Recovery

As Adagio slept, she was starting to have thoughts about what happened after the Battle of the Bands. The things that happened when the Dazzlings were battling the Rainbooms and suffering their humiliating defeat really got under Adagio's skin. Just then, she heard a strange noise. She got out of her bed and started investigating the source of the sound. She was naked when she started searching. Checking everywhere from underneath the bed to the closets and even the drawers. She couldn't figure out where they were. Just then, she saw a red light coming from the bathroom.

"What the...?" Adagio said, looking at the light.

She went to the bathroom to see what was in there. After going inside, she saw the same gem that was destroyed during their battle against the Rainbooms. It was lying in the bathtub as it glowed. Adagio heard whispers as she moved forward to pick it up. The more she moved towards, the higher and eerier the pitch became. After moving forward a few more centimeters, the gem started to levitate off the ground, startling Adagio as she fell to the ground. Just then, the Siren popped out of the gem.

"Adagio Dazzle!" it shouted.

Adagio tried to escape, but the door was somehow locked. She tried twisting the knob open, but it broke off. She turned around and looked helplessly at the Siren which came closer to her.

"How dare you show your presence to me after your loss against the Rainbooms!"

"I-It wasn't my fault! I didn't know that their lead singer was a princess! You have to believe it was beyond my power of defeating them!"

"Your team's incompetence and folly got us destroyed!"

"I did not know! I wouldn't have gone through with this if you had told me she had alicorn magic!"

"Silence!" the siren shouted.

Adagio quieted down and listened.

"You have failed us! You have ruined us! Everything that we worked so hard for has now been wasted by your bumbling antics as a leader and a sister! From here on out, in the darkest corners of wherever you go, wherever you may deem safe in anywhere else, I will be living on as your shadow! I will live on... in... your... NIGHTMARES!!!!" the siren roared as it charged at Adagio.

***

A startled Adagio woke out of her bed in cold sweat, panting as she tried getting a hold of herself from the nightmare that had just occurred. She looked around carefully to see if the siren was anywhere to be found. After checking everywhere to see if the siren was there, she put all her fears to rest and went back to her bed. But she was too troubled to fall asleep now after what just happened to her. So she just got out of bed and looked out the window, watching every car and person passed by as she sat down. Just then, she felt someone's hand touch her, scaring her out of her wits. She turned around and saw that it was Sonata, awake as well.

"Oh Sonata. Don't you know better than to startle anybody?" Adagio asked with brief, angry undertones.

"I'm sorry, Adagio. I just had a bad dream." Sonata said.

Hearing this, Adagio asked,

"Was it the same dream as mine?"

Sonata nodded solemnly and sat down near her. Adagio hugged her as they both looked out the window.

"Was it my fault?" Sonata asked.

"What?" Adagio asked.

"Was it me that held you back? Was it-?"

Adagio stopped her from speaking any further and said,

"No. Everything we did together was all me. I had no idea that the lead singer of the Rainbooms was an alicorn from Equestria. And other one, Sunset Shimmer, was a former student of Princess Celestia. We were already doomed the moment they joined forces with one another."

"Even so, everything that we did was for nothing. We made this big plan of taking over the world and we blew it. Why did it ever come to this? I don't understand." Sonata said with tears coming out of her eyes.

Adagio had no clear answer to that. As the leader, she had an answer for everything. But now that the Dazzlings have lost, Adagio had no idea what to say.

"Look, nothing we did was ever your fault. We just had the rotten luck of running into a force that was bigger than us. We could never have suspected that they would be the ones to take us out. And even then, we would have figured out a way to win. For better or worse. But still, I had no idea how bad it would turn out."

Having quieted down a little but still upset, Sonata asked,

"Are they gonna get us?"

"No, Sonata. Those creatures have no idea what we're capable if we stand together. And this isn't the first time this happened to us. We will make this work. I promise that nothing bad is gonna happen to us, okay?" Adagio said as she hugged Sonata.

Sonata quietly cried after hearing that. Even after all the times that they went with suffering, nothing had really changed. They were only trying to survive a world gone cruel and the heavy price they had to pay was losing their gems. The thought clung onto Adagio like a hook on a fish. It was just too much to ignore. Just then, Sonata asked,

"Is it okay... if I sleep with you?"

Hearing this made Adagio blush as she looked at Sonata. Her bright-blue skin made her shiver with lust as she looked at her intensely. But then Adagio asked,

"Why not sleep with Aria?"

"She kicks me when we sleep together. Please? Just for the night?" Sonata begged.

"Well, I-"

"Please...?"

Sonata's eyes were tingling with innocence as she looked at Adagio. The latter was already cornered when the former showed her eyes. Knowing full well that she couldn't say no to Sonata when she made that face, Adagio reluctantly said,

"...fine. But just for tonight."

"Yay." Sonata said quietly.

Getting underneath the covers, Sonata went to sleep while Adagio kept her eyes open for the rest of the night. As she pondered about what they were going to do next, Adagio felt Sonata wrap her arms around her in a loving manner. The gesture creeped out Adagio a little, but decided to leave it alone for the night. Aria, on the other hand, overheard them and just kept her feelings in check while pretending to sleep. They all went to sleep twenty minutes later.

***

The next morning, Adagio woke up to find that Sonata was on top of her. Then she felt something soft and squishy in her hand. Adagio looked down and saw that her hand was on Sonata's butt when she was asleep. Immediately, she took her hands off as soon as Sonata woke up. Looking down in a clueless manner at Adagio, Sonata said,

"Good morning, Adagio."

"Get off me." Adagio said, pushing Sonata off.

She looked around to see where Aria was, but she wasn't there. Just then, she heard the toilet flush. Out of the bathroom came Aria.

"'Morning." Aria plainly said.

They both looked at Aria in a weirded out manner when she came out.

"What're you lovebirds looking at?" Aria teased.

Shaking her head after hearing that, Adagio said as she got off her bed,

"Look... I have no idea what you have to do to make it work, but you two need to find jobs. If not, we're back on the street. Understand?"

"And what about you?" Aria asked.

"I need to get our stuff back." Adagio said as she got dressed.

"What if the manager knows about this?" Sonata asked.

"He won't. Just focus on finding jobs and we should be okay for awhile. Okay? Gotta go!" Adagio said after getting dressed and leaving the room.

"Sheesh..." Aria said as she got dressed.

"That's our boss for ya..." Sonata said, getting dressed as well.