A Downwards Spiralby DisneyBird64ChaptersDiamond's Personal Life/Pincushion Trap A.K.A Sewing Table TrapFirst Impressions/The Finger TrapThe Tongue Trap A.K.A The Bullet Train Trap/The Lead Detective/Message #1Diamond's Personal Life/Pincushion Trap A.K.A Sewing Table Trap''Alright every creature change of plans'' Captain Gallus announced ''Diamond Sparkle is now lead detective of The Hacksaw Killer Copycat case'' Gallus explained before all of a sudden walking off ''Alright every creature you may not like me, call me a snitch, a rat but unless you want to picked to die, we better start the actual investigation right now if we want to get anywhere.'' Diamond explained before walking over to Laser who was in the supply closet ''Got a detective board and some red string should be a good place to start.'' Laser told Diamond Time Skip The the sun was the setting and evening has come Diamond just getting off of work trotted down the street of Ponyville proud of herself, finally able to lead a investigation but also a worried of how this will turned out. Once gatting to The Golden Oak Library which wasn't really a library anymore more of just a home for Diamond. Unfortunately the wood work for the tree library wasn't very good since it would cost a fortune to replace all the wood on the outside in the tree making some spots of the library to look new and some parts to looked rotted. Once Diamond got inside see looked around the former library which now was more of a home. Most of the wood on the shelves were chipped and rotted she didn't even want to know how much it will cost to replace the wood on the shelves, since most of her mother's fortune was used on house improvements one of them being replacing the rotten wooden walls with a actual house wall and painted bright white. Most of the furniture in the house were still covered in tarps, the only ones not covered in tarps were the kitchen a single chair in the living room and her bed. This is when Diamond heard a noise and she started sneaking up the stairs charging up her horn, ''FREEZE INTRUDER!'' Diamond yelled jumping out ''Seriously charging up your horn at your own big brother i could've killed you.'' The Stallion said ''What do you mean i'm the one with the working horn.'' Diamond reminded him ''I said i could've killed you'' The stallion said pulling out a gun ''I always keep forgetting you live here with me Diamond'' Diamond said facepalm with her hoof canceling out her blast ''Can't believe you forgot my name'' the stallion said ''What do you mean you're my big brother.'' Diamond reminded him ''What i'm trying to say is that my name is Diamond Sword and i like to go by Sword we shouldn't be calling each other the same name.'' Sword reminded his little sister https://drive.google.com/file/d/1akq63NDkj5pwlVTxY28lVv8Ajf7zQ_0W/view?usp=share_link ''Heard about your close friend Flash are you okay i know how close you 2 were'' Sword asked Diamond ''Nah big bro i'm fucked up right now'' Diamond said ''Hacksaw Killer copycat never thought i would hear that name again'' Sword explained ''Well guess what that was the same name that ended our mother's life and almost got me killed and if it wasn't for the Royal Guards i would be dead right now, that experience alone is what inspired me to attend detective acandemy.'' Diamond explain her voice breaking a little ''You're also forgetting about the part where while being Royal Guard Captain,i got into a horrible accident that broke my horn.'' Sword said pointing at his bandaged up horn ''And after realizing i'll never recover from this they pulled you out of the detective acandemy and made you a detective but i still stuck around a few days as captain before retiring. Speaking of Hacksaw copycat could be difficult.'' Sword explained ''Are you scared you might be embarrassed by me?'' Diamond asked ''Being lead detective is a huge responsibility and this isn't about you that is what led to you ruining your carrer.'' Sword reminded Diamond ''Big brother advice serisouly i don't think i can even call you my B.B.B.F.F anymore we haven't done anything together since i became a detective 10 years ago.'' ''Let me tell you something remember how mom used to tell you her schedule well let me simplify it for you, mom she went to work came home that's it just a simple point A to point B situation.'' Sword explained ''Well if you excuse i can't believe me i gonna say this but i'm gonna do some actual research.'' Diamond said before walking out of the room. Since the Golden Oak Library wasn't really a library anymore more of a home for the Diamond siblings and because neither of them was a bookworm or a egghead like their mother they didn't read a lot but at the same time weren't illiterate. That meant during the home improvement process all the books were taken off their shelves stored in boxes and put up in the new attic. Once Diamond went up into the attic and used her horn as a light source this revealed how dusty the attic actually was, Diamond eventually found a book called Hacksaw Killer and when she opened it she found a picture of her mother in it. ''One if the only non corrupt law enforcers in the department so glad we inherited that from her.'' Diamond said to herself before using her magic to flip through a couple of pages and eventually finding a news article stating ''Ponyville schoolhouse teacher found dead in one of the classrooms.'' When Diamond checked the date it turned out be from 15 years ago ''That sounds like there was a Hacksaw Trap'' the unicorn said before flipping a couple more pages before coming across another article saying ''Hacksaw killer dead video tapes says his games aren't over'' The detective once again flipped through a couple more pages and found ''Another one of hacksaw's game take place at a pig farm'' Diamond read ''Not sure if this copycat could be connected to Hacksaw'' the unicorn detective concluded. Time Skip Nighttime Gabby wanting to fine more clues and out of curiosity decided to check out The Carousel Boutique without any backup she was easily able to break down the boarded up door and went inside turning on the flashlight. The Boutique was way bigger than she thought. All of a sudden a pin cushion was knocked over causing needles to make a lot of noise and go everywhere. Gabby shined here flashlight in that direction and saw a hooded pony ''GOTCHA NOW!'' the griffon said firing her gun at the pony when she went to check on the pony it turned out to be a pony mannequin ''GOD FUCKING DAMM IT!'' Gabby then turned around quickly to find no creature behind her all of a sudden she heared a another noise and the flashloght revealed that a mannequin display was knocked over and saw the hooded pony. The informant lunged at the hooded pony certein it was the real one only to find out it was another mannequin. Gabby ripped off the mannequin's head in anger ''You gotta be FUCKING KIDDING ME!'' the griffon informant yelled in anger. Another noise came from upstairs and Gabby didn't hesitate at all and flew upstairs and shined her flashlight at the end of a hall showing the hooded pony turning around the griffon informant tackled the hooded pony and shot it 5 times make sure it was dead. Turns out this was a animatronic mannequin. ''Fuck this is no normal criminal'' Gabby said to herself but when looking up from the animatronic saw the REAL hooded pony ''THERE YOU ARE YOU SON OF A BITCH!'' The griffon yelled firing her gun only for it to be out of ammo. Gabby quickly reloaded but when looking up again from reloading the hooded pony was gone. The hooded pony appeared behind her a put a rag over her face knocking her out. When Gabby woke up she found herself on the second floor of The Carousel Boutique she was laying on a sewing table some feathers were plucked off her wing. When the griffon informant tried moving her wings each tip turned out pinned down with a needle. When Gabby tried to move her wings again the pins didn't seem to react to her movement, no shaking no wiggling, no moving upwards nothing, ''WHAT THE FUCK!'' The griffon informant yelled before a TV on a rolling cart turned on and Cross appeared on the screen. ''Hello Informant Gabriella i want to play a game, you've seem to use the hard way on every creature during questioning to get information out of them even for the smallest crimes like littering, by mainly using you sharp talons to threaten them, you refuse to stick your neck out when it comes to using the hard way on the creatures, in 60 seconds 3 pin cushions with spikes on them will fall on your body all you have to do is make a deep cut in your neck with blade under your neck die or die live or die make your choice.'' Cross said before the TV turned off The first thing Gabby tried to do is to flap her wings hoping to get the needles off, but once again not reaction to her movement no wiggling,no shaking, nothing. Then the griffon informant tried to what she was told to do by trying to make a deep cut in her neck. Unfortunately the blade she was given to do so wasn't sharp enough since when she tried to cut off her fur to cut her neck the blade just seemed to graze her fur barely any fur was actually coming off. Realizing her time was running out the griffon informant yelled ''WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU! WHO THE FUCK ARE YO-'' The 3 pin cushions then fell on her body one on her face, one on her neck and one on her chest and to add insult to injury her neck fell on the blade passing out and eventually she bled out. The Next Day After reports of a broken into Carousel Boutique was filed Diamond and Laser were sent out to check it out. The reports were right not only was the boarded up door destroyed there was a mess inside the Boutique itself there was a mess of needles and a bunch mannequins were knocked over. ''Um Diamond i think i see something.'' Laser said pointing at a nearby sewing table, once Diamond grabbed the small box and opened it she found a severed bloody talon and another badge this time it was a bronze infromant badge. ''I don't see any symbols on this one so looks like were gonna have to go back to the station.'' Laser said ''This is Gabby's badge, i've recognized almost every creature's badge in the station even the ones without symbols, and looks you weren't look hard enough there's a talon on the badge.'' Diamond explained this is when the unicorn found a note at the bottom of the box it said ''If you want to know my next move is to go after your younger group.'' ''I don't think this copycat killer is that messed to the point where he'll go after foals.'' Laser pointed out ''Maybe the copy is referring to rookies'' Diamond argued ''Plausible but i doubt since we don't seem to have a lot of rookies right now last time i checked.'' Laser concluded Before the movment to lower the crime rate as much as possible by killing innocent ponies and before almost every creature in the department became corrupt thanks to Diamond. Gabby was basically every creature's friend even during the movement to lower the crime rate, when most creatures were showing signs of corruption. Before corruption Gabby had her cheerful and excitable personality during the movement to lower the crime rate barely showing any signs of corruption. But after Diamond snitched on and turned in a corrupt detective this made almost every creature in the department go full corrupt and turn against Diamond including Gabby. Her personality had completely changed she became agressive and hostile not only towards Diamond but also to be creatures she questioned using the hard way on them even for the smallest crimes like littering or shoplifiting by mainy threating them with her talons. Flashback Diamond was interrogating a mare earth pony who was suspected of burying stolen money in a empty field ''Okay just tell me in what field you buried the money in it's that simple you can worry about the consequences later.'' Diamond explained Gallus was observing the interrogation through a one way mirror ''Okay this isn't gonna work'' The griffon said pulling out a radio ''Hey Head Detective send in Gabby she's good at this type of stuff.'' Gallus said ''Alright what the deal this time'' Gabby said walking into the interrogation room ''HEY MOVE!'' the griffon yelled pushing Diamond aside ''TELL ME WHERE DID YOU BURY THE STOLEN MONEY!'' Gabby yelled ''I serisouly have no idea what you're talking about.'' the mare said ''DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME!'' the griffon yelled slamming the table and threatening her with her sharp talons. ''Hey look what just came in'' Flash said flying into the interrogation room ''I just got new footage from the field from another angle'' The pegaus said playing the footage revealing that the pony wasn't a earth pony it was a unicorn ''See look closley a horn meaning it was a unicorn and the she didn't do the crime let her go.'' Flash explained Unfortunately Gabby didn't want to let the mare go so it took Diamond,Flash,Gallus and 2 other Royal Guards to get the griffon off of the earth pony mare ''NO I STILL BELIEVE SHE DID THE CRIME!'' Gabby yelled as she was dragged out of the interrogation room lashing out. First Impressions/The Finger TrapAfter Diamond's interaction and arugment with her big brother A.K.A her very distant B.B.B.F.F and a while of researching the orignal Hacksaw Killer the unicorn eventually returned to the station with the book of information and newspapers about the Hacksaw Killer. She returned to the station during the night to check on the investigation she wasn't the only one there Laser,Sandbar and Smolder were also there. ''Hey any of you got any leads yet?'' Diamond asked Laser was scrolling through some Hacksaw killer news article ''Do you think this copycat has anything to do with the orignal Hacksaw Killer like a apprentice or something?'' Laser wondered putting down a newspaper. ''Here's the iced coffee you wanted really badly.'' Smolder said annoyed slamming the cup of coffee on the table. When Diamond took a sip of it she realized there was no flavor in the coffee''Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME NO FLAVOR!'' Diamond yelled chucking the cup of coffee into the trash can making Sandbar and Smolder snicker a little. ''Wow cool trickshot'' Laser told Diamond ''Hey Sandbar got any suspects down for this Hacksaw copycat'' Diamond asked the earth pony ''Not really only suspects i suspect are Head Detective Gilda and Royal Guard Captain Gallus that's it and i tried to look for suspects aswell trust me.'' Sandbar explanied Flashback a few hours earlier Sandbar had pinned down a mare and put a cloth over her face ''Listen up punk WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HACKSAW KILLER!'' the earth pony yelled. The mare tired to move only to be pinned down again ''I don't know who that is'' The mare said her voice breaking. Sandbar then spilled water on the cloth performing waterboarding ''What do you know about the Hacksaw Killer punk'' the earth pony asked again. When the mare was able to smack him he decided to let her go pretty confident she wasn't in any way connected to the Hacksaw Copycat as the mare trotted off. A few moments later Sandbar saw a hooded pony in a alleyway and thought he found the Hacksaw copycat and tackled it, putting the cloth over the figure's face. ''HA NICE TRY PUNK I GOT YOU BEFORE YOU COULD GET ME!'' the earth pony yelled before pouring water on the cloth. The stallion immediately broke down in tears this is what made Sandbar realized this pony was having a episode and let him go. Back To Present ''Alright every creature listen up'' Diamond said walking up to the red string board ''Flash was last spotted at The Grand Galloping Gala a few days ago chasing a saddle thief luckily there were cameras at the Gala itself unfortunately most of them were broken but there was only one that wasn't and it was from a pretty good angle as well so guess i'll be heading there.'' ''Yeah about that'' Smolder started ''Silver and Ocellus are already on the case they're checking out the security footage in Canterlot.'' ''Welp with that being taken care of guess we can call it a night.'' Diamond stated Diamond Sword wanting to get some information on the Hacksaw copycat for himself decided to check out a abandoned hospital where blood donations mainly happend. Until on day a patient died from the wrong blood type which led to the hospital shutting down, it wasn't even demolished and now is just left there to rot. ''Haven't done something like this in a long time.'' Sword said to himself grabbing a gun from his car and loading it. Once SIlverstream and Ocellus got to Canterlot they headed for the Security Footage room only to be stopped by 2 Royal Guards at the door ''You're not allowed in here only law enforcement'' Silverstream then showed her silver detective badge and they were let inside They checked the security footage from the only working camera and found The Grand Galloping Gala that happend a few days ago ''Okay there's Flash can you tell who he's chasing?'' Ocellus asked Silver ''Hey i know who that is that's Tempest Shadow but that's just her Criminal Nickname her real name is Fizzlepop Berrytwist i've aressted her before she's a junkie, hangs around in a abandoned bakery called Sugarcube Corner and she make drug deals with somepony named Mare-Do-Well. ''Should we inform Diamond?'' The changeling asked ''Fuck her , i'll find the building you track down this Mare-Do-Well pony.'' Silverstream replied Once Silverstream flew to the abandoned bakery Sugarcube Corner with no backup she saw that the place no longer resembled a gingerbread house but looked like a half burned down house or a half melted candle. When the hippogriff went inside and turned oh her flashlight she saw that almost all the furniture was gone and the ones that remained were badly damaged or in pieces, the gingerbread walls were almost completely gone exposing a metal wall with rust and graffiti on it. ''Not a lot of junkies are around during this time, but there's a chance i could find a junkie who knows something about this Mare-Do-Well pony or Tempest Shadow.'' Silverstream said to herself as she walked around the former bakery. This is when she suddenly noticed a mattress and a blanket on the floor. ''Hey you wake up'' Silver loudly told the creature as she walked closer to the mattress, with no reaction or response from the creature ''Uh rise and shine'' she said raising her voice a little more hoping to get at least a reaction from the creature but didn't get one. ''Come on get up atleast do something'' Silver told the creature kicking it a little before removing the blanket revealing a pony mannequin head wearing a Royal Guard helmet covered in blood. ''OH SHIT, HOLY FUCK!'' the hippogriff yelled, quickly pulling out her gun before realizing it's just a mannequin head ''Calm down Silver it's just a mannequin head'' Silver said to herself as she headed towards the exit ''Guess there are no junkies around this time.'' she said in a defeated tone All of a sudden she got attacked by the hooded pony who put a rag over her face but unlike Flash and Gabby she manage to last a little longer, Silver tried to lash out at the attacker but only manage to last 5 seconds longer than the last two ~~victims~~ test subjects before passing out. Silverstream woke up due to water pouring down on her face, causing her to bite down on something on accident which led her to get pulled towards something, then letting go as she started struggling against her restrains. Diamond was in her car scrolling through her phone abut Hacksaw Killer cases before getting a call from Laser ''Hey Diamond what do you think the note in Gabby's box meant by younger.'' Laser through the phone asked ''Well i'm checking through the data base right now...hey i found one The Young 6 a group of rookies that hung out daily, even after being promoted stuck around. I guess their group started becoming distant during the movement to lower the crime rate by killing innocent ponies movement due to them starting to show signs of corruption and split up once i snitched on a corrupt detective causing them go full corrupt. Members of this former group are Sandbar, Smolder, Ocellus, Yona a deceased yax rookie, Silverstream and GALLUS ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!'' Diamond yelled banging her head against the sterring wheel. Sandbar was just leaving the station and saw Diamond banging her head against the sterring wheel yelling something ''Welp i've seen enough see you later punk fucking drama queen.'' the earth pony said fixing his wet looking hair before trotting off ''Hey Diamond i checked the database and it turns out Flash has lied multiple times in court providing false evidence to sue businesses noteable ones being Sweet Apple Acres and The Carousel Boutique.'' ''Well atleast that explains why his tounge was at The Carousel Boutique'' Diamond said calming down from her freakout Meanwhile A Few Moments Earlier (In More Detail) Silverstream woke up due to water from a faucet, she had a cage like device on her face and accidentally bit down on two small bars on the device causing her finger like claws that were in chinese finger trap like metal sheaths connected to metal wires to start getting pulled towards a motor. ''HELP,HELP ME'' Silver yelled letting go of the two small bars stopping the motor, when she tried to simply fly out of the tank turns out her wings her pierced with closed fish hooks. (Silverstream being in this trap was Inspired by this image) Now In The Present Silverstream tried everything she tried to remove the cage like device from her face, try to bite off the chinese finger traps through the cage device, crossing her finger in hopes of slipping them off, and leaning back to try to pull them off. All of a sudden the TV above the motor on a platform turned on and Cross this time a puppet/marionette appeared on the screen. ''Hello, Detective Silverstream, i want to play a game the tide of justice is rising around you. In 90 seconds, the water in the tank will rise until it reaches the multi color wires, and if you are still in the tank by then, you will be electrocuted to death, unless you make a sacrifice that will clear your name. You murdered another hippogriff because she insulted you.'' Cross said pointing a hoof at Silverstream before showing bodycam footage from her badge of said murder. Silverstream had pulled over another hippogriff for reckless driving with a speed boat and was checking for a boating license ''License and Registration, show me your claws gotta make sure you don't have anything dangerous on you, claws where i can see them motherfucker.'' Silver explained before the hippogriff literally flipped the bird at her. Provoking Silver to pull out her gun and shoot the hippogriff killing her, the footage then cut off and Cross The Puppet/Marionette came back on the screen. ''Your trigger happy talon pulled the trigger, and that cannot happen again. All you have to do is bite down on the two small bars on the device in front of you with, which will start the motor that will rip your fingers like claws away, and will release you from the fish hooks pierced through your wings leaving you free to escape with your life. But if you don't act quickly, all that awaits you is watery doom die or die live or die make your choice.'' Cross said putting his hoof down, before the TV shut off Silverstream immediately bit her beak down on the small bars on the cage like device starting up the motor, which started pulling her finger like claws towards it, the wires slowly getting pulled in and disappearing into the motor, as her finger started slowly getting near it. She looked back over her wing seeing the faucet pouring water and slowly filling up the tank seeing that the tank was now 1/3 of the way full. Her fingers reached and went under a metal bar that prevented her fingers from being pulled further than intended. Once the limit of the fish hooks pierced through her wings was reached, her finger like claws started slowly get ripped off causing blood to start coming out. Silver leaned back in hopes of ripping off her fingers a bit quicker trying to ignore the pain and not lose her grip on the small bars. All of a sudden her middle finger was nearly ripped off causing her to let go of the small bars stopping the motor and yelling in pain ''AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!'' the hippogriff yelled as she started sobbing not noticing the blood colored water in the tank ''Isn't there way to get if off?'' Silver said biting down on the small bars again starting the motor back up again. All of a sudden the water reached the multi color wires touched the water, water and electricity don't mix this led to Silverstream get electrocuted to death causing her eyes to become bloodshot as all her finger like claws are fully ripped off and the hooks pierced through her wings are released, causing the hippogriff to collapse into the blood water tank. The next day once reports a broken into Sugarcube corner were filed Diamond decided to check it out with Laser, Ocellus and Sandbar ''Make sure to look for any evidence,'' Diamond reminded the others before finding a small box in a puddle ''Hey guys i found something pretty sure it's another body part'' the unicorn said before opening the box and she was right there was 8 severed bloody finger like claws ''This is probably the least disturbing and least gross discovery yet, i mean at least it's less disturbing than a whole severed talon.'' Laser pointed out. Diamond then used her magic to pick up a silver detective badge and finding a silver lining/outline on the badge ''I know who this it's Silverstream.'' Diamond concluded causing her to get remember a incident that happend a few day before Sword retired as Royal Guard Captain Silverstream before the movement and Diamond snitching on the corrupt detective she had a hyperactive and bubbly personality. But during the movement to lower the crime as much as possible by killing innocent ponies, which is when most of the creatures in the department started showing signs of corruptions, Silver become less hyperactive and bubbly showing less emotion and less energetic. And once going full corrupt her personality became cold showing barely or no emotion in her voice or in general . Flashback Diamond has just become a detective a few weeks ago and had already gotton herself in a weird situation in this case being a gun fight with a griffon gang memeber, ''This is Detective Diamond Sparkle requesting backup, requesting backup'' she requested trying not to alert the griffon just around the corner. Meanwhile in a nearby cop car a few blocks away Silverstream was discussing something with Gallus ''Can't believe they actually let you stay in the force'' Silver said putting on sunglasses ''Wanna bet i can become the New Royal Guard Captain?'' Gallus asked. The radio suddenly turned on and Diamond's backup request came over the radio. ''What a fucking bastard'' Silver said coldly ajusting her sunglasses ''Wonder why blind creatures wear these it just makes their vison worse'' the hippogriff said coldly. In the end Diamond ended up losing the gun fight with the giffon gang member shooting her in the chest and getting away. As paramedics treated her gun wound and Diamond's other corrupt colleagues gathered around, Sword arrived at the scene ''Where the hell were any of you?'' the unicorn lashed out fixing the cast on his broken horn ''My sister called for backup a total of 8 fricking times and not a single one of you responded no creature, no pony nothing'' he asked ''Since none of you want to fess up i'll call dispatch and check who was closest to this area and when i do i'll take tis gun.'' the unicorn said pulling out his gun ''And shoot that fucking bastard'' Sword concluded shooting his gun into the air. Silverstream took off her sunglasses and turned around ''SILVER IT WAS YOU!" Sword yelled grabbing the back of her head and throwing her into a metal wall before hitting her with his gun and punching her multiple times ''YOU MESS WITH DIAMOND AGAIN, YOU DAMM BIRD-BRAINED MOTHER FUCKER!'' he exclaimed angrily before being pulled away by Gallus and Sandbar Back To Present ''I'll never forget that experience'' Diamond thought as she put Silverstream's badge in her saddle. ''Yo Diamond you there?'' Laser asked waving a hoof in front of Diamond's face ''Oh yeah right'' she said before going after Laser Once back at the station, Ocellus was checking through the database to look for cases of drug dealers and gang members to try to find clues in which all these creature orignated from. ''If i want to find the hideout gotta find a common place that is found in these cases'' the changeling thought typing away. Diamond trying to figure and come up with theories to this Hacksaw copycat. Sandbar came in with a small box ''Hey punk i found this when i came in it's for you.'' he said before placing it down on Laser's desk messing up a few of his papers. ''Okay Laser get ready for more body parts'' he said to himself before he opened it ''Uh Laser there's nothing in there just sand, a wet cloth, a few sea shells, and seaweed.'' Diamond explained. Laser got frustrated ''Damm it this must the Hacksaw Copycat's attempt to mock us giving was false evidence.'' Laser ranted before throwing it into a trash can ''Nice Trickshot'' Diamond commented The Tongue Trap A.K.A The Bullet Train Trap/The Lead Detective/Message #1Fireworks went off and ponies outside were cheering as The Grand Galloping Gala was going on, Flash Sentry was on of the ponies attending this event since he was a Royal Guard luckily he wasn'y on guard duty allowing him to enjoy himself. He was trying to enjoy himself as much a possible before the night ends he tried new things like concessions there or play party games with his guard buddies but overall the night was pretty okay or meh for his standards. Flash decided to try another one of the Galloping Gala's concessions bumping into a unicorn along the way. All of a sudden that same unicorn used it's magic to steal a wealthy mare's saddle bag ''HEY THAT PONIE'S GOT MY SADDLE BAG!'' the mare yelled ''SOMEPONY STOP HER!'' the mare yelled once again ''Oh come on'' Flash said rolling his eyes before putting on his Royal Guard helmet and chasing after the saddle bag thief putting on the rest of his armor in the process. ''HEY STOP!'' Flash yelled chasing after the thief he assumed was a mare before pulling out a gun ''Out of my way everypony MOVE!'' the Pegasus said shoving a couple of ponies aside and some clearing a path for him. The unicorn then jumped out a window. ''Now that's something i've never seen a criminal do.'' The Pegasus Guard said jumping out the window being careful not to touch the remaning glass on the window or to step on the broken glass on the ground. Flash then found out that the Unicorn thief had fled down the sewers as he heared hoovesteps echoing in the tunnels ''You did not just go down there'' the Pegasus said before jumping down into the sewers and chased after the saddle unicorn thief luckily still in sight. Flash flew after the thief too keep her in sight and to get to the other side of the sewers faster once reaching a ladder on the other side he briefly saw the mare as she got to the top of the ladder and climbed out of the sewers. The Pegasus Royal Guard then continued his pursuit with the saddle snatcher before and hearing hoovesteps in a abandoned subway tunnel ''For Fucks sakes first the sewers and now this'' Flash said trotting into the abandoned subway tunnel and turning on the flashlight on his gun. It then seem like Flash had lost the thief but when shining his flashlight on the tracks he found blood stains on the ground ''Oh fuck this might be a bigger threat thank i thought'' Flash said to himself before a mysterious hooded pony appeared behind him and put a rag over his face knocking him out. Flash woke up in a subway tunnel his tongue was attached to metal device that looked a lot like a vice that was hanging from the ceiling of the tunnel the Pegasus was also standing on his back hooves which were on a wooden stool. His front hooves were tied behind his back with barb wire and both his wings were badly cut and most of the feathers were plucked off them. He struggled a little before the TV laying on the side of the tracks turned on showing a animatronic pony mannequin with Royal Guard Armor that spoke in a text to speech voice/computer voice (Voice from Spiral: From The Book Of Saw) ''Hello Royal Guard Flash Sentry I want to play a game my name is Cross, Canterlot's new bullet train is arriving in 2 minutes you'll have to decide if this will be your final stop. You've railroaded innocent ponies with your lies and false evidence proving them guilty and getting them sent to jail. Today it's you who will be railroaded your only chance of living is to rip off the tongue that you've used to lie and deceive, only your weight can be used to rip off your lying tongue and save you, take a leap of faith die or die live or die make your choice.'' Cross the animatronic pony Mannequin explained before the TV turned off Flash struggled against the tounge vice causing blood to start flowing out and onto his mane. The Royal Guard was evantually able to free his front hooves from the barb wire badly cutting them in the process. He then tried to use the barb wire to prive open the tongue vice to no avail before dropping the piece of barb wire. This is when Flash saw the light of the bullet train. The Pegasus Royal Guard went for it kicking the wooden stool and falling ripping out his tongue only to be hit by the bullet train causing blood, limbs and a couple of organs to splat onto the windshield. Time Skip At The Crystal Empire Law Enforcer Station ''Serisouly another case of you beating up drug dealers as a UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE!'' Gilda yelled at the unicorn detective ''What if some creature got killed?'' ''That group of 8 creatures killed 6 ponies last week i could've caught them all if my cover wasn't blown.'' The unicorn argued ''IT'S WASN'T ABOUT THE COVER Diamond Sparkle you dweeb, you were there no backup nothing.'' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y9yn_Z2aUehVK9LZBd6D_JecUu8ElG75/view?usp=share_link ''No backup because i'm refused it and that's because there's no creature on this froce I CAN FUCKING TRUST!'' Diamond lashed out banging on the door's window ''i don't have it easy almost every creature on this force is agressive towards me.'' ''Alright you dweeb since you don't have it easy according to you i'm getting your old partner Laser Pointer he's now a Royal Guard, he's definitely somepony you can trust on this force and he's rarely agressive.'' Gilda explained ''My old partner it's been 10 years since i snitched on and turned in a corrupt detective which what led to everyone in this force turning on me and guess what he got to stay in the force and now is THE NEW FUCKING ROYAL GUARD CAPTAIN!'' Diamond yelled ''I'm done with this conversation sent Laser Pointer In'' Gilda Said Then a black Pegasus came in with a bright green mane '' Oh hey it's you Diamond haven't seen in a long time'' Laser Pointer said ''You haven't changed a bit since i last saw you physically or personality wise'' Diamond said, Laser Pointer has always had a calm positive personality during Diamond's time working with him 5 years ago when he was still a detective in training. https://drive.google.com/file/d/137pIDP2DK5NJR4QatOKXEjh90_1QpC0m/view?usp=share_link ''Oh yeah i almost forgot you two dweebs are also needed at a crime scene at canterlot's bullet train station. '' Gilda told them ''Don't worry you'll get used to me and this whole partner thing evantually'' Laser said as they both walked out of the head detective's office At The Crime Scene Canterlot's bullet train station were shut down and Royal Guards and a couple of detectives were their. Once Diamond and Laser arrived the examined the remains ''I've seen some gruesome things before but never this gruesome.'' Diamond said using her horn as a light source ''Hey Diamond i found the remains of a TV'' Laser said picking up remains of a TV screen ''Looks like the only thing we can go off of her is the fact that this pony was a pegasus'' Diamond said shining the light at a bloody pegasus wing After the both of them returned from the crime scene and when back to their desk jobs at the station they came up with some theories''I say it was probably homeless pony who was hit by the bullet train'' Laser said ''Or maybe the homeless pony just wanted to end it all'' Diamond argued ''Sound far fetched but plausible.'' Laser concluded Some creature then hit Diamond in the head with a package ''This package just came in it's for you two'' Informant Gabby said leaving the package down on Diamond's desk. When the unicorn opened it she found a usb drive saying play me when inserting it into Laser's computer and video file opened showing a spiral on a wall. ''Hello Diamond Sparkle and Laser Pointer i'm here to help reform Equestrian law enforcers to remind them of there oath to the ponies and fellow creatures of Equestria a Royal Guard from your department refused to reform he'll not be the last to play my game.'' ''Is that Spiral what i think it is'' Detective Silverstream said ''The Hacksaw Killer?'' Laser Pointer said ''That's no possible the Hacksaw Killer has been dead for 15 years now.'' Diamond argued ''Looks like were dealing with a copycat killer'' Laser concluded ''Never thought i would hear something like a Hacksaw Killer copycat'' Gabby said ''Hey i know that building it's the abandoned fashion store The Carousel Boutique it was my mother's friend workplace.'' Diamond realized Once Diamond and Laser made it The Carousel Boutique the unicorn started examining the Spiral This is when Silverstream and Gabby showed up there as well ''What are you two doing here'' Laser asked them ''Thought you could use some backup.'' Silverstream explained ''Fuck you Silver this isn't your case'' Diamond said rudely scanning the Spiral ''Um i think i see something up there'' Gabby said pointing her wing at a box sitting on the roof Silverstream retrieved the box and chucked at Diamond's muzzle ''Ow that hurt'' Diamond said rubbing her muzzle she opened the box hoping to find a hacksaw but instead found a severed bloody tounge ''WHAT THE FUCK'' Laser yelled ''That's a fucking tongue'' Silverstream realized ''I think there's something else in there'' Gabby pointed out Diamond used her magic to move the bloody tounge aside and grab a Royal Guard badge every badge was custom designed this badge had the number 100 on it with a lighting bolt behind it. ''Does any creature know who represents these symbols'' Diamond asked but no one seem to know Back at the station once Diamond scanned the badge on her computer she found out the badge belonged to Flash Sentry one of the better know respected Royal Guards. ''Welp we were able to identify the badge it turned out to be Flash Sentry one of the more respected Royal Guards on this force you can worry about him later we're gonna catch this Hacksaw Killer copycat before that fucker can get any more of us,'' Royal Guard Captain Gallus announced ''Seriosuly that's It nothing more than a worry about him later well guess what while all of you were treating me like crap constantly refusing me backup, backstabbing me or more like shooting me in the back, Flash was a close friend probably one of my closest friends after Laser.'' ''Oh fuck you'' Silverstream said which was her only response to Diamond's rant ''Fuck me, No FUCK YOU Silver FLASH WAS MY FRIEND!'' Diamond lashed out before trotting off only to be caught up with by Head Detective Glida ''You want to lead detective don't you dweeb cause it's fine with me.'' Glida explained ''This fucker killed one of my closest friends, you gotta let me take lead detective i gotta catch this motherfucker.'' Diamond explained Flashback to a few months ago Flash handed the Lady Gaval the photo evidence the last of his huge amount of evidence (Looked up mlp Judge Pony and she was the first result) ''Huh looks pretty authentic better run it through the magic scanner to make sure the picture wasn't altered with magic'' The Judge said puttig the picture through a special scanner. This is what made the pegasus nervous since he learned and casted a illusion spell with a magic wand but on the other hoof since it was a illusion of his own making it could be possible to make so the illusion magic couldn't be detected. ''It's authentic no magic to alter this picture was detected the picuture showing Dr Hooves robbing a local store is authentic so looks like due to the huge amount the evidence the court finds the defendent Dr Hooves guilty that's 200 bits out of you Dr Hooves not including lawyer fees .'' Lady Gaval said hitting her gavel. Once security had taken away Dr Hooves, Flash packed up all his evidence and left the courthouse turning all his evidence back into it's orignal form ''Who knew casting a illusion spell and making it so the illusion magic couldn't be detected would actually work.'' the pegasus thought Author's Note Golden Badge-Royal Guard Silver Badge-Detective Bronze Badge-Informant
Diamond's Personal Life/Pincushion Trap A.K.A Sewing Table Trap''Alright every creature change of plans'' Captain Gallus announced ''Diamond Sparkle is now lead detective of The Hacksaw Killer Copycat case'' Gallus explained before all of a sudden walking off ''Alright every creature you may not like me, call me a snitch, a rat but unless you want to picked to die, we better start the actual investigation right now if we want to get anywhere.'' Diamond explained before walking over to Laser who was in the supply closet ''Got a detective board and some red string should be a good place to start.'' Laser told Diamond Time Skip The the sun was the setting and evening has come Diamond just getting off of work trotted down the street of Ponyville proud of herself, finally able to lead a investigation but also a worried of how this will turned out. Once gatting to The Golden Oak Library which wasn't really a library anymore more of just a home for Diamond. Unfortunately the wood work for the tree library wasn't very good since it would cost a fortune to replace all the wood on the outside in the tree making some spots of the library to look new and some parts to looked rotted. Once Diamond got inside see looked around the former library which now was more of a home. Most of the wood on the shelves were chipped and rotted she didn't even want to know how much it will cost to replace the wood on the shelves, since most of her mother's fortune was used on house improvements one of them being replacing the rotten wooden walls with a actual house wall and painted bright white. Most of the furniture in the house were still covered in tarps, the only ones not covered in tarps were the kitchen a single chair in the living room and her bed. This is when Diamond heard a noise and she started sneaking up the stairs charging up her horn, ''FREEZE INTRUDER!'' Diamond yelled jumping out ''Seriously charging up your horn at your own big brother i could've killed you.'' The Stallion said ''What do you mean i'm the one with the working horn.'' Diamond reminded him ''I said i could've killed you'' The stallion said pulling out a gun ''I always keep forgetting you live here with me Diamond'' Diamond said facepalm with her hoof canceling out her blast ''Can't believe you forgot my name'' the stallion said ''What do you mean you're my big brother.'' Diamond reminded him ''What i'm trying to say is that my name is Diamond Sword and i like to go by Sword we shouldn't be calling each other the same name.'' Sword reminded his little sister https://drive.google.com/file/d/1akq63NDkj5pwlVTxY28lVv8Ajf7zQ_0W/view?usp=share_link ''Heard about your close friend Flash are you okay i know how close you 2 were'' Sword asked Diamond ''Nah big bro i'm fucked up right now'' Diamond said ''Hacksaw Killer copycat never thought i would hear that name again'' Sword explained ''Well guess what that was the same name that ended our mother's life and almost got me killed and if it wasn't for the Royal Guards i would be dead right now, that experience alone is what inspired me to attend detective acandemy.'' Diamond explain her voice breaking a little ''You're also forgetting about the part where while being Royal Guard Captain,i got into a horrible accident that broke my horn.'' Sword said pointing at his bandaged up horn ''And after realizing i'll never recover from this they pulled you out of the detective acandemy and made you a detective but i still stuck around a few days as captain before retiring. Speaking of Hacksaw copycat could be difficult.'' Sword explained ''Are you scared you might be embarrassed by me?'' Diamond asked ''Being lead detective is a huge responsibility and this isn't about you that is what led to you ruining your carrer.'' Sword reminded Diamond ''Big brother advice serisouly i don't think i can even call you my B.B.B.F.F anymore we haven't done anything together since i became a detective 10 years ago.'' ''Let me tell you something remember how mom used to tell you her schedule well let me simplify it for you, mom she went to work came home that's it just a simple point A to point B situation.'' Sword explained ''Well if you excuse i can't believe me i gonna say this but i'm gonna do some actual research.'' Diamond said before walking out of the room. Since the Golden Oak Library wasn't really a library anymore more of a home for the Diamond siblings and because neither of them was a bookworm or a egghead like their mother they didn't read a lot but at the same time weren't illiterate. That meant during the home improvement process all the books were taken off their shelves stored in boxes and put up in the new attic. Once Diamond went up into the attic and used her horn as a light source this revealed how dusty the attic actually was, Diamond eventually found a book called Hacksaw Killer and when she opened it she found a picture of her mother in it. ''One if the only non corrupt law enforcers in the department so glad we inherited that from her.'' Diamond said to herself before using her magic to flip through a couple of pages and eventually finding a news article stating ''Ponyville schoolhouse teacher found dead in one of the classrooms.'' When Diamond checked the date it turned out be from 15 years ago ''That sounds like there was a Hacksaw Trap'' the unicorn said before flipping a couple more pages before coming across another article saying ''Hacksaw killer dead video tapes says his games aren't over'' The detective once again flipped through a couple more pages and found ''Another one of hacksaw's game take place at a pig farm'' Diamond read ''Not sure if this copycat could be connected to Hacksaw'' the unicorn detective concluded. Time Skip Nighttime Gabby wanting to fine more clues and out of curiosity decided to check out The Carousel Boutique without any backup she was easily able to break down the boarded up door and went inside turning on the flashlight. The Boutique was way bigger than she thought. All of a sudden a pin cushion was knocked over causing needles to make a lot of noise and go everywhere. Gabby shined here flashlight in that direction and saw a hooded pony ''GOTCHA NOW!'' the griffon said firing her gun at the pony when she went to check on the pony it turned out to be a pony mannequin ''GOD FUCKING DAMM IT!'' Gabby then turned around quickly to find no creature behind her all of a sudden she heared a another noise and the flashloght revealed that a mannequin display was knocked over and saw the hooded pony. The informant lunged at the hooded pony certein it was the real one only to find out it was another mannequin. Gabby ripped off the mannequin's head in anger ''You gotta be FUCKING KIDDING ME!'' the griffon informant yelled in anger. Another noise came from upstairs and Gabby didn't hesitate at all and flew upstairs and shined her flashlight at the end of a hall showing the hooded pony turning around the griffon informant tackled the hooded pony and shot it 5 times make sure it was dead. Turns out this was a animatronic mannequin. ''Fuck this is no normal criminal'' Gabby said to herself but when looking up from the animatronic saw the REAL hooded pony ''THERE YOU ARE YOU SON OF A BITCH!'' The griffon yelled firing her gun only for it to be out of ammo. Gabby quickly reloaded but when looking up again from reloading the hooded pony was gone. The hooded pony appeared behind her a put a rag over her face knocking her out. When Gabby woke up she found herself on the second floor of The Carousel Boutique she was laying on a sewing table some feathers were plucked off her wing. When the griffon informant tried moving her wings each tip turned out pinned down with a needle. When Gabby tried to move her wings again the pins didn't seem to react to her movement, no shaking no wiggling, no moving upwards nothing, ''WHAT THE FUCK!'' The griffon informant yelled before a TV on a rolling cart turned on and Cross appeared on the screen. ''Hello Informant Gabriella i want to play a game, you've seem to use the hard way on every creature during questioning to get information out of them even for the smallest crimes like littering, by mainly using you sharp talons to threaten them, you refuse to stick your neck out when it comes to using the hard way on the creatures, in 60 seconds 3 pin cushions with spikes on them will fall on your body all you have to do is make a deep cut in your neck with blade under your neck die or die live or die make your choice.'' Cross said before the TV turned off The first thing Gabby tried to do is to flap her wings hoping to get the needles off, but once again not reaction to her movement no wiggling,no shaking, nothing. Then the griffon informant tried to what she was told to do by trying to make a deep cut in her neck. Unfortunately the blade she was given to do so wasn't sharp enough since when she tried to cut off her fur to cut her neck the blade just seemed to graze her fur barely any fur was actually coming off. Realizing her time was running out the griffon informant yelled ''WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU! WHO THE FUCK ARE YO-'' The 3 pin cushions then fell on her body one on her face, one on her neck and one on her chest and to add insult to injury her neck fell on the blade passing out and eventually she bled out. The Next Day After reports of a broken into Carousel Boutique was filed Diamond and Laser were sent out to check it out. The reports were right not only was the boarded up door destroyed there was a mess inside the Boutique itself there was a mess of needles and a bunch mannequins were knocked over. ''Um Diamond i think i see something.'' Laser said pointing at a nearby sewing table, once Diamond grabbed the small box and opened it she found a severed bloody talon and another badge this time it was a bronze infromant badge. ''I don't see any symbols on this one so looks like were gonna have to go back to the station.'' Laser said ''This is Gabby's badge, i've recognized almost every creature's badge in the station even the ones without symbols, and looks you weren't look hard enough there's a talon on the badge.'' Diamond explained this is when the unicorn found a note at the bottom of the box it said ''If you want to know my next move is to go after your younger group.'' ''I don't think this copycat killer is that messed to the point where he'll go after foals.'' Laser pointed out ''Maybe the copy is referring to rookies'' Diamond argued ''Plausible but i doubt since we don't seem to have a lot of rookies right now last time i checked.'' Laser concluded Before the movment to lower the crime rate as much as possible by killing innocent ponies and before almost every creature in the department became corrupt thanks to Diamond. Gabby was basically every creature's friend even during the movement to lower the crime rate, when most creatures were showing signs of corruption. Before corruption Gabby had her cheerful and excitable personality during the movement to lower the crime rate barely showing any signs of corruption. But after Diamond snitched on and turned in a corrupt detective this made almost every creature in the department go full corrupt and turn against Diamond including Gabby. Her personality had completely changed she became agressive and hostile not only towards Diamond but also to be creatures she questioned using the hard way on them even for the smallest crimes like littering or shoplifiting by mainy threating them with her talons. Flashback Diamond was interrogating a mare earth pony who was suspected of burying stolen money in a empty field ''Okay just tell me in what field you buried the money in it's that simple you can worry about the consequences later.'' Diamond explained Gallus was observing the interrogation through a one way mirror ''Okay this isn't gonna work'' The griffon said pulling out a radio ''Hey Head Detective send in Gabby she's good at this type of stuff.'' Gallus said ''Alright what the deal this time'' Gabby said walking into the interrogation room ''HEY MOVE!'' the griffon yelled pushing Diamond aside ''TELL ME WHERE DID YOU BURY THE STOLEN MONEY!'' Gabby yelled ''I serisouly have no idea what you're talking about.'' the mare said ''DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME!'' the griffon yelled slamming the table and threatening her with her sharp talons. ''Hey look what just came in'' Flash said flying into the interrogation room ''I just got new footage from the field from another angle'' The pegaus said playing the footage revealing that the pony wasn't a earth pony it was a unicorn ''See look closley a horn meaning it was a unicorn and the she didn't do the crime let her go.'' Flash explained Unfortunately Gabby didn't want to let the mare go so it took Diamond,Flash,Gallus and 2 other Royal Guards to get the griffon off of the earth pony mare ''NO I STILL BELIEVE SHE DID THE CRIME!'' Gabby yelled as she was dragged out of the interrogation room lashing out.
First Impressions/The Finger TrapAfter Diamond's interaction and arugment with her big brother A.K.A her very distant B.B.B.F.F and a while of researching the orignal Hacksaw Killer the unicorn eventually returned to the station with the book of information and newspapers about the Hacksaw Killer. She returned to the station during the night to check on the investigation she wasn't the only one there Laser,Sandbar and Smolder were also there. ''Hey any of you got any leads yet?'' Diamond asked Laser was scrolling through some Hacksaw killer news article ''Do you think this copycat has anything to do with the orignal Hacksaw Killer like a apprentice or something?'' Laser wondered putting down a newspaper. ''Here's the iced coffee you wanted really badly.'' Smolder said annoyed slamming the cup of coffee on the table. When Diamond took a sip of it she realized there was no flavor in the coffee''Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME NO FLAVOR!'' Diamond yelled chucking the cup of coffee into the trash can making Sandbar and Smolder snicker a little. ''Wow cool trickshot'' Laser told Diamond ''Hey Sandbar got any suspects down for this Hacksaw copycat'' Diamond asked the earth pony ''Not really only suspects i suspect are Head Detective Gilda and Royal Guard Captain Gallus that's it and i tried to look for suspects aswell trust me.'' Sandbar explanied Flashback a few hours earlier Sandbar had pinned down a mare and put a cloth over her face ''Listen up punk WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HACKSAW KILLER!'' the earth pony yelled. The mare tired to move only to be pinned down again ''I don't know who that is'' The mare said her voice breaking. Sandbar then spilled water on the cloth performing waterboarding ''What do you know about the Hacksaw Killer punk'' the earth pony asked again. When the mare was able to smack him he decided to let her go pretty confident she wasn't in any way connected to the Hacksaw Copycat as the mare trotted off. A few moments later Sandbar saw a hooded pony in a alleyway and thought he found the Hacksaw copycat and tackled it, putting the cloth over the figure's face. ''HA NICE TRY PUNK I GOT YOU BEFORE YOU COULD GET ME!'' the earth pony yelled before pouring water on the cloth. The stallion immediately broke down in tears this is what made Sandbar realized this pony was having a episode and let him go. Back To Present ''Alright every creature listen up'' Diamond said walking up to the red string board ''Flash was last spotted at The Grand Galloping Gala a few days ago chasing a saddle thief luckily there were cameras at the Gala itself unfortunately most of them were broken but there was only one that wasn't and it was from a pretty good angle as well so guess i'll be heading there.'' ''Yeah about that'' Smolder started ''Silver and Ocellus are already on the case they're checking out the security footage in Canterlot.'' ''Welp with that being taken care of guess we can call it a night.'' Diamond stated Diamond Sword wanting to get some information on the Hacksaw copycat for himself decided to check out a abandoned hospital where blood donations mainly happend. Until on day a patient died from the wrong blood type which led to the hospital shutting down, it wasn't even demolished and now is just left there to rot. ''Haven't done something like this in a long time.'' Sword said to himself grabbing a gun from his car and loading it. Once SIlverstream and Ocellus got to Canterlot they headed for the Security Footage room only to be stopped by 2 Royal Guards at the door ''You're not allowed in here only law enforcement'' Silverstream then showed her silver detective badge and they were let inside They checked the security footage from the only working camera and found The Grand Galloping Gala that happend a few days ago ''Okay there's Flash can you tell who he's chasing?'' Ocellus asked Silver ''Hey i know who that is that's Tempest Shadow but that's just her Criminal Nickname her real name is Fizzlepop Berrytwist i've aressted her before she's a junkie, hangs around in a abandoned bakery called Sugarcube Corner and she make drug deals with somepony named Mare-Do-Well. ''Should we inform Diamond?'' The changeling asked ''Fuck her , i'll find the building you track down this Mare-Do-Well pony.'' Silverstream replied Once Silverstream flew to the abandoned bakery Sugarcube Corner with no backup she saw that the place no longer resembled a gingerbread house but looked like a half burned down house or a half melted candle. When the hippogriff went inside and turned oh her flashlight she saw that almost all the furniture was gone and the ones that remained were badly damaged or in pieces, the gingerbread walls were almost completely gone exposing a metal wall with rust and graffiti on it. ''Not a lot of junkies are around during this time, but there's a chance i could find a junkie who knows something about this Mare-Do-Well pony or Tempest Shadow.'' Silverstream said to herself as she walked around the former bakery. This is when she suddenly noticed a mattress and a blanket on the floor. ''Hey you wake up'' Silver loudly told the creature as she walked closer to the mattress, with no reaction or response from the creature ''Uh rise and shine'' she said raising her voice a little more hoping to get at least a reaction from the creature but didn't get one. ''Come on get up atleast do something'' Silver told the creature kicking it a little before removing the blanket revealing a pony mannequin head wearing a Royal Guard helmet covered in blood. ''OH SHIT, HOLY FUCK!'' the hippogriff yelled, quickly pulling out her gun before realizing it's just a mannequin head ''Calm down Silver it's just a mannequin head'' Silver said to herself as she headed towards the exit ''Guess there are no junkies around this time.'' she said in a defeated tone All of a sudden she got attacked by the hooded pony who put a rag over her face but unlike Flash and Gabby she manage to last a little longer, Silver tried to lash out at the attacker but only manage to last 5 seconds longer than the last two ~~victims~~ test subjects before passing out. Silverstream woke up due to water pouring down on her face, causing her to bite down on something on accident which led her to get pulled towards something, then letting go as she started struggling against her restrains. Diamond was in her car scrolling through her phone abut Hacksaw Killer cases before getting a call from Laser ''Hey Diamond what do you think the note in Gabby's box meant by younger.'' Laser through the phone asked ''Well i'm checking through the data base right now...hey i found one The Young 6 a group of rookies that hung out daily, even after being promoted stuck around. I guess their group started becoming distant during the movement to lower the crime rate by killing innocent ponies movement due to them starting to show signs of corruption and split up once i snitched on a corrupt detective causing them go full corrupt. Members of this former group are Sandbar, Smolder, Ocellus, Yona a deceased yax rookie, Silverstream and GALLUS ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!'' Diamond yelled banging her head against the sterring wheel. Sandbar was just leaving the station and saw Diamond banging her head against the sterring wheel yelling something ''Welp i've seen enough see you later punk fucking drama queen.'' the earth pony said fixing his wet looking hair before trotting off ''Hey Diamond i checked the database and it turns out Flash has lied multiple times in court providing false evidence to sue businesses noteable ones being Sweet Apple Acres and The Carousel Boutique.'' ''Well atleast that explains why his tounge was at The Carousel Boutique'' Diamond said calming down from her freakout Meanwhile A Few Moments Earlier (In More Detail) Silverstream woke up due to water from a faucet, she had a cage like device on her face and accidentally bit down on two small bars on the device causing her finger like claws that were in chinese finger trap like metal sheaths connected to metal wires to start getting pulled towards a motor. ''HELP,HELP ME'' Silver yelled letting go of the two small bars stopping the motor, when she tried to simply fly out of the tank turns out her wings her pierced with closed fish hooks. (Silverstream being in this trap was Inspired by this image) Now In The Present Silverstream tried everything she tried to remove the cage like device from her face, try to bite off the chinese finger traps through the cage device, crossing her finger in hopes of slipping them off, and leaning back to try to pull them off. All of a sudden the TV above the motor on a platform turned on and Cross this time a puppet/marionette appeared on the screen. ''Hello, Detective Silverstream, i want to play a game the tide of justice is rising around you. In 90 seconds, the water in the tank will rise until it reaches the multi color wires, and if you are still in the tank by then, you will be electrocuted to death, unless you make a sacrifice that will clear your name. You murdered another hippogriff because she insulted you.'' Cross said pointing a hoof at Silverstream before showing bodycam footage from her badge of said murder. Silverstream had pulled over another hippogriff for reckless driving with a speed boat and was checking for a boating license ''License and Registration, show me your claws gotta make sure you don't have anything dangerous on you, claws where i can see them motherfucker.'' Silver explained before the hippogriff literally flipped the bird at her. Provoking Silver to pull out her gun and shoot the hippogriff killing her, the footage then cut off and Cross The Puppet/Marionette came back on the screen. ''Your trigger happy talon pulled the trigger, and that cannot happen again. All you have to do is bite down on the two small bars on the device in front of you with, which will start the motor that will rip your fingers like claws away, and will release you from the fish hooks pierced through your wings leaving you free to escape with your life. But if you don't act quickly, all that awaits you is watery doom die or die live or die make your choice.'' Cross said putting his hoof down, before the TV shut off Silverstream immediately bit her beak down on the small bars on the cage like device starting up the motor, which started pulling her finger like claws towards it, the wires slowly getting pulled in and disappearing into the motor, as her finger started slowly getting near it. She looked back over her wing seeing the faucet pouring water and slowly filling up the tank seeing that the tank was now 1/3 of the way full. Her fingers reached and went under a metal bar that prevented her fingers from being pulled further than intended. Once the limit of the fish hooks pierced through her wings was reached, her finger like claws started slowly get ripped off causing blood to start coming out. Silver leaned back in hopes of ripping off her fingers a bit quicker trying to ignore the pain and not lose her grip on the small bars. All of a sudden her middle finger was nearly ripped off causing her to let go of the small bars stopping the motor and yelling in pain ''AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!'' the hippogriff yelled as she started sobbing not noticing the blood colored water in the tank ''Isn't there way to get if off?'' Silver said biting down on the small bars again starting the motor back up again. All of a sudden the water reached the multi color wires touched the water, water and electricity don't mix this led to Silverstream get electrocuted to death causing her eyes to become bloodshot as all her finger like claws are fully ripped off and the hooks pierced through her wings are released, causing the hippogriff to collapse into the blood water tank. The next day once reports a broken into Sugarcube corner were filed Diamond decided to check it out with Laser, Ocellus and Sandbar ''Make sure to look for any evidence,'' Diamond reminded the others before finding a small box in a puddle ''Hey guys i found something pretty sure it's another body part'' the unicorn said before opening the box and she was right there was 8 severed bloody finger like claws ''This is probably the least disturbing and least gross discovery yet, i mean at least it's less disturbing than a whole severed talon.'' Laser pointed out. Diamond then used her magic to pick up a silver detective badge and finding a silver lining/outline on the badge ''I know who this it's Silverstream.'' Diamond concluded causing her to get remember a incident that happend a few day before Sword retired as Royal Guard Captain Silverstream before the movement and Diamond snitching on the corrupt detective she had a hyperactive and bubbly personality. But during the movement to lower the crime as much as possible by killing innocent ponies, which is when most of the creatures in the department started showing signs of corruptions, Silver become less hyperactive and bubbly showing less emotion and less energetic. And once going full corrupt her personality became cold showing barely or no emotion in her voice or in general . Flashback Diamond has just become a detective a few weeks ago and had already gotton herself in a weird situation in this case being a gun fight with a griffon gang memeber, ''This is Detective Diamond Sparkle requesting backup, requesting backup'' she requested trying not to alert the griffon just around the corner. Meanwhile in a nearby cop car a few blocks away Silverstream was discussing something with Gallus ''Can't believe they actually let you stay in the force'' Silver said putting on sunglasses ''Wanna bet i can become the New Royal Guard Captain?'' Gallus asked. The radio suddenly turned on and Diamond's backup request came over the radio. ''What a fucking bastard'' Silver said coldly ajusting her sunglasses ''Wonder why blind creatures wear these it just makes their vison worse'' the hippogriff said coldly. In the end Diamond ended up losing the gun fight with the giffon gang member shooting her in the chest and getting away. As paramedics treated her gun wound and Diamond's other corrupt colleagues gathered around, Sword arrived at the scene ''Where the hell were any of you?'' the unicorn lashed out fixing the cast on his broken horn ''My sister called for backup a total of 8 fricking times and not a single one of you responded no creature, no pony nothing'' he asked ''Since none of you want to fess up i'll call dispatch and check who was closest to this area and when i do i'll take tis gun.'' the unicorn said pulling out his gun ''And shoot that fucking bastard'' Sword concluded shooting his gun into the air. Silverstream took off her sunglasses and turned around ''SILVER IT WAS YOU!" Sword yelled grabbing the back of her head and throwing her into a metal wall before hitting her with his gun and punching her multiple times ''YOU MESS WITH DIAMOND AGAIN, YOU DAMM BIRD-BRAINED MOTHER FUCKER!'' he exclaimed angrily before being pulled away by Gallus and Sandbar Back To Present ''I'll never forget that experience'' Diamond thought as she put Silverstream's badge in her saddle. ''Yo Diamond you there?'' Laser asked waving a hoof in front of Diamond's face ''Oh yeah right'' she said before going after Laser Once back at the station, Ocellus was checking through the database to look for cases of drug dealers and gang members to try to find clues in which all these creature orignated from. ''If i want to find the hideout gotta find a common place that is found in these cases'' the changeling thought typing away. Diamond trying to figure and come up with theories to this Hacksaw copycat. Sandbar came in with a small box ''Hey punk i found this when i came in it's for you.'' he said before placing it down on Laser's desk messing up a few of his papers. ''Okay Laser get ready for more body parts'' he said to himself before he opened it ''Uh Laser there's nothing in there just sand, a wet cloth, a few sea shells, and seaweed.'' Diamond explained. Laser got frustrated ''Damm it this must the Hacksaw Copycat's attempt to mock us giving was false evidence.'' Laser ranted before throwing it into a trash can ''Nice Trickshot'' Diamond commented
The Tongue Trap A.K.A The Bullet Train Trap/The Lead Detective/Message #1Fireworks went off and ponies outside were cheering as The Grand Galloping Gala was going on, Flash Sentry was on of the ponies attending this event since he was a Royal Guard luckily he wasn'y on guard duty allowing him to enjoy himself. He was trying to enjoy himself as much a possible before the night ends he tried new things like concessions there or play party games with his guard buddies but overall the night was pretty okay or meh for his standards. Flash decided to try another one of the Galloping Gala's concessions bumping into a unicorn along the way. All of a sudden that same unicorn used it's magic to steal a wealthy mare's saddle bag ''HEY THAT PONIE'S GOT MY SADDLE BAG!'' the mare yelled ''SOMEPONY STOP HER!'' the mare yelled once again ''Oh come on'' Flash said rolling his eyes before putting on his Royal Guard helmet and chasing after the saddle bag thief putting on the rest of his armor in the process. ''HEY STOP!'' Flash yelled chasing after the thief he assumed was a mare before pulling out a gun ''Out of my way everypony MOVE!'' the Pegasus said shoving a couple of ponies aside and some clearing a path for him. The unicorn then jumped out a window. ''Now that's something i've never seen a criminal do.'' The Pegasus Guard said jumping out the window being careful not to touch the remaning glass on the window or to step on the broken glass on the ground. Flash then found out that the Unicorn thief had fled down the sewers as he heared hoovesteps echoing in the tunnels ''You did not just go down there'' the Pegasus said before jumping down into the sewers and chased after the saddle unicorn thief luckily still in sight. Flash flew after the thief too keep her in sight and to get to the other side of the sewers faster once reaching a ladder on the other side he briefly saw the mare as she got to the top of the ladder and climbed out of the sewers. The Pegasus Royal Guard then continued his pursuit with the saddle snatcher before and hearing hoovesteps in a abandoned subway tunnel ''For Fucks sakes first the sewers and now this'' Flash said trotting into the abandoned subway tunnel and turning on the flashlight on his gun. It then seem like Flash had lost the thief but when shining his flashlight on the tracks he found blood stains on the ground ''Oh fuck this might be a bigger threat thank i thought'' Flash said to himself before a mysterious hooded pony appeared behind him and put a rag over his face knocking him out. Flash woke up in a subway tunnel his tongue was attached to metal device that looked a lot like a vice that was hanging from the ceiling of the tunnel the Pegasus was also standing on his back hooves which were on a wooden stool. His front hooves were tied behind his back with barb wire and both his wings were badly cut and most of the feathers were plucked off them. He struggled a little before the TV laying on the side of the tracks turned on showing a animatronic pony mannequin with Royal Guard Armor that spoke in a text to speech voice/computer voice (Voice from Spiral: From The Book Of Saw) ''Hello Royal Guard Flash Sentry I want to play a game my name is Cross, Canterlot's new bullet train is arriving in 2 minutes you'll have to decide if this will be your final stop. You've railroaded innocent ponies with your lies and false evidence proving them guilty and getting them sent to jail. Today it's you who will be railroaded your only chance of living is to rip off the tongue that you've used to lie and deceive, only your weight can be used to rip off your lying tongue and save you, take a leap of faith die or die live or die make your choice.'' Cross the animatronic pony Mannequin explained before the TV turned off Flash struggled against the tounge vice causing blood to start flowing out and onto his mane. The Royal Guard was evantually able to free his front hooves from the barb wire badly cutting them in the process. He then tried to use the barb wire to prive open the tongue vice to no avail before dropping the piece of barb wire. This is when Flash saw the light of the bullet train. The Pegasus Royal Guard went for it kicking the wooden stool and falling ripping out his tongue only to be hit by the bullet train causing blood, limbs and a couple of organs to splat onto the windshield. Time Skip At The Crystal Empire Law Enforcer Station ''Serisouly another case of you beating up drug dealers as a UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE!'' Gilda yelled at the unicorn detective ''What if some creature got killed?'' ''That group of 8 creatures killed 6 ponies last week i could've caught them all if my cover wasn't blown.'' The unicorn argued ''IT'S WASN'T ABOUT THE COVER Diamond Sparkle you dweeb, you were there no backup nothing.'' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y9yn_Z2aUehVK9LZBd6D_JecUu8ElG75/view?usp=share_link ''No backup because i'm refused it and that's because there's no creature on this froce I CAN FUCKING TRUST!'' Diamond lashed out banging on the door's window ''i don't have it easy almost every creature on this force is agressive towards me.'' ''Alright you dweeb since you don't have it easy according to you i'm getting your old partner Laser Pointer he's now a Royal Guard, he's definitely somepony you can trust on this force and he's rarely agressive.'' Gilda explained ''My old partner it's been 10 years since i snitched on and turned in a corrupt detective which what led to everyone in this force turning on me and guess what he got to stay in the force and now is THE NEW FUCKING ROYAL GUARD CAPTAIN!'' Diamond yelled ''I'm done with this conversation sent Laser Pointer In'' Gilda Said Then a black Pegasus came in with a bright green mane '' Oh hey it's you Diamond haven't seen in a long time'' Laser Pointer said ''You haven't changed a bit since i last saw you physically or personality wise'' Diamond said, Laser Pointer has always had a calm positive personality during Diamond's time working with him 5 years ago when he was still a detective in training. https://drive.google.com/file/d/137pIDP2DK5NJR4QatOKXEjh90_1QpC0m/view?usp=share_link ''Oh yeah i almost forgot you two dweebs are also needed at a crime scene at canterlot's bullet train station. '' Gilda told them ''Don't worry you'll get used to me and this whole partner thing evantually'' Laser said as they both walked out of the head detective's office At The Crime Scene Canterlot's bullet train station were shut down and Royal Guards and a couple of detectives were their. Once Diamond and Laser arrived the examined the remains ''I've seen some gruesome things before but never this gruesome.'' Diamond said using her horn as a light source ''Hey Diamond i found the remains of a TV'' Laser said picking up remains of a TV screen ''Looks like the only thing we can go off of her is the fact that this pony was a pegasus'' Diamond said shining the light at a bloody pegasus wing After the both of them returned from the crime scene and when back to their desk jobs at the station they came up with some theories''I say it was probably homeless pony who was hit by the bullet train'' Laser said ''Or maybe the homeless pony just wanted to end it all'' Diamond argued ''Sound far fetched but plausible.'' Laser concluded Some creature then hit Diamond in the head with a package ''This package just came in it's for you two'' Informant Gabby said leaving the package down on Diamond's desk. When the unicorn opened it she found a usb drive saying play me when inserting it into Laser's computer and video file opened showing a spiral on a wall. ''Hello Diamond Sparkle and Laser Pointer i'm here to help reform Equestrian law enforcers to remind them of there oath to the ponies and fellow creatures of Equestria a Royal Guard from your department refused to reform he'll not be the last to play my game.'' ''Is that Spiral what i think it is'' Detective Silverstream said ''The Hacksaw Killer?'' Laser Pointer said ''That's no possible the Hacksaw Killer has been dead for 15 years now.'' Diamond argued ''Looks like were dealing with a copycat killer'' Laser concluded ''Never thought i would hear something like a Hacksaw Killer copycat'' Gabby said ''Hey i know that building it's the abandoned fashion store The Carousel Boutique it was my mother's friend workplace.'' Diamond realized Once Diamond and Laser made it The Carousel Boutique the unicorn started examining the Spiral This is when Silverstream and Gabby showed up there as well ''What are you two doing here'' Laser asked them ''Thought you could use some backup.'' Silverstream explained ''Fuck you Silver this isn't your case'' Diamond said rudely scanning the Spiral ''Um i think i see something up there'' Gabby said pointing her wing at a box sitting on the roof Silverstream retrieved the box and chucked at Diamond's muzzle ''Ow that hurt'' Diamond said rubbing her muzzle she opened the box hoping to find a hacksaw but instead found a severed bloody tounge ''WHAT THE FUCK'' Laser yelled ''That's a fucking tongue'' Silverstream realized ''I think there's something else in there'' Gabby pointed out Diamond used her magic to move the bloody tounge aside and grab a Royal Guard badge every badge was custom designed this badge had the number 100 on it with a lighting bolt behind it. ''Does any creature know who represents these symbols'' Diamond asked but no one seem to know Back at the station once Diamond scanned the badge on her computer she found out the badge belonged to Flash Sentry one of the better know respected Royal Guards. ''Welp we were able to identify the badge it turned out to be Flash Sentry one of the more respected Royal Guards on this force you can worry about him later we're gonna catch this Hacksaw Killer copycat before that fucker can get any more of us,'' Royal Guard Captain Gallus announced ''Seriosuly that's It nothing more than a worry about him later well guess what while all of you were treating me like crap constantly refusing me backup, backstabbing me or more like shooting me in the back, Flash was a close friend probably one of my closest friends after Laser.'' ''Oh fuck you'' Silverstream said which was her only response to Diamond's rant ''Fuck me, No FUCK YOU Silver FLASH WAS MY FRIEND!'' Diamond lashed out before trotting off only to be caught up with by Head Detective Glida ''You want to lead detective don't you dweeb cause it's fine with me.'' Glida explained ''This fucker killed one of my closest friends, you gotta let me take lead detective i gotta catch this motherfucker.'' Diamond explained Flashback to a few months ago Flash handed the Lady Gaval the photo evidence the last of his huge amount of evidence (Looked up mlp Judge Pony and she was the first result) ''Huh looks pretty authentic better run it through the magic scanner to make sure the picture wasn't altered with magic'' The Judge said puttig the picture through a special scanner. This is what made the pegasus nervous since he learned and casted a illusion spell with a magic wand but on the other hoof since it was a illusion of his own making it could be possible to make so the illusion magic couldn't be detected. ''It's authentic no magic to alter this picture was detected the picuture showing Dr Hooves robbing a local store is authentic so looks like due to the huge amount the evidence the court finds the defendent Dr Hooves guilty that's 200 bits out of you Dr Hooves not including lawyer fees .'' Lady Gaval said hitting her gavel. Once security had taken away Dr Hooves, Flash packed up all his evidence and left the courthouse turning all his evidence back into it's orignal form ''Who knew casting a illusion spell and making it so the illusion magic couldn't be detected would actually work.'' the pegasus thought Author's Note Golden Badge-Royal Guard Silver Badge-Detective Bronze Badge-Informant
