Chapters Sleep Over at Pinkie's House
The final school bell rang and everyone especially Rainbow, couldn't wait to get the hell on out of there. god, this is probably the worst torture I have to sit through! She went to her locker which also happens to be where her friends were at. All six of them. Sunset was the first one to speak.
AppleJack chuckled. "hehe well I was thinking maybe we could all hang out." Rarity was the first to respond. "Like we can all go to the mall?"
"We already did that last week!" Pinkie laughed. "How about a slumber party at my place?"
At about 2 in the morning, Rainbow woke up to the sound of rustling and footsteps coming from downstairs. Curious, she slowly crept out of the room and quietly closed the bedroom door behind her. She slowly walked downstairs. Wanting to see what was happening. Perhaps it was Maud Pie? That's what she thought, until she saw a small figure in a mask looking through the draws and cabinets.
An owl who had been observing the whole thing flew off. It went to a nearby outdoor Cafe where Chance and his gang were at. It landed on the table the latter was at and made a few hoo sounds.
Berry ended up sleeping on the couch. He was having a bit of trouble sleeping. Knowing that he is being hunted. He knew he couldn't stay here forever. Even though these girls seemed really nice he still didn't feel comfortable. What if they changed their mind and turned him in? He knew he couldn't stay here forever. He looked at the clock. It was already 11:30. He had overslept. He rolled over and Pinkie was suddenly in his face.
Before long, they were at the front of the mall. They got out of the car.
"You're that girl who can do magic!" Rainbow pointed out.
"You see," Rose began, "When I realized that there was magic in this world, I knew I must learn more about it! It's everywhere! And it's absolutely beautiful don't you think?"
"I sure do!" Rarity agreed.
"And with magic, we can do things that we had all called impossible." Rose continued. "Hey, how about you come over to my place? I actually have a lab."
"I don't know....Twilight," Berry muttered trying to get away.
"She's not going to hurt you, darling" Rarity assured him. "Come on, let's go eat first!" They sat down at a large table and began to order. Berry ordered his usually eggs with french toast and the girls ordered thier food. While they Fluttershy asked, "so do you know where your parents might be?" Berry stopped eating and stared down at his food.
Sunset watched the car drive off. She didn't turn around until she couldn't see the car anymore. Fluttershy can only stare in shock.
"What next?" Berry asked as they left the mall. They went inside the car and Twilight levitated the shopping bags into the truck. As she closed the lid she saw Rose come by.
"Hey Rose, you said you had a lab at your place?" Twilight was eager to check it out, considering she had one herself. Rose nodded and smiled. "Of course just follow me if you will." Twilight and the rest got into the car and followed Rose to her house. It was a fairly big house. No where close to a mansion but bigger than the average home. As they got out of the car, Rose led them to the front door.
As Sunset drove, she looked in the rear view mirror and asked Berry, "Do you remember anything about your past at all?" Berry looked down and tried to think.
Chance muttered angrily under his breath. Those girls are going to regret not giving me that boy , he thought. He turned to his crew. "I've already sent a poisonous black widow to kill them, but I don't think that's going to be enough." He pointed to two of his henchmen. "You two, take these," he went to his trunk and handed them each what appears to be a deathray. "get rid of them," he ordered. "After that, take the boy back to the Chaotic Headquarters." His phone rang. He looked a bit confused as he answered it.
Starlight waited for another text message from Twilight or anyone when they were going to be back. After waiting for awhile, she groaned. "Well, Spike, it looks like they're not coming home anytime soon.
"Oh...." Starlight was a bit disappointed but nonetheless tried her best to act friendly.
"SPIKE!" She screamed. Chance and his crew struggled a bit trying to drag her to the car, as Starlight kept on resisting. "Quiet or someone might hear you," he warned her. Starlight was scared now. "What are you doing?" her voice quivered. Chance didn't answer as his henchmen threw Starlight into the trunk and drove off.
Spike began to regain consciousness but his vision was still blurry. "Ughhh," he groaned. His side still a little painful, he slowly got up. "Starlight?" He began to search around, then he remembered. "Starlight!" He shouted desperately. Just then, the front door opened to reveal Sunset. She immediately recognized something was wrong...something very wrong. She looked down at Spike.
Starlight found herself tied in a chair. It seemed like she was in some type of cell. Somewhere in a building or facility. The cell door opened and in walked Chance. He walked right over to Starlight. "I'm not going to waste any time," he began speaking. "I am aware that you are friends with 7 girls?" He listed them all. "Is that true?"
Word going around about missing children had gone viral around the city of Canterlot. Headlines such as "Kids mysteriously vanish," "Children gone missing," and "Possible Kidnapping? Children suddenly vanish," have surfaced on the internet. Although mostly young children, older teens and even adults have gone missing as well.
"Do you remember where you escaped from?" Fluttershy asked Berry who was looking out the window. He nodded. "Turn left here" he said. Sunset made a left turn. They continued to go down the road. "Right there!" Berry pointed out. It was a facility building. Nearly impossible to miss. "Wow! I have never seen anything like it!" Pinkie gasped. "You sure this is the place?" Twilight asked.
Inside the building was a somewhat long hallway. On either side of the hall were cell like rooms. But they were not empty. Inside the cells were occupants. Some were very young children, while others were older like teens and even adults. Berry felt uncomfortable walking through the hallway. He also remembered this is where his friends are trapped too.
Starlight was still tied to the chair. How long has she been tied up? She looked around for a clock but none was to be found. Her throat was parched. She needed something to drink. With great effort she desperately called out.I hope they know where I'm at. She then saw the door swing open. Unfortunately for her, it wasn't any of her friends or anyone who looked friendly. It was just Chance.Who Is that? Starlight wondered. It definitely wasn't any of her friends.
As Twilight and her friends continue to search the building, whilst trying not to get caught, Sunset realized someone was missing.
Berry wondered through the halls trying to figure out how he was going to get pass security. As he neared a corner, he slowly peeked around a corner and saw a guard patrol the hallway. Being careful not to be seen, he used his telekinesis to make a large painting fly off the wall and hit the guard, knocking him out. Wasting no time, he rushed over to the knocked out guard and frantically searched for things like an ID card or keys that he could use. Come on, there's gotta be something! He continued to search the pockets but to his dissapointment, there was nothing the guard had.
Sunset, Applejack, and Rarity spent the next twenty minutes looking for Starlight. But with the halls being guarded on every corner, it was made nearly impossible. Two heavily armed guards stood at the end of the hallway, equiped with lethal death rays. They both looked intimidating.
Even though Berry didn't get the keycard, he did obtain the guard's weapon. A small handheld military lazer gun that. He didn't have any expirences with guns so he wasn't quite sure how to shoot one. He continued to walk down the hallways looking for Starlight.
"Looks like you're finally alone now."
Berry looked worried. "Now why would I do that?" Chance's expression turned cold as he glared at the young child. Berry could feel a shiver go up his spine. "Do you really trust those girls? As nice they may seem, they would probably throw you off a building when they no longer find you useful." Berry rapidly shook his head. "That's not true!" Chance sighed then a wicked idea came into his head. "You could refuse, I guess....that is if you don't want to lose your little sister like your parents!" Berry gasped. "No! You can't do that, she's only three!" he cried out.
Chance grinned. "Thank you, Berry. Its very simple. All I need you to do is lure them to the back of the canterlot theater. Then me and my crew will take it from there." Then he said in a much more threatning voice, "If you tell the girls about this... or if they suspect anything, your sister will die, ok?" Berry shakily nodded. "And don't think I won't know," Chance continued. A white throated needle tail, swooped down and landed on Chance's shoulder. "This little guy will tell me everything, so don't lie to me, ok?" He laughed at Berry. "I suggest you go now, also you have 48 hours. Oh and if you try to kill me, or anyone, your sister also dies. He left a now terrified Berry alone in the hallway. The turned around and walked the other direction now crying feeling guilty about what he now has to do.
Berry felt a sharp pain of guilt from the bottom of his stomach. What am I going to do? If I say, anything my sister will die. And if I don't those girls will hate me! He looked up and sure enough, the falcon was above him. Intensely staring at him. Watching his every move. He walked down a bit longer until he heard a familiar voice ahead. He even thought he could hear them caling his name.
"Berry? Are you here?" a voice called out. Berry saw that the voice belonged to Fluttershy.
Berry followed Fluttershy until they reached Sunset and her friends.
"Well how about I hold on to it, those things are very dangerous," AJ told him as Berry handed over the gun. "Can I hold on to it? It looks so awesome!" Rainbow asked.
"See, this is exactly why we don't trust you with guns!" AJ chided the athlete.
Meanwhile, The public was gathered around the scientist, Rose. There was a news reporter at the scene. A middle aged women in a suit. She was next to Rose. She looked at the camera and said, "I am here today, with a very young but very brilliant scientist and inventor." Rose smiled as she waved towards the camera.
"Thank you, it's a real pleasure to be here," Rose said.
"What are you poor?" She turned to Rose. "I'll pay one million dollars for it!" Another person laughed.
Rose held up the disc shaped next. "This is perhaps one of personal favorites. A minature flying saucer. It has a camera attached to it, super fast, and can fly really high." She smiled. "So who would want this?"
"Anyone else wanna go? Going once, going twice...SOLD!" She gave the disc to the man. He thanked her and went on his way. After that, Rose was done, she was escorted back in her car and drove off.
Black Market and Flashback
The problem with the missing children is only getting worse. More parents have reported thier kids myteriously vanishing without a trace, no one knows where, but are certain these kids are still alive. All parents who were asked said the house they lived in did not look like it was broken into. No broken window, no broken down door. As the problem started to get worse, renowned scientist and inventor Rose told everyone she had sent out an investigation team to look out for them.
Somewhere within the apartment complex of Canterlot City was home to some of the most vicious gang members in the city. The apartment itself was run down. 5 stories, definitley not high quality looking. A car pulled up in the parking lot: Chance's car. He got out and went to the back where he bought out a big bag. He put it over his shoulders. He knew he was supposed to be on the lookout for Berry, but he figured the kid wasn't going to show up anytime soon, so he might as well do a bit of selling. He went to the apartment and walked up the three flight of stairs. He approached a door. He knocked on it 2 times, then 5, and then 1. It was a secret way so there would be little chance of getting caught. The door opened to reveal a man, probably in his late thirties. He had on a hoodie, ripped jeans, and athletic shoes. He was light skinned and had black hair.
"Hey now, Ace, I'm not the enemy here right?" I came to see if you'd buy these." He walked to the living room with the bag still in his right hand. He set it down on the table. He motioned Ace to open it. "Why don't you take a look inside?" The leader carefully walked towards the bag. Placing his hands on the zipper he unzipped and opened the bag. Then, he turned it upside down, and dumped the contents on the table. It was a bunch of dangerous weapons, but they weren't normal. These were highly technologically advanced. Grenades, plasma pistols, deathrays, and even sniper beam rifles. These were some of the most lethal weapons.
"Do you like it?" Chance asked. Ace smiled.
*flashback*
"shhh it's ok, Lily..." the poor girl kept on crying softly as she buried her head on his belly and hugged his waist. Berry kneeled down to her level and looked at her.
*Flashback*
Everyday in the "training" facility was the same. Nothing ever change. It was the same thing over and over again. Nothing ever changed. To Berry, it was like reliving the same nightmare everyday. The facility was not a nice place, nor was it ever. Kids like Berry had to obey orders, otherwise they were "disicplined" and that included getting beaten up and mistreated in horrible ways. Berry had seen just how bad it could get. His friend Des returned with a swollen eye because he didn't want to do any more training. He told them he was tired and they responded with a hard hit to his right eye. His other friend Amber returned with a fracture on her skull for disobeying a small order. It disgusted Berry to the point where he would want to send whoever was responsible through five walls, but he had to keep his anger in check as to not scare his little sister, who was sleeping on the bed. He looked over at her and saw her stomach slowly raising up and down due to her breathing. Berry couldn't help but think, Where would they go? Berry's sister started to wake up she began to cry softly. He felt his heart melt over how his sister felt. He went over to comfort her. His sister saw him and got up went towards him. She buried her head on his belly and hugged his waist. Berry embraced his little sister and rubbed her back and soothingly said.
"I wanna go home..." Lily sniffed still hugging his waist. Berry looked at Lily, getting teary eyed himself. He said in a broken voice.
"This one seems to have the power to move objects without needing contact," a voice said.
"His sister....she's far too young for any powers yet. We should probably wait until she's older." replied the first voice.
When Berry approached Chance, he suddenly struck out his hands and the latter and his henchman were sent back in opposite directions. They hit the wall with a thud. Chance groaned as he got back up. He took out his death ray and pointed it at Berry but was met by another invisible giant hand that sent the gun flying out of his hand.
Berry didn't know how he was going to explain his problem to anyone. What are the chances that someone would believe him when he says that superpowers exsist? He finnally came across an apartment and saw a slight open window leading into it. He took a deep breath and went in.
Starlight, or who Chance liked to call Starvine, waited silently with him and his gang at the back of Canterlot Movie Theater. They were getting in thier ready positions. Thier weapons loaded. The same white thorated needletail from before flew by, swooped down and landed on Chance's shoulder to tell him that the Mane 7 and Berry were coming. He heard a car pull up so he got his gun ready. But it wasn't the girls. Instead it was a bunch of thugs, but not even Ace and his gang. Chance had never saw them before.
"Ayo, I best get out of here before someone gets hurt!" Chance threatened and pointed the gun at them. He then had an idea. He took out the black crystal and said.
"Pretty girl, I would get out of my way, if I were you." Starvine didn't move. She only had a sinister look on her face.
The bullet went right through her body and she bled, but she brushed it off as if it were only a minor injury. Not to mention, as soon as the bullet went through the other side, her flesh, bone, and anything else pierced by the bullet was already healed completley.
"Way to go, Starvine," He said. One of the thugs did manage to stab her with a knife, but if a bullet didn't kill her, then a knife was less than useless. Starvine took the knife out of her chest and grabbed the thug, the one who stabbed her, by the neck and slammed him through the brick wall. Breaking it and sending him smashing through it. Everyone groaned in pain from thier injuries. One even had a broken arm and leg. Chance walked over to the leader.
Author's Note
This chapter was a bit short but I wanted to post this.
Starlight under the spell/Berry's sister
Berry and the girls continued to look for Starlight. Berry could not help but feel terrible about what he was going to do. He looked up hoping the falcon was gone, but it wasn't. It gave him the same intense glare, almost as if it was waiting for him to slip up and tell. I could shoot it, but those kinds of birds are some of the fastest and I don't know how to aim with a gun. speaking of the gun, Rainbow Dash was holding it looking ready to shoot.
"You know how to shoot that thing, or are you going to shoot yourself in the foot?" Applejack asked bluntly.
Rainbow fired the gun, but missed. Luckily she ducked around the corner just in time. Rainbow couldn't believe she had just missed her shot.48 hours Chance's voice repeated in his head over and over again.
"So what are we doing here?" one of Chance's henchmen asked. They were waiting in the back of Canterlot theater. Waiting for Berry to show up.
"From what I've been told, she's invincible." Chance said as he took out his switchblade. He approached Starlight, and with one smooth motion, made a cut on her left arm. She bled like any normal human, but she didn't scream. She didn't even flinch. What happened next surprised everyone. The gash on her arm instantly started to close up and the wound closed, healing completely as if she had never been cut in the first place.
His henchmen stared in shock. Chance grinned to himself. He took out his gun and pointed it at her head. He pulled the trigger. The recoil knocked him back, but Starlight didn't even have a scratch on her head. His phone started to ring again. Chance answered it.
Deep within the building of the ChaoticCorps was a three year old girl. She had light blue eyes, long brown hair, and wore a blue skirt. It was none other than Berry's sister, Lily. In her left hand she held a teddy bear. She cried in her cell. She didn't want to be here.
"I know everything will be alright," Des said. "Berry would never forget about us." Hearing Berry's name caused Lily to start crying again, who was then quickly shushed by Amber, as she hugged the poor girl and rubbed her back.