Chapter 4

"RAINBOW DASH!"

Rainbow Dash jerks awake, severe pain overwhelms her. Hissing, she sits up, coughing up some blood. She looks at the specks of crimson soaking the coarse-tan-dirt surrounding her. "Oh, thank goodness you're awake?" Raising her brow, she tilts her head back and sees a teenage pegasus filly looking down at her with mismatched yellow eyes.

Another teenage unicorn filly looks down at her with wide eyes. "I think she lost some of her brain?" The metal ring around the base of her horn sparks.

"Derpy?! Sugar Belle?!" Rainbow Dash asks in confusion.

"Yes, it's us… Hello, sis!" Derpy smiles. Sugar Belle waves with a giggle.

"And us…" A teenage earth pony colt comments. "Damn he must've hit you hard?" His short black mane bounces with his movements.

"Quibble? Who hit me?" Rainbow Dash fight back the urge to puke.

"Look in front of you and you'll see the bastard!" Another teen pegasus colt with black fur comments, popping into her vision.

"Get up, your about to lose!" A younger pegasus colt with light grey fur shouts atop the teen's shoulders, his feathers on his wings fluff up as he points at something or someone in front of him.

Holding a hand to her head, Rainbow Dash sits up and looks in the direction he's pointing. "Oh… Now I remember…" In front of her, standing at the other end of the octagon ring is a buffed-up human, his jawline is broad and his blonde hair is cut short. He wears a red prison uniform with the number: '8-D-4455'. She stares at him as he celebrates with his arms up, waving to the crowd.

"Oh, looks like Nicholas celebrated too soon! Rainbow Dash is up! And ready to go!" An announcer shouts from a balcony overlooking the ring and fifty-feet atrium. The crowd of earth ponies, unicorns, pegasi, humans, griffins, zebras, buffalos, tabby cats and mixed races, cheer loudly, stomping their feet against the concrete floor.

"I'm not really ready at all…" Rainbow Dash huffs under her breath.

"I think you got this one Dashie." Quibble comments, giving her a sly smirk.

"You're an ass kisser Quibble." She sticks out her tongue.

"What… I can't help it, you're just too sexy." He sticks out his tongue in return. She rolls her eyes, trying to hide her blush.

"You got this Dash!" the little colts shouts.

She smiles at the colt. "Thanks, Rumble."

Noticing the crowds changing their mood, Nicholas turns around staring at the prism haired teen. "Damn, you're a gluten for punishment girl!" He cracks his knuckles, walking to the ring's center.

Rainbow Dash grunts, getting up from the ground, wiping the dirt off her navy-blue prison uniform. "Someone's acting all cocky!" She chuckles, putting her hands on her hips. "What's the matter, trying to compensate for your small dick!"

The man frowns, gritting his teeth. "My dick is big enough sweetheart, maybe after I bash your skull in, I'll let you take it for a ride!" He laughs. His group of friends, consisting of a tall, dark-skinned human male, a scrawny caucasian human male, a chubby white furred tabby cat male and thin dark-grey tabby cat female cheer him on.

Rainbow Dash waves a hand mockingly. "Naw, it's alright. My colt-friend's cock is all I need!" She points a thumb at Quibble. "Besides, I guarantee his dick is a lot bigger than yours."

Nicholas growls, glaring at Quibble, the colt blushes with fear and ducks behind the high chest wall of the ring. "You little bitch! ERRAH!" He charges at her, his hands extend out, his fingers pointing outwards like claws.

Feeling some adrenaline kicking in, she jukes to her left, smirking, letting the man crash into the wall. The top of the wall jams into his stomach. The man leans on the concrete barrier, catching his breath. Humming a giggle, Rainbow Dash skips to the other side of the ring. Her prism colored tale swinging side to side.

Up in the announcer balcony, a large heavy-set unicorn watches the fight. His breath is short and shallow as he chews on the end of his cigar. Sitting on the floor next to him is a fourteen-year-old pegasus filly. A leather collar hangs around her neck, locked with a small padlock. She plays with her amber colored tail, her eyes glaring down at Rainbow Dash, her lips frowning.

Sitting to the Unicorn's right is a pegasus stallion, his fur coat and mane are the same colors as the filly's. His amber eyes glare at the fight. "You really think Rainbow Dash will win Kingpin?"

The unicorn gives a raspy huff. "I know she will!" He coughs, before taking a drag of his cigar. "I know when I see talent, isn't that right Feather Gale!" His chuckles are hoarse, smoke leaving his mouth as he laughs.

Sitting next to the pegasus stallion is an elder pegasus mare, she stares at the fight with her only good eye. "Yes, Kingpin… We have a knack for finding good talent." She glares at Rainbow Dash with lust and hate.

The teen-filly stares at Feather Gale's left eye, its scarred, blind pupil glares at her, looking deep into her soul. Seeing the filly staring, the pegasus stallion grits his teeth. "Lighting Dust, keep your eyes on the fight!" He hisses. The filly shivers, turning her eyes back to the octagon.

Rainbow Dash holds her shoulder as she dodges Nicholas's punches. Running backward towards the wall, she pushes herself off it, jumping over the man. Directly over him, she kicks down on his shoulders, sending him into the wall once again. Rolling on the ground, she stumbles to the center.

Growling the pain away, Nicholas pushes himself off the wall and glares over his shoulder. Seeing his crazed look, Rainbow Dash shakes her butt, sticking out her tongue while she gives him two middle fingers. Calming himself, he gives a smirk. "You're such a tease!" He chuckles, running full tilt. Smirking, she runs to him. 'Is she dumb?' He thinks.

Nearing one another, the man swings his fist. Juking to her left, dodging the hit, she kicks his ankle, causing him to grab his right leg. Quickly she kicks his crotch, the tip of her hoof pinching one of his testicles against his thigh. Falling to his knees, he clutches his manhood, clenching his teeth in pain. With his head low, she kicks him in the face with a roundhouse kick. Teeth fly out of his mouth, they bounce around like rubber balls along the ground.

He glares at her with a scowl, blood drooling out his mouth. Before he can react, she gives a front kick with her right leg, her hoof making contact with his jaw. Some of his remaining teeth crack, his head whips back as he falls backward, landing hard on his back.

Silence falls over the audience before a huge choir of cheers and boos sing out.

Kingpin smiles, looking at the pegasus stallion with a smirk. "I told you, Golden Dust, I know talent, four years of fighting and Dash has only lost seven fights!" He laughs heartily. "And has won thirty-six!" A human female, a griffin male, and several others grumble as they hand over cigarettes, drugs, and coins to him as they leave the balcony.

Golden Dust huffs staring at Rainbow Dash. "Damn… I lost again." He tosses over a pack of cigars to the unicorn.

"She may be a filly with talents, but she's also a stubborn hot head!" Feather Gale sighs, sipping gin from a metal cup.

Enjoying the audiences' cheers, Rainbow Dash smiles back, giving two thumbs up. "Yeah!" She cheers back. "Oh… ow…" Her adrenaline finally leaves her, allowing the pain to return to her senses. Feeling weak, she leans on her knees catching her breath.

Her friends seeing her pained appearance jump the wall and run to her aid. "You alright?" Derpy asks looking at her friend.

"Is she dying?" Sugar Belle asks with concern.

"She's not dying." The teen pegasus colt replies, setting down Rumble on the ground.

"You don't know that Thunderlane!" Sugar Belle cries.

"I'm fine…" Rainbow Dash clutches her head. "Oh… Damn, I need a…" Sugar Belle hugs her friend. "Sugar! OW!" The unicorn blushes, ending the hug in embarrassment.

"Jack is going to be pissed when he sees you like this." Quibble states supporting her against his shoulder.

"He's just overprotective." Rainbow Dash huffs, laying an arm around his neck.

"He just cares for you…" Derpy is cut off from an angry voice yelling out over the atrium.

"You cheating bitch!" A human male shouts in broken pegasen as he storms up to her with his posse of three.

Rainbow Dash and her group of friends notice that its Nicolas's group of friends. "I cheated?" Rainbow Dash asks, staring at the pale-skinned human with a frown. Her friends stare at the pose, taking a defensive stance.

"There is no way a fifteen-year-old filly can beat a forty-five-year-old!" He spits, jabbing his finger in her shoulder. She hisses in pain giving the man a growl.

Quibble snarls. "I would watch it if I were you!" He flashes a shank from his prison outfit's pocket.

The human laughs. "Isn't that cute…" He pulls out a six-inch-knife and holds it over his head. The dark-skinned human shows off his brass-knuckles, while the tabby cats extend their claws. "I lost my cigs because of you, you winged freak…! AH!" A bullet ricochets off his knife, severing two if his fingers. He drops the knife, falling to his knees, staring at the bloody stubs that were his fingers.

His friends stare in horror as they backway hiding in the crowd.

The crowd of prisoners silence their chattering and look up.

Rainbow Dash and her friends eye a pegasus guard aiming his rifle at them from the guard watch-balcony. "Prisoners of Mourning Hollow Island!" He shouts. "To your cellblocks NOW! None shall be in the center lobby tonight!" The prisoners mumble, heading out the doors that leads them into the main central lobby of the prison. Rainbow Dash looks over her shoulders and sees the prison guard tip his at hat her.

"FUCK!" Rainbow Dash spits, biting her pillow.

"Will you hold'a still!" A zebra hisses, holding her left shoulder. "You have partial dislocation that'a needs de be fixed!" He quickly pushes the joint back into place.

Rainbow Dash screams into her pillow. "Oh… Fuck… Doc, I need to hit up!" The zebra pinches her ear. "AH!"

"You take no drugs, not now!" He rummages through his tattered leather bag. "I'm not done!" He takes out some gauze and homemade rubbing alcohol and begins dabbing her open cuts.

Rainbow Dash hisses from the stinging pain and clinches her pillow tighter. To keep her mind off her woes, she stares at Quibble, who sits at a desk that's directly under their cell's six-inch-wide and four-feet-tall window, doodling in his worn sketchbook. "What are you drawing?" She shutters.

"Just drawing some poses." He replies not looking up from his work.

"I'm here!" Derpy calls out happily, carrying a tray of mugs. "Who wants some of Whisker's homemade brew?" She sings, her tail wagging happily.

"I do!" Rainbow Dash sighs, extending out her hands in a as a child would beg. Derpy hands her a mug. Smelling it, she giggles and takes a large gulp. "Thanks, sis, I needed this!"

Derpy smiles at her sister. "Quibble? Do you want some?" Quibble turns around and picks up a mug. Raising the metal-cup, saluting her, he returns to his work. She turns to the zebra. "Do you want some Doc?" The zebra shakes his head, not looking up from his work. With a shrug, Derpy picks up the mug and chugs it. Her crossed-eyed expression straightens itself out, burping, her eyes return to their crossed-eyed state.

Rainbow Dash smirks at her sister's expression. "Derpy?" Her smile leaves.

"Yes?" She gives her sister a smile.

"Has… uh, has Jack found out yet?" She looks at the grey-furred pegasus with worry.

Derpy chews the ends of her canary-yellow mane. "No, not that I know of…"

"RAINBOW DASH!" A deep masculine voice echoes out over the cellblock.

Everyone in the cell freezes at the voice's tone. "I-I take that as a yes?" Quibble looks over his shoulder. Rainbow Dash stares at her cell's door and swallows a lump as she hugs her pillow.

With a nervous chuckle, Derpy heads to the cell's door. "I'll soften the blow!" She gives a large grin before darting out of the cell.

Shivering, Rainbow Dash gets up, too much protest from the zebra. Giving him an apology, she slowly nears her cell's door. Quibble not wanting her to face him alone, gets up from his seat and walks by her side.

Leaving their cell, they walk towards the railing of the fifth story catwalk and look out over their cellblock, searching for Jack.

To an outsider, Mourning Hollows Island Penitentiary wouldn't seem to be a prison at all. It is, just one where the guards have willingly given up ninety-percent of their control within the walls of the prison, letting the prisoners run the place, to a certain degree of leeway, while they maintain full control of the island itself.

Their cellblock, like the others, all eight of them, the prisoners of Mourning Hollows conduct life of a typical small town, if it was all a ghetto, the good and the bad. Some of the cells within the cell blocks sell food, wares, drugs, sex, gambling or teaching. Other cells remain as residential dens.

On the back wall of Rainbow Dash's and Quibble's cellblock is a large number seven, painted in black. The block's structure itself is an imposing one. At a hundred-and-fifty-feet in length and a hundred-feet wide, towering eight-stories tall built out of steel, concrete, cinderblocks and limestone makes many of its residents feel small.

The size of the cells within the cellblocks of Mourning Hollow are ten-feet by ten-feet, containing a toilet, a sink, and a bunkbed. Except for cells that were turned into stores or restaurants, as they are made out of two or more cells.

Looking over the edge of the fifth-floor catwalk, Rainbow Dash and Quibble look down into the hot, crowded bowels of their cellblock. Clothes hang from wires stretching over the balcony walkways. Several restaurant cells are hard at work cooking up meals to sell. A group of children run along the tiled floor of the first floor, playing a game of bean-bag toss. A female and male tabby cat sits outside their cell, gazing at the inhabitants of the block with dull expressions. A human female leans against her door frame of her cell, seductively wearing her navy-blue prison uniform. An earth pony stallion sits near the end of the cellblock playing a fiddle, while his unicorn wife manipulates a puppet with her hands.

A chill runs up Rainbow Dash's and Quibble's spine as they eye the man they fear at this moment. Jack is a tall human male. His grey eyes stare up at them in anger. His arms are crossed, his pinky finger tapping his inner-left-elbow. Shaking, Rainbow Dash and Quibble head down to the second floor.

"What the hell were you thinking?!" Jack yells placing his hand on his hips, giving Rainbow Dash a stern scowl.

"She wasn't." A teenage unicorn filly as she sits in a chair, twiddling away at a stick. Rainbow Dash glares at the filly with a frown.

"Lyra, hush!" Jack hisses at her. Lyra sinks into her chair, grumbling to herself.

"I…" Rainbow Dash tries to speak.

"NO! No words!" Jack shouts. "Let me think!" He huffs, pacing back n' forth. Derpy places her hands on her sister's shoulders.

Quibble frowns. "Jack, she was careful!" He steps up to the man, trying to make himself look imposing.

Jack glares at the colt, the light above them casting some of his features in a dark shadow. "Careful? You think she was being careful?!" He points at Rainbow Dash. "She was knockout within a minute into the fight!"

"Well… She…"

"Well, what!" Jack walks over the back wall of his cell grabbing a bottle of home made vodka. "And she fought Nicolas! Hell, I know our relationship with cellblock eight was on the rocks, but this seals the deal!"

"You know I had no choice!" Rainbow Dash growls. "I have to fight!" She steps up to the human.

Jack frowns. "That's a lie and you know it!" He gives a long sigh pouring himself a shot. "You have let the cheers and admiration go to your head." He takes the shot. "Damn…" He places the shot glass on the table against the wall. "He would be disappointed."

"Don't you ever talk about him!" Rainbow Dash hisses. Quibble, Derpy and Lyra cower at her tone.

Jack hums walking up to her, a dull expression on his face. "I will mention him whenever I damn well please," He taps a finger on her forehead. "Until you get it through your thick skull!" He gives a long sigh. "Just look at you, you look lie a fucken mess… What the hell would he say? Good job Dash?" He sips his drink. "I want you to take a break from fighting for two weeks."

Rainbow Dahs feels a chill run up her spine. "But… But…" She clenches her fists.

Seeing her up getting upset, he places a hand under her chin. "Dash?"

She looks up with a frown. "Yes?" Her eyes stare at him, full of tears.

"I made a promise to him to protect you, and I aim to keep it." He rubs his thumb across her cheek. "You should go say hi to her, don't leave her worrying." Rainbow Dash gives a nod and slowly exits Jack's cell. Quibble and Derpy watch her leave and go to follow. "You two stay here. She'll be fine by herself." They look back at him with mixed emotions.

Rainbow Dash stands outside a cell. Her body feels numb, swear clings to her fur as she stares at a mare laying down on a mattress. A human boy sits by him running a rag across her brow. Hold in her breath, she steps into the cell. "Hello, Granger."

The boy looks over at her. "Hello Dash." He looks at the mare. "She's doing alright, had one episode but that's about it." He gives her a smile "You taking over?" Rainbow Dash nods. "Great! I'll tell my sister you said hi!" Granger smiles at her before dashing out of the cell.

With the boy gone, Rainbow Dash takes a long sigh and sits besides the mare. "Hi, Lilly Drops." She takes on of the mare's hands and begins stroking it.

Lilly Drops opens her eyes weakly and stares at the filly before her. "Hey Dash…" She brings Dash's hand up to her face and rubs it with her cheek. "How's my little filly doing?"

Rainbow Dash takes a deep breath. "Alright."

Lilly Drops squints her eyes and stares at her adopted daughter. "Why is your right eye all bruised up?... And your lip?!" A shiver runs down her spine as her eyes' pupils dilate. "Have you been fighting?!"

Rainbow Dash cowers under the mare's tone. "Yes…" She quickly pulls out a metal card from her breast pocket "I won us several food allowance cards. We can get the good stuff they sever in the center lobby!"

"Why are you still fighting for that reached stallion?!" Lilly Drops shouts, her voice falters a bit as she tries to fight back a sob.

"We need to eat!" Rainbow Dash sighs, fighting back her own emotions. "I don't make enough selling drugs or working the fields outside these prison walls!" She places the metal card in the mare's hand. "This is yours, I have my own, it will last us four months…"

Lilly Drops throws the card against the wall. "NO!" Her eyes go mad. "I don't want you to fight! We can't lose you!" She looks out the door. "Do I need to get Steel Bit in here to knock some sense into you!" She glares at Rainbow Dash. "STEEL! Come here!"

Tears come to Rainbow Dash's eyes. Fighting back a sob she places her hands on the mare's shoulders. "Lilly Drops."

"STEEL!" Lilly Drops shouts again.

"Lilly, please!" Panic begins to overtake her.

"STEEL! Why aren't you coming!" Panic begins to coat the mare's voice.

"MOM!" Rainbow Dash shouts.

Lilly Drops stares at her daughter and sees the tears that cling to her eyes. A numbing chill overcomes her, her limbs become weak and she collapses into her daughter's arms. "No… NO!" She cries. Rainbow Dash braces herself on the floor and comforts her mother. Her voice soft and shallow as she speaks calming words into her ear.

Quibble stands by the stairs that lead up to the second story catwalk. He looks over at Jack's cell and sees him, Lyra and Derpy playing a game of poker. He gives a long sigh and leans on the bars of the metal stairs.

"So Whatcha doing?"

Quibble looks to his left and sees a tan skinned teen human female staring at him with her bright green eyes. "Nothing much Jacky, just waiting for Dash."

"Interesting…" Jacky hums playfully. "My brother told me that she arrived an hour early." She gives a huff. "Very unlike her, what gives?"

"Jack told her to go early." Quibble pulls out a cigarette and lights it. "He found out about the fight." He takes a draw of his cig.

"Yeah I heard she took a beating for the first few minutes." Jacky hums. "Usually she doesn't let them get a hit on her, was she okay?"

Quibble gives a long sigh. "I think she was having an episode, daydreaming about something."

Jacky looks down at her bare feet and wiggles her toes. "Like mother, like daughter." Quibble gives a silent nod as he watches her toes. Seeing sky blue in her peripheral vision, Jacky looks up and sees the filly in question. "Whelp, I'll let you go." She gives Quibble a kiss on the cheek and runs off.

Quibble rubs the spot where her lips touched and watches as his filly-friend nears. "You alright?" He asks.

Rainbow Dash looks at the colt. "Sort of…" She takes his cigarette from his lips and puffs on it.

"How is she holding up?" He crosses his arms.

Rainbow Dash flicks off the ash from the cig's tip. "The usual." She rests her head on his chest. Quibble sighs as he lays his arms on her back. His right hand rubbing the base of her wings. She gives a pleased hum. After a minute passes by, she lifts her head and plants a kiss on his lips. Their tongues fight for control for several seconds.

Breaking the kiss, Quibble looks down at her with a small sly smirk. "Wanna?"

She bites her lips. "Hell yeah… I need it."

-Two Hours Later-

Rainbow Dash lays against Quibble, her arms wrapped around his neck and her bare chest against his back. She enjoys his warmth as cool air seeps into their cell. Giving a delighted giggle, she plays with his right nipple.

Quibble ignores her, as he sits on the edge of the bed, holding a metal ladle over a candle flame, melting down crustal ketamine into its liquid form. He swirls it around trying to speed the process along. His body shivering in anticipation.

Upset that he's ignoring her seductive advancements, she looks out their window and watches the rain droplets strike and roll down its glass panes.

With a hum, Quibble picks up a needle and expertly dips its tip into the liquid. Moving the plunger up, the needle sucks up the desired amount. Gently setting down the ladle, he flicks the needle before turning around to face her. "You ready?"

Sweat rolls down Rainbow Dash's face as she gives a small nod. "Yes…" She pushes herself off his back and sits up, offering her arm. With his hormones still flowing through him, he can't help but, look at her breasts. She gives a cough and gently pats his cheek. Blushing, he takes her arm and pulls back the fur, searching for a vein. Finding one, he injects the needle into her arm and gives her half. With a content sigh, she lays down on the bed and watches him inject the remaining drug into himself.

With a shiver, Quibble sets the needle on the nightstand beside their bed. With a sly look, he crawls up to her and plants a kiss on her lips. They fight for control over one another. He soon over powers her, his tongue dominating her as he pins her arms against the bed and spreading her legs apart with his. But, their second round of love making is cut short as their bodies begin to go numb.

"Shit!" Quibble hisses as he breaks their embrace. He rests his forehead against hers. Rainbow Dash, huffs shallow breaths. Her moods sours as she feels him go soft. "Dude?" He chuckles. "My fingers are like… noodles!" He wiggles them, giggling to himself. His attention turns to her wings. "Ooh…. They're so soft…" He rolls over and lays on his side, playing with the primary feather of her left wing.

Rainbow Dash moans as she sits up, moving her attention to the wall directly in front of her. Her eyes are heavy and tired. Nodding off, her body shivers, shaking her awake with a jolt. Opening her eyes once more, a pale pegasus mare sits in front of her, looking at her with a small smirk. "Just like your mother?" She speaks with a chuckle.

Rainbow Dash frowns. "I'm nothing like you!" She mumbles, bracing her on the wall as her muscles go limp.

The mare picks up the sheet and covers her daughter's lower half. "Oh yes, you are, more than you think…" Rainbow Dash growls, pushing her hand away. She stares at her daughter's drunken state with a smirk. "It's time to go to bed sweetie." She stands up and lays her daughter's head gently on her pillow. "You have a busy day tomorrow… very… busy… day…"