//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 No Escape // Story: Power Heroes The Universal War Part 1 // by Nightmarity19 //------------------------------// Applejack woke up from what seemed like a long nap then realized she was in the infirmary alongside Fluttershy who was still sleeping, at least in AJ's case anyway. No other sound instead of the beeps that would go off to keep them alive for the time being. Where is Spike? Applejack wondered, sitting up on her bed. Shy finally stirred in her sleep before finally waking up and blinking, adjusting to the light above her that was used to examine her brain after Rockstar almost gave her a concussion. Shy then stood upright, taking off the needle attached to her right arm carefully and with Applejack watching. "Hold on 'ere partner you were almost put in a concussion you need to rest" Applejack pleaded. "AJ our friends might be in danger" Shy interjected. "I know that Shy but," Applejack tried to explain but could see the look of concern on her friend's face. With a heavy sigh, AJ and Shy got out of the infirmary, transformed into their super heroine personas then rode out on a motorcycle to find their friends. When Shy looked up, all she could see was dark mysterious clouds begin to roll in rapidly. "What in the hell?" Applejack asked. "You don't think Twilight and the others failed did they?" Shy asked worried. Applejack said nothing, for she didn't know herself what Twilight and the others are doing. Hopefully they can hold out until Shy and I can get to them Applejack hoped. In another part of of the city, Rarity used her grappling hook she created to grapple her way up on top of a building that was still in construction but it didn't matter to Rarity. She checked her communicator, where a red beeping dot appeared at the same place Rarity was currently in. "I knew you would be able to find me Rarity" Kate said, stepping out of the shadows. "Where is she?" Rarity bellowed, clearly pissed off. Kate only smirked, "I'm sorry Rarity but you won't find Belle here with me. I am afraid that I have no idea where she might be my dear, so I guess that your out of luck" she said with a devilish smile spread across her face. Rarity brought out twin axes then ran to attack her but no success as Kate avoided every strike Rarity tried to hit her with. One axe attack did connect but Kate force pushed Radiance (Rarity) into a metal beam back first. Rarity groaned in pain after being launches into that beam like that, she backed up before shifting the axes into swords and clashed with Kate. "You really think you can find her and undo what is already done Radiance? Well I'm sorry to say that is not going to be the case" Kate expressed. That angered Rarity as in a swift motion she broke free from the clash and judo kicked Kate hard enough that she stumbled back. Before she had time to react, Rarity connected her boots with Kate's chest, sending her flying down then made her weapons disappear before finding a way down. As soon as she arrived at the front entrance she could see dark clouds looming near Central Park. That cannot be good Rarity hopped back on her motorcycle and raced towards Central Park. Twilight blocked another blast from Rockstar by creating a force field around herself to protect herself from his incoming attacks. Dash fired a electric bolt at Rockstar but it did nothing, instead he grabbed the bolt and fired it back at Rainbow. She bounced before landing a few feet away but Shy caught her in her arms. "Thanks for the catch" Dash complimented. Shy nodded and let Dash get to her feet again. "You all are a bunch of fools if you think you can stop me! There is not way you can!" Rockstar yelled in between laughter. Applejack gritted her teeth and charged at him and connected with a missile drop kick that spinned him around but it gave enough time for Rarity to spawn a metal pink boxing glove that she used to punch him straight in the nose. Rockstar did 8 backflips before hitting the ground. When he got back up, he looked down to see blood dripping from his nose, that's when he noticed when Rarity punched him, it caused him to bleed from his nose. He looked at Rarity with a boiling hatred burning from his eyes and lunged at her but this time Rainbow shocked him with 100,000 volts of pure electricity, sending Rockstar to his knees as he smoked from the spark Dash gave him. "Okay maybe I did underestimate a bunch of talent less hacks like yourselves but it won't save you from me" Rockstar proclaimed, standing up. "What are you flapping your gums about asshole?" Dash questioned. All of a sudden all the wounds he had suddenly vanished but the smirk never left his face as he raised the staff high, summoning a bunch of portals. Everyone looked up to see shadow monsters appear out of the portals Rockstar made but Twilight had her mouth open in pure shock. "Feast your eyes on the worst nightmare of your lives!" Rockstar announced, hopping on a dark chariot and riding away. Dash was about to go after him but Rarity stopped her. "We need to come up with a plan" Applejack suggested. Shy pointed to the 18 shadow monster warriors standing above them and closing in fast. Dash's eyes turned pure white with sparks coming out of them and summoned lightning bolts that shocked them to the point they faded into dust in less than half a second. "Whoa" everyone said in unison. Dash's eyes change back to normal and Twilight caught her before she passed out. "We need to get moving" Twilight said, contacting Spike. Spike arrived in the jet and lowered the hatch to let everyone get on. Once everyone got on, he pulled up and floated above the city and could see the destruction that these shadow monsters were causing. Instead of going back to base to think of a plan, he instead kept moving towards the heart of the city. "Spike we have to regroup! We can't stop him!" Twilight shouted. "Twilight let me tell you something, throughout everything we have faced so far in our lives your really going to let someone like him get away with this? He's just power hungry and we need to cut off his supply" Spike retorted. Twilight just couldn't find the words to try and argue with her partner who has been with her for years now. After every adventure they have been through so far she almost gave up because Rockstar has a magical staff that was capable of amplifying his shadow powers and creating this nightmarish dystopia, she couldn't just stop and let this happen. "Your right Spike let's end this nightmare once and for all" Twilight said. Everyone buckled up as Spike began to maneuver through the incoming ships.