Location: Top of a building, Maretropolis
Time: 6 P.M.
Destructo cackled maniacally as he held the glowing MacGuffin in his magic. "You fools thought you could defeat me, the great Destructo? Think again, for this time it is I who has the upper hoof!"
Glitch simply rolled his eyes sarcastically. "We weren't trying to stop you, dumbass. I just needed to get Loop back. Come on, this shard seems stable. Can we please stop trying to get involved in crazy plotlines we don't belong in and head home? Please?" Glitch pleaded with Loop, and after q tense moment of silence, she stomped her hoof on the ground decisively.
"No! We have to save Maretropolis before we can go back to Sanctuary! Think of all the innocent lives Destructo will ruin!"
Live Wire stepped away and charged at Destructo while the two argued. Short Circuit joined in the debate. "You do realize that these things usually sort themselves out in the end, right? Look, you can even see some hundred or so ponies gathering on that other rooftop to watch the fight. I even see a concession stand!"
"So?! Live Wire needs my help!"
"So do we! So does everypony back at Sanctuary!" Glitch interjected.
As the trio debated amongst themselves, Wire and her rival Destructo battled it out. Lightning clashed with shadow magic as they fought over the mystery artifact. The crowd would periodically cheer as Live landed a serious hit, or gasp when it seemed the villain was getting an advantage. Circuit and Loop barely noticed as they spoke on the matter of sticking together and when to stay out of things instead of helping.
"You two don't get it. Working with Live Wire has been my dream since I was a filly!"
Circuit was getting impatient. "So why didn't Celestia arrange for this earlier, huh? I mean, sure she isnt around right now, but say, last week or so?"
Glitch, on the other hand, was being more productive. He had shakily flown over to the spectators and was busy helping keep them safe. Opening a portal door back to Sanctuary, he ushered any willing ponies into the gateway, promising to return them once the fight had ended. "It's not safe here for now," he told them. "The best defense is always not doing there, so let's get you all to somewhere that kooky Saturday Morning reject can't hurt you." Surprisingly, many complied, waiting just beyond the door in the Castle of Friendship back in the renamed Sanctuary.
"You can't just go galloping off like that! We had to trick him in a hallway just to get away and find you!" Circuit was nearly red with anger now, a stark contrast to her usually yellow fur. She almost didn't notice Glitch returning. "And where exactly did you fly off to? Help me talk some sense into this mare, she's losing it!"
Glitch stepped back nervously, ears flattening against his head. "Er... Loop? Circuit? Maybe we should leave now..."
"See? Glitch agrees. Now it's two against one. So let's go home!" Circuit ground her teeth angrily as she waited Loop's response.
"Girls, we need to leave, now. ASAP..."
"Not without helping Live Wire first!"
Glitch stomped his hoof on the ground hard, drawing attention to himself. "LOOP! CIRCUIT! WE HAVE TO LEAVE, NOW!"
"Oh, no! Horror of horrors! Live wire has been defeated! What levels will Destructo stoop to to accomplish his vile goal?"
"Muahaha!" Laughed the villainous stallion. "You fools couldn't stop me this time! And I only need to win once! At last, with the power of this OOPART, I can summon the world-eater to do my bidding, and this city will be mine at last! Hahaha, hahahaha, BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" With that, the artifact was cloaked in dark energy, tendrils seeping out of it and amassing a vile form in the sky. In a panic, Loop raced to her hero's collapsed form, pleading for her to get up and save the day. Glitch and Circuit assumed a defensive stance, ready to make a dash for the nearest door if things got hairy. Live wire struggled to her hooves, gazing in horror as a giant black dragon-thing rose from the dark mass.
"At last! Now, come, creature of darkness! Help me take over this city, and I shall-" Destructo never got to finish his sentence as the creature lunged at him, chomping his entire body in a single bit. It roared as shadows seeped across the sky, the four ponies assembled on the roof having only one thing to say:
"Crap. RUN!"
Live Wire picked up Loop and leapt off the building as Glitch and Circuit followed flying as fast as they could, rushing to find a safe place to regroup. The beast screeched as it struck the building, collapsing it in a single blow.
"Oh, dear! All seems hopelezz for our heroes!
Can they sub-sub-subdoo the monster in time to save the city? Will justice prevapreveail "
CRACK.
The creature didn't even get a chance to scream as the sky split in two. Beyond, shards glittered in the distance. The narrator seemed to have finally failed. The veil lifted, the four gazed into the abyss as the world shattered around them, and screamed. All except Glitch, who started looking for a door.