Autumn Blaze

Rusty entered her apartment with a sigh after leaving her weapons in the trunk of her car. Kicking off her boots, she made her way towards the bedroom door. Feeling a small vibration, she pulled out her phone. There was a new text that read: 7pm

Opening the bedroom door, she saw Autumn sitting on the edge of the bed, facing her with a smile. “Oh, you’re awake,” Rusty said with a smile in return.

The kirin nodded and laid on her side. “I think this is the first time I’ve been happy since coming here.”

“Well, you only just arrived yesterday,” the mare said as she approached the bed. “How long you been awake?”

“According to that device over there,” Autumn started, referring to the digital clock on the bedside table. “about 30 minutes.”

“You sat there for 30 minutes?” Rusty chuckled.

Autumn shrugged. “You said you’d be back soon, so...”

The mare smiled and patted her head. “Why don’t I treat you to dinner? What do ya say? Feel like going out to eat?”

“I don’t know what that means, but okay,” The kirin replied as she sat up.

“Let’s shower first,” Rusty suggested as she held out her hand. “Then, we gotta find clothes that fit you. Most of mine would be tight around the chest area. Plus, I don’t have any bras.”

Autumn took her hand and stood up, immediately leaning against her with bedroom eyes. “Mind If we play a little, first?”

Rusty chuckled and placed her hands on the kirin’s butt. “How can I say no to this body?” She asked with a smile, before leaning in and kissing the kirin.

Autumn kissed back before they started rubbing their tongues together with loving moans.

Autumn and Rusty sat down at a café down the street from where the police station was. They both ordered a drink and an appetizer to start. Once they were alone, Rusty smiled. "You look good in that," she commented.

Autumn was currently only wearing a large sweater that hung down to her waist. For pants, she wore loose sweats with sandals. "Really? I look sort of plain."

"Sure, but..." Rusty started. "the fact you're naked under there is hot."

The kirin blushed and looked around. "Everyone in this city wears clothes. It's so different from my village."

Rusty smiled and let the waitress put their drinks down before continuing. "What was your village like?"

"Oh, we were all topless," Autumn explained. "Wore as little possible to hide our naughty bits. Had sex for fun." She then smiled. "We all got along well. Aside from a few small disagreements, it was peaceful. Quiet."

"Sounds nice," Rusty said before she took a sip of her water. "How are you liking it here?"

"This place?" Autumn asked. "I dunno... The Elementals are sort of protectors, right? I dunno, I feel like... like I should be doing something to help, yo know? Earn my place with them."

"I don't think they'd want you putting yourself in harm's way," Rusty said as she took the kirin's hand. "Neither do I."

Autumn smiled at her and held her hand. "Thanks."

Down the street, a couple vans pulled up to the police station. A pink griffin left the van in front and headed into the police station. She was wearing a white t-shirt and long, thin jeans. As she approached the front desk, she blew a bubble with the gum in her beak.

The stallion behind the counter looked up at her. “May I help you, ma’am?”

“Probably,” the griff cooed as she leaned in. “There are bombs all around this building. If you make any sudden movements, we’ll detonate them. Am I understood?”

The cop’s eyes narrowed. “What do you want?”

The griffin chuckled. “I want you to get your chief out here so I can explain the situation to them.”

The stallion sighed and picked up the phone, dialing a number. “Yeah, sir? I’m gonna need you to come out here. We have a situation.”

He then hung up the phone and, only a minute later, the chief came out and walked over to them.

“What’s going on?” He asked. “Who’s this?”

“Bubblegum,” the pink griffin replied. “Nice to meet you.”

“She said there’s bombs all around the building,” the cop explained. “One wrong move and…”

The griffin cut him off by imitating an explosion with her right hand. “Boom.”

The chief stared at her for a moment before talking. “You think this is smart? Showing your face to us? You don’t think we’ll come after you?”

“Honestly, it doesn’t matter,” Bubblegum cooed. “Now, tell everyone in here to stand down. My boys are coming in to search the lower levels. I’d hate to leave any dead bodies behind.”

Autumn’s ears perked as she looked in the direction of the Police Station. Rusty followed her gaze and wondered why she was staring at the wall. Before she could say anything, Autumn took off. Realizing what the kirin may have heard, Rusty let out a gasp and quickly stood up. She was about to leave when their waiter approached her.

“Are you both leaving?” He asked.

Rusty nodded quickly. “Yeah, I have to...”

“Then, You must wait for the check,” he said, making the mare growl under her breath.

Autumn headed down the sidewalk, approaching the police station. Everything seemed quiet, but the kirin’s senses were telling her that something was off. If she was right, however, would she be able to control her powers and help? Or only make things worse?

She spotted a couple vans parked in front of the building which seemed off to her. Heading around to the side of the building, she approached a window and peeked in. Inside, she saw the lobby with a few officers held at gun point by masked stallions.

“Uh oh,” She muttered. “Not good.” Her ears twitched at a noise and she looked over to see an armed thug circling around the building.

He quickly spotted her and held up his gun. Since they were in an alley, no one on the street could see him. He cautiously approached her, keeping his gun on her. “Don’t move,” he ordered.

Autumn knew he was going to shoot her anyways. She also knew she had to put aside her pacifist attitude and hill him before he killed her. Her heart rate increased as her breathing intensified. Sweating nervously, she stopped to her knees, her legs feeling weak from extreme anxiety. She didn’t want to but she knew she had to.

When the stallion was close, he reached for his radio. “Attention. I have the...”

He wasn’t able to finish his sentence before Autumn let out a scream and lunged at him. He blocked with his rifle as the kirin grabbed the weapon. Her hands started to heat up before the gun began to melt. The stallion went wide-eyed before the kirin burst into flames, completely engulfing the stallion. Both his screams and the light from the fire immediately attracted the attention of the civilians outside and the thugs inside.

The thugs all burst out of the front door, heading to the vans. The nirik darted from the alley, her eyes focused on the vans. As the last stallion was about to climb into the middle van, he spotted her and raised his gun.

Autumn let out a gasp and leapt to the side to avoid the bullets. The shooter noticed a fire hydrant near the nirik and fired at it. Autumn looked over just in time to get a blast of water, putting her fire out. After getting knocked on her back by the force of the water, Autumn shook her head to dry off. She then saw the stallion standing over her, gun pointed at her face.

“That was my brother you burned to a crisp,” he said with an angry look on his face.

“O-Oh, uh…” Autumn stammered. “I’m sorry, I didn’t…”

She was cut off when the stallion kicked her in the side. “You’re sorry?!”

A few of the other thugs ran over to try and pull him away. “Come on, we gotta go!” One yelled at him.

The sound of police sirens caught his attention before he pulled out his cell phone. “Cops are coming. We need to get the artifact out of here now. Send backup.”

Autumn looked down the road to see the cops coming closer. Looking over her shoulder, she saw a line of black trucks approaching. She knew a fight was about to begin with her smack dab in the middle. Letting out a yell, she ignored herself again and ran for the sidewalk. When the stallion who attacked her raised his gun, she threw a ball of fire near a parked car. It exploded and tumbled towards the attacker, who jumped out of the way.

“Shit,” he grunted.

Autumn ran down the sidewalk towards the cops, panting heavily while her heart felt like it was about to explode from fear. When one of the cars pulled up to her, the two cops inside got out.

“Are you the kirin?” One asked. “We need to get you out of here.”

Before anyone could say anything else, a stallion sitting in the back of one of the black trucks pulled out a grenade launcher and fired it. The cop car exploded, killing the officers while sending Autumn flying back into the brick building. She collapsed to the sidewalk with a groan and a cough. Opening her eyes, she saw blood on her arms and went wide-eyed.

“No,” she muttered, as gunfire continued around her. “This… This is… This isn’t my blood…”

Rainbow Dash walked up to Fluttershy, Chrysalis, and Nala who were at the hotel's restaurant. "Have any of you seen Autumn?"

All three looked up at her as Fluttershy replied. "No, she hasn't come back yet. Does she have a phone?"

"Yeah, mine," Dash sighed. "I've tried calling but it must be off. I hope she knows how to turn it on."

Not even a second later, Fluttershy's phone rang. "Um..." the pegasus muttered, pulling her phone out. "It's... Rainbow Dash," she said, before looking at the cyan mare. She quickly answered it. "Hello? Autumn?"

"Send help, please!" The kirin yelled. "I-I think I started a war! I-I'm covered in blood a-and there's... s-so many bodies..." She let out a shriek when the line went dead.

"Shit," Rainbow gasped, immediately turning and leaving.

"Do you know where she is?!" Fluttershy called to her.

The cyan pegasus shrugged. "I'll just listen for the explosions!"

"What if she doesn't make it?" The yellow pegasus asked.

Chrysalis watched Rainbow leave the hotel before getting up. "She has to. But, if she can't... then she'll need help."

Autumn stared at the phone on the ground, a bullet hole in it. She heard another explosion before there was the sound of tires screeching and vehicles speeding away.

Inside the station, Bubblegum sighed heavily and looked at the chief. "And, this was going so well, too," she said, before slipping behind him and wrapping her left arm around his neck. She then pulled out a silenced pistol and. before the stallion behind the desk could react, she shot him in the head. The griff then aimed the gun at the chief's head and fired. Letting his body drop, she reached into her other pocket and pulled out a hand grenade. Turning to leave, she pulled the pin and threw it behind her. As she left the station, the grenade went off and she pulled out a lollipop from another pocket. Looking over, her eyes met the naked kirin's.

"Well, who's this?" She asked, walking over to the blood-spattered kirin. "You're a cutie."

"U-Uh..." Autumn stammered. "I-I'm Autumn."

"Autumn," the pink griff repeated as she put the lollipop in her mouth. "You start all this?"

The kirin shook her head. "I-I didn't mean to. I-I just wanted to help."

"Well..." Bubblegum started, looking around. "Seems like you caused more damage than I wanted. You see, this was supposed to be a simple snatch and grab mission. No one was supposed to die. Now, all the cops in that building are dead." She then let out a chuckle as Autumn gasped, tears in her eyes. "Oh, don't cry. I'd like to thank you. I may be a silent assassin but I do enjoy making some noise now and then." She then playfully ruffled the kirin's head before standing up. "See ya later, Autumn," she cooed, before turning and walking away.

Autumn watched her slip into an alley and just started sobbing. She then heard someone familiar shouting for her. Looking up, she tried to see through the fire. "O-Over here!" She called out. Being fire-based, the smoke wasn't affecting her, but she still had to struggle to yell over the raging fires everywhere from all the burning vehicles. A familiar figure soon landed in front of her, making her gasp softly. "N-Nala? You came?"

"Rainbow Dash is coming, but my queen thought that..." She trailed of when she saw the blood all over her naked body. "Um... She thought she could use some back-up." The changeling moved closer. "We need to get you cleaned up and clothed," she said, holding out her hand. Autumn stood up and took the changeling's hand. Nala suddenly pulled back when she felt the blood. "You really are covered," she said, making Autumn whimper.

"Autumn?!" Came another voice as Rusty ran over to them. "Autumn, are you okay?!" She gasped, seeing all the blood.

"It's not... It's not mine..." Autumn muttered.

"Shit," Rusty sighed, before her phone chirped. Pulling it out, she groaned. "Not now," she muttered, before putting her phone away. "Autumn," she said, walking up and taking the kirin by the shoulders. "Will you be okay to go with your friend here?"

The kirin nodded and sniffled. "Y-Yeah..."

Rusty leaned in and kissed her cheek. "I'd stay if I could, but I'm needed elsewhere."

Nala raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. "What's more important than making sure Autumn's okay?"

The brown mare shot Nala a frown before kissing Autumn on the lips. "I'll see ya later, okay?" Autumn nodded and Rusty took off.

Nala watched Rusty leave before she heard a car approach. Turning around, she saw Rainbow pull up, followed by a bunch of police, a few ambulances, and a fire truck. The cyan mare got out and ran over to them, skidding to a stop when she saw the kirin covered in blood splatters.

"Shit," Dash gasped, rushing over to the kirin and looking her over. "Not yours?"

Autumn shakily shook her head. "Your phone."

"Huh?" Rainbow asked.

"First your window..." Autumn muttered. "Now, your phone."

"No, you didn't..." Dash began, before sighing. "Never mind. Let's get that blood washed off." She then removed her jacket and put it on the kirin.

"Now, your jacket, too," Autumn pointed out.