Hope of a Saiyan

Starlight Glimmer opened the doors of the dark castle, them illuminating the room with her bright purple aura. The unicorn's glowing eyes narrowed, disappointed with herself by not destroying that strange creature that claimed to be a hero. It was strangely silent, the only source of sound being her hoofsteps and the gargoyles and shuffled in their place next to the throne she was nearing.

Sitting on the throne was a black unicorn with a horn red on its tip, his eyes were blood red as a dark aura of smoke surrounded his body, giving himself a mysterious vibe. He wore a thick red cape, which strapped itself together to an amulet that looked like the face of a pony, he planted a hoof on his cheek in boredom as he exhaled, wondering why he had a visitor.

The unicorn politely bowed, ushering no words for a moment. "King Sombra, I must apologize. There were complications at the fortress in Ponyville."

Sombra raised a brow at Starlight's words, clearly interested, "Do go on, my puppet. What has happened?"

Raising her head, Starlight continued nervously, "It was sudden. There was a bipedal furless creature. He claimed to be from another world and had power unlike anything I have witnessed. He was able to hold off an entire force and was even able to withstand my magic." a mild pause, "It appeared that the Crusaders appeared during our fight and took him in, and they may have formed an alliance."

"He called himself a Saiyan."

With a hoof on his chin, Sombra muttered to himself, "Yes... This is indeed quite sudden. I will withdraw in punishing you this time, under the conditions that you do not fail next time. I will alert Tirek and Chrysalis of this small change, though."

Starlight suddenly held her head and knelt down, moaning some words to herself.

A smirk appeared on the Dark King's face upon witnessing this, "But first..."

With his horn lit bright red, he shot a thin beam onto Starlight's head, the purple unicorn ceasing her actions instantly. She slowly stood back up, "I will do as instructed, King Sombra." she muttered in a very robotic tone again.

Sombra rubbed his hooves together, "Yes... Now retreat back to your quarters in Ponyville. And do not disappoint me again. Otherwise, there will be Tartarus to pay, understand?"

The purple unicorn nodded and walked away, closing the doors behind her. Sombra hummed, "A Saiyan? That's quite new. No matter, I shall end him like I've done the other so-called heroes."

Trunks folded his arms, leaning on the wall, "So, what is this room exactly?"

Sweetie Belle raised a hoof and gestured to the many screens bolted to the walls, "The survelliance room. We have patrol ponies, dragons, anypony that is able to help us get a look at our surroundings. That's how we found you, Trunks. Anyway, for instance, Spike is one of them and each one is out for a certain amount of time so they're not discovered and attacked. We use this information to chart down maps for any future strategies."

"Well, what's the plan this time? Surely you must have an update on another location." the Saiyan suggested. "Or perhaps one of the Dark Masters could've been discovered by now."

Scootaloo agreed, "That's right. We recently discovered a mine near the capital of Equestria, Canterlot. We believe that's where Queen Chrysalis is residing and using her slaves in order to mine any materials to enhance her power."

Trunks raised a brow, "Queen Chrysalis?"

Applebloom rolled her eyes, "The leader of those bug creatures you fought. Yeah, she's the queen."

"Basically, the Dark Masters rule over certain territories. Starlight is here in Ponyville, Tirek has overtaken Manehattan, Chrysalis is in Canterlot, and Sombra resides at the Crystal Empire. Each of them have their own army, and like Starlight, Chrysalis seems to have an army beyond just her changelings, meaning the mines could be filled with security. It looks like she made a hive of it down there as well." the pegasus elaborated for the Saiyan.

Trunks closed his eyes, "I see. But the enslaved ponies are a priority. Once they're free, then I'll worry about Chrysalis."

"What? But nopony's been able to take on the Dark Masters head on, though. The mission should be to free the ponies, then worry about that bug!" Scootaloo countered.

Applebloom growled, "If he wants to act stupid to show off, then let him." she suggested.

Sweetie hissed, "Applebloom." she raised her voice for Trunks to hear, "No offense, Trunks... But this is a risky play for a first mission, to take on one of the Dark Masters, especially somepony as powerful as Chrysalis? It's too dangerous."

"I'm not one to show off, but the only reason I wasn't able to beat Starlight was because of her army and me being drained. I've fully recovered since my arrival. I'm not letting Chrysalis get away just to repeat this plan again later on. She's one of the people who brought this world down, and I want to make sure they all pay for what's happened here." Trunks declared, clenching his fist.

Sweetie raised a brow, "Really?"

Trunks replied, "Yeah. Like I said, I want to save your world. And I'll do whatever it takes. Even if it means facing them alone. What so I have to expect from Chrysalis."

Scootaloo perked up, "Oh, right. The changelings live up to their name. They're able to turn into whoever or whatever they want to in order to screw with their enemies' minds. Just be wary of that, it could be a trap."

The Saiyan spoke, "Alright. Then--"

An alarm blared off in that room, bringing the attention of the Crusaders to one of the monitors, where they were greeted by the face of Spike, who whispered, "Girls, Trunks... Can you read me?"

"Loud and clear, Spike. What's wrong?"

The camera Spike held turned around and faced a coccoon, in it was a changeling, but unlike the others, his wings looked to be cleaner and more majestic than his brethren, "It's Thorax. It looks like Chrysalis had him held here all this time. He looks tired, and beaten to near death. We have to help him!"

"Spike, I understand. But wait for us to arrive. It could be a trap."

The dragon growled, "I'm not leaving my friend behind, he's probabky been abused for being against his kind for all these years. Thorax could help us, and I'm not letting that chance go!"

"Wait, Spike!" Scootaloo pleaded, but the feed cut out, and she slammed her hooves on the table, "Damn it. We don't have time."

The Saiyan looked up after a moment of awkward silence, "I'll go alone then. Tell me where he's at."

"Are you sure, Trunks?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Yeah, I am. Once I get there, I'll at least have Spike with me. If this is really his friend, then we can't leave him out there alone and I can make it there fast enough. Like you said, the changelings have probably surrounded the mines. Just keep me posted from here."

The Crusaders, except Applebloom gulped, "If you're sure, then here." the pegasus handed Trunks a headset, "It will allow you to communicate with us from here. I wish we could join you."

The Saiyan softly smiled, "Don't worry. Just lead me there, and I'll save Spike and Thorax." he hunched down and charged his Ki, intending to fly his way to where the dragon was.

Trunks sprinted down the halls and to the exit, where he hovered in the air, intending to find the mines. "Good luck, Trunks." Sweetie whispered.