Applejack squinted. "So you're saying that you did all of this alone?"

Tiziano sat on the ground, shifting around as he tried to figure out how to sit. "I don't know why you keep asking that. I was on my own the whole time. All that happened was a little miscommunication. That was all I could do to you. I promise I won't do it to you or anyone else again. Will you please let me go?"

It's strange. He sounds convincing, but... "You're hiding something from me. I know it. I'm not letting you go until I learn the truth."

Tiziano's eye twitched. How could she know? Is this the same power that keeps Talking Head from working on her?

"You want the truth?"

Applejack and Tiziano both looked at the newcomer, who was holding a water hose in his hooves.

"Here's your truth!" Squalo turned the water on, sending a large stream of water towards the mare.

"What the-" Applejack barely had time to put her hooves up before the water hit her. Water? What is he trying to do? Applejack's eyes shot wide when she felt something bite her front legs. What the- A shark? Wait. Is this his Stand?

"It's alright, Tiziano. We're getting her, and we're getting our money! Nothing can stop us!"

Applejack pressed against the current and the shark when something caught her attention. A rope? Wait, no. That's my lasso! When did that get here? The shark bit harder, causing Applejack to cringe. If it's here, though, I need to take advantage of it! She kicked it up with her hind leg and caught it in her teeth. Is it... floating? Is this my Stand? Is my Stand a lasso?... That's totally not steriotypical.

Illusio glared at the colt. "Are you kidding me? Your Stand affects the landscape, so leaving it outside the mirror won't do me any good!"

Sandbar smirked. "I'll give you one chance to give up."

Silence.

"Kehe. Kehehehehe. I've got one last trick up my sleeve. One last chance to win! A surefire strategy to defeat you!"

Rainbow watched from the dome she was in. He still has something up his sleeve?

Sandbar glared. What is he about to do?

"Man in the Mirror!" The changeling leaped into the air. "Pull me out of the mirror so I can run away!"

Sandbar's jaw dropped as one of his eyebrows raised. Rainbow just blinked. Sure enough, Illusio was leaving the mirror.

"You think that will work?"

Illusio watched as the world around him turned from the mirror world to the real world. "Perfect! Now I just have to-"

Everything around him went dark. He looked up. Mud had closed off any possible exits he would have had.

"Oh. I didn't think of that." He landed next to the broken mirror. "Shit. I really have to face him head on, don't I? I'll probably run out of air out here long before either of them would die." There was a soft growl behind him. "And that mare's Stand is out here! PULL ME IN! PULL ME IN!"

As soon as he was back in, he looked Sandbar in the eye. Both of them knew what was about to happen. The earth blocking the only ways out crawled down itself to return to the ground.

"I said I was only giving you one chance to give up." Sandbar coated his body in mud. "Now you'll have to fight to get out!"

The two boys charged at each other.

Author's Note

We're not done yet!