Rainbow Dash felt the wind once again flow through her feathers. She just loved being so high in the sky, above everything down on the ground. She flew with great speed, and approached Damien's island in no time at all. She landed several feet from the house, and walked up to the front door. It was left open, and she let herself in.
The room was dark and she warily walked into the middle of the it. Then the room was filled with light, and Rainbow Dash heard a voice from behind her.
"Greetings, so nice of you to come here without me having to go find you." He smiled, "My name is Damien. And from Trixie's descriptions, you must be Rainbow Dash."
"Where are my friends?" Rainbow Dash snapped.
"Feisty one I see. Don't worry, you will be joining them shortly."
Damien put his hands out in front of him, and Rainbow Dash saw the huge gun connected to his arm. Cords ran from it and up to his horn. It started to glow as Damien chuckled.
"I imagine you won't come quietly. I guess this is about as good a time as any to try out my latest invention."
A humming noise emitted from the gun and Rainbow Dash dashed out of the way just as a huge beam blasted out from the gun and made the couch behind her nothing but ashes.
"It's more powerful than I thought," Damien said crazily. His mind had finally gone mad. He couldn't think clearly, and was totally ignoring the fact that he had to keep Rainbow Dash alive to use the elements of harmony.
He charged it up again and destroyed a coffee table as Rainbow Dash rolled out of way again. Then Rainbow Dash flew up to Damien and gave him a good kick to the head. Damien fell backwards and glared daggers of hate at Rainbow Dash.
The kick had made the cords connecting to his horn fall off. He ripped the whole thing off and threw it to the ground. He was not about to be beaten by a flying miniature horse!
He swung his fist at Rainbow Dash but she dodged it, then he caught her in the ribs with his other hand and Rainbow Dash fell to the ground.
Damien put his hands together and was about to bring them down on Rainbow Dash but she rolled out of the way and kicked him hard in the stomach. He reeled back with pain.
"That's enough!" He yelled as he activated his horn's magic. He picked Rainbow Dash up with the magic and threw her at the wall. Then he picked her up again and threw her to the opposite wall.
"No one can match my power!" He yelled.
He picked up his discarded gun, connected the wires to his horn again and aimed it at Rainbow Dash.
"Goodbye you weak fool," His horn glowed and the gun started to hum.
This is it, Rainbow Dash thought. Then right before the blast that would kill her came from the gun, Damien yelled and dropped it. He fell to the ground and laid there still. Rainbow Dash was confused, and looked behind him. A man stood in the doorway, a rock in his hand.
He spoke, "Are you a friend of Fluttershy?" He asked. Rainbow Dash nodded, stunned.
"Are you Elijah?" She asked. He nodded.
"Where is she now?" Elijah asked.
"She's ok, she is resting back in the city. But we have to save the rest of my friends."
Elijah nodded. "I was walking out by the docks and saw you fly towards this island. So I stole someone's boat and drove it out here."
A woman in a lab coat walked into the room and gasped at the scene. She then pushed a red button on the wall and loud sirens were heard all over the building. Red lights also turned on from the wall.
"Go save your friends," Elijah said, "I'll get the boat started."
And with that he went out the door. Rainbow Dash went the opposite way down a hall.
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Balrog was surprised to see that the alarm was on. But, he thought, now was his chance.
"I'm setting you free," He said quickly as he freed the ponies.
Twilight smiled and said, "Thank you."
"Yeah yeah..." He muttered. "Now quick, follow me."
He knew if they ran into Damien that would be the last of it. They ran down a hall and Balrog bumped into Rainbow Dash as he turned the corner.
"Get out of the way, you won't stop me!" She yelled as she kicked him in the face. Though Balrog felt little.
"Rainbow Dash! Get a hold of yourself, this is Balrog and he's helping us escape!" Twilight assured her.
Rainbow Dash blinked as she saw her friends standing behind him. "Oh, sorry..." She said sheepishly. "Follow me guys, we have a ride out of here."
They followed Rainbow Dash as she led them down the hall, but when they got the the next room several men with guns burst through the door.
"Stop where you are!" One of them said as he pointed the gun.
"Hey, Alexander, calm down. Damien wanted me to escort these ponies to room 12," Balrog said.
"Do you know where the intruder is?" He asked.
"No, but keep looking," Balrog said as he walked past them. Alexander didn't look so sure but he kept on to the other room.
When they entered the next room, Balrog was surprised to see Damien lying on the floor. But he didn't work for him anymore, and stepped right over him. When they exited the house, Elijah waved over to them.
"Over here!" He yelled.
They all got in and they took off.
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"You can't go in here!" The doctor yelled.
Trixie wondered why he wasn't surprised to see a unicorn coming towards him, but decided that was a good thing. It might confirm her suspicions about finding somepony here.
She used her magic to fling the doctor out of the way, and entered the room to find another man standing next to a bed. A bed where Fluttershy lay. She smiled at her luck.
She had been worried for a while that she had all but completely lost Rainbow Dash. But she had been lucky enough to look upwards and see Rainbow Dash leave through the window of this building.
She would return, and when she did Trixie would be here waiting.