Rainbow sat and thought about what had been happening the past month. It was torture not being able to fly. But amazingly the creature seemed… kinda cool. Each day she found it harder and harder to be mad at him for what happened to her. She had to admit. It wasn't even his fault. And he was taking good care of her.

After watching him for a few moments she smiled softly as her thoughts wandered. As she realized where her thoughts were going she turned and hit her head against the wall. "Dam it." She groaned. "Nope. Not thinking about that. I need to focus on getting back to the girls."

She sighed and climbed into a makeshift tub he had set up for her and calmly sank into it. She wanted to look and smell nice when her friends saved her. "Or is it for him?" A little voice asked.

Blinking, Rainbow looked at her shoulder and saw a mini her with spiked hair, bat wings, fangs and slitted eyes. "My shoulder bat? I haven't seen you for a while. Why are you here?"

Bat Dash shrugged. "I've been on vacation. Plus you had Pinkie to take care of that."

"Good point." Rainbow sighed. "She does tend to be a bad influence on me. But why are you here?"

"To help you see what matters." She replied. "And right now. I can think of one thing that matters."

"My friends?"

"No. That big guy over there." She replied, turning Rainbow's head to face the mouth of the cave where the big guy was sitting. "Look at how lonely he is."

"But what about your friends?"

Rainbow looked at her right shoulder at the tiny her. "Ok… this is kinda weird."

Mini Dash shrugged. "Call it what you want. But you need to remember that your friends need you."

"So what? You expect her to fly off and tell them where she's been?" Bat Dash asked.

"Why not? She is the Element of loyalty."

"Yeah. Great idea." Bat Dash huffed. "With all the killing going on. Tell them about the guy that marenapped her. That totally won't make it look like he's a monster."

"Well we can't stay here forever." Mini Dashed huffed, pointing at the pile of newspapers. "They need our help."

"Yeah." Bat Dash huffed. "You'd think with an egghead and mis-eye for details they'd find something."

Rainbow thought about that as the two continued. "She should go to them and help."

"They'll find her eventually. She shouted just ditch the guy that's been taking care of her." Bat Dash countered.

"She has a job to do."

"She needs to heal."

"He can fly her down."

"She can tell Luna."

All three blinked at the realization. It's true that with what has happened she hasn't been sleeping at night… but what if. Looking at the newspapers she ran back through everything she knew about what happened. "Why haven't they found a clue?" She muttered.

The top paper had a picture of the most recent death in full detail. The two minis looked at it as Rainbow slumped down into the water. "You'd think Rarity would notice it with her eye for detail." Bat Dash mocked.

Rainbow shot out of the water and quickly regretted it with a jolt of pain. "She would unless it wasn't there." Scooping up the paper she scanned the picture. "There's something the victims have in common."

"Other than being slashed and mares?" Mini Dash pointed out.

"Mares…" Rainbow repeated and looked at the hindlegs of the victim.

"No cuts." Bat Dash huffed. As the thought dawned to the three they gagged as Rainbow dropped the paper. "Please don't tell me."

"It can't be what we're thinking it is."

Rainbow swallowed the lump in her throat and looked at the bed. "I think it is. And we need to tell Luna."

"This is big." Mini replied. "We don't have time to chance missing her."

"Well we can't risk them asking we're we've been." Bat Dash countered. "AJ would see right through us."

"Then… we won't tell them."

Bat Dash blinked. "I thought you were the good one."

"I am. She can tell them she was safe and leave it at that. She won't be lying and he'll be safe." Mini Dash huffed with her hooves crossed.

"So you want her to just leave the guy alone here after all he did for her?" Bat Dash asked, causing the two to look at him and sigh. "Not very loyal is it?"

"I'll tell them in a letter." Rainbow sighed. "And if they need more information. Luna can find me in my sleep."

"And what about him?" Bat Dash asked with a smirk as a corkboard appeared we're she put a mark showing the score. (Witch was surprisingly tied if anypony was wondering)

"She can do something nice for him. Like sharing her food. Or tell him stories." Mini Dash suggested.

"Done that. And before you suggest teaching him to talk. That's more Fluttershy's area." Bat Dash countered.

Rainbow sighed and wrote the letter. "All I can really do right now… sit with him." Rolling it up she went to sit next to him. As she sat he inched away a little. "Can I ask you a favor? Can you deliver this to my friends?" She asked, holding out the scroll. "Just don't get caught. I… I don't want them to suspect you as the monster."

It took the scroll and tucked it under it's wing. "Thanks…" She sighed and looked out over the land before looking down at the town. "Wow… I didn't know there was a cave over Canterlot." She blinked then huffed. "You'd think they'd have tried looking up here." The creature nudged her wing. With a chuckle she sighed. "I guess you have a point."

Looking back at the town she sighed with a smile. "Looks like there's a few couples out tonight." Her ear twitched at the sound of what she thought was a whimper. Turning her head to it she quickly added. "Hay. Chin up. I'm sure there's another… whatever you are out there. All you need is a trim, a bath and maybe a new look. And I bet the ladies will be lining up for dates."

It huffed and looked at the town. Stomping her hoof, Rainbow got up. "You never know till you try. I might not be as skilled with fur like my friends. But I can at least get you looking less like a puff ball. And smelling like a skunk died in your fur." It looked at her confused.

"I'll make a deal. You deliver the letter and get me some clippers and soap. And I'll give you a…" She gagged at what she was going to say. She hated getting one. And now realized that suggesting one was just as revolting. "Makeover." It thought for a moment and huffed before looking away. "Fine. Then… then I'll…"

Rainbow caught a whiff of him and realized why he hadn't sat directly facing her. Before she realized what she said, Rainbow blurted out. "I'll suck your dick too." She clamped her hooves over her mouth and glanced over to see Mini Dash looking slack jawed and Bat Dash hoof pumping.

He glanced over and looked right at her skeptically. "You… you heard me… but first we need to take care of the fluff and smell. That is unless…" She blinked as it took off. "Buck."

Author's Note

... didn't expect it to get this long. And had I not stopped when I did. It would have been longer. Let me know if you caught the references. And if I should do the minis in more chapters. Heck surprise me with what you'd like to see in this or my other stories. Can't wait to hear from you guys. No realy. I get maybe a few of you guys commenting. And none that down vote say why. Or what they think I should do different. How am I supposed to grow without feedback?