Thunder walked to the front door.

"Where you going?" asked Plumsweet, still sitting at the table.

"To go watch Candy perform. Why?"

She let out a disgusted sigh. "you're supposed to be protecting me."

"Then come with me." he said impatiently.

Plumsweet hesitated before answering.

"Fine."

"Boss!" shouted the teal colt, barging into Smoke's room.

"What is it now, Axel?" asked Smoke, annoyed.

"I've located that colt and the mare. Just give me a group to command and I can take them out."

"Fine." said Smoke. "Just KILL THEM!"

The colt nodded. "You got it, boss."

Thunder led Plumsweet into the strip club.

"This place is disgusting." she said, looking around at all the mares performing for paying customers.

She actually saw two mares kissing on a couch.

"Well, this is a strip club."

"What about that?" she asked, pointing to the two mares.

"There are no rules here." said Thunder. "Except for rape and murder, anything goes."

"Terrific."

The two sat down at a table near the main stage area and two mares came up next to Thunder.

"Can we do anything for you?" they asked.

"Well..." said Thunder, leaning in and whispering in one of the mares' ear. She giggled as she went under the table.

"Oh, she's not..." Plumsweet started.

"Anything to drink?" asked the second mare.

"How about martini?" said Thunder.

The mare looked over at Plumsweet, who's eyes were narrowed. "You?"

"Water." she answered coldly. The mare walked away. "Can you not do that now?"

"What?" asked Thunder.

"I don't feel comfortable sitting here while a stripper... services you under the table."

Thunder grinned and tapped the mare on the head. "Okay, that's enough."

She stood back up and wiped her mouth. "Already?"

"Yeah." Thunder answered. "Now beat it. Find another colt to service."

"Awww..." said the mare, walking away.

"You need to loosen up, Sweets."

"Don't call me that. It sounds weird."

Thunder smirked. "What's wrong? Never gotten any before?"

"What about you?" asked Plumsweet. "Oh, that's right. You've already screwed Candy twice. Twice."

"Oh, I've gotten plenty before. Here, at this place. Candy was the first intimate one. Even if it was for sex."

"What makes you think I wanna hear about this?"

The lights dimmed a bit.

"Looks like the show's about to start." said Thunder.

"Oh, joy." replied Plumsweet sarcastically. "I can't wait."

Just then there was the sound of a gun. Thunder looked in the crowd and saw one of the mares was bleeding. Another screamed as she fell to the floor dead. A yellow colt with a machine gun began firing in the crowd, killing dozens. Thunder dragged Plumsweet next to him and flipped the table on its side. A bullet shot through the wood, just missing Thunder's head.

"Damn. My gun's at home." said Thunder. "All right. Stay here."

"Stay here?" asked Plumsweet. "Are you crazy?"

"What did I say about trusting me?"

He didn't wait for an answer as he dove out from behind his cover and ran behind a pillar. There were five colts with machine guns, two with pistols, and one with a shotgun. Thunder dropped as a shotgun blast roared over his head. He began to crawl, making his way to one of the shooters. A colt with a machine gun was firing at mares on the stages. There were bodies everywhere. Ponies left and right dropped dead. The intruders began to fan out. One walked passed a table where Thunder was hiding. The shooter was pulled down and Thunder grabbed his head while wrapping a foreleg around his neck. The shooter struggled, then Thunder snapped his neck. The intruder fell limp as Thunder took his machine gun. He began crawling back to Plumsweet. When he got there, a shooter was about to kill her. Thudner quickly raised the gun and fired, killing the colt. Plumsweet looked over at him.

"Trust you, huh?"

"I saved you, didn't I" asked Thunder. "Come on."

He grabbed her foreleg and forced her to run with him back stage. They dove behind a desk and bumped into a mare, who let out a scream.

"Candy?" asked Thunder.

The mare began to breath heavy. "Thunder? Plumsweet?"

They could hear screams from the ponies in the main area. Candy's eyes were filled with tears.

"We have to go." said Thunder.

"NO! We have to help." Plumsweet demanded. "They're innocent lives being taken out there."

"There's too many. We'll be killed."

"Help them!" yelled Plumsweet.

"There's no time!"

Plumsweet knocked Thunder on his back, taking his gun. she then aimed it at her head.

"What are you doing?" asked Thunder.

"Help them or I'll shoot."

"You won't shoot."

"YES, I WILL!"

"Then, do it."

Plumsweet let out a gasp. "What?"

"Go right ahead. Wouldn't matter to me. Do it."

"Thunder?" asked Candy softly, shocked by what he suggested.

Plumsweet began shaking, untill she finally dropped the gun and cried. Thunder took the gun back.

"Just help them."

Thunder sighed and stood. "Fine."

He ran out on stage and fired, killing one of the six remaining shooters.

"Shoot him!" yelled a colt.

Thunder dove off the stage to avoid a bullet. He then fired two more times, knocking the shooter count from six to four. A colt let out a yell as he ran at Thunder, firing his pistol. Thunder dropped to the floor and mowed him down. He then ran at another, blowing him away. Now, there were only two. A shotgun blast blew a table near Thunder to pieces. Thudner aimed and fired. CLICK. It was empty. Thunder ducked and run at the colt. Shotgun blasts kept blowing tables to pieces as Thunder ran passed them. Finally he was close enough to the colt. He leaped in the air and drove the machine gun through the colt's body, impaling him. The colt fell to the ground. Dead. The remaining colt ran out of the building. Thunder looked around at all the bodies. Plumsweet and Candy left back stage and looked around, too. Thunder knelt down next to a mare on the ground. She was breathing heavily due to a bullet hole in her side.

"Help me." she gasped. "Please."

Thunder put a hoof on her forehead.

"Don't worry." he said. "I've got you."

Plumsweet and Candy came up behind him.

"Don't let me die." pleaded the mare.

"I won't." said Thunder. "I promise."

Plumsweet finally saw the good side of Thunder... and she liked it. The colt put a hoof over the mare's wound to stop the blood. The mare winced as he did this.

"Call an ambulance, Candy." said Thunder, stroking the mare's mane.

"Sure thing." said the stripper, taking off to find a phone.

"What about me?" asked Plumsweet.

"Look for more survivors."

Plumsweet nodded and headed off. Thunder looked into the eyes of the mare.

"Just hang on. The ambulance is coming."