The following takes place between 10:00am and 11:00am

Jack used the loudspeaker. He whispered Twilight's name and persuaded the others to listen in. "Princess Celestia, where are you?"

"I have no idea." Celestia whispered so Armada and Stasis won't hear her talking.

They can hear the voices of the remaining members of Sect. They noticed voices echoing. They already figured out Celestia's location. The signal began to deplete. Celestia didn't have enough strength to keep the connection stable.

"Why can't we hear her?" Applejack asked.

"She must have drained her magic," said Luna.

Suddenly the dial tone beeped. The phone went back to having no signal. His phone is now useless.

"If only we had more time!" said Twilight.

Dark Spear received a transmission. He's glad that good news came around for once. "They found who's been making the hoof canons."

"You had a team of ponies searching for the manufacturer of the hoof canons and didn't tell us?" Twilight asked.

"Look we can't just tell you all the details. There's a lot going on; it's better to let you focus on thing while we handle our job."

There's almost an argument, the ponies gave it some thought. They couldn't handle all the threats.

"We can't wait any longer. Sect already had my sister and we aren't close in stopping them." Luna began to worry.

"Chrysalis, how many changelings are still serving you?" Jack asked.

"Roughly hundreds if not thousands," she replied.

Brave Lance received a transmission from Sand Graphite. He tried to hear what he's saying. All he heard were grunts.

"I found were Sect is hiding," gasped Graphite. "I'm near Fillydelphia."

He got cut off before Brave Lance could answer back. They now have a main objective: locate Sect along with rescuing Princess Celestia.

10:18am

Xi and Epsilon arrived with a captured Sand Graphite. They placed him on the cave floor near Celestia. They restrained Graphite's body with chains. He eyed on Celestia, not bothering to struggle. He stared at her beauty, ignoring his injuries.

"It's nice to finally meet you princess." Sand tried to smile, even with a bruised mouth.

"Are you one of… them?"

"Of ESCT, you got it."

"Are Twilight and…"

"They're in good hooves. You're lucky to have them. All we have in ESCT is our comrades. Sadly not the ones you befriend with."

He can definitely see Celestia's under pressure in becoming queen of Equestria. Whenever he sees her on that slab, he sees her as a saviour. None of ESCT, aside from Brave Lance and Dark Spear, actually met the alicorn sisters.

He noticed Celestia watching Stasis, Armada, and the rest of Sect debating. He didn't reveal Sect's location before he got cut off before capture. He wanted to know what's going through her mind.

"They're using you to become part of a ruling scheme," said Sand Graphite.

Celestia didn't reply, she confirmed it with just a slight sigh.

"We're not delaying anymore. We must complete the final step." Sigma gave Stasis and Armada a huge reminder.

Delta came in with burn marks all over his body. He felt the pain whenever he speaks, walks and move any limb. His groaning echoed the cave. "They destroyed the last of the hoof cannons."

"How did they know where to find the manufacturer?" Armada asked.

"Someone from ESCT found the plant and ambushed me."

"Was any pony else was there?"

"Me, Upsilon, Tau and Omicron. They left just before ESCT tried to capture us."

"It won't matter. Once this final stage is set, all of Equestria will become ours."

Stasis realised he'll be part of Armada's reign. "You making me part of your rule?"

"You'll be head of my new army."

10:22am

They have no leads on Sect's location. ESCT tried so many times and Sect continues to slip away. A bout of worry is affecting the ponies.

"What do we do now?" Rarity asked.

Nobody answered. They were either thinking of a plan or started worrying. All Jack can do is think how Sect managed to avoid ESCT for years. He pressed a few buttons on his phone. He went to a list of received calls. When he found the more recent call, he found a number with more than eleven digits.

"I think I know where Celestia is," Jack announced.

They rushed over with Twilight being the most excited. Jack showed them the digits on his phone. "I believe those are map coordinates."

Dark spear inspected the phone. "He's right."

"When did Princess Celestia know map coordinates?" Twilight asked.

"Apparently some pony didn't think it's important to discuss," said Spike.

"Spike? Where have you been?"

"In the library doing research. Dark Spear is right."

Spike pulled out a map of Equestria and placed it on the floor. It has a grid with coordinates printed on. Jack looked at the digits. There are eighteen numbers. When he looked at the map, the coordinates are decimal numbers. They marked the locations based on the digits. The dots seemed random. They tried joining the dots together. What is left is a bunch of lines colliding with one and another.

"Well, this went nowhere," sighed Applejack.

"We can't stop now. We don't know how much time we have left," said Spike.

It looked like they ponies gave up. Dark Spear and Brave Lance radioed in a team, telling them to stand by for further notice.

Jack looked at the map. He noticed an area where all the lines connected together. "Twilight, draw a circle around that part of the map."

"That must be where Princess Celestia is," gasped Pinkie Pie.

The location is the ruins near Dodge Junction.

10:33am

A slab lifted from the ground, moving across the grass. Upsilon looked around before emerging. He moved the slab back in place. He transformed into a pegasus and flew away.

Jack, Dark Spear and Brave Lance made sure the changeling is long gone. They signalled Twilight and the others to come out from hiding. They pushed the slab, opening the entrance. Dark Spear told his team to wait for his command, just before the slab seal the entrance.

"Hopefully, they'll give us answers," said Twilight.

Jack used the light on his phone to light up the cave. Epsilon came towards them. Jack covered the light and turned left at a junction. He signalled the ponies to stop. He waited until Epsilon trotted by. Jack wrapped his arm around Epsilon's neck, pressing his gun at his head.

"Hope what's left of that swarm is under your command," said Armada.

"I may not be as power hungry as Chrysalis but I can command them with just the right words," replied Stasis. "With King Sombra's horn out of our reach we'll have to resort in a change in plans."

"Stasis, we're not done for. There's still a use for the Elements of Harmony. Finding the bearers is a simple task."

A rock containing the symbols of the Elements of Harmony, flew passed them, landing hard on the ground. They saw Jack coming towards Celestia and Sand Graphite.

"Your that human who's giving us a hard time," remarked Armada.

"It's not like I was forced to come," Jack answered back.

He looked at the drawings of the two alicorns. He glanced at the cutie marks. He grabbed the rock he threw earlier. He noticed it's the same material from the cave.

"Is he?" Sand Graphite whispered to Celestia.

She didn't answer back. She just watched.

"Do you know those alicorns?" Jack asked Stasis and Armada.

"Celestia and her sister. Who else?" Armada answered.

Jack showed him the cutie marks. They aren't the moon and the sun. When Armada got close he couldn't believe that he's incorrect. Stasis came to realise who the alicorns were. they're King Cosmos and Queen Galaxia: Celestia and Luna's parents.