Chapter 23
She wasn't sure what time she woke up, but it was still dark outside. She moved to her hooves getting a cup of water and one of her pain pills peeking out the window. She could see police pegasi swooping around over head searching for Mare Do Well. She frowned softly watching for a moment before taking a seat at the counter.
"This doesn't make sense, why are they hunting me so hard.... Silver Ghost killed a lot of ponies, barely any police action. I... I'm suspected of killing one pony, and full police presences on the streets?" Starbloom frowned as she thought about it quietly before something clicked in her mind.
"Of course, the corruption. I knew that warden was holding back." She growled moving to her hooves. "Nightmare paid him off, she must of paid off more officials I just need to find proof." She said getting an apple and chewed on it trying to think of the best way to do it. She moved to a window and looked out side. It was still pretty late at night.
Despite how late it was she could see police patrols on the ground and pegasi in the skies searching the streets and roof tops for her. She sighed softly, she couldn't risk going out as Mare Do Well with out getting caught. She would have to think of something else.
"Time to become a criminal, since I'm already being hunted." She said closing her eyes and took a deep breath going to her and Sweetie's room searching around. She got a black hoodie pulling it on and the belt with the camera and tape recorder putting it on as well, adjusting it so it fit better with out the suits bulk.
She paused as she came out of the bedroom, looking at the painting of herself, Sweetie, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. She smiled at the painting before turning and heading out of the apartment locking the door behind her and slipping the key into the band of her headband so she wont loose it.
She made her way to the streets keeping the hood pulled back so not to draw to much suspicion to herself. Seeing the officers on the street she smiled a bit, this could work in her favor now that she thought about it. She made her way to the police head quarters quietly.
She slipped around back and pulled the hood up over her head as she tucked her mane inside it and made her way to the roof. She kept low and made her way to one of the skylights peeking inside, just as she though... barely any officers inside.
She tested the door seeing it was unlocked she opened it and slipped inside making her way quietly down the stairs. She checked the door at the base of the stairs and finding it open she carefully pulled it open and slipped inside moving quietly and slowly down the hall to the commissioner's office.
This door how ever was locked, she sighed softly. Of course, can't make it to easy she thought to herself as she jimmied the lock and slipped inside relocking the door behind her. She started to search the office for evidence that Nightshade had paid them off.
It didn't take her to long to find a locked filing cabinet. She used her magic to jimmy open the lock and pull out the files searching through the files. "Hmmm.. plenty of corruption evidence, but nothing to help clear my name...." She said sighing, she stashed a few files inside her hoodie and closed the cabinet before searching more.
She heard a noise onside the door and frowned looking around quickly she spotted an air vent, she used her magic to open it and with some repulsing magic to jump up into the vent pulling herself into the vent closing it just as the door opened and the lights came on. She slipped out the tape recorder and started recording as she listened quietly.
"Commissioner, we've been out in force since Silver Ghost was killed, we have to assume Mare Do Well isn't in the city any more. There hasn't been any sightings of her since she evaded us in the sewers," Starbloom heard the voice of a female officer speak.
She heard a older gruff voice of a male speak, she figured it was the Commissioner. "She has to be in the city, no pony saw her leave the city. Even if she ditched the costume, we have to assume she stayed in the city to clear her name... She's around, and we'll find her." He said moving under the air vent looking over at the female officer. "Don't forget, who pays the bits around here. She wants results not excuses."
She heard the female officer sigh before speaking. "Right sir, just wish we didn't have to deal... with her. She gives me the creeps," Starbloom her heard officer say before the door opened.
"Maybe, but she pays very well." She heard the Commissioner answer, the lights in the room going off and the door close, she waited a few minutes before turning off the recorder and carefully making her way through the air vents as quiet as she could be getting back to the roof and out letting out a deep breath looking around. She slipped off the roof and pulled the hood back slipping back onto the streets of Manehattan.
'So... the police is working with Nightshade, this isn't good. No hard evidence, not even the recording is going to help much' She thought to herself as she walked down the street making her way to her apartment to get some rest and a light night snack.
She didn't have to worry about the crime to much, the police presence on the street searching for Mare Do Well definitely kept the criminal activity down. Once she made it to her apartment she went up stairs and slipped the key from her headband and open the door going inside closing it sighing, she closed the door locking it back before flopping on the couch.
Instead of getting something to eat she just curled up on the couch and feel asleep, she didn't even remove the hoodie sweater or belt. She pulled the blanket over herself and closed her eyes drifting off to sleep.