//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: New Home? // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: Justice or Punishment? // by LoganRyder //------------------------------// Frank had reached the apartment building with Sunset Shimmer. The two had managed to reach the apartment complex and found an empty apartment. "Well, here it is Frank." Sunset said "Thanks Sunset." Frank acknowledged Sunset let Castle look around the apartment. Inside was at least a kitchen, living room, bathroom amd two bedrooms. "Not much, but it'll do." Frank said Castle left the apartment and closed the door. Sunset then said while pulling put a key. "Oh! And before you go. This key is what unlocks your apartment door." Frank took the key and said "Thanks. Now let's go hang out with your friends." Sunset nodded and led Frank out the building to meet the others. As soon as they left, the others were near the entrance. "So, did you show Frank the place he's staying?" Twilight asked Sunset nodded, and Mikey then said in excitement "Well then, Let's go!" The group was walking around the area with Frank, showing him different areas. The first place they had went to was the Canterlot Mall. They had gone into different shops, with the first being a clothing store. Frank was trying different clothes, ranging from a black tank top and black jeans to wearing a shirt that conveniently, had his signature skull symbol along with black sneakers. "Guess these should do." Frank said "Yes. That way you can have more, cleaner and better clothing." Rarity said They group began to head into another store, this time it was an arcade. "Aw right, this is my kind of store!" Mikey said with happiness. The girls and boys each began to either play games, eat food or play with the crane machines. Frank however, only looked at them play on the arcade machines, as he began to get flashes in his mind. Frank saw a merry go round with children happily shouting or in joy, but after a few seconds the joyful sounds turned to screams and there was blood on the merry ground as gunfire was heard. Frank only began to look in grief as the bloody covered ride continued to move while the music played. "Frank?..... Frank?!......FRANK!...." Frank snapped out of his daze and looked at who shouted his name, be looked and saw it was Sunset, who was giving him a look of concern along with the others. "Are you ok? I tried to call you but you phased out for a bit." Sunset asked "I'm fine. Just got a bit distracted." Frank replied "You sure dude? You looked like you were gonna black out." Rainbow Dash questioned "Yeah, don't worry about it." Frank reassured The others were still a little bit concerned about him, but they decided to leave it alone for the time being. "Well ok then. Let's go somewhere else." Twilight said. The others nodded and left the arcade. After a few minutes, they had began to leave the mall and began to make their way out to the front entrance. As soon as they did, Frank asked "What now?" "Well, we can show you around some shops in the city." Fluttershy asked "Sure. Beats laying down doing nothing." Frank agreed The girls and boys nodded and began to lead Frank across Canterlot City. Rarity pointed to a specific shop and said "That shop you see there is called the Carousel Boutique. It's a clothing shop I own where I create new dresses or clothes for clients ad customers." "Thanks. By the way, now that you mention it, can you maybe repair my shirt?" Frank asked, pointing to the one he's currently wearing that had scratches and tears under his vest. "Of course darling, just follow me and hand it to me when we're at the boutique. Can you all give us a minute?" Rarity asked. The girls and boys nodded and let the two do their business as Frank nodded also and followed her. She soon opened the door and as soon as she and Frank entered, he pulled off his shirt slowly along with his vest. Rarity took the ripped and torn shirt and said "Oh no no no this won't do!" She began to sew and fix the shirt in the areas it had torn, mostly by the chest area. After a few hours, Rarity was finished and handed him his now fixed shirt, it not only looked more dark black, but the skull had been shown to be slightly more bigger and curved. "Here you are darling, I also fixed the skull design and made it fit your style." Rarity said "Thanks Rarity, how much do I owe you?" Frank asked "Oh think nothing of it dear, you are a new friend after all." Rarity said with a smile. "Friends.....haven't had those in a while." Frank thought to himself. "Anyway, should we head out to meet the others?" Rarity asked, with Frank nodding. The gang then showed Castle another shop which looked to be a bakery of a sort. "And this is the Sweet Shoppe. This is where I work and where we usually hang out." Pinkie said. They gang entered the shop and sat at some tables. They each had different orders. Mikey, Pinkie, Rarity, Sunset and Fluttershy had different cupcakes while Twilight, Leo, Raph, Donnie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Frank had ordered milkshakes. As they ate, they had talked about each other, Frank had given a look of somewhat surprise but unfazed. "So you guys are a band called the Rainbooms? And you have alot of friends both here and in New York?" Frank asked "Pretty much." April said with a shrug. "And we tend to go through alot of shenanigans." Twilight added Frank only laughed a bit with amusement and said "I can kinda relate. I even had to deal with some troublemakers sometimes." Fluttershy murmured something, which Frank noticed. "You say something Fluttershy?" Frank asked "I asked if you like animals Mr. Frank." Fluttershy asked "Yes, I do like some animals. I even have a dog named Max." Frank answered, pulling out a photo. "Oh my! He's adorable!" Fluttershy said, looking at the picture of Max. "Yeah, he may look like an hardened mutt, but he has a soft side underneath." Frank said The group continued to converse before the door to the Sweet Shoppe opened and 3 boys came in. While they had similar clothing, the left male had brown hair and light gamboge skin with green eyes. The boy in the middle had dark grey like skin and light gray hair with blue eyes while the right male had gray skin and gray hair, which covered his eyes. They had seen the Rainbooms at a table and gave smirks. The middle one said "Well hello Rainbores!" The girls looked and gave scowls as Rainbow Dash said with annoyance and disgust "Hello again Dumb-bell." "How are you and your freaky friends doing?" The left boy asked mockingly "None of your beeswax ya mooch!" Raph said "Hey, we're talking to the hotties! Not you losers!" The right bully said The situation began to take notice by other customers, who watched the scene. Frank only looked at them with menacing and cold dead eyes and said "Leave them alone.....NOW." The bullies only gave looks of amusement as Dumb-bell said with a mocking tone and smirk "Oh yeah? Or what old man?" ".....I'll break your legs and faces." Frank said in a cold dead tone. "Oh yeah? Break this!" Dumb-bell taunted Dunb-bell tried to punch Frank, but he dodged and grabbed his arm before twisting it, making him scream in agonizing pain. Frank then threw him over his back onto the floor and kicked him in the face. The other two tried to attack, but Frank evaded or blocked their blows. The vigilante kicked the second bully in the gut and then furiously landed a hand chop his throat and then grabbed him and threw him face first at the third bully. Frank then countered the third bully's punch by pulling his arm and twisted it from behind and slammed his face onto a table with extreme force. The scene shocked the customers while the 3 troublemakers were on the ground. Until the customers all began to slowly clap with applause. The Rainbooms and the turtles in human disguise gave looks of surprise and amazement at how he dealt with them. "Dude. That was AWESOME!" Mikey complimented. "How did you do that?" Donnie asked "I've told you before, I had some practice." Frank reminded "Well, wherever you learned to fight, can you teach us too?" Pinkie asked "Sure, in the meantime, let's keep hanging out." The group nodded and continued to talk and eat. Unbeknownst to them, they were beibg observed by someone with a target on his forehead, who left upon seeing Frank... "I see him. Orders?" The man asked, on his phone. "Don't attack yet, until The Punisher and those children he's with head somewhere. I will send someone, for now keep observing and report to me." The caller replied...