Equestria of the Dead

Flash, Thunderlane, and Spear Head had just made it out of the parking lot; truly realizing just how massive it really was without anybody really being here. "The station should be just up ahead." said Spear. Not one second after he said that, the trio instantly saw an entire horde of zombies right in their path. By the looks of it, there appeared to be at least 20 or 30 of them either standing around, or walking aimlessly. "Shit." Spear said; placing and hand over his gun. Thunderlane stopped him from pulling his weapon out by grabbing his arm. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"The noise from your gun will cause them to attack." he said. "Let us handle it." Both Thunderlane and Flash took point before opening fire on them; making sure each shot hit them in the head. Spear was amazed at how fast they were able to take out most of the zombies. The trio started to move forward while shooting any undead creature they came across. "Okay, so remind me again why I can't use my gun, but you two can." Spear wondered.

"It's because these things react to sound." Flash explained. "Wherever the noise is coming from, they migrate towards it, and attack."

"So they know where we are just by whatever noise we make?" Spear asked. "You're saying they're blind or something?"

"Yeah, pretty much." Flash answered. After clearing a path. they made it to a three way intersection where they witness even more zombies in the middle of the street. The number of them were more than they could count. They would most definitely be overrun if they somehow triggered them. "Please tell me it's not down here." Flash said.

"Don't worry, it's not." Spear reassured. "It's the next street over." They continued down the main road with the sounds of nearby zombies being the only thing they could hear. Thankfully, the next street over didn't have much of the undead in the way, but it did have a number of parked cars. Cars that looked as though their alarms would go off just by walking passed it. Now, of course, there's no way of knowing if any of them had alarms, but the three guys have seen enough scary movies to not to take any chances; especially when the movies are now real. Staying in the middle of the street, they carefully walked; avoiding any and all parked cars as well as whatever zombie was wandering about. Flash and Thunderlane refused to use their weapons due to the possible of a stray bullet smashing a window, setting off an alarm, and royally screwing them over. As the transit station was coming up, there was a feeling of nervousness that had washed over them; each one wondering if there even was a bus there, and if not, what next?

Before long, they finally made it to their destination, only to be stopped upon witnessing the building being overran with the undead. There was literally no way to get around them except fight their way through, however, that could be a problem due to the fact that there's so many of them, and one wrong move could cause disaster for Spear. "Great, now what?" asked Thunderlane.

"You said that these things react to sounds right?" said Spear before he picked up a rock. "Let's see if this works." Taking aim, he threw the rock as hard as he could into the window of a building next to the station. The sound of the glass shattering triggered the zombies, and slowly but surely, they all started to moved towards the location. "Wow." Spear said in amazement.

"Lets move in and take care whoever's left." Flash suggested.

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Twilight was able to get Spike out of the food court and bring him into a furnisher department store. She laid him down on one of the beds and made sure he didn't have any weapons on him; in case something happens and she needs to leave him alone. The last thing she wanted was him to take the opportunity to end his life; something he expressed wanting to do earlier. Spike laid in bed as though he was a lifeless doll as Twilight moved to laid next to him; wrapping her body around him. There was nothing flowing his mind, nothing except the thoughts of him now being an orphan all alone in the world, and the need to just want to die. It broke Twilight's heart seeing Spike like this; seeing the dead look in his eyes was more she than she could take. She wanted nothing more than to confront her brother and make him pay for what he did, she wanted to go off on her parents as she was sure they had a part in it, but most importantly, she wanted to take away the pain Spike was in right now. She thought about one way of at least getting him to forget about it, but that act wouldn't be appropriate; especially right now. All she can do is just be here like this for him.

Slowly, she moved her hand over his to hold it, but didn't expect that he would give it a squeeze. This made her smile a bit as Spike at least knew she was with him. "Hardware....store." he said; catching her attention.

"W-What?" she asked.

"I...have to go to the hardware department." he said. "I can't.....leave them like that."

"What are you gonna do?" she wondered.

"I'll.....bring them home." he said. Spike slowly moved to sit up along with Twilight. The poor guy was emotionally and mentally drained and looked as though he could barely move. In fact, the second he stood out of bed, he fell to the ground. Twilight shouted his name and quickly went to his side to help him back onto the bed. Spike tried to move once again, but Twilight pushed him on his back. "I have to....." he started.

"No, let us do it." she said; referring to the others. Twilight didn't want Spike to go through anymore pain than he's already going through right now, so the least she could do was take care of his parents herself. However, she knew that Spike would still make an attempt to go to them, she grabbed his hand and wrapped her pinkie finger around his. "Promise me you'll stay here, and wait till I come back." she said. Spike wanted to make another attempt to leave, but was not in a position where he could. Twilight had him in a pinkie hold where he now had to make a promise to her and not break it. This remined him of an only friend of theirs from middle school. She was extremely serious about making and keeping promises, and had a tendency of popping up randomly from who knows where whenever someone was about to break one. Spike wondered whatever happened to her. They haven't seen nor heard from her since they graduated middle school. Looking Twilight in the eyes, Spike gave a nod which earned him a small peck on the cheek. She gathered up everything and started to make her way to the front. Setting everything behind the front desk, Twilight went over to some the other beds and pulled the sheets off them before finally walking out of the department. It was then she ran into Rarity and the others who were confused as to why she was in a furnisher store.

"Guys, I need your help." she said.

"With what, and where's Spike?" Button asked.

"He's laying down inside." she answered. "He wants to bring his parents home, but he's in no condition to move right now."

"Say no more, what do you want us to do?" asked Sunset.

"We have to cut them down first, then find a vehicle big enough to place them in." she said. "After that, help Spike bring them home where i'm sure that's where he intends to bury them."

"I'll head to the hardware department." Button suggested before heading out.

"Cream, you mind staying with Spike for a while?" Twilight asked.

"Of course, Twilight." she answered before heading inside.

"Now, let's just wait until Button comes back." Twilight said.

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The group gathered outside with all the girls appalled at how Spike's parents were chained to the pole as if they were some kind of display item. It made Twilight want to go back inside and unleash all kinds of hell on her brother, but for now, she'll have to put that on hold. Button, having found a pair of bolt cutters, started to cut the chains off their bodies; Sunset and Adagio catching them before they hit the ground. With them now free, the girls moved their bodies to lay down on the bed sheets where they started to wrap them up. As the girls were doing that, Button noticed a van nearby. He set down the cutters and hurried over towards it where he checked to see if it was unlocked. To his shock, it was, but not only that, the keys were still in the ignition. He took a quick look around to see of there were any of the undead around, and with the coast being clear, turned the ignition. With the van running smoothly, he started to slowly drive it over to the others; though he did jerk it a bit. Button didn't really learn how to drive right, so this was new territory for him.

Eventually, he made back to the others and opened the side door; telling them they could place Spike's parents inside. With both bodies tightly wrapped up, they started to move them. First, placing Spike father in the back seat, then going after his mother, and setting her in the middle seat. Now all that was left to do was get Spike and transfer them home. The only problem is, there's only enough room for two more people, and that's the driver and the passenger. "Thanks for the help guys, Spike and I will take from here." Twilight said.

"Hold on, Twilight, we're coming with you." said Adagio.

"No, you guys need to go to with the others and make sure they make it safely to the airport." she said. "Remember, we're the only ones with the means of protecting them in case they're attacked."

"She's right, some of us should go with them while the rest help Spike." said Sunset.

Adagio clearly wanted to stay and help Spike, she WAS indebted to him after all. If it wasn't for him, who knows what would've happened to her back at Cranky's shop. Seeing that she really wanted to be there for Spike, Sonata walked up next to Adagio and placed a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay." she said. "Aria and I will protect everyone on the way to the airport, and we'll take Thunderlane and Flash with us."

Reaching into her pocket, Rarity pulled out a special cellphone her father gave her. "I'll call my father and let him know of the situation." she said with a heavy sigh. "I can only imagine how he'll react once he find out what happened."

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Velvet had walked away from her son; holding back her tears as much as she could. She blamed herself for Shining doing what he did. She felt that if she'd gotten there sooner, she could've stopped him, or better yet, if she had just stopped and listen when the accusations first started, she would've noticed the holes in the story immediately, and would've been able to convince him back then. Her husband, Night Light, tried to talk to her, but she just brushed him off. He was just as bad as Shining was, maybe not to the same extent, but still pretty bad. He said a lot of pretty hurtful things towards Spike when the whole mess started; even going so far as to threaten to kill him if he ever came anywhere near Twilight. She still remembered the look on his face when the full story came out, just like his son, he refused to believe it, and thought Spike was guilty of something, though deep down, he knew he was wrong. But the one thing that really made her disgusted, was that the next day, after Shining killed them, Night Light kept pestering her for sex, to which, she eventually agreed to. Her son had just murdered her former friends, and there she was, secretly making love to her husband as though nothing happened. It was one of many acts that would continue to haunt her.

Velvet didn't even know why she was heading towards the food court anyway. Maybe it was because she knew that's where Spike and Twilight were, but why head there at all. She knew her daughter hated her, and nothing she could say to Spike could ever take back what was done to him. Before making it to the food court, Velvet stopped and found herself standing right in front of the furnisher department. She didn't know why, but something told her go right in. She did so; not knowing what she was gonna find in there. She made her way towards the middle of the store where she saw Cream laying in bed while holding Spike against her massive chest. Cream noticed Velvet standing there, but didn't say anything. It wasn't until Spike took his face from between her breasts that she did. "Spike?" she said in a soft tone. Slowly, Spike turned to face Velvet; as though he knew she was there. Velvet's eyes widen as she looked at Spike. His eyes were deeply redden; as though he had just finished crying. Velvet could truly see the damage that was caused to him; damage not just her son, but she and everyone else had caused. Placing a hand over her mouth, Velvet couldn't hold back all the pain and regret she felt; slowly dropping to her knees. "Oh, God, Spike, I'm so sorry."

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Flash, Thunderlane, and Spear made their way around the the station; taking out whatever zombies in their way before coming across a large transit bus. The trio couldn't believe their luck as there was one still here, but of course, there was a problem. It was locked, and there didn't appear to be a key inside, so that only left one place to look. "It never gets easy, does it?" asked Thunderlane.

"Let's go." said Flash.

The building itself wasn't all that big, just two levels. The trio figured there'd be a lounge somewhere inside where the key might be. Walking inside, there was nothing by trash and debris everywhere. The place looked as though an earthquake might've hit, but instead, there were dead bodies, and a few zombies either standing around or walking very slowly. Flash made a motion; telling the others to keep as quiet as possible before moving forward. Up ahead was the reception desk. Hoping to try their luck, that's the first place they went. Thunderlane and Flash stood in front while Spear went behind and started looking; opening whatever doors he could and searching for anything looking like a bus key. He had to be careful, one wrong move, and he just might alert the undead. "Find anything?" asked Thunderlane.

"No, nothing." he answered.

"Maybe we should try the lounge." Thunderlane suggested. "Where you think it is?"

"Let's try here." Spear said walking from behind the desk. The trio made their way over to the left side of the building where they came across a hallway. Heading down it, there were more zombies in their way. Both Flash and Thunderlane make quick work of them; shooting all of them in the head and making a clearing. While moving forward, Spear took this time to check whatever door they came across; each one leading to an office room of somekind. It wasn't until they made it to the last door at the end that the finally reaching the lounge. Flash was the first one to take point and check for any of the undead. Once he realized the coast was clear, he motioned for the other two to enter where they quickly went to work. The trio searched everywhere they could for any signs of the bus key, but came up short. "You've gotta be kidding me." said Thunderlane. "It isn't anywhere in here."

"So that means, the only place it could be is.....with the driver." Spear said; placing a hand over his hand. "Whose either far away from here, or dead."

"Then there's only one thing to do now." Flash said before heading out. Thunderlane and Spear followed him as he headed back to the main lobby. Flash looked around for any of the dead bodies resembling a city bus driver before turning his attention towards the zombie. There was non inside, but maybe outside. When Spear threw that rock, most of them migrated over; hopefully they could catch up to them. Heading outside, the trio located the group of zombies with Thunderlane and Spear not knowing what Flash was planning. "Okay, Flash, mind telling us what your plan is here?" asked Thunderlane.

"I'm actually hoping that the driver was turned into a zombie." he answered. "That way we can search him for the key."

Keeping their distance, they looked through the horde of zombies for any signs of their target. Before long, Flash spotted him, but there was a problem. The zombie was right in the middle of the street surrounded by many others. From where they were, the only way to get to him, was to shoot their way through; something they were reluctant to do earlier. "He's right over there." he said. "Let's move slow and take out all in our way."

"Got it." said Thunderlane as he took aim. Both Flash and Thunderlane fired 1 to 2 shots into each zombie's head; putting them down while slowly but surely making their way through. Spear, though he wanted to help them, decided to stay behind. Though he had a gun, if he were to fire it, he'll just set all of them off. The two guys made sure to have each other's back as they made their way through the horde. Luckily for them, their rifles didn't set any of the undead off. When they were finally close enough, Flash put three bullets into the head of the zombie driver, while Thunderlane made a clearing. Flash quickly went to work; flipping the undead ghoul over and checking it's pockets. The sheer sight of seeing it up close made the poor guy want to puke, but he had to hold it in, at least, long enough to find what he was looking for. "Come on, where is it?!" he said. Flash searched everywhere he could and found nothing.

"Dude, you tried his back pocket?" asked Thunderlane.

"Not funny." Flash replied with an annoyed tone.

"It's where I put mine if I were him." he said.

Flash rolled his eyes before turned the zombie over. He searched both back pockets, and too his shock, actually found what he's been looking for. "See, told ya." Thunderlane gloated.

"Yeah, yeah, gloat later." Flash said standing up. "Let's get outta here."

Thanks to the path they made, the two of them were able to get back to Spear rather quickly. From there they made their way back to the station. Now with an extra bus, they'll be able to get everyone out of the mall and to the airport, but they had to move fast, as soon as they start it up, every zombie within range will be alerted.