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Twilight dove at Rogue with a growl. When the black mare threw a punch Twi dropped to her knees and punched the mare in the stomach. Rogue grunted and brought a knee up to Twi's chin, knocking the unicorn on her back with a grunt.

"You thought an amateur move like that was gonna work?" Rogue asked with a scoff. "You're pathetic..."

The purple mare growled and kicked at Rogue's legs. The black mare simply raised her leg before slamming her foot down on Twi's leg. The unicorn let out a yell and grunted as she glared at Rogue.

"If you can't defeat me... how do you expect to defeat Chrysalis?" Rogue asked. "After all... we just started..."

Twi growled before jerking her leg back before rolling away. She then got up and charged Rogue. The black mare threw a punch at Twilight's neck. The unicorn knocked it out of the way with her arm before grabbing the back of Rogue's head. She then brought her knee up towards Rogue's chest. The black mare quickly grabbed her leg before pulling on it, knocking Twi to the floor and taking herself with her.

Both mares grunted as they hit the floor before Rogue threw a punch at Twilight's face. The mare quickly rolled out from under Rogue, the black mare punching the hard floor and letting out a yell.

"Fuck!" she growled as Twi started to stand.

Rogue then quickly got to her feet before kicking Twilight in the side, knocking her back down. Twi let out a grunt and held her side.

"Dammit!" she groaned.

"I'll give you credit, Twilight," Rogue said, taking a few steps back. "You're lasting longer than I expected. But, this new strength you have will make it impossible to deliver you to Chrysalis alive... So, I think I'll just kill you now."

Rogue placed her hand on her hip, feeling one of her six throwing knives. She then quickly pulled one and started to throw it as Twilight threw a piece of rubble at her. Rogue let out a grunt as it hit her stomach, off-setting her throw as the blade shot passed Twilight's head.

The unicorn then got to her feet and jumped to the side as Rogue threw another knife towards her.

"Hold still!" Rogue yelled as Twilight picked up a broken plank of wood.

She threw another knife at Twilight, who blocked it with the wood before throwing it aside.

"Fuck this," Twi muttered, taking off to a flight of stairs near the corner.

"Come back here!" Rogue yelled, chasing after her.

Twilight quickly made her way up the stairs to the the second floor, which, on a normal building, would be about 3 floors on a normal building.

"How high up is the next damn floor!" Twilight groaned out, running up the flight of stairs. When she got to the top she let out a yell and hugged the doorframe. "Shit..."

Most of the top floor was gone, apart from a few horizontal support beams running from wall to wall, as well as a few planks of wood that once served as the floor.

"Fucking stairs!" Twi heard Rogue yell out, sounding close. "I'm coming for you!"

Twilight gasped and jumped to one of the patches of floor that remained as rogue made it to the top. The black mare then looked down through the empty space where the floor used to be.

"Quite a ways down, Twilight..." she cooed darkly, pulling out one of her throwing knives. "Careful not to fall..."

She then threw the knife at Twi's neck. The unicorn gasped and dropped to her knees, narrowly dodging the blade. Rogue growled and pulled out two more, one in each hand, before throwing them both at Twilight. The mare gasped and rolled off the edge, quickly grabbing the ledge.

"Dammit!" Rogue yelled, as Twilight began to climb back up.

All those pull-ups really paid off here and she found it quite easy to climb back up. She then stood and jumped to another patch of floor. Rogue then jumped onto the one Twi was just one beofre immediately leaping at Twilight. The unicorn gasped and jumped to the side, landing on a horizontal beam with her arms flailing, trying to gain her balance. Once she did, she began to back away from the black mare.

"Not so good at the agility, are you?" asked Rogue, stepping onto the beam as she began to walk towards Twilight.

The purple mare gasped and looked down at the floor far below them. She then looked back at Rogue and put up her fists.

"I'll get some practice in after I kick your ass," she said, glaring at Rogue.

The black mare chuckled and walked up to her, throwing a punch. Twilight caught the fist and kneed the mare in the chest, causing herself to stumble backwards, as she tried to catch her balance, and Rogue to let out a grunt as she let go of Twi's fist. The unicorn then jumped to another support beam to get closer to a larger piece of floor that had survived.

"Hey!" exclaimed Rogue. "Where you going?!"

Twilight quickly climbed up onto the beam she jumped to before leaping onto the section of floor. She took a few breaths before turning to look at Rogue, before getting a flying kick to the face. Twi let out a grunt as she fell onto her back.

"You can't win," Rogue bragged, kneeling on top of Twilight before grabbing her neck.

The unicorn chocked as she eyed the edge of the platform. She then looked at Rogue before thinking. Soon, a thought came to her as she choked out something.

"Sorry, what was that?" Rogue asked.

"You... got..." Twilight wheezed.

Rogue smiled and leaned in. "Still can't understand you, Twilight..."

"You-- got... s-some..." the purple mare coughed.

"Sounds like you're choking on death," Rogue cooed, leaning in closely. "I can not even hear a single word you're saying..."

Twilight smirked. "You got something... in your eye..."

Rogue raised an eyebrow. "Something in my--" Twilight then spit directly into the mare's eye, causing her to pull back and yell. "Aw, fuck, it stings!"

Twilight took in a deep breath before punching the mare directly in the face. As Rogue stumbled back, holding her nose, Twi stood up and kicked her directly in the chest. The black mare stumbled backwards towards the edge, about to fall off, arms flailing.

"Well... shit..." she whimpered, before falling backwards.

Twilight chocked and coughed before gasping, hearing a thud from three stories below. She walked to the edge to find Rogue sprawled out on the floor on her side.

"Well... That wasn't too hard..." she muttered.

Once Twilight returned to the first floor she picked up her gun and walked over to Rogue. The mare let out a cough and a wheeze as she eyed Twilight, not moving her head.

"Looks like... you won..." she said, sounding very weak. Twi then raised her gun, aiming it at the mare as the mare giggled. "Go on, Twilight... Finish me... I'd do the same to you..."

Twilight thought for a moment before lowering her gun. "No... I'm not you..." she said, before kneeling down, examining the mare. "What do you got? Few broken bones?"

Rogue chuckled. "A few?" she wheezed. "I fell three stories onto a hard floor... Fuck you..."

Twilight frowned before gently holding the mare around her waist and gently started to sit her up. "AH! FUCK!" Rogue yelled out. "THAT FUCKING HUR--"

She was silenced as Twi put a hand over her mouth. "I'm trying to help..." she said. "First, we need to get you out of these clothes... Be hard to explain why you have all those weapons..." she said, taking Rogue's arms and slowly raising them, making Rogue scream in pain.

"What?!" she exclaimed. "W-Well, then... WHY ARE YOU... TAKING OFF MY SHIRT?!" she yelled, having to take a break to wheeze.

"It's all about the looks..." Twilight side, before gripping the shirt and gently pulling it off, exposing Rogue's breasts.

"No bra?"

Rogue frowned. "I like to feel free..."

Twilight chuckled before setting it aside. She then gently laid the mare on her back, taking her boots off. She then eyed the skin-tight pants and sighed. "That would fucking hurt..." she said, looking around. She then saw one of Rogues throwing knives and went to retrieve it. Once she returned to Rogue she began to make a cut down the pant leg.

"H-Hey, those were expensive!" Rogue yelled.

"What's more important?" Twi asked. "Your life? Or your pants?"

The black mare sighed and said nothing as Twilight worked. Once the legs were both cut she could easily slip them off. Now, that the mare was totally naked, Twi gathered the clothes.

"Alright... The story..." she said, looking the mare over. "You were raped and beaten."

Rogue went wide-eyed. "What?!"

"I know it's a lie..." Twi said. "But, it would keep them from asking too many questions..." She then placed her hand on Rogue's chest. "Shame... If I had a dick I could make this story seem more real..."

"Don't you dare!" Rogue wheezed.

Twilight then stood up and began to walk back to the stairs. After dropping off her clothes she returned to Rogue. "Just lay there..." she said, before walking away. "I'll take care of the rest..."

"Come back here!" the black mare yelled, before coughing.

Twilight then pulled out her phone and dialed, before pressing it to her ear. "Yes, I just found a mare who was raped and beaten at the abandoned warehouse by the docks. Come quick. She has multiple broken bones." She then hung up and headed down to the warehouse basement.

Once at the bottom, she began wading through puddles of Changeling goo as she looked around. After searching for a minute or two, she found a door at the back.

"Hmm..." she thought aloud, moving to the door and opening it, letting out a gasp.

In the somewhat large back room she found Celestia chained up on one wall and Luna chained up on the opposite wall, both naked and looking weak.

"Holy shit..." she gasped. "I found them..."

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