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Dash pulled up to the curb and pulled out her radio. "Remember, everyone... I'll call Applejack and then you storm the building, okay?" she ordered into the car radio.

"Got it, Dash," said a colt.

Rainbow put the radio away and got out of the car. Twi followed her out as the two headed towards the building.

"Ready for this, Twilight?" asked Dash, walking up to the door and entering the building. She then headed towards the elevator and pushed the Up button. She then noticed the silence and turned around. "Uh... Twilight?" she asked, looking around. "What'd you forget how to use a door?" she asked aloud, walking back outside. She then spotted Twilight following Midnight around the corner. "Shit..." she groaned, pulling out her cell phone and dialing AJ's number. "Applejack. Go after Twilight."

"What? What's wrong?"

"It's that bitch, Midnight. She's taken Twilight but I need to continue with the current plan. I need you to break off from the group and go after her."

"Ya got it, sugarcibe. Where'd she go?"

"She went--"

"Hold on..." AJ interrupted. "I think I see her. Them. Ah'm heading out."

Dash nodded and headed back inside. "Thanks," said Dash. "And be careful. Midnight's a bitch but she's a tough bitch."

"Heh..." AJ chuckled. "So am I."

The cyan mare smirked and put her phone away, heading back to the elevator and pushed the up button again. The doors opened up and she entered, pushing the button for floor 6. She then pulled out her gun and checked the ammo before sliding the magazine abck into the chamber with a metalic click. She then reached into her pocket and pulled out a silencer, screwing it onto the end of her gun which elongated the barrel quite a bit.

"Deep breaths, Dashie..." she told herself, obviously nervous. "Okay... Kill everyone and save Flora... Things get too shitty... call for back-up..." The light for floor 2 dinged before Dash started running in place, getting in a small workout before the light for floor 3 dinged. "I wonder how AJ's doing..." Dash thought aloud. Floor 4. "I hope Twilight's okay..." Dash muttered as floor 5 dinged. "Alright..." the cyan mare said, readying her gun before the doors opened. She then peeked out and saw a gray colt with a black vest on standing beside a door down the hall. "That has to be it..."

She then left the elevator and raised her gun. The colt gasped and looked over before getting a silenced bullet between the eyes. His body hit the floor before the door opened up.

"What the hell?" asked another colt, looking up at Dash who was now right next to the door.

She then grabbed his head and snapped his neck, letting his body drop before raising her gun and entering the room. It seemed empty apart from the green mare tied to a chair. She was covered in bruises and had some blood around the mouth and black around the eyes.

She then looked up at Dash and coughed. "D-Dashie?" she wheezed, sounding weak.

Dash quickly walked over to her and knelt down, placing her right hand on the mare's cheek. "It's gonna be okay, Flora... I'm getting you out of here and back to your brother."

"They're still... still..." Flora coughed.

"Huh?" asked Dash, tilting her head in confusion. "Who's still what?"

"They're still... here..."

Dash went wide-eyed slightly before hearing a chuckle.

"Rainbow Dash..." cooed a familiar voice, looking up to see Kyra standing in the doorway to the bedroom. "You found us... Shame you have to die here... After all, I can't let you leave now that you know where we're keeping little Flora..." Dash growled and stood up before Kyra raised her arm, her sleeve hiding the chain weapon. "Ah ah ah... Stay right there..."

"How accurate are those things?" the cyan mare asked, glaring at the red mare.

"Very," Kyra replied as she smiled at her.

"You know I have to beat the ever-loving shit out of you for how you've been treating Flora, right?"

"It's been a bad day for me..." the red mare said with a smirk. "She was a fantastic... punching bag."

Dash growled again. "I'm gonna fuck you up so hard," she said, feeling rage build up inside her.

"Oooh, sounds like fun..." Kyra cooed, running her left hand over her breasts. "But, I can't promise I'll be gentle..." She then slid her hand between her legs. "Like I said... Bad day..."

"Bad day or not..." said Dash, ignoring the mare's sexual gestures. "...you stole Flora from us and beat the piss out of her... Now, I have to return the favor..." She then holstered her gun and raised her fists.

"You're serious?" asked the red mare. Dash nodded. "Mmm... If you're so eager to die in such a brutal way..." she said, making a fist out of her raised hand. "...who am I to refuse?" She then raised her other hand slightly, getting ready to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Dash's mind raced with anger but also quite a bit of nervousness. She always saw herself as a better shooter than a fighter, and this mare appeared to be quite built for hand-to-hand combat; slightly muscular-looking abs and strong arms and legs. 'I should've just stuck with the gun...' Dash thought to herself.

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