“Come on, Fluttershy!” Rainbow Dash yells back as she runs down a dimly lit hallway.
“I’m right behind you,” Fluttershy states as she follows Rainbow Dash. The sound of many heavy steps behind her; she is too scared to look back.
They reach a door down the hall and quickly get inside it: closing it just as quick behind them. They lean against it as there are pounds on the door, “Just hold it close,” Rainbow Dash says to Fluttershy as they brace the door together. Soon the pounding stops and footsteps are heard leaving the door.
“I think they left,” Fluttershy says as she slides down the door. She starts to sob.
“Shy,” Rainbow Dash kneels down and puts her arm on her shoulder, “Come on, let’s get you to the bathroom,” she picks her up and leads her across the room. She leads Fluttershy into the bathroom and starts the sink, “Wash your face, Shy. I’m going to move the bed against the door.”
“But they left,” Fluttershy looks at Rainbow Dash.
“Yeah, but they might come back, and having that bed against the door should be enough to hold them off,” Rainbow Dash leaves the bathroom and grabs the bed and slides it over to the door.
“I- I can’t believe we found a motel so far away from Ponyville,” Fluttershy says as she splash water on her face. She starts to cry again.
“We got lucky,” Rainbow Dash walks back to the bathroom and leans against the door way.
“Pinkie didn’t,” Fluttershy says through her tears. Rainbow Dash reaches out for Fluttershy. She embraces Rainbow Dash and starts to cry a little harder on Rainbow Dashes’ chest.
“Shhhh,” Rainbow Dash strokes Fluttershy’s hair, “It’s okay to cry. Let it all out,” Fluttershy continues to weep. Rainbow Dash looks into the mirror and sees her and Fluttershy full of dirt and mud. She sighs as she says, “Look at how dirty you are. Take a shower.”
“I don’t have any clothes to put on except these dirty ones,” Fluttershy also looks at the mirror. She lets go of Rainbow Dash and goes back to splash water on her face again.
“Someone was here before us, I’m sure I can find you some clothes for you,” she looks at the dresser, “Just take you a shower and I’ll bring you clothes when I find you some.”
“Okay, Dashie,” Fluttershy looks at Rainbow Dash.
“What?” Rainbow Dash laughs as she asks.
“I’m not going to take a bath with you standing there,” Fluttershy says blushing.
“I’m going, I’m going,” Rainbow Dash puts up her hands and walks out of the bathroom. She looks back with a smile as she sees Fluttershy closing the bathroom door, “Such a silly girl,” she says to herself.
Rainbow Dash opens the dresser to find a shirt and some shorts. She also finds a hand gun in the top drawer, “This can be helpful,” she thinks to herself. She hears the shower going as she is looking for some rounds from the gun. She reaches her hand to the back of the top drawer and feels around. She feels a box and pulls it out. The box holds bullets for the gun, but the gun only has one clip. She knows how to use a weapon because it was part of her Wonderbolt training.
Rainbow Dash puts the gun on the floor, along with the box of bullets, and heads back to the bathroom. She knocks on the door, “Hey, I got you some clothes.”
“Good, just open the door a little bit and drop the clothes by the door. Don’t come in though,” Fluttershy says as Rainbow Dash’s hand, holding the clothes, comes in. She drops the clothes and shuts the door.
Rainbow Dash goes to the closet; she takes out a blanket and a pillow and tosses them on the floor. The shower stops and Rainbow Dash opens the mini-fridge for food. She picks out a can of soda and sits on a chair in the motel room. Fluttershy walks out of the bathroom in her new clothes.
“These are boy clothes,” Fluttershy complains.
“You look good, Shy,” Rainbow Dash gets up and hands the soda to Fluttershy, “Did you save any hot water?”
“Yes. Oh, the towels are in the mirror.”
“That’s weird.”
“Yeah it is,” Fluttershy opens the soda and takes a sip of it. She looks at the floor, at the gun, “Where did you find that?”
“What?” Rainbow Dash asks as she walks into the bathroom and grabs a towel.
“The gun,” Fluttershy turns around only to be shocked at what she sees, “Why are you taking your shirt off?” Fluttershy covers her eyes with her free hand.
“I’m taking a shower,” she replies casually, “What; want me to shower with my clothes on?”
“No, it’s just that, you could’ve shut the door.”
“Yeah I could’ve, but why would I want to do that?” Fluttershy still has her eyes covered, so she can’t see Rainbow Dash, but she can hear her closer. She feels Rainbow Dash grab the soda out of her hand. Rainbow Dash grabs Fluttershy’s hand that’s blocking her eyes.
Rainbow Dash puts Fluttershy hands around her bare waist, “Open your eyes.”
“Dashie, I don’t know about this,” Fluttershy keeps her eyes shut and she turns her head.
“Fluttershy,” Rainbow Dash moves Fluttershy’s face gently back, so that it’s facing hers, “Open them, please,” Fluttershy slowly opens her eyes and stares into Rainbow Dashes’, “End of the world, and you’re still so nervous about your feelings,” Rainbow Dash pulls Fluttershy close so that their lips touch. Fluttershy is restraint at first, but slowly starts to enjoy it. After about 30 seconds, Rainbow Dash stops and says, “Come take a shower with me,” she leads Fluttershy back into the bathroom and shuts the door.
After an hour, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy come out of the bathroom. Rainbow Dash has new clothes on and Fluttershy has her new ones on still. Fluttershy picks up the soda and starts to drink it with a smile. Rainbow Dash sits down by where she tossed the blanket and started to make a pallet on the floor for them to sleep.
“After that soda, you should get some rest, Shy,” Rainbow Dash picks up the gun and puts it on one side of the pallet.
“What about you?” Fluttershy asks.
“If those things come back, and I reckon they will, I will need to be up to take care of it,” she replies while loading the hand gun clip with bullets. Fluttershy puts down the soda can and lies down on the pallet next to a sitting Rainbow Dash.
“Dashie.”
“Yeah?”
“Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For taking care of me,” Fluttershy looks up at Rainbow Dash, “Especially when you could’ve just saved yourself.”
“Shy,” Rainbow Dash puts her hand on Fluttershy’s head, “I would never leave you. I care t much about you,” Rainbow Dash smiles as she goes back to the hand gun.
“I- I love you,” Fluttershy whispers. Rainbow Dash looks down at Fluttershy.
“I love you too,” she bends down and gives Fluttershy a kiss on her forehead, “Now sleep,” Fluttershy quickly feel asleep. Rainbow Dash looks up at the shaded windows of the room, hearing the moans from outside, “If only you knew how much I love you,” Rainbow Dash says quietly, stroking Fluttershy’s hair, “I will never let anything hurt you.”