As she heard the WHUMP of sound behind her she continued to check on hotshot, simply believing that Silver had walked in and feel to the ground in exhaustion. She continued to tend to his wounds and once she was sure he was going to be fine she turned back, about to give a scathing talking too before seeing the blood beginning to pool around Silver's unconscious form.

She quickly rushed over saying in a worried tone "Oh no no no. What did you do? Who did this to you?" She continued to try and ask questions, knowing she wouldn't get the answers from his body but continuing to try anyway. She picked him up as best she could and carried him over to her couch before rushing over to the supplies and grabbing some salve and bandages to apply to his wounds. She did the best she could and fussed over every nick, cut and wound on his body.

Fluttershy worked for a few minutes seeing his wounds were deep but there were no true puncture wounds to cause internal bleeding. So she simply sighed and looked him over once more before going back to Hotshot and making sure he was resting well. In her head she began to think of what might of happened, coming up with ridiculous scenarios each with more flair and drama than the last. In the end though her worry and exhaustion caught up with her. She went to the door locking it before heading up to her own bed, having faith that both of the ponies downstairs would be able to pull through no matter the injuries.

She slept for a few precious hours, getting some well deserved rest before the sound of her rooster woke her... and her patients as it so happened that both began groaning from the sudden wake-up call. She flew downstairs quickly going over to Hotshot first and making sure that his injuries were going to be alright. She nodded after a minute or two, knowing she would need to change his bandages again before looking over to Silver and noticing that his bandages were soaked through but he still was trying his best to move.

Fluttershy rushed him and pinned him to the couch saying with a hushed tone" No don't move or you will reopen the wounds.. Stay still or I will make you." She warns before giving him a quick stare to try and show him the punishment for not listening. It had an Immediate effect as he stopped struggling and laid still on the couch, feeling fairly bad as he noticed he had gotten a good bit of blood onto it. He sighed not saying a word as she grabbed new bandages and some more salve, getting to work on replacing the old ones and getting the job done at a rapid and yet efficient pace.

She then looked up at him and asked in a somewhat bold tone which he hadn't heard much of "How did you get these wounds? You didn't get them from Hotshot over there and I don't think a normal animal in the forest could have done this to you. So start talking Mister." She then sat down looking him dead in the eye as she waited for him to tell her.

He looked right back into her eyes, slightly raising his left eyebrow before noticing she wouldn't take no for an answer. So he gave her a quick rundown of what had happened. "I got these from the other ponies Hotshot there was traveling with." Hearing this she gave a slight gasp, worried he might of done something terrible. He then took a breath and continued "And in case you are wondering.... No I didn't kill them. I simply made sure they knew that even injured I could take them on in a fight and win... And leave a few scars in case they tried again. Anyway they won't bother me again but others might and so to that effect.... How long will it take me to heal from these injuries?" He asked trying to sound as nice as he could while making sure to still meet her eyes.

Fluttershy gave him a once over, remembering the wounds and then saying with no room for argument in her tone "As long as you don't move like you where before it should only take a few days.... and that does mean you are not going to leave before then right?" She raised her own eyebrow this time and her tone getting even more serious as she reached the end of her query.

Silver no longer could meet her eyes as her question echoed in his mind. He thought of the options that he could take and although some sounded better than others he simply said with anguish in his tone at keeping her in danger from his presence "Alright I will stay here... But once I am healed I am gonna go and pay some people around here a visit. I simply ask that if someone wants to know if I was here deny it and do no let them know. I need to make sure that you are safe." He smiled a little bit as he noticed her worry melt a little from his acceptance of staying.

She got up and then went over to Hotshot saying in a light tone "Now make sure that you get healed as well. I don't want you to be hurt either and if Silver tries to simply call and I'll make sure to stop him." She looked down at him and he nodded slowly, not wanting to tangle with somepony who could make the pony who inflicted pain such as this scared enough to run away. Hotshot then moved a little, getting more comfortable before calling out to Silver and asking in a curious tone of voice "So Silver... Why didn't you kill me back there? I mean I'm sure that you had the chance.... probably more than one if you wanted to end me...So why not?"

Silver closed his eyes thinking back to the clearing and then the thoughts running through his mind before saying "Simple... Fluttershy didn't want you dead... And no matter how much I hate the organization you work for I won't kill unless I will be killed in return." He finished and then tried to focus his thoughts on other matters, such as dulling the pain in his body while Fluttershy gave him a questioning look from his statement and then simply shrugged it off for now.

Meanwhile In an Undisclosed Location

The Head simply sat in the throne of the room looking with disdain upon the return of the failed members. He shook his head before giving the signal for them to be killed. The order was swiftly carried out before he looked upon the members in the room and said in a slow and almost melodic tone "I wish for this pony to be found, and I wish for him to be dead... Now who can actually carry out this mission instead of blustering about the ease and ending up as the two we have here..." He let his sentence trail off as no members stepped forward, though one would soon.

In the Royal chambers
Luna looked to her sister as the night was coming to an end and walked over asking in a soft tone "Sister of mine.... What shall we do with that group who doth give us much trouble?" She tried to meet her eyes but at the moment Celestia was looking off into the distance wondering that same question herself.

Celestia smiled a bit saying in return with hope in her voice "I'm not quite sure what we will do sister... But I do know that even if we do not step in there will be others who will rise to the challenge... But we may need to give them something as assistance or they may not make it all that much further

Author's Note

Long wait and not really well deserved. Hate if you wish but I put this out in one night flying by the seat of my ass for it