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Trixie's Run: Prologue

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  1. Trixie's Run: Prologue
  2.  
  3. >Your took in another short, shallow breath.
  4. >Your hooves clopping on the tiled floor, their ringing echoing throughout the hall.
  5. >You could hear a faint laugh in the distance.
  6. >"Runner.... I'm coming... for... you...."
  7. >Your pupils had long since shrunk to pinpricks, but had they been able too, they would've shrunk more right there.
  8. >They knew where you were, who you were... but not where you were going.
  9. >You could feel the Ankh pressed against your flank, your saddlebags hiding it from sight.
  10. >Ankh.
  11. >Sanctuary.
  12. >Freedom.
  13. >A new home.
  14. >A home where you would be able to live out your days.
  15. >That thought gave you hope, a renewed sense of... you don't know what.
  16. >But it made you feel good inside.
  17. >"You can't hide forever... RUNNER."
  18. >You dare a look over your shoulder....
  19. >There!
  20. >You spot him.
  21. >One of the Sandmen... a special kind of killer.
  22. >You kept running, destination... The Arcade.
  23. >You didn't have much time.
  24. >The shouts of 'RENEW!' could be heard even here.
  25. >Carousel was going in full swing.
  26.  
  27. >"I've got you now... Runner."
  28. >You feel the burn of the magnesium rounds as they slam into the wall, inches from your head.
  29. >You scramble away from the heat and light.
  30. >"Why do you run... Runner?"
  31. >You look around, adrenaline making your movements quick and concise.
  32. >You stopped at a pillar, placing your side against it and taking in deep, gulping breaths.
  33. >"Oh Runner... come out... come out, where ever you are!"
  34. >You feel the magnesium rounds burst into light and fire against the wall behind you.
  35. >You gallop off, hooves almost breaking the tile beneath them with the force of your fear.
  36. >The laughter of the Sandmen echoes through out the hall.
  37. >A terrifying addition to the shouts of 'RENEW!'
  38. >You drone it out, your heart beat the only thing you hear.
  39. >You scramble to a stop, hooves sliding over the tile at more magnesium rounds burst into life ahead of you.
  40. >You can't pull the air into your lungs fast enough.
  41. >"Run faster... RUNNER!"
  42. >You slowly back away from the two Sandmen.
  43. >A wall the only thing behind you.
  44. >You cringe as Magnesium rounds flare into life around your form, their heat searing you.
  45. >You look out over the ledge... now or never.
  46. >You gallop over and jump, extending your wings and gently floating down.
  47. >The Sandmen just smile.
  48.  
  49. >You land, the tunnel to The Arcade dead ahead.
  50. >You gallop down it, the Sandmen laughing as you do.
  51. >You gallop around a corner, the last corner before The-a gun.
  52. >One of the Sandmen had doubled around and cut you off at the tunnel.
  53. >"No more running, Runner."
  54. >You rear back, your fore hooves lashing out.
  55. >The Sandmen just smiles as he triggers the gun mounted on his flank.
  56. >The blast takes you full in the chest, the world going dark instantly.
  57. >Your dead body flies back a few feet, sliding into a sickly wet pile of flesh on the floor.
  58. >The shouts of 'RENEW!' go on unperturbed.
  59. >The Sandman pulls his communicator from his belt, flipping the switch.
  60. >"Runner terminated 0.45. Ready for clean up."
  61. >The Sandman holds his communicator next to your body.
  62. >An image appears of a blue unicorn.
  63. >"Request identity check."
  64. >The words 'Ident. Affirm, New Pony #273, Race Change' appear on the screen.
  65. >"Affirmative."
  66. >The Sandman rummages around your saddle bags, pulling out a blanket, some bits, and a strange object.
  67. >It was your Ankh.
  68. >With a shrug he throws them in his saddle bags and leaves.
  69. >The cleaning crew wings over, spraying down the body before flying away.
  70.  
  71. >The Ankh falls from the Sandman's saddle bag, landing on the floor with a quiet metallic ring.
  72. >A baby blue unicorn stealth's from the bushes and picks up the Ankh with her magic before galloping off.
  73. >The body slowly dissolves from the cleaning crew's spray and leaves no trace it was there.
  74. >The masses pour out from their daily Carousel.
  75. >Chatting noisily, life continues on.
  76. >Yellows, Blues, Greens, Reds and finally Blinking.
  77. >The stages of life as Celestia saw fit to let her subjects live.
  78. >No one questioned, no one changed, no one... almost no one... ran.
  79. >Those that did... didn't get very far.
  80. >The Sandmen did their job... and they did it well.
  81. >The masses just went about their business.
  82. >No one would miss a runner.
  83. >Well... one pony would miss him.
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