It was late at night, and Equestrian Special Forces Commander Shining Armor was deeply troubled by the fact that an infamous killer, nicknamed 'Jigsaw', had killed again.

He was deep in thought when he heard a knock on the door.

"Enter." He said a little harshly.

Twilight Sparkle opened the door and walked up to her brother, sat down and smiled before showing him the true explanation hidden behind her out-of-place smile.

"I have some theories I'd like to over with you on the connection between every victim to date, and I've also reverse engineered his little 'inventions' to suit our purposes, just like you asked." Twilight said with a forced smile.

This made Shining Armor look at her with a slightly interested look; he nodded indicating for her to continue as he placed the file he was reading back on his desk.

"Well, for starters, each victim is known for either self abuse, or abusing others, however it could be bigger than that..." Twilight said as Shining Armor motioned for her to stop.

"Look, I appreciate the ideas and theories you've come up with, but that doesn't help narrow down the killers list. What we do know is that this bastard is sick and needs to be taken down!" He said slamming his hand against the desk.

"I understand that, but we still don't know where they're being tortured, making the possibility of capturing this damn fucker very low. So Shining, it might be worth it to know that you are becoming obsessed, which is what The Force doesn't need." Twilight said, returning Shining's bout of anger with a raised voice.

Just then there was a knock at the door. Shining Armor stood and went to open the door, and there was a young officer standing there, looking as if he had run all the way here. The officer told Shining Armor about a new victim turning up in the Canterlot Hospital. Both Shining Armor and Twilight readied their side-arms and teleported straight to the hospital.

When they asked about the new victim' they were devastated to here that it was Nurse Redheart; the attendant gave them the room where she was resting and when they found it, they were confused. Sitting next to her was none other than Fluttershy.

"What the hay took you so long? I thought it would be sooner that you got the message." Fluttershy said, genuine anger in her voice.

"Sorry, but we only just got it, now how is she?" Twilight asked, truly wondering why her friend was here.

"How is it that you're here, especially since you don't look like you were there with her?" Shining asked, forgetting the gravity of the situation.

"I found her, near the sub tunnel entrance just outside of town." She said, not knowing if they would believe her.

"Shy, I'm sorry but, in order to be sure I would like to perform a memory spell, one that will confirm this." Twilight said, genuine regret in her voice.

"No no, she's telling the truth. I managed to escape, but then I collapsed while trying to get to my clinic." Redheart said with obvious strain in her voice.

"Do you remember the exact route you took to get to the surface?" Twilight asked, hoping to not make things painful for Redheart.

"Yes, I can draw a map for you. I might also have some information that might help you." Redheart said, causing Shining Armor to look at her with intrigue.

Redheart seemed deeply distressed as the broke eye contact."Photo Finish is dead." She force back a few tears, and then continued in a shaking voice.
"W-we were both going to die, there was a needle, and I remember everything she did... I-I was full of rage, a-and it was a fast acting poison that I injected into her blood, b-but only because it was me or her..." She finally broke down as she began recounting those last moments, when she took someones life instead of saving it.

I watched as the venom flowed through Photo Finish's veins. I could only guess that she was trying to call me a bitch, but after a minute she began to convulse, writhing in agony as her mouth foamed, after a few minutes of that she passed out, ceasing all function for the last time. Then her body became a cold, dull, lifeless bag of meat. I felt horrified at what I'd done. So, I ran. Eventually, I escaped and almost as soon as I hit the grass, I had became extremly weak, and I collapsed.

Redheart had begun crying, and the three visitors were ushered from the room. Fluttershy looked over her shoulder to get one last good look at the broken mare. And what she saw was beautiful.

Meanwhile back at headquarters, Twilight and Shining Armor were getting ready for their investigation of the Ponyville Sub-Tunnel Network in an attempt to find find the body of Photo Finish, as Princess Celestia greeted them and asked to speak with them alone.

"What's the problem, Princess?" Twilight asked, already aware of the reason as to why Celestia had come.

"I understand you have a lead on 'Jigsaw'." Celestia said, looking at them with hope.

"No, but we do have a lead on his latest 'game', as he calls these torture sessions." Twilight said with contempt. She had to admit that Jigsaw's methods were efficient, if brutal. His Ideology also seemed to be of a saint; a deranged Saint. And the engineering skills that Jigsaw possessed were on-par with the best blacksmiths in the land; if only he used them for good.

"Well then, please try and be discreet. I don't want anymore panic than there already is." Celestia said with a hopeful determination.

"Don't worry princess, we'll bring Jigsaw down!" Twilight said.

The group then separated and Twilight teleported herself and Shining Armor to the Sub-Tunnel entrance. The pair looked at each other with a look that telepathically wished each other with good luck, and begged that they don't die.

Author's Note

Authors Notes
This is my first attempt at something like this, and I appreciate the time and work that King Shugoki has put into this, I also want to know what you guys think.

Editors notes: This is my first time co-writing/editing a story. I hope that my work pleases you, and that you may point out any flaws that I may have missed.