My Past Is Complicated

“Keep going,” Sunset whispered encouragingly to Bon Bon. “So far the guards haven’t questioned it. According to your map, we are almost there right?”

“Right,” Bon Bon whispered back as she glanced nervously around her.

“Don’t look nervous. The guards might pick up on that. Give us a shove or something. Really look like you’re getting off on the power like a royal guard who couldn’t pass the pysch test,” Sunset replied quietly.

“Okay. Keep moving piece of trash!” Bon Bon gave me a shove and I stumbled forward. A few of the griffins cheered and I rolled my eyes. Annoying fuckers.

“That’s how you do it right there!” One of the griffins patted Bon Bon on the back. “Good work.” Bon Bon winced at the force as she gave me another gentle push as we walked away up the stairs.

“Sorry Lyra. Didn’t mean to push you that hard.”

“It’s fine. They believed it and that’s the important thing.” A loud beeping sound started going off.

“That’s the alarm!” Sunset hissed. “Act is up! They must have checked our cells!” A few creatures turned and glared at us. Sunset took a step forward and blasted the lead one in the chest. “Does anyone else want to attempt to fill his horseshoes?”

“You just made the worst mistake of your life pony,” one grumbled as they started to walk forward.

“I don’t think so,” Sunset commented casually as she slammed the two together repeatedly. “You guys talk too much. You should really go for a flight.”

A loud snapping sound filled the room again as the shorter one gave a cry as his wings fell limply to his sides and Sunset launched him out the wooden wall. Peering through the hole, I could see we were thousands of feet in the air as his screams got more and more distant.

I would hate to be the one to find him. I would imagine it would be a nasty mess. Terminal velocity is a bitch. I’m quickly realizing I’m afraid of heights. Looking out the new hole in the wall makes me uncomfortable and wants to be sick.

“You’re turn,” Sunset faced the larger one and ducked as a claw came flying at her face. “You’re slow.”

“You’re all gonna die,” he glared at us with a crooked smile.

“Nah I don’t think so,” Vinyl chuckled humorlessly as Sunset tackled him and the two went rolling down the hall.

“For being the largest creature on the ship, he can’t fight.” Sunset let out an angry cry as he slashed her side with a claw and some blood started dripping out.

“Sunset!” I called out. She glanced back before ramming her horn into the griffins eye and he gave a loud scream.

Sunset continued stabbing him repeatedly as he kept screaming and squirming as she kept him firmly in place under her as red liquid started spilling across the floor. She finally stepped off him and gave him a swift kick to the side as she wiped some blood off her face with his shirt.

“Let’s keep moving,” Sunset muttered as she kept walking to the upper levels. We all looked at each other with wide eyes before following her.

Sunset stormed through the hallway as we quietly but quickly followed her so we didn’t get left behind accidentally. She tossed a griffin aside into a spear who cried out in pain as she strode past him without a care in the world. Sunset stopped and looked both ways before her face lit up.

“Here it is!” She announced as we stared at a sign depicting a pegasus as she blasted the door off its hinges with her magic and she entered. “Derpy!”

I was the second one to entered and I expected to be nervous at the sight. I stared slackjawed at Derpy playing with a pink pegasus filly. Her fur was filthy and matted with various stains. The filly glanced over at us and stood up. I idly noticed she had no cutie mark.

“Sunset?” Derpy asked in awe as she glanced at her girlfriend and freezing at the blood. “You’re hurt!”

“I’m fine. Stand back,” Sunset ordered. Derpy quickly complied and pulled the filly back with her as Sunset blasted the bars apart. Derpy launched at Sunset and hugged her while the filly clambered out and looked at us warily.

“Hey there,” Bon Bon knelt down in front of the filly. “Are you okay?”

“Golly miss I’m just terrified!” The filly hugged Bon Bon. “Those nasty griffins are pretty mean aren’t they?” Bon Bon looked startled at the sudden contact before hugging her back.

“That they are,” Sunset readily agreed before kissing Derpy. “Are you injured?”

“Am I injured?” Derpy asked incredulously. “Are you injured? You’re bleeding and have blood on your hooves. What the hell happened?” I locked eyes with Sunset. Derpy was a super kind person and wasn’t going to handle any of this well.

“I’ve killed half the crew. I’ve lost count. I’d say about thirty or so,” Sunset admitted. “I stabbed one to death with my horn in the eye and various other parts of his body.” Derpy stared at her in shock.

“You guys let her do this?” Derpy demanded as I approached the filly and stroked her mane and she gave me a smile that seemed off. Whoever decided to kidnap a filly for sex trafficking or whatever this was disgusted me. In my world, the person would get raked over the fucking coals for something like this and rightfully so in my eyes. I can’t believe I’m about to say this but Sunset is way more justified in massacring the entire crew. Apparently it’s her goal to make sure no one but else gets off this thing alive.

“They are trying to kill us first!” Sunset defended herself. “This is self defense.” Derpy wrapped a wing around her as Sunset pressed her face into the wing and straightened the feathers and spat a few broken ones out. “Bring the filly with us. We have two more to find and we are getting off this damned thing.”

“Golly I’m just making friends everywhere today aren’t I?” The filly giggled as Bon Bon let her climb on her back. “Best day of my life!”

“What’s your name anyway kid?” Vinyl asked curiously.

“Cozy Glow.”