Prototype: New World, Still Hunting

Alex found himself in the White House with a suit and sunglasses on.

‘How the hell did I get here?’ Alex thought.

Alex then felt his body move by itself looking as he noticed a black man, also in a suit who was being escorted by service agents down the hall. He looked toward a barricaded door that was being pounded on by something. He then put his hand in his ear.

“HQ, where is that evac? We can't hold them forever!” his body said on it’s own.

Alex then heard a response: “Agent, a transport chopper is on the way. Just keep president Obama safe until evac arrives. Bombers are going to commence bombing of D.C. as evac gets there.”

Then thoughts, not his own, entered Alex’s mind.

The eggheads said that the virus had been eradicated in New York 6 years ago, then it pops up in Brazil and becomes global with confirmed cases in every country on Earth. Most of both American continents are in anarchy,with the US just barely holding on. Meanwhile, Europe and Asia have mostly collapsed while Africa has no human life at all. With about 6 billion infected and turned into the fucking zombies,banging on the doors of the White House,and most countries gone, some people have lost hope and committed suicide as others attempt to escape to Antarctica or Greenland… But atleast the politicians finally agree on something: We need to escape.

The thought finished just as Alex heard something rumble behind him. As he turned around and he recognized what he saw as the hunters from Manhattan, one jumped at him and his vision went dark.

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Alex immediately sat up in bed. He began to think of what he just saw and the implication of those memories

‘Ok, so something happened to me when the nuke went off.Most likely I was in some sort of animal rage, consuming things with no thought,or I would not have these memories. While I was in that state, my Blacklight virus caused a worldwide pandemic, possibly causing humanity to go extinct. But that raises the question: where are the human continents? The continent that Equestria and the other nations are not on a landmass that existed onEarth. And there are no continents from Earthon the ponies maps. Perhaps Celestia has some answers, and the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration is the perfect time to ask,’ Alex concluded.

Alex then noticed his forelegs; they had shifted into claws. Alex willed them to revert into their pony form. Alex watched the large pulsating arms that ended with three large, blade-like claws become covered in a mass of red tendrils as they shifted to blue stumps that were hooves.

Alex looked to the clock on the wall; it read 6:25 in the morning. Alex opened the blinds and noticed the sunrise on the horizon with only shop owners were outside.

Alex got out of bed and opened the door to his room. Walking out and shutting the door behind him, he eyed at the walls of the hallway he was in. Nothing had changed and probably never will.

Walking down the hallway and down the stairs, he found that there was a different pony at the front desk then last night. His strange clothes earned Alex a few curious looks from the ponies in the lobby, but they quickly turned their attention back to their own business as he walked passed them.

Alex opened the front door to the Inn and walked outside. He immediately felt the warm summer air on him, a noticeable difference the the cool air conditioning of the Inn.

‘Well, probably best to go to the library to figure out Equestria’s history. There were not any historians at the base I consumed’.

With a destination is mind, he set on his way to the hollowed out tree he saw last night. As he walked,, he noticed many ponies were staring at him, as he expected they would. But one pink pony gasped and sped away with an agility nearly matching his own. Alex starred where the pony once was.

‘Ok, nevermind the fact that my clothes brought that kind of reaction. What I want to know is how she ran so fast,’ Alex thought with confusion.

Shaking the thought off Alex noticed a rainbow coloured tail poking out of a low flying cloud. Deciding to deal with the failure of a spy, he ducked into an alleyway so the pony lost sight of him, Alex then quietly flew up behind the pony on the cloud who had stuck its head out to look for him. Alex noticed that the body structure of the pony was that of a mare and that she had cyan fur.

‘Rainbow Dash, of course… How did I not recognize you from the tail,’ Alex thought, immediately recognizing the pony.

Closing his eyes, Alex brought up a memory of the officers at the base the contained Rainbow’s file;

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“Dash, Rainbow. No next of kin. Father: Rays, Spectrum. Status: Alive, currently living in Cloudsdale. Mother: Dash, Fire. Status: K.I.A. Died in wonderbolts training accident,” I read aloud to the other officers in the room.

“Captain of the weather team in Ponyville, she should be contacted if we want have certain conditions during our operations. She is known to be lazy and put off jobs till last moment, she gets jobs done faster than most of the weather team combined,” I continued to read.

“Survived an encounter with the creature due to our assets arrival in Cloudsdale. Lived under observation with her father after the creature escaped the area. She is very inclined to meet or find the creature due to this.

“Loyal to Equestria’s military. Specifically, to the Wonderbolts. Will do almost anything we say.”

“She is to be protected for reasons classified R.A.ONE,” I finished.

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When Alex opened his eyes, he was not surprised to see Rainbow still looking for him, experiencing memories only took two or three seconds in real time after all.

‘I wonder why she needs to be protected. R.A.ONE means Celestia and only Celestia can view the info. I guess that’s another thing I will find out when I consume her,’Alex thought.

Alex grabbed Rainbow’s tail and pulled her off of the cloud.

“Woah,woah! Ok! I am coming out, just let go of my tail,” Rainbow said.

“Why were you spying on me?” Alex questioned her.

“Um, um,” Rainbow stuttered as she tried to come up with an excuse.

Both hovered there for a few minutes as Alex waited for an answer to his question, as Rainbow continued trying to figure out a excuse.

“Ok, so I caught you red hooved. I am willing to let this go if you can point me to a potential job,” Alex sighed. Alex did not need a job due to the fact that he had the bank accounts of many of the ponies, however simply sitting in his room until the celebration without doing anything would raise suspicion.

“Well, my friend Applejack is looking for some help on her farm, and we can always use a few extra hooves on the weather team,” Rainbow replied.

“Applejack’s farm is that way,” Rainbow said while pointing towards a large orchard in the distance.

“If you want to join the weather team, meet me at my place,” she said while pointing to a floating house made of clouds on the edge of Ponyville.

Rainbow started to fly away but stopped suddenly and turned to Alex.

“Oh, and what’s your name?” Rainbow asked.

“Alex Mercer.”

“Kind of weird name, but also kind of cool.” Alex heard her say to herself.

“Well, ok then, Alex. I'm Rainbow Dash, see ya later!” Rainbow said as she flew away.

Alex flew back down to the ground and began to plan his next course of action.

I could go and accept the job for the weather team, but then I would be working water for extended periods, vaporized water yes, but still water. Or I could take the job at the orchard, but that would use up most of my time. Or I could go to the library to read up on Equestria’s history.

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