Return of an old friend, Part III
In a peaceful, quiet and already late night over the Equestria and the time when everypony and everything was asleep, suddenly an orange blur sped through the night sky with a dazzling speed. It was a pegasus pony with an orange fiery mane and tail whipping back at the mercy of the wind in a top speed, being calved in a bright blue, skin-tight jumpsuit with a yellow bolts designs streaming over his hooves and chest, having a pair of yellow wings, ears and muzzle exposed from the costume and having a protective aviator googles over his eyes to shield them against an intensity of the wind friction.
Spitfire, a captain of the aerial acrobatics group, the Wonderbolts and Equestrias top flier was on her regular patrols. Being both a top star and the finest flier as well as no-nonsense drill sergeant instructor in Wonderbolt Academy in the same time, was very challenging and even tough and competitive mare like Spitfire needed some time out in a while. And taking regular patrols to scout the land just seemed like a perfect opportunity for Wonderbolt captain to get herself away from all those responsibilities in order to relax and clearing her head off a bit.
Spitfire suddenly slowly yet steadily lose her speed from top to normal, as she found herself flying right above the Everfree Forest, a notoriously infamous wild wooded area on the outskirts of Ponyville, a mysterious and dangerous place inhabited by variety of creatures and the place that ponies considered “unnatural”.
“Oh boy. Sure it is quite down there.” Spitfire sighed in a rough feline voice as she checked the Everfree Forest from her bird like perspective. “Is there some sort of creature holiday I don’t know about? Chm. Oh well, at least that actually may save Spider-Manes some trouble. And the night is still young though.” The mare smirked and was about to turn and fly away.
But suddenly something strange happened, that attracted Spitfires attention. Several meters, approximately above the treetops of Everfree Forest, electrical like sparks started sparkling with even more intensity as a small orb of light materialize, which by the way could appear to be a source of the sparkling. Though, an orb steadily started growing at size, when it eventually materialized into a big swirling multi-coloured vortex of pure energy, which eventually appeared to be a dimensional portal.
“What the….A portal?” Spitfire blurted out in disbelief, while holding her frame airborne with her wings flapping, as she watched the portal from a safe distance cautiously yet with quite a bewildered gaze under her googles. “Where did it come from?”
But suddenly, something even more peculiar and unexpected occurred, as some strange, bipedal like being of a bulky and defiant like figure, yet a strange black hairstyle and calved in an unusual clothing fell right from the portal and falling down right to the forest.
“What by the name of Celestia…?” Spitfire exhaled, and right then putting her protective googles away by her hoof, revealing her deep light brown eyes with literally baffled like expression and her mouth slack jawed as she just kept herself hovering via her wings airborne and watching as the strange creature was falling.
Logan, unable to do anything but helplessly struggling himself in the air free falling and grunting in frustration. The gruff man eventually smashed several tree branches that cracked by the impact under his height, while he continued falling down. Yet as a last resort, Wolverine released his adamantium claws from the knuckles of his right arm and stabbing them right into a tree trunk in a desperate attempt to break or at least slowing down his fall. But unfortunately, it didn’t seemed to help much, as Logan kept sliding down the trunk and using his free arm to shield his face, which by the way was already posed by various scratches from the branches he just broke while still sliding down the tree.
Finally, yet after breaking more branches, Logan hit the ground hard, but that wasn’t far enough, as the impact send the mutant across the cliff and started rolling viciously down from the rough slope, brushing through several objects in his way like bushes, broken or rotten tree logs or even stones, yet unfortunatelly loosing his bagpack in the process. Grunting in both frustration and pain and trying to keep his balance, Wolverine threw his claws into the ground, using them like anchors to desperately slow down his momentum, but unfortunately failing miserably. “Couldn’t this git any worse?” Logan though for himself.
And like the things could get worse, another cliff appeared. “Why do I ask these questions, why?” Logan cursed under his breath, still unable to cease his involuntary slide eventually fell over the cliff. Wolverine continued free falling once more with a screaming on top of his lungs, before yet luckily for him plummeting right into a Everfree Lake, the impact of his “dive” created a massive splash quite a few feet high and then a dead silence followed.
Spitfire, who was watching the entire drama from the sky flew right to the cliff from which a strange, seemingly alien being fell. Still feeling confused and having no idea what by Celestia had just happened over a minute ago, the mare perched herself over the edge of cliff and cautiously peeking down to lake, wondering what will happen next.
Despite that, one part of the pegasus wanted to fly down there a make sure that the being was alright or even provide some help to it. But on other part, Spitfire somewhat and maybe out of instincts halted herself to intervene. Since that being was evidently from the another dimension and not knowing either it was a friend or foe, a Wonderbolt captain just decided to stay back and observe to hopefully learn more about that being, whoever it way, well…If it even survived the fall it went through. Considering what height it fell from as well as taking some serious punishment during its uncontrollable fall, there was no way any “ordinary” being could survive something like that.
In the instance, and much for Spitfires awe, the alien rose his head from the water and taking a series of deep breaths to get so much air into his lungs as possible, evident due to lack of oxygen when being underwater, before started, yet somehow with difficulty swimming right to the shore.
By finally making it to the shore and crawling from the water, Logan made another series of deep yet shallow breathings. His brown leather jacket had several gashes over and having a torn sleeve on the shoulder. “Wow. Some soft and perfect landin'.” He grunted swearing and crouching in pain by grabbing a left side where he had ribs to reduce the pain before plummeting himself to the wet sand. “On second thought…Maybe I should have taught th' class after all.”
And yet, wounds on Logans face that he received during his slump from the branches and the staff, already managed to fully mend themselves thanks to his healing factor, as well as jolts of pain that were coming right from ribs also died out completely. Though being still shaken a bit and struggling himself to stand up, Wolverine eventually made into his vertical position on his feet. He rolled his left shoulder several times, making sure it was on its place while grabbing his head and slowly remedying his neck several time with a low cracking echoing from it.
Finally grunting in relief, Logan raised his right arm and clenching his palm into fist several times. “Whut th' hell happened? Where am I?” Wolverine huffed as he looked around himself, checking his surroundings. The forest he was just finding himself in, full of thick trees, bushes, ferns as well as some strange tropical like plants, which looked like more like a jungle of Savage Land or something.
To be sure, Logan flared his nostrils and catching the local air of the unknown and somewhat mysterious like forest. The scents that Logan could smell, either sweet, bitter or rotting, neither of them actually fitted or matching the Savage Land at all, meaning that wherever he was, it could be more than obvious or suspicious that he was no longer on Earth. Yet, there was something weird on that place alone. The entire forest seemed mysterious, unnatural and looking like some strange and negative like aura was radiated and engulfing it.
“Come on. Just like whut is this? Did I just travelled all th' way to visit th' Blondie in th' Wonderland or whut? Great.” Logan grumbled, but suddenly an unusual and rather peculiar scent brushed over his fine enhanced sense of smell. It was way different than the other strong, stinky or rotten scents around the woodened vicinity and swamp, it on the other hand smelled like a light scent of musk, yet surprisingly refreshing like a nature, but strangely, combined with a more sweetish scent.
Wolverine sniffed the air, trying to find a source of the sweet smell, when his gaze landed right on the cliff from which fell right into the lake several minutes ago. He was just starring on the heightened place for a while, yet Logan knew that whoever or whatever was generating that scent, must had been there for sure. On purpose, to persuade himself about his opinion, he picked up a small pebble from the ground, swinging his arm and throwing it with a great accuracy up, right behind the cliff.
“OUUCH!!!” A feline painful like squeak echoed over the cliff. “OKAY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!”
Logans eyes widened as a baffled expression took its place on his face, which was quite unusual for someone so stoic and serious like Wolverine. But on the other hand, it wasn’t that weird at all, because what the gruff man just saw would rather surprise everyone. A horse, calved in a skin tight blue jumpsuit with a yellow lighting like insignias with a fiery orange and yellow mane and tail, as well as surprisingly having…wings like a mythological horse Pegasus, jumped off behind the cliff and ranting in frustration, while rubbing a hoof over his head. However what Logan found the most disturbing was the fact that the horse, arguably the mare could actually…speak perfectly human speech.
Spitfire, still grunting and rubbing a small bump on her head, evidently relieving the pain when Logan unfortunately threw a pebble on her and striking home, denied a fierce glare to the alien being and before Logan could react, the winged horse flew her way right to his position with a speed of a bullet when being mere inches away and keeping her own frame airborne with her wings flipping.
“Just…Who do you think you are? Throwing stones after ponies just like that, you ruffian?!” Spitfire scolded in frustration and irritation, pointing her hoof accusingly and glaring at bipedal like being suspiciously.
Logan, though managing to re-establish his confident composure, yet still deep down being somewhat uncertain and not knowing what to think about this all. Being suddenly and involuntarily sucked into an interdimensional portal, traveling through time and space via wormhole, just to be sucked yet into another portal and unfortunately falling from multiple stores like height into a strange dark forest, finding himself somewhere completely else than Earth, and now even meeting a “talking winged horse”. Just like Logan though, the things couldn’t get any weirder. “A talkin' winged horse hey? Chm, not th' first and arguably not th' last weirdest thin' I have seen on this trip.”
“Hurm….Sorry about that, babe.” Wolverine replied dumbly, scratching a back of his neck, yet sensing a raising tension within irritated pegasus mare expression, the X-Men cautiously kept his distance, not knowing how the rather awkward situation evolve. “But next time, when ya want ta play sneak on someone, than ya better ya stay against th' wind.”
Spitfires eye widened and being somewhat thankful to have her jumpsuit mask over her face, because a small shade of pink as well as a temperature in her cheek raised by aliens unorthodox flatter. Yet, shaking her head to recollect her sense, Wonderbolt captain lashed out a little. “Have you just call me…Babe?!....Why you perverted…I am gonna…” Yet, luckily, Spitfire manage to calm down her fuzzy and frustrated thoughts down as a realization flashed in her mind like light of hope. “Hey….How have you known that I was hiding behind that cliff anyway?”
Despite, finding it weird to chatting with a horse, yet not being the weirdest thing that had ever happened to him, Logan replied with a somewhat provoking tone. “Well, maybe if ya try shower in a while, I couldn’t git the scent of sweet, luscious tasty oder of yers so easily. Ta tell th' truth, ya smell quite refreshin'…Fer a horse.”
Spitfires mind grew even fuzzier by aliens provoking and childish like quipping. Her heartrate gaining on speed a bit, as well as the temperature within her cheeks raised even further, even almost threatening to burn through her mask, yet also wondering that the alien male could actually smell here on such distance. But luckily, the mare once again managed to recollect her nerves and maintain her own confident like posture while still airborne, refusing to let herself provoke.
“First of all, I am a PONY. And I am a PEGASUS in the case you haven’t realized these.” Spitfire sarcastically stated and pointing her hoof on her flapping wings. “And by the way, the name is Spitfire and I am a captain of Wonderbolts, if you must know.” The mare stated proudly and folding her hooves.
“Alright then…Fiery.” Logan stated somewhat indifferently, yet inwardly wondering what in the world was those Wonderbolrds the pegasus mare mentioned, while Spitfires expression turned a little irritated and baffled at once by alien giving her a weird and funny nickname. “May ya tell me where th' heck am I?”
Though still being irritated a little bit by bipedal beings unorthodox or rather dry sense of humour and feeling somehow reluctant to cooperate, Spitfire eventually gave herself in and even taking her guard down. “Well….This is the land of Equestria.” She dully yet honestly stated and finally landing on her hooves.
Suddenly and once again Logans eyes widened and his mouth nearly falling agape as Spitfire mentioned the name of the dimension, a totally different world than Earth itself, where he was just obviously teleported via that strange dimensional portal about ten minutes ago. Equestria. Though, as much weird it seemed, Wolverine somehow started having a strange hunch like he would already heard that name, as well as memories on someone from his past associated with it.
“Eque…..Equestria ya say?” Logan murmured thoughtfully. “Ya mean…..Some sort of a distant wonderland inhabited by talkin' ponies, full of mushy and friendship staff that is actually based on like some kind of fairy tale or somethin'?” The X-Men sarcastically trailed off by slowly getting the idea.
“Eghm….Yeah?” Spitfire dumbly murmured in agreement, being surprised by the alien males mention about Equestria being inhabited by ponies, yet still being slightly irritated by his quirky humour, that she yet still failed to understand.
“Hurm.....Parker and Sparkle. Th' names ring a bell ta ya?” Logan cautiously yet somewhat hesitantly mentioned the names of very well known individuals, who by the way appeared to be close friends to him and having some history together by the way.
Spitfires light brown eyes widened like two saucer by aliens male mention of the names, that by the way were arguably more famous and popular in the entire Equestria. However, more important thing by way….How by Celestia that being knew about Peter Parker, alias The Amazing Spider-Mane and Twilight Sparkle, The Princess of Friendship on the first place?
“How do you know about Peter Pony Parker and Twilight Sparkle, dude?” Spitfire gasped in awe, yet bearing a suspicious look on her face. “It is not just like that an outworlder from the another dimension, which is YOU, apparently, arrives and knowing about the greatest hero and knight of Equestria and princess of friendship personally. Do you…...Actually know or being actually associated with them?”
“Hurm......Ya kin say that.” Logan replied somewhat offhandedly, sighing and scratching a back of his hand. Despite the gruff man would keep it to himself and rarely showing any emotions openly, Logan himself couldn’t do nothing but wondering. As it had already been four years since the X-Men last saw Parker and Sparkle before they left the Earth for good to live happily ever after in Equestria, and though he wouldn’t, well at least openly admit it, the gruff man somehow couldnt help and sometime wonderi, if he would ever had the chance to see his friends once again. And right now, it would appear he got, though quite unexpected opportunity.
“They are…....actually th' friends of mine. Though in Parkers case, someone would rather consider it unfertunate or even a pain in th' arss at times.” Logan stated offhandedly, snorting before reluctantly going on. “Ya thing….Hurrm....Ya could bring me ta them? Whereever they are....”
Listening his words carefully, and though still feeling uncertain about this all, Spitfire could somehow feel that there was something strange and unusual about Logan. With his bipedal and alien like background, having a tough and rough like attitude, hardened like exterior and lacking manners, as well as having quite a sarcastic and dry sense of humour, there was obviously something more hiding within him than anypony would expect. Yet, whatever it was, it was yet about to be concluded, yet it also made Spitfire to make her compromise and the mare knew very well, that the ones who could tell and figure something out were just Peter Parker, aka Spider-Mane and Princess Twilight Sparkle themselves.
“Alright, dude. Lets just say that I just might comply to you. At least for now.” Spitfire stated a little hesitantly yet also willing to cooperate with the alien for now, before a sudden realization struck her mind like that small pebble striking her head and gazing upon the male with, though this time a curious expression and raising her hoof. “But wait a minute. You haven’t even told me your name.”
Although feeling a little defensive about pegasus simple yet honest answer, yet thinking nothing about it and like it would do any harm, the gruff man sighed inwardly, giving himself in. “Th' name is Logan.”
“Logan…” Spitfire replied, testing out the name on her tongue. “That is cool name.” The mare stated somewhat cheerfully with a warm smile forming on her face, evidently her bad and suspicious mood was slowly fading away, before spreading her wings to take it up. “Alright, lets just….” But before the Wonderbolt captain could complete her sentence or hovering into the air, Logan suddenly raised his arm with a halt like sign, stopping the mare in her tracks and shifting his attention to a nearby forest. “What…?” Spitfire blurted out in disbelief.
“Be quiet, sis.” Wolverine proceed cautiously in a near whisper, with a glare forming on his hirsute face as he concentrated his full attention and perking his super acute senses to the forest. “I have a weird feelin' we ain't alone here. And right now somethin' stinks.” And the X-Men was unfortunately right.
Suddenly, the local air somewhat changed and Logan could feel it as well by taking a deep sniff with his nose, trying to figure out what was that. It was filled with a very strong stench, smelling like a rotting wood, leaves and swamp gases, or more likely a nature or forest itself. But…there was something more and else that was hanging in the air. Something like ancient dark forces that engulfed the forest. Something vicious…savage….and evil. Wolverine suddenly straightened his face up and cautiously sniffing the air several more times, before releasing a low yet menacing growl from his throat, taking a defensive like stance and clenching both of his fists, ready for anything.
“What is it Logan?” Spitfire cautiously dared to ask and closing her gap between herself and her new alien friend, but what she just saw pulled a gasp her eyes widened and gasping that her own heart nearly stopped beating what she just saw. Multiple dark shadows emerged right from the darkness of the forest itself, that even appeared to be approaching of sorts. But what was rather disturbing or rather pretty freaky, as suddenly a pair of evil green glowing eyes on each shadow appeared as well as vicious and menacing growling and snarling could be heard. They were supposedly some evil creatures of the Everfree Forest, crawling in the darkness and hunting under the cape of night.
Logans glare intensified as well as showing his gritting razor sharp canines and snarling menacingly, yet still ready to unleash his claws, yet Spitfires eyes as the shadow approached the edge of the forest. And when they eventually came out, the moonlight of the moon revealed the creatures of the night in all their beauty. They looked like giant and powerful wolves, yet…with their bodies being comprised entirely from a timber logs, wood, leaves and sticks, having an evil vicious green yes alright, leaf eyebrows and having a sharp carved wood instead of fangs.
Timber Wolves. A race of wolf-like creature and the most vicious and deadliest predators of Everfree Forest were on the hunt. And right now, the pack with over five members, instead of finding some meal found trespassers on their territory instead, which of course the beast didn’t meant to tolerate such a temerity.
“Whut kinda frikkin' freakshow is this?” Wolverine proceed cautiously, seemingly bewildered by the looks of the weird looking wolves composed entirely from the woods, yet not averting his gaze from the vicious and savage creatures that started circling around, obviously stalking and studying the intruders, which by the way also might the prey in their view.
“Oh by the Celestia!” Spitfire gasped in fear. “Timber Wolves!”
“A Timber whut now?” Logan blurted out dumbly, obviously having no idea what Spitfire was talking about, yet evidently indicating the wooden creatures.
“Come on! We have to get out from here!” Spitfire spread her wing and taking her frame right to the sky. But suddenly, the mare stopped in her tracks and instinctively turning her head around in a baffled realization, and much for her horror she saw that Logan just kept standing on the place, facing the Timber Wolves. “What in the buck do you think you are doing?!” Spitfire barked infuriated and in disbelief, while keeping her position airborne in the air. “RUN!”
However, much for pegasus dismay, Logan simply huffed without averting his gaze from the Timber Wolves. “Sorry, darlin'. A word “run” ain't exactly in my vocabulary. Like hell I am gonna run.”
“But…But….” Spitfire muttered incoherently, not knowing what to do or thing about her alien friends attitude. “Is he nuts or what?! Those Timber Wolves are gonna tear him to the shreds.” And her worries were nothing but justified. Nopony, well at least a few ponies actually would be so stupid to face off the Timber Wolves. But unfortunately, Logan obviously ignored or even seemingly scoffing that fact.
Holding his ground and standing firmly in a defensive like stance, Wolverine eyed the wolf like creatures cautiously with intense glare on his face, snarling menacingly, before raising both of his arms and letting his adamantium claws unleash from his knuckles with its trademark “SNIKT!” sound, as deadly weapons shone in a moonlight.
“Hey! Ugly. Ya wanna ta take bite out th' someone? Try me.” Logan growled menacingly, prompting the Timber Wolves to fight him.
“What the…?!” Spitfire gasped, her eyes widening like saucers as well as feeling nearly all her blood in her veins stiffened by the looks of three metal blades just like that pop out right from Logans hands, also struggling to keep her frame in the mid-air.
The Timber Wolves surrounded and started circling Logan, growling and snarling menacingly, watching the trespasser or a possible prey cautiously, waiting for a right moment. Wolverine started circling slowly around as well, glaring at the wolves cautiously, with a stoic and passive like expression, not even a muscle moved in his face and his adamantium claws exposed, ready whoever will make their first move.
“This is gonna git ugly.” Wolverine growled menacingly as he crossed his claws defensively, while Spitfire could just stare with a bewildered and tense expression from a safety of the air.
Meanwhile back in the throne room of Canterlot castle, everpony was still recuperating and trying to cope with what had just happened within the room half an hour ago. Cadance consulted with bearers of Elements of Harmony along with Felicia, discussing and exchanging each of their different opinions on the matters, while Peter was sitting behind the table, working quite desperately on the laptop, trying his best to revived or bring Jarvis back online, as Twilight, Sunset and Spike were standing around the chair, peeking across stallions shoulders to make sure if there was any progress, as they all expressed a concern for their friends sake, despite being mere artificial intelligence program. Luna, however sat in a meditative like stance, having her hind hooves cross-legged, her front hooves spread, eyes closed yet her horn shining with her trademark dark blue magic. Whatever the princess of the night was doing, it must have been something important.
“Come on, Peter. Please give us some good news?” Twilight begged, a concern as well as worry evident in her voice.
“Is…Jarvis going to alright?” Spike asked hopefully, yet worrying as well.
“Lets hope so.” Peter could only reply with a somewhat passive like tone, pressing the buttons on the keyboard on the advanced computer laptop, yet still not being sure. “The short circuit really shocked his processor along with several circuits, and nearly crashing his hardware. Hey…Wait. I thing I got this…” Peters tone surprisingly tuned into more positive one as well as a small hope being present in it as he pressed Enter button on the keyboard.
In the instance, a monitor screen came to life, brightening as well as Jarvis software icon reappeared on the screen, beeping with in green. “Jarvis…?” Peter spoke off lightly yet cautiously, while Twilight, Spike and Sunset leaned closer. “Come on, Jarvis, old pal. Do you copy?” Stallion stated softly, patting the monitor screen gently and begging the stars Jarvis was okay.
“Yes, Mr Parker….I am here.” Jarvis stated with his digitalized stoic voice, though sounding a little wavering and distorted, evidently being still a little shaken from the short circuit, yet Peter, Twilight, Spike and Sunset could exhale in relief, knowing that Jarvis was alright and online.
“How do you feel, Jarvis.” Twilight asked with a soft tone, making sure their artificial program like friend was okay.
“Well….Maybe a little on a crispy side, but I am still in once peace, Ms Twilight.” Jarvis replied in a sarcastic, like reassuring like manner, despite his voice still wavering a bit, evident by laptops already low battery.
“It is good to see you are alive -- I mean online enough to be sarcastic.” Sunset smirked, rolling her eyes, yet also being happy.
“Although my processor and circuits are not entirely damaged, I am almost out of power. I have used most of my power for dimensional transport as well as stabilizing the Dimensional Dilation Accelerator. There is only something over fourteen present of power left. I need to recharge.” Jarvis explained.
“Sure, Jarvis. You have already been working too hard and long for today. Take a break.” Peter stated gently with a solemn like expression, understanding Jarvis need.
“Peter, wait.” Suddenly, Princess Celestia gently spoke off as she closed her gap between herself and the others standing at the table as fixing her beautiful violet irises full sympathy of the laptop. “Since Jarvis systems are functional and powered by solar energy, I could use my own magic to rise and lower sun as well as manipulate heat to recharge him.”
Sun goddess closed her eyes and concentrating her magic via sparkling yellow aura into her horn, before bowing her head down and transferring her energy from it right into Jarvis, the yellow heating like aura engulfing the laptop. The battery icon in the menu down on the screen, that previously had only a few red points left, immediately recharged to its maximum, filling the battery into full green.
“Oooohh! Much better. Thank you, Princess Celestia. I could bow to you to show you my respect and gratitude, but unfortunately, I am mere intelligence program stuck in the laptop.” Jarvis showed his thanks to the snow white alicorn princess and almost cheerful to be fully recharged.
“That has been the least I could do.” Princess Celestia simply replied with a warm smile.
“Right….” Peter interjected, stating a little sheepishly. “But anyway, you should better take some rest anyway Jarvis. So your circuits couldn’t fry from working overtime, especially when Princess Celestia really turned up the heat about you.” The stallion humorously remarked, earning a playfully giggle from Celestia.
“Very funny, Mr Parker. Yet….I positively agree with you alternative. I am shutting down the system and turning into a power down mode.” In the instance, the screen turned blank, as Peter pressed the main power button, turning laptop off and closing the monitor screen.
“Is…Jarvis going to be alright then, Peter?” Fluttershy softly asked as she, along with other Elements, Felicia and Cadance closed her gap between herself and her friends standing at the table, a concern present in her voice also.
“Jarvis will be just fine, guys. Lets just say he will get a good night power down.” Peter stated reassuringly, causing everypony to relieve.
“What about the Dimensional Dilation Accelerator?” Twilight pointed and shifting her attention to advanced technology device, still being fixed on a metal holder standing nearby.
Rotating his head on the side, yet bearing a curious and concerned look, Peter trotted his way to the Accelerator and started examining it. Though not being somewhat damaged or battered on the outside, the device was singed on various places as well seemingly being still hot a little bit, as well as smoke stench coming from it could be smelled. Evident from its mechanism being overheated for quite a duration of the time.
“Good news, guys.” Peter declared hopefully with a reassuring like way, as he finished his examination and glancing from the device back to everypony standing around. “The Accelerator doesn’t seem to be somewhat seriously or entirely damaged or broken. But its circuits as well as portal generating mechanism from the inside got severely overheated. It will require some time to cool of as well as me to clean it out, but nothing what I could handle.” Stallion gave his own professional yet hones expertise, yet bearing a small hint of cockiness.
Suddenly, Sunset perked herself up as her brow arched in a realization that kicked her mind on. “What about those strange radio waves of very low frequencies that jammed the Accelerators own frequencies and overloaded it, Peter? Can you sense them yet?”
Astonished by fiery maned unicorns mention, as well as the otherpony did, Peter could do nothing but compliment Sunsets brightness. “You know, Sunset, when you mentioned it….My Spider Sense is no longer ringing, so it must have already stoped.”
“Any idea where did those waves ever came from, partner?” Applejack asked.
“I am not…Quite sure, Applejack.” Peter replied and considering farm ponys concern. “But, wherever those waves came from at the first place, there is one thing for sure.” Stallion stated somewhat in a more serious tone and slamming his hoof into a marble floor, yet controlling his spider strength enough so he don’t shatter it.
“Like what exactly, darling?” Rarity asked with her brow arching.
“You know, and I guess that Twilight and Sunset do as well, the radio waves are just not broadcasted all by itself.” Peter declared with a cautious like tone, feeling uncertain about the sudden incident with radio waves as well as having a strange suspicious.
“You are….Right, Peter.” Twilight agreed wither her husbands opinion and patting her hoof over her chin thoughtfully. “There must by definitely some kind of source, or……actually some device or machine that could generate those waves.”
“HELOOO!” Felicia suddenly interjected by blurting out in somewhat and more serious and urgent like tone, earning everyponys attention. “In a case if anypony didn’t notice, we are having a partner missing. Logan is arguably lost there somewhere and we are having some sciency chitchats, as we should worry or looking for him instead."
“Exactly my point, Felicia. Yet, don’t fret my frienda, Luna is doing everything what is in her might.” Celeastia stated while glancing upon her sister, who was still in her meditating like stance as well as everypony copied taller snow white alicorns action.
“What is Princess Luna doing?” Pinkie Pie whispered curiously as she watched Luna in an unusual positon.
“She is using her telepathy in an attempt to track down Logan by detecting his presence. Yet, because he might ended up anywhere in Equestria, Luna is also using her magic to raise moons light in order to enhance her reach. This may take a while.” Princess Celestia explained, yet trying to moderate and reassure everypony standing nearby.
However, in the instance, loud knocks echoed from behind the throne room door. “Come in!” Princess Celestia exclaimed aloud yet with a gentle and polite way, instructing whoever was outside the room to enter.
In the instance, the doors opened with a loud cracking sound and Shining Armor entered the room. “Twily. Peter. Cadance. Your Highness…” Captain of the Royal Guard blurted out somewhat distracted, yet also instinctively halting himself, clearing his throat and bowing in respect nonetheless. “I…Am sorry to bust in here so hastily, but….the guards heard some strange noises from the Throne Room, so I have just wanted to make sure that everything is okay.” The stallion stated in a more humble like tone.
Smiling warmly, Cadance trotted her way gracefully to her husband and planting a soft affectionate kiss on his lips and placing her hoof over Shinings, soothing it softly. “Don’t worry, dear. We are alright. We had some problems occurring in here, but thanks to Peters, Twilight and our combined efforts, we had managed to get the situation under control. I will explain everything to you later. Right now, we have much more serious things to worry about.”
Shining opened his mouth, but before the stallion could say a word and just like out of shock, Lunas eyes shut open, yet surprisingly being engulfed by a white glow and her mouth falling agape. Seeing the princess of the nights sudden and unexpired reaction and showing concern for their friend and sisters sake, Peter, Twilight as well as Celestia rushed to her side while the others edged closer as well. But fortunately, the white glow in Lunas eyes eventually faded, as her deep ocean like irises took their place. Yet, the blue aura that was engulfing her horn faded away as well as dark blue alicorn used her front hooves for support.
“Luna….” Princess Celestia edged closer to her younger sibling, placing her hoof over her shoulder and nuzzling her cheek reassuringly. “Are you alright?”
“Yes…I am fine.” Luna replied, reassuring her sister and everpony that she way okay, yet with a somewhat restrained voice accompanied with small gasps, yet the princess managed to stand up and shaking her head to recollect her senses, taking a several deep breaths to regulate her breathing. "I have found him. He is in the Everfree Forest. But I fear he is in danger." Luna stated with a very concerned look forming on mares face.
“Everfree Forest?" Both Peter and Twilight both muttered simultanously in utter dismay
"A danger?” Fluttershy squeaked in horror. “What kind of danger?”
“I am not sure...” Luna stated cautiously, yet turning into her more decisive and assertive side. “But the time is on the essence and we have to act quickly and help him.”
“You are right, Princess Luna.” Twilight stated decisively and turning to Peter, Spike, Felicia, Sunset and the bearers of Elements of Harmony. “We shall all go together. The Everfree Forest is a dangerous and hostile place and there is no telling what is waiting for us in there. We will need each other.”
The others only nod in agreement with decisive expressions, though Fluttershy of course acting a little reluctantly as always, yet the mare tried to by strong to stay at the side of her friends and help them, yet Felicia smirked. “Whatever you say….Ms Bossy."
Twilight immediately perked out with an irritated expression on her face by yet to another Cat Burglars quirk, yet the young alicorn got her emotions under control and merely groaning in exasperation.
“Just a moment!” Peter suddenly proclaimed, halting everypony as he shifted his gaze to Captain of Royal Guard. “Shining, I a need a favour from you. Do you know any spell that can detect any sound, like a sound detector of sorts?”
Taken aback by smaller stallion sudden request, yet Shining replied, though somewhat hesitantly. “Well….Sure, Peter. Why do you ask?"
“I need you to summon some of the both pegasus and unicorn guards and search the castle perimeter, in an attempt to detect certain sound or radio waves of a very low frequencies. And if I could recommend you….Better look out on a heightened places, like roof or towers.” Peter explained the details, yet the Shinning Armor seemed bewildered by his brothers-in-law request, but before he could say something, Peter interjected. “Just don’t ask bro. Princess Celestia and Cadance will fill you in, but please, just do it, alright?”
Still being bewildered and uncertain about Peters request, Shining gazed up Princess Celestia, than to his wife and followed by younger sister, as three mares only smiled and nodded in agreement, supporting Peters request, knowing he had some good reason to that and prompting Shinning to do the same. Knowing that there was no way to obligate the ruler of the Equestria, his beloved wife and younger sister, who by the way was the princess as well, the stallion eventually submitted to the request.
“Very well then. I will just do that.” Shinning stated though a little hesitantly yet smirking at Peter and nodding his head in agreement. “Just make sure nothing will happen to my sister, okay?”
“Thanks Shinning. And don’t fret, I will watch over her like an eye in my head.” Peter reassured Shinning with a playful yet honest wink as he trotted to his knapsack and pulling his heroic Spider-Mane attire out. Peter snuggled his way into his skin-tight costume, with Felicia on the other hand smirking flirty and licking her lips sultrily, by evidently enjoying staring on Peters attire hugging his muscles tightly.
Oblivious to tempers flaring around, Peter then checked the cartridges of both of his web shooters, making sure they were full and replenished, pinning his utility belt over his hips while covering it whit his costume and finally, putting his trademark mask with white lenses over his face as his horn fitted into his mask perfectly.
Now, when everything was set and done, Spider-Mane joined the others waiting for him. “Alright, Avengers! We got a partner to save. Lets Assemble!” The knight of Equestria declared with firm and heroic like tone, earning a couple of baffled gazes from the mares and dragon. “You got to say, it has sounded pretty cool.” He smirked under his mask, while Twilight, Luna and Shining groaned in exasperation by Peters rather embarrassing choice of words.
Yet, by pushing the though from her mind, Luna took a firm straightened stance, spreading her beautiful dark blue wings, closing her eyes and using her magic through her horn, that started glowing in a dark blue aura. And in the instance, Spider-Mane, Twilight, Spike, Sunset, Luna, Felicia and Elements of Harmony disappeared in a flash of light.
Meanwhile, a loud and terrifying sounds of a raging fight echoed throughout the entire Evefree Forest. Wolverine was fighting with the Timber Wolves with his deadly adamantium claws exposed and with a savage and fearless might, while Spitfire was still hovering on the place with her wings flipping in the safety of the air and watching the entire scene with a bewildered, well if not even horrified gaze.
“Lets do this!” Logan shouted, crouching in a fighting pose and provoking the wooden like wolf-creatures to attack. “Come on!”
One Timber Wolf growled menacingly and he leaped on his prey with his mouth opened wide and log like fangs exposed, but unfortunately for him, Wolverine swiftly sidestepped and slashed the wolfs wooden head off with his claws off while still in the mid-air, as the creatures lifeless body slammed into the ground and the head rolled away.
Another wolf lunged at Wolverine from behind, but reacting quickly, Logan raised both of his arm forward and not able to stop his momentum, the Timber Wolf stabbed himself right into razor sharp blades, making a painful agony like whimpers. Wolverine, though pulled himself on his back, placing both of his legs under creatures belly and with one sharp double like kick, he literally send wolf flying behind and plummeting into a nearby rock, shattering into little wooden pieces by the impact, while Logan gracefully flipped himself from ground back into a standing position.
The third wolf then attempted for a swipe Logan with his right paw, but the mutant swiftly ducked on the side, avoiding the wooden beats claws and taking an offensive, Wolverine swung with his left arm and cutting the creatures paw off, roaring in pain. Logan than uppercut his right hand right into beasts lower jaw, his claws going through wolfs wooden head like a hot knife through butter. The X-Men then grabbed Timber Wolves neck, using his own brute strength augmented via his Adamntium skeleton, as he easily lifted and overthrew the beast over and slamming its frame right into a near rock, as wolfs body shattered by impacts.
The fourth Timber Wolf charged against his prey with his fang and teeth exposed, but Wolverine, roaring menacingly charged against the wooden beast as well. The X-Men cowered his frame when he was finding himself under creatures unprotected stomach, as he swiftly slammed his claws right into Timber Wolfs neck, followed with a sharp right uppercut so intense and swift, that Wolverine pierced his claws right through creatures guts with several chips flying away and making a hole in its stomach.
Logan then kicked the Timber Wolves lifeless body away and turning his attention to the fifth, last remaining Timber Wolf. The predator roared aloud and lunging his wooden frame right to his prey. Wolverine, however roared menacingly as well, as the X-Men lunged by himself and slamming his adamantium claws right into creatures chest as it roared in pain and plummeting it right to the ground with a “THUD” like sound. In the instance, the colour of Wolverines eyes suddenly morphed to a shade of jet black, as a strange instinctive feeling clouded his mind, causing the X-Men to go somewhat numb with the outside world around him, both physically and mentally.
Being motivated with nothing else that mattered but survival and following his primal instincts, Logan growled viciously and started slashing Timber Wolfs frame viciously with his claws like a madman, roaring and growling like a wild animal, as a wooden pieces and chimps were flying away. Finally, after a while, the mutant eventually stopped in his tracks, waking up from his self induced trance and finding the wooden canines upper body definitely and literally torn to shreds with a chip all over.
Breathing sharply with a snarling, Logan then casually checked the battlefield posed by what remained from the Timber Wolves, like wooden chips and branches. “I am th' best there is at whut I do!” Wolverine proceed in his trademark catching phrase, taking several deep breaths to calm down his raging thoughts and his eyes returning into its normal blue colours, by the realization that battle was over, yet eventually succeeding in his task and sheathing his claws back into his knuckles.
Right now, Spitfire landed on the ground and still with her bewildered and rather baffled expression staring at the Timber Wolves literally reduced to nothing but little pieces and chips before carefully shifting her gaze to Logan. “Have you…..How.…When..…What.…?!” Spitfire blurted incoherently out in a total mutter and her voice cracking, not being able to believe what she had just seen.
“Whut?” Logan dumbly asked, with his voice though still gruff as ever, yet more calm and moderated.
Spitfire eventually managed to calm her mind down a bit as well as regaining her decisive and confident composure yet not being able to avert her gaze from the alien. “I mean….You have totally tore them to shreds….Literally." Spitfire blurted out.
"I have never seen anything like that......like there would be someone rather very brave, fierce or….pretty stupid to stand up and fight with Timber Wolves for crying out loud.” The mare nearly squeaked, yet strangely though, being inwardly quite impressed by Logans attitude and guts the alien outworlder had.
“Well…” Logan murmured and scratching on his black messed like hairstyle. “There where I am commin' we usually solve things via eye fer an eye and a tooth fer a tooth. We simply go fer it straight.”
“But….” Spitfire murmured in quite a late realization that occurred in her mind. “May you like bother to tell me what in the buck did those….blades on your hands come from? Seriously, it doesn’t even seems possible. Even by alien like standards.”
Logans expressions suddenly got serious as well as his mind going thoughtful by the pegasus girls blunt yet sensible mention of the three metal claws that just came out from his hands. Despite being very well aware of those three razor sharp blades housing within his forearm, which be the way were deadly weapons, against which almost no slashing or stabbing weapon could rival to and almost no other material or substance could withstand its sharpness and durability, yet they also always hurt when come out, cutting their way through Logans flesh and skin, yet his healing factor being able to heal those minor wounds instantaneously.
However and unfortunately, Logan had a negative and bad feeling about his claws, as well as bad and rather dark and traumatic memories associated with them at times, reflecting upon a long, dark and painful past full of suffering that had been denied to him for a very long time.
“Ya know….It is..…Complicated. But.….I would rather ain't talk about it. There are more important things ta do right now.” Wolverine stated offhandedly, trying to dismiss the subject so he and Spitfire could concentrate on the matters at hand.
“Um…Logan?” Spitfire suddenly and surprisingly proclaimed in a near stutter. “You better throw those metal toys of your backup. I guess you are gonna need them some more.”
“Why do ya think so, Fiery?” Logan dumbly asked. “Like whut do ya think are those cheap mutt wooden rockin' horse versions gonna do? Give themselves back together piece by piece?”
Though, as soon as he said that, Spitfire expression shifted from concerned into a more exasperated, yet also strangely bearing hints of humour in it and pointing her hoof, instructing Logan to turn. Wondering the sudden change in his supposed pony friends expression, yet following her example, X-Men turned around, only for his dismay and his brow twitching involuntarily to see the broken wooden pieces of Timber Wolves, being engulfed by seemingly dark green sparkling aura, started getting all by themselves back together and instantaneously reassembling the wooden creatures. Like some sort of advanced healing ability, quite similar to Logans. Yet in Timber Wolves case, it was actually magic that revived them.
“You just have to ask, haven’t you?” Spitfire muttered sarcastically and denying an irritated scowl to Logan.
“Oh crap.” Wolverine cursed as once broken Timber Wolves got fully reassembled back together into their original selves and starting growling menacingly, lusting for taking a revenge of Logan. “And I have though I was hard deal ta kill. Where is th' ol' good woodchipper when ya need one?”
In the instance, Timber Wolves though this time holding their and keeping the distance started all howling simultaneously aloud. The wild calling was carried out and echoing throughout the entire Everfree Forest and piercing thought the night silence. Though, it sounded so horrifying and so intense that it would literally send the chill into others spines and making someone to tremble even into a bone marrow.
“Crud!” Wolverine cursed once again as keeping his battle ready like stance. A battle-hardened and experienced survivor like Logan with animal like characteristics and instincts knew very well what was that howling all about and he didn’t like the sound of that. “Better brace yerself, darlin'. We are gonna have company soon.” Logan alerted Spitfire standing by his side to stay sharp, once again releasing his claws from his knuckles and not averting his gaze from the reconstructed Timber Wolves who by the way started crawling and circling around the duo again, snarling menacingly.
But suddenly and without expecting, a strange feeling took its possession on Logan, as a gruff man started suddenly feeling dizzy and somewhat weak, having trouble to keep himself on his feet as well as his vision started spinning, blurring as it struggled to clear. “Whut th' hell is going' on? I am suddenly feelin' like I have drunk th' entire barrel of th' beer and then havin' a horrible hangover after that.” Wolverine murmured inwardly, having no idea what was happening to him while struggling to keep himself standing as it even seemed getting worse every moment.
“Logan…” Spitfire glanced to Logan, realizing her supposed alien friend sudden condition change and watching him questioningly, yet also bearing an undercurrent of concern. “Are you okay?”
However, one of the Timber Wolves launched to another attack as he lunged right on the due and slamming his right paw right into Logans gut hard. The dazzled X-Men, unable to react, being absolutely out of himself and quite numb to the outside world was sent flying with almost a speed of the missle by the wooden creatures impact and eventually slamming into a near rotten tree, nearly causing the tree trunk to crack by the impact as Wolverine grunted painfully, sliding down the trunk. However, the outside world in front of Logans eyes turned dark as the gruff man eventually lost and succumbing to unconsciousness. Yet, with his adamantium claws instinctively and all be themselves crawling back into his knuckles, yet the wounds immediately mended themselves.
"LOGAN!" Spitfire literally shrieked out frightened what had just transpirred, evidently being concerned for Logans well being. However, there wasnt definitely a time for pity yet. The Timber Wolf that attacked Logan just crouched in a predator like way, ready to lunge on his now helpless prey. “LOOK OUT!” reacting instinctively and fast, Spitfire spread her wings and with a dazzling like speed she pushed Wolverine aside just in time, before the wooden wolf-like creature eventually lunged, soaring through the air and shattering the rotten tree on little pieces with his mighty jaws and brute strength of his paws, yet missing his prey narrowly.
Spitfire and Logan slammed to the ground, barely escaping Timber Wolfs powerful jaws with a bone crushing force. “Logan!” Spitfire blurted out, concern evident as well as steadily rising rising panic in her voice as she shake with Wolverines motionless frame several times frantically in an attempt to wake the mutant up, she even slapped her hoof over his face several times, but unfortunately, it was no use. “Come on man, speak to me! Wake up!”. Spitfire suddenly stopped in her tracks as she realized that Timber Wolves surrounded them. Crouching near the ground, with their fangs exposed and watching their prey with their piercing green eyes, ready to lung after them again. Yet, Spitfire spread her wings, grabbing Logans lifeless body and quickly snatching him away out of wooden beasts reach.
Spitfire, carrying Logan behind his shoulders attempted to rise up to the sky and fly with her unconscious friend away, but strangely and much for Wonderbolts captain surprise and dismay, she found it somewhat difficult. Despite being quite and practically pretty short, even despite of his rather muscular and bulky like physique, Logan seemed unusually heavy, as Spitfire was struggling, flapping her wings fiercely and quite frantically trying to lift up Wolverines frame higher into the air, unfortunately failing at the attempt. There was no wonder, though Spitfire didn’t know, since Wolverine actually had to bear nearly 100 pounds of Adamantium lacked on his skeleton.
“Oh man! Either you are a lot heavier than you actually look, or I have just forgotten to take my pick-me-up this morning. For being quite short, you are pretty heavy, aren’t you?” Spitfire grumbled and cursing under her breath while struggling to keep her frame in the mid-air, carrying Logan as an extra weight. However, all five Timber Wolves run after them and Spitfire with Logan in her grasp flew away right into forest, in attempt to get Logan into safety and outrun to wooden predators, though pegasus found it quite challenging and complicated, as Wolverines own weight was significantly slowing the mare down and not being able to gain an enough altitude. And so the wild chase of their life began.
Spitfire, carrying still unconscious Logan in her hooves flew as fast as she could throughout the Everfree Forest on the run against dangerous and hungry Timber Wolves who kept howling menacingly as their calling echoed throughout the forest. The forest was indeed overgrown with vegetation and branches, making it very difficult to get through thick greenery. Plus the entire forest was a maze, and Spitfire, due to be forced flying low with Logan had no idea and unable to find a right direction how to get out of the forest.
Yet Spitfire, a captain of Wonderbolts and being one of Equestrias finest and best fliers, a drill sergeant at Wodnerbolt Academy and despite flying with a passenger, a tough and tomboyish mare managed to maneuver her way through several trees gracefully and quite with easy, before diving her frame from a small hill spreading he wings and ducking under a long tree branch and resuming her flight as persistent Timber Wolves followed in pursuit, not intenting to give up their prey so easily.
Though, Spitfires eyes under her googles widened in a shock as she approached to a field posed by dangerous plant vines like tentacles with razor sharp thorns. Although, being still chased by the wooden like creatures, an idea flashed in Spitfires mind, as she could actually use the forest in her own advantage and a devious grin formed on her exposed muzzle. “Wait. This just might work.”
The mare flew her way right towards the vines, that were writhing like cobras, ready to strike their prey with their venomous teeth. One spiked vines swung after Spitfire from right in an attempt to tackle its possible prey down, yet reacting quickly and thanks to her rigorous training and having years of experience as an elite flier, the mare swiftly ducked on her left, dodging the vine and its sharp thorns. Second vine was about to strike from the left, yet just like at the first one, Spitfire ably ducked on her right, successfully dodging the second vine. Yet, third vine attempted to brag the flying Pegasus from above, but Spitfire merely jumped over the vine, yet also making sure it didn’t grab Logan.
Spitfire made a series of graceful aerial acrobatic like maneuvers and dodging several more spreading vines in her was and to crown the entire aerial performance, the mare flew as she started rolling her frame around her axis and spinning her way through the rest of vines like a fired arrow from the bow, eventually passing the field. Spitfire then dared to turn her head around, seeing how deadly vine spores wrapped around several Timber Wolvers, trapping them in their deadly grasp with razor sharp thorns. The beasts were whimpering and struggling to free themselves from snake like binding plants.
“Cha! Chew of those, boys!” Spitfire scoffed smugly, evidently satisfied as her plan actually worked like a charm, giving her and Logan some time to get way ahead of and nearly escaping their wolves chasers. But as soon as the mare shifted her gaze back forward, her eyes widened and gasping in utter shock as saw a tree in in front of her in her way. Spitfire attempted to avoid the obstacle, but it was already too late, as captain of Wonderbolts tripped on the branch, accidently and unwillingly releasing Wolverine from her grasp, as those two soared uncontrollably through the air from the forest right into a small clearing and eventually stumbling and hitting the ground hard, making several rolls before eventually halting in the process.
“Aaargh!” Spitfire grunted painfully as she rubbed her head to sooth the hurt, taking the googles from her head to her forehead and trying to stand up. “Alright….That hasn’t been exactly one of my best landings.” Pegasus finally made her way back into her hooves and shaking her head to recollect her senses. She opened her light brown eyes and seeing Logan, still unconscious and lying motionlessly with his face buried into a dirt.
“Logan!” Spitfire yelled out as she trotted her way to X-Mens side, shaking his frame with her hoof gently in a desperate attempt to wake him up. “Come on, man! On your feet, NOW!” She yelled on top of her lung in a military like way, when a drill sergeant is yelling at the cadets, but unfortunately even that was pointless.
Grumbling in frustration, Spitfires ear perked out as she heard a distant growling and snarling, as Timber Wolvers came out from the forest, finally managing to catch up with their prey. However, this time not only a few of them, but literally the entire pack entered the clearing, crawling in a predator like way and surrounding Spitfire and Logan, making sure they wouldn’t escape them anymore.
Feeling her heart racing as well as cold beads of sweat forming on her forehead under her costume, Spitfire bit her lip nervously, being surrounded and on the wooden creatures mercy, with Logan still out and no more place to run.
Despite being thoroughly outnumbered, with Logan still out, with only a little chance to prevail, as well as being visibly afraid from outcome and despite she could fly away to save her own life, Spitfire just couldn’t leave Logan behind. Instead she held her ground firmly with a decisive like stance, as fierce scowl formed into her face and gritting he teeth, the mare stood firmly between Wolverine and Timber Wolves like a barricade, inwardly swearing she would stand by her alien friends side no matter what.
“Alright, wolfies. If you want him, you will have to get through me first!” Spitfire proceed coldly and maintaining a defensive like stance, ready to take on the Timber Wolves by herself. And like accepting her challenge, one Timber Wolf approached when he was just a several meter away from the place where the pegasus stood. The creature snarled viciously, eying its prey with its evil green eyes, before cower and lunging into Spitfire with his mouth filled with razor sharp wooden fangs opened and claws exposed, roaring on top of its lungs.
However, suddenly a pair of blurs, one of red and blue and second one of rainbow colours zipped out of nowhere and snatching both Spitfire and Logans frame from the reach, as the wooden beast hit only the ground with a loud “THUD!” like sound. Spider-Mane swung on his web along with Rainbow Dash flying in a dazzling speed right into action and grabbing Logan, while Element of Loyalty grabbed Spitfire, saving their friends just in time from a certain doom.
“Have no fear! Spider-Mane, the Knight of Equestria and his trusty sidekick Skittles are here!” Masked stallion cheered out as he swung on his web, holding Logan with his free hoof over his hips into and landing in a safe distance, as well as Rainbow did, holding Spitfire for her hips.
“Hey there, Spitfire.” Rainbow Dash nearly squeaked in joy, yet controlling her voice enough to reaming professional by seeing her long-time idol of Wonderbolts.
“What the?! Parker? Rainbow Dash?” Spitfire murmured incoherently and in disbelief as she saw Spider-Mane and Rainbow Dash by her side. “This is…definitely a surprise to see you two. Thanks for the save be the way.” Wonderbolt captain thanked her friends for the rescue, but her mind flashed in a sudden realization. “Hey…Hey…What are you doing here anyway?”
“It is….A little complicated.” Rainbow sheepishly replied her own version of explanation and scratching the back of her multi-coloured mane. But before she could say another world, Peter calved in his heroic attire interjected.
“As much as I like long overdue chitchats, especially during the fight situations, everything will be clear to you pretty soon, Spitfire. Right now we got not only one but the entire bunch of big baddy wolves to worry about.” Masked stallion stated cautiously as he watched the entire Timber Wolf pack with his lenses, which though being slightly taken aback by more ponies to come on the scene, yet three more wolves approached and ready for yet another attack.
But suddenly, the wooden creatures got blasted by energy beams of magic energy of purple, yellow and dark blue aura, as small wooden chips spread around by the impact, while Timber Wolves whimpered painfully and stumbling back to the ground.
Shocked and taken aback, Spitfire immediately shifted her gaze by the direction where those blasts come from as her mouth fell agape and eyes widening by seeing Twilight, Princess Luna, Sunset Shimmer along with Spike, Black Cat, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie and Fluttershy galloping/flying their way from the other side of the forest. “Here comes the cavalry!” Spike cried aloud as he and other mares joined their friends on the clearing and making something like a circle around Logan.
“Well this certainly cannot be seen every day.” Spitfire stated offhandedly by dumbly watching the herd that just surrounded her.
“Fluttershy.” Spider-Mane politely yet firmly addressed a fiery maned mare and shy pegasus. “Stay with and take care of Logan, while the rest of us take care of the wolfies.”
“Um…Yes Peter. I will just do that.” Fluttershy meekly yet decisively replied as a shy pegasus edged closer to unconscious friend, though feeling a little uncomfortable by so many vicious and hungry Timber Wolves surrounding them.
Then, Twilight used her own magic and in the instance, a purple glowing orb materialized on a tip of her horn that suddenly released multiple streams of energy, that flashed every single Timber Wolf on the clearing, causing several sparks and somewhat negating the dark energy aura that engulfed the creatures beings.
“I have just used my magic to negate Timber Wolves ability to reconstruct themselves. However, it will last only for a few minutes. Yet, it should give us more than enough time to scare them off.” Twilight explained, glaring at the pack of wooden creatures cautiously.
“Nicely done, honey. This should give us some edge.” Spider-Mane stated honestly, complimenting his wifes quick thinking, as Twilight gave her stallion a playful smirk, while Peter returned the smirk of his own under his mask. The masked stallion then glanced upon every mare and dragon standing around by his side, all nodding and grinning simultaneously that they were ready.
Spider-Mane than shifted his gaze back to Timber Wolves, before the masked stallion stopped perceiving the outside world around him and simply calling out aloud the legendary words, which became a trademark and famous slogan of the most powerful superhero team ever assembled on Earth, by which the bad guys and evil fears : “AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!”
In the instance and just like by Peters command, the everypony and dragon all called out defiantly into a powerful battle like cry and charging into fight with Timber Wolves to protect their friend, who was also by the way the final engaging member of the team.
The pair of Timber Wolves charged right to Spider-Mane with their mouths opened and showing their wooden like fangs. “Bring your pretty faces to my web shooters!” Masked stallion proceed in an unusually very deep and gruff like voice before raising both of his hooves and releasing two strands of webbing right into creatures snouts, a sticky steel like strong substance effectively webbing their traps shut. The knight then delivered a spinning mule like kick underneath of one of wolves lower jaw, sending him flying as the creature shattered of a nearby tree.
Yet second wolf, despite his webbed snout threw his right paw to swipe his prey, yet with his amazing enhance agility, reflexes as well as his trusty Spider Sense, Spider-Mane jumped up, dodging the creatures attack, performing a graceful backflip and effortless landing on his hooves right behind the creature, while he grabbed its tail with his hooves, as the hero swung with Timber Wolf like a throwing hammer on an Olympic Games. “Have a nice trip!” Peter jerked out as he released Timber Wolf, as wooden creature soared through the air and slamming into third Timber Wolf and both creatures shattered by the impact. “Directed!” Spider-Mane cheered up aloud.
Twilight, soared on her beautiful alicorn wings in to the mid-air, loading her horn with a considerable quantum of her magic before releasing it in a form of a massive spiralling energy beam and literally swatting two Timber Wolves in her way like flies away, yet Sunset Shimmer on the other hoof also loaded her own with her every own magic aura, concentrating herself and in the instance creating a large wall of flames that flashed the clearing and forcing two more wolves whimper and retreat back in fear with their ears and tails composed.
Spike took as much air into his lungs he could and then releasing one robust and powerful burst of his green sparkling flames, that literally engulfed fifth Timber Wolfs body like some large torch that flashed the entire clearing, as the beast whimpered in pain and in panic running back into forest and leaving a smoke trail behind.
“That wasn’t that bad.” Spike complimented himself a little smugly, as the baby dragon unfortunately a little too late realized another Timber Wolf being about to chomp on him with his mouth opened wide from behind.
Yet luckily, Rarity used her telekinesis, as an azure coloured aura engulfed the creature. A fierce scowl formed on fashionistas face as she lifted the wooden beast from the ground. “No one will touch or hurt my Spike Wikey!” The mare menacingly huffed as she tightened her telekinetic grip of Timber causing the Timber Wolfs wooden body to crack on several places as Rarity charged her way to the creature, sharply yet gracefully turning her frame as her beautiful violet mane waved in the air and delivering one nasty mule like kick righ into wooden creatures chest, causing the cracks on creatures body to spread across the entire boby, before shattering on pieces . A snow white beautiful unicorn then denied a warm and affectionate smile to Spike, who gave the mare of his dreams her very own on the fullest.
Black Cat faced another Timber Wolf in her trademark crouching like fighting pose, while the beasts rotten like breath was carried right to Cat Burglars positon. “Uuugh! One word….Breath Mint.” Felicia proceed in disgust as she waved her hoof over her muzzle to disperse the stench. Oblivious to mares scold, Timber Wolf charged forward right into her with his mouth opened, showing his fangs.
“Come to kitty.” Black Cat purred defiantly as she leaped with a cat like agility, releasing her cat like claws from her gloves, landing with one front hoof on Timber Wolfs snout while using her free hoof to slash her claws through creatures wooden snout, leaving three claw like marks and the beast roared/whimpered in pain. Felicia than shifted her height forward and performing a graceful backflip, landing right on creatures head and grabbing its ears.
“Will you give me a ride?” Black Cat smirked as she pulled the ears, prompting the Timber Wolf to run in a confused like manner, as the mare controlled and rode the creature like a cowboy on a wild bronco. Thinking quickly, Felicia quidded the creature to involuntarily crunch and charging two more wolves in its way like a living battering ram, before covering creatures eyes and guiding it right into a nearby rock. And when being very close, Felicia leaped from wooden back into yet another backflip and like cat effortlessly landing on all her hooves, as the Timber Wolf collided with a rock and shattering himself on little wooden pieces.
“Surprise!” Pinkie Pie squeaked cheerfully as she used her trademark party cannon, that she of course had to carry along, but that was just Pinkie Pie the party pony herself as she fired lots of party items from it, like balloons, confetti and pastries with a loud “SQUAKEEE” like sound right into yet another Timber Wolfs face, dazzling the creature and causing it to stumble back. Yet, seeing her opportunity and like they would plan this, Applejack spun with lasso in her mouth several times, before throwing it and wrapping one of the Timber Wolfs paws with it, as the farm pony sharply threw her head aside, using her amazing strength to tension her lasso and causing the creature to fall into its back, when the earth shattered a little.
Yet, to complete the work, Applejack still with a lasso in her mouth started running around the slain Timber Wolf in circles and gradually wrapping its paws together, just like a cowboy is restraining a cow or calf, before leaping on restrained creature and making one firm cowboy like knot, completely immobilizing the beast. “Yeee Haaaww!” Applejack yelled out in a cowboy like way and waving he cowboy heat cheerfully as she stood triumphantly upon a wrapped Timber Wolf.
“Come on, Spitfire! Lets give those wolfies old good double whammy!” Rainbow Dash challenged captain of Wonderbolts, prompting the mare to take it in the sky.
“You bet!” Spitfire grimaced defiantly without second thought as both pegasus spread their wings and with one powerful bounce, they took it up to the night sky posed by sparkling stars, each leaving their specific blurs behind, by the dazzled speed they flew.
Both mares continued gaining an altitude when they eventually approached and appeared in a full moon screen and slowly started free falling to the ground. And as they were gaining on speed by air friction as well as thanks to the force of gravity, Rainbow and Spitfire both grabbed their hooves as well as extending their hind hooves and both started rotating in synch around their axis, almost resembling a living bomb, falling down on its target. And as they kept rotating and diving with a rapidly gaining speed, as small waves of air friction surrounded Rainbows and Spitfires rotational axis.
Rainbow and Spitfire eventually slammed their extended hooves to the ground of the clearing, yet due to their rotational force as well as with an aid of gravity and air friction, the impact was so robust, that it created a shockwave of an accumulated wind so intense and powerful, that it sent three Timber Wolves flying and even tearing their wooden bodies on a shreds and chips, and causing the trees of the forest edging the clearing to bend like in a whirlwind. It was just like a small bomb hit the ground and blow up by the impact.
When the smoke cleared and fading away, Rainbow Dash and Spitfire appeared completely intact and unharmed, standing in the middle of a wide crater that was created by their big impact, both mares grinning on each other with satisfaction and admiration and bucking their hooves together for a nice job well done.
“Nice move, Rainbow Dash.” Captain of Wonderbolts complimented Rainbows ever improving flying skills with an undeniable awe present in her light brown irises. “You just keep getting better.”
“Hey. If I am going to be one of the Wonderbolts one day, I still need to work on myself, right?” Rainbow Dash scoffed a little smugly, yet trying to keep it professional and humble.
However and in an intensity of raging battle, nopony actually realized, that on the edge of the forest and from a safety of a thick bushes among trees, some darkened figure with glowing green eyes was peeking out from its hiding. It appeared nobody else, but Rover, a third from Diamond Dogs trio, also calved in a tight spy like suit, watching the ongoing battle among ponies and Timber Wolves.
“Chm, well now this is definitely amusing distraction. Like this would make my task any easier.” Rover than took backpack from his shoulders off and started rubbing in it, when he eventually stopped in his tracks, like he would actually found what he was looking for. The bulldog pulled his strong furry arm out as he held some strange red glowing like miniature orb with his clawed fingers.
“Lets see what this little thingie can really do.” Rover murmured for himself complacently, as he watched the orb with a smug look before shifting his gaze and concentrating right on Logan, still lying on the ground unconscious, with Fluttershy standing by his side. Yet, the shy pegasus was turned back, as well as Spider-Mane, Twilight and otherpony being busy fighting with wooden creatures and that was exactly the opportunity, Rover was waiting for.
The bulldog aimed the glowing red orb, swinging his massive and throwing the orb right to Logans direction. However, like it would suddenly come to live, the orb started floating as it nearly resembled a firefly and flying its way right into the pocket of Logans blue jeans. A sly grin formed of Rovers fanged mouth, evidently satisfied with his act. “That should do it.”
Meanwhile, Spider-Mane delivered a fierce right uppercut underneath of another Timber Wolves lower jaws, knocking yet another creature down. “And now, for a big finale….” Peter exclaimed in a show like style as he fired a strand of webbing from his right hoof into another Timber Wolfs hip, before firing another webbing from his left hoof to second wolf and repeating the process two more times, before five of the wooden creatures were webbed by masked stallion sticky substance.
“Hey, Luna. Would you care to do the honours and lightning the things up a little bit?” Spider-Mane stated, shifting his gaze to Luna while he held restrained Timber Wolves on the webs strands like on dog leashes and wrapping them all together.
“Consider it done, my friend.” Luna smirked deviously as co-ruler of Equestria spread her dark blue wings and lifting her elegant frame into the air. In the instance, her beautiful and deep ocean blue irises disappeared as her eyes started glowing white, spreading he hooves and concentrating her magic into her horn. And just like that, suddenly, a night sky, posed by stars and moon shining was overcast via dark stormy clouds forming over the clearing. In the same instance a thunder stroke and is started raining, but surprisingly, Peter, Twilight, and the otherpony along with Logan remained dry, not being affected by rain at all.
“Return where you came from, beasts! Be gone!” Princess of the moon yelled out with an amplified voice which would send a chill into others spines and like of her command, one powerful stream of lightning stoke right from the stormy clouds. With his Spider Sense blurring, signalizing to better clear off, Spider-Mane released the web strands and quickly jumping away, as the electricity channelled through web strands like some sort of conductors and eventually zapping five remaining Timber Wolves, electrocutioning the beasts whimpering in pain.
Finally realizing that it was no use or worth it to hunt or taste the ponies without taking anymore punishment they could take, the remaining Timber Wolves eventually took to flight, fleeing the clearing with a loud whimpering and disappearing in the darkness of Everfree Forest.
“Hey! Don’t forget to say hello to Red Riding Hood and her Granny for us! And beware of the woodsman!” Spider-Mane sarcastically called after the retreating wolves, as their whimpering and howling died off completely and once again a silence prevailed upon Everfree Forest before turning to Twilight, Luna, Spike and every mare standing around.
“Nice work, team. Looks like our first assignment has gone just fine. Just like in the Police Academy 2 movie. I believe that even an old good Lassard wouldn’t get enough of this. Too bad the same thing couldn’t be said about Harris.” Peter complimented his teams efforts, humorously mentioning the parody of Police Academy movie, before a late realization sparkled in knights mind. “Logan!” Peter exclaimed as he trotted his way to Logan still lying around with Flutteershy standing guard by his side as well as the others mimicked their masked friends action.
“Come on, Logan, old chump. Talk to me. It is me, Parker.” Peter took the mask off his face while rubbing gruff mans should with his hoof gently, in attempt to wake Wolverine up, concern as well as little worry present in young stallion voice, unfortunately failing in his attempts.
“What is wrong with him?” Twilight edged closer to Logans motionless frame, showing the same concern like he husband for her friends wellbeing.
“You know as much as I do, guys.” Spitfire dully stated, shrugging her shoulder yet being visibly concerned as well. “At first, he started fighting the Timber Wolves and literally going through them like a living wood cutter with some sort of metal blades coming out from his arms, but suddenly, he had just started feeling funny, before one Timber Wolf smacked him hard big time on the tree and eventually fainting. I managed to carry him away from the Timber Wolves right here into clearing, before you showed up.” The mare explained her version.
“You have our greatest gratitude for saving our friend, Spitfire. It has been very brave of you, as well as showing your valour by helping us fighting the beats.” Luna closed her gap between herself and the captain of the Wonderbolts, showing her respect and thanks to the mare by placing her hoof to her chest plate and denying a warm serene smile.
“D-Don’t mention it, Princess Luna.” Spitfire stammered a little bit, by seeing a Princess of the Moon and co-ruler of Equestria herself, scratching a back of her head sheepishly, yet pegasus humbly bowed to royal alicorn in respect and returning her own honest smile. “I would have done for everypony -- or everyone in need. Even for an outworlder.”
Right then, Peter carefully turned Logans frame around on his back. Everypony and especially Rainbow Dash started observing Logan with a curious expression, checking gruff mans unusual or rather messed hairstyle and somewhat hirsute face, his burly and muscular physique as well as unique and unfamiliar clothes he was wearing, and to conclude, despite feeling a strange tingling like sensation echoing within her chest, the tomboyish pegasus mare found herself staring and seemingly being impressed with Logans form.
“So…It is really him? Dude! I have to say…He is kinda cool.” Rainbow nearly squeaked in awe.
“He indeed is.” Rarity declared in astonishment as she checked Logans worked out frame. “But I am rather more interested about that leather jacket he is wearing. It is just fabulous. Such jackets are very popular and suitable among stallions in these days. Despite….Several of these unfortunate ruptures.” Rarity grimaced as she watched Logans tattered jacket. “But…If you don’t mind, I think I just could repair it….”
“Eghm, Rare…You do realize that he is unconsciousness, right?” Applejack trailed off a little bluntly, obviously slightly agitated by her fashion loving friends interest how well Logan was dressed, while still being unconsciousness and his shape not getting any better in the slightest.
“Oh…Sorry about that.” Rarity chuckled sheepishly, yet evidently being ashamed of herself.
“Is he going to be okay?” Pinkie Pie asked concerned as well.
“I surely hope so.” Fluttershy meekly replied, as she checked on Logan and gently placing her hoof on X-Mens forehead. “He may be unconscious, but his breathing is stable and pulse in normal.” Shy pegasus stated reassuringly.
Right then, Spitfire realized and taking a look on Logans dog tags, hanging over his neck. Curious, captain of Wonderbolts took the tags into her hoof, examining it carefully, yet her brow arched by the letters that were engraved in it. “WOLVERINE 45825243”. “Wolve --rine? Just like what does this suppose to mean? Is this some kind of animal or what?”
Peter opened his mouth, about to say something, but unfortunately and before everypony could react, Logans body suddenly started glowing with a crimson energy before exploding in a bright flash of light. Everypony immediately shielded their eyes so they didn’t go blind. After a while, they eventually put their hooves down and slowly opening their eyes, evident that the glow already died out. However, what they just say pulled the gasps as well as bewildered and slack jawed gazes from every mare, well maybe with the exceptions of Peter, Twilight, Luna, Spike, Sunset and Felicia, yet even them also seemed astonished a little by that. Though, Spitfire look however the most shocked and bewildered of them all, putting her googles down, revealing her light brown eyes widened like a pair of saucers and mouth agape.
Wolverines form changed drastically, matching the everypony standing around him. Exactly, and just like Peter thought and expected, magical energies of Equestria somehow transformed the mutant into an equine, just like what happened to Peter on the first place when he was first summoned into Equestria several years ago. Yet surprisingly, Wolverine took a form of earth pony instead, while Peter was an unicorn.
Despite the bodily alteration as a pony now, some of Logans features remained intact, just like his trademark hairstyle though also having a mane, sideburn and beard on his pony like face/muzzle, bulky and defiant physique as well as having a tail.
Rover, still hiding in the bushes smirked deviously as he watched the ponies on the clearing, a malicious expression formed into his canine like face. “These little fools are kidding themselves. They have no idea what they are dealing with. But, they will find out sooner then they think. The hard way.”
Yet knowing and being satisfied, that his task was completed and the entire secret mission with Fido and Spot taking their part on it was all but accomplished, the Diamond Dog swiftly yet quietly disappeared in a forest like a shadow.
To be continued…..