//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 House Call // Story: Power People Revenge of The Manic // by Nightmarity19 //------------------------------// Ambulances hauled Twilight Velvet inside the truck before driving away blaring the sirens as they went. Twilight's phone vibrated. "Hello?" "Hey Twi sorry to interrupt any bonding your having right now but I think you should come back to base," Pinkie said. "On my way now Pinkie," Twilight activated her jet boots flying upward then straight to Metropolis City. As quick as a whip, Twilight got off the elevator running to where her friends gathered to see a news report about an escaped convict named The Maniac. "How in the hay did that crazed lunatic git out of prison?" Applejack questioned. "Good question," Shy replied. Twilight was glued to the screen until an alarm went off to signal danger was coming. What showed up on their big board was a hair salon place under attack. "Alright Pinkie and Applejack you both go investigate what's going on over there while the rest of us look into this more in depth," Twilight commanded. Both AJ and Pinkie went to their respected pods to suit up ready to go as Twilight, Shy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Spike stayed behind to check out if this is a harmless park or could The Maniac could be coming back for revenge after they took care of her before. "I'll check all around the city for Maniac," Rarity said putting on her leather brown jacket and her motorcycle keys before leaving the base. Rarity raced to her motorbike, turned on the ignition and rode into the city quickly. Pinkie and AJ in the meantime were able to arrive at the salon to see Maniac's minions appear. "Looks like we came early," Applejack said grabbing her horseshoes. They came charging at them but Pinkie moved quickly, was able to knock a few down while her partner hit them with one horseshoe that apparently knocked them out cold. "Good golly Applejack I didn't know you could do that," Pinkie said in surprise. Applejack could only smile and ruffle the party girl's hair. Something shiny caught the speedster's eye as she walked over to one minion and saw a beeping red chip sticking out of his neck. "What are those things? Parasites?" Applejack asked appearing next to Pinkie. "Not exactly but I may have a hunch that Maniac implanted these chips to keep them under her control and if they were to be defeated then she'll shut those chips off," Pinkie explained. "Which is wired to their skulls?" Applejack asked confused but starting to piece it together. Pinkie gave a satisfied nod smiling. "Glad that's covered up now I think we'd better take a picture to send it back to Twilight and the others," Applejack suggested. "Good idea," Pinkie said pulling out her phone and took a snapshot of the chip. They both left the salon with photographic evidence of what was found today. The Maniac stepped out of the shadows, surveying what happened with a disappointing look on her face. "It is so hard to find good help these days. Very soon Twilight I will have my revenge against you and your little group...you won't have a city when I'm done with it," Maniac expressed her revenge plan against the Power People. For right now she would map out her plan, then when the moment arrives it will be time to strike. Spike made some last minute adjustments to the jet by fixing a disrupted comm link to keep it from cutting communication off so important information can be heard. As soon as he was reattaching the link in communications Pinkie ran up to him with something important on her phone which startled the poor Spike who almost hit Pinkie with his staff. "Jesus Pinkie don't scare me like that you know how jumpy I am," Spike warned catching his breath after that sudden scare. "Sorry about that I just wanted to hand you this," Pinkie apologized handing Spike her phone. Spike was confused at first but his quick look at her pictures he found some kind of chip implanted inside a minion's neck. "Applejack and I found that on one of them and we think Maniac is using that as mind control of some sort," Pinkie explained. Walking over to the big computer and bringing the photo of that chip implant, Dash came out from training and happened to catch up on something extraordinary. "Says here Maniac used some sort of device to control the minds of ordinary people and make them into mindless slaves to do her dirty work. Once a subject's chip has burned out their brain bleeds internally and slowly die a painful death," Spike read. "Where did she found those chip things?" Dash asked confused at what's going on. "Those chips were found on some of Maniac's minions when Pinkie and I were done beating them up," Applejack replied removing her mask. Dash was in total shock that someone as crazy as the Maniac would do something so....horrendous. Inside the hospital a nurse guided Twilight to her mother who was relaxing on her bed and looked up at her daughter all grown up. "Oh hello sweetie what brings you here," Velvet said still a little loopy from the drugs they gave her. "I'm doing find mom," Twilight replied holding back tears but finding that very difficult. "Hunny I know you wanted to talk about my relationship with Bloody Mary," Velvet said. Twilight only nodded and used a tissue to wipe her tears away before they had a chance to fall. "Mary and I were happy together as best friends. We would hang out a lot and do other fun stuff...until one day she didn't feel well after battling a growing disease and one remedy she sought out was killing her many female young servants and bathed in their blood to keep herself looking beautiful. People in our village rioted against Mary and killed her by the way of firing squad...ever since then I still hear her calling my name to go rock skipping," Velvet explained. "Oh wow mom I never knew you and Mary were close," Twilight said touching her bottom lip. It sent a memory of her locking lips with Mary before Twilight killed her. Now that she knew the truth it made sense and now she felt guilty about what she did to her. "In any case how is the whole super heroine thing going?" Velvet asked lighting up the mood a bit. "Oh I'm doing great and getting along with my friends very well," Twilight replied smiling a bit. Her mother was happy she was getting along with the rest of the team. After she visited her mother Spike called her and explained that Pinkie found something that may help crack this little mystery wide open. "Ok Spike I'm on my way back to base now," Twilight told him running back to HQ. A motorcycle happen to pass by but stopped and revealed Rarity behind that helmet. "You need a lift?" Rarity asked. Twilight hopped on, held on to Rarity tightly, she revved up and drove down the street. In an underground bunker Maniac put one bolt into a hair growing machine that when contacted with water activated a controlled hair growth thus covering Metropolis City in nothing but hair. "This plan will be perfect and once I get my hands on that Sparkle girl she'll be taken away from this world," Maniac proclaimed laughing manically.