"Oh sweet Celestia! I ache all over. What happened?" Rainbow mumbled as she rubbed her head.

"A downed pegasus, is a dead pegasus."

"We're gonna hurt you!"

"And the fillies!"

"And you're going to watch them. In pain."

"Coward!"

"Oh right. That." Rainbow sighed as she examined her surroundings. "Oh crap. Not again." Rainbow Dash was laying in the same bed from earlier. With the red silk covers and the golden posts. Rainbow's ears twitched as she heard muffled voices outside the door.

"Pinkie! Just leave her! She needs to rest!"

"But I need to see Dashie!!" Pinkie whined from outside.

"Pinkie! No! She might be awake yet!!"

"But-but....I don't care!! I'm going to see my friend!! I'm going to hug my friend!! And none of you are to stop me!!"

"Pinkie!!"

The cherry brown doors blasted open as the pink menace hopped in.

"Dashie!!! You're awake!!" The pink pony bounced onto the bed and hugged the pegasus. "I'm so happy you're awake! Cause you keep going to sleep and then everypony is really quite and sad. And I don't like anypony being saddy waddy because it makes me all sad and I don't like being sad but I'm not sad because you're now awake!" Pinkie giggled as she hugged Rainbow tighter and tighter.

"N-nice to see you-aah-too Pinkie. But-aaah-can ya let go. You're-aaahh."

"And I was sooooo worried cause you're my bestest friend in the whole of Equestria and I wouldn't my friends to die or get hurt. I love my friends."

"Pinkie...can you stop..." Rainbow croaked. But her pleas fell on deaf ears. "Pinkie. You're pulling out my feathers."

At that point, the others walked into the room.

"And Equestria will not be the same without my super duper awesome friend! Or the fastest pegasus ever, will it? Of course not!! But you aren't gonna die, cause you're too awesome to die. But I'm going to hug you anyway cause I missed you and-"

"PINKIE PIE!!" Rainbow yelled. The bouncy pony stopped jibbering and let go of her friend.

"I'm sorry, Dashie." She lowered her head as she whispered. Rainbow's expression softened.

"It's-it's okay, Pinkie. You didn't know. Besides, I missed you too." Rainbow returned the hug to Pinkie.

"Are ya okay, Rainbow? Ya feathers are all over tha bed." Applejack pointed the cyan feathers across the bed. Rainbow retreated from the hug and jumped out of the bed.

"Oh well. Most of them aren't primary feathers, so I'm okay." The pegasus flapped her wings, gaining about a foot in the air. She then quickly landed as pain from her injured wing flowed through her. "Crap! How long was out this time?"

"Just under an hour." Twilight answered.

"How are the girls?"

"They are fine. Thanks to you." Rarity beamed. "Thank you for saving my little Sweetie Belle."

"An Applebloom."

"And Scootaloo. Goodness knows what they would have done to them." Fluttershy quickly said.

"Well, I have an idea." Rainbow growled.

"Yes but you stopped that."

"Only barely. They had me as well."

"What...do you mean?" Twilight asked.

"I didn't care about the other three, it was...him." Rainbow Dash recoiled in horror and fear as she mentioned him.

"Night Stinger."

"Yes. Wait, how do you know his name?"

"Thunderlane and Cloudkicker told us. He's the one that..." Rarity's eyes lowered to the floor as she couldn't even mutter the word.

"Rainbow Dash. Thank you so much for saving the girls. You were even injured in the worst possible place, yet, you still save them from the worst torture." Twilight smiled to Rainbow.

"I just...I just didn't want them to be in the same pain I was...the pain I still have." Rainbow trotted over to her cloak.

"You're mine. The rest of your pitful life will be as my slave. As I said, many years ago, I am a very lonely stallion."

"What's the matter, Rainbow? You will be pleasing your parents. You don't want to disappoint them, do you?"

"Lovely. A grounded pegasus is a dead pegasus. Boys. Leave the fillies. We can have this sexy mare instead."

"Better not do this too much. We want you awake when we have our fun."

Rainbow clipped on her belt and lifted the hood over her head. Covering most of her face. She stared in the mirror. Her rose eyes glowing almost red.

"Et mortem tuam finietur meus sollicitus. Finire dolorem. Ego occidam, Night Stinger." Her evil glare reflected upon the mirror. "And I will enjoy doing so."

~~~~~~

"What?!" The stallion slammed his fist on to the table. "What do you mean she got away?"

"She...got...away. She stabbed Night Stinger." Trident stuttered.

"Is he still alive?"

"Of course, sir. But Flicker and two others are dead. Two more assassins killed them in midflight."

"Dammit! But how did she still fly?! She was shot in the bloody wing!" The stallion demanded.

"I have no idea, sir....Um, sir?"

"Yes, Trident."

"Are you still going to-"

"To fight that weakling? Yes."

"When, though?"

"Tomorrow." He said bluntly.

"What?! But sir, you never said that in the letter."

"You're right. I didn't. I better send another letter then. Thank you Trident."

"Sir, are you really going to kill her?"

"Of course." He chuckled.

"But, what happens if she still loses but you don't kill her, what are you going to do?"

"Hmmm. I might take her in. Torture her. Yes, that would be fun."

"O-okay, sir."

"Right. Now the letter."

~~~~~~

"Tomorrow?! Seriously?!"

"Yes Rainbow. It says here." Celestia turned the letter towards the assassin.

"Thunderlane!! Cloudkicker!!" Rainbow yelled.

"Yes ma'am?" The two pegasi answered.

"Help me practice. Now. Down in the Canterlot Arena. Ten minutes. Okay?"

"Yes ma'am." The two assassins nodded and left.

"Are you sure you will be to do this?" Twilight asked. "I mean, you have so many injuries. You have a weak heart, you've been stabbed in the stomach, and you've been shot in the wing."

"Trust me Twilight. I've been in worst." Rainbow smirked as she headed out. "I've been in so much worst."

Author's Notes:

Rushed...I think. Oh well. I'm just trying to build up to the next couple of chapters. Which is a doozie!! By the way, I'm turning this into a ThunderDash fic as well.