Equestria of the Dead

7:45 am.

The group gathered outside in front of the motel before splitting up. While Button and the other guys walked off towards Cranky's shop, Spike and the girls headed over to the near by clothes shop which was a few feet down the street. Spike and Sunset both took point and slowly entered the building. Surprisingly, the lights were still working, but there was considerable water damage due to the flood. Some of the racks were knocked over while the rest remained standing. After walking around and checking every area, they gave the okay for the others to enter. Spike moved to stand by the entrance in order to give the girls some privacy, as well as be on the lookout for anything suspicious, however, he wasn't the only one outside. Cream stood out with him; staring off in the direction Button and the others went. Over a million things were running through her mind right now, and all of them were about Button and could happen to him at any given moment. Seeing how visibly upset she was, Spike did his best to comfort, and reassure her that she had nothing to worry about, but that did very little.

Inside the building, while looking for new clothes, Adagio couldn't help but be a bit concern. After all, even though Spike was standing right outside, what's to stop him from trying to sneak a peek at them while their changing? Plus there's still the feeling she had of seen him somewhere before, but for some reason, she just just couldn't put two and two together. Moving further towards the back and out of his line of sight, Adagio started to remove Spike's shirt. She shuttered a bit once she felt a small breeze brush against her rather large breasts. "Oh, so this is where you went." came Twilight voice. Instinctively, Adagio quickly used her hands to cover up, but let her guard down once she noticed Twilight. "Something on your mind?" she asked.

"Yeah, kind of." Adagio started. "It's about, Spike. It's weird, but it feels like i've seen him somewhere before."

"Seriously? Adagio, you're slow to catch on...as always." came Sonata's voice as she walked in from around the corner. "It's obvious who he is. He's the boy from that sandal a year ago; it was all over the news back then." Twilight felt a cold chill down her spine as Sonata continued explaining about the scandal. Adagio with a shocked look on her face turned towards Twilight. She couldn't believe that she was traveling with someone like that all this time.

"Y-You to mean to tell me that Spike......." she started.

"He didn't do it!" Twilight interrupted. "Spike.....is innocent." Twilight could see the look on Adagio's face. It was the same look Spike received everyday for the past year from everyone he came across. She started to believe that their time traveling together just might come to an end.

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After Twilight gave Spike his shirt, the young man quickly put it back on. It was nice to finally have a shirt on after all this time, now he didn't have to worry about getting sunburned. Sunset adverted her eyes; feeling a bit disappointed that Spike was no longer shirtless.

Dammit, she was doing it again; ogling Spike even though he's with someone. She cursed herself for looking at him in that way. Ever since she caught those two in the act, she hadn't been able to stop thinking about the two of them; Spike specifically. After Spike placed his shirt on, Twilight moved closer to him to rest her head on his shoulder just as Adagio and the others walked out of the building wearing new tops. All was left to do now was wait for the other three to return from the shop, something that Cream was anxiously awaiting for. Twilight glanced over at Adagio who wore a sympathetic look on her face while Aria couldn't bring herself to look over in his direction, and by the look on her face, it's fair to assume that she was just told of Spike's past. It was about another 40 minutes, before everyone noticed Button and the others in the distance. When the entire group were reunited, Cream grabbed her son and buried his face between her massive tits while Flash and Thunderlane showed what they were able to retrieve as well as getting back their shirts. Taking Button's advice, each weapon was equipped with a silencer so as to not attract anymore of the undead when fighting. As the girls started to armed themselves, Rarity took a look in the direction they were going head towards and notice about three zombies stumbling about in the middle of the road. She couldn't tell whether they were crossing it, heading towards them, or away from them, but unfortunately, they were right in the middle of where they had to go.

"There's three ahead of us." she said. "Doesn't look like there's anymore than that."

"Great, let's get to killing these things." Thunderlane said; readying his weapon. Thenderlane was only able to take two steps before he was stopped by both Rarity and Sunset.

"You dumbass." said Rarity. "Just because you have a gun now doesn't make you invincible. You could still get overrun if you're not careful."

"Okay, then what do you propose we do?" he asked.

"Since there's just three of them, let's go around them if we can." she suggested. "No sense in wasting bullets if we can possibly avoid a fight. Let's go."

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It was almost noon when the group made to the entrance of the highway. Throughout the walk, Thunderlane became more and more restless for some action. Ever since he armed himself, he's been hoping to go Rambo on some zombies instead of avoiding them. He was literally living in a scenario most people talk about amongst a group of their friends, and he couldn't do anything. As for the girls, there wasn't much talking among them as they traveled. Rarity noticed that Adagio, Aria, and Sonata all wore weird looks on their faces, as though they couldn't comprehend something. "What's up with them?" she asked.

"They....they know about Spike's past." Sunset answered. "Twilight explained explained everything that happened, and I think they're having a hard time believing it."

"You think they might wanna leave?" she asked.

"I don't think so." Sunset admitted. "It looks like their trying to figure something out."

Before walking onto the highway, the group first headed over to a nearby gas station. Spike and Flash took point and scouted ahead; making sure there were no unwanted visitors. With the coast clear, they signaled for every to hurry inside. Grabbing something to eat and drink, the group rested up a bit; preparing to make their way to the next destination. Spike glanced over at Adagio and noticed the look on her face. When she noticed him looking at her, she quickly turned away. Spike shrugged it off and walked towards the other side of the store. Flash, witnessing the interaction, confronted Adagio. "So what was that all about?" he asked.

"Nothing...it's just...well...." she started.

"Doesn't look like "nothing"." he said. "It looks as though you don't wanna be around Spike for some reason. Did something happen while we were gone?"

"That's not true." she answered. "It's just that....well....there's something about Spike you need to know."

While everyone else was busy, Cream and Button headed towards the back area, specifically, the break room where Cream held her son close. Button didn't say anything, he didn't need to. He knew how much he made his mother worry while he was gone, and simply held her back. As soon as she was calm enough, Button backed up with her to sit down on the breakroom table that was next to them. Cream's eyes widen; especially when Button tried to lay her back. "W-Wait, Honey Button, t-the others....they might...." Button simply pressed a finger over her lips; a mischievous smile forming on his face.

Meanwhile, up front, Flash walked over to Twilight after being told of what happened with Spike to get more information. Twilight told him the whole story of what happened that day, the reason why she did what did, and how it effected Spike's life afterwards. Flash was appalled at getting the full story, and started thinking all of the things he would've done if that happened to him. To destroy someone's life over something as small as getting a better test score than you is just.....downright.....evil, and the fact that she got away with it makes this so much worse. "Where do you think is she now?" he asked.

"To tell you the truth, I don't, and I don't care." Twilight answered. "The only thing i'm worried about, is Spike, and what we might find at the mall."

"You really think your brother would......" he started.

"I don't know, at least, I hope he didn't." she interrupted. Flash could only begin to imagine if they made it to the mall and what Twilight feared had happened. He was especially worried about Spike; the poor guy has been through enough over the past year, and now he has to deal all of this. If what Twilight feared DID come to pass, that what would his reaction be?

Thunderlane noticed the looks on Flash, and Twilight's faces before looking over at Adagio, Aria, and Sonata, and wondered just what it was they were all thinking about. It was most probably about how long it was going to take them to get to the mall from here. One thing he thought about was the amount of times they were probably gonna have to stop to take a rest. The heat is nothing to take lightly; especially when walking along the highway. He figured he better grab a few drinks to keep hydrated before they leave; just in case.

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There was silence amongst the group as they continued their journey along the highway; especially from Button and Cream whose faces were bright red as they recovered from the little quickie. The only things here were the group themselves and tons of empty cars cluttering the road; most of which were crashed into something while others looked to have been broken into, or worse, a passenger turned into a zombie while inside; hence the blood inside most of them. Due to the cluttered mess, stealing a car and driving all the way to the mall was out of the question, not to mention, the noise would attract who knows how many zombies nearby. Twilight latched herself to Spike's arm and held it tight while resting her head on his shoulder; thoughts of how everyone at the mall would react to seeing him played in her mind. Spike was going to be looked at like a demon when they get there and most likely be refused entry into the building.

Adagio was the first one of the group to break the silence when she walked over to Spike and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Spike?" she said softly. "I'm sorry."

"Sorry about what?" he asked; generally confused as to what she was talking about. Spike glanced over at Aria and Sonata and witnessed sympathetic looks on their faces which further confused him, hell, even Flash gave him the same look too. He wasn't the only one confused here. Thunderlane noticed the same looks as well and started to feel like there was some very important information here he missed out on.

"You know, for what happened to you." she said. "I...I can't even begin to imagine what you've gone through."

"H-How did.....?" he started.

"It took a moment, but we've recognized seeing you before." Sonata interrupted. "I mean...you case was over the news for an entire year, also, Twilight also filled us in on the other details."

"You're luckier than most guys in your situation, Spike." said Flash. "You had still had some people fighting for you, when most wouldn't." Spike stopped walking and turned to face everyone; a genuine smile forming on his face. Flash was right, he WAS lucky, lucky to have the help of Rarity's parents in his defense, and lucky to have Twilight, who was always advocating for his innocence, by his side, and now, he has an entire group of new friends he knows will have his back no matter what.

"Okay, i'm lost here." said Thunderlane. "What are we talking about?"

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Driving through the city, Fleur and Rotor took in the sights of what could only be described as a scene straight from a horror movie. Destroyed building, over turned cars, blood smeared on the pavement, and not to mention, zombies roaming the streets. Rotor, with assault rifle in hand, kept a lookout for anything suspicious. Before heading into the city, they came across a small group of survivors who warned them of gang members attacking any poor soul they came across, however, in order to make it to her destination, they had no choice but to drive through the city. Before leaving them, Fleur contacted the base and gave them the location of the group of survivors.

"Okay, mind telling me where it is we're going?" he asked. "You haven't said anything since we left."

"Okay, okay, there's a mall on the other side of the city." she explained. "If my guess is right, there's where they're going."

"Who's they? You mean your friend?" he asked. "But what about what the Commander wanted?"

"I know the Commander all too well." she said. "He was about to ask me to take a small team to look for survivors and bring them back to base."

"So you plan on finding your friend while looking for survivors." he added.

"Exactly." she affirmed.

Making the next turn, the two came upon roadblock with two men standing guard. They quickly realized that this wasn't an ordinary roadblock; especially when three other men came out from nowhere. They were all wearing clothing that looked like a cross between a biker game and military. "Great, now what?" said Rotor. "These must be one of the many gang members we were warned about."

"Let's just play the part, then take'em out when their guard's down." she said with a smirk.

"Sounds go to me." Rotor replied.

The leader of the group started to approach them with an unsettling look on his face as his eyes locked onto Fleur. "My, my, my, what have we here?" he said. "Well, aren't you a sexy little thing." Fleur rolled her eyes at that comment. Seriously, she's heard better pick up lines from cows than this.

"We're just trying to pass through." she said; trying to sound nervous. "We don't want any trouble."

"Oh, no trouble at all, in fact, we'll open a path for you....for a price." he said. Rotor noticed the dark smile that formed on the leader's face. He was about to say something, but that was when he was grabbed by one of the other gang members, dragged out of the jeep, and forced to the ground. Before Fleur has a chance to react, she was pulled out of the jeep by the gang leader and thrown up against the side of a building.

"Hey no fair, Boss. You got the last three already!" one of them said.

"You know the rules, the boss always gets first dibs." he said before grabbing Fleur's shirt. In one strong move, he ripped it from her body; exposing her black bra. "Holy shit, look these tits!"

"G-Get off me!" Fleur demanded as she was being forcibly groped.

Rotor, while on the ground knew what was happening and tried to get up, but the other gang members applied more pressure on him. "I don't think so." one of them said; placing a gun next to his head. "Any sudden movements, and your brain will be splatter all over the place. Rotor growled as all he could do now was wait for an opportunity to strike.

The gang leader then forcibly ripped off Fleur's bra then immediately began sucking on her left nipple. The others cheered him on as Fleur herself groan and attempted to get away from him. "Hey, come hold this bitch down while I get ready!" he said.

"Coming boss." answered one of the gang members. Moving away from Rotor relived just enough pressure for the soldier to make his move. Rotor quickly broke free from their grasp, rose to his feet while pulling out a hidden gun, and opened fire on all three; hitting each one of them in the head and killing them instantly. The gang leader turned his head to see what was happening which gave Fleur the chance to deliver a powerful headbutt; caused him to let her go and stumble away. Fleur then pulled out her own hidden gun and fired three rounds into the leader's head.

BOSS NO!" yelled the last remaining gang member. Before he could do anything, Rotor came from around the jeep and stabbed him in the back of his head before turning him around and putting two bullets in his mouth. "You okay?!" he asked; immediately blushing at her topless form.

"Yeah. Probably shouldn't have let it gone on for as long as we did." she answered. "Let's get the hell outta here." Fleur's breasts jiggled with every step she took as she walked towards the jeep. Rotor got in after her, and the two drove straight through the barrier blocking their way. Rotor looked behind them and saw multiple zombies coming out whatever hiding place they were in. "Good thing we left when we did." he said.

"Yeah, I see them." Fleur answered. "Let's keep moving."

"First, we should stop somewhere and find you a new shirt." he suggested.

"Or, I could stay like this for the rest of the trip since you keep staring at them." she said in a flirtatious tone. She laughed once she saw the look on Rotor's face and continued to tease her poor subordinate as they continued their journey.