Trixie stood in the Diamond Dogs base with her arms folded and her foot tapping. She had just listened to Rover’s recounting of the events that had happened and was in disbelief. Rover knelt before Trixie waiting for her to lash out at him.

“So, let me get this straight,” she finally said. “That loser was able to depower several Diamond Dogs? That shouldn’t be possible! I fucked the magic into you guys!”

“Like I said, Trixie. They were using these strange devices,” Rover said. “They looked like flashlights.”

“I don’t care what they looked like! What I want to know is where she got them?!” Trixie yelled. Her body quivered with anger, causing her breasts to jiggle. “She must have someone helping her.”

“Well, yeah…” Rover said with a confused look. “She has those two others who fight with her.”

“No, not them! The person who’s been helping her with the Ourania business!” she spat. “This person clearly knows a lot about the magic and how it affects people. Matter-Horn has an experienced Ourania guiding her and is now providing her with tools to oppose us. That second-rate could pose a bigger threat than we imagined…”

Rover watched as Trixie talked to herself. She tended to do this whenever she was stressed, and he found it was best to just let her keep going. It could be anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. Rover didn’t want to interrupt for fear he would be punished in some way but had something to ask of her.

“Trixie?” he said gently hoping to ease her out of the rant.

“Yes, Rover? What is it?”

“Um…the Terminus brothers want to know if you could provide more Diamond Dogs?” he said bracing for the worst.

Trixie sighed and rubbed her eyes. This whole ordeal with the scam artists was becoming more of a headache than she liked. She had hoped this would’ve been done by now. After a few moments she looked up at Rover and said, “Fine, tell the two imbeciles they can have more Diamond Dogs. The sooner we put this mess behind us the better.”

Rover nodded and left. Trixie shook her head. She wanted to scream but held it in. “Lavender! Fuchsia! Where are you? We need to talk!” The magician moved to the next room looking for her assistants. She found Ma Diamond leaning against the wall with a glass of scotch in her hand.

“Running into trouble, balloon tits?” she said swirling her liquor.

“Nothing for you to worry about, old lady,” she said giving the woman a sideways glance. “Just a minor hiccup.”

“I hope my boys are being taken care of. They mean the world to me.”

“Hmph,” Trixie scoffed and spotted the two women.

“What’s up, Trix?” Lavender said.

“Yeah, I was about to take three guys at once,” Fuchsia said with a disappointed look.

“Ugh,” Ma Diamond grumbled and left the room.

Trixie looked at her two lovely assistants and said, “That loser, Matter-Horn is giving us more trouble. So, we need to do things a little differently.”

At the library, Twilight helped Raven reorganize the books. Several of the shelves were bare as the two women stacked books onto carts. The sound of books slapping against each other, and wheels squeaking echoed throughout the library.

Twilight furrowed her brow and made a face. She had grabbed a book off the shelf and just stared at it for some time. Eventually, she marked the book down on a piece of paper and set it aside with the rest. Twilight reached for the next book and let out a sigh.

“Something the matter, Miss Stellanis?” Raven said turning to the younger woman. “You’ve been sighing an awful lot this morning.”

“I’m fine,” she said. “I’m just worried is all. About Love Bunny, the Diamond Dogs, all of it. This kind of stuff usually relaxes me. But right now, I’m just feeling stressed.”

Raven set down the tablet she was holding and walked over to the younger woman. “Why don’t we take a short break? I’ll prepare us some tea. How does that sound?”

Twilight was about to refuse but changed her mind. “Actually, that does sound good.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~

In the break room and makeshift kitchen, Raven poured tea and brought it to the table Twilight was sitting at. The young librarian thanked her and took a sip.

“I might not be the conversationalist that Mistress is,” Raven started as she stirred her tea, “But I can listen. So, what seems to be troubling you?”

Twilight looked at the swirling contents of her cup and sighed. “I know I’m gonna sound like a broken record, but I didn’t think things would be this way when I took the job,” she said. Twilight sipped her tea and continued. “I just thought it would be normal librarian stuff. Organize the catalog, keep track of borrowed material, and so on. Never in my life did I think I would be flung into this secret world with sex powers, fighting hulked out bank robbers, and trying to stop some maniac from doing whatever crazy scheme she has in mind.” She finished her tea and set the cup aside. “I’m just feeling a bit overwhelmed. Is it wrong of me to want things to go back to before I started working here?”

Raven smiled at Twilight and said, “It's perfectly fine to feel that way. I remember when I first started working for Mistress things were quite hectic.”

“Really? How so?” Twilight asked her, listening intently.

“Well, I had just finished my training as an Ourania, and had been assigned to work for Mistress and her sister here in the city. As you have undoubtedly guessed, Mistress can be a bit much. They had gone through a number of assistants before I arrived.” She paused for a moment before continuing. “The library was a mess. Mistress would just use it as a cover for her identity. Even her sister, who was the stricter of the two, had no real interest in this place. Getting everything in order took some time. Luckily for them, I am all about organization. In a month’s time, I had this place in order and running smoothly.”

“How long have you been with Celestia?”

“It’ll be fifty years this fall,” Raven said taking a sip from her tea. “There have been some trying times, but I loved every minute of it. To be honest, when you started here, I thought things would be…quieter. But there was the incident, and you turned out to be an Ourania. Fate has a funny way of doing things.”

Twilight nodded and then said, “You mentioned her sister. What happened to her?”

“That’s not my place to tell,” she said shaking her head. “When Mistress is ready, she’ll let you know. She’ll let you know everything”

The young librarian gave Raven a look but shrugged it off.

“So, what’s your brother up to?”

“I think he’s in his room right now,” Twilight said as she stood up. “Lord knows what he’s doing in there.”

“I have an idea.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sitting on his bed, Spike flipped through the comic books he brought with him, and the ones Rainbow Dash let him borrow. He had been searching for an answer to their current problem, or at least a hint in the right direction. But after going over everything he had he was no closer to a breakthrough. Even the issues with the sexy witches weren’t any help. Feeling frustrated, Spike flung himself back onto his bed.

“God! How do they make it look so easy?” he said rubbing his eyes. “It seems like such a simple thing to stop the bad guys. Why is it so difficult?”

As Spike lay on his bed talking to himself, his phone began to ring. He checked and saw it was Lily. With not much else to do he answered.

“Hi Spike!” Lily said energetically as her bright face appeared on his screen. “Hope this isn’t a bad time.”

“Hi, Lily,” he said sitting up. “No, it’s alright. Nothing doing right now. What’s up?”

“Inky and I just wanted to say hi. We’ve been missing you soooo much,” she said turning the screen to show the tall busty woman.

“Hi,” Inky said.

“Hey, it’s nice to see you, Inky,” Spike said waving.

“So, what are you up to right now?”

“Uh, just trying to figure out how to stop the Diamond Dogs,” Spike said. “It’s not been easy. They’ve been beefed up by Trixie's group and now they’re riding around on that huge machine.”

“You’ll figure something out,” Lily said cheerfully. “You’re, like, super cool, and stuff. You go out and fight those awful baddies. Plus, you got that incredible dick.”

Inky poked her head into the frame and nodded. “Uh-huh.”

“Thanks ladies,” he said blushing lightly. “It’s nice to hear, but I know you’re just saying that because you want this.” He moved the phone down to focus on his crotch.

“I mean, that’s not the only reason…” Lily said.

“(sigh) I don’t know. I just feel like dead weight,” he lamented. “I don’t have any powers. I don’t have magic like Twilight, or whatever crazy stuff Pinkie has. I’m not even some tech wizard like Mr. Sciuto. I just…feel…useless.”

“Aawww, you’re not useless, Spikey,” Lily said pushing her breasts together. “You help out all the time. I heard you, like, totally saved Twilight one time.”

“Saving sounds a bit extreme,” Spike said shrugging. “I’ve certainly been there for support.”

Lily sat there for moment, thinking. After a bit she stood up. “Hold on. I know what you need.” The screen shook as she set the phone down. Lily moved back and pulled Inky into frame. She pushed the tall goth down on the bed.

“What are you doing?” Spike asked raising an eyebrow.

“Hush, hush. Just gimme a sec…” Lily took off her clothes until she was just in her underwear then moved behind Inky. “You see these, Spike?” she said reaching around and grabbing Inky’s breasts. Lily groped them and her small hands sunk into the soft flesh. “I know you want to get your hands on them.”

Inky let out a little moan as Lily worked her large tits. Her face began to flush, and she threw her head back.

“Oh, by ‘what I need’ you meant sexy time with Inky,” Spike said rolling his eyes. “I thought you were gonna-.”

Lily’s gem glowed and Inky’s shirt began to undo itself. In a few seconds, her top and bra were off, her huge boobs exposed. Without missing a beat, Lily turned her head and pressed her lips to Inky’s. she moved her hands faster. Inky had her hand between her legs and was working her fingers.

“H-hey, slow down a bit. No need to go so fast,” Spike said. He had a hand down his pants and was furiously trying to unclasp the ring he had on.

Pulling away from the woman, Lily looked to the phone and smiled. “You like that?” she said moving to Inky’s side. “Then how about this?” Lily grabbed Inky’s shoulders and pushed her to the bed and they began making out. Lily had Inky’s breasts in her hands again, and she had Lily’s plump ass in hers.

Spike nearly sprained his wrist, but he finally got the cock ring off. His penis stiffened and he fumbled to get his pants off. “So, you ladies think you could record some stuff for me?”

“We’ll, mmm, do just, mmm, that,” Lily said kissing the submissive woman.

“Uh, mmm, huh,” Inky echoed.

Rover entered the Terminus brothers’ hideout and pulled the camo-cloak off. Several Diamond Dogs were seen throughout the building as he made his way to the back. Rover found Flim was sorting through the piles of cash they had stolen and was wrapping them up in huge blocks. Flam was on top of the machine tinkering with it.

“Trixie said she’ll provide more Diamond Dogs for you,” he said.

“Good, good,” Flim said without looking at him. “We’ll have you compensated, don’t worry.”

“So, what are you doing?” he said looking around. Most of the equipment was gone and nearly all the money was neatly stacked next to the machine.

“We’re packing up,” Flim said as he wrapped another stack of money. A waiting Diamond Dog picked up the stack and set it with the others. “Our boat comes this afternoon, so, we’re shipping out. Getting everything ready.”

“Where are you going?”

“Some place tropical. Where the women are plentiful and the liquor flows like water,” he said. Flim looked up and turned to Flam. “How goes the maintenance, brother?!”

“All good! This baby’ll be flying down the street!” he answered pulling his head out of the engine.

“When will you be finished?!”

“Shouldn’t be long now!” Flam levitated a toolbox to himself. “We’ll be able to make a speedy get away if we need to!”

“Excellent!” Flim turned back to Rover and said, “We’ll be leaving after sunset. So, while you wait, help get this stuff loaded into the machine. There’s more than just the cash. Some of it is fragile. So, be careful.”

“ANYONE NEED SOME HEAVY LIFTING DONE?!!” Fido shouted as he entered the room.

“Fido!! You’re here!” Rover said running over to him. “You feeling better?”

“Yup. Lavender patched me up real good.” Fido flexed his arms to show off his good health. “I got the Diamond Dogs they asked for with me,” he said hooking a thumb over his shoulder.

“If you two are done with your reunion, we have things that need to be loaded into the machine!” Flim yelled across the room.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

On the roof of a building across the street, a Maretropolis police officer was observing the block. They had received information about the large machine driving down this street but not where precisely it was. After nearly a week of stakeout, they finally got something. From atop the building, he watched as at least a dozen Diamond Dogs entered an abandoned fire house.

The officer grabbed his radio and said, “This is officer Bolt. I’m here doing the stakeout for the Diamond Dog investigation. I have confirmation on their location. I repeat, I have confirmation on their location. They’re at the old Maretropolis Firehouse. Send as many units as possible.”

The police precinct was buzzing as nearly every officer was preparing to take down the Diamond Dog operation. They strapped on body armor and readied heavy artillery.

“I WANT EVERY OFFICER USING LARGE CALIBUR ROUNDS!! THESE MUTTS CAN SHRUG OFF REGULAR BULLETS LIKE THEY WERE FLIES!!” Sergeant Magnus barked to the precinct. “BRING TEAR GAS! BRING KNOCKOUT GAS! WE’RE TAKING NO CHANCES!! THIS MAY BE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE GET TO STOP THESE MAD DOGS!!!”

“Geez, your uncle is really getting fired up,” Brawly said to Flash as the suited up.

“Yeah, he’s probably just excited for some major action,” he said. “I just hope this goes smoothly.”

“Maybe we should tell our ‘super friends’ about this? It might be good to have them there.”

Flash looked sideways at his partner. “And how exactly am I supposed to do that? It’s not like I can just call them.”

Raven’s chest began to vibrate, and she pulled her phone out of her cleavage. “Hello, this is Raven Inkwell,” she answered her phone. “Yes. Uh-huh. Really, they are? This is happening right, now? Alright, I’ll let them know. Thank you.” Raven ended the call and stuffed her phone back down her cleavage.

“What was that about?” Twilight asked as she set a stack of books onto the cart.

“That was from a friend in the MPD,” she said. “They found where the Diamond Dogs are hiding and are sending a lot of officers to apprehend them.”

“We have to go!” Twilight said dropping everything she was holding. “They won’t stand a chance against those brutes!”

“I agree. Go tell your brother and Miss Pie of the situation,” Raven said as they moved through the library. “I’m going to inform Mistress about it as well.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Twilight transformed and ran up the flight of stairs to Spike’s bedroom. She burst through the door and shouted, “SPIKE, GET YOUR OUTFIT ON!! WE’RE GONNA-OH GOD! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!” The young superhero turned away at the sight in front of her.

Spike was sprawled out on his bed with his pants off and one hand on his cock. He was furiously masturbating and had his phone up to his face. Upon Twilight suddenly entering his room, Spike scrambled to wrap the sheets around his lower body. “You could knock next time!”

“Why were you doing that?!”

[Is that Twilight?] Lily’s voice came from Spike’s phone. [Hey, girl! It’s been a while. How you doing?]

“Really? You of all people are going to ask that?”

“Let’s not talk about this! We have more important business,” Twilight said holding her hands up.

“More important than what I’m doing now?”

[We should hang out some time. We could talk about guys, different techniques…]

“Yeah! They found where the Diamond Dogs are hiding!”

Spike paused for a moment, surprised by what she had said. “Shit, Twilight. Why didn’t you lead with that?” he said jumping off his bed and bounding over to his wardrobe. “About time we got some good news.”

“We can finally stop their criminal activity. So, hurry up and get dressed. I’m going to tell Pinkie.”

“Alright, gimme a minute,” Spike said pulling his costume out. Twilight left his room, and he shook his head. “Man, talk about being blue-balled,” he said turning back to his phone. “Alright, ladies. I gotta go. But I want you two to record that video, okay? Gonna finish what I started when I get back.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Twilight shook her head in exasperation as she left Spike’s room. After pushing the thought of her brother engaging in such activities, she proceeded to contact her other crime fighting partner. “Hey, Pinkie? You there?”

{YEPPERS!!} Pinkie’s squeaky voice rang in her head. {Just putting the finishing touches on this cake.}

“Well, hurry up and finish. We’ve got work to do.”

{Ooh, are the Diamond Dogs attacking again?}

“Even better. Their hideout has been found. We’re gonna put a stop them.”

{Sounds like fun! Gimme a minute, and I’ll be over there. Do you know where it is?}

“Raven said it’s the old Maretropolis Firehouse. Do you know where that is?”

{Oh, yeah! I know that place. See you there in five-no, three minutes}

“Alright, Matter-Horn out.”

Matter-Horn warped herself and Spike to the abandoned firehouse. The street had been blocked off and there were dozens of Maretropolis police surrounding the place.

“This place looks so innocuous,” Spike said looking at the building. “Wouldn’t guess someone was in there.”

“Isn’t that the point?” Matter-Horn said to him. “It’s not like these people are going to have a giant flashing sign on display. As much as I’d like that…” she mumbled the last bit.

They approached the police and got many strange looks from them. Brawly nudged Flash when he spotted the costumed heroes.

“I thought you said you couldn’t contact them?”

“I can’t,” he said scratching his head. “Not sure how they knew to be here.”

“Lucky guess?”

As they two detectives discussed amongst each other, Matter-Horn and Spike walked up to them. She and Flash briefly locked eyes before looking away. Spike and Brawly looked at them then just shrugged.

“Ahem, so, what’s the situation, detective?” Matter-Horn asked.

“Right. So…” Flash started. “…We have the building surrounded. On the signal, we’re going to storm the place. With you here that should seriously help us. By the way, where’s the other one?” he looked around for their speedster.

“Don’t worry, she’ll be here soon,” Matter-Horn said confidently.

As if on cue, Fili-Second zoomed right up to them. She stopped suddenly and her soft body jiggled. “Alright, I’m here. Hope I’m not too late!”

“Nope, you’re right on time,” she said smiling. “Now, let’s talk about that signal. What is it and who’s giving it?”

“That would be me!” a man’s voice said behind them.

Matter-Horn, Fili-Second, and Spike all turned to see a police officer in his fifties with bright red hair that was greying.

“Sergeant! These are the-,” Flash started to say before he was cut off.

“I know damn well who they are!” Magnus barked. “See ‘em on the news all the time. From the looks of it, you three are the only ones who’ve done anything to the Diamond Dogs.”

“Yeah! we’re all, like, POW! And WHAMMO!!” Fili-Second said punching the air.

“Right… Much as I dislike the vigilante angle, I’ll take whatever help we can get,” Magnus said giving the plump speedster a look. “With you here, we may actually stand a chance against these maniacs.”

“Geez, sarge. Thanks for the vote of confidence,” Brawly joked.

Ignoring him, Magnus continued. “There’ll be a slight change of plans. You will lead the charge. The Maretropolis police will lend support. Be ready. We start this in five minutes.”

“Alright, thank you,” Matter-Horn said, and Magnus walked away. “Well, he is certainly a fun guy.”

“That’s Flash’s uncle for ya,” Brawly said sardonically. “Life of the party and laughs all around.”

“Wait, he’s your uncle?” Matter-Horn said turning to him.

“Flash Magnus Samnite,” the detective said flatly.

“Oh, that’s the Samnite she was talking about,” Spike mumbled to himself.

“He can be a hardass. Real stickler for rules and protocol, but he’s a good cop,” Flash said. “He’ll get the job done.”

“So, anything else we should know?”

“Just that we have officers who are going to enter from the opposite side,” Flash said. “Hopefully we can block off their exit route. Other than that, just be ready to move.”

Matter-Horn nodded and the three of them got into position. “Remember, Fili-Second,” she said to her portly partner, “only depower at most four at a time. Then transfer the power to him here…” she hooked a thumb at Spike, “…Or one of the police officers. Whoever’s closest.”

“Okie dokie!” Fili-Second said loudly, saluting.

“Just ‘him’,” Spike said giving her a look.

“You still don’t have a name!”

“I’m working on it!”

The busty superheroine rubbed her eyes. Twilight was tired. She had spent several sleepless nights worrying about the next attack from these lunatics. It wasn’t helped by Celestia’s constant nagging about her lessons. “Let’s just hope this goes without a hitch. After we that, we can focus our efforts on stopping Love Bunny and her group of weirdos.”

An alarm went off in the firehouse, and Flim checked went to check the security cameras. “Someone tripped the proximity sensor.”

“Probably just some punk,” Flam said without looking up. “They’ll go away once they get close to the warding charm.”

Flim looked over the surveillance and his face went pale. “Uh…brother? How soon can you get that thing running?”

“About ten minutes,” he said looking up. “Why?”

“Better make it five! We’ve got company!” Flim looked through all the surveillance cameras to see that the building was practically surrounded by the police. He spotted Matter-Horn and the other two and gritted his teeth. “Well?! Don’t just stand there gawking!” he shouted at the Diamond Dogs. “Start piling as much cash and valuables into the machine!!”

The Diamond Dogs snapped out of their stupor and started grabbing piles of money. Flam scowled and continued working. Flim walked around the room zapping the walls with his magic. Once done, he pulled out his phone and called someone.

“Hello? How close are you to the city?” he said checking his watch. “Can you be here in twenty minutes? We’ll throw in an extra two million. Uh-huh? Uh-huh? No, thirty is fine. We can make it work. Alright, good.” Flim ended the call and stuffed his phone in his pocket. He checked his watch again and frowned. “It’s gonna be a long thirty minutes.”

“What’s the deal?!” Flam shouted across the room.

“The boat’ll be here in thirty minutes! I reinforced the barriers around the room, but they’ll last us about ten!”

“Shit!” Flam cursed. “Alright! You just focus on the loot and keeping them out as long as possible!”

“That’s what I was already doing,” he said under his breath.

Fido approached Flim with a large box in his arms. “Um…Mr. Terminus? What should I do with this stuff?” he said showing him the box.

“Just toss it in with the rest of the stuff.” Flim said. Something caught his eye, and he stopped the towering man. “Wait! I’ll just take this. Something this delicate needs to be handled carefully.” He reached into the box and pulled out what appeared to be an ostrich egg. Except, it was covered in soot and glowing embers.

“What is it?” Fido said dumbfounded.

“That, my large friend, is something worth a shitload of money,” he said levitating a wooden crate lined with straw to himself. Flim gently placed the egg inside and sealed the crate shut. “That alone can be sold for half a billion dollars.”

Fido looked at Flim for a second, confused by what he heard. “If it’s worth so much, then how come you don’t just sell that? Seems easier than stealing all this money.”

“Heh heh. Oh, dear Fido,” Flim said placing the crate in the box Fido was carrying. “Two reasons. One: we have to find the right buyer. Can’t just go up to any random schmuck and say ‘Hey, want this priceless object?’ now, can we? Two; it’s always good to have more money.”

Mulling it over for a few moments, Fido eventually nodded in agreement. “Yeah, I guess you’re right.”

“Of course, I am. Now, back to work.”

Outside the firehouse, everyone waited with bated breath for Sergeant Samnite’s signal. Matter-Horn was charging her gem, ready to blast open the door. Fili-Second jogged in place, causing her body to jiggle wildly. Spike rechecked his utility belt to make sure he was fully stocked.

The police all shifted nervously at the sight of the superheroes casually standing with them ready to strike. The stupendously endowed women with the practically exposed tits and asses. Many of them did their best to just look straight ahead, but this proved difficult. Flash felt especially awkward considering the time they made out in public.

Just then, Magnus’s radio crackled.

[Sergeant? There’s a fortified barrier around the back part of the building.]

“That’s probably where they’re holed up,” he said grabbing his radio. “Get working on it when I give the signal. We’ll try to breach it from our end.”

[Roger that, sir.]

Magnus turned to Matter-Horn, who gave him a small nod. He inhaled then exhaled. “NOW!!!”

At that, Matter-Horn released the magic she had been charging and blasted a large hole in the front.

Author's Note

Alright, and with that, chapter 22 is done.

To be honest, I don't have too much to say about this chapter. It was mostly just setting up for the next chapter, the thrilling confrontation with the Diamond Dogs and Flim and Flam. It's going to be the final chapter of this arc, so, it's likely going to be longer. Be ready for that.

We do have some Spike stuff that I hope you like. I wanted to start touching on him feeling inadequate around all these super powered people. I also have something planned with him, Lily, and Inky. So, fully expect to see that pay off in the future.

Well, that's all for now. Thanks for taking the time to read this chapter. Be sure to leave a comment. I always welcome feedback. Please tell me what works, what doesn't work, and what needs improvement.

See you next time.