The Zombie War (Original)

"I haven't been as honest to you as I should've. Something's happened to me that I never wanted to tell you. But now... I have to." I started.

"What happened?" Rainbow asked nervously.

"First thing's first: Where's Sombra?" I asked.

Sombra stepped up.

"Don't bother, Cinch told me after you left. I should've seen it sooner... I should've..." Sombra whispered.

"Well... I was... I..."

The meeting was over, and I had to live with what I just told them.

"Kyle?" Luna called.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"I talked to Sombra about what happened. He knew that she was... doing things with students, but they were seniors, he said. They would've been gone by the end of the year..." Luna started.

"You like him, don't you?" I asked.

Luna was silent, until she turned away and nodded.

"He was a good man. Probably the only one who didn't beat me other than..."

Luna walked back to the way she came, and I went back to my house.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Scootaloo asked, who was on the porch.

"I forgot. Okay? In that basement, I forgot a lot of things. Mostly everything from Crystal Prep just slipped away, and..." I started.

"And?" Scootaloo asked.

"And then I met you." I said.

Scootaloo was silent as she got up and held me in an embrace. I held her back, when my dad came up and joined in.

"I thought something had happened..." Dad said.

"Look, I'm sorry. Not that it helps..." I said.

"At the end of the day, this saved you." Dad said cryptically.

"Saved me from what?" I asked.

"That's a story for another day." Dad said.

I hated when he did this. He would keep some of this prophecy a secret from me, even after I told him what happened.

"I'll be right back." I said.

"Where are you going?" Scootaloo asked.

"I'm going to check on Sombra. Then, I'm gonna look for Firefly and Cinch." I said.

[ht]

Me and Cinch were looking for a car to keep looking, but Cinch wasn't very cooperative. She would just keep zoning out, like she's thinking heavy.

Or she's just high.

"Cinch, we should head back." I decided.

"No. We need to find him..." Cinch said.

"Look, maybe he's back already. We won't know until we get home. Rainbow's probably back by now." I said.

Cinch took some time- I thought she was zoning out again- but she nodded.

"Then let's head back." I ordered.

I found Sombra talking with Luna near the gates. I decided not to bother them, but as I went to turn around, I heard Luna call me.

"Yeah?" I asked.

Sombra took a step closer.

"I'm sorry. I should've stopped her from..."

"At least say what it was..." I said.

"I should've stopped her from molesting you." Sombra said.

We were silent as I was next to them now. I decided to ask them about the walls.

"Who built the wall?" I asked.

"I did." Sombra said.

"What?! How?" I asked.

"I studied architecture in my spare time... before I dated Chrysalis." Sombra said.

"Yeah, I forgot that was only your 5th year there." I said.

"Chrysalis was there for 7, at least. If I remember correctly." Sombra said.

"I thought we were talking about something else..." I said.

"Yeah, me too." Luna said.

"Sorry, couldn't help it. Anyway, we found the suburbs after..."

Me and Cinch were able to find a car, but it had to start.

"When did you start hating Kyle?" I asked.

Cinch was silent as she looked up at me.

"...I didn't hate him, I just... thought it'd change him, make him stronger. But... it did the exact, polar opposite... it made him cold." Cinch said.

I nodded as I went to check the car.

"Did you hate Joel?" I asked.

Cinch froze, I guess she forgot about him.

"I... I threatened to take his college applications away if he didn't comply. I... I made him go into that room, and... and..."

That was it. She completely broke down, bawling loud enough to draw Walkers for miles. I just put my hand on her shoulder and patted.

"Like I said, you're not that woman anymore." I said.

"You can't possibly beleive that..." Cinch said.

"I do." I said.

"Thanks... for trying." Cinch held a gun up to her head.

"NO!"

I got in the Changeling and started it up. I was about to walk out when Rainbow came to the window.

"Wait for me." Rainbow said.

"Yeah. You got it." I said as Rainbow opened a door and hopped in.

Sombra and Sunset opened the gates and I drove out and started searching to where Rainbow told me they were sent.

"They went back to Chrysalis's home?" I asked Rainbow.

"Yeah. Gary said you would've gone there." Rainbow answered.

"I did go back, but a while ago." I said.

"What did you do?" Rainbow asked.

We pulled up and I saw that some of it was still smoldering.

"That's what I did." I said.

We were silent as I noticed foot tracks.

"They must've headed this way." I said as I slowly drove, following the tracks.

We kept driving until we found what seemed to be a car. The tracks stopped there...

"I got it." I said as I hopped out.

I went up to the car, but saw...

Cinch.

She layed by the car, with a small red dot on her temple, with a gun in her hand.

"No..." I said.

Rainbow came out and saw her.

"Help me get those trash bags." I said with my voice starting to crack.

Before we could, Firefly came out and ran at us.

"Rainbow!" Firefly said.

They quickly ran to each other, and I have no idea what they did next- it sounded intimate- as I grabbed two trash bags for Cinch.

"I heard what happened with Chrysalis... I guess she couldn't take it." Firefly said.

We were interuppted by smoke coming from the sky- black smoke.

"What's that?" Firefly asked.

"Looks far. Looks like it's coming from..." I started.

We hopped in the Changeling and drove.