Caramel sat on the on the floor of his office, staring fearfully at the guns the Diamond Dogs were pointing at him. How did they even get past security? the stallion wondered as one of the dogs approached.
The door opened, catching Caramel's attention. A pony wearing a white cloak and mask entered and inspected Caramel from a distance. "Very well done Captain," the strange pony said, looking at the dog that had knocked on the door before.
The dog smiled. "There was no problem Ghost. He didn't even fight back," the dog informed, smiling at Caramel
"That's a shame," Ghost said. "I was hoping we'd have to rough you up a bit before she got here. It always makes things look better for us," the stallion said, approaching Caramel.
The dogs all looked at their leader in fear. "The boss is coming?" one asked almost shaking.
Ghost laughed at this. "No, no. Not her," he told them noticing how they relaxed. "But I'm expecting Dash to arrive soon and I was hoping to have her to myself," the white clad pony continued. The dogs gave him confused looks. "Has the team in Cloudsdale reported back yet?" he asked, without looking up from Caramel.
Caramel was beginning to feel uncomfortable, with the way Ghost looked at him. "They were able to capture Dash and were in the process of taking the armor and its power source, but a pony they weren't prepared for took them by surprise," the dog informed. Ghost looked up with interest. "They were able to escape with the power source, but that's all."
"And what of Dash?" Ghost inquired. The report had also gotten Caramel's attention. He was silently praying Rainbow was okay.
"She is most likely dead, but it was not confirmed," the dog reported. Caramel started to feel dizzy when he heard that, like he'd just been on a carnival ride.
She's... dead? Caramel felt a tear fall down his face.
Ghost didn't seem happy either. "Well, I certainly hope you're wrong or this will be difficult to explain," Ghost said as he whipped out his sword and stabbed the captain in the stomach. Ghost twisted his body, flinging the dying Diamond Dog at his comrades, catching them off guard. Ghost lunged at the next dog and cut his throat before he could react. The remaining two dogs got up and opened fire on their leader.
Caramel watched, baffled as the bullets seemed to harmlessly pass through Ghost's body. Ghost approached the dogs and when they ran out of ammo finished them off.
Caramel as horrified by the spectacle. "Why did you do that?" he asked in disbelief, his jaw hanging open.
Ghost started rummaging through the dogs supplies, mostly taking any grenades they had. "Because I am here for the same purpose Dash now lives for. Revenge. I have suffered defeat at her hands twice now and she must pay," Ghost explained.
"But Rainbow's dead now," Caramel argued, hanging his head.
"You have to have more faith in her," Ghost said, picking up a pistol and gathering a few extra clips for it.
BOOM!!!
The sound grabbed the attention of both stallions. They looked out if the window to see a burst of color and rainbow streak headed right for them.
Caramel noticed Ghost was distracted and ran for the door. Ghost turned too late, and only saw the door slam as Caramel left. Ghost shot through the door a few times before turning back to the window. "This is gonna be tougher than I thought," he said as he ran to the door, phasing through it.
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Rainbow angled herself towards the window of Caramel's office, figuring that would be where Ghost would hold him. Once she got close she flew through the glass and landed in the office. "Caramel!" she called out, noticing the room was empty. "Damn where is he?" she asked herself as she held up a hand. The thruster only took a second to charge before blasting the door off of its hinges.
Rainbow scanned the cubicles for any signs of life. "T.A.N.K., sweep the building's security cameras. Find Caramel and Ghost," the Pegasus said as she started for the elevator.
T.A.N.K. responded after a few seconds. "Caramel is in the southern stairwell three floors down and Ghost is not far behind," he reported.
Rainbow charged her thruster again and blasted a hole in the elevator door. "Gonna need to move fast," she told herself as she pointed a hoof down the elevator shaft. A targeting reticle popped up on her H.U.D. and she fired a small rocket from a compartment on her gauntlet. "Detonate," she commanded as soon as the rocket was about five floors down. The projectile exploded blasting a hole in the door to the twentieth floor. Rainbow jumped into the hole she made and flew down and out of the elevator shaft.
Rainbow quickly flew to the door to the stairwell and plowed through it. She could hear gunshots just above her and looked up. She saw Ghost shooting at the floor above her, presumably at Caramel.
"Caramel!" Rainbow shouted as she aimed her hand at Ghost and fired a blast at the assassin. Ghost ducked, narrowly avoiding the blast. Seconds later Caramel appeared at the top of the staircase Rainbow was sitting at the bottom of. "You okay?" Rainbow asked, not seeing any serious injuries on the stallion.
"No! I'm gonna have a heart attack!" Caramel shouted. "I thought you were dead," he said quieter.
Before Rainbow could respond Ghost started shooting at them again. "We'll have a heart to heart later," Rainbow said firing her stabilizer at Ghost again. "Start moving down stairs," she ordered as bullets bounced off of her armor.
Caramel nodded and started running downwards. "It's just you and me now Ghost," Rainbow called out, looking upwards, trying to spot her enemy.
"Oh good. I was beginning to think we wouldn't get some alone time," Ghost replied. Rainbow pointed a rocket where she heard the voice and fired. The missile detonated and Rainbow started searching the smoke. Ghost jumped out of the smoke and swung his sword at Rainbow. The Pegasus launched into the air to dodge and fired both of her stabilizers at Ghost. The blasts passed harmlessly through the stallion. Ghost grabbed a grenade from his belt and pulled the pin before dropping it over the rail.
Rainbow lunged after it, knowing it would kill Caramel. Ghost jumped after her. Rainbow caught the grenade with a magnet just before it got far enough to reach Caramel. However the explosive went off in Rainbow's hand and the blast shot her through the wall and out of the building. The Pegasus righted herself in midair and turned back to the building. She glared at Ghost as the assassin went after Caramel again.
Rainbow shot through the air and collided with Ghost. The two went through the opposite wall and crashed through several cubicles before they stopped. Rainbow lifted a hand to fire a thruster, but Ghost swung his sword and it cut through the first layer of the armor, rendering the thruster useless. He did the same thing when Rainbow raised her other hoof. Warning lights, were flashing in front of the mare's face.
Ghost stood over her with his sword raised. Rainbow twisted her legs in the armor, activating the flares. Bright red flames started shooting out of small compartments on her legs. Ghost stumbled backwards blindly. Rainbow got up and fired a rocket at Ghost. Ghost turned just in time to see the projectile. It hit the ground at his feet and exploded.
Rainbow waited patiently for Ghost to reappear. When he didn't come out of the smoke swinging Rainbow sighed in relief. A few minutes later she heard footsteps behind her. Rainbow turned and saw Caramel coming from the stairs.
"Hey Caramel. You hurt?" Rainbow asked.
"Is it over?" he asked looking at the destroyed office.
"Not yet," a familiar voice stated. Rainbow tensed as Ghost materialized out of thin air behind Caramel putting his sword to the brown stallion's neck. Caramel winced as the blade dug into his skin.
Rainbow didn't move, fearful of what Ghost would do if she did. "You can turn invisible? What don't you have?" she asked angrily.
"Your armor," Ghost replied. "If you'd be so kind as to get out of it, it would make my job much easier," he said.
"Rainbow don't! He'd just gonna kill us anyway," Caramel said. Rainbow glared at Ghost as she tried to come up with a plan. Then an idea came to her.
Rainbow raised a hoof and a rocket came out ready to fire. "That's not such a good idea," Ghost said tilting his head towards Caramel.
"Just do it," Caramel said, accepting his fate.
"Don't be a drama queen Caramel. If he goes intangible anything he's touching does too. That includes you," Rainbow informed firing the rocket. Ghost's eyes widened as he caught on. With no choice he activated his system with a twist of his wrist and the rocket passed through both stallions harmlessly, exploding on the wall far behind them. Startled by the explosion Caramel fell through Ghost's hooves and instantly became solid again.
Once Caramel was out of the way Rainbow activated the thrusters in her boots and tackled Ghost across the room, activating a magnet and swiping it over the device on Ghost's arm before he could react.
Rainbow stood over the defenseless terrorist and looked down at him. "Well, well. Looks like you win again," Ghost said as he looked up at the mare. "And this time I have no means of escape. At least I won't have to suffer the wrath of my employer," Ghost commented.
Rainbow raised a hand over Ghost's head. "No, Rainbow don't!" Caramel shouted.
"I'm not gonna kill him," Rainbow said. Both stallions looked at her in surprise. Rainbow's face plate slid over her head, revealing her face. "There's somepony else he answers to. If I kill him we can't know who that is," Rainbow explained. "Besides," she continued," I'm over the whole revenge thing," she stated.
Caramel smiled. Ghost simply laughed. "Oh you'll regret this," Ghost said.
Rainbow rolled her eyes and gave Ghost a sharp tap on the head, knocking him out with a grunt of pain. Caramel winced at the blow. He then looked at Rainbow, who seemed to be smiling. "So what now?" he asked.
"You're fired," Rainbow said, shocking Caramel.
"I... uh... what?" Caramel stumbled over his question.
Rainbow laughed. "Things aren't working out with Glory... eh, Rarity," Rainbow explained. Caramel quirked an eyebrow at the correction. "So I need my old assistant back," she finished.
Caramel smiled. "And who's going to run the company?" he asked.
"I think I can take it from here," Rainbow said. Before they could continue the sound of sirens blared outside of the building. "What took the cops so long?" Rainbow asked annoyed.
Caramel smiled. "No big deal. A hero took care of things," he said, surprising Rainbow. The two smiled at each other for a few moments. Caramel looked away a little embarrassed. "You may want get out of here. Cops tend to ask questions," Caramel suggested.
Rainbow looked at her flight stabilizers. "Can't make it all the way home. Probably gonna have to have a press conference about all this anyway. Mind if I crash at your place for the night?" Rainbow asked Caramel.
"Yeah. As long as you don't actually crash into it. My insurance doesn't cover super heroes," Caramel joked.
Rainbow laughed. "Got it. I'll see ya later then," she said as she jumped into the air, activating the two working thrusters and started flying rather unsteadily towards Caramel's home.