Life with Spitfire

Cold wind. It boosted up my nerves, as we with Spitfire walked down the night street. However, as she felt herself more or less comfortable, I tried to bury myself in a trench coat. I had my hat down on my ears, and I wore leather gloves.

“November has come,” I said, while trying to light up a cigarette with my shaking hands. As I did so, the hot smoke filled my lungs, slightly warming me up.

“Definitely. I think it was a bad idea to walk – you should’ve taken your car,” Spitfire agreed.

“My pal is standing in a garage, waiting for an overhaul. It’s good that I’m free the next few days – I’ll have enough time to fix everything in it.”

“It looks like it’s pretty old. I saw some rust on its body.”

“Yeah, it’s pretty old. They don’t produce Lada 2105 anymore. But, I know where to get any spare parts and upgrades that I need.”

“Good for you. Too bad that you can’t drive it right now – my ears are starting to freeze,” Spitfire complained, and looked at me. After that, she giggled. “Looks like I’m not the only one here, who’s freezing!”

“Enough of that bullshit. I just want to get drunk and pass out,” I said harshly. After that, we walked in silence for some time.

The streetlights were creating a nice ambient. Shadowed buildings were passing by slowly before my eyes, and as we slowly were going from another spot of light to another, everything seemed peaceful. Until I saw some movement in the shadows in front of us, at least. I started to move my head rapidly, looking for someone who could be near us. Spitfire chuckled on that.

“What are you looking for?” she asked me playfully. “Scared of the dark?”

“No. I think I just saw some movement,” I replied, while looking around. “Maybe it’s just my reflexes.”

However, as we continued our walk, I saw even more movement around us in the shadows. I tensed up a bit, but I decided not to show it to Spitfire, and continued to talk to her.

“Anyways… How are the Wonderbolts? I’ve heard that Fleetfoot and Cloudchaser were having an autograph session recently.”

“Yeah, they had. They were performing at some community events in Manehatten, and they were quite busy. And what about your construction bureau?”

“Everything’s fine, though we don’t fly as much as we did at summer. The main problem there is the grease – as it cools down, it becomes less liquid. Sometimes it freezes, and we need to wait until it warms up to start the engine. We need to order special types of oil and fuel before the winter starts…” I replied with a hum of thought. However, I didn’t finish my sentence, as I noticed that some ponies were looking at us. One unicorn, one pegasus and one earth pony stood nearby, leaned to the building’s wall. As we walked past them, the earth pony asked me:

“Hey, pal! Care to share a cigarette?”

I tensed up, but decided to share. So, I took a cigarette from the pack, and we with Spitfire walked to them. As I gave the cigarette to him, he took it and smirked.

“A human? And he’s along with such a nice mare, as Spitfire herself? How ridiculous.”

“Have a nice evening, sir,” I responded harshly, and tried to walk away. However, as I turned around, I saw that another trio of ponies, which consisted of two earth ponies and one unicorn, was approaching our pair. “Well shit,” I said, gritting my teeth.

“Look there, human,” the unicorn from another group said, as he approached me and Spitfire, “Seems like you’ve found yourself in a wrong neighborhood. Care to share some money?”

“Hey, if you don’t back off, I’ll break you in half,” Spitfire alerted everyone, and curled her fists.

“No need to, Spitfire. I can do this all by myself,” I responded. After that, she looked at me. Her face was showing that she wasn’t sure about my words. Also, that encouraged the thugs.

“And what will you do? Cry and run to your mom’s home, monkey?” the unicorn smirked, and grabbed my trench coat with his fists. Meanwhile, other thugs were forming a circle around us. However, he stopped, as he felt that something was poking into his belly.

“If you won’t get your damned hands off me, you’ll have a few nice holes in your body,” I said with a grin. The unicorn released me, and slowly backed off. Spitfire looked at me, being surprised.

“What did you do?” she asked. I only grinned even wider, unbuttoning my trench coat, and revealing a Vz.61 “Skorpion” automatic pistol, that hung on a strap, which was hidden under the trench coat.

“That, my dear, is an automatic pistol. It shoots bullets with force so much that it can kill. Now, dear sirs, back off and no one will get hurt.”

However, the “dear sirs” didn’t listen to my advice. As I heard a whistling sound behind myself, I immediately fell on the ground. A big fist of a buff earth pony has moved through the air, not hurting me. I quickly rolled over on my back, and shot him in the gut. He quickly fell on the ground, holding to his new wound, and screaming curses. I jumped back on my feet, and saw how another pony was approaching me quickly. But I was faster – I aimed the gun at him and shot him into the leg. He quickly fell on the ground near his partner. As I quickly looked around, I saw how Spitfire became airborne and bombarded one unicorn with her fists, while he was blocking her with his magic. I quickly aimed at him, but I didn’t have enough time to shoot, as something hit me in the back. With a loud gasp I fell on the ground and released the pistol from my hands. However, I didn’t lose it, as it was strapped to me neatly. As I turned around, I saw how some pegasus was speeding up while being airborne, to give me another powerful punch. I tried to lift up my pistol, but I didn’t have enough time. So I prepared myself for a hit… But it didn’t happen, as the pegasus was punched by Spitfire, who’d already dealt with the unicorn. So, I sprang back on my feet, and saw that one unicorn and one earth pony were left.

“One-on-one fight! No weapons!” the earth pony shouted at me. “Or you’re just scared to face us?”

“Let me think… Fuck, I don’t care,” I replied, and aimed the gun at him. After that, I shot him in the leg. As I did so, Spitfire attacked the unicorn, and knocked him out with a powerful punch of her own. As she did so, she looked over the battlefield victoriously. All of thugs were down.

“Well, that was something! Though, we should call the police so they would collect these poor bastards,” she said, and looked at me. I was still holding my pistol. “And hide that thing! I know that we don’t have laws for the use of firearms, but you can get in trouble if they see that thing with you.”

“That was self-protection,” I replied back, while taking a mobile phone from one of the pockets. “They wouldn’t let me to live in Equestria or even buy a gun if I wouldn’t know stuff like that. Back home, our laws are stricter…”

As I called the police and explained the situation, I hid the gun back under the trench coat, and got to one of the thugs. He was holding to his guts, trying to not to reveal his wound.

“You will be fine, pal. Just wait until the police comes,” I said with a smirk, and faced Spitfire. “Nice job done there, by the way. You gave a few powerful punches out there, I don’t know if I could ever knock someone out with one hit.”

“Well duh, I’m a Wonderbolts captain, I must be the best at everything,” she shrugged. “You shot them good, too. Where did you learn to be a sharpshooter?”

“Army. We’ve learned how to use firearms and how to protect ourselves,” I smiled back. After that, I’ve heard a siren of a police van, which was coming closer. “And here’s the police. Let’s meet them.”

So, me and Spitfire stood on the middle of the road, and waved our hands to the police “GAZelle”, that was coming closer. As it stopped, a few policeponies sprang out of it. We with Spitfire immediately showed them our passports.

“Captain Spitfire? It’s an honor to meet you,” the leader of the police group greeted my companion after checking the documents. “Seems like you’ve dealt with this trouble yourself? These bastards never change, I suppose – they try to rob someone and get hit in the gut!”

“Yes, we are fine. Though, I’ll share this victory with my friend,” Spitfire gestured at me. “He’s a sharpshooter, isn’t he?”

“Indeed he is – these pals won’t be able to rob anyone for a long time. What was your name again, son?”

“Nick. And yeah, I had a lady with me. I had to do something… Though, I prefer to not get in fights at all,” I responded, blushing.

“Well, you did everything that you needed to do. Good job,” the policepony shook my hand. “Well, we have to go. Stay out of trouble!”

When the police workers had collected the thugs and set off in their van, we with Spitfire continued our walk. My back hurt slightly, thanks for the pegasus’s impact. However, in all other aspects, I felt myself great, and even my mood was good.

“Hey, Nick,” suddenly, Spitfire said, “You’ve never told me that you had a weapon strapped to yourself. More than that, I don’t understand how did you hide it so I didn’t notice.”

“Usually it lays in a glovebox of my car. But now, I am without my car, as you can see,” I chuckled. “Keeping myself protected here is much easier, than back home. There having a gun like this one without permission is illegal, you know… That was causing me a lot of trouble.”

“Like what?”

“Well, for example, I was going back home from my work. I saw how two thugs were trying to rob a lady. Well, with boiling blood and immense hatred I ran to them. You know, the “knight mode is on”, and stuff… They just stabbed me in the gut. I nearly passed out there.”

“What about these two thugs?”

“My attack gave some time to the girl to run away and call the police. As I woke up in the hospital, they told me that the police had caught them.”

“And what about the girl?” Spitfire asked curiously.

“Well, she visited me for a couple of times,” I sighed and took a pack of cigarettes from my pocket. As I shook it, I heard only one cigarette left. “Only one left… Have to find more later…”

“Seems like she didn’t even give you a hug for your attempt to save her,” Spitfire said. Her voice sounded caring.

“Nope. She had a lot of stuff on her. At least it seemed like it.”

“Poor you – tried to save the day, got stabbed and even didn’t get a kiss in a cheek,” Spitfire giggled. “Oh boy, what a mad world is your homeland…”

“Yeah. But still, it’s my home. We’re all sort of mad out there. For example, for some reason I’ve decided to buy a gun here,” I laughed.

“Well duh, I understand that. If you’re bad at fistfights, you better hold your enemy at distance,” Spitfire shrugged and stopped. I looked at her, being confused. “Hey, thanks for the help with these bastards, by the way. I could’ve dealt with all of them by myself, but it was nice of you to offer your help.”

“Duh, you’re a mare, after all, I had to do that. And even if you weren’t, I’ve learned the rules of our army’s soldier behavior too well. One of them says that the soldier must do everything to protect the civilian population.”

“Don’t be so modest. You’ve shown everyone that you have a noble spirit and bravery to help someone in need. That means a lot to me,” Spitfire said, and in one swift move, hugged me tightly. “You may not have magical abilities, enhanced strength or wings as we ponies do. But nonetheless, you’re still an awesome person. Think about it.”

“Shucks, you make me blush,” I replied, feeling how the blood was flowing through my facial muscles because of embarrassment. But what I did not expect was a quick hot kiss into my right cheek. After it, Spitfire released me, and started to walk away.

“Don’t just stay there, or you’ll catch cold,” she said casually. I stood for a couple of seconds, being absolutely flustered. So, I finished my cigarette, and walked after the mare. My mind was racing, not knowing, how to react.

Boy, Spitfire was definitely a very unusual mare…