//------------------------------// // Atomic Punk on the Run Part 3 // Story: Equestria Girls' Bizarre Adventure:Stars of the Phoenix // by Zillafire101 //------------------------------// The tall figure rose from his chair in his study, putting away the book as he placed a hand on his shoulder, much of his muscled upper body uncovered, revealing deep-set scaring and old wounds. He took a deep, slow breath, as he looked out the darkened windows. “Onyx has taken a long time to report.” He muttered to himself. “Could he be another defeated minion?” He slowly stroked his chin as he thought things over, his frown deepening as he thought things over, before reaching into his pants’ pocket, and pulled out his phone. He hit a button, before waiting. “Yes, sir?” A voice answered. “Has Onyx Buster reported in?” The Emperor asked. “Oh! No, not yet sir.” “Has Rainbow Dash or Fluttershy appeared?” He asked. “No, neither sir.” The voice answered. “Should I keep watch on the 4…?” “Four?!” The Empero asked suddenly, raising his voice. “There should be five!” “The target Pinkie Pie just vanished!” The voice answered nervously and quickly. “I…I don’t know where she vanished off to, I swear!” He took a long breath, seconds ticking by, as the Secret Emperor calmed himself. “Fine, but make none of the others disappear from sight, understand?” “I…will watch them sir!” The Voice quaked with fear. “Good. Contact me if either Rainbow and Fluttershy appear, or Onyx.” The Emperor ordered sternly, before hanging up. A second, shorter figure appeared behind him, a few feet away. She cleared her throat before speaking. “Should we deploy?” She asked. “No, you will stay at my side.” He answered, glancing over his shoulder. “Besides, this weeds out the weaklings from my organization.” “If you are sure…sir.” She said, before disappearing into the shadows once more. He stood for a moment longer, lingering by the window, before taking a seat, and opening a book, and picking up a pencil, as he began to jot something down. “I can only wonder why Sunset would turn back towards the ideals Celestia championed.” Muttered The Emperor. “Surely, why turn your back on the potential for power that Celestia and Luna limit among their disciples.” Rainbow and Radar Love lifted into the air, about to come down on Onyx Buster, before the Stand-bike veered off to the right, slammed into the ground, and circled around, pouring up dust in a circle around the enemy Stand user. The Stand user held up his hand to block out the dust, before Radar Love suddenly jolted forward, hitting him in the side. Onyx grunted in pain, but grabbed onto the bike, trying to use his closest hand to melt away the bike. She snapped the handles backwards a bit, wrenching the bike away from Onyx's grip, before slamming the back wheel into his face, knocking him down. She didn't bother to look back down at him, driving off and leaping off the roof of the office building, landing hard on the ground with an earth-shattering *boom*, before driving off towards the outskirts of town. Fluttershy, meanwhile, looked over her shoulder to see Onyx had dropped down from the building, and was again in hot pursuit. "Rainbow, he's following!" She said, eyes widening. "I know." She mumbled in irritation. "What's the plan?" Fluttershy asked, nervous. "We've been leading him around for an hour or so now, but nothing puts him down." "I have no clue." Rainbow replied, sighing slightly. She was about to continue, when she spotted something. A sign. Sorpac Heavy Chemicals. One of Filthy Rich's many companies. Rainbow struggled to recall why exactly this stuck out in her mind. Something on the news about unsafe working conditions or something. Fluttershy looked at her nervously. "I don't think that place is safe." She remarked, rubbing her neck. "Yeah, which is why we're leading Onyx Buster right there." Rainbow said, picking up speed as she turned Radar Love towards the direction of the Heavy Chemical factories. Onyx watched as Rainbow Dash turned Radar Love towards the direction of Sorpac Heavy Chemicals, and sped off. The Stand user's eyes briefly widened, before he concentrated, and turned and rounded the corner a few minutes after, determined not to let any surprise hamper his chase. Whatever they were planning, it could only end in his favor. 'You burn chemicals, bad things happen.' He thought simply. 'If they're willing to risk that, let them. I'm tired of this whole stupid chase.' The road to the Chemical plant was stopped suddenly by a large checkpoint, meant to stop traffic. The two stopped and veered off road to avoid being seen. Fluttershy sent out her stands without a word, the small, faery stands watching the post for a couple minutes, before returning to their master. As they touched down on her palms and shoulders, she was immediately given almost a complete recording of what they had seen, like little video cameras in their heads. "There's no guard. I think he's on break." Fluttershy reported to her friend. "Good, this will be more fun without some dork trying to stop us." Rainbow said with a grin, as she reeved up her bike, and sped off towards the checkpoint. She came back on road, built up speed, and flew through the air, landing right in front of, or rather, behind the checkpoint, and driving off down the road towards the chemical plant. Fluttershy seemed worried, pensively biting her lip as she looked around the road for a sign of anyone coming. "Are you sure this is ok?" She asked. "I feel like we're breaking in." "Well, we are breaking in." Rainbow replied, making a slight turn as she looked around for any people. All she spotted were various cars and trucks parked and all around the building, but no sign of any people out and about outside the building itself. She hoped she could get inside, and avoid any people spotting her, and deal with Onyx and get out. She slowed down, cruising by several of the cars, until she spotted one of the side doors. She sped up slightly, and turned, Radar Love pushing the doors open, before they went inside. Onyx, meanwhile, slammed straight through the guard rail, not stopping until he came to the parking lot. Where could they have gone? In this maze of cars and trucks, the tracks they left often blended things together. While he was gifted with a nose able to deduce much of the scent of tires and burnt rubber, and when it was made, too many jumbled his smell. This was one of those cases. His eyes darted from spot to spot, trying to pick out something, before his eyes focused in on one of the side entries. 'Easy access. Easy removal.' He thought to himself, rubbing his hands together, as he darted to that location. He would have to move quick, and get the drop on them. They had wormed their way out of his sights before, and he didn't intend to let that happen now. He passed by the cars, leapt over several more, landed on his feet, and ran through the doors. Rainbow stopped Radar Love briefly, to get a good luck around the factory they were in. The place was mostly metal, low brown colors and rusted from age, with many warning signs about the unsafe chemicals, and potential damage to the eyes, lungs, skin, hair, eyes, mouth, nose and eyes. She raised an eyebrow at the signs, but said nothing, looking around for any protective gear. The platform she rode on creaked slightly, as the machines roared and groaned underneath them. "I'll try and bring us around the place." Rainbow said. "We've got to find..." "Hey!" Onyx shouted. "Oh, jeez. Does he every stop?" Rainbow muttered, as she turned Radar Love around to face him. "What do you think you're doing in here?" Onyx growled. "You thought you could lose me in here?" "Maybe, maybe not." Rainbow replied, spotting a loading crane, leading into a long metal chain, ending in a rusted old metal hook. Her eyes darted to it, before focusing back on Onyx Buster in total. "I have no time for you running!" Onyx declared, pointing a finger at Rainbow Dash. "Now face me, or surrender. No more running." "I've got a roundabout way of accomplishing that." Rainbow said coldly, giving a small grin. Onyx raised an eyebrow, as he stepped forward. "Oh?" Rainbow reeved up Radar Love and charged at Onyx, as he raised his hands and cocked back one of his fists to slug the motorcycle Stand user away, before Radar Love suddenly swerved to the left, as Rainbow reached out and snatched the chain in her left hand, and rode into hook it onto Onyx. He tried to turn, as she hook the chain under the suit's neck, readjusted her grip to lower it, and rode around and around, faster and faster, until the chain had wrapped around Onyx, enclosing his arms and legs. he struggled for a bit, before looking up and cocking his head at her. "So, this is the best you can do?" Onyx said with a grin, before heat began to build up. "No, actually, this isn't all of it." Rainbow replied coldly, before speeding up and slamming head-on into Onyx. The hostile Stand user went flying over the platform, leaving hanging from the chain, as Onyx's eyes widened in shock. "Careful landings, Onyx!" Rainbow taunted, as both she and Fluttershy waved in mock good-bye and sped off. He growled slightly, looking down below, and trying to find a way around to keep himself from landing hard below. He had taken soo many falls, he wasn't sure his Stand could withstand anymore. "Only a Stand can injure a stand, right?" He thought, thinking it over quickly, eyes darting nervously. "but, I've taken a lot of abuse already..." He groaned slightly, looking around for anything to help him escape. He sighed, as he began to concentrate his energies once more into heating up his body. This would not take long to accomplish. He quickly concentrated the heat around his upper-body, snapping and melting away the chains from his arms and shoulder, sending the few remaining pieces falling to the ground. Much of the chain was destroyed, but, over his head, was a few feet left leading into the rest of the crane. He allowed the chains to be broken apart, before jumping up and grabbing, focusing as he tried to bring his heat and energy back under control. He quickly scaled up the chain, before back-flipping and landing atop the crane, crouched and looking over the entire factory. He chewed his lip slightly as he looked over the whole factory, trying to find his targets again, in all the machinery and steam issuing forth. Finally, his ears detected the feint sound of a motorcycle engine. He turned his head to the left, towards the sound, and spotted the brief trace of something pink. He climbed down quickly, and leapt off once he felt safe, and ran forward, heading in the direction he had seen them last. The two, meanwhile, continued speeding about, moving past shocked workers just getting coffee or on break. The workers were wise enough to move out of the way, as Fluttershy looked over the various sections of the factory before her, before grabbing Rainbow Dash's shoulder. "Wait, stop!" She shouted above the roar of Radar Love. "Wait, what, why?" Rainbow asked, bringing Radar Love to a stop immediately, as Fluttershy jumped off. "We don't have much time, we need to keep moving." "I might have a way to defeat him." Fluttershy said, as she turned towards the sign and began reading it over. Sweat beaded down her head, as she looked around at the various sections of the plant. Her eyes darted around, as she tried to memorize all of the details she could about the factory, before she heard a loud hiss and screams, people running away, as her eyes darted to her right. The door that had lead them, that had locked down right after they entered, was slowly but surely melting and burning away. Finally, the figure stepped forward from the burning, smoking ruins of the door, angrily focused on the two. Fluttershy ran towards Radar Love, as Onyx immediately chased after them, not bothering to stop or making any grand threat towards them, his eyes wide with rage as he closed in. Rainbow sped off, as she turned slightly to Fluttershy. "Where's the target, Flutters?" She asked as they picked up speed, Onyx still dangerously close behind them. "You need to turn right up ahead, and head towards the eastern wing." Fluttershy directed. "If I remember correctly, there might be something that we can use up ahead." "Might be?" "Something I kinda maybe sort of remember from a science class with Sunset." Fluttershy explained. "I hope it works then!" Rainbow remarked, as she drove off towards Fluttershy's directions, Onyx barely keeping up, as he slammed into a wall, partially melted it, before pulling himself out and continuing the chase. The two drove onwards, the tiles cracking and breaking under Radar Love's tires, before partially melting and reforming under the extreme heat of Atomic Punk's energy field, Onyx sliding along slightly as his Stand rapidly cooled the tiles. The chase continued, Rainbow turning and swerving in the directions Fluttershy gave her. As the chase continued, Rainbow swerved to the right of the hall, and drove across one of the walls, avoiding a worker who had been frozen in shock at the sight of the two. Rainbow left a long, deep scar across the wall, as she drove across it, before turning to the worker. "Get out of the way, dude!" She yelled as she drove off. Onyx slide to a stop, calming down his heat projection, and grabbed the guy by the shoulders, shoving him into the unscathed wall. "Stay out of the way!" He yelled. "You'll get hurt if you freeze up like that!" He ran off, heading for Radar Love, eyes focused on them with absolute rage. 'Using some random slob to distract me, constantly thwarting and avoiding me like they're so smart!' He fumed within his mind. 'They get on my nerves with how arrogant and snobby they are!' He continued running, before they suddenly turned a corner to the right, speeding off. He barely had time to register the fact, before he slammed into the wall, burned through it, and emerged on the other side, in another series of offices and test rooms. He groaned in irritation as he looked around, before running off to the right, trying to find an exit, and the way to get to his enemies. Rainbow drove a little further, finally bursting through two doors, and stopping to look around. The place before them was a processing plant within the factory, and above them, near platforms lined with guard rails, were a series of large smoking vats and holding tanks. Rainbow gulped slightly at the sight of all this, while Fluttershy looked around, pursing her lips. "Are you sure this is the right area?" Rainbow asked. "Yes." Fluttershy said meekly. "All we need is Buster." A moment later, the wall to their left began to glow a bright orange, as the large figure of Onyx burst through the wall. The Stand user was hunched for some time, breathing heavily, glaring at them from the tops of his eyes, before taking a deep breath and straightening himself out. "What are we doing here, then?" Onyx asked sarcastically. "Planning to mix some sleeping pills together so I won't have to go through the trouble of knocking you out?" "No, our aim is to beat you, here and now!" Rainbow declared, cracking her knuckles. "I'm sick of you following us like a crazy mental patient." "Good grief." Onyx said, shaking his head. "Talking big, as always, I see. You've tried to beat me at least three times already. You're getting no where." "Neither are you!" Rainbow taunted. "All that fire you're tossing out, and what has it gotten you but a bruised set of ribs, and a bruised ego?" Onyx said nothing merely glaring at the team and looking around for any tricks or traps. He could overcome any trap in his way, so long as he could prepare for it. He stepped forward, fists clenched and ready to snap their necks. He would enjoy making them suffer for all the humiliation he had gone through. 'Once my pride is healed, they'll all learn to respect my power, and not see me as an idiot anymore!' He repeated the claim in his mind, teeth clenched as heat began to rise from his body. He stopped as he took a deep, feeling a shift, his eyes darting downwards, as he jumped away. A section of the metal platform and scaffolding breaking and dropping underneath. He landed hard in an area to his right, only to feel it shift again, as he leapt away from there. He landed again, looking around for anymore traps on the platform. He began to try and think of anyway around this, before remembering something one of the other Skoutatoi had told him. 'Brute has said that Plasma is neither solid, liquid nor gas.' Onyx thought quickly. 'And since I can control the heat from my stand...' He concentrated, as a reddish-orange liquid began to spread out from his boots, across the floor, as Rainbow wisely took the chance to speed off. He however, didn't concern himself with that, making sure the liquid seeped all around the platform, just hot enough to speed up the spreading process and to keep any potential attacks away, but not enough to melt the whole platform while he was still on it. As it spread out, he noticed the areas where it dropped, the plasma substance hitting parts of the platform, and disappearing briefly, before more flowed over it. Onyx concentrated on these parts, before running, and making sure to avoid, jumping and running to and fro as he followed after the tracks Rainbow Dash had left. Rainbow Dash, meanwhile, looked back over her shoulder to see him pursuit no, as her eyes widened a bit. "I thought busting up that platform a bit would slow him down." Rainbow grumbled. "He seems to be getting smarter with every fight." Fluttershy looked around, before focusing on a canister. "Wait!" "Huh? We can't afford to wait..." Rainbow began, before she followed Fluttershy's finger. "Knock that over when he gets close." "That thing is huge!" "Do it, it should help slow him down." Fluttersy said, a determined look in her eye. Rainbow Dash looked as though she wanted to say more, but shook her head. "Alright. We'll try this." Onyx jumped over the stairs, and landed on the platform, glaring at them, before a smile crept across his bruised and batter face. They had no where to run to now. He could finally finish this. Rainbow's set into a small, determined frown, as she gestured with her head to Fluttershy, who got off and stepped away carefully, watching as Rainbow Dash readied Radar Love. He made a short hop, before picking up speed and running towards her, heat building in his body. Rainbow waited, grips tightening on Radar's handles. 'I have to do this just right.' She thought, sweat rolling down the sides of her face, as she grinded her teeth together nervously. 'If I do this too soon, it won't work. Too late, and I'll probably die.' Onyx, charged onwards, clenching, then opening, then clenching his fists again in anticipation for the ending he was about to deliver onto Rainbow. As he got within arm's reach, he pulled back his left fist, but before he could yell in triumph, Radar Love spun about on it's front wheel, twisted away from him, and slammed the back wheel into the side of his head. He yelled in surprise, as the right side of his body hit the nearby container. His eyes widened as he realized what was happening, but couldn't stop it. He couldn't cool himself down quick enough before his right side submerged and melted through the container, and whatever was inside poured out and vaporized. He fell to the ground, slamming into the platform, and creating a human-sized crater in it, as the strange liquid spread out under and around him. He pulled himself out of the solution, trying to wipe it away from him, as he felt a strange sensation on the left side of his face, and his left arm. He reached over, touching his face with his right, as he felt his left foot go numb, as though it had fallen asleep. "Wha...What the heck did you idiots do to me?!" He demanded, dragging his foot along as he struggled to step towards Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. "I remember from science class, that if that chemical is absorbed into the skin, it will cause numbness for 2-4 hours." Fluttershy explained, crossing her arms in front of her. "It won't hurt you, but it will hopefully make you stop being such a meanie." "You...you think I'll stop just because of some medicine?!" He demanded, trying to step towards them again, before falling on his knees. "I'll never quit!" "Then this is where I come in!" Rainbow declared with a confident grin, as she reeved up Radar Love. "Rainbow Dash, you should wait and...!" Fluttershy began to warn, only for Rainbow to drive off, focused entirely on Onyx's form. Onyx looked shocked and terrified as Rainbow gunned for him, eyes wide behind his goggles. "Wait...!" She snorted slightly to herself as she leaped upwards slightly, and prepared to slam down, tire first, onto his face. He wouldn't get any mercy from her, not after all he had put her and Fluttershy through. As she came close to smashing down him, however, he clumsily rolled out of the way. It was nothing worthy of the Olympics or a Ninja, but just enough to get him some space, and not enough to time readjust her attack. Seconds before hitting the ground, he stood on his knees, and grabbed the back of her jacket with his hand, and threw her off her bike, and slammed her into the ground. She quickly tried to scramble to her feet and get out of the chemical solution, only for Onyx to turn and press his hand down on her face, forcing her body right into it. He smiled broadly as he pushed down harder. "First, I'm gonna numb you up, then I'm gonna melt you down to a puddle!" He declared, words slurring slightly. "I'm gonna so enj..." His words were interrupted by a pipe slamming into the back of his head, causing him to stagger. Rainbow looked up, to see Fluttershy holding a large pipe, and had imbedded it into the back of Onyx's Stand-protected head. She got to her feet, her foot dragging beside her as she struggled to move. Onyx staggered from the blow, stunned and surprised, but not hurt. Rainbow, glaring at him, lifted her limb left foot and swung it into his exposed mouth, as he yelled, muffled, in pain, and went flying away. The Skoutatoi Stand user held his mouth in pain, as Rainbow struggled over to her now-normal bike, and grabbed it's handles, struggling to pull it up, as Fluttershy ran to her and helped her pull the bike up. 'I should've listened.' She groaned mentally within her mind, shaking her head. 'Now I feel like I'm at the dentist, and almost out of the fight.' She got on with Fluttershy's help, and activated her Stand, Radar Love spreading and filling out the bicycle into his motorcycle form, as Fluttershy got on, and held onto her waist. Onyx got up with difficulty, his foot still dragging, as he smacked the side of his face, and his leg, struggling to get feeling back. "Come, damn things, get back in action, before they get away!" He growled to himself. Rainbow herself didn't feel too hot either, her left fingers barely able to grip the handle, while her right arm was screaming agony from an injury taken during Onyx's throwing her off her bike. Her foot struggled to stay on, as she sped off, Radar Love wobbling slightly as she traveled along. "I'm sorry Fluttershy. I screwed this up." She said miserably, as she struggled to maintain her course. "Don't think like that." Fluttershy said, shaking her head. "We bought some time, and if I'm right, hopefully, the stuff should be here that we need." "What stuff?" Rainbow asked. "Just keep going." Fluttershy said. "If I find it, I'll point it out, ok?" Rainbow only nodded, but didn't seem to certain. She turned to see Onyx following behind, leaning heavily on the guard rails of the place, a dark fire in his eyes. She wanted to pick up speed, trying to will Radar Love to go faster, to leave behind in the dust, but found she couldn't. She was going at a leisurely pace, and that was the best she could do. 'This medicine stuff is ruining everything.' She mentally groaned. 'I can barely hit the speed I need. I feel like a little old lady driving around.' She made a turn, going up another ramp, leading up to the highest platform in the building, as Onyx followed. Rainbow drove forward, up the stairs, and onto the above platform, and finally, past a series of large, massive holding barrels the size of a house to her left. She drove forward a bit more, until Onyx managed to crawl up and onto the platform. He took a deep breath to steady himself, before leaning on the railing. "Can you please just surrender?" He breathed heavily. "You're sucking the wind outta me." "How about you, you can barely stand up!" Rainbow challenged. "You can barely ride your own bike stand!" Onyx countered. "Then come and get us.'" Fluttershy replied bluntly. Onyx sputtered and growled, baring his teeth, before taking another breath. "Seeing as I'm a sportsmen, I'll give you a chance to catch your breath." The three waited a moment, staring at each other, and around the area, before Onyx Buster stood away from the railing, leaning hard on his working leg, as he began to move towards Rainbow. "Break time's over." He grunted, pointing at them. "Time to give up and die." He began moving towards Radar Love, as the Motorcycle mounted Stand user prepared herself for another fight. Fluttershy, meanwhile, jumped off and ran towards the massive cylinders hanging off the side of the platform. Onyx didn't particularly care what she did. Her stand at best had scratched him sometimes in this running battle. There was no point in worrying about whatever she tried. Rainbow was the main threat, and had to be targeted above all else. He stepped forward, fists clenched as he focused on the Rainbow, who glared back at him, a dark fire in her eyes. A moment passed, before Onyx swung his fist at her face. She immediately dove low, swiping at his legs, as he jumped over, and brought his right foot up. Radar, still at a sharp inclined angle, drove backwards, as he slammed his foot into the platform, plunging it straight through. He grunted, and removed his foot, as Radar Love straightened once more. Fluttershy, meanwhile, was looking over the massive containers and their contents. The bubbling green liquid made her a little woozy just standing over it, but she knew this was what she needed. Or at least, she thought it was what she needed. 'I'm certain this is what Sunset said was used in experimental knock out gas.' She thought, wracking her brain for the memories. 'Oh, I wish I was better at chemistry! I don't want to take risks in this.' Onyx suddenly slammed into the railing near, causing her to jump and yelp in surprise at the sight of him. His back and shoulders had hit the railing, bending and destroying it utterly. He groaned as he stood up slowly, Rainbow glaring at him. "Fluttershy, get away from him, quick!" Rainbow shouted in warning, but all too late. Onyx turned and, baring his teeth, snapped forward and grabbed her, wrapping one arm around her neck in a stranglehold, as he stood near the edge, looking back of the chemical slurry below him. He turned to Rainbow. "Come one and try and stop me!" He taunted. "There's no way you can speed towards me before I drop her!" Rainbow glared, reeving up her bike, as Onyx readjusted, gripping her by the collar, and holding Fluttershy over the container of chemicals. "Give me any excuse!" He challenged. "Rainbow Dash, please, listen to me." Fluttershy said, straining against the Stand User's grip. "You need to beat him, and send him over the edge!" "No talking! I make the rules now!" Onyx declared. "You both stand down, or Fluttershy here goes into that crap in the giant jar." "Rainbow, just go for the win, I'll be fine." Fluttershy said, as Onyx tightened his grip slightly. Rainbow Dash looked uncertainly at them both, back and forth from Onyx, to Fluttershy, then back again. "I...I can't." She said, knuckles turning white as she tightly gripped her motorcycle controls. "Make your choice Rainbow!" Onyx snapped. "I may look like one, but I don't have the patience of a saint!" "Rainbow." Fluttershy said one last time. "Trust me." Rainbow steeled herself, glaring right at Onyx, as she reeved up. Onyx, however, merely chuckled slightly. "Oh?" He said, tilting his head slightly. "Why do you have yourself all puffed up? You seriously don't intend to fight still, even if it means the sacrifice of your friend?!" He released Fluttershy, and dropped her into the vat below, laughing as he brought both fists up, ready to block all of Rainbow's attacks against him. One down, six to go for him. He spread his legs wide, and bent them low, a wicked grin his face, despite his bleeding lips and eyebrow. Rainbow floored Radar Love, as best as she could sped off right towards Onyx's face. Radar Love's front-end hit Onyx right, his feet sliding a few inches closer to the edge, but stopping as he brought the strength and durability of his Stand to bear. "Is that the best you got?" Onyx taunted, the two only a few meters away, face to face now. "It feels like a soft summer breeze hitting me." "Is that why you're sweating?" Rainbow asked, cocking her head to the side. "Never you mind." Onyx grumbled, as he quickly stepped to the side, and pushed Radar Love over the edge and into the platforms below. "Not so fast!" Rainbow shouted, wrapping an arm around his neck and spinning her body around to his back. "I've got one more surprise for you!" "You're gonna snuggle up with a Stand user that can melt metal?" Onyx said with a laugh. "Are you insane?" "I'm not here to hang on!" Rainbow declared, readjusting her grip onto his shoulders, and digging her heels into the back of his spine. He struggled against her, trying to shake her off, before she kicked off, sending herself off of him, before kicking him down into the vat. A moment later, he hit the chemical vat with a splash. Rainbow stumbled towards the edge, and saw not only Onyx struggling to the surface, shaking and rubbing his face down, but another surprise. Sitting, rather uncomfortably on her horde of stands, who were flying beneath her like a living, moving palanquin throne, was Fluttershy. "How did you know she would survive the fall!?" Onyx demanded, struggling to stay on the surface. "I didn't." Rainbow admitted. "But she said to trust her, and I did." "You should've brought friends to help you." Fluttershy counseled. "You couldn't possibly win against two of us." "I don't have any, just enemies I haven't dealt with yet." Onyx growled. "But I don't need them, because I haven't been knocked out yet!" "I wouldn't do anything if I were you." Fluttershy advised, as her Stands slowly floated up to the platform. "Because you are weak, and you know it!" Onyx growled, as heat quickly built up around him once more. A bright orange and yellow glow surrounded him, as he quickly burned and evaporated the liquid solution all around him, turning it into gas as it slowly disappeared. Soon, he was left standing in a completely dry container, the smoking remains of the chemical all around him. Fluttershy quickly covered her mouth and nose, as did Rainbow. Onyx looked confused for a moment, before staggering. "You just released a whole bunch of remifentanil," Fluttersy explained. "I don't remember all the details, but Sunset has told me it is used as a knock out agent in certain scenarios. I warned you to stop." "I....I won't sleep! Not...in...until I'm dead!" He tried to shout, his words slurring as he fell on his knee. "Dang Fluttershy, that was amazing." Rainbow said, as Onyx dug his two hands into the side of the vat, trying to climb out. His face, instead, hit the container wall, and immediately fell asleep, snoring soundly a few moments later. The two looked to each other, as Fluttershy sent two of her Stands down, and both gave Onyx a number of probing kicks and pokes to test him. When he did not stir, the two turned to leave. "Well, I'm starving." Rainbow muttered. "Let's grab a bite to eat on the way to school." "I haven't had anything other then a light breakfast." Fluttershy said with a nod. "It's on me. Consider it a thanks for that win." Rainbow replied, patting her friend on the shoulder. "Oh, I couldn't ask that of you." Fluttershy said. "No, no. You saved us both, you deserve it." Rainbow said, waging a finger at her. The two walked off, down numerous stairs, before Rainbow grabbing her bike, as Onyx snored blissfully within the container, completely unaware of his loss. Sunset sat on the front stairs of the school with the rest of her group, looking out in worry over the horizon. It had been a while since Rainbow and Fluttershy had called or texted them. She was worried they had gotten seriously hurt or eve killed by the Stand user. However, Pinkie began to act up holding her ears with a yelp. "What the heck was that?" Sunset asked, raising an eyebrow. "My Pinkie scenes!" She exclaimed. "Someone important is coming!" "What...?" Sunset began, before she saw a motorcycle moving fast across the roads, heading towards the schools. Her eyes widened as the rest of the group stood up and gave various gasps and shocked exclamations. The Stand-infused bike rode up, giving them a good look at Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, both battered and tired looking, but triumphant. Sunset and the girls ran up, shouting excitedly, before Rainbow raised her hand. "Alright, alright, calm down guys, we're fine." Rainbow said, shaking her head slightly. "You've been gone most of the day!" Rarity said. "A Stand user had us in some hot water." Rainbow muttered with a shrug. "We did fine, thanks to Fluttershy." "I just remember a chemistry lesson I got once." Fluttershy said humbly. "Well, who was it you took out with science?" Twilight asked. "A guy named Onyx Buster." Fluttershy replied. "He was one of the names on the list." Twilight said with a nod. "List of Stand users?" Rainbow asked. "Of course. I have several lists of them actually." Twilight explained. "Are there a lot of them?" Rarity asked in worry. "Well, a little bit." Twilight said. "I just couldn't figure out how to organize it. Should I go alphabetical, in order of Stand acquisition, rank?" "Just, let's keep it simple, and go to acquisition order." Sunset responded. "That should be easiest." "Anyway, even with all these names, the Emperor is still a secret." Twilight said, going into her bookbag, and pulling out three page papers stabled together, and handing them out. "We'll need to fight our way further through the ranks to find his identity." "And with us winning so much, they're going to start sending more groups, and they will be more willing to employ lethal force then ever before." Sunset said, looking around at the group. "We need to be on-guard." With that, the group took their lists, and began to put them away and prepare for the next few hours of school work and getting home. Onyx Buster is knocked out, and do to the exposure to large amounts of remifentanil, ends up in the hospital for several months, recovering. Unable to fight further, he retires. <-- TO BE CONTINUED__/__|