"Handle with care? I wonder why I would need to....AHHHHH!"

The ponies in the van were all over reacting. At least they were to Clarke. Princess Celestia lay on the floor of the van crying her eyes out over the pain. Alexandra was trying to comfort the Princess, without touching her too much. Although her hands were now red with blood. Peter was was simply sitting in shorts and a white shirt also trying to comfort the Princess. His hands not as red because he didn't want to touch the Princess at all.

"Pull off here and pull up to that motel. I'll get a room" Clarke said.

Nick did as he was told and pulled up to the three, 2 story buildings. Stopping at the one with the main office. Clarke stepped out of the van and went inside. He came back a few minutes later. Hopped back in the van, and said.

"Room 165 , first floor room, with pool access. We'll stay the night. Check out is noon tomorrow."

They drove around the building and found the pool, then room 165. Nick rushed the uninjured ponies in as quickly as he could before anyone could see them. Then came Alexandra and Peter. Finally came Clarke carrying a gagged, bleeding Celestia. He had gagged her with a rope because she had been crying loudly. He closed the door to the room with his right foot  and gently set the Princess down on one of the beds. Nick had set down many towels from the bathroom on the bed to keep the blood from staining the bed. Clarke went back out to the van and brought back six large bags. He unzipped one and pulled several first aid kits from it, along with many other medical tools. He opened one small medical box containing many syringes. He scanned the syringes until he found what he was looking for. He looked at the gagged Princess.

"There is going to be a quick sting, then you feel like you are in heaven. Okay?" He held the syringe before the princess.

She nodded and approval.

"After this I will extract the bullet" He explained.

Nick watched.

"Is there anything I can do?" he asked.

Clarke injected the Celestia with whatever was in the syringe.

"Yeah." He reached into his pants pocket and pulled a wallet, "Take a 20 bucks and go across the street and get us all some burgers from Burger King." he held out 2, 10 dollar bills.

Nick was caught off guard.

"You want me to go get burgers while you operate on a f**ing pony!?"

Clarke made a face like 'You're acting like I can't do it with out you'.

Nick sighed "Fine." He took the 10s and walked out of the room.

Clarke looked back to the Princess. Who was now sheepishly swaying her head from side to side as if she was listening to some very chill music. She also now wore a smile.

"Roll over" Clarke commanded.

The Princess slowly and sheepishly obeyed.

Clarke saw the wound. He took a pair of latex gloves from from the same box as the syringes.  He slipped them on and looked at the rest of the people and ponies in the room.

"This might get messy so you may want to look away." He cautioned. "I've never had to operate on a pony before"

Across the street, at Burger King. Nick was waiting in line. He stood behind a large, Spanish man. He felt his cellphone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled out his phone and saw it was a text. It read.

I'm finished, the wound wasn't as bad as it seemed.

PS: Do NOT talk to anyone, the men following us could be anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Remember: If you spot one of them. Get away from him or her as fast as you can

-C

Nick slipped his phone back into his pocket and made his order. He gave the woman at the register the 20 dollars and moved out of the way of the next customer. Something caught his eye. He saw..his parents. They didn't see him, they were eating their food oblivious to anything else. Nick began to slowly walk for the door when.

"Sir! Sir! You forgot your burgers!" The woman called to him holding two large bags.

His parents had turned their heads and now saw him.

Nick quickly took the bags and sprinted out the door.

"Nick!?" his mother called.

Nick had made it back across the street and hidden from his parents. Barely. He knocked on the room door.

"Who is it?" Clarke asked through the door.

"Its....York" Nick said remember the fake name Clarke used for him.

There was a click and then the door opened.

Nick entered and saw the Princess. She was on her stomach, her back was stained from the blood, there were long white bandages wrapped around her torso. Peter was watching something on TV with Alexandra. They both looked a bit shooken up. Peter looked as if he had cried again. Alexandra just had a nervous look about her. Nick saw on the other bed in the room, there was a tied up pony.

"Why is she tied up?" Nick asked looking at the white, pink maned pony "Who is that any way?"

Clarke looked over at the tied up pony.

"That's Fleur De Lis, she wouldn't shut up, and she was freaking out so I tied her up." Clarke said with an aggravated tone.

"Why was she freaking out?" Nick asked.

"Getting taken from what she had called her new home, and then being shot at, then watching me perform and operation on the Princess" Clarke said "After a few minutes of whining and pleading to be let go, she threatened to shout for help so I gagged her too" Clarke finished with a slight grin.

Clarke walked over to the bed she was on.

"If I remove the gag will you shout for help?" He asked moving his head down to hers to keep their eyes level.

She shook her head 'no'.

"Good" Clarke said taking out the small black device wrapped around her neck. "There"

Clarke stood and walked over to the bed near his bags. The minute he was away from her. Fleur began to screech like a banshee.

"HELP ME I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED! PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF CELESTIA....!" Clarke ran over and stuck hand over her muzzle and held her mouth shut.

"You promised you wouldn't shout!" He scolded as he re-gagged her.

Nick realized the shower was on in the bathroom.

He counted the ponies quickly, Pinkie Pie, Luna, Fleur, no Trixie? He figured Trixie was the one in the shower.

Nick opened one of the B.K. bags and extracted a burger and onion rings for himself. Clarke came over and got a burger and fries. After a few minutes everyone and everypony came and got something from the bag. Fleur however was left out. She seemed hurt by this. Nick noticed this un-gagged her and gave her a few onion rings. She smiled and politely thanked him.

"So your not going to scream now?" Nick asked.

"I suppose not, mostly because that big human over there scares me.". Feur explained in a whisper.

Clarke carried Celestia over to the bed Fleur was on and dropped her just behind Fleur. Fleur was on her right side. Celestia rolled onto Fluer wrapping a hoof around her and whispered in a sleepy voice.

"Me gusta"

Fluer went wide eyed and Nick leaned over and gently nudged Celestia away from her.

Clarke came over to Nick. "I'll be back in maybe half an hour, with a new car."