"Uh... uh man..." Arman stirred awake, his head buzzing and his vision was all fuzzy.

"blah blah blah~" his head heard as his senses were slowly starting to return. He tried to move his hands, but found that he couldn't move them. He looked to the left, and can barely see that his wrist was tied down to a bed post. He pulled at the rope keeping his wrist in place, he grunted before checking his other wrist and low and behold his other wrist was tied down.

"Crud." he groaned as his vision started to clear up, the picture began to form in his eyes. An small space, tan walls, a single dimly lit lamp, he was only in a pair of plaid boxers, a woman pacing around the floor in a bathrobe. Wait huh?

"Oh fudge on a fudge sandwich, with extra fudge on top! How could I have let them escape, I had one job to do and I couldn't even do that right! Oh man oh man Stella's gonna be so mad me, now I'll never save Lola." she spiraled as she walked in a circle, berating herself internally, and letting out a loud coughing hack with a little blood coming out.

"Meli?" Arman questioned as he fully regain consciousness.

"GAH!" Meli panicked before calming herself, "Oh, you're awake."

"Mel-"

"I know what you're gonna say, so save it. I'm already in too deep to stop now." she interrupted him before sitting down next to her captive.

"Why Meli, why side with Stella?" Arman questioned.

"I had to, for both Lola's sake and mine. After she found out about Sid's trickery Stella had taken all of Lincoln's sisters hostage, including Lola." Meli told him. "Even though I was terminally ill and weakened after the accident at Pony Con, I tried to save her myself."

Arman went wide eyed, "You went after Stella, alone! While sick!"

"Yeah, not my brightest move." she admitted, she then sighed before laying down next to him. "Instead of killing me, she gave me an offering I couldn't refuse. If I do what she'd say then she'll release everyone, she'd even give me a cure so that I can never have Leukemia ever again. I agreed to her terms, so she started my training. She had her science team work on the cure, none of the remedies have worked."

"Do you really trust her?" he asked.

"I have no choice, which is why I have to find Lincoln and Ronnie Anne fast." she rolled onto her side to face her former boyfriend, "But I never wanted you to be involved, I didn't want you hurt. But instead I just ruin everything." she sobbed into his chest, if he could move his arms he'd comfort her. After she pushed him away, he still cared about her and wanted to help her with her disease.

"Meli." he let out softly, "Look at me." she sniffed before lifting her head to face him. "When Rarrie Blossom pushed Tiny Trouts away when she needed someone the most, Tiny was still there by her side. Because Tiny loved Rarrie, just like I love you."

Meli hiccupped before wiping the tears from her eyes, "You know I'm a sucker for Your Small Pony references."

"And together, we can help defeat Stella, rescue Lola and the other sisters, and mostly importantly... cure you from your Leukemia once and for all." he said.

"Oh Armie-Poo." she gushed before pressing her lips against his, she kept their kiss up as she started to climb atop his prone body. Her arms wrapped around his head, he'd do the same if he can move his appendages. She soon had to release the kiss for oxygen, "I promise to never push you away again, so long as you promise to never leave me."

"Promise." Arman nodded, "Now uh," he asked as he pulled at his binds "Can you untie me now?"

"Hmmmmm, let me think about that." Meli said before she quickly ripped off the only clothing each of them had on, Arman's eyes widen as he felt a sudden surge in his nethers. "Done, and no." she said as she positioned herself over his growing erection. "Since you made me lose my packages, you deserve punishment." Arman gulped at the very uncharacteristically evil tone.

(meanwhile)

Somewhere near the sea.

Ronnie Anne panted carrying the out cold body of Lincoln Loud across a field about five feet from where dock area, "Thank goodness for that diversion, now I just need to find place to hide before anymore goons attack."

"FREEZE MAN STEALER!"

"Oh son of a bitch." Ronnie Anne groaned before she laid Lincoln down and turned to see an angry Christina. "So you're back for more huh? I thought after your defeat you'd run off crying to momma Stella."

Christina sneered, "Please, you know damn well that you got lucky. But no amount of luck will save you this time, for I didn't come alone."

Ronnie Anne then heard a loud "SNEAK ATTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" she quickly delivered a kick to incoming tiny luchador that knocked him away.

"Carl for the 12th time, sneak attacks don't work if you yell them at the top of your lungs." A much taller guy in a luchador outfit came out and picked up the smaller one.

Ronnie Anne perked an eyebrow, "Wait, only one guy I know is that bad at sneak attacks. Carl?"

"Uh who is this Carl you speak of?" the little luchador feigned.

"Oh forget bro, our couse isn't stupid." the other minion said before pulling off his mask, "Howdy, Ronnie Anne. Bet you thought you'd seen the last of me."

"Hey CJ." Ronnie Anne greeted back, her last memory of her and her cousins coming back.

"So much for secret identies." Carl grumbled before pulling off his own masks, "Either way we're not letting you escape so easily."

"Guys, if this is about what I said all those years ago then I'm sorry." she apologized "I was bummed about my leg injury that cost me my BMX dreams and I shouldn't have taken it out on you guys."

"Your words hurt Ron, more so than a piledriver through a glass table." CJ told her.

"But what hurts more was you costing us OUR dream!" Carl snarled, "Because you took Lincoln , Stella fired us when we were 'this' close to becoming tag champs."

"I didn't do that!"

"SILENCE!" Christina shouted, she sighed as the brothers joined her "Lets just get this over with."

Ronnie Anne just got into a defensive position to guard her lover, "Bring it on, if you want to fight then lets do it."

Before Christina can make a move, CJ and Carl got in front of her "Stay back Chris, you're still hurt." CJ told her, "We'll take care of her, she still owes us for her hurtful words."

Ronnie Anne went wide eyed, "Guys stop, I don't want to fight you two." she exclaimed.

"Too late!" Carl got into a stance, "Time to kick ass and play card games, and I'm all out of cards."

"Why can't we just talk this out like adults?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"Because shut up." CJ responded before he and Carl leaped their cousin, who gulped as she has to fight them now.