Captive

Rainbow Dash had enlisted the help of Twilight Sparkle. She had sent a letter to Princess Celestia, who in turn had dispatched an entire platoon of Royal Guards to the small town to search for Scootaloo. The Royal Investigation Service was also involved, they had managed to find the place where Scootaloo was staying, which turned out to be a cardboard box inside of an alleyway.

Because it was an alleyway, they could not determine if she was kidnapped at the alleyway or on the way to the alleyway. Ever since Scootaloo's disappearance, everypony had been on edge, with police being posted up outside of the school and curfews being enforced.

Despite all the help, they were still no closer to finding a suspect or Scootaloo herself, further increasing Dash’s worry. “Have they found anything yet?” she asked.

“No Rainbow, they’ve been door to door and have searched the Everfree Forest but there was still no sign,” Twilight answered sympathetically.

“I've been thinking, I might go and visit, Scootaloo’s parents in prison,” Rainbow said.

“I don't think that's a good idea, the RIS has already questioned them and they seem to have no idea,” she explained.

“They could be lying,” Rainbow suggested irritably.

“Exactly, if you go visit them, you could jeopardise the investigation or even put Scootaloo's life in danger,” Twilight warned.

Rainbow didn't answer but sighed in annoyance, she just wanted Scootaloo to be found.

***

The colt walked into the same shop that he got equipment from before. “You can't be in here, if the guards catch you in here, I'll be done for.”

“Oh shut up, just shut off the lights, nopony will notice.” the colt said, wanting to begin his shopping as soon as he could.

The shopkeeper grumbled, “Fine but if you get caught in here, I'm telling them that you snuck in here, I ain't going to jail for a kid.”

The colt smiled, he knew full well that the shopkeeper was a greedy stallion. He already knew what he wanted to buy and immediately walked over the the breath play section. There he found a full-body sack with a hole for a Hoover to be attached to. He also got a skin-tight latex suit with no breathing holes. Taking them both to the counter, the stallion asked “What do you need this stuff for?”

The colt merely smiled before saying “Just for a pet project.” He then left the store all the while the store clerk was giving him suspicious looks.

He had managed to find several shortcuts that avoided the patrols that now seemed daily. He sprinted through each alleyway and he made sure to keep to the shadows. Eventually, he managed to make it back to the bunker.

***

Scootaloo had been sleeping, when the sounds of the doors opening and hooves stomping down the stairs, startled her awake. She watched as the colt entered, holding several mysterious packages. She watched the colt walk into the makeshift kitchen before emerging, holding a roll of duct tape and a clear plastic bag.

“Hello pet, I am going to try some new, experiments out on you.” He spoke with a sinister tone. He then walked up to her and removed the ball gag. Scootaloo, held her tongue, not wanting to earn herself another beating.

To her horror, the colt forced the plastic bag over her head, before wrapping the duct tape, around her neck securing the bag and making it airtight in the process.

The colt then pulled out a stopwatch and said, “Let's see how long you last.”

Scootaloo immediately went into full-blown panic mode and quickly tried shaking the bag off but to no avail. She then focused on her breathing. Her panicked state was causing her to take big gulps of air, causing less oxygen to be in the bag.

Each breath she took, caused the plastic to enter her mouth. She began to feel like Iight headed and her breathing was becoming more shallower. The bag muffled any screams she made. Slowly her head lopped forward as her vision was becoming engulfed in black. However as her eyes were about to fully close, the colt ripped the bag off her head, showering her head with fresh air.

Scootaloo took deep breaths as the colt looked down at the stopwatch and tuttered, “Barely two minutes, I'm not impressed, but don't worry that's just the beginning.”

The colt then looked down at the duct tape before smiling sinisterly, he walked back into the main room, before making his way to the cowering filly, all the while beginning to unravel the roll of duct tape. He then began to wrap it around Scootaloo's head before it completely encased her head. There was a small hole for her nose, but that was about to be dealt with.

Underneath the layers of sticky tape, Scootaloo began to sob, suddenly her eyes turned to pinpricks as she began to make muffled moans as she realised that her nose had been blocked with another layer of tape. Once again, Scootaloo was breathless and could only uselessly shake her head.

The colt watched her orange stomach expand like a balloon as she became more desperate for air. As the panic began to overwhelm her, she battered her head against the wall in an attempt to damage the tape. Suddenly Scootaloo gasped for air as she felt fresh oxygen enter her mouth through a freshly pierced hole.

She felt the rest of the tape being ripped away causing red marks to appear on her face. "Just one last experiment." the colt said.

"NO! Please no." Scootaloo begged as her master laid the latex sack down in front of her. The colt grabbed the cattle prod before beginning to relieve her from her restraints.

"Get into the sack, now" The colt commanded. Scootaloo looked between the sack and the cattle prod in the colt's hooves. She then made her mind up and let out a crazed scream as she pushed the colt to the floor. Instantly taking the chance, Scootaloo made a run for the stairs but came crashing to the ground her jaw cracking against the concrete steps.

Scootaloo kicked at the crazed colt, who had grabbed onto her leg, sending him careening to the bottom of the stairs. She then barrelled through the large door but instantly covered her eyes as she came face to face with daylight for the first time in days. Suddenly she felt a jolting pain in her flanks that sent her into a spasm.

She looked up to see the colt standing over her with the cattle prod in hoof, "You're going to pay for that, bitch!"

In an act of sheer desperation, Scootaloo blurted, "I LOVE YOU!" This stunned the colt and made him hesitate, which Scootaloo immediately took advantage of and pushed him down the concrete stairs, causing his head to make a sickening smack against the floor.

Scootaloo looked down into the bunker to see the Colt lying unconscious, his head beginning to swim in a pool of blood.

Gasping with adrenaline, Scootaloo quickly took off for the town. She didn't stop running as she looked behind her to check to see if the colt was following, she ran straight into a Royal Guard.

"Woah, slow down there." the guard began to say before gasping as he realised, who she was. He instantly snapped into action as he shouted for assistance. The guard could tell that the filly had been through a rough time as he spotted several signs of abuse.

"Please you have to help me, he's crazy, he foalnapped me." Scootaloo stammered as she collapsed into the guard's hooves.

"Who did this to you?" The guard asked while looking around for any sign of the suspect.

"Sto-" Scootaloo was about to say but was interrupted by a paramedic who snarled at the guard, "You are not questioning this filly right now, she has been through a traumatic experience."

"This is an investigation." the guard told the medic, however, she was having none of it.

"Investigate away, but you are not questioning this foal, not until the doctors at the hospital have cleared her." the paramedic said stubbornly before, the guard or Scootaloo could say anything, she put her in the back of the ambulance wagon.

Scootaloo could only gasp a sigh of relief as she finally muttered, "It's over..."

The guard then watched with confusion as the doctor began to lead the carriage in the complete opposite direction of the hospital. "Wrong way, Hospitals back that way." the guard said, pointing behind him.

The paramedic sighed irritably, "She's not going to Ponyville Hospital, we're taking her to Canterlot Royal Hospital. Princess Twilight herself ordered it."

The guard watched the ambulance leave as a feeling of unease began to grow inside of him...