The Infection Journals

Nightmare Base, Ibex Empire

2100

I could not have been more wrong. As soon as I managed to pull the command center door open, the intense heat from the fires doused my face with a hot wind. Good thing I had my goggles on. I could hear the screams of help. Gunshots rang throughout the entire base. There was blood everywhere. Bodies laid, pieces of them bitten off, letting their insides flow out. I gagged multiple times that day. My headphone shouted out voices from soldiers on the same channel as me.

"What the fuck are these things!?"

"I don't know! Just shoot the fuckers!"

"Light that mother up!"

"It's got my leg!"

"GET IT OFF OF ME!!"

"AGHHHH!!!!"

I knew I needed something to protect myself. Luckily, I found a pistol, along with a couple of shots. Picking up the pistol brought me a little comfort. That is, until someone spoke something into the mic.

"Everypony! Listen! Guns will not do shit! Only shots to the head will kill them! That or bash the bastards in the head!"

I began to panic at that point. The only thing going through my mind was escaping the base, maybe even the country. Saving anypony was not a priority.

As I traveled towards the outside of the base, I began to notice that more and more soldiers had bullet wounds, not bite marks. Then it hit me. When panic strikes my brothers and sisters, they turn against each other, just to survive. They must have been killing each other to escape, just to get attacked later. As I got closer to the exit, the more I began to hear a sound. It sounded like screaming. The outside wasn't any better than inside. Everything was on fire or covered in blood. It was horrifying. Everypony was biting each other. It was so weird. Everything was normal a second ago. It was amazing how much something can change so fast. Just above, in the clouds, flying choppers flew past the city and came back around. They were not NLR reinforcements, but SE raid ships. They were attacking the capital! Another alarm sounded, but the screaming covered most of it, so not many heard it. The automated defense systems were not firing on the raid ships, which was strange. Now the "things" were the least of our worries.

"We got SE raid ships! Shoot the bastards down and get the civilians out of here!"

But as the manual turrents began firing, the ships caught fire and crashed into the field just outside the capital.

"What the hell happened? We didn't even hit them!"

"The infection must have spread into Equestria too!"

"Do you really think this could spread so fast?!"

"It doesn't matter! They're down! Call in some air ships! We need to get the fuck out of here!"

"Roger!"

Just as the two gunners got off, I felt a force push me to my belly. I was pinned. I turned around and saw a pony trying to bite me. I tried to keep it away. All it tried to do was to kill me. It was as if all its purpose in this is to kill every living thing on Earth. I remembered that I had my pistol on me, but it was a 079 Bluebird. The Bluebird was only a personal defense weapon. It was not made to kill a living being, let alone a dead being. But, it was the only thing I had. To make it even worse, I was risking letting the bastard get me. But I couldn't think straight at the moment. I just went for the pistol and repeatedly fire at its head. Blood was coming all over my face.

Miraculously, I killed it. I quickly pushed the body away from me and got up. I then hear engines. I looked up. NLR blimps were arriving, ready to evacuate the capital. I dashed for the airport, where I expected the blimps to land. But when I got there, I was surprised to see that there were no blimps on the dock. I looked around. Most of the buildings were too tall for me to be able to see past anything. I decided that the only way to see where the blimps were was to climb up the Dock Observation Tower. Luckily, I'm a pegasus, so I did not need to walk up to the top of the tower. As I flew above the buildings, I saw the blimps. They were opening fire on the ground. I couldn't tell if they were shooting at the things or survivors. Either way, it was my only way out of this shit-hole. I flapped my wings as fast as I could to go as fast as possible. The blimps were taking off. In no time, I flew into the blimp. But when I looked back, a cute mare was still left behind. The blimp was lifting off. The mare would never make it in time.

She had a huge pink bow on her head. Her mane was rounded and dark red. She had yellow fur and had a emblem of a filly in front of a blue shield background as a cutie mark. She looked really cute. She was struggling to get to the blimp. It began opening fire on the things behind her. They were close to hitting the mare. So I flew off and grabbed her. I then tried to get back with all my might. With my last ounce of strength, I threw her up. She landed on the door safely, but not so much for me. I grabbed onto the edge, dangling between safety and death. I was too used up to pull myself up. The mare I saved pulled me up quickly. I was surprised by how strong she was. I was breathing hard. I looked up at the mare I rescued. She gave me a huge hug.

"Thank ya kindly, soldier!"

"It was *huff* nothing. Where you from?"

"Ah used to work at Sweet Apple Acres in Ponyville, but now ah work as a cowpony coach."

"Cool..."

I looked back down at the capital. The only thing that ran through my head was where the princess was and what would happen to the NLR. I saw choppers coming in to pick up small numbers of survivors at a time. The panic must have been reaching everypony. As one of the helis took off, some grabbed onto the bar. The unbalanced weight made the heli veer out of control. The heli hit another chopper that was taking off. The out-of-control heli smashed off the other chopper's tail, which made the chopper crash into the survivors, probably killing about a dozen. It was a horrible sight to see. They were willing to risk the life of others just to save their own ass, only to die soon enough. As we flew further up, I saw a couple of NLRA fliers going over the Moon's Crossing Bridge. It's the only way to get to the capital without flying. Moments later, a huge explosion ignited in the middle. The bridge snapped in half. I was shocked.

"What the hell are they doing!? There were thousands of survivors on that bridge!"

In my head, I could hear the screams of the innocent. The colts. The mares. The fillies. All of them. I was going insane. The mare looked at me with concern.

"Ya ok?"

"Uh, I'm fine."

She was so cute. Weird, but the fire reflecting her eyes just complemented her looks. I must have been showing it.

"Yer face is gettin' red. *giggle*"

"Oh. Say, what's your name?"

"Ah'm Applebloom. You?"

"I'm Mist."

"Pleasure to meet ya."

I soon got some shut eye. Luna knows how. Perhaps I'll wake up to find this is all a dream. A bad dream. That I'll find myself looking up from my bunk.

Sgt. Mist

5th Battalion

7th day of the 10th month, Dawn of the Seed