Los Diablos: A New Beginning

"And please for the love of Celestia, don't ever get caught experiencing these desires Spike", Twilight had been droning on for quite a while as Spike looked worked out as fuck. The look on his face said it all, 'please help me'. I almost broke down laughing at the way she was explaining everything. 'Don't do it in public', 'be careful about when you date', and my favorite, 'always bring protection'. I was all calm looking on the outside, I'd master that so I could use that skill in everyday life, but in the inside, I was dying. This was so fucking funny I bet whoever was here beside me would break down laughing, I know Pinkie did.

I looked at Spike with a look of, 'I'm so sorry you had to get this talk'.

He looked back with a look of, 'we were only kissing'.

I returned it with a, 'just don't argue and it'll be over before you know it", look. He sighed and leaned back in his seat while she finished droning.

"Alright Spike", she concluded. "You can go and be back before eleven". She sat back in her chair caressing her forehead, rubbing it as she looked exhausted. Spike on the other hand was alleviated and gave up the biggest sigh ever.

He jumped up and ran for the door, "yeah I know, I will". He opened the door and threw it shut as he ran out into town.

"Sometimes I feel like I'm going to have to get over he fact that Spike is not a child anymore, that he's eighteen and he can date now", Twilight was still rubbing her forehead while groaning and got up to the kitchen.

"He is old enough, don't worry about it so much", I poured some tea for her and told her to sit back down. "So if he does fuck up and get someone pregnant, you can yell at him all you want".

She let out a laugh and nearly fell off the chair, "I guess you're right". I handed her the tea cup and took my seat a across from her. Pinkie meanwhile, was was struggling to keep still in her seat and was rocking the couch.

"Anyway...", Twilight began. "I've done some reading on your team with the dossier that Celestia gave me". I nodded, waiting to see where she was going with this.

"Is it true that you all had a drug thing going on in the past?", she asked with a worried expression. Wow, Celestia actually gave her the dossier that gave out full description of everyone.

"Yes", I answered with a blank face, not showing any emotion.

"Why"?

"Because Ms. Sparkle, some people back home have the unfortunate life of crime that they must associate themselves with in order to survive", I looked at her with my most annoyed/pissed off look I could give in the hopes that she would drop it.

But she doesn't back down,"but to tear apart a pony's life with drugs in order to get mone-".

I cut her off, raising my voice a slight bit, "you don't know why I had to make that money". She stopped, and didn't say anything for a good few solid moments.

"Ok", she finally said. "But tell me this".

Trying to get myself out of the conversation, I went along with her, "Sure".

"What did you use the money for?", she asked with a blank expression, trying to figure me out.

"Gear", I stated.

"What kind of gear"?

I laid back to get more comfortable, "gear that I needed in order to hunt down one of the most dangerous terrorist leaders in the world".

She raised a brow, "who was he or she"?

"An Azerbaijani who ruined my almost decent life and made it into one of hell. Making me turn from some young normal teenager into a deadly mercenary with the intention of revenge and wouldn't let anything stand in my way", I paused for a moment to let it sink in to her. "Not even law enforcement would stop me".

She took this into consideration and kept asking away, "did you get what you were looking for"?

I nodded, "yeah, I did, I killed that son of a bitch".

Pinkie, who I had forgotten all about her, was sitting next to me with her mane deflating. Twilight on the other hand was curious, "you're 23 years old right"?

I nodded and she took out the dossier, "it says here that you are the CEO, but it doesn't say when you're business started and you arrived in Equis a couple years ago if I'm right".

"You are", I insisted.

"So when did you start the company, and how long did it take for you to achieve your goal?", she asked, persistent as fuck.

"I was sixteen when my life collapsed before my very eyes. And every year, it seemed like it only got worse, especially during the later ones, I had spent five years hunting down that bastard and two here", I answered like it was no big deal, however, the look on Twilight's and Pinkie's face, begged to differ.

"That young?!", Twilight asked in complete and utter shock. "As a teenager"?!

I nodded, "age never really mattered to me in terms of one being dangerous, you could be my age and you could possibly be in a top military position if you really dedicated yourself to that goal". She stopped for a second to think about that. I knew I shouldn't have given all of my info to Celestia. Whatever, I'll deal with it.

"How can you think like that", she asked, not really knowing why I had to do these things and at no point stopping until the deed was done.

"Have you ever lost friends and family, whether you couldn't see them anymore or if they were killed before you're eyes?", I asked, she shook her head slowly and I proceeded. "It's not fun, it's gut-wrenching, it's painful and the only craving afterwards is the crave to make things evened".

Seeing as she couldn't answer I turned all around, "I wouldn't want you both to experience it to know, but I do want to respect what's in the past and to leave it there. I know we crave to understand everything, but something's are better left not being found out".

She swallowed hard, "one more thing, I swear". I nodded, giving her permission, "it says here that you have the most questionable mentality out of everpony else, why"?

I took a long moment to think about what to say, "when you've killed enough people like I have, you forget to care too much for the dead. Obviously I care about the innocent, but sometimes good people suffer while the bad and the neutral just don't feel anything anymore".

She nodded and I opened my mouth to speak, "I don't have any intention to hurt anyone unless I have to, or if I'm paid to, but you all have been great clients with little to no of the innocent involved in the jobs. So I see no reason to ruin what me and you guys have here". I sat there in silence with those two, not thinking or saying anything, just sitting there.

"Alright, it's ok Mr. Castillo, I'll never understand why you did the things you did, but I don't judge you", she looked with big eyes.

It was all she needed to say, "I appreciate that". I turned toward Pinkie, she was all sad and depressed now, I decided to do whatever she wanted to do so she could feel better. "You want to keep exploring"?

She looked up at me and I put on my best smile, she smiled back at me with an even bigger one, "sure". She got up and started to slowly get back to her energized self. "LET'S GO"!!! She hopped up and down and opened the door while I followed in pursuit.

She kept skipping around in a circle and I started to to chuckle lightly, "so....". She stopped and turned to me, "were to now"? Hopefully not somewhere where I'll be extremely fucked up emotionally.

"Hmmmmmm", she put a finger to her lips and squinted her eyes. Then she put them wide open, " let's head over to Applejack's place, she may need some help on the fields and you could probably get to know her better".

She ran off, without saying anything. Realizing she wanted to race I started sprinting, trying to catch up and soon, I was right on her.

"Thought you could start a race without warning me?", I said smirking as I passed her and ran as fast as I could to the fields she was talking about. I reached the farm and started to slow down as Pinkie came right after smiling wide.

"I didn't know you could run that fast", she said panting.

"Years of running", I replied immediately.

She kept panting as we walked up towards the barn where she tells me that Applejack could be. She walked up and opened the doors with a hard push.

"APPLEJACK!!!", she yelled.

A mare came out trying to see whether or not she was deaf, it didn't really affect me, gunshots have gotten me used to loud noises. It was Applejack, I haven't really gotten to know her that well. I suppose it's a

probably as good a time as any.

"Yeah?", Applejack asked, still trying to get her entire hearing back.

"I just wanted to have you two get to know each other a little better is all", she said with an in OCD that smile thrown in there as well. Damn, she really knows how to derail the mood that she's putting someone in from the one before. Props to you pink pony.

"Um", Applejack pondered this for a moment. "Sure, ah suppose we can talk".

"Great!", Pinkie exclaimed. "I'll  leave you two to it". She left the barn, leaving me and Applejack the only residents.

"Sooo", she started. "Ah heard that you made a huge speech in Canterlot the other day".

I nodded, finally, something that doesn't involve my past. Thank you orange cowgirl mare, "yeah, I said that I would be preserving the peace and making sure that nothing in a negative way, changes".

She seemed to like that and smiled gently, "well ah'll let ya'll do what ya all do best".

"Celestia also said that we'd all be attending a gala in our honor apparently", I added.

Her ears perked up and her brows were raised, "really? I guess we'll be going then".

I turned to her dumbfounded, "what do you mean"?

She let out a breath, "it's just that Celestia was always insistent on getting me, Twilight and everypony else to attend since the last one".

I hummed softly, "yeah, I guess I'll see you Six there then".

She nodded, "see ya then". She's nice, and doesn't get in too deep to questioning me, I'm already getting the feeling that we're going to get along nicely.

I turned and waved my hand to bid her farewell and made my way towards central Ponyville to find a place to eat and get a good buzz. But as I found a bar with the name, 'The Dirty Prancer' (probably a strip club too) I heard a voice call out to me.

"Oh, I didn't expect to see you here Gonzalo", I remembered that posh voice, Rarity.

I honestly found her an nice gal, she certainly surprised me when I found out that she drank. I could tell that she was very understanding and that she wouldn't let too deep, I hope.

"Hey Rarity, I didn't think I'd run into you", I said smiling.

She returned the smile and spoke up, "up to anything, darling"?

I turned back to the strip joint behind me with my index finger pointing towards it, "I was just about to head inside to grab a drink. I got free drinks according to Luna. What about you"?

"I was just about to head out for the spa, but I spotted you and wanted to catch up I guess", she replied with a poker face even a guy like me could spot.

I decided to poke fun at her, "oh yeah? Getting nice and pretty for somebody"? I let out a mischievous smile as she went cherry red, yep, I still know to mess with a gal.

"No!", she blurted out. "I just fell that a lady should be probably presentable when she heads out. Nothing's wrong with that now, is it"?

I think I struck a nerve, but I kept up the smile, "suppose not, but a girl like you doesn't need to go out to spa all the time".

She raised a brow, "whatever do you mean"?

"I mean that you're already good looking, in my opinion, a girl like you doesn't have to be there, but that's just my opinion, maybe you do, but that's not of my business", I said with a shrug.

She apparently took that well, "really? You think so"?

"I know so".

She smiled, "thank you lieutenant". Putting emphasis on 'lieutenant'.

My smile disappeared with a look of annoyance, "so you've head about the speech"?

"Of course, news like that doesn't ever get put down, besides I wouldn't want to miss out the invitation to the gala", looks like Applejack's premonition was correct.

"There's an invite for you six too, huh?", I stroked my beard gently. "Well, I guess I'll see you there, and who knows? You might meet a stallion there".

I had wished her a goodnight and turned back to head in and probably get shit faced. I walked in and saw that this place was exactly like how I predicted it, dark, dim lights, a bar, a stripper pole, and a doorway with curtains that said 'VIP' right above it. It's a strip joint alright. I walked up to the bar and was greeted by a mare with very revealing tank top, if you asked me whether or not I could see them, I'd say, 'they're in your face, it's kind of hard not to'.

"What would you like?", she asked with a sexy smirk, all for business I guess.

I took a good look at he drinks behind her and selected, "Get me a couple of shots of 'Applejack Daniel's' please".

She kept up he smirk and turned around swaying her hips, "coming right up stud". I almost chuckled at how similar the clubs were here and back home, the girls trying to get the attention of the customer so they would buy drinks and dances. But they didn't need to persuade me, I loved as much as the next bastard, I'll get drinks regardless. She back and smiled as I took it and thanked her. I tasted the first shot, damn,  it had at all, copying  'Jack Daniel's', but still good. I downed the rest and turned back to get a look at the dancers behind me.

All of them were curvaceous, had nice racks and had big smiles. Either they had customers here that they really liked, or the manger did a really good job of getting them to smile. Either way I babysat my other shot while staring, I don't feel like getting a dance now, maybe another time. I downed the second shot and asked for another one. Which she gladly filled up my cup and I thanked her and went right back to staring.

"I haven't ever met a human before", the bartender behind me said. "Maybe you could come back with me and I can see how you tick". She traced a finger on my arm all the while. Now as intriguing as it sounded, I wasn't really in the mood that night.

"Sorry love, I'm just here for drinks, maybe another time", she pouted but didn't press anymore.

I downed the last one and thanked the gal at the bar for her service and walked out, the place seemed nice. Maybe I would come at a later time for a dance. But I needed to get home. Then I heard and engine sound at the entrance and ran out. I found Michael outside with an Audi, black and beautiful as fuck.

"Michael, holy shit man, where'd you find this?", I asked with a huge smile.

"You remember that one huge basement door that we've been trying to break into for a while back at base?", he asked, grabbing my attention.

"You mean to tell me that this car was down there?", I asked gleefully.

"And a whole bunch of other cars too. But guess what?", I looked up at him. "This one's all yours man".

I went wide eyed, "you gotta be fucking with me?!", I exclaimed, not wanting to believe it.

"Nope, she's all yours man. But since you're buzzed, I'll drive you home and leave it in your garage", he replied, I nodded and got into the passenger seat. "Had a good time at the club"?

I nodded, "yeah, the girls there are pretty nice looking, we should all head there sometime".

He nodded and I was slowly falling asleep as the drinks started to settle into my system. Holy shit, this boy about to go night-night......