Colgate's Practice 3: Nipping the Problem in the Bud

Late that afternoon Colgate, Pearly and two soldiers boarded a train set for Canterlot. While there were a few ponies on the train, they did not draw any attention to themselves despite Colgate and Pearly having their saddle bags filled with everything they needed. On the way up there they remained quiet as they knew that if they discussed anything, even mundane, ordinary things that they could bring unwanted attention to themselves. Once they arrived in Canterlot they headed straight to the castle.

When they arrived at the entrance they were confronted by two guards. One of the guards asked, "Who comes here and what is thy reason for coming?"

Colgate replied, "I am Colgate, head of the Equestrian Dental Association. She pointed her wing to her left and continued, "To my left are General Pearly Whites and two of our soldiers. We need to speak to Queen Luna."

The attitude of the guard changed entirely when she told him this. He smiled and said, "Follow me, I shall lead you to the throne room."

They followed the guard to the throne room where they are met by Luna. "Colgate, Pearly! We are most happy to see thee!" Her facial expression then changed to one of concern and asked, "Colgate, where is Amethyst? Why didn't she come with thee?"

Colgate replied, "Well she isn't feeling overly well so she is staying with her parents right now."

Luna frowned, "And why are thou coming here when Amethyst needs thou by her side?, when she needs the one she loves the most by her side?"

Colgate had a feeling that eventually Luna would find out the truth but knew that she could not tell her the truth as to what is really going on because it may cause Luna to not grant her permission to charter a private train so she needed to lie, "Well you see, we have discovered that there are a few very bad patients that need to be punished."

Pearly added, "We asked Amethyst if she wanted us to wait until she felt better but she said that she would just stay with her folks while we went and did this. She insisted that this was extremely important and didn't want to be the reason it was delayed."

Luna replied, "Alright." She sighed and asked, "We take it that thou wishes to charter a private, royal train to go and abduct these bad patients?"

Colgate replied, "Yes your Majesty, that is what we are hoping you would let us do. It would make things much easier if we can round them up, get them on a train and then get them back home so we can take care of them."

Luna asked, "Colgate, where dost thou wish to take this private train to?"

Colgate replied, "Well we need to go to Fillydelphia, that is where the bad patients are. I would then need to take it to Dodge Junction so we can take them into the badlands and make use of that bunker. Then I was thinking we could return to Ponyville while the train would be returned to Canterlot."

Luna said, "Hmmm.....that will take quite some time and will be a great distance but we shall grant you use of a royal train." She got up from her throne, headed towards the door and continued, "Follow us, we shall lead thee to the train station."

The four followed Luna to the train station and led them to the royal train, which was parked on a separate set of tracks. She headed to the pony operating the switch for the tracks and ordered, "We need thou to switch the tracks so the royal train can get on the main tracks." She saw the engineer who operates the private train relaxing in the back and shouted, "We need thee to take the royal train to Fillydelphia."

The engineer headed to the train without questioning the queen. She pointed her wing at Colgate and continued, "Thou shalt take orders from Colgate. She shall tell thee where to go, where to stop and when to do so."

Colgate hugged Luna and said, "Thank you your Majesty. I really appreciate it."

Luna replied, "Don't mention it. Thou should know that being part of our inner circle, that thou would be allowed use of our train."

Colgate waved goodbye to the queen and the four climbed aboard the train. The switch operator activated the switch and the train took off. Colgate and her companions sat back and relaxed as they knew this was going to be a very long trip.

Eight hours later Colgate was woken by the train pulling into the station. The engineer yelled back, "We have arrived in Fillydelphia. We're pulling off the main tracks so we can stay as long as we need."

Colgate yelled, "Thanks." She looked at her general and soldiers and said, "Alright troops, let's make sure we have everything we need and go acquire our targets."

They got off the train and headed into the city. While Pearly and the two soldiers had no clue about the layout of the city, since Colgate lived there for a few years she knew the city very well. Pearly asked, "Colgate, do you know where we are going?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, I do. The baking academy is on the far south end of town. I am certain that the Cakes will be headed there to the dorms if they have not arrived already. Just follow me over there and we should eventually see them."

Her soldiers followed her but Pearly had his doubts as to whether they would actually be so lucky to run into them there as he believed that they would need to search the city for them. He asked, "Colgate, are you sure that is going to be the best way to do this? With it being their spring break, what if they stay with their folks in a hotel room?"

Colgate rolled her eyes but knew that he could be right. She replied, "That is true." Her stomach began to rumble and she continued, "I'm hungry, let's go find a place to eat."

Given that it was 0100 there were not a lot of places to eat, except for a diner that was open 24 hours a day. They went in and were promptly seated as nopony else was in the diner at that time. Naturally Colgate ordered a double cheeseburger plain with pretzels and a diet pop, like she always does when she eats out. Her soldiers have heard about what she expects out of those who eat out with her and ordered the same thing.

While they were enjoying their meal four other ponies entered the diner. Colgate looks over and is ecstatic. It is the Cake Family, all four of them, coming in to grab a bite to eat. Colgate mumbled to her company, "There they are! Now we can hang around and wait until they leave."

Pearly asked, "Don't you think the cashier will wonder why we are waiting so long after we finish our meal to leave?"

Colgate replied, "We can keep on getting refills on our pop and they won't say anything. Once they get up to leave to pay, then we will do the same thing. We will follow them out, take them to a dark alley, sedate them just a bit, lead them to the train station, get them on board and then knock them out!"

Pearly asked, "You have this planned out very well, don't you?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, I do. Remember, my whole life I have always thought three or four steps ahead of everypony else."

They wouldn't have to wait too long to go after the Cakes as they only ordered a small snack. Once they finished eating they headed up to the register to pay, and were immediately followed by Colgate and her troops. They see one another at the register and Carrot Cake greets them. He asks, "Hi Colgate, how's it going? What brings you to town?"

Colgate replied, "Oh I'm doing alright. I along with a few of my friends had to come and check on a patient at the dental hospital. We thought we would check out the night life here and I'm kind of disappointed, there isn't much of any night life here."

Pound Cake interrupted, "And that is why dad was so happy we came here. He wanted us to go to a place where we can focus on our studies and not be lured by clubs like we would have been in Manehattan or Las Pegasus."

Colgate smiled and replied, "Well hopefully all goes well for you and your studies. You have a good one."

They left the cafe and Colgate quickly paid for their meal and they left. As they left the cafe they saw that the Cakes had headed down the street towards the academy's dorms. The city was very quiet that night so they would be able to get them sedated rather easily. Colgate said, "Come on guys, let's go get them!"

They stampeded towards the Cakes and quickly caught up to them. Colgate's horn was glowing a bright bluish white when she yelled, "Freeze!"

This scared the Cakes and they froze in their tracks. Colgate levitated the syringes with light sedatives out of her saddle bags and quickly injected her new prisoners with them. Very quickly the four were a bit disoriented. They were able to walk but mentally had almost no clue as to what was going on around them. Colgate ordered, "Alright guys, grab one and let's lead them to the station. I'll grab the patriarch. Let's get going!"

The Cake Family was staggering a bit as Colgate and her troops led them to the station. To the few ponies who were out and about, it appeared as though the Cakes were simply drunks that were being led home. An hour later they arrived back at the station. They climbed on board and fully sedated the Cakes. Colgate asked the engineer, "Could you notify the pony operating the switches that we need to go?"

The engineer followed orders and then got the train going. He shouted back, "Colgate, where are we going?"

Colgate replied, "We're going to Dodge Junction."

Colgate returned to where her soldiers were holding their new captives. She looked down and saw that they were not moving but were breathing, which made her very happy. Her happiness would be short lived though as she realized that it would be light once they arrived at their next stop. Her eyes became filled with disgust as she sighed, "Damn it, how could I have forgot it would be light when we get to Dodge Junction? How the hell are we going to get them off the train?"

Pearly replied, "Colgate, we have a body bag for each one of them so there shouldn't be anything to worry about."

Colgate snapped, "I know that but still, if anypony sees us levitating four body bags into the hills they are going to wonder what is going on. We will be suspected."

One of the soldiers asked, "But Luna knows we are making a stop here and she knows that we are taking prisoners up to the bunker so wouldn't she just clear us anyway?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, that is true." She breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Sorry for snapping at you guys but you know how paranoid I get."

A few hours later the train pulls into the station and the engineer notifies them that they had reached their destination. Colgate injects a powerful dose of sedatives into their captives and puts them in body bags. She said, "Alright guys, let's get them off the train and head out into the badlands. It is a long hike."

While she expected the ponies in town to look at them oddly as they headed through town levitating body bags, nopony even noticed them. It was a cooler than normal day in the desert so the hike would not be as uncomfortable as Colgate thought it would be. Pearly's stomach was growling. He asked, "Colgate, will we be going anywhere near that oasis?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, we will be. We can't stay there forever but I do have enough sedatives with me that we can stay there for a while."

An hour later they arrived at the oasis. The four began to guzzle water and devour apples as they knew that this was not going to be a short torture session. Fifteen minutes later Colgate shouted, "Come on guys, I don't want to have to sedate them again. I don't have an infinite supply of it."

They continued their hike towards the bunker and soon arrived at the entrance. Colgate headed towards where a hole in the side of the cliff was located. She lowered her horn and placed it in the hole. It began to glow as she recited,

"The bunker is locked, from thy enemies it is blocked,
Crimes of the enemy must be paid for, to do this thou must unlock the door,
In we take the enemy, of which there are many
Inside we kill the bright ones, and the days of light shall be done."

The door slid open and the four began to head in. Colgate fired a powerful bolt of energy into the bunker to light all the torches as she had done before. Pearly knew the way to the innermost torture chamber but he did not know the way to any other torture chamber. He asked, "Colgate, are we going to be taking them all the way to the back like we did the Apples?"

Colgate replied, "No. I have a different place in mind to take them. Trust me though. There are plenty of fun things that we can do to them in there!"

They navigated their way through the maze for thirty minutes until they reached what appeared to be a dead end. One of the soldiers asked, "Colgate, why did you lead us here? This is a dead end."

Colgate sighed, "This isn't a dead end. Don't question me, ok?"

Colgate placed her horn in the hole and fired some energy. The door slid open and the four took their captives inside. The first thing they noticed was the stench of rotted corpses. Pearly actually began to throw up it smelled so bad. One of the soldiers asked, "Eww....what in the hay is that smell?"

Colgate walked over to the long rotted corpses of Doctor Whooves and Twinkleshine. She laughed, "It is so good to see you two again!" She kicked Twinkleshine's remains and continued, "What's that dear? You're not glad to see me?"

One of the soldiers asked, "Colgate, are you talking to a skeleton?"

Colgate laughed, "Yeah I am but she wasn't very happy to see me." The soldier was about to say something when Colgate ordered, "Alright everypony, we need to really knock these four out. I don't want them coming to while we are securing them."

Colgate grabbed the syringes with the strongest sedatives and injected it into their necks. Within two minutes Colgate could tell that they would not come to, regardless of how they decided to secure them. Colgate pointed her hoof towards a chair with metallic instruments on it and ordered, "Pearly, secure Carrot Cake in there. We should have plenty of fun with him." She pointed her wing towards the wall behind the chair that Carrot Cake was going to be secured in and continued, "I want the rats secured in those hoof cuffs on the wall while I hang Cup Cake from those cuffs hanging from the ceiling."

After Colgate got Cup Cake secured in the hoof cuffs, she stepped on a stone that caused the floor to open up underneath the matriarch of the Cake Family. The smell of sulfur suddenly filled the room. One of the soldiers starts coughing and asked, "Ugh, the smell of those bodies was bad enough, what the hay is that smell?"

Colgate, unlike her soldiers, was completely unaffected by either odor. She pointed her wing down at the underground pool and replied, "This is a pool of sulfuric acid. It shall be part of the fun we will be having."

A couple hours later the Cakes were finally starting to come to. Carrot Cake was the first to come to. He looked up and had no clue where he was. He asked, "Ugh, where am I?"

Colgate walked up to him and replied, "Oh good, you're awake. I thought you would never wake up."

He looked up to see Colgate looking down at him with those malicious blue eyes. He looked around the room and discovered that not only was he being held captive, but so was the rest of his family. He saw his kids secured to the wall with hoof cuffs and saw his wife suspended in mid-air with hoof cuffs. He began to cry, "Why Colgate? What did we do to deserve this?"

Colgate smacked him and shouted, "What did you do, what did you do? I'll tell you exactly what you did, what all of you have done! You have done nothing but leave a wave of cavities in your wake everywhere you have gone! You have made the life of every dentist in Equestria a nightmare!" She smacked him harder and shouted louder, "Well no more, that ends today!"

He screamed, "You're killing us because other ponies won't take care of their teeth?"

Again Colgate smacked him and replied, "No Carrot Cake, we are not killing you because of that. We are killing you because your treats give other ponies cavities. I've had ponies who do brush and your crap still gives them cavities!"

His wife had finally gained full consciousness and discovered that she was suspended in mid-air by a couple of hoof cuffs. She shouted, "Help! What's going on? Somepony help me!"

Colgate bent down and bit one of the ribs off of Twinkleshine's skeleton and threw it at Cup Cake. She replied, "Oh, I see mama Cake is awake now too." She started to laugh, "I was worried you would miss out on the fun I have planned for us!"

She looked around to discover that not only was she being held captive, but so was the rest of her family. She shouted, "Colgate, you monster! Did you do this?"

Colgate replied, "Well not exactly. Yes I am the one who put you up there but it was these three who got the rest of your family secured."

Cup Cake noticed that her children still had not woke up yet. This infuriated her further and she screamed, "What did you do to my kids? Why aren't they awake?"

Colgate replied, "Oh geez, I probably gave them a bit more in the way of sedatives than I did you two. You know, with them being younger, I realized they could have become problematic in their transport."

As Cup Cake was getting ready to say something Pearly interrupted, "Colgate, the two rats are waking up."

Colgate replied, "Good." She walked over to where the Pound and Pumpkin cake were secured and continued, "So, I see the little rats are awake."

Pumpkin yelled, "You bitch, what are you doing to us?"

Colgate saw a brick laying on the floor beneath where the Cake kids were secured. She remembered how Pumpkin Cake would always suck on anything when she was a foal so she picked it up and rammed it into her mouth. She shouted, "Here Pumpkin, suck on this before you say something you might regret."

Pound shouted, "What does it matter what we say, you're going to kill us anyway."

She smacked him and yelled, "You don't know that little rat, I might have a change of heart and let you go IF you shut up and don't piss me off!"

Colgate was getting bored by simply yelling at their victims so she decided the time to start the torture had come. She walked over to Carrot Cake and activated a saw that was attached to the chair. She threw a switch and it began to lower it towards his left hind leg. Carrot Cake shouted, "Please no, not my leg!"

Colgate replied, "Alright, I'll stop lowering the saw but your wife might not like it."

He asked, "How could she not like it? I know she wouldn't want me to lose a leg."

Colgate pointed her wing towards the pool underneath where his wife was hanging. She asked, "You see that pool down there? There is a mechanism attached to the saw that if you have me stop lowering the saw, it will start to lower her towards that liquid." The stench of the sulfur had subsided by this point so he had no clue what kind of liquid it was.

Carrot Cake asked, "What kind of liquid is that? Is it water or something else?"

Colgate replied, "It might be water, it might be something else."

Carrot Cake asked Colgate to stop lowering the saw so she threw the switch to where the saw would stop lowering. Once it stopped lowering his wife began to be lowered towards the acid. He, just like how Doctor Hooves felt about Twinkleshine, decided that a little bath would not hurt her. She continued to be lowered lower and lower and eventually her hooves hit the acid. She began to scream in agony and also just like Doctor Hooves did, he screamed for Colgate to stop lowering her.

Colgate asked, "So do you want me to continue lowering the saw towards your leg?"

Carrot screamed, "Yes, please. Just stop hurting my wife!"

Colgate laughed, "Ok! Don't go complaining when you only have three legs!"

She activated the switch that would continue to lower the saw and stop lowering Cup Cake. As the saw continued to lower towards Carrot's leg Pound screamed, "Stop it! Don't hurt my dad!"

Pearly smacked him and shouted, "Shut up rat. He asked for it!"

Once the saw began to penetrate the family patriarch's leg he began to scream in pain, "Please, stop! It hurts so bad!"

Colgate laughed, "Well alright, but your precious wife won't like it!"

She activated the switch that stopped lowering the saw and lowered Cup Cake further into the acid. Her screams and cries began to get louder and louder, "Please, stop! Make it stop!"

Carrot Cake shouted, "Stop it. I don't care what you do to me, just stop lowering her!"

Colgate smacked him and laughed, "Well alright, but don't go whining anymore!"

She threw the switch and his wife's descent stopped while the saw continued to plow through his leg. As it cut through his bone his screams were so loud that Pearly and her soldiers covered their ears. Once the leg was cut off the saw stopped. Pumpkin spit the brick out of her mouth and shouted, "How dare you! How dare you do that to my dad!"

Colgate picked up her father's leg and began to savagely beat her with it. She shouted, "Shut up little rat! Unless you want to be forced to take part in your parents' death, you'll be quiet."

She began to sob quietly after the beating. Colgate patted her on the shoulder and asked, "Pumpkin, did your dad abuse you a lot as a foal?"

She screamed, "No, he did not abuse either one of us, ever!"

Colgate laughed, "Well until now!" She walked over to Carrot, gave him a stern look and asked, "Carrot Cake, do you not know how severe of a crime foal abuse is here in Equestria? Do you know you could be locked up for the rest of your life? Do you know you could be beat everyday for the rest of your life?"

He shouted, "I did not beat her. You took my leg and beat her with it."

Colgate smacked him and replied, "It doesn't matter. It was your leg that made contact with her so according to Equestrian law, you are a foal abuser and now you must pay the penalty!"

Carrot sneered, "Oh and what is that? Are you going to kill me?, cut another leg off?"

Colgate replied, "Well that isn't what they would have done up in Canterlot but taking another leg sounds like a good idea." She moved the saw to where it was over his front right leg. She continued, "Remember, you can have me stop it's descent but just like before, your wife won't like it!"

Cup Cake shouted, "Sugar Plum, don't let her take another leg, I'm not worth it!"

Colgate sighed, "Well Carrot, are you going to take her advice or do you wish to spare her any further pain?"

He replied, "Just take my leg."

Colgate laughed, "Excellent!" She threw the switch and the saw began it's descent towards his leg. Once it hit his leg he screamed out in pain begging her to stop. Colgate continued, "Alright, but your wife won't like it!"

She threw the switch again. The saw stopped and Cup Cake continued to be lowered into the acid. Her screams were much more agonizing than before and finally Carrot screamed, "Please stop lowering her! Do what you want to do to me but please stop hurting her!"

Colgate smacked him and shouted, "Would you make up your bucking mind?"

She threw the switch again and as the saw plowed through his front right leg he screamed louder than before. Finally the saw stopped on its own once it went all the way through his leg. Colgate was finished sawing his legs off and decided Cup Cake had taken enough of an acid bath so she threw a switch which raised her out of the acid. Her family looked over in horror to see that her hind legs had been stripped entirely of their hide, leaving bare bones.

Her family began to cry in agony. "Why Colgate, why must you be so brutal?" cried Pound Cake

Colgate grabbed his father's leg and beat him with it. She screamed, "Because ALL OF YOU are a cancer upon this world! You have done nothing but get ponies to eat your cavity causing treats for many decades and I can no longer allow that to happen!"

Colgate looked at Pearly and her soldiers and ordered, "Release the matriarch of the family from her bounds, just don't drop her in the acid. I still have plans for her."

They lowered her and stood her up on the floor not too far away from the acid pool. As soon as they let go of her so she could stand on her own, her back legs snapped in half because they could not support the weight of the rest of her body. When Pound and Pumpkin saw this, both of them began to struggle trying to free themselves from the hoof cuffs but to no avail. Colgate saw this and laughed, "So you two want out to save your mom? I'll let you out but there is one thing I must do first."

She levitated a brick and began to slam it into their hind legs, shattering their bones. Their cries were so loud that it was hurting everypony's ears, even Colgate's. Once she was finished she released them from their bounds. She kicked them and laughed, "Well little rats, now you can go over and save your mom."

Unable to walk, Pumpkin and Pound Cake had to pull their bodies forward using their front hooves. Once they got over to their mom Pound asked, "Colgate, so when are you going to release dad?"

Colgate walked and kicked him. She shouted, "When I'm damn good and ready little rat!" She began to stomp on Cup Cake and shouted, "Would you keep your damn rats quiet? They're driving me up the wall!"

Cup Cake asked, "Pound, Pumpkin, could you please be quiet so maybe Colgate won't be so mean to us?"

The two nodded as their captors stood above them. Colgate was staring at Pumpkin Cake and was licking her chops. She began to laugh, "You know Pearly, I had candy canes a while back so I am wondering, should I eat some pumpkin cake now?"

Cup Cake dragged herself to where she was laying in front of her daughter and angrily shouted, "No! You have hurt my daughter enough but you will NOT eat her!"

Colgate levitated the angry mother out of the way and pounced on Pumpkin. She began to rip the hide off of her flanks where her cutie marks were. Her victim was screaming in agony and thrashing about but it did no good. The blue Alicorn was far stronger than her and would not be denied. A few minutes later all that remained on the young mare's flanks were bitten off skin as Colgate had eaten her cutie marks. Colgate began to laugh, "Oh look at the blank flank guys! Isn't she just so pwecious!"

Pumpkin shouted, "Buck you Colgate!"

Colgate began to stomp on her face and shouted, "You shut up you filthy mouthed little rat! It is not wise to speak to me like that so now you must pay the penalty!"

In a furious rage she pounced on top of her and began ripping the hide off of her torso and devoured it. Soon the ribcage was visible. Colgate, like she has been with other victims recently, bit down and clamped on the ribcage and broke it open. Pumpkin was screaming and crying so loud that it was echoing off all the walls. Colgate smacked her and yelled, "Would you shut up! I'm sick and tired of hearing your shit."

Pound Cake lunged at Colgate and managed to bite her leg, sending Colgate into a furious rage. She picked him up and threw him on top of his sister. She glared at him and said, "You know Pound Cake, your sister is in really bad shape. You could let her lay there and suffer or you could do the humane thing and put her out of her misery."

Pound shouted, "You want me to do your dirty work for you? No, I will not do that! I will not kill my sister!"

Colgate laughed, "Well it is your choice. If you kill her I'll heal you and your parents. I will even let you go, no questions asked." She gave him a sadistic grin and continued, "Well, what's it going to be? Are you going to sacrifice one for the good of the rest of you or will you do nothing and ensure the end of all of you?"

Pound nervously replied, "I'll sacrifice one for the good of the rest of us."

Colgate pointed her wing down at Pumpkin's heart and ordered, "Eat it."

He began to bend down as Pumpkin shouted, "No, don't kill me brother! Please don't kill me. She's lying, she will still kill all of us anyway."

Colgate gave him a warm smile and said, "Eat it and the rest of you will live."

He bent down and clamped his sister's heart in his mouth. She let out one final scream as he ripped it out. Before he had a chance to spit the heart out, Colgate lunged on him and put her hoof over his mouth. She shouted, "You're gonna want to chew boy! Hearts can't be swallowed whole."

Pound Cake was choking and gagging but eventually he chewed the heart up and swallowed it. She patted him on the side and laughed, "Good boy! Keep obeying me and you will be rewarded with your freedom."

His parents were repulsed by what they just witnessed and began to vomit uncontrollably. She laughed, "Wow, you two have weak stomachs. I for one enjoyed watching that show." She headed over towards the chair that Carrot Cake was secured in and continued, "Hmmm.....what to do next?"

She unlocked the hoof cuffs and threw him out of the chair. She picked up one of his legs and began to beat him with it. She shouted, "Get over to the rest of your family so I can heal all of you."

Carrot Cake asked, "You're really going to heal all of us? Seriously?

Colgate gave him a warm smile and replied, "Of course! I did say that if your son ate his sister's heart that I would heal the rest of you and release you. I'm not going to go back on my word!"

While Carrot and Pound Cake truly believed that she would release them, Cup Cake has a sixth sense and could see a look of pure evil in Colgate's eyes. She knew that they would not be released. She said, "Honey Bun, she's not going to free us. She just wants us closer together so it will be easier to kill us."

Carrot was moving along slowly, which was really frustrating Colgate and her soldiers. Pearly walked up to him and kicked him. He said, "You know, you're moving along quite slowly. I'm sure you will be punished more severely if you don't pick up the pace."

He picked up the pace and eventually reached where his wife and son laid. He saw the horrible physical shape his wife was in and the distraught shape his son was in but what bothered him most was the lifeless corpse of his daughter. He cried, "Colgate, I know you're mad at us for making sugary treats, but did you really have to kill her?"

Colgate replied, "I didn't kill her, your son did. If you want to yell at anypony, yell at him."

Pound yelled, "How dare you pin this on me! Had I not done what you told me to, you would have made this worse on all of us."

Colgate looked at Pearly and asked, "So Pearly, think I should mark the remaining Cakes."

Pearly nodded and replied, "Well you're the pony in charge so that is your decision."

Colgate said, "Well I think I'm going to." She walked over to Pumpkin's corpse and grabbed her head. She bit down on the horn and began to yank on it. It didn't take her long to rip her horn out and head back to the rest of the Cake family. She asked herself, "Hmmm....who should I mark first?"

She decided that she would mark Pound first since he was the one who killed his sister. She ordered, "Pearly, help me hold this one down. I'm sure he will struggle."

Pearly held Pound Cake down as Colgate took the horn and carved the word RAT into his abdomen. She laughed, "Well now little rat, you are marked for what you are."

Despite wanting to scream, yell and cuss Colgate, Pound knew that all it would do is cause her to be even meaner than she already had been. Colgate picked up Pumpkin's horn and asked herself, "Hmmm.....who do I mark next?"

She walked over to Carrot and kneeled over him. She continued, "Now what label do I give him?" She sighed and continued, "Damn it Colgate, normally you have things like this planned out well in advance."

Carrot was stunned. He asked, "Wait a minute, you've done this before? How many ponies have you killed?"

While Colgate knew the exact number she decided she would lie to give her answer more shock value. She replied, "You know, I'm not sure exactly. I lost count over a decade ago."

All three of her victims cringed in horror. They also knew that Colgate was appointed the head of the EDA by Luna shortly after she was crowned queen. Cup Cake asked, "Does Luna know about this? Does she know you've been killing ponies for years?"

Colgate laughed, "Of course she does! After all, she's the one who ordered me to have anypony with bad teeth hunted down and tortured to death!"

Carrot shouted, "But we don't have bad teeth! Does she know about you doing this to us?"

Colgate replied, "No, she doesn't know about me doing this. She doesn't know I'm the one who killed Apple Bloom, Applejack, Fluttershy, Gustave, Mulia Mild, Twist and Donut Joe either and I plan on keeping it that way."

She bent down over Carrot and began to rip the hide off of his abdomen and once she reached the ribcage, she broke it open to expose the internal organs. She laughed, "And since I have revealed this information to you three, I have no choice but to make sure you'll never reveal it to anypony. That would not be in the best interests of my ultimate mission."

Carrot was screaming in agony, "And what is your ultimate mission?"

Colgate replied, "To wipe out all dental problems in Equestria, that's what. I believe it is my duty, my moral obligation to wipe out those who have bad teeth and those who produce foods that cause cavities. The world will be a far better place without those problem ponies."

She began to eye Carrot's lungs and decided a slower, more painful death should be in store for him. She grabbed a sharp pointed instrument and poked a hole in the bottom of both of his lungs. He was screaming in pain but also it began to become a bit harder for him to breathe. She was leaning over him watching his heart began to race faster and faster as his breathing became more troublesome. She began to cry tears of joy, "I have never seen anything so beautiful in my life! Collapsing lungs are truly an amazing sight!"

Colgate decided that part of the punishment for Pound and Cup Cake would be watching the patriarch of the family die. She levitated them over to where they could watch his internal organs at work. She laughed, "Isn't the inner workings of a pony's body beautiful? Aren't those collapsing lungs a truly wonderful sight?"

Cup Cake began to cry in agony as Pound began to cry in fury, "Buck you Colgate! I hope Luna banishes you to the sun when she finds out you did this!"

Colgate smacked him and replied, "She won't because she will never find out. If I am questioned about your disappearances all I have to do is falsify your dental records and I will get away with this scot-free."

He began to scream every obscenity in the book at her, which pissed her off but she decided that screaming and yelling at him was not the route to take this time. She snickered, "My my Pound Cake, aren't we the little potty mouth."

Before he could say anything Colgate picked his mother up and threw her into the acid face first. She began to scream in agony and despite having his back legs broken, Pound flapped his wings and pulled himself towards his mother with his legs. He did get her pulled out before it was too late but her face had suffered considerable damage. When he got her on her back he saw a truly horrid sight. A majority of her face had been burned off, her eyes had been completely disintegrated and her tongue had been mostly eaten away. With most of her tongue missing all she could do was moan. Pound realized that neither one of his parents were going to make it. He sobbed, "Mom, dad, please don't leave me! I don't want to be all alone."

Colgate levitated Cup Cake to where she was laying right next to Carrot Cake. She threw a dagger down at Pound and laughed, "Well little rat, I think we all know what needs to be done here. Your dad's breathing is becoming weaker and this is no way for your mom to live. You can either extend their suffering or you can end it."

Pound's crying intensified, "I thought you said you were going to heal us and let us go if I killed my sister."

Colgate smacked him and replied, "I lied little rat. Now do what you've gotta do."

As much as he hated it, he knew that his parents were beyond saving. Crying harder than he had ever cried before, he began to ram the dagger into his mother's chest. She was screaming in agony as he just couldn't hit her heart. After ten stabs he finally hit the heart and his mother's body went limp. Colgate smiled and said, "Well rat, your mom's suffering is over, now go take care of daddy."

Carrot Cake's breathing was very erratic and he was already close to death. He saw his son kneeling over him with the dagger but with the shape his lungs were in, all he could do was grunt and shake his head. He had tears in his eyes realizing that his own son was going to kill him. With tears in his eyes Pound said, "I'm sorry dad, but I can't stand to see you like this anymore."

He plunged the dagger into his heart, making his passing immediate. He crumpled over his parents' remains and sobbed louder and louder. Colgate walked up and kicked him. She laughed, "My my little rat! You must have really despised your family for you to kill all of them." She levitated him to where he was eye to eye with her and asked, "So little rat, did you like killing your family?"

He screamed, "You bucking bitch! You made me kill them! I bucking hate you! I hope Luna executes you for this!"

Colgate screamed, "Look rat, like I said before, I'll falsify your dental records and this will be completely legit." She began to slam him into the wall with full force over and over, causing most of the bones in his body to break. When she dropped him she walked over to him and could still hear him breathing. She continued, "Wow rat, for you to survive that, you have to be tough."

Despite his body being broken he could still speak. Rather than call her every name in the book he decided to show some sympathy. He replied, "I'm sorry we did this Colgate. I forgive you for everything you have done to us, I'm sorry for calling you names."

This did not sit well with Colgate. She screamed, "Oh, so now you're going to be a little goody horse shoes? You think that will cause me to heal you and let you go?" She began to cackle, "Well you thought wrong little rat! May your final moments, however brief they may be, be the worst moments of your life!"

She levitated him and dropped him into the acid pool. His final screams were deafening but were very short as he quickly sank to the bottom of the pool. Colgate stepped on the special stone and closed the floor over the pool. She looked at her soldiers and said, "Mission complete guys. I have killed everypony I wanted to, let's head home."

Pearly asked, "What about Amethyst? What are you going to do when she returns and asks you about your decision?"

One of her soldiers added, "You know she's not going to be thrilled when she discovers you went through with this."

Colgate replied, "Yeah and I am going to have to tell her about my past, what I did before I met her. I have a lot more blood on my hooves than she thinks."

Pearly asked, "When she does come back, do you want all of us to be around or do you want us to be gone?"

Colgate replied, "I think it would be best if you guys were all gone when she gets back. I have a feeling that things are going to get rather heated and I don't want her to maybe fire energy at any of you. I know she might do that since you helped me with this." She pointed her wing towards the exit and continued, "Come on guys, let's get going."

Given that they did not have any ponies to levitate they quickly reached the exit. Once they got there Colgate placed her horn in the hole and recited,

"The enemies have paid the price, for in their torture they squealed like mice,
Now the hunt goes on, for more must disappear and be gone,
The princes of light are dying, which is most satisfying
Soon darkness will forever shroud the land and attacking us will not be in the outsiders' plan."

It was well after dusk once they left the bunker, which caused Pearly and the two soldiers to be disoriented. Pearly asked, "Uh Colgate, which way do we go to get back to Dodge Junction?"

Colgate replied, "Look, create some light with your horn as I am and follow me. We will stop at the oasis, refuel and wash this blood off of ourselves. After all, we don't want to go into Dodge Junction covered in blood, even if we are the only ponies out and about, it would be risky."

When they arrived at the oasis a thunderstorm had moved into the area, which made it unsafe to even drink out of the lake, much less bathe in it. Colgate sighed, "Great, just great. Unless this rain gets heavy enough that it will wash the blood off of us, we will probably be questioned by somepony when we get to Dodge Junction."

One of her soldiers asked, "Why can't we bathe in the lake while there is a thunderstorm? I think it would be quite refreshing."

This was one of those facehoof moments for Colgate. She wondered how in the world anypony could be so stupid. She replied, "Look, water is a conductor for lightning. If you want to get killed by lightning be my guest but I'm not putting my life on the line like that."

As they continued towards Dodge Junction the rain picked up in intensity and much to their surprise, it washed all the blood off of their fur and out of their manes. When they arrived in town the rain had become so heavy that the muddy streets were flooding. They headed over to their train and got on board. Colgate said to the conductor, "Let the pony operating the switches know we're leaving so we can get back to Ponyville."

The conductor did as ordered and they began to head home. On the way home they didn't say much but once they got home they would celebrate. Once they got home they headed to the castle and went straight to the dining hall where they had a massive feast. After this feast they had a meeting in the throne room.

Once the meeting started Colgate addressed them, "Well I want to thank all of you for helping me finish this mission. Now hopefully the remaining big time bakers will know that continuing to make sugary treats will result in them disappearing without a trace."

Pearly had a solemn look on his face and asked, "Colgate, I don't mean to break the cheerful mood in here but what are you going to do when Amethyst returns? I know she wasn't real thrilled about you wanting to do this."

Colgate replied, "Well I will have to tell her the truth" She sighed and continued, "Pearly I'm sure you know this but as for you two soldiers, I am going to let you know something that may change your future. Before she stormed out of the castle, she gave me an ultimatum."

One of the soldiers asked, "What kind of ultimatum?"

Colgate replied, "Well she was mad as hell when I made these plans to go after the Cake family. She decided that she could no longer stand to be part of these abductions and torturing ponies to death. She told me that I had to pick either my bloodthirsty ways or her, so when she returns I will have to make that decision."

The soldier asked, "How would that affect our future?"

Colgate replied, "Well the thing is Luna sent all you soldiers here to assist me in hunting down and abducting ponies who fail to take care of their teeth. If I choose Amethyst over what she calls my bloodthirsty nature, you guys would probably have to return to Canterlot because I would no longer need a special army. A few of you might get to stay around to guard the castle, well if Luna even lets me remain as head of the EDA and continue to live in this castle."

Pearly asked, "What do you plan on doing? Are you going to choose continuing to torture ponies or Amethyst?"

Colgate replied, "While my inner, dark nature is saying to choose torture but my heart and the rest of me is saying to retire from doing this and pick Amethyst, so I will most likely choose Amethyst."

While Colgate had decided that she would choose Amethyst, what she didn't know was that once Amethyst discovers that not only did she brutally torture the Cakes to death but also her past before she met her, that she may not be quite so willing to stay with her.