Celestia was sitting in a secret chamber, she had arranged a meeting with several ponies to be held in private. Celestia was frowning as her guests arrived, all dark blue bipedal unicorns carrying high tech stealth gear. The largest of the group Captain Shadow Strike saluted “Princess, we are Solar Team: the Assassination and Retrieval Service is at your command!”

Celestia frowned “That is lengthy, how about we shorten it to an acronym, S.T.A.R.S.”

Shadow bowed “Very well Princess, what is the action you want us to undertake first?”

Celestia smiled “Simple, miss Monika is your first target. She wormed her way into too many affairs and I wish to have her removed from the equation.”

Shadow nodded “We will carry out your orders immediately. You know what to do.”

Meanwhile Monika wearing a lab coat was deep in a lab underneath the Canterlot branch of the Literature Club, a retired member of the Equestrian Defences Forces was missing three legs, an eye and both wings. A serum was being injected into his body, his legs, wings and eye regrew rapidly as his flesh grew in size and his coat turned grey. He awoke and looked at his regrown limbs.”

Monika smiled “Fall Star, the serum did it’s job.” She grabbed a black trench coat and a black fedora “If you don’t mind I would like to hire you on as a bodyguard. I could use someone of you talents in security.”

Fall Star smiled “You fixed my body and offered me a job. What more can I say?”

Monika handed him the black trench coat and fedora “The trench coat will protect from all but the most powerful of weapons and spells. Also your new code name when your on the job is Mr X.”

Mr X laughed “Well I’ll return tommorow for work.”

Monika smiled as pointed to a few of the other guards “Escort Fall Star to the exit, I don’t want him getting lost in the labs.” Mr X bowed as he left with the guards.

Monika then left walking through the white halls, she entered another lab with several scientists working on a single test subject. It was similar serum to the other one but another vial containing a strange wriggling parasite was also nearby, a unicornmare was chained to the table struggling “What are you going to do to me?”

Monika growled “Your murdered countless innocents for your sick pleasure, your apartment was found with twenty dead rotting corpses of foals! You deserve far worse than I am going to do to you!” She then looked at the scientists “Perform the procedure!”

The parasite and virus were injected simultaneously, the mare screamed as the two entered her body. Her body mutated growing larger and stronger, Monika grinned as the mare’s body turned into a huge monstrous equine shattered it’s restraints. She rubbed the creature’s face with a smile “Welcome to the world, Nemesis. Now let’s get you properly outfitted.”

Monika exited the room with Nemesis, she frowned as bullet bounced off her cheek. She turned around to see five dark blue bipedal unicorns materialise out of thin air. Monika raised an eyebrow “Who are you anyway?”

Shadow aimed his gun at her “We are the Solar Team: the Assassination and Retrieval Service. S.T.A.R.S”

Monika burst into joyful laughter “This is perfect! Nemesis, your first objective destroy S.T.A.R.S!”

Nemesis roared “S.T.A.R.S!” Nemesis rushed forward grabbing the mare out front by the head, the mare let out one final scream as Nemesis crushed her skull.

Shadow shouted “Shit they got Scope, we need to retreat!”

Monika pulled out a remote and pressed a button causing the entire area to be locked down instantly “I am not some cliche villain who let’s their enemy get away. The only way out is through Nemesis.”

Nemesis lashed out with tendrils piercing straight through the two closet stallions, the remaining mare held onto Shadow’s side “What do we do, Shadow?”

Shadow closed his eyes “Pray to Harmony that after all we have done, she will be merciful and allows to rest in the Fields of Elysium.” He then put his gun to her head and pulled the trigger the mare’s body quietly fell to the ground,

He then put his own gun to his head as he looked upon the hopeful face of the mare he just shot “I’m sorry that it ended this way, rest in peace Night Clock.” He pulled the trigger, his brains being blown across the metallic door.

Monika raised a hand “Good job Nemesis, S.T.A.R.S is destroyed. Mission complete.” Nemesis nodded as clicked her fingers teleporting herself to a secret location and created several graves placing them in. After covering them she created a single grave stone marked S.T.A.R.S.

Monika teleported back to the lab and took Nemesis back to the room, she picked up a large rocket launcher with four barrels “Infinite rocket launcher with instant aim function allowing for rapid fire. An ideal weapons for a large combatant such as yourself.”

Nemesis nodded as it bowed to her, she smiled “For now I wish for you to guard these halls and only use the rocket launcher if there is no other option. I have a lot of paperwork to do.” Nemesis nodded as it picked up the rocket launcher, it quietly patrolled the halls as she clicked her fingers removing any trace of the conflict.

She then teleported to her office and sat down over the paperwork. Monika sighed as lifted up a piece of paperwork, the first one was from the Manehattan Branch

We require extra extension cords, despite our best efforts they keep disappearing.

Monika ticked off on the request, she picked up another request. She began handling another piece of paperwork. She frowned as approved and disproved several request she would have to inform her friends of the assassination attempt regardless of how pointless it was. She had made her group of friends immune to all forms of discrete assassination.

Later that day Monika was sitting with her friends “I suspect Celestia ordered a group of ponies to assassinate me. They were called S.T.A.R.S oddly enough, with the S.T standing for Solar Team.”

Natsuki frowned “Ironic that you were working on your Nemesis project got assaulted by S.T.A.R.S.”

Monika frowned “Well Nemesis worked and faced S.T.A.R.S as test run. They were incapable of overcoming my improved version of Nemesis, the Mr X project has also proved to be an astounding success. Replicating the effects with magical serums seems to remove all of the issues that came with the viral version.”

Yuri nodded “We should keep this all a secret, we don’t want to trouble Luna with the fact her sisters is planning to assassinate us.”

Sayori grimaced “Me and Yuri should stick together, our powers aren’t as strong as yours are and we will be in more danger.” Monika nodded, they had to keep up the illusion that Equestria was united in these trying times.

Author's Note

I have been in a Resident Evil kind of mood and you can see the influence in this chapter I'm sure. Probably the fact I have completed RE 3 recently.