Chapter 12: Shit hits the fan [Aftermath]

As I pushed the gun harder against the unicorns head everypony turned to me in awe and dropped whatever they had.

"Two...." I say tightening my grip on my gun.

"Alright alright! Just please put the weapon down!" Yelled out a voice from behind me.

I quickly dropped the gun from his head and pointed at the door. "Anypony but Twilight and the princesses should leave NOW before I actually turn the safety off this gun...." I order as I stand up and flip the safety switch. *Click* "Now...."

In a matter of moments every single pony went running out the front door and some even gliding off the balcony. Taking in a deep breath I slowly turned around and faced Twilight along with the Princesses.

"Deckard what was tha-" Celestia begins but is quickly cut off as I shoot the gun out the open door and into the sky, making her drop dead quiet.

"One... rule..." I said motioning with the gun. "If all else goes to hell... there is ALWAYS... ONE RULE....." I said looking back at the ponies. "And you all just broke it...." I finished staring daggers into Celestia's eyes.

After a long silence Celestia speaks up. "Deckard, I don't know what your talking about... but this was just ridiculous! You just threatened one of my little ponies! This is not your world so the rules are different." She yelled back with anger.

I looked back at her with every emotion that could hit me at that time. "Celestia...." I began as I continued my cold stare. "On my world.... there are no more rules, on MY world everything is much MUCH different.... on my world someone can kill another for LOOKING at them funny. I KNOW this world is different. But one rule stands and always will until the end of time." I say pausing. "NEVER FUCKING TOUCH A MANS ARSENAL!" I yell to the heavens.

I swear I almost caused Celestia to flinch there. She shook her head and began. "Deckard... please calm down... there is no need to get upset." She began in a motherly tone. "Just put the gun down." She asked me carefully.

I looked at her with a wild expression. "Oh this?" I said tossing it. "Yeah that gun only had one bullet in it." I said with a tear going down my face. "And only one, I never used it, I always kept it...." I said trailing off. 'Just in case...'

Finally snapping out of it Luna took a step forward. "Deckard... what is it.... is there something your not telling us?" She asked getting closer.

For a moment... I wanted to let loose and tell them everything... but they are just ponies, and they are pure. I had already told Twilight enough, even if it wasn't all of it.

"Please... we can help." Spoke Luna as she got closer and went to my side draping a wing over me.

Shaking my head I answered. "No... no it is my past, and I will let it die with me, I can't tell you, I don't want to hurt you..." I finished pushing her wing off.

I may be the last person who would ever be nice to anyone... but I will be damned if I am the one who hurts the minds of the pure without good reason' I thought to myself.

"Just.... put all the weapons somewhere safe, and after that, DO NOT TOUCH THEM... I... need to go..." I finished turning around and walking to the door. Along the way I saw a revolver on the floorboards. Quickly glancing behind myself and making sure nopony saw, I swooped down and grabbed it, walking out with it under my shirt.

I ran out of the town and up a grassy hill that had a tree resting at the top. As I reached the top I sat down and looked on at the grassy fields that seemed to stretch on forever. I pulled the gun out and pulled out the cylinder looking at the bullets in the revolving mechanism. 3 shots. I emptied it and put one in, then spun it, and put another in. After the third spin I put the last shot in.

'I really can't fucking take it anymore... maybe I should have done this a long time ago' I said as I lined up a bullet and brought it up to my head.

A moment before firing I hesitated and pulled it back giving a bit of a smile. 'I'll let fate decide...' I thought to myself as I stood up with the gun. 'Fair chance... 50-50... either I leave the land of the living forever....' I thought as I quickly swiped my hand on the cylinder, causing it to quickly spin. 'Or I stay... and try to live on, despite the past' I concluded as I brought the gun up to my head.

*Click* The gun rang out as it hit an empty chamber.

I smiled and dropped the gun. 'Well... I guess that's that'

Quickly turning around I noticed two things. One, Twilight who was standing directly behind me, and two, she had a look of complete relief on her face.

"O-oh Twilight... I uh... didn't see you there." I said scratching my neck.

Blinking, she shook her head and spoke up. "I... came to talk to you. About what happened. I didn't say anything while we were there... I didn't know what to say..." She said, pausing a moment. "But I do want to say I'm sorry, I didn't know that's what they were doing, and when I got there I was talking to her about it when you walked in."

"It's alright... come, sit." I said sitting down and motioning beside me.

After a moment of silence she makes her way beside me and sits down. I continue to look at the fields when I notice her staring at me.

Turning to her I open my mouth. "Yes?" I said smiling.

She looked away and began. "Well... I just wanted to ask... when you said you only had one bullet in it... was that for...." She said looking at me.

"Yes... it was." I said nodding. "But I could never bring myself to do it... even with the whole world crumbling around me, I just couldn't do it." I said squinting my eyes as if trying to piece together an explanation.

Moments of silence followed after I finished my statement. Finally Twilight interrupts the silence in a unprepared fashion. She leans over and gives me a big hug. I look down at her in surprise as she gave out a sigh.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know your world was so bad, everypony there sounds just terrible... when you told me about what happened and about some virus I didn't think you meant your whole world was effected by it..." She said as I wrapped my arms around her returning the hug. "Nopony should have to deal with so much pain..." She said pushing away and looking at me.

Shaking my head I look back into her eyes. "Yeah... tell that to the billions of people who died without reason...." I said as I mentally slapped myself in the face.

She looked at my with a mix of curiosity and confusion. "Wha-what do you mean...?" She asked tilting her head.

"Nothing let's just drop this, it's all in the past now. There is nothing we can do that hasn't already been done." I said as I slowly stood up.

If she was about to say anything she was cut off when the gun that was sitting on my lap fell to the ground with a loud clang. As she looked down at it she closed her eyes.

"When I came up here I saw you with that thing against your head. I was scared you were going to do something bad... but before I could do anything, I heard it was empty... but you scared the life out of me." She said as she looked away.

I quickly snatched the gun up and hid it in my shirt. "Yeah I'm sorry about that..." I began, "But Twilight, I have a question." I said as she looked back at me.

"I'll answer if you answer mine." She answered back.

"Ugh... fine..." I say back say back with a sigh. "Why do you keep trying to help me? I'm fucked until the end, no matter what I do I will always be like this and will never change. So... why do you keep trying to help me..." I say back with curiosity.

She gets up and walks to me, resting a hoof on my leg. "Because that's what friends do..." She said smiling. "And... when you said everything that's already been done... did you ever find a way to fix anything?" She asked with a look of hope in her eyes.

"Yes... we did..." I say turning around. "We found the only way we could take back our world." No matter how long it would take.

"And what's that?" She asked trotting beside me as we walked back into town.

Pulling out my gun I lifted it to my head. "A headshot."

Author's Note

Alright, after a LONG LONG wait the story came back! There will be many more updates soon. I am going to start putting priority on this story.

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