An Assassin's Love

Chapter 2: Unstoppable Team

We kept staring at our bosses with wide eyes.

"Excuse me Luna, can I have a private word with you?" I asked. She nods. We walk into the chamber and closed the door. "I cannot work with that bright-as-the-sun idiot!" I said. Luna tried her best not to laugh.

"Quickblade, she is the best guard in Equestria, you are the best Assassin in Equestria. Celestia and I have felt it best that two of the best are a team," she said.

"Well, I for one deny," I said, turning away.

"No, this is an order Quickblade, it does not matter whether  you like it or not," she replied. I sighed.

"Fine, but she better not get in the way," I said. Luna shakes her head.

"We cannot gaurantee that," she said. I nodded sadly. Luna opens the door, letting us both out. I have a defeated face while Luna looks triumphant. Celestia snickers at this, causing me to give less of a crap about this. Spada looks at me, then turns away. I have a real bad feeling about this.

It's noon in Canterlot as I got into the field, feeling refreshed to be outside. Spada sighs in content as well, but we soon had game faces on. Our target is a rich looking stallion, bright red coat and brown mane that's highlighted pink. His name is Redcore, a military washout who started selling illegal weapons to a benefactor. I turned to Spada, ready to give out the first command.

"Alright, so we need to first find the guy, interrogate him, an- wait, what're those?" I asked, pointing to the stack of papers she's holding.

"Wanted posters, he's already known so-"

"No no no no, we just have to find him, not rely on pieces of paper!" I said.

"Ugh, well how else can we find him?" She asks sarcastically.

"We find him ourselves," I said simply.

"No, because if he sees me, he'll run," she said. I facepalmed.

"Then try to look like you're not trying to find him!" I start yelling. She pinches the bridge of her snout.

"No, because he'll recognize my armor," she said. I grab her hand and start walking to Canterlot. "What're you doing?" She asks.

"Getting you new clothes," I answer.

"You are so not going to pick my clothes," she said. I ignored her and pulled her into a store. All we need to find is a cloack. "Hey look what I found!" She said. I look over and mega facepalmed. She's wearing a saggy Celestia T-shirt and long blue jeans.

"I meant to find more discreet clothes," I said disappointingly. I pull off a black hoodie with a Celestial mark on the back. I thought she'd like it since she probably kissed Celestia's butt for her position.

"... Okay, look here Quickblade," she said. "I do not want to look like a criminal," she said. I gritted my teeth and turned the hoodie around to show the sign. She smiles. "Oh, okay thanks," she said. She looks at me and frowns.

"You need some different clothes too," she said. I rolled my eyes.

"I am fine, I do not care what I look like," I said. She laughs.

"Too bad," she said, taking out another hoodie that's crimson. My eyes open wide. She turns it around to show a Lunar symbol. I must admit it's pretty cool. I take it and look at what I'm wearing. I'm wearing a light armored cloak with a gold chest plate. I switch clothes and smiled. I was able to see my pants! They were black gym pants. I check my hidden blades, which still work, and then we head out the door.

I looked up to see where the best vantage point is. Spada notices me looking everywhere and frowns. "Looking to get some sight seeing?" She asks. I look at her with a glare.

"Okay, look here miss, I am gonna go ahead and find the guy who we're looking for, and you can go play dress up with Celestia and let pros handle this," I said. She gasped.

"Excuse me?! I can find this guy with my armor on and catch him without you, who would slow me down," she said. I raised an eyebrow.

"Really?" I ask. She nods, seeming triumphant. I scoff. "In that case, let's bet on it, winner outranks the other," I said. She smiles.

"Deal," she said. We went back, changed our clothes back to the armor and cloak and we were off. I climbed the tower as Spada starts asking other ponies. I look around, copying this entire area like a map. I then spotted a house party in one building. Luna had said to me and Spada he's more of party animal. I look down to see a stack of hay in a cart going by and jumped. I landed into the stack, almost soft as a cloud and ran towards the party. I put my hood on, and stopped a couple feet from the door. I looked at the bouncer.

"VIP?" One asks, I nodded. He looks at the list in his hands. I grabbed a sleeping dart from my pouch and stuck it on his neck, then took it away, leaving no evidence. He falls down and sleeps like a filly. I opened the door quickly and hurried in. Loud music blaring, I used my senses and instincts to try and find this guy. I look around and spotted a stallion that fits the description. I start walking to him, when suddenly the doors slam open. I look to see a mare in gold armor.

"Luna dammit," I cursed.

"I am here looking for a stallion named Redcore," she said. I ran at him my hidden blade out. He sees me and pulls out a gun, and shot it as soon as he aimed it at me. I side stepped the first shot, which made it hit a waiter's leg behind me. I jumped up with my wings flared, and blade out. I retract it quickly and punched his jaw. He stumbles back and fires his gun again. The bullet's end met my arm and I yelled out in pain as it penetrated my flesh. Thankfully, he shot the wrong arm. Before I got out my hidden blade, a gold spear hits his legs, making him fall down. I got out my hidden blade, keeping one inch from his throat.

"Redcore, you are under arrest for illegal weapons sales," Spada and I said in unison.

"Got him first," Spada said.

"No, I got him first," I countered, keeping my blade where it is.

"Ugh, you know what, we'll tell this to Celestia and Luna and they'll decide," she said.

"Deal, but first let's interrogate him my way," I said. She shakes her head. "Oh come on, you interrogated the last guy, I only made him talk!" I said. She sighs and gestures for me to do it. I retract my hidden blade and pull him up. I then slammed him n a nearby table.

"Who's your benefactor?" I ask. He spits on my arm. I punched his nose. "I asked a question, who. Is. Your. Benefactor," I commanded. He shakes his head.

"I'll never tell you you filthy Assassin!" He yells. I rolled my eyes.

"Fine," I said. "Spada, hold him down," I said. She does so as I search him. I pull out a note to see something interesting. "Well well well," I said. "Looks like you had a special date tomorrow, a date with weapons, money, and your 'special' buyer," I said. He sighs in defeat. "Next time, don't write your plans. Oh wait, there isn't a next time," I said. Spada pulls him up and starts taking him to the castle. "Oh by the way Spada, I won," I said. She grunts and shoots me a glare. We continue on the road to the castle. As we walked in silence, it was broken when Spada spoke.

"Nice job finding him," she said. I look at her and nod.

"Yeah, I guess so, thanks for helping me detain him," I said. She nods back. I think I actually respect this mare. I then realized I might have sounded sexist back there with the clothes store. "Oh um, by the way, I uh, didn't mean to sound sexist when we fought," I said. She smiles big.

"It's okay, I thought you had a problem with me since we do things differently," she said. I nodded.

"Yeah, that's honestly the reason. By the way, how did you know where Redcore was?" I ask. She keeps smiling.

"Let's just say I relied on pieces of paper and saw it on a poster after you left," she said. I look at her stunned.

"Did you just-"

"Yes, yes I did," she answered smirking. I look forward and smiled. I definitely respect this mare!

We entered the throne room and got Redcore detained. We both looked at Celestia and Luna. We explained what happened and then we waited for their answer on who outranked who.

"Me and my sister agree that it seems neither of you outranked the other," Celestia said.

"What!?" We both asked in unison. Celestia and Luna chuckle.

"Well, both of you have arrested this person, technically at the same time," Luna said. We both stared with open jaws. "But, we congratulate you two for a job exceedingly well done," she continued. I sighed.

"Now, you both must rest, and Quickblade, go to the infirmary to fix up your arm," Celestia said. I nod and start walking off. "Wait, I almost forgot, you both now live in provided homes now as our gift of not quitting," Celestia says smirking. She levitates two pieces of paper to us, giving an address. Spada and I nod. I walk off while Spada goes to the armory.

As I sat on a seat without a bullet in my arm, I'm waiting for the doctor to give me an okay. As soon as he does, I exited this room and start walking to the exit of the castle. As I pass by a corridor, Spada walks out from that corridor and joins me. We walked in silence.

We have been walking together for the past ten minutes, going in the same direction. I look at my piece of paper to see that I'm about to ditch this mare. I turn to my new home and smiled. Spada walks past me and into the next house. So she's my neighbor. I walk into my house, relieved today is finally over.