//------------------------------// // Hallowed be thy name part 3 // Story: Hell is for children // by dragenfire68 //------------------------------// Sweetie Belles knee's shook, here she was surrounded by the worst known students at Canterlot, but she came here with a mission, and she was going to complete that mission no matter what, so she puffed up her chest and looked around, deciding which one of these students was the leader, until her eyes rested on Gilda. "I'm here to ask a favor of the CHS underworld." sweetie belle said, looking at Gilda who was flicking a switchblade in and out. "First why should we even accept anything from you, and secondly do you even know what your asking?" Gilda said as she eyed the girl up and down, pondering why the sister of Rarity, one of the six who defeated the sirens and dethroned Sunset shimmer during her reign of evil, would come here and ask a favor. "I do, and what I want is for you to give Sunset a lesson that she'll never forget, like the spring fling, but with more lasting consequences." "Why should we accept, do you have the dough to for such a job?" Sweetie pulled from her backpack a small sack of gems, holding it out to Gilda, who took it and examined the bag, and its contents, her eyes going wide before throwing the bag to the diamond dogs. "These are real gems, in fact, they are too perfect, and I know only one person who could get their hands on gems like these, but the question is, why is she still homeless if she sitting on this much cash?" Rover said, as he closed the bag, and put it on his belt. "Pride, and with what's been happening, I doubt she's much in a position to get these pawned or even appraised, so I think we'll be doing a delivery later today," Gilda said as she turned to the streets, motioning to her company. "WAIT, aren't you gonna ask what the favor is or even care that Sunset shimmer put something provocative, on her account this morning?!" Sweetie Bell said. "That picture is something I had Chrysalis whip up, I knew that someone here is trying to dupe me into playing their sick little game, but unlike what people think of me, I'm not a monster anymore, I never will be again, also paying someone to jump a girl with nothing to her name, that's low, too low for even me," Gilda said, stopping and turning to Sweetie Bell. "what- WHAT!?!" Sweetie Belle shouted, disbelieve plastered all over her face. "Yeah, you heard me, we're not gonna do it, we are however gonna give Sunset Shimmer her gems back, seeing as the sack literally has her name on it, by the way, stealing from those that are less fortunate than you, that's really low." Sweetie bell stood there, unexpressed rage on her face as she turned and stomped off towards her house, her mind furiously working on a new plan, if the old canterlot underground wasn't going to help her, then she'd have to take justice into her own hands, and her justice will serve as ironic agony. *** Gilda and her posse walked out from behind the school, eyes on the lookout for the fiery-headed teen that usually sat with her friends, but no one was in the school or in front of it, she figured that she wouldn't find Sunset till the next day which is why she hid the bag in her baggy sweater, inside a pocket that she herself put there to hide things she didn't want the cops, or the school teachers too find out she had. "that look, it was feral, almost like she wanted blood, I fear our decision will bring the worst crowd looking if she finds any more of keepsakes that Sunset left lying around," Rover said, too the surprise of the other's, for he rarely spoke if at all. "I noticed, we'll have to make sure that they don't encroach on our town, Sunset and her friends can protect the school from magical threats, but were the ones who gotta protect our turf, after all, thanks to Sunset we get to live," Gilda said, thinking back too before Sunset showed up, how her grades tanked after her parents were killed in a massive gang war, how she had nothing and took from other's too fill the void. But thanks to Sunset showing up and overthrowing her, she was no longer turned away from food shelves, Sunsets miss deeds overshadowing her own, Sunset's cruelty easily outshined hers allowing her to be anywhere she pleased, her presence no longer putting shop owners on edge, while she mused, her little posse drifted from place to place, the automated responses and actions were missed by everyone but her friends, but they didn't point it out, instead they talked amongst each other, that is until the light faded and stores started closing down, when Gilda snapped out of her memories, she turned to her companions, missing the pair of eyes that had been watching from around the corner. "We'll meet tomorrow, and discuss an action plan in case word of these get out." They nodded and separated, each going to their respective houses, but Gilda would not reach the homeless shelter this time, for as soon as she rounded the corner, a grubby red fingerless gloved hand shot out and wrapped its fingers around Gilda's neck, but she was ready as she hit the speed dial button on her phone, and with the other, brought out the switchblade, bringing it up towards where she was sure the assailants face was, and she was right, for the man let her go and held his face, one hand over his eye, but he wasn't blinded for she only cut shallow. "heh, Gilda, sharp as ever, I'm impressed that you still have your skills, but that won't be enough to save you from me!!" the mysterious teenager said as he too had a knife and true too his word, managed too close the distance and burying the knife up its hilt where he was sure her heart should be, but that didn't stop her from stabbing him in the shoulder, causing him to jump back holding the hilt, not daring to pull it out. "heh, nice shot, but you missed a critical organ, but for you I was dead on." he triumphantly cried, as he got ready to tackle her, but before he could, a massive sub-zero gust of wind caught him in the face, causing his eyes to burn and his eyebrows to freeze, as he stumbled back. "thanks for saving me from garble, but i fear you may have been too late, that jerk's aim is shitty, but i doubt i'll make it too a hospital before bleeding out, by the way whats.... whats.... your name?" Gilda asked as she felt herself rising, a chill wind under her feet, but she didn't care, for a girl who just appeared out of no where cast magic in her favor, but he was right, the knife may have hit a major organ, and the heightened blood flow from the scuffle was making the wound bleed more. "don't worry, I'll save your life, I know someone who can patch you up, but your gonna have to stay with me, please don't die, by the way, my name, it is Permafrost." Permafrost said as she flew faster towards Tartarus heights, as she froze the blood around the blade, hoping that the ice will stifle the flow, but not damage the skin.