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We heard the phone shatter and shut off in the distance. "Get ready!" Twi ordered. The guards disconnected from the cart and sprung into position in front of us. I already had my m9 out, so I waited to make sure they were zombie ponies. Which, most definitely they were. What was the one silhouette turned into two. I heard moans to our right side. Two more silhouettes. The fog intensified. Now something was up. We must have been caught in a trap!

"Damn it!" AJ exclaimed after dropping her gun. I wasn't going to wait any longer. Making sure our flanks would be clear, I fired a clip at the two flankers. One shook and took a step back before regaining balance and continuing. There was a moan behind us. Suddenly, we were surrounded by zombie ponies and fog.

"I'll take the back! Fire at will!" Twi shouted.

The gunfire continued. The fog was horrible now. There was less and less that we could see. Silhouettes fell, but more came. There were so many of them. It was only thirty seconds before one got too close. I saw him come from the left corner of my eye. He sprung for AJ. Before I could swing my m9 around, he was on her.

She yelled as she held him back with her front hooves, with a knife in her mouth. He was too close to her for me to risk a bullet, so I sprinted over and jabbed the back of his neck with my knife. I yanked him backwards and cut through his neck. Blood splattered. When I knew he was done, I threw him aside and continued to clear our near endangered flank.

"We need to move!" Twi shouted, "Run forward when it's clear!"

I took frontal combat. The guards quickly joined me. Stepping over two dead zombie ponies, I ran forward with an m9 in one hand and a knife in the other. One after another, more silhouettes fell. The fog was so thick that I couldn't see over a foot in front of me. The mysterious light penetrated most of it, which helped a little. I heard the whir of multiple machines in front of us and to our sides. Fog machines! After I sliced through another zombie pony, the light blinked a few times and shut off. Now our vision was gone. Everything was grey and black.

"Run forwards! Don't stop until you're out!"

We all sprinted on the side of the tracks. There were many zombies to jump over, but with the thick fog, it was difficult to see them coming. There was also the remaining alive that we'd run into. Then there were gunshots as we sliced them up. One whizzed right next to my ear.

"Watch your fire!" I yelled over my shoulder.

It took another thirty seconds for us to get out of the mass fog. On the track was one of the damn machines that ruined our sight, and the spotlight that shone for part of it. I fiddled with it until flicking a switch that stopped the fog from ejecting. After I scanned for close zombie ponies, I turned to do a fast headcount.

Dash, Twi, Rarity, Sp-

"Bang!" Another gunshot ripped up the dirt next to Twi's foot. I had seen the tiny spark in the corner of my eye, over the top of distant hills. "We're being shot at! Run!" I pointed to the sparks. They were a far distance away, so using any of our guns was virtually pointless. It took a few milliseconds for each bullet to approach after the spark. Even through the dark, we could see the tunnel ahead. It wasn't far. I took the back to make sure everypony was accounted for. The guards positioned next to me so they'd be in the way of the bullets getting to the others.

Dash, Twi, Rarity, Spike, the guards, AJ ...

"Redheart!!" I skidded to a halt.

"Devan!" Twi yelled.

"Keep going!" I shouted over my shoulder.

I hurried back, occasional bullets whizzing by. There were even more zombie ponies coming out of the fog. But Redheart was in there. Knife in hand, I rushed past a few of them. One got a nick when I just entered the fog. The light still wasn't on, so I shouted for her again.

"Devan!" I heard her to my left. Apparently, these zombie ponies could see in the dark through the clearing fog. One latched on to my right arm before I started for snow.

"I'm coming!" I yelled after struggling with the zombie pony. His teeth sunk in, and I had to get him off immediately. I might have gotten away from Pinkie's, but I wasn't going to go around and risk it. Now there were two of them on me. Three. They managed to knock me down. Finally, I managed to get a grip, pull up my m9, and fire. His teeth were still attached as I gunned the other two down. Cautiously pulling them off my skin, I stood up.

"Redheart!" I hollered. Was I too late?

"Go!" one of the guards shouted over the moans and gunshots.

Having to deal with thinking they got to her, I ran back out of the fog. They did. But they were both carrying her as we dashed for the tunnel. This time, I took the position of getting in the way of the shots. I didn't have armor as they did, but that didn't matter to me. The zombie ponies were a ways behind us, none of them directly in front. Our main threat was the bullets digging up the dirt around us. Luckily, it seemed that the shooters were inexperienced. It was probably a few more kids like the brothers we'd encountered. I still couldn't figure out why there were any other people here at all.

We reached the tunnel. The others were fast walking ahead. They didn't want to stop at the open tunnel, and I didn't blame them. Were we still going to sleep in the tunnel? Were we going to sleep at all? I looked back to see the tunnel entrance slowly fading away. Another bad experience being gulped in a vein of darkness.