Roll knew he was being followed for a while now, and they were everywhere; peeking out of windows, around street corners, looking over their magazines while sitting on park benches... Since he got out of work after sunset, his stalkers, whose true indentity were not a mystery to him, would follow him all the way back home. He thought about attacking them before they had the chance to ambush him, but Roller had no way of knowing how many followed him each night, so killing one could result in half a dozen persecutors jumping on him from behind. In fact, that was probably their plan: he could always identify one or two that were barely trying to hide themselves from view, but he could also feel like there were more watching him from other places he couldn't see.

This night was different, though. They usually stopped following him at least one block before he arrived at home, but this time they followed him all the way. Not only that, but they also stepped out of the shadows, holding guns and swords. It was finally ambush night! Luckily Roll always wore his suit under his normal clothes and carried a Gib Gun is his backpack in case of emergencies like this one. It was eight against one, Roll had a clear disadvantage, but he wasn't planning on giving up; if he was going down, he was taking with him as many of those bastards as possible.

* * *

They never noticed her, but Twilight was there. She was always there. After failing to kill all of them at the aquarium, the least she could do to compensate for that was describe them to an artist, who made perfect sketches of Nolan and Controller Roller. Unfortunately Troy couldn't remember Norman's face very well since he was injuried before he could take a good look at him, but they knew the faces of two Hunters, and that was good enough. They wanted to locate and kill them both immediately, but Twilight had a better plan: if they allowed them to live there was a chance they would lead them to the other Hunters as well so they could get rid of all of them instead of just two. Twilight Sparkle volunteered to keep an eye on them while the sun was still up, so they offered her a bottle of that expensive sunscreen that protected the Vampires from the effects of sunlight.

Roll wasn't very active during the day, so Twilight only had to focus on Nolan while other Vampires watched Roll at night, which proved to be a waste of time considering he had severed ties with all the other Hunters outside the missions, so it was up to Twilight to track the others down, and she hit jackpot; just a couple of days after she started to follow him he met up with other Hunters for a training session. Of course, she wasn't going to challenge an entire group on her own - she was skilled, but the chances of survival against six Hunters were too low for her to risk it.

For the next few days she followed all of them around individually, eventually locating all of their houses. One thing bothered her, though: they were just people. Now that she was a Vampire, an alleged "superior species", her instincts were shouting at her that they were nothing but prey, but she couldn't help but feel that there was something wrong with this whole operation. Why track down and kill people who weren't even bothering them in the first place? Dahlia never gave an explanation other than 'they are our natural enemies'. Sure, Troy's injury was no laughing matter, but they did attack first; it was a case of self-defense. She was instructed to give away the location of their hideout(s) as soon as she figured out where they hid, but Twilight decided to act on her own for a while. Biologically, she was no longer human, but she still had the soul of a scientist, and she wanted to observe and study them a little longer before their imminent demise.

She was there when the blue-haired prophet approached Sunset Shimmer. She was there when two of the Hunters were slaughtered by the scorpion lady and the brain-eating caterpillar. She was there when Hope used the new gun to obliterate the most powerful of the Bug Aliens. She was there when Sunset led Adagio home, where they got intimate. She was there when Adagio's purple-haired friend scolded her for spending the night away from home without warning. And she was there when Hope woke up on that bench, looking lost and confused, and a little fearful when she approached her.

"C-Can I help you?" she asked.

"I only wanted to ask what you're doing here." Twilight said. After all, it was uncommon for her to not be accompanied by the girl with red and yellow hair, so being in that park so far away from the girl's home was nothing less than strange.

"I-I don't know, really. I was at home with my daddy, but now I'm here."

"Your... 'Daddy'?" Twilight knew for a fact that all the residents of that house were the twin girls, so this was also strange.

Hope nodded. "Yes, daddy. He's big and bald and scary!"

Twilight raised an eyebrow, wondering if those girls had kidnapped her. "Do you want me to take you back home?"

"NO!" she grabbed Twilight's arm. "Please, don't take me back there. Daddy will be mad at me and he will hurt me again. I don't want to go back home."

Twilight could tell right away when a child was lying, but nothing in this girl's behavior or body language suggested that she was making any of this up, which led to one conclusion: she had somehow lost all memories related to the Hunters, meaning that she had her value as a source of information reduced to zero. She could just turn around and walk away but, even though her instincts told her she was just an unripe fruit, she couldn't help but feel bad for the little girl, like she was a lost puppy alone in the streets for the first time. And just like a lost puppy, it was just a matter of time until she got hit by a car or something worse.

"You look hungry." she said as she turned around and walked away. "Come with me, I'll get you something to eat."

Hope wasn't sure if that was a good idea, but her hunger was stronger than her common sense, so she ran after Twilight Sparkle and held her hand so they could walk side by side.

* * *

Twilight was sitting down on a chair in a dark room. Three vampires stood behind her with their weapons ready while Dahlia stood in front of her.

"So, my dearest Twily." she said. "It's been a while since you were instructed to track down the Hunter scum, but so far you haven't brought us any results. No names, no pictures, no addresses, no nothing. You're not an amateur and, despite being one of the freshest of freshmen around here, your loyalty to the Nest is hard to be contested. It's unthinkable to imagine you're holding back information from us! But it's been too long, so I had to ask: what's going on?"

"Why do we fight?" Twilight asked. "Them, I mean. You say they are our natural enemies but, from what I could observe, they are not coming after us or even looking for us. It's the other way around! If we just stop this and leave them alone, won't they leave us alone, too?"

Dahlia Pinnata chuckled. "Oh, Twily, Twily, Twily. You couldn't possibly understand how deep this operation goes. This is bigger than you. Bigger than me. Bigger than all of us combined! You'd do best to just sit down with your pretty smooth legs crossed, listen to what we say and do as you're told." she touched the tip of Twilight Sparkle's nose with her index finger. "Understood?"

"But--"

"No more buts, Twilight Sparkle. You either understand it or you don't! Pick one and you walk out of here, pick other and you crawl out of here with no legs. Which one is it going to be? The choice is yours."

Twilight was clenching her fists, but took a deep breath and relaxed her hands.

"I understand, Ms. Pinnata..." she muttered.

Dahlia nodded at her henchmen, who left the room, soon followed by Dahlia herself.

"Just remember that there are consequences for betraying the Nest, Twilight Sparkle." she warned. "I truly hope you are not planning anything extreme."

Twilight stood up a few moments later and left the room as well.

* * *

Both Shimmer and Adagio were trying to console Sunset, who was lying in bed with her head on Adagio's lap, sobbing uncontrollably with a terrified expression on her face.

"I-I-I don't unders-stand... I searched for h-her everywh-where bu-but I..."

"You already did everything you could, Sunny." Adagio said as she petted her girlfriend.

"But, sometimes, things don't go exactly as planned." Shimmed added as she rubbed her back in a comforting manned.

"Wh-What if someth-thing happened to her? Sh-She could have been... Could have been..."

"I'm sure she's fine." Adagio said. "Someone could have found her before you did and is now taking good care of her. You don't have to assume the worse! Remember, she's a tough girl." she then offered her a tissue. Sunset thanked her before blowing her nose.

The three of them felt a shiver run down their spine. Shimmer and Adagio looked at each other and nodded. Shimmer got up and left the room while Adagio helped Sunset up.

"Come, let's get you in your suit. Don't want to go back unprepared, do you?" Sunset shook her head. Adagio smiled and opened a drawer, where her suit was stored. Adagio, who never left home without hers, was already wearing her suit under her clothes, except for the gloves and boots, which were inside her purse. She helped Sunset undress, doing her best to massage her body in the process, making sure her muscles were relaxed. Ever since Hope left the team they did all they could to look for her, but with no success, and that made her very anxious. The last thing she wanted was for the girl she loved to lose focus on a mission and wind up dead.

BB appeared to be in a hurry because Adagio was transferred soon after, but moments before her eyes disappeared from the room she saw a girl in black suit with dark blue hair crash through the window. She tried to reach for her Dual Gib Guns, but her head was completely transferred back to the black ball room. She could try and shoot blindly, but she didn't want to risk shooting Sunset. After all, she hadn't had the time to put on her suit. She sighed in relief when she saw the top of Sunset's head being transferred to the room, but immediately drew her weapons when the top of the other girl's head appeared right behind Sunset's.

Sunset was naked, but using the black suit to cover herself. The other girl, the Twilight Sparkle from this universe, had her arms wrapped around her and a sword pressed against her throat.

"Lower your weapons and I'll let her go." Twilight said.

"Like hell you will." Shimmer said, still pointing a Gib Rifle at Twilight's head. "I don't trust your kind. I never did and I never will!"

"I'm not here to fight, I'm here to talk."

"Talk, huh? Is that why you're holding Sunset hostage?" Adagio asked.

"I apologize for this, but it's a necessary evil; I needed her to come here and to make sure you wouldn't shoot me on sight. Believe me, I don't want to fight. Lower your weapons and I'll free this girl."

"Don't listen to her." Roll said. "I was ambushed by a group of Vampires right outside my house. I took care of them because I'm hardcore, but I'm positive she had something to do with that."

"I'll explain everything as soon as you lower your weapons."

"You killed Pearl." Norman said. "You killed her in cold blood. And now you want us to trust you?"

"That... That was a mistake. I mistake that will never happen again, as soon as you lower your weapons. I'll tell you everything you want to know and, in return you tell me everything I need to know. Deal?"

"And what do you want to know?" Adagio asked.

"I just want to understand why. Why are we enemies? Why do we have to mindlessly slaughter each other? I need to understand. Help me understand!"

After pondering for a moment, Adagio lowered her Dual Gib Guns.

"Really?" Shimmer asked.

"By now she could have killed Sunset and attacked us while we were distracted. She had one thousand and one opportunities to do that, but she didn't. Let's give her a chance."

Shimmer sighed and lowered her weapon. The others followed suit. Twilight Sparkle let go of Sunset and took a step back. Once Adagio made sure her girlfriend was safe, Shimmer pointed her Gib Rifle at the Vampire again.

"Wrong move!" just as she was about to pull the trigger, Adagio grabbed the weapon and pointed it to the ceiling, making her miss the shot. "What the fuck, Adagio? It was our chance!"

"Don't you get it? Sunset is alive and she's not attacking anyone. Can't you give her the benefit of the doubt?"

Shimmer let go of the weapon and Adagio gave it back to her, so Shimmer strapped it to her back. "You've gone soft, Adagio Dazzle."

"She said she's willing to share information. Do you really want to waste that opportunity?"

"And how can we trust her?"

"I will tell you nothing but the truth if you promise to do the same for me." Twilight said.

"I have no idea what the hell is going on here." Flash Sentry said.

"You are so young
And you are so free
But you're aimless
And I can't help but see
That you don't know what you really need
Are we there yet? A-A-Are we there yet?
You've done it all
From A to Z
Are you trying
To find your destiny?
One day you'll know who you wanna be
Are we there yet? A-A-Are we there yet?"

"We'll discuss that after the mission." Shimmer said. "That is, if you survive."

YOUR LIVES HAVE ENDED
HOW YOU USE YOUR NEW LIVES
IS ENTIRELY UP TO ME
THAT'S THE THEORY, ANYWAYS

"

BB's screen displayed what appeared to be a reptile with light green scales and golden eyes.

YOU GUYS ARE NOW GOING TO FINISH THIS THING OFF:
LIZARD ALIEN
CHARACTERISTICS: FAST, FIERY
LIKES: ROASTED MEAT
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Ushaaaaa!"

Author's Note

A lot of the stuff that takes place in this chapter should have taken place in chapter 13, but since I'm a big dummy who can't even read my own script, you only get to see it now. Yayzers!

Also, while talking on Skype about this fanfic with my friend John, I realized I missed a great joke for the longest time:

"DOUBLE SUNSET POWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!"

Also, this:

And I'm going to stay out of internet for a week, maybe more. Family road trip and stuff like that. So take your time reading this one.