Rarity prodded at the weakened Bright. "To think, you fell for that hussy. I thought better of you."

Bright's ears pinned flat against his head. "Don't be like that, Rares. She has everything going for her. I didn't have a chance! I tried to say no, but every part of her says 'yes!'"

Sweetie Drops shook her head softly. "It's a good lesson." She softly sighed, looking around the ready room at the others. "None of us are safe, and thoughts of simply being able to turn her away are premature. We should stay together."

Rarity hummed gently at that. "You have a point, Sweetie, but it's going to be difficult, isn't it? She's smart, and capable, and seems to know quite a bit about us."

Bright chuckled weakly, still drained from his time with the succubus. "At least, she knows what gets us going."

Applejack rolled her eyes. "As if it's that much a mystery for any of us." She colored sharply, realizing what she had just said. "Not that ah mean what ah want is-- nevermind."

Luna arched a brow in amusement at Applejack's sudden shyness, but it didn't seem like the right time to poke fun. "We will remain, at all times, coupled up, even during times we'd rather be alone." She arched a brow. "Even those times. At least two of us, so we have somepony there to help us when she makes a move on us."

Sweetie Drops nodded briskly along. "Then we should pair off. Rarity and I make a good team."

Rarity pouted at that. "I already have a plus one." She curled an arm around Bright protectively. "Which makes me feel guilty. I was the one that left him alone, and look what happened to him."

Bright patted at her arm lightly with a weak smile. "If I had my choice, I would have replaced her with you in a moment."

Rarity blushed across her face as she burst into titters. "Dear! I love where your heart is, truly, but that's quite the suggestion to toss casually."

Applejack blinked at that. "Replace?"

Sweetie raised a hoof. "Bright is suggesting he would have preferred to have rutted wildly against Rarity instead of our lust-fueled monster."

Luna clopped a hoof to her face. "Let's not discuss that while we're on duty. We are here to protect Equestria from this demon."

Applejack waved that aside, still clearly embarrassed by their earlier talk but pressing forward regardless. "Alright, so how do we catch her? Playin' defense ain't workin' not one tiny bit and y'all know it."

Luna tapped a hoof gently against her muzzle in thought. "True enough. Our best option may be to play bait instead, then use her interest in Bright to bring her to a more defensible location."

Sweetie raised a hoof. "I like the idea, but I think Bright is a poor bait."

Bright huffed as he forced himself to sit up. "Hey! I resent that."

Sweetie rolled that hoof with a smirk. "You're drained. She won't want to drain you while you're already drained. She wants a pony brimming with energy." She pointed then at Applejack, Luna, and lastly herself. "We are more likely next targets."

Bright slouched down with a sigh. "I suppose I can see that..."

Applejack scrunched a brow in doubt. "How exactly? Ah mean, who wouldn't pick a stallion when they can?"

Rarity laughed abruptly. "Applejack, dear. You're making plain your preferences, but as for this demon, we know they'll go after either and any gender at all. They aren't picky, and they can shapeshift. They will come for us mares."

Sweetie Drops nodded emphatically at that. "So it behooves us to keep that in mind. I don't exactly understand what form of energy this demon is getting, exactly. I know, once taken, the pony, or creature, is left lethargic." She nodded at the weakened Bright. "But that's it. Which of us have the most of this unspecified energy?"

Bright sat upright again. "Ponies get tired! So you get some energy from sleep, but you get most of it from sex! This creature eats sexual energy, and I've been the one that has a lot of that."

Luna rose to her hooves. "We're going in circles. Sexual energy means nothing." She paused. "Unless, you mean libido? I have only a small amount of that." She looked to Sweetie, Rarity, then Applejack. "Unless one of you wishes to admit to having a higher amount of it? There is no shame in it. It's a natural thing to have."

Sweetie Drops smirked and gestured towards Luna. "For example. Libido, lust, those are vague terms used to describe the drive towards carnal acts, and as such, can be different for every pony."

Luna's ears danced. "I'm unsure why you pointed at me while you said that, but Sweetie Drops is correct. Now, do any of you have a high libido we might use to lure this demon?"

Sweetie looked around at the others slowly, but stayed quiet and watched the other ponies carefully as they all fidgeted uncomfortably before finally mumbling out an answer. "Ah, alright, maybe."

Applejack stepped forward, tail flicking. "Part ah me always wanted to, you know, bring the next generation of Apple. Ah didn't want it to go away wit' me, uh, you know? Am ah makin' any sense?"

Luna smiled softly and nodded at Applejack then gestured for her to take a seat. "Good. Now that we're all honest with each other, let's put a plan in place." With a glowing horn, she pulled over a map of the castle and laid it out on the large table in the center of the room. "We have a pony with a drive that may lure our target. Let's place her where she seems vulnerable, but be ready to pounce the very moment our demon shows herself."

The team nodded in solidarity, even if Applejack was a bit pink in the cheeks.

Later, Applejack sat in one room. "Is this entirely necessary?" Before her rested a slender magazine for her reading. It had a picture of a muscular stallion at the front, giving a suggestive wink at the reader. Applejack was a dark red just glancing at it. "Really now."

The door creaked open and the succubus slid in, taking a deep breath of the air before smiling at Applejack in a warmly friendly way that would put anyone at ease. "There you are!" She was not a she, at least at that moment. They were a stallion looking ready to grace the cover of that magazine, with sculpted muscles and a charming smile. "My lovely darling, why have you been hiding from me?"

"Well, ah, I, um..." Applejack floundered, her blush growing as she took in the vision of virility before her, her heart beating faster, her breath quickening as the succubus slowly stalked closer, their gaze locked together, Applejack unable to tear her eyes away, a pit forming in her stomach as she realized her trap had worked.

Her eyes wandered lower, verifying quickly that the demon could imitate either gender completely. She looked away just as quickly, heart pounding in her ears. "Applesauce!" It was the code word they had agreed on. She knew in her heart of hearts, if she was left alone, that demon would overpower her. No, they would have her, willingly. She trembled with every step he took towards her. The worst part, she figured, was that a large part of her wanted it to happen.

Sasha sighed dramatically, pouting just enough to get under her skin and make her squirm more, her cock just starting to stiffen from the power trip that came from getting this country bumpkin all flustered under her attentions, and it seemed the easy mark wasn't going to be as easy to subdue as she thought at first sight, but Sasha liked a challenge.

What she didn't like was too large a party. It was hard to be intimate with too many ponies. And with the other agents pouring out from vents and popping up from tiles, there were far too many of them. "Do you mind?" she demanded in her husky male voice. "Me and the lady are about to be in the middle of something, and none of you were invited."

Sweetie Drops fired a tranq dart right into their chest, where a heart might be on a normal pony. The demon looked down at it with surprise. "As weapons go, this one was a bit puny." They flicked their tail as she raised a hoof to brush the dart away. "I will fight them away, my lady, then we can dance properly."

Applejack gulped loudly, frozen in place with paralyzing lust coursing through her.

Sweetie Drops spoke in her trained neutral tone of voice, "I'm not going to do that. You have three seconds to surrender before we attack again."

"Three whole seconds?" Sasha advanced on Applejack and smooched her without a pause, the two immediately lost in an intense bout of a kiss that both seemed to be enjoying more than any pony should enjoy a kiss.

Rarity slammed into the demon, leading with a rear hoof in a kick that'd make Applejack proud, were she in her right state of mind. "Get away from my friend, you demonic hussy."

The succubus bounced off Applejack, landing in a sprawling heap across the floor, cursing in some alien language.

Luna charged the demon with a full charge of her lunar powers in her hoof, striking at full force before recoiling in pain from the magical backlash, throwing her across the room and slamming her into a wall.

Sasha rose to her hooves. "Silly little moon god. I am a creature of the night, just as you are. You won't turn the night against me that easily."

Applejack flopped against Sasha, hooves wandering over the succubus. "Nevermind them!"

Sasha smirked at her victim. "You're so ready for me, I love it, but let me finish taking care of these rude guests first, then we can play all night long."

Rarity sighed and shot a tranquilizer dart into Applejack's haunches. The Apple mare flopped over and took a nap far more quickly than it had worked, or failed to, on the demon. "At least she's out of the way." Rarity spread her wings, letting her vampiric nature rise to the front with a fanged smile. "Now, about you. Your muscular abs don't impress me, charlatan. You promise nothing but lies. Surrender."

"You have a strong personality, vampire." Sasha backed away from Rarity, smiling right back at her, as Sweetie advanced on her from another side with a new tranquilizer dart leveled at the demon.

"You've ruined the night." Sasha took a step back. "It could have been fun." They evaporated into smoke and was gone, but so was Rarity an instant later.

Luna inclined her head. "Is Rarity chasing her?"

Sweetie shrugged softly. "I would imagine so, but I didn't know she could do that." She tucked away her tranq gun, nothing left to shoot with it.

Luna clopped a hoof. "Then she is alone! She's putting herself in more danger than I think she realizes."

Sweetie grabbed Luna, pulling her close. "We need to regroup with her, and we need to go fast."

The two nodded in agreement and charged out of the room, even if they weren't exactly sure where it was they were charging towards.

Applejack kicked gently in her sleep. "Didn't think ah'd run into such a nice stallion here," she mumbled in her sleep, still faintly colored, but relatively safe, for the moment.

Author's Note

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