Squalo held the hose in place, blasting Applejack with as much water as he could. "This is it, Tiziano! It may not have gone how we expected, but we're going to catch her here and now!"

Tiziano stood up. "I expected you to run, but I can't complain about the results you're getting."

Squalo smirked. His eyes suddenly went wide as he turned the hose towards his partner.

"What the-" Tiziano ducked, the water stream going over his head before shooting to the side of him.

Clash went against the flow of the hose back to its master, who was staring at nothing.

"Squalo? What happened?"

"She's gone."

"What?"

Squalo pointed at where Applejack had been standing. "Clash somehow went flying away from her, then she disappeared!"

Tiziano turned his head. Sure enough, Applejack wasn't where she was a few seconds ago. "How did she get away from us? And what did she do that sent Clash away from her?"

The flow of water from the hose suddenly turned into a trickle. Squalo looked at it, then at the faucet the hose was attached to. Applejack was standing there, hoof on the faucet. Squalo turned away to grab as much mud as he could, only to turn back find that Applejack had vanished again.

"She's teleporting! How is she teleporting?"

Tiziano looked around him. "Squalo, we should get out of here. Neither of us are that good in a straight-up battle."

Squalo looked at Tiziano, then looked below him. "Move!"

Tiziano didn't have time to react before Applejack seemingly popped out of the ground to punch him in the gut. He screamed and rolled onto the ground.

"You bitch!" Clash launched itself at the mare, only for her to disappear long before it reached her. "Get back here, you coward!"

"I'm not going anywhere." Applejack fell from above and slammed down on Squalo with her whole body. "And neither are you."

Squalo tried to lift himself from the mud below him. "You're a bit too close."

"Not much you can do about that, sugarcube."

Clash swam rapidly towards Applejack, leaping out of the mud once it got close. Tiziano could only watch as the Stand seemingly passed through its supposed victim. "Squalo, we need to give up now."

"What?"

"Her Stand is able to create portals with her lasso. If you keep attacking her-"

Applejack put her muzzle near Squalo's ear. "I'll just send your Stand into his throat. It's better to give up before I have to kill him."

Squalo growled. "... Fine."

"Miss Applejack." Tiziano got to his hooves. "What I said earlier. I wasn't lying. We just want to have a good life. We may not be afraid to commit crimes, but we're willing to put that life behind us now. Please. Let us go, and we'll pretend this never happened."

Applejack looked him in the eye. "Sorry. That's not my call anymore."

Tiziano slowly turned around. There were several ponies wearing golden armor behind him, spears pointing his way. "Guards? Why are they here?"

A pegasus guard floated down from above. "We were called to Ponyville because of an incident at a nearby hospital. The incident was resolved a few minutes ago. We were passing above just now and saw you were in trouble, though it looks like you handled it already."

"Sir! Who started this fight?"

"I'm not sure yet, but this mare is protected by the crown."

Both Squalo and Tiziano cringed.

"Take them all to the castle. Those two as prisoners and Miss Applejack under royal protection. Uh, is that alright with you?"

Applejack looked at the squad leader, then at Tiziano. "Yeah. That's fine."

Author's Note

Stand: Good As Gone
Master: Applejack
Destructive Power: N/A
Speed: B
Range: D
Persistence: B
Precision: A
Developmental Potential: C