In the Jedi Temple, Celestia was meditating within her chamber.

She was doing her best to centre herself, using the three centuries of experience she had accumulated to keep her mind from running wild. She would need all the focus she could muster, if today's task was to be successful. Hopefully, it would be more fruitful than the last few times she had tried.

A ring caught her attention and she opened her eyes, telling the one on the other side to come in.

The door opened and Luna stepped inside, Milieus following behind her. The caphex was looking much better than he did when he first arrived here after being freed. He was wearing proper clothes and not just rags, along with having regained some of the weight he had lost from being given barely any food. No doubt, he was doing much better than he was before.

"Welcome," she smiled, "thank you for agreeing to try again."

"Of course," Milieus sat on the cushion in front of Celestia. "I just hope you find something more useful this time." Celestia nodded, glad he had been so helpful with them.

When Flash suggested asking Milieus and the others that had been free from the prison, whether they would be willing to let Celestia try and see their memories to help find the Sith, they had all been happy to try and help. However, most of them couldn't handle reliving the pain they had felt during their time as slaves.

Only Milieus had been willing to take the multiple mind invasions, allowing Celestia to look through his mind. It made sense, since Milieus had a wife and child that had been taken by The Sith as well. If he could help find and free them, reliving a bad memory was the least of his problems.

Once Milieus was relaxed, Celestia raised her hands and placed them on the sides of his head.

"Relax. Open your mind to mine. Let me see what you have seen." Luna remained silent, as she watched the two's minds begin to connect. And soon, they both fell into the realm of memory.

Celestia opened her eyes and when she looked around, she found she was in a familiar place. One that she had seen when searching through Milieus' mind previously. The area around her was completely dead. The planet was basically nothing more than an oversized atmosphere. It was a miracle there was even a breathable atmosphere.

Milieus was right beside her, the alien wearing rags and looking sickly. He was currently pushing a large metal cart, full of pieces of metal and machinery. He pushed it over a hill and when Celestia reached the top, she found something that had been hidden behind it.

A bunch of ships, the same ones the Sith had been using. Destroyers and smaller attack cruisers. Ships that would usually be built in outer space, or within a large space station that could house the ship being built. But it seemed The Sith didn't have those kinds of stations, forcing them to build their ships on the planet and take them off.

Celestia had seen this before, though this time the images were much clearer.

Milieus began to push the cart down the hill, letting gravity take over as he acted as a balance to keep it from rolling out of control. But halfway down the hill, Milieus slipped and lost his grip on the cart.

The metal cart rolled down the hill and eventually tipped over, causing the pieces inside to scatter everywhere.

Milieus rushed down to try and pick it all up before he was noticed, but a spherical droid flew down and zapped him with a taser it had, causing him to scream in agony. Others saw him being punished, but they had all learned not to get involved. As such, they simply got back to work whilst Milieus fell to the ground.

Celestia frowned, hating that these people were being put through this. She had to find them and free them from Sombra's clutches. But she needed to figure out where they were to do that.

She kept looking around, trying to take in anything that might help her locate which planet they were on. She looked up and saw the stars in the sky. In a perfect world those stars could act as a map for her to find the planet's location in the galaxy. But with Milieus' foggy memory and lack of time to see the stars, they were just a jumble of random lights in the sky. Nothing she could use to locate their enemy.

The robot shocked Milieus again and the memory was clearly too much for him, as Celestia felt his mind blocking the memory out.

The next thing Celestia knew, she was back in her chambers with Milieus in front of her. "Are you okay?" She saw how much that memory hurt him. Milieus held his head, as Celestia pulled her hands away from him.

"I'm alright," he told her. "I'm sorry. That memory was just too painful."

"I understand," Celestia nodded. "Such pain must be hard to overcome. We've tried using other memories, but that one seems to be the only one strong enough to fully enter. Everything else is just static."

"Makes sense," Luna nodded. "It's easier to remember an event, if you have either joy or pain connected to it. Unfortunately, Milieus doesn't have any happy memories connected to that time. No doubt, his mind erased almost any memory he had whilst he was a slave. That one's just burned into his mind because of how painful it is."

Celestia nodded, as Milieus looked up at Celestia. "Let's try again. I'll try and remember another time. A less painful time."

"Are you sure?" Celestia asked. "If it's too much for you, we can stop." But Milieus shook his head, refusing to give up so easily.

"My wife and child are still trapped there. I can't just stop because it hurts." Celestia nodded and after a few moments for the two to re-centre themselves, she brought her hands up to connect to his mind. All the while, Luna continued to watch. She knew they might be there for a while, but this was worth the wait. If they could find anything, even the smallest thing that would give them an advantage, they needed to try it.

At the same time, Flash and Springer were flying through the city in their Delta-X.

Whilst the ship was meant for combat, it also came in real handy for getting around the planet when Flash needed it. Currently, he was heading to an area of the planet he hadn't been to before. And he wasn't alone.

In a speeder beside him, Twilight was driving with Sunset next to her. The girl was staring at the city below them, amazed by the view below them. Twilight smiled at her, as they approached their destination. "See anything that brings back memories?"

"Um...no." Sunset had to keep reminding herself, that she was meant to not have any memories of before meeting Twilight in that escape pod. "I'm positive I've never been here before."

"Well, you never know. You might have been here and we just need the right memory to help jump start the rest of it. If you are from around this area of Canterlot, the station we're heading to should be somewhere you went to often. Unless you had your own speeder."

Sunset nodded. "Remind me. Why are we heading to this station again?"

"There's a special element, that was recently mined on an asteroid found on the edge of republic space. A sample of it has been donated to the Jedi order. Guess there are some people out there who appreciate us. Anyway, the place it was refined is on the other side of the planet. So it's being shipped by train to this station. Flash and I were asked to pick it up."

"And you brought me along to see if I remember this area." Twilight nodded. "Well, thanks. I know you've got a lot of important work to do, so thanks for helping me."

"Of course," Twilight nodded. "We're friends, after all."

"Friends?" Sunset asked, as Twilight smiled.

"What else could we be? After everything we went through on that forest planet. We're friends and I always try and help my friends." Sunset gave her a smile, but inside she didn't know how to feel.

She had never had a friend before. And if Twilight really cared for her, what would happen when Sunset completed her mission? Finding out the person she trusted was a Sith, who fooled you into letting them get what they were after, would be devastating. For some reason, the thought of betraying Twilight made her stomach turn.

'No,' She told herself, 'get a hold of yourself. You have a mission you need to complete. You can't let yourself go soft. Not now that you're getting their trust.' Twilight then spoke up, Sunset barely hearing her as she pointed at the station.

Sunset looked around and saw the station in question, which was a large building with many train lines coming in and out of it. For those that didn't have access to a personal speeder, the magnet trains were the best way to get around the planet. It certainly beat walking everywhere.

Twilight and Flash headed to the parking area, luckily finding an area to land close to one another. They checked the time and found the element wouldn't be arriving for a little while. Plenty of time to look around before heading off to meet the one in charge of the station.

On another part of the planet-sized city, a train was rolling along the track. Hovering above the line, allowing it to move at high speeds without worry of losing control, the train was making record time.

Said train wasn't pulling anything along behind it, simply racing along the railway on its own.

Inside, the lone driver smiled as he sat at the controls. "One seventy five and it feels like I'm standing still." He turned to the radio, "let's see what she can really do."

"Roger that," the woman on the radio agreed. "But don't go any higher than half max. This is just a test, remember."

The driver sighed, "you guys are no fun." He grabbed the speed control lever and pushed it forward, the speed indicator lights increasing until the bar was half full. "Smooth as my grandmother's tofu." He then reached over to another lever and moved it, but nothing happened. This confused him, as he tried again. "Throttle's not responding." He tried something else, but there was still no response. "Neither are the brakes." He tried everything, even pulling the speed control down. But the train refused to listen to his commands. "Same with the emergency break!"

Flash, Twilight, Sunset and Springer were making their way through the station.

Flash and Springer looked around in amazement, neither of them ever being in a station like this. Sunset was feinting amazement, since she had been in places like this before but couldn't give off that she had.

"This place is amazing," Flash cried. "I kinda wanna take a ride on a train right now."

"Maybe another time," Twilight told him. "Right now, we need to find the station master so we can get the element we came for." They all nodded and spotted someone who worked there, Twilight heading over and showing her the credentials she had been given to show she was expected.

The employee led them through the station, until they arrived at a large room with many monitors. These monitors were a mixture of security cameras and track control layouts. Many people were working there and one man was walking about, speaking to the monitor crew about what was happening.

"Station Master?" The employee announced, making the man turn to them. "The Jedi are here."

"Ah, yes." He smiled. "Thank you." The four stepped towards him, "welcome. The delivery will be here within a half hour. Until then, feel free to watch my team as they keep Canterlot's western rail service working." They nodded at this, only for a loud buzzing to suddenly fill the room.

"What's that?" Flash asked, as the station master rushed over to one of the monitors.

"What's wrong?" He asked the woman sitting there, as she removed her headset.

"One of our trains may be malfunctioning." She unplugged the headset to let them hear what was going on. The voice of a man in a panicked state filled the room.

"I've tried everything. It's a runaway. There's nothing that can stop her." As he said that, the station master brought up the train's route. A red dot signally the runaway was show and further up the line, a blue dot was moving along the tracks at a slower speed.

"Except the back end of that commuter train."

"What's wrong?" Twilight moved over and saw the monitor, her eyes going wide. "That's not good." She turned to Flash and Sunset, "we have a situation."

"What's the problem?" Flash asked. The rest of the people in the room were shown the issue, many worrying as they saw the yellow dot getting closer and closer to the blue one.

"The train just finished maintenance," the station master explained. "Only the one engineer is on board. But the passenger train is one that's usually filled to capacity."

"Doesn't anyone drive anymore?" Flash asked, as the station master shook his head.

"No," Twilight told him, "mass transit's cheaper and with magnetic levitation-"

"Sorry," Flash told her. "Forgot to use my, trying to make a joke, voice." They all tried to think of what to do. "Is there there any way to divert it?"

"Not easily," the station master explained. "It's a specialised track, so there aren't a lot of spur lines. And even if there were, do you know what would happen if it went off the rails at that speed? There are tons of buildings surrounding and under the track. Hitting any of them at high speed, will cause major damage. That wouldn't be a joke."

"What about cutting the power?" Springer asked, with Sunset answering.

"No way could you do that." They all turned to her. "It'd be like hitting a brick wall. The power has to be turned down, gradually."

"Alright," Flash frowned, "and how do you do that?"

"Just reconfigure the power distribution in the train's conductor nodes. Simple." Flash considered himself adept at mechanical engineering, but that wasn't something he knew anything about. And by the looks of the other people around them, they had no idea what she was talking about either.

"We need to do something," Twilight frowned. "Quickly." She turned to the station master, "is there any way to get a team of engineers onto that train?"

"Not before it hit the other train," the station master frowned. "You'd need a super fast ship to reach it at that speed."

"Like the Delta-X?" Twilight turned to Flash, he and Springer sharing a look before smiling. "You guys can catch up and once you're there, you can do what Sunset suggested."

"Yeah," Flash turned to Sunset, "how exactly do I do that?"

Sunset thought about it. "First, you'll need to do a voltage scan to make sure it's not fluctuating by more than twenty percent."

"And if it is?" Flash asked.

"You'll have to replace the regulator. But don't use the C-Two-Four-Seven model. It'll blow up in your face." Flash panicked, as Sunset continued to think. "Or the C-Two-Four-Seven-A."

Flash gulped, as he realised he really needed to do some studying on train engineering. "Sunset, I think you're gonna have to do this." Sunset looked shocked by this.

"Okay," she nodded. "Maybe if we set up a visual link, I can walk you-"

"No, I mean you're gonna have to be on that train."

"What?"

"He might be right," Twilight told her. "There are a lot of people in trouble. We don't have time for you to walk Flash through this." She gestured to Flash and Springer. "These two can get you on the train and keep you safe."

"I don't know." It was one thing for Sunset to give them advice, but actually putting herself on the line for others. That wasn't something a Sith did."

"I know you can do it," Twilight placed a hand on her shoulder. "I believe in you." Sunset frowned, but then nodded. She didn't know why, but hearing Twilight say that made Sunset want to do it.

"Okay," she nodded, "let's do it." Flash and Twilight smiled, as Flash got down to let Springer float onto his back.

"Let's go. We haven't got a minute to spare." With that, he ran out of the control room with Sunset right behind him. All the while, Twilight turned back to the monitor.

"If we can get into the train's computer, won't we be able to shut it down remotely?"

"I'm already trying," the woman at the computer told her. "But whatever's causing the train to speed out of control, it's also stopping me from accessing the train's systems."

Twilight frowned. "That sounds like more than a glitch. That sounds like the problem is...conscious."

As soon as Flash, Sunset and Springer were at the Delta-X, Springer entered his compartment whilst Flash and Sunset climbed onto the sides. The Delta-X had sections on the side of the wing, allowing people to hook themselves to it so they could hold on whilst moving at high speed.

As soon as they were hooked on, Springer started the engine and the ship took off.

The pair held on for dear life, as the ship accelerated to almost max speed and headed for the coordinates the train was at. Luckily, speeder and ship traffic was light in the area and they eventually found the track they were needed on. And a minute later, the train came into view.

"Okay, guys." Springer pulled up to the train, "get ready to line down."

"What does he mean by line down?" Sunset asked, as the Delta-X's bottom opened up. Right in front of the laser blaster, some kind of grapple gun folded out. After a few moments, it fired a line that had a triple clawed end. This claw grabbed one of the hand rails on top of the train and gripped it tightly, the line tensing up. "Oh. I get it."

"Don't worry," Flash told her. "I've got you. No matter what happens, I won't let anything bad happen to you."

Sunset wasn't worried. She had done stuff like this plenty of times. But Flash didn't need to know that. The two carefully made their way along the ship, extending their lines until they were under the ship. Once close enough to the connecting cable, they hooked themselves to it and disconnected the first lines.

"This'll be just like going down a slide in a playground. Remember how fun that was?"

"No," Sunset stated. She didn't even have to lie about that part. She had never been on a slide before.

"Right," Flash nodded. "Amnesia. Well, just close your eyes and hold on time. Springer, you ready?"

"Ready!" Springer replied over the coms. "I've matched its speed. Go for it!" Flash didn't give Sunset time to get ready and pushed her down the line, following after her with his own. But as they zipped down the line, the train suddenly sped up. "WOW!" It pulled the Delta-X forward and caused the line to stretch. Flash and Sunset stopped sliding halfway down, both gripping the line as hard as they could. "Hang on. I'm gonna need to detach."

Sunset gasped, as the claw released the train and the line bounded back. This made her scream, as she and Flash were swung around wildly.

Flash seemed to be keeping his cool a little easier than she was, more focused on the train's sudden acceleration as soon as they tried to board it. "It's almost like that train doesn't wanna stop."

The Delta-X caught up with the train again, the clawed end of the line swinging around. "Reattaching!" Springer announced, as the claw caught the handrail again. "Got it." The line went tense again, "you're clear to go down."

"I don't think I can," Sunset cried.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Flash asked, as Sunset looked back at him.

"There are some things you don't have to try!" She cried back. "Substituting an anode for a cathode..."

"Guys," Springer stated.

"Using a Lightsaber as a toothbrush."

"Guys," Springer repeated.

"Or this!"

"GUYS!" Springer cried, "we've got a problem!" Flash and Sunset looked ahead and both went wide-eyed, as they saw a building right in the path of the train.

That building had actually been built around the track, with a large tunnel running right through it. The train would fit, but the Delta-X was too wide. "Detach!" Flash cried, Springer already on it as the claw let go and the two were sent swinging around wildly.

Sunset screamed again, as Springer pulled away from the train and yanked them away from the building. They just barely missed it, as the train entered the tunnel. Sunset felt the world spinning around her, the girl looking ready to throw up if she didn't get on solid ground very soon.

Once they were around the building, Springer returned them to the track whilst the train left the tunnel. "Okay," Springer assured them, "we should have a clear line from now on." He caught up to the train and once again latched onto the handrail, Flash pushing Sunset down as soon as they were secure.

They zipped down the rest of the line and landed on the train, Sunset sighing in relief as Flash found an access point on top.

As soon as it was open, Sunset scrambled inside. Flash followed, quickly slamming the hatch shut to keep out the wind. They climbed down the ladder and found themselves in the cockpit, the engineer turning to them. "Who are you?"

"Jedi," Flash stated. "Well...I am. Just dropping off the one who should be able to get this train slowed down." But as they looked over at Sunset, the girl was kneeling on the floor looking ready to throw up. "She...just needs a minute."

Back at the station, Twilight and the others were trying to figure out what was causing the train to go out of control.

"Damn it!" The Station Master cried. "Every time we try and access the train's systems, something stops us. It's almost like the train's got a mind of its own." Twilight was starting to think the same thing, as she activated her gauntlet and connected to Flash and Springer.

"Guys. How's it going?"

"We managed to get on the train, though it was a bit of a wild ride."

"How's Sunset?"

"A little unnerved at first," Flash looked over at Sunset. "But she's doing better." Sunset was currently working to rewire several sections of the train's workings.

"Okay. The voltage scan checks out and the conductor nodes have been bypassed." She removed several large boxes, with wires sticking out of them, from the wall. She then started removing some of the wires and fitting them somewhere else.

"How's it looking?" Flash asked, as Sunset connected the last wire.

"That's it," Sunset nodded whilst removing some kind of tablet from the wall. "We should be slowing down in three, two, one..." They looked around, but the train was still moving at an incredible speed. "Come on." She shook the tablet, but nothing still happened. "In three...two-OW!" The tablet short-circuited and she was forced to drop it. "That should have worked." She turned to Flash, "I did everything right."

"Okay," Flash nodded. "I believe you. But is there anything that could have stopped your rewire from working?"

"Only the train's computer. It must have noticed what I was doing, and countered it." Flash frowned, since that wasn't the kind of thing a regular train computer could do. It shouldn't be able to adapt like that.

Flash's gauntlet suddenly beeped and when he answered, Twilight's voice came through. "You guys are getting dangerously close to the commuter. If you don't find a way to stop, there are gonna be a lot of casualties. You and Sunset amongst them."

Flash and the engineer rushed over to the front and saw the other train right ahead of them. And with each passing second, the train was getting closer and closer. "Twilight, is there any chance we can be switched to another track?"

Twilight had replaced the control woman at the computer, the girl moving the map to show what was ahead. "There is a switching point ahead of you. But..."

"Will we hit the other train before we can get there?"

"With you at full throttle, I'm afraid so. But if you could slow down, even just a little..."

"There's no way," the engineer announced. "I tried. Whatever's messing with the computer, has us completely locked out. And it's countering every move we make."

"Let me worry about that," Twilight told him. "But what about adding more weight to the train." She tried to think, "maybe land the Delta-X on top of it."

"No, it would fall off. But that gives me an idea." Twilight wasn't sure she liked the sound of that, "hang on. I need to talk with Springer."

Flash opened up the hatch of the train and climbed back up onto the roof, Sunset right behind him.

Once there, they looked up at the ship still attached to the train by the cable. "Okay, Springer. You know what to do." Springer nodded and used his controls to spin the Delta-X around. "Alright," Flash accessed the ship's controls, "setting thrusters to high....now!" The ship's propulsion exploded with energy, pushing the ship back the other way.

The train and the ship were in a tug of war and whilst the ship wasn't able to stop the train, the vehicle began to slow down ever so slightly.

"Flash," Twilight told him, "whatever you're doing's having an effect."

"I'm using the Delta-X's thrusters to slow down the train," Flash explained.

"But it's not enough. Can you give it more thrust?" Flash pushed the ship's propulsion to its maximum, which did seem to have a noticeable effect on the speed they were going at. Sunset turned and saw the train in front. It was still getting close, but not as quickly. "It's working. More, Flash! More!"

Sunset couldn't believe this was actually working. She never would have thought of something like this. Although, she never would have tried to stop a runaway train. "This is brilliant!" She told him. "Why didn't I think of this?" The answer came almost instantly.

The extra force of the cable had grown too much for the handrail it had been attached to. When Flash pushed the ship to its maximum thrust, the metal began to bend and give away. And eventually, the handrail was ripped away from the train.

Flash and Sunset almost fell off, when the Delta-X went flying back the way they came and the train shot forward with its speed restored. "Ahh!" Flash grabbed onto another railing and held on tight. "That's why."

"YAAAAAAAAH!" Springer cried, as the ship shot back down the track at an insane speed.

He pushed the thrusters back to their base speed and the ship slowed down, with the tunnel building coming up fast. As such, he had the Delta-X swerve and completely circle the building before heading back towards the train. As he did, he feared what might have happened to Flash and the others.

Twilight watched as the two trains drew closer and closer. However, the slow down had given them a chance to save everyone.

"Flash," Twilight brought up the track controls. "I'm controlling the switching point from here. And the moment the other train passes it, I'll switch you to the other track."

"Not the moment, Twilight. The instant." Twilight nodded and watched as the two drains drew closer and closer together. If this worked, it'd be a miracle. But she was sure the first train would cross before it was hit. She just needed to be ready.

Flash and Sunset watched, as the train drew closer and closer.

They could see the other track up ahead. This was gonna be close. "Brace yourself!" Flash held onto the railing and prepared for the worse, Sunset doing the same. All they could do was pray that Twilight would be fast enough, and that this wouldn't throw them off the tracks.

The distance between the trains drew smaller and smaller. Twenty feet. Fifteen fee. Ten feet. Nine, eight, seven, six, five.

The switching point had arrived and as soon as the other train passed it, Twilight hit the button and the track shifted. It connected into place milliseconds before their train passed over it, Flash and Sunset feeling the train rock as it curved around and was placed on the other track.

Flash and Sunset watched the other train get further and further away, whilst they were heading down a long stretch of track with nothing in front of it. They sighed in relief, Flash falling to his butt before they both smiled.

In the control room, the Station Master and the other train employee cheered. Twilight also sighed in relief, but she knew they weren't out of the woods yet.

And as Flash and Sunset jumped down into the train's cockpit, she opened a channel to them. "Flash. Remember when you asked if there was a switch up ahead and there was, but..." Flash and Sunset didn't like the sound of this. "Well, here's the rest. The track you're on now will actually lead you right to this very station."

Flash sighed, "and right at rush hour. If we hit the station at this speed, how much damage could be expected?"

"A lot," Twilight replied. "The Station Master's already making evacuation orders. But if we don't get that train to stop before you hit us, things aren't gonna look good. This station being destroyed will send this entire section of the planet into chaos. The skies will become so full of ships and speeders, it'll be impossible to get anywhere. Deliveries will be slowed down and people needing medical help will be in serious trouble."

"Right," Flash sighed. "Any luck getting past that virus or whatever it is?"

"It's definitely not a virus," Twilight stated. "It's almost like it's thinking for itself."

"You think the Sith could be behind this? Or maybe some other criminal organisation?" Twilight thought about it, but couldn't see any reason for the Sith or criminals to try and make a train with nothing on it to try to crash. She thought maybe the commuter train might be the target, with someone on it having a target on their back, but she doubted that.

"What are you?" She stared at the code they had managed to gleam. It was rather sophisticated. But where did it come from?

Flash stepped up to the engineer, whilst Sunset was once again working on the wired boxes. "Where's the emergency cut off switch?"

"Right there," he pointed to a cover shielding the button from accidental presses. "But I warn you. If we cut the power at this speed-"

"I know," Flash frowned. "Brick wall." He checked his gauntlet and found the Delta-X was catching up. He was starting to consider evacuating the other two and staying behind to stop the train himself. Either that, or rig something to fall on the button after they escape.

"Flash," Sunset called out. Flash moved over to the rail overlooking the area she was currently working in. "We don't need the computer. I think I can stop the train another way." Flash smirked as he jumped down next to her. "I mean, I think you can."

"Uh oh," Flash frowned. "I don't like the sound of that."

"It won't be easy," Sunset told him. "There'll be a lot to remember."

"Don't worry. I'll pay attention." Sunset frowned at him, "and take notes." He brought up his gauntlet and opened the writing section, Sunset explaining what he had to do. The biggest issue was the place he had to get to in order to do this, which didn't make Flash happy.

As soon as he had his instructions, Flash headed back up to the roof of the train.

The Delta-X had finally caught up and Flash smiled. "Perfect timing, bud. I'm gonna need your help. Think you can fly the ship right next to the train? I need to get to a section on its side."

"I'll try," Springer agreed. "But there are gonna be a few buildings coming our way, so you'll have to be quick." Flash nodded, as Springer brought the ship down until one of its wings was right next to the section Flash needed to get to.

The Padawan leapt down and landed on the wind, as he took out his Lightsaber and ignited it.

He used the laser place to cut away part of the train's haul, slicing up a square of metal that went flying as soon as he finished gutting it. This revealed several wires and tubes, which Flash quickly got to work on. Following Sunset's instructions, he removes several parts and reset them into a different spot.

At the same time, Sunset was busy rewiring the boxes inside.

The two kept at it until they completed the bypass. And just in time, as Springer had to pull away to avoid smashing into the side of a building. "You okay?" Springer asked, as Flash held onto the edge of the wing as tightly as possible.

"Peachy," Flash cried. Springer flew around the building and moved back to the train, Flash leaping back onto the side and climbing back down into the cockpit. "Sunset. How's it looking?" But when Sunset looked back around, the expression told Flash something had gone wrong.

"This computer program found a way to bypass the bypass." Flash didn't even know that was possible. "I'll have to rewire the system pathways by hand." Flash nodded and headed back up to the control section, the engineer still looking worried.

They were getting closer and closer to the station. If they didn't stop soon, it would be too late.

"Ahh!" The Station Master cried, "we'll never get everyone out of the station in time. I knew we needed more exits."

Twilight tried to get into the computer again. But once again, the strange computer program blocked her. "No!" She cried. "How the heck can it be so smart? And why is it even doing this? If it was after the commuter, it should have stopped after we switched the track."

An employee spoke up. "Maybe it's angry you stopped it from hitting the commuter. Since you stopped it from getting its first target, it's going to make you suffer by crashing the train into here."

"Possibly," Twilight frowned. "But I checked the commuter's passenger list. There wasn't anyone who would warrant getting killed like that."

"Maybe it doesn't have a reason to do anything," the Station Master stated. "Maybe it's just playing around trying to cause as much havoc as possible."

"Playing around?" Twilight frowned, as a thought entered her head. "Play...play!" She pulled up the program's code and looked it over again. As she did, she smiled. "You wanna play? Let's play." She sent something to the program and a few moments later, she got a response. Moments later, a virtual chess board appeared and she started playing.

Whenever she moved, the opposing pieces moved in response. She was playing with something, all the while her spare hand was typing away at the computer.

"Connect the secondary relay to the primary operating system," Sunset pulled a bunch of cables around. "Disconnect the main receiver from subsystem A."

Flash stood on the control deck, watching her work, all the while Twilight split her focus between her game and hacking. Whatever this thing was, it was good. Every time she made a move, it seemed to be able to look three steps ahead and see what she was planning. But this thing clearly wasn't used to splitting focus.

"Rewire the alternative signal processors into the central transducer." Flash moved back to the control console, seeing the station was coming into view.

Twilight moved another piece, only for it to be taken.

She quickly moved one of her pieces to defend, but the computer saw this and played a surprise attack on her defence. Her king was now wide open. "Queen to C three!" Her piece moved into place and as the computer was calculating its next move, Twilight managed to finally break into the train's control system. "Yes!" She smiled, as the computer played its move. "Too little, too late." She opened her gauntlet, "good news. The control over the train's computer has been restored."

"That's great, Twilight. How'd you do it?"

"This computer program," Twilight explained. "It has game code written into it. When I challenged it to a game, it got distracted long enough to break through its firewalls and regain control." She turned back to the chess board and moved another piece. "And, checkmate. Double, checkmate." She laughed. "You should be able to slow the train down now."

"Um...that might be a problem."

Flash rushed back to Sunset, who was surrounded by wires and tubes. "Sunset. We need you to hook everything back up the way it was, very quickly."

"How quickly?" Sunset looked worried, as Flash placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You can do this. I believe in you. There's nothing you can't do if you believe in yourself."

"Belief isn't the problem. Time is. I'm not good under pressure." Flash frowned and looked down at the assortment of wires, having a basic idea what it all did. If Sunset wouldn't do it...

"I'll do it myself." He grabbed two wires and was about to connect them, only for Sunset to stop him.

"Flash, no. You can't connect those two. Are you crazy!" She started working herself, moving as fast as she could. All the while, the train continued to barrel towards the station. There were a few times they turned left, then right against, almost throwing them off the tracks. But Sunset kept her focus on her work.

Flash moved back to the control console and flipped up the cover, the large red button staring at him.

The engineer turned to him. "If we're doing this, it's gotta be before we get to the signal post. Once we pass it, it'll be too late." Flash looked ahead and saw the signal post approaching. He had to do it.

"Flash!" Sunset ran up and stopped him from pushing the button.

"I'm sorry, Sunset. There's no other way."

"Yes, there is." Sunset gave him a serious look. "You said you believe in me. Well prove it." Flash frowned, as Sunset got back to work. As she did, they passed the signal box. Now it was either Sunset succeeded, or a lot of people would be hurt.

She worked fast, rewiring one of the boxes and placing it back in the wall. But she realised she wouldn't be able to do the other two in time. She needed to be quicker. And there was only one way to do that.

Flash watched her pull away from the boxes and raise her hand, the teen raising an eyebrow as the boxes started floating. And to his amazement, the wires and tubes started moving on their own with incredible speed and precision. Sunset was controlling several objects at once. That wasn't something a new Jedi could do. That needed to be practised.

Flash looked out of the window and saw the station getting closer. Very soon, it would be too late to slow the train down gradually.

In the control room, Twilight and the train employees all looked terrified.

"Come on, Sunset." Twilight prayed that The Force would help her complete the task. "You can do it. I believe in you." She watched, as the train entered the station and got closer to the end of the platform. If it didn't slow down, it would crash through it and cause horrible destruction.

Sunset finished rewiring the boxes and placed them back into the wall. "NOW!"

The engineer pulled the lever down and the speed began to drop. Whilst not feeling like a brick wall, the sudden deceleration caused the three to lurch forward. They all held on, as the train's speed got slower and slower. But the end of the platform was still approaching and they weren't sure they would make it.

But at the last moment, the train's speed reached less than five miles an hour. The vehicle hit the buffers and at that limited speed, the springs managed to absorb most of the force and pushed the train back to a stop.

The three remained braced for several more seconds before opening their eyes and looked around, the three smiling as they began to cheer. "We're alive!" Flash yelled, rushing over to Sunset. "You did it!"

"I did!" Sunset laughed, "I can't believe it." The engineer looked truly relieved and rushed for the door, jumping out onto the platform as if he was scared the train would move again. The other two followed him and they were glad to be back on solid ground.

Twilight rushed over to them, the Station Master and all his employees right behind her. She smiled, clearly happy they were alright. She hugged Sunset, telling her she did amazingly. The others agreed. Thanks to Sunset, everyone was safe.

"I didn't really do anything," Sunset replied. "The only reason I had to put everything back to normal, was because I did it in the first place." Twilight shook her head.

"No. What you did mattered more than you think. If you hadn't been rewiring the system, that A.I would have been able to focus more. Splitting its attention between my game, my hack and your bypassing, left it vulnerable. I never would have gotten in without your help. You did amazing."

Sunset smiled at this, as Flash stepped up to them. "Do we have any idea what that rogue program was?"

"No," Twilight shook her head. "But I can tell you this, it wasn't made by the Sith or any criminal I've heard of. I managed to get a look at its programming and I found that the game code, wasn't just something it randomly assimilated into it. The game code was its base architecture."

"So we almost got killed...by a video game?"

"More like a puzzle. The coding seemed designed to challenge whoever was playing it. Test their ability to adapt to unknowing variables and make judgement calls on the fly. In a way, making this train go out of control was just it following its program. It was presenting us with a challenge to overcome."

"So where do you think it is now?" Sunset asked, but Twilight just shrugged.

"Wherever it is, I hope it's laying dormant. Who knows how much more trouble it could cause, if it tried to do something like this again." They all nodded, thinking the same thing. The Station Master then stepped forward.

"Either way, I think this day has shown the security needs to be improved in the trains and all our systems. We can't allow something like this to ever happen again." Nobody disagreed with this.

After that, everything returned to normal. The people that had evacuated the station could return to catch their trains, whilst Flash, Twilight and Sunset were able to pick up the rare element they had been sent to acquire. Once they had it, they headed back to the temple.

Flash was flying his Delta-X, whilst Twilight and Sunset were back in their speeder. Sunset had a metal box in her lap, containing the element they had to deliver to the council. "So," Twilight smiled at her, "how's it feel to be a hero?"

"I'm not sure I'd call myself a hero," Sunset stated. "But it does feel a little strange."

"You're totally a hero," Twilight told her. "You risked your life to help others, even though it wouldn't benefit you in any way. That's the very essence of being a hero. You should be proud of what you did today."

"Thanks," Sunset nodded. "Is this what usually happens to Jedi? Doing insane things for people you don't know?"

"Pretty much," Twilight nodded. "A Jedi's duty is to protect those that can't protect ourselves. We were chosen by The Force to have incredible power. Using it in any way other than helping others would just be a waste of that power. There are those like the Sith, who only use The Force to help themselves. They were trusted with this great power and they squandered it, by only using it for their benefits."

"Really?" Sunset frowned. "Maybe The Sith just don't know another way to use it. Maybe they never had anyone to teach them what The Force is for."

Twilight sighed, "maybe. And if that's true, then I feel sorry for them. But they made a choice to use their powers for evil. If they choose to walk away from the Dark Side, then maybe the Jedi can help them. But if they choose to stay on the side of evil, then we have no choice but to stop them. We can't let them hurt anyone else."

Sunset said nothing and just looked down, her head feeling like a jumble with all the emotions they were feeling.

Hours passed and they managed to get the element to the council, whilst also telling them about what happened on the train. Celestia and the others were shocked by this, but congratulated them all for stopping it. After that, they all headed off to get some rest. Sunset certainly needed it.

As she stepped into her room, she fell on the bed feeling like she could sleep for a week. It wasn't just the excitement of the day that had her exhausted. It was what Twilight had said.

Sunset remembered the warm feeling she had felt, when Twilight and the others had thanked her for everything she had done on the train. It was just like how she had felt after winning that capture the flag game. She had never felt that way about anything. Growing up, all her accomplishments were expected. Her reward for completing a task was not getting punished.

She always thought that being raised like that had made her strong. But if the Sith had faced a challenge like that, would they have been able to overcome it like they had? If Twilight had been trained the way she had been, would she have come up with using a game to beat the A.I? Sunset had been taught that power was the key to everything. That if you were strong enough, he could get anything you wanted. But now, she wondered if that was the case.

Rolling onto her back, she reached down and removed the communicator from her boot.

It had been a while since she had sent a message. She needed to keep them updated. But what could she possibly say? She had nothing new to report.

But as she looked at the device, she noticed the machine was flashing. The device wasn't designed to give her vocal messages. But it could receive simple instructions that wouldn't be detected by anyone else.

She quickly took some of the device apart and once she had, she was able to get the flashing to stop and start again in the same pattern. The flashes were in morse code, something Sunset had learned to communicate if she was ever in this kind of situation.

She slowly deciphered the coded message and as she did, her eyes went wide. "What?" She couldn't believe it. He wasn't serious. "He's coming here?"

Up in space, a few light years away from Canterlot, a bunch of ships had just come out of hyperspace.

Several were the destroyers, that had been seen in the Sith's possession multiple times. But leading them was an even bigger ship, painted pure black to blend in with the space around them. And onboard that ship were several of the Sith.

Chrysalis and Doom were both there, surrounded by droids and bug troopers. But sitting on a throne in the centre of the room was Sombra, the dark master of the Sith staring out the window towards the planet they were about to attack. The dark Magi smiled, as he waited for the attack to begin.

"Is everything ready?"

"Yes, master." Chrysalis turned to him. "I'd just like to say that this might not be such a good idea. Attacking the planet is one thing, but you being on the front lines..."

"I have to do this," Sombra stated. "It's time that the Jedi discovered just how powerful the Dark Side of the Sith is. When this is over, I will have the relic and Solara back with us. And if all goes well, Celestia and her Jedi will be crippled beyond being able to cover in time to stop us. I will win this war in one fell swoop."

The two Sith weren't sure if their master was right, or had gone completely mad. Either way, they would follow his command and attack Canterlot. The Jedi wouldn't know what hit them.

Author's Note

Well this was a fun little bit of filler, as we move into the next serious situation. How will things work out? Will the Jedi be able to stop the Sith invasion? I can't wait to find out.