It's been 2 hours since Spike completely abandoned his kind and good side, letting his hitman side take complete control. You are now driving to a familiar location.
He arrives in town and stops at the Coffee where he met his good friend Sweetie Belle, the waitress sees him in the suit and nods, leaving him alone.
At that, a black car approaches and one of the passengers gets out, entering the Coffee and advancing against Spike, but before he covers his mouth, he grabs him and flips him on the table, pulling out his pistol and shooting at the head, and then the lights go out.
The others rush in and out, only to find their partner dead on a table and no sign of their target. The green-haired man is watching them from the back door of the place, leaving through the city until he enters an apartment complex and the receptionist sees him.
"Oh Mr. Drake, how nice it is to have you here again", the lady said as she gave him a smile that he couldn't return right now.
"I need the usual room, with the others around it empty", his tone was a bit serious, as if he still blamed himself for the death of his pet.
"I see, on the third floor at the back on the left there is no one there and it is equipped", she replied as she gives him 2 keys, he grabs them and goes up the stairs.
Once up, he goes to the left and opens the door at the bottom, finding his old room where he used to make plans and hide. He wastes no time and starts to go to a radio in the kitchen, where he disarms it.
He starts looking in his old room, taking out a painting where behind it there is a hole full of weapons and grenades, he just grabs one and takes it with him to then turn on the oven and leave it open. He puts the grenade inside the radio connected to some wires.
Outside.
The car is parked in front of the apartments, while the driver grabs his phone and starts calling his boss.
"Boss Discord, he's in an apartment, we're about to go in".
"Okay, so we've got the little devil out", Tony said from the other end of the phone, hanging up as his henchmen exited and headed towards the compound.
Inside, they start checking the rooms, tampering with the locks and going in, but they don't find it, but then, they see the room at the end of the corridor, the 4 henchmen grab their weapons and go in, seeing everything turned off except for the radio, they advance carefully , checking everything.
Below them, in a room on the second floor, is Spike with a tablet, watching them through hidden cameras, also looking at a clock, seeing how much time they have left before going to the kitchen. Then he sees the oven close and Marilyn Manson's Killing Strangers just starts playing.
And at that precise moment, before leaving, they turn off the radio, causing it and the entire room to explode due to the gas from the oven. The boy doesn't smile at his victory, he just lies down and rests for today.
At school in the morning.
All the teenagers go on with their normal lives, not noticing the absence of a particular student, except for a few people.
"Hey, Thorax. Have you seen Spike? I haven't seen him all day yesterday or today", a worried Ember asked.
"I haven't seen him either, it's... It's strange that he didn't come yesterday or today", Arthur responded equally worried, until they both heard someone behind them.
"Are they Spike's friends?" Turning around, they see Sweetie, Applebloom and Scootaloo.
"We haven't seen it either", Sarah said.
"I didn't know you made new friends too", both Alexa and Arthur looked puzzled at this until they heard someone approaching again.
"Are they talking about Spike? Spike Drake?" Bella asked her friends right, leaving the two even more surprised.
"Wow, apparently he did make friends", thought Thorax, but returned to the subject at hand: "Yes, the same green-haired man. But it's strange that he doesn't come".
"How about after school we all go to his house, he must have fallen asleep", Rainbow Dash proposed, receiving a nod from everyone present.
While in the principals' office, Cadence is in front of the principal and the vice principal.
The first has long sky blue, light turquoise, slightly cobalt blue and light pale pink hair, gray magenta eyes and a porcelain complexion. She wears a white shirt over a greyish fuchsia suit, pants of the same color and golden heels.
The second has slightly long moderate cobalt blue hair, moderate cerulean eyes and a peachy complexion. She wears a black shirt over a moderate phthalo blue suit, pants of the same color and black heels. They are: Tina Campbell and Janis Campbell, or known to the students as Celestia and Luna.
"Good morning, Cadence", the 2 sisters greeted the nurse, who also greeted them.
"What is the visit for?" Luna asked, to which Christine replied: "Do you know anything about the student Spike Drake? He didn't come yesterday or today".
"We haven't heard from him, we know that you care about him after he lost his parents, so do we, but he must be fine, I don't know, maybe sick", Celestia replied, although a little restless, days ago she felt something in the chest, as if stabbed.
Those words calmed the nurse's nerves a bit, so she stepped back and Tina let out a deep breath: "Luna, I feel like something bad happened to Spike".
"I feel that too, but we'll find out later, for now we have to control the school".
After school, Spike's 13 friends headed home, looking for him and asking if he's alright. When they arrive, they knock on the door, but they don't receive an answer, they go to knock again, but the door is opened by the breeze.
"Is it okay if we go inside? I wouldn't want to break into a house without asking", Fluttershy said nervously, feeling like she was going to invade her friend's privacy.
"Relax, it's fine as long as it's friends who enter", Ember reassured her, then they enter.
In doing so, they all had the same reactions: surprise, anxiety, fear, shock, etc. Seeing broken things, bullet holes and crimson stains on the ground, everyone starts looking everywhere for him, but can't find him.
"They found him?" Applejack asked nervously, they just walk in and what they see is what they would find at a crime scene.
"No, but I found something very wrong in the yard", Arthur said as he leads them to the back, where they see a small grave with a cross on it that says: "Here lies Fawkes, a good fox".
They all put their hand to their mouth, since they know who Fawkes is. They go back inside and Dolly turns on the TV watching a news channel.
"In the last few hours, 5 people have been found dead, one in a Café and another 4 in an apartment that burst into flames. They still don't know the identity of who did it, but the bodies are from 'The Darkness' Mafia, so this can be interpreted as someone has decided to confront them".
From the other side of the city.
We're back with Spike, who emerges from a Mafia bar with a phone and a bloodstained corkscrew, then dials someone he knows very well until he answers.
"Hello?"
"Tony 'Discord' Osbourne, you took away the only memory I had of my parents. Everyone in the world has their price, stupid", and he hangs up.
In Discord's room, he still has his phone to his ear, not moving until he drops it and starts shaking, knowing that now it would be his turn, his companions were already hunted by the Dragon, now he would be the next victim of this hunting.