Equestrian apocalypse of the dead

Chapter 2 lighting up the sky

to was getting late but I was still an hour early for my date with lightning dancer. I had spent most of the day making her gift and had missed launch so I was very hungry. My stomach tossed and turned with hunger and nerviness it was staring to make me queasy. With out noticing I bumped into some one or something, it was larger then a pony and had feathers a look up rubbing my eyes wondering who it was.

"WATCH IT,,,, oh red eyes its you long time no see" the female griffin said.

The fit and strangely attractive griffin greeted me, picking me off of the ground with her strong talons.

"fancy seeing you here in Ponyvile, Victoria, how have things been" I said to the to pale feathered griffin with tips of red at the end of her long elegant wings.

"going good, here for the marksman composition at Sweet Apple Acres, you in?" Victoria said with as much as a grin as a beak would allow her.

"of course am In, still have those desert eagles I made you" I replied.

"yup still have Butter Cup and Sheryl" she said.

" you named your guns?" I said with a chuckle.

"SO DID YOU" she replied in a playful anger.

"so want are you doing to night" she asked

"am going own a date I told her.

"oh,,, whose the lucky girl" she ask with a small amount of disappointment but then resumed her friendly smile.

"A Pegasus named lightning dancer were having diner at her place then were going to see a movie, Iron Hooves 3" I said.

me and victory were good friends. It was good to see an old friend again I think today must be the turning point in my life, things are finally starting to get better in my life.

Victoria looked up too wards the dark blue sky, soon I too looked up to sky. coming out of the dark clouds flu a metallic chariot with unmoving wings, only this chariot must have been very large and there was no ponies puling it. It was probably new tech. Victoria and I watched as the chariot light up with green flame as it speed towards the grown. It was at least 10 miles away when it crashed to the earth some were in the ever free forest. It shot bright sickly green flames up wards. The flames were at high enough that all of Ponyvile could see it!

"whoa" Victoria said dropping her jaw down it shock.

"should we do something" I asked.

Victoria shrugged in response. There was at least 50 other ponies who saw what happened. I didn't need stand around and talk to guards about what I had seen, besides I have a date tonight. after parting ways with Victoria, promising to see her at Sweat Apple Acres festival tomorrow, I made my way back to lightning's dancers place for dinner.

After dinner, witch was delicious, lightning and I trotted over to theater. It was the last day the movie was being showed in theaters, so the movie theater, was relatively under populated. I got in line for movie tickets with lightning but instead of seeing Iron hooves 3, we went to see some movie based off of a romance novel, "sigh". we took are seats and then the theater went dark. lightning leaned up against me her coat was harm and soft against my body, it was ssoo soothing and then she nestled up against me as the movie stared. one quarter of the way into the movie she placed her hooves against mine and she looked ate me with her large and beautiful green eyes, I blushed and place my poncho on my lap, I didn't want her to see how my body was reacting to her snuggling up against me.

It was time to make a move, I slowly moved my nestled my muzzle closer to hers. then lightning closed her eyes, moving in for a kiss and then

"AAAAHHHH" the mood was interrupted by a bloodcurdling scream coming from the lobby. "AAAHHHHHbbbllllll" the scream sounded as if it were drowning, but the screaming stopped there was complete silence for one long minute. then an author

"AAAAAAHHHH" from the projector room, maybe the projector must have been knocked offer because the movie stopped and the hole theater went dark.

"lets go, we should leave" lightning said.

Buck that I was not going to leave when some pony could be dying. I telekinetically pulled my .44 revolver from my saddle bags, oh and did I mention I have a .44 magnum.

"YOU BROUGHT A GUN" said lightning in surprised.

I rolled my eyes then trotted quickly towards the door to the lobby then I slowly pushed it open with lightning standing behind me. nothing could prepare me for what was behind that door.

There stood a black maned Pegasus pony in hospital robe, its once white coat was stained red, brown and with other disgusting colors. the pony had used its jaws to rip open the neck of theater employee leaving him bleeding to death and in shock, on the ground. the sickly cannibal pony razed its head staring at me with its cold lifeless white eyes. I was in so much shock I couldn't move. then the cannibal pony opined it's blood soaked jaws and then gave out a long lowed moan!

"MMMOOOOOOAAAHHH,,,,,,,,,".

Its breath smelt like fresh, blood, meat and other body fluids. I nearly through up at the site and smell.

"stay back" I said with a grate deal of fear in my voice.

It took a step forward "STAY BACK " I raised my voice while pointing my revolver at the pony.

It leaped forward jaws wide open! BLAM I shot it in the legs and it tumbled to the ground. Soon after it got up. standing on its shot leg causing bone to jut out of its leg.

"STAY DOWN" I screamed at the top off my lungs.

It lunged at me. BLAM I shot it square in the chest blowing a hoof sized hole in it. "is it ,, dead" lightning ask softly and fearfully.

"yha I thinks its dead now" "BLARG"

I was interrupted by the creature pouncing on me. It began to try and rip me to pieces with its jaws, when that didn't work it started bucking me with its hooves knocking my gun out of is levitation hold. SLAM IT bucked me in the face. I started to bleed and I thought for sheer this thing was going to kill me and then BBLLAAMM the creatures head exploded showering blood and brain matter on my body. I tossed the body of to the side, and looked up at lightning holding my .44 magnum

",,,ow" she dropped the gun.

The kick of the gun had browsed her mouth but that didn't hurt as much as the emotion pain she felt right now. Tears began to flow from her eyes but she didn't close them only stare, stare at what she had done, at what she had to do.

I telekinetically pick up my gun. and held lightning for just moment not sheer if getting blood on her via hug would help, but I did it anyway for I needed a hug gust as much as she did.

"WHAT IN CEALESTIAS NAME DID YOU DO OUT HERE" said a pony with deep blue main and light grey coat,

but then he saw the bit marks on the corps and the hoof prints in my face, and putt he pieced it together.

"oh Luna what is going on". he said

Two sickly figure stumbled out of the projector room, one a blood stained earth pony and one anther theater employee with a film roll as a cutie mark. they both have fleshy bite wounds. I aimed my gun at them ready to fire.

"BLARG" I was jumped by the dead theater employee that was lying on the ground gust moments ago.

SLAM I started bashing the side of its head with the butt of my hand gun, in tell I heard a sickening CRACK. I pushed the body off of me and again pointed my gun at the to remaining undead ponies. These things didn't die by a bullet to the chest but they did die from a bullet to the head. BLAM one the creatures head exploded BLAM then another. the walls and floor was stained with blood and brain matter. The site and smell caused me to throw up in my mouth a little. What have we done!

I stared blankly at the corpses, why did it come to this, were these ponies monsters that needed to be stopped or were they sick ponies who needed to be helped? was I a hero or a,,, murder? my hole body stock in place, in fear! what have I done had I just killed these ponies was I a monster. I felt a soft warm hug wrap around me. lightning was holding me trying to comfort me. tears ran down her face and then tears ran down mine.

The blue haired earth pony from before stared in fear and shock out throw the glasses doors of the theater.

"OH STAT" he said while scouting and racing off to the popcorn machine.

he pushed it to the door and tipped it over blocking the door way, with the heavy machine. popcorn and glass spilled all over the floor mixing with the sickly fluids of the dead.

"how much ammo you got left" he said he said. I opened the action of my gun confirming what I already new,

"only one bullet left" I said trying not to sound disappointed. SLAM a undead pony slammed against the glasses door for out side. its jaws scraping up against the glass.

soon the other ponies In the movie theater came to investigate the lobby, there were gasp of horror and fear. one pony even through up, adding to the mess of fluids on the ground.

"every one get through the back exit, NOW" I yield.

every pony trotted to the back exit not fast, but not slow like a normal crowd, the hole theater was filled with whispers and the sounds of mares crying. A red colored earth pony put both his hooves on the door slowly pushing it open

"AAAAHHH" an another undead pony from out side jumped the red earth pony tearing him into gory pieces.

when I heard the screams I bolted it towards the show room doors. as the last pony makes it through the blue maned pony shut the lobby door before the gore covered undead pony could make it throw.

Trapped, trapped with a half a dozen scared pony's and one bullet. SLAM anther blood drenched undead pony slammed against the glass door, forming a long crack in the glass door of the theater. Every pony started sobbing in fear. lightning was trying her best to com ponies down

"now now, there there every thing will be ok" she said in a com voice.

"lightning can a talk to you" I asked lightning trying not to cry, trying to stay com.

we walked over into to the projector room, inside there was a protector lying on the floor, also on the floor, there was a sticky pool of blood, despite this it was cleaner than the lobby.

"lightning i want to give you something, I had, made for you" I told her trying to look unconcerned by every thing that just happened.

"oh rick I don't think this is the time" she said. I Ignored her abjection and levitated a small blue vest that matched her main then,

raping her in a red glow I telekinetically strapped on the vest tightly but not to tightly. the vest had a hand holster on the right, and pouches for clips on the left. lightning looked at the vest on her self in wonder, then her gaze turned upwards to me. I lifted white box with a red ribbon on it.

"here" I said while open the gift rapt box.

Inside was a glock with a chrome slide and a dark gun blue body. I made firing mechanism for earth and Pegasus ponies. It was a pressure activated, so it would fire when a pony would bite down on it. A pony could also use there jaws to slide the bit, turn the safety on, off, or drop the clip out. On the rubber bit/handle was her dancing cutie mark that had painted on. It was Impossible for a pony to aim the gun in there mouth so I had installed a green lazier pointer that would make it possible to aim the gun from the mouth. having a gun go off near your face was unpleasant so I had a sort black suppressor on the barrel to keep the sound level down. the gun was in top condition I hand spent all day working on it for her and know it was more importance than ever.

Her eyes widened "rick I don't know want to say" lightning said

"all explain to you how it works" I told her.

"NO I mean a couldn't shoot a pony not again" she said tears almost forming in her eyes.

"I hope you never have to but I mite not be able to protect you all the time" I told her.

Her head went down "but how, how can I shoot some pony I wouldn't be able to do it" she said while looking towards the ground.

"hey,, look at me" she looked at me with large deep green eyes "there's no reason to be afraid thrust me we will make it out together" I said while using my hoof to lift her head up.

after explaining how it worked I slid the gun in to the holster on the vest and hugged her, she hugged me back.

"where going to "make it I said."

I gave lightning dancer the only 2 clips of 9mm ammo I had, that's 15 bullets per clip. we steeped out of the projector room every one had found a unbloodsocked spot on the floor and laid down to rest. I turned to the blue mained pony that had helped me earlier.

"Thanks for your help,,,,mmm" I said not knowing his name.

"every one calls me Joe,, and your welcome" he said.

judging from Joe's cutie mark he was a handy pony or engineer. walking over to a counter. I emptied out all my stuff in a pill of spare parts and miscellaneous ammo.

"hey Joe i need your help" I said calling Joe over.

"whacht you need" Joe replied while trotting over to me "I need your help building something".

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The number of undead ponies was building up at the door. It was ready, together me and Joe had built a flare we were planning of using it to single for help. "were going to have to break the glass door to shoot the flare out side" Its true it was the only way we were going to single for help.

"every one grab a weapon or hide this is going to get ruff" I said.

most ponies ran and hid in the projector and/or bathrooms except lightning, Joe, a large earth pony with donut as a cutie mark and I. here we are, do or die. even if we survived would help come, was there even help out there. I thought about what I was about to do. I could stay safe for about an hour or two or I could break the glass and call for help. ether way we where going to have to fight them some time why not know.

I shouted "lightning, shoot the glass"

The home made flare shoot out of the movie theater into the streets of Ponyvile. POP the flare made an explosion of red light 20 ft above the night time street. The sound carried through Ponyvile pared by a foul screams off in the distance. There were at least 20 undead ponies out side, just a few cannibalistic undead ponies, no problem?