Twisted Friendship: An MLP story

Twisted Friendship: An MLP story

Chapter 6: Checking out

The human guest followed the two ponies through the hallway, leaving Nurse Sweetheart alone in Senshi's former hospital room as she cleans it up. Due to him not having any shoes, socks, nor slippers, Senshi could feel the warm comfortable, blue carpet floor through the sensation of his bare feet as he walked. He passes through a few doors that are either occupied by other patients, mostly ponies of different types from pegasi to unicorns and empty rooms with the doors opened. The two medical ponies and the human also passed by another hospital staff member, Nurse Tenderheart, pushing a sleepy old, light gray pony with glasses and red and black checkered pants in a wheelchair in the hallway. The young nurse stopped pushing and wanted to greet the new guest.

“Oh, hi there, Mr. Daniels.” The blue coat nurse said smiling.

Senshi smiles right back. “Hello. Who are you?”

“I'm Nurse Tenderheart. I'm pretty sure you heard the story on what the other nurses and I had done for you from Redheart. Is that right?”

“In fact, yes. Nurse Redheart here told me everything you girls did and I appreciate it.”

“You're very welcome, sir.”

Just then, the senior pony in the wheelchair woke up from his slumber. He opened his eyes to see Nurse Redheart, Dr. Stable, and Senshi Daniels. The old stallion blinks and squints at Senshi as to know what he is looking at, for the fact that he has never seen a human before.

“Who the haystacks is this...outsider?!?” The grumpy senior said to the hospital staff.

“Mr. Wrinkles,” Dr. Stable said. “Please be nice to this new comer. His name is Senshi Daniels and he's a human from planet Earth.”

“Ahh! An alien creature! You must be stopped and placed in the dungeon by Princess Celestia or you will cause trouble in Equestria! You shall not be here, alien!”

“Alien?” Senshi questioned. “If I was an alien, I'll be saying like 'take me to your leader, ponies,' or 'Senshi phone home,' or better yet...*mimicking Marvin the Martian* 'I claim this planet in the name of Mars! Mmm, Isn't that lovely, hmm?'”

The stock car driver chuckled at his impersonation though the ponies all stared at one another confused on what was funny. Also, what is Mars and what is so “lovely” about owning Equestria? Senshi stops laughing and noticed that the hallway felt silent. So quiet that everyone can hear a pin drop.

Dr. Stable cleared his throat as he broke the silence. “Okay! Anyway, Nurse Tenderheart, please take Mr. Wrinkles to the senior lounge and tell Dr. Vaccine to give him his pill.”

“Yes, sir!” Nurse Tenderheart responded as she pushed the wheelchair with Mr. Wrinkles in it.

Dr. Stable turned to Senshi. “Now, Mr. Daniels. Shall we proceed to the lobby before...you crack another weird joke.”

“Sure. Just lead the way.”

The two hospital staff ponies and Senshi took the 2nd floor stairs and descended to the 1st floor to the main lobby. As they did, Senshi decided to ask Nurse Redheart a question.

“Excuse me, Nurse Redheart?” Senshi said.

“Yes, Senshi Daniels?” Redheart replied.

“Do you know where my clothes are? I really need them back along with my other personal belongings you ponies took off of me when I was unconscious.”

“Oh yes! I know where there are and I asked Nurse Coldheart to fetch them for you. She should be at the Front Desk with them at this moment.”

“Oh good. I can hardly wait.”

In the adjacent room of the Interrogation Room, Officer Michaels let out a loud yawn while his partner Lucas sat next to him while resting his head on his left palm.

“What time is it, Lucas?” Michaels asked.

Lucas looked at his watch. “8:20 PM. We got three hours and forty minutes left of this bullshit.”

“At least that's enough time for me to get some food. You want anything?”

“Nah, I'll go get a coffee later! Why you ask?”

“I'm about to get up and go to the bathroom real quick. If I see Lt. Rio around in the precinct, I'll ask him if he can pick me up some McD's. Watch the camera for me, will you?”

“You got it.”

Officer Michaels gets up from his chair and exits the room. He walks down the corridor of the LAPD and goes to the nearest restroom. Consisting of 10 stalls, 5 sinks, and 5 urinals with a blueish, gray tile floor and white walls; Michaels does his bidding by using the first urinal next to the sinks. Just his luck, he heard a familiar voice entering the room while ranting on his cell phone. It was Lt. Rio, a light skinned Dominican officer with black hair and brown eyes, whose been with the LAPD for five years and is a close friend of Michaels.

“...I TOLD YOU FOR THE LAST TIME, DAMN IT!” Rio yelled on his phone. “I ORDERED IT AN HOUR GO...AND IT'S STILL NOT HERE?!? WHAT IS THE HOLD UP WITH YOUR DELIVERY DRIVER?!?...OH!...HE'S NEW?!?...OH, YOU'RE GIVING ME A FREE ORDER THE NEXT TIME I CALL?!?...THAT'S GOOD...ONCE, YOU'RE EMPLOYEE GETS HERE, HE'S ONLY GETTING $5...ALRIGHT, BYE...BYE!!!!”

Rio hangs up and puts his cell phone away. He walks to the sink and turns the faucet on for cold water. He dips his hands in the stream and washes his face so the cold water can soothly calm his nerves down. He turns to his left and saw Michaels zipping up his pants after he finished using the urinal. Officer Michaels goes to the second sink next to Lt. Rio and washes his hands.

“What's happening, Michaels?” Rio said as he turns off the faucet. “Haven't seen you in a while.”

Michaels turn on his sink faucet and washed his hands. “Been kind of busy dealing with some stupid shit down the hall.”

“Does it have to do with that guy you arrested a day ago?”

The veteran officer turns the faucet off and goes to the tissue dispenser to dry off his hands with a piece of tissue. “Yeah. The dumbass I arrested with Lucas is still being interrogated about his involvement with William Sparks' disappe...”

“You mean Calypso?”

“Yeah. Calypso, the creator of Twisted Metal, President of Calypso Industries, and our boss. He disappeared along with Senshi Daniels 8 weeks ago and no one has ever found him. Though, Senshi, the guy we arrested, is telling some absurd story to the detectives about how he vanished and what it has to do with Calypso.”

“Ssooo....what story is he talking about? It can't be anything so childish yet so weird and bizarre.”

“It is. He told the detectives and us that he was transported to some world with...uh...”

“With what?”

Michaels sighed. “You want to know?”

“Yeah man.” Lt. Rio said with enthusiasm. “Tell me the whole ordeal.”

Officer Lucas typed a message to his wife on his Samsung cell phone to let her know that he'll be coming home late at night. Just as he sent his message, his partner Michaels re-enters the room and sat beside him like earlier.

“So what's up?” Lucas asked Michaels.

“I've met with Rio in the bathroom,” Michaels answered. “Had a talk with him for a bit and sent him to get me a Big Mac with Large Fries and Coke.”

“What did you guys talk about in the bathroom?”

“Well...he asked me on what's been happening between you, myself, and that Daniels guy we arrested an...”

“You didn't tell him about Daniels' pony story, did you?”

Michaels paused and slowly looks at him. Lucas, noticing his partner's look of guilt, shook his head in disbelief.

“Look, Lucas!” Michaels said. “I told him to promise me to not go with The Press with this until we get to the bottom of this.”

“HOW CAN YOU BE SO STUPID?!?”

“Just trust me on this as much we can trust Rio. I know the rookie won't tell the public about it unless we do it first. We can talk about it with Rio during our lunch shift tomorrow, okay? Let's just focus on finishing up this session while it's been recorded.”

“So what did the the hospital staff of Ponyville General did next, Mr. Daniels.” Det. Cade said.

Senshi took another sip of his Pepsi. “We were approaching the Front Desk where Coldheart was filing her hooves and I saw Twilight Sparkle and Rarity...”

Nurse Redheart, Dr. Stable, and Senshi finally approached the lobby where Nurse Coldheart is seen reading the Ponyville Express with a headline on the front page reading LOCAL PEGASI FINDS MYSTERIOUS VISITOR! YELLOW, METAL BEAST IN EVERFREE FOREST STILL BLEEDING BLACK BLOOD! The stock car driver caught a quick glimpse of the newspaper's headline. When he read the big, bold letters, he figured that the headline mentioning the visitor is him and the “yellow, metal beast” is his wrecked Death Warrant, which is still leaking oil in the forest. Though, he wonders why the journalist of the paper never bothered to come to the hospital for an interview and try to get the real scoop from Senshi, which would've gave him praise around Equestria.

Senshi and the two hospital staff ponies approached her. The yellow coated pony diverts her eyes away from the newspaper and looks at Senshi.

“Oh there you are, Mr. Daniels.” Coldheart said. “I got your clothes ready for you.”

She reaches underneath her desk and pulls out a small, gray tote labled S.DANIELS, which contains Senshi's LAPD gear and uniform with the bullet hole still visible and with his socks and shoes. Using her fore hooves she grabs the tote and places them on the desk for Senshi to grab. The human picks up the tote and checks it to see if all of his stuff is in it. His hat is fine, his badge is clean, and his uniform and jacket still both have a whole that was caused by the bullet. However, even with his uniform in the tote, he was still searching in the tote and started to panic. Something was missing...and Senshi really needs it!

“What's wrong, Senshi?” Nurse Redheart asked with a bit of worriness.

“It's not in here!” Senshi said all surprised. “Where did it go?”

“Where what go?” Dr. Stable questioned. “What's got into you?”

“Um...excuse me, Nurse!” Senshi said to Coldheart.

“Yes?” Coldheart said.

“When you and the staff were removing my clothes before my operation, did you remove a ring from my right pinky finger?”

Not was this question directed towards the yellow, coated mare, Redheart and Stable also pondered upon the same question until Stable finally answered.

“Yes!” Dr. Stable said. “There was a ring on your finger, Mr. Daniels. I believe Coldheart placed it in an envelope somewhere in the storage room where your belongings were kept.”

“Well, I need it!” Senshi said. “I can't go anywhere without it, doc!”

“Calm down, Senshi.” Redheart said placing a hoof on Senshi's side. “We'll find it for you!”

“You go on and assist Coldheart, Redheart.” Dr. Stable said trotting away to the stairs. “I have another scheduled appointment. You have a nice day now, Mr. Daniels.”

“Yeah, you too.” Senshi said as he sees the stallion leave the hallway.

“Don't forget,” Dr. Stable said before heading up the stairs. “Come back later this week so we can remove your bandages, okay?”

“Yeah, I'll keep that noted.” Senshi replied as Dr. Stable trotted away.

As the doctor left, Senshi stood in the hallway waiting for Coldheart and Redheart to find the ring in the storage room, even though the two nurses don't know for the fact that the ring does not belong to Senshi nor the true nature of what the ring can do. Within minutes, Nurse Redheart returned holding a tiny brown envelope with her teeth and hands it to Senshi. The human takes the envelope and opens it to find the ring, still in good condition. He places it over his pinky finger like he had it last time before coming to Equestria.

Redheart was feeling kind of suspicious about Senshi's ring. “Is that ring really important to you?”

Senshi raises an eyebrow to Redheart, wondering why she would ask that. “You don't know how really important this ring means to me. By the way, where's the restroom? I need to get dress.”

She pointed her right forehoof down the hall where the stairs are. “It's down this hall, turn right, first door on your left.”

Senshi thanks the white coated pony and he takes the tote with his clothes with him to the bathroom. When he entered, he took a sigh of relief to see that there were no other male ponies inside and that he had the whole restroom to himself. He sets the tote down on the white, tiled floor and opens it to get his clothes out. Before the stock car driver can change, he stood in front of one of the mirrors to see his reflection and to survery the rest of his body. While the rest of his chest is fine, the only thing that caught his attention is the bandage that covers his gunshot wound. He slowly lifts the cotton that covers the wound and noticed that the underside of the cotton is covered in dry blood. He can still feel the pain underneath the skin so it will take some time for his wound to heal.

Ignoring his wound, Senshi takes his LAPD uniform and jacket with the bullet holes still visible and puts them on. Next, he puts on his white socks and shoes. Finally, he places his badge in his pocket while equipping his walkie-talkie on his belt. As for his hat, he rather just hold onto it in his hands rather than wearing it on his head. Fully dressed, he takes the tote and exits the bathroom.

As Senshi exits the bathroom with the tote, he turns the corner to see his visitors standing next to Nurse Redheart: Twilight Sparkle and Rarity.

“Oh hi, Senshi!” Twilight spoke smiling. “How are you, this morning?”

“Umm...just fine.” Senshi replied as he put the tote down next to Redheart. “A bit tired and hun...”

“OH, GOOD GRACIOUS!” Rarity interrupted in shock at Senshi.

Senshi looks at Rarity with concern on what's on her mind. “What's wrong?”

“Darling, what in Celestia's name are you wearing? It looks terrible on you!”

“Oh this? It's my LAPD uniform and jacket..”

“Uh, what is LAPD, Senshi?” Twilight asked.

“LAPD stands for Los Angeles Police Department,” Senshi replied. “I wore this on the night when I got shot and got transported here. The only thing that bugs me are these bullet holes that can cause a distraction if were I to walk around town.”

“Distraction, yes!” Rarity exclaimed. “I shall not have you wear this ridiculous outfit around Ponyville. You should be wearing something more presentable yet so comfortable.”

“How? I highly doubt you ponies have clothes for humans!”

“That is where I come in, my dear. I am a full time, professional seamstress that makes all kinds of clothing at my shop. When we get into town, I need you to come with me so I can take measurements.”

“Gee...uh...that's generous of you. Thanks.”

“Of course it is,” Twilight Sparkle said. “My friend, Rarity, is the most generous unicorn of all in Equestria.”

“I can see that.” Senshi said. “However, before I can try some new clothes, I have to admit that I'm very hungry and I didn't have any breakfast.”

“We were planning to take you to Sugarcube corner for breakfast.” Twilight Sparkle said. “There's plenty of food for you to eat and I'll be glad to pay for your meal.”

“Sounds great, Twilight...but...wait...Sugarcube Corner? What's that?”

“It's a bakery ran by Mr. And Mrs. Cake. They sell all kinds of treats like cupcakes, donuts, chocolate, pies, muffins, taffy...”

“Hold on a sec, I thought you ponies eat hay and dandelions! You mean to tell me that you all eat sugary treats?”

The two unicorns and medical pony nodded in unison. The response that Senshi got surprised him a bit but it was a good thing that this world has junk food rather than flowers, plants, and grass as the main food supply for all ponies in this world.

“Well, that's great to hear.” Senshi said to the ponies. “Take me to this Sugarcube Corner cause I really need some sugar in my system.”

The ponies chuckled a bit.

“Before you go, Senshi,” Redheart said. “I have to give you your bill.”

The nurse reaches for the underside of her hat and pulls out a small piece of paper with her right forehoof. Senshi takes the paper and reads it to found out it was his hospital bill. On the bill, besides Senshi's name, time of day, account number, and operation, was the amount of money that the stock car driver owes to the hospital: 650 bits.

Senshi was confused. “Bits? What are bits?”

“Bits are coins used as currency here in Equestria.” Nurse Redheart said.

“You guys don't take dollars?”

“Um...no...what are dollars?”

“Dollars are green, printed paper that humans use as currency. However, only in the United States we use dollars while other countries have their own type of money.”

“I see. So how are you going to pay your bill?”

“I don't know! What am I supposed to do?!?”

Twilight Sparkle raised a hoof. “I have a suggestion, Senshi!”

“What?” The human asked.

“When we get into Ponyville and eat breakfast, we can take a trip to Mayor Mare's office. Perhaps she can provide you with a list of job opportunities to help you pay your bill. Doesn't that sound like a great idea?”

The stock car driver thought for a minute. “Yeah, that does sound great. Can you take me your mayor after we eat?”

“Sure! Come with us! I also want to know more about Earth and humans while we walk.”

The human and the two unicorns exit out of the hospital right after thanking Nurse Redheart for her service. As they leave the hospital grounds, Senshi walked on a dirt path with the two unicorns that lead to the town known as Ponyville.

Senshi's Narration

I could've asked Twilgiht Sparkle and Rarity if the two can loan me some bits in order to pay off the bill. At that time, I was thinking like “doing so would resulted them declining to help.” Besides, I have own plans to take care of before I can worry about paying.

I followed these two to their town called Ponyville. As I entered, all I remembered were the odd stares that the villagers were giving me and their little children being so afraid of me that they ran into their homes and locked the doors.

My first priority is to talk to the mayor about getting a temporary job...

...then meet with Princess Celestia and explained how I got here...

...and more importantly...

...find Stacey...and get out of here.