For a while after my procedure ended, I lay on a recovery bed. Don and Aurora stayed by my side, and after Don helped her out of her armor, Aurora even jumped up onto my bed, and curled up next to me!

Don shook his head. "Gosh, he's had such a drastic change in his appearance. I wonder what he'll think when he wakes up."

One of the nurses shrugged. "I don't know. Hopefully he'll be able to take it. I mean, it's not too much different that being a Human-wolf. Now he's just a Human-Bat-Pony, with a little wolf left over. I do still feel a little bad for him though."

"Oh? And why's that?"

The nurse smirked a bit. "Because, from Computer's scans, his genitals have changed from those of a wolf, to those of a wolf's mixed with a stallion’s!"

Don was surprised. "Wow, that's a little too much information!"

"That's not all of it though", The nurse continued, ignoring Don's statement, "He still has his knot!"

"What? As in his wolf knot?"

"Yes! Though now it’s a lot smaller than it was before."

Don slumped back in his chair. "Aesh!" He muttered. "I really did not need to know that!"

"Doctor, I think the patient's waking up!"

Dr. Fritz turned to look at me. "Ah, I do believe zat you are right Computer. He is indeed vaking up!"

"W-wha......? What.....happened. Where......am I?" I muttered.

"Leopard, can you hear me?"

"D-Don? Is that you?"

"Yes, I'm right here. You're in the medical car. Do, do you remember what happened?"

I opened my eyes, and looked over at him. When I did, Don realized that although my eyes were still blue, the pupils now looked like those of a cat!

"Yeah, how could I forget? We blasted into Tarrath's office, I went in first, and got hit by some blast. As I fell, I blasted him with my shotgun, and then I hit the floor, and passed out. I don't remember anything after that." I then sat up on the bed. "What happened to me?"

"Vell, ze magical blast really messed up your genetics Captain Leopard. Ve had to remove most of your volf genetics, as zey vere tearing you apart on a genetic level! Ve zen replaced zem vith new genetics."

"Um, w-what new genetics? Am I......messed up?" I looked down at myself. I still hand hands, arms, and I was still wearing my uniform, although my tunic had been removed, as had my shirt.

"Vell, your volf genetics vere replaced vith those of a Bat-Pony. You are now 50% human, 45% Bat-pony, and 5% volf."

"Um, Don?"

"Yeah Leopard?"

"I need a mirror. I have to see what I look like now."

He held one up for me, and when I saw my reflection, all I could do was scream.

"GWAAAHHH!!!!!!!"

I felt myself all over. "Ok, so I still have ears on the tops of my head, only they're black now. My hair feels a bit thicker than before, my human ears are still here......oh great. Now my eyes look like those of a cat! And what are these?!?! Fangs?!?! I HAVE FANGS NOW?!?!?! Both on the top and bottom, but the ones on top are more noticeable!" I looked lower. I looked the same on my chest and torso. "Well, at least my wings are still here, and are feathery, even if they are black now. I also see that my 'leopard patches' are still black as well. Oh and I still have my tail, and it's gray, and feels thicker now."

I was equally startled when I was told that my legs were covered in black fur. "But I still have wolf legs, and wolf paws for feet though?"

Don nodded. "Yeah."

For extra measure, I also felt around my crotch area. "Hmm", I thought, "My balls feel bigger, and are still furry, and what do you know? I STILL have a knot to some degree! I bet that I also have a stallion's dick as well!" I made a mental note to figure that out later.

I then looked up at the others in the room. "So what do you guys think? Is it bad, or not?"

Don shrugged. "Eh, you look better than you did before. And at least you don't have all of the health issues that you used to have as a Human-wolf."

"I agree. Zis vas some of my finest work! You look much better as a Human-Bat-Pony, than you ever did as a Human-Volf!"

"Yeah, I think that you look better too Master!"

"GAH!!!!!" Up until that moment, I had no idea that Aurora was right beside me. "Oh, Aurora, you're right here. Phew, you scared me girl!"

She climbed into my lap, and leaned against me. "Mmm, sorry! Oh and you look cute with fangs!"

I turned away blushing. "S-shut up!" I said with a hand over my face.

"Oh, and if you're worried about what Dash will think of you, don't. I know that she'll love you just the same. You're still you, just packaged in a little bit different of a shell."

I smiled up at my faithful pet. I hugged her. "Hmm, thanks Aurora, you always do know just what to say to make me feel better."

She licked me a bit. "Mmm, you're welcome Master!"

I then looked over at Don. "So, is Zandia still standing, or did you nuke it without me? Better still, did the Equestrian scientists ok any nuking?"

He shook his head. "Nope, it's still there. We did get the go-ahead to use nukes, but your health, as well as the health of the other wounded, was far more important than nuking the city."

I then thought about the battle. "What's the damage from the battle?"

Don sighed. "From the numbers, we lost 153, with a further 234 wounded, including yourself. For the enemy, either complete casualties now, or will be soon!"

"And please tell me that you retrieved Tarrath's body. We're going to need it later, both for propaganda purposes, and so that I'll have something to mount onto my wall!"

Don nodded. "It's in the medical lab, currently being preserved by our taxidermists."

"Wait, we have taxidermists on this train?"

"Well, ever since we left Ponyville anyway. Who knew that these Ponies knew how to do taxidermy?"

I then made the move to stand up. Aurora jumped to the floor so as to allow me more room to move. First I put one paw onto the floor, and then the other. Then I stood up. My body knew what to do. "Well, I'm standing, so that's something. Now let's see about walking." I took a few steps. "Ok, well so far I'm really failing to see a difference in what I was able to do before."

"And you shouldn't", Dr. Fritz told me. "You should be just as healthy as you vere before, albeit, slightly altered."

I nodded, and then turned to Don. "Ok, so are all of our people safely out of harm's way?"

"I'm pretty sure that they are, why?"

"Because Samurai, we have a city to nuke! Let's go!" I began to leave the medical car.

"Hey vait a minute! You've forgotten your shirt and tunic, as vell as your helmet, and Kitsune mask!"

"Oh, whoops!" I went back and grabbed them. Although I put my mask and helmet back on, for whatever reason, I didn't put my shirt or tunic back on, at least not at the time.

By the time that all personnel had checked in, the first of our 4 railguns, Railgun 1, was locked and loaded with a nuclear shell. The plan was to get the train moving, and then fire the shell behind the train once we were safely out of the blast radius, and then let the nuclear blast work its evil.

Joe and Frank were driving the engine, and I was in the PCC with Don and Jim.

"Ok, Railgun 1, this is Major Don. Are you all ready to launch?"

"Major, this is Railgun 1. We're all ready to go, over."

"Ok, do the final checks, as well as the protocols for firing nuclear shells. We don't want anything to go wrong."

"Copy that, performing all checks now!"

A few minutes later, they were done. "Ok Major, we're all ready over here. All systems are go, the shell has been locked onto the target, which is the city's center, and we're all ready to launch!"

"Roger that Railgun 1. Now just transfer control over the PCC for this launch. I wish to be the one to launch the shell."

"Copy that Major, sending control over to you!"

A red button in front of Don began to flash. "Ok, drumroll please!"

We all rapped on the table in front of us.

"3......2......1.....FIRING!!!"

Don then pushed the button, and we all felt the shock and vibration of the gun firing.

"SHELL AWAY!!!" One of the crew from Railgun 1 reported.

We all then crowded around all available windows, as well as screens that had cameras pointing behind the train. We all wanted to see what the first nuclear device ever detonated in Equestria would look like. We didn't have long to wait. Maybe 30 seconds after launch, the shell reached its target, Zandia's city center. For a moment after the shell hit, there was nothing. Suddenly though, there came a momentary blinding flash of white light, and then we all saw the unmistakable mushroom-cloud, indicating a nuclear detonation. A presumed 5 megaton nuclear weapon had just been dropped on an enemy city.

The devastation inside the city was catastrophic. From what we were able to gather later, the entire city, (or what was left of it!) was reduced to radioactive rubble. The entire surrounding area was also blasted away into nothingness. We all knew that even if there had been any survivors inside of Zandia, there was no way that they could have just survived a nuclear blast.

Don turned to the rest of us. "Well boys, I think that that was a very successful nuclear test, wouldn't you all agree?"

"I would think so Don. However, we just did that on an empty city that had already been destroyed by battle. Imagine if we'd done that while Zandia was still standing, and fully intact!"

Don nodded. "Yes, that is an interesting thought Captain Leopard, however, we couldn’t have risked it until we had the all-clear to do so. Plus, even though we have to destroy all of the Zebras, we still have to be careful. This was most likely the first nuclear device ever detonated in Equestria. Until we can fully understand how bad the fallout will be, we can only use these on depleted targets."

I could see where Don was coming from. I mean, I loved to kill Zebras as much as the next guy, but possibly uncontrolled nuclear fallout? Count me out!

Across the Empire in Zebrica, Overlord Zakia was beginning to get rather worried. He was unable to contact General Tarrath, anyone else in Zandia, or the surrounding area since the accident with the chemical factory earlier the previous day.

"Ok, now this is really starting to creep me out. I have to know what's going on!" He summoned one of his mages. "Seer?"

"Um, Yes Sir?"

"I need you to use your magic to look across the Empire to Zandia. I need to know why the city has fallen silent!"

The seer nodded. "Yes Overlord Zakia." He then began to work his Magic.

By using himself as a conductor, he was able to create a sort of holographic screen so that Zakia could see what he was seeing. Eventually, the seer was able to look over at Zandia.

"Do you see anything yet Seer?"

"Yes Sir, and what I see is truly terrifying!"

Now Zakia was scared. He looked at the screen. "What am I looking at?" He saw a city, but the city was smoldering, and partially in ruins.

"That Sir, is what's left of Zandia! The city has fallen!"

"WHAT?!?!?! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!?!?!?!"

"Well Sir, barring of course enemy activity, I would have to say that Tarrath just had to deal with a coup de tat, and lost!" Zakia was maybe about to say something, but suddenly the seer heard something else. "Wait! I just heard something!"

"What?"

"It.....sounded like a cannon going off. Hold on, I'll look closer." He turned his "Magic eyes" towards the city center. "Huh, well that's strange, I could have sworn that I heard a can........GWAH!!!!!! MY EYES!!!!!" The seer screamed. "I'VE BEEN BLINDED!!!!!" He lost his magical control, and lay on the floor of the throne room, screaming, and writhing in agony while holding his hands over his eyes.

Zakia was terrified. "OH GODS, MEDIC!!!!"

Sure enough, a Zebra medic came running. "Oh gods, what happened in here?!"

"I....I don't know! One minute he was using his Magic to look at Zandia, and the next he was on the floor screaming that he had been blinded!"

The medic began to perform an examination. "Oh my. He's.....he’s been flash-burned!"

"WHAT?!?!?!"

"Yes! Whatever he was looking at burned his retinas!" The medic began to administer a gel into the Seer's eyes.

Finally, he was able to calm down. "Ugh, oh....my eyes, they still hurt!"

"You need to take it easy." The medic told him. "You've been severely flash-burned. Whatever you looked at burned your retinas."

Zakia went over to the seer. "What.....did you see?"

"I.....I don't know. All I know is that I was looking towards the center of the city, and then I was suddenly hit by a blinding white flash. That's it."

(Why was the Seer blinded, while we on the Battleship Express weren't? Well, he was looking almost right at ground zero when the detonation occurred. We were safely out of the blast radius, and looking either through video screens, or protected glass).

On a hunch, Zakia got in touch with several of his scouts. "Go to Zandia, and see what you can find. I have to know what happened out there!"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'IT'S GONE'?!?! GONE WHERE?!"

"From what we've been able to gather, the entire city was destroyed in one massive explosion!"

"That's.......that’s impossible!"

"It's what we're finding Sir, and also, some of us are getting sick. They keep vomiting, some of their manes are falling out, and burns are starting to appear on the flesh beneath our fur! There's something dangerous out here Sir!" The scout leader turned his communicator, and Zakia saw how horrible the Zebra scouts looked.

"Oh gods! Fall back now! You've obviously all been exposed to something deadly! You need to fall back and get quarantined until we can figure out what we're dealing with!"

"Yes, Sir!"

Zakia then terminated the call. "So now the Humans are in our midst, and they have a terrifying new weapon; one that makes Zebras get sick, and can destroy entire cities in a single blast!" He contemplated what to do.

Eventually, he came up with a solution. After taking his communicator, he opened the channel that he used to use to communicate with King Danin. Danin had blocked Zakia after he left the Alliance, but ever since the Caribou learned that the Zebras had 4 of the Element Bearers, they reopened the line, even though it hadn't been used.

"This is Overlord Zakia calling King Danin. Please respond."

For a while, there was only silence. Eventually though, the holographic image of King Danin appeared. He didn't look to happy. "Ugh, what is it Zakia? Please tell me that you haven't come crawling back to the Alliance, have you?"

Zakia sighed. "Ok first of all, I didn't come 'crawling back to the Alliance'. And second of all, I need your help. The Humans have attacked the Empire, and they have a terrifying new weapon!"

"Oh? And what, pray tell, IS this 'new weapon'? Does it make you want to be an even bigger faggot than you already are?" Danin sneered.

Now Zakia was upset. "Ok, now that was downright rude! No, it cannot do that. However, this one weapon, with just one explosion, was able to wipe out Zandia!"

Danin was incredulous. However, after a report from General Rodin's scouts did indeed confirm that Zandia was no more, Danin knew that something was up. "Ok, my scouts have just reported that yes indeed, Zandia is gone. My question is, so what? What do you want us to do about it?"

"I want you to HELP US!!! We need help fighting the Humans! If we fall, then the Caribou WILL be next!"

Danin could see that Zandia was close to going off his nut. He then decided to take full advantage of the situation to benefit him and the Caribou. "Hmm.......well, you see Zakia, the thing is........well, let me put it to you this way. You see, I WANT to help you, but the thing is, you've HURT us! You left General Rodin hanging without reinforcements at Baltimare. He and his forces took some rather damaging losses from the city's defenders. Now if you had been there, then I'm sure that you and him would have carried the day, but OH NO!!!! You just HAD to attack Appaloosa and Dodge City, didn't you? I'm impressed. I never saw an imperial army lose THAT MANY soldiers in such an unimportant battle! PATHETIC!!!!" (The story that Danin was telling was absolute bullshit, but Zakia didn't know that).

"However, we Caribou MIGHT be willing to help you Zebras out by letting you rejoin the Alliance, as well as sending forces to help you......"

"YOU WILL?!?!?" Zakia interrupted. "Um.....I mean, yes, of course you will, and I and my people will be most grateful for the assistance."

"But see, that's the thing", Danin continued. "Before you interrupted me, I was going to say that before we would agree to help you, you have to pay a price!"

Now Zakia was a bit more worried, but he didn't show it. "Oh? And what sort of 'price' will we have to pay?"

Danin smirked a bit. "Well, I heard from a little bird that not only did you capture 2 Humans, but also 4 of the 'Bearers of the Elements of Harmony', as well. My price is simple; give me two of the 'Element Bearers', as well as 1 of the Humans, and then we can work out a deal."

Now Zakia was mad. He wanted to tell Danin what he REALLY thought of him, but yet at the same time, he needed to be allowed back into the Imperial Alliance. "Ok, fine, I'll go get your prisoners, and send them....."

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!!! No, you will bring them here to your throne room so that I may CHOOSE which ones I want!"

"Ok, now that crosses the line!"

Danin shrugged. "Alright, suit yourself. I'll just leave you for the Humans to turn into their slut! I bet that you'd look really cute with a long mane, and in a slutty outfit while you danced for them, with one cock in your mouth, and two more up your ass!"

"OK FINE!!!!!" Zakia didn't even want to think about the scenario that Danin had just described. "I'll send for the prisoners!"

While Zakia was doing that, Danin, as well as some of his advisers who were close by at the time, were howling with laughter at how much Zakia was his little bitch!

A short while later, the 4 Element Bearers, as well as Private Cole, were dragged back to the throne room. They were all still naked and tied up, and when they arrived, they got the shock of their life. There waiting for them, all tied down, and still looking horrible, was Private Dan! He wasn't dead!

Cole’s jaw dropped. "D-Dan?! I-is that you?"

"Uh......huh." Dan said softly.

"B-b-b-but I thought that you were dead!"

"I.....wasn't. T-they, beat me, and did w-what they d-did to you, but a-after I got b-beaten up, they d-dragged you away and l-left me to d-die." Dan then went on to explain that the ones who had abused him to the point of death were executed for diminishing Dan's value as a hostage, and that they'd patched him up as best they could.

Before Cole could really talk to Dan further though, all of them were lined up in front of Zakia.

"Ok Whores and Bastards, listen up! Today 2 of you, as well as one of you Humans, are going to leave this place....." Their hearts skipped a beat. Were they finally going to be let go? ".......And be sent to King Danin of the Caribou Empire as his personal slaves!" Their hearts dropped. Not only were they still going to be hostage/slaves, but now they were going to be split up as well. All of them secretly wished to stay in the Zebra Empire, so as to be ready when the Battleship Express showed up.

"Ok King Danin, here they all are. You can make your choices now."

Danin looked first at the Humans. "Ok, for my Human, that's not even a choice. The one with brown hair looks like a corpse. Why would I want him? I'll take the one with the blonde hair!" He meant Cole.

Cole was then restrained again, and dragged off to the side. "F@#KING BASTARDS!!!!" He screamed.

"Gag him!" Zakia ordered. A rag was then tied over Cole's mouth.

"Now then, for my choice of the mares." Danin looked over them all. All of them glared angrily back at him as he looked at their nude bodies.

"Oh, what Stud would do to you if he was here right now!" Dash thought to herself.

"Hmm, well, I can say right now that the purple one, although attractive, looks too weak, and on the flip-side, the orange one looks too strong. Sure, I would ENJOY breaking her, but for now I just want two slaves that are already house-trained."

"Bitch, I would piss and shit on your floors all day long!" Dash muttered.

"What was that Slave?" Danin turned to her. Dash didn't say anything. "Hold that thought. I really like the pink one. She's all cute and pudgy-looking. I've always wanted a chubby mare for my harem; good birthing hips! I'll take the pink one!"

Pinkie was then dragged over by Cole.

"Oh Sweet Celestia no!" Twilight thought. "Not Pinkie!"

Then Danin turned back to Dash. "And this blue one clearly has a bad attitude! She NEEDS to be broken! I'll take her too!"

"NOO!!!!" Applejack screamed through her gag. Twilight did likewise. Dash fought the whole way over to Cole and Pinkie, but she was unable to be very effective at fighting, as she was still tied up.

"Excellent choices King Danin, I will have them shipped to you as soon as possible! Now then, about our deal...."

"No! You will ship them to me NOW!!!! If I do not have them by the time that the sun sets today, the DEAL IS OFF!!!!!"

Zakia turned pale. "Yes, right away King Danin! They will be processed right now!" He then turned to his guards. "Guards, send out the order for my train crew. Have them get their engine fired up for a run to the Caribou Empire right now!"

"Yes Sir!"

"And you will take me with you! I wish to see for myself how the goods are to be packaged for shipment. I DO NOT want them damaged!"

Zakia nodded. "Certainly King Danin. I will show you the entire process myself." He then turned to his guards again. "Oh, and send the other 3 back to the dungeons again. I'll be dealing with them later!"

Twilight, Applejack and Dan were dragged to the dungeons again, while Pinkie, Dash, and Cole were carried away on the first leg of their trip to the Caribou Empire. Zakia followed along as well, all while still talking to Danin, so that he could show him everything like he wanted.

Cole tried to process everything that was happening as he and the others were being carried. First they were taken to a shower area where they were all scrubbed down, and Cole had his wounds tended to by an actual medic. Next they were dried off, and their original restraints were replaced with ones that only secured their wrists, ankles, and Dash's wings. They were also gagged to prevent biting, spitting and cussing.

They were then carried down to the local freight depot, where the train that had brought them all there was now waiting to take them away. This time though, there was only one boxcar and a caboose behind the engine. The boxcar was then opened, they were taken inside of the car, where they were placed in a large crate with a cushion on the bottom of it. The crate was left without a lid, but then the boxcar door was shut and locked.

"And as you can see King Danin, the whole process was extremely simple. We cleaned them up, gave them better restraints, and placed them gently into a padded crate for the trip to your realm. Does all of this suffice?"

"Get the train moving, and then I'll answer that question."

"Ok, you heard King Danin, move it out!" The train's engineer blew the whistle, and with the prisoners on board, as well as 3 guards, the train began it's 1,565 mile journey to Donneth, the Caribou's capital city.

Danin watched the train until it was out of sight. "Yes", He finally said. "This does seem to suffice, for now anyway. I will contact you again when the train arrives. For now, yes, the deal is still on. HOWEVER, if you betray me in ANY WAY, well," Danin looked at Zakia VERY darkly, "Let's just say that the Humans won't be the only ones attacking you!"

Danin then terminated the call, leaving Zakia alone with his thoughts.

"Did you get all of that General Rodin?"

"Um, I think so Sir, but are we really going to send aid to the Zebras?"

"What do you think?"

Rodin thought for a moment. "Well", He said slowly, "If I had to venture a guess, then I would have to say no, and that you only said that to get the slaves away from that bastard."

"Precisely!!!"

"And what do you want me to do again?"

"When the train arrives, alert me immediately, and I’ll come to the station to get my new slaves."

"And what about the crew, and most likely any guards?"

Danin smirked. "Kill them, all of them!"

Rodin nodded. "Sir, yes Sir."

Meanwhile, on the train, after working with his bonds for a bit, Cole managed to get his hands to his face enough to loosen his gag. He was then able to loosen Dash's and Pinkie's as well.

"Well, this is a fine mess, isn't it? The Battleship Express was going to be attacking in a matter of days, and now we're being shipped about as far away from that as possible!"

"Yeah, and here I was thinking that Stud was going to be there to save us. Now only Twilight, Applejack, and Dan will be saved. Celestia knows what'll happen to us when we reach the Caribou Empire."

Cole sighed. "Well, most likely we'll just be used as bargaining chips again. We're too valuable of assets to just waste. I'm sure that our captors will find some use for us. Probably not good uses, but uses nevertheless."

"That's what I'm afraid of." Pinkie seemed to be close to crying.

Cole managed to move as close as he could to her. "Shh, it's ok Pinkie. Even though I'm tied up, I won't let the Caribou hurt you."

"Y-you, wont?"

"Of course not! My job is to protect and serve, that's why I'm a soldier! Plus, when Captain Leopard, Major Don, and the others get done with the Zebras, the Caribou will be next! We moved Heaven and Earth to save Appaloosa, and I know that they moved Heaven and Earth again to come and get to Zebrica to save us, so what's stopping them from just doing it again?"

"Nothing, I guess." Dash answered. "Plus, since Stud has already shown his loyalty to me once, and he has pledged his love for me, I know that he will stop at NOTHING to get me back!"

"Exactly! As such is the nature of Human-wolves. Their loyalty knows no boundaries."

They continued to talk about this for a number of hours as their train moved along.

Eventually, the train came to a sudden stop.

"Uh oh", Cole muttered. "I think that we might have reached our destination!"

Sure enough, moments later, they all heard the sound of voices, and then the doors to the boxcar were opened. A group of Caribou then appeared, and pulled them out of the crate.

"Come on, let's go! King Danin is waiting!"

They were then pulled out of the car, and set on the ground beside the train. Suddenly from a crowd of nearby Caribou, one stepped forward who appeared to be the leader. He had a dark shirt with a metal breastplate, dark pants, and dark boots. He also wore a metal crown on his head.

"So, I take it that you all are the slaves that Zakia was sending me?"

"Yeah, what's it to you?" Cole decided that once again, he was going to be playing hardball.

For his efforts, he was knocked backwards on the ground. "Insolent wretch! But anyway, I am King Danin, ruler of the Caribou Empire, and your new master!"

"#NotMyMaster." Cole muttered.

This time, he was kicked in the ribs hard enough to crack something. "Ulgh!!!" Cole lay on the ground in severe pain.

Danin then turned to some of his soldiers. "Men?"

"Yes My King?"

"Take the Zebras that crewed the train, and put them next to the slaves!"

"Yes Sir!"

"No, wait, what?!" Before they knew what was happening, the 5 Zebras who were on the train were grabbed, and placed on their knees on the ground next to Cole, Pinkie, and Dash.

Danin then contacted Zakia.

"Ah, King Danin, I expect that the slaves have arrived?"

"Oh yes, they have arrived, and I thank you very much for your contributions to my Empire. However, I'm afraid that, well.....I kinda lied to you!"

"Wait, what? What do you mean, 'you kinda lied to me'?"

Danin smirked. "I mean that I only said that I wanted these slaves so that you wouldn't kill them! I NEVER had any intentions of helping you!"

"WHAT?!?!?!" Now Zakia began to realize what a fool he had been. "YOU TRAITOROUS LEECH!! Now YOU betrayed ME!!!"

"Yeah? And now we're equal! You got the short end of this stick this time, just as I got the short end last time! Oh, and thanks for your other gift as well."

"Huh? What 'other gift'?"

Danin then turned his communicator until it showed the 3 Zebra soldiers, as well as the train’s engineer and fireman.

"Hey! Those are my people! What are you doing to them?!"

"What should be done to every Zebra warrior. KILL THE SOLDIERS!!!!"

"WHAT?!?!? NOOO!!!!!"

As quick as a flash, 3 Caribou pulled out their guns, and shot the 3 Zebra soldiers dead, leaving only the Zebra engineer and fireman. However, the engineer tried to pull out a pistol, and was shot through the right eye, killing him instantly. Cole, Dash and Pinkie were all fighting the urge to throw up, however, what happened next was far worse.

"Now, bring me that fireman!"

"WHAT?!?! NO, LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"

He was grabbed, and after being stripped naked, he was placed in front of a Caribou mage.

"What are you doing to him Danin?!?!?!" Zakia yelled.

"What needs to be done to all of the Zebras who aren't soldiers! Mage, work your Magic!"

The mage smirked. "As you wish, My King!"

Then, to everyone's shock and horror, the Zebra's mane got longer, his hips got curvier, he grew a large pair of breasts, and his dick shrunk to almost nothing. He, or rather, she now, also got slightly chubbier as well. The mage then smirked, and opened up his pants to let his cock out. When the Zebra saw that, she went wild, and immediately began to loudly suck and slurp on it.

Cole turned to the left and threw up. "You.......sick monsters!" He said while still throwing up.

Zakia was equally disgusted. "OH GODS!!!! WHAT DID YOU DO?!?!?!?!"

Danin smirked. "Oh, I just showed 'her' her new place! How do you like it Slave?"

The Zebra took a break long enough to giggle a little before going right back to work on the mage.

"Dear God", Cole muttered to himself. "Is THAT what's going to happen to me?"

Zakia then spoke. "We're....THROUGH DANIN!!! I want NOTHING further to do with the Imperial Alliance! IF THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR ALLIES, THEN I'D RATHER US BE ENEMIES AGAIN!!!!" Zakia then hung up, and vowed to never talk to Danin again.

"Hmm well, that was interesting. Guards?"

"Yes My King?"

"Take these 3 to their 'quarters', so that they can begin to adjust to their 'new lives'!"

"As you wish, My King!"

Cole, Pinkie and Dash were then picked up, and carried away into Danin's palace in Donneth, the Caribou's capital city.

Meanwhile, over 1,500 miles away, Zakia continued to plan out a counter-attack. He knew that the Battleship Express was closing in on him, but he just didn't know where it was.

All the while he was planning, the Battleship Express was indeed getting closer and closer to Zebrica. Closer and closer to dealing out doses of death once again.

Author's Note

Ok, I appologize if this chapter was a bit boring. I had to write this one, as in the fury over the Zebra, I had to take the time to remind everypony that the Caribou are just as bad, if not WORSE than the Zebras themselves! They too will be marked for Death.

Meanwhile, what'll happen to Cole, Pinkie, and Dash? Will they be treated better or worse by the Caribou? And what about Dan, Twilight, and Applejack? Will they be ok? And what about those Zebras who were exposed to radiation poisoning? Will they die? And what about the Battleship Express? How will the final battle in Zebrica go? Well, you know the drill, keep reading, and I'll tell you!

And, as always, comments, feedback, questions, as well as spreading the word about this story, are always appreciated, and I'll see you all in Chapter 14!

ScarFox out for now, ALL ABOARD!!!!!