The other End of Balance

by Dostoron


Freedom for now, plans for the future

You decided, time to make sure it was being followed. You grab the microphone of the prisons intercom.

"Attention to everyone in the prison, we have won, the guards would be well advised, for their own sake, to drop any resistance immediately. The director is right now being brought to Isolation-"
you added emphasis so Hulk would understand it as an order.
"and all of you will be put into cells as well, tomorrow the guards will let you out and kick your incompetent flanks, we have no reason to further soil our hooves with you trash. Okay, with that out of the way, guys! i´m as proud of you as i can possibly be, grab your stuff and then everypony is free to go. We talked about where we would meet in case you wanted to stick with our little Family. Looking Forward to Meeting you again there. Thunderhead out."

You shut off the intercom to Blitz giving you a harsh look along with a sharp whistle, she had picked up whistling loudly to get Attention before signalling. this time she Need not move her hooves as the message was clear
Why do we let the greasebag get out scot free? i want him to suffer!
"Relax, sis. You will have him suffer, go to Isolation and kick him a few times"
she raises one eyebrow and points a hoof between her hindlegs.
"Yes, there too."
she gives you a hug before skipping out of the office, sometimes her rapid switches of emotions were scary.
"three, two, one..." you count down as you listen
"YEEEEEEEEEARGH!", ew, that hurt in sympathy pain, even if it was just the director learning soprano.

You decide that you wasted enough time and begin looking around the office, the guards´ salary arrived a few days ago and you heard one of the guards complain about not getting it yet, that meant director Greasebag had it stashed somewhere in his Office, a safe or something like that. you look to the wall, a painting of the director adorning it.
"Cliché much, Greasebag?" sure enough the safe was behind the painting.
"If you hid the key under the plant pot i´m going to be really disappointed, director."
you indeed find it there, well, guess he thought better hiding places unnecessary with the powerful door.
"that´s an F director. let me just get this open and.... JACKPOT!" the safe was apparently a bit bigger on the inside and full with every Guard salary of the entire Garrison.
"Let´s see, 60% for our funds and the rest is for everyone."

Not too Long after your find you stand in front of the Inmates, now out of their Jumpsuits and all wearing saddlebags wih the bits for a fresh start.

"Alright everyone, this is it, we are free!"
a round of cheers and roars rises up.
"The ones keeping us here have gotten theirs but we all know that´s not enough! we have to go to the root of all of this! we have to go to CANTERLOT!"
the Applause rises again, this time however a bit subdued.
"I know what you are thinking, `how will we take on the princesses?´ we will not yet, we will go into hiding first, we Need more muscle to bring down the walls, we need plans to Counter the Magic thrown against us and most importantly we Need the People behind us, for a free Equestria can only persist, if the ponies realize the wrongdoings of the princesses, if they are free, the princesses are powerless. so, those with me do i hear your BATTLECRY?!"

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAH! THUNDERHEAD! THUNDERHEAD! THUNDERHEAD!"

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It was already late evening when you and your two wingponies arrive at Manehattan, most of the Inmates scattered over the countryside, hiding in various places, some of which had once been abandoned. the bits they had with them would provide for them, and if that failed, well, some where in Cloud Haven for being criminals, they´d get by.

Manehattan, if you didn´t have Hulk with you you´d probably think twice about coming here, the good hing was, for the right Price the Innkeepers would Forget to ask your Name. it also meant the criminals best at their Job ruled the streets and the City at large. it was a mostly quiet evening, but as you turned your Attention to the News you heard that a scientist unicorn of canterlot, called Genie or something apparently was expelled from the City for dangerous experiments and had set up shop in manehattan, you also heard about an earth Pony mare making a ruckus over losing her foals due to some outdated law, she was at the Police Station and held there until someone would pay the fine.

You should probably look into those matters, but which one first?