A Surprise Sighting

[Void]

December, 4th, evening

Megabyte Stream was the name.
Void perked up her ears if that name was to be mentioned. Otherwise she didn't think about it.
They've also shown her a picture, told her that she was looking for a grey pegasus mare with purple and light blue hair. Probably she'd be wearing green glasses. Her cutie mark was a techno chip.
Those were the information they had given to Void, and they were stuck in her mind, linked with one thought: kill her.

And so Void waited in Downtown for this mare to show up. She's been sighted here anytime and anytime she will be sighted by Void. It was all a matter of time.
Void didn't move. She was wearing her dark hooded cape and was standing in the shadows. It was easy for her not to be seen for she was able not to move for quite a long time. She just didn't catch the eyes of other beings.

Her eyes were oriented on the ponies that were walking by, entering shops, talking to others. Time had passed and Void was still waiting for her target to occur.

[Sassaflash]

As the sun started to slowly set down behind the horizon, the door of a mostly unnoticeable smithy gradually opened up just wide enough for the head of a gray mare to peek out through. Upon seeing the coast clear, Mega silently slipped out of the doorway and hastily made her way down the sidewalk to get to her usual entrance to the underground for a usual supply run.

The mare kept her head low and saddlebags tight, hoping to use her wings as a means of obscuring her cutie mark just in case. Passing by a shaded alleyway, she was unable to spot the caped pony she had just crossed.

I hope they have some good things on sale tonight... I need to make some more knives. She thought to herself while moving along at a slow, careful cantering pace.

[Void]

And then she saw her. Or she saw a grey mare with wings and the right mane colour. Upon this sight her mind shifted towards: killing.

She gazed after her for some seconds before she finally moved, walking along the walls of the builiding, staying in the shadows most of the time, walking slowly and keeping a good deal of distance towards the pegasus, about fifty meters/164 feet.
She looked around, seemingly bored to others' eyes who weren't there. No one was around.

Well. That was the moment then. She took out her knife from under her cape, plugged her wings through the cape's slots and flew up, looking for a good place, a building or something similar, to get her target surprisingly.

[Sassaflash]

Mega continued on down the street, completely unaware of her pursuer while turning a corner into an alleyway. This alleyway held her usual entrance into the sewers so she could make her way to the market.

Pausing for just a few moments to look around and make sure there wasn't anyone hiding inside, she moved in to make her way for the hole cover. The inventor paused once more to glance around. She felt like something was off about the night, but couldn't put her hoof on it.

Simply shrugging the feeling off as a simple case of paranoia, she continued on deeper into the alley.

[Void]

Void stayed in the shadows, watching the other mare's every move. She flew up higher, being halfway to the roof of the building she was next to now. Kill her.
As she saw that her target was shortly pausing and looking around at a corner, she froze. Then she flew up to the rooftop and looked down to the other side. She saw her target going down the alley. Kill her.

From diagonal up Void flew down to her target. She wasn't fast but silent. Still, there were some meters to fly until she reaches the ground where the pegasus were.

[Sassaflash]

Mega simply kept her slow cantering pace down the ally, unaware of the pony that was silently approaching her from above. Stopping on top of the sewer cover, she made a small yawn while reaching forward as far as she could with her forelegs to stretch out her stiff back to prepare for the hard lift that was the solid metal cover.

[Void]

Void almost had reached her target as something happened. Something unexpected. Inside of her.
It was the distorted shadow of a pony, caused by the street lamp on her left. Though it was obvious that it was her own shadow that was thrown against the ground behind her target - so that this grey mare wouldn't be able to see it unless she turned around - Void lost her control.
Suddenly, once again, the word "shadow" burnt in her ears, once again a face flashed before her inner eyes. Only one short moment but it was enough.
Void faltered in her flight, beat her wings wildly and crashed to the ground just a meter from the pegasus mare. She cut herself with the knife she held between her hooves. It wasn't a deep cut in her arm and of course Void didn't recognize it. Her eyes were on her target.

[Sassaflash]

Mega blinked her eyes a few times as a few sounds came from behind her, followed by a thump on the ground. Turning around to investigate the source of the noise, she lowered herself down in a mildly defensive stance while backing away a few steps.

Despite the fact that this new face was a pony, it was still just that: a new face. She was a highly wanted mare and learned the hard way that she wouldn't trust anyone she didn't know, even if they were a pony.

"Hello?" She asked, staying calm despite the defensive nature of her body language. She hadn't noticed the injury on the caped pony.

[Void]

Void didn't let too much time pass. As soon as her target had spoken, she jumped up, the knife in her hooves, close to her own body, so that it was more difficult to be seen than when she held it out.
Of course that meant she had to get close to the pegasus. She tried it out. Kill her.

[Sassaflash]

Mega quickly jumped backwards as soon as she noticed the mare jumping for her, a smirk appearing across her muzzle while keeping her distance. "Tho...I wath right... You are dumb enough to try it after all." She stated bluntly while silently using her right wing to undo the clasp on the saddlebag right next to it.

Quickly swiping a knife from the bag, she prepared herself for the fight she knew she would have to face. "You picked the wrong mare to meth with... I've been practithing."

[Void]

Void didn't mind what the mare was saying. She was watching her moves. So she was seeing that the mare was putting something into her hooves.
Void came run-flying towards the other pegasus, aiming with her closed-hold knife for the neck. Kill her.

[Sassaflash]

Mega quickly jumped as high as she could, flapping her wings to get herself above the blue and white pegasus. Grasping her knife tightly in her hoof, she did her best to keep her distance from her opponent. She knew she couldn't leave to alleyway as much as she wanted to just fly away to find someplace to hide; the griffons would easily see her that way and she'd be in even more trouble.

Staying silent, she held her weapon towards the other pony and pressed a button on the handle, causing a highly coiled pair of springs to hurl the blade from the now-empty handle still in her hooves towards her foe.

[Void]

As the other pony flew up, Void flew a bit longer straight ahead, knowing that she was probably supposed to rein. Just after some meters she flew up in a half circle towards her opponent.
The blade hit her at the other foreleg. Nothing worse happened for Void wasn't flying in a straight way now.
She knew that the other mare would probably move before Void had reached her. So she watched carefull. Also for other blades to come.

[Sassaflash]

Mega prepared to fly further up to avoid the strike, but decided to fly downwards instead, hoping to fly under and past her attacker. If she had left the alleyway, there would be a greater chance of getting sighted by a griffon or two, which would be far worse than staying in the slightly cramped quarters.

Thinking over what options she had quickly, she opened up her bag again, removing a small clay ball of some form, not lighting the wick just yet as she worked on just barely avoiding her foe.

[Rusty Bolt]

Rusty had many sleepless nights since she had Megabyte Stream as "guest". All the death and agony the griffons caused.... she don´t wanted to work for them. Rusty didn´t wanted to build any more weapons for the griffons, which where used to kill unguilty ponies. It was enough, she had to change something.

Rusty walked along the street. The curfew was near, but with her alliance to the griffons, she had no problems being outside after it. she just had to cover her true feelings. She was on her way to the smith where she met megs the first time. She wanted to talk to Mega how she could help the ponies to fight back those griffons.

As she walked along she heared some noises out of an alley. She hadn´t took her crossbow this time. she didn´t expected any trouble. She just took a small crossbow with her with a small range and only a few bolts with her and her usual tools she had normally for work. She walked to the alleyentrance and what she saw, shocked her. It was megabyte, she held a knife and was flying around. and then she recognized her attacker, pegasus whitha  dark coat, also having a knife. "Megabyte" she yelled to get her attention.

[Void]

Void was flying towards the pegasus, watching her getting another weapon into her hooves, as she heard the voice. It didn't distract her. It just made her aware that she now had to face two foes instead of one. But Megabyte was first now. She had almost reached her, prepared her knife and watched the other mare's moves.
Kill her.

[Sassaflash]

Mega glanced towards the voice, grinning widely at the sight of her fellow engineer and inventor. "Ruthy!" She called out to her before looking back at the blue mare chasing her. She suddenly dropped her elevation, slowing down before quickly reversing her movement in an attempt at slipping under and away from her attacker.

[Rusty Bolt]

Rusty quickly took her small crossbow. "and today i haven´t taken my iron vulture with me." she was mumbling. she put a bolt on it and tried to aim at the attacker of megabyte. "I guess you could need some help." she yelled before pulling the trigger, not sure if this small crossbow will even get this far.

[Void]

The other pony that happened to pass by was nice enough to tell Void that she was attacking. It didn't matter much for Void was moving after the other pegasus who suddenly lowered her flight. Void just followed her, had her therefore as a shield and came close enough to her to reach out the knife and try to strike her. She had to kill her. Kill her.

[Sassaflash]

Mega's eyes grew wide as a sudden pain pierced her back, her foe's knife giving her a shallow cut between her wings. The sudden sensation caused her to fall down to the ground as her wings snapped back to her sides. Rushing to get back up onto her hooves, the gray pegasus scrambled to get away from the attacker, leaving her unspent smoke bomb on the ground behind her.

[Rusty Bolt]

Rusty missed with the crossbow, but didn´t reload it. instead she made her way to megabyte who got a wound on her back. "everything okay?" She asked, looking out for the attacker. "we have to get rid of her fast." she said as she took out an screw as melee weapon, in case this pegasus will attack them.

[Void]

As the grey mare fell to the ground, Void fell with her, dropping her knife. In fact she fell onto her right - and wounded - hoof but she stood up immediatly not feeling any pain. She looked for her target and saw that the other pony was standing at Megabyte's side now.
Void looked for her knife, saw it lying only some centimeters away from her. So she jumped up und took the knife up while running towards the two others. Her eyes were either on the knife or on her target. That is why. She tripped up on the smoke bomb, falling again to the ground.

[Sassaflash]

Mega looked to Rusty and gave her a quick nod. "Don't worry, it'th not that bad." She replied, turning her attention back towards her attacker just in time to watch her fall down. Removing her last smoke bomb she had on her from her bag, she lit the fuse. "I don't want to kill her, I don't like to unleth it'th a lath rethort."

After a few moments, she rolled the smoke bomb towards the blue pegasus.

[Rusty Bolt]

"well if you don´t want to kill her, we whould at leas get away from here." Rusty said, not sure if it is a good decision to let her alive, since she could report her to the griffons, if she has seen her good enough and can identify her. "we need a safe place, and i guess the smith is known for your place, since she found you." Rusty looked around "my shop isn´t the nearest, but if you don´t know any safer place we shold go there."

[Void]

As Void was getting back to her hooves again she saw how her target threw another round thing towards her. Void didn't waste time to look at it sillily but jumped forward, lifting herself up into the air. Nonetheless the smoke escaped the bomb and blurred Void's view so she wasn't able to see much else than deep black smoke.
She flew higher to get a better view again but till she reached a proper height she needed some time to see the other two again who were already a good way ahead. She hurried after them. Her only thought as always: kill her.

[Sassaflash]

Mega gave a nod to Rusty, not letting a moment go to waste as she quickly began to race in the direction of the workshop she had once been held captive in. "Thank you tho much, Ruthy." She replied as she continued to make the best escape she could from the blue and white mare after her.

Looking over her shoulder to see her attacker still on them, she looked forward once again and lowered her head in some effort to move faster. "I'll repay you once we're safe!" She did her best to ignore the pain in her back from the shallow cut in its center.

[Rusty Bolt]

Rusty was right behind megs. looking at her wound, hoping she was right and it wasn´t that bad. then she looked back to get sure this pegasi wasn´r following them. "you don´t have to repay me." she said while still looking back nervously. "and i better take a look at that wound. i´m no doctor, but at least we should clean and bandage it, till you get to someone who knows medical stuff better.." she said, taking over the lead.

[Void]

Void's gaze was intensively directed towards Megabyte Stream, her flight following every move the other pegasus made. Which was mostly running. But as the nature of flying was she came closer and closer. She didn't know where the two mares were heading to and her surprise attack has already been destroyed. That was bad for it was that and her silentness that made her succeed.
Fortunately Void didn't think about that. Her thoughts were filled with one single sentence in endless repetition. Kill her. Kill her. Kill her. Kill her. Kill her.
Out of the corner of her eye she looked around to see whether she could cut their way off somehow if the two wanted to face her in a fight.

[Sassaflash]

Mega continued her efforts at escaping her pursuer, turning her attention to the grounded pegasus running alongside her. "Thank you tho much. I'm thure there ith thomething I can do to pay you back. But we can talk about that later." She replied before looking forward and lowering her head to increase her speed.

[Rusty Bolt]

Rusty lowered her head aswell to increase her own speed. "If we don´t get away from that killer or whatever, you won´t be able to repay me. if we can get to my shop, i can take my crossbow. but then i have to kill her, or she´ll reveal i had helped you, and the griffons will hunt me too." She said. she didn´t wanted to kill anypony anymore, but in this case, she would have to. she was close behind the megs.

[Void]

Void flew up untill she was on roof height. That meant she was above the street lanterns. She flew only inches above the roofs of the houses she passed, always an eye on the other pegasus mare. Probably they couldn't see her that well anymore. She was still looking for another way but it was hard to find one without losing track of her target. And since Void was still new in Manehatten she didn't know any hidden paths.
But she had her aim in mind.

[Sassaflash]

Mega continued her gallop away from their pursuer, turning down a familiar street she remembered from when she was taken there against her will not so long ago. "Alright, we're almotht there, right?" She asked, turning her head to look at her companion.

[Rusty Bolt]

Rusty followed "yeah, its right over there. adn sorry for that memory...." she said following megs around the corner to her shop. "ehm, better lets move through th backdoor, so if the othe rpegasi follows us, will not see, what shop it is. if the griffons find out, i´m going to die..." she said, signing into a back alley

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