The police in Manehattan are pretty much idiots or just corrupt. Explains the fact that the whole city is under fear and chaos thanks to the waging war with the Griffon gang 'Cut-Throat Talons' against the Earth Pony mobsters 'The White Hats'.
For the past ten years, these two gangs have been attempting to take over control of the city from extortion and murder to illegal deals and the rest. So far, the White Hats have managed to drive off the Cut-throats in Baltimare and now they're going for their operations in Manehattan. Currently, what's left of the Griffons is left uncertain.
Three Cut-Throat Talons gang members, one with a beanie, one in a green shirt and the other with a jacket were stationed at the back of a market, near their cars waiting for someone. Shortly, a red and black striped Mustang arrived and parked 10 feet away from the Griffons. Blitz Ranger got out. He was dressed in a red shirt with bulging muscles and blue jeans. He pulled out a black bag and approached them. His arrival made the Griffons suspicious.
"Who the hell are you?" The Griffon with a jacket asked.
"The guy who ordered a unicorn filly." Blitz answered.
"Didn't expect my client to be a lion. Far from home, aren't ya?"
"Don't like it anymore and now I'm here," Blitz replied with haste. "So are we gonna do this or what?"
The three looked at each other and one of them replied with a shrug. The jacket Griffon looked back at Blitz.
"You got the money?" He asked.
"You got what I ordered?" Blitz retorted.
None of the Griffons responded but the beanie Griffon backed away to a grey Maserati and roughly grabbed something from the backseat. An Earthfilly with stained white fur and a a tattered school uniform was pulled out of the car. Blitz recognized her as Diamond Tiara, the daughter of the Rich Family who was recently kidnapped six days ago along with four others.
"Payment first." The jacket Griffon demanded.
Blitz nodded. As the beanie Griffon pushed Tiara forward, the green shirt Griffon went up to the lion and reached for the bag, only for Blitz to raise a hand in front of him.
"Hey, hey, hey!" He pointed at the green shirt Griffon. "Back your feathery ass up. We ain't friends."
He then threw the bag next to the jacket Griffon's feet. The Griffon kneeled down and unzipped the bag. It was full of Equestrian dollar notes tied up in stacks. The Griffon turned to his fellow members and nodded. The beanie Griffon shoved Tiara forward and watched as she walked towards Blitz. He grabbed her arm and started heading back to his car. Tiara trembled in fear over his looming darkness. However, Blitz leaned over to her ear.
"Do what I say and you'll live." He whispered.
Tiara got confused all of a sudden, surprised by his unknowingly calm tone. As Blitz took her back to the car, he heard a call.
"Hey!"
Blitz stopped and turned around with a feigned frustrated expression.
"Problem?" Blitz sighed.
"What'd you just whisper to her again?" The jacket Griffon asked, pointing at Tiara.
Blitz pretended to be annoyed. "What'd you think I said? I'm gonna have some fun with her, that's what."
"You really think we'll believe that?"
"Come, on. What the hell is this about? I'm taking her with me and that's it. End of story."
Suddenly, loud sirens started to echo and got louder as it progressed. The Griffons looked at the side, leaning over for a clearer view before looking back at Blitz.
Before they could react, Blitz quickly pulled out his pistol from behind his pants and shot the green shirt Griffon in the head before wounding the beanie Griffon. Tiara shrieked and quickly hid behind a dumpster. The beanie Griffon kneeled down and aimed at Blitz, only to be shot in between his eyes.
Blitz charged after the jacket Griffon whose gun was jammed and tackled him, pushing him against a car. They punched each other's sides before Blitz elbowed the Griffon's temple.
Suddenly, the Griffon kicked Blitz off him and pummeled him against a car. Blitz's left foot stepped on the car door first and he motioned his other foot above his left, making it look like he was sticking to the door.
With a swift kick to the Griffon's chest, Blitz broke free, grabbed hold of his collar and hauled him to the door's window. He scraped his face against the broken glass, back and forth before pulling him off. His face was full of gashes and cuts across the face and the beak. Blitz dropped him to the ground and shot two rounds of his pistol to his face, just to be sure.
Blitz lowered his pistol and looked around for a sign of the police. There were no sirens or any sign of the police at all. He rolled his eyes and went up to the dumpster where Tiara was.
"Come on." Blitz said, stretching his hand towards her.
As he approach Tiara, she crawled back, still scared and confused at the same time. She eventually backed against the wall where she sat on the grungy garbage bags. Blitz holstered his pistol and raised both of his hands up.
"It's okay." Blitz implied soothingly. "I'm not a bad guy."
"W-Who are you?" Tiara trembled.
"Just someone who your parents hired to rescue you." Blitz answered.
Tiara's eyes slightly widened after hearing the word "parents".
"M-my parents?"
"That's right. I'm here to take you back to them."
Tiara considered but stopped herself when she realized something.
"What about my friend?" She asked.
Blitz's eyes beamed with uncertainty. He was hesitant to answer her question since she's a child. Her parents told him about her childhood friend, Silver Spoon who was kidnapped alongside her and police found Spoon floating in a river with a bullet to her back shoulder blade. But telling the truth was better than hiding it deep down.
"I'll explain everything on the way to the airport," Blitz told her. "They're waiting for you."
Blitz stretched his hand towards her, motioning upwards. Despite still being scared and traumatized, Tiara took his hand and they got into the Mustang. He started the engine and drove away from the scene, leaving the dead Griffons where they were.
After a long tearful drive, Blitz arrived at the airport where he headed to the airfield. He stopped at a special hangara where two earth ponies were, standing near a private jet. They were both holding each other, eager for their daughter's safe arrival. Mr and Mrs Rich, both in their business attire watched Blitz's Mustang approach them before coming to a halt near them.
Once Blitz came out, he went up to the other side of the door and opened it where Tiara came out. Her eyes were slightly bagged and dried tears stuck to her cheeks along with a dark smudge around her eyes. As soon as she saw her parents, Tiara shedded even more tears out of happiness and ran after them.
"Tiara!"
"Mom! Dad!"
They caught up and held each other really tightly as Tiara's muffled cries buried inside their circle. Even her parents had shed a bit of tears. As Tiara held her mother tightly, Mr Rich turned to Blitz, smiling.
"Thank you. I'll wire you the payment as agreed."
Blitz smiled back before returning to his car. He reversed out of the hangar and caught a final glimpse of the Rich Family reunited once again. Sighing, he drove away from the hangar and back to the city.
Sunset Shimmer flipped over to the next page of a book she's invested on. The bar she was in was mostly deserted with almost no customers or anybody at all. She adjusted the spectacle of her glasses and sighed. Sunset could hear a car engine rev outside before it came to a stop. Shortly, the front door opened and Blitz came in.
"Welcome back." Sunset said, grinning.
"Hey." Blitz replied.
Blitz came up to Sunset and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"Closed already?" Blitz asked.
"Eh, no sign of anybody so far." Sunset answered as she pulled out two bottles of beers from the glass cabinet.
"Wonder why."
The two eventually enjoyed their beer in silence, too busy to start up a chat. Sunset looked at Blitz, who seemed a bit concerned about something.
"How'd it go?" She asked.
"Well...they weren't expecting a lion to show up," Blitz sighed. "I had to kill them, just like the rest of their gang."
"That's another win for the White Hats but...how did the little pony take the news about her friend?"
Suddenly, Blitz had a vision of him explaining to her about Spoon's death which resulted in her crying really heavily. He sighed and looked up at Sunset in solemn.
"Not very well."
Sunset didn't respond but sighed through her closed mouth.
"Fuckin' Griffons and those cops too. What's the point of protecting and serving if they can't do their goddamn job?"
Blitz noticed her hand tightly balling into a fist, shaking on the table. He placed his hand over hers, which slightly calmed her down.
"Lets just think about something else like uhh...our guns. Have they arrived?"
Sunset sighed. "No."
There was a brief pause between them.
"No?" Blitz repeated.
"Like I said, no," Sunset continued. "Smokie didn't bring us our guns at this point. I've tried contacting him but it kept going to voicemail."
"I'm pretty sure Smokie done something to those guns."
"That's one reason to have a chat with him."
"He's gonna run when he sees us."
"No, he won't."
"Can't believe that sunnavabitch is running!" Sunset huffed.
"Told ya!" Blitz shouted while running beside her.
"Just shut up and get him!"
Blitz and Sunset ran through a crowded plaza, chasing a Griffon with black fur and wings, white feathers on the head and a black rolled up shirt with brown cargo pants. Smokie, the smuggler that owed Blitz and Sunset weapons, got spooked as soon as he saw them approaching him from a parking lot.
Smokie pushed and shoved ponies in his way while the two carefully moved past them. The Griffon then ran into an alley beside a discount store. He stumbled plast the corner and headed straight, only to find a large gate in his way. Smokie shook the gate frantically and noticed chains wrapped around the lock. By the time he realized, Blitz and Sunset caught up with him.
"Hey there, slick."
The Griffon slowly turned around. His face was curled into a scared eagle.
"Uh...hey, Sunset and...Blitz...nice to umm...see you two again?" The Griffon nervously said.
"Yeah, nice to see you too. Smokie." Sunset sarcastically replied, saying his name in a threatening tone.
"So...what do you guys want?"
"We want our guns that you promised us, Smokes." Blitz said.
"Oh yeah, uh...about that...I...uh...I don't even know wha-"
Smokie jumped off, flapping his wings in the air. Sunset used her magic to levitate a trash can and threw it at his body. He dropped to the ground, losing control of his wings. Blitz pinned down Smokie and held his face to the grungy pavement.
"Agh, the fuck?" Smokie grunted.
"Listen here, Smokie," Sunset growled. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. All we wanna know is the location of the guns that we bought for 230 bucks, ammunition included."
By the look on Smokie's face, he was really desperate to keep silent.
"I...I can't tell you guys."
Sunset and Blitz looked at each other and then shrugged.
"Listen, c-can't we just-"
Blitz stomped on his left wing which let out a loud pop.
"ARGGHH! FUCK! MY WING!"
"And I'll break the other one and then the rest of your limbs if we don't get an answer!" Blitz demanded. "Where are our guns?!"
"I don't have 'em!"
Blitz was about to go for his other wing before freezing at the spot.
"The fuck you say?" Blitz muttered.
"I owe them, alright?!"
"You owe us, Smokie!" Sunset snapped. "We paid for our guns so who the hell did you sell it to?"
"The White Hats!"
Blitz and Sunset glanced at each other, confused and looked back at Smokie.
"Let me get this straight," Sunset said. "You gave our weapons that we paid for...to the White Hats?"
"I'm sorry, okay?!" Smokie whimpered. "I-I didn't have a choice."
"What do you mean?"
"They were going to come after my kid!"
Their eyes slightly widened.
"I...I owed a shit ton of money to the mob when I accidentally stole their supplies. Yesterday, I paid them 500 bucks which shoulda left me alone but those fuckers said it wasn't enough and threatened to get my daughter if I don't give them more! You gotta understand, I'm trying to keep my daughter outta this. She already lost her mother and I can't afford to lose her again."
Blitz and Sunset ended up being speechless. They stared as Smokie started to sob, feeling bad for him. They met his daughter one time and they knew what a kind little Fledgling she was. They were guilt-tripped.
Eventually, Blitz got off Smokie and let Sunset approach him. She grabbed hold of the griffon's shattered wing, placing it flat on the ground. Smokie winced but held his breath.
"Be still." Sunset ordered.
She closed her eyes and her horn started to glow ember sparks which then reached up to the wing. The colours surrounded it and the magic worked like clockwork. The process was reversing the damage like rewinding a video and shortly, Smokie's wing was back to its original state as if t never happened. Sunset let go of him and Smokie felt for his wing, muttering something under his breath.
"Get outta here," Sunset told him. "Go be with your kid and best that you leave Equestria before they decide to come for you."
"T-Thank you." Smokie frantically nodded, standing up.
The two watched as Smokie flew away, leaving them to themselves. With that out of the way, they still have another problem stirring.
"Thats fucked up." Blitz commented.
"Yeah…" Sunset replied, kicking the rolled over bin away. "Damn ponies have our guns that we paid for and screwed over our buyer. How are we gonna get our guns now?"
The alley was dead silent. They both stood around, wondering what to do.
"We can try talk to them," Blitz suggested, breaking the silence. "We basically helped rid Manehattan of the Talons for them."
"They still owe us." Sunset replied.
"Exactly."
"I don't know, Blitz. You think they'll listen to a lion. These ponies are a bunch of racist assholes."
"Trust me, I'm used to it. Plus, they'll listen to us one way or another."
Sunset still feel a bit worried. She knew ponies like the White Hats don't take kindly to immigrants like Blitz. They've been like that for the past few years. However, she had been with Blitz for a few weeks to know he's okay with it. Eventually, she reluctantly sighed.
"Alright. Let's go talk to the boss then."
On a rooftop of a building, four earth ponies, dressed in cream turtlenecks and bowler hats held down a beaten up pony stripped to a bloody shirt and pants with his hands tied behind his back while two more stood around him. In front of him was a blonde pony with pale blue eyes, cherry lipstick on her upper lip and a long scar on her left eye. She dazzled in a diamond white pelted suit(with pants), with her coat draped around her back and a wide cowboy hat.
Missy Dawn took her cigarette out of her mouth, accompanied by two bodyguards, wearing fur jackets and sunglasses. As the ponies backed away from the tied up pony, Missy approached him with absolute disappointment towards him.
"I warned you not to steal from me…" She said in stereotypical southern accent. "I saw potential in ya, you know?"
"P-Please, I-I can make things right. I won't disappoint you again, I promise."
"Oh, you will."
Missy pulled out a Chiappa Rhino 50DS from her jacket and pressed the barrel on his forehead. Without any hesitation, she pulled the hammer down and pressed the trigger...
Click.
Her eyebrows raised. She looked at her gun, confused and pressed the trigger twice. Still more clicks. She opened the cylinder and found empty holes inside.
"Ugh, looks like I forgot to reload the dang thing again." Missy groaned.
"D-Does that mean I get another chance?" The pony stammered.
Missy glared at him for awhile before sighing in defeat.
"Unite him." She ordered.
Her men obeyed and cut loose of his binds. As he got up, Missy grabbed him by the collar and yanked him close to her face.
"Fuck up again, my friend and your ass will be back here, ya hear?"
"Y-Yes Madam Dawn." The colt said with many nods.
She let go of his shirt and shoved him away. "Good. My boys will get you cleaned up and ready for your freedom."
She ordered two of her men to take the beaten up pony away. As they left, she caught up with one of them and leaned towards his ear.
"Beat his lil' pussy ass up so he learns his lesson."
He nodded and walked out of the door. Missy reached for her cigarettes in her jacket and prepared to light it.
"Madam Dawn, these two want to speak with you."
Missy turned around and noticed one of her men with Blitz and Sunset behind him.
"Oh. My. Goodness," she gasped as the two approached her. "Y'all must be the ones who killed those damn birds in my city."
"We were actually hired," Sunset clarified. "The Rich Family paid us to rescue their daughter."
Dawn was a bit surprised to hear that. "Huh, I see."
Missy's focus ended up straight at Blitz. His bod, the charming look and what lies behind his pants was something that interested her. And the fact that he's the first lion ever made it better.
"My, my. Aren't you such a handsome lion," Missy Dawn cooed. "Never thought I would meet one in person, such a pleasure to meet ya."
She held out her hand towards him. Blitz obligingly shook hers.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Madam Dawn but I'm taken."
Missy looked at them back and forth, noticing their bodies close to each other. Sunset remained a calm expression but she really had the urge to throw her off the roof.
"Oh," Missy said. "So what brings y'all here?"
"Well, one of our buyers owed us four assault rifles, two shotguns and two pistols and he claimed to have sold it to you."
Missy's smile started to fade away slowly. The two had that weird feeling, like the music playing at the back was dying out.
"You mean that Griffon, what was his name? Smokie?" Missy asked.
"Yeah...that would be him." Sunset answered.
The music eventually died. Missy's face was straight as an arrow but there's the saying that if you see that certain face, you're screwed. Begging or pleading won't save you from her wrath.
All of her men, including her bodyguards were all trained at Blitz and Sunset. Their weapons were slightly raised but the safety lock was off. The bad news for these two was that their weapons were confiscated earlier and Sunset has a Unicorn Collar which prevents her from using her magic. If she tried, it would've tazed her and it's really painful to be tazed in the neck.
"I'm starting to have this feeling that this humourless bird hired you two to kill me all because I threatened to kill that little seed of his. Is that why you're here? Huh? I'll have my boys and girls turn y'all into swiss cheese, you won't even be able to take a piss!"
"No, no, no," Sunset shook her head. "That's not what we're here for. We just want our guns back, that's all. We wouldn't do that to you."
Everybody was silent as a grave as soon as Sunset finished. Suddenly, Missy and her men(except her bodyguards) laughed aloud. Both Blitz and Sunset stared at them, confused and baffled.
"Hooo wee! Y'all faces are priceless. I'm just pulling yer tails. I was bluffing when I told Smokie I would come after his lil' kid."
Blitz and Sunset blinked.
"So you weren't going to go after Smokie's daughter?" He asked.
"Well of course not, honey," Missy Dawn scoffed. "I may be a cold hearted mare but I wasn't going to go after anyone's kid. First time I saw Smokie's kid, she is such an adorable lil' angel."
Blitz and Sunset slightly nodded in relief. Missy slapped her hands together.
"Now for yer weapons...they're all yours and we'll certainly return them to ya." Missy added.
Blitz and Sunset were both surprised. They would say it felt out of character for Missy to return the weapons without a condition.
"That's it?" Sunset asked.
"Mmhmm." Missy hummed.
"No catch?"
"Nope. I believe y'all done enough since you two got rid of those damn Talon bastards. So everything's good."
"Well um...thank you, Madam Dawn."
"My pleasure."
Eventually, her men escorted them out. As they headed for the door, Missy slipped a cigarette into her mouth while checking out Blitz's assets. The two didn't hear her whistle before the door closed shut.
Once they returned to the bar, Blitz and Sunset eventually got the weapons they bought and opened up the crates. Everything was placed in a wooden box with hay on the bottom. They took every weapon and checked for any cracks or fake signs. So far, no problems arose.
"Looks like everything's good." Blitz said, checking the slide of a SIG P239.
"Yup," Sunset placed an empty extended magazine for a G36C onto the desk. "Seems like Smokie didn't fuck up as always."
"Don't you think we should tell him that the White Hats were just screwing with him?"
She shook her head. "Nah. I don't think we should mess with their fun."
"Kind of fucked up, don't you think? Smokie and his daughter are probably out of this country by now. How are we supposed to get more guns once we run out?"
"Well, either we find another smuggler or at least a dealer or we can just steal them from dead people."
"Fair point. Better than going to a gun store. A lot of 'em don't sell to anyone with a criminal record, right?"
"Yup."
As Sunset packed the guns, Blitz decided to mess around with her. He slowly wrapped his arms around her body and set his chin on her left shoulder. Sunset felt a bit comfortable but she wasn't sure why.
"What?"
"Still pissed at Madam Dawn trying to seduce your lion?"
Sunset scoffed. "No."
"But you were jealous, right?"
"What're you up to?"
"Come on. I saw that look when Madam told me how much of a sexy ass lion I am."
She pouted. "Fuck you."
Blitz suddenly spun Sunset around and lifted her legs. Caught by surprise, she giggled as Blitz's hand crept up to her back, heaving her up. He then carried Sunset to the basement stairs.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Giving you a good time." Blitz simply replied, giving her a suggestive smirk.
Squad cars and Equestrian police surrounded a lone alley behind the markets. Tape was secured across the alley as officers investigated three bodies left behind. An ambulance was also in the premises as well.
As the police did what they usually do, a unicorn with Persian blue eyes and light purple fur, wearing a black suit with a blue tie and a skirt along with a police badge made into a neck chain was the only one present near the bodies.
Starlight Glimmer stared down at the bodies laid in front of her. Formerly a member of a militarized group, she was involved in trafficking, narcotic import/export and gunrunning. However, she took that chance to leave and became a detective of Equestria State Police which she earned a degree for that very profession. That was her chance to revert her wicked ways. Currently, her mind was already on the move, figuring out and piecing together the scene.
"Long way from Ponyville aren't you?"
Starlight turned around and a warm smile drew. Another unicorn with cyan eyes, gamboge fur wearing a rich brown leather jacket with a grey shirt and a police badge attached to his belt approached her with a hand by the hip. He smiled back, took off his aviators and the two hugged each other.
"Good to see you again, Sunburst." Starlight greeted.
The two then broke away from the hug.
"How's things?"
"Eh...same shit, different day but I'm alive at least," Sunburst replied. "You?"
"I could say the same thing."
"Good to hear that."
Sunburst looked away from her and at the crime scene. Her eyes followed his view.
"Oof. What a mess, right?" Sunburst said, shaking his head.
"Seems that way," Starlight agreed. "Some of the guys from the shops found these three Griffons dead with bullet holes in them. Seem like they were waiting for someone until they got attacked."
Sunburst pointed at the one with deep cuts and two bullet wounds on his face. "Poor bastard over there must've got his ass kicked before getting shot twice in the face."
"Well, those guys were the ones who kidnapped Diamond Tiara from the Rich Family."
"They're Cut-Throat Talons too." Sunburst added.
Starlight then turns to Sunburst with a surprised look on her face as she know who they are.
"They are?" She asked.
"Yeah, I had an encounter with them a few days ago when we had a warrant for their arrest," Sunburst replied. "We had just found out who they were...and what remained of them anyway. Talons were hit pretty hard by the White Hats. Those three were the last of them."
"What happened to their leader?"
"SWAT shot him down at his home when he thought it was a good idea to pull out a gun."
Starlight then noticed his right hand was rapidly shaking. She looked back at Sunburst with a solicitous look.
"You alright?" Starlight asked.
"I-I'm fine, just zoned out, that's all." Sunburst grabbed his right hand to stop it shaking. "Anyways, we'll get the CSI to analyse the DNA and the ballistics."
Sunburst left shortly, leaving Starlight alone. She looked back at the bodies with disbelief. The crime rate was starting to escalate and there was no evidence on how.
"Equestria…" Starlight sighed. "How did we get here?"