Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story. My Little Pony belongs to Hasbro. Thor, Loki, Odin, and Frigga belong to Marvel. I also don't own Thor and Loki's pony designs, they belong to lizzytheviking from Deviantart. I also don't own the song Cuban Pete.

At this moment, the scene showed in the prison area of the ruins and inside a cell that was magic and fire proof, were the Main Six and The Cutie Mark Crusaders, along with the Spike Clone imprisoned. Outside of the cell were two soldiers in black armor with green designs Loki had given orders to guard the captive ponies and dragon clone. The prisoners saw that the guards were two unicorns in identical armor guarding outside of the cell.

“Ugh! I can’t take sitting here and doing nothing when Loki is out doing who knows what to Equestria!” Rainbow groaned in annoyance. “Rainbow, calm down! I’ll admit, things ain’t lookin’ right now.” Applejack reassured the freaked out Pegasus. “Things don’t look right at all, Applejack!” Rainbow yelled.

“Please, girls…don’t fight here.” Twilight commanded sternly.

“Ugh, sentenced to life in a cell, the only thing worse than the uniforms or the sloppy meals, ugh! Where’s a mirror?! Is my coat starting to get dirty?!” Rarity whined. “Cheer up, Rarity! You look fine in my sight!” Pinkie grinned. “At least that calms my nerves down a bit…” Rarity sighed in relief.

“We’ve only been here for no less than a day or so.” Rainbow remarked.

“Sweetie Belle, how do we get out of here?” Rarity asked her sister in worry. “I could use the mane pin I used to free Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Spike.” Sweetie Belle answered with a shrug. “But I can’t reach the lock without getting caught by the soldiers.”

“At least YOU have still have friends and never failed your sister. What Loki said to me was…kinda true. I failed everypony and my brother. Thor probably hates us now.” Twilight sighed sadly.

“Look, Twilight, Loki’s just trying to freak you out. He’s an evil lying god who just wants revenge on Thor while killing his enemies to try to get to his goal and gain attention, so all of Equestria would fear him if he becomes king.” Rainbow reassured her.

“I know, but…”

“But nothin’! If we wanna prove Loki wrong, we gotta find a way to do so!” Applejack exclaimed in determination.

“Applejack, are we ever gonna get outta here?” Apple Bloom asked with a worried expression.

“Of course we will, Apple Bloom! Just leave it to us to handle it!” Applejack answered as she wrapped a hoof around Apple Bloom. “Now, maybe if we try to dig outta there with our hooves or claws, we could get out!” She pointed to the side corner of the wall as she said this.

“FINALLY! Something to do!” Rainbow cheered in relief. “Shh! You’ll alert the soldiers!” Twilight hushed Rainbow, covering her friend’s mouth with her hoof.

“But Rainbow Dash has the right attitude; we gotta get out by digging!” Scootaloo agreed as Applejack and Rainbow began using their tough hooves to dig a bit through the stone structure.

“I hate to bring bad news to everypony, but this plan MIGHT not work. These walls seem to hold against anypony who’s strong, even Big Macintosh.” Twilight groaned. “Gee, I guess this plan’s a bust…” Sweetie Belle sighed in sadness.

“Well, we won’t know until we try!” Rainbow called out while working. “I wish the Princesses were here to help…” Apple Bloom mumbled.

“Same here.” Sweetie Belle agreed. “It’s alright! We’ll find a way out, Crusaders!” Scootaloo reassured them.

“Twilight, who else is out there that can help us?” The Spike Clone asked, approaching Twilight. “Well, Spike, besides Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, there’s other ponies we know that can stand up against Loki and his army.” Twilight answered with a slight smile.

“Oh! Oh! I know some ponies that could be helpful!” Pinkie called out excitedly. “Let’s see, there are Big Macintosh, Shining Armor, the Royal Guards, and Princess Cadance!”

“Don’t forget the Wonderbolts! After all, Soarin’, Spitfire, and their team are the best flyers in all of Equestria!” Rainbow called out from digging. “Well, there’s also Derpy who can help us too.” Fluttershy smiled shyly.

“I’m sure Spikey-Wikey can help us since he helped us save the Crystal Empire.” Rarity spoke up. “Ok, who else does that leave us with?” Pinkie asked her friends.

“Could we include Miss Cheerilee too?” Sweetie Belle questioned. “Well sure, can’t see why not.” Pinkie answered as she shrugged.

“How about Thunderlane? His wing power isn’t as good as Rainbow Dash’s, but he would be useful.” Scootaloo asked. “What about Daisy, Lilly, and Rose? Do ya think they can help?” Apple Bloom questioned.

“Maybe…I don’t know their skills, but I have faith that they’ll help.” Fluttershy shrugged. “And the Cakes can provide refreshments and snacks!” Pinkie smiled.

“Hey, you’re forgettin’ about Zecora! I bet y’all anythin’, she can whip up a potion to destroy these baddies!” Apple Bloom added. “Well, maybe the Mayor is trying to gather up everypony that can help out against the army…” Pinkie mused, stating what was on her mind. “Oh, they could be called…The Resistance!”

“Ok…? I think we’ve got it covered that we’re not the only heroes, so long as somepony comes to help.” Twilight told everypony.

“But how? Do they know how to even get there?” Fluttershy asked. “Wait, what’s this?” Sweetie Belle questioned as a note appeared.

Twilight levitated the note over and read, “’Your friends are coming to get you out. Signed, unknown. P.S. eat this note so the soldiers won’t know.’”

“Well, whaddya know! We’re getting saved!” Pinkie grinned, eating the note. “I guess The Resistance I was talking about is coming after all!”

“But what about Thor? Wouldn’t he be able to help?” Scootaloo asked Twilight. Twilight remained silent at the thought of Thor helping out in the battle against his brother.

“Twilight, it’s ok. You can’t blame yourself for…” The Spike Clone began to reassure his boss, but was cut off by her. “No, Spike! I should!” Twilight snapped. “I felt like I lost a friend! And this is the second time it’s ever happened in my life!”

“Twilight, we know it’s not your fault, none of us didn’t know that Odin never told him. It’s sad, Loki wants revenge on Thor for being ignored and rejected as a colt and not knowing about his true parentage.” Fluttershy reassured Twilight.

“Fluttershy, what do you mean?” Rarity asked in amazement. “Well, when he first saw Thor, he showed signs of hatred of somepony evil. It’s something almost all of the villains we battled showed. It seems that after he found out about his true parentage, he decided to choose the path of evil and began killing those who stood in his way to get his revenge.” Fluttershy explained.

CRUMBLE…a sound of loose rocks falling was heard that broke the conversation the ponies were having. Applejack and Rainbow stumbled back in surprise as a loose broken crack in the wall appeared which they moved to reveal...an escape hole leading somewhere in the ruins.

“Hey, I think we managed to catch a break!” Rainbow called out. “More like a tiny break, look here.” Applejack pointed out. “That there is nothin’ more than a hole behind this wall. And we’re all too big to fit through it!”

“Maybe if we squeeze in real tight, it could work.” Pinkie suggested happily. “Please, I’m not going through the small hole! It may mess up my mane and tail!” Rarity complained.

“Ugh…you and your mane problems.” Applejack grumbled. “It looks like the hole is big enough for…a little foal or a baby dragon to squeeze through!” Twilight realized in amazement. “What’s the plan then?” Rainbow asked.

“The hole’s too small for us, but not those of a filly or baby dragon’s size.” Twilight suggested with a determined expression. “Wait a sec, Twilight! Are ya suggestin’ that my sister and her friends go through there?” Applejack interrupted as she pointed to the hole in the wall.

“That’s a great idea!” Apple Bloom grinned. “No, it’s a horrid idea! We can’t let three fillies and a baby dragon storm the enemy’s hideout!” Rarity rejected nervously.

“But Rarity! We can help!” Sweetie Belle pouted, giving the same expression she gave Rarity to force her into going camping with Applejack, Rainbow, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo. “Yeah, we could go out there and find the keys to your cell and we’re free!” Scootaloo nodded with a determined expression.

“Girls, I know I’m asking a lot, but we’ll have to trust that those smaller than us can really do this.” Twilight told her friends. “And they won’t be alone; I can try to help with my fire breathing skills.” The Spike clone reassured Twilight and her friends.

After a few minutes passed, the Main Six started to calmly smile at the determinations in the three fillies and baby dragon.

“Alright, Twilight, I have second thoughts about this, but I’ll comply.” Applejack sighed. “Yes, if you can trust Spikey Wikey and Applejack with Apple Bloom, I suppose I’ll do the same for Sweetie Belle.” Rarity nodded.

“And that goes for you too, kid.” Rainbow grinned as she patted Scootaloo’s head. “Ok, Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo smiled at her idol.

“And don’t worry, we’ll keep the soldiers from noticing three missing fillies and a baby dragon in our cell until you all get back.” Pinkie reassured them with a smile.

There was a small silence in the room as the Main Six hugged the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone to comfort them.

“Enough of this touchy feeling, time to get to Operation: Filly and Dragon Infiltrators!” Rainbow declared, breaking the emotional moment.

Soon, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone nodded with determined expressions as they went over to the hole that can only fit the four of them. Each one went by one at a time, first being Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and the Spike Clone.

Back at the battle, the two stallions and the baby dragon kept the attack on Loki who fired spells at them which they dodged. He then bucked Spike to the ground hard. “There you go, young dragon! Right in the dirt where you belong!” Loki taunted Spike sinisterly. Spike got up and spat dirt out of his mouth while snapping, “Loki, that joke wasn’t even funny!”

“Loki, your reign of terror ends today!” Shining Armor declared as his horn glowed. “Equestria will be rid of your influence once and for all!”

“Awww, you are getting serious…why so serious?” Loki taunted Shining Armor wickedly. “I’m getting sick and tired of you saying that!” Shining Armor yelled while gritting his teeth.

“Eeyup and the same with you and your wrath!” Big Macintosh nodded.

“Yeah, you’ve been going out of control and killing innocent ponies!” Spike pointed out dryly. “Excuse me?! I am a god, you foolish young dragon! I do what I want!” Loki remarked to Spike in annoyance.

“I’LL BEAT THE LIVING TARTARUS OUT OF YOU!” Spike roared in anger. “Enough of these threats!” Shining Armor snapped while the battle resumed.

“Hmm, where are the Royal Sisters?” Loki asked, noticing that Celestia and Luna were absent. “This would not surprise me since Princess Celestia did nothing when her sister, Discord, or King Sombra returned; she even got beaten by Queen Chrysalis when she impersonated her niece: The Crystal Princess.”

“That shows what you know! The princesses are keeping your army at bay! And don’t insult Princess Celestia like that! She just had some bad luck in the past. She can fight you when or if she can!” Shining Armor snapped at Loki in anger.

“In that case…” Loki muttered before pointed to two Pegasus soldiers who were watching the battle. “You two! Bring me the Princesses, so I can kill them slowly!” The soldiers nodded and prepared to fly off to do their task.

But Spike exclaimed, “NO!” The baby dragon fired two fireballs at the two soldiers who fell to the ground in pain. Loki glared at Spike who snapped, “Leave the Princesses out of this! This is our battle!”

“Oh, bother, this is coming from a young dragon who does not even know where he came from.” Loki scoffed to Spike with a devilish smile. “Shut up!” Spike shouted as he got up. “Very well…and before you go on about me being a liar, I am the God of Lies and Mischief! It is my duty!” Loki snapped.

“If Odin never told you about your true parentage, then you wouldn’t do all the horrible things you’ve been doing, like killing my sister’s friend, Dinky!” Shining Armor yelled to Loki furiously.

“Oooh, I am so frightened…NOT!” Loki laughed madly. “No worries, I shall spare you long enough to see Twilight Sparkle get what she deserves: a stab in the mouth or a stab in the back of the neck with a sharp knife!”

“DON’T YOU DARE!!!” Spike shouted as he charged towards Loki, enraged at the idea of the alicorn killing the friend who looked over him growing up. Loki chuckled evilly.

This was going to be fun…

The scene changed to where somewhere in dark corridors of the ruins where Loki planned his evil, the two soldiers marched up and down the hallway. Nothing was going to catch them off guard, if they ever see a mare or stallion, they have orders to deal with the problem before reporting. Sneaking around many torn tapestries, dented or rusted suits of armor, and broken statues were the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone. They used their small size as their advantage against the slow guards only watching out for larger ponies.

“Coast’s clear, let’s move!” Apple Bloom reported, sneaking along the way with her friends. “Um, where do they keep the keys to the cell?” Sweetie Belle asked in confusion.

“I don’t know, this is the first time I’ve gotten out of a cell to look for the keys too.” Apple Bloom shrugged. “We best be careful, they’re soldiers almost everywhere.” Sweetie Belle warned.

“Shhh! Somepony’s coming!” Scootaloo hushed them as they ducked into a nearby corner.

There were a set of soldiers marching down an area of the corridor and what was worse was that they were going to come up to a fork split in which the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone were on one side and peeking from a corner. “What do we do now? If we run ahead, they’ll see us.” Sweetie Belle asked silently. “Well, we can’t turn back now; there’s gotta be a way.” Apple Bloom whispered back.

Suddenly, the Spike Clone saw a suit of armor behind the marching soldiers and that’s when an idea struck her.

“Hang on, girls! I got an idea for stalling!” the Spike Clone told the Cutie Mark Crusaders with a determined expression, walking up behind the suit of armor and shoving it. CLUMP! The suit of armor fell over and collapsed which caused the soldiers took notice on what happened.

“What happened?” One soldier asked. “Who goes there?!” The second soldier snapped.

“Did you see anything? I didn’t notice.” The first soldier questioned. “No, but the armor just fell; maybe it’s the wind?” The second soldier shrugged.

“Come on, let’s go back and check it out!” The first soldier declared. “Right, Loki and General Shield Strike will have our heads if there are any intruders.” The second soldier responded nervously.

Soon, the soldiers left their spot, making the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike clone sigh in relief. Then, they ran across to the other side and gave each other a silent brohoof.

“Great work, Spike! That got ‘em distracted.” Apple Bloom sighed. “But they won’t be fooled for long; we gotta get Twilight and the others out!” The Spike Clone stated.

“I was wondering what if when we find the keys, it’s with the soldiers by the cell that have them?” Sweetie Belle asked with a worried tone. “Great, we completely let that one slip!” Scootaloo groaned as she facehoofed herself in disappointment.

“Then, how do we get Rarity and the others out?” Sweetie Belle questioned. “We can barely use magic or fly and from our lack of experience, it’ll give us away!”

“Spike is the only one that’s better than the rest of us, but even he’s got limits.” Apple Bloom pointed out. “Hey, there’s a door over there!” Scootaloo exclaimed, pointing to a set of doors nearby which caused the group to walk over.

“Those are some big doors, but what could be behind them?” The Spike clone wondered out loud.

“Well, it’s better than stayin’ out in the open, come on!” Apple Bloom commanded.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone approached the door to look around the halls for no signs of enemies. Once the coast was clear, they quickly went to work on opening the double doors which was hard for three fillies and a baby dragon to do even when working together. After much work, the doors made a creaking sound as they opened, even by a crack that was just enough for the fillies and the young dragon to sneak through. Inside, however, was dark and there wasn’t much light except from the door they left open. Or so the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone thought before there was a loud slamming sound that caused the fillies to scream in fright and hug each other, wondering who did and who made it dark.

“Sorry.” The Spike clone apologized.

“Spike, why did ya have to shut the door? It’s dark and we can’t see!” Apple Bloom demanded in annoyance. “Hey, I think I’ve found some lever!” Scootaloo called out.

“Whatever you do, don’t…” The Spike Clone began, but Scootaloo pulled the lever anyways. CREAK…”Touch it.” The Spike clone finished his warning. Then, without warning, lights came on to reveal machinery on different platforms.

“Oh my star apples!” Apple Bloom gasped. ”I reckon seein’ these! They’re Flim and Flam’s inventions!”

“Duh! Look!” Sweetie Belle pointed out a sign that was labeled ‘Flim-Flam Brothers Workshop and Display Room’. “Gee, look at all the cool machine stuff!” Scootaloo grinned in interest.

“Hey, there’s the machine they used to put the Apple Family out of business!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed as she pointed to the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 which was on display nearby. “Ugh, my family and I still say that it’s better to make cider with the right stuff which, as Granny Smith always said, was love.” Apple Bloom sighed.

“Check this out!” Scootaloo called out. “This one’s called…uh, The Ballistic Blasters 7000 and had similar models to attack Ponyville against the barrier by using flaming cannonballs.”

“Twilight did say that they set the cannonballs on fire with some sort of magic…” The Spike Clone mused.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone went to go check out the other inventions made by Flim and Flam. There were the Comet ATMX (a mechanical tank that looked like The Challenger Leopard 8000 excluding the flat bottom which was painted black), The Flame Falcon 4300 (an orange, red, and white machine with laser launchers), The Forest Cobra 6500 (a camouflage colored tank), The Inferno Husky (a red and blue machine with flamethrowers), The Grizzly (a dark brown tank), The Black Eagle (a black machine that resembled the Flame Falcon, but painted black), The Ford Trooper 4000 (a tank painted dark red), and finally there was the Lightning Striker (a yellow machine painted with black stripes with cables that can electrocute anything in it’s path).

“So, these are what Flim and Flam made?” Sweetie Belle asked in curiosity. “We’re wastin’ time here, let’s go!” Apple Bloom called out.

“Right, we need the key, not to look at the machines!” The Spike Clone told the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

“Hey, you gotta see this!” Scootaloo called out as she gestured the others to come over.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and the Spike Clone gathered around Scootaloo and saw a 20 foot tall machine which was painted green and had a knives sticking around the control area and was called the Lizard Giant 6000.

“Whoa…” They all gasped in amazement. “Here’s a plaque explaining what it is.” Sweetie Belle said. “It says it’s called the Lizard Giant 6000.”

“It has knives sticking around it’s body and around the control room that can break through anything since they’re made out of diamonds, along with powerful attacks that can cause earthquakes and can overpower Pegasi and Unicorn powers…sounds awesome!” Scootaloo read with a grin.

“Are ya’ll sure that this looks safe?” Apple Bloom asked nervously. Suddenly, Scootaloo froze for a moment when an idea formed in her head and she exclaimed, “This is it! It’s our chance! If we’re facing danger, this machine is the key!”

“You’re suggestin’ that we use one of their inventions?” Apple Bloom questioned.

“It says here that there’s a control center to get into by opening the middle which isn’t surrounded by knives, allowing ponies to control it.” Sweetie Belle explained to her friends. “Then, should Spike control it?” Scootaloo asked in confusion.

“Well, I guess I could.” The Spike Clone shrugged.

“Come on, Spike! Think about it! We could bust everypony outta this place!” Scootaloo explained, patting the baby dragon on the back. “Ok, let’s check it out.” The Spike Clone grinned as he went to the machine and opened the cockpit for the Cutie Mark Crusaders to enter. “Well, this looks safe, but how do we activate it?” Apple Bloom asked.

“Maybe by pushing one of these buttons or switches?” Sweetie Belle questioned as she gestured to the controls.

“Wait, here’s an instruction book!” Scootaloo called out. She pulled out an instruction book from underneath the seat cushions. “Why would Flim and Flam hide an instruction book in this thing?” Apple Bloom questioned.

“Think you can understand this stuff, Spike?” Sweetie Belle asked.

The Spike Clone took the instruction book from Scootaloo and was zooming through every detail and instruction on operating the machine.

“I think I know how to get this machine running. Girls, we gotta take things slowly with this thing, we may be young to do this, but we have to go on with it.” Spike explained to the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

“Ok!” They nodded in agreement. “Y’know, I think we could get our Cutie Marks in Lizard Giant piloting.” Apple Bloom suggested to Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.

“CUTIE MARK CRUSADER LIZARD GIANT PILOTS, YAY!” The three fillies cheered in excitement. Soon, the machine started and the fillies and dragon were off to save the adults.

At this time, the scene returns to the Mane Six still in their cell, unable to escape at the moment. And worst of all, one of the soldiers were coming up to deliver some meal to them while inspecting them from outside of the jail bars.

“Say, where are the fillies and the dragon?” The soldier asked. “Um, what do you mean?” Rarity questioned nervously.

“There were at least six mares and three fillies and a young dragon. Where are they?” The soldier stated in a serious tone.

“Um, they’re…” Twilight began with a nervous expression. “Right here!” Pinkie called out, gesturing to a sheet with four lumps that had the sizes of foals and a baby dragon. They’re just hiding under the covers!”

“Well, remove the covers so I can see them!” The soldier snapped.

“Now wait just a minute, buster! Can’t you see that they’re scared?!” Rainbow demanded. “Ya went and frightened their little minds! Ain’t that enough what ya want to let them be?” Applejack scolded in annoyance.

“That may be true, but I have to check to be certain!” The soldier replied.

“Please, you can’t just…” Fluttershy began shyly. “Listen, when I say I will, then I’ll check to see if you all are here!” The soldier snapped at Fluttershy.

“No, you won’t because we’re all here!” Pinkie retorted with a determined expression. “Yes, I will check by my orders!” The soldier argued.

“No, you won’t!” Pinkie snapped back. “Yes, I will!” The soldier retorted.

“No, you won’t!” Pinkie repeated. “Yes, I will!” The soldier repeated. “No, you won’t!” Pinkie argued.

“Yes, I will!” The soldier yelled. “Yes, you will!” Pinkie snapped while slyly mixing things up a bit.

“No, I won’t!” The soldier repeated. “Yes, you will!” Pinkie repeated.

“No, I won’t!” The soldier retorted. “Yes, you will because it’s your job!” Pinkie shouted.

“No, I say I don’t have to and you’re staying put right here! And that’s FINAL!” The soldier snapped as he left without knowing that he’s been tricked.

“So, are they all in?” The second soldier asked. “Yeah, they are!” The first soldier answered, looking back at the cell.

The Mane Six sighed in relief, knowing that they somehow fooled the soldiers. “Ok, that was close…” Rarity commented. “Pinkie, that was so awesome how you tricked the soldier to think the other way!” Rainbow grinned as she brohoofed Pinkie.

“Awww, it was easy…I just put some pillows underneath the sheet.” Pinkie shrugged. “Easy nothin’, why I darn thought that trick would never work!” Applejack smiled at Pinkie.

“Well, Pinkie and Rarity tried to use that kinda stuff to help me once.” Fluttershy admitted. “For now, this bought us time; hopefully the girls and Spike’s team can help us escape.” Twilight reminded her friends.

“Well, maybe things can get better.” Fluttershy shrugged.

“Fluttershy, I know you like to think that way, but unless we get proof of things will get better--” Rainbow began, but she was cut off. “Oh, how about if somepony were to knock out the soldiers to open the door to come in and free us all just like the note said?” Pinkie suggested happily.

“Pinkie Pie, that sounds nice, but we need to be reasonable, all we know is that there will be a rescue party, but who can possible be part of it?” Rarity asked.

CLUMP! CLUMP! Suddenly, there were sounds of something hard bashing against something which sounded like the two soldiers outside who were groaning. It was almost like they were knocked out.

“Um, what just happened now?” Applejack asked. “I believe you’re being broken out of jail.” A voice said while the doors were swung open.

And then, the Mane Six saw their rescuer who was none other than…”Private Katoptris!” They exclaimed happily. “I told you my note was right.” He stated with a slight smile.

“Awesome! You came in at the right time!” Rainbow cheered. “Oh thank Celestia! We can escape!” Rarity sighed in relief.

“But what about Princess Celestia and Princess Luna? Couldn’t they come?” Fluttershy asked shyly. “Unfortunately, they’re dealing with some of Loki’s forces as we speak.” Private Katoptris sighed sadly.

“It’s ok! You’re here to save us and that’s all that matters!” Pinkie reassured the private happily as she patted him on the back.

“True, Loki doesn’t know of my presence here which gave me and the others the chance to break all of you out.” Private Katoptris nodded. “Captain Shining, Spike, and Big Mac are busy fighting him right now.”

“The real Spike and my brother are here?” Twilight gasped.

“Correct, once we get all of you, the fillies, and the Elements out of this place, we’ll give them the signal to escape.”

“Others? There are more besides you?” Twilight asked in shock. “A few ponies have volunteered to save your lives as well as…um, weren’t there three fillies and a baby dragon here?” Private Katoptris answered with a nod.

“Oh, we sent the younglin’s out without realizin’ we got our break right here and now!” Applejack groaned, facehoofing herself. “We gotta search for ‘em!”

“They went through this hole, but we don’t know where it leads to. Private Katoptris, could you help us find the darlings? We said we trust them to help us escape, but now we have to warn them of our freedom.” Rarity explained.

“I understand completely, now we must find them.” Private Katoptris said as he left with the Main Six following him.

Soon, the Main Six, along with Private Katoptris, were quickly out of the cell and running to the door leading out of the prison where the unconscious soldiers were lying on the ground. “Boy, what did you do to these soldiers?” Rainbow asked while they were running. “I enchanted some rocks to use a sleeping spell on the soldiers.” Private Katoptris replied.

“Wow, that’s an amazing trick! It sounds so simple, yet somewhat hard.” Twilight commented in awe.

“Hmm, being the wielder of the Element of Magic, I say you’ll have a special helping hoof in learning that trick somewhere along the road.” Private Katoptris smiled. “Wait a minute!”

Suddenly, the ponies ceased running, but it was too late. For in front of the doors were four tough looking soldiers who took notice in the prisoners escaping.

Most of the ponies had managed to bring out their key items since Private Katoptris retrieved them for the mares; Rarity levitated her gems and precious metals out of the ground, Applejack took out her specially made lasso, Pinkie pulled out her party cannon, and Rainbow threw her sunglasses on (Twilight levitated them out of her saddlebag to give it to her).

“Hey, what are you—“One soldier began in annoyance. “GOTCHA!” Rainbow shouted, swinging her front hooves left to right. POW! And it made a big impact on the soldier’s head.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” The soldier yelled in pain as he fell over.

“YEEHAW!” Applejack cheered. She went up while whirling her lasso around one of her targets. “GAH!” The second soldier yelped while getting caught in the lasso which tossed him into a suit of armor before being knocked out by a helmet.

“Take this, beasts!” Rarity snapped, launching her gems and precious metals at the last two soldiers. SMACK! The attack managed to get both of them.

“AAAAAAAAAH!” The two soldiers yelped before they fell over backwards and were out cold. Soon, all of the soldiers were knocked out from the tough muscles of the Mane Six.

“Awww, I wanted to try my party cannon at least once on them!” Pinkie whined in disappointment. “Unfortunately, that would’ve created too much noise.” Private Katoptris explained to Pinkie in regret. “But I am impressed on how well you all fought and seeing why Princess Celestia has such high faith in all of you.”

“We had to practice when we were at the Crystal Empire and then around to beating King Sombra for the Crystal Heart.” Rainbow explained as she lowered her sunglasses before pushing them back up.

Suddenly, Fluttershy nearly yelped as she heard some hoofsteps from down the hall. “Girls, I hear hoofsteps coming!” She warned the group. “We have to get out of here! They’ll notice what’s happening here and call reinforcements!” Twilight commanded.

“And our sisters, Scootaloo, and Spikey Wikey are still somewhere in this place.” Rarity stated with a concerned expression. “Let’s go over through those double doors and seal up on the other side!” Pinkie suggested, pointing to a double door nearby.

“Yeah, that might keep those goons busy in trying to pry the door open while we continue our business.” Rainbow nodded with a sly smile.

“Come on, y’all! Let’s hurry on out!” Applejack commanded as she gestured the crew to follow her.

The three Alicorns arrived almost on the edge near the bridge which led to the ruins. Thor landed alongside Odin as he advised, “This is close as I can get you. You must get there on your own, my son.”

“Yes, thankfully I can see where the madness is happening.” Thor nodded grimly. “I must go. Hope that I live after this battle with Loki, father, mother.”

“Good luck, Thor. The fate of Equestria rests in your hooves, along with the Elements of Harmony and Spike’s.”

Thor nodded as he rushed across the bridge. Odin paused and frowned a bit, Frigga noticed this and asked, “Darling, what troubles you?”

“We must get our army in Ponyheim to assist Celestia and Luna with their battle against Loki’s forces. After all, I am still keeping our promise we made years ago. Our allies would need more help.” Odin explained grimly.

The two Alicorns quickly flew off back to Ponyheim to get their army.

Soon, the Mane Six and Private Katoptris went to the double doors and out through them before trying to shut them behind their pursuers. They helped grab a board to set it up in a slot rail to hold the door close.

Then, Pinkie was helping pass some boards for Rainbow and Fluttershy to place and bang some nails against the door. They did the same with the next to make an X shape over the first rail board in the middle. Applejack and Pinkie were getting two boards to make another X shape cross on the bottom side of the door to bolt it in. Then, Private Katoptris made a magic chain appear which he, Twilight, and Rarity levitated and sealed the door to keep it very tight. Then, the ponies turned around and rested their backs against the sealed off double doors, sighing in relief.

“Phew…that ought to block ‘em!” Applejack sighed. “I like to see the look on those soldiers’ faces when they see this!” Rainbow smirked.

“Um, girls…we have a problem.” Fluttershy muttered nervously.

Then, without knowing it, in front of the Main Six and Private Katoptris were…dozens of soldiers aiming their spears or horns to aim it at the caught heroes. The ponies’ eyes widened as they gasped or turned pale.

“GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Pinkie yelped.

“AHHHHHHHHHH! We’re surrounded!” Rarity panicked. “I don’t suppose you knew they were out here?” Twilight asked Private Katoptris with a nervous smile.

“In truth, I expected less numbers.” Private Katoptris shrugged. “You ponies have the right to remain silent! By the order of Loki—“ The soldier in front began to address the Main Six and Private Katoptris.

“So…many…soldiers…” Fluttershy whimpered. “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

“Oh boy, Fluttershy can sure scream.” Applejack commented in surprise. After the screaming stopped, the soldiers took their hooves off of their ears and glared at the caught ponies.

“Alright, let’s try this again! Anything you say can and will be used against you in court!” The soldier exclaimed. “Yedibububobo, nenenwuwuwawawa, chichichichci-cowowowowowo, pindimtimbincihn, hocuspocus-bowwooo-pow!” Pinkie randomly blurted out in gibberish.

And this left the soldiers puzzled as they looked at each other in confusion, hoping that somepony would translate it. They couldn’t use this gibberish in court. “Anypony got that written down?” The soldier asked the others.

“Got it written down? I couldn’t even follow it!” A second soldier commented with an ‘are you kidding me’ expression. “I barely understood it!” A third soldier added.

“Anypony speak weird pony gibberish?” A fourth soldier questioned. This caused many ponies to be surprised about what Pinkie did. They just got more time after making the soldiers confused and lost about what just happened.

During which, Private Katoptris seemed to have his horn glowing, building up some sort of spell with these soldiers easily distracted.

“Ok, once more from the top!” The first soldier stated. “It’s all over, ponies! Put your hooves up where we can see them! Or we’ll attack!” This looked bad for the Mane Six and Private Katoptris; if they didn’t do something, they would be either blasted or skewered by the soldiers’ choices.

They couldn’t just quit and go back to the cell. “Does anypony know how to get out of this mess?” Rarity asked nervously. “Don’t worry, during that distraction you all created, I managed to learn an Enhancement Abilities spell!” Private Katoptris calmly explained.

“What does it do?” Twilight asked in curiosity. “It’s a spell with usual properties that when it comes into contact will give such great power to a being to perform their natural talents to a new level.” Private Katoptris said with a smile. “Oooooh, I wanna see how it works! I wanna try it!” Pinkie squealed happily. “No way! I gotta be it!” Rainbow exclaimed.

“Nah, that’s for me to help everypony.” Applejack declared. “Girls, girls, wait…” Twilight began, but was cut off.

“The soldiers are staring at us.” Fluttershy pointed out nervously. “Ugh!” Private Katoptris yelped, getting pushed over by the mares which thrown off his spell on one pony.

“Oooooh, tingly…” Pinkie commented. “Pinkie?” Fluttershy asked with a worried expression.

“Alright, you’ve had your moment, we’re going to attack!” The first soldier declared. “Oh no, whatever shall we do?” Rarity yelped in horror as she placed her hoof on her head dramatically.

Suddenly, Pinkie made a crazy look on her face at the soldiers while letting off a sly hiss under her teeth.

“Ugh, everypony, I think we better stand back for—“ Twilight began, but was cut off by Pinkie. “Hit it!” She declared while jumping.

Then, suddenly, the ruin’s lights flashed on beaming from a shaft, shining down on the spot where the ponies were trapped. But what was even stranger was that from the quick blindness, everypony saw Pinkie dressed in a light blue Mexican style dress and black hat on top. If that wasn’t the strangest thing yet, the pink pony looked ready to dance as a trumpet and drum beat in a Mexican style was heard out of nowhere.

“Pinkie?” Rainbow asked in a puzzled tone. “What…happened to her?” Applejack questioned with a bizarre expression.

“The spell I tried to give out has unleashed her abilities to their fullest. But what is her ability?” Private Katoptris responded. “Oh boy, I think I know what it could be….” Twilight sighed in annoyance.

As Pinkie danced around in front of her friends to the soldiers, she posed herself. Then, what happened next was no surprise as Pinkie began singing a song…

Pinkie: They call me Cuban Pete

Pinkie declared while shaking her maracas as the enemies watched her.

I'm the king of the rumba beat

The pink pony stated this with an honest and innocent expression to the audience.

When I play the maracas I go Chick-chicky-boom chick-chicky-boom

Then, Pinkie held up her maracas and shook her sides left and right.

Yes sir, I’m Cuban Pete

The pink pony proclaimed as she continued to dance in front of her friends and the enemies just watched in confusion.

I'm the craze of my native street

Pinkie exclaimed while dancing forward.

When I start to dance everything goes Chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom

The pink pony posed herself as she held one of her maracas under her chin while looking around at the crowd of soldiers. Then, she threw her maracas into a wall which broke, but she didn’t care.

The stallions they sing and they swing with "terampero"

The soldiers continued to watch in confusion as they watched Pinkie dance some more.

It's very nice - so full of spice

Then, she came around Fluttershy and Rarity as she said this while they greeted her with smiles.

And when they dance in they bring a happy ring that "era keros"

Then, Pinkie shook her plot before Fluttershy and Rarity had suddenly pushed their friend away.

Are singing a song all the day long

The pink pony then continued dancing around as the soldiers watched in confusion still.

So if you like the beat, take a lesson from Cuban Pete

Pinkie continued to dance and pointed to the soldiers.

And I’ll teach you to Chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom

Then, she spun around and began shaking her front hooves while dancing.

Soldier: She's a really modest mare

Then, one of the soldiers began to sing unexpectedly, much to the others’ confusion.

Although she's the hottest mare

The soldier paused before he kept singing as the other soldiers stared at him.

In Havana, in Havana

Then, he yelped and stopped singing as if General Shield Strike would be glaring at him if he were here.

Pinkie: Si, sir, I know that you would like a Chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom

Pinkie continued dancing while the soldiers continued staring in confusion.

It's very nice - so full of spice

Then, without warning, the other members of the Mane Six began moving to the beat.

I'll place my hoof on your hip

While the action was going, the soldiers thought they saw something going on from outside of the courtyard.

And if you will just give me your hoof

Then, Pinkie danced in the center while the soldiers kept on staring in confusion.

Then we shall try just you and I iy-yi-yi!

The pink pony kept on dancing as the soldiers were still watching.

So if you like the beat, take a lesson from Cuban Pete

“We need to get out of here!” One soldier yelled, leaving the room with another soldier.

And I’ll teach you to Chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky-boom

Suddenly, conga music began playing with Pinkie getting in a conga line with her friends. “Hey!” They chanted while dancing off. “Iy-yi-yi!”

Then, they all start dancing to a jive while the song was then coming to an end.

Shake your booty, daddy, wow! See ya!

Pinkie and her friends quickly slipped out of the crowd without a trance.

“Hey! They got away!” A soldier exclaimed in shock.

It was around this time while the ponies were sneaking off past the soldiers after Pinkie’s dance number. It was also around the time the song ended and the outfit she was wearing vanished and Pinkie seemed to have returned to normal. “Wait, what just happened?” Pinkie asked. “You don’t remember helping us escape?” Fluttershy questioned.

“Other than that spell Private Katoptris casted, it’s blank. What did I miss?” Pinkie replied in confusion. “Let’s just say that out of all the times I said you were random…that was the most awesome thing you have ever done in your entire life!” Rainbow grinned.

“Oh you’re welcome!” Pinkie responded with a smile. “Not so fast, ponies!” A voice called out.

“So much for an easy escape…” Applejack sweatdroped. “On the bright side, there are less of them.” Private Katoptris shrugged.

The Mane Six got into their battle positions, expecting the worse. It was only about to get much worse until…”LOOK OUT BELOW!” A voice yelled out. CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! Then, objects like a flower pot, an anvil, a cart of hay, and a piano came crashing down onto the soldiers which knocked them out.

The Mane Six looked up and saw something flying above them that they couldn’t believe. “Derpy!” They exclaimed in surprise. “Hey, Derpy! Nice to see that you’re helping out.” Rainbow called out happily.

“Yeah, I joined Private Katoptris’s rescue team to help save all of you.” Derpy nodded while landing on the ground. “Oh well, we can flee without worrying.” Rarity shrugged.

Suddenly, one of the soldiers came charging at them. “Look out!” Private Katoptris tried to warn them, but…”AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Fluttershy screamed. Her tail was being levitated by the soldier who was a unicorn. “Make one move or this pony dies!” He snarled.

“Eeep!” Fluttershy yelped as she shielded her eyes in fright. “ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOONNNNSSS-Y!”A loud battle cry shouted from the distance before…

”GAH!” The soldier yelped, getting tackled down by what appeared to be an Earth Pony stallion wearing a light green tie.

“Eeep!” Fluttershy squeaked. She quickly jumped and flew towards the Mane Six, landing next to Rainbow. CLUMP! The soldier hit the pavement and the stallion who took him down that the Main Six knew from the voice and catchphrase was…”Dr. Hooves!” The mares grinned.

“Phew! Who guessed it that I would let off some steam by knocking out some villains?” Dr. Hooves sighed in relief with a sly and jolly smile. “Great you’re here to help!” Applejack grinned.

“Of course, I’m here to help! Private Katoptris said that he was forming a rescue team to save you all, so my companions and I decided to help out.” Dr. Hooves exclaimed. “By the way, where are the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Spike?”

BOOM! Suddenly, an explosion happened off near the side of the ruin’s wall which caught the heroes’ attention. And what came out was a machine with knives sticking out all over the place except for the control room.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! What is that?!” Rarity shrieked in horror. “My guess that it’s something Loki’s army built.” Private Katoptris stated with a serious expression.

The giant machine held up what looked like a claw and slammed into onto the ground. SMASH! It made a powerful earthquake which was headed right for…the soldiers.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHH!” They screamed as they were knocked off their hooves. Then, the mechanical invention launched some of the diamond knives sticking out of the sides.

“GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” The soldiers yelped, getting their tails stuck on the knives. “Well, that’s one impressive machine!” Dr. Hooves whistled with an impressed expression.

“Oh yeah! That was awesome!” Rainbow cheered. “But why did it attack the soldiers?” Twilight asked in confusion.

“Silly, it’s because it’s on our side!” Pinkie giggled playfully.

“But that doesn’t make any sense, how—“ Applejack began, but was cut off by a familiar voice. “There ya’ll are!” Apple Bloom called out from the machine.

“Holy Apple Bucks! Apple Bloom?!” Applejack yelped in surprise. “Yeah, we’re in here!” The Spike Clone replied.

“Spike!” Twilight, Derpy, and Dr. Hooves responded in surprise.

“Goodness, are you all inside that thing?” Rarity asked with a concerned expression. “Yes, Rarity! We’re all here!” Sweetie Belle called out.

“We decided to help out using this machine!” Scootaloo grinned. “Well, that’s easily understandable! Defending us against mean soldiers and all, you would be great at helping out!” Pinkie smiled.

“Hey, there’s somethin’ labeled ‘Heat Blaster’, I wonder what it does…”Apple Bloom commented as she pushed the button. Then, a blaster came out of one of the claws and was aimed at a nearby wall. BOOOM! Then, it blew it into bits which left a steaming hole there.

“Whoa…” The Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone gasped in amazement. “Ok, that’s kinda impressive.” Rainbow commented.

“Well, I think it shows how dangerous this thing is for fillies and baby dragons.” Twilight shrugged. “Awwww!” The Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone whined.

“But they helped us anyways.” Fluttershy told Twilight with a nod. “I hate to interrupt, but we must return to Ponyville, the rest of the Resistance is trying to oppose Loki or keep him distracted.” Private Katoptris sighed sadly.

“Oh, so they are called that after all!” Pinkie commented happily.

“Who’s leading them?” Twilight asked the private. “Captain Shining as well as myself, the princesses have other matters to deal with. As you recall, the others such as Big Macintosh and Spike are aiding Captain Shining in facing Loki.” Private Katoptris explained.

“WHAT?!” The Main Six yelped in surprise. “We gotta help ‘em out!” Applejack gasped.

“No, what we truly need are the Elements of Harmony.” Private Katoptris interrupted. “When Loki corrupted them, we were unaware and he and his army took control when you used them to stop them.”

“Right, we were gonna look for the Elements when we saw that you were in trouble.” Derpy nodded in agreement.

“So, you’re saying that Loki has the Elements hidden somewhere in the ruins?” Rainbow asked. “And if we find them, do we bring them to the battlefield?” Rarity added with a confused expression.

“Yes, that will aid in having the advantage over Loki and his army and we need the wielders of the Elements to do the task.” Private Katoptris nodded.

“But what if what happened the last time happens again?” Pinkie asked nervously. “Right, Loki’s magic has the Elements still corrupted.” Fluttershy nodded.

“Maybe I can help out. If Loki used a spell to take the Elements under his control by force, then the only counter is our friendship united to overcome his spell.” Twilight explained. “Then, it’s agreed. We’ll have to separate to aid more pony citizens against the remaining soldiers.” Private Katoptris nodded.

“It would be easy pickings if we bring this giant machine with us!” Dr. Hooves responded with a knowing smile. “I think it has a name, Doctor. It’s called the Lizard Giant 6000.” Apple Bloom corrected. “Cool, right?” Scootaloo asked.

“Wrong, ya’ll can’t pilot that thing for battle even if it protects ya!” Applejack sternly rejected. “But…” The Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone pouted.

“Well then, maybe I can watch them, Applejack.” Dr. Hooves volunteered. “Yeah, we can show Dr. Hooves how it works!” Sweetie Belle nodded happily.

“Oh boy, a Time Pony pilotin’ somethin’ destructive is just askin’ for trouble…” Applejack mumbled. Soon, the front of the machine was opened and Dr. Hooves walked in while gazing at the levers and buttons like a foal in a candy shop.

“To battle, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Spike! Allons-y!” Dr. Hooves cried out happily. He began controlling the machine happily. “Shouldn’t we keep an eye on him?” Private Katoptris asked Derpy.

“I’m sure he’ll be fine. Let’s go meet up with the other members of the Resistance.” Derpy shrugged, gesturing for the private to follow her.

Now, the two rushed off to get where they needed to go after successfully occupying the ruins to be under their control. With all the soldiers they’ve found taken care of, the Main Six should be able to find the stolen Elements of Harmony, reverse the spell on them, and defeat Loki and his army.

Now, Twilight looked to her five friends in seeing that her friends were ready. “Alright, everypony! We have a job to do!” Twilight declared to her friends proudly.

“Find the Elements of Harmony!” Rainbow exclaimed. “Remove that awful spell from them!” Rarity added.

“Then, quickly take them out of these ruins to where the others are!” Fluttershy proclaimed. “And then give Loki and his army a surprise they’ll never forget!” Pinkie finished with a grin.

“Hard to tell after the last surprise ya gave ‘em, Pinkie, but what the hay?” Applejack shrugged.

“Alright, let’s move out! I heard the soldiers say that Loki kept the Elements in the west wing! We’ll go there!” Twilight commanded. “Right!” Her friends responded with determined expressions.

Soon, the Main Six quickly ran off to their destination; to retrieve the Elements of Harmony, reverse the spell on them, and put a stop to Loki’s evil plot to take over their kingdom. But unknown to the ponies, another pair of eyes were gazing at them from above. It spied on them and narrowed in recognizing them.

“Looks like while Loki is away, my time to play with the shelas has come.” The hidden figure smirked in a familiar Australian accent. “Soldiers, we’re leaving now. Come on!”

The other hidden figures nodded while saluting him. It was somepony else that was left out of meeting the Main Six with the rest of the army. And soon, he made a wicked smirk in stepping out of the shadows where it was revealed that before him was…a group of soldiers in black armor with green designs which meant that the last pony was…

”This time around, shelas, you’ll be dead at my hooves and Loki’s army will rule Equestria!” The last pony snarled. Yes, the last pony was none other than General Shield Strike. Soon, he landed on a suit of armor and landed in front of the soldiers, ordering them to move out.