"So, he was the Wyvern?!" R shouted in shock.
"Yes, he was. But he didn't put up a fight after Yuuki started off the barrage. In short, we won that fight before it even began!" Rekka answered.
"He did say what we were doing was in vain, though. I call horseapples." Tenmei said.
"They grew up so much......" Mikarya murmured, trying to hide the fact she was shedding tears.
"I may have found what brought them back." R said wryly.
"WHAT?!" Everyone else in the room shouted.
"Yes, let me explain....."
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"So, he fell before he even could attack them?!" Roared the Shadow.
"Yes. They created these weapons from nowhere and literally ripped him to shreds." Sombra hissed, "And I saw it all without them knowing. The body landed in the ocean with enough force to make a tidal wave. Take a wild guess as to who stopped it! Afterwards, he said something to them in his original form before turning to stone. His horn no longer exists as anything but windswept dust."
"They've grown much stronger than we imagined. What did they say to him before the beat-down began?" Asked Kelpie.
"They fired the worst insults imaginable. They insulted his parents, his occupation, one flat-out laughed at him, and the red one....." Sombra trailed off, ".....the red one insulted his......err.....special area. They said he was, and I quote, 'a blemish on all that is holy.'"
"So, you're saying they provoked him and then kicked his ass?" Asked the Shadow. Sombra nodded.
"Their weaponry is what I fear the most. How were they even allowed to have those things in the first place!" Sombra shrieked.
"Did they wear anything on their hooves aside from the horseshoes they've acquired?" Asked Kelpie.
"No. Nothing else." Sombra reported.
"Let me summarize: First, we get tricked with a switcheroo, then Wyvern-boy flies off, then he gets insulted, and the brats did not even wear their devices?! This is truly serious, Sombra. What say you, Kelpie?" Asked the Shadow.
"When all is calm again, I will embark to the Palace. My new-found armor should hold out long enough for Sombra to knock them out. He will be watching this battle as with the previous." Kelpie answered.
"Alright. I am surprised they've yet to find my weakness." The Shadow said, a white smile forming on his 'face.'
"That being?" Sombra and Kelpie asked in unison.
"To truly defeat me, two elements must be combined into one. Take Wind and Water, for instance. A hurricane with a flood-giving rainstorm. Easy enough, right?" Replied the Shadow. "Anything more or less will not topple me!"
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"Where'd you find all that information?" Asked Nagare, an eyebrow raised.
"From an anonymous Q-hybrid. His 'master' has been arrested by the Royal Guards and brought to our dungeon." R answered.
"Who is his master?" Asked Yuuki.
"It will be hard to believe, but it was another Royal Guard!" R replied.
Everyone's jaws dropped simultaneously.
"A WHAT?!"
"Yes. Like I said, he's in the dungeon." R answered.
"EVERYPONY! I FOUND SOMETHING!!" Koto shrieked as she ran into the room. She had a bad case of bedhead.
"What did you see this time?" Applejack asked.
"The Shadow's weakness!" Koto answered.
"It has none!" Shining chimed.
"Shut it!" Cadence said, turning to Shining.
"Yes, Shining. It has a damned weakness. We simply combine two elements together, like Lightning and Earth. No more, no less or he won't be stopped otherwise." Koto said.
"You're kidding." Chrysalis said, ears perked.
"Am not. Why would I look like I just woke up otherwise?" Koto pointed out.
"She has a point." Gilda said.
"You know who we need for that, then?" 01 asked.
"What?" Chrysalis said. "Who do we need?"
"My daughter, Ocean Flame." Koto said with a smile.