Author's Note

FUN FACT:
Silver Masquerade's sudden "off-screen" death in the previous happened because I could literally no longer find any reference material on her since adding her into the story back when I started this story. For some reason, her very existence has been Thanos-snapped into oblivion.

Hitting The Armory

Soarin reappeared back in Eris' office in a flash of light and looked around. "A-Am I back?"

Eris got up from her desk and walked over to him. "Yes. Do you have the hair?" The stallion held up the strands and the draconequus took them. "Wonderful. You didn't have to do anything too bad for these, I hope."

"They only wanted me to have sex with them," Soarin replied.

Eris froze up for a moment before eyeing him. "Huh... Well, we can worry about that later," she said plainly, heading back to her desk.

"Wait, what?" Soarin asked, not sure if her heard her correctly.

"Oh, uh... Vapor told me to tell you she went back to the station," Eris said, completely ignoring the stallion's confusion.

Soarin nodded and started making his way to the door. "So, we're... good?"

The draconequus eyed him before opening a drawer and putting the hair inside. She then pulled out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote something down. Taking the paper, she walked over to the stallion and sighed. "Here," she said, holding out the paper.

Soarin gave her a look of confusion and took it, reading it. "It's an address."

"Yes," Eris confirmed, crossing her arms. "It's where Dusk is now. And, you better hurry."

Soarin hesitated in thought before putting the paper in his pocket. "What about making a deal?"

Eris shook her head. "No favor this time. Dusk made me look like an idiot today. This bit of information is on the house."

Soarin smiled and opened the door. "I knew you had a heart."

The draconequus rolled her eyes and headed back towards her desk. "Don't let it get to your head."

The stallion watched her walk away before he left the room. "Thanks you," he said quickly, before closing the door.

Eris leaned back in her chair with a sigh and closed her eyes.

By the time he got outside, a cop car pulled up. The window rolled down and revealed Vapor in the driver's seat.

"You're back," she said with a smile.

Soarin nodded and got in the passenger seat. "Well... mission accomplished. And, Eris gave me an address but we need to get moving."

"We need to gather up the rest of the cops first," Vapor said, filling him in on what's happening. "They're scattered and waiting. But, both Masquerade and Midnight were both killed in the explosion."

"That would make Captain Wave Chill in charge," Soarin explained. "Where is he?"

Vapor shrugged. "Haven't heard anything. Could've also died in the explosion."

"Dammit," Soarin sighed, leaning back in his seat. "Is everyone gone?"

“Not everyone,” Vapor said before speeding off back to the police station.

Blaze, an orange mare with spiky orange hair, slammed the hood of the cop car closed with a groan. Smoke poured out of the car as she went around to sit down in the driver's seat. "Engine's shot."

High Winds, a light gray mare with cobalt blue hair, sat in the passenger seat. "What happened? Out of nowhere, our patrol went from normal to guns blazing!" They had backed their car up into an alley as High Winds firmly held her pistol aimed at the street. "Think there's more?"

Blaze shrugged and picked up the radio. "I have no idea," she sighed, pressing the button. "Shit. It's dead," she sighed, dropping the device. "Think this has something to do with that call earlier? The one about Dusk Flight?"

High Winds shook her head. "I hope not. 'Cause that would mean something bad happened."

"Well, something happened," Blaze said as she pulled out her gun and left the car. "This doesn't feel right."

"Do we just wait?" Winds asked. "Or, do we try and make it back to the station?"

Blaze went to the edge of the alley and looked both ways down the street. There was a couple cars on fire and the streets and sidewalks looked abandoned. "It's like the aftermath of a warzone. I don't think the streets are safe," she assessed as she headed back to the car. "I say we wait a little longer."

High Winds lowered her gun and leaned back in her seat. "This sucks."

Soarin and Vapor ran into the police station as Thunderlane stood up. “Armory. Now,” Soarin said as Thunderlane started fumbling with stuff on the desk.

“Got it,” he announced, holding up the keycard before following the other two. Getting to the armory, he swiped the card and the lock beeped.

“Alright, arm up,” Soarin ordered, stepping in and grabbing two pistols before holstering them.

Thunderlane picked up a combat shotgun as Vapor grabbed a machine pistol. After grabbing ammo for their guns, Soarin grabbed two duffel bags and started loading guns inside along with more ammo.

“We’re really doing this, huh?” Vapor asked.

Thunderlane nodded. “I just hope we can find other cops who are… you know… still alive.”

“We will,” Soarin said as he picked up the gun bags. “We have to.”

Soarin then carried the guns out to their car as Vapor followed. Thunderlane closed the door behind them and ran after them. Soarin opened the trunk and set one of the gun bags inside. He turned to Thunderlane and held out the second bag.

“We’ll split up,” Soarin said as the other cop accepted the bag. “Cover more ground that way.”

“Cool,” Thunderlane nodded. “But, what if I run into trouble?”

“Radio us,” Soarin replied as he zipped up the bag and closed the trunk. “If we haven’t found anyone, we’ll come help.”

Thunderlane nodded and took in a deep breath. “Okay,” he said, before turning and heading for one of the other cop cars.

Soarin watched him leave before heading around to the driver’s side and climbed in. Vapor took the passenger seat and let out a sigh.

“Here we go,” she said softly. “Off to start a war.”

“Dusk started the war,” the stallion corrected. “We’re just gonna finish it.”

Vapor looked over at him with a look of worry. “We could die.”

Soarin rested his right arm on the arm rest and looked at her. "We could. But, if we do nothing, a whole lot more could die."

Vapor nodded and smiled lightly. "Well, whatever happens... I'm glad I'm doing it with you."

Soarin smiled back and decided to just go for it. He went to lean in and was delighted when the mare leaned in, too. When their lips touched, they parted for a brief moment out of slight surprise, before going back to kissing. After a few more seconds, they parted as the mare blushed hard. Soarin smiled and patted her shoulder.

"Let's go save the city," he said, before speeding off.

Dusk let out a sigh and put her phone away. She was sitting topless in a chair while Coco gave her a shoulder massage. “Damn…”

Fray, who was leaning against the wall, stood up. “What is it now?”

Dusk crossed her arms. “Soarin and Vapor. They were seen heading from Eris’ to the police station. They just left with a bunch of guns.”

“They’re mounting an assault,” the black mare inferred.

“Most likely,” the midnight blue mare replied. “Though, I doubt they’ll be coming straight here.”

Fray took a couple steps forward. “The surviving cops. They’re gonna find them.”

“And, we need to kill them before that happens,” Dusk pointed out. “Get a bunch of teams together and search the city. I’ll talk to our friend.”

Fray nodded and headed for the door. “Right.”

“Uh, Fray?” Dusk said, getting the black mare’s attention. She then motioned for her to come over.

Fray smirked and left the door to walk over to Dusk. She then leaned in and kissed the mare on the lips. Both mares let out moans that made Coco blush hard. When they parted, Fray gave Dusk’s nose a playful lick before leaving.

Dusk watched her leave before leaning back in her chair. “Lower,” she ordered.

Coco looked down to see her fingers resting just above the blue tits. “Um, but…” She then let out a sigh of defeat and moved her hands lower to massage the breasts.

Dusk smiled and closed her eyes. “That’s it.”

Blaze and High Winds sat in their car before they heard the sound of an approaching engine. “Come on,” Blaze urged quietly as she got out of the car. High Winds followed her as they made their way behind the car, guns at the ready.

The approaching car pulled up to the alley as the window rolled down. “Are you okay?” Came an unfamiliar voice. “Do you need help?”

Blaze and High Winds eyed each other before High Winds spoke up. “We’re fine!”

“You don’t look fine,” the voice continued.

“Look, we can’t really trust anyone right now!” Blaze called out. “So, if you’re innocent, please leave! Otherwise, we’ll have to start shooting!”

Both mares waited to see what would happen. To their surprise, the window rolled up and the car drove away. Blaze and High Winds exchanged sharply and lowered their guns.

“This is insane,” Winds sighed.

“When we get out of this,” Blaze started.

“Night club?” Winds asked.

The orange mare nodded. “Night club.” Both mares shook on it before they heard another car approaching.