Scootaloo was pounding away on the heavy bag in the training room when Rainbow
gave her the news.
“Okay loo! ready for the next fight?” Rainbow asked.
“Loo? who’s Loo?” Scootaloo Asked.
“Your boxing name! every great boxers got one! when we began the fight with Glass Shy I wrote you down as “little loo”. Rainbow answered.
Scootaloo groaned. “Are you sure you could come up with anything more, intimidation?”
“Don’t worry Loo, its a di-vers-inary tactic, its so their not ready for how awesome you are.” Rainbow reasoned.
“Don’t you mean diversionary? Loo asked.
“Yeah, Whatever anyway are ya ready for your next fight?” Rainbow asked again.
“Next fight? what already? I Took down Glass Shy yesterday!” Scootaloo said.
Rainbow waddled into her living quarters and yelled out “And today you take out the next challenger, Come On grab your bag, and your *Giggle* sweatsuit! we can jog there.
“Jog? how can you pos-” Scootaloo was cut off when Rainbow rounded a corner riding a ancient green racing bike.
*ching *ching* Come on, Don’t want a overweight ancient old mare to beat your there?” Rainbow asked while dismounting the bike to unlock the door.
“Oh its on,” Scootaloo sprinted to the trunk containing her bag, gloves and *Ugg* dog ugly pink sweatsuit.
“You lose” Rainbow dash mocked while she carried her bicycle through the front door of the sports center.
“YOU, *pant WHERE,...*pant ON A BIke, *Huff.” Scootaloo weezed barely keeping on her feet.
“Well since you're so slow we came in a bit late, your fights in three minutes, also i forgot to mention that you have two fights today” Rainbow Said turning from the officials desk in the corner of the lobby.
“Two Fights! then why did you make me run here!” Scootaloo yelled wiping the sweat from her face
“I don’t know, to keep things interesting? honestly i don’t think that far ahead, you're just gonna have to roll with it, heres your opponents profile” Rainbow Finished and handed Loo a sheet of paper and started pushing Loo down the grubby unkept hall to the boxing arena.
Scootaloo examined the paper, the boxers name was “The Dubstep kid” What the heck is Dubstep? and what kind of name was that? then Loo remembered what Rainbow said about boxing names and disregarded it. The accompanying pictures showed a well built mare only slightly taller and heavier that Loo with a white coat and wild two tone blue hair, it was obvious that she owned a club of some sorts because the rest of the pictures showed her as some sort of keyboard with records spinning on it shrouded in colorful lights and smoke. In others she was dancing on a electric dance floor while a group of ponies cheered.
“The ponies who try their hand at boxing i swear” Loo thought out loud before stuffing the page into her bag and entering the ring and threw off her sweat covered pink sweatsuit.
While Rainbow gave her some sort of half flanked pep talk Loo got a good look at her opponent.
She was just like her pictures except now she was wearing a black and purple boxing outfit with bright blue gloves She also wore big purple glasses over her eyes and a huge set of gigantic headphones covered her ears, her coach was fiddling with her gloves, if Loo didn't know better she could have swore he was putting dry cell batteries in them?.
“Hmm guess she needs special gloves and glasses for prescription reasons, maybe this WILL be as easy as Glass Shy.” Loo thought to herself as the ref motioned both of the fighters to approach each other.
This time the ref was a skinny tall stallion with a green hat and a mustache much like the last ref’s.
“Hey, where the last guy? Loo asked the ref.
“Hmm? OH he’s out sick, bad mushroom, anyway i’m his brother and i will be covering for him today, Anyway same rules as before, keep it clean and come out boxing, now bump gloves and get ready for the ding” The ref explained, then he took his corner of the ring.
As the to mare bumped gloves Loo Looked up to her and said “Good luck”
The “Dubstep Kid” just gave her a cold stare through her glasses and blew a bubble gum bubble from her mouth.
*Ding!
“The two boxers approached each other, Loo kept her guard up and looked for an opening.
Kid approached and threw a right jab to her face, Loo lifted her guard, At the moment of impacted it felt like a bomb exploded. Deep flowing bass notes pounded each fiber of her being, it was like getting hit with a tub of jello traveling at the speed of sound.
Loo fell back staggering with her guard completely lowered.
“LOO!, keep em up!” Rainbow frantically shouted.
Before Loo could react uppercut landed on her jaw, Her brain was shaken and felt like it been reduced to goop, her teeth migrated slightly in her gums, and her jaw vibrated like a tuning fork.
Loo quickly gathered herself and dodged the next uppercut, and another, and another Loo was sore from the run and the fact every punch the “Kid” landed would make her ears split. Loo Dodged ducked, and even blocked a few hits electing that it was better than taking them in the face.
*Ding *Ding
“Talk about saved by the bell” Loo Though as she plopped down in her stool.
“You ain't lookin so hot kid” Rainbow said pouring water all over Loo face, then offering it to her to drink.
“What Kind Of,...Punches are those?” Loo frantically asked between sips of water.
“She calls them her bass punches, Its a new type of music she invented called, “Dubstep”
Rainbow explained.
“Base punches? Dubstep? how do you know all this?” Loo asked frantically.
“Hey! I Do research i don’t just send your off to fights blind, i’ve been at this a lot longer that you have.” Rainbow said defensively.
“Yeah this is stuff you tell me BEFORE a fight” Loo said with anger bordering her words.
“Oh, right, well i guess im just going senile” Rainbow retorted.
“I just think you hit the cider too hard, anyway how is this even legal? Loo asked.
Rainbow just pointed to the side of the ring.
Loo saw the ref leaning over the ropes to flirt with a tall mare with a blonde locks and dressed in a pink princess gown.
Loo groaned and faceboxinggloved.
*Ding *Ding
Loo stood back up to face the dubstep kid, and just like in the last round she just kept dodging her attacks to find a opening.
After a minute of trying to catch Loo the Dubstep Kid broke the robotic look she had for the whole fight.
She knit her eyebrows together and backed off of Loo, Loo stood there confused, then the Dubstep Kid Slammed her boxing gloves together. A Massive wave a bass notes ripped the air apart like a A-bomb.
As Scootaloo staggered around with her ears ringing and her vision fading, She got and idea.
A uppercut connected with her jaw once more and she hit the ground. Loo didn’t know what happened until she heard,... Counting?
“TWO!,..THREE!,..FOUR!” The ref yelled.
Loo scrambled to her feet and turned to face her opponent.
Loo scowled and decided to put her plan into action.
She Dodged attacks until the Dubstep kid got agitated again. She stepped back and raised her gloves up at her sides.
Loo was ready for it and quickly landed a quick right hook to the side of her opponent's head, causing her headphones to fly off her head and out of the ring, ultimately shattering on the concrete floor.
The Kids gloves were traveling too fast for her to stop herself, the collided as Loo covered her own ears.
The Dubstep Kid was clearly not immune to her own attacks, double goes for the fact she wasn't ready for it. As she staggered around dazed, Loo felt on top of the world.
“Give em the magic girl” Rainbow said from the side of the ring with her arms crossed and and pair of big black sunglasses perched over a confident smile.
Loo smiled and cocked back a big uppercut, confidence flowed through her every vein as she let loose the punch and landed it square on the Dubstep Kid’s jaw.
She flew through the air as her gloves exploded, smoke magnetic tape and plastic flew from the gloves and landed all over the ring.
“Nine!,...Ten! Knock Out!” The ref waved his arms signaling the end of the fight.
Loo Victoriously lifted her arms up and the ten to fifteen ponies that filled the stands cheered.
“Hey kid! Show her some real music” Rainbow shouted and threw Loo a cassette tape.
Loo caught it with her glove and read the side.
Single
Eye of the Manticore.
by
Leftover.
“Aww yeah its my training jam! But how do i part with it?” Loo asked Rainbow.
“Pfftt, i’m a boxer! I own like,..20 copies!” Rainbow answered
“Oh Okay” Loo said, then turned to the spread eagle form of her opponent.
“Train to this, and maybe you could pose a threat to me” Loo said, throwing the tape on the unconscious boxer.