A spaceship had landed safely in a cave. A sandy cave of some sort. No one would even dare and try look for it here. Opening the hatch, Alizarin Crimson walked out and began to search for the cave. He had to take safety precautions if he needed to turn this cave into his temporary headquarters.

Throughout the search, the heat never bothered him. His battlesuit concealed every single part of his body. In fact, it kept him warmer. His mask was worn to not only conceal his identity, but to also work as a HUD that makes his work easier to do. The lightning gauntlets he also wore was a hidden self-defense mechanism to gain an upper-hand over his enemies. However, they were rarely used since most of his kills were quite easy.

After checking that the cave was clean, Alizarin got to work. First, he activated his scout droids to pinpoint the entire country he is in since after landing on this planet. These droids were completely harmless, since it only serves as markers for his map. After the boot-up process, the droids flew out of the cave to do their job. Alizarin went back into the ship to check the map.

Waiting for the markers to pop up on his holographic map, he thought about the job. Collecting bounties was a way to earn a lot of rewards and boost his reputation. But eliminating royalty? This was something rare. When he found out that other bounty hunters did not approach the job, Alizarin took it. This was his first intergalactic bounty. He wanted to rise up to the challenge. This could boost his reputation, which could get him more offers to hire him.

Moments later, the markers began to pop up on the map. There were no names, but he did not care. All he cared was that the locations began to pop up on the map as he revised all of them. Somehow they were not that hard since the names were not so complex as other planets were. In fact, it was the easiest of them all. Anthropomorphia. It was not as strange as any other planet name.

Yet he does not know what they look like. When you are in a new place, everything looks unfamiliar to you. Everyone knows that. So, Alizarin will have to trust his own instincts to get past through the environments he would have to get to. Looking up on his map, he was currently in a desert in the south west. No wonder the heat was really strong. Thank goodness he wore a mask. He would not be able to breathe properly if the wind was strong.

A few hours later, the scout droids had finally returned as they flew back into the spaceship. Taking each and every one of them onto the scanner, the landscape of the country slowly began to appear on the map. This made it easier for him as he would be able to predict what kind of environments each destination had in order to go through. Speaking of which...

Traveling was not a problem to the bounty hunter. After a moment of silence, Alizarin sped off from out of the ship and cave with his hoverbike. The bike matched the same colour as Alizarin's battlesuit. Crimson.

Looking up on the map of his HUD, his first destination was a forest called Everfree. The name sounded less menacing than any forest he had been. It may not be populated, but it was a start for searching.

The Everfree Forest was quite a mysterious place for such a forest. Deadly, maybe. But still mysterious. It was difficult for him to drive properly considering the obstacles that came in his way. Looking up at the sky, he could not tell what the time was now. It was strange, really. Having some sort of deity to move the sun and the moon was outright ridiculous. It was something that would come out from a myth. Then again, he was on another planet. Anything could happen.

Finally stopping, he got off his hoverbike to rest. With him using it for most of the time, he needed to save up his fuel. It was going to be a long journey. He sat on a log to allow the fuel to recharge. It would take 3 minutes each for each percentage to go up. Alizarin wished that this planet had power banks to install in his hoverbike. Then the charging rate would go faster.

"Start sucking, bitch!"

Alizarin heard a voice. It sounded aggressive and deep. Slowly, he got up and crept through the forest. He was going as quiet and subtle, making sure that no footstep could be heard. He stood behind the tree and looked over.

What he saw was some sort of brown-furred bipedal creature with antlers holding on to another biped's head, shoving some sort of reproductive organ down the throat. Looking closely, she was some sort of yellow-furred equine and had a collar around her neck right under her pink-mane. What caught Alizarin off-guard was that there were tears coming out of her emerald eyes.

"Ah...after all that searching, you can give me some relief." the caribou said.

Relief? The bounty hunter did not know what was going on, but something on his HUD told him that the caribou creature was of aggressive nature and had to be put down immediately before any difficulties could happen. Slowly unsheathing his sword from his scabbard, he began to creep up from behind. Small steps were made and blue flames rose from the blade. When he finally got close, he rose up and swung his blade.

It all happened so quickly. The steel was aimed at the neck. Because of that, the head was lopped off cleanly and it rolled down on the grass. Blood spurted out of the open and the steel had left the blue flames on the stumps. The equine wondered why the caribou's grip was softened. When she looked up, shock was plastered to her face as she saw her captor's headless body. Blood was sprayed all over her face. She removed the genitals from her mouth as she backed away from the collapsed body. The bounty hunter was also covered in blood. But because his suit matched the colour, it was really hard to tell.

Alizarin looked at the mare as she could move away in fear. Slowly, he began to walk towards her as she continued to back away. Just when he got closer, she closed her eyes as she braced for her fears.

Ten seconds of silence passed.

...

Nothing.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw a picture in front of her. Alizarin was holding out a poster of his bounty.

"Have you seen this creature?" he asked. Cold, metallic and stoic. These are the words that anyone could describe his voice. The mare could only shake her head.

Alizarin took the poster away as he began to walk off.

"Wait!"

He looked back as he saw the mare struggling to get up.

"Who are you?" she asked. He stared at her in silence, not giving an answer. After that moment, he turned his back to her and continued off.

"Wait." She managed to walk towards him albeit slowly as she could feel her legs sore from the beating she received earlier.

"Thanks for rescuing me here. If it weren't for you, I would've become his fuck-toy for the rest of my life," she said in a grateful tone.

The bounty hunter continued to walk off.

"Hold on!" she tried to stop him, which worked for a brief moment.

"At least let me help you take down these assholes. It's the least I can do." she offered.

There was something nagging him in his gut. A part of him told him to leave her, since she could become a hindrance to his mission. On the other hand, she looked very defenseless yet determined and it reminded him of...

...himself.

Shaking his head, he looked straight at her. It turned into a stare. Finally, it seemed to soften.

"Stay out of my way. That's what you can do."

The mare was about to protest, but the bounty hunter gave a deathly glare that froze her up. With no objections, Alizarin walked off.

Alizarin Crimson stood in the outskirts of Ponyville, his sword in his hand. What was once a colourful town turned into a shell of its former self. He felt like there was something bad about to happen, but this was a chance to find his target. Taking a deep breath, he began his move. Looking for a nearby alley, Alizarin crept through the streets. When he looked around, his sight was full of what he saw earlier from just now.

All over the streets, male caribou and few stallions were overpowering mares with their brute strength, using their sexual reproductive organs on them and roughly engaging vigorous intercourse. All of these actions were completely forceful. He also noticed some of the mares crying through all this while others seemed to enjoy it. The sounds of muffled moans and screams were all over the town like a sea of sick fantasies. Alizarin was really confused. But what caught his attention were the collars and the different colours on each of them. They seemed very cryptic to him, yet they did not matter much. All he needed to do was to eliminate his target.

All of the sudden, the males stopped what they were doing and looked at a certain direction. But the mares continued to suck on their glans. Alizarin slowly turned to see what they were focused on.

And it was a big deal.

There stood the King of the Caribou, Dainn. The beast stood tall and proud, with his tall penis hanging down between his legs. This was him. The one that had a bounty placed on his head.

"Fellow caribou and stallions!" Dainn began. "Today is a momentous occasion that marks the 6th month of the Caribou rule of Equestria!"

The caribou and stallions roared, but the stallions sounded less enthusiastic. The females just continued, but Alizarin could notice a few hidden dirty looks.

"So I shall conduct an orgy of marefucking!" Dainn proudly announced, which gotten an enthusiastic response from the caribou and a few hidden looks of horror on the mares. "So do not be afraid of sharing your slaves! Take your pick and enjoy the festivities as I..."

At this point, Alizarin got to work as he snuck into one of the buildings. Climbing on the roof, he took out his Gauss rifle from the back aimed properly.

Slow and steady...

Calculate the wind...

Zoom in the scope...

Aim...

Charge...

And fire...

BAM!

It all happened so suddenly. First thing Dainn was giving a speech, and now everything was silent. Everyone was looking at the front. There were looks of shock that were all over the crowd as they witnessed the spectacle in front of them.

"Kill him!" King Dainn shouted.

Alizarin was pretty unlucky when one of Dainn's guards accidentally moved in front of him. This was a minor--. No. Major setback to his objective. As soon as Dainn caught him, the alarm was raised and caribou guards were already after him. With no other options present, he began to jump down from the roof and land safely on the street. With each caribou or stallion running towards him, Alizarin decided to put his quickshot skills to the test as the distance was getting closer.

BAM!

One through the heart.

BAM!

One in the eye.

BAM!

One in the leg.

BAM!

One through the throat.

As he kept on firing, the more that fell, the more numbers it grew. By this time, he was almost out of bullets. He wished that he brought his fusion grenades or paralyzing darts. So he decided to resort to an alternative. Switching his weapon, he unsheathed his sword and broke out into a stance.

He began to hack and slash his way through the waves of incoming enemies. Antlers flew around, blood was splattered all over the ground, limbs being cut off and internal organs were sprawled all over the place, creating decorations for Dainn's "festival". And as he kept on fighting his way through, the blue flames of his sword began to rise as Alizarin's merciless onslaught continued.

Bored with this massacre, Dainn decided to end this foolishness by casting a green energy bolt towards the attacker. Thanks to his HUD however, Alizarin managed to sidestep the oncoming projectile.

Slightly.

He felt a burn in his arm and clutched onto it. It was only a minor wound as it grazed it. However, he needed to keep on going to get to his target. But the numbers kept on growing until...

"Hey!"

Alizarin looked behind and saw his hoverbike speeding into Ponyville, running over some of the caribou. The rider was the same mare from the forest.

"Get on!"

Without hesitation, Alizarin jumped on as they left the town in quick haste. The town was in silence as Dainn looked on at the retreating form.

"Uh...sir?" One of the guards asked.

"Prepare the train. We return to Canterlot immediately. It seems that a new threat has entered the fray." The King ordered. While his tone was neutral, most caribou guards would know that he was in a bad mood.

"Yes sir." The guards left as Dainn looked on.

"Who are you?" He wondered to himself.

The hoverbike was speeding through the desert, as the heat began to tense. Alizarin's back was touching the mare's as he needed to watch out for any oncoming pursuers.

"When did you learn how to fly my hoverbike?" Alizarin asked.

"Just...lucky. I guess?" the mare's response was rather sheepish and awkward, but the bounty hunter paid no mind to it. He was still grateful for the help.

When they arrived back in the cave, the mare was amazed that the spaceship. To her, it was really strange since no one has ever seen something this big. Alizarin merely got off and walked into the ship. Snapping back to focus, she slowly followed him.

The bounty hunter was reporting through today's events in his digital journal. With this, he will not try to make the same mistakes as he did just now.

"I-I never got to tell you my name."

Alizarin turned around to look at the mare, who was looking back at him with a shy demeanor.

"I'm Caramel Apple. What's your name?"

Alizarin stared long and hard at her. She did rescue him when he did the same to her. That was definitely one way in building the foundation of trust.

"Alizarin. Alizarin Crimson."

Author's Note

Advice would be great.