Secret Guardian

As soon as the train door slid open the guards had already rendered their salutes for the two officers that they were accustomed to greeting at this point, however what they were greeted by instead was a stallion falling from the transport after an audible kick. It was to clear that the stallion had been roughed up during the ride there, and the fear in his eyes as he looked back at the door sealed that idea in everyone’s mind. Pinpoint stood in the doorway his gun still trained onto his target on the ground, a look of madness about him as his whole body shook and his every facial feature twitched from time to time. The guards had dropped their salutes long ago as several of them looked over the blood soaked stallion now stepping out of the train, his expression was enough to have most of the lower ranked guards looking towards the ground.

The captain of the guard slowly approached Pinpoint as he was standing the prisoner back onto his hooves and once again gave him a salute. “Sir, would you like for me to have my men escort him to the interrogation room?”

“No I can handle that Captain, however send one of your men to the Princess and have her meet me there.” He said as he returned the salute, allowing the captain to drop his.

The captain nodded and turned to one of the other guards and issued the order, to which the guard was quick to take off running to handle it. He then turned to Pinpoint once again “ Well then sir, shall we head towards the chamber?” A question the Pinpoint gave a solid answer to by nodding and pressing the pistol into the back of the prisoners skull. They walked for a while before the captains mind had let slip the question that he knew far better then to ask. “So sir, what happened to the rest of your team?” He immediately regretted asking as his eyes met with Pinpoints, a look of hatred meeting his gaze.

Pinpoint lost his cool all over again at the very mention of the question, “Captain, if you say another fucking word before we reach this location I will make sure that you sit along side the civilians again. Do we have an understanding here?” The words came out in a deep growl from him as his face moved mere inches from the guard. It caused the guard to swallow hard and let out a timid nod, he had no intention to test this stallion, especially not in the position he had just been put in.

Before long they had reached the interrogation room where Princess Celestia was already waiting with her sister. Both looked toward the blood covered stallion with wide eyes that were filled with a certain amount of despair. If there was anything that Celestia had learned about CSSF, it was that the two officers that ran the unit were completely inseparable. So seeing Pinpoint alone let her know right away what exactly had happened out there. She quickly pointed a hoof towards the new prisoner and barked her orders to the guards. “I want him gagged and tied to the chair across from the other, and make it quick. I don't want this going on any longer then need be.” With that she stepped over to Pinpoint and wrapped a wing around him gently, “If you would like lieutenant, you are more then welcome to wait outside. Luna and myself doubt you need anymore stress such as what goes on in here.”

The comforting feeling of the Princess's gentle embrace was nowhere near enough to calm his racing mind, he simply shook his head and replied through gritting teeth. “Your Highness, no disrespect intended but I will be staying right here and having a part in this.”

She closed her eyes and let out a sigh as she folded her wing back into place and turned to meet him eye to eye. “Let me rephrase that lieutenant, You need to leave here. I don't think someone in your state of mind should be here during this as it runs a potential risk on everything going wrong.”

Pinpoint's eyes filled with rage once again as she spoke to him. “ Well then maybe I didn't make myself clear Princess. I don't fucking care what you think or what you want during this. I will be right in here during all of this regardless of what you have to say about it.” His shouts echoed through the room causing everyone to look over towards them, no one sure how to react to hearing the Princess getting yelled at.

She simply nodded at the stallion and turned towards the chairs that contained the prisoners and the curtain that separated them from each others view. “Very well then Pinpoint, it would appear that in your state of mind no amount of argument will change your mind in this matter.” She stepped over toward her interrogation commander and asked him a few questions about the coming events, all of which were met with a “Yes your Highness”. She quickly turned to the prisoners yet again and let out in a commanding voice, “Open the curtains then ungag them. We shall get started at once.” The guards did as they were told and quickly took three steps back.

That's when the rebel commander's eyes met up with his brother's and right in that moment is when his panic set in. He began to thrash and pull at the ropes that tied him to the chair, “You bastards can't do this, when I get out of here...” His shouting was interrupted by a loud metallic crack. Everyone glanced over to see Pinpoint standing behind him with his pistol floating nearby, obviously freshly used as a weapon to silence him judging from the split in the side of the rebel commanders head. A stunned silence flushed through the room as everything happened, leaving only only the sound of Pinpoints heavy breathing and the tired sobs of the rebels brother. “I have already told you, I am not going to tell you shit. The rebellion will rise above and there is nothing you can do about it.”

Pinpoint's face suddenly changed into a twisted smile as he walked to the rebel commanders side. “Well then, that is such a shame,” as he spoke he lined up the pistol and fired a round into his brothers rear left leg. The sound of the pistol firing off was deafening to everyone in the room that was unprepared, many of them dropping to their knees as the pain rang through their heads. The sound of his screams of pain were soon heard in replacement, those very screams sending looks of horror into some of the guards. “Now then, I do hope you find it in yourself to start talking. I can promise you that he wont last through much more of that”

As each second of silence passed between them, Pinpoint found his patience wearing thinner and thinner. This was the coward he and his team had sacrificed everything for. This coward and his piece of shit brother were worth the lives of his team? His brothers? His teammates be damned if he let their lives be for nothing and he let this scummy colt in front of him waffle any further. "That warrants an answer," he snapped. "Your brother is bleeding out in front of you. Your own flesh and blood. Are you going to let him DIE in front of you?" He wasn't aware that he was shouting at the commander until the last few words. The volume of his voice made an impact on the commander, who flinched visibly, caught in his indecision.

He felt his blood start to boil as the commander continued to sit silently, debating on what he should do. He could feel hatred clawing its way out of his throat, rage ultimately consuming him. “Fucking answer me, or do you think this is as far as I will go?” He screamed, losing control of his every emotion as he let another round fly out into the brothers kneecap. The sound of shattering bone followed by guttural cries of pain caused the commander to choke a bit.

He watched as the commander pushed back what almost seemed like the beginning of tears for his bothers pain. The stallions actions not only now confusing him but dragging him deeper into his own madness. “How could you do this to your own?” Pinpoint growled into the commanders ear.

The commander stayed silent, his eyes telling every emotion that he had dedicated himself to holding back. Pinpoint could not contain himself anymore, something else took over him all together as he screamed at the commander. “Fine, then let your brother pay the price for your failure. Just know that his suffering is on your hooves.” Another shot rang through the room, this one leaving a hole in the brothers stomach. His cries of pain were now stifled as he started to choke on his own blood. The warm metal quickly spun around to the side of the commanders head as he started to turn away in disgust. “No, you will watch as your brother dies right in front of you. Watch him suffer and remember those last breaths will be drawn on your behalf.”

Tears began to stream down the commanders cheek as he watched. There was no sound at that point but the moist choking of the dieing stallion. “Fine you fucking monster, you win. Just get him help and I will give you everything.”

A grin spread across Pinpoints lips as he glanced over towards the Princess, her eyes were wide and he knew right then that this was not what she had in mind. It didn't matter at this point, he had won and he was far from done. “ Very well then, I suggest you talk fast he does not have all day.”

The commander wasted no time in spitting what he had out. “ Our plans were to weaken the kingdom, taking out the royalty on a low to high priority basis. We were going to take the new Princess and use her to keep the heat on all of you. To throw you off. And with her out of the way we have our men at the Crystal Kingdom strike Cadence while your focus was pulled towards Twilight. From that point it would be constant strikes upon Canterlot until you finally broke. Now thats all I know so let us go.”

Pinpoints eyes turned to Celestia. “Do you have what you need from them Princess?” Even through the distaste in her eyes, Pinpoint could see a victorious glimmer as she nodded her head. The nod was returned as he stepped behind the brother and took a deep breath before firing a round through his skull.

The commander once again struggled against the ropes that bound him against the chair. “What the hell? You agreed to help him you fucking coward.” he screamed with his eyes locked onto Pinpoint as he slowly walked up to him with an expression devoid of any emotion.

“And I did exactly as I promised.” he said as pressed the warm barrel against the commanders neck. “I gave him an out, he is no longer in pain. You however, will have his blood on your hooves as you suffer your last few moment.” Pinpoint was far to gone into his own hysteric mind to hear the Princess's screams for him to stop as he fired the pistol through the commanders throat. No one knew what to do as the enemy sat there gasping for air as Pinpoint just stared at him, his eyes cold until the stallion died.