Author's Notes:

The fight scene (and chapter) was rushed, mainly because I just wanted to finally move on to the next story and it was halting progress.

Twilight ran at the purple mare, letting out a yell. When Tress swiped at her with one of her tentacles, the unicorn leaped over it and somersaulted into an uppercut, hitting the mare in the chin. Tress let out a growl and threw a punch at the unicorn's chest. Twilight effectively blocked the attack with her left arm before one of the hair tentacles grabbed her by the waist and slammed her into the wall. Tresemmé then threw Twilight down the hall towards the elevators. The purple unicorn hit the elevator doors with a grunt before dropping to the floor with a thud.

"Shit..." Twilight grunted. "Keep my distance... Got it..."

Before she could react, Tresemmé charged at her and knocked her through the elevator doors, bending the metal inwards and knocking Twilight down the shaft. "Bet you wish you could fly." She then turned from the elevator and began heading back to Sunny. "That was a total letdown," she growled.

She suddenly heard a rumble from the elevator shaft. The maniacal mare whipped around as the elevator doors blew off their tracks, flying down the hall. Using her tentacles, Tresemmé blocked them and knocked them aside. She could see a green glow from the shaft as Chrysalis rose up into view, her wings fluttering.

"Isn't that a twist?" Tresemmé cooed with a smile. "Finally a challenge."

"You kidnapped my wife, you bitch," the changeling growled, before firing a few magic blasts at the purple mare.

Sunny moaned softly as she kept holding Fluttershy’s head between her legs. “Oh, that’s it... I’m almost there!” She then heard the faint sound of something on her left.

Sighing, she reached into her pocket and secretly pulled out a switchblade. She then quickly stood up with her left arm wrapped around the pegasus' neck, blade against her skin. "Who's there?!" She asked, backing up against the nearest wall.

"Hiding behind a defenseless mare?" Twilight asked, stepping out of the shadows. "Afraid to fight me one-on-one?"

Sunny hesitated before smirking. "Ah, Twilight. Nice to finally meet you. I assume it's that changeling bitch fighting my beloved?"

Twilight took a step towards her. "I assumed she's the tough one and you're the brains. Seems a perfect match," she said, pounding her left palm with her right fist.

The yellow mare sighed before she nuzzled Fluttershy. "You know, I wanted to kill this fucking piece of shit, but Tressie wants to keep her." She then licked the pegasus' neck before whacking the back of her head with her fist. The mare dropped to the floor with a grunt, laying unconscious. "Now, it's just you and me."

Twilight lit her horn up and fired a bolt of magic at the mare. Sunny held out her hand to block the attack. When the magic hit her hand, the attack vaporized, leaving the hand unscathed. Twilight went wide-eyed as the yellow mare chuckled, shaking her hand by her side.

"There's more to me than meets the eye, Twilight," Sunny growled, before charging at the unicorn.

Twilight blocked a punch with her arm before throwing a punch of her own. Sunny grabbed the purple fist and pulled the unicorn close to headbutt her. When their foreheads collided, Twilight grunted and stumbled back.

“You bitch,” She hissed, before lunging at her enemy.

When Sunny threw a punch, Twilight dropped to the floor and performed a sweeping kick, knocking the yellow mare onto her side with a grunt. Twilight quickly sat up before jumping on top of Sunny, pinning her arms down. Quickly letting go with her right hand, she punched the mare across the face twice before Sunny regained control. The yellow mare grabbed Twilight by the neck and squeezed hard. The unicorn quickly pulled away, coughing loudly before Sunny kicked her away with both feet.

As Twilight stumbled backwards, Sunny rushed to the desk and grabbed the chair. Before Twilight could focus, Sunny threw the chair at her. The purple mare let out a pained grunt when the furniture struck her, causing her to collapse with a groan.

"I expected more from the leader of the Elementals," Sunny sighed, sounding bored.

Tresemmé blocked the magic attacks with her hair before she felt the changeling fly into her at full speed. Letting out grunts, both tumbled across the floor with Chrysalis ending up further down the hall. Getting up, she looked over her shoulder where Twilight was fighting Sunny.

Looking back at her opponent, Chrysalis saw the mare swinging towards her from the ceiling. Chrysalis was about to fire a blast of magic at her but her wrist was grabbed by a green tentacle.

“Uh-uh,” Tress cooed. “Bad.” She then yanked hard and flung the queen down the hall.

Using her wings, Chrysalis managed to stop herself from hitting the floor. Darting forward, she fired a beam of magic. When Tress covered herself with the tentacles to shield herself, Chrysalis made her fingernails grow a little longer. Quickly, she sliced at her opponent, before landing behind her. With a grunt, Chrysalis kicked the purple mare forward, making her trip over something and fall over. Looking down, Chrysalis noticed a piece of green tentacle laying on the floor.

“So, that’s how to do it,” Chrysalis said with a smirk as she eyed the elevator shaft, now knowing how to defeat Tress.

Sunny approached Twilight, pounding her left palm with her right fist. "I've never had to push myself like this." She then let out a chuckle as she knelt down beside the unicorn. "Hell, I've never had to fight before now. So, I thank you for this opportunity to test out my abilities."

"I can still kick your ass, you bitch," Twilight growled, starting to get up.

The yellow mare smirked and grabbed Twilight by the back of the neck. "That's a lot of talk," she began, before slamming the mare's head back down. "for someone who's losing."

Twilight hissed with pain as she felt a trickle of blood on her forehead. "How are you so strong?"

"It's a long story," Sunny sighed, before standing up. "You don't have the time to hear it."

When she raised her foot to attack, Twilight rolled out of the way before firing a bolt of magic at the floor where she just was. The impact knocked Sunny backwards and gave Twilight enough time to get to her feet. She ignored the small cut on her forehead and held up her fists

"I'm gonna enjoy smashing your face in," Twilight growled.

Sunny smiled and started walking towards her. "Good luck."

Twilight threw a punch but Sunny stepped aside and delivered a blow to Twilight's side. The unicorn let out a grunt and went to punch her in the face. When Sunny blocked her fist, Twilight snuck in with a knee to the stomach, followed up with an elbow to the chin. Stepping back, she kicked the yellow mare hard in the chest, knocking the mare backwards."

"Shit," Sunny growled, holding her chest as she glared at her opponent. "Finally a challenge."

She then ran at Twilight, both then engaging in a fight, exchanging punches and kicks, some being blocked, some being countered, and others colliding with various parts. Eventually, Twilight managed to kick Sunny into the desk. The yellow mare grabbed a stapler and threw it at Twilight. The unicorn grabbed it with her magic and chucked it at Sunny's head. The yellow mare grunted in pain before Twilight tackled her.

Both mares rolled over the desk and fell off on the other side. Twilight ended up on top and started punching the mare in the face repeatedly. It wasn't long before Sunny managed to roll them over so she was on top. She then started punching Twilight in the face. The unicorn made her horn flash, temporarily blinding Sunny. Using this opportunity to her advantage, Twilight kicked her away and got to one knee.

She was starting to feel dizzy from the blows to her face. For some reason, this mare's punches were really strong. Sunny was about to charge when something out in the hallway caught her attention. Letting out a gasp, she took off running. Letting out a groan, Twilight collapsed to the floor.

Tresemmé pushed herself forward with her hair and lunged at Chrysalis, pinning her to the floor. "You're putting up quite the fight. Finally, a challenge."

"You know, without this hair," Chrysalis grunted as she tried to break free from the tendrils' grip. "I would've killed you already."

"Oh, obviously," Tress said as she placed her hand on her chest. "I'm no fighter."

"Yeah, you talk too much," Chrysalis spat, before sending out a blast from her horn, hitting the purple mare in the chest. Getting up, Chrysalis ran at the mare and lunged at her. Throwing a magic-filled punch, she pushed the mare back even further so that she was right in front of the elevator.

Tresemmé swung at Chrysalis twice, each time the changeling ducking before delivering an uppercut to the crazy mare's chin. Without hesitation, Chrysalis took this moment to deliver a hard kick to the mare's chest, knocking her backwards through the opening into the elevator.

Tresemmé fell backwards into the elevator shaft and used her hair to grab hold of the wires to keep herself from falling. Chrysalis ran up to the edge and lit her horn up. Without hesitation, she zipped over Tresemmé to the other side of the shaft, using her sharp nails to cut the hair as she passed.

The purple mare went wide-eyed when she felt herself falling again. Only, this time, she didn’t have enough hair to stop. She frantically broke her tendrils apart into separate strands before creating a few more thinner tendrils. However, she wasn’t fast enough. When she managed to grab hold of something, she also slammed into the floor with a loud groan.

“Fuck,” she groaned, using the strength she had to pull the elevator doors open. Hoisting herself up and out of the shaft, she started crawling across the lobby floor towards the exit.

Chrysalis stared down the shaft, still clinging to the wall with her sharp nails. She looked up just in time to see Sunny jump down, grabbing onto the cable and sliding all the way down. The changeling let out a gasp, knowing that she couldn't let them escape. Growling under her breath, she let go of the wall and used her wings to gently drop to the bottom.

When the changeling emerged from shaft on the first floor, Sunny let out a tell and jumped her from the side. Due to the beating the mare already took, Chrysalis easily blocked the attack and kneed her in the stomach. The yellow mare let out a gasp as Chrysalis slipped begging her and wrapped her arm around the mare’s neck.

As she did, five cops came running into the lobby with Spitfire at the front. “Did you stop them?” The cop asked as she ordered two others to apprehend Sunny. One, a green stallion. The other, a blue mare.

Chrysalis shoved the mare towards the cops before walking with Spitfire to where Tresemmé was. The crazy purple mare was sitting up against a wall with blood running from her nose and bruises all over her body.

“I guess healing isn’t one of her abilities,” Spitfire commented when they heard a nose from the elevator.

Looking over, they saw Twilight helping Fluttershy out of the shaft. Chrysalis quickly ran over to them and pulled the pegasus into a tight hug. Meanwhile, Twilight held her gun tightly as she approached Tresemmé.

“Twilight?” Spitfire asked, noticing the gun. “What are you doing?”

“Putting an end to this shit,” the unicorn replied, before raising her gun to Tress.

“No!” Sunny yelled as she was forced to the floor. “Don’t you fucking do it!”

“Twilight,” Spitfire began, hand on her own gun. “She’s beaten. Look at her. You think she’s sane enough to fake it? We need to take her in and find a way to reverse the effects on her hair.”

“She tried to kill Kyra,” Twilight said, eyes narrowing. “She could’ve killed Fluttershy...”

“Our lives are at risk every day,” Spitfire said as she moved her hand from her gun. “It’s part of the job. But, you did what you could and no one died. No one has to die.”

Twilight sniffled as tears ran down her face. “I couldn’t protect Emerald... or Aqua... or Tech... or all those that fucking died when Surprise blew up the hotel... I almost lost Kyra and Fluttershy to this bitch..."

"There are some things that we can't control," the cop went on, moving a little closer to Twilight. "But, we can control our actions. Clearly Tresemmé is no threat to you as you beat her."

"Chrysalis beat her," Twilight corrected, before eyeing Sunny. "I beat that bitch."

"Still," Spitfire said, her heart pounding as she hoped this wouldn't go the way she feared. "You girls beat them. You can beat them again if you had to."

"Jail won't work," the unicorn said as she shook her head. "They could bend the bars."

"We have special prisons for those kinds of criminals," Spitfire explained. "Just as we have ways of arresting and holding unicorns." Twilight's hand started shaking. "Come on, don't do this," Spitfire pleaded. "Midnight is right outside waiting for you. As are your friends. If you do this, it'll ruin your life."

Twilight eyed her before looking at Tresemmé. The mare still seemed to injured to try and fight back. Hand shaking even more, she lowered her hand with a grunt. Sighing deeply, she looked at Spitfire. "Arrest her."

"Oh, thank fuck," Spitfire sighed, starting to move forward as Twilight turned to walk away.

"You think this is over?" the crazy mare asked, coughing. "When I get out, and you know I will... I'll be coming for your Midnight. And, your friends," she said with a weak laugh, coughing some more as she looked over at Chrysalis. "Then, I'll go after your wife. You'll all pay for this, I swear..."

Twilight stopped moving, eyes on the door. She could see Midnight standing outside with Pinkamena and Rainbow Dash. Images of Aqua and Tech flashed through her mind. How Tech's death affected Flora also ran through her mind. Letting out a shuddered breath, her grip tightened on her gun. Closing her eyes, she exhaled deeply and slowly before whipping around and aiming her gun. Without hesitation, she shot Tresemmé in the head.

"NO!" Sunny exclaimed, staring in horror. "Tressy!"

As the mare's blood splattered the wall, Spitfire jumped back. "What the fuck?!" She exclaimed, standing up and turning to Twilight. "What the fuck have you done?"

"I saved my friends," Twilight said with tears in her eyes. "My family."

Spitfire shook her head and pulled out handcuffs. "This is over, Twilight!" She yelled, trying not to cry, too. "You're too unpredictable! The mayor will not shit like this slide, so now I have to take action... and arrest you!"

"You can't," Twilight sniffled. "I-I still have work to do..."

"You are not fit to bit out in public!" The cop yelled, raising her gun. "If you run, you'll be on the most wanted list by morning, I guarantee it!"

"Twilight?" Chrysalis asked, getting the mare's attention. The changeling had a few tears in her eyes, as did Fluttershy. "Just, stop."

The purple unicorn shook her head slowly. "I can't." She then looked at Spitfire again. "I'm sorry." Before anyone could react, Twilight disappeared in a flash of light.

"Shit!" Spitfire yelled, pulling out her radio. "All units, be on the lookout for Twilight. She's priority one. Stop her by any means."

"Do we... use lethal force?" The voice on the other end asked.

Spitfire stared off into nothing before she looked over at Chrysalis and Fluttershy. Her eyes then went back to Tresemmé's body.

"Ma'am?" Asked the voice.

"Only if absolutely necessary," Spitfire replied, before putting her hand over he mouth, not believing she had to give the order.

"What have you done?" Chrysalis asked, walking towards her. "You're authorizing them to kill Twilight?"

"O-nly if they h-have to..." Spitfire stammered as she clumsily put her radio away.

Chrysalis shook her head. "Why? She's never threatened an innocent!"

"I know!" The cop yelled back. "But, in her quest for the truth, what if she accidentally kills an innocent?! Someone she thinks is evil?! I can't let that happen!"

"This is all so wrong," the queen muttered, crossing her arms.

"Perhaps," Spitfire agreed. "But, I'm just doing my job. Believe me, I never wanted to make this call against Twilight. After all she's done for us--"

Their discussion was cut off when they heard grunting. Looking over to where the two cops were holding Sunny, the yellow mare had broken free. She had the green cop on the floor, her leg wrapped around his head while she had her left arm wrapped around the other blue cop's neck. She then snapped the green cops neck with her leg before grabbing his gun and standing up with the blue mare as a hostage.

When Spitfire pulled her gun and Chrysalis lit her horn, Sunny began heading to a side door in the lobby. "Let her go!" Spitfire yelled.

"Or what?" The yellow mare asked. "You'll arrest me either way. And, I've already killed one cop. What's wrong with killing a second?"

"No, please, don--" the blue cop started before Sunny pulled the trigger.

"No!" Spitfire exclaimed, firing off multiple rounds.

In her anger and shock, she couldn't really aim well, and missed every time. Sunny took off running as Chrysalis fired a bolt of magic at her. Sunny simply deflected it with her hand and burst through the side door.

"What the hell just happened?" Chrysalis asked, as Spitfire ran over to the two dead cops. "All units!" She screamed into her radio. "Another top priority! Sunny, who worked at Sylk, Inc. Sh-She just killed two cops!"

Fluttershy looked around the room at the dead cops, where Twilight was, and Tresemmé's body. She dropped to her knees and started to quietly sob to herself. Hearing this, Chrysalis came running over to comfort her

Midnight and the others were still waiting outside when Spitfire came out. "What's going on?" The black mare asked. "I saw some of the cops speed off. And there was a gunshot."

Spitfire walked up to the group and took a deep breath. "Twilight has killed Tresemmé in cold blood. Just like she did with Dune. She has become unstable and... in order to stop her, I tried to arrest her. She resisted and fled. As did Sunny. Both are on our top priorities list and, if any of them should resist again... lethal force has been authorized," she said, getting gasps from everyone in the group. The cop's eyes then fell on Midnight, who was simply staring in wide-eyed horror. "I'm so sorry." She then turned and headed towards her own police car.

"Twilight's... a criminal now?" Trixie. "B-But, how... What..."

"Shit..." Blood Rain sighed, rubbing her head. "How could she do that?"

Midnight stayed frozen in place before walking over to her car and getting in. After turning the car on, she gripped the wheel. Tears then began to stream down her face as she began to openly sob. Resting her forehead on the wheel, she slammed her left foot down a couple times. She let out a gasp when she heard her door open and sat up.

"Hey," Pinkamena said, reaching in and putting a hand on Midnight's shoulder. "You shouldn't be driving like this. Move over."

The black mare sniffled and nodded, sliding into the passenger seat as Pinkie sat down in the driver's seat.

Sterling watched as Jade tried to get Ruby down off the ceiling for dinner when her phone rang. "Hello?" She answered. Her eyes then went wide. "A-Are you sure?" She then hung up and leaned back against the wall. "Oh, mistress, what have you done?"

Twilight stood on the bridge leading out of Ponytropolis. "Good-bye, everyone," she whimpered, wiping tears from her eyes. "I'll be back someday, I promise..."

After taking one last minute, she turned and started walking away from the city... and from her family...