The Cloudsdale Weather Corporation
Chapter 4
Previous ChapterRainbow Factory Square
"So, got an idea of where you're going to be staying?" I said with a grin while Derpy was on the floor with a frightened look on her face. She wasn't prepared for what the factory actually looked like.
"Not that bad of a place Doc. Though, I think Derpy might have a different outlook." Wild said with his arm's crossed. Wild was originally part of a team, not sure what it was called, but they did cool stuff I guess. He had a green flannel on, opposed to Derpy's black one. Wild had a green mane and tail with grey fur. Interestingly enough, he looked a little like me, but with a different mane style and tail.
"Doctor? Was that a filly that just had been dropped into that big machinery?" Derpy asked. I had to answer.
"Yes Derpy, I don't like having pony's like you know about the secret of this place until they are working. Now, I'm guessing you fella's want to come to my office." I said.
"Yes, let's see what this place has to offer." Wild said before a rainbow mare made an appearance.
"Derpy!" Rainbow yelled and hugged the bubbly mare.
"Rainbow, its been so long! I forgot you worked with Doctor!" Derpy said, while returning the hug.
"Yea, and you must be Wild." Rainbow said while holding a hand out to the stallion.
"Yes ma'am. Are you and the Doctor, a thing?" Wild asked, I forgot to tell him.
"Yes, me and Doctor have been married for five years, how long have you and Derpy been together?"
"Seven month's." Wild answered.
"Nice. Anyways, I just wanted to say hi. Have a great time here!" Rainbow said before heading back to her office.
"Welp, let's go then." Derpy said.
"I agree, let's go." I said, and escorted the other's up to my office.
It was the start of something new.
Black Doctor's Office
"Well, welcome to the Rainbow Factory." I said with a big smile while Wild and Derpy were looking out the window at the device. A pony had just been dropped in.
"Sure is a sight Doctor, how long did it take to build this place?" Wild asked, comforting the scarred pegasus.
"I'm not really sure. That's a question only my ancestor's know." I replied. I rarely brought up the idea of having ancestor's.
"What family are you from?" Wild asked.
"The Warrior's." I said, Wild spun around and looked at me with a sight of pure horror.
"You are from the Warrior's?" Wild asked. Boy oh boy, question time.
"Yes, is that a problem?" I asked, clearly trying to figure out if I scarred him, or something else happened.
"I had a friend die because of the Warrior's. It was a long time ago."
"Who was this Warrior? I would never kill something with out a purpose." I asked. A Warrior, kill somepony?
"Her name was Black Nurse." He said, I almost fell to the ground.
She was my mother, my only mother.
Wild noticed the look on my face. "Do you know her Doc?" He asked.
Should I tell him, or should I keep it be? I asked myself.
"Doctor? Are you feeling alright?" Derpy asked, snapping me out of my trance.
'Yes I know her, she was my mother. I don't know what she was doing when she wanted to kill a adult, its against our rule's. Unless somepony thinks its a good idea to break rule's here." I answered. Wilds expression's went from What the hell? to That's understandable.
"So, what is the rule's around here anyway's?" Derpy asked.
"Well," I started while sitting at my desk, motioning then to the two seats on the other side, "Its really simple. One, don't steal. Two, Don't kill other worker's without a purpose. Three, don't ever go up to the surface unless you have been told to or its a holiday, but most of the pony's stay down here anyway's. Then there is four, don't ever set foot into a restricted area or in a office where you don't belong unless given permission. Also, knock before entering. That's about it."
"Sound's easy to remember. Basically, don't be stupid." Wild said.
"Yep. Now, you two will be working in the Pony Crew. I have a worker named Anderson Maxwell that I think you should meet. He is part of the crew, plus two other's. Blue Bobbin, and Amethyst Skim." I said.
"What does the Pony Crew do?" Derpy asked.
"You will clean the cages of the filly's and feed them the food that the Kitchen Crew makes. You will also be harnessing the filly's and sending them to that thing." I said, pointing at the machine behind them.
"When do we start?" Wild asked.
"When you alarm in your dorm ring's." I said, and took them to the dorm's that they both will be staying in. It was the first time in Cloudsdale History that two pony's, besides me and Rainbow, would be staying in the same room together.
Division C Dorm: Wild and Derpy's Room
"This is our room?" Derpy asked. It was the same reason why Anderson questioned it. It was too nice to be a dorm.
"It looks more then a dorm to me." Wild said.
"Yes, it's more then a dorm, but its a place to stay. Since you cant go back up, the room's need to be like a house. Except smaller." I replied. I even though they were too much, but then I think about me and Rainbow's room. That was big.
"So, it this everything. Are we free to get moved in?" Wild asked, while Derpy was walking around the room.
"Yep, your stuff is on its way, and we made a exception." I started, "You know your daughter Wild?"
"Yes, what about her?" He replied.
"Well..." I said, then there was a knock on the door. Right on time! I internally celebrated. "Come in!" A little filly's head poked in through the crack in the door after opening.
"Mom, dad?" The filly asked.
"Dinky!" They both yelled and ran to the door to give the filly a hug. I'm too nice.
"What is she doing her?" Derpy asked.
"Well, I don't think she want's to be alone. So I asked Rainbow if you could have her down here with you. She is old enough to be around other's and not be mistaken as a filly that had escaped, but." I pulled out a key card with her identification on it. "She will need to keep this on her at all time's, if she loses this, she won't be able to get into her dorm."
"Wait, she wont be with us?" Wild questioned.
"No, she will need her own dorm. We have one being built for her right next to Rainbow's office. That way if anypony trys to take her, somepony will pay." I assured. This isn't the first time me and Rainbow had let a pony's filly come down here. A total of five have gone down here, only two are left. Now its three.
"Ok, good. Thank you for everything Doc. You're like a brother to me." He said.
"Practically, you are." I replied. Rainbow and Derpy are cousins. Though they refer to themselves as more of friends then cousins.
"I see. Well, see you later Doc, are you taking Dinky with you?" Derpy asked.
"Yes. By the way, do you know our slogan?" I asked.
"Yes, we do. I told Wild when I told him about this job." Derpy replied.
"Good, come on Dinky, let me show you to your room." I said to the purple mare, who looked even cuter then in the picture's.
"Ok Uncle Black." She said. She is the only one that calls me Black.
And I respect that.
Rainbow's Chamber's/ Dinky Hooves Chamber's
(End Of Shift)
"You know, this should really be called our chamber's except it being only your's Rainbow." I said while carrying a tired filly on my shoulder. It was the first time ever I was carrying a filly without a set goal on killing it. I felt warm inside as I felt her breath's on my neck.
"I know honey. I've been trying, but the damn Maintenance Crew wont do anything." Rainbow replied as she opened the door to Dinky's room.
It was the end of our shift. Every time it is, I write on a whiteboard all the names of pony's that were thrown out or killed. I started towards the board and noticed a name that seemed to be written not long ago. It was a worker that didn't really do much. Bacon Braid's name was on the board.
"Rainbow, did you put Bacon's name on here?" I asked while handing Dinky to her.
"No, was it there before?" She asked. I shook my head. "Maybe Nightshade put it there."
"Nightshade doesn't have a key to our chamber's, only our office's. Somepony broke in, again."
"I swear to god. I don't know who keeps breaking in, but it's really leaving me peeved." Rainbow growled.
"Rainbow!" I yelled and put my hands over Dinky's ear's, which of course didn't wake her. "We do not use that kind of language here." I said with a smirk. I was clearly messing with her, but she seemed to not take the joke.
"Heh, sorry." Rainbow said while petting her arm.
"Rainbow, I was joking."
"Whatever Doctor. Write your names down and we will deal with Bacon's name later. Just cross it out or something."
"Alright." I replied to Rainbow.
I started to write the names. Only two died, Open Sky's and Sunshower's name appeared on the board after I was finished. Something felt off about Bacon's name though. Who put it there, and why was it here? I looked over at Rainbow and saw that she had fallen asleep with Dinky on her bed. I walked up to the two in Dinky's room and looked out the window.
Everything seem's normal. Now for the real question, should I wake Rainbow up? I asked myself, but came to the conclusion that it's better off if she stay's put. She could always come into the bed room when she wakes up.
Then I looked out the window again, and saw Bacon Braid harnessed over the Pegasus Device.
What in the hell- Then I saw it.
Nightshade had his hand on the lever that controlled the device, and he didn't show no sign of sadness or anything. He showed pure madness with his devilish grin. Everything was wrong with the picture I was seeing.
Nightshade looked like he was about to pull down the lever, and all I could hear was the laughing of the pony that used to be my brother that had lost all grip on reality.
"RAINBOW! WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!" I yelled. Rainbow shot up and looked in the direction I started to point.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Rainbow yelled. We then both dashed out of the room.
I couldn't tell if Rainbow could hear it, but Nightshade wasn't just laughing, he was talking to Bacon.
"What's the matter? I mean come on, did you think you could just go through out your day and not say a word to me?" Nightshade said. He wasn't quite yelling, but he was loud enough to hear.
We both ran onto the catwalk and tried to run as fast as we could. I could start to feel the burning feeling that most pony's get when running. I tried yelling his name, but was cut off by The Teeth starting up. I had no other choice.
I had to stop him, we had to.
We started closing in on the catwalk leading to the device. Nightshade was still rambling on about some kind of relationship, but Bacon kept telling him that she knew nothing about him, nor had any relationship or feelings towards him. Which just made him even more pissed.
"NIGHTSHADE!" I yelled and tackled him to the ground and started to slap him. "GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!"
"DOCTOR!" Rainbow yelled at the harness began to lower the unicorn into danger.
"RAINBOW, GET THE TEETH TURNED OFF AND GET BACON OUT OF THERE!" I yelled over the sound.
"WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME! I HAVE MY RIGHT'S!" Nightshade yelled, but I didn't care.
"WAKE UP!" I yelled, and instead of slapping him, I brought my fist down. Then the sound of The Teeth shutting down filled my ears as I saw Rainbow got Bacon out of the harness. Then I looked back at Nightshade.
He wasn't breathing.
Rainbow Factory Heath Clinic
"He is going to be fine." Doctor Raincloud spoke to me while Rainbow was sleeping a chair at the clinic.
"Good, I would never hit my brother, but he was resisting. He wasn't acting like himself and had your wife in the harness."
"He did?" Raincloud ask with a terrified look.
"Yea, luckily she is alive and doing fine." I replied, "She is back in her room next to your's."
"Thank you Doctor, I owe you one."
"Keep Night alive and that's more then paying me back." I said.
"Alright. Goodnight Doctor."
"Goodnight Raincloud." I said, and walked over to Rainbow to wake her.
"Is he going to be alright?" She asked after being awoken.
"Yea, he is still having problems with his breathing, but he should be fine in two to three day's." I relied while taking Rainbow's hand, and walked back into the now silent factory as everypony went to sleep since the production was high. The walk back took a bit, but after a little while, we made it back.
Rainbow AND Doctor's chamber's
"Let's go to bed, for real this time. Ok?" I asked while falling on our bed backwords with Rainbow in my arm's.
"Yea, definitely." She replied with a giggle.
"Good." I said and pulled the cover's over us after the door shut. Automatic door shutting mechanisms rock.
"Goodnight Blacky." Rainbow said, referring to my old nickname, before honey.
"Goodnight Dashy." I replied, but that was a nickname she had before I came around. So it kind of didn't count.
After a moment of sweet silence, I fell asleep.
