Chapter XIV: Royal Rescue
Queen Chrysalis
"How does it feel to finally be my slave," I told my old friend. There is no one coming for him this time. "Ruling Equestria is so draining. I could use a meal," I playfully tell my victim about to drain the love from him when a drone comes into the room. "This had better be important I am trying to feed."
"A thousands apologies, my queen, but the two prisoners escaped." Damn! they could ruin everything. He says that he has our best troops searching the castle for them. I told him to keep me informed if they find them. "Yes my lady," I noticed he wasn't leaving and asked if there was something else. "Yes...Lord Vlad requests that you and Ms. Lulamoon to report to the throne room at...," I use my magic to throw him to the ground.
"I am not Vlad's slave! If he wants the unicorn he can find her himself," I hiss as the lackey trembles. "Next time tell Plasmius that I cannot be bothered with such nonsense," he nods and flies off. Why must I be surrounded by such stupidity? I turn back to the guest, "Don't worry soon you won't be alone."
Technus
"You're not going to get away with this…," my victim says as the silicon covers his mouth sealing him in crystal forever. Yes I had done it!
"There is no hope for…," I notice a small phial at his feet. I pick it up. This must be what he was working on but it is too late for, I, Technus have won! "Plasmius will be generous," I threw the container to the wall and teleported back to my lab in the Ghost Zone.
"Now to begin my…," an image of Plasmius appears before me and asks me what I am doing here. "I have conquered. The ghost child's friend is now a statue and…," he says I should be guarding him. "No one will come for him he's as good as dead."
"What of the phial?" he asks. I tell him that tossed it and not to worry about it. "You moron, you should have destroyed it." I tell him not to worry. "You worthless of piece of slime! You could have ruined everything. GO BACK THERE NOW!" he screams as the image vanishes.
"So much for fun, I will be back my babies," I told my inventions as I left to take care of the boy and his experiment.
Twilight Sparkle
"I don't suppose any of you would have a key?" Sam asked placing her hand on the stone wall. Normally I would use magic to open it but that is no longer an option. She runs her hand across it trying to find the seam but it's solid. "Are you sure this isn't a trick?"
"Yes, the map said this is the door." I assure her trying to figure something out. There has to be some way to open it. Danny asks if Spike could melt the rock with his fire. "I don't think so the rock is enchanted and would take too long."
Applejack walks up to it, "I might know what to do. Everyone stand back," she warns before giving the stone a powerful buck. "I don't believe it," she says seeing the door unmoved. "That buck could topple even the largest trees."
Rainbow goes up to the door, "You said it responds to magic? Why don't we get the Elements and blast it to bits," she suggests as Danny raises an eyebrow at her words.
"She means the Elements of Harmony. They are six magic jewels used to protect Equestria. They each have their own power but together they are unstoppable." Danny shudders at the thought. "Are you okay?" I ask him worriedly.
"Yeah just a bad memory," he says turning is focus to the door again.
Skulker
"Those damn ponies they will pay for this," I said looking at my damaged suit. The gorilla tore it pieces. "Not to mention I smell like gorilla crap," I jumped into my backup suit and searched for those equines. An image walking down one of the sub hallways appears on my screen.
"I don't think this Canterlot either," the yellow one said as we searched for a way out. The fools they can't escape me and I know just the device to finish them off.
I enter in a code on my gauntlet as a small robot pops out of the armor. "Skullbot! Find and destroy the ponies," I order it as watching it fly away. "Enjoy your last moments of freedom ponies. Soon you will…,"
"Skulker, what are you doing? Why aren't you destroying those two ponies," the voice of Plasmius asked as his image appeared before me. I tell him to relax I have a Skullbot after them and nothing gets…"You are leaving it to some toy?" I remind him the Skullbot is…"FIND THOSE PONIES NOW," Vlad shouted as his fists glowed with power.
"As you…," I felt something throw me into the wall. "How did he?" the elder halfa cut off the communiqué. "No matter, I have horses to capture."
Princess Celestia
"Wha?" my head was pounding. "Where am I?" a white tarp covers me. I use my magic to remove it. I seem to be in some kind of museum. I can't remember except me and… "LUNA!" I gasp remembering fighting that demon.
I remove a tarp of another statue and find my sister turned to crystal. "Hang on dear sister," I use a spell to revert her back to normal. She looks around asking what happened. "I am not sure of that all I know is that we were fighting that monster and…" Luna walks over to small sculpture next to her.
"Tia, this statue there is something about this one. Can you feel it too?" Luna asks as I look it. It was alive. I tell my sister to stand back as I cast a spell.
The energy casts a warm glow on the sculpture as it slowly moved and crumpled to the ground. I race over to help it up. "My head feels like a wrecking ball…," the creature looked up at us. I asked him if he was all right.
"You're talking horses?" he said shocked to see us. I introduced ourselves as Princesses Celestia and Luna of Canterlot. "Talking horses that are princesses?"
"We are alicorns and you are to refer to us as 'your majesties'" Luna demanded as I chuckled. "What kind of creature are you?" she looked over our new friend. He said that he was a human and was named Tucker.
"Perhaps you can tell us where we are?" I asked Tucker trying to piece everything together. He said we were at the Amity Park Art Museum. I had never heard of such a realm unless…,"The fiend!" I remember fighting that demon who invaded the castle.
"Fiend? That would be Vlad," he points out. We must get back to Equestria before all is lost. He looked at his watch as it started beep. "Or before we caught I think I know how to help you two out." He motioned us to follow him.
Vlad
"You just have so many wonderful uses my trinket," I said using the amulet to drain a few guards of their magic. Soon I will have enough power to bring the other lands under my heel and...
"Lord Vlad," a changeling said meekly, "Trixie Lulamoon is here." He showed in the blue unicorn her head hung low. No doubt weakened from the spell she cast. I told him to send her in. "Yes, the ponies are at the entrance what is your order?"
I smiled, "Let them in. I want to give our guests a proper welcome." The insect looked at me puzzled. "What didn't you understand? OPEN THE DOOR!" I blasted him with an energy bolt sending him flying away. "Ah. Ms. Lulamoon I am glad to see the spell has taken too much of a toll on you." She looks up and asks what I wanted.
I told her that our friends were coming and I wanted to make sure we were ready for them. "And this has to do with me how?" I tell her to cast a spell that will halt them in their tracks. "Are you nuts? I am still recovering from…," he uses his power to levitate me in front of him.
"You dare question my orders?" Would you like go back to streets pandering for coins?" she groaned rubbing her neck. Trixie says her power was still on low from the last spell. "Why didn't you say so," I raise my hand and pump the guards magic into her. I ask the unicorn if she is energized now.
"I…don't know…," she stutters as I tell her to cast the spell. "Yes my lord," her horn glows sending energy through the building.
