South Mountain Drive
Just outside Lone Stallion Ranch,

As the group headed back from their little trip to Big Surf Island, DangerDean then had a sudden revelation. He hadn't seen his arch nemesis for a while now, and now (to him at least), she seemed to have disappeared ever since Sombra sent out his mind control spell. And actually hoped that she had joined the Crystal King's army as a mindless slave.

But ever since that moment, he began to see Oscura everywhere. On the road, in his room, even sitting in his car at some moments. But he would then blink and then she would disappear.

And Danger began to experience those moments now. First, he then heard the unicorn's voice in his head, saying, 'I'm coming for you, Danger and there is nothing you can do to hide,' Then, as he looked in his rear-view mirror, he then saw Oscura's Uberschall tailing him, before it then disappeared. Finally, after he looked back to make sure that the Oscura he just saw was just a hallucination, the car then appeared in front of him about to head-on him. Danger then panicked and swerved to avoid the charging Uberschall, only for the car to disappear from his view. He then immediately starightened the car and breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Dean, what was with the swerve? You okay, sugarcube? Applejack asked, seeing Danger swerving.

"Yeah, I'm fine! Just had a hallucination!" He replied, lying to the farm mare. But he knew that if the hallucinations continued, he would lose his focus.

Then, all of a sudden, Thunderlane, (who was at the tailend of the formation) came over the radio. Guys, we've got car approaching fast from behind! Appears to be an LMP car of some sort,

Danger's heart then sank. It couldn't be... her, could it? After a certain amount of reluctance to do so, Danger then looked in his mirrors and saw what he wished he had never seen. A Krieger Überschall Clear-View and one that he knew very well. "Oh, hell no!" Dean cried out, as he broke formation and raced away for the safety of the Junkyard.

Dean! Get back in formation! What are you doing?! Twilight cried out over the radio, as Dean blasted by her. But her orders fell on deaf ears and moments later, the Clear-View following them immediately chasing after Dean's Tempesta.

Dean raced up South Mountain Drive, before turning suddenly onto Lucas Way and blasted past a caravaning club. But almost instantly, the much faster Überschall caught him up and shunted him. The bang caused Dean to jump in fright and activate his boost in an effort to escape his attacker. But the driver of the Kreiger anticipated the move and hit her boost, managing to keep up with Dean and chase him up Lucas, before turning onto Hans Way and racing each other to the Junkyard, with the Überschall in close pursuit.

However, while the LMP car was on the left side of Dean's Tempesta, the driver had forgotten about the parked cars that were on both sides of the road. As the LMP car tried to PIT Dean's Tempesta into the wall, Dean counters and door-slammed the Überschall into the row of parked cars on the left side. However, the driver of the Kreiger was able to hit her brakes and turn quickly out of the path of the parked cars. However, the back end of her LMP clipped the first car in the line and caused the car to spin out.

Meanwhile, Dean wasn't paying attention to where he was going and he went head-first into an oncoming Sedan. The font of his Tempesta crumpled up and the car flipped into the air, rolled a few times and crashed to a stop, the car totalled. Dean was quite hurt, but being an expert racer and having been involved in multiple wrecks, he had precautions in place to keep himself from seriously hurting himself. He unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car and began running for the safety of the Junkyard.

But before he could get to safety, a magical field then suddenly grabbed him around the neck and lifted him off the ground. The magical field then surrounded him and carried him away from the Junkyard, until he was face-to-face with angry Oscura Galaxia.

"Hello... Dean," Oscura growled, keeping her magical grip around his neck tight, "The time for my revenge HAS COME! I told you you'd couldn't hide from me for long!"

"Hey, at least give me credit for trying!" Dean joked, trying to piss off Oscura somehow.

"YOUR SMART-ASS REMARKS WON'T SAVE YOU THIS TIME!!!!" Oscura shouted, her eyes going from purple to bright red, "I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE!!!!!" And with that, Oscura disengaged her magic and let Dean fall onto the asphalt. As Dean hit the floor, Oscura turned to Thorn and said, "You are not to do anything until I've had my revenge on this pegasus, then you can put as many bullets in him as you like,"

"Yes, Mistress," Thorn replied, readying his MP5/10.

Oscura then turned back to Dean and drew her red-and-black Desert Eagle .50AE. "Oh, look at how pitiful you look right now, Dean! You've tested my anger for the last time, you incompetent pegasus! And now, it's time for you to die!" Grabbing Dean by the neck with an armoured hoof, she then held her Desert Eagle to his face and pulled back the hammer. "Goodbye, Dean!"

But before Oscura could pull the trigger, a gunshot rang out. Milliseconds later, a bullet ricochet off of Oscura's armoured left hoof, making her drop both her weapon and Dean in surprise. Akula had come out of the Junkyard, having heard the crash, and was now aiming a modified AK-47 assault rifle at Oscura's head. Thorn saw what was going on and raised his MP5/10, but thought twice before firing when he saw Viral aim her MP7 at him.

Taking advantage of Oscura's distraction, Dean immediately grabbed her Desert Eagle from the ground and aimed it at Oscura, turning the tables of the stand-off.

"Friends of yours, I assume?" Oscura spat out, turning back to face Dean.

"That's the thing that separates you from me. I have very good friends, you do not. Oh, and I'm a better driver than you!" Dean told her, getting up from the road. Oscura just growled at this. Dean then threw the Desert Eagle to Akula, who then ejected the magazine and sliding the rail back, causing the chambered bullet to eject and fall onto the road. He then threw the empty gun back to Oscura.

"Get in your car and drive away," Akula ordered, much to the dark unicorn's ire, "If I see your car near this Junkyard ever again, I will personally put you through the wall!"

Oscura wanted to strangle the changeling for ordering her what to do, but she was in no position to argue, being held at gunpoint and all. She then turned to Dean, her eyes going red once again. "YOUR PATHETIC LITTLE FRIENDS WON'T SAVE YOU FROM ME, DEAN! I WILL CATCH UP TO YOU ONE DAY, AND I WILL TAKE IMMENSE SATISFACTION IN KILLING YOU!!!!!!!" She then turned away from Dean and walked back to her Uberschall. "Let's go, Thorn!"

Thorn just restrapped his MP5/10 to his back and returned to the Clear-View with his mistress. The car then started up and raced away in a Easterly direction. Akula then put away his AK, Viral did the same and both of them approached Dean. "Who the hell was that, Danger?!" Akula asked him.

"That... was a mare by the name of Oscura Galaxia. She claims herself to be my eternal nemesis," Dean explained.

"What did you do to piss her off?" Viral asked, putting away her MP7.

"I keep wrecking her car, ever since I first met her years ago. She really doesn't like when you try to wreck her. If you do, she'll make your life hell,"

But before the conversation could go on, there was a sound of approaching engines. The rest of the Island Force was approaching and all of them pulled into the Junkyard, except for Twilight. She pulled her SI-7 up next to the entrance, got out and trotted up to the three.

"Dean, are you okay?!" Twilight asked rushing up to him.

"Yeah, I'm just fine!" Dean replied.

"Well, we won't be if we don't get an more ponies back from Sombra's grip. We need more allies and now," Akula stated.

Then, Dean then put on a smug smile, turned to the changeling and said, "I think have an idea,"

Author's Note

FINALLY, WE ARE BACK IN PARADISE!!!!! I want to thank all my readers for being patient and I hope you enjoy the newer chapters that I'm posting soon.

A big thanks to DangerDean, for letting me use his OCs in this story. Thanks for being patient!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, because,
'The Free Ponies are Against The Clock...'