Firehearted

When Jack, Atlas to his friends, had heard of the giant comet was going to hit earth he had blown it off. He didn't believe a word of it. However after only hearing more reports on it he thought twice. When the actual thing was in clear view he was surprisingly reserved. He felt like he should be panicking but he carried on. Toward the final hours of the earth he began to worry however. He needed to get home. "I'm sorry, Mister Boyd, but I can't do anything. You're not the only one trying to get home" The ambassador was slowly failing to keep his frustration in check. "I don't care! Get me a plane back tot he US now!" "Mister Boyd" She went on with gritted teeth. "I can not do anything. There are hundreds of citizens trying the same thing you are" "Then do something!" He pulled out his less-than-pristine passport. "Get me a ride home!" The bickering was a bit childish but he didn't care. He just wanted to get home. "And if you-" A flash of light blinded him. He stood still for a moment shielding his eyes.When he opened them again he found himself in a corridor. "What?" Was all he got out before a sudden lightheadedness took him and he collapsed falling unconscious on the cold metal floor.

@@Hypn0ticD, What happened? I groaned on the ground. My head pounded and my whole body felt like it had trampled by a herd of buffalo. Maybe I should sit here a bit longer... "Hey...hey, are you alright?? Hey, say somethin'!" I felt something shake me accompanied with a voice. Okay maybe I should get up. "Ugh" Was all that came out at first. I opened my eyes. It was dark... A small bit of light crept from something nearby. "Where I am?" Was the second thing that came out of my mouth. I pulled my self to my hooves. I stretched out popping my legs and wings. I said and wings... And. Wings. No matter how much I tried they wouldn't move. I turned my head around to look at them. Oh... They were under a jacket. A jacket? When had I put that on. I never wear jackets... I spun around to find the voice from just before. A strange creature stood in front of me. In a split reaction I yanked my neck around to grab my sword only to find my head not going that far not that I even had a sword. I spun around again to buck the creature only to fall flat on my face. I scrambled back to my hooves and yelled as something felt like it stabbed my hoof. I looked down at it to see... Er... What? To see a... Thingy... It sure wasn't a hoof. It looked like a Griffon claw but fleshy and with more joints. More importantly it was attacked to me. Stay calm, Atlas. You're fine... ish... I stayed on my Er... Thingies to look at the creature looking down at me. "Hello" I was smiling like an idiot. "Who are you? Where am I and what have you done to me?" Simple enough. Now all I had to do was not panic... just not panic...

I had gone to leave but stopped at the doorway to the tent. I hadn't been scared of Lighting Bliss and her power. I was afraid of myself. I'd never gone that far before and that shook me. What inside me had snapped to pull that? I stood frozen in the doorway. Now what? I had no where to go. Maybe head to Canterlot and see Silver Cast? Maybe... I stood in the doorway a moment longer then made my to the train station. Something was wrong. I just knew it. I had that gut feeling... What had seen meant by my "Inner peace" or whatever? Never mind that. I was going to see Silver.

@@Lightning Bliss, Please don't press. "No. I just want to leave" I backed up beginning to shake and a look of fear washed over me. "J-Just go" That closet wasn't holding up too well. "I don't know what happened, alright! I just swung. You were in danger and I couldn't watch that happen. I didn't want to bang him up that bad. I just wanted to knock him away!" I shivered in anxiety and fear along with hyperventilating. "I don't want to hurt ponies! I'm a doctor! I'm not a fighter" I whimpered to himself barely standing up straight. "P-Please go"

@@Lightning Bliss, I looked at her with a cold expression. I wanted to scream in anguish but I'd know I'd never do that. "I'm no killer" I told Lighting Bliss flatly. "I didn't plan to start out there either" I said with the same flatness of before pointing toward the door. "I'd prefer to considered a healer over a fighter but that ended today *Sigh* I don't know what happened out there. I just... Just..." My knees shook and a cold sweet dripped down the side of my face. "I just... I don't know. I just swung and didn't stop..." I took a few deep breaths and locked the thought in my mind's closet. "Leave me be. We never have to meet again. I'm a lowly peasant pony and you're royalty. We have no business together. Good day, your highness" I turned around to leave not letting her give a response.

Why was she grinning like that? Atlas thought before being flung from the side if the aircraft. "AGH!" And bug in his mouth... Delicious... He flipped back around and was upright once again. After checking if the bug was out of his mouth or down his throat he chased after the plane. Yeah... So much for that. Oh, I'll so getting back at you once we're back in Canterlot. Atlas thought with a grin. Maybe Boom wasn't so bad as he had thought. She defiantly didn't seem to hold a grudge. Good. The last thing he needed was someone to butt heads with right now. Maybe this was the start of something good and not as bad as Atlas had first thought. Atlas smiled and kept flying feeling alright for one of the few times in the past three days.

Known for... Er... Not being know by me... Oh! Discord fan. There!

@@Gloomfury, "Yes, ma'am" I replied with a frown. Bliss was the last person I wanted to talk to. What I wanted was to leave and never remember what had just happened but alas life wouldn't let me off the hook. I placed Rag on my back to let my magic rest and began the walk to the clinic. He wasn't that heavy then again he was skin and bones. It wasn't a long walk. The fair wasn't too long. The tent that served as the clinic was no bigger than a small house. I pushed aside the flap of the tent to show a few ponies in medical garb walking around. A couple cots were in the corner with some cabinets full of medical supplies. The only other patient was a mare who had gotten a bad cut on her leg. One of the medical ponies looked my way. "Can I help you?" He asked in a deep, old voice. "Yes, Rag here" I pointed a hoof behind me. "Hasn't eaten in five days" The stallion raised an eyebrow and walked next t.o Rag. "How long has he been out?" "The walk here. That's all" "Place him on the cot and I'll get somepony to run up to the north south clinic to get an IV with a nutrient pack" He almost seemed bored. I gave a frown and gently let Rag down on the cot next to the mare with the cut. The mare with the cut glanced at Rag then me. Her eyes locked on mine then darted away. Great. Word of mouth got around fast. "I'm not in the mood for anything, ma'am" I told her not really knowing what I had meant myself. she nodded not looking at me. I sighed and waited for Bliss and/or the pony from the south clinic to get here.

I stopped and sighed. "Yes, your majesty" I went to Chase and began to give him what little would help. "Not much I can do. He needs bed rest and maybe a concussion test. I can set his leg though" Before Chase had time to react to the option I snapped it back into position and slapped a brace on it. "There. Now just get him to the clinic. Rag too. He still needs food and a hospital" As I said that I looked over at Rag to see him in the dye out cold. "I've got nothing for him though. Only food and rest helps starvation" I levitated Rag to me carefully. It was somewhat straining with a good portion of my magic zapped from the numbing spell. "Once I'm done I'll be on my way. Sorry to give you all trouble"

Atlas gracefully flew through the skies. Nothing to do but think and fly. So thinking. What do do in Canterlot? Send some letters. Call up Done Deal to get them some rooms. Suck the blood out of an unwilling victim. Okay done thinking now. Just fly. Yes. Flying is good. @@Bada3oom Box,@, Over the wind Atlas's ear caught the a low droning noise. Looking back and up he saw Sidewinder's Jenny steadily gaining on him. Gaining already? Maybe his top speed wasn't that fast. He rose to get level with the approaching plane. A bit higher than he liked but it was okay. He let the plane gain on him then grabbed along side to not let it fall behind him. The sound of the engine drowned out anything he could have said. "Ever been up this high!" Atlas shouted in Boom's face barely hearing himself. "Pretty, ain't it?!"

((I thought so. Sorry. Been reading a bit too much Fallout: Equestria)) I stared down at him as they carried Chase off. I just sat there thinking. I'd almost killed him. I'd never done that. Sure, I'd been in a schoolyard fight before but this was so very different. I almost turned to treat him on the way to the clinic but I couldn't. If anything I didn't desire that right. I'd been the one to almost kill someone. I was the villain here. I stood up and began to walk in the opposite direction as the others. As I walked ponies cleared the way for the rage pony. I just left... No need to stick around. I began to make me silent way to the train station,

((Never written in first person. Ah, well!)) @@Rainbow Eclipse,@@Lightning Bliss, @@Gloomfury, What? How did he break that spell?! I'm getting rusty... Panic began to rise again. My mind swiftly began hit the panic back with a large hammer. Now was not the time. Deep breaths... GO. I looked around for anything to help. Stalls. Nothing useful. I would have casted the spell again but it drains my magic. All I could do now was telekinesis. Think... Think! Bingo. I snatched up a large heavy pipe from a plumber's stall and turned to face Chase again. I stopped. I wasn't a fighter. I just watched a moment as Chase beat up Rag some more. Rage began to replace everything else. I wasn't a fight. I was a protector. I didn't know I had an once of wrath in me. I'd never been angered like this before. "Get away fro him!" I screamed as I charged pipe first. Riley and Anala stopped Chase just long enough for me to bludgeon the pony to the ground. I hit him dead in the rib cage giving a nice snapping sound of ribs. Kinda sounded like celery. I like celery. Chase fell to the ground trying to protect himself. Didn't help. I hit him once again. He screamed in pain as his leg broke. Another blow. More broken bones. Again. Blood. Again. Snap. Again. Screaming. Again. I didn't know what overcame me. I just kept hitting. I'd never hurt a pony like this before. And I didn't care. This bastard desired it. To an extent. Again. Scream. Again. Snap. Again. Going limp. Again. Silence. Again. Crack. Again. Unresponsive. Again. I stopped. At my hooves rested the still body of what was barely recognizable as a pony. He was covered in his own blood much coming from his head wounds with more of it splattered on me. "Want some more, bucker?!" I screamed into his bloody face. As soon as he sat up I'd give him the verbal beating of his life to match the physical one. Once he got up... "Come on! Get up!" I shouted at him. it was utterly silent. "Come on..." My voice dropped. Panic rising. "Come on... Get up. We're fine" He was motionless. I dropped the bloody pipe in my magic. "Come on..." I repeated at almost a whisper. I backed up a couple steps and fall flat on my haunches. "He'll get up... Give him a minute" I muttered. I was transfixed by his body my mouth slightly ajar. "He'll get up. Just wait" I muttered once more. ((Too much? Want him alive cause if so go on ahead. I won't complain (But I want him dead))

@@Lightning Bliss,@@Gloomfury, Patches kept panicking. "What am I going to do?!" His eyes darted around the area looking for anything to help with the situation. The frying pan was sitting nearby. No... He wasn't strong enough. Er... Spells! Healing... healing... Numbing! That could work. Using his levitation he picked up the pan and struck Chase in the back of the head as hard as his magic would let him. Following up on his attack he cast a numbing spell on the stallion. Any second now he should fall to the ground. Hopefully.

Patches had no time to react to Rag's move. He watched as the pony began to straggle his helpless victim. Oh, no no no. He's in bad shape as it is! If he losses more energy his condition could only get worse. Patches began to run in place trying to think of what to do. He began to sweet bullets. "What to do, what to do!" Medical! He yank his bag to him. Scissors... Outdated morphine... Bandages... Love letters he'll never send... He had nothing. His only skill set which was medicine had no purpose here. Once again he began to panic. The princess was immobile and Rag was about to become a killer and all he could do was watch from a safe distance. Why was nopony else helping?! In the middle of a fair with scores of ponies not one was doing anything! What am I going to do?! I just can't stand around! Patches watched in horror. What would Atlas do?!

@@Lightning Bliss, Patches looked at the unicorn in front of him for a moment. What would Atlas do? Punch him in the face. Yeah. Good plan. Like the flimsy Patches could throw a punch. "Put the princess down" He said not expecting a response. "I will not give you Rag. You will turn around and leave" He told the stallion in the most composed voice he could give. Violence is not the solution. Be calm and responsible. "If you leave us be I'll give you a hundred bits"

@@Lightning Bliss, "Yeah, I can carry him. He doesn't eat for five days at a time? How? I'm surprised his body can still function like that" He sighed as he levitated Rag onto his back. "Some ponies..." He muttered "This wasn't your fault. If anyone's it was his for not eating anything"

@@Lightning Bliss,@@Rainbow Eclipse, Patches watching the pony fall to the ground. "What's wrong with him?" He asked. "Starving to death?" He dropped next to the stallion. "How long has he not eaten? If it's been more that four days then he's going into autophagy or in other words his body is eating itself" He stood back up. "We can't do anything about it except get him food. First though we need to get him to the hospital. Now" Once Riley and Anala returned with food he gave another order. "Do not let him eat that quickly. If he does he'll just throw it back him. Give it to him piece by piece. Do any of you know where the nearest hospital or at least an aid station is?"

((I'm alive!)) "A leader? Personally I'm not fit for the job... I'm just a doctor that can't shoot a gun straight if his life depended on it. I'll leave it up to ya'll" Patches glared at the robot nearby. Weird... Just don't pay attention to it. Just live to see tomorrow. "So going off that statement does anyone have any injuries?"

@@Lightning Bliss, He levitated the lamp back out of his saddle bag. "This? I'll let it off my hooves for Er..." He looked over the paintings again. "That one" He pointed at a painting just small enough to fit in his saddle bags. He didn't particularly care for it but then again it wasn't for him.

@@Lightning Bliss, Patches watched them adding bits in. "You're talking to me about Canterlot? I had to go to college there for three years" Once they got to the stall he did a once over of the paintings. "Nice. Very nice" He dug into his saddle bags for something to trade with. He then remembered all head on him was medical suppluies, a book, and a lamp. "Unless you want a shot or lamp of the the embodiment of chaos I got nothing worth your while" He said dropping the items he had gathered back into his bag. Patches watched the heart warming sight with a slight smile. It was nice to watch to say the least.

@@Lightning Bliss, "Gah" Was all Patches could say. His face read complete confusion. Had she just... Yeah... Yeah she had. "Er... Yes... Sorry. Just... Royalty 'n' all. Don't meet them everyday" He scratched his mane with his hoof. "Keep the bits. I've got plenty" He lied. "I wasn't too hungry anyway... Lead the way" He motioned for her to take the lead. "SOOOooooo. What brings Canterlot Royalty to such a humble festive? Besides your paintings of course"

@@Lightning Bliss, Okay, Patches. Think Canterlot. Think polite and high class. "Why yes Lighting Bliss. A friend told me the event was happening and I had no where to be" He looked over at the others. Why was that one missing a tail? "Paintings? Interesting. May I see them?" Patches asked with some true interest. He then remembered all he had was medical items and a lamp. Not exactly prime trading items but something. The way he was speaking felt foreign to him. To suave. Too sophisticated. But this was a princess. He had to act like that.

Patches dug into the loot. Pistol. Potions. Leg brace. Another first-aid kit, doctor's bag... That's everything. "So I guess we part ways here" He looked about the group. Interesting. More importantly none of them looked like they wanted to rob them. His eyes rested Sky Drill. His leg! @, "You! Come here! I won't let you anywhere with that leg" He pulled out his bag and potions. (I gave Hazmat permission to have that weapon. It doesn't work and it'll be a long time till it does)

@@Lightning Bliss, "Patches" He answered his name still in shock he had just run into royalty. "No, it was truly my fault your highness. I wasn't looking where I was going" He gave a small bow as he chucked his ruined food into the nearest trashcan. I just ran into royalty?! Why in Celestia's name did this have to happen?! "Once again, I'm so very sorry. You have no need to apologize, ma'am. It was entirely my fault" He had a nervous smile on his face and was sweating bullets.