Taken
Chapter 10: Behind Bars
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAs morning arrived, the survivors of the royal guard attack was recovering from Tempest. Sydney was left mourning over the loss of Blake. Leon went over to comfort her.
"Leave me alone." Sydney muttered.
"We'll get revenge on him." Leon said.
"It's your fault." Sydney grunted.
"What?"
"It's your fault! If you hadn't pissed off the ponies, we wouldn't be in this mess!"
Sydney got up to push Leon down. She stood over him to punch him in the face.
"Hey, Hey! Everybody, calm down!" Jerry shouted. "Jesus."
"Calm down, Sydney. Please." Neytiri said.
"All I know is, because of what you did to piss the ponies everything was your fault!"
No one spoke a word. Leon punched Sydney back.
"Oh you wanna fight, man? I'll give you a fight-"
Nick grabbed Sydney's arm before she landed her attack.
"Now's not the time." Nick said.
Sydney slunked onto the ground.
"He was my husband. Now Lizzie and Sophia won't have a father to look up to."
The daughters of Blake, Lizzie and Sophia, were being consoled by Bruce and Mark.
"I'm sure Blake wants you to take care of them for him." Nick said.
Sydney looked up to Nick, who had his hand outstretched to help her up. Peter examined the area around him.
"We're not safe here. Tempest and her guards will come back for us."
"But where should we go?" Mark asked.
"There's got to be safe zones. That's probably where they're keeping survivors."
"Great, we're going to be left walking around in circles." Newton sarcastically said.
Peter noticed more cars lined up against his house including an RV. The group gathered all of their supplies and loaded them into the RV.
"Everybody, ready?" Nick called out.
"Yeah, ready!" Bruce said.
The group got onto their cars and drove off.
"I think our best bet is to head to the police station." Nick suggested while Bruce was driving. "They have guns, they have food, and more importantly, they have medical experience."
"Can you tell me where to go?" Bruce said.
"Sure, just head down this highway."
The group drove down the highway, they didn't get very far as the highway was blocked by cars.
"Rats." Leon said.
Peter, Leon, Bruce, and NIck went out to push the cars away. Newton kept on watch.
"Wait, Newton?"
"Yeah?" Newton asked.
"Don't you have magic?"
"Oh!"
Newton used his magic to easily move the cars out of the way.
"Whoa!" Bruce gasped.
"Now there's something you don't see everyday." Mark added.
"Okay, I think we're clear now." Peter said.
Three figures appeared in front of the RV's headlights. Jerry and Nick readied their guns.
"Don't make a move!" Jerry shouted.
"Whoa! Whoa! Hold your fire!"
Out of the shadows came a tall, burly, African American, his daughter, and her boyfriend.
"Oh snap, I almost killed you!" Nick gasped.
"Who are you guys?" Peter asked.
"My name is Brian. This here is my daughter Angela and her boyfriend Mitch."
"Name's Nick. Peter over here is what spotted you."
Brian noticed Newton, Neytiri, and Leon within the group.
"Why are they here? They're ponies!"
"We're being hunted by the ponies too." Newton said. "We committed treason to them, I call it tyranny."
"Well, I guess the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Angela said.
"Angela, don't be so trusting of him." Mitch whispered.
Brian's group merged with Peter's group. After continuing down the road, the group found the police station Nick mentioned.
"Okay, let's check the area to make sure it's safe." Peter said.
"Wait, since this is a police station, shouldn't there be prisoners?" Neytiri asked.
"We do have prisoners, but most of them are sent to the prison ward." Nick said.
"Stick together, everyone." Jerry said.
The group explored the station. As Peter opened the first door that was closest to him, he saw four female inmates sitting around in the cafeteria.
"Hey, you want some meatloaf?" One of them said.
Nick ran up to Peter.
"Oh my god..."
"Yes, I would like some meatloaf!" Peter said.
The rest of Peter's group followed in soon after.
"Wait, aren't prisoners usually men?" Sydney asked.
Peter noticed a sign behind the group.
PIKE'S INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN
"We're in a lady jail." Lizzie giggled.
"I would call it that." One of the prisoners said.
"But aren't they prisoners?" Newton asked. "What are you guys in here for?"
"Robbery." The female inmate with the blue eyes and the long brown hair who spoke in a British accent said.
"Murder." The second female inmate with the brown eyes and bowl-cut blond hair added.
"Drugs." The third female inmate with the green eyes and long brown hair said. "But I'm clean now."
"Arson." The last inmate with the long red hair and light blue eyes added. "But it wasn't my fault."
The group sat at a different table far away from the inmates.
"Come on, don't worry. We're all clean and we've changed." The British inmate said.
"Yeah, until you rape my kids." Sydney said.
"Wait, females can rape other females?" Mark asked.
Peter decided to ask another question. "How'd you guys get stuck up in here?"
"When the monsters attacked, the prison guards all left us to them. A lot of us died, but us four, we killed all that we could find." The red hair inmate said.
"Hey, can I get your names?" Nick asked.
"Courtney." The green-eyed inmate said.
"Ashley." The red hair inmate said.
"Lucy." The British inmate said.
"Karin." The blond hair inmate concluded.
"My name's Nick. This here's my son Peter."
Courtney noticed Newton, Neytiri, and Leon.
"I see you have stragglers too." Lucy said.
"They're friendly. Like us." Mark said.
"Care to show us around?" Peter asked.
Courtney took Peter and Nick around the prison. The remaining members of Peter's group kept a close eye on the inmates.
"Lizzie, Sophia, just don't look at them." Sydney said.
Night fell. The inmates along with Peter's group slept in cells. As Peter laid in his bed, he thought about what happened ever since he left. The crazy adventure in Equestria that got his friend killed. Now, he has to find new homes to three fugitives on the run from Equestria's leaders.
"Hey..."
Newton snapped him out of Peter's train of thought.
"Did you ever had a crush on Chloe?"
"What?"
"You seem to care a lot about her."
"No, not really. I don't feel anything towards her."
"So, do you have a crush on someone else?"
"Not really. I don't like girls, I don't like guys, I don't feel attracted to anyone at all."
"Why not?"
"Honestly, I feel that getting into a relationship is going to be a waste of money. Money I can use to buy food, video games, and movie tickets."
"But those aren't needs, those are wants. Aside from food."
"Still, I don't want to be in a relationship."
"So no boys?"
"No."
"No girls?"
"No."
"Then what are you attracted too?"
"I'm not gay, but I'm not straight either. I'm nothing."
"You don't know who you are?"
"What kind of person does not like boys or girls? I'm not against you, but I do know that there are people who will not accept you as gay or whatever you are."
After a long wind of silence, Peter spoke up.
"Can we just go to sleep now?"
"Okay."
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