The portal opens and we come flying out hitting the ice right way trying to come to a stop on the ice making all of us spin out of control. Making me use both the main brakes and the E-brake.

Once I came to a complete stop I get out and ran towards the portal to close it. Seeing the others are still trouble stopping Twilight car doing 360^o ‘s turn before getting into a bank of fresh slow stopping.

Rainbow and Spike feeling the cold air going threw their suits. Still trying to get a hold of their bikes. Seconds later they come to a stop and quickly active their suit feeling the heat going threw them, warming them up.

Rarity gets a hold of her car and coming to a stop before anyone else did seeing Twilight hitting the snowbank sent over to see if she is alright.

Fluttershy, AJ, and Duke took the longest to stop. “That was ruff.” Danny said out loud getting his laptop ready to pilot the drone.

I close the portal seeing Rarity going towards Twilight seeing her in the snowbank that stops. I get on my earpiece to check. “Twilight, Twilight come in.” I said hoping to get a response.

“James, I’m here.” She tells me to put her hand on her head to check to feel any bums. Seeing the engine still running putting the car in revere trying to get out of the snowbank. Feeling her back wheels spinning not getting anywhere.

“Twilight, you’re going to need to change your tires for the ice.” I tell her over the radio making her stop and change the tires before trying again. This time out without a problem this time.

I when over to check for any kind of damage, after I look it overseeing no damage I when back over to my car seeing the dog, I pick up sitting in the passage seat.

I starch his head making him feel good.

Danny drone starts to take flight from the back of AJ’s truck, getting the lay of the land.

The drone fly’s above us seeing the wasteland of ice and cold as far as the eye can see. The sun above showing a halo ring around it, creating a credible site.

I see the coolant working seeing the temperature gage staying in the middle. I look overseeing the temperature on the middle screen showing only 21^o F. “It must be the summers months.” I thought to myself, seeing the live footage coming from Danny’s drone seeing the sun going down knowing that we only have a few hours left before the temperature drops.

“We don’t have long.” I tell the others over the radio. “Then let’s get going.” Rainbow said out loud finishing the tires on her bike.

“Rainbow wait, we need to find elemental energy first.” Twilight responded getting one of her drones ready for flight.

Once they take flight beginning scanning but getting interferents from the snow and ice around them making her fly her drone higher to clean it up. But getting a weaker single than before.

Once she gets the height that she was before getting the same single straight as before. She looks on her screen seeing where it’s coming from; A bearing of NW by W with some numbers of 332^o. “Strange I didn’t know that until now.” She said thinking out loud.

“Anything?” Pinky asks her over the radio. “Yes, I got something. But it a weak single coming from NW by W.” She tells us answering her question.

“What it’s bearing?” Danny asks her. “Bearing, you mean the three numbers under the direction?” She asks him a question of her own. “Yes, tell me those numbers for the heading.” He answers her question before getting an answer from her. “332.”

I overhear the heading knowing that it not going to a lot of time to find it in time and we’re going to need to find a place to rest for the night before hearing something.

Danny continues taking. “I’ve been going over maps from where are now, and towards are heading that is an outpost; more like a city from I’m getting.”

“What is it call?” AJ asks him. “On the maps is coming up as Outpost 25, but with a place this size must have a local name.” He answers looking confuse.

“It best to get going before it gets dark.” I said tell the others.

“He’s right the temperature going to drop fast.” Duke quickly responded from what I just said. “Twilight take point.” I tell her with both drones flying overhead leading the way for us.

Duke when over her, then Spike and Rainbow on their bikes, Fluttershy come next, Rarity next to follow, AJ is next with me take up the rear.

The ice makes things difficult for us even with the change in tires. Witch we had to take it slow until we get more stable ground for better grip.

The wasteland is mostly flat before seeing a storm coming over the horizon line. I turn to see the storm coming not knowing if it’s coming towards this direction or away.

“James?” Rainbow calls me over the radio. “Yes.” I reply. “You see that storm, that I’m seeing?” She asks me. “Yes, I notice it and hoping that it not coming in this direction.” I reply answering her question. “I don’t look like it’s coming towards this direction; it looks like going away from us.” She tells me.

“That explains the way the ice is handing.” I said thinking out loud before seeing something in the distance.

Twilight slows down seeing the same thing. “Twilight?” Spike calls her name over the radio seeing what she is doing.

Seeing object getting closer making them wonder what it is. I see it, but still too far away to tell what it truly is.

Many miles later and the closer we got. Until we got no more than 10 miles to go. I finally see what it is, but I wasn’t too sure about it.

I let loose my drone trying to get a better look from its camera, fearing my worst fears. “Impossible.” I said out loud over the radio, making us stop only 300 yards away.

A wall of ice standing nearly a mile high with no end in sight from either side of where we are.

My, Danny’s, and Twilight’s drones are in the air making our way to the top of the wall to what on the other side.

“Impossible.” I said seeing the screen for myself, more ice but there is something with this ice. So, I get out and walk towards the wall, removing one of my gloves to put my hand on it.

From what I can feel is that this isn’t ice, it’s more like crystal than anything else. Rarity then gets on the radio seeing what I’m doing to the wall. “James, what are you doing?” She asks me. “To see if I’m right about what I think it is.” I answer her question.

“Then what is it?” AJ asks me. “Crystal, this wall is one big crystal.” I answer her putting my glove back on.

“We want to be going this way.” Duke said out loud. “Duke, we got to find some way to get around this. Use your sonic wave plus to see where this thing ends.” I tell him over the radio. “It can be done it just be more notable from what we use back on the desert world.” He tells me. “Do it.” I quickly respond to what he told me.

Duke charges up the plus before firing under him hitting the ice around them. The shock waves go out for miles. On his screen getting a map of the area with a ten-mile radius showing the crystal wall with no end in sight of the range giving back.

He charges up for another shot but a more powerful one than before, then fires the plus making the range go up to 50-miles out this time seeing the wall on the east side change a little bit. But it's the edge of the new range, so he charges up more powerful plus than last time.

He fires the plus getting a range going to a 100-mile this time getting a clear picture of what's on the east side. The wall looks like it levels out on the east side, so he gets on the radio. “It looks like the wall and the ground level, levels each other out from I’m getting these pluses.” He tells everyone.

Rainbow and Spike notice something going on with the ice seeing crakes start to show. The dog in the passenger seat gets noticing something is wrong making me feel the same thing making me open my door seeing the crakes showing underneath me. Before feeling a small shake underneath, I close my door and quickly get back on the radio.

“We got to move, now!” I shout over the radio making everyone else wonder what going on before feeling a stronger shake this time making everyone get the lead out heading east. Before seeing the ice begin to give way in my driver-side mirror.

The ice-making our escape from the collapsing ice behind us. Pinky trying to keep up but her back wheels are spinning more than making grip starting to fall behind. Applejack sees she is in trouble active her elemental chip and moving behind her making contact with her back bumper. AJ’s truck and better grip help Pinky making her catch up.

50 miles and the ice still trying to catch us, and I see in the distance seeing an on-ramp leading to the top. I quickly get into position for the on-ramp with everyone else follow close behind.

The on-ramp is made from crystal and we quickly made are on there with the ice collapsing around us but stopping at the on-ramp. We made our way to the top of the wall seeing the ice floor completely collapse leave what looks like water to the event horizon.

“Getting back is going to be harder now with the ice gone.” Danny said out loud over the radio. “It will freeze over again during the winter months.” I quickly responded to that statement.

“Those charges were too strong for the ice. I thought it was thicker than that.” Duke said out loud not know the radio pick that up.

I recall my drone that just rejoins us from that event only Danny’s and Twilight's are still flying. “We’ll find a way to get back to the portal.” I said out loud over the radio.

“It best to get back on track on finding the element.” Twilight response from what I just said. Seeing the tires are getting more grip than before, we get on our way towards the element.

4 hours and 200 miles underway.

The sun overhead has lower 10^o from its previous position and the temperature begins to drop, the readout showing 15^oF, wind speed picking up as well showing 5mph coming from the NW dictation.

We begin to see lights or what looks like lights in the distance. “We must be getting close towards where that outpost that Danny mention earlier.” I thought to myself.

We get closer and closer towards those lights seeing ships coming and going. “Yes, this must be it.” I said out loud not knowing that my earpiece is active.

“What was that daring?” Rarity asks me. “Hun, sorry thinking out loud.” I quickly respond to that question getting my attention and turn off the earpiece.

When we reach the outer each of the city finally getting its name of a signpost. “ST. Petersburg.”

“Another place named after a city on Earth.” Duke said out loud over the radio.

Here is the 48^th chapter in the story so far.

The next chapter will bring another character that may not recall.

I can say who it is until the chapter is ready for upload.

That's all for now.
This is James Cribb.
Singing Out.