Payload: Endangerment

I'm not a typical earth pony. No sir, no one would expect any of this. I'm a hitman. A professional. If you need someone dropped, it'll take only a few minutes. But, I've worked with a lot of powerful people. Dangerous ones even. Give me a job and I'll do it. As long as I get payed in that matter. After a few years of blood, I decided to retire. I wanted to settle down and find a nice home. But I found something better. Her name was Octavia.

        I settled down. Worked as a business man. Started taking life easy. I put my old life in the past. I wanted to start over. So I did. I met Octavia at a music concert. She's a great cello player. I decided to try to find her after the concert. You'd find it amazing how easy the two of us became friends. She eventually she showed me to her friends. One who became my closest friend who was also Octavia's. Her name was Vinyl Scratch. She was a DJ. She helped me get settled in and showed me some of her great material. Whenever I saw her, she was working with her friend Neon Lights. We were like one big happy family.

        I started dating Octavia a while ago. She and I had cared for each other since. We shared our thoughts and lives. She told me about her life. Me? I simply told her I lived a good life with thoughtful parents. That was a lie. My mom was a goddamn junkie and my dad disappeared before I was born. I guess this is what made me what I am. Doesn't matter. As long as I have her, everything was fine. That was, until I received a message.

        This damned envelope came from the mail. It was strictly eyes-only for me. I opened it. I read the details. This was some crazy shit. They wanted me to kill the freaking president. You wouldn't imagine what was going on in my mind. I was thinking hell no. But the money was big. The stakes were also high. If I completed it, I get the money. If I failed, everypony I know would be at risk. I decided to ignore it. That was until a day later I was beaten by these assholes. They told me that if I don't take it, they'd kill Octavia and everypony that I knew. Of course I took it. I took whatever I could and told Octavia that I had an important meeting with a corporation out in Stallington. I thought I had him. But I didn't. Everything went downhill.

My name is Michael Ryders and this is my story.