The Masked Mare of Mystery

Rainbow Dash  POV

After I got back, everything seemed normal, but you can still feel the anxiety in the air. The attack at Sugarcube Corner had really got Ponyville on edge. As I walked towards my parent's house I was stopped by Breaking News, the founder/reporter for the Pony News Network, or PNN for short.

"Miss Dash, what are your thoughts on the recent attack on Sugarcube Corner?" he asked pointing the mic at me.

"I think it was something that could have been worse if it weren't for Mare Do Well." I said with a serious tone.

"Aren't you afraid that something like this will happen again?" Breaking asked.

"There is really no telling, even if it does, we can only do so much. Maybe I'm not the pony to say this, but it seem have to put our faith in one pony."

That got me a look. It wasn't the first time something like this occurred, and he was there to witness it.

"Are you saying we should trust the Mysterious Mare Do Well to take care of this problem?" Breaking News asked.

I nodded.

"Thank you, Miss Dash." Breaking said, and turned to the camera. I continued on my way. When I arrived, Mom answered the door.

"Oh, it's you Rainbow Dash, come in." Mom invited,

I nodded and entered.

"Rainbow, we just saw you on the news!" Scootaloo exclaimed as she run up and hugged me.

"I know Squirt."

"Do you really think we really have to rely on Mare Do Well?"

"Yeah, but like I said, we can only do so much, and that mean we can do something."

"Like what?"

"Stay safe, and don't do anything reckless, can you do that for me Squirt?"

"Yeah, Cutie Mark Crusader...stay safer, Yeah!"

We all had to laugh. After the news, we watched an episode of "Dr. Whooves". Truth be told, despite being all eggheady with science and what-not, it's pretty entertaining. The idea of a ponies from another planet, Gallopfrey, can come back to life after death as a different pony, a process known as regeneration, is a pretty original one. These ponies, also known as time ponies, were apparently very smart, because they figured out how to make ships that can travel through time, space, and other dimensions  called a TARDIS, Time And Relative Dimension In Space, a blue public call box which is somehow bigger on the inside than the outside.

Tonight's episode seemed to offer some advise for me. Dr. Whooves has to face off against another pony wearing a metal suit. I'm not going to go through the whole episode, but for Whooves, the key seemed to be to take the helmet off first, then focus the exposed head. After that, it was Scootaloo's bed time, so Dad took her to bed, leaving me with mom for a while.

"I heard that the stallion playing the Doctor is leaving the show." Mom brought up.

"Yeah, I heard about that too. Apparently, he found himself." I replied.

The story goes that some "extraterrestrial visitor" visited him a few days ago.

"You know, it's funny how the Doctor had to go against somepony with a metal suit, and somepony with a metal suit is terrorizing us." Mom pointed out.

"I won't worry about it too much, Mare Do Well to care of her before, she can do it again."

"I sure hope your right Rainbow." Mom said in a doubtfully tone.

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I spent the night at my parent's house and was on my way home the next morning, thinking about my next time I may face off against Takedown. Since the trick is to go for the head, it would make sense to get rid of the guns first, which I'm sure I could just shoot off the suit.

When I arrived,who should be at my front door but the criminal scum herself.

"Shall we go through the formalities or should we just cut to the case?" she asked tauntingly.

"I think...It's go time." I said. The M swirled around me and Takedown took a fighting stance.

"So be it, Mare Do Well." Takedown growled, and lunged at me.

She landed on top of me, and I kicked her off. We circled around before she attacked me again. I dodged and pulled out my shock pistol as she sped past me. I fired the first bolt which knocked off one of the turret guns.  I tried to do it again, but Takedown dodge and went for a round house punch which connected. I fell to the ground disoriented for a moment. When I had regained a grasp on things, Takedown was on top of me, about to fire her good gun when I rolled out of the way. The bullets came anyway. I had dodged them as I looked for my weapon. Switching it to the defensive function, I made a shield. Bullets bounced off the wall of electricity for a full minute until Takedown realized it was a lost cause. When she stopped, I switched to offensive mode and shot the other turrent gun off. Takedown growled and charged at me. As she approach, I threw an uppercut, which did knock her off her hooves, but the helmet she was wearing hurt mine.

"Ow!" I cried, shaking my hoof for it to heal faster, but LD was already up and changing again, I decided to take this fight to the air and way from Ponyville.

I took off and led her to my house. Taking a look back, I could see that the suit had slowed Lightning down drastically. Using it to my advantage, I charged at her, only for Takedown to throw another roundhouse at my jaw. I dodged it but she struck my neck, sending me down. I landed on the ground with a loud THUD. I rolled on my back, Takedown dive bombing for me.  I knew I only had one chance. As she came down, I picked myself up on my hooves. Timing it right, I bucked Dust right in the chest with everything I had. Lightning went flying in arch towards my cloud house. I stood where I was to catch my breath for a minute when I heard a loud SPLASH, and that could only mean one thing. I flew over to where I heard the noise to confirm my suspicions. Lightning Dust fell into a spectra pool.