The Search for Con Mane

A few hours after Thunder and Spear were knocked out, just after sunset, the two finally wake up.

“Ugh…” Thunder moaned, vision slowly clearing up. When he looks around, he tries to get up, only to realize he’s tied to the table he is on, his friend Spear tied to a chair across the room.

“What the…” Spear said realizing what’s going on. “THUNDER?!”

“Over here Spear!” Thunder yelled back at him.

Spear looks over to Thunder in shock. “What’s going on?!” Spear then struggles to get free, but nothing works.

Thunder also struggles, but have no results aswell.

Then, two of the three stallions who knocked them out trot in, carrying a guard in Dark Blue armor, not yellow, meaning he is a night guard.

“LET ME GO!” Yelled the guard, struggling to untie himself.

The pegasus laughed, and throws him onto a table next to Thunder, tying him to it.

“Night Shadow?! How did you get here?” Thunder asked the frightened night guard.

The night guard, name being Night Shadow, looks over to Thunder.

“Thunder?! SPEAR?! What the hell is going on?!” asked the scared guard.

“Don’t ask me.” Spear groaned.

Then, an earth pony with a light brown coat and an auburn mane trots in.

“Ah, you’re up.” Said the earth pony, with an evil grin on his face.

“Umm… Could somepony explain what is going on, and why we are here?” Thunder asked, extremely confused.

The earth pony then trots up to Thunder, and grabs his wing, slowly twisting it.

“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH STOP!!!!!!!!!” screamed Thunder, in tremendous pain.

“You want me to keep going?” asked the earth pony. “Then shut up with the questions.” He then lets go of Thunder’s wing, and trots over to Night Shadow. “Ah, Night Shadow. How great of you to join your friends. Remember, uh, back in 2010? When you arrested my friends after robbing that bank?”

“Yes.. Yes I do Goldbar… I was fresh out of training too..” Night replied.

“And now look at you… Tied up with your friends… Such a shame you three won’t make it out alive…” Goldbar said to the three, before walking over to a table, then walking back with a knife in his hoof. “Now, I’m not going to kill any of you……yet……I’m just going to torture you… The torturing of not one, but THREE guards, especially two of Shining Armor’s best guards is enough to make Equestria cower before me, which is also part of the master plan.”

“Master plan? What master plan?!” Thunder nervously asked.

“Oh, look at that, the little guard wants to know.” He then trots up to Thunder, and opens up one of his wings, and shoves his knife into it, nailing it to the table.

“GAAAAAH.” Thunder hissed in pain, then struggling to get free from the ropes.

Goldbar then twisted the knife in Thunder’s wing, making it hurt even more.

“AAAHH STOP IT!!” Thunder screamed, begging Goldbar to take the knife out.

“I don’t see why I need to, Thunder.” replied Goldbar, twisting the knife even more.

“H-how do you know my….n-name?” Thunder weakly asked.

“Many ponies know your name, Thunder. You’re one of Shining Armor’s best guards, why wouldn’t anypony know you? You’re also the stallion that stopped my friends back in 1996. It’s a shame your dad isn’t here to help you now.” replied Goldbar, ripping the knife out of Thunder’s wing.

“Wh-why are you doing this to us?” Spear asked.

“Because, I can. I will make sure all three of you are dead by tomorrow morning. No questions asked. Shadow Blaze, Dark Bolt, keep an eye on them.” Goldbar said to the unicorn and pegasus stallions, trotting out the door.

“Yes sir.” Said the two stallions, looking over to the three guards with evil grins.

Night Shadow then gulped.

“Oh yeah, if they try anything funny, kill them. In case they don’t, kill them anyways tomorrow morning.” Said Goldbar, trotting back into the room, then back out the door.

“Yes sir. We will sir.” Said Dark Bolt the pegasus stallion.

After a couple of hours, the three lose all hope in getting rescued.

“Well guys… It looks like it ends here… *sigh*” said a slightly depressed Thunderblast.

“It can’t… They have to be looking for us….” replied a nervous Night Shadow.

“Just accept it Night. They aren’t coming for us…” said Spear.

The three then decide to tell jokes and talk about their best times, and worst, now that they know that they won’t get out alive.

“So then, I was walking into the hallway, then I-.”

Right when Night Shadow was telling them a story, there’s a loud explosion, and dust fills the room.

“What…*cough*… the freak?!” Spear said in shock.

When the dust cleared, a tan unicorn stallion with a brown mane and a black tuxedo on runs into the room, and starts untying the three.

“Are you three alright??” asked the stallion.

“We are now..” Spear replied

“Thank you.. *cough* ..for coming for us…” said Thunder, still coughing from the dust.

“Come on, we need to get out of here.” Said the unicorn.

The unicorn then leads Thunder, Spear, and Night out of the room and upstairs, only to be greeted by another earth pony.

“Going somewhere?” Said the earth pony, aiming a gun at their faces.

The unicorn then pulls out a whip, and he makes it wrap around the earth pony’s hoof, throwing the gun out of it, and the pony into a wall.

“AAAAAH.” Screamed the earth pony just before slamming into the wall.

“This way!” The unicorn shouted, pointing to another doorway.

When they enter the room, they are stopped by four more pegasus stallions with guns.

“End of the line for you, Con Mane!” said one of the pegasi.

“Oh I don’t think so.” Said the unicorn, pulling a taser out of his pouch, and stunning all four of them at once.

“WOAH.” Yelled a shocked Thunderblast.

“That……was……AWWWEEEESOME!!” said Night Shadow, smiling from what the unicorn just did.

“Ah it was nothing. Come on.” The unicorn replied, running over to a door and outside the warehouse they are in, then he presses a button on his watch, and a black car drives up in front of them. “Get in!” he shouted, waving his hoof for them to get in.

Thunder, Spear, and Night run up to the car, admiring it with their jaws dropped.

“Woahohoho! Where did you get this car? I thought cars weren't used anymore!” asked Spear.

“Doesn’t matter right now. Get in!” he said.

They all get into the car, and it drives off at a high speed, then they drive towards the edge of the city, being chased by more stallions.

The unicorn then looked in his mirror. “Oh no…”

“What? What is it?” Asked Thunder.

“They’re following us.” Replied the unicorn.

“Who is?!” Spear replied, peeking his head out the window, then ducking back in as a bullet flies past him. “WOAH.”

“Just keep your head in the car, and hang on!” The unicorn said, stepping down on the pedal to go faster.

The other ponies chasing the four soon catch up to them, and start to shoot.

“CRAP!” The unicorn said, looking into his mirror just before it gets shot out.

“Why are they chasing us?!” asked Night Shadow.

“They want you three. I’ll explain it all later. For now, you, grey, take the wheel.” Said the unicorn.

“What?! Why?” Thunder responded.

“Just drive.” he replied, just before teleporting away.

Thunder then franticly took the wheel, while the unicorn teleported next to one of the ponies in the cars behind him.

“Surprise.” He said smiling.

“What the..?!” the pony said in surprise, just before getting pushed out of the car.

The unicorn teleported onto the roof of another car, planting a small device on the roof, blowing the car to pieces, and sending the unicorn flying onto the hood of another car, hanging on for dear life.

“Lookie, lookie. Lil’ Con Mane thinks he can stop us.” Said another unicorn driving the car, then pulling out a pistol. “See you in hell.” He said, about to pull the trigger.

“Maybe later.” He replied, just before he planted another device, which covered the windshield in oil.

“AAAH!” the pony screamed, losing control of the car, causing it to turn and flip over, the tan unicorn teleporting away just in time.

“Where’d he go?” Thunder asked, still driving.

“Boo.” The unicorn said, now sitting next to Thunder.

“What the?!” Thunder said.

“They shouldn’t be following us anymore. Keep driving, we need to get to Manehattan.” The unicorn replied

“Woah woah woah, Manehattan? Why?” Thunder asked.

“Don’t ask, just drive.” The unicorn replied.

“No, we need some answers.” said Spear. “Who are you, who were they, why were they following us, and why the hell are we going to Manehattan?”

“Ugh. My name is Con Mane.” He answered.

“CON MANE?! The secret agent from the movies?” Night Shadow asked.

“Maybe…” he replied.

“Still though, why are we going to Manehattan?” Thunder asked.

“I need to get you three into witness protection, they are looking for you.” Con Mane replied.

“Heck no, we can defend ourselves!” Night said to the unicorn.

“Like you defended yourselves when you got kidnapped?” he replied.

“….Good point….” Night said back.

Not long later, after they’ve left the industrial part of Canterlot, Con Mane asks Thunder to pull over.

“Why are we stopping here? I thought you wanted to go to Manehattan.” Thunder said.

“I do.. But I can’t bring you with me..” he replied, letting the three out of the car.

He then throws out a small metal ball in front of Spear, which releases a purple gas, causing the three to fall asleep on the sidewalk, then driving off.