Sweetie Belle had just finished her perforamce that night. She'd taken up a job in Manehattan, singing on various stages around town. Sometim,es indoors, sometimes out; sometim,es there was a big audience, sometimes just a group of foals. Come what may, she sang with every bit of heart she could.
As it stood, she was back in the changeroom she was given, cleaning off the makeup that had been so carefully applied to her face. Which was nice, because some of the stuff applied made her seriously ITCHY!
Due to her schedule, she knew that in about 14 hours she was supposed to meet her friends, as usual. One of the conditions in her contract was that periodically she would be able to do just that, with a bit of notice. She had the whole weekend blocked off on her schedule. Her manager wasn't too pleased, but was accepting of the condition. Or at least.... tolerant of it.
Suddenly, there was a resounding "BOOM" Hurrying with removing her makeup, Sweetie Belle rushed out the door to see what the hubbub was about.
Sure enough, a gigantic quasi-robotic insectoid was cutting through various structures. swinging with wild abandon. It had a pair of sickle-like claws, and was a deep blue-green colour.(1)
Many of the scored buildings began to fall to pieces, many Ponies getting buried or crushed.
Sweetie Belle said, "Oh, I wish I could do something!" wringing her hands nervously.
The monster then made another motion and a blade of razor sharp energy sliced through the building she was in, causing it to start to collapse
Suddenly, a door of sorts opened behind her. "Cometh hither! Quickly!" a vooice requested.
Willingly, and not seeing many other options, she entered.
(FLASH)
"Sweetie Belle; Awaken! Arise and heed me. ""
Sweetie Belle got up, shifted to a two-legged stance, shook her head and looked around. The place she was in was red and blue all over the place, with streaks of silver occasionally appearing on the walls. Upon looking firther up, she noticed a tall humanoid staring down at her. When it spoke, it sounded like Old Ponish
"I am Ultraman Tiga. I and those like me art charged with protecting the universe from threats such as the one thou just saw. However, we needeth a.... partner in order to fully access our powers and abilities on planets such as thine. Normally my partner would'st be a male, but in this world, most of the heroes art heroines, it dost seemeth, so that's out of my hands, I suppose. Anyway; With what thou currently hast, thou would'st only get in the way. Thus, if ye accepteth, I can'st shareth my power. I believe tis a concept called "symbiosis". Together we can taketh it down!"
Sweetie Belle said, excitely, "What do I do? Where do I sign?"
A blue rounded crystal appeared over Sweetie's chest. "All you must do is put one hand to that, raise the other to the sky, and incant my name. With feeling!"(2)
"Alright! Let's do this!"
"Alright! I ask that thou dost incant my name! Ultraman?"
"TIGA!"
(FLASH!)
The rubble of the building Sweetie Belle was in suddenly burst in all directions as a new Pony appeared, swiftly growing in size to become about as big as the giant insectiod. She was able to deal a glancing blow to the side of the creature's head, barely dazing it, but at least distracting it from what it was doing.
The new arrival was red, blue and silver with what apeared to be a golden peytral. In the center of that was a vaguely rounded blue crystal.
Instead of saying anything (unsure of whether or not the monster would understand), Tiga drew a line in front of her with one hoof, makind a "Come on" gesture with one hand.
Clearly, this was good enough, as the moster hissed and went on the attack. With a swift flurry of swipes, it managed tp score a couple of hits, but most of them were blocked or countered. Buzzing its wings furiously, the monster began to emit miniature blades of wind energy, which began to gather around it. At what seemed to be a spoken command, the gathering miniature swarm went forward, to try to take Tiga down.
Try as she might, Tiga just couldn't block all of the smaller projectiles and so took a fair bit of damage before rolling to one side. Throwing a one-two punch and an uppercut, Tiga was able to return the favour, to some extent. The creature's exoskeleton was just too thick; too tough. The monster being partially robotic wasn't much help there either.
Deciding it was time to change tactics, Tiga shifted to a red and silver colour combination. {Power Mode!}
The insectoid's wings started buzzing again, but this time Tiga was prepared. {Tiga Barrier!}
A force field of light appeared before her and deflected the waves of energy that had been emitted.
Tiga countered with a hard punch, dealing a fair bit of damage, but not enough to deter the monster, much less stop it. Hissing, it started unleashing a series of swipes, most of which Tiga was able to counter, neither managing any significant effect.
Tiga concentrated energy into her hands, unleashing a series of flaming punches. {Tiga Blitz Punch Combo!} The monster took a fair bit of damage, but was only getting annoyed at this point. It shrieked , emitting a wave of sonic energy, which Tiga was not able to avoid, getting knocked down. The creature managedd to stomp on her once before she was able to roll aside, getting to all fours.
Suddenly, Tiga's gem began flashing red. Time was running out.
Concetrating again, Tiga shifted to a blue and silver colour. {Speed Mode!}
Sensing an opportunity, the monster unleashed a series of slashing energy waves. This time Tiga was ready. {Tiga Catch!} Tiga was able to catch the slashes with a well placed barrier, this time absorbing the energy. Folding that into a sphere and compressing it, /Tiga raised that to the sky, starting to absorb the energy, a force field of light covering her, {Tiga Charge!}
Deciding that discretion was the better option, the monster turned and made to fly off.
After a moment, with a green flash, Tiga was back at full power. Taking careful ain at the retreating kaiju, Tiga focused energy into her hands once more. {Runboldt Beam Shell!}
A jet of energy streaked forward, cleaving through the monster, causing it to explode dramatically.
Looking skyward, Tiga leapt and vanished shortly thereafter.
Sweetie Belle had come out of where she'd been hiding during the attack, having managed to find a safe spot to hide. Or so she said.
Her temporary manager was distraught at all of the destruction the giant insectoid had wrought, but it was not something he could do anytbng about. For the moment, it seemed that there wouldn't be any future performances for the time being. Being a nice guy, he told Sweetie, "Why don't you take a while off? I'll send a message when things are... relatively calm again. It's not like we can do much with the area in this state."
Sweetie beamed. "Thank you, sir! I'll keep practicing, though, so my next performance will be even better."
The stallion smiled at that. "I'll be looking forward to it. Tell those delightful friends of yours that I said hello, won't you?"
Nodding, Sweetie turned to make for the train station. "The girls are not gonna believe this!" she said to herself.