An Assassins Change Chap 3
MetalHoof woke up in a hotel room. He had just gotten there yesterday from running away from the guards. He got up and left the hotel. but he still had his things in his room.
MetalHoof reached the cleaners and walked in. “Hello. Here for your suit sir?” The same pony from the day before asked.
“Yes ma’am.” Metalhoof smiled.
“Okay, that will be 15 bits.” MetalHoof placed down the money “I’ll be right back sir.” The pony left into the back. A minute passed and the pony was at the front desk and placed down the suit. “Here ya go.”
“Thanks” MetalHoof said as he grabbed his suit and left.
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“DAMMIT!” Shining Armor yelled. “Why the hell can we not catch this guy huh?” He looked too his guards that weren’t currently on duty.
“Sir he is faster than Rainbow Dash herself. And he is much more cunning.” A guard replied.
“I don’t give two shits if he is faster than her! I want this pony dead. NOW!” Shining stomped his hoof on the desk, causing it too nearly crack. “Do we have any idea what he looks like?!”
“No sir.” The same guard from before spoke aloud.
“Bucking damnit!” Shining thru the desk over. “Nopony leaves this city until that menace is gone for good. Do you hear me?”
All the guards rose. “Yes sir.” All saluted.
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MetalHoof kept moving along the streets of Canterlot. Noticing a large amount of guards patrolling the city. ‘Looks like they're out too get me.’ He chuckled too himself, he knew every guards price.
At the hotel he was preparing for his final job. The suit looked quite outstanding on him. His watch matched perfectly and his tie was a good touch of color.
Thirty minutes later MetalHoof was in the richest part of town. All the nobles, councilmen and big business owners walked around, going in and out of overly priced stores and restaurants. Another 20 minutes later MetalHoof saw his target, the gold trimmed pony was in plain sight but his mane was different. This can’t be him. MetalHoof kept searching and searching but turns out that must’ve been him. MetalHoof stalked the rich pony too a party that was at the ponies own home. MetalHoof was stopped at the door by two personal guards. “Halt. Name?” The right guard asked.
“MetalHoof Longeye” He responded, his last name was the one listed in the mission description.
“Hm... Ah yes here you are. You may enter.” The left guard opened the door and watched MetalHoof enter the large home.
MetalHoof walked in and saw that hundreds of ponies had shown up to this party, all richer than almost everypony is Equestria. He saw the target and moved through the crowd at a slow pace. Saying “Excuse me” or “Pardon me” every time he nudged a pony too move out of his way.
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“Sir we have gotten an anonymous tip!” A Canterlot guard informed as he ran too Shining Armor.
“Good who is this assassin?” Shining responded quickly.
“No name sir but the tip giver gave a superb description. Down too the pattern of his mane. And his current location.”
“Go on...” Shining grinned, happy to now bring down the killer of Canterlot and the taker of many souls.
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The house was enormous, it was littered with ponies from corner too corner. MetalHoof was about too make his move until he heard the house's doors crash open. He saw Shining Armor through the thick of it all. Him wearing the purple royal armor that was granted too him when he became captain. MetalHoof looked back too his target, he was right next too him. ‘Now!’ MetalHoof thought and released his blade, slicing open the rich ponies throat. Blood gushed over several other ponies nearby, his suit cuffs were now stained by the open wound and making the wound not be able to recover, he made a second gash right above it, more blood splattered out into manes, coats, suits, the floor, and into some cups and chalices. This all happened so fast that the guards hadn’t yet realized what had happened. MetalHoof took this as an advantage and headed towards the nearest window. Jumped out and landed on the ground with a hard thud. The guards followed him down nearly every alley.MetalHoof was now on the run for a lifetime, and he enjoyed it. He ran too his hotel, along the way, he had lost the large group of guards. Entering the hotel, he ran too his room and gathered his things and stuffed them all into his saddlebags. His clothes, money, spare bracers, and his maps of Canterlot and it’s inner workings.
He waited until night. He would leave then, he also had too visit his contractor. Which turns out, was the reason the guards found him. Metal didn’t take to kindly to that. Not kindly at all.
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“Damnit, damnit, DAMNIT!” Shining yelled and telekinetically threw a desk across the building and caused it break, and had made a large hole in the hole. “Has any pony left the city today?”
“No sir.” Shinings assistant responded.
“Good this city is on lockdown until we find him. No one even comes within 10 miles of the city alright. If he has somehow escaped alert every major city, Manehattan, Chipago, Fillydelphia, and Las Pegasus.”
“Yes sir.” The assistant responded. “Want me too alert them anyways sir?”
“Yes. Do that now and don’t forget too include his details.” Shining Armor insisted.
“Right away sir.” The assistant went outside. Shining could over hear part of the commotion. “You two, Fly too Manehattan and FillyDelphia. You fly got Las Pegasus. You take Chipago.”
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It was night now and MetalHoof was making his way through the streets, he was wearing his purple pono and his checkered shorts. He was nearing the cities waterfall, there he would escape the city. His “meeting” with his hirer was quite an exciting one. The letter to the stallions family was sincere. He honestly didn’t want too kill him but the rules are “You compromise my appearance and name and you die horribly”. He also left a hundred bits for the family, just so it wasn’t a complete jackass move.
MetalHoof ran too the waterfall. jumped into it, the waters force carried him with the current. He landed smoothly at the bottom, a near impossible feat but he made it. He quickly got out the river and a rested on the bank. Taking off his hoodie and checkered shorts. He looked through his saddlebags and made sure everything was in there. He was only missing a few bits but that was all. Metalhoof got onto the road after somewhat drying off, and walked away from canterlot, avoiding any guards passing by..
Miles later he reached a sign that read “Ponyville East 49 Miles”. He stared at the distance. Not too bad.
He picked up his pace and ran too down the path too ponyville.