Riki and Liz's Grand Adventure!

The Blazing Falling Bat Incident!

The floor is quiet. The crowd watches Riki gets off of Slugger’s unconscious body. He then places Blueblood down. “Warn me next time you decide to jump!” Blueblood yelled at Riki.

“I’ll think about it,” Riki replied with a smile.

“Riki!” Twinkle said joyfully, hugging him.

“Owww, Twinkle!” Riki said, getting out of the hug.

“Riki-boy, nice job,” Mimi said, patting him on the back.

“What about me!” yelled Blueblood, “I did save him.”

“…I’ll think about it.”

Blueblood and Mimi begin to argue, and Riki lets out a sign. “Oi, you two can talk each other’s ears off. But we need to get out now.”

On the third floor, the fighting between the Limelight and Pipistrello stopped. They all had the same expressions, utterly shocked.

Scout makes his way and looks over the railing. “Hey, Slugger! Stop playing around and get up. It’s not funny!” No matter how loud, Scout shouts at Slugger to get up. The minotaur won’t budge an inch. “Oh, no. This can’t be happening… Slugger has been defeated!” The Pipistrello members begin to panic, and the Limelight uses this to their advantage. Scout sees the Limelight push forward, “Retreat! All Pipistrello retreat!”

“What about Slugger?”

“We’ll pick him up on the way out. Now move!”

Once outside the casino, we broke away from the crowd as a few dozen cops showed up. Some enter the building, and the rest begin to take statements. They must have gotten word on what the hell is going on.

“Alright, it’s time for you guys to leave this place,” Mimi said as we ran down an alleyway.

“Yeah,” I replied, “To the airship landing place.”

Blueblood gives Mimi and me a confused look. He asks, “Why are we leaving Las Pegasus?”

“Well, it’s unsafe for you guys to be here.” Twinkle answered, “Even if Riki beats Slugger, let’s not take any chances.”

“We grab you, then we leave by hot air balloon, Mama let us use. That's the plan.” Mimi added. “There’s a train that comes past here. You and Riki will have to hop on it.”

“What?”

As we approached the entrance of Las Pegasus, I stopped and began to run the other way. “Riki, where are you going?” Mimi asked.

“I got to do something really quick!” I yelled, “I’ll meet you guys at the hot air balloon. I’ll be back as fast as possible!”

“You better, or we’re going to miss the train!”

“Yeah!”

Back at the Red Daffodils bar, a party is being thrown. Coal sits at the bar, waiting for Scout and Slugger to return, “What’s taking those idiots so long?” Coal said to himself, “It's supposed to be in and out two seconds!” Coal magically grabs his drink and leaves the bar, “I’ll be up in the room. Tell me when Scout and Slugger get here, got it.”

“You got it,” Kaz said drunkenly.

Coal heads upstairs and slams the door behind him. The Pipistrello members continue to party, and as they do, there is a knock on the door. “I got it,” said a pony. As he was about to open the door, it was knocked down on top of him. This causes everyone in the room to stop and look to see who it is.

“A party, how fun.”

In the upstairs room with Coal. He is counting the bags of bits, but he stops. His ears pick up the ruckus coming from downstairs. “What is going on down there?”

The door opens, revealing Kaz with a worried look, “Coal, this is bad! He’s here.”

“Who’s here?”

Before Kaz could say anything else, he was hit on the head. Coal watches Kaz's unconscious body fall to the ground.

“Oi, unicorn,” Riki said as he walked over Kaz's body. “How have you been?”

As Riki approaches Coal, the unicorn begins to shake a bit. “What are you doing here? Where's Scout and Slugger?”

Riki gets right in Coal’s face, “Still at the casino. Scout is flipping out after I beat Slugger.”

“You did what?”

“Look, I came here to tell you I don’t have a debt anymore. Blueblood has no debt anymore.” Riki said coldly, “You guys will also not mess with Mimi, Twinkle, or any other girls at Mama Ruby. Because if I find out, you lay a single hoof on them. I’ll show you how violent a human can get.”

Coal slowly nods his head as Riki backs away. He then sees Riki grab a few bags full of bits. “W-what are you doing?”

“Compensation,” Riki said as he walked away.

Coal takes this opportunity to use his magic, shooting a fireball at Riki. “Burn, you monstrous bastard!”

Riki just sidesteps the fireball, letting it fly out of the room. “To slow.”

There is yelling from downstairs before Riki can beat the shit out of Coal. “Fire!” yelled a pony, “The bar counter is on fire!”

“Get some water!”

The fire burns through the bar, fueled by the different types of alcohol. Riki sees this and says, “I was about to kick your ass, but this is fine. Bye, unicorn boy!”

Coal sat on the couch as he watched Riki leave. The sound of fire and panicking fills his ears. Coal is trying to figure out how one human can do so much damage. “…The boss is going to kill me.”

Near the entrance of Las Pegasus, a hot air balloon sits there. The balloon is a bit different from the others. It has a rudder and a steering wheel. Mimi and Twinkle get ready for the department. Blueblood is just sitting in the basket, not helping at all.

“Damn, what’s taking him so long?” Blueblood asked, looking out from the basket.

“Maybe Riki had to use the bathroom.” Twinkle answered, “I wonder if humans use the bathroom like we do?”

“First, gross. Second, he would have told us if he had to.” Mimi chimed in, “Riki made it sound really important. Still, he needs to hurry up before the train passes.”

“Oiiii, guys!” The three look over to the noise to see Riki. “Sorry about that. I hope we didn’t miss the train.”

Mimi shakes her head, “No, but you did cut it close. Anyways, where did you go?”

“Well…” Riki said, pointing behind him. “I paid a visit to the Red Daffodils bar. And I had to pee.”

They look behind Riki to see smoke rising into the sky. Mimi's eyes widen, “Riki, did you set fire to their bar?”

“Oh no, I’m not an arsonist.” Riki said, “That dumbass Coal tried to hit with fire magic, but he missed.”

Mimi smiles, “I wish I could see that idiot Coal’s face! Take that, you Pipistrello buckfaces!”

“Oh, I remember you saying you wish that place burned to the ground.”

Twinkle notices the bags Riki is carrying, “Riki, what’s that?”

“Bits I took from the Pipistrello.” He said, dropping the bags in the basket. “I don’t think they need it.”

Blueblood looks in the bag, “Wow, that’s a lot of bits!”

Riki, Mimi, and Twinkle get in the hot air balloon. “So how do we get down?” Riki questioned.

“Thankful, this is a specially made hot air balloon.” Twinkle explained as Mimi used the burner. “You can think of it like a mini airship.”

“That’s so cool!”

The balloon floats, and Twinkle begins to steer it off Las Pegasus. After a few miles away from the floating city, Mimi presses a button on the burner to make it blow cold air, making it go down. In the distance, a train can be seen and heard. “Good, right on time,” Mimi said, tying a rope on the basket. “Riki, get ready. And remember, the train is going pretty fast, so time it right.”

“Yeah, I got it.”

Blueblood pulls himself from the bits, “Wait, what’s going on?”

“You’ll see,” Mimi said, making more cold air blow out. The hot air balloon started to go down at a speedy rate. Twinkle steers the balloon over the train tracks as the train passes by. Mimi hands Riki a rope.

He waits for a bit, then jumps onto the train. Riki lands on the roof without a problem. He carefully makes his way to the caboose. Pulling the rope down, Blueblood jumps on the caboose, “Wait, my bits!”

“Blueblood, we’re taking enough bits for food and train tickets.” Riki said, “I think Mimi and Twinkle should have the rest. They helped us out a lot.”

The prince sighs, “…My bits.”

Riki lets go of the rope, and the distance between them grows, “Thanks for everything, you two, and tell Mama Ruby I owe her!” Riki yelled at them.

“It’s no problem, Riki!” Twinkle yelled back, “You should come back when things calm down here!”

“Riki-boy, when you do come back. I’ll show you a special time!” Mimi shouted, “Oh, one more thing.” She holds up something that catches his eye.

Riki quickly checked his pockets and pulled out his wallet. His ID is gone. “Oi, that’s mine!”

“I know, Riki-boy.” Mimi smiled, “I just want something to remember you by, love.”

Riki lets out a heavy laugh as he waves goodbye to them.

On the hot air balloon, Twinkle and Mimi are making their way back to Las Pegasus. Twinkle sees Mimi looking at Riki’s ID. Then it hits her, “Oh my Celestia, you like Riki!”

“What? No, I don’t!” Mimi said frantically, “Riki is a good friend that I really...care about.”

“…Does he meet your three criteria?”

Mimi blushes as she nods, “He’s strong, doesn't give up without a fight, and very caring.”

There is a moment of silence before Twinkle says, “I’m telling Mama you like Riki.”

“What, don’t do that!” Mimi pleaded,

Twinkle continued to tease Mimi as the hot air balloon floated higher. Laughter can be heard from the balloon between the girls.

Blueblood and I are sitting on some boxes inside the train's caboose. We have to be quiet, so no one comes back here. But we don’t have to worry about that since he and I haven’t been talking. Oh yeah, I almost forgot about this. I took off my backpack and pulled out a bottle of wine with a picture of a manticore.

This gets Blueblood’s attention, “Where did you get that bottle of wine?”

“Took it from the Pipistrello. They weren't going to drink this.” I said, popping the cork off. I then took a drink from it. “Ahhh, that tastes expensive. Here, have a drink.” I held the bottle in front of him, shaking it a bit. Blueblood sighs and takes it. “That's it, drink. It’s been a long night.”

“It’s good,” Blueblood said, passing the bottle back.

We did this for a while. I then thought back to the casino and what he did. “Oi, Blueblood.”

“What is it.”

“Thanks for saving me back at the casino.”

Blueblood gets a small smile, “Well, I didn’t want my bodyguard dying on the job. So, I did the heroic thing and saved your life, Riki. I think I deserve a reward.”

“You called me by my name again,” I chuckled.

“Oh, I didn’t realize.”

“Well, for your reward. I’ll start calling you Prince Blueblood sometimes.” I finished the bottle and placed it on the floor. “…Also, thanks for those words of encouragement back there.”

“Words of encouragement?” Blueblood huffed, “I just wanted you to hurry up so I can go home. I want my bed.”

“I believe you, Prince Blueblood.”

Blueblood sits there in silence before saying, “…I should thank you for saving me and getting rid of my debt.”

“It was nothing, made the trip a lot more fun.” I joked, leaning back. “But next time, choose somewhere you don’t own anyone. Anyways, once this train stops at a station, we’ll get tickets to Canterlot.” I yawned, “It’s going to be a long day, so get some sleep.”

A place of fun. A place of misery. A place where it can give and take. And a place of sin, Las Pegasus. Even if it has a different name from the home of the human, it’s still the same at its core. As the sun rises, it begins a new day. The events that happened in Las Pegasus spread through the city like fire. The defeat of one of the most infamous members of the Pipistrello family and their building set ablaze.

On this day, these events will be known as The Blazing Falling Bat Incident!