Chapter 1: Escape
"Oh, this is chaotic! Fire at will, Poison!" Discord shouted as he unloaded his Stakeout into the horde. I fired my Ray Gun into the horde, and the girls unloaded their pistols into the horde as well. Soon the zombies were dead, and I stepped out into the corridor to check for any more zombies before reloading my gun.
"Zombies are real? I guess I stand corrected." Luna said, looking into my eyes.
"Can we move please? I need to make sure no Changelings were infected." Chrysalis said, putting a new clip into her M1911, and grabbing an RPK from my Mystery Box.
"Yes, cheese-legs, we'll make sure no Changelings got infected. Where were they stationed?" Discord asked, mocking Chrysalis by calling her that horrid nickname as we went down the dark corridor.
"Don't call me 'cheese-legs', Discord! And they were stationed in the gardens." Chrysalis said as we stopped to rest in the dining room. She looked a bit hurt by that nickname, and went off by herself in one corner while everyone else stayed together.
"Go get Chrysalis, Poison, we need to stick together." Celestia said to me. I raised a hoof in salute, and walked to Chrysalis, who was tearing up.
"Why they must always call me that horrid name? I was bullied enough with it in school." Chrysalis said quietly as I came up. I wrapped a leg around her, and pulled out a Juggernog for her.
"Here, drink this. It'll give you more damage resistance. I feel your pain, my queen. I've been called horrid nicknames myself. Some with swear words thrown in there. But, don't let it get you down. I'm here for you, Chrysalis." I said, watching Chrysalis down the Perk.
"I feel good now, I feel stronger. Tastes like cherries." Chrysalis said, smiling as she looked into my eyes. She then kissed my cheek gently.
"I take that as a 'thank you'." I said as she and I headed back to the group. We then heard the walls around us begin to crack as we got into positions for battle. Celestia grabbed an M16 out of the Box, while Luna grabbed a Dragunov Sniper Rifle. Chrysalis raised her RPK, and let it rip as soon as the zombies breached the wall. I fired on my hole, killing the zombies, and soon, zombie gore was everywhere in the dining room. I saw a secret compartment hidden in a cabinet, and found a Bowie Knife.
"I believe… this will do VERY nicely when slicing zombies." I said, chuckling as I sheathed it. Our little group reached the throne room, where a Pack-a-Punch machine was hidden behind a tapestry.
"I didn't know this was here. Otherwise, I would have done something with it." Celestia said, curious about the machine.
"What would you have done with this machine, Tia?" Discord asked Celestia, who was still dumbfounded by it being in her throne room the whole time.
"I think you should stick your weapons in there, and let it UPGRADE them. See what happens then." I said, yawning.
Chrysalis put in and upgraded her RPK for the R115 Resonator., and Celestia upgraded her M16 to a SkullCrusher. I grabbed a Wunderwaffe DG-2 out of the Box and upgraded that to a Wunderwaffe DG-3. Luna grabbed an M60, trading in her M1911. Remembering where this thing was, we exited the throne room, and made it outside, where we saw utter chaos, which put a smile on Discord's face.
"Ah, I love the smell of CHAOS in the morning, but this is unfair, I should be doing this, not a bunch of undead vermin." Discord said, hanging his head as he reloaded his Stakeout.
"Shut it, Discord." Celestia simply said as we headed toward Canterlot, which we would go through to the Gardens. I could only simply stare in absolute horror as the group started to move from the Palace.
"Come on, Joshua! You don't want to be left behind!" Luna called out from up ahead. I snapped out of my trance, and ran to catch up.