The Darkness

Applejack never felt more humiliated in her whole life. First she was knocked out during a huge firefight and now she and her friends were being carted to Celestia knows where.

DDDDOOOOO NNNNOOOOTTTT SSSSSPPPPPEEEEEAKKKKK HER NAAAAMMMMMEEEE!!!! A voice yelled in her head. Great now on top of things she was hearing voices in her own head now. She shook her head, wondering if she was going insane, and started trying to work on getting her hands free.

“Don’t even try getting your hands free. Those cuffs are made of solid steel.” A stallion said in the front of the truck as he drove.

“Y’all won’t get away with this! Mah friend will find yah and make you pay!” She said angrily.

“That’s what we’re counting on. So sit tight and keep that large mouth shut!” The stallion said. Luckily while the stallion couldn’t see Applejack flipped him the bird. Then in front of her was a solid black object that stood in front of her.

“What the-” She started. But then to her surprise, out of the object came out a small creature.

“ELLO’ PONY!” The creature said in a Coltney accent. She only could stare at it as she continued to struggle with the cuffs. Applejack wondered why the thing wasn’t moving towards her.

“If ya know who Ah am then why in tarnation can’t you get over here and cut these damn cuffs!” Applejack demanded angrily of the creature who only shrugged as it responded.

“Sorry sheila but me and light don’t mix well.” The creature said. Applejack then faced palmed herself.

“So do ya’ need me to cover up that light spot for ya’?” She asked.

“That would be nice. You’re a really nice mare.” The creature said with a smile.

“Thank ya’. Name’s Applejack.” She said to the creature.

“It’s Spike. Nice to meet ya’ Applejack.” The creature said back.

“Alright Spike. One sunlight cover comin’ up.” She said as she took her hat off. She then, trying her hardest, slid the hat to where the sunlight shined and covered it.

“Thanks. Now let’s get those cuffs off ya’!” Spike said as he moved like an ape towards her.

“Cuse’ me a quick sec’ Applejack. I need to grab me’ saw.” He said as he pulled off his cat skin hat and reached into it. When he pulled it out Applejack tried to keep her face as straight as possible due to seeing a hacksaw, made of bone, being pulled out of it. Spike soon began working on the cuffs as fast as he could but at that moment.

“HEY WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING?!” The stallion from earlier yelled as he stopped the truck causing Spike to fall forward and land in front of Applejack’s marehood.

“Hey! Watch where ya’ land ya’ pervert!

“Bugger me.” Spike whispered as he got back up and resumed to cutting the cuffs, quickening his pace. The guard had already called for help though and Spike was running out of time. So he placed his saw back in his hat and pulled out a chainsaw. He then sliced through the cuffs and just in time for the guard just appeared. Spike though was invisible as he hid above him.

“Where’s that thing?” The stallion asked as he looked at Applejack.

“Ah don’t know. Ya’ must’ve scared it off.” Applejack replied. But before the guard could say anything, he was attacked by Spike who leaped onto his face and slammed his head into the guard’s face and luckily after two shots he killed the guard. Spike then grabbed the guard’s gun which was a Winchester M1897 Pump Action Shotgun.

“Ere’ ya’ go lass.” He said as he passed her the gun. Applejack smiled as she felt the familiar weight of the gun in her grasp again. She cocked the shotgun and then got into the driver’s seat as she started to hunt for her friends. Several guards tried to stop her by ramming into her with their own trucks only to be met with a full on shotgun blast to the chest. She started grinning as the guards kept trying to hinder her and then she filled them with lead.

YYYYYEEEEESSSSSSS! MMMMMOOOOOORRRREEEE GGGGGOOOOORRRRRREEEEE!!!! That voice said again. Applejack’s moment of hesitation costed her as she felt a bullet go through her leg.

“AH FUCK ME!” Applejack shouted as she nearly ran off the road.Then she suddenly felt a piercing pain in her shoulder so extreme as though she felt her shoulder was going to rip apart. She felt her shoulder and felt that a rifle bullet went it.

“Damn!” She said angrily.

“Ey’. Applejack.” A familiar voice said. She turned her head and saw Spike with a worried look on his face.

“Lass, do ya’ need some elp’?” Spike asked her in generosity.

“Yeah ah could. See if ya’ can distract the guards long enough for me to get this bullet out.” She ordered him.

“Can do!” He said boldly as he saluted. He then hopped into the seat and when he came back out, he was wearing a black suit and a black hat.

“Cuse’ me Applejack, can I borrow your gun?” Spike asked her.

“Sure thing.” She replied as she passed her shotgun to him.

“Thanks lass. Now sit back and watch the fireworks.” Spike said happily as he cocked the shotgun. The small creature then leaped forward through the windshield and onto another truck and then Applejack heard a loud boom as she covered her eyes from a massive explosion. She looked and saw a crater where Spike and the opposing truck were just at. Just before she could start feeling sorry for him the pit from earlier appeared and out popped Spike. “BUGGER THAT HURTS!”

“Y..ya’ survived that?” She asked in surprise.

“Of course. I’m immortal so no matter what I do, I can’t die.” He explained.

“Well at least you’re alright. Now let’s find our friends.” Applejack said as slammed on the gas pedal and began to drive. They arrived at a nearby warehouse as the truck had run out of gas.

“But we don’t know where they are. For all we know they could be miles from us.” Spike exclaimed. But before Applejack could say anything, she heard screams and yells of her friends. So she ran to where the screams came from and saw that her friends were behind a large truck. She ran to the back but saw it was locked.

“FUCK!” She screamed.

“Miss Applejack, allow me.” Spike said as he reached into his hat. And then when his hand came out, he had a lockpick. Spike then walked up to the lock and began to work. After a few minutes, the lock unlocked and Spike pulled it off the doors. He then opened the door and saw that Applejack had good ears. In various places in the truck were each of Applejack’s friends. Pinkie was hanging over a pit of scorpions, Cheesy as hell Spike thought to himself, he turned his head to see Rainbow with her hands wrapped in barbwire, Fluttershy was chained from her hooves to her head and hanging upside down, and Rarity was severely beaten and her hands were in steel cuffs.

“Blimey they are in bad shape aren’t they?” Spike asked. Applejack just leaned forward on the rail they were on before Spike pulled her back. “Whoa there lassie we can’t save all of them just yet.” Spike told her which only earned a glare from Applejack.

“And why the hay not?” Applejack asked with venom in her voice. But before Spike could say anything, the sound of a Ferrari engine was heard from a distance. Spike and Applejack turned their heads and smiled when they saw who it was. They saw in a dark purple Ferrari their friend Twilight Sparkle. The Ferrari rammed through the warehouse, startling all the guards inside as Twilight and another mare exited it even though it was still moving. The car crashed into a guard killing him instantly as his blood splashed onto the car. Twilight and Bloody Mary then pulled out their guns and began to fire and luckily for Twilight the twin heads came out of her shoulder.

“FINALLY! TIME TO PLAY!” The right head screamed with joy.

“Ey’! Don’t forget me!” Spike screamed as he leaped onto a head and rode it like a surfboard. “COWABUNGA!”

“Twilight!” Applejack screamed as she joined the gun fest and began to fire on the guards. As she turned to fire on a guard, she saw a mixture of scared and surprise to see a pitch black creature wrap around the guard and pop through her chest.

“Twi-” Applejack started. But then she gasped when she saw that the heads came out of Twilight’s shoulders.

“We’ll talk about it later Applejack but right now we need to get the others out of here. Can you get Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash?” Twilight asked. Applejack barely nodded but nodded none the less. Twilight smiled as she went back to shooting the rest of the guards and even flinging Spike at one of them who tore apart a guard's face before ripping the whole head off. Applejack first ran over to Fluttershy as the yellow pegasus started to pass out from the blood rushing to her head.

“A-Applejack.” Fluttershy managed to get out.

“It’s alright Fluttershy. Let’s get you outta here.” Applejack said as she placed her in the truck. Applejack then went back to the truck to grab Rainbow Dash. Twilight and Bloody Mary then kept their fire on the guards and Spike kept on his funny business as he tore them apart with his claws.

“Why the fuck is it so hard to kill this thing?!” A guard screamed as he shot at Spike.

“Miss me, miss me, now ya’ gotta kiss me!” Spike yelled as he dodged the gunfire. Then as he went behind a crate, he saw a large axe meant for cutting wood. His grin widened even further somehow as he picked it up. “Let’s cut to the chase mates!” He yelled as he took one whack with the axe and cut off the head of a griffon. As this was happening Applejack finally cut through the barbwire that held Rainbow Dash who was about to wince in pain but then saw that her arms were… just fine.

“What the buck AJ?” Rainbow asked her. Applejack didn’t know either but soon an explosion caught their attention as they saw Bloody Mary leap from an explosive barrel. Rainbow Dash growled a little when she saw her.

“Ya’ can deal with her later Rainbow. Right now we need to get ya’ out of here.” Applejack said as she picked her up. Meanwhile, Twilight had the last guard pinned between a service crate and her.

“W-what do y-you want?” The guard asked.

“Easy. Who assigned you to take me and my friends out?!” She asked angrily in replying.

“H-he said if I t-told you he’d k-kill me.” The guard said as he began to shed tears. The left head quickly slithered and grabbed the guard by his leg and held him up in the air.

“I’ll kill you if you don’t tell me who sent you!” Twilight roared angry.

“ALRIGHT! IT WAS BLUEBLOOD!” The guard yelled. Twilight could only stare at him with a surprised look. She then slammed him to the ground and pushed him on to a nearby wall.

“YOU’RE LYING! BLUEBLOOD WOULD NEVER DO THIS SHIT! I KNOW HIM TO WELL AND HE’S TOO COWARDLY TO PULL SOMETHING LIKE THIS!” Twilight roared at him the heads snapping at themselves in anticipation of the meal they were about to receive. The pony started to break out in cold sweat a little bit as he saw that the heads then slithered off and helped Pinkie and Rarity out of their predicaments.

“I swear it was him Twilight! I never wanted to do this but he promised to kill me and my family IT’S THE TRUTH I SWEAR!” The guard cried.

“Alright. What else did he say to you?” She asked.

“Well...he said to keep you distracted long enough so he can see three fillies in Ponyville.” He said. Twilight’s eyes widened in shock. She should’ve known. Twilight running as fast as she could ran to Applejack.

“Twilight, what’s wrong?” Applejack asked.

“WE NEED TO GET TO PONYVILLE FAST!” She screamed.

“Whoa. What’s the rush?” Rainbow asked her noticing a scared look in her eyes. Twilight then shed a few tears before she relayed them the horrible news.

“He’s going after your sisters.”