Rainbow Dash: The Warrior

This is DJ P0N-3 with the latest news. Some guys tried to outsmart the Wonderbolts. It’s such a shame when they met the newest member. She thought they could give a better fight. Now remember boopers, the truce is fragile, but it is important, so don’t break it. Unless you want to have a really bad time.

Rainbow Dash and the Wonderbolts were walking to Spitfire’s home after the beating of the Hi Hats. Rainbow felt a little tired, but somehow she also felt excited, like if she was liking the idea of beating other people. But part of her knew that wasn’t something good. Her conscience was killing her.

“So, you were telling me what the hell were you doing with those mimes.” Rainbow asked.
“Yeah, you’re right. You deserve to know the truth.” Spitfire said. “We are called the Wonderbolts Warriors. We are a gang.”
“What? Why?”
“Because life sucks, mostly. Sit down please, it’s a long story.” They all sat down on the sidewalk. “How did I became part of a gang? Well, it happened a long time ago…”

This neighborhood used to be good. People were nice, you could play on the street, and all of us had that sense of security. Back then my dad used to work on Manhattan, while my mom was a housekeeper. It was a good time, until some jerks came around. They called themselves the Changelings, and all the safety that this neighborhood had was gone.

Soon after they came up stores were robbed, there were drug dealers, and they even threatened kids if they didn’t help them. Things were getting worse and worse until I said no. They didn’t take it well. One day… they shot my dad in front of the house.

“I’m sorry.” Rainbow said, with tears in her eyes.
“Don’t worry.” Spitfire answered, also with tears in her eyes. But unlike Rainbow’s whose eyes reflected sadness, Spitfire eyes were reflecting anger. “It’s not something you said when you meet someone.”

That day changed my life. My dad was the best person in the world and they killed him. After that my mom had to look for a job to keep us steady. When she found one she was almost all day at work, and I learned how to cook, how to clean, how to wash and iron clothes. I became an adult that day.

But then I met Soarin and the gang. We were living in the same neighborhood before those changelings came around and we saw how they changed everything. We decided that we couldn’t let things like that to happen again. We became the Wonderbolt Warriors.

“The very first we did, was to get revenge on my dad.”
“Look,” Rainbow interrupted her. “I know you lost your dad and I understand you. I know how is to grow up with one parent. But, you couldn’t find another way to cope with your pain?”
“I tried. I honestly tried. And actually I’m still trying to do it. I got into the sports team so I could think of something else, I got a part time job the weekends so I could help my mom to make ends meet and I did a lot of things, but, I can’t. It wasn’t just that he killed my dad, It was that he got away with it.”
“What?”
“Nobody saw him, nobody remembered anything so he couldn’t be tried. Everyone was so scared that they couldn’t denounce him. That really pissed me off…”

We knew who we was. He went by the name of Dusky Fang. He was boasting all the time what he did to my dad. We needed to stop him. And that’s what we did.

One day after a baseball match, he and his buddies were leaving his house, I guess for drinks or something. Before they got to the store, we were there. We were young, a little younger than you Rainbow. We were just 14, and he was 27. And he saw us, and smiled at us.

“Look, girl. If this is about your daddy, forget about it. I only asked a favor to you and you said no. I don’t like when people say no to me. You must know that. So everything that happen to your daddy, it’s your fault, alright? Next time, I ask you for something, you said, ‘yes sir.’ Is that understood?”

I didn’t reply. I was staring at him. Waiting…

“Is that understood? Do you wanna have trouble?”

Waiting…

“Maybe you need a new dad. A new one who teaches you to respect your elders. Maybe I should pay a visit to your mom.”

Waiting…

“Or maybe, I could become your daddy, right here, right now.” He came closer, and I was just waiting, waiting…

“Is that what you want?”

Until he was close enough, so I punched him in the face. One hit, and he fell to the ground.

“Awww, beat that girl! Now!”

The others ran to me, but the other Wonderbolts protected me. I was watching him on his knees, so I punched him, and I kicked him, and then I beat him. On some point he grob a gun, and he was pointing at me. But I didn’t care, I beat him, I broke up his nose and I grab his gun. Now I was pointing to him. And then I realised something.

He was a coward. Not because he was scared. Anyone can be scared of a gun in front of you. He was a coward. He didn’t expect to someone to fight him. He imposed his fear to cover up his cowardice. My dad got killed… by a coward.

“Please don’t kill me. Please don’t kill me.”
“Why? Why I shouldn’t kill you?”
“I’ll give you money! All the money I have.”
“I don’t want your filthy money.”
“I’ll give you drugs, I’ll give you booze.”
“I don’t like that shit.”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
“I don’t want your forgiveness.”
“What do you want?”
“I WANT MY DADDY BACK!!!!”

Then I shot three times.

“No, you didn’t” Rainbow stood up. “You didn’t… you didn’t…”
“Kill him? No. Did the bastard totally deserved it? Yes. But-”
“But what?”
“I knew that killing him wouldn’t bring my dad back. And if he could saw me, he would be disappointed about what was about to do.” Spitfire broke to cry. Everyone began to console her, even Rainbow Dash.
“It’s ok, darling. Let it go.”
“I’m sorry, Rainbow. It’s have been four years, and I still miss my dad. I miss him so much. I want my daddy back.”
“Where did you shot?”
“Two bullets went to the sewer. The third one went to his arm…”

He was bleeding in front of me. The coward who killed my father was staring at me. So I told him:

“Out.”
“What?”
“You heard me. I want you out of here. I don’t wanna see you in Coney Island. I don’t wanna see you in New York. I don’t wanna see you in the country. Because the next time I see you, the bullet will go to the head. Got it? GOT IT?”
“Yes! Yes!”
“GET OUT OF MY FACE!”

Then he ran, and all of his friends ran with him. On a couple of days all of the changelings left New York. But that brought a problem that we didn’t expect. Now that the changelings left Coney Island, the other gangs wanted to rule here. That’s when we met the Blazers, the Fastballs, the Hi Hats, the Moonrunners, and so on. They thought they could go here and do what the Changelings did. But they found out that we were protecting Coney Island.

Finally, we met the Riffs. The biggest gang in New York. They offered us a truce. If we accepted, no gang would try to conquer our space. So, we accepted.

“That was about two months.” Spitfire recalled. “Before those Hi Hats came along, it was a peaceful time.”
“Wow, that’s a lot to digest.” Rainbow said. “I, man, I don’t know what to say.”
“It’s ok. I want to you to understand us. We didn’t have another choice.”
“What does your mom think about all of this?”
“It breaks her heart.” A tear came from Spitfire’s eye. “From the beginning.”
“There’s one last question. Why didn’t you stop after that guy left New York?”
“I didn’t know for sure that he left. The riffs told me that he hasn’t been spot for years. So is either hiding or he left. Besides, there was another gang who wanted to take our little spot. We couldn’t left. It wasn’t easy.”
“I- I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to think. I, think I want to go home.”
“I’ll go with you.”
“No.”
“It’s 3 in the morning, it’s dangerous to go alone and you have school at eight. I’ll go with you.”

They waved good bye to the others Wonderbolts and left to Rainbow house. When they made it, Spitfire asked Rainbow.

“I know it’s not easy, but I want to understand us. We don’t like to live in this world. If there’s a way to leave it, we’ll do.”
“I know. Let me think about it. Thanks for the party.”
“Good night Rainbow Dash.”