Eljunbyro

by Imploding Colon

Salvation Descends

"The elevator car is nowhere to be found!" Bellesmith stammered, her voice echoing against the hard walls of Department Blue. She pointed at the empty, gaping shaft just beyond the doors that Rainbow Dash had blown open earlier. "It could be smashed completely! There's no way we can make it to Black Level now!"

One of the many guards on the floor started to wake up with a groggy groan. This ended just as Rainbow Dash blindly smacked him upside the horn while trotting towards Belle. "Just what's the big deal again?" She adjusted the beret atop her head. "That's our way down, right?"

"But with no car, it's hopeless!" Belle sighed. "Maybe if we found another way to the facilities above, we could take an alternate route through the exterior of Blue Shelf and—"

"Yeah, uh, that's not happening." Rainbow Dash smirked and gripped onto Belle. Her wings spread.

Belle squinted her chestnut eyes. "Just what are you—Waaaaaah!" She shrieked as Rainbow dove the two of them into the yawning shaft. Beams of manalight soared past the pair as they rocketed down the vertical tunnel. Gnashing her teeth, Belle clung to Rainbow and clenched her eyes shut. Soon, they came upon the dormant elevator car at the very bottom of the drop.

"Aaaaaaaand—Bangarang!" Rainbow Dash grinned as she swiveled the two of them about and ended with her hooves dropping first. The top of the elevator car smashed to bits, and the two landed in a shower of dust before the heated lengths of Black Level beyond. "Whew! It stinks down here! You sure this is where Enforcer Shovel went?"

"Sh-Sh-Sh-Shell," Belle squeaked, still clinging to her. "C-could you pl-please warn me next time you do that?"

"Hey, you wanna save your stallion or not?"

Belle forced her eyes open with a wincing expression. "But of course! I—"

"Then relax and let me do my thing." Rainbow Dash blinked, her eyes crossing briefly. "Erm... at least I think this is my thing. It feels crazy enough to be my thing. Ugh... I've been under for too long."

"Are you sure that you're okay to—"

"Pfft! Don't be silly. Never felt better. What about you, Ding-Dong?"

"Well, I—"

"Good! Let's roll!"

"B-b-b-b-but wait!" Belle exclaimed, her hooves dangling from Rainbow's grip. At the sound of her outburst, Rainbow put her down with a curious glance. "Do we even have a plan?"

"Uhhhhh... yeah?" Rainbow nodded with a frown. "We smash heads and kick flank."

"But that doesn't sound very much like a—"

"I don't care what it sounds like!" Rainbow Dash grunted. "How does it feel?"

Belle stared at Rainbow Dash, biting her lip.

"Well?"

With a nod, the unicorn stammered, "Yes. Smashing heads feels... appropriate."

"Snkkkt—hahahaha..."

Belle's brow furrowed. "What?"

"You're a riot, Ding-Dong. You kind of remind me of another egghead I once knew."

"Twilight?"

"Brrrr..." Rainbow Dash shivered. "Before all is said and done, I'm gonna need you to explain that to me."

"Sorry." Belle winced. "Is there... uhm... anything I can do to help you? Or to repay you for what you're doing?"

Rainbow Dash stared into the vaporous lengths of Black Level. Her ears twitched and her face lit up. "Hey. Yeah. You can totally do something for me."

Belle leaned forward, her eyes sparkling amicably. "What is it?"

With two hooves, Rainbow Dash stripped of her saddlebag and slapped the heavy article over Belle's quivering backside.

"There!" Rainbow Dash smiled as she tied the canvas straps shut. "You have no idea how long I've been needing a pack-horse."

Belle wheezed and nodded twitchingly. "You're... uh... m-most welcome."

"I doubt I'm gonna be for long." Rainbow Dash gripped Belle's shoulders. "You might want to hold your breath right about now."

"For what reason—wait, are you going to—?"

They exited the elevator in a blue and gold blur. Belle was a great deal more civil this time, but she clung—trembling—to Rainbow Dash nonetheless. The two flew over the torch smoke and mana steam of the slave pits. The sounds of misery dwindled, replaced instead by an ascending murmur of gasping voices as every equine forced into labor glanced up at the flying anomaly.

"Hey! Ding-Dong!" Rainbow Dash shouted above the noise of the echoing cavern. "Remind me! Which ones are the bad guys again?!"

"I would venture to guess the ones who are aiming tasers at the soot-stained ponies!"

"Uhhhh..."

"The ones in the berets, Rainbow Dash!"

"Oh! Right! Those melon fudges!" Rainbow Dash broke into a steep dive. "Now that's a start!"

"By the Spark!" Belle squeaked as she stared in horror at the cluster of Enforcers down below. "What are you planning to—?!"

"Hey!" Rainbow Dash shouted loudly, her ruby eyes glaring at the guards down below. "Salmon head!"

One burly guard sighed, swiveled around from a pair of slaves he was poking, and stared up at the ceiling. "What in the Queen's name is that racket—?" His body froze as his eyes twitched.

"I've got a special delivery for ya!" And with that, Rainbow Dash flung Bellesmith like a club.

Belle shrieked all the way down. Her torpedo dive stopped, only because the guard dropped his taser to catch her in his telekinetic grip. She floated in front of him for two or three hysterically numb seconds before a blue pegasus sliced through the scene with a drop-kick.

"Thanks, pal!" Rainbow's voice followed her hooves as they smashed through the stallion's teeth. Belle slumped to the floor as Rainbow cartwheeled over the Enforcer's collapsing body, and then proceeded to kick, jump, and smash her way through the shocked, witless guards in the immediate vicinity. "Merry Hearth's Warming, ya moth-eaten bags of lame!" Several skulls collided and tasers rattled to the ground as Rainbow Dash made quick business of the unsuspecting Ledomaritans. "Whew! Is it painful in here or is it just me?! Ha!"

Trembling, Belle struggled to get up on her hooves. Two unicorn waifs trotted over to her side, free from the glaring dominion of their uniformed oppressors. They helped her up and hugged her briefly.

"Belle! You're okay!" Felicity exclaimed.

"We were so worried. Especially Garnet." Placid gulped and winced in the direction of Rainbow Dash. "What, pray tell, is that which you've brought down here?"

"That, my little ponies, is salvation," Belle said. A tattered beret flew past her head, along with several dislodged teeth as Rainbow Dash's voice cracked a dry chuckle in the distance. "I th-think," she murmured with a gulp.

Comments

[Hope]

salvation with an attitude.

[Flutterbrave]

"Aaaaaaaand—Bangarang!"

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Rainbow Dash is best Skrillex.

[silvadel]

Just call her the cyan blur of pain. One word for you melon head guys -- Run....

[Pilate]

Rainbow Dash, Unhinged.

We've got awesome-Dash at the moment, introspective Dash can't be far behind.

[ShadowBro]

SO. MUCH. WIN.

[zaponator]

And now we return to our regularly scheduled programming.
It really is nice to have Dash back. Belle's pretty swell, but Dash is just... Well, read that last scene again.
Yeah, exactly.

[Steel-in-sea]

My feeling are easily described thusly:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO RAINBOW DASH!

[Aqua Fortis]

"Whew! Is it painful in here or is it just me?! Ha!"

I love it when RD is this awesome. New favorite line.

[Relevant Heavy Metal]

Her torpedo dive stopped, only because the guard dropped his taser to catch her in his telekinetic grip.

I take back what I said about them being assholes. Now they're just mostly assholes.

She floated in front of him for two or three hysterically numb seconds before a blue pegasus sliced through the scene with a drop-kick.

Well now, is that anyway to treat the dude who saved the pony who saved your life after you threw her to her death?

Jump In The Fire - Metallica

[RoboRed]

"That, my little ponies, is salvation," Belle said. A tattered beret flew past her head, along with several dislodged teeth as Rainbow Dash's voice cracked a dry chuckle in the distance. "I th-think," she murmured with a gulp.

Fkn awesome.

[KMCA]

Seriously? A "Hook" Reference? Good thing I'm going up to visit my mom for christmas, she has a copy.

[Psyco Josho]

Hmmmmmmm... Yup! Definitely salvation!

[destinedjagold]

RD is awesome-sauce

[BlankSpaceUsername]

Felicity and Placid are still alive?

Happiness is a wonderful thing.

[Emberspeak]

Rainbow Dash: the many shades of pain?

With a little work, that could make a good title for her

[Axan Zenith]

Now all we have to do is listen to Bangarang while she's cracking skulls.

[MellowMabari]

Dash has been taking pony throwing lessons from Shining Armour, obviously.

I've gotta say, that was awesome. I've missed Dash's carnage causing capabilities and ridiculous one-liners. And its definitely salvation Belle - Dash's got the wings and everything, she just decided to ditch the halo. It messed with her image.

[SatoshiKyu]

I have never seen such badassery.

[chasethebrony]

After the last chapter, a good round of ass-kicking feels nice.

[ZettaLux]

This chapter is filled with LEROY

[IfOnlyICouldDeactivate]

Aaaaaaaaaaaand we have Dash back!

I've been missing her character. I'm looking forward to more badassery, radicalness, and of course, awesomeness. Welcome back Dash, we've been waiting!

Onwards!

[yrfoxtaur]

1820557

I take back what I said about them being assholes. Now they're just mostly assholes.

I'm not so sure.
Seems to me like he caught her to avoid being squished under her. She may not weigh much, but she had some nice momentum on her. Why not just blast her from the air? Curiosity, as in: "WTH is that falling at me? is that a mare?"

[Riverwing]

That, my little ponies, is salvation. I think.

[FloydienSlip]

"Oh! Right! Those melon fudges!"

I swear, I love that line almost as much as the similar one in Austraeoh.

[Danger Beans]

The seventh Element Awsominium has been activated!!!!

[dashie76]

IIIIIt's Dashie's evaluation time!

So this chapter was a big change in tone from the last chapter. It was a nice breather from the flood of feels we just got. This chapter had a great deal more of a comical aspect in its writing, as well as containing a humorous moment in almost every paragraph. It's cool to see Imploding can tackle such a broad variety of writing styles and still nail it each time. These are my thoughts so far.

-MASH

[CrimsonPhoenix]

Now to your left you can see a pastel colored winged-equine beating the crap out of horned head brutes with berets.

[Tetrominon]

2016973
Tour that, Council!

[SlashopentheSky]

1956838

Perhaps it is multiple people.

[kajisora]

1824910
Hallelujah! 'tis raining mares.

[deathtap]

Fuck yeah.

[writer]

Bangarang!

FLYYYY

[Super Trampoline]

[Aatxe360]

No Warren Zevon anywhere! Damn you, Prince!

[whizzball1]

Rainbow Dash.
Is.
Awesome.

[whizzball1]

Rainbow Dash.
Is.
Awesome.

[JustAnotherTimeLord]

Well, that was one elaborate jail break.

[Regidar]

Methinks Dashie takes a bit TOO much pleasure in this whole "pummeling everyone to mincemeat" deal...

[Tim the Planes-pony]

Yup, that's rainbow alright

[Hazard]

4749729 if, by "elaborate," you mean totally unplanned and absolutely nutters, then I wholeheartedly agree.

[djthomp]

It amuses how many security measures immediately go out the door (and down the elevator shaft) once you have a flying pony on hand when you've never had one before.

With two hooves, Rainbow Dash stripped of her saddlebag and slapped the heavy article over Belle's quivering backside.
"There!" Rainbow Dash smiled as she tied the canvas straps shut. "You have no idea how long I've been needing a pack-horse."

Hahaha!

"I've got a special delivery for ya!" And with that, Rainbow Dash flung Bellesmith like a club.
Belle shrieked all the way down. Her torpedo dive stopped, only because the guard dropped his taser to catch her in his telekinetic grip. She floated in front of him for two or three hysterically numb seconds before a blue pegasus sliced through the scene with a drop-kick.

Christ, Dash is a force of nature, isn't she?

[Aiyonbeam]

It's awesome how much flank Dash can kick just because nopony's encountered a pegasus before. When a battle has more than eight directions of movement, things get confusing, and Dash works best with confusion.

[MustacheMerlin]

1951802
I think that element exists actually, but it's spelled "Osmium."
Oh, hi egghead!

[Vinyl_Wubs]

I'm happy that Rainbow can hear her friends names and not have a panic attack

Also, is anyone picturing Rainbow beating up an army of guards set to Bangarang by Skrillex?

[TheGreatEater]

6524166

: Nah! It's awesomium. I should know I'm made of it .
: You're made of something alright.

[CrystalWaters]

A tattered beret flew past her head, along with several dislodged teeth as Rainbow Dash's voice cracked a dry chuckle in the distance.

"My teeth! She kicked out all my teeth!"
"You call that breaking my leg? You winged pansies couldn't break my leg if you- Aagh! My leg!"

[CuriousCurse]

When your chaotic neutral bezerker carries the team...

[arancaytar]

"Oh! Right! Those melon fudges!"

There it is!

[Tim the Planes-pony]

Rainbow at this point needs to learn (or rather, relearn) how to treat ponies that are her friends, or at least those willing to help her.

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