//------------------------------// // Chapter 8 // Story: Ending of New Beginnings // by TopHat Demon //------------------------------// Pixel crept closer to the corpse that he just saw move, or so he thinks. He remembered everything his Father taught him about holding and shooting a rifle. He positioned the gun on his right shoulder with his magic and tiled his eye towards the iron sight. Pixel was shaking like crazy, he was scared, nopony would have known otherwise. Petal cord tugged Sunset Cloud away from the corpse that she was inspecting and together they stayed next to the wall about a foot away from where Pixel was standing. “Hush...Now...Quiet....Now...time...to....lay....your....sleepy....head....hush...now...quiet...now...it’s time.....you go.....to...bed...” Pixel whispered quietly to himself as he pointed the rifle at the top of the corpses head, as he grew closer he could see the head twitching. Small twitches and sometimes big ticks came from the head which made Pixel jump. “Time to go to...BED!” He yelled firing the rifle at the creature’s head the creature let out a scream and bolted out the place it was laying in. It came around again this time charging at Pixel. He let out a couple more shots, which didn’t miss and hit the monster in the hip and in the hoof. The creature fell, Pixel ran to it and stopped on its head where it exploded and blood poured everywhere. The corpses around the room started to twitch, Pixel realized what he had done. “Hey Sunset Cloud, Petal Cord i think you need to find higher ground!” Pixel called backing up from the creature staring to rise. Sunset Cloud looked at Petal Cord, and took off the ground with the Earth pony in her hooves. That will buy sometime for their saftey. Pixel faced the upcoming dead and readied his rifle, “don’t shoot ‘till you see the whites of their eyes.” Pixel said to himself, but here is the thing they have no eyes. Pixel opened fire at the closet one that charged at him, the monsters head exploded in a mass of blood as another one charged behind the creatures body at Pixel. The creature tried to land a bite out of Pixel, but Pixel moved away and shot it in the neck. The monster screamed loudly falling to the he ground. Silence once more. “Are you okay up there?” He yelled looking upward at the Pegasus. Sunset Cloud regained her grip on Petal cord’s coat and nodded. Pixel returned his gaze only to find that some of the remaining corpses have moved. Pixel looked around his rifle high. He looked behind him, and then to his side. Nothing. A Click can be heard behind Pixel, he spun around seeing a giant creature ten times bigger than Pixel. Pixel backed up slowly lowering his gun, he looked up at the creature. The creature had long legs, with more than three heads on its neck. It screeched a terrible screech, without thinking Pixel fired his rifle at it. The bullet hit the creatures head, the creature screamed and swung a hoof at him. Pixel got hit in the stomach and was sent flying into the wall. Pixel screamed loudly and pulled up his rifle again firing rapid fire shots, the shots hit the creature slowly walking towards the angery unicorn. Petal cord was high enough to see the fight from where she was, she screamed trying to guide it’s focus away from Pixel. It didn’t work. Out of the corner of her eye she saw figures moving in from behind the Giant Creature. Sunset Cloud noticed them too and lowered down to get a closer look. There were six ponies wearing protective body amour and helmets, they each carried a rifle, one of them carried a shotgun while one was holding a handgun. “NOW!” One of them shouted and the six ponies opened fire on the creature. The creature swung its head back towards the group of ponies still firing at the creature. Pixel moved out of the firing zone and pulled up his rifle as well reloading it. “Crap! I’m out!” Pixel yelled looking through his bag for another magazine. A magazine landed next to him, Pixel looked up to the one of the ponies nodding and returning his or her fire at the creature. He plunged the magazine into the rifle and cocked it. Pixel returned to the fight. “Petal...Cord I can’t hold on for much longer we have to get to the ground.” Sunset Cloud said through clenched teeth lowering themselves down away from the fight. They landed next to the wall Andy ran to the corner opposite of where the battle was taking place. Pixel ran to them panting. “Are you two all right... Oh..., Wow.... that really makes you get tired... aw.” “Yeah we’re all right, don’t worry about us... worry about them!” Sunset Cloud said pointing at the group of six, who were still fighting. Pixel nodded and returned to the fight firing his rifle. Pixel stopped next to a solider who was reloading, “Are you help?!” Pixel asked firing a couple shots. The pony in the mask lifted the mask which revealed a mare with bright yellow eyes and white coat with a cool blue mane. “What’s your name Uniocrn!” She asked finisheing reloading her shotgun and firing at the beast. “Pixel, I’m guessing that your Officer Sunside?” “Your the pony on the radio? That’s a first. Nevermind all this is a first to me and I guess for you too!” “You can sa-“ Pixel was cut of when the creature swung a hoof at Pixel slamming him into a wall. Blood dripped down his chin, as he spat blood from his mouth. Pixel pulled his handgun got up and charged at the creatures head. Pixel dodged the hoof once more and jumped on the monsters back climbing his way up to the head, or heads. “YEE-HAW COWBOY, RODEO TIME!” Pixel screamed in a country accent almost being thrown off the creature. Pixel took aim and fired a shot at the monsters beaten down face and the creature screamed and fell. The six ponies stopped firing and watched as it fell along with Pixel, when it hit the ground Pixel smoothly slide of the creatures head and saftley landed on the ground. “Now that is what I call smooth!” One of the soldiers, a male, said to another soldier. The solider facehoofed and grunted walking away.