“Hey Sunset still think this week couldn’t get any worse?” Vinyl asked as she laid on her back and stared at the ceiling. Sunset was counting to a thousand as she rolled her eyes at Vinyl. I sat on the ground watching the two.

“You were right. I guess this week can’t get worse,” Sunset admitted. I had to agree with that statement. I sighed as I tapped the black piece of metal on my horn. It was annoyingly cold.

“What the hell even is this?” I asked no one in particular.

“Magic inhibitor. Blocks you from using your magic. Things are a pain in the ass,” Sunset explained with her eyes glued to the dirty ceiling. We sat in silence, each of us thinking.

“I’m scared,” I finally admitted as the two glanced over at me. “I wanna go home. I want to sleep in my bed and be far away from this damn thing.” Sunset sighed and quickly hugged me.

“It’s okay. We will get out of this as soon as I find a way to break the inhibitor without damaging my horn or any of yours,” Sunset said soothingly. “I really don’t want to find out what a broken horn would translate to in the human world.”

“Are you sure? Who will help us if you don’t?” I subtly wiped a tear away and hoped they didn’t see. “I hope Bon Bon and Derpy is okay. I convinced Bon Bon to come along.”

“They will be fine,” Vinyl promised as Sunset tightened her hug. “We will get out of this, do you understand me? You’re the optimistic, hopeful one of the group along with Derpy.”

“And what am I?” Sunset asked curiously. Vinyl shrugged after pausing to think.

“A bad bitch?” She suggested with a grin. I gave a small laugh at that and Sunset smirked.

“I’ll accept that.” A loud crashing sound made us glance up as a griffin came flying into the room and slammed hard against the wall. I looked into Sunset’s bright red eyes.

“What the hell?” I muttered.

“Lyra!” A familiar pony with pink and blue curls galloped into the room along with a grey mare. She looked around frantically till her eyes fell on me. “Oh my God you’re okay.”

“Bon Bon? How did you get out?” I asked incredulously as she held a ring of keys in her mouth and unlocked our cell.

“She flirted with a guard till she got close and Bon Bon slammed the girls head against the bars repeatedly till she passed out and stole her keys,” Octavia smirked. We all looked at her in awe. I knew Bon Bon wasn’t the most aggressive out of us all.

“Damn girl,” I whistled as I took in her blue vest and red bandana tied into her hair. “You look good. About to make me act up.” Bon Bon turned a bright shade of red as she unlocked the inhibitor on my horn then Sunsets before moving to Vinyl.

“Down girl,” Bon Bon giggled. “There’s a time and a place.” I rolled my eyes as I kissed her.

“I love you, you know that?” I said seriously as Vinyl hugged Octavia. “Don’t ever forget that.”

“I know,” Bon Bon quickly kissed me back. “I’m awesome.” We dropped onto four hooves and I bumped her flank with mine.

“Got that right. Who kicked the guard?” I asked curiously.

“Oh that was me,” Octavia admitted sheepishly. “He was in my way. I may have kicked him a bit harder than necessary because he started asking us questions. When we joined the crew and what the bosses name was and such.” We stared in stunned silence.

“You and Sunset share the rank of bad bitch along with Bon Bon now,” Vinyl proclaimed. “Let’s go and get the rest of our squad!”

“Not yet,” Sunset approached the dazed guard and lifted him up with a red aura. “Where did you guys take Starlight and my mom?” He coughed and glared at her.

“I’ll never talk,” he grumbled. Sunset smiled coldly at him.

“Is that so? Let’s make it official then,” Sunset announced as a loud snapping sound filled the room and she dropped the griffin, his head twisted at an unnatural degree. We all stared in shock as Sunset casually stepped over him.

“Sunset!” Bon Bon admonished. Sunset paused and looked back at her. “We can’t do that!”

“Why not?” Sunset challenged. “They could be willing to kill us. We have to use violence right now.”

“She has a point,” Vinyl admitted. “We have to defend ourselves.”

“No. I’ll protect you all. I’m the most skilled with magic at the moment. Especially offensive spells,” Sunset said.

“You said my magic was getting better!” I shot back. Sunset sighed and nodded.

“It is. But you don’t know any offensive spells. And I don’t want you to have to live with anything violent,” Sunset admitted. We all looked at each other and had a silent argument.

“Fine,” I decided to be the spokesperson. “What’s the plan?”

“Bon Bon and Octavia have guard uniforms on. What I propose is we pretend they are moving us wherever they took Starlight and Mom after we recover Derpy. We have to find out where she is first,” Sunset announced. That did sound like a really good plan.

“That does sound logical,” Octavia agreed readily, her eyes still locked on the still griffin. “What is it that Cheerilee is always saying?”

“Logic is the ultimate weapon,” Sunset quickly said. “Now let’s get moving. We have a few more ponies to rescue. We have to find out where she is firstly.”

“We found a map. The unicorn paddock is on the lower level. Pegasus is on the first,” Bon Bon waved a piece of paper as Sunset’s face lit up. “We also overheard some guards saying that a unicorn mare and a earth pony mare were taken to the office up top. I bet ten dollars it’s Starlight and Cheerilee they mentioned.”

“You didn’t have the kill the guard then,” Vinyl commented. Sunset scoffed as she stepped into the doorway.

“I was going to kill him regardless if he knew anything or not.” We all froze and looked at each other worriedly. This seemed off even for Sunset. I knew she was all about standing up for her family as she fondly started referring to us all but this seemed extreme.

“Let’s go. I’m not leaving no one behind,” Sunset looked at us. With a sigh, I stepped over the body along with the others and into the hallway as Sunset shut the door and locked it behind us with the keys Bon Bon had stolen. Time to get this shit show over with.

Author's Note

We got our first kill by Sunset. Probably the least violent death so far compared to what's coming.