“He’s here sir.” Doctor Octavius claimed while he entered the lab, pointing to the man next to him. He was tall, grey of skin and totally bald with a massive build.
Discord looked up from whatever he was doing on the computer and smiled at the two men. “Ah welcome sir… Iron Will if I remember correctly?”
“When Iron Will’s called, it can’t be ignored!” The man stated, taking a pose, flexing both his arms showing his incredible muscles.
“And I am glad you came,” Discord stated, standing up from his chair and walking toward the man, shaking his hand, “I am sure doctor Octavius here told you about… the job?”
Iron Will nodded vehemently, his bald head reflecting the neon’s lights, “For the job I came, just tell me the name!” He said, flexing his muscles again.
Discord made no comment to his behavior, instead he motioned the muscular men to follow him. The three of them walked through the lab, Discord showing what they were working on.
“See,” Discord started, his cocky grin on his face, “We’re running against some… difficulties right now.”
“If with difficulties you’re overwhelmed, Iron Will make them condemned!”
Discord refrained his urge to slap the man, “I don’t doubt it.” He said. They stopped in front of a display glass, behind it was a huge armor, maybe around ten feet tall. The armor was gray of color, two huge mechanical arms on each side of a buff sized armored plate. The head was a helmet covering the entire face, a horn standing in the middle.
“Hum…” Iron Will started, looking at the armor, “Iron Will must ask… What is the task?”
Discord chuckled making Octavius shivering, “I want you to kill Spider-girl.” He simply said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Iron Will looked at him in awe and remained silent for what seemed like an entire minute before asking, “How Iron Will is supposed to do that, knowing she can easily knock him out?”
“This is where this’ll come in handy,” Octavius said, pointing to the armor, “This is the latest battle armor designed by Discord Corporation, the RH-1N0.” He said, “Or more commonly…”
“The Rhino.” Discord stated, cutting Octavius in his sentence.
Iron Will looked at them with a doubtful glare, “While this armor looks rough,” He started, “How can we be sure it is enough?”
“Because we’ll have an ace.” Discord said, grabbing something in his inside pocket and then handed it to Iron Will. The buff man took it and took a closer look at the picture. A teenage girl, pink of skin and fuzzy pink hair, blue eyes and a wide beam on her face.
“Iron Will is not sure… This girl looks pure.”
“We don’t want you to kill her,” Discord clarified, “But sources told me that this girl and Spider-girl are very close friends. I want you to use her to get to Spider-girl.”
Iron Will glared quietly at the picture before slowly asking, “If the job is accepted, how much Iron Will be paid?”
"It's now been two days since the attack on Canterlot High School by the doctor Curtis Conhorse, now known as the Lizard." The blond woman on the TV said, she was sat on a table with two people on her right. The first one was another woman, long red hair with purple highlights, her skin was a light yellowish gray, she was young maybe around seventeen or eighteen. She was wearing a shirt on which was written 'We Love Spidey.' The other person was a man, brown skin and short brown hair wearing a white lab coat. "Fortunately, no students or faculty members are seriously injured thanks to the intervention of Spider-girl. The Lizard has now been apprehended by the competent authorities, many would like to thank Spider-girl but some wonder if this was just the beginning of a series of hazardous events. Since Spider-girl's first appearance, criminality is definitely in decline but the emergence of new dangerous meta-humans such as Electro or the Lizard is not to be ignored."
The woman then showed with a gesture of her hand the two persons sitting next to her.
"I'm here today with the host of the most streamed internet talk show of the city 'Beyond Canterlot', Moondancer!" The blond woman said, gesturing the young woman who smiled and waved at the camera. "And next to her is the well-known psychiatrist to whom we owe the best-seller 'Cletus Kasady: Portrait of a killer', the doctor Time Turner!" The man slowly nodded to the camera, stoic. "I asked both of you to come here today to talk about what happened on Friday. I-"
"I'll start with," Time Turner said, cutting off the presenter, "That none of this would have happen if not because of Spider-girl."
"I'm sorry what?" Moondancer asked him, "Hum, hello? The girl saved a bunch of students there!"
"Yes she did, but she wouldn't have had to take the trouble if she never showed in the first place." He said, "See, this is a cause and effect relationship. Canterlot was a calm and nice city, without any meta-humans incident in years. But since this 'hero' first make her appearance, the streets of our city became total chaos. Two month ago, her fight with Electro destroyed many properties and buildings, and don't make me talk about her fight with the Vulture. This girl is creating her own enemies." He finished to say, his hands finger crossed on the table in front of him.
"This is like, sooo wrong!" Moondancer said, outraged, "She totally saved us! Three times now! Are you really that blind? She's not creating her enemies! She came here because she saw we needed her! Do I have to remember you that the Vulture was actually here before her? Sure, she’s not Iron Ma-"
The channel abruptly changed when Rainbow Dash took the remote and put Cartoon Network. "Boring." She muttered.
She sat on her couch, still groggy, and put her bowl of cereals in front of her on the tea table. She took her spoon and put it in her mouth, slowly chewing on her cereals. She watched her cartoon but her mind drifted away, the previous show has brought back memories of Friday night in Rainbow's mind.
It was the first time she actually felt terrorized, and she hated it. She remembered, after Spider-girl rescuing them, she ran with the girls outside. It was total chaos even outside, students screaming and crying, fearing for their lives. They searched Sunset everywhere but it was near the impossible in the mayhem of students. Rainbow reassured her friends telling them that the police would be here soon, but in fact, they never came. Instead, a bunch of black trucks parked on the school lawn and even a freaking helicopter landed next to the school gym. They watched as soldiers covered in black armor ran towards them and told them that they were fine now, they were here to help them.
A woman, surely the one in charge, walked next to them and ordered the soldiers to make sure everyone was safe before entering the gym. A few hours later, Rainbow was back home, her father took her in a tight hug, more terrorized than Rainbow was back there. She couldn't blame him for that, she would've do the same for him if the roles were reversed. Rainbow Dash was also relieved after she received a text from Rarity telling her that Sunset was with her and was fine.
But the thing that was annoying Rainbow Dash the most is that the Lizard chose that moment to make his chaotic entrance. He couldn't have waited a few more minutes, could he?
Rainbow Dash blew angrily from her nose. "Stupid crocodile." She mumbled to herself.
She quickly glanced outside and saw that it was snowing today. She would've ask if the girls were up for a snowball battle but since it was Monday, most of them were working. Rainbow couldn't understand why her friends weren't taking that time out of school for relaxing instead of going to... "Work." Rainbow finished, a cold chill down her spine.
The only one who wasn't working today was Sunset, but Rainbow knew that since they don't have school, Sunset would be in bed for at least three more hours. She thought about sending a text to Red Light, but the two of them still haven't talked since Friday, and Rainbow didn't dare to send the first text.
"I guess today, it's going to be just between you and me." Rainbow Dash said to her television.
Sitting comfortably in her couch, she put another spoon of cereals in her mouth, slowly chewing and savoring the flavor. Another thing was bothering her.
“Where is Sunset Shimmer?” The voice of the Lizard said, echoing through Rainbow’s mind, sending a cold shiver down her spine.
Why was he looking for Sunset in the first place? Of course, Rainbow knew but if she tells her friend another time that Sunset might be Spider-girl, Applejack was going to get pissed. And she wasn’t totally sure of it but, put together all the things ads up.
Secretly Rainbow was praying that her friend was a super-hero. It’ll be awesome that Rainbow became her cool sidekick who, after a while under Spider-girl’s wing, could take off and be a super cool super hero in solo on her own. Even better, Spider-girl being her sidekick.
“Yeah, it’ll be awesome.” A daydreaming Rainbow said mostly to herself, oblivious to the corn flakes escaping from her spoon and landing directly on the ground.
She got out of her thoughts by her phone’s ringtone. She took it and checked who might be calling her at ten in the morning. Her heart skipped a beat when she read Red Light’s name on the screen. She swallowed the saliva stuck in her throat and pressed the answer button.
“Hi.” He greeted on the other end of the phone.
“H-Hey.” She replied.
“Sorry for not calling sooner,” Red said with an apologizing tone. “Shit’s been wild recently.”
“Eh.” Rainbow started, having regained her calm. “Tell me about it.”
“So I wanted to ask…” He finally said, “You’re still up for grabbing a bite? And maybe, go to the arcade or something?”
Rainbow straightened up, “Y-yeah, sure.”
“Okay cool.” He said.
“Cool.” She replied.
An awkward silence started to take place before Red finally said, “So I’ll meet you at the arcade around… Twelve?”
“O-okay.”
“Okay then, see ya’.”
“See ya’.” She said, hanging up the phone.
She didn’t waste any more time and ran to her bedroom, slamming the door shut behind her. Her father was working so she knew she wasn’t going to get reprimanded. She ran in her closet direction and brutally opened it. She searched in her closet for something to wear that Red might actually like and opened one of the drawer, searching through her shirts, throwing those she judged not good enough across her room.
“W-wait!” She screamed to herself, thinking about something. She frowned and sighed before unlocking her phone. “I never thought I’d have to get there.”
She pressed the calling button and waited before someone picked up on the other end of the line.
“Rainbow darling!” Rarity greeted, “How are you?”
“Fine!” Rainbow quickly exclaimed, “Listen I’m sorry ‘cause I know you’re working and all but… I need you.”
“Anything for a friend.” Rarity said, dismissing the apologies. “But I am quite curious what might put you in that state.”
“I’m having a date with Red and-”
“SAY NO MORE!” Rarity screamed, “I’M COMING RIGHT UP!”
“But Rare!” Rainbow exclaimed, surprised her friend would’ve leave her workplace to help her.
“Tu-tu-tu!” Rarity said, clicking her tong, “I’ve waited three years of my life for this moment, you’re not taking this away from me!”
Rainbow sighed in defeat, closing her eyes, “Thanks Rarity.” She said, with a smirk.
“My pleasure darling.” Rarity said, ending the call.
“A-are you sure?” Rainbow asked Rarity, looking at herself in the mirror of her bedroom. “I mean, not that I don’t like it but it’s a little bit… Dunno, common?”
Indeed, Rainbow was wearing a long sleeves blue hoodie, with each sleeves colored with a gradient rainbow. On top of it she had a black leather jacket like the one Sunset used to wear, minus the iron spikes and much thicker. She had a tight black jean and blue snickers.
Rarity made them for Rainbow a while ago, and waited the perfect time to give it to her. Well, the jacket was initially for Sunset but she couldn’t let Rainbow go to her date freezing in the cold.
Rainbow Dash looked at her left where Rarity stood and gave her an interrogative glare.
“Rainbow, I think I know him by now. So do you.” Rarity said, admiring her work in the mirror. “He just wants you to be… Well, you.”
Rainbow looked at her reflection and after a second thought, she thought she looked cool. “Yeah, I guess you’re right.”
“Of course I am.” Rarity said smirking to her friend, she then looked at her watch and gasped. “Rainbow, it’s almost noon!”
“W-what?” Rainbow almost screamed.
“Quick!” Rarity said, grabbing her friend’s arm, “You don’t have your license so I’ll take you there!”
“Rarity you don’t have to-” Rainbow stopped when she saw the glare Rarity was giving her. She avoided her look, a small blush appearing on her cheeks, “Thanks.”
Rainbow sighed, gathered her calm, and entered the arcade with a sharp and decisive step. She looked around and saw that the Arcade was quite crowded today, that wasn’t surprising her a bit, she expected it to be full in holiday’s time.
But looking around seemed useless, she saw a bunch of teenagers, but not the one she was looking for.
“Boo.” She heard calmly behind her.
She rolled her eyes and turned around smirking at him. “Woaw, I’m scared.” She said flatly.
“Wimp.” Red said.
She punched him in the shoulder, “Yeah we’ll see that after I beat you.”
He rolled his eyes dramatically, “Hum, earth to Dashie? Remember what happened last time? I kinda beat you.”
“Yeah but this time, I’m choosing the game! And it will not be one of you otaku Japanese weeb shit game with a blue haired girl whose voice wants me to reap my ears off.”
“My games are just fine, thank you very much.” He said frowning, crossing his arms. “Fine, take the game you want.”
A cocky grin appeared on Rainbow’s face and she started to walk toward the game she had in mind, motioning him to follow. They arrived in front of a big blue machine with purple neon lights, a wide screen was in the middle, under it was to big rifles connected with wires to the machine.
“Seriously?” He asked, raising an eyebrow. “Doompunk 2099? I’ve heard that game was disappointing and glitchy as fuck.”
Rainbow stomped her foot on the ground, “Well I like it!”
“Woaw calm down,” He said raising his hands in defense, “I’m not judging.”
She growled in frustration and put a coin in the machine, then she took one rifle and gave it to Red before taking the other one for herself. “It’s simple,” She explained, “There’s demons, you shoot them. There’s our score on top of the screen, the one who loses pays the meal.”
Red had a silent laugh before taking place next to Rainbow. “Guess I’ll eat for free today.”
“Don’t be so cocky,” Rainbow said, a challenging glare on her face. “Pretty sure you never held a gun before, fake or not. My father used to take me to the shooting range when I was younger.”
“Oh?” Red seemed surprised, “And what is he doing, your father?”
“He’s a cop.” She said with a sigh, “I don’t see him very much.”
“And your mother?”
Red saw a painful glare on Rainbow’s face before she looked away, “Let’s play, shall we?”
He took the hint and didn’t pressed further, “Sure.”
‘Wait…’ Rainbow thought, ‘Did he called me Dashie?’
“Urgh, that’s not it!” Twilight screamed, punching her desk but quickly regretted that acts, rubbing her now red hand. She blew hair from her nose with frustration, and stood up from her chair.
She glanced a look at the black form of life in front of her and sighed.
“I’m sorry.” She said to it.
It was in a big glass box, closed by an electronic lock. She must thank Discorp for that kind of technology.
“I swear I tried… Ugh, I need a minute.” She said, feeling tears coming up. She walked toward the girl’s restroom and closed the door behind her.
The black form wasn’t moving, but something had waited Twilight to go away because the electronic lock who is supposed to stay locked until Twilight press the code, was now opened with a small ‘click’. The small door of the box slowly opened. Spike didn’t wasted anymore time and started to crawl a way out.
The time Twilight came back, she stared in awe in front of the opened glass box. Empty.
“That’s not good.”
Meanwhile…
After a long thirty-minute game, Rainbow finally looked at the score on top of the screen.
Red was player one so she saw his score first “Red, three thousand seventy-two.” She looked next to it and a grin appeared on her face when she saw it, “Three thousand eighty-five.” She turned around to face Red who was standing there, looking nonchalant but was smirking to her.
“Yeah, well played.” He said, “I admit defeat.”
“What?” Rainbow looked disappointed, “Oh no, you’re one of those aren’t you.”
“One of what?” He asked.
“The… good losers.”
“Well, you know, you played better than me so you deserve the win.” He stated.
“Oh gosh.” She said looking at the ceiling. “Winning against you is pointless.”
“Meh.” He shrugged his shoulders, “The winner chose where we’ll eat I guess.”
“Hum…” rainbow said, scratching her chin. “They made good sandwiches at the sugarcube corner.”
“Sandwiches it is.” Red said, raising his finger at shoulder’s level.
They grabbed the tickets they won and walked toward the price stand. “What do you want?” Rainbow asked him.
“Eh,” He laughed, “I’m supposed to ask you that.”
“Well, you’re paying lunch,” She shrugged, “Let me at least give you a price.”
He looked at her in the eyes, making her blush, and then shrugged, “Okay then.” He looked at the prices on the shelves and scratched his chin, “I’ll take the green lantern ring over there.”
“Oh, a green lantern fan?” Rainbow asked.
“Not really.” He said.
Rainbow smirked and rolled her eyes before calling the employee behind the stand, exchanging their tickets against the ring. Rainbow took it and took Red’s hand, before putting the ring on it, unaware of Red’s blushing. “In brightest day, in blackest night…” She started.
“You are kind of a nerd you know?” He gulped at the look Rainbow gave her and he avoided her look. “No evil shall escape my sight,” Red finally said.
Rainbow raised her head and faced him, “Let those who worship evil’s might…” She didn’t notice that their face strangely came closer, “Beware my power…”
“Green Lantern’s light.” Red finished.
Both of their faces were an inch apart and they both silently stood there, awkwardly looking in each other’s eyes. They waited what seemed like a whole minute before Rainbow’s belly started to make strange noises. She took a step backward and blushed vehemently, looking away from him.
“Someone’s hungry.” Red joked.
“S-Shut up!”
He laughed but didn’t said anything else. They walked to the entrance door and he opened it for her, he made a sign to Rainbow to take the lead, “After you.” Making her roll her eyes but smiling nonetheless.
They both leaved the Arcade, a cold chill went through Rainbow’s body, it was getting colder every day. Thankfully the arcade wasn’t far of the sugarcube corner, one of the many things why Pinkie worked there.
‘Oh yeah, Pinkie.’ Rainbow thought, remembering that her friend actually worked at the sugarcube corner.
Red put the ring back in his pocket, “I don’t want to damage it.” He said.
“I thought you weren’t a green lantern fan?”
“Well it’s not that, it’s just… Well…” He looked away, “You gave it to me, so…” He didn’t finish his sentence.
She walked side by side with him, it was cold but her jacket was thick enough, thanks to Rarity. While they walked, Rainbow glared at Red’s hand where the green lantern’s ring once was, then at him, who just look straight in front of him humming the air of a song Rainbow didn’t know, and then she looked back at his hand.
‘What I’m supposed to do?’ She asked herself, ‘Am I supposed to take his hand? But what if he doesn’t want it?’
“You’re okay?” Red asked, looking at her with concern.
“Y-yeah,” Rainbow quickly said, realizing she was staring at him and stopped walking, “I was just thinking.”
He simply shrugged, “Uh. And what were you thinking of?”
“N-Nothing important.” She replied. She saw him frowning a bit but giving another shrug from his shoulders before looking back in front of him.
“Okay then.” He resumed their walk, Rainbow closely following him.
The rest of their walk was done in silent. It would’ve been awkward for someone else, but Rainbow knew Red was just a quiet person. But even knowing that, it was awkward nonetheless.
They finally arrived to their destination and both of them took a sit, waiting for the cheerful waitress to come and greet them. Which took approximately nine seconds. “Hey there Redash!” Pinkie Pie greeted.
Rainbow hide her blush and Red looked at her in confusion, “Redash?” He asked.
“It’s like, a fusion of our names, Red and Dash…” Rainbow said, still hiding her face in embarrassment. “Pinkie invented it.”
“Oh okay,” Red stated to Rainbow, then he faced Pinkie. “I don’t like it.”
Pinkie gave him the biggest of innocent smile. “So, what’s new?” She asked.
“I just found out you call us Redash.” Red stated, “And that’s bothering me.”
“But it’s cute.”
“No it’s not.”
“CAN WE LIKE, ORDER?” Rainbow yelled, her face covered in red.
“Okie dokie!” She cheered. “What do you guys want?”
“I’ll take a meatball sandwich with a coke.” Red said.
“And for me a chicken salad sandwich with a lemonade. Thanks Pinkie.”
Pinkie took the orders on her notebook and finally flew away. “Be back soooon.” She sang.
Red looked at her departure before looking back to Rainbow, “I like her, she’s fun.” He stated flatly.
“Was that a sarcasm?” Rainbow asked, raising an eyebrow.
“Was it?” He asked her.
They both stared at each other before Rainbow start giggling, “So,” Rainbow said, “What did you order?”
“A meatball sandwich.” He said to her, “I missed those, I only eat meat when we’re in a month with the letter ‘c’ in it.”
Rainbow looked at him with an odd look, and smirked with a snort, “Why’s that?”
“What’s life without whimsy?” He asked. He smirked when he saw Rainbow laughing.
“With you, I never know when you’re joking or not.” She said between two laugh.
“I’m always serious.” He gave her the most serious look he could give her. It resulted making her laugh more.
“You look like you’re constipated.”
“Okay now, that’s rude.” He said, now laughing too. He scratched the back of his head “You know, to be totally honest with you… That game wasn’t very good, why do you like it so much?”
“There’s everything I love in it,” She started to enumerate, “Gratuitous violence…”
“…”
“…”
“I thought you were going to enumerate.”
“I enumerated.”
Both of them snorted. Rainbow regained her calm and sighed, before looking away, “There’s a thing I wanted to ask you.”
“Ask me anything.” He replied.
“You said that it’s been a while since you saw your sister,” She started, “But last time, Fluttershy told me she saw you with a little girl and you told her it was your sister.” She wasn’t looking at him but at her hands on the table saw she couldn’t see his face, “Please explain to me, Sunset said that you maybe lied to us, but why would you do that?”
Raising her head, she saw he wasn’t bothered by her question, he was even smirking. “The truth is,” He started with a sigh, “She’s not my little sister, just a girl I was looking after since her father…” He frowned, “Is gone.”
“Oh.” Rainbow said, putting a hand on her mouth.
“Yeah,” he nodded, “I told her she was my sister because it was easier. I didn’t really think about it on the moment.” He sat more comfortably on the chair, “But I look after her like she was my own sister, so it wasn’t entirely a lie.”
“I know what you mean,” Rainbow nodded, “It’s the same with me and Scootaloo.”
“Scootaloo and I.” He corrected, looking away.
Rainbow grumbled, “Yeah, Scootaloo and I.” She sighed in frustration but smirked, she started to play with a bang of her hair, “Both her parents died when she was young, she’s in a foster family since then but I consider her as my family. Like the little sister I never had.”
“Isn’t she one of those three troublemakers?” Red asked, remembering that he already saw them.
“Yeah,” Rainbow said, giggling, “With AJ and Rarity’s sisters, they call themselves the crusaders.”
“And what are they crusading for?”
“I have no idea.” Rainbow said, putting her arms behind her head, “But she’s happy with them. Even if sometimes they make me want to kill them, I can never stay mad at her.”
“I know the feeling…” Red said, “My sister –the real one- used to make my blood boil every time. Now… I’ll do anything to see her one more time.”
Rainbow noticed it was the first time she saw that look on Red’s face. Sadness. “Why can’t you see her anymore?”
“It’s complicated,” He said, “Let’s just say… She’s far, far away. And even if I could see her, I doubt she would want to. Don’t ask-” He quickly added when he saw that Rainbow was going to ask him why. “It’s better if you don’t.”
“Can you at least tell me her name?” Rainbow tried.
He sighed, looking at the ceiling, before shrugging, “Sure, why not. It’s Blue. Blue Light.”
“Of course.” Rainbow added. “I guess your mother’s name was Green or something like that?” She joked.
“Actually my mother’s name was Agatha.” He said, smirking at Rainbow’s joke.
“Your mother…” Rainbow started, not knowing how to approach this sensitive subject, “She died right?”
Red didn’t seemed to care as he nodded with a shrug, “Yeah, a long time ago.”
“My mother died too…” Rainbow admitted.
Red straightened up at this announcement, “Yeah, I kinda figured…”
“It’s okay,” Rainbow Dash quickly added, “I was just a little girl back then, I don’t even remember it, but for a long part of my life I didn’t have this ‘motherly’ figure to raise me, it was just me and my dad. Maybe that’s why I was a huge fan of Spitfire and took her for role model… I secretly wished she was my mom.”
Red refrained from making any comment, “At least, your dad seems nice, mine was a jerk.” He replied rolling his eyes. Then he glanced at Rainbow and smirked, “Spitfire uh? That explains the lack of femininity.”
She frowned and slammed her hand on the table, “Not because your father was a jerk you have to act like one.”
“I don’t act like one,” He said, “I’m a jerk.”
“Can’t argue with that. So…” Rainbow started, “You know who Spitfire is?”
“Well kinda, I’ve seen pictures of her once or twice on social medias but… She retired right?”
Rainbow sighed, “Yeah she did, what a shame… She was accused to have burn several people alive.”
“Woah, really?” Red asked raising an eyebrow.
“Yeah but she was deemed innocent.”
“That’s what ended her career?” Red asked.
Rainbow didn’t really notice the curious look on Red’s face when she first mentioned the name of Spitfire. She was too happy to talk with someone who remembered who Spitfire was.
“Nah, that’s another story.” Rainbow said, finishing her sentence when she saw Pinkie Pie approaching with their orders.
“Here you are guys!” Pinkie Pie said happily, placing their orders on the table. She took a sit next to Rainbow, put her elbows on the table and rested her chin on her hands. “What’re you talking ‘bout?”
“Pinkiiiiie!” Rainbow said in a whisper believing that Red couldn’t hear, glaring daggers at Pinkie Pie. “What are you doing?”
“I’m checking on your date! Is everything okay?” She asked in a much louder whisper.
“Yes everything is fine, now get the hell out before you ruin everything!” Rainbow quickly added grinding her teeth.
“You know I can hear you guys, right?” Red said between two bites, his mouth full of food.
“Urgh.” Rainbow said, hiding her face behind her hands.
“You should reply to him,” Pinkie suggested, still whispering louder than she talks. “It can’t be a date if you don’t talk.”
Rainbow’s face was red of embarrassment, making Pinkie giggling. Red silently took another bite of his sandwich, and smiled at the antics of the two friends in front of him. “Pinkie, let her-”
Red was cut mid-sentence by the wall next to them exploding in a deafening noise, filling the sugarcube corner with dust. Sitting just next to the wall, Red was sent through the opposite wall in a second. Rainbow and Pinkie have both fallen on the ground, covering their eyes. When Rainbow was finally aware of the situation she screamed in fear, “Red!”
“Aouch,” Pinkie said, standing up, “What was-”
She stopped when she managed to see a silhouette in the dust. A huge one. The silhouette walked forward, every steps he made making the ground shaking, a mechanical sound coming from it. It was an iron armor of ten feet tall, the helmet was shaped like a rhino’s face.
“Ah!” The man behind the armor explained, ignoring the screams of all the witnesses presents. “You girl, must be Pinkamena!” Then he took a pose, stretching his big mechanical arms, “And what is that smell of… Vanilla?” He said, turning his head toward the counter, sniffing the sweet smell of pastries.
“None of it is for you, you grey meanie big bully!” Pinkie exclaimed.
“W-Who are you?!” Rainbow quickly said, putting Pinkie behind her, “And what do you want from my friend?!”
The armor stood up, revealing it was even taller than before, then he took another ridiculous pose. “I AM THE RHINO!”
“R-Really?” Rainbow asked, incredulous.
“Yes… Why?” The Rhino asked.
“Well…” Pinkie started, “It’s a little… Too on the nose, you know?”
“You really think so?” Then he shook violently his head, “ENOUGH!” He exclaimed with a stomp on the ground, making the ground shake. “I’M TAKING YOU WITH ME, DON’T EVEN THINK TO FLEE!”
He took another step forward, Rainbow pushed Pinkie aside and yelled, “Pinkie run!”
Pinkie didn’t had time to do anything that the Rhino violently pushed Rainbow Dash aside, sending her through the same hole in the wall where Red was sent earlier. “Rainbow Dash!” Pinkie yelled, then she turned around facing the Rhino, tears in her eyes, “Why are you doing this?”
“Nothing personal kid, but the boss thinks that it might help us to get Spider-girl.” He said casually, before grabbing the arm of Pinkie and lifting her up, ignoring her screams of pain. “NOW, LET’S GO, AND STOP TO SQUEAL!” He yelled at her, before finishing in a much quieter voice, “I have a Spider to kill.”