The door slams shut behind them. Fluttershy lays Twilight on a chair in the tower, Rarity sets the cello down, pinkie slumps on the ground, tired, and Mac gently places a confused Octavia on their large, comfy couch, and Rainbow-Dash just stands there, pacing. A few minutes pass with no communication among them until Pinkie-Pie simply asks,"Where's Apple-Jack?"
"I'm sure she'll come in in a few minutes, darling," Rarity assures Pinkie. Five minutes pass. Fifteen. Thirty. An hour. Still no Apple-Jack.
"I'm going back for her," RD says.
"Oh no you don't! We work together as a team,"Twilight says,"Semper fidēlis , semper vigilans."
"As mush as I agree with those statements, you can't come; you're injured."
"Well fine. I'll wait here."
"I guess I'll wait here with you, darling," Rarity say. "After all, I don't want anyone to get lonely."
"You just don't wanna mess up your cloak, do you?" Rainbow says, sarcastically.
Rarity blushes. "Well, not really, but it is a plus." She gives a cheesy smile.
"Right. Well, Let's go see what AJ's up to." The other assassins run out of the door.
-=+=-
Rainbow-Dash and the others finally reach the theatre. When they open the door, the sight they see is a horrific one. Fluttershy almost faints. They run over to the stage and see all the guards dead, some so horribly that they were decapitated. But the actual thing that sickened them was the fact that AJ lay on the ground, barely breathing, with a large pike not only clear through her side, but literally pinning her to the ground. Rainbow was the first to the scene and quickly picked up AJ, yet did not remove the pike.
"What are you doing?!" shouts Pinkie Pie. "Take the pike out!!"
"NO!" Replies Rainbow. "The pike is blocking some of the blood-flow from leaving her body. If we remove it, she will die quicker."
"Well, what are ya'll idiots argue'n fer?" Says Mac. "Git her to a doctor now! GO! GO!! GO!!!"
They rush to a doctor and lay a wounded Apple-Jack on the table, making the doctor give a surprised look. "Well," he starts," I'm honestly surprised she's not mortuus. I will see what egō can do."
The assassins wait for hours waiting for the doctor to reply. He finishes and tells them that AJ will need to stay at his house and get well there until AJ is ready in five days. So with low heads, the assassins head back to the tower.
-=|=-
Five days later, Big Mac, Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy start back for the doctor. They find him and he greets them. "Ahhh, salvē amīcæ! I have your friend ready to go, but she still needs to take it easy for a few days. Now as far as a fee...as much as I'd like to make it free, I can't. The charge will be 2500 florins."
Twilight hands the doctor a large sack full of money. "Keep the change," she says. "You have done an unimaginably great favor. Gratiās tibi agō."
"To you as well. Well, farewell!" The assassins wave goodbye to their friend and start walking back for the tower. On their way back, Fluttershy taps on Apple-Jack's shoulder.
"Whach'a need, sugar cube?" AJ asks.
"May I...uhh...sī placet...talk to you...privately?"
"Uuhh, sure, hun." AJ falls back with Fluttershy. "What's the matter?"
"Well...I..." Fluttershy's face gets beet red. She whispers something in AJ's ear. Apple-Jack's own face gets bright red and her eyes grow to the size of saucers.
"Wait...you...uhhmmm..."
"Big Mac amō..."
"I well...uhhhh-" AJ is interrupted by Fluttershy starting to cry. It turns quickly into slow sob. Apple-Jack pulls Fluttershy into a hug and starts to lovingly weave her fingers into Fluttershy's long, pink mane. "Shhh. It's ok, no need to cry 'bout it."
"Will you-sniff-hate me?"
"Oh, of course not, sugarplum. But I don't get why you're telling me this. I'm not the one you love, Big Mac is. Why not tell him?"
"Timeō..."
"Oh, don't be scared. Tū nōn necot. Just tell him; it'll be fine."
Fluttershy looks up at AJ with a smile. "Gratiās tibi agō." She walks up to Big Mac and whispers in his ear. They fall back to where AJ is and she moves up with the rest, leaving Fluttershy and Mac to their privacy.
"Is something the matter, darling?" Rarity asks.
"Nope," replies AJ,"Ah'm sure ya'll found out in due time." She looks over her shoulder one last time just to see Mac and Fluttershy exchange a kiss. AJ smiles. "Ya finally found one, brother. A good one Ah'm sure."
-=|=-
Soon, the assassins reach their home. "Well,"Apple-Jack starts,"Ah best be hittin' the hay. Ah need plenty of rest. Doc said fer 'bout five more days. Ah apparently heal quicker than most people. Normally this'd take about a week... Well, G'night!" AJ slams the door shut behind her and flops on her bed.
"I should sleep, too,"Twilight says. I'm pretty tired myself." Twilight goes in her own room.
"I'll go do a few small contracts for Ezio," RD says. Those Templars won't kill themse-well they might if they know I'm coming." RD sprints out if the door.
"I need to rest too," Rarity says.
"Me three!" Pinkie chimes in.
Everyone goes in their respectable rooms, leaving Fluttershy with Big Mac. They just stare at say other for a long time. Fluttershy says," Well...I, uh, guess I'll be...heading to bed."
"Well Ah'll come with you. Don't want ya gettin' lonely," Mac replies, making Fluttershy turn red. They go in the same room. The door shuts. "Tū amō, Fluttershy."
"Tū amō, Big Mac."