Book One; Chapter Eight
Great Revenge
Rashel's pupils shrank as she felt the cold, silver dagger press against her skin and fur. Rashel was about to hyperventilate. The one thing that could truly kill her was being pressed to her heart. She tried to calm herself down. There was no way Maxii would kill her. They went way back.
Maxii's left eye twitched.
Never mind. It was the perfect time to freak out.
Caramel let out a wail of despair as Maxii drew blood from his beloved. Rashel growled and narrowed her eyes.
"Maxii, I'm going to kill you!"
"Are you, dear?" she grinned and lifted the dagger. She wiggled it under Rashel's nose. "I'm not going to kill you, silly. I've got a shamefully soft spot in my heart for you."
"Sure you do." Maxii bared her fangs.
"Careful. It's not that soft." She turned to Caramel. "I've got a surprise for you!"
"I don't want your surprise."
"Well, you're getting it." Maxii flipped her hair and clasped her hands together. "This is so much fun, isn't it?"
Flash was halfway done with the second file when Simon walked into the precinct. Simon was carrying a backpack and he had on a black cap with a skull on it. He plopped down right next to the pegasus.
"Found any leads?" he asked. Flash shook his head and sighed.
"There's really no tell-tale signs or anything. Nopony saw anything... nopony heard anything. Ponies could only describe the ones that were kidnapped and what time ponies started to realize they were missing."
"Well that sucks."
"Yea."
"Heads up, brother." Simon whispered. Flash looked up. Iona had left her office. She glanced from left to right before going outside. Simon narrowed his eyes. "Where's she going?"
"Might as well find out." Flash gathered his things. Simon offered his backpack.
"Can't have you running with all that stuff in your hands, now can ya?"
"Guess not." They rushed to the door and peeked out. Simon grinned and shrugged the backpack on.
"Let's go. We got a boss to follow."
A stallion walked up the concrete sidewalks searching. He was sure that this was the place he was supposed to go to. It wasn't until he saw the white-haired girl open the door of one of the houses and look around as if looking for somepony that she knew. He deliberately walked in her line of sight. She caught sight of him and her eyes widened along with her grin.
"Angel! Come in, come in!" she opened the door wide for him. He stepped inside.
"I hear you've been requesting me..." Angel stopped, catching sight of Caramel and Rashel tied up. "...I see you've also been busy." Maxii giggled.
"Yes, very busy. I really like this town. The prey have an interesting way of coming to me."
"Maxii..." Angel started carefully. "Are you the one responsible for the sudden high death toll?" Maxii didn't even blink.
"Yup." Her brother glanced at Rashel, then at Caramel. He returned his gaze to his sister.
"You killed twelve ponies in one week?" Rashel coughed in surprise.
"You killed how many ponies!?"
"Actually, it was fifteen. No biggie." Maxii corrected.
"No biggie!?" Caramel yelled. Maxii whirled around.
"I wasn't talking to you, you insufferable worm! You are vermin! I don't care about your kind!"
"Maxii..." Angel growled.
"You so deserve to die." Caramel grumbled. Maxii threw herself at him. He fell back in surprise. Angel tried to hold her back.
"HOW DARE YOU!? HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME THAT WAY! I AM BETTER THAN YOU! YOU ARE SCUM! I WILL RIP YOUR APPENDIX OUT! I'LL GUT YOU! I'LL HAVE YOUR LIVER ON A PLATTER! I'M GONNA-"
"Oh my god, she's having a mental break down." Angel rolled his eyes and lifted Maxii off of the stunned Caramel. He sat her down on the couch and put his hand on his waist. "Listen, Maxii, you know I love you and all that stuff but now is really not the time to feed your weird vermin-obsessed fantasies." Maxii blushed and sputtered.
"I-I-I..." she shook her head and glared at him. "I do not fantasize!"
"Course you don't." Angel teased. He wrapped an arm around his sisters' waist."You would never have some weird fetish about the very creatures you hate."
"I don't like the sarcasm in your voice." Maxii flipped her hair. "Anyways, the pony will be a present from me to you. You're still in need of more stock, yes?" Angel nodded, but there was a dark look in his eyes. "Good. Rashel will be coming with us but she's not going to be a part of stock. She'll be more of an... unwilling accomplice."
"Wha-" Maxii shoved the hilt of the dagger in Rashel's mouth before she could protest.
"Wait, your coming?"
"Of course!" Maxii quickly grabbed a random wooden object. " ...Unless you have a problem with that..." Angel put up his hands.
"I have no problem."
"Good." Maxii strolled past him and dropped the wooden object, humming a happy tune. Angel stared at her like she was crazy.
"Damn, sis, what are you on!?" he muttered.
Iona turned a corner. Flash followed from above. With every powerful flap of his wings, he a little higher to see if anypony was following them. He also had to watch out. One look up and Iona would see him. He did not want to explain to his boss why he was stalking her. Well, it wasn't exactly stalking... Iona kept walking. She peeked around another corner and into a dark alley.
"Are you there? I don't have all day." she said. A figure stepped out of the shadows. It was Blueblood! Flash nearly tumbled out of the sky at the sight of the white unicorn.
"Why did you call me of all ponies?" Bluebood said with a frown.
"Because you're a vampire hunter in training," Iona stated proudly. Flash did a double take. "and this is your session." Flash brought his wings closer to his body and dived towards the ground. He landed on his feet right next to Simon, who was engrossed by their conversation.
"Hey, I have got crazy news."
"GAH!" Simon yelped. Flash scrambled to cover his mouth. Simon swatted him away. "Dammit, man! Don't you know it's never good to sneak up on a brother? You're a danger to my mojo."
"What mojo? I could've been a ferocious werewolf or worse."
"W-what's worse than a werewolf?"
"A shapeshifter. Now c'mon."
"Shapeshifter!? Those are a thing too? Man, next thing you know, you'll be telling me vampires are really real." Flash gave him a look.
"They are."
"Shut up...! You're so killin' my vibe!"