This note is for those of you that want to know why Vinyl is evil in this chapter. Please scroll back up till you come to a chapter called "Evil Rising" read that chapter. In that chapter, you'll find out that in demon form Sunset shimmer bites Vinyl on the neck. That bite is what led to this chapter being created.

Brushed Jade was just pulling into the hospital parking lot, right in front of the hospital. Not seeing anyone in sight, she shut off her sirens and picked up her dash radio, saying, “Dispatch, we need more backup at Canterlot Hospital right aw--”

Her words were cut short when a police officer's body fell to the pavement of the hospital parking lot right in front of them, landing with a sickening crunch and a splattering of blood. Octavia screamed in fear at the horrific sight. Jade quickly got out of her car to check the officer's vitals.

“Car Six-Four-Three, repeat the last transmission. You broke up.”

Grabbing her side radio, Jade said, “Repeat, we need more back up at the hospital ASAP. We have another officer down here.”

“Roger that, Six-Four-Three. Backup on the way. ETA: twenty minutes.”

“Damn! I’m on my own till then.”

Lifting a lever near her seat, Jade released the trunk of the car and retrieved two bulletproof vests and a radio. Slipping hers on and handing the other vest and radio to Octavia, she said, “Octavia, I need you to stay here until I get back. Stay in the car, lay low, and if anyone comes out while I'm inside, use the radio to contact me.”

Putting on the vest as Jade helped her strap it down, Octavia said, “Can’t I come with you? I'm really worried about Vinyl, and I really don’t want to be out here by myself.”

“No, you can’t. Now stay out of sight. Use the radio if you need me. I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

Seeing that Octavia wasn’t about to offer any further argument, Jade offered her a weak but reassuring smile before heading towards the hospital entrance. Jade looked up to see where the body had come from, spotting a broken and bloody window on the third floor. Disturbingly, she noticed blood splattered on many of the windows on that floor. She went through a mental map of the hospital and realized to her horror that the broken window was very close to Vinyl's room.

"Right. No time to lose, then." Jade thought to herself.

Jade ran to the entrance and pressed her back up against the wall near the door drawing her gun. Taking a quick look through the main entrance, she noticed that none of the lobby's lights were on. Taking a quick breath, Jade headed inside the lobby.

“Where the hell is everyone?” Jade muttered to herself, noticing no one was around before mentally kicking herself. “I suppose they've run away.”

Pulling out her flashlight and holding it in one hand while holding her gun in her other hand. Jade quickly overlapped both hands bringing her hand that held her flashlight to rest under her other hand as she held her gun.

She very cautiously crept down the hallway, listening for any sounds of life, friendly or otherwise. As she moved, she went through her list of priorities in her mind. "Okay, first things first. I need to check on Vinyl and Moonlight. Next, I need to find and take out whatever the hell tossed that cop out the window."

It didn't take long before she found the stairwell. She quietly went inside and tiptoed up the stairs. Upon reaching the second floor, she chanced a quick peek through the door. She didn't notice anything too out of the ordinary. The lights were on, except in the patients' rooms, but much like the first floor, the halls were utterly silent. Jade quietly closed the door and made her way to the third floor.

After checking to make sure the coast was clear, she silently opened the door and crept into the hallway. The first thing she noticed was that the hallway lights were all off, as were the lights in many of the patients' rooms. However, Jade couldn't help but be a bit perturbed at the several lit rooms she could see. The second thing she noticed were slow, wet-sounding footsteps somewhere on the other side of the third floor. She decided to investigate first and confront the killer second.

She came to the lobby of the third floor. Looking over to the desk at the nurses' station, Jade saw a huge pool of blood spreading from behind the desk. She also noticed bloody footprints, leading down the hallway towards Vinyl's room but pointing away from the room, as if whatever made them had been walking away from it. Deciding to investigate whatever terrible sight was behind the desk after checking on Vinyl, Jade moved down the hallway, suddenly very, very worried about the situation.

She noticed a very large pool of blood and viscera right outside Vinyl's room. Her mind began racing, she hurried toward it but stopped in her tracks when she felt something wet and sticky dripping onto her face. She looked up, and quickly realized that her ten years on the force could never have prepared her for what her flashlight illuminated. Caught in the ceiling tiles, as if a great force flung him into them, was what could be only barely recognized as Moonlight. His chest and throat had been ripped open, and his jaw was torn out, resting on the floor with the rest of his organs. One eye hung by its optic nerve, staring lifelessly at her.

“Oh, Jesus Christ! Moonlight!” Hearing a loud roar coming from further down the hallway, Jade quickly ducked into Vinyl's room.

She pressed her back up against the door, breathing heavily as her adrenaline and fear slowly took a hold of her and trying desperately to keep her nerves intact. Deciding to try to distract herself from the grisly sight outside, she examined the room, noticing first that the light was on.

The room was completely trashed. Machines were toppled over, the cupboard doors were mangled, the bed was tipped over, and the end table had five deep gashes in it. Oddly enough, there was no sign of Vinyl anywhere. Jade didn't know whether to be relieved or worried.

Heading back out of the room, Jade suddenly heard a loud scream from the direction she had just come from. Quickly headed back toward the nurses' station, she came across a nurse on the floor, covered in blood. Her back had many huge gashes in it, soaking her uniform in blood. Noticing that the nurse was still alive, albeit barely, Jade rushed over to her and knelt down.

“What happened here!?” Jade demanded.

The nurse feebly lifted her head. “Sh-She just...went berserk. W-We tried to hold her down, but she was unstoppable. She...”

Before the nurse could finish her words, the life left her eyes, and her head hit the floor.

“What the fuck is happening!?” Jade said to herself.

“Jade!” The voice rang down the hallway, guttural yet eerily familiar. Hearing her own name being called by whatever monster was around was not good for her composure.

Rising up, Jade headed further down the hallway, stopping when she came across the hospital's nursery, its lights off. Shining her flashlight through a broken window, Jade's eyes widened in fear as she took in the ghastly sight. Sixteen bassinets were tipped over, blood dripping from several of them. She could already see some of the bodies.

“No.” Jade gulped as she continued in fear, “What monster could do all of this?”

Entering the nursery, Jade tasted bile in her throat as she took in the terrible sight. Seven babies lay strewn around the floor, each one mangled and lifeless. Not one body was intact; some were headless, some were armless, and others were simply crushed with their guts piled on the floor.

Unable to take any more, Jade finally fell to her knees and vomited, her tears of fear and despair mixing with the contents of her stomach.

“Jade, over here,” the voice called again. Quickly turning around, Jade saw a door slam shut nearby. Jade stared at the door. It was a patient's room. Blood covered its window, but Jade knew that there was no way the murderer was getting out without her noticing. Her fear and sorrow turned to rage and determination. She had the beast cornered, and she was going to put every bullet she had into it, consequences be damned.

Jade steeled her nerves and shoved the door open, her gun ready to fire. She immediately froze when her eyes took in the only other occupant.

Vinyl Scratch stood in the room, her back to Jade. She stood completely still, but that didn't stop the relief that washed over Jade. “Vinyl, thank God I found you!” Jade began, taking a step forward. "Geez, what a relief! I thought you were the murderer. Come with me, Vinyl. We need to get out of this hellhole."

Vinyl didn't move, and that's when Jade really examined Vinyl. Vinyl was standing in a growing pool of blood, her sneakers covered in the stuff. But worse yet, her hands were completely soaked in blood, some of it dripping down to form the puddle. And her fingernails looked longer, somehow.

Slowly, painfully slowly, Vinyl turned around, and Jade's eyes widened in fear. The front of Vinyl's clothes were covered in blood. Her sclerae were as black as ink, and her irises were as red as blood. Blood covered her face from the bridge of her nose to her chin. Jade's eyes went lower, and she saw two puncture marks on Vinyl's neck, blood practically flowing out of them. Jade was stunned when she noticed that Vinyl's blood was a very dark red, looking almost black even in the lit room.

Opening her mouth, Vinyl let out a loud, blood-curdling roar and rushed Jade. Jade quickly found herself slammed into the ground with Vinyl on top of her. Her canines and first premolars were elongated, curving slightly inwards. Jade could see bits of gore stuck in her teeth, and her breath reeked of blood. Quickly pushing Vinyl off of her, Jade yelled out, “What the hell is wrong with you!?”

Vinyl ignored her words, charging at her again. Grabbing Jade by the throat, Vinyl picked her up off the ground. Quickly drawing her pepper spray, Jade sprayed a large amount of it, only to be completely shocked to see that Vinyl was completely unaffected. Vinyl, growing irritated at the smell of the pepper spray, tossed Jade into the wall next to her. Jade's body cracked the drywall as she slid down to the floor, half-dazed.

“Vinyl, why are you doing this?" Jade coughed out. "What happened to you?"

Trying to stand, Jade fell back down when she felt a sharp kick in her left side. Growling, Vinyl reached down, grabbing Jade by the throat once more. Picking her up off the floor, Vinyl threw Jade through a patient room's window, and Jade landed painfully in the room, glass cutting into her. Getting back up and holding her side, Jade stumbled forward, trying to get away from the crazed teenager.

“Dispatch where the hell is that damn backup?” Jade said into her shoulder radio while desperately trying to get away. “I need it now!”

Before she could get her reply, she felt Vinyl grab her by the back of her neck, throwing her through the air into a nearby door. She hit the floor with a painful thud.

Trying to get back up, fueled only by the will to live, Jade said, “I have to get out of here. All I have to do it just make it back to Octavia, and get us both the hell away from here.”

Desperately trying to stand, Jade yelped when her right ankle screamed in protest. Examining it, Jade saw that it was twisted after being thrown around like a frisbee. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Vinyl entering the hallway, growling like a rabid dog. Rolling to her back and drawing her gun, tears running down her cheeks, she pointed it at the blood-mad girl and said, “I’m sorry, Vinyl, Octavia. Please, forgive me.”

Before she could fire off a shot, she heard a familiar voice scream out, “Vinyl!”

Jade's head snapped in the direction of the voice, seeing Octavia standing like a deer in headlights, staring in terror at the scene. Jade screamed out, “Octavia, get the fuck out of here before you get killed!”

Octavia couldn't move. As much as she wanted to run, her legs were frozen in place. Disregarding Octavia, Vinyl quickly closed the distance between herself and Jade, grabbing Jade by the wrist, and with little effort, snapped it with a nauseating crack.

Jade screamed in pain, causing Octavia to scream out in fear, “Vinyl, stop!”

Vinyl still paid Octavia no mind. Jade saw stars as Vinyl punched her hard in the face. Jade’s head fell backwards as Vinyl grabbed her by the collar and threw her into a nearby door. This time, Jade sailed right through it, landing painfully on broken wood and hard tile. Slowly slipping into unconsciousness, the last thing Jade heard before passing out was Octavia's scream, followed by a breaking window.

“Vinyl,” Jade weakly muttered as she passed out.

An hour went by before Jade slowly woke up. She found herself being loaded onto a gurney with a brace around her neck. Several officers--"Probably the promised backup," Jade thought sarcastically--could be heard talking among themselves while Jade was loaded into an awaiting ambulance. She felt warm hands take her own and heard a soft, familiar voice say, “Don’t worry, honey. You’ll be alright. I’m here now, so you just rest.”

Jades vision blurred in and out as she held onto Pearl's hand while Pearl looked back at her, the worry on the assistant's face clear as day despite her words.

“W-Where am I?” Jade said weakly.

“You're in an ambulance. The paramedics will take good care of you. And don't worry; they're taking you to another hospital. I think you've seen enough of this one for a while.” Pearl tried to sound joking, but Jade could hear the undercurrent of fear in her voice, could practically see the horrible scenarios playing through Pearl's mind.

“But, what about Octavia? And Vinyl? I have to find them.”

Trying to sit up, Jade quickly found herself being pushed back into the mattress of the gurney as Pearl said to her, “Sorry, but you need to stay still for now. Let some of the other officers handle finding those two.”

Pearl watched in worry as Jade’s eyes rolled back. While Jade passed out again, tears slipped past Pearl's purple eyes as she cried. Jade lay unconscious for the rest of the trip to another hospital. Even after they arrived, Pearl never left her side.