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Squad Bravo 2-7: Twilight's First Life As A Soldier

by Chittatos

Chapter 17: Chapter 16 - The Boogeywoman

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Tennis Match, Cloudy Kicks, Adagio Dazzle, and Trixie Lulamoon were in the restaurant on Clover Street. From outside of the restaurant were look so classic with the white walls and classic window. But from the inside the restaurant were pretty much casual like the other restaurant, except for the tables are covered with white cloth and the chairs are made of pure wood. They three took a seat near the window next to the door. While they were waiting for order, Trixie was tinkering with her star-shape hair clip, Cloudy was humming in rhyme, but Tennis, who was next to Cloudy, was shaking her hand in agitated and it distract Trixie's and Cloudy's attention.

"What's with your hand shaking, Tennis?" asked Cloudy, shrinking her left eye brow while the other raised.

"I'm thinking of Twilight," replied Tennis, her hand then stopped shaking. "I wonder what she's hiding."

"Tennis! You should stop thinking about it!" exclaimed Cloudy in worried. "You know what happened to you yesterday."

"Trixie agree with that," said Trixie. "There's an evil aura surrounds her."

"Trixie! Would you stop it?" asked Adagio, annoyed. "I had enough with your tricks and magic."

"Alright, alright," replied Trixie, smirking.

"At least you invite us to have a lunch here," said Tennis in glad. "Maybe it helped me forget what happened yesterday."

"Maybe," said Adagio, unconvinced.

"Yeah, maybe," replied Tennis slowly with a little frown.

after a little pause, Cloudy decided to change the topic. "Hey, do you got any homework to finish?"

"It's just maths homework from Mr. Cranky, i guess Fluttershy can help me about it," replied Tennis as she folded her arms on the table.

"Trixie doesn't get any for today," said Trixie as she checking her nails. "Trixie only doing her usual routine at home."

"I got history homework from Ms. cherilee and it's kinda hard for me to answer," answered Adagio as her hand is on her forehead, giving giddy expression. "Maybe you can help me out, Cloudy?"

"Sure, Dagi," said Cloudy, smiled. "Why it's hard?"

"I'm no history buff to be sure," replied Dagi. "But these questions are confusing me, and there's this one question to explain the full history of Star Swirl The Bearded as short as i can and i'm not good at that."

"Ouch, that's gonna took a couple of hours to answer that," said Tennis in pity.

"Yep," said Adagio as she nods.

"Sure, i can help you about that," said the blonde girl. "I'm sure we can finish that fast."

"Alright!" exclaimed Adagio in relieved. "That's sound much better than the Battle Of The Bands."

"Sounds like you still have a grudge on Princess Twilight," said Trixie, distracting Adagio's attention.

"Oh really? You didn't even won that competition months ago," said Adagio, smirking in disbelieve. "You're the only one who still have a grudge on her, not me. Besides, you lost the battle as well."

"Ha! Maybe i have a grudge on her," said Trixie. "But one day maybe Trixie The Great And Powerful can defeat her."

"Really, Trixie?" complained Cloudy, felt bored to hear her keep saying that as she puts her hand on her cheek. "I'm just getting sick to hear you saying that, you know?"

"Might sounds like you want to have a fight with the 'other' Twilight," the next thing that happen, the three of them stared in dumbfounded at Tennis, seemingly in fear. "Sorry, shouldn't have say that."

They still silent, but at last, the three of them nodded in consent and looked back to each other.

After the food they ordered has arrived, they eat. Trixie ate the food called Chowder, Tennis ate Macaroni Salad, Adagio ate Lasagna, and Cloudy ate Spaghetti. When they were halfway in eating their food, someone comes in the restaurant. The 4 recognized that person was Twilight, they can barely see her full face due to Twilight is covering her head with her black-hooded jacket, giving a shadowy light on her face, hiding face and glasses except for the mouth. Twilight looked to her left and saw them seating near the window, Twilight greeted them with a nod and they nodded back, Twilight then proceeds to walked over to the front-row seat, alone, near where the waiters and chef are working and ordered a drink of warm Mochaccino coffee and a bread called croissant, ironically, that kind of serving should be appropriate for the morning, not in the afternoon, but they served it for her anyway.

"What an odd thing for her to order that," complained Trixie, shook her head. "She would be still hungry."

"it's up to her if she wants to order something," said Tennis in sincere. "I'm very doubt if she wants to have lunch."

"Me either," added Cloudy, agreed with Tennis.

"Me too," added Adagio, also agreed with Tennis.

They paused for a moment to take a quick look on Twilight in concern. Twilight was eating the croissant bit by bit as she took some sips of coffee. They then looked away from her to each other. But one of them did wondered why did Twilight didn't get any detention.

"Eih, Tennis," called Cloudy. "Isn't Twilight, suppose to be to get any detention?"

"I don't know to be honest," replied Tennis, raising her open palms in the air in front of her for awhile. "I don't heard any info this lately."

"Me too," added Adagio, upset.

Trixie put her both elbows on the table with her hands folded and rubbing each other as she smiled. "Actually, Trixie The Great did heard about that from the Principal."

"Really?!" asked Adagio, surprised and in curious. "What did she said?"

Trixie's smile suddenly turned to a frown one. "Oddly, she didn't get any detention from Principal Celestia."

Tennis, Cloudy, and Adagio felt thunderstruck to hear that. "Does... that means she's free from those indictments?" asked tennis in nervous.

Trixie simply nodded in consent.

They were very puzzled about that. "But why she's free from detention?" asked Cloudy.

"Principal Celestia said she gave her another chance to not make trouble and Twilight gave a solid promise to her," replied Trixie.

"But that doesn't make any sense!" exclaimed Adagio. "Even if Principal Celestia or Vice Principal Luna give her a chance she would be still got a detention."

"Trixie agree," Trixie then nodded in approval. "But that's all Trixie The Great And Powerful can heard, Trixie's tricks won't even worked on them to tell what else than that."

"Oh, what a bummer," complained Cloudy, she then folded her arms and leaned her back to her chair.

They paused in silent for a while again, felt that someone was listening or looking at them talking about it. They then turned their heads to the front-row seat, to their surprise and little fear, it was Twilight watching at them might as well she heard their conversation. Though it was a little far away from the front-row seat to the table with four seats near the window and it was amazing for Twilight to hear their conversation from that distance. They looked at Twilight's hooded-cover face, seemingly she was probably insulted to hear that. But they saw Twilight just looked away from them and looked down to the left and sighed, before she continues to enjoy the coffee beverage as joyful as she can, she was strangely calm about their conversation regarding her. The four just looked away from Twilight in anxious and stared at each other.

"That was scary..." said Adagio, the other three nodded in worry.

"I don't want to get beat up again by her because trying to asked her what she's hiding," said Tennis, silently.

"But somehow she wasn't mad about it right now," added Trixie, still puzzled of Twilight's emotion pattern.

"Huh? How did you know that?" asked Cloudy in wonder.

"If she was mad, she would be walked over to us."

Tennis closed her mouth with her left hand and Cloudy stay leaning her back on her seat while the other two only having thoughs.

"I'm starting to get uncomfortable here," complained Tennis.

"Relax, Tennis," said Cloudy, patting Tennis's shoulder. "Just relax."

"Twilight happily give you that aid kit yesterday, right?" asked Adagio, Tennis was surprised as she looked at Dagi.

"Did you keep an eye on us yesterday?" asked Tennis as her tone at the end is trailing high.

"Not only her," answered Trixie. "The Rainbooms and The Dazzlings been trying to figure out why she's been acting like this."

"Well, we still don't get the answer anyway," complained Cloudy, disappointed.

Suddenly a car came in from the right of the road and stopped in front of the restaurant. The car was dark blue Mazda, Honda Civic brand. The four kept an eye on the car closely and they saw there were around 5 man, covering their heads with the black masks except on their eyes and mouths. They were felt not safe seeing them, and with their true expectation, those are robbers. Those man quickly pulled out their pistols from their jeans and cocked it, the pistol's cock sounded faint since the girls hear those sounds from inside.

"This is not good," said Adagio, silent enough for the other three to listen.

Unfortunately, there's no other exit for them except for the front door, so they decided to stay inside and try to stay calm as they can. The five man took a look on the outside of the restaurant, then they proceeded to go inside. They kicked the door open wide and stormed the restaurant. They aimed their pistols to everyone in the restaurant including the four girls next to the door. Everyone in there nearly get off from their seat until one of the robbers shouted.

"This is a robbery! Raise your hand and don't try to run! "

Everyone quickly raised their hand in shaken and fear. One of them nearly screamed for the robbery, but alas, there was no way for someone to call the cops there, not with the robbers are still inside. Cloudy had to tell Tennis to calm down before the robbers noticed that and might take them hostage while Adagio and Trixie stay silent in nervous as they four raised their hands. One of them, certainly the leader of the robbers, shouted at the waiters near the front-row seat.

"You! Give us the money!" He said as he waved his gun, implying to do it fast. "Give it now!"

As the other 4 robbers watched the civilians that are still raising their hands, one of the robbers on the right side from the entrance and behind the leader, noticed something off. "Uh, boss?"

"What!?" asked the leader with a shout as he points his pistol at the waiter who is about to pulled out the money from the counter and turning his head at his men behind him.

"She's not raising her hand," he said as he pointed the girl he meant with his head.

The leader of the robber then turned his head to his left and looked who is it. Cloudy, Trixie, Adagio, and Tennis left their jaw open in very shocked to see that Twilight didn't raised her hand, instead Twilight only continue to enjoy drinking her coffee. Something what Tennis remembered Rainbow Dash ever said something of Twilight, 'she doesn't give a fuck about it'. The leader of the robber approached her from Twilight's right side as he aimed his pistol at her slowly and carefully until he reached point-blank range. Even if he's already very near her, Twilight only stay calm and kept on what she doing. The robber then moved to behind her, aiming his gun at her hooded-cover head. Everyone was felt very intense to watched it as Tennis felt her heart beating faster in fear.

"Raise your hands, girl!" ordered the robber leader, but Twilight disobeyed his order and keep drinking on her coffee.

"I said raise your hand!" he ordered again, but Twilight still didn't comply.

Twilight then putted down her cup of coffee on the table and puts her hand on the table, there was a yellow pencil and a small paper in between her hand and her coffee, most likely some waiter left them there careless. "Just give us a break would you?"

"What did you say?" asked the robber who is right behind her.

Twilight sighed in irritated. "Can you just give us a break?"

Twilight, are you crazy?! though Adagio in apprehensive expression.

"You do know this is a robbery, right?" asked the robber, thinks that she was really stupid to see the current situation.

"I'm not blind," replied Twilight, the robber felt insulted.

"What about you raise your hand or i'll gonna shoot your head!!" shouted the robber, harden his grip on his pistol.

"Really? You're going to shoot me with your pistol safety on?" asked Twilight calmly.

The robber behind her gave a very surprising expression after noticed the safety on the gun he left it on. "What the-?" he immediately turned the safety off and aimed again at Twilight's head. "How the hell did you know the safety was on? Well, looks like i don't care about that now."

What? How did she know that!? though Tennis, expecting that Twilight had something more than that.

"Now raise your hand!" he ordered with a shout. "And give me your money!"

Twilight gently took another sip of her coffee. "What about you better get out of here before it gets worse?"

"Oh, you can't fight us," said the robber. "We have guns here and also the one i'm holding behind your head."

Twilight then slowly holds the pencil on the table and gripped it strong. "Then you got it wrong."

Twilight quickly shifted her head to the right before the robber pulled the trigger, his shot missed and hit the table in front of Twilight. Upon that shot everyone was startled to death and some of them had to hide under their tables to avoid the incoming bullets. Twilight quickly pulled the robber's hand armed with pistol forward passing her head and then hit the pistol with her pencil-armed fist to threw away the pistol off his hand, she then quickly hits his stomach with a blow from her left elbow and made him staggered. She quickly stands up as the robber back off staggering and stabbed him right where the heart is located, with a pencil, she then pressed it much harder to forced the pencil to go deep in his chest, producing blood pouring from his stabbed chest. He gasped, groaned, and coughed in pain as the pencil stabbed and moving deeper into his chest and Twilight keeps hold him standing.

"I told you," she said, silently and cold.

"Holy shit..." Cloudy and along with the rest of her friends got horrified and dumbfounded at Twilight, seeing her kill swift and hard.

The robber she's holding has let out his last breath and died. Twilight kept his dead body standing in front of her as a human shield. The other 4 robbers startled and aghast to see she has already avoided shot from point-blank range at the head and killed their leader with a pencil. They quickly turned around to aimed and shot her, but, before they had the advantage, Twilight quickly ran to her left side with the human shield and try to deal with the two robbers with their pistols. She quickly dropped the human shield to the ground after she pulled the pencil she used to kill him, and then she crouched and struck the robber's left knee with a pencil as the robber nearly able to make a full turn around at her with the result the robber bending over to the front. She quickly turned around 360o underneath the bending over robber and quickly grabbed his pistol of his hand and throw it at the other robber behind him and got hit at the head, he stepped backwards twice.

She quickly took out the pencil from his knee and stabbed him on the side of his neck, killing him instantly. She drag the human shield turning to the right to block incoming gunfire from the robbers in the other side of the restaurant. She quickly pulled out the pencil off his neck and ran to the next robber on her left as she dropped the dead body. Before the robber able to aimed his gun, Twilight pushed his armed-hand to her left and stabbed him in the fore head with the pencil, once again killing him instantly, leaving his eyes open after he died. She then drag the corpse turning to right again, blocking incoming bullets. She quickly moving forward at the enemy while she dragged the human shield with her to block the bullets, until, eventually, both of those robbers on the other side of the restaurant have ran out of bullets. She dropped the body and ran forward quickly at them, targeting the robber on the left. The robber about to do a punch at her with his pistol, but she block his punch with her open palm and stabbed his gut. She pulled the pencil out from his gut and quickly turned around as she crouched and stabbed the other robber in the stomach, she then pulled it out again and then stabbed his back after he bended over because of pain, killing him.

The robber behind her is still alive, but about to blow a punch from behind her, he throw his punch but only to get block away to the right by Twilight when she's spinning to her left and block away his attack with her left arm. She then punched his head with her right armed-pencil fist and he staggered backwards. She then dragged the robber to the table where Tennis, Cloudy, Adagio, and Trixie were seating and slammed his head to the table as she hold his head on it. The four who were seating there back off in scare as the plates jumped a little toward the window. While Twilight still holds his head, she quickly raised the pencil in the air and then stabbed him inside his left ear and then she hit the pencil again to make the pencil fully stabbed inside his head and between his ears, he has been dead.

After she killed him, she release her grasp from him and let his head fell off the table, leaving blood on the table as those four girls become stiff, scared, and don't know what to say, Tennis nearly puke after seeing those blood and those robbers that Twilight killed. Twilight looked around her and saw that everyone in restaurant was still afraid but gladly, relieved that they are safe from those robbers. Twilight then looked at her blooded-hands before looking back at her 4 friends that are still currently seating in their seat whilst staring at her dumbfounded and disbelieve. The atmosphere became silent, nothing more but blood from those 5 robbers bodies pouring out blood, dirtying the floor. Twilight silently glad that the only person who saw her killed the robbers were those four girls in the restaurant, no other people from either CHS or Crystal Prep, only peoples that she doesn't recognized or know at all, more than that everyone is alive and none of them got shot nor wounded.

After Twilight stares at them in silent for a moment, she returned back to her front-row seat to continue to drink her coffee. She slowly sat down and put her blood-covered hands on the table. She then grabbed her coffee and took a sip, doesn't bother to clean her hands from blood that would leave a stain on the cup. The boss of the restaurant, the chef was right in front of her, watching her in anxious as she is finishing her last sip of coffee. Tennis, Adagio, Trixie, and Cloudy do what the chef is doing now. After she finished her coffee, she putted the cup on the table and left red-blood stain on it. She was about to give the chef the money, but then the chef spoke.

"There's no need to pay, you have saved us from those robbers."

Twilight wasn't sure if her actions were good. "You're okay about this?"

"I'm fine," the chef nodded, after a little paused Twilight nodded back at him.

She then get off her seat and headed towards the door slowly as she looked at the dead bodies of robbers on the floor and everyone in the restaurant one last time. When she nearly touched the door, the chef asked her.

"Who are you young lady?"

Twilight stopped as her hand stays on the air, nearly touched the door. She lie down her hand to her side and turned around at the chef as he looked at Twilight's cover-hooded face that he can't see except for her mouth. After a moment of silence, she finally spoke a name, a name that everyone in the restaurant can't forget.

"The Boogeywoman."

Twilight finally turned around again and exits the restaurant, she left a hand-shape blood stain on the doors. The chef sighed in relieved, as he walked to one of his employee.

"Get the police here, Pearly."

10 minutes later

Everyone is already outside the restaurant after the raid and the death of the robbers, there were around 6 police cars and 2 ambulances outside. The officers and detectives are tidying up the crime scene and the police lines are attached around the restaurant. Tennis, Cloudy, Adagio and Trixie were waiting near the ambulance after that shocking event, they only felt agitated as they wait for Officer Kurt.

"I never knew she can kill," commented Tennis in despair, she slowly turned. "Oh god, this can't be happening!"

"Hey, hey! Calm down!" said Adagio, holding Tennis's shoulder. "I know it's bad, but she had to do it."

"Do you think so, Dagi?" asked Trixie, unconvinced as she folded her arms and turned her head at her. "That girl just killed them mercilessly."

"At least that would be counted as self-defense," added Cloudy.

"Did she called herself The Boogeywoman?" asked Tennis, unsure if she heard it right.

"Yes, she did," answered Adagio. "Sounds like she ever killed someone else."

"Yeah," said Trixie. "Trixie agreed with that."

"I wonder how did she get that name." Tennis puts her hand on her chin and looked down to the ground, thinking.

Then Officer Kurt come over them and pulled out his note book from his pocket on his upper uniform. He hold his pencil on his right hand and put it on top of the notebook, about to write some answers from them after he asks.

"Can you tell me what happen when the robbery starts?"

Tennis and Adagio explained firmly about it. Explaining it from where did they come from and how did they raid the restaurant. But then Officer Kurt asked them again.

"Did they all really got killed by a pencil?"

"Yes....." Adagio then muttered a little about that in fear.

"Some witness around here said that the person who killed them is a girl, around high-school age and wore black jacket and blue jeans," explained Officer Kurt, reading it out from his notebook. "They can't see her face fully because she was covering her head with her hood-jacket, but i think you do since she killed the last robber on your table and you can see her face. Do you know who is it?"

They all felt shaken to answer that, Trixie decided to lie instead to tell the true answer. "Umm, no, we don't."

"Is it Twilight?" asked Officer Kurt, his question made the four of them stunned.

"Wait, how did y-" Cloudy then cut off by the officer, shushing her.

Officer Kurt quickly looked to his left and right before looking back at them. "She told me her secrets."

"She what?" Tennis glanced at him dumbfounded.

"Sorry, i can't tell you about it right now, i'll be in trouble if i said it now," Kurt heard someone calling him, and it was the inspector who called him. "Sorry, i got to go, if you want to know, you should asked her about it."

"Wait!!" called Cloudy, but the officer left in haste and headed to the inspector. "Damn!"

"What now?" asked Tennis at the three, they were still silent and thinking about their next action.

"How the hell we gonna ask her?" asked Trixie, upset.

Adagio felt give up thinking for the next plan. "I don't know, i guess we have to wait for a good opportunity to ask her."

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