Flash was still going down the stairs to the catacombs of the church and to his back he had that weird weapon that was given to him by the stallion from above. It was a long metal bar with a trigger under it and to it's side it had three cartridges and at it's end it had a small tesla coil.

Flash finaly managed to reach the end of the staircase and and he saw in the end of the room a big rusty golden door with three holes carved right on to it and one of them was already filled......with a red skull.

Then the undead started rising up from the bloodied pool that was in the middle of the room! And even the ground, breaking through stone and dirt to reach Flash and devour him whole. The undead started growling and they attacked Flash!

To his panic he quickly fired the weapon he had in hoof and when he did, the weapon unleashed from the tesla's tip a lightning bolt that it hit the first zombie and it started bouncing on to the next ones. He could see the electrical energies running through their bodies and later their heads exploding and so the dead died once again.

He then put the gun down slowly and tried to catch his breath, but that proved to be his undoing, as another undead rose right next to him and it put him down. Flash was holding it with his hoof that he had placed under the undead's neck, holding it. He felt his powers abandoning him, as he gazed into the yellow glowing eyes he could see just how desperate it was to kill him.

Flash started looking around for the tesla weapon, he then spotted it a few meters away from him. It must have been knocked away when the undead attacked him. Flash tried to reach it with all of his strength but in the same time he felt his other hoof that was holding back the zombie feeling numb. But he was there! His hoof was just a few inches away from him, he then gave a little push and he was able to reach the weapon, but at the same time his other hoof was weakened enough and it allowed the undead to bite him in his hoof. Something that made him grunt in pain and then with frustration that was built in him he fired the tesla weapon at point blank range. The bolt hit the undead and it killed it but it also bounced back at Flash making him scream in pain even more.

He felt his body breaking, shattering, he then pushed away the corpse and said.

"What is....going on......?"

He said with a fearful tone, he got up and extended his hooves to wall to regain his balance but as he did and he....opened his eyes.....he couldn't see anything. And when he finaly got up his back hooves had become so numb that he almost fall again. If it wasn't for the tesla weapon that he used a walking stick to maintain his balance.

He blinked his eyes a few times hoping that he could regain his sight. After some attempts he began to see again but only a little, his vision was still blurry but he was good to go.

He then made his way to that door in the end of the room and tried to open it.

"Damm it! It won't budge! Hmm?"

He then saw the skull that was stuck on the door along with the other two holes.

"Interesting....."

Then he saw two more doors in the room, they were simply doors and they didn't seem to need any sort of key to open. He made his way to one of the doors and opened it.

In the room he saw an altar and on top of it there was a golden skull that was illuminating light. He approached the skull slowly, looking around the room with every step he took, watching for traps or more undead that may spawn. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But once he picked up the Golden Skull the door behind him was closed shut and the dead started rising from the ground ready to devour him.

He quickly pulled out his weapon and fired it on to them and they started dying one by one till the chain lightning stopped. The undead had fallen but only one remained, Flash rolled his eyes and was ready to take a shot, when he felt his hoof itching, he then gazed into the bite without blinking.

The blood that was running from him hoof made him feel weird, something like a primal instinct drove him into screaming, dropping his gun and he rushed at the undead. Flash pushed it to the ground and he started biting into it's head, he didn't care, he was frustrated and furious. Then he pulled back his head while his teeth were still stuck on the undead's head. And he pulled and he pulled till he removed it's head and spit it on the ground.

Flash gasped out of realization of what he just did. He felt the undead's blood running down his mouth and into the floor. Flash was hearing the sound of the blood falling down and echoing across the room, it was the only sound that he kept hearing.

"What is happening to me!?"

He quickly picked up the skull and got out of the room. Once he was out he moved into the other room and claimed the skull that was within, the undead came back however as he expected. His hearth was beating and his blood was pumping but that feeling of fear, of being surrounded with no way out. Even after he killed the undead and got out and came back to the main room, felt his mind shrouded in a dark veil of doubt.

Without wasting anymore time he got to the locked door and he placed the skulls at the empty spots. But nothing happened. He then looked at the red skull for a second and then the bloodied pool in the midle. He had an idea in mind but...was this really what needed to be done to open the door?

He then picked up both of the skulls and made his way to the pull. He then slowly put them in the pool and the light from them had vanished instanly. Once he pulled them out he saw them radiating darkness for a few seconds and it then later disappeared and the only things that remained were red bloodied skulls.

He returned to the door and placed the skulls and once he did the door opened.

When he got inside the door behind him closed shut and he was trapped in the darkness. However there was a small light coming from the middle of the room and It had an orange glow.

Once he got closer he could see it all clearly. It was the Sagarmatha relic or at least it seemed to be, it was just as Thunderstorm said it looked like, there were two rusty iron bars with markings all over them and they were spinning around in mid air and in between them there was a small keystone and it had the same unknown markings all over it.

Flash made his way to the Sagarmatha Relic without hesitation or fear and once he placed his hoof on the relic the two iron pieces got stuck together into one piece. Flash laughed a little and picked up the keystone that was no more floating around.

"Oh my gods at last! I can finaly go back! I just hope the two of them are ok up there....."

He then feared the worst for them and started running towards the exit.

"OH CURSES I FORGOT ABOUT THEM COMPLETLY!"

Once he was out of the catacombs he saw the two ponies still fighting the undead. They had blocked the windows and doors with whatever furniture they could find.

"Do you have what we came for!'

The mare asked as she stabbed one of the zombies that were trying to get in through the window.

"I do!"

"Good! Then let's get out of here before....."

He said the stallion before he was grabbed by the zombies that had broke the windows and pulled him out. He tried to fight back but it was already too late. The zombies put him down and they started feasting on the screaming stallion as Flash and the mare watched in horror unable to do anything to save him.

"No!!!" Flash shouted.

Right after that the doors of the church were opened and the undead got through.

Flash in rage shot them down with his weapon and him and the mare got out, only to find the skeleton still floating in the air and with simple gestures he kept summoning more undead.

"Join us!" He said.

The mare and Flash got into battle positions!

Wave after wave the undead kept coming, rotten bodies started hitting the floor one by one, the two ponies were getting tired, but this was a fight about survival they had to give it their all or they would be food for the undead.

Flash during the chaos tried to find a way out until he heard the mare that was with him screaming. He turned around to the way of the sound and saw her pinned down by the undead. He gasped out and aimed his weapon to the undead. A spark of hesitation ignited within him, he knew that there was no way to save her, only if he was more careful, if only he had his eyes opened and made sure she was ok, being a leader is a hard thing, he came to release with this single mistake of his that costed the mare her life, but also unimaginable pain during her last moments before leaving this cursed world once and for all.

He then took the shot and the undead fell down fried by electricity!

With the relic in hoof, Flash knew that he had to get away from here as quickly as possible, when he was about to take flight however he was pinned down by a zombie that had attacked him from behind, Flash tried to fight back back but he wasn't strong enough. He then saw the rest of the undead coming his way, he had to get out of here quickly or else he would be food like the rest of his two companions.

It was then however that the same rage started taking over him and with a demonic roar he went berserk. He punched the undead right in the jaw and cause it to fly up in the air while the undead fell down and died. He got up and started attack the others with nothing but his bare hooves.

His eyes were then stuck on the floating skeleton and with another roar he charged at him passing through the other undeads that were chasing him and when he was close enough, he leaped so high up in the air and punched the skeleton and brought him down to the ground and he then began punching the skeleton none stop.

With ever punch the head of the skeleton was slowly cracking while Flash started to grunt harder and harder with every punch. He then rose both of his hooves in the air and with another roar he slammed both of them down on the skeletons head, in result the skull was broken into a thousand pieces. Some of them even pierced Flash's hooves, but he didn't care, he was restless.

The remaining undead simply fell down to the ground dead and there was silence. Flash started taking deep breaths, he started feeling dizzy, his mind was failing him, his body could not withstand the weight of such power, he would either die or fall to madness.

He got up, took the relic, took flight and for the next few hours he had finaly made his way back home.

One he got inside of the city he started running as fast as he could while avoiding the comments of all those that he passed by. And it was then that he saw Thunderstorm.

"Oh Flash you are back!"

She said with a smile but it was then that she looked closer to see Flash's terribly condition.

"Oh my god! Flash you need help!"

But before he could say anything he fell down unconscious.

Flash reopened his eyes and found himself in a small room. He was on a bed with a lot of machinery at his side, at the end of the room Flash saw a pony standing there, at first he couldn't really understand who was looking at him but after a few secconds he knew exactly who was there.

"Nocturne!" He cried out.

"How are you doing Flash?" Nocturne said as he stepped out from the shadows.

"I will be feeling better only when my hooves are around your neck you scumbag!"

"Yes, sometimes i feel like that as well, it is satisfying to choke somepony to death, cause when you are up close and personal you can see their life snapping out of their bodies!"

Flash got angry and he tried to reach him but once he did he felt a huge pain on his back that forced him to back down.

"These machines are keeping you alive you know and if you mess it up and die your friends will pay the price!"

"Just what do you want from me!"

"I just came here to check on you, after all i have to entertain myself somehow other than just watch the undead fighting each other for a piece of meat."

"I am not gonna entertain you you scum! I am a soldier! And i will beat you in this game of yours!"

"Maybe you will, but.....i wouldn't be so sure about.....hmmm what was his name?"

He said in a mocking tone.

"Oh yes Silver Bandage!"

"What about him!"

"Everypony has secrets Flash, some of them are simple and innocent. Others are dark and malevolent, the only thing that matters is how i can manipulate those secrets to accomplish my goals and in the end kill all those that stand in my way. including you!"

"I am not afraid Nocturne, as long as i have Prince Armor and the others by my side we can do anything and we WILL bring you to justice!"

Nocturne then turned into a shadow and got right into Flash's face and said.

"It's not death you should fear, it's me!"

And he disappeared.

Right after that the door opened and Flash saw Needles and Thunderstorm coming in the room.

"Hey Flash, how are you feeling?" Asked Thunderstorm.

"I am feeling a lot better now that you are here." He said and Thunderstorm blushed a little.

"And what are doing here Needles? I didn't expect you to care at all for me and pay me a visit!"

"Flash take that back!" Thunderstorm said.

"It's ok Thunderstorm, Flash i understand how you feel, but thanks to you now we can......save this world."

"He is telling the truth Flash, now that we have all the relic pieces we can stop the undead!"

"Yes....i suppose, well if there is anything else that needs to be done i am willing to help."

Flash said knowing that his quest will be over soon.

"You don't need to worry about that Flash, leave that to me, i know what to do." Needles said as he left the room.

"I have to go too, i need to get back to work very soon."

"Thunderstorm wait!"

"What is it?"

"I....thank you....for saving me...."

"Of course, i wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you, oh and by the way, you don't have to worry about that zombie bite of yours, it has been cured."

"....Thank...you....thank you!"

Thunderstorm left and Flash then gave out a laugh of relief.

In Needles's office, a trap door had opened and he descended down there in the dark. With the three pieces of the relic and the keystone, Needles got the three pieces together and they simply got stuck together and they started glowing and weird ancient writings started getting inscripted. Needles then grabed the keystone and placed it on top of the complete relic. When that happened the relic started floating around the room while radiating a yellow energy.

"YES! Finaly!" Needles said as he grabed the relic.

In the hospital were Flash was resting he looked out of the window to find the whole city attacked by zombies.

"What the!" He said.

He tried to get up but there was no point, he would die. But he had to find out what was going on, he knew that Nocturne's game is not done yet, cause if it was then he would have left this realm.

He got up slowly, grabed the machine that he was attached through via wires, he cared it around while walking to the exit.

"You! Wait you are not supposed to leave!" Said a doctor while he was advancing towards him.

Flash didn't have time for setbacks, so he punched the doctor right in the face and he was knocked down unconscious. Flash then saw a knife beside the doctor, it must have fallen from his pockets, he picked it up and left the building.

Outside he saw the strees crawling with zombies while armored forces were fighting them, the undead seemed to be coming out of the main building where Flash first arrived in this world. Flash made his way to the building on hoof due to the fact that his wings were not available while cuting down any undead that faced him.

Once he got inside he continiued fighting the undead till he reached the top of the building where the undead seemed to come from. Once he arrived at the top he saw Needles, his flesh was rotten and burnt, his eyes were glowing yellow with the completed sagarmatha relic in hoof.

"Needles!?"

"Oh Flash you arrived!" Said Needles with his disorienting voice.

"You are behind of all this?!"

"Why yes, it was my goal from the begining!"

"But i....i don't understand, why are you doing this!?"

"Isn't it obvious? I am doing it for power! I am doing it because i want to!"

"But....you said you wanted to save this world, save it's citizens, if that's true then why did you keep all those unconscious ponies in the machines?"

"So that they can be used! To bring me! THE RELIC! And after all of the failed attempts, you came and with you, you brought to me the relic! Which i will use to make this world mine!"

"No! I won't let you!"

"Ha! I expected you to say that!" And with a simple gesture of his hoof the undead started rising from the ground and they started advancing towards Flash.

"KILL HIM!" He shouted

Flash started fighting the undead but it proved to be more difficult than before, whenever he would kill one, Needles would spawn two and the immensce pain on his back due to his injuries was beyond words. It was then however that one of the undead managed to sneak from behind and attack him, causing the machine that was keeping Flash alive to be destroyed and dettache the wires from his back that cause him a lot of pain followed by a scream.

The zombie then bite him on his shoulder and Flash pushed it from the roof of the building. He looked down and started feeling that he was about to die, his eyes were twitching once again while tears started falling, then.....this happened. Rage took over him the infection started taking action and Flash lost control.

He started punching, biting any undead that would get in his way.

"Hmmm, what is this? Oh yes the infection."

"I'LL KILL YOU YOU SON OF A BITCH! I WILL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!!!"

Flash then started running in two hooves, something that surprised Needles. He then jumped on him and he was about to punch him when he felt pain on his chest, Flash looked down and saw Needles stabing him with an injector that cause Flash to calm down and return to his original state.

"Did you really think that i would let you kill me just like that?"

Needles got up and said while pointing on Flash and commanding the zombies to attack him, nothing happened though.

"WHAT!" Needles said.

Flash then laughed.

"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?!"

Flash then looked at him with a grin and said.

"At this!"

He then pulled out the relic and started waving at Needles with it.

"I got it when i got close to you, i realized that if i couldn't kill you on my own then i would let your own minions kill you!

Needles was about to attack him and without a choice Flash threw the relic off the roof. Needles screamed out.

"NOOOOO!"

And out of frustration he started punching Flash, till the undead got close, dragged him down and started feasting on him.

Flash got up, he was feeling a lot better, that injector didn't only stoped him from going berserk, but it also cured him completely, something that Needles overlooked and didn't gave it much thought. He then grabed his knife and was ready to fight against the remaining undead.

In the streets of the city Nocturne picked up the relic with his magic and said.

"So...you did it Flash? Didn't you?"

He then crushed the relic under his hoof, something that cause all of the undead to explode and die off. He then took flight and met Flash on the top of the roof.

"Nocturne!" Flash said.

"Hello again Flash, it would seem that you have done as i requested?"

"Y-yes i played your game! Now let me go!"

Nocturne then simply made his way to Needles's corpse. It was already ravaged, with his guts coming out, some of them half eaten.

"Yes it would seem that you did.

It was then however that Thunderstorm reached the roof top and saw both of them.

"Flash!" She said while she hugged him.

"Thunderstorm, are you ok?"

"I....i was scared, when i saw the undead ravaging my home...i simply...."

Flash then hugged her and said.

"Don't worry it's ok.....they are all gone now."

"But...Flash who is that!" She pointed at Nocturne.

"It's only natural that you don't remember me Thunderstorm." Nocturne said.

"What?" She replied.

"Enough games Nocturne!" Flash shouted.

"Now let us go!"

"Let YOU go? Why would i do that?"

"You promised! You promised that if we were to win your games we would go!"

"Of course you will, only you however not Thunderstorm!"

"Why! Why do you have to torturer her, why would you leave her in this broken world alone?!"

"Listen Flash, this world that we currently are in is as real as the one that you come from, it's just a different universe, a world i created for you to pass your test! And you did, so stop being selfies and accept your fate! You can't save them all Flash! But i can! I can make life, i can take it away! It's all in my control!"

"Flash....what is he talking about?!" She said while crying a little.

But Flash didn't answer, if Nocturne is as powerful as he claims to be then what is the point in fighting a force beyond your powers?

"I....understand Nocturne..."

"What!!" Thunderstorm said.

"I am sorry Thunderstorm, i don't have a choice, i wish things were different, i wish that i could take you with me, but i have some friends to save from doom. I...am sorry."

And he left from Thunderstorm's side.

"FlASH PLEASE! DONT LEAVE ME HERE!"

And she started running towards him, but before she could reach him, Flash punched her right in the face and she was knocked down on the floor with blood coming out of her nose. The look she gave him was a look of pure horror. Flash dind't feel any different at all, he was scared too for what he did.

"Wow you gave her quite a punch Flash!" Nocturne said.

"Let's just go! It's becaues of you i am forced to do such things! And i can't wait till i get the opportunity to kill you!"

"I am sure you will." Nocturne said with a sarcastic tone.

He then focused some magic on his hoof and he spawned a portal right in front of him.

"You may pass."

Flash passed without hesitation and the portal behind him closed.

"Flash..." Thunderstorm said in a weak voice.

"Oh come on now! Don't be sad, after all you played your role and now the only thing that remains is...."

He then stabbed her in the chest with his wrist blade and said.

"To kill you.....again!"

She then fell down dead with her eyes gazing on Nocturne's face.

"Now....who's next? Oh yes.....Shining armor!"

He then gave an evil laugh and the world around him turned to darkness and was disappeared.