Spark awoke to the sound of distant voices and jolted awake. Red clouded his vision, and the blurry room started to clear up. The voices were coming from next to him, and Spark got up to investigate. But wait! Spark thought, Why can't I move?!
It was true. Spark tried but his body would not listen to his instructions. When Spark's eyes finally cleared up, he looked around him.
Spark was in a large cage with an all- but - too familiar glow of bright red. Spark willed all his strength into standing up, eventually shakily getting to his goal. The cage he was in was made of the same things that those chains/net were. The noises that woke Spark up were that of Daring Do, who was in another cage beside him. ''Spark, what happened back there? Once that shadow got a lucky shot, everything went black.'' Spark looked at her sadly, he couldn't, it was already too much that he had lost his powers for a while, and now that Ricardo had lied to them.... he just couldn't take her shock and failure with it. Spark sat down, he couldn't stand up for very long, and told her about everything that happened... she needed to know.
Daring looked at him in surprise, then slowly said, ''I- I- I'm sorry Spark.... I failed us....'' Spark bit his lip and replied quickly, standing up. ''NO! It wasn't you!'' He shouted. ''I didn't help you whatsoever, i just laid there like a helpless filly! I could've done something! Anything! But- I- I just laid there and didn't even try to get up....'' Spark sat down and started to cry, It was all his fault and he knew it... now they would die in the hooves of an ally, that tricked them the whole time. Spark looked around him, outside of the cage, it was still raining outside, but they were in a large room, their cages were leaned up against the bottom wall, so they were faced across from a long and huge wall that had numerous symbols that didn't make sense.
Spark heard a door open and looked over to see. There was a light brown pony with a black mane that had been slicked back a scar running over his eye, and now, a ripped cape as black as night. The cape was held together by a red ruby gem in the middle.
''Hello sleeping beauties, how did you enjoy your suffering? 1 out of 10, be honest.'' He said with a smirk on his face. Spark just glared at him angrily, '' Zero, why did you do this Ricardo? When did you ever wish for death?'' Ricardo just stood there, the ruby on his cape glowing brightly. ''Because it was meant to happen, life needed to burn out... and well, because of this.'' Ricardo motioned two shadow ponies, that wheeled in a figure covered in a large tarp.
Ricardo threw off the tarp to reveal a pony sealed in stone that could give you nightmares. This pony had dragon like eyes with a torn gray cape, and teeth that looked like they could cut though metal. Because he was encased in stone, no pony could see his colors, but Spark could tell right away. ''Armageddon''
Ricardo smiled as he saw the shock on Spark and Daring Do's faces, and said with his icy voice. '' Yes, I remember that story of lies and our downfall,'' Ricardo sighed. ''But today, all of that changes, tonight, I will bring back the most feared evil the world has ever SEEN!!!'' Ricardo laughed in a cruel, wicked, way. ''I WAS right, villains are still predictable.'' Spark joked, still able to have a laugh. Ricardo looked at them with a crazed look in his eye, as if losing sanity. '' Predictable? PREDICTABLE?! I CHEATED YOU AND TOOK RABBIT'S LIFE, AND YOU CALL ME PREDICTABLE?!!''
Spark stared at him in shock, He..... took Rabbit's life.....? Ricardo quickly slicked back his mane and straightened his cape, the crazed look slowly dispersing. '' Well, no need now, after the deed is done, I will no longer be frustrated by your silly remarks.'' He said calmly, ''I am, after all, Armageddon's successor, and he... is my great- great- grandfather...''