[Ponyville - Third Person POV - One Week Later]
A week has flown by, and Goku's place in Ponyville has been a relatively peaceful one. The ponies have opened up to Goku pretty quickly and always greet him with warm smiles. The elements would occasionally drop by his spaceship for a friendly chat. Although, Twilight made sure not to be in Goku's quarters anymore. Pinkie Pie would pop in on Goku at a moment's notice. More so to surprise him than to say hello. However, she has yet to succeed, thanks to his sensing ability. She once came in through a floor panel that Guru finished installing. Sadly, Pinkie only found Goku's smiling face looking down at her. The fillies would consistently stop by after school was let out. They talk about how popular they became since their friends with an alien. Fluttershy and Rarity came for a visit.
Fluttershy was adamant in her attempts to connect with Guru. Despite Dr. Brief's continual notions that he isn't self-aware. And Rarity would bring along several books and magazines about home improvement and excellent decor. Goku learned from Applebloom that Applejack was busy tending to the farm since Big Mac got hurt. So he hasn't seen much of her, but she was not the only one. Goku hasn't heard much from Rainbow Dash either. However, whenever Scootaloo and her friends dropped by, Rainbow's energy signature wouldn't be far behind. It was very unusual that she chose to hang back for whatever reason, but that wasn't Goku's most significant concern. His food supply had run out, and he was beginning to crave some meat. So he decided to head to the market area.
"Alright, let's see what they have," Goku said as he entered the marketplace. There were much food stands all around with various products. However, Goku noticed that the item selection was limited to many fruits, vegetables, and sweets. He didn't mind the fruits and vegetables, but the endless number of deserts was slightly off-putting. Goku always did like more variety with his meals. Finally, he spotted a food merchant and walked over to him.
"Hello, there stranger. What are you buying?" The dealer said in a gruff voice.
"Well, I'm looking to restock my food supply for my return trip home. But most of these stands only seem to have sweets and junk food. So do you sell anything besides those?" Goku asked.
"Depends on what you're looking to buy, stranger." The merchant replied.
"Do you have any miso soup? Oh, maybe ramen noodles?" Goku asked.
The merchant raised an eyebrow at the strange cuisine names before speaking. "Nope,"
"How about dumplings or bean buns?" Goku pressed.
"Nope," The merchant said curtly.
"Rice cakes? beef stew?, Anything?" Goku said almost desperately.
"This is a merchant stand stranger, not an exotic restaurant in Canterlot. However, I sell many items such as apples, cherries, radishes, and some imported meats from Griffinstone. Nothing more, nothing less." the merchant said.
Goku was slightly downcast. "I guess I won't be getting n my favorite meals while I'm here. Oh well, I'll take some radishes, apples, and whatever imported meats you got on ya." Goku said. The merchant put all the food on the counter.
"That'll be 20 bits stranger." Merchant said.
Goku scratched against his temple with his right index finger. "Um, what's a bit?" Goku asked.
The merchant gave Goku a deadpan look at this question. He studied Goku admittedly unusual features to see if he was joking. However, all he found was genuine confusion, so he decided to educate his customer. "Bits are the currency of the lands. We use them for monetary purposes and transactions, stranger." The merchant informs.
"And what do they look like?" Goku asked as the merchant just stared blankly at him.
The retailer said nothing at all as he pulled a gold bit from his pouch and held it up to Goku. The front had an image of Celestia and on the back was a picture of Luna. "Huh, that's pretty neat, but I don't have any bits with me," Goku said.
The merchant remained silent and cleared away the countertop. "No bits, no sale," he said.
"But then, how do I get a hold of this money?" Goku asked.
"Try a job, work for money. Either way, our business is concluded. Have a nice day, stranger." the merchant said. Goku turned around and walked away from the market area. He folded his arms against his chest and pondered in thought.
"Oh man, this stinks. How can you get a job to get bits to buy food? Too bad there isn't a martial arts tournament going on." Goku paused as a realization hit him. "Wait, that's it. I bet Twilight knows how I can get a job. Hmm, she's still in the castle. I'd better hurry before she starts to talk with Dr. Briefs again." Goku then dashed toward the castle to meet with the lavender princess.
[Cheerilee's School House - 2:58 p.m. - Third Person POV]
"Come on, come on, hurry!!!" Scootaloo said frantically. She was fidgeting non-stop for the dismissal bell to ring. She was in such a hurry because this was her chance to get Goku to teach her all his amazing skills. However, she had to go now before something else comes up to occupy his time.
"Will ya relax Scoots, Goku's not gonna leave for a long time, especially not in one minute," Applebloom said.
"Yeah, and besides, the more you want something, the longer the wait feels. So you being all antsy is holding us all up." Sweetie Belle said.
"If you want to pass the time, then help Silver Spoon and I deal with all our fan's constant badgering about wanting to hang out with Goku." Diamond Tiara complained as the whole classroom kept its eyes on the group.
"And I doubt Goku would want a bunch of fillies and colts running through his home while it's getting fixed." Silver Spoon said thoughtfully.
"That's right, we better find a way to lose them so that Goku will have more time for me--I mean us," Scootaloo said sheepishly. Just then, the alarm went off, and the class had ended. Scootaloo fist pumped in triumph and ran to the exit. However, she came up short when some classmates blocked her way.
"Hey, are you going to see Goku?" A colt asked.
"Well yeah, I-" Scootaloo tried to say but was cut off.
"Hey can we come too?" some fillies asked.
"You see, I wanted-" she got cut off again.
"I know what you wanted. You're trying to hog Goku all to yourself like that time with Princess Twilight." The students murmurs in agreement. Scootaloo started backpedaling to friends who found themselves trapped by the mob.
"We wanna see Goku. Tell us where he is?" A colt demanded as the rest agreed.
"Yeah, we want Goku time. GOKU TIME! GOKU TIME! GOKU TIME!" the students began their rhythmic chant as they slowly approached the five fillies.
"Great, class ended, and we already have an angry mob." Diamond Tiara snide. "Anypony has a plan?"
"Don't look at me. You usually have the plans; in fact, you usually instigate the mobs." Silver Spoon said as Diamond Tiara stuck out her tongue.
"We need a distraction," Applebloom said urgently.
"I got one!" Sweetie Belle proclaimed. "Everypony look!!! It's Princess Twilight." the students all collectively turned their heads to where Sweetie Belle was telling them only to find a less than amused Cheerilee standing in front of them. They turned back around to find the five fillies had escaped via the opened window.
"Now, class, I realize Goku has left an... impression. However, that does not give you all the grounds to create a flash mob!" Cheerilee scolded as her students look down in shame. "Now, as punishment, I expect a two-page essay on proper class conduct. You've dismissed now." the students let out a groan as they exited the schoolhouse.
"Hey, if we hurry and find the crusaders, we can have Goku time." a colt with white, brown splotches said. The gang of foals lets out a loud cheer before resuming their chant again.
"GOKU TIME! GOKU TIME! GOKU TIME!"
[The Fillies - 3:10 p.m. - Scootaloo's POV]
We ran down the road from the schoolhouse as fast as we could to escape the mob of Goku-obsessed fan foals. I know Goku is an awesome ghoul defeating, boulder-smashing alien, but that doesn't mean they could freak out on us. So now nothing is getting in the way of me becoming Goku's student.
"I think we lost 'em," Applebloom said, short of breath.
"Yeah, that was way too close." Sweetie Belle said equally out of breath. "Now, what'll we do?"
"Duh, we head over to Goku's ship so he can teach us his cool moves," Scootaloo said.
"Sorry, Scootaloo, but I don't think Rarity would want me to go around learning how to punch ponies. It would be very unladylike." Sweetie said. I had to admit she had a point.
"Same for us. Our parents would probably say fighting is beneath us or something like that." Diamond Tiara said as Silver Spoon nodded.
"I've been helping out with the farm work since mah brother wrecked his hand. So, I'm out too." Applebloom explained.
"Fine, guess that means Goku will focus more on me," My voice went soft as I saw our classmates come from down the road. I was hoping Cheerilee would be able to hold them for a while longer. But, instead, they spotted us and made their way toward us while chanting Goku time. I don't get how that doesn't get boring after a while.
"Oh No, they found us. What are we gonna do now?" Sweetie Belle said. I didn't have an answer for that. I started to look around for anything that could help, but so far, nothing came to mind.
"This stinks." Diamond said, growing far more frustrated. "If only Twilight or somepony else would pop up right about now."
"We could call for Pinkie. She likes to pop up when it's convenient." Applebloom suggests.
"No, that won't work," I said. "Pinkie only pops up when we least expect it — sort of like convenient timing. And besides, party tricks and confetti won't help us here. We need somepony fresh to grab their attention. We need excitement; we need action, we need..." I trailed off when I looked up and saw that familiar rainbow mane sticking out from a cloud. "...RAINBOW DASH!!!"
She peaks over the cloud and spots me frantically, trying to gain her attention. Then, finally, she gives off a smile and flies down to us. "Hiya squirt, whatcha up too?" Rainbow asked in her usual awesomeness.
I saw the fan foals getting closer and came up with the perfect plan. "I was just wondering what type of impressive new tricks you picked up while hanging out with the Wonderbolts," I asked.
"I got so many new moves that I had to asked Twilight to help organize them," Rainbow said as she pulled out said list and handed it to me. "Go ahead and pick one. It's going from awesome to awesome." I quickly went over the list as the chanting got closer and closer to us. Some of these tracks sounded fantastic, so I pick the one that would get their attention.
"How about- The Razzle Dazzle Rainbow Frazzle," I said as she took back the list.
"Good eye squirt. Just what I'd from the second most awesome pony in Ponyville. Now sit back and prepared to be Dazzled." Rainbow said and was about to take off before I stopped her.
"WAIT!!" I called out a little more forcefully than I wanted. "I mean, won't it be better with a larger crowd?" I asked as I pointed to the approaching foals. Rainbow shot me a coy smile and gave me a thumbs up. Then, she flew off and stopped in front of the crowd.
"Gather around every pony. You're about to get a sneak preview of the next Wonderbolt showcase." Rainbow said proudly. The foals looked confused for a while, and I was worried that she was losing them.
"We just--" a colt started to say before he was cut off.
"Just wondering what type of trick I'm gonna show ya?" Rainbow finished for him. "Well, wonder no more." with that, she rocket high into the air. She began to do three loopy loops through some clouds, leaving behind three rainbow circles. She then pulled a nose dive while forming a spiral tunnel. She flew back up to the trio of rainbow rings and threw them into the winding shaft. The colors of the rainbow dispersed within the tube and followed the air current. Rainbow Dash made one last pass inside the tunnel, pulling the air current with her. By the end of the trick, we got treated to the most incredible spiral tornado that somehow stays in place. The colors swirled within the current almost like a moving painting. Rainbow hovered in front of the crowd with a proud smirk.
"Now picture this but way bigger and done by most of the Wonderbolts. The hardest part is getting the tornado to stay in one spot, but obviously, nothing is too hard for me." Rainbow Dash bragged, and you know what she's right. The foals started cheering wildly, and at that moment, I wanted to run over there and congratulate her myself, but I felt a tap on my shoulder before I could. I turned around and saw Applebloom telling me to come over.
"Come on, now's our chance to slip away," Applebloom said.
"I know, but..." I trailed off. I know it was my idea to get Rainbow Dash to distract our classmates. But after this impressive trick. I guess I feel guilty about lying to her.
"We need to go now before they remember why they were out here in the first place." Diamond Tiara urged. And now I was torn. Finally, I let out a long sigh and gave a nod. We all ran off toward Goku's ship. I hope Rainbow Dash won't be too mad.
[Third Person POV]
Rainbow Dash basked in the cheering a little longer before she flew back to the fillies position. "Ha, sometimes I wonder why I'm not co-captain with Spitfire and Soarin yet," Rainbow said without looking away from her fans. "So Scoots, whatcha think?.... Scoots?" Rainbow Dash turned around to find the fillies had left. She held a puzzled look as she flew up to find them. She spotted the girls further down the road, running at a high pace. Rainbow Dash was even more confused now. "Where the hay are they going in such a hurry?" she thought. Having nothing better to do, Rainbow decided to hang back and follow them. Unaware of two more ponies watching them.
"Hey Rotten, you seeing what I'm seeing." Spoiled asked. They hid in the bushes around the dirt once the fillies ran past them.
"You mean that rainbow twister thing? I do, and it looks amazing." Rotten praise, earning a groan from Spoiled.
"No, you featherhead, It's Diamond Tiara and her gang of rejects. I bet they're going to see their alien pal, so I say we follow them." Spoiled said.
"Ook, but why?" Rotten asked.
"So we can pay them back for embarrassing us. We'll follow those dorks to their friends' house, then we trash the place and pin it on them." Spoiled said.
"Alright, I'm with you, but how are we gonna set them up?" Rotten asked. Spoiled Brat then pulled out a handful of white feathers from his pockets. He lit up his horn and change the color of the feathers from white to orange. "Where you get those, and how did you do that?"
"I got from the pet store trash cans, and I paid attention in school at Canterlot. Now shut up!" Spoiled said as Rotten glared at him. "All we have to do is plant these in that things home, and once he sees his place messed up and these feathers laying around. You and I will jump out and said we saw Scootaloo, and friends did it." Spoiled Brat said with an evil grin.
"I guess that will work?" Rotten said incredulously. This plan did not seem all that full proof.
"Of course, it'll work. Now let's go." Spoiled ordered as the two followed behind the fillies.
[Castle Friendship 3:30 p.m.]
Goku was enjoying the peaceful walk to the castle. He still found it odd that crystals comprised the tree. But, at the moment, he was more concerned with the alluring rainbow tornado that appeared near the schoolhouse. "We sure don't have those on Earth," Goku said as he walked up to the castle's front entrance. As he reaches for the doors, the guards posted there thrust out their spears to form an X pattern. Thus, blocking entry for Goku.
"State your business!!!" the guard in Twilight armor commanded.
"Oh, I'm just here to see Twilight." Goku answers.
The guard slightly glared at Goku before speaking. "The Princess is not in at the moment," he replied curtly.
Goku blinked a few times at this response. "What do you mean? I can sense her near the back of the castle." Goku pointed out.
"The Princess is conducting significant research and does not have time for any social calls." the second guard reaffirms. Goku looked even more perplexed.
"But you just said she wasn't in even though I can sense her. So now you're saying she can't social calls. Twilight always came over to my shop, and she told me to visit whenever I can. Plus, I'm pretty sure her research is about me and Dr. Briefs." Goku said. Both guards grimace at Goku's persistence.
"YOU is not coming in the castle walls." the guard asserted as he tightened his grip on his spear.
"But why not?" Goku asked. He had no idea why the guards were so hostile.
"BECAUSE I SAID--" The sound of the front door opening cut the guard off. Standing at the entrance was a light purple unicorn mare with a purple mane and turquoise fringe. She was wearing a sleeveless white turtle neck with blue jeans. She around the same height as Twilight.
"Welcome, you must be Son Goku. It's so nice to meet you face to face finally. Twilight has told me all about you." the mare said joyfully.
"Err, hello, nice to meet you. Since you already know my name, what's yours?" Goku asked.
"Oh, forgive my forgetfulness. I am Starlight Glimmer, Twilight Sparkle's new student. So what brings you here." Starlight said.
"Well, I can here to talk about finding a job to earn bits, but the guards won't let me in," Goku explained.
"My, that is rather strange." Starlight said as she eyed the guards, who tremble from her gaze. "See, Twilight told me herself that any of her friends are welcomed to enter. This request goes double if Goku came over. Tell me, guards, did Twilight suddenly change her mind?" she asked with a knowing smirk. The guards' throats went dry as they were unable to answer. The only response they could give was a shake of their heads. "Alright then, now that we settled that, let's head inside to meet Twilight, shall we?" Starlight hooked her arm around Goku's, slamming the door on the stunned guards' faces.
"Thanks for clearing that up," Goku said gratefully.
"No problem, I overheard the guards giving you a hard time and decided to help. But, unfortunately, they've been rather grumpy since their first encounter with you went sour." Starlight informed.
"I guess that makes sense. The guards need to pick up their training routine." Goku advised. Starlight let out a giggle.
"I'd doubt that they would heed your advice. Still, it's hard to believe I'm actually with an alien." Starlight said.
"Yeah, I get that a lot," Goku replied as they walked down a long hallway filled with many doors. Finally, they stop in front of a door where Goku felt a familiar energy signature coming from it.
"She should be right- Oh, sorry, Spike. I'm still not used to this place yet." Starlight said. Spike was busy brushing his teeth.
"Hey Starlight, Hey Goku, why are you two here?" Spike asked.
"I'm just helping Goku find Twilight. He needs to speak with her about a job." Starlight informs.
"Oh well, she is in the library going over her notes she took with Goku and Dr. Briefs. Here, I'll take you." Spike offers as the trio made its way to the library. Finally, they reached the doors and opened them to reveal a few textbooks and notepads spread across the room with Twilight sitting in at the desk.
Spike folded his arms and shook his head. "She's been like this for the past few days. Every time she talks with Dr. Briefs, she brings home a new textbook and sorts out the notes." Spike said.
"Hey Twilight, how's it going?" Goku chirped. Although, he received no reply. "Is she always like this?"
"Believe it or not? Twilight researching is a good day. She practically sleeps here the night you told us your story." Spike informs.
"Twilight does seem to have her quirks." Starlight commented.
"This will snap her out of it," Spike said as he went over to the organized bookcase and slightly pulled a book out of place.
Twilight proceeded to shriek and look around the room. She spotted Goku, Starlight, and Spike all staring at her. "Hello everypony, hello Goku. Sorry about the mess, but I was busy sorting through my latest notes I got from Dr. Briefs." She explained as she places the book back in proper alignment. "So, Goku, what brings you here?"
"I wanted to ask where I could find a job so I can earn bits to buy some food at the market," Goku said as Twilight facepalmed.
"Sweet Celestia, I should guess this would eventually become a problem. But, not to worry, Goku, I'll be more than happy to supply you with bits for the duration of your stay." Twilight offered with a smile.
"Thanks, Twilight, but I'd feel better if I got this job thing and earned the bits. Know any jobs I could do?" Goku asked.
"Fair enough, but at least let me give you some start bits to hold you over. I believe Applejack's farm should suffice for someone of your skills." Twilight said. She used her magic to summon a bag of bits and floated them over to Goku.
"Thanks, Twilight. You look like you could use a break. So let's head and grab a bite to eat." Goku suggests.
"Oh no, I couldn't. There's still so much to do here. But, if I keep going now, I can finish up my notes on our different agriculture and--" Twilight was interrupted by a feeling glares set upon her. She looked back, and sure enough, Spike and Starlight were staring intently at her. Goku, however, just had a neutral look. "Or we could take a break and grab a bite to eat. My treat," she said as the group made their way outside.
[Goku's ship - Third Person POV]
Rainbow was confused as she tailed the fillies from the schoolhouse. It was virtually unheard of to have any of her fans bail on her during one of her stunts, and Scootaloo was the last pony to do so. Rainbow tried and racked her brain for a possible reason for this, but she was coming up with nothing so far. "I mean, I am THE most awesome pony in Ponyville. So maybe if it were the Princesses, then that would make sense. But they aren't visiting today, so what else..." Rainbow gasped as a spherical structure came into view. She instantly recognized it as Goku's spaceship. From there, all the pieces fell together. Rainbow recalled that ever since Goku came along, Scootaloo has not stopped talking about him. It was a time she stepped in; She wasn't going to lose out to him.
"Alright, we made it for real this time," Scootaloo said as she took a few breaths.
"Yeah, good thing Rainbow Dash was able to distract them with that new trick of her. Otherwise, we would've--"
"Would've what?" A familiar raspy voice called out. Rainbow was now hovering in front of them. "And what do you mean distraction?" she asked as the fillies shifted nervously.
"Umm, those fillies and colts wouldn't leave us alone, so I thought you and your awesomeness could entertain them so we could see Goku..." Scootaloo squeaked out. Rainbow tried hard not to let an irritation show.
"Why?" Rainbow asked through gritted teeth.
"I wanted him to show me his moves. Maybe even take me on as his student." Scootaloo said with trepidation.
Rainbow let out a snort from her nostril. "So why didn't you ask me? I'm a black belt in karate for ponies sake."
"Oh no, you're a genius. It's just that you have been so busy with the Wonderbolts. And I didn't want to bother you. Plus, you should have seen the fight. If I learn from him, then I'll be the first filly to study under an alien. Kinda like how you were the first to perform the Sonic Rainboom." Scootaloo said. Rainbow felt some of her tension ebb away after that. She could not deny that she spent more time with the Wonderbolts than with her sister, even if she was in the reserves.
"Urgh, ok, whatever, tell me the truth next time. I don't like busting out my new moves for nothing. I'm going to finish my nap!" Rainbow said as she flew up to a cloud and dozed off.
"Well, that went pretty good, all things considered." Silver Spoon said.
"Yeah, she didn't seem too upset, huh, Scootaloo?" Sweetie Belle said.
"...Yeah, of course, she is Rainbow Dash after all." Scootaloo sounded unconvincing. "Anyway, let's - hold on - girls look!" She said as the fillies spotted Spoiled Brat and Rotten Core standing in the middle of the ship's interior.
"Now, what the hay are those two doing in Goku's home?" Applebloom asked.
"Maybe Goku wanted to talk to them?" Sweetie Belle suggests.
"Or maybe they're up to no good. Come on, let's get a closer look." Diamond Tiara said as they moved to the entrance of the ship.
[Moments earlier.]
"Let's move while they're busy talking." Spoiled ushers Rotten to the ship. There, the two colts stood within the damaged interior.
"Looks like somepony beat us to the punch," Rotten said as Spoiled groaned.
"Thanks, captain obvious." Spoiled lamented as he looked around, trying to find something to do. He was about to give up when his eye caught something. "The hay is that thing?"
"What thing?" Rotten asked as Spoiled pointed to the moving metal orb. "Oh, that thing," he replied. The colts studied the strange object carefully and went to touch it.
"Please reframe from disturbing Guru while he works." an old Gruff voice said, startling the two colts.
"Oh great, another freaky alien." Rotten snide.
"Plus, he's an old flank head too." Spoiled rudely added.
Dr. Briefs just let out a sigh at their disrespectful nature. "Well, I suppose that you two are Spoiled Brat and Rotten Core. The two colts that's been giving those sweet fillies a hard time." Dr. Briefs analyzed.
"Wow, and here I thought you couldn't get any lamer. You know those cry-filly rejects." Rotten said.
"You know, son; petty insults are a sign of inferior intelligence." So Dr. Briefs said much to Rotten's frustration.
"Yeah, well, if I'm so dumb, then like you said, then why..." Rotten paused as he looked around the room. He settled on Guru and snatched him up. "Ha, if I'm so dumb, why did you leave your toys lying around. Huh HUH?" he taunted.
"Hey, I got an idea, Rotten. We got this beautiful ball here; how about we play some catch." Spoiled said, grinning maliciously. Rotten gave the nod, and the two started using Guru as a softball and played catch with him. Dr. Brief's eyes widen with alarm at the site.
"Guru, enter safe mode." Dr. Briefs commanded.
"Acknowledge, guru-guru." Guru then retracted his arms and legs into his body.
"Now see here, Guru is vital to the restoration of this ship. I will not tolerate such behavior." Dr. Briefs said sternly, too little effect.
"Oh yeah? And what can you do?" Spoiled challenges. "You're just a face in a box."
Dr. Briefs sighed. "My wife was always better with the children," he muttered.
"Hey!! You jerks put Guru down." Scootaloo demanded as she and her friends spread out and trap the Colts
"Oh yeah, how about you make--" Spoiled never finished his sentence as Sweetie used her magic to grab Guru away from Spoiled. "Hey, give it back." He then lit up his horn and took Guru back, and soon enough, both unicorns were having a magical tug of war with Guru as the rope.
"You all need to stop this!" Dr. Briefs commanded. "You're messing with very delicate equipment. One wrong move and--"
*CRASH*
Dr. Briefs trailed off as both unicorns lost their magical hold on Guru, resulting in him crashing right into the gravity machine console. The engine began shooting sparks in all directions while giving off a strange hum. A horrifying realization donned on Dr. Brief's face.
"Oh No!! The gravity machine is activating. You all need to evacuate right now!!!" Dr. Briefs said in all seriousness. The two Colts bolted past the fillies, causing them to stumble, and ran out the entrance. "Quickly, children, you have to leave now." he urged.
Diamond Tiara was the first to recover. "I don't get what's so--" The filly was instantly silenced as she felt an immense weight bare down her and bring her to her knees. "W-what?!?!" she grunted as she struggles to move. Unfortunately, the other fillies weren't faring much better. Only Applebloom, Silver Spoon, and Diamond Tiara were on their knees while Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were lying flat on the ground.
"What's happening?! I can't move." Sweetie Belle said urgently.
"Feels like theirs a manticore on my back!!" Scootaloo grunted out.
Dr. Briefs was quickly losing composure. "The gravity machine is malfunctioning again. Right now, you're under two times Equis normal gravity. Just hang on, I'll try a remote shut down from here!" He began frantically typing on his keyboard. However, the ship was still far too damage to receive his signals. "Blast it, It's not responding, and Guru won't come out of safe mode for a few hours." Dr. Briefs said as he began sweating profusely. Even worse, the gravity machine went up from 2 to 3x normal gravity, causing the remaining fillies to hit the ground.
"Aah!! What are gonna do?" Silver Spoon yelled out.
"I don't know; I don't know?!!" Diamond Tiara panics.
"SOMEPONY, ANYPONY HELP!!!!" Applebloom screams. Just then, Dr. Briefs got an idea.
"That's it. Call for help, little ones, specifically Goku, the speaker is still functioning." Dr. Briefs commands as he activated the loudspeaker.
"HELP!! GOKU, WE NEED YOU HEEEELP!!!!" the fillies screamed with all their might. Then, on the outside of the ship, Rainbow Dash began to stir.
*YAWN* "What's with all the yelling?" Rainbow asked groggily. She was about to nod off again when she heard the cries for help. Scootaloo cries, to be exact. "Scoots?! Hold on, I'm coming." she shot down to the ship and looked inside to find Scootaloo and her friend's belly downed on the floor. "Um, what's going on?"
"You there! You need to find Goku at once. He's the only one that can help." Dr. Briefs said urgently.
"But what's happening? Why are Scoots and her friends on the ground?" Rainbow asked.
"The gravity machine malfunctioned, and the weight pins them down. What's worse is that it keeps increasing, and the gravity is crushing the girls." Dr. Briefs explains.
"Then I have to help. Goku could be anywhere right now. I can use my speed to get them out before I get pinned down." Rainbow said confidently.
"WHAT?!? No! You don't understand--"
"What I understand is that my sister and her friends need me, Right Now!!" Rainbow Dash emphasized. She shot flew back to gain momentum and drove straight at the ship's entrance. However, the moment she passes the threshold, she slowed down considerably. It took all her strength to stay aloft. Fighting against the pressure, she slowly made her way to Scootaloo. But just as she was making progress, the gravity increased to 4x's.
*SNAP*
"Aaaah!!!" Rainbow hollered out as the extra weight caused her to land on her right-wing, inadvertently breaking it. She squirmed on the floor as the pressure induces more pain in her being.
Dr. Briefs could only watch helplessly as the five Equestrians were at the mercy of his creation.