"Doctor Sparkle! Over here!" A short man in a white lab coat hollered out to the lavender alicorn.

"It's ready? Do you have it?" Twilight asked as she landed in front of the two scientists she met a few nights prior.

"Da, da, it's right here." The taller scientist confirmed as he pulled a black briefcase from the back of their van and proceeded to click it open. "We finished it just in time."

"Excellent! Twilight said. "Now the next question is how I go about getting close enough to administer the drug."

"Don't you worry, my fellow genius." The shorter man said. "We've thought of that and we're a step ahead!"

Much to Twilight's amazement, the taller scientist proceeded to pull pieces of what appeared to be a bolt action rifle out of the briefcase and began affixing them together. After a few clicks and pops, the parts were all put into place ultimately forming the fully assembled piece of hardware. Now that the gun was put together, the man then carefully pulled what looked like a rifle cartridge with what appeared to be a hypodermic needle at the tip instead of a bullet, placed it into the rifle's chamber and closed the breach.

"You put it in a tranquilizer dart!" An impressed Twilight Sparkle beamed. "That...that's perfect!"

"I hope you know how to use it." The shorter man said.

"I've had my fair share of practice. Ever since the Americans started exporting guns to Equestria and the Royal Guard started carrying them, I've gotten pretty sharp with one of these."

"Good, because we were only able to fill one dart on such short notice. You'll need to make this shot count."

"You can count on me, gentlemen."

"It's not just us." The taller man said. "There's another fellow scientist out there who deserves to his freedom. Not to mention the many people around the world who have been affected by radiation who are counting on you."

"I'm ready."

"We can't get into the exclusion zone yet so you'll need to act now. Good luck, Doctor Sparkle."

With no time to waste, Twilight took the rifle in her hooves and took to the air in search of Radius and the others with the intentions of freeing the former from his misery with the help of a newly developed drug. The last place Twilight had seen everypony else was at Radius's current home just above the destroyed reactor and hoped that they would still be there though she was prepared to fly as far as she needed to in order to achieve her goal. She had her mind set on the pony who deserved to go back home and a large family who still to this day desperately wanted him back and come Tartarus or high water, he would be within their warm embrace no matter what. Still, the main task at hoof was locating Radius in the first place and since he was known to be emotionally unstable at times, Twilight knew that she may need to expect him to move about quite a lot. What she did not expect however was the dire situation that she would soon discover once she found them if she ever would again.

As everypony spied from a distance at the scene taking place through the large windows of the gymnasium, they could hardly contain their relief after seeing Radius rise up off the floor so effortlessly. All except Shining Armor and Rainbow Dash nearly broke out into cheers as they had not yet seen first hoof Radius's alter ego nor the devastation that he was capable of. The pupils of the two whom were unfortunate enough to have been relentlessly pursued and nearly gutted alive by the the sadistic creature shrank to pin pricks as they watched through their binoculars.

To see the eyes of the monster who threw himself on top of and attempted to sexually violate her just the other day sent shivers down Rainbow Dash's spine. A cold sweat poured down her face as she stood frozen to her spot, barely able to hold the binoculars in her trembling hooves. Shining Armor took notice and gently placed a hoof on the terrified mare's shoulder which did offer a small amount of comfort but nothing could truly put her mind at ease. The relief of everypony else was short lived as they noticed Rainbow Dash's distress after she dropped her binoculars, the image of Spazz standing over her as he prepared to insert Radius's stallionhood into her against her will burnt into her mind.

"Eveypony, this is not good." Shining Armor said as he tried his best to comfort a shivering Rainbow Dash. "He's back."

"So, that's this 'Spazz' guy Radius told us about?" Spitfire asked.

"Sheeoot, them eyes are givin' me the creeps." Big Macintosh said with a shudder.

It was at that moment that it occurred to everypony that Bolnoyvolk the wolf was the very least of their worries now that the side of Radius that he tried so hard to keep at bay was free to do as he pleased. Unbeknownst to the truck sized canine, his foe in the form of the three hundred pound mutated unicorn was no longer the force for good he had fought against before and now intended on causing pain in exchange for his sick pleasure.

"Alright, now I'm getting pissed!" Bolnoyvolk huffed as he cracked the knuckles of his paws. "Stay down!"

Radius in his Spazz controlled state of mind simply stood there with a smug grin as Bolnoyvolk lunged at him with his paws aiming for the pony's neck. The massive, lumbering wolf now simply wanted to skip the hassle and snuff out his enemy so he could finally get his revenge but the mutated equine's alter ego had other plans. Just as Bolnoyvolk wrapped his massive paws around Spazz's throat and began to squeeze with intentions of snapping his neck, the latter simply smirked as he belched up at least a quart of his acid saliva and spat it all over the wolf's forelegs.

"Gahhh, fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck!" Bolnoyvolk shouted as he dropped Spazz and waved his forelegs about to throw off the corrosive spit as it burned through his fur.

"And I'm just getting started." Spazz chuckled.

While Bolnoyvolk was distracted with ridding his fur of the deadly acid that quickly began to erode his skin and flesh away, Spazz used the opportunity to take down the creature whom he saw as mere competition. Instead of exacting justice like Radius had intended, Spazz simply wished to do away with Bolnoyvolk both for fun and to gain the exclusive rights to torture whatever living being was unfortunate to meet his gaze. Now that he had the massive wolf right where he wanted him, Spazz teleported out of sight and reappeared above his rival where he would inflict his next blow.

WHAM!

With his back hooves and seemingly all the strength he could get out of Radius's body, Spazz kicked down onto the top of Bolnoyvolk's head sending him crashing to the floor. With acid burning through his forelegs and being rendered dazed from such blunt force, the unsuspecting Bolnoyvolk was just seeing the beginning of his misfortune which was nothing compared to what was to come soon. Once Spazz jumped off of Bolnoyvolk's head, the crazed wolf was about to make the same mistake that Radius had made by allowing his own anger to conquer him and cost him dearly.

"ENOUGH!!" Bolnoyvolk boomed as he arose from the floor, his body now glowing bright red. "THIS ENDS NOW!!"

As everypony watched from a distance in awe, Bolnoyvolk opened his jaws wide allowing a thick cloud of toxic purple smoke to billow from his throat. Spazz set Radius's horn aglow as he prepared to put his thermal beam to work and opened fire just as the smoke fully enveloped both combatants. Nopony could see what was going on through the thick cloud that had wafted out of the giant wolf's gullet and against his own better judgement, Shining Armor felt compelled to get a closer look. With his binoculars hanging around his neck on a cord, the Prince and Guard Captain let his curiosity get the best of him as he slowly trotted towards the deadly light show that took place in the building. Everypony else, even Rainbow Dash seemed to feel the same way as they too followed suit.

The strange purple smoke continued to fill the air and began to billow out of the broken windows and flash with each and every shot Spazz took with his host's horn as the fierce battle raged on. As the exhausted team awaited the arrival of their princess and their local guide, they all watched with great anticipation knowing the fight could still belong to either of the two at this point. However, as the frequency of the bright flashes slowed and the sounds of the scuffling between the two creatures decreased, it would appear that the fight may soon draw to a close. Finally, after several long minutes of the battle raging within Bolnoyvolk's poisonous breath, the commotion finally gave way to an eerie silence as the smoke wafted out of the windows and new holes burned into the building by Spazz's shots.

Silence. For several minutes that ticked by so slowly that it was simply agonizing, the deafening silence was almost painful for the team to bear as the smoke slowly cleared. The suspense was unbearable and everypony was incredibly torn as to whom they would prefer to see emerge victorious. Bolnoyvolk was a serious threat to the safety of the workers who needed to complete the arch project but Spazz was a dangerous to anything that moved and breathed. On the contrary, Spazz was also taking advantage of the body of Radius whom deserved to have his life back. Only time would tell and that quickly approaching time had finally come, bringing a sigh of relief yet frightening realization to the team of ponies who observed the situation from mere yards away.

With the smoke at long last cleared, the two combatants remained in the center of the large room, Spazz standing there licking his teeth and Bolnoyvolk lying on his side in a large puddle of crimson. The state the wolf was in was sickening to say the least and worst of all he was still alive as could be plainly seen as he used his shaking paws to apply pressure to some of the many holes burned into his broken and bloodied body. Many patches of fur and flesh had been eaten away by Spazz's acid spit and judging by his very labored breathing, he would not live much longer and he knew it.

"Y-you go-ahh! You got me..." Bolnoyvolk coughed as he lie trembling on the floor. "You put up one hel-*cough* hell of a fight, comrade...you win."

"I gotta hoof it to ya, you weren't so bad yourself." Spazz chuckled as he trotted over to the wall and proceeded to rip a metal tube full of wires from it. "But alas, I can't have somebody taking up all my fun around here."

"F-fun? Wait I th-*wheez* I thought you were trying to serve justice. Wha-what are you doing? If you're so much better than me, you won't just leave me here to bleed like this. Aren't you goi-ahh!...f-finish me off...please, I beg you..."

"In time, my little chew toy, in time. For now, let's just say you're in for a shocking experience."

Much to Bolnoyvolk's confusion and Shining Armor's horror, Spazz began wrapping the ends of the copper electrical wired around the end of his gnarled horn and stared into the eyes of the terrified wolf he stood over. The toothy grin on Spazz's face was nearly enough to send Rainbow Dash into another panic fit and it was when sparks began flying from the wires, it was then that Bolnoyvolk knew what was coming to him. Though the wretch of a creature he was certainly deserved some form of severe punishment for the torturing and murders of the three men, Shining Armor had seen first hoof the sick method of getting his kicks that Spazz was about to perform. Despite the horrific atrocities against the very gift of life Bolnoyvolk had committed, Shining Armor felt that no living being no matter how vile deserved what Spazz was about to do. Shortly, everypony else would feel the same way.

"Gaaaaaahhhh!!" Bolnoyvolk shrieked in agony as Spazz prodded him with the lives wires, sending thousands of volts of electricity from his horn. "Aaaaahhhhh! Wait! No! Sto-Aaaaaahhhhaahhahh!"

The scene that played out before the group of ponies as they watched from a distance was truly sickening to say the very least. Rainbow Dash could not so much as stand to look through her binoculars anymore as the squeaking and yelping from the tortured creature was more than enough without seeing his broken and burned body twitch. Despite all he had done, the ponies had always be honor bound by the laws of peace and amnesty thus believed that there exist no living creature no matter how vile that deserved such ruthless torture. As far as they were concerned, the wrong doer was already being stripped of the gift of life and as such, should be clean and swift. Spazz on the other hoof nearly seemed to get off to what he was doing to Bolnoyvolk and for the ponies, it was simply nausea inducing. To them, what Spazz was doing was not justice; it was plain wrong, sick, and disgusting.

"Squirm, bitch!" Spazz shouted with a disgusting grin on his face as he cooked Bolnoyvolk alive. "I WANNA WATCH YOU SQUIRM! GAHAHAHAHAHAAA!! YEAH, BLEED, MOTHER FUCKER, BLEED!! BLEEEEEED!!"

For several minutes, Spazz continued to torture his victim to the point where the latter's body began to smolder as if it were close to catching fire. The strong, massive, truck sized wolf had been reduced to a whimpering little plaything whom was at the mercy of the monster who enjoyed toying with him and the squeaks and yelps that came from him were disturbing reminders of how hard even the mightiest can fall. For Bolnoyvolk, to endure such torture to a point where his flesh was literally being cooked and every organ in his body ready to burst into flame, the only thing he could think about was what he did to those workers and for the first time in his life felt remorse. Finally, when Bolnoyvolk's body began taking on an almost charred appearance, Spazz stopped his torture and seemed like he would finally grant mercy to his smoldering victim and put him out of his misery.

"P-please...stop..." Bolnoyvolk quietly whimpered as he begged for mercy. "I thought...you were the better one here...prove that you're better than me and kill me...I'm s-sorry..."

"I don't think you quite get what's going on here." Spazz said he casually trotted circles around the dying wolf whom he got pleasure out of torturing. "Remember that geek mentioning his other side?"

"Oh, fuck...I get it n-owww...aaauugh...please, have mercy...I-I...what are you doing?"

"Hold your horses, alright? You said you wanted me to end you, so I'm gonna do you the service...I never said it'd be quick though...heheheheh."

Spazz then proceeded to put a new demented plan into play by lifting his tongue with his mouth open wide and began spraying his acidic saliva all over the building. First he started by spraying a circle on the floor around Bolnoyvolk as he lay in his own blood and then proceeded to spray globs of spit on the walls for good measure. For the first time in his fourteen years of existence, the suffering wolf could truly understand agony and could only think of what he had put the three construction workers through. Never before until now had he even considered the feelings of another living being as even he, the vile creature who tortured those men was capable of some form of empathy now that he had experienced true suffering. Spazz on the other hand was not.

"That oughtta do it." Spazz said as he finished spraying his saliva around the room and found himself content with his work. "Well, big guy, it'll all be over soon. I've got some more fun to be had out there and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't horny as fuck right now. Phew, is it me or is it about to get hot in here?"

As Bolnoyvolk lay on the cold, hard floor in a pool of his own blood for what would be he last few minutes of living, Spazz lowered his head and placed his horn up close to the puddle of acid he had spat out. With nothing more than one tiny spark that crackled from the very tip, the acid was quickly set ablaze and rapidly spread along the wet trails all over the room until its entirety was nearly engulfed.

"There you go." Spazz beamed as he reached over the small but growing wall of flames to pat Bolnoyvolk on the head. "Now you just lay there and relax. Look on the bright side. You don't have to die cold and alone."

Spazz slowly and casually trotted over to the building's front door where he then proceeded to use his glowing horn to melt through the welds that Radius created to seal it shut before the fight. As Bolnoyvolk lay motionless and barely clinging to life, the flames continued to spread at a rapid pace to a point where large pieces of the ceiling began to fall all around the suffering wolf. Desperate to end his suffering, he could do nothing but hope for the building to cave in on him and much to his gratitude, it appeared that he would soon get his wish. Just as Spazz pushed the front door open and strolled out with a final wave to his burning victim, a large steel girder that supported the roof began to buckle as one end shifted from its original place.

Bolnoyvolk stared up at the ceiling hoping so badly that the steel beam that clung to the roof by only a few bolts directly above him would hit its mark. One by one, the bolts snapped until the girder hovered above pointed downwards and relieved the final bolt of its duties. The mutated wolf that was just as much a victim of radiation as Radius was closed his eyes as he waited for sweet serenity in the form of a half ton beam of steel until it came crashing down on his neck ultimately severing his spine. Bolnoyvolk was guilty of heinous deeds but would not have been the way he was if not for the radiation that plagued his body and mind before he was even born so he too was just as much of a victim as any other ailing creature living in the exclusion zone. At this point however, nothing mattered anymore other than the fact that his lifelong torment was over and he was finally set free.

"Whoa whoa, the heat is onnn!" Spazz sang as he strolled out the door of the burning and crumbling building. "It's on the stree-*sniff* what ho? I smell...fear!"

Spazz sensed the presence of others so without any hesitation or warning, he turned to face a nearby patch of overgrown foliage and bushes and fired several beams into it to flush out whomever was using them as cover. Like a flock of quail being spooked by a hunter's dog, one by one everypony jumped out of the brush to avoid being sliced in half much like the catfish that attacked Daring Do days prior. With each and every pony that showed his or herself, the more delighted Spazz became at the sight of whom he saw as mere playthings. Once Rainbow Dash jumped out of the foliage however, he had made his decision as to who his next victim would be.

"My little fucktoy!" Spazz beamed as Rainbow Dash stood up off the ground and froze where she stood. "Fancy seeing you, sweet meat! What say we finish what we started?"

If having this monster that took over Radius's body tackle her and hold her down was not enough, to see him trotting towards her as he licked his teeth was pure terror. Rainbow Dash physically could not find it in herself to so much as move as muscle and as she squeaked in horror as the very though of Spazz succeeding to take her this time scared her so much that she began to grow wet in her nether regions. With her tail firmly pressed down against her privates as her only means of protecting her body from the psychopath she was helpless and could do nothing more as he reached a hoof out to grab her and do with her what he pleased.

"Nope!" Big Mac snorted as he stepped between Rainbow Dash and her assailant, every hair on his body standing on end and his pupils fully dilated.

"Step aside and wait your turn!" Spazz retorted with full intentions on having his way with Rainbow Dash.

"It's over, Spazz!" Shining Armor said through his teeth as he stood his ground next to Big Macintosh. "I've got somepony on the way here as we speak with something that's gonna wipe you out!"

"Ohohoho, have I got a special plan for you! I'm gonna pin you down and go in dry!"

One by one, everypony on the team stood up off the ground and formed a circle around Spazz with the exception of Rainbow Dash as she was too petrified to move. Everypony's coat stood on end and their pupils fully dilated as their adrenaline surged through their veins in their natural fight or flight response. Spazz had just taken out a creature several times his own size but for the sake of their comrades and the pony that the monster was holding hostage in his own body, the group refused to back down. Surely five ponies could manage to bring down one if they worked together, or so they would hope.

Much to the dismay of everypony who circled him, Spazz appeared to be utterly unmoved by their attempt to intimidate him. With a bemused look in his leering, red eyes, one by one he glanced around at each pony who stood in his way before he began snickering. If that was not enough for terrible discouragement, everypony's heart sank to new lows as Spazz's horn lit up.

"You're all making this way too easy." Spazz chuckled through a shit eating grin as he used his aura to create a bubble around himself. "So why don't you just step back and make this fun?"

Instead of using the shield spell to protect himself as the group had for a moment suspected, Spazz used it as more of a bomb. With seemingly no effort whatsoever, the sick maniac forced the wall around him out and away from himself, tossing everypony several yards away where they landed on the ground in a daze. Now that he had everypony whom he saw as little more than toys he was not quite ready to play with cast aside and out of his way, he could proceed with his vile and filthy pleasures he had in mind for Rainbow Dash.

Like the others, Rainbow Dash had also been blasted back by the sudden force and she too was dazed and disoriented. It was at the moment however that a toxic, green aura from a unicorn surrounded her entire body and began to drag her towards its source she snapped out of her trance at the sudden realization of what was to come next. Rainbow Dash screamed at the top of her lungs at the horror of being dragged to a waiting set of glowing, red eyes as Spazz held out a hoof he would use to hold her still on the ground. After a few mere seconds that felt like years, the mortified pegasus had a large hoof firmly pressed down on her chest while another covered her mouth. Before she could even so much as think of flailing her legs or wings about, Spazz's aura quickly tied the last of the loose ends until there was no possible way for her to resist his unwanted advances. With Radius's massive, throbbing, glowing cock fully erect and rock hard, Spazz then looked into the sobbing eyes of his helpless victim as he lowered the member towards her unwilling marehood.

KAPOW!

"Gahhh!" Spazz winced at the sound of a gunshot followed by a bullet ricocheting off his horn.

"Next one will sever your dick, asshole!" A familiar male voice shouted from several yards away. "Let her go!"

As quickly as it surrounded Rainbow Dash's body, Spazz's aura subsided and was immediately replaced by a much more comforting and familiar golden one. With her attacker distracted by being shot directly on to tip of his horn, Rainbow Dash found herself floating through the air and being whisked away from him into a waiting pair of white pony arms. For everypony, especially Rainbow Dash, to finally see their Princess come to their aid with the help of a heavily armed friend they had in Frederick Schultz was a wonderful sight for their sore, weary eyes.

The eyes of Princess Celestia though tired like those of the others, burned with anger as she glared daggers at Spazz and held a traumatized Rainbow Dash in her arms. The immortal alicorn was a patient being who has forgiven many a wrong doer but upon witnessing a parasite within the mind of her former flame attempt to violate her subjects, she could not and would not allow him to get away with it. Very gently, Celestia placed Rainbow Dash back on the ground where the latter then hid behind Frederick as he aimed his AK-47 rifle directly between Spazz's glowing, red eyes. Ecstatic to see both of them, everypony else, sprang up from where they lay dazed and rushed over to their Princess's side. Still, instead of taking it as his cue to surrender, Spazz was completely unmoved and unafraid which made the situation appear no less grim as the sadistic creature whistled at the sight of the regal alicorn.

"Ah, so you're that sweet piece of ass I've heard so much about!" Spazz catcalled to Celestia as he licked his teeth. "Hot damn, how did a little geek like this get to tap that hot fla-"

"BECAUSE THAT GEEK WAS THE SWEETEST, MOST SELFLESS SAINT OF A STALLION TO HAVE GRACED THE FLOORS OF MY CASTLE'S BALLROOM, YOU CUR!" Celestia boomed with her ancient royal Canterlot voice she and her sister used centuries ago.

Celestia then took a few steps forward much to everypony's surprise, indicating that she would take on Spazz herself and even more surprising was what she did when the remainder of the team stepped up with her. First Shining Armor followed by Spitfire, Soarin, Big Macintosh, and then Daring Do stepped up to their Princess's side to be stopped in their tracks by the alicorn's arm in front of them like a gate at a railway crossing.

"No." Celestia said firmly as she held her arm in front of her subjects signaling for them to stop. "I've already put you all in enough danger. No more. Frederick! Please escort my subjects to safety...I'll take care of this scum."

"And just leave you here with this psycho!?" Spitfire gasped.

"No more stalling, just go! I'll hold him off until Twilight gets here! Just follow Frederick and everything will be fine!"

Reluctantly, everypony did as ordered and followed their guide whom would lead them all to safety provided that their Princess could successfully keep Spazz a bay. With his fully loaded assault rifle and pistol both with several extra magazines at his disposal, Frederick was well equipped to deal with any threat that should arise. Still, the horrible monster that Spazz was still had an Equestrian citizen as his hostage so gunning him down would have to be a last resort which Celestia gave permission for only if there was no other way.

Though Celestia was a Princess who spent most of her time either in an extravagant palace or the more upscale side of her capitol city, she was far from the sliver spoon type and had seen her fair share of combat. It was long ago since her last physical conflict with anypony, she had never felt so ready for anything such as this before and after what she and the team had been through, she was in no mood for anything but best results. As Spazz deviously rubbed his hooves together and drooled at the idea of shedding blood, Celestia spread her wings and limbered up for the impending battle with the menace who controlled the very pony she loved so much long ago. For nearly two long minutes, the two powerful creatures stared each other down waiting for the other to make a move. Celestia gritted her teeth as she stared daggers at the very definition of the word "evil" and finally engaged her opponent.

With her wings fully spread, Celestia charged Spazz with her horn aglow with full intentions of putting a stop to his reign of terror over his innocent host. Now that she knew the truth of why her former flame could not return home, it seemed that she could not possibly be more infuriated until Spazz mockingly gestured for her to come over to him making her angrier still. Quickly, the gap between the two combatants closed and the hooves started flying in every possible direction. Celestia had the slight advantage as her legs were longer and could better reach their mark and successfully landed some hard blows on Spazz's face. Spazz on the other hoof was also able to lay a few good smacks onto the face of the Princess and showed no interest in holding back.

Though having longer legs, Spazz seemed to have a strength advantage when it came to hoof to hoof combat so Celestia implemented the element of surprise by teleporting and reappearing directly behind her adversary. With every last bit of strength she could muster, she bucked her rear legs and nearly buried her hooves into Spazz's back. Her latest attack managed to knock the monster to the ground but he needed little to no time to recover as he was back up within seconds. The two found their horns locked and their hooves pressed against one another's as they both tried to push the other to the ground and ultimately into submission. As she locked eyes with Spazz, her anger towards him built even further and she felt compelled to offer him a few choice words.

"For thirty years..." Celestia said through her teeth as she and Spazz continued to push each other back and forth. "You kept a good pony here...all alone...tormented him when he could have otherwise came home!"

"It wasn't me, you bitch!" Spazz retorted. "He was abandoned! Cast aside like he was nothing! Left here to rot! He wouldn't even be alive now if it wasn't for me!"

"We didn't even know he was here, you bastard! Get...out...of his body!!"

"This is my body! I am Radius, just without my weaker side now! He was too forgiving! He was fucking weak!"

"LIES!!"

Celestia was fed up with Spazz and the mere thoughts of what he put Radius through pushed her anger over the edge and almost as if on a reflex, headbutted her opponent and bloodied his muzzle. Just when she thought she had him stunned for a moment however, the vile creature cocked his right foreleg back and laid it across the Princess's muzzle with all this strength, sending her flying. It seemed that the already bleak situation could get no worse but it was when the dazed and battered alicorn felt her back hit the wall of the burning building that she knew that the fight was no longer hers. The force of Spazz's blow was so great that his victim did not stop until she had finally hit the floor and found herself badly wounded in the midst of a raging inferno. Much to the horror of Celestia and soon everypony else, Spazz was once again the undeserving victor.

"Aww, what a shame." Spazz sighed out of mock disappointment as he slowly trotted away from the collapsing building. "I bet she would have been a great lay. Heh, just when I thought she couldn't get any hotter."

Though Frederick was a battle hardened individual who would sooner take a bullet than admit he cared for anyone, he genuinely made it his top priority to lead the ponies under his protection to safety. Much like them, he was tired, sore all over and since they were all still in the Northernmost section of Pripyat so there was still a long way to go before they reached a safe zone. Not only that but it would still be a long time before the Ukrainian Army could get the road filled in and their trucks through in order to assist. It seemed that everyone of the possible odds was hard at work against them and just to add more panic to their day, the loud crash of the burning building collapsing from where Celestia and Spazz fought was like every imaginable nightmare coming true.

"Oh my god, no!!" Soarin cried out as he and the other paused to see a massive cloud of smoke billowing from the inferno.

"Please tell me the Princess can handle that guy!" Spitfire cried.

"I don't know guys, it's not looking good!" Shining Armor whimpered.

"We can't stop now!" Frederick warned the group. "I promised Princess I'd get you all out of here safe! She can handle that freak, I know she can! We go!"

Frederick had made friends with both Shining Armor and had gotten to admire and respect Princess Celestia as well and was determined to see that they left the exclusion zone unharmed. Though he assured the group that their Princess stood a fighting chance against the horrible and powerful monster that controlled the body of an otherwise good pony, the doubt he truly felt made his heart sink with each passing second. Keeping the exhausted and battered group from panicking and clouding their judgement as a great burden that the soldier had accepted responsibility for but the worry of their Princess actually not making it truly made him sick to his stomach. All he could do now however was his absolute best to follow through with his job and see to it that nopony would be hurt on his watch.

Author's Notes:

The amazing image you see above was done by my talented friend mix-up. Also, there is now a new image in chapter 15 and I will slowly, one by one be adding them to other older chapters. The image in chapter 15 which is titled "Daring Down" was made by the aquaticsun. He is also responsible for the cover images for my stories "Clusterbuck to City Hall" and "The Mane Six Buy Their First Cars."

This is the link to mix-up's Deviantart... http://amalgamzaku.deviantart.com/art/Face-Off-697466787?ga_submit_new=10%3A1502158372