Author's Note

Well what do you know, this fanfic isn't dead. I know it has been awhile since I last updated this (over a year to be more actuate). But I'm back again, and all I can say is that I'm sorry it took so long. My real life has been really busy, but I think I'm at a point where I can give more time to writing. I hate having these long gaps between posting chapters, and I'll do everything I can to put that habit to an end.

I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Colgate Minuette (Dead Rising 1)

Today was not going the way Frank had thought it would. When he got information of something going on in Willamette, Colorado, he had assumed it would have been something like riot. Newsworthy, but nothing too out of normal. He would have never guessed that a zombie outbreak was going on.

Yet, that’s exactly what was going on. And now he had three days to wait until the helicopter came back to pick him up. Now he could have just sat in the safe room for those three days, and let Brad and Jessie do all the work. But he came here for a story, and he was going to be leaving with the best story ever, assuming he survived. And while he was doing that, he might as well help the people who were still alive get to a safer place.

So far, Frank had figured that he had been doing a good job at saving those poor souls, even if they would seemingly lose track of him if he didn’t call out to them on a constant rate. Regardless, he had just help a few people get to the safe room. One of them was trapped behind a bunch of boxes for a while, even though Frank had no problem removing them and was sure he could have as well. There were also those two boys, one of whom attacked Frank while the other coward in fear. And then there was the mother, or would it be former mother, who Frank had to carry back. He was about to head off to go see what was wrong with the ride in Wonderland Plaza, but he got a little sidetracked in the process.

Witch was the situation he currently found himself in. Running through the zombie infested Central Park, holding a girl’s hand so such could keep up with him, while being cached by three convicts who were driving a military humvee that they had somehow stole and got it into the park. As weird as that was, Frank didn’t care, as he was more worried about surviving this encounter. While the odds were stacked against him and his companion, they weren’t that far away from the Paradise Plaza entrance. If he could get there, they would be safe from the convicts. All he needed to do was run a few more feet, and from the looks of things, nothing bad was going to happen.

So of course now was the time for his phone to start ringing.

“Oh come on Otis!!” Frank yelled in his mind. For some reason, the man picked the worst times to call.

Knowing the answering the phone would slow him down, as he couldn’t hear the old man very well when he was running, and that answering the phone and hanging up would just make the old man call him back and scold him. Frank just let it ring, witch in turn brought the zombies towards him. So by the time the two had gotten close to the doors, instead of being clear, it was now covered by a group of zombies. Knowing full well that turning around to go to another exit would most likely mean getting both him and his companion shot to death by the convicts, Frank did the only thing he could think of. Putting his arm over his head, and charging into the horde, something that, based upon the scream of his companion, she was not a fan off.

As soon as he ran into the group, he could feel their cold hands grab at him, trying to pull him away from his companion, and into their mouths. Yet Frank did not give in, he kept pushing forward, never letting go of the girl’s hand. After what felt like hours, but was really only a minute at most, Frank got to the door, opened it, and shoved himself and the girl inside, before quickly closing it.

As soon as the door was shut, Frank turned to the girl and said “Did they bite you?!”

The girl shook her head, no. The look on her face telling Frank that the recent event would be in her nightmares for the rest of her life.

Once that was out of the way, Frank grabbed his phone, answered it, and said “What is it?” Trying to make sure his anger was too noticeable in his voice.

“Frank.” Otis started, “I need you to go check out the North Plaza, a lot of zombies there are dead and….. Uh…. There might be a unicorn running around in there.”

“A unicorn?” Frank asked, “Are you sure your eyes are working properly?”

“I’m just as confused as you are, just go see for yourself.” Otis responded before hanging up.

Frank had no idea on how to think of thing. Zombies were one thing, but a unicorn running around in this mall. Either something was wrong with the cameras, or Frank was about to get an interesting addition to his scoop. But before that, he had to get the girl to safety. Taking her hand, he resumed his trek to the safe room. But as he did, a part of his mind told him that he was in for a fight.

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Mission Name: Open Wide.

Objective: Investigate The North Plaza.

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After getting the girl to the safe room, and dealing with those annoying convicts, Frank made his way to the North Plaza entrance. With the feeling of an upcoming fight remaining, he look at his equipment to see if he was ready should something happen. With a baseball bat and metal pole as weapons, and two cooked pizzas, Frank figured that he was good to go. And so, he made his way inside to North Plaza.

The first thing he took note of was the high amount of dead zombies. When he was he had defeated the crazy gun shop owner here earlier, he didn’t kill that many zombies, so it stood to reason that there would still be a lot of zombies in the area. But now the whole fountain area was almost clear of them, all that remain were a few coupes. Upon closer inspection, the whole area seemed clear of any living zombies. Looking at of of the now dead again creatures, Frank noticed that while most of the zombie’s body was a decayed and bloody as one would expect, the teeth were perfectly white. Examining another corpse showed the same thing, bloody and destroyed, except for the teeth. Checking a few more of the nearby bodies showed the same oddity, crystal clear teeth.

That’s when Frank heard something. The sound of someone giggling right behind him. Almost immediately, Frank turned around, only to have something fly in his face. Knocking him to the ground, unconscious.

When Frank groggily woke back up, he was now in one of the many vacant rooms in the plaza ,strapped into a chair that, from what Frank could tell, was a quickly assembled dentist chair built from random parts being attached to a normal chair. Before he had a chance to attempt to escape, he heard the sounds of somebody humming. Quickly looking around the room, it didn’t take long for him to find the source.

Standing with its back facing him, next to a few piles of canisters, was a pony. Frank could only get a good look of its tail, something he’d rather not have seen, but he was sure this was the unicorn Otis had mentioned. Now all he had to do was get out of the chair. But before he could, the pony turned to face, its dark blue eyes widening upon seeing Frank was awake, but its face held a sick smile.

“Oh, you’re awake, guess I didn’t hit you hard enough to keep you out through the procedure.” The pony spoke.

From this position, Frank now knew for sure that this was the unicorn. And from the sound of her voice, this was a girl. Her coat was Maya Blue, witch Frank had never seen on a pony before, but he had also never seen a talking unicorn before, so that color might have been normal for them. And both her mane and tail reminded him of toothpaste. While this was a shocking sight for the photojournalist, he was able to set his surprise out of his mind long enough to say something.

“Hey, what’s going on? Why am I strapped to this chair?” Frank asked.

“So you don’t move while I work on you.” The unicorn replied, “And I must say, I’m glad some of you can talk.”

“What do you mean ‘work on me’?”

“I’m going to fix your teeth, those poor thing are all yellow.” The unicorn answered, “Oh, I’m sorry, I don’t believe I’ve told you who I am. My name is Colgate Minuette, and I’m a dentist… Or at least, I’m trying to be.”

Now Frank, like most people, wasn’t a big fan of going to the dentist. In fact, that was up on his most hated list, right next to clowns. So his face wasn’t the in the a very excited expression when he was told the unicorn was a dentist. Something she was clearly able to pick up on.

“What, are you afraid? Don’t be, I’m a good dentist. Just because my cutie mark is a hourglass doesn’t mean I can’t be a good dentist. So don’t be afraid, I’m just as good as any other dentist.” Colgate rambled on, before her horn started to glow, along with what looked like an oxygen mask that was connected to one of the canisters. Said mask then levitated until it was in front of her face. She then started to take deep breath, laughing a bit as she did.

Frank was confused as to what was going on, something that Colgate must have noticed as she start talking again.

“It’s Nitrous Oxide, or as you probably know it as, Laughing Gas. I give it to my few patients all the time, so I started to try it out myself. And let me tell you, it can help make even the worse day into something amazing. Like right now, stuck in this place with all of you monsters. But enough about that, let’s get to work” The mare said, giggling every now and then.

Colgate then made her way over to Frank, and said “Open wide.” Before she, somehow, grabbed Franks jaw with one of her hooves and force it open. Her horn started to glow again, and Frank’s eye widen in fear when he saw what was heading for his mouth, a power drill. Struggling with all of his might to escape from this crazy ponies grasp, hoping that something would happen. As it turned out, his struggles were enough to break the chair he was in, sending him to the ground.

Frank jumped to his feet as fast as he could, looking right at the crazy unicorn. He could she that she was surprised at what just happen. But she grabbed the mask she had just used, and started to breath it in again.

“I’m telling you, I’m a good dentist, I was the best in my class. And those teeth are in need of help. So weather you like it or not, you’ll be leaving here with those teeth fixed!” She then dropped the mask, and picked up the drill, “But I may not keep everything else in good shape!”

Frank knew that if he wanted to live, he’d have to fight this pony. Quickly checking his inventory, he saw that still had all of hist stuff. Now, he just had to defeat this unicorn.

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Objective Update: Defeat Colgate Minuette.

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Colgate ran at Frank, swiping the drill at him, Frank dodged, and kicked her, however, he fell onto the ground. Colgate stumbled, but she regained her footing quickly. Frank tried to get up as quick as he could, but Colgate ran up to him with the drill, and moved the drill towards his face. He, however, was able to grab her hoof, and threw her away, giving him time to grab his metal pipe.

While Colgate was still stumbling back, Frank reared back his arm, and swung at her, colliding her face and the metal pipe. She fell onto the ground, and rolled for a bit, before stopping. She then grabbed the mask of the laughing gas tank, and inhaled it. She let out a small giggle, and picked up her drill again, getting up off the ground. She swiped at Frank with the drill, however he just hit it away with the metal pipe. That went on for a few more swings, before Frank ducked under the drill, and hit Colgate, again.

Colgate, however, retaliated and was able to swipe at Frank with the drill, slicing into his arm.

“Argh!” Frank grunted, pushing the pony away with his foot.

Frank backed away, and Colgate took another swipe at him, that he wasn’t prepared for, and the drill knocked the pipe out of his hand. He grabbed part of the recently destroyed chair, and threw it at her, hitting her on the left side of her forehead. Her head was knocked to the side a bit, but other than that, she had seemed relatively unphased.

“Seriously?” She said.

Frank shrugged, “Worth a shot?” And then made a dive for the metal pipe. He landed right next to it, and was about to grab it, however, Colgate ran up, and drilled into his hand. It was only gotten about half an inch deep, and probably would have gone farther had Frank not pulled his hand away, grabbing the pipe with his other, and smacking the mare away.

He got up, and punched her once again, and she backed away. She looked up at him with a scowl on her face, and she then screamed , and ran for him. Frank tried to back up, but Colgate ran straight into him, and he fell onto the ground, where she then pinned his arms down with her back hooves. She grabbed the drill, and leaned in close, and pointed the drill at his face. The drill slowly inched closer, and closer, as Frank looked around for anything to help him. He then looked at how close her face was to his, and got an idea. He head butted her nose, and she fell back, releasing him from her grip.

Colgate reached for the mask, and inhaled even more of the gas, before looking at him with a crazed look in her eye. Frank got up, and Colgate swiped at him again, however, he leaned back far enough, dodging out of the way, causing Colgate to turn around, due to the force of her swing. Once she was nearly turned all the way around, she lifted up her back legs, and kicked him straight in the gut.

He fell back, again, and rolled onto the floor. He then looked up, and saw the drill coming straight for his face, so he rolled out of the way, causing the drill to slam into the floor. The drill was then lifted up again, and tried to slam into his face once again. He, however, kept rolling out of the way, as this happened several more times. He then grabbed his metal rod, and smacked it out of the way.

He got up, and threw the pole at Colgate’s face, hitting her on the nose.

“Would you stop hitting me with that?!” She yelled.

“I’ll stop when you give up!” Frank yelled back.

“I refuse to give up on good hygiene!”

Colgate revved up her drill, and lunged at Frank, who quickly pushed himself back. The drill barely missed hitting him between the legs, and Frank silently thank the deity that was responsible for that miss. He jump back on his feet, and readied his pipe for whatever came next.

The mare glared at Frank, and once again attempted to stab him with the drill. Frank quickly swatted it back with his pipe, only to have the crazy pony attempt the same thing again, which was just as easily blocked. The two of them continued this back and forth for a few more attempts, before Colgate came up with a new plan of attack. When she sent her drill in for another attack, she dropped it out of her magical grasp as soon as Frank started to swing his pipe. Before he had time to react, Colgate quickly grabbed one of her unopened laughing gas container and threw it at Frank, who had no time to dodge it, and was sent flying into a wall, before landing back on the ground.

Colgate wasted no time, and ran over to Frank, drill at the ready. Frank tried to push himself back up, but the unicorn was able to slam into him and pin him against the wall before he got up.

“You know, if you had just brushed your teeth twice a day. All of this could have been avoided.” Colgate mocked as she started to bring the drill to Frank’s face.

Frank, not wanting to get his face mutilated by a drill, started to struggle against the pony. But Colgate had a good grip on him, so the best he could do was move his head away from the drill everytime she went in for the kill. This was slowly getting on Colgate’s nerves. Who was starting to bring the drill down faster and with more strength behind it with each miss.

Eventually, Colgate yelled, “Will you stop! I know what I’m doing! Let me fix your teeth!”

Frank, unable to reset himself, quickly responded with “If you’re so good, then why are all of your patients outside dead?”

This had an effect on her, and her grip on Frank loosen slightly as she said, “They were trying to kill me! Yet I still fixed their teeth because I care that much! I don’t think anypony else would say or do the same!”

Quickly realizing this was his chance at freedom, Frank replied “Does it matter, they’re still dead. Maybe you should quit and get another job. You clearly can’t do this one.”

Colgate’s response was to yell out in rage, and raise the drill up once more to finish Frank off. However, this loosened her grip on Frank enough for him to break free from her. As soon as he was free, he used one of his legs to kick her in the chest, sending the mare across the room. Frank jumped back on his feet, and Colgate got up as well, picking up her mask and taking a few more giggled filled breaths.

Frank went to ready his pipe for another attack, only to realize that he had dropped it after the container hit him. Figuring that he didn’t have time to look for hit, Frank readied his baseball bat instead. Colgate’s crazed smile returned as she set the mask down, she then picked up her drill, and charged in for another attack. She lunged the drill straight at Frank, who blocked it with his bat, only to notice that the drill was drilling a hole right through the bat. He move the bat out of the way, only to use it to block another one of Colgate’s attacks almost immediately after. Causing another hole in the bat to form. It was clear to Frank that the bat would not be as good of a weapon in this battle as the pipe was. But for the time being, it was all he had.

Frank backed away from several more attacks, and then rolled forward, going under an oncoming attack, and kicked one of Colgate’s hooves out from under her, causing her to face plant, and to drop her drill. She rolled over, facing Frank, and started kicking, and punching him. Frank blocked his face with his hands, and started kicking her as well. They struggled for a bit, before Frank’s arm was knocked away, and she ended up punching him in the face, causing him to writhe around in pain for a minute, giving Colgate enough time to get up, and grab the drill again. Colgate turned once again to look at Frank, but she was too late, and he was in the process of tackling her. They rolled on the ground, and eventually, Frank pinned one of her hooves to the ground. She, however, was holding the drill in her other hoof, and launched it at Frank’s face. He dodged, and pinned the leg to the ground. However, he had forgotten about her back hooves, which lifted up, and pushed on his stomach. He got thrown off her, and landed on the ground opposite her head. They both got up, and Frank swung at her with his bat, smacking her over the head.

She backed away, clearly hurting from the attack, however she just grabbed her gas mask once again, and inhaled. She took it off, and was starting to breath heavily out of anger. She ran at Frank, swiping at him with the drill. He stepped to the side, causing her to miss. She then tried to hit him again, however, the same thing happened. It was about to happen once again, but Frank then lost his footing, leading to Colgate grabbing him, and sticking the drill into his stomach.

Frank yelled in pain, and grabbed her head, pushing her away, along with that, the drill left his wound, causing more pain.

He backed away from her more until they were on opposite sides of the room, staring at one another. Frank gripped his bat tight, and got ready to charge. They stood there for a solid minute, and waited for one another to make the next move. Eventually, it was Colgate who started running at first, and he did as well, soon after. Colgate reared up her drill, ready to strike him with it, and Frank pointed his bat towards the ground, confusing Colgate. One they were almost at each other, Frank landed the end of the bat on the ground , and started to lift himself up with it. He launched over her, the bat slightly cracking under his weight, but it was still in tact after successfully pole vaulting over her. Colgate was confused at what just happened, and turned around, ready to strike, however, once she did she saw the bat fly at her with all Frank’s might, hitting her head, causing the bat to smash into splinters over her skull, and causing her to drop the drill, and fall to the ground at full force.

Frank knew that Colgate could take much more, if she could even bring herself to keep on fighting. Deciding that the fight was most likely over, he looked around for his pipe, as it was now his only weapon, and saw it laying not far away from him. Walking over and picking it up, Frank was about to make his way out, when he noticed that Colgate had not only picked herself up, but had the laughing gas mask in her magical hold, and was about to start breathing the gas in again. Knowing full well that if she breathed in that stuff again, the fight would carry on, Frank did the only option he had to bring the fight to an end. He threw his pipe at Colgate.

The pipe hit Colgate just as she was about to start breathing the gas, hitting in the side of her head. The mare let out a cry of pain as she dropped her mask, nearly falling back down to the ground. To Frank, it appeared as if everything around him was slowing down. And in his mind, he knew that at long last, the fight was over.

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(Ending 1)

Colgate barely steadied herself on her hooves. Her whole body was in pain, and her mind, due to a combination of the fight and the gas, was in complete disarray. Yet through the haze, part of her mind still told her that in order to show that she was a good dentist, she had to finish the job. Looking back up at Frank, she readied herself for another attack.

“There’s only one way I’ll let this end. With those teeth as white as snow.” Colgate said.

“Come on, just stop fighting already!” Frank yelled back.

“No! This is how I prove everypony wrong! This is how I show them what I can do!” Colgate exclaimed as she managed to summon enough strength to charge at Frank, jumping at him when she was close enough. Frank, acting in pure instinct, threw a punch at the unicorn, hitting her in the face and sending her flying backwards. As she flew back, Frank though he saw something fly out of the mare’s mouth.

Colgate, still refusing to give up, attempted once again. to stand up But she stopped midway, her eyes looking at something on the ground. Frank, not sure what was going on, followed her eyes to try and find what she was looking at. It didn’t take long for him to find it.

Laying on the ground, was one of Colgate’s teeth.

“M-My tooth.” Colgate started, “Y-You knocked my tooth out….. W-Who will go at a dentist who’s m-missing of their teeth…… M-My j-job…… The one thing I-I’ve always wanted to be……… YOU’VE DESTROYED MY DREAMS!!!” Colgate the turned to look at Frank, the gap in her teeth clear as day to the man. Her eyes told him that whatever sanity was left, was now completely gone.

Colgate looked behind Frank, and saw her drill laying on the ground. Picking it up in her magic, she turned it on and sent it flying towards Frank’s back, while she charged him head on. Frank, only seeing Colgate charging at him, sidestepped out of the mare’s path as soon as she got too close to him.

The next things Frank would hear would most likely stick with him for the rest of his life. He heard the drill hit something, followed immediately by Colgate screaming in pain. Turning around, Frank saw Colgate on the ground, struggling to get the drill out of her left eye, or what was left of it. But her struggles only seemed to make thing worse, as it only helped the drill go deeper into her eye. And Frank could only stand and watch the mare struggled to survive from her own poorly planned trap.

After a minute of fighting for her life, Colgate’s body went limp, and the drill continued to drill into her eye socket, causing a bloody soup of eye and brain part to leek out. It was at that moment Frank was able to bring himself to move. Walking out of the room as fast as he could.

What had just happened was awful, and Frank knew that. Yet another life had been taken in this outbreak, and in front of his own eyes. Seeing someone die is not something Frank could say he was used to, even if that someone was a pony who tried to kill him. And Frank had always assumed that if he did, he would feel bad about what had happened.

So why did part of him enjoy it. Why did he like seeing that mare’s last few minutes alive. And why did that same part of him want to do it again. It didn’t make sense, Frank wasn’t a bad person. Yet he enjoyed seeing Colgate’s death.

Frank shook those thoughts out of his head. He had a lot more to do in a small amount of time, so he made his way out of the plaza and got ready to do the next task on his list. But as he left, a small nagging thought in his head refused to go away, no matter how hard he tried. A short and simple thought.

“Could I have saved her?”
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(Ending 2)

Colgate barely steadied herself on her hooves. Her whole body was in pain, and her mind, due to a combination of the fight and the gas, was in complete disarray. Yet through the haze, part of her mind still told her that in order to show that she was a good dentist, she had to finish the job. Looking back up at Frank, she readied herself for another attack.

“There’s only one way I’ll let this end. With those teeth as white as-” She was then hit it the face with something messy, and from the smell of it… Cheesy.

Colgate had no idea what it was, but from Frank’s point of view, he had just thrown a pizza at her.

The room was silent as the pizza slowly slid off her face, eventually splatting onto the ground, leaving a few traces of different food items slathered across it. Afterwards they still stood in complete silence.

“Why a pizza?” Colgate asked, clearly confused.

“I wanted to test my options.” Frank answered, looking around for anything else.

Colgate charged at Frank, who jumped out of the way. Colgate turned, and ran for him again. Frank looked over and saw the cans of laughing gas close by, and near it, the drill. He dove for it, just barely missing Colgate’s attack. Colgate took a second to adjust herself, but once she saw him crawling towards the drill, and gas. She charged for him, ready to take the drill. Frank noticed the oncoming unicorn, and quickly grabbed the drill, and one of the canisters of laughing gas, rolled over, and pointed the bottom of the can at her. He then turned on the drill, held his breath, and punctured the top of the canister at an angle where it then went flying out of his hands, and towards Colgate.

It smashed into Colgate's head, and sent her flying to the end of the room, crushing her head between the wall, and the canister. Eventually, the canister fell to the ground, and Frank saw what was left of the left Colgate’s head. Her smashed in brain was stuck to the wall, along with her destroyed left eye. The right side of her head was still intact, and with the weight of her body, seperated with the other half, and fell onto the floor.

What had just happened was awful, and Frank knew that. Yet another life had been taken in this outbreak, and in front of his own eyes. Seeing someone die is not something Frank could say he was used to, even if that someone was a pony who tried to kill him. And Frank had always assumed that if he did, he would feel bad about what had happened.

So why did part of him enjoy it. Why did he like seeing that mare’s last few minutes alive. And why did that same part of him want to do it again. It didn’t make sense, Frank wasn’t a bad person. Yet he enjoyed seeing Colgate’s death.

Frank shook those thoughts out of his head. He had a lot more to do in a small amount of time, so he made his way out of the plaza and got ready to do the next task on his list. But as he left, a small nagging thought in his head refused to go away, no matter how hard he tried. A short and simple thought.

“Could I have saved her?”
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(Ending 3)

Colgate hit the ground, the world around her moving from side to side in front of her own eyes. Attempting once more to end the fight the way she wanted it too, she tried to get back on her hooves, but ended up slipping on her own hooves a few times before being able to stand. And despite being on her hooves, it did little to stop the dizziness in her head. Yet she wasn’t going to let that stop her.

Frank could easily see that the mare was on her last ounce of strength. The outcome of this battle was clearly in his favor, no matter what Colgate did. But instead of outright attacking Frank, she instead tried once again to grab the mask and breath more laughing gas into her system. Without missing a beat, Frank ran up to Colgate and kicked her away from the mask.

The kick was strong enough to knock Colgate into a pile of the canisters. And that was enough to cause the pile to fall over. Colgate barely had enough to look up, see the pile about to fall on top of her, and cover her head with her front hooves, before the pile fell. The canister quickly buried the mare. And Frank was amazed that he was responsible for all of that.

Rushing over to the pile, he tried to find the mare. Frank quickly found part of Colgate’s mane sticking out the pile. Moving a few of the containers away, he was able to reach in and pull the mare out. She was out cold, but still breathing.

Frank wasn’t quite sure what to do at this point. This mare had spent the last few minutes locked in a battle to the death with him, but at the same time, she was now completely helpless. If a zombie or another psychopath came in here while she was like this, it wouldn’t end well for her. So Frank did something that he thought was crazy. He waited for Colgate to wake up, and hoped she wouldn’t fight him again.

It took less than a minute for Colgate to wake back up. And upon seeing Frank staring down at her, she bowed her head in defeat.

“Alright…… You win….. Just please make it painless…. My head is killing me already.” Colgate mumbled, her voice was void of any emotions.

“I’m not going to kill you if that’s what you mean by make it painless.” Frank replied.

“Really?... Well…. I’m a little surprised….The rest of you seem pretty eager to kill me…. And after that battle, I was sure you would if I lost.” Colgate said, it was evident that whatever high the laughing gas gave her was now completely gone. And the pain of the recent fight had caught up to her.

“Yeah, well I’m not one of those things, the fact that I can talk should have given that away. And you seem to have regained at least some of your sanity, so I don't think I’ll be having to worry about fighting you again.” Frank answered.

“Oh… Sorry… I’ve been dealing with a lot of stress recently… And waking up with all of those.. Things… Didn’t help….. Plus I think using that gas for so long that it’s starting to… Take its toll on me.”

“You should probably stop, I’m not a doctor but that can’t be good for your health.”

“It probably isn’t, but it used to be a good way to...Escape all that stress.” Colgate said as she tried to stand up, only to fall back on the ground, “I swear if I get out of here, I’ll stop breathing that gas.”

“I might be able to help get you out.” Frank stated.

“How?”

“I know where a safe house is. And I’ll take you to it as long as you understand two things. One, you’re probably going to get a lot of weird looks, so you better be ready to handle it. And two, you can not force any dental surgery on anyone in there.”

“Deal.” Colgate then attempted once more, only to fall down again. “I might need some help getting there… I took a beating during the fight… And the gas has made me dizzy.”

Frank reached down, and picked Colgate up, putting her on his back in a piggyback position. Frank then started to move out of the North Plaza. As he did, he felt something warm inside his heart, a feeling that told him that he had done the right thing. And part of mind told him that he was a hero, but not just from saving Colgate. But Frank couldn’t figure out why.

As the two made their way through the park, Frank couldn’t stop himself from saying “Do you mind if I take some pictures of you when we get there? I’m sure the existence of a talking unicorn would be an interesting twist to my story once I get out of here.”

“We’ll talk about that when you get me there.” Colgate replied.

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Mission Name: Open Wide.

Complete.

Colgate Minuette Has Joined.