Rise of the Night/Run of Night

“Are you fucking kidding me Congo?!” Shadowstep asked.

“I wish I was buddy.” Congo said in all seriousness.

“So your telling me someone is planning a coup on the Princess's and then plan on taking over the nation?” Shadowstep asked.

“Yep, but we don't know who. All we know is that someone wants complete control over the military force and that's still under the Princess's control.” Congo said leaning back on Bladebreaker's desk.

“This is gonna sound far fetched but what if its the council that's planing the coup?” Shiva asked wile sitting at Shadowstep's desk.

Shadowstep and Congo looked at each other and both thought. “Well I wouldn't put it pasted the council to be that evil. I mean they did put me behind enemy line for 5 months with no means of contact or exfiltration. So I wouldn't put it past them to try to kill off the Princess's.” Shadowstep said.

“Captain Shadowstep. There is a team of merc's from Canterlot under the order of the council. They demand to talk to you. Should I send them up to see you?” the intercom on Shadowstep's desk said.

Shadowstep lunged forward and grabbed Congo, Lyla, and Shiva and brought them in front of an empty and rather large closet. He pushed the three of them in and said “None of you say a word right now. If they catch you here I'm in deep shit and you are probably going to be executed.”

He then closed the closet and walked back over to the intercom. “Ok send them up. I rather get this done and over with.” he said.

A few minutes pasted and a team of ten men entered the office. “Gentlemen how can I help you today?” Shadowstep asked.

“Enough with the formalities Captain. The council knows you been in contact with Congo and his gang. Now they have asked for them to be handed over and have yet seen any progress of the matter.” the lead man said.

“I don't know what your talking about and I don't like your tone of voice.” Shadowstep said calmly.

“Listen up if you don't start working with the council on this matter then you will be removed from position of power and be imprisoned and tortured till you tell us where he is.” the lead man said again with anger in his voice.

Shadowstep stepped forward and even though he was a tad bit shorter then the team of men in his office he didn't show signs of backing down. “Are you threatening me? Do you realize who I am or what I have done? Or did the council just tell you to go and try and push this guy so he will give you what they want and you can get your money?” Shadowstep asked with a sickening calmness in his voice.

“I am aware of your service record. I am also aware that if you truly felt threatened we wouldn't be standing. I'm just telling you a warning and that's all. Now we will take our leave.” the lead merc left and his men followed closely behind.

“SON OF A FUCKING BITCH!!!!” Shadowstep yelled and he drove his fist into the wall. Congo, Shiva, and Lyla came out of the closet a little bit shocked. They weren't used to seeing their friend who used to be so calm and cool it was like he was emotionless when he needed to. Shadowstep pulled his fist out of the wall and it was all cut up due to the concrete wall. Lyla moved forward and pulled a small first aid kit from one of her pockets. She started to wrap his hand up before he bled all over the floor. She was very gentle while wrapping up his hand taking extra time to make sure he wasn't in pain.

“Is that any better?” Lyla asked looking over his hand making sure she covered all the cuts.

“Yea its fine.” Shadowstep said as he tried to calm down.

“What the hell are we gonna do now Shadowstep? The council is definitely trying to get rid of one of us and I don't think they won't be so forgiving if they figure out you been seeing us secretly.” Congo said.

“Ok I will try to get your warning to the Princess but I'm not sure what it will do. The council are the most trusted advisers in the land and they might wonder where the information came from.” Shadowstep said.

“Already we'll go back to the catacombs and try to see if we can get more info on this matter. It's been nice seeing you Shadowstep.” Congo said as he turned to leave. Shiva and Lyla followed soon but before Lyla left Shadowstep whispered to her “Come to my house tonight I need to talk to you again.”

The three friends left and Shadowstep looked out to the city rubbing his hand while Bladebreaker started going though some files. Shadowstep muttered under his breath “A storm is coming and we need to be ready.”