The Return of the Dark Lightning Menace

At the top of a mountain, the stallion known as Thunder Drum, was standing at the edge of the mountain cliff, staring down at the town of Ponyville thinking about what he should do with the town if he ever beats Eternal Flames. His hostage, Heat Wave, was trapped in a black mass, levitating above the ground trying to break free.

"Let me go!" Heat Wave shouted. But Thunder ignored him. "I said...LET! ME! GO!"

"Shut the hell up, you little PRICK!" Thunder shouted back, shooting lightning at Heat Wave.

"OW!" Heat grunted. "Why are you doing this? You know my brother is going to beat you. He beat you once, he can do it again!"

"Oh? Then why did he get blown back by my attack? I didn't even use 1% of my power that time." Thunder says with a grin.

"Liar!" Heat Wave shouted, still struggling to break free.

"Oh shut up, you little midget. I'm going to enjoy the pleasure of torturing Eternal Flames and then kill him. The bad news is, you'll have a front row seat, but the good news is, you'll be joining him in the afterlife." Thunder says, before laughing out loud evilly.

"You...MONSTER!" Heat Wave said, glaring at him.

"Why thank you...now...SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Thunder said, shooting a lightning bolt at Heat Wave, knocking him out unconcious. "Soon, my revenge will be complete and I will finally become king...King...KING, I TELL YA!" Not long after his little rant, he heard a big boom from behind him and slowly recomposed himself. "So you've made it at last..." Thunder Drum then turned to see Eternal Flames, engulfed in flames ready for the battle to start.

"Let...my brother...go." said Eternal.

"Not before I show you the pain of what it's like to lose something you hold so dear to you." Thunder says, moving the knocked out Heat Wave towards the cliff.

"DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!" Eternal roared.

"Don't you dare tell me what to do!" Thunder Drum snapped back.

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Meanwhile, the mane 6 and the rogues were nearly at the top of the mountain, despite the height and distance. At the corner of Twilight's eye, she notices a black mass over the cliff. She uses her magic to help her get a closer look and to her shock, her lover, Heat Wave was trapped in it, about to fall to his death. As soon as she saw this, she was about to let out a scream of terror until Applejack intervened so that they don't have their cover blown.

"Shhh! Keep it down, sugar cube!" AJ whispers. "Otherwise he'll hear us!" Twilight nods and AJ lets go of Twilight and they continued to venture up to the top.

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Back at the top...

"Why...Why are you putting my brother through this? I'm the one you're after, you spineless, cowardly ASSHOLE!" Eternal says.

"You took away my dreams of becoming the greatest king Equestria has ever seen, and you were praised for it! I was blessed with TWO of the phoenix gods' powers while YOU only had one at birth, and yet you STILL beat me!" Thunder explains "But now that I've come back stronger than ever, I'm going to make you suffer! And what better way to start than to send your pathetic little brother, Heat Wave, on a one way trip to the spirit world!" Thunder then cackles out loud.

"Is that all there is to your meaningless plot?" Eternal asks, making Thunder's evil grin disappear. "You don't just take a crown and become a ruler like that, and so what if you have two powers, it's all about how you use them and so far you've used them for your own selfish needs and desires of chasing an illusion. Whatever dreams or goals you had before, they'll forever be out of your reach if you keep up with all of this bullshit and whatnot. Now I'll say this once again: Let go of my brother right the hell now, or I will roast you alive!"

Immediately after Eternal's speech...Thunder Drum snapped. He surrounded himself in darkness and lightning. causing the ground below their hooves to shake.

"You dare tell me what to do? You who wears your grandfather's face? You who crushed my dreams in COLD BLOOD?!" Thunder shouted, causing his powers to erupt into the sky. "The time for talk is over now, Eternal Flames. I have no need for your pathetic little hostage so now I will CUT HIS STRINGS!!!" Thunder then released his hold on Heat Wave who plummeted off the cliff still unconcious.

"NO!!!" Eternal shouted, running towards the cliff, but he is then cut off by a rising black mass wall which also had lighting bolts shooting upwards trapping Eternal on top of the cliff.

"You're not going anywhere! Now you're MINE!" Thunder says with a grin.

Eternal then looked back at Thunder Drum with the look of a cold-blooded predator out for blood. But his attention is captured by the sound of a familiar voice from outside the lightning covered black mass walls.

"HEY, DID YA DROP SOMEPONY?" Shadow shouted asking, holding Heat Wave in his hooves. Eternal then gave him a nod of approval and turned back to Thunder Drum who now had an angry look on his face.

"You...ASSHOLE!!!" Thunder shouted.

"Looks like it's just you and me now, Thunder Drum." Eternal said. He then intensified his fire powers even more, hunching his back, preparing to start the battle. "Now, I'm about to open up a serious can of whoop-ass!"

Eternal and Thunder charged straight ahead and slammed against each other, causing a tremendous earthquake. They backed up and jumped straight up in the air and charged back at each other again, throwing their hooves at each other in a flurry of lightning fast punches and kicks with neither backing off. Their front hooves engulfed in fire, darkness, and lighting, strengthening their attacks and causing them to land a great deal of punches on their faces.

Outside of the mountain, Ground Dasher used his earth powers by slamming his hoof into the mountain causing a big enough platform to appear over the top of the mountain, letting the gang was watching the fight and were shocked at how much the two stallions kept launching blow after blow after deadly blow.

"How's Heat Wave, is he alright?" Twilight asks Shadow.

"He's alright, he's just knocked out. But man, Thunder Drum really pushed Eternal over the edge this time." Shadow says.

"No kidding, mess with Eternal's family, he'll pulverise you into a bloody mess." Ground Dasher says.

"Wait! How far can their powers get from all the way up here? Because it looks like these two might end up causing a power surge that could destroy Ponyville." Applejack says all worried. The rogues immediately got an uneasy feeling after hearing that.

"SHIT!!! Applejack, that actually might happen! Quick, we need to get Heat Wave back to town! Shadow, can you do that for us?" Hurricane Blitz asks all of a sudden.

"Yeah, no problem, the rest of you guys make sure to put up a barrier if they DO end up causing a power surge!" Shadow explains before using his dark powers to fly off to Ponyville. While he was flying down, he heard a groan from under his chin, he turned and saw Heat Wave waking up.

"Where...am I?" Heat Wave asks weakly.

"You're safe with me, Heat Wave." Shadows says with a reassuring smile.

"Where's Eternal?"

"He'll be fine, but right now we got to get you home safely."

"Don't...let...my brother...die." Heat Wave says, still weak.

"I won't let that happen, sport." Shadow says, before finally landing in Ponyville, in front of a house. He knocks on it and a few seconds later he sees Lyra and Bon Bon and they both gasp.

"Shadow, you're okay!" Lyra said.

"We thought you were hurt!" Bon Bon implies.

"I'm fine girls, but this poor guy is in pretty bad shape." Shadow says, showing Heat Wave, who's still barely awake. "Listen, I need you girls to look after him while I go take care an old enemy of mine. Can I trust you two to aid him?"

"You bet" They say in unison.

"Just be careful, Shadow." Lyra says, before kissing him on the cheek.

"Give him hell, babe." Bon Bon says, before kissing him on the cheek

"I will, and thanks again girls." Shadow then flew back to the mountain once again, leaving a trail of black mass before it slowly disappears into thin air.

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Thunder Drum and Eternal Flames were still launching blow after deadly blow, only this time, blood was squirting out of their mouths and bruises were formed all over their bodies. This goes on for a good 5 minutes until they both land killer right punches and landed back on the ground on all fours. The two stallions were panting and had blood flowing out of their mouths.

"I'm surprised of how much you were able to keep up, Thunder Drum. I'm surprised of how little you've improved. You've even developed a little bit of technique. But that alone won't get you anywhere." Eternal says, with a slight grin.

"I must say, I've underestimated you. You've definetely obtained more technique and strength over the past five years. But anypony can land a few measily punches and kicks. Just wait until you've gotten a taste of the new and improved power that is Thunder Drim." Thunder says, grinning evily and surrounding himself in lightning and darkness. As he charges up, parts of his powers start to form into black massed spears which looked like they could pass through anything.

'Here it comes' Eternal thought.

Soon, Thunder Drum launched his dark spears at Eternal Flames. Eternal manages to dodge most of them, counter some of the others with his own fire spears. But he wasn't quick enough to counter or dodge the last one as it slammed straight onto his face with tremendous force while at the same time, the spear vanished into thin air upon impact. Eternal then sank into the ground and coughed up blood. Thunder Drum laughed at the sight seeing the Prince of Equestria lying on the ground with a serious would. His face was covered in blood from his mouth to the top of his forehead.

"What's the matter, Eternal Flames? Can't take a hit?" Thunder Drum asks, placing his hoof over Eternal's face keeping his head planted firmly into the ground. "Don't even try it!"

"HEY, GET OF HIM!" Sunset shouted from outside.

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Thunder shouted back. "I'm going to enjoy this!"

"COME ON ETERNAL, GET UP!" Ground Dasher shouted.

"DON'T LET HIM OVERPOWER YOU! WE KNOW YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BEAT HIM!" Hurrican Blitz shouted.

"WE'RE RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE TO THE BITTER END!" Tidal Wave shouted.

"YOU BEAT HIM ONCE, YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN!" Spark Wave shouted.

"TAKE HIM DOWN! FOR EQUESTRIA! FOR YOUR BROTHER!" Shadow Force shouted.

"SILENCE!!!!!!!!!!!" Thunder snapped back at them, causing a tremendous amount of force to blow the gang back. Fluttershy nearly fell off the platform but was then saved by Hurricane Blitz.

"Thank you, Hurricane." Fluttershy says.

"No problem." Hurricane replies.

"Now, where was I? Oh yes! I was about to kill yo-" Thunder Drum is then taken by surprise as Eternal wasn't on the ground anymore and thought he instantly vanished. "What the? Why that goddamn SON OF A BITCH!" Thunder then gets hit by a surprise fireball to the face and lands flat on his stomach.

"Like Master Panja always says..."Never let your opponent out of your sight." Eternal says, readying another fireball on his hoof. Thunder Drum then jumped up, turned to Eternal, and prepared a dark electric ball on his hoof.

"Welcome to oblivion!" Thunder Drum says.