The Few That Lived

Blue Flare woke to the sound of movement below him. he stretched his legs and got out of his “borrowed” bed and walked to the door. he looked down to see the owner of the sound. It was Cash, still sharpening his machete. Pyro walked down the stairs to greet the earth pony.

“Good morning!” Pyro said “How was your night?”

“Sleepless” The pony said,

Pyro could now see the full features of the pony, his mane was a light grey, resembling the ashes that littered the streets, his coat a dark and hazy blue and his eyes were a deep shade of black.

“That’s not good to hear.” Pyro said as he frowned.

“How about you?” Cash asked,

“I slept better than I have in a while, being that I slept on the ground before.” Pyro said.

“Good, don’t get used to it though, we’re moving to the hospital today” Cash said, sheathing his machete and standing up,

“Oh, and why is that?” Pyro asked, “Is there anything there that we could use?”

“Shining’s sister is there, we traveled from Canterlot just to get her.” He said, “Waste of time if you ask me, he’ll be disappointed when we get there.”

“His sister? That is a waste of time.” Pyro said,

“Plus the elements of harmony” Shining Armor finished, he had been standing in a doorway

“Wait. THE elements of harmony? That would get me to go.” Pyro said, then asked, “Who’s your sister?”

“Twilight Sparkle, The element of magic” Shining said,

“Oh okay, I’m game.” Pyro said as he started to walk towards the door.

“But you wouldn’t be otherwise?” Shining asked, “You seem to be helpful”

“I saw the Hospital, it’s the safest place in Ponyville, they wouldn’t need my help.” Pyro said “plus I’d probably cause more damage before I’d be able to help.”

“When exactly are we going?” Cinnamon asked, appearing out of another bedroom next to where Pyro had stayed,

“Right now” Shining said, “We were waiting for you two to wake up.”

“Oh, sorry.” Pyro said sheepishly.

“Let’s just go” Shining said,

The four ponies slowly walked through the deserted streets of Ponyville towards the hospital, surveying their surroundings every few seconds. The last thing they wanted was for a Trotter to come up behind them and ruin their day.

The once thriving community of ponies was now gone, the houses had been either littered with graffiti or knocked down altogether, leaving a pile of rubble in place.

A few houses stood above the city, one being the library, a large pink building and almost a dozen houses.

The street was littered with bodies and the dirt itself was stained with blood, the four passed a small house with a sign hanging from an opened window, it had once said “Help” but was now covered in graffiti with words like “Bitch” and “Whore” another word described somepony as a “Sex Toy” and other harsh words.

“We should check the buildings for others” Cinnamon suggested,

“And then what? come up with a hoof-full of walkers or Thieves?” Cash asked,

“You don’t know everything Cash!” Cinnamon yelled, “Stop acting like you do!”

“Fine, we’ll check the stupid houses” Cash agreed,

“Shining, you and...” Cinnamon was at a loss for words, “The new pony” go check that one”

He pointed at the house with the harsh “Help” banner,

“Me and Cash will check this one” He said, pointing to an almost perfect house across the street,

“It’s Pyro.” Pyro said, “sorry for not telling you earlier.”

“It’s fine, now we know” Cinnamon said, “Meet back here in 5 minutes”

“Will do” Shining said, walking towards the house,

The inside of the house didn’t look much better. The walls were basically held up by  two-by-fours and didn’t have much else. the furniture was thrown around and almost all of it was broken in some way or another. some water was leaking from a corner of what looked like a bathroom. The bedroom had a few “interesting” additions. there were three contraptions that look like they could hold up a pony for “recreational” purposes. They looked like they had been used recently and the pony that was in the... thing didn’t want to be. There were whips and other weapons that looked like they were used if a pony didn’t comply with the wielder. This was, obviously a scene of torture and rape.

Pyro was inspecting the bed itself when he heard a soft whimper coming from the master bathroom. He quietly walked up to the door and listened for any sign of life. He heard breathing, not soft calm breathing, but quick trembling breathing, as if the other creature didn’t want to be found. Pyro thought on how he could get the animal out of the bathroom without sounding intimidating. he could only think of one thing which he did.

He knocked.

The breathing suddenly stopped, “Please, master... no more” a raspy voice said, it belonged to a mare.

“Oh, Celestia” Pyro said thinking of why this mare must be referring to somepony as “master”. “I’m not going to hurt you. That pony is gone. you can open the door when you feel like it.”

“Why?!” The mare cried, “So you can strap me into one of those machines and beat me ‘till I am unable to speak?”

“No, because if you stay here, those ponies may come back.” Pyro said softly. “And because I want to help you and get you to the hospital.”

“What have you got set up for me there?” The mare asked while sobbing, “New toys of yours?”

“No, a warm bed and food and people who can help.” Pyro said. “If you can’t open the door, I can open it for you.”

“How do you expect me to open it when you have me tied down in here?” The mare asked, “And bullshit to a warm bed, that’s what you said when you brought me here”

“Sorry to bring your hopes up, but there wasn’t ever a last time.” Pyro said as he opened the door, finding that, indeed, the mare was bound.

What he saw was horrendous, the mare had her face on the ground and her rear in the air, pulled apart to show off her sensitive regions, her front and back legs were drawn out like wings so she was unable to move, her wings were tied behind her back and she stared up at him with two brown eyes.

“This is humiliating” she whined,

Her once cream-yellow coat had faded due to her not being allowed to take a bath, her mane was ripped and torn in some place, the golden brown color on it seemed to have faded too, it was no pleasant thing to see.

“I would expect so.” Pyro said finding it hard to look at her. “let’s get you down from there.”

“Please, don’t touch me” She said, “Not there” her eyes flickered to her backside

“I wouldn’t dare.” Pyro said as he started to undo the ropes on her back legs, revealing two chafed spots where the ropes were, indicating that she had been in that position for quite awhile.

“My name is Blue Flare, and I’m happy to see that you’re alive.” Pyro said as he undid the last ropes, which were the ropes for the wings.

“I can’t say I feel the same way...” the mare said, running a hoof over her wings and through her mane, “You wouldn’t believe what somepony’s can do”

“Do you want to have some privacy so that you can... freshen up?” Pyro said as he turned to leave the room.

“Yes, please” she said, seeing him begin to leave the room, “Thank you!” she said, just before he closed the door,

“You are most welcome.” Pyro said softly.

Pyro walked around the house, looking around for Shining. He found him in the dining room.

“Shining, I found sompony. She’s in bad shape.” Pyro said “I found her in the bathroom, bound and... I don’t know how to put this... raped.”

“What do you mean?” Shining asked, “Is she alive?”

“Barely. She’s cleaning herself up right now.” Pyro said,

“You just left her up there?” Shining asked,

“Well, what should have I done, watched her?” Pyro said,

“Shouldn’t you have stayed in the-?”

His voice was cut off by a gunshot.

“Dammit!” Pyro said as he ran back to the bedroom, “I thought it was just you and me.”

The mare was holding a large pistol in her wing when they entered the room, an older stallion lay on the bed, bullet lodged in his skull.

“I knew he wouldn’t leave,” She said, “He was under the bed”

“I’m sorry, I even left the room.” Pyro said, then blushed “I meant the bedroom, not the bathroom.”

“It’s not your fault” she said, “You didn’t know, neither did I.”

“Well, I’m glad you’re okay,” Pyro said, “And that there’s one less scumbag in the world.”

“Please” The mare said, returning to her depressed state, “Just get me out of here.”

“Be happy to.” Pyro said, smiling, “But first, there is a pony I want you to meet... I never caught your name, miss.”

“Oh, it’s Butterscotch” she said,

“Well, Butterscotch, I’d like you to meet Shining Armor, a friend of mine.” Pyro said as Shining entered the room.

“Hello, Shining Armor” She said,

“Hello, Butterscotch” Shining replied, “Are you alright?”

“Well, no, but I should be” She said with a yawn, “I’m more tired than anything”

“Dammit again. How long has it been?” Pyro said, “We were supposed to meet back in five minutes!”

“It’s been almost ten” Shining said, “They’ll understand”

“For her sake, I hope so.” Pyro said

Butterscotch let out another loud yawn,

“How long has it been since you slept?” Shining asked with a look of worry on his face,

“Oh, only a few days at the most” She said,

“A few days?! How did you manage to stay awake?” Shining asked,

“Don’t ask.” Pyro said, than motioned towards the contraptions on the wall.”

“You probably don’t want to know” She said, not noticing what Pyro had said from her sleepy state,

“Can you walk?” Shining asked, holding up the wobbly mare,

“Yeah, yeah I’m... fine...” She dozed off on Shining’s shoulder,

Shining stood there for a few moments, examining the mare,

“Should I carry her?” Shining asked,

“No, I’ll do it.” Pyro said as he slowly picked her up with his magic and placed her on his back.

“You sure you can carry her?” Shining asked, “I mean, she doesn’t look that heavy but still, you're a bit smaller than me.”

“Yes, I’m sure.” Pyro said, “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.”

“Alright then.” Shining said,

The three ponies slowly walked from the building, careful not to draw any attention to themselves or wake the sleeping mare on Pyro’s back.

An earth pony and a unicorn waited impatiently outside of the building, watching their backs for any trotters.

They were finally relieved to see the two others walk out of the building, but weren’t happy to see another pony on Pyro’s back.

“Finally, we were about to leave without you!” Cash said,

“And where would exactly where would you go without Shining Armor and I?” Pyro said quietly so he didn’t wake up the sleeping mare on his back.

“Who the hell is that?!” Cash asked, pointing at the pony on Pyro’s back,

“Shh!” Shining Armor said, “She’s asleep”

“I don’t give two shits!” Cash shouted, “I’m not letting some random pegasus join us because she got all lovey-dovey on you!” he said, pointing at Pyro,

“She didn’t get lovey-dovey on me, she is a rape victim!” Pyro shouted,

“So what?” Cash asked, “That’s not our problem!”

“It is now!”

“Leave her!”

“We’re taking her!”

“She’s staying right-”

He was cut off by a Trotter digging its teeth into his flank, groaning in delight from the taste that invaded its mouth.

Gunshot.

The Trotter fell to Cash’s side, a bullet had embedded itself into the side of its head.

Shining Armor’s gun was raised and was still smoking,

Butterscotch had awoken from the noise, she was rubbing her eyes and looking around, noticing that she was curled up on Pyro’s back.

“No...” Cash said, “No!”

“Cash...” Cinnamon said, backing away from the pony,

“No wait! What if I don’t change?” Cash suggested,

“You know that’s foolish” Shining said,

“But, what if I’m immune?” Cash said, backing away from the two unciorns

“Cash, just-”

“No! I’m out of here!”

Cash took off in the other direction, running as fast as he could away from the other ponies,

“Just do it” Shining said, motioning to Cinnamon, who already had his rifle raised.

One final shot ended Cash.