//------------------------------// // A plea for help // Story: EqG: Hell rider 2 Hell Unleashed // by Tunefulsubset72 //------------------------------// ---Rider--- "So you're Ryker." Rider said as the two walked past cackling changelings. "Indeed, and you're one of the many Ghost Riders that exist." Ryker said as Rider glanced at him."Tell me about yourself." "What do you want to know?" The Rider asked as they stopped. "And be careful about what ya ask?" "And why is that?" Ryker sneered as the Rider stared at him as he felt himself go cold. "G-good point." Ryker said nervously as Rider looked away." Why do people fear you so much?" "You'd be scared too, knowing that a flaming skeleton with the ability to eat your soul, through your eyes no less, is hunting you down." The Rider said darkly as Ryker shuddered. "I can see everything you do, murder, petty thievery, pirating a movie, and other......things." He cackled as he clenched his fist as Ryker gulped." Anymore questions?" "J-just o-one more." Ryker said fearfully." Just how would you describe your powers, I asked Zarathos and he said you would describe it in one word." "Boundless." The Rider said as Ryker back away." Blizzard wasn't too happy when he heard what you did to Rainbow Dash, and honestly, neither am I." The Rider hissed as he raised his fist. "Enough Rider." Zarathos said appearing between them." I understand your anger, but Ryker is our ally, don't kill him." "If you weren't me, I'd have kill you by know." Rider said as he lowered his fist. "Now is not the time for that." Zarathos said glaring at Rider." We may have a lead on how to kill Grimstone." "The bad news?" Ryker asked. "It will attract some old.....'friends'." Zarathos said with venom in his voice." If we go through with it." "Define friends." The Rider said as Zarathos sighed." Oh you mean the Guardian Force." "Depending on what the lead is, I say we go through with it." Ryker said as Zarathos stroked his chin." Plus, how desperate are we on killing Grimstone?" "I agree with him." The Rider said as Ryker looked at him surprised." What's the worse thing that Micheal can do?" "Very well then, I'll inform Chrysalis." Zarathos said." Start gathering the changelings, and I'll tell them our plans." "What are they exactly?" Ryker asked as Zarathos smiled evilly." Something good?" "At first light tomorrow, we make our way to......the dragons throat." Zarathos said as Rider groaned." You remember it?" "Kinda hard to forget the place where you were dragged to hell." The rider said as Ryker looked at them confused." To help you understand, the dragons throat, is my birthplace." ---Grimstone--- "Here he is." Fury said as he pointed to a glass cell." You've got visitors." He said tapping on the glass." Guess who?" "Hey Flint." Spitfire said as she looked at the teen as he sat on the floor with his back against the wall."How long has he been like this?" "His health is fine." Fury said as Grimstone stared at the teen." But mentally, we don't know." "Hey kid, it your parents." Grimstone said as Flint slowly looked up through is scraggly hair." I somewhat feel his pain, who knows what experiments hydra did to him." "Has he spoken any?" Spitfire asked wiping away some tears." Anything?" "Hardly." Fury said as Flint looked away." It's going take awhile for him to get used to his new life." "At least Tirek doesn't have him." Grimstone said as as Fury opened the door. "Ready to go home?" Fury said as Flint slowly looked up at him. "As I ready as I'll ever be." Flint said as Fury helped him up. ---Rainbow dash--- "Why did you talk me into this dad?" Rainbow groaned as she moved a stack of boxes." I'm supposed to meet the girls at Sugercube in a little bit." "Relax, it won't take long at all." Her father said as he and Rainbow set the boxes down." Find it yet?" "I would if I knew what it was." Rainbow said annoyed as her Father laughed." What is it?" "Green Song needed some stuff about Crimson." He said as looked through a box." I think she said it was for one of her classes." "Military stuff?" Rainbow asked as her Father nodded." I think he keeps most of it at their house." She said as she spotted a sliver box with a word on the top." What's that?" She muttered to herself as she moved an old bike out of the way as she moved towards the dust covered box. "Aha found it!" Her dad cheered as he picked up a box and blew the dust off of it. "Well I'll get it looking pretty downstairs if you see anything you want take it." He said as he started climbing back down the stairs. "Okay." Rainbow said as she wiped the dust off only to reveal a weird symbol. Well he did say anything.. Rainbow thought to herself as she took the box with her. "Well I'd better get going and take this stuff to Song." Rainbow said as she started packing Crimson's military memorabilia into a new box. "Okay well tell your brother and everyone we said hi and for them to visit next time they get the chance." Her dad said. She agreed and gave him a kiss on the cheek as she began her walk home. ---Rainbooms--- "So my dad won't be home until tomorrow." Green song said as Robbie nodded." So, how did Blizzard call you for help?" "I've been wondering that for a few days now." Robbie said as sunset paced around the room." She okay?" 'No, I'm not okay." Sunset said with worry." Just how many Riders are out there, Blizzard told us atleast four." "There is to many to count." Robbie said as he leaned against the wall." And who knows how long we've been on the earth." "Good point." Sunset said before sighing." Why are you helping us?" She asked as the group looked at him as he looked at her confused." I thought the Rider hated Grimstone." "Not all Rider know who Grimstone is." Robbie said." Even the rider who know Grimstone, most of them don't hate him." "What about you?" Green song asked." Do you hate him?" "I never met him, I only heard rumors while I worked with shield." Robbie said as Green song gave him a worried look." A lot of those rumors were, how he helped people, and saved a lot of lives." "You know he's the king of hell, right?" Applejack said as Robbie looked at her wided eyed." Surprised us too." "So he's a demon?" Robbie asked as the group nodded." A demon helping people, that's something you don't hear everyday." "And yet Ghost riders are from hell too." Sunset said with a smirk as Robbie chuckled." How did you make that portal thingy when you saved us?" "I used this this." Robbie said pulling out a weird object that looked like a brown ring." Its called a Sling Ring, it was giving to me when I went to India for help." "How can it do that?" Sunset asked. "Magic." Robbie said bluntly as sunset gasped. "It can also help me Travel through space, time, and the multiverse." "Hey Green song, ya here?" Rainbow called as the front door opened. "I brought some of that stuff you......Who's that?" "My name's Robbie." Robbie said as Rainbow set one of the boxes down." You must be Rainbow Dash?" "How do you know my name?" She began. "HE WAS SENT BY BLIZZARD!!!!" Pinkie blurted before covering her mouth as Rainbow looked at her surprised. "I was." Robbie said as Rainbow stared at him. "I can tell you one thing, he's not in hell." "Then where could he be?" Sunset asked as Robbie shrugged. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW?!?!" Rainbow shouted as she shook Robbie as her friends tried to pull her off." Tell me where he is damn it." "I wish I knew, he said that Grimstone might be able to find him wherever he ends up." Robbie said as Rainbow began to calm down. "How do you about Grimstone?" Rainbow asked as Robbie smirked." You're a Rider, aren't you?" "One of the very many in existence." Robbie said with a smile." Listen, I'll explain everything when Grimstone comes back, I'll see you then." He said as he left. "So that's three riders we met, do I hear four at some point?" Rarity said jokingly as Rainbow sighed as she picked up the silver box she found and turned to leave."You okay darling?" "I'm fine." Rainbow said with a smile." I'm just a little tired, helped my dad most of the day, I'll see you guys later." ---????--- --Blizzards pov-- "Check and turn, check and turn, nice pony." A voice muttered as I slowly opened my eyes and heard the sound of whistling wind. "What happened?" I asked myself as I looked around and noticed I was in a cave and saw Crimson on ground muttering in his sleep."Where am I?" I muttered as i stood up and stretched and walked towards the entrance of the cave and noticed the landscape was a snowy tundra. "I'LL KILL HIM!!!!' Crimson shouted sitting up." The F@ck?" "I was wondering the same thing." I said as Crimson glared at me." What'd I do this time?" "Like you don't remember." Crimson said as he stood up as I looked at him confused." You'd actually don't remember?" "Last thing I remember is the rider acting strange, then him saying something about making sure Rainbow won't get hurt." I said as Crimson sighed." Why? what happened?" "An old foe of Grimstone's name Zarathos reappeared." Crimson said as he stood next to me." Plans on killing him." "And you're here." I said with a sigh." Wherever 'here' is?" "Yeah, after the whole incident at the school I woke up here thinking it was a bad dream but it felt too real. I can still communicate through Grimstone at home, but I can't get back to my original body. As for where we are it's certainly not earth." Crimson said pointing in the distance." Looks like a castle over there." "A big one at that too." I said as I looked at the structure." Think we stay alive until we find a way to get back to rider and grimstone?" "Or they find a way to us." Crimson said as I rolled my eyes." Either way, I believe so, don't forget I fought in a war before grimstone came along." "This should be fun." I said as we started walking towards the castle. "Nervous that you don't have the rider?" Crimson asked jokingly. "Me? Nervous? Hell no." I said with a smile." I'm f@cking terrified."