Into the Belly of the Beast

Blitz nervously glanced over her shoulder, she had learned about the Rainbow Factory and knew that Rainbow Dash wanted her dead! She was writing an article about agriculture when an in the corner of her well trained, and former ex-wonderbolt senses caught a glint of light reflecting off the roof of a building. She instinctively jerked her body back as something whizzed past her body and penetrating the floor. Looking down she saw a hole where a high-powered 7.69mm bullet had left its mark. Blitz sent her article to a friend to finish as she grabbed her two-day pack and fled the building. Once on the street, she ducked into an alley and donned her body armor from her backpack and a lid on a small hoof gun to herself, and proceeded to walk, because flying would make her stick out. She gingerly walked along the sidewalk and made sure that she wasn't too far from a building or an alleyway. Something from above dropped on top of her and she rolled over and put her gun to her attacker's temple and fired a shot. Leaping up she ducked into a small shop and ran to the back door and kept using other doors and buildings to try to shake off any other bounty hunters.

Once she thought she was safe, she took her cellphone and did a factory reset, and formatted the sim card so it wouldn't work anymore. It also helped that she had no family for Rainbow Dash to track down; her one friend she cared about was also a factory worker in Cloudsdale as a rain pony. That friend was named Raindrop and Raindrop also was a reporter who focused on agriculture for her articles.

Blitz lived in fear as assassins got closer to killing her at each encounter. Blitz now armed with a hoof-blade silently walked the aisles of a closed supermarket, grabbing only dried goods and keeping to the shadows. She froze and wedged herself into a corner as a familiar voice came into earshot. "Pinkie Pie, I can't believe you got Rares to see a 3D horror movie! It was funny as hell hearing her scream."

"I know right! Dashie next round I say we serve Twilight quesadillas for breakfast in bed!"

"She'd have us banished but it would be worth it!" The two voices trailed off as they had turned some corner. Breathing slowly and waiting for ten minutes Blitz made her exit. Creeping along with the shadows she turned a corner and froze, just in front of her stood Rainbow Dash.

"Hey, Blitz! How's your article about the missing ponies?"

"Hit a dead end on a lead but I'll be following up on one involving Flim and Flam."

"Hope it works out! Anyways I have gotta dash off! See ya!" Blitz watched the cyan pegasus fly off into the night; nervously she knew that R.D. knew she was still alive and investigating.

Three Months Later

Blitz had enough evidence to form a case against Rainbow Dash and worked a deal with the princesses to bring the cyan pony to her doom. Wearing a wire she flew toward the Rainbow Factory. She figured that if she can survive assassins she could survive the factory. She was signed in as a guest and got her visitor pass. Acting like she was there for an article about clouds and the various types. Being an ex-Wonderbolt, Blitz took note of the exits and the number of guards. She also made sure that her hidden button camera on her business suit jacket sent life feeds to the Royal Army.

Blitz noticed also that everypony eyed her with suspicion or watching her make sure that she didn't try to flee. After a few hours of touring, she realized that her jig was up and that at least her earpiece was still a secret.