Riki and Liz's Grand Adventure!

One final push!

"Phase one, double time!" Riki shouted, running towards Taboo, "Applejack, Rainbow!"

Applejack finish tying the steel rope into a lasso, "Right behind ya!"

"Got it, big guy!" Rainbow Dash said, flying after Riki.

Liz watches Riki, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash charging at Taboo. She looks at the others, "Alright guys, you heard Riki. Phase one is a go. Let's get ready for phase two." Liz and Twilight start to take apart some of the Cherry Bombs. Pinkie tears strips of tape, Rarity grabs a few M-80s and begins to pull out the fuse. Fluttershy's job is to watch for the sign, so the next phase can begin.

Riki looks at Applejack, "Are you sure the steel rope isn't heavy?"

Applejack chuckles, "It's nothing I can't handle."

"Glad to hear," Riki said with a smile, pulling out his one tonfa. Runs up ahead and slams the tonfa on Taboo's head, but he blocks with his horns.

"HOW DO YOU WANT TO DIE!" Taboo exclaimed, "BY YOUR OWN WOUNDS OR BY MY OWN HANDS!" Taboo goes for a claw swipe, and Riki blocks it with his tonfa.

"I'm too lazy to die!" Riki yells, pushing Taboo's claw away. Spinning his tonfa, Riki hits Taboo multiple times across his body.

Taboo parries one of Riki's strikes. He's going to punch Riki in the face, but something catches his arm. A steel rope lasso slowly pulls his hand back. Taboo follows the steel rope with his eyes until it lands on, "HONESTY, I FORGOT ALL ABOUT YOU." He tries to pull his arm free, but Applejack's earth pony strength is too much for the worn-out Taboo. "I GOING TO RIP YO-AHHUUGG" He was cut off by a kick in the face by Riki and then a punch.

Riki kicks Taboo in the leg, making him fall to his knees. Applejack begins to run around Taboo, wrapping him up with the steel rope.

"YOU THINK THIS WILL STOP ME!" Taboo shouted at them.

Riki didn't answer, just side kicking Taboo in the face. As Taboo falls back, Applejack bucks him from behind. Taboo falls forward and meets with a punch in the face. Applejack does another kick, and the Riki stomps on Taboo's face.

"Riki And Applejack Team Attack!" Riki shouted, as they simultaneously hit Taboo, "Great Tarnation Beat Down!" The two continued to hit the tied up Taboo back and at each other, like a game of ping pong. Every kick Applejack does, Riki follows it up with a kick or punch.

Taboo makes a tentacle to attack Applejack, but Riki jumps in front of her, taking the brunt of the attack. "Are you okay, Applejack?"

"I'm fine,"

Taboo stands back up, using two tentacles to rip the steel rope off. As he does that, Riki takes out something from behind his back. He runs at Taboo, "It's kind of funny that your eyes are the weakest part of your body, and you have four!" Riki throws a can of pepper spray tape together with two M-80.

"WHAT!?"

The can of pepper spray explodes in front of Taboo's face. Riki is surprised that the pepper spray bomb worked so well. Taboo rubbed his eyes in pain, trying to get the mixture of gunpowder and pepper spray out. Riki takes this opportunity to jump onto Taboo's back and grab onto his horns. Riki stabs his tonfa in one of Taboo's eyes and then jumps off, "Riki and Rainbow Dash team attack!" After Riki yelled that, Rainbow Dash came down from the sky with a thundercloud. A thunderbolt rained down, using Riki's tonfa as a makeshift lightning rod, "Great Thunderbolt!"

KRA-KOOOOM!

"AHHHHHGGGGGUUUU!!!" Taboo screams in pain as the electricity courses through his body. Even if it only lasted a few seconds for him, it felt like a few minutes. Taboo stops screaming after it was over. Riki's tonfa is completely destroyed, melted into Taboo's eye socket. It's hard to tell, but Taboo's body is burned really badly.

"There goes my other tonfa. I'm going to miss it, but sacrifices have to be made." Riki said sadly as Taboo removed the melted tonfa from his eye. "Applejack, Rainbow, let's go!"

Back with the others, Liz is putting the rest of the fireworks inside the vespa seat compartment. Fluttershy runs up to Liz, "Riki is about to start phase two."

"Good, because we just finished." Liz said, showing Fluttershy a ball made out of duct tape with a fuse. "I'm surprised Riki was right about Taboo's regeneration."

"I still don't understand what Riki meant by that. Liz, can you explain it to me?" Rarity asked.

"Riki told us if Taboo wants to regenerate, he has to use energy. So the plan is to put Taboo in a hard spot that he needs to regenerate and to fight."

"If he uses energy to regenerate, he'll be too tired to fight." Twilight chimed in, "But if he doesn't, all that damage might be too much for him."

"Correct,"

"When you explain it like that, it makes a lot of sense." Rarity said, "I wish Riki explained it like that. All he said was, 'We are going to stop Taboo from regenerating.' Sometimes I don't get him."

"You'll get used to it," Liz mumbles, "Anyways, we need to go."

"Yeah, we're ready!"

Riki counters one of Taboo's attacks, "Slowing down, I see!"

"I'LL SHOW YOU YOUR OWN HEART!" Taboo spat.

"I'll take that as a yes,"

Taboo roars, letting out a flurry of tentacles. Riki notices the number of tentacles is a lot smaller, "Guys, Taboo is getting tired!" Rainbow Dash and Riki are able to dodge pretty well, but Applejack is not so well. One tentacle hits her hat off then another comes towards her. At the late second, Riki picks up Applejack and her hat. "Tuagh Crash!" Riki shouts as he kicks through a tentacle. A second comes towards them, "Shit!" Riki pulls Applejack in, so he can take the full hit.

"I got you, big guy," Rainbow Dash said as she grabbed Riki's shirt with her teeth.

"Thanks, Rainbow," Riki said, being dropped safely away from Taboo. He then places Applejack back on the ground.

"Hey, guys!" shouted Liz, "Ready for phase two!"

"Good! Applejack, go to Liz." Riki said, retightening the hoodie around his waist. "Rainbow, show Taboo the winds! Pinkie and Liz get to position!" Riki then takes a lighter from his pocket and throws it at Liz.

Rainbow Dash flies around Taboo as fast as possible. After a while, Taboo is standing in the middle of a small tornado. Taboo digs his claws into the ground, trying not to be blown away.

"LOYALTY, YOU'RE ANNOYING!" Taboo roared, hitting Rainbow Dash away with a tentacle. As the tornado disappeared, Taboo was immediately punched in the face. The two of them go back and forth for a while. Taboo kicks Riki's side wound, making him stop for a bit.

As Taboo goes for a punch, Louie out of nowhere, jumps on Taboo's face and starts to claw his eyes out. Taboo grabs Louie by the scruff of his neck, "I'M NOT AFRAID TO SKIN A CAT."

"You let go of Louie right now!" Fluttershy yells as she slams into Taboo's stomach with great force. Riki follows up with a head butt, making Taboo drop the cat. Fluttershy grabs Louie before he touches the ground and then flies away.

Twilight and Rarity use their magic to pull Riki away from Taboo, "Pinkie, Liz, now!" Taboo is in front of Pinkie's party cannon, looking down the muzzle. Liz lights the fuse on the duct tape ball and then shoves it into the canon. The only thing going through Taboo's head is where this canon came from.

"Fire!" Pinkie and Liz both yelled.

The canon goes off, shooting the duct tape ball. Taboo blocks as the tape ball explode right in front of him. Inside the tape ball is a mixture of gunpowder from the Cherry Bombs and a bunch of pebbles. The force of the explosion turns the pebbles into killer shrapnel. Embeds itself into Taboo's arms, head, and chest.

As Taboo stumbles back in pain, he feels something being poured on him. Looking up to see Fluttershy dumping a water bottle full of liquid. The liquid gives off a strong smell, "WHAT IS THIS!?"

"I love the smell of gasoline, don't you?" Liz said, pulling out the model taser gun. "Also, I love how flammable it is."

"FLAMMABLE!?"

Liz aims and pulls the trigger. The barbs stabbed themselves of Taboo, hitting him with a heavy shock. Taboo's upper body burst into flames, "YOU THINK A LITTLE FIRE CAN STOP ME!" Taboo shouted as the flames burns his skin. Taboo sees Twilight use her magic to pick up the vespa, and throw it full force at him.

Taboo catches the vespa with both his hands. His eyes widen when Liz yells, "How about a vespa full of fireworks!?" Looking at the vespa to see the seat is gone, revealing a bunch of fireworks. Taboo's flaming body already started to set off the fireworks, then a few seconds later...Boom!

Everyone covered their eyes and ducks. Liz is throwback since she was the closest, but Riki catches her. "Liz, I didn't expect it to be so big. How did you do it?"

"The gas tank is under the seat compartment. So, when the fireworks go off and the removing the fuel cap… Boom!" Liz explained, and then she frowned. "Kind of sucks that I have to destroy the vespa right after I fixed it."

"First thing when we get home, I'll buy you a new one, promise," Riki said, taking out a smoke bomb from behind his back. "We're moving to the last phase!"

Taboo rises from the ground and tosses the destroyed vespa aside. Riki pulls the pin and throws the smoke bomb at Taboo's feet, "NOT THIS CHEAP TRICK AGAIN!" As the smoke covers the area, Taboo tries to sense where Riki or the others are. "DAMMIT! WHERE ARE YOU, RICOCHET, GIRL, PONIES!" Taboo roared.

"I'm right here, left side!" Riki yelled. Taboo swipes his claws to the left, but he hits nothing. "My left, not your left, you fuckin' idiot!" Taboo was then hit across his face. "Try again!" Riki continues his hit and run tactics in the smoke. Taboo claws the area around him, trying to find that annoying human.

This went on for a while until Taboo said, "ENOUGH!" His voice boomed, blowing away all the smoke. It revealed that Riki was wearing Liz's goggles.

Riki takes off the goggles, "The infrared on the goggles is pretty good," He then tosses Liz's goggles back, "But, it's a little too tight around the eyes."

"Because you have a big head," Liz joked, pulling on her goggles and walking next to Riki.

"Funny," Riki muttered, rolling his eyes. "Are you girls in position for the final phase!?" He calls out to Twilight and friends. They're a good distance away from the battlefield.

"Yeah!" She yelled back.

Taboo eyes widen when he sees that Liz is holding a jar. Riki then yells, "Yeah, prepare to get your ass shoved back in here! Liz, follow right behind, Okay?"

"Got it, but don't run too fast." Liz said, putting her hand on her hip, "I'm already tired as it is."

Suddenly Taboo starts to charge at Riki and Liz like a wild animal. Ready to pounce on Liz, thankfully Riki pulls her out of the way. He then swings Liz around, hitting Taboo with her feet.

"Hey, can you not use me as a weapon!" Liz shouted.

"Sorry," Riki replied sheepishly,

"HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT DAMN JAR!" Taboo roared, getting their attention. The two of them see Taboo running on all fours towards them. "I THOUGHT THAT DOG AND PONY STILL HAVE IT!"

Riki takes the jar from Liz, "I took it when I escaped!" He then swings the jar at Taboo, but misses.

Taboo takes this opportunity to grab Riki by the face, "IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU HUMANS AND YOUR PONY FRIENDS CAN'T RESEAL ME! THE TIME I WAS SEALED, TWO POWERFUL KAIS THAT DID IT, DIED IN THE PROCESS!"

"Kais?" Riki said under his breath.

Liz jumps on Taboo's back, pulls out her wrench and hits him over the head. Riki manages to get his face free, dropping to the ground. Taboo pulls Liz off his back and throws her, hitting the ground with a thud.

Liz slowly rises while rubbing her head, "Ow, that hurt like a bitch." Riki runs up to her, and before he can say anything, Liz says, "I'm good,"

Taboo starts to smirk, but it slowly goes away. He sees Twilight and the others as they begin to channel the power of the Elements. Eyes glow white as they slowly lift off the ground, and energy builds around them.

Taboo now knows what their plan is, and he needs to stop it now. Seeing Riki and Liz running towards him while the jar is in hand. If he can kill the two humans here, maybe he can buy some time to go after the ponies. So, using the rest of his energy, Taboo makes as many tentacles as possible. The tentacles wrap around Riki and Liz as they are only a few feet away.

Riki struggles to take a step, "Do it now!"

Immediately after hearing Riki's words, Twilight and the others fires their harmony beam. The beam hits all three of them and instantly disintegrates some of Taboo's tentacles. One of the last tentacles hits the jar out of Riki's hands, before it disappears. Liz manages to grab one of the handles and points the opening at Taboo. As the rainbow beam continues to hit them, Riki holds the other handle. The inside of the jar starts to glow. Taboo slowly gets pulled into the jar as parts of his body gets turned to stone. But it wasn't enough. Taboo lets out a loud roar as a black aura emanates from his body again.

"IF I HAVE TO USE MY ONLY LIFESPAN JUST TO KEEP FIGHT," Taboo snarled as he extended his hand to Riki and Liz's face, "I'LL DO IT WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE!"

Riki and Liz close their eyes, readying themselves for what Taboo is about to do. Then…

'In a tough spot, aren't we?' said a deep masculine voice in Riki's head.

"What?" Riki said confusingly,

'Ohhh hohoho~, sorry that we were late.' said an elegant feminine voice, entering Liz's head. 'Your brother and friends did an outstanding job, little one. Now let us handle the rest.'

' We dealt with Taboo before. We can do it again!'

Suddenly Riki's right shoulder starts to glow orange, and Liz's left shoulder glows a bright sliver. Both of them are fully covered in an orange and silver light. The jar starts to shake as it absorbs all the harmonious energy around it, causing Twilight and their friends to drop to the ground. Twilight pushes herself off the ground. As she looks toward the humans, her jaw drops. Behind Riki and Liz are two glowing figures. The orange one has two horns and long wild hair, and the silver one has seven flowing tails. That's all the details Twilight can make out.

Taboo eyes widen as a ton of orange and silver chains fly out of it. The chains wrap around Taboo's body and pull him, "NO, NOT THIS!" Taboo shouts as his lower body is pulled inside the jar. His eyes stare daggers not at the humans but inside humans. As Taboo's head slowly enters the jar, he utters his last words, "THE TWO OF YOU WILL NOT STOP JIGOKU'S GATES!" Once Taboo is fully inside, the jar flies out of Riki and Liz's hands as the light from their shoulder dissipates. The humans fall to the ground, out of breath, as their friends run up to them. They all quietly watch the jar spin around and around until it stands itself up. A white beam of light shoots up into the sky, parting the clouds in the way. You can see it from Ponyville or even Canterlot. The light then fades away as a lid is formed from it, and orange and silver chines wrap around it.

They stare silently at the jar for about a few minutes, but it feels like hours.

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"We did it!" Pinkie yells joyfully.

They are screaming in excitement. Applejack and Rainbow Dash high five, Fluttershy cuddles Louie, and Pinkie pulls Rarity into a big hug. Riki and Liz watch them celebrate with a smile. Soon they both collapse to the ground. A small pool of blood forms under Riki, and he begins to blackout. The last thing Riki saw and heard was Twilight's smile on her face turns to shock as dread filled her voice. Then… Darkness.

Riki floats around in outer darkness... Alone.

He slowly opens his eyes, "What happened?" Looking around and taking in his surroundings, "Liz, Twilight, Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity! Where are you!?" He starts to breathe rapidly as thoughts fill his head, is everyone okay? Am I dead? Did we beat Taboo? Riki tries to remember what happened, but everything is a blur. Riki begins to calm down. This place reminds him of the Dreamscape Luna took him to, but different.

' I know, it's a shame that we can't introduce ourselves to them, but Taboo had to come first. Took all of our collective energy just to reseal that bastard. Guess we have to rest again.'

"It's that voice again," Riki said as he began to look around. "Where is it coming from?"

'Stop complaining. I didn't help the boy when he was fighting Taboo alone, unlike other times. He accessed it by himself. I was a bit surprised since he is… Human, right?'

This voice sounds like he's talking to someone only he can hear.

"Oi, who the hell are you!" Riki yells angrily at the disembodied voice, "Where's my sister and friends!"

'I'm going to enjoy this!' yells the voice in excitement.

I jolt up in a cold sweat, looking around to see I'm in my room from the castle instead of that weird place. I look down at my arms to see bandages wrapped around them and a hospital IV in my right arm, "What the fuck happened?" Hearing some noises coming from the bathroom, the sound of the sink being turned off. The door opens to reveal Princess Celestia holding a bowl of water with a rag inside, "Oi, Celeste…."

She almost dropped the water bowl, "Riki, you're up!?" Celestia said with a smile of relief, placing the bowl on the nightstand, "Everypony is worried about you."

"Really?" I said, shifting the bed. I looked outside the window to see it was night. "How long was I out, a few hours?"

"…Three days,"

"Three days!?"