My life, my decisions, they're rules

by Thekeirens

Rating: teen
Tags: Tragedy, Human, Dark, Alternate Universe, Comedy, Romance
Length: 2464

The story of three friends who manage to escape the hell that is earth!

In a world ravaged by the mistakes of many, three will stand against the rest of the world! former friends and family reduced to empty husks with a lust for flesh, within months everyone was dead except for a group of three teenage friends who will have to face the horrors that used to be people they knew but when they find a military bunker in the middle of nowhere they're lives will be turned upside down…again!

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-11-22 09:30:01 UTC

Prologue

Hi, my name is Jack and this is the story of me and my friends.

It was midnight. We had recently found a small van with keys still in the ignition. after a quick check one of the other survivors with me, Lara who is a close friend of mine. I have to admit...I do have feelings for her, not only that but she has been a close friend since I was 3! And I mustn't forget that she has saved my ass from brain hungry zoms numerous times....yes zombies......about 3 months ago....there was an accident at the aux facility in japan. it was a gas spillage...millions died that day but they didn't stay dead! some people lasted longer than others and managed to leave the country before turning over in the countries they fled to...mainly Britain and the USA! from there it quickly spread and within weeks the whole world was infected. except for Madagascar, mind you they shut everything off as soon as Japan went under. by this time everyone else was dead, except Madagascar. of course trying to get there would involve being shot many times with anti-tank missiles, so we didn't even bother trying. but back to the here and now! as I was saying we had recently found a van with the keys still in the ignition! Lara was driving, whilst me and Alex had some LMG's pointed out the windows(don't ya just love undead military). We also managed to find a minigun...it's so heavy but Lara......always has it, and she tends to be very angry.......

"JACK!" shouted the other survivor....Alex

"HUH"

"zoms...twelve a clock"

"Oh yeah.....damn brain dead menaces" I snorted as We began firing controlled bursts of gun fire into the large crowd of former citizens

Alex and me were panting from the run with our supplies and guns, but of course, Lara was just.......annoyed and she had been carrying the heaviest thing we had!

"Right, both of you search for supplies and munitions...I will be on the roof." Said Lara angrily

"ummmm, wheres the armory?" asked Alex sheepishly

"second floor, same as with any other police station" she shrugged

"What if we need to find you?" I cut in

"Ladder next to the stairs"

She stomped off

"What the bloody hell happened to her?"

"Dude....she watched her parents die" I replied sadly

"What, why did no one tell me?"

"She only told me because I was her first real friend. Don't tell her that I told you"

"We should locate the supplies"

Alex was scouring the top floor, whilst I checked the first one....I assumed Lara would be taking out her frustrations on the hoard of attackers outside

Within ten minutes I had found a small office, the table in the middle had a small computer, with no power as is the norm for anything now and a huge stack of papers! there was one however on the other side of the table...A yellow folder with confidential stamped on the front. I walked over to examine the find.

I opened the file and instantly picked out the words 'extraction operation'. I read from the beginning. 'All area 49 member's please report to base immediately! bring some live subjects for testing. Once phase one is complete we will be ready to begin the extraction operation via the experimental phase shifter. the location for base alpha 49 is enclosed' and sure enough the next page had a location enclosed. the base was in death valley, 50 clicks from Las Vegas.

I took this folder straight to Lara, who was definitely very angry with anything not fully alive.

"Anything useful!?" she huffed over the sound of the heavy artillery

"A POSSIBLE WAY OFF OF THIS HELLHOLE!" I proffered the folder to the only person with the capacity to lead this little group

"Phoenix to Las Vegas, and then some..." She said "I suppose we should, not like staying here's gonna do anything for us"

"What about....getting there?" I asked

"There's a chopper on the roof!" answered Alex enthusiastically

They both looked over to me and Lara smiled

"No, no, no, no NO!" I shouted

"DO IT!" Demanded Alex raising a small revolver to my head

"oh yeah, Alex as if I'm falling for that one" I said as I 'accidentally' fired the tazer that was pointed at his chest

"I........hate....you...." He managed to say through clenched teeth as he writhed on the floor

I felt a arm go around my neck, not in a way that suggested I was in a headlock. It was more like a hug "oh, please Jack...please" I heard Lara say "I know about your feelings about me, and I won't hesitate to tell, Alex here..." she whispered in my ear

I felt my jaw drop, and I assumed that if it could have, it would have hit the smooth floor below "H-H-How long have y-y-you known?"

"long enough to know that it's not some petty crush"

The reason I was being blackmailed to fly a helicopter was that my father had been one of those helicopter tour guides, and once he had managed to get me into the place he trained to become a qualified copter flyer! It was the day before he graduated. They had let me try the simulator a few times. It was also a week before the apocalypse, which was part of the reason I initially refused.

I gulped, realizing the threat to my dignity points "Fine just please don't tell Alex"

"Good boy" she said whilst stroking my hair as if I was a dog

"Don't do that! I agreed so don't rustle my jimmies!" I glared at her

"you forget, dear Jack that if it weren't for me you'd be dead! therefore I have the right to rustle your jimmies in front of friends" she giggled

"Oh right sorry I forgot you are the queen of absolute discomfort!" I groaned "and what happened to your four month old foul mood?"

That earned me an angry glare from Lara "Right... Jack come with me to get the chopper started up and Alex, stop lounging and grab the supplies!"

A chance to live

I couldn't tell what my saviors looked like, but since when I heard a sword being drawn and not being used to slice me I knew that they weren't enemies. I saw what I assumed to be a pony walk into my view, I could barely see at this point.

"Holy Celestia, what on Equestria did they do to you?" He muttered mainly to himself. from what I could tell he was a white stallion, large horn, in armour. "MEDIC!" he shouted

"Yes, sir!" another voice said.

"Anesthetics, STAT!" The first Stallion ordered

"of course..." I saw the source of the other voice, a greenish mare with wings and thinner armor but most importantly she had a needle gripped in one of her wings. At the time it didn't bother me but that was mainly due to the fact I was nearly dead....wow I really am so morbid so as to put that fact plainly....wow...just wow.

I felt nothing other than the pain I was already experiencing as the small pointed blade was plunged into my neck!

1 week later

I woke up to the sound of machinery, making beeping sounds mainly. I hadn't opened my eyes yet and when I tried it took some effort as they were crusted shut with sleep. Eventually the build up gave. I was in a hospital bed, the sheets were completely white. The room itself was also painted white but for some reason the colors seemed muted as if to save the occupant of the room the problem that was OUCH when one wakes up to a bright light. I looked to my right to see an IV and heart monitor. A tube was feeding me whatever was in the drip through a needle in my wrist! I was disturbed from my little search by a soft but oddly regal voice. "You are awake..."

I looked to my right where the voice had came from and found myself face to face with what looked like...a small horse. I began to take in the details of this talking animal. White coat. flowing mane. sun tattoo.....wait what? then I remembered with a start that I had recently been tortured, for fun may I add, by a changeling! I felt my eye twitch at the sight of the co ruler of a mythical land. the twitch didn't stop....it got worse. Eye still twitching I managed to splutter "Celestia?"

"Yes, creature. I am Celestia"

"...w-where are m-my friends?"

"In the rooms either side of yours. I must say I am rather surprised you managed to survive the changeling queen for as long as you did..." she trailed off

"what?"

"I'm just thinking is all.."

"How comes I'm not in some testing laboratory or a dungeon?" my skin crawled at the thought of being under lock and key ready to become some kind of twisted experiment

She looked surprised and slightly outraged at the outburst. "That is not the way we treat things, here in Equestria" She paused "Why in tartarus would you think we would do such terrible deeds?"

"Where I come from...most of my kind would happily dissect one of your ponies just for showing up..." I frowned

"That...is rather..."

"Disgusting?" I finished

"Yes. but I am not here to discuss the morals of your kind, I am here to tell you that in two weeks you and your friends will be staying in this palace as guests"

"Where am I now?"

"The infirmary of the royal palace of canterlot"

I know...my chapters are soooooooooo ridiculously short that it is stupid......sorry lol

From here I will be writing this as well as another piece of fan fiction titled Dawn Hope, hopefully the chapters will be longer....

and now another bit of prologue(do you sense a hint of troll?)

We had landed about half an hour ago in the said location of 'area 49'.

"We flew all the way out here for nothing..." I muttered

but unfortunately a certain damn Lara had heard me "Don't be so pessimistic, now look for something, anything or else I will not hesitate to rustle your jimmies again!" the last bit got a small giggle out of Alex before he went back to daydreaming

2 hours later

I was pacing like mad around the safe perimeter that had been set up just after my near death experience with Lara, until I tripped on a root.....'a root out here?' I thought until I looked back and noticed that it was a small metal bar, but that wasn't what caught my attention. the thing that caught my attention was the area where there used to be sand but instead there was a hole that was quickly increasing in size

I could only gawp at the spectacle unfolding before me "OMYGODOMYGODOMYGOD!"

while I was gawking Lara came up behind me a-a-and planted a quick kiss on my cheek! within five seconds my cheeks felt as if they could boil water!

she simply said "good job".....but enthusiastically which was extremely rare....for her anyway, before walking off to investigate the hole

"Congrats, man you just got a kiss from the only female in existence who doesn't want to eat your brains" Chuckled Alex mirthfully

"Hows about you dig your own grave?" I replied with a shrug

I then accompanied Alex over to the hole.

"Stairs........how high tech" I heard Lara mutter. how does she keep a straight face? she removed my jimmies! never ending discomfort....it's sad

Once we got down there, we found ourselves in a large circular room. there was a door to my left but it was locked! In the center of the chamber was some kind of control panel which formed a loop around some kind of glowing central strut.

"BIG. RED. BUTTON!" shouted Alex joyfully

"Don't even thi...." It was too late he had already pressed it

"And now what happens?" The foolish Alex asked. as if to answer the question the glowing support changed from a dull white glow to bright red!

"ALEX IF ANYTHING BAD HAPPE...." Lara didn't get to finish....she just crumpled to the floor, pupils receding into the back of her head

I tried to run over but before I could take a step there was an explosion of pain behind my eyes! I was unconscious before I hit the floor.

out of the frying pan, into the ever-changing flame

"What happened?..." I asked myself groggily before opening my eyes.

The room was large but dimly lit. the walls them selves were black as night and looked like some kind of carapace. there were green cocoons hanging from the ceiling, about twenty all in all. Each had some kind of equine shape inside! to my left and right were my friends! unconscious...hanging from slabs which were made of the same stuff as the walls. our hands had been glued to the top of the slabs with what looked like the same substance as what the cocoons were made from....hold up! carapace? cocoons? equine shapes? "OMYGODOMYGODOMYGOD!" I was in Equestria?! which explained everything, unfortunately. Changelings...

"CHRYSALIS!" I boomed, which woke up the other two "Oh Hi, it would appear we are going to die a horrible death in a fictional universe."

They both looked at me before realizing that they were hanging from carapace slabs.

"What? I knew you were losing it but fictional universe really? asked Alex

"Neither of you talk and pretend your asleep for now please" I implored

"Why?" they both asked in unison

"Just do it!" This time the obeyed just in time to hear the feminine voice that I remembered from the show.

"ahhh, it would seem my guests know my name...Or at least you do....." She said coldly as she stepped out of the shadows....hoofed out of the shadows?

"yes I do.......how long have we been here? I asked nervously

"A day, now seeing as your the first awake..." She trailed off

"what?"

"It's been a while since we have had a chance to feed on pain" she smiled

"Enjoy it, I'll make sure to die quickly" I muttered

"It will be anything but quick, foal!"

3 days later

The pain from the wounds that the queen had inflicted upon me were...unbearable to say the least. I knew that soon I would die from the loss of blood...

The queen was apparently doing 'royal business' when I heard muffled hoofsteps, I couldn't tell where they were coming from but I assumed it was the queen coming back to have some more 'fun out of me...