Guardians Of Harmony: Adventures In Canterlot City

It was your average day in Canterlot City. Rainbow Dash was having fun with Trevor, Scootaloo, and Twilight Sparkle.

"This isn't remotely anatomically correct," Twilight said, playing Operation badly.

"That's not the point, Twilight," Rainbow said as she ran over to play ping-pong with Scootaloo.

"Then what is the point?" Twilight asked.

"To have fun," Rainbow smirked.

"And to test your magic to harness speed and mind by multitasking," Trevor added, making a move in chess.

Rainbow did a smash shot and pressed the button on the timer. "I'm waiting for you, Trevor."

**Meanwhile, in the Outskirts of Canterlot...**

An armored truck was rolling, and a black-dressed man covered waited.

"182 seconds, gentlemen," a man said over comms.

A man on a motorcycle made a move on the truck. A cop saw him in the rearview mirror.

"Heads up!" the cop alerted his partner. "I think we got something."

A truck driving backward fired a hatch at the armored vehicle and pulled it up.

"2-11, 2-11," the cop said on his walkie-talkie. "We're being robbed!"

It came to a complete halt, and the two were on the ground. One was about to shoot him.

"Hey, cool it," a man said while holding liquid nitrogen. "158 seconds to go."

He used it to freeze the door.

**Back with Rainbow...**

"Checkmate," Trevor said as Rainbow's bishop went down.

"Wait, checkmate?" Rainbow sped over and was surprised.

"Checkmate. I guess we still have a few things to learn," Trevor said with a smirk.

"Armed robbery at 4th Street," Scootaloo said, looking at her phone.

"For the record, I crushed it in Operation and ping-pong," Rainbow said as she transformed into her Crystal Form and left Trevor's lab.

**Meanwhile...**

The man with the liquid nitrogen rammed right through the door. Rainbow came, leaving a rainbow trail behind her, and kicked all the bad guys, causing one of them to lose his mask.

"What the hay is that!?" a person asked.

"Don't know, but I'm not sticking around to find out," another man said.

The four guys left, and Rainbow helped the officers.

"Thanks, you are a real-life saver," the officer said.

"No problem," Rainbow smiled. "Come on, let's get you to a hospital."

**In a hidden bunker...**

"There have been some rumors the last few weeks," a man said. "A rainbow blur tearing through the streets and adding more robot with freaking lasers and bird-human hybrids."

"Could be an army project?" another man asked.

"When I was a kid, my grandad used to take me and my little sis to this diner, Motorcar," the man said as he looked on his screen. "The food was bad, but the view was good, right across from the Canterlot City Precinct."

"I still go there, listen to response times. There are at least 30 banks around here, each of them within a minute of police response. That's the advantage of hitting a moving target."

"As soon as the armored car called 911, we had exactly 182 seconds before any cop could arrive on the scene. No one could be fast enough to stop us. And you lost it. You know the rules, we don't shoot cops or guards unless it's a worst-case scenario. We don't need the heat."

"The heat?" the man asked. "Then what on earth is it, Tucker?"

"Right. Screw this, screw you, I'm out," only for Tucker to knock him cold.

"Well, if you're out, you're out," Tucker sighed. "The blur is a man. Meaning we have to step it up."

**Hours later...**

"You want state of the art, I bring you state of the art," a businessman said, showing Stan Tucker hi-tech weapons.

"What's this?" Stan said, examining a gun with an orange outlook.

"Never judge a book by its cover, they say," the businessman chuckled. "Fires highly concentrated combusted liquid fuel that ignites on contact with air."

"I don't want to heat things up. I need to slow things down," Tucker said, looking over to see a light blue gun.

"That's the one, then," the man said. "You were drawn right to it. Stolen from Jackal Labs, this one emits some sort of substance. Not sure what it is, as a white flame, but not hot, but cold."

"Glasses made from the same tech," Tucker saw a pair of glasses with the gun. "What are they for?"

"The glare. You'll see," the businessman said.

"Does anyone else know about you taking this?" Tucker asked.

"Only the two of us," the man said.

"Nope, just me," Tucker turned around and froze him solid.

Tucker went to the Canterlot Museum and gazed upon the Mandarina diamond.

"You said to call if there was anything curious," the curator of the museum called in Detective Spitfire. "This guy went through the tour twice. Who the heck does that?"

Both of them looked down at him, and then Tucker made for the exit.

"This is Detective Spitfire," she said on her walkie-talkie. "I got eyes on Stan Tucker. Requesting immediate backup."

She caught up with him at the Rosemary Theater.

"Tucker!" Spitfire called out as she was running towards him.

He put on the glasses, readied the gun, and fired at the road, causing the car to slide at her. She avoided it, and Tucker went in.

Spitfire tried to find him, but he was right behind her and fired. Rainbow Dash saved her by taking the blast.

"Dash, are you okay?" Spitfire asked in concern.

"Sweet Celestia!" Rainbow said, feeling the cold on her stomach. "It burns."

Tucker aimed at Rainbow and fired. "Time for a test run! Let's see how fast you are."

Tucker fired at random people, and Rainbow saved them all. But all the running while being somewhat frozen strained her breathing. Tucker saw a man and fired at him. Rainbow tried to save him, but the blast hit before she could do anything.

"Hey!" Rainbow asked the man. "Are you okay?"

"I think I'll be okay," the person said, making her relieved. Then Spitfire approached her.

"I'll take it from here, Dash," Spitfire reassured her. "Better get that checked out."

**Back at Trevor's lab...**

Rainbow was being treated by Twilight.

"Are you feeling okay?" asked Scootaloo.

"I'm okay," Rainbow said as her stomach pulled in a bit. "It's still numb."

"It's presenting itself like third-degree frostbite," Twilight said, looking at her vitals.

"But doesn't she have hyper-healing?" Pinkie asked.

"It's been slowed," Twilight responded. "If you weren't in your crystal form, the damage would be permanent."

"In other words?" Rarity asked.

"You're lucky to be alive," Applejack said, glaring at her. "Did this Tucker have some Equestrian Magic?"

"No," Rainbow sadly said. "He didn't have any magic or any powers in general."

"What?" Everyone gasped.

"The dude had some kind of gun. It froze things and slowed me down enough in time that I wasn't able to save someone."

"I just looked at the criminal records," Sunset said. "He dropped out of Canterlot High. So how did he build a handheld hi-tech snow blaster?"

"Jackal Labs built the Cryo Blaster," Trevor said.

"Why would the most high-tech place of all build something like that?" Twilight asked him.

"Because Henry Jackal," Trevor said sternly. "Unlike the rest of us who have gotten used to the Rainbooms by now, there were some people who lived in fear after Demon Sunset, The Sirens, Midnight, Melvin, Black Falcon, Moonstone, and traces of Magic in our world," Trevor explained. "And people like him built those weapons so not only the average person could stop them, but you and everyone else."

**Back with Tucker...**

"We're going back tonight," Tucker said.

"Back where?"

"To the museum."

"That diamond isn't stealing itself."

"Supergun freeze your brain, Tucker? That place is crawling with cops and the blur."

"The gun will stop the blur," Tucker said. "It not only hurt her, I know her weakness. We're going, unless you want out."

Both of them drew their guns and pointed them at him from behind.

"We both get out, alive."

"So, thought ahead and made a plan." Tucker smiled at them. "Least you learn something from me."

"Are you dense? This blur is out there. Canterlot City is not your playground anymore." Both of them left the bunker.

"Sure it is," Tucker said confidently.

**Moments after he arrived at the museum...**

Tucker blasted the door.

"Freeze!" The guard pointed his gun at him.

"You want to end up like that door?" Tucker asked.

The guard shook his head and walked by to the Mandarina Diamond.

"Hello there," Tucker said, looking at the dazzling diamond.

**Back at the lab...**

"Guys, I figured out a way to track down Frostbite!" Tyler said as he walked into the lab.

"Are we going to call him that?" Applejack asked.

"I kinda like it," Pinkie said.

"Ignoring that," Rarity refocused the conversation. "How?"

"The Cryo Blaster is powered by an engine unit, a microcomputer that regulates air-to-fuel

ratios so the sub-cooled fluid in the chambers doesn't overflow—"

"Explode," Twilight chimed in.

"Right," Tyler said as he walked to the monitors. "This E.C.U. was receiving updates wirelessly from my tablet. If I boost the signal using the city's network and send a false update, we'll get a pingback and then—"

"Locate Tucker," Fluttershy asked. "And how long will it take?"

"First, I have to hack into the network," Tyler answered. "About 20, 30 minutes at best."

"I can do it in less than one," Twilight said. "When it comes to hacking, I'm the fastest girl out there."

She cracked her knuckles and winced a little. "Okay, that was cooler in my head. And we're in."

"That quick?" Rarity was shocked.

"All right, I sent the updates," Tyler activated the locator. "We're connected."

"Network is triangulating the location," Twilight said.

"We got him," Sunset said. "He's heading west on Nelson and toward the train station."

"Why would he go to the train station?" Rarity asked.

"If he's leaving, it appears that Mr. Tucker has already gotten what he came for," Trevor said.

"The diamond," Spike exclaimed.

"When we put our minds together, nothing can stop us!" Applejack said cheerfully. "Let's get this guy."

"I understand you want to help, but I don't want to put you or anyone else in danger because of me!" Rainbow Dash stopped her. "I need to handle this. If I need your help, I'll call you guys."

**Rainbow caught up with Tucker on the train...**

"There's nowhere to run," Rainbow said, staring down at him.

"I didn't see you before," Tucker said. "Do your parents know it's past bedtime?"

"If you wanted to get away, you should have taken something faster than a train."

"Only if I wanted to get away," Tucker smirked. "I've seen your weakness at the armored car and then at the theater. While you save the people, I save myself."

He froze the wheels of the train, causing it to lose control.

"Good luck with that," Tucker said as he jumped out of the train.

"Focus, Rainbow," Rainbow took a deep breath. "Get the people off the train first, then deal with Tucker."

Rainbow managed to get all the people off the train, but the train derailed, causing her to fall on her back. Tucker fired, causing Rainbow to feel the chill.

"You're fast, kid!" Tucker said, walking toward her and aiming the gun. "But not fast enough."

"Thank you."

"Thank you for what?" Rainbow asked.

"You forced me to step up my game," Tucker said, aiming the gun at her. "Not only with the gun but how I think about the job. It's been educational."

A red magic blast came out of nowhere and caught Tucker by surprise. He turned and saw Sunset and the others.

"Hold it right there, brute," Rarity said, summoning a gem shield.

"There's an old saying," Twilight said as she and the others armed themselves with their magic. "You mess with one, you mess with all of us!"

"You know, I was wondering who you were talking to," Tucker said.

"Hey, unless you want a permanent sunburn," Sunset said. "I'd back up if I were you."

"You're shaking," Tucker called her bluff. "You've never blasted anyone before."

"There's a first time for everything, Frostbite," Twilight backed her up.

Knowing that Tucker couldn't beat all seven, he took his aim off Rainbow.

"You win, kid," Tucker said as he started to walk away. "I'll see you around."

"Hey, leave the diamond," Rarity said, hoping he would return it.

"Don't push your luck, kid," Tucker said as he left the group.

**Hours later with Trevor and Tyler...**

"Anything on finding him?" Trevor asked.

"Nothing," Tyler said. "He somehow disconnected the signal."

"Not to worry, guys," Rainbow reassured them. "We'll find him again. Only next time, he faces all of us."

"And don't forget about that Jackal guy," Applejack chimed in. "That toad has it coming for making something like that."