It was early in the evening, the sun having just gone down not too long ago. The night sky would've been beautiful, except it was mostly blocked out by huge, black clouds with only a few sections of sky opened for all to see. Something unsettling since no pegasi put those clouds there. They had begun to form and move about on their own. Was this something to do with the evil that had befallen Equestria? Was it somehow symbolic that nature was running more wild than at any other time since Equestria's formation? Whatever the answer may be, the weather was definitely being affected somehow.

This was clear to see for all ponies who were passengers aboard a train heading to Ponyville from Manehattan. While most only glanced out the windows of the train, one blank flank filly had been looking out the window ever since the train left the city of Manehattan behind. That filly was none other than Apple family member, Babs Seed, who was also the leader of the Manehattan branch of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She stared out at the window, but didn't really pay attention to the tree filled and somewhat hilly area that stretched on and on up until the train reached the tunnel that would take them to Ponyville.

Instead, she was thinking about and reflecting on a great many other things. As the train traveled on its track through the hill covered area, Babs Seed first thought about the official word from Canterlot that giant monsters had started appearing in Equestria and were attacking populated areas. The report identified these monsters as kaiju and quickly spread through Manehattan like wildfire. Then she thought about how the report told of the attacks that already transpired, particularly the attack on Ponyville. Apparently it was a giant bat that devastated the town where her cousins, Applejack, Big McIntosh, and her favorite cousin, Applebloom lived with their Granny Smith. These were the same cousins she had been arranged and was excitedly hoping to visit as a surprise to Applebloom.

Then her thoughts turned to how her parents almost didn't let it happen. When they found out about what had happened to Ponyville, they did everything they could to pull the plug on Babs Seed's visit. They feared for her safety and felt that it wouldn't be the right environment for her. But Babs Seed debated the matter with her parents, saying that even if something were to occur, their cousins wouldn't let anything bad happen to her. They went on to say to Babs Seed that there was a good chance that the Apples of Ponyville may be in bad shape and may not be able to take care of her.

But the feisty filly held strong and said that if they were in bad shape that she actually needed to go. She thought it might be possible for her to help them in some way or another and she would if she had to. They asked her what she could possibly do to help them, to which she replied she had helped them rebuild their barn once. This was the straw that broke the camel's back or in this case the pony's. The worried parents of Babs Seed asked their daughter if she was sure this is what she wanted. She told them it was one hundred percent what she wanted. After a little bit of contemplating, they finally relented and put Babs Seed on a train for Ponyville.

The train was delayed due to the extra relief trains being sent to Ponyville, but as long as she got there, Babs Seed didn't mind at all. And all that led Babs Seed up to this point, sitting in one of the many passenger rail cars of a train heading to Ponyville as she looked out the window. After blowing her mane locks out of her eye, Babs Seed couldn't help but let out a yawn. What was it about sitting in a moving train that made ponies so tired? Was it the motion of the train itself? Whatever the case, Babs Seed refused to let herself fall asleep. She wouldn't rest until she was in Ponyville and reunited with her cousins, especially Applebloom. She just hoped they were alright.

"Don't worry, Granny Smith, Big Mac, Applejack...Applebloom. I'm coming to look out for yas," Babs Seed whispered.

Then she used her breath to blow away a part of her mane that was hanging over her eye.

As the train pushed on down the track, Babs Seed finally turned her head away from the window and stared up at the top of the rail car as she leaned her head back in her seat. She couldn't help but think of the kaiju, as they are called, that were running around Equestria. Besides the bat that attacked Ponyville, she also heard about the giant dragon-like kaiju that appeared before the bat. She heard about how it came up on shore at the west coast beaches and began to destroy whatever was in its way. Then shortly after its first appearance, it disappeared. Not into the water, mind you, it was too far inland. But it went somewhere, no one knew where though. Then there were reports of a giant ogre/cat hybrid type of monster that had appeared in the frozen north. It had been keeping a consistent course moving eastward and avoiding major populated areas.

Now the most recent reports talked of seeing a giant spider crawling around the Smokey Mountains, over on the other side of Equestria. While it may not be as big as some of the other kaiju, its appearance alone makes it among the most terrifying to see or even think about. Babs Seed wondered if she would come across any of these giants. And if she did, what would she do? How would she react? The more Babs thought about it, the more she hoped she'd never have to find out. However, it was hard to know how strong the possibility was of that happening. Especially since Babs Seed didn't know how many kaiju there were yet. The first report did not say and she had left Manehattan before anymore could arrive, which was sure to happen at some point.

It was hard to tell how many yards the train had gone while Babs Seed was thinking about all this, but at some point she must've fallen asleep. Her eyes slowly fluttered opened as she felt the grogginess one usually feels when coming out of a deep sleep. She stretched out her limbs as she let out a groan. She smacked her lips and looked around at her surroundings. She sat across from a white Earth pony mare holding her filly close to her as they slept. The filly was a little younger than Babs Seed and was about the same color. The sight of the mother and daughter cuddled together and sleeping warmed Babs' heart a little and made her smile. Then her scanning took her gaze toward the window, Babs Seed saw something she wasn't expecting at all.

Her eyes opened wide with surprise when she spotted two military uniformed pegasi flying alongside the train at top speed. Babs Seed pressed her face against the glass and watched as the military pegasi flew past her window and toward the front of the train. She was in one of the rear rail cars, so they would take a little bit to get to the front. Hmm, I wonder what that was about? Babs Seed thought to herself as she blew her hanging mane strands out of her eyes. Then a cold shiver ran down her spine at the next thought she had. A thought that involved the possibility of monsters.

Shortly after, the train horn sounded as the train came to a screeching halt. The sudden stopped rocked several passengers, some of them even out of there seats. This included the little filly that had been sleeping with her mother. She was sent flying towards the floor.

"Holy smokes, you okay, little filly?!"

Babs Seed reached out for the fallen child at the same time her distraught mother did. They picked the crying filly up off the floor and tried to comfort her as best as they could.

"Mommy! Mommy!" the crying filly screamed.

"Oh, Dear, now it's alright," said the mare.

"Ma'am, I am so sorry that this happened," said Babs Seed.

"Oh, don't feel bad, young lady, it wasn't your fault," the mare replied.

Suddenly, one of the train officials entered the train car shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Attention! Attention, passengers! We've been stopped by the Equestria Royal Army and asked to evacuate the train! A new kaiju has been spotted heading towards this train!"

Everypony on the train began to panic as they struggled against each other to grab their bags and get off the train. Babs Seed was among the crowd. She had been trying to assist the Earth pony mare and her daughter. But the thrashing about of the crowd forced their separation. Babs managed to grab a hold of her bag before being forced into the crowd of terrified ponies.

"Please, don't panic! There's a military convoy of wagons waiting on a lower road that will transport you to safety! Please don't panic!" the train official said as the ponies around him continued to panic.

---

The almost fearless pegasus pony, Rainbow Dash flew through the sky at nearly her top speed as she pulled the wagon behind her which held her Earth pony friend, Applejack. They had been traveling all throughout the darkening night ever since they had left Ponyville. They were on their way to assist Applejack's young cousin, who's train was heading straight for a kaiju. A kaiju Rainbow Dash and Applejack had yet to come across themselves. Even though they knew it was nearly inevitable, a small part of them hoped they wouldn't come across the monstrous giant. But they knew they would have to, so they kept their eyes out for both it and the train. Hopefully the whole, in tact train and not the remains of a wreckage, which both ponies dreaded.

As Rainbow Dash was flying around a giant hill, she looked back to check on how Applejack was doing. It looked to her like the orange pony was having a hard time holding on and staying in the wagon. To give Applejack some relief, Rainbow Dash decreased her speed by half. Applejack, who had her teeth gritted together, her front legs wrapped around a part of the wagon and had been holding on for dear life with her eyes shut tight, instantly took notice of the change in speed. One eye opened and looked around, followed by Applejack's other eye opening and her letting go of the wagon piece.

"Why'd ya slow down?" asked Applejack.

"Because if I kept going as fast as I was, you'd blow right out of the wagon," said Rainbow Dash.

"I ain't worried about me right now and you shouldn't be either. It's Babs Seed that needs help," said Applejack.

"That's noble of you and all, but if you go flying out into nothing, you wont be around to help Babs or no pony at all," said Rainbow Dash.

The small bickering between the two ponies was cut off by a loud noise of some kind ringing out through the air. It sounded sort of like a deformed scream or hollering sound. Whatever made the noise, it sounded big and instantly got the two mares' attention. With fear struck expressions, Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked ahead as they flew around a two hundred foot or so high hill, they spotted the thing they had been dreading the most. It was the kaiju. The insect-like monster let out its hollering roar once more as it continued to stomp forth.

It was insect-like mostly in its head and shell covered back. Its big, yellow eyes were very much like those of insects, as were the antennas that hung over those eyes. It also had mandibles around the sides of its mouth, which hid a second set of mandibles above and below its mouth. The monster also had a silver horn on the top of its head that ended with curves that formed a star-like shape. It was very reminiscent of the horn of a horned beetle. The monster's shell and its shoulder areas was covered in orange stripes, while the rest of its shell was, like most of the monster's body, a dark brown color.

The rest of his body was noticeably not like that of an insect. For one thing, it did not walk or have body posture like an insect. It only had one set of legs, instead of three, and stood up straight, bipedal. Its legs were not like that of an insect, being more like an elephant's, but with two toed feet. It had a short tail which dragged behind him and arms like a dragon or minotaur would have. But one of its most striking features, surprisingly, was its hands. Even from behind where some other details were harder to tell, the two ponies saw that where the monster's hands should be, there were replaced by drills. Shining, silver drills.

The two ponies didn't know it at the time, but the diakaiju they had the supreme misfortune to come across was none other than the fearsome beast called Megalon. What was apparent at that moment was that this strange looking monster was a force to be feared. And there was a lot of fear installed in Applejack and Rainbow Dash at the sight of this bizarre, but intimidating monster. Megalon raised its head and stretched its arms outward as it let out another roar, this one more of a shrieking sound. Then it lowered its head and arms and continued stomping forth, looking almost hunched over.

"You were right, Rainbow, slow down," said Applejack, a tremor of fear in her voice.

"S-s-Sure...no problem."

Rainbow Dash slowed herself down as slow as she could and still stay airborne. The two mares continued to stare at Megalon with wide eyed, opened mouth looks of fear as it walked on and let out another roar.

"W-What do we do? How do we get past that thing?" asked Rainbow Dash.

Applejack looked around as she tried to think of something. Her eyes and head zipped around in several directions until they fell on a hillside road several yards away to the monster's left. It looked like the road would only come to the diakaiju's knee if it were standing right next to the road. The plan was formed in the orange Earth pony's mind instantly.

"Lower your altitude until your just below the top of the kaiju's leg. Then head for that road on the side of the hill there a couple yards away. We'll use that road to pass by that huge critter undetected."

"You got it, Applejack, good thinking."

Rainbow Dash began to pick up speed going forth while also lowering herself and the wagon holding Applejack out of the air. As they got closer, Megalon's roars got all the more louder. Rainbow Dash cruised through the sky at a steady pace for several minutes or so. As she flew, both she and Applejack looked the kaiju over yet again, still being unable to accept what is in front of them. They were able to notice a few details of the monster's bodily structure that they had not before.

And it was after noticing these details that Rainbow Dash realized she should start shifting her flight path towards the hillside road. She did so, slowly turning away so that she wasn't approaching the kaiju directly anymore and was now heading more towards that road. As she flew on, there was a moment where Rainbow Dash and her passenger, Applejack...passed by Megalon. At that moment, it was as if time had slowed down to a near full stop. Rainbow Dash and Applejack couldn't help but look off to their right and look the giant monster up and down one more time. They were only up to the top of its leg, which made being next to it and having to look up so high all the more terrifying. Rainbow Dash and Applejack got better looks at the Megalon's drill hands and its facial features such as it mandibles, eyes, and horn. These clearer views of the diakaiju did not make it any easier on the two mares' levels of fear. If anything, they were rising to new heights.

Rainbow Dash lowered her altitude more, trying as best as she could to make sure she and Applejack wouldn't be detected by Megalon. She also turned even more until they weren't even going in the same direction as the kaiju anymore. Now they were just heading directly for the hill. Rainbow Dash's speed picked up faster and faster as she did her best to put as much distance between her and Applejack away from the kaiju as she could.

It wasn't too long after that the two traveling mares reached the hillside road. Rainbow Dash landed as gently as she could, trying to make the landing good for Applejack as well.

"Rainbow Dash, you saw it, right!?" asked Applejack in alarm.

"Yeah! ...The monster... The train tracks!" Rainbow Dash managed to say.

"It's following them!" Applejack replied.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked back toward Megalon as it let out a roar. They saw that its posture was like it was before, head bent toward the ground, somewhat hunched over as it scanned the ground. It was now apparent that it did this to make sure it still had the train tracks in its sight. Then the kaiju let out another roar as it smacked one of its drill hands on top of the other then did the same thing with its other hand drill before it resumed stomping forward.

"Jeez, it's like he's looking for something to break!" said Rainbow Dash.

"And if he is, that means we gotta find that train before he does. We gotta help Babs and everypony else on that train!" said Applejack.

Rainbow Dash only ran a step or two before she was stopped.

"Hold on, Rainbow Dash!" Applejack called out.

The pegasus pony stopped in her tracks and looked back at Applejack.

"We're on the ground now. This is my territory. I'll take over from here," said Applejack.

Rainbow Dash gave a quick nod of obedience. This was followed by Applejack jumping out of the wagon and unhooking Rainbow Dash from the pull of said wagon. Then Applejack strapped herself onto the pull with an assist from Rainbow Dash. Then Rainbow Dash hopped into the wagon followed by Applejack running off down the road with wagon in tow.

Both ponies couldn't help but steal a quick glance at the giant bipedal insect kaiju that was Megalon. It smacked its drills together as it let out a nose that almost sounded like a distorted cackle. It was as if it was enjoying thinking about how it was going to destroy whatever comes its way. Applejack could tell that's what Megalon was thinking. But she couldn't dwell on that right now. She turned her head away from Megalon and rushed on down the road she hoped would take her to the train, and to an extension, her cousin, Babs Seed.

---

Everypony was quick to hurry off of the in danger train, though they tripped over each other a lot to do so. Among the many, many ponies was the Manehattan born filly, Babs Seed, who like the many around her was scared beyond all belief. With the strap of her pack wrapped around her, the young pony's body was trembling from a mix of fear and adrenaline running through her. The wide eyed, fearful pony couldn't help the effects being put on her body as she looked around for some kind of help. She looked below and saw the road lower down the way that the train attendant had talked about earlier.

Also like he said, several military ponies were scattered down on the road and up the side of the small hill that separated it from the train tracks. They helped escort civilian ponies and even carry some of their bags and smaller children to large wagons pulled by at least six ponies. It looked as though they could carry twenty ponies each at the most.

"Hurry along, everypony! Hurry into the wagons! The ponies pulling them will take you to safety! Please make your way to the wagons on the road!" a commanding pegasus yelled into a megaphone.

Babs Seed stopped for only a second to peer at the wagons below. But she was quickly forced to move again by a whole crowd of ponies behind her. She and everypony else rushed down the small gap between the road and the railroad under the supervision of their military escort. Once they were on the road, they all scrambled to get into the closest wagon. Babs Seed struggled through the crowd to try and get into the back of one of those wagons. But the ponies around her forced her aside and got into the wagon themselves.

But Babs Seed was determined and would keep trying to get into the back of one of the wagons.

"Everypony, hurry up, get in!" The driver shouted at the top of his lungs.

He looked back to see if his wagon was filled to capacity yet. He saw that there was a small riot going on in the back, indicating to him he was almost full beyond capacity.

"Alright, let's go!" the driver yelled to the ponies who were to pull his wagon.

He then swung his reins forward, which signified to the running ponies it was time to hoof it. They ran forward and began to pull the wagon away. But as they did, many ponies that were hanging off the end of the wagon fell off of it and onto the ground. This included little Babs Seed who landed on top of an orange unicorn stallion. She raised her head and gasped as she watched the wagon roll away.

Babs Seed and several other ponies ran after the wagon, screaming at the top of their lungs.

"Wait! Please, wait! Wait for me! Wait!" Babs Seed screamed at the top of her lungs.

But that didn't happen. She was only able to keep up with the wagon for about twelve seconds before it began to roll away at a speed Babs couldn't help to match. She ran on though and watched in heart sinking disbelief as the wagon got further and further away to the point where there was almost no point in running after it.

She didn't get a chance to stop though as a random Earth pony stallion shoved past Babs Seed. The force of the stallion running, practically through her, sent Babs Seed tripping over her hoofs and rolling off the side of the road. Babs Seed screamed and shouted as she rolled, but even after she had ceased and was laying off to the side, no pony stopped to help her. The bruised and scratched up filly laid trembling as the pain from her fall settled into her nervous system.

But despite her pain, Babs Seed began to push herself up. But then she instantly fell back down when she tried to put pressure on her front right ankle. This was because of all the pain she had in her body, when she pressed on her ankle, it hurt the most. Babs Seed panicked even more than she already had been. What happened to my ankle? Did I break it?! Did I twist it?! Did I sprain it or what!?

Babs Seed tried to put her hoof down on the ground and put pressure on it again. There was instantly as much pain as before, making Babs Seed slightly gasp out and shudder. She raised her right hoof to her face and looked at her ankle with deeply upset eyes. Now what do I do? ...There's a giant monster coming at me, what else do I do?

With that, Babs Seed stood up on her three good legs as best as she could and proceeded to run/limp along back on the road, after the fleeing crowd of ponies and wagons. But even she knew, as much as she didn't want to believe, she wouldn't be able to keep up with them. They would pass her by...and it seemed like non of them were gonna stop to help.

---

Applejack had left Megalon behind a while back and was still running as fast as she could. The adrenaline in her body and the will to help her family kept her going at top speed. She was so focused on running that she didn't realize the that the road had lowered further down the hill it laid on the side of. She also didn't notice that the cluster of trees that fanned out over the field next to the hill had became less and less as she ran on.

The passenger in her wagon, Rainbow Dash, took notice however, now being able to see what was on the other side of the trees that had been obstructing hers and Applejack's vision for so long. What she saw got her very excited.

"Applejack, look!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she pointed a hoof.

Applejack looked in the direction her friend pointed and her eyes lit up.

"The train!" Applejack practically shouted.

Indeed, they saw the train just resting on the train tracks below.

"We're almost there," said Applejack.

"Closer than you think," said Rainbow Dash as she pointed down the road they were on.

Applejack looked and saw that the road they were on would eventually take them down the hill and to a railroad crossing a ten yards behind the train. Rainbow Dash and Applejack's lit up smiles were instantly replaced by looks of dread when they heard the calls of Megalon off in the distance.

"Sounds like the monster's getting close. We'd better high tail it," said Rainbow Dash.

"You're darn tootin'! Let's head on out!" said Applejack before she resumed running.

It took the orange mare Earth pony all her leg strength to run down the road as fast as she could. While Rainbow Dash could fly at hundreds of miles per hour, even breaking the sound barrier, Applejack was only running a fraction of that speed. But it was still, however, the fastest pony speed on land, at exactly fifty five miles per hour.

"Applejack! Hey, Applejack!" Rainbow Dash shouted out.

"What?!"

"Stop for a minute!"

"I can't! Babs-"

"Just do it!"

Applejack relented and came to a screeching stop.

"You wanna tell me why ya had me stop, Rainbow Dash?"

"I think we should leave the wagon here. If we take it down there and the kaiju catches up, there's a chance that it'll get crushed."

Applejack was unsure if they should leave the wagon behind. Rainbow Dash could see it in her face.

"Come on. By leaving it here, there's less of a risk of it being destroyed. We'll bring Babs Seed to it and then head back to Ponyville. Come on, Applejack."

Applejack looked to Rainbow Dash and nodded her head in reluctant agreement. She unstrapped herself to the wagon with Rainbow Dash's help. Then the two of them took off down the road. Applejack found herself able to run even faster than she was before without the added weight of pulling the wagon. But it still wasn't enough to keep up with Rainbow Dash's flying. She was doing her best to hold back, but she was still flying several feet in front of Applejack.

But this didn't bother the mare. Rainbow Dash looked back to make sure though. It was clear all Applejack cared about was getting there in time to help her young cousin. So, Rainbow Dash stopped worrying about it and flew. The two of them rushed down that road, practically tearing it up with how fast they moved. Their speed paid off when they saw the railroad crossing getting bigger to their vision as they got closer to it.

"We made it!" said Rainbow Dash in a celebratory tone.

"Yep, just about!" Applejack agreed.

The two of them turned off to the right as they ran and flew for the train. It wasn't long before they reached the very back car of the train. But they didn't let up on their speed. They were still going full throttle.

"Applejack, you start looking back here, I'm gonna fly up front and start there!"

"Alright, Rainbow Dash, go for it!"

Rainbow Dash flew around the train and zoomed to the front like she said, while Applejack hopped onto the back car and entered the interior.

"Babs Seed!" Applejack yelled at the top of her lungs.

But there was no answer. It didn't even look like there was anypony there. Not being deterred by this, Applejack began looking around every inch, in every corner of the car, all the while yelling, "Babs Seed?! Babs Seed are you there?! Are you here?! Are you anywhere!? Babs Seed, where are you!? It's me, Applejack! Babs Seed!?"

And so she went on like this for a few cars, looking in every passenger seat, looking under the seats, even looking in the top compartment where passengers kept their bags. Whatever other spaces there were in the train cars, she looked there too all the while still yelling, "Babs Seed, come out! It's me, your cousin, Applejack! I'm here to help you! Babs Seed?! Come on out, Babs!"

It was at that moment that Rainbow Dash came rushing into the rail car Applejack was in. She flew up to Applejack and asked, "Did you find her?"

"No, did you?" asked Applejack.

"No, I didn't. I even looked in the train engine. The whole train's been totally abandoned," said Rainbow Dash.

Applejack looked around at the empty interior of the train car. Her heart sank as she realized Rainbow Dash was right.

"Yeah...I reckon it is."

"Look on the bright side, Applejack. That probably means the rescue party came and got all the passengers. That means if Babs Seed was here, she was most likely collected with the rest of the ponies that were on this train."

Applejack's eyes lowered into a determined glare.

"Maybe, but I ain't takin' any chances," said Applejack.

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened.

"You mean...?"

"I'm gonna track down that rescue party and make sure she's alright!" said Applejack.

"A.J.-"

"Are you with me or not, Rainbow Dash?!"

"Uh... I... Uh- Um..."

A determined smile came across Rainbow Dash's face soon after.

"You know I'm always with ya, Applejack!"

Applejack smiled brightly at her friend's response.

"Thanks for sticking with me, Rainbow."

"Of course, I'd never leave my friends hangin'."

The two friends quickly hoof bumped, giving each other reassuring smiles as they did it. However, their tender moment was interrupted by the roar of Megalon ringing out not too far away. The two looked to the direction the roar came from, their expressions serious as ever.

"The monster's getting close, we'd better go," said Applejack.

Rainbow Dash nodded her head in agreement. Then the two ponies found the nearest exit and ran out of the train and to the ground outside. They looked to the front of the train and saw that Megalon was in sight. He was moving at a somewhat quicker speed then what he was the last time Applejack and Rainbow Dash saw him. It was most likely because he had spotted the train and was ready as ever to crush it.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack wasted no words and just turned to run down the path in the opposite direction of Megalon. Rainbow Dash was flying behind Applejack when she reached out her front legs and grabbed the Earth pony off the ground. Applejack's eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the ground she had been standing on a little bit ago. She then looked up at Rainbow Dash with a questionable look.

"No time to discuss it, Applejack. It's faster this way!"

"Oh... Alright. Then follow the road next to the tracks. It's the only other road, so I know the rescue party took it here and back."

"You got it, Applejack."

Rainbow Dash and her passenger looked back when they heard the roar of Megalon and the sound of a collision. They saw that the collision did indeed happen when Megalon kicked his right foot into the train engine, knocking it off the track. He didn't stop there, as he kept stomping on and kicking into the other train cars, letting out his monstrous cackle as he did so. Megalon lifted his head into the air and let out one of his high pitched roars.

"Q-q-q-Quite a l-l-l-lot of celebrating for just destroying a train...r-r-right, Applejack?" Rainbow Dash asked in a fearfully shaky voice.

"E-e-e-Eeyup," Applejack replied in the same shaky voice.

---

Babs Seed didn't get very far with her limp running. She kept tripping from moving on only three hooves, making her fall on her injured ankle, putting pressure and pain on it and making her drop to the ground. Her latest fall came at the same time she heard it. The dreadful, terrifying roar of the kaiju she had been hoping she wouldn't have to get close to or even have to see. She had heard it faintly in the distance a few times, but this time it sounded very, very close. Completely too close for comfort.

And now Babs Seed felt she had no choice. As she laid in the middle of the road, the fallen filly slowly turned her head back and looked up. Though she didn't need to look up to see it. The monster was big enough to see clearly from the distance it was from Babs. But she did have to look up if she wanted to see his head. Which she did not want, but couldn't help herself in doing.

So, Babs Seed did see the gigantic Megalon, head, body, and all. And when she did, the poor, defenseless pony let out a scream of horror. Almost as if in response, Megalon unleashed one of his hollering roars as he kicked up one of the train cars into the air, gleefully. The car hit the ground with a hard thud and a loud crashing sound. But it didn't stop there. After hitting the ground, the crunched and mangled car bounced up into the air and came crashing down yet again. It spun around and around, then skidded across the ground before screeching to a stop.

At that moment, all hope seemed to slip away and become lost for poor, little Babs Seed. She was laying on the ground practically crippled with a giant monster coming, basically, right for her. A colossus of a creature that seemed to revel in the destruction of all around it was heading in her direction. And she couldn't move fast enough to avoid it. But then she saw something that told her maybe she didn't have to.

Up in the sky, flying towards her, Babs Seed saw what looked to be a pegasus pony carrying an Earth pony. Are they passengers from the train that got left behind too? Babs Seed wondered. But then she realized quickly that this wasn't the case. While she didn't really recognize the pegasus, as it flew closer she instantly began to recognize the Earth pony she was carrying.

"It- It can't be. ...Applejack?" Babs Seed said in amazement.

Yes, as they approached her direction, Babs Seed began to make out the details of the Earth pony. And she very much resembled Babs' older cousin from Ponyville. From her orange fur and yellow mane and tail to her cowgirl hat. As they got closer, Babs Seed was becoming more and more convinced this Earth pony was indeed her cousin, Applejack. What she doing all the way out here? Babs Seed's eyes widened as she answered her own question. Did she come out here for me? Did Applejack come all the way from Ponyville just to save me?

"Applejack! Hey, Applejack! Down here! It's me, Babs Seed! I'm down here! Help! Help me! That's what you came here for, right?! Applejack!"

Babs Seed tried to continue screaming out, but her next breath got caught in her throat. This caused the filly to temporarily choke and gag as she tired to cough out the lump in her throat. She tried screaming out again, but her throat was still feeling the itchy coughing effects from the lump. She didn't need to yell out again though, for her first set of screaming caught both Applejack and Rainbow Dash's ears.

They both scanned the ground below, eyes zipping in every direction for two seconds before moving on. Applejack's eyes widened in hope and joy as she spotted Babs Seed laying in the middle of the road.

"Rainbow Dash, she's down there!"

Applejack pointed a hoof.

"Yeah, I see her," said Rainbow Dash, her voice full of joy just like Applejack's had been.

"Take us down and let's get her, Rainbow Dash."

"You got it, Applejack. What's she doing down there all by herself? Why isn't she with the convoy?"

"I... I don't know," Applejack admitted.

"You don't think they forgot her did you? You don't think they'd be so careless that they'd miss a helpless filly do you?" asked Rainbow Dash.

The idea that military ponies could let that happen to any kid, this one in particular angered both mares very greatly.

"Well, it don't matter now. We're here for Babs Seed now and we aren't gonna leave her to that overgrown roach!"

"Darn straight, Applejack!"

And with that, Rainbow Dash rushed down towards the road where Babs Seed laid. When they were only three feet from the ground, Applejack freed herself of Rainbow Dash's hold and ran up to Babs Seed.

"Babs!"

"Thank Celestia...it's you, Appleja.."

Babs Seed could barely speak due to a mixture of fatigue and strain she had put on her throat trying to yell and scream for Applejack. She tried to stand up, but only ended up falling into her older cousin's front legs. Rainbow Dash landed next to Applejack just as that happened.

"Save your strength, Sugarcube," said Applejack.

"Is she alright?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Don't know. She looks kind of beaten up. Nothing too bad though," said Applejack.

"Wait, her ankle looks a little red!" said Rainbow Dash in alarm.

She pointed a hoof, but before Applejack got a good look at it, Megalon's roar rang out through the air. The two mares looked back to see Megalon was getting dangerously close towards them.

"What should we do?" asked Rainbow Dash.

Applejack thought about it as fast as she could. She looked off to the side of the road and quickly came up with what they should do next.

"We gotta hide! Follow me!" said Applejack.

She then placed Babs Seed on Rainbow Dash's back and made a run for the bushes on the side of the road. Rainbow Dash followed quickly behind, being careful of her small passenger the entire time. The two ponies lowered themselves into the bushes, Applejack taking Babs off Rainbow Dash's back in the process, and ducked down out of sight as best as they could. Now all that was left was to let Megalon pass them, hopefully with no harm done to them.

So, from what little safety the bushes surrounding them provided, Applejack, carefully cradling Babs Seed, and Rainbow Dash looked up and watched in suspense as Megalon stomped toward their location. Megalon just kept looking down at the railroad tracks as he walked on. It was as if he were hoping it would lead him to something else to break. His enthusiasm for this idea came out in the form of his cackling roar.

Onward Megalon kept going, with Applejack and Rainbow Dash watching on in terrified anticipation. Then finally Megalon had walked until he was practically right in front of the ponies. He was on the elevated section of ground the railroad was on, but it was still frightening to have something that huge, that menacing, and that destructive so close. It was extremely lucky for these little ponies that Megalon didn't slow down even in the slightest when he came to their point though.

The kaiju gave no indication that he knew of their presence at all. Megalon was just roaring as he walked on, following the train tracks. Applejack and Rainbow Dash watched as the near, four hundred foot monster past them and stomped onward. They didn't come out of their hiding spot right away though. No, they stayed and gazed at the monster, waiting until Megalon got a certain distance away. They would come out then, when they felt it was safe.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack watched the monster walk. They waited and waited and waited still. They didn't do anything, didn't even make a sound until Megalon was about thirty feet away. Then Applejack knew the time was right.

"Okay, let's go," said Applejack.

The two mares hurried out of the bush. Then Applejack climbed up on Rainbow Dash's back, while still cradling Babs Seed. The rainbow haired pegasus took to the air and flew with a slight rush of speed back to where the two mares had left their wagon. Applejack looked down at her poor cousin as she laid in her fore legs, practically unconscious. Megalon's roar rang out which made Applejack look back at the monster. He was still heading in the opposite direction, which was definitely a good thing for the trio of ponies.

Applejack glared at the kaiju in hatred for what he would've ended up doing had she and Rainbow Dash not come. The very thought made Applejack shiver, feeling it running down her spine and through her body. But she forced herself to stop, not wanting it to effect Babs Seed, who she was still holding. Applejack made herself look away from Megalon and turned her full attention to getting back to Ponyville, the monster roaring in the background all the while.

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Well, here it is, Faithful Readers. The next chapter. Not as long as the last few have been, but hey, at least it came faster, right, Readers? I'll admit right now, this is 1 chapter I had been dying to write. Why? Because it was practically the same train attack from King Kong vs. Godzilla. Whether you think that's a good movie or not is totally up to you, but one thing I'll always fight people on is how awesome the train attack sequence is. I love it to death. It truly captured the terror and feel of what a giant monster attack is and should be, in my opinion. The two big differences, obviously, are that the fleeing crowd is made of ponies, not Japanese people and that the monster attacking isn't Godzilla. It couldn't be anyways because of the way I set up his character in this story. So, it was originally gonna be Geon who attacked the train. But I changed that because I felt I should spend time showing off one of the monsters that hadn't taken center stage in a chapter yet. So, I chose Megalon, who made more sense to have go that far inland undetected since he is a burrower.

While I loved writing this chapter, I have to admit, I probably shouldn't have. Why? 1 big reason, it introduces another well known character from the show that I now have to give part to in the story. I'm already working with a large cast of characters as it is, what did I think I was doing giving myself another one? Some might argue that I don't actually have to include Babs Seed in the rest of stories, but the majority of fans, myself included, would argue that it is wrong to waste such a well known and beloved character just for one chapter and then forget her. So yeah, Babs Seed is gonna be in the story now. Um...yay? I don't mean to sound like I don't like Babs Seed, I do, but now I gotta figure out how she'll fit into the story without feeling like a wasted character. Most of this stuff was outlined before I started writing the story, but I guess I forgot to outline Babs Seed's extended role while I was writing those outlines.

Anyways, I highly encourage you to leave a review after reading and be sure to let me know of any errors I may have missed in proof reading, be it spelling wise, grammar wise, or a dissatisfaction you may have with the scenario within the chapter overall. I'm The Guy Who Likes To Write Stuff, signing off.