The dead move.

We had started running once again, and just like it was before the other two were showing large amounts of tiring out, while I was still more or less in pristine condition if not a little hungry and thirsty. We took a left turn into another alley, then went down that all the way and ended up taking a right turn, several lefts and rights later I found us to be sufficiently lost. "Do either of you happen to know where it is that we are at?"

"No idea, I was really...gimme a minute." Blood then proceeded to rapidly take her helmet off and barf...great, that's an enormous waste of peaches. "Okay, I'm good now, I was hoping that you would know where we are." Shit, I wasn't paying attention entirely, all I know is that we took a shit ton of turns.

"Real sexy by the way, barfing all over the place." Her face got red. Shit, should not have said that, might give her the wrong idea on how I fell about her...how do I feel about her. I mean I barely know her, I've only known her for a few days really, though she does seem to be pretty okay, but then again she is also really...creepy sometimes.

"It was not all over the place! It was just most of the place." It then was decided (Mentally it would seem.) that we were to break into a nearby house, this decision was done by Hardsteel. Who put him in charge? We followed him into the house to see that it was not in very good condition at all.

"What the fuck dude, someone could be living here still and we coul-" He then proceeded to show me the head of a recently bashed in zompony skull. "Never mind." Well, this got really cheery. I walked into the house, it was rather mundane. Simple furniture, a couch and a few hoof chairs. One of those new T.V things was sitting on a nearby table, wonder how they afforded that with all this other crappy looking stuff? What really got to me though were the pictures. Everywhere you looked, pictures of ponies that have families, smiling and looking so happy. I looked down at the recently re-deceased zompony. Luckily I did not recognize it in any of the pictures.

It appeared that Blood was having the same reaction as me, her helmet was still off, in fact I did not see her helmet anywhere. "Hey Blood?" She simply looked at me with eyebrows raised. "Where's your helmet?" One would that a helmet would be pretty important right now so that your face doesn't get eaten off.

"Well, our suits are running out of crystals, you know the magical crystals required for heavy duty enchantments, yeah these need them very badly, mine is just about out so I figured that I may as well save some energy and just get rid of the helmet, with it gone it might last another hour."

"Hold up, you not wearing a helmet is going to make it last that much longer?" She began to chuckle a little bit.

"I probably should have mentioned this before, my suit has about an hour left on it..."  Well that's no good at all, with how heavy those suits are we are going to probably have to dump that.

"SHIT!" Blood and I both turned towards the noise, seemed like the good General was in trouble. We both ran towards the yell and discovered...a completely still set of armor that obviously had somepony in it trying to get out...unsuccessfully.

Blood began to make a sort of noise somewhere between a snort and a chuckle, it was cute...nope nope nope nope nope. None of those thoughts, and for fucks sake, you've barely known this mare for like what. three days? And then I passed out.

(*Swifthooves dream world*)

"That does not mean that you can't think she's cute."

"Luna, quite knocking me ou-"

(*Real world*)

"FUCK!" Both of them turned towards me, apparently while I was very momentarily talking to Luna she had gotten him out of the armor.

"Have a nice nap mare magnet?" I gave Hardsteel my best evil glare...it was equivalent to a bunny's... "When you're done looking like you have to take a shit, lets get moving."

I frowned a bit. Blood proceeded to walk up to me and put a hoof around my shoulders. "I though you were *snarking sound* very menacing." I don't like these ponies anymore, nope, not one bit. Blood then proceeded to peck me on the cheek. Okay so maybe I like them a litt-WHAT! When did that become okay!? No fraternizing with a mare you barely know, get it together! I began to scoot away from Blood, reasons being obvious.

(*POV of Blood Drip.*)

He will be mine! He's the only stallion that is alive that's available. Quickshot is asexual and well...I don't know what the fuck is up with Hardsteel. I felt Swift moving below my leg, I then took it off of him, don't come on too strong now Blood, might make him feel like things are going to fast...are things going to fast? Nah, estrus is just making me...shit, estrus season...

(*POV of Swifthooves.*)

As I was scooting away she removed her hoof from me and got a very worried look on her face, I immediately scooted back next to her, what if I offended her somehow? "Hey, hey it's okay." She then turned to me, the same worried look on her face.

"We have to get back to the cave as quickly as we can, Quickshot is in horrible danger!" Both Hardsteel and I looked towards her with faces of concern.

"How so?" Hardsteel had apparently found a loaf of bread in the kitchen and was promptly eating some while tearing the remainder of it in half and floating it over to the two of us.

"It's estrus season, and Quickshot is a male, with two females, and he is asexual, connect the dots boys!"