"BB, I want you to bring Midnight Glow back." Treble ordered. All of them gave room to the person the Black Ball was now transferring.

Midnight Glow was a pale girl with violet hair, which was tied in a ponytail, with a fringe covering the right side of her face, while the hair that would cover the left side was held in place by a skull hair clip. Like all the others, she was wearing the black suit provided by the Black Ball.

"No no no no, wait WAIT!" Sunset Shimmer begged as the pictures on the screen disappeared, being replaced by her cartoonish version and her score:

MOMMA SUNNY
18 PTS / TOTAL 70 PTS
ONLY 30 MORE AND YOU'RE DONE

"Who are these--" Midnight Glow started, but was interrupted by Treble, who immediately hugged and kissed her.

"Welcome back, my love." he said before getting hit by an uppercut, hitting the ceiling and landing on his back.

"What did I told you about kissing me in public?" she said, glaring at him and crossing her arms as soon as the swelling caused by her suit being activated disappearing.

"Sorry, love, sorry." he apologized as he got up and dusted himself. "I'm just so happy to see you again. It's been so long."

"What do you mean, so long?" she looked around at the other members again. "Shit. Don't tell me I...? Shit!"

"But I finally got 100 points and brought you back. Now nothing can stand between us. Not Goldielocks, not anybody."

"Whatever happened to Goldielocks? Did she die? Please, tell me she's dead."

"Unfortunately, she didn't. She got 100 points and left the game. Hopefully, for good!"

"Yes, and let's keep it that way."

"Alright, everybody." Treble was now addressing the other members of the team. "This is my magnificent girlfriend, Midnight Glow."

"Please, call me Midna. 'Midnight Glow' is a mouthful."

"And these are Controller Roller, a.k.a. Roll, Black Pearl, Hope and Sunset Shimmer."

"Nice to meet you, miss." Hope smiled at her.

"And what's her problem?" Midna asked, pointing at Sunset Shimmer, who was still staring at the Black Ball's screen, which had faded to black long ago.

"She saw a few familiar faces and apparently isn't taking it very well." Pearl said.

"It's ok. I'm ok." Sunset said while getting up. "I was just... Suprised, that's all. Let's go home, Hope."

Hope nodded as they walked to the corridor, where they changed back into their everyday clothes and left.

"For how long I've been dead?" Midna asked.

"Exactly five months and eight." Treble answered. "I've been counting."

"Fuck! What do I do now? Just walk through the front door and tell my family I didn't mean to be gone for that long?"

He patted her on the back. "We'll think of something."

* * *

The next day in school, Sunset Shimmer was quieter than usual, completely neglecting her lunch while lost in thought.

"So, are you just going to stare at him all day or will you say something, darling?" Rarity asked.

"What?" Sunset asked back, snapping out of her daze.

"Since you sat there you've done nothing but stare at Flash Sentry without even blinking. Do you want to tell him something or...?"

"N-No, it's just..."

Just remember that Twilight will be super-duper-suuuuuuper sad if you try anything!" Pinkie Pie added with a wink.

"It's not that!" she said with a blush. "I.... Bathroom!" she got up and ran to the bathroom, locking herself in a stall and sitting on the closed lid of the toilet seat. She then sighed.

"What does it mean?" she thought out loud. "Why was he there? Who's Killer Queen? I have so many questions."

"Trixie, too, has many questions." a voice coming from the stall to her left said. "Like, why is there a girl monologuing in the other bathroom stall and making the Great and Powerful Trixie lose her concentration, making the Great and Powerul Trixie not able to finish her business?"

"S-Sorry, Trixie." she said before walking out of the bathroom.

"The nerve of some people..."

She walked back to the cafeteria but, instead of going back to the table were her friends were sitting at, she pondered going to the table where Flash and his friends were having lunch. She wanted to ask him a few things, but that could be a huge mistake and BB could kill her for spilling the beans. She decided to leave the area and go outside, then sitting on the grass with her back pressed to the horse statue.

"I wish I could tell them, Princess Twilight." she whispered while gently placing her hand on the portal. "I really do. But if they get involved, either I die or they die. What can I do?"

* * *

"We haven't been working together for too long, so I can't say much about their skills." Treble drank the rest of the cappuccino he ordered and placed the empty cup on the table. "But what I can say is that two of them appear to be above average. Roll has the marksmanship of a war veteran, and Sunset Shimmer is a very determined person, as long as she has a goal."

Midna hummed as she took another sip of her tea. "Tell me more about them."

"Roll had a head start because he was open minded from the very beginning, accepting the instructions as fact and geared up as soon as we were done explaining. It appears that he formed some sort of alliance with Pearl, because they're now working together. He could just be using her, though, since he is the one getting most of the kills. Sunset Shimmer isn't so different. Chill from the start, she put the suit on her first time around, too. She also has a mission partner, but her relationship with the little girl is more intimate than Roll and Pearl's. She protects her like a mother, and immediately drops everything to take care of her if she gets injuried."

"Um... Excuse me?" a third voice joined the conversation, one that belonged to a girl with blonde hair tied back in a ponytail. "This may seem weird but... Are you the person I'm looking for?"

"What do you mean?" Treble asked.

"It's this reminder in my phone. It tells me to come here and meet up with the boy with blue hair. You're the only one with blue hair here, so I wanted to check if it was you."

Treble shook his head. "Sorry, luv. You got the wrong guy."

"Oh. Then forgive me for the inconvenience." the blonde walked away, mumbling to herself. "I bet it's another one of that bitch's pranks. If it's war that you want, it's war that you'll get."

"So is this why you want to meet me here?" Midna asked, pointing at Goldielocks.

"Mostly! I wanted to make sure BB meant it when he said he was going to wipe her memory. And now that it's confirmed, I can proudly say that the psycho bitch is officially out of my life."

"I still can't believe you dated her after she murdered me."

"Hey, that little pretending game is what brought you back to life. You should be thankful I cheated on you after you died."

"I can't even being to describe how awful that statement was."

"You do that after we leave." he got up and placed some money on the table. "I don't want her to come back and ask more questions."

She finished drinking her tea and got up as well. "With that I can agree!"

* * *

Sunset Shimmer and Hopewell were sitting on the couch, watching the news on TV.

"Big tragedy in Canterlot Town." the anchorman announced. "Earlier this day, there was a train derailment in the south district of the city, causing 67 deaths and injuring over 400 people. The causes of the accident are still being investigated."

"Do you think they'll show up in the room?" Hope asked, looking at Sunset Shimmer.

"Some of them, probably." Sunset said before feeling a chill down her spine. "Talk about timing! It looks like we're going to find out soon."

It took about half an hour for the Black Ball to finally transfer the two of them back to the room, which had more people than usual; it was uncomfrotably full, but they could still move around by squeezing their way past each other.

"Excuse me, everybody. Hello? Please, listen." Sunset Shimmer tried to draw their attention, but they were too busy chatting amongst themselves to pay any attention to the veterans.

"Sunset? Sunset Shimmer?" a male voice called. After inspecting her surroundings, she saw two familiar faces from Canterlot High: the boy waving at her had maroon, almost brown hair, which he kept tucked under a beanie. He was accompanied by another boy, this one with shoulder-lenght bright red hair and a white scarf hanging from his shoulders.

"You two!" she said, surprised to see people she knew in there.

"Who are they?" Hope asked.

"Those two are Nolan North and Normal Norman. We go to the same school." she explained.

"What are you doing here?" Nolan asked.

"In fact, what are we doing here?" Norman asked. "What is this place?"

"Where was the last place you remember being before coming here?" she asked.

"The train." Norman explained. "We spent the afternoon hanging out at the commercial centre. We were riding the train back home when we suddenly heard a BOOM! Next thing we know, we're here."

"Oh, the train accident..." She muttered.

"Excuse me? Accident?" Nolan raised an eyebrow.

"There's no easy way to break the news so I'll just say it." she placed her hand on their chests. "Nolan, Norman, you're dead. We all are!"

"I mean what?!" Norman asked.

"Dead? The fuck are you talking about?" Nolan asked, his eyebrow still raised.

"I know it's hard to believe, but this is a place where some dead people are taken to."

"This is crazy. It's impossible!"

"Normal Norman, you study at CHS and you still use the word 'impossible'?"

He silently rubbed his chin for a moment. "You have a point. Damn shapeshifting alien horse women turning my world upside down!" Nolan punched his arm. "Ow, what the hell, bro?"

"We still breath, my heart still beats, and Norman still feels pain." Nolan explained. "Explain again how this is supposed to mean that we're dead."

"Well, technically we died. But we were put back together in here. See this as some sort of second chance."

Nolan crossed his arms. "And care to explain how you know all this?"

"Have you heard the rumor of how I got hit by a car and just walked back in school the next day?"

"Yes, the silly rumor those three freshmen were spreading, what about it?"

"It wasn't a rumor. I really did got hit by a car that day, and came back to school the next day. What they don't know is what happened in between those two moments."

"Let me guess: you came here?"

She nodded. "Yes, that's basically it."

Nolan snorted and rolled his eyes. "Now that's a fat load of bullshit."

"Yes, keep denying it. It's the first stage." a fourth person joined the conversation.

A girl was standing behind Sunset Shimmer throughout most of the conversation, but with her back turned to her and a hoodie concealing her identity.

Sunset's eyes widened. "Th... That voice..."

"Like she said, you're from Canterlot High School. Shouldn't you be used to weird by now?"

Norman took a step back. "Wh-Who are you?"

She removed her hoodie, exposing her curly, orange hair for everyone to see; it was a surprise that she managed to keep all that hair tucked under that hood, seeing as it was enough to cover her entire back. She placed her right hand on her hip and slowly turned around, glaring coldly at Sunset Shimmer with her mangenta eyes.

"Long time no see, Sunset Shimmer." she greeted.

Sunset Shimmer couldn't believe her own eyes. "A-A-Adagio..."

"Sure!" Norman said, throwing his arms up in the air. "Bring me more horse women, why don'tcha?"

"If you keep screaming like that, people will think that you're either crazy or a racist dick." Nolan North warned.

"I've been around here for over three millenia, only to die in a stupid train wreck." Adagio complained before sighing. "I miss the Middle Ages..."

"Where have you been all this time?" Sunset asked. "We looked for you three everywhere, but you just vanished."

She huffed and looked away. "Like it's any of your business."

"We wanted to help you, but--"

"Help us? You destroyed the only thing we had left of our true, perfect bodies, and now we're just powerless nobodies stuck inside perishable flesh suits. Is that what you call helping?"

"You brainwashed the entire school, someone had to stop you."

"Hello, pot. My name is kettle. Pardon me if I sound rude, but you're black!"

"Look, I know we had our differences in the past but, if we want to survive this, we have to work together."

"Wait, survive?" Nolan interrupted. "I thought you said we were dead. The dead don't need to survive!"

"I told you, we're not exactly dead, this is like a second chance. But we have to work for it."

Nolan rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Woman, you just keep making less and less sense. Do you really know what's actually--"

"In a few moments the song 'Crusader' will start playing." she interrupted him.

"Now you're just being silly."

"Just give it a moment."

Nolan kept his eyes focused on Sunset Shimmer's, who stared back at him with the hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth. A few minutes later, her prediction became reality:

"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?"

Nolan's eyes widened. "Okay, that was--"

"No, wait. There's more." she cleared her throat. "Your lives have ended. How you use your new lives is entirely up to me. That's the theory, anyways."

"I think she went full psycho." Norman whispered to his friend.

"Go on. Approach the ball. Please, I insist." she moved to behind the two boys and pushed them toward the Black Ball, Adagio following them out of curiosity. As expected, the dark sphere was showing those exact same words.

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

"Okay, okay, fine. I believe you!" Nolan said as he turned around and moved Sunset's hand away. "What do you want us to do?"

"See that thing?" she pointed at the screen of the ball, which was showing the mugshot of a humanoid creature with milky pink skin, eyes and hair that looked more like a goo splatter; its gender wasn't identifiable, since the alien had a very androgynous look.

YOU GUYS ARE NOW GOING TO FINISH THIS THING OFF:
SLIME ALIEN
CHARACTERISTICS: SLIMY, SQUISHY
LIKES: STRAWBERRY JUICE
FAVORITE QUOTE: "I like your face."

"Yes, what about that crazy internet fetish?" Normal Norman asked.

"That's our target. We have to kill it and any other alien that shows up in less than an hour. If we do, the survivors can go back home."

"Sounds like a deal!"

"How do we kill it? Wrestling it to death?" Nolan inquired.

"Give the Black Ball a moment." Sunset said. As if on cue, the sphere opened up, startling most of the newcomers. Sunset Shimmer moved to the back. "Alright, everybody, listen up. In a few minutes we'll be sent outside to hunt this monster you see on the screen of the ball. If you want to have a better chance of survival, pick up a weapon and the briefcase with your name on it, then wear the outfit you will find inside it. We don't have much time!"

As expected, most of the people in the room ignored her, and the few who payed attention dismissed her as just some junkie having an episode. She looked at Nolan and Norman, who hesitated at first, but hurried to where she was and dug up the briefcases with their names as soon as she shot them a mean glare. She then led them to the corridor, where they could change clothes.

"This feels... Surprisingly comfortable!" Norman pointed out. "Almost like--"

"Like it was made for you, right?" Sunset finished his sentence with a grin.

"I was gonna say 'like I have a latex fetish', but I guess that works too."

Her composure faltered, but she managed to keep her cool. Barely. "A-Anyway, people will start disappearing soon. Don't freak out."

Sunset and Hope walked down the corridor to get changed but someone was already there, and she was done wearing the black suit.

"I see that you decided to trust me." Sunset said with a smile while leaning forward with both hands on her hips.

"Don't get the wrong idea, I don't trust you!" Adagio said. "But I do trust my instincts, and they're telling me to listen to the crazy girl praching about how we need to wear a gimp suit and kill monsters."

It didn't took long for them to finish gearing up. The people in the room started being transferred after a while, signaling the start of the mission.

PLEASE WAIT
01:00:00

* * *

"Heh. Monsters. Give me a break." one of the people not wearing the suit said as he walked down the street toward the metro station located a few blocks away from the drop-off point.

The station was completely empty due to the time, but he was still in time to catch the last train. He sat down to wait, and that's when he heard a sloshing sound not too far away from there. Thinking nothing of it for a while, he just tried to ignore it entirely, but the sound was getting louder and more annoying to his ears; he decided to get up and investigate so he could find the source and move away from it, but he was forced back on his seat by a pair of milky pink, semitransparent and gooey arms belonging to something that was behind him. He opened his mouth to speak, but it was covered by one of the dripping jelly arms.

"I like your face." the slime creature of ambiguous gender whispered in his ear as its gelatinous body wrapped itself around his firm fleshy body. "I'll be taking it for myself, thank you very much."

A few moments after completely swallowing him with its body, the Slime Alien slid away from the bench, leaving behind a pile of melted bones. Its pink body slowly turned lime yellow, the same color of its victim's skin. The goo creature soon morphed into an exact copy of the person those bones used to be; same height, colors, face, hairstyle and clothes.

"Let's see how many other faces I can steal tonight." its voice was also a perfect copy of the deceased man's.

Author's Note

Yay, a Trixie cameo! Is she going to come back some day? Who knows?
And did you really expect me to write an Equestria Girls fanfic without Adagio Dazzle in it? Who do you think I am?

And I just noticed that the initials of my two favorite Equestria Boys are N.N., and that gives me flashbacks to the Los Angeles B.B. Murder Cases. If you know Death Note, then you most likely already read it, but if you somehow didn't, do it now. It's a very interesting novel, I bet you'll like it!

Oh, and while I don't really care about upvotes or downvotes, leaving a comment is always appreciated. Share your thoughts, I love reading them! They are to me what money is to people with a Patreon.