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- >No matter what happens, the world will keep turning.
- >...
- >...
- >"Anon."
- >...
- >No matter what I do, the world will carry on.
- >"Anon?"
- >All I need to do is get by, making sure that this "peace" is kept.
- >...
- >...
- >And to hope to set "her" straight.
- >As soon as the train departs from the darkened tunnel, you immediately snap back to your senses.
- >"Master Anonymous."
- "Hmm?"
- >"We will be arriving at our destination shortly."
- "Remind me again of what we are doing?"
- >"A group of people is attempting to sell off ponies again."
- >She motions her hoof around in the air.
- >"And it's our job to make sure that doesn't happen."
- "Am I still dreaming here?"
- >"Hey, I made a good imitation didn't I?"
- "Pretend or not, this is still my duty and your sentence."
- >*sigh*"Admit it, you just want to get paid and be done with it."
- >You give her a glance and look straight forward again.
- "You know when I first started, it wasn't so bad. Now it just seems like routine anymore."
- >The train comes to a slow pace and ultimately to a halt.
- >The speaker comes on, as loud as ever.
- >"Thank you for choosing Equal Railways. We have arrived at Montblanc Station."
- "Well, time to get moving."
- >Upon exiting the train you take the PDA out of your pocket and look over the address one more time.
- >Both of you begin walking to your destination.
- >Supposedly the meetup for this group is in the park just a few blocks down from the train station.
- >"It would be easier if you had just drove your car."
- "I'm trying to save money here. I only take it to work and back. You know this by now."
- >Both of you stop just before the park and sit behind the wall.
- >You begin whispering.
- "Thank god it's a clear night out. The moon will help up see their faces."
- >"Like you think they'll escape with me around."
- >You take the gun out of your holster and get into a ready stance.
- "Quiet, I'm starting to hear footsteps."
- >Not a moment later you hear talking from a several meters out.
- >You take out a pair of compact digital binoculars and view the situation.
- >Looks like a group of four on the small bridge. Two selling and two buying.
- >You pull out the phone and make the call.
- "Have a pick-up here in five minutes."
- >You turn off the phone, not needing to say anything else.
- "Ready? You take one side I'll take the other."
- >"Right.
- >Both of you hastily make your move toward the bridge.
- >You reach the bridge before they even catch notice. Too busy making their deal to pay attention.
- >Slowly walking up, you begin to say the usual thing you have to before apprehension.
- "Alright, alright. This is the Peacekeeper here to take you guys in. Now if you'll just-"
- >Before you could finish they drop everything, pony included, and start running.
- *sigh*"Why do they always choose to run?"
- >As they make there way to the other side of the bridge they are stopped by the appearance of a single unicorn.
- >"Now then. Just come quietly so we can get paid for each of you, hmm?"
- >They don't listen and start pulling out knives.
- >You just stand there with arms crossed waiting for her end to be over with.
- >The pony that was being sold comes up to you.
- >"I-I'm safe now right?"
- >You kneel down to his level.
- "The authorities will be here to take care of you and your situat-"
- >You realize that his ear is tagged red.
- "Well, we will see."
- >Your partner walks over to you with three knives circling around her.
- >"Don't they know these don't work on magic? They won't be doing this again anytime soon."
- >She looks toward the pony that was being sold and also notices the red tag on his ear.
- >"Oh look. It's another runaway. How long you've been running this time?"
- >The other pony starts trembling.
- >"W-what are you talking about?"
- >"Oh don't act like you don't know."
- >He starts backing up from both of you.
- >"I-I'm not going back."
- "Don't do it. You'll regret it."
- >"Y-you can't tell me anything! I refuse!"
- >You aim your gun toward the head.
- "Well, it was nice knowing you."
- >You pull the trigger.
- >In a single moment he comes to a dead stop and it took another for him to fall down.
- >"You always act like you actually go in for the kill."
- "Hey gotta make tranquillizing look cool too. Even if they aren't designed to kill."
- >The gun you hold is a tranq-gun that's design with compact rounds and made to look like an actual handgun.
- >You proceed to re-holster the weapon.
- "It's unfortunate he decided to run, now they may tag him as black if he has done this enough."
- >You look back at your "partner" and point at her black tag.
- "Still doesn't hold a candle to what you have done."
- >"You're the one who's giving me a chance here."
- "And I question myself sometimes about it."
- >...
- >...
- >The year is 2032.
- >Roughly three years after the appearance of a new intelligent species was found being sold in underground markets.
- >About at year later after the beginning of the "slave owning time', the government issued a form of "system" for the new species.
- >Which in your opinion was a complex way of them having slavery technically legal but not able to be bought.
- >Each pony that came into this world would be tagged.
- >White tags mean they were new and were "obliged" to enter the workforce until they acquire a higher status.
- >Whites usually lived at their worksites and in cramped quarters. It's not a life you'd want that's for sure.
- >Green meant they had a higher freedom and were allowed to live with a human in a "co-existing" contract.
- >Most of the time this is where the real trouble begins. Since quite a few don't usually work out.
- >Red means that they are runaways. They usually live in a confined environment until they reacquire their white status.
- >Doesn't stop repeats though.
- >And then we have the infamous black tag..
- >This tag is rather special. By that you mean the one wearing it has either ran away so many times that the state believe they are beyond hope.
- >Or that the individual has done something that warrants a death sentence.
- >That's where the organization you joined comes into play.
- >You are called Peacekeepers. You function as a branch of the authorities to make sure that no illegal activities take place.
- >This includes smuggling, groups of resistance, underground buying rings, and so on.
- >Though all you really do is just round up red tags usually with your "partner".
- >Your partner's name is Wicked Eclipse.
- >She is the one held responsible for almost assassinating the head of the state.
- >She was on the death penalty, but thanks to your organization she was given one chance at redemption, like all black tags are given.
- >Nobody took her except you.
- >You even remember her coming into your complex on the first day and saying these words.
- >"You'll regret it one of these days."
- >You don't exactly know what she meant by that, but she has been quite a handful.
- >It's only been a month and you honestly believe she has caused more damage than actually done good.
- >...
- >...
- >The card in the machine has finally spit out and the bounty was redeemed.
- >"Finally, so how big of a haul we get this time?"
- "After everything, only $400."
- >"WHAT?! That was easily a grand right there."
- "Yes, but if you'll remember our last job someone decided that taking a street lamp out of the ground to use as a method of intimidation was going to be a great idea."
- >"Oh right... that."
- "So, we are just gonna have to get by until the end of the month with what we got."
- >Oh yeah that's right you forgot to mention.
- >The hourly pay for this organization is piss poor. The "Bounty" system counteracts that.
- >Supposedly this system encourages all to help keep the world a better place. It's even availible off duty.
- >Downside to off-duty work is that you sign a waiver saying that the organization is not responsible for any damages to agents acting off-duty.
- >Which means that off-duty bounties could be severely reduced if something happened, like a car blowing up.
- >Uh-oh. A person higher up is coming over.
- >Better not stand like this or you'll be getting an earful.
- >You're off the clock but they still love acting like dicks about it.
- >"Anonymous, we need you and your "partner" to come back in for just a second. She will be escorted to a waiting room while we talk."
- >Oh yeah, it's that time...
- "Sure, I'll come in. I already know."
- >"Then this shouldn't take long."
- >All three of you went back inside your organization's rather ominous building.
- >Why does every organization gotta have such a presence to it?
- >You were brought to a small white room and were hooked up to a lie detector machine.
- >The guy from before enters the room.
- >"Well, Mr. Anonymous. Since you already know what's about to happen. You remember the rules right."
- "Yeah. Only say the truth and nothing goes outside of this room."
- >"Excellent. Then lets begin our questioning. How much do you think your partner has improved?"
- 'No real improvement."
- >"How much time does she put into bettering herself while you are off-duty?"
- "None."
- >The questioning only kept going. Each with a not-so-great response.
- >By the end of the questioning, he is just tapping his finger on the table and giving you a stare.
- >"Sir you are aware that if this pattern keeps up within the next few months, you'll be relieved from her and she will face death."
- "I understand."
- >He proceeds to turn off the lie detector machine and all forms of voice recording that lay on the table.
- >"This is off the book so I definitely don't want to thear this leave the room or it's my ass too."
- >"Wouldn't you be destroyed if she didn't change and you knew you only delayed her death."
- "I'm trying here, but you guys make it very difficult."
- >"Yeah the rules don't give you much to work with. I'll note only that part of our "after-test" talk. You're free to go."
- >In the contract you are given, Eclipse was to live with you.
- >They added a small renovation to your house, giving her a room no bigger than necessary.
- >It only contained a small bed and a night stand.
- >As long as she was off duty, she wore a magic restraint around her horn.
- >On duty she would wear a collar with a dead-man switch given to you.
- >Should she get out of hand or kill you while on duty, the collar itself is design to inject a lethal poison into it's wearer after 5 seconds.
- >Upon exiting the building, both of you get into your car.
- >Before you can even start the car she opens the gloved box and pulls out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter.
- >"I need one."
- *sigh*"You're gonna kill yourself slowly, eh? Make sure the window is rolled down."
- >She takes out a cig from the box and you take the lighter and light it for her.
- >"Can't they make these for ponies too?"
- "That would be too easy."
- >You start the vehicle and proceed to make your way home for the day.
- >"So how much longer until I'm free of all this?"
- "Depends."
- >"On what exactly?"
- "Stuff."
- >"Awww, don't be that way. I'm a dead pony walking anyway, so anything you tell me wouldn't matter."
- "The higher ups would disagree."
- >You approach a red light and and stop.
- "I'll say this once. If you don't do as much damage and actually be productive like on the assignment we just worked, then you'd actually be better."
- >She doesn't say anything and just proceeds to take another puff from the cig while looking out the car window.
- "And we would get paid more."
- >Still nothing.
- "And I could see if I could get your room upgrad-"
- >"I want a TV, a gun cabinet, and a copy of Dirty Mares."
- "One thing at a time."
- >It took a moment for the last thing to register.
- "'Dirty Mares'??"
- >"Yeah, the one where two mares are in a love hotel and they go at it hard. They even have a scene where they take a double sided dildo and-"
- "I'm just gonna stop you right there. Never in a million years will I buy something like that for you."
- >"Oh well, guess I'll just get off on my thoughts like usual."
- "Is that the reason you go through so many fucking towels?!"
- >"Hey I got my needs too, you know."
- >You pinch your nose and let out a huge sigh.
- "Jesus....."
- >Your line of conversation is immediately halted by screaming coming from a nearby alleyway.
- >"Hey you hear that? Sounds like a bonus pay."
- "Sounds like effort that I will need a bit more motivated effort for."
- >You see a small mare burst out of the alleyway in front, she's wearing a green tag.
- >"Someone please help me!"
- >Before she could even get another word out a rather large fellow grabs her and brings her back into the alleyway.
- >The light has been green for a while now, but you haven't moved. This isn't the busiest of roads though.
- >"Should we even do something?"
- "She's got a green tag, Where the hell is her owner?"
- >"Maybe she was kidnapped?"
- "Or maybe he's the owner."
- >"That's pretty messed up if he is the owner."
- "Well, rights for you guys aren't completely set in stone yet. Are far as green tags goes, you have to listen to anything the head of the house tells you."
- >You tap your finger on the steering wheel.
- "And there is a loophole in the system where telling a pony to have sex with you technically isn't illegal."
- >"What a fucked up system."
- >The screaming continues but the only ones around right now are you two.
- >The light has even went back to red you sat here so long.
- "Fuck it, let's go E."
- >You proceed to get out of the car, moving to the passenger side to let Eclipse out as as well.
- >Both of you enter the alleyway to see what's going down.
- "Alright what's the situation he-PFFFTTT."
- >You had to stop because in front of you was a big hefty guy holding down the mare with his pants between his ankles.
- >He looks at you and is surprised that you actually got out of your car.
- >"Holy shit, man! I didn't think you'd actually get out and come down here!"
- >The mare wiggled her way out of his grasp and ran away.
- "We'll deal with her later. Now what the hell do you think you were doing."
- >"I-I was..."
- >Eclipse immediately joins in.
- >"What, about to take that mare's innocence? Don't you have anything else better to do on a Friday?"
- >"Ummm.."
- >"And for ALL that is fucking holy, please put your pants up! Nobody wants to see that sorry excuse."
- >"O-okay."
- >You phone in for a pickup and not too long after he is taken away.
- >An officer walks over to you with a mobile card device.
- "Guess it's better than nothing."
- >An extra $100 for that. Though the mare is still missing.
- >You shrug and both of you get back in the vehicle and drive as if it didn't happen.
- >"So why didn't you go after that pony? I could've made sure he didn't go anywhere."
- "That would've been too much effort. I'm already tired as is. They'll find her eventually."
- >Your phone vibrates on the dashboard.
- >Eclipse move over to pick it up.
- >"Looks like you got another assignment."
- "That was fast, I thought it would be at least another week."
- >Upon arriving home, you both enter and wind down. You check the email to get further detail on the assignment.
- >Looks like a information gathering assignment. You hate those with a passion because it's usually undercover.
- >It details of a rumour about some new drug is being sold through bars and clubs, but no info on it has actually came to light.
- >They want you to go to "The Wild Horse" on Monday night.
- >It's a rather large nightclub where most of the servers and dancers are a bunch of female ponies.
- >You know that club because you met the head once on a side gig. He told you he pays good "hush money" to keep most of the not so legal activities there quiet.
- >It mostly involves prostitution anyway, so you looked over it for a few bucks.
- "We are going to The Wild Horse, Monday."
- >"Can I get drunk off my tail while we are there?"
- "It's for the assignment. We are going undercover to gather some info."
- >"Can I get drunk off my tail while we are there?"
- *sigh*"It you do anything stupid it's on you, but it wouldn't hurt to have a few drinks to blend in."
- >"Awww fuck yea. So what's the deal with the info grab?"
- "We are going there to ask around about a drug that is circling around.
- >"What's it called?'
- "Don't know, it's only rumours they want us to check out."
- >Both of you get ready for night and you walk over to Eclipses room.
- >"Sure you can't just leave it open once? They won't know."
- "Yeah, no."
- >The door to her room has to be locked with a card device from outside.
- >"Awww killjoy. Guess I'll just have to enjoy myself in here."
- >You close the door and lock it.
- >You hear hitting of the walls and moaning from inside not even a minute after.
- >She is purposefully being loud just to piss you off tonight.
- >...
- >...
- >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UffxFH2Exo [Embed]
- >Man the music in this place gets to you sometimes.
- >Aside from that, not even an 30 minutes here and Eclipse is already drunk.
- >"*hic* Anon, let me tell you about *hic* how I almost killed a man."
- >Oh boy here we go with this story again.
- >"You see, I was a maid for the head before his *hic* other "head" wanted to get involved."
- >"I didn't want him like that but he forced himself on me one night."
- >*hic* "So I wanted revenge and you know what I did?"
- >"During one of *hic* his meetings I grabbed a gun out of his cabinet and pointed it at the bastard."
- >"*hic* Told 'im I was gonna feed his cock to the dogs!"
- >"Of course they *hic* somehow pinned on me that I was the leader of a whole resistance to overthrow the government on top of all that."
- >"*hic* Me! A fucking leader of a whole damn resistance! Guess they thought I looked like the bitch or *hic* sumthin'."
- >A mare starts walking her walk over to you.
- >She is wearing some very large headphones around her neck and wearing some very large shades.
- >"Hey babe, you looking for someone else to have a good time with?"
- >Eclipse breaks in before you could even get the first word out.
- >"Hey BABE *hic*, why don't you piss off before I come over the monkey here and *hic* slap your shit?"
- >"And what's with the *hic* big headphones anyway?! There is already one DJ on the stand over there."
- >"*hic* Make like a good mare and go spin some dicks instead. HA HA HA."
- >After that her head falls face first onto the table.
- *sigh* "Sorry about her."
- >"Eh, I've heard worse."
- "Since you came over here, you wouldn't happen to know anything about a new drug going around do you?"
- >"....Let's go somewhere more private."
- >You look at your partner. She is pretty much passed out right now.
- >"The bartender will look after her, let's go."
- >Both you and the mare go into the back into one of the private dance rooms.
- "How much for the dance?"
- >"For you? $60."
- "...deal."
- >You sit the money down on the table and she begins her dance.
- "So what do you know?"
- >"It's apparently a drug that uses unicorn horns as an ingredient. People come here from time to time and talk about it."
- >"The effect of it is supposed to stimulate the brain somehow."
- >You throw and few more dollars on the table to the side.
- "Do you know if anyone sells any right now?"
- >She smiles and nudges her head toward the table to indicate to put some more down.
- >You put another $10 on there.
- >"There is one person who currently sells it right now. Though it's apparently pretty hard to come by right now."
- >"They say it's pretty hard to make it look like they didn't have a horn in the first place."
- "Any deals that will go down in the future?"
- >"Heh, if I knew that I don't think you could pay me."
- >You throw another $50 on the table.
- >"Well.... there may be a deal going down in a few weeks. They don't like doing them frequently."
- >"And I heard it may be going down at an abandoned building."
- >"Something you guys would call a church."
- >A few moments later and she completes her little dance, ending up sitting on you and having her hoofs wrapped around.
- >"You know? I kind of like you. If you want a good time, come back here and ask for me."
- "I'll keep that in mind."
- >She gets off you and you proceed back to the bar where your "partner" is causing problems once again.
- >"HEY *hic* YOU! Who do I have to get off on the have another *hic* fireball?!"
- "Come on, E. We got what we need from here."
- >"Whaaaat? We are just *hic* getting started here. I'll end up eating of these mares out before the nights over. JUST. YOU. *hic* WATCH."
- >You pick up your drunken partner from the bar stool.
- "We are leaving now."
- >"Anon, we are going *hic* too fast! You need to buy me dinner first!"
- *sigh*
- >You sit her in the car and proceed to get in as well.
- >"Anon, *hic* I love you. You can *hic* bring me back home and fuck me silly for I *hic* care!"
- >You shake your head and start the vehicle.
- >...
- >...
- >Surprisingly, that car ride back home has been quiet so far.
- >You adjust yourself in the seat to drive more relaxed.
- >"Hey Anon....."
- >Just when you almost got peace and quiet.
- "What is it?"
- >"I'm just gonna end up dying, aren't I?"
- >Guess the low has started to hit her. Better just go with it.
- "Why would you say that?"
- >"Because I've done nothing to show for myself like this damn organization wants me to."
- >"Ever since that day, my life turned for the worst. I said fuck it all."
- >"I'd rather live my life any way i see fit since I was gonna die anyway."
- >"Then you came along and I thought to myself, 'Oh, I can just use this as a means to get what I want before they decide I'm not worth it."
- >"Why did it all have to go wrong?"
- >"What did I do to deserve this?"
- >She starts getting violent and hits the dashboard with her hooves.
- >"WHY DID THAT PRICK OF A MAN HAVE TO GO DO WHAT HE DID??!?!"
- >"I politely told him I wasn't interested and asked nicely if he wouldn't approach the subject any further."
- >"But nooooo, he had to go and try to "hide his snake" in little ol' me!"
- >She finally calms down and let's out a huge sigh.
- >She ended up cracking the dash from her little rant.
- >You slam the brakes, which in turns causes her to move forward and hit her head on said dash.
- >"OW! What the hell?"
- "You want to cause problems with what little life you have left?! I could've easily said no and you would've died that day."
- >"At this point, it seems like the better option you asshole!"
- "Oh yeah?! Well.."
- >You grab the small revolver that's used for personal defense from out underneath the driver seat.
- >You point it at her, which causes her to panic and push herself back against the passenger door.
- >"P-put that away."
- "Oh? I thought you gave up and wanted to die at this point. What's with the change of heart?"
- >She is trembling in fear. You proceed to press her further.
- "You said it yourself. You'd rather die. Want me to go ahead and pull the trigger? Huh?!"
- >"Why the hell are you doing this?!"
- "Because all I've heard tonight is you talking in circles and now look what you did to my car!
- "If you want to die so badly, then I might just give you that fucking offer!"
- "All you've caused for me so far is a rough living!"
- >She is getting angry, but tears are welling up in her eyes.
- >"You know what?! If you got the balls to do it, then go right fucking ahead!
- "I think I will!"
- >"WELL DO IT!"
- >You pull the hammer back.
- >She has her eyes closed shut and tears pouring out and proceeds to yell at the top of her lungs.
- >"PULL THE FUCKING TRIGGER ALREADY!!!!"
- >You press the trigger once. And only once.
- >All that is heard is the gun click.
- >Which was enough to make her flinch.
- >Though no actual gunshot went off.
- >She is glued to the door, completely still as if she was frozen in time.
- >She soon comes back to her senses and opens one of her eyes.
- >You throw the gun back underneath the driver seat and proceed to drive once again.
- >"I-I'm not dead...."
- >She slouches into her seat and repeats the same sentence.
- >"Hehe.... I'm not dead...."
- >"Ahahaha.... I'm not dead..."
- >"HAHAHAHA! I'm not dead!"
- >She starts going into a laughing fit, tears still pouring out all the way.
- >"HAHAHAHAH! I 'KNEW' you wouldn't! I just knew!"
- >"I get it now you said all that crap just to see my reaction, right?!"
- "..."
- >"That was a great joke you pulled. I've never felt so alive! HAHAHAHAH!
- >"AHAHAhaha...ha...*sniff* haha."
- >You never kept that revolver loaded. It's was mostly a use for initimidation.
- >Though you wonder if it gave her either a reality check or drove her into madness.
- >...
- >For the rest of the ride home, she is crying with head buried in her hooves.
- >Upon arriving home you turn off the vehicle and look at her.
- >She stopped crying a little bit ago, but now just sits there with a blank expression.
- "I'm not supposed to say this but...."
- >She looks at you with the same expression but with an eyebrow raised.
- "In one month, they'll re-evaluate you based on questions I answer."
- *sigh*"And if they aren't satisfied with the results, well... you know...."
- >"That it?"
- "Yes, but I want you to know that this isn't a game anymore."
- >"Can we go in now? My head is killing me."
- "...Sure."
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