Canterlot Academy Trials

Back in Abyssinia…

The message of Odu’s weakness--that being plutonium--was relayed to Fang’s team in Abyssinia who were now on their way to Caninia to intercept Odu’s final assault on the diamond dogs.

Fang’s team had already taken a train ride back to Caninia and were prepared to be the ones to take down Odu. Given that Rufus had lost his newfound love interest to the tiger man…it was even more personal for the yak.

“Are you ready, Rufus?” Fang asked as the train pulled them into the diamond dog kingdom. “This will be your chance to exact vengeance for the death of--”

“Uzi. Yeah,” the yak interrupted his dalmatian friend while loosening his neck joints. “I’ll be more than ready to deal with him now that we know his weakness.”

“Plutonium, yes,” Fang nodded, “Thank goodness for dear Nebula’s team finding out that information for us.”

Nearby, Spearklip would speak up. “So do we just happen to have some raw plutonium nearby, or--?”

“I am curious too,” Lee spoke up with her primate tail flicking curiously. “I hear pluto is dangerous.”

Fang would respond with a chuckle. “That it is. But it just so happens that the royal sisters have a reserve of weapons that are considered too dangerous…unless an emergency hits.” He folded his arms and wagged his tail. “I believe this is one such emergency.”

“What?!” Spear’s ear flicked upon hearing what Fang had just said. “You mean to tell me that the leaders of your nation casually have super-powered weapons of mass destruction lying around?”

“Yes.”

“I--w--” The zebra mare couldn’t even begin to argue it. “...you know what? I’m not surprised. So what’s the plan, mister leader?”

Fang laid out a map of Caninia on the table in their train car. He pointed to the Eastern portion of it. “We’re about to enter here. From there, we’ll inform the royals through a back door in the castle so none of Odu’s associates know where we are. Any questions?”

“None,” Rufus replied, “I’m ready to end this.”

“Sounds good to me,” Spear replied with a nod.

Lee meanwhile, had become distracted as she wondered something. ‘...I wonder if he will show…’

“...ee? Lee?” Fang called out to her once more, still requiring her input. The primate woman snapped out of her stupor which put a worried look on the dog man’s face. “Is everything alright?” he asked, “You were spacing out a bit there.”

“I am fine. Just wondering if the one we call Bullet will appear once more,” she muttered with a worried tone, “There are some things I still need to explain to him.”

“I understand how you feel,” Rufus spoke up, “Don’t worry. If we see him, I’ll make sure we don’t let him get hurt.”

Given his own position with having lost someone close to him, Rufus wasn’t going to allow his new friend to lose her partner as well. The monkey woman’s ears fluttered nervously as she shook her head.

“Thank you, but…sorry. No, I need to focus on our current objective,” Lee confirmed, “We speak to your royal roundtable, and obtain pluto weapons, yes?”

“Indeed,” Fang nodded, “...I just hope we aren’t too late.”

One train ride later…

Soon enough, the train would arrive and pull them into the diamond dog’s kingdom. Fang would receive some welcomings from his fellow neighbors but had to quickly rush past them and put the pleasantries on hold as they hurried to the castle where the Caninian Queens resided.

“Alright. Preferably, I’d like to speak to Katherina. She’d get us into the vault the fastest,” Fang explained as the group followed after him towards the side end of the castle.

“Vault, huh?” Rufus asked, “Must be some pretty valuable stuff in there.”

“I wonder what nature of artifacts they’ll have…” Spear mused, “I’ll need to make a mental note to check back on it later.”

Meanwhile, Lee’s mind was elsewhere. She was more focused on keeping and eye out for anyone suspicious such as Odu’s gang members. “I’ll stay outside,” she offered, “The tiger man may already be here among your kind, Jun.”

“Very well,” the dalmatian agreed, “Keep watch from outside and let us know if you have any leads, Lee.”

The monkey woman gave a proud nod before leaping into one of the nearest trees. “I will. Don’t worry.”

As the rest of her team left for the castle, Lee would soon hear a familiar voice call out to her.

“...I know you’ve been waiting for me. But there’s not much time to talk about our personal issues, Lee. The cat gang is already here.”

“I see…” Lee replied with a sigh, “If you are certain, then why not help us, Bullet?”

The monkey man chuckled from higher up within the tree. “...yeah, you know why I can’t be seen with you in public. But I’ll see what I can do from afar.”

“Ugh…” Lee rolled her eyes and jumped out of the tree. “Fine. Be that way.”

Bullet watched her leave and shook his head. “...soon.”