(A/N: I would just like to say that this is the last chapter of the story. I'd like to thank those of you who read it and hoped you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Before I begin the final chapter, I would just like to confirm that, yes, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Apple Bloom, the entire Alpha Squad, and Josh (KB) have all become infected. It was a difficult decision writing to kill them off, but it had to be done, even though I killed off my top two favorite ponies (or in this case, humans). Another thing, let it be known that this entire final chapter is written in the point of view of Twilight Sparkle. Now, enjoy the final installment of The End everybody!)

Chapter 8: The End

I couldn't believe my eyes. He sacrificed himself...for me...for us...

KB...

I tried opening the gates for him, scrambling to find the button and lever that controlled it. I tried pulling the lever down but the damned thing wouldn't budge. I tried my best but it wasn't good enough.

"I love you, Twilight!" KB shouted as the zombies were feasting on him.

I cringed. I couldn't help KB out, no matter how much I wanted to and I couldn't hear the cries he was giving out of pain. It made me sick to my stomach and I almost threw up. Almost. I looked at the ball KB gave me and looked around me, noticing that there were five more of them around me. I picked them all up and put the other five in my backpack, keeping Volts out here with me.

Silence fell around me after a while. I was heartbroken, losing most of my friends and loved ones within a matter of hours. I looked up from the ground and saw the HQ building, hoping that Shining Armor, Luna, and Fluttershy were all unharmed. As I started proceeding to it, something dawned upon me that something was off here; something was missing.

I don't understand why it took me this long to figure out, but nobody else was here; I was all alone. Giving myself a better edge, I opened Volts' ball and had her come out and help me out. Volts shook her body, probably warming herself up or something (it was a bit cold). She searched for KB, which was tearing my heart into two. I felt so bad for Volts; she didn't know what had happened yet.

I crouched down, eye level with Volts. She stared deeply into my eyes, sensing the regret I had in them. I started tearing up before I even began telling her what happened. Wiping away my tears, I found enough courage and strength to tell Volts what had happened earlier.

"Volts," I began, "KB...KB sacrificed himself for our safety. Let's not put his death to bad use. Let's find a way out of this. Together."

Volts began tearing up, sobbing even. She came close to me as I began to embrace her in a passionate hug. Volts had cried over the loss of her master for a while. As she was crying, I began to tell her-

"I'll take good care of you and make sure that we don't suffer the same fate as him, Volts."

Volts looked up into my eyes and falsely smiled. You could tell that she wanted KB alive, here with her, but what's done is done. There's no going back now. I stood up on my two feet and glanced at the HQ building, wondering if everyone inside was alright.

"Come along, Volts," I said before making my way towards the HQ building.

Volts had followed me, hanging her head down low. I felt so bad for her...

"Twiiiilight..."

I spun around and pulled out my shotgun. I was frightened beyond anything and had begun shaking my hands vigorously, thus terminating the concentration of my aim. I had pointed my shotgun over in the direction of where I heard the sound of my name being called, finding nothing in return. I swear I heard my name; or maybe I was just hearing things. I lowered my gun and continued walking towards the HQ building. As we were walking, I glanced over at Volts, who looked as if she didn't want to be bothered at the moment right now. I let it slide, focusing my attention on the HQ building and everyone inside. As we continued walking, I heard my name, ominously spoken, once more.

"Twiiiilight..."

I raised my gun and pointed it all around once more, searching for the origins of the voice, though finding no one in return. I had lowered my gun and began running towards the HQ building, accompanied by Volts, who was growling at the sound of the voices. We had passed by the several training facilities this haven had to offer, though all of which were empty and deserted. Once we had finally reached the HQ building, I ran up the stairs, stumbling over a couple but maintaining my balance overall, and swung the door wide open, letting Volts rush in first. I forced the door shut and barricaded it, just in case something was in the haven with us. Looking behind me, I noticed that the halls were completely messed up. Someone, or something, was here and did a toll on everyone in here.

"Hello?" I shouted. "Anyone here?"

There was no answer, just the deafening sound of silence. I started proceeding to room 25-34A, the leaders' room, and saw that the walls between Volts and I were splattered with blood. The lights were flickering on and off as we worked our way through the halls. I took point, for Volts' safety, and had my gun drawn out and ready to fire, should something pop out and attack us.

We reached the end of one hall and I looked both ways, ensuring the safety of the new hall we were about to enter. Once I determined that it was safe, I looked at Volts and nodded, pointing to the left of me. Volts understood what I meant as we began proceeding down the new hallway, towards the stairwell at the end of the hall. There was only one light that was still functional, even if it did flicker on and off from time to time. The others burnt out, giving off electrical sparks. Volts seemed happy with the electrical sparks she was receiving, so that somewhat raised my heart towards her.

We reached the end of the hall fairly quickly. I had broke the door off the hinges as I kicked it down. That probably wasn't my best decision, but I needed to release some stress and anger that was bottling itself up inside of me. I ran up the flight of stairs to second floor and kicked down that door as well. Still having my gun drawn out, I proceeded down this hallway, which oddly seemed untouched. If it were not for the fact that there were blood markings on the wall, I would have assumed that Shining Armor and Luna were unharmed, but I didn't assume so.

I ran to room 25-34A and kicked down that door as well. Funny how all the doors I needed to get through were all weak on the hinges. As I entered the room, I noticed that the room was engulfed in darkness, only being lit by the light pouring in from the hallway. I slowly made my way into the room and turned on my red dot sight as well as my flashlight. My red dot sight ran around the room, running over nothing but the walls. My flashlight, however, spotted an infected freak feasting upon Luna's body! I began to get weak in the knees as I saw them tearing off chunks of Luna's body and devouring them. I tried raising my gun at them and tried shooting, but couldn't find the courage to do so.

The bastard looked up from Luna and faced me, getting up to go enjoy the new feast standing before him. I tried shooting it, missing my bullets because I could focus my concentration on aiming. Once I had found the strength to concentrate my aim, I pulled the trigger, hearing nothing but the deadly click of said trigger.

Shit, I'm out...

I motioned towards my magnum, feeling nothing in the holster. I slowly began remembering that I had given that to KB for defense back in the city a while ago. I was all alone with Volts as the mutated freak neared me. I had froze in my position, desperately trying to move myself, though not finding the strength to do so.

I heard Volts shoot out some electricity from her body, hitting and zapping the zombie in front of me. The zombie fried after being hit by the electricity from Volts as I turned and finally found enough strength to move out of the way. I called Volts and ran straight to the stairwell. I ran down the stairs and out of the building's back exit, facing the wall that separated us from freedom.

"Come along, Volts," I said, noticing that she had began falling behind.

Volts appeared to be tired; either that or she was too hurt to move. Either way, when I noticed Volts failing to move quicker, I asked her if she wanted to go back inside her ball. She slowly nodded yes, although she didn't look up at me. I falsely smiled, pulling out Volts' ball and putting her back inside. I then paid my attention towards the wall that separated me from freedom.

I could hear a very faint gargling noise, most like coming from an infected. It sounded as if it were getting closer with every second passing by. I scrambled around, trying to find a way out of my doom, only to find out that I was trapped; that there was no way out.

"Guess I have to jump the wall then..."

The gargling noise was even louder than before. My heart was pounding at an alarming rate, feeling as if it would burst out of my chest at any moment. I went back as far as I could go, so that my backside was up against the side of the HQ building. Letting out a momentary sigh, I sprinted forwards towards the wall, jumping just before I just before I reached the wall. My hands reached over the wall, which was the only reason I failed to tumble back down to the ground.

I heard the back door break off its hinges and standing there, looking straight at me, was an infected member. As I looked behind me, I noticed that this infected looked awfully familiar. I tried pulling myself up over the wall, only to find myself slipping off a bit. I adjusted my arms fast so that I wouldn't fall off.

The infected slowly made their way towards me, still making a gargling sound, as if they were choking on blood. I frantically tried pulling myself over the wall, but had zero luck. I felt a messed up hand wrap itself around my left leg and tried pulling me down. Looking back, I used my right leg to kick them away, once again, having zero luck. I looked down into the infected's eyes, noticing that one of them was a hazel color. The longer I stared at them, the more I began to understand who this was.

"KB?"

My jaw dropped down and I lost my grip on the wall, tumbling down to the ground, right into the hands of the infected KB. My heart was torn into two as I knew that, before me, my killer was the only other person I have ever really loved. I tried crawling away, back to the back entrance of the HQ building, though felt KB tug at my leg. He menacingly gazed into my eyes, doing absolutely nothing; I did the same. After a while of intense silence, I wrapped my arms around KB, hugging him ever so slightly.

Who would've thought that this would be the last thing I ever do? As I was hugging KB, he ripped into my chest and tore out my heart, causing me to collapse onto the floor, dead.

I died from a stolen heart by KB...