The Galloping Dead

“So what’s your plan to get through the town?” Rarity asked.

“Well, we could circle around the town, but it would be a bit risky and would take longer than I want.” I responded.

“Well we have to do SOMETHING!” Dash added.

Right then, a gunshot was heard from inside the town. We looked in. It was Photo Finish. Photo Finish is a model from before the CAPD. I’m actually surprised that she’s still alive. She was a stuck up when I last saw her in Las Pegasus so I assumed she would just be one of the ones to die off first. I took a better look because I know she couldn’t have been walking through a Remnant Hangout all on her own. We were in a mobile machine and we didn’t have the guts to do it. To risky. I noticed something, she had a bunch of body guards to kill the Remnants for her. In times like these, who would do that, I mean risk everything for a stuck up super model? I sure wouldn’t.

“Look guys, she has body guards. That explains why she’s still alive.” I said.

“Ooh! Maybe I’ll get to meet her!” Rarity added, for she once sold her designs to her.

“Not likely. I don’t think it would be a good idea to even meet up with her.” I argued.

“Maybe she has supplies! When her guards take out the zombies, then we’ll go ask her!” Dash was greedy when it came to supplies.

Once again, we looked over because of an unexpected noise, it was a scream. But not a squeal as if a little Filly saw a small rat, but a squeal of a man. I saw something that made me think even worse about Photo Finish. A guard got killed, just for her. That’s call devoted. But the Remnant was going for Photo Finish, the guards could have just walked off like nothing happened when she got bit. But a stupid guard hopped in the way. And took his life to save another one. But to save THAT life? Why?

We waited about an hour or so, and we looked at the town. It was empty. Well, except for Photo Finish and her 10 guards. We decided to wait until the guards put their guns down. We wouldn’t want to get shot for no reason. When the guards finally set their guns down, they laid out a blanket and pillows for Photo Finish to lay on. What did these guys see in her? We didn’t drive over there. We walked, but we took weapons just in case and spare ammo we put in out pouches (We wore Rarity’s war outfits).

When we got over there, the guards cocked their guns and pointed it at us. Photo Finish looked over in disgust, that is, until she saw Rarity. Rarity only met her once. How could Photo Finish even remember her?

“Who are you!? What do you want with Photo Finish?!” One of the guards shouted.

“Calm down. We’re just here to talk. I want to know why you prote-“ Once again, I got cut off by someone.

“Gaaaaah! Guards! The Ugly’s are coming again! Stop them now!” Photo Finish screamed like a coward.

“Don’t worry Ma’am. I’ll take care of this.” The guard says as he noticed he’s out of ammo.

“Well!? Out of ammo!? You know what that means don’t you!? It was nice having you as a guard.” Photo Finish said meanly.

As the guard ran towards the Remnant, he had a knife. He stabbed the Remnant, and then the Remnant bit him.

“While he’s getting eaten, we’ll make a run for it! Go!” Photo Finish just sacrificed one of her guards, when we could have killed the Remnant for her. None the less, we ran with her. Into an empty house with some blood smeared on the windows.

“That was a close one! We almost died!” Photo Finish obviously had no real view on what just occurred out there.

“You do realize you just killed an innocent Pony just to save yourself, who wasn’t even in any harm!?” I was ticked!

“Oh, darling we were in TONS of harm! An Ugly just RAN up and almost bit me! Now what would this world do without me?” Photo Finish was just as stuck up as she was in Las Pegasus.

“See, these guards love me! Why would they disobey me? Watch!” She pulls out a knife and throws it in the back of an innocent guard. No one reacted. “See! These guards don’t care what I do to them! And neither will you!” As she said that, she threw some weird powder on me. Suddenly, I realized how beautiful Photo Finish is!

“I won’t be like that guard! I will obey, and always have ammo! I love you Photo Finish!” I said, blank minded.

Dash kicked me. “Snap out of it!” I hit the floor and my head slammed on the floor, leaving a bump. After trying to recover from that fall, I saw the dark Photo Finish she is.

“You shouldn’t have done that! Guards shoot them!” Photo Finish ordered.

The guards held their guns up to us. “What are you doing!?” Rarity was freaking out, her idol was now trying to kill her. I would be freaking out too. Photo Finish started telling them to fire. But Dash stopped that from happening and shot two of them down. Now instead of 10 guards left, there were only 7 left. If this act with Photo Finish is kept up there won’t be any guards left.

“Did you just kill two of my guards!? You… You JERK!” That was the only thing Photo had to say about that?

I was ready to just kill her. But if I were to kill her, I would probably lose all trust with Dash and Rarity.

We all just stood there for a while. I’d say about ten minutes. Ten harsh minutes of just standing there. What were we going to do next? The guards didn’t even move because Photo Finish didn’t ‘command’ them to. This had to have been one of the most questionable things I’ve done in my whole life. I just cut the side of Photo’s skin and walked off. That’s it. Nothing else. Dash and Rarity just looked at me with the look of confusion, which I often got from them.

Photo started crying. A guard tried to cheer her up but she stabbed him in the throat when he even got near her. Six guards. I had a plan. I was just going to kill her when all of her guards had been killed. I don’t care what Dash or Rarity were going to say about it when it happens. Photo Finish was just a waste of time, space, and innocent lives to keep alive.

Of course the next guards took forever to get killed. I ended up luring a Remnant over near a guard without any ammo. Five to go… The next one came towards me and questioned why I hated Photo Finish. I told him she’s a stuck up creature. A vile being. He got mad, held a gun up to me, and I killed him before he shot. Four to go… I told Dash my plan. She agreed. Except she had different way of taking them out. She went and rounded up as many Remnants and led them to the stable we stayed in. The guards killed themselves by running towards the Remnants. They died. None to go... Time to do this.

I invited Rarity and Dash outside to talk about this. It wasn’t really a talk. It was more me handing Rarity my gun and saying “Do it.”

Rarity seemed sad, but she did it. She walked in there, held the pistol up to Photo Finish, and asked for her last words. Her last words were ‘Don’t forget. Celestia’. That was it. That was the end of Photo Finish. Rarity came out in tears, for her idol was just killed by her herself, and she agreed with this action. But the only thing we had to worry about was Photo Finish’s dead body. What if the Remnants get to her? I don’t plan on mutilating the body. I’m not like that.

Our only choice is to run…