In Brightest Day: The Second Front

Rainbow Dash sighed as she left Scootaloo's room, while she was making a steady recovery, it would be awhile before she was back on her feet again. Though she was thankful that whoever had managed to save her had gotten to her before damage to her leg was irreparable, she couldn't bear the thought of her little sister becoming an amputee.

'But I should've been there for her.... I'm her big sister.... I'm supposed to be the one to save her...' Rainbow thought to herself as she sighed. She then got into her sports car and looked at Gilda. "The gang at Dust's apartment?"

"Yeah... we really need a different place to meet up though, Dust is pretty peeved that she's gotta play hostess for our meetings." Gilda explained as they left the hospital and made their way to her car. "She's already on thin ice with her uncle as it is..."

Rainbow growled at the mention of him. Wind Rider was a former Wonderbolt but seemed to think that was enough to make him a king. The stuck up bastard. "Okay. We'll choose a different location next time. Lightning can keep her panties on.”

"Really? I figured you'd want her to take them off-OW!" Gilda snarked before Rainbow elbowed her left rib.

"Oh get a grip, she's not my type, and don't think I haven't noticed you sneaking a peek every once in awhile!" Rainbow scoffed.

Gilda groaned as she got in the car drove off. "S-so Scoots still doesn't know who saved her? Fucking shame. W-we could've tried to pay them back."

"Yeah, if she ever does remember, that person has my undying gratitude and respect... and a spot in our gang any day." Rainbow smiled as she got into the passenger seat, Gilda nodded as she put on her seat-belt and hit the gas and they raced down the street....

Meanwhile at Sugar-cube Corner, Pinkie Pie had just finished washing the dishes. "All done Mrs. Cake! I'm gonna head home!" She called out as she grabbed her book-bag.

"Okay Pinkie dear. Tell your friends we said hi." Mrs. Cake said with a smile. Pinkie twitched at the mention of her former friends but hid it rather well.

“Y-Yeah I will…” She sighed before leaving the diner and making her way down the street. As the sun began to set she found her mind wandering back to the early days, back when she and the girls would hang out, back when she could still trust them…

"But you can't now can you? Not after what they did to you..... to us." A voice in the back of her mind whispered to her. "They're all just backstabbing traitors.... the whole lot of them."

Pinkie glanced at the window of a nearby store, looking back at her was her reflection, only with a darker skin tone, her normally poofy hair now complete flat.

Shaking her head clear of all those negative thoughts, she stormed down the street. “Shut up.” She growled. “I don't have to listen to you.”

"Oh but then you'd have to listen to others. To others telling you that it's not your friends fault that your friendship fell apart.... meaning it would be YOUR fault." Her other said with a dark chuckle.

"I said shut up!" She snapped as she passed another window. "We just... drifted apart. It's... it's not their fault... o-or mine..." She whispered the last part as she wiped away a tear, as she continued to walk she failed to notice a rather shady individual approaching her from behind…

"Is that right? Aw then whose fault is it? Oh! I bet it was SUNSET'S again right? Then why not have her beaten within an inch of her life?" The other Pinkie snarled at her.

"B-because it's not right..." She mumbled before she felt a hand on her shoulder, causing her to yelp as she was brought out of her thoughts. "EEP!"

"Hey little girl, are you lost?" A gruff voice asked her. Pinkie turned around to see an adult male much taller than her, he had light skin and his grey hair in a matted down style, to the point where his eyes were covered up. He wore a dark grey shirt and had a tattoo of a bloody knife on both of his shoulders.

"No I'm not but your hair is." Pinkie said with a small chuckle as she backed away, trying to distance herself from this man.

The man however cut off her route as he got closer. "Now, now, there's no need to be rude... I'm just trying to be neighborly. After all, the streets are dangerous at this time, especially with all those beasts that have been attacking the city." He smirked as he slowly reached into his pocket. "How about you let me "escort" you home?"

However at that moment Pinkie's other self took the driver's seat. "Or how about you fuck off before I rip your damn nuts and shove them down your FUCKING throat and make you my bitch!"

The man almost immediately dropped his false smile and glared at Mena. "Well well, someone's got a mouth on her..." He growled as he approached her, cracking his knuckles menacingly. "Didn't your parents ever tell you to watch how you address adults?"

However just then Mena grabbed his boys..... he DEFINITELY felt the pain after that. "YOU WANNA TEST ME? HM? YOU REALLY WANNA TEST ME RIGHT FUCKING NOW!?" She screamed as the thug howled in pain as he grabbed her arm in an attempt to force her to release him.

'Stop it!' pinky yelled from within the confines of her mind. Attempting to take back control of her body. 'I said STOP!!' she shouted, forcibly pushing her darker half out of the driver seat. Forcing her to let go in the process. Not waiting for a response from the man she quickly darted down the alley and in an attempt to flee.

"What were you thinking back there Pinkie?!" Her other half demanded. "I wasn't going to LITERALLY rip his balls off but it was a damn good threat!"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Pinkie screamed as she held her head, running through the alleyway. "I didn't ask you to come out! Whenever you come out, bad things happen!"

"YOU DAMN BITCH! GET BACK HERE!!"

She heard the thug's voice not too fat behind her, prompting her to run faster.

"Yeah but that's because you've been in trouble! I saved your ass like I did just then!" Her other voice snarled. "Let me in control one last time and drop this punk ass! I'll leave you alone for a WHOLE. WEEK. PINKIE PROMISE."

"Last time I got a Pinkie Promise from you I got suspended for a week!" She retorted as she turned a corner and kept running...

...until she ended up in an empty parking lot in front of what looked like an abandoned restaurant. The windows were boarded up, the doors had fallen off, and the establishment had fallen into decay. She could just barely make out the sign that read "Fred... F.zb...r... Pizz...a".

"I'M GONNA FIND YOU, YOU LITTLE BITCH!!"

The thug's voice snapped her out of her thoughts as she ran into the restaurant, hoping to lose him...

"Yo Dash. We're here." Gilda said. Dash looked out the window and saw the apartment before her..... it wasn't the most fancy thing out there but it was better then some have gotten.

Rainbow sighed as she exited the car, glancing around to make sure no one was sneaking up towards her. In this neighborhood it was better to have eyes in the back of your head."Is it just me, or does this place feel more depressing whatever we visit?"

"That's cause of Wind Rider." Gilda snarked as they went inside the apartment. They soon arrived at room number 307 and knocked a few times before the door opened.

Standing before her was a girl with bright yellow hair and light blue skin wearing a leather jacket and denim jeans. "About time you two showed up, my uncle will be back in an hour so we gotta make this quick!" She said as she guided them inside towards the living room with the rest of the gang was waiting.

Dash smirked as she got in. "Alright boys and girls. What's on the agenda tonight huh?" She asked them as she sits down in a beanie chair near Thunderlane.

"Half of our territory is getting overrun by some assholes calling themselves the "Red Daggers", they've even started spray painting their damn logo all over the area." Thunderlane growled as he switched off his phone.

"Fucking really? We're getting taken over by newbies?" Rainbow groaned as she looked at the ceiling. "This has to be a really bad joke.... what did the damn thing look like?"

"A dagger covered in blood..." Sky Stinger stated as he wolfed down some nachos. "From what I've heard they have the tattoos of it on both of their shoulders... they specially like targeting young women in the evening when they're alone..."

"Well I fucking hate them already. Anyone from that group deserves to get a bullet in their brain and a metal crowbar to the spine." Gilda said as she downed a whole soda, Lightning's uncle REALLY hated beer so they couldn't run the risk... this time.

"Well there's another thing I've been meaning to bring up..." Sky sighed as he stood up. "That being we need more members if we're gonna take these guys out. Trust me, going up against them now, we'd be hopelessly outnumbered."

"They're really that tough?" Rainbow as she scratched her head. "Well shit. Yeah we're gonna need some back up. Course that might be hard cause of what fucking Sunset did." And just like that the room became just a few degrees colder.

"Can we not mention HER right now?" Thunderlane scoffed, pay the bowl to Gilda. "Cloud Kicker is still reassuring her parents all those rumors aren't true."

Gilda arched a brow. "But what about her relationship with-"

"So what? You a homophobe?" Thunder snarled as he glares at her. "If it is true there ain't nothin' wrong with it."

"That's not what she was sayin' Thunder." Rainbow said as she shot Gilda a quick glance as she scratched the back of her head. "Right, G?"

"Yeah, jeez. Sorry about that." Gilda groaned in embarrassment.

"Speaking of Cloudy however...." Thunderlane began, hesitating for a moment. "....she wants in."

Everyone's reactions varied, Rainbow Dash and Gilda looked uncertain, Lightning's eye started to twitch, and Sky simply started snickering. "Oooooh..... that's a tough call." Rainbow said as she looked thoughtful, one of the very few times she looked... conflicted on something before.

"Do we have to? I mean I don't really care about what she does with her lifestyle..." Lightning groaned as she sat back down, massaging her temples. "But for Gods sake every word out of her mouth is an innuendo, and then there's those numerous time she's tried to flirt with me..."

Sky couldn't stop snickering. "Oh yeah we all remember that! I've never seen your face turn so red!"

"SHUT UP SKY!" Lightning shouted as she threw a pillow. However she then quickly checked her watch. "Fuck. You guys got five minutes. And that's just him getting here. You have to go."

"I make no promises on something like that Dust." Rainbow said sincerely. "You just gotta be ready."

Pinkie Pie shivered in terror as she hid inside one of the rooms. "I just have to stay hidden, just stay hidden and he won't find me..." She mentally whispered to herself.

"Where are you slut?!" The thug shouted as he marched around the place. "Come out right now and try to act tough again! I fucking dare you!"

"Must stay hidden, must stay hidden....." She whispered as she hid behind one of the old animatronics;an old rusty Bear. She glanced at a shard of of the broken glass on the floor and saw her other half staring at her through the reflection

"We're really fucking dead if you don't let me take control right fucking now." Mena snarled at her. "You know for a FACT that I'm telling the truth."

"All right doll, listen here..." She heard the thug call out to her, his tone disturbingly calm. "While you were running I called some of my gang members. They'll be here in roughly twenty minutes so here's the deal: you show yourself, and when they get here I'll convince them to be "gentle" with you...." He said with a dark chuckle.

"Listen to him! I know you don't trust me that much but if he lives? THEN HE'LL PROBABLY GO AFTER MAUD OR LIMESTONE NEXT! OR WORSE MARBLE!"

Pinkie's eyes widened as she imagined such a scenario, her baby sister all alone and helpless, at the mercy of this violent brute and his friends....

Picking up the glass shard, she stared at her other self with an almost lifeless expression on her face. "....please... just make it end..."

At that command Pinkie's other side gleefully hopped into her body and took complete control. She chuckled evilly as her hair went flat and she began hunting for a way to finish the bastard off for good...

"This is your last warning you little bitch!" The thug shouted as he started searching the kitchen area. "Either come out right now or I promise you me and the boys will have you screaming for mercy!"

"Funny. I was gonna make you beg for mercy myself." Mena said with a dark chuckle. "I mean after all I made you beg like a little bitch before. Why not try it again?"

The thug growled as he turned to see his target standing in the doorway, her hair now matted and a dimmer color. "Aw, so the little girl finally comes out to play." He smirked as he pulled out a knife. "Now are you gonna behave, or do I have to get rough?"

Mena simply held up a shard of glass. "By the end of this, you'll be the one at my feet begging for mercy."

Meanwhile across town two figures were meeting. One was the Green Guardian but the other merely was hidden behind shadows however the outline was clearly male. "So.... no offense but why did you ask me out here?"

"Well... I require a favor involving this..." The Guardian said as she floated down towards the figure, showing him her ring. "You're the only one I can trust with this at the moment..."

"Is that right? Well I'm glad to help with whatever you need.... within reason though." The figure said as he rubbed the back of his head rather... embarrassed like.

"But of course." She sighed placed her hand on his shoulder. "You should know that I wouldn't bring you into this without a good reason... especially with everything you've gone through..."

"No it's.... it's fine." The figure said as he gently brushed her hand off. "Um.... so really what do you need? Haven't really said that part yet."

".....I need you to keep an eye on Sunset Shimmer." She stated, upon seeing the figure tense up she quickly continued. "I understand you have a... history with her, but she's becoming more unstable... and I need someone to watch over her when I cannot, someone who won't arise suspicion..."

"Please. Like I'd actually care what happens to her. If you actually knew what happened between us you would feel the same way I feel." The figure said. "She's nothing but a self centered spoiled brat. She's probably that red raging vigilante they mention on the news."

The Guardian blinked at this. "How...? W-When did you-"

"You just told me." The figure smirked.

The Guardian's eye twitched as she glared at him. "Cute, but she needs to be watched. Her power is immense... and destructive." She explained.

"Then why aren't you stopping her? Face it. Some people CAN'T be redeemed. They're just horrible people! And she's NO DIFFERENT!” The figure replied with a snarl.

The Guardian sighed as she took his hand. "Believe me, I considered taking her ring right then and there... but her ring, it's unique..." She explained as she drew him closer. "The ring was linked directly to her heart, if I had removed it she would have died immediately."

"........" The figure felt like he wanted to say something but words failed to come to him. "I... I didn't..... well would it-"

"Yes. It would. Loss of life, no matter how vile, is still tragic. Any who support it....." Guardian wanted to say more but inside she felt some guilt bubbling up. "Beside the point anyways. Can I trust you to watch over her?"

The figure looked down in sorrow. "I... I'll try..." He sighed. "I still don't trust her, but I'll watch her..."

The Guardian smiled behind her mask. "I'm proud of yo-" She was cut off when her ring started flashing.

'Warning: Large Amounts of Fear Detected'

Before she could retort, a bright yellow light shot down from the sky... and right down into the city. The Guardian scowled as she took to the air and summoned her own Power Battery.

"In brightest day, in darkest night,
All evil falls before my might,
To all who dare oppose what's right,
Beware my power, Green Lantern’s light!"

As the power flowed into her body, she glanced down at the figure for a moment. "I'm counting on you." She said before taking off.

As she flew off, the figure looked down at his hand... and sighed as he stared at the Green Ring in the palm of his hand…

In the mountain range not too far from the city, Sunset slammed her fist into a rock wall in rage. "Un-FUCKING-believable! Who does that arrogant bitch think she is!?" She screamed, letting loose a volley of energy blasts at the wall, reducing it to rubble.

"That no good...... GAH!" Sunset roared as she destroyed yet another wall near her. "She thinks she can lecture me?! ME?! I'M SUNSET! NOBODY FUCKING LECTURES ME!"

Before she could turn her attention to the rest of the forest, she noticed the same streak of yellow light flying towards the city. 'What the... another Ring?" She blinked before looking down at her own ring before smirking. "Well then, looks like I'll be getting a new power boost! And soon you'll be under MY boot, Guardian!!"

And with that proclamation she took off towards the cit, fully intent on taking this new power as her own...

"Now then. Tell me what we learned.... oh right you can't. You're in too much pain." Mena chuckled as the thug at her feet was nothing more then a whimpering mess, covered in several cuts and gashes. His legs having been badly damaged.

"P-please d-don't kill me. I-I swear I'll leave you alone! I swear! Please!" He begged Mena, who casually seemed to consider his offer.

".....eh, murder doesn't suit me anyway. I think I'll leave you hear for the cops... but if you EVER try this again? Your little boys are mine to mount on a WALL and-"

'Fear detected.'

However as she said this, a bright yellow light seemed burst through the ceiling and shot towards Mena before latching itself onto her finger.

"...what the f-GAAAHH!!!" Mena screamed as she felt a powerful torrent of energy shoot through her body. Lightning crackling around her body as she was engulfed in a pillar of light.

'Pinkamena Diane Pie of Earth. You have the ability to instill great fear. Welcome to the Sinestro Corps.'

As the light died down, Mena found herself floating in place, wearing a new outfit: A sleeveless dress with the ring's icon over her chest area, an odd-looking black corset, long black wings that acted as a cape and a cowl, long black gloves with the right one having sharp glowing claws, a black spiral pattern around the elbows and the ring's icon on the back of the hands, a deep yellow belt, and black boots with yellow soles. She also wore a tall striped yellow and black witch hat with the ring's icon in the middle.

"Your greatest fears shall fuel my drive,
To slaughter all that are alive,
Behold the terror of my might,
I'm fear incarnate, flee from my light!"

As the thus stared in horror at the spectacle before him, she turned her attention to him, causing him to freeze in terror. "Y'know, I was considering sparing you and leaving you for the cops... but it'd just be more fun to kill you!!" She cackled madly as she lunged forward and grabbed him by the neck and bringing him a hairs breath away from her face, her malicious smile now unnaturally wide. "You're gonna die alone, afraid, and begging for mercy... the same mercy that you were planning to give to me!"

"No! Wait! Please!" The thug pleaded in vain as his captor's claws extended. "No, no, NOOOOOO!!!"

Outside, screams of terror could be heard from inside the abandoned restaurant before being drowned out by a maniacal laughter....