Author's Note

Hello, sorry it took me a long time from writing, here is another chapter update.

Please I’ve a shout out to Israel Yabuki for aiding me to finish this chapter.

Enjoy!

Chapter Three

What started out as a normal, peaceful day in Canterlot City has now become a nightmare being brought to life. Canterlot Mall was nearly destroyed and the leader behind the attack has vanished after escaping Inferno Blaze's grasp. Due to this heinous crime, the city is in full panic mode as most of the citizens were evacuating, fearing for their lives.

The SWAT Team had been given full authority to hunt down the leader and his associates; and kill them on sight. As for Inferno, due to his bruises and injuries from his encounter with Silver; he was sent to the Canterlot Hospital to have his right eye checked out, along with Eternal for his injured ribs. Soon their families and friends heard word about their conditions, dropped everything they were all doing, and rushed over to the hospital.

"Honey, is everything al--" Sunset said before gasping and cutting herself off. Cause when Inferno turned towards her, Lily and Snowdrop; they all saw his right eye stitched up."Oh god, what happened, honey?! Who did this to you?"

“It’s nothing, Sunset; it’s not something to worry about.” Inferno tries to reassure his wife.

"Nothing?! Honey, you almost lost an eye and you call that nothing?! Whoever did this to you, I'm gonna make them sorry they ever messed with you!" she replied, fuming with anger. Inferno reaches his hand out to Sunset’s, trying to give her comfort. After seeing what Inferno was trying to do, Sunset’s anger was immediately thrown out the door and soon tears formed in her eyes as she threw her arms around him; crying out of worry and sadness that she nearly lost the love of her life today.

"And as for you, Eternal, what happened to you?" Adagio asked.

"I fought against some terrorist, but he took out two of my ribs," Eternal said, folding his arms, refraining himself from cursing in front of the kids.

"Wow… that's gotta be humiliating," Aria said bluntly.

"Aria, this is serious! This whole city could be in jeopardy and my brother was lucky enough to escape with his life and a couple of broken ribs. How would you feel if he didn't come back from this at all?" Heat scolded her.

"Ooh, if I find the bum who hurt my dad, I'll tear his gizzard out!" Tenor said.

"Tenor, watch your mouth!" Eternal said. "You don't know what the guy was like. He ain't no spring chicken when it comes to combat."

"He's right," Inferno added. “He seems to possess strength that rivals mine; like he can take on 40 men without breaking a sweat.”

“Daddy, did the mean man do that to you?” Lily asked, while having tears of her own; seeing her father’s eye taken from him.

“Yes, sweetie… But not without breaking his favorite mask in the process.” Inferno answered.

"But why would this guy want to wage war on Canterlot in the first place? We didn't do anything to him, did we?" Heat asked.

Inferno’s expression turned darker after Heat said that. “He’s after our families… our friends… and everyone we love. But more importantly; they want what the girls have.” Inferno said with a sadden tone.

"What?! But that can only mean one thing: He's with the Sons of Sombra!" Heat exclaimed.

"Sons of what-now? And why are they after the girls? What could they possibly have that these terrorists want?" Eternal asked.

"It's their magical powers. They want to harness their powers and take over the world and turn it into one where the strong rule over the weak," Heat explained. "We can't let that happen!"

"There has to be a way to stop them," Snowdrop said.

“NO!” Inferno shouted, which startled everyone in the room. “No… We can’t. We need to leave town, get us and our families as far away from here as possible.” Inferno paused in silence for a bit, not wanting to tell them what he heard Silver said in their encounter; but they needed to know the truth.

“Right before Silver Scorpion left after our encounter… He said he wanted to destroy everyone and everything I love… and then, he said Lily’s full name.” Inferno said, which caused everyone in the room to gasp with shocked expressions.

"Sounds like he's got eyes and ears everywhere in the city. If he knows your daughter's name, then I'll have to agree with you about leaving town. We're underprepared, outnumbered and we're all caught in the line of fire. The only question is… how can we escape if his members are surrounding the city?" Eternal asked.

Everyone stood in silence for a long while until Fluer had an idea popped into her head. “I might have one idea that could get all of us out of the country.”

"We're listening," Sonata said.

“Well, I have kept this little secret of mine from the public for a very long time, but today calls for desperate measures,” Fleur stated. “I have my own private yacht docked somewhere in the Canterlot Harbor. No one suspects it’s mine because I’ve always snucked on board without anybody noticing. Which means this Silver Scorpion and his ruffians would not suspect it.”

"Fleur, was it? If it's a secret you might not want to say it out loud. Like I said, those Sons of Sombra goons might have eyes and ears everywhere," Eternal said.

"We'll have to leave right now if we're gonna have any remote chance of escaping this place with our lives.” Rainbow suggested.

“But what about Eternal? We can’t take him with us out of this building, the nurse staff would stop us from leaving.” Fluttershy stated.

“I guess we all know the right thing to do.” Cheese said.

~ Outside of the Hospital ~

The main doors of the Canterlot Hospital slammed wide open, revealing the group, along with Heat pushing Eternal on a wheelchair; running for their lives as they were being chased by the security staff of the hospital.

The group ran towards the parking lot of the hospital, hoping to find a vehicle that could fit them all with ease.

“This is your plan, Cheese!?” Twilight screamed.

"If you have a better idea, let's hear it!" Pinkie said.

“Jus’ shut yer yapper an’ run!” Applejack stated loudly.

The group ran as fast as they could until Inferno spotted a hospital bus, about to park next to the street, just ahead of them. Which instantly gives him an idea. He immediately runs towards the bus, boards the vehicle and pulls the driver off the bus.

“Sorry for the trouble buddy, but we need to borrow this.” Inferno apologized as he tossed the driver off the bus. He gets into the driver's seat and then beats at the horn, signaling the others. “Guys hurry up! We gotta go!”

The others don't hesitate and hop into the bus with Inferno. Eternal was a little tricky due to his condition, but they nevertheless got him inside. Once everyone was present and accounted for, Inferno shut the door, ready to leave.

“HEY! WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING!?!” The Driver screamed at them. Eternal pops his head out of the window and screams back at him.

“Stealing your bus!” He said, as Heat also pops his head out the window.

“But don’t worry, we’ll give it back in one piece.” Heat said. And once he pulls his head back in, he realizes something. "Oh crap, we've got to get Gloriosa and Timber! Those terrorists might end up going after them! Flash as well!"

"Then hold tight, everyone. We're gonna be in for a long trip!" Inferno said, kicking it into high speeds, leaving the hospital quickly.

The bus got on the road and drove as fast as it possibly can to pick up their friends. As Inferno focused on the road, the others sat in their seats wrapping their minds of how their lives had now taken a dark turn. Rainbow tries to keep Fluttershy calm due to her pregnancy and Snowdrop wrapping her arms tightly around Nyx, who is staying strong in this moment of crisis by comforting Snowdrop, holding her in her arms.

“Heat, where do you think Glorissa and Timber would be at right now?!” Inferno asked as he kept his eyes on the road.

"If I know them better than anyone, they're back at the camp. Timber's still on parole and Gloriosa has to stay close to him at the camp," Heat deduced.

“Yeah, well his parole just got shortened.” Inferno as he makes a rough turn on the freeway. As the group was heading towards the camp, their transport was then being followed by 4 black tactical jeeps, making their way closer to the bus. As Nyx turns her head to the window, she then she's the jeeps moving closer to them and can’t help but feel like something is wrong.

"Inferno, I think we're being followed… and they're trying to BOX US IN!!!" Nyx shouted.

"They must be the Sons of Sombra! I'll try to hold them off!" Heat said, getting out a single pen from his pocket.

“I'm coming with you. Pinkie, take the wheel!” Inferno said as he got out of the driver seat; however, Pinkie swiftly got into the seat before the bus drove uncontrollably. Inferno climbed out of the driver seat window and climbed onto the roof. With his magic, he summoned a M24 sniper rifle and assumed firing at the jeeps.

"Okie-dokie-lokie!" Pinkie said happily. Heat climbed out from one of the windows and carefully made his way to the roof. With his pen in hand, he whispered to it.

"Excalibur, I need you." he said. Then in a bright yellow glow, his pen magically changed into the cursed sword, Excalibur. "We've got to ward off these guys, they're terrorists called Sons of Sombra and they're after the girls. Think you're up to the challenge?"

‘About time! I was getting bored these past 6 years. Let's do this.’ The Excalibur replied with Twilight’s voice in his mind.

'Does it really have to mimic my wife's voice?' he thought to himself in annoyance. But there was no time to dwell on it. The terrorists soon poked their guns out of the window and fired some shots at Heat Blitz. "Whoa! Gotta stay focused!!!"

Gripping his sword firmly, he rose it upwards and slashed it down, firing an energy slash at the jeep's tires, making it spin out of control. It crashed with the stone divider, then flipped upside down, leaving one less tactical jeep. But then one of the other jeeps closed in and one of the Sons of Sombra got out a SMG, firing multiple rounds at Heat. The sword acted on its own, moving faster than Heat could react as it blocked most of the rounds.

As the terrorist was focusing his attacks on Heat, he was then shot from behind by Inferno’s sniper rifle and his body fell off the bus. “Well you seem to have everything under control.” Inferno said with a grin.

"Barely! I knew they had eyes and ears everywhere, but how'd they find us so quickly?!" Heat asked, blocking more incoming bullets. When he fired another energy slash, the driver in the jeep turned and dodged it. He fired more energy slashes from every direction, which made it harder for the terrorists to keep up and eventually, one slash got to one of the front tires, making it roll and crash on its side.

“I have no idea!” Inferno replied as he sniped the driver of one of the surviving jeeps, causing the jeep to move uncontrollably and crash. “They just keep on getting bolder by the minute.” Inferno stated. Then his facial expression swiftly changes to one of annoyance. “You gotta be kidding me?”

Heat turns towards the direction that Inferno was facing, now seeing 4 more jeeps following them and closing the gap. And also, a helicopter flying towards them and once it was above their bus; 8 terrorists jumped from the chopper and landed on the roof, aiming their weapons at the two.

"Uh-oh, they got us surrounded! You got a plan?" Heat asked.

Inferno places aside his sniper and then shapeshifts into his infamous shadow form, spreading out his metal wings. “You handle the marauders, I got the chopper.” Then Inferno takes off into the air and chases after the helicopter.

"I fail to see this plan working, but alright. Excalibur, I know my principles, but in these situations… I think we're gonna have to lay down some dead bodies," Heat said. "Let's give these guys 110% of what we got!" Lighting up his sword, the terrorists took aim at Heat Blitz. With a swift step forward, Heat ran up to the ones in front of him. They fired their rounds at him, but the Excalibur sword helped back most of the bullets. Heat dodged the rest by maneuvering left and right. Once he was close enough, he slashed at his foes.

The magic from the sword seeps through the gashes Heat made on them, causing agonizing pain to coarse through 4 of the 8 marauders' bodies before blood gushed out from their wounds, eye sockets, nose and their mouths before losing their balance and falling off the bus.

With his back turned, Heat is then startled by the sound of guns being cocked. Heat turned around, seeing four guns all aimed at him from point blank range.

"I don't know what you did just know, but you ain't trying that shit on us. You're not to mess with the Sons of Sombra. Say goodnight, punk," one of them said.

The terrorists open fire on the young boy, who closes his eyes to prepare for the shots; however, he doesn’t feel any bullets piercing his body or any pain at all. Heat opens his eyes to see what has happened, only to find himself cocooned in a diamond like barrier which might have been what saved his life. His eyes wander around his shield until his eyes landed on two people he didn’t notice were on the roof. Applejack and Rarity stood behind the barrier, glaring at the terrorist in front of Heat.

“It is very unfair and rude to give poor Heat an unfair advantage.” Rarity said to the 4 gunners.

“So we’ve decided ta even the odds.” Applejack said as she cracked her knuckles. Applejack then grabbed two of the terrorists by the collars of their shirts and bashed their heads together before tossing one of them off the bus and onto the street where one of the tactical jeeps ran his ass over, turning him into roadkill. Then she pinned the other one down and bashed his face until he was spitting blood. He then put him out of his misery by tossing in front of one of the jeeps, killing him instantly under the pressure of the jeep tires. "Serves ya right."

Meanwhile, Rarity conjured two magical diamonds and used them to push the remaining terrorists off the bus. "That should just about do it," Rarity said, dusting off her hands.

Heat was practically surprised by what Applejack did and is slack jawed by this. “Dang you're pretty strong!” He said with a shocked expression.

“Well that’s my Jackie~.” Rarity replied as she gave a kiss on Applejack’s cheek, causing the farmgirl to blush madly. Suddenly the three were startled by the sound of an explosion and soon they saw a burning helicopter fall out of the sky and crash on the remaining tactical jeeps.

Out of nowhere, Inferno lands on the roof of the bus and reverts back to his normal form. “Sorry I was gone for so long, those guys are really annoying with their missiles.” He said as he dust off smoke from his jacket.

"Well, at least we stopped them… for now," Heat said. His sword then transforms back into a pen and he carefully climbs back into the bus along with AJ, Rarity and Inferno. "Is everyone alright, no bullet wounds or anything?"

“Well, ack!” Rainbow replied as Fluttershy is crushing her in a hug as the animal lover was trying to calm down from the event. “At least Fluttershy wasn’t… ack! Too freaked out.”

"That's good to hear. Fluttershy, we're safe now. You can let go of Rainbow," Heat said.

After hearing the word ‘safe’, Fluttershy immediately lets go of Rainbow Dash, allowing the athlete to take a breather. “Oh thank goodness, I'm glad that the worst is over.” She said. "But Inferno, when we head back, I want for you to make a stop at my house. I'm worried about my husband and the animals."

"Hey, she's right. Those terrorists might torture him since he's married to Fluttershy," Cheese said, realizing the danger he's in. "And let's not forget Soarin! He's in just as much danger as all of us."

“Alright, got it. Pinkie! After we pick up Timber ad Gloriosa, we’re heading over to Fluttershy's house and picking up the others as well.” Inferno informs the party girl that was driving the bus. Pinkie soon put the pedal to the metal and drove full speed ahead.

Meanwhile down at the camp, Gloriosa and Timber were already aware of the danger that's taken place when they saw the news on TV. As a precaution, they barricaded the camp to keep any intruders from wandering into their territory and causing any havoc. However, due to the fact that Timber has a criminal history, he can't carry a weapon on hand, so he had to rely on his sister to get messy with anyone who messes with her family and her camp.

The two siblings waited inside the office building, with Gloriosa having an axe ready in case anybody tried to break the door down. Timber had his head pressed against the wall, trying to hear if there's anybody outside. So far, he could only hear the wind and birds; no footsteps or sounds of break-ins at the other cabins. Everything was quiet.

Until later, the siblings heard a vehicle entering the camp and parked outside of the office building and what sounds like a bus door opening. Gloriosa ready’s the axe in her hands as Timber looks out the window to see if the person that had arrived posed a threat or not. However, he instead finds a hospital bus parked in front of the building then later the siblings here knock at the door and a familiar voice on the other side.

"Timber! Gloriosa! Are you guys okay? If you can hear me, let me know!" Heat called out.

“And hurry it up! We don’t have much time!” Another familiar voice was heard; it was definitely Inferno’s voice.

Timber quickly unlocked the door and stepped out. "You sure came here quick! Hurry, get inside, there's no telling when those psychos might show up!" Timber urged.

"No, Timber, you don't understand, we came here to get you two out of here!" Heat said.

"What? I can't leave my camp here with no one to manage it! What if those terrorists come and burn my camp to the ground? I can't afford to lose my family's legacy!" Gloriosa said.

"Gloriosa, Inferno and Fleur have plenty of money to spare to help fund a full repair if they do show up, but it won't mean much if you die along with the camp! Trust me, they'll fund your camp, but you gotta come with us!" Heat said.

“And we should hurry, we can’t stand still for long. The Sons of Sombra kept tracking us wherever we went. So, we need to move.” Inferno stated

Gloriosa looked at her camp, reminiscing about the good and bad times she had when hosting this camp. To leave it behind is heartbreaking, but it's even more heartbreaking if she's not alive to take care of it. "Are you sure you'll fund the camp if those brutes tear it to the ground?" Gloriosa asked with tears flowing from her eyes.

"When I make a promise, I keep it," Inferno said.

"Gloriosa, there's no other choice. We have to go," Timber said. Gloriosa finally sighed.

"Okay, I'm coming with you," she nodded. She and Timber followed the boys back into the bus, then Pinkie shut the door, started up the bus and slowly drove away from Camp Everfree.

Timber and Gloriosa sadly watch from the window as they leave their family’s camp. Gloriosa barely held back her tears as the bus was finally back on the road. Heat Blitz walked over to them and patted them both on the shoulders to give them some comfort.

It felt like the drive was growing longer with each passing minute. The atmosphere was filled with intensity, sadness, fear, panic, rage… as well as defeat. The Sons of Sombra had the jump on them when they were living their lives like everything was finally peaceful, but now they are forced on the run. Leaving everything they had behind and to wait for this atrocious event to come to pass.

And so within another 30 minutes they made it back into the city and as promised, they made a stop at Fluttershy's house. But the intensity of the atmosphere only thickened when she saw her house trashed. Windows were broken, a barricade at the front door was forced open, but most of all… blood. Blood was splattered on parts of the door frame and window frames. Fluttershy gasped, fearing the worst.

"Oh no! No, no, no, not him! Please, not him!" Fluttershy pleaded, tears running down her face as she ran out the bus. Inferno immediately followed after her, this time carrying his Benelli M4 in case there was an ambush set.

“Fluttershy! Wait!” He called out to her, but his words fell to her ears and entered the house. Inferno followed her inside and after searching inside the house, he finds her over by the living room entrance. He walks over to her, about to tell her not to run off like she did, but he was lost at words when he saw the bodies laying on the floor; all bloodied and cut up.

“What the hell hap-” Inferno was about to say until he saw someone pop out from behind the kitchen counter.

"LOOK OUT! I'M CRAZY, I BE TRIPPIN' GO…" a man shouted before making cheesy kung-fu sounds, swinging punches and kicks. All the knives he had were either stabbed into the terrorists or stuck to the walls. And in his wild fury, the man lands a kick on Inferno's face by accident without looking. The man had long, silver hair, cream yellow skin with hazel green eyes, average-built. Blood was splattered on parts of his blue, long-sleeved shirt and light tan pants, too.

"Ow! What the--" Inferno said, covering up his face. Just then, the man shouted in terror and then hid behind the kitchen counter again.

"Israel! You're alive! Thank goodness," Fluttershy called out. Once again, the man popped his head out from behind the counter, but was much more calm.

"Fluttershy?" he asked. She nodded and Israel gasped with a smile. "FLUTTERS!!! Oh thank the lord, you're alive! I thought those assholes got to you!"

"I'm happy to see you're okay. Did you kill these guys by yourself?"

"Barely. I took some nasty hits and they almost turned me into swiss cheese. They tried to force me to tell them where you were, but I wasn't gonna tell them. When they cocked their guns, I just… snapped. All I remember is seeing the color red. Lots… and lots… of red," he explained, then shook violently. "Lord, have mercy on me."

“Oh yeah, you’re a psycho.” Inferno replied sarcastically, as he rubbed against the spot on his face where Israel kicked him.

"Sorry. It's a nasty habit I picked up since I was bullied in school. I thought I had grown out of it, but no, that madness is still there. But anyways, what are you guys doing here?" he asked.

“We came to get you, honey. We’re leaving Canterlot City.” Fluttershy said.

"WHAT?! How are we gonna do that? Those maniacs are patrolling the streets, we'll never make it past the roadblocks!" he pointed out.

“My mother has a private yacht down by the Canterlot City Harbor, no one knows about it so it’s our best shot in getting out of this place.” Inferno stated.

"Oh… I… never thought of that. But… next time whisper. The walls have eyes," he whispered.

“That’s because they’re the eyes of the guys you pluck out of before you cut them up.” Inferno bluntly said. Which then caused Israel to faint and fall to the ground. Fluttershy tends to her husband and then gives a glare to Inferno for his statement. “What? What did I say?” He asked.

After scaring her husband, Inferno helped carry his fainted body into the bus. Fluttershy sat him down right next to her and stroked his hair and cheek as the bus started back up and drove off. Their next stop was at Rainbow's house where Soarin was at. But on that particular street, Soarin was pinned by some of the soldiers. They were all firing at Rainbow's house and nearly the entire neighborhood was destroyed.

"Holy shit.” Sunset quietly said as her eyes observed the war-torn neighborhood.

“What did mommy say, Auntie Snowdrop?” Lily asked her blind, teenage aunt in confusion.

Not wanting to have Lily’s innocence tainted, Snowdrop lies to her niece about what Sunset said. “Uhhhh, nothing! Nothing you should worry about, Lily.” Snowdrop anxiously said.

"How are we gonna get to Soarin with all these soldiers trapping him inside? We can't even sneak into the neighborhood with those snipers on the roofs," Heat said.

“But I can.” Inferno said with confidence, as he demonstrates his Shadow Jump ability in the bus, due to it having less light inside the vehicle. “I can Shadow Jump me and another person inside the house, grab Soarin and get out before the bastards would notice he’s there. But I can only bring one.”

“I’m going with you! That’s my husband in there.” Rainbow stated with confidence and worry in her voice.

"That's fine. Heat, I know you're fast, but we can't risk taking out these guys all at once, it'll draw too much attention towards us," Inferno said.

"Whatever works best, I'm with you all the way," Heat says.

Inferno gives a nod to Heat, appreciating his loyalty, and then asks Rainbow to take his hand. Rainbow takes his hand and then Inferno readies to teleport them into the house where Soarin is in. But before he did, he gave Rainbow a little heads up on something. “Oh, one last thing to mention, Dash.” Inferno said. “You’re gonna feel weird after this.” He stated.

“Wait, wha-” Before Rainbow could finish her sentence, the two then Shadow-Jumped straight into Rainbow and Soarin’s home. Once the two had teleported inside, Rainbow then starts to feel a queasy feeling in her stomach, like she was gonna throw up.

“Yeah, Shadow Jumping can have a negative effect on others.” Inferno stated.

"Dash?!" Soarin's voice called out. The man peeked from behind one of the doorways with a loaded revolver in his hand. "How'd you guys get in without being seen?" he asked before realizing it altogether. "Oh right, the Shadow Jump technique."

"SOARIN!!!" Rainbow shouted, lunging at her husband with her arms out wide, capturing him in a big, warm, tight hug. "You freaking had me worried! I thought they got you for sure!"

"No, I'm fine. But now that you're here, we should get Star Striker then Inferno will help us get out of here," Soarin said.

"Is he okay? Where's our son?" Rainbow asked.

"He's upstairs, hiding under the bed in his room. I told him to stay up there and not come out until it was safe. You go get him," Soarin said.

Like he said, Rainbow super speeds up the stairwell and into her son’s room. She busts through the door, and then checks under the bed; finding her son hiding underneath, scared for his life. Once he sees the face of his mother, Star Striker immediately climbs from under the bed and leaps into Rainbow’s arms.

“Mommy!” He cheered as he and Rainbow held each other in embrace. “You came back for me and daddy.” he said.

"I would never leave my two favorite boys hanging. Mommy's gonna take you and daddy to a safe spot now, kiddo.” Rainbow said.

“Ok, mommy.” Star Striker said in agreement. “Can I please have a super-speed piggyback ride downstairs, mommy?”

Rainbow smirked and kneeled down. "Hold on tight, bud. Mommy's gonna go fast!" Star smiled happily and climbed on his mom's back. Rainbow kept him steady as she ran downstairs, meeting up with her husband and Inferno. "Okay guys, I'm here."

"Good. Then for starters, we should let Star Striker go first. His safety is our priority," Soarin said, looking at Inferno.

"Fine by me. Then I'll take Rainbow Dash and then come back for you, Soarin. Try not to let any of those jokers break in and get you," Inferno said. But before he could Shadow Jump with Star Striker, he pulls out a Glock 19 from his pocket and then hands it over to Soarin. “Here, just in case they do barge in here before I return.” He stated.

"Thanks. I'll try to make sure they don't get in," Soarin said. Rainbow hands her son over to Inferno before kissing Star Striker on the cheek.

"Stay strong, buddy. Mama's gonna be right behind you," Rainbow says confidently. Star Striker nods. He clings to Inferno as he Shadow Jumps their son back inside the bus with the others, then lets him go.

"Stay here with your aunts and uncles, I'll go get your parents," Inferno said, before Shadow Jumping again.

"Ugh… I don't feel so good," Star said, grabbing his stomach.

"Yeah… that'll happen when you travel through "Inferno's dark door." Heat explained.

“Be right back.” Inferno said as he Shadow Jumps back into the house to pick up Rainbow. "Ready to go?"

"More than you know. Let's hurry before they advance," Rainbow said. Inferno nodded and grabbed Rainbow's hand before Shadow Jumping her back into the bus with her son. Inferno Shadow Jumps one last time back in the house and grabs Soarin.

"It's time. Are you ready to go?" Inferno asked.

"Just one question: why did they come after me?" Soarin asked.

"I'll explain once we're out of sight. Now come on," Inferno said, extending his hand to him. Soarin didn't argue after that and just took him by the hand. Inferno Shadow Jumped one last time back in the bus.

Once on the bus, Soarin’s face turns green and begins to feel queasy until he finally gets a grip and recovers. “Argh! I forgot that your shadow teleportation ability sucks!” Soarin complained.

“You’re welcome.” Inferno said, bluntly. "So are there any others we should get?"

"Other than my brother an--" Just then, Heat gasped. "Oh no! Flash is still out there! Eternal, he's with one of your exes, isn't that right?"

"Serene Grace, yes. But her mansion is in the far north of the city, we'll never get past her security and plus she and I have some very bad history," Eternal said.

“Well that's too bad, cause we’re in a much bigger situation than your history with one another.” Soarin stated.

"There's gotta be something we can do! After everything Flash did for us, we can't just leave him here for those barbarians torture him to death!" Heat said.

“Well then, we barge in and get him!” Rainbow suggested.

"Oh sure, make us an even bigger target," Eternal said sarcastically.

"I don't see you coming up with any ideas, smart alec!" Rainbow retorted.

"Your ideas are just gonna land us in even more trouble when she calls security on us. Plus, Inferno's Shadow Jump ability won't do him much good since he's never been inside that huge mansion of hers," Eternal argued.

"SHUT UP!!!" Heat shouted, breaking up the feud. "Fighting isn't gonna solve our problems. One way or another, we gotta get Flash out of here. As well as his wife and daughter. And before you guys say anything, I've kept up with Flash on SnapGab. If we can't talk our way in, then we'll just have to wing it and force our way in.”

“Now you’re speaking my language.” Inferno said.

"And to make sure there's no confusion, I'll text him to let him know we're on the way and to have his family ready. I won't let him leave here alone," Heat says.

“And we won’t.” Twilight said in agreement and turned to Pinkie Pie as she was still driving down the road. “Pinkie, we’re going to pick up Flash, set a course for Serene’s Mansion.”

"Okie-dokie-lokie. HOLD ONTO YOUR PANTIES, LADIES!!!" Pinkie shouted, flooring it on the gas pedal and racing off in the distance.