Rainbow Dash awakes with a gasp. She immediately jumps up and starts flying, looking franticly around the room. She is in a dark room. Where, she doesn’t know. Though her night-vision is exceptional, she could not see a thing. Eventually, she spots some light. Without a second thought, she flies towards it. When she arrives, she sees some sort of device. The device was large; it went up close to the light that was shining down on it, which was, as she estimated, a mile up. It curved up in an arch. It almost reminded her of a crane because of how big it was. There were wires coming up from the ground, which came up to a helmet, which was above a chair, but the helmet wasn’t suspended. Somepony was hooked up to it. Rainbow couldn’t tell who it was; the pony was bound and blindfolded and wearing a solid black suit. Strangely, the only thing showing was their flanks and their muzzle. She had to look at the flank, though, because there is no way to identify a pony by their muzzle. Slightly blushing, she looked at the pony’s flank. She gasped.
She stared in horror as she realized it was Twilight.
“Hello? Who’s there?” Twilight said softly. Immediately, Rainbow took off her blindfold to reveal Twilight’s eyes. Her eyes were closed, her face twisted with terror. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up to Rainbow, who was starting to become very emotional at the state her friend was in. Twilight’s face was bruised under her eyes and on her neck, and her nose was bleeding; the bright red flow of liquid freshly dripping off her muzzle. Along with the tears, Rainbow started filling with rage; she wanted to know who did this, and she wanted to know now.
“R- Rainbow?” Twilight said, “Oh, thank Celestia you found us!” She then looked around in the small light that they had. “Where are the others?”
A small chuckle echoed through the room. More lights came on, temporarily blinded the both of them. After being able to see again, she turned around and couldn’t believe her eyes. There were four more of the same devices that Twilight was hooked up to. She gasped as she realized it was the rest of her friends: Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. Looking up, only five more lights turned on, creating a flower-like shape on the ground. The rest of the room was still dark, though. She took off all their blindfolds, and they all started talking at once.
“Hey, it’s Rainbow!”
“We’re gonna be ok!”
“Oh, thank goodness!”
“Please hurry! These chairs are so uncomfortable!”
Rainbow wasn’t really paying attention to them, though. She was more focused on that chuckle she heard. Who was it? Are they the one who did this? She then regained her focus and spoke.
“Don’t worry, girls. I’ll get you out of here”
“Don’t you touch them!” A gruff voice said. She looked around and didn’t see anyone.
“You see those devices they are hooked up to? With one push of a button, they will be dead. Don’t think for one second I won’t do it.”
“Who are you? Show yourself!” Rainbow shouted.
“Oh, you don’t know?” A hooded figure walks into the light. The hooded cape was a dark gray, tattered and torn. Immediately, the hood was thrown off, revealing the pony. It was a Pegasus; the wings were dragging across the floor, indicating they were broken. The pony’s coat, mane, and tail are completely frizzled, and she was completely dull of color. The pony was also wearing bandages around its waist and forelegs. Also, the pony was wearing an eye patch, a small trail of blood coming out from under it. Rainbow and her friends gasp in shock.
“Y- You’re… me?!” Rainbow said.
The pony chuckled and smiled.