Vinyl and Octavia eyed the man lying on Vinyl's couch. Vinyl glanced outside quickly, checking to make sure that no other human was around, then slammed the door shut. Trotting back to Octavia, she stared at the human. "What should we do with him?"
"I don't know. Leave him outside to rot?"
"Nah, he's still alive... I think." Placing her hoof on the man's chest, she felt a heartbeat. "Yep."
"Well, we can't just leave him here. What if he wakes up?"
Vinyl thought for a second, then grinned. Trotting into her studio, she came back a few moments later with rope and some tape. She tied the man's arms togther, taped them, then did the same with his legs. Next, she went through his pockets. She found a pistol, a knife, a few syringes and some paper notes. Regarding the notes with curiousity, she set them aside. Grinning at Octavia, she said "Now we wait for him to wake up."

Ditzy gazed out her window. She had seen a few ponies running through the street and the faint sound of gunfire. Karl had heard it to and was listening intently for more. When nothing more occured, he untensed slowly and turned his attention back to Ditzy. Giving her a small smile, he said "I'm sure all is well." Ditzy smiled back and said "I hope so. I'd really like to get out of here. I'm really bored and havn't had a muffin in forever!"
"You had one this mroning."
"That's still too long!"
Karl laughed and patted her on the head. "Oh Ditzy. You know you're cute, right?"
Ditzy giggled and blushed. "No, i'm not..."
"Yes you are!" Karl smiled and gently hugged her. Ditzy froze up, then sighed happily and untensed.

Twilight walked down the hall to Ditzy's room and knocked gently. "Come in!" she heard Ditzy say. Trotting in, she smiled as she saw Ditzy in small embrace with Karl. As she let go, Twilight could see she was blushing slightly. If Karl was a pony, she was sure they'd make an adorable couple. Jumping onto the free chair next to Ditzy's bed, she looked Ditzy over. "How do you feel?"
"I feel good. My stomach still hurts. The doctor said i should be back up soon, but to lie low for a while."
Twilight smiled. "That's good to hear."

Heinrich groaned. Waking up to a pounding headache was never fun. He went to put his hand up to his forehead, but realized it was bound down. Same with his legs. Shaking his head in an effort to clear it, he growled as it only made his headache worse. Looking around the room he was in, he saw two ponies staring at him. One with a blue mane was strikingly familiar. Trying to remember who it was, he thought for a moment. The memories popped back into him and he scowled. "You!" he yelled. "Untie me zis instant you vilzy creature!"
Vinyl giggled. "That's no way to talk to me." she said happily, trotting up to him and hitting the damaged side of his face. Heinrich let out a gasp of pain, then snarled. "Eizer you let me go now, or shall make life difficult."
Vinyl laughed and so did Octavia. "How're you gonna do that?" Octavia asked. "It seems you're the one tied up! I'd like to see you try anything!"
Heinrich smiled. "Paul! Heinz! Come show these ponies a lesson!"
Outside, Heinz heard Heinrich's yell. "You hear that? Time for action!"
Paul grinned. "Hell yeah!" Taking his rifle off his shoulder, he started down the hill. Heinz lifted the MG42 off its bpod, then ran towards the town with it. "Heinrich! Where are you?"
"In here!" came Heinrich's voice from a house to the right.
Inside, Heinrich smiled. The two ponies were not smiling now and were watching the door. Paul ran up to it and kicked it as hard as he could. Due to heinrich's bashing of it earlier, the door flew open with ease. Paul aimed his gun at the two ponies that were now cowering. "Get up against the wall and don't move!" he yelled. Octavia and Vinyl obliged, rushing up against the wall and huddling there. Vinyl saw the frying pan on the ground behind Paul. Using her magic, she made the pan slowly lift up.
Paul sneered at the ponies. "So... thought you could hurt one of our comrades eh?" he asked. The two ponies only stared up at him in fright. Paul wrapped his finger around the trigger and ponited it at the grey pony. "How about you first? We'll use your bodies to make an example of you in the middle of this town." Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the frying pan flew forward. It hit Paul directly in the back of the head and knocked him over. Letting out a cry of pain, he fired off a round uncertainly. The round hit heinrich in the hand.
"Ow! You Arschloch! Fire at them!"
Octavia and Vinyl used that moment to run out of house... and right into another human. Thankfully, the impact was enough to send the man flying back and toppling to the ground. Vinyl let out a small giggle, then headed towards the hospital, where she knew Twilight was.

Hans looked up from the book he was reading and frowned. He had heard a gunshot sound off. Getting to his hooves, he looked out the front door of Twilight's house to see the two music ponies running as fast as they could. one of the SS guards soon followed. Hans squinted at what he was holding. He gasped in horror when he saw what it was. "An MG42?' he asked incredulously. Rushing out the door, he took off after the man.

Paul quickly took off Heinrich's bindings, then wrapped his hand in gauze. Heinrich smacked him across the face when he was done. "That's for shooting me! Now get those damn ponies!" Paul nodded, picked his rifle up. He tore out the door with Heinrich following closely behind him, having retrived his weapons. They ran past several rather frightened ponies. Some made to stop the men, but a few shots from Heinrich's pistol made them move away. reaching a point in the center of town, the were greeted by a rather big red pony with half an apple as his cutie mark. The pony was glaring at them rather menacingly and Heinrich scowled.
"Move azide, you filth."
Big Mac shook his head. "Ah heard yur causin trouble 'round here."
Heinrich's eyes darkened. The pony's accent reminded him of some Americans he had met once in a POW camp. "Vell, zince you von't move, i'll just make you move." Aiming his pistol right at the ponies front knees, he pulled the trigger. The gun clicked and Heinrich glanced down. A quick check revealed his gun to be empty. Shrugging, he grabbed Paul's rifle and pointed it at Mac's head. "Eizer move now, or regret it."
Mac's only response was to headbutt Heinrich in the stomach as hard as he could. Heinrich fell back and Paul made a sound of shock. Mac raised up on his back hooves and fell down again, snapping the rifle cleanly in half. Heinrich stared at the pieces, then looked up. "Vell... hehe... Um... I love your mane..." Heinrich said nervously, looking about. Several angry-looking ponies were coming out of their houses. Heinrich gave a look at Paul, then motioned with his hand. Paul nodded.
"Look! Ein vampire!" he yelled. The ponies, in spite of themselves, quickly looked away. Heinrich shoved Paul aside and took off running back towards the forest. paul got up and quickly sprinted after him. The ponies, realizing what had happened, gave chase.

Heinz gasped in exhaustion. He was still chasing the ponies and it was starting to get to him. Dropping down to the ground, he sat up and leaned against his gun for support. A few ponies trotted close to him and fixed him with angry glares. Heinz stared back, trying to speak, but his exhaustion wouldn't let him. So instead, he just glared back.
"What should we do with him?" asked one pony.
"Arrest him." said another.
"Yeah! For wrecking our town!" yelled another. Soon, all sorts of voices were shouting out for what should be done with Heinz. While they were preoccupied, Heinz struggled to his feet. The ponies instantly stopped yelling and shrank back. Heinz managed to lift his gun up and point it at them. "You... Will not... arrest me..." he said, struggling to make the words. "Just... leave... me be..." Lowering his gun, he continued in the direction the first two ponies had kept going in.

Twilight walked back down the hall with a small smile. When she had left, Karl had been rubbing Ditzy's mane and she had fallen asleep. Twilight had asked Karl if he wanted to be a pony, and he had said "Yes, definitely." Making a note to herself, she'd have to ask Princess Celestia later if something could be done. Upon reaching Rainbow's and Fluttershy's room, she was greeted by Octavia and Vinyl Scratch.
"Twilight! You have to help us!" Vinyl said, gripping Twilight by the shoulders. Twilight shook herself free and asked "Why?" Vinyl cast a guilty look at Octavia, then said "Well... we MIGHT have possibly made one of the humans severly mad... and I think he wants us dead. One of them was chasing us."
Twilight stared at Vinyl with wide eyes filled with horror. "One of them was chasing you? AND YOU LED HIM HERE?" Vinyl nodded and looked away in shame. Twilight facehoofed, then ran to the window. Looking out, she could indeed see a human walked around. Closer inspection revealed him to be carrying the Shredder Gun, as Twilight had nicknamed it. Currently, the human was pointed the gun at somepony and talking. The pony raised a hoof towards the hospital, then ran away. Twilight stared down at the man and quickly tried to think up a plan.

Heinz walked slowly towards the hospital. That pony he had interrogated told him the two ponies he was looking for had run into the hospital. Moving through the double doors, he was met by a nurse. "You may not come in here with that!"
Heinz smiled. "And who's going to stop me?"
The nurse gulped. "The medical staff is prepared to stop you if... if..." her eyes went wide as Heinz pointed the gun at her. "Either you let me through, or i'll rip every pony in the hospital apart, starting with you."
The nurse stood still, then burst out crying and ran away. Heinz laughed. "That wasn't so hard." he thought. Walking towards the staircase, he started up it, imagining Heinrich's reaction when he brought back those ponies. "He'll probably just kill them on the spot." he thought.

Twilight moved a couch in front of the door, quickly followed by a small table and some potted plants. The other ponies were preparing to fight if it came to that. As Twilight finished, Applejack trotted up to her. "Hey... How we plannin' on doin' this?"
Twilight sighed. "We'll just attack head on and hope he doesn't have time to use the gun."
Applejack gave her a look, but didn't question. "Whatevah you say sugahcube."

Heinz reached the top of the stairs panting slightly. "I really need to work out more." he thought. Walking up to the first door, he forced it open. Empty. Moving on to the next room, he opened the door and saw a male pony next to a female pony holding a newborn foal. The two ponies stared at Heinz, who just shrugged and closed the door. The next door he came to was locked. "Aha! Got you now..." he thought. Kicking the door open, he was greeeted to the site of two female ponies kissing. They broke off and started screaming at Heinz. "That door was locked!" Heinz just scowled. "Oh shut up." Slamming the door closed, he moved to the next door. Opening it, he saw a man sitting next to a grey sleeping mare. The man was rubbing her mane softly, but stopped when he looked at Heinz. Heinz stared back at the man. "Wait a second..." Karl jumped up and rushed over. "Private keep out!" he yelled, slamming the door in Heinz' face. Heinz scowled. He knew that man from somewhere. Shrugging, he started to the next door. Just as he was about to kick it open, he looked back. "Wait! That's the guy that ditched us and stole those ponies back!"

Karl locked the door and rushed over to Ditzy. "Wake up Ditzy, wake up!" he urged. Ditzy murmured softly, then opened her crossed eyes. After managing to focus, she smiled up at Karl. "Hey..." she whispered. "What's up?" Karl glanced at the door.
"We have to go. Now!" Ditzy sat up gently. "Why, whats wro-" Her words were cut off as an intense knocking came at the door.
"Karl! I remember you! Get your ass out here! We have a score to settle!" Karl thought for a moment, then nodded to himself. Lifting Ditzy out of her bed, he hoisted her onto his shoulder. "We're getting out of here." Moving to the door, he unlocked it. Then, turning the knob, he swung the door open. It hit Heinz in the face and knocked him dowm. Karl quickly ran towards the stairs. Heinz shook his head and got up. "Get back here!" he yelled, firing off a few shots at karl. They missed and Karl quickly ran down the stairs. Heinz growled and started after them.
Karl reached the first floor and ran for the entrance. When he was ten feet away from the door, he was stopped by two nurses.
"Hey! Where are you going with her!"
Karl glanced over his shoulder. "We're being chased!"
The nurses frowned. "Likely story. Hand her over to us." Karl shook his head. Just as the nurses were about to jump him, shots were fired from behind them. The ponies screamed and dropped to the ground. Karl used the moment to run out the door. Ditzy leaned against his cheek and asked "Where are we going?"
"My apartment! He doesn't know where it is so we'll be safe there!"
A few more shots rang out and Karl glanced back. Heinz was following close behind them. He dropped to the ground and fired a few more shots. Karl dodged out of the way, then sprinted down an alley. "Shortcut!" he told Ditzy. More shots rang out and Karl could feel dirt hitting his legs. Getting back into the open, he could see his apartment a few blocks away. "Almost there!" he yelled. Behind him, the sound of gunfire was louder. Karl glanced back and saw Heinz down on one knee again. He took careful aim and fired. Karl felt a sharp pain in his leg. Gasping in pain, he kept towards his apartment. More shots sounded off and Karl could feel the bullets tearing into his legs. He fell to the ground and released Ditzy off the shoulder. Ditzy stared at him. "Go on Ditzy! Get to my apartment!"
Ditzy shook her head. "I'm not leaving you!"
Karl pushed her hooves gently. "Go! I want you to go to my apartment and stay there!"
Ditzy shook her head again. "But you'll be killed. I'll be left alive!"
Karl nodded slowly. "That's the point."
Ditzy stared at him for a moment, then the meaning of words sunk in. Tears glistened in her eyes and she kissed Karl on the forehead. "I love you..." she whispered, before running for the apartment. Karl smiled, then heard footsteps behind him. Flipping over, he looked up into Heinz' sneering face.
"Now then..." he kicked Karl in the side. "That's for ditching us." Kicking Karl twice, he said "That's for stealing those ponies back." Pulling his pistol out of its holster, he pointed it at karl's heart. "And this... is for betraying the Fatherland." And he pulled the trigger. A single shot rang out and Heinz smiled. Putting his pistol away, he picked his MG back up, kicked some dirt on Karl's body and walked away.

Inside the apartment building, Ditzy watched as Karl's life was ended vicously. Tears fell down her cheeks and she turned away. Opening the door up, she checked to make sure that the man had left. When he wasn't anywhere to be seen, she trotted out and towards karl's body. A few ponies had seen what had happened nd sat by the body. Their grief was felt all around, as Karl had been well liked in Ponyville. Ditzy pushed past them and went right up to Karl's body. She nuzzled his cheek. Looking at his face, she saw his eyes were still open. Releasing a tear, she closed his eyes. Sitting down, she buried her face into his arm and let her tears flow. Looking up, she planted a kiss on his cheek. "I love you Karl..." she whispered, nuzzling him again. The ponies sitting around watched Ditzy and a few started to cry as well. One pony went up to Ditzy and rubbed her back. Ditzy only curled up next to Karl's head and closed her eyes.