Quote Originally Posted by Soft Serve View Post
Again, what the heck? Why is this happening exactly?
It was a sub-mission basically. They were to eliminate or capture Smoothie, and if they could; eliminate Zach. Remember, John sent his own clone into town to sabotage the power lines because he didn't trust anyone but himself. So he made a clone of Zach from before Smoothie changed him, because he is going to use him to restart Celestia's Resistance after some grooming. Because Zach is a very good public speaker, and by using him the forces of evil can sway more ponies over to their side without violence. Because they always need more minions. And don't worry, I have a very good idea if Zach(clone) ever meets Scarlet.