Manehatten was shocked to its core as the Joker’s vicious attack was felt, after what could only be considered a massacre; the city had managed to push the Joker and his henchmen into a large conference centre. Sadly the Joker had managed to take hostages, as Mad Mike and Rito held off the Manehatten police force outside; Joker was inside strapping bombs to the hostages and generally causing chaos. He wasn’t stupid as soon as he’d entered he’d used his machine gun to shoot the Unicorns and Pegasus ponies, which left only the Earth ponies and a very displeased Griffon.
“Now dearie hold still!” he said as he attached the bomb to a filly with a pair of scissors as a cutie mark but she wasn’t holding still, instead she was trying to avoid the deadly device “Putties hold her!” the grey creatures approached the filly.
“Yous guys better stay back” Babs said as she tried to move back but she was surrounded.
“Relax my dear” A voice said behind her, Coco pommel looked at the young filly as the bomb was attached “Our friends will get us out of this!”
The Joker couldn’t help but laugh “HAHAHA! Considering this city doesn’t have any defenders that could take us down! You’ll all be blown to the moon!” he said as he attached the last bomb “Those bombs will go off in a mere hour and if any of you remove them they’ll go off!” he cackled “Your deaths will give me and my colleagues a distraction to get away!”
Babs looked at Coco with a sad look, there was no way any of them would be able to escape and she had come to the conference centre to bring her dad his lunch. She couldn’t help but cry into the older mare’s mane as she sniffed “I…I…don’t…want to die…Applebloom has her cutie mark and…” she cried as the older mare soothed her “I…I haven’t had the…chance…to show her…mine in the flesh”
Coco looked up at a large painting in the conference centre of Celestia “Please, let Rarity and her friends get here soon!” she said in a low whisper.
Outside the chief of the police forces, Chief Stablemaker, screamed into a magically enhanced speaker “Where the heck is my backup!?”
It was at that moment Rarity and Jiraiya arrived on the scene, after rushing on a train from Ponyville, they had ran over, Rarity quickly said to the chief “We’re here to help” she flashed a signed document from Celestia “What’s happening?!”
Chief Stablemaker fumed “So this my back up a Mare and a..a…a what the heck are you?!”
Jiraiya groaned “I am Jiraiya the great toad mountain sage!” he said as he took up a stance that showed he was a complete clown “I am here to kick ass!”
Mad Mike saw the human and yelled “You come from Mad Mike, I ripa you to pizzas!” he charged but he didn’t make it very far as Jiraiya leapt into the air making hand signs “Oh no”
“Rasengan!” Jiraiya yelled as he slammed the blue orb into the monster’s head “OOOO yeah!”
Mad Mike fell to the ground and Rito looked at the new comer with a look of confusion “Well...that just happened, I’ll bet Edd will be happy” he said as he charged forward but the ninja dodged every one of his hits “Hold still it’s not fair if I can’t hit you!”
Rarity however used her magic and in subtle movement, she was able to wrap the monster in about twenty lairs of clothing “There Mr Jiraiya, now you can defeat them at your leisure” she said as she looked at the building “So the one with make-up has taken hostages?”
Chief Stablemaker nodded and said “Well um…yes” he was surprised by just how much the unicorn knew but maybe the letter the unicorn had send was detailed “What are we supposed to do?”
Rarity pulled a letter from her saddlebag, before giving it to the Chief and said “Celestia has said whatever you need to get the hostages to safety is fine, darling” she looked towards the building before looking at Rito and frowned “What is your boss planning?!”
Rito looked up with a cackle before saying “If I told you Edd would end my life! Like I’m willing to give that up!” he looked away as he struggled “Besides even if you knew there is no way, you could stop it!”
Jiraiya sighed looking at the monster shaking his head “Rarity! I don’t think we’re going to get any answers out of him!” he said as he turned towards the building and then had a thought “If I had a bet, I’m willing to reckon the enemy we face here will use the hostages as a way to cover their escape!”
Rito laughed “Hahaha oh that’s rich! You honestly think Edd cares!” he said as a think green flame consumed the monster’s body “…Even if you knew what was coming! You still couldn’t stop it! Because nothing can…” he finally disappeared leaving a Large silver Z mark where his body had been.
Rarity looked at the large silver Z as a horrible chill ran down her spine, as official ponies tried to remove the mark, their efforts couldn’t remove it and Rairty wished Twilight was there to help explain what it was because she had a chilling thought as to what it was.
Meanwhile Joker had watched the destruction of his monster from a window on the second floor, suddenly he heard the door open and as he turned he saw another man, he stood looking at the Joker with a smile that send the Joker’s stomach to do a back flip “Stand back! I’m warning you…if you take a step closer I’ll empty this drum of bullets into your head!” he screamed, he actually felt scared it was as if this man was wielding a power he couldn’t comprehend “AHHHH!” he fired every bullet into the man but as the smoke cleared the man stood unharmed “What the?! What hell’s name are you?!”
The other man smile seemed to grow as his weapons appeared in his hands “Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. We are nothing, but dust and to dust we shall return!” he said as he approached the Joker.
Moments later Ponies five blocks away could hear the blood curdling scream of the Joker as he was killed and laid to rest at the hands of a foe, which scared the ponies inside and outside the building far more than before.
As the ponies ran in the putties were all defeated with deep slash injuries and even the bombs had been removed. The pony hostages however seemed so shaken by what they had seen. Rarity spotted Babs and Coco in the crowd and as she approached her throat was dry “Coco what happened?” she asked
Coco and Babs both looked away shaking their heads; either they hadn’t seen it or they didn’t wish to dwell on it! Rarity spotted a human in the corner hiding behind a pillar. As if to highlight how dangerous he was, he raised his weapon which was still spattered with the blood of the Joker and as he disappeared. Rarity collapsed to the ground shaking and unable to hide just how much the man scared her.
Jiraiya approached her and asked “What is it?” he was concerned for the white unicorn and despite how much her constant complaints about his dress sense, he couldn’t help but feel great concern for her “What did you see?”
Rarity looked to Jiraiya with tear filled eyes “He was smiling” was all she could say to the ninja.