Dan Vs. The Magic of Friendship(Season 1)

by Barrobroadcaster

Rad: Fallen, Fallen is Tambelon Pt. 2

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At some other part of the prison...

"That's the last of them. We'll meet at the usual place."

"You think this is wise? Letting them all go with him?"

"He won't break a deal. We can trust him that much."

"This is more money than we've ever dealt with before. And we didn't get the Doctor."

"We can afford to let that one go. We'll be able to name our price with any one of the others now that the planet is doomed."

"Is it really?"

"Yes. It doesn't have long now."

"We're putting a lot on him. Are you sure he'll be able to break orbit? Will we?"

"That's the part you didn't know- Barro's the one that hired him."

"What? But that would mean..."

"There will always be parts you don't know. Remember that, Cobalt."

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Upstairs, surprisingly, Dan found a few of the people he was looking for. And, on top of that, he was actually happy to see them.

"Colress!"

"Hello all. Hello Dan," the scientist said. Despite the circumstances, he was his usual calm and objective self. "As you can see, we're having a bit of a problem."

Behind him, several donkey guards and a few prisoners were turning the generator. Well, specifically, they were turning a wheel that rotated a motor that in turn powered the generator. They were powering the generator, and they were the only source of power at this point.

"I don't like where this is going."

"The generator is currently operating at eighty-three percent efficiency. Current power output is not sufficient for containment procedures."

"Thank you, very much. Did somebody program the little computer filly to state the obvious?" Samule asked sarcastically.

"Unlike yourself, the generator's inefficiency is not obvious."

"Knight!!" Dan exclaimed. "And your sisters!"

"Technically one sister. And mom."

"I could be mom-sister. We're robots, we can make up our own rules."

"Exterminate all organic life?" Everyone glared at Ace. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding, gosh. Act like every technological being is going to try to overthrow organic supremacy, why don't ya."

"If you want to exterminate anything, there is a large black puddle of living crap trying to consume us all. You could star there if you wanted to be helpful," Dan said.

Surrounding the garrison they were atop was a shield being produced by two aliens that hovered around the generator. Engineers, courtesy of Jake and Dollars, all that was left of their crew. The shield was being constantly bombarded by what would have otherwise appeared to be black hail, but was in fact the Smooze throwing parts of itself at the shield, trying to get it to collapse.

Phoenix spared a glance over the edge. "Well... I'm guessing there isn't any way we could just flush this stuff down one of the prison's shower drains, is there?"

"Nicky, that's a great idea. All the Smooze is stuck here, we could just turn this place into a giant toilet. Already smells like one to begin with," Dan remarked.

"Are you serious about the toilet thing?" Cap asked.

"Stevie, don't ask stupid questions."

"That doesn't answer my question."

"Because it was stupid, Stevie."

"So now," Samule began, "you see what we're up against. Only way to the other generators is across the top of the wall."

"But whoever does that will be target practice for the Smooze," Chris said.

Samule nodded. "Which is why we need someone to distract the sludge while the rest of us get to the generators. Once there, the little Magic Gears can fix them and the rest of us can turn them on and restore power to the facility."

Dan walked up to the precipice of the garrison. The central yard of the prison spanned out before him. Or, more precisely, it would have if it wasn't covered in a sea of Smooze. Much like the original pony valley had been covered in Smooze, the walls of the prison were containing the Smooze for now. Eventually though, the sentient sludge would find a way over and spread across Equestria.

The Smooze, like its name, grew in volume(both in liquid and singing volume) based on how much it covered, or smoozed. The more it covered, the more it grew and expanded outward, until the planet was covered in sludge. This didn't work with every surface, for some reason, and mostly applied to the actual surface ground of Equestria. Everything about Equestria underneath would be preserved, just covered in crap forever, which was horrible enough on its own. What the Smooze did after covering Equestria, know one knew. The Smooze didn't really plan ahead that much. Or that well.

As Dan surveyed the prison, the Smooze hurled a ball of itself at Dan. It splatted against the shield but did not penetrate.

"I suppose saying you look like a giant pile of shit is a bit too obvious at this point," Dan said to the ooze. He didn't know if it heard him, but it seemed to be pretty angry anyway. "Right then. Stevie, go with Rarity and Ace to the east side tower. Nicky and I will take the west tower with Knight. Then, we'll hit the north side with Volcany. Tux, Reggie and Chris will provide supporting fire while Doctor Whooves keeps a look out. Sound good?"

They were about to agree, when Samule said, "That does sound good, but with just one slight adjustment."

"Oh yeah? What adjustment is that, Sammy?" Dan asked. And then immediately regretted it. Samule was glad to explain it to him.

"WHY DO I HAVE TO BE THE BAIT?!"

"You just yelled the answer to that question by yelling the question," Phoenix said, patting him on the back. "C'mon, we both know you've got this."

"And you won't be going alone," Samule said, grinning in a way that both seemed genuine and sinister at the same time. "We found a friend who's just as loud and obnoxious as you to help out."

"OH I SEE HOW IT IS."

"Oh great. I was wondering when Sendback would show up."

"This isn't fair. This isn't FAIR to me," the donkey protested. "The ONLY TIMES I get to be on-screen are when something horrible is happening to me. I don't get to have meaningful conversations, I don't get to have thoughtful dialogue. I DON'T GET TO HAVE HOBBIES! You only want me here to suffer, to toil so you can laugh at me, and thank your lucky stars you don't have to be in my shoes!"

"If you say it's because you're a black man again, I am going to strangle you until you change color," Dan said.

Sendback grabbed his own chest. "THIS. IS ALL. I HAVE. YOU CAN'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME!!"

"So, you don't want us to take away the fact you're a 'suffering black man' because that's all you have. Therefore, you don't want us to stop you from suffering," Phoenix deduced.

And the donkey glared at him. "And where did the Korean come from? Fancy suit and hair, I bet they don't make you do garbage like this!"

"They do," Phoenix corrected. "Also I'm from Japan. And California."

The donkey stared at him for a long moment. "Mannn, let's just get this over with."

"We still control the doors in this section of the prison, as long as our folks up top keep turning the wheel," Samule said. "So we're going to drop those doors on the left and right side and you boys are going to... get the Smooze's attention. While you're doing this, everybody else is going to run along the top and get the other generators working."

"And why couldn't literally ANYONE else do this, huh?" Sendback asked. "Why does it have to be US?!"

"Don't ask stupid questions, Sendback."

"Good luck!" Samule said, and retreated back up the stairs along with Phoenix. As Phoenix followed the donkey, he looked back at Dan. The shorter human gave him a nod, and the lawyer understood what he meant by that.

The two decoys got into position; Dan on one side, Sendback on the other saying his prayers, and probably calling his mother one last time.

"You ready?"

"I HATE YOU!"
"We're ready," Dan said. And just as the door opened to reveal the tide of Smooze, Dan saw one of the foodimals on the ground. He didn't have time to do anything else but run though as the sludge spilled forth and started chasing him.

Author's Note:

Note: Sendback is a racist. And an idiot. The two are directly related. For those of you who may have forgotten, Sendback first appeared in Episode 8 and he's basically Sinbad as a donkey.

Sinbad and Curtis Armstrong actually were in a movie together, Jingle All The Way. This is a bit of revenge seeing as how Sinbad, as the Dementor, punched Booster into a crowd of children, who proceeded to pummel him.

Sidenote: Johnny 7-OMA was one of the guns on display last chapter.

I wanted to make this chapter longer but I'm sick again. Bronchitis. Usual shit.

Comments

[Booster Spice]

Id say trick the Master into taking the Smooze into their Tardis, but that would be an easy weapon for them.

Here comes one of the game bits I hate, Takeshies Castle. Gauntlet.

The Foodimal are starting to look like Humpties snitches?

[Acadians6545]

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Oh I already listened to that this morning, I'm helping my mom with babysitting my nieces and nephews.

[LadyLeomon]

No need for tears cos the Lioness is here! I hope this week finds you well Dan-tastic Author (right now my side of the Atlantic is currently going throug it’s 2nd storm in a week, freaking Coreolks Effect!). And with that in mind:

A new chapter means it’s ~Sunday~ now let me see n’ere *dons reading glasses*

Ah still under attack by the Smooze and now the team is in need of a distraction so they can fix this particular annoyance! (I nominate Redfield for the job!) And Dan? With all the respect I can have for the Captain of Twilight Soarkke’s Royal Guard ... is it the best idea to provoke the living pile of crap that I’m certain is perfectly adept at “mud-slinging” ... though if that were just mud it would be a blessing!

Now for my Faviurite Quotes:

”So, you don't want us to take away the fact you're a 'suffering black man' because that's all you have. Therefore, you don't want us to stop you from suffering," Phoenix deduced.

See this right here is why I love Phoenix: doesn’t matter what colour or specifies you are, if you’re a thug like an ass then our Nicky will voice his disapproval

(BRB with more when I’m not nearly falling asleep, Pinkie Promise!)

Phew an that’s everything I loved (most) about this week’s chapter and I’ll eagerly await the next. (Also a big thank you for updating despite your current less@0-than-stellar health. It means a lot It really dies and hope you know ir’s appreciates)

Awesome as always and I’ll see you ~next time~

Your Eternal Fan [^^_^

[Barrobroadcaster]

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Good to see you as always dear Lady. "Mud-slinging" is definitely something I could have used with the Smooze. Don't know how I missed that but hey, that's why I have you.

[Razzy]

Oh, hey, tiny gears are back.