Login

Beautiful Eyes

by TerraPonies

Chapter 10: Strike

Previous Chapter Next Chapter

What the Hell just happened!?

I found myself on my side. My vision was swimming and my head was pounding.
Falling…
I was falling…
After a brief shake of my head, I realized I was staring up at a shrinking factory. I was falling to my death! I had to do something!
My wings snapped out at that moment, slowing my fall enough to allow me to right myself and take off. A sudden wave of pain-induced nausea struck me then, bringing forth a small register of vomit. Not much, but it was enough to force me to focus on my head. I was bleeding rather profusely from my brow and nose. With this much blood, I was mildly impressed with myself that I hadn’t completely blacked out. Racing upward, I found my way back to a hole in the factory wall, staring into the face of a bloodied, furious mare. Subconsciously, I glanced at the hole itself. She’d put me through four feet of solid concrete…

“That was uncalled for.” I said, feigning courage.
In truth, I was beyond terrified. In my life-in all the life-or-death struggles I’d been through- even with the Professor, no single strike had ever done that kind of damage… Still, I’d come this far. I couldn’t stop now…

“You just gonna stand there or can we finish this?”
Dash only smirked. With a motion I couldn’t quite comprehend, she disappeared, a small cloud of dust standing in her stead. The next moment, I found myself reeling through the sky, my ribs singing the incomprehensible pain. No doubt, a few were cracked… Broken, more likely than not…

“Bad idea, Bunny Boy!”
Another strike to my back sent me arching, but before I could cry out, a hoof clenched my neck. I found myself staring into those hate-filled eyes again.

“I’ve been flying my whole life! I’m the best! Nopony is better than me!” she scolded.
Her memories were on her days in flight school… All the names… The bullying… She was furious at my arrogance…

Perfect…

“What’s the matter, Rainbow Crash?” I choked out.“Think you have something to prove? You don’t… You can’t… You’re just a useless drop-out! You shouldn’t be here! You should have been ground up with the rest of your failure classmates!”
Her pupils dilated in fury and her grip tightened on my neck.

“What did you just call me…?”
I forced a smirk.

“Can’t hear me, Filly-Fooler? I said you’re a failure!!”
At the rate she was squeezing, my windpipe was going to fail and moment. I needed to make her let go!

“My wings… Grk! My wings are…… Stronger…Than yours… It’s so obvious…”
I could feel my wind return to me as she screamed a few swears. In the moment that followed, I realized insulting her wings was a huge mistake. I felt my left snap at the joint. I screamed, but the pain that shot through me wasn’t enough to blind me. I made a mad grab at her right Primaries. The grab was sucessful. I was pulling her down with me.

Gotcha!
We were at five thousand feet… Falling at nine point eight meters per second… At this speed, I only had about eighteen seconds to act!
Yanking her down, I returned the broken wing she had given me. It was met with a cry and a sharp strike to my jaw. It was dislocated. Holding on to the collar of her shirt, I returned the strike. I had a plan, initially, but it seemed pointless… We were simply wailing on one another… Our faces were caked in blood, both swearing at one another, and hurling insults.
Six seconds...

“This is where it ends, Rainbow Crash!” I declared, making my decisive move.
I looped my ankle about hers and made a circle with it. This spun her around, exposing her back to me. She was thrashing when my forearm wrapped itself around her neck, but I held on with an iron grip. In an attempt to throw me off, she shifted her center of gravity forward, bringing her face downward toward the rapidly approaching Earth. The realization hit me at the one second mark, but I didn’t have time to process it before we met the roof of that home…

Next Chapter: Monochrome Guilt Estimated time remaining: 30 Minutes
Return to Story Description
Beautiful Eyes

Mature Rated Fiction

This story has been marked as having adult content. Please click below to confirm you are of legal age to view adult material in your area.

Confirm
Back to Safety

Login

Facebook
Login with
Facebook:
FiMFetch