“Alright, jiggly leaver, throwy button, strange purple-pushy-poundy-object! Let's get this old girl running!”
The Doctor walked around the console almost dancing as he activated the TARDIS. A telephone on the console rang, he picked it up, and handed it to Derpy.
“It's for you.”
“Huh?” asked Derpy
She put it up to her ear and heard the Doctors voice: “Let's fly!”
She looked to him confused, but he just smiled and laughed. The TARDIS whirred to life with the sound that brought music to their ears. Whooves clapped and smiled before appearing to the door. Standing there was Lou, Tara, Reine, and Twilight.
“Alright! A quick spin around the block to see if she still works and I'll be right back!”
“Yeah, you have a poor record with that,” said Tara.
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“I've seen the shows. You say you'll be right back, and you show up thirty years too late.”
“Yeah, my double has a point,” added in Twilight.
“I can assure you it's just a quick test,” eased Whooves.
He shut the door and began to work the console as Derpy looked on to him with a curious and sort of disgruntled look.
“What?” asked Whooves noticing.
“Why does Twilight get to keep her horn and I can't keep my wings?”
“Ooh....” He started trying to find some excuse that would explain it before thinking back on the fact that there was no time to discuss this. “When we got back I'll see if Twilight can fix that!”
Derpy rolled her eyes and stood off to the side as the machine started working. It started to float and in seconds, they were traveling through the time stream. Both were relieved and Whooves overjoyed that the trip hadn't done any damage to the ship. After checking the systems one last time, and then going over them with his Sonic Screwdriver, he looked around for a particular object, yet he couldn't find it.
“Derpy, there was a shoe here. Where did it go?”
Derpy looked to him befuddled that he needed that shoe. She walked over to where it landed and tossed it over to him.
“What was it doing over there?” he asked confused.
“I don't know,” Derpy answered sheepishly, trying to hide the fact that she had actually threw it over there in the first place.
He just shrugged and placed it on the console, and gave it a twist. He clapped his hands and Derpy could feel the TARDIS slowing down. The sound of it coming back into existence without its breaks and in a instant, they felt it touch Earth. Before anything could be said, the door burst open and in stormed Twilight.
“What kept you!” she screamed.
“We were only gone a few seconds Twilight,” tried Derpy.
“A few seconds? Try thirty minutes!” she yelled.
“Oops,” responded the Doctor.
“'Oops' doesn't even begin to cover it,” stated Twilight darkly.
Amongst all of Twilight's shouting, her human double poked her head in. “Hey, I thought I might want to let you know, Jack's here.”
They looked to her as she gave a little smile and withdrew back outside. Derpy was the first outside, followed by the Doctor with a still fuming Twilight right behind him. They could see the Cruiser just at the end of the parking lot, and mysteriously, it stopped there.
“Now what is he doing?” asked Lou.
Right as she said that, a spotlight shined on them all with someone speaking over a megaphone.
“This is the Police! Surrender now!”
“What!?” yelled Reine.
“We know you're there Doctor! Come out with your hands up!”
“What!? How do they know?”
“The rest of the Mane 6 as well!” came the Officer again.
Whooves pondered on the thought as the rest looked on confused and scared. Thinking about his options, he came up with the best one. “Right, well can't argue with that, they clearly are law enforcement- Everyone into the TARDIS!”
The Doctor jumped in followed by the rest of the group as the Police started to open fire. Bullets bounced harmlessly off the TARDIS as the ship levitated and took off into the air. Inside, they could be heard echoing down the halls as the Doctor spun a wheel and slammed down his fist on a keyboard.
“Well, let's try and see them pursue us through the time stream! AHA!”
There was a horrific snap that rang through the TARDIS, and nothing happened.
“What? No, no, no, no, no! What's going on!?”
He looked all over the console as the TARDIS still rang with bullets. The rest took cover what good it did them as Whooves threw up his hands in frustration.
“DISCORD!”
“What? Discord?” came Lou
“He's preventing us from escaping into the time stream! Ah, I still got one more trick up my sleeve!”
With a press of a button, the bullets slowly stopped bouncing off the TARDIS. The Doctor adjusted his suit and leaned up against it, satisfied.
“What did you do to them?” asked Reine.
“Nothing. I just turned the TARDIS invisible.”
“Why were they shooting at us? What does Discord have to do with this?” came Derpy
“I don't know. How could the Police know I exist if I'm just a fictional character? Discord's behind this, I know it! He's the only one!”
“He's working with the Police?” asked a shocked Tara
“Now, I do believe the Police are now working for him.”
“Wait, Doctor!” came Derpy
They looked to her, and she had the worst look of fear on her face. They almost didn't want to hear what she had to say.
“The Policeman said the rest of the Mane 6. Didn't you say there were more of them out there?”
“Dash!” yelled Tara, “She's at the Police station!”
“Not to mention April, Diane, and Fiona!” added Reine
The Doctor began to work furiously at his console and stared into the viewfinder.
“I'll find them! Don't worry!”
Twilight looked on worried at all that was happening around them. If Discord was here on Earth, the Humans were not prepared for the chaos he could bring. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught Lou leaning up against the side of the TARDIS with a sickly look on her face.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
Lou's eyes stared up at Twilight as she wrapped her arms around her chest, “If Discord has the Police force under his control, he may have gotten Jack too!”
----
“Why the hell do I have to head down to the station!?” yelled Jack into his radio
“We need all Officers to come down to the station for an important message.” responded Dispatch, they sounded rather calm against Jack's anger.
“Tell me over the God Damn radio then!”
“Suspects are using Police Scanners to intercept our communications.”
“What!? Then go to one of the three secured channels then!”
“We need all Officers to come down to the station for an important message.”
“Back with his again! Can I just go home!?” cried Jack in frustration.
“Negative.” came the reply.
Jack sighed and clicked the button on his radio: “10-4, I'm on my way to the stati-”
He was stopped by a white mustang careening across the road and slamming into a light pole. In a instant he was out of his car and rushed over to see if they were okay. He could hear sirens approaching in the background and they were approaching fast. Wondering if there was a chase nearby, he was at the very least relieved to know there was a ambulance already on call. Whoever was in this was going to make it. Upon reaching the car, he nearly stepped back in horror. He knew who this car belonged to, and grabbed at the door. As he clicked open the handle, the door burst open and knocked him to the ground. Before he could get back up, the wind was knocked out of him and he felt a fist slam against his face. He was expecting a second when he heard a familiar voice
“Jack?”
“Hello Dash,” he greeted in a daze.
“Don't tell me he got you too!” she pleaded.
“Who got who now?” he said still in a daze.
From behind the two, April appeared as the Mustang began to back up.
“Come on Dash! We got to go!”
“April! It's Jack.”
April looked, and to her surprise, it was Jack. He recovered from his attack and stood up, albeit a bit wobbly.
“What's going on here? Why are you in such a hurry to-”
“Too late!” screamed Diane.
“How many you got in that mustang, and is that C-”
He was cut off by a Police car running up and instantly the Officer driving it drew her gun as he stepped out. Parker looked at her, and recognized the cop.
“Smith? What the hell are you doing!? Put that gun away they're no threat.”
“Parker! Return to the Station for an important message.”
“What the-? What did you guys do?” asked Jack putting his hand on his pistol.
“Jack! No! It's not what you think!” cried Dash.
“There was this guy and her started to take over the Police Station!” added in April.
“They were all zombie like, and it was CRAZY!” cried Diane.
“The Police are after us!” finished Fiona.
“Anything you want to add?” Jack asked the fifth occupant.
She shook her head no. Jack drew his pistol much to their alarm, and pointed it at the other Officer.
“Smith! Put your weapon down!”
“Parker return-”
“Smith! I'm ordering you to put your weapon down or I will open fire on you!”
Dash tried to get Jack's attention, “Jack! What are you-?”
“If Discord has control the Police, nowhere is safe! Get out of here now!”
Dash was confused by what Jack just said, “Discord? What?”
“Get in now!” ordered the driver.
“But Miss-!” tried Diane.
“Now!”
More Police Cruisers drove up and replayed the action of Smith, drawing their guns at the mustang. Jack stood there defiant as the others got into the car.
April put her head out of the window, “Jack! What about-”
“Get out of here now!”
The moment the last word left his mouth he unloaded his pistol. The deadly projectiles impacted off the other Police cruisers and gray cops took cover. The Mustang tore off just as Jack ran out of ammo. The mustang tore away with its terrified occupants. Several loud booms pierced their ears, and they looked back to see Jack falling back onto the ground, a fountain of red erupting out his back
-----
Lou jumped for no apparent reason. She was breathing heavily and a cold sweat ran down her face. They all looked to her confused as she shook off the feeling. The Doctor continued to move madly around his console trying to pinpoint the others exact locations, but every time he tried, he would fail. He slammed on the console in frustration and cried into the air.
“WHY!?”
“What's wrong Doctor?” asked a concerned Derpy.
“The TARDIS wasn't designed to locate people! I was trying to see if I could lock on to their energies, but I'm getting nothing!”
“Well, can't we try the Police?” came Reine.
“What good will they do us? They're trying to kill us!” yelled Twilight.
“You obviously don't know how Police work. They communicate all over radio! Can't you pick up those? If they are looking for them as well, we could use that to our advantage.”
“Bloody brilliant, Miss Reine! Why didn't I think of it? Don't answer that.”
Reine had her mouth open ready to reply, but the Doctors words canceled that action. He pointed his Screwdriver on a panel on the wall and it sprung to life.
“We need all Officers to come down to the station for an important message.”
The Doctor gave it a dark look: “Bait and trap. The poor souls.”
“You think Jack got caught into that?” came Tara.
No one could give an answer. Whooves figured this was going to repeat and started to change the frequency. Most signals were the same near automated tone for the trap, but finally they came to one that was clear.
“All Officers, We have a White mustang carrying the four suspects going south on the County Road 32 toward the river. License plate 856-JWX.”
“Well that doesn't help.” remarked Whooves.
“That's my sisters car!” cried Lou.
“Who?” came Derpy.
“My sister Celeste!”
Whooves turned around and looked at her bemused: “Okay, that one was blatantly obvious! How could you not see it!?”
“Huh?” came Lou.
“Celeste, Celestia? Come on! It's staring you right in the face!” he yelled.
“It's a common name!” argued Lou.
“That's not my point!” he yelled before grabbing the TARDIS's controls and yanking on them, “Hold on! We're going in! Derpy! Twilight! The door!”
Both ran to the door and opened it. The Doctor maneuvered the TARDIS around to where they could see out in front and the machine stopped spinning. In front of them as he flew it in was a massive high speed involving several Police Cars and even three helicopters.
“There! In front!” yelled Twilight
Pointing out the obvious aside, Whooves flew in and low. He skidded off the top of a Police Car and zeroed in on the mustang. Looking in, Twilight and Derpy were surprised to see the human versions of their friends back in Equestria. The doubles themselves looked on quite surprised to see the TARDIS and what looked to be there friend flying there next to them.
“We have a flying box in the chase. Confirmed, it's the Doctor!” came the radio.
“They're on to us!” yelled Tara.
“Well we better hurry up!” called the Doctor with a bit of laughter.
Gently working the controls, he moved the TARDIS right next to the car, remembering what he did back in London all those years ago, or will do. He never found out what year it was to be certain. Looking in his view port, he could see the Police cars closing in.
“Tell them to get in!”
“Open the door!” screamed Twilight.
Instead, the window rolled down and Dash poked her head out. Twilight was a little taken aback by the resemblance she could see between her and the real Rainbow Dash.
“Are you crazy! What are you in!?”
“The TARDIS! We'll get you out of here!” tried Twilight.
“Do as she says!” yelled Celeste from the drivers seat.
Twilight looked up and nearly fell over to see the human embodiment of her mentor. Sure it was weird enough to see a human Rarity or Rainbow Dash, even a human Princess Luna. But Celestia caught her off guard. Her thoughts were suddenly brought back to the situation as Dash opened the door and prepared to jump.
“We'll catch you!” called Derpy.
“You better!” threatened Dash.
Looking at the speeding ground below her, she gulped and closed her eyes. Putting all her strength into her legs, she pushed off from the car and felt herself flying in the air. It was amazing, like nothing she ever felt before! That was, until she started to fall to the ground. Her teeth clenched and every part of her body froze in fear until she was grabbed by four arms and pulled inside. Landing, she shook from the experience and then realized where she was.
“Whoa. This is cool.”
“Next one!” yelled Whooves.
April was up next, and putting all her faith in her strength, jumped for her life. Unlike Dash, she didn't close her eyes as she felt her stetson starting to fly off her head. She grabbed it, but it threw her off her trajectory and instead of being caught by the rest, she slammed into them.
“Whoops. Thanks fer catchin' me there Tara.”
“My name's Twilight.” answered Twilight.
“What ya talking about?”
“Hi April!” greeted Tara.
April looked up alarmed to see Tara, and a equally surprised Dash standing behind her. The Doctor struggled to keep the controls working when the radio sprung to life.
“Officers disengage, we have a SWAT armored van moving in!”
“Armored van?” he asked.
Looking in the view port, he saw to his alarm saw a large armored truck barreling down toward them at high speed. They were going to ram that mustang right off the road, if not ram the TARDIS off it's path, which could be disastrous!
“Hurry! We don't have long!”
Twilight looked out and back, and to her alarm saw what was coming toward them. Next in line was Fiona, who was frightened to death to even be outside of the car at these speeds. Everyone was coaching her on to jump, promising that she was going to make and they were going to catch her. Tears flooded from the scared girls face as she struggled to even stand. The SWAT truck approaching fast, Twilight removed her headband, and used her Magic. Fiona was engulfed in a orb of pink magenta magic and floated over safely to the TARDIS. She was set down, too shocked at what just happened for words.
“What was that?” asked Dash.
“Later! I need to get the rest-”
Twilight was cut off by the TARDIS jerking under the force of the armored van outside. The Doctor fought for control as the battering ram struck the mustang next.
“I can't get a clear shot!”
The mustang was almost out of control. Struggling to aim, her horn powered up and with a pop, Diane was sitting in the TARDIS still screaming from the mustang. Her friends eased her screaming as she realized where she was.
“WOW! Look at this place! It's bigger on the inside!”
“One left!” cheered the Doctor.
“My sister!” called Lou.
Twilight moved to the door to get Celeste from the car, when to her surprise, she looked to see her already in the speeding TARDIS. The Mustang skidding off the rode and into the ditch.
“What?”
“Later. Doctor! Wee need to get out of here!”
They all looked on stunned when the TARDIS was hit by the SWAT truck. Unlike before, this one was violent and Twilight was flung out. She screamed in fear until a arm grabbed her. Looking up, she could see April holding on along with Dash and Derpy behind her.
“Pull me in!” yelled Twilight.
“Working on it!” struggled April as the TARDIS was hit again.
She was joined by the rest of the crew outside the piloting Doctor. The SWAT vehicle hit the TARDIS again and then went to the Mustang.
“Please be alert! We have a rouge Cruiser in the chase! Car number 42.”
The radio blared this message and was about to give out more information when it was interrupted.
“Ah-hack-shut up!” came a familiar voice.
“Jack!?” called Dash.
“But, but, but he got shot!” stammered Diane.
“He got shot?!” screamed Lou.
“We thought he died!” answered Dash.
Lou fell back against the wall stunned. The Doctor looked into his view port and saw the Cruiser approaching at high speed. Zooming in, it wasn't a pretty sight. The cruiser had been shot up, and was smoking in several areas. Jack himself lay slouched to the side in his car, bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. His face was blank and determined, save for when he coughed up blood. The Doctor grabbed the phone and yelled over it.
“Officer! What are you doing!? Are you trying to get yourself killed!?”
“Doc? *cough* When-when did you get on the radio?” replied Jack over the phone.
“What are you doing!?”yelled the Doctor.
“*cough, cough* Doing my -hack- duty Doc. I'll get that *cough* SWAT truck off your back!”
“You'll be killed!” yelled Whooves.
“That's *cough* the idea.” he laughed weakly, having accepted his fate.
“No! No one's dying!” ordered the Doctor.
“Tell, -hack- *cough* tell... Tell Lou I love her!” he coughed out.
The Doctor was about to scream back, when the line went dead. The only way Jack could have done that was to have destroyed his radio. He slammed the phone down in anger and fury and tried to bring the TARDIS up in a desperate attempt to save the Officer, but the sudden change followed by another ram attack nearly had Twilight falling from her friends grip. The Doctor cried in agony and steadied the TARDIS. They all watched as the damaged cruiser slammed into the side of the heavy armored truck. It knocked it off course and Jack spun his car in front of it. The SWAT truck slammed against it, the Cruisers tires popping and sparks flying from it. One spark struck home in the wounded Police Cruiser and it erupted into flame, sending the SWAT Van off the road and careening into a ditch. They all looked on in horror as the fire burned. The burning hulk rolled across the ground finally coming to rest a few feet away right side up. Sitting in the drivers seat, one could almost make out the outline of the former cops body, and Lou was forced to turn away. She walked over, unsure of what to do until she was met by the forgiving face of the Doctor. His face was long and saddened. He clicked two buttons on his controls and handed her the phone he had been using to Lou.
“Listen,” he told her.
Lou grabbed the phone and listened to the last words Jack had said.