The Spectrum Of Blood

"You can't be serious." Bon-Bon protested as she walked with Rainbow and Fluttershy. "You can't stick me with her!"

"She tried to kill me!" Rainbow griped as well.

"I was required to!" Bon-Bon countered. "You cut off my ear! And had me demoted!"

"Ladies, please." Fluttershy interrupted. "Let's at least try to get along. Yes, Bon-Bon was required to kill you, Rainbow. You were a teeny tiny bit obsessed. And Bon-Bon, you should've finished what you started."

"But..." Rainbow and Bon-Bon began.

"Nope." Fluttershy said authoritatively. "Not listening. I have the power here. I like you two, but we need to all stay together. We have enough enemies as it is, so I'd prefer we stay without internal conflict."

Not wanting to get on Fluttershy's bad side, especially after seeing what she did at the Gala, Rainbow shut up and kept walking. After Fluttershy intervened, everything went back to normal, and Rainbow started to look around. The cavern was very spacious, and had many small groups of people talking quietly among themselves. They talked of their jobs, cute stallions and mares, that hideous dress the mare down the street wore, almost anything you could think of. They seemed... normal, as if they weren't bloodthirsty murderers. Rainbow listened to conversations as she walked. They all were like this- everyday talk, as if they were all completely normal. She also looked around, hoping to see a friend, or maybe the pony with the red eyes, but neither popped out. She turned to Bon-Bon several times, but she just received a death stare every time she did.

Was this really necissary? Rainbow thought. Did Fluttershy really have to put me with her?

"Yes." Fluttershy said suddenly. "It was necessary for me to team you two up. Everyone needs kind and loyal friends, and we're all friends here, right?"

Not really... Rainbow thought.

"Well, I'm really sorry, but you're going to have to be." Fluttershy responded to Rainbow's unspoken question. "Oh, and yes, some vamponies can read minds. It requires lots of quiet and focus, but it is possible."

"Creepy." Rainbow stated.

"It has it's ups and downs." Fluttershy said. "Gets kind of gross when I walk around at night and hear the ponies indoors."

"Bleh." Rainbow said. "Enough wasting time- what do we have to do? Kill people? I'm not too keen on that."

"Well, you may not like this then." Fluttershy said cautiously. "That's kinda what we do, sorry. But it's not as bad as you may believe. We are a sort of... police, per say. We make the world better."

"How is murder good?" Rainbow asked, which resulted in a facehoof from Bon-Bon.

"Dear Celestia, you're so dense." Bon-Bon said, sounding very annoyed. "We hunt the scum of Equestria- real murderers, rapists, kidnappers, people among those lines. We are the reason no one hears about crimes in Ponyville. You Element bearers take care of the big magical stuff, we get everything else. Capiche?"

"Got it." Rainbow said .

"Then let's get started." Bon-Bon said, a hint of eagerness in her voice. "Who's first?"

"I'll start you new recruits off easy." Fluttershy said, and received an evil stare from Bon-Bon. "A pony by the name of Bottle Mixer has been developing poisons used by assassins everywhere. Eliminate him, and you save many ponies who don't deserve to die." Fluttershy flew off, leaving the other two to wait.

Bon-Bon turned to Rainbow and gave her an evil stare. "Listen here," she said menacingly. "You better not slow me down. I was a few days from becoming one of the Lunar Guard. If I don't make it soon, you'll somehow find yourself missing several parts, namely your head. Got it?"

Rainbow nodded. Fluttershy came back and handed them each a picture. The picture was of  a tall, dark blue Earth stallion. He had long, wavy brown hair, and brown eyes. His cutie mark was a triangular beaker filled with a yellow liquid.

"Here's the stallion." Fluttershy said. "Have fun hunting!" She walked away, leaving Rainbow and Bon-Bon to plan their actions.

"So what are we going to do?" Rainbow asked Bon-Bon. "Stealth? Full assault? Traps?"

"I'll let you decide." Bon-Bon said with a smirk. "I've been at this a while- you need field experience. You do all the dirty work, and I'll make sure you don't mess up too badly. But you get to kill him."

What? Rainbow thought. What a helpful partner you are. Rainbow considered her options, but Bon-Bon interrupted.

"I'll gather some info on our target." Bon-Bon said. "Figure out what you're doing by six tonight- I'll be outside Sugar Cube Corner." She then walked into the crowd and seemed to blend in to her surroundings. Rainbow held back some choice words, then sat down to think about a plan. She realized her only somewhat credible sources had left, so she had no idea what to do. She contemplated all the options she could, but all would most likely fail. She realized she needed help- and she would go to the one source Rainbow could always count on for pointless knowledge.

"Assassination?" Twilight said curiously. "Why do you need knowledge on that?"

"Err...' Rainbow stammered. "I need it for... Wonderbolts training! The Wonderbolts do military attacks, right? Like that time with Spike? Well, I wanted to get ahead of the game!" Rainbow was impressed. She had totally pulled that out of her plot, and it sounded fairly smooth.

"Uhh... sure, I guess." Twilight said awkwardly. She walked over to the shelves and pulled out a book called 'The Sisterhood's Guide- A History of Assassination'. "It's a bit outdated," Twilight said as she handed it to Rainbow, "but it's the best we have. This will get you started, at the very least."

"Thanks a lot, Twi!" Rainbow said as she started out the door.

"Rainbow, wait!" Twilight said.

Rainbow froze in horror. Will Twilight see through my ruse?

"You seem... different." Twilight said. "Do you feel alright? Any injuries you've gotten you failed to treat?"

Rainbow sighed in relief. "I'm fine, thanks." Rainbow said. "I've got a small cold, that's all."

"Really?" Twilight said. "Let me take a look. I've been dabbling in healing magic. I'm gonna need it if I'm gonna start flying soon." Twilight walked over to Rainbow and placed her hoof on Rainbow's forehead. Twilight then flinched back and looked at her hoof, and then Rainbow. "Your skin is cold..." She said. "It's like ice, but... darker, almost evilly cold."

Rainbow laughed awkwardly. "Oh, it's just a side effect of a new spell the nurse ponies are trying!" She said awkwardly. "I'm fine, but thank you for the concern." Twilight began to protest, but Rainbow ran out the door before Twilight could ask any more questions.

"What happened to her?" Twilight asked as she watched Rainbow fly towards her home. "She seemed... edgy. I'll ask Fluttershy and Pinkie about it tomorrow, see what they know."

Rainbow slammed the door behind her as she entered her house. She had almost been caught- by her close friend, no less. And being Twilight, she would have done some crazy experiment to see how she lived in the state she did. Rainbow opened the book and began to read. The book had many interesting forms of assassination; knives, poison, many others that weren't quite so tame. Once she finished, Rainbow looked at the clock and saw it was 5:30. Rainbow decided to show up early, and think while she waited what to do to. She placed the book on the table, then set off towards Sugar Cube Corner. She started feeling anxious about her job. She couldn't even go to the library without getting caught. How can I kill someone without any alarm? Rainbow thought. Heck, how will I even kill someone? Rainbow lapped the town a few times, hoping the rush would give her inspiration. Suddenly, she had it- it was a stupid idea that wasn't like her at all, but she would do it.

Rainbow landed outside Sugar Cube Corner and  waited. She was five minutes early, but that wouldn't be too long to wait. She looked around at the others sitting outside the store, drinking milkshakes or coffee. Many sat with a partner, smiling and joking with eachother playfully. Rainbow felt a pang of sadness looking at them. Will I be able to find someone to love? Rainbow pondered. The person she had a crush on wasn't a vampony. She realized that she would never be able to be with them.

Bon-Bon seemed to materialize next to Rainbow at exactly six. She pulled Rainbow behind the store and looked Rainbow in the eyes. "He'll be here to get a coffee by himself in five minutes." Bon-Bon said. "What's your plan of action?"

"Seduction." Rainbow said with a triumphant grin. Bon-Bon facehoofed.

Bottle Mixer entered Sugar Cube Corner a few minutes later. Rainbow sat at a table in the corner, and watched as he walked up to the counter. Bon-Bon sat at the table next to her, watching them both closely.

"You're going to do this very cliche, aren't you?" Bon-Bon said just loud enough for Rainbow to hear. "Your going to bump into him, spill his coffee all over yourself, then hope he falls for you?"

Rainbow gave her an angry look. "No!" Well, yes, actually.

"Good." Bon-Bon said. "Just don't fail too badly; he does need to be eliminated."

Rainbow nodded and looked over towards Mixer. He was getting his coffee handed to him right then. It's now or never. Rainbow thought, and walked towards him, but she tried to look like she was heading to the bathroom. Right on time, Mixer turned around and slammed right into Rainbow, spilling his coffee all over her.

"Sorry!" They said in unison, looking at each other in embarrassment.

"Uh, here," Rainbow said, faking an awkward tone, "I'll get you a new coffee."

"No, no." Mixer said. "It's my fault- I should've seen a beautiful mare like yourself from a mile away. The names Mixer, Bottle Mixer. You must be Miss Rainbow Dash."

Rainbow heard someone facehoof, most likely Bon-Bon, from somewhere behind her.

"Yep, that's me!" Rainbow replied, secretly happy she was known by ponies she'd never met.

"Nice to meet you." Mixer said. He turned back to Mrs. Cake and said "Two more coffees, please."

"Sure thing!" Mrs. Cake responded. She turned around and went to making more coffee.

"Uhm, thanks." Rainbow said. "But, uh, I don't really like crowds, is there somewhere we could go with these to talk?"

"How about the roof of my apartment building?" Mixer said. "It's only a block away, and no one ever goes up there."

Rainbow couldn't believe her luck. She had not only successfully seduced Mixer, but gotten him to go to a quiet place to be alone with her. She had this in the bag- all she had to do was kill him quietly while there. She looked at Mixer, who looked happy as a schoolfilly. He picked up the coffees on the counter and handed one to Rainbow, who took it and gave Mixer a smile.

"If a stallion comes by looking for Mr. Mixer," Mixer said quietly to Mrs. Cake, thinking Rainbow couldn't hear, "tell him he's been caught up with... mare activities."

Rainbow was sickened and yet pleased. Mixer wanted closeness, and that would make killing him off easier. Rainbow was going to be killing him soon. She just hoped she had the will to.

The two talked for several hours. Mixer was very smart, and Rainbow was impressed by his knowledge of nearly every subject they talked about. Eventually, Rainbow decided to cut it short.

"Thank you for the wonderful night, Mixer." Rainbow said. "I hope we can meet again sometime." She started to walk away.

"Wait!" Mixer shouted. Rainbow halted to a stop. "Can I get a goodnight kiss?"

Man, this guy is pushy. Rainbow thought in disgust. But I guess I need him to be. "Sure." Rainbow said, trying to sound as happy as possible.

Mixer stood up and walked towards Rainbow. He looked her in the eyes, and gave her a kiss. Rainbow was shocked by it- she could almost sense his passion, as if he truly loved her. I'm so sorry it had to be this way,Rainbow thought, But I must.

Rainbow pulled back and bit hard into Mixer's throat. She felt him tense up, then he fell limp in her mouth. She jerked backward in disgust, but that only made it worse- her canines were still in his throat, and her hard pull broke several of his neck bones. Rainbow pulled out her teeth and stared at what she did.

She had just killed someone.

She had become a murderer.

"Not bad." A voice said from the darkness. Bon-Bon stepped forward. "I personally would've killed him before the conversation, but either way works- he's dead."

Dead.

That was what Rainbow heard about the victims of others- now she had her own list of victims starting.

"Well, go on." Bon-Bon said impatiently. "Drink- he's not going to be warm forever."

Right... Rainbow thought, a sense of dread filling her. The reason we're called 'vamponies' and not just murderers. Not wanting to appear like a weakling, Rainbow bent down and bit into Mixer's neck again and sucked a little blood in.

Rainbow nearly choked- she had expected the disgusting metallic flavor of blood. But the blood from his body tasted incredible. It was unlike any flavor she had tasted, a hundred times better than garlic-coated daisies. Rainbow sucked in the blood as fast as she could before Bon-Bon interrupted her.

"Now, now," Bon-Bon said, "we have to share, don't we?" Bon-Bon pushed Rainbow away from Mixer's body and began to drink for herself. Once done, Bon-Bon backed away. "Now we leave the rest to the cover up team. They'll clean up the mess, make a cover story, whatever is necessary to hide the truth."

"Good thing too- we weren't exactly following our table manners." Rainbow said jokingly.

Bon-Bon smiled back at Rainbow. "Perhaps you won't be as awful as i assumed. See you later." Bon-Bon jumped off the roof and disappeared into the darkness. Rainbow was amazed by her talents of blending in despite having such a bright color scheme. My hair's too vibrant to ever do that. Rainbow thought, smiling to herself. Unless I want to blend in with a rainbow.

Rainbow looked over at Mixer's drained body. Not ten minutes earlier, he had been alive, happy, and in love. Now he laid on the ground, cold as a stone and horror still on his face. But none of this phased Rainbow, she was only sad there was no blood for her left. She wanted blood more than anything in the world in that moment. For once, she could justify vamonies actions.

Blood was worth the crime.