Gene Gears Island CH 1 (completed)

The night time air was cool as it breezed through the island. Gene Gear, a female earth pony with a gear and a DNA strand as a cutie mark, sat on the ledge of a small hill, the wind blowing through her striped blue mane and sending ruffles across her light blue jacket. She sat up, looking over the trees as the sun sank below the waves to shine on some pony else’s day. As the sky turned from gold to violet, she stud up and started back home. Her life was once so simple, everything clicked into place when and where it had to all the time that no pony ever paid attention. She had a job that she loved, and a boss that wasn't greedy. But all that changed when the storm hit the island. Her boss fled from the island and sunk all other boats, only to be lost at sea in the storm. Once the facility’s had almost 3,000 workers, now only had 15, scared survivors. She led them in the hunt for servile and had been the leader ever since the storm came. When she returned home, a colt looked up and trotted to her.

"Anything new?"

"No, nothing new, the large amount of carnivores here should have killed each other a long time ago, who knows what’s taking them so long."

"Wish I knew, but I was only a janitor."

"I was head of the genetics department and I don’t even know."

She looked at the rest of the survivors that lined the building. It was a large bunker built into the side of the hill. It could support all the survivors but didn't have much food or water, but it could fit them at night.

"Every pony inside, it’s getting late." one pony said out lowed.

Gene Gear trotted up and counted the ponies as they entered. "10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and now 15" she said as she walked in and closed the door, locking it from the inside. She turned around to look over the others, there were 7 mares and 7 colts as well as the boss’s ness who was the youngest of them all.

"Ok, I want a full food count and water supplies update as well as any problems."

"Food is going good," one mare with a green coat and white mane said, "a full harvest and little losses to the animals."

"Water is starting to get low," a gray colt said, "the income hasn't changed but the water levels in the tanks are dropping, might be a leak but won’t know for shore till we take a closer look."

Gene Gear looked down, the loss of water was a big blow to the group and it showed as most looked down and folded their ears back. The upkeep in food was a pulse, most of the time the animals would wreck the small farm costing them half a harvest.

"Ok... any problems?"

Most ponies said no but a smaller, orange mare with a pink mane slowly limped up and sat before her "I think I may have torn a muscle in my hoof today."

"Dose Green Leaf know about it?"

"Yes, she said that she had to get some ingredients for the potion".

"Ok, try to stay off it until it gets better, and try not to lay on it in bed."

"Yes mam."

"The last thing we need is for Needle Wire to open it up."

Needle wire was the surgeon of the group, he was a side doctor in the old days and was fairly skilled at sugary, but that was a worst thing to have to do sense there was no morphine on the island. Green leaf was a potion mixer but worked as the chemical expert on the island. She knew how to make a potion that could heal cuts and cracked bones faster and cleaner. Green and needle didn't see eye to eye on the medical team but they both under stood that they don’t want some pony to die.

The orange mare slowly walked back to her bed with the help of a blue colt with a black mane gene thought was her lover.

Back in her own bed, she laid down with an old desk lamp nailed to the wall lighting up a book. The book was made by the workers when they built this place, it was a guide to how to tend to the island and send for help. All the main land knew was that they were still doing work as usual. The company had left the island and them with it. She hadn't noticed the small form in her door till she spoke, "genie you awake?"

"Yes I’m awake, are you ok goldy?"

"I had a nightmare"

"Well then come over here, you can sleep with me tonight"

The boss’s ness was only 11 years old and had spent almost a year on the island, her name was gold hart but gene gear called her goldy like her mother had done years ago. Gene had been like a mother to gold, she looked after her whenever she had the time and played with her when she could. When she climbed in with gene, she closed the book and turned the lamp off. She hugged gold and whispered into her ear, "good night".

In the morning, gene gear was always the first one up, she carried gold hart on her back and trotted through the hall checking on the others, the only one who seemed restless was the orange mare with the injured hoof. She trotted on to the main room where there was the kitchen and a small living room as well as 2 bathrooms, one for mares, one for colts. there was also the stares that lead up to the front door, light spilling in from the small bared window leaving a small bright pattern of light on the TV that hadn't been turned on since it was brought here.

gold hart was just starting to wake up when gene had started to make a salad for the 2 of them, one small and the other one slightly larger. She put the 2 boles down when the orange mare walked into the room, she still had a limp but it wasn't as bad as yesterday.

"Normally your one of the last ones up, you felling ok?"

"Ya I just can’t sleep with this hoof" she said as the shifted her water off it. "How is gold hart?"

"She’s fine, just made her a salad when she wakes up, you want me to make you one?"

"That would help, yes"

Gene gear set gold hart down on a seat and walked over to the kitchen to start the third salad. As she was getting a bowl she asked, "So how did you hurt your hoof exactly?"

"Well, I was on scouting runs when I found the other bunker on the other side of the river."

Gene perked up at the sound of the other bunker, it had been damaged by the storm too severely for them to use so it was abandoned. There were rumors that it had more food and plenty of supplies. Before she could ask any questions the orange mare continued.

"I trotted around it to check if there were any cave-ins, there was only one but it wasn't too bad. I went to the door and inside was flooded with an inch of water but it looked as if the pump could still work. I was turning to check the sleeping rooms when, something jumped out at me. I couldn't tell what, but it was about the size of a large colt. Grayish in color, it pined me to the ground and, it smelled me. When I could feel my hind legs were free, I kicked it as hard as I could and ran up the stairs and raced back. When I looked behind me to see if it was chasing me, I tripped on a root and fell down a hill. When I got back up I could barely move my hoof and I struggled to get back here until I ran into green leaf, she helped me calm down and did what she could there."

"Hm... well, there’s nothing about that size or color from the lab, and they can’t breed so maybe it was something native from the islands past." gene started. "And as for the smelling, it may have had something to do with your sent and being in heat."

"Oh, you can smell that?"

"Hun, I have been getting questions from every colt here asking whether or not if they could go at you."

The orange pony looked down with disappointment and disgust. "I thought I could cover it up with the mud from the lake..."

"Nothing can cover it up. Trust me, I have tried so many times it’s not funny. I just hope that colt that helped you won’t take advantage of you."

"The colt that helped me was my colt friend, he said he would kick any other pony who tried me in the face."

"Oh, well then that’s reasserting, but you can never be too careful in this predicaments."

Gene Gear had finished the salad and put it at a seat at the table, she sat down to her salad and so did the orange mare. Gold hart had finally fully awoken and was slowly munching on the salad, paying no attention to the two mares next to her. "So may I take a look at your hoof?" gene gear asked politely.

"Don’t see why not" she replied, she slowly stuck out her hoof on the table.

There was little bruising around the joint but it appeared that one of the tendons had been moved out of place.

"I don’t think you tore a mussel" gene gear said.

"Then what is it?" the orange mare asked worriedly.

"What this is, is better than a torn muscle, one of the tendons had gotten shifted over and was rubbing up against the bone when you move your hoof, just need to move it over a smidgen..." she said as she used the back end of a knife to nudge the tendon over.

The mare whimpered a little but sighed in relief when the tendon slid back into place. She lifted her hoof up and bent is around as if to check that it wouldn't hurt.

"Thanks gene, it’s a little sore but it’s much better than before."

"Don’t worry about it Pare Pen, as long as you try to take it easy for some time, I’ll put you on with the farmers till its better."

"Thank you. Now if you'll excuse me I’m going to catch up on some sleep."

Pare Pen had finished her salad and put it in the sink, she then trotted back to the bed rooms, passing a tan colt on his way out.

"She seems better, what you do?"

"One of her tendons got out of place in a fall she had, I just pushed it back in place."

"I see gold is up, how is she doing after her little night terror?"

"How did you know?"

"I could hear her tossing and turning in her bed, when I went to check on her she started to flare her arms and she woke up almost screaming. She asked if she could sleep in my room for the night and I told her to go to you since I could see your light still on." he replied.

"Well, thanks, she sees me as a mother to her." gene replied as she looked over to gold hart who had just now finished her salad. "Hey, Iron Wrench, you were an engineer here right?"

"Yep, designed and built most of the stuff here."

"Ok, so what do you know about the other bunker?"

"Well it’s an exact copy of this one really, only difference is that it was more up to date because it was use as a meeting room before the damn storm."

"Ok, was it still stocked with food?"

"You kidding? It was equipped with vending machines and food storage was almost doubled."

"How long could that food last?"

"Where are ya going with this?" he said giving Gene awry look.

"Pare Pen stumbled across it before she hurt her hoof. But it also seems that something with a grayish color and the size of a colt lives there as it pounced her by the entrance of the sleeping quarters." she replied.

"Kicky, and all she got was a hurt hoof? Well then, depending on how it was stored some of it could last about a week when most of it could last a year or two. The vending machines food was mainly chips and candy bars but they might be able to last a year at most."

"So if we were to go down there, and try to get some of that food, it would still be edible?"

"Well, ya, as long as none of it been opened."

Another colt with a mare behind him walked into the main room. The colt was the same one who gave the info on the possible leak in the water tank, the mare was green leaf. Her light green mane was well brushed and her darker coat was surprisingly well keep.

"I believe I saw Pear Pen trot from here like her hoof was never injured, may I ask why?

"Just an out of place ligament, I used the back end of a knife to fix It." gene replied, seeing that she had seen her.

"That is good news for us all, the potion could have done something else if made incorrectly." she added with a Ponyville ascent.

"Genie, can I go read one of your books?" gold asked.

"Of cores sweaty, just read the ones on the 2nd book shelf." gene gear replied.

"Thank you." gold said before she ran off to genes room.

"One is getting close to his ness, now aren't we?" green leaf said.

"What can I expect? She was left here by her uncle and most ponies didn't care whether she lived or died. I’m just looking after her is all?"

"One must remember that there is a family back home for her."

"I know that..."

"Hey, how many free barrels we have?" the gray colt asked.

"Last time I counted we had about 5 with a 6th that can hold half its regular amount. Why do you ask?" gene replied.

"Well. If I can put the water from the tank in those barrels then I can take a look in it"

"How long would it take?"

"About half a day minimum, a day and a half at most."

"Well, let’s try to keep it within a day."

"Will do."

Green leaf looked at gene gear with worried eyes, "you look unwell, how do you feel gene gear?"

"Hm? Oh I feel just fine." gene answered.

"Gene Gear... if something has gone array then speak to me, we don’t want to lose our leader after what one has done for us."

With a sigh, gene gear answered her. "I've just been stressed is all? I mean that we have been here for almost a year and we have had no progress on how to get out. I have been looking over the plans and yet there is no way to get back to the visitor center other than to cross the river."

"I know how one feels, I myself have become stir crazy of this land."

"Pare Pen said that she found the other bunker yesterday. That meant that she found a way across the river. I’ll see if we can find it soon."

"The trek may be too much for some of us, including your gold hart".

"Yes, yes I understand that."

"What about the 2 pregnant mares as well?" green leaf asked.

"I don’t kn... wait, what pregnant mares?"

"You have yet to be informed? Strange that is, some colt form outside the bunker has got it in his head that we are here to mate with him. I myself have had an encounter with him."

"Wait, you’re pregnant?!?!"

"As likely as it would seem, I am still... How you say, a virgin. And was able to escape his hoofs and rectum."

"Ok... then who are the two mares?"

"They asked to be as discreet about this as possible. But as seeing you are intent on knowing I must say it in more private matters." green leaf said as she looked around to the 5 ponies who had entered the room during their talk.

"Ok, where to?" gene gear asked.

"Perhaps your room would work best as for mine has had some holes in the walls and door."

"Really? I’ll see if I can fix that."

"Do not worry one’s self over small details, now then, shall we make hast to your room?"

"Of cores, follow me."

"Hey Gene, everything ok?" a blue colt asked before they entered the sleeping chambers.

"Yes, everything is fine, I just have to speak to green leaf about some important maters."

"Ok, cuss ya know, me and the other colts could smell something from ya, and was wondering..."

"No I am not in heat." Gene said sharply "I just haven’t bathed for a while, as well as worked with a mare that was in heat."

The three colts in the room looked at each other with shocked faces. Then one with a black coat asked. "Can we try th...”

"Finish that sentence and I’ll buck you in the face." gene stated, starting to get annoyed.

Almost instantly the colts backed down and went back to what they were doing as the two mare on the side chatted about what had just happened. Gene gear and green leaf started to the room when gold hart trotted happily past them to her room, humming as she carried 3 books on her back. Green Leaf looked at gene gear with a confused expression, gene only shrugged.

"Ok were here, now can you tell me who’s pregnant?" gene asked when the door closed behind them.

"The first mare who had asked me was Minty Spring, she is, if I do recall, around a month. “Green Leaf started.

"The second, was wrench head, she is about two weeks by now." she said.

"They both reported being attacked by a grayish colt around normal size, and build, they didn't see anything else."

"Pare Pen had said that she was attacked by something with a similar description, but was able to get away before anything had happened." gene said.

"That would not surprise me, as for the attacker, this was not his first time, nor would it be his last." green stated.

"And by taking the group to the visitor center, all the mares would be at risk..." gene said, saddened by the fact.

"You must not forget, that group includes you" green said, pointing at gene with her hoof.

Gene looked down, she wasn't even close to being in heat. She knew that, but it wouldn't matter because the grayish colt wouldn't stop to mate her and take her virginity. She was almost 29 and was still a virgin while most mares lost there virginity at age 18 when there first heat came. But she had nothing on green leaf who was almost 45 and still a virgin and proud of it. She said that a mare’s virginity was the only thing that would keep a mare pure no matter what, lose that in any way, shape, or form and the purity would be gone.

"Its best you start the day for the others, work must be done on my side as well, we shall talk soon as I presume?" green asked.

"Yes, we will, at least after I talk with minty and wrench."

"You must try to take it easy on them, hormones are a dangerous thing to toy with in there state." and with that, she left.

Gene was given a lot to think about. Two mares had been pregnant and she was never informed? How could she miss that? Every pony in the colony trusted her to lead them to a better tomorrow. And so far with that, all she had done was keep things the same.

"Things must change around here." she said as she started to the main hall.