Equestrian Front: The New War

Library of Evil

There was banging on the doors. About hundreds of thousands of zombies were already crownding around the Canterlot library being attracted to the piece of the relic. Willis, Wilhelm and Boris pushed the bookshelves near the windows and supported them with tables. Tadao, Tommy and Leduc climbed up Applejack's rope frantically. The rope snapped and left the six soldiers to fight for themselves. Pinkie had had run out of mortar rounds and Twilight was trying to think of a plan. Willis went around looking for any way out, there were no vents to crawl through, though there could be an underground network of tunnels. Willis tried to look for any basement doors or hatches. He finally found one in and opened it.

Buried

"Come here!" Willis called out to the others. "We can get out through the tunnels!"The five others hurried as the barricades began falling down and the zombies began pouring in. One by one they jumped in and closed the hatch before any zombie could get them. When they got down though, they saw an abandoned mineshaft that was probably built by the Allied/Axis Army engineers for POW's to work and gather gems in. There were crystals all over the place, the construction wasn't yet finished which was good. There were a few mine carts lying around. Each of them went to different tunnels and each one was small enough for one person to fit in.

"Each of us should ride on a mine cart," Leduc suggested, "These go to separate ways and at least some of us should make it out."

"I don't like this," Tadao said, "These mine cart tracks were not finished and should end at some point."

"Well, we can't just stay here with our arses still while those ponies up there are bait," Tommy said in agreement to Leduc's plan.

Each soldier climbed into a mine cart and pushed away to get their mine carts rolling. Each soldier then rolled to different areas of the mine that was abandoned. Willis stared into the dark tunnels up ahead, then, he saw something orange glowing in pairs. These were the eyes of the undead. Willis took out his Thompson sub machine gun and sprayed the 45. caliber bullets into the faces of the undead. Many of them looked like the POW's, each of them chased after the mine cart as it passed. Willis threw a grenade near a wooden support and collapsed the tunnel and blocked the undead. The tracks soon ended and the mine cart fell over with Willis inside. He had minor injuries and looked for a way out. He then saw a sunlight up ahead, but it was the reflection the crystals gave. He looked around for any way out but he saw none, the shiny crystals confused him, so he sprayed the crystals with his Thompson and shattered a few crystals. One of them had blocked an exit in which sunlight poured through. Willis crawled out and into freedom. When he crawled out, he saw that he just exited the side of the mountain just underneath the city. He started his long climb to the bottom of one of the buildings sticking out over the edge of the mountain.

Meanwhile, Leduc was rolling along in his mine cart and heard gunshots from one of the tunnels. He realized that one of the other men must have run into zombies. He quickly cocked his rifle and aimed at the darkness ahead and pulled the trigger. He heard a moan and saw orange glows in pairs up ahead. He took out his Blyswaica submachine gun and sprayed into the zombies hitting their heads and throats. Leduc ducked beneath the mine cart as undead hands tried to grab him. Some held shovels and pickaxes that hit the mine cart. He quickly took out his Webley and shot it at the undead whom he past. The minecart ride ended as a crate was blocking the tracks. Leduc quickly got out and placed an active grenade in the mine cart and pushed it towards the zombiesheading towards him. The mine cart exploded and collapsed part of the cave. Chunks of crystals began to fall and Leduc ran for safety. One of the crystals landed and shattered into large pieces that broke other pieces and revealed an exit. Leduc quickly ran before the entire cave collapsed on him. He got out and quickly turned to the side as he noticed a ledge which would lead to his fall. He side stepped and saw large chunks of rock and crystal pour out of the cave exit and felt the cave collapse on itself. Leduc peered inside to see Willis standing there. Leduc looked around the edge to see if he could climb, but the rocks stretched outward ad they increased in height and they were jagged enough to cut through fingers, so Leduc went back inside to see a building and Willis standing in front of it.

Willis had climbed to the top of the edge until he heard a large explosion that shook the earth beneath him. He started to run towards one of the buildings as the ground beneath him sank deeper and deeper. He ran inside the building when he heard a thundering crash and a slight fall. He went outside to see a cavern all around him along with Leduc running towards him. Undead soon followed as they had heard the sound of the explosion. Leduc and Willis went inside the building and barricaded the doors and windows with heavy furniture. They went on the first floor balcony and shot at the zombies below. More and more shuffled towards the Canterlot building. They shot the zombies, but more just kept coming until grenades were thrown which cleared out the horde of zombies. Out of the smoke came Boris and Wilhelm.

"Good to see you again comrade," Boris called out.

"Yes and we are very to see you," Wilhelm said. "We discovered that this cave is part of the Canterlot dungeon. The cave is connected to it and its a maze of pathways because of the crystal's reflection."

"We can climb to the top of this building instead," Willis suggested.

"No, there must be zombies crowding around the sinkhole already," Wilhelm said.

As if on cue, moans were heard above them and Willis and Leduc threw molotovs at the building setting it on fire just in case if the undead jump in. The four started their way to the Canterlot dungeon.

Meanwhile, Tommy was still riding in the mine cart. Along his ride, he heard gunfire and an explosion which shook the cavern dropping pebbles from its ceiling. As he rode along, he began hearing more gunshots and soon, about three or four explosions rang out shaking the ceiling even more. Soon, larger pieces of rock. He began shaking around in the minecart attempting to stop it when the tracks pointed downwards in which he stopped in fear. The mine cart went down at least eighty meters down and went up two meters. The mine cart suddenly stopped. He searched his pack which had rations, equipment and a flashlight. The flashlight looked like a periscope so he could shine it somewhere while taking cover. He switched it on and shined it all around him. He saw mining equipment that was never used and an elevator. He went on the elevator and traveled up several floors. As Tommy went up, he heard the unmistakable moaning of undead. He saw some trying to break their way through the elevator as he passed each floor. Then, on the 18th floor, the elevator stopped. It was stuck!

Tommy took out his Sten submachine gun and sprayed into the zombies killing them. More zombies came and he heard a shot.

"Come on Tommy!" yelled Tadao. He tooke out his Type 100 submachine gun and sprayed at the undead which tore them apart. Zombie ponies then shuffled towards the Japanese soldier who responded with a hail of bullets. For Tommy, the elevator was broken and he went out the doors and ran towards the scaffolding with the zombie ponies close behind. Zombie soldiers followed behind. Tadao coverd Tommy with the Type 100 until he noticed a mounted MG 42. Tadao aimed at the zombies behind Tommy and fired at the zombies mowing them down one by one. Then, a circle with a devil star glowed like fire and out came an orange zombie with dynamite and a Model 24 Steilhandgranate sprinting and screeching at Tommy. Tadao shot it down and it exploded killing other zombies nearby. More and more kamikaze zombies came and were shot by Tadao in which the explosions cleared out the undead while Tommy climbed up the scaffolding to the 25th floor.  Soon, Tommy dropped an active grenade and jumped from the scaffolding towards a loading platform where Tadao was. In the loading platform were supply trucks and a Vickers Medium 3. The two soldiers hopped in the tank in which Tommy drove and Tadao aimed its turret. They rolled out towards a path which was big enough for the medium tank. They drove along running over zombies who seemed to be oblivious of the steel beast rumbling over them.

Willis, Wilhelm, Leduc and Boris explored deeper and deeper in the caves. The caves got larger and soon, they found an abandoned fortress underground. Nearby, there was a path that looked large enough to walk on.

"We should take shelter in that fort," Willis suggested.

The others agreed and they went to the fort and began building a large campfire. Boris climbed up to the walls to see no zombies coming at them. Wilhelm took out a lighter and lit some of the torches for some more light. The area around the old fort was clear. The four went to the towers which were in the corners of the fort and saw that they weren't alone in the fortress as the zombies were inside. One noticed them and began shuffling towards the four in which they locked the doors in the towers and began climbing up the walls. A few minutes later, the zombies broke through the doors and quickly filled the ground. Some went out on the first floor, breaking through which started a fight on the walls. The four were trapped overlooking the front entrance and were shooting at zombies that came from two sides. Wilhelm threw a molotov on one tower to set fire to the undead inside it. The undead screamed as they burned and the four focused fire on one side which killed hundreds of undead in seconds. Suddenly, a loud boom rang out and a shell hit the tower collapsing it. The four turned around to see a Vickers Medium 3. It had two machine gun turrets along with its main gun. The four quickly went inside the tank. Wilhelm and Willis manned the two machine gun turrets. Boris worked sat on the commander's seat looking through the optics and Leduc worked on the radio.

Up Above

Twilight, Applejack and Pinkie had left the museum an hour earlier. They came across a large sinkhole in the ground with a burning building surrounded by zombies. They traveled from rooftop to rooftop making their way towards the Canterlot Castle. The six soldiers were missing ever since the library attack. By the time they made it to Canterlot Castle, they saw dead bodies of some guards and zombies surrounding it. Twilight quickly made a magic platform to one of the windows and the three jumped in to see the doors being barricaded with heavy furniture. Captain Sieger noticed them and walked up.

"Where are the six soldiers? Did they recover the relic?" He asked.

"No," Twilight answered. "They didn't make it out of the library."

Captain Sieger frowned and walked back to helping the barricades. Twilight, Pinkie and Applejack went on one of the towers and onto the roof which gave a commanding view of the chaos. Distant gunfire was heard and explosions occurred. Hours passed as they looked around. Twilight sprayed her STG 44 at a few zombies shuffling towards the castle doors. Then a rattling sound was heard somewhere near the dungeon. The three ponies went back inside and hurried towards the dungeon. The royal guards were already there and the doors suddenly burst open and out came a tank with a main gun and two machine gun turrets.

The commander's hatch opened and out came Willis' hand holding a relic piece. His head popped out of the hatch followed by the crew members who popped out of their respective hatches. They looked behind the tank to see the cells broken, the floor cracked and the newly added elevator stuck along with a large cut on the back walls. The tank suddenly burst out side firing its machine gun turrets at hordes of zombies clearing the area in a matter of seconds.

"Where's our next relic?" Willis asked.

"It's in one of the German Flak Towers," Twilight said.

"It's Flak Tower 6 that fell," Wilhelm said. "It's located near the northern mountains where the outbreak started."

Undead Nightmare

The ponies couldn't fit inside the tank so Wilhelm had to take an abandoned SdKfz. 232 recon vehicle with Boris on the turret. The ponies just sat in the back discussing a plan. The SdKfz. 232 followed behind the Medium 3. Hours of riding, the ponies were asleep and it was now afternoon. The Medium 3 and the 232 stopped at a supply depot. The crews got out and started to search for fuel. The vehicles were already low on fuel and they didn't even travel ten miles away from Ponyville. The crew went into the gates of the supply depots and were met with the cheers of the Allied/Axis 3rd Rescue Brigade along with some survivors. The crew got out of the two vehicles and Willis asked for some fuel to go to Flak Tower 6. The fuel was given and the 3rd Rescue Brigade wished them luck.

Day soon turned to dusk in a few hours after the outpost visit. Headlights were turned on and the Medium 3 and the 232 still rolled through. Soon, it began to rain and thunder began to occur. The tank continued barreling forward with Tommy reading his compass, they were going to go east to Appaloosa to resupply and then go north to the Flak Tower. Willis looked at his watch, it said the time was 10:00 PM.

At 3:00 AM, they arrived in Appaloosa. Each member of the crews took turns driving the vehicles so they could rest. They saw tanks on fire and wrecked. The flames lit up around the town giving the crew some visibility. They saw zombies roaming the streets and moan while survivors on rooftops picked them off with rifles. The Medium 3 crew suddenly woke up from the gunfire outside, Boris started shooting the undead. He saw some new zombies, Bolter zombies that scampered on all fours, Retcher zombies that spat acid, and Bruiser zombies that charged at targets. He fired the mounted the 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 Autocannon which was capable of firing 280 rounds per minute. Time passed as the turrets of the tank and the 232 blazed away the zombies, the sun started to rise and the townspeople began fortifying the town. The Medium 3 crew found an operational T 34-85 that was abandoned by the crew because of the zombies probably overrunning the town. The Medium 3 was used as a defense position and the crew took all the supplies out to transfer to the T 34-85. The fuel was enough to make it to the Flak Tower. The crew soon supplied the tank and was ready to roll out. Little did they know that the Flak Tower was inhabited by a great evil other than zombies.