The human, ends up in a world of ponies. But like earth, this world also is flawed. So he does what he does best. Fight the bad guys head on, and meets and adventurer along the way.
Ghost pretty much knows only one thing. How to fight and win those fights. But some other power had plans and sent him into another world. Full of anthro ponies. Surprisingly not the weirdest thing Ghost has seen or experienced. But he found this world has problems too. The kind he specializes in fixing. So that is what he set out to fix. Though he ends up meeting an adventurer along the way.
"So, what are you guys going to do with me?" Ghost said, tied to a tree in the middle of the camp. "I notice you guys are drinking and partying. Let me loose and I'll show you some true dancing skills. Going to question me? I used to be a boy scout so I've come to like hiking in the woods. Going to sell me? I'm not worth much to the high end bidders. Boss going to come and talk to me? I'll do my best to put on my winning smile. Oh, by the way, do I have anything in my teeth?"
Unfortunately, there are three goons to watch him during the night. Which no one in the camp could quite figure out why this human was so eager to surrender when their weakest thug found him walking about. But that wasn't much to them, something to sell or hold for ransom. Though whoever did the knot to the ropes holding Ghost to the tree was below good enough to keep a dog from running off, let alone keep a human in place. Though Ghost has a reason for being here.
Yes, see, these bandits have been messing with a small village for a few months now. Raiding the convoys that either leave or try to enter the village. So some of the merchants of the village and other locations that sell to the village have paid Ghost to find and deal with these bandits. Deciding to have some fun, he let himself get caught.
"Do you ever shut up?" One of them said, angrily. They weren't allowed to touch him yet. So they can't really do anything to him.
"It's my gift to the world. And before you ask, no refunds, no exchanges, only in store credit. No exceptions."
"I have had about enough of this idiots babbling nonsense." Another said.
"Put ear plugs in. Nothing is stopping you." Ghost replied almost too monotone and emotionless to be healthy.
"....The only good thing that has come out of your mouth, but we have to keep ears sharp....unfortunately."
"At least we are let off in an hour to he can be someone else's problem."
"But I was starting to like you guys." Ghost replied, doing a sad face, which was very faked, but he wasn't trying.
"Too bad." After that a figure came from the woods. Turns out these guys have a boss. Ahuizotl himself shows up, being a full two and half foot taller than Ghost, who is 5'10 (I dare you to do that math). He looks around the camp a little before walking towards where Ghost is being kept.
"I see that you guys are right that you captured a human." He commented staring at Ghost.
"I think I've heard of you before. Ali Dodo? Is that right?" Ghost says, pretending to be confused about the pronunciation of the name. He knew quite well that he said it wrong and the correct way to say it. He just wanted to call him a dodo (Let's be honest that we all do).
He didn't find it funny. "Ahuizotl." He says with a low growl.
"Could have fooled me." Ghost says, nonchalantly. Now Ahuizotl is growling only inches from Ghost's face. He obviously has a short fuse. Ghost however is completely un-phased by all of it.
Not that far observing the whole ordeal is Daring Do. Been there since Ghost just started his his big list of questions. Being smart she isn't going to jump in just yet. Also it would seem that this human knows what he is doing or has done this before since Ahuizotl is not even phasing him.
"Oh I'm sorry is this the part where I scream and cry for mother? I didn't read that far into the script and also my mother died many years ago." Ghost comments again. Pretty chill about the whole thing.
After another growl Ahuizotl speaks again. "Three thousand for the human."
"You and I both know I'm worth less than that." Ghost interjects. Just toying with with everyone he can at this point.
"Deal." The bandit camp leader says and takes the bag of bits.
"Guess I'm going to be going on an adventure. I'll be back real soon boys. Better save a cupcake for me." Ghost says as some of Ahuizotl's henchmen lead Ghost off.
"You're his problem now, and based on his anger, I doubt it." The bandit leader said, looking in the bag of bits he just got.
Daring decided to tail behind and follow. Quite curious on what Ahuizotl could want with a human.
"At last, I can finally unlock the secret chamber of that dreaded temple. And I can silence you at the same time." Ahuizotl commented to Ghost.
"Oh, one of those locks that needs a certain type of blood. Goodie." Ghost says, not very enthused nor upset just yet.
The rest of the adventure was traveled in silence. Daring was still trailing off in the distance. Ghost meanwhile was using a sharp blade that he had hidden at his wrist to cut the rope slowly and silently. The way they did the knot, he could still make it look like he was tied when he really wasn't. Also no one bothered to remove any of his gear. So he is still armed to the teeth. Whoever thought that was a good idea was going to regret it later.
They arrive at the temple. By now Ghost finished with that rope and hid the knife again. No one noticed he had managed to cut the rope. Which was a good thing. That was until they got to this alter looking place near a sealed door. "Oh how lovely." Ghost commented upon seeing it.
Daring Do was not that far behind. Everyone was gathering near the alter so she could get in closer than normal. She now was getting a little concerned about the human. He may be in too deep now. But she, just like all the others, has no idea that Ghost was free and ready to make his move.
"Get on the alter." Ahuizotl commanded. But Ghost just smiled up at him.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you? You can't kill a ghost." With that Ghost released the cut ropes and drew his two swords that he had sheathed on his sides.
"Kill him!" Ahuizotl commanded and moved away as his goons moved in, eager to put this human down. Unknown to them, Ghost is highly skilled in fights.
Ghost was quite calm as he scaled up his adversaries. Of course they out-numbered him by a decent margin, he counted fifteen men starting to gather around him. Several armed with knives and swords. Most were armed with fists and machetes. Ghost maintained his defensive posture. Refusing to get close and keeping them distanced. He noticed there was several poor lighting areas. He loved these.
"Come on boys, let's go play in the dark." Ghost said with a soft smirk before ducking into the dark corner. His dark attire immediately made him become invisible to the goons. As they were using the torches near the center of the room at first.
Shortly after that, one of the goons was grabbed and a very short struggle was heard. All defensive now, the goons went into the unknown section to hunt out the human. But one by one he picked them off. Moving silently he was unheard till he drug off the goons into the darkness. Before they knew it, it was down to two and they were back to back, "Show yourself coward!" One of them screamed.
"As you wish." Ghost said as he appeared into their view. Being only two, he could take them both on at once. As they most likely lacked the disciplined training that Ghost received. Ghost now went onto the offensive, he raised his swords and quickly moved at his last two opponents. They were scared now, he picked off all their comrades without engaging them head on. Who knows what he can do against two head on.
Ghost circled them, sizing them up, estimating their skill level and trying to find a weakness to exploit. One seemed to have a weaker left knee and the other appeared to have bruised abdominal area. Looked like bruised or cracked ribs. Ghost now finding his enemies weakness went into the engagement. His opponents had only machetes so he had reach and more power going for him. As his guess proved, the one avoided putting weight on the knee when he could help it. So Ghost constantly did attack after attack that would require him to put use on that knee. Meanwhile the other goon would try to catch Ghost off guard but Ghost having another sword and great defensive training proved to be quite difficult. Plus not having the same reach as a sword made it hard to get a good attack in, as Ghost always countered with stabs towards the ribs. He could easily dodge, but the point was bring up the pain in the chest by overdoing the movements and reminding the goon that he does have bruised ribs.
Ghost kept this up for at least twenty minutes before they fatigued and he gained the upper hand against them. Though all he did was disarm them and got them on their knees with their hands up. "Tired already, man, need to do more cardio. Surrender now, and this ends here between you and me. I am not a killer, though I will kill if I need too."
"You didn't kill our friends?" The one asked and looked up at Ghost.
"Nope. Just put them in a choke hold till they blacked out." Ghost replied, sheathing one sword and keeping the other out for now.
"We won't try anything as long as you let us live."
"Wise decision. Play nice and I won't have to come back." Ghost turned to see if their boss was around but he had ran off. Daring Do was not paying much attention either where her enemy took off too. As she found herself intrigued by this human who took on thugs single handed and won without a scratch.
Ghost sheathed the other sword and preceded to leave the cave. The goons got up, for a moment they thought about attacking, but decided to not waste the one chance they knew they had at his mercy. Daring ducked into a cutout to not be seen by the human as he left.
After a few minutes later Ghost was near the bandit camp that was currently partying. Being surrounded by hills, they chose the worst place to camp, from a military point of view, no high ground and easy to sneak up on. But time to give them the message Ghost was hired to give. Ghost chucked a few flash grenades into the mist of the party and quickly went to the camp. The grenades went off and he quickly got the lead on the ground with him being all dazed and blinded by the flash. "Told you I was going to be back. Time to leave those villages alone or taking all your bits is the least you will have to worry about me doing." Ghost this time draws a revolver and fires a single shot near the bandit leader's head.
"Yes, yes, we get it. Please don't kill us." He pleaded. He was very scared and fearful sounding. In no time Ghost had robbed him of all his mojo and boss like attitude.
"Good, because I will be watching." Ghost then takes the bits that was used to buy him off of the bandits. One of the guards tried to stop Ghost from leaving but Ghost takes him, flips him over his back and now is on top of the bandit who is on their back. "Next time I won't be gentle." Ghost then punches him once in the gut. Which leaves the guard winded.
The whole time Daring has been watching. Forgetting whatever objective she originally went after as her priority went to solving the mystery of the this human that could fight very well. Who was he? What is his history? What is he doing on this planet? Those were the most prominent of questions she had racing around in her mind. Though her thoughts were broken when she heard "Enjoy the show there?" Come from behind her.
She turned quickly and saw the human standing behind her. She fell onto her back as she was surprised and unprepared to be met by the human in such a manner. "I uh...I was...um..." Daring couldn't believe she was stumbling on her words like some school girl who is talking to her crush for the first time.
Ghost simply smiled and reached out his hand to help her up. "It's okay, I surprise a lot of people. Even when I am not trying to be sneaky." He said a bit softly. He knew he definitely caught her way off guard. But no better way to relieve the tension than a proper introduction. "Name is Ghost. But that is my not my real name, just like yours isn't Daring Do."
This had her completely shell shocked, how did he know she had a cover name? Fair enough he has his own and that is probably why. But she still had to ask, "How did you know?" Ghost grinned and slid one of the novels out of his back pocket. "Very interesting read. But even the most seasoned writers would have some difficulty coming up with the scenarios and outcomes in the detail that this novel was written in (If only I was that good). Plus the name seems to quite fictional, though it does have a ring to it. Just like mine. Rolls off the tongue, sets the stage that I am quite mysterious, quiet and feared. Your cover name inspires boldness and bravery. Also, you look way too much like the author when I did a quick internet search on A.K. Yearling." Ghost was selling that he had her all figured out based on all other little known facts, but he just grinned at the end. How simple it was for him to find the truth.
Daring did accept his hand to sit back up (I didn't forget that bit, don't give me that look), "So you know my real name. What is yours? If I may know." Daring dusted herself just a little and adjusted her hat.
"Brandon McTavish. Last name is not my 'real' name. I changed it to that after..." At this point Ghost's voice just drops out and he kind of just goes blank for a second. "Let's just say I had a very bad day and it changed me into what I am today and we will leave it at that for now." Daring nodded. Her curiosity as both a writer and an adventurer peaked as he obviously had a highly interesting past if made him change names and make him a skilled fighter. Though as she knows as well, there are some things that are not easily discussed nor should be said to random strangers.
Before Daring could put together another sentence, Ghost smiles again and chirps in, "I know what you are about to tell me." Daring looking confused asks "What?"
Ghost now grinning replies, "Welcome to the jungle (you saw this line coming and if you didn't then shame on you)." Daring looks confused but giggles at his bad joke. "Well, I'm going to go back to the village and get some much needed sleep. You are probably going to do the same and then document this encounter for the novel. Which I can already tell what you are going to say about me. Cheesy boy in cape running around in the jungle tried to woo over Daring Do with a bad joke." He changed the tone of his voice to be quite dramatic as he says his intro to her. This only sends Daring into a giggling fit. The delivery more so than the joke itself is what done her in. Ghost in the meantime is just smiling. He couldn't help but be happy that his methods of madness paid off.
After a few minutes Ghost helps her stand up then they both head their separate ways for the night. Though Daring was definitely going to try to meet up with this weird human again (wouldn't be much a story if they didn't now would it?).
After Ghost returned to the village the citizens eagerly awaited to see if he had succeeded. They were elated to hear the news. Though Ghost was ready to just lay down and get some good well needed rest. Being a man of habit, he was always an earlier riser. But seeing as the inn he was in also was a pub (I'm not British, just the term rang better than bar) he decided to have a little fun before leaving. As in games. They had games. He set the record for darts (who would have guessed), beat one other at pool, though barely. Sure enough, an hour had passed and he set down with some toast and eggs with coffee. He likes the simple things, give him a break. Also the newest newspaper arrived at this time as well and well, he was eager to give it a read.
Right when he flipped it open, another figure entered the pub. Hey, surprise it's Daring Do. "'A ghost usually means that a town is cursed but last night, one came and aided us and liberated the bandits robbing us of the necessary goods we try to export or import.' Not used to seeing myself in the news as the good guy." Ghost commented from behind the paper as Daring walked towards his table and sat down. Ghost wasn't wearing his black fighting attire, which was a black cloak, shirt and pants. Instead he was wearing a green polo and jeans. To Daring's surprise he didn't have the look that she thought he would have had. He had a clean haircut, fresh shave and not all gritty with dirt. Just looking he looked like a really strong normal person from one of the bigger cities.
"Oh really? Even when you go and help others back where you are from?" Daring was curious about what earth was like. Might as well see what their news outlets were like. She took her hat off and laid it on the table. Even if trouble came through the door, she knew the man across the table was more than skilled enough to deal with it without her intervention.
"Where I am from, most would rather focus on the harm rather than the benefit. Any damage I did was the focus of the papers. Even if I rescued fifteen students from hostages. It became a sad place to be. Even though this place has it's own troubles, they are vastly different than what earth was like." Ghost kept skimming around the paper. It lacked a lot of detail, though the town only had like a hundred residents, so news is slow to come by. Him showing up was the biggest thing this town had since the bandits first showed.
"I have to ask, are you concerned about others finding out about your alter ego. You just spoke of yourself in the open." It was one thing to talk about himself to her in a manner that wouldn't draw attention to his alter ego when she was at the table, but saying it while she was across the room, that could be dangerous.
"The only human shows up and Ghost shows up later that night to deal with the worst of the worst. Coincidence? Probably not. Not like I have anything to lose here though. Just me, myself and I. Plus I rarely have to use my alter ego for much other than a scare tactic on some high school bully. What you saw yesterday was the most I have done for a few months. Before that was griffons bothering a forest village in a distant country. They would rather fight than take a bribe." He shrugged and folded the paper and left it on the table before taking a sip of coffee.
Daring picked up the paper and sure enough Ghost was the headline. She laid it back down since she already knew what he did and he did state the main part of the article already. "Guess you are right. But still, what if Ahuizotl finds out you're real name or what you look like."
"Eh, could use the workout. We both know he isn't a skilled fighter nor has the best of hired thugs." Ghost finishes the rest of his breakfast and leaves the money plus tip next to the plate and cup. "You want anything before I head off?"
"I already ate. But where you heading back too?" Hopefully he is heading back towards Ponyville since her house is that way as well. They could travel together for a bit of the way. She also thought of what he said and remembered several encounters where she was easily able to distract and defeat Ahuizotl. Ghost had nothing to fear.
"To my place in Ponyville, why?" (We know why, don't we)
"Well, if you didn't mind, travel together? Get to know each other a bit more?" Daring was probably coming off as flirty or like a school girl. She wasn't trying to be. She just found herself intrigued by Ghost and this was her chance to get a good dive into the mystery human. Not that Ghost was going to mind this. He figured it would be more fun to do this than be bored for several days.
"Why not. It could be plenty of fun. You ready to go?" Ghost couldn't help but pay a bit more attention to this young adventurer. She wasn't the worst to look at, though was no Rarity. Actually, Rarity is a little too overboard up top and in the hips. Daring was closer to Dash. Athletic, but curvy. Though Daring wasn't as curvy as Dash, but she had more muscle tone, so fair trade off.
Daring almost made a squeal when Ghost said yes. This made her blush a little. She quickly put on her hat before she did anything else and stood up. "Yes, let's be on our way." Take it easy Daring. He may be cute, but you don't know if he has a romance already going. Though he probably would have mentioned it when she brought up the dangers. Though why take any interest in a human? Oh yeah, because he can freaking fight and has a history that could be it's own story.
With that Ghost grabbed his travel bag and headed out with Daring. All was quiet till they left the village. That was when Daring chirped in with another question. "So, what did you do before you became a problem solver?" Ghost knew this was the writer side of her. She wanted to do something about him for a book, either as a spinoff or get more for her own series. Ghost had no care.
"I was a soldier. Special Forces. Me, three other guys versus whatever was keeping us from victory. Time of my life there. I was happy, I enjoyed what I did. I had the best people around me. We always had each others back." This really interested Daring. Nothing like that was really ever done to her knowledge with the Royal Guard. So hearing that he came from something so elite was probably why he could fight like he does.
"What happened to that? Was it coming here, to this planet?" He said he was happy, past tense, something happened to that.
"Oh no. It happened way before I got sent here. No, someone decided that me and pals were no longer fit to fight. Instead of retiring us or firing us, they tried to have us killed by sending us to a death trap. They staged a mission that would kill us. Except it didn't kill me. After that, I went on to learn some new skills and became a problem solver." That story really hit Daring hard. She would have never guessed, nor would have anyone that a man like him would be left to the pasture like that. Except that wasn't much of a pasture.
"I am so sorry that happened to you." Daring's thoughts of this man changed. He had a screwed up past, yet here he is, still trying to do the right thing and leave the world a better place. She admired him more too.
"Nothing to be sorry about. It's in the past and on another planet. I like my life here. New friends, new stories. New possibilities that I never could have had back on earth." Ghost was over the pain and anger he had from that day, still hurt to talk about it, but it got easier every time he did. So he was more eager to let it out rather than avoid it. Plus he was always a positive outcome thinker. This was a turn on for Daring. He completely dismissed his ugly past like it was nothing.
This started as Daring wanting to know more about Ghost just for curiosity sake. But she was starting to find a more attractive side of him. Desirable parts of him that seemed to be too good to be true. But again this was just the start of the journey home. Though the way it looks, Daring may be trying her luck at making him a boyfriend. Now that she thinks about it. She actually never really cared for boys for years. Probably since school. After that she turned into the adventurer and just been busy with that. That and the boys she ends up being around aren't exactly model boyfriends either. Not like Ghost was much better, but at least he didn't wish the world would end tomorrow. That much made him miles ahead of the others. Another reason was that she would have to ensure the safety of any lover if she ever did find a nice guy, since her enemies would certainly love to get their hands on him. Not the case with Ghost, he can handle himself. He's probably better at her job than she is and he doesn't really care for relics. Something she couldn't say about many either. The more she thought about it, the more dreamy he became.
"So, which one of your names is the real name?" Ghost's turn to ask the questions. Since Daring was too busy eyeing him and thinking about him. He knew this since they just walked a mile in silence and he seemed to be her primary focus.
"Daring. I was always a daredevil growing up. A.K. Yearling is the cover name." That caught her off guard and was probably the best interview question to ever receive. Impressive.
"Oh I believe that." Ghost smiled. He could imagine her doing some pretty crazy things as a kid in the living room.
"What does that mean?" She retorted playfully, throwing a jab at his shoulder.
"Hanging from the ceiling fan, Daring Do refused to get down. Despite the fact her parents threatened to ground her for a week." Ghost replied in his best narrator voice. Daring had a good jab, but it could use some work. She blushed hard from this. It was pretty close to what growing up was like, and he was only taking a jab at her name growing up.
During this walk they got to know each other a bit better, all just random trivia facts about each other, like favorite colors, foods, stuff like that. Though a fact that Ghost noticed, the more they walked. The closer Daring got to him. The more the ice broke, the closer she would get. He made no comment nor planned too. He was curious just how close would she get before she would notice, as it would seem that she was clueless that she was doing it herself.
Sure enough after a couple more miles Daring suddenly realized she was almost leaning on Ghost. Who pretended to not notice that she was that close to him. She blushed real heavy, this was so unnatural of her. Though so were humans and yet she almost leaned on one. "You okay Daring? You're face is quite red." Even for a blush her face was quite red. Though the rest of the redness was from embarrassment.
"Yeah, just fine." She tried to play it off, but he wasn't as easily sold on it. She wasn't either. "Okay, truth is. You are kind of cute." She was going to add to that but she just closed herself off as this was beyond her area of expertise. Plus he may not even have feelings for her and turn her down.
"You really find me cute?" Ghost wasn't really surprised that someone found him charming. Let alone Daring Do. He asked this mostly for her to open up to herself more about what she was feeling. He already knew she found him cute. He knew that before they left pub like twelve miles ago.
"Yes. You are cute, to me. Just something about you makes me feel different. Something I never felt before. Is it weird?" This was confusing for Daring. These feelings of desire for someone. Were they natural, was she justified in feeling them? She now was in very unfamiliar water. She felt bad because she drug Ghost into it too. Though he probably knew more about this than she did.
"You have a crush on me. That is why you feel like you want to be with me in a different way than an acquaintance or a friend. Whether it be my personality, looks or both. Something flipped a switch in you. Only you can deal with this. You only have two options, act on it and pursue it, or deny it and ignore it forever. Unfortunately that is how it works. No middle ground. I know you're next question would be if I had a crush on you, yes. Though I wasn't going to do anything till you did."
Daring deeply thought on what he said. Did she seriously develop a crush on him? One thing though, the first part of the solution, what happens next? Last time she felt like this would be at least twelve years ago. Back in school. But that was too far back to recall what that emotion felt like. "What could happen next?" Daring was so lost, and she felt vulnerable too. Exposing a side like this that was soft.
"Usually, more couple like stuff starts to happen. If both parties have agreed to continue it. Cuddles, kissing, things just get more intimate as it progresses." Ghost was well aware that Daring was in a weird place emotionally, if it could be called weird. Though hopefully she knew enough now to be able to decide what to do.
Daring thought about it more. She did want to be with him more, closer too. So she acted, and leaned onto Ghost. Slowly grabbing his arm. She looked up to see what Ghost's reaction was. She was relieved to see that he smiled softly at her. Her vulnerability went away too, or felt it rather be covered by him.
"It's getting dark out. Better set up a camp." Ghost commented softly. Daring nodded, partially sad as her moment was ruined by the setting of the sun. But she knew after camp was made, it could be resumed.
Before long camp was up and a fire was lit. Ghost cooked some basic canned food. It was super bland, but it was better than an empty stomach. Which after that Daring leaned on Ghost again. Finding to enjoy his feel. Softness, mostly due to the lack of fur, smoothness too. But her favorite was his strength. It was no lie at first glance he was strong. He could lift tanks, okay exaggeration, but point was made. Then Ghost put his arm around her and at this point she knew she made the right decision to act on her emotions. The whole world ceased to matter anymore at that point. It was just her and him. She felt soft, but not vulnerable, she felt protected. Protected, something she never knew. Living one day at a time, with no one by her side to help her. But an entire list of enemies that would not hesitate to do her harm. Feeling protected for the first time in how many years was a huge relief to her. She loved how it took stress off of her and made her feel at ease. All she did was just snuggle into Ghost more and closed her eyes.
Ghost couldn't help but notice how adorable and cute Daring was being around him. He could feel her relax into his side and release any unneeded stress. When she shifted and leaned on him more he smiled more and stroked her hair to be somewhat neater. This made her blush. Feeling him being gentle with her. Was the last two days a dream for her? Because it feels like it. Or is he a dream come true for her? Her reaction, she kissed his cheek. She blushed heavily afterward, in disbelief that she was behaving like this. All of this was new to her. Sure she joked to her enemies, but this was actually real and it could last. She wanted it to last.
Ghost responded with his own kiss to her cheek. Which deepened the blush Daring was wearing. She started to shift on him, then pause, then continued. She moved to be on his lap and wrapped her arms around him as her head buried into his chest. Blushing hard the whole time. Though content in her new position. Ghost didn't stop her though she sighed happily and groaned softly when she felt his arms wrap around her back. Pressing herself into him knowing he wasn't going to fight it. Daring felt the world fall away completely. It was her and him and the campsite. She loved it. Her enemies did not exist, her career did not exist, her books did not exist. No fear, no worry. Just feeling happy and love. Ghost gave her feelings she never knew she could feel and then some. Though to her happiness, he isn't rushing to more inappropriate stuff with her. She didn't want that, not yet anyway. She is just getting into this whole boyfriend girlfriend thing. Besides, she also wanted to make sure Ghost was the one she was going to keep. Right now it's a yes, but tomorrow still has yet to happen and prove itself.
Ghost began to gently rub Daring's back. She gasped and moaned for him softly. Her body slowly relaxing completely into him. He noticed how much she was just enjoying being soft around him. Not the hardy adventurer she spent so long being. Taking a step back from the whole world to enjoy five minutes of bliss that no one could take from her. Though it was getting quite late by now. "We should settle into bed, otherwise we'll never get sleep." Ghost whispered softly.
Reluctantly she got off of him, though she followed him to his tent. "You don't mind do you?" She asked softly.
"Of course not." Ghost replied. He shed his shirt and jeans and laid them to the sign. Daring did the same with a huge blush. She never undressed with anyone nearby yet here she was. They both were down to their underwear and after Ghost laid down, Daring laid on top of him and pulled the blanket up. This was so weird, yet felt good. Feeling Ghost without a lot of clothes being in the way. So soft, warm and muscles. It wasn't just his arms that look like they could pick up a freight train. Though once she was snuggled into Ghost, she almost immediately forgot about the awkwardness of this whole thing and just found herself feeling Ghost's chest rise and fall and hearing his heart rhythm. This was new. She never knew one could feel this kind of closeness before. Though she was asleep before she knew it.
Ghost wrapped his arms around her yet again. Though it wasn't as weird for him. Wasn't the first time he been in bed with a lady. Though seeing her slowly fall asleep was beyond adorable. She looked so peaceful and happy. With that, Ghost let himself go to sleep as well.
Daring never slept like that before in her life. It was peaceful, something she never experienced in her sleep before. Even in her own home. Since her address was public record and her enemies found out about that. Didn't Ghost say he had a house? Maybe, just maybe, by the time this trip is over, if everything went the way she wanted. She may move in with Ghost. Doubt anyone would be foolish enough to attack that place. Speaking of Ghost, she just realized that she was laying on him, in nothing but her underwear. This is the most exposed she has ever felt. Though, not vulnerable. Despite how bad it seems that there is very little covering her body, she is still mostly embarrassed more than anything. The more she thought about it, she felt warm, his body felt nice being against hers. This was no longer a bad thing. She just snuggled back into Ghost to take him in again on full time. This was better than a massage or a spa in her eyes. Just feeling him made her relax and melt. Melt, that was a sensation she never had. She felt like she was his to play with, to mold.
Though to her surprise, Ghost was already awake and was reading her latest novel till she woke up and adjusted herself on him. "Good morning." He said softly to her. He hasn't been up long. Probably about twenty minutes before she showed signs of being awake. Though her adjusting to snuggle more wasn't what he was expecting. Though he wasn't complaining. Her soft body resting upon him was better than any blanket he could own. There was something about feeling the warmth of another that just made it feel special. Especially when it's a romantic interest. He put a bookmark in the book and laid it down before wrapping his arms around her. He didn't care to spend a few extra minutes to enjoy this with her.
Why did he have to speak so softly? It was too romantic. Or maybe not, she didn't know, this was all new to her. "Good morning." She whispered back, blushing. She was starting to enjoy this a little too much. Didn't help when Ghost wrapped her up in his arms. He was so gentle with her. Made her feel fragile. At first she hated the feeling of being fragile. She fought rivals, thugs, bandits, hired guns, animals, villains. She was far from weak. Yet, she felt the complete opposite. Though the act of him slowly holding her sent shivers down her back. His strong arms gently resting against her, his heat keeping her warm. She felt that strange feeling again, protection. Still so foreign to her. To feel all the worry just go away. She sighed happily as she accepted that she actually was, maybe a little fragile. This moment was perfect for her. Though it had to end at some time. Couldn't live in a tent forever.
Daring sat up and smiled at Ghost, who smiled back at her. She went to leave the tent and get dressed. Ghost followed suit, though Daring just put on her usual attire, Ghost changed into his black combat pants and the black under shirt he wears when running around as his alter ego. It was a button up, but not in the usual sense, no collar, no cuffs. The material was thicker than normal for a shirt like this. A few stitch marks show where it was ripped or cut before. Though it was more fitting to be worn in an environment like this. Their breakfast consisted of a MRE that Ghost had packed. One for him one for her. Since these were single serve for individuals. The perk was that they were compact in size and light, so Ghost was able to carry several easily.
After that they started back on their way to their destination, but Daring clung to Ghost's side. She was going to enjoy every second with Ghost she could get out of this. Ghost didn't mind either, he put an arm around her side which made her blush, but smile at the same time. She was not used to this kind of attention. The gentle touch that Ghost had was magical. For once it actually felt like an adventure for her. One that, no matter how it went, it was going to be a fun time. They could get lost and spend an extra five days in the forest, worth every second of it. Usually the adventure was just preventing the end of the planet from happening. Felt nice to save the day, but being able to sit down and relax, that just never happened for her. When she was free she was writing the novels. Which she liked doing, obviously.
Ghost couldn't help but notice that sparkle in her eye, her happiness radiating from her. Never thought such happiness could exist, he was a happy fellow, always on the positive side. But what he saw from her was something special. This is a happiness many never get to experience in their lifetime. Though thinking about, his happiness had a new energy. It felt more powerful. It seemed to come off of Daring, whenever talking to her, holding her, feeling her (dirty minds). She gave him the happiness he gives her. Only difference, it seems Daring rarely was happy. That grin on her face has not vanished since the start. She carries more energy in her than when they first met. Sad really, Daring lived such a life, but it went without something very critical to her. Happiness. Though he knew full well why she was never able to experience it. He's been on the hunt and run off and on so many times. Though for her, it was never ending. If she announced retirement tomorrow, she still had to deal with her enemies. Retirement only meant she would be in one place for an extended amount of time. Making her easy to track down and eventually overwhelm. No way to live. Constant worry and fear that any moment something could come out at you, to harm you. No one understood her better than him. Been there, done it, would do it again. Probably why her relationship with him is flying, some things don't need to be said, or explained. It is just known or experienced. She doesn't have to explain that she probably has a hard time sleeping because it's her most vulnerable state. She doesn't have to explain that she has to stay on the move to avoid being captured by enemies and rivals. He knows every bit of that first hand, and then some. There are things he knows that she does not. But that would apply to a very narrow area. But one thing he does know and puts a smile on his face when he thinks about it. He is probably her hope. Her avenue to escape. She wants it, she is going to do everything she can to secure it. He was going to do everything he could to help her. To save her from being destroyed by this life.
About half way to into today's journey they found a lake that was only noticeable by the slight sound of the waterfall. A nice grass field surrounded the lake, trees kept the lake shaded. The lake itself was large and calm. Daring and Ghost decided that this was going to be a resting point at the least. So they leaned up their gear against a tree and took a small walk around the lake. At least to the waterfall, which was on a cliff. They didn't want to climb it, just look. After that, they went back to the spot they left their gear and had another quick MRE meal.
During the next hour Ghost and Daring just talked, trivia stuff. Daring learned that Ghost was jack of all trades kind of person. He'd fix a roof then go after a bandit party to come back and help cook a large meal. This fascinated her, someone capable of being such an expert in so many fields. While this is quite common, Daring rarely took the time to try to learn much else outside of what was needed to survive. Sad really. Her cooking was subpar, she couldn't maintain her own home the same way Ghost could. But she found that he is quite the opposite of what he let on to be back when he was with the bandits. There he was putting on this front, this show. He beat them up, didn't kill, but taught them a lesson. Yet that was only because he had to be that. He'd much rather help others rather than harm them. But sometimes that is needed.
Daring was very interesting, though she doesn't remember too much of her younger years, some school moments, some moments at home. But honestly, all her memories are from her highly demanding job. The more she talked about it, the more she started to realize how self-destructive this life was. It frightened her. "Honestly, I just can't take it anymore. I lose sleep. Every day I get more paranoid. I live in fear of what may happen. But that all changed when I met you. Even when you are faced with those challenges, you don't give into them. You conquer them. Ahuizotl growled inches from your face, trying to instill fear into you. You didn't even blink. Your mental state had already defeated him. He had nothing he could use outside of actual physical harm. Despite his attempts. I...I am not strong enough to be able to do that. It takes everything in me to not break if him or Dr. Caballeron does those psychological attacks on me. Then I met you. That night, after watching you. All I could think of was you. Something about you made me want to be with you. Last night, I was able to sleep peacefully for the first time, in years. Because you made me feel something that I didn't have and couldn't get by my own means. Protection, from my own fears and worries. When I am with you, they are gone. Nonexistent. And then you gave me happiness. A true form of happiness that doesn't die down, it grows...." Daring was trying not to cry. She didn't want to.
Ghost was listening intently. Daring was really opening up to him, exposing herself to him. He already knew some of this just by reading her. But what he didn't know was the emotion behind it. She was getting mentally weaker each day as a result of her lifestyle. He is now tasked with building her back up. But first things first, no more crying. He grabbed her and pulled her against him. Holding her tight against him. Daring clung to him, wanting to feel his warmth once again. She wanted to be soothed by him. He was giving her what she desperately needed. Though she still couldn't stop herself from unleashing her emotions. She didn't want to get his shirt wet, it was nice (But machine washable)! But it was too late. She felt Ghost gently rub her back and soothingly hum into her ear. His hands felt good and his tone was very soothing, but her mind needed to wipe it's slate and dump her emotions. Despite how badly she didn't want to cry, she felt better now that it was happening.
But after a few minutes of crying into Ghost, she was calming down, snuggling herself into Ghost as he gently relaxed her. She soon was completely relaxed against Ghost, bathing him in. His hands going up and down her back still and his soft hum. He sent her to bliss. She would easily admit that she was very weak and vulnerable at this moment. But it didn't matter because she wanted to feel it. For once she wanted to feel something that didn't require her to do anything but feel. She felt Ghost, and that was all she wanted.
What happened next startled Daring (But are we startled?), Ghost kissed her. Though her body reacted before her mind was done processing it and started to kiss back. She refused to let go of it, or him. She pushed herself against him with everything she had. The kiss, passionate and deep. Surprising she was first to try to invade his mouth with her tongue. Which started a wrestling match between them but Ghost yielded to her, to which she entangled hers with his. During this moment, Daring started to feel new sensations in her body. It was getting hot, and it started to lust, desire. She gently allowed the kiss to be broken. Her and him only a mere inch a part if that. Ghost spoke softly to her, "I promise you, right here, right now, that I will not leave you. I am here for you."
This made her melt, he pledged himself to her. She followed whatever felt right and that was to kiss him again. So she did, just as deep as before and conquered his tongue. Though now her body was extremely hot and just begging her to do something about it. She could tell that Ghost was getting tight in the pants as well. She blushed as she broke the kiss again, though this time it was so she could scratch that itch that built up inside her. She started to undress on top of Ghost. Though Ghost quickly took over, just something about him doing it, just sent tingles down her body. Feeling him gently undo her bra, the way his hands would rub up against her back. It felt amazing. Soon her bust was exposed, erected nipples and feeling extra tender. She was blushing deeply. She was giving herself to Ghost. She was going to be his. She didn't think she would fall for him this fast though. She just caved to the heat of the moment. She didn't want to go back though. She made it this far, she was committing to it. Only thing left on her was the cargo shorts and underwear. Which she had Ghost take off, feeling his gentle hands rub against her hip and rump. It was highly arousing. She didn't realize just how sensitive she had gotten. It could only get better though. Or, so her thinking went.
She now was nude, but Ghost was still clothed. Between her and him, he was quickly disrobed. She then slowly pressed her bare body against his. Letting each other take the other in. He was warm, soft, strong. He felt dominant. Her soft, hot and furry body was quite the sensation to Ghost. Feeling her like this. It was dreamlike. Daring then nipped his neck softly a few times before whispering in his ear. "Take me." All she knew is that she wanted Ghost. But he would be better off doing the whole act do her, rather than her doing him.
Though after a few soft grunts, Ghost took charge over the adventurer. He rolled them over so she was under him. He started to kiss her neck, starting at the top and slowly working down. Daring groaned out in pleasure as she felt his lips kissing her. Knowing he was going lower teased her as well. Her body anticipated something very sensual to take place soon. Though Ghost was agonizingly slow. She wanted to make him go lower faster, but she felt too good to stop him. Her chest and groin were on fire. She needed him to do something. After kissing her neck slowly three times, he jumped right to her chest. Slowly kissing her erected nipples which sent an intense wave of pleasure through Daring's body. Then he kissed her other nipple, same thing.
Daring tasted sweet. Ghost couldn't yet put his finger on what her taste was, but he was going to find out. He took her slow, give her a chance to back out or to build her up. Right now, it's a build. Her nipples were soft and very erect, eagerly awaiting him to give them the desired attention. So he gave them the attention they deserved to get. A lot.
All up and down her chest Ghost kissed, it was intense. So sensitive and kisses felt so good. Until he started to suck on her. Feeling her nipple get put under that constant pressure, it was almost too intense for her. She arched her back and gasped loudly from the pleasure. She didn't want him to stop, nor did he stop, he only continued, putting more and more pressure on her breast to release anything it had built up. Daring could feel her chest respond as she started to lactate. It felt so good, to feel her chest be emptied of it's fluids. Though to her enjoyment, the pressure Ghost had built up wasn't leaving. Though she blushed deeply at the now sounded thought. Ghost is drinking her milk. He is drinking a fluid her body makes. She hoped he enjoyed the taste. Which apparently he did as he only continued to suck on her till she ran dry.
Her plump bust all eager to be enjoyed by another. Ghost quickly set to work on them. Which almost immediately sent Daring into orgasm. The soft yet erect nipple was oddly satisfying to have in his mouth. The reaction when he started to suck was worth doing it more. Till finally, Ghost could taste her milk shooting into his mouth. Butterscotch, her milk and body tasted of butterscotch. Though all too soon, she dried up. Makes sense though, her body had yet to adapt to the one draining her of fluids. He then moved down to her stomach. It was soft to the touch, though she giggled and moaned to his kisses. Now it was time for the main event.
Ghost's kisses on her stomach were amazing. It felt so sensual and loving at the same time. Then he came back up and kissed her deeply. At the same time she felt his erected shaft press against her lips. Asking for her entry. She wrapped her hind legs around him and the next time he tried to enter she pushed back on him and pop. She gasped through her nose as this new sensation hit her. Ghost was inside her. Her tight, soaked cunt, pulled him deeper. She was squeezing him, pulling on his thick shaft. He started to gently thrust into her. Slowly building her up to the intense part. She had to fight to not go limp from the pleasure. The kiss was broken now as they both were panting. She was wrapped tightly around Ghost's body, wanting him more and more. With each thrust Ghost got deeper, and thicker against her slit. Oh she was nearing her limit. She wanted to be pushed over the limit. She rocked her hips in time to his thrusts and very soon, she did it. She clenched on Ghost's shaft, milking every inch of it, her body clench around it's lover tightly and shook in pleasure. Her sex oozed out juices as she came on him. It felt amazing to cum. But it wasn't over yet.
Ghost started to grind and that made her gasp out, the aftermath was just starting to kick in. But she then realized at this point, her ride was about to get way more wild. Her snatch finally loosened up enough to allow Ghost to resume. She could feel every inch of him rubbing against her tight walls, how deep he truly had gotten inside her. If he could managed to get four more inches, he's be against her cervix. Now granted she did do a lot of the work to get him there, tugging and yanking on his rod for every inch of real estate it could have. Before she knew it, he was having another orgasm, just as power as last time too. Though Ghost was able to power through her body and keep thrusting, though definitely without a speed limiter. It was overly intense. Wave after wave of pleasure crashing down on her body. She lasted another five minutes due to Ghost's thrusting.
Though by now, he was nearing his own limit. Daring could feel it, he was twitching inside her. His rhythm getting imbalanced. She was about to get claimed. To get stuffed full of spunk. "Yes, Ghost, do it! Pump me full of you!" She pleaded. By this point, it was the pleasure talking. But deep down, she wanted this. She wanted Ghost to be hers and wanted to belong to Ghost. Ghost at this point was right at his limit, he could feel her body refusing to let go of him, pleading with him to make his claim. He pushed hard into her and started to shake, his balls and shaft twitching and throbbing. Daring gasped happily as she felt his hips pump against hers, feeling his shaft throb and wiggle inside her. Then the sweet release could be felt. Ghost felt an intense pressure suddenly pop and his warm jizz sprayed into her body. She could feel his spunk enter her in thick powerful spurts. It was warm and sticky, and was filling her up. Her body instinctively started to milk him in time to his ejaculation. Making him last longer with more intensity.
Ghost couldn't even attempt to pull out, neither his body nor Daring's body would cooperate. His was in a spasm attack as he emptied every last drop of sperm into Daring Do. Her body was doing everything it could to collect it and hoard it deep inside her. If she was in season, she would definitely be having a baby with the amount of batter that would go to enter her womb. To his best ability though, he pumped fifteen times into her. Though he could be a little off.
Daring was in heaven at this point, Ghost just kept delivering, pushing more and more cum to her womb. She was counting too, she counted sixteen pumps from his cock that had substance come out of it. Sixteen thick globs of cum raced into her. She felt full, exhausted, and relieved. Once Ghost had finished claiming her, she went limp and basked in all the aftermath of what just happened. Ghost laid on top of her and did the same, still buried deep into her thatch. Daring was now in full realization of what she just did. She didn't claim or get claimed, no, she bred. It wasn't successful, she wasn't ovulating, but that was the best description of what she did. She bred. Did she feel dirty or bad, not at all. She felt complete, loved, happy, and most importantly, sweaty. Really sweaty. But she was not about to clean up, no she wanted to ensure that Ghost's seed was secured inside her womb. It would probably only stay inside for at most a few days, but the fact that she will be thoroughly claimed was enough for her.
Ghost couldn't believe it, only two days in and already banging each other? This relationship really was flying. Though he wasn't about to argue the point with Daring Do. If she really wanted him, she was going to get him. That she did alright. Her body felt warmer than normal in her abdomen where his cum was stuffed inside her womb. If today was to be any sign. He's got his work cut out for him. She's quite demanding on his organs. His sack was empty of all goods. His groin felt sore from the intense orgasm. He physically felt tired. But it was worth it. He looked down at his partner. She was in complete bliss. Her eyes spoke volumes, she probably the happiest female on the planet right now. This was only confirmed when she whispered to him, "I love you." To which he gave her a small kiss.
Daring was still swimming in the aftermath of being taken. She could feel the hot spunk inside her womb, taking away her purity, little by little. This wasn't a problem for her, she was taken by the only person she cared about and most likely the only one that she would ever care this much for. She also knew, he cared just as much for her. The thought was still not quite sinking in either. The deed she did. It was going to be a while to accept this new reality of being bound to Ghost. Not like being in chains, the binding of becoming mates, for life. She, forever, belonged to him, just as he belonged to her now. It was hard even for herself to describe how it felt, knowing that they were this deeply committed now. She didn't want to change any bit of it either. He was still on top of her too, his warm body all pressed up against hers. She wrapped her arms around his back. This was the start of something very new for her. It wasn't going to be easy. But moments like this, worth it.
Ghost was definitely drained after that. She zapped just about all the energy he had. But reflecting back on the deed. She wanted his love. Both emotional, and potion form. She consumed a lot of the potion too. He realized the same fact she did. They were now committed fully to each other. He was determined to be the best he could be for her. Though he made that promise before he claimed her as a mate. He liked that, she was his mate. She was all his to love, to care for, to protect. He wasn't completely sure on how he was going to be able to do all those in all instances. But he was going to do what was necessary for her. Then her soft hands wrapped around him. She was still basking him in. He smiled and his hands went to her sides, rubbing them softly. She moaned softly from his touch. "Hold me." She whispered to him.
Ghost rolled and she was on him now, though now it was his arms wrapped around her. She was getting her wish. He could feel her press herself into him and hum softly, till he massaged her back. She then moaned into his neck. Her body was so soft to the touch. Especially when she was relaxed. Her moans were cute too. To his surprise, he was finding way more enjoyment out of making her feel good and enjoying her presence. Though he knew exactly why this was the case. For once though, he couldn't stand the thought of leaving her alone. He wanted to be with her. To be her support, her crutch. Which he already was. He was her safe. She put herself in him to keep her safe. He looked down at her. Just to take in this moment of being with her. To see her soft back push into his hands to be soothed and made to feel good. He was already making plans to take her back here again sometime. Just him and her, and a few days of nothing but romance and remembering this day. This moment. Which seemed to be more fun than releasing an ocean into her. He found great enjoyment in just embracing her, caressing her, loving her.
Daring hugged Ghost when he rolled to have her on him. She didn't feel as protected, but she wanted to feel him love her more. She got what she was after, feeling his gentle hands press into her bare back. She knew from this point, once they were living together. No clothes in bed. To feel the raw essence of his body against raw essence. It was a magical feeling, a special bond they both had just between each other. She closed her eyes just to enjoy Ghost and his love. It was so peaceful and romantic. She felt his hands shift to her lower back. She was tender there and his hands were working magic to her. Several stubborn muscles slowly being forced to cooperate. She didn't think she had any knotted muscles in her back, she knows that now, she doesn't. For, just like her fears and worries, he washed them away from her, leaving her with only the good stuff about life. Which to her was him. He was her world. Adventuring was second.
After a few hours of just enjoying each other. They continued on with their journey. Daring firmly planted against his side and his arm around her, keeping her where she wanted to be. Though Daring could hear a slight sloshing sound come from her stomach though what she felt told her it was not the massive amounts of water she drank. Ghost's seed, still in her womb, sloshing against it's walls. It was still just as warm as it was when he first injected her with it. She was going to enjoy this for as long as she could. She blushed a tad when the thought raced through her mind, that all this time, what is in her womb has been trying to get to her pregnant. Well, not all the time it's been in her. But the thought of being made a mother, that was something she never contemplated before now. Though now, thinking about it, she wanted kids, one day. When the time was right. Though her mind started shifting focus to the fact that she was, one day going to bear kids for Ghost. She never thought about it in detail. One day, she and Ghost were going to be parents. It excited her. For some reason, she wanted a son. She assumed it was because, deep down, she wanted to continue his lineage first. Best way to do that, give him a son. Then hope for a daughter. Sure the lineage on her end wouldn't be the same. But she still wanted a boy first and then a girl.
By now they have reached the end of their trip for today. Entering the small village that bordered Equestria. Ghost paid for a good room to sleep in. He usually went cheap, but the cheap beds sucked when it came to cuddles. Sure enough, once they were alone in the room, Ghost sat on the bed and Daring climbed onto him and snuggled against him. Slowly taking his all his outer garments off. She was going to leave the underwear on. Since this was a hotel and who knows what may happen. In almost no time, both she and Ghost were in just their underwear, holding each other under the blankets till they fell into a peaceful sleep.
Ghost and Daring awoke early the following morning and all seemed well in the world. That was till after they just put their clothes on. There was some unpleasant noises outside, a heist. Surprising that an inn would be a target, but at this point Ghost wasn't surprised. Ghost could hear them going into the neighboring rooms. Not as surprising as originally thought, they weren't targeting the money that the inn had, but that of the guests too.
"Get behind me." Ghost said as he slipped on his gauntlets. They were reinforced to better brace his arm and wrist when in a fight. He also slid two combat knives onto his belt at his sides to use as well. Daring got behind him as he finished and not a moment too soon. The door was kicked open and three masked figures came in wearing masks and armed with handguns.
"Get on your knees!" One of them shouted. The two others eyed the room for their gear and anywhere else that they may have put their valuables or valuables of the inn.
"I wasn't your mother last night." Ghost retorted and charged the lead goon, moving fast enough that he was unable to get a good shot before Ghost gave him a good punch the goon's lower jaw. Dazing him. The other two goons turned to fire at Ghost, but Ghost had grabbed the lead goon and put him in a hold that allowed Ghost to use him as a shield, he then put one of his knives to the goon's neck. "Careful, don't want your friend to paint the room red do you? It seriously depreciates the value of the furniture."
Daring had moved to the closet when Ghost charged the lead goon. Sure they may have seen her move there, but if they started shooting, she wasn't going to be hit. Besides, Ghost seemed to be a bigger issue than she was since he had captured one of them and was using him to his advantage.
"What about your misses hmm? Wouldn't want to put her in danger would you?" The one stated and moved toward the closet.
"Danger is her middle name. Besides, I'm not done with you guys just yet anyway." Ghost replied, rather calmly be took the knife he held to the goon's neck and threw it at the goon that started walking to the closet. The knife landed in his left leg, just missing his knee. The pain sent him to the ground and Ghost threw the goon he was using as a shield towards the other still standing goon. He picked up the pistol the lead goon used to be holding, "You guys made a huge mistake. See, I am a war machine. I was trained to fight. You guys picked a fight and I intend to win it. Now, who wants daddy's belt?" Ghost says as he points to the goons in the room who only stare at him at this point till he is done.
Since these three took too long, two more went to check on them. Ghost heard them coming, "If you three say a peep, we will see how many rounds I can get off before they enter the room." The three stayed silent, the fear of being turned to Swiss Cheese wasn't that appetizing to them. Ghost positioned himself behind a blind corner to the direction they were coming. The first entered without seeing Ghost till the second came and Ghost used the grip of the pistol to hit him in the head. Sending him to the ground. The first turned but Ghost already had the pistol aimed at him. "I wouldn't if I were you. Unless you want to see what misery awaits you in the afterlife." The first put his hands up accepting his defeat. "Good boy, now hand it over." He held out his hand put still kept the pistol aimed at him in case he was still thinking about making a move. The goon sighed and handed over the pistol to which Ghost took then immediately hit the goon in the head with, rendering him unconscious. He then put the second gun in his pants behind his back to save for later. "You can come out now Daring." He said as he peeked the corner. It was clear for now.
Daring came out, the one goon bleeding still, though not as bad as before, the knife was removed but the pain was too great for him to think about much else. The other two dared not to make a move and the others were out cold. "Wow, you really did a number." She commented as she walked to the door where Ghost was at.
"They chose the easy way, after tasting the hard way first." He replied as he got the rest of his gear on. They were going to have to fight most of these guys to get out alive. Well, Ghost was. This was a bit out of Daring's league. He drew the one pistol that he originally swiped from the goons and started walking down the hallway, with Daring closely behind.
One goon just rounded the corner but by the time he could process who was there Ghost had already popped him twice. Ghost landed both shots to the gut, nothing important hit based on entry points, and he seemed to alive, for now. Ghost didn't pay much attention to the fact that he most likely just took a life, Daring was a bit shell shocked at this. "You just killed him..." She said softly.
"Either us or him. With those stakes, I play to win. Though, killing never gets easier, you just get used to it. Sure he may have a family, but he knew what he was doing when he got into this line of work. Just like me. Just the reason we do it is different. I used to do it to protect my country, now I do it to protect the innocent. He does it for self gain." Ghost said, rather flatly. It's not that he doesn't like killing, he just knows what is at stake.
"It's just not something I see up close is all. I just hope I don't have to make that decision myself." She said, uncertain if she could end a life if it required it for her survival or his. She has made some quick decisions that had a lot at stake, but nothing that directly affected a life. Not like the way Ghost does.
"Sometimes instinct makes that decision for you. I was there a few times early on. Pulling the trigger and instantly taking a person off the world forever was something that I couldn't wrap my head around. Till the time came and that person was shooting at me intending to take me out. Instinct kicked in and I didn't hesitate to take the shot. The hardest part is ultimately having to accept that fact after it happens. You can't undo it. Some never can accept it. Those are the ones that have problems after retiring. Me? I accept the fact that sometimes I have to make the hardest decisions in a blink of an eye and whatever happens will happen and can't go back. This is a lot to take in, but right now, let's focus on getting out of this in one piece. Well, I can survive with a hole or two. Wouldn't be the first time." Ghost resumed moving, heading down another hallway towards the main lobby.
"What do you mean by a ho-NO! Don't get yourself shot!" Daring protested catching back up with Ghost. While his statements were rather cold, they were truth, his truth. He isn't insane, well, to her abilities. It was reassuring in a way to her. To hear how he has managed to do it and how he has managed to live it down. Whether it would work for her was most likely not. She was different than Ghost in a lot of ways. He came from a screwed up place, she didn't. Sure this world isn't perfect, but stuff like this heist happens very rarely. Unfortunately for them, it happened to them. Though she knew Ghost was going to get them both out of it alive. She didn't want him to get shot though. That was off the table.
"I'll try not to get shot. But no promises. But I won't die. That I can promise." Ghost said and he looked past the corner that was between him and the lobby. It seemed to be empty of goons for now. Could be a trap, but he was going there anyway.
"I'm going to hold you to that. I will kill you if you died." She said, a little irritated that he may get hurt and wouldn't assure her that he wouldn't get himself hurt intentionally. But then again, it's part of the hazards in his job. So she couldn't get overly upset. Also he was very good at his job too. He is beating back a crew of thugs robbing an inn of it's worth rather easily. Though she also didn't like the fact he was going to the lobby, the largest room in the whole place which probably has a trap for him in it. "Why are you going this way? It's likely a trap."
"First off, how would you kill me if I was already dead? That analogy never made any sense. Secondly, I like setting off traps." He retorted with a goofy grin and waltzed into the lobby where sure enough, the rest of the goons doing the heist have set up. Ghost counts about eight of them. Daring decided to wait this out without being seen.
The heist leader speaks, "Only one? You are the one that caused so much trouble for us?"
"Don't sound so disappointed." Ghost responded. He eyed the cover that they were using, which was mostly the furniture in the lobby stacked up about in the middle. He noticed a hallway entrance behind them. Surely there was a way to get there and flank them. But the problem was that these guys were now equipped with automatic weapons. Not hand guns. So the chances of getting hit went way up. He was going to have to improvise a lot to get close to these guys without them having a high chance of shooting him. Wasn't about aim, it was about probability. He had higher chance of getting clean shots than they did, but their probability was vastly higher of hitting him.
"A funny guy. Too bad you won't get to tell many more jokes after this encounter." The leader stated, confident they had their guy where they wanted him.
"Well, let's agree to disagree." Ghost replied, smiling a bit. This only irritated the leader more. Ghost wasn't intimated or scared of him and his crew and was so bold as to completely expose himself to them and expected to win.
"I'm done with this!" The leader exclaimed, "Fire!" With that Ghost ran to the hallway across from where Daring was. To keep them from finding her. The crew opened fire, but missed Ghost. Frustrated that he got away the leader exclaims, "Go get him!" With that half of them go and chase while the others stay behind.
Daring now feeling very anxious as she has no clue if Ghost will make it or not. Only thing she has is faith that he knows what he is doing and his skill can get him out of this. "He better get out of this alive." She said to herself. Trying to calm herself down. Didn't work, mostly. But there wasn't a lot she could do. All she could do was wait.
Ghost was quite fast and had a fair bit more stamina than the guys chasing. He knew he could wear them out. But that would take a while. What he had to do was find a way to get them isolated. So he started taking differently hallways till he knew that whoever he would meet would be one or two. He knew which directions to take to get back to the point of origin, as this wasn't the first time he had to rely on maze like tactics to isolate enemies. Sure enough he could hear a single set of footsteps coming toward him. Ghost quickly rounded the corner with the hand cannon he had and took aim. There was a single guy that was quick to aim but was caught off guard, though Ghost beat him to the trigger pull but just barely. Ghost's shot went right to the heart, the goon's hit Ghost in the leg. Ghost leaned into the wall for a moment as the new surge of pain took hold. "Well, Daring is going to be unhappy." He took a few breaths and started moving on, as he was sure that the others had heard those shots go off.
After changing up location, sure enough now there was two that came to investigate the gun fire. Ghost peaked the corner, took aim and fired two shots back to back at the enemies. Both fell before they realized what had happened. "Only got four shots left to this one. Better make them count."
"Won't do you any good." He heard from his left side. Apparently one of them got smart and tried to locate him rather than go to the gunshot location.
"True, because I'll have less once I'm done with you." Ghost rolled along the wall and threw the other knife, which landed in the goon's upper leg. Sending him to the ground in pain. Ghost then fired once to the head. "I hate being right all the time." He pulled the knife from the leg, wiped off the blood and put it back. Ghost then moved to flank the last of the men that were held up in the lobby. He took a glance to see if there was anyone else that may be looking for him. Nope, only four remain at the lobby. But they still had the upper hand. He rather not play in hallways again. He likes not getting shot. Though going after those four was suicide without a proper plan. He had some stun grenades on his belt. Placed well they can buy him time to drop all but one. Good enough for him.
Ghost took a grenade pulled the pin, cooked it down a few seconds then threw it. It landed right in front of the crew and went off right when they looked at it. Blinding them for a few seconds. Long enough for Ghost to drop all but the leader. Ghost dropped the handgun that is now empty and charged the leader.
Right when the leader could see again, Ghost was only feet away. He tried to pull up the rifle but Ghost was already on top of him. Ghost nailed him numerous times in the head successfully before the leader was able to counter and kick Ghost off of him. "You are going to die!" The leader cried out as he got up.
"I'm a ghost, I'm already dead. How do you kill what has already died?" Ghost responded and got up as well. The rifle was too far away from them to try to go for. The leader was unaware that Ghost still had a handgun on him, which Ghost had already started to reach for, though in a manner that didn't immediately tick that he had something there. The leader started to come for Ghost but he drew the gun and fired four times before the leader could reach him. "When you get to hell, tell them that Ghost sent you, then apologize on my behalf." Ghost commented as he dropped the gun, now that he no longer needed it. "Daring, coast is clear." Ghost said, taking a quick seat in one of the chairs.
Daring came out of the hallway and walked over to him. He smiled to her just before coughing up blood. "That's not good." Daring said before noticing the wound in his leg. "I told you not to get shot!"
"First off, I did say no promises, secondly, it mostly hurts more than anything else. Thirdly, that kick must have done something to upset my innards." Ghost replied leaning back into the chair a bit. "At least the bad guys are gone."
"Guess that is true. But what are you doing? Better not die." She said as she noticed Ghost's eyes start to shut.
"Just taking a quick nap. Adrenaline takes it's toll, and this is the price I'm paying. Just give me a few hours." Ghost replied before passing out. Daring however, did not want to just wait around on the blind faith that he was going to wake up in a few hours and got him to a hospital.
Ghost slowly came too to the smell of a sterile room, yet the smell of illness also lingered in the air. The sound of a heart beat monitor was also heard. Also the bed was uncomfortable and felt something in his arm. Yup he was in the hospital. He slowly opened his eyes to see that yup, he was right. He also saw Daring in the chair next to the bed. It looked like she was reading, but she had a pen in her hand, nope she was writing. It looked like she in the middle of writing the next novel since she wasn't in the middle of anything nor had anything else to do. She was probably worried too and that took her mind off of it. Though Ghost decided to play a very cruel joke on her. He took off the sensors for the heart monitor, which made the machine do a static tone.
Of course Daring quickly went over to him, "Ghost!" Shaking him a bit in a panic as she fears he just died. Though her fear turned to anger when after three shakes Ghost scared her by quickly grabbing her arms and popping awake. She screamed a little and tried to pull away as Ghost just laughed. "That wasn't funny! Don't do that to me!" She said sternly and upset at him for scaring her like that.
"I'm sorry, but I just couldn't help myself but to have a little fun." Ghost said as he finally stopped laughing at a successful mission. Shortly after that two nurses walk in, apparently hearing the event decided to investigate to make sure things were fine.
"I see you are awake." The one said checking his physical responses and abilities while the other reviews the charts and graphs.
"Awake and alive." Ghost replied with a soft smile. Daring sat back in her chair grumbling to herself about Ghost's bad prank.
"The doctor will be in soon to see you. Though please refrain from messing with the medical equipment if you can help it." The nurse replied hooking the monitor back up.
"I'll try my best, but no promises." Ghost replied in a joking tone. The nurse simply left along with the other one. They didn't think that was funny (it wasn't). Ghost then turned to Daring, "What you working on? The next novel of the series? A new series perhaps? I hope it's the latter. I can picture the title already, Ghost of Daring Do. Has a nice ring doesn't it?"
Daring couldn't stay mad, Ghost just had a way to defuse situations, plus after the fact, his prank was good. "It's not a new series, but yes, I am creating the next one. Though that is a nice title for the book. Might use it." Daring replied.
"How far into it have you gotten?" Ghost asked, trying to take a sneak peak of what she has. Daring didn't try to hide the book or even really care if he saw it, since it was the rough draft anyway.
"To the part where we met at the inn after you beat the bandits the night we met." Daring replied. She had about seven pages down, but obviously had a lot more to put in, plus the adventure is yet to be over. She was just getting the beginning in and playing catch up to the current events while they were mostly still fresh in her mind.
"Still got a ways to go I see." Ghost replied looking around a bit more at the room. It was a traditional hospital room, small tube TV mounted way too high and bland colors.
Just then the doctor arrived to check in on Ghost now that he was awake. "You were in a bit of a rough shape, though based on what we saw from your physical and from some of the scans, you have been through worse than this." The doctor commented reading through the chart again.
Ghost chuckled a little, "Hey, give me a knife, some alcohol and a lighter I would have had that bullet removed in no time. But lay it to me straight, how long will you hold me hostage?" He noticed the doctor was in a bit better mood than the nurses were. As Ghost caught a slight grin from the doctor.
"Field medicine, that would explain some of it. What kind of training do you have?" The doctor asked in return, a bit curious on how this strange being knew how to patch himself up at home correctly, though not recommended.
"Was trained to survive, even in areas where proper medical practices were not available. So I was trained on how to keep myself alive. Cutting out bullets with my own knife was one such procedure that I've done to myself a few times. And yes, it goes above a ten on the pain scale." Ghost replied, adjusting himself a bit in the bed.
"Well, that's interesting. Good news though, you'll most likely get out today. Though we didn't find any insurance information for you. Do you have any or do you plan on paying out of pocket?"
"I got bits, in the travel bag, my occupation pays well, but lacks the ability to have insurance. Just make sure I get the bill before I get out the door." Ghost replied, flipping around some of the channels on the TV, nothing good, just soap operas. Those were boring and way too much drama. Like seriously, way too much goes on for a small town. Also, why does hospitals only have those to watch?
"Alright, I'll just mark you as self pay for future reference." The doctor adds a note and puts the clipboard down. "I'll let the nurses know that you are able to be released when you feel ready." He adds before leaving the room.
Daring in the mean time was writing slowly, mostly listening in on Ghost and the doctor. Talking about field medicine was mildly interesting to her. Using a knife to extract a bullet seemed really odd, and dangerous. Though as Ghost stated, sometimes hospitals or clinics are unavailable so got to take measures to your own hands to stay alive. in his case, that must happen more than not. "What did he mean by you knowing field medicine explained a few things?"
"I have old injuries that never healed right. Broke my leg once but I just splinted it and walked on it for three days before giving it proper rest. So the bone never healed right. On top of the fact as you may have noticed, I am littered in scars of varying degree. Some of those didn't heal like they should have either. Stuff that shows up when hospitals do evaluations." Ghost replied. Showing off a few on his arm, some of those scars looked like the cuts were deep initially.
"They told me that your injuries were quite serious. Loss of blood, possible infection, maybe permanent damage. They had me really scared for your life." She replied, though looking at his arm closer, it seems he endured more than a bullet before.
"Stopping excessive bleeding is the key, a bullet usually doesn't cause that, as it seals the wound partially. Infection is still possible if you don't treat it before sealing it. As stated, already have a femur that never healed right, so what more could a bullet do?" Ghost was making a few good points. Control the bleeding and the situation goes a lot better and everything else is just common sense. Even for those not really involved in medicine.
The nurses from before came back and had Ghost's attire that he had from before. Though cleaned from the blood that stained them. Though Ghost could tell they still didn't like the stunt from earlier. "Still bitter over a harmless prank. Come on you guys are worse than Daring, at least she found it funny after it was over." Ghost commented.
"Just get into your clothes and leave." The one said, sternly.
"I can see why you don't get invited to the parties." Ghost said softly, mostly for Daring to hear rather than the nurses. He took the clothes and went into the restroom to change back into them. Soon enough he was out. "Feels good to be back in some good clothes. Too bad I have to patch these later." He stated looking at the hole in the pants where he was shot earlier.
Daring was up too and was looking at the bill. Ghost glances at it, "Thanks Ahuizotl for paying my medical bill." He says as he notices the bill is three thousand flat. The exact amount he was bought for several days ago. Ghost preps the money, gets his belongings all rounded up and heads to the front desk with Daring to pay the bill. He was a bit surprised that it was this cheap, but then again, magic, different currency, it all works differently.
Soon enough the bill is paid and Ghost and Daring resume their trip back towards Ponyville. Which Ghost estimates to be about another two or three days travel. But Daring's house is only about a day's travel from where they are now. So of course she speaks first, "Want to rest up at my place? It's not too far from here." She says a little softly. She just invited a guy to her house. Sure guys have been to her house, but they weren't there to spend quality time with her, or were invited to her house. Besides, what all would they do there? Daring started to have naughty thoughts come to her mind. Though some of them were things she kind of wanted to do while they were there. She started to blush a little and felt warm. Though quickly got snapped back to reality when she felt Ghost's hand wrap around her side. That is still something she is getting used too. Might not be that long till they are at either of their houses, but being a couple takes more than a few days to get used too.
Ghost didn't need to answer the question, at this point they could read each other good enough to tell the answer to questions like that and she knew the answer to this. He didn't mind spending an extra day at her place. After the last few days he had, being in a home would be a vacation for him. Besides, MRE's aren't all that great for daily meals. Sure they work in a pinch, but getting a real meal is always preferred. Ghost definitely knew that Daring had better quality stuff at her place that could be used to make a half decent meal. Sure she probably would have volunteered to cook for him, but cooking was one of the few things he enjoyed doing, probably because it was a skill that wasn't combat related. Plus it was one that more than one would enjoy.
With that they both headed towards her house. Not much was said between the two, but that was okay. They simply just enjoyed the peace and quiet that they had and each other. That was how it was for most of the trip. Just the two of them walking together in silence while enjoying the company of the other. Daring leaning firmly on Ghost, of whom had his arm around her side. Though at one point Daring actually raised his hand and it was on her left breast, with her hand on top of his. Sending a clear enough message to Ghost she wanted his hand where it was. So, naturally he gave her a gentle squeeze. It was squishy, a tad more than he remembered. He did recall he made her lactate a few days ago. The strong blush on her face was also a bit of evidence that reminded of him of that. As he noticed after a few more gentle squeezes her shirt began to feel damp. Yup, she leaked when he started to tease her.
To her surprise he found a small clearing out of the way and took her over to it, before taking off her top layer of clothing. She leaned against a tree afterward and he straddled her. She was too horny to fight against his early advancement on her, plus she sort of started this when she put his hand on her chest. Which was exposed in front of him. He then started to suckle on her left nipple and as soon as he did that she gasped and moaned, wrapping her hands around his head as he pleasured her and relieved her. Her chest felt a tad tight where she started to produce. Feeling him suck the milk was exactly what she needed right now. She moaned happily as the tension in her left breast died slowly and in a very pleasuring manner. Then the right one got the same thing. Though it took a second to start squirting milk into his mouth. She welcomed this eagerly and well, now she found an excuse to lure him to the bedroom when she felt like it. Though chances are her body would be the one doing the demanding.
To both of their surprises was how easy she could lactate. Ghost had little effort put in and her body was spilling milk out. All the more pleasuring to Daring, as how softly he was sucking on her was highly pleasuring. Also since she was producing in higher volume since the last time both of them were enjoying this for longer. Twenty minutes total. Though by this time, Daring was too horny to stop. She gave Ghost a deep kiss of lust when he had finished draining her bust of it's contents. During this time she shifted to where they were laying down now, she was under him. Though after the kiss, she gave him the look that told him she wanted him to take her.
Unable to resist her charm Ghost began to undress and finished undressing her. Then he wasted no time in giving her what she wanted most. His rod inside her body. Which happened in a few moments. They both gasped in pleasure as they felt each other. Though Ghost knew she really wanted this when she pushed her hips against him, to take him deeper and to get him in her faster. He wasted no time and started thrusting. Getting himself deep inside her, once he did that he kissed her deeply. Which she kissed back, wrapped her arms around his back and wrapped her legs around his hips. He wasn't given much room, but had plenty to please his mare. Though he found a good medium pace really made her moan, so that obviously was the rhythm that made her body happy, so he stuck to it. Though because of it she had to break the kiss to get deeper breaths. Not that Ghost cared, he started to kiss her neck, moaning as he did so. Though this made Daring moan more and pant harder.
In this position Daring never felt him so deep before, he was really scratching that itch of hers and she was loving it. She wanted it, now more than ever. Feeling his body slap against hers as they edged each other closer and closer to their absolute limits. For some reason she wanted to outlast him. She wanted him to release before she did. That was her goal and she was trying her best to achieve it. Though it was going to be hard as Ghost was really working her over. His pace was doing wonders, along with how deep he managed to get into her. Hitting some new real estate this time around. His kisses were magical too, feeling him moan into her neck during his kisses was overwhelming. Feeling his body grind against hers each time he thrusted into her. This was going to be the hardest goal she ever set for herself. As despite how motivated she was, her body was ultimately in control and it didn't care what her goals was. It was being edged closer and closer to a climax whether she wanted it to or not. Obviously she did, but she wanted to hold out till Ghost started pumping first. That was the end goal and was unsure if her body would let it happen.
Daring felt so magical, the first time was amazing, but this was even more so. Probably because of how really into it they both were getting. Daring was putting more work into this than the first time, which was mostly laying still and letting Ghost do all the necessary work. Not this time. Daring was putting a decent amount more into this session. Which was making Ghost get closer and closer to his limit all the more faster. If her sex wasn't soaked, it was now. Which it was pretty wet when he started, all that teasing and pleasure traveling from her chest got her lower section all eager to get some attention. It was getting plenty now, if the wet slapping wasn't proof enough. She was still quite tight too. Something Ghost was hoping would stick around. It was something he was really liking.
Though soon enough they both hit their limits, at the same time. Both of them crying out their pleasure into each others neck. Both of them stayed firmly pressed against each other while they rode out their orgasms. Both Ghost and Daring ensuring that Ghost's serum was safely delivered deep into Daring's love cavity. Based on how tight her sex had gotten, plus the fact it was rigorously milking his shaft for every drop it could get from him. Meanwhile her snatch was draining fluids like a leaking faucet, though none of Ghost's fluids were in the mix, as he was just deep enough to be safe.
After a few minutes Ghost was finally done, though had no clue how much of his cum he managed to deliver to Daring. Though since he was in state of delivery for roughly five minutes, he imagined it was a sizable load. Though Daring kept him, both on and inside of her body despite him being done. She was riding out the aftermath and didn't want him to ruin the moment. So he decided to add to the moment, he kissed her deeply as his hands rubbed her sides. Her legs and arms in turn squeezed him tighter as she basked in everything. He couldn't help but smile to himself as he felt her cling to him with all her effort.
Daring was frustrated, just a second longer and she would have met her goal, though the intensity of her orgasm changed her tune quite quickly. She blanked out a moment from just how powerful the climax was. Lasting just a bit longer than Ghost's did. He felt really thick too, since she clamped down and still didn't fully relax yet. She also felt really full. His love was stuffed deep inside her right where she wanted it. Just as she was beginning to relax though, Ghost kissed her and rubbed her sides, sending a quick wave of pleasure over her body and she clung to him as a reflex action. Basking in this sensation for as long as she could.
After fifteen minutes, they both were satisfied and got redressed and finished the trip to her house. Getting there right about the time for bed. So, Daring unlocked the door, and took him to her room, where got undressed till no layer of clothing was on and climbed into the bed and cuddled each other before falling asleep in each others arms.
It felt really nice to be in a bed in a quiet house. Especially when cuddling a cute girl. Well it was.
The sounds of breaking glass could be heard. Ghost immediately awoke. Unfortunately though, the invaders were quite fast and managed to fire a dart into him as he got out of bed. The dart was loaded with a sleeping toxin that made him pass out in only a few seconds. He would awake in a few hours to find the bedroom was quite the mess. Daring apparently woke up and fought pretty hard avoid capture. He knew she was capable, but these guys apparently on his level.
He investigated rigorously the entire bedroom. Taking in each misplaced or broken piece of furniture. He estimated about twenty five minutes of fighting took place in this room alone. He got dressed and moved to the next room. Which was the small hallway. One body laid there, apparently Daring did the hard part, taking a life. "Always easier when it's in defense, though this still won't be easy to live down." He commented. He looked at the body, curious how Daring managed to get the kill. The skull was caved in. Based on the fact the head in the wall and looking at the hole, this fellow hit one of the main support beams of the wall and the force was enough to do the job right there. Going downstairs he saw more marks of a hard fight. Though only in the kitchen area. It was the closest room and there was a lot of blood and missing knives from their holders. "Smart." Though it wasn't enough apparently as apparently they subdued her in there and got her out of the house. Though on the coffee table in the living room was one of the bloodied knives holding a piece of paper. He pulled out the knife and read the letter.
"Ghost is it? That's what Daring was screaming when we captured her. She told us that you were a force to be reckoned with. Well, we won, we have Daring Do and we will do whatever it takes to get our hands on the forbidden items that we can use to control the world. The world will be ours and you will know you played part in it since we know she is fond of you we can use that against her to make her give us what we want most. So thank you for making it so easy.
-The Covenant"
Ghost crumpled up the letter and tossed it to the ground. Threw up his hood and left the house. He was now on a mission, again. The plan? Take out the entire organization known as the Covenant. Every thug, leader, warehouse, all of it was going to burn. First thing he did was scour news sources for any indication of the group. He found some recent news in Manehatten of Covenant members raiding Royal Guard stations. Very violent, just how Ghost likes his criminals.
It took several days to get to Manehatten but it was only the beginning. It was still daytime. Night was when the Covenant would make their move. Also when Ghost did his best work. He was like a ghost in the night. His black attire was perfect to hide him and alleys were his playground. He went to one of his warehouses he had in town. Spending his time doing inventory. Manehatten was one of his bigger locations for weapons and tools. Canterlot and his home being the other two. Obviously his home was the biggest. Since it was his main base of operations most of the time. By the time he was done and had his choice weapons picked out, it was night. So he went to the Royal Guard station nearby, it hadn't been hit yet, making it one to stake out. He hung out near the alley, hiding on the fire escape latter of one the neighboring buildings. Sure enough, the two guards went down, shot by a silenced rifle. The goons then moved into the alley to raid the building. Unknowing that they were going to have to fight another being. Much more skilled than they.
Two goons held guard at the gate and moved the Guards out of the way to prevent any issues and to warn the main unit of any trouble. Ghost moved to position, ready some daggers and jumped between them. Stabbing them both in the chest as soon as he landed. They both fell. One died instantly, the other gasped for breath. Ghost looked at him a moment before moving towards the door of the station. There was another goon. He was on alert as he heard something at the gate and heard footsteps but couldn't see since the alley was dark. "C is that you?" He said, pointing a pistol. This figure was an earth pony for sure from what Ghost could see.
"No, I'm the Ghost you clowns managed to tick off." The voice was very close and before the figure could make any moves the pistol was grabbed, twisted to break his wrist and disarmed. Then out of nowhere a figure picked him up and then stood under the light. Ghost now making himself visible. Still holding the pistol in his other hand. Choking the goon with the under hand. He then put the pistol to the goons head and pulled the trigger. Dropping the pistol after that one shot. He then drew a pistol from his holster, which was a heavy caliber revolver. Walking around the darkened facility he could hear a battle taking place. Apparently the Covenant ran into more opposition than they planned for. They were about to be overran in a minute. It was coming from the barrack areas. The soldiers set up their defense there. Ghost peaked the corner to see several goons on each side of the doorway, taking turns to shoot. Ghost being in the dark was able to just stand in the middle of the hall and aim his revolver, firing four of the six shots the pistol was capable of firing. Hitting four of the eight goons. Who now were in full panic as they were ambushed. Ghost turned the corner again to finish firing the last two shots and landed each one. Instead of reloading he drew another pistol, a bit lighter in caliber than the revolver but stored more ammo. He rounded the corner again and fired off four shots. Hitting two more goons. The Guards took advantage of this counter attack and rushed the door. Finishing the job. Ghost found one live goon and pinned him against the wall. The guards noticed but paid little attention to this as they were rounding up the remaining goons.
"You get one chance to tell me what I want to know or I will slowly cut the skin off your skull and shove it down your throat so you will be choking on your own face. Where is your warehouse and leader?"
"You wouldn't dare! You know who you are messing with? You made a new enemy!"
"The Covenant started this war with me. You made me the enemy when you broke into her house and kidnapped my friend. Now, tell me what I want to know and you won't have to find out if you die first, or if you have the tolerance to feel me peel your skin off and shove it down your throat." With this Ghost pulled a knife and pressed the edge of it against his head, making him bleed just a little.
"All right all right! Please! The warehouse is on seventh avenue, the leader is there too. Please don't kill me."
"You live. Call your leader and tell him to expect me. The Ghost. I'm not taking no for answer." With that Ghost left.
Ghost continued to head to the warehouse. He was let in. Apparently they weren't as dumb as he thought. But of course they could be planning to ambush him inside. Smart but foolish. He never cared for the odds. He was led inside to an office where the ring leader was having something to drink. Smelled of scotch. "Welcome, Ghost. Please have a seat." He waited for Ghost to take a seat, which he did. "I hear you are looking for your girl? You must be crazy thinking that taking out some thugs would be enough to do that." He chuckled. "Want anything to drink?"
"Have any tea?" Ghost replied, plainly and monotone.
The leader snapped his fingers and one of the guards left to get the drink. That was when Ghost made his move. With only one guard, he rushed the leader, managed to get him in a choke hold with a knife pressed against his neck. The goon was pointing a pistol, though now was uncertain about doing that. "Best be careful, one slip up and you lose the one that signs your paychecks. Drop it and make sure I am left alone. I have some business I need to discuss alone with your boss."
Unwilling to risk losing his boss and money supply, the goon left the room, dropping the pistol before doing so. Ghost then smacked the leaders head against the desk. "Good thing I'm crazy, otherwise I this wouldn't have worked. Now, about the fact I'm looking for Daring Do. You will tell what I want to know or I will ruin your pretty face of yours, slowly, painfully, till either I get what I want or you die. Understood?"
Not being used to such treatment and the fact that he knew what Ghost was capable of from the few camp fire horror tales, plus he didn't want to die, he cave into the demands. "I don't know. I just got a call that said that Daring Do was captured and to expect a call to come in later. That is it! I swear! I don't know where she is or who is in control of breaking her!"
"Not good enough!" Ghost broke a shot glass and picked up one of the glass shards and made a long cut on his forehead. He screamed the whole time in pain and fear. "You know someone who knows where I can find her! Now you will spill those words or I will spill more blood."
"Please let me go!" This only got him another long cut on his left cheek. "I only know a number! That is it!"
Ghost gave him a pen and slid a slip of paper. "Write it down." The leader did. "This better be good information. You don't me paying you a second visit. Because I won't be as gentle a second time." Ghost then threw the leader against the wall and left out a nearby window. He then called the number from a payphone.
"Who's this?"
"The Ghost of a dead man. And I'm coming for you next."
"Like I would be scared of a freak in a black suit."
"You think you hold leverage over me? You think I am intimated by your words and name calling? You have the wrong idea. I'm just a vigilante you managed to tick off. I can vanish for weeks, months at a time. That should scare you. Because you never know when I'll surface again, or where. Hope you don't fear the shadows at night. Because that is where I watch."
"You are just a delusion spook. Who can be killed. And we will put you down like the dog you are."
"You can't kill what is already dead. You might kill this body, but I will return as another. Again and again. You can't kill an ideal, a belief. That is what I am. That is why I am called Ghost. I can be anyone or anything in a suit fighting the fights that no one will. You can't kill that. No matter how hard you try. Though I welcome the challenge. I'm in Manehatten, at a warehouse on Appleloosa boulevard. Better send your best. The local thugs are boring." With that Ghost hung up the phone. Then set up the warehouse. Knowing it would take them a while to set up a plan to take him out.
Four days pass and he was fully set and waiting. Well, it took him two days to set up this warehouse. Traps, choke points, secret hallways and passages, staging weapons. He was fully prepared. Then the sound of glass breaking at the back of the alley. Ghost knew they would choose that over a frontal approach. Less visibility and thus attention. They made their move at night too. The warehouse had no power, and thus no lights. The soldiers that they sent were wearing night vision goggles, great idea. Except that flash bang grenades can do some serious damage. So Ghost chucked four of them in front of the invaders. There was four of them. Before the soldiers could see what he threw they went off and blinded the soldiers. Ghost hopped down and quickly rendered incapacitated. Tying them up with zip ties. He then moved to another spot. Once again, another breach except that Ghost was ready with a silenced rifle and picked off the soldiers one by one.
This continued, using various methods to take out the so called elites. Using every method he planned as there was about twenty soldiers that tried to take him out. Only six were alive at the end. Ghost turned on a generator which powered up the lights in the warehouse. He then executed one solider in front of all the others with a stab to the lung. Making his death slow, painful and agonizing. As his lung filled with his own blood. He then looked to the five. "This is going to continue till one of you tells me what I want to know."
"We won't talk!" One shouted.
"Wrong answer." Ghost walked to him, pulled his knife and slowly started to cut his face, deep enough Ghost could feel the blade rubbing the skull. The soldier only screaming in response. Though after about an inch Ghost stopped. "Had enough? I can do this all night." The soldier only whimpered, trying not to cry. "Anyone else feel like being a hero? Telling me that you are unbreakable? You guys think I don't know how to break a morale? I executed one of your own for you to witness, then made him scream and squirm for about a full minute. You don't want to be in their shoes do you?"
The others looked at each other for a bit. Realizing that no matter what happened, he won. Obviously those who sent them after a few days would figure they died and would either send more to take care of Ghost or Ghost would call that number again and again till something different happened. Better they walked away than to die one of the worst ways possible. "We have a number in our phones to our boss. He was the one that organized the whole event to kidnap Daring Do. We didn't do that mission, we were tasked elsewhere." This goon knew just how to save his life. Separate himself from the act, but rat out the one that did.
Ghost took the phone, "Which name?"
"A." Ghost called the number.
"Your boys failed. Miserably. I thought I asked for your best?"
"You think you are so clever? How about you try and fight on our turf? See how tough you are then."
"Brilliant idea. Tell me where."
"Canterlot. Go there and you will get a message." With that Ghost hangs up the phone. "You guys are in luck." He cuts one of them loose. "Your boss is setting up an ambush for me in Canterlot. Can't wait to rain on his parade. Now you scram and avoid Canterlot unless you like being tied up by me." With that Ghost heads to Canterlot.
He gets there and spent a week wandering the streets. Acting normal while in his clothes. News spread fast about his dealings in Manehatten, so the nobility, bureaucrats and royalty were nervous seeing this figure walking the streets. Knowing full well blood was going to spill at some point. Royal Guard tried to keep tabs on him. But he always got away from them by doing stupid things and loosing them in alley ways if all else failed. Finally on day eight a kid about ten years old walks up to Ghost and taps on his back. Ghost turns to see him holding an envelope, "Who sent you?"
"Some guy in a suit offered me twenty bits to give you this. He looked average." The kid shrugged and ran off to play with his friends some more. Ghost opened the letter to read the address. The castle of the two sisters. Of course.
After three days of travelling he made it to the castle. It was as he expected. Run down still, only guards everywhere. Ghost knew this was going to be a bit of a challenge, but if anything, Daring was here. No doubt about it. A place where no one goes, scary to anyone except those who use it. Probably got a torture area in it somewhere.
Ghost spent a full three days scouting the place. Noting shift changes, breaks, everything. He found the west side was teh side to approach, at a little past midnight. Shift change and that takes the longest to change out. Plenty of time to cross and climb the wall. Once he was at the top the new guard was in place just a few feet to the right. Ghost slid himself slowly and was able to quickly reach up and pull the guard off the ledge where he fell down into the ravine. Ghost then moved into the castle. Taking out any guards that were in the way.
Inside the castle was like a maze. Though Ghost was good at navigating, so he wouldn't get lost so easily or get trapped in a loop. Guards inside were fewer. Luckily for Ghost. Though he eventually made his way down to the lower levels where he found the dungeon. Only no dice. Only a video loop. Daring Do, naked, tied by chains against a wall. Crying softly to not be heard by anyone but herself. She was bruised all over. Ghost tensed up a bit. No mercy at all. No one was getting it anymore. He was too nice to begin with. Though something was familiar with the walls. He observed them and tried to remember where he saw them. Then it dawned on him, it was her own home! Her basement. "Better hurry Ghost, don't think she will hold out much longer. She's about to break any moment." A voice said from behind the camera.
Ghost wasted no time in racing back to her home. He took more risks than usual. Though after a full day of travelling non stop he made it back to her house. Which was under full guard. Ghost fully fed up with playing games didn't bother making a plan. Except one, attack. He walked into plain sight, drew two pistols and fired. Taking out the guards quickly, though not without taking three shots himself. Though he kept marching. His rage, anger and adrenaline keeping him from feeling the pain. He fought hard into the basement of the house and there he found Daring Do being electrocuted while her head was under water. The leader of the group was there. Doing all the dirty work.
He looked up just to get a knee to the face and then picked up by his hair by Ghost. Who put him in the restraints that Daring was in during the video. Then he pulled his dagger out and stabbed the leader numerous times in the legs, gut and arms. "You will suffer before I put you down like the dog you are." Was the only thing Ghost said. For the next six hours he tortured the leader before putting a bullet in the head. He then took Daring up stairs to tend to her. Despite the fact he was still bleeding from the numerous gunshot wounds.
Daring Do was sleeping beautifully until she heard a thud. She saw Ghost on the ground, with a dart sticking out of his neck. She got up and just got her underwear on when the goons came in. All black in their attire. Couldn't make out anything. She tried to fight them off. But they just were too good. She ended up killing one of them, stabbed a few others. But there was just too many of them! "Please, Ghost! Wake up!" She cried over and over again. But it was no use. He didn't get up and she was subdued. She was given the same injection they gave Ghost, only she got a syringe of it. She woke up in some warehouse looking place.
She spent several days here, being shocked, cut, and sexually assaulted. They wanted what she knew. She wasn't about to give up that information, she hoped anyway. She was in constant pain, fear, sadness. She only had one positive on her side. Ghost was looking for her. She just hoped she could hold out till he found her. "Please, Ghost. Find me." She said to herself, day in and day out.
She was moved several times in the following few weeks. She overheard from several guards who thought she was asleep that the reason they had been moving was because Ghost was hot on their tracks. She felt more strength come to her. Mentally anyway. She was relieved to know that Ghost was working to find her and was successful. Though this was short lived.
Daring Do was moved back to her own home. Spent three weeks here. Things got turned up here. The torture was more intense than it ever was and it was taking a toll on her. Drugs were also being introduced to her. After that first shot, it was all fuzzy. All she knew was pain, lack of sleep and being told things and she thought was truth. That Ghost was never going to find her. His love for her was fake. Her dreams were conflicting. Her real self fighting against the drugs and the lies being fed to her. She lost the ability to fight weeks ago.
She basically cried most of the time she was interrogated, unable to think clearly anymore. Questioning everything, about to give into the lies and the drugs. Just to make it all stop. She wanted this to stop. She couldn't remember anything but this life. Though despite all this. Something in her kept fighting and preventing her from talking. Then during one of the sessions she felt her torturer be moved away from her. She pulled her head out of the water and pulled the jumper cables off of her to see this black figure now torturing her capture. Who was he? Was she supposed to know him? She felt a joy hit her as if she did. But he didn't look familiar to her.
She wasn't able to stand, she just sat and watched for six hours as this figure did unspeakable acts against the one that forced her into this situation. Then shot him. Right in the head. Then this figure carried her up to her bedroom and tender to her wounds. "Who are you?" She said, as if she was drunk way out of her mind.
"You don't remember me?" Ghost paused. This was worse than he thought. He didn't realize they drugged her into a loopy state to where she probably doesn't even know her own name.
"You sound familiar but no, I don't know you." Daring replied, looking curiously at him, "You aren't pony."
"Just rest for me, alright? You are probably tired." Daring couldn't argue much. She willing laid back and fell asleep. Ghost continued to address all injuries he could. Then started to detox her. He started to push saline into her and using herbs, he made a medicine to help combat against the drugs. Thanks to studying Zebra culture. Though her body was addicted and suffered withdrawal. Luckily she stayed asleep through it all. But she was hot, sweating and trembling for hours. He kept giving her the herbs and saline. She eventually stabilized after twelve hours.
Now that she was fine, he tended to himself. Which meant he was opening wounds that closed up already. Mostly blood clots though. Pulling six bullets out his body and sealing a total of eight wounds after sterilizing them. He gave himself the herbal remedy to help with any infections that might have tried to start.
The morning following, Daring awoke, seeing Ghost in a chair sleeping. "It wasn't a dream? Ghost!" With that Ghost woke up and looked at her after a moment of looking around the room. "It is you!" Daring flew out of bed and clung to him.