Applejack thrust her hands forward, firing the beam.
"HEAT DOME ATTACK!!!"
The yellow ki beam filled Omega's field of view, and she didn't react quick enough to dodge or fire an attack back. She blocked quickly, and the beam engulfed her. Applejack held the attack for as long as she could. She let the attack fade, and dropped out of kaioken. She had put all her energy into that one attack. She knew it was risky putting all her eggs in one basket, but it was a risk she was willing to take. Their advantage was short lived as Omega appeared in front of Applejack and kicked her hard in the face. She recovered after a while, taking a defensive stance. Some of Omega's fur was singed, and streams of smoke were still flowing off her. She looked pissed.
"You bitch... that actually hurt. I'll make you suffer for that! I'LL MAKE YOU BEG FOR DEATH!!" Omega charged a Supernova extremely quickly, filling their field of vision with what looked like a miniature star. Applejack flew back down to the rest of the Main 6 and Twilight created a magic shield, reinforced with ki. Omega yelled violently before throwing the Supernova down onto her opponents. The giant sphere pulsed and crackled with energy, creating a sound like screeching as it pushed down on the magic barrier. Twilight couldn't push hard enough against it and the barrier, along with the Main 6 and ground they stood on was forced downward into the earth. The Supernova exploded shortly after making ground contact. The blast wave was ear-piercing; it tore up large chunks of the ground. When the explosion subsided Twilight dropped the shield. They were down in a deep crater, burned black from the blast. They all flew up, and their surroundings had changed greatly; what little vegetation had existed within a few kilometres was burnt to a crisp from the heat of the explosion.
Omega was still in the sky, waiting. Twilight spoke.
"Rarity," Her attention was now on Twilight.
"Heal yourself and Applejack. It’ll take a while, so Rainbow Dash and I will buy you some time." She looked over at Rainbow Dash, who was barely hiding her excitement.
“Leave it to us." She powered up to kaioken X2 before dropping the shield and flying up to Omega. Rainbow Dash used kaioken before following her friend. She knew what was at stake, and the risk, but she couldn’t help being excited for the battle at hand. She could hardly wait. Omega saw the two adversaries coming up towards her, and flew down to try and catch them off guard. Omega and Rainbow Dash’s fists collided with each other, creating a large shockwave. They continued by trading blows quickly for a few seconds, when Twilight vanished behind Omega and threw a kick at her back. Omega dodged the hit and Rainbow Dash backed away out of courtesy. Just then she had a plan and flew below the pair while Omega’s attention was elsewhere. Twilight tried to hit Omega with an uppercut then another kick but Omega dodged both, returning with a punch to the stomach and a kick to the face from above. Twilight fell for a bit, but suddenly flew off to the side. Omega didn't know why until she saw Rainbow Dash below her, who’d just finished charging a kamehameha. Rainbow Dash fired the attack immediately. The beam flew up toward Omega, who fired a Nova Strike in response. The two attacks clashed, but they seemed to be evenly matched. Rainbow Dash was so involved in the battle, she forgot about the limits of the kaioken. She dropped out of it unexpectedly, and the Nova Strike came down towards her. She tried her best to push it back, but it was no use. She had already dropped the attack and braced for the impact when Twilight grabbed her gi and pulled her out of the way. She was just in time as the beam shot down behind them a split second after, the wind fluttering their clothes. Everypony let themselves breathe again.
"Thanks Twilight, I owe ya one."
"Please, you owe me more than one and you know it." They were interrupted by Omega vanishing above Rainbow Dash and smashing her down to the ground. She began fighting with Twilight whilst she still had the advantage. Twilight vanished behind Omega, then vanished back in front of her immediately. The moment of confusion was all she needed. She kicked Omega into the sky and followed her up, continuously hitting her all the way up into the clouds. She let up eventually and landed on a cloud. Omega recovered quickly, and landed on an opposite cloud. They both took stances, and tried to psych each other out. Omega was rash and angry right now, whereas Twilight was keeping her cool, so she would no doubt make the first move. Omega vanished from Twilight's view. She turned around, expecting Omega to appear behind her. Omega instead reappeared about halfway between their original positions. She rushed at Twilight, who turned back around just in time to dodge Omega's kick, aimed at her head. She spun around and threw Omega back down to the ground. She charged a Galick Gun quickly, and fired it down. Omega saw the attack coming and vanished out of its path.
"Kaioken X2!!" Omega looked down, only to see Rainbow Dash fly up to her and kick her in the stomach. A mix of saliva and blood flew out of her mouth. Rainbow Dash vanished and reappeared over and over in random places around Omega, hitting her each time. Omega was beginning to spot a pattern, and vanished above Rainbow Dash when she tried to hit her again. She kicked her down towards the ground. Rainbow Dash recovered from the hit and, after a brief pause, flew down to the ground deliberately. Omega wasn't far behind; she fired a strong ki blast at Rainbow Dash, who dodged it easily. The blast hit the ground, making a crater. When they landed in the crater, Omega and Rainbow Dash paused momentarily.
"Damn it, you’re pretty strong, but I feel like you're still holding out on me, aren’t ya?" Omega smiled before speaking.
"You're right. I'm only fighting at… roughly a quarter of my full power I’d say."
"So you still can't bring out the rest yet, huh?"
"Not yet. But, I'm starting to enjoy our little battles." Rainbow Dash chuckled to herself.
"Heh, glad to hear it."
"Although, it’s a shame I can’t kill you yet." Omega began. "I can only hold myself back... for so long. Hell, I'm already struggling to hold it together." She began searching. She spotted Twilight watching them from a distance.
"The urge to do what? What are you on about?"
"You know what?" She smiled menacingly, baring many teeth.
"Omega, hold on!" Rainbow Dash tried to deter her, but to no avail.
"You’ve been a thorn in my side for a while now!!" A red aura appeared around her before she flew toward Twilight, her eyes full of bloodlust. Rainbow Dash realised the peril of the situation, and chased after her immediately. Twilight noticed Omega's expression, and urgently took a stance. Omega vanished in front of Twilight and put a hand around her neck, forcing her to the ground. Rainbow Dash caught up with Omega, but was hit with an elbow in the stomach before she could react. The blow was strong enough to incapacitate her in one hit. She was knocked back far, rolling to a stop near where the rest of the Main 6 were, leaving a trail of rising dust behind her. Rarity began healing her; she wanted to help Twilight more than anything, but Rainbow Dash was the strongest out of all of them, and Omega could do the same to anypony else who tried to stop her. Applejack was still hardly healed and therefore exhausted, and Rarity was the only other pony capable of healing their wounds, if she got injured or died there’d be no chance. Fluttershy watched anxiously, Twilight’s request to be left alone still in her mind. She held out hope that the alicorn would be able to back up her confidence, even against such an agressive opponent. Omega pinned Twilight against a rock formation and punched her in the stomach, cracking the stone behind her. She threw Twilight a few metres away.
"Come on. Fight. FIGHT!!" Omega raised one of her hands in front of her chest, pointing at Twilight. She fired a Death Beam, hitting her spleen. It fired straight through, leaving the wound cauterised. It was non fatal, but still hurt immensely. She fell to the ground, gripping the wound in pain. Omega walked slowly over to her. Twilight was trying to scream from the pain, but no sound would come out. Omega stood there for a bit, looking annoyed.
"Come on, the torture's no fun if I can't hear you scream." She grabbed Twilight by the collar of her outfit and tossed her back into the side of the same rock formation, using one arm to hold her against it. She drew her other arm back, and punched Twilight's horn. Only now did the air escape her lungs, in the form of screaming and wailing. Her horn had cracked, sending waves of agony through her body, making her jolt and writhe in an attempt to escape the pain. Omega hit Twilight's horn again, widening the crack with an audible crunch, causing blood to trickle from the base. Tears flowed from Twilight's eyes like a fountain. She struggled against Omega's arm with all the strength she could muster, watching in terror as she pulled her fist back once more. Twilight had no control over the words that she spoke; adrenaline pumped rapidly through her body, and her brain told her to try any possible way of stopping what was about to happen. She pleaded, no, begged.
"Please, no. You can’t, Omega." Her breathing became ragged and irregular. "Listen, you psychotic maniac you don't understand. Don't do it Omega ple-" Omega launched her fist forward, shattering Twilight's horn. The scream that followed was despondent and excruciating. Twilight's screams were loud enough to have jolted Rainbow Dash back to full attention. Omega spoke once more.
"Go on... I wanna see that face. The one when you realise that this is it, this is where you die... it's the face all those ponies in Canterlot and Manehattan had before I slaughtered them like animals." Twilight's perception of time slowed massively, and all the pain stopped. She looked up at Omega, shock and sadness evident on her face. Omega smiled.
"There it is... You can take comfort in the fact that your friends are gonna be joining you soon." For some unknown reason, Twilight began laughing, hysterically. It was so odd, Omega actually jumped a few metres back. Twilight propped herself up on her elbows.
"Can’t you tell Omega? You aren't dealing with the average equine warrior anymore. And it's not me you should be worried about." Omega was curious now.
"Rainbow Dash… she’s risen above, and become a legend. The legend that will defeat you, the one that you fear…" Omega had had enough at that point.
"I spoke with that colt from Manehattan, you know who I’m talking about. Don't you realise it yet, you fool? She has become a Super Po-" Omega fired a Death Beam right through Twilight's left lung. She was wide eyed, shocked, then she fell back down, and blood bubbled through the wound.
"TWILIGHT!!!" Fluttershy rushed over to her friend, abandoning caution. She was holding back tears already. Omega thought about stopping her, but wanted to enjoy the sight as much as possible.
"Twilight no, p-please, come on don't die, please please stay with me, it’ll be alright... we’ll get you healed up, j-just hold on. It’ll be..." Twilight tried to speak, but she had no air to do so with. Her hand came up slowly and touched Fluttershy’s cheek lightly. She was looking past, maybe even through Fluttershy, and her eyes became empty. Her body fell limp.
"T-Twilight? Twilight?!! Come on. I- I need you, we need you. Please, you’re one of my best friends, p-please..." Eventually, she realised it was no use, her friend was gone. She couldn’t hold it in anymore, and her tears flowed freely. Rarity and Applejack struggled to hold their tears at bay, whereas Rainbow Dash was simply too shocked to cry. She really was just... gone. And none of them could’ve done anything. Their attention was drawn to Fluttershy, as her power began rising.
"You..." Her aura began violently emanating from her body, blowing the wind away from her. Her voice was still shaky, but became more and more furious with each word. Omega couldn't help but be intrigued by the development.
"You deranged, heartless..." She turned around and looked at Omega. Her eyes were piercing like needles. The expression of pure rage on Fluttershy's face was absolute and unwavering, it even shook Omega to the core.
"Psychotic BITCH!!!" Fluttershy cleared the distance between them almost instantly and began her assault with a punch to the face, snapping Omega’s head back, followed by a barrage of stomach punches. Fluttershy hit her with an uppercut, the shockwave reaching the stratosphere and destroying some clouds above them! It sent Omega flying upward, and she was given no time to recover. Fluttershy vanished beside Omega and hit her with a knee in the stomach; she flew up even further and faster. She waited and, when Omega reached her, elbowed her in the spine, sending a shockwave booming through the air. She drew a hand behind her back and a green ki ball appeared. She threw it down and Omega accelerated toward the ground even more. The ki ball grew to nearly twenty times it's size, basking everything in its violent light. Omega hit the ground, and the gigantic ball exploded. It left a massive crater, which Omega laid dazed and confused in.
Eventually she got to her feet. She stumbled at first, but regained her balance. Fluttershy came back down, breathing heavily. She was full of rage, and was nowhere near finished with pulverising the mare who just murdered her friend. Omega inhaled deeply, calming herself. She bought her fists up to her sides, and charged up more of her ki. She was already at around thirty percent, but Fluttershy didn't care. She flew down at Omega, retribution being the only thought in her mind. All of a sudden, Rarity had an idea.
"Girls, I think I have an idea how I can beat Omega, but I need to fly up to Zecora's plateau. I shouldn't be that long. It’s a bit of a long shot, so I’d hate to get your hopes up. Good luck." She flew off toward the Limestone Cliffs before anypony could respond, leaving her friends to fight on their own until her return.
Fluttershy rushed at Omega, throwing a ki enhanced punch at her head. She dodged it and countered with an uppercut to the chin. Fluttershy used the recoil from the hit to kick Omega in the face. Blood flew from her mouth, enraging her further. Omega punched Fluttershy hard in the stomach and spin kicked her in the face. She flew back for a bit, then fired a volley of strong ki blasts at Omega. She fired back, their blasts colliding, creating a large blanket of smoke. Fluttershy overcharged a Masenko, and fired towards where she could sense Omega. She held it for a few seconds, then let it fade. Omega vanished behind Fluttershy and kicked her in the back of the head. She followed up with a kick to the spine, sending Fluttershy flying. After a few seconds Fluttershy dug her hands & feet down into the ground, eventually halting her movement. She was more tired than she had realised, and her power plummeted below its normal level. Omega realised her opening, and fired a Nova Strike right at Fluttershy. She saw the attack coming, but didn't even have enough strength left to dodge. She began to accept her fate, and looked over to her friends. They had already lost one friend, and she was about to be next. No, she couldn’t let herself die. She couldn’t do that to her friends. Fluttershy mustered all the energy she could spare and powered up as much as she could.
"Kaioken!" She blocked moments before the attack struck her. Omega dropped the attack, expecting to see Fluttershy lying dead; instead, she saw a pony who was fighting for more than just personal satisfaction and pleasure, but for the sake of others, and for the memory of a fallen friend. Fluttershy gripped her abdominal muscles in pain, and dropped out of the kaioken. Omega flew towards her and kicked her all the way back to her friends. Now, only Pinkie Pie and Applejack were left to fight.
"Well then... that was fun, so who wants to go first?!" They both were scared to answer Omega as she began walking ominously towards them, murder and bloodlust prevalent in her eyes.