The next three days were filled with fun and merriment. One could barely believe that a few days ago, Shadow Strike resented the city. But all good things must come to an end, and the bounty hunters must return to the world of crime and justice they had taken an all too brief vacation from.
Shadow Strike turned to his filly friend and said "Oh man. I haven't had that much fun since that time in Ponyville when this one guy tried to hide from me in the Everfree forest."
Long shot smirked. "That coming from the stallion who was so opposed to this trip in the first place."
"Heh.... Yeah..."
The train ride home was much longer than the train ride there for some reason, making the bounty hunter duo arrive back in Canterlot at nearly nine o'clock at night.
Shadow Strike and Long Shot approached the donut shop. Joe was seeing out the last few patrons as he prepared to close for the night.
"Joe! We're home!" The two said in unison.
The donut maker looked at the two hunters with a big welcoming smile. "Welcome back, guys. How was the trip?" Joe said.
Shadow spoke, "It was fine. How was Hope?
"She was a little angel. OH! That reminds me. She helped me make these for you guys." Joe pulled out two cream filled donuts with chocolate frosting. "I call 'em 'Cream de la Cream'. Eat up!"
Shadow and Long Shot each took a donut and sunk their teeth into it.
"Mmmm! Joe, these are really friggin good!" Long Shot proclaimed.
Joe said "SH! Hope Ember is upstairs asleep. And thank you."
The two bounty hunters finished their donuts. Shadow Strike spoke once more. "I'm going upstairs to check on Hope."
Long Shot nodded. "Yeah. I think I'm gonna put together that rifle Malware gave me, then hit the hay."
"Alright. G'night" the sword-slinger said.
The pink unicorn filly that was Pupa/Hope Ember was out cold on the couch in the living room on the second story of the building. Shadow approached the tiny creature and kissed her on the cheek. "Good night, my little changeling." he said.
In her room, Long Shot was placing the two rotating barrels for her new rifle onto the body she had custom made. As she made sure everything was attached the way it supposed to be, she stared at the flash drive that Malware gave to her. Long shot thought to herself, Watch yourself Blitzkrieg. I'll find you one day.
And with that thought, she placed her new rifle down and went to bed.