"Go on, say it! I won't ask again!" Spike demanding, tightening his grip on Filthy Rich's suit of armor.
Realizing he was beaten, Filthy Rich pressed a button on his suit and gave the order "Randolph, open the portal." A few seconds later, a noticeable green swirling circle appeared in the sky above the virtual world.
Spike refused to let his grip on Filthy Rich loosen, as he dragged the stallion through the portal and back into the real world.
Rarity, Diamond Tiara, and Randolph, were all waiting anxiously by the portal's entrance. The former two were worried for Spike's well being, and the latter was worried about what had become of his master.
In a blinding flash of light, Spike and Filthy Rich emerged from the portal. Spike looked like he hadn't been harmed at all, while Filthy Rich's suit looked like it was ready to fall apart, and indeed it did.
"Tie him up, and make sure he can't get away!" Spike instructed to Rarity, who did just that.
"Why did you do this, Daddy?" Diamond Tiara asked "I'd expect this from mother, but not from you."
"You wouldn't understand what I'm goin' through," Filthy Rich growled "I'm doin' this for your well bein'. I'm sorry it had to come to this, but you can't make an omlet without breakin' a couple of eggs."
"I'm sure the citizens of Manehattan and Los Pegasus would beg to differ!" Spike said angrily, as he put a piece of tape over Filthy Rich's mouth "You can just stay there, while I clean up your mess! And then I'll come back for you!"
"I can handle that on my own," Rarity insisted "Filthy Rich will pay for what he did to me, and to you."
"Did you just mention Manehattan?!" Diamond Tiara asked Spike.
"Unfortunately, yes," Spike said glumly "It seems your father is more of a sore loser than I expected, he's launched two missiles! One bound for Manehattan, and the other for Los Pegasus! I'll have to fly fast to stop them before they impact!"
"You've got to stop the missile for Manehattan first," Diamond Tiara pleaded "One of my friend's cousins lives there!"
"Not to mention my good friend, Coco Pommel!" Rarity added.
"Well, I'll do my best, but I'm not a miracle worker!" Spike vowed, and prepared to take off.
Just before he did so, Rarity called out to Spike and said "I know I've said this before, but I really mean it this time. Please be careful. We're talking about missiles here, you could get hurt, or even killed!"
"I know that, Rarity. But innocent ponies could be killed if I don't do something! I'll come back, I promise!" Spike declared, and with that, he was off.
Rarity turned her attention to Filthy Rich, who still had his mouth taped shut "Spike had better be able to stop those missiles and come back in one piece, for your sake!"
While that was going on, Diamond Tiara was talking angrily to Randolph "Why did you keep all this secret from me?! Did you really think I wouldn't find out about it?!"
"I'm sorry, mistress Diamond," Randolph apologized, sighing considerably "I thought that, as a butler, it wasn't my place to question my master's orders. It seems, I was wrong."
"I'll say," Diamond Tiara snorted "You'll be lucky if you don't end up like Daddy. Because I don't want to put up with mother on my own, I've had enough of her behavior for one life time."
Spike flew out towards Manehattan, and quickly overtook the missile bound for it. He got out ahead of it, grabbed it with his claws, and with a mighty heave, chucked it upward into the sky, where it exploded without much fanfare (though the blast was so powerful and so bright, that Spike had to shield his eyes with his cape).
The citizens of Manehattan clapped and cheered. "Hooray for Super Dragon!" they shouted happily, relieved to have been saved from a terrible fate.
Rather than stay and bask in their applause, however, Spike quickly turned around and flew towards Los Pegasus. He knew it was going to be close. "Come on," he thought to himself, as Los Pegasus drew closer and closer, as did the missile "Gotta beat the clock!"
But much to his horror, Spike soon realized, that even at the incredibly fast rate he was flying (he had actually managed to break the sound barrier), there was no way he would have enough time to grab the missile and safely redirect it before it made contact with the ground.
Which just left one option, and it was one he dreaded. He would have to fly straight into the missile, and destroy it from the inside. In the process, he was sure to get caught in the resulting blast. That meant he had a high chance of getting badly injured, or even killed by the resulting explosion.
But the alternative would be allowing the missile to detonate, and Spike wasn't about to let that happen!
"Oh, I'm really going to hate myself in the morning for this!" Spike thought to himself, as he extended his left claw out in front of his face, and clenched it into a fist. Just before his fist made contact with the missile, Spike shut his eyes!
The citizens of Los Pegasus could only look on in horror, as they saw Spike fly right into the missile. A few seconds later, there was a deafening boom, a blinding flash of light, and a resulting shockwave that shattered glass and knocked ponies and non ponies alike to the ground.
When the shockwave and flash had faded, the question on everyone's mind was "What happened to Super Dragon?". Had he somehow survived his terrible fate, or had he scarificed his life to save the city?
For a few tense moments, no one knew the answer. The citizens of Los Pegasus kept their eyes to the sky, looking for any clues to the fate of the so called "Dragon of Steel".
At last, just when it seemed that Super Dragon had indeed perished, and all traces of his existence had been wiped out by the explosion, a familiar dragon like figure appeared in the sky.
Spike's suit had been badly ripped and torn, and several parts of it displayed black singe marks. His face was covered in scratches and bruises, though they were hard to spot consider the black singe marks that coated most of his face, and parts of his body. His cape seemed like it had shot by a multitude of arrows, as several larges holes could be seen in it. But the most noticeable signs of injury, were his mask and necklace. His mask was practically non existant, having been destroyed by the explosion. As for his necklace, it and the fire ruby incased it remained intact, but a noticeable crack ran down the center.
But he was still alive, and that was all the citizens of Los Pegasus needed to know to start bursting in thunderous applause.
"For being almost indestructable, you'd be pretty surprised what you can live through, given the circumstances," Spike thought to himself "I'm going to have to a serious talk with Filthy Rich about those missiles! He had to have gotten them from somewhere!"