Rainbow quickly entered Crystal Ridge, glad to be out of the storm that raged around the asylum...and only around the asylum, Rainbow was disturbed to notice. The building was dark, illuminated only by the faint moonlight streaming through the gaps in the boarded-up windows. Not seeing anyone in sight, she headed towards a nearby set of stairs. The silence was total, interrupted only by the comparably deafening sound of Rainbow's footsteps. Upon reaching the second level, a new sound finally reached her ears: the faint, familiar sound of crying coming from down the hallway to her right.

“I'd know that sound anywhere,” she thought. “That's Scootaloo. It has to be!”

Running towards the sounds, Rainbow came to a large, metal door with bars over the window. Peering inside, she saw her sister held in the arms of her two friends Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom.

“Scoots, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom! Am I glad to see you three!” Rainbow exclaimed. "You okay?"

Looking up through the bars, Scootaloo pushed off of Sweetie and rushed to the door, saying as she wiped away her tears, “Rainbow! Is it really you?”

“Yeah, it's me, squirt. Hold on while I try to get you three out of there.”

Taking a hold of the bars, Rainbow pulled with all her might, only to meet with failure each time she tried to pull them off. Seeing Rainbow vainly struggle, Sweetie Belle said, “Don’t waste your strength on the door, Rainbow. Go hide before Sunset comes back!”

“I won’t leave you three to face that bitch alone!” Rainbow snapped.

Suddenly hearing the quick sounds of footsteps coming from behind her, Rainbow whirled around in time to receive a fist to her jaw, knocking her to the ground. Rainbow quickly got to her feet, eyes widening in shock at the culprit. Sunset stood a few feet from Rainbow with a wicked smirk on her face, saying, “Well, well, you finally chose to be loyal, eh, Rainbow? Too bad you couldn’t show me the same loyalty.”

“Shut up, Sunset! I'm gonna kick your ass for what you did to Scootaloo!” Rainbow spat back defiantly.

Lunging in, Rainbow tried to strike at Sunset's jaw, only to be caught off-guard when Sunset caught Rainbow's fist in her hand, squeezing slowly and tightly. Rainbow screamed in pain, feeling the bones in her hand straining to their breaking point. Falling to one knee, tears rushed down Rainbow's cheeks as she yelled, “Sunset, let go!”

Rainbow quickly felt herself being yanked forward, and before she knew it, she found herself lying on her stomach with her arm twisted painfully behind her. Leaning with a knee on Rainbow's back, Sunset sickly whispered into Rainbow's right ear, “Oh, does it hurt, dear? Are you worried? Worried that I'm about to break every part of you?”

Growling, Sunset grabbed Rainbow by the hair and yanked the athlete's head back. Rainbow closed her eyes tightly, gritting her teeth from the pain. Holding Rainbow by a tight fistful of hair, Sunset said aloud, “Scootaloo, I want you to watch as I show your sister what a real bitch is.”

“No!" Rainbow pleaded. "Sunset, please, don’t make Scootaloo watch.”

Surprised by her words, Sunset tightened her grip on Rainbow's arm as she snarled, “What gives you the right to beg anything from me?”

Hissing from the reinforced pain, Rainbow's voice quivered as she said, "Y-You're right. I don't have the right, not after what I did to you. Not after what I let happen to you back at CHS. But please, just let my sister go. That's all I care about."

Sunset paused for a second before saying, "You know what, Rainbow? You can go fuck yourself."

Rainbow's eyes widened, and something in her snapped. Breathing heavily, Rainbow flung her good arm behind her, her elbow colliding with Sunset's cheek. As Sunset reeled back, Rainbow rushed to her feet, rubbing her hurt arm. As Sunset got her bearings straight, she started growling, causing Rainbow to back away in worry, her rush of bravado checked. Sunset's eyes glowed red, and she moved impossibly fast toward Rainbow and grabbed Rainbow by the throat. Twisting to her left, she flung the athlete down the hallway. Rainbow hit the ground with a thud and half-rolled, half-skidded to a stop on the dirty floor.

“I loved you!” Sunset yelled as she stomped towards Rainbow. “I would have given the whole fucking world to you. And I would have shared that with Scootaloo, too!” Rainbow tried to get up, only to get a quick foot to her stomach, knocking all of the air out of her lungs. “I would have done anything to make you happy.” Raising her hands above her head, Sunset brought her fists down onto Rainbows collarbones, snapping them like twigs, causing her victim to scream in pain. “I will never, ever forgive you for what you did to me!”

“Sunset, stop! You’ll kill her!” Scootaloo screamed.

Sunset yanked Rainbow to her feet. Her body glowed, and she quickly kicked Rainbow in the ribs, breaking a few as she sent Rainbow flying down the hallway. Turning around, Sunset headed back towards Scootaloo, saying as she got near the frightened girl's cell, “Wait your turn. I’ll deal with you three in a bit.”

Painfully rolling to a stop, Rainbow again screamed in pain as she pushed herself up, blood welling up in her mouth from her collision with the floor. She spat the blood out and yelled to Sunset, “G-Get back here, Sunset! I’m not done with you!”

Sunset grinned, saying as she turned around to face Rainbow fully, “You don’t know when to quit, do you?”

Lunging in and clearing the distance in a second flat, Sunset landed another blow to Rainbow's right temple, knocking her into the wall next to her. As Rainbow's head hit the wall and bounced off, Sunset grabbed a fistful of Rainbow's hair again, slamming Rainbow's face into the wall. She heard a crack from Rainbow's skull, and she shuddered in pleasure as she pulled back again to once more slam Rainbow's head into the unforgiving stone. Satisfied, Sunset let go and watched as Rainbow slumped to the floor, several shards of teeth falling from her mouth. “How does it feel, Rainbow, knowing you're about to lose everything and that there's nothing you can do about it?”

“F-Fuck you, Sunset,” Rainbow spat out through a mouthful of blood. Turning to the left, she spat a large glob of blood and bone shards onto the floor, continuing, “Just fuck off, you bitch! Why couldn't you have stayed dead!?”

Sunset's eyes narrowed, and Rainbow instantly regretted her words. Spreading her wings, Sunset grabbed Rainbow by her shirt. Dragging the half-broken teen behind her, Sunset opened the door to the cell next to Scootaloo’s and threw Rainbow inside. She slammed the door shut, the sound echoing in Scootaloo’s ears as the young girl pleaded, “Sunset, let her go! Please!”

Walking away from the cell, Sunset said grimly, “I’m going for a short flight. You four enjoy each other's company. When I get back, I’ll think of a way to get Rarity and Applejack here and finish what I started.”

Silently, Sunset began heading up to the roof, the only other sound being Rainbow's pained moans. Distressed, Scootaloo called over, “Rainbow? Can you hear me? Say something!"

“Ah don’t think she can hear ya, Scoots," Apple Bloom said. "She took an awful beating, and--” Her words were cut short when Sweetie Belle suddenly yelled out, “Girls, there's another Sunset outside!”

Stopping in her tracks, Sunset's eyes glowed red as she emitted a guttural growl. She rushed to a third-floor window and looked outside, watching unseen through the torrential rain as Summer approached the building, Mr. Cake close behind, looking worried and saying something. Sunset cracked the window open and strained to listen to them, forcing the rain to keep away from her window to make it easier for her.

“Summer, stop!" Mr. Cake shouted above the downpour. "You're only going to get those kids killed! You promised to remain in the car. If Sunset sees you, who knows what she'll do?”

“Go back to the bus, human!" Summer yelled back. "I’m going to have a few words with Fourteen, and you're not going to stop me.”

Fuming, Sunset was about to slam the window shut when she spotted Fluttershy and Pinkie following her father and Summer up the path towards the entrance. Growling, she broke the glass of the window enough to climb out and unfurl her wings. She swooped down to the entrance, stopping Summer in her tracks.

“Hello, Thirteen,” Sunset said coldly. Turning her attention to her father, Sunset continued, “You need to leave, Father; I don’t want you involved in this!”

“S-Sunset,” Fluttershy gasped out in fear, catching Sunset's attention.

"I thought I made it clear that only Rainbow was to come see me," Sunset snarled. She scoffed. "Of course, it's not like any of you ever actually listened to me anyway." Seeing the terrified look on her former friend's face, she smiled wickedly to Fluttershy, saying, “Well, if you wanna get involved, fine. You and Pinkie are coming with me.”

“Oh, no, you don’t! You're not going to hurt them!” Summer screamed, grabbing onto Sunset's forearm.

“Bad move, bitch,” Sunset said. Quickly spinning on her heel, Sunset threw Summer head over heels into and through a nearby tree.

Slamming into the muddy ground with a squelching thud, Summer forced herself to her feet. Her eyes glowed, and she roared, “Alright, you horse's ass, let's go!”

Sunset roared in return, her eyes reddening as her skin grew darker and her hair burst into flames, the raindrops evaporating the instant they touched the fire. “I’ll rip you apart!” she bellowed as the winds began howling even more loudly around her.

Desperate to keep his daughter from getting hurt, Mr. Cake rushed to intercept Sunset as she rushed at Summer, only to take Sunset's fist to his chest, crashing to the ground a good ten feet from where he was punched. As his senses left him, he faintly heard Sunset scream, “Father!" as she rushed to his side. Looking at what she'd done, Sunset glared at Summer and yelled, “Damn you!” Gently laying her injured father to the ground, she finished, “I’ll send you to Tartarus for this!”

“Don’t blame me, Sunset!" Summer retorted herself surprised at Mr. Cake's actions. "You were the one who--”

Rushing towards her with inhuman speed, Sunset cut Summer off with a fist to her jaw. The blow sent Summer instantly flying through the air and into another tree. As Summer struggled to get back up, Sunset rushed in again, landing a swift, hard kick to Summer's stomach, cracking the tree behind Summer as Summer slammed into it.

As Summer struggled to breathe, coughing up blood from a punctured lung, Sunset chuckled darkly, licking her lips. “Aww, did that hurt? Here, let me help you take your mind off it,” she cooed wickedly.

Quickly grabbing Summer by her hair, Sunset spun in a half-circle, flinging Summer into the large, stone sign in front of the asylum. Summer saw stars as her head hit the sign, and she fell to the mud below, barely conscious. Sunset watched as Summer struggled just to get to her knees, her skin starting to darken as she began her own transformation. Smirking, Sunset pointed a single finger at Summer and swiped it downward. Immediately, a bolt of lightning struck Summer. Summer screamed as the electricity ripped through her in an instant, and she collapsed face-first into the mud, unmoving.

Sunset smiled darkly and began walking toward her, stopping when she heard Fluttershy scream, “Sunset, stop!”

Sunset turned to Fluttershy and Pinkie, suddenly remembering their presence. Without warning, Sunset gave a powerful flap of her wings, propelling herself towards the pair and elbowing Fluttershy in the solar plexus. Sunset caught Fluttershy as the animal-lover instantly collapsed, breathless. Sunset held Fluttershy under one arm as she took to the air, looking straight at Pinkie. Pinkie turned to run, only to scream as Sunset snatched her up, as well.

Hearing Pinkie's scream even above the storm, Twilight and the others came rushing down the path, watching as a dark blur that could only be Sunset flew off with her two captives. Seeing Summer lying burnt, bloody, and hopefully just unconscious nearby, Twilight rushed over to her as the rain and wind began dying down.

“Twilight, don’t move her. You could cause more harm than good,” Celestia said urgently, stopping Twilight in her tracks. “Let me help her. I have medical training.”

“Alright,” Twilight said softly, backing away and looking up while Sunset’s silhouette disappeared above the clouds, praying to anyone who would listen for her friends' and Sunset's safety.

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