After Jessica pushed the red button on the detonator, the bombs in the giant solid ice all exploded in unison which shook the entire outpost. It even made Colonel Nova loose her balance and fall off the platform, but, she was able to grip onto the handrail of it. Elliot nearly lost his balance but, he was able to lean against a metal pole. He then looked back in front of him and saw Jessica and Lily running to one of the elevator's of the outpost which made his eyes widen.

"Lily!" He exclaimed fearfully.

"Dad!" Lily exclaimed. But, she, her mom, and her abductors have already ran into the elevator.

When Elliot noticed ice blocks dropping down towards him, he jumped back into an elevator so that he doesn't get crushed. He the looked up and saw his daughter and ex-wife already heading up in the elevator with the hostile forces. This has prompted him to stand up, and press the up button of the elevator. After that, the elevator doors closed and it began to go up, while the outpost began collapsing.

In the elevator, Elliot was seen looking up at the elevator where Lily and Jessica were in but then some loud noises stopped him. The scientist looked down and saw the Equinarch soldiers still down there and pulling the colonel Nova up back onto the platform.

"We have to get out of here!" Russell exclaimed.

Right now, Elliot was trying desperately to reach his daughter and ex-wife. But, at the same time, he could not just leave these soldiers here to die. A brief second later, he let out a grunt and pressed the down button of the elevator. After that, he elevator began travelling down.

On the basement level, the Equinarch soldiers were looking at the falling debris in front of them with petrified expressions. They needed to get out of here before they go down with it. Then on cue, they heard someone calling them from behind.

"Baxter! Nova! Let's get out of here!" Elliot exclaimed.

"Move! Move! Move!" Yelled the soldiers as they began to run to the elevator.

On the top of the outpost, Alexander, his men, Jessica, and Lily have all escaped the outpost after suffering little losses. Now, they were running back to their tiltrotor.

"Come on let's go! Strap in!" Alexander ordered.

Once all of the soldiers have strapped in on their seats, Jessica placed the transmitter on the floor and turned it on.

"What's dad doing here?" Lily asked with a concerned expression.

"I don't know honey."

Then, the pilots of the tiltrotor turned the engines of the aircraft on and the propellors started to spin rapidly. Ten seconds later, the pilots pulled the control stick back and took off into the air before trouble could reach them. However, Lily was still worried for her dad.

"We can't leave dad." Lily told her mother with a concerned expression.

Jessica wanted to calm her daughter down but then, Alexander began to give her an order.

"What are you waiting for?" He asked her in a bitter tone. "Wake him up." He demanded.

When Jessica heard this, she let out a defeated sigh and grabbed the transmitter, standing up in the process. After that, she began to make her way to the back of the aircraft which made Lily anxious. Once she got to the doors of the tiltrotor, she placed the transmitter on the floor and prepared to produce a sound.

On the ground, Elliot and a group of Equinarch soldiers have all escaped from the collapsing outpost with no injuries or scratches on them. However, the ice beneath them started to break and fall to the ground due to the collapse of the building behind them.

"Pick up the pace!" Yelled Nova.

Then, Elliot and the soldiers all started to run faster so that they would not fall down into the outpost due to the collapsing ground. Unfortunately, four soldiers did not make it, and the rest all fell to the ground from the devastating impact.

When Jessica saw her perfect opportunity, she turned on the transmitter and it began to produce a call which would wake up Equestrian three.

The sound of the transmitter producing animal noises has attracted Elliot's attention, he pushed himself back up onto his feet and looked up at the tiltrotor where Jessica and Lily were in with a perplexed expression. However, the sound of an animal growling has made him flinch. Elliot and the soldiers all looked underneath them and saw the icy mist being pulled back into the large hole behind them, the sight has also attracted Toshihiro, Satomi, Nigel, and Xiang's attentions too as they exited the tiltrotor.

Elliot, Baxter, and Nova were looking down at the large hole with perplexed expressions. But then, a brief second later, a long tail has appeared out of the hole which made everyone's eyes widen. Three seconds later, the head of the giant creature popped out of the hole, the group then realized that this giant creature is a dragon!

"You gotta be kidding me." Baxter said with an incredulous expression.

"Run!"

Then, everyone turned around and started to retreat back to the tiltrotor. But suddenly, the giant dragon lifted both of it's wings out of the ice, causing many huge ice blocks to fly up in the air in the process. Five seconds later, the ice blocks fell on the ground, crushing two soldiers in the process.

"Open fire!" Yelled as soldier as he and three of his colleagues turned around and started to shoot bullets at the giant dragon. However, the bullets did not even pierced through the dragon's tough scales as it began to scrutinize them in interest.

Meanwhile, Elliot has made it back into the tiltrotor along with Baxter and Nova. After that, he, Toshihiro, Satomi, Nigel, Connor, Xiang, Baxter, and Nova all strapped into their seats.

"We're doing an emergency vertical take off at max RPM." Nova informed them as the pilot started the engines.

"Number two's still spinning up."

Back outside, the soldiers were still seen firing bullets at the large dragon in attempt to scare it off but, their bullets still did not pierce through its scales. A brief second later, the dragon grew bored of this, he raised his head up with his wings spread which made all soldiers cease their fire and look at the Equestrian with bewildered expressions. Once the dragon has raised it's head up, it opened it's mouth and fire started to form inside.

"Oh no."

A brief second later, the dragon shot fire onto the soldiers which immediately incinerated them as they cried in pain from the sweltering heat. The impact has also knocked out the propellors of the helicopter. After that, the dragon climbed out of the hole and started to slowly make his way towards the metal object in front of him.

"This is Tango one to the ship. Requesting immediate urgent extract!" Nova yelled desperately.

The pilot was desperately trying to get the engines working again but, the force of the creature's fire breath has knocked out the electricity of it.

"Lucy! You gotta get us out of here!" Nigel yelled.

"I'm trying!"

Back in the air, Lily has witnessed the entire ordeal that had occured right in front of her which has scandalized her completely. She looked at Equestrian three down in front of her and saw that it was heading towards the tiltrotor that her father was in. She couldn't just stand there and do nothing, so, she snatched the transmitter out of her mother's hands and pressed a button.

"Lily no!"

When Equestrian three heard the noise, it diverted it's attention up towards the giant metal flying object above it. It raised it's head up, opening it's mouth in the process, then fire appeared in his mouth.

"Let go of it Lily!" Demanded Jessica.

"No! No! No!"

Then, Alexander pulled Lily back and Jessica picked up the transmitter back in her hands. She looked in front of her and noticed Equestrian three preparing to breath fire at them. She then pressed on a screen and the sound has stopped to produce, then, Equestrian three ceased on his fire breathing and snapped out of it. After that, the giant dragon lowered it's head back down to the metal object that he was staring at, and the doors of the tiltrotor that Jessica and Lily were in closed shut.

Back in the tiltrotor, Elliot was looking up at the other tiltrotor with a concerned expression. Suddenly, the giant creature behind them pushed their one with it's claws which made the entire aircraft shake slight in response. Equestrian three was going to crush the metal object but then, a familiar sound has made him back his head away from it as well as standing up straight and looking in front of him.

In the tiltrotor, Elliot, and his colleagues were beyond perplexed by the dragon's stop. Elliot looked in front of him and noticed that the sonar of the aircraft has picked up something in front of them. He walked to the front of the aircraft and looked out the window. Then, he and the pilots noticed a bright green glow underneath the ice. A brief second later, the glow got brighter and a large creature popped out of the ice. The Equinarch group in the tiltrotor looked up and saw that the creature was none other than Thorax himself!

Once Thorax got himself out of the ice, he stood up straight and glared at Equestrian three, his nemesis. And Equestrian three glared back. After glaring at each other for a brief second, Thorax took a deep breaths and roared at Equestrian three, and it roared back. Then, the huge dragon started it charge towards Thorax, and Thorax charged towards him too.

"Hold on!" Yelled Lucy.

Everyone in the aircraft immediately grabbed onto something in preparation for the impact that is about to occur. A brief second later, Thorax walked over the tiltrotor, and his 540 feet mane smacked it, making it spin in the process. Then, Thorax and Equestrian three clashed into each other. Thorax grabbed Torch's right claw and bit onto it, making the dragon screech in pain. Then, the dragon bit onto the back of Thorax's neck, which made the changeling roar, he then slammed his right leg onto the ground which made the tiltrotor slide backwards, and Elliot got caught in the wires. After a five seconds slide, the aircraft came to a stop against a narrow hole.

"Everybody clear out! Let's go!" Nova yelled.

Then, the soldiers and scientists unbuckled themselves and ran out of the tiltrotor but, Elliot was still trapped. He tried to call for help from his colleagues but, they have all already ran out of the chopper, and they were now trying to escape from the line of battle, all except for one, which was Satomi.

"Here, let me help you." Satomi said lifting up the wires.

While the scientists and soldiers were running away, the giant dragon pushed Thorax onto the ground with his head which made them all fall on the ground due to the impact. A brief second later, Thorax day up and roared at the dragon in an angry way.

"Come on let's move!"

Then, everyone stood up from the ground and continued to run away.

Back in the tiltrotor, Elliot and Satomi have both jumped out off the chopper just in time before it fell down into the hole. Elliot was going to run but then, the fighting scene has caught his attention.

Equestrian three fired a fireball directly at Thorax and it hit him in his chest which made him roar slightly in return. Once the changeling has recovered, he slammed his mane onto the ground and green light started to flow through the lines of it which caught Elliot's attention.

The green glow then streamed through Thorax's purple shells which both turned green in the process, once it reached his orange horns and purple eyes, they both turned green too while the colour only surrounded his orange deer horns. A brief second later, Thorax fired a green magic beam directly at Equestrian three.

When Equestrian three noticed the blast, he ducked his head slight, avoiding the attack. Then, he shot fire out of his mouth, and it made contact with Thorax's chest.

The changeling fell onto the ground while still firing his magic beam which obliterated three buildings, then, the dragon put a stop to his fire breath. A brief second later, Thorax managed to put a stop to his magical blast and attempted to get up from the fire breath but suddenly, he fell down into the large hole where Equestrian three got out of.

"Raaaaaaw! (Ahhhhhhhh!)" Roared Thorax.

Back on the ground, Satomi and Elliot were seen running to their colleagues so that they could escape the conflict. But then, Satomi looked up to her right and let out a scream.

"Ahhhhhh!"

Then, Equestrian three brought it's head down and ate Satomi which made Elliot stop in his tracks with a scandalized expression. Toshihiro then got onto his knees after witnessing his wife getting eaten. The large dragon then brought it's head up and broke a large ice blocks after eating the bipedal creature. After that, it looked down at the others that were in front of him and attempted to devour them too. But suddenly, rockets were shot at it's face which exploded on impact.

"Haaarrrrrrrggggggg!" Roared the dragon.

The group looked behind them and saw the flying aircraft carrier and a bunch of fighter jets firing rockets at the large beast.

"Yeah!" Exclaimed Baxter with a smile.

The jets then fired more rockets at the dragon, and when Equestrian three noticed the projectiles, it shielded his face with his wings, and the missiles missed his face.

Elliot looked up and saw one of the rocket's spiraling out of control towards him. He wasn't able to run away in time when the rocket hit the ground near him which sent him flying and crashing into a large metal box.

"Oooooof!" Grunted Elliot.

Equestrian three was going to breath fire at the zooming metal objects but then, a familiar presence stopped him from doing that. The large dragon turned around and saw his nemesis Thorax climbing out of the hole that he pushed him into and glared at him.

"Raaawww (You'll pay for that!)" Thorax roared.

But, Equestrian three did not bother anymore. He spread his wings and took off into the air.

"Raaaaaaaaw! (I'll defeat you!)" Thorax roared again.

Elliot was trying his best to stay conscious but, the pain has outdone him. He slowly closed his eyes and lost his consciousness, all he could hear was the roar of Thorax.

Author's Note

Another chapter finished! I hope you all enjoyed it!