Six Locks

Chapter 6: Unexpected Help Pt2

I hear beeping, a medical beeping. Did I get freaking electrocuted again!? I opened my eyes, slowly due to how bright it is. I look to my right and see a couple of withered roses, which surprisingly give me a certain warmth. I also see a medical monitor, measuring every heart beat. I look left to see a sleeping Rainbow Dash. I smiled. She seemed so cute. I then look at the monitor to see it going slower. I tilted my head. Then, without a warning, it suddenly stops. I look left to see Rainbow's eyes open wide, and screaming. I didn't hear anything strangely. Two doctors rush in and made Rainbow back up.

"Um, guys I'm fine," I say, trying to clear things up. They appear to have ignored me and kept trying to make Rainbow back up, one of them trying to get one of those watcha-may-call-its, as I called it. "Doctor, I am fi-" I was cut off by the doctor going through me. I look at my ghost like body and jump out of bed. "What the hell!?" I yelled. I look at what the doctor is looking at and see a man. A man who's hair is black and singed, and seems to have been curly. His eyes were red and bloodshot, and full of tears. I screamed.

After a couple of minutes, I wake up with a weird sound. I open my eyes to see a concerned Rainbow Dash looking down.

"Yo Sam, are you okay?" Rainbow asked as I blinked a couple of times.

"Yeah I'm okay, what happened?" I asked. I sit up, starting to separate machine sounds of the Rainbow machine to people chattering.

"You got hit pretty hard on the head with a bar you ran into. All I know is that you thought you saw a ghost," Rainbow said as I got up. Memories came flooding back and I remember what happened.

I just walked into the lightning room when the memory of a dead body appeared. At first I thought it was mine, then I ran like hell. As soon as I got some speed, I hit my head against a pipe. I started laughing, laughing so hard it honestly hurt my ribs. Rainbow stares at me in confusion.

"Well, anyway, while you were knocked out I decided to call someone," Rainbow said.

"Who?" I asked curiously.

"A guy named Jacob, he's one of your friends right?" She asked. I paused to think, but nodded automatically. As if on cue, a door sounded in the distance. A gruff man with a T-shirt with a picture of a Apple icon walked up. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. His skin was slightly pale, but I recognized it as tan. His facial expression made me think he's seen some crap. He stands there, looking at his phone.

"Give me a second, I need to-" he looks up to see me and drops his phone. "S-Sam?" He asks. I put on my darkest look to try and seem corrupted, like he was.

"What's it to ya?" I asked. Jacob thinks for a moment.

"What's the manliest thing on earth?" He asks.

"What kind of manly?" I ask back.

"Hairy wise," he said simply.

"A wooly mammoth!" I said, looking serious.

"Um, let me rephrase, the manliest thing that has a man-like form," he said.

"Chewbacca," I replied.

"Dang it Sam, why're you such a smartalic?" He asks smiling. I cracked a smile.

"Jacob, buddy old pal I just am!" I said, hugging him as he hugged me. We both laughed while Rainbow looked confused.

"Um, you guys fought, and didn't talk until now, and you're like best friends again, how is this possible?" Rainbow asks.

"Well, friends fight, it doesn't mean we can't get over it," Jacob said. He looks at me and grows a concerned face since I was crying. I kept smiling, happy to have a friend here with me.

"Jacob, of all the times I need a friend, you have the best timing because I also need a therapist," I said laughing a little. He shook his head, probably not understanding what I'm saying. We then chatted over about our work. I worked as an engineer while he was an assistant with Fluttershy. Or, at least her therapist. Turned out, Fluttershy went half insane, but thanks to Jacob's magic she turned... Well, quarter to half insane... Anyway, she is now Jacob's roommate because she's more comfortable with him around for some reason. I told him about what's been going on and he put a hand on my shoulder and said simply.

"You are indeed, in need of a therapist," he said. I nodded smiling. I showed him around, while he kept looking in around nervously like something's up. I stopped at one doorway and he bumped into me, and almost jumped ten feet. I look at him to see what was wrong, but instead of asking the question, I was getting an answer. On the floor was dropped a recorder, a mini camera by the look of the device, and finally a dirk. I looked up at him.

"What's with the knife?" I asked. He hung his head.

"Now why did you have to find out early?" He ask, grabbing the dirk. I start backing up.

"What do you mean?" I ask. He sighs.

"I mean, this will be your last moment with me Sam, and it will be the be-" he was cut off by Rainbow kicking him from out of nowhere. I jumped and ran with fear. Why? Well, to save my skin, it's usable for another sixty to seventy years! I stopped. Why did I run? This was Rainbow that defended me right? I look back and sighed. I had training, so I am able defend myself.

I walk back and greeted a black eyed Rainbow. "My God what happened?" She looked at me and shook her heard.

"All I can tell you is, that Jacob is not nice, like, at all!" She said. We decided to tell more about it tomorrow since we were tired. One thing I realized in my sleepless night though. I had unexpected help.