Brave New World, Discord's Revenge

The Professor looked left then right. Roughly fifteen Royal Guards were surrounding him, ten pegusi and five unicorns. Each of them geared up with armour and weapons. Some were holding scythes and other were holding swords. But all of them were looking at him with a fixed stare.

“Why? Why are you doing this?” He asked.

“It’s simple, Professor. You put my world in jeopardy, so therefore you must pay the price.”

“Bloody hell, how shall I possibly escape?” He asked in mock horror.

The Professor’s rapier lept into his hoof and he pulled his trusty revolver out of his coat pocket and slid six bullets into the chamber.  He pointed the gun menacingly at the base of Celestia’s forehead.

“What you just did… is illegal.”

“You’re the one that abused your power, sent your own sister to the moon and forces your own student to save the world countless times.”

Celestia smirked and with a nod of her head, the guards stepped forward. The Professor looked to his left to see the first contender; a white unicorn was shooting magical bolts at him. Owen shot his first bullet and it sailed straight through the brain of the unicorn, his body falling lamely to the floor.

The rest of her small army jumped him and created a small dust cloud. What followed next was confused. Celestia laughed as she heard the sound of metal clanging on metal. But the smile faltered a little when the next few shots fired, sending more of her trusted guards flying out.

The Professor walked, unharmed from the dust cloud. He looked lovingly at his gun. Celestia frowned at him. Owen pointed the gun at her head again.

“I counted six shots. Your gun is empty.” Celestia remarked.

“You’re assuming that I didn’t reload in all the confusion?”

“And did you?” She asked.

“…No.” He said, placing the gun in its holster.

Celestia’s magic brimmed around her horn and she thrust her horn forward, and the Professor’s blade met it there. It was a battle between magic and technology. Oddly enough, and to Owen’s utmost horror, magic was winning. He swept a blow at  her legs, which connected. Celestia leapt back. Her legs were cut and bleeding.

Celestia shot a beam of golden energy at the Professor, who ducked out of the way. Luna burst through the door, two of her royal guards behind her.

Celestia looked at her younger sister, motioning for her to stay well back. Luna looked at the Professor, who was now straining from the tiring blows and parries he had to do.  Owen launched himself at the Princess of the sun, hoping to slice her horn off. Instead his blade snapped in two and fell to the ground, smoking.

Owen placed two bullets into the chamber and thumbed back the hammer. He shot Celestia's bleeding wound and she cried out in pain. Owen continued the assault. He jumped and stuck a metal spike into Celestia’s chest. She hissed in pain.

When the Professor landed he pulled out a piece of metal. Celestia’s eyes widened when he pressed the red button on the top.

The explosion rocked the castle and Celestia was thrown through two walls before hitting the floor. Her head hurt and her legs were bleeding badly. Her horn lit up and healed them. She groaned as she got to her feet, to see her adversary striding towards her.

Celestia kicked him in the head, knocking him to the ground. As he tried to get up, he felt the electricity crackle around his body. He screamed for ten seconds until the pain stopped. Owen could barely move. He looked up to see Celestia. She stood over him, triumphantly. Owen growled at her as he was taken away. Luna stood there aghast; she trotted over to her slightly wounded sister.

“What in Equestria was that!?” She yelled. “Did you attack him?”

“He posed a threat to our community, dear sister. I had to stop him.”

“He wasn’t causing any harm! He helped us stop Discord, he’s a nice pony, Tia even if you can’t see that.”

Luna strode off. Her guards went to follow her, but she signalled for them to stop. She wanted the evening to herself.

***

“Has anyone seen Owen?” Ebony asked, stroking her trophy.

Ebony and Tom, due to some great advice from Twilight, had won the race. Sam had had to stop for a break near the end and caused him and Rainbow Dash to lose. Jake and Derpy were still wandering around the Everfree Forest, hopelessly lost after that failed catapult launch. Aimee and Hurricane had come second, due to a little falter of energy towards the final straight. It was close, but Ebony and Tom came out on top.

“No, babe. Haven’t seen him since we left him in the dust.” Tom replied.

"I'm just worried... Twilight hasn't seen him either, it's not like him to wander off."

"I'm sure he's fine." Tom yawned, sleepily.

Twilight burst through the door, this time it's hinges staying in one place.

"I've recieved a letter from the Princess!" She looked pale, scared and she had tears in her eyes.

"Hey." Ebony said, attempting to comfort her. "What's happened?"

"The Princess has placed Owen under arrest for the creation of the Defender! She says he'll be sent to the moon as soon as she regains her strength."

"Why's she so weak?" Aimee asked.

"Apparantly, our good friend tossed her around the place before getting beat. Lost his sword though... We have to help him."

"I know! I'll fly to Canterlot jail to bust him out!" Huirricane declared.

"Really!? Thanks, Hurricane... It'd mean a lot!" Twilight sniffed.

"Then let us begin... Operation Jail-Break is go go go!" Hurricane yelped.

***

Hurricane was sitting in a cell with the Professor and Jake. The break out hadn't gone as planned. Upon decapitating several guards, they did get noticed and Shining Armour had no choice but to arrest them both.

"Well, this sucks." Hurricane sighed.

Owen was pacing and muttering to himself. He turned to Jake, a smile glued to his face.

"Plan 42-B!" He yelled.

Jake, as if on cue, pulled out a small piece of wire from his pocket. Owen attached the wire to a small welding tool he had concealed within his coat. After a few seconds the device whirred to life. The Professor placed the machine against the lock on the cage door. After a few moments, it melted clean off.

"After you." Owen motioned.

"No, after you." Jake replied.

Hurricane ran through the door and came face to face with the end of a spear tip. He looked up, whimpering. A guard was looking down at him. Owen tossed the still burning device at his forehead, melting his skull in an instant. Hurricane stared at the corpse on the floor.

"You're a... Professor!?"

"Part time." Owen replied, walking past him.

He picked up the guard's spear and threw it to Jake. Another guard appeared around the corner. his horn glew for a moment, before dimming. Owen sensed that he might have just contacted the Princesses. Before the guard could react, the spear Jake was holding had pinned him to the wall through his stomach. The unicorn moaned in pain. Owen ignored him and continued to his destination.

"Where are we going?" Hurricane asked, nervously as he looked from wall to wall.

"To find my airship..." The Professor replied.

Owen kicked down a door and ran down some steps. At the bottom, on a lage plinth was the ruins of the Defender. He quickly lept into the destroyed cockpit and reattached wires and connected buttons. After a while, a few lights lit up and the engines whirred to life, spluttering and creaking as they did.

The Professor quickly pressed a small red button on one of the engines. A shrill siren sounded, forcing Hurricane and Jake to cover their ears.

"What did you do?!" Jake yelled.

"Well, if we're going to go. We might as well go out with a bang, eh?"