//------------------------------// // Chapter 17: Arcane Intervention // Story: The V-Team // by Reizthefakebrony //------------------------------// In the aftermath of the fight occurred in the throne room, Twilegion stood victorious in front at the gravely injured four ponies. Chris, Jace and Sera were lying on the ground. Zade was the only one standing, watching the scene in awe. But what was occupying his mind wasn't just what Twilegion will do to him and his companions. It was the voice he heard before, which lead him to a legit question. "What other way? Twilegion has definitively won." Zade thought. "My dear villains," Twilegion declared. "That is the end of both your futile resistance and that of your pathetic Insurgence. You have thought that your little alliance would had a ghost of possibility to overthrow me, the symbol of perfect harmony. But in the end you had failed. All of you" She approached Zade while charging her horn and smiling gleefully. "Any last words before I deliver your punishment?" Zade remained speechless, feeling literally powerless in front of her. His companions had the same feeling. They were scared of what was going to happen, except Zade. He wasn't trembling in fear. He was distracted by something emerging from inside his being, being the same source of the voice from before. He couldn't understand what was happening until he got a mute answer from a new energy being born inside him. A new kind of determination filled him. Zade lifted his head toward Twilegion. "We are not gonna get it, nutjob." In that point, that energy erupted from his body in a burst of violet energy engulfing his body. Twilegion flinched, taken aback from what was happening. Chris, Jace and Sera were more confused than Twilegion. "W-what is this power!?" Twilegion exclaimed. "Zade!?" Sera said. "Ehm.... Zade? What's going on?" Chris demanded worried. "This doesn't look like any of the ability of Geese Howard that you had received!" Jace said. "This is different!" "Neither I cannot explain this power flowing inside me," Zade said calmly to Twilegion. "Not that this could even make sense. But you know what? I don't care, because I am not done yet." "You insolent FOOL!" Twilegion roared as she launched a beam of devastating energy. The violet energy engulfed Zade raised his hoof and formed a shield around him and his friends. The beam was being sucked inside, as if it was nullified, much to Twilegion awed surprise. "WHAT!?" Twilegion exclaimed. "My turn," Zade channeled a very destructive energy into his hoof and then released it into a giant dark violet wave. "VIAEON REPPUKEN!!" As the wave approached the alicorn, she formed a barrier around her to protect herself, but that was instantly smashed. Twilegion was hit by the blow and was sent to fly. She ended up being slammed against her own throne. Twilegion was full of bruises, her wings looked wrecked and her forehead was bleeding. Zade turned his head toward his friend and tried to motivate them. "What are you waiting for? It's time to react." "I would had disagreed with you, but at this point we have nothing else to lose." Sera said, forcefully standing up. "That's our reversal," Chris said, following suit with Jace. "Yeah! Let's get her!" Jace exclaimed. While Twilegion slowly recovered from her injures, four ponies charged toward the empirical ruler and began their counterattack. Jack shot lightnings from his mouth, Chris unleashed a wave of destructive energy and Sera launched her dark violet meteor. As for Zade, he channeled the violet energy and formed a huge scythe that he used to attack. Twilegion raised her shield with her magic, but that attempt was then negated by Zade's energy scythe cutting through, allowing the barrage of the other attacks overwhelming her. Twilegion was first electrocuted, then hit by the destructive wave and then was blasted by the meteor. Black flames invaded the room and the throne was mostly destroyed. A coil of dust raised between Zade's group and their enemy. They couldn't see what happened to her since their vision was limited. "It's not over yet." Zade said. "I don't know where you got these new powers," Jace said. "But we should save her, not kill her. Remember?" "....... Save me?" Twilegion's voice said mockingly. "How many time I heard that from Starlight Glimmer?" Twilegion's figure came out from the fog of dust, flying upwards and looking furious and almost exhausted at the same time. Not wanting to be defeated, she charged her horn and was about to launch her attack when Kamahl suddenly appeared in mid air in front of her, wielding the Mirari Sword above his head. Kamahl stabbed the sword inside Twilegion's chest, interrupting her charge and making her scream in pain. In that instant, a fiery explosion of light suddenly occurred. The four ponies shielded themselves behind Sera's skeletal barrier to avoid being overwhelmed. But the light wasn't destructive. It was a warming one. The light steadily dissipates, revealing the scenario that was presented in front of them. Kamahl was standing unscratched and Twilegion was no more. Only nine ponies remains, being Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight and the rest of the Elements of Harmony. The purple energy that engulfed Zade diminished, disappearing into the nothingness. Zade and his companions, seeing that their plan worked, sighed in relief as Starlight Glimmer, Jeska, Chrysalis and Thorax arrived on the scene. Starlight was crying with tears of joy. "TWILIGHT!" Starlight exclaimed, running toward one of the unconscious ponies. "Finally, this mess it's over!" Jace exulted. "Don't exult yet. We have to find Virum first." Sera stated. "And besides, we have to explain things to the ponies we have saved." Twilight slowly opened her eyes, feeling groggy and dizzy. "S-Starlight?... W... What have I done?" "It's ok, Twilight. I'ts all over." Starlight assured. "No, it's not over. I... I have caused so much damage." "Twilight..." "Your not the only one that feel that way." Celestia said while waking up, followed by the others. Zade was about to said something but their reunion was interrupted by an awfully familiar voice laughing from behind them. "So you had survived and ruined part of my experiment, huh!?" The voice said, causing all of the ponies to turn toward the entrance, only to find a very exhausted and furious Julius looking mockingly at them. "Julius." Zade said angrily. "Y-You were the one who gave us the Mirari!" Twilight exclaimed. "Give up already, you bastard!" Jace roared. "It's over!" Hearing those words, Julius smirked as a sudden black aura wrapped around his body. Zade doesn't know why but they felt his power and presence growing more dangerous as usual. "Guys, be careful!" Zade warned. "There's something going on with this guy!" "What?" Sera said confused. "I can feel that too." Celestia said alarmed. "He's going to go all out." Kamahl commented. "I will make you pay for that," Julius declared. "ALL OF YOU!"