The Mad Mane Six.

Chapter 13

Starlight walked forward, guided by the bounty hunter that was delivering her and the rest to Riplight. That bounty hunter was named Winged Bullet, and she treated the group well, moving at a speed that even the wounded Daring Do could keep up with. "Don't worry, I made a stopping point up ahead. It's safe, and it's got food for both the immune and the nightmares, so you should be satisfied."
"I'm just.... I wish we could've saved Scootaloo, she didn't deserved what happened. After all, she was the one that saved us." Starlight said. They all had to stop for a momment, even Octavium, and Bullet was the one to speak."She did what she did, and even I have my regrets, but we are here, and we need to get there, to safety. I gave Riplight my word, and I may not have much left as honor go, but Riplight Jackal is one nightmare that I respect deeply. Let's get moving again." The group the began to follow Bullet to the safe zone.
They walked quietly a mile or two, and the walked towards a cave that had a makeshift but sturdy front wall and door. Winged Bullet then took and grabbed a lantern from a table that sat outside and lit it. "I know the nightmares won't have trouble walking in the dark, but not all of us are infected, so not all of us can see without a external light source. Let's head in now." She then opened the door, and the group headed in.
The light illuminated the nature stone walls, outfitted with a wood stove, a makeshift cabinet, and a set of bed rolls. It was simple, only having what she needed for the times that she was there. Winged smiled at the home she made,"it's not much, but it will serve what we need it too. I sorry if the bed rolls are a bit dingy, as you can see, it's a bit difficult to put them in a place that would keep them from getting dirty or dingy. Food is in the cabinet, the meat is dried and the bread is preserved, so you need to heat the bread up to make soft enough to eat. There should also be some dried fruit and nuts, but I was planning to use that as travelling rations. We have a decent journey before us, so eat what you need, and don't get anymore than that. Afterwards, find a place to sleep. We need as much strength as we can get." Winged Bullet said before she ventured deeper in the cave.
Starlight listened to the others settle in, Vinal opened the cabinets while Daring Do hobbled over to one of the bed rolls that was the closest to the right wall. Octavium got her instrument and began to tune it, and Bomb Bomb and Firera started to talk about random subjects. Starlight felt out of place amongst them, so she followed Daring's lead and found a bed roll. They all had the smell of dry rot and dirt, but it was better that the wet and decaying smell of the dungeon that she had been trapped in for so long. One thing was for certain, she hated the screaming when they tortured somepony, even if she grew numb. She started to lay down on a roll when she felt a old wound start to open up on her front leg.
She hissed, as the wound stung as the scab opened. A bit of blood spilled out, causing both Vinal and Octavium to sharply look at her, and Daring to get up and hobble over. "That's a nasty wound, you should get that treated when you can. Fortunately, I may be able to treat it if I can get a few things. But I'm sure that we won't find them all in the cave." Daring said after looking over the wound. Starlight moved her head as if to look at her, as sort of some trained exercise. Daring frowned, for she saw Starlight's eyes beneath the cloth, but knew she couldn't see her.
Firera and Bomb said something,"what is it that you need?" Daring looked at the two, and and then said. "I'll need blue mountain moss to clot the wounds, and I need some spearmint to disinfect and calm the wound, and maybe something to help the wound heal faster." Firera the looked and said, "I think I saw some fire root next to the door. Last I remember, that had the ability to help heal wounds."
"That will work, please, hurry. This wound is pretty bad, I'm really surprised that the wound didn't open up earlier. To tell you the truth, something doesn't seem right. The way the wound looks, it's as if someone ?"
Starlight turned her head towards Daring,"I don't know, and that's what's bothering me."

Firera walked through the forest carrying a group of red star shaped flowers, mint, and other herbs that she recognized. Bomb Bomb looked around, her blaster on her back. Bomb then looked at the gun and sighed, "you know, I hope we get back to the others, I'm out of ammo for Bess here. And the ammo I have is useless if we get into a serious fight." Bomb looked over to see that Firera daydreaming and humming a song that she hummed when she thought of burning something. Bomb rolled her eyes,"it's like trying to talk to deaf screamer... well, I can complain to much, at least she can focus."
Bomb then began to look around again, and they arrived to a clearing. The area had a lot of grass and yellow flowers. She also noticed some red clover, and remembered that red clover was something that wasn't just edible, but incredibly nutritious to boot. She headed over to gather the clover to bring back for the others. She then heard a familiar voice say some haunting words.
"You need not worry, now you serve a better purpose than food. Why, without you, Spyder wouldn't have a chance to carry her own child. Your a life saver in that sense." Bomb looked up to see Gearus...Gearus Lockhart, who was accompanied by a mare bound to some sort of web. Bomb immediately ducked out of view, for she knew that if Gearus saw her, then she'd have to contend with all the foul and locked away desires that Gearhead had. The question is, how was Gearus here? Something must have happened to have had Gearhead get ripped apart but something far more dangerous. Bomb looked back to see him and what he looked like, as so she could better avoid the monster.
Gearus was a large stallion that was redder than blood, and dark blue hair that resembled the color of a midnight sky. Half his body was covered in purple and black spirals know as nightmare tattoos.and his wings were jagged bones and feathers. His eyes were red and blue with his whites not being white, but purple instead. He even had a similar mark but it was a broken gear. Gearus was very different, and yet he was just another part of Gearhead. Still, Bomb knew what would happen if she got spotted by him.
She started to leave quietly, and found Firera looking at her, and Firera pointed back to the cave, and Bomb knew what she meant. They had to warn the others, and quickly, for it would be soon that he would smell them out. She moved as silently as she could and Firera helped do so, and as soon as they got to a point that would be far enough, and they immediately began to run as fast as they could. They didn't notice, but there was another thing that they would've worried about.