"What?" Pinkie said, shocked beyond all reason. The Handyman that had been with her had been put outside the door, for obvious reasons. "Wait, so let me get this straight: You got to the Raffle, Fink was there... and the person who picked the winning number was really this 'False Shepperd' guy?" Applejack couldn't nod fast enough to get her point through. Pinkie looked through her options, and after a few minutes she grew a smile that could crack a mountain.

"We'll send in the Fireman!" She said, causing her fist to burst into flames. "He'll probably go after the False Shepperd when I tell him to get Fink, but who cares?" She said with a shrug. Twilight came back from her blood shower high and stood in front of Pinkie with a hard gaze.

"No."

Pinkie, who had a smile on her face, suddenly frowned. "And why not? The False Shepperd has a hefty weight on his head, and I intend to bring Fink MFG down around his ankles by the time I buy it off of him. He wont have money left on him by the time his 'Fink Workers' beat him to the ground for the money, and, if he's still kicking..." She finished her sentence by turning her neck hard and fast enough that a sickening crack echoed through the room. "I'll do it myself..."

Twilight knew something was wrong with Pinkie before she ended up here. But now? Pinkie was a psychopath waiting to be freed from a cage. A cage she had a key to, and it was already in the lock. She gulped and said her next words carefully.

"If you kill the False Shepperd... I'll have no choice but to return the favor to you, Pinkie." She said with a cold tone and even colder eyes. She grabbed Pinkie and held her device towards Pinkie. The Handymen, who had overheard the conversation, had come into the room and were about to charge...

Twilight revved the device towards Pinkie, and they backed off a small bit. The way She held her was like Pinkie was shield, holding her in front of herself. Applejack, like the Handymen, had backed off some. "Easy now sugar... don't do anything you might regret..." She said in a hushed whisper. Twilight still remained firm, and revved it again, almost shoving it into Applejack.

"I'm sorry Applejack... but this is the only way to make sure Pinkie doesn't do something that might hurt us in the end." She said, openly saying her real name in front of the Handymen. Her eyes widened and her hand began to open up...

"Pinkie! Get down!" Applejack yelled and a torrent of water threw Twilight into the nearby wall. She had to admit, it hurt, but she was hardly phased. Looking at her device again, she realized something that she hadn't seen until just now.

On the side of each hook was the word "Sky-Hook".

....Huh.

Sensing Twilight had calmed down, Applejack approached her slowly and cautiously. She knew Twilight wasn't a fighter but that didn't mean she knew her way around a fight. She slowly bent down and grabbed the sky-hook from Twilight, slipping it of her hand.

BANG!

Everything was silent, Applejack reached up to her face and smeared the blood leaking from her cheek. She looked back at Twilight and saw that the gun she had given her was pointed straight at her. Right now, she was outmatched. She gulped and put her hands on her the back of her head, and knelt down on the ground as Twilight stood up, the gun barrel poking Applejack's head.

"I didn't want it to end this way... I really didn't. But you two left me no choice. Pinkie, you will NOT call the Fireman, or whatever he's called, and Applejack..." She breathed in... and then out. "I never wanted to hurt you, or do this, but like I said: I'll do anything for my friends..."

The Handymen still stood, waiting for their Mistress to make the call, but she only stood stock still. Applejack, on the other hand, was started to shake. Thinking about her family, Big Mac, Applebloom, Granny Smith... Her breathes went from calm to shaky thinking about Applebloom. Tears falling from her eyes as one of the toughest ponies --or in this case people-- started to breakdown in front of everyone. "P-please Twi... Th-think about mah famly...?"

"I did..."

BANG!

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Applejack opened her eyes. A mechanic whirr herd inside the room as she looked to see that something fell from the room. It stuttered and finally died as a spark threw itself out.

"A bug..."

"More specifically?" Pinkie said grabbing it and turned it over. "A Fink Bug..." She said with venom in her voice as she threw the already dead bug to the ground and began to crush it under her foot. "Her Majesty damn him... I will see to it personally that I have him thrown in a pit full of dirty hypos..." She muttered darkly as she turned to the Handymen and launched a Possession in her cane and fired it towards them.

"This conversation, you'll forget every word of it." She commanded as they nodded dumbly and the green glow over them faded. She walked back to her desk and click on a button.

"Attention all Diane Workers!" She announced on the speaker. "All employees are to be... given off time. That's right everybody! Take your gals to a show or something, because you are all going on vacation!" Outside the door, a deafening roar of approval was heard and machines throughout the entire factory shut down until they stopped completely.

"Miss Diane? What are you doing? Giving all the workers off like that?" The Handyman asked her. She smiled at him and placed her hand on his heart again.

"...Philmore, how would you like to come on an adventure with us?" Pinkie asked him with a sweet smile. Twilight, who was apologizing like crazy to Applejack, had overheard the small conversation between Pinkie and this Philmore character. An adventure? Like the old times? She smiled and looked at the wound on Applejack's face and dabbed it with the tissue she had found on Pinkie's desk.

A crash was heard and everyone turned to the window where a familiar prismatic friend had broke and was sliding face first towards Twilight.

She picked up her head (for some reason void of scratches) and looked at her from her prone position.

"Yo," she said saluting to them.

Author's Note

Short chapter is short, but in my defense I didn't have alot of time to work on this because of school.
Fixed the chapter because apparently you thought Twilight was dead...