//------------------------------// // Episode 5: "...And the flowers are still standing!" // Story: The Pony Ghostbusters // by ChangelingProductions //------------------------------// "...And the flowers are still standing!" Chrysalis yelled with pride after removing a cloth from one from the dining tables. They had the Onion head in there grasp and just needed some room to lay down traps. Chrysalis was unsure of what Pinkie and Doctor Whooves were planing, but they were told they had told her to make room. After some tables were removed, Pinkie threw down a strange-looking box. "Wait before we start, I just want to say one thing about crossing the streams" the Doc yelled towards Chrysalis. Underground, a map with locations marked apon it laid motionless. Marked on said locations, lit candles stood with little motion. Just as a hooded figure walked into the room, the candle marking the Police Station went out without a sound. Beep Beep Beep... The three ponies cautiously walked towards the beeping box. In fact, they were so focused on the box that they failed to hear the odd sound emanating from the exit doors. They gave the box a small kick, causing some electricity to spurt out. Chrysalis was the first to talk. “We... we caught it...” Her face was filled with shock and surprise. “Well that wasn't such a chore now was it?” pinkie said gleefully. Chrysalis glared but decided not to say anything. As Pinkie was about to return the trap to her hair, the Doctor said something with a hint of confusion in his voice. “Did... did we lock the doors?” He said as he struggled to exit the room. "Why bother" Pinkie replied. "Ghost can go through walls." "Don't tell me I'm locked in here or I swear," Chrysalis said, the shock of catching a ghost being worn down from the idea of being in a room with Pinkie. She despised the idea of being in here with Pinkie. After getting no reply Chrysalis spoke again. "Well? Are we stuck or what?!" "I would say... 'or what'." The Doctor said, trying to be funny. When he turned towards his coworkers, Pinkie was giggling whilst Chrysalis scowled. That scowl turned into wide-eyed shock as a butcher knife just barley zipped in her direction, only missing due to Pinkies intervention. Both ponies laid on the floor in shock as the Doc stood up on his nine hooves. "Who dares...." Said a gray apparatus as it formed its shape. Soon, standing before them was the ghost of an old gray mare dressed in both a chef's outfit and a purple overcoat. "Good lord Celestia, that's Zesty Gourmand!" Pinkie screamed hoping to her hind hooves. "Who?" Chrysalis and the Doc asked simultaneously. Both also giving the other a confused yet spiteful look. "Zesty Gourmand! She was caught poisoning her staff and customers when they complained about her! The only reason she was caught was that her lunch was mixed up with that of customers! After tracking down whos meal was whos it was too late. SHe poisoned herself and died." "LIES!" The spirit yelled throwing another butcher knife in Pinkies direction. A sudden proton bolt disrupted it however causing Zesty to screech. Chrysalis, on the other hand, smirked as she jokingly blew off the top of her Proton Wand. "Bullz eye." She said tiredly. This joking nature didn't stick around though as a hard of versus knives spree form the sector and hurdled towards all three of the living ponies. The Doc ran around behind the cover of a broken table and ducked down. Pinkie once again pushed Chrysalis behind cover and forcefully ducked her down. Chrysalis's face scrunched up at being tucked like this. Sadly, the cover plan didn't last long as the knives began boomerang back around towards their targets. Chrysalis shrieked with venom in her throat. "That is IT! MY WAR WITH GHOSTS IS PERMINATE AS ALL GHOST ARE A THREAT TO MY EMPIRE!" Grabbing her wand, she began to encase Zesty in a felid of protons. Zesty chuckled as all the knives began to target Chrysalis. But to her surprise, Pinkie began to zap away as many knives as she could. Zesty shrieked and forced her knives to target Pinkie as well, allowing the Doc to slide a Trap underneath her. He looked over to Chrysalis who nodded. As if on queue, the Doc began to zap above him and helped entangle Zesty with his own Protons. The mechanism to trigger the Trap slid across the floor as the Doc hit it with his hooves. Pinkie chuckled before pressing it down and beginning to zap Zesty. As the Trap opened, all of Zesty's knives began to freak out and hit random targets without warning or aiming. "Remember, on three we let go! Once we let go do NOT cross the streams!" The Doc yelled. Chrysalis gave a nod as Pinkie prepared to let off the Trap's trigger. "1" The Doc yelled as he loosened his grip. "2" Pinkie screened as she prepared to jump backward. Chrysalis groned before speaking. "3," She said screamed. It all happened at once; Zesty began to decent into the Trap when she through one last knife from her person, the Doc shut off his proton beam as his eyes widened, Pinkie jumped onto a pile of rubble behind her, all but one of the knives began to dissipate, and Chrysalis shut her eyes tight laying down for cover. "Now two candles are gone!" Screeched a rough female voice from under a hooded body towards three other hooded figures. The candle above 'Sedgwick Hotel' had gone out leaving only four more candles lite. "Have you discovered who's been meddling with our affairs?" "Yes, we have" Spoke one of the figures. They pulled out a folder filled with written documents and photos. "There named Pinkie Pie, Doctor Whooves, and..." "And what?!" Screeched the leader. "And... Chrysalis..." Seconds felt like minutes as their glorious leader began to register the name. "Chrysalis... Former Queen Chrysalis correct?" after a second of thinking, the hooded figure nodded quickly with visible sweat emitting from their shadowed face. "Do you know where they are right now?" The leader asked. The figures pointed to a candle on the map. The labels below read "Red Heart Hospital". Apple Jack walked with Rarity towards the Hospital with worried looks. "I just can comprehend how Pinkie would get cut up so bad..." Apple Jack said with a shaky tone. "I have my theories" Rarity replied with a thing of fury in her voice. Apple Jack sighed. "Welp, hope it doesn't get worse than this..."