*Hey everyone, I am really sorry this chapter is a few days late, school has been getting a bit in the way but I finally got it out, and I am really sorry for taking so long, also I have something to announce at the end of the month that I really need to tell which is important, and that would be I am going on vacation at the end of the month, I will be giving more info at the end of the month with a chapter, but anyway I really hope you all enjoy the chapter and I will see you all in the next one.*
The sun fell and the moon rose painting the sky with stars, but slowly faded away with time with the moon falling again with the sun slowly peeking from the mountains cascading across sky with its reds, yellows and oranges as inside the home of a certain chef was Mike, laying in the large bed only with his thoughts but soon began to stir, near violently when he shot up from the bed, eyes nearly bloodshot as he was breathing heavily, slowly placing his arm upon his knee while looking around to find he was inside a room he somewhat recognized, letting his gaze fall upon his wrist to find that his bracelet was there.
breathing a sigh of relief he swung his legs over the side of the bed, sitting up he found his tactical belt lying upon the dresser next to the bed he was sleeping in, quickly sitting up he grabbed the belt and wrapped it around his waist, hearing the familiar click while checking himself over to find that he had a little dust on him, while with his bruises but still had a faint pain in the back of his skull when something finally clicked in his mind 'W-Where's everyone?' He thought to himself, trying to keep himself calm but sadly nearly failing when he nearly ripped the door from it's hinges and peering out into the hall, whipping his head around while a faint jingle of his necklace was heard.
Mike peeled down the hall in a nearly full sprint, nearly colliding with the couch in the living room, looking around the room to find it was empty except for a few blankets and pillows strewn about, feeling his heart becoming heavy he was starting to freak out till he heard some noises in the kitchen, spinning upon his heels he ran towards the doorway to the kitchen to find his friends, and his family sitting around and eating breakfast, sharing a few laughs while the mothers to his two daughters were playing with their kids and drawing a little with syrup on their pancakes as Mike could feel his breathing soften a little with tears slowly filling his eyes when his best friend Angel turned towards him, letting out a gasp nearly dropping the coffee pot she held.
"M-Mike?" She squeaked softly, not really sure what her eyes were seeing making everyone stop what they were doing to find him standing before them at the doorway of the kitchen, everyone felt mixed emotions till before anyone could react Mike pulled as many people he could into a hug while tears began to fall down his face "Y-You're all alive… Y-You're alive…" He croaked while the ones who were in the hug simply hugged him back while the rest soon joined in the hug as Mise stood by with a soft smile "Of course we are man… we are family, and we never leave family behind." Mise explained, keeping his smile while patting Mike's back while he let the tears continue to fall holding the most important people in his life close.
After the reunion of family Mike and friends slowly let each other ago while Strawberry and Starry gently took his hands, dragging him to the table making him chuckle softly sitting between his two daughters while Remaie placed a stack of pancakes before him, while giving him a loving kiss upon the cheek "We're really happy to see you are doing better, since yesterday." She smiled happily while Mike gave a warm smile back "Yeah… that was one heck of a nightmare." He admitted, giving a soft chuckle while taking a bite of his pancakes when the group looked at him with a serious, yet concerned look making him look towards them "What's up?" He asked when they looked on when Wave let out a sigh of sorrow "M-Mike? T-That all happened yesterday… it was all real." She spoke while Mike looked at her with worry.
"W-What do you mean? Guys… you're kinda scaring me here…" He admitted as Anera gently placed her hand upon Mike's shoulder "S-Sweetie… I think we should explain something outside, please… follow us." She asked while Mike slowly nodded, slowly getting up as he petted Strawberry and Starry's heads walking outside with everyone, when they stood in front of the from door outside the home and began to explain everything to him, while he just sat there soaking it all in "Y-You mean… Rainbow Dash did all this?" He asked with everyone nodding, while Mike's face slowly became that of a blank one trying to figure out what he should feel.
He slowly paced a bit back and forth in front of the driveway, as the wound on the back of his head made him wince in pain when it started to flood back like waves and waves of anguish, but with anger in the mix when he started to feel his blood starting to boil as the group looked on with worry when he spoke in a low tone "Rainbow Dash… Rainbow Dash… Rainbow Dash!" He screamed soon grabbing a hold of the mailbox post, ripping it out of the ground and smashing it upon the ground, stomping upon it hard, crushing the metal underneath his boot as the group took a few steps back watching the display before them when Mike gave one final stomp flattening the poor mailbox into the ground when Mise spoke up in a soft tone.
"Feeling a little better man?" He asked, trying to keep a calm atmosphere while Mike let out a sigh "Yeah… I feel a lot better now… sorry about… for well, smashing your mailbox." He said with a sheepish smile while rubbing the back of his neck while Mise waved it off "It's fine, at least you got it out of your system." Mise smiled softly while the girls looked towards Mike with worry, but seemed to relax a little seeing that Mike was a little calmer "So what do we do?" He asked when Crystal spoke up "Well, we could try to explain everything to everyone… or we could leave on Ms. Anera ship… since ours is well… basically to the point of being... trashed." Crystal admitted with the group nodding in agreement, with Moon looking towards Mike with worry.
She walked over to Mike, slowly looking over the back of his head and winced a little "Yeshe… that's one hell of a bruise…" She spoke with concern, looking over the injury while Mike gave a soft grunt of pain "I-It's not too bad…" He tried to downplay the injury while Moon shook her head "Uh, uh… you could be still be really badly injured, it would be like when we first met you all over again…" Moon warned, with a face of worry when Mike was going to speak again, but stopped himself and just gave a nod which made Moon smile a little, continuing to examine his wound letting a sigh of relief escape her lips "Well, good news is that there's no swelling, but it will still hurt for a bit so please… do be careful, okay?" Moon asked while Mike nodded, as Moon smiled softly gently planting a loving kiss upon his lips.
"Thank you, now let's get back inside and eat breakfast. We're really happy that you are doing a little better since yesterday." She said with a warm smile, as Mike nodded a bit but still felt worried for the events that happened yesterday, still being very fresh in his mind while he followed everyone back into the home but could still feel something nagging on his mind, but tried to bury it when he looked back outside, slowly closing the front door.
Following everyone back inside, most sat back down to finish breakfast while Strawberry and Starry were waiting for their parents to return soon jumping from their seats and running into the arms of their parents who walked in, returning to their seats the group began to finish their breakfasts, sharing a few laughs and smiles but something still lingered in their minds, not only for their friend but for the little ones that were sitting on the both sides of Mike for what Strawberry and Starry had said in their sleep the night before, debating of what to do next or to even ask that was until their trains of thought were broken when Mike stood up, taking the empty plates and cups from the table carrying them to the sink, starting to clean them with his mind away from everything for what they could guess to mull over what they explained him.
Looks of concern and worry could only be painted upon the group's faces, watching their friend/family member washing the dishes before them while Strawberry looked to be physically scared, the group looked towards her as she began to hyperventilate "Sweetie? What's wrong?" Wave asked, gently taking a hold of her daughter soon having tears falling down her little face "D-Daddy! P-Please don't! I-I'll be good!" She nearly screamed with everyone flinching back from this, shocked from what she had said while Mike dropped everything he was doing turning towards his daughters while Strawberry was squirming in her mother's arms "P-Please d-don't hurt Mommy!" She screamed, weeping softly in her mother's arms while all eyes were on Mike, who started to connect the dots looking towards his weapons.
He quickly took his belt off and crunched his hand, storing the items in his bracelet slowly walking towards Strawberry trying to not scare her "Sweetie… It's okay… I'm not going to hurt you…" He quietly cooed to her as she continued to weep into Wave's chest while Mike continued to slowly walk towards her, gently cooing to her "I would never harm you, sweetie… I promise to never harm you." He cooed as Strawberry softly sniffled, slowly looking towards Mike with hopeful eyes "P-Promise?" She asked while Mike smiled softly gently planting a loving kiss upon her forehead "I promise, sweetie." He smiled while Strawberry gently wiped her eyes, slowly holding her arms out to be held while as Mike gently picked Strawberry up as she gently laid her head upon his chest, he began to pet her head, gently running his fingers through her hair while Starry looked towards her family "I-Is my sister going to be okay?" She asked with hope in her tone, while they gave a warm smile and nod.
"She will be sweetie, don't worry. We will get to the bottom of this." Izzy said, gently petting Starry's head while she picked her up, carrying her out into the living room with the rest of the group while Mise spoke up "I know this isn't our place to talk about this but… Strawberry… we want you to explain to us, what freaked you out, okay?" He asked in a soft tone, sitting in the arm chair next to the couch while Strawberry keeping close to her father while Wave gently petted her head, trying to keep her calm while Starry slowly looked towards Mise, slowly nodding "O-Okay…" She gently squeaked slowly breathing in a gentle breaths until she slowly spoke "I-It was d-daddy's knife…" Strawberry spoke in a quiet tone, the group looked towards her with worry when Mike gently spoke to her.
"My knife? Why is that sweetie?" Mike asked with confusion but that of also worry for this Strawberry remained quiet, the room slowly began to fill with silence with faces of worry slowly painting upon the group's faces until Strawberry gave a soft sniffle with tears starting to slowly fill her eyes "D-Daddy…. H-He… He…" She tried to say while Wave gently took a hold of Strawberry, gently sitting her in her lap "What did your daddy do?" She gently asked while the tears began to fall down her face heavier, bursting into tears "H-He killed mommy!" She wailed crying into her mother's chest as she held her close gently petting her head, letting her fingers run through Strawberry's hair gently cooing to her, trying to calm her down while the group was taken back by this.
The room was only filled with the sounds of Strawberry's crying and Wave's efforts to try and calm her down, while Starry looked worried for her older sister. Izzy and Mike were trying to keep her calm as Anera felt her heart sink deep into her chest, while holding her two daughters close and the girls could only feel worry and sorrow for the little ones before them, Octavia could only feel sorrow and Mise… He looked to have a blank look upon his face however few could tell that he was actually in deep thought.
Mise's mind lingered in thought, but it all came back to one specific memory, a memory that will always haunt him till his end of days upon the living world, it was of the day that he had lost his two youngest siblings many years ago that could even bring a tear to the most stone cold feeling of people, looking towards Strawberry and Starry he could only think of one thought, voicing louder than the rest in his mind 'I can't let this happen to them… not like my siblings years ago… not again, it will not happen again… and I know none of will ever let it happen…' Mise thought to himself, soon speaking up when he sat up from his seat while slipping his coat on.
"Excuse for a few minutes...I... just remembered I...have some business I need attend to." Mise said in a dreary, half-minded tone as if he was deeply focused on something on his mind. The group was going to speak up till Mise walked out of the front door, while everyone let out a sigh as Strawberry had finally calmed down while Wave kept her close, still petting her head as she planted a loving kiss upon her forehead "You feel a little better, sweetie?" She asked, while Strawberry gently nodded still burying her head into Wave's chest.
The group still felt worry as Mike placed his hand gently upon Strawberry's head, soon sitting up with something in his mind that gained the attention of everyone when he turned towards Octavia "Octavia… do you have a car, or someone that can give us a ride?" He asked while she looked at him a little oddly, but spoke nonetheless "Yeah, I have a car, why? Where do you want to go?" She asked as Mike looked towards Strawberry, then back towards Octavia "The police station… Were bringing Strawberry's father to justice." He voiced.
This taken back everyone, as Strawberry sniffled softly gently taking a hold of her father's hand "D-Don't do it Daddy! H-He's a really scary meanie!" She squeaked softly while Mike looked towards his daughter, gently smiling softly when he knelt before her "Sweetie, your father is a very bad man, and he deserves to be punished for what he has done. I know it can be scary, and it's alright to be afraid, but you must face these demons and we will be there together with you." He spoke, gently plating a loving kiss upon her forehead when a soft grin slowly spread "Plus, if he tries to harm you, or your moms, or even your little sister. I will personally kick his butt, and make sure he doesn't harm anyone else." Mike beamed, with Strawberry gently sniffling as she rubbed her little eyes and wrapping her little arms around Mike's neck, giving him a hug.
Mike felt his heart melt in his daughter's grip as he hugged her back while Starry slowly walked over and Mike quickly wrapped his arm around her as well, holding his two daughters in a loving hug making the girls giggle softly at the heart warming scene while Anera gently wiped her tears away, smiling happily for her son watching him pick his two daughters up "Alright you two, let's get this ball rolling. I think it's time we take down this monster." He said with the group nodding while Remaie took a black sphere with dark green lines from her bracelet, gently tossing it a bit in the air while Wave opened the front door.
She kept the door open as Mike carried their daughters outside, with Izzy, Moon, Crystal and Angel following behind while Octavia unlocked her car letting that half of the group get inside with them nearly getting packed inside the vehicle as Angel and Wave decided to get into the other car that was Remaie's that had the shade of dark green "You guys can follow me, the police station is a bit far away." Octavia explained with everyone nodding when Wave was going to get into Remaie's car, until she was picked up by Mike and carrying her in his arms when he then placed her in the passenger seat with a soft smile.
"You can have my seat Wave. Angel can ride with me." He said taking the sphere out of his bracelet with his helmet and taking his bike out of the sphere soon placing the helmet upon Angel's head, making her blush a little while the group giggled a little while Mike flipped an extra helmet in his hands, placing it upon his head "I snagged an extra helmet from that closet Mise has filled with these, I hope it's alright Octavia." He asked while she just smiled, waving it off while she started the car "It's alright, Mike. Just follow us alright?" She asked the two groups while they nodded, Remaie starting up her vehicle and Mike jumping onto his bike, shoving the keys into the ignition feeling the vehicle kick to life, slowly hovering above the ground as he felt the gentle touch of Angel's arms wrapping around his waist, feeling a familiar blush burning upon his face, while she had felt a blush burning her cheeks.
Revving the engine loudly, Octavia soon took off down the street with Remaie following behind while Mike followed her also, driving down the streets following close to each other, buildings were flying by while people just went by in a blur going amongst their business, however only one thing occupied the group's minds and that was to bring Strawberry's father to justice for what he had done, when Octavia began to slow down, slowly turning into a parking lot of a large police station showing that they had reached their destination with Remaie parking her car next to Octavia's and Mike parked his bike near the two vehicles, turning off the engine as Angel hopped off the bike with her blush still present upon her face.
Taking off their helmets they put the helmets into their bracelets while the groups gotten out of the cars, with Izzy holding Starry close while Crystal carried Strawberry as everyone was getting ready to walk into the building, walking along the path to the building when Strawberry started to cower in Crystal's arms as she tried to keep her calm, soon walking into the main lobby of the police station that was buzzing softly with activity with the group walking towards the front desk gaining the attention of the officer behind the desk "Hello there, how may I help you all today?" The man asked when Mike spoke up.
"Yes hi… listen, we would like to report something… but… we want to talk to your caption, or whoever is in charge of the station." He said with a tone of seriousness, making the officer nod soon activating his walkie upon his chest "Caption Armor, your attendance is required to the front area." He spoke soon getting a response back "Copy that, be right over." The voice spoke back while the officer turned towards the group "The caption is on his way, why did you request his services?" He asked, with pen in hand when Wave spoke.
"We are asking to file a report, a murder has been committed." Wave said with the officer's head whipping towards her with a serious look in his eyes "Young lady, you better be clear for what you speak, even an eye witness for such a serious claim." He said to her as Crystal walked forward with Strawberry "We do actually sir, our little one here saw everything… she can tell you everything, as long as one of us is with her." She said with a motherly, yet protective tone with the officer nodded, understanding her protective nature of her daughter when Captain Armor walked over to the group "I'm Captain Shining Armor, what seems to be the problem?" He asked with a serious tone when the officer explained what they said, with him soon nodding leading Strawberry and Crystal into a separate room, sitting across from the two while Crystal held Strawberry's hand.
Shining Armor clicked the pen a little in his hand, opening his notepad "Alright… now little one, what is your name?" He asked while Strawberry quietly squeaked "S-Strawberry." She squeaked while he wrote down the info "That's a very beautiful name." Shining armor said, giving a soft smile while Strawberry blushed softly as he gave a soft chuckle "Okay… now your family out there said you witnessed a crime, can you please tell me what happened?" He asked while Strawberry slowly nodded, explaining to the best of her capabilities of what she could remember from what had happened from such a young age "I-It happened w-when I was… T-Two or three… D-Daddy was drinking this… G-Grown up drinks, and was not taking his medicine that M-Mommy always had him take… I-I didn't know why… B-But he started to get…" She started to speak, feeling the tears starting to envelope her eyes "A-Angry…" She squeaked sniffling softly, when Shining Armor placed before her a box of tissues when Crystal gently took one and helped Strawberry blow her nose.
She thanked Crystal when she began to speak again "H-He started to yell at Mommy, and she started to yell… T-Then they were screaming at each other… I-It was so scary… T-Then daddy… G-Grabbed a knife from the drawer and he… H-He…" She tried to say until she started to burst into tears, while Crystal gently took Strawberry, holding her close and petting her head while Shining continued to write down the info into the notebook "It's alright Strawberry, you are being a very big help with this investigation." He said till there was a knock on the door, with a detective walking in with paperwork in hand "Captain, we got an anonymous tip, something I decided to look into and I found some information that you may want to look into." She said handing the papers to Shining as he thanked her for that, looking over the papers while looking towards Crystal and Strawberry "You may go if you like, I will call if there is anything we need to talk about." He said while Crystal gently nodded, writing down her phone number and handing it to the captain while carrying Strawberry out of the room.
With the two left the room the group was waiting for them as Mise was sitting with them, dressed in a black trench coat, sunglasses and a baseball cap with 'Not Mise' written upon it smiling softly "Hey there Crystal, hey Strawberry all done here?" He asked with Crystal giving a questioning look while the rest just shrugged, not really sure what he was doing when Mike walked back over to the group, soon seeing the two smiling warmly as he gently petted Strawberry's head "Hey there sweetie, did you tell the nice police man what you needed to say?" He asked while Strawberry gently nodded with the group smiling happily getting ready to leave when the captain walked over stopping the group "Listen, sorry for keeping you all a bit longer but… We may have found the man you were all looking for… but Strawberry here needs to stay to give an eyewitness statement at the court trial." He stated with Strawberry looking scared to stay until Mike spoke "Were staying with her, and before you even say anything. We are her parents, we may have adopted her but she is still our little girl, and frankly I don't trust any of you not as far as I can throw you, and believe me some of us can lob you guys like fricken footballs." He stated with the group nodding.
Shining stood quiet for a few minutes, before nodding "Okay… We will call when you need to appear with your daughter… please just… be safe out there." He simply said, walking away with the group nodded in understandment, walking out of the police station when Octavia turned towards Mise "Okay… what exactly are you wearing?" Octavia asked while Mise looked towards her, smiling very softly "Just something to keep things in balance." Mise had said vaguely, with everyone shrugging a bit while Crystal was gently nuzzling Strawberry's head while Starry looked towards her older sister with worry, but Izzy smiled softly "Don't worry, everything will be okay. Like how my older sis did for me." She said with her smile, making Starry smile a bit and nod.
About An Hour Later…
Inside the courthouse, people and lawyers buzzing with activity walking from courtroom to courtroom as the group were walking towards the courtroom they needed to be in, after they had passed through security without a snag, except for Mise who had to give up everything he was carrying leaving the security in a daze with terrified looks of how much weapons he was holding "Dude, I can't believe you carry all that shit on hand, how do you not get weighed down from all that?" Mike asked while Mise smirked "Easy, when you were a soldier like me you have to carry that and more." He explained as Mike just rolled his eyes, shaking his head following the girls into the courtroom sitting down while everyone was getting ready for the court case when the judge walked in, while the bailiff spoke "All rise." He spoke, with everyone standing up while the judge sat down.
"You may all be seated." She spoke looking through her papers while everyone sat down, as the judge handed the bailiff a paper while the jury walked in, taking their seats when he spoke up "Case number 587 'Lockjaw' Star Chaser, for the murder of his wife Berry Vines and attempted homicide of Strawberry Vines." The bailiff spoke with the man of said name walking in, he had dark brown hair darker than the earth itself, light cornflower blue skin with a large scar lining the side of his jaw and across his cheek with smoky grey eyes scanning the room with a scowl plastered upon his face wearing what looked to be a dark blue suit and tie, with handcuffs adorning his wrists scoffing while walking to the defendant seat hearing only could be faint growls from him, sitting down in the seat.
The case was going off without a hitch, the judge was hearing both sides of the case while Mike and the girls were paying close attention as the jury was taking notes, everything was going smoothly till Izzy spoke up "Mr. Snuggles? After this can we go get pancakes?" She asked since she was getting hungry and so was most of the group also "Izzy, sweetie please this is a serious case." He spoke in a hushed whisper while Mise spoke up "I want bananas on my pancakes." Mise had said while Mike looked at him with a deadpanned look "I'll come over there and feed you my boot if you don't shut up." Mike growled with soft annoyance when the judge spoke "I think it's about time we had a five minute recess, everyone please return soon and no violence in the court or lobby please." She asked with everyone soon leaving when Mise spoke up to the judge "Awww…. But I'm so good at it." He said, till she looked at him "Shut up, Mise." The judge had said.
While that happened the group was eating in a small cafeteria like area, munching softly on some snacks while Strawberry looked extra nervous "It's okay sweetie, after you tell your side of things everything else will go smoothly, and your dad will be in jail for a long, long time." Moon gently cooed while she nodded a little as Mike looked to be lost in his thoughts, but was slowly dragged out by Octavia who looked at him with concern "You alright there, Mike?" She asked with concern in her voice as Mike gave her a soft nod "Yeah… just thinking about this case really… Strawberry's dad is just really… I don't know, off you know?" Mike asked as Octavia gently nodded, gently wrapping her fingers around her mug of coffee.
"Yeah… he did really, like he was waiting for something… but for what? I don't even know, but let's just keep an eye on him for now, alright?" She asked taking a sip of her coffee while Mike gave a firm nod, eating the last of the food he had bought when everyone soon sat up after their time was up for the recess, walking back into the courtroom to resume the case as it continued like normal with time passing by quite quickly, till the judge looked towards Strawberry and gently bringing her up to the stand when the bailiff held a bible and his hand up helping Strawberry's hand onto it "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you Faust?" He asked while she slowly turned towards the judge with a warm smile "It's okay, just say you do." She said when Strawberry slowly nodded "I-I do." She squeaked softly, with the bailiff moving away giving view of her father, burrowing his gaze deep into the little girls very soul.
Strawberry began to cower under his gaze as Starry felt scared for her older sister when she began to retell what had happened that night, the groups looked on with horror as the jury could already feel their verdict already brewing in their minds while Strawberry was finished giving her testimony, the judge thanked Strawberry for her testimony while Strawberry still looked frightened under Star's gaze looking like he was growling softly under his tone, the group watched on as Mike kept a close eye on the man sitting not far from them but something caught his eye, watching closely at his hand movements when his eyes went wide to find him pulling a small knife from his sleeve, slowly holding it close to his person and lowering his gaze towards the table trying not to look suspicious.
Mike caught onto what was going on as Strawberry was slowly climbing down from the stand when Star saw his opportunity, quickly standing from his seat with blade in hand he quickly charged around the table he was sitting for everyone was in shock on what was going on, the bailiff was standing back while trying to grab his taser, the jury were gasping loudly as the judge didn't know what to do and neither did the people of the court, as at the attention of it all Strawberry was starting freak out only resorting to crying seeing that her fate was going to be sealed, that was until Mike quickly vaulted over one of the benches and onto one of them, launching himself off of it as he propelled himself through the air launching far through the air soon landing upon the man, knocking him off course making the knife fall from his grip amongst the ground, giving a soft clatter against the tiles.
Everyone stood in shock as Strawberry slowly opened her eyes, finding her father Mike getting up from the ground nearly growling in anger with soft specks of black filling his eyes while Star groaned, lifting himself slowly off the ground struggling a little because of the handcuffs that adorned his wrists letting his gaze fall to find that some of his hand slipped from the cuff, grinning at his opportunity he forcefully slipped his hand from the cuff to find his new found freedom had a snag, and that was the seventeen and a half year old student before him that was growling like a protective predator of their young but all he could do was grin 'This is going to be so damn easy…' He thought smugly to himself, flipping the free cuff into his free hand, creating a makeshift brassknuckle getting ready for a fight.
The two stood from each other, waiting for one to make the first move as the bailiff was going to intervene that was until Mise stopped him and shook his head "Don't… let him handle it." He warned, making the bailiff slowly nod staying by the judge watching the two when Star charged at Mike, launching his fist towards Mike's head but he quickly dodged it, nearly feeling the cuff skid by his hair soon taking a hold of his arm and wrenching his head backwards, soon throwing it forward feeling it connect with Star's nose giving off a sickening crackle of the bones in his nose break making growl in pain, grabbing a hold of his nearly broken nose when he felt the wind getting knocked out of him when Mike's knee connect with his gut while letting go of his arm watching him getting knocked back.
Everyone looked on with worry while Star kept his grounds, seething with anger "You son of a bitch! I'm gonna rip your organs out of you and force feed you them!" He seethed, charging at Mike wrenching his arm far back letting it go feeling the cuff connect hard against Mike's jaw, feeling his head whip to the side hard making him stumble when he connected another to his gut, then another until he started to throw a good amount of punches at Mike, alternating from the gut, chest and face with a wide grin adorning his face with his hands starting to drip with blood, dripping softly with crimson, but only Star could think of was death on his mind chuckling madly as the girls could only watch on in horror, Starry was crying in Izzy's lap while Strawberry who was crying ran out of the booth past the bailiff before he could even stop her when she grabbed a hold of Star's leg, crying into it.
"P-Please! D-Don't hurt my daddy!" She begged when Star looked towards her with a growl, letting go of Mike's hoodie for a second when he smacked her hard across the face, making her fall to the ground as she cried heavier "Get the fuck off me you little parasite! If it wasn't for your whore mother, I would have gotten rid of you long ago!" He heaved as Strawberry cried louder while he grabbed her hair, nearly yanking her off the ground until he screamed in pain, feeling a large metallic knife plunged deep into the back of his leg while Mise was standing up slowly retracting his hand while a knife slipped down his other jacket sleeve, Star growled at this reaching for the knife till he felt someone grabbing his arm looking towards them to find two dark orbs with piercing crimson digging into his soul for he met eye contact with Mike's eyes with crimson blood dripping gently from his face, quickly bending his arm in the other direction till he heard the sickening snap of bones, making Star wail in pain.
Everyone recoiled at the sight before them when Mike soon took a hold of his head and smashed it hard into his knee, letting a stream of crimson fly from his nose and hitting his head against the judge's box, knocking him unconscious bleeding softly from the wounds he had acquired as Mike breathed softly "Don't you dare ever fucking hurt my daughter's or family again…" He bellowed, slowly turning his gaze towards Strawberry who sniffled softly, looking towards her father with hopeful eyes.
"D-Daddy?" She squeaked softly, watching him walk towards her with a soft, yet warm comforting smile slowly spread across his face as he gently picked Strawberry up to reveal his eyes slowly going back to normal, wiping the blood from his face gently planted a loving kiss upon her forehead "It's me sweetie, don't you worry. I told you I would kick his butt if he tried anything." Mike had said, holding Strawberry close and gently petting her head as she gently buried her head into his chest as Starry leaped from Izzy's lap, running over to Mike and hugging his leg crying into it when he then picked her up as well, holding her close in a loving hug while Mise spoke to the judge.
"As you can see that man is not stable at all, and all of you saw what had happened. If Mike didn't step in Strawberry could have been harmed." Mise explained with the judge and jury nodding in agreement "We all can agree that we find the defendant guilty, we hope this man… no this monster deserves to never see the light of day… may he rot in the deepest pits of hell…" The juror said while the judge spoke with a nod.
"Indeed the sentence is life in prison with no chance of parole." She said smacking the mallet against the wood while two bailiffs dragged the unconscious Star out of the courtroom but also having medical personnel walking into fix his wounds while one was going to go up to Mike, he just smiled and gently shook his head walking out of the courthouse with his family and friends "Well… since that's all over with, who wants some ice cream?" Mise suggested with Starry and Strawberry gently jumping in Mike's arms making the group smile a little.
Octavia giggled softly when she spoke "I know a place that Fang goes to, follow me I know where it is." Octavia had said, with the group following behind her, walking down the street towards the ice cream place while Mise walked over to Mike, whispering to him in a hushed tone "Listen man, I could see the fire in your eyes during that fight… I can tell you wanted to kill him." He whispered making Mike look towards him when Mise kept his look, continuing to whisper "Don't worry… I got some people on the inside, they can snuff him out so we wouldn't have to worry about him." Mise explained, in his hushed tone making Mike slowly nod not really sure what to say before sighing softly, whispering to him "Alright…" He whispered walking along the way with the group with Starry and Strawberry in his arms, walking into the ice cream parlor.
A Little While Later In The Day…
Time slowly paced in the day as Moon was tending to Mike's wounds, making sure they healed properly while the rest were getting things ready so they could leave that night when there was a gentle knock at the door, Mise slowly set down a box walking over to the front door soon taking a hold of the doorknob, giving it a soft twist and opening it to reveal Sunset and her friends, but behind her they could see a familiar rainbow like hair and cyan blue skin when they stopped what they were doing, nearly seething with rage "What is she doing here?" Wave asked with anger filling her tone while Sunset spoke.
"Listen… We explained everything to Rainbow but not only that, she didn't know… she feels really horrible for what she did… she didn't know what was going on… neither does half of our friends at all, please… can we just come in?" Sunset asked, nearly begging when all eyes slowly fell upon Mike who sighed "Bring them in…" He simply said hissing softly from his wounds while Mise kept the door open, letting their friends in while some looked to be carrying equipment in also much to many's confusion when some looked towards Mike with pure concern.
"Mike… what happened to you?" Sunset asked while Mike looked towards his wounds, soon looking towards them with a soft smile "Gave someone a well deserving ass kicking, and he's in prison which is an added bonus." He smiled with a soft chuckle coughing a little from it but maintained his smile none the less, with the friends nodding a bit when Applejack gave Rainbow Dash a bit of a hard nudge, nearly knocking her forward towards the couch.
S he slowly walked towards Mike while Moon kept a hold of his hand, giving her a death glare reading of 'choose your words wisely or you're gonna die horribly' written all over her face making Rainbow swallow the lump in her throat but let out a gentle sigh when she spoke "Listen… I… I didn't know about anything that was going on, it was just…" She tried to say before sighing.
"Look… We thought we lost our friends in space… worried that they had died out there, not knowing where they were… and we thought we would never see them again. But when we saw that ship crash and seeing Octavia and Mise stepping out of the ship… we were ecstatic to see them again, we thought we lost our friends forever…" Rainbow had said, which Mike kept his gaze towards her slowly sitting up a bit a more listening to her continue.
"We were worried, concerned… hell some of thought we lost in family, and were relieved when to learn that our friends are alright but finding out that they were staying back on the same planet with all of you… we just… we just felt our hearts breaking, I ain't one to show much emotion but… it sucked man, and finding out that you were the ones that saved them and were aliens… We just thought… they were brainwashed or something… you can probably see what we mean since we have been dealing with magic for so long… anyway, a good amount of us thought you were all freaks and maybe even… evil really…" Rainbow admitted, feeling sorrow bellowing in her tone while Mike looked towards her soon speaking "You know, I do know where you are coming from Rainbow Dash… protecting family and friends is commendable… but what you did… it ain't the brightest damn thing I ever seen…" He spoke slowly standing up, gently letting go of Moon's hand when he stood above Rainbow Dash looking upon her.
"All I can really say is this… I don't give a damn what you say, I don't give a damn who you are… you can all hate me, you can all beat me like it was going out of style… but when you bring in my family, the only thing I have left in this world… This whole universe... it ain't going to fucking end well…" Mike spoke with venom in his words keeping his gaze at Rainbow, making her feel smaller than ever as she sank deeper into where she sat while Mike's gaze slowly lightened "However…" He softly spoke with everyone turning towards him "You were only looking out for your friends… that I can understand, but you did something royally moronic… Hell, could have gotten a lot of people killed maybe even arrested… You were being a royal fucking idiot…" He spoke but softly sighed "But… I would only have to say is… I forgive you… it's better to have a friend than an enemy…" He admitted, holding his hand out towards Rainbow Dash "What do you say… Friends?" He asked as Rainbow Dash smiled a little, gently taking a hold of his hand and getting up while giving a good shake "Friends… and I am really sorry for all that." Rainbow smiled as Mike just gave a soft smile with a nod.
The groups smiled softly at this as Mise wrapped his arms around Mike and Rainbow, giving a very high voice "Yeah, friendship and flowers and ponies and bleagh!" He spoke with a disgusted tone making Mike chuckle softly and pushing Mise back by his face, knocking him back a bit "Oh shut up man." He said with a smile forming upon his face while something was still on many's minds "I still got to ask, you're pretty strong Mike but how come you let Rainbow beat you?" Aria asked as Mise spoke "Because he doesn't want to hurt anyone." He spoken making everyone turn towards him, then back at Mike as only a collect few knew of his strength while Rainbow Dash snickered a little "He can hurt someone? I like to see that actually, no offense." She snickered while Mise knew he had to show them as he turned to Mike.
"Mike… I want you to hit me, as hard as you can." He said while Mike just shook his head "No, I ain't going to hit you man." Mike said as Mise kept egging him on, while Mike continued to refuse until Mise soon snapped and thought of something, soon yelling at him "Do it you dumb son of a bitch! Cause all you are is a fucking orphan in this world that no one will ever love!" He yelled, taking back everyone while Mike only stood there when they could all hear a faint growl when his gaze formed to that of anger, balling his fist tightly wrenching his far behind his head while Mise closed his eyes waiting for the punch to connect soon feeling an extremely hard haymaker connect with the side of his face that he could feel himself flying through the air till he hit something hard, knocking him out cold as Mike was left breathing heavily after he launched Mise through the air with just a haymaker, nearly smashing a bookshelf in half.
Everyone was in shock while Mike gave a soft snort like the enraged Adult Poptop that had thrown him against a wall months ago, feeling his anger slowly fading from his body looking towards the other friends to find that their jaws were unhinged "W-Wha… H-How… Y-You could have fought back! Why didn't you?" Rainbow asked while Mike crossed his arms "I don't like hurting people, plus I would never hit a girl unless it's a life or death situation." He explained with them nodding while Eclipse and Midnight smiled softly, hearing those words while Twilight and a few were setting up a large monitor and other stuff while placing sensors on Sunset's face and arms as Octavia was waking Mise up with some smelling salts "Ugh… w-what happened? I feel like I was hit with a damn freight train." He spoke in a groggy, but pained tone while Octavia gently placed an ice pack on his cheek.
"You egged Mike into hitting you, he punched you with an extremely hard haymaker and nearly broke the bookshelf in half." Octavia explained with Mise nodding a little, slowly getting up as Mike and Sunset were sitting in two seats "Now, this should be able to see what you see Sunset… are you two ready?" Twilight asked with the two giving a firm nod as Sunset took a hold of Mike's arm soon going into his mind while he slowly closed his minds.
Inside Mike's Mind…
The scenery was the high school again while Sunset stood abound around the students as Kyo materialized before her "Ahhh, bacon hair there you are, good to see you again." Kyo smiled while Sunset just rolled her eyes, but gave a soft giggle "Good to see you as well Kyo, how have you been?" She asked while Kyo gave a soft shrug "Eh… you know, slowly losing my mind in my little brother's mind, trying not to take over and kill Rainbow Dash, you know normal stuff." He admitted materializing a couch while the scene slowly changed to the next memory while taking a seat, patting the seat next to him for Sunset to join him as she gently sat next to him "So… showing your friends stuff huh?" He asked with Sunset nodding.
"Yeah… it's so they can finally understand." Sunset had said while Kyo gave a nod, understanding what she meant "Understandable, at least they will leave my little brother alone." He spoke, taking out his cigarettes and taking one out as Sunset looked at him with worry "Hey… Kyo? Don't you ever get well… lonely in here?" She asked while Kyo light a cigarette, taking a drag from it letting the memory change while letting the smoke out with a sigh "I do actually… Don't get me wrong, messing with my little brother is fun and all… but… I just, I don't know… Get tired of it all…" He voiced, laying back a little in his seat until he felt a gentle hand upon his shoulder, slowly turning to find it coming from Sunset with a soft smile "Well I think you should talk to Mike about it, it seems that you really care for your little brother and you two would do anything for each other." Sunset explained while Kyo let out a sigh.
"Yeah… but after this last fuck up… I don't think he would…" Kyo spoke till he felt a hand smack him hard across the face, placing his hand upon it while Sunset gave him a caring glare "Now don't you start talking like that, sure things have gone bad but you were only doing what you thought was right and don't you even think of trying to deny that, if you two just talk you two could find some middle ground." Sunset suggested while Kyo slowly nodded, taking another drag from the cigarette gently dropping it and snuffing it "Yeah… your right Sunset, thank you…" He said slowly smiling as the final memory slowly stopped playing "Good, now I will see you later okay?" She asked with Kyo giving a warm nod, slowly fading from the mind as Kyo smiled a bit more slowly taking control so he could thank her personally.
Outside Mike/Kyo's Mind…
The group was in shock at what they were witnessing before them as Sunset slowly let go of Kyo's arm and taking the sensors off "Whoa… that was a second doozy to go through, you alright Mike?" She asked while Kyo just gently smiled, slowly opening his eyes to reveal the dark endless voids with crimson irises "Better than ever Sunset, thank you again for our talk." He said soon getting up and pulling Sunset into a hug, shocking everyone as before anyone could speak he spoke again "Don't worry, I won't take long. Just wanted to say hello and that for thank you for looking over my little brother." Kyo spoke slowly letting Mike take control again when he slowly shook his head "Jeez… felt like getting hit with a freighter." He voiced in his normal tone soon getting tackled by the girls and his two daughters, nearly in a dog pile as the groups could only do was smile and laugh while Pinkie Pie exclaimed for a party, as everyone could only do was cheer in joy of the idea.
That Night…
After the party died down and everyone left Anera had the school pick up the group's ship while others were loading stuff on hers, grabbing their bags when they all gave one final goodbye to friends and family Mise soon stopped the group "Guys, I want to show you all something… if that is alright?" He asked with everyone looking at each other, not really sure what to say but soon followed him down the streets of Canterlot, asking him where they are going but could only say it was a surprise when he walked into what was a cemetery with the group not sure how to feel while walking along the graves, he soon stopped at five lone graves on a hill with unfamiliar names to the group except Starry, Strawberry and Mise when Starry and Strawberry walked over to the graves, feeling tears filling their eyes as they began to cry hugging the tombstones.
"That's Strawberry's mom… and that's Starry's parents, they died in a car accident when she was two… those two on the end are my little brother and sister… I thought it would be a small nice present to have them moved to a better place… somewhere close by, you know?" He asked with the group nodding while Strawberry and Starry slowly let go of the graves and gave a final goodbye while Mise gently placed a bushel of flowers upon each grave, giving a soft prayer and leading everyone back to the home to find the friends there, waiting to give one final goodbye to everyone watching them walking into Anera's ship, watching it slowly lifting from the ground as it soon took off into the sky, shooting off into the stars with the group of friends waving goodbye to their friends from beyond the stars.
*Also just a little note here, this chapter is the final piece of a crossover with a group of friends that I also work with, I really hope you all enjoyed it and that normal programming will soon return in the next chapter, and that I will hopefully see you all in the next one.*
