Between Life and Death

As they entered the building they heard constant moans coming from within. AS they moved deeper a light appeared at the end of the dark tunnel and they ran towards it, when they reached it they noticed it was the sun shining in from the glass roof and the moans were from the infected stumbling in the ring.

“Those things are blocking our way to the roof.” Monochrome told the others as he leaned over the railing.

“Do we really have to go into the fighting ring just to get to the roof?” Dance Party replied.

“Unfortunately yes, the architect of this place was an idiot.”

“I’ll take care of them then.” Clockwork said. He jumped over the railing and landed with a loud thud onto the stone floor. The infected turned towards him and he waved the arm of the mech at them. They screeched and started running towards them, he started spinning one of the saws and as soon as the first infected got to him he cut it in half, when the upper part of its body hit the ground he took a step forward and crushed it’s head under the mech’s foot. He pressed a button on the control panel of the suit, a quick alarm sounded and the windshield flew off and killed about five other zombies that were unlucky enough to be in its path. For the last few, Clockwork knocked them over and stepped on their heads.

“Nice job grease monkey.” Monochrome congratulated him as he jumped into the ring. “But, why did you eject the windshield?”

“Two reasons, 1: I couldn’t see because of all the blood on it, 2: I had no idea what that button did.” Monochrome shook his head with disappointment then walked over to the gate on the other side of the ring and lifted it up, he held it open until the others got passed it. When they entered the next hallway it was completely dark, Twilight pulled out her staff and a ball of light rose into the air and hovered above her.

“Ok Monochrome, where do we head to now?” Twilight asked.

“Once we get to the end of the tunnel we’ll head left then there should be a ladder there that goes up into one of the supports on the side of the dome.”

“And how do you know that?” Dance Party asked.

“Because I’ve been here before.” Monochrome replied as he walked off into the dark, the others stood there for a moment until Monochrome yelled out from the dark. “Are you people going to follow me or am I going to have to run into something else?” Twilight chuckled then lead the others into the darkness. A while later the made it to the ladder and climbed up it until they reached a hatch, Monochrome opened it and was instantly met with cold air and heavy winds. He climbed out and turned around and saw the horde they passed a while ago heading towards them. “Ok, we need to hurry, more of those things are on their way.” Monochrome called down to the others. He continued climbing up the ladder which now started curving. While they were climbing the tower started creaking and moaning as the heavy winds blew it.

“This structure doesn’t seem all that safe.” Dance Party whined.

“Don’t worry, if it survived for 50 years it can survive a few more.” Monochrome replied. As they continued climbing Fluttershy’s hoof slipped and her grip on the bar and started to fall. “Fluttershy!” Monochrome yelled. As she fell she grabbed onto another one of the bars and she slammed into the wall, upon contact there was a cracking sound that sound like a twig broke. “Fluttershy!?” Monochrome yelled again, she could barely hear him. Her sight started fading and her grip started loosening.

“You alright?” Clockwork asked as he climbed up the ladder and grabbed her hand.

“I don’t…feel so good.” She told him. She almost fell but Clockwork grabbed her and started caring her up the ladder. “My chest hurts.”

“Bet it does, you did managed to crack most of your ribs with that stunt of yours.” He continued climbing up the ladder until he met back up with the others.

“What took you so long?” Monochrome asked.

“The mech got stuck, I got lost, ladder is big, yadda, yadda, yadda.” Clockwork replied with an annoyed tone. “Hey, did you guys know that all those zombies we passed earlier are trying to kill us-“

“Yes, we know.” Monochrome interrupted. He continued climbing at near the top where the ladder ended a walk way began. He stepped onto the iron walkway and started moving forward using the railing to help him move up the slanted path. Clockwork turned around and looked downwards towards the ground his eyes widened and he moved past everyone.

“Monochrome, we got a problem!” Clockwork yelled. Monochrome turned around and noticed he was moving past everyone one, he moved to the edge and saw what was happening, all the zombies that were after them started climbing up the side of the dome.

“Unfair.” Monochrome whispered to himself. “Everyone, move, go now!” he shouted, everyone started moving faster. When they got to the tower they noticed there was a ladder on the side of it.

“You’ve got to be kidding me, more climbing!?” Dance Party complained.

“Just move!” Clockwork yelled as he shoved him against it, he started climbing with the others following him. Monochrome stayed behind, he held his scythe tightly and waited for them to reach him. “Monochrome! What the hell are you doing!?” Clockwork yelled. He shook his head and noticed where he was and what was happening, he slid his scythe into a holster on his back then started running towards the tower. He started climbing up the ladder and every few seconds he’d launch himself upwards to catch up with the others. “What the hell were you doing!?” Clockwork yelled at him.

“Shut up, I forgot I didn’t have any magic left!” Monochrome yelled back as he continued climbing. Seconds later Fluttershy started waking up from her unconscious state, when her eyes opened she screamed when she saw all the infected climbing up attempting to get them.

“Shit, what the hell Flutter’s!?” Clockwork scolded her. They kept climbing and when they were near the top a zombie flew out the window and fell towards the others that were chasing them. When it landed a strong wind started blowing from behind the tower causing it to tilt, when it did someone fell out of the room and started falling.

“I gotcha!” Monochrome called out as he caught her, she swung down and their was a loud bag as her hooves hit the side of the tower. “You alright?”

“Yeah, thanks for catching me.’ She replied. As she was about to grab onto the ladder an infected under her grabbed her leg and started pulling her down and she started screaming. She managed to kick it off and it fell into the horde but more of them kept climbing after them.

“Theirs to many of them!” Monochrome yelled to the others.

“What do we do?!” Twilight yelled back. Just then, Dance Party stopped climbing.

“Hey fat ass, keep moving!” Clockwork yelled. Dance Party took hold of the bar with one hand and he turned around so he was out into the arctic waste land. He closed his eyes and jumped off the ladder. “Hey!” he fell past Clockwork and all the others and on the way down, his hooves slammed into all the zombies climbing up the ladder, the all fell and when he landed on them they splattered and their blood went everywhere. He pulled out his pistols and started shooting everything.

“D.P. What the hell are you doing!?” Monochrome yelled at him.

“Buying you guys some time now go!” he yelled back as he continued shooting. Monochrome and the others hesitated but kept climbing, when they got closer to the top the wind picked up and almost blew them off the ladder and Dance Party off his hooves. He looked around and noticed that there were too many of them and there were others climbing up the tower, he threw his guns down then took hold of the two strings sticking out of his vest. “Burn. In. Hell!” he yelled, he pulled the strings and a second later there was a colossal explosion it reached the edge of the dome and started braking it and it climbed up the tower and came close to engulfing the woman they met in flames but she used her magic to shield her from the flames and the heat. A while later they made it to the top of the tower, they climbed into the somewhat safe area one-by-one and rested there, when Monochrome reached the top he assisted the woman and helped her into safety.

“Thanks, I owe you guys, if you weren’t there; I guess I’d be dead.” She spoke with a kind voice.

“No problem, so, who are you?” Monochrome asked.

“Me? My name is Key Scales, why?” when she said her name all the life in Fluttershy vanished, her face turned pale and her eyes widened. “Hey, are you ok?”

“Yeah…I’m…I’m fine.” Fluttershy stuttered, she looked at her, black tank top, grey military jacket, black pants, and a necklace with a blue gem, and that was only her outfit, she had Vibrant purple eyes, she had spiked black hair that looked kind of like Rainbow Dash’s, and her skin was a dark grey color, she was beautiful.

“So!” Monochrome shouted, Fluttershy shook her head and escaped the trance she was stuck in. “What’s a lady like you doing here?”

“Oh, it’s an intern job, I was supposed to be the mayor’s secretary, then, all this happened so…yeah.”

“Interesting.” Monochrome stood up, he held out his hand and offered her help to stand up.

“So what are all you doing here?” she asked as Monochrome helped her up.

“We heard it was supposed to be safe here.”

“Wish it was, but it isn’t.”

“Yeah we noticed.” Monochrome walked over to the edge of the room they were in. He stared off into the arctic waste land of the north. He turned around to face the others and when he did the tower started tilting and swaying.

“What’s going on?” Key Scales asked in fear as she clung onto the pillar next to the desk.

“Apparently, when D.P. detonated all those explosives, he managed to take out some of the supports.” Monochrome replied.

“Is that a bad thing?” Clockwork asked.

“Unfortunately yes, the towers going to break into two halves and the half we’re on is going to crash into the ground.” The tower creaked one last time before it fell and crashed into the stone ground with everyone in it. Everything went dark, quite, and cold, as if death finally caught them.