In Stitches

There was a bright light. Rainbow winced and rolled off her bed standing up. She shook her head as her eyes adjusted. Everything was grey and muted except for one colored object sitting on her bed which was surrounded by ponies in surgical equipment. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. She watched this and that being taken out of the object on the table. "Oh wow... is THAT me?" She looked it over again. The only thing identifying it as her was her hair and patches of visible fur. "Okay... Well this is boring." She thought. She looked around the room. The walls and floor were just black, no texture to them, except for a small trail from the door to the bed which was a non descriptive wood. She walked to it. "So why can I see this?" She thought about it for a minute. "This is the path I took into the room" She looked down the hall out the door. Everything was still black except for objects she had actually touched which were just grey. "OUCH!" she shoulder checked and could see the doctor ponies digging around in her head. "Will you guys be careful?" She said out loud, continuing on. She followed her trail out to the wooden ramp and looked out. There was two thin strips, each with muted, grey ponies along it just standing there leading up a hill."Huh... looks like I can see everything I have touched or heard." She deduced. She walked around, looking at this and that. There was one thing out of place, right in the center of the black area. It looked roughly like an earth pony and it was completely black rather than grey. "Now what is this?" She walked up to it. On inspection it seemed to be trying to phase in. It had the rough body size of a large stallion but looked female. "What are you supposed to be?" She thought looking it over as it slowly grew a tail and mane. She reached out to it, feeling drawn to touch it. Her hoof came into contact with the pony and her vision exploded into sparks and she collapsed to the ground holding her head.

"Rainbow? Is that you?" a soft female voice spoke.

"Ow ow ow ow ow!"

"What's wrong?" The voice asked worriedly.

"A lot of things..." She replied standing up and cringing at the pain in her head.

"Where is your body Rainbow?"

"Wait what?" She thought. "You are going to need to clarify... My head hurts."

"Where is your body" She said sounding quite serious.

"Back there somewhere. Why?"

"Because you are dead. And hopefully we can save you." she said

"WHAT?!" She said her eyes shooting open and turning to face the dark blue Alicorn. "What do you mean I am dead?"

"Do you want to live?" she asked not answering the question.

"Of course I want to live! I have kids!"

"You have kids?"

"It's a long story. What do I need to do?" She said sounding quite concerned.

"Take me to your body."

With that Rainbow turned around, walking back towards the ramp now worried sick feeling like something was digging through her head.

"You don't look so well" The Alicorn noted

"If what I saw was real they are tearing me apart at the moment"

"Hopefully your body is still alive."

Rainbow said nothing more just walking back down the hall to the room. She entered and walked to the table where the doctors were working in there slow muted greyness.

"What have they done to you?" The Alicorn asked looking completely shocked.

"They are trying to fix what that... Monster did to me..."

"They have you torn apart!"

"I see that... How do I stay alive?"

"You have to stay in this room. Stay awake then enter your body when it is stable."

***

She watched them work for a while. There was a bucket full of organs, bones and flesh. She watched as metal bones replaced a good amount of her own. It was too much to take in and she looked away. Time passed and other than just stare there wasn't much she could do. She started daydreaming about little nothings and was suddenly pulled out when her wings exploded in pain she felt like metal bolts were being driven right through them and she screamed. "WHY ME!" she screamed at the world expecting an answer. There wasn't one. Eventually she got used to the pain. She watched as metal extensions were fused to her broken wings.

"Oh just put me back together already!" She fumed angrily getting sick of it all. She heard someone vomit and spun around to look for it. "L- Luna? You..." She paused looking over the sick Alicorn "Are you okay?"

"N- No. Dear Celestia what have they done?" She said sounding sick.

"Saved my life... Have you figured out where I am yet or are you just providing commentary?" She asked annoyed.

"I am sorry R- Rainbow. I do not know where you are..." She replied slowly.

"some help you are" she thought to herself. She glanced over her mangled form. They were finally starting to stitch her up most of the team now working on her head. "Well, see you later I guess Luna..." She said as her world started to black out again, reality taking hold.

"I hope we'll meet again soon" She replied

She felt herself awake again inside her body. "Okay... It's gunna hurt. Don't scream. Play it cool" She thought waiting for herself to rejoin the land of the living. She felt a jolt of electricity surge through her body and she screamed out as completely overwhelming pain filled every ounce of her existence.