The four continued down the mountain path. Scootaloo and Imp took the lead since they were both now armored fillies. They kept a sharp eye out to make sure it’s safe. However, they didn't notice a pegasus was watching over them from a distance.
A Purple Pegasus with a beautiful wavy mane and tail, complimented by dark blue eyes and eyelashes. Her cutie mark was a heart with a stake in it. She flew over to the next path to meet up with her other henchmen.
A unicorn walked up to her, bowing down to her beauty. “It’s a pleasure to see you, Darla.”
“Please, I don’t feel like it today, so just get up.” After heaving a long drawn out sigh, she flipped her mane back. “All right, is the trap in place?”
“Yes Ma’am!” The unicorn said as he stepped aside, showing the traps fully set. “Everyone is in place and waiting for your command.”
Her smile grew a lot wider. “Well then, let's get this started.”
Imp and Scoots ran ahead to check around the area, but Imp noticed that Scoots wasn't really paying attention.
“Wow!” Her Cutie Mark continued to surprise her at every glance.
“Hey!” Imp snapped. “Stay focused! You have to keep an eye out for the enemy!”
“Oh please!” was her dismissive response. She put her flank up to his face. “With these powers, I can handle anything! Right, guys?”
Imp started to feel a little impatient. His hoof slowly sliding off his face showed his annoyance.
Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were hesitant to respond.
“Um, guys?” Applebloom tapped on both of their shoulders.
“Well, while it is nice that you have powers,” Her voice started to garble. Her hair began to get a lot more uncortible the more she scratched. “We are in a dangerous situation here.”
Scootaloo waved her hoof at her. “Oh please! Danger won’t be an issue anymore now that you have me and Imp around!”
For Imp, that was the last straw. “You just don’t get it-”
Suddenly the ground began to shake, making them lose their balance. Imp looked for the source, and noticed boulders coming down the hillside.
“AVALANCHE!” Applebloom shouted, drawing everypony's attention to the falling boulders.
“Let’s run!” Imp shouted.
Many rocks of different sizes fell toward them. Tension was high as the four tried to avoid getting squished. For a moment, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle fell behind, forcing Imp and Scootaloo to run back and grab them both. Scootaloo summoned her scooter to carry all of them. The rocks continued to fall, but they had yet to get out of the storm. An especially big boulder landed in their path, and Scootaloo had no choice but to stop. Unfortunately the forward momentum caused the two to go over the boulder.
“AHHHHH!” they shouted.
“Don’t worry!” Scootaloo stepped on the pedal. “I’ll come get you guys!”
Before she could go, she felt Imp tapping on her shoulder. When she turned around, she saw of those Robotic Stallions, only this time they looked like pegasi.
“It seems we fell into a trap.” Imp said as he summoned his yo-yos, getting ready to battle.
“But we can’t just leave my friends there!” Scootaloo’s voice sounded terribly desperate now that her friends were in trouble.
“Look, just calm down! Let’s handle these guys as fast as we can. Then we can go help your friends, all right?”
Scoots looked into his eyes and started to calm down. “If we tag team these idiots, then we might be able to get to my friends quicker!”
The robotic soldiers caught Scootaloo and Imp in their sights. Two more appeared to chase them down. On the other side of the boulder, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle screamed in panic.
“No, No, No! What are we going to do?” Sweetie Belle ran in circles like a dog chasing her tail. “Our friend is in trouble and we are not there to help!”
“Hold your horses!” Applebloom stopped her in place. “Scootaloo and Imp will be fine, however we need get out of-” The ground began to tremble furiously. She looked up, noticing one of the biggest boulders dropping into their position. “LOOK OUT!” She pushed Sweetie Belle away, as the boulder broke into smaller chunks upon impact.
Sweetie Belle got up quickly. She ran over to Applebloom and found her lying motionless on the ground. “Are you alright?!”
Applebloom got up, but stumbled. She couldn't stand correctly, for her back leg had been injured. The pain coursing through it caused her to fall back to the ground.
“Dang nabbit!” She stomped her front hoof on the ground.
“What’s wrong?!” Sweetie Belle asked desperately.
“I twisted my hoof!” Tears bursted out, as the pain increased. “It hurts!” She whimpered.
Sweetie Belle picked her friend up and ran. It proved quite difficult to do, since she had never carried someone before, but she wasn't going to give up. Applebloom didn't move much, making it easier to handle her . Every rock landed closer and closer, making their flight difficult. Sweat ran down Sweetie Belle’s face with each step she took. They were only inches away from the end.
“Don’t worry Applebloom! We are goin-” But she stopped mid-sentence and was shocked to find Robotic Stallions blocking their way. She quickly turned around but heard something big falling down. She looked up, and her pupils shrank in fear as a whole ton of boulders came down at a great speed, heading straight for them.
Scoots and Imp were still fighting the Robotic Pegasi during this moment as the rocks continued to fall. However, they stopped and flew away at the same time the rocks stopped falling. They were confused by this, but it didn't matter as Scootaloo quickly leapt on her scooter and shot through the rocks at full force, leaving her body shape in a cloud of dust. Once she caught up to them, she spotted a big pile of rocks with Robotic Stallions around them. Her pupils shrank as she realized what was going on.
Imp couldn’t believe it himself. His anger grew at an intense rate.