Treble pushed the attacker back and kicked him away. He helped Fluffle get to her feet before standing between her and the newcomer. Treble just stared in confusion and shock as the attacker got to his feet. He looked just like him, everything the same except everything that was red on him was black on his double, while anything black was white. All that stayed the same was their shape and white skin, as well as the white stripes in their hair. Treble stared the doppelgänger in his shining blue eyes with his own crimson eyes. 'I'm guessing this guy is the darkness in my heart.' He blocked another punch from the double and pushed him back, only for the double to try and run around him to get to Fluffle Puff, which resulted in Treble spin kicking him in the face, causing him to tumble backwards. 'Seems he's more concerned with Fluffle than me though...'

As the double slowly got to his feet while holding its possibly broken nose, a note appeared in front of the semi-silent young man. 'I see you've come into contact with another emotion. Although, I hardly think darkness can be considered an emotion...oh, whatever. It's seems to be taking the form of an alternative version of you, Sick Bubblegum I think his name was. Not the best name but let's roll with it for now. Now, do what you do best guardian, and beat the ever living crap out of him.

Love, Faust.'

"Wow..." Treble just threw the note away and took a fighting stance while Sick did the same.

Sick just smiled like a maniac while Treble kept a serious expression. Beating this handsome freak would bring him one step closer to returning to Sunset and his unborn child, as well as all of his friends and family. Plus, he wanted to get out of his coma before his body stiffened up, being shot through the chest was enough for him thank you very much.

Sick and Treble began walking towards each other, their movements mirroring the others. When Treble threw a punch with his right hand, so did Sick, causing their fists to meet in the middle. The two began to rapidly strike at each other, each blow blocking each other. Whenever they tried to trip each other up, their feet ended up colliding, causing both to lose balance, causing them to throw that idea out of the metaphorical window.

Suddenly, a pebble rolled under Sicks foot, causing him to trip and fall on his back. Treble looked over to see that Fluffle had been rolling tiny stones over to Sicks side of the fight, a small smile in her face as she waved to Treble. Treble nodded in thanks and grabbed the bottom of Sicks leg. What proceeded was a hilarious scene of Treble repeatedly smashing his double into the ground before slamming him into a rock and landing the finishing flow with a foot to the head, rendering Sick unconscious.

Meanwhile

Hack loaded his last bag into the back of van, both Silver and Casino waiting for him, along with their respective girlfriends who had decided to tag along, given they had been left out of things for far too long, sorry about that girls.

"Oh it's no problem Pyra, it's not like you put us in the stereotypical 'damsel in distress' situation dozens of times or something and had to have Treble save us each time." Pinkie replied to the author with her usual cheery sense of sarcasm, once again causing the others to look at her strangely, only for them to instantly realise it was Pinkie and that they shouldn't question it.

"Well, that's everything from the snacks to the sass of the writer, I'd say we're good to go." Hack announced as he checked over everything. "You sure you don't want to come Ocean?"

"I'd like to, but Octavia wants me here to help take care of Sunset while Onyx and Vinyl are out of town." Oceanic replied as he stood to see the group off. "If anything happens I'll inform you immediately."

"Oh please do keep us updated on Treble and Sunset, I still want to know if there's even the slightest change in either of their conditions." Rarity pleaded while Silver just rolled his eyes.

"I'll make sure to do that Rarity, don't worry."

As everyone climbed into the van, Hack stood outside of the drivers side as he sighed. "You ok Hack?" Fluttershy asked as she walked over, a look of concern on her face.

"I'm fine Shy, I'm just...not looking forward to seeing my family."

"Why not?"

Hack looked into Fluttershys eyes for a moment, contemplating on whether or not he should be blunt about it. "They're not exactly...accepting of me and my choices in life."

"Well then don't see them as family." Rainbow Dash interrupted, causing the two to turn to her. "If they don't accept you, who cares? They're nit family is they don't support your own decisions. See them as stuffy business guys you have to put up with."

Silver rolled down his window in the van to stare at Rainbow with Fluttershy and Hack. "That is the first piece of actual good advice I've ever heard come out of you mouth Dash." He stated bluntly.

"I have my moments, not get going, sooner you get it over with the better."

"She's right." Hack nodded and climbed into the drivers seat, winding down his window to wave at the others. "See you all in about 3 weeks." As everyone waved back and said their goodbyes, Hack started the engine and set off down the road with Silver, Casino, Pinkie, Rarity and Applejack along for the ride.

As Hack gripped the wheel tightly, he felt Pinkie place her hand on his shoulder, reassuring him and allowing him to loosen his grip.

He took in a breath and began to relax. For awhile, everything was calm, everyone sitting in a comfortable silence. That is until one of the bags unzipped itself. "Uh, guys?"

"Yeah AJ?" Hack replied without taking his eyes off the road.

"Why is there a snake in the van?" Everyone but Hack turned around and froze when they saw the creature with its head raised out of the bag.

Author's Notes:

Bet you guys didn't expect another chapter so early.

Also, if you don't pay attention to the blogs posted for this story, Sick Bubblegum is a rejected version of Dantes, originally meant to be a rival to Treble but was scrapped, just wanted to make him have a cameo. (If anyone was thinking it, yes he's named after the song Sick Bubblegum)

If ya see any mistakes, let me know and I'll fix them asap. Thanks.