The Masked Matterhorn #12-Mutant Island Part 1

Just days after following the events from Crystal Prep.

"I can't believe what happened. The paper says Crystal Prep collapsed in an explosion. But what they don't know is that Vargas's headquarters was directly underneath it. We destroyed it before he could create his mutant army," Matterhorn announed as sneaking around Sandbar's lab. "But not without a casulaity, Caleb Simon. Monica's devasted to point she has compterly shut me out casuse she blames Matterhorn. Seeing what these power can firsthand, but last thing I need is a whole mutant army is a not good idea."

She quietly approached an unnoticable Sandbar who's working.

"That would mean people with mutant powers, new costumes, along with new threats," Matterhorn was right behind him. "Which is why I need ways to find Varags."

"Got you," Sandbar place an arm on her.

"Damn it! I was this close! What gave me away."

"Well, the mirage reflectors in your new stealth suit seem to have a short in them. But to be honest, I could hear you chatting a mile away. You gotta stop talking to yourself so much."

"I don't talk to myself."

"Well, at least the suit was flawed before you decied to field test."

"Yeah, thanks for the help," Matterhorn thank him before leaving as she placed the suit in her lab.

Much later...

"So much for opreation Stealthhorn," Twilight said, while at the Sweet Shoope. "And here thought adding a thermal compressor would cover body temperture only to find it would extra body heat meaning my sweat short-circtuted the suit. And now Monica not even talking to me now that her dad is gone. Why do I pay the price for Mattehorn's actions."

"You were at school pretty early for a Saturday," Moondancer joined her.

"Oh, hey Moondancer. How do you know?"

"I was working in my lab. Thought I heard your voice."

:Really? Uh, what did you hear?"

"Not much. I had to leave to pick up some samples I sent out for testing. So, Twilight have you been feeling differnt lately since our time at Vargas' HQ?"

"Not really. Why?"

"No reason, I gotta go," Moondancer lefted.

Hours later...

So let me get this straight you created a full on Stealth suit, that now suddenly went missing! Zapp radio called her.

"Yeah, I made sure it was in my lab before I went out. It was beta test, I never test it outside of Nexus High."

Meaning the suit is somewhat stolen. Right? Both me and Fill-Second are trying to find it but we got nothing.

Any luck on your end?

"No. The homing device must've shorted out when the suit did."

That's not good. We better keep looking

"I scan again," Twilight got off the call. "Since the fabirc was made out of the of a garden center spider, which gives off a distinct electric charge. So if I limit the search to that polarity, I might get something,"

Then she heared a loud clank which made her walk out of her lab.

"Ocellus? Sandbar? Starlight? Is anyone there!" Twilight called.

But to her surprise, it was her Stealthhorn suit that attack then clamp her to a wall.

"Whoever you are, I see that fixed the defelctors. But are you smart enough to defeat my cupcake?" She actaivted Ocellus's secuirty bots.

Intruder! Prepare to be destroyed! Infrared on. The bot fired lasers.

"Let's hope you didn't repair all of the suit's probelms," Matterhorn actavite her thermal vison. "Excellent! Your increased body temperature is allowing me to get a heat read.
And besides stealing my costume, you've also stolen my powers. So who are you?"

Stealthhorn made his way to the vault to where Mattehorn supirse with a pucnh to the face.

"Looking for me?"

Stealthhorn and Matterhor got into a brawl, then Stealthhorn kicked her away the grab the Minimzer from the vault.

"The Micro-minimizer? That's what you've been looking for? Well, you're gonna have to deal with me and the patent office, because that's an official Nexus High design," Matterhorn placed her Matter Tracker on him.

"Just like my tracer is an offical Matterhorn design," She actavied it. "Got you!"

Then flew right past Moondancer's lab then noticed something strange then headed back.

"That's odd. Didn't know Moondancer was doing some mutant experiments. Wait a mintue. She asked if I was feeling different since our time at Vargas's headquarters. What if Moondancer was somehow came into contact by the mutant vial. She could've turned into the Stealthhorn!" Matterhorn gasped before she laugh a bit. "That doesn't make any sense. Why break into Nexus when you have complete access as a student? And why head to Simon Academy?"

"Zapp. Fill-Second. Radiance. I found the suit," Mattehorn said as she was flying to Simon Academy.

"Finally? Where?"

"On someone heading for Simon Academy."

"So it is Monica."

"We don't know that."

"Just me there!"

At Simon Academy... Monica spent most of the day trying to get into dad's labtop which she finally did it.

"Yes finally!" Monica played a vlog of her dad's persoal videos.

Personal Log Number 417: Stargazer Shadow is amassing a mutant army. It's a danger to humanity that must be stopped, at all costs. In here are the blueprints for a plan to neutralize that army. And for anyone who doubts the army's existence, look no further than the menace of[ Matterhorn and her allies. Mark my words, more mutants will come. And they must be stopped.

"You were right, Dad. And you did stop them with your life. But I prosmise you, I'm not going let Vargas try again. I'll take down all the mutants, now that I've the means," Monica said then look at one of the sercuity cameras to Matterhorn, Fill-Second, Radiance and Zapp at the Academy. "Matterhorn! You and your friends pick a bad time to treapass!"

Meanwhile...

"According to the tracker, Stealthhorn should be inside. And there's no sign of forced entry."

"Why would there be, when Monica has the key to the kingdom?"

"I'm afraid, Zapp make a fair arguement."

The four went inside and took some cover at the center of the school.

"Switching to thermal mode. We should be able to see him because of the suit's body temp issues," Matterhorn said.

"Oh please, darling, I'll show him some stealth," Radiance went invisble herself.

"I see him!" Fill-Second spotted him. "The jig is up!"

"Hold it right there, Mattehorn!" Monica shouted from their side.

"Monica? But you didn't steal the suit then/"

"No time for guessing," Radiance came visble and did a diamond blast at Stealthhorn which made him come visble

"A mutant soilder? So my father didn't stop the Vargas's army from from growing.
Well, I will! For good!" She armed her flame sword and went right Matterhorn.

"Can say that came as a shock!" Zapp fired a lighting bolt at Stealthhorn as Mattehorn dodged a sword strike from Monica.

"I'm taking all the mutants down today! And I don't care who is first!"

Then Fill-Second sped by her grabbing the flamesword.

"You know kids shouldn't play with matches, let alone full-on flame swords!"

Then Stealthhorn pushed Fill-Second out of the way and armed itself with the flamesword.

"Get Monica down while I deal with him!"

"First things first, Double M! We'll take him down!"

"That is before we get roasted and not the comedic kind!"

Then out of nowhere an engery blast from behind hitted Stealthhorn what was relevaed to be Moondancer.

"Hey, guys!"

"Moondancer with mutant powers! What in the actaul hell is going here?!" Zapp exclaimed.

"Not now," Radaince reminded her as Stealthhorn grabbed Monica.

"Hey, let go her, jackass!" Fill-Second shouted then Stealthhorn litterally threw her out of the window. "Not what I meant!"

Both Zapp and Matterhorn jumped out as well and both grew wings on their back which Matterhorn took noticed.

"You have Wing mode too?"

"Yeah, it was werid when I did the first time, but it's awesome!"

They both caught the falling Monica in time then flew back to Simon Academy.

"I don't care that you saved my life! You should save my dad's life at Crystal Prep!" Monica shouted at Matterhorn.

"Monica, how can you say that?"

"And how long since you have mutant powers?"

"Yeah, very strange," Fill-Second rasied an eyebrow.

"Is everyone around here is a member of Vargas' mutant army?"

"Monica, just becasue we have mutant powers doesn't mean they're part of a mutant army. Okay, that has to be weridest thing I have say," Moondancer said. "Truth is, I don't know how I got them. But I promise you I don't work for him, can you trust me."

"I've always trust you, it's these guys I can't trust."

"Monica, they were fighting that manic as hard as I was. You got to get over this hatred of Matterhorn."

"My dad is dead because of her!" Then Zapp got in her face.

"Hey, Matters did what she can to save him and you as well. I get it, you still hurting, but it wasn't just you that was affected by this. Moondancer's lost her uncle. And the city lost a school."

"Wait a mintute, Moondancer, was there any chacne that you can in contact with vial following the explosion."

"I've run a number of test on myself and since you got your mutant powers from a geode, which actaully makes the most sense."

"Then why I don't I have any at all."

"Probably you were wearing a mask on that day too, maybe it protected you somehow."

"But how explained the Steathhorn?"

"Not sure, but I sure can use your help on that one."

"Fine," Monica said as she placed her mask on. "The mask stays on. If it's gone airborn."

"Fair enough," Matterhorn agreed. "I'm running a scan on my tracer, but it got shorted out when Zapp fried him."

"Whoops."

"So we need a new way to track him."

"Well I mangae to a piece of his suit, can we scan it for clues!" Fill-Second said.

The suit is made of a charged spider silk that gives off an electromagnetic field. Similar to those used in cell phone towers. By triangulating his energy field against various cell towers across the city, I can tell exactly where he's going.

"Why didn't you think of it?"

"How should I know? Do you know where he's headed."

Yeah, he's at Canterlot Island, where the Staute of Colt is.

"That's good."

Yeah. But what's not so great is what he stole. I just ran an inventory of the chemicals in the lab, and a number of toxic dioxins are missing.

"Thanks. Monica said that Stealthhorn stole a bunch of poisons. That could explain why he stole the Micro-minimizer.
It can convert liquid into microscopic particles that enable them to become airborne."

"Then combine with the deadly toxins, he could feasibly disperse a poisonous gas over the entire city," Radaince realzied then Mattehorn's headset ringed.

"I need to take this," She landed on top of building. "Twilight here."

Hey, Twilight. Are busy with something?

"Not really, how you have been."

Not great, to be honset. But I feel like I've been taking it out on the wrong people, which is why I'm calling. I wanted to say I'm sorry. For overreacting about your relationship with Matterhorn. She saved my life today. And, well, Moondacner helped me realize that she isn't the enemy. So I was thinking maybe we can be friends again too?

"That makes me really happy, Monica."

Me too. I'll call you later.

"Sorry. She was just telling us to be careful," She joined with the others.

"Did she also tell us how to get to the Statue of Colt? I mean, the ferry isn't exactly the best choice for a sneak attack," Moondancer thoughted.

"Oh, I got a better idea," She grabbed Moondacner and leaped into her Wing mode as she carried her.

"Are you sure this is safe?"

"Yeah, it's competely safe."

"Yes, safety over the fact crazed mutant has escaped with enough chemicals to poison the city," Radiance simply said.

"Well , lucky for us, that crazy mutant person is right up ahead at our 2:00," Zapp addded as they approcahed him.

"If you can get me in closer, I think I can strike the first blow."

"But you don't have wings. Are sure up for it?"

"A good friend of mine said this, 'With great power comes responsibility.' I think it fits the occasion."

Matterhorn flinged her to Stealthhorn where she a kick to face right before he came invisble.

"Radiance, get to work on the tank, we got him!" Mattehorn tacked right into him.

Oh, come on, Rarity. Treat this like a test. But if you get it wrong, you don't fail, you just poison the entire city," She told herself.

With the others, Zapp got close enoiugh and did an eletric charged punch at Stealthhorn who turned insivible again. Then Matterhorn turn on her heat vison on her goggles, once she got his body heat, she did a magic blast at him which made him visble again then Fill-Second did a spindash but Stealthorn got out of way as crash into part of the staute.

"How it's coming?"

"Not good. Can't stop it. The timer has multiple layers of encryption. We've only got 45 seconds left."

"Forty-five seconds? That should leave me ten whole seconds for a curtain call."

Moondancer went to work on the gas tank as Radiance help the others.

"Okay, looks like an asymmetrical encryption code. Easy," Moondancer went to work only for the terminal timer shorted to 25 seconds. "Uh-oh. Unless it's merely disguised as an asymmetrical encryption code. Okay, Moondancer. All the mutant powers in the world aren't gonna help if your brain can't figure this out. Let's try a nonsequential algorithm."

She just that and terminal was shutdown.

"Regaulr Moondacer saves the day."

"Hey, Zapp, want to tried a fastball special!"

"You know it!"

Zapp grabbed her hand and fling her hard enoiugh to spear him to the ground as Stealthhorn was dazed to not that Moondancer was right behind him and took him to the ground.

"Oh no you don't," Matterhorn cover him in ice. "Now to see who you really are."

Parts the ice hold broke off as it was revealed to be some sort of monster which everyone shudderd at it.

"And that will denfintely give me nightmare."

The monster broke free and jumped to a nearby news copter and took it out before leaving.

"Shit, he took out that news copter," Matterhorn exclaimed as she held the copter with her magic which alllowed both Moondancer and Fill-Second to grab the people of their as they landed pad conjured up by Radaince.

"People saved check, but the monster got away."

"I think we got more pressing concerns."

"What makes you say that..." Zapp asked before seeing most of the city expering powers.

"Holy cupcake, what's happening!"

"I think the mutant virus has gone airborne. Monica's is going to freak about this.