Harmony Co.

Fluttershy sat in the car with Applejack driving in to a parking lane. Osborn and Rainbow Dash sat in the back seat. She looked out the window and saw a neon colored sing sitting on the second floor balcony flashing “The drowned shark” in red and blue. Underneath it she saw a large wooden door that looked oddly undamaged compared to the rest of the building which was scared by bullet holes and burns.

“We are here.” Applejack stopped the car and turned off the engine.

“Finally,” Rainbow Dash eagerly climbed out. “Come on.” She was still somewhat limp after the shutout at lighters bay but she could walk fine.

Osborn and Applejack followed, but Fluttershy paused has she climbed out of the car. By looking into the windows on the side of the door, she could see the other pony’s inside. Most of them were stallions sitting around tables drinking an amber colored liquid out of tall glasses. Apart from her and few barmaids she couldn´t see many mares.

The group sat down at the counter of the bar, she quickly joined them and before she could order anything she noticed an orange stallion beating a red stallion. The red stallion´s massive frame dwarfed the purple stallion standing next to them, repeatedly checking his wristwatch. The red stallion didn´t seem to be bothered by the orange stallion’s punches, saying “Nope.” Each time he was hit. Once Osborn noticed it, he immediately walked over to the purple stallion.

“What are the rules?” he asked curiously.

“You are not allowed to kick him, no punches under the belt and no usage of tools.” The purple stallion responded sly smile.

“And what do I get if I knock him out?” Osborn folded his arms and drummed his fingers.

“Free drinks for you and your friends, but it will cost you ten bits to try and you only have one minute to try.” The purple stallion smirked at Osborn.

“No problem.” Osborn reached down his pocket and handed the stallion a ten bit bill.

“Alright,” He put the coin bill his pocket. “Now just wait for your-“The purple stallion was interrupted by a small beeping noise coming from his watch. “Never mind, it´s your turn.”

The orange stallion walked away, panting with a frown drawn over his face. “Good luck to you.” He muttered and walked back to his friends.

“Alright.” Osborn stretched his arms in preparation.

“Osborn can never resist a challenge, can he?” Applejack chuckled and nudged Rainbow Dash.

“No, and if he pulls this one off we get a free bar round tonight.” Rainbow Dash responded while biting her lip in anticipation.

“Do you think he can do it?” Fluttershy asked Applejack.

“I sure hope so, it would save RD a lot of money.”

Rainbow Dash looked back and chuckled at Applejack.

“Ok.” Osborn cracked his knuckles. “Start the timer.”

The purple stallion pressed a button on the side of his watch and a 60 second counter began counting down.

Osborn pulled back his fist, took aim at the stallion´s jaw and just before his fist reached the stallions face, he unlatched his fist, took a gentle grasp of the stallion's head and forced his tongue into his mouth. The red stallion was stunned by chock and stayed motionless while the jaw of everypony who watched hanged by their skulls. He kept sucking on the stallion’s lips for a few moments, until he slowly pulled his mouth back and rammed his fist right into the stallions jaw. The red stallion turned to face the wall and hit the ground with a loud thud. Osborn wiped the drool from of his mouth and turned his eyes to the purple stallion.

“Does that count?” He asked with a smug grin.

“Uh… yeah it counts.” The purple mare looked at Osborn with his eyes wide open and his mouth hanging.

“Drinks on the house, gang.” He said while walking back to the counter. He sat down next to Fluttershy and she stared at him, not sure what to make of him.

“Pffffffhahaha!” Rainbow Dash roared with laughter. “Fucking genius move there, Oz! Let´s hope I don´t get drunk enough to forget it.” She waved at the bartender. A blue stallion wearing a Hawaiian shirt with blue parrots. “Give me the hardest and most expensive liquor you have.”

“And what will the rest of you be having?” The bartender asked with a bitter tone.

“Give me the darkest ale you got.” Osborn said.

“I´ll have a whisky with rocks and you Flutters?” Applejack padded Fluttershy´s back.

“Oh… I´ll just have a cherry martini.”

The bartender grabbed a black bottle from the massive collection placed on the shelf behind him and poured some of it up in a glass before handing it to Rainbow Dash. He then poured a brown whiskey into another glass, placed 3 ice cubes into and placed it in front of Applejack. For Osborn he simply gave him a tall glass and filled it with a pitch-black substance. It was so thick and slow-moving that Fluttershy thought the bartender was giving him dark syrup mixed with coal. The bartender then proceeded to mix gin with dry vermouth and poured it into a traditional martini glass, but replaced the olive with a red cherry. He placed it in front of Fluttershy and she started sipping it. It had a clean and dry taste with just a hint of the sweet cherry, just the way she liked it. It had been a long time sense she had a good cherry martini so she found it rather surprising that she would get one she well done in a place like this and for free. She looked around and noticed a collection of stallions sitting around a table singing in a language she couldn´t quite make out, but their accents sounded Russian or at least eastern European.

“What are they singing?” Fluttershy asked Applejack.

“I don´t know.” Applejack replied. “Hey Oz, do you know what they are singing?”

Osborn put down his black ale flickered his ear toward the stallions. “It sounds like they are singing the national anthem or something. Not sure I can´t make out too many words. What´s the date?”

“It´s the second off March.” The bartender responded.

“Well, that explains it. They are celebrating their national day. Luna most has given them the night off.” Osborn returned to his ale.

“How do you know they work for Luna?” Fluttershy asked.

“Everypony with a Russian accent in this town works for hotel Mesec and Luna is and has been the leader for hotel Mesec since…” Applejack scratched the side of her face. “For as long as any of us have worked here at least.” She drank the last sips of her whiskey and shacked the empty glass towards the bartender. He reluctantly filled it back up again. A small grin started growing on Applejacks face has the bartender filled up the glass.

The sound of the door opening echoed through the bar and 5 stallions carrying sub machine guns walked in. “Shit!” Applejack grabbed Fluttershy and leaped over the counter. Osborn and Rainbow Dash followed her the moment before the shooting started. The bartender dived down with them.

“The fucking trixers!” Applejack shouted. “They must be here to kill the Mesec soldiers.”

“No fucking shit!” The bartender grabbed a double barreled shotgun from underneath the counter and pressed his back against the counter.

“Piss, we should have brought our guns.” Osborn said.

“What!” Fluttershy yelled over the gunfire. “You didn´t bring your guns?! What the hell do we do now?”

“A little something called improvising.” Rainbow Dash smiled and yanked the shotgun from the bartender. She winked at Osborn and leaped over the counter and fired off one barrel midair, taking down one of the stallions before somersaulting behind a flipped table. “Our turn Oz!”

“Bollocks to it.” Osborn pulled a knife out of his boot and grabbed a bottle from the wall. The stallions started firing towards Rainbow Dash and Osborn leaped out. He smashed the bottle in the head of the first stallion he could reach. He stabbed the next stallion in the throat and held him in place in front of him. The stallions started shooting at him, but the bullets were blocked by the body Osborn held in front of him.

Rainbow Dash leaped out from the table and took out one of the remaining stallions out by shooting him right in the head. Only a bloody stump remained as he fell to the floor. The final stallion turned to shoot Rainbow Dash but his gun only clicked.

“Out of bullets, wankah?” Osborn growled.

Rainbow Dash gave off a small giggle and dropped the shotgun. She slowly walked up to the stallion, her eyes dead focused and the corners of her mouth pulled up to the middle of her chicks.

The stallion put down his gun and raised his hands. “I surrender.” He said.

She punched the stallion in the stomach so hard that he fell to his knees. In one movement she grabbed his head and twisted it. The sound of bones cracking and dislocating followed before the stallion´s corpse hit the ground.

“Those fucking cocksucker!” The bartender looked over the mess. “How many times is my bar going to get shot to pieces?”

“So what now?” Fluttershy asked Applejack.

“You get out of my bar and I will call a cleanup crew.” The bartender answered and picked up his phone.

“What do you say gang, we call it a night?” Applejack asked and Osborn, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy all nodded in agreement. “Alright, then let´s go.”

The following morning Fluttershy woke up in her apartment and looked out the window. She took her usual morning cigarette and let the smoke fly out the window up to the sky. The little glowing marker on the white paper slowly crawled closer to the orange filter and turned it into gray ash. The gray smoke spilled out of her mouth and danced away on the passing winds. It didn´t take her too long to finish the cigarette and get going to the office. It was a small 2 storey building with their office on the top floor and an empty drugstore beneath. On the other side of the street was another 2 storey building. On the way there she had stopped and bought a bag what she assumed was some kind of potato or an exotic fruit. Either way the bag was heavy or she had to carry it with both her hands, so when she reached the door, she tried to open it without putting down the bag. Before she could get it the door opened and Applejack stepped out.

“Going out?” She asked.

“Yeah, I’ve got a few errands to run. Be back in few.”

Fluttershy continued up the stairs and walked into the office. To the right of her was a small kitchen with a coffee machine and a small refrigerator. Next it was a gray gun cabinet. On her left was living room table with 2 sofas on either side. Rainbow Dash lay in one of them reading a magazine with her head resting on the elbow support. Osborn stood leaning against the wall next to the window, his arms folded and his hat tilted over his eyes. She sat down in the couch put the bag on the table. Rainbow Dash looked up from her magazine.

“Hey, fluttershy.” She looked at over at the bag. “Throw me one, will ya?” She reached out her hand over the table.

“Sure.” She picked one the fruits out of the bag and threw it towards Rainbow Dash.

She took a bit out of the fruit and quickly spat it out. “Blech! What the hell is this shit? Did you buy it off a street vendor?”
“Yes.”

“Well that fucking explains it,” She sat up on the sofa. “In Rajkrud everypony who doesn’t have any money are constantly trying to rip each other off, it´s a place that attracts international criminals and maniacs and if you trust random ponys you meet on the street you’re not going last long here.”

“I guess not.” Looked down at the fruit and took a bite. It tasted sour and bitter. She took a deep sigh before sinking into the sofa and looking up into the roof.

Rainbow Dash looked over at Osborn. “Hey Oz, wake up!”

He lifted up his head. “Uh?”

“Taste this.” She threw her fruit at him and he caught it.

He took a quick look at and smelled the flesh left barren by Rainbow Dash. He bit down on it and his face paled to the point where he almost looked grass green.

“Was it that bad?” Fluttershy asked while Osborn forced the bite down his throat.

“Well, tastes better than camel piss, I’ll give it that.”

“Sorry.”

“Ugh, I am going to need some strong coffee to wash this down.”

Applejack walked into a restaurant called Castello. It was a rather big place with lots of seats and tables, but only at one table was occupied. In it sat 1 blue mare wearing a star striped coat eating a fruit salad. Behind her stood 2 stallions, both with guns visible holstered in their belts. Applejack walked up to the blue mare and sat down in the chair in front the blue mare.

“You wanted to see me, Trix?” She asked.

“Yes, the great and powerful Trixie wants to talk to you about that cut up bitch and what she´s been up too in my territory.” Trixie said at the top of her voice.

“You mean Luna?” Applejack raised one of her eyebrows.

“Yes, she´s been taking over my hotels and stealing my drugs. If it goes on like this, she´s going to take me out completely.” Trixie frowned and leaned forward.

“How´s any of this my problem?” Applejack leaned back in the chair.

“Let me spell it for it for you, you stupid cowgirl. If you don´t stop working for that honor less Russian whore and start doing our shipments, it´s going to become your problem.” Trixie´s eyes narrowed.

“I don´t hold grudges and I don´t like tough costumers, but when it comes between you and Luna I think I prefer the one who doesn’t shoot up random places in the hope that one bullet will hit the enemy.”

“Your crew killed my stallions.” She growled.

“We did, and like I said I don´t hold grudges. We´ll make your shipments when we can make them.” She rose out the chair and started walking to the exit.

“Applejack!” Trixie slammed her fist into the table. “If you leave now I will wipe you and your pathetic crew from the face of the earth!”

Applejack exited the restaurant.

It only took her a few minutes to get back to the office and once there she wasted no time.

“Crew!” She walked in the office. “Trixie´s gonna attack us for working with Luna.” She turned to Osborn. “Oz, I need you to set up shop on the building across the street.”

“Roger, captain.” He walked over to the gun cabinet opened it, pulled out a machete knife and put it in his belt below the revolver he had holstered under his arm.

“RD, you and I will take ground level.” Applejack walked over to the cabinet and grabbed a grenade launcher and handed Rainbow Dash her desert eagles.

“What do I do?” Fluttershy asked.

“You just stay in here and stay out of trouble, don´t worry, we’re gonna teach Trixie what happens when you cross the Harmony Com.” Applejack loaded the grenade launcher while Osborn walked out the door. “You ready RD?”

Rainbow Dash loaded both her guns and pulled back the slides before putting them into her chest holster. “Oh yeah I´m ready.”

“Let´s go then.” Applejack and Rainbow Dash walked out the door while Fluttershy stayed behind like she had been told too. Looking out the window she could see Osborn on the roof of building across the street. He crouched down on his knee and looked to his right. She looked to her left and saw 2 cars coming towards the building and one jeep equipped with a machine gun on top of it. A mare was sitting behind the machine gun with her finger on the trigger and aiming at the building. They stopped in front of the office and 7 stallions holding AK-47´s came out of the cars. 3 of them standing on the sides of the cars facing the building Osborn crouched on. The other 4 started making their way towards the door leading to the staircase.

Osborn leaped of the roof with his machete in hand. He landed on the stallion closest to the jeep and stabbed in the back of the neck. He then used the force of the fall to summersault into the next one. He cut the backsides of his knees, causing him to fall backwards. Osborn stopped his fall by slamming his knee into his back and then stabbed him in the chest. Before the third stallion could start shooting Osborn drew his revolver and shoot him in the head. The mare in the jeep took aim towards Osborn and started firing. Moments before the bullets started flying Osborn darted down the street. A row of bullets hit the ground and quickly made their way towards him, he skidded around the corner of the building and pressed his back against it. The mare kept firing and at his position keeping him pinned down.

“Your turn RD.” Applejack padded Rainbow Dash on the shoulder.

Rainbow Dash smiled and leaped out of the staircase door, into the street with both her guns drawn. She shoot 2 of the stallions standing closest to her before she hit the ground. Upon landing on her side she rolled over to the car in the center of the road and shoot the reaming 2.

Applejack leaned out of the door with and fired the grenade launcher at the jeep. It flew towards the jeep with a grey trail of smoke following it. The grenade it the side of the jeep, it immediately exploded and flipped the jeep onto its side. Black smoke started pouring from it and soon it exploded for a second time has the fire reached the gas tank.

As fluttershy looked down on this she wondered what was worse: the things that made these ponys what they are or the fact that she watched all their actions with aww.

“Shit!” Trixie stuffed a travel bag with money and clothes. “Fucking Luna, Fucking Applejack and her Harmony Company! I gave those fucking idiots had one fucking job, kill the entire Harmony Company! Is that too much ask?” She forced the bag to close and turned to leave her apartment. Before she opened the door the handle turned on its own and a dark blue mare accompanied by three stallions wearing brown coats steeped in.

At the site of her Trixie stooped breathing and backed away from the door. She felt her heart jumping to her throat with such force she almost gagged.

“Well, well going away on short notice is always a hassle perhaps this Russian whore could help you?” She said with a warm, gentle tone.

“I don´t know what you have heard, Luna but I am sure that if we just sit down and-“

Luna punched her in the face and Trixie fell to the ground, numbed by her broken nose and feeling warm blood ran down her lips.

“Listen you little `suka, we didn´t come her to listen to your bullshit, we already know.” She lifted Trixie up by the collar of her coat and looked at her with unflinching, sharp eyes. “Talk, that’s the one thing you have always been good at.”

Applejack was sitting in the office cleaning her grenade launcher when the office phone rang. Fluttershy picked it up.

“Hello.” Her eyes widened and her head tilted. “It´s for you Applejack.”

She took the phone. “Yes, it´s Applejack.”

“Hello Applejack, it´s Luna. I just wanted to thank you for the tips and let you know that Trixie won’t be a problem anymore.” The muffled sound of an explosion came through the phone.

“That´s nice to hear, Luna.” She leaned against the cabinet. “But I don´t think you called me for just that.”

Luna giggled. “No, she gave us the names and locations of some valuable cargo and I need you to get some of it.”

“Just have a somepony meet us down at the docks and will see to it.”

“I´ll have it done.”

Applejack hanged up the phone.