CHAPTER TWO: FLAWLESS INTERVENTION

Location: Shining Hospital, Trotname.
Time: May 11, 1354 3:45 p.m
Description: Back room of the hospital's patient area. Situation? AW SHIT.
Rhoenir, Umbra & Starblazer

"He... what!?" replied Star, oblicous to what she just heard.

"Flare set us up. A small army is heading this way, heading towards our position to be more exact," Rhoenir checked on his gear, making sure nothing was missing or left behind, "Judging by how fast they are approaching, I would say they would arrive in.... less than 2 minutes,"

Rhoe moved to the window nearby the bed where Star was sitting on, and peeked outside, "Scratch that, 1 minute,"

"Huh? Why?"

"Take a look" he ordered. Star tried to ignore the desire to acknowledge what was going on, but her curiosity bested her. Groaning to the pain, she stood up and looked outside the window. What she saw caused her jaw to drop.

At least 50 ponies, a whole group of the three races, were entering the hospital in a blink of an eye, all lead by Solar. The worst part was that some of those ponies are--- used to be her friends. Unamusement was slowly consuming the mind of Star as she retracted herself form the window. Star was unsure of what to do, but her bored looks didn't affect Rhoe, for he knew what to do.

"Umbra, it's time to take flight," said Rhoe as he approached the window.

Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Let's get this over with. Oh, one more thing. Care to check outside once more, Sir Dick?

He looked outside once more to check if there was any kind of additional trouble. Nope, just the horde of ponies entering the hospital. Great. He lifted his sight to check on the nearby buildings. Well. there's one way out now,

"Oh horsefeathers.... Do I really have to deal with this now? This is way too boring. Why can't he leave me alone?" he looked at Rhoe one more time, curious to his actions, "What are you planning?"

"WELL, if you must know," the human leaned on the window's edge, using his hands as support, "I'm checking... uf! ...how are we going to get out of here,"

"And?"

"And.... I just found it," he turned to Star, showing a small smile, "Are you afraid of heights?"

Star's colors suddenly turned pale, knowing exactly what was he implying, but she just kept the flow, "No... why?". Star didn't have much time to process things as she observed the human approaching her in a matter of seconds and carrying the mare in his arms. Blazer yelped at the unforeseen actions and watched how Rhoe started to run towards the window without caution. Star tried to struggle, but it was all in vain as both creature were launched (both voluntary and forced) through the window's area, falling to the ground at high speed. Star, as previously said, had little time to process things. Several thoughts were running through her mind as death was slowly waiting for her.

"WHAT THE HAY IS WRONG WITH RHOE!?", 20 feet.....

"He is crazy! I know I said I didn't want to face Solar, but this is ridiculous!", 15 feet.....

This is it! This is how I die! Goodbye, cruel world!, 10 feet.....

"Now I'll never have the chance to ride a minotaur while jumping in a monocycle through a wheel of fire!", 5 feet.....

....... You know.... This is the slowest fall I've ever had. Why haven't I met my terirble fate yet?

Star looked up from her carried position at his crazy, yet temporary companion and watched in awe how the fur-less creature was floating (gliding? [It was something involving flight, that's for sure]) in midair, with large black wings on the back of his body.

"Oh... riiiight.... he can fly. Silly me," she adjusted her location and stared at the human, "You know... You could have warned me.... that is... if you wanted to..."

"Heh? Oh right, sorry 'bout that," he looked down at the mare and gave her a weak smile, "A heads-up would have been nice. Let's get goin-"

"They there are!", Rhoe looked behind and spotted a pegasus looking at the pair floating, "Everyone! They are outside! After them!". The pegasus, with other following behind, started chasing Rhoe. He cringed at his chasers and flew as far as possible from them.

"Just what I needed!" he looked behind him and spotted at least 7 pegasi keeping up, "Now how do I shake them off!?"

I have an idea.

"Really? What is it then?"

USE YOUR CELESTIA DAMNED BRAIN, THAT'S WHAT.

".... One of these days, Umbra.... one of these days....", focusing on the path ahead of him, he began to wonder why was Star so quiet about all this. Rhoe looked at the mare in his arms and mentally facepalmed. Why he didn't notice earlier, who knows. But right now, there is a question in mind....

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Why is she screaming!? MAKE HER STOP. STAHP, PLZ," thought Rhoe as he tried to ignore the screams. 'Tis a shame life is bitch, right? He couldn't, I repeat, he COULDN'T, WITH A CAPITAL K, ignore the screams. It reminded him of Rarity when one of the suits she made for him got torn apart. Boy, he became deaf for the rest of the day.

"STAR!" yelled Rhoe. She turned back at him....

..... and yelled.

"WHAT!? DO I HAVE SOMETHING ON MY NOSE!?" replied Rhoe.

She yelled again.

"OH, THANK YOU! ANYTHING ELSE?"

Starblazer used Yelling! It's super effective!

"OH RIGHT! THE PEGASI BEHIND ME! DON'T WORRY, I HAVE AN IDEA.... I think,", taking better view of the situation, Rhoe took notice of the earth and unicorn ponies approaching him from the other side, "WHA? How did they got here so fast!? And how-"

Rhoe deadpanned at the current situation, putting two and two together, "Right... they have magic.... I hate magic."

Forcing himself from making a hasty decision, he took a sharp U-Turn and tried to dodge the incoming pegasi heading his way. One... two... whoa, three almost got him! Four... five.... Six...

"Almost there...",

Rhoe! Watch out!

"Eh?", looking below, his eyes shrunk when he saw a foreign object flying upwards, aiming at his position. Despite the fright of being hit or Star being hurt, he skillfully dodged the object and sighed in relief. Star was still screaming. Well, she tried. She lost her voice recently.

"Phew, that was clo-OOMPH!" Rhoe felt something tackling him down to the ground swiftly. Trying to know what was his abrupt tackle, he spotted the seventh pegasus, a red stallion with a violet mane, taking him down. He tried struggle free, but with the mare on his arms, he couldn't barely fight back. Sooner than expected, the human met his long time friend, Mr. Ground. Thanks so much for the fall! You are welcome!

The tackler was dragging as far as possible his objective, hoping the ground damages him big time. Rhoe had something else coming for the red pegasus, "Okay, you fucktard. Now you pissed me off!"

Using the innuendo from the crash, he flipped positions with the assaulter and shove his right foot deep down the pegasus face, dragging it just like he was before. Coming to a halt, the pony was somehow knocked out, bleeding from the back of his head. Rhoe staggered a little as he got back to his feet, making sure he wasn't hurt that much. Then someone else came to his mind.

"Star! Is she okay!?" he looked down at his arms and saw a crawled up mare, shivering a little. Star clearly had bruises all over, but it was nothing compared to Rhoe's injuries thanks to Mr. Ground's cooperation. My pleasure!. "Hey, Star! Are you okay?"

"Uh.... I think my arm is all scraped up, but I'm good," she shook a little as she broke free from Rhoe's embrace, "But I can walk, thank you,"

Rhoe chuckled at her display of self-dependance and placed his hood to back on top of his head, "Oh thank goodness, she is okay..., he turned to a small alley where a group of ponies were slowly appearing one by one, blocking any means of escape. "But now what do I do?"

Um... What could you do... maybe you could, oh I don't know, use your power against them?

"Are you serious Umbra!? I don't want to spill any unnecessary blood and you know it!"

Then, pray tell, how do you plan on escaping? So far, using my flight powers is what got us in this situation. I doubt someone... or somepony, as a matter of fact, is going to help us out. My advice? ...Take them out. No one is going to notice. You know it better than me. Think it through, Rhoe.

"Grr..." he desperately grunted as his ideas on how to escape without resorting to a fight were slowly diminishing. Thinking it throughly, Rhoe was soon between the sword and the wall.

"Any ideas?" asked Star, still standing behind his savior. Rhoe looked back and simply shook his head. Star sighed, closing her eyes and looking down, "So much for that..."

If Rhoenir didn't do anything to fight back, not only would Star pay the consequences, but he would as well. It may keep Rhoe's principles intact, but was it worth it? Not forgetting to mention that they could use him for any dirty work, using Star as bait and it could also attract the attention of certain individuals. On the other hand, if he took them out, there was a chance he could escape without drawing too much spotlight. Not forgetting to mention, he could save Star from these guys. But that would attract a lot unnecessary attention. What if they are important people? What if they link their mysterious dissapearance with the mysterious creature that was spotted nearby Cloudsdale?

What would happen to his quest? Would all go to waste? What would happen to him? What would happen to the girl?

Rhoe clenched his teeth and witnessed how the gang approached them into a dead-end alley. Coming to a halt, the group moved aside and allowed a pony to move through the recently given space. Coming out of the group, Solar showed up, with a mischeivious smile plastered all on his face. Both Rhoe and Star were unfazed by his appearance.

"Well, isn't this a pleasant surprise? To what I own this delicious encounter?" he said bowing a little. Rhoe had enough of his arrogance.

"So this is your plan? Gather everyone from your freak circu-OW!" he turned to Star behind him, "What was that for!?"

"... I'm gonna ask you to refer circus as a performance show... I have friends there and... well... If you could, please...." she hid from Rhoe in her mane, hoping he would understand. Rhoe simply stared at her with an expression that said, 'Are you serious?'. Submitting to her wishes, he sighed and turned to Solar, "Fine. Is gathering everyone from the performance show your plan to fight back? Really?"

"Well, fighting one on one wouldn't do anything in my favor, would it?" he shook his head and tsked, "As I said, I'm going to have my revenge, and there is nothing that you or your precious friend can do, am I right, Star?"

"..."

"Well, Star?" Rhoe looked at her companion as he witnessed the silence response, "Do you have any kind of back-up plan? 'CAUSE ONE WOULD HELP!"

"No. Not at all," she replied.

If Rhoe could weep and cry right now, he would be, "Welp! There goes my only chance. Good bye cruel world! .... Actually, this world isn't that ba-"

"But you know what? I actually do have a plan!" she placed a hand on her mouth, almost as she didn't want that to slip up, "Horsefeathers! That wasn't supposed to happen!"

Rhoe and Solar gave Star a incredulous look, as both gave her the same thought, "Is she serious?".

WOW. Am I the only one who saw that coming?

"Eeyup," thought Rhoe as he continued to give her the incredulous stare.

Solar was the first one re-compose. Shaking his head, he gave heartly laugh to the mare's luck and showed a very creepy smile.

"Once again, your lack of self-control fails you! Well, no matter, I know exactly what you are planning on doin-" Solar began saying his speech, placing a hand on his chest.

........But a blast of light was his reply.

"SHAZAM!"

Flashbangs, anyone?

"ARGH! MY EYES! MY SPECIAL EYES!"

"GUIDE ME TO THEM! LET ME HIT THEM!"

"AJA! GOTCHA!"

"Wrong arm, moron,"

"Oops, sorry,"

"Don't worry. Here, let me guide-"

"DON'T TOUCH ME"

"WOW! I CAN SEE EVERYTHING!"

"Really?"

"Nope!"

"Mama?"

A rather large crowd of ponies were struggling to see the path ahead of them, colliding with each other allthewhile. Some even crashed against a wall. Solar, on the hand, was yelling some stuff from his near position from Star and Rhoe.

"Curse you Star!" said Solar, as he rubbed his now painful and squinted eyes, "A good rival always lets his rival finish his speech!"

"Um, yeah. I don't play by the rules with you," she replied, taking a well-deserved time to think of a way to escape. Then her thoughts came towards Rhoe. Slowly turning to the human, she talked, "Hey Rhoe, you okay back the-"

"Wow. I didn't know Mr. Wall and Mr. Ground were cousins!" said a rather retarted Rhoe as he pushed his face deeper into the wall's area, "I mean, they feel so Irocky!"

And here I thought things couldn't get worse. Yay me....

"... Great. I broke him," she looked back at the blinded crowd, "Care to give me a hand, guys? Anyone?"

"IT BURNS! IT BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRNNNNSSSSS!"

"No? Well, then," she turned to Rhoe once more, sighing in the process and having to deal with her usual routine, "Guess it's up to me to save the day.... again"

Author's Note

*GASP* ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER? WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?

Yeah, I was planning another ending, but I thought this was more entertaining. Yup! Pain for entertainment. Who hasn't done that before?

In any case, I noticed the sequel didn't receive the expected attention as I originally thought, but it's okay. If they don't want to read my story, they are missing out then. I'm glad you guys are sticking with me.

Well, without further ado, I leave this chapter for you guys. Hope to see you soon!

Also!
You actually thought I was gonna give you a spoiler? Good grace, no! What's the fun in doing that?
Yeah, I'm a terrible liar. The human is going to act even more retarted than usual.
Have fun.

See ya soon!