Reignite

I'm not the type of person who believes in karma or religion to be honest with you, I do however keep a very open mind. As a...erm woman of reason I can safely assume that while there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for everything, there are some things that can't be explained...at least in a way our minds can comprehend.

A week or so after the incident with Shane's mother, the hospital or more specifically the dorms became the target of small group of people whom took part in the abuse of ponies such as those staying at the hospital. Matt himself was victim to three of the members of this little group, all of which we personally knew for quite some time now. These three were the reason Matt came into the hospital limping with an injured foreleg.

Nathan, who is more or less the muscle of the three. He stands roughly 6 foot in height, a bit on the chubby side and has dark brown hair and brown eyes. When he was younger he was in fact a pretty nice guy to hang out with, but sadly his was a case of falling in with the wrong crowd...All that's left of that kid now is more or less no longer exists, which is a shame really...he really was that nice of a guy.

The second of the three was some drug addict called Joseph, he wasn't the brightest of the bunch and it showed often that whatever he was smoking was slowly making him more and more paranoid. He was easily the smallest at 5 foot 3 inches, messy blond hair and almost lifeless blue eyes. He and Shane apparently have clashed with each other in the past on more than a few occasions and they hate each other with a passion.

The leader of the trio was a man called Scott. This son of a bitch and I go way back, he was also one responsible for stabbing Matt a few years ago and ended up on the receiving end of probably the biggest beat down I've ever given some one...I still can't remember exactly what happened. Now he was more or less the brains of the group, standing around 5 foot 9 inches, almost black hair and ice blue eyes.

Now these three decided it fun to smack other ponies around for some sick form of entertainment. I've heard some very disturbing rumours about this group they are in, one being they kidnap ponies and well...I'd rather not say anything further but lets just say I can't watch the news with out being physically sick. All you need to know that because of all this they are the prime targets of the police at the present moment...Ah where was I?

It was night time, and over the past week the dorms had been victim to attacks from the group I just told you about, even if we didn't realise it at the time. Windows were being smashed in by bricks, some of the staff had come in injured, and even a few of the cars in the nearby car park were blown up.

“Mommy I'm scared!” Sunshine sobbed, frightened at what was going on outside.

“Shush, Sunshine it'll all be okay.” I reassured my daughter who was shaking frightened. We were in one of the more safer rooms thankfully, Antonia and some of the staff decided to get everyone together in some effort to protect ourselves and more importantly the other children.

“Tch, how long is it going to take until the police get here?” Shane asked.

“I don't know what's keeping them? They should have been here by now.” Antonia answered, her voice full of worry. “Why would they attack a hospital of all places?”

“From what I gather, it's the same group of people who injured me. I recognise a few of the people.” Matt commented, “I always knew Scott and his lackeys were bad news, but even I never thought they would throw in with this lot.” I frowned, a look of rage washed over my features.

“Them!? Trust me Matt that bit of news doesn't surprise me.” I said bitterly, Antonia and Shane just frowned. The sound of the riot outside the build could probably be heard through out the hospital campus, from what we could make out of the situation even the hospital security couldn't keep control of them all even with the increase of security staff.

A loud banging could be heard from one of the doors down the hallway, from the sound of it the door in question was being broken down by whoever was outside.

“Oi' mate, where do ya think their hidin'? A deep voice asked,

“Tch, dunno I reckon it gunna have to be one of these doors.” Another replied, this one sounded familiar which wasn't a good thing at all. “Me old man told me about this set up their doin' 'ere, some stupid horse bitch thought it would be a fab idea to help those poor sods out.” The voice laughed, “He would've done the bitch in if it wasn't for that bastard of a doctor.” Antonia felt shivers go down her spine at the voices words. The sound of gun being cocked made us all frightened. The voice that made the earlier comment let out a heavy cough.

“Ye alright mate?” His accomplice asked, “Ye 'ave been coughin' like that the past couple of days.”

“I told ya I'm fine, now get lookin' and when ya find 'em gimme a holler.” The voice in charge ordered.

“What are we going to do?” I whispered, looking around I counted what must have been 50 or so ponies at least 12 were children.

“Knock the sons of bitches out and tie them up if we have to.” Shane hissed, “There's plenty of rope here.” It was a sound idea, if risky. “A good kick in the head should do the job.”

“Shane, if they comes enter this room...do it.” Antonia urged, “We can't allow these people to harm anyone here.” A faint sound of sirens could be heard getting closer to the hospital, this caught our attention and some of the ponies allowed themselves a sigh of relief.

“It looks like it's getting pretty bad out there.” Matt commented, looking outside the window of the room. “The police are here but it looks like they have to deal with the crowd before they can get anywhere near us.” Matt watched on as various police officers outfitted with riot gear attempted to control of the crowd.

“How many people are out there exactly?” I asked, Matt checked the window again and muttered under his breath as he began counting.

“My guess there's around twenty, twenty five of those thugs out there.” Matt answered, “Plus the two running around here.” Antonia looked like she was deep in thought, not liking the idea she was drawing.

“Our best chance would be to draw them away from here, but someone would have to go out there...” She said worried, the fact that it would mean someone would have a good choice of getting killed if they went out there.

“I'll go.” We all turned to Matt in surprise speechless.

“Matt...Are you sure you want to do this?” Shane asked him, “You could get killed if your caught!”

“...I know, but if we don't do something then we'll all be dead by the time the police get here...” Matt stated, “And I won't stand by and let those two harm children! Mark you know what I mean right?”

“...” I said nothing, but I nodded slowly. “Matt...I understand where your coming from, but please think about this...please.” Matt just shook his head.

“Look, wouldn't you do anything to protect Sunshine? Or how about your friends Mark?” Matt asked me, “It's either us or them! And I won't stand by at let them hurt anyone I care for, and I know for a fact that deep down you and Shane would do the same thing if you have to!” He was right and from the look on Shane's face he agreed with Matt.

“...I-If you insist Matt...” I choked out. Matt made his way to the door, before he stopped and turned to face us all.

“Both of you please...just trust me...” He pleaded, “...I'll be okay.” He left the room, the door locking with an loud click leaving the room in complete silence.

Matt snuck around being as quiet as he could against the marble like floor, making his way as far as from the room where we were hiding as he could get. Finally reaching his destination to the top floor where he knew he would be heard throughout the building if he made a racket or shouted.

“I-I can't believe I'm doing this...” He thought nervously, “C-come on man pull yourself together for their sake!” Matt took a moment to compose himself, before shouting as loud as he possibly could.

“OI! YOU TWO MOTHERFUCKERS!! COME AND HAVE AGO, IF YOU THINK YOU'RE HARD ENOUGH!!!”

“Oi, ya hear that mate?” One of the thugs asked, cracking his knuckles. The other was having a coughing fit.

“...Y-yeah mate I heard it, c'mon!” They both ran to where the shouting was coming from, towards Matt...

“H-Heh...worked like a charm.” Matt muttered to himself, before galloping through the halls on a wild goose chase throughout the dorms. The two thugs which Matt recognised as Scott and Joseph, saw him and gave chase. Scott fired that pistol he was carrying at Matt but thankfully missed him, Matt began galloping faster his hoofsteps echoing throughout the halls. Scott fell into another coughing fit, collapsing on the ground as he did so clutching his chest.

“Joe, get that son of a bitch!” He wheezed out, “I'll catch up soon.” Joseph nodded and shot off after Matt. It didn't take long for him to catch up.

“Come 'ere ya little shit!” Joseph yelled as he leapt in an attempt to grab Matt, however Matt seized the initiative and bucked back with his hind legs kicking Joseph square in the face knocking him out cold.

“That's for beating earlier, you son of a bitch!” Matt said coldly, “...now where's Scott?” Matt didn't bother turning round, as he heard a faint clicking noise behind him. “...Ah.”

“...You'll...pay for...that!” Scott choked out in between coughs, before smacking Matt. Wincing in pain Matt just got back up giving Scott and angry look. “...Did...you think...you could...run?” Scott heaved.

“Well that was the plan.” Matt said sarcastically.

“Your...time...has just ran...out smart ass!” Scott panted, sweat dripping from his brow and he began randomly scratching. Matt just began laughing at Scott's threat. “What's...so damn...argh...fuckin' itch...funny!?”

“Why the irony of your situation, of course.” Matt answered still laughing, “My time has ran out? Oh I think your very much mistaken.” Scott just looked confused, “I mean, just look at you scratching and coughing. Do tell me how is your balance at the moment?”

“Huh?” Scott looked as confused as ever, while yes he was holding himself up against a wall his body seemed to be screaming at him at how unnatural it was to stand on two legs. Scott shook his head, trying to dismiss the feeling.

“Oh and by the way Scott, how can you use a gun without any fingers?” Matt asked laughing even louder, Scott watched horrified as his fingers began to melt into a hooves as he finally lost his balance. “Oh this is just great! Look at you, someone who would beat and torture ponies just for a laugh. Is becoming one himself! The irony is delicious!”

“H-how could you find this funny!?” Scott asked, as his legs began twisting and snapping into hind legs.

“Oh, it's very simple!” Matt explained, “Everyone at this hospital never asked to be changed into what we are, and yet people like yourself would hurt us for something we never had a choice in!” Matt kicked the gun away from Scott and his unconscious friend. “I'm not one to laugh at someone's misfortune but for you? I'll gladly make the exception!”

Scott looked on in disbelief, as Matt began to laugh louder before blacking out entirely as the last words he heard from Matt echoed in his mind.

“Welcome to the herd, you son of a bitch!”

Matt thankfully made it back much to our relief, it was safe to come out now as the riot had died down completely as the police was arresting those who didn't escape. Samuel looked relieved when he saw his wife was okay, along side everyone else. It did leave the question of what was going to happen to Scott, considering the police decided to leave his fate to us as he was now a pony like the rest of us.

“I say we let the police lock him up.” Matt said simply, “Let him see what it's like to be treated cruelly.” Now the utter disgust I felt towards Scott was influencing my words slightly.

“Grand idea, let him rot in prison.” I commented, Antonia seemed to disagree though...

“I think we should keep him in a secure room, away from where he can harm others.” Antonia suggested. I disagreed, but it was her decision at the end of the day. She let the police know what her decision was despite our protests. As we all left him alone to deal with his new found situation, I swore to myself I would personally make him regret it if he tried anything...