Fashionable Justice #1

The early morning sun shined through the dirty window of a room in a rundown inn. The bed was being occupied by a mare wanted for questioning in an assault case. She couldn't worry about that as she had to plan out a much worse crime. This was no easy feat. She had just finished ironing out the details the night before. This was the first time she had slept in three days. She had done nothing but research and plan in that time.

She spent a good bit of it following around one of her targets, to try and learn her schedule. This was when she realized she liked to visit her friend in the hospital alone. The mare made note of this and could only assume she would do it again today. The plan was to wait until her target to go to see her friend and then eliminate them both. The mare obtained a nurses uniform as to not raise suspicion when she entered the hospital. She also managed to get maintenance uniforms for her twin pegasi friends.

Her friends are to guard the door, while she is in the room committing the crime. She was afraid she was placing to much faith in her two friends. They aren't what you might call competent. This plan was also full of assumptions. She assumed her target would go alone, but what if she didn't? At this point the mare was willing to cut her losses and kill whoever is in the room. She is desperate and it is either them or her.

There is no margin for error. If she failed or botched the job, then her boss would have no problem killing her and her friends. It is quite literally kill or be killed. The mare didn't want to kill anypony, she just wanted them to show respect. That yellow Pegasus mare and her unicorn friend didn't show respect to her and she punished them accordingly. But now her boss was forcing her hoof, if she doesn't kill them they could take it to court and do potential harm to the gang.

The mare's head was filled to burst with all of these thoughts as she began to stir in bed. Her body protested getting up but she fought through it and sat up in bed. She observed her dingy surroundings. The inn was far from fancy but it was cheap and they didn't ask questions. She needed a place to stay since she was sure the guards knew where she lived and would be looking for her their. Guards or that old detective she saw go into the white unicorns house.

All of the supplies she had gathered were spread out across the room's single table. The mare rose from bed to look them over. The supplies consisted of a nurses uniform, a long razor sharp knife, and the weapon that the mare was notorious for using a chain. She used her unicorn magic to pick up the knife to inspect it. She removed the sheath to inspect it further. It was longer than any knife she had ever seen. This was what she intended to do the job with, even though she had never used a knife for this purpose. She didn't suppose there was a science to it just face your target and stab them.

The notion of stabbing somepony made the mare a little sick. She quickly replaced the knife on the table and headed for the bathroom. Upon entering the bathroom she looked over all the assorted beauty products she acquired to aid her disguise. Alongside them was a wig to hide her rather unbecoming mane-style. She had no experience in disguises, but her life is hanging in the balance so she had incentive to not screw it up.

The ill feeling began to return so she used the sink to splash cold water on her face. The feeling did not subside, instead it worsened and made her feel sick to her stomach. She stumbled out of the bathroom and sat down on the edge of the bed and took deep breaths. She has to pull herself together. In all likelihood the job would be happening some time today. She was running out of time before Gilda had somepony else do the job and then had her taken care of.

Her thoughts were interrupted by an obnoxious knocking at the door. She approached the door with caution and looked through peephole. Through it she saw two nearly identical Pegasus colts. She gave a sigh of relief at the sight of her two friends. She quickly unlocked the door so her friends could enter.

"Wow Chain this is a nice place you got here." one of the twins remarked.

"Yeah, it's real cozy." the other twin added.

Chain was not in the mood for jokes. "Would you two please shut the buck up!" she yelled. "We have to do this job and soon or else Gilda is gonna rip out all of are guts! Do you understand?" Chain asked. The twins nodded their heads simultaneously. Chain took a deep breath to calm herself.

"Alright, now that we have an understanding, do you have your uniforms?" Chain asked.

"Yeah we got 'em in our saddle bags just like you told us." one of the twins said while rolling his eyes.

"Good, do you remember what you two are supposed to do?" Chain inquired.

"Follow the mare you didn't put in the hospital, and when she visits the one you did put in the hospital we come get you so you can do the job." one twin answered.

"I don't see why you wont just let us go to her house kill her, then go to the hospital and kill the other one afterwards." the other colt stated.

This only served to raise Chain's ire even further. "No, you don't understand and that is why I call the shots and you do what I say!" Chain exclaimed furiously.

This outburst caused the twins to recoil slightly. There was no way they would argue with her now. Neither of them had ever seen Chain in such a state. They had seen her angry of course, but never like this.

"Now I want the both of you to get the buck out of here and to come get me when she is in the hospital!" she gave them her best death glare "You understand?" she asked.

The twins could only nod their heads. They then left Chain's room with much haste. Once outside the twins began to talk amongst themselves.

"Bro, I just came up with a plan." said the elder of the two.

"Alright dude, we really need one of those." said the younger twin. "Go ahead and explain it to me."

"Basically, we go kill the white mare at her house." the elder began, " And then we wait 'til tonight tell Chain shes in the room with other one, and then we take them both out at the same time."

"I don't know dude this all seems really heavy," the younger said "Chain is our friend!"

"I know bro, but its either her or its us," the older one stated "Do you wanna die?"

The younger one briefly thought this over and came up with his answer. "That's a good point I guess."

"That's right." the eldest responded. "Now lets get going." he said as he took to the sky. His brother followed close behind, leaving the outside of the in empty.

Five minutes before in the room next door

Detective Case Closer had been staking out Chain's room for at least twenty-four hours. He followed wherever she went, keeping tabs on her every move. She had only left her room twice, once to visit a costume shop, and the second time to go to the local blacksmith.

He deduced she was going to disguise herself and then use whatever she had gotten from the blacksmith to kill one of her two victims. He also deduced that her boss whoever it may be was forcing her hand here. He could tell from her expressions and movements that she was frazzled by something.

Case was making a few notes in his pocket journal when he heard someone enter Chain's room. He could then start to faintly make out voices. He then looked around him to find something to help him listen. He then spotted a coffee cup, which he poured the contents of on the carpet. After that, he put the cup up to the wall to listen. He heard two voices he didn't recognize. They were presumably the twins he had heard about.

"Follow the mare you didn't put in the hospital, and when she visits the one you did put in the hospital we come get you so you can do the job."

Case's eyes widened at the explanation of their plan. He realized he had to warn Rarity so she didn't fall into their trap. With this revelation he quickly left the inn and took of for the carousel boutique as fast as his aged legs could take him. Moments after he left the twins left Chain's room and discussed their slight change in plans.