Hi! Hyena King here! This is pretty self-explanatory, so I won't waste your time explaining this. So, without further ado, here's chapter 29!
Back at the van, the sisters were chatting wildly as they proceeded to have their reunion, something that lasted for...quite a bit. Eventually, Sly coughed once, halting any further conversation they were having, and said.
"If we could get back on the subject, you just cost us valuable time having created that scene out there." Sly normally wouldn't hold something like that against them, but this was kinda important.
"What?" Karen asked honestly. "What could have possibly been so important that-"
"You ruined a reconnaissance mission." Sly broke in before she could finish. Karen stared at him in understanding, and then laughed.
"You don't need to do that. I already have the info you guys need."
This brought surprise from the entire crew. "How?" Bentley asked skeptically
"I have a spy." Before anyone could add anything, a figure opened the van and stepped in, almost as if on cue. It was...the ugliest horse woman one ever saw. She was wearing a white dress, something that could be found in Jean Bison's time. Three things stood out on this girl. One was her Golden mane. The other, her wings. The third...She, was actually a he.
And he was...
"Lightning!" Everybody, the goddesses included, cried. They surrounded the white pegasus, giving him a group hug that nearly crushed him.
"OK, knock it off." Lightning mumbled, but he was drowned out by their questions.
"What happened to you, sugarcube?"
"Where have you been, darling?"
"Why didn't you tell me where you were? Aren't we brothers?"
"Why are you wearing a dress?"
A few minutes later.
Lightning stood next to Bentley's Projector, pointing out the significance of each picture as it came.
"He's got the lion's share of the Clockwerk parts, particularly, the lungs, which he uses to power his trains, which he calls the iron horses. These were, until recently, shipping spice across all of North America. Wherever that is. I came into Jean Bison's confidence by wearing a disguise. He thinks I'm a maid from his own time. I've been showing mad survival skills."
"And no small amount of leg." Karen cracked a snicker on her face. Lightning growled and chose to ignore her.
"I've spent the majority of my time trying to figure out a way to get the lungs off his person."
"And have you?" Twilight asked, leaning forward. Lightning stared at her for a moment, and then said. "You think I'd still be wearing this if I knew that?"
"Maybe. It suits you." 8Karen once again said, then Sly said.* "How are you still alive?"
"Oh, that's easy. Sasha revived me."
At that, everyone in the group stared at Sasha, who was beet red at the moment. "I...had some free time and...well, I couldn't just leave him out there, right?" So I did a little magic and..."
"You didn't bother to tell us this!?" Rainbow suddenly snarled.* 'Why not!?"
"We had other things to worry about!" Sasha countered, sounding actually sorry for tricking Rainbow. "Besides, the last time I saw him, I put him in a hospital in Bali! I thought he'd just catch up with us, I didn't know he was doing some undercover work!"
"That's where I came in." Karen suddenly said. "When he got out, I intercepted him. I was tracking my sisters trails, trying to find them, because I knew they somehow got themselves into trouble, when I saw this guy. He told me his story, and, figuring you guys were in good hands, decided to go up here and kill two birds with one stone."
"All you've done is get me this dress and get into fights all the time!"
"It's not my fault they try to cop a feel!"
"Can we please get back on subject?" Sly suddenly said. "We can all talk about this later. For now, let's just think of a plan to get the lungs. Alright?"
Everybody nodded in agreement. Then the spent the next hour working out the finer details of the plan to get the Clockwerk lungs.
There you go? Aren't you happy to have Lightning back? And bringing another goddess in tow? I do. But that's just me. R&R please!