Twilight held Fluttershy close to her frame, discussing the happenings of Pinkie Pie, and how the current situation looked like. Her animal loving friend was shaking, but listening at the same time.

"Pinkie Pie... Something happened to her.... I can't even determine exactly what without getting close to her... but I feel that she is enveloped in the same
darkness that you were." Twilight spoke softly.

"She... she... must be as lonely and scared as I was...." Fluttershy hiccuped a bit.

Twilight saw that Fluttershy was twitching a bit, still effected by the trauma of being left alone. She wondered if this meant that Fluttershy would be prone to flipping out at any moment. Thinking that she would be prepared for it, she continued to comfort the filly. Gregory was leaning against a wall now, with his arms crossed, watching and listening to the conversation. He knew that Twilight had the strength to face this, and even better was the fact that her hunch was right. She was a bright and intelligent pony, if any doubt existed previously, they were soundly qualmed by these events. Still something bugged him, how was it that Fluttershy snapped so easily? Was it the horrid situation they were in? Or perhaps the thought of being lonely was so scary that she tried to escape that thought. In doing so she must have sought out animals to be with, but due to the darkness it must have just swallowed her whole and transformed into what they witnessed just earlier. So many plausible scenarios, but it still remained a mystery.

"Poor Fluttershy... this disease.... this plague... Pinkie Pie..." He grumbled under his breath.

"Fluttershy, are you okay to travel with us? I won't leave you alone in this place." Twilight asked her friend, a loving sound laced with her voice.

"...." At first she was silent, looking down and then back at all the corpses scattered on the ground. "Yes... Please get me out of here Twilight.... I mean... if thats okay with you...

Twilight smiled and embraced her friend once more. "Yes, It is most definitely okay with me Fluttershy."

Through her ragged mane and bloodied face, she smiled at Twilight. Moving out of the hug, she pulled herself up. Scanning the area, she quickly retrieved her butcher knife. Twilight was a bit curious as to why Fluttershy insisted on keeping that thing. When Fluttershy's gaze met her friends she started to answer her quizzical looks.

"For self defense...." She shyly told her with a small twitch.

"Alright..." In the back of Twilight's mind she was worried about it, but this was her friend, she trusted her.

Gregory saw the two were getting up and moving around, and then he himself started to move as well.

"Are we ready to move out?" Gregory asked looking from Twilight to Fluttershy.

"Grrrrr....." Fluttershy growled at Gregory, not knowing him at all, facing him she had her crazed look on.

"Fluttershy! He is okay, hes not one of those things." Twilight insisted.

"I'm watching you pal...." Fluttershy's cold stare was scary to him. He didn't think a talking pony could hold such hatred.

Still he thought it was odd, why did she hate him so much? He barely even knew the filly, let alone been in Equestria long enough to do anything to justify any sort of hatred. Maybe it was just first meeting jitters translated via hate? He was just going to have to warm up to her if he wanted to shake that off. Fluttershy stepped out of the room, followed by Twilight and himself. Making their way down the stairs, they walked into the main waiting room of the hospital. It was eerie, Fluttershy cringed at all the dead animals, at the same time she could be heard laughing at them too, softly to herself that is. Once they were outside, the night breeze hit all three of them. What greeted them surprised them all. A trail of blood, a very large trail of blood was on the path from the hospital to the street. It reeked, seemingly fresh. Whatever made this was just here. Suspicions were proven upon the sound of laughter.

"What the hell was that?" Gregory asked, but none of them could answer, it was foreign to all three of them.

Slowly they made their way to the source of the sound, which was the street. Passing the gate, Gregory was the first to look into the street. A powerful aura of blood lust and chaos wrapped around his frame almost instantly. Something ominous was in the street. He stepped out a bit, gulping as he did so. This was a very bad idea.

"Aha... So you have finally shown yourselves...." A voice called out to him and the others amidst the void of the fog. "Though it is a shame, I always love a good hunt..."

"Who... Whose out there? Show yourself you Evil Vixen!" Gregory yelled.

Twilight was petrified at Gregory's undiluted bravery, where did he get courage like this to just jump out into the fray? It confused her so, but even more confusing was the fact that there was another voice responding to him in the fog. Who could possibly be out here at night, and why the hay did she sound so evil? Stepping out until she was behind Gregory, Twilight stood her ground. Fluttershy followed suit as well, carrying her butcher knife in hoof.

-------Pinkie Pie's Orb--------

"Oh ho ho ho.... What do we have here? This is quite the discovery you made....." Pinkie Pie stated gazing deeply into her orb.

She had sent out one of her loyal subjects to scout the area out, as magic had been detected, but never did she think she would find Twilight and Fluttershy in such an area

"What are you doing Twilight? Hehehehehe.... Naught naughty naughty Twilight... looks like you need to be punished...." She coyly said while giggling loudly to herself.

-------Street-----------------

Stepping forwards was a small female. Her hair was black and flowed just a little past her shoulders. As she came closer, Gregory could see her eyes, a light violet. She wore a kimono that was black, articles of clothing within it that were white as well. She was unarmed, and despite her frail appearance he felt that same powerful aura being exuded from her. Whatever the case may be, she was not to be trifled with or taken lightly. Once she had gotten a good ten feet away from Gregory, something began to happen. Her body lurched forwards a bit, undergoing a transformation. One of her hands covered her face, and underneath her palm, a white material formed. It solidified slowly around half of her face.

"Now.... who is ready to die?...." She said, her voice now a ripply kind of sound, as if two or three voices were speaking at the same time.

"Who.... Who the hell are you???!" Gregory stammered a bit, taking caution and moving back a little.

"You are going to die soon... so I guess I should introduce myself... not that it will be of use to you." She started to say. "The name is Rukia, and I will be your executioner."

"Like hell you will...." he replied.

"Sorry... it's what the boss wants... she can't have little trouble makers snooping around... trying to undermine all her hard work." Rukia glared directly at Twilight as she said this.

Twilight knew who she was talking about just from that simple statement. Soon she stood up in a fit of anger. Glaring right back at the female.

"You're working for Pinkie Pie aren't you?" Twilight asked her with unfaltering resolve, staring the female down intently. "Well? Are you!! Answer me!"

"Tch, what is it to you? You're about to be dead horse meat by the time I am finished with you, and you insist on asking so many stupid questions." Rukia was getting angry, and at the same time she extended her left arm.

What followed next was petrifying, and nearly unexplainable. Rukia let out a horrendous roar, and what an inhuman sound it was. So loud was the sound, that Twilight and Gregory both covered their ears. Fluttershy was getting pissed off by the sound, and angrily covered her ears. The expression on her face was not a happy one. But poor Fluttershy backed up when Rukia's arm exploded, flinging blood and flesh everywhere. What was left over, was but a bloodied tentacle. Crimson red blood covered the surface, and scattered about up and down the new limb were thorn-like spikes. Razor sharp and long. Once again, fear was rearing it's ugly head inside of them. Clasping around their frames and pulling them into a cold hell. Shaking from head to toe. What was Rukia capable of doing with this new limb? How the hell did she manage to even produce it in the first place? Questions they had no time to answer right now of course, as she suddenly began to walk towards them. Horribly laughing with each step she took.

"Buck.... We can't deal with her... no way... we have to run!!" Twilight hollered out. "Gregory we have to go!"

"I'm way ahead of you, but where?!" Gregory asked looking from left to right.

Twilight had to think quick, the hospital was a horrible choice, and the only two other viable paths included the stairs they climbed up earlier, and the street behind them. With a crack of her tentacle, Rukia slammed it down at Gregory. Quickly dodging it, he jumped back and found himself next to Twilight and Fluttershy. The pink maned pegasus was ready to jump at Rukia, her hand gripping tightly on her butcher knife.

"What are you going to do with that you pathetic little filly?" Rukia chastised the pegasus, infuriating her even more.

"DONT CALL ME PATHETIC I WILL BUCKING KILL YOU!...." Fluttershy was going through one of her fear-induced fits.

"Run now!!!" Twilight yelled again, this time grabbing Fluttershy, and pulling her away.

Gregory followed them as well, leaving Rukia in the dust behind them. Unfortunately for the group, this would prove to be futile. Rukia just appeared in front of them almost instantaneously. She cackled a bit, clearly enjoying herself. Though she wanted to see blood spill, and without giving them a chance to react, she lashed her tendril out, thrusting it directly at Gregory. He tried to avoid this, but Rukia's movements came so fast, that he could only dodge a mortal blow. Instead, the tentacle stabbed right through his leg. Giving a howl of pain, he fell to the ground, blood going everywhere. Inside his leg, he could feel her thorns tearing every muscle and tendon they could come across. Even his bones were no match for this limb of hers. He felt the bones in his leg break like twigs under the pressure and weight of her limb. The worst part had to have been when she pulled it out, laughing like a maniac.

"Agggghhhhhh... God Damn it.... that fucking hurts!...." He cried out.

"Gregory!" Twilight gasped.

If Fluttershy wasn't being held back by Twilight, she would have already lunged at the female attacking them. Before Rukia was given the chance to attack again, Twilight started to cast a spell. A spherical barrier encased all three of them. Rukia was shocked by this, as when she tried to break the shell, she found that her tentacle could not destroy it. Twilight had to think quick, they couldn't outrun her, and the shell was not going to last forever. Shifting through all her spells she came up with one. Teleportation. As long as it wasn't from dimension to dimension she would be fine. Focusing on the teleportation spell, she began to chant once more. When their enemy realized what was happening, she frantically tried to break through the shell, with even more ferocity than before, but to no avail. When Twilight had finished casting the spell, she spoke to Rukia.

"Tell Pinkie Pie we will stop her... and thats a Pinkie Promise." Twilight's stern yet angry look on her face soon vanished once the teleporation spell had completed it's casting. All three of them soon being gone from the premise of Rukia.

"Shit... Are you watching this Pinkamena? My apologies for letting them get away..." Rukia spoke to what seemed like the sky, her eyes looking towards the stars, though hidden among the fog.

A voice could soon be heard within her own mind. It was Pinkie Pie's.

"Yes, I did witness that, and though I am disappointed in you for not killing them, a little chase is fun in the end." Pinkie Pie stated while giggling a bit. "Return to the Foundation for now, if any more reports are found, I shall issue new orders."

"Yes, Pinkamena." She closed her eyes after saying that and then in a split second she was gone.