The sun began to shine down upon the mountains as ten of the thirteen travelers who were all but wanting to get up at the morning.

“Oh come on dad...” Razor muttered as she tossed and turned, “I dont want to go to school, it’s Sunday!”

The only three that seemed to be wide awake were Applejack, Slash, and Kooker; the three seemed to be talking to each other over some apples and water, “So y’all are really brothers?” She asked.

“Yeah pretty much.” Slash stated, “Really the only thing that’s odd is the age gap.”

“Whaddya mean?”

“He’s 30, and I’m only 14.” Kooker replied flatly, “I mean it’s hard when some people confuse him for my dad!”

“Well shucks.” AJ said scratching the back of her head, “I know a few family members that deal with that sorta thing, but i doubt it gets that bad.” As the conversation went on the rest of the group had gotten up, “Well it’s about time y’all finally woke up.”

“What time is it?” Outlook asked as he started to put his helmet and jetpack back on.

“It’s practically noon.” Slash said as he began to tower over the others as he got up, “But I guess sleeping on dirt and rock will do that to you sooner or later.”

Hearing the time made not only Twilight, but Scalor get up quickly and began to get their respected supplies together, “Holy cow we’ve lost so much time!” the two said in unison as they both began to run along the trail ahead of them.

“Uh, they do realize they forgotten the map right?” Fluttershy asked as she pulled the map out from her saddle bag. No one really answered as pinkie pulled out a clock and began to count the seconds gone by until the duo’s return.

A whopping 30 minutes went by before the two had returned; their faces red as the shiniest red delicious apple from Sweet Apple Acres, “We forgot you guys didnt we?” Twilight asked sheepishly. The entire group just nodded in unison as Scalor’s head lowered into his torso.

Meanwhile

The looming Jaggor looked at the quivering clam robot in complete disgust, “You gave them my location!?” He angrily asked

“It was either that or I were to be robotic clam chowder my lord!” Clam-borg said as he dared to not look at his creator in his eyes.

Jaggor got up from his seat and looked like he was readying himself to tear the nuisance bolt from bolt but all he did was let out an annoyed sigh, “It doesnt matter now...” He stated, “Knowing those fools theyll be here soon, but in order for my plan to come to fruition I need some extra time. Pin-Sar! Slicor!”

Two mechanical beast emerged from the shadows, “Yes, my lord?” The two machines said in unison.

“Why dont you two go out and give our guests and extra… welcoming party.”

“As you wish.” The robots then quickly took off as their boss began to laugh crazily.

Back on the mountain trail

“We’re taking forever!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed in annoyance, though for her it was expected to get bored on anything that was below brisk jog.

“It’s like the saying goes,” Dice began to quip, “The shortest distance between two points isnt always a straight line or the easiest path.”

“Save that fortune cookie nonsense for later will ya?” Razor said, “I have to agree with Skittles, this is taking way too long; not only that, but I’m feeling something is coming and it isnt friendly.”

Scalor began to scratch his metallic jaw, “Yeah… plus if we’re dealing with Jaggor, we should’ve ran into something crazy.”

“More crazy than those metal wolf thingies?” Pinkie inquired.

“Oh much Crazier!” Two mechanized voices sounded and soon revealed two robots; one was looked very akin to a Basilisk that had sprouted arms, his optics were burning crimson as a mechanical hiss followed by droplets of yellow liquid coming from the mouth. The other crawled up behind the serpent; it seemed nothing more than a common crab covered in spikes, spiraling rune like detailing began to glow an eerily light blue as his claws snapped with eagerness.

“Took you guys long enough!” Circuit exclaimed, “I thought Jaggor would be that stupid to actually just come and only bring that Clamshell clod and him alone.”

The two robots spat in disgust at the mentioning of the failure of a robot.

“Please dont remind us of that idiot.” The snake hissed as the crab continued the snap his pincers, “All that matters is that we finish where that loser couldnt.”
“So running around with my head while i chase you?” Scalor as as he started to hold his head securely.

“No, not that! I’m going to shred you to pieces, while Pin-sar rips you limb from limb!” the snake bot retorted.

“Yeah!” Pin-sar stated, “Starting with the blind idiot and the over blown gecko!”

“Cutting to the chase i see.” Dice said before drawing out his sword and letting out a small chuckle, without any hesitation the samurai rushed towards the crab bot and cut off his legs off. Pin-sar started to feel wobbly as his legs began to give way, soon enough he began to fall off of the rough mountain trail and was most likely introduced to the trees and ground.

Slicor began to groan in pure anger and irritation, “Sweet merciful creator, cant we just have ONE win against you losers!” Somehow the green metal that surrounded the mechanical menace was turning bright red with the growing anger; and all of that anger was immediately cut off as he heard a faint clinking sound coming from behind him. He quickly turned around and saw Pinkie Pie playing with his tail’s knife like a cat to string, “Excuse me, but what are you doing?” He asked in a disturbingly quiet tone.

Pinkie sheepishly giggled, “Well i was thinking that with all these sharp blades on you, maybe you could try being an ‘all-in-one’ salad maker.” Pinkie said as she began touching the snake’s tail, “I mean you already have a green and chrome paint job.”

The snake bot got angered as the pony started to ramble on about the pink nuisance, “Stop it will ya!” The sudden swipe towards Pinkie caused her to spring upwards towards his head and cling to it like a refrigerator magnet. Slicor began to get freaked out, “Get OFF of me!” He shouted as he slithered around aimlessly, “I hate being touched!”

In the midst of the laser blasts being shot off Kooker saw a golden opportunity, “Pinkie, keep him distracted!” The chameleon ran towards the towering serpent; his staff began to generate a bright purple glow and summoned a lasso to entangle Slicor. Pinkie seeing the plan in action jumped off of the robot as Kooker got to the edge of the walk path, “Go back to the junkyard you overgrown python!” With that he lifted the behemoth with all his might and threw him across the long and winding pathway to parts unknown before falling over.

“Oh my goodness!” Fluttershy exclaimed as she and Slash rushed to Kooker’s side, “Are you alright?”

The spiritualist winced as his breathing became labored, “Yeah… I just need to catch my breath.”

Just as the two were helping the kid up the sound of metal pounding against rock echoed, the group just stood in fear as they did not know what would happen. It was soon revealed that the mystery creature was Pin-sar, he somehow managed to climb back up to the trail with just his claws. Despite the amazing feat no one could deny that a legless crab was somewhat hilarious to look at, even when it was had intentions on tearing the group limb from limb.

The spiky menace crawled his way towards the group, before being stopped by Fluttershy who just stared at him, “You better think twice about trying to hurt me or my friends.”

Pin-sar just started to laugh, “Oh yeah? Well what are you gonna do?” He asked. What followed was something that shook the heartless machine down to his core; Fluttershy just increased the intensity of her stare of the robot, “Uhhhh… this is getting disturbing.”

The other Lightning 7 members looked on in confusion as Fluttershy’s friends were amazed that this staring somehow had an affect on robotic animals. “Now you are going to go back to whoever sent you, and think about what you almost done; do I make myself clear?” Fluttershy asked as she flew in closer towards the robots visor.

“Y-yes ma’am!” Pin-sar answered before picking himself up and running off leaving nothing more than a trail of oil behind.

Fluttershy looked back at the group and was surprised that they were dumbstruck at what had just transpired, “Did I over do it?” She asked

Just then she was rushed by each Lightning Seven member and was bombarded with an endless stream of questions.
“Holy cow, how did you do that?!”

“What even was that?”

“What else can that stare do?”

“Can you try that on Scalor? I have a theory.”

The questions kept on flooding in until Rainbow swooped in and acted as a buffer, “Look guys, she’ll be more than happy to answer your questions later. Right now I’d suggest we follow that oil trail and see where it takes us.”

”You’re a genius!” Circuit exclaimed, “I just hope the trail doesn't dry up before we find out where it takes us.”

Author's Note

Finally! It took me a bit longer, but I'm glad to get a chapter out. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and have a wonderful day.