The Infection Journals

The Fringe, Eastern Zavrios

0800

My body was hurting all over. I guess I was still moving around a lot. I looked at my body. There was a huge spider on it.

"HOLY SHIT! GET IT OFF ME!!!!"

I swiped it off and tried to crush it. I missed, but I managed to kill it. I was still shivering. Applebloom still managed to sleep through all that. She was hudled into a ball, probably trying to stay warm. I searched through my pack for a blanket. Luckily, I found one. I put it on top of her. She suddenly smiled. I smiled too. I then started a campfire and looked through my pack again for something to eat. Nothing. But then, out of nowhere, a sudden noise pierced my eardrums. I looked into the fields. The blimp wasn't on fire anymore. But there was something inside  it. It looked like a deer. Which meant food. I found my armor on the floor from last night and looked for my combat knife.

I had no wilderness survival training in the Air Force, but I don't think it would be too hard. But my knife throwing skills are pretty much flawless, as long as they don't move. But there was no way I could kill it from the open. I had to sneak around it and attack it from inside the blimp. The deer remained in place, unaware that its life was about to come to a complete halt. I drew my knife back, ready to throw it and pierce the animal's heart when a loud shriek blew up the sky. The noise frightened the deer away. I kicked the blimp in frustration. After a few seconds, I ran towards the direction of the scream. It came from a small house. The front door was broken down.

Fearing the worst for whoever was in the house, I entered. Already, I saw a casualty. A young unicorn laid against the wall. A huge piece of his neck was missing, bitten off. He was dead for no more than about 10 minutes. I could tell because his body was still warm and blood was still coming out of the wound. Looking around a bit more, I thought that the house was abandoned. I was just about to leave when I heard crying. It was coming from a nearby closet. I opened it, only to be struck by a cloths hanger. My head was spinning in pain.

"Oh oh my... I'm so sorry..."

"Yeah, it's fine..."

*GASP!* "Behind you!"

I twirled around and saw another one of those things walking towards me. Except because of the assault on my head with a cloth hanger, my vision wasn't as good as it normally should be. I could tell it was a "thing", but other than that, it was too blurry. I just swung my knife around, which was a pretty bad mistake. Swinging the knife around only gave the thing a opportunity to tackle me. Luckily, I managed to push the head away from me, but it was extremely strong. I wouldn't be able to keep it away much longer. I could feel the blood from its mouth dripping onto my face. It smelled horrible too. Both made my hooves that much weaker.

My hooves were about to release. But then, I heard a clank, then the thing suddenly collapsed onto my body. I struggled to push the body off and get up. My vision was clear by then. The thing's head was bursted open from behind. I looked around and saw a cute pegasus. She had a slik, slightly curly pink mane with yellow fur, just a little lighter than Appleblooms'. She was gripping onto a pot. She was shaking, sweating, and breathing hard. She just stood there, looking completely terrified.

"Hey, are you ok?"

She snapped out of it and dropped the pot. She ran over to me and helped me up.

"Are, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks to you."

I wiped off some blood from my face.

"What's your name?"

"I'm... Fluter%@#"

"What? I didn't catch that."

"Flu..."

"Whatever. Are you going to come with me? We're going to Fort Armor."

She remained quiet. I couldn't wait anymore. I looked at the unicorn body.

"Friend?"

"Mh-hm."

"I'm sorry... Look, just think about the offer.We've set up camo near a crashed blimp. I'll see you if you come by."

I picked up my knife and left the pegasus in the house and went back to the camp where Applebloom was probably awake now when a quiet yell came from behind me. The pegasus ran up to me.

"I would like to come with you..."

"Wise decision," I joked.

When we got back, I realized that I never got anything for us to eat. But with no animal in sight, I had no choice but to tell Applebloom.

Applebloom was cooking something when we came in sight of the camp. Well, I guess I don't need to tell Applebloom anymore. The pegasus' eyes lit up when she saw Applebloom. She practically trampled me just to get to her.

"Applebloom!"

"Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy? That was her name? I think I remember hearing about her. I think she was the element of kindness.

"Wow! Ah haven't seen ya in forever!"

"I know! Are you ok?"

"Ah'm fine! Where were ya?"

"I was with a friend near here when those things showed up. They killed my friend, but I managed to hide. That soldier saved me."

"Yeah, that's Mist."

I nodded.

"Fluttershy" came over and gave me a huge hug. I could barely breathe. I guess the expression "don't judge a book by it's cover" really comes into play here.

Sgt. Mist

5th Battalion

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