Later at the Golden Oaks library, Peter is being treated for his wounds he suffered at the hooves of Wesker. Nurse Redheart had made a house call and was able to help treat him a bit, but Peter's natural healing factor would take care of things eventually.
The others were all banged up slightly themselves; Twilight's ribs hurt a little, Fluttershy's face was scarred and everyone else were covered in bandages to cover their cuts and bruises.
Luna had gone out to check on the damages to the town, and assist those who may have been hurt in the crossfire. The guards have also arrested Balrog and are taking him to Canterlot for questioning. The heroes rested in Twilight's Treebrary.
Even Aunt May was recovering from Wesker's attack, she was hit hard but no major damage, just some upper back pains. But she stayed upstairs with Mayday while everyone downstairs healed, they didn't want Mayday to worry too much, especially knowing that Peter nearly got killed.
Twilight looked so concerned; the fact that Peter could have been killed by Wesker was such a burden on her, especially seeing firsthand how dangerous Albert Wesker is.
The formerly controlled heroes were also being tended to, Gambit took some damage from Applejack and Iceman took some damage from Rainbow Dash. Luckily it wasn't too bad for them, just some bumps and bruises. X-23 was able to heal from her injuries thanks to her healing factor, though she looked like she was in a really bad mood.
"Hoo Wee", Applejack said, "That was some battle we had".
Johnny nodded, "No kidding, we battled across this country practically, tough bunch they were".
"Yeah, then Peter went into 'Ass-Kicker' mode, taking down all the villains", Rainbow said and approached Peter, "That was pretty cool Pete, we're proud of you".
Trixie nodded, "You were of great help, especially against that one with those powerful blasts from his hooves".
"You faired really well against Shocker Trixie, he's no joke, Peter said.
"Yeah, Shocker almost killed him at one point, and that the only reason Shocker didn't go through with it is because he was told not to", Johnny said.
"The best part is knowing what you did to Vega", Spike chimed in, "I like how you probably messed up his so called pretty face for good, that'll teach him to mess with Rarity and sleep with Sweetie Belle".
Rarity glanced up at Spike looking very annoyed, causing Spike clear his throat nervously, "Too soon?"
Rarity sighed, "I can't believe he did that to my sister, my darling little Sweetie Belle, she was so innocent too".
"Barely, she has quite an attitude", Johnny bluntly stated, Rarity looked like she wanted to attack but Applejack calmed her down.
"Rarity, yer still hurt, wait for your cuts to heal, you lost quite a bit of blood, don't stress out", Applejack then turned to Johnny, "And watch your mouth there! Suppose that happened to yer sister!?"
Peter nodded, "Seriously Johnny, imagine if Doom slept with Susan, would you want someone saying that stuff?"
Johnny shuddered, "Dude, mental images! I don't want to imagine that scumbag sleeping with my sister!"
"Then be careful with what you say about Sweetie Belle, she's not a bad filly, she's just at a confusing point in her life, Vega is obviously taking advantage of her vulnerability", Peter sighed, "Probably another thing I've screwed up recently"
Twilight nuzzled against him, "Don't blame yourself, Vega manipulated her into this, not you".
Rarity nodded, "She's right, I feel so terrible for even putting that in your head, I don't blame you for how you've acted, maybe I should have handled this better myself."
"We all should have, maybe throwing her into a date with Rumble wasn't a good idea, it was simply a meaningless distraction", Twilight said.
"Speaking of which, where is that kid?" Johnny asked.
"He went with Apple Bloom to find his foal-sitters, things are gonna be a little off for him nowadays, especially considering his brother's gone rogue", Twilight explained.
Applejack looked concerned, "Mah sister's with that kid?"
Twilight nodded, "Yeah, she offered to keep him company while he went to talk with his foalsitters, he looks a bit unsure of things right now"
Applejack groaned, "Ah don't think ah want mah sister with that kid, considering how his brother is."
Twilight looked a bit disappointed on hearing that, "Applejack you can't fault Rumble for something his brother did, he looks like a really nice colt, unlike Thunderlane Rumble respects Peter and he doesn't cause trouble".
Peter nodded, "Yeah, don't blame Rumble for how Thunderlane's acted, it's not fair to the kid".
Rainbow rolled her eyes, "You can't be serious Peter".
Peter turned to her, "I'm very serious".
"Pete, his brother is one of the reasons Sweetie Belle got kidnapped, because he kept a secret, I should know, I asked him about it", Rainbow said.
Peter glared a bit, "I know you asked him. I also know you basically threatened him, I mean seriously Rainbow Dash, grabbing a colt by his foreleg and getting in his face didn't make you look very good and probably gave Thunderlane extra ammo against us. I remember when he was being chased by Apple Bloom and Scootaloo and when he saw you he was scared to death, that isn't good Rainbow Dash!"
Rainbow crossed her forelegs, "You're too soft sometimes Pete, once in a while you have to get rough, especially when a friend's in trouble, that's why you beat the living crap out of those villains, you knew enough was enough."
Peter held his head, "Oh man, the things I did to them…they might be evil but I may have gone too far, especially on Lightning Dust. I may have broken her wings, what if I crippled her?" he groaned and rubbed his head.
Rainbow patted his back, "Hey relax now, she's evil remember?"
Peter looked up at Rainbow Dash, clearly annoyed, "That's not a good reason Rainbow, maybe she isn't evil, for all we know she's a confused mare".
Johnny stepped forward, "She is, I can tell from our fight and the lack of confidence in her voice somewhat, she's just lost and confused and really could use a friend or something".
Rainbow turned to Johnny, serious look in her eyes, "I tried being her friend once, it backfired on me, and it nearly got all my friends killed".
Peter sighed, "Like I said before, she just needs a kick in the right direction, it worked for Trixie".
Twilight nodded, "Peter's right, based on what I saw, she looked really upset, I think Wesker did manipulate her feelings, she could probably be saved if we work fast, maybe Trixie can help, their stories are almost similar".
Trixie nodded, "I would love to help, and if you can get us in the same room I can guarantee that Lightning Dust could be our friend, I have an idea on how she's probably feeling now".
Twilight smiled and nodded her head, "Great plan, and Applejack, don't cause any trouble with Rumble, he's a sweet little colt and I would hate if there was some issues with him, and you too Rainbow Dash"
Applejack and Rainbow Dash simply groaned, barely giving an answer. Peter turned to Rarity, "You won't fault Rumble for anything either…will you?"
Rarity thought a moment, "I guess not, he didn't know what was happening…still, I don't even know if I'll be able to stand the sight of him right now, while he didn't mean it, he did get my sister raped, so it's gonna be hard for me to get past that".
"You mean besides the fact that his brother is into you?" Rainbow simply pointed out.
Rarity glared, "Like I said, my love life is none of anypony's concern".
Pinkie spoke up, "Come on, let's not fight, we won, this is call for a party!" Everyone glared at Pinkie either sympathetically, confused or annoyed, "What…no party?"
"Pinkie, Peter nearly got killed and those villains were ready to keep fighting, the only reason they left was because those 3 jerks showed up, I don't constitute as a win, more like we simply survived", Rainbow said.
"Oh…" Pinkie pondered, "Well, maybe still have a party anyway since Logan and Johnny never really got their party, plus the 3 new friends we have", Pinkie pointed to Iceman, Gambit and X-23. Iceman and Gambit simply waved, X-23 just sat there angrily.
Twilight approached the trio with a friendly smile, "Since you're no longer being controlled by Wesker, I think now's a good time for us to have a proper introduction, now mind telling us your names?"
Gambit nodded, "Oui, my name is Remy Lebbau, I am known to the X-Men as Gambit. As you have seen I have the power of Kinetic Energy, and I am really great at cards."
Twilight nodded, "Ok, nice to meet you Remy", she turned to Iceman, "How about you?"
Iceman nodded, "Name's Bobby Drake, and I am known to the X-Men as Iceman. As the name implies, I have ice based powers, you can say my powers are, really cool", he gave a cheeky grin.
Twilight rolled her eyes, "I take it you make puns too?"
Bobby nodded, "Totally, me, Johnny and Peter love goofing around like that".
Johnny grinned, "That's right Twilight, the 3 of us can drive you out of your mind". Twilight glared at Johnny, causing him to turn away nervously.
"Anyway", she turned to X-23, "How about you? Anything you'd like to tell us about yourself?"
X-23 just sat there, barely eyeing Twilight, "Name's Laura".
Twilight blinked, "Ok...Laura...anything you'd like to tell us about yourself?"
Laura eyed her, clearly a bit annoyed, "That's all, name's Laura, I have claws, the end."
Twilight looked a bit taken back, Logan stepped in, "Laura, these ponies are here to help, now drop your attitude".
Laura glared at Logan, "Don't tell me what to do, I never asked to come here, I just wanna go back home and be done with this".
"Laura, if you go back you might get captured by Doom again and sent back here with Wesker, do you really wanna go through that again?" Logan stated very sternly.
Laura just sat there, barely eyeing them, "Whatever, I really don't care".
Logan sighed and turned to Twilight, "Don't mind her, she's just a little moody sometimes, if you listen to her backstory, you'll understand".
Twilight nodded, "Sure thing, maybe this is just a huge shock to her, we'll give her time to adjust".
Logan nodded, "Yeah, she'll mellow out".
Bobby spoke, "So...would you ponies mind introducing yourselves?"
"Sure thing", Twilight stepped forward, "Well, my name is Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship and The Element of Magic, I am also the wife of your friend Peter".
Peter nodded, "Yeah, she is, the best thing in my life too", Peter kissed her cheek and earned a giggle and blush for it. Bobby, Remy and Laura found that incredibly sappy.
Applejack stepped forward, "Mah name's Applejack, Ah run the Apple Family Farm, Sweet Apple Acres and Ah am the Element of Honesty".
Remy grinned at Applejack, "Remy likes de girls with the country accent".
Peter rolled his eyes, "How many girls have you dated that have country accents besides Rogue?"
Remy glared, "Not important Peter, Remy just likes what Remy likes"
Peter rolled his eyes, "Can someone interrupt this please?"
Pinkie stepped up with a big smile, "My name is Pinkie Pie! I work at Sugarcube Corner, I love making Parties, I am The Element of Laughter, and I like long walks on the beach!"
Peter face hoofed, then Rarity stepped forward, "My name is Rarity, I run my own Fashion Line at the Carousel Boutique and I am The Element of Generosity".
"Oh, Fancy Pony", Bobby said.
Rainbow Dash flew in, "Name's Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in Equestria, and a local weather pony, I'm the Element of Loyalty!"
Johnny spoke up, "She's also the coolest chick in Equestria, 20% Cooler than any of these other ponies".
Rainbow buffed her chest, "You heard it straight from Johnny Storm's mouth".
Bobby grinned "Impressive".
Twilight looked very annoyed at Johnny's comment, as did the others.
Fluttershy stepped forward shyly, "Um...I'm Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness, I take care of animals".
Bobby chuckled, "So are you Logan's personal nurse?"
Logan wasn't amused, "Shut up Bobby"
Trixie stepped forward, "I am Trixie Lulamoon, a close friend to Twilight and Peter, I'm also their roommate"
"A roommate...or a 3rd?" Bobby said with a grin, much to the annoyance of all the ponies around him, except Rainbow and Johnny, who were secretly chuckling.
Spike cleared his throat, "I'm Spike, Twilight's assistant and like a little brother to her and Peter".
Remy nodded, "It is nice to meet you all mes amis, perhaps we can be the greatest of friends", he looked to Applejack, "Some more than others".
Applejack turned away, somewhat blushing. Peter spoke again, "Would you like to meet my daughter?"
Remy and Bobby nodded eagerly, Laura just went with it, "Sweet, follow me"
They all started going up to Mayday's room, though Laura approached Fluttershy, "Hey...sorry for clawing your face", she said a mostly straight face.
Fluttershy could sense the regret in her voice, indicating her apology, while not too friendly, was genuine, so she smiled to Laura, "It's fine, don't worry about it".
Laura nodded and went up with the others. Logan approached Fluttershy, "Do you htink you can help with her? She has a beast complex so you could be a great influence on her".
Fluttershy nodded, "Sure thing". They went upstairs to see Mayday.
Meanwhile a portal near the Crystal Empire Castle had opened. Wesker and his allies exited and went to the palace doors. Wesker was a bit hurt but nothing too visible, same with Bison & Vergil. Shocker was hurt but he managed and had Lightning Dust on one shoulder, Vega on the other, both were barely moving and barely conscious.
"I can't believe my idiot brother's here! With his allies too, damn, this is gonna make things hard!" Vergil angrily stated.
Wesker opened the door to check inside, "It is a setback Vergil, but nothing we can't bounce back from".
"It's gonna be hard, our captives are freed of our control and we left Balrog behind, now we're just 6, and half the team is severly injured", Vergil acknowledged.
Shocker spoke up, "Hey I'm fine, Lightning and Vega took most of the damage, they can barely move".
Wesker checked in the castle some more, making sure no one was gonna ambush them, "They'll recover", he finished checking and turned to the others, "Let's go".
They all went in the castle when suddenly they were approached by Sweetie Belle. The first thing she noticed was Vega, "Oh no! Vega!" she rushed over to him, he was barely moving, "What happened?"
Shocker spoke with an annoyed tone, "Your ex-boyfriend Peter Parker, he also brutalized Lightning Dust".
Sweetie moved Vega so he could rest on her while she helped him to a room, though he was a bit heavy she managed. Wesker approached her, "Where are the others? Are they still in their dungeons?"
Sweetie barely spoke, she turned to Wesker, "Don't be mad, but I let Cadance and Shining Armor free, but I told them to leave, I just felt so bad for them so I wanted them to at least leave The Crystal Empire".
Wesker looked furious, "You, did, what!?" His eyes glowing an angry red. Vergil also looked pretty furious as he glared at Sweetie Belle.
Sweetie looked a bit scared at the two villains glaring at her, "I had to do something, they're my friends!"
Wesker groaned, "Nevermind, as long as they're gone', he then focused on Sweetie Belle, "But if they return here, we will kill them, and you'll only have yourself to blame!"
Sweetie looked a bit taken back from that, she just moved along with Vega, especially to get away from Wesker. Wesker sighed and approached the Throne Room with his other allies, except Shocker who went to take Lightning Dust to rest from her beating.
"Now what Wesker?" Vergil asked. "Now, we wait, once we're all healed, we make our next move, but first I need to contact Dr. Doom, we need more allies and we need for him to make sure no other threats come, be our world or the Marvel world".
Vergil nodded, now Bison spoke, "After all that, what's next?"
Wesker thought, "We need to strike another blow, at this point Spider-Man likely doubts himself after his defeat at our hooves, we had him dead to rights, no doubt that can eat at him psychologically, plus we have more of an idea on what makes him tick, the love he has for his family and friends, if we can manipulate that, then we're golden."
"Do you really wanna provoke him anymore? He's very dangerous when angry", Vergil said.
Wesker nodded, "I am aware of that, but he also seems to lose control, so we can capitalize on a mistake, when he was beating Vega he paid no mind to his surroundings, making it easier for me to impale him. Now chances are he may be alive, if he's anything like me, a hoof through his chest won't be enough to kill him, but it's a start".
Vergil nodded, "Whatever you say", he then left Wesker alone.
Bison also left while Wesker pondered to himself, "Peter Parker is one of the strongest beings I've encountered, if I can get him under my control then that would do wonders for me, same with Twilight Sparkle. Their weakness is indeed their love for their friends and family, all I have to do is beat them down psychologically and prove my physically superiority, then I can get them on my side, the 3 of us will be the most powerful beings in the 3 worlds, and why just stop at 3 worlds? My world has encountered so many other worlds, I can't wait to visit them alongside my new allies", he chuckled to himself as he sat back.