Slaughterhouse

There was static, the pony who put us here talking. "Five more of you remain...congrats. How do you feel? Happy to be alive? Happy that every single one of you have pissed off a family? Made one cry of their loss?" He chuckled. "All that matter for you is that you're alive, right? That's all you are about? Not the families out there crying cause their loved one was killed by you?"

"FUCKING SHUT UP!!!!" I yelled.

"My apologies, White. You have a total of what? Three kills? Almost four?" He chuckled. "This is the part where I say I never really would have reveled the Magnums location. Stupid ponies...you'd do anything to stay alive, huh? Well, I am giving a pass. If you give up one limb...I'll let you leave." I looked at Thunder and shook my head.

"We would leave, but not alive..." I told Thunder.

"I'm not stupid..." He said.

"Now...30 seconds before I take my offer back." I kept walking with Thunder, looking around. After 30 seconds, he spoke again. "Times up...all of you aren't stupid after all..." I kept walking.

"Come on...We need to get you out alive, Thunder..." I said.

"White...I...why me...? Why are you helping me? I could be lying you..."

"Thunder...I doubt you're lying..."

"But...White I'm not gonna be able to live knowing that you died just to save me..."

"You'll find a way..." We heard the Magnum go off. There was static.

"4 remain..." We both gulped. Just us two, that mare, and one more left. We quickly began moving.

We ran from hallway to hallway, room to room. Luckily we didn't run into anymore of those things, most of them must be dead. There was yelling, we looked back. One of those things was running full speed at us, two more behind it. Spoke too soon...I readied my blade. One jumped at me and I slashed its head off, causing a fountain of blood to spurt from the neck stub and I crushed it under my hoof. Thunder smashed his mace across ones face, causing it to fall to the ground. He then slammed the mace down onto its head and stomped on it. We both did the last one in, I slashed its neck open, sending its disgusting, chunky blood into the air and onto us. Thunder then grabbed it and slammed its head onto the ground and I stomped its head in. We both panted and looked at each other.

"Good shit..." I said.

"Yeah..." Thunder replied. We kept walking into an open room. There was a door with an exit sign above at the far wall. It was a red, lit up sign with the word 'winners door' on top. We looked at each other.

"Not touching that with a ten mile pole..." I said.

"Not touching that with anything..." Thunder said.

"Still best to remember where this is...so we can come back..." There was a scream, one of those things running at us. "I have a fun, fucked up idea..." It jumped at me and I grabbed it ramming it into the door and diving back, turning and looking at it. It screamed and went to run it me, two clamps had grabbed hold of its hooves, holding it in place. It struggled and let out more schreeks and screams. There was a sound...the crushing of bone. The clamps were being tightened. We just sorta watched it.

Eventually they stopped. It kept trying to move. The floor in front of it opened up and two...mechanical arms with what looked like knife like claws grabbed hold of its chest. It slowly began prying its rib cage open. Thunder looked away. The thing screamed more as a third arm grabbed hold of its stomach, ripping it out. Whoever made this was smart....and fucked up. It held the thing in place...it obviously wasn't gonna die...until it was set on fire. Even after it stood there, screaming and burning, the head was still intact. It was pulled down into the open floor below it and it was sealed. "Fuck..." I said. I looked back at Thunder.

"I...Is it done...?" He asked.

"Yeah...it's done..." He looked back over. "Who ever made this is honestly...highly intelligent and fucked up..."   He nodded.

"Come on..." We walked out of the room, looking around. We took a left. We walked down the hall.

"White...you have the feeling we're being...watched...?"

"All the time..." I looked around.

"I know but...this time it's....really strong..." He was shaking a bit. I kept looking around.

"I don't see anything..." We kept walking. There was a closed door, we looked at each other and I slowly reached a hoof forward, grabbing the knob. I slowly turned it and opened it up slowly. There was a room full of those things. They were all lined up against the walls. I quickly closed the door.

"Where does it go...?" Thunder asked.

"Away! It goes away!" I grabbed him and pulled him away from the door and ran/limped from it. He stopped me.

"White...what was in there...?"

"It was filled with those things..." He looked back at the door.

"That means there has to be something good in there..."

"Thunder....!"

"Think about it, White. Why would there be just a room full of those things for no reason?!" We slowly walked back over to it. I opened the door all the way. They were just standing there, not moving. I slowly walked in, looking at one. It's eyes were closed, its head down.

"Whoa..." I touched it, no response. "The fuck is this room...?" I looked around.

"It looks like...a prep room..." There were tables in the middle of the room, some had one of those things on them. I walked over to one, looking at it. The top part of its head was gone and on the table next to it, its brain gone.

"You...think this is where they are...made...?" I asked Thunder. Its eyes were open...it was creeping me the fuck out.

"Looks like it..." I looked at one wall. It honestly looked like something out of a movie. There were three, large tubes of fluid with one of those things in each. They kinda floated there, eyes closed. They looked a lot bigger then the others, and a whole scarier looking too. I walked over to them.

"Who the fuck made you..?" I looked at them.

"White, there's a door on the other end. I looked over to him. He was right. I followed him and slowly opened the door, there was a bit of resistance. I stopped.

"Thunder, get to the side of the door...this things rigged..." He nodded and got to one side, as did I. I pushed it open fast from my side, pulling my hoof away. There was a loud BANG I covered my ears and looked around the room, then up. There was a shotgun ontop of the door, pointed at the entrance. A rope was attached to the trigger...when the door opened, it pulled the trigger. I almost got my head blown off...I gulped and walked in, looking around. It looked like a work space. There were papers and files laying around. There was a tape recorder on one of the tables surrounded by tapes. I picked it up and looked at the tape in it. It was labled: 'fun with my friend'. I pressed play. There was the sound of a drill and bloodcurdling screams. Bones cracking, flesh tearing. I stopped it, gagging a bit. I grabbed another. 'Entry 5.' I played that one. There was a pony talking with screaming in the background.

"The good news is this play thing has lased more the five hours, despite the lost of upper bodied limbs, she's slowly dying as I speak." It was that pony...the one who put us here. "Bad news...I might not be able to use her for my first ever game. Shame, she would be fun. I'll try and salvage what I can...it will be hard...and my crew isn't the smartest either. I've had to reset three traps cause they set them off...those morons..." It ended.

"White...did we just find the work office...?" Thunder asked.

"Yeah...I think we just did...." I played another, this one labeled 'Mouthwash' I played it. There was gurgling and choking. The pony spoke up.

"Like that huh?! Gargling on your own fucking blood? You wanna stop? Here, let me help." There was the cracking of bone, then gargled screaming, followed by the tearing of flesh. Then the pony chuckled. "You didn't need to eat anymore did ya? You can live just fine without a bottom jaw..." I stopped the video...I put the recorder down.

"White...their voice...its like its being altered...like their speaking through something..."

"Like some sort of mask..." I said. "You're right..."

"W....W...Wh..Whit...e..." Thunder said.

"Yeah?" I looked at him, his face had a look of horror on it.

"W...W....Was...n't th...there three of those....those thin...gs in th..those t...t...tubes....?" I looked out the door across from us. My heart stopped. One of the tubes was empty. The one that held one of the biggest, freakiest looking ones...I gulped and looked at him.

"Oh fuck...." He was pressed against the wall, shaking heavily.

"W...Wher...e is....is it....?!" I covered his mouth.

"SHHHH." There was a dragging nose from across the room. I stopped breathing, making as little of noise as possible. The thing walked into the room across from us, looking around and sniffing the air. It was hunched over, scrabbling around. It stopped dead and slowly looked over at us, its head was deformed and ugly. It looked me dead in the eyes. "T...Thunder....d...don't...m..move..." It slowly walked over to us, going into the room and getting in my face. It's breath...it reeked...it reeked...of death. I sniffed a bit. It then looked at Thunder who was shaking like an earthquake. It sniffed him, then let out a deafening scream and it ran out of the room. Thunder fell over, shaking. I was shaking a bit myself. I was freaked out.

"W...What the hell...?!" I managed out, looked at Thunder. After a while, I helped him up. "Come on...let's get out of here before that thing comes back..." We quickly walked out, wanting nothing more to do with those two rooms. This time we took a right. "Come on...there ha-" There was a Magnum shot, then another. then a sharp pain went through my side and I fell over. I yelled out in pain, looking at Thunder. He was just stood there, a pained expression on his face...He slowly looked down, blood expanding on his shirt from his stomach. He fell to his knees and his the ground. "T...THUNDER...!" I tried grabbing him, but I was pushed over onto my back. I looked up, it was Quick...she had a smirk on her face.

"Well, this truly is sad, now isn't it...? Not as sad as you two leaving me to died but...guess the tables have turned now..." She chuckled. "So sorry about you two...but I need to win this...hope you both under stand...and I hope your slut of a mare understands as well, Thunder..." She kicked my in my side. "Like I said White...you really are a cute colt...shame to kill you." She backed up. "Now...if you'll excuse me, I have some douches to let bleed out while I win." She walked past us, stepping on Thunder as she left. I took my hoof off my side, looking at my wound. It wasn't anything too bad...it went all the way through...but Thunder...I grabbed him and put him on his back.

"Thunder....Thunder answer me...!" He coughed a bit.

"F....Fuck..." I put pressure on his wound.

"It's....It's gonna be okay...I'll fix you up...you'll get back to your mare...okay...?!"

"White...I'm not gonna make it..." He spat out.

"Fuck don't say that..!!"

"Y...you have to win this...White..." He coughed more. "You have to...."

"No...you're gonna win this...remember...?! I was gonna kill the last pony then myself and....and you were gonna get the code an-"

"White...do you honestly think that would have worked.....?!" He looked at me. "She was gonna save two bullets for us no matter what...! She has one more left...Just....promise m...me you'll win...this...?" I could feel myself tearing up. "For me...for Sky..."

"I...You're supposed t-"

"I'm not gonna make it..White...!" He said. "Win this...for me...for Sky...for your mom..." I nodded slowly.

"I...I p...promise..." He coughed again.

"F...Fuck...Sky....I'm...s....sor...ry..." I could feel tears running down my face. "I'm....s...s....s...orr....y"

"Please..Thunder stay with me damnit!!!!" I shook him, his eyes slowly closing. "Thunder....! Thunder! THUNDER!!!" Static.

"Three remain." I kept shaking him. Then I fell on his body, crying into him.

It seemed like a life time. I slowly got up, looking at him. My hooves and face were covered in his blood. I got back on my knees, fixing him up, putting his hooves on his chest, holding his mace. I got back up, closing my eyes. His mare...his poor...poor mare. She just fucking watched Quick kill him. I tore a bit of my shirt off, wrapping it around my side, putting pressure on it. My sorrow was replace by anger. Quick that fucking bitch...I'd kill her. I grabbed my blade and looked down the hall Quick had went. I walked down it.

"I'll fucking kill her...she's dead....!" I began running, ignoring the sharp pain in my side. I ran from hall to hall, looking for her. "QUICK!!!! YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!!!!" I kept running, looking around for her. Somepony was at the end on the hall, stomping one of those things heads in. I ran over to them. I got closer and closer...they looked at me...there she was that fucking piece of shit. She quickly pulled her Magnum out but I tackled her, she fired into the air.  I punched her across the face and slammed her head into the ground. I went to slam my blade into her chest but she pushed me off her. I slashed at her but she grabbed my arm, punching my in the face and twisting my hoof, causing me to drop my blade. I backed up, looking at her. She had my weapon now.

"Now that's not nice...you're supposed to be dead...I wondered why I only heard one death..." She slashed at me, getting my bad leg pretty good. I backed up, holding it. She slashed at my stomach, but I backed up just in time. She jabbed at me and I moved to the side, slugging her across the face with my hurt leg. She backed up and slashed down at my hooves, getting my left leg. I fell over, looking up at her. She tried stabbing down, but I backed up. She kept slashing at me until I was backed against a wall. "Times...fucking...up...You're DEAD!" There was a loud scream. She looked back. "T...The fuck is..." I looked around her. That fucking thing was there, the big one. It slowly made its way over to us. "T...The fuck..?!" She readied her blade..or...my blade. The thing got in her face, she jabbed into its head, pulling it out and yelling out. The thing backed up, blood running down its wound. It looked pissed She looked back at me.

"T....This is for Thunder...and Sky..." I kicked her in the stomach, pushing her back into the thing. It screamed and grabbed her, she dropped the blade and it grabbed her by her legs, holding her up. There was cracking and her yelling in pain. The thing ripped one of her legs off, tossing it to the side. It then began slamming her into the ground once, twice, three times. I watched in horror, unable to move. It grabbed her chest and tore her rib cage open. It thrust a claw into its stomach and pulled her large intestine out. I gagged a bit as it began to wrap it around her neck and choke her with it. I grabbed my blade slowly and tried crawling around the thing. I succeeded and bolted away. Static.

"Two remain...congrats to you both..." White has already met one...but I'm sending the other two out to get you over to the main room while I wait for the other to stop playing...I'd run if I were you...they aren't as friendly as the other..." The pony chuckled. I broke into a fill sprint, ignoring the pain in my leg. I almost ran smack into one. It screamed and looked at me. I turned and bolted from it. It was way faster then me but I kept running. There was an open room I dove into it and a thick, metal door slammed shut. I panted, looking back as the thing pounded on it, screaming. I got up, looking around. The door across from me slammed shut, the other pony there. Static. "Welcome to the death room..." I looked around. Death room was an appropriate name....it looked like the room I got my blade from. blood all over the walls and floor, body parts everywhere. "This is where you will be fighting...for the title of the winner. I looked at the pony. They looked about as fucked up as I did. "Be careful...this place is rigged with traps..." He chuckled. Some of the floor opened up, giant sawblades began roaring to life, poking from the slits in the ground. I readied my blade, looking at him. He had a sword...I gulped a bit as he ran at me. I took a couple steps at him and blocked his first attack. I pushed him back and slashed at him, missing. He slashed at me, getting the right side of my face, down my eye. My eye was fine, but he got the skin above and below, it would for sure leave a nasty scar. I slashed him across the face, getting his left eye. He yelled out and backed up, holding his eyes. I slashed again but he blocked, pushing me back. He took his hoof off his eye, a mixture of blood and fluid running down his left cheek.

He slashed, getting my hoof and knocking my blade to the side. I backed up and dove to get it. I felt a sharp pain across my stomach as I dove for it. I fell and held my stomach, backing up and grabbing my blade, I groaned and looked at my wound. He got me good...he had sliced my skin and abdominal sack open. I continued crawling back, holding my intestines in. He advanced at me. I grabbed my blade and tried getting up, fighting through the pain. He swung and I just managed to block. I swung at him, getting his chest, causing him to back up. I got up, using my hoof to keep my insides in, and using the other to block and attack, and both to stay alive. I slashed at him, missing and stumbling back. He swung at me, getting my arm holding my wound. I backed up, yelling out in pain. I panted, looking at him. His left side...I had to get at his left side. It was the only way I'd win. I moved to the left, slashing at his arm, getting the inside of his elbow, taking a good slice into it. He yelled out and backed up. I swung again, getting his left leg, causing him to fall over. I had to win...for Thunder...and for Sky. He backed up, looking at me. I advanced onto him. He swung, missing. I hit his hoof, knocking his blade out his had and slashing at his stomach, good old fashion revenge. I sliced him open and kicked him onto his stomach. He tried crawling away, but a saw blade was in front of him. I walked over to him, grabbing his head. He yelled out and pleaded. I slammed his head into the spinning blade, slicing his head in half. I backed up, looking at him. There was static.

"Congrats....White...you are the winner...how do you feel...? A total of six kills. Yes, Quick counted, you did push her into one of my ponies. Now..make your way to the exit...and I shall reveal the code..." I held my blade in hoof, keeping my insides from becoming outsides with the other. I slowly limped to the now open hallways. I could hear those things around me, I didn't care. Something kept flashing below my vision...coordinates of some sort...my location. I eventually found the door, the sign now lit green. I leaned against the wall, panting. "3 5 7 6 4 2 8 9 1 1 5 7 3 8 6..." I put in every number as the pony said it. "...5 3 2 7 4 8 9." There was a conformation beep and my vision went dark. I reached for the handle and was blinded by a bright light. I closed my eyes, slowly opening them and stepping out. I opened my eyes looking around. Ponies....ponies everywhere...just looking at me. I looked around the crowd of faces, nopony moving, saying a word. I took a step out, blade still in hoof. I kept looking at the crowd, letting my hoof fall away from my wound. Gagging and puking was all I could head. In the front, nearest to me...was my mother, hoof over her mouth. I looked at her, slowly stumbling over to her. I began falling forward, I was grabbed by some ponies, them yelling everypony else to stay back...doctors. I fought them...all I wanted was to talk to my mother....that was all I wanted.

"Let me go...!!!" I yelled out. "You fucks I'll kill you!!!!" I fought and shook. "LET ME GO!!!!" I was held back, being pulled from my mom. "MOM!!!! FUCKING LET ME GO!!!!" There was a prick in my neck. It sounded like I was underwater, I got weaker and weaker. My strength fading.

"Get him in the back, now! We need to work on him while we get to the hosptal!" I gave up, I watched through blurred vision as they grabbed my mom, bringing her with them. My vision went black...