Sonata tossed and turned in her bed. She just couldn’t sleep get to sleep. She knew the Night Drakes were still out there, doing unspeakable things to innocent people. She got up and looked out into the hallway. Aria and Adagio were still asleep. She needed someone to talk to. Fortunately for her, she was never truly alone. She extended a finger and oozed out a few ounces of fluid, which formed itself into a tiny version of Rainbow Dash. The tiny Rainbow Dash blinked her eyes as she realized she was outside Sonata again. “Hmm.” She mumbled groggily. “What's going on?”

“Hi, Dashie.” Whispered Sonata. "I can't sleep."

“Gah!” Rainbow gasped at the sight of just how massive Sonata was compared to her.

“Shhh.” Sonata shushed her. “Sorry you’re so little. I don’t want Aria or Adagio to know you’re here.”

“I was sleeping…” Rainbow yawned and rubbed her eyes. “What do you want, Sonata?”

“I need someone to talk to. And you’re the only one who will listen.”

Rainbow looked up at her captor. “Okay. What do you want to talk about?”

Sonata looked outside the window. “How should I be using my powers? I feel like I should be out there right now, stopping the Night Drakes, trying to keep other people safe. I don't know what to do, but I feel like I should be doing something. Like maybe disguising myself and becoming a real-life superhero, you know?”

Rainbow Dash looked up at her. “So let me get this straight? You plan on dressing up in a silly costume, and going out to fight crime like a superhero?”

“Um…Yes?” said Sonata nervously.

“Sonata….” Rainbow Dash sighed. “That’s the best idea you’ve ever had!”

“Really?” Sonata beamed.

“Really.” said Rainbow Dash “This is such a cool idea. I can’t believe I didn’t think of it myself!”

“I’m just trying to do good things. Isn’t that what you said?”

Rainbow Dash just ignored her, she was too caught up in the prospect of vigilantism “We’re going to need to come up with a name for you. What do you think? The Oozinator? Super Slime?”

“Goo Girl!” blurted Sonata.

“Yeah!” said Rainbow. “That’s awesome!”

“And my sidekick, Jam!” Sonata finished.

“Jam? I…” Rainbow Dash started. “Wait?” Does this mean you’re going to let me fight crime with you?” She beamed.

“Yeah.” said Sonata. “We’d work a lot better as a team.”

“You mean in my own body!?”

“Yeah! Well, technically it’s still mine, but yeah.”

“Ohmigosh! Ohmigosh Ohmigosh!” said Rainbow Dash. “I’m going to be a superhero! This is the coolest thing ever! I can’t wait to tell my friends!”

“Actually…” Sonata frowned. “I think it would be better if we avoided seeing your old friends.”

“What!?” Rainbow yelled in a high-pitched voice.

“Shh!” Sonata shushed her, gesturing towards the hallway. "Adagio might hear you..."

“Why not?” Rainbow hissed in a quiet voice.

“It’s not that I don’t want you seeing them... But until I’ve fully decided what I’m going to do, I don’t want you telling anyone about me or my powers. You understand, right?”

“Fine. Whatever…” Rainbow turned her back on Sonata and sat down in a huff.

Sonata sighed and patted Rainbow on the head with a giant finger. “Tell you what. I’ll let you talk to your friends, if you promise you won’t tell them about me or my powers. That way at least they’ll know you’re okay.”

Rainbow turned around and smiled. “Thank you!” She got up and hugged Sonata’s massive face.

Sonata giggled. “You’re welcome, Dashie.”

There was a knock on the door. “Sonata?” Aria said on the other side.

Sonata jumped and quickly shoved Rainbow Dash into her mouth. She swallowed just as Aria opened the door. “Uh, Hi Aria.” stammered Sonata. “What are you doing up so late?”

“I need to expunge waste products from my digestive system.” said Aria. “God! Human anatomy is disgusting! I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this!”

“So what do you need me for?” Sonata gulped.

“I heard noise coming from your room.” said Aria. “Who were you talking to?”

“Oh, I was just talking to…uh…myself. About the plans we have for the weekend. With absorbing all the humans… and stuff.” Sonata said, giving an unconvincing grin.

“Uh-huh.” said Aria.

“So... what do you think of Adagio’s plan?” asked Sonata, changing the subject.

Aria shrugged. “Seems like a waste of time to me. If I had your powers I wouldn’t hesitate to absorb every stinkin’ ape I came across until they started worshiping me as a god. But Adagio is always one to overcomplicate what should be simple. She's smart and ambitious, but that can get her way.”

“Yeah.” Sonata gulped. “My powers are pretty impressive. I’m still getting the hang of them.”

“You might want to experiment with them a little. Y’know, like seeing if you can split yourself to be in multiple places at once. Otherwise it will be really awkward for you to walk around as a city-destroying blob monster.”

“Hmm. I hadn’t thought of that. Hold on, let me try.” Sonata held out her hand and formed a tiny blue body out of herself, but instead of transferring Rainbow’s consciousness into the body, she attempted to shift to switch bodies. Sonata blacked out for a split second, only to regain composure standing on her own hand. “Whoa!” Sonata looked up at herself.

Aria stared at Sonata’s tiny body. “Fascinating…” she mumbled. “Can you control your larger body from there?”

“Let me try.” said Sonata. “It’s really weird being held by myself.” She mentally imagined herself wiggling her fingers, and her larger body responded.

“So are you in two places at once?” asked Aria “Can you see yourself at the same time?”

Both Sonatas shook their heads. “No. I can only be in one at a time, but I can switch between them rather quickly.” Sonata started mentally bouncing between her two bodies. “Wow. That’s disorienting…”

“Do you think you could do more than two?” asked Aria.

“Probably.” said Sonata. “But it’s a lot easier just being in one.” She picked up her smaller body and swallowed it whole. Sonata giggled. “It feels really weird absorbing myself.”

“Speaking of which, how was Rainbow Trash?” asked Aria.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean did she struggle? Was she begging for mercy? Did she suffer?” Aria gave an evil smile. “Please tell me she suffered.”

“Uh… probably.” Sonata said nervously. “She struggled a lot and begged me not to eat her. She was definitely afraid…”

“Good.” Aria smirked. “After what she did to us, she deserved to die alone and afraid. I wish I'd been able to be there.”

“Yeah…” Sonata gulped. “It felt really good.”

“I’m glad to see you’ve come around, Sonata.” Aria patted her shoulder. “I was afraid your sympathy for the humans had blinded you from seeing the big picture. But devouring Rainbow Dash like that shows you have what it takes to carry out Adagio’s plan.”

“Yeah. I just wish I didn’t have to eat so many people to do it.” Sonata sighed.

Aria chuckled. “You know what the humans say: ‘To make omelets, you have to break some eggs.’ Besides, it’s only natural that we use an inferior race like chattel. The humans do it all the time. There’s hardly a difference in our relationships.”

Sonata thought back to all the times she had drained emotional energy from someone. She had exploited them without a thought. But she couldn't help but agree with Aria in the sense that she was superior than the humans because of her age and powers. “Yeah… I guess you’re right…”

Aria stood up and gave a yawn. “Anyways. I’m going to bed. Got to have a clear head when Adagio and I plan on how we’re gonna divide up the human’s kingdoms amongst ourselves. See you in the morning!”

“You too.” said Sonata. She lay back down on her bed, which creaked under her new weight. She tried to get back to sleep, but she just couldn’t, there were too many questions running through her head. Would it be better for her to take over the world, and force the humans to play nicely? Or was it better for the humans to rule over themselves, even if that meant them endlessly butchering each other? Sonata didn’t know the answer to either of those questions, but she did know one thing. That Adagio and Aria couldn’t be allowed to have power over the humans. They were far too cruel and heartless. Sonata sighed. Even if she was to take over the world for the sake of the humans, Aria and Adagio would need to be dealt with, but they had been her friends her entire life. She could just absorb them and be done with them, or she could simply ignore them and use her power as she saw fit. Either way, they would be very angry at her.

Unable to shut her mind up, Sonata decided to go for a walk. She opened her window and disconnected an amount of slime almost the size of her forearm. Not enough for her friends to notice she was gone. Sonata transformed the slime into a pair of squirrels, and allowed Rainbow control over one of them.

As Rainbow Dash's consciousness entered the ooze, she examined her new body. “Sonata, why are we squirrels?”

“I wanted to go out without Adagio or Aria knowing. So I can’t spare a lot of slime, otherwise they'll know something’s up. This way we can wander around without drawing too much attention. Pretty clever, huh?”

“I guess so.” Rainbow Dash grinned “I guess I’m just glad to be in a separate body.”

“Why?” asked Sonata, as the pair headed down the sidewalk. “I thought it was really nice inside of me.”

“It is.” said Rainbow. “It’s just…I don’t know.”

“You miss your friends.” Sonata finished for her.

“Yeah…” Rainbow sighed.

“What’s it like?” asked Sonata. “Inside of me, I mean.”

“It’s nice. I guess.” said Rainbow “It’s soft. Warm. Safe. It’s a place of comfort. It just feels so… Artificial. Like the back of your mind can tell that something is off about the whole thing.”

“What do you mean?” Asked Sonata

“It’s hard to explain.” said Rainbow. “But every time I feel a strong emotion while I’m in there, it feels muted, like I’m not experiencing it properly. Maybe it’s an echo of your ability to feed on emotions?”

“Maybe.” said Sonata “But if so, I haven’t been feeling it. I know what emotional energy tastes like, and I haven’t been noticing any.”

“Weird.” said Rainbow. “Maybe it’s just my imagination. Regardless, I definitely prefer reality out here to in there.”

“Oh…” Sonata’s squirrel ears drooped. “I thought my body was a paradise…”

“It’s okay. It might just be my point of view. Most of the animals you’ve got in there seem really happy.”

“That’s good.” Sonata smiled. “I don’t want the people I absorb to suffer… even if they are scum of the earth..."

“Speaking of, you want to go downtown and see if there’s any crime fighting we can do?” asked Rainbow.

“Sure.” Said Sonata. “Maybe we can-!” Her words were suddenly cut off and she found herself dangling hundreds of feet in the air. An owl had plucked her from the ground and sank its talons deep into her body. Had Sonata not been made of a liquid, she probably would have died instantly from the shock. Sonata stared up at the massive birds in shock. It silently glided through the night sky without a sound.

“Hey!” Sonata shouted at the owl. “Let me go!” Sensing its prey was still alive, the bird tightened its talons, trying to crush Sonata’s body, a task which proved impossible due to her lack of a permanent anatomical structure.

“Fine, have it your way!” Sonata shot several pseudopod-like tendrils out of her body directly into the bird’s chest. The confused avian released Sonata from its grasp, but at this point, she was partly melded to the bird. She began assimilating the terrified animal as quickly as she could. The air started whipping past her, as she realized the partially-melted owl was no longer able to fly.

“Oh, crud!” Sonata gritted her teeth as the ground started rushing to meet her. She tried forming wings of her own, but found they were too thick and liquidly to properly fly. Some of the bird’s feathers had not yet been melted. Sonata hoped she could use them as a sort of glider to slow her fall. “C’mon. C’mon…” Sonata sweated as she desperately arranged the feathers into a sort of kite, but it was too late. Sonata slammed into the hard concrete at terminal velocity and splattered all over a dark alleyway. Slime and feathers flew everywhere.

“I’m dead…” Sonata thought to herself. “There’s no way I survived that fall. I’ve died and gone to heaven. Or more likely hell, given my choices in life. Hmm. I wonder if I’ve gone to Equestria’s Tartarus, or the hell that Dante fellow was talking about? Do they check your soul for that sort of thing? Like, because I was born in Equestria do I go to Tartarus? Or do I go to hell because I died on Earth? I wonder if...” Sonata's train of thought was derailed as she heard a pair of distant voices talking. She could feel something touching her… somewhere. She wasn’t sure she had a cohesive body.

The voices became clearer. “What do you think it is?” She heard a male voice say. “An alien?”

“Naw.” said another. “Didn’t ya see the feathers? It’s obviously an angel! Send from the heavens themselves.”

Sonata focused on trying to form herself into something resembling a body. She reformed her eyeballs, she looked up and saw a pair of blurry humanoids towering over her, as she was only about a foot tall. Sonata sheepishly raised her re-materializing hand. “Hi.” She panted. “This isn’t heaven is it?”

“See!” One of the figures smiled. “I toldja’ she was an angel!” He knelt down over Sonata. “Did God sendja to help us?”

Sonata rubbed her eyeballs as they refocused. “Uh, No. Well, maybe? Sort of. Who are you?” She looked up and saw a pair of hairy, old men in tattered rags. She recognized one of them as the doomsayer with his ‘judement day’ sign she had seen a few hours ago. They were hobos.

“I’m surprised God didn’t tell ya!” he grinned. “The name’s Faithful Servant.” He bowed his head. “And my paranoid cohort is Falling Sky. He thinks aliens are going to wipe us out.”

Sonata finished re-solidifying her body. “Look, it doesn’t matter what I am or where I’m from. I’m here now and I want to help. What do you need help with? Is it the Night Drakes?”

“Not really…” said Faithful Servant. “We just need somethin’ to eat. I haven’t had nothing to eat since Tuesday. I prayed God would send us something to eat. Didn't think he'd send an angel though...”

“The Night Drakes don’t really bother us.” said Falling Sky “They come out during the night and take young people, especially women. But they don’t have much interest in old kooks like us though. I guess we’re not worth messing with..."

“That’s good.” said Sonata. “I’m sorry you’re hungry, but I don’t have any food on me. Is there anything else I can do for you?”

Faithful Servant held out his left hand, which had a nasty burn on it. "Well, I have this. Got it a while back. Hurts like hell. I don't suppose you could...?"

Sonata instantly reached out to his hand and started regenerating the damaged tissue. Maybe she should go into the medical field if she were to lay low and let humanity fend for itself. She would be able to heal injuries far beyond anything human medicine could imagine. "All done." She smiled, sliding herself off the hand, revealing fresh, undamaged skin beneath.

"It's a miracle!" Faithful Servant cheered. "Praise the lord!"

“How come you’re so small?” Falling Sky asked skeptically. "I imagined 'angels' would be a lot bigger."

“I actually am a lot bigger. I just left the rest of me at ho-” Sonata started, then she remembered. “Rainbow Dash!” Sonata realized Rainbow was now walking around unsupervised. She could be anywhere in the city by now. She could be telling her friends what was going on. About her new powers. She had to find her!

Suddenly, a black van blasting a heavy metal music pulled into the alley.

“Oh no…” mumbled Falling Sky. “It’s the Night Drakes.”

“We can’t let them find the angel.” Gasped Faithful Servant. “God knows what they’d do to her.” He grabbed Sonata and rushed her over to a nearby dumpster.

“No! I can take care of myself!” said Sonata as Faithful rapidly shoved her into the container.

“Shh!” Falling Sky shushed her. “We’ll be fine. The Drakes haven’t done anything to us yet. Just stay down, okay?”

Sonata peered out of the crack in the lid. A group of tall men jumped out of the van and stepped into the alleyway. They were clad from neck to toe in leather garment studded with bits of metal. Sonata could tell from their outfits that they were undoubtedly members of the Night Drakes. One of them had dozens metal studs imbedded in his face. Sonata recognized the habit as a relatively new phenomenon among humans, as usually they tried to avoid sticking bits of metal into themselves. It was weird.

The two hobos stepped forward to meet them. The thug with the perforated face stepped forward with a cruel grin. “Well, well, well!” he chuckled “If it isn’t my two favorite crazies! What’s good with you? You getting enough to eat? Wouldn't want you starving to death.” he chuckled disingenuously.

“What do you want, Pierce?” asked Falling Skies.

“We’ve got nothing worth taking.” said Faithful Servant "And we're too old to be of any profit in that human trafficking ring you've got going."

“You're right. I'm not here to steal anything from ya.” Pierce chuckled. "Luther, you tell em' what's up."

Luther, the tallest of the Night Drakes stomped over to the two old men. He was smoking a cigarette and wearing sunglasses, even though it was around 3 in the morning. He handed them a switchblade. “You two are going to be fighting our newest member, Rumble!"

"Rumble! Get your scrawny ass out here!” Barked Pierce.

A short, young man with light gray skin and dark hair timidly stepped out of the van. “Y-yes, Pierce?”

“I’ve found us a pair of useless dregs no one will miss.” Pierce grinned “Now’s your chance to prove you’re not a pussy.” Pierce walked forward and threw a switchblade at his feet. "You do this, and you're in."

“Why do you want us to do this?” asked Faithful Servant, eliciting a chorus of laughter from the gang members.

“It’s simple. Rumble here thinks he got what it takes to roll with the Night Drakes. But he aint street material, he aint never even shived a fool before.” said Pierce “So him of one of you are gonna fight to the death, ya dig?”

Sonata gasped. He was going to kill them, or at least one of them! She had to do something. But she was way too small to pass for a human. She needed to make herself bigger. She began rooting through the garbage bags to see if there was any material she could assimilate into herself.

Falling Sky growled. "Hazing the poor kid wasn’t enough for you? You want to make him a murderer now? Why the hell would we agree to help you with your stupid initiation ritual?”

“Because if you don’t, Boomer is going to blow your fucking heads off.” Pierce gestured towards a chubby gang member grinning and brandishing a high-caliber revolver “Now pick up that knife and fight like men, or die like cowards!”

Sonata gasped. She began assimilating as much garbage into herself as she could. She noticed she couldn’t absorb the plastic bags or tin cans, but was capable of absorbing rotting food and other organic material. It felt awful to assimilate such foul material, but she had little choice I'm the matter.

Falling Sky stepped forward “Look, we’re starving, old men. There’s no way we can take this kid on.”

“Pfft, I know you’re not gonna win the fight.” Pierce rolled his eyes. “The point is to show that Rumble’s willing to kill. The Night Drakes don't take in pussies.”

“Can’t we talk this over?” pleaded Faithful Servant.

“I’m afraid not. Rumble is gonna kill someone tonight, one way or another. Maybe I just need to give you some incentive.” Peirce shook his head and pulled a handgun. “The person who fights gets a chance to defend themselves. The pussy gets shot. Now which of you is it gonna be? Who’s fighting and who's dying?”

“Hold up!” Sonata burst out of the dumpster. She stood at a height of close to 4 feet, less than her original height, but enough to pass for a short woman. She had altered her skin to resemble a costume of purple and white skin-tight spandex with a mask around her eyes to conceal her identity. Not that it mattered much, given her ability to change shape. “I will fight for these men!” Sonata declared triumphantly.

The two hobos gasped. “The angel! She’s grown…” Faithful Servant muttered quietly.

The thugs pulled their guns. Luther, Boomer, Rumble and the other just stared in disbelief. Pierce started laughing “What the hell is this? Didja get lost on your way to an anime convention!?” He wheezed.

Sonata didn’t back down. She slowly walked towards the gangsters, who made sure to keep their guns trained on her. “I will fight your new recruit to protect these two.” She said as she fearlessly walked forward.

Pierce continued laughing. "You serious bitch? What? Do you think your some sort of superhero or something?”

“Yes.” Sonata said bluntly, which elicited another maniacal laugh from the gang leader. Sonata continued. “What’s the matter? I thought the Night Drakes were supposed to be tough. And here you are preying on a pair of old hobos, like that makes you big men!”

Pierce grinned “Night Drakes own these streets, we don’t gotta prove nothing to you. I’m the one holding all the cards. I could order my boys to kill you all right now, if I wanted.”

“But you don’t.” Sonata said seductively as she walked right up to Pierce, running her finger across his face. “Otherwise you would have by now.”

One of the gang members grabbed Sonata’s shoulder, but Pierce gestured for him to stand down. Pierce gave a grin. “So what do you think I want?”

“I think you know.” Sonata purred. “Maybe we can strike some sort of deal. You came out here to give your new member an opportunity to prove that he’s badass enough to join up with you. But really, is an underfed, old hobo really going to be a challenge for him?”

“No.” Pierce frowned “But it's not about the challenge, It’s more to prove that he has the guts to kill.”

Sonata laughed. “Anyone can kill. I’ve seen it lots of times. It doesn’t make you tough, It just proves you’re weak."

“Yeah?” Pierce lunged forward and delivered a debilitating backhand to the back of Sonata’s face, sending sprawling onto the floor. Sonata looked up at him with a look of anger. She would have eaten him right them and there if his goons weren’t actively threatening the two hobos. Peirce loomed over Sonata and planted his foot on her chest. “Look, bitch. I use violence to get what I want, and you know why? Because it works! I don't have to make any sort of deal with you, especially when you're so ripe for the taking. I don't take crap from no one, but especially not delusional cunts like you!”

“What do you think, boss?” asked Luther. “Should we take her down to the docks? She's quite the looker. That'd bring in a big amount of green.”

“No. She’s pissed me off, and you all know what happens to people who piss me off.” Pierce placed more weight on Sonata. The gang members laughed. “But she's hot. So we’re gonna have some fun with her first.” Pierce grinned.

“Uh, boss…” gulped another Night Drake. “You might want to make this fast and quiet. Place's deserted, but the fuzz sometime do patrols here at night. Might wanna keep it relatively clean."

"Aw, shut up, Sparks!" Luther mocked. "They only come down here if they get a call. Keep this quiet and we'll be fine."

Sonata slowly stood up and looked Pierce in the eye “I’m not afraid of you...” She grunted.

“OOOooo!” Pierce mocked her “Look at you! You’re so brave and selfless. I bet you place other’s lives before your own. So let me give you a sample of what’ll happen if I you don’t cooperate.” He walked over to Faithful Servant and simply thrust a switchblade straight into his abdomen.
Faithful grunted in pain and staggered around for a brief moment before blood began trickling down his shirt. He collapsed to the ground in pain.

“NO!” Sonata gasped.

"Ohh… he's bleedin' real bad, boss." Rumble’s look of surprise couldn't have been more obvious.

Pierce spun around, a look of utter disgust in his face. "Let the tramp bleed out, he’s not our problem!" Pierce scowled, quite unceremoniously cleaning his knife on Faithful’s trenchcoat A small puddle of blood began forming at the open wound as Faithful fell to his knees.

"I failed…" Sonata cried, tears welling up in her eyes. She had been an optimist all her life, despite the hardships of having been an outsider looking in, she had always kept a positive attitude. She had always found humanity fascinating, but was able to do little to prevent them from butchering each other. But on her first opportunity to defend the people from evil, she had failed… and an innocent man was going to die because of it.

Falling Sky ran to his fallen friend. Faithful Servant was alive but only just, he breathed heavily and sobbed. “You monsters! You inhuman monsters!” yelled Falling Sky.

“Can it, worm.” Luther threatened him with a pistol.

“You see, that’s the danger of caring about others.” Said Pierce “You can’t stand to lose them. Look at me! I don’t give a shit about anyone except myself. I’m beholden to no one. I’m a free man.” He smiled as he kicked Sonata’s face.

Sonata groaned. It didn’t particularly hurt, because she was made of ooze. It was more the embarrassment of failing to protect Faithful and allowing this thug to take advantage of her. And the worst part was he was right. If she didn’t care so much about protecting the two hobos she would have absorbed the entire gang by now.

“Maybe you are a superhero…” Pierce said hypothetically. “Maybe you have super strength, or laser vision, or something that would let you take us all out in an instant if you wanted. But it doesn’t matter, because the moment I threaten an innocent, you become a helpless little puppy…” He stomped on Sonata again. “That’s what you are! Your compassion for others drags you down! But it doesn't matter, because you don't have any superpowers. You're just a weak, stupid bitch!” He stomped her in the stomach with each word.

“You have no idea what I am…” Sonata growled.

“Sure I do.” Pierced smirked “You’re the delusional bitch in a stupid costume who’s gonna suck my fat cock.” He started undoing his belt.

“I’m over 2000 years old. I’ve manipulated your political leaders throughout recorded history. I've made tyrants and murderers far worse than you dance like puppets on a string. You’re nothing compared to me, brute.” Sonata snarled. "I look forward to making you pay for what you've done."

“Whatever, bitch.” Pierce shoved his dick in her face. “Now get sucking. If I like it... who knows? I might just go easy on the stupid hobo.”

Sonata grinned. This was her chance. “Oh, I’ll suck it all right, and I promise you It'll be good.” Sonata smiled. “I’ll give you the best blowjob of your life…”

"That's what I like to hear." Pierce smirked. His cock was already oozing with anticipation. The bastard seemed to really get off on his cruelty. Sonata opened her mouth and placed it over the tip of his cock. She instantly started oozing herself into the texture of his skin, absorbing his flesh and stimulating the nerves within his genitals, causing his legs to grow weak. “Oh god…” Pierce shuddered.

Sonata wasn’t finished. She started drooling slime all over Pierce’s cock head. The nimble slime gently eased open his slit and gently slimed into his body, stimulating him even further. Pierce moaned, he could feel the slime working his shaft both inside and out. Pierce was a well-endowed son of a bitch, the type of person Sonata would of happily slept with him if they had met under different circumstances. It was a shame that he was such a sadistic bastard, even still, Sonata had to admit she was enjoying herself.

“She good, boss?” asked Luther.

"Yeah, was she worth keeping' alive?" asked Boomer.

“She’s fucking incredible!” Pierce moaned, as he fell backwards against the alley walls. "Oh...God....oh God! I feel like I'm melting!"

Once inside his scrotum, the slime began subtly massaging his testes, sending him into a spasm. She swallowed all of the pre-cum that was slowly but surely leaking from his tip, but she didn’t assimilate it, despite it being a rich protein source. Sonata took a brief moment to catch her breath. “You think that’s good? You haven’t felt anything yet!”

Sonata took in another breath before going back on the offensive, this time focusing on Pierce’s entire cock. Her gelatinous throat meant she could pleasure the entire length with no discomfort or difficulty. The gang members watched in amazement as she swallowed Pierce’s massive member all the way up to his balls. Sonata could feel him tensing up with pleasure. The ooze she had inserted into his cock had made it to his testes. It was warm, slimy and heavy inside there. She started to take over his testes and made sure they stayed active. The slime quickly started spreading. In seconds it was working its way through his entire body, taking over nerve endings, blood streams and vital organs. Pierce started babbling incoherently. Sonata was ordering all his nerves to fire their dopamine receptors as she completely took over his nervous system.

“Boss?” Rumble gulped “You alright?”

“She’s…” Pierce babbled. “She’s got the best head ever… She’s... –OH!” Pierce moaned as Sonata allowed his testes to discharge. A massive amount of sweet cum burst from his cock into Sonata's body, given that Sonata was in full control of his nerves, she felt the intense orgasm as well, she pulled out and gave a tremendous moan. Pierce's cock continued to erupt like a fountain, oozing a mixture of his own seed and Sonata's slime.

Sonata looked up and gave a smile to the rest of the gang. “Told you I was good,” she smirked.

Pierce just sat their panting. Unbeknownst to him, Sonata had completely taken over his bodily functions. He was only breathing because Sonata had decided he was allowed too. "Y-your right..." Pierce shuddered "I should have listened..."

“So now what, boss?” asked Boomer. “You want me to waste the hobos?” He said crossing his fingers.

In Pierce’s mind, he had ordered them to be loaded into the van, so they could be killed in a safe location. But Pierce was no longer in control. He was a spectator in his own body, listening to his own voice giving orders contrary to what he actually wanted. “No." Pierce said flatly. “Don’t kill them. Everyone back in the van. Let’s go! And make sure our new friend has a seat in the back.”

The Night Drakes scurried towards the van. Boomer and Luther grabbed Sonata and dragged her to the back of the van. You behave yourself back there." Luther warned.

"Yeah, you try anything smart, and I’ll bust a cap in that nice ass of yours.” Boomer threatened before tossing her in.

Pierce started growling with a slight slur in his voice. It was a lot harder for Sonata to control him now that she no longer had eye contact with him. Hopefully she could maintain control long enough for her to get Falling Sky out of harm's way.

Falling Sky examined Faithful Servant. He had lost a lot of blood. “Please, you have to help!" He pleaded.

Pierce just ignored his pleas and stumbled towards the passenger’s seat, where Luther was sitting. “Move.” Pierce said flatly, his eyes twitching as he struggled to regain control of his body.

Luther looked at him with a look of confusion. “But aren’t you going to drive, boss?”

“No.” Pierce moaned. “Don’t feel like to do for now…”

The Night Drakes in the back of the van looked concerned.

“What’s the matter, Pierce?” Luther grinned nervously. “Did she suck out your brains or something?"

“What if she really does have superpowers?” Sparks gulped “What if she did something to him?” He looked over at his buddy. "Sparks, what do you think?"

"Well I..." Sparks started, before hearing a visceral slurping noise coming from the back of the van. The two looked at each other nervously, looked over the dividing seat to see the three Night Drakes behind them quivering erratically.

“Are you guys alright?” Rumble asked. Then they noticed there was some sort of pseudopod reaching out of the van’s cooling vents that had attached to the necks of the gangsters in the back of the van. Their bodies had become frail and weak. Their limbs and faces were shriveling, and a curious blue tint was moving around their body, causing them to become limp wherever it traveled, as if it was melting them from the inside.

“C’mon!” Luther yelled “We gotta help em'!” He jumped into the back and tore a pseudopod away from one of the Drake's necks and dragged him out of the van.

Sensing it was no longer attached, the freed pseudopod whipped around violently, before lashing around the neck of the other gangster in the middle seats. It violently pulled him into the half-melted remains on the three in the back, sending ooze flying all over the car as he was liquified as well.

He still looked sickly, as his bodily structure melted down more and more. “Aggro! C’mon! Snap out of it!” Sparks raised a hand and smacked him across the face, causing it to shear clean off, but instead of flesh and blood behind the melted skin, there was only thick, blue ooze underneath.

To make things even worse, he now had the blue ooze all over his right hand, which immediately started to lose its shape, before moving up the length of his arm. “AHHHH! Get it off! Get it off of me!” Sparks yelled. His arm had become completely numb, but the slime was still voraciously melting every part of him. Within seconds it had taken over his chest and working its way up to his head.

“I can’t!” Yelled Luther “If I touch it, It’ll eat me too!"

Sparks stopped yelling as the slime made its way to his head, forcing some of itself out of his mouth as his tongue was absorbed. In mere seconds, his hair fell out and his facial features melted into a slimy fluid.

Rumble started backing away in horror, but Boomer had completely snapped, he raised his gun towards his slime-covered colleague and fired his entire clip into his half melted body. "YAAAAA!! Die! Die! Die!" The body absorbed the bullets, and lunged towards the terrified gangsters with an inhuman lunge before melting into a harmless puddle at their feet.

Luther fell to the ground and wiped the sweat from his brow. His heart was pounding like an anvil. “I guess that’s that...”

“We have to go!” Rumble whimpered “That things not gonna stop!”

“Dude, relax." Boomer grinned "I wasted that thing. We’re gonna be fine.”

Suddenly, a mass of blue ooze burst out of the back of the van and formed into a nude, humanoid form. It was Sonata, only she was 10 feet tall. She looked down at the hoodlums with a look of absolute glee, licking her lips.

Rumble screamed like a frightened squirrel and immediately ran out of the alleyway as fast as his legs would carry him. But Luther was completely frozen with fear and didn’t resist in the slightest as Sonata picked him up and shoved him face first into her stomach. Sonata could feel his warmth in her belly, and completely absorbed him within seconds. But Boomer had been quick and evaded her grasp, he immediately ran over to Falling Sky and put his massive gun against his head.

The terrified hobo stood against the alley wall, unsure of what he should be more afraid of, the murderous thug holding a gun to his brow, or the 10 foot tall slime monster gleefully digesting another human being as a meal. Falling Sky chose the former, as the alien hadn't threatened to kill him yet. He timidly attracted Sonata's attention. “Excuse me…?” he gulped. “Giant alien slime girl? Help... please?”

Sonata snapped out of her digestive trance and looked down at the tiny humans. Sonata gasped. She had gotten so caught up in absorbing the Night Drakes, she had almost forgotten why she was fighting them in the first place.

"Don't you dare try nothing!" yelled Boomer. "I'll blow his fucking brains out! I swear I'll do it!" He said with unnatural fury in his voice.

"What do you want?" Sonata glared.

"I want you out of the way." He barked "Me and him are going to get into that van, and you're going to leave us the hell alone!"

"B-but how do I know you won't just shoot me the moment we're away..." Falling trembled.

"You don't." Boomer sneered.

Sonata just stood there. If she stayed, Falling was going to die. But if she let Boomer go, he was likely to die anyway, and this murderer would escape.

"You've got ten seconds!" Boomer warned. "If you're still here, then I'll paint the walls with his brains!"

"Don't let him go!" Falling yelled "He'll just kill me anyways!"

Boomer responded by firing a round into Falling's foot, sending him to the ground, yelling in pain. "You shut your mouth. If I go, these faggots go with me! Got it?"

Sonata looked at the wall behind Boomer and noticed a familiar blue slime oozing down it. It was her slime, but she wasn't controlling it. A slimy tendril oozed out and quietly reached for him.

"Rainbow Dash..." Sonata smiled.

"Huh?" Boomer turned around just in time to see the tendril leap towards him, melting a hole in his chest and burrowing in with uncanny speed.

Sonata quickly lashed out with her tendrils as well, making sure to grab Boomer's firearm and absorb it. Once it was inside of her, Sonata applied a massive amount of pressure to the weapon, crushing it into scrap.

Rainbow's tendril poured more and more slime into Boomer's chest until it started to ooze out his nose. He melted down into an inert puddle of slime before reforming into the humanoid form of Rainbow Dash wearing what appeared to be skin-tight red spandex with a white 'Jam' embalmed on her chest.

"You came back!" Sonata smiled. "I thought for sure you would have run off to see your friends."

"What? and abandon you?" Laughed Rainbow "No way! Besides, you still control my body, remember?"

"Well regardless of why you came back, I'm glad you did. You just saved this man's life. How did you find me?"

Rainbow Dash shrugged and spat a metal stud out. "I don't know. I could just sort of sense what general direction you were in. Probably because I'm a part of you. The gunshots are what really gave it away though. I trust he was a Night Drake?"

Sonata nodded.

"I see what you mean when you say absorbing people feels nice." Rainbow "I thought you were just making excuses, but jeez. Feeling him become me... it's indescribable."

Falling Sky looked Rainbow Dash and froze. “You’re one of them, are-aren't you?” He gestured towards Sonata. "An alien?"

“Technically, yes.” said Rainbow. “She's the alien. But we mean you no harm. Are you all right?”

Falling Sky was visibly terrified, not that anyone could blame him. He started blurting out the entire situation without stopping to breathe. “Well my buddy and I were minding our own business when all of the sudden, one of you shape-shifting aliens fell out of nowhere. And then we were attacked by the Night Drakes, and then... and then..."

"He's going into shock!" Rainbow gasped. "I've got this one! See if you can save the other!"

As Falling calmed himself down, Sonata kneeled down and shook her head. “I don’t know. He’s lost a lot of blood... I can repair damaged skin with my powers, but I don’t think I can replace blood with my own. Maybe if I were to collect all of his blood and filter it, I could…”

“It doesn’t… matter…” Faithful Servant groaned.

“Shh!” Falling Sky ran his fingers through his friend’s hair. “It’s going to be okay! She's going to save you!”

Sonata polymorphic her fingers into pseudopods and held them above the stab wound. "I'll see what I can do, but this might be beyond my ability to heal."

Faithful held up a hand. “No…” He slowly shook his head “Insides ripped apart…” he coughed. “Lungs… filled with blood… I’m not long… for this world…”

“Don’t talk like that! I’m not letting you die!" Sonata yelled “I’m going to save you!” She expanded her body like a kite and completely engulfed the mortally wounded hobo.

Falling Sky gasped as his friend’s body was dissolved into slime. Despite the gravity of the situation, Sonata found the experience very pleasing. She could feel all of the old man’s memories flowing into of her. There was so much guilt, regret and shame. Sonata couldn’t believe what she was seeing. This man had once been in a gang!

Yet he had redeemed himself. He had renounced his past life, and found something he could believe in. It wasn’t necessarily what Sonata believed in, but it was something. A purpose. A desire to do better. To make up for his past mistakes. She felt like she was in the same boat. She could hear Faithful’s voice. “Did I make it?” He asked.

“Make it?” Sonata thought back. “To heaven?”

“I understand if I didn’t.” Faithful sighed. “I’ve tried to do good, and to serve my fellow man… But it won’t make up for the terrible things I’ve done.”

“No! It’s okay, Faithful.” Sonata mentally comforted him She did everything she could to make Faithful’s ‘soul’ as happy as possible. “I’ve seen your problems and your attempts to redeem yourself. You’re an inspiration.”

“I was so wrong.” Faithful sobbed. “I don’t deserve it. But, please, give me refuge in your kingdom.”

“Don’t worry. Of course you can stay.” Sonata smiled. “My bod-er, kingdom is a sanctuary for all humanity. Even the irredeemable.” The souls of the Night Drakes Sonata had just absorbed appeared. “I will cleanse you of your negative emotions, and make you a part of me forever.”

The souls gave a sigh of bliss as they felt their negativity being stripped away. All the negative emotions inside of them were gone. This left some of the souls more stripped than others, but regardless they had achieved a state of total peace. Faithful Servant let out a tear. “Thank you…” He whispered before he became part of the ‘consciousness’ that inside Sonata. “Thank you…”

“You’re welcome.” Sonata smiled as the ethereal flicker of her own mind faded away. She returned to reality by forming sensory organs on the outside of the featureless blob that made up her body. It felt good when she helped people. In fact, it felt really, really good. Sonata looked down at herself. “I can feel them all moving inside of me.” She purred. “It’s incredible…” She could feel every single soul she had ingested all thanking her for removing their negativity.

“Did you save him?” Falling Sky tapped on Sonata’s hips. He seemed to have calmed down somewhat. Rainbow Dash had a pseudopod wrapped around his foot, and was trying to repair the wound he had received from Boomer.

“Yes. But I had to absorb him entirely.” Sonata rubbed her stomach “Don't worry. He’s safe and sound inside me…"

"Umm. Sonata? Who's this?" Rainbow pointed behind her.

Pierce was behind her, moving like a decaying zombie and holding his gun at her. Sonata leapt over to him with a look of pure anger of her face and knocked him to the ground with a single, powerful swipe. Pierce's arm involuntarily held his gun up to his own head.

Sonata lay down on top of Pierce, setting her giant breasts down on his half-melted chest. "Your body is mine, but your mind has yet to be assimilated." She growled "It's still tied to your frail, little brain. If that goes, you go with it!" Pierce unwillingly cocked his gun and placed his finger over the trigger, all while sobbing thick tears of Sonata's slime. She was using his own body to threaten him!

"Sonata!" gasped Rainbow Dash "What are you doing?"

Pierce's finger caressed the guns trigger. Thick, blue tears streamed down Pierce's cheeks, his lower lip quivered in fear.

Sonata looked him right in the eye and spat in his face. It was semen. His semen. The semen from the blowjob Sonata had given him. She hadn't absorbed it. "I should make you pull the trigger... It would be no less than you deserve." she snarled. "You're a murderer, a slaver, a rapist. The lowest scum of the Earth! It's no less than you deserve!"

Pierce's arm fell limp and his gun clattered to the ground. His terrified eyes looked up at Sonata in shock.

"But I have to believe in second chances." Sonata sighed. "I was like you once. I exploited humanity for my own selfish benefit. To simply destroy you without giving you a chance to redeem yourself would be hypocritical. Mayhap's you can make amends with the man you almost stabbed to death. You will get along, or I will make life inside of me very unpleasant. Do you understand?"

Pierce timidly nodded.

"Good. Rest easy, for he's a compassionate man. I'm sure he'll forgive you." Sonata waved her hand, causing Pierce's limp body to melt into sludge, which she quickly absorbed. She wandered over to Rainbow Dash. "I think we're done here. Let's go home. I'm looking forward to a nice, warm ba-"

Rainbow extended her arm and placed a finger over Sonata's mouth. “Shh! Do you hear that?”

“Hear what?” Sonata gulped. Then it started to get louder and louder. It was police sirens. “Oh no… Someone must have heard the gunshots!”

“We’ve got to get out of here! Get in the van!” Rainbow yelled, hopping into the driver’s seat.

Falling Sky's foot was still damaged. He slowly limped towards the van. Sonata wrapped a pseudopod around him and effortlessly picked him up.

“Gah!” He protested.

“Sorry…” Sonata winced before tossing him into the side of the van. She then compressed her body so she could force herself into the van. She was so large, she took up almost the entire middle section of the van by herself.

As Rainbow Dash started the ignition, two police cars pulled in front of the alleyway entrance. The officers immediately pulled their guns on the idling van. "It's the Night Drakes!" One of them shouted.

“Freeze!” Another shouted. "Turn off the vehicle and come out with your hands up!"

"If they see me, I'll have to eat them." Sonata warned. "There's no way I can shape shift out of this when I have this much mass."

"Not on my watch. Sorry, officers..." Rainbow Dash floored the gas and was barely able to squeeze the van between the cars.

One of the cops reached over and emptied his handgun into the driver’s side window as the car sped down the road. Shattered glass flew everywhere, causing Falling Sky to scream and cover his head in terror. "We're being shot at! Oh, God! We're being shot at..." he cried.

“Relax.” Sonata said calmly “We’re fine.”

Rainbow Dash sped down the road. The police quickly got back in their cruisers and began chasing them. “I can’t believe he didn’t hit you!” Falling Sky looked up at Rainbow Dash. “He was firing at point blank!”

“He did hit me...” Rainbow looked back, revealing that half of her face had been ripped apart by bullets. Blue slime oozed out of her wounds.

“Ohmygosh!” Falling gasped “We’ve got to get you to a hospital! How are you still alive?”

“We’re made of slime!” Rainbow strained as she whipped the van around an intersection. “Bullets won’t do anything to us. We don’t need to go to the hospital, if anything we'd just scare the crap out of them. Or worse, they'd find out we're not human and try to turn us into some lab experiment. No hospitals!”

“Actually…” Sonata said. “Maybe we should head there. I've got an idea.” Sonata oozed a large amount of her slime out the van's windows.

“What?” Rainbow Dash grunted as her face reformed, chunks of lead worming themselves out of her neck. "Why would you want to go there?

"We've got to get these guys off of us. The hospitals our best bet." Sonata looked out the back. The two cruisers were almost 100 yards behind them. “See if you can lose these guys for just a second, then head there. Trust me!”

“You don’t even know how to drive!” Rainbow hissed “Why should I trust you?"

“Because that’s what friends do, Rainbow.” Sonata said solemnly.

Rainbow sighed. “Alright… let’s see what this hunk of junk can do!” She pressed the gas all the way down and started nimbly weaving through traffic. Sirens blared and drivers honked as she sped down the road.

“Be careful!” Falling Sky shrieked. "You're going to cause an accident!"

“I know what I’m doing!” Rainbow growled, as she barreled towards a red light, the intersection bustling with heavy traffic in both directions. Several semi-trucks were barreling through the oncoming traffic. Rainbow Dash just stomped on the accelerator, sending them speeding towards the intersection.

“What are you doing!?” Falling Sky screamed “You’re going to get us killed!”

“Shut up! I’ve got this!" Rainbow Dash gritted her teeth. "There’s a gap!” There was a tense, pregnant second as the van pulled into the busy intersection. At the last second, Rainbow Dash put on the brakes and drifted into the traffic heading east, towards the hospital. All while narrowly avoiding a collision with a semi-truck, that honked angrily at them. The cops were much less willing to risk a head-on collision and screeched to a stop.

“Alright. I’ve lost them.” said Rainbow. “But it’s not going to take them much time before they find us again.” She gestured towards a police helicopter scanning traffic above them. "You got a plan?"

“Just slow down to the speed limit.” Sonata said calmly. “Obey all your driving laws."

“People here are only going 45.” said Rainbow. “They’ll catch us in no time."

“Do it!” Sonata said calmly. "Act natural."

The helicopter placed its searchlight right over them and held it. “They’ve seen us, Sonata…” Rainbow said nervously. "We've got to move..."

“Don’t do anything out of the ordinary.” said Sonata “Just act cool.”

The light in front of them turned red. Rainbow had no choice but to stop as the two searchlights ominously illuminated the van.

Falling Sky gulped. “Y-you’re not going to use me as a hostage, are you…? When they catch you…?”

“We’re not getting caught.” Sonata grinned. “Look!” The two helicopters moved their searchlights off the van and continued to sort through traffic.

Rainbow Dash breathed a heavy sigh of relief just as the light turned green and she proceeded through the intersection.

“Turn into the hospital parking garage up ahead,” Sonata whispered. “Then drive to the top floor. There’ll be less traffic there.”

Rainbow did as she was instructed with a look of disbelief. “How did we manage to get past those cops?” she laughed. “I thought they had us for sure.”

“It’s simple.” Sonata chuckled as the van pulled into the garage. The gate opened automatically for them. “They were looking for a white van, not an ambulance.”

Rainbow looked at one of the van’s reflection in the windows of the parked cars and saw she was in fact, driving what appeared to be an ambulance. “How did you…?”

“I covered the van with a layer of myself and changed the van’s appearance.” Sonata smiled “It’s probably not perfect, but enough to fool a search helicopter.”

“That’s brilliant!” Rainbow laughed. “So you’ve absorbed the van?”

“No.” said Sonata. “It’s only a skin. I don’t seem to be able to absorb non-organic things.”

“Ah. That would explain why I had so much trouble absorbing dirt on my way to find you. My body kept rejecting it. I had to go with a tree instead. It was weird. I don’t know how you can stand eating things like that.”

“Living things do taste a lot better.” Sonata said, eliciting a look of concern from Falling Sky. “Shh! It’s okay. I’m sorry. I have no intention of absorbing you.” She said reassuringly.

“I never asked for any of this to happen!" Falling shivered "I knew aliens were real, but I never thought they'd be anything like you two. I don't know what to think...”

“We can’t just let you go, you've seen too much. I could modify your memories,” Sonata formed a pseudopod from her finger. “But it wouldn’t be a perfect memory, and given how paranoid you seem to be, you’d probably assume aliens had messed with your brain.”

“I don’t want you screwing around with my head!” Falling Sky yelled.

“Why not just let him go?” Rainbow shrugged. “He’s an old kook. It’s not like anyone will believe him.” She looked back to see Falling looking perturbed. “No offense.”

Sonata sighed. “I’m worried about him. It’s a dangerous world out there, and I want him to be safe. He nearly died today and he lost his best friend. It feels like throwing a wounded fish back into a lake full of sharks.”

“I don’t want you to eat me!” Falling growled.

“But you’ll be safe inside of me!” said Sonata. “As far as I know, my body is indestructible. Rainbow Dash is part of me, and she was shot in the face and survived.”

“How do I even know I can trust you?” Falling Sky mumbled. "How do I know I even know Faithful is okay inside of you?"

“Here, I’ll show you.” Sonata concentrated to find the essence of Faithful Servant. Upon finding him, she molded him a body out of her hand and set him down on the dashboard.

Falling Sky watched in amazement as the miniature of his friend started walking around. Faithful Servant looked around with concern. “Where am I?” he gasped.

“It’s okay.” Sonata loomed over him. “You're still safe. You’re only outside my body.”

He looked up with beaded eyes and pouted lips at Sonata. “Did I do something wrong?" He asked "Have you abandoned me?”

“Not at all. You're a good person.” Sonata ruffled his hair with her fingertip. “I just wanted you to explain to your freind that there is nothing to fear inside of me.”

“My goddess speaks the truth. Her body is an unmitigated paradise that no earthly sensation can compare to. I believed I was in the paradise of heaven itself.”

“Goddess!?” Falling Sky said flatly.

Faithful Servant spoke with joy in his voice. “Only a fool would turn down an opportunity to experience true nirvana within the flesh of Sonata! Please join me, Falling!”

Sonata blushed. Even she felt that was talking her up a bit much.

“No! It’s a trick!” Falling Sky shouted. “He’s just a puppet! You’re making him say those things!”

“How dare you slander her?!” Faithful Servant yelled. “Do you not trust your old friend?”

“You’re not my friend…” Falling Sky growled. “You’re… You’re just a marionette for her!”

Faithful Servant sighed “I don’t blame you. It seems far too fantastic to believe. A heavily being made of slime who's body is a paradise on earth. I wouldn't buy it either if I hadn't seen it.”

“We don’t intend you any harm. There’s no reason for you to be so afraid of us.” said Sonata. “If you want to go, then by all means, go.” She opened the side of the van.

Falling Sky jumped out the side of the van and looked back. "Why are you even on this planet? What is it that you aliens plan on doing? With humanity? And the Earth?”

“I’m not sure yet.” Said Sonata. “But rest assured that my actions are benevolent.”

“She’d be doing you a favor.” squeaked Faithful Servant. “The outside world is hell compared to her glorious utopia of her body.”

Falling rolled his eyes. “Do you really expect me to believe that’s Faithful Servant? Give me a break.”

“Remember when you found that can of half-rotted chestnuts two days ago?” Faithful yelled in a high-pitched voice. "You told me it was 'the worst thing you'd ever eaten.' Remember?"

“How do you know about that?” Falling backed up.

“Because I really am Faithful Servant.” The miniature explained “I was born somewhere in South Ohio, I think. My parents abandoned me, and I was raised in an orphanage. I hated it there. When I was in my early teens, I ran away and joined a gang, the Timber Wolves. For almost 10 years, the gang was my life. During this time, I committed all manner of sins; stealing, sexual assault, selling drugs... I was horrible. But I thought my gang would always have my back…”

“But they didn’t…” Falling Sky muttered. “You’ve told me this story.”

“During a police raid, I was caught by the law. I expected my crew to bail me out, but they left me to rot. During my time in prison, I found religion. When I got out of jail, I had nothing until I met you.”

Rainbow Dash looked back. “You two aren’t a thing, are you?”

Faithful chuckled. “No. It wasn’t in my religion, and Falling’s door didn’t swing that way. But we had each other. We had companionship. We were the only ones who would listen to each other. That's what was important."

“It really is you, isn’t it?” Falling smiled.

“Yes.” Faithful smiled back. “And I invite you to join me, so we can be together again.”

Sonata allowed Faithful to re-enter her hand. “It’s up to you.” She said. “I don’t think I can restore you back if I fully absorb you. You’d become part of my body.”

Falling Sky thought for a second and chuckled. “I suppose if you really wanted to absorb me, you wouldn’t need my permission.”

“The choice is yours.” Sonata smiled.

Falling Sky thought for a second. Then he sighed. “Take me.” He said, holding his arms out. "I want to be with my friend..."

"Think about what you're doing!" said Rainbow Dash. "If she absorbs you, you won't have any agency. Your'll be completely in her hands. Is this really what you want?"

"It's worth it to be with my friend again." Falling said. "I was just a hopeless beggar in this world. Maybe I can do better as a part of you.

"Okay." Sonata oozed off of the van and reformed into her humanoid form, which towered over him. "Are you ready?"

"I think so." Falling gulped."Will it hurt?"

"No. " Sonata smiled before reaching out with both arms and carefully picked him up off the ground, embracing him in a tight hug. "I'll be as gentle as possible."

"What are you doing?" asked Falling.

"This is the easiest way." said Sonata. "Don't fight it. Just embrace the love you have for your friend."

Falling watched as Sonata's body turned semi-translucent as his chest slipped into hers, right around what would have been her stomach. He gulped nervously, slightly terrified that he would be killed by the process, but his worries were somewhat calmed when he was entirely engulfed. It was very pleasant, not too warm, but not too cold. A cool feeling overtook him as his body began to disintegrate, becoming part of Sonata's body.

The cool, damp feeling intensified as she pressed into his body from all sides, causing him, to become translucent. As his body completely melted, a series of ripples formed on her belly before the goo resettled and regained its texture and color. All in all, Sonata had grown almost 15 feet tall, to the point where she had to crouch to even fit in the garage. She slid back into the van with a happy smile and re-applied the ambulance facade.

"Is he okay?" asked Rainbow.

Sonata smiled. "Yes. He's very happy. Let's go home, Dashie." She yawned. "I'm tired."

"Are you sure?" asked Rainbow "Do you really want your 'friends' to know you've gained this much mass? If you do, they'll question where it came from."

"Oh. I hadn't thought about that." said Sonata. "But where will we go?"

"I'll take you to my place. We can sleep there until you're ready to go home. I've got a bathtub you can store the rest of yourself in." Rainbow Dash started the car.

"Really!?" Sonata smiled. "Your place?"

"Sure." Rainbow said. "It's the least I could do. I owe you for letting me have my own body." she sighed.

"Are you okay?" Sonata raised an eyebrow.

"Yes. I'm fine. I'm just... I don't know. I feel stuck with you, if that makes sense."

"Well, you are part of my body now." said Sonata. "Is that a bad thing?"

"It 's a nice place" said Rainbow. "I don't blame Faithful for seeing you as a living paradise, especially given the hard life he had."

"He's still alive." said Sonata.

"Yeah. I know." sighed Rainbow. "To be a part of you is... it's like being in the womb again. You're warm, comforting, safe. There's a sense of intimacy with you. But there's also no agency. I'm part of your body, and can't make decisions of my own. Hell, with your ability to alter thoughts and memories, I can't even be 100% sure this is what I actually think."

"I haven't messed with your head, Rainbow." Sonata assured her.

"I appreciate that. I'm a free spirit, Sonata. I need my sovereignty. An for me to be trapped as a part of your body makes you sort of like a prison to me. A very nice and accommodating prison, but a prison nonetheless. I feel trapped."

"But I let you have control of your own body." Sonata pouted. "What more can I do?"

"I'm not saying you're a bad person. Hell, given what me and my friends did to you, I'm surprised you care what I think at all." said Rainbow. "But I don't like having to get permission to do things. You've been very nice to me so far, but what happens if I want to do something, and you say no? Like you said earlier, I may control this body now, but it isn't really mine. You could take it back at any time, and there would be nothing I could do to stop it."

"I'm sorry, Rainbow. I don't think I can change you back to the way you were. You'll always be a part of me..."

"I know." Rainbow sighed. "I just want to be free again."

"I want to free you. I do. It's just that I'm afraid to lose you, Rainbow." Sonata said softly. "I'm worried that you'll go back to your friends and forget all about me. And I couldn't blame you, after all I've done to you, I deserve it."

"Sonata..." Rainbow grinned. "Of course I wouldn't just forget about you. Look at us. We're forgiving to a fault. Sunset Shimmer tried to flat-out murder us once, and now we're the closest of friends."

"Thank you for saying that." Sonata smiled.

"Your welcome."

Sonata leaned her head against Rainbow Dash. She sighed happily at her friend's presence.

Rainbow Dash pulled up to the front of her house. "This could be a problem." said Rainbow.

"What could?" asked Sonata.

"The police will be looking for this van. If we park it here, they might think we're with the Night Drakes. We've got to get rid of it."

"Don't worry, Rainbow. I've got this." Sonata slithered outside the van and completely enveloped it.

"Umm. Sonata?" asked Rainbow Dash. "What are you doing?"

Suddenly, the windows of the van exploded inwards in a shower of glass. The fragile frame buckled inwards as Sonata applied pressure to them. The roof slowly began inching downwards. Sonata was going to crush the van. Rainbow quickly melted herself and slithered out as Sonata's compression grew more and more intense. Within moments, the van was nothing more than a chunk of crushed scrap metal around the size of a refrigerator.

Rainbow reconstituted herself outside the van as Sonata continued pressing it. "Dang... Your slime is strong. How did you know you could do that?"

"I just sort of did. I've been getting more used to my powers." Sonata reformed into a humanoid form and carried the crush van to the backyard.

Rainbow walked up to her front door, only to realize it was locked. "Aw, man. I just realized I left my keys in the locker room."

"Uh, Rainbow?" Sonata held her hand in front of her face and melted it.

"Oh." Rainbow blushed "Right." The two melted down and slid under the crack in the door. Rainbow's house was absolutely filthy. Old clothes and magazines were scattered everywhere.

"Sorry about the mess." said Rainbow. "I don't normally have company."

"It's no worse than my place." said Sonata. "I like to collect human stuff and try to figure out what it does."

"Sort of like an archeologist, huh?" asked Rainbow.

"I don't know what that is." Sonata grinned.

Rainbow chuckled. "It's someone who..."

"Studies human history by analyzing artifacts." Sonata immediately finished.

"How'd you know that?" asked Rainbow.

"Falling told me." said Sonata.

"Right." said Rainbow. "I forgot you had gotten a lot more people in there. It's going to be really cramped when I have to go back in there."

"You can sleep in your own body tonight, if you want." said Sonata. "I don't need you inside me until I get back home."

Rainbow laughed. "Good night, Sonata. My bathroom is the second door on the left." She went off to bed giggling.

"Huh? Whats so funny?" Sonata scratched her head.

Sonata went to Rainbow's bathroom and started draining her excess mass into the bathtub. She filled it until she was her normal height. Having lost her extra mass, Sonata walked to the bedroom. Rainbow Dash was already asleep. Sonata sat down next to her and sighed. Rainbow Dash may have been the best thing to ever happen to her. She was a friend, a real friend, or at least the closest thing to one Sonata had. But was she her friend because she legitimately liked her? Or was it only because she had assimilated her? Obviously she was willing to give Sonata a chance though, otherwise she wouldn't have made love to her in the showers. Rainbow Dash was a free spirit, it was wrong for Sonata to keep her as prisoner. Sonata loved her too much. Sonata got into bed with Rainbow Dash and cuddled close to her. "I love you, Dashie..." Sonata whispered.

"I love you, too..." Rainbow quietly whispered back.

Author's Note

Feedback is appreciated.