Dagger's End:

The Swine Tide &

The Underworld Uprise (Vol. 2)

Chapter 5

A Chase That Pays Off

Starswirl the Beareded, was searching for somepony, as he was also expecting a fight to take place. Now, only to find out that the fight had come and gone, as he didn't know anything about Kora's work, here... "... Hmmm... That's odd... He must have sent me, a little too late, as I know that their king should have been here by now..." spoke Starswirl, as he referred to the 'king' as King Sombra. Starswirl, was about to pull something out from his cloak, until he felt that somepony was behind him, a few yards away... He turned around slowly, only to find a dark looking mare, as she gave him a small smile, to him... Kora, had her sword already out, as it's sharp end was pointing backwards. Starswirl was confused at first, as he thought that King Sombra had changed sex, or something, then noticed that this could be his daughter, or something else... "Huh..." chuckled the old stallion, "... A girl... I've fought against countless enemies, that were of King Sombra's, in many dimensions, and many times, and King Sombra sends in a girl to do his work!?..." spoke Starswirl, as he was expecting Sombra to come and face him. Kora, then ran twords him, only to be shot by his magic, and pushed back to some crates. The crates fell on top of Kora, but she managed to get back up. Starswirl, then casted a spell, at the crates to come alive, as the crates ruptured into wooden pieces, and formed into five separate pony bodies. The five wooden ponies, went after Kora, only to be shattered, by her powers. Kora, used a force repulse around her, as the wooden ponies flew all over the place, as all sorts of little wooden pieces flew all over the harbor. Starswirl, was impressed... He never saw such a trick in his life before, or such power, as he saw Kora, landing back on the wooden floor of the harbor. Kora, then pointed a hoof at the old wizard, using her powers to push him, into a marooned ship. Starswirl, grunted as he got back up slowly, as he was now inside the ship's hull. The ship that he was in, carried corn, as a few rats ran around, scurrying away to safety. " Pfft... Kids..." muttered Starswirl, as he quickly brushed himself off. Without warning, Kora had burst opened the wall of the ship's hull, as she then found the old wizard. Kora, then tossed the wall of the hull, at Starswirl, as he then grabbed onto the parts of the ships, avoiding the impact of the wall. Starswirl, then tossed the parts back to Kora, only to miss her, as she then slipped away from the attack, and bucked the old wizard, in the chest. The wizard coughed, and was knocked onto the floor, as he searched for an object to protect himself with, as he lifted a sword off, from the old wooden floor. Kora, lept twords Starswirl, as both of their swords had collided with one another. The two were putting pressure, against one another, as the old wizard grunted a few times, " Y-your... stronger than I thought, kid!... But I have been through a lot of things, that you haven't!...guh!... Do you really think you can beat me?..." Starswirl, then multitasked, as he then pulled a crate full of corn, at Kora! Kora, stopped using her sword against the wizard, and focused on the big crate, as it was going to collied against her, and crush her. She used her powers, to stop it, then lifted it, and launched it twords the old wizard, just before he could escape! Starswirl, was pushed by the impact of the big crate, as he fell onto a pier, as there were no boats or ships around him. Starswirl, was getting back up slowly, as faced twords his attacker, as he was ready to unleash a spell againt her. Kora, jumped out from the ship's hull, as she was making her way twords the wizard, as she was falling. Starswirl, then fired lighting shocks at her, as there was a long wave of it, flying straight twords Kora. Kora, quickly reacted to his attack, as she then put both of her hoofs in front of her, and caught onto the current of the electricity. Kora, absorbed the power, as she floated in mid air. Starswirl, thought she was being shocked, by his attack, as he then stopped casting his powers, only to get a clear look at his assassin. " No... That's impossible..." whispered the old wizard, surprised that Kora had taken some of the electrical current, all in her hoofs, as she was still foating in thin air. She then launched all that power, against Starswirl, as he was being shocked violently! " AAAARRRRGH!" yelled the old stallion, as he then thought of a magic, to cast on himself. The wizard, then made a bubble shield around himself, as this would only stop the electricity from getting to him. Kora, then stopped zapping him, as she then dived straight twords him, pushing him throught the wooden pier, and then the two splashed in water. Kora, began to choke Starswirl the Bearded, as they both held their breaths, underwater. The old stallion's throat and lungs burned, as he needed air, to breath. Kora, then picked him back up from out from the ocean, and used her unusal powers to launch back into the air, so that they may breath, as she too was losing her air supply. Kora and the wizard, bursted out from the water, as she still had her hoof on his neck, and then threw him to the ground on the side of the harbor, as Starswirl had an old building, behind him.

Starswirl the Bearded got back up, slowly, as he gasped and coughed for air. Kora, didn't give him any chance to breathe in more air, through his lungs, as she then got into a stance. Starswirl then knew who she was, exactly, as he remembered throught all the time travels, with Doctor Whooves! " Wait... I know who you are!... I know about your future!..." coughed the old wizard. Kora, paused for a moment, as she wanted to listen to what he had to say. " Your so called father... K-king Sombra, is using you!... He created you, so you may help him to take over all of Equestria... But I know, you'll be better than that... There is some good left in you!... So kid... don't do this!" still coughing, the old wizard spoke, as he was still gasping for air. Kora's mind was now filled with anger, as she didn't know who this pony was, and didn't care for him. She would bring King Sombra's enemies to justice, and show Equestria, to not treat it's king like he was a horrible tyrant! What Kora didn't know, was that King Sombra, treated everypony, terribly in the past... " My father, is a great stallion, as you should know better than to talk about him! I don't care how you know him, or herd of him, or even know me... But I've come here... to finnish you off!" spoke Kora, as she was angered by the wizard's words. "... Hold, on!-..." just before the wizard could speak, he was being choked by Kora's powers, as she had her hoof in the air, pointing twords Starswirl the Bearded. She then moved her hoof back, then quickly forwards, as if she was pushing the air. Then, the old wizard was forced into an old, five storey high building, as his impact made the whole building to collaspe... Kora, then also helped the building, as she moved both of her front hoofs, up and down, making sure that Starswirl the Bearded was no more, as she forced the building to complelely fall all over him... Kora, didn't hear a cry or any final words from the old wizard... only to find, of what remained of the old stallion... was his hat... Kora, smiled a bit, as she looked down at his hat... She picked it up, and stuffed it into her clothes, and took off. Leaving the old wizard, crushed by the building's weight, as Equestrian guards came by the incident, searching and finding clues as to what has happened...

Night had came by, as Dagger's group was camping by the desert. The sand was nearby, as they stayed close to the forest, and camped in it. " Soups up! Dig in everypony!" announced the white unicorn, as she happily had a cauldron in front of her, as she served everpony a bowl of soup. The soup contained carrots, cabbage, and some beans as everypony ate happily. It was getting cold, as they all had prepared three separate campfires, for the night. There were groups gathered by each of the three fires, as they told stories, and talked about their lives, as the conversation grew.

In Dagger's group, by the campfire, was Dagger, Rainbow Dash, Brave Heart, as he still wore his steel armor, with his great sword on his back, Trixie, Octavia, and Flash Sentry as they were all almost done with their meals. " Dagger, these hogs or Hogz... what are they exactly?" asked Flash Sentry, as he put his empty bowl, to the side. The whole group by the campfire sat down on some logs, or a big rock, as they sat down by the fire, warming themselves up. Dagger didn't know where to start... as he thought for a moment, then finnished his meal, "... Hogz, huh?... Well let me tell you guys one thing about these guys... Hogz, are not just a very bright race of killers, they also have some sort of... I don't know, magic! You could say, and they use this 'magic' by painting stuff on things. If the paint color was red, they would imagine it to be fast, and it would go fast. If they imagine it to be blue, it would be stronger, or have more ammo in a weapon or something... Also another strange thing is, we cannot see it going fast or getting stronger, as we for some reason, can't see it. It's very complicated to say, how their system works, but its just all screwy." finnished Dagger. " You mean like the hogz you stopped, just before they could have their way with a family, that you saved?" asked Trixie, as she remember watching Dagger killing one, then scared the other two away, from the rich family. " Yes! But for some reason... there weren't any blue paint on them... Which now makes me confused, now..." spoke the colt, as he then sat back down, after explaining about the Hogz. "... Do they ever wish, to look for peace?" asked Octavia, as she still covered her face, with the two black bandanas, still tied to her head, as no pony still knows that she was Octavia. Dagger, looked at her, and replied back, " No! Oh my gosh, no!... They never dare to look for peace!... All they care about, is just fighting and nothing more... They need to fight as much as we need to eat... and Hogz never stop to take a break eather, so don't give them a chance to take a brake, in a fight, guys! They have a lot of stamina in them... lots of it!..." repeated Dagger, as his race had fought a swarm of them, once a few times. Brave Heart, was the quietest pony, out of Dagger's whole group, as he then spoke for the first time, thoughout the journey, so far, and asked, " What's their weakness?" spoke the stallion, as he spoke like what a stallion should sound like, tough and manly speaking, as he looked at Dagger. " Oh! He finally speaks!" teased Flash Sentry, as he chuckled a bit. " And what's that suppose to mean? I am part of one of Celestia's old round table! If you were to be part of it, you would find yourself in a very difficult situation, my dear boy!..." spoke the stallion, as he got back up, scaring Flash Sentry. " Your part of the round table!?" asked Octavia, as she was interrested, of what he had said. Flash Sentry didn't noticest it, but Octavia, just saved his flank, just before he could be picked up, by Brave Heart's strength. Brave Heart, exchanged tones, as he spoke softly to the mysterious mare, " Why yes! I went through a lot of secret training, as I made myself to the top of the ranks, and managed to be part of the round table. I also happen to be the strongest of the round table, as I have been awarded several times, in a few conquests!..." spoke pridefully, the big stallion spoke. Then, out of nowhere Scootaloo, surprised everypony around the campfire, as everypony pulled out their weapons and pointed them twords her, " Rainbow Dash!" " Who goes, there!?" shouted Brave Heart, as they all looked at the young filly. They all lowered their weapons, as they saw the orange filly, " Scootaloo!? What are you doing here!?" questioned Rainbow Dash, surprised to see her! " I ran away from that book worm, Twilight, thought you guys would miss me!" spoke Scoots, as she was happy, to see the two together, finally... " W-wait... who 'guys'?" asked Dagger, as he looked at the filly, in such confused expression, " You and Rainbow, of course!" smiled Scootaloo, as she looked all inocent, as she tried to avoid getting into in trouble with Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash and Dagger, both blushed slightly, for a second, and then went back to the subject. " Scootaloo, I can't belive you would do such a thing like that! Where did you even to learn, to do that!?" spoke Rainbow Dash, as she was upset with her. " From you Rainbow Dash! You always said-" Before Scootaloo, could continue, he mouth was covered by Rainbow Dash's hoofs, as she wanted her to stop talking. Everypony around her, gave her a look, as they weren't impressed with her parenthood... " He, he... quite a bright kid, I have here... I-I think I'll just take her back to Twilight's..." spoke Rainbow, as she looked guilty, of herself, " Forget it Rainbow, by the time you come back, we would have been gone, by then. For now... Scootaloo will just have to stick with us, till the end of our trip..." finnished Dagger, as he looked at Scootaloo. Dagger, knew Scootaloo liked him, but he didn't like the idea, of having a young filly in his group... " Well... I guess that makes thirty-one ponies, in our group now... Why don't you just get some food, into that stomach of your's kid. Then you can sleep next to Rainbow Dash." spoke Dagger, as he tried to show for a smile. " R-really!? Thanks Dagger! I promiss I won't be a problem, for you!" spoke Scootaloo, as she happily spoke, and trotted off to White Coco, for a meal. Everypony settled down, as they sat back on their seats, " Heh... She must of got onto somepony's cart, just before we left Ponyville..." spoke Rainbow Dash, still feeling guilty at herself, as a few of them gave her a look, from bringing in a filly... Rainbow Dash, didn't get Scootaloo into one of the carts, as Scootaloo had planed all this, a little too well... " So, anypony have a story, they would like to tell us?" asked Dagger, as he was trying to change the subject, about the newest member in the group. " I've got one!... This story, is about the headless horse..." croaked Flash Sentry, as he then told the story, as everypony listened...

It was the middle of the night, as everypony fell asleep, in their tents in their sleeping bags. Scootaloo, snuck out from Rainbow Dash's tent, as she made twords Dagger's tent, as he was still awake, planning for their next move, to hunt down the Hogz, and hopfully kill Wartguts... " S-Scootaloo? What are you doing here, buddy?..." Spoke Dagger, as he looked tired, from his planning. "... I just wanted to know... as to what a quantillian pony does... when they would sleep... Now I see that they just work..." " No, no, you silly filly... That's just my job... We sleep just like your kind does. On beds, with blankets and pillows, just like you normal ponies would..." Dagger then thought about his home world, as he would remember the times he had teased his sister, Silvy, and scared her, and yet she would treat him so lovingly... " A-anyway Scoots... It's time for you to go to sleep... Good night now..." spoke Dagger, as he then led her to her quarters, " W-wait!..." Said Scootaloo, as she was trying to avoid going to sleep. " Yes?..." spoke Dagger, showing some patience to the young filly. " Do you think... You have something, to help me fly?... I... I can't fly... at all!... But... I was wondering... That you have something for me, to help me learn?..." Scootaloo, had dared to ask him, ever since she had come along, on this long journey... Dagger thought, for a moment, then had an idea...

The two, had got away from their campsite, as they were now in the cold desert terrain... " W-what are we doing here, Dagger?" spoke Scootaloo, as she thought, that Dagger was going to push her off a cliff, to help her 'fly'... Rainbow Dash had did this trick, once or twice, as she thought that this would help her, but she didn't solve anything in the end... " Don't worry!... Here, take this!..." spoke Dagger, as the wind was blowing at his face. Dagger, had placed his jetpack onto Scootaloo's back, as she was confused, to what was going on. " Wha-what are you doing!?..." Dagger looked, at her straight in the eyes, as he could see that she was scared, " Don't worry, I'm gunna help you to fly..." spoke Dagger, cheering her up, and knowing she was scared. Suddenly, Dagger activated the jetpack, as Scootaloo saw where he had pressed. The jetpack, made a chirp noise and then was quiet, then Scootaloo felt zero gravity around her... She looked at Dagger, not knowing what to do then. Dagger nodded at her, giving her an all clear signal. This was it! Scootaloo was now going to fly, as she then fluttered her wings in the air... then... she took off... Scootaloo's eyes were closed shut, as she opened them again, only to find that she was three feet, above ground. Scootaloo smiled, with excitement, as she then started to fly all over the place, at a nearby canyon. " WHOOOO HOOOOO!" shouted Scootaloo, as she soared around the sky, flying however she wanted! She was free! Free from gravity's pull, as she flew happily around then canyon, then flew around Dagger, as he smiled back at her. The two were happy, as if Dagger was Scootaloo's father, as she raced around him, showing off her speed.

" What are you two, up to?..." asked Rainbow Dash, as she looked at Dagger and Scootaloo. The two changed face expression, as they were now caught, by Rainbow Dash. " Um... Look, Rainbow Dash... I can explain..." quickly spoke Dagger, as he then put Scootaloo back onto the ground, and walked twords Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash, showed and angry face expression, then suddenly changed quickly, to a smile. " Better run, kid!" Shouted Rainbow Dash, as she then chased Scootaloo! Scootaloo, was surprised at first, but then knew that she was only playing, as the two now raced around the canyon, and were flying around pillars, rocks, and many other obstacles, along the way. Scootaloo, never had this much fun in her life, as she flew all over the place, with Rainbow Dash. Dagger, smiled, watching the two zooming all over the place, from a great distance. He could tell that the two were having a lot of fun with one another, as they spun around places! Then, something caught Dagger's attention... The two pegasus, were flying straight twords Dagger, as their speed increased! Dagger, didn't like where this was going, just as he was about to turn around and head back to camp for safety! Too late, was he then lifted off, from the sand, as both Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash held onto Dagger, by the hoofs. Dagger was scared for the first few times of his life, as he didn't dare to let go, of both Scootaloo's and Rainbow Dash's hoofs. Dagger tried to smile, for them, as he held on tight...

Eventually, he was let back down at camp, as they were close to the campsite. Scootaloo, gave back Dagger's jetpack, as she thought she had enough fun for one night. " That was so... AWSOME!" spoke the filly, as she walked by Dagger's side. " Thank you so much, Dagger!" continued the excited filly. Scootaloo, then lept in for a hug, as they walked twords the campsite. " Your welcome Scootaloo... Glad I could help!..." Smiled Dagger, as he saw Scootaloo nuzzling up, against his arm. " Alright Scoots, time to go to bed!" Spoke Rainbow Dash, as she cheerfully said to the filly, as she picked her up, away from Dagger's leg, then placed her on her back, " Thanks Dagger! That was really cool, of you to share that jetpack, with her. See you back at camp!" spoke Rainbow Dash, as she flew twords camp. Dagger, smiled, as he was happy to make somepony else happy...

Suddenly... Dagger herd a voice... a familiar tone... "...Dagger..." Growled a voice, as it also bellowed... "... Mai Sight?..." Dagger spoke, as he could immediately tell who it was. Suddenly, Dagger saw a form of a Stallion in thick, white armor... It was the great Mai Sight, as his armor, lit up with power... " Dagger..." spoke again the mortal, and already dead pony god, as he wasn't anymore mortal... "My lord!..." bowed Dagger, as he quickly nelt down... But then... Mai Sight lifted him up, with both of his hoofs, as he stood him back up... "... Dagger... There is no need for that anymore... I have a few words, to say to you... and please... call me... Sight... my lord..." finnished Mai Sight... Dagger was confused, as his great and powerful, mighty leader, Mai Sight, was correcting him to just call him by his name, with out 'Mai' in it... " What can I do for you... Sight..." humbly asked Dagger, as he looked at him. " This... This filly!... Scootaloo... I can sence power in her... But I am not certain... You should keep a watchful eye, on her Dagger... as she could be something of great importance, in the future!..." finnished Sight, as he spoke to him, with his powerful voice... No pony could see Mai Sight, only of a quantillian leader, can see Mai Sight's spirit, as Dagger was the last of his kind... "... Scootaloo?..." asked Dagger, " Yes... Scootaloo, may have a key to become... something else... I still cannot find the words for it... but mark my words... My lord... She will be just as powerful, as you are, only with more skills, instead of overpowering skills, such as yours..." finnished Mai Sight... " I see..." " One last thing Dagger..." spoke Mai Sight, as he continued once more... Dagger, looked at him, listening and waiting for what he had to say. Mai Sight, then continued, " We are still with you, my lord... We will always be with you..." spoke Mai Sight, as behind him, started to show Tank, Thorn, Silvy, Krystal, and many other quantillian ponies, who had fought in the last zenoid war, as well did others, from a great far past... Dagger, looked at Krystal... As he looked at her, he could tell that she was only a krystal ghost... Everypony else, vanished, leaving them at peace... "... You doing alright, pal? Saw you crying for me!" Spoke Krystal, as she happily spoke to him, with her quantillian armor on her. " Krystal... I... I'm sorry! I never you knew you had-..." Dagger, was cut off, as Krystal put a hoof, infront of his mouth. " Shhhh... It's ok... It's ok... Just don't cry for me anymore. It's kinda embarrasing for me." Spoke Krystal, as she looked uncomfortable to speak about it. " Ha, ha... Very well Krystal... But... what happened to you back there, right after I was about to kill Zues?..." " GUH! Don't get me started with that! That bastard, Oppressor, knocked me over the head, with something, then took a bit of blood out of me, as I was knocked out... After that... I was dead, because of my race's body build..." finnished Krystal, as she answered Dagger's question. " What about Storm Spirit?... I didn't see him, with everypony else..." questioned Dagger, as he noticed that Storm Spirit wasn't around of those who died, in the last zenoid war. Krystal chuckled a bit, as he looked at Dagger, " He he he! Oh, I don't think you'll need to worry about him, Dagger. He his probably hiding somewhere, confused of what to do. You know how that poor guy is, when he is alone... He is like a dog, that can't be alone all the time! I'm sure he is in a cave... somewhere... or something... or... he might have died, and the quantillian krystal wasn't able to retrieve him, for some reason. I have faith though, that he could still be alive, just as you are... Dagger..." Krystal, then gazed into Dagger's eyes, as well did Dagger, as the two looked at each other. The two's face got closer... and closer... then... Mai Sight and Thorn, showed up, as they caught them in the middle, of their little moment. " Gah!... Can't you guys give us a little moment, to ourselves!?" spoke Krystal, as she was surprised by the two big stallions. " Sorry, sister Krystal, but Dagger needs to be getting some sleep, for his tomarrow's trip! I don't want the last of our strongest race, to go out tomarrow morining, and start to sleep walk! Now then... be gone, Dagger, as you have a long journey ahead of you..." finnished Mai Sight, as Dagger nodded, and trotted away to his camp... " Huh... If only, I was still alive... Dagger and I could have had fillies, by now... and the quantillian race would've been able to live on, for another years to come..." dreamed Krystal, as she looked to her lover, just stating for a fact... " Yes... But the fact of the matter is... I can sence that Dagger, will be dead... sooner, or later... none the less, he is the last of our race... as we are now, only to watch him, closely..." finnished Mai Sight, as all three of them, Thorn, Mai Sight, and Krystal then vanished slowly, as the wind pushed them away, from this world, back into their planet's giant krystal...

" You want me, boss? Nar har har ah, haaar!" bellowed a fat looking hog, as he had one hoof replaced with a claw, that had a buzzsaw, three long screwdrivers, and two blades with it. " Yea, get some boyz wif ya, and tear up dem pony gits! I don't want no pony, to get ta me camp, by the time weez all leave'n..." replied back Wartguts, as the Hogz were camped in a canyon, as they had quickly built some wooden stacked block houses, as they were very unstable. They fixed that problem, using ropes, nails, and duck tape. The horrible construction of the buildings were still unstable, as the whole thing could collapse at any time, while Wartguts's boyz fell asleep in them. The wooden buildings, stood up tall, like a tower, as they leaned next to a pillar, making it to look very unstable...

The other warthog's name was Bits, as his gut hung out with a mechanic's apron, as there were some blood stains on it. He also had a shoota, on his holster, as he would hold it like a handgun, with his other free hoof. He was also bigger, than the average size of a hog, as he was the third biggest hog, in the clan, right next to Warty. Bits, just looked to his boss, as he smiled for some action, " Where to..." cooed the old, fat, greasy hog... " Youz go'n no where ya git! Youz gunna stay right 'ere, and finnish dem poniez dat iz after us. Den, you come back ta me, and den I'll know dat you took care of dem poniez..." finnished Wartguts, as he grinned a little bit. A few grots then took off both of Wartguts's long, thick, tusks off of him, as they then replaced them, with two long hammers, on each side of his mouth. The neck of the hammers, was as long as his tusks were, and the two heads of the hammer, was as big as a small smart car, as he held them, like they weighed like nothing. The fat engineer hog, Bit, liked the looks of the size of the hammers, and thought as to why he didn't get any, for his own tusks, as his tusks were way smaller than Wartguts's. " I've got da good bits for dis 'ere fight! Nar ha ha ha ha ha!" bellowed Bit, as he then walked off, miding his own business, as he made his way to a few boyz who were suppose to join Bit, in a fight, for tomorrow.

Bit, managed to get down, from the tall wooden tower, as he almost missed a few steps, and would've made the whole building to collapse, if any hog fell over. " Oi, you boyz stay wif me, or I'll give ya a thump or two... Oh... And also make sure dat fighta bomba 'ere, stays wif us too... We're going to need 'em, to make sure dose poniez don't get back up..." finnished bits, as he chuckled a bit. He then imagined the bombs, from the fighter bomber, launching it's bombs to the ponies who followed them... Those ponies would happen to be Dagger's group, as they would probably fall into the trap, made by the Hogz.

The desert, was hot and alsmot unbearable, as Dagger's group made their way twords the Hogz, as tracking them was easier, and could also find hoof prints left on the desert ground. Flash Sentry, trotted twords Dagger, as he found out about the settlement the hogz had made, " Dagger, I think I've found where our porky friends are." spoke Flash, as he saluted to Dagger. " Excelent, we'll make sure to make a defensive formation... Will make the Hogz come to us..." " They, coming to us?..." questioned Flash Sentry. " Hogz, are sometimes stronger, when they are defensive with their things... But if we make them to charge at us, we will have a chance to break their moral, confuse them, and get them by suprise as I have plans for everypony to do their part, and I mean everypony... Tell everypony to get ready, we have a battle to win!" finnished Dagger, as he then trotted off. Flash Sentry, did the same, as he too ran off to tell the others.

Few hours had passed, as everypony got everything ready, setup in a corner of a canyon. Traps were set, archers were in their places, and anypony who could fight in close combat, was in the center of the canyon, as the Hogz couldn't resist, from a fight. Pinkamena, had disappeared, as she had plans of her own... Pinkamena, used hog's meat for her cupcakes, while pony meat was tough and chewy for her, and wasn't as sweet as hog meat.

" Oi, wartboss Bits! Dere are poniez, over dere between dem big rocks! Only... dey not coming for us." spoke a warthog boy, as he carried his own shoota. Bits, looked from up high, on the tall wooden, almost ready to collaspe, building that the Hogz had built. Bits, thought for a moment, and then settled his own thoughts for a conclusion... The big and greasy hog, snarled a bit, as he spoke, "... Tell dem boyz, dat we 'ave a change of plans... Weez go'n out to slaughter the lot! Oh... and don't for get about dat boy, 'oo iz a fighta bomba git!" barked the hog, as he finnished his sentience with a bit of spit, in the air. " Sure thing, boss!" replied happily, spoke the smaller hog, as he then ran back to the rest of the Hogz, were waiting...

Flash Sentry, was on the cliffs, keeping an eye out for the Hogz' whereabouts. Then... he saw them... the swarm of the disgusting pigs, was heading right twords them! " Dagger! Here they come!" shouted the stallion, as he ran back to Dagger, repeating his words, " They're coming! They're coming!" until he had found Dagger, as he looked back at him, having his helmet on his head, and gave him a singal, to stay quiet...

Everypony, stayed quiet, while Scootaloo stayed safely in the cart, full of equipment and sorts, as she hid in there, until it was safe. Dagger's group stayed hidden, as they didn't want the Hogz to find them, at least not yet... The hogz passed by a few hidden ponies, as the hogz were later going to trap themselves, not knowing the danger, as they would corner themselves.

The first few Hogz, stopped a bit, only to find that there weren't any ponies to kill. " Iz dis where da fight'n iz!?" spoke the hog, as he wasn't sure if he was being lied to, or this was some silly trick played by the grots... Suddenly, a few hogz were already dead, as they all turned around looked twords the attackers, as arrows flew all over the place, catching them by suprise! " ITS RAINING DAKKA!" cried a hog, as they all ran, to anything that could provide them with cover. " Weez hiding in covar, ya gits!" spoke another hog, as he gloated at the ponies, who were firing arrows at them. The hogz then fired back at the ponies, who launched their arrows at them, as they used their shootas. " You shoot me!?-I shoot you!" spoke another hog, as if he was not clear of the situation around him. Then, Dagger and Brave Heart, with a few other ponies who had brought their swords, spears, and other different kinds of weapons, charged at the hogz that were shooting at the ponies, as they were being completely distracted by the action. No pony made a war cry, until they got close enough to slaughter the hogz, as many of them would die. " For the round table!" spoke first, Brave Heart, as he had his steel armor and helmet on him. Brave Heart used his long, great sword, as he swung heavily against the hogz, cutting and slicing them into chunks of body parts. Despise Brave Heart, wearing steel armor and using a great long sword, made his attacks very powerful and effective, but made him slow, as his equipment slowed him down. Everypony hacked and slashed at the hogz, until there were no hogs left alive... "... That was too easy! Have we won, already!?" spoke another stallion, as he pulled his sword out, from a hog's chest. Dagger, could hear more hogs approaching, as he could hear them running as their hoofs, made a lot of noise, as they ran... " No... this is far from over... Everypony, get ready for their next attack! That was just a scouting squad! Prepare yourselfs!" shouted Dagger, warning them of the dangers that were to come! Dagger, could see that there were a few new hogz coming by, as they looked a foot bigger than their smaller normal hogs would be... " Hog nobs..." spoke Dagger, whispering to himself. Hog nobs, were slightly bigger than their smaller friends, which were hog boyz, as they were bigger than the average stallion, and a whole lot tougher than the average hog! The hog nobs carried bigger melee weapons, such as huge battle hammers or big axes, as they charged at Dagger's little group, that was in the center of the canyon. " Activate the first trap!" commanded Dagger, as he shouted out loud.

Trixie, herd what Dagger had said, as she then pulled a rope, latching onto some heavy rocks, as they would create a small rock fall, on top of the hogs, as the rocks would crush most of them! Trixie, untied the ropes, as the first few rocks had fell. Then, the rocks started hitting the sides of the canyon, as they rolled their way twords the hogs. Eventually, the hogs were crushed by the impact of the rocks, as only a quarter of them, were left to fight against Dagger's small group. Three nob hogs, made their way through the trap, as well did a few of their smaller pigs. The first three nob hogs, charged viciously, as they wanted some action! Brave Heart, charged at one of them, as he used his great sword to block his attack. Brave Heart, and the nob hog, were now fighting against one another, as it was brute versus strength!

The other two nob hogs, came stomping twords Dagger, as Dagger was now charging at the both of them, assuming he could take care of them all! Dagger, cut off the big weapon from one of the nob hogs, as he then bucked it, across the face. The first nob hog, fell onto the hot sand, as Dagger then looked to his next opponent. Dagger, wasn't able to react in time, as the big hog then smacked him with his heavy hammer. Dagger, was flung into a rock, leaving a mark on the rock, as he simply got back up, and cracked his neck a few times. Dagger then charged at the nob hog, just as the big pig, was lifting his hammer to make another attack! Dagger, then lept onto the hammer, and used his jetpack to push the hammer in the opposite direction. The hammer had a spike, on both ends, as it then dug into the ground. The hammer was stuck, as the big hog tried to pull it back out. The nob hog, then turned around, and tried to pull it the other way, only to find that Dagger had bucked him, in the face. Dagger, then pulled his heavy blade out, from his back, and slamed it, straight down, on to the big hog's head. The nob hog's head expoded, as blood, bones, and brains flew all over the place! Dagger, then went back to the previous hog, that was knocked out, as he got back up, and charged at Dagger. Dagger, activated his jetpack again, and flew bellow the hog's gut. Dagger then grabbed onto the hog's tail, and was now being dragged by his charge. The nob hog, then crashed into a rock pillar, and the top of the pillar had collapsed, crushing the hog, killing it. Dagger, barely escaped from the impact, as he was so close to the pillar, with the nob hog, and had used his jetpack again, to escape. The battle against the hogz, was half way done, as the ponies and a mule, were putting up a fight for their lives, against the attack, while the hogz relied on each other, to swarm their enemies.

Few minutes had passed, as their wartboss showed his ugly face. Bit, was now leading his boys, for the 'Waaargh!' He then saw a few of his boys running at him, as they looked frightened by the ponies' cunning attacks. " Wot you gits do'n!? Stop dat! You look like a scared pony!" bellowed Bit, as he barked at them several times. " B-boss! Dey too strong!" complained a hog, as only a few of them retreated from an ambush, recently from a fight. Bit, rolled his eyes, as he then pulled out a small intercom device, " Oi! Get da gunz ready, on dat fighta bomba! We need ya to stop dem puny pony gits! And kill dat quantillian pony, first!" bellowed Bit, as an old trashy built jet, then flew right over him, as it soared very fast!

Dagger, was just finnishing a few hogz off, left in the canyon, until he looked up into the sky and saw a hog built jet... He recognized the the built, of the jet, as it was a bomber class, AKA 'Fighta Bomba'. The fighter bomba, was painted red, and had a shark face graphite on the end, of the nose of the plane. The fighta bomba jet, had two different weapons... the jet was equip with two machine guns, as small grots would pivot the turret, and fire them. While the other weapon, was the fighta bomber's famous bombs! The fighta bomba, would launch under it's hull, a rocket, as a grot would control it's destination. The grot, that controlled the rocket, would then explode on impact, thinking it would survive from the explosion, when it was most likely going to die. The fighta bomba, had two built-in mics, as he would shout out a warning, or just speak into the speakers, out loud. " Fighta Bomba 'ere ready to make a BIG BOOM!" spoke the fighta bomba, as it there was only one hog, manning the jet, while all the other grots inside the plane, would work on the engins, guns, ammo, and pivot the tail of the plane, as they were slaves to the hogs. The hog pilot, then spot Dagger, as he grinned inside his cockpit. " Grots away!" shouted the hog, excitedly, as he pressed a red button that said 'grot bomb'. The belly of the plane opened a small door, releasing a small rocket, as the rocket was small enough for a grot to control the small missle, that he was inside of. The grot smiled, thinking he would come back alive, as he wanted to be the biggest thing to make the biggest boom, in his life, as his head popped out, from a small opening on the top of the rocket. The rocket then took off, as it zoomed, heading twords Dagger, as the grot screamed, with a mixture of fear and excitement! "NYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" screeched the small, green goblin, as he showed his teeth, to his target.

Dagger, was shocked to see the rocked chasing after him, as he then activated his jetpack, to avoid the bomb's course! Too late, for Dagger, as the bomb had already exploded, and Dagger flew away from the impact, as his jetpack was now temporarily disabled... " Shoot!" cursed Dagger, as he was on the ground, knowing his jetpack was overheated! Dagger, scrambled on his hoofs, as he then tried to hide, from the fighter bomba.

The hog, inside the jet, looked around, as the fight between hog and ponies, took place, as he simply ignored the battle, down below him... The pilot, was specifically instructed to kill Dagger, as he scanned through his dirty window, of the cockpit, as there was no sign of him... Then, the hog pilot spotted Dagger, as he made a run for it. " You can't escape, da grot bomb!" shouted the warthog, though the speakers, as he then launched another rocket, that another grot was already in his temporary cockpit, as he flew twords Dagger. "NYAAAAAAAAAAAA!" shouted another grot, as this one, held onto his pilot goggles, over head head, with his hands over himself. Another explosion was made, as Dagger flew over the ground again, and quickly got back up! The hog pilot, then eyed on Dagger, as he then launched another grot bomb. " Bye now!" "NYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" screeched another grot, as another one flew twords Dagger! Dagger, then thought of something quickly, as he then turned around, and pointed his hoof wrist wire rope, at the rocket! His wire rope snagged onto the rocket, and he lept, as he was now being pulled by the rocket, as he commanded his wire rope to pull him twords it! Dagger, carefully landed on the nose of the rocket, as he then kicked the grot out of his own cockpit, and flung him into the dirt. Dagger, did his best to control the speeding missle, away from the ground level, as it would soon explode! He managed to control the rocket, from off course, and was now heading straight twords the fighta bomba! " Get da gunz ready! Dakka! Dakka! Dakka! Dakka!" shouted the hog, through the mic, as the grots ran around, scared of his boss, in the jet.

The fighta bomba, was now shooting it's two machine guns, at the rocket that Dagger was on, as he was making his way twords the jet. The fuel of the rocket, started to deplete, as it started going down! Dagger thought quickly, as he then hopped onto the jet, barely able to grab onto it, on the edge of the wing, as his hoof slipped right off the edge of the plane! Dagger was now falling, as his jetpack was still overheated! Dagger, tried to activate his jetpack, again, and again! Nothing would happen, as his helmet indicated that the jetpack was too hot, to turn back on! Then, out of the bloom, Rainbow Dash had grabbed onto Dagger, saving him from a fall that was avoided! The grot bomb fell, and landed as it impacted on the groud, as it exploded, killing a few hogz. "Thanks!" spoke Dagger, as he was hanging onto Rainbow Dash's hoofs, " No problem! Here, let me deal with this heap of trash, for you!" spoke Rainbow Dash, as she then dropped off Dagger, next to a group of ponies, as she then was flying twords the fighta bomba. " Doh! Great! Now dat crazy pony, wants to go after us now!" cursed the hog pilot, " Crazy pony, is still a pony!" continued the hog, as he encouraged himself.

Rainbow Dash, flew right up infront of the jet, as she then teased it, making all sorts of faces at the hog's window. The warthog pilot, then had enough of staring at the puny pony, as he then launched another grot bomb, this time directing at Rainbow Dash!

Dagger, looked worried, as he watched Rainbow Dash taunting the hog pilot, then saw what she was planing to do... Rainbow Dash, later grabbed onto the grot bomb, that was just released, and pushed it back to the inside of the jet, as the grot bomb would crash right into the inside of the jet's haul... Just before the belly of the plane could close, Rainbow Dash made a quick dash, out of there, leaving the grot bomb to explode inside the jet!

The rocket hit the door, to the cockpit! The hog pilot, turned around and asking the door, as to what had happened, as he tried to speak though the door, to the grots, " Wot waz dat!? Did somefing just fell off!?"

Then, the fighta bomba was no more, as the jet had exploded, shattering into pieces! Rainbow Dash was affected by the explosion, as a metal part of the jet, had cut one of her wings. " Ngh! My wing!" cried the rainbowed mane colored, pegasus. She was falling, as Dagger now had the 'all clear' singal, that his jetpack was now done, from being overheated! He activated his jetpack, and flew straight twords Rainbow Dash, saving her life, just before anything else could collide against her body, and most likely injure her, or even kill her.

The battle was almost won, as Dagger got Rainbow Dash back on the desert ground, next to a few ponies. " Medic! See what you can do to help her wound!" " Yes, Dagger!" spoke a mare, as she did her best to wrap up Rainbow's wound up, stopping it from bleeding. Dagger, took off, as he was searching for a big hog, that would lead this battle, which would be Bits, a temporary wartboss of his group.

Dagger, landed next to a few hogz, as he quickly killed them all, using his hoof wrist flamethrower, and looked around his area, checking for any signs, of Bits. Then, the old greasy hog, Bits, showed himself to Dagger, as he lept over a few rocks, " ROUH! Har har ah ah ah!... So... YOOoou, must be dat quantillian git! Well guess wot, ya ruddy little runt! Youz not going anywhere... wif out me kill'n ya! Ah ah ah ah AAAH!" laughed the hog, as he was armed with his clunky, looking claw, as it had a chainsaw, long pointy screwdrivers, and two sharp blades on it, as they all took a form of a claw! The old greasy warthog, was also armed with a shoota, as this one had two barrels connected to one another, instead of one, like most shootas would have. He flipped a welder's mask, over his face, and got to 'work' as he then swung his claw at Dagger! Dagger, dodged the attacks, as the warthog made continuous swings, with his mighty claw.

Dagger, had dodged enough times, and found an open spot, to fight back! Dagger, pulled his blade out to strike back at the old greasy hog, but was blocked, by a force field! Dagger was surprised, as this was his first time encountering such a defence, against a hog, " You didn't tink I would come and fight ya, with out me bubble shield... did ya?..." growled the hog, as he then picked up Dagger, with his claw, trying to cut him, as the chainsaw was active! The chainsaw, wasn't able to cut Dagger at all, as it only hit him constantly, shaking him violently! " Gah! Youz can't be dat serious! I sharpen dat fing, wif me own hoofs!" Bit, then threw Dagger away from himself, as he was thrown back, at a big boulder. Dagger, grunted as he got back up, and readied his blade, yet again, this time he was going to attack at the weak spot on, of shield, as it was located on the far back of the hog. Dagger, activated his jetpack, as he flew around the hog, making his way to the power supply of the shield! Dagger, hit the generator, with all his might, as his blade dug through the force field, and dug into the small machine, that produced the shield... " Oi! Get away from dere!" roared the hog, as he then spun around, not noticing that it was too late, to save his generator. Dagger, was just about to strike back at Bit, until a grot had hopped onto his face, blinding his vision, as it came out of nowhere! Bit, then grabbed onto Dagger's head, as he still had his helmet on him, and was being flung around, as the grot got crushed by Bit's chainsaw, crushing and cutting up the bones of the goblin's flesh. The grot, screamed in pain, as Dagger was then throw around, yet again. Dagger, had enough from Bit's claw, and pointed his hoof wrist blaster at the hog's claw! He fired it, and had melted parts of the claw, as it was unable to close now.

The warthog, then hit his claw several times, trying to get it to work. It was no use, as he then took off the claw off from his hoof, and showed his real hoof, as it slipped out from the slot, from the claw.

Dagger, then pointed his heavy blade to the ground, raised it, then stabbed the ground, as he had created a crater around himself! Rocks flew all over the place, as he then baseball batted, the big chucks of rocks in the air, as they all few straight twords wartboss Bit! Bit, was struck a few times, as the big pieces of rocks hit him all over his body. " Now, just a few dirt, izn't gunna stop me from-..." Bit, looked up into the air, only to find Dagger, had lept into the air, as he was about to make a final killing blow. Bit smiled, as he allowed him to charge at him, thinking the shields would protect him, when they were actually shut down, by Dagger... " Oh, come on! Me shiny shield will- Guh!...AAAARrrrugh!" cried the big hog, as Dagger, had his blade deep in his gut. Bit, then looked at him, slowly, and smiled... "... Oh... You tink that's it den?... No... No, no, no, no... Iz not just done, just yet..." smiled the greasy hog, as a bomb was implanted inside of him... Dagger, herd a few beeps, as he then got the idea, of an timer set for a bomb. Dagger, pulled his blade out from wartboss's gut, and used his hoof wrist wire and jetpack, to fly him out of the canyon! Dagger, pulled with all his might to throw him out away from the canyon, as he swung Bit, around using the wire rope, as he spun around! The quantillian pony, kept on spinning and spinning, until he thought he had enough momentum, the launch the hog away from the battle! Dagger, hit the release button, and the old greasy looking hog, Bit, was no more, after he had exploded...

Eventually, Dagger's group had won the battle, in the canyons, as they made their way twords the hog's little base of operation. The whole group made it alive, and took a few casualties, as they all had patched up their wounds. They were heading twords the hog's nearby base, as they needed to rest, in a shady place, as the sun was beating down on them.

They eventually, made their way twords the canyon, as the hog's messy looking base, was abandoned... or at least so they thought... " Trixie, would like to know, as to why, we should stay, in this dump!" complained Trixie, as she spoke out loud. " Well Trixie, why don't you just go and find us a hotel or something! Or are you going to wait for a cab..." replied Pinkamena, as the sun didn't bother her at all, as the whole group hid in the shade. Trixie, was upset, at Pinkamena's comment, as she spoke back to her, as this bothered her, " Oh, ha ha, Trixie forgot that you had a sense of humor! Or is that your personality, that is as dead as a rock!" Pinkamena, took it as an offense, as she wasn't sure if Trixie, knew about Pinkie Pie's past. Pinkamena, didn't like Pinkie Pie that much, but protected her, as if she was like her sister, as the two would share feelings for one another, "... Annd, what's that sopose to mean! You ignorant, lier! You and your little shows of lies!..." hissed Pinkamena, as she was about to reach for a knife, or a sword, in her jacket, getting ready to cut Trixie up... Before Pinkamena and Trixie could have a chance to kill one another, Flash Sentry stopped the two! " Girls! Stop! The heat is just getting on your nerves! Cool your jets for a bit. I am sure Dagger, has a plan for the rest of today, as we all are tired, from the fight..." spoke Flash, trying to put some senses into the mares, from killing one another... The two, let out a 'hmph' at one another, as they walked away from each other.

Dagger, had gathered the group together, as he wanted to speak to them all, for just a few seconds, "... Alright guys, I know we are all tired from the fight, but we need to make sure, we are alone in this place... Check out the rooms, and be careful of any sort of activity, that my be of the Hogz's work... We will rest, before we leave this canyon, as it will protect us from the heat of the sun. So everypony calm down, and do what you are told, and we will get out of this, peacefully." finnished Dagger, as they all went in search for anything that could be a threat, to them all...

Eventually, they all had checked everything around them, as it seemed to be safe... for the time being... White Coco, was cooking up a meal, as tonight's dinner was going to be a southern dish. The sun, was about to settle down, as some ponies, didn't have to build tents for shelters, as the Hogz have left their own buildings, left to the ponies who had claimed it.

Scootaloo, was going to check up on Dagger, as she trotted happily twords him. Dagger, was watching the sky, as he stood there on a tall rock. He turned his head to find Scootaloo, as if she wanted something, from him. " Hey Scootaloo, what can I do for ya?" asked Dagger, as he took off his helmet off from his head. " Why is everypony upset?" asked the filly, not sure why everypony was upset. Dagger, sighed a bit, as he looked at Scootaloo, " It's just the heat... But don't worry! Everypony will be fine by tomarrow." replied Dagger, reassuring the kid. "... Well that's good!... So... Can I ask you something Dagger?" asked Scootaloo, not sure if it was the right time to ask him, if he had any brothers or sisters. " Shoot!" replied Dagger, as he happily spoke. " Did you have a brother, or a sister? If you did, who were they?..." finnished Scoots, as she then sat there waiting for an answer. Dagger's heart, thumped a bit, after hearing those words... His sister, has been dead for along time now... As he could still remember about her grave, as she had saved Sweete Belle, from certain death, from the Secret Forces of Equestria. " Dagger?..." asked Scoots, as she could tell Dagger didn't look too well. " Huh!?... Oh right... Yea... I had a sister." " What was she like? Was she the nicest sister?" asked Scoots. Dagger sighed, as he looked at her, "...Yea... too nice, for my taste..." replied Dagger. " What did you guys do, in the past? Sound like you guys, fought against one another a lot..." asked Scootaloo, curious of Dagger's expression. " Well... actually... I was the one who picked the fights... yet... she would treat me so kindly..." replied Dagger, as he regretted his past. " How... did she treat you?..." asked Scootaloo, as she had dared herself to ask that question... Dagger, simply answered her question, as he spoke calmly, twords her. He explained, his sister's personality and also the stories he and his sister, have been through together, in their combat school. Combat school, was the only education in the planet Quantillion, as they also learned other things such as science, history, and even reading and writing, and much more educational things, that were never even herd of. However, the education on Quantillion, still focused on it's education for combat, as the planet was constantly raging war, against the Zenoids, from time to time.

From a distance, was a hog and a grot, as the two were hungry, as they eyed on one little filly from a far distance... Scootaloo... The two shared a telescope, as they drooled, with hunger... " See? Now no pony is watching them! We should get the orange one, now!" spoke the grot, as he was tired of waiting around. " Yes... But remember! Youz better not drop 'er ya git! Cause if you doez... I'z gunna 'ave somefing dat I am tired of eat'n... and dats grots, ya runt... So get dis right! Or it's grot stew, for you!..." finnished the hog, as he got onto his hog built bicycle, that would fly the both of them, off and away from the tall wooden structure, they were on. The bicycle, had two rockets, to help them make a quick getaway, as they only had one shot at this, as it had a little bit of fuel, in it. The hog would pedal, as hard as he could, while the grot readied a cage, set for the little filly... The two took off, as the hog pedalled as fast as he could, as they made their way to Scootaloo...

"... I never knew your sister would be so kind, Dagger... She sounds like she was cool sister, back then..." commented Scootaloo. " She was, wasn't she?... Well, I think we should help out with the camp, setup..." spoke Dagger, as the two were walking away from where they were speaking from. Dagger and Scootaloo, walked twords the campsite, suddenly... Scootaloo was snatch up, by something or someone... " Dagger!" "Scootaloo!" shouted the two, as they got separated from each other! Dagger, made a dash to Scootaloo, as she was snatched up by a grot, and stuffed into a cage, " I got it! I got it!" repeated the grot, " Good... Now don't drop it, ya runt!" nagged the hog, as the two were flying away, in their little bicycle plane.

" Ya'll hear that?..." asked Apple Jack, as she wasn't sure, if she was the only one hearing, a cry for help, from Scootaloo. " Yea... That sounded like Dagger, and Scootaloo!" alarmed Rainbow Dash, as she tried to flap her wings, instead she felt great pain, as she still couldn't fly. " Hold it there, Rainbow! I'll go find out what's go'n on." spoke Apple Jack, as she made sure that her friend wouldn't try anything reckless, to hurt herself even more. Then, something flew over their heads, as Scootaloo cried for help, " Help, me! Somepony, please, help!" cried, the filly. Dagger followed hog's trail, as he ran twords Scoots, then the two disappeared, from the groups view, as they made their way through the canyon, filled with hog stucture buildings... " Hang in there Scoots!" shouted Apple Jack, " I'm coming too!" commented Pinkamena, as the two mares then chased after, the shouting filly's voice. Everypony else, was too tired, or heavily wounded to get up, to help them, as they stayed behind.

Dagger, was running, as he was about to lose the hog's and the grot's trail... " See ya! Ya dumb pony! Ah ha!..." teased the hog, as they flew away from Dagger. Dagger, wasn't going to give up on Scoots, as he then looked at the poorly build, buildings... " Time for plan B..." Dagger spoke to himself, as he then activated his hoof wrist wire rope, and snagged onto the edge of one of the wooden buildings...

Scootaloo, was scared... As she looked at the grot. " Please... Please! Can't you just leave me alone..." cried Scoots, as she was scared for her life. " Shut up!" replied the grot, as he was really hungry. Scootaloo, looked down at the desert ground... finding no hope for her to be back with Rainbow Dash or Dagger's group, any time soon... Around them were the old wooden, hog buildings, as she then suddenly saw Dagger, chasing after her, while he was jumping and running over the wooden buildings, " Dagger!" cried Scoots. The grot, was now worried, as he saw the stallion, running on top of the old buildings, " B-b-b-b-BOSS! His coming!" "Well then set da bombs, to blow 'em up! Ya git!" " Oh, yes, yes, dats good..." grinned the grot, as he then pressed on a small button, on a small divice...

The buildings were now collapsing, as Dagger was still running on them! This was now going to be a challenge for Dagger, as he would constantly have to skip over buildings, to try and get Scootaloo back! Every building fell, as they all collided with one another, like dominos! " Dagger!" cried Scootaloo, again, as she saw him slowly going down, at one point! Dagger, quickly lept onto another building, just before he could go down, with the previous building! Dagger, ran as fast as he could, as he kept jumping, from building to building, at nonstop! Dagger, kept up with the pace, as he ran for Scootaloo's life! Then... a wall was at the end of his path, as he would soon either have to crash into it, risking that it was the end of the line, or would have a chance to continue going after Scootaloo, as he would break through the wall... Dagger, ran twords the wall, crashed through it, and made his way though a room, and made it out of the room, as he still ran, while the building was falling! Dagger, ran and ran, as fast as he could, he wouldn't dare to let Scootaloo to get away from him!

Meanwhile, Pinkamena and Apple Jack had managed to catch up with Dagger, as they too were running on the falling buildings, as they were on the opposite side from Dagger. Dagger, looked to his left, and saw the two mares as they ran, trying to help save Scootaloo, as well. Dagger, was surprised to see them, as he then focused on the main task ahead. Scootaloo, was now starting to get a little farther, as the hog soon realized, that now three ponies were after them! " Gwaa-ah! Boss! Two more ponies, showed up! Peddal faster!" " Iz know that ya git!" snapped the hog, as he peddaled much faster now, as he was sweating up a storm.

Suddenly, the two mares found themselves blocked, by three hogz, as they wanted to be part of the action! " Get 'em!" barked a hog, as the three of them charged at the two mares. Pinkamena and AJ, looked at each other, exchanging looks, and thinking of a plan that they both thought of. The two mares, then lept up into the air, and had landed on top of the hogs' heads, then jumped off, as the two bucked them at one point, then went back to the chase to save Scootaloo.

The three hogz, were left confused, as they realize that the building they were on top of, was collapsing! " WAA!" "DOH!" "Oh no!" Complained, each hog, as the building slowly fell, leading them to their deaths, in the end...

Dagger, noticed that the two mares were gone, as he thought they weren't able to keep up the pace, as he too was getting tired... Dagger, didn't have a lot of stamina left in him, as he ran a bit silly, trying to keep on running, to save Scootaloo's life! It didn't look good for Scoots, as she could see that Dagger was getting tired... " Dagger, help! Please! Don't leave me!" cried the filly, as she begged him, to keep on running. Dagger's energy, then picked up a little bit, as he trotted as fast as he could! He felt better now, and a bit faster, but his legs were burning, his lungs were on fire, his mind almost about to be overheated! Dagger, then quickly thought of something, as he then activated his jetpack. Dagger, couldn't fly, as his jetpack's fuel systems, indicated that his jetpack was almost half way overheated, and was also low on fuel, as flying for him would be a risk! Instead, Dagger used the jetpack's jets, to only help him to run faster, as the jetpack now pushed him twords, near Scootaloo, as he was just two or three yards away from her. " Dagger!" cheered Scootaloo, as she had hope left in her. Dagger, now had to make a choice as he was running... Should he jump and risk his life to save Scootaloo, or try his best to reach her, with his hoofs, risking her life as well as his, as the buildings still fell upon one another. Dagger, lept off from the last building, that he was running on top of, and was in the air, still having his jetpack left on! Dagger, was getting closer to Scootaloo, as he then grabbed onto the flying bike, with his hoofs! "Oi! Get your grubby 'oofs, off of me bike!" demanded the hog, as he wasn't pleased of Dagger, grabbing onto his bike, as they all weighed the bike down, using their weight. The grot, then tried to push Dagger's hoofs off, from the bike, as he smiled. Dagger, grunted as he tried with all his might, to not dare let go of the bike, as the grot was trying to pick both of his hoofs, off! " Stop it!" cried Scootaloo, as she bukced the inside of the cage. Scootaloo, did this a few times, as she was trying to help Dagger, from falling to his death! The cage, suddenly, started to tip over... as Scootaloo was now falling down, twords the hard desert ground! Scootaloo screamed, as she was falling! No pony was close enough to save her, as Dagger was far above, away from her, as he held onto the bike. Scootaloo, was now just a few feet away from her death, as she looked up into the sky, and saw that Dagger, was still hanging onto the hog-build bycicle. Then, a rope snagged onto Scootaloo's cage! The young filly, was surprised as she looked at the rope, as it was caught by a rusty hook, as she then banged her head in the cage... She had stopped falling, as she looked up, to where the rope would lead... Apple Jack, smiled from above, as she quickly made her way down, from the tall structures, as she had already tied the end of the rope, to a secured part of the building.

Apple Jack eventually made her way down to Scootaloo, to free her, as she was now safe with Apple Jack. " Wait... what about Dagger?..." wondered Scootaloo, as the two looked back to where Dagger was.

Dagger, was on his last hoof, as he held on tightly, not wanting to fall. The grot grunted and complained, as he tried to loosen Dagger's grip. Dagger, then used his hoof wrist wire rope, as he connected it to the bike, and lowered him self down. Dagger, tried to quickly swing back and forth, as he tried to get onto a nearby wooden building, before the grot pulled the wire, loose. The stallion, lept twords a building, just as it was collapsing, and the grot had already pulled the wire rope off from the bike. " You little runt, you lost da filly!" nagged the hog, giving the grot a dirty look, of disgust. The two argued with one another, as the hog was pedaling. Dagger, had lept onto another building, as he aimed his hoof wrist blaser, pointing it at the two who rode on the bike, and fired at it, where the rockets were and the hog and the grot were no more, as they expoded into thin air...

Apple Jack, Scootaloo, and Dagger have managed to meet up, as they were all tired, from the action. All the buildings in the canyon, had collapsed as they all looked around. The structures, were poorly built, as nails, ropes, and duck tape was scattered all over the place, leaving a huge mess of things. " I... I think, thats enough action for one day..." panted Dagger, as he was entirely winded. " You said it, partner." replied Apple Jack. The three of them, made their way to camp, as AJ then remembered that Pinkamena or Pink, was right behind Apple Jack just before she had saved Scootaloo, " Wait, wheres Pink?..." spoke the country pony, as she asked the two if they had seen Pinkamena...