The Meeting

We arrived to the other city ready to meet up in the warehouse.

"It's now or never." I said.

As we were setting up the meeting room, I saw a jeep drive towards us.

"That's them." Sunset called.

Knowing the meeting, I stepped forward towards the jeep, towards Bell.

"Well, we have a lot to talk about." She said.

She looked close to her 20s. Maybe she was in the quarantine zone...

"So, here's the deal. We want our weapons back. I understand you have more than us, so you can spare a few pistols, right?" I asked.

"Well, as much as I would like to, I noticed you have THEM with you." Bell pointed at Dexter and Blossom.

"Yeah, so what?" I asked.

"These people, they owe me more than you think. A few guns won't do it..." Bell snapped her fingers and 10 men with assault rifles came out.

"Hey, we said no guns!" I said.

"You shouldn't trust me. Now, you give THEM to me, and you people can walk away untouched." Bell said with a smirk.

I grabbed my Judge and drew it.

"No. They're one of us." I said.

"Well, we don't have a deal. Fire away." The men managed to miss me by inches.

We ran for the exits only to see a horde of zombies flood the doors. But they were walking...

"Run!" I called out.

We ran for the other exit only to be blocked by the guards. We had no choice, we grabbed their guns and pushed them to the zombies to use as bait. We made it back to tell the others.

"These people lied, tried to kill us, and threatened our friends' survival. We'll have to regroup next week and find a way to work this out." I said.

"What we need to do is fight back." Rainbow said.

"Well, they have a military grade Humvee and we have a few pistols. We need to wait this out." I said.

We decided to send 2 of us for more recon. We needed to know what we were up against.

"I'll go." Fluttershy stepped up.

"I'll go too." Rarity said.

"Okay then. Good luck." I said as they grabbed their backpacks and left.

"I hope they'll be okay. Fluttershy isn't the best when it comes to survival." Rainbow said.

"She protects whoever can't protect themselves. We should respect that." I said.

"Whatever, Kyle." Rainbow said in ignorance as she walked away.

As we were adding to the walls, I saw 2 soldiers with AK-47s on them.

"We need to talk." One of them said.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"We want to join you. We and 20 more of us escaped and we want to join you. Maybe we can help you end what Bell's done. Please..." Another guard begged.

I was forced to make a choice: Firepower and knowledge, or food preservation. I made a choice soon after.

"Okay, then." I said.

"WHAT? Kyle, t-they can't! They could be spies and we don't have that much food left." Rainbow argued.

"We need the guns. Plus they could have information to tell us who we're up against." I said.

"Thank you. Thank you. You won't regret this, most of us were construction, the rest of us were guards. We can help you build up the place."

"Sure thing. Just don't try to put a bullet in our backs."

"Of course." The guard said as they walked in.

As we were talking, I noticed how the guards worked. If they were going to kill us, they would've done it by now.

"So, why did you leave?" I asked one of the guards.

"You think we wanted to harm others? Bell came and took over Megaville in the first months. We watched as she raided other quarantine camps, shot innocent beggars, and slaughtered anyone who approached the walls. And we were forced to sit down and build the turrets and thicken the walls, nothing more. So, when Bell was gone, me and 21 other soldiers escaped when no-one was lookin'. We were gonna search the city for supplies, but then we found you people and decided to help."

I took that under consideration as Scootaloo approached me.

"Are you sure we can trust these people?"

"...Yeah." I replied as I checked my Judge for rounds.

"Well, now what?" Scootaloo asked me.

"If we're going to survive, we might want to take the Home Depot and use its greenhouse for crops, and then we'll need to make our own. We can't rely on runs forever." I said.

"Okay then. Also we could get that library and grab some survival guides." Scootaloo said.

"As long as I don't have to drink my urine, I'll be fine." I joked.

I then heard Scootaloo giggle a little.

"Alright. See you later." Scootaloo walked away towards the apartment complex.

Then, Blossom and Dexter approached me.

"What do we do now?" Dexter asked.

"We have people, food, guns, and shelter. All we need now is more of this city. Once we get more of it safe, we can talk again." I said.

"Kyle, I know this woman. She can tear right through here with no regrets. Just give it time, and if she tries to kill us, we'll fight back." Blossom said as she and Dexter walked back to the armory.

Then, Applejack approached me.

"Ah hope you know what 'yer doin'."

"Trust me, I do. Trying to end a war before it starts." I said as Applejack walked towards the apartment with the others.

Did she have a point? Do I know what I'm doing? Is Bell more than she says she is? Why do Blossom and Dexter always act paranoid every time I say her name? More importantly, why did Bell want THEM so much?

I'll find out soon enough.