Chapter 13: The Party is Over.
"Seize them!" Devil yelled.
~Over 20 minions appear and gang up on the Pixels and the Rainbooms. They tried to fight back with their attackers but had no avail. They were clearly outnumbered here. Each minion grabbed everyone each from behind and below their shoulders to the arms and gripped on tight. Mirus, Rainbow Dash and Applejack had to be subdued by 2 minions. Karly was grabbed and pulled back by Minion 4 and she gave a small cry for help to Lightning. She was about to help Karly and the Mane 7 and the Pixels when she was grabbed by Minion 1 and 2 from behind and below the shoulders to the arms.~
"Hey! Ughhhh! Not again!"
"Wow. I didn't even have to plan an ambush at the chocolate shop, I got everyone exactly where I want them." Devil shrugged.
Lightning grunted. "No…"
"I got Lightning, I got the Pixels, I got-" Devil turns to the Rainbooms and gasps evilly. "Good grief and gracious! I remember you 7! You're the Rainbooms! I knew you looked familiar! You were with her," He pointed at Lightning. "and I captured you," He pointed at Twilight. "And then you were eaten by my iguana, and Adagio told me a lot about you…and about your...magic…" He stared at their geodes for a while. "And-Ooh, this is just too perfect!" He turned to Lightning. "Now everything's coming up Devil! Is there anybody else I should know about?"
"No…" Lightning fibbed. "Stitch and Spike…" She then said under her breath.
~Lightning was about to call for Stitch and Spike to help but Frank stormed in with both dogs restrained under his arms, whining in pain. The rest of the siblings showed up too. (Ollie, Lairry, Wendy)~
"Caught these two trying to sneak in." Frank stated, looking at the pups in his hands.
"Oh, Huh, good job, son. They have dogs too!" Devil clarified, lifting up one finger.
"Never mind." Lightning kept on struggling.
"Sorry, master. We tried." Stitch whimpered.
"So, how many guests do we have for this party?"
"15 including the dogs, sir."
"That's a number I can live with. But not the dogs. Get rid of them."
"What? No! Leave Stitch and Spike alone!" Lightning yelled. "This is between you and me! It's my birthday, and you want to throw a party for me, fine! Go for it. It may be the worst ever, but I don't care. As long as you're not killing, or hurting anyone, it's fine!"
"You are not planning on killing anyone today, are you?" Arianna asked.
"Of course not! Who in the world has gotten killed on their birthday?"
Karly tilted her head to the side. "St George. 23rd of April-"
"Shut up, Khara!" Devil interrupted rudely.
"It's Karly." She frowned.
"Whatever!… Great, you made me lose my train of thought."
"Good."
"Of course I don't want to kill you today! It's your birthday! Like I said before, no one's that evil! Well, actually, it may be your birthday today, but it's not anyone else's." His eyes wandered to the Pixels and the Rainbooms.
"Oh, did I forget to mention it's my birthday today, too?!" Pinkie smiled nervously.
"Yeah. mine too?!" Rainbow nodded.
Mirus raised a brow. "No. It's not, is it-
"Shh!" Rainbow glared.
"How about I throw everyone of this blimp for the fun of it?!" Devil grinned.
"Sounds good to me. Well, except Agent Star, Agent Crystal and the Rainbooms, father. They contain powerful magic, remember?" Ollie asked.
"Right, Ollie! They will remain as my prisoners until I invent a magic extracting device, or something!"
"Precisely."
~The Rainbooms and Karly gulp while Lightning just glares. Frank smiles and carries Stitch and Spike over to a large open window. He holds them both out of it and they began to yelp and yap in fear.~
"No, no, no!" Spike howled.
"Spike!" Twilight cried.
"Stitch...!" Lightning shouted.
"No...!" Fluttershy gasped, struggling in her captor's grasp.
"Any last barks?" Devil asked the dogs.
~Stitch and Spike said nothing and just growled.~
"Suit yourself. Frank?"
"Right, dad, boss, dad."
"NO!"
~Lightning growls and slips out of the minion's grasp. She spins and pounces on Frank before he lets go and lets the puppies plummet to their death. Stitch and Spike both roll out of Frank's hands and Lightning jumps away from Frank to carefully stop Stitch and Spike and scoop them in her arms. She smiles and nuzzles Stitch in relief. Twilight and Fluttershy also sigh in relief.~
"Oh my goodness…" Spike panted.
"Lightning…" Stitch looked up at Lightning with round eyes.
"I got you two. It's ok."
~Spike licks Lightning on the nose before being softly placed down on the floor. Lightning smiles but then glares back at Devil, ready for something to be thrown at her by him. Devil growls at Lightning and turns to his dozens of minions.~
"DON'T JUST STAND THERE LIKE LEMON CAKES! GET HER!"
~Half of the minions look at Devil confusingly, because they were a little bit busy keeping the other agents under control. But the other half charge at Lightning at full speed and power. Lightning glares to the left and right as the minions charge at her on both sides. She then jumps as the minions tried to pounce on her but they end up bumping into each other. Spike wags his tail and cheers. However, Stitch decided to get into the action. He growled and ran straight at Devil. He grabbed onto his leg, opened his mouth and bit down as hard as he could. Stitch's teeth sank in Devil's skin until a bit of blood began to leak out.~
"Yowwww! Oh, you-"
~Devil grabbed Stitch by the collar and lifted him up to shoulder height. Not long after, Devil struck the dog on the head hard with his bare hands, and dropped him. Devil then pushes the dog away from him by kicking him. Spike quickly scurried over to Stitch and slowly pushed him away from Devil. Everyone else gasped from what they just witnessed. Stitch and Spike both began to whimper, and Stitch began licking his wound and his paw so he could rub the wound with it. Fluttershy was absolutely crushed. She thrusted her arms down quickly to get the minion to let go of her. And after she escaped her captor's grasp, she runs to Stitch and kneels down.~
"Oh my, Stitch, are you ok...?" Fluttershy asked, lifting the poor pup up in her arms.
"Not good, but not bad either." He whimpered, licking his wound still.
~Lightning gasps at Stitch's injury and looks angrily at Devil, clenching her teeth and growling.~
"Devil. Don't you dare hurt my dog!"
~She activates her power, gains her raccoon ears and tail and flies to the minions holding everyone captive and knocks them all over like dominos. This also let all the minions' guard down, so Lightning's friends could jolt out of their captor's hands.~
"Thanks, Lightning!" The Pixels called and cheered.
~Lightning gives them a wink before flying off again. The minions that got knocked over by Lightning stood up and saw that everyone was ready to continue to fight. As they looked at them with glaring eyes and smug faces, they crossed their arms and got in a karate position. The good guys and bad guys charged at the same time at each other until they collided. Lightning looked around for Devil, ready to battle him face to face. She sees Devil creepily stalking over to Fluttershy still comforting Stitch. She notices him coming over and she gasps frightfully, but attempts to stand her ground.~
"You know, I have never felt this good since I killed that cat in that alleyway those years ago."
"You...hurt an innocent creature?!" Fluttershy shrieked.
"Innocent?! That thing tried to KILL me. Well, now, it won't be the first…"
"You're heartless!"
"It's what I'm known for."
"If there's one thing, I can't handle, it's people, like you, that hurt animals. It's mean! And wrong And not nice!" Fluttershy exclaimed.
"You sure have a grudge, don't you? Tsk. Honestly, do I even care? Ha! Nope!"
~Devil raised his fist, ready to pound and Fluttershy shut her eyes in fright, but before the villain could hit her, something flew beside him.~
"Hey, Devil!" Lightning called.
"Huh?"
~Devil looks to the left only to get punched in the face by Lightning as she swooped down. She landed on her feet and went over to protect her shy friend and her dog. Lightning looked around and motioned Fluttershy to get behind her so she can shield her.~
"Stay behind me, you two."
"ok...Thanks, Lightning…" Fluttershy put her hand on Lightning's shoulder.
"No problem, Agent Shy." She patted her hand.
"Agent Shy?-Wait, You made the Rainbooms agents?!" Devil exclaimed.
"Uh-huh. Sure did. They are really good at fighting, look around you, for pete's sake!"
"You're now dealing with us, and them!" Rainbow called out from the battle.
~Devil's blood began to boil red and it formed all over his face. A minion throws him a blaster, and first, it hits his cheek and drops to the floor. Devil looks at the minion with disappointment, but cheers for the blaster. He picks it up, turns back to Lightning, Fluttershy, Stitch and Spike and fires. Lightning gets out her blaster quickly and fires too. The lasers collide with each other and explode on contact.~
"Haha!" Stitch laughed mockingly at Devil.
"Oh, that was just the beginning, little blue freak! Don't laugh too early!"
"Wh-what?!" Fluttershy gasped.
"Plan C! Ollie! Activate the secret weapon!"
"Dad, we agreed to never use Plan C. That weapon will bring down the agents but also the entire blimp." Ollie worried.
"Oh, Just do it! I'm desperate!"
~Ollie sighs and presses a nearby button. The large glowing sphere up above everyone opens up and a giant boulder crashes down and starts rolling to the left side of the blimp.~
"Everyone get out of the way!"
~All the minions freak out and run away from the danger, however, they push the Mane 7 and the Pixels to the boulder, hoping they will get crushed.~
"OK, I strongly suggest we Run Away at this point!" Lightning yelled, grabbing Fluttershy by the hand and running away.
~Everyone turns and runs away from the boulder, trying to get out of its way to avoid being crushed as it was rolling towards them.~
"You went to the Prometheus School of running away from things, didn't you, guys?" Lightning asked.
Mirs nodded. "Yeah, I did. I even got a diploma."
~Mirus randomly makes a diploma appear and holds it up for Lightning to see. Fierra, who happens to be running beside Mirus, looks at it and him unimpressed and slaps the diploma out of his hand out of anger.~
"Hey, that took me 10 years to get!" Mirus' lip quivered.
"Geez Christ, Lightning! This job is even more dangerous than I ever imagined!" Fierra screamed.
"Well, You get used to it. I know Devil does." Lightning turned to the madman in irritation. "You used a giant boulder as your secret weapon, In a blimp!"
"Yeah. I always wanted a trap or plan that involved a boulder. What could possibly go wrong!?" Devil shrugged simply.
~The Pixels and the Rainbooms reach the wall of the blimp and just about escape from being squished by the boulder by spinning to the left or right. The boulder hits the wall of the blimp and because it's so huge and heavy, it pulls the blimp down and makes the blimp tilt sideways, sliding everyone to the side of the blimp. Some people land on the boulder and some land on the side of the blimp and on top of each other.~
"As it turns out: EVERYTHING! I thought you said you didn't want to kill me today!" Lightning yelled, struggling to get out of the cramped spot she's in.
~Devil crosses his arms and shrugs his shoulders at Lightning.~
"Remind me to make a shirt for Devil that reads, 'Clueless idiot' on it." Lightning whispered to Fluttershy.
"Applejack! Do you think you can use your magic and lift this boulder?" Sunset asked.
"I can try!"
~Applejack activates her power, spits in her hands, rubs them together and starts to lift up the boulder a bit off the wall. The blimp and everyone also turned back upright once the boulder was lifted off the wall and put in the middle of the place again. The minions saw what Applejack was doing so they pulled out their blasters and began to rapidly shoot at everyone.~
"Whoa! Hey!"
"Eat lasers, henchmen!"
~Rainbow Dash fires back at the minions with the blaster she found nearby her and they all dodge desperately and hide behind walls. Jace and Mirus suddenly got caught in a corner and couldn't move as the minions were still firing at them. Rarity sees them helplessly dodging so she activates her power and protects both boys from the blaster bullets with her diamond. They both stare in amazement.~
"Cool…" Mirus reaches out and touches the shield.
"Wha-How are you doing this?" Jace turned to Rarity.
"Magic powers...?" She answered, looking at her hand in confusion.
"Awesome!"
"You guys have superpowers too!? I thought only Lightning and Karly did." Jace pouted.
"Where do you think they got them from?" Rainbow asked happily.
"A shooting star, meteor, thing." Lightning shrugged.
"Yeah, that wouldn't be possible without us."
"Wow. We Pixels still have a lot to learn and know about you girls." Jace admitted.
"Yeah, maybe we can tell you after all this, if we make it out alive!" Rarity screamed.
"Umm...yes...ok."
"But just to be clear, Lightning is the shapeshifter?" Mirus smiled, pointing at Lightning.
"Yes!" Lightning answered from the far wall to them, Fluttershy held closely under her arm. "I can partly transform into 3 animals: A raccoon, A penguin, and a lizard. As a raccoon, I get ears and a tail and can fly, I have enhanced sight, smell and hearing too; as a penguin, I can breathe underwater, shoot ice, turn water to ice, and resist the cold; and as a lizard, I grow claws and can climb walls and ceilings, breathe fire and resist the heat."
"That is pretty awesome."
"What can you girls do?" Jace asked, turning to the rest of the girls.
"I can...read memories." Sunset answered.
"That's it?" Fierra shrugged. "So, you can't like, make them real, or turn them into nightmares, or something?"
"Um, no."
"So, let's just say that Lightning is the OP one."
"What do you mean, the OP one? Pinkie can make confetti and hundreds and thousands explode!" Lightning squealed, trying to not feel like she's better than the rest.
"That's right! Like this!"
~Pinkie sprinkled sprinkles in the palm of her hand, let them glow and charge up for a second, then fired it at a group of minions. It bursted when it got near and made the minions' hair go crazy and their faces go dark.~
"Whoa…" Mirus felt his eyes sparkle.
"I have super speed!" Rainbow smiled.
"And I have strength!" Applejack added.
~Rainbow sped off to another group of minions and ran in circles around them. They tried to glare at Rainbow while she circled them, but they couldn't keep their eyes on her. Their eyes suddenly began to sting and blind them for Applejack to charge in and punch and swing them across the blimp to crunch against the wall.~
"Wow…" Arianna gleamed.
"See? All the girls can be OP! It's not just me." Lightning shrugged.
"Wait a second, if Applejack's there, then who's making sure the boulder doesn't make the blimp move again?"
"Steady, guys!" Karly yelled.
~Everyone looked in the centre and saw Karly, Sunset and Twilight trying to put the boulder back in the glowing sphere it came from. Twilight had the boulder levitated off the ground with her magic, while Karly and Sunset were directing her where to put it. They successful got in back into the sphere, but didn't know how to keep it there.~
"How do we close it back up again?" Sunset inquired.
"Oliie pressed a button, so we need to find that button!" Karly exclaimed.
"Did someone say button?!" Mirus queried. "BUTTONS!"
"Go and find that button, Mirus!" Lightning ordered.
~Mirus nodded hard and raced off. He sped across the battlefield like a bolt and pounded on the wall he crashed into. He laughed it off and looked to his left to spot a big round red button surrounded by black and yellow stripes, meaning danger. However, Mirus just ignored the stripes, jumped up and smacked the button with the palm of his hand. The lights began flashing red and everyone slowly turned to Mirus.~
"Self Destruct, activated."
"Mirus…?..."
"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Fierra asked angrily.
"I pushed this button, I thought it'll close up the sphere thing." Mirus shrugged nervously.
"I don't remember the button having yellow and black stripes around it!" Twilight glared.
"Clearly, that was not the button!"
"No. It was this one."
~Lightning flew over to the correct button and pressed it. The sphere light closed up and the boulder was back inside it, but now, she and the others have a much bigger problem.~
"This blimp will blow up in t-minus, 90 seconds. Goodbye."
"What do we do, boss?" Minion 2 yelled.
"Evacuate, of course!"
"But, I always thought a good captain never leaves his sinking blimp!"
"That's an old pirate saying! And it's not sinking, it's blowing!"
"Let's just get out of here!"
"Same here, Pixels and Rainbooms! Come on!"