The floors creak as I slowly walked across them... The auditorium has always been a place of mystery for me and the others.
"This place is so creepy..." Sweetie Belle hasn't really been an adventurous type of pony, she was always like her sister, a designer. "Scootaloo let's get out of here. I don't want to be here anymore."
"Sweetie Belle chill out okay? It's not that big of a deal. Just a nice, dark, and creepy ghost hunt," I intentionally scare her for kicks. I can be a jerk at times yes but, it can be fun at times. The quiet returns and I feel a cold wind travel through my mane down to the tips of my tail. We stood there, no movement what-so-ever. We hear the sound of small hooves walking across the stage, the floor screams in agony with each step it takes. It comes nearer to me, I feel a warm but shallow breath across my foreleg.
"I really think ghost hunting isn't are talent Scootaloo. Ah'm shaking like a leaf, I don't think Sweetie Belle is to thrilled either," Applebloom turns her head only slightly to look Sweetie Belle directly in the eye.
"Girls! Don't you want to find out what your special talent is or not?! You girls need to stop being so afraid of gho-" SLAM! The door they entered through shut with such force. You'd think Big Mac was the one who slammed it. He wasn't with them though. The sound echoed throughout the auditorium, the Cutie Mark Crusaders huddled together in the now pitch black room. Sweetie Belle would use a light spell but she wasn't really trained with that magic yet.
The whispers in the dark were one of a young stallion. He laughed manically as his breath crept closer towards the three.
"I know you think this a fun experience. You also must know that this is not just any ghost story. You see young ones, this place long ago was a place of nightmares. This place was long ago a place of evil, a place where the dead once roamed filled with ancient demons craving the blood of others. This place was once known as Kino der Toten. As of now young ones, there is nowhere to run....and nowhere to hide."
"Who are you?! Show yourself!" Scootaloo rolled her eyes at that cliche.
"I wish I could, unfortunately I don't think it will be easy to leave Agartha on my own. My name is Dr. Edward Richtofen, I need your help to free me from this prison I've been trapped in for much too long. Let's go back to the time the incident occurred here in this hell of a place shall we? Hmm?" Richtofen's voice was hollow and echoed through the old theater or was it the mind of Scootaloo?
Scootaloo glanced towards the others who were holding onto each other like their lives depended on it. Kino der Toten what is this twisted stallion even talking about? Back in time? The ancient demons cravin-
"Time's up!" Richtofen said with evil delight before the three fell into a state of unconsciousness.
"Ugh, what the hay just happened? Where are we?" Applebloom looked around the blurry room. Her eyesight returned a few moments later seeing they were in the same place they were in before.
"What is this thing?" Scootaloo stared at the transporter, her gaze showing much interest.
"That is a transporter Scootaloo, this is a project made possible by Element 115. The project was successful and we were able to transport to many parts of the world. Unfortunately, most places we traveled to were places the infestation was still attacking. Many of the places were parts of the unknown to us," Richtofen said with slight disappointment.
"How do you know my name? Who are you speaking to?" Scootaloo knew Richtofen was speaking to her but, can the others hear this stallion as well?
"Stallion? I'm not a horse. I'm quite human actually and if you haven't noticed you three are as well," Richtofen waited for a few moments for the three to realize their transformation.
"WHAT?! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Scootaloo stood up only to fall back down, Unused to the balancing on two legs situation. She hears Richtofen laughing in the background as the three try to gain balance on two legs.
Richtofen continues to answer the last part of Scootaloo's question "Yes, it is true they cannot hear my voice at all, that means you will have to be the one to guide them. You must follow my instructions in order to survive! This is crucial!"
"Survive what do you mea-" Scootaloo saw it, the living dead now coming towards the three.
"One more thing Scootaloo, don't run. They will catch you three within a matter of minutes, you must fight for your survival. Before I leave I must give something to you three, a box. A box that was also created by Element 115, It was used to bring back any weapon from the past times and even some from future times,"
"How is it we save you then Richtofen?! That would be useful information!" Scootaloo looks at her friends who apparently just realized she was talking to nothing.
"Do not mention anything of my presence!" Richtofen said in anger.
"Sorry girls, this kinda thing made me think of a TV show I used to watch when we were younger. I wanted to say a line like that," Scootaloo laughs and runs to the box Richtofen mentioned before.
"Scootaloo what is this thing?" Sweetie Belle asked in a hurried manner.
"No time to explain grab something!" Scootaloo opened the box to find a Galil waiting for her. "Okay, I don't fucking understand this shit! A box can give me a random weapon?! Whatever as long as it kills these undead freaks!" Scootaloo has seen movies like this but, they were ponies not humans. At least she knows the basics for firing a gun.
Sweetie Belle and Applebloom had grabbed their weapons; Sweetie with a Python and Applebloom a SPAS-12. All of them had never done anything such as this, but there's always a time to learn.
Scootaloo was alone, fighting off the horde in front of her. "Richtofen?! How in the world can we save you from this living hell?!" Scootaloo said in between breaths as her gun fires into the rotten corpses.
"You must activate the transporters and you will be taken to a place known as the M.P.D located well, on the moon. The power must be active in order for this transporter to return to its once full power. There is a power switch in this theater; which you are quite close too. The second thing on your to do list is the link activator, once the power is on you must stand on the activator the rings begin moving towards the middle of the activator."
"So let me guess once that shit is done we all need to run to the transporter and activate it using some sort of switch?"
"Precisely," Richtofen wasn't there but Scootaloo was guessing he nodded.
"Right then, do I happen to have a knife on me?! that would be quite useful in this situation!" Scootaloo was looking around the floor to try and find any means of close range attacks in case of emergency. Her gun still firing at the bloody corpses, her eyes wandered across a reasonable sized shard of glass.
"Perfect," Scootaloo glanced towards the zombies that now started surrounding her in the transporter room. She ran into the horde, blocking any attacks thrown at her with her gun. She somersaults towards the shard picking it up in the process and swiftly recovering to find a zombie standing before her. The shard went through its skull, Scootloo threw its body at the others heading after her.
Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were dealing with their own undead problems in the theater lobby. Fighting them off one by one, they weren't exactly aware of what was going on. All they cared about is taking care of the enemy before they do first.
"I want to say this is a dream! The pinch trick isn't working so I believe that confirms this to be reality!" Sweetie Belle was shouting over the sounds of their guns and the moans coming from the zombies surrounding them.
"Is there a point to all of this?"
"Perhaps Scootaloo can tell us that!" Sweetie Belle glances towards the Theater Room, seeing Scootaloo running towards them.
"Girls! Stand on the Link Activator!" Scootaloo shouts towards them as she continues sprinting.
Applebloom and Sweetie Belle both look down to see a multicolored podium below their feet.
"Scoots I think we already accomplished that!" Applebloom shouts towards her as she fights off the horde.
Scootaloo passes by an axe as she continues her run. Where the hell has this been all this time?! Scootaloo picks it up, she begins swinging it over her head to get a good feel for it before maiming the zombie in front of her. Then proceeds to the decapitation with the slightest ease. Scootaloo throws the shard of glass to the side and begins to walk into towards the horde without a hint of fear in her eyes.
"Hey you undead freaks?!" It's odd that they still have their hearing in tact, they all slowly turned their heads away from Applebloom and Sweetie Belle. They see their prey stalking towards them and they begin to run towards Scootaloo. "Catch!" Scootaloo puts all her power into her arms and aims for the general area near their necks and releases the axe. It spins through the train of zombies with each hit being a direct hit to the neck or head.
Scootaloo walks through the pool of blood she has just spilled to retrieve her axe from the head of one of her victims.
"So now that we have a moment to breath," Scootaloo exhales deeply. "We all need to step on the activator in order for it to turn on," Scootaloo ushers the two to stand within the radius of the circle. "I needed to turn the power on before doing this so now once this is good to go the transporter in the theater room should power up and we can get out of here," Scootaloo thought of going back home, to Equestria...
Finally...
"Click!" The machine made a whirring noise as it begins to power the transporter. The girls had to fend off a few zombies here and there during their wait but not as much as they had to fight off before.
"Took it's sweet ole time didn't?" Applebloom glared at the machine.
"Doesn't matter follow me, I found a note by the transporter before I ran after you girls that said something along the lines of, 'Save Me' or something of the sort. It continued to explain how to activate the transporter from then on," Scootaloo winces at the lie she just told.
"So where is this thing going to take us anyway Scoots?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I honestly have no idea, I only hope that it will take us home," Scootaloo knows lies are going to be continuous from here on out. Richtofen doesn't want her to tell them anything about what is going on here? She can't hide things like this from them forever... "Hey, at least we'd have one epic story to tell everyone right?" Scootaloo smiles excitedly knowing that these next few hours, or even days, will be the longest days of their lives.