Author's Note

This chapter is much more graphic than the rest. Viewer discretion is advised.

Chapter 8: The Train

January 25th. Saik's Train Station.

Saik's Train Station is a small building located far away from the city. Nevertheless, there is a train with only five wagons that is completely apart from the other trains. It is so far that it can't be seen from the train station. This train is also in a railway that is completely separated from the rest... because this railway is only used for certain purposes, including Plegovich's train.

Outside the train, there are only three men and a car. Those three guys are Nicholas Plegovich, his nephew Lucas and a cyan-skinned guy wearing a green overall, a brown hat and smoking a cigar. That guy is Ferr, the train driver.

"Shall I get him out?" says Lucas.

"Not yet," says Plegovich. "Ferr, please check if the train works. If it doesn't, this would be a complete waste of time."

"Yes, sir," says Ferr. "By the way, I am surprised."

"Why?" asks Plegovich, while handling a sheet of paper.

"I thought you would never call me again," says Ferr. "The last time we had the train was a complete mess."

Plegovich chuckles. "Not now. I have everything planned. Here you have the sheet of paper that says what kind of things do the wagons have."

Ferr grabs the sheet of paper and reads it. Suddenly, his skin colour fades to white. "But... but... who is the victim here?"

Lucas opens the car and gets out a fainted W with his face covered of blood. "This," says Lucas.

"But... this thing... is worse than the one we did to Karkov... this is horrifying!"

"Yes, I know," says Plegovich while laughing. "But don't worry, you will only have to drive the train. We will take charge of that."

At the same time, Sergei, Grey Blackle, Kobolov, Doom Kid and Gail Garry get down from the train and approach Ferr.

"Ferr," says Kobolov. "Everything's ready. You can get on the train."

"Man..." says Garry. "This is the cruellest train we have ever done... and we haven't even started."

"Grey," says Plegovich. "Go and look up for some water."

Sergei gives Grey Blackle a bucket. The crazy psychopath grabs the bucket with his teeth and runs away like a cheetah to look for some water. Minutes later, he appears with the bucket filled with water. Plegovich grabs it and throws the water to W's face. He starts coughing and opens his eyes.

W then finds out he is not in Los Mantos, nor Canterlot, nor Manehattan. He is in a camp. There are no houses nor streets. There is only grass where he is lying, a train and everyone looking at him.

"Good morning, sleepy," says Plegovich. "Are you ready for your ride?"

W starts gasping. He knows this won't end up well. "What... What..."

"Come on!" shouts Doom Kid. "Don't be a pussy! Come with us to the Train! You will like it!"

"But first..." says Garry. "He is alone. He should go to the train with a friend..."

Garry opens the car where W was sleeping and gets Pinkie Pie out. W opens his eyes and feels absolute fear. His face is now covered with blood and sweat. "No... NO!"

"Of course!" says Lucas Plegovich. "You will go to the train with a friend."

Sergei grabs W from his neck and gets him up. All of them start walking and get inside the fifth wagon. W looks that Spike is inside the fifth wagon. He looks like he was beaten up and his body is covered by scotch tape. They throw W to the wagon's floor and start kicking him until Garry gets in the train with Pinkie Pie. Everyone starts laughing except for Sergei and Plegovich, who are only watching the spectacle.

At that moment, W wakes up and tries to go for Plegovich but Sergei kicks him in his chest and falls to the floor again. The henchmen beat him up again and he lies on the floor, almost unconscious. Meanwhile, Doom Kid grabs Pinkie Pie by her neck and wakes her up. She starts moaning.

"Stop moaning, you bitch!" shouts Doom Kid. At the same time, Garry and Kobolov get W up and Lucas Plegovich and starts talking:

"Well... welcome to the Train, W. Now you will have to play the game."

"Game?" says Pinkie Pie, scared.

"I'm not talking to you, dear... I'm talking to this killer right here... to this gangster... to this bedmaker."

"What kind of game I have to play?" whispers W.

"There are five wagons with certain things and people, and we will tell you what to do with them... if you don't obey our orders... we will kill you... if you do our orders... we'll let you go."

W gasps. "And what I have to do now..."

"Well..." says Lucas Plegovich. "Hey... your name is Pinkie Pie, right?" She nods her head while being handled by Doom Kid. Lucas thinks while Plegovich is observing. "Uncle... what should I do?"

"How about...?" says Plegovich. "Waters... take her clothes off."

"No," instantly answers W while looking at Pinkie Pie's scared face. He realizes her geode, her stone is not in her neck.

"No?" says Lucas. "What did you say? Can you repeat it? I'm a little bit deaf."

"No," answers W, and at the same time, Lucas draws a gun and points right to Pinkie's head.

"What?" he asks again. W looks at Pinkie again, which has tears falling down her cheeks. "Do it!"

Garry and Kobolov throw W to Pinkie, and he looks that Pinkie only has a dirty white t-shirt. A part of her breasts can be seen, and Doom Kid decides to touch one of them. W tries to get Doom Kid out by slapping him on the face but Sergei grabs him again and smashes him against the wagon's floor three times. Then, Doom Kid spits on W's face and punches him on his chest with his robotic arm. He hasn't took the pill yet, so he doesn't have superpowers. "You lost," says Doom Kid while laughing.

"Okay..." says Garry while laughing. The bounty hunter gets a taser out from his pocket and shocks Spike, who starts jumping because of the pain while trying to get the scotch tape out of his body. "Let's go to the fourth wagon. You are losing by now, Waters."

Everyone, except for Spike and Pinkie Pie, moves to the fourth wagon. This time, Kobolov is the one that touches Pinkie's left breast, but Plegovich pushes him and he goes away. Plegovich wants to touch her, but she instantly gets away from her.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you," says Plegovich. Pinkie and Plegovich slowly approach each other and he kisses her forehead before caressing her pink, poofy hair.

"Who... who are you?" says Pinkie while crying.

Plegovich smiles and kisses Pinkie on her forehead again. "I am your president, Pinkie."

"AAARGH!" shouts Spike, behind them both. Plegovich looks at the dog, surprised. "Make it stop!"

"Oh, you talk, you little rascal!" says Plegovich. "I knew you were hiding something."

"Who are you? What do you want? Where is Twilight?" says Spike, while trying to free himself from the scotch tape. He looks at Plegovich with the scariest stare he has ever made, but Plegovich doesn't even move.

"I can answer only one question to you, dog... I am your new president," he says, and then he moves to the fourth wagon while closing the fifth one. The train is moving. Ferr turned on the engine.

W's eyes are covered by Sergei's hand. Once Plegovich arrives, Sergei says: "Now, open your eyes."

Sergei moves his hand away from W's face and he looks at the fourth wagon: Fluttershy and a kitchen knife next to her. Her eyes and mouth are covered with a cloth. "No, no," says W. "She doesn't deserve this... no..."

"Now..." says Kobolov. "You have to decide," and then the soldier grabs Fluttershy's right hand and kisses it, and after this, he unties the cloth that was covering Fluttershy's face. "You cut one finger... or Sergei cuts three."

"Oh, I liked that," says Lucas Plegovich, laughing. Fluttershy's face is completely covered with tears while her whole body is shaking. Kobolov then gives the knife to W, but the young gangster refuses to grab it.

"I don't wanna fight again," says Kobolov while touching W's throat with the knife. It is sharp... so sharp that makes a small scratch in W's throat that bleeds. "You do it or that small scratch on your throat will be worse."

Sergei pushes W again and he grabs the knife. Fluttershy looks at him and her right-hand start shaking again because of fear. W touches Fluttershy's shoulder and she recognizes him: "W... why..."

That voice... that smooth, scared whisper with a lump on her throat. He closes his eyes while holding the knife and a tear falls on one of his cheeks. He touches Fluttershy's hand and she starts sobbing.

"Come on!" says Lucas Plegovich, while looking at the scenario. W is swallowing all his anger while Fluttershy is crying of fear. Grey Blackle, Sergei and Plegovich are the only ones who are watching this without laughing. However, Plegovich opens his mouth.

"Ok," he says. "Let him go."

"What?" says Lucas. "But... he was going to do it!"

"Let him go," says Plegovich.

"Uncle!"

"You will not disrespect the orders of your uncle," says Sergei, and then he grabs W and smashes him against the wall behind him. After that, Plegovich gets the gangster up and looks at him.

"I let you go not for you, but the girl," he says while looking at him. "She was looking quite scared."

"You son of a bitch... you... son... of a bitch..." says W.

"Move him to the third wagon!" shouts Plegovich, and everyone grabs W and throw him to the third wagon. Grey Blackle approaches Fluttershy and touches her arm.

"D-Don't cry..." says Grey Blackle, trying to calm her down... "At l-least... they... did-didn't do anything t-to you." Then, he tries to smile but goes away when Plegovich appears. Fluttershy covers her face but the madman only kisses her forehead.

"This is it," says Plegovich. "Calm down, you little girl. I am not going to mutilate you."

Fluttershy doesn't answer and lies on the floor while covering her face with her hands. Then, Plegovich and Grey Blackle get out of the fourth wagon and they close it.

"W!" hears the bedmaker. It's a familiar voice with a special accent. He wakes up and looks at Rarity and Sweetie Belle hugging each other. W gasps again and Kobolov hits him once with a baseball bat.

"Argh!" says W, and realizes he is leaking blood from his mouth again. "Rarity... Rarity..."

Lucas Plegovich strangles W, gets him up and smashes him against the wagon's wall. Kobolov gives him the bat and the young Plegovich says: "You beat the big girl up or the small girl with the bat... until they bleed."

"No!" shouts W. "I won't! Kill me!"

"No, no, no..." says Lucas. "It is too early to watch you die. Besides... You lost. Kobolov, give me the knife."

"Stab me... stab me!" says W, pointing to his heart while being strangled by Lucas. "Right here! RIGHT FUCKING HERE!"

Kobolov gives him a small knife to Lucas, and W keeps shouting. He keeps telling him to stab him in the heart. "You idiot!" shouts Lucas. "I'm not going to cut you!" he says, and then he turns around and looks at Sweetie Belle. "I'm going to cut her..."

"NO!" shouts Rarity while wrapping his sister on her arms. "You won't! Whoever you are! Miserable, horrifying person!"

"Oh..." says Lucas Plegovich. "You wanna know who we are, right?" he says, and then points at W. "You wanna know who he is in real life? He is a gangster... All of us are gangsters... and that guy over there, with a swan tattoo, brown hair... with two eyes with different colour and with a pretty neat purple tuxedo... that guy, over there... is the new president of Equestria, my uncle, my boss, Nicholas Plegovich."

"I know you!" shouts Rarity while looking to Plegovich. "I know you were the one that turned Pietro into what he was! I know you were in the previous Fall Formal!"

"Well, darling," says Plegovich. "You are right, but now you have the chance to know me for real... Lucas... get the little girl out of her arms."

W wants to go for Plegovich again, but this time Doom Kid punches him in his tummy twice and leaves him on the floor. Lucas and Rarity start fighting for Sweetie Belle. She wants to cover Sweetie and herself into her magical shield, but she doesn't have her geode on her neck. Kobolov and Doom Kid join Lucas and they succeed. Sweetie Belle tries to run away but Lucas handles her right arm and makes in it a long cut that makes Sweetie scream.

"NO!" shouts Rarity, but she can't do anything because she was trapped by Sergei. Meanwhile, Plegovich and Grey Blackle are just looking at the chaos. The madman, along with his human pet Grey Blackle, opens the second wagon's door.

"Do you like it, Abe?" shouts Plegovich. "Your granddaughter's scream is music to my ears!"

W's eyes are now coming out of their orbits. Is Abe kidnapped on the second wagon?"

"NO!!!!" shouts someone. W identifies his voice... it's Abe's. "I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!"

"Wait..." says Plegovich. "I'll go with you in a couple of minutes."

Now, the boss grabs W by his neck and carries him to the second wagon. "Shut up, please," says Plegovich. "Only this one and I will enter the second wagon. Keep calm."

W finds out what is happening. Jack and Abe are tied to a chair. Their eyes are covered with a cloth. W is still on the floor and Plegovich puts a foot on him to keep him down. His whole body hurts now... he can't even move.

"These are your partners," says Plegovich. "Don't worry, you won't do anything to them..."

"You son of a bitch!" shouts Abe. "You touch my granddaughter, I kill you!"

"W!" shouts Jack. "If you are there, we can help you... just free us!"

"W!" shouts Abe.

"W shit!" interrupts Plegovich. "This man right here is not W anymore... he is the Train Victim... Hey, Train Victim... are you ready for your last game?"

"You... bitch..." says W. "I'll come back... and I'll kill you..."

"Keep talking, train victim... now you are going to face the final boss."

Plegovich kicks both chairs where Jack and Abe are tied, and both men fall to the floor. He grabs W again and carries him to the first wagon. There is nothing in the last wagon, except for Ron Delight, who is only using dirty dark jeans. His torso and feet are completely naked. He is smoking a cigar while waiting for Plegovich and W.

"Finally," says Ron Delight.

W looks at his former boss and whispers: "You."

"This is the endgame," says Nicholas Plegovich while drawing a handgun. "You kill Ron... or Ron kills you."

Ron draws a handgun and points to W, who has just got up. He stands up and his whole body is shaking. He grabs the handgun that Plegovich gave him and points to Ron too.

"W..." says Ron Delight after unloading the gun and throwing it away. "You failed."

"No..." says W. "You killed my parents."

"I never killed them... I don't know who did it, but I swear I was not the one."

"But you betrayed them..."

Ron sighs. "Yes, but I regret doing it."

"What are you waiting for?" says Plegovich. "He unloaded his gun... you can kill him."

W looks at Ron again and listens to Plegovich drawing another handgun. "I told you if you lied to me one more time I was going to leave..."

"Sorry," says Ron. "I didn't know how to handle with the situation... and that's why I gave up."

"You?" says W. "Giving up? You? You told me I should never give up... and look at you, the first thing you do is giving yourself in... why?"

Ron touches W's shoulder. "I lost, W. Los Mantos hasn't been mine since you left me for him. It is now Plegovich's."

"You are correct, Ron," says Plegovich. "And now you are useless to me... that's why I want you dead."

W slowly pulls the trigger while pointing to Ron's chest. "W..." says the Pirate. "You are the only one who can save them... Abe, Jack... the girls... Trixie..."

"Trixie?" says W. "Don't talk about her."

"Your parents..."

"Don't talk about my parents."

"Wade would be proud if you betrayed Plegovich..."

"DON'T TALK ABOUT WADE!" shouts W, and pulls the trigger. Ron falls to the floor and starts coughing. He has a hole on his chest now. "No," says W. "No!"

"Yes!" shouts Plegovich. "You did it... you won the game. However, you are a non-Plegovich man."

"No!" shouts W. "Ron! RON!"

"W..." says Ron. "W... you... are the only one..."

Plegovich kicks W and pushes him away from Ron. "Plegovich men are clever and look for their victims. They investigate. You killed a man who didn't kill your parents only because I told you a lie that you believed.

W stays on the floor, shocked. He fell on Plegovich's game. He shot Ron only because of a lie.

Plegovich now points at Ron with his handgun. "This is what happens when you brainwash my pals."

One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Five gunshots on Ron's chest and the Pirate closes his eyes. W gets up and strangles Plegovich, but the madman shoots his last bullet that ends up in W's stomach. The Bedmaker falls to the floor and realizes his whole torso is covered with blood. His blood. He feels cold now. Like ice.

"Hey," says Plegovich. "I forgot to tell you this... you want to know how I've got the Rainbooms, boy?"

"Arrgh!" shouts W while having his mouth full of blood. "You bitch! LIAR!"

"Well, I'll take that as yes... while you were asleep, I called all my allies and they take Canterlot, including its most famous school, Canterlot High... I left those streets like nothing. Your friends, Rarity, Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Celestia, Luna, Micro Chips... No one is there anymore. Garry, Doom Kid and Kobolov took all of their pills because of that, and sadly they couldn't take another one for the train... That would have been funnier."

"Why... Why did you... y-you... do this?" says W. His skin colour is fading to white.

"You know, the Rainbooms have powers, so they were rivals and enemies for me... so I did it. Besides, I hate Canterlot."

"You..." whispers W.

"Oh! I forgot about this too..." says Plegovich while laughing. "I had fun with her."

Plegovich opens a box that was in the last wagon and leaves next to W a blue hoodie. W, who is almost dead, grabs the hoodie with his frightened, pale hands and thinks that he saw that hoodie before. While coughing and turning the blue hoodie into a red one, he reads a name...

Trixie Lulamoon.

"No..." says W. "NO!"

"She was crazy as hell, and well... you might see her down there, in hell..."

"NO! NO! NO!"

"Goodbye, Walter Waters."

Plegovich pushes W and he falls from the train. He lands in a small sand mountain in the Desert of Magnus. Seconds later, Plegovich throws Ron's corpse to the desert.

W, who is crying while being covered with blood, hugs Trixie's hoodie and closes his eyes.

An hour later, Plegovich and Lucas Plegovich get down the train, along with Ferr.

"You killed him?" says Ferr.

"Yes," answers Plegovich. "It was an accident, Lucas was going to kill him but... he tried to attack me."

"Oh," says Ferr, raising an eyebrow. "That decision made him lost. And what are you going to do now with the rest?"

"First, I need to kill Strict Proclamation and then I will decide what to do."

"Mm-hmm," says Ferr.

Plegovich stops walking and Lucas does the same, confused because of his uncle's decision. Ferr keeps walking, and a second later, he turns around. "What's the matter?" asks Ferr. Then, Plegovich draws a handgun and shots Ferr on the head, killing him.

"WHAT?" says Lucas Plegovich. "W... Why?"

"Why would I use Ferr after this?" says Plegovich, while lighting a cigarette. "I won't use the train anymore."

April 30th

W wakes up inside a cage. He opens his eyes and looks around him. He never saw anything like this in his life. He is inside an enormous cave that has platforms who has strange creatures trapped inside these big cages. He tries to wake up, but suddenly realizes he hasn't got hands, but hooves. "Uh..." he says. "What... The fuck?"

He gets up and finds out he hasn't got a human body. He has hooves... a tail... a mane... he is a stallion! Is he inside the infamous horse world Ron talked to him once?

Suddenly, he looks at an enormous, three-headed dog looking at him. "Help!" shouts W, "Where am I? WHERE AM I? I NEED TO KILL PLEGOVICH!"

"You won't come out of Tartarus until the princesses' order," answers a pony with a golden armor. He's a royal guard.

"Tar... Tartarus?" says W, shocked. "Where am I? Is this heaven? Hell? Purgatory? Am I alive? Dead? I need to go for Plegovich! He killed Trixie! HE KILLED TRIXIE AND TORTURED MY FRIENDS!"

"You are alive, Bedmaker," answers the royal guard. "And you won't come out and look for that Plegovich because you have to suffer the consequences for what you did to Manehattan and Ponyville."

"Ponyville?" says W. "What are you talking about?"