G5 Adventures in The Bad Guys

The Mane 6 had been in a bunch of tight situations before, but this was probably one of the tightest situations that they had ever been in.

After getting caught trying to steal the Golden Dolphin from the Good Samaritan Awards, the Bad Guys and their apprentices were surely going to be sent to prison, but Mr. Wolf... being the leader that he was, he had an idea that just might work.

To avoid prison and steal the award again, Mr. Wolf persuaded Governor Diane Foxington to let Professor Marmalade, the Mane 6, Allura and Twitch change the Bad Guys' criminal ways...

...unaware that the evil dragon mistress of the five Mythix Tiger cubs, Safira, was watching everything before flying off and swearing her part in a plan of ultimate revenge.

Allura was so sure that the Bad Guys and the cubs deserved the same second chance that she and Twitch had gotten, so the Mane 6 knew that they couldn’t let her or their new acquaintances down.

So, let's get onto the story and see what happens next, shall we?

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The next morning, the Mane 6, Allura and Twitch set out for Professor Marmalade’s compound where the Bad Guys and the tiger cubs would be doing their goodness training until the gala.

And upon passing through the gates at the front and walking down the path, the group was enamoured by the breathtaking scenery before them. “Wow… compared to the Crystal Brighthouse and all its splendor,” said Hitch with admiration in his voice, “this place isn’t half bad!”

“I can’t believe one lone guinea pig lives in this big estate all by himself,” Misty said before frowning slightly. “He must get lonely.”

“Psh, are you kidding, Misty? Look at this guy-- he’s one of the goodest people on the planet!” Pipp brushed off with a smirk. “He probably gets dozens of visitors here by the day, and we’re probably the first Equestrians who have ever showed up on his doorstep!”

“According to the text I got from Governor Foxington this morning,” said Sunny as she pulled out her phone to read the text in question, “we’re supposed to meet the Bad Guys and the cubs at the front door, and we’re all supposed to go in together. Sort of like… bodyguards for the wrong doers, if you catch my drift.”

Zipp sighed as they started getting closer to the house. “I just hope Wolf and the others aren’t too mad at us.”

“Mad at us?” Hitch looked at her in confusion. “What do you mean?”

“Well… they protected us when we were involved with the heist last night,” Zipp admitted, “and they found out that we’re the protectors of Equestria when we introduced ourselves to the governor and Rogue. I don’t think they’ll be too happy knowing we didn’t tell them the truth.”

“We’ll try and explain it to them, won’t we?” Allura asked as Twitch bounced around in front of them. “I mean, it WAS for everyone’s safety that we kept it to ourselves.”

“Of course it was,” Sunny agreed as they finally got to the front steps. “And that’s exactly what we’ll tell them when they get here.”

Izzy gulped nervously as she saw a SUCM truck begin to drive toward the house. “Well, we better get ready, cause here they come…”

Soon, the truck pulled up to the front steps of the house, with officers opening the back of the truck to let the Bad Guys and their apprentices (donning their normal appearances) to step out and take a good look around. “Wow…” Zari muttered. “This place looks almost as big as our hideout!”

“Yeah, almost,” Mr. Snake agreed before he spotted the Mane 6, Allura and Twitch waiting on them, and his brow furrowed. “Well, well, look who’s here-- the guardians of Pony Land.”

“Uh… it’s Equestria, Mr. Snake,” Sunny said with a polite smile. “Equestria, not Pony Land. Those are two totally different places.”

Mr. Snake merely scoffed at this, completely in denial. “Whatever.”

“Look, guys, we’re really really sorry we never told you about our true identities,” Zipp apologized sincerely. “We were just worried that if you found out the truth, it would put all of us at risk.”

“Well, I can see that,” Ms. Tarantula quipped, “but how could it put YOU in danger if you’re not the criminals?”

“Well… that’s sort of complicated to explain,” Misty admitted. “You see… we’re not just here to help you. We’re also trying to find pieces to a magical map that will lead to the legendary realm of Skyros, so we can find Skyros and protect it from Alterro.”

“Alterro?” Reva tilted her head before looking at Allura, her eyes going wide. “W-Wait… isn’t Alterro your…?”

“Yes,” Allura sighed. “Alterro is my twin brother. He wants revenge on the ponies and me for betraying him, and he’s willing to kill anyone who gets in his way.”

Zari gulped nervously, ducking behind Mr. Piranha at this. “E-Even cubs?”

“ESPECIALLY cubs,” Sunny nodded. “So, we figured if word doesn’t spread about us too much, Alterro won’t come after us. So… that’s why we never told you. I hope you’re still not too mad.”

“Oh, I’m still mad,” Mr. Snake glared at the ponies. “VERY mad, in fact.”

“But… I kinda understand why you did it too,” Gretchen said, cutting her mentor off before he could get too far. “And if you’re serious about this Alterro guy, then… I guess you’re more like us than we thought, with our Safira situation.”

“Yeah,” Mr. Shark sighed. “Nobody can be mad at y’all for long.”

Pipp sighed in relief at this. “Thanks, guys. That means a lot to hear that.”

“So… I guess we just go inside and get this whole thing started?” Mr. Wolf asked unsurely. “That’s what Diane assigned us to do, Wolfie-Poo, and that’s what we’re gonna do!” Izzy said, patting Mr. Wolf on the head with her hoof before bouncing over to the doors in front of them. “Come on!”

And so, Izzy opened the doors with her magic, and the group quickly filed inside, trying to stay orderly as they looked around the elegant household.

“Whoa…”

“Look at this place!”

“So cool!”

“Big and fancy!”

“Rodent’s got taste. Okay!”

“Huh. Almost makes me want to be cute.”

Suddenly, Professor Marmalade’s voice echoed through the room, causing the group to look around and see where it was coming from. “They say experience is the best teacher. And they are wrong. I am.”

That was when everyone turned and quickly saw Professor Marmalade and his human assistant Cuddles standing beside a statue of the professor holding a lamp that looked just like the Love Crater meteorite, and Professor Marmalade smiled down at the group. “Good morning, students of goodness. And welcome to the first day of the rest of your best life.”

“Thanks, professor, for letting us be a part of this,” Zipp said politely. “We’re gonna do you and the governor proud, aren’t we…?”

“A giant butt!” Mr. Piranha said innocently, looking at the lamp in question. “What?” Professor Marmalade looked at the lamp before turning back to Mr. Piranha to explain. “Uh, it’s-it’s not a butt. It’s a lamp.”

And with the swift clap of his hands, the lamp turned on. “In the shape of the Love Crater Meteorite, my greatest…”

“I wonder whose butt it is,” Mr. Piranha kept saying, causing Carmine to groan to herself. “Oh boy…”

“Once again, it’s not a butt. Thank you,” the professor said before clapping to turn the lamp off. “It’s a heart. Now, as I was saying…”

“Then why does it have cheeks?” Mr. Piranha asked, causing the tiger cubs to shush him and causing Professor Marmalade to scoff. ‘It’s not a…”

“Booty!”

“It’s not a butt!” Professor Marmalade enunciated. “Not a butt!”

“Does he know what a butt is?” Mr. Piranha whispered to Izzy before Twitch covered his mouth with his paw. “Sorry, professor,” Allura apologized. “Please continue with what you were saying.”

“Thank you,” Professor Marmalade said before clearing his throat. “As I was saying, the five of you and your budding apprentices are villains, predators, remorseless sociopaths.”

“Whoa,” Oran blinked. “That’s a little harsh, don’t you think?”

“Oh, stop,” Mr. Shark said while he blushed heavily at this. “You’re making me blush!”

“But inside, there’s a flower… the flower of goodness,” Professor Marmalade continued. “And when it blooms and you feel that tingle of positivity radiating through your body, you’re going to want to feel it all the time.”

Mr. Wolf and Reva looked down at their tails and Reva's cutie mark, feeling that Professor Marmalade was speaking to them personally. And all this talk of goodness and positivity... they honestly didn't mind it.

In fact, they kinda liked it.

However, Ms. Tarantula was a bit confused. “So we’re going for a tingle?”

“Not any tingle,” the professor told her. “The tingle of goodness, which you’ll feel in my state-of-the-art Sharing Laboratory!”

The ponies then led their friends up the stairs to an upper level of the house, where a table and two chairs sat. “Okay, Mr. Snake,” Professor Marmalade pulled a push-pop out from out of nowhere.”I’m going to give you a push-pop.”

“Great!” Mr. Snake grabbed the frozen treat without a second thought. “A push-pop all for me!”

“Well, no…” Sunny said slowly. “You’re gonna share it.”

Mr. Snake shot her a look at this. “Why?”

“Well,” Professor Marmalade explained, “on a fundamental level, it’s about putting someone else’s needs ahead of your own.”

Mr. Shark sat at that very same table with a little chuckle building its way up, and Mr. Snake immediately liked where this was going. “Oh, no. No way!”

“Snake…” Reva began to scold, crossing her paws before Mr. Snake sighed reluctantly and slithered over to the table. “All right, all right.”

“This is going to taste extra sweet, cause I know how bad you want it,” Mr. Shark smirked just before Mr. Snake hovered the push-pop in front of his mouth. “Pop me, please.”

Mr. Snake looked as if he was finally going to turn over the push-pop to Mr. Shark, but all of a sudden, he changed direction and put the push-pop into his own mouth. “Sucker.”

“That’s it!” Mr. Shark finally snapped, grabbing Mr. Snake. “I’ll teach you to share!”

That was when Mr. Shark swallowed Mr. Snake whole, causing the others to gasp and causing Hitch to try and not puke. “Mm, I like sharing,” Mr. Shark smiled. “It’s yummy. Mmm…”

“Totally worth it!” Mr. Snake called from inside Mr. Shark, causing Professor Marmalade the slightest bit of discomfort. “Well, that’s terrifying.”

“You know what, professor?” Allura cleared her throat. “Maybe we should try something a bit simpler.”

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A few minutes later, the group moved to a sidewalk beside a busy road for the next part of goodness training. “A good person always pays attention to the needs of others,” Sunny said, taking the lead on this exercise as she gestured to Mr. Wolf, dressed as a grandmother with a scowl on his face. “Now, here’s a kindly, frail grandma.”

The other Bad Guys and the apprentices tried their best not to laugh, but eventually, laughter took over, and even the Mane 6 tried to hold their laughter back so they could keep things civil.

Zipp finally cleared her throat once the laughter died down. “Okay, Piranha, we’re gonna need you to take… heh heh… Grandma here across the street, like a good person would.”

“Psh, sure sure sure. I do this all the time,” Mr. Piranha brushed off before taking Mr. Wolf by the paw and leading him out into the street. “Here you go, ma’am.”

“Looking good, guys!” Pipp said as she videoed the entire thing on her phone. “Keep it up!”

However, while the apprentices stood, taking silent notes, the other Bad Guys couldn’t help but laugh right before Ms. Tarantula shook her head. “Oh, he is totally gonna blow it.”

That was when Mr. Piranha turned around, having heard what she said and becoming increasingly irritated as he let go of Wolf and marched toward them. “What was that? What did you say? You think I can’t do this?”

“No, no, no, Piranha!” Mr. Wolf tried to say, but before he could finish, a truck drove by and ran right into him, sending him flying before falling down to the street, only to be caught by Zipp.

Izzy winced at this. “So much for the grandma disguise I was working on…”

“Maybe,” Hitch tried to reason with a nervous grin, “we need something WAY simpler.”

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Back at Professor Marmalade’s estate, the guinea pig led the group over to a tall palm tree, where a small kitten was clinging for dear life. “Hey, look!” Mr. Wolf said to the others. “It’s a cat stuck in a tree.”

“It doesn’t get much simpler than this,” Misty said. “Now, what in this scenario would give you that good tingle?”

“Eating it?” Mr. Snake asked. “This is why I always carry two pieces of bread with me.”

“Okay… weird, and no,” Pipp dismissed bluntly. “We want you to… s…”

However, instead of saying the one word Pipp wanted, the Bad Guys came up with a multitude of different ideas.

“Smack it?”

“Skin it?”

“Stab it!”

“Saute it.”

“Sing to it?”

Pipp sighed in frustration, leading Professor Marmalade to step in. “Save it. I want you to sa… that’s obv… it’s so obvi… we want you to save it!”

“Ohhhhh…” Carmine nodded slowly. “Well, why didn’t you just say so? The Bad Guys can do that, right, guys?”

“Right, right,” the Bad Guys seemed to nod at once before they looked up at the frightened cat before sporting fangs and scary looks. “HERE, KITTY KITTY KITTY!!!”

Scared, the cat ran up to the top of the tree, yowling in fright. “Whoa,” Mr. Snake commented. “That cat is obviously defective.”

“What is wrong with you?!” Zari then scolded, looking at the Bad Guys with a look of shock and disgust. “You’re gonna give the poor thing a heart attack! That could our long lost brethren!!”

The Bad Guys and other apprentices stared at Zari in surprise, never hearing her snap like that before. And after a moment, Zari seemed to realize this herself and chuckled nervously. “Sorry… I kinda got carried away.”

“No no no, you’re fine,” Zipp said, approaching her. “Letting out your bad emotions, such as anger, is a good way of becoming good. We’re just gonna need to help you let ‘em out in a more… positive way.”

“But first things first,” Misty said, pointing to the top of the tree, “we need to get that cat down.”

“I’ll handle this,” Mr. Piranha said before walking over and beginning to climb the tree to reach the cat. “What’s up, papa?!”

Frightened, the cat yowled and leapt right from the tree and onto Mr. Wolf's head before attacking him, causing Mr. Wolf to scream in panic. “Get him off my face! He’s on my face!”

“No, no, no, no, no, listen!” Professor Marmalade said as the others tried to keep away from the frightened cat. “W-What are you doing?!”

The kitten eventually got off Mr. Wolf’s face and climbed up the tree again, leaving Mr. Wolf to stagger, in pain after just being attacked. “Easy, easy, Wolf, you’re fine,” Allura said, trying to be comforting while Twitch patted Mr. Wolf's leg reassuringly. “Maybe… let someone else take a stab at it.”

“We’re on it,” Reva rolled her eyes before she and her cousins approached the tree. “It’s okay, little kitty,” Oran said, trying to be gentle. “We’re not gonna hurt you. We’re kitty cats, just like you. See? We have paws with claws, and whiskers, and long tails we use for balance.”

The kitty seemed to see that from its perch at the top of the tree, tilting its head curiously. “That’s a good reason to trust us, right?” Carmine asked. “We’re the same species… sort of, so we could be… distant cousins?”

“Come on down and say hello,” Reva called up to the cat sweetly. “No one’s gonna hurt you… we promise.”

“We’ll catch you,” Zari added, holding up her paws. “Don’t worry.”

The kitty still seemed a bit wary of the Bad Guys, but seeing as it had no reason to not trust the cubs, it thought for a moment more about what it could do before it jumped down from the tree and into the cubs’ paws. “There you go, little guy,” Oran said with a smile, rubbing against the cat. “Not so scary now, are we?”

“Wha… they did it!” Ms. Tarantula whispered as Pipp took a picture of the event. “They actually did it!”

Sunny quickly gasped as she saw a miraculous sight. “And that’s not the only thing they did right! Look!”

As the Bad Guys suddenly looked down at the cubs (who were still playing with the kitten), they saw the cubs’ cutie marks beginning to light up, dimly at first, but it was still progress. “Huh?” Gretchen stopped playing with the kitten and looked at the others in confusion. “Why is everyone staring at us like that?”

“Cubs, look!” Allura said with pride in her voice. “Your cutie marks!”

“Huh? Wow…” Carmine commented, seeing her cutie mark glow for the first time. “I don’t think my cutie mark has ever lit up before…”

“See? That’s what doing something good can do for you. That’s what I need the rest of you to get good at,” Professor Marmalade said, turning to the Bad Guys. “Curious, what ARE you all good at?”

“Stealing stuff,” Mr. Piranha answered. “Oh, yeah,” Mr. Shark nodded. “We’re great at that.”

“Robbery.”

“Larceny.”

“Wire fraud.”

“Extortion.”

“Tax evasion.”

“Heists.”

“Mail fraud.”

“Wait. Heists, you say?” Professor Marmalade asked, causing Mr. Wolf to smile. “Well, that’s… yeah, that’s kind of our specialty.”

Professor Marmalade suddenly thought about something that he had heard about on the news recently, causing a smile to grace his face. “I might just have an idea.”

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It was a few minutes later before Professor Marmalade’s limo pulled up behind a building called Sunnyside Laboratories, where a large crowd was protesting at the front entrance. And once the limo had gone out of the crowd’s sight behind the building, Professor Marmalade took the chance to explain. “That is an animal testing lab. Within, 200,000 helpless guinea pigs, all being poked and prodded by sadistic scientists.”

“Guinea pigs, you say?” Mr. Snake asked hungrily, leaving Mr. Wolf to look at him scoldingly. “Snake…”

“Our job is to help you rescue them,” Misty said to the Bad Guys and their apprentices. “But this is a heist for good, so Izzy made you guys something more friendly to wear.”

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Within just a few minutes, the limo had driven off, and while the Mane 6, Allura and Twitch stood ready to make their move, the Bad Guys each stood in a different animal onesie-- Mr. Wolf in a sheep onesie, Mr. Snake in a unicorn onesie, Mr. Piranha in a bear onesie, Ms. Tarantula in a lemur onesie and Mr. Shark in a walrus onesie-- and the apprentices were in their own outfits... fairy outfits, to be exact-- all with sparkly fake fairy wings.

Reva wore a red fairy outfit, Gretchen wore a white fairy outfit, Oran wore a brown fairy outfit, Zari wore a blue fairy outfit and Carmine wore a dark purple fairy outfit.

Once the limo had disappeared from their sight, Ms. Tarantula sighed at how ridiculously they had been dressed. “Well, there goes our street cred.”

“I dunno,” Oran said to his mentor, brushing off his new outfit. “At least they’re comfortable.”

“Come on, guys, hurry,” Sunny whispered to the others. “Let’s get closer to the building and see how we can get inside.”

The others nodded and quickly followed after Sunny and the others, eventually reaching a spot where they could see a scientist through one of the many windows on the side of the building. “All right, we need to distract that scientist,” Mr. Wolf said before turning to a few members of the group. “Izzy, Pipp, Carmine and Shark, you’re up.”

“And be sure,” said Misty, “to use that invisibility spell I taught Izzy so those of you who aren’t in disguise stay hidden.”

“Copy that,” Izzy said with a salute before she activated the spell, causing the four of them to disappear from sight before heading toward the building. “Okay… I’m not exactly sure a vine can reach that far,” Sunny muttered, “so we’re gonna need some sort of rope and hook.”

“I got this one,” Mr. Snake immediately volunteered, causing the others to turn to him in surprise. “What?!”

“You’re volunteering?” Mr. Piranha asked in confusion. “You’ve never volunteered for anything,” Gretchen raised an eyebrow suspiciously. “Sure, I did,” Mr. Snake told his apprentice. “Right now. Throw me up there. Giddyap!”

“You sure?” Mr. Wolf asked quizzically. “Yep,” Mr. Snake nodded. “I’m 99% sure you can make it.”

“Okay… then let’s do it!” Reva said with a determined smile.

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At the same time, while Carmine, Izzy and Pipp were under the invisibility spell and watching from nearby, Mr. Shark approached the scientist Mr. Wolf had spotted, disguised as his father while having a baseball and a mitt. “Hey there, son.”

The scientist gasped, wide eyed as he saw the disguised Shark in front of him. “Dad?!”

“I know you’ve got an important job,” Mr. Shark said, “but I hope you still have time for a catch with your old man.”

THUMP!

Mr. Snake missed the window all together after Mr. Wolf tried to throw him up to it. The scientist was just about to turn but Shark turned his attention to him. “Hey, kiddo.”

“96% sure,” Mr. Snake groaned from outside. “You’ll always be my special boy,” Mr. Shark continued just as Mr. Snake hit the window again. “Maybe 90%...”

“I’ve been waiting my entire life for this moment,” the scientist said before hugging Mr. Shark, causing Carmine and Izzy to coo in awe, only for Pipp to shush them before their cover was blown. “Okay,” Mr. Shark said before tossing the ball in another direction. “Now, go long!”

“Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!” the scientist leapt for joy in that moment. “Thank you, Daddy!”

And with that, the scientist ran off after the ball, leaving Mr. Shark and the others enough time to sneak over and open the window to grab Mr. Snake, allowing the others to get in. “50…” Mr. Snake weakly groaned. “What day is it? Who am I?”

“Good job, Snake,” Allura said as she quickly pulled Mr. Snake inside before calling Professor Marmalade to get their next instructions. “Okay, professor, what next?”

“Right,” said Professor Marmalade. “The guinea pigs are locked behind a three-foot-thick steel door. The only way in is through the vents.”

“Hang on,” Sunny said, shifting into her alicorn form. “I’ve been learning a spell from Misty that might be able to get these vents open.”

Pointing her horn at the screws holding the vent in place, Sunny activated her magic and the screws virtually disappeared, leaving Mr. Wolf to grab the vent cover and put it aside. “Way to go, Sunny!” Oran said with a smile. “Now we just need to get someone to crawl through the vents and open--”

“I got it,” Mr. Snake interrupted before slithering into the vents with Gretchen stealthily following behind, with Mr. Snake singing a happy tune under his breath. “Over the filters and through the vents…”

“I’ve never seen Snake so chipper!” Carmine said with a stunned expression. “Has he been meditating?”

“Something like that,” Hitch nodded slowly. “Come on, we need to wait for Snake and Gretchen to get inside.”

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“Over the filters and through the vents,” Mr. Snake sang to himself as he and Gretchen continued through the vents, “to Guinea Pig Land we--”

“WHOA!!” Gretchen shrieked as she and Mr. Snake suddenly fell through the vent system and into the room, which was filled to the brim with guinea pigs, which caused Mr. Snake’s hunger to begin to take over. “Ohhh… snake attack…”

“Snake… Snake, no! Heel! Sit!” Gretchen said as she tried to keep Mr. Snake at bay. “We’re on a heist for good, remember? Good! No eating! Are you listening to me?! SNAKE!!!”

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At the same time, a protestor saw Professor Marmalade's limo coming into sight, and then saw Professor Marmalade getting out of it. “Oh. Hey, look, it’s Professor Marmalade!”

The protestors cheered as they turned and saw the same thing, causing Professor Marmalade to smile. “Yes, that’s right. It’s me. Help has arrived. Just keep your eyes glued to that door.”

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Reva tried to paw at the doorknob to try and get it open, since Gretchen and Mr. Snake were taking a ridiculously long time, but she wasn’t getting anywhere quickly. “Something doesn’t feel right-- Snake and Gretchen should’ve opened the door by now.”

Mr. Wolf then began to knock on the door. “Snake. Come on, Snake. Open up.”

“Just relax,” said Gretchen as the door slowly began to open. “These doors are… kinda complicated.”

“Hey… where’s Snake?” Zipp asked suspiciously, and Twitch raised an eyebrow at the sudden disappearance. “Yeah,” Izzy nodded. “I thought he went in with you.”

“He did, and before you say a word, I tried to stop him,” Gretchen said with a nervous look. “But… you know how he gets when it comes to food.”

When the door fully opened all the way, the others tried not to gag when they discovered that Mr. Snake’s stomach was filled to the brim with guinea pigs. “Are you kidding me?!” Pipp and Ms. Tarantula shouted at once, causing Gretchen to chuckle nervously. “Oopsie…?”

“What is wrong with you?” Mr. Wolf quickly scolded Mr. Snake, letting Reva lead Gretchen off to the side. “We’re supposed to save them, not eat them!”

“Well, I’d say they’ve gone to a better place,” Mr. Snake chuckled before belching. “All right, that’s it,” Allura sighed before placing her paws on Mr. Snake’s back while Mr. Wolf grabbed Mr. Snake’s tail. “Spit them out!”

Working together, Allura and Mr. Wolf spun Mr. Snake around and around in a circle multiple times, forcing the python to spit out the guinea pigs while the others tried to round them up. “We gonna save you whether you like it or not!” Mr. Shark whispered while Ms. Tarantula rode one of the guinea pigs that Oran was chasing. “We’re saving you, you stupid hair balls!”

“Not that door!” Zari said quietly, pointing the other way. “The other door! Hitch, can’t you use that fancy understanding animal gig of yours to tell them they’re going the wrong way?!”

“I’m trying!” Hitch said as he tried to dodge some guinea pigs flying out of Mr. Snake’s mouth. “But they’re too in panic to listen!”

It was then that one of the guinea pigs flew right into a large red button, which began to lift the door up. “Uh-oh! The door’s going up!” Misty said as she used her magic to make herself, the rest of the ponies, Allura and Twitch invisible. “This is your time to shine, guys-- we’ll be hiding if you need us!”

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Outside, Marmalade got his phone ready to film the Bad Guys' and their apprentices' good deed. “Any second…”

That was when the door opened to let out the captured guinea pigs, and Professor Marmalade immediately got run over in the stampede. Then, the crowd saw the Bad Guys and their apprentices with Mr. Shark having some in his mouth and Mr. Snake spitting out a few more, causing them to stop and notice. “Uh-oh,” Carmine gulped. “We’re dead.”

“Everyone, please!” Reva tried to explain. “It-- it’s not what it looks like.”

Suddenly, an alarm began to blare, and Mr. Snake spit out one more guinea pig before they ran off, causing the Mane 6, Allura and Twitch to gulp nervously. “Uh-oh…”

“The governor isn’t gonna be happy about this,” Izzy said in a nervous tone, and Twitch nodded in agreement. “Come on, guys, we better go get them out of this situation before we head back to Professor Marmalade,” Sunny said before they secretly ran out of the building to follow after the Bad Guys and the tiger cubs. “We’re gonna get the governor’s lecture anyway, so we better be with the guys before she lays it out on them.”