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Chapter 8: An Odd Case.
TIME UNTIL HELICOPTER ARRIVA
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Inside the Security Room were Frank, Featherweight and Brad who was currently sleeping, Jessie still hasn't left the Maintenance Room where has been put.
Frank was leaning on the lockers waiting for Jessie's report, Featherweight was checking Frank's camera, watching the pictures that his mentor took and seeing the face of the suspect that raptured .
After a couple of minutes Featherweight decided to break the ice. " , if may I ask" he said, capturing Frank's attention.
"What is it kid?" he asked.
"Do you know what was the reason for that man to capture ?" he asked.
"I don't know kid, but strangely enough I met that guy before." Frank said, making Featherweight's mind blow.
"You met him before!" he said, almost screaming. "B-but then what happened!? Why did he decide to do all this!?"
"I don't know, we only talked for a bit, well he did most of the talk." He then corrected his statement. "Hell! He was talking in a creepy way that made me want to finish the work quickly." he said, remembering the unpleasant moment.
Featherweight tried to imagine that escene but decided to brush it away. "Did he atleast give you his name?" he asked.
"No, he didn't." Frank said.
Then Jessie came out of the Maintenance Room and locked it. She looks at both of them and walks towards Frank. "The sedatives are taking effect… The profesor won't be waking up anytime soon." She said, then Jessie sits down next to Brad who was still sleeping, she put her hand on his forehead to check his temperature.
"Is he going to be okay?" asked Featherweight.
"He has stopped bleeding but he is running a fever." She said, making the foal worried and Frank concerned. "He needs medicine and fast."
Medicine huh? Frank thought. Maybe there is a Pharmacy inside this mall, after all there is a big mechanic space attraction, Otis has to know something about it. "Okay I'm go-" Before he could continue, Featherweight was giving Frank a stare that said 'I am ready, don't leave me behind', Frank knowing that the little pegasus wouldn't let him go he rephrased his statement. "WE are going to search for Brad's medicine." he said, making Featherweight happy for the inclusion. "Just let me know if something happens, okay?" With that Jessie gives Frank a thumbs up and stays on Brad's side.
Featherweight and Frank were in the A/C's room. "Thanks to letting me go with you again , I am ready to give you my all." Featherweight said in an energetic and proud way. "I promise you not to freeze again ."
"Yeah, I know you will, now let's ask Otis where can we find Brad's medicine." Both of them were walking towards Otis and Greg to ask for the location of the Pharmacy.
"Oh good morning Featherweight," Otis said while Greg waved his hand at them "I see you are going to follow Frank on his work today."
"Yeah, we are on a mission to find 's medicine," He said smiling. "Do you know where we can find a Pharmacy in here?"
"But of course young pony, there is one at North Plaza, inside Seon's Food and Stuff." Otis said to Featherweight and Frank. "You can't miss it, it has a big sing on it."
"Thanks Otis, you are a lifesaver." Frank said. "Come on kid, let's get that medicine."
"Yes ." Featherweight said, extending his hoof for Frank's camera.
"Oh right but before I give it to you, let me use it real fast for a bit." He said running to the Glass window of the Security Room aiming at something or someone, later he returned to Featherweight's side and handed him his camera.
Featherweight, Otis and Greg were confused about what Frank was taking photos of. "Umm what did you-" before he could continue Frank interrupted him.
"Don't ask or check the latest photo kid, I'll explain it to you later, okay?" he said, making everybody more confused.
Not going against his mentor's advice, Featherweight decided to do what he asked. "Alright, I won't check it ." He said it with a nervous smile.
"Good, follow me." With that both of them went inside the A/C's duct and towards the mall, leaving Otis and Greg alone.
"Do you think the little fella will be as daring as Frank when he grows up or just likes to help everybody? " Otis asked.
"What are you saying now!? What part of taking the kid with him to a zombie infested mall seems right to you!?" Greg answers, not believing the thought that crossed Otis' head. "Just because I don't say that Frank can't take the child with him doesn't mean that it is right to do it!"
"Relax Greg he will be fine, I am just saying that since the fella is an orphan and wants to prove his bravery to Frank, maybe he wants to give a good impression on him." he put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Besides, we need to get through this disaster with all the help we can give and receive." he assured him.
Greg couldn't deny the evidence, the little pegasus was attached to the Photojournalist and had rescued some survivors around. "Yeah, I guess you are right, for now we need to wait for help to come."
Otis thought for a moment. "Let's hope they come in time."
Meanwhile in the mall at Wonderland Plaza, Frank and Featherweight were running towards North Plaza on the ground floor, at the time Frank had grabbed some items to prepare himself against the human and pony zombies, those items were a baseball bat, two katanas, a handgun and two orange juices.
Featherweight was taking cover while Frank had to fight the zombies, he used his bat to bash and killing any zombie that came near them, skulls were broken left to right, then a zombie grab Frank from the back trying to bit his neck but Frank counter it with a judo throw to take the zombie off him and toss it away, continuing with his bashing, later an earth pony pass between the human zombies to bit Frank's leg, Frank saw that and jump away from the threat but he didn't notice that a leg was going to hit him in the face, Frank stumble back for the blow product of a zombie unicorn, the responsable was a unicorn that was swinging the limb around aimlessly, that attract the attention of a pegasus zombie who was seating on the railing of the second floor which decide to jump off and plane towards Frank while growling, he spot the flying menace and like the night before Frank deliver it a flying kick sending it back, the zombies were becoming more by the second so Frank put away the bat and pull one katana out to make a powerful swing slicing anything in front of him, the zombies were split in half from the waist or from their heads and down by his blow killing them in the instant, Frank indicate Featherweight to continue with their trip.
Featherweight took some photos of Frank facing the new pony zombies, they weren't as many as the human ones but it was a fair number and variety of them. Another thing that captured Featherweight's attention was how the ponies and human zombies interact with each other or to be more accurately, how they compete. The colt pegasus notice it when in their way to North Plaza, he saw how a human zombie was peacefully eating a severed hand when suddenly a pegasus zombie came and steal the limb from it's grasp to later eat it on the roof of a mall stand, another example was when he and Frank were running to their destination an earth pony was chasing them until a human zombie push it aside, making it trip so it can chase them instead of the pony.
When they were alone or without any meat, they just walk around doing nothing but when food was presented they became enemies, fighting each other to see who gets the prize, something that worried Featherweight and Frank was imagine themselves in the center of a horde of both types of zombies struggling to see who gets to eat them.
They brushed the idea away and focused on their trek to the supermarket. Once inside North Plaza, Frank and Featherweight were standing on a platform that surround a sculpture in the middle of the hallway on there Frank picked a sledgehammer since one of his katanas had broke for using, they have reach the store but before entering they notice something weird, there was no zombie nearby a sign that something bad was coming on, but what capture their attention the most was the label of the store, instead of saying Seon's Food and Stuff now says Flim & Flam's Food and Stuff written in red paint on a triplay with a doodle drawing of two happy unicorns that covers Seon's name.
"This is definitely not a zombies' work." Frank said.
"No, it wasn't , this is work of ponies."
Frank was surprised by his answer. "How do you know that kid?"
The little pegasus began with his explanation "A month ago in my home at Ponyville, two unicorn brothers called Flim and the other Flam arrive on their Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 machine to produce and sell their cider to later make a deal with the Apple family who are the apple farmers of the town, the deal was to split the profits of making cider 75-25 in their favor." Frank was focused on the pegasus story. "But the Apple family rejected their deal which led to a competition to see who can make more barrels of cider then the other, Flim and Flam were winning but then Applejack's friend came to the rescue and boosted the Apples cider production."
"Who is Applejack?" Frank asked.
"Oh, she is the middle sister of the Apple family," he explains. "then there is Applebloom the small sister, Big Mac the Big Brother and Granny Smith the elder of the family."
"And how many friends does she have?"
"She has six, they are Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Spike the baby dragon assistant of Twilight, they are known in Ponyville as the carriers of the Elements of Harmony."
So they are the ones that Mist and Mayor Mare talked about. He thought, wanting to ask more but he will do it later. "So ten against two, was that even fair since they are the new guardians of the elements and a… baby dragon? Frank asked, confused for a baby assistant.
"Well, he is more like a pre-teen but for his size is more like an infant." he explained. "Anyways Flim and Flam allow the Apples to get help because they believe their machine was powerful enough to make more barrels than them, but it wasn't, at the end they end up overcharging their machin to the point it swallow entire trees to make more barrels which result in a disgusting taste." he said making an expression like if he want to puke. "It was horrible, at the end the ponies decided that the Apples were the winner forcing Flim and Flam to abandon Ponyville."
Now that is quite a story. Frank thought. But they should have seen that coming, not always a new version of the same product makes it better, like the Game Boy Micro in comparison with the Advance. "Well, let's get Brad's medicine and see if they need our help." he said, Featherweight nods. "Let's hope they aren't turned into zombies."
With that said both entered the supermarket, it was big and clean, the walls were white with pictures of some field and crops in it, black and white tiles decorated the floor, the registers were enumerated and close to the entrance in a line one next to each other, on the walls and in the middle of the hall there were shelves and stands filled with fruit and vegetables while on the aisle there were refrigerators and shelves filled with snacks, pasta, beverages and other stuff. It was a normal market for Frank but for Featherweight it was like being in the city. "Wow, there is so much food in here!" He was amazed by the view, how much food was in one big place, it reminded him of the market at Ponyville, it was big but they don't have such variety of food.
Frank smiled at his reaction. "Yes there is, ready to be eaten but let's focus on our mission here."
"Yes, right!" he said.
Then Frank's transceiver ringed and answered it. "Frank, you are now at the supermarket," It was Otis who was calling. "You can get to the pharmacy through the door between the butcher and seafood counter." he said.
"Hey Otis, did your cameras catch some ponies passing by?" Frank asked, wanting to know why he didn't receive a notification about it.
"Sorry Frank, the cameras went down for a couple of minutes, we only have the recording of the market before and after the change." Otis said.
"Ok, we will keep our guards up, see ya." Frank ends the call.
"Who was it?" Featherweight asked.
"It was Otis, he told me how to enter the pharmacy." both start to walk while talking
"How?" he said.
"We need to head to the butcher counter, there is a door next to it that leads to the pharmacy, nothing complicated." Frank said without any worry, not knowing the dilemma he had unleashed.
"What did you mean by butcher?" Featherweight was walking slowly, fearing for the answer.
Frank was confused by his question. "Well you know, a butcher, an expert in making cuts to farm animals such as pork, chickens, lambs and cows." When he finished describing the meaning, both had passed the corner of the hallway and the bread aisle,reaching the meat section.
Featherweight's eyes went wide when he saw the different parts of animals being displayed on the corner of the supermarket. The ribs and chunk of meat of a cow, the legs and breast of a chicken, the loin and shoulders of a lamb and finally the side and head of a pig. "WHAAAT!?" Featherweight screamed, retroceding until his back was pressed against a shelf with cereal products. "WHY!? Why would you do such a thing!?" he was breathing fast, scared and angry at the same time.
"Because that's what we eat?" Frank said. "I don't see what is the problem wi-" Then it hit him. How could I forget! I am not talking to a human child, I am talking to a pony foal! A herbivore pony!. Frank now knows the mistake he had committed. He walked slowly towards Featherweight, making eye contact. "Listen kid, this is not what it looks like." he said, trying to calm his student.
"WHAT IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!? The fact that there are monsters that eat living creatures or that you also like to eat them!?" Featherweight pointed at Frank with his hoof, he was agitated.
"Hey calm down now Featherweight and listen up!" he yells, making the pegasus startled.
"How can I calm down when I trust you! You… you are a monster!" After that Featherweight ran away from Frank.
"Featherweight wait!" Frank yelled before chasing his student.
Featherweight was running between the aisles, using them to lose Frank, thanks to his pony anatomy he was faster than the human and his size was perfect to hide behind the stands and boxes that were laying around.
"Featherweight please HUFF!, listen to me! HUFF!" Frank said, losing his breath after running around. "Those animals are not like you, HUFF! They are part of our diet." He stops to catch some air. No Frank no, that isn't a good example. He thought feeling like a jerk. "What I mean is that we don't always eat meat, we also need fruits and vegetables so please kid let's continue covering this story together." Frank finishes to later walk on an aisle to find his camera on the floor and pick it up. Oh kid. He was now standing alone until, for a while.
"Fruit and vegetables you said?" A male voice spoke behind the human.
Frank turned to see who asked. For his surprise it was a unicorn, one that have a pale yellow coat, red mane and tail with a white stripes and green eyes, he also was wearing a white shirt that was under a blue and white striped vest with a black bow tie and a straw hat with a blue ribbon, making him look like a fair man, he also noticed that his Cutie Mark was a slice of apple that showed it content.
"Excuse me?" Frank said
"Fruit and vegetables, is what you mentioned you can eat besides meat." He said in a calm tone, not looking fazed for the mention of meat.
"Umm. Yeah I said that bu-" he was interrupted by the unicorn.
"No need to explain Sir." He said. " In Flim and Flam supermarket every client's desires are respected, I am Flim at your service." he made a reverence at the end.
"Yeaaaaah,right." Frank said unmotivated.. "Look pal, I am busy right now looking for my apprentice, have you seen him?"
Flim put a hoof under his mouth, thinking. "Hmmm, maybe or maybe not." he said in a silly manner. "Maybe purchasing some of our articles could clear my mind." he smirked.
HUH, so is going to be one of those types of ponies. He thought with an unpleasant expression. This isn't my first time dealing with people like this, I just need to play his game. "That sounds good, you know I am looking for some medicine for a friend that got injured recently, do you have something like that?"
Flim was displaying a full smile. "But of course good sir, follow me." Both were walking towards the meat section to retrieve Frank's medicine, they were in front of the door that led to the inside of the Pharmacy. "Wait her sir, I'll be back in a minute." The unicorn pulled a key out of the bag of his vest using his magic that has a green aura, he unlocked the door and entered leaving Frank alone.
"C'mon hurry up, I need to find Featherweight and quick." he said to himself, anxious to resume with his search.
Seconds later Flim came out of the door. "Here it is sir." He shows a First Aid Kit enveloped on his green aura. "That would be $50 bits."
Frank was confused. "UH, What's a bit?"
"But for Celestia!" He put both front hooves on his cheek making a shocking expression. "It's the currency that everypony uses on Equestria my kind sir, how can you not know about it?"
"Well, I am sorry to tell you but this is not Equestria, this is America and the currency we use here is called dollar." Frank says.
Flim blinks for a moment and he rephrases his sentence. "Ok, then it would be $50 dollar sir."
Frank decided to play along and pay, with one hand he reached for his pants' back pocket to retrieve the money, but to his surprise there was nothing there so he searched for the other pocket and had the same result, now he started to check everywhere only to find air and the items he brought with him but his wallet. No, no, no! This is not happening! He thought, still register his pockets. In all my career I had never lost my wallet and now in the middle of a zombie outbreak it disappeared, when did I lose it anyways!?
While the photojournalist was thinking where he had lost his wallet, Flim was growing impatient for the human's delay. "And well? Is the sir ready to pay?" he said irritated.
After a minute Frank gave up and was ready to confess his problem. "Hehe, well...you see… the thing is that, I lost my wallet." he stated. "But I really need that medicine so, if you could give it to me I promised that after I give it to my friend I will retu-" He was cut when Flim stomped his hoof to the floor.
"Y-you are telling me that you have no money, a-and expect me to give it to you for… FREE!?" Flim was mad, walking slowly to Frank. "In case you didn't know, one haves to pay in order to receive something in exchange, SIR!"
Frank was backing up, he tried to calm the situation. "Listen buddy, my friend really needs that medicine, can you just-" he was cut again.
"BUDDY!? HEHEHE! We ain't no buddies, friends, pal, ANYTHING!" He put the First Aid Kit away with his magic and pulled a shotgun out "So… you better start thinking in a way to pay for our service sir!"
Frank was nervous, going back until he heard something, it was the sound of wheels moving.
"Hey brother, what's going on?" another male voice was heard, this one sound more mature.
Frank turned around, it was another unicorn with the same coat and mane color as Flim, wearing the same outfit only this unicorn had a moustache and his Cutie Mark was an apple that was missing a slice, he was the other brother.
Frank saw that the unicorn was driving a vehicle that seems to be the combination of a mall shopping cart and a mobility scooter with knives and blow torches around it and a pitchfork at the end. But what surprised him the most was that he saw Featherweight and the woman he saw before the outbreak unconscious inside the cart, he knew he had to rescue them from these ponies and quick.
"Flam, this customer doesn't have any money with him and still has the courage to demand that I give him medicine for free!" Flim said in an indignant tone.
"Free eh? So... he is just another burglar, just like these two!" Flam said using his hoof to move side to side the unconscious woman's head. "Mister, do you know what we do to those who steal from us?" He twisted the scooter's throttle grip while pressing the brakes, making the hybrid scooter's wheels to run and produce smoke like a motorcycle.
"We put them out of commission." Flim finished while pumping his shotgun.
"Oh boy, this is not the service I was waiting for." said Frank, preparing himself for the inevitable fight.
Then Flam released the brakes and ran towards Frank to impale him with the pitchfork while laughing like a maniac, Frank was expecting that so he jumped away to avoid being run over and started running between the aisles, for being an improvised vehicle it was fast.
The unicorn turned his vehicle and started chasing Frank, Flim for his part ran to the opposite side.
Frank tried to hit Flam with his bat but the knives and torches made him reconsider the idea of a direct attack.
Flam charge at Frank but missed by centimeters. "Woah! I need to be careful if I don't want to end up as a skewer" Frank said.
"What's the matter? Not what you're looking for!?" Flam said menacingly, continuing with his chase..
After making some distance from him, Frank noticed that when the unicorn made a sharp turn his vehicle slipped on the floor making him lose control for a moment. I don't want to do this but I have to. He thought to later pull out his handgun and start shooting at Flam.
"ARG!" Flam got shot on the shoulder. "You want to play with fire!? Then let's play with fire!" Flam activated the blow torches of the improved cart, making lines of fire like a flamethrower.
The flames reach Frank's right arm. "AHH! Dammit!" he went behind a food shelf and set off the fire. Okay I should have expected that, I need a better strategy if I want to save the kid and that woman. Frank looked around and saw the stands in the middle of the halls. That could be handy. He started running again.
Flam saw him and began his chase "What's wrong? Too many sharp offers?" He said, drifting on the mall's hall almost crashing, trying to kill the human.
Still running, Frank planned to use the stands that were at the end to make Flam crash on them. "Is that all that scooter can go or you are just a terrible driver?" He insults him to see if the psychopath unicorn falls on his trap.
"WHAT!? I'll show you the meaning of fast service!" He said angry, he turned the handle bar in Frank's direction and twisted on the gas to boost his vehicle.
Reaching the end of the hall Frank was seeing him coming to charge him, he waited next to a stand of fruits for the right moment to dodge him. "Your tour ends here" Flam said.
When the mad unicorn was in a good distance Frank roll aside making Flam miss and crash on the fruit stand, he was stunned for the collision but the hostages inside the cart weren't injured by the impact, Frank use that moment to attack him with his bat, hitting Flam on his head and side. "GRRAH!" The unicorn was protecting himself with his hooves trying to use his magic to hurt Frank, but the photojournalist's blows were breaking Flam's concentration.
Suddenly a shot was made and Frank fell to the ground by the blast, back first "AHH!"
The responsible was Flim who appeared to help his brother. "Don't forget, we offer two for one service, it's for dying!" he said, pumping his shotgun and shooting at Frank.
Frank stood up and made a few shots at the armed unicorn, two bullets hit him, Flim returned the fire but he rolled away on the aisles of cooking products.
Frank was holding the wound on his shoulder. "C'mon! First there are zombies then some psychopaths to later appear pony zombies and now psycho-ponies! Really!?" He knew it was going to be a really weird story to print, fortunately he had his camera with the pictures of what had happened to cover his claim.
His train of thought was interrupted when the sound of wheels was heard, slowly getting closer. "Come out, come out wherever you are." Flam said in a creepy tone, looking for him. "It's time you pay the bill!"
Frank looked at the aisle's shelves that have soups, canned food and cooking oil. Frank noticed that the shelves were a little higher than him but were good to be used as a platform, so he got an idea, he grabbed one of the cooking oil bottles on the shelf and threw it at the floor making a puddle of oil, then he proceeded for the next step. "HEY YOU NUMBNUTS! I AM OPENING EVERY MAC & CHEESE AND NOBODY CAN STOP ME!" With that said Flam stepped on the gas and reached the aisle where Frank was in.
Frank was facing Flam while the oil puddle was behind him. "So! You don't have any money and let alone gems since you look like a homeless man that pays for work. HAHAHA!" Flam proceeds to laugh while Frank has to swallow his pride to put his plan into action. "HAAH~ Anyways, time to say goodbye." Flam twisted the scooter grip, charging towards the human to impale him with the cart pitchfork.
But Frank was prepared, he jump over the aisle shelf avoiding Flam's attack, the unicorn's improvised vehicle occupied the hall space leaving him with no option then going forward, unfortunately he didn't saw the oil trap that Frank made, Flam was sliding on the floor without control heading to a stand of dairy products.
CRASH. Flam impacted with the display, covering himself and the vehicle with milk and yogurt, Frank was ready to attack but he stopped himself remembering the other armed unicorn, he looked around on top of the shelves and quickly spot him to later jump off, avoiding a shot from Flim's shotgun.
"Damn! Flam are you okay brother?" Flim said on the other side of the mall, while looking for Frank.
The scooter's wheels were slipping on the floor thanks to the dairy products. "C'mon move you piece of junk move!" Flam was having difficulties with his vehicle. "I'm okay brother! Take care of that burglar for me Flim! we don't want any bad reputation."
With that said Flim began trotting slowly, hunting the human. "Sir! If you could just give up I'll promise you to make it quick." He said in a menacing tone, pumping his shotgun.
Flim was pointing around with his weapon looking for the offender, unknowingly Frank was on top of the refrigerators looking at the unicorn, then he jumped and tackle Flim making him to drop his shotgun, both were rolling on the floor punches and kicks at each other.
Moments later they stopped rolling and stood up, looking at one another with bruises on their faces. "We! the brothers Flim and Flam won't tolerate any kind of SCAM!" His eyes were burning on pure rage.
"I'm not trying to scam you alright! I need to save my friend." he said wiping the blood from his mouth. "But I don't want to kill you for that." He tried to reason with the unicorn.
"Hehehe! I am not the one who's gonna die here sir." He used his magic to bring a pair of knives from the next aisle. "YOU sir! Will be the one falling dead!" That said Flim charged at Frank, swinging the knives to cut the human in pieces.
Frank pulls out his katana blocking and dodging Flim's slashes, but it was hard to handle since the unicorn had the advantage to move the knives in ways that a person or creature with arms couldn't, resulting in Frank getting cuts on his arms and abdomen.
"ARG! Shit!" He yelled. I can't fight him like this, with his magic he can move the knives faster than a human! He looked at Flim who was displaying a sadistic smile for the human's suffering. I need to distract him and quick!
More knives were brought by the unicorn's magic, all pointing at Frank from above, ready to be thrown at him. "As much I want you to see you pay I need to put an end to this." Flim said raising a hoof and waving it at Frank. "Bye-bye."
It was all or nothing! "AAHHH!" Before the knives could fall over Frank, he pulls out the sledgehammer and with all his strength throws it in Flim's direction, pointing to his head.
Flim was prepared and caught the weapon with his magic, it was a few inches from his face. "Sir, did you forget that I can use magic sir!?" Unfortunately when he put the hammer away from his face, Frank was in front of him with the sword in hand.
"AHH!" Frank yelled while doing a powerful swing, making a cut that starts from Flim's right shoulder and ends on his barrel.
"AAAAHHHHHHH" he was screamed on the floor, twisting his body for the pain he was experiencing, it was a deep cut but to make it worst the knives that were levitating from the ceiling were now falling, pointing down, Frank rolled away from the aisle, the unicorn wasn't that lucky some of the knives stabbed him on the legs, chest and shoulders making the unicorn to suffer more. "AAARRGHHHH!"
Frank stood up away from the aisles, on the register's side of the hallway looking at the poor unicorn laying on the floor. Why did it have to end like this? He was feeling bad for him, and suddenly something cut Frank's right side, it was the knives of Flam's cart, making him fall to the floor. "AHHH!"
Flam looked at his brother's body lying on the floor with wounds and blood coming out, filled with anger with tears in his eyes he looked at Frank. "I WILL TAKE YOUR LIFE AS PAYMENT FOR MY BROTHER'S DEATH!" He screamed and twisted on the gas to charge at his brother's murder.
Frank moved away and went behind the cashiers to use them as cover. I didn't want to but I had no opinion. He pulled his handgun and started shooting at an anger Flam.
"UGH! AGH!" He receives Frank's shots but in return he activates the blow torches and a long line of fire comes out, burning Frank's side.
"AAAGH! Damnit" he said running to behind a shelf to drink his orange juice. "I have no more ammo." He throws the gun away. "Guess I need to face him, one good strike and this will be over." He pulled the katana out and walked towards one end of the hallway.
They where now, looking at each other Flam on his damaged scooter and Frank holding the sword, it was a standoff one will be the victorious on this fight, one will survive, Flam was holding the breaks while twisting the grip to get speed, Frank hold the sword up with both hands and gripping it hard as a samurai.
After ten seconds had passed Frank started running towards the unicorn, Flam on his side released the brakes driving towards the human to impale him with the pitchfork at the end of the cart. They were getting close, Flam was more faster then Frank, he was going to impale him but before his vehicle could reach the human, Frank make a sidestep avoiding the pitchfork and with both hands he made a powerful swing that cut Flam's neck, head flying on the air to later land on the floor, the vehicle was still running.
Unfortunately an almost dead Flim was limping to help his brother. "Flam I am coming! UGH! Where is that filthy son of a b-" he was cut or more accurately impaled by the cart pitchfork which later flipped over, dropping the hostage on the floor to continue sliding with the unicorn corpse stuck on it.
Frank runs towards Featherweight, he kneels and holds the pegasus, shaking him a little to wake him up. "Hey kid! Hey! Can you hear me?" Slowly the little foal was opening his eyes giving Frank a big relief.
But when Featherweight returned to his senses he tried to use his front hooves to make some distance from his mentor. "No! Get away from me! Let me go!"
Frank was holding him, not letting him go. "Kid listen! GRR. Everything was misunderstanding! UGH." Featherweight was moving around, struggling to free himself from Frank's grasp.
"No! I don't want to see you again! Go away!" He cried, squirming with all his strength.
Frank felt bad at those words but he knew that he needed to make things clear to avoid the spread of panic, for his sake and the other ponies. "QUITE NOW FEATHERWEIGHT!" he screamed, making the pegasus stop moving around and look at him in the eyes, Frank later puts the pony on the floor to calm himself and continue with his explanation. "Yes, humans eat meat and yes I do too, but the difference is a controlled process" Featherweight was putting attention while wiping some tears from his face. "We don't eat all animals, just a few mammals, fowl and fishes and neither young ones, just those who reached maturity."
Featherweight was a little relaxed but still uneasy. "But why didn't you tell me about it ?"
"I don't know… I guess it slipped from my mind… after all, meeting flying magic talking ponies isn't an usual thing around here you know?"
That cheers Featherweight for a second. "HEHE! I guess not." He was now feeling bad for his reaction from before, he doesn't have the fault, arriving at an unknown land with strange creatures ruling it could make any pony feel frightened but again Frank has rescued him from the start of the zombie outbreak and took care of him. "M-Mr. West" he said timidly. "I-I want to… I need to… I just…" he lowered his head, ears hanging. "SOB. I am so sorry for being a trouble for you." He was crying. "SOB. I am only making your job more hard for you to handle. SOB. I don't deserve to be your student." More tears came out.
Frank was in silence for a moment, looking at the little pegasus crying, he later put his hand over his head, startling him for the action. "You ain't no trouble for me kid." He said in a gentle tone. "You are the best partner I could ever have the fortune to work with." Featherweight was now sobbing, tears getting dry. "Besides, my job was destined to be hard to deal with, only now I can save lives instead of picturing them, so are we good?" Frank extended his hand to him.
With that Featherweight not only felt relief but happiness for seeing that his teacher really cares for him even after their dispute. The pegasus wiped the tears from his face and shook his hand. "Yes we're." He was happy once more. "Thanks."
"No problem kid." After finishing apologizing, the woman from before stood up, she was leaning on a shelf, trying to walk still dizzy from the fight. looking at the woman both react and run to her. "Woah easy there, are you feeling good? Can you stand?" Frank held her up to use him as support but the woman pushed him back, she was disoriented. "Look I saw you at the entrance yesterday, remember."
"You don't look well lady, let us help you out." Featherweight said standings beside Frank.
The woman looked at Featherweight then at Frank, starting at the late with anger. "I don't need any help! You people don't know a thing!" She later pointed at Frank who was perplexed by her statement. "You are the ones that caused this nightmare! You ruined Santa Cabeza and started all this!" She finished to later run out of the mall.
Frank wasn't sure what she was talking about. "What is Santa Cabeza Mr. West?" Featherweight asked, confused by the woman's accusation.
"I don't know kid, but whatever it is we need to cover too." The zombie outbreak, doctor Barnaby and Santa Cabeza. Is there some connection between them?Frank thought, wanting to reveal the truth behind this event.