//------------------------------// // Chapter Eighteen: To save a broken city: Molly and Mac redemption arc // Story: SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron: Equestrian Squad // by Megaskullmon //------------------------------// It’s been at least two days since Mac and I have secretly gone through much of this city. This city is much bigger than I thought. I don’t trust this sting even though he leads us through many asleep creatures. “Mac I miss Muse…we need to get this done and get back to her as quickly as we can.” Mac hushed me. I said that pretty loud but nothing woke up thankfully and we got to do what we can to save this city. I saw a sign reading Crystal cove the city of the future for ponies. Manehatten will be lost in its shadow. Sting stops turning back to look at Mac and I cover our mouths even though that won’t stop us from speaking and pulls the two of us into an intact building where there are many sick and wounded ponies. Mac looks at me and many of the ponies here are wounded little ones like Muse. If I had a heart it would sink. Seeing these little ones hurting and being ready to do what we can to save these ponies. Sting sighs looking towards the wounded and the sick. “I am not the only one here willing to save these ponies. Many of us risked our lives to do what we can for these ponies and I wish we could have done more for them. But the others can’t help me anymore because they feel they could get caught. I am the only one that has been able to do anything. My first question is you think you can free this city?” Mac looks at me and we both nod. “What must we do first?” I look over to Mac after he asks his question and Sting sighs. “The only thing you two can do is find food and medicine or one of you get outside and try to get these ponies out.” Mac smirks “I know a way…” I groan no not Discord but Mac is correct he is the only one that can take care of this. Mac knows a few ways to call discord. “Hey, Discord, we need you to show up and help us.” After a few seconds, Discord suddenly shows up in front of us floating around and looking at Mac and me. He laughs loudly and slithers into our faces looking at the two of us with a smirk and an evil smirk. “So you are already calling me for help. What do you need, hmm? A creature killed this entire city and freed what do you need?!” I tap him and point to the wounded and sick children. His eyes open wide seeing all the sick and wounded and these children are recent orphans or their parents are missing. It took Discord three minutes to just look at all the children and he stared back at Mac and me. His face is full of pure sadness. “I can’t help you destroy whatever is causing this but I can get these children out of here and do what you can to find their parents if…any of them are still alive. Then make up a plan of how to free this place.” I sigh heading to get the children and some of the adults we found deep in the building. They have been doing all they can to help the children and we lead them to Discord. Discord turns to look at me and then at Mac. “If I do this, whoever is doing this will know you’re here. So I warn you if there is a place you can hide for a bit till they look through this entire building and then you do what you can to save this city and this is the last time you will see me till all this is taken care of.” A horn sounds and Sting turns to look at the two of us. “It’s the morning meeting. I can’t help you anymore there is a trap door in the back that will lead through this city that will lead you through the broken areas of the city so you can relax. Now before anything, I warn you the one..” The horn sounds again and Sting sighs flying off out of the building Discord begins working on the spell as we push all the children and adults. I noticed a dead foal and a mare. I feel myself not breathing. Wait, we can’t breathe. We have been learning again to help Muse get used to us.  “I sense the one leading this assault coming quickly to get into the trapdoor and I am sorry if I can’t come and help you more.” Discord smiles at Mac and I know full well what we are trying to do. We are trying to redeem ourselves in the eyes of the swat kats. I grab Mac's arm and we quickly run into the trap door a loud spell hits and a flash of light. We hear many stomping feet and quickly get into the trap door and close it. Above we see bodies blocking the light and many voices and they all go silent when a strange figure walks into the building. “Hmmm, I know this magic Discord has been here. But it looks like he escaped double the guard around the prisoners. I want these ponies to know I have returned.” Then a donkey speaks “Yes, Master Grogar yes…” The many feet and hooves leave. I don’t know what to expect when the door closes and the light dies. Mac and I look at each other. What are we going to do with a creature like Grogar? I learned about him through reading….and now all we can do is free this city. Well, this is a turn of events Grogar the father of monsters is in the middle of all this. Will Mac and Molly make it out of this alive and who is the one causing all this with the water? Find out next time the same cat story has the same cat chapter.