The Incredible Drake: His Return

Meeting Your Demons

Two whole and two long days have past since Spike or in his other form Drake went berserk and nearly killed a new villain named the Absorbing Colt and he's been frightened about it. He's stayed in the Library for those two days without leaving. He hasn't talked to anypony besides Twilight and the girls since he's afraid of what he'd probably do to them.  And today he was sitting on the couch in the living room thinking to himself about his 'episode'.

"Why'd I do that? I never went berserk like that in a long time. And more importantly, who was that voice talking to me?" He asked himself in his thoughts. As he didn't pay attention, Rarity also known as The Black Widow came up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. He let out a small gasp of fear but when he turned his head, he saw her behind him.

"Oh. What is it Rarity?" Spike asked her with curiosity and sadness in his voice.

"Twilight needs you to come downstairs quickly. She has something to help you with Drake." Rarity replied as she backed up a bit from him. Spike then got off the couch and without a word walked downstairs to the laboratory where the other girls are with Rarity trailing him. When he was in the lab, he saw a large mechanical machine with chairs and seven headsets attached to it.

"Twilight, what in Tartarus in this thing?" Spike asked as he observed the device.

"It doesn't have name yet. But it's a machine I've infused with some of my magic. It'll allow us to see into your mind. So we'll see where Drake is being held in that big brain of yours." Twilight replied.

"Wait. Will you be able to see other things as well?" Spike asked as he began to blush and sweat.

"No. I specifically created the device to seek out Drake and anything like him. Just sit in one of them chairs and we'll get hooked up." Twilight replied as she pointed to the machine. Spike then sighed and walked to the machine. He then sat down in one of the chairs hooked up to the machine. Twilight then walked up to a computer screen attached to the device and activated it.

"Come on girls. You too." Twilight said to them.

"Alright. But if we run into any trouble, will we be able to fight it?" Rainbow asked her friend as she sat down.

"Yes. But it could damage Spike's brain if we attack anything. So unless we have too, keep your weapons away." Twilight replied.

"Wait, how are ya' gonna get yourself hooked up?" Applejack asked her.

"The device is connected to my suit so it'll connect me automatically." Twilight replied. Twilight then sat down in an open chair and like she said the device automatically connected her to it. The mares then closed their eyes and then began to hear the machine's hum. When they opened their eyes again, they saw that they were standing in pitch black surrounded by dark green smoke.

"Wow. So this is what it's like inside Spike's head." Fluttershy said as she looked around.

"Spike, where's-" Rarity started. But when she turned her head, she saw Spike was not with them.

"Spike?" The girls asked around. But he wasn't anywhere near them.

"Where'd he go?" Pinkie asked.

"I don't know. But we've got to find our friend." Rainbow replied as she hovered above the ground.

"But how are we gonna find him? It's gonna take a while if we don't know where he is." Applejack said.

"Not a problem. I've set my mask to track anything with Drake's trace. So we'll find him and Drake." Twilight said quickly.

"Well then, let us find Spike." Rainbow said. And then the six began to follow Twilight around the blackness of the area as she followed her mask's tracker. As they walked, the beeping became quicker and quicker with every few feet that they walked through the shadow that was Spike's mind. And then they saw him. They saw Spike the Dragon standing next to a massive locked door which was silver and had titanium lining.

"Spike!" Twilight yelled. Spike turned and saw them.

"About time you showed up!" He yelled back as the mares walked to him.

"Spike, what's behind the door?" Rainbow asked.

"Drake. I locked him away behind this door three years ago giving me full control over my other form." Spike replied as he held his hand over the door's lock.

"So did he somehow break the door down?" Twilight asked as she observed the door.

"No. It's in perfect shape. I don't know how he got out." Spike replied to her.

"Easy Spike. I let him out." A deep and demonic voice said to him. The girls and Spike jumped a bit when the voice spoke but then drew out their weapons except Spike.

"Who was that?" Applejack asked. The demonic voice then gave off a demonic and distorted laugh.

"You see me every day. I live among you. I'm in love with one of you." The voice replied.

"Spike? Yeah right! You're not him!" Rainbow yelled as she spun her hammer.

"Really Rainbow Dash. Or should I say Soar The Goddess of Thunder." The voice said back. Rainbow was shocked to hear that the voice knew her true and secret identity.

"Alright! Show yourself! Unless you're afraid!" Rainbow yelled angrily.

"Of course. Here I come." The voice said calmly. Then the ground began to shake heavily and the faint sound of stomping was heard. It was heavy stomping so the owner of the voice was massive.

"What is this thing?" Applejack asked as she tried to stay on her hooves. But then before anypony could say anything, they saw and gasped at the creature who spoke to them. It looked like Drake except of having green scales its' scales are a deep brown. It was twice the size of Drake and looked twice as strong. Its' eyes were a glowing red and its' fangs and claws were larger then Drakes as well. Two rows of spines ran down it's long neck.

"Who or what the buck are you?" Spike asked the monster.

"I'm what you call...an inner demon. Your inner demon." It replied.

"I know I have demons, but you're the worst one I've had yet." Spike said as he stared at the demon.

"Thank you. After all, when your one demon appeared, I came too." The demon said to him. The mares then went wide eyed.

"You came with Drake?!" Rarity asked the demon.

"Of course my sweet Rarity. I'm the true monster inside Spike. Drake's a...weaker form Spike has. I'm his true form." The demon replied making Spike shudder.

"Alright. We're getting out of here!" Twilight yelled.

"And I'd like to thank you Twilight for giving me life." The demon said happily. But before the demon could do anything, the girls and Spike vanished from the room.

"Just call me....Devil Drake." The demon said with a crooked smile. The mares and Spike quickly opened their eyes and got out from their chairs. When the girls saw Spike, they saw he was shivering in fear.

"Spike, are you okay?" Applejack asked him. But he didn't reply to her question. He just shivered in place as he curled into a tight ball on the floor.

Spike, I will never leave you. I'm always with you. And I'll come out when you're really, really angry.