Spike was ready with the light. He and Discord were back to back with each other. They were being stalked by a monster and it was hungry for blood.
They had spent a great deal of time explaining each other's situation. In the end, though they didn't have much time to process everything. The monster was close by and it was waiting to strike.
"So you're saying that this thing is the father?" Discord asked, clearly not want to believe it.
"Ya apparently," Spike responded but not looking at Discord.
They needed the light to fight him. Discord was right next to Spike as he was the only weapon they had. They went back to back so it couldn't sneak upon them.
Spike kept his face forward ready to fire at anything that moved. A few movements from bugs nearly made him shot his fire.
"So what do we do cause now all we are is sitting ducks right now," Discord proclaimed.
"Well, light is the only thing that can hurt him so that's at least a good thing," Spike said as he picked up a piece of wood from the ground. "We need to get out of here."
"And how do you propose we do that. Some of us can't breathe fire without our magic."
Spike smiled at the fact that he was more powerful than Discord for the split moment." Yes, I know I am the most useful right now but you don't need magic to hold a torch."
Discord turned to see Spike holding the piece of wood that was wrapped in old rags. Spike blew fire at it and set it ablaze. The light ruined itself across the room as it looks dominion over the dark. Discord smiled as the light quite literally warmed his heart.
"No offense to Luna or anything," Discord said with a chuckle."But the Dark can seriously suck. The light is just a blessing."
The creature jumped at them only to be pushed back by the sharp piercing swords of light. The fire felt as if it was right up against its skin. The creature hissed and retreated unable to bear the bullets of light be shot at it.
Discord and Spike ran through the store being cautious of every crevice that could've held darkness. The creature was stalking them hiding in the darkness and shadows created by the light.
"Watch it!" Spike yelled as he caught Discord as he almost fell down a large hole.
"Where did that come from?!" Discord asked as he continued to run.
"I don't know. Why don't you go back and ask it?" Spike responded in sarcasm.
They continued to run through the store that seemed twice as large as before. Many obstacles lay in their path. Spike searched the area trying to remember where the exit was. Discord kept looking behind them to see where the creature was.
The creature jumped out in front of them and run up to Spike. Discord threw his torch right at its face. It was inches from Spike's face before it was hit by the piercing flames. It shrieked as it clawed at its face.
"Sweat Celestia that was close!" Spike screamed as he checked himself for any wounds.
Discord picked up his torch and continued to run. "Where are we going? This place doesn't seem to end." Discord stopped and did a 360 turn.
Spike looked around realizing that Discord was right. They weren't getting anywhere running around clueless.
"Discord, I need you to throw me up into the air."
"Wait why."
"So I can see where the stupid exit is. Otherwise, we're gonna die here."
Discord didn't hesitate much. He picked Spike up off the ground and threw him into the air. Spike went a good 10 15 feet up. He quickly looked around for any signs or the door. His eye quickly caught a glimpse of the red sign above the door that said EXIT.
"I see it. I know where it is,” Spike said as Discord caught him.
Spike jumped from Discord’s paw and ran towards the exit. He had the path memorized in his head. All the studying Twilight had made him do become useful once in a while.
Discord steadily followed the dragon still watching their six. He turned to see a glimpse of the creature following them before it disappeared back into the darkness.
"We have company!" Discord shouted as he walked backward.
"Doesn't matter we're out of here."
Discord turned his head to a beautiful sight. The red EXIT sign greeted them. The rushed passed the door nearly tripping over each other. They were back in the main hallway.
They ran to the main room they had first entered. It was a glorious sight for both of them. Supposedly the old toys didn't seem so bad to either of them. They would have rather hugged and kissed each individual toy than face the monster that was following them.
"Discord!"
Discord turned to see Spike being dragged back down the hallway. Spike was blowing fire at the creature but this time it powered through it. It shrieked as it let go of Spike a few times but it quickly grabbed a hold of him again.
Discord had to make a choice. He looked at his torch to see that it was nearly out, so what could he have done. He looked back up at Spike and then he knew exactly what to do.
Spike watched as Discord ran out of the store, leaving him behind. Spike felt a sharp pain in his heart seeing this. How could he leave him behind?
"Discord!" The little dragon screamed out for help.
Spike was dragged further down the hallway and eventually, it was unable to bear the pain. It grabbed Spike’s face and pinned it to the ground. This left Spike completely helpless. He knew that he was done for. His friend had abandoned him and he was gonna die there. The creature roared as it showed all of its jagged teeth. Spike let out one final scream; preparing himself for death.
"Hey ugly."
The creature looked up to have its face splashed with some liquid. The liquid went all over its body and blinded it for a moment. It wiped its face-off to see Discord standing there with a large can. It took it a second to realize that the can said gas on the side of it.
“Discord?!” Spike was shocked to see that Discord hasn’t left him behind after all.
Discord had thrown gas at it. It looked up at him a growled as it started to walk forward. It stopped as Discord pointed down. The creature looked down only to realize that he let go of the dragon ever so slightly. It was just enough for Spike to let out the littlest flame he could.
The creature instantly was set ablaze. It flew back as a million little shaped needles of fire stabbed into its body. Everywhere the little needles pierced, even its eyes. Spike didn't wait to see the light show he went back to Discord and they were both out of there in seconds.
They stood there panting as they looked at the old store. They had never been so glad to see the sunshine.
"Praise Celestia!" Spike shouted as he started to "kiss the sun". More less the ground that they were standing on. "Light, oh wonderful sweat amazing, glorious, divine light. How I missed you."
"So what just happened in there exactly. Like what exactly was that abomination."
Spike looked up at Discord as he realized what they still had work to do. He was ready to be home and in bed sleeping by that point. But at last, he still had the help Cadence and Luna.
"Can we get something to eat now I'm starving? Being chased by a monster from Hell makes you hungry. I could even eat a whole pony now." Spike said as he dragged his feet.
"Wait, like for real?" Discord asked as he dragged his feet.
"No, not really. Well….. I don't know actually."
The exquisite feeling of food in his mouth made Spike almost pass out. Discord had ordered three meals just for himself. They practically inhaled their food. Trench did make delicious alligator tacos.
"Man boys you two have been through a lot haven't you?"
"What do you mean?” asked Discord.
"Trust me I can tell when someone is stress eating. Or they're relief eating."
"Well I'm sure relieved that I'm alive right now," Spike said as food fell out of his mouth."And getting such delicious food."
"Ahh see I knew it. What have you two been up to hmm?"
Discord chuckled as continued to stuff his mouth."Well, we went into the old place you told us about and let's just say it was less than a stellar experience."
"Ahh, I see. Ya, that's to be expected from a place like that. No one ever goes into that place and those who do usually don't make it back."
"So you know about what's in there?" Spike asked.
"More or less I guess. I've heard things but I never have seen anything because I never wanted to go in there. I'm not that curious. What's ever there can stay there."
"You're a smart lizard Trench,” Discord said. “We were lucky to make it out of there in one piece. We only went there to help a friend."
"Ahh, I see. Well, I hope it was worth it."
"Same here," Spike muffled, mouth still full of food.
"So anyways what can you actually tell us about that place, Trench? What exactly happened there?" Discord asked
The lizard looked at him in deep thought. “Not much really. I don't know to be honest. I never looked into it."
"Do you know anyone who would?"
"Sure, I know just about everyone here. They all love my cooking."
"I can see why," Spike muffled again.
"I do know a cat who looked into that place a while back. He even went in there to get something from it."
"Did he see anything?" Discord asked.
"No, he was in and out, wasted no time. But before he went in there, he came to me about reading a bunch of files about the place. He was looking for the layout so he could navigate in and out as quickly as he could."
"I'm guessing he wasn't the only one who wanted it,” Discord remarked as he finished his drink.
"I guess."
"Do you know where we could find this cat?" asked Spike.
"Capper is his name? But you’re out of luck with him. Ya, he's not around right now. I haven't seen him in a while."
"Capper?" Spike asked. "That name sounds kinda fam-“
"But you know what?" Trench interrupted. "I do have the files still for the place."
"Well, then I'm sure we could work something out." Discord held out a paw full of gems.
"Just don't let any of this get back to a little rascal named Vergo and you have a deal." Discord and Trench shook on it and they exchanged goods. Then he walked off to deal with other things.
Spike looked back at Discord. "By the way, Discord back there when I was being attacked, why did you leave me?”
"I didn't leave you," Discord said in offense." I went out of the building so I could use my magic. Where do you think I got the gasoline from?"
Spike's eyes went open. He hadn't thought about it, but it all made sense. “Oh, now I get it. Sorry, I just was so scared and I really thought you ditched me."
"Spike I am offended that you think I would leave a member of the Ogres and oglets club behind. I only have so many nerd friends you know."
"No, I'm sorry your right. I should know better. You're a softy now who actually loves his friends,” Spike said as he hugged Discord.
"Now now let's not get sappy here. If you were any other friend then I might not have been able to save you and that wouldn't have been my fault. So let's just move on shall we?"
Spike chuckled at Discord sad attempted to hide his sappiness. “So now that you have your magic, we can go back to Equestria. I mean who knows what Luna has been up to?"
"Well just wait till she hears about what we've been up to." They both laughed as Discord snapped his fingers.
"I'm on it." Said the French narrator from Spongebob square pants. "A little while latoor."
It didn't take them long to make it back to Equestria, though it was a bumpy ride. Soon they were back at Crystal Empire.
"Seriously I don't get where that voice is co…."
"It's good to be back," Discord interrupted.
Discord turned to see CD standing in one of the reflections of the castle window. "It looks like I can call the mortician and cancel your appointment."
"Discord?"
"Ya, what is it, Spike?"
"You really need to read this file. It's not pretty."
Discord looked at the file and instantly noticed a picture of a pile of dead pony bodies. It was gonna be one of those stories; Discord’s favorites.
Discord looked back up at C.D. "Nevermind, I told him to cancel your cancel. Looks like we'll still be needing him."