Of Pandemics And Ponies

Chapter 5: Useless things to do in a Zombie Apocalypse

As soon as the safe room door was open, Rainbow Dash flew out into the open air. Some zombies looked up at her, but since they couldn't get her they turned their attention to the ponies on the ground. Rainbow Dash smiled as she shot them one by one. This zombie apocalypse wasn't half bad. Her friends climbed the stairs of the small plaza, destroying any zeds that appeared before them. They entered a park of some sorts that had hedges surrounded a central courtyard. The friends walked in. Rainbow saw a strange shape lumbering thought the hedges towards the friends.

"Guys, lookou-"

But it was too late. The zombie charged throught the group of friends, grabbing onto Pinkie. The charging thing slammed into a bench nearby and then grabbed Pinkie with its one good arm. It lifted her into the air and then slammed her into the ground. However, every time she hit the ground, Pinkie's eyes would bulge to an impossible size and her tongue would shoot out of her mouth, making a party horn sound. The zombie continued to slam her against the now cracking ground. Applejack had recovered from the things charge and grabbed the katana she had. She jumped and aimed at the Chargers head with a giant arch. In a spray of blood that spattered all over Pinkie, the Charger's face was sliced off and the body fell to the ground. Pinkie got up and noticed the red mess on her face.

"Ooh! Ketchup!" she said as she licked her face clean with an impossibly long tongue.

The rest of her friends had continued walking.

"Oh you'd better wait up! Imma gonna ketchup with you!" she had an immense giggle fest, which was interspersed with snorts.

She indeed caught up with her friends and continued down the path. After leaving the park, they went through some alleys. Rainbow Dash would snipe the Boomers and Hunters that appeared on the rooftops. She then regrouped with her friends as they entered a building. When they emerged, they were under a bridge. There was a roar as a wave of zombies rushed the group. They sliced through them, trying to get to the area at the end.

"It's a safe room up ahead!" shouted Rarity, who was the farthest up.

They all rushed inside the pod as Fluttershy closed the door. They heard he moans and pounding of the vile creatures outside.

"This isn't a safe room, silly." chided Pinkie Pie

"Ok so I was incorrect about that, but look, it stopped them from getting us." Rarity replied defensively

"We'll have to go out this door." said Twilight

She opened the door and an alarm sounded on top of a tower made of scaffolding. The zombies that were outside the pod began climbing the fence.

"Rainbow, go shut off that alarm!" shouted Twilight over the blaring noise.

"On it!" Rainbow shouted back

She took off in the direction of the tower. She was nearing it when something warm and sticky entangled her in midair, constricting her wings. She fell to the ground and was dragged until she was dangling by the sticky rope, next to the fence. The alarm continued to attract more infected. Rainbow tried to grab her side pistol, but her hoof slipped and the rope began to constrict her throat. At the same time, infected began to encircle her and pound her. She flailed to try to defend herself, but was unable to, as the rope held her hooves in place.

So she did the only thing she could do left: she begged. She begged the zombies to stop hurting her. She begged the alarm to stop sounding. She begged the god or almighty whatever in this place to spare her of this horrid pain and death.

"STOOOOP! STOOOOOOOOOOP!!! Please...stop...!"
She could feel the darkness beginning to coax her into its comfortable and desirable arms.

But then a giant amount of zombies disappeared from her view. The rest disappeared as well. Then she felt somepony push her, hard. The force snapped the slick rope, releasing Rainbow Dash from the restraint. She flew up to the tower and deactivated the alarm.

Reflecting on her actions, Rainbow Dash thought to herself, "Mercy is probably the most useless thing to have in a zombie apocalypse. It weakens you and gives the enemy pleasure as you plead and die at the same time."

She continued on with her friends. When they neared the safe room, Rainbow Dash redid her opinion of the Zombie apocalypse.

"This isn't fun and games anymore. This is more than half bad. It's twice as bad. And then it's about 20% badder."