Death City

Hello there. I’m back with another update. Truly, I’m in a good mood today. In algebra class, two kids in the back of the class were talking, and the teacher yelled at them. I then ended up saying “Set them on fire!”. As a result, I made the entire class crack up for a good 5 minutes. Even the teacher began laughing. That there just boosted up my personality level and I’m happy about that. Now, back on to task. This chapter will be on Applejack. This chapter will be hard to write because of her accent, so I won’t make her talk much to make it simpler. Now onwards with the story.

Chapter 14 – Soup Kitchen

Just as everypony else, Applejack awoke in a dizzy and confused state. She forced open her eyes, which ached more than ever. As she took in her surroundings, she saw herself in what seemed to be a kitchen. Everything seemed normal, until she actually got a closer look at things. Blood stained certain areas of the walls and the tiles on the floor. A small drain was located in the center of the room that was supposed to contain any extra fluids in the area. Pots and pans were scattered around the tables of the kitchen. The lighting provided by a single light bulb was very weak, making it challenging for Applejack to see anything.

As Applejack began to get up on all four hoofs, she finally realized that her hat had been missing. She frantically began searching around the room for that hat. It had been in her life for as long as she knew. Ever since she was a little foal to this day, he own hat was like a security blanket to her. Right as Applejack was about to give up, she began to hear noises down the hallway. She knew that she had to hide or she would be caught. The last thing that anypony wanted was for them to get caught on the Ark, one of the most deadliest prisons and science abs in the world of Equestria. Applejack frantically began searching around the dim kitchen for a place to hide before it finally hit her. She began galloping quietly towards a corner with a large pot leaning off to the side of it. Just as the door opened, she dove into the dark corner and grabbed the large pot, placing it over herself so she wouldn’t be seen.

Two different ponies had trotted into the room, or at least that’s what Applejack had thought. One was actually being carried by the other.

“NO, NO, PLEASE, LET ME GO, I BEG OF YOU!” The light purple mare of the two screamed. She was being dragged into the room by the stallion of the group. The stallion was a grayish color and was wearing a heavy amount of armor around his chest and back. Applejack had assumed he had been one of those intense and brutal guards Fluttershy had mentioned about. She had told them before to keep a close eye out for them and in any circumstances, not get detected by them. Celestia knows what they would do to you if they caught you sneaking around the Ark.

As the stallion began dragging the mare, the mare began crying intense, begging the stallion not to harm herself.  Suddenly, the stallion had gotten tired of the mares helpless screams and used all his force and strength to throw her against the wall of the dimly lit kitchen.

“SHUT UP!” The stallion yelled in a very rough pitched voice. “You think I want to do this? You think I like doing this to ponies like you? If you haven’t already noticed, I don’t have any other choice! I’ve already been assigned to this task and I’m not going to just back down just so you can live the rest of your pathetic life!” With that, he began nearing the already shriveled up mare. Soon, the guard had picked up a dagger with his own hoof and was only inches away from the mare. At this point, the mare had already lost control of her bladder. Right as the stallion was ready to end the mare’s life, he spoke to the mare for the last time. “I’m so sorry.” With that, he jabbed the dagger into the mare’s throat, literally choking her. Blood began spewing from the incision immediately afterwards and began running down the mares light purple coat. The stallion guard began twisting the dagger into her throat, emanating a loud crunching sound from the breaking of bones and veins. The mare couldn’t breathe at this point. She knew that there would be no remaining hope for her and that she would die right then and there. The entire time Applejack was witnessing the tragic yet disturbing event. She could feel her stomach turn inside out as her breakfast began to rise up her throat. Applejack wanted to do something, anything to help the poor mare, but didn't want to risk an instant and brutal death from the guard. As the guard began to deliver the final blow onto he innocent mare, he had learned his head into the mare's ear and whispered one last thing.

“I've never told anypony this, but I've always loved you to death.” With that, he shoved the dagger into the mare’s throat with all his might, causing it to rip through skin and bone alike, ending the mares life once and for all. All that was left was the copse of the lifeless body of what used to be a sweet, innocent pony. Applejack had been told that the Ark was a crucial and devastating place, but she never imagined it to be like this.

The stallion guard soon swiftly removed the dagger from the mare's throat. The mares body, or what was left of it at least, had stuck to the side of the wall by itself. Just when Applejack thought it was over, the stallion guard was just getting started. He soon put the dagger covered in blood into his mouth, while he used his free hoof to grab the copse by the already broken neck. Holding the corpse, he dragged it all the way to the table in the far side of the kitchen, where he plopped the corpse onto the table, which was already covered in dried blood. The result of this was a loud crashing sound onto the hard marble. Putting the bloody dagger away, the guard had used his free mouth to reach for a clean, simple knife. Carrying the knife in his mouth, he began to press the knife against the hide of the deceased pony and cut a soft line down the very own hide. Applejack couldn’t stand what was happening anymore. She tried to close her eyes and think happy thoughts such as butterflies and rainbows, but nothing could prevent her from thinking of the excruciating thoughts floating around in her head.

Once the stallion was done cutting the mare, he backed away slowly and began to admire his own work. He had cut a straight line on the mare from her already bruised neck to the space right in between her two back hoofs. Blood and gore had spread all around the large wound. Intestines and guts flooded the area. It was too much for Applejack to look at, and she knew that she couldn't hold up any longer. Any moment now she would regurgitate and the guard would hear her, which would mean game over.

Placing the knife down, the guard made his way back to his work and began sticking his two front hoofs into the mares already opened stomach. He began fiddling around with the intestines before ripping them out of the light purple mare. Blood splattered around the area as the stallion guard had ripped both the small and large intestines out of the mare. Placing both body parts to the side, he reached into the mare and did the same thing to all the internal organs, as well as the external organs. Once everything had been removed from the mare, all that remained was the outer shell of hide as well as the dense bones from inside. Taking the corpse in his hoofs, he began carrying it with him and placed it in the corner of the room, going to deal with it later.

Returning to the already removed organs, the stallion guard began searching around the room for a pot or pan in order to cook the organs. After scanning the room for a while, the guard found a large, upside down pot in the corner of the kitchen. As the stallion guard began approaching he upside down pot, Applejack began noticing the guards presence. He slowly began trotting towards the pot, making time pass b so dramatically. Applejack knew that she only had a matter of time before the guard would take the pot and see her eavesdropping the entire time. She soon began panicking, seeing her entire life flash quickly before her very own eyes. Just as she thought there would be no hope for her and she would be found, a loud clashing sound rang from the other side of the kitchen.

“What the.?!” The guard yelled aloud, turning is head to the impact of the sound. What he saw was a rat-like creature scurrying around the room. When you live in a place like the Ark, you never know what creature you’ll encounter each and every day. The mutant rat had been searching around the kitchen for anything to eat. Apparently, the stallion guard had noticed this and began chasing the rat out of the kitchen. “No, shoo, shoo, get away, get away you little bastard!” The guard shouted, trying to scare away the rat. Applejack knew that this was it, that this was her only distraction and she had to use it wisely. She snuck out of the pot and lowered it so carefully that it didn’t make a sound. Once out of the pot, Applejack quickly searched around the kitchen for a new place to hide, one that the stallion guard would never find her hiding in. She soon noticed a vent not too high above where she was. Since the lighting of the room was very dim, it was simple for her to move around without getting noticed. Standing on the large pot on her back two hooves, Applejack used her front two hooves to reach for the vent lid and carefully take it off and placed it between her arms, careful not to drop it. She then used all her lower strength to give herself a jump start and launched herself towards the empty gap in the ceiling. Once letting her two front hooves grasp the edge of the vent, Applejack quickly hoisted herself up before the stallion guard noticed her.

Reaching for a butchers knife, the guard slowly inched his way closer to the rat in front of him, who was sitting still, smelling the already cut organs of the mare. As the guard was about to close in on the rat, the rat quickly leaped out of the way and dove for the exit door, escaping without taking any damage.

“Son of a bitch!” The stallion guard said to himself, maddened at what tremendous trouble the rat had brought him. Turning around, he resumed his normal task and began trotting over to the pot in the corner. As he began to pick it up, he noticed a little cowboy hat underneath it.

“What the?!” Applejack softly whispered to herself. She began to think how in the world of Equestria had her hat gotten stuck there. She didn’t even remember having it in the first place.

Putting the pot aside, the guard had picked up the hat and began wondering why it was there in the first place. It then hit him that he wasn’t the only one in the kitchen. His ears suddenly perked up as his attention of his surroundings grew, trying to locate the other pony in the room. Carrying the cowboy hat with him, the guard picked up the pot with his only free hoof and began trotting to the stoves of the kitchen. The stoves had been completely rusted and were even bent and tilted here and there. Placing the large pot onto the stove, he lit the flame beneath the stove, causing fire to suddenly appear. Going towards the sink, the stallion had filled up a somewhat large jar with water all the way to the top. To Applejacks surprise, the old and rusty sink actually worked and managed to produce water from itself. Trotting back to the already preheated pot with a jar of water, the guard had poured the contents of the jar into the pot. A sizzling sound was soon made as the cold water had hit the hot surface of the pot. Steam soon rose as the two collided.

Backing away from the stove, the guard soon made his way to the tray with all the organs of the deceased pony. Taking the tray into his mouth, the guard made his way back to the pot filled with bubbling water and tilted the tray outwards, causing all the bloody organs to fall straight into the pot. The color of the water soon turning a bright, ominous red as the blood had mixed with the water itself. Putting the empty tray down to the side and grabbing a wooden spoon into his mouth, the guard began stirring the contents of the pot.

Five minutes later, when the contents of the pot was all warm and toasted, the guard had removed the pot from the stove and turned off the flame of the stove beneath it. Placing the pot on the far side of the kitchen, the guard began trotting towards the other side where the cabinets were. Sorting through the cabinets, the stallion guard had found what he was looking for and took them out with his mouth. Applejack could soon see what he was taking from the vent and she soon realized what he was doing. The guard had taken around five to six metallic bowls and began trotting towards the pot in the distance. Once there, he laid the bowls out one by one and grabbed a soup spoon from the drawer below. Using the soup spoon, he divided the pots content into six equal sizes and placed each one in a bowl. Applejack couldn’t even stand what she was seeing anymore. This was cannibalism that they were doing. First they kill a pony and then they use their organs to make soup. Applejack was truly disgusted and began thinking that she could never eat again.

Once the soup was separated and put evenly into the six bowls, the guard had put the same tray he used to hold the organs before and placed it on his back to ensure he had balance. Then, he carefully put the bowls on the tray and his back one by one, hoping for them not to spill like last time. Once everything was done and taken care of, the guard began slowly trotting out of the kitchen with the soup bowls of what used to be an innocent, lovely mare.

Applejack was all alone at this point. The guard had her hat and she had an idea of how cruel a place like this could be. Knowing that the vent was the only escape route for her, she quickly began sliding down the vent. She knew that when she found the others, she would tell them, of what a cruel and violent place this is. Of what the Ark really is.

Finished with chapter 14. I honestly got to say, this chapter was pretty violent, but it isn’t the most violent chapter in the story. I will be expecting gorier and bloodier chapters to appear here and there so I will warn you about them. Just to let you know, the pony that died in this chapter is very unlikely to ever appear for the rest of the story. What happened in this chapter is really what happens when an intruder is found on the Ark. They are killed and made into food for the rest of the prison mates. Also, I am still accepting new OC’s and song requests. There really isn’t that much to say about this chapter rather that review. So, with that said, I wish you all a good night.