//------------------------------// // Chapter 22: Trust! // Story: Friendship is Failure #3: Beast Boy in Equestria // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO The plane was nearing Jump City as the sky grew darker with the approaching storm. “Is this it?” Twilight asked to Beast Boy. “Sure is… this is my hometown.” replied Beast Boy. Being back made him feel a mixture of feelings, relieved and glad, while at the same time feeling sad and nervous because of all the bad memories, but now was not the time to get emotional. The one thing that was really on his mind above all things was finding Changeling and making him pay! The two guards were beginning to come to after their knock out. “Where… are we?” “Last thing I remember, we were chasing that mutt and…” “Who are you calling a mutt?!” Spike barked at them. Twilight quickly hushed him, but the two men were already shocked and stiff. “Did that dog just speak?” “I think we hit our heads harder than we thought.” Beast Boy set the plane on Auto-Pilot, and then he explained to the guards what had happened. “You hijacked this craft?!” “You’re going to be in some trouble when we report this to the authorities.” “Yeah-Yeah, whatever!” snapped Beast Boy “Look, the bottom-line is, we’re bailing out and we need you to take control of the plane and get it back to the airfield.” The guards were very hesitant, though they did have some flying experience, they weren’t sure they wanted to play any role in this hijack. “Let me try something…” said Fluttershy, and she gave the two men a terrifying stare, which actually frightened them into cooperating. Beast Boy was amazed “I didn’t know she could do that.” “Her nickname is the Stare-Master.” Pinkie whispered to him. Once the guards took over the controls, the gang suited up and prepared to jump. Rainbow slid open the hatch and she and Twilight took a good look down. “Whoa! That’s a lot of air!” shouted Rainbow. Spike whimpered nervously, but Twilight clutched him tightly. Applejack’s hat blew off and flew right out the door. “My hat!!” she cried. “Dang it…! That was an Apple Family Heirloom.” There was nothing she could do about it now. The girls were all suited up and had their parachutes ready. Beast Boy was the only one not suited nor with a parachute as he didn’t need either. “There’s Titan’s Tower.” shouted Beast Boy. Most of the girls were really nervous, but Twilight and Rainbow weren’t. “Let’s go!” shouted Beast Boy. Twilight jumped out first, she and Spike both screamed! Rainbow followed them yelling “GERONIMO!” Rarity took one step to the edge, and she tumbled nervously. “I don’t think I can do this. I won’t do it! I…” she suddenly screamed when Applejack shoved her out of the plane to get her to stop whining and go. “I’LL GET YOU FOR THAT, APPLEJACK!!” she screamed up. Pinkie stepped up to her with a cheeky grin, “Ready?” she asked. “Come on, Sugarcube!” Hand-in-hand, they leapt out of the plane, screaming and flailing about as they fell. “HEY! PINKIE, LET GO OF ME!!” “I WANT MY MOMMY!!” Beast Boy was ready to jump, but Fluttershy was trembling so nervously. She had flown before, but never this high! “It’s okay, Fluttershy. I’ll be right with you.” “I… I can’t… I’m too scared!!” she whimpered, with tears in her eyes. Beast Boy could see she would need a little extra persuasion, and so he grabbed her softly and laid his lips against hers. She was shocked and felt her body go numb. Beast Boy then pulled her as he fell backwards out of the plane, taking her with him. Still being clutched in his arms, Fluttershy could hardly feel a thing, but closed her eyes and kissed him back as they fell. Once they separated, Beast Boy pulled on the cord releasing Fluttershy’s parachute, and he changed into a pterodactyl. As the team got closer and closer towards the tower, the strong winds from the storm began to pick up. Teasing winds that blew in hard motions and knocked several of the girls off course…! “Rarity! Applejack! Pinkie Pie!” cried Twilight. The girls cried out, but they couldn’t fight the strong winds and were being blown towards the beaches. Beast Boy was finding it difficult to fight the air current himself. Even his strongest birds could hardly handle it and he was swept far, away. “BEAST BOY…!!” Fluttershy screamed. “He’s lost!” cried Rainbow! “LOOK OUT!!” Spike screamed, and the girls realized they were heading straight for the side of the tower. “PULL UP!!” cried Twilight as she and the others yanked on their parachute cords sailing up, up into the wind and crashed onto the roof. “Whoa! That hurt!” Rainbow groaned and she rubbed herself. Twilight removed her helmet and straightened out her badly messed up hair. “Is everyone alright?” she called. Fluttershy wasn’t hurt, but she had never felt so frightened in her life. Suddenly, some weird shape popped up beside her from under her fallen parachute, making her scream, which made Rainbow and Twilight jump. “Relax, it’s just me!” Spike said as he crawled out from underneath. Fluttershy still felt very shaky from the crash, but more worried about the others. Neither Beast Boy nor the other three were anywhere to be seen. “We’ve got to find them.” said Twilight. “Yeah, but how do we get down from here?” asked Rainbow. “Um, we could use The Door!” Spike said. Rainbow felt awkward, “Good idea.” Meanwhile, inside, Robin Starfire and Cyborg were still trapped, and the celling was still moving towards them. “Perhaps we should roll under the desks and work-tables.” Starfire suggested. “No good. They’ll be crushed like matchwood.” said Cyborg. Robin had been struggling and fussing about trying to reach his utility belt. “What are you doing?” Cyborg asked, but he got his answer when Robin finally managed to shake one of his disc bombs loose. He then rolled over and picked the disc up in his teeth. He then rolled onto his back facing the oncoming celling. “This better work…!” He said with the disc in his mouth. He took in a few huge breaths and then spit the disc high up at the ceiling. KAPOW!! The Equestrians had just gotten inside the tower when they hard and felt that explosion. “What was that?” cried Fluttershy. Spike sniffed the air, “I smell smoke.” And he began to pick up the scent with the others following him from behind. Robin’s bomb had not stopped the ceiling from coming down, but what he had done was blown a huge hole in the ceiling, big enough to fit around him and the others so they wouldn’t be crushed. “Smooth move, man!” said Cyborg. “You have saved us from the smooshing!” added Starfire. Robin said nothing as just lay there trying to catch his breath as the celling continued to come down, crushing all the equipment, tools, even the stairs before hitting the ground completely, but thanks to Robin’s hole, he and the others were all safe. Then, the ceiling quickly rose back up to its proper place, leaving the entire basement in one heck of a mess. “Man, it took me ages to get it the way I liked it!” whined Cyborg. “Shh, wait… I hear something.” said Robin. He and the others listened and could hear voices. The basement door slide wide open. “Here!” Spike hollered “Look down there.” Twilight came to the door and could see the Titans down below in the cluttered basement, “Girls, over this way.” Despite the damages, it wasn’t too high a drop. The girls leapt off the ledge and all landed safely on their feet, and Spike jumped into Twilight’s arms. “Who are all of you?” Robin asked. “We’re friends of Beast Boy.” replied Twilight. “Beast Boy, he is alive?!” cried Starfire. “Yo’ where is he?” Cyborg asked. “Hey, hey, first thing’s first.” snapped Rainbow. Twilight inspected the chains that were binding the Titans and deduced the three elements she and her friends had had would be enough, and using their magic they broke the binds and Titans were free. “Oh, how will we ever thank you?” cried Starfire. “You can thank us later, right now we need to talk.” said Twilight. Meanwhile, the storm was getting nearer as the waters got rough and thunder was heard. Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Applejack had landed on the beaches, a few miles away from the tower. Their parachutes and packs now sat tangled on the rocks. Rarity seemed more concerned about the mess her hair was in. “Why didn’t I bring my brush when I felt I should have!” she whined. “Never mind that!” snapped Applejack “We gotta’ get over to the tower. That’s where the others are.” All Pinkie did was stand perfectly still, and with a strange expression on her face. “Um, Pinkie Pie…” Applejack called. “Shh!” said Pinkie “I hear something.” Rarity and applejack listened, but all they could hear were sounds of the wind, the waves splashing and occasional sounds of thunder crashing as the storm got closer. “I can’t hear anything.” said Rarity. “Help…!!” someone shouted “Please help me!!” “I hear it now!” cried Applejack. The girls follow the sounds of the cries, going along the rock formations and finding a huge hole in the rocks. “Over here!” Pinkie cried. Terra had been sitting in the cave all day, the waters receded a little, but the oncoming storm caused them to rise again. She suddenly looked up and saw three girls gazing down at her thought he opening she had made. “Hello!” she called up. “Hey down there!” Applejack called “You alright?” “I’m tied up! Please help!” The girls-- not knowing who this human really was-- could suddenly see she was bound by magical chains. The girls agreed to use their elements. “Hold still down there.” Applejack called, and she and the others dispelled the chains. Terra felt ever so relieved to be free; next she saw a rope being lowered into the cave. “Grab it!” Applejack called. Terra did as she was told and soon she was out, and never felt so relieved. Applejack rolled up her lasso, feeling grateful she remembered to bring it. “Oh, my heavens!” cried Rarity “You’re soaked to the bone!” “I’ve been down there all day. I nearly drowned.” cried Terra “I don’t know how to thank you.” Pinkie suddenly grabbed her hand tightly and shook it vigorously, while spouting quickly “Aw, it’s nothing. I’m Pinkie Pie. This is Rarity and Applejack. What’s your name?” Shaking herself off of Pinkie’s grip, but still vibrating, “I’m… Terra…?” She shook herself straight. “Terra?” said Rarity “Strange. That names sounds so familiar.” Pinkie shook her head without an answer. “Hang on…” said Applejack “Ain’t Terra the name of that girl Beast Boy talked about?” Lightning struck and thunder crashed as Terra’s heart and mind leapt at the very mention, “Beast Boy?! You know Beast Boy?!” she cried with wide, hope-filled eyes, and this immediately told the girls whom she was. “Eeyup… she’s THAT Terra.” said Applejack. The girls began to glare at her sourly. “What?” Terra asked. Rarity and Pinkie immediately turned their backs to her. “I take back my handshake.” Pinkie jeered gruffly. “What?” Terra asked again. She was starting to get annoyed, but only Applejack spoke with her. “Look, I don’t know if you’ll believe this, but we all know of your little sad story with BB, and all that “Things Change” stuff.” Terra began to feel guilty again, but more astonished, “How do you know all this? Who are all of you?” Rarity and Pinkie still weren’t too keen on talking to Terra, thinking of her as nothing but the virus that broke Beast Boy’s spirits, but Applejack decided to explain everything to Terra. While at the same time, the other Titans were told the same stuff. Spike lay on Starfire’s lap, sighing happily as she stroked his little head and smothered him. “Oh, I believe I have never seen such an adorable creature such as you, Spike.” “Yeah, that’s what they all say about Me.” said Spike. The Equestria Girls were not impressed with his bragging, but Robin and Cyborg were impressed and astonished. “So you’re all from Equestria, and you’ve come to help us fight Changeling?” asked Robin. “That’s right.” replied Twilight “Our magic is the only thing that can stand up to the power of his amulet.” “If you fight by our side, we can nab that creep and save your city at the same time.” added Rainbow. Fluttershy said nothing. She was still very worried about the others, preferably Beast Boy and what had happened to him. She could still feel the warmth of his lips against hers. The others were already told of the skydive trouble and that they didn’t know where Beast Boy was, they weren’t even sure if he was safe. The Titans were also concerned about Raven, and had a feeling Changeling was behind her disappearance from the tower “I’m in!” said Cyborg. Starfire stood, “I, too, am the in.” “Looks like we’re on…” Robin said Twilight was very grateful, but she also hoped they would be able to find the others too, and worried if they were okay. “…And that’s about the size of it.” Applejack said as she wrapped up the story. Terra was relieved to hear Beast Boy was alive, but frightfully worried that he was lost in the storm. It only intensified her guilt for what she had done to him, but also fueled her determination to not only find him and hopefully make things better, but to make Changeling suffer for all he had put her, Beast Boy and the entire city through. “I want to help you!” she said firmly “I want to find Beast Boy, and I want to track down Changeling. I can help you catch him.” Pinkie and Rarity still weren’t too sure, but Applejack’s Element of Honest was glowing brightly, proving that Terra was speaking from her heart. “You got it, girl.” Applejack said proudly, and she shook Terra’s hand in trust. Then she gazed over at the others “Come on, you two. She’s bein’ honest, I know she is.” Deciding they had nothing really to lose, the others complied and gave their trust. Of course, not one of them said a thing to her about Fluttershy and Beast Boy and their relationship. Suddenly, they could all hear the sounds of police sirens as several cars and military wagons raced down the street behind them. “What’s going on?” asked Rarity. Terra clenched her fists, “I bet I know. Let’s follow them!” At the same time, the alarm went off in the tower. “The last bank in town...!” cried Robin “It’s being robbed!” Everyone immediately assumed correctly that Changeling was behind all this, and they all headed off!