Equestria of the Dead

As the day went on, the rain got harder. Rarity looked out the window and saw that not only were the streets completely flooded, there appeared to be bodies floating in them. Against Cream's wishes, she took a quick step outside for a better look, and it was then she noticed that the bodies were in fact the bodies of the undead; solidifying that they can't swim and they're safer on water than on land. She went back inside where half the group were playing a game of Old Maid and the others were gearing up for a round of UNO.

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That evening, Fleur and her team returned to base with the CD and flash drive they found; revealing that they were attacked by a militia group who were looking for the same thing they were. When she was done, she was dismissed; leaving the administration to figure out what the next move is. "What would a militia group want with the professor's journal?" asked Harshwhinny. "And just who were they anyway?"

"Judging by Fleur's description, they seemed less like a militia, and more like a private army." answered Rockhoof. "A private army that works for someone who knows something about the professor."

"Only one person comes to mind." said Harshwhinny. "And if he knows something, you can be damn sure no good can come from it; especially since he now has the professor's journal. We, on the other hand, have this disk and a flash drive. So I suggest we get to work and find out what's on it. With any luck, we'll have just as much knowledge as HE has right now."

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After what seemed like forever, the rain was finally starting to lighten up. Not completely, but at least the others could step out onto the balcony without any worry of heavy winds or rain. Thanks to the dark clouds still looming over, the street lights were the only source of light they had to see out into the flooded area. Everyone decided to take a walk around, although the only places they could go were along the top balcony. Spike and Twilight remained by the motel room and continued looking out into the street. "Never thought it'd rain so much." Twilight remarked.

"Couldn't be any worse than two years ago." Spike replied. "Parts of the city were under water, our neighborhood included." Spike soon chuckled before continuing. "I remember the look on your dad's face as he watched his precious sports car float down the street."

"Ugh, why'd you have to remind me of that?" she said. "That man cried for three days straight, it was embarrassing; specially when Tim......." Twilight stopped herself from mentioning his name, but Spike already knew whom she was referring to.

"Speaking of which, did you even see him again after....you know." Spike asked.

Twilight lowered her head. "No." she answered before grabbing Spike's hand. "And.....I don't care. Let's change the subject away from my ex, okay?"

"You're the one who brought him up." Spike countered. "But fine, let's talk about you and Sunset. For some reason, the two of you seemed to be avoiding eye contact with one another for some reason." Twilight's face instantly turned red before turning away from Spike. "So what's going on? Did something happen i'm not aware of?" Twilight only nodded before releasing a squeak. "You mind telling me what it is?" Twilight shook her head no.

"I saw you." came Sunset's voice. Spike turned to face her to see that she was just as red as Twilight, maybe even more so. "L-Last night....I....saw you two." Spike didn't say anything once it set in what she said. Just like Twilight, he now couldn't bring himself to look at Sunset. "T-This wasn't the first time, though." she continued. "Remember that house we were staying in, I saw you two then." The awkward silence between them was so thick you could cut it with a knife. The only thing that could be heard among them, was the sound of the rainfall. An unknown amount of time passed by before Sunset broke the silence. "I....I'm sorry."

"N-No, you have nothing to be sorry about." Spike reassured. "To tell the truth, we should've been more careful." Sunset found it very difficult not to stare at Spike being shirtless right now. The image of him on top of Twilight and how he was making her feel started to play in her head. Twilight, for the first time since this morning, slowly turned to face Sunset just in time to see her gawking at Spike. She pouted in jealousy just as Spike hoped for something, anything to happen to get them out of this awkwardness. His prayers were soon answered when Rarity came from around the corner and called Sunset over to talk about something. What that something was, Spike didn't care; as long as he was out of this situation.

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After walking around to stretch their legs and surveying the area for a while, most of the group returned to the room, but Spike continued to stay outside for a while before being forced to come back in by Cream. Though the rain had stopped, the wind was still blowing and lowering the temperature, and with Spike not having a shirt, she wasn't taking any chances with him getting sick. The entire area was submerged under water, and by the looks of it, it'll be that way until maybe late tonight when the water starts to recede. That meant they had an extra night to spend here before continuing on with their journey. The snacks and drinks they had kept them fed, while the card games and whatever was on the tv that wasn't about the outbreak kept them entertain for the rest of the day.

Before they knew it, it was around 6:45pm and the sun would be going down soon. Hopefully by morning, the water would be gone. First thing on the list, head to a nearby clothing shop and get Adagio and the others some new clothes, then make their way back to Cranky's shop to arm their new friends, and finally, head to the highway where the mall awaits them. Seems like a lot to do, but Rarity had a plan for that. "Okay, rather than walk back and forth, we'll have to split up." she started. "The guys will head over to Cranky's place, while the girls head to the clothing shop."

"W-Wait." said Aria. "I don't know if I feel comfortable with that. I'd feel more secure if we had at least one guy with us."

"Spike, why don't you go with the girls while I bring these guys over to Cranky's place." Button suggested. Cream responded by squeezing his hand; letting him know she was against this. The last thing she needed was worrying on whether or not he's been attacked by those creatures or not, however, the reason why Button made that suggestion was seeing how tightly Twilight was holding Spike's arm and that the fact that both Sunset and Adagio hardly ever took their eyes off him. Adagio, he understood, Spike did save her after all, but why Sunset? Maybe something happened that he wasn't aware of, but whatever. Rarity looked at the other girls after hearing Button's suggestion, and they were all okay with it; especially Twilight.

"Okay, so it's settled." she said. "Spike will come with us, and Button you go with Flash and Thunderlane. We'll meet up in the parking lot once we're done."

"Sounds like a plan." said Flash.

"We should head out as soon as the sun rises" Rarity suggested. "By late that afternoon, we should make it to the mall." Everyone was in agreement, all except Cream who didn't like the fact the fact that she would be separated from Button for a time; though she didn't show it to the others.

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That night while mostly everyone was asleep, Spike stared up at the ceiling for a while before Twilight caught his attention. She rolled out of bed and landed on top of him before pulling the sheets over them both. As Twilight cuddled against Spike, he started playing in her hair for a bit until she fell asleep. His mind thought back to a lot of things, but one in particular, was the moment when that zombie had a good grip on him. "Why did it suddenly loosen it's hold on me?" he thought. "It was as though it didn't want to bite me." While Spike was pondering this, over on the other side of the room, Button, believing that everyone was asleep, attempted to get his mother's attention.

"Come on, I know when you're fake sleeping." he whispered. "What's wrong?"

"You know what's wrong." she answered before turning to face him. "This plan of yours. What if you run into trouble and we aren't there? The others won't be able to help you since you're the only one who's armed, and you can't take on a horde of zombies by yourself."

"Hey, trust me, you don't have to worry." he reassured; caressing her cheek. "If you think about it, the shop's literally just around the corner. We'll be in and out in no time at all."

"No time is all it'll take to be surrounded by those things." she argued. "If anything ever happened to you....." Button pulled Cream in close and held her. Cream held on to Button as though someone was about to take him away from her. Pulling back a bit, Button looked her in the eyes and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Nothings gonna happen, I promise." he said. Looking Button in the eyes, she nodded slightly before closing her eyes and moving to rest her forehead against his. The pair remained like this for a while before Cream slowly opened her eyes and moved her body to laid on top Button. Nothing more need to be said between them as they moved in for a passionate kiss.

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Rotor knocked on the door to someone's room and was met with a person telling him to enter. "Fleur?" he called.

"In the shower." she responded from the bathroom.

"If this is a bad time, I could come back." he suggested.

"No, stay, i'll only be a moment." she said. Taking a seat on her bed, Rotor took a look around her dorm room which looked more like a studio apartment than anything else. Turning his attention towards the bathroom door, he could hear not only the sounds of the shower running, but little splashes as well. His mind started to harken back to when he won that bet he made with Fleur and got to play with her breasts for a while. He was one of the luckiest guys in the world to be able to do the one thing all the other soldiers, both male and female, have dreamed of. Secretly, he hoped to be able to do it again, but that was just wishful thinking. Pushing that to the side, there was a reason why he was in Fleur's room. She had asked him to do something for her and to report back when it's done. The look on his face told that he'd found some information on something, but was puzzled about something else.

A few minutes later, Rotor looked up just as the bathroom door opened and saw Fleur, his commanding officer, walking out in nothing but a pink towel wrapped around her amazing body.....barely. Her breasts were showing off more cleavage than the law allows and lightly bounced as she walked to take a seat on the bed next to him. Fleur removed the towel wrapped around her head; letting her damp hair down before asking a question. "So, what did you find out?" she asked.

"The men who attacked were definitely Neighsay's men." he explained. "Apparently, they were looking for the same thing we were."

"That journal?" she asked. "But what could Neighsay want with it?"

"After we got back, I dig a little snooping around and discovered that the owner of the journal not only knew Neighsay, but worked with him as well." he explained. "And seeing as how Rockhoof and the Prime Minister are eager to study that old man's journal, my guess is that it may have something to do with this zombie outbreak."

"You think he may responsible for this ?!" she asked.

"Not sure, but i'm guessing that all the answers lie within that journal." he said. "Maybe that's why they were after it."

"I don't think it's the journal they were after." Fleur suggested. "Remember that little USB drive that was dropped? As soon as they got their hands on it, they backed off. If it was the journal they were after, i'm pretty sure they would've shot us out of the sky as soon as we were airborne."

"So there could be something on that drive that Neighsay wants, but what is it?" Rotor wondered. At this point, Fleur took this time to lay back on the bed; causing her big breasts to nearly bounce free from the towel. Rotor was pulled from his train of thought at her action and found himself looking those sexy legs of hers. It was hard to believe that she was soldier with legs like that....hell....with a BODY like that. Fleur knew that Rotor was checking her out right now, and while she enjoyed it, she couldn't help but feel like they were in a race against the clock. She closed her eyes and thought back to the old scientist's office, and how there was a picture of him and his grandson on his desk. She figured that maybe the grandson might know of something, but what are the odds that he survived out there. From what she hears, it's getting worst by the day.

"Anything else you able to find out?" she asked.

"Just one other thing." he answered; tearing his eyes away from her legs. "Ever heard of a man called Hondo."

"Hondo Belle? Who hasn't?" she said. "He's one the riches men in the city; rivaling Neighsay. Why do you ask?"

"Word is, he's been using his power to gather up as much survivors as he can to transfer them somewhere safe from all this." he explained. "Apparently he has multiple properties all over the world that can serve as fortresses. Not only that, but his eldest daughter is out there traveling with a group of friends trying to find survivors as we speak."

"Well good luck to them." she said.

"From what I was told, there's six in the party." he explained. "One of them happens to be a nurse."

This news instantly caught Fleur's attention and she shot up almost instantly; nearly popping out of her towel. "A nurse?!" she said. "What kind of nurse?!" Fleur was now inches from his face; staring into his eyes with such intensity.

"I....I don't know. I was just told that the woman their traveling with happens to be a nurse." he said. "The only other thing I know about her is that she has a son who's traveling with them." That was it. Without warning, Fleur shot up from the bed, not even caring that the towel slipped off her and made her way towards the dresser. Rotor was frozen stiff once he saw his commanding officer's thick ass jiggling as she moved; even more so when she bent over as put on a pair of panties. As fast as she could, Fleur got dressed, grabbed Rotor by the arm, and exited the room with him. "W-Whoa, wait, where are you taking me?!" he asked.

"We're heading out!" she said.

"Heading out?! Where?!" he asked.

"Just shut up and come with me!" she replied. Not like he had a choice, her grip on his arm was tighter than a bear's grip; he wasn't getting free. Leaving the dorms, the pair were outside and on their way to one of the jeeps when they came in contact with the general and Prime Minister Harshwhinny.

"Ah, just the two I wanted to see." he said. "I have a mission for you....."

"Already on it!" Fleur said as she and Rotor passed them up.

"Oh....well....alright then." he said. Fleur dragged Rotor all the way to the bunker where the vehicles and commandeered and jeep, but not before they armed themselves with whatever weapons they could carry.

"Okay, mind telling me where we're going?!" Rotor asked. "On top of that, what about the mission the general was......"

"I've known the general for a long time, so I know what kind of mission he was gonna send us on." she said as she turned the ignition. "We're killing two birds with one stone this way, now buckle up!" It was only now that Fleur started to realize that the vehicle didn't start up. "What the hell?!" she said; continuously turning the ignition.

"It's out of gas." Rotor said bluntly.

"Well, fill it up, stupid!" she replied; hitting him on the shoulder. With a heavy sigh, Rotor got out of the jeep and went to fetch some fuel. He started to question why she was acting this way. Maybe it was because he mention that nurse that was traveling with Hondo's daughter. After grabbing a heavy canaster and making his way back, he remembered Fleur mentioning that she had a friend who was school nurse. Could it be that it's the same person? Even if it is, how are they going to find her? The city is massive and in chaos, on top of that, the mission that General Rockhoof spoke of, just what was it?

Rotor made it back to the jeep and filled it up. Once done, Fleur started it up and told him to get in. Pressing her foot on the break, they peeled out and drove off the base. It was after dark, so Rotor expected that they were going to be driving all night until they made it back to the city. Last time they were there, they were helping out with the evacuation, so who knows how things were looking now. Looking over at Fleur, Rotor noticed a look of determination on her face. She was going to find her friend no matter what.