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I couldn't believe we had gotten out alive... there must have been twenty ponies all trying to restrain us. I guess I do have to give Shadow some credit. After all, he did bust us out. I still felt like that I shouldn't forgive him, that his previous actions still need repentance. Probably all in my head... back to the crisis at hoof. Shadowbolt, Spitfire and I were still being chased by a rather angry group of gangsters. They had been on our trail for at least five miles and hadn't shown any signs of losing us. In fact, some of the faster ponies seemed to be gaining on us. The idea was absurd that a bunch of no life thugs were catching up to three of the faster pegasi in Equestria, but it soon revealed true as some of the thugs leading the pack were nipping at my heels.
"Shadow!" I yelled. He turned his head for just a second before jumping out of his flight pattern and breaking off to slow our pursuers. The thug just behind me was about to latch onto my legs and bring me down... at least until Shadow smashed his face in. The pegasus let out an agonized scream, before falling into the forest below. Shadow had bought Spitfire and I valuable time as he had just caught the attention of every pegasus that was chasing us. I turned back, hoping to see Shadow sprinting after us. My hopes went unfulfilled. Instead, Shadow had been taken to the ground and was desperately fighting off the horde of monsters. I was so engrossed in the fight, I failed to notice the single scumbag who had decided to follow us.
"Rainbow Dash!' Spitfire cried, "Help!" The bastard had snatched her wings, leaving her helpless plummeting with a pony on her back. I rushed to help her, but I was too late to save her a nasty impact with the ground. The pony shoved her away, making sure to give her wings an extra squeeze.
"You dirty little slut... come here..." he mocked her. She began to back away just as I landed.
"Dash... you're a little late..." Spitfire complained.
"Doing the best I can..." I replied, helping her to her hooves.
"Two on one... eh?" the thug said dirtlitly. I was done with his bullshit and decided to end it. So I kicked him in the nose and jabbed his side, leaving him as a blubbering mess of blood and bruises.
"Wimp..." I turned away.
"Wow..." Spitfire gawked, "Didn't know you could do that."
"I've got some tricks up my sleeves..." She giggled.
"Oh do you?" she teased.
"Yeah..." I grinned, "Some that even you don't know..."
"Oh really?" she hadn't stopped grinning, "Care to show?"
"No... they're confidential..."
"There's no part of you that I haven't seen and no part of me that you haven't seen... so just show..." I couldn't argue with that logic. Especially because it was Spitfire... who could deny Spitfire?
"Well... I guess I'll show you them..."
"Rainbow Dash... Spitfire!" I heard a voice call to me. I turned around to see Ruby-Sapphire, running towards me. He tackled me in a bear hug, "I'm so glad to see you!"
"G-Great to see you too..." I struggled out. His grip was extremely tight, to the point that I could barely breathe, "Could you stop squeezing the shit out of me?"
"Oh..." he blushed, "Sorry..." He then moved over to Spitfire, "So... how about that date?" She stood there, blank faced for a few seconds.
"You little bastard!" she laughed, punching him in the shoulder, "You still want to date me... after all of this?"
"I stick with my commitments..." He stopped mid-sentence, focusing on something behind Spitifire.
"Is something wrong?" Spitfire asked him.
"Yeah... it's Shadow and his 'brother'..." Out from behind the hill we stood on, Shadow and Devil could be clearly seen, along with my "favorite" gang.
"You should have known that you were going to have to work a little harder for your freedom..." Jio, the leader of the whole gang operation said.
"That's what you told on my first escape attempt!" I fired back.
"And where did that get you?" I shriveled up, remembering the brutal and horrifying experience, "There are reasons why I told you these things, you should learn to listen..."
"What did you do to her?!" Shadow roared. I hadn't taken his current state into consideration. He was beaten bloody and covered with cuts and gashes. However, that wasn't what looked so different about him. He looked broken. The look in his eyes, the shakiness in his voice, his stature and even his facial expression... looked like someone had really gotten to him.
"That is none of your concern..." he replied causally, "All that matters is that it will be quite painful and will involve blood..."
"If you do ANYTHING to her... I will rat you out to the police..." Shadow grinned. He had them in a pickle, a really bad one too. He could easily turn the tides to his favor and save us. My real question was why hadn't he done it yet?
"Remind yourself of your 'good deed' when you're at my mercy and I decide to have some of my buddies beat you to death."
"Go ahead... try me..." he taunted.
"Very well..." the boss sighed almost sympathetically, "You're up Silver Lining..." The pegasus that had gotten us into this mess stepped forward and lowered his stance, ready to fight.
"Not much has changed Silver..." Shadow commented.
"Same to you..." Silver Lining almost politely responded.
"Are you two going to fight or not?" Sptifire interrupted, "I could have escaped... only reason I'm here is to see a good punch-out..."
"Chill bitch!" Silver yelled at her, "I still own you!" The grin of Spitfire's face let me know that she had bought Shadow enough time to attack, and he got the message. He lunged at Silver Lining, sending a powerful kick to his face. His attack found its mark and launched Silver back into the crowd, bloody and knocked out.
"Fuck you..." Shadow remarked, spitting in the gang's direction, "She's nobody's bitch..."
"Well then..." the boss sighed, "Guess you got past round one... time for round two..." He signaled for another thug to step forward. Several were hesitant and didn't step forward, "I said time for round two..." Still, nopony stepped forward.
"What's wrong?" Shadow grinned, "Your henchponies too scared to step up and fight me?"
"FOR GOODNESS SAKE!" Jio roared, "ALL OF YOU ATTACK HIM!" The way Jio's "friends" converged on Shadow reminded me a lot of how a swarm of bees would attack an intruder. The ensuing battle was a blur of bodies, blood and gore. The products was a huge circle of dead bodies with all four of us standing in the middle, bruised, bloody and covered with scratches. Jio, horrified that his gang was now nothing more than a pile of bodies, began to awkwardly run away. The way he ran was almost desperate, a little pathetic actually.
"WOAH WOAH WOAH!" Ruby-Sapphire shouted, "Where do you think you're going?" We ran after the older pony, who was desperately trying to keep his distance.
"Please..." he begged, "Spare me..."
"Give me five reasons I shouldn't kill you... and I won't..." There was a long pause before he decided to speak up.
"I could clear you from 35 counts of murder..." Shadow's eyes widened in a newfound horror.
"What counts of murder?" Shadow asked, now panicking, "That was all self-defense!"
"I could still clear your name by saying I sent them after you..." he replied. Shadow was about to speak up but held it back. I immediately yanked him close to me.
"Dash what the hell?!" He shouted. I hushed him with a hoof over his mouth.
"You are actually contemplating this old guy's offer?" I hissed at him.
"We are technically try-able for everyone of these murders..." he whispered back, "I've been in a courtroom enough to know..." He was right, he had to have been on trial a lot, mainly as a witness. Shadow didn't choose his friends very wisely and often enough, had to go support them and hope lessen their sentence. Despite my best efforts to stop him, he pulled away from me.
"Sure we'll take your offers," Shadow paused for a moment, "If you agree to go to prison for life for running a slave trade..." Shadow had him there. Jio's face sank in defeat.
"Deal..."
X-X-X
I had to say... Shadow cleaned it up really well. He made us take Jio to the police station and report the pile of dead bodies. He also covered our asses so that we didn't get busted by our blood covered bodies. The police ponies even allowed us to go wash up in the back. While we were washing up, one thing continued to stick in my mind... my date with Spitfire. I wasn't going to let it drop until I got it. I splashed some more water on my face, clearing of a little bit more encrusted and dried blood.
"So... how about that date?" I grinned, waiting for her response. At first, she didn't react. Then the question registered and she stopped what she was doing.
"You really do love me..." she said. I blushed so hard, I was sure I looked like a tomato.
"I kinda d..." she stopped me in mid-sentence, kissing me full on. I was completely and utterly startled. She pulled away before I regained my composure, still in shock. She laughed at my surprised expression, "That isn't fair!"
"Why not?"
"You moved to quickly!" I complained. There were some stifled laughter and giggles behind me. My face stayed red hot at the realization that Shadow and Rainbow Dash had seen the entire thing, "You two say nothing... understand me..."
"Chill bro!" Shadow joked, "My lips are sealed..."
"You son of a bitch!" The room went silent as everyone looked at the door. Devil sat there, looking quite mad and dejected, "You left me AGAIN!
"I was in a bit of a situation... sorry" Shadow replied sheepishly, hoping to diffuse the situation.
"Don't do it again..." Devil warned, walking towards Shadow.
"I won't..." Shadow promised dismissively.
"Yeah you will..." Devil muttered, "I'll put in a deposit..." Devil then continued to kick Shadow in the groin. The reaction was instantaneous and he crumpled to the ground in pain.
"Damned bastard..." Shadow stuttered out, "Got me good..." I couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing. After Shadow got back up, I finally collected myself and stood up.
"SO..." Spitfire interjected, to prevent an awkward silence, "What do we do?"
"How about go say hi to Soarin' and hope he doesn't beat the shit out of Shadow and I..." I offered.
"Sounds good..." Rainbow Dash replied, "Last one out is slower than me!"
I wish I could stay at that exact moment for the rest of my life. I had a date with a flier from the Wonderbolts, a smile on my face and I was in perfect sync with my friends.
Wow... I wrote this on my iPad on the way back from vacation. Definitely not an ideal ending but I actually had this written for awhile. As usual, R&R. :)
