//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: Locating the warehouse // Story: Spiders and Magic Equestria Girls Fresh Start // by Alvaxerox //------------------------------// The next day, Twilight was chatting with Rainbow Dash at her house. She explains how there was a robbery for some reason at a spa resort. "Seriously?! A spa resort?!" Rainbow Dash asked. Twilight nodded. "Yep, unfortunately, the thug didn't remember anything. It's almost like..." "The dude was being mind controlled"? Rainbow Dash asked, finishing Twilight's sentence. "Yes! Exactly"! Twilight said. "That's gotta be Superhero basic 101, if the bay guy doesn't remember doing anything, it must mean he was brainwashed or was mind controlled." Rainbow explained. "I believe it has something to do with the vines that was covering him." Twilight suggested. "He even said the spa doesn't make that much money that's worth to be robbed at." "It seems most likely these vine things were controlling him." Rainbow Dash agreed. "Maybe that's why he was acting like a zombie"? "Probably. I'm gonna do some investigating. Figure out where the robber was." Twilight said. "Something tells me, it's probably gonna get worse." "Well, trust your instincts and your spider-sense." Rainbow Dash said. "Thank Rainbow. And by the way, I told Sunset about me being Spider-Girl." Twilight said. Rainbow Dash was a little surprise. "Are you serious?!" She asked. "No. Not really." Twilight said. "She promised not to tell anyone, after all, she and I have a lot in common." "You mean the fact that both of you destroyed the school, and almost our dimension"? Rainbow Dash asked. Twilight felt a little bit of shame. "Yes." Rainbow Dash knows Twilight still feels guilty after what she did during the friendship games. "You think it'll be time to let the rest know?" "Maybe. I don't know yet." Twilight said. "Maybe tomorrow after my investigating." "Okay then." Rainbow Dash said. "You better get going. I got some stuff to do." "Okay then. See ya later." Twilight said as she leaves Rainbow Dash's house. As she left, Twilight finds a bush and puts on her costume to become Spider-Girl again. She then swings into Canterlot City, looking around for anything suspicious. Spider-Girl visited the police station where she questions the robber. "Okay, where were you when I burned off those vines on you?" She asked. "From what I remember, I was gonna steal some money at the jewelry store, but then I blacked out and I saw you." The robber explained. "Why would you wanna rob a jewelry store?" Spider-Girl asked. "Someone sent me and my gang a message to rob that store." The robber answered. "If you want to know, it's on my computer at an abandoned warehouse." "Where's the warehouse?" Spider-Girl asked. "You figure it out." Robber said. "That's all the questions you'll get out of me." "Ugh, fine. I'm done with you anyways." Spider-Girl said as she leaves and the robber was taken to jail. Twilight was back looking over the city. Trying to figure out where this warehouse was. "I wish Peter could help me, he IS a genius after all. He could probably hack into the city maps and help me find this hideout of that thug's." She then had an idea. "I know someone who can help me"! She went to go visit an old friend of her. Meanwhile... A girl with bright yellow skin and red hair with purple highlights was doing research on what appears to be Stark technology for beginners. She got a knock at her window. She looks and sees a girl in a pink suit and mask. "Spider-Girl?" The girl asked. She then opens the window. "Are you that Spider-Girl chick I heard about?" "Yep. That's me. It's good to see you again, Moondancer." Spider-Girl said, coming inside Moondancer's room. Moondancer was shocked and creeped out. "Okay, two things, first, how'd you know my name? And second, I don't remember meeting you." "That's because I'm wearing this mask." Spider-Girl said as she takes it off. "Hi Moondancer." "Twilight Sparkle?!?!?!?!" Moondancer was surprised. "I haven't seen you since you got enrolled into Crystal Prep!" "Yeah well, I'm not in Crystal Prep." Twilight said. "Long story short, I transferred to Canterlot High after the Friendship Games ended." "Really?! What happened? You got expelled?" Moondancer asked. Twilight explained how she was focused on her research of energy and how it's magic being from another dimension called Equestria. During the annual friendship games, she became a magic obsessed monster and almost destroyed reality to understand magic. "My new friends may have forgiven me, but I still feel guilty about what I did." Moondancer was in awe. But it didn't make sense to her about one thing. "What does this have to do with you being Spider-Girl?" She asked. "Oh right. I'll explain." Twilight explained how she got her spider powers from a transfusion with Spider-Man's blood to save her life after being injured by the Lizard. The powers layed dormant until the friendship games incident, where she still had leftover equestrian magic and it merged with her spider powers. "I wanted to make up for what I did as Midnight Sparkle, so I bought this pink suit, embedded it with a spider emblem and I became Spider-Girl." "Wow, so you got Spider-Man's powers while you were in the exchange student program in New York?" Moondancer asked, Twilight nodded. "You know, I was gonna feel upset cause you never call or write to me, but after hearing all of that... I think I'll give you a pass." "Thanks Moondancer. And I'm really sorry I forgot about you." Twilight said. "So much has happened and Principle Cinch was very strict." "All is forgiven Twilight. So if you're Spider-Girl, why are you here?" Moondancer asked. "I was wondering if you wanna help me with a little hacking." Twilight asked. "I know your good at it." "Hacking? What do you mean?" Moondancer asked, being confused. "In case you didn't see the news, I stopped a robbery from a spa resort, and the thug said he had a hideout at a warehouse." Twilight said. "I was wondering if you can help me out." "I take it you want me to hack into the city maps of Canterlot to help you find this warehouse." Moondancer put together. Twilight nodded. "Okay then. But on one condition. You're gonna need help to where you can find certain locations. You'll need a partner." "So, you wanna be my guy in the chair who helps me locate some crime?" Twilight asks. "Exactly! Only I'd be a girl in the chair." Moondancer added. "Be sure to call me if you can't find crimes or certain locations." "Well, I am new to this superhero gig. Soooo... okay then..it's nice to know we'll be working together again." Twilight said. "Alright!" Moondancer said as she opens he computer and gain access to the city wide map of Canterlot City. "So you said the thug mentioned a warehouse right"? "Yes. But he didn't give me the specifics." Twilight said. "He just said an abandoned warehouse." "Hmmm..." Moondancer typed on her keyboard. "They're 2 known warehouses in the city that are abandoned. One near the docs, it's a rusty old one and one near a construction site and it's known as Warehouse 64." "Can you manage to hack into one of those warehouse's secruity cameras to see if that have the stuff the thug mentioned?" Twilight asked. "I can try." Moondancer said. She types on her keyboard, but there was an error. "No use, there's no electricity. Perhaps the warehouse is too abandoned " "or maybe the thug must've shut it down to save the power." Twilight suggested. "Then the only way to find out is to get over there and turn on the power to those warehouses." Moondancer said. "I'll start with warehouse 64." Twilight said. "Thank you Moondancer. I'll call if I find anything." "Good luck!" Moondancer said. Later... Spider-Girl swinged to the warehouse, and got inside. She looks around and the place was crowded with people in vines. They were moving like zombies. Some even white boards with maps of Canterlot City and where to strike next. "Weird." She said to herself. "Are they supposed to be zombies or something else?" She crawled on the ceiling, hoping no one will saw her. She sees the vine talking about the next spa resorts their going to be attack. "Spas?" Spider-Girl asked herself. "What's wrong with spas?" She then listen closely. "The next spa resort is closest to Filthy Rich's home." One of the vine people say. "Once we destroy those resorts, we then strike at Filthy Rich himself." 'Filthy Rich?' Spider-Girl thinks to herself. 'That greedy snob? What does he have to do with this?' Spider-Girl decided it was time to take action. 'I better take out these people and see if they know anything.' she then thwips some midnight webbing at one of the vine people and covers them up like a cocoon. "Get her." One of the vine people say as they run towards her. "Make sure she doesn't meddle!" Two vine people said at the same time. "That's not right. Their talking like... A hive mind." Spider-Girl said. She then quickly knock out 3 of the vine people and then webs up 4. "okay, that's 7, there's one more." She then sees a vine thug and swing kicks him out. "Release the hounds." One of the vine people said. The pink Spider-Girl's spider-sense went off. "Again...?" She heard crates being destroyed. And out from the crates were 3 big tree like wolves. "What the!" She rolled away to the higher shelves. "What are those things? Tree wolves?" The tree wolves barked and one of them was climbing up the shelves to get catch Spider-Girl. But Spider-Girl jumps to the ceiling and drops down with her midnight webs to burn the tree wolf and it explode. "Whoa, you guys have a weakness." One of the tree wolves tries to pounce at Spider-Girl but she keeps dodging. And kicks one them, then grabs one by the tail and throws it around the warehouse and webs it with her midnight webbing, and it too explode. Then the last one, she uses a bit of her midnight magic to levitate the tree wolf and throw it to the broken crate. But she was having flashbacks of Midnight Sparkle and she stopped. She's still traumatized about being Midnight Sparkle during the friendship games. But she won't let that stop her. She covers up the tree wolf with her midnight webbing, and it too exploded With the tree wolf's settled, she used a bit of her midnight magic to levitate the people out of the warehouse since the vines on them were burned."There, now to get some answers." She then grabs the thug, and the vines quickly burned out from his body. And the other infected people were free too. "Alright chuckles, you better tell everything you know." "I... Ain't telling you spit!" The thug said. "I can't remember." "That's a lie, but then again, I thought you say that." Spider-Girl then webs up the thug and puts him upside down, dangling from the ceiling. Spider-Girl was upside down, sticking to a board line that connects the roof of the warehouse. "Ya know, I never really suspended a man like this before. I hope this web line holds." "Alright, alright, alright!" The thug said. "I'll talk. I'll talk." "Good. Now tell me, why are these people being controlled by these vines?" Spider-Girl asked. "I don't know where they come from. All I know is, they seem to have some sort of link to whoever is controlling them." The thug said. "But they seems to be sharing a single conscious. Like a hive mind." "And what's with the spa resorts being targeted?" Spider-Girl asked, showing the maps of the spas drawing with circles. "I don't know. I black out after hearing about the spa. I thought it was only for the money. And those people, must be desperation." The thug said. "Okay, and one more. Do you know where these vines come from?" Spider-Girl asked. "No, all I know is, they come out of bushes, trees and even underground when there's dirt. That's all I know. I swear." The thug replied. "There's a good thug, you see. Your not as dumb as you look." Spider-Girl then jumps down and cuts the web line and puts the thug down. "Now, you don't know who your boss is, and why he or she is after the spa resorts around the city?" Just as she seems to be getting info, her spider-sense went off. "Look out!" A massive seismic blast hit her and knocked out the thug. Spider-Girl managed to get up after that hit but then she heard what seems like singing, and she before she could act, she got hit by another seismic blast. "Was that... Singing?" A girl walked towards Spider-Girl. She had yellow skin, and big puffy orange hair, and a half broken neckless. She was pretty. "Get up Sparkle, I'm not beating in you yet." "Do I know you? How'd you know my name?" Spider-Girl asked. "You don't remember me?" The girl asked. "Your hair and voice sound familiar. That's how I remember you." Spider-Girl looked closely at the girl, then remembers what Sunset Shimmer and the other girls told her. About the battle of the bands incident. "Your... That siren?" "Yes." The girl confirmed. "My name is Adagio Dazzle, leader of the Dazzlings, and I can't believe the princess of friendship is dressed up a Spider-Man rip off." "I'm not the girl your referring to. That's my pony counterpart that appears to have taken my life here before I came." Spider-Girl said. "Wait, your the Twilight Sparkle of this world? You are the real human verison?" Adagio asked. "Yeah?" Spider-Girl replied. "I find that hard to believe but I felt magic again, it was interdimensional. I felt Equestria being gripped into this world." Adagio said. "You had that magic, didn't you Sparkle?" "Not anymore." Spider-Girl said. "And it looks like you still have your magic after other me and my friends defeated you and your friends." "Indeed." Adagio said, as her dazzlings come out from the shadows "We discovered a way to form them back and still entertain the humans. But if you like that blast I gave, you better hold still, cause your gonna love this!" To be continued...