*He was ready for the final fight.This time they would not escape.*RAAAAH!!!!*he jumped at them and managed to knock Shadow/Cyan off of Star.He ignored her and continued to attack the rest of the group*D-DIIIIE*He began to claw at Star*Why...wont yooou jussssst...d-die!?
Dark's voice rang through Manehatten, clear and sharp this time, even grabbing the attention of the combatants, "Attention inhabitants of Manehatten, your Protector; Silver Wing, has met an untimely fate. I, Master Protector Dark Light, am hereby in emergency control of this city, and I would like to tell you that there IS in fact a mega spell capable of destroying Manehatten pointed at this city and it IS set to be fired once the ship leaves. The ship is currently at half-capacity. I shall do everything I can to let the maximum number of clean civilians out of the city, but I sadly can not stop the mega spell from firing in at most another 40 hours, so the clock is ticking!
"Why...wont yooou jussssst...d-die!?" That voice, it couldn't be. Shadow snapped back into consciousness, feeling herself lying on the ground, her right wing at an unnatural angle. Sorry, Cyan I couldn't help it. But as she waited for a reaction, some sort of assurance that it was fine, all she heard from her other self was crying. Her eyes snapped open and she saw Starlight facing off against the strange pony from the sewers, but Star was defenceless. He was going to die. With a great effort Shadow lifted herself onto her hooves, it hurt to move, but what she did next hurt even more. With a flash of light she swept the lighter across her entire body, engulfing her entire being in a torrent of flames. Every muscle in her body protested as she stepped towards the strange pony, but she wasn't going to let Starlight die. Her body was tough, it could take a little more of this, but she wasn't going to let Star die. "Let him go!!!"
"We're doing our best to get the mega spell set off target, we may not be able to stop it but we can divert it." a guard told Dark. "Good, are the shock troops ready for rapid S&R?" Dark asked "Yes mam!" "Good."
'Sailor looked at Quill, and tilted his head. ''Honestly, i don't want to know what you gave that poor pegasus filly. Neither how you got your hooves on that. But you seem to know a lot about those strange ponies, or at least, how to slow down their infection. I think that we can do something to cure them, but i'd need to go back to my country. And for that, i'd need a boat. There was healers that could heal many diseases, and i do know that the infection haven't got to there already, for only I know how to get there alive. So, could you per chance get your hands on a LOT of wood?''
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS*He hissed at Shadow as he clawed Starlight*YOOOUU ALL MUSSSSST D-DIIEE!!!* However.Shadow managed to hit him.Burning him a small amount*I...ffeeel...nothing....
Oil Slick woke up about 700 hooves from where she had last remembered standing "What the hell just happened?" A newspaper then flew into her face, as if it was answering her question: Zombies Overrun Manehattan She then got up, and filled her saddlebag with everything she would need, and galloped into town.
"Let him go!" Starlight held another claw back from the strangeling as a towering inferno behind him rushed forward and struck it. The strangeling dropped the colt, letting him fall to the ground. The flaming being stepped in front of Star, wings spread wide as if to intimidate their attacker. He noticed that one was bent at an awkward angle before realizing what was going on. "I...ffeeel...nothing..." A raspy voice called out. It's owner was slightly burning, a sure sign of progress on Shadow's part in beating the creature. He stood up again, after much effort. "...I guess I owe you a save next time, Shadow."
"You ready?!" Dark called out to the army of pegasi assembled before her. She had called her entire elite squad for this, all 5000 of them. "YES MAM!" they said together in one unit. "Each of the five divisions has their sector were they are to rescue as many civi's as possible and kill as many Strangers as possible, understood?!" "YES MAM!" "Alright then, we have ten hours for our mission, understood?!" "YES MAM!" "Alright then! First division, on me! The rest, do as your division commandeers say and all will be fine! Mobilize!" the sound of wings snapping out all out once could be heard, "GO GO GO!" and the elite pegisi army took to the skies.
Oil Slick finally got to Manehattan, only to see it crawling with zombies, she got out her Magnum, and started shooting until she stumbled into a marked safe house. She wasn't sure if anyone was there, but she was about to find out...
*The Fire had done significant damage to his body,The fell over.Dead. But the goo leaked out of the ear and squirmed off into a new host. A dead pony lying on the road.The old body had returned to its original form. Then the new one rose* You caaant keep thisss up foreveeer....*He mutated the body into a form similar to the other one*
Karl looked over the destroyed city and sighed. His axe and hatchet layed by his side. "This world has gone to the dogs!" He shouted out as he raised a bottle of vodka into the air. "The last thing to do is get to that bloody ship and get rescued! NO say i! For there may be no escape from this hellspawn!" He then lowered the bottle and muttered, "There's probably gonna be someone on the ship, infected ofcourse, that one infects one pony, then it goes on and on and on 'til the whole ship is full of infected! Then it crashes and the organism gets spread all over the country! Because thats how it goes..." He then stood up and walked over to the staircase going down. "Whelp, betta' search for some survivors!" He then walke down the staircase, carrying both his axe and hatchet.
Star and the others watched as the grey goo changed hosts and mutated to it's familiar form. "There's just no stopping this thing! We kill it, and it goes to a new body! What are we supposed to do now?!" One of the soldiers looked up. "It's Commander Light! She brought the entire brigade to save civis!" Star looked up. The sky above them darkened as pegasi of all shapes and sizes flew in a large group overhead, determined to save survivors like them.
"If it keeps changing bodies then there's only one thing we can do." Shadow charged at the new host for the goo, a dozen worries running through her mind. What if there were more strange ponies like this, What if the goo's fireproof, what if i become infected? She quelled the thoughts in her mind and continued towards the strange pony. "I don't care what happens to me, I don't care if you were once Stormhoof, all that matters is that somepony stops you." The strange pony snarled at her as she got in range of it's mouth and claws. Stopping suddenly she swung her left wing (the one still in good condition) into the things mouth. "Burn in hell." The flames that were carried on her wing shot down the creatures gullet, engulfing the insides of the beast in the hot fire.
Karl bursted out through the door, slicing the throat of a strange one. He ignited the body with his hoof before he began trotting down the street, jolly singing, "I got spuurs, that jingle jangle jingle! And they siing, as i'm goin' down the roooaaadd~".
"Civi's below, fire the grapple hooks!" Dark ordered noticing the group below. Several soldiers fired chains from their saddle guns down that wrapped around them and brought them up, flanked by the two soldiers. As Dark saw the civi's, they looked familiar, but didn't bother, "Alright, get those civi's back to the ship!" Dark ordered.
"Hello?" she said, "Anypony home?" No answer. She had to go upstairs, see if there was somepony, anypony there that could offer her companionship.
*The goo heard Dapper ask if anyone was there and thought*"Me."*It rolled down the stairs and into her face*
Karl whistled the song while looking up at the sky filled with pegasi. Suddenly, four bolted down each by his side, surrounding him. "Sir, we need you to come with us!" They ordered him, not knowing who they spoke too. Karl looked around him, then said, "Ah bloody 'ell, why not?" The pegasi flew back up and in a second an rope dropped down. He sighed and grabbed the rope with his hoof, and began going up to the pegasi.
