The door opened to the rundown apartment and a brown colt stepped in. He could hear the sounds of moaning coming from the bedroom. He let out a sigh and closed the door. The colt then made his way into the kitchen and opened the fridge. He pulled out an open beer bottle and took a drink. The moaning continued from the other room. He left the kitchen and headed to the bedroom, leaning in the doorway. His roommate had a mare on top of him and the two were going at it.

"Another one?" the colt asked.

The red colt on the bed looked over at him. "Thunder. You're back." he said. "How was the trip?"

"Good." said Thunder, watching the mare go up and down. "Looks like you're trip went pretty well."

"What? Her?" asked the red colt. "Her name's Candy. She's a stripper I met at The Wet Mare."

Thunder walked over to the table beside the bed and picked up a cigarette and a lighter.

"She's a stripper?" he asked, lighting the cigarette.

"You bet... I am." said Candy between moans.

"And she was really good." the colt said with a smile.

"I bet." Thunder said, removing the cigarette and blowing out a puff of smoke. The moans from Candy were getting louder and more frequent. "You done?" asked Thunder.

"No." replied the colt. The two let out a loud scream of pleasure and then all was quiet. All but the sounds of heavy breathing. "Now we are." said the colt with a sigh. He slid out from under the mare and got to the floor. "I'm gonna take a shower."

"Fine by me." said Thunder, leaning against the bed.

Thunder left the room as two hooves wrapped around Thunder's waist.

"You wanna have a little fun, too?" asked Candy.

Thunder took another puff from the cigarette.

"You're like the damn Energizer Pony." he said. "You just keep going and going, don't you?"

Candy let out a giggle. "You know you want to."

She began kissing Thunder's neck passionately, dragging her tongue across his skin at various points. The colt didn't even bother to move away.

"I should be going." he said, blowing out another puff of smoke. "I got errands to do."

"I want you to think long and hard about what you're passing up, cutie." said Candy. "Long... and hard."

Thunder set the cigarette down on the table and turned to face the mare. He then leaned in and kissed her on the lips. After a few seconds he pulled away.

"Perhaps another time."

She gave him a smile. "You know where to find me when you're ready."

Thunder left the apartment building and looked down Solstice Street. It was a dirty street. As dirty as Ponytropolis itself. He turned left and began walking down the street. He passed by a couple alleyways where a colt was being beaten up by other colts. This city was a mess. If you didn't know how to fight, you were already dead. As he passed in front of another alleyway, he stopped. He turned and looked, seeing a colt on the ground as another stood over him. The victim noticed Thunder and reached out a hoof.

"Help me." he pleaded. "Please."

The attacker looked over at Thunder. "You want something?"

Thunder turned away and kept on walking. The attacker kicked the victim hard in the side and pulled out a pistol.

"Please, don't!" yelled the victim.

"Too late."

"Hey!" yelled a voice, causing the attacker to turn his gaze once again.

"You, again?" yelled the attacker, pointing the gun at Thunder.

"You don't wanna do this." said the colt, approaching the attacker. "Just put down the gun."

"Not another step!" He cocked the gun.

"You won't shoot." said Thunder. "You're just scared... and pathetic."

The attacker let out a yell and fired. Thunder stepped to the side and dove at the colt, knocking him to the ground. He ripped the gun off the colt's hoof. He slid it on his own and pointed it at the attacker.

"You wouldn't." said the colt.

Thunder grinned. "I would."

BAM!

The victim watched as Thunder blew a hole in the attacker's head, spraying blood everywhere. Thunder let out a sigh and stood up, as did the victim.

"Th-thank you." he said. "I'm not sure what would've happened if--"

Thunder slammed him against the side of the alley and held him in place.

"Listen up, you pathetic piece of shit. If you want to survive in this rat's ass of a city then you gotta learn how to fight. 'Cause if you don't... you're fucked. Do you understand me?" The colt nodded. "Get the hell out of here." he said, throwing the colt aside.

He stumbled and took off. Thunder threw the gun away and left the alley, continuing on his walk.

Thunder entered the back lot of an abandoned run-down factory. A group of colts were gathered around a bunch of cars.

"Hey, guys." said Thunder, walking up to them.

"Hey, Thunder, my friend." said a red colt with a black mane. "How ya doin'?"

"Doin' well, Thade."

"You here for the goods?"

"You bet." said Thunder. "What you got?"

Thade reached into a box on the ground and pulled out a bag of white powder.

"How much you want for it?"

"I normally ask for twenty bits." said Thade. "But for you... I'll make it fifteen."

Thunder smiled as he took out fifteen bits from his saddle bag. "Some deal." he said, trading the bits for the drugs.

"So..." said Thade.”Find a nice piece of flank yet?"

"No, not yet." answered Thunder. "Though this stripper was over at my apartment screwing my roommate's brains out."

"Really?" asked Thade. "And you didn't join?"

"They were about finished. Afterwards, he went to the shower and the stripper tried to seduce me."

"And you didn't let her?" asked Thade.

"I wasn't in the mood." Thunder replied.

Thade grinned. "You need to get laid, bro. Big time."

"Yeah." Thunder agreed. "Maybe I'll go to the Wet Mare and find that stripper."

"Go do that." said Thade. "Show that slut a damn good time."

"I will."

"You go screw her so hard that she won't be able to sit for a week."

"Okay."

"Make her squeal with delight as you take your big--"

"Thade!" shouted Thunder. "I got it."

"I'm just messin' with ya, bro." said Thade with a laugh. "But, seriously. Go get her."

Thunder nodded and left the lot.