Three hours later....

The mission did not go as planned.

The S.W.A.T. had walked right into the middle of a gang war. Apparently, another mafia(which Captain Flowers had identified as the 'Green Scales') had the exact same idea: take down Warren Bloodscales, only they'd wanted to kill him, not arrest him. Captain Flowers had been kidnapped, and Twilight and Dash had barely escaped with their lives. Now, they were observing Flowers as he was tied to a chair and being tortured by Bloodscales's men.

"C'mon, Spark, let me take the shot, I'll grind the bastards into the ground!" Twilight shook her head, "Negative, Dash, we can't risk it, they'll kill Flowers before you can say 'shit.'" Dash grunted and continued looking through the scope of her M27 sniper rifle. Twilight simply observed with binoculars. Twilight kept repeating in her head different strategies on how to rescue the captain without getting Dash or herself killed. That's when someone she'd hoped was already dead showed up.

A large, crimson colored dragon with several tattoos. Some were simple, like a skull or something like that, others were elaborate, one even depicted him ripping a human skeleton to shreds. He was the man they'd come after in the first place: Warren Bloodscales. Apparently, Dash didn't recognize him, "Who the fuck is this?" Twilight gritted her teeth, "Bloodscales." Dash tensed, "Now would be a good time to shoot, Spark." "Just shut up and watch!"

Bloodscales was BIG, even for dragon standards. While most dragons were seven foot, and only slightly larger than humans, Bloodscales was about 9' 5". Except for the shredded black jeans and the combat boots he wore, he was bare. He had a machete tucked in the jeans and a Desert Eagle in the back of them. He was talking to one of his men and he didn't look happy. "Spark, I've got a clear headshot on that asshole, let me take it." Twilight halted Dash, "Negative, this is a CAPTURE mission, we can't kill him." That's when she saw an unspeakable crime.

Apparently, the dragon Bloodscales was talking to had said something wrong. That's because Bloodscales picked him up, threw him up, and with a crack that Dash and Twilight could hear from half a mile away, broke the man's back. As he discarded the body, Bloodscales walked over to Captain Flowers and took something from his ear: his comm. "What's he do-", Dash was interrupted by a bone chilling voice in their comms.

"Warrant Officer Sparkle. Corporal Dash. You're friend here is unwilling to tell us why S.W.A.T. is in our compound. I want you to tell me why you're here, or risk death of you and your comrade. You have ten seconds to comply."

Holy shit, what- what am I going to do?, Twilight began to freak out. Dash calmed her, "Twi, we've gotta go, there's nothing we can do for Flowers." Then, Bloodscales laughed over the comms, "Right you are, my dear. It's a shame too, I was going to spare you, but I guess you don't care about your own." Bloodscales took the comm out of his ear and crushed it in his fist. Drawing his machete, he walked to the captain and stood behind him. Then he roared to his men so loud Twilight heard it from were she was, "LONG LIVE THE FIRE!!!!" With that, he plunged the machete into Flowers's neck. The captain screamed as his blood spilled onto the concrete.

Twilight turned her head, she couldn't watch it anymore, Flowers had been a good friend to her. She kept her head turned for three minutes, until Dash finally tapped her, "I'm sorry, Spark, but we gotta get the fuck outta here." She fingered her comm, "Viper 1, this Corporal Rainbow Dash, Captain Flowers is KIA, we need immediate evac ASAP." Twilight followed Dash to the evac site, guilt surrounding her as she borded the helicopter.....

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The tan dragon was quiet as he listened to the report.

"Warren, I'm glad to hear you're okay, but now that the humans are getting involved in our business, this is most unfornunate..." Bloodscales must've heard the change in his voice, "What's wrong, Drek?" Drek shook his head, "Nothing, Warren, but we must silence these loose ends if the Fires are to survive."

Bloodscales snorted, "Who's my first target, Mister Grinder?" Drek smiled, "Cadence, governess of Fillydelphia. Don't kill her, but I want her missing on the news by the end of the week." Bloodscales chuckled, "Alright, you watch yourself in there, Drek Grinder." "You too, Warren Bloodscales."

The phone hung up and Drek set it down. This was going to be a very big week.....

Author's Note

Well, glad that's over, I got stuck with major writers block writing this chapter.

Two announcements:

One- I am proud to introduce thebrony343 as my official co-author.

Two- My second story, "Nazi Pony Zombies" will be out soon. If you like Call of Duty you'll love this story.