Fluttershy didn't sleep, the bullet wound kept her awake, she cleaned her weapons, all of them. Nightmare had sensed that Fluttershy was awake, so she summoned her. Fluttershy hesitated, she finally came down three minutes later.
"Flutter, don't hesitate again!" Nightmare yelled, Fluttershy expected it.
"What's my job?" Fluttershy asked, changing the subject.
"We suspect that the captain of the Shadowbolts has been giving away secret military information to the rebels," Nightmare said angrily.
"How do I kill her?" Fluttershy asked, looking back up at Nightmare.
"Be creative, she needs to suffer, she will be here for a show tomorrow," Nightmare said.
"I have an idea," Fluttershy said.
Fluttershy walked back up to her study, she opened a book on explosives, she turned to the incendiary section. She was looking for a way to use speed to ignite incendiary powder.
"Duh, friction," Fluttershy said aloud, she found an extra Shadowbolts costume in Rainbows size, placed 30 grams, enough to burn down the castle, of powder in the costume, she put special detonators right below the wing holes, and packets of 3 grams near them, the fire would burn the costume and the Captain inside it.
Fluttershy would bring her the new costume, saying it was to increase speed, and make a new trick. When the Captain of the ShadowBolts flapped her wings enough, the costume would burst in to flames, and she would burn and fall to the earth. The plan was perfect, she and Nightmare could both watch it happen.
The next morning rolled around, and Fluttershy met the Captain.
"Hello Fluttershy, name's Rainbow Dash," Rainbow Dash said, she had a painted black mane.
"Hello, Rainbow," Fluttershy said, shaking Rainbow's hoof.
"What'cha got there?" Rainbow asked, pointing to the suit.
"Oh, it's a suit from the Princess, it does a trick when you fly really fast," Fluttershy hid a smirk.
"Cool, send a thanks form me," Rainbow said, walking off with the suit.
Fluttershy walked to Nightmare's chamber.
"What are you doing here, you're supposed to be working," Nightmare said.
"Let's go see the ShadowBolts," Fluttershy said smiling.
Nightmare agreed, and they sat in the royal section of the stadium. The six Shadowbolts lined up, Rainbow in the middle, they took off, the first half of the show was quite good actually, many tricks and aerobatic maneuvers. The second half was better, that black maned captain soared over the crowd, a trail of smoke behind her, the crowd was cheering, they thought it was a trick.
Nightmare looked at Fluttershy, who was smiling.
The first hints of flames appeared, and whoosh, the costume was burning, that Shadowbolt inside it, she was still flying, the crowd was cheering louder than ever, until the large packets of powder ignited. The Shadowbolt exploded into flames, coming crashing into the hard dirt, flames consuming her body.
The crowd was going insane, ponies were screaming, and ponies were running, everypony was in a panic. And the two loved it.
"Well Fluttershy, that was entertaining," Nightmare said, looking back down at Fluttershy.
"Thank you," Fluttershy said.
"She's dead, and she suffered, you can get a week off if you want," Nightmare really enjoyed the show, and she was proud of her assassin.
"Two days, then I want my next job," Fluttershy said plainly.
Nightmare agreed, and the two walked back to the castle, the screams of the crowd behind them, growing quieter.
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"I knew she was going to try and kill me," Rainbow said, zooming towards Everfree.
Rainbow had sent her replacement to fly that day, and she watched as the Bolt had caught fire, and died. She was zooming at close to 500mph towards the rebel mainstay, led by Prince, well former Prince BlueBlood.
Rainbow reached her destination, the seven thousand rebels who were there were shocked to see a Shadowbolt there, but most of them knew her. They were shocked because, she had come, she never came there, only in times of absolute desperation. She ran to the castle, she saw the Dean of Magical institutes in Canterlot there, she apparently had a run in with the assassin too.
"Twilight Sparkle, that was her name," Rainbow thought.
"Did you try to be killed too," Twilight said to Rainbow.
"Yes, my double burned to death," Rainbow said sadly.
"I'm about to see BlueBlood, there have been three attacks, me, you, and the CEO of the Apple corporation, all by the same assassin," Twilight said.
The doors to BlueBlood's office opened, and the two went inside. They sat down in chairs across form BlueBlood, BlueBlood had changed, he cared more for other then himself now, and he is more rugged than royal. His coat was no longer white, but a dull grey color.
"What happened to both of you?" Blueblood asked.
"i had an assassin attack me, she killed thirty six of my followers, she blew up my office building," Twilight said.
"I'm sorry," Blueblood said, "And you?"
"My double burned to death in a suit the assassin made for me," Rainbow said.
"We will get revenge.." Blueblood said, slamming his hoof on the desk.
"How?" Twilight asked.
"We are going to Canterlot in three weeks," BlueBlood said.
"Three weeks?" Rainbow said.
"That is when we run out of food, we have no choice," Blueblood.
That's when the planning started.........