The New Black Plague: The Midnight Chernobyl Moon

by Genesis Raptus

Rating: mature
Tags: Gore, Original Character, Dark, Starlight Glimmer, Equestria Girls, Sunburst, Octavia, Science Fiction, Horror, Main 7 (EqG), Violence, Death
Length: 3499

Octavia shows the girls a journal that was written by Starlight Glimmer, and the horror and tragedy that happened to her.

6 years had passed after what was called: The Canterlot Outbreak. Those who survived had been coping well after the horrors they had endured. But for a small few, there were two in particular who were never able to move on. There had been stories about what happened in Canterlot, and how the entire city was completely, and literally wiped off the map. There had also been tons of charities to help provide compensation to the survivors of the nightmare, such as the Dazzlings performing concerts to raise money. But one day, when Sunset Shimmer and her friends receive a visit from Vinyl and Octavia, she tells them about a journal she found in the bowels of the lab she, Twilight, Sunset and Applejack visited. What they discovered in that journal was horrifying, but it has also given them a new and deep motivation.

Published 2018-09-20 03:20:01 UTC
Last updated 2018-09-20 03:20:01 UTC

The 2013 Nightmare

Sunset Shimmer and her new wife Twilight Sparkle were snuggling on the couch watching tv together in their living room. They had planned their first week wedding anniversary for awhile, but they soon realized that the day of their anniversary was also the anniversary of the Canterlot Outbreak. Twilight was always a little sensitive about the tragedy that went on in Canterlot, but Sunset had always been there to make her feel better. Although, she couldn’t exactly blame her, after all it was something that would be implanted in both of their minds. Despite the bad memories, Twilight honestly couldn't ask for a better wife than Sunset when it came to cheering up.

While they were watching tv, they suddenly heard a knock at the door. "You think you could get that pumpkin?" Sunset asked while letting out a small moan. Twilight nodded and headed for the door to see who their visitor was. She was shocked to find out that it was none other than Octavia Melody and Vinyl Scratch. She hadn't seen those two since the XXX Plague outbreak, and she said that they had returned to Equestria to hopefully get some help for their next plan in the future.

"Vinyl! Tavi! It's been too long since we've seen you!" Twilight said excitedly. They both came in and gave Twilight a hug, quickly later, Sunset joined in the hug as well.

"What're you guys doing here? We thought you two headed back to Equestria by now." Sunset asked.

"We did," Vinyl said. "But for some reason Tavi needed to see you two and your friends for something."

"Oh really?" Twilight asked out of curiosity. "What's that about?"

"I'd rather wait until the rest of your friends get here, because this is very important." Octavia said as she put her bags on the coat rack.

They both headed back to the living room with Sunset and Twilight following behind them. They had waited for about an hour or two before the rest of their friends had finally arrived. Once they all did, they chatted about various things, and told each other's plans for the future.

Once everyone had settled down, Octavia gathered everyone together. "Alright everyone, there's something I'd like to tell you all on why Vinyl and I are here." Octavia was a bit nervous because she didn't feel comfortable having to remember the nightmare that ensued them all.

"You see, when Twilight and I were descending further into the bowels of that Umbrella Yutani building, I happened to have stumbled into a vault that I thought might help provide clues for what was happening in there. The only thing that I found, was this journal that was sealed up tightly in there."

"How the hell did you get it open?" Sunset asked.

"Actually, I didn't have to. By the time I found the vault, I saw that it was open but only slightly. That made me have reason to believe that whoever was in charge there, was trying to retrieve the journal in a hurry but didn't enough time."

"Do you know who wrote in the journal?" Fluttershy asked as she joined in the conversation.

"From what I could see, it looked like it belonged to someone who went by the name of Starlight Glimmer." Everyone started having shocked and confused looks on their faces. They remembered that one time ago, they had met Starlight Glimmer, who was Princess Twilight's pupil back in Equestria. Hearing the name made the start feeling nervous.

"How the hell could she write in that journal years ago. I thought she was reformed from what Princess Twilight tells us." Rainbow Dash said feeling slightly irritated.

"One thing I do know is that while Vinyl and I were in Equestria, we went up to her and asked if she had written in this journal. She said she had no idea about it and the words that were written in there weren't anything she could recognize."
"What do you mean by wording on the journal?" Instead of telling her the answer, Octavia grabbed the journal, and gave it to Twilight. Once she opened the journal, she was shocked by what was written. All she saw were these weird looking symbols that actually looked like an alien language.

"So the whole reason why Vinyl and I are here, was that we were hoping that you could translate those symbols."

Twilight overviewed the symbols very carefully. She made sure that she didn't miss a single piece that was written in every page that were there. But after she had reached the final page, she noticed that there were blood smears all over the last page, and the back of the notebook itself. After she had finished reading what was written, she suddenly had an idea on how she could translate the symbols. "I'll be right back!" She picked up the journal, and ran down to her basement where she keeps her gadgets and stuff. Three and a half hours later, Twilight came back with a piece of paper in one hand, and had the journal in the other one. Once she had gathered everyone up in her bedroom, she opened the journal to the first page and began reading.

4/18/2013

Dear Diary,

Me and my squad were apparently called into the octangular meeting room. This made me feel a little skeptical because, normally anyone who ever has meetings in that room, is either some of the UY higher ups, or even the Head Mistress of the corporation herself. Those two theories made me start feeling both suspicious, and nervous at the same time, because I was trying to determine if it would be one of the two, but I guess ill get my answer once I get there. Diary out.

Dear Diary,

Today, the Head Mistress of Umbrella Yutani assigned me and my bioresearch team to Chernobyl to help rescue another research team that were doing some experiments with the XXX Plague, but has mysteriously gone missing . One of my squad members, named Ataman requested that we should be dropped in by helicopter, the Head Mistress, normally never the generous type, granted our request. I got to say though, I'm actually pretty nervous to head there, mainly because of the high radiation levels in that place. But from what she told me is that thanks to the previous experiments with the XXX Plague, all the radiation had been absorbed, making the airborne strain more potent. And the suits that we're required to wear, were not very well ventilated. Oh Jesus Christ this is really gonna suck big time. Well, its midnight right now and I need to get some sleep. I've got a really big day tomorrow. Diary out.

4/19/2013

Dear Diary,

We just got in our helicopter right now and we are now on our way to the other team's last known coordinates, which originated in the city of Pripyat. The sky that we saw looks like some sort of sheet of purple. We've been in the air for three and half hours now and the ETA we received is about 10 minutes. Not only am I getting really scared. but I'm beginning to regret taking this mission now.

Alright- we are now on the ground, but we didn't land properly. For some strange reason, our helicopter's motor suddenly gave out right as soon we flew right over the outskirts of Pripyat, it felt to me as if we were all of a suddenly pulled down by some unknown force. But I swear to god I thought I saw something fly past our chopper. As soon as we landed, we saw that our pilot dead, and the rest of us are pretty fucked up at the moment.

Sadly, we couldn't find a backup generator inside the helicopter for our radio, so now we are virtually stranded. We were planning on heading back to base on foot through the forest, but the biohazard levels are way to high and we're about 1000 miles from any nearby town that isn't covered in what I call biological fallout. As we were setting up camp for the night, we saw old, dried blood splattered on the floor and walls of the nearby hospital. I suppose its nothing unusual, I guess. I don't really know what the hell's going on here, but its pretty scary. Diary out.

4/20/2013

Dear Diary,

Its morning now. Last night, its been hard to sleep, because I've kept hearing strange noises. It was like something was being dragged across the floor. It has to've been an animal of some sort. Sunburst is currently trying to contact HQ with the emergency radio that we had, but we didn't get any response. I'm getting really tired of this suit and we knew for a fact that a wreckage was not the best place to camp in. My head is killing me from this migraine, and my legs are sore from non-stop walking. Diary out.

4/24/2013

Dear Diary,

Three days have past ever since we arrived in Pripyat, and we have yet to get a single response from Russian HQ. I've started wondering if for some odd reason, our radio's code got cut off, or it needs to be updated. Either way, we've now come to the conclusion that we will not be getting an evac anytime soon. From just walking around the city, I'm starting to smell like death. My god do I need a fucking shower.

Our food is now starting to disappear, and one of our squad members, Yuri I believe his name was, is starting to go completely bat-shit crazy. He said that when he was on guard duty last night, he believes he saw some sort of creature with an elongated head, three arms protruding from under the chin, and what looked like a cross between a bee's thorax and a tail walking in the west courtyard. Perhaps our destiny is to now go crazy just like Yuri. I sure as hell hope not... Diary out.

4/25/2013

Dear Diary,

Sunburst and I had suddenly woken up to gunshots early in the morning, and our entire supply of food and ammo are now gone. I'm right now wondering if Igor took it when our guards were down. We're going to look for him right now and investigate, we'll also continue our search for the missing research team as well. The smell has gotten really bad now, its so bad that my skin is beginning to itch, and the smell is making me gag.

We went to the building that Sunburst had suggested. We had now made contact with the thing Yuri saw... And they are indeed Xenomorphs, there's more than one, and they're all incredibly hostile. None of them looked the same as to the ones I've seen in other labs. We somehow managed to kill one of them. This one looked a lot like a spider with the body of a human infant's and had three tails. The front half of the head was split in two which gave it two separate faces, and the legs themselves much like the head were extremely elongated, almost about up to six or seven feet each. No matter how many times we shot at it, the damn thing just wouldn't go down. TAKE! OFF! THE! FUCKING! LIMBS! It may not kill them right away, but it'll leave them immobile, and give us time to escape. Eventually, they'll just bleed out to death. As for the one we injured started bleeding out, it let out a blood curdling scream that like six different infant voices all at once- Almost impossible to describe how painful it was. We also found Igor's body. His face was hideously mangled and... his gun. It shattered in pieces, scattered across the floor.

As I was writing my last entry, Sunburst and I got ambushed by a horde of those bastards. I ran to the nearest room I could find. I'm suspecting that the scream we heard earlier attracted more of them. That proves to me that whatever kind of breed they are, they have the ability to communicate. Sunburst... I'm so so so sorry I locked you out of the room too soon, but I had to. I then heard his High Roller go off and heard him running away. Oh shit! I think they're trying to get in.

I'm highly certain that I'm gonna here in this place. There's no more food and an entire Xeno-horde out there. I managed to see more, tons more. Most of them appeared to be men and children with horrible deformations. That's was gotten me thinking, If the XXX Plague infected them like this, then before, I think they had to have been victims of the accident in 1986. But, how can the virus do that to them so quickly and so precise? Some of them don't even have any eyes. and as for the others, their skin is so thin you can actually see veins pumping blood and see their organs.

Some of them appear to be spiders, others, before they were infected with the virus, were radiated to the point of where you couldn't even tell if they were human or Xeno anymore. I saw two tall ones... these two had wings that had replaced both their arms and legs. I'm estimating around a twelve or thirteen meter wingspan.

But believe me, they sure as hell can fly. They have claws that are thick and a 4 feet long and they don't even have ribcages. instead they're replaced by a set of fungus-like strings that actually work like tentacles. Fucking hell, this is a never-ending nightmare.

I have now seen the devil... that... that "thing" that took Sunburst... That was no normal Xenomorph. As far as I can tell, there's only one of his kind. Just pale white, webbed fingers and feet, no reproductive organs, a retractable stinger at the end of the tail, no eyes. That is was fear looks like. Diary out.

4/26/2013

Dear Diary,

I can't sleep anymore. I'm too afraid of them. Even though I can't see them at night, I'm still terrified. The fear of them sneaking up on me and killing me keeps me awake. I'm so damn hungry, but not as much as thirsty. I've been forcing myself to drink water from a broken pipe I saw in here. But every time I take off my mask to drink, I get a killing migraine. The XXX Plague must be killing me. But I can't be infected, am I?

I can hear the sound of babies crying. Are there actually survivors? No way... no no fucking way! That's right, I'm on to their sick little games. That's how they get you. They make a noise that makes it sound like there's someone out there that needs help. Once they know your guard's down, then they attack! I think I'm gonna try to sneak out of here tonight. If I cant see them, then they can't see me. But wait a minute, what if they can smell me? I'll bring my High Roller with me, just in case.

I ventured down the hallway of the hospital to the door at the end. It was locked, so I had to turn to the left. In the first room to my right, I saw blood, organs and bones scattered all over the room. But they weren't adult bones... they were innocent infants. What kind of fucking sick breeds are they?! The ones I saw at the labs were displaying genuine intelligence, but from what I saw with what I call: the Chernobyl Breed, that means that only the most basic and primal instincts are inside them. I have got to get out of here! This place is a living hell! My stomach's now burning, I must be infected. I can hear them sniffing the doors around the rooms of the hall. They know I'm here, and now my skin's becoming weaker and weaker. I can feel the sperm cells swimming through my blood, the lightest touch agitates them. I'm so scared.

I just woke up. I can hear what sounds like them chasing an entire pack of animals. It sounded like a herd of what I think were horses, but I wasn't sure. Then they just vanished out of nowhere. I'm so tired, I must be hallucinating. I've only got shot at escaping, and I know, that its now or never at this point. One chance only, I'm gonna make it count. Diary out.

4/30/2013

Dear Diary,

I've now literally stepped into the hell mouth. I had no idea where I was at first, but when I was being chased by another horde of mutant Xenos, I happen to have run into a building that I had no idea what it was. After I reached the door, for some reason, they just stopped. I had no idea what to think about that, but it looked like they actually showed genuine fear on their faces, and they just stood completely still. Once I stepped inside, I finally understood now. The gate of hell that I stepped in, is none other than Chernobyl reactor 4. I got yet another migraine again, but this time I felt like my brain split itself in two. I even saw that parts of my skin are turning into a sickly blackish color. I am infected.

As I ventured further down the reactor, I saw that there were tons of bodies scattered everywhere in a pit of where the reactor core used to be. It looked like some of them were civilians, others looked like soldiers, but the rest looked like they were from the company. I grabbed a journal that I saw one of the UY scientists holding, and now everything fell into place. Katelyn... that fucking bitch!! She set us all up! There was never any real research team gone missing, she planned this whole thing from the very beginning! I understand everything now.

I had heard stories a couple years, about her and her protégé wanting to use Pripyat and Chernobyl as a testing bed for the XXX Plague, but according to her pupil, they needed some guinea pigs for combat data on the potential infected that may be hiding in the city, and the reactor. But it turned out we were the guinea pigs she needed, and now she might have everything she needs before she has the entire place permanently quarantined. I don't think I'll be allowed to escape Chernobyl anymore. I'm infected, and I can feel it eating at my brain now. If.... if I do make it, I'm going to find her headquarters, and tear her apart for what she did to me and Sunburst! But if I don't make it, and to anyone who manages to find this journal, find Katelyn Hanson the head mistress of Umbrella Yutani, and kill her immediately. Do. Not. Hesitate. Because she won't once she makes you apart of her many experiments. Also, if my theories and suspicions are correct, I think she may try to resurrect her mother as well. So kill her, and her mother too. And.... please... let my wife know that I love her, and I'll always be with her in her heart. Diary.... o-o-out.

"Holy shit!" Rainbow said as she leaned on one of the legs of the bed. "That was horrible." Everyone in the room was at a loss for words on what to make of the situation.

"So that's what the rumors were about." Adagio said to break the awkward silence. "I knew that the place was being used for something, but I had no idea it would be this monstrous."

"But then again, it does give us something to focus on now." Twilight said afterwards. Everyone looked at Twilight with confused looks on their faces.

"What do you mean by that?" Aria asked. "I mean it doesn't really make a lot of sense. I mean sure we know the fate of Starlight, but what are you trying to say?"

"What I'm trying to say is now we know the name of the head mistress of the corporation." Everyone was now deep in thought. They we're weirded out on why Twilight said "the head mistress", but later on, they finally understood.

"So, what're we gonna do now?" Sonata asked to break yet another hour of awkward silence.

"Once we finally go after Umbrella Yutani, we can find the head mistress, and make her pay for what she did to us. Thanks to her and her Plague, many innocent lives were lost. Matilda, Rose, Gloriosa, Lyra and Bon Bon, Applebloome, Scootaloo, Sweetie belle, even Trixie and Flash sentry." Sunset said with pride and determination in her voice. Everyone looked at each other for a brief moment, but they all nodded their heads in agreement. "Then it's settled. Umbrella Yutani, you're going down."