//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 // Story: Equestria Girls: An Amazonian Adventure // by Time Agent pony //------------------------------// "I told you!" Rainbow Dash cried, as she and the others ran as fast as they could as the Achilles statue chased after them, "I told you, never ever say 'that was too easy' ever!" "We need a plan," Sunset said, running along side everyone, "we can't afford to waste time with that thing." "Agreed," Wonder Girl nodded, "we need to take that thing down fast and quickly." "And I think I know how to do that," Twilight replied, "if I recall the legend about Achilles he had a specific weakness." "What is it?" Lighting asked. "If I remember correctly," Twilight answered, "Achilles was made invulnerable when his mother dipped his body in the River Styx...." "I hate to be rude, Darling," Rarity cut in, as the statue slowly began to close in on them, "BUT CAN YOU GET TO THE POINT, PLEASE?!" "Right, sorry," Twilight said, "it's the heel, we need a direct hit on the statue's heel." "First," Applejack added, "we need to bring that thing down, before we get squashed into apple sauce." "Anyone have any ideas?" Twilight asked. "I think I might!" Ms. Marvel shouted, "you guys even watch that space opera film trilogy?" "You mean the one with the laser swords and space wizards," Pinkie Pie answered, "Cosmic Wars, right? Or was it Starchaser: Legend of Orin?" "Star Wars," Sunset corrected, "she means Star Wars." "Anyway," Ms. Marvel continued, "you know the part in episode 5 where they're on the snow planet with the walking thingies?" Twilight thought for a moment, "You know what," she said, finally, "that just might work." She turned to the others, Wonder Woman and Loki. "Distract that thing until we're ready," Twilight instructed, "try to keep it from advancing." "How will we know when you're ready?" Rainbow Dash asked. "You'll know," Twilight responded. "Alright, everyone," Applejack said, "let's give that big fella everything we've got." While Twilight and Ms. Marvel prepared their plan, the others used their powers to slow and prevent the statue from going any further. Rainbow Dash and the other girls used their rings to restrain the statue. Spider-Girl used her webbing to blind it. Stinger used her size changing to grow to the same size as the statue and grapple with it. Kate Bishop, Thunder and Lighting used their powers and various trick arrows to do their part. Meanwhile, Twilight and Ms. Marvel were implementing their end of the plan, Twilight summoning a catapult construct with her ring, then loading Ms. Marvel into it and aiming it at the Achilles statue. "Ready?" Twilight asked, once they were locked on target, the statue's legs. "Ready," Ms. Marvel answered. With that, Twilight released the catapult and launched Ms. Marvel at the statue. Ms. Marvel stretched out her limbs as far as she could, turning herself into a rudimentary bolas. She was dead on target, she wrapped her limbs around the statue's legs holding on as tight as she could. The statue struggled against its bindings, trying to continue its advance. Ms. Marvel groaned and strained, trying to maintain her grip on the statue, she had stretched herself to her limit. The statue finally gave up and toppled to the ground with an almighty crash, the ground shaking as it fell. "Quickly!" Twilight shouted, "hit the statue's heel!" "Way ahead of ya, Twi," Applejack replied. Together, using their combined powers, Applejack and Thunder hit the statue's heel with a powerful attack. Applejack used her geode and her ring and Thunder used her shockwave generating powers. The statue shook from the attack, then slowly shattered into pieces. "Well," Squirrel Girl began, "that was...." Before she could continue, she was shushed by Rainbow Dash, the look on the said it all. "Right," Squirrel Girl uttered, "got it." "Anyway," Twilight interjected, while helping Ms. Marvel up from the remains of the statue, "now that's been dealt with, we need to get the Casket as far away from Circe as possible." "I'll handle that," Loki replied. "Agreed," Wonder Woman nodded, she nodded to Donna, who had been clutching the Casket tightly since the statue toppling. Donna looked reluctant, but abided by the request, she handed the Casket to Wonder Woman who passed it took Loki. "Thank you," he said. Loki placed the Casket on the ground and cast a teleportation spell and the Casket vanished. "Where did you send it?" Thunder asked. "Back my father's vault," Loki answered, "hopefully he or anyone haven't noticed it's missing yet." "So," Fluttershy inquired, "now what?" "Now," Wonder Woman answered as she, Donna Troy and Wonder Girl all spun really fast on the spot, once they stopped their outfits had changed: Wonder Woman was wearing golden armour with wings, similarly Donna and Cassie were also wearing matching armour only coloured silver and bronze, "we take the fight to Circe," Wonder Woman declared, drawing her sword.