It was early morning inside the military base. Daring was tossing and turning vigorously in the bed. She whimpered a little trying to feel for her stallion friend Ryder. She rolled over wrapping herself in the covers before falling off the bed with a thud. She groaned as she opened her eyes dazed as she got up from the floor dropping the sheets off her naked body. "...Fuck... That was some dream..." She said rubbing her now pounding head. She looked around the messy room seeing no sign of her boyfriend. Not even a note anywhere. Or his phone. "What the hell... not even a kiss goodbye? Oh am I gonna have his balls in a fucking vice grip... Hopefully Wolf's around to help me find his fucking ass so I can just kick it...." She quickly put the covers back on the bed and walked right over it going to her suitcase opening it right up. She fished a pair of underwear, a bra and new clothes. The underwear set were just a plain black pair of panties and a matching bra. The clothes she gathered was a pair of baggy cargo pants, a pair of black running shoes, and a black band tee shirt. Gems and Tulips was scrawled right across the chest with a shining fire ruby sitting right under it.

As she sat down on the bed grabbing the brush on the side table a knock came to the door startling her. She rolled back dropping off onto the floor yet again this time catching her as she readied herself. "Baaaaby!" Someone called out. Ryder. "C'mon and open the door. Got a surprise for you!" Daring sighed hearing her boyfriends voice and got up from the floor. She gripped the brush tighter as she began to tug at her mane a bit as she walked over to the door and leaned against the wall.

"You think you can wait a minute Ry? I've got a few knots in my mane that I really need to get out! You cant braid my mane if its all snarly now can you?" A grunt came from behind the door.

"C'mon let me in please baby! Everyone else is grabbing breakfast and I'm the only one in here! Help me out a little please! My hands are full!" The mare ran her fingers through her mane staying silent. "Is this about fucking you in the ass while you were asleep last night? I'm sorry! I just cant sleep with a stiffy JUST OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!" Daring thought for a moment about the stallion's comment and huffed.

"Why the hell should I open the door for you if you left me alone in here in the first place? I could've died for all you know!" She could hear Ryder give an annoyed sigh. "If I let you in you're getting a few bruises on your arms alright?"

"Fine! Let me in, let me set what I have down somewhere and feel free to beat the crap out of me! I deserve it!" Daring tugged the brush through her still semi-messy mane a few more times before opening the door a few inches only for it to be pushed open by Ryder. He wore what looked to be military fatigues. Blue digital camo pants, dark blue shirt, combat boots and even a cadet's cap. He carried a tray of food about two feet long with pancakes, a syrup bottle, a few boxes of berries and even a little container of whipped cream. He walked over to the bed and set the tray down with a guilty look on his face. He stepped away getting ready for his punishment. Daring walked over tossing the brush away and cracking her knuckles before giving him a few good punches to the arm and a knee to his hip making him collapse kneeling down groaning. She grabbed his chin facing him to her.

"You need to know when I need my protection! It's when I'm sleeping and I'M VULNERABLE! Who knows what could've happened? Ahui could've slipped in and slit my throat!" She picked him up with his arm and stood him on his feet hugging him. "I'm willing to let go the anal fucking during the night but NEVER leave my side! I don't want to be alone otherwise someone could target me, take me out or just make me 'disappear'!"

"...Hey look I'm sorry... I just left for maybe half an hour to get us our breakfast... I didn't think you'd wake up that fast... I wanted to just wake you up by presenting you with breakfast in bed after yesterday... you needed time to relax and stay calm... Isnt that kinda what you wanted...?" Daring sighed and broke off of her boyfriend and sat at the foot of the bed.

"...I guess.... I woke up on the floor after I rolled off this bed having a nightmare trying to run my ass away from Ahuizotl on the rooftops of this godforsaken city...." She looked to Ryder as he picked the tray of food up again and sat next to her laying the tray over their legs. "...I actually tripped and fell before I woke right up...."

"...Well... He's not gonna do that and he isn't going to get you. He even tries, I'm gonna tackle his ass to the ground and blow his head off with a shotgun! Maybe blow a hole in each of his appendages before-" Daring quickly put a hand over his mouth shushing him.

"Watch what you say before this food goes to waste! Got it?" The stallion nodded not saying another word. "Good! Now get the controller! We aren't going to sit here in silence having nothing to say to each other between bites!" He rolled his eyes nodding again before Daring took her hand away grabbing a firm hold of the tray just as he slid back on the bed snatching the remote off the side table turning the TV on.

When the TV turned on all that was on was cartoons. Daring snickered looking at Ryder as he blushed changing it to a movie and then the news. All that was on was just a view of Canterlot. "Canterlot, home to the two mare's that raise the sun and the moon." A mare's voice said. "Today I was asked to speak with Princess Celestia herself about her General's appearance in yesterday's assault against a Bullvanian gang." Just then Princess Celestia appeared on the screen sitting in her throne with a guard at her side. "Princess I apologize for intruding on your throne room on this day of relaxation but my colleagues in Steurope are curious as to why the General of your guard is there!"

Celestia gave a smile. "Well all he did was put in for a vacation." She said. "He has a friend in the military who has promised to keep him on base for said vacation but I guess he was caught up in the action."

"Is there anything you wish to say to your general if he's watching at the moment?" Celestia gave a nod and leaned forward crossing her legs.

"General if you're watching... Somebody's getting a bit of a pay raise when they get back! I'd even call to see if there can be something done about someone VERY close to you..." The camera panned to the right a bit revealing a mare with a red coat and even darker red mane tied up in a bun.

"General I speak for almost everypony in Equestria, thank you for your services! Now back to you at the studio!"

Daring grunted a bit as she was nudged and bumped a bit just as Ryder turned the TV off and scrambled for his phone. "God dammit Ryder calm yourself!" Daring snapped grabbing at his arms. "Eat and THEN call Celestia! She's got her phone just-"

Ryder grunted smacking her hands away. "NO!" He said. "Fuck eating I need to call Celestia NOW!" He slid his phone out of his pocket but before he could grab it Daring took it from him grabbing him by the shoulder as well.

"EAT! I swear you aren't ruining our WELL DESERVED time alone with a work related phone call! It's either you eat your damn breakfast or I'll make you eat this fucking phone! You'll need to get in to that fucking infirmary just to get it the fuck out! You got me?!" The stallion grabbed at the mares hands ready to rip them off and tackle her. "Do you not realize you left me alone in this room without telling me? You need to stay at my side, keep vigilant even while eating. If you called her I would be yelling at you having her hear of your idiocy! Would you want that bonus to be revoked because of it?" Ryder looked at his phone and then back to Daring seeing her mad glare. He huffed just turning back to his plate of pancakes and crossing his arms.

"Fine... don't expect a fucking hayburger later... I was gonna make them myself...." Daring put the phone at the head of the bed growling a bit.

"I'm sorry for that but I really don't appreciate waking up to nobody in the room with me. For all I know there could be a sniper staring through the window with a thermal scope... Someone could've made the bed pressure sensitive in places and one wrong move the whole room is gone...." She rested a hand on his shoulder. "I want this to get done... I don't want my life to end, I don't want you to go home without me and I don't want to disappoint my fans...." Ryder whimpered a bit tearing up grabbing his fork and knife.

"...I know... I'm just.... I'm sorry... I actually had a thought of whether to wake you or not.... I flipped a coin and told me I should wake you but you just wouldn't... you were just so tired so I just snuck out... I should've stayed and tried again but with the bathroom situation we have if I had actually stayed you'd probably wake up to me just standing in a puddle of my own piss..." He opened up the whipped cream tub and got a chunk of it out with the knife slapping it onto the top. "...At least I locked the door right? And... I swear all the glass here in the base is bullet proof... Vehicles and what not just in case of invasion or someone snaps and decides to go on a rampage." He looked over at Daring and kissed her forehead. "...This room is the safest you can be... We've basically got an army at our command and what ever we'd need from Celestia when we get back from what we do here... Who knows you might get a huge gift just for stopping a huge war." Daring leaned on Ryder.

"...That would be a good... Maybe I'll use what I want for you and your sister... I just feel so bad for her not being right next to her big brother after what happened..." She picked up her fork and knife digging into her food. "I mean... You're a really good brother to her... I sometimes wish I had a brother to talk with me when I'm sad or scared... maybe even let me crawl into his bed if I had a nightmare or something..." The stallion swallowed a few bites of his food.

"You got me don't you?" Daring smiled a bit and nudged him a bit.

"I mean when I was younger... When I was your sisters age I was having nightmare after nightmare of a zombie invasion after a mean boy just started spreading word around of the undead rising from grave yards and houses built on top of mass graves and what not... It took maybe six weeks to find out it was from a cartridge video game. Following a girl and a breezie on a weird adventure just stomping undead everywhere they popped up just to defeat who was controlling them all. I had to be in therapy and almost full on diapers for a few accidents...." She blushed biting in to a berry piled bite of pancake. "Kinda weird since I've started messing with deeper things than just zombies." She glanced at Ryder seeing him blushing with a hand in his lap. "What's wrong? Something about video games turning you on wishing you were playing one at this very moment or is that joystick getting a kick off thinking about me wearing a sopping wet nappy?" He gave a little yelp crossing his legs. She laughed a bit. "Alright cool your barrel and eat! Nothings gonna get done on an empty stomach!" He gave a hesitant nod and started digging into his food again.

Not long later they were walking together outside. Daring was wearing the local military base uniforms. Blue camo combat pants, short sleeved tee under blue camo jacket with black combat boots and her mane tied up in a bun with a cap on. Ryder wore his Equestrian guard colors. Gold and white camo pants, and jacket with blue combat boots. They were holding each others hand as they approached Wolf who was just polishing an old looking military car. It was an old style convertible. Humped wheels, longer front end, the rag top pulled all the way back and tied down at the back. Wolf was wearing a black tank top with plain blue jeans. He looked up and gave a laugh. "Well there ya are! Thought y'might've gone back to bed for a moment!" He said. Daring gave a huff.

"He would've if he started crying... Don't wanna be dealing with a big baby all fucking day now do we?" She glanced to Ryder who blushed as Wolf gave a laugh.

"Well y'came out of there just in time. Almost had to put this beauty away back in its garage. Took me a few years to find each and every part of this and had some parts custom made to fit and still work just fine."

Ryder couldn't help but give a sigh. "....She is a beaut..." He said just looking at his reflection in the hub caps. He sat next to the car and just sighed rubbing the black rubber tires. Wolf went to Daring's side and pulled her away for a moment.

"...Is uh.... is he alright? He seemed happier earlier getting your guys' food...."

Daring huffed just looking at her boyfriend just staring at himself in a shiny chrome. "He's just guilty for leaving me alone... I ripped into him a little harder than his ex did back in Equestria..." She said. "I wouldn't worry about it. I could probably surprise him later to apologize... How I wouldn't really know.... And who knows he might be missing his car back home... Damn Ex took it from him before she broke up with him. Told me on the plane ride over here talking about his 'red road runner'...." She swallowed a bit just hoping her facts were right. Wolf hummed looking at Ryder. The way his wings flipped slightly just sealed it. Wolf gave a sigh seeing his friend just cover his face.

"...Damn... Didn't realize that happened... boy hasn't told me about that car for a while...." He looked to Daring. "C'mon. Help me get him in the car. Gonna try something I remember him doing a few times with my father's motorbike.... See if I can get him on a bike. You ride at all?" Daring smiled a bit as they started to walk over to Ryder.

"I rode a dirt bike through the dunes in Saddle Arabia during book number four exploring the tomb of the self proclaimed King Neofinitus. I was nearly crushed by a sand fall inside the tomb's interior when I set off a trap. Lucky I found a few lose bricks in the walls. Kicked them right out and climbed into another room but I nearly killed myself falling in to it though." She looked to Ryder as they came to his side grabbing each of his arms. "Alright pouty puss get up and get in the backseat. We're going on a drive around the base! Get's us doing something that isn't sitting in that room all day...." Together both Daring and Wolf stood the sniffly stallion up and opened the door for him. They put him in the back seat where he just couldn't help but lie down. His marefriend sighed and climbed back with him and lied down with him before looking up at the militant leader. "Sorry... I think he just needs to be close to me."

Wolf gave a nod closing the door up and hurrying to the other side of the car hopping in the drivers seat. Just as Daring looked to Ryder he gave a sigh. "...why do you act like you still love me....? I fucked up and you know it...." He said. The mare gave a huff before kissing him on his cheek.

"...But I do love you... I was just scared something was wrong earlier...." She pulled Ryder close wrapping her arms around him only to whisper in his ear. "...Ry I might've let something slip but in a different way..."

"....What did you say?" He whispered back.

"I just... I said AJ had your car when she broke up with you.... He might ask you to contact her and see if you can get the car back but just roll with it please.... I just wanted how you're acting be not all my fault!" He carefully rolled over facing the back of the seat.

"....Well it still is.... I left you alone.... You've got a bounty on your head by a fucking gang and I'm trained to protect and serve a high priority figure.... If I were to leave Celestia alone in a crisis she'd be dead.... I'd have to make everyone I'm protecting is exactly like Celestia.... You're a high priority target... you could've died because I wasn't there...."

"I'm not dead, I'm in a military base where EVERYPONY is trained to protect either high priority targets or citizens like WE just fucking did yesterday, yes I'm a walking target but there's no way someone here is going to shoot me! Even if I was going to be executed. If they tried, they'd get a bullet right between the eyes by a sharp shooter around here!" She forced him to turn back over and looked him square in the eye. "Now perk the hell up! I'll see if someone can have a fucking pizza delivered here later alright?" Ryder gave a sigh and a hesitant nod before they both sat up looking at where they were.

Just as they sat up straight they were entering a storage hangar at the far end of the base. All around them were row after row of cars and motorbikes all new and old. Ryder gave an intreagued whistle. Wolf gave a laugh as he pulled into a huge gap. "Yep! This is where most o'my inheritance went! Cars!" He said. "I've either restored or tuned up each and every one of these cars! Bikes are stock mostly but that's because I can never tell what parts are right for them! This part could be for a bike that's no longer made or this part is for a chopper and not a fuckin' crotch rocket." He turned the car off as Ryder and Daring hopped out on opposite sides. "First off I really hope this can make up for your fuckin' ex marefriend jacking your sweet ride... Ry. Choose a bike and take her for a test run." He patted his Pegasus friend on the back. He looked to Daring as well. "Just so you aren't bored out of your mind grab one for yourself. Hell grab a car if you want. These things mostly just sit here anyways."

Daring gave a nod and walked with Ryder as they surveyed each vehicle. She looked around at different cars new and old. Ryder glanced over as he stopped at a chopper. Looked like a skeleton rearranged to look like it was put that way with the skull housing the gas tank. "Wolf! What about this baby?" Ryder asked. "What's this ones story?" Wolf walked over leaving Daring to look at an old militant bike. Wolf grinned.

"This fine machine is a custom chopper. Built it from the ground up, welded the frame together myself and tested it so many times just to make sure this thing is built to last and it is. Roaring down the strip real fast capable of outrunning the fastest military vehicle we have that runs on land. Beat it by five seconds. This one is just blood, sweat, parts of my mane and clothes. Made it, got cut on things and even ripped pieces of my uniforms off. Got caught with the installing of all these damn parts. Actually ripped my pants making sure the handlebars were on tight. There's a fragment of some pants still there if ya can find that string." The stallion whistled as he rubbed the shiny chrome wheel fender.

"Nice! Any chance I can ride it?" Wolf huffed as he stood his friend up straight turning him towards a red and black striped crotch rocket.

"Its a bit weird with the weight and if i remember you used to take a chopper out on the road every now and then. My advice stick to something else completely. You get on that thing its gonna become a death trap first turn out of here." They walked past the red and black striped bike going towards another chopper with a big wheel in the back. Big in width. Looks like it'd leave a track like one half of a cars tire. "This thing is more for you. Stable and strong. Good enough for you and your lass to share with no problems. Ya can always swap bikes or race me or even grab a car to take on a leisurely drive. Even letcha get busy if needed." Ryder looked closely at the bike and a few others around it.

"Well... Maybe I wanna race you. See if you still have the edge when we were racing our bicycles. Used to beat my ass every time we did but you just had the better bike that was just bought. Here we have no clue what we're picking. Sure you worked on each of these and blew money to make each of these work but our bikes are gonna be chosen by her!" Ryder pointed over to Daring who was admiring an old dirt bike. "She doesnt know what the speed of each bikes are and we dont have the upperhand by knowing how fast each bike goes. She picks two classics we ride them. She picks you a crotch rocket and me a chopper we ride them and dont complain unless we lose. If she picks a crotch rocket for both of us we make tracks. Understand?" Wolf gave a nod just before they walked over to the curious mare. "Daring sweetie? Can I ask you to do something for us please?"

Daring huffed as she glanced over at another bike off in the distance not even giving her full attention to the stallions. "Well if its anything that involves me removing my clothes you can forget about it." She said. "Ask it and MAYBE I can think about doing it.... Depending on said situation. Am I understood?" She looked to Ryder and Wolf who just nodded. "Well? C'mon out with the question!" Ryder sighed.

"Alright.... Me and Wolf are gonna have ourselves a race around the base. Problem is he knows the bikes and I dont so we need to depend on you for what we pick. But it has to be the same type of bike for each. Nobody gets an advantage one way or the other. So... what's your bike pick for each of us....?" Daring looked around her just thinking about it.

"Well... We can do the racing.... Bikes are gonna be speedy. Crotch rockets no doubt but how about we raise the stakes a bit? Winner gets bragging rights and can order the other to do what ever the winner desires. That work?" Wolf and Ryder looked to each other only to give a questionable look. The looked back to her shaking their heads. "Fine. Drag race from one end of the base to the other and back on crotch rockets. Last one gets slapped across the face by ME and thats gonna be a rule since you two are being pussies about it! Am I understood?" Ryder and Wolf flinched just giving a salute as if they were just frightened by Celestia herself. "Good boys.... Now about your bikes...." She looked around taking both their hands dragging them along as they walked between bikes. "Your bikes are going to be...." She stopped right in front of two sports bikes all decked out with Livery one advertising Senor Salt soda and the other with Nipso Cola. "These. Ryder is on Senor Salt and Wolf is Nipso. Alright? Get em out and get em ready. Have a few men get some markers ready so you know when you turn and where the starting line is. Understood?" Both stallions nodded and grabbed their bikes taking the kick stands off.

Not long later they were at one end of a long runway with guards lining the sides cheering for either Wolf or Ryder. Daring stood ten feet in front of them just directly in the middle of them holding a bandana in her right hand. The only thing she did was raise her arm causing the stallions on the bikes to rev the engines before just peeling out as she dropped it. The bikes sped past her and roared down the road. She looked back at Ryder as he pulled in front of Wolf but her heart dropped as she saw Wolf pull a gun with his left hand away from the crowd and aimed it at Ryder's bike before pulling the trigger taking out his back tire. He fishtailed for a couple yards trying to keep his bike under control but he couldnt. The bike flipped over sending Ryder flying. Daring screamed as she started to run towards him as he rolled. He didnt stop until he was forty yards from where he fell off the bike. Wolf stopped nearly ten yards further than that and put the kickstand up on his bike. He walked over towards Ryder just as Daring reached him checking his vitals. He was just barely alive. His clothes were ripped to shreds, he was bleeding from head to toe and his face had bits of asphalt stuck in it. Just as Daring looked up at Wolf angered he had the gun already in her face. "...Get... the HELL away from him!" He yelled just kicking her away. "My beef is with him.... Not you.... HE destroyed my fucking car.... Not you... HE lied about it! NOT YOU! What did you do to me that HE DIDNT?!"

"...Wolf... THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING YOU ASSHOLE! THIS IS YOUR GOD DAMN FRIEND!" She shot up and tackled him to the ground making the gun go off just before she hit him twice in the face. "HE LIED TO YOU SO YOU WOULDNT DO THIS SHIT! HE CAME HERE HIDING IT BECAUSE HE DIDNT WANT HIMSELF HURT AND ME IN DANGER WHICH YOU JUST MADE IT WORSE FOR ME YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" She grabbed the gun and quickly put it up to his chin but when she pulled the trigger all it made was a click. The gun jammed. She pulled the trigger two more times before just tossing the firearm aside. Wolf looked to Daring just like he just came to his senses.

"...Y-you... you're right...." He carefully moved her off him as she started crying. He looked over his friends mangled body seeing no movement other than slow breathing. "...he... saved you and he just.... I fucked everythin' up... we're all screwed...."

Wolf held Daring close as she just started to scream crying. She didnt want to look at her now dying boyfriend and protector. She cried into Wolf's shoulder but.... She heard something just a little over her crying. "....D-daring... Daring baby...." A familiar voice said. It was Ryder's voice. She wanted to open her eyes to look to him but she couldnt. All she could see was the darkness against Wolf's chest. "....Daring... C'mon... wake up.... Just wake up..." His voice started to echo like they were inside of a cave. "....C'mon wake up! You're having a nightmare! Please.... Just open your eyes! I'm fine!" She felt Wolf start to rub the back of her head but.... she just didnt want to push away for some reason. "Daring.... C'mon stop crying I gotcha..." Suddenly things started to feel differently. She felt as if she was covered with something as she was being squeezed tighter and she felt as if she were laying down on something soft but still up right.

That was when she realized she wasnt really awake. She was still sleeping. She opened her eyes feeling as if she had them glued shut with jam and hardened it with a heat lamp. Her face felt hot and she was sweating as if she were sitting under that heat lamp. When she opened her eyes she found herself not in the arms of Wolf but in the arms of Ryder. He was wearing a grey shirt stained with sweat and tears from both parties. Ryder was running his fingers through her sweaty mane as she just came to. "...R-Ryder...." She said shakily. "....Y-you're alright.... You are.... alright... arent you...?" Ryder carefully lied her down in the bed and hopped out from under the covers. The entire room was still dark only lit by a lamp looking as if it were just taken from a desk outside of the room. It was still dimly lit even though it was on the highest setting. "...H-how long was I out....? D-did Ahuizotl..... do anything.... while I was out...?" Ryder wiped his eyes as he went and turned on a light that illuminated the room.

"...You've only been out a couple hours but... You had me freaking out when you started to cry in your sleep... Ahuizotl didnt do anything but.... we just.... what happened.... it just freaked me out... to think I was almost too late on saving you... I... I almost fucked up... If... he just.... He could've shot you, stabbed you, broke your neck or just tossed you off without giving me a chance to even save you...." Daring sat up and grabbed Ryder's phone which was on a nightstand right next to her. She checked the time and saw it was only eleven at night.

"....Its.... its only an hour til midnight...? You havent even gotten to sleep yet....?" Ryder shook his head as he knocked on the door a couple times. Almost immediately he got a knock back.

"....Couple drinks.... Something cold perferably..." He looked to Daring. "...I tried.... but....I couldnt.... Every time i closed my eyes I saw him... and you just.... He's just.... He...." Ryder bit his tongue a bit. Daring sat up and shakily got out of bed finding she was in nothing but her bra and panties.

"....What did you see....? Was it.... me just... dead?" Ryder nodded hesitantly tearing up. She hugged him holding him close. His wings shook vigorously as well as hers. "....Dont worry... If he scared you as bad as he scared me we can understand how each other feels.... But... that dream had me scared like hell.... Makes me think we actually should just... kill him...." Ryder looked to Daring a little shocked.

"....You mean just... stop your book series...?" Daring gave a hesitant nod. "....But.... The princess... My cousin and.... your countless fans.... Why must you want to kill him?" The adventuring mare broke off and turned away.

"Because.... My dream made me realize I'm vulnerable without you.... If you're off getting food and I'm not with you I'm a sitting duck.... if you get injured and get put out of commission I'm just fucked no matter if I have disguises and guards around me.... I'd be a wreck... I'd probably be unstable if i lost you.... I'd give up fighting for the sword and get away from here... Good thing is I'm not one to put a gun to my head and blow my brains out.... I could save myself, your sister, cousin and friends but.... for how long I dont know...." The stallion hugged Daring from behind.

"....I'll fight until the end no matter what.... If I'm hurt I'll go into last stand mode and shoot everyone until I just pass out from blood loss.... I'll fight even if I've just got one arm left.... I'll spit in someones face if i have to just to keep you safe!" He whimpered a bit resting his head on his marefriends shoulder. "....Just.... promise me if we do confront Ahui.... I can shoot him as much as I want for causing you so much pain mental or physical...." Daring looked back at him and gave a teary smile.

"....Yeah.... Just make sure not to leave his tail if you cant kill him.... I hate that thing and seeing that thing twitching in the corner would just make me laugh until we do have a chance of blowing his brains out...." She turned around and hugged him full on. ".... Maybe after this I dont think it would be trouble for me to just.... reveal the real me to everyone and just... not feel scared about it...."

"That's all up to you... if you feel you wanna do it just go for it.... If you're nervous I'll be there at your side to help you through it.... But thats if you know you want to do it. Think about it but... for now why dont we just relax....? Have a little something to get our minds cleared. That sound alright?" Daring nodded and kissed him passionately. They broke the kiss and walked over to the bed just sitting down, Daring just sitting on the stallions lap cuddling him. "....Love you baby...."

"...Love you too.... Now.... Do we have a plan for tomorrow? Are we training? Resting? I swear to Celestia if you say racing motor bikes with Wolf I'm going to shit myself...."

"As much as all of that sounds like a good idea I think it might be time to just gear up and make a move on the sword.... After today I've just got that feeling he might move the sword soon.... We might as well be ready and see if we cant get the first move on it. Does that sound like something you would be able to do?" Daring kissed Ryder on his cheek.

"Yeah.... Lets just make sure we arent too shit faced to hold a gun.... I dont wanna see three of who ever we're shooting at and end up ricocheting a bullet into each others skulls..."

"Well... I ordered something light but it still could help ease our minds earlier but just told them to bring what I wanted when I wanted it so they didnt have to make one for me and one for you when you woke up. Easier this way... I dont have to leave the room, you dont have to leave the room but.... We both could use a shower.... Stress like that and I swear one of us shat ourselves when we got into this room.... so much sweat from both of us...." Daring sniffed at her pit and coughed a bit turning away.

"Yeesh.... Perhaps we could go have ourselves a shower.... I think that dream made me sweat more than me almost dying.... That drink able to be put on hold?" Ryder thought for a moment.

"Well.... All I ordered was a bottle of wine, chilled in a bucket of ice and few glasses.... It was Wolfs idea because I dont do well with champagne and beer? Whiskey? I start drinking those I dont stop!" Daring gave a sigh.

"Well... good.... I'm the same with rum. I drink a little bit of rum and I'm more drunk than a pirate out in the middle of that ocean.... Now can we shower? I smell like a bag of rotting fish. And trust me the griffons do not take their trash out regularly in parts of Griffonstone." The stallion sighed and smiled at her.

"Yeah... lets get that done and over with... Dont wanna be smelling like shit even with a fucking asshole trying to kill us... No reason to be gross either way..." Daring gave him a smile and sighed.

"...Guess you are right about that... Carry me?" Ryder rolled his eyes and huffed just shaking his head. Not long later they were alone in the showers alone. Ryder was hanging his clothes on a nearby rack just as Daring was bringing over a couple towels and a few bottles of soap. She sighed as she set the soaps down inside the shower just staring at his stallionhood. "You willing to get a little dirtier before washing up? I actually gotta go to the bathroom but.... Maybe I could relieve myself on you and.... Make you happier at the same time..." She blushed hard as she just grabbed on to him. He blushed hard and grinned.

"Ooh... Someone wants to get a little naughty where we can get caught.... You wanna be clothed when you do that or do you wanna just give me a pre-rinse rinse?" She kissed him on the cheek and dragged him into a shower stall.

"Why dont i do both? I mean... You were about to piss yourself seeing me tied up almost being thrown off a few story building.... Why not see me piss my pants for your pleasure? Now... Why dont you sit down before I make you drink it? Unless you really wanna taste it...." He nodded leaning against the stall wall just as she pulled the door shut. He carefully slid down the side before sitting down on the floor just about eye level of Daring's crotch as she straddled him. She gave a sigh as she started to wet herself. Her panties started to drip a bit before letting out a steady stream right onto Ryder who just dug his snout into her crotch smelling her musky piss. "Ooh.... This little filly had an accident.... right on daddy too... Is Daddy going to punish me?" She giggled a bit. Ryder sighed leaning back.

"Oh no.... No punishment.... Daddy wanted you to do this.... Does it feel good for you as it does for me?" She nodded starting to pant horny. He pulled at Daring's panties until he slipped them off. She sighed as her bladder finally emptied right onto him. "Oh you are so ready for a nude walk back to the room.... Do you want a little spunk from daddy?" Daring quickly unhooked her bra and tossed it out of the shower as well as her panties before picking Ryder up squeezing his now hard cock between her legs.

"Just fuck me and dont stop until i tell you! I need your fucking cock! I need it inside me!" Ryder kissed Daring without another word and teased her by dry humping her. She pushed off him and turned around hitting the knobs turning the water on and flaunting her flank. He grabbed a hold of her flank and slowly pushed into her ass. She moaned slightly as he started to thrust. He couldnt help but pick her up and bounce her on his cock. She cried out as the new angle drove is cock deeper inside of her. She reached back and grabbed his side just keeping herself balanced on him as he thrusted upwards. She couldnt help but move one of her hands to her crotch just to play with herself. She moaned as she melted right in her boyfriends arms.

"....God you're fucking tight back here.... So hot too.... And I dont think that's the water...." He grunted as he thrusted a bit harder. Daring couldnt help but utter a cry of pleasure as she dug two knuckles deep into her sopping wet cunt.

"....Fuck me.... fuck me until you fill me....." Ryder said nothing as he set Daring back on her feet and bent her over fucking her doggy style. She cried out just cumming hard as he grabbed her breasts and squeezed her nipples but he had the stamina to keep going and going. She just melted feeling his throbbing member tear up her insides before just plunging balls deep cumming. He grunted filling her with his spunk. Daring's back arched as her wings extended out. Ryder panted as he fell off to the side onto the wet floor. Daring panted tired as she brought Ryder's face away from the falling water and sat him against the wall kissing him. ".....There... Might be walking funny for a while but.... its worth it knowing we're almost done with this horrid experience.... I love you....." Ryder hacked a bit leaning his head on his marefriends shoulder.

".... I love y-you too sweetie...." He averted his gaze a bit and winced looking like he was in a little pain. "Ah.... I guess I was going too fast and too hard.... Cant even move right now.... Tired.... Mind washing my mane and getting someone to help me out of here? I know you arent able to carry me out on your own..... Just be near the door and call for assistance.... should be someone in earshot there...." Daring nodded just kissing him on the cheek.

"...Here... Why dont we just cut our shower short? We just needed to wash the dirt off.... Cleaner than how we were.... Would you be okay with that? You look tired enough to just go to bed...." Ryder winced as he tried to move again.

"....Yeah.... Sounds like a plan.... Just make it happen please..... I may pass out just.... just like...." And just like that he fainted falling asleep in the shower. Daring quickly hopped up and shut the water off before leaving the shower stall She looked back at Ryder as she grabbed a towel off a nearby shelf covering herself before grabbing Ryder's shirt covering herself with that as well. She went over to the door and leaned out slightly just as a few guards were coming close on a nightly patrol.

"Excuse me! The General passed out in the shower and we need to get back to the room! Can one of you help me with him please? And can the other get me some new underwear? My leg cramped up a bit and.... Well... Needless to say it caused a chain reaction that led to something else..... If one of you would be so kind as to grab a new pair for me I could think of doing something quite special for them." Both guards looked to each other and nodded. One guard went off towards the main building where their room was and the other guard approached. Daring quickly went back inside to an empty shower stall hiding herself as she took off the shirt dropping her towel and still keep an eye on both Ryder and the aiding guard. "You keep your eyes near the General and cover him if you must! Your eyes stray so does my fist. Got it?"

The guard huffed. "Understood ma'am..." He said. Daring tossed a towel over to him.

"Here. Just cover him up with this so you dont have to look at that thing... Just make a call, if you cant move him maybe get a stretcher to help him to bed maybe... He was experiencing slight pain when he was trying to move from that position. You think its fatigue causing that pain?" The guard covered him up with the towel and massaged Ryder's arms.

"Nah.... Just a little over work... Its happened to a few of us when we're working out at a local gym or running out on the tarmac. That guy you sent to get panties? Just last week he was pushing it at the gym and when he lied down for a nap he woke up to only be able to call out to one of us just to get a medic. He should be fine by morning." Daring sighed leaning on the shower stall.

"Good.... With the hell that our minds went through I want him on his game... otherwise everyone within this country and Equestria is fucked.... Speaking of Equestria has anything been seen on the news of what went down...?" The guard hummed massaging Ryder's chest a bit.

"Well... Yes... Good news is no images of you and the general appeared but what did appear was amateur video of that weird freak running off after the general saved you. Heard the gun fire and the yelling but... we fear something might be compromised." Daring averted her gaze now staring at a wall. She was thinking. Deep in thought.

"...Shit.... That is still a heavy blow even if it was just him...." She looked back to him as all emotion left her body as she still thought. "...Tomorrow when we move for that sword... I want a few things for the job to be done.... a monitor that keeps track of my location and how my vitals are and some extra fire power on stand by just in case back up is needed and I dont even care if you have to send a tank to take down a wall and blow open somepony's skull with a shell!"

"Okay look.... We'll keep an eye on you guys but we'll see what we can do for backup and unless he has some armored vehicles a tank wont be necessary. And that little tracker we can use may be just a few chest patches and some wires hooked up to a little transmitter. We can monitor both you and the general via remote location and if we notice a significant change in your vitals like you were knocked out we would move out and save you before they gut you.... Dont mean to scare you but sometimes prisoners will get hurt and knocked out but when they wake up all they see is the last thing they see. A gun in their face and then we get there just in time to see them just...." He stopped himself sounding as if he were about to choke up.

"Its understood we've seen some things.... You've seen blood and gore while i've stared my own demise in the face.... Diving over lava pits, running from rolling rocks and even one time I climbed a tree and jumped from it to other trees just to escape a mud slide and I felt like it went on for hours..... So many deadly encounters.... a guard must stare death in the face every day if there are firearms involved.... Right?" The guard looked up at her hesitantly.

"....Well its actually a lot more than that.... Sure there are the gang members out there but then there are those drug dealers that can set off their lab in under a second. I've been near an exploding beaker and that thing gave me a little shrapnel and it burned like hell even when they were taken out... To this day I still think there's some imbedded in my ass.... Doesnt hurt but i always have that one spot near my hip that gets uncomfortable if I sit a certain way..." Daring gave a slight laugh as she looked to the door.

"Really hope my underwear comes soon.... I'm still tired from my freak out...." The guard looked up at her.

"You know its alright if you guys did have a little fun in here. Drains can handle the spunk and everything we throw into it. Had one guy get so crazy with his killings he took one guys blood and smeared it all over his own face! Well thats what I thought but he just shoved a knife in some guys throat and the guy was lunging at him and got him in time just to have him fall on top of him. Shoulda seen this guy... Blood on his face, and entirely down his uniform. Had to give him a new one. Sorry if i'm getting a little off topic... Just... Just trying to pass the time y'know?" Daring nodded still staring at the door.

"Grossest thing I've seen would be three guys getting decapitated by an old saw blades that was used as a booby trap for those who wanted to steal some sort of treasure... Yeesh you shoulda seen the blood fountains.... I barely had the strength to keep my lunch down until I got into a spring to wash my mouth out.... You know what raw agave tastes like coming back up? Doesnt taste like a daisy sandwich thats for damn sure!" The guard had a laugh as a car was heard stopping outside.

"I remember when I was around nineteen.... I was dared to eat a raw cactus and a few prickly pear fruits. Fruits went down easy but that cactus.... I was tossing up needles two weeks later too.... "

Just then a few more guards came in. One with a bag full of clothes and the other two with a stretcher. The two were earth ponies and dressed in scrubs while the other was a Pegasus guard. The same guard Daring had get her clothes. He tossed the bag into the shower stall having Daring catch it. "Here. Brought some pajamas for you too so you aren't walking off in the dark naked." He said. Daring gave a smile and started digging through the bag. Not long later she was fully clothed in a white tank top and a pair of blue shorts. She was lying down in the back of the car with Ryder as he lied still naked on the stretcher but she needed to make him feel comfortable. Even cuddled up to him. She was just glad that dream was just a dream and not something real.