Back at Canterlot High…
With Acida’s defeat, the spiders had begun to disappear into black puddles and waste away into nothingness. At long last, their newest adversary had been defeated thanks to everyone’s combined efforts.
“...Ayo, did we win?” Sandbar asked as he watched all of the arachnid monsters fade away.
“That would appear to be the case,” Micro responded as he finished sending a text message to Wallflower, “I suppose we managed to come out on top after all, everyone.”
“Yes!” Flash cheered as he pumped his fist proudly, “We did it!” But just then, he turned his attention to the school. “The girls--c’mon, we need to make sure they’re okay.”
Aidon walked ahead of him and gave a warning, “Stay behind me. We have no idea what sort of state they’ll be in once this is all over. Spike?”
Surprisingly, Spike had reverted to a humanoid appearance instead of a quadrupedal canine. “Woah…gimme a sec, I need to get used to this…” With every step he took, his knees visibly wobbled like wet noodles. Thankfully, the forces of magic were kind enough to grant him clothes alongside his new appearance--a purple hoodie with green shorts to be exact.
“Hm.” Aidon nodded, and continued towards the school doors. Slowly but surely, he pushed the door open, causing it to creak and echo into the empty halls like a desperate cry for oil. “...I wonder where everyone is--”
“PROFESSOR!”
“AHK!” the man yelped and turned his head to the left. The source of the voice was a lethargic Sunset Shimmer. Aidon responded with relief which slowly turned into horror as he took a closer look at her face. “Whew…it’s just y--Sunset…you look like death itself.”
Indeed--Sunset’s eyes were puffy and red, representing a lack of sleep. Her face had lost most of its color, and she was drooling extensively due to malnutrition. “...We were put under mind control…but it’s over now…you gotta…save the others…” Her legs were on the verge of collapsing as she leaned over--raring to fall.
“The others--w-wait, hold on. I’ve got you,” Aidon caught her in his arms before she could fall. “If the other girls are suffering the same way you are, we need to admit you all to the hospital as soon as possible.”
“Zzzzzz….” Sunset had fallen asleep--unaware of the world around her by this point.
Moments later, Flash appeared from the doors and stopped next to Aidon. “Sunset--Twilight--where are--” And to his left, he saw one of the people he was looking for. “Good…she’s okay. But we still need to find everyone else.”
Just then, Luna would appear from around one of the hall’s nearby corners and inform them, “...Aidon--the rest of the girls are in the gymnasium.”
“Great…” the shadowman replied with a hint of fear in his voice.
About thirty minutes later…
Wallflower, Keiji, and Rumble arrived on the scene to see Lucide escorted away via police and pretty much the entire female student body who was being taken away by ambulances.
Needless to say, the boys’ reactions were visceral.
“Scoots!”
“Dazzles!”
Rumble and Keiji shouted as they hurriedly rushed out of Wallflower’s car and rushed over to the scene as it unfolded.
First, Rumble was able to locate the stretcher that Scootaloo was being carried on, and tried to speak to her as the paramedics rolled her towards the ambulance. “Scoots--talk to me. You alright?”
The orange-skinned girl visibly flinched upon hearing his voice, and tried to open her eyes. “...R…Rumble?”
“Oh thank god! You’re alive!” he squealed with tears welling up in his eyes.
“...You softie--but…that’s what makes you cute,” Scootaloo muttered weakly, “I heard about what you did to save us…thanks. Come visit me when you can, okay?”
“Yeah…I will…” Rumble replied as he stopped walking, and watched as she was wheeled into the back of the ambulance.
Meanwhile, with Keiji…
“Adagio, Sonata, Aria--where are you…?” He swerved his head left, then right, and eventually located them on their own stretchers that were being wheeled towards an ambulance on his left. “There you are…are you okay?”
Adagio opened her eyes first, then smiled. “...There he is. Our baby brother’s a hero…”
“...The professor told us everything,” Aria added, “You really kicked some ass, Keiji…”
“Vampybrooooo…” Sonata called out in a state of delirium. “Glad to see you’re okay…”
“Yeah…you guys too.” With that, Keiji gave a sigh of relief, content with their current state as he watched them leave on the ambulances. From the corner of his eye, he would also see Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon escorted away, safe and sound. “Good…everything is much better now…”
Just as well, Sandbar could be seen running over to Yona in order to check on her.
“Yona! You okay?!”
“...Yona need rest…” the tall, muscular girl replied.
As did Spike when he went to see his owner…albeit in his humanoid form.
“Twilight? I’m right here! Speak to me!”
“...My head…hurts so much…I think I’m seeing things. You look like a person, Spike…”
At the same time, Flash and Micro Chips were busy helping the boys leave the campus. While most of them were unharmed, they were all lethargic as well due to starvation.
“...Today was a difficult day, wasn’t it?” Flash asked as he watched everyone leave and folded his arms.
“Indeed. But tomorrow’s another day,” Micro replied as he shoved his hands in the pockets of the labcoat made of nanomachines.
All the while, Wallflower watched them from afar, thinking to herself. “Of course he handled everything so well. He’s the smartest guy in school. But what should I say to him…?”
Meanwhile, nearby…
Aidon sat on the steps of the campus and watched as all of the people were taken to the hospital and as the boys left the school utterly dumbfounded by what had just happened. His eyes were fixated on Celestia and Luna in particular. With his fingers interlocked, the man was in a deep state of mind, thinking to himself. “I can’t let something like this happen again. Something needs to give. Isn’t this why they have magic schools in Equestria? To keep students safe in case of emergencies?”
Then it dawned on him.
“...That’s it. That’s exactly what I need to do next. The only way we’ll be properly prepared for another threat is if everyone was properly trained on how to use their newfound abilities.”