Equestrian Omni-Hero: Omni-kix Adventure
Chapter 18: It's too Hot!
Previous ChapterNext ChapterIt is a nice sunny day in Equestria, and a bit of the hottest day in the summer as if a heat wave hit Equestria like a bomb. “Geeze, it’s the hottest summer day of the year. With an extra sun with the heatwave.” Manny said while wiping his brow.
"Who exactly is in charge of this heat wave?" Twilight complained as she was using her wings to fan herself.
“Don’t know, but if the Pegasi are taking a vacation, it’s a long one.” Rainbow said with a look as she chugged some cider to cool herself.
"Hey, take it easy with the cider!" Applejack told Rainbow as she quickly took her mug away. "Only brought a few of those."
“Hey, if you guys wanted to cool down, how about asking Helix or Misty to turn into one of those ice aliens to cool us off?” Cozy Glow suggested.
“One, that is irresponsible, and two…” Misty tried to say.
“Sometimes our watches have a mind of their own and it didn’t go well either.” Helios added with a dull look. “Last time when I tried to fix my parent’s old AC at the old mobile base, I turned into Greymatter and ended up blowing a fuse into it."
"Well why not any other aliens like Big Chill or Overflow?" Button suggested.
“Like I said, mind of its own.” Helix said as he looked at his Omnitrix. “Ever since this watch was upgraded, I can barely predict what aliens it gives me when it’s not the one I need. And unless I risk turning into NRG or Heatblast, you guys like an extra heat close to the sun?”
"Yeah, plus there are some other aliens on there you haven't turned into yet.” Helen mentioned as she was sitting on a big block of ice. "Like that one that looks like a chicken mixed with a hawk or something."
“Mmm, haven’t tried it yet. But eh, if I find time when there’s trouble, I’ll go for it.” Helix said with a shrug. “And the other aliens, well, from experience, I just sorta roll with it.”
"By the way, where did you get the block of ice?" Zs'spoocy asked Helen.
"The north…" Helen said with a shrug while others raised her a brow.
“North?” Rose questioned with a brow.
“Super speed to the Frozen North, Helen?” Delta asked with a brow.
"Can you blame me? It's like the sun got closer or something.” She pointed out before looking at Celestia. "Can't you turn this heatwave down or something?"
"I can raise and lower the Sun, I can't control how hot it can be." Celestia mentioned said with a brow.
“Though sometimes I wish we could.” Luna said while having a fan levitated close to her. “It’s so hot, not even I could stand it.”
“That’s not all.” Xylene said as she looked at a high tech heat meter. “The meter can’t even keep track of how hot it is.”
"Really, I barely even noticed." Looma said sarcastically before the meter suddenly spiked. "Did I insult it or something?"
"No, it's not you or this heat wave, it's detecting radiation heat." Xylene told her with a worried tone.
“Wait, radiation?” Flash asked in concern as they all got up. “You mean something nuclear is causing this heat?”
"Yes, but strangely enough it's on the move." She mentioned with a confused tone.
“Wait, it’s alive?” Fluttershy asked. “Are we having a nuclear alien close by?”
“Allow me to check on something.” Dust said as she typed on her computer before detecting a red spot that was moving. “I’m detecting high nuclear readings that are close by. And it’s moving fast.”
"How?" Gallus asked before they heard a loud thud on top of the base and heard the sounds of hooves moving on top of it. "Never mind, I think we figured it out."
Then coming out from the top of the mobile base, the group saw a some sort of earth pony filly wearing a dark pink fur coat while there was a containment unit she was carrying on her back. She turned to see the group coming out and they saw she was wearing some sort of visor over her eyes. "Is she wearing a fur coat? Who wears a fur coat in a heatwave?" Smolder questioned.
“Saids the dragons who can handle the heat of lava level.” Helix said with a brow as he stepped forward. “And whatever she is, she is definitely up to no good.”
“How can you tell?” Misty questioned her cousin before they saw some pony police chasing after the escaping pony.
“Call it a hunch." Helix said with a brow as Misty growled in irritation at being proven wrong.
"Hey, you don't know if they're chasing me." The filly said with a smug tone before, and this surprised the group, her front legs suddenly stretched and she flung herself onto a rooftop.
“Okay, I know an Earth Pony cannot do that.” Applejack said in shock.
“But that was so cool!” Scootaloo said in pure excitement.
“You think she’s an alien or part alien?” Rose asked.
“Well, whoever she is, she’s clearly stole something if the police are chasing her.” Helix said as he activated his Omnitrix. “Helen, you’re the fastest, catch up to her.” Helen nodded as she sped off. “Zs’Spoocy, Misty, you girls with me and Zed. Everyone else, follow us.” He said as he slammed his Omnitrix down and transformed into Spidermonkey.
“Okay, right by ya.” Misty said as she slammed her Omnitrix down and transformed into her version of Big Chill. “Now we stay cool.” She quipped as Spidermonkey got on Zed.
“Okay, Zed, time to start webbing.” Spidermonkey as Zed’s collar glowed as she turned into her version of Spidermonkey as she gave a roar and shot webs to where the escape stretchy pony went off to. “Whoo-hoo!”
“Okay, Azmuth really should’ve stuck to a normal collar.” Zs’Spoocy commented with a chuckle as she and Misty flew off while the others followed in the mobile base.
With the stretchy pony, Helen sped up next to her. “Whatever you are or who? And whatever you stole, might wanna give it back.” Helen said with her arms crossed.
"It's not exactly stealing if I just walked in and grabbed this fusion core!" The filly replied before she grinned at Helen. "And you might want to watch where you're going or you'll miss this next turn!" She then stretched her hoof to make a quick turn as Helen just kept on going straight.
“Hey!” Helen said in shock. “I can’t believe I fell for it.” She said as she sped back to where she made the wrong turn.
The filly then saw Big Chill, Spidermonkey, Zed, and Zs’Spoocy chasing after as they tried to to grab her, but she dodged each attempts as she used her stretchy powers to get herself more distance and more defense before she at the edge of a building as the three heroes went up to her.
“At the end of your rope, huh?” Spidermonkey quipped with a smirk as Zed growled at her. The filly then looked below her before looking back at the heroes approaching her.
"Not exactly ever." She said before she taunted them to come at her. They then quickly charged at her as Spidermonkey tried to shoot a web, but she quickly flipped out of the way as his web quickly got Misty before the visor fell off and they saw that she had deep purple eyes with some sort of headband on her head.
They looked at her in shock as the filly stretched her hooves to the top as Misty yelped and tried to get the webbing off. “Seriously? Why me?” She questioned as she tried to get the web off her while Spidermonkey and Zs’Spoocy looked up at the filly, still holding the container strapped around her.
“You heroes might hold the power, especially you and your cousin Misty, Helix Watch, but I got the reach.” The filly said with a smirk before the container unleashed a red sphere as it then dropped onto the pavement, which Helen sped up next to it.
“Huh, must be our lucky day.” Helen said as she was about to touch the sphere.
“Helen, wait!” Xylene yelled out as the mobile base came up behind her. “Don't touch it!” She exclaimed as the red sphere then started melting the pavement as Helen backed away, but what shocked them even more is that the filly stretched down and touched the sphere with her bare hooves as she put it back in her container.
"How did she touch that without burning off her hoof?" Dust questioned before the filly continued on.
“Where is she going?!” Looma questioned while looking around.
Delta took out a device as he read radiation levels on his Plumber badge. “She went this way.” He said as he pointed to a direction as they continued on while Spidermonkey, Zed, Zs’Spooky, and Misty followed before they stopped at a cave. “Now she must’ve entered that cave. The radiation in there is spiking like crazy.” He said as his badge gave off intense levels.
"What's down there?" Luna questioned before Helix, Misty, and Zed timed out and transformed back.
"Hey wait, I think I might know where this leads." Twilight mentioned before she pulled out a map. "Remember I made a map of the different Undertowns before, and this one lines up to an Undertown right here in the city."
“Huh, so she’s an alien.” Rainbow said with a shrug. “Great, another alien thief from an underground town we need to catch. On a hot day.” She complained as she wiped her brow. “Could we at least get some refreshments?”
“Quit complaining and let’s go, sally girl.” Applejack said as they all entered the tunnel and jumped off to an Undertown where they are in a convenient store as they looked around as Delta kept getting radiation readings.
“It said that she is close by.” Delta said while looking at his badge. “The signal’s getting stronger.”
"Okay… maybe we should get something to drink.” Applejack mentioned as she wiped a lot of sweat off of her brow. “Somehow it's even hotter down here than it is up there…" She said as Dust nodded and paid for some water as they all drank some and poured some on themselves, which released some steams.
“You’re right. Much hotter than on the surface.” Twilight said while waving her wings to fan herself faster.
“Even I can’t stand it.” Discord muttered while sweating like a pig.
"And the thing that's giving up the radiation is this old thermal generator.” Delta mentioned as he looked at the alien device in front of them. "Old space junk."
“Not junk. A bargain. Twelve tanians.” The alien vender said with a smile.
“Not what we were looking for.” Delta said as he turned off his plumber’s badge as he inspected it. “Maybe if I recalibrate the settings to a specific fusion core…” He muttered.
“Uh, Delta, don’t bother because we found her.” Flash said as he pointed up and saw the alien filly running on some pipes on the ceiling as they grappling hook up and chased after her until she stopped at a sign that says dead end.
"I got her!" Looma declared before she jumped up and landed in front of the filly.
“Sorry, no touches.” The filly said as she stepped aside and stretched down over to another pipe before Helix and Manny stood in front of her. "Oooh, you turned equine. She complimented Helix with interest.
"Okay, just drop the nuclear device and come with us." Manny told her.
“What if I tell you that I can't do that and I won't come with you?" The filly questioned with a smirk.
"It's not even a matter if you could, you're outnumbered." Helix pointed out.
“You sure you won’t just trust me on this?” The filly questioned with a smirk as she stepp;ed back. “No?” She then went over the edge of the pipe as Manny and Helix rushed after her as they landed on another pipe as Delta and Dust fired at the next pipe blocking the filly as she jumped into the next one and continued on.
"It's hero time!" Helix declared before he slammed down on his Omnitrix and transformed into a new alien. Helix’s new alien resembles a humanoid combination of a rooster and a hawk. He has sharp black claws on his toes and talons on his hands, as well as two larger talons protruding from his arms. He has green eyes and a short yellow beak and is covered in brown feathers. He also has a white-brown mohawk and belly. He wears a green mask, a green belt with a white stripe, and black briefs. He wears a strap vest with the Omnitrix symbol on the vest hooker.
“Oh, the new alien Helen mentioned.” Helix said as he looked at his new form. “Huh, I do resemble a chicken.” He commented as he saw the filly running off, which he rushed after as he was a bit faster than an average creature. “But he’s a bit fast.” He said with a smile.
He seems to be catching up with the filly as she continues to stretch away from him. “Oh no you don’t.” Helix said as he then jumped in front of her, which surprised both of them. “Ooh, I’m loving this.” He said as the filly then started getting into close combat as she swung her hooves around, which Helix blocked them and counter her fists as he then did a few punches and a kick, which send her back a bit as the two exchange blows before the filly stretched her hoof at him, which Helix quickly grabbed. “Oooh, and this guy is a good fighter.” He said with a smirk before he held onto the filly’s hoof and tossed her up and onto the pipe as it cracked a bit. “I think I’m calling this guy Kickin’ Hawk!” He said with a smirk. "Now I got you!"
"You sure?" The filly asked with a brow before the others jumped down and the pipe they were on suddenly broke apart. They all fell down as a smokescreen appeared as they landed on the floor. “Ow.” She said while rubbing her head as she saw Kickin’ Hawk holding the container.
“Pretty sure.” Kickin’ Hawk said.
“Get off her!” A voice called out as the group turned and saw a bunch of humanoid-like aliens with fur coats, similar to the filly's, only they were colored dark blue and their skins were in a shade of purple. “Off!” The one in the dark purple coat yelled as some of them aimed their weapons at them, which they backed away from as the filly got up with a smirk. “Give us the fusion engine.”
“Who are you?” Pinkie asked in wonders.
“We are the Kraaho. I’m Seebik.” The leader said.
“Can you do this quickly, Seebik. I can see my breath.” One of his men said to him while seeing his ice breath.
“You’re cold? What’s your problem?” Manny questioned with a brow.
“You’re the one with the problem.” Seebik said with a look. “The fusion engine.”
“You are not getting it.” Dust said with a look.
“Not without a fight.” Kickin’ Hawk said right before the Omnitrix timed out, leaving the group feeling embarrassed while the filly gave a smirk as she took the fusion engine back and tossed it to Seebik, who used his stretchy arm to catch it as he gave a smirk. “Okay, is every creature around here made of rubber?” Helix questioned.
The filly gave a smirk as she walked up to the Kraaho as she removed her ID Mask, revealing her full appearance as she is a humanoid alien like the other Kraaho as she wears a purple jacket, with white fur collars and cuffs, pink stockings, and purple snow boots. She has pinkish-red hair and a tiara with a diamond-shape at the top. She also has purple eyes and light pink skin, with two purple markings on her cheeks, and large whitish protuberances where a human's eyebrows would be.
“Only the winners.” She said with a smirk and a hand on her hip.
"Great, but we're warning you." Attea told the alien with a look.
"Yea?" She asked with a brow.
Helix tried to activate his Omnitrix, but it was still timed out as he turned to the others. “Uh, Misty, guys, a little help here because I got nothing.” He said.
"Why don't we do this again sometime later?" The alien said with a grin. "This or anything else that's fun."
“Huh?” Helix asked with a brow before his girlfriends realizes that she was hitting on him.
“C-C-Can we get going, S-S-Seebik. I’m freezing.” The Kraaho said to the leader.
“Ester, stop talking to that equine cold cut.” Seebik said as Ester frowned as she turn back to Helix with a smirk as she walked off.
“Okay, what’s her deal? And how are they freezing?” Gallus questioned.
“Yeah, because it must be a milling degrees down here.” Sandbar added.
"Yeah, but Kraaho need extreme temperatures, like magma hot temperatures." Lolaxx mentioned. "This heat is like a blizzard to them."
“Huh, opposite temperature aliens, make sense.” Attea said with a shrug.
"In other words, they're tungsten based life forms." Delta summarize.
“Seebik, two more minutes and I’m an ice sculpture.” The Kraaho complained.
“Alright, Lacno.” Seebik said in annoyance. “But first, finish them off.” He said as he pointed to Helix and his group.
"Seebik, that’s Helix Watch and his team!” Ester exclaimed to the leader. "He defeated Vilgax the Conqueror."
"Don't forget about Twilight!" Pinkie pointed out. "She's also the future ruler of Equestria!"
“Back to the hotspot.” Seebik ordered Ester with a look.
“But, you never said you…” Ester said with a look at the leader. “This isn’t the Kraaho way!”
"The Kraaho way is what I say it is!" Seebik shouted at her. “Go! Now!” He ordered as Ester sighed as Seebik and his troops stomped hands and latch onto each other as steam began to come off of them as the group started to sweat while giving confused look.
"What are they doing?" Rainbow asked with confusion.
"Let's not let them finish to find out." Misty mentioned before she activated her Omnitrix and transformed into her version of Gravattack. "Let's make them take off!" She then used her power to make the Kraaho levitate in the air. "First I make you weightless, and then--" Before she could do anything else, her Omnitrix suddenly timed out and she transformed back while the Kraaho fell to the ground. “Then, I timed out.” She said as she looked at her Omnitrix.
“That thing timed out quickly then Helix’s!” Ocellus said in worry.
“It’s a prototype!” Lolaxx exclaimed in defense. “There’s bound to be some bugs.”
"Wish it wasn't that kind of bug." Misty said with a nervous look.
The Kraabo stood up, but then they saw Ester turn a vial as some water washed over a couple as Seebik looked up and saw Ester doing it. “Sorry, I can’t let you do this.” She said as the Kraabo give out frost ice as they groaned as some ice steam gave off as she jumped off as the heroes were at the tunnel. “Come on!” She said as she grabbed Helix and lead him and the others out as Seebik growled as he saw one of his troops stuck to a pipe similar to a tounge stuck to an icicle.
They all rushed through the tunnels before they stopped in the middle of a sewer. “Hurry!” Ester said as she held Helix’s hoof as he yank it away.
“Wait I can’t run away.” Helix said firmly. “We can't just run away and let them have that fusion thing, no matter if they're made of tungsten whatever." He told her with a look. "I'm a hero. We need to stop them."
“They already got what they want.” Ester assured them with a smile. “They won’t be anymore trouble.”
“Everything about this is trouble.” Twilight said with a look.
“Yeah, so we’re--” Helix was cut off when Ester grabbed him and they followed her.
On the surface in a village, Ester opened up a hatch from underground. “The Kraaho can’t follow us up here, too cold for them.” She said as everyone walked out of the hatch and into a clearing in the forest.
“Sure, because it’s only a hundred degrees. In the shade.” Rainbow said rhetorically.
“The Kraaho need extreme heat, yet you seem fine without it.” Attea noted while looking at Ester.
“I’m only half Kraaho. To me, it’s just nippy out.” Ester said with a smile as she did a stretch.
“And the fusion engine?” Xylene questioned.
“They needed that to keep warm.” Ester answered.
“And now they have what they need. So the problem is solved?” Gallus asked.
"Basically, yeah." Ester simply replied. "Exactly. At least one of you gets it, some of you are just overthinking it."
“Hey, we don’t--” Misty tried to say.
“It’s Ester!” A voice spoke up as the group turn and saw a group of XLR8 aliens playing a game.
“Hey, Ester!” A little girl XLR8 called out.
“Ester!” They all cheered in happiness.
“Friends of mine.” Ester said to the group with a smile.
“Come play with us.” A boy said as Ester rushed up to them. “Yeah!”
"Sure, as long as you don't mind my new friends joining in!" Ester replied before she looked at the others. "Unless some of you are too slow to play."
"Too slow?" Helen repeated with a brow. "Pass me a stick." She said as Ester tossed a stick and Helen caught it.
“Well, come on, player.” Ester said with a smirk.
“Wagon!” One of them said as they moved out of the way as they all cheered as they and Helen played hockey around while Helen moved faster as Ester caught the puck with her stick before swinging it as the XLR8 group moved aside before Helen caught it with her stick with a smirk.
“Impressive.” Ester said with a smirk.
"Thanks." Helen replied with a smirk.
“Wagon!” The boy said again as they moved aside as they got back into the street before they got back in.
“Let me show you rookies how real speed goes.” Helen said as she took off at high speed with the puck, leaving a trail of dust behind as Ester stood ready, but Helen hit the puck as it hit the bucket as it was sent flying as the gang cheered as Helen gave a smirk with a hand on her hips. “That's real speed.”
"I don't get it, we were chasing a thief yet she doesn't seem all that bad." Manny whispered to the others.
"She stole a fusion device, radioactive, very dangerous." Twilight whispered harshly.
“Not what these kids think.” Looma said with her arms crossed.
“They do appear to like her.” Celestia added while rubbing her chin.
"She said she only took it to help her people, and they did seem like they were freezing." Luna mentioned with a brow. "But I get this feeling that this leader of the Kraaho has another agenda."
“And is it Yona or is it hotter than before?” Yona asked as she wiped her brow as she had a ton of sweat falling off as the other alien kids felt the same way.
“So, who wants to cool off?” Helix asked as he activated his Omnitrix and turned into Overflow and shot water out of his hands, causing a sprinkler to fall on them as the kids all cheered as a rainbow was made as Ester gave a smile. “Hey, Helen, Ester, girls.” He said as the Aliens girls turned and saw Overflow aiming his hands at them.
“No, no.” Ester giggled as she and Helen backed up.
"Helix, don't you even dare!" Helen told him with a smile.
“Try it and you’ll regret it.” Looma warned.
“Even if it’s hot out here.” Attea added.
“I can’t feel anything, so?” Zs’Spoocy said with a shrug.
“Don’t even think about it.” Lolaxx said.
"You mean this!" Overflow soon lasted them with his water attack and got them soaking wet while they giggled in amusement.
“Well, that is refreshing.” Helen joked as the others watched while Helix timed out and brought out some towels to the girls while Ester shivered and blew on Helix’s face, causing him to chuckle as the water on him turned to snow as he looked at Ester with a smile, who gave a light blush.
Ester gave a laugh as she rushed off while the girls gave jealous looks as the other half of the group walked up to them. “She likes you, darling.” Rarity said with a smile to Helix.
"Well yeah, she's fun." Helix mentioned, as if he didn't know what Rarity meant. "And it seems she likes the others too."
“Yes, but she's not innocent.” Twilight said with a firm look at Ester. “The party’s over.”
“Aw, but it just began.” Pinkie complained.
“Aren’t you being a bit harsh, Twilight?” Spike questioned with a brow.
"Yona…need…a drink…" Yona huffed as she was sweating more than the others before Pinkie Pie pulled out a large beaker of lemonade.
Back in the Hot Spot, the Kraaho seem to be building a large device as they placed the fusion core on top of it with a large crane. Which powered up as Seebik watches before his partner came in. “It’s ready.” He said.
“Fire the laser!” Seebik exclaimed as the drill laser powered on and drilled beneath.
“How long will this take? I’ve been cold for so long, I’ve got frostbites on my…” He tried to say.
"Enough with the whole how cold it is jokes!" Seebik shouted with an annoyed tone.
"...my frostbite…" His partner said to himself.
A moment later, tow Kraaho looked at the monitors. “Seebik, the lasers struck magma!” He called.
“Here we go.” Seebik said with a smile. “Men, up now!” He called as magma bursted through the floor. “Ah. Finally.” He said in relief.
“Yeah. Yeah. I was so cold that…” His partner stopped as he saw Seebik giving him a look as he cleared his throat. “Nevermind.”
“Now let’s clear some room for… what do they call it? Topside?” Seebik asked.
“Equestria.” His partner corrected as more lava burst out as Seebik smirk.
“Make way for new Equestria.” Seebik said with a smirk.
Up topside, Yona was chugging down the entire pitch of lemonade as Smolder let out a small chuckle. "Might want to slow down or you're going to give yourself pucker lips." She jokingly mentioned.
“Good thing us dragons have scales and can take the heat.” Spike said with a smirk as he and Smolder high five each other.
“Good for you two.” Flash said with a brow before they all felt the ground shaking.
“Whoa! Earthquake!” Rainbow called out.
"I think it's much worse than that!" Tender Taps shouted as he saw a river of magma coming towards them.
“Lava?!” Sandbar called out in shock.
“Oh, that’s not good.” Rose muttered.
“I swear, I didn’t know!” Ester called out in shock..
“That the Kraaho would use the fusion engine to do this?!” Twilight questioned with a look. “This is their work, isn’t it?!” She added as Ester gave a guilt look.
“Twilight, now’s not the time to blame games!” Delta said firmly.
“Well, it’s hero time!” Helix said as he stepped forward and faced the magma as he activated his Omnitrix and turned into Arctiguana. "Time to freeze this lava in its tracks!" He soon Unleashed a powerful ice breath that froze the lava, which left a few crystals in its bedrock.
“Ester! You’re okay!” The little XLR8 girl said as she hugged Ester in relief as Helix timed out.
“For now.” Helix said.
“Look, the lava is still coming!” Sweetie Belle called out while seeing the lava still flowing.
“What will happen if it flows down to the Undertowns?” Cozy asked as the little XLR8 girl got worried.
“My parents!” She said in worried.
"If this continues, all of Equestria will be covered in lava." Celestia mentioned with a firm look.
"And unless every creature is a dragon, they're toast." Smolder added.
"Ester, we definitely going to need that fusion engine back, the Kraaho used you just do this." Delta told her.
“They said they wanted to make it warmer, down there.” Ester said.
“Down where? The place they told you to go to, right?” Helix asked. “The hotspot?”
“You’re asking me to betray my people.” Ester said.
“Asking? We're begging you.” Helix said as Ester looked down in thought.
At the hotspot, more lava was flowing down as the Kraaho took off thier coats and power up their weapons. “It’s a miracle, Seebik! You turn this frozen wasteland into an oasis.” He said to the leader.
“As soon as Old Equestria fell and the stragglers are dealt with, how does the New Equestria strike you?” Seebik asked his troops.
"Seebik!" He heard Ester called out before he saw her marching up to him with an angry look. "You lied to me! You used me!" She called him out.
“How long can we stay in this cavern? A generation? Two maybe?” Seebik questioned her. “We need a world, Ester.”
“This world doesn’t belong to you. You can’t roast it!” Ester yelled out.
“It’s not up to debate! My word is law!” Seebik yelled as Ester glared at him.
Little did he or the rest of the Kraaho know, she had brought Helix and the others down as they were at the entrance of the Hotspot. "Look at that." Delta whispered to the others. "That drill must be what's causing the lava to flow out."
“So we need to take it out.” Dust said as Helix activated his Omnitrix and turned into NRG.
“Create a distraction, I’ll get the fusion device.” NRG told the group.
"Uh, where'd Yona go?" Sandbar asked before they saw her going over to a large rock and jumping on top of it. "What is she doing?"
"Kraaho, look at Yona!!" She called out to get their attention. “We play game of tag!" She soon jumped down from the rock and went over to one of them before tapping one of them on the chest. "You are it!!" She then started making weird sounds as she ran away from them while they began to chase her.
"Yep, it's official, the heat has gotten to her head." Cozy mentioned with a shake of her head.
“Eh, I taught her that.” Sandbar said with a shrug and a smile.
“I think Pinkie is way better at distractions.” NRG said as he walked off to the fusion core while the Seebik and Ester watched Yona get chased.
"You brought her here?!" He questioned Ester. "Your father would be ashamed of you."
Yona keep running as she avoided the laser fire before she found herself sweating from the intense heat as she was then surrounded. “Um, good!” She said with a nervous smile. “Who wants to learn the electric slide?” She said as the Kraaho aimed her weapons at her. “Yona scared.” She whimpered.
Soon, the others jumped in and started fighting off the Kraaho as they fought them with their powers and skills as Misty transformed into her version of Four Arms as Seedik rushed up and faced them ad Delta growled and rushed towards him as the two exchange blows, but Seebik grabbed his hand with a smirk before stretching his arm, smashing Delta into a wall. Ester soon joined the fight as she used her stretch powers to keep the Kraaho back.
Seebik soon saw NRG climbing up the drill and realized what they were doing. "Keep that cold cut away from the drill!" He called out to his men while pointing at NRG.
“Get off me!” NRG yelled as he was pinned down as the Kraaho then started pulling on his armor.
“No! Please! Whatever you do, keep the suit closed! Don’t open him up! That would end NRG!” Dust pleaded, but kept a grin on our face as there was an alternative motive.
The Kraaho liked the idea as they pulled harder, which opened up the suit as a bright flash appeared as a red energy beam with green straps and green pants with shoulder and knee pads on as the Omnitrix symbol was on his belt buckle. “Suckers, haha!” NRG said as he then flew towards the Fusion Core and shot a beam of radiation that sliced it in half as he picked up the core as Seebik saw this as he pushed Ester away.
“Warriors! Do not let him--” Seebik was cut off when he saw NRG actually eat the core. “Do that…” He muttered in shock as NRG gave a mighty burp, which they all looked in shock before he finished.
“That is good fusion engine.” He said before he then fired at the driller, destroying it while on the surface, the lava flow stopped flowing as NRG went back into the armor before the Omnitrix timed out.
"Dude, that was awesome!" Gallus told him with a fist bump with Helix.
"Did you know that part about NRG?" Rainbow asked Dust.
"Well yeah, the reason why he has that suit is because he's literally a walking radioactive alien." Dust mentioned with a grin. "The entire species has that whenever they go off world."
“Well, now that was another part of NRG that I like! No wonder he kept in a suit of armor.” Helix commented with a grin.
“Well, you won. Happy?” Seebik questioned the heroes with a look.
“You haven’t exactly lost. We’ll do just fine here in the hotspot.” Ester told him.
"Yeah, you guys even have your own personal hot spring of lava to keep you warm." Delta mentioned while pointing at a few pools of lava. "Although Seebik, you're going to have to be under arrest for what you try to do, by authority of the Plumbers."
Seebik was silent for a moment. “Coexisted, living next to a city of cold cuts? That is not the Kraaho way.” He said.
"Us ponies used to be the same way, but that only hurt our kind by keeping to ourselves." Twilight spoke up. "Only by changing our ways can only make things better for all."
“And it’s my father’s way as well.” Ester added.
“Yeah.” Helix nodded before something caught the group for what she said. “Wait, who is your father?”
"The old leader of the Kraaho, before Seebik.” Ester said before Seebik and the other Kraaho bowed.
“What are ya’ll doing?” Applejack questioned with a brow.
“Anything she wants. She defeated me.” Seebik answered while looking at Ester.
“And…” Ester asked in confusion.
“And the Kraaho way is whatever you say it is.” Seebik added.
Ester looked at the others before she smiled and stood tall to her people. “Coexistence.”
“You allow it?” Seebik’s partner asked.
“As long as you don’t step out of line.” Twilight said with a firm look.
“And if you do, well…” Helix added as he gestured to his Omnitrix.
"Yeah, I don't think it needs to be said." Manny mentioned with a grin and his arms crossed.
Ester then raised her hands up. “As leader of the Kraaho, I swear to this day…” She called out before she turn to Helix. “That I will always be a good neighbor to Helix Watch.” She said as she stretched her arms around Helix and hugged him as Helix felt squeezed from it as the other alien girls gave Ester a jealous look.
“Um, yeah. Well, easy now.” Helix said as they broke the hug. “I think the others might need to leave because this is getting too toasty in here. Right guys?” He asked as he noticed some of the group feeling really sweaty and dehydrated.
“Water.” Rarity pleaded while raising her hoof.
"Yona…need…water…" Yona breathed out.
Back on the surface, Pinkie Pie humped over to the group with a few jugs of lemonade. Yona quickly grabbed one of them and started chugging the whole thing. The others followed as Helix watched in surprise as they chugged their jugs of lemonade down really quickly as they took steady breathes.
“Thanks, Pinkie.” Cozy said in relief.
“Man, that was getting toasty down there, even for us.” Smolder said while gesturing to herself and Spike. “I think our scales were starting to sweat.”
"Twilight, I think you should make a little note in your little dragon book that there are some things even a dragon can't handle." Spike mentioned with a wipe from his brow.
“Noted.” Twilight nodded before the XLR8 group went past them.
“Hey, Ester’s boyfriend.” They all said to Helix as they went past them, much to his embarrassment and his girlfriends' irritation.
“Where’s Ester?” The Girl XLR8 asked.
“Still at large.” Dust lied.
“Not her fault the fusion engine was never recovered.” Helix added with a shrug as the others gave him a brow. “She’s not my girlfriend! We’re just… friends… just…”
"Yeah, just friends." Helen said with a look.
“How come every girl Helix meets started hitting on him?” Gallus questioned with a brow.
“We asked ourselves the same question.” Manny said with a shrug.
"Not all girls." Silverstream mentioned as she nudged Gallus a bit while the XLR8 kids were having fun on the frozen magma.
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