Chapter 9: The Super-Speedy-Pony-Squeezy-6000
The 7 ponies continued to search, but found nothing. Continuing in deeper, loud banging noises began to fill the caves. They seemed to go off at regular intervals, almost as if they were mechanical. Up ahead there were lights, which, while comforting compared to the darkness, seemed out of place. The light was actually more unnerving than the darkness. A deep, but quiet voice filled the ponies minds, but didn't seem to be coming from anywhere.
"Children of the light, you shall soon see the consequences of opposing us."
Before anyone even had time to question what they just heard, the floor beneath them opened up. Fluttershy simply flew back up, but a green blast of magic shocked her wings. Twilight tried to teleport, but a similarly green aura surrounded the ponies. Beneath them seemed like an endless fall, with no stop in sight. The green magic continued to cover them, and Twilight tried to observe the spell, to see how to break it.
"This type of aura spell seems to based on concentration. If we can just break the caster's focus, we can escape!" she said.
"Way ahead of you." said a familiar voice.
A loud caw was heard from the other side of the machinery, followed by a crash, and the aura sparking and fading. Twilight teleported everyone to the side of the machinery where the noise came from, where they saw more familiar faces.
"You two again?" said Applejack. "I thought we took care of you once and fer all."
The Flim Flam brothers were back again, this time causing trouble in a much more sinister way.
"Why are you here, anyway?" said Applejack. You ain't got no reason to be workin' with them cultists."
"Really?" said Flam. "I see about 1000 right here." He held up a large sack of bits.
"They payed us quite well for some machinery." said Flim
"Why would they want a cider machine?" asked Twilight.
"Well, there isn't a big difference between apples, and apple ponies." said Flim with a sinister grin.
He flicked a lever, and a large piston came smashing down, near Applejack, causing her to jump back, narrowly avoiding getting her leg crushed
"Allow me to introduce you to the Super-Speedy-Pony-Squeezy-6000." said Flim
The brothers proceeded to flip switches to make pistons shoot out of the walls and floor, while casting magic stopping teleportation.
"
Well you've got piston smashed po-nies,
Inside of this machinery,
He's Flim
He's Flam
We're the world famous FlimFlam Brothers,
Traveling murderers nonpareil.
"That song only worked the first time, dweebs."
A flash shot across the room, slashing its deep hooks into Flim and Flam Their concentration was interrupted, and the spell faded, letting twilight teleport the ponies out of the deathtrap.
"She interrupted our song!" said Flim
"Well that was just rude." said Flam
"Lets see how you do without all them fancy machines." said Applejack, who was now standing right behind the brothers.
Before they could stutter out their response, Applejack bucked them both in one kick, and lacking much physical strength, were knocked to the ground. Gilda grabbed the oth of them in her talons, and held them over the pit the ponies nearly fell in earlier, and released her grip. The brothers quickly dissapeared down the chute.
"Well Flam," said Flim
"Yes Flim?" Said Flam
"I think now is as good a time as any for the grand finale, what do you say?"
"Sounds like a splendid idea."
Flim pressed a button on a control hidden inside his blue and white clothing, and then drifted too far away to be heard.
"Why did you help us?" asked Twilight.
"I-"
Gilda was cut off by a loud rumble of the machinery. The gears stared spinning much to fast, pipes of steam burst everywhere, and pistons began smashing up and down at speeds much too fast for the machine. The ponies tried to make to the exit elevator, but a metal gate slammed down in front of it. The anti-teleportation shield shot back up, much brighter than before, and coursing with electricity. Gilda saw there was an over-ride on the other side of the machine. But the pistons just kept coming closer and closer, until the ponies were trapped in a corner, The last one came slamming down, but everypony was surprised to find it didn't come all the way. Gilda had grabbed it and pushed back, now holding it in place.
"Somepony needs to go hit that over-ride, it will open the door!" said Gilda,as the machine slowly pushed down on her. Pinkie quickly ran to go hit it, and the door creeped open.
Everypony got inside, Gilda last, as she had to hold the piston for everypony. When they all got in, the pistons slammed down shut, as did the elevator door. Twilight pressed a button, and the elevator went down.