An Advanced Warfare

"To be a little more s-specific, we started running as fast as possible as we were shot at by Atlas soldiers." Lorani sniffled, tears threatening to leave her eyes. "But he was shot. I went back t-to help him but he u-urged me to r-run away, to leave h-him behind." she choked out. The mood in the room of her abode turned very depressing and the story-telling did not help.

Ray wrapped his hoof around her shoulders, giving her a pitiful look, it was a small action but it affected Lorani greatly. She started blushing furiously and turned her head away from Ray. Oblivious to her blush, Ray just simply let out a small smile. The mare carefully leaned against his chest, letting a small portion of her tears pour out. The tears soaked into Ray's coat but he didn't mind.

All he did was let out a sad breath, his eyes closed as he remembered once again his family's death. He believed that it was his fault. When he was young, he was stupid, gambling, doing business with wrong people, and he was not as vigilant about himself like today. There was a chance that due to his actions, somehow he gave away his father's location and his mother was killed to remove trace of the death. The Assassins knew that Ray would not know what to do but to run.

Lorani sniffled for a moment and fought the urge to let out a few more tears but she knew that she would just look weak to the stallion, who made her feel extremely nervous, yet comforted. It was certainly a strange sensation, for nervousness and comfort did not exactly mix. She let out a breath and continued, "That stallion, was my b-brother. Ever since, I tried to lay low, but I needed bits so I had to get a job, which didn't take long for Atlas to find me." Ray only tightened his embrace but not so tight that the embrace became uncomfortable.

Ray then whispered into her ear, "I'm sorry for your loss, I too had my mother taken away from me. But the difference is that they took my father too." she gasped at this. "I know how much it hurts to remember what happened, but is there anything that you can tell me about the Atlas plans, a number, serial code, shape, anything. It would help greatly."

Lorani took a moment to wipe the tears on her cheek with her hoof, memories resurfacing like water breaking through a dam. "I-It had a serial code, I assume for the plans, it was a number I could never forget. The code was AD1034... I think Atlas still has it though."

Ray was surprised at this, for this was a file he found about two days ago. 'So are Sentinel planning to use those document that we retrieved to attack Atlas? Are we seriously about to do this?'

"Thank you." Ray said softly to the mare. He seemed calm but inside his mind, there were thoughts raging through his mind. Lorani started thinking about the past and she started sobbing, not uncontrollably but she was letting out the tears that she had been trying so hard to contain. A few minutes of this was bared as the saddened mare cried herself out. The pace of her breathing told Ray that she was asleep, hopefully in a peaceful slumber.

The stallion smiled at the sight of this. She looks so cute like this... he thought as he looked over her as the light from the street reflected over her body as if she was an angel. The light made it clear that her mane was dark blue with a touch of purple. The light complimenting her body and showed the muscles that she hid from the public. The dark blue mare was still asleep as Ray brought her over to what seemed to be her bed. After this, he trotted out of the room, escaping through a window.

He jumped and rolled when he hit the ground, removing any danger of permanent damage. The realization hit him just then what he had thought a few seconds ago. His cheeks flooded with light red as he trotted down the street, his gaze unfocused. 'Why am I feeling so many strange feelings in my chest?'

'Well, there's the alarm. Well, I should head back to the room, I should get some sleep soon. Ray thought as he quickly put his hood up and shot a grappling hook onto a rooftop ledge, startling some ponies. It really was not a sight you see everyday, a pony randomly shooting some sort of hook out of their wrist and randomly flying when they lack wings.

He was launched up and past the rooftop ledge as he hooked onto another ledge, pulling him from his previous position. The minute he reached the wall that the ledge was held firm by, he quickly put both his hind hooves onto the wall, pushing him off the wall and into the sky once again. Ray fell into a free-fall and before he hit the ground, shot a rope dart from his hidden blades that allowed him to swing just past a stray ledge on a shop.

Ponies looked up, and some took photos, which did not help him. He landed on a ledge and started jumping from ledge to ledge for his Assassin parkour skills cannot be weakened or that may end to his demise if he lost his equipment.

Ray barely missed the window that opened right in front of him along with a shocked pony that turned into an angry one. 'Sheesh, I didn't hit your window.' he was thinking as he jumped a large gap between ledges, barely able to make contact with the ledge as he pulled himself up. With a small huff, the situation was dealt with. He yawned as he quickly opened his window with his grappling hooks, opening so fast that he was afraid that they would break. Immediately he jumped right through, closing his window in the process and leaping onto his bed, falling into a deep slumber.