Author's Note

For this and future chapters...I'll be putting up character names to show you which view we're supposed to be reading this from for example:

Pony Borough Bridge - (Spike) <----[That means you're reading Spike's encounter]

Pony Burough Bridge - (Red) <----[That means you're looking at Red's encounter]

The encounters aren't in 1st person...but you are reading the story like their the protagonists of that part.

Hope you like the new mechanic

18: Messenger

[An hour later] Streets of Manticore - (Red)

As Zero was driving Red to the Solar Guard station to talk to Spike, the red stallion sighed and looked outside the window, thinking about something.

The female changeling looked at him with the corner of her eye. "Red? You alright?"

Red looked over at Zero. "Yeah...just thinking on what I'm doing...should I even consider warning the kid of the dangers the gang is in?"

"Well, that depends..." The changeling turned a corner. "You think he'll be willing to listen?"

"I highly doubt it..." The red stallion opened the window, the wind blowing his mane back. "But yet...I still want to at least warn him of the situation even if he's willing to listen or not."

"Alright...whatever you say." Zero concentrated on the road as Red sighed again.

He felt a bit bad that he was close to lying to Zero, the closest being he had to a mother. What he was thinking about was his sister Rainbow.

"Man...I can't believe it's been 12 years since I've seen Rainbow..." He thought. "Seemed like only yesterday when Zero first busted Rainbow and me for robbing Pinkie Pie's Super Duper Amazingly Scrumpalicious Baked Treats!!!."

The changeling pulled up the car in front of the station and Red sighed one more time as he got out and shut the door. "Thanks, Zero, I'll be out soon...I just need to help the guy out."

"Wait, Red!" The red stallion looked back at Zero. "You forgot your knife..."

Red took the blade from the changeling's hand. "Is it in there?"

"It's in there...please don't do anything stupid..." Zero said as Red put the knife in his pocket.

"Do you think I would ever do anything stupid?"

"Do you want me to answer that?" Zero deadpanned, the red stallion was about to say something before he stopped himself. "That's what I thought..."

Red rolled his eyes at her and went into the Solar Guard building, heading straight for the interrogation room since he was familiar with the building's layout because of how much he's been there. As he approached the door, he heard two voices inside.

"Easy Deputy Darkpaw…" a male voice said.

Red then heard the sound of a hand slamming onto a desk. "TELL US WHAT YOU AND THOSE TWO SLUTS WERE DOING!!!!"

The stallion gasped and growled, kicking the door in. "OK, WHO THE FUCK JUST CALLED MY SISTER A SLUT?!?!"

[5 Minutes Earlier] Interrogation Room 1 - (Spike)

"We just want to know what's the deal with you and The Solaris Sisters..." Dual said to Spike. Both males along with Virtus were in an interrogation room, Spike's hands were both chained to a desk that was right in front of him where the chief was sitting across from him. "We want to help you son..."

"I already told you...I can't tell you..." Spike replied

Dual sighed and got up, Virtus had a file in her hand and slammed it onto the desk, beginning to circle the drake like a vulture.

"You're gonna tell us what is going on with you and The Solaris Sisters...otherwise, I'm gonna shove my gun so far up your fucking ass you'll shit bullets for months!!!"

"Easy Deputy Darkpaw…," Dual said, calming her down. "If we're rough on him like that, he might not even bother talking."

Virtus didn't listen to him as she slammed her hand onto the desk, her face close to Spike's. "TELL US WHAT YOU AND THOSE TWO SLUTS WERE DOING!!!!"

All three of them then heard the sound of the door being kicked in and they all looked back, seeing a red stallion look at them with a kill in his eyes. "OK, WHO THE FUCK JUST CALLED MY SISTER A SLUT?!?!"

Dual and Virtus quickly took out their guns and aimed at him.

“You again?” Dual said. “What do you want?”

The red stallion calmed down a bit and raised his hands. "Easy lads, put the guns down...name's Red...and do I need to remind you both about the non-hostility arrangement outside of civilian intervention you have with both The Sols and Sombra?"

He walks in and sits on the table, looking at them both before pointing his thumb at the open door. "As of now, he's my problem...unless you want a siege to happen for me and the kid..." He looks at Spike. "Besides, right now...this kid might be able to stop a war breaking out."

Spike raised his eyebrow at him as the stallion looks at the guards again. "So if I were you...I would be prepping the men to evacuate civilians and have defense parameters set up..."

Dual put his gun away out of annoyance but Virtus still had hers drawn at him. “Are you even authorized to be here, smartass?”

"Put it away or you're gonna have to see the city's black market doctor get that gun removed from where the sun doesn't shine Lil puppy...right now I'm unarmed and you're brandishing a weapon at a non-combatant, which is a huge violation or protocol...and you're the deputy," Red said nonchalantly, showing everyone in the room he has the balls to talk down and threaten a solar guard deputy.

"Does it look like I give a fuck? Get the fuck out of here." Virtus sneered, her finger beginning to twitch.

"I'm not going anywhere...you need to get out of the room, this is a family matter and not for your ears..." He looked at Spike again. "And kid...stay seated I need to chat with you about a few things before the others arrive."

"Ya know I could fucking rip your guts out with just a little toothpick...if you don't want that to happen I suggest you fuck off...."

Red stood up and got into her face, her gun pressing into his chest. "Bold words for someone who's about to face plant and snooze..." He then quickly slashed a green-coated claw over her hand that was holding the gun, lightly cutting it. "That my dear is a neurotoxin designed to knock out gods much stronger than you...I don't remember where I even got that but it works and it's a good way to make some side money or in one case to have someone that owed me 5k bits to actually pay it or be dragged back to his cell...."

Virtus growled and grabbed his throat with one hand, picking him up off the ground with just that one hand. "Quit fucking testing me ya little shit!!!"

Red looked down at her with a smug look even though she was choking him. "Interesting but not that impressive...anyone can do this ya lazy fuck." He looked over at Dual. "So Captain, I would like to file a formal complaint about your deputy here...let's see...threatening a non-combatant, pointing a firearm at them, and currently attempting homicide through ineffective choking..."

Virtus pulled her other hand back, her talon coming out razor-sharp with an inhumane smile on her face. "Oh...if you want this to be turned into a Homicide...I will gladly accept it...."

Dual grabbed Virtus’ shoulder, the wolf looking at him. “I-It’s okay honey...let’s just go...put h-him down...”

The wolf looked at him again and growled, dropping him onto the floor. Red got up and Dual looked at him now. “About that complaint...No offense, but you brought that on yourself...you could’ve just said who authorized you to be here and not burst into the door like this is your home or for testing my wife...she has a very violent temper and you just kept pushing her buttons...so I'm not filing a complaint."

Red shrugged and said in a mocking tone. "True...but that fact that I did warn you there's a mafia war coming and your still wasting time on me is shocking..." He then pointed to the deputy-chief. "Also watch her cut...if the color of her fur changes...she's gonna hit the deck hard."

“Don’t worry...I can’t die...” Virtus showed Red that the cut he gave her slowly faded and her skin and fur were back together, it didn’t leave a scar. "Not even a whole tub load of your weak little neurotoxin is gonna put me down...nothing will."

"Cool, hey we should spar sometime...now run along and start evacuating the civilians from both the Solaris and Sombra territories." Red looked at Spike. "Kid, I got a tale to tell you and it explains a lot....especially the fact that I kicked your ass out of the blue for talking about my sister like that...which reminds me."

The red stallion then took out a knife and looked out at Virtus and Dual. "This is for calling her a slut!" He flipped the knife in his and he threw it straight at the two chiefs blade-first.

Virtus easily caught the knife in one hand, she didn't even look at the knife coming at her, her eyes still stared into Red's. “You just gave me the authorization to kill you for assaulting a guard...”

Red sneered a little as he watched the wolf put his knife on her belt. “But I'm not going to considering we do have a job to do...but If I were you...I would be very fucking careful of what I say or do around me...”

"I'll keep that in mind Lil pup...but one more thing about that knife...look inside the handle." Virtus took the knife out again and sees a secret compartment on the knife's handle, she opens it and inside was a flash drive. "The hell is this?"

"It's info on whose in The Solaris Mob and The Sombra Mob...that way you don't get confused like a bunch of dumbasses on whose a civilian or a mafia member...whoever is not on the drive, take them to safety."

The wolf squinted her eyes at Red as she handed Dual the flash drive and put Red's knife back on her belt. The two chiefs walking out of the door as Red called out. "Right back at you!" All she did in response was flip him the bird with her left hand.

Red looked at Spike. "Okay Kid...now, where were we?"

"You were saying you got a 'tale' for me and it explains a lot?" Spike said as the red stallion pulled up a chair and sat in front of him.

"Oh right...listen, I want to tell you something important."

"Hold on," Spike said, slightly cutting him off. "Before you tell me...answer me this...Why the hell did you attack me?!"

Red sighed. "If you were listening to what I was saying to the chiefs...you would've known."

"What the 'sister' nonsense I was talking abo-" The drake stopped himself and gasped, looking at the stallion with a shocked expression. Seeing a smug smile and a nodding head on what Spike was thinking. "W-Wait...R-Rainb-....Y-You and R-Rainbow are....!"

"Yep...Siblings...Name's Redsopine Prism Dash...older brother of Rainbow Ashleigh Dash.

"Rainbow's middle name is 'Ashleigh'?" The purple drake asked.

"Yep...but that's not important right now kid...right now I have the info I need to share," Red added. "Did Rainbow tell you any of her backstories?"

Spike nodded, putting his arms down on the table. "Yeah, but she couldn't remember a lot of details considering it started 13 years ago..."

"Well...before we get to the important bits...I believe it's only fair if you learned the full story of Rainbow and me."

"Okay...I'm listening." Spike leaned in a bit.

Then there was a knock at the door, both males looking at it.