Summer Time Beach Time

"Spike, do you read me? What's your location?"

"100 yards from the shore. No sign of the enemy as of yet." he answered his com.

"Alright, stay where you are, I'll have Luna meet up with you."

"Copy that, over and out." he said. The thunderstorm had finally ended and it would seem that the games would continue, however that wasn't the case. Due to how much water that was still around, everypony had to wait at least one more day until it was dry enough to continue. Spike and the others found themselves on a island just off the coast of the city. This was where the next contest in the beach games was being held. It was a paintball game. The objective, take out all of your opponents. Since all seven members of Sentinel's team were playing, Spike, Blueblood, Luna, Big Macintosh, Twilight, Rainbow, and Shining Armor were chosen to compete; the others remained on the mainland beach while the game was going on. Everypony was given a special vest that was infused with a magical property that makes so that id you got hit with a paintball, you would feel no pain. So it was best to not take it off. Shining Armor took position at a high point where he could see almost everything, and at the same time kept himself concealed from the other team. He was the one who told Spike to wait for Luna while keeping an eye on him. Being captain of the royal guard made Shining the perfect choice for team leader on this contest. That means they had a slight advantage over Sentinel's crew. "Twiley, what's your location?" he asked over his com.

"Engaging the enemy." she answered.

Shining Armor quickly looked through his scope to locate his sister. After a few seconds of scanning, he found her ducked behind a large boulder as Nami and Ebony opened fire on her. He did a quick scan to see if any of his teammates were close by. Luckily, somepony was there. Big Mac was moving closer behind Nami and Ebony; being careful as to not alert them.

Nami and Ebony stopped firing in order to reload, which gave Big Mac the opportunity he needed to close in on them. Moving from on tree to the next, Big Mac finally got close enough and took aim.

*POP*

"What the........!" yelled Nami.

*POP* *POP* *POP*

Nami was hit three times before Ebony ran to take cover. The mare growled in frustration as she started to walk off; being the first to be eliminated from the game. "IS THAT YOU MY RIVAL?!" Ebony yelled. "I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR YOU COMING! LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!" At that point, Twilight came from behind the boulder and opened fire. Ebony quickly dodged out the way before the paintballs him. Launching a counter attack, he fired back at Twilight who ducked back behind the boulder. This gave Big Mac another opening as he came from behind the tree and fired on Ebony while moving to another spot. The dark grey earth pony counter by firing back while also moving to another hiding spot. Twilight jumped in by aiming at Ebony's feet; an attempt at trying to at least trip him up a bit. Ebony quickly turned in her direction and fired; knocking her paintball gun out of her hands and forcing her back behind the boulder.

"Twilley, you alright?" Shining asked over the com.

"Yeah, but I lost my paintball gun." she answered. "If I move, i'll get hit for sure."

"Just leave it to Big Mac then, you'll get an opening soon enough." he reassured. Twilight agreed and waited for Big Mac to do something that would catch Ebony's attention.

From behind the tree, Big Mac could see that Twilight's paint gun was only a few feet away from her, but he could also see that if she tried to move, Ebony would clearly eliminate her from the contest. Big Mac had to somehow lure Ebony out into the open and give Twilight a chance at retrieving her gun. He began scanning the area for something he could use to get Ebony's attention. Looking up, he noticed a large beehive hanging from the tree the Ebony was hiding behind. If he could knock it down, then that would most likely force a distraction long enough for Twilight to arm herself. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MY RIVAL?!" Ebony called out just as Big Mac took aim. "DON'T TELL ME YOU'VE GIVEN UP ALREADY!"

"Nope." Big Mac said before firing at the hive knocking it down. The hive fell right next to Ebony and the bees swarmed. Ebony screamed and ran out into the open; just as Big Mac hoped. Coming from his hiding spot, Big Mac opened fire at Ebony, not to hit him, but to distract him long for Twilight to run out from behind the boulder and grab her paintball gun. Ebony took aim at Big Mac who jumped out of the way as he opened fire; nearly hitting him in the process. "That was very sneaking of you, my rival, but if think that's gonna stop me, then............"

*POP* *POP* *POP*

Ebony was so focused on running from the bees and Big Mac's attack, that he'd completely forgotten about Twilight. During all that comotion, she had retrieved her paintball gun, then snuck up behind Ebony where she opened fire. "No, no, NO!" he growled. "You may have won this round, my rival, but I will NOT lose the next." As Ebony walked off, Big Mac came from behind the tree; revealing to Twilight that Ebony actually hit him in the leg before she managed to eliminate him from the game.

"Sorry, Big Mac." Twilight said as she lowered. Big Mac simply smiled and nodded; letting her know that it was okay. As he started to walk off, Twilight called her brother over the com. "Shining, you there?"

"Yeah, what's up?" he asked.

"I got Ebony, but Big Mac was hit." she explained.

"Shit." he said. "Well at least two of their team members are out, head north to meet up with Rainbow Dash."

"Got it, over and out." she said. "Two down, five more to go."

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Blueblood had his sights on both Sentinel and Moonstone; mostly Sentinel. He tried not to let his anger get the best of him and blow his cover as he remember how that unicorn embarrassed Celestia by de-bikining her in front of everypony. He still planned to get him back for that; this was part one of his revenge. Like a wild animal in the jungle, Blueblood quietly stalks his prey; waiting for the chance to pounce.

"Sentinel, I think somepony's watching us." said Moonstone.

"Well, considering we're in a war zone." he said condescendingly.

"What the Tartarus is your problem?" Moonstone asked.

"Had i'd known that Princess Twilight was planning on participating in this event, I wouldn't have decided to compete." he explained.

"Seriously?" Moonstone raised and eyebrow at Sentinel's explanation. "You're worried about her?"

"Well yeah, I mean, what if I end up eliminating her from the contest? If I did that, then there goes my chances of pounding that." he said. "My only chance of staying in her good graces is to avoid her and hope that Aqua can seduce that lizard. That way I can swoop in and claim her broken heart for myself." A goofy smile formed on Sentinel's face as he imagined Twilight all over him.

"So you hope to break them apart so you can have you way with Twilight, huh?" asked a voice.

"Are you dense?" Sentinel replied. "Of course I want to break them apart. Why should that lizard get to have one of the sexiest mares alive when I own the entire beach. Mares can't help but throw themselves at me. Doesn't matter if they have a coltfriend or are married, I'M the one they really want in the end."

"Hmm, I see." said the voice. "Pretty stupid plan if you ask me."

"And why is tha........." Sentinel angrily turned around only to see Blueblood standing next to him. As his anger quickly replaced itself with fear, Sentinel peeked over the prince's shoulder and saw Moonstone laying on the ground as his body shook as if he was having a seizure while gargling up different paint colors. With a crazed smile, Blueblood held up his paintball gun; readying for his next attack. "Run."

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Rainbow Dash ran through the woods with Swift hot on her tail. Both pegasi fired at one another hoping to hit their target. "Shining, you there!?" she yelled through her com.

"What's up?" he answered.

"This stallion is on my ass, could use a little help here!" she suggested.

"On it!" he said. "Just lure him out to an open area."

"Easier said than done." Rainbow thought as she made a quick dash behind a nearby tree; paintballs neary hitting her as she did so. Swift took cover as well as he reloaded. After getting utterly humiliated last time, this was his chance to get some redemption. Granted it wasn't Big Mac this time, thank Celestia, but still, he had to at least get one elimination in this game. Peeking from behind cover, Swift managed to catch a peek at Rainbow Dash coming from behind the tree and making a break for it. "Dammit!" Swift said as he quickly gave chase.

"Rainbow, take the next left." Shining said over the com. "There's a small clearing a few feet away from you with a downed tree. Duck behind it once you get there."

"Got it!" she said as she quickly turned left; narrowly avoiding getting hit by Swift's paintballs. Shining Armor did his best to keep Rainbow in his sights despite the amount of trees that was in his way. In order to keep Swift at bay, Rainbow began firing random shots behind her. She managed to cause Swift to duck out of the way in order to not get hit. This gave her ample time to reach her destination. Rainbow scanned the area and found the downed tree that Shining told her about. She ran over and ducked behind it just as Swift finally ran on scene. "Damn, where'd she go?" he said; unaware that he'd fallen into a trap. As he walked further in, Shining Armor took aim and fired; hitting Swift in the back of his neck. "GAH!" Swift yelled as he grabbed his neck. Looking at his hand, he saw that it was paint. "What the.......!" He didn't get time to react seeing as how Rainbow Dash lept out from behind the downed tree and began opening fire on the pegasus. "Oh, come on!" he yelled. "You guys have a sniper?! Who uses a sniper in a paintball match?!"

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Spike and Luna had just entered a shootout against Gravel and Aqua. Both sides, ducking behind whatever they could as to not get shot, while at the same time, taking aim and firing back. "We're getting nowhere with this." Gravel growled. "We have to split them up somehow."

"That branch above them should do it." Aqua said as she pointed. "You get the princess and i'll get the dragon."

Gravel raised an eyebrow. "You're seriously going along with Sentinel's plan, huh?"

"We do it every year, you know." she said. "Besides, once I get my hands on him, their entire team will fall apart."

"Alright, i'll shoot down the branch, then we make our move." Gravel said before looking over and taking aim. "You get the dragon and i'll handle the princess; and by handle I mean run like Tartarus." Gravel shot at the tree branch causing it to crack. Luna, noticing a loud cracking sound, looked up and a large tree branch threatening to break free and crash on top of both her and Spike. "Spike, look out!" she yelled as the branch broke off. Luna launched herself at Spike; pushing him out of the way before jumping off to the side as the tree branch fell. Spike rolled a few feet away before coming to a stop. Looking up. he saw Aqua coming out of the shadows and prepared to open fire. "Oh no." he said as he looked around for his paintball gun he'd dropped just as Luna pushed him away from the falling branch. Aqua began firing at Spike; purposely missing him as he was force to get up and move out of the way as fast as he could. Luna got up just in time to see Aqua firing at Spike. Grabbing her paintball gun, she prepared to fire, but was stopped when Gravel fired off a shot; hitting Luna's gun and almost knocking it out of her hand. Luna quickly turned her attention towards Gravel and opened fire; causing him to retreat back into his hiding place as Aqua went after Spike. Luna tried to chase after them, but everytime she made an attempt to, Gravel would put a halt to it.

"Okay, Gravel, you can do this." he thought. "It's just Princess Luna, I mean, it's not like she's gonna take what Sentinel did to her sister out on me, right?" Coming out from behind his hiding spot, Gravel took aim only to discover that Luna was nowhere to be seen. "Where'd she go?" he asked.

"I'm right here." Luna answered; standing behind him with the point of her gun against the back of his head. "Don't think about trying to get me the same way you got my sister."

"I.......I had nothing to do with that." Gravel tried to explain. "I was just as surprised as you when Sentinel pulled that stunt." Gravel stood like a statue; not moving an inch out of fear of what Luna might do if he did.

"Well, because of that "friend" of yours, my sister has locked herself in her room." she explained. "She refuses to step outside because of the humiliation that was inflicted upon her." Gravel said nothing as he could feel the anger coming from Luna. "If I were you, i'd find a new friend before disaster falls upon you."

"Wish I could, princess, but unfortunately, I CAN'T!" Gravel yelled, before managing to knock away her paintball gun and moving away from her to put some distance between them.

"Impudent wretch!" Luna yelled as she regain her balance. She took aim at Gravel just as he turned around and aimed at her. Both ponies opened fire on one another effectively hitting their target. Luna hitting Gravel on both shoulders and hips, and Gravel hitting Luna on her right shoulder and chest. Gravel sighed in defeated while Luna groaned in frustration. Turning her back towards him, Luna began to contact Shining Armor over the com. "Shining Armor, are you there?"

"Sure, what's up?" he answered.

"I'm sorry, but it would appear that I am eliminated from the contest." she said. "But worry not, I took him down with me."

"Okay, that just leaves two left." he replied. "Where's Spike, I lost sight of him."

"We got seperated when the branch fell." she explained. "One of our opponents is after him."

"Okay, i'll Rainbow and Twilley to back him up the second I locate him." he said.

"You might wanna hurry with that." Luna replied as she turned back to the fallen branch. "I found Spike's gun. It's crushed underneath the branch."

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*BOOOOOOOOOM*

Sentinel's body went flying through the air before he landed right upon the beach. Lifting his head, he saw three members of his team and Big Mac standing next to the judges table along with Hotspot. "Dude, where did you come from?!" asked Swift. "And what was that explosion?!"

"Guess you got eliminated too, huh?" Nami added.

"N-NO! I DIDN'T!" Sentinel yelled. "HE.......HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME!"

"Who is?" asked Hotspot.

*THUD*

Blueblood landed on the beach with Moonstone over his shoulder. The prince then dropped Moonstone like he was a bag of rocks before proceeding to make his way towards Sentinel. "I'm gonna make you suffer." he said with a raspy voice.

"Y-YOU GUYS GOTTA HELP ME!" Sentinel yelled.

"They can't." Hotspot explained. "As long as the game is still ongoing, they can't interfere with this match." Hotspot looked over at Blueblood and saw that he had a dark blue aura starting to form around his body. Feeling that this was about to get ugly, he quickly came up with a suggestion. "H-Hold on, your majesty, how about the two of you settle this out with a good old fashioned duel."

"You can't be serious." Sentinel said as he rose from the ground.

"You wanna end up like your friend over there." Hotspot said as he pointed to Moonstone laying on the ground; his body twitching every now and again as paint continued to spill out of his mouth. Sentinel quickly shook his head "no". "Then we're doing this. Both of you, meet in the middle, then turn around and walk ten paces before firing." Both stallions did just that; meeting in the middle and staring each other down.

"Alright, Sentinel, you can do this." he thought to himself. "Just look him in the eyes, aim no higher, summon all the courage you require, then count." Sentinel turned around; his back now facing Blueblood as he started walking while counting his paces. "1,2,3......"

*POP*

Blueblood shot Sentinel in the back of his head sending him face first in the sand. "WHAT THE TARTARUS, WAS THAT?!" yelled Swift. "YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE HIM A CHANCE!"

"Have you no honor?" asked Ebony.

"You assume I give a shit." Blueblood replied; looking at the two stallions with no emotions.

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Twilight and Rainbow had met up with one another and were now on the search for Spike, all the while, Aqua, the last member of her team still active, knew that in order for the plan to work, she had to get him alone somewhere. Somewhere nopony would find them. Firing off a couple shots, she forced Spike out of his hiding spot. She witnessed him running towards a bear cave. Thankfully no animals, aside from birds, had lived on this island for a while. That cave was the perfect place for her to seduce Spike onto her side like she did so many others.

As Spike entered the cave, he was hoping that there was an opening on the other side of it, but sadly there was not. "Crap, dead end." he said. Turning back around he saw Aqua, blocking the entrance with lidded eyes and a smirk on her face. Dropping her paintball gun, she slowly started to make her way towards the now confused dragon.

"Relax, I just wanna talk." she said. "I've been noticing you for quite a while now."

"Y-you have?" he asked as she got closer.

"Of course I have." she answered answered in a sultry tone. "I mean the way you handled yourself against Sentinel on the balance beam, most ponies would have been knocked out after a few seconds against him. You really made him work for that win." Aqua was now right next to Spike; running her finger up and down his chest while giving him a lustful look. Spike subconsciously started to back away from her, but she followed. He's seen that look she was giving him before, or at least, he thinks he thinks he's seen it. He remembered Twilight having that same look on her face before everything went black. Pushing her body onto his, Aqua managed to get Spike up against the cave wall. "So tell me, are you and Princess Twilight dating?" she asked he the same tone.

"I.....I.....I....." Spike stammered. The feeling her body on his was causing hus urges to flail up again. This was bad. Spike had to stop her advancements, otherwise, this wouldn't end well. Before Spike, had the chance to push her away, Aqua removed her vest, wrapped both arms around his neck, and pulled him in closer; her lips dangerously close to his. "You know, i've never been with a dragon before." she said seductively. "I'm curious to know what it's like." Grabbing his right hand, Aqua brought it up to her chest and forced him to squeeze it. "Hehehe. You're all mine." she thought. Spike gritted his teeth as his eyes started to glow. He released a soft growl before sealing his eyes shut and placing his hands on Aqua's shoulders; pushing her away.

"G-Get b-b-back." he struggled to say.

"Huh? Why'd you push me away?" she asked confused then made a sly look. "You don't have to worry, it's just you and me here. Nopony's gonna disturb us, and Twilight doesn't have to know." Aqua walked back to Spike and pushed herself on him once again. Spike's body began to tremble as he fought a losing battle to maintain control of himself. "You know you want this." she egged him on. Lifting up his head, Spike opened his brightly glowing eyes which caught Aqua off guard. Before she had a chance to react, Spike grabbed her, then pinned her up against the cave wall; lifting up her right leg and grinding against her while licking her neck. Aqua responded by released a light moan while removing her shirt; grinding against him. Spike pulled his head back and growled as he saw her round C cups within a light blue bra jiggling before him. "You want more?" she asked. Spike answered by releasing yet another soft growl. "Then you'll have to do me a favor, okay." Before things could go any further, Spike managed to push himself off Aqua in a last ditch effort to regain control of himself. Grabbing his head and thrashing around, Spike roared as loud as he could which scared Aqua a bit. "H-hey, what's wrong with you?!"

"G-G-Get.......b-back!" he struggled to say. Spike dropped to his knees and began punching the ground as he continued to fight off his urges. He had to get away from Aqua or else wind up doing unspeakable things to her that he didn't want on his conscience. Spike slowly stood back up and ran for the entrance at full speed; leaving Aqua behind. "H-HEY!" she yelled. She quickly ran after him; leaving behind her shirt. Spike ran from out the cave running past both Twilight and Rainbow; catching the two mares off guard. They both called for him, but he ignored them. To their shock, Twilight and Rainbow witnessed Spike ram his head into the first thick tree he saw. "SPIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Twilight yelled in terror. She ran over to him in order to stop him from hurting himself. Spike looked at her with glowing eyes and a hungry lustful smile. "S-S-Spike w-want!" he said. "S-Spike.........." Spike didn't get to finish his sentence as he once again gritted his teeth and slammed his head into the tree.

"SPIKE NO!" Twilight yelled as he did it once again, this time, knocking himself out. Rainbow ran over to Spike's side and caught him before he hit the ground. While the two mares watched over their friend, Aqua emerged from the cave and witnessed them there. "Damn, and I was so close too." she thought as she started to head back. Before doing so, she was hit in the back of the neck with something hard. She winced in pain while grabbing her neck. Looking at her hand, she saw that it was paint. She opened her mouth to say something, but was was hit a couple more times from out of nowhere before retreating back inside the cave. Without her protective vest on, she was feeling immense pain from the paintballs. She was sure that she would have bruises by the end of the day.

"Rainbow, Twilley, target's down." said Shining Armor through the com. "How's Spike?"

"Shining, we have to get him off this island." said Twilight. "Something triggered his urges. He knocked himself out."

"Not something, Twilley, somepony." he replied. "I'll explain later, right now head to the beach."

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20 minutes had passed and both teams were now gathered together on the beach of the island; Twilight glaring at Aqua after receiving news from her brother that he saw her exiting the cave without her top on. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that she must have had something to do with Spike's urges flailing up. Speaking of Spike, upon reaching the beach with his unconscious body, Luna grabbed him and brought him to the mainland to receive medical treatment for his head injury.

ATTENTION EVERYPONY! THE WINNER OF THE MATCH, THE BLUE TEAM!" Hotspot announced. "THE SCORE: BLUE TEAME 225 POINTS, RED TEAM 200 POINTS! ONCE WE GET BACK TO THE MAINLAND, THERE WILL BE AN HOUR BREAK BEFORE THE NEXT EVEN TAKES PLACE!"

As two separate boats came a shore, Sentinel and his crew boarded with Sentinel going over to a bruised Aqua. "What the Tartarus happened?! You're all bruised up and he's knocked out! How hard did you bang that guy!"

"We didn't." she groaned in pain. "He started acting weird then ran out of the cave."

"Judging by your bruises, you're not gonna be seducing anypony anytime soon." he said. "Looks like i'll have to come with with a plan b to get her into my bed."

"Seriously Sentinel, you need to stop thinking with your dick." she groaned.