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// Playing Both Sides 
// Story: Any Questions? 
// by MASTERMIND360 
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Diamond Tiara taps Silver's shoulder causing her to turn around to her see her friend, who looks scared just like the rest of their school friends. 

"I'm scared, Silver Spoon..." Diamond says. 

Silver's expression softened into concern and asked, "Scared of what?"

"The mental hospital," DT concede, starting to panic. "Torturers! Sunset Shimmer being held in that place!" 

Seeing her friend like this, she held her shoulders with her hands, "Don't worry," She tries to coax her. "This is Sunset Shimmer and her friends were talking about. They've been through worse than this before and with Sunset in trouble, it's up to their friends to come and save her."

"But where does that leave with us?" Diamond questioned.

Silver Spoon sighs, "Then I guess we must keep on thinking of another plan, but I gotta be honest, I don't have another plan in mind. I ran out of ideas." 

"Me neither," Diamond replied.

With all hope seems lost, Diamond's phone vibrates, she picked it up to see that Scootalo has sent her a message.

Meet us at the library, make it quick, it's very important if you two come.

What was Scootalo up to? Diamond Tiara thought to herself. She wastes no time as she and Silver Spoon make their way to the library where Scootalo had asked them to where they'll mee

Eventually, they made it and saw the CMC sitting in their chairs behind the table, they just noticed the duo entering.

"So tell me what is going, Scootalo? And why do we have to take this in the library?" Silver Spoon asked her.

"Well, for one is pretty much obvious, a plan to rescue Sunset," Scootalo emphasized. "Also, other people are still discussing it, and I thought we could just take this in here since it's quiet."

Diamond Tiara crossed her arms. "Okay, what's your plan?" 

"Okay," Scootalo begin. "I've been doing some research on the mental hospital, and it turns out, they had a rivalry with another mental hospital at Manehattan." 

Scootalo then begins to explain. "Now, the one side we got the Canterlot Mental Facility, tough orderlies, torture, sick but poor patients, the money laundering place, you can't make this stuff up. And then we got their mortal enemies, the Manehattan Mental Health Care, determined but evil just as their mortal enemies, overdosing their own patients, locking them up for years, don't think that this was all made up, I looked it up and it's true."

"So you got a mental retelling of Batman vs. Superman," Sweetie Belle joked.

"Exactly," Scootalo laughed and so does the others.

"Then what exactly are you thinking?" DT asked her again.

Scootalo stood up and clasps her hands together, "We try to screw both of them over." 

DT suddenly becomes perplexed about this. "Are you sure?"

"Why not?"

"Because we bring a lot more attention to us," Diamond replied.

"Well, technically I and my friends were the ones who did this to her, and we basically got her to the Canterlot Mental Facility because of us," Scootalo reminded them. "But I do know that Sunset is counting on us." 

Diamond sighs, knowing that she's right. If this is going to help them save her surrogated older sister, then she must give it a chance.

"Alright," Scootalo explained. "All we gotta do is convinced both hospitals that we're on their side. And then we screw with both of them, and before anyone realizes that it was us behind it, Sunset was under the radar. Think of this as our way to redeem ourselves to Sunset."

"Okay, okay," Silver Spoon replied. "I see where you going. Should we have Bab Seeds on this?"

"Yes, Bab Seeds should be involved with this conspiracy," Scootalo replied. "We need 6 of us to fool both hospitals."

Twilight, who was at the other table, eavesdropping on their conversation, slammed a book to her face, she couldn't get any crazier by all of her schoolmate's ridiculousness.

"Here's what we're going to do....."



Scootalo's Scenario


The 6 kids were outside of CHS, with the limo parked in front of them.

"Alright, you three, convince the Manehattan Mental Healthcare that you're on their side, and then screw them over," Scootalo told them, then turned to her two best friends. "Me, Bloom, and Sweetie Belle we'll be doing the same thing to the Canterlot Mental Facility."

"Okay, Bab Seeds nodded. "Let us go ahead."

"Good luck, girls," Diamond Tiara told them.

So DT and the two girls went inside the limo and drove off, leaving the other three at school.

"Okay, girls, let's head to that scary place," Scootalo declared.

So they have arrived at the Canterlot Mental Facility, and when they were about to enter the building, they see an orderly burst through the doors and breaths heavily. The girls could tell that his job is pretty tough.

"Excuse me, sir?" Apple Bloom asked him.

The orderly notice them walking by, "Oh, what you kids doing here?" He asked them.

"Oh nothing," Sweetie Belle replied. "We were just one a walk and we can see that you're having a tough time."

"Yeah," He panted. "It's tough. And btw, if you ever come across few patients that had escaped, don't try to intervene. Just report them to me, and I'll take care of the rest, they wore green pajamas, that's all."

"Okay," Scootalo nodded. "We will let you know," she then turned to leave. "Come on girls. Let's go."

As the girls walked away, Scootalo then tells her strategy to her friends.

"Besides, it's perfect," Scootalo told them. "If we do this, then we gained their trust, so we can secretly screw them over and blamed it on their mortal enemies, and then Sunset was long gone from their grips."

"Okay," Apple Bloom replied, being a bit hesitant about this. "If yah' say so..."

It didn't take long for them to find the patients, they were hanging around by the park. They're all wearing green pajamas as the orderly said, so they gently approached them and wave their hands to show that they mean no harm to them. The patients noticed them approaching, and needless to say that, their frightened, even in one bit.

"No, no, no," Scootalo said softly, she slowly but surely approached the scared patient. "It's okay...." she whispered. 

"We ain't mean yah no harm, mister...." Apple Bloom told him calmly, she slowly reaches out a hand to him.

"Everything is going to be okay..." Sweetie Belle said softly.

Seeing how gentle they are, the patients finally calmed down. So the girls took them by the hand and guide them back to the hospital. 

"Don't worry," Scootalo coaxed the patient she was guiding. "It may look like we're taking you all back to the horrible place but we got a friend of ours who's also locked in there, and I plan to screw them over, free our friend, everyone, and including you guys." 

The patient weakly smiled at her and started to believe that this plan of hers is going to work. So they returned to the Canterlot Mental Facility with the patients on their side, and the orderly was surprised to see the three girls from earlier had somehow brought them back here.

"Wow," The orderly awed as he watches the patients hopelessly walked back inside the building. "I... I don't believe it. I was wrong about you three."

"Ah, it was nothing," Sweetie Belle said.

"You three would be great orderlies in the future," The orderly told them. "Now, follow me to the doctor's office. I think he would like to have a word with you." 

The girls smiled as he escorted them into the building, they look around them to find cell doors with the patients in them, and most of them were locked. They can't find where Sunset's cell was but they knew they'll get her out here once the tension between these two hospitals intensified. 

As they went inside, the doctor sees them entering his office and smiled at them.

"Ah, what do we got here?" The doctor asked him.

"Sir, these young girls are responsible for bringing those patients back in one piece," The orderly informed him.

"Oh, really? He eyed the three girls. "Is it true?"

Apple Bloom nodded. "Yep, it was easy, to say the least. They seem harmless."

"But on the other hand," Scootalo added. "It was a piece of chocolate cake."

"And I'm started to like working this place when I grow old!" Sweetie Belle said.

"And I'm sure you will," The doctor replied. 

Suddenly, another orderly shows up, and he looks beaten and tired.

"Sir!" The other orderly called, panting hard. "We got a problem! One of the patients just broke out of their cells!"

But before the doctor says anything, the girls quickly stood up from their seats and wave their hands around.

"Oh no worries," Scootalo assured them. "We can take care of them! C'mon, girls!"

Before they even protest that, the girls already head out of the office and try to subdue all of the patients. They made it to the hallways and found the patients causing a riot around here, but that didn't stop them so they each grab needles and injected each and every one of them with them, causing them to fall asleep. 

four orderlies try to make a run for it, but the three girls were just faster for them, so they chased them through the hallways inside the building until they get a clear shot so they shot them at the back with needless, causing them to fall asleep. 

The patients are rogue in the cafeteria, they were thrashing the tables, overpowering the other orderlies, throwing food at each other. Apple Bloom and her friends wasted no time as they injected each and every one of them with needles so they stopped and fall asleep. 

Soon as they were done, they had earned the trust of the employees of the Canterlot Mental Facility despite still being young and all. So the whole facility begins to celebrate the girls' success in subduing all of the patients and not a single one of them had escaped. 

Night had fallen, the orderlies were continuing with their jobs inside the building while the patients were asleep in their cells. Scootalo was having a discussion with her two friends outside of the building, standing near the vehicle. 

"Alright, now that we have gained the trust of these dumb-dumbs, we're going to steal their transports and drive them to the river." 

"But we gotta be careful if we're going to fool them," Apple Bloom added. 

"Okay, let's hope on each of these vans, and let's go,"

So they quietly hop inside each van and slowly but surely drive out of the premises and when they're far enough, they drive faster and faster until they jump into the river. As the vans sinks, the girls quickly exit the vehicles and swim to the nearby shore. 

"Now that should piss them off," Scootalo said in satisfaction. "Now, I wonder what the other three are doing?"

******


Meanwhile, at the Manehattan Mental Health Care, Diamond Tiara had used her money to make some changes in the building. This easily earns her the trust of the staff and the members of the Manehattan Mental Health Care. 

She, Silver Spoon, and Bab Seeds were currently walking down the hallways, looking for something that will piss them off and blame it on their mortal nemesis. 

"Using your money to improve this place was a good idea," Silver Spoon said gratefully to her friend.

"Yeah, but remember, that's not what we're here for," Diamond Tiara replied. "Sunset is obviously not here, but if those idiots took the fall of taking it all out on them, then here comes our chance to save her." 

"I still can't believe that I'm on a rescue mission with you guys," Bab Seeds said. 

"Then let's make it count," Diamond replied. "Come on." 

They went inside the kitchen to find plenty of bottles of moonshine. 

"Moonshine?" Silver raised an eyebrow. "Who drinks moonshine around this time?"

"Technically, everyone does, Silver," Diamond told her. "Besides, this gives me a perfect plan." 

"What are we doing, Tiara?" Bab Seeds asked her.

"We're going to use all of the moonshines, and take to the Canterlot Mental Facility, pour the moonshines on their fields, and we lid it up with fire."

Her friends were amused with this idea. 

"Now that sounds like a good plan!" Silver Spoon agreed.

"Cool," Bab Seeds said. "We can do all of this." 

"Okay, now help me get all these moonshines over at the Canterlot." 

After bringing all of the moonshines back to the Canterlot Mental Facility, they each grab a jug of moonshine and slowly crept their way into the premises. 


They slowly walked around the fields and pour some of the moonshines on the grass, they repeat this process around the fields. Now that's done, Bab Seeds holds a match and lid it up into fire, and then throws it to the fields, causing a huge fire ignited, spreading furiously.


Now with both hospitals thinks that they did this to each other and started fighting, we took our opportunity to rescue Sunset, undetected.

Both employees of the Canterlot Mental Facility were seen fighting with the other employees of the Manehattan Mental Health Care as the 6 girls walked away with Sunset in more of a fashion way.



Scootalo has her arms crossed, looking satisfied, wearing her sunglasses.

"Any Questions?" She asked them.

"Actually, yeah," Apple Bloom. "So how are we supposed to drive when we don't even have a license?"

Now that question caught Scootalo off guard. She honestly didn't think about that.

"Also," Diamond Tiara added. "How are we supposed to carry all of that moonshine with our bare hands?"

"And finally," Sweetie Belle added. "This may likely be backfired because they will put two and two together and we're screwed."

Scootalo sadly sighs. "Welp, that's all I could ever think of. For now..."

The other girls sigh sadly as well. 

After a long moment of silence, Apple Bloom breaks the ice, "Anyone else got an' idea?"