We pick up where we left off, with Sunset about to battle the Mikah-Hakim for the future of Earth and stuff.
Sunset felt her newfound power surge through her as she prepared to face the Mikah-Hakim in combat.
Nobody moved for quite some time.
I don't know how strong these guys are... thought Sunset. Better to just take out the whole ship. Sunset prepped a fireball in each hand.
Then she turned tail and fled towards the engine room.
"She's going to destroy the ship!" shouted one of the Mikah-Hakim. "After her!"
Sunset ran through the dark corridors, ever too aware of the thundering stampede of angry evil alien warlords behind her. "Gotta find the engines," she said to herself. "That's gonna be a pretty loud room..."
She turned towards the sound of the engines, her mind deadlocked in logic mode. At this point, her survival instincts were piloting her full-throttle, and all thoughts or actions relating to emotions were being tossed into an overstuffed file cabinet for later perusing. She was a cool, calm, calculating machine; unable to think or feel anything except the task she had to carry out. She was sleek, she was flawless, she was--
Just realizing she'd probably die if she blew up the engine room at such close range.
"Bad idea, bad idea..." She turned down a dark corridor to regroup her thoughts. "Destroy ship...save self...destroy ship...save self..." She slumped against the wall. "I know I'm supposed to be the good guy, but I'm really leaning towards 'save self' right now..."
"Intruders! Stop right there and surrender!" Sunset perked up at the sound of the intercom.
"But who else would be up here...?"
She jumped up and raced towards the commotion. "Who could possibly be up here besides--"
She turned a corner to find two other Maho Girls holding their own against the Mikah-Hakim. They were doing a surprisingly good job, too.
"Sunsetta!" shouted one of them. "Trixie has come to help save Earth! Without Earth, where would Trixie buy her peanut-butter crackers?"
"And I've come az well!" added Photo Finish. "When ze other two Maho girlz got involved, I figured I might az well. After all, I don't want to zee the Earth destroyed any more than anyone elze."
"Wait..." Sunset blinked. "You two are Maho Girls?"
"Yeah," said Trixie. "There's quite a lot you missed. Honestly, when Photo was made Student Body President for defeating a villain, I was pretty sure you'd pick up on it."
"You didn't figure it out until I told you," said Photo.
The Mikah-Hakim leader let out a frustrated sigh. "Are we done with the exposition yet?"
"Yeah, let's beat 'em up," said Sunset. "Maho Girls! Attack!"
"Aww..." said Trixie. "Trixie wanted to say that..."
While they fought the Mikah-Hakim, Sunset discussed her plan. "So--" She dodged a blast of dark magic. "--we need to blow up the engines. The whole ship--" She blasted one of the Mikah with a Laser Flame. "--will go down after that."
"Great, but--" Trixie blinded a Mikah with a barrage of peanut butter. "--won't we all be killed, too?"
"Not quite," said Sunset. "Photo Finish, do--" She and Trixie combined attacks to launch flaming peanut butter crackers at one of the Mikah. "--you have any defense moves?"
"Let me check." Photo closed her eyes.
"Welcome to the Shimmering Sapphire User's Manual. Feel free to check out our new--"
"No time!" shouted Photo. "I need defenzive movez!"
"...fine."
[Film Field]--Active
"I have one defenzive move," said Photo.
"Good," said Sunset. "When the engines--" she tossed a fireball at a Mikah. "--blow up, Photo will protect us with her defensive move, and we'll--" she ducked under a bolt of black lightning. "--fall safely until we're in the atmosphere, at which point, I will use Firewing Flight--" she threw up a Firewall as a Mikah shot bolts of darkness at her. "--to glide us to the ground. Any questions?"
"Couldn't we just take an escape pod, and then blow up the ship from there?" asked Trixie.
Sunset blinked.
"...we'll go with that."
The three Maho Girls ran towards the escape pod bay, plan in mind and ready to end the reign of the evil Mikah-Hakim.
"At least this time we have a plan," said Sunset as they crowded into a pod, the Mikah close behind.
"Trixie agrees," said Trixie. "Trixie doesn't wanna die."
"Well, we'll see." Sunset punched the release button, and the capsule jettisoned out into Space.
"They're away." The leader of the Mikah-Hakim stepped back.
"Should we get them?" asked another. the leader shook her head.
"Let them go. Gather on the bridge. I have something I want to show you."
Sunset looked out at the massive ship. For the first time, she saw its full, magnificent form; a sleek black bullet of metal, floating through Space. On one side were a line of letters:
Mikah-Hakim
Inter
Space
Solar
Yacht
"Hey, look," said Trixie. "The evil spaceship's name is Missy."
"So it is," said Sunset. "Well, good night, Missy!" She opened the top of the pod and launched a super-charged Laser Flame at the engines.
Image courtesy of the Internet
With the spaceship in ruins in the sky, Sunsetta and the other Maho Girls touched down safely in the school athletic fields.
And by 'safely', we mean for the girls, not for the fields.
The entire student body had gathered outside to watch their return, and as soon as Sunset stepped out, five familiar faces surrounded her.
"That! Was! Awesome!" Rainbow Dash almost crushed Sunset in a hug before realizing what she was doing. "I mean...um...that wasn't a hug!"
"You saved the entire planet!" said Rarity. "How one girl can manage that is beyond me!"
"Hey!" shouted Trixie and Photo.
"Guys, come on!" said Sunset, who had transformed back to normal. "I know, it was pretty cool, but I'm exhausted. I could go for a smoothie or something. You guys want in?"
Applejack shrugged. "What the hay. Celebration dinner's on me!"
"Not quite yet." Celestia strode out of the school, looking like a goddess.
But that was because Luna was shining a spotlight behind her.
"Sunset Shimmer, you have done the impossible," she said. "The Earth is safe, the enemy is down, and nobody died. I'd check that off as a victory if I were you."
She leaned in close to Sunset. "Oh, and just a tip...next time, try not to lose a life on the last level..."
She walked away while a confused Sunset processed everything going through her brain.
"You coming?" called Rainbow Dash. Sunset shook out of her daze.
"I'm always coming," she said.
Then she stopped. "Wait, no...that sounded so wrong..."
Later
"Oh, hey, Sunset?" asked Pinkie. "Did'cha know you've been spelling your name wrong this whole time?"
"Huh?"
"Yeah, it's actually Mahou-Shoujo Sunsetta, not Maho-Shojo. Just saiyan."
"...well, buck."
THE END