Episode 7: Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) vs. Red Tornado (DC Comics)
Thousands of years ago, mankind believed everything in the world was made up of one of four elements: Water, Earth, Fire, and Air. Of the four, Air was the most commonly found. It represented freedom, determination, and…tornadoes. An apt way to describe today's combatants. Rainbow Dash, the most powerful pegasus in Equestria, and Red Tornado, the Justice League's robotic defender of the skies.
Oh, just so you guys know, because Red Tornado has more robot bodies than DC has adoring fans, we'll be giving him his most-commonly used/most recent body type and take powers and feats from similar bodies into account as well. We're also taking Rainbow Dash as she is at the end of Season 7, because, well, that's all there is so far. Oh, and we're taking feats into account from comics, shows, and video games together - as long as the power level is fairly consistent. Obviously, original canon takes precedence.
That said, I'm LittleZbot, and it's my hobby to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who might win a Death Battle.
Rainbow Dash:
The land of Equestria is home to many unique and interesting ponies, each with their own individual dreams. Some dream of a better life, some dream of more power, some dream of great friends, and some dream of being heroes. But one pegasus just dreamed of being the fastest pony alive and finally meeting her heroes, the Wonderbolts. That pony…is Rainbow Dash.
Born to Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles and mentored all her life by the legendary Rainbow Blaze, Rainbow Dash has always been fast. Even as a child, she didn't just keep up with adult pegasi, but she surpassed them. Rainbow just had one problem: she was kind of…clumsy. When going at high speeds, she had a tendency to crash into everything in sight, which earned her little respect for her speed and a nickname that would torture her for the rest of her life: Rainbow Crash. But no ridiculous names would keep Rainbow down. She strived to be the best and to one day join the Wonderbolts, the greatest fliers in the country. You know the Blue Angels? The Wonderbolts are that. But as ponies. Regardless, Rainbow Dash trained and fought her way to the top, and, after being the first pony in recorded history to perform the Sonic Rainboom, she finally reached it. Well, almost. A few years after that little accomplishment, she auditioned to become a member of the Wonderbolts, but nerves got the best of her and she failed. Badly. After that, she moved to Ponyville and became the official Weather Pony for the town. She was embarrassed, but determined. She knew that one day, she'd become a Wonderbolt, no matter what stood in her way.
And a lot has stood in her way, but it hasn't stopped her. Rainbow Dash is resilient, and while she's not naturally adaptable, she learns over time, and rarely repeats mistakes. She's somehow found the time to earn a black belt in Karate, but, when fighting, usually utilizes her own fighting style, which isn't…as good. This style of fighting is, well, stylish. It's meant for wowing an audience way more than it is for being effective in combat. Luckily, it's still effective enough to easily defeat dozens of changelings that have been fighting for hundreds of years. Rainbow eagerly awaits fights and challenges that come her way and meets them head-on. She likes getting around enemy defenses in order to have a face-to-face fight, and will power her way through quite a bit in order to reach that point. And while she's not the smartest pony in the world, it's virtually impossible to catch her by surprise. While flying, she's subconsciously tracking and memorizing every detail of the area around her, She's able to react to lightning bolts and memorize entire history lessons just while taking a casual flight. She can even resist some levels of mind manipulation. According to Pinkie Pie, the only pony in Equestria who's naturally able to keep pace with Rainbow Dash, Rainbow is literally "too stubborn to be brainwashed." Oh, and she has magical abilities.
The ponies of Equestria are all divided into four types, each with their own special powers and/or abilities. Pegasi, most notably, have the power to fly and manipulate the weather, and Rainbow Dash excels at these two thing like nobody else. See, after Nightmare Moon escaped her celestial prison and threatened the entire world, Rainbow Dash, along with five of her best friends, went off to defeat her using the Elements of Harmony. But Nightmare Moon destroyed the Elements' physical forms, only to find out that the Elements had already found new forms as pieces of jewelry for the six ponies facing her. Rainbow Dash was granted the Element of Loyalty. Because of this, Rainbow Dash is actually a physical representation of the Element in question, and received all the powers therein. While she was previously able to clear the skies of an entire town in ten seconds flat, her manipulation over weather has become…kind of crazy.
She can create storm clouds out of thin air that are capable of surrounding and threatening an entire city, and can easily destroy other storm clouds created by those with similar powers. She can create snow and icicles, and even fire on some occasions. There have even been times where she was able to raise and lower the temperature of the air around her. And to top it all off, she can fully manipulate storms, winds, clouds, and even lightning, to the point of transforming a normal cloud into one large enough and dense enough to hold all of her falling friends, who, together, would weigh over 700 lbs, despite it being, you know, a cloud. As if that all weren't enough, somehow the Element of Loyalty has given her the ability to create explosions. No kidding - once Rainbow Dash reaches high enough speeds, she can create massive rainbow-colored explosions, capable of wiping out buildings and town-sized valleys. This is supposed to be tied into her weather manipulation abilities, but…there's no weather phenomenon that creates explosions out of thin air. It is technically possible that Rainbow Dash's control over the air around her has reached such levels that it's able to divide and reconstruct the molecular composition of the gasses that make up air, igniting a giant explosion. While that's pretty unlikely, it's one of the few ways this ability can make sense given series lore. But let's not concern ourselves with that. The point is, she can make explosions. But her best weather-controlling abilities are seen when making tornadoes. From giant tornadoes the size of mountains to tiny ones precise enough to break metal locks, she can make all kinds of cyclones - and very quickly. In less than five seconds, she and one other pegasus once created a tornado capable of knocking back dozens of Wonderbolt trainees and almost destroying an island. Scaling by Rainbow Dash's height and shape, this tornado would have easily been F6 levels, verging on F7 - larger than any tornado in recorded history. Even by herself, she's made a tornado that was capable of gathering up thousands of nearly-impossible to collect Parasprites without harming the buildings they were housed in. She can make tornadoes by flying around in circles, spinning her arms super fast, or even just flapping her wings. And though there was a time where she was incapable of creating a cyclone powerful enough to raise up and move all the water in a reservoir without the help of every other pegasus in Ponyville, she's since made even more powerful tornadoes without any help whatsoever.
But if there's one thing Rainbow Dash loves to do, it's to go fast. And man, can she go fast. She's navigated dangerous obstacle courses while moving at supersonic speeds, flew fast enough to instantly start the ground on fire, broke the sound barrier from a standstill, and even moved fast enough to be invisible to Twilight Sparkle, who's able to track other hypersonic pegasi, including the Wonderbolts, just fine. She's so good at it, she even mentored Twilight herself in flying after the latter became an Alicorn. Heck, Princess Celestia's officially stated that Rainbow Dash is the fastest and most skilled flier in Equestria, even topping out her and her sister, Luna. Luna's flown all the way from the moon before in order to help out with an emergency. Keep in mind that the moon is canonically confirmed to be of the same make, size, and distance as our own. Even lowballing this to take ten minutes, that'd still have her going at speeds of 1.4 Million MPH. So, Rainbow's faster than that. However, we could discount this feat, claiming Luna was only able to travel back and forth so quickly because of her magical relationship with the moon, as she's never shown this level of speed anywhere else, but Rainbow got plenty of other speed feats up her sleeve. She once ran - ran, not flew, from a race she put together to the top of a mountain in under three seconds. Taking into account the height of the average mountain and the distance she was away from it, this feat would put her at speeds over Mach 20. She was easily able to dodge multiple lightning bolts from godly and demonic entities - and even once the reverse stroke of one of those lightning bolts, which moves at a little under 1/3 the speed of light. And that's not all. After reaching speeds past Mach 5, she can perform the Sonic Rainboom. This event creates a rainbow-colored shockwave capable of rattling mountains and stretching across an entire country. Even hundreds of miles away from its starting point, it was able to shatter rock just by being nearby. And it doubles Rainbow Dash's already insane speed! Finally, while still under the effects of the first Sonic Rainboom, Rainbow Dash can create another one, again doubling her speed. Most impressive of all, not only is Rainbow Dash the only pony in Equestrian history to perform this feat, but managed to do so when she was only a filly - given various instances throughout the show, it's fair to say she did this when she was about nine. And her speed and abilities have improved greatly since then.
But speed isn't the only edge she brings to the table. Whether it be from the Element of Loyalty (man, that thing is the gift that keeps on giving) or her own natural talent, Rainbow Dash has wowed all of her friends with not only speed, but strength and durability as well. She carried an entire porch with four other ponies on it with one hoof and didn't break a sweat, broke through steel bolts with a single kick, and smashed through solid brick effortlessly. There was one time she smashed through a giant pile of rocks and was dizzied - but she's since taken much worse and got up with no negative effects - like the time she was thrown through a building, or when she was hit by a blow that sent her through several trees and even boulders, or the time she withstood a full blast of adult dragon fire. Even Spike, a baby dragon, has fire hot enough to melt steel, and a full-grown dragon's fire is supposed to be exponentially stronger. All of these she took and didn't even blink. Heck, just for a mach cone to form around her body, which it has several times, she'd be going through 11.1 Gs. Rainbow Dash has consistently been one of Equestria's most physically-impressive ponies.
So she might as well put that impressiveness to good use, right? Rainbow's had many adventures, like the time she found out her favorite fictional heroine, Darin' Do, was real, and promptly went on her next adventure and saved her life. Three times, She's broken several world records, won several competitions, including the Best Young Flier's competition when she was much younger, and led her team to victory during the Equestria Games, taking second place only to the Wonderbolts. Keep in mind that an average Wonderbolt's top speed is over 8,000 MPH, while Fluttershy, the fastest pony on Rainbow Dash's team besides herself, had a top speed of less than 1,000 MPH. And she still nearly beat them. Rainbow Dash has lifted and carried a boulder that would weigh over fifty tons and effortlessly kicked logs out of full-grown oak trees. Just breaking one of these trees would require over thirty tons of force. She even took a full-fledged roar from a dragon that shook mountains just by snoring. To move a large mountain just one inch would require 13.7 kilotons of TNT - and that roar was certainly much more than that. She's taken out dozens of changelings and pirates at once, survived and breathed in the vacuum of space, and, finally, after saving the world six times and topping the Wonderbolt Reserves, she eventually achieved her life's dream and became a member of the Wonderbolts.
But not everything always works out for her. Despite her years of experience, she can still mess things up and crash - like during her first day as a Wonderbolt, which earned her back her old nickname. Beyond that, her level of power is often inconsistent, and she can't always control the tornadoes she creates. She's cocky, easily distracted, and has a very difficult time choosing between different options. She'll spend hours obsessing over a simple choice and end up going way overboard in a lie to avoid having to make the choice at all. Oh, and she's heavily susceptible to magic spells. In addition, just like all of her friends that became representatives for the Elements of Harmony, if she decides to completely go against what she represents or just gives it up, she will lose all extra powers and abilities the Element granted her. So, if, for whatever reason, she permanently betrays her friends, she'll lose out on a lot of her abilities. Finally, her biggest downside is…lack of accomplishments. Sure, she's done a lot for an athlete, but for a fighter, not so much. She's helped defeat several god-like beings through use of the Elements of Harmony, sure, but by herself, the most she's done is defeat a couple small-time villains or a few dozen magical changelings. She has very little battle experience, and it leaves her confused and panicked during fights.
But she's still managed to hold her own in every battle she's been in. Rainbow Dash may not be a veteran of war, but she's still one of the most impressive fighters Equestria has ever seen.
After being thrown from a magical cloud by the demon Runt, Rainbow Dash steadies herself and charges back at the cloud, full speed. As she moves, she shouts.
"This is my sky, my domain, and you guys are just a bunch of mean passengers. You want to get physical? Let's rumble like it's the apple crumble in the jungle!"
The demons above the cloud laugh and shout back as they charge up a burst of lightning. "Your frustration is delicious. Thank you. And consider your threat ignored." They launch the lightning, seeking to evaporate Rainbow Dash with one strike.
But as the lightning heads toward her, Rainbow wraps around it, crossing the lightning with ease and rendering it ineffective. "Consider your faces lame! Prepare to find out why the fillies look up to me whether I'm in the sky or not!"
Rainbow Dash:
Name: Rainbow Dash
Species: Pegasus
Age: 18+
Height: 3'10"/ 117 cm
Weight: 165 lbs / 75 kg
Occupation: Wonderbolt
Doesn't like pie
May have two middle names: "Danger" and "Professionalism"
Owns a turtle named Tank
Abilities:
Hypersonic Flight
Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Speed
Superhuman Durability
Superhuman Senses & Memory
Explosion Creation
Weather Creation
Weather Manipulation
Sonic Rainboom
Karate Black Belt
TORNADOES MAN
Feats:
Helped defeated an entire army three times
Lifted a 53.4 ton boulder
Broke through several trees casually
Dodged lightning bolts
Dodged a lightning bolt reverse stroke
Reached a mountain and back in less than five seconds
Easily creates F3 Tornadoes on her own
Created an F6-F7 Tornado with one other pegasus
Can manipulate the weather of entire cities
Took dragon fire
Was slammed into mountains, buildings, boulders, and trees
Tanked a mountain-shaking roar from a dragon
Became a superhero for a short time, twice
Helped Darin' Do on her adventures
The fastest pony in Equestria
Helped defeat star-level beings
Took 2nd Place at Equestria Games
Won several worldwide competitions
Broke over 12 World Records
Weaknesses:
Over-relies on friends
Cocky
Easily distracted
Little combat experience
Will sometimes mess up while flying, putting her in serious danger
Lack of control
Not very adaptable
No resistance to magic whatsoever
…
Red Tornado:
The cold reaches of space stretch out farther than any man's imagination can understand. Such a vast area is home to many strange creatures - a nihilistic society dependent on technology, a race of telepathic bats, and beings so powerful, many would call them gods. And, yet, in all the universe, only one being was capable of becoming the Red Tornado.
Ulthoon was an Air Elemental, a being made of air with incredible levels of power over wind, from the planet Xalthor. Unmatched in his power, he went across the universe searching for fights and conquering the planets of those who couldn't best him. His nature as an elemental meant most creatures weren't even able to survive being near him, so taking over entire solar systems turned out to be pretty easy. Until he set his sights on Rann, and challenged the scientist Adam Strange to a duel. Surprisingly, Ulthoon lost. After finding out that the basic reason why he lost was that he was a bad guy (I don't know, it just gets weirder from here), Ulthoon decided to give up his tyrannical ways and fight in the name of good. But half of him didn't take it so well. So he split into two entities, the Tornado Champion and the Tornado Tyrant, and did battle with his evil half. After losing, the Champion lured the Tyrant to earth and had the Justice League destroy him. Disheartened, the Champion decided to move to a different universe in hopes of finding a new identity. Then he stumbled across a secret project of T.O. Morrow's: A Robot built to infiltrate the JSA and destroy it from within. Unknown to Morrow, the Champion inserted his consciousness and power into this new, robot body and became one of the world's greatest superheroes. Thus was born the Red Tornado.
Red Tornado's a powerhouse in the wind department, and holds his own in skill with his thousands of years of fighting experience. He's also one of the most inconsistently-powered members of the Justice League. One minute he's taking punches from Superman and delivering his own back, and the next he's destroyed by a couple of hits from the original Commander Steel, who, at that point, could only lift 1000 pounds. Luckily, there is a legitimate explanation. See, while Ulthoon is absurdly powerful, he's completely and totally restricted by the body he's placed in. He can't get out of it by himself, and even if he could, he'd dissipate and die within 24 hours - though his true form brought Superman, Green Lantern, and the Flash to their knees just by being nearby. The robot bodies he's gotten to contain his power are kind of all over the place. Sometimes he's dodging blows from Wonder Woman - and other times he's caught in the spray from a Fire Hydrant. Because of this, we're going to go by the power level of his newest body before New 52 hit, and take feats from ones comparable to it throughout comic history. It's the best way we can be fair to old Reddy here.
Red Tornado is a fighter who relies on his arsenal, that being wind. When fighting among other heroes, his primary tactic is to blow enemies into the paths of others who can properly take care of them. However, when he's going one-on-one with an opponent, he utilizes a keep-away style of fighting, never letting his opponent close in on him or get close enough to damage his robotic body. He's become excellent at leading others on and dodging blows. He can even dodge point-blank gunfire with ease. This is because his mind has adapted itself into the robotic body, and so his brain runs as fast as a supercomputer. He literally sees the world in slow-motion and can react to the fastest things because of that - like the time he dodged lightning. That was pretty cool. But he prefers to fight at a distance, where he has all the advantages - and with his powers, those advantages are pretty huge.
Red Tornado can manipulate the winds and air fully, even to the point of allowing others to breathe underwater or creating vacuums in the atmosphere. He can form winds around him to create a forcefield. While behind this forcefield, it's pretty much impossible for any projectile to hit him, and it can take blows from super-powered beings without breaking. It does require a lot of concentration to keep up, but if he's using this ability, he's already completely focused on defense, so it doesn't matter that much. He can vibrate fast enough to become invisible, and even fly around completely unseen. If things get really out of hand, he can even absorb air and wind around him and use it to feed into his next attacks. But his bread and butter is tornadoes. It's kinda what he's named after. And the tornadoes don't disappoint. By twirling himself around or just rotating his hands super quickly, he can create massive tornadoes capable of leveling skyscrapers with ease. A quick blow from these tornadoes is strong enough to knock down an unsuspecting Superman, break through the side of a mountain, and even hold off a crazed Hal Jordan. When these tornadoes reach full power, they've lobotomized Black Lanterns, destroyed space stations, and even blown up an Imperiax Probe, which was tough enough to withstand Darkseid's Omega Beams. You know, the beams that can effortlessly destroy planets? However, exerting more pressure with his tornadoes than his body can handle will end up destroying Red Tornado - like with that probe, where not only did he die, but him even surviving long enough to pull that feat off was considered a miracle. And while creating giant tornadoes is impressive and all, he can also create miniature ones instantly, with them being strong and precise enough to destroy steel locks. Oh, and by creating a tornado directly below him, Red Tornado can fly all around - even in outer space, which shouldn't be scientifically possible. He's super fast while doing it, too.
Red Tornado has wowed superheroes with his speed. He's outraced fighter jets before with ease, the fastest of which can move nearly 5,000 MPH. He's raced from New Mexico to Japan in under an hour, kept up with an evil version of Vixen, who can move as fast as the fastest animals in the world combined, and straight-out vanish by moving faster than the eye can see - that's over nine thousand miles per hour. He also made it to the moon, stayed a while, had a conversation or two, and then went back, all in a little over a day. But while his speed is pretty defining, it's not all that's superhuman about him. He can lift more than is physically possible for a human - the current world record for most weight ever lifted by one man is just under 7,000 lbs, and Red Tornado has shown the ability to break this easily. He once smashed through a small boulder, casually bent a steel bar, and lifted a large piece of steel roughly the same size as him while at the bottom of the ocean. Speaking of which, he can survive at the bottom of the ocean, the pressure of which can reach levels of nearly 16,000 PSI. In comparison, the average air pressure inside a tire is a mere 32 PSI. He wrestled Red Volcano, a bigger, stronger version of him, into a pool of boiling lava and stayed in there for three minutes before he started to melt. He took an explosion that destroyed a building without blinking, survived atmospheric reentry, and was once hit by an anti-aircraft missile and was more surprised than anything else. Keep in mind that some of these missiles have an explosive yield of up to 15 kilotons of TNT.
And from his years serving with the Justice League, Red's found himself dealing with a lot of things he shouldn't have been able to. He led the battle against the Star-God Aquarius, helped defeat the legendary Iron Hand, and battled Swamp Thing to a standstill. He became one of the elemental protectors of the world, representing air, and mentored the Teen Titans for quite a while. He's also sacrificed himself to save the world a bunch of times - like against Nekron, the personification of the struggle of death, or like against Amazo, who then reprogrammed Red's body to use for himself because it was so good at distributing and handling unnatural power. He's defeated several villains, including stronger versions of himself, such as Red Volcano and Red Inferno, and even an evil Vibe, who was able to create vibrations strong enough to shake the earth apart. Red Tornado accomplished this by keeping Vibe in the air whenever he was able to, since this version of Vibe couldn't use his powers if he wasn't connected to the ground. He even got married and adopted a daughter, basically solidifying a life on earth as a superhero. This later led to one of the worst experiences in Red Tornado's life, however. In a bid to potentially finally become human, Red Tornado temporarily "permanently" transferred his life essence and powers to a specifically modified human body. However, this body had been altered by Solomon Grundy, one of the League's deadliest foes, in order to weaken Red Tornado the longer he used it. After some weeks, he could barely function, and Solomon Grundy came to threaten his family and kill him. After destroying a bunch of evil robots, Red Tornado tried to fight Grundy, but Grundy literally grabbed his arm and ripped it right off. Then he ate it. UGH. So, what did Red Tornado, now one-armed, dying, super weak, and bleeding out, do? He used his remaining arm to create a tornado so powerful, it stopped Grundy in his tracks - and then tore him in half. That may be one of the most awesome things I've ever seen.
But the fact that he let himself in that situation should speak pretty clearly. Red Tornado isn't the brightest bulb around. He's been easily manipulated plenty of times, and has been destroyed by everything from a bunch of evil tribal aliens to a stray zeta ray to a single punch from Starfire. There's a reason he does his best to keep his opponents away from his physical body. It's tough, yes, but not invulnerable. And he has little to no options to close-quarters-combat - in fact, he really sucks at it. I can understand being defeated in hand-to-hand by Batman or Green Arrow, but when a few street thugs can leave you with nothing but your head remaining, you might want to invest in a few boxing lessons. Oh, yeah, and, for whatever reason, he gets messed up really good by lightning. In addition, there's a shut-off switch on his neck - if hit hard enough, he'll turn right off and be completely helpless.
But helpless is something this red protector of the world rarely is. Many criminals across the galaxy have found out that when you mess with the Justice League's robot hero, he'll blow you away. Literally.
As winds whip around Solomon Grundy, he laughs at the tornado the former robot had conjured up. "I'm immovable!"
"I wasn't trying to move you." Red Tornado replies, gritting his all-too-real teeth. "Under normal circumstances, it takes winds of 70 MPH to pull thick branches from a tree, and 150 MPH to blow that tree over."
Solomon Grundy grunts. He suddenly realizes that, despite his best efforts, he's not moving forward. The tornado is becoming too strong.
"But at 350 MPH?" Red Tornado continues. "That'll snap the tree in half." His eyes glint.
Grundy begins to slide back. He digs his feet into the ground, refusing to move for the hero.
"So imagine how you'll feel with winds over 550."
There's a heave and roar lost in the winds as Solomon Grundy's top half separates and flies off.
Red Tornado:
Name: Tornado Champion (Ulthoon)
Species: Elemental
Age: 5000+
Height: 6'1"/ 185 cm
Weight: 325 lbs / 147 kg
Occupation: Member of the Justice League of America
Used to have a regenerating body like Wolverine
Has 1/4 of the Anti-Life Equation stored inside him
One robotic shell was made into a containment suit for Wildfire
Abilities:
Hypersonic Flight
Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Speed
Superhuman Durability
Superhuman Senses & Memory
Wind Manipulation
Wind Absorption
TORNADOES MAN
Feats:
Helped defeated an entire army several times
Lifted a 21 ton steel plate
Broke through a boulder casually
Dodged lightning bolts
Reached Japan and back in less than two hours
Reached the moon and back in less than two days
Easily creates F5 Tornadoes on his own
Creates F9 Tornadoes on rare occasions
Can manipulate the winds of entire cities
Took a missile to the face
Was slammed into mountains, buildings, boulders, and trees
Survived at the bottom of the ocean
Went into lava for a few minutes
Helped the Justice League many times
Equaled Vixen & Swamp Thing in combat
Helped defeat star-level beings
Weaknesses:
Over-relies on backup
Shut-off switch
If body is destroyed, will die in 24 hours without a new one
Easily manipulated
Terrible in hand-to-hand
Lack of variety
No resistance to magic whatsoever
Was destroyed several times
…
All right, the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all. It's time for a Death Battle!
…
"Here," Batman stated flatly. He pointed at the screen in front of him, specifically at a blinking red dot. He glanced at the five superheroes gathered at the Watchtower. Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Red Tornado. He'd called this meeting specifically with them in mind. "This is where the dimensional energy seems to be gravitating."
"And that means…?" Green Lantern questioned.
"The Dominators have been tracking all activity in these seven dimensions for the last two weeks. Something's up, and six of those dimensions spread out from this one. Not to mention that dimensional portals have recently been opened across these, including two for this one. All the energy from these dimensions is pouring into this. It means that any neighboring universes can accidentally find themselves traveling to this one, even through simple teleportation. And guess who's dimension happens to be one of the ones next to it?"
"Ours?" Flash asked.
Batman nodded.
Superman put his hand to his chin. "That means that even just using a Boom Tube runs the risk of trapping whoever enters it into that dimension, much less any other way of extra-dimensional travel."
Batman turned back to the screen. "It's worse than that. All of this…activity has been disrupting the barrier between dimensions. Any organic material crossing it would be instantly obliterated. That means that any organism that happens to end up in this dimension out of the seven surrounding it would die immediately. From the looks of it, already have. All of you need to know about this, but right now, only one of you can do something about it. We're going to need Red Tornado to enter this dimension and scout it out for us. Find out all he can. Specifically, why all this is happening, and, if necessary, how he can put a stop to it."
Red Tornado nodded. "I will do whatever I can to assist you in this matter."
Batman approached him and handed him two discs, each with blinking lights. "Transportation devices. They'll allow you to travel between dimensions. One to get you there, and one to get you back. The last one will only work after three days. Be careful with them."
"You may have total faith in me, Batman," the robot stated. He took the discs and used one right away, vanishing into thin air.
"As for the rest of you," Batman continued, "holes in reality have been popping up as a result of this imbalance. You're going to be very busy."
…
"Twilight!" Rainbow Dash called as she flew across Ponyville. She hadn't seen her friend in two days, and had just assumed she was in the middle of one of her book-sorting vacations, but she had just found the Castle of Friendship abandoned, except for a clueless Spike. She was starting to get worried.
Rainbow landed on the street next to Pinkie Pie, who was out selling baked goods on a cart. "Hey, Pinkie, have you seen-"
"No time for talk! Time for taste!" Pinkie shouted excitedly. She grabbed six different cupcakes and smashed them into Rainbow's mouth all at once. She bounced up and down. "So, what do you think?!"
With one horrifying gulp, Rainbow got the batch down. She shook her head disgustedly. "I think they'd be better separate."
"You want separate? I've got separate! I've got cakes so separate, they'll make you wish YOU were separate! I can separate the vanilla from the chocolate and the strawberry from the vanilla and the chocolate from the strawberry! It's like the-"
"Pinkie!" Rainbow interrupted. "Have you seen Twilight?"
"Of course I have, silly!"
"TODAY."
"Oh. Well, then no."
Rainbow Dash put her hoof to her head like she was experiencing a headache. "Ugh. You know what? It's fine. She probably went off to keep Starlight company during her visit to the Changeling Kingdom and forgot to tell anypony."
"Who forgot to tell anypony what?" Came a voice from a few feet ahead. Starlight Glimmer was walking toward them, toting a cart full of luggage. "Hello, everypony!"
"Starlight!" Pinkie shouted. "How did it go? What kind of food did they have? Did you start a war? Did THEY start a war? How many adventures did you go on? Two? Three? Four thousand eight hundred and twenty? AND WHAT KIND OF FOOD DID THEY HAVE?!"
Starlight was quite used to Pinkie's antics by now. She laughed lightly. "I had a great time-"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Rainbow Dash stopped her. "Where's Twilight?"
Starlight tilted her head, confused. "Is she gone?"
"I can't find her anywhere, and nopony I talk to knows where she is! I thought that maybe she left with you at the last second-"
"She didn't." Starlight glanced around. "That's…not good. I'll check at the Tree of Harmony."
"I'll check over at Zecora's."
"And I'll check inside this octuple-layered cake!"
Starlight teleported away, Rainbow flew off, and Pinkie dove into her cake.
…
Red Tornado appeared without any difficulties. The area was bright and cheery, and at first it was hard to see. When his robotic eyes adjusted, he saw bright green hills verging on a dark forest. And, in the distance, a small town, filled with…horses? They were like none he'd ever seen in all his travels. And…was that one flying towards him?
That she was. Rainbow stopped as soon as she saw the weird giant red creature standing on the ground. She'd never seen anything like it. She considering flying away to tell Starlight and the others, but curiosity got the best of her. She slowly approached it.
"Hey!" she shouted out. "Are you…alive?"
Its voice shocked her.
Red Tornado spoke without much hesitation. He was curious to learn more about the life here, and Batman had said that he was to find out as much as he could. "That would be a subjective matter, I am afraid."
"Oh, so you do talk."
"Indeed. My designation is Red Tornado. I represent the Justice League of America, and am here to discover why there has been so much dimensional activity in this region of space."
Rainbow blinked. "Okay, so I'm not even going to pretend I understood any of that. I'm Rainbow Dash, but," she smirked, "you probably already knew that."
"Rainbow Dash," Red stated. The words sounded strange from his mouth. "An interesting designation, but not as strange as others I have heard. It is a pleasure to meet you." He extended his hand.
Rainbow looked at it, then back to her own hoof before shaking. This was weird.
Red was suddenly receiving a message.
"Batman to Red Tornado. Come in, Red Tornado."
Red clicked his earpiece. "Red Tornado here."
"We were able to temporarily boost the radio signal in order to reach you. It will only last for a few seconds. It appears the destabilization started after that dimension was infiltrated by a flying creature in blue. We suspect the party may have done this on purpose, and destruction of the creature would avert the crisis. I can send an image of it into your mind."
Red glanced at the flying blue pony hovering in the air in front of him. "No need. I have already found the culprit. Red Tornado out."
"Wait," Rainbow questioned, "the culprit of wha-"
Red Tornado's fist smashed into her face and sent her flying several feet back. "You have destabilized the dimensional fabric of this area and put trillions upon trillions of lives in danger. I apologize, but you must be eliminated in order to save them."
"What? I didn't do anything!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "But if you think you can take me down, you have no idea who you're dealing with!"
-FIGHT!-
Rainbow Dash moved instantly, closing in on Red Tornado, but he'd had experience with this tactic before. He ducked to the left side as Rainbow zoomed right past him. She stopped after a few feet, surprised, and he grabbed one of her back hoofs and slammed her into the ground. He then raised his foot over her head and stamped down, intending to end this quickly. But when he stamped, Rainbow wasn't there anymore. She'd broken free of his grip and flew up into the air. Again, she charged forward at Red, but he knew she wouldn't fall for the same trick twice. As she drew near, he waved his hand and let loose a huge gust of air, sending her reeling back. He then drew back his fist and launched himself forward at Rainbow.
Rainbow shook off the gust. "Hey, guess what? I can do that too!" She threw her arms in front of her and a windstorm followed it, knocking the moving Red Tornado down. She flew up into the air and flew in a circle, forming dozens of storm clouds which threw lightning down at Red. He instantly dodged three bolts, and then, much to Rainbow's surprise, he raised his hands and they began spinning. In just a few seconds, a massive tornado had formed, and it rose up into the sky, displacing all of the storm clouds and catching Rainbow in its vacuum.
"Woah!" Rainbow shouted as she was sucked in. The tornado had a strong pull, but Rainbow knew she'd made stronger. She steadied herself and flew counter to the tornado, gaining more and more speed until it finally dissipated. She sighed in relief - and was then surprised by a speedy punch from an airborne Red Tornado.
Seeing the miniature tornado his legs had become, Rainbow Dash was visibly upset. "What? No fair! I have to use these wings to fly, but you get carried around by tornadoes?! That's so much cooler!"
"Your ability to reverse that tornado was most impressive," Red Tornado declared. "And those storm clouds you created - I presume you have some control over weather?"
"Yeah, well, that's not all I've got," Rainbow announced, and suddenly she was right in front of him with her back hooves planted in his robotic chest. He let out an "Ugh!" as he flew backwards. This creature was very fast-
"Ugh!" Another kick, this one from right above. It shoved Red to the ground and nearly damaged his body. He shook his head. "I need time." He began twirling his hands, and winds began forming around him, encasing him in a bubble of windstorms. He grunted. This protection took a lot of concentration, and that didn't leave much to come up with a plan. But Red knew he needed a plan to beat this creature. It had to have weaknesses of some kind. What could they be?
The creature, Rainbow Dash, had unleashed several physical attacks on the barrier. It mattered little. That shield had withstood blows from- URGH! Red Tornado was flung backwards. He hovered upwards instantly. Amazing. Rainbow Dash had managed to use her abilities over weather to break through the field. Her control of it may rival his own. But there was one thing he was unrivaled in.
"Hiya!" Rainbow shouted as she flew upwards at Red, readying a karate kick. Red appeared to be distracted, but he still noticed her in time to scoot out of the way. She would have stopped the moment she didn't hit him, but he had already turned around and blew her backwards with a gust of air. He then twirled his hands and began creating another tornado, this one doubling the original's size and power. Rainbow backed up, eyes widening. She'd never faced someone who could do that so easily before. Well, not without the Elements, anyway. The tornado moved forward, trying to pull her in, but she resisted. She'd faced lots of tornadoes before, and she-
Was flung backwards as she whirled around and around in a brand-new red-colored tornado that had just been made. What? There was no way. How did he have the energy left to make another? She broke out of this one with far more difficulty than she had thought it would take and shook her head. Then something slowly dawned on her as she looked forward and saw dozens of enormous tornadoes lining the sky. She may be somewhat outmatched here.
"This but a fraction of my power," Red Tornado proclaimed. "You cannot win. Give up now, and I will make it painless."
"What a coincidence!" Rainbow shouted back. "I was about to say the same thing!" She bit down and charged forward. Full speed. She rammed straight into a tornado - and out the other end without trouble. She gasped in relief, but didn't stop to think about it. She charged through two other tornadoes and rammed into Red Tornado - who took the blow as an opportunity to throw her back into a tornado.
He then moved his arms, commanding the tornadoes to converge on the one Rainbow Dash was in. He needed to ensure she didn't escape this one. He raised his arms, and it grew in size and intensity. He paused for a moment, watching the various movements inside out it, showing Rainbow trying and failing to get out. He just needed to wear her down before going in for a final blow.
But she had other ideas. As he watched, suddenly the clouds in the sky began moving. They flew towards the tornado he'd created, and, when they were sucked in, they began distributing themselves throughout the tornado. As the color changed from red to white, there was a mighty burst of air, and the tornado shattered, blowing out in all directions, leaving a battered, but fierce, Rainbow Dash where it once was.
"Your strategy is commendable," Red proclaimed. "Utilizing your more advanced control over-" He was interrupted by a kick that slammed him into the ground.
"You know, I usually don't mind when somebody's calling me awesome and smart, but, for some reason, when you do it, it's really annoying." Rainbow told him. She grabbed the cowl of his cape and lifted it, then twirled around, throwing Red into the distance.
Red shook his head. She was right, in a sense. It was not a good idea to keep her ego boosted, to encourage the idea that she could actually defeat him. He needed to steady himself while he was soaring to he could stabilize and gain control of the battlefield again.
He raised his body and his legs began twirling again, creating a miniature torna- AGH! Rainbow was suddenly there, with another kick, knocking him off balance and further away - then she flew above him, easily surpassing the speed she'd thrown him with, and hit him again as he came towards her. He landed in the dirt and stood up. His outer shell had a dent in it. That…was disturbing. He'd let her have her way for far too long. It was long past due he stopped holding back.
Rainbow raced in circles above him. "So, was that whole tornado show really just a tiny bit of your power? Come on, let's see the whole thi-"
She was met with an answer in the form of a blow to the jaw. The resulting impact sent her upwards at speeds shattering the sound barrier. "If you insist," Red replied.
She steadied herself and rubbed her jaw with one hoof. That'd hurt. But see if he could get the drop on her agai-
With a shout, she flew further upwards from another blow. The speeds she was moving at were beginning to light fire to the air itself. She flew to the right to dodge a punch, but was caught by the hand of Red Tornado. She struggled to get out, but it wasn't as easy this time. "What are you made of? Pure metal?!"
"As a matter of fact…" Red informed her. He spun around and threw her back down, then put on a burst of wind so as to catch up to her falling form and throw out a massive downward tornado, sending her crashing into the ground with enough force to create a small crater in the earth.
Rainbow slowly, dizzily, got up. She was bruised and beaten, and one of her wings was injured. She could still fight-
Red Tornado grabbed her neck and drove it into the ground, then began flying right above ground level, dragging Rainbow's body through the earth. Dirt and rocks and even some blood flew behind them for several yards, until Red flew up, further and further, until he reached the upper atmosphere, then turned around and began flying downward, intent on smashing Rainbow's breaking body into the ground at hypersonic speeds.
But Rainbow wasn't having that. She was bruised, but she hadn't lost. She'd come back from worse. Her eyes sprung open. She broke free of Red's grasp with a headbutt and flew downwards behind him before smashing down with her two front hoofs, utilizing the momentum Red Tornado had already built up against him. Before he could react properly, he'd been smashed into the same crater she had just gotten out of.
Rainbow flew up, loosely flying to one side due to the damaged wing. "You aren't the only one who can make tornadoes, you know." She flew around in a circle, to Red's horror, and a massive tornado appeared. He twirled an arm, sending out another tornado to match it - only for Rainbow to rush into it and create a rainbow-colored explosion that instantly destroyed the tornado. She then grabbed Red once more and threw him into the center of her own tornado. She waited for a few seconds while he struggled, then dove inside and piledrived Red through the tornado's center and into the ground. She instantly rose up again and launched a barrage of smaller tornadoes, each one of which pounded into Red Tornado's quickly-giving-way body. She focused and flew in circles for only a couple seconds - and then there was another tornado. She did it again, and again until there were dozens of tornadoes all grouped up in the same area. She dove down and threw Red into one with another explosion.
Red Tornado was being tossed around like a rag doll, and he didn't like that. He flew outside of the tornado, but another one instantly sucked him up and then spat him back into the first. He came to a stop in the center of it, where there was the least amount of pressure, and took the opportunity to look over himself. His body had a crack. A giant crack reaching from the top of his head to the bottom of his left foot. That was dangerous. Too dangerous. She'd surprised him, but only one of them was walking away from this. And he'd seen too many battles to believe it was going to be her. Her wing was damaged - her flight was limited. He was yet to be properly impeded. It was time to end this.
He reached out his arms and pushed out an enormous burst of air - more powerful than any seen during this battle. It instantly dispelled every tornado and knocked Rainbow into the ground.
"What?!" She shouted, shocked. Then, seeing a rather angry Red Tornado in front of her, she realized what had happened. "Oh. Well, this suc-"
Red backhanded her into the air. She steadied quickly and threw out dozens of small tornadoes, but he did the exact same, matching each one of hers and dissolving it. She gulped and formed a giant tornado quickly, but he just charged right through it as though it wasn't even there. He grabbed her neck and, with a head butt that matched her previous one, knocked her further back into the air. She dove down and flew forward, trying to get in a hit good enough to break that metal body - but he wasn't there. She looked all around. He wasn't there anymore.
That's when she felt the punch. She flew backwards and bit her lip in pain. The punch had been very specifically aimed at her damaged wing. It was going to be harder than ever to - another blow struck her, this time in the head. And then an mountain-sized red-colored tornado appeared out of thin air.
He's invisible, Rainbow realized. She couldn't defend against an invisible opponent. Well, maybe he's not, she thought hopefully. Maybe he's just moving too fast for me to see him, because then- She was interrupted when something grabbed her damaged wing and dragged her upwards. She heard a voice.
Red Tornado was secretly relieved she couldn't spot him. She'd proven surprisingly good at reacting to his attacks, but when she didn't know where the attacks were coming from, it was much harder. She'd proven very tough, but she was organic and he was not. He knew how to end this. But first, he needed to bring down that ego he'd foolishly raised. Somehow, the more this creature believed in herself, the more powerful she became.
"If you ever thought you had a chance of winning this, you were mistaken. I am a former deity transformed into the greatest of all technical creations. I have fought wars and beaten foes beyond your understanding. You have great power, I recognize that, but my power has stood up to gods. Now, this ends."
He rose above the atmosphere and into space. In the distance, he could see the moon shining brightly. "There's no air in space. I have no need for such things, but you…you have failed." He let go of Rainbow Dash's panicked body, and flew backwards. "Perhaps, in another life, we may have been friends. I'm sorry. But I have faced many like you." He turned and flew back down to the planet's surface.
Rainbow Dash inhaled. He was right. She should suffocate in space. But the Element of Loyalty had always ensured she didn't. She was beaten, broken, battered, bruised, and probably a lot of other adjectives that started with "B." Unfortunately for Red, though, that list included breathing. And she was going to win.
Eyes lighting up in anger, she dove down, faster than she'd ever gone before. "You have never fought anypony like me," she shouted to the planet. She focused internally, took a deep breath, and opened her eyes. In front of her, where there was once empty air, there was a shocked Red Tornado. She grinned. "I see you."
Then, going full speed downward, broken wing trailing out, giving all it was worth, a cone formed around her. Then she broke through it, creating an rainbow soundwave that stripped the trees of their leaves, rocked the mountains in the distance, and reached the horizon. She was moving far faster - the Rainboom had doubled her speed, and she left a rainbow trail with every move she made. She smashed right into Red Tornado, and, while dragging him down through the atmosphere, another cone formed around them, and another Sonic Rainboom rocked the skies. Moving at speeds never before seen, Red Tornado was smashed into the ground, creating a crater ten times the size of hers. His body fractured all over. She pulled him up again and, still trailing rainbows and moving at insane speeds, kicked him into a series of clouds, then, with a wave of her arms, transformed them into storm clouds. Red was wracked with lightning, and he fell to the ground, smoking.
He looked up at Rainbow racketeering towards him and threw up his wind barrier - but it was smashed to pieces just by Rainbow Dash touching it on her way to destroy him. He managed to barely duck under her grasp. Then, turning around, he spun both arms at incredible speeds, creating a tornado capable of destroying cities. Rainbow turned and flew straight into its heart, attempting to reach Red Tornado.
"A tornado with winds over 350 MPH can snap skyscrapers in half," he shouted out. "This tornado has winds over 700. I could-"
"YOU COULD SHUT UP!" Rainbow shouted back. "You aren't the only one who's stood up to gods!" She put on a burst of speed and charged right through the center of the tornado. The moment she reached Red, she grabbed his hands and, with considerable strain, tore them off his arms. Red Tornado stumbled back and gazed at her in shock, lifting his stumps filled with sparking wires and leaking oil. "That…that's impossible."
"A lot of things were impossible before I did them," Rainbow told him proudly. Then, in a mocking voice, "Now, this ends." She charged up and smashed into his fractured and broken body, and, with a giant, rainbow-colored explosion, tore the whole thing to pieces.
"Yeah, that was awesome," Rainbow affirmed to herself as she set down on the ground.
Behind her, the wind began to stir.
Then it spun.
Then it broke out into a massive hurricane of death that blotted out the sun.
Rainbow felt the insane pull of the Air Elemental and turned around, eyes surprised, trying to keep herself on the ground. "What…what's that?!"
The storm spoke. "I am Ulthoon. I am free. And you are dead."
It pulled all the air in with a mighty force, and Rainbow Dash found herself sliding toward it. "No! No! I'm not…going…like this!" But, even with her control over the weather, it was getting harder and harder to keep herself from getting sucked in.
Then a blue wormhole opened up.
"Ah, here I am! All this stupid dimensional calibration in order to not die here…I had to adjust the dimensional barrier, like, eight times!" Bowser declared triumphantly. He then realized that the sky was dark and there was a giant wind monster of death in front of him. He blinked. "Uh, maybe I'll just get some Chuckola Cola and come back."
But it was too late. Ulthoon spotted him. "You!" it hissed. "You're the one who's really been causing these changes!"
Bowser fumbled with the remote that had opened the wormhole and dropped it. "Uh, what? No! You've got me all wrong! I just stopped by here on my way to, uh, Switzerland. They've got great skiing!"
"You will pay!"
"How much? 20? 50? I have credit!"
Ulthoon flew towards Bowser, who panicked and flew back through the wormhole. Ulthoon began following, but halfway through, the hole closed, cutting Ulthoon in two and destroying him permanently. He instantly dissipated and spread throughout the atmosphere.
-KO!-
Rainbow blinked. "Well, that was weird." She checked herself over. "Hey, bonus, I'm alive! Now, what was I doing before? Oh, yeah! I have to check back with the others about Twilight and brag to them about how I totally destroyed this evil robot thing!"
…
Whew, that must've been a whirlwind of pain for Ulthoon.
Red Tornado held a decisive experience advantage, but experience alone isn't enough to stop Rainbow Dash, who's defeated foes thousands of years old that had been fighting their whole lives. Rainbow Dash took the edge in several categories, including virtually all physical levels. Red Tornado did lift a large steel…chunk while at the bottom of the ocean, and he specifically stated that it was heavy, and implied it was near the limit of his ability to hold. Judging from the size and shape of the chunk, it should have weighed about 21 tons at the absolute most - and that's stretching it. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was able to lift a boulder weighing over 53 tons without much apparent trouble. And while his moving faster than the eye could see places him at speeds around Mach 12, and the to-the-moon-and-back thing at Mach 14, that's not a lot compared to what Rainbow Dash has done. Even discounting her little lightning-dodging feat, there's been quite a few incidences where she's surpassed Mach 15. Her mountain-racing feat alone puts her at Mach 24. And that's not counting the return trip. And the difference in durability is abundantly clear; Red Tornado could withstand the depths of the ocean with ease, which, at its absolute deepest, puts the pressure on at a little under 16,000 PSI. But just to form the mach cone needed to perform the Sonic Rainboom would have Rainbow Dash tearing through at 11.1 Gs. Given her weight and size, she would be experiencing pressure of around 19,000 PSI - over 3,000 more than Red Tornado. Her resistance to heat didn't hurt, either. While she could easily withstand heat of a bare minimum of 2500 degrees Fahrenheit, Red Tornado began melting at temperatures of 2200 degrees Fahrenheit. And taking the roar of that dragon to the face puts Red Tornado's missile-surviving feat to shame.
But her advantages don't stop there. Rainbow Dash's bold way of combat and tendency to get up in her opponent's face completely countered Red Tornado's keep-away fighting style, and she was certainly more well-equipped to damage him up-close. Red's close-quarters-combat is above-average at best, but is certainly no match for a Karate black belt, or even Rainbow's more…unique combat techniques. And while his powers were almost useless at close range, hers were hardly so. Red Tornado's forcefield may be powerful, but it's still made of wind - and that wind requires Red's full concentration to keep up. It wouldn't be long before Rainbow Dash ensured he was too distracted to keep up the field, or she could just destroy it herself with her control over air and wind. Not to mention that the field was originally designed to help against projectiles, and doesn't always do well against a full-blown physical assault. Also, Red's invisibility isn't…real invisibility. While it certainly makes it so normal people can't see him, Rainbow Dash isn't normal people. She's easily spotted and tracked the movements of other Wonderbolts and Cadets that can move at speeds of around 12,000 MPH - well above the 9,000 MPH that Red Tornado vibrates at to become invisible.
Red Tornado did hold one key advantage: his tornadoes were way more powerful, and he was actually able to keep control of them. However, it's not like tornadoes are the only tools at Rainbow's disposal. Her ability to create storms and manipulate the weather with ease gives her plenty of ways to continue the fight. Especially since those storm clouds she makes can shoot lightning. Red always seems to get pretty torn up by lightning. And Rainbow's tornadoes, while not as powerful as Red's, were certainly capable of holding their own - making an F6 tornado within five seconds, which, considering her rate of improvement, shouldn't be far from what she's able to do alone, is way faster than Red Tornado, who takes upwards of half a minute to reach those levels - and longer still to surpass that. Not to mention that when Red Tornado creates his most powerful tornadoes, capable of destroying incredibly durable space probes, he usually gets himself destroyed as a result. And even though Red can absorb naturally-occurring winds, he's shown himself to be unable to absorb winds and tornadoes created by other beings with similar powers to his. Rainbow Dash's explosion powers were an extra nail in the coffin. Not only does Red Tornado die to explosions all the time, but they also redirect his tornadoes, provide excellent surprise attacks and finishing moves, and produce incredibly hot flames - even to the point of melting steel, which, again, Red Tornado cannot withstand.
After all this, the only real question left is whether or not Rainbow could survive against the Air Elemental hosted within Red's body. And while there aren't many in Equestria who might, Rainbow Dash may be an exception. Her expert control over weather and powers granted by the Element of Loyalty ensures that she will at least survive the initial encounter. Because it's made of wind, she may even be able to destroy it or scatter it - though that isn't very likely. It's far more likely if she's able to turn the air molecules into explosions, but that's not even 100% necessary. She could always just race to the other side of the planet and wait the day out - it's not like there are any robot bodies waiting to be possessed in Equestria. The only reason we didn't do that in the battle is because, well, it would be a boring way to end the fight, and the way we did it also ties in the other battles again, which we want to do for some incredibly weird reason. And even though he's absurdly powerful in this form, he lacks any real control over himself - only really being able to move around, so the chances of him utilizing the form to kill Rainbow Dash are pretty thin.
Ultimately, Rainbow Dash held all the right advantages. Red Tornado's two or three spots where he took an advantage didn't pan out against a foe as resilient as Rainbow, and her boldness countered his attempts to stay away from his opponent quite well.
Red Tornado's dreams of winning this fight were simply Dashed away.
The winner is Rainbow Dash.
…
Next time, on Death Battle…
A pink-colored puffball flies across the sky and smashes his sword into a nigh-omnipotent being, creating an explosion that breaks reality itself.
VS.
A humanoid in a blue outfit flies across the sky and smashes his fist into a nigh-omnipotent being, creating an explosion that breaks reality itself.
(Kirby vs. Superman)
…
It's time for another round of:
Why That Matchup?
In this mini-series that I'll do every few episodes, I answer the unspoken, and spoken, questions about why I chose to have a certain character fight certain characters over others. Confusing? Don't worry, you'll get it pretty quickly here:
Kamek vs. Twilight Sparkle:
Q: Why did the Kamek fight Twilight instead of fighting…Joka?
A: Joka, from Kloana, and Kamek have plenty of similarities, but Kamek is just…way, way more powerful. Joka has competed with creatures that are able to destroy towns, and Kamek has competed with creatures that are able to destroy planets. Yeah. Also, nobody has no idea who Joka is.
Q: Why did Kamek fight Twilight instead of fighting…Black Mage?
A: I've yet to play a Final Fantasy game outside of VII, and Black Mage has powers from over 50 games. No thanks.
Q: Why did the Kamek fight Twilight instead of fighting…Metal Sonic?
A: I guess, if you want another Mario vs. Sonic fight, these would make sense. Both are primary henchmen in blue that get underrated and overrated constantly. Also, Magic vs. Technology. But, aside from that, they have nothing in common, while Twilight and Kamek had almost everything in common in relation to powers.
Q: Why did Twilight fight Kamek instead of fighting…Optimus Prime?
A: This gets requested a lot exclusively because of Starscream vs. Rainbow Dash. But, aside from the fact that a character from My Little Pony fought a character from Transformers in a Death Battle way back when, they have absolutely nothing in common.
Q: Why did Twilight fight Kamek instead of fighting…Spyro?
A: They're purple, powerful, and both fly. That's it. Spyro stands no chance against the majority of Twilight's powers.
Q: Why did Twilight fight Kamek instead of fighting…Harry Potter?
A: All these answers seem to be "they have very little in common, the fight I did was better." It's true, though. Harry Potter and Twilight both do magic, and that's it.
Q: Why Kamek vs. Twilight Sparkle at all?
A: In addition to having been great magicians with many similar spells, the two shared several aspects of similarity. For example, both are, or, well, were, the most powerful of their kind (Magikoopa and Unicorn), one of the few of their kind to be able to fly, and one was the student of the most powerful royal force on the planet, while the other was the master of the most powerful royal force on the planet. Also…like, all of their spells were the same. Not every single one of them, obviously, but the majority were virtually identical. There are a couple of other things, but they aren't as prominent.
There you go! I hope this answered some subconscious (or conscious) questions! I'm looking forward to the next battle very much; I've had it on the mind for over a year and have been researching it for several months. Yes, it's true that DeadAliveManiac's Death Battle fanfiction did a Kirby vs. Superman battle for their 25th battle, but that wasn't exactly the most well-made thing in the world, and came under fire quite a bit for being inaccurate - like how they said Superman grew weaker at night. No offense to those guys, their modern stuff is amazing and way better than mine, but I say it's about time justice was done to a potentially absurdly epic fight. I've been a fan of both these characters for forever, so doing this battle is kinda a big deal to me. It will easily be the biggest Death Battle in the story thus far, and probably the biggest I'll ever write. So, yeah, look forward to that. See you later! Wish me un-biased decisions and research!