. Hell I don’t even know of what God here is like in this My Little Pony universe, although I believe it’s a woman from what I’ve been told. I hope she can get in the kitchen and make me some soup… cause I don’t eat sandwiches that much. I don’t even know what I’m talking about anymore… just kind of bored really.

But ooo… Something did happen today, to Jack really. I guess I can log that story of him for now. So let’s see, let me look through with my magic and see what happened again and… alright, let’s begin. Hmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm…

So it was a morning in what is now Neon World, and what used to be the remains of Equestria… specifically Stalia. And the morning sun was rising off into the distance, at least as best as it could. Neon sort of put the sun on auto pilot after he killed Celestia you know.

And with the dark green sky being thick and covering the entire planet I presume, since we never got contact from outside of Equestria, but it’s safe to assume everyone is dead. Or at least most considering the past events that took place. Like maybe at a ninety to ninety five percent of the entire world’s population being dead is my guess. Anyways, it was the usual morning in Neon’s World, and Neon was out and about, basking in his own creation.

Neon was gently galloping through the ruined and burnt buildings, frolicking through the rubble and debris like they were flowers in a meadow. He was dancing and twirling on all of the dead and rotten corpses that filled the streets that remained that didn’t immediately turned to ash after Neon’s little explosion from early on. And Neon was in a good mood, like a genuine good mood so that was good for us. And as he was heading back to the party store, he got up onto a hill like place in the town of what used to be Stalia and looked back as the sun was trying to break through the dark clouds.

He then said to himself, “What a beautiful day that I have made. My friends would so love to see this sunrise… especially Forrest because I know how he likes nice things. And if he doesn’t…”

Neon paused for a brief moment, and then his voice got deeper and scary sounding like a possessed demon, “I’m going to rip out his eye balls while pouring hot acid into his eye sockets while cutting out his tongue.”

And then a small, little screech could be heard from behind him coming from one of the destroyed buildings.

And when Neon heard that, he turned around behind him with his smile as usual and said out loud, “Oh, what’s this? Do we have yet another survivor that doesn’t seem to know when to die? Well why don’t you come out of hiding you little rascal so I can put an end to you.”

And then from out of the darkness and shadows of one of the buildings that was partially destroyed, out came a mare who was down low to the ground, like really low, with her belly barely dragging on the ground, and crawling like some kind of bug, came out. She had a long, rugged, bleached mane that looked like it used to be a brighter and more of a beautiful color, same with her tail as well. Her skin was all but of that of a dark grey with a hint of brown in it, with what it used to be of a bright tone of color that spread happiness and joy to everyone else.

Her teeth was that of an animal, ready to rip and tear meat from a bone clean off. Her nose was missing as well as her eyes. Instead, her eyes were depend and were nothing but that of a black, endless void whenever you looked into her eyes. Yet it seemed that she could somehow still see out of those eye sockets. And to top it all off… she still had some eyebrows so she could express some emotions if need be.

And when she came crawling out like an elongated spider, she hissed at Neon.

However Neon only trotted up to her lightly and hanged his head down to her level just a bit and said to her, “Why hello there girl. Aren’t you a cutie? You’re not supposed to be here. You don’t belong in this world.”

Neon then stood there, thinking for a bit while still smiling, “Hmmm… where could you have come from even? I was sure I had put an end to everypony in this sector. I could kill you know and use your organs for a pie that I am making for my dearest of all friends… but I think you will do just fine for something that I need…”

AT THE PARTY STORE…

And so as usual, while Neon went out, we were instructed to not leave the store. Not like that there was much to do outside anyways. We were all in our usual spots like always. Me and Arrell at one of the booths, Jack and Mac at the counter tops, and Forrest was just fucking about and doing whatever. I think he was flying or something and trying to find something to past the time on.

I said out loud to everyone, “Well this is boring. When will Neon get back?”

Jack then said while looking a little bit confident and looking like an asshole of some kind, and turning around from his seat to face everyone, “Well whatever Neon is doing, we all know it won’t be good. I’m sure Neon is cooking up his next plan for one of us.”

I then asked Jack as I put my right hoof on my cheek, while having a curious look on my face, “What do you mean by that Jack?”

Jack then said to me with a sort of grin on his face, “Come on, in the past, he targeted Forrest, Mac, and Arrell… kind of… I’m sure the next one he picks, that poor sap is going to have to go through some terrible and embarrassing. And I’m sure you’re next on the list Knight?”

I then asked him while having a look of annoyance on my face, “Why do you think it’s going to be me? What makes you think it’s not going to be you?”

Jack then said while being an asshole, “Because Knight. I think Neon knows deep down, he’s too afraid to single me out and that I would stomp a mud hole in his face before he even told me what to do. And I’m willing to make that a bet with you too.”

And then without notice, Neon busted open the doors to the Party Store and said with a big smile on his face, “Jack, you’re next!”

And once Neon announced that out loud, Jack immediately shivered up and scurried away in fear as he made a little yelping sound. As he was looking scared and cowering in fear, he looked towards me.

I had a look that was still that of annoyed one, but deep down I had a little smile on my face as I said to him, “You sure you still want to take that bet Jack?”

Jack then without a word, quickly got on all fours and crawled quickly to my booth and tried to hide under the table.

He then yelled out loud to me, “Quick, hide me Knight. Take my place instead of me… please…”

Before I had a chance to speak to Jack, Neon walked over to the booth and lowered his head down to Jack’s eye level and said with a perfect smile like always, “Oh but Jack…”

Neon’s voice then turned into that of a demon’s voice as his coat color started to darken a bit, “… There’s no escape for you.”

And then Neon went back to looking normal again. He then grabbed Jack’s left forearm without much of a struggle and pulled Jack from under there, and Jack felt the force that was Neon’s right forearm. And boy oh boy, it was strong. Deadly even…

And so with Jack standing up on all fours and scared on what was going to happen next to him while having a look of worry on his face, Neon said to him, “Now there’s a pretty young mare out there that’s going to be your date. I want you to go out there and introduce yourself to her… or else…”

Neon then very quickly placed a light blue bandana around Jack’s forehead as well as placing a small potion in his left hoof.

Neon explained to him while doing so, “So here’s a bandanna thingy to make yourself look nice and a drink that I want you to give to her.”

And right before Jack went outside to meet his new lover, Neon said to him lastly while his voice got deeper like a demon’s voice while he started to turn black, “And Jack… just remember… there’s going to be some bad luck happening to you nigga…”

And then he went back to normal and said to him while waving him off, “Have a good time you two…”

Jack then gave a nervous gulp, looked at the potion, and then turned around and left the Party Store. As soon as he left, the doors closed behind him, and we just all sat there, waiting for Jack’s return. As soon as Jack got outside, he saw his new mate, and she was just sitting, growling and barking like a crazy, rabid dog.

Jack then said to himself while putting on an angry look on, “Alright then Jack… you’ve been through worst… you can do this.”

And so Jack expanded his chest out a bit, put on a tough guy look and walked towards her and said, “What’s up babe? You look like a single bit whore and you’re a worthless piece of meat. So how about you do me a favor and either you suck my dick right here right now or go on a date with me later on.”

He had said it with such determination and with a tough guy act. And he looked like he meant it too as he strutted around, looking like he was going to beat up some other stallion if they tried to move on his girl. He had done it while carrying and holding the potion in an upright fashion too.

But as soon as he was finished talking, the crazy mare went crazy, screaming and howling and went all over the place and tried to get on to Jack’s back and everything while clawing him a bit. This caused Jack to scream a little bit in distress and losing his balance while trying to be careful with the potion as it tipped from side to side. But he wasn’t good enough and the potion spilled on to his bandana, and what came out of the container was a mysterious red liquid. The liquid then covered and repainted the bandana into a red one instead of a light blue one. And as soon as that happened, Jack started to hear the voices of the damned in his head and could feel their presence as the sounds of hell raged in his ears.

When he felt this, his eyes were wide opened as he then said, “What?” to himself.

As for the mare, she was able to get on top of his back and head as he remained still.

And after a couple of seconds of screeching like a banshee, she stopped, looked into Jack’s eyes and said in a normal tone of voice with a bit of scruffiness, “You sound like a hot guy. So yeah sure, I’ll go on that date with you. I’ll be here later, don’t be late.”

And then she got off of Jack’s head and just crawled very fast away. And now not only did some bad luck happened to Jack… he was going to have to go on a date too…

And from literally out of nowhere, the sound of a studio audience going “ooooooooooooo” happened, but Jack wasn’t concerned about the disembodied voices. He was worried about the bad luck.

BACK IN THE PARTY STORE…

So Jack immediately walked back in and we didn’t move from our spots.

He then looked worried as he then said to Neon, “What did you do!?”

Neon then said, “Nothing you silly! Now you better get ready for your date… and don’t forget…”

Neon then returned to being in a dark form with a demon like voice and said to him, “There’s going to be two more bad luck things happening to you. So you better be watching yo back nigga…”

And then Neon walked away and back to his own private studies. And Jack just stood there with big eyes like a statue, too scared to move or to do anything really.

So Arrell thought it would be best to maybe help him out just a bit so he got out from the booth, walked up to him and asked, “What was that all about?”

Jack turned around, worried, and said to him, “It’s the bad luck that Neon put on me. I don’t know what he did, but he did something.”

Arrell had a curious look on his face so he asked Jack, “What do you mean?”

Jack then said, “Neon hooked me up with this chick, not my type, but still, and I have to go on this date with her. And then this potion that Neon gave me accidently spilled on my bandana and now I’m hearing terrible voices and a scary place.”

Arrell then said as he mellowed out his look a bit, “Oh I’m sure that it isn’t that bad. You’re just being superstitious and…”

Jack then shut him up by placing the band on his head, and once he did that, Arrell saw a vision of all the souls of the damned that Neon killed, being burned in the fire and flames; wailing and screaming for mercy. They were surrounding him, trying to reach for him to help or to possibly drag him down with them all. And on top of a pedestal, was a burnt pony corpse levitating from off the ground and looking down on him with anger. He also wore a red robe that looked a little bit esoteric. And then Arrell pulled the thing off from his head and threw the band to the ground in an instant.

He then said while breathing heavily, “The fuck was that dude?!”

Jack then said, “I know right!?”

Jack then had a crazy smile on his face as he started to sweat a little bit, “But I’ve got an idea. Neon said that there were only two bad things left, so I just need to get the other two bad things done and out of the way, so that my date with this chick can go smoothly.”

Jack then put on a smile of a crazy person and Arrell just looked a bit frightened as he then said while backing up as fast as he could, “Get away from me! I don’t want your curse!”

Jack then had a look of disappointment as Arrell backed up and ran to a corner. He then looked towards me and walked over. I wasn’t worried and was all cool like.

He then asked me, “Quick, tell me you’re fighting somepony and that something bad is going to come from it? Like... you breaking through a wall in a fight.”

I then looked annoyed once again towards him and said, “I’m not fighting with anyone. Out of all of us here, I’m the only one who isn’t worried about what Neon does to us. Forrest is scared like always. Mac is too stupid to realize what is going on half the time. Arrell is in his own little world at times and tries to pretend it’s not bad. Wolf isn’t even a part of this mess. And you’re supposed to be the tough guy and be fearless about what Neon does to you.”

Jack then said with a nervous grin, “So… that’s a no?…”

I then said to Jack, “You’re on your own.”

I then got up from my booth and walked away, rolling with whatever was happening.

Jack then said while sweating bullets and gritting his teeth and putting a hoof to his forehead, “Oh no… what am I going to do?”

And so Jack needed to find a solution to his problem or else he was fucked. And not in a good way either.