"Do you guys really have food at the dairy?" Mark asks.
Lees group left the motel a little while ago, to go to the Dairy. Lilly wanted it to be safe in case if the brothers were lying about having food.
Lees group and the St. John brothers are strolling through the woods to get to the Dairy.
"Yup! Sure do. We've lost most of the cattle, but we still have lots of milk, butter and cheese stocked up," Andy tells mark who is walking right beside him.
"And with the vegetables we grow, we've got plenty of food!" Dan adds.
Ben, Travis, Mark and the brothers were pretty far ahead of Lee, Carley and the two ponies. The entire group are walking along a path, with trees all around.
"It's nice to get away from that motel far a while," Carley says.
"Uhhh exactly, how long HAVE you been at that "motel?"" Rarity curiously asks. She and Twilight were sticking with Lee and Carley. The two mares trusted them because of how they welcomed them, they didn't really know any of the other "people" at the motel and obviously, Larry made a great first impression.
"Two months... I think." Carley looks back at Rarity. "I think it's been two months."
"Where were you guys before you found the motel?" Twilight walks up next to Carley.
"We were hold up at a drugstore, in Macon." Carley looks at Lee. "It's where Lee's from."
"What is Macon?" Rarity wants to know more about the new world that she is in. This time, it was Lee that replies.
"It's where I used to live, In Georgia. That's where we are now."
"Ohh! Interesting..." Twilight trails off.
"You know, this Lilly and Kenny thing is starting to get ridiculous. Personally, I'd be happier if you started to take charge more." Carley looks at Lee.
"Kenny, is the one with the moustache, and... Lilly, has the maniac for a father, is that correct?" Rarity asks.
"That is correct." Carley says between chuckling.
"You think they'd want me as a leader?" Lee asks.
"Well... who wouldn't?" Lee turns to look at Twilight, who is smiling.
"I think you would be great as a leader!"
Lee smiles appreciatevly. "I-uh, thank you, Twilight!"
"I agree with her. Everybody looks up to you," Carley says.
Lee frowns. "Well, not everyone thinks I'm so trustworthy."
"Why is that?" Rarity curiously asks.
"He... he-uh... did something bad before all of this started," Carley hesitantly says. Rarity and Twilight look at each other with concerned expressions.
"Might... I ask what happened?" Rarity glances at Lee before turning towards Carley.
Carley looks at Lee who looks to be a bit worried. "You-uh, want to tell... them?"
Lee turns his head to look at the two mares then looks at Carley. "I want them to trust us... I ki-"
"Yeah! Why don't you tell us a little more about yourself, Lee?" Andy proposes.
"Where ya from?" The brothers slow down to Lees pace.
Twilight, Rarity and Carley fall behind them.
"I grew up in Macon," Lee tells Dan.
"Right here in the heart of Georgia, that's what I like to hear!" Andy enthusiastically says. "Y'all seem pretty settled in at that motor inn... uh-who's running things over there?"
From behind them, Twilight overhears and frowns suspiciously. Rarity notices this "Twilight, is everything alright?"
"I... I don't know. What do you think of the-uhh brothers?" Twilight whispers to her friend.
Rarity looks forward where Lee and the brothers are. "They seem okay, why do you ask?"
Twilight shakes her head. "I don't know, they... just... give me an "off" feeling. I'm probably overthinking it."
Rarity frowns while she glances at the brothers then back at Twilight. "Well, if they do anything we'll just... take care of them."
"I still can't believe there are now talking ponies," Dan looks back at Rarity. "First, there's dead corpses risin from their graves... now there's colourful talking ponies. I wouldn't be surprised if god presents himself."
"Well, it's a wonder in my opinion." Andy looks at the ponies. "What are your names?"
"Rarity, and this is Twilight!" Rarity answers gladily. Twilight still feels a bit uneasy towards them but shakes it off and replaces her suspicion with a smile.
"Well! We'd love to get you all out to the Dairy. Like I said, we've got plenty of food, and quite frankly, we could always use an extra helping hand!"
"In the summers, I used to help out on a goat farm," Ben says.
"Yeah! That's great, everything helps," Dan says.
"Momma's been running the dairy for... as long as I can remember but now it's gettin-"
"YOU THINK YOU GOIN CUT ME OUT OF THIS?" Andy is interrupted by an infuriated voice.
"Shit, get down," Andy whispers.
Andy quietly heads off to the left side of the path with the group following behind. He soon sees two masked men who appear to be having a heated debate over something. The group uses the trees and bushes to hide behind.
"Alright, mate! Listen, no one is trying to cut you out of anything!"
"Fuckin' Bandits," Dan whispers.
"Huh?" Twilight says.
"Hey! These look like the people who raided our camp," Travis whispers.
Lee was going to ask who they were when Rarity beat him to it. "Who are they?"
Andy immediately shushed her. "Fuckin' assholes is what they are."
"There's only two of them." Carley pulls out her handgun.
"Oh no, there's more..." Dan says.
"You know what, Frank? We ate it all! The fuck are you gonna do about it?" The group hears one of the bandits say.
"Don't worry, Danny and I got you covered if something happens. But, let's just wait this out and hope they move on," Andy tells the group.
What happened next made Twilights heart stop beating. Rarity was paralyzed in fear and was physically unable to move an inch.
"FUCK YOU!" Frank, kicks his associate and points the barrel of the object that he has in his hands at his associate.
*BANG!*
Ben gasps in fear. Blood spurts out everywhere from the mans chest. The mares jump in horror as they witness the morbid fate of ones life.
The man falls to the ground, presumably dead. His blood gushes out from his chest, it was exposed, opened. Huge chuncks of flesh can be seen all over the ground from the mares point of view and what looks to be the ribcage is shattered beyond repair... unfortunately, for the two mares there was more to come.
Frank walks to his associates corpse and points the lethal object towards it.
*BANG!* "FUCK YOU!"
*BANG!* "FUCK YOU!"
Carley doesn't even realize that she's lowering her gun. "Jesus Christ!" She whispers.
The loud bangs stop, Frank starts walking away, leaving the area. "Fucking asshole!"
"The world out here is gone to shit." Andy sighs. "Come on, let's get to the Dairy, where it's safe."
The group then continues back onto the trail. Lee stops and looks back to find that the mares have yet to move. Lee walks over to them and he sees that they were staring at the lifeless corpse that lays just a few meters away.
Lee kneels to their level with a sympathetic expression. He sighs. "Are... are you girls okay?" He asks as gently as he can manage.
Rarity looks at Lee then the corpse. She closes her eyes. "No... I'm really... not okay,"
Lees furrowed and he puts his hand on the back of Raritys neck to help soothe her. Lee turns to Twilight who looks like she's going to break down and start sobbing.
"C-can w-we just go?" Twilight doesn't wait for an answer, she just walks away in a devastating manner to follow the group.
Rarity turns around and slowly starts walking back with her head low, leaving Lee behind.
Lee sighs sadly. Maybe it was a bad idea bringing them out here. He sadly thought. He takes one more look at the now dead bandit before heading off with the group.
END OF CHAPTER...