The two headed mare

Sunset hurried across the roofs of buildings in Manehattan, teleporting across gaps that were too wide to jump. She was so focused on reaching her target that she didn't bother to look in the sky above her. If she did, she would have seen a black-clad figure flying above, tailing her.

Sunset came to a stop on a rooftop on the edge of Manehattan, overlooking a two story micro-mansion surrounded by a wrought iron fence. Guards stood on the balconies, at the front gate or patrolled the yard. Reaching in her bags, Sunset pulled out a picture of a stallion wearing a tack track suit, with a slick-backed mane and a layout of the micro-mansion. "You thought you could play me like a cheap fiddle, eh lil Bruno?", she whispered to herself, "You've your song and dance, now it's time to pay the piper." Putting the picture away, she shimmied down a drain pipe and slunk through the shadows to a spot on the fence she had committed to memory. Reaching a drain culvert, Sunset placed stopper in the muzzles of her guns and took a deep breath before slipping into the water.

Fluttershy landed on a lightpost, watching Sunset slip into the water at a culvert on the side of the fence. "What is she doing?" She softly nickered to get the attention of a passing night bird. When the night bird landed, she quickly had a quiet conversation with it. Her eyes went wide upon hearing the information and clicked her tongue to call some passing bats.

Lil Bruno sat behind a desk in his office, toking on a cigarillo. "Come in.", he said after hearing a soft knock at his door.

A heavily muscled stallion walked in the office, holding a rolled up note in his teeth. Spitting the note onto the desk, he said, "This just came for ya boss."

Lil Bruno unrolled the letter and read it to himself. Dear Bruno, You have full right to be scared, but I won't be taking this job. I have a strict rule about not killing hostages or bystanders. I will give you this for free, pray that when Bacon-head finds you, she kills you quickly. -G Lil Bruno scoffed as he threw the letter on the desk.

As Sunset paddled through the murky water in the culvert and came at a stop when she arrived at a grate. Usinger her magic, she checked for alarm spells and booby traps and was reasonably pleased finding none. Drawing her, she placed it between teeth, then lit the magic in her horn and started undoing the bolts on the grate. The grate came loose with a dull thunk, muted by the water and Sunset saw through the drain pipe that lead to the small pond. Blowing the air out of her lungs as she swam to the surface of the pond, she took in a quiet breath as she broke through the surface of the pond and quickly looked around. Taking in another deep breath, she slipped back under the surface and swam towards a clump of reeds she had seen on the bank of the pond.

The two guards at the gate gaped at the swarm of bats flying overhead. Fluttershy swooped out of the darkness, slamming her rear hooves into side of the first guard, knocking him unconscious. Before the second guard could shout, she slammed a forehoof into his gut, driving the air from his lungs, then quickly knocked him out. Fluttershy quickly nodded her thanks to the bats before dragging the two unconscious guards away. Leaping up, she flew as quietly as possible over the fence and landed on the corner of the micro-mansion, twisting her ears around listening.

Sunset slipped into the clump of reeds and quickly looked around. Seeing a guard walk by, she pulled the k-bar from her teeth and gave a soft whistle. When the guard came to investigate, she plunged the knife into his throat and drug the body into the reeds, to hide it. Slipping out of the reeds, she drew a pistol from its holster, popped the stopper from the muzzle and held it and the knife in a ready position as she quietly scrambled to a nearby garden shed. Peeking into the shed, she saw a guard sitting on an old chair, drinking a bottle of beer. Grabbing an pair of garden shears on her magic, she thrust them into the guard's throat and hastily threw a tarp over the body. Slipping back into the shadows, she made her way to the servant's entrance.

Fluttershy caught sight of Sunset slipping into the shadows and took to the air. Flying quietly over the yard, she saw Sunset setting up outside the servant's entrance and the saw a guard walking towards the corner nearest Sunset. Swooping down, her hooves collided with the head of the guard as he turned the corner, knocking him unconscious. She froze when the edge of a knife and the muzzle of a pistol were respectively pressed against her throat and temple. She saw in the eyes of Sunset, not the hurt and damaged mare who had cried on her shoulder earlier, but a stone cold killer.

Sunset relaxed the k-bar and pistol, letting the slip back into the ready position. "What the fuck are you doing here?!", she whispered hoarsely.

"When you left, I figured I'd help you out.", Fluttershy whispered back.

Sunset scowled for a moment. "Fine, I could use a second pair of eyes.", she whispered, "Watch your corners. Be mindful of blind spots. Look our for hostages and bystanders. Shoot early, shoot often." She flipped the pistol around in her magic and offered to Fluttershy. When the pegasus refused the pistol, she flipped it back around into the ready position. "Get ready, things will go to shit fast." Using her magic, she silenced the hinges on the door as she opened it.

As both mares peeked through the crack in the door, they saw a guard kissing on the neck of a unicorn mare with a black coat and red mane, wearing a maid's uniform. The unicorn in the maid's uniform opened an eye, seeing the door slowly open. As Sunset leveled her pistol preparing to fire, the unicorn mare in the maid's uniform quickly grabbed the guard's head between her hooves and quickly twisted it around, breaking his neck with a wet crunch.

Sunset rushed in and pinned the unicorn maid to the wall as she placed the muzzle of the pistol against her head. "Who the fuck are you?!", she hissed through gritted teeth. Feeling a tap between her forelegs, Sunset looked down seeing a blade extended from the maid's hoof. "Fucking spook!", she spat letting the unicorn mare go.

"Careful what you say, if I had wanted you dead, you'd have never even know I was here. But to answer your question comrade, I am a friend. You can call me Vdova."

Fluttershy watched as Vdova picked up the repeating crossbow off the dead guard, slung it across her back and quickly slipped out of the maid's uniform. She walked up to Sunset and whispered, "I don't think she's a ghost."

"Shut the fuck up.", Sunset said back quietly.

"Da, what she said.", Vdova whispered back, "There's about thirty guards in the dinning room. They've been drinking pretty heavily and ordering fresh bottles about thirty minutes from the dumb waiter."

Sunset nodded. "So what's your part in this?"

"There's an old enemy that was thought long dead back in play called the Hoof. On behalf of Prince Bulwark, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Prince Midnight, the shadow guard and all of Equestria and her allies, I'm here to evaluate your performance and recruit you.", Vdova whispered, "Though the world at large doesn't know it yet, we are at war."

"So once again I'm fighting in this man's war.", Sunset snarled, "And if I refuse?"

"Then you spend the rest of your natural life rotting away in a dungeon for multiple murder."

Sunset sneered at Vdova. "Fine! But I'm keeping my eyes on you. If you even so much as even sniffle or fart in a way I don't like, you'll find out firsthand what a nine millimetre bullet going through your brain feels like."

"Fair enough.", Vdova replied, "But for now you have a criminal to settle a score with."

The three mares crept through the darkened kitchens, they came to a stop spotting a small stack of blocks with magical runes on them. "Looks like Santa Clause came early.", Sunset said with a wicked smile, "Here, a gift for Celestia from me." She tossed one of the deactivated explosives to Vdova.

"Who's Sandy Claws?", Fluttershy asked.

"What?! How do you not...forget it, sometimes I forget I'm in Equestria.", Sunset whispered. The dumb waiter buzzed and a light blinked on it, a wicked smile spread across Sunset's face. "Let's give them their Christmas gift a little early." Placing one of the blocks on a small tray, she used her magic to set the rune to pressure detonation, gently placed a bottle of expensive Prench wine on it and placed the tray gently in the dumb waiter.

Sunset pointed to the stairs leading up to the next level and pressed the button the dumb waiter. Posting up at the door, Sunset glance back over her withers making sure the other two mares were ready as she waited for the "cue".

In his office, lil Bruno was nearly knocked out of his desk chair when the micro-mansion lurched. "What the fuck was that?!"

Sunset burst through the door and into the dining room as split second after the block of explosive went off. Wading through the smoky room, she snapped off shots into the bodies of dazed guards that were staggering around. She snatched up three wound guards and tossed them against the wall. Placing the muzzle of the pistol against the fir guard's head, she said, "Alright shit stain, listen up because I'm only going to ask once. Where's your boss?"

The guard spit in Sunset's face. "Fuck you!"

"Wrong answer." She squeezed off a shot through his head. Turning to the second guard, she didn't even bother to ask anything before shooting him. She turned her attention to the third guard.

"Alright! Alright! I'll talk!", the guard shouted in a terrified tone, "Lil Bruno is upstairs in his office!"

Sunset pulled out the floor plan to the micor-mansion. "Show me." After the guard pointed with a hoof, she smiled. Thank you. You've been most helpful.", she said before shooting him. Replacing the magazine in the pistol with a fresh one, she began casually strolling towards the stairs, shooting an guards trying to crawl away.

Fluttershy watched in horror as Sunset casually shot the injured guards. "Wh-why are you...oh Celestia I think I'm going to be*hurk*"

Sunset clamped down on Fluttershy's muzzle with her magic. "Don't you puke! You swallow that shit right now! You can puke after the mission is over!" After Fluttershy swallowed hard, she released her magic.

"This is war comrade.", Vdova said to Fluttershy, "Her particular talents she picked up allow her to kill bad ponies without a second thought."

"Damn straight!", Sunset quipped. She tossed a pistol to Vdova. "You know how to use one of these?"

Vdova caught the pistol in her magic and replied, "You just point this end at whoever I wanna kill and squeeze this little lever, da?"

Sunset grunted in approval as she put her pistol away and drew her shotgun. Walking over to the base of the stairs, she said, "Ladies, I think it's time we introduce ourselves." Stopping at door to the third floor, she paused listening and threw up a shield, a split second later several crossbow bolts ripped through the door.

Fluttershy flinched as Sunset fired three blasts from the shotgun through the door and wall. Topping off the shotgun, Sunset kicked the door off the frame and stepped though. The guard seeing her tried to scramble backwards, only to have his neck burst in a spray of blood and meat as a spread of buckshot tore through it. "Bruno!", Sunset shouted, "Nobody else has to die! Just show your face and all this ends with you!" She paused outside the office door hearing the floorboards creak. Drawing a pistol, she readied herself. The office door snapped open and a musclebound guard leapt out grabbing the shotgun. Sunset quickly snapped of two shots into barrel of the guard, as she stepped over the gurgling and gasping guard's body, she put a third shot into his head for good measure.

Lil Bruno cowered in the corner. "Bacon-head, please don't kill me!", he begged, "Anything you want, you got it! Money! Stallions! Mares! Anything you want, just name it and it's your."

"I want the back of your head sprayed on the wall.", Sunset said coolly as she shot him through one of his legs with the pistol. As lil Bruno laid on the floor whimpering, Sunset shot him through another leg.

"Bacon-head!", Fluttershy shouted as she burst in the room, "Don't use your thunder boxes on him anymore!"

Sunset though for a moment. "Fine, I won't shoot him." After Fluttershy backed out of the room, Sunset walked to the door and paused. Taking a pipe bomb off her belt, she lit the fuse, tossed it behind her and closed the door.

Fluttershy stared in stunned silence as the door ripped off the frame and shrapnel shredded the walls. Sunset looked at Fluttershy and shrugged, "What?! I didn't shoot him."

As Vdova raised the pistol she had been given, Sunset dove for cover. Three shots rang out and before Sunset could say anything, the sound of a collapsing body drew her attention. Looking back, she saw a guard with three holes in his neck bleeding out. "Nice shooting.", Sunset said rising to her hooves.

Vdova passed the pistol back to Sunset. "A little crude for my preferences." Looking out the window seeing blinking red and blue lights, she said, "Come along." Lighting the magic in her horn, she teleported all three of them to a waiting Royal Guard pegasus chariot.