Scootaloo frantically looked back and forth, from where Kaylee and Flight stood behind Gloss over to the hallway on her left. Although luckily nopony had come running down the hallway to see what all the commotion was about... Scootaloo wasn't sure how long that would last. She needed to move, and quick... or else the window in which she could move would close.

"I'm gonna jet," she murmured, hoping Grey would hear.

"No, don't. You need Kaylee and Flight with you. You can get through Gloss. Remember: always go for the crotch shot if you're guaranteed to connect against a superior opponent."

"Buh?"

"Just hit him where it'll hurt."

Exhaling, Scootaloo nodded and faced the green stallion, who still stood there in the doorway. She could hear further on in the room the crashing of ponies against tables, chairs, and walls, and could only hope that it wasn't her friends getting injured. Taking another breath, Scootaloo rushed forward, lifted a hoof, and...

...was grabbed by Gloss's strong foreleg, pulled into his strong grip. He held her firm against his torso even as she realised what had happenend and started flailing. "Let me go!" Scootaloo squeaked, a bit higher than she had intended. "Ow! You're hurting me!"

"Stop it, kid, you're embarrassing yourself," Gloss admonished, not budging. "I don't really know what's going on here, but let's all just settle down and get back in the room, okay? We don't want to hurt you."

"Mmff... shut up!" Scootaloo tried to bite his foreleg, but he swatted her face away. "Ow! You're going to break my muzzle!"

"Seriously, Scootaloo... just cut it out." Gloss looked down at her disdainfully. "It's over. You can't do anyth—whoah!"

At that moment, Gloss's eyes opened wide as he was thrust forward, suddenly releasing Scootaloo from his grasp as he tried to reach out and stop himself from flying into the wall across the hallway. "Aaaugh!"

Scootaloo, now free, was able to scramble to the side and out of the stallion's way, skidding to a halt less than a metre away. As she watched Gloss barrel into the wall and stumble over, dazed, she cringed. Then, she looked to Kaylee and Flight in the doorway, who had both stepped out into the hall. Kaylee looked like all the life had been drained from her; Flight, on the other hoof, looked incredulous.

"...What happened?" Scootaloo asked as the two fillies approached.

"Kevin... he used his magic," Flight explained, pointing to Kaylee's horn with a hint of admiration and awe in her voice. "Like, he just charged up a big bolt of magic and... blam!"

"Er... yeah, something like that," Kaylee said, scratching the back of her head with a hoof. "I've never done anything like that before..."

Scootaloo, meanwhile, could already see one of the guards in the room had noticed what was going on and was trying to escape his current fight with Mochi to get out there. "Um... that's awesome and all, but we've gotta bail. C'mon!" She pointed down the hall with a hoof. "This way!"

"What about the others?" Kaylee asked, sounding worried.

"They'll be fine!" Scootaloo called back, having already started galloping down the hall. "Please, just come with me!"

And Kaylee and Flight ran after Scootaloo, bounding down the hall to wherever she was taking them.