Brawl of The Century
After Shadow attacked Scourge, the green hedgehog got up and looked at Shadow with a smirk on his face.
"Heh should've figured you do that. You and Sonic were always ones to mess with mine and their fun huh Shadow?" He asked. Shadow just grunted at Scourge and spoke.
"Shut up!" He barked. "I've had enough of you and your little tricks Scourge!" Shadow said. Scourge and Shadow then walked around in circles for a bit. That's when they stopped and got in a running stance. Wind blew by for a bit and Fiona was about to come down, but Scourge spotted this and held his hand out telling her to stay out of this. Shadow and Scourge then dashed at each with a collision shaking the stadium. After backing off Scourge just launched a wind blast which Shadow dodged it. Shadow then launched a Chaos spear at Scourge. It was like wild fire beams left and right like a fireworks display. Rainbow was up in the stands growing angry that she was still stuck instead of helping him. Scourge then smiled evilly.
"Hehe you really think you can win like that?" Scourge asked me. Shadow just grunted at Scourge with much anger in him. "I'll show you what real power is all about Scourge just watch me!" He shouted as he jumped at Scourge. As the two collided it was a fistfight to the finish as both were launching punches and kicks while blocking them. However as the two were engaged unknown to anyone Amy, Trixie, and Espio were coming from the inside. They hide behind one of the entrance as they were watching at how Shadow is fighting with Scourge. Amy had a frown on her face by watching wonderbolts condition.
"Gosh… If we attack them now, they will kill them all…" She stated before turning to Espio and Trixie, "We need to attack behind their backs."
"Yes…" Espio agreed, "But from the three of us only I could attack them suddenly. I couldn't hold them on my own. I need at least one person for helping."
Trixie made her eyes wide when he talked about it, and then smirked, "Espio, sweetie." She said, prompting the two to glance at her with wide eyes, "You don't need to do it on your own." She then charges the energy into her horn, "Trixie can teleport us right to where we need. Gather around Trixie." Espio and Amy smirked at her as they both stood beside her and placed their hands on her shoulders. Trixie then winked at them before the three disappeared with a bright flash of light. As they appeared they appeared right behind predator Hawk and were able to grab and knocking him out without anyone noticing. Meanwhile on the main floor Shadow took a good roundhouse to the face, but was able to recover and dodge Scourge's punch. Scourge just grins evilly at him as Shadow dashes around trying to get some distance between him and Scourge.
"Hehe... Nice try pal, but you should know you can't get away that easily." He said to Shadow. Shadow just grunted at first. Spit was still knocked unconscious, but Soarin started to come to as he turned to Spit and then noticed Shadow trying to hit Scourge; That's when he opened his eyes fully and saw Shadow coming his way. Scourge hadn't noticed Soarin had waken up and Soarin stayed down waiting for the right time. As for the trio. Amy came up behind lightning and knocked him out with a good swing to the head. Espio came up on flying frog and was able to grab him. He tried to resist and almost got out the word to his pals, but Espio silenced the radio and knocked him out with a elbow to the head. Trixie though appeared right in front of Siman and used a spell to make him numb and put him to sleep. Shadow then passed by Soarin but as Scourge passed by Soarin was able to open his eyes and grab Scourge by a leg and he tripped and started to tumble, but was able to spin to get back up. Shadow turned and met up as Soarin stood on his knees.
"Nice job sending him for a spin." Shadow said as Soarin stood up. "What? Did you think I would leave you alone to have all the fun?" Soarin asked. Shadow smirked at Soarin's remark. Scourge however growled at them.
"Why you little dirty horse!" He said. The two turned to him with a angry face as they stood side by side. Shadow then spoke.
"Soarin? You still able to fly?" He asked. Soarin stretch his wings out real quick to show Shadow his wings are still working. Shadow nodded as Soarin started to flap his wings while Shadow ran at Scourge. The two collided with a ferocity of attacks. Soarin was about to hop in, but Fiona jumps in front of him and spoke.
"Sorry buddy, but I won't let you interfere with my hedgehog's fight." She said as she attacked him with a roundhouse kick, but Soarin was able to block it. She then started launching attacks left and right while Soarin did his best to block each of her attacks, while from the stands Amy could see he was in trouble, but was having her own problems at the moment with Drago Wolf as he was giving her a run for her money, but she was holding her own. Fiona and Soarin had a stand off for a bit with their fight, Soarin jumps out and trys and aerial assault on her as she couldn't reach him up there and the tackles her to the ground, to which she kicks him off and he lands on his feet. They have another standoff until Fiona gets a hit on Soarin with a kick sending him into a wall. That's when she grabbed his neck and held him there as she smirked. Scourge saw this and knocked away Shadow for a bit. Fiona turned to him.
"What should I do with him?" She asked. Scourge spoke before Shadow came at him. "Finish him of course." He said and then got knocked back by Shadow. Fiona then pulled out a blaster and pointed it at Soarin.
"Any last words?" She asked. That's when Spit stood up and floated right above Fiona while Soarin spotted and then smirked. "Yeah….. You may want to look up." He said. Fiona was confused, but that's when Spitfire smacked her in the head knocking the blaster out of her hands. When she landed she leant out a hand for Soarin to take it and then stood up. Spit then smirks at him
"Come on soldier is that all your training has given you?" She asked sarcastically. Soarin just smirked at her. "No Ma'am it hasn't." He said as he took her offer and was back on his feet. Fiona flipped back and looked at the two. She then looked to see most of their teammates were down and she then turned around to see if there's any back up for her. Noticing the empty entrance she was ready to run there, but the rainbow haired pegasus-girl suddenly appeared her way. She landed in a heroic pose with her wings opened wide as she grinned at the fox-girl.
"Going already?" She asked with her voice having a hint of mockery. Fiona glared at her in response as she stood in a fighting stance and spoke.
"Better stand aside if you don't want to get injured." She said with a growl, but Rainbow just laughed at her instead of answering. She then crossed her arms in the chest as her grin grew wider.
"Oh, I've heard enough of this tautology. Just give up, or fight." She said with a proud tone in her voice. Fiona then took out her blaster and aimed at her, but Dash reacted fast and rushed at her and knocked the gun out of her hand. She then tried to punch Fiona, but the fox blocked her hit and twisted her hand. Dash groaned in pain as she hunched by baring her teeth and squinting her eyes, but then she performed a sweep kick by knocking Fiona down to the ground. Fiona lost her grip and fell down on the grass and her glare became even more obvious as she fixed her eyes on Dash, who was now standing beside her in full growth and glaring at her back. Rainbow then tried to kick Fiona with her left leg, but she couldn't do that as Fiona then pushed herself up from the ground and performed the horizontal loop jump over her opponent and landed behind Dash. She then performed a roundhouse kick in jump but Dash saw her movement and dodged her kick. She then performed a series of kicks and punches by trying to knocking out her opponent, but Fiona was fast enough to block any movement.
After a series of attacks, Fiona finally started to loose Dash's speed and had some troubles with blocking her hits. She blocked all of her punches, but sweat started to roll down on her face as she only now knew how fast Dash is and knew that she won't held it for long. She blocked Dash's left punch, but Rainbow was able to give her good kick onto her stomach and prompted her to groaning in pain and hunching by gritting her teeth.
"Aaarrgh!" Fiona groaned, by shutting her eyes. Rainbow Dash smirked and then she kicked her on the chin, by throwing her up slightly and then she performed a CHUCK NORRIS roundhouse kick in a jump by sending Fiona into a short flight to the right side. The fox woman fell down ten feets away from Dash. She was lying on the grass motionless and defeated with her eyes still shut and her teeth bared as she tried to recover from this hard fight. Dash though grinned smugly by feeling her victory, and then she walked over to her defeated opponent. She then stopped near Fiona by grinning smugly and having her arms crossed on the chest.
"That will teach you a lesson. Now… Stand up! Slowly!" She said with a proud tone in her voice by working in a badass mode. Fiona then opened her eyes as she had a death glare on her face. But then she gasped as she noticed her blaster lying right next to her. She then grinned devilishly as she finally got another plan on how to win the fight.
"Hey!" Rainbow's voice spoke again, "Did you hear what I said? STAND UP!" Fiona then glared and glanced at her.
"Fine!" She grunted, "I'm standing up!" She then started to stand up, and took her gun in such a way that Dash didn't see. After she stood up, she grabbed Dash sharply and tackled her on the ground. Dash fell down on the grass with her front side and Fiona straddled her. She then grabbed her left wing and then she took her wingbone and performed a strong hit with right hand. Dash's wing cracked loudly by sending the pegasi girl into the strongest painful shock as she cried in pain.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…" She cried out loudly. Her cry was loud enough to the others heard her and stopped their fight. They all turned to the source of this cry. Shadow gasps in fear as he saw Rainbow Dash in Fiona's hands. The fox woman was staring at the fighters by wrapping her left arm around Dash's neck and held a blaster near her head. Shadow saw Rainbow's left wing near was opened and dangled down, and thus he knew that she lost her fight. He then gave a death glare to Fiona and was ready to attack her, but the fox saw his movement and tightened her grip around Dash.
"Ah-ah! Stay where you are, Shadow!" She growled, "That's goes to all of you! If I see any of your movements, or horn's glowing, she will die!"
Trixie, Amy and Espio gasped in fear as they knew that she is not bluffing, and says very seriously. They then all hid their weapons and defused Trixie her horn. Seeing this, Fiona smirked at them as pressed herself against the wall to prevent any attacks from behind. Dash had a sad look on her face as she knew that she lost this fight and now because of her everything comes to hell. She then opened her tears filled eyes and glanced at Shadow as if apologizing to him for her stupidity. Shadow saw her look and gave her this 'everything will be fine' look, by trying to comfort her even on a distance. Fiona though continued her speech.
"Now, let my mates go!" She declared.
"Don't think you will get away from this so easy Fiona!" Shadow shouted, "Your actions were noticed and I am sure as hell, that royal guards are already on their way here!"
"Then you're wasting your time!" Fiona said again and moved her index finger to the trigger, "I count to three, and then I press the trigger! One!... Two!... Three!..."
"Alright!" Shadow shouted as he didn't want his girl to be dead like Maria, "We'll do it!" He then sighed in defeat and glanced at his fight partners, "Let them go." He spoke with his voice having a disappointed tone. The Wonderbolts, Amy, Trixie and Espio, didn't want to see Rainbow hurted as well, so they did what Fiona demanded and released the gang members. Scourge grinned evilly again as he found himself standing on his feet again. After his gang members gathered around him he glanced at his opponents.
"Sorry, guys." He said, "Better luck next time." Trixie's eyes became wide when she heard this phrase as she remembered that this was what Fang said when he escaped. Scourge then glanced at his gang and motioned them toward the exit. They nodded at him before they ran to the exit from the stadium. Scourge stopped near Fiona and nodded to her, by signalling to her that it's time to go. Fiona nodded and released Rainbow from her grip, by dropping her down to her knees. She then took an aim at rainbow haired pegasi girl and slowly moved herself to Scourge. After she reached him she gave him a gun and winked at him before escaping the stadium as well. Scourge's smirk then turned even wider as he glanced at Shadow.
"That's to you as a payback for ruining my fun!" He said as he prepared himself to shoot her. Rainbow and Shadow gasped both.
"NO!" Shadow yelled before he teleported.
*BANG*
Rainbow's eyes opened wide as she stared dead in front of her after hearing a loud shot. Scourge, though looked at her with a questioning look on his face, but only to shrug it off and smirking again.
"That's not what I wanted to do but… whatever!" He said before he dusted off.
After Scourge and his gang has escaped, Dash was still motionless and shocked as she felt someone's body on her back and shoulders. She guessed who it might be, but she doesn't wanted to believe that it was true. She slowly turned her eyes to see what it was, and what she saw Shadow's lifeless body on her top and a bullet hole on his left shoulder through which she saw blood coming out of him. She then gasped in fear and her eyes filled with mourning and sadness. She then gently took her boyfriend in her arms and placed his head down to her knees. She took his cheeks and shook him gently by trying to wake him up.
"Shadow?" She said softly. He didn't answer to her and his eyes were still closed. The others were not far from the two, while Amy's eyes were filled with tears as well and her both hands covered her mouth. The wonderbolts remain silence with their faces were sad. Espio's head was down and his eyes were closed, while Trixie stood beside him and her eyes were narrowed deeply as she tried to held her tears back. Rainbow's rosy eyes filled with tears and she shook him again, "Shadow!" She shouted, "WAKE UP! YOU SON OF A… UGH… DON'T YOU DARE JOKE WITH ME LIKE THAT! IT'S NOT FUNNY!" She shouted with all her force, but Shadow didn't hear her. He was still lying motionless on the ground. Rainbow then gave up with waking him up, and lifted him into a sitting position. She wrapped her arms around him and nuzzled herself against him as her eyes were now filled with tears. She started to cry softly, not believing in what has happened. The man she loved is now gone and there was nothing she could do with it. But after a moment she opened her eyes wide as she felt his heart beating slowly. She then laid him down on the ground and pressed her head against his chest to check her thoughts. Hearing his heart beating she smiled in relief and then she sat up again. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly.
"He's alive." She said through her sobs, what now was nothing more than tears of joy. The others then sighed in relief as well. Amy removed her hands away from her face and then she glanced to her right, where she saw Soarin standing beside her and smiling at her warmly. Shaking her head she hugged him tightly which he gladly returned back. Espio then opened his eyes and smirked as he glanced at Shadow and Dash. He then turned to Trixie who was now smiling in relief but still having some tears in her eyes. He then placed his hand on her shoulder by prompting her to made her eyes wide and looking at him. Seeing his smirk she blushed and tried to hide her face behind her mane. Espio took it as a sign and then he wrapped his hand around Trixie's shoulder and pulled her to him prompting her to feel herself flustered.
"Great job, Trixie." He said to her. Trixie giggles shyly and used both her hands to cover her face with her mane as her blush turned deeper. At last the help arrived at the stadium to finally over this incident.
Several hours later, you could see Shadow lying on the hospital bed unconscious, with his left shoulder bandaged. To the right of the bed, Rainbow Dash was sitting in the chair with her left wing bandaged as well. She was holding her BF's hand tightly and carefully watching him with sad eyes, as if waiting for him to wake up. Her friends were here too in almost full company with Espio, Silver, Tails, Knuckles, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Trixie and Pinkie Pie. They all were sad by what happened and came here from Ponyville as fat as all of them could. Princesses of the Sun and Moon were here as well, both to be sure if Shadow's okay and to know who was that Mobian who attacked the stadium. Luna were especially worried as Shadow was her combat partner and friend and she didn't want to lose a friend. She then sighed and glanced at Espio and spoke.
"So who was that again?" She asked.
"Scourge, your highness." Espio answered as he turned to her, "He's known as one of the most dangerous criminals on Mobius. We were able to imprison him many times, but he always escaping."
"Yeah…" Tails said in agreement, "Every single time." He started to feel sick on the inside as the thought of Fiona being here made him feel discomfort. Fluttershy noticed this and grew worried.
"Tails?" She said. Tails turned to his girl and she gave him a concerned look. "Are you alright?" She asked him. Tails turned away. He didn't want Fluttershy to find out about his past with Fiona so he then turned his attention to the others before he continued his speech, "Girls." He glanced at the Princesses, "I have no idea how did he, his gang, or Fang and his pals got here… I swear to you with everything I had that I closed the portal after Sally traveled here, and it didn't registered any other movements through it…"
"That's alright, young Tails." Celestia said wisely, "I am not blaming you for that… *sigh*... I understand that there are other ways to arrive here without use of the portal device you built." She then glanced at the other members of the team, "And this is what we need to do. We need to find the one who is responsible for these events and who brought those bastards here."
"But Princess…" Rarity spoke with a concern tone in her voice, "There's only two ways to get to Equestria and Mobius as I remember from yours words. It's Tails's portal and the Mirror in your castle."
"Yeah." Knuckles agreed with her, as he crossed his arms in the chest, "And Tails said himself that he closed the portal and as I recall the mirror doesn't open for another long while. There cannot be any other ways to get here from Mobius."
"Umm... Twilight spoke that there's another way to get here." Fluttershy spoke, as she drawed everyone's attention, "Through the space."
Tails went over to her and wrapped an arm around her waist, "Fluttershy, that's impossible if you don't have any transport that could help you to cross the space. Mobius is far enough from here, and they needs a year's worth to get here… Or hours at least if you had a engine based on Chaos Energy."
Silver then grunted in annoyance as he broke in, "I don't like this…" He said, before he glanced at Applejack, "This can only mean one thing."
"I agree, Silver." Tails commented, "It is possible only if they had the chaos emeralds, or the M.E. But I thought we made sure that no one could find them."
"Don't worry, Tails." Knuckles reassured him, "I still can feel the connection with the M.E. It's still on the island as we speak."
"Yeah, and Chaos Emeralds are here in our possession, so there's no way they could get them." Silver said, by looking at Knuckles. Applejack then looked at the Sun Princess and spoke.
"But what could it be then?" She asked. Celestia frowned.
"I wish I knew my dear Applejack." She said, "Only with very strong magic would perform such a trick. Me and Luna wouldn't be enough to make this teleportation from one planet to another. It would take me, my sister, Cadence, and Twilight, but even still…."
"And even if the four of us could, we would still need lots of time to recover after such a spell." Luna agreed with her sister. Tails then frowned and walked over to the window. He then glanced up to see a night sky and spoke again.
"That's what I'm thinking, guys. I think these two incidents are connected somehow." He said before he glanced at the others, "A month ago Fang tried to steal the emerald, and now Scourge and his team show themselves too."
Rarity then made her eyes wide, "You're right, Tails darling." She said, "Fang steals the emerald not for himself, but for some client who might give him a pay for this. Maybe this client is also behind Scourge's attack as well?" She then glanced at her friends, "And maybe it was him the one who is responsible for teleporting them here as well."
"That's a good point Rarity." Pinkie Pie said, "But who it might be?"
"Or maybe, WHAT it might be?" Silver added a couple of words as he frowned deeper, "I don't think any Equestrian, or Mobian is able to make this trick, unless he found the way."
"Ugh…" Applejack grunted, "Too many questions without answers… *sigh*... I guess, we need to be on alert now."
"Yes, young Applejack." Celestia agreed, as she frowned as well, "But do not make yourself exhausted too much. Live with your life and enjoy it, but just keep your eyes open."
The others nodded at her with a frown. Celestia nodded back and then she sighed wearily and spoke again, "Alright, it's too late now. Go back to your houses and take a rest." She said, "I will write a letter to Twilight. She and Sonic need to be warned." After she finished her thoughts she headed for the exit with the others following her. She then turned to her sister who was standing near the doorway. "I trust you to inform Cadence of this as well my dear sister?" She asked her. Luna nodded as Celestia left. "It might be a good idea to tell Aleena as well. She might know somethings about these vile villains." She suggested as she turned to Celestia. Celestia quickly turned her head and nodded in agreement and then left. Before leaving, Pinkie Pie then placed a hand on Dash's shoulder.
"Dashie. Let's go home, you need to rest." She said with a smile. Rainbow glaned at her and smiled.
"I'm staying here Pinkie." She said, "I need to be sure he's okay. You go. I'll see ya tomorrow." Pinkie nodded with a smile and walked to the exit. Rainbow glanced at the exit still having a smile on her face. Her smile grew wider when she saw Princess of the Night standing in the doorway and smiling at her warmly in response. She then winked at her and closed the door by leaving her alone with Shadow. Thereafter, Rainbow Dash glanced at her BF and smirked.
"Shadow, they're gone." She said. Shadow then opened his eyes and looked at her, "Phew, finally." He said as he sat up, "Give me some water please." Rainbow nodded and handed him a glass with water. Shadow took the glass and drank it off with one big gulp. Finishing with the water, he placed an empty glass to the stand next to bed and rested himself down. He then sighed deeply and shook his head in disapproval.
"Man… What a day…" He muttered, before returned the glance at his girl, "It was the last time I let you to choose a place for a date." He said sarcastically, prompting Rainbow to giggle. She then smiled at him happily as her eyes were filled with tears. Shadow smiled back and then he moved to the right, as if inviting her on the bed. Rainbow took his invite without even thinking and crawled in the bed. She hid herself under the blanket and rested herself on him, by acting gently to avoid any of his injures. Shadow wrapped his arms around her as he kissed her on the forehead and started to caress her with his eyes had this sad and dramatic look, when he saw earlier Rainbow in Fiona's hands and pushing that damn blaster to her head. Rainbow then sobbed once as she rubbed her cheek on his chest fur.
"Shadow…" She whimpered, "I-I-I'm… *s-s-s-s-sobbbbb*... I'm sorry… He… e-s-caped… *sob*... because of me…"
Shadow tightened his hug, by trying to let her know that it wasn't her fault, "Dashie." He whispered softly, "Calm down. It wasn't your fault. I saw your fight, and you were amazing… *sigh*... It was Fiona, who never fights with honour and cheating. And it wasn't your fault…"
Rainbow Dash then opened her eyes, and glanced into his eyes still in tears, "Shadow… *sob*... I was so scared when… *sob*... when he shot you with t-that... *sob*... gun…" She whimpered again. Shadow took her cheer and caressed her, "You were scared? Do you even know how much I was scared when I saw Fiona holding this gun near your head?" Shadow whispered softly, by running his fingers through his girl's mane, "Don't cry, please."
Rainbow then took a deep breath as she nodded to him. She stopped crying and cuddled to him even tightly as she scratched his chest fur, "Shadow. Let's sleep for now." She whispered, "It's too late."
Shadow didn't say anything in response as he then closed his eyes and slowly drifted to sleep. Rainbow was watching at him sleep with a soft smile on her face as her eyes still had some tears. And then she closed her eyes as well and drifted to sleep too.
In the meantime, outside the hospital, Trixie and Espio was watching Tails's plane lifting off with the rest of Ponyville residents. Just as it disappeared behind the night horizon, they glanced at each other with a tired looks on their faces as they smiled at each other, by enjoying the fact that now it was finally over.
"Well… I guess, it's time to say goodbye till tomorrow?" Espio asked. Trixie's smile grew brighter.
"Probably." She said.
"You did a great job today at the stadium, Trixie." Espio added, by prompting Trixie to blush. But then she sighed sadly as she looked into his eyes with a sad look on her face, "But Scourge escaped. Trixie could've used a spell on him, but she failed, because Trixie loose her hat in the battle." She then lowered her head, "Trixie feels like she failed the whole team."
Espio lifted his eyebrow up, before he wrapped an arm around her waist. Trixie gasped in excitement as she felt his arm around her waist. She then glanced into his eyes and saw the same concentrated look she saw today on Castle's courtyard. She loved that look, and was ready to starring in his eyes for eternity.
"Espio?" She asked by being flustered.
"Trixie." Espio spoke, "You didn't fail at all. You did a good job by using your spells and teleporting us to where we needed to be to help our friends. And it was all you. If it wasn't for you, then we would have had more difficulty, and Scourge would've won. Believe me, you were amazing." Trixie's blush became deeper and her face shone with a smile again as she brushed her mane shyly and glanced into his eyes again, "T-thanks Espio. Trixie thinks that you were amazing as well." She said with her tone have hint of embarrassment. Espio then winked at her before he released her waist and crossed his arms in the chest area. He then looked around.
"By the way... " He said as he glanced at the blue unicorn girl again, "Where is your house exactly?" He asked. Trixie made her eyes wide, "Well, it's pretty far." She said, "Trixie will have to take a taxi to get there. Why do you ask?", Espio then smirked as he spoke, "Well, I thought, it's pretty late." He said, "You can stay in my house if you want. It's not far from here."
After hearing his words, Trixie gasped deeply as she smiled awkwardly, "Oh, really?" She asked with an awkward tone in her voice, "Well… Y-yeah… sure… T-Trixie would love to…", Espio made a slight chuckle before he headed with her towards his house in Canterlot.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Equestrian Mountains.
Scourge and his gang were in some kind of cave where they all were walking by lighting the caves with a flashlights. Fiona were angry as she didn't want to believe that they lose the fight and had to escape with empty hands. She then grunted and looked at Scourge.
"Scourge, I think you shouldn't have agreed to that deal." She said, prompting Scourge to look at her smirking, "What did we got during this job? Nothing but some wounds and buries…"
"Fiona, relax." Scourge said, before he returned his gaze forward, "Our job was to find out about how strong Equestrian guards are. And now we know, that they not strong enough for us."
Fiona sighed again, before she glanced forward as well, "I still think that we don't have to trust him." She said.
Scourge then frowned, "And do you think I trust him?" He asked, "This guy is the creepiest of all the people I've ever known. But he brought us here bypassing of the portal, and only with this we owe him." He then looked at Fiona, "Look, I know what bothers you, and believe me, I'm concerned no less than you do, but right now we don't have much choice but to do whatever he has to say." He then glanced forward again, "Just be patient." He said as they entered a huge cave hall with a piedmont river, and stopped in the middle of this. They then lit the cave around to see if there's anyone here.
"Hello!" Scourge called out, "We did what you asked..."
"Sssssshhhhhh…" They heard someone's hiss. They made their eyes wide as they pointed their flashlights to the source of that hissing. They saw black mobian dressed in a perfectly white suit was sitting on a stone with a giant Spider Dragon sleeping close to his legs. His eyes were glowing with an acid green light as he was reading some book. He had a smirk on his face as he scratched the lizard's head with his right hand.
"Be quiet, please." He spoke with a low male tone, "You don't want to wake him up. Don't you?"
Scourge then sighed at this as he walked toward him, "Listen, now when we did what you asked, can you tell us, WHY we had to attract their attention?" He asked as he stopped right in front of him, "Now they know that we're here, and will be more cautious."
The mobian they lifted his eyes from the book and glanced at Scourge still having that smirk, "And now we know that their defense is not as strong as we thought, and we know how to act." He said, and then looked back to the book again, "Hmmm ... very interesting."
Scourge, though felt nervous as he glanced deep into his acid green eyes, that radiates this creepy calm and balance, and then he took a deep breath to calm his nerves. He then turned his flashlight to the book and spoke.
"What is this book?" He asked.
"History of Equestria." The Mobian answered, before he glanced around the cave, "By the way, don't you think that there is not enough of light?" He spoke before something happened, and immediately lit torches in the cave, and all covered here. Mobian grinned, and then his eyes ceased to shine, "That's much better." He said, before putting the sunglasses on the dragon's eyes. After that he stood up from the stone and closed the book. He turned his eyes on Scourge and crossed his arms in the chest, before he spoke again.
"More questions?" He asked.
Scourge frowned, "Only one. Why are we not attacking them now?" He asked with his voice having a tone of annoyance, "Their defense has weakened, and we know their weak spots. We have plenty of weapons with which we can to eliminate them."
The Mobian simply handed him a book, "Read this carefully, Scourge." He spoke, "From here you can see that if we allow some mistake, we will lose without even a time to say oops. Regardless of how weak they might seem, they have a powerful magical weapons that will destroy our entire plan. We must act carefully, and hit them with the same weapons and power, which they have."
"And what kind of weapons?" Fiona asked.
"Unity." Mobian answered as he glanced at her by having a serious look on his face, "If we act alone, as you have always acted, we will lose."
That's when they heard footsteps. They all turned to the right to see Fang came out of the cave smirking.
"Hey, Mephiles." He spoke to the dark Mobian, "He's waking up."
Mephiles grinned devilishly as he went to the cave corridor, "Good." He said, "Follow me, lady and gentlemen." The others followed him to meet a mysterious stranger who is waking up. A couple of minutes later, they found themselves in a well-lit room where there was a table, a few cabinets with books and clothes, as well as shelves with numerous decorations. Scourge whistled himself as he looked around the room, by being impressed.
"Impressive. You're well settled here, boss." He said. Mephiles chuckled simply and then he entered another room to see a strange centaur-like with a ram horns on both sides of his head. This creature was hanging on the wall, with his hands and feet chained to the wall with shackles. Numerous bruises, scrapes and scratches covered his body as he himself was barely conscious, and panting. Mephiles then grinned even wider, and walked right up to him.
"Hmph ... Welcome back to us." He said, prompting a centaur to open his eyes and look at his captor, "You disappoint me so much, Lord Tirek. I offered you an alliance, with the ability to take revenge on your enemies." He then sighed and crossed his arms in the chest, as he shook his head in disapproval, "But you tricked me, and tried to kill. This is a very, very bad way of working with your allies." Tirek then closed his eyes helplessly and lowered his head, while Mephiles continued, "I hope this will be a good lesson for you once and for all." He then frowned and glanced at his gang, "Let him go!" He ordered. The frog then saluted to him and pulled the lever, thus freeing Tirek's limbs. Tirek then fall down on the ground with a thud, and groaned in pain. He then opened his eyes to see Mephiles boot was standing beside him and lifted his eyes up to meet with his devilish grin.
"Look at you, slug!" He mocked him, "How could you keep Equestria in fear, if you couldn't cope with me? ... Ha-ha-ha ... What a joke."
Tirek then grabbed his legs and rose his head up, still looking into his acid green eyes with a fearful look on his face, "Why?" He asked with a quiet tone in his voice, "Why I can't steal your magic?"
Mephiles then chuckled evilly as he took this as a joke again, and then he hunched down to be a little higher than his opponent's eye level. His grin grew wider as he then spoke again.
"Well, maybe because it's not magic." He said mocking Tirek, and prompting him to close his eyes in shame, "You can't steal something you don't know, right?" He then frowned, "I should've kill you, but I'm afraid that your disappearance will cause a lot of suspicions I don't need. So for this reason alone, I will spare your life." Tirek then closed his eyes again and rested his head on the stone floor, "Now go back to where you came from and rot for all I care!" He then stood up and walked to his table, "Fang, Scourge! Take this slug back to Tartarus! And do it quietly. I don't want any of the Equestrians having more suspicions." He then sat down to his chair and glanced at his gang, "And! Make certain that our friend doesn't remember anything."
Fang smirked at him and nodded in response, "Will do, boss!" He said as he and Scourge went over to Tirek and grabbed his arms. They lifted him up to his feet and Fang took out his gun as he then kicked his ass, and forced him to move, "Go on!" He said, "And don't try to do anything funny, old man!" After Fang said that he and Scourge left the cave along with Tirek. The others then looked at Mephiles who was sitting on his chair and staring at them back with a calm look on his face.
"That's all for today." He said, "You can take a rest." The others nodded at him back and then they left the cave. Fiona was the last to leave the hall, but before she left, Mephiles voice called her out.
"Fiona!"
Fiona made her eyes wide and turned herself to him, "Yes?" She asked as she saw him smirking at her.
"You're not the one, who will take a rest today." He said as his Spider Dragon with a sunglasses his eyes crawled down to his master and laid himself down behind his chair and peeked his head up, by fixing his eyes on Fiona. Mephiles then leaned his back in his chair and started to patting the Dragon's head, "I have another task for you." He said again. Fiona then smirked and crossed her arms, "I'm listening." She said.
Back in Canterlot, To Espio and Trixie.
Espio opened the door to his apartment and entered inside as he turned the lights on. Trixie then followed as she entered the Espio's apartment. She then removed her hat and looked around the apartment. She then smiled as she noticed that the apartment were made in some Japanese style with slide doors on it, low brown floors and high ceiling. The apartment were about two floors high and have a big living room on the first floor. Everything in this room were made in a Mobian high tech style, instead of classical Equestrian, and that was really something new. She then glanced toward the balcony to see a beautiful moonlight in the night sky. She then sighed with relief and looked at Espio still having a smile on her face.
Espio in the meantime took off his shoes and placed it near the entrance door. He then glanced at Trixie and spoke.
"Take off your shoes please." He said politely. Trixie nodded and took of her shoes. She never wore socks so, Espio could see her long and beautiful legs exposed and smirks himself, by admiring her beauty. He then sighed in relief, and went over the kitchen to get some water to drink. He took a glass and drank its content with one big gulp. Finishing with water, he glanced back at the blue pony, who placed her shoes beside Espio's and was now massaging her legs with her right hand and moaning wearly. Espio smirked again as he fixed his eyes on her legs and then he shook his head again and turned away to make some food.
"Maybe you want to eat something?" He asked, by prompting Trixie to look at him, "I could make some dinner food for you, if you're hungry."
Trixie then smiled as she stood up and went over to him, "Oh, that's so nice of you, Espio." She said jokingly, "Trixie is just starving."
Espio chuckled at her third person manner and resumed his cooking, as he took a knife and some vegetables, bread, and fruits to prepare a tasty dinner for this girl. While he was cooking, he didn't notice Trixie was now standing beside him and staring at him with an affectionate smile on her face. She stood on his left side and her hands were on her shoulders. Her eyes were filled with gratitude and love as she was again feeling the same she felt almost for the entire month they both met. Espio haven't seen it as he was too busy with cooking. But then he lifted his eyes to her eyes as he knew somehow that she was here beside him. He saw her beautiful smile and her rosy eyes sparkling, but he didn't felt embarrassed and his own smirk grew wider.
"May I ask why you're so happy?" He asked, with a hint of playfulness in his voice. Trixie giggled before she moved herself closer to him without taking her eyes off his.
"Well… Espio…" She spoke softly, but no longer felt shy, as she decided that this is the moment when she have to act, "Trixie's just wanted to tell you how grateful Trixie is. It's was very nice of you to let Trixie stay in your house."
"It was nothing, Trixie." Espio answered, as he placed a knife down on the table and turned to her. He then placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled in response, "We have known each other more than a month, and I'm always glad to help you. That's what friends do." He said with a soft tone in his voice, "So you can always count on me."
Trixie couldn't hold her emotions back and then she wrapped her arms around his neck tightly and pressed her body against his. She then nuzzled her head against his shoulder as she stood on her tiptoes and bent her right leg. Espio gladly returned a hug as he wrapped his arms around her waist and patted her there, thus letting her know that she can always count on him.
"Thanks, Espio." Trixie whispered, as her eyes were closed, "Trixie is lucky to have a friend like you. And you can always count on Trixie."
Espio chuckled as he tightened his grip and patted her on the back. He loved her third person manner speaking way too much as well as her soul. The two then separated and glanced into each other's eyes again. Trixie then blushed awkwardly and bite her lower lip.
"Um… Espio…" She said with quiet whisper, "Trixie needs to take a bath."
Espio winked at her, "Bathroom is on the second level first door to the left." He said as he resumed his cooking process, "Hurry up. The dinner will starts soon."
Trixie giggled at him as she then walked to the bathroom, still having that affectionate smile. After she walked up to the stairs, she entered the bathroom and turned the light on. She then went closed to the bathtub and turned on the water. She then checked it to be sure that the water is warm enough and nodded to herself. She then started her undressing process by removing her t-shirt first and then her mini-skirt and continued.
Fifteen minutes later, Espio was down in the living room waiting for Trixie to come out of the tub, he gets a book and starts to read. He then hears footsteps coming down the stairs, he looks and sees Trixie back in her clothes, she wore when she first came here. She was heading downstairs with a smile on her face. Her hair was still wet, so she looked very pretty. Espio smirked at her in response, as he closed a book and placed it down beside him. He then motioned her to sit down on her place. Trixie nodded to him and sat down on a pillow in front of Espio on the other side of the table. She then gasped in awe when she saw all the food that chameleon made for her and looked into his eyes with a thankful smile.
"Oh, Espio… It looks amazing." She said softly, prompting Espio to wink at her in response.
"Bon appetit, Trixie." He said before he and Trixie resumed their dinner.
Some time later, Espio was sitting on the special mat in a meditating pose with his eyes closed and his face turned to the open balcony. He made a deep breaths as he was recovering himself from long and hard day of battles. He could feel his body relaxing and his mind is cleaning out of bad thoughts and filled only with calm, balance and good mood. Trixie was standing at him with a confused look on her face as she stood behind him by being only in undergarments as she was having troubles with his actions, because after all that time they knew each other, she never dared to ask what does it mean to him and her mind wouldn't let that go. She then tiptoed to him, by trying to move as quiet as she only could for not to snap him out.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" Espio asked as he heard her steps. Trixie stopped dead as she made her eyes wide and smiled nervously.
"Espio?" She spoke, "Trixie was just wondering, if it's okay for you to give your bedroom to Trixie…"
"It's fine, Trixie." Espio answered as his voice sounded calm and balanced, with his eyes still closed, "Now go. It was a long day, and you need a rest."
Trixie then smiled and went closer to him. She then sat down beside him as she bent both her legs in a cute pose and fixed her eyes on him. The smile never faded away from her face, "Trixie just can't." She whispered, before she turned her eyes toward the moonlight, "Trixie don't know why, but she can't." She then sighed as her eyes were fixed on the beautiful night sky. That's when Espio opened his eyes and glanced at her to see her sitting in a cute pose and watching the stars. He then turned his head to her and spoke.
"Hey." He called softly prompting her to look at him, "Earlier that day, when this incident began, you called me sweetie." He reminded about this, prompting the girl to gasp and blush since she remembered this moment as well, "What was it all about?" Espio asked with his voice again had this tone of playfulness. Trixie then made a goofy grin and giggled at him as she felt herself so dumb now. She didn't know what to say in justification.
"Hehe… *gulp*... hehe…" She tried to mutter, "Trixie didn't notice that she uses such a nasty words, Espio. Sorry, please." She said before she giggled again and started to rub her thighs with her right hand by trying to calm down. Espio chuckled at her and then he took her hand prompting her to turn to him as she gasped again.
"Trixie, calm down girl." He spoke softly, "I know what it was all about." Trixie gasped deeply when he said this, but she then turned away by trying to make a look that she knows nothing, "Uummm… Trixie doesn't understand what you're talking about." She managed to squeak with her deep face red. Espio then shook his head and sat down closer to her. He then wrapped an arm around her waist, thus prompting her to turn to him again with a dumb grin on her face. He chuckled though, by finding it funny.
"Trixie." He said, "I am not a schoolboy. I know why people's faces turning red as well as I know why they acting so stupid. Just tell me about it."
Trixie then sighed sadly as she lowered her head. After she lifted her eyes up to meet with his, she shook her head and wrapped her arms around his neck as she cuddled to him as tight as she only could. She sobbed once before she spoke.
"Espio." She whispered, "You were so kind for Trixie. This was the first time when Trixie has met a person who showed such a good manner to her." She then opened her eyes and glanced into his, "You're so charming. Trixie doesn't want to sound dumb, but Trixie felt something in the day of our first meeting. At first Trixie thought that it was a simple excitement, but it grew stronger in time, and now Trixie realized that." She then closed her eyes shut and buried her face into his shoulder, "But Trixie was scared to tell you because Trixie is so ashamed of her behavior back there in the spa. Trixie was so stupid and had no idea of what she was doing." She then snuggled to him tightly as she sobbed. "Can… *sob*... You ever forgive… *sob*... Trixie?" Espio was at first a little shocked by this and for a bit he continued to be stunned for a bit, but he then just smiled as he ran one hand down her mane while the other hugged her around her spine.
"Shh... it's alright Trixie. Deep breathes." He said as he held her close to him. Trixie simply sobbed a little more, and then she started to make a deep breathes to recover herself from nervous breakdown. She felt Espio was caressing her by trying to calm her down and to comfort her, though she loved that, she still was in a state of sadness. Espio had a smile on his face as he was brushing her mane. He knew that she feels something for him a very long time, even before today, so he wasn't actually surprised by her 'confession'.
"Trixie if you think I'm mad or embarrassed by what happened back there…. Then you're wrong. I at first was, but had a feeling you weren't thinking all the way." He then lifted her head from his chest to make her look at him. He then closed his eyes and continued. "Truth is I already knew during the time I spent with you." Trixie was now the one shocked and embarrassed as she turned away for a split second and spoke.
"How did you…?" She was asking, but Espio already had an answer. "Don't forget I'm also part of a detective team. So I know how to tell." He said as he smirked at her, "I could feel it on your movements, I saw it on your eyes. I heard it on your voice. So I knew that you felt something for me. I wasn't sure about me to be honest, but now… I think I could say, that I can return your feelings back." Trixie smiled back a bit at this and just blushed.
"So are you okay with this?" She asked him lovingly. Espio then brought her right to him, as he winked at her, "I think that this will be the better response than thousands of words." He said with his voice having this low and sexy tone. At first Trixie was about to ask, but didn't have time when her lips made contact with his. She was surprised by this as she wasn't expecting this of him. Trixie had no idea what to do as this was the first time this happened to her as she told Amy, but after a few seconds she closed her eyes and kissed him back. She wrapped her own arms around his neck and deepened her such a long awaited and so desired kiss. Espio though knew she just wanted to be with him and nothing in the world would change that. He wanted to be with her as well, and he didn't even trying to deny this fact. After a couple of moments he broke the kiss and opened his eyes to see her passionate and desirable look. He knew what she's going to say and he wanted to hear it.
"Espio." Trixie whispered with her eyes sparkled with happiness, "Trixie loves you!", Espio then took ahold of her cheeks and caressed her temples, by giving her soft and warm smile on his face, "Oh, Trixie." He whispered back, "I love you too." He then kissed her again, but this time, Trixie knew what to do. She tightened her grip around his neck and brought him closer to her. Her body pressed against his and she could feel his heart racing. Espio decided not to lose the moment and he then took a hold under Trixie's beautiful legs and picked her up in a bridal style. He then stood up and broke the kiss again. Opening his eyes he noticed a happy smile on Trixie's lips and how her eyes were fluttering softly to him. After that the girl rested her head on boy's strong shoulder and moaned in delight as her rosy eyes were still fixed on his golden eyes where she could see a love and devotion to her. Espio winked at her in response before he went on their way to his bedroom to enjoy their own moment.
It was the best night for them both.
NSH: Well this was something that came out of nowhere. Looks like a real conspiracy is happening
BHG: You're totally right, NSH. I wonder what Mephiles is up to?
NSH: Well we'll find out soon enough. Anyways but we hope you guys enjoyed this chapter it was sure a lot of fun and 100% crazy. If you did enjoy this leave a review, favorite, and follow for more. Be sure to follow BHG he makes amazing chapters and stories that I know you all will enjoy.
BHG: Oh, stop it NSH… *chuckles awkwardly*... And be sure, guys to follow NSH's stories, if you won't followed still. And thanks to Thatoneguy753 for helping up. Man, you're awesome. *Thumbs up*
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