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// Chapter 4 "Old Memories, New Plans, Same Evil" 
// Story: Equestria Noir Case 20 "Red Snow Fall" 
// by Jacoboby1 
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Chapter 4

“Old Memories, New Plans, Same Evil”


I sat at a table in the pub with Statehood in front of me. Around me ponies were celebrating the return of their princess. I looked over at the scholarly stallion and asked, “Aren’t you worried that soldiers will find you by making this racket?” 

“We are remote enough that most soldiers don’t care to travel out here,” Statehood replied. “Besides, if anypony asks, we are celebrating my birthday.” 

I nodded, looking over as Raiden was showing off his suit to the crowd. Showing all the different functions and means he can handle his lightning. It was a marvel of technology, but I feared this gave Raiden an even bigger ego then he already had. 

No wonder he and Rainbow are dating. 

I looked back at Statehood and asked, “What kind of ponies do you have?” 

“We are mostly farmers, factory workers, and like I mentioned before, college students.” He adjusted his glasses and continued, “I was a teacher myself before the university closed down.” 

“Why would Red Hammer close down a university?” I asked. 

“He didn’t like some of the ideas being taught there,” Statehood said flatly. “After I was fired my students came with me into the resistance. We are one of the last left but we are still quite numerous.” 

“So anyway,” I said, moving on, “any idea who the mole could be?” 

Statehood shook his head and answered, “I haven’t seen anypony acting suspiciously. Most of us were here the whole time while you were at the palace.” 

“I hate to ask this,” I said, looking down and then at Rush, who was speaking to Snowflake, “but where was Rush in all this?” 

“He came back here with Brick Break after he gave you the information,” he explained, gesturing to a stallion I recognized from before. He was the stallion that told off his drunk friend. He had a rust colored coat with a short brown mane. His brown eyes glared at Big Mac who was apologizing for accidentally smashing a chair in his attempts to show off his strength. 

“A rather brash stallion,” Statehood said, looking at me over his glasses, “but hardly spy material if you ask me. Plus, I’ve known him for years.” 

“What about that guy Tablet?” I asked, pointing to the stallion from earlier. He was drinking with some friends. “He seemed pretty swift to accuse us of being spies.” 

“He’s always been a more,” Statehood fought for the right word “zealous member, of our group, so I doubt he would turn rouge.” 

“Well, ask around among your group,” I suggested. “Find out if anypony was giving anything away.” 

Statehood nodded and walked off, talking to one of his lieutenants. I walked and saw Rush was waving for me. I walked over and sat opposite the old stallion. He smiled wide at me and said, “From the stories your friends and her highness as told me, you are definitely Fenlock’s student.” 

I smiled and replied, “He taught me about everything I know about detective work.” 

“That hat on your head proves it,” he said, flicking my fedora with a smile. “Belonged to Hercule Ponitrot and his own mentor the legendary Shamrock Homes. That hat has quite a history in police work.” 

I took the fedora off my head and looked at it’s grey cloth for a minute. I still remember the day when Fenlock passed it on to me after I made homicide. It was one of the greatest days of my life…right after the day I met Twilight…

“So how did you two meet?” I asked, putting the hat on my head again. 

“We met long before you were even a twinkle in your dear mother’s eye.” He took a swig of his drink, whatever Snowponies drank, it was very strong stuff.  Stronger than even the Apple’s famous Apple Cider.  “I met him on the front lines of EW2 back when we were both fighting together against the Bermans. He pulled my ass out of bunker just as it was about to explode.” He laughed and continued, “I argued with him for over an hour because I was about to snipe an officer and I was too stubborn to admit that I could’ve died doing it.” 

“Since then our companies were almost inseparable. We were called krovʹyu glaza, or blood eyes, in our old tongue. We worked with the Hell Hounds providing cover while they took the front lines.” He shook his head and said, “Old Fenlock and I left for Equestria together after the war.” 

“How’d he get you into detective work?” I asked, taking a tentative sip of the drink and then putting the mug aside. I’ll stick to cider, thank you. 

“Mostly because I needed a job over there.” he replied, taking a small sip of his own drink “He and I joined the police force because we both remembered how to use a gun. There were a lot of soldiers who joined up after the war.” He smiled again and recalled, “They called us Rusty and Rush, we were partners for my ten years of service on your police force.” 

“Then you came back home?” I asked. 

“Yes,” he replied. “I came home with my wife after I retired from police work. I just knew my country needed my talents more than Equestria did. It was hard to say goodbye to Fenlock, but he insisted I head home to perform my duty.” 

“That sounds like Fenlock alright,” I said with a smile. “Always somehow knowing what’s right, no matter how crazy it may sound.” 

Rush chuckled and inquired, “So how is the old bastard? Still kicking?” 

“Maybe once all this is over I’ll take you back to Equestria, that way you can see him yourself. You can even take your wife and kid too.” 

Suddenly Rush’s expression became sullen. I blinked and was about to speak before he spoke up himself, “They were taken, by Red Hammer, to the Yards.” 

“They were…” 

“Unicorns,” Rush said, taking a generous swig of his drink. “I was so proud the day my son was born. I thought it would be amazing to have a son talented in magic, but that blessing proved to be a curse as well. Three years after the sacking Red Hammer found them. They took them while I was away searching for food in the hills. I never saw them again.” 

“I’m sorry, Rush.” I looked down guiltily and said, “I shouldn’t have opened my big mouth.” 

“You didn’t know, you were simply curious” Rush said, taking another drink “Another quality you share with Fenlock. He could find out anypony’s secret if you gave him enough time.”

“Just what are the Yards?” I asked, “Nopony wants to talk about them.” 

“Nopony really knows because nopony has ever come back from there,” he said sorrowfully. “All we know is that any unicorn or pegasus found within our borders is sent there. Never to be seen or heard from again.” 

I nodded slowly and said, “Again, I’m sorry to bring these things up.” 

“If anything it strengthens my resolve to kill Red Hammer even more,” he said with a bitter smile.

I frowned at his expression; again there was something I didn’t like about it. I shook my head and left Rush to drink away his sorrows. Something about this whole thing just didn’t sit right with me. I felt like something else was going on that nopony was telling me. 

I ignored it and found Applesnack gesturing with his head to a corner table. I sat down and he said, “I asked around myself, and everypony was here when we met up with Rush. Except for three stallions that were unaccounted for.” 

“Who were they?” I asked, pretending to sip some of the drink. 

“Brick Break, Tablet, and Statehood,” he said. “Brick Break was with Rush when he was giving us the information. Tablet and Statehood were apparently having an argument about two hours before we arrived.” 

“What about?” I asked. 

“He didn’t say,” Applesnack said, taking a swig of the heavy drink. “Only that it was a very heated conversation.” 
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I looked at Tablet as we sat down in the back room. The stallion was nervous and jittery, constantly rubbing his hooves together. He looked up at me with pale blue eyes and whined, “I still don’t understand why I am here.” 

“I’m curious about an argument you had with Statehood before we arrived,” I said slowly, “Care to explain that?” 

“Why do you wanna know?” he said, looking away. 

“Call me curious,” I said, trying to keep this casual so as not to cause him to shut down. 

“Look it was about this plan we’ve been working on,” he answered quickly. “Statehood and I got into talks about starting a riot over in Hammergrad where Red Hammer has his fortress. Only Statehood thought it was a bad idea, said he didn’t want civilians hurt or some other bullshit.” 

I raised an eyebrow at this and asked, “Have you noticed anypony acting strangely since that argument?” 

“I kept noticing Brick Break going back to his room” he said, rubbing his hooves again. “Always the same time, ten o clock exactly. Whenever I asked him about it he got in my face and told me to buck off.” 

“What’s wrong with your hooves?” I asked, gesturing to his rubbing hooves. 

“Sorry.” He stopped doing it and explained sheepishly, “I was a chemist before I joined up. It’s just a habit I developed from having to wash all the chemicals off.” 

“Getting back on topic,” I said, waving my hoof, “what can you tell me about this plan that you and Statehood came up with?” 

“The idea is that we’d cause a riot so bad that the people would have to stand with us,” Tablet said, his face developing an excited expression. “Everypony is afraid of Red Hammer because he has an army to back him up. We’ll show him though! We’ll show him just how much fury our people can bring to him!” 

I raised an eyebrow at this plan; it certainly seemed like a way to boost morale. However, this whole mole business had to be dealt with first. I nodded and noticed Tablet rubbing his hooves again, this time I noticed a small pocket watch in his hooves. I shrugged and left. Time to confront Brick Break about  all this.
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Brick Break looked at me with narrowed eyes and said coldly, “You’re asking what I’ve been doing every day at ten?” 

I nodded, standing opposite him as he sat on his bed and explained, “Tablet was saying you have been hiding up in your room for hours at a time. That seems awfully suspicious to me.” 

“Look it isn’t anything that bad!” he said, far too quickly. 

I got within inches of the guy’s face, my grey eyes peering into his soul. “Listen here, my friends almost died because somepony was spying on us! You were there when Rush told us about where Snowflake might be. You could’ve just as easily ran back to Red Hammer and given him the information.” 

“I’d never turn in anything to Hammer!” he growled. 

“Then what were you doing?” I asked. “If you’re so innocent then just tell me the truth.” 

“Fine!” he growled, glaring back at me. “Statehood’s been asking me for a couple weeks to create listening devices. He said that he thinks a mole has been giving out information. So he wanted me to put some listening devices in the building.” 

“What was your job before you joined up?” I asked. 

“I was an architect, graduated from the university same year as Statehood,” Brick Break said. “I used to design buildings for some paranoid nobles that wanted places to hide bugs and stuff. That was back when we had nobles.” 

“What happened to them?” I asked, almost afraid of the answer. 

“Most of them were unicorns,” Brick Break said, looking down. “So when Hammer took over, they all got sent to the Yards. Red Hammer has had it out for pegasi and unicorns for years. Can’t honestly say I blame him.” 

I gestured to my horn and he let out an uncomfortable cough. Now I know how Seeker feels. 

“Present company excluded of course,” he said, raising his hooves. “However, back when Frostwind was in charge a lot of nobles took advantage of us earth pony peasants. They created a whole bunch of laws that taxed us to death while they sat in their posh palaces.” 

Equestria had a noble caste as well, but ours was much more restricted. Nobles couldn’t pass laws without Celestia and the consent of an elected council. Recently Celestia and Luna have gotten more and more commoners on the council in the hopes of keeping things on a more equal ground. Then you had guys like me who lock up nobles who decide to take things too far. 

I still remember the look on Blueblood’s face when we sent him packing. That got me to smirk. 

“So anyway, about these listening devices,” I said. “Could you show me what one would look like?” 

He reached into his pockets and pulled out a listening device. It was cheap, made of scrap material, but it would serve its purpose. I nodded and took the device. “Where would you stick one of these? Say, in a bar or something?” 

“Probably under a table or something,” Brick break said. “Whoever the mole is has been using my devices?” 

“The question is,” I said slowly, “who’s been using them?” 
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I sat at the table as Raiden returned with a very embarrassed looking Swarm. Raiden was laughing his flank off as he walked up to me. “Dude! You are not going to believe what Swarm here had to do!” 

I frowned at my friend and asked, “Did you find the device?” 

“Yeah,” Raiden snickered. “Only the bartender was very suspicious of us. He said we might be spies for Red Hammer as well.” 

“So we had to convince him we weren’t by hooking him up with a,” Swarm cleared his throat and muttered, “a hot date, as he said.” 

“So I started asking the guy what he was into,” Raiden went on, trying not to burst into laughter. “He said he was into exotic young mares.” 

“So Raiden then asked me to transform,” Swarm’s cheeks were flushing green in sheer embarrassment. “I transformed into a…” 

“A Neighpanese school mare!” Raiden exclaimed, laughing out loud. “He looked so embarrassed in that dress I made him put on! You should’ve seen the look on the guy’s face! Swarm, you make quite a sexy young mare” 

“Not funny!” Swarm growled. 

“What’s the problem Swarm?” I asked. “You transform into mares whenever you imitate Pinkie or Fluttershy or any other mare.” 

“Only he forgot a very important part,” Raiden said, trying not to run out of breath. “After we got the listening device from him he took Swarm in the back.” He smirked again, Swarm still looking embarrassed. “Then he comes running back out shouting, ‘that mare is a stallion! That mare is a stallion!!!’ Swarm came running out and everypony was just staring at him. He was so green, it was hilarious!” 

Swarm bowed his head; I patted the changeling’s red mane and smiled. “At least we know you won’t make that mistake again.” I then gave Raiden a cold glare and he calmed down. “So did you find it?” I asked.

“The listening device?” Raiden reached into his pockets and withdrew a listening device. A small piece of duct tape was on it, that was what it must’ve used to stay on the table. “Also we found this in the bar,” he said, withdrawing a black and white picture. “Somepony said that a customer left it behind when he arrived about two weeks ago.” 

“Did he see him?” I asked, levitating the picture to me. 

“Nah, said he was too busy looking at some other mare,” Raiden smirked at Swarm. “Apparently he prefers them…” 

I just rolled my eyes and then stared at the picture. It was a picture of a small pegasus colt. He was tied up to a chair, his eyes portraying his worry. I looked at he inscription written in permanent marker at the bottom…

You are running out of time, Statehood, remember Erasure…

This was a textbook threat. I pushed my way through the crowd and found Statehood standing at the table, arguing with Tablet again. 

Tablet snapped, “So, you’re going to call off the plan?” 

“There are too many civilians involved!” Statehood fired back. “I won’t have their blood on my hooves!” 

“With all due respect, Statehood,” Rush added, “we’ve had this plan ready for nearly two weeks now. Red Hammer is going to be away from his headquarters this afternoon. It’s the perfect time to strike!” 

“I won’t risk it!” Statehood said, his tone leaving no room for argument. 

“Don’t you mean you won’t risk him?” I asked,  causing everypony in the room to turn towards me. I threw the picture on the table, and Statehood’s eyes went wide. “I thought it was odd how calm you were when I mentioned the mole. Most would freak out at the mention, but you maintained your calm because you didn’t want to give anything away.” 

“Give what away?” Rush asked, looking at me. 

“Does anypony here know a colt by the name of Erasure?” I asked, looking at the crowd. 

“He was Statehood’s son!,” Brick Break spoke up, “but I heard he was taken to the Yards!” 

“He was,” I said, looking at Statehood who was starting to sweat now. “Only he wasn’t killed, but used as a hostage so he could turn over information to Red Hammer.” 

“This is ridiculous!” Statehood shouted. “You have no proof he is even my son!” 

I held up the picture in my magic and explained, “Back when I was on the force we learned how to draw out the color in a photograph via magic. This will show us the truth…” 

My horn glowed grey and the picture suddenly filled with color. Erasure’s body showed blue, his mane white and his eyes a deep violet. He shared several traits and features with his father. 

Statehood closed his eyes and said sadly, “I tried to hide him as long as I could, but Red Hammer found out about where my son was. He took him and said if I didn’t lure Snowflake to the palace he would kill him.” 

“The stallion who pointed me to the palace!” Snowflake cried, pushing her way through the crowd. “I remember it was you! It took me a while to recognize your voice! You were wearing a hood when you told me I could find help at the palace!” 

“You set us all up,” Raiden growled, about to suit up before Applesnack stopped him. 

Statehood started backing away slowly, saying, “I didn’t want any of this. I only wanted to ensure my son’s safety!” 

“By selling out your princess and country?” Tablet shouted, glaring at him. “No wonder you didn’t want to go forward with the plan! You wanted time to tell Red Hammer what we were up to!” 

“Get him out of here!” Rush ordered to two stallions, who tackled Statehood and grabbed him. “Take him below! See what information you can get out of him! All communications can go two ways!” 

Statehood was dragged kicking and screaming down below. I felt a small frown cross my face. Something was wrong with all this; this was all too easy…

Exactly what was going on here?
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It was about two when Rush gathered everypony together. I sat along with my group, Snowflake was asked to stay out of the meeting for whatever reason. Rush looked around at the revolutionaries and began his speech, “The time has come for us to make our stand. For nearly thirty years we’ve put up with Red Hammer’s tyranny, but no longer. We will send him a message that the people are not his to control.” 

Several nodded in agreement, I admired how Rush could get a crowd’s attention. He pointed to a map on the table, which showcased the layout of a town. “This is Hammergrad, formally Frostgrad, before the sacking. I’m sure you are all aware that this has become the capital of our home.” 

I noticed several didn’t like that. Many cursed under their breaths, smacking hooves together as Rush continued “Now we will show Hammer that even in his own capital he has no real control. We were going to attack from the back while the soldiers were away, but we can only figure that Statehood has told the bastard about our plan.” 

Several more curses were uttered, many I would not want to-

Private! You can’t break the forth wall that’s my job!

Pinkie! Get back to your own adventure!

Okay! I needed a new flugal horn anyways!

Where was I? Oh yeah, Rush went on and pointed to the town, explaining the new plan, “Instead of attacking the base, we will cause a riot in the town. Our people will rally behind us and the soldiers will have to leave the headquarters unguarded.” 

“What about us?” I asked, looking at the blue stallion. 

Rush pointed to the base and said, “You and your friends need to find a way to sneak into the base and recover a package.” 

“Red Hammer knows about us fliers now,” Raiden said, flapping his wings to drive home the point. “So we can’t fly inside.” 

“We can’t rush in either” Big Mac pointed out. “Ah’m no expert on fancy mathematics, but five ponies against several dozen armed ponies just don’t add up.” 

“We could go under it,” Swarm suggested. “We could dig a tunnel under the headquarters and pop out once the soldiers are gone.” 

“That’s brilliant, Swarm!” I said in approval. 

Raiden slapped the changeling on the back and teased, “See, you aren’t just a pretty face.” 

Swarm gave him a green eyed glare as Rush gave us further instructions, “Once you are inside, you will head to the second floor and I will guide you via radio contact.” 

He gave us a small walkie talkie that I put inside my trench coat. I then asked, “So what’s this package?” 

“No offense, Private” Rush said, “but I cannot risk the enemy finding out what you were looking for, should you get captured.” 

“I guess that makes sense,” I said. “So, let’s get going.” 

Rush looked at each of the stallions gathered and said, “Stallions of the Snowlands, for far too long we have suffered. For too long we have toiled and watched our families be split apart. We will make Red Hammer rue the very day he stole our king away! Let us paint the streets of Hammergrad red with the blood of his soldiers!!!” 

With that the rebellion cheered, grabbed weapons and ran out the pub to war….
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Hammergrad was a small city years ago. With it being the capital of the Snowlands now, it had become a thriving city. I looked with Applesnack’s binoculars at the city. I saw the heavy fortifications as I sat on a hill several miles away. 

“Private.” 

I turned around and saw Snowflake walking towards me. She sat beside me and asked, “Are you sure you will be alright this time?” 

I smiled reassuringly at her and replied, “We’ll get in, get the package, and get out. There’s nothing to worry about, Princess.” 

She gestured to the scarf around my neck and said, “You be safe, for the special one you hold dear.” 

“How did you know this wa-“ 

“I know when a stallion is in love,” she said with a smile. “Especially when he presses his muzzle into that scarf when he thinks nopony else is looking.” 

I blushed bright red, subconsciously putting a hoof on Twilight’s scarf. Wherever she was now, I could feel her closer to me when I wore it, like we were connected. For some reason I felt strangely frustrated at stairs. Weird.

“Yo!” I looked over and saw Raiden flying towards us, now fully armored and ready to go. “Swarm found an old changeling passageway leading towards the base,” he announced.  

I nodded and turned to Snowflake, saying, “Princess, wait for us. When we are done, we’ll have you back on the throne before you know it.” 

“I pray for the safety of all of you,” she said, smiling at me. 

With that Raiden and I began the walk to where Swarm’s tunnel was. Raiden looked at me and asked, “Dude, what do you think the girls are doing now?” 

“I don’t know, Raiden,” I replied, as I shook my head. “I can’t stop thinking something’s wrong though. Like the girls are in trouble or something, and I can’t be there with Twilight during it.” 

“Dude, you two are definitely joined at the flank.” 

“Says the guy who has daily races with Rainbow Dash,” I fired back. 

“Yeah well, Rainbow and I aren’t into all the lovey dovey stuff like you and Twilight. So when are you gonna finally show her th-“ 

“Don’t even joke.” 

“I’m sorry,” Raiden said, his face becoming serious. “I was only trying to lighten the mood” 

“You know how I feel about talk like that,” I said as I narrowed my grey eyes, “especially about Twilight.” 

“Dude, relax.” Raiden lifted his hooves. “We all know what almost happened last Nightmare Night. I’m sorry I joked about you and Twilight taking your relationship up a notch. You two have been dating for almost a year though, man. At some point, you’re going to have to ask yourself whether it’s permanent or not.” 

“What are you getting on about?” 

“I’m just saying, that maybe you should start really thinking about it. Sooner or later Twilight or you are going to start to wane on the relationship if you don’t take the next step. Either towards marriage or doing it with her, something to make it not go stale.” 

For all of Raiden’s perversion of the subject he was partially right. Would Twilight get bored of me? Would I not be enough? Would she think some other stallion could be better?

Damn it! Now I’m starting to think like her!

“Raiden,” I said with a sigh, “I got some stuff I need to figure out before I can even think about marrying Twilight. I got Tailspin, detective work, my dad, a whole lot of other things that come first.” 

“Dude, you’re my best friend. You know I just want you to be happy,” Raiden said, his expression comforting. “I really think you guys will work. Love like yours only comes once in a lifetime. So start saving up for that ring, or I’ll have drag you both to Las Pegasus and make sure it happens.” 

I laughed, just laughed at the absurdity of it all. As we made our way to the tunnel where Swarm and the gang were digging, it stuck in my mind, however. 

Truth is, Raiden’s right. Twilight and I have been dating for ages. Did I want to spend the rest of my life with her? Did I want…
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Sitting by a fire, her leaning next to me for warmth the fire can’t provide. A book open in front of us, a foal’s book. A little lavender unicorn curled up in my forelegs sound asleep. Twilight’s gentle breathing, her saying, “I love you, my wonderful husband.” 

Feathers…
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Swarm burst through the floor of the headquarters. His head peeking out from the hole, he then climbed up and helped me out. I turned and helped Big Mac, Raiden, and Applesnack get out. 

I looked around; we managed to dig our way into a storage closet. I peeked outside the door, White Tiger at the ready. I saw some soldiers running outside in the halls. They were shouting about a riot outside. 

That had to be Rush and the rebels. I booted up the walkie talkie and said into it, “Rush, you there?” 

“I hear you, Private!” I heard Rush shout over gunfire on the other end. I heard screaming and shouting to add to the symphony. “We managed to get their attention! Most of the guards have left the building, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble!” 

I nodded and turned around to the others. “Alright," I said, "I’m going to go look for the package. Applesnack and Swarm, you go looking for the armory and see what you can find. Big Mac, you and Raiden will fly to the other side of the headquarters and if you see any soldiers cause as much damage as possible” 

“Why are you going alone, dude?” Raiden asked, his yellow eyes looking worried. 

“I’m faster and can hide better on my own,” I answered. “We’ll all meet back here in about twenty minutes. If they discover the tunnel, we’ll escape from the roof.” 

They all nodded, and went to work. I watched as Raiden and Big Mac ran out of the storage closet into a group of soldiers. They looked a little stunned at the sight of two stallions appearing out of nowhere. 

Raiden looked at Big Mac and asked, “Shall we run for our lives?” 

“Eeyup,” Big Mac replied, just before he and Raiden turned tail with a host of angry soldiers following them. 

I left Swarm and Applesnack and started climbing stairs. I spoke into the walkie talkie, “Okay Rush, what am I looking for?” 

“You are looking for a small door, marked Red Sickle. The door should be guarded and the package is inside.” 

I ran down several hallways, hearing small explosions outside and inside the base. I’m sure Raiden and Big Mac were handling everything well. I just needed to find this package; I wonder what Red Sickle could be? Some kind of weapon perhaps?

I peeked around a corner and saw two armed guards standing in front of a door. I squinted my eyes and saw a small engraving that read, “Red Sickle,” in cursive writing. Funny how a weapon could have such an eloquent door hiding it. 

But I had no time to marvel at Red Hammer’s taste in interior design. I loaded White Tiger with a magazine filled with tranquilizer darts. Some of the rebels had smuggled in the tranquilizer from pet shops that were closed down now that they had no more pets to feed or sell. I aimed the gun and fired two silenced shots into weak spots in the soldier’s armor. 

They fell down like a ton of bricks. I ran to the door and listened in. Was that music?

I slowly opened the door and saw with wide eyes, a colt, surely no older than twelve. He was playing the piano. He had a red coat, a short black mane, and his eyes were red…

Red Eyes?

This colt must be Red Hammer’s Son, and I was supposed to be kidnapping him?

He’s the package…