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Stuck in a Rut: Pt. 5 (Flutterrape)

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  1. >With a scream, both of pain and fright, you awaken to the face of Rainbow Dash.
  2. >”Anon, what happened?!”
  3. >She motions to your battered legs.
  4. >You can barely move your lips, vapid of energy.
  5. >She fidgets nervously.
  6. >”I guess you're not talking... Listen, I've got some bad news.”
  7. >Raise an eyebrow weakly.
  8. >”Fluttershy, she... she got out.”
  9. >Looking to your legs, you finally manage to croak out a couple of words.
  10. “I kn-know.”
  11. >The cyan blue figure's pupils expand like a supernova.
  12. >”I- What- You can't be... No!”
  13. >She simply stands for a few moments, staring ahead whilst shuddering.
  14. >Closing your eyes you let out a puff.
  15. >After what feels like a decade, the mare eventually looks down to you.
  16. >”...Did she...?”
  17. >Nod.
  18. >”I... I can't believe it...”
  19. >Ears are greeted with a pained yowl.
  20. >You need to get up from the floor.
  21. “Look *koff* I need h-help.”
  22. >Through her anguished burbling, she sniffs.
  23. >”I'll be back as-as-as soon as I can.”
  24. >She blasts out of your house, rushing to presumably a vet.
  25. >After all, you're still considered “monkey” to most.
  26.  
  27. >She's dotting about, left and right, yelling for help.
  28. >All the p0nies in town look at her as if she is insane.
  29. >She's questioning that herself.
  30. >How could she have gotten herself tied in this web?
  31. >The sole “human” of her homeland, and she is slowly falling in that cursed pit...
  32. >The pit from which she has no hope of escape from...
  33. >For him.
  34. >She wishes it wasn't so, and she denies it.
  35. >In her head she refuses to believe it.
  36. >She almost had herself fooled at one point.
  37. >But that is of no consequence right now.
  38. >She still has to save her friend.
  39.  
  40. >It's hard to keep consciousness.
  41. >Even though it's only been 10 minutes since Rainbow left, it feels like an eternity.
  42. >You feel yourself slipping from reality...
  43. >Slowly but steadily.
  44. >Eyelids become heavier with each passing moment.
  45. >You know you have to stay awake, but it's a hard task...
  46. >Maybe some sleep won't be so bad...
  47.  
  48. >With a cough, you awaken.
  49. >Your legs are suspended from the curtain railing.
  50. >Scan your surroundings, to find you're in hospital.
  51. >The mashed limbs are in casts.
  52. >There's a small note at your bedside.
  53. >You try to reach it, but with your legs hanging like that, you can't.
  54. >It's a hairlength away.
  55. >You struggle against your bubble, twisting and turning to try and reach.
  56. >Effort wasted, all in vain.
  57. >You sigh to yourself.
  58. >A few moments pass, but then the door gives way.
  59. >”Ahnon!”
  60. >Applejack.
  61. >”What in the hay happened to you?!”
  62. >It's been a while since you've managed to speak properly.
  63. >Well, guess you better give the old chords a workout.
  64. “I *croak* was attacked.”
  65. >”Oh Celestia, who did it?!”
  66. >...This is a predicament.
  67. >If you tell her... will she listen?
  68. >She's already heard the same from Dash...
  69. >But from you?
  70. >Would it make her suspicious?
  71. >What are you to do?
  72. >Split second decisions are the worst.
  73. “I... don't actually know.”
  74. >”Huh?”
  75. ”It was in the dark. I was walking home. Next thing I knew I was being beaten into a pulp by someone or someones.”
  76. >”Are y'all okay?”
  77. >This pony.
  78. “Well, obviously not.”
  79. >She looks saddened by your off-the-cuff comment.
  80. >But what were you to do?
  81. >You've been beaten, molested and now you can't even move your fucking legs.
  82. >”Well ah'm sorry to hear Anon. Ah jist wanted to stop on by to see if y'all were feelin' any better...”
  83. >Sigh.
  84. “Sorry. I guess I'm just in a bit of a mess right now.”
  85. >She smiles slightly.
  86. >”Well, if yer ever needin' somep0ny to talk to, I'm here.”
  87. >Nod to her as she walks out.
  88.  
  89. >There's not much to do in here.
  90. >You'd read one of Twilight's books she'd given you, if only you could get someone to get it for you.
  91. >Shame you didn't remember when Applejack came by.
  92. >The room is solitary, so no-one to make small talk to either.
  93. >Most likely wouldn't bother themselves to anyway.
  94. >It's just your luck that you'd get taken away from your homeland to another place where you are even more of a pariah.
  95. >Hell, the only reason that party went well until the whole incident, was because everyone there was shit-faced.
  96. >It's fortunate you're lying in this bed alone.
  97. >Lest somebody tries to remember what the hell happened.
  98. >Rainbow Dash was true to her word, but... if anyone else found out?
  99. >They'd call you a liar, of course.
  100. >How could the Element Of Kindness be so horrid?
  101. >That's what they'd say, and that's what you've been pondering for the past week.
  102.  
  103. >A few hours have passed since Applejack's visit.
  104. >You managed to get some sleep, thank goodness.
  105. >It would have been murder to have to sit - or hang there, rather - for that length of time.
  106. >A pony knocks upon your door.
  107. “Come in.”
  108. >”You have another visitor, Mr. Anonymous.”
  109. >Oh?
  110. >”It's technically against the rules to do this, visiting hours are LONG since over, but... this mare made it very clear she needed to see you.”
  111. >Who could it be?
  112. >”I'll let you two talk.”
  113. >The nurse walks out.
  114. >”H-hello Anon.”
  115. >...No.
  116. >It can't be her.
  117. >”I wanted to tell you something.”
  118. >There's nothing you can do to stop her.
  119. >She comes closer and closer to your bedside.
  120. >Your entire body has begun to seize up.
  121. >Vocal chords tense, you can't even scream for help!
  122. >”I w-wanted to say...”
  123. >She attempts to cup her hoof near your ear.
  124. >”I'm not finished with you.”
  125. >The yellow pony retracts, sweat drips from your nose.
  126. >Her lips curl up slightly, and her tongue wets them.
  127. >She gives you a small kiss and you can't pull away.
  128. >Her taste is familiar.
  129. >You wish it was foreign.
  130. >She pulls away, and finally turns to leave.
  131. >”I'm going to go now...”
  132. >Halfway out the door, she stops and glares daggers at you.
  133. >”But if you t-tell ANYP0NY about this...”
  134. >She needn't say a word. You know exactly what she means.
  135. >She'll be the fucking death of you.
  136.  
  137. ////////
  138. >Anon is in the hospital.
  139. >You're stuck in Cloudsdale for now.
  140. >Well, not stuck.
  141. >But you're not allowed to visit til 11am.
  142. >If only you didn't have to attend Wonderbolt training yesterday.
  143. >The worry that has built up inside you is insurmountable.
  144. >Is he gonna be alright?
  145. >Is he gonna recover?
  146. >Where did Fluttershy go?
  147. >You need to ask somep0ny, but...
  148. >Who?
  149. >Does anyp0ny else even know?
  150. >Anon isn't likely to tell them...
  151. >And he made you swear not to.
  152. >But...
  153. >Is it worth breaking his trust to try and solve this whole mess?
  154. >By Tartarus, you've only been friends with him for a few days...
  155. >This is so convoluted.
  156.  
  157. >You dart off through the clouds, the wind whooshing next to your ears.
  158. >Moisture from the sky fluff refreshes you.
  159. >You've been going around in circles like this for an hour or so.
  160. >There's just nothing for it.
  161. >You need to see Anon.
  162. >Now.
  163. >Spying the town square, you flap down to it.
  164. >The clock reads “10:50”.
  165. >Only ten more minutes.
  166. >Heck, you might as well walk this one.
  167. >If you flew, you'd be there in seconds, once more sitting in anticipation.
  168. >Listing lazily through town, you pass many ponies.
  169. >They all seem to stare at you funny.
  170. >What's their deal?
  171. >You haven't done anything to them.
  172. >Maybe your frown is putting off the newest lot.
  173. >As you turn, you catch a glimpse of yourself in a window.
  174. “Huh.”
  175. >Your eyes have enormous purple bags underneath them.
  176. “...So that's why.”
  177. >Surely you weren't up all night...?
  178. >From the other side, a pony taps the window with a scared/confused look on his face.
  179. >You jump back a little, blushing.
  180. “Sorry...”
  181. >This whole ordeal is taking as much of a toll on you as it is Anon.
  182. >The hospital is ahead.
  183. >You can only hope it's 11am.
  184. >As you walk in the door, you see the clock.
  185. “Oh, come on!”
  186. >10:58.
  187. >”It's only another two minutes, Rainbow Dash.”
  188. >The doctors and nurses know you on a first-name basis.
  189. >What comes with being an athlete is a lot of injuries.
  190. “Redheart, can't I just go up and see him?”
  191. >”No, you know how much I hate having unenforced rules.”
  192. “Fine.”
  193. >You cross your arms and begin to sulk.
  194.  
  195. >That two minutes felt like a year.
  196. >”Rainbow Dash, you can go see Anon now.”
  197. >Your heart is racing.
  198. >Is he okay?
  199. >”Room 124, remember.”
  200. >Climbing up the stairs, you pass a couple of doctors.
  201. >They turn from you.
  202. >What's the big idea?
  203. >Anon's door is in front of you.
  204. ////////
  205.  
  206. >It's 11:01.
  207. >You've been sitting in shock since last night.
  208. >It's too horrifying to think.
  209. >You're just gonna become a little fucktoy.
  210. >For that...
  211. >She's not even worthy of being called a creature.
  212. >That entity.
  213.  
  214. >The door opens.
  215. >”Anon?”
  216. >Rainbow?
  217. >”Anon, are you alright?”
  218. >She comes to your bedside, but jumps back at what she sees.
  219. >A drained, emotionless face.
  220. >Completely pale, devoid of any sensation whatsoever.
  221. >Affixed in that same position...
  222. >Mouth catching flies, your pupils shrunken to atomic sizes.
  223. >It's not a sight you'd wish upon anyone.
  224. >”Wha... What happened to you?”
  225. >You're trying your best to respond.
  226. >Move your eyes around frantically, trying to let her know.
  227. >”Anon!”
  228. >She doesn't seem to understand.
  229. >”What are you trying to tell me?”
  230. >Your jaw unlocks slightly.
  231. >It's not enough, your vocal chords are still wrapped in a slipknot around each other.
  232. >Tears well up in her eyes.
  233. >”Is this just a game to you?!”
  234. >No!
  235. “Gckk...”
  236. >Her sobs drown out your feeble noise.
  237. >”You've made me worry so much...”
  238. >She sniffs and blubbers violently.
  239. >”And now you're not gonna tell me ANYTHING?!”
  240. >Her eyebrows tilt downward.
  241. >”Well fine! If you ever need me again I'll be nowhere that you can find me!”
  242. >This is horrific!
  243. >Surely she must understand...?
  244. >This isn't your fault...