Cooling Down

Chapter VI: Noli Me Tangere

“AHH! HELP!”

Out of nowhere, a voice pierced my ears. I stopped cold on the ground and turned around, 'What the…'

“RYAAAAN!!! HELP—“, the voice shouted louder but was interrupted. It was Spike’s voice; he was calling out to me. I didn’t know what to do; I was blinded by my own anger and rage. Right now, all I want to do is turn around and walk away.

“My Celestia! Spike’s in trouble! Ryan, you gotta help him!” The Doctor pleaded. Of course, I don’t want to. Of all the things he had done, this has got to be the worst. I just stood there, facing the boutique, frozen as an iced caveman.

“Leave him. We got better things to do.”

The Doctor was stunned at my answer, “Are you… YOU CAN’T JUST LET HIM DIE IN THERE! HE’S STILL A KID!”

I pried my eyes from the boutique and tried to walk away. Struggling with decisions, I walked faster to get away from this hellhole. But a sense of pity overwhelmed me, I have to save Spike from them. I HAVE TO

"Then what’re you waiting for? GO!"

But before I can go, beside Mac’s body lay his shotgun. I walked to it and picked it up. Fortunately, it has ammo left in it but I have no ill intent on killing the mares BUT this might be useful later on. I turned towards Whooves, “Doc, let’s go save a dragon.

Bashing through the door, the mares rushed towards us like beasts chasing their prey. Quickly, I summoned my baton and bashed their heads but not too hard to avoid internal bleeding. Inside the boutique, the darkness grew intensely enough to render everything inside hard to see. Without any light, I was blind as a bat (bats aren’t actually blind in the dark), it felt as if I was stuck inside a horror game. My ring could only afford minimal light at this point. I have to find a light source.

"What the fuck?! How did it get so dark? The last time we were here, it was kind of lighted up enough for us to see!"

The Doctor’s eyes squinted to focus in the dark, “So dark… We can’t go in there in the dark!”

Based on my stay here in Equestria, ponies DO use electricity but they don’t use it much because they have magic which is much more efficient and easy to use. Ponies here doesn’t use electricity like we do, we are much more advanced than them. “Doc, can you provide some light source?” I asked, grabbing Whooves and hiding in the shadows. He nodded, and then suddenly his horn glowed like a glow stick. “Well, couldn’t give me a better light than that?” I whispered, but then the Doctor gave me the screwdriver.

“The screwdriver? Can it though?"

"Of course it does, you silly man! It does everything!

"Well… It’s better than nothing."

While I, having trouble with the screwdriver, couldn’t help to think about the fact that we were under the prey of females. It was all the opposite when I was back on Earth. While all males prey on females, female now prey on males. It felt like revenge on males trying to ruin females for…

"Nonononononononono. Don’t go Da Vinci on this shit, Ryan. You’re in Equestria, the Church doesn’t exist here in this world."

‘Oh… Okay.’

Suddenly, mares saw us in the shadows and they are approaching us fast. “Damn it! How do you work this thing?!” I shouted. “Press the button! PRESS THE—,” Before the doctor could even press the button, I pressed it and suddenly a bright light emitted from the tip of the screwdriver, blinding the mares. Swiftly, I rushed through and knocked them out cold. “At least it has a flashlight function.”

“RYAAAAN!!!” Spike shouted. The voice seemed to be coming from upstairs, I have to hurry or else he might not be able to see the day anymore. I quickly rushed upstairs with mares hot on our tail. ‘Almost there!’ I thought. Rarity’s bedroom was just an arm long away to safety or maybe Spike, I reached for the doorknob and turned when suddenly I was pulled back by a mare by the leg and tripped. I was being pulled hard by several mares as I grabbed on the edge of the door, pulling back the door with me and smashing my hands with it.

The pain was excruciating, I screamed. I tried to kick them, wiggle them off of my leg but it was useless. Their grips were too tight and forceful for my leg to break. Great, I have two things to worry now, my leg and my hands. My left hand slipped and now I was inches away from getting raped by mares. “THE SCREWDRIVER! USE THE GODDAMN SCREWDRIVER YOU FUCKING NITWIT!”

I tried to reach for the screwdriver in front of me, “Damn…IT! GET OFF ME!” I grabbed the screwdriver and pressed another random button. The screwdriver let out a really blinding flash similar to a flash bang. The grip loosened, I was able to break free. I stood up on my feet and closed the door before any more mares get in. I never bothered to use my ability, they’ll be useful later on.

After that, I just stood there behind the door. I never wanted this, I wanted to ask why. But neither the heavens nor hell wanted to answer me. God is hiding something for me. Right now, I’m hunting a secret. Hunting a secret that God wants to stay hidden .Clenching my fists, I banged on the door, “DAMN IT! WHY?!”

Out of nowhere, a familiar voice giggled menacingly. I turned around, sensing apprehension rising in me. “Rarity,” I called, “Where is he?”

“Aw… Couldn’t just greet a beautiful exotic mare how she is doing?”

Suddenly, the Doctor and I took a blow to the head, dropping the screwdriver but I was still conscious. And then another hit to the head, “GAH!”

Hit after hit, I received. At best I wish I was long dead, but I never wished to be so alive before. The screwdriver rolled on the floor as its beam shined upon who is attacking us and blinded her. And I got a pretty good look who it was, ‘Fluttershy?’

I eyed her appearance. Jesus, it became worse than before. She looked like a mad woman holding a crowbar, ready to swing it down to me, knocking me out to death. I almost thought I was looking at Death herself. Kind of reminds me of a dead hero. I felt a new array of disorientation, I felt sad to see her like that again… That expression of hers was familiar. But it wasn’t the time to think like that.

I kicked her shin, causing her to kneel. She apparently didn’t know this was coming; I grabbed stole the crowbar from her hands and kicked her chin. Getting up on my feet, I pinned her down, “FLUTTERSHY! I DON’T WANT TO HURT YOU!”

“Hihihi… Really? Why not?”

She was mocking me, testing me. I loved her, we were in love. But right now, deep in her eyes, her soul. I see it in her eyes, A FEAR.

But a fear of what? While I’m here, supposed to save her, protect her… What could she be afraid of?

I found myself off of her. She stood up, those eyes of fear staring at me. She started to giggle weirdly, “What’s wrong?” She giggled, crawling towards me, “Don’t you wanna taste this body? I know you want it.”

Even a cursory glance, I see it clearly. She is afraid…

“You’re afraid…” I uttered, “I could clearly see it in you… A fear.”

“Afraid? HAHA! I am not afraid… I even feel much more better than before…” She said as she continued to crawl slowly towards me.

“Fluttershy… Do you even remember me?” I spoke, frozen cold in place. Suddenly, she stopped too. Her eyes darting through every part of my body as the lust inside of her evaporated. “It’s me, Fluttershy. Ryan… Don’t you remember me at all?”

“R-Ryan?”

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Tied up to a chair, Spike tried to focus on what was going on. He heard Ryan’s voice a while ago, but where is he?

Struggling with the ropes in his hand, he was too exhausted to do anything. Spike wanted to go home, he wanted everything to be back to normal. He knew precisely that if he stayed there, he wouldn’t able to see tomorrow again.

‘I got to get out of here somehow!’  Spike thought. Everyone makes mistakes, Spike’s mistake hadn’t been to betray his friend for a woman, Rarity would’ve dehydrated him regardless. It hadn’t been to trust himself to go with the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world. ‘I had blindly gone after her when I should have been joining Ryan, to stop this nonsense after all. But I couldn’t bring myself to be mad at anyone, it’s my fault. If I didn’t go with Rarity, this wouldn’t happen at all.’

Regaining his focus, Spike clearly saw what happening as the screwdriver’s flashlight was providing him light. In his line of vision, he saw Ryan frozen in place and… Fluttershy on her hand and knees, looking much more wilder and more lustful than before but there was something in her eyes that bewildered Spike. ‘The look in her eyes… She’s… scared?’ Spike thought to himself. He couldn’t believe what was happening…

“Such sweet moment for those two, right Spike?” In one fluid motion, Rarity jumped to Spike’s lap, ripping off the tape on his mouth. Rarity ran her fingers down from Spike’s chest to his private parts. Spike felt a rise of a feeling in his gut. “Rarity,” He muttered as he is starting to loosen the ropes in his hands, “Let me go, NOW.”

“Come on, Spike. It’ll be fun. We’ll have lots and lots of fun.” Rarity giggled. ‘I have to find an opportunity to escape somehow!’

“You’re not just going to let me walk away, are you?” Spike asked, his fists clenching tightly, eager to escape. The day is running out fast, the sunset was gone and darkness was about to cover the entire skies. The moon was eager to rise, so is evil.

Why Ryan thought the heat to be evil or something had struck Spike a whole new revelation. Spike sensed that the mating season was off, the heat should start somewhere in spring, but today marks the first day of fall. And the heat wasn’t anything this dangerous and insane before. If Ryan was right, maybe Celestia and Luna had something to do with the heat.

In one swift motion, Rarity took hold of Spike’s neck and shot him a frightening look, “Spike, you know damn well that I’m not going to let you. I am hungry, and I need you…” Rarity suddenly let out Spike’s shaft, “… to FEED ME.”

Spike had enough and suddenly kissed Rarity, ‘I hope this works…’ He thought. As their lips separated, Spike reminisced Ryan’s words when he talked to the Doctor, “A bunch of close calls. Turns out they still have a mind, a conscience, something to see, something to feel and something to taste, hear, smell and most of all… SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF.”

He stared deeply into Rarity’s eyes. “There’s a kiss to start off our day,” Spike smiled, but then his expression quickly changed to anger, “And here’s my fist to put you to— *WHAM!* SLEEP!”

She fell down in a quick thud.

Spike felt relief as he stared at Rarity’s unconscious body and untied himself off the chair, “That’s enough of that.”

But Spike never felt so wrong. Suddenly when he was about to walk away, his leg suddenly stopped moving. He looked to see a blue glow wrapped around his leg. ‘No…’

Rarity’s magic pulled Spike’s leg, tripping him. “RYAN,” He shouted, “A LITTLE HELP HERE?!”

Rarity wobbled as she stood up, “You think a simple punch can knock me out? Dear… You think wrong. HAHAHA… Ahhhmm…”

Spike’s claws dug into the soft, wooden floor, being dragged by a mad woman who wanted to milk him dry. The thought of it sunk deep into Spike’s mind, “RYAN! HELP!”

‘She’s afraid…’ I thought. She’s afraid of me, but why? I don’t understand this. “Fluttershy,” I said, reaching out to her, “Tell me, what are you afraid of?”

“I… I’m afraid…” She stammered. “Come on, Fluttershy. I need you… Tell me what you’re afraid of.” I asked of her. I wanted to reach out to her, to touch her heart, to end all of this.

“I’m afraid… of you.”

The answer struck me like a rocket, it felt like I was blown away by a strong hurricane. She’s afraid of me, but why? How could she be afraid of me? One minute she was a sex hungry mare, the other it’s gone. Her attitude was something I couldn’t normally understand; I normally knew her as a shy and timid girl, then the second I turned my back and turned around again, she is an assertive one of a kind bitch. But I know there are things that you couldn’t understand about people sometimes… Fluttershy was a shy mare, timid and gentle. She fears the most tiniest things. But me… it could be anything.

What I know about myself is there is nothing that she could be afraid of in me. I loved her, I didn’t hurt her. Unless…

“Fluttershy, who am I?!” I asked. I eyed her again, she was trembling. And then suddenly, tears rolled under her eyes to her cheeks.  “You’re afraid to lose me… You’re afraid that if you hurt me, I would leave you. You… you still remember me.”

“*sob* Ryan… I remember you. I…” My mind went blank, I suddenly grabbed her and pulled her in for a kiss. I didn’t think twice about what I was doing. Actually, I didn’t think at all. I loved her, I want to stay with her forever. But first, I need to end this. “I know. I love you too..”

“RYAN! HELP ME!” Spike’s voice broke me from my trance. I forgot all about Spike. I quickly turned to Fluttershy, “Fluttershy, do me a favor.”

“RYAN! HELP ME HERE!”

I held her chin up, “Stop waiting and grow up.” I said to her and winked as I picked up the screwdriver and ran towards Spike. I aimed the flashlight at Rarity and saw her on top of Spike and she hissed.

“Hey dipshit, I think it’s time to use that ability of yours, don’t ya think?” The voice in my head spoke. I concentrated on my ability and froze both Spike and Rarity. Time is of the essence here, and I do not want to waste it. I hurriedly grabbed Spike of the frozen time bubble and carried him away from Rarity and the Doctor lying on the floor.

Mares are banging the door of Rarity’s bedroom, and it’s not a good choice to go there now. I looked to the left and saw mares coming from a window. We’re surrounded, that’s when I saw a second window near me. It’s about 20 or 30 foot drop from that window, and I might break a leg or two from that jump.

“You MIGHT, not can or will. There’s no other choice but to—,”

Suddenly, someone hugged me behind. I thought it was another mare and looked… It was Fluttershy. She looked at me with teary eyes, an expression I haven’t seen for a long time. “I’ll help you escape. Just jump out of that window and I’ll do the rest.” She smiled. I gave her again a kiss and looked at the window.

“What the hell…” I whispered as I ran quickly towards the window and jumped towards it. The glass shattered as I saw time slowing down, the town below me was a beauty. Its lights were giving the town such beauty at night. But now, the lights weren’t there but the moon itself. The town was a dangerous place to lurk. Someone must’ve turned off the electricity to blind the mares, they weren’t thinking smart enough.

Fluttershy used her wings to fly the three of us up in the air for a short time. I looked up to see Fluttershy panting heavily, that’s when I realized that Fluttershy wasn’t the most strongest mare.

“SHY!!” I shouted, “PULL IT TOGETHER!!”

“AGH! YOU’RE TOO HEAVY! I can’t hold on much longer!” She shouted as her grip from my collar is slipping. “FLUTTERSHY, JUST HOLD ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER!”

This was not a good idea for us, after all the things that happened, I wish that Fluttershy’s grip wouldn’t slip off. I looked behind and saw the thing that would have added more to the list of “Oh-my-God” problems. “PEGASI BEHIND US! HURRY, WE DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME!” I shouted.

Fluttershy was about to give up, I looked down below and spotted something. “FLUTTERSHY! DROP US NOW!”

“WHAT?! YOU’RE CRAZY! YOU WILL DIE!”

“TRUST ME, FLUTTERSHY! JUST TRUST ME!

I looked into her eyes and she looked into mine, it was a sign of trust. She has to, there is no other choice. There are three choices here: Be captured by the female pegasi, she continues on and her grip slips and killing us, or drop us now. “Just trust me, Fluttershy.” I begged her.

In a sudden motion, she let go of me and let me fall into the deep dark abyss.