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// Assemble! Part III 
// Story: Spiders and Magic: The Harmony Avengers 
// by andrew7 
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The Avengers were finding themselves and standing in the castle main hall room. The interior including big pillars that were supporting the ceiling, just like its outside was nothing but slowly and steadily crumbling and breaking down by decrepitude of an being arguably build in ancient times, the old marble floor was covered by dust and crackled, on some places even broken. The place was also covered by spider webs and dirt and a cold chilling wind was blowing through the passages, bruising his way through heroes and wavering with their manes and tails, like it would like to actually welcome them in there.

“Hello, there! Anybody home?” Peter somewhat offhandedly if not even with a slight hint of nervousness called out aloud, his voice echoing throughout the main hall and being carried into darkest edges of corridors. But no response was taken back. Only a wind blew in the hail room and mice run around at times, hiding in to holes against hero and spiders were running out of ripped webs.

“This isn’t so bad.” Spike muttered also with a slight hind of nervousness in his voice and checking the castle interior cautiously. “Expect for the dirt, crumbles, freeze and….Spider webs.” Though, as soon as he said that, a small Star Spider with small six blue eyes and big blue star on its abdomen ran down on its web when it was just a few inches away from Spikes position.

Baby dragon, feeling that there was something behind him gulped with his expression stiffened, turning around and by seeing a spider, the baby dragon shrieked frightened and with a speed of a bullet jumping into Spider-Manes back and tightening his grip on stallions solid torso. “And….Star Spiders, unfortunately.” Spike murmured offhandedly, before a realization hit his mind and sheepishly looking at masked stallion with a shameful expression. “Aaargh…..No offence, Pete.”  

“None taken, little buddy. Just watch the claws.” Peter chuckled sheepishly under his mask, showing no offence or disgust at all by Spikes involuntary scare off by the Star Spider, yet feeling a little taken aback by baby dragons surprisingly strong grip, not to mention his quite sharp claws.  

“Well, this is not definitely my idea of decorating.” Felicia bluntly scoffed and brushing a strand of her snow white mane over her ear, evidently not being too impressed by castle interiors current state, which though by the way even a fashionista like Rarity would agree with. 

“Will you be serious, Hardy? We still have to find that source of dark/negative energy disturbance.” Twilight hissed in a scolding like way, addressing cat burglar quite coldly, yet trying to remind her the Avengers purpose of being there.

“Yes, and there is no telling what else might be awaiting us in here. Not to mention our friend Logan still missing. We should better be careful and stay vigilante.” Princess Luna declared cautiously, yet turning into her assertive side.

However and without nopony expecting this, the drawbridge, despite with its chains broken rose all by itself, the cage with razor sharp edges coming right from up the wall and main entrance doors of the gateway slammed shut aloud, its sound echoing throughout the entire hall room and causing the Avengers to nearly jump up out of the fright, before a pitch black darkness engulfed the entire room.

“Gah! Now it is pitch black! Anypony got a flashlight?” Spitfire uncharacteristically squeaked with her usually rough feminine voice, unable to see a thing in the void like black darkness.

“Hold on, guys. I just have a thing.” Sunset called out, her voice sounding hopefully, focusing her thoughts as her horn started glowing with her yellow magic aura, bringing a little light in the darkness and flashing her as well as her fellow Avengers faces. And yet, a yellow/orange coloured orb of a size of a small beach ball materialized in the mid-air and started gradually rising and glowing by a bright light like a miniature sun, piercing thought the black pitch darkness and flashing the entire castle hall room, though otherpony and dragon had to shield their eyes from a bright light a little bit.

“And God said…..Let there be light.” Spider-Mane bluntly declared in a poor imitation of Genesis (Week of Creation) yet a wide smile formed under his mask.

“Now this is more like it. Nicely done, Sunset.” Twilight once again praised her blonde and red maned friend for her resourcefulness and natural talent for using magic and different spells.  

“Hey. I also cannot let you guys doing everything.” Sunset chuckled quite smugly and winking her eyes reassuringly, being evidently satisfied and happy with her own effort.   

“But anyway….that has been quite creepy if you ask me. I mean….with those gates closing all by themselves.” Spitfire stated and starring at the main entrance closed gate suspiciously.

“Maybe….It has been just a wind?” Spike murmured, his voice wavering with uncertainty.

“Not any normal wind I can imagine would be that strong, being able to lift the drawbridge up, causing the cage gate to fall and closing the giant gate doors just like that, Spike. I mean, Thor or Storm with their ability to manipulate and control weather could manage that, but in this case….” Spider-Mane proceed thoughtfully, analysing the situation that he and his fellow Avengers were finding in, yet unfortunately and unwillingly refuting baby dragons own hopeful mention. 

“It sure sounds fishy. Like somebody would actually want us to stay here.” Black Cat stated cautiously her voice bearing a hint of suspicious, not liking the sound of that. 

“Mmm. Felicia has a point. This is definitely just not like that. What do you think, Princess Luna?” Twilight had to do nothing but agree and empathize with her husbands suspicious, before turning to Luna, hoping that princess of the night may know the answer.

“Just like you, I also have my suspicious, my friends. But it is still way too soon to judge.” Luna declared cautiously, her expression filled with suspicious about this all, yet her stoic and reserved attitude intact and her ocean blue eyes gleaming with determination. “We should better get going and find that source of disturbance. There is no going back now anyway.”

“Right!” All members of the Avengers agreed simultaneously with determination and willingness to crack the mystery about negative/dark energy disturbance. Spider-Mane once again pulled his energy detector out and started scanning the hall room for any signs of potential negative energy in the atmosphere and after a while, the detectors readings started growing stronger and beeping aloud.

“What do you got, Peter?” Sunset edged closer to masked stallions side and checking the readings on the energy detecting devices screen carefully, lightning it up with her flashing orb levitation in the mid-air.

“That way.” Peter cautiously yet positively said and pointing with his free hoof on a near passage, located forward in a wall with two staircases, connecting the balcony of an upper floor. Spider-Mane shifter his gaze to his fellow Avengers and merely pointing his head, prompting the mares and baby dragon to follow him.

“Better be on your guard. There are older and fouler things than Grogar, the Elemental Lords or dark/negative energy disturbance in the deepest places of the world.” Peters voice suddenly changed and strangely tuning into that of a wise, deliberated and mature elder, yet filled with concern and cautiousness. 

“Oh really? Like what, exactly?” Spitfire asked dumbfounded and titling her head on the side as they carefully approached and being just a several hoofsteps standing in front of the dark passage entrance.

But as soon as she said that, a very well familiar and known tingling like sensation started buzzling in the back of Spider-Manes head. Peters trusty and ever-alert Spider Sense was blurring, signalizing an upcoming threat coming right from that passage. “Don’t even ask, Spitfire.” Peter sarcastically and offhandedly muttered in response. And in the instance and quite for heroes horror, a numerous pairs of an evil red glowing eyes appeared within the dark tunnel.

They actually appeared to be bats. The entire swarm of winged creatures of night emerged from the darkness with a loud and creepy piercing screeching and flying their way through the tunnel out to the heroes direction. The mares, baby dragon and a single stallion all shrieked aloud with a bewildered terrified like expressions out of fright as the bats flew passing them, beating theirs wings into Avengers heads and messing up their beautiful and elegant manes before the winged mammals disappeared in yet another dark passage on the other side of the room.

“Like bats, for an example.” Peter dully and incoherently murmured, while Felicia, Twilight, Spitfire, Luna, Sunset and Spike were trying to recuperate from their unexpected encounter with a nocturnal kind, rubbing and fixing their manes and some of them bearing exasperated expressions.

“Well you can just consider yourself lucky, that those things are just the least to worry about.” Luna bluntly noted with an undercurrent of sarcasm present in her voice in humours uncharacteristic like way.  



Spider-Mane, Twilight, Luna, Spike, Sunset, Black Cat and Spitfire were trotting their way cautiously through long darkened passage, with the energy orb created by Sunset was lightening their way, following the readings on Peters trusty energy detector beeping and growing stronger and louder every minute. Soon, the Avengers saw the end of the passage with doors.

“See? We are getting closer.” Spider-Mane stated hopefully in a near whisper holding his tone low, yet staring at the door in front of them cautiously. 

“Alright. But closer to what exactly?” Spike dully asked, yet baby dragon didn’t like the sound of it and yet better deciding to keeping his voice low.

“Might as well we check in this room first.” Twilight determined yet cautiously suggested.  

“Still, I really don’t like the sound of that, guys. Something really stinks about this all.” Felicia declared with a justified suspicion present in her voice, her usually quirky demeanour being surprisingly replaced with a more cautious one. 

“Your suspicion as well as concern may be on the right place, Felicia. But unfortunately, there is no turning back now. We got to keep going.” Luna decisively stated, yet also nearly whispering and justifying and empathizing with Black Cats suspicions. 

When the heroes eventually reached the end of the passage and finding themselves right in front of the door, Spider-Mane carefully step closer and gently grabbed the handles with both of his hooves and cautiously glancing to his fellow Avengers, who merely nod simultaneously in response with determined looks, showing to masked stallion that they are ready for anything that awaits them behind those doors. 

“Knock. Knock.” Spider-Mane a little offhandedly called off and opening the doors. The Avengers slowly and cautiously, refusing to let their guards down made their way right in, as the Sunsets glowing energy orb levitated its way right into the room forward like a firefly and flashing it.

It was quite a large hall, which apparently appeared to serve as a dinning room long time ago, a big circled bruised and dusted table standing in the middle, with some broken dishes on it and several broken or trashed chairs lying around. It nearly and rather looked like a tornado raged and went through that hall.

“What is this?” Spider-Mane trailed off uncertain by the looks of a messed hall room.

“It looks like….” Sunset declared thoughtfully, yet keeping her tone even and levitating her flashing orb forward to take a proper look at the chamber. “It looks like a hall that apparently and once served as a dinning room or something for celebrating special events. All things considered.”

“Chm. There had been a party in here and we weren’t invited? How rude, to just keep lady waiting.” Felicia scoffed both disappointed and upset alike, snorting in a very unladylike way.

Yet suddenly, while scanning the room, Spitfires bright dark orange irises landed on some very peculiar point of interest. It was a long chain, attached and coming from a small hole on the ceiling and having a metal circle like handle on its end. “Hey. What is that chain.” The fiery maned pegasus trailed off, looking at the chain somewhat questioningly, while her teammates mimicked her action.

Yet, it was quite strange though. A chain hanging right from the ceiling in the middle of a room just like that. However, near the chain, there was also a chandelier with nine half thawed candles, fixed in the ceiling as well. The chain might had arguably serve for chandelier to pull up or pull down, whatever. But come to think of the castle ruins and being built in the ancient times, the mechanism must had been already rusted and obsolete, arguably not working anymore.     

“Look, guys. There is a card. And something is written on the card.” Twilight cautiously trailed off as she spotted, rising and pointing her hoof right on a small sign fixed on the chain handle. There was written: “Pull this” there.

“It says: “Pull this.” Sunset carefully noted, yet here voice bearing an undercurrent of uncertainty and her eyebrow furrowing by suspicious.

“Well….Why not?” Spike, however thinking nothing and obviously not worrying too much about this simply and somewhat dully stated and stepping closer the chain that was hanging over an meter above ground.

But all of a sudden and while baby dragon crouched, Spider-Mane clutched a little bit, as his trusty Spider-Sense started ringing within his cranium quite out of control, signalizing an unknown, yet upcoming threat, somewhat indicating the connection with the chain. 

“Spike! Wait!” Peter jerked out frantically in attempt to halt Spike in his actions but unfortunately it was too late. Spike leaped after the chain, grabbing its metal handle with both of his hands and pulling with all of his might, as the chain moved down with a ladder or pulley like mechanical sound.

And in the instance and with Peters Spider-Sense buzzling even more out of control, a solid bruised marble floor under the heroes hooves started moving, when eventually and much for the Avengers utter shock, the floor opened like some sort of a huge trap doors aiming down and Spider-Mane, Twilight, Luna, Felicia, Sunset and Spitfire, yelping out in shock lost a solid ground under their hooves proceed falling down into the depths, while Spike was hanging on the chain, holding himself fest for his dear life. 

“Emergency Stop!” However and luckily reacting quickly, due to his amazing spider like agility, dexterity as well as his trusty Spider Sense, Spider-Mane jerked out as he grabbed Twilight by her hip with his right hoof while still falling and then using his another free hoof to fire a strand of his webbing right into one of the marble floor like trap doors, sticking on it fest as the masked stallion forced himself with his wife in his arms into a graceful web swing. 

Luna and Spitfire also reacted quickly and instinctively started flapping her wings and managing to stop their fall, keeping their frames in the mid-air, while Sunset Shimmer on the othe hoof concentrated her magic through her horn, by literally engulfing herself in a glowing aura, therefore levitating and slowly descending before finally reaching the bottom of the chasm and Black Cat, with her own extraordinary athletic/gymnastic skills curled herself into a ball, making several somersaults before spreading all of her hooves and landing gracefully on the bottom like a cat near Sunset, as Luna along with Spitfire descended from the air and Spider-Mane still holding Twilight released himself from his webbing and landing the bottom as well, joining her friends side.

“Everypony alright?” Twilight worriedly asked, making sure that Luna, Sunset, Spitfire, and surprisingly even Felicia were alright and still in one piece, concern gleaming in her dark violet irises.

“Yeah. Thanks for asking.” Felicia somewhat offhandedly replied and stretching her hind hooves a little bit. “There would nearly go one of my seventh lives. It is just so good to be a cat.”

“Hey, guys!” Spike called out from up, still hanging on the chain above the chasm, yet baby dragon started steadily swinging on the chain, before gaining enough pendulum like force and he swung himself across the hole and landing safely on its edge. “Are you alright? I am…..So sorry!” Spike, called out once again, concerned for his friends well beings, yet also feeling himself a little guilty for his actions by pulling the chain despite against Peters warnings.

“Its okay, Spike! We are alright! Still in one piece!” Spider-Mane reassuringly called out back, reassuring Spike that they were all okay. “At least we haven’t hit the “rock” bottom.”

“Yeah. At least not yet though….” Spitfire humorously chuckled before taking a closer look where exactly the Avengers were finding themselves in the moment while falling into the hole, being surrounded by darkness. “Now where are we?”

“Um….Hold on a second guys. Let me light things up.” Sunset positively declared and using her magic via her horn to levitate her glowing orb its way down right to the chasm and flashing it. The Avengers were finding themselves in yet another, though hidden chamber, which by the way looked like more like a big dungeon.

“Oh great! My scanner.” Spider-Mane suddenly jerked out in quite a frantic way while checking his surrounding, earning a couple of bewildered gazes of otherpony, wondering what could have startle their knight, as their attention eventually centred on Peters energy scanner lying nearby, well what remained of it. He must have accidently drop it while falling and the device broke and shattered on pieces by impact. He tried to put some of the broken pieces together, small electrical sparks ignited by contact, but it was for naught.

“Its nothing Peter. You can make yourself an another one. And even better.” Twilight tried to comfort her husband and placing her hoof on Peters shoulder, soothing it gently and giving her knight a warm smile.

“That is not the point. I can make myself an another one, no big deal. It is just….I have spent the entire afternoon modifying that thing.” Peter humorously sighed in a very unorthodox like way, earning yet another series of bewildered and baffled like expressions from Twilight and his teammates.

“Hey. What is that?” Suddenly, Lunas royal ocean blue irises landed on a strangely looking thing in the middle of the chamber, as Spider-Mane, Twilight, Sunset, Black Cat and Spitfire mimicked princess action, stepping closer and taking a better look on that thing. It apparently appeared and being some sort of device, strongly resembling that of jamming like device that Royal Guards found on the Canterlot Castles courtyard.

“Hey, Peter.” Twilight addressed her knight cautiously and furrowing her brow, yet not averting her gaze with an irresistible scientific curiosity by the look on an evidently primitively yet very sophistically constructed like device, which by the way appeared to be yet another receiver or something. “Do you think….?”   

“You bet.” Peter proceed cautiously as well though in a near whisper and analysing the device carefully. “If I didn’t know any better from my scientific expertise, and I am usually right, unfortunately…..I would guess this might be yet another type of receiver of sorts.” 

“You mean, like that jamming device, emitting a low frequency waves that Royal Guards found on Canterlot courtyard? Some sort of prototype of something?” Sunset Shimmer asked curiously, yet giving her own promising suggestion.

“Yup, Sunset.” Spider-Mane replied somewhat indifferently yet with a surprisingly more serious and considering tone and like he would know what was on fiery maned unicorns mind. “And I am more than willing to believe that this thingi is the source of that supposed strange dark energy disturbance. Emitting a different kind of sound waves, which by the way could resemble or match the energy signature of dark or negative energy.”

Listening to and never being fascinated with their friends unique scientific expertise, everypony just stared at Spider-Mane in awe, though Felicia on the other hoof merely scoffed in response. However, Luna, who seemed to be amazed the most, shifted her gaze to receiving device, eying it somewhat with more interest than before, the guardian of the night aimed her horn right to a device, using an energy tracking spell, but soon the pressure from the energy waves emitted from the machine became too hard to withstand. The alicorn was eventually forced to cancel the spell and taking a few deep breaths.

“Luna!” Peter jerked out a little bit, his voice filled with a concerne, edging closer to his best friends side and placing a hoof on her shoulder. “Come on. I have tried to tell you as well as Twilight before that using that spell is just a little too strong coffee to handle, especially with all that dark energy all around.”  

Luna however shake her head and managing to regain her confident composure. “Its alright, Peter. I am fine. Though I can confirm your theory being correct at all. That….device as you put indeed emits and produces an energy waves of quite a high frequency, which signature is indeed as you put it familiar to that of dark energy. Once again, your natural ingenuity and wits wont cease to amaze me my friend.”

“Chm chm. Oh come on, Luna. You are making me blush.” Peter chuckled sheepishly under his mask in a humorous like way, yet deep down being flattered by Lunas compliment.

“Hey! What is the story down there?” Spike called out from up, perching himself over the hole looking down, quite wondering and being concerned as well what might by taking to his friends so long being stuck on the bottom of the chasm. 

“It is alright Spike! We will be right at you!” Twilight called out back, assuring Spike that everything was alright, yet considering the situation carefully. “Mmm. Lets just say we have actually found the source of the disturbance. But the question now is, why that thing would be left right here just like that? And by whom?”

“I don’t know guys.” Spitfire, who remained silent for quite a while suddenly spoke off with a somewhat cautious like tone, her expression filled with both concern and suspicious. “Something is really not right. The more I am thinking about it, the more it looks like somepony of somebody actually wanted us to come or….lure us in here.”

“Does the phrase walking into a trap means anything to you, guys?”. Felicia proceed somewhat uncharacteristically, her voice both apprehensive and cautious, lacking any humour and also strangely filled with venom. Yet, the former cat burglar out of years of experience knew very well what she was talking about.

“Precisely, Avengers. MUHAHAHAHA!!!” Suddenly, Grogars deep, gruff, dark and for Peters, Twilight and Luna very well familiar and unforgettably sinister like voice echoed throughout the entire chamber that would literally send chills into others spines.

In the instance, Spider-Manes Spider-Sense within his cranium started buzzling out of control, signalizing an upcoming danger as masked stallion clutched. The ringing was unexpectedly stronger than usual, as it even felt quite painful Peter. Whatever the upcoming danger was about to come, it must have been big. Yet, deep down Peter already knew out of suspicion, to whom the deep and evil voice belonged to and so Twilight and Luna did.

“Argh, Felicia. I hate when you are right.” Peter huffed in a both sarcastic and exasperated like manner under his mask and crouching into a defensive like position as the others mimicked their friends actions, being ready for anything.

However, suddenly and much for Spikes shock, both trapdoors of the chasm started closing with a loud rough like grinding sound all by themselves. “What the?!” Baby dragon nearly squeaked and jumping away from the edge of the chasm out of fright.

“Now what?!” Spider-Mane blurted out as he watched the trapdoors closing quite exasperatedly, yet his Spider-Sense kept echoing within the back of his head, though sounding much louder and more intense every second, like that wasn’t just enough worse to come. And ironically, out of the sudden, several chains, strangely glowing with fiery red aura broke their way through the solid ground and emerging from it like a worm, though in rather more serpent like manner. Yet surprisingly, there was a strange negative energy that was surrounding the chains, judging that they were actually magic. However, there was something way familiar about those chains.

And in the instance, the chains lunged forward simultaneously like having minds on their own and like snakes attacking theirs prey and levitating their way with a high speed right to surprised heroes, attempting to constrict them.

“Spread out!” Twilight yelled out, instructing her friends, as The Avengers readily and reacting quick spread out, dodging the swarm of chains seemingly controlled by magic, yet they immediately proceed in pursuit for their prey.

Twilight and Luna flipped their wings and soared into the air, attempting to get out of reach but seemingly endless glowing chains followed the mares in pursuit into the air. Both princesses fired several bolts magic from their horns, yet much for their awe and dismay, their magic faded away as soon as the bolts collided with chains protected by dark aura, having no effect on them. The chains than quickly bint themselves around Twilights and Lunas hooves, constricting and holding them in place in the mid-air. The alicorns attempted to concentrate more of her magic into their horns, but unfortunately and with utter shock finding out that somehow they couldn’t use their magic.

“My magic is not working!” Twilight blurted out in disbelief, struggling herself in a frantic attempt to free herself.

“Mine neither!” Luna jerked out, sharing the same dismay like Twilight did and struggling herself on the place.

Spitfire was flying around the chamber, maneuvering with agility and grace, successfully dodging several more chains that were about to constrict the Pegasus as well in the air, when eventually one chain managed to bind itself around Wonderbolt captains hind hoof, before several others wrapped themselves around mares other three free hooves and just like Twilight and Luna restraining the tough and competitive mare on place, as Spitfire was grunting and struggling to make herself free.

Black Cat was doing exactly the same as Spitfire, dodging several other chains by performing a series of graceful backflips, spinning around and jumping aside, before bouncing from the ground and leaping on top of her abilities into the air, dodging three other chains attempting to catch an elusive cat like pony. However, yet other four chains burst out from nowhere and totally catching Felicia off guard, the light blue mare unable to react fast enough as the chains wrapped her hooves, restraining and holding her above the ground.

“Oh swell! And I have just got both a manicure and pedicure today!” Cat burglar huffed in exasperated way, yet surprisingly not losing her quirky sense of humour.

Other swarm of chains lunged after Sunset, yet fiery maned unicorn quickly casted a protective force filed of yellow glowing colour around herself to protect herself from a persistent and seemingly unstoppable chains. The chains collided with Sunsets protective like bubble, creating a small sparks and glow of light by the impact, but unfortunately and just like with Twilight and Luna, Sunsets magical barrier faded away when coming in contact with dark magical chains, much for Sunset awe. And just like with Twilight, Luna, Spitfire and Black Cat, Princess Celestias former personal student found herself wrapped with chains, which dark magic somewhat cancelled mares own magic as well.

Meanwhile on the upside, Spike who watched the entire spectacle in awe, though with the trapdoors still closing, baby dragon pulled his clawed arms to one of the trapdoors and using all his might and weight in a desperate attempt to stop the doors from closing, but due to his diminutive frame it was easily for naught. Yet, Spike suddenly saw a large steel pipe lying around, as young dragon grabbed it and putting into a trapdoors way in the last desperate attempt to block it. But unfortunately it once again showed to be for nothing, as the pipe broke in half by trapdoors pressure, before closing completely.

“I will never get this open. Aaargh! I only wish I had those several more extra pounds.” Spike cursed both upset about himself and desperately, being concern for his friends who might be in grave danger and him being powerless to do something. Yet suddenly, Spikes green ear like scales perked by hearing a distant and hardly yet clearly hearable sounds, coming and echoing right from the passage at the end of dining room. It sounded like an agonizing like screams and grunts of a gruff man, evidently being in pain or something.

“No way. Could it be…..Logan?” Spike murmured for himself hopefully, yet in awe immediately recognizing Logans trademark gruff voice. The gruff pony sounded to be obviously in trouble by himself, yet Spikes eyes formed into glare and his emerald green irises gleamed. “I got to find him. He is our only hope now.” Baby dragon proceed decisively and though hesitating a little bit, as part of him actually didn’t want to leave Peter, Twilight and the otherpony behind, Spike knew it was the best thing he could do for now and he knew what to do. And so, young dragon proceed running and disappearing in the darkness of the passage. 



Meanwhile in the closed chasm like chamber, Spider-Mane being the only one left, while all his fellow Avengers were restrained was doing very own best and using all his agility, speed, reflexes combined with his Spider Sense literally blurring like crazy to do dodge and getting out of the reach of dark magic powered glowing chains that were relentlessly pursuing the masked stallion like a snake mouse.

One chain charged forward, yet Peter quickly ducked down as the chain swift a mere inches away from his mane, before reacting fast enough to side step on the side, dodging second chain that merely whipped the ground, following by jumping into the air with a graceful backflip and dodging a third chain that attempted to swing the masked stallion from right.

Spider-Mane fired a strand of webbing from his right hoof, forcing himself into a web swing over half of chamber before slowing his momentum, releasing himself from his web, making a graceful somersault and landing on the wall. However, in the instance yet another chain lunged his way skywards up right to masked stallion, yet Peter with his Spider Sense warning him managed to flip over on the right while stuck on the wall in a spider like way avoiding the chain, yet repeating his actions by flipping on the left for a change and dodging second chain.

Spider-Mane was then forced to proceed a series of backflips upside the wall, dodging every chain than lunged at him like spears, yet each hitting only a stone like wall though with enough force to leave small holes in it by each impact. Peter, finding himself quite high above ground than sprung himself and leaping from the wall, therefore avoiding three more seemingly endless chains.

The knight forced himself into a free fall but unfortunately yet another chain got into his way, but once again reacting quickly, Peter narrowly avoided the glowing chain by shifting his frame to the side, yet grabbing the chain with both of his hooves and swinging on it several times before releasing and lunging himself forward. The masked stallion made several somersaults before gracefully and nimbly landing on the ground on all his four hooves only to be greeted by yet another wave of chains bursting their way right to stallion.

Spider-Mane proceed galloping, having over dozen chains in pursuit behind his tail, yet the hero due to his ever alarming Spider Sense managed to successfully dodge every single chain by swiftly jumping out of the way. But eventually, Peter found himself surrounded by the glowing dark magic powered chains from literally every direction with practically no way to run to as the chains were curled to shape “S” like cobra ready to charge on her prey.

Eventually, Spider-Manes Spider Sense blurred again in overdrive when all chains charged on stallion simultaneously, like they would all be sharing the same though at once. But fortunately and like he would be actually planning this, Peter leaped high into the air out of the way, as the glowing chains all collided with and involuntarily wrapping each other, yet causing a miniature chain like reaction of a dark energy that was engulfing the chains and a flash of a bright light ignited that flashed nearly entire underground chamber and forcing Twilight, Luna, Spitfire, Black Cat and Sunset to shut their eyes down and averting their gazes away.

Meanwhile, Peter effortlessly landed on his all four hooves several yards away, the masked stallion checked his surrounding and quite for his amusement and satisfaction finding the chains, well at least what remained from them broken and shattered on little pieces lying all around.

“Exactly as Nicolo Machiavelli said: Divide and rule. And obviously, it works like a charm.” Peter chuckled playfully in a melodramatic like manner as he nonchalantly lifted a piece of broken metal chain with his hoof and checking it with a smug look under his mask. But unfortunately, and like it was due to his luck, his celebration showed to be a little premature and not lasting much longer as his Spider Sense blurred again.

“Man oh man!” Peter grumbled exasperated, clutching onto his cranium, yet unfortunately unable to react fast enough to defend himself and much for Peters utter shock another dark magic chain wrapped his right hoof from behind, only to be quickly followed by second chain wrapping stallions left hoof as well as two other emerging from behind restraining his hind hooves and lifting his frame into the air. Spider-Mane struggled himself, frantically attempting to free himself but unfortunately and just like the same night when fighting Grogar for the first time, no matter how strong he was, the Knight of Equestria failed in his attempt, unable to break the dark magic chain that totally immobilized his being.

“Oh applesauce I have really felt on that one.” Peter grumbled in an exasperated like way though sounding also a little melodramatic, finding himself restrained just like his fellow Avengers, not being able to do much about their current position. 

“Welcome, Avengers. Chachachacha!!!” Suddenly, Grogars deep, ominous and dark like voice, yet also accompanied with a diabolical evil like laughter echoed from a near passage entrance door, as the Avengers centred their collective gazes to the entrance where the voice, as well as upcoming hoofsteps echoed and coming from. 

And in the instance, Grogars demonic rams and monstrous frame emerged from the darkness and like a mafia boss making his way haughtily across the chamber, approaching the Avengers yet much for heroes awe, Rover, Fido and Spot, a Diamond Dogs Trio and Grogars loyal servants emerged from the darkness of the passage, following their lord and master in his tracks with a smug expressions on their bulldog like faces.

“Grogar.” Twilight hissed and glaring at the demonic ram necromancer venomously.

“In a flesh.” Grogar complacently and with a snobbish like manner replied, evidently satisfied with Twilight getting his name right.

“Wow. Does he really know how to make himself a rather malodramatic villain like entrance.” Spider-Mane grumbled sarcastically under his mask.

“How very nice of you all to drop by."” Grogar mockingly stated with a fanged grin, paying Spider-Manes quirky remark no mind.

“Oh well, you see the traffic was murder, and we had to take a long way…..” Once again Peter proceed with yet another with his trademark sarcastic cute remark, yet masked stallions sentence was cut short as Twilight and Luna shot their knight a firm and knowing stare, prompting not to going any further with his antics. “Never mind….” Peter sheepishly replied, being shut up at least for the moment. 

Felicias ocean blue irises on the other hoof felt on Rover, Fido and Spot standing by Grogars side, eying the Diamond Dogs questioningly. “So it is true.....Grogar, isnt it? You actually got yourself mutts as a pets. How nice. Right okay so……Moe. Larry. And Curly. Got it.” Felicia scoffed mockingly, addressing the Diamond Dogs humorously by the names of The Three Stooges.

“What was that?” Rover snapped in irritation, evidently not having a slightest idea what Felicias statement meant, but he didn’t like the sound of that. Fido and Spot, sharing their comrades irritation both growled menacingly. However, Grogar shot the mutts a stern and dominating stare by the edge of his red demonic eye, instantaneously shutting his servants up.  

Shifting his red eyed gaze on the receiver device still standing nearby, as a demonic ram used his dark magic via his magical belt ringing and levitating the machine via telekinesis near so the Avengers could see it properly. “Impressive, isn’t it? As you all have arguably found out, this receiver worked perfectly, producing a high frequency energy waves, which a signature familiar to that of a dark energy in order to to lure you in here. Just like its prototype back on Canterlot.”

Peters chocolate brown eyes under his mask widened by Grogars own confession, yet his brow lowering into a glare, though no entirely out of anger, as it was concern, hissing. “So YOU have been behind that dark magic disturbance in this area as well as disturbing dimensional portal with Dimensional Dilation Accelerator all along. You have been planning this all from beginning. Pchm. Well this is a surprise.” 

“Is that so?” Spitfire blurted out in awe, yet a glare formed on tomboyish mares face and having her dark orange gaze centred on Grogar cautiously.

“Indeed." Grogar scoffed boastfully by arrogantly and fully confessing his entire participation about this whole entire conspiracy. “And you all have played right into my hooves by your efforts. Just like your alien friend from another dimension Logan did on the first place.”  

“Logan?!” Peter exhaled, his expression as well as nearly all blood within his veins stiffened by Grogars statement about Logan, yet things that previously didn’t make any sense at all slowly and steadily started fitting in. Grogar, although the Diamond Dogs actually kidnapped Wolverine on Grogars order.

“What have you done to him?” Twilight shot a demonic ram an intense and venomous glare, demanding the explanation, yet a concern for Logans safety and well-being evident in her voice.

“Lets just say that your friend is momentarily…..Subdued. But just don’t worry. You will eventually be joining to him sooner than you think.” Grogar chuckled maliciously under his breath, yet strangely also sounding with a somewhat reassuring and promising manner.

“What are you planning? And what do you want with Logan?” Sunsted proceed venomously, demanding the answers from the evil necromancer right away.

“Nothing peculiar. I am merely trying to finish what I have started eons ago, yet had never having a chance to accomplish……To rule the Equestria and control everything alive.” Grogar replied somewhat smugly in a melodramatic like way, yet his tone tuning into more determined and ambitious one, evidently showing his megalomaniacal nature.

“That will never be nothing more than a dream for you, Grogar.” Luna growled menacingly through her gritted teeth and her royal blue eyes forming into a glare literally resembling daggers. 

“Yeah. From the looks of it, you are way more twisted and over your head than Norman Osborn, man. I mean seriously, this is really getting old.” Peter huffed under his mask in a both disgusting and blatant like manner.

In the instance, Grogars brow started twitching involuntarily and forming into a fierce and piercing like scowl, glaring at Spider-Mane venomously with his fangs exposed and teeth gritted. Yet once again, masked stallion idiocy and immature like sense of humour managed to get into devilish rams nerves.

“Normally, I would practically crush my enemies and everyone standing in my way, including those who have some nerves to disgrace my pride right under my hooves.” But yet, Grogars demeanour eventually and somewhat softened and trying to regain his confident and coolheaded composure. “However, today in the day of my triumph, I am exceptionally feeling merciful and I have decided not to obliterate you, yet. I am going to use you instead. Along with Wolverine, you may be useful to me.” 

“Wow! Like that idea would be any better than the first one.” Felicia grumbled sarcastically.

Grogars magical bell started glowing with a red aura of dark magic and ringing with its trademark campanology like melody and in the instance, yet another neutronic brain drainer sphere materialized in a flash of dark magic light, a strange red glowing orb posed by strange antenna like spikes and Grogars bell weird markings on it attracted the heroes attention, yet staring at the devilish device questioningly.

“Behold. My neurotronic brain drainer sphere. A device that can instantaneously remove every though and memories you had ever had from your mind, yet it also has a surprising secondary effect. It also can subdue or destroy free will of its victim, therefore brainwashing it and turning it into a mindless puppet. Who by the way will do everything and anything I command, being completely subdued only to my will.” Grogar smugly chuckled with his evil red eyes gleaming and literally overflowing with devilish intentions.

“GRRR! WHY YOU!” Luna spat contemptuously in a very unladylike manner while her fellow Avengers, including Spider-Manes and Twiliths started struggling, desperately attempting to free themselves, but for their own dismay and no matter how hard they struggled and bucking, the Avengers just could do nothing against steel tight chains, which by the way were reinforced by Grogars own dark magic and evil will. Not to mention with Twilights, Lunas and Sunsets magic being restrained by Grogars dark magic that was channelling through the chains. Even Peter/Spider-Mane with his tremendous spider strength and arguably the strongest and the most powerful of the team. 

In the instance, the neurotronic brain drainer sphere levitated its way all by itself closer to the restrained heroes and started rotating its axis while levitating in the mid-air and suddenly, its dark aura surrounding it started glowing brighter and maliciously, which unfortunately and somehow triggered Spider-Manes Spider Sense that started blurring within the back of his cranium on the fullest. 

“Oh crap. Looks like we have just hit the rock bottom after all.” Peter muttered under his mask, expecting something really bad to happen and much for his dismay and Parker Luck he was quite right.

The glowing orb suddenly released six lighting like beams right onto Spider-Manes, Twilights, Lunas, Black Cats, Sunsets and Spitfires heads, as the heroes screamed on top of their lungs painfully, struggling frantically restrained on the chains and each of their individual colourful irises disappearing behind a white glow as the dark energy started impaling and messing with the Avengers heads and penetrating deeper into their minds and gradually falling in some sort of a trance. Yet despite that, Spider-Mane and his friends tried to fight it, doing their best to tune their own thoughts down and resist the brainwashing effect of Grogars devilish machine. 

“I am truly sorry to not stay and enjoy this moment. But unfortunately, I have plans with Princess Celestia herself back in the Tambelon. Big plans indeed.” Grogar declared in a somewhat disappointed like manner, yet an amusement present within his voice and his evil red eyes glowing maliciously, with a sinistrous intentions that he store for Princess Celestia, as evil ram necromancer turned his monstrous frame around. “Have a good time, heroes. Checheche!!!” He playfully stated yet laughing manically before proceed galloping his way back to the entrance door passage he came, yet prompting Rover, Fido and Spot with a mere nodding his massive horned head to follow him. “Lets go boys.”

“Eghm….Lord Grogar….” Rover however declared somewhat hesitantly, holding his master in his tracks. “But what about that puny pesky dragon? He got away.”

“So what? Just what do you think that little scaly tyke is going to do?” Grogar huffed back and contemptuously in arrogance. “We are far far away from the civilization, surrounded by mountains with raging blizzards to get any help and his friends are subdued and helpless now. He is just a mere child. Young, foolish and inexperienced. What do you think he could possible do?” Evil ram explained and reassuring his canine servants with a rather overconfident demeanour that Spike wouldn’t pose any threat or obstacle in Grogars plans.

Rover, Fido and Spot listening and considering their dark lord and master statement looked at each other, before all turning their attention to evil ram with a malicious expressions and devious smirks, nodding their heads. “Oh yeah. You are right, master.” Rover chuckled a little bit, yet newly gained confidence present in his voice.

Grogar merely scoffed in response before continue trotting his way nonchalantly to the entrance door of the passage and three Diamond Dogs following him, leaving Spider-Mane and the Avengers to their fate.



Meanwhile, Spike was racing his way through a long darkened passage that was luckily flashed by several torches, following Logans agonizing like screams and grunting, echoing throughout the passage and steadily growing stronger and stronger every second.

Spike was though under quite a stress and pressure, still arguably feeling somewhat guilty to leave his friends behind without doing anything much to help them and being both concerned and fearing for their well-beings. Despite that, baby dragon tried to push those negative thoughts away from his mind and trying to concentrate on his current task about finding Logan, his emerald lizard like eyes gleaming with determination. The X-Men was the only hope for the Avengers now and Spike knew he had to find him no matter what.

Finally, after quite some time and being led by gruff stallions grunting, Spike reached the end of the passage and seeing an opened doorway. Baby dragon clutched to the wall and carefully sneaking closer to the edge of the doorway and perking inside, yet he gasped and nearly squeaked what he saw. Wolverine, still restrained with Griffons Steel chains on the wall, yet what was rather more disturbing that some strange floating sphere like device was emitting some sort of lighting like beam that was messing up with gruff stallions head or something, grunting and screaming painfully, yet it would also appear that the mutant pony tried to resist its strange effects. However, and as it obviously looked like, Logan didn’t seem that he could take much more of this any longer.

What was rather worse, Spike also saw two Diamond Dogs Guards standing nearby, each holding a spear with a diamond like tip and evidently holding the guard and watching over Logan, making Spikes task rather complicated and risky.

Yet and surprisingly, Spike also spot a singly small key that was hanging on one of the guard dogs belt, judging that it might probably be from the handcuffs that were restraining Logans hooves.

“Oh man. Now what I am going to do by myself? What to do? What to do……” Spike whispered to himself nervously, feeling his heartbeat within his scaly like chest growing on volume and breathing growing swallow evident by his steadily rising nervousness and even somewhat started doubting in himself, yet baby dragon out of instincts mentally slapped and prompting himself to get it together. “Spike! Stop it and focus! Peter, Twilight, Logan and otherpony are in a grave danger and now you are the only one who can help them! Your friends are all counting on you! So get it together and do something about it! You can do it!”   

Managing to regulate his breathing as well as getting it together a bit with a determined expression on his face, yet Spikes mind run, thinking thoroughly and trying to come up with some plan how to outsmart the Diamond Dogs and free Logan. However, Spikes eyes suddenly landed on an extinct metal torch handle lying on ground and also spotting a small hole within a wall that almost perfectly matched baby dragons size.

In the instance, Spikes eyes widened, a smug like confident grin formed on his faces and patting his chin with his claw thoughtfully. An idea bloomed within his mind. “Hmm.....This may work.”



“Why doesn’t he just give it the rest already? Seriously, this has been going for nearly fifteen minutes now. Cant he just get it that he cant do anything about this?” One of the Diamond Dog guards growled quite irritated with a hint of steadily rising impatience as he watched Wolverine, gruff stallion persistently struggling and resisting the brainwashing effects of neurotronic brain drainer sphere.

“Lord Grogar said that he is a persistent one as well as having difficulties taking authority.” Second guard replied to his college, yet watching gruff stallion quite suspiciously. “But master also said that he just cant keep it up forever. Sooner or later he shall just succumb completely.” The guard dog declared hopefully. “I hope.”

“Hey. If lord Grogar says he will succumb, then he WILL succumb right?” Second guard hopefully added, making himself sure that his guard comrade was right.

“Yeah. The sooner the better.” The first guard replied, yet inwardly also hoping he would be right. Their watching over ponyfied mutant and waiting for him to fully succumb the effects of Grogars neurotronic brain drainer sphere was taking a little bit too long, with mutts slowly beginning to bore.

But suddenly, both guards alerted and their ears perked on, catching a clinking like sounds which appeared something metallic would be clinking on the walls from the outside of the dungeon room.

“What was that?” One of the guard dogs growled in suspicion, clenching his spear tightly with his huge furry clawed paws and shifting his attention right to the entrance where the sounds were coming from.

“I don’t know. Why don’t you make yourself useful and go check it out. I am covering you.” The second guard instructed and encouraged his college, though like it actually sounded more like an excuse.

“Um….Alright.” The first guard dumbly agreed and cautiously making his way out of the chamber.

Outside, the armoured bulky bulldog looked around, checking out the passages surroundings carefully, but unfortunately he couldn’t see or detect the source of the clinking anywhere. Yet out of instincts, the guard took several deep intakes of air through his nostrils sniffing around and growling menacingly by catching a strange and quite unfamiliar odor. Something…..Scaly.

”What…..is that?” The Diamond Dogs snarled, but unfortunately, before he could react and much for his surprise, Spike leaped right from his hiding place on the wall, swinging with his metallic torch handle and hitting the guard right into his helmet with it as hard as he could. The impact furthermore created vibrations that rung the helmet like a gong and unfortunately coursing through the guards head. Dazzled from the impact, the bulldog eventually fell to the ground, though only temporally stunned.   

“Just take some rest, Fido.” Spike nonchalantly stated with his arms resting on his hips and evidently being quite satisfied with his effort. “That hasn’t been that bad. For a baby dragon at least.” Yet and like being even more lucky, Spike spotted the key that was still hanging on guards belt over his waist. Young dragon merely grinned playfully and grabbing it. “I think you will no longer need this.”

“Hey!” Suddenly a second tough voice echoed from behind. Spike surprisingly turned around and for his dismay finding a second guard dog who came out, wondering what was taking his comrade so long and so he went it check it out and unfortunately spotting Spike. “Hand that key over, twirp! Easy way.” The armoured dog snarled menacingly and extending his spear.

“Never! Not even hard way!” Spike resolutely huffed back, dismissing Diamond Dogs request. And despite the bulky bulldog was twice stronger and not to mention being over several feet taller and seemingly nervous, the Twilights number one assistant took a deep breath and charged towards his opponent with gritted teeth and determined expression.

Snarling maliciously and releasing a vicious bark from his throat, the guard charged against his small victim with his spear extended, threatening to impale him. But reacting quickly, Spike swiftly slide his way underneath the dogs much thinner hind legs, therefore causing his much larger and quite surprised opponent to lose his balance, stumbling and with grunting hitting a stony ground very hard.

Swiftly leaping back on his legs, Spike quickly run through doorway of the dungeon, closing the door behind and blocking them with a wooden barrier that lied around, sealing himself in the dungeon. 

“Cha! Who is a top dog now?” Spike triumphantly stated with his arms folded on his hips before turning his attention to Logan, who by the way and quite for Spikes horror didn’t looked like very good. Despite the X-Men was still struggling against Grogars neurotronic brain drainer sphere, it was obvious that gruff stallion was evidently exhausted, by resisting the brainwashing of the devilish machines effects for nearly quarter an hour, also evident by his wrinkled and tired like expression, struggling to keep his eyes open and being literally on his last leg both mentally and physically.

“Logan!” Spike exhaled as he saw his friend in such a condition. “Oh Logan….Hang on there!” Young dragon shifted his attention to a neurotronic brain drainer sphere, thinking and considering the satiation for a while, Spike judged that he could do only one thing. “Alright…..Here goes.” Spike proceed decisively as he took a deep breath and releasing the most powerful magic fire breath he could muster and the emerald sparkling flames literally engulfed the sphere.

Being surrounded by emerald like flaming wall, Grogars precious brainwashing device in the instance stopped emitting its vicious like beams that were messing with Wolverines head, much for the X-Mens relief. However, it would also appear that Spikes fire breath apparently must have triggered some sort of chain reaction, as the sphere started somehow wavering and fiercely pulsing with a bright aura.

“Uh oh!” Spike muttered and like he would know forward what was about to transpire, baby dragon closed his eyes shut, pulling his arms over his face and averting his gaze to the side, before the sphere detonated on impact with an immense glow of light flashing the entire chamber and the debris thrashing everywhere.

After a while, Spike opened his eyes and lowering his guard by the sight of what remained from the devilish brainwashing device and seeing Logan, yet his body motionlessly hanging on Griffon Steel chains restraining his hooves and being chained to the wall. However, like the situation couldn’t get even worse, Spike heard the Diamond Dogs guards from outside growling and slamming into blocked door, trying to get inside. “HEY! Open up the door you little brat!”

“Uh oh!” Spike muttered nervously and quickly pacing his way to Wolverine, unlocking the Griffon Steel chains on mutants hooves with the small key that he took from the guard dog and much for his luck fitting into every keyhole. With grunting, Wolverine fell to the ground, yet Spike managed to catch him, but unfortunately with Logans own much bigger frame and in addition of having over 100 pounds of Adamantium fused on his skeleton, baby dragon struggled and mustering all of his strength to hold his friend and placing him to the ground.

“Come on, Logan! It is time to rise and shine!” Spike was shaking with and even slapping Logans hirsute face a little bit, prompting the gruff stallion to snap from his self-induced and dazzled like state of daydreaming.

“Mmmrrrm! Mghm.” Wolverine slurred incoherently as his vision blurred, yet eventually managing to stand still and his senses slowly kicking in, bringing the X-Men back into reality. “Spike? Where am I? Whut happened?” Logan muttered still bit incoherently and evidently still not being fully recuperated from the Grogar spheres brainwashing effects, as it took a great deal not only on his mind, but also on his usually peak super like condition as well, the gruff pony feeling weak almost like a foal.  

“There will be plenty of time for explanation. You better get over it, man. We will have company soon.” Spike explained, which more likely sounded like pleas and trying to help Logan to stand up as the slamming and hard knocking on the doors grew harder and gaining on intensity by two guard dogs, attempting to break their way in.  

“Sorry kid.” Wolverine however grumbled under his breath, still feeling a little drowsy. “Need a time ta heal. Cause I am feelin' like playin' mind games with Emma Frost and loosin' on th' entire crate.” 

“Logan!” Spike once again jerked out in a tone high with a plea, but when hearing the doors already crackling a little bit by Diamond Dogs persistent struggle to bust their way in and knowing that his friends were counting on him with Logan being their only hope, Spike exhaled yet with a determined look. “Alright. I will buy you some time. But better make it snappy.”

Spike panted his way back to the door, supporting and holding it with all strength he could muster. “I am sorry! We are closed! You must come tomorrow!” Spike humorously called off, doing his best to hold the door from guard dogs ever intensifying charges and slamming, but for his own dismay it was almost impossible or rather insane effort from him to struggle against Diamond Dog guards brute strength, both mutts being ten times bigger and stronger than a one puny dragon.

The door by the way along with a wooden like brake that was blocking it started crackling by so many hard impacts that were sustaining from the mutts, threatening not to last any longer. And furthermore, Spike squeaked as the guards started stabbing the door from behind with their spears and even managing to pierce it with its diamond like tips. 

Meanwhile Logan lying on the ground was still trying to recuperate and forcing himself to stand up. Yet, gruff pony could feel that a fatigue and pain that coursed through his body was slowly yet steadily fading away, with his strength as well as fighting spirit gradually returning. His healing factor was doing his work. 

“Hey Logan!” Spike blurted out frantically and still holding the door that by the way were about to crack every minute. “Not that was bored, but I really wouldn’t deny a little help right now!” But unfortunately, yet another series of hard knocks echoed from behind, with the doors shaking and the wooden brake crackling, as the Diamond Dogs finally with a fierce barking and growling managed to break their way through into the dungeon and literally smashing the door on pieces and wooden chips flying around.

The force of the impact however sent Spike flying and he landed several meters away, hitting the ground hard with a grunting. Young dragon immediately tried to force his way back into his legs, but sadly and for his horror finding himself cornered by the guard dogs towering over him, having a fierce and angry expressions under their helmets and having their spears centred just several inches away from dragons nose, growling menacingly. Spike felt his heart beating wildly within his chest, beads of sweet forming on his scaly face and his breathing growing swallow every second, finding himself pinned down and being on the Diamond Dogs mercy.

“Grrr! We are gonna make boots out of you, scaly!” One of the guard snarled through his gritted fangs before he along with his college simultaneously and coldly rising their pole armed weapons, their diamond razor sharp tips flashing by their sharpness, threatening and ready to impale their victim.

“NO!” Spike yelled out frightened, throwing his arms defensively against his face, yet baby dragon closed his eyes like he would accept his fate and ready to have his very short life behind. But suddenly and though having his eyes closed, Spike could yet hear a very well familiar “SNIKT!” and clinking like sound, which sounded like two swords crossing their paths in the duel.

Right then, Spike dared to open one eye carefully, before widening them and gasping in awe by seeing Diamond Dogs spears being trapped within Wolverines crossed adamantium claws. The X-Men who already managed to fully heal and recuperate and seeing his little dragon friend in peril, the gruff stallion unleashed his lethal razor sharp blades from his hooves, stepping forward and blocking the Diamond Dogs weapons with them. 

“I am gonna make rugs from yers stinkin' furs in front of fireplace.” Logan growled menacingly, his ears lying down on his head and his eyes being, that by the way were yet once again morphed into a shades of black, literally shining with an untamed ferocity and sheer hatred, sending a chills into Diamond Dogs guards spines.

Yet, Wolverines expression surprisingly softened a little bit with his eyes morphing back into his original blue ones and glancing upon Spike, giving his scaly lizard like friend a reassuring wink and grinning smugly on him, before however returning his attention back to mutts. “Alright bubs. Where were we?” Wolverine grinned maliciously, still holding the guard dogs spears within his claws cross like trap and wrestling against mutts brute strength with his very own savage might and his steel like muscles tightening.

Logan then sharply shook both of his hooves and cutting the Diamond Dogs spears in two with his claws in an X like motions like carrots. The mutts could only stare at their sliced spears in both shock and horror, also with sounds of low frightened whimpers echoing from their throats.

However, not giving their enemies time to recuperate, Wolverine sheathed his claws back into his hooves, his healing factor mending the wounds instantaneously and delivering a sharp right hook across one guard dogs face, followed by left cross punch right into second mutts snout with enough force, his very own hard hooves and an addition of his adamantium skeleton to knock both giant bulky bulldogs out, collapsing to floor.

“Oh, that felt so good. I have really needed that.” Logan grinned smugly, crackling both of his hooves as he watched two mutts lying down on the each other on the ground in a dazzled state, grunting painfully, being evidently more than happy and satisfied with his deed being all done, while Spike closed his gap between himself and the mutant, having a warm smile on his face. “Thanks kid. I really owe ya one.” Wolverine grinned at young dragon standing by his side.

“Don’t mention it, Logan.” Spike simply replied and waving his arm, before however a realization hit his mind like a brick, by recalling the current events and his tone growing more serious. “But right now, I really need your help. I mean….We all do. Peter, Twilight, Princess Luna and the others have been captured by Grogar and there is no telling what is he going to do to them.” Spike explained, yet his voice turned out to resemble rather pleading with a hint of concern. “Look, I don’t know what is your deal or that little outburst that you demonstrated back at Canterlot. But right now, our friends are in a grave danger and they all need our help. Well? Are you with us or not?”

Listening his scaly little friends pleas and realizing his friends being in danger, a spark of determination and willingness sparked in Logan eyes. “Kid….I have never wished ta be th' part of this whole mess.” Logans attitude suddenly softened a little bit. “But right now….I am in it and I will put everythin' I kin ta git through.” 

“Oh right! I knew you were one of us.” Spike cheerfully exclaimed about Logan decision and also being satisfied with his own efforts and hard work eventually paying off.  

“Come kid. Its time ta slice and dice.” Wolverine spoke off decisively as he and Spike galloped/sprinted their way out of the dungeon to rescue their friends, leaving still dazzled Diamond Dogs guards behind.  



Spider-Mane, Twilight, Luna, Spitfire, Black Cat and Sunset, being stuck in the secret underground chamber were still constricted by Grogars dark magic powered snake like chains, that by the way were also negating Twilights, Lunas and Sunsets magic and being so strong that even Peter with his tremendous spider strength couldn’t break them, while Grogars diabolical machine, a neurotronic brain draining sphere levitating in the air was generating its vicious brainwashing waves, that weremessing up with and zapping heroes heads, affecting and penetrating deeply into their minds in a brutal agonizing way, trying to break their wills and turning them into Grogars mindless and obedient servants.

So far, the Avengers were managing to resist the spheres effects, but it was seen that the heroes were already started fading in their struggle, evident from their gloomy and drowsy like expressions like they wouldn’t be sleeping in decades. Furthermore, they also found out the more they were actually struggling the more intense and painful the effects of the sphere get.

“There.…Must be.…A way….Out of this!” Twilight screamed and writhing herself in agony, yet still doing her best to keep her distorted thoughts and emotions under control.

“Yes!....Before….Grogar….Gets....My sister!” Luna blurted out through here gritted teeth, while she was trying to resist the neurotronic brain draining spheres painful mind piercing effects with all her will power, that however was slowly forsaking the princess of the night.

“I am sure.…It must have....Something to do....with that orb receiver like doohickey….Set in Canterlot Castle!” Spider-Mane deducted, yet just like his friends, his speech sounded rather slurred and incoherent, arguably due to quite some time the Grogars diabolical sphere was affecting and penetrating wall-crawlers mind, yet also still doing all what was in his might to not succumb to its brainwashing effects.

“I am.…Afraid….We wont.…Be around that long....To find out!” Sunset muttered, with her vision blurring and struggling to get itself clear, evident from the fatigue that the brainwashing waves were causing to both of her mind and body alike.

“Yeah! That.…Cursed magic thing….Is about to.…Get us too!” Spitfire added sarcastically with her strength also slowly fading away.

“You know..…Guys!” Felicia suddenly spoke off somewhat sceptically, struggling to at least focus on her words. “Maybe Logan.…Has been no good…..After all! That..…Guy had always…..Had a smell..…For trouble!”

But as soon as former cat burglar said that, a strange slicing like sounds could be heard from behind the large door that were sealing the entrance gate that Grogar and his Diamond Dogs goons entered and left. And just like that,three metal blades penetrated their way through the door with a SNIKT like sound,slicing through the hardened doors material like a hot knife through butter in a forty five degree like way from left, yet second pair of three blades penetrated through the door and making a second forty five degree cut from right, when both cuts formed the X like insignia on the door. However, the blades penetrated the doors for the third time and making a ninety degree like cut right under the X like cuts for change.

Suddenly, some great force literally kicked the sliced centre like filling from the door and making a triangle like hole in it. And in the instance, Wolverine made his way through the self-made or in rather in his case self-cut entrance through the door.

“Here is Johnny!” Logan humorously proceed also with a somewhat cold like demeanour in an interpretation of Jack Nicholson from the Shinning movie, while Spike followed from behind, though somewhat clumsily making his way through the cut off entrance in the door.

Wolverine than spotted his friends being imprisoned and restrained by some weird red glowing chains, yet also seeing another neurotronic brain drainer sphere, the same dammed contraption that Grogar used on Logan, in order to brainwash and mess up with his mind. Yet not wasting any second, Logan proceed galloping straightened up on his hind hooves and with his adamantium claws brushing for the ground, small sparks igniting by the contact and leavingtwo tracks of three slice marks behind.

“Taste cold Adamantium!” Wolverine snarled before lunging himself right on the second neurotronic brain drainer sphere with his claws shining and crossed in front of his face. In the instance and like the time froze for the moment, everything turned black, with only several three light blue glowing orbs zipped several times back and forth, with a loud slicing like sounds.

Back in the reality, Wolverine effortlessly landed on the ground, yet having both of his hooves and his claws still exposed crossed over his chest and his eyes closed, while the neurotronic brain drainer sphere was still levitating on the same place, seemingly intacts. However, somepony with a trained and sharp could easily spot numerous cutting marks left on the devilish floating machine. What was also more disturbing, the brainwashing sphere all of the sudden stopped glowing, as its deadly brainwashing waves cased in the process. It even seemed that its rotations over its axis slightly lost on its speed.

However, in the instance when Logan opened his eyes and sheathing his claws back into his hooves with its trademark SNIKTS sound, the sphere eventually ceased rotating completely and literally falling into pieces, that gradually fell to the ground one by one. Wolverineactually slashed with his adamantium claws several times, therefore with the deadly tools ability to cut through virtually everything cutGrogars neurotronic brainwashing sphere into pieces, literally.

“Now that’s whut I call cut inta pieces” Gruff pony stated as he turned around, having a smug and satisfied grin on his face as he watched what remained from once devilish brainwashing machine before shifting his gaze to his friends that were still restrained by Grogars dark magic empowered chains.“Hey guys! Yer awake?” Logan called out and despite his voice being rough and gruff as ever, it evidently bore an undercurrent of concern.

The Avengers, free from the diabolical machines brainwashing effects could finally all exhale in relief, being glad that there was all over then. Though feeling exhausted and down a little from his long mind games like struggle, just like the rest of his teammates, Spider-Mane let out a groan as his vision, despite spun yet slowly focusing before eventually setting into place and seeing Logan standing on the ground, yet also seeing Spike closing his gap between himself and his gruff stallion friend.

“Uuuurgh!” Peter groaned while his senses were already kicking in, bringing the knight back into reality. “At last, Logan. You have really taken your time.” The masked colt stated somewhat brashly.

“I am just passin' through, bub. Another time maybe?” Wolverine hearing the insult, somehow scoffed indifferently with a gruff demeanour, shrugging his shoulders and turning around, being about to leave his friends behind.

“Okay! Okay Logan, buddy! I am really glad to see you. Thanks for saving our hides. Just….Please get us down from here.” Peter, regretting his choice of words started rather pleading for his gruff friend not to leave and better help them out of the dark magic empowered chains.

“Sweetness! I told you he has been a cool guy!” Felicia, who also managed to recuperate herself from the brainwashing effects of Grogars sphere, yet managing a smile and weakly yet cheerfully exhaled, appreciating Logans efforts and saving them in the last minute.

“Alright. Just hold yer horses ponies, I am gonna take ya down.” Logan quirkily replied as he once again unleashed his adamantium claws from his hooves, stepping closer where the chains were rooting from the ground like weed on the garden and slicing them with his claws numerous time, but unfortunately and quite for his dismay, no matter how hard or savagely he sliced, he just and somehow couldn’t cut through dark magic powered and glowing chains, as mere sparks ignited by the contact with the razors sharp indestructible metal.

“Whutth'?! I cant cut it through!” Logan blurted out quite in awe, his eyes widening yet his ever-strict and serious look intact nonetheless, as his adamantium claws, a deadly tools that could cut through virtually any substance back there on Earth and that also could make even the biggest toughguys tremble, actually couldn’t get through something for the first time.

“Well I will be darned by JJ.” Peter dumbly muttered, yet his eyes being as wide as saucers under his mask what he had just witnessed. “Looks like that Adamantium just cant cut through everything after all.”

“Grogars dark magic must not only be propellingthe chains, but also shielding them, therefore its blocking your claws to cut them, Logan.” Twilight theorized, though unable to supress her awe with a scientific curiosity.

“So whut am I supposed ta do?” Wolverine dumbly asked, apparently being quite clueless when it came for magic stuff.

“Well...” Sunset interjected, yet it could be recognized from her tone that she was seemingly having some bright suggestion on her mind. “Unless your claws would be reinforced with an enough strong magic or anti-barrier spell, that way you might be able to cut through them.”

“I am terribly sorry Logan, butGrogars dark magic is blocking our magic from use. Therefore, we unfortunately cant help you.” Luna explained with a sombre and disappointed like expression on her face. “There just has to be another way.”

Logan however dived deeply into his thoughts, considering quite a tricky situation carefully, as eventually an unexpected or rather pretty unorthodox idea was born in his adamantium reinforced head. “Mmm....Wait. I think this might do th' trick.” The gruff stallion stated before turning to Spike. “Spike. Heat up my claws with yer fire breath.”

“Heat up your claws? Just for what?” Spike dumbly blurted out by hearing Logans unusual and rather weird suggestion, as well as Spider-Mane, Twilight and the other Avengers looked like somewhat stunned by the request.

“Just do it, kid. Now.” Logan however demanded for baby dragon to do so, evidently being reluctant to explain and extending his hooves with his adamantium claws exposed.

Despite hesitating for a while and still not quite understanding, Spike nonetheless took a deep breath and released a stream of green sparkling flames from his mouthright into Wolverines claws. In the instance, the X-Mens deadly razor sharp tools immediately started heating up by the tremendous temperature that Spikes fire breath generated and slowly started pulsing with an orange colour. Yet, of course expecting and feeling a pain the cursed through his hooves from his steadily heating claws as well as a second first degree burns that formed on his hooves, Logan gritted his teeth a trying to ignore the pain and rather focusing on his task, meanwhile Spider-Mane, Twilight, Luna, Sunset, Black Cat and Spitfire were just starring with baffled expressions what was just transpiring and could only imagine what pain their friend must have been undergoing.

Finally, Spikes flames eventually burned out and with his now pulsing and heated up upgraded claws yet also small sparks ignited around them, Logan once again turned to dark magic glowing chains and crossing his hooves. “Okay. Lets try that again.” Gruff stallion roughly yet determined stated, swung with his right hoof and this time, with his heated up claws and actually managing to pass through dark magic and slicing through metal steel like chains, that were binding Parker, as masked stallion effortlessly landed on both of his hooves.

Wolverine then repeated his action, slicing the chains that were binding Twilight, Luna and otherponyone by another with his heating up claws, until he eventually freed all of them and pieces of cut chains were lying and spread around on the ground, with Peter catching his wife into his hooves while others managed to land on the ground with quite easy.

“I didn’t know you could actually do that, old chum.” Peter dumbly stated, while letting Twilight back on her hooves, still being somewhat amazed by Logan idea of heating up his adamantium claws.

“Neither did I. But it actually helped and saved me lotsa trouble once.” Logan dully noted back,yet connecting to an unfortunate and in Logans case rather unpleasant blast from the past, though still gritting his teeth by withstanding the intense heat that was generating through his metal tools. 

Seeing his gruff friends discomfort and pain, Luna edged closer to Wolverine and denying her gruff friend a sympathetic look with her deep ocean blue eyes. “Wait Logan, I will use a freezing spell to cool your claws down so you could pull them back into your hooves.” Luna aimed her horn that started glowing with a dark aura and releasing a breeze of a chilling cold current that gradually cooled Logans claws down as they eventually got their usual metal shining façade back.

“Thanks Luna. This sure is much better than chilling it out in a cold water.” Logan exhaled in relief and sheathing his claws back into his hooves, though it still felt a little uneasy.

“Logan.” Spitfire exhaled by the look on Wolverines nastily burned hooves as well as holes after the claws, concern evident in her voice. “What about your hooves? You are hurt.”

“It ain't biggie, Fiery. Just give me a second….” Logan stated dismissively yet reassuring his fiery maned pegasus friend that it was nothing serious, as his healing factor already started working, mending both the burns and wounds instantaneously.“That’s much better.”

However, before he could react, Twilight along with Sunset rushed to Logans side and wrapping their hooves around gruff stallions neck. “Logan. Thanks the stars you are alright.” Twilight whispered in relief as she nuzzled her head against Logans affectionately and so did Sunset from the other side, their bodies temperature generating right into Logans body instantaneously.

Despite feeling somewhat apprehensive by girls warmth and not being used to closer affection and this whole mushy like stuff, Logan however, though quite reluctantly returned the affection by placing both of his hooves over mares necks nonetheless. “Yer…Welcome.” He somewhat hesitantly replied before gently pushing the girls away.“Now, would somebody mind ta tell me whut in th' blue blaze is goin' on here?”

“Long story short, bub.” Spider-Mane spoke off in a humorous like way and started explaining. “At first we got there an odd beeping magic receiver like orb, only right then finding out that Diamond Dogs invaded Canterlot Castle, as righ there we were informed about a certain dark magic disturbance in this area by our good friend Chrysalis, yet it eventually appeared that Grogar had set us all up, by dragging us over half of Eqeustria to lure us into castle hovel in the middle of nowhere or rather in the middle of freezing snowy mountains, only for us to find out that the magic disturbance was actually nothing but a mere decoy, a transmitter like doohickey, only for us to be captured by Grogar who also tried to make a loyal toadys like puppets out of us.”

“Dude. Keep doing this and you will soon exceed Pinkie Pies mouth.” Spike sarcastically noted by hearing Peters prolonged yet also rather awkward explanation in a very speedy like version.

“Hurm....I think I kin git used ta this kind of stuff by now.” Logan sarcastically murmured rolling his eyes in an exasperated like manner by hearing Parkers explanation in arguably the weirdest and awkward way. “And who th' heck is that….Chrysalis yer talkin' about?”

“Stop this you guys.” Twilight suddenly interjected, interrupting two stallions manly like chat, turning into her more assertive like side, with a concern evident in her eyes. “There will be plenty of time to explain later. Right now, we have to stop Grogar before he gets to Princess Celestia.”

“Celestia? How kin th' Hornhead git ta her?” Logan bluntly asked, yet a slight hint of concern being felt in his gruff voice.

“Maybe thanks to some gizmo that you unfortunately, yet involuntarily snuck into Canterlot Castle, handsome.” Black Cat bluntly huffed in a very unladylike manner.

“That’s enough, Felicia. Logan has just saved our lives and your fur by the way.” Spider-Mane immediately step in for Logans defence.

“Yeah, yeah. Whatever.” Felicia simply scoffed, yet understanding and admitting that Spidey had actually a point.

“So, what will we do now, guys?” Spike asked, feeling a little uncertain about the situation.

“Grogar probably headed back to his Tambelon Empire. We better get after him and stop him before he ever gets to Princess Celestia.” Spider-Mane declared decisively as a true leader with his voice lacking any humour and being on the contrary quite serious about the current situation.

“I appreciate your courage as well as determination, Peter. But as Felicia has mentioned, that Grogars orb like transmitter is still on Canterlot Castle. Whatever its purpose is, yet if it is associated with Grogar, it can only mean problems in process. Therefore, we should better return to Canterlot and warn my sister before its too late.” Luna decisively stated her suggestion, yet worrying about her older sisters safety.

“Guys….Eghm..…Princess Luna.” Spitfire interjected, yet addressing princess of the nigh with respect. “Lets say that both of your suggestions are good. But if we shall take Grogar on, we all must stick together like a team, not separated.” Wonderboltscaptainsdetermineddeclaration earned an astonished gazes from both Spider-Mane and Luna, yet they both could agree with rough mare, nodding their heads.

“Spitfire is right.” Twilight suggested with a more urgent tone. “Certainly, it will take nothing less to stand against Grogar. We just need one plan of action and stick with it.”

“Or…..We just might just combine both for them into one.” Sunset surprisingly stated, forcing all her teammates to face her with curiosity. “You guys head right to Tambelon and try to stop Grogar. Meanwhile I will teleport myself back to Canterlot and warn Princess Celestia about the situation.”

Considering Celestias former personal students suggestion, Spider-Mane and Twilight looked at each other somewhat questioningly, before glancing upon Luna, Black Cat, Spike, Spitfire and Wolverine, who though seeing no harm in it, merely gave their friends reassuring smiles and simultaneously nodding their heads, while Logan merely grunted in response and shrugging his shoulders.

“Alright, Sunset. If you are up to it, than go for it. And good luck” Peter approved Sunsets suggestion and wishing the unicorn a good luck.

“Thanks guys. You too. We are gonna need it.” Sunset replied back with a smile, before her horn started glowing with yellow aura and in the instance, blonde and red maned unicorn disappeared in the flash of light.

SNIKT! “So…” Logan smirked smugly, extending his hoof and letting his adamantium claws out from it. “Whut is th' plan, guys? Pay th' Ol' Hornhead a visit and even up th' score?”

“My words exactly, Logan.” Luna stated with a determined expression, yet also sounding a little cautiously. “And by remembering Tambelons exact location somewhere on the Undiscovered West side of the Equestria from the last night, it shouldn’t be much of a problem to teleport there.”

“Luna, wait.” Peter suddenly halted the princess in the process, as his attention was suddenly attracted byGrogars receiver device that was still standing nearby where Grogar left it and that lured the heroes in there with its fake dark energy signature like radio waves, as knights eyes were surprisingly gleaming with interest under his lenses. He fired a strand of webbing from his left hoof that stuck on the device, and with one swift swing, Spider-Mane pulled the receiver right into his free right hoof.  “This might come in handy.”

“What exactly do you intent to do with that contraption anyway, Spider?” Felicia asked, her voice curious yet somewhat sceptical.Though and quite for mares dismay, Spider-Mane only glanced upon Felicia and denying her a somewhat familiar look. Yet, despite wearing a mask, Felicia could feel and recognize a smug expression on Peters face. “You know….I better don’t wanna know.”

“In Parkers case, this certainly will be good.” Wolverine murmured sarcastically, yet grinning inwardly, by knowing that whatever Parker was planning with Grogars receiver, it would definitely be worth it.

Though thinking nothing about it, yet also having a faith in her best friends intentions, Luna closed her eyes, concentrating her magic via her horn, focusing properly on the destination and in the instance, the Avengers along with their newfound member and reinforcer Wolverine just like Sunset disappeared in a flash of light.

To be continued…….