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"Wha-What do you mean with 'you can't leave'?" asked the pink-maned pegasus pony.

"I'm sorry, miss." said the police pony. "But a group of them was seen creeping around the city. Nopony is allowed to leave!"

The mare adjusted the glasses on her muzzle, trying not to lose it.

"But I'm a travelling doctress. Ponies everywhere are in need of medical care!"

"I'm sorry, but while they're out there, you can't--" he didn't finished the sentence when he looked into the mare's eyes. They were wide and he felt like she was staring into his soul. The police pony shivered.

"M-Miss..."

"You will let me pass. NOW!"

"Y-Yes, ma'am!" the stallion unlocked and opened the small door near the bigger gate that led to outside the city.

"Thank you!" she said as she left the city. "The Stare never fails me." she thought. "I just wished I didn't had to use it quite so often."

"You're crazy, miss." he said before closing the gate.

"I sure am." she said, giggling. She adjusted her glasses and her saddlebag and started her journey to the next city, Manehattan. "Hope Rainbow Dash and Applejack are fine..."

One of the pockets of the saddlebag opened and Angel Bunny's head popped out of it.

"Good morning, Angel."

The rabbit rubbed his eyes and looked around. When he noticed they were no longer in the safety of the city, he squeaked, jumped out of the saddlebag and started pulling her tail. But his efforts were useless.

"I know it's dangerous, Angel, but ponies need my help. I need to take care of them--" they heard the sound of a twig being snapped. "...all." she hid behind a tree, covering her mouth and Angel's.

"Hello?" a weak male voice called. "I saw you. Please, stay away from me. I'm infected!"

Fluttershy's heart skipped a beat. He could be infected, but she could notice in his voice that he was injuried.

"Oh, the dilemma..."

She left her hiding spot and saw a violet pegasus stallion with a long, straight dark purple mane. His eyes were a deep blue and his cutie mark consisted of stars forming a constellation (she couldn't point which). His wing was obviously broken and his left hind leg was injuried.

"NO!" he hid behind a tree. "Go away. I don't want to hurt anypony. They bit me. My fate was sealed. I can feel the poison running in my veins, going toward my heart. I--"

He felt like his leg was burning, but he covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming and lure them. He looked at his leg and saw a yellow mare wearing pink latex gloves and a lab coat cleaning the blood and his injury with a moist cotton ball.

"I tried to warn you it was going to sting since it's alcohol, but you wouldn't hear me." she said. "I'm sorry."

"N-No... I'm... I'm infected..."

She looked up at his face.

"When exactly were you 'bitten'?" she asked.

"This morning."

Fluttershy giggled, threw the cotton away and wrapped a bandage around his leg. "You weren't bitten. That's just a scratch. A big one! Anyway, it's been quite a while since this morning. The longest infection I've seen didn't last more than one and a half hour."

"But... They were chasing me. One of them jumped on me, then I felt pain. When I managed to escape, I saw the broken wing and the bleeding leg."

The medic mare inspected his whole body, making the stallion blush.

"P-Personal space, please?"

"No bite marks." she said. "You're as healthy as any stallion around your age should be!"

He sighed in relief. "I guess you just saved me from my paranoia. Thanks!"

"My name is Fluttershy. And you?"

"Bright Sky."

"Nice to meet you, Bright Sky."

"Nice to meet you too, doctor."

"Oh, no. I'm not a doctor. I know a thing or two about medicine, but never actually went to college. I just travel around, helping everypony in need of medical care."

"Well, you helped me a lot. Thanks, miss Futtershy."

"Don't mention it! Helping is my passion. Actually, I--"

He covered her muzzle with his hoof.

"You hear that?" Sky whispered.

Fluttershy focused her hearings on her surrounding. After a few seconds, she heard a growl.

"Infected..." she whispered when he released her muzzle.

He pointed his hoof up and she nodded, knowing what he wanted her to do. She wrapped her hooves around his chest and flew up. They hid between the leaves of a tree a few moments before a group of infected passed below them, grunting and growling. Fluttershy closed her eyes and Sky held his breath. One of the infected halted and sniffed the air. Sky's eyes widened and his irises shrinked when he saw it sniffing the cotton ball. The infected grabbed the bloddy cotton with its teeth and looked around.

"Please, don't look up. Please, don't look up. Please, don't look up. Please, don't look up. Please, don't look up."

The infected then swallowed the ball and followed the group. He released is breath and nudged Fluttershy with his muzzle.

"It's ok, they're gone."

She opened her eyes and looked down. "Guess this time it was you who saved me. I would be doomed if you didn't heard them." she planted a kiss on Bright Sky's cheek. "Thank you!"

He blushed and smiled before jumping down. Fluttershy landed beside him.

"Now, we need to fix your wing."

Sky looked at his broken wing. "Will it hurt?"

She gave him the kinder smile she had in stock. "Don't worry, I'll be very gentle."

"So, what do I do?"

"Lay down on your side and let me take care of everything."

"Right." he did as he was told.

She placed her saddlebag on the floor and adjusted her glasses.