The Last of Their Kinds

"This is why I could never take you anywhere!" Smolder shouted at her brother as he humped the window. "You're supposed to be older than me but you have the maturity of a hatchling!"

"Whatever. I never wanted to meet any of your dumb pony friends anyway," Garble said before sitting back down.

The reinforced bell that was bolted to the wall rang and a small blast shield in the wall opened, pouring some gems into a steel trough.

"Well at least we won't starve," Smolder said as the two of them walked over to the trough.

Garble sneered. "Quartz? This place is a fucking prison!"

Smolder shrugged. "It's better than nothing." She chewed up the bland crystals and looked across the hallway. Silverstream and her brother were standing at their food counter enjoying a couple daffodil sandwiches and hay fries. "It's better than eating flowers."

"Ha, ha! Yeah! Losers!" Garble said with his mouth full.

The hippogryphs were actually quite enjoying their food and made plenty use of the water fountain.

Back on the dragon side, there was a small hole in the wall just above the basin that briefly poured out a stream of water. It flash-boiled in the basin into steam that filled the room.

"The fuck?" Garble said.

Smolder shrugged. "I think it's like the spa in Ponyville." The steam wasn't as dense as the fog in a sauna. Just enough for them to both be breathing it. Smolder's heart fluttered and she felt lightheaded for a moment. It was that same feeling she had earlier when she was thinking about winning that chance to be with Ember. She looked over at Garble as he finished eating. "Do you really like quartz that much?" she said, pointing at his new erection poking out from between his scales.

He turned away from her. "Fuck off."

Smolder shook her head and sat at the window again.

Silverstream did the same after she finished eating and drinking.
You sad. Problem?

Him angry.

Him body problem. Me see. Big problem.

Smolder glanced behind her. Garble's erection was plainly visible.
Problem yes.

Silverstream shifted in her seat on the floor.
Problem me.

What?

Me problem. Hot body problem.

Smolder put her hand to her forehead.
Hot head? Sick?

Not sick. Pony body feel hot. Time year.
Silverstream became more flustered.
Female body problem.

Smolder nodded.
Me understand. Tell male.

No.

Smolder glanced over at Silverstream's brother.
Him male body problem.

Silverstream looked over at Terramar sitting with a pillow in his lap.
Me no see problem.

Me see problem. Him hide problem.

Silverstream shifted uncomfortably.
Him smell female body problem. Make male body problem.

Smolder smirked.
Good. You want sex family. Help male body problem.

Silverstream frowned.
Me head problem. Me bad. Him no head problem. Him no want family sex.

Male. Want sex.

No family sex.

Smolder shrugged.
Family. No family. Him want sex.

Him good.

Him body want. Head not same body. Head not same heart. You heart want. Him body want. Tell him you heart want.

Me scared. Me want time.

"Hey, you!" Garble yelled at the window, pointing as Silverstream's brother to get his attention. He thrusted his hips at him and then pointed at Silverstream.

"Would you leave him alone!? Why do you want to see him fuck his sister so bad?"

Garble shrugged. "I'm bored! I just wish something would happen!"

One of the bipedal creatures walked down the hallway between the two enclosures. It was wearing the full-body fire suit and carried a fire extinguisher. From behind the welding mask, it looked at the hippogryphs and then at the dragons, and Garble's plainly visible erection. It put the fire extinguisher down and focused on Smolder as it moved its hands.
Me see you.
It pointed at a camera up in the hallway overlooking the enclosures.
Me see you. Me see hand words. Learn hand words. Understand animal.

Smolder snarled at him.
Me not animal! You animal! You bad!

The creature took off its mask to reveal its face.
You think me animal. Me no think you animal. You think. You head big. Use hand words. Me no bad. Me heart animal. All animal.

You heart animal? Let me him go home.

No. Home gone. Sky rock break home. All gone. You him only two fire animal. Two dragon.
It pointed at the hippogryphs.
Two bird pony. Here two all animal. Here help all animal. Home gone. Here animal home now.
It took a couple large rubies out of it's pocket and pointed at their room.
For you. Me you room. You good. Good food to you. You bad...
It picked up the fire extinguisher.
Understand?

Smolder nodded.
Understand.

The creature walked away. A couple minutes later the back door opened and the creature walked in with the fire extinguisher, letting the door close behind it. The two dragons backed away. It presented one of the rubies and slid it across the floor. Smolder picked it up.
Give him good food. Give!

The creature set down the extinguisher.
Hand word time. You good you get good food. Understand?

Understand.

You him make baby. Get good food.

Him male family! Bright light me him why?

The creature rubbed its forehead.
Bright light not big head. Bright light find animal same. Same same. Problem.

Fix bright light!

No time fix. Sky rock no time. Me not understand animal no sex problem. Understand now. Me tell other two leg fix bright light.

Give good food.

Make baby.

Him family!

You no make baby, other two leg give me problem. Other bad two leg cold you.

You bad! Two leg bad!

Me good. Me help you. Me understand you. All other two leg think me head problem. Other two leg no understand hand words. Other two leg think you animal. Make baby. Me help. Me give you good food.

Smolder huffed.
No family sex.

The creature started to become agitated.
Family no family. Make baby. Make egg many. You no make egg me get problem. Me get problem you get problem. You get cold. Other bad two leg make you make baby!

No!

Make egg! Make egg!

Garble screamed. "Argh! Enough of this!" He leaped across the room and pounced on the creature.

"Garble, NO!"

Garble sank his teeth into its neck and ripping it apart, spraying the room with blood. Smolder shoved him off as the alarm started to blare. "You idiot! Look what you did!" She looked down at the creature bleeding out on the floor. Its shaking hands making a small, final gesture before blood poured out of its mouth as it died.

You. Animal.

The door burst open and a team of bipeds rushed in, spraying them down with freezing cold fire extinguishers until they passed out.

By the time they came to, the room was clean of blood. Across the hall, it looked like Silverstream and her brother were having breakfast. Smolder slowly climbed out of the basin over to the trough. It was more quartz. The ruby she had been given the day prior was gone. She grabbed a handful to eat and shuffled over to the window

That was when Silverstream saw that she was awake.
You okay?

Smolder shook her head.
No. Happen?

Silverstream explained.
Him fight two leg. Two leg all spray you. You sleep. Two leg all clean room. Time. Dark time. Light time. Now.

Much time.

You sleep much time. Me worried. No worried now. Him fight two leg why?

Donkey hole. Head small. Make big problem.

You hand words two leg?

Yes. Two leg understand. Two leg want help. Him fight two leg. Two leg sleep all time now. No help now. Now big problem.

Me not see two leg hand words. What two leg tell you?

Two leg tell me make baby. Make egg.

You make egg?

All make baby here. Me. You. All home animal here.

All? Other bird pony?

No. Two bird pony. Two dragon. Two all animal here. Two make baby.

Make baby how? Me family. You family. Why?

Two leg tell me bright light broken. Find same animal. Much same same animal. Problem. No fix bright light now. Other two leg no understand. Two leg tell me make baby, get good food. You me no make baby, other bad two leg hurt me. Hurt you two.

Silverstream swallowed.
Me understand.

Terramar finished eating and stopped at the water fountain to drink before heading back over to sit on the bed. Silverstream got up from the floor and walked over to sit next to him. "Terry, there's something I need to tell you..."