The Translucent Metropolis

"C,mon Derpy, we need to go!" I shot through the air like a lightning bolt. "Wait Ms, Dash, I can't keep up!" She barely got that sentence out before she began to nose dive. I flew to her and caught her. "What's your problem? I asked. "I'm sorry, I just don't know what went wrong, I guess I blacked out." "Of course." I responded. I carried her back to my beat up old apartment. It was quite sad really, I was a detective that lived in one of the worst apartments in the city. I set Derpy down and walked to the gate to my apartment. "Wait here." I told her. "Yeah sure." She answered, but I wasn't sure she was quite listening because she answered my question while staring at herself in a puddle. I pulled my keys out of my coat pocket and began sorting through them. "which key is it?" I mumbled to myself. "Ah, okay." I walked inside, the place was a mess like always. I walked over to my kitchen and grabbed my arm. It was a mechanical arm with five fingers that you just attach to the hoof, I loved it dearly. I opened my knife cabinet and grabbed my 9mm pistol. I checked to see if it was loaded and then cocked it back. I walked into my living room and exchanged my sun glasses for some holographic glasses that gave me a feed of everything and everyone. I couldn't help but notice the red stain on my carpet. I was so tempted to try to scrub it out but resisted the urge. I stepped outside my apartment and locked the door. It was about 11:30 P.M. now and I started to feel my eyes get a little bit heavy from the partying I did the other night. I shook it off and walked down my steps.

"Whoa Detective Dash, Your hoof!" "Yes I know, don't worry about it, lets get going." "Righto." Derpy responded. I realized that the first place to find out what's going on would be wherever Twilight is at. The only problem was that I didn't trace the call and I couldn't call back because I knew there would be nobody there to answer. What other ways could I figure out whats going on, I pondered. Perhaps somepony else might have seen her and could tell me where they saw her going. "C,mon Derpy, we need to go ask some ponies some questions." She kindly followed. To be honest having a partner wasn't that bad, I mean, I kind of like her, she doesn't talk to much either. We walked down the sidewalk next to my apartment and stumbled upon a sweet couple walking their dog. They were the only ponies around so I just decided to ask them. "Excuse me but have you happen to see a young purple pony recently?" I felt like a Filly resorting to these tactics. Derpy was just standing there looking at her hoof like an idiot. Then, something happened that I could have never suspected, something that blew my mind. The ponies began to morph it something. It was very disturbing and I didn't know what to make of it.

"Freeze, or I will have to use deadly force!" I shouted. Derpy was screaming at the top of her longs which was frankly hurting my ears. I pulled out my 9mm pistol and aimed it at the creature. "I am not going to ask again." Just then I realized what it was, it was a changling! I aimed my pistol and proceeded to fire to rounds into the changlings chest. It hit the ground faster than my bullet shells did. The other changling began to sprint in the opposite direction. I began chasing after it. I could hear Derpy's hoofsteps behind me but to be honest it was hard to hear much of anything because my ears were ringing so bad from the gunshots and Derpy screaming. The changling was running down alleyways and it was hard to keep track of where it was. I turned on my holographic tracker and it allowed me to see it's exact location around corners. I turned a corner and saw it climbing up a fire escape. I grabbed it's leg and pulled it to the ground. This was the point where I just completely lost it. I was no longer Detective Dash, I was a savage animal instead. I proceeded to kick it's face in thirteen times. Afterwards I had to wipe the blood off of my holographic glasses. I heard Derpy behind me so I turned around. She was leaning against the brick wall crying her eyes out. I trotted over to her. "Hey hey hey, it's okay, everything is okay." I patted her on the back, I couldn't stand to see her like this. "We need to finish this, all we need to do is follow the hoofprints." I trotted over to the changling and reached into there coat pocket, it seemed like everypony was stealing my fashion style. "Evidence." I murmured. There was a picture of me and a cell phone. "Aha, now I got you." I cloned the phone over to mine and called the number labeled 'boss".

I made sure I traced the call this time. "Hello, who is this?" I questioned." i heard a very rough, intimidating voice on the other end. "Ah Dash, following the bread crumbs I see."  "Whoever you are, whatever you have done the these ponies, I am going to make you pay you son of a bitch!" 'In good time Detective, toots." The call ended, I traced the number though, now I just need to get him  and make him pay. C,mon Derpy, we're gonna go kick some ass.