Siblings
Chapter 9
The force field surrounding the Cumulonimbus office building was a deep red as the two guards walked out.
"Yoohoo!" Rarity called out to them, "would you two kind gentlecolts help me?" She was standing about a foot from the force field as the two guards walked over to her.
"Miss," the unicorn guard said, "you're not allowed in this area. It's restricted to those only authorized to be here."
"It is? Oh dear me," she said in the most innocent way possible, "I knew I took the wrong turn. Could you please help me?"
The two guards looked at each other. "Uh, sure. Where were you-"
"What was that? I'm afraid I couldn't hear a word you said with this ghastly force field in the way. Would you mind stepping over? Don't worry, I won't hurt you, plus I'd love to see your handsome faces."
The earth pony guard perked up and began to trot through before being caught by the unicorn's magic. He pulled the earth pony away from Rarity and spoke to him in a harsh whisper;
"What do you think you're doing?"
"What? She needs our help."
"Yeah, of course. Help to get us killed."
"What? Her killin' us? Are you shittin' me?"
"Look, I don't trust her-"
"You don't trust anyone! Look at her! She's probably just a tourist who lost her way to the canyon. You know as well as I do that those road get really close."
"True, but what about the warning signs? She clearly shouldn't have missed-"
"C'mon, please? For once I want to do something besides sit around and play poker. Plus," the earth pony leaned in close, "I think I have a good chance on hittin' this one."
The unicorn rolled his eyes. "Alright, fine." He turned back to Rarity. "Miss, could you please back away from the force field?" She did what she was told and the two walked through. "I apologize, Miss. I was just discussing security policies with my associate here."
"Oh, it's quite alright," Rarity said, "I was on my way to one of the sightseeing hot spots."
"The canyon, right?"
"Oh, yes. Well, as I was walking, I came across this building that is behind you two right now. I was about to go and knock on the door when I kicked a pebble and the force field lit up! I was just so startled, I didn't know what in Celestia I would do until you two showed up."
"Yeah, you would've had quite the shock," the earth pony said, chuckling. The unicorn rolled his eyes again. "Well, we'll help you out in any way possible, miss."
"Oh, anything?" Rarity said in a seductive tone, "because I'm sure you fine gentlecolts would just love to help out a mare with just about anything."
The unicorn was blushing profusely. "Um, I, uh, you, uh-"
"Oh, you see, I've been out and and about for a very long time with no real pony interaction, especially not with a handsome stallion," Rarity got in close and stoked the unicorn's chest with back of her hoof, "and now that I'm in the presence of two stallions, I feel as though I can't miss this fine opportunity." She turned and whispered into the earth pony's ear. "I'm quite certain that neither of would want to miss this opportunity either." The earth pony shuddered.
"Well, uh, yes Miss. We can surely accommodate, for your, uh, needs," the unicorn said, still blushing.
The earth pony perked up and said, "Oh yes we will! Now if you'll come this way-"
"No, you idiot!" the unicorn jabbed the earth pony's side, "do you want to kill her? I'm sorry, Miss. My friend nearly made a fatal mistake. You'll have to borrow one of our amulets to pass through."
"Oh, thank you sir. I'm in your dept..." she stepped towards the unicorn, "and soon to be in you."
The unicorn blushed hard again. "Oh, yes, uh, please step in front so I can put this amulet on you."
Rarity did as she was told as the unicorn guard levitated the amulet off his neck and placed it on her own. "Thank you, my fine stallion. Now, I have one more question," she got in close again and put her hoof on the unicorn's chest, "what was that 'shock' your friend was talking about the force field again?"
"I beg your pardon?" All of a sudden, the unicorn guard was pushed hard by Rarity's hoof into the force field, where he was then thrown five feet to the right. The earth pony shouted at her before receiving a hard hit to the snout and promptly a second hit to his left eye. He was taken so off guard that he didn't realize that Rarity had levitated his amulet off of him until he staggered to a stop. He lunged at Rarity, who in turn spun around him, turn her back towards him, and bucked him hard with her back hooves into the force field, flinging him five feet to the right. The two guards lay motionless as the dust settled.
Rarity was breathing heavily in the calm aftermath. She turned towards the woods. "Alright, girls!" she called out, "they're done with!"
Applejack and Rainbow Dash emerged from the trees. "Hoo wee!" said Applejack, "I have to say that ah am mighty impressed."
"Hot damn," said Rainbow, "you really kicked their asses."
"Well, a lady's beauty doesn't always undermine a lady's strength," Rarity said in between breaths.
"Well, ahm surprised that it actually worked." said Applejack.
"Actually," Rarity walked over to Rainbow and placed the amulet over her neck, "I believe it was Rainbow Dash who suggested I add the seduction. I'm certain that was the reason it worked."
Rainbow rubbed the back of her neck. "Yeah, well you know. I figured the guys would've paid more attention to-" Rainbow was cut off when the three heard a low groan coming from the guard on the right. Applejack walked over to the earth pony guard.
The guard opened his eyes slightly and groaned again; "Guaahhha....what the-" Applejack let out a surprised scream and hit the pony hard in the forehead, causing him to black out again.
"What was that?!" Rainbow called out, "How was he still breathin'?"
Applejack looked back at Rainbow. "Ahm not sure, partner. But I think it's time to get outta here."
"Right! Rarity go over and get the unicorn's bow and arrow. AJ, grab the knives from earth pony." The two went off and got the weapons. Rarity swung the bag of arrows over her back and levitated the bow in front of her. Applejack rolled over the earth pony guard and grabbed the two knives from his back. They went back over to Rainbow.
Applejack dropped the two knives on the ground. "You want one, RD?" Rainbow nodded her head. "Alright. Rarity, strap these on us."
As Rarity was strapping the knives on her friends' backs, they heard movement from the left of them. Just as she finished, they saw the unicorn guard stagger upright. Rarity and Rainbow quickly made their way inside the force field, unharmed this time, leaving Applejack right outside. She motioned to Rarity to hand her the amulet. Rarity levitated it off her neck and threw it through the force field. Applejack caught it between her teeth, and before she could put it on she saw the unicorn guard looking at her, his horn beginning to glow. She dashed in just as a giant burst of magic brushed right behind her.
"Aw c'mon!" he cried out, "Really? You've got to be shittin' me!"
"Well, somepony is in a bad mood," Rarity said in the same seductive tone as before.
"Hey, shut up! That was a dirty tease you played on us!"
"I know. And you followed it quite enthusiastically." Rainbow and Applejack chuckled.
"Shit, I knew there was something suspicious about you."
"Right. You knew it all along when you said you wanted to 'accommodate my needs'." The three laughed as they went towards the building.
"Damn it," the unicorn guard said under his breath. "unbelievable." He was soon joined by the earth pony guard, who was rubbing his forehead with his hoof. The unicorn looked at him. There was small trail of blood coming from his nose and his left eye was blackening. He looked back at the three mares walking towards the building.
The earth pony guard broke the silence, "We got screwed over really hard, didn't we."
"Yeah," the unicorn guard said, "we did. But don't worry," he turned away from the force field, "once the boss finds out, they will, too." His horn glowed and in a bright flash the two guards were gone.