I look seeing that Pinky is finally getting up, finding the cigar where I dropped it. I walk to the fireplace getting the lighter out of my pocket, lighting the cigar before taking a drag off it.

“James, I’m sorry about what I said back there.” She tells me sitting up. “Don't be, you'll been under a lot of stress lately and I stop taking stuff like that personally, even if they are true.” I tell her making her feel a little better.

Twilight gets up from the chair where she has been sitting at, which has one thing going threw her mind. “What happen to you?” She asks us.

“Before answering that. Let me ask you this. How long were we out?” I ask her taking another drag of my cigar.

“I guesting 15, 20 mins.” She answers my question.

“Strange, it feels like longer for us.” Pinky said out loud when the sound of footsteps came from the hallway. Then Chris carried a tray with a few mugs filled with something that looks like coffee.

He hands them out to everyone leaving me and himself left, handing me one of them. “Thanks Chris.” I said taking a slip nearly shocking me from what was really in it.

“Damn. This is hot cocoa.” I said out loud taking another slip. “This will wake you up.” Chris tells me taking his mug.

“Twilight!!” Spike calls out making Twilight answer. “We’ll in here!” She answers him before seeing him running in here nearly out of breath.

“Guys they're something you got to see.” He tells us making to leave hearing a TV going off in another room which is the living room.

On the TV is a news broadcast about a wildfire on the ice world that burned nearly a million acres and chaos at a bar in St Petersburg leaving one man dead after a fight.

Both me and Pinky remember about the fire we were in earlier during our trip and running into the man in white.

The news continues with a statement from the leader of the Reds. Cutting to a video of him. “Ladies and gentlemen, as of today I’ve called into action of the Court of Justice to lay down martial law in the major districts of New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Queen City. To crake down on rebellion activity. Anyone caught after hours of 10 pm local time without no reason will be detained immediately.” He said to the camera.

The news cut off the broadcast to a breaking news story coming from the major districts breaking out into a riot of the order. Local police force trying to maintain order and being overwhelmed in the progress.

“Things are getting crazy out there.” Rainbow said out loud seeing the chaos on the screen.

Chris mutes the TV. “This world is going straight down the crapper.” He said out loud.

“This Rebellion that they are talking about sure is making a lot of noise.” Rarity said out loud. “Wait a minute.” AJ said out loud coming to a realization.

“Do you guys remember the fight we saw back in those ruins between the Reds and a force that look like an army?” She asks out loud.

“Yes, I remember that.” Rarity said in repose.

“I have been thinking about those people and those the news is calling them a Rebellion is that same force.” She said out loud.

“Impossible, those guys seem so nice.” Fluttershy said in response.

“If so, then why are they talking about them so much?” AJ asks them.

“I tell you tell you is just propaganda to make them look bad.” I said out loud taking another slip from my mug.

“Then what about people rioting?” AJ asks me.

“It’s the people taking their rage to the system that then controlling them after the civil war ended.” I answer her question.

“Well, that explains that but why?” She asks out loud.

I take another slip before answering. “The people has been secretly showing resistance to the system and only a matter of time before the spark goes off.”

I tried to answer the question without giving the real reason for my lighting that spark with some hacked towers.

“Alright, I’m getting off this gravy train.” She said out loud getting up feeling a little tipsy and making everyone notice.

Making Rainbow pull out a half-empty bottle of cider making her open it and took a sniff, smelling the strong alcoholic fumes coming from what is left.

“Where did you get this?” Rainbow asks Applejack feeling the effects of the drink. “I’ve found it in the kitchen making Rainbow seeing that it's 80 Prof.

Chris grabs the bottle from Rainbow and sits AJ back on the couch. Applejack is good a drunk now.

AJ takes a deep breath knowing that the cider is hitting her like when she bucks trees back home.

Things are not easy for her ever scent coming here using alcohol to try the pain go away and fearing for her family back home.

“It’s Apple Bloom not knowing what is happening back home. I know Big Mac and Granny Smith will take care of her. But it's when she wants her sister to be there and I can’t with me here.” She thought to herself about what going threw her mind at the time of feeling drunk.

Rarity gets both my and Pinky’s attention. “Pinky and James, me and others found after the lighting bolt connect to both of your heads. What we want to know is what happened?” She asks us.

“From what we saw. It going to take some time to get it all out.” I said out loud taking a sit with the nearly empty mug in my hand.

After a lengthy explanation of what happened to us and taking a gulp of hot cocoa leaving the mug now empty.

“Unbelievable.” Twilight said out loud. “I was fixing to call bullshit. But with everything that has happened so far. I wanted to be surprised now.” Rainbow said out loud.

“Then who is this man in white?” Duke asks out loud. “I ask myself the same question the first time we meet.” I answer his question.

“Then where is this so call book located now.” Twilights ask out loud. “The only one who knows the answer is the Professor we saw on the news the other day.” Pinky answers her question.

“I don’t know where he is now or where he put it.” I said out loud taking another slip before remembering that it's empty.

Applejack tried to get silver up before feeling something in her gut. “Bathroom.” She said out loud quickly getting up and running towards the nearest bathroom.

Once she gets to one she let loose punking her guts out. Both Fluttershy and Rainbow when to see how she’s doing, lucky the door is open. After she empties her guts making her feels like crap sitting on the floor next to the toilet.

“How are you feeling?” Rainbow asks her to make her only grow out in pain. “HUUUNNGGG!!”

“Not good you hit the bottle a little too hard today.” She tells her flushing the toilet, before helping AJ off the ground feeling the weight of her body making Fluttershy on the other side of her helping Rainbow carry AJ back to the living room.

Back to the living room Rainbow and Fluttershy carrying AJ. They put her back on the couch to have her sleep it off before she did. Chris walks in carrying some meds and a drink.

“Applejack.” Calling out to her making her get up seeing Chris standing next to her wondering what going on.

“What is it Chris?” She asks him seeing the medicine of something pink in a small cup. “Here take this. It settles your stomach.” He answers her question making her take it with no questions ask still feeling the pain in her stomach.

Taking the meds feeling very good nearly settling her guts on the spot but it will take some time to take full effect.

“Thanks Chris.” She tells him handing him back the small cup, before Chirs hands her a glass with what looks like a milkshake. “This will stop the hangover from taking full effect and trust me you don’t want that.” He tells her.

She smells it taking a small slip before taking a big gulp of it. “Chris, I don’t know what is in this best it's something I’ve never had before.” She tells him. “I'm glad you like it. Get some rest while you can.” He tells her before leaving her with her hangover drink.

He walks to his bedroom and walks over to an end table pulling a small box out of her pocket with a blue light coming out it seems.

Feeling tired after carrying this element for all these years rubbing his eyes. Hearing a knock on the door. “Come in.” He calls out.

The door opens seeing Rarity walking through. “Chris, there is something that has been on my mind as of late.” She tells him. “What is it?” He asks her.

She takes a deep breath before saying what is on her mind.

“Is what happened here?” She finally asks him. “You mean what happen to this city and factory?” He asks her. “Yes.” She quickly responded.

“Well, that will take some time to get all out.” He tells her before starting the story.

It started after I got back from another Christmas Eve of deliveries on Earth, somewhere in the 2020s or the 2030s. When my head elf came running to tell me that world just ended with nukes going off.

Which made the worker morale go crashing down and have no idea what to do next. The factory floor was forced to shut down with there no more Christmas on Earth and with what going on outside these mountains making getting news nearly impossible of what going on.

This when on for nearly two years until one day, I what sleeping with my wife and then heard an explosion in the outskirts of the city waking me and my wife up. Then another when off within seconds of the last one the phone when off and hearing the head elf telling me that we are under attack. Which is the army of Darkness from what could see from that window, pointing at one of the windows.

When looking out the window the city that we spent many years building is now on fire and helicopter gunships flying overhead firing missiles landing on building sending them a blaze. I open the window and jump out using my powers to help land, I quickly get on my bike a when towards one of many blazes throughout the city using my ice powers to try to put it out.

But the attacks keep coming seeing one of the gunships heading toward the factory. I use one of my transport port balls to quickly get back to the factory seeing that gunship only flying but my wife uses more transport balls to get as many elves as possible out of the city.

I see a tank coming towards the factory taking aim at the factory I quickly throw up an ice wall and turn it into a hardened crystal. It fired hitting the wall, but the shockwave from the blast nearly made the wall sharded.

Before I could make it stronger the tank fires off another shot destroying into pieces to me and others behind me. One of the bigger pieces landed on my wife I quickly ran towards her seeing that she was hurt very bad, bleeding out with the sharp piece hits her chest puncturing her lungs and her heart.

The Medics come by a quickly came to try to save her, but with the amount of blood she already lost this made me very angry using my powers to take out the tank. But the fight was far from over three more tanks came rolling down the main street and I see their leader on one of them.

Their leader was someone that look more like a demon than anything else.

Rarity breaks the story to ask a question. “Did he look anything like James?”

“No, I would make the connection when we first meet.” He answers her question.

“The previous leader of the Reds must have been there before the current General took over.” She said out loud.

“That may be, now where was I? Ah yes, I remember now.” Chris said before continuing.

I was filled with rage seeing three more tanks coming down the main street and seeing the leader who’s is attacking the city.

I use my powers to fire two rolls of ice toward two of the tanks. When it reached them and blow them sky-high in a fireball. Which made the last tank go in full speed at me going to ram me.

I just stood there waiting for the last moment. Then throw up a crystal wall with a spike on the face heading to the tank making trying to slow down, but it was too late.

The tank hit the wall killing the driver and the gunner, but the leader was able to jump out before the impact.

The leader asks me something that I’ve known nothing about until today. He asks me about a book. Which is the same book that the old Guardian hid back in his castle. I have no idea what he was talking about. Until one of his soldiers got on the radio telling him to take it and told him that it wasn’t here.

“Damn, stop the attack and fall back we’re leaving.” He said over the radio making the attack stop in its tracks seeing one of the helicopters land near us and he left getting on the it taking off, before I toke the last of my rage out on him.

I heard my radio go off telling me that my wife only have moments to live. I use one of the last of the transport balls to take me back to where she is.

When I got there the piece of crystal had been removed and bandages covering the wounds leaving the nearly covered in blood.

“Chris we did all we could do for her, but she is going to die any moment now.” The doctor tells me.

All I could do is be with her during the final moments. She opens her eyes to see me and told me one thing.

“Chris, these have been the best years I sense we meet helping the children of the town and the world after all these years.”

Then she became really weak closing her eyes and seeing her finally letting go of her last breath.

“I’m sorry Chris.” She tells him.

“After all these years using my elemental powers for helping children of the world, and on that day being a Guardian is both a blessing and a curse.” He tells her.

“It has been nearly 10 years since she died, and the last of the elves leave for other parts of these worlds. Leaving me alone in a city that has long been forgotten. Now it’s time for me to move on towards my next journey.” He tells her reaching for the box and opening it revealing a glowing sapphire gemstone making the whole room light up in a dark blue color.

“Rarity, I like to give this to you. But I know giving this to you will be the end of me.” He tells her closing the box.

“I know Chris, from the others some we had to fight but others like James’s dad and the aging dragon who was the Forest Guardian who gave them to us without any second thought. While Pinky took over for the Water Guardian after a fight protecting it from a metal version of itself and was dying from the injuries. As for the Desert Guardian did something we never would have thought of, he fought with us after a small army of the Reds attacked us; Using eight statues of itself. We won in the end, but before the fight, the Guardian called out to Duke personally making him disappear. But in the end, he was chosen to carry the element as well Fluttershy for the Forest element when the dragon call out to her.” She tells him.

“The Guardian after me is unknown to me, leaving me in the dark but I do see the world during the summer months over the event horizon.” He tells her looking out the window and seeing the Lava world in the darkening sky above them.

“You mean to tell me you know nothing about that world?” Rarity asks him.

“Here is what I know it was about it. It was used during the racing competition and there is something on that world that is a complete mystery to me. But the Reds and the government don’t even have a foothold there and during the fight against the Guardians. The armies didn’t even bother going after him.” He tells her.

“Is that all you know?” She asks him. “Yes, that is all I know.” He answers her question.

“All I can say is, be careful going after the Lava Element.” He tells her.

Back in the living room.

Applejack got up after silvern up feeling a little off seeing Rainbow and Fluttershy sitting the same where she laid down on. “How are you feeling?” Rainbow asks her friend. “A little hungover.” AJ answers her question rubbing her head a little.

“Yes, I would too. If I drink that much.” Rainbow quickly responds to that statement. Which made AJ a little annoyed from that but with the hangover going threw her head making her a little sick from it, she let it go for now.

Back at the garage.

I have the hood open checking the fluids, pulling the oil dipstick seeing the oil levels are in safe levels but seeing the color looks more like use-up oil than anything else.

“Damn, I’m going to need another oil change when I get back.” I said out loud thinking that I was alone.

“What was that, James?” Twilight asks me to make giving my attention towards her without even looking at her.

“Looks like I’ll have to give the car another oil change.” I answer her using a blue paper towel wiping the dipstick before putting it back in before checking the other fluid levels.

“That quick?” Hearing the sound of Spike's voice from that response. “We’ve been putting a lot of miles in the past few days.” I answer him opening a cap where the power steering fluid goes. I move my sunglasses down my nose seeing that the level is a little low but at safe levels.

Closing the cap checking the brake fluid level opening the reservoir seeing the levels are dangerously low nearly empty.

“I must have a leak somewhere?” I ask out loud checking the brake lines on the front end seeing they are fine, making me to go to my trunk to grab the 3-ton jack to check the lines coming to the rear brakes.

I get underneath seeing a wet spot seeing the line for the rear left side has been damaged nearly cutting a hole in it. “Damn.” I said out loud getting both Spike and Twilight's attention.

“What's wrong?” Twilight asks me. “I have a leak in one of the rear brake lines and I don’t know when it happened, so I don’t know how long it has been going on. But seeing the levels are dangerously low will make things very interesting for me.” I answer her question getting up from underneath and heading back to the trunk.

“Can it be fixed?” She asks me. “Yes, I can fix but I’ll have to do it back at the shop. All I can do right now is patch it up and hope for the best.” I answer her question looking in my trunk for something to patch up the line.

“Please tell me I didn’t leave it back at the shop.” I said out loud still searching for whatever I’m looking for.

Both Spike and Twilight wonder what I’m going on about. “What are you trying to find?” Spike asks me looking at what’s in the trunk, seeing what's in there nearly shocked in.

There are many things in the trunk from the size alone, there is a hunting rifle with a scope; a small, insulated chest with ammunition, grenades, and C4 explosives. On the other side is a small bag with some tools. There was bags of dry food and a gallon of water. A small cooking pot they used before that waiting to be cleaned.

I look in the tool bag seeing that it is in there. Moving tools around before seeing what I’m looking for, which is 3-inch-wide black duct tape.

“Thank god, I found what I’m looking for.” I said out loud heading back towards where the leak is located.

Looking at the line will be hard to get to with the tape with what I must do to fully patch it up. With the roll of tape in my hand I break off a piece of tape, the piece nearly an inch long. Taking it towards the damaged line pulling to make space to rape the tape around the damaged area.

I know one layer isn’t enough and make a few more layers on it. Grabbing my lighter from my pocket and lighting it and putting it over the tape to make a good seal.

“That should hold it for now.” I said putting my lighter back in my pocket. “I sure hope so James.” Spike tells me.

“I still need to get it fix when we get back.” I said out loud lowering the jack and putting it back in the trunk.

“What about the brake fluid?” Twilight asks me. “That patchwork I just did should hold whatever remains until we get back to the shop.” I answer her question closing the trunk.

Once I closed the hood heading back to the penthouse while Twilight and Spike stayed behind. “Did you see what’s in his trunk?” Spike asks her friend. “No, I didn’t.” She answers his question.

“From what saw, I begin to think he’s either hiding or misleading us.” He tells her making her wonder the same thing.

Elsewhere in the factory.

Pinky and the brothers were looking around seeing what was made here before found what look animal pens and something covered underneath a tarp.

Pinky pulls on the tarp revealing an old red sled with a layer of dust on it. “This must be the sled from the story Chris told me and my friends.” She thought to herself.

“What story?” Duke asks her to shock her making her to quickly respond. “How did you hear that?” She asks him. “What do you mean?” He asks her to question her. “I didn’t say it out loud I thought it.” She finally answers him after recovering from the shock.

“Must be your elemental powers kicking in.” Danny tells them both, making Duke find the nearest mirror to see if his mark is glowing. Once he found it seeing that it wasn’t before glowing hearing voices around him.

“Who the hell is saying that?” He calls out seeing ghosts around him of those who already passed but still hunting the factory.

“Am I Death or something?” He asks himself before seeing the previous Guardian standing in front of him.

“How are you here?” He asks him. “I’m here to guide you for some duties for taking on element that I’ve been carrying for all these years.” The Guardian answers his question the best he could.

“Then what are they?” He asks him again. “To help these lost souls towards the next world.” The Guardian answers his question.

“How will I do that?” He asks him. “I show you, but not now with something bigger coming.” The Guardian tells him before vanishing as well the ghost around him.

The mark stops glowing leaving him alone facing the mirror hearing his brother and Pinky's voices in the distance.

He gets a hold of himself and made his way towards them.

“What did I miss?” He asks them. “Nothing much Pinky was catching me up with Chris's story he told to her and her friends while we were trying to find James some medicine earlier.” His brother tells him.

After Pinky fills them in on the same story.

Duke starts to hear Rarity and Chris's voices and begins to present the ice element to her. “I feel something off.” Duke said out loud. “You felt that too?” Pinky asks him.

I was going up the stairway feeling something is off.

Spike begins to feel off sitting on his bike.

Applejack felt the same thing thinking it was the effects of the hangover. But Rainbow and Fluttershy feeling the same thing.

Chris feels something is off and walks over to the window, seeing a set of lights coming toward the old factory.

He quickly left to see what is coming, Rarity when to the window seeing the same set of lights coming towards the factory.

She when to find the others, finding AJ, Rainbow, and Fluttershy still in the living room. With AJ still recovering from the hangover.

Before seeing me finally coming up from the elevator. “James, there’s something coming I saw a set of lights coming towards this place.” She tells me, making me quickly respond with one thing going through my mind.

“Where’s Chris?” I ask out loud. “Didn’t you see him?” Rainbow asks me. “No, I didn’t see him because the elevator is the only way to get in and out. As far I can tell.” I answer her question.

Then I just realize there must be a hidden staircase in case of fires and began looking around for any sign of the staircase.

Then feeling a breeze cut through me making the old rods go stiff and pop a few times. I remove one of my gloves and feel the same cold breeze finding the hidden staircase.

I look around the frame for the nob. But there was no nob and begin to find a hidden laver or some kind of Rube Goldberg device.

I see a clock next to the frame with no more than three chains I pull on the middle chain then hear locks being unlocked and the door itself pop open on its own.

“Looks like I found the staircase.” I said out loud not noticing Rarity walking the walkway where I found the door at.

I didn’t have a flashlight on me right now, but I can feel my powers activating again holding out my ungloved hand and quickly making a ball of light with a few strikes of white lighting.

“That’s interesting.” I thought to myself holding the ball of light.

Rarity sees me holding a ball of light in my hand. “How are you doing that?” She asks me. “I don’t know.” I quickly answer her question before inside the staircase with the ball of light in my hand, I see the staircase when on forever into the darkness below.

I when a little deeper into the staircase before I could react the door quickly closed behind me leaving me in the darkness. “James!!!” I can hear Rarity on the other side of the doorway.

“Yes, Rare I can hear can you hear me?” I ask her through the now-closed door. “Yes, I can hear you. Just tell me how did you opened this door?” She asks me.

“Listen there is a clock to your right just pull the middle chain.” I tell her, then hearing the same locks being undone and the door open towards me making to take a few steps back.

Once it was fully opened, I see Rarity standing there with a shocked look on her face. I walk out seeing the ball of light that I just created out of thin air just disappeared. I can feel the power going through my arm.

Rarity finally notices something on my ungloved hand showing a golden ring on my finger. “Where did you get that ring?” She asks drawing my attention towards the ring that I’ve been wearing for many years now.

“This, I had this for years.” I answer her question before she notices something missing from the ring itself, there’s a hole in the middle where a stone exposes to be.

She gets a closer look at it seeing the hole and asks me something that remains me towards the early not long after graduation from high school. “What happened to the stone?” She asks me.

“That stone fail off years ago and never got around to getting it fix and if I did it would have fallen off again not long after word. By the way, it looks a little better that way from having it so long now.” I answer her question putting my glove back on.

“James, maybe after all of this over I could get you another stone for the ring? If you want to.” She tells me before I headed towards the elevator.

“If I do, I let you know.” I respond to that before hitting the button and calling the elevator waiting for it to come.

Back outside the factory gates Chris stood at the gates pulling it open seeing the set of lights are from a semi-truck, which is a Kenworth W750 series with a sleeper cab on the back.

The driver stops a few from the gate hearing the parking brake engage before the driver's side door opens to see an older man in his 50s. “Hi, Dad.” He said out loud.

“Good to see John.” Chris tells him before giving him a hug. “How are the grandkids?” He asks him. “Good as far I can tell being in college one is New York and the other is Los Angles” He answers his question.

“Dad, what happened here?” John asks his dad. “John, do you remember about the darkness I told you when you were a kid?” Chris asks him. “Yes, I remembered.” He quickly answers him. “They did this.” Chris tells him making him wonder only one thing.

“Where’s mom?” He asks him to make him take a deep breath before answering.

“She died.” He answers his son's question shocking his son. He takes a deep breath speaking his mind.

“Those bastards!” He shouts out loud as I walk out the garage door making all the noise in the world from being opened.

Chris turns around seeing me walking out with Twilight and Spike following close behind.

“Chris, who is that?” Twilight asks him. “This is my son, John.” He answers her question making him quickly get a hold of himself before being introduced.

“Nice to meet you, John.” Twilight tells him to reach out her hand towards him making him slowly reach out towards her reached out hand. “Nice to meet you.” He tells her before seeing more people coming out of the old forgotten factory.

Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow, and Applejack see the stranger shaking their friend's hand.

Applejack begins to feel sick to her stomach from the cold outside air with a quick reaction and wants to puke out her guts again but this time nearly completely empty, but with the smoothy and the meds settle her stomach moments ago. Rainbow sees this and tries to comfort her friend.

Finally, Pinky and the brothers came out. “I kinda figured you be out here, when we couldn’t find you in the penthouse.” She said out loud.

Duke begins to hear voices coming from elsewhere not too far from here. “Wait, till you hear the single from John.” He hears what he said.

Meanwhile.

I begin to walk around the semi truck seeing the trailer is a white box trailer with a reefer that is active I look at the controls are set as a heater near 60^oF.

“Not to comment here to see a cargo don’t over freeze.” I thought to myself before hearing Duke behind me.

“James, I’m hearing voices coming from the trailer.” He whispers to me without letting what inside to hear him.

“We have the target nearby waiting on the single from the informant.” A voice from inside the trailer.

“I heard that now.” I whisper to Duke jumping off the rig and heading back towards where the cars are being kelp.

“Where are you going?” Duke asks me but he asks me directly into my mind. “Something for those inside.” I relayed in my mind.

Duke begins to hear John’s thoughts thinking about something, but it is fate to hear it clearly. Something about his family.

“I hope my family is safe after forcing me to do this to get them back.” He thought out loud.

“Don’t panic, I’m speaking to you threw thoughts. I want to ask you what is going on?” Dukes asks him using his powers to speak to John through his mind.

“How are you doing this?” John asks out through his mind. “That's not important right now. Who has your family?” Dukes asks him into his mind.

“They have been taken hostage from the leading faction of the Government and those who are in the trailer are 20-armed men to arrest the person they call James Cribb.” He tells him.

“Leading faction you mean the Reds?” Duke asks him. “Yes.” He quickly responded to both of them seeing me holding something in my hand.

I’m carrying a smoke grenade filled with knockout gas. I quickly made my way towards the loading doors back to the back of the rear of the trailer, I unlock the door and quickly pull the pin quickly open the door throwing it in, and quickly closing and locking the door.

Within seconds voices from inside the trailer begin to panic and gunfire begin to open up aiming at the trailer itself, the others take cover from the gunfire coming from the trailer a few holes were made from the panicked men inside breathing in the gas.

This when on for a few minutes until the voices and gunfire died down. Once I think that it’s safe, I open the trailer door letting the remaining gas out of the trailer, and see the armed men were either knockout from the gas or dead from the panic gunfire.

“Who is not dead or knockout call out?!” I ask if anyone is still alive and hasn’t fallen asleep.

I see a figure walking towards the open doors from the little light. Then the figure stumbles out the door landing on the ground. Quickly coffin tried to get the gas out of his lungs before seeing me standing next to him.

He dressed like a S.W.A.T. unit in all black.

I pick him up from his back, getting him on his feet and putting his back against the trailer. His face is covered up wearing a mask, I quickly remove the mask showing his face to me.

“I’m going to ask you a few questions, ok.” I told him. “What, ok, just don’t kill me.” He tells me still trying to catch his breath.

“I’m not making any promises.” I told him before continuing.

“Who sent you?” I asked him. “I work for the MRPD, Swat unit. But we were sent from the higher-up to bring you in.” He tells me.

“Is the higher up are working for the Reds by any chance?” I asked him another question. “As far I can tell, yes.” He answers me.

“Now, where does where the John comes into this?” I asked him. “From what heard that his family is being held hostage and was forced to help bring you in.” He answers my question.

“Well, you answer my questions for now, and I’ve kept my promise.” I tell him, letting him go.

Heading toward the others when he calls out to me. “James.” Making me stop in my tracks turning my head to the side while my back is turned towards him.

“Why did you spare me.” He asks me. “I only kill in self-defense and those who hurt me personally.” I answer his question before getting myself back on track.

John breaks down crying, fearing for his family, not knowing what will happen to them now.

Chris stands next to his son seeing that he is heartbroken. “Son, what is going on?” He asks him, making him want to spill his guts out towards everyone here.

“They have been held hostage by those who run the Government and the deal is that I bring one of the MRPD SWAT units to where someone named James Cribb is located at or where he’s heading.” He said out loud.

“How did you and they know that he would be here?” Twilight asks him. “Because I told him, he would be heading here to get the element that Dad has been carrying for many years now.” He quickly answers her question seeing me coming around the other side of his truck.

Chris begins to feel angry with me before leading it go knowing that it’s not my fault for just happening moments ago, before seeing the last of the men that had been hiding inside the trailer following me around the truck.

“John.” I call out getting his attention. “John, there is no telling where your family is being held at, but we’ll try to find them with the best of our abilities.” I told him.

“James?” Rainbow calls my name getting my attention but not looking at her yet. “How are we going to do that with us being here?” She asked me, looking a little confused by that statement I just said out loud.

“John, I don’t know how long this will take. But I always keep my promises in the end.” I finished telling him what was going through my mind.

“Now, if you excuse me, I have to make a phone call now.” I said out loud leaving and heading back to the garage.

Back inside

I pull out my cell phone and begin to dial a number.

It rings a few times before an answer.

“Hello.” The person on the other end said.

“Becky, I need some help to find a family that has been held hostage by the Reds.” I spoke.

“James, you know I’m busy fighting a war out here.” She tells me.

“I know you are, but this is for a small recon mission for now.” I told her.

“I can do a small team for that.” She tells me.

“Good, here is what I know for now. The son of the current Ice Guardian tried to use a trap to capture me with a SWAT unit, and this person’s family has been taken hostage by the MRPD or The Reds. Location unknown.” I tell her what I know.

“Is that everything James?” She asks me.

“Yes, that is it for now.” I answered her question.

“I’ll get the team ready, and James be careful out there.” She tells me.

“I’ll try.” I tell her before hanging up the phone.

Then I hear something making and I quickly reacted to that before hearing a loud crash.

“Who’s there?” I ask out loud only to see a rat the size of a small cat that running across the floor.

“Ok, false alarm.” I said out loud before seeing the young pup chasing after the rat. “Hum, he must have followed me.” I said out loud only I can hear.

“James!?” I hear Fluttershy's voice calls out.

“What is it Fluttershy.” I responded.

“It’s that person you spared wants to talk to you.” She tells me.

I quickly when back to where the others are seeing the cop sitting on the ground next to the wall.

“What is it?” I ask him still walking towards him making him quickly get up.

“What is the rest of the unit that is still inside the trailer?” He asks me. “I have the trailer door still open and letting the knockout gas slowly vent out of the trailer. We have to wait a few more minutes to check on the rest and treat the injured of any wounds.” I answer his question.

Then sees on the snowy ground showing a few drips of blood coming from his right arm. “Your hit somewhere on your arm, let me check it out.” I tell him checking his arm and seeing a tear in his shirt.

I look through the tear seeing a small flesh wound. “Looks like a flesh wound, a small one, clean scratch. But still need to be treated.” I told him.

“Well, it wouldn’t be the first time being shot at.” He tells me.

“Chris, I’ll take him to the Infirmary where I treated myself at.” I tell Chris who is still with his son.

“Alright.” He tells me have I taken the cop to the entrance of the building.

A pone seeing the old factory floor covered in cobwebs. “This place has seen better days.” He said out loud. “We all said the same thing we came here.” I responded to that statement.

Once we got to the infirmary; “OK, sit on one of the beds and remove the body armor and your shirt, while I get some things to patch you up.” I tell him heading to one of the cabinets with a few draws.

Grabbing some clean bandages, rubbing alcohol, a Q-tip, a curved needle and some tread, a clean tin cup with some water, and a small gas power burner that was nearby.

I started lighting the burner with my zippo lighter from my pocket before putting the tin cup filled with water on it.

I put the needle and tread in the water before grabbing the Q-tip and the rubbing alcohol seeing the cop with his shirt off, for someone who looks like in his late 30s to maybe early 40s in good shape a little bite on the heavy side, but not slowing him down one bite.

I take the Q-tip and open the lead of the rubbing alcohol, dipping one end of the Q-tip into the alcohol, and letting the runoff go back into the bottle. Putting the bottle down and screw the lead back on with one hand.

Once my hand is free, I begin to use my powers to light up my hand he notices this and quickly asks me. “What are you doing?”

“Relax, I going to try to numb the area around the wound.” I tell him hovering my hand around the wound sending small jolts of power into the tissue of his arm.

Once that is done, I take the Q-tip and begin to clean the wound.

“I don’t know what you did there, but I not feeling a thing right now.” He tells me.

Once the wound is clean enough to sow the wound close with the needle and thread. I look over seeing the tin cup filled with water is heating up enough to sterilize them both.

“Alight, the needle and thread is ready.” I said out loud going to get the needle and thread before throwing away the used Q-tip now.

I grab a set of tweezers to get them out of the now-hot water. I see the needle has some steam coming off it, within a few seconds the steam when away.

“Now for the hard part.” I said out loud walking back to him.

I stick the needle on the edge of the wound and begin to close the wound. Once I reach the other end of the wound I start heading back to the other end where I started at.

After sowing the wound, I when to grab a pair of scissors to cut the remaining thread that wasn’t used and was still on the curved needle.

I grab the clean bandages and cover up the now patch-up wound.

“Alright, your patch up and ready to go.” I told him getting up to turn off the still-on burning. “Why is my arm still numb?” He asks me.

“Don’t worry about that the feeling will come back after you heal.” I tell him putting the used stuff where it needs to be.

“I believe enough time has passed to check on the rest of the Unit.” I tell him while he is putting his shirt back on.

“Good.” He said out loud.

Later back at the truck.

Everyone slowly moved the remaining unit out of the trailer and moved them toward the infirmary.

Some need some major attention from the wounds taken during the chaos earlier.

Me, Chris, and Rarity look after those who need the major attention while the others are looking after the others.

I see Chris using the meds I’d found earlier when I was looking for the meds myself and I wonder why he is using them.

“Chris?” I called out to him to get his attention. “Yes, James.” He response.

“Why are you using that expired meds?” I ask him to make him wonder what I’m going on before realizing what I’m going on about.

“These aren’t expired.” He answers me by making me question him. “What are you talking about?” I asked him. “I got these not too long ago, maybe a few months back.” He answers my question, still leaving me dumbfounded.

“I’m not even going to ask how you have gotten these meds from the 1920s.” I tell him finishing patching up another man.

After what felt like a long time, all the men from the unit have been patched up and healing from their wounds from what we can do.

The ones that are still knocked out from the gas are lying in one of the beds.

As for me, my hands were covered in blood from patching them up. I when to get myself wash up. Chris and Rarity hands finished washing their hands.

“I’m a tailor, not a surgeon.” Rarity said out loud before finishing her train of thought. “I managed to patch them up the best I can with what I can do.” She said finally finishing her train of what going through her mind.

“Well Rare, I started as an engineer. But I learned a few basic medical skills over the years.” I tell her as I begin to wash my hands.

After I tried my hands and put my jacket back on and when to check on some of the men that I had patched up even the one I patch up first.

“How you’re doing?” I asked him. “My arm is still a little numb, but I manage. But my Surge has taken the worst out of the unit.” He tells me rubbing his arm a little.

“I know I patch him up the best I could. He is going to need to go the hospital back in St. Petersburg to fully recover.” I told him.

“I know with the ice roads between here and back towards are currently down with the frozen ocean broke up the other day without no rim or reason.” He tells me.

“If I can find some way to get there. Can we move him?” I ask him. “The only way, you can get there in time. If you have a ship.” He tells me with a seed of doubt in his voice.

I pull the gateway key out of my pocket that I use to get here. “Maybe this.” I said out loud showing him the key.

A pond of seeing the key nearly sent him into a state of shock. “Impossible.” He said out loud.

“How did you come across this?” He asks me after recovering from his shocked reaction.

“The Silenzers has them up until they were wiped out from the Red's attack on the main headquarters, some time ago.” I answered his question.

“That might explain the bounty on your head.” He tells me. “I had the bounty before the Silenzers recruited me after saving me from that crash I had during the last days of the MR series.” I tell him.

“But this key may not work getting back to St Petersburg.” I tell him. “I read from the old records about these keys were used to get across the other worlds without no problems.” He tells me.

“You’re right. But let me come up with a plan to get ourselves there.” I tell him putting the key back into my coat pocket.

Meanwhile grabbing my phone from my pocket and beginning dialing a number I didn’t wanted to call.

The ringing when on for what felt like forever until whoever was on the other end answers.

“Hi, Sunset.” I said.

“James, what do you want this time?” She asks me.

“Listen Sunset, how many people can you fit in that ship of yours?” I ask her.

“At least 50 people. Why do you ask?” She asks me again with a concerned tone in her voice.

“Do you know that big abandoned factory passed the Snakeskin Pass on the other side of the frozen ocean?” I ask her.

“Yes, I know where that is. James what is going on, why are you doing over there?” She asks me.

“Listen Sunset. I know you have like a million questions right now. But I need you to just listen right now. This person that is with the swat unit got injured very badly and I tried my best to patch him up the best I can do. But he needs to be sent to the main hospital in St. Peterburg to be fully treated and with the ice roads between here and there are currently gone thanks to me, leaving the only land road to get there will take too long for him to get there; and that why I’m calling because I need your help big time. Sunset.” I told her.

There was silence on the other end before I heard her voice again.

“Alright James, I’ll do it. But you own me big time.” She tells me before hanging up.

I put my phone back into its holster.

I see Chris heading towards the garage. Things were different this time I see him sweating even with the cold air around the building.

I begin to follow him to an area I haven’t gone to. I see Chris going to something underneath a tarp with a layer of dust on it. He beans over to remove the tarp relieving what is underneath it.

Which is a 1957 Chrysler Town and Country painted bright red with white on the sides of it near the rear. The trim and bumpers are covered in chrome.

The car looks new like it just came off the factory floor. The interior has red leather bucket seats at the front and a bench seat at the back. The dash has just as much chrome as the outside with the red and white detail matching the outside paint theme.

“That’s very impressive Chris. Did you just get this one or have you did been very good at keeping it up?” I ask him nearly scaring him getting his attention and turning his attention towards me after getting a hold of himself after being scared a little bite.

“You scared me, James.” He tells me. “I have that effect on people.” I quickly responded to that.

“I had this for a long time now. Just harley takes it out because of the ice. But I’ve made some upgrades over the years, like the brakes, shocks, the engine making it from fuel injected instead of carbonator for better performance, and put ice tires for better grip on the ice.

“I’m not even going to ask how you got it.” I said out loud. “I know. But I used to drive a slide for a long time before getting this car. But this isn’t the only car I had over the years.” He tells me.

“I’ve been given a good number of cars over the years some were deals of some car brads using my likeness over the years during the Christmas season.” He tells me.

“Which ones?” I asked him. “Well, let me think there was Mercedes, Lincoln, and some others that I can’t think at the top of my head right now.” He answers my question the best he can before rubbing his forehead of some sweat the been building up.

“Is it hot in here or is it just me?” He asks me. “No, must be you. I can feel a cold chill going through the old rods of my right now.” I answered him.

“Then it worst.” He said out loud making me wonder what on earth he is talking about. “What?” I ask him.

“I have a feeling that my time is coming closer and closer with every passing minute.” He answers my question staring off into space.

“You’ll alright?” I ask him “James, I’ve been carrying this element for nearly 300 years now and it is time for this old Guardian to rest so the next one can carry the element for the next generation.” He tells me.

I grab my walkie-talkie and am about to say something before Chris stops me. “No, I still have time for something that I have to do.” He tells me making me put the radio back on my belt.

“Have you already chosen the next Guardian to take over for you?” I ask him which makes him smile a little. “I have and she knows she is next, but she is not ready to be bonded with.” He tells me.

“Rare. She the one?” I ask him again. But he didn’t replay this time with only a smile and a tear followed suit.

Elsewhere

Rarity looking after some of the men she patched just moments ago. Fluttershy and Twilight see her nearly in a nervous wreck after the work she just did moments ago.

“How does James do this without losing himself?” She asks out loud seeing her hands shaking a little, before realizing her friends were behind her.

“He has been here longer than any of us.” Twilight's response to that statement.

“Rare, things may look bleak now. But James always finds a way in the end.” Fluttershy tells her friend.

“That may be true. But that's not what I’m asking before seeing one of the men she patched up get up hearing their conversation.

“James. I’ve heard things about him over the time he’s been here.” He tells them.

“What?” Twilight asks him.

“From the file that the MRPD has on him is nearly a mile long and the bounty on him will give bounty hunters fear and those who try to go after him, never have been heard from again. That even before these new powers that been added lately.” He tells them.

“We have seen this too, but from what seen they were self-defense.” Fluttershy tells him.

“There was that one time he did kill, but that was a robot version of himself and two other guys trying to take him away after the swap. Lucky, he had something to fight them off before the job was complete.” Twilight tells him.

“How much do you trust him?” He asks them.

“From the short time, all of us were here and he is trying everything in his power to take us home.” Rarity answers his question with no delay after being asked and the told in her voice made came from the heart.

“That may be, but all that I can tell you is be careful around him. You know what a person is underneath the surface.” He tells them.

Meanwhile

Applejack finally started to feel better having the hangover when away after what felt like forever seeing both Rainbow and Spike nearby, rubbing her head. “Man hit me a little hard.” She said out loud.

“I know after drinking half a bottle and having a hangover that big.” Rainbow tells her while Spike has something in his hands.

“Here AJ, I’m betting you starving after that?” Spike tells her handing a plate of biscuits to settle her stomach.

She takes the plate and begins to eat. “Thanks, Spike.” She tells him, before wondering where is everyone.

“Where is everyone?” She asks them.

“I know Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rarity are with the Infirmary looking after the people Rare, Chris, and James patched up at recovering. James and Chris are somewhere around the building. Pinky is with the brothers at the garage checking on something.” Rainbow answers her question to the best of her knowledge.

“Danny must be checking on his drone on the back of my truck.” AJ said out loud finishing eating.

At the garage.

Danny checks on his drone on the back of AJ’s track for damage. “How she looking, Danny?” Duke asks him. “She’s doing alright for now, just need to keep an eye on it before something goes wrong when we go to the Lava world.” He answers his question.

They heard something coming downstairs seeing Pinky coming towards them making Duke turns his head towards her direction. “Hey Pinky; What’s on your mind?” He asks her.

“I was just in the infirmary checking the others and overhearing something about James, and I want to ask you what do you know about James?” She asks them.

“Well, to get the full story will take some time to get all out.” Duke said out loud.

“The first time I ever heard that name was during the early years of the MR series. Me and Danny were working at our shop when we heard it over the radio for qualifying rounds in Daytona Florida the Daytona Speedway which was left nearly abandoned after NASCAR was shut down closing all their tracks.” Duke tells her.

“When we got there, there were thousands of drivers around the world showed up with him standing on stage and he was already wearing his sunglasses and that brown hat of his. He said that the rounds are going to be split into five rounds by a points system of the car, truck, or bike you're going to be using. Not only that, there are only 50 slots for this new series. Me and my brother were close to nearly didn’t make but we did.” Duke tells her.

“Oh yeah, the Daytona rounds were a cakewalk compared to what coming. Even though they were tuff.” Danny said out loud.

“I tell you folks back home and Australia quickly became fans of us and we chose the name the I-40 Brothers as our team name. But the other divers and yes, even James did some gay jokes seeing that we didn’t look like one another coming from different mothers and all.” Duke tells her.

“But Becky and Sunset were there too during the whole three years and they saw that we were brothers and the other drivers were trying to keep us on edge, while others were using it for hatred things during that time. But James always put a stop to it after a hate group nearly destroyed Danny's car and race day was the next day, so James offers to help throughout the night. So threw the long night until morning me, James, Danny, Sunset, and Becky were working on his car to get it ready for the second race event of the Desert Month.” He tells her.

“After that day, I begin to trust James, Sunset, and Becky through thick and thin no matter what comes out way. The five of us quickly became a team.” He tells her going towards his car opening the glove box pulling out an old photo of the whole group handing it to Pinky so she can take a look at it.

The photo shows James, Sunset, Becky, Duke, Danny, and two other people standing next to them. The other two were nearly the same age as Sunset, maybe a few years different. The older one has pink hair wearing a white cap with a sun on it. While the younger wears a dark blue cap with a white moon, and her hair was a lighter shade of blue.

In the background were all five cars James’s Mark 1 painted white, Becky’s Ford Mustang, Sunset’s Mazda RX-8, Danny’s GTO, and Duke’s HST. But they were a couple of bikes, both sports bikes.

“When was this taken?” Pinky asks him. “That was taken after we manage to fix Danny’s car and we had all been given a copy of the same photo. Knowing we will be there for each other no matter what has been thrown our way.” He tells her.

Pinky tried to hand back the photo to him, but he didn’t and said one thing. “Keep it, it may help you later on in the future.”

She puts the photo in her back pocket, before asking one question. “What happened?”

“Everything changes after Becky became trapped here. James was beating himself up about it during the final year, Me and Danny were taken by the Silenzers during the third track during the Mystery Challenge. We didn’t see James until after was recused from being taken by either the MRPD or the Reds.” Dukes tells her.

“What happened after Becky became trapped here; Because he told us but never when into happened afterward, I just want to hear it both of you?” She asks them.

“Before Beaky, disappeared because she was the first to become lost. After that, there was an investigation which lasted a long time, but no charges were filed after taking a statement from me, Danny, James, even Sunset.” He answers her question before his brother cuts in.

“Don’t forget Tilly and her sister Luna were questioned being the team crew chiefs.” He said out loud, still working on his drone.

“I was getting that.” He tells his brother before continuing.

“After that day, James lost his focus during the third and final year of the series. Making his driving sloppy even on the tracks he has done very well on in the previous two years. He was fearing the worst of what happened to her knowing his first run-in with the Reds for the first time.” He tells her.

“He told me when he discovered.” She tells him.

“After me and my brother were taken by the Silenzers and recruited in the engineering department and Danny became the pilot for that department along. After what felt likes months, we see James again and he was recruited as head Engineer for the Silenzers.” He tells her.

‘It was 6 months after James was recruited, we found Becky and some other drivers that had been lost, have been taken by the Reds. So, the three of us with a small team when into the Reds headquarters and rescued them. But on the way the chopper had taken damage from the way out after we were discovered, and we had to stop in a middle of a field with tall grass around and 30 miles back to the Silenzers headquarters. With no choice but to walk the rest of the way. Along the way, we found a few abandoned nests with eggs smash say for only five eggs left.” He tells her.

“Those eggs became Rexy and the four rappers?” She asks them.

“Yes, that's right, and James made some collars for them to make it easier to train them.” He tells her.

“Yes, they were good; even the others in the faction didn’t like them there. Thinking that they are dangerous even the grand leader thinks it was a bad idea.” Danny said out loud.

“I remember James came up with the idea for the person we now know has the General?” She asks them.

“He pitch the idea to the Grand Leader and other department heads and he has given the green light for the project, the size of the project was bigger than anything he has done before even the MR Series back home. The building of the Skeletor structure took two months to finish the longest was everything else even the blood. That last part was the mind and time was running out from the others and James toke a gamble and build the mind from his own. We were both there during that process and the pain that James was going through having that helmet on made both of us scared out of our minds. After it was over and James felt weak after that having his whole mind being copied into a machine that didn’t have a face yet.” He tells her.

“Is that why he has why he’s got James’s face?” She asks them.

“Yes, he had to shave his beard off to make the mod for the face which took nearly two weeks to have to face just right. Then the day finally came to reveal the project to everyone in the faction. But it was turned on and fully active it jumps up from the platform still feeling the pain James when through during the copying progress. He only had one thing to say, and I still remember what it said.” He tells her making her wonder herself.

“What?” She asks him.

“What the hell happen?” He answers her question.

“By that point, it was no longer James’s memories; They were the creature he created.” Danny said out loud finally finishing going over his drone.

“The Grand Leader and the other department heads were impressed with the work, but the others were not having thinking of it as just a machine that fighting against for many years now.” He tells her.

“Then how did this creature become the leader of the Reds and whipped out the Silenzers leaving only a few left?” She asks them.

“After its activation, it was months later when disappeared one night and joined up with the Reds and somehow became their leader giving himself that name he goes by now. He knows where the headquarters is located and brought everyone for the attack leaving no survivors that they know of. We were lucky, but we are scared Danny losing his leg and me with PDSD at the event making me to drink heavily during my time as a DJ. We didn’t know anything about James until one day.” He tells her.

“What?” She asks.

“We heard about someone driving a dark blue Ford custom job in Queen City knowing that it was him. With me still in New York for at that club, I sent my brother to find him which he did living at that hanger and you may know the rest from there.” He tells her finally finishing the long story.

“My Celestia, I’ve never known that and that explains how he knows both of you, Becky, and Sunset. But the other two sisters in the photo you gave me. What has ever happened to them?” She asks them.

“We don’t know, guesting back home working somewhere maybe a school for something.” Duke answers her question the best he could.

“Well, that is a long story.” She tells them. “It would have been longer if we added everything. I was going through the important bits without going through every bit of detail.” Duke responses.

“I have a feeling our story is going to get a lot longer before all of this is over and done with.” Danny said out loud slowly getting off the back of AJ’s before feeling his prostate leg coming off.

“Duke.” He calls out to his brother. “What?” He asks him. “It's my leg. It’s coming off again.” He answers his question by making Duke come to his brother’s side helping him get off the tailgate making sit down on the rear bumper.

“I got Danny, we need to get you a robotic leg to fix this problem.” He tells him. “I know, but with the cost of getting that kind of leg is more than what we both make in a year.” Danny responded, putting his leg back into position.

“That's better.” Danny said out loud getting back up. “I know Danny, that leg cost nearly half a million dollars.” Duke said out loud.

“Even this one, I can take off for when I need to and charge it up to have some feeling.” Danny said out loud.

“At that one only cost us only 50K.” Duke responded to that statement.

“The charge level must be getting low.” Danny said out loud trying to walk feeling the leg trying to drag behind him.

“When was the last time you charge it?” Duke asks him.

“The other night before coming here.” Danny answers his question.

Meanwhile, in St. Petersburg.

Sunset getting ready to leave when there’s a knock on the door making her jump a little. With her deals in the past, it could be anyone.

She slowly made her way to the front door looking through the eye hole and seeing someone she never thought she never sees again.

“Sunset, I know your home.” The person said the other side of the door, making Sunset unlock the door and slowly open the door.

“Becky.” She said out seeing an old friend and former team-mate after what felt like years now and she wasn’t alone.

Two other people standing next to her dressed in winter gear and heavy jackets. “This fears a waste of time.” One of them said only he and the other guy can hear. “She has chosen to come here after getting a phone call from James.” The other guy said in response.

“Sorry Becky, I don’t have time. I was about to leave; after James called me saying that he need me and my ship to pick up someone and take them to the main hospital in town.” She tells her heading back inside.

“Sunset, he also called me about something of someone having their family being held hostage by the Reds.” Becky tells her after she grabbed her helmet.

“Becky, I know things have changed with you being here longer than the rest of us.” She tells her walking towards the ship opening the airlock making the stairs go down.

“Wait outside.” Becky tells the two guys to wait outside.

“Yes, maid.” One of them responds while she walks inside closing the door.

“Sunset, I know you had a tuff time after being arrested and thrown in prison; but you had no idea what happen to me after I was captured by those basters Reds to get information about all of us even James, but I never said a word until he saved me and gave me a new life in LA until he came to me about a change to make a difference.” She tells her while Sunset climbs up the stairs.

“Becky, I have no time to catch up now with a life on the line. But if you want to come then come on.” She tells her.

“I’m coming Sunset.” She tells her climbing up the stairs afterward she hits a button closing the stairway ramp and sealing the airlock.

Back at the factory.

James and Chris were still where he keeps his car slowly making their way to where the rest are located.

“Hold on Chris.” I tell him carrying him feeling the weight on me putting strain on the rods on my back.

“The progress is going faster and faster now. I may not have long. The elemental transfer needs to be completed before it's too late.” He tells me lifting his hand and seeing that it's quickly turning blue.

Rarity sees me carrying Chris and quickly comes to help. “What happened?” She asks us making Chris quickly respond. “The transfer needs to happen now before it is too late.”

The three of us quickly made our way to the penthouse living room where everyone else is. “Dad, what happened?” John asks his father making him quickly answer. “It’s time son.”

“No.” He quickly responds to that statement before seeing his father’s hand quickly turning blue.

“Rarity, get the box I put on the side of my bed.” He tells her making quickly leave to get the box.

She gets to his bedroom seeing the box still pulsating in a dark blue flash. She grabs it and quickly made her way back to where Chris and the others were.

“I got it.” She said out loud handing it to Chris.

He opens it letting the dark blue light laminate around him and the room. “Rarity, come here.” He tells her making her go next to him.

He grabs the dark blue pulsating stone from the box. “Rarity, I wouldn’t live forever, but without this element, I never would have lived as long I have and now my time has come to an end but there must be a Guardian to carry the element for the next generation.” He tells her removing her glove.

“Chris you choice me to be the next Guardian for the Ice Element?” She asks him.

“Yes.” He answers his question before putting the stone in her hand, making it start glowing brighter and brighter in her hand. Then a flash of dark blue in golfs the room nearly as bright as a star.

Then Rarity starts to scream at the top of her lungs “AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!” She screams in pain until the stone begins to change its shape into something else during the progress.

The windows open by the wind making the fire go out before turning into a dark blue color.

After what felt like forever the fire and light begins to die down making Rarity seeing the stone has turned into a chip like the others before with the symbol of this world glowing a dark blue color.

She looks over seeing Chris sitting but still alive seeing his hand is back to normal and smiling. “It is done.” He said out loud shocking everyone else there.

“How are you still alive?” Rainbow asks him in shock seeing this. “It's just a reset.” He answers her question seeing the skyline has changed with a dark blue aura dancing the skyline as far the eye can see.

Outside of town.

Sunset and Becky see the bright light in the mountains on the other side of the ocean flying to where James is located.

“What the hell is that?” Sunset asks her friend. “Looks like another Guardian has been chosen.” Becky quickly answers her friend.

Back at the factory.

James sees Chris is still alive and after answering Rainbow’s question makes him ask one of my own. “Reset, what are you talking about?” I ask him. “It happens after a Guardian has chosen the next Guardian without combat and still has some time left. Before the element tries to have the guardian either with or without effects both good and bad.” He answers my question the best he could.

“I bought myself a few hours now.” He said out loud nearly feeling like a new man. “Dad, I thought you were going to die.” John tells his father.

“I chose to give the element up things go bad for me.” He tells his son. “Dad, how long do you long have?” He asks him. “As long as I can go. As far I can tell.” He quickly answers his son’s question noticing something flying across the sky and heading toward the factory.

“We have company coming.” He said out loud to me looking through the window and seeing Sunset ship coming this away.

“Sunset, she is coming.” I said out loud leaving towards the infirmary with nearly everyone following close behind.

Rarity still holding the elemental chip still glowing a little bit. “What have I done?” She thought to herself with a concerned look on her face.

Fluttershy sees this and tells her one thing. “You be alright Rare; this is new to all of us.”

Outside the factory gates.

Sunset guilds the ship into position seeing the semi-truck going to be in the way and lands next to it without causing any damage to her ship, the truck, and the surrounding buildings.

She shuts down the engines but still has the main power online for a quick turnover.

“Ok, let's see what James and the others are doing here.” She said out loud, getting out of the chair. “Sunset, I’m sorry about what happened in the past and want to heal any damage from this and start fresh.” Becky tells her.

“Like the good old days?” Sunset asks her. “Yes, if you want?” Becky asks her.

“The trust is still there Becky and the others have earned back the trust helping me get my life back. But you haven’t done that yet.” She tells her friend.

“Then what will?” She asks her. “Just help me get things going again after all of this is over?” Sunset asks her.

“I’ll see what I can do Sunset.” She answers her question not knowing what will happen next.

Back at the Infirmary.

Things were crazy those who can move help those who can right now. “Chris, can you take over while I check on Sunset.” I tell him heading towards the main gates.

Outside the main gates.

Sunset unlocks the airlock letting the cold air from outside quickly come inside the ship. The wind is cutting through them like a blade.

“Jesus Crist, it is cold.” Becky said out loud trying to close her jacket but the wind not having it.

I walk towards the main gate seeing both Sunset and Becky walking towards the gate. “Becky, what are you doing here?” I asked her.

“I was already in St. Petersburg when you called to see an old friend to make things right.” She answers my question.

“Meaning Sunset?” I asked her again. “Yes, James. Do you remember through thick and thin no matter what.” She quickly responded.

“I know Becky. But right now, I have something different going on here right now.” I tell her before turning my attention toward Sunset.

“How many beds do you have on that ship?” I asked her. “At least 30 beds the last I checked.” Sunset tells me heading inside to get away from the wind gust.

“Good, we’re going to need them.” I said heading inside with Becky following close behind.

Back at the Infirmary

Rarity is looking in a mirror checking the side of her neck seeing the Symbol on the side of her neck feeling the cold going through her body lowering her body temperature before quickly going back up.

Chris saw her having some trouble with what was going on. “The elemental powers are slowing taking hold and the transfer isn’t done yet with me still alive.” He tells her to try to make her feel better.

“Chris, there is something I always want to know is after James became the Guardian for the Storm Element.” She tells him, making him wonder what is going through her mind.

“What is that, Rarity?” He asks her. “Why us; I mean why have we been chosen?” She him. “The time is right that the elements and all of you were in the right place at the right time and why they are turning into chips now, is something beyond even my understanding.” He answers her question the best he could.

“I’m guesting Twilight will be next to the Guardian for the Lava Element?” She asks him. “If the time is right, she will be the Guardian for that element.” He answers her question with no doubt in his mind.

“But when you do. I have one thing to said is, be careful going after it.” He tells her like a warning.

The people who can walk are helping those who are too heavily injured getting ready to be loaded up on the ship.

The loading progress is slow trying to keep them comfortable while being loaded into the beds.

After a long and slow progress, the man I patched up had one thing to say to me.

“James, after everything you did to save this unit. We will be there for you when the time comes for it. We’ll be there.” He tells me.

“Thank you.” I tell him holding my hand out making him shake my hand.

“Alright everyone on board and ready to go.” Sunset said out loud heading up the stairs with the last few men climbing aboard.

She is waiting for Becky to get on board before stealing the airlock. “Come on Becky, unless you want to be left behind.” She tells her waiting at the top of the steps. “I’m coming, coming.” She said out loud climbing up the stairs.

After the airlock is sealed and the engine started Sunset slowly lifts the ship off the ground making the lose snow around it fly upwards.

All of us see the ship clear the buildings heading toward St Petersburg over the mountains.

Chris finally feels the time has come. “It’s time.” He said out loud, seeing his hands quickly becoming white and turning into snow.

Rarity and the others see what is happening to him. John sees what is happening to him and starts to feel his heart beginning to break.

“Dad, it is time to pass on to the next world?” He asks him, trying to fight back the tears in his eyes.

“Yes, son it’s time.” He responded answering his question seeing his entire body turning white even his clothes turning.

Once his body turns white as snow the wind picks up making the snow come off his body. Without saying a word, the only thing going through his mind was nothing only lifting his arm and smiling before the wind picks up again breaking up his body and carrying him into the wind.

“Thanks, Dad.” John said out loud after seeing his turned into snow and the wind carried him away to the next world.

Rarity rubs her neck a little finally feeling the full effects of the elemental powers taking hold of changing her body looking up at the sky above seeing the elemental color lighting up the sky above while the sun goes over the horizon line of the mountain range around the region.

“Ok, we have a long road ahead for us to get back to the portal.” I said out loud heading back to the garage.

“He’s right the key can only work where it first opened when we came here.” Duke's response to that statement.

“That means going back to St. Petersburg.” Twilight said out loud.

“How will we get back there with the ice roads out?” Rainbow asks not knowing what will happen.

“There’s an old road big enough for us to use but more dangerous cutting through the region known by other truckers as the Icey Hell.” John said out loud answering her question before towards his trailer to close the doors.

Then something wanted to show up at the worst time. “James, something coming???!!!” Spike shouts seeing this.

“What now?” I ask out loud heading out the garage towards where he is, from what I saw I know I was going to be a fight on my hands seeing a set of red headlights.

“More Reds grunts.” I said out loud before seeing a sweeper in the group heading towards us.

“Damn, this will not be easy with that.” I said out loud. “What about our powers?” Spike asks me. “I don’t know we never used them before.” I quickly responded heading back to my car to get a weapon, which is a modified AR-15, and a few clips with explosive rounds loaded.

The others sees me doing only Duke and Danny knows that a fight is about to happen here. “James, is there time to set up some traps?” Duke asks me. “No, they’re coming fast and they have a sweeper with them which will make things very interesting for us.” I quickly responded answering his question.

Then Rare neck begins to glow opening her eyes showing that they are glowing as well and the wind outside picks up loose snow moving with the wind quickly making itself bigger with every passing second until it was done.

Five creatures made from ice were standing outside the main gates waiting on them to nearly reach them before charging at them.

One of them hits the sweeper throwing it backward making it land on its side before going into a fireball, sending bits of metal flying around.

While the others quickly turn the rest into scrap metal. Once it was done the creatures that rarity just made turn back into loose snow.

Rarity's eyes stop glowing as well mark she looks around wondering what just happened.

“What just happened?” She asks the others while they saw what just happened in front of their eyes.

“I don’t know sugar cube.” Applejack said still dumbfounded.

We didn’t have time to think about too hard right now with the long road ahead of us. We were underway heading toward St. Petersburg the long way around.

Hours and many miles later with John leading the way, we finally made it to a region known as the Icy Hell.

The Icy Hell is a diamond mind that has been abandoned for many years now dump trucks are left to rust and freeze with buildings filled with broken-down machinery and busted-up windows.

The land was left bear with nothing only the now blackened earth below the snow melts when it touches the ground, steam comes from pounds that have been dumped with things that would be best not to say, but the color of the water is nearly a darken green haze with a little of orange mixed in.

The smell was revolting making the hairs in the nose burn from it alone.

Spike and Rainbow rubbed their noses every few seconds from the smell making their eyes water in the progress.

The convey stop in our tracks Rainbow and Spike are having trouble breathing now feeling their throats burning now. “Couch, couch, couch!!!!” Rainbow couching so hard now making her lungs now hurt.

“Owww. Couch, couch!!!!” She said in pain before couching again.

Spike begins to couch heavy now. “Couch, Couch, Couch!!!!” He tries to stop himself from coughing so hard.

“I can’t breathe. Couch, couch, couch, couch!!!!!” Rainbow said over the radio making all of us pullover.

We pulled next to one of the abandoned buildings. “I’ll check to see what is in there.” I said over the radio opening the door leaving the engine running and immediately feeling the effects Rainbow and Spike are going through.

I quickly ran inside the building with a breathing machine that had been left behind near the door. I grabbed it and put it on feeling the effects have stopped taking to it.

I take a deep breath feeling the machine is still working after an unknown amount of time left behind.

The machine looks like a face mask with a filtration system connected to a hose to the machine. The part at covers the face is made from plastic that looks like glass, the seals and straps were made out of leather that can be adjusted for the wearer. The hose is flexible and long enough for the wearer of different heights and weights.

“I’ve found something, But I only found one for now I need to find more.” I said over the radio.

“Just don’t take too long James. Rainbow and Spike are safe now in Rarity's and Applejack's cars.” Twilight tells me.

Inside AJ’s truck Rainbow is starting to breathe normally again. “I don’t know what was in the air but felt like it was trying to kill me.” She said out loud taking a few deep breaths.

“Like that time, you were trying to reach the clouds back at James, when we first got here?” AJ asks her. “No, that was different the air was getting weaker the higher I when until I nearly passed out trying to reach them.” Rainbow tells her friend.

Back inside the abandoned building.

The building was dark with no power and the sun going down I grab the flashlight from a nearby emergency cabinet. I turn it on seeing that it still worked.

“Now, there must be a generator somewhere.” I said out loud before heading deeper into the building.

The building was big, the size of the mine outside. I made my way to the lower levels of the building seeing signs for electrical shocks printed on them.

“I must be getting close to the generator now.” I said out loud.

I walk into a large two-level room with a huge machine in the middle of the room. “That must be the generator?” I ask myself.

I see three open containers of Perry good size nearly 4ft long and 2ft wide. I look around to see anything that may fit, seeing them outside the room.

They look more like a giant pill than anything else I pick up them feeling the weight of them having to use both hands to pick one of them up. “Christ, this thing is heavy.” I said out loud feeling the weight of it.

Once I get it loaded into one of the capsules. “Damn, those must weigh nearly fifty pounds maybe more.” I said out loud before seeing a loading cart that can easily fit them.

“That could have been useful five minutes ago.” I said out loud, catching my breath. I grabbed the cart and load up the other two still feeling the weight of each loading them onto the cart and getting them into the capsules.

“Ok, how do I turn this thing on?” I ask myself before seeing a light-up terminal that was running on its own power. I go to it and see what I can do. I see that it’s no different than the one back in the engineering department.

“So, this is an older model generator than the one I’m used to. The controls to turn this thing on should be the same.” I said out loud firing the start-up sequence and seeing the containers begin to close and a voice came over the intercoms.

“Power up sequence begins.” The robotic voice said before saying it throughout the building and the mine.

The generator makes a lot of noise seeing rings quickly turning faster and lighting up turning blue.

Then the lights turn on throughout the building and the surrounding buildings. “James, what did you do?” Twilight asks me over the radio. Then the intercoms go off.

“Power fully restored.” The robotic voice said.

“I had to restore power to see where I can find here.” I answer her question over the radio.

The intercom goes off again.

“Toxic levels in the air. Building compromise. Activating breach seals.” The robotic voice said before the busted-up windows begin to close with metal seals automatically covering them up.

“James?” She calls out over the radio.

The intercom goes off again. “Activating air filtration. Please leave your breathing devices on until the progress is complete.” The robotic voice said out loud.

I leave the generator running. “This place must have been one of the early mines leaving the region with toxic air for what may be years. I’m guessing that's why it's been given that name.” I thought to myself.

The intercom goes off again. “Air filtration compete. You can safely remove your breathing devices now.” The robotic voice said out loud.

I remove the facemask I have been wearing seeing that it has a hook and I put it on my belt for now.

I get on the radio to tell the others. “Ok, it's safe to come in.” I said over the radio. “Good, I need to charge up my leg.” Danny said over the radio.

Once everyone is safely inside only having a little irritation from the toxic air.

Danny left to find a charger with the right plug for his leg while the others were heading to other parts of the building.

“We can’t stay here.” Applejack said out loud seeing the state of the building. “This place is like the remains of the Silenzers building back on the Forest world.” Rainbow said out loud.

“We’re staying here until I can get my leg charged up a little bit. Which will only take like an hour or so, if I can find the right plug for it.” Danny said out loud.

“What does it take?” Pinky asks him. “It’s a special plug, but I have a micro-USB adapter for when I’m caught short.” He answers her question pulling the adapter out of his pocket.

The adapter is a male cylinder with a hole on top and on the other end is the female micro-USB plug.

“This won't fully charge it just enough until I can do it, only stopping halfway.” He said out loud.

“Ok, there goes the feeling; it must be at 5% to save on power.” He said out loud rubbing his fake leg.

I finally made my way to where the others were. “Is my car still running?” I ask them. “No I shut it off before coming in.” Duke answers me handing my keys.

“Thanks, Frank.” I told him. “I haven’t been called by my real name in what feels like years now.” He tells me.

I put my keys in my pocket seeing both Rainbow and Spike feeling a lot better now. “I need to find another one of these breathing devices before getting back on the road.” I said out loud unhooking the one I’d been carrying off my belt and putting it on a nearby table.

I left to continue searching throughout the building that I haven’t checked yet. While Danny and Duke try to a plug to charge up his leg which is earlier than my task.

They found the plug and Danny is charging up his leg now. While finding another breathing device has become harder than you think.

“Having things are harder to find than you think.” I thought to myself, trying to find another breathing device for either Rainbow or Spike.

There is one room I haven’t checked yet. I open the door to see crates stack on top of each other I open one of the crates seeing breathing device kits, enough for everyone.

I get on the radio. “AJ, can you come where I’m at?” I asked her to hope she heard me.

Moments later she came to where I’m at. “Grab the other end.” I told her to quickly grab the other side of the crate and ask me. “What in here?”

“There are enough breathing machines in this crate for everyone.” I quickly answered her question lifting the crate.

We move the crate to where the others are showing the breathing devices. I grabbed one of the devices heading to where Danny is waiting while his leg is still charging up.

“Here you go.” I tell him, handing him the device. “Thanks, James.” He tells me taking the facemask and getting readjusted for himself.

“How much longer do you got?” I ask him. “Maybe 45 minutes, give or take.” He answers my question with hesitation.

“Well, we’re going to be here for a while.” I thought to myself going somewhere else in the building to see what happened here.

I made my way to one of the main offices on the upper levels to find my answers maybe. The office is something from the 1930s mob boss than the ones who I saw before. Dark wooden walls with a big wooden desk with a big black leather desk covered with dust.

I walk up to one of the nearby filing cabinets seeing the files are still there after all these years. I began searching for anything that might have what happened here and caused its abandonment and leaving the region so toxic that everyone had to wear a breathing device to breathe when they are outside.

Pinky is roaming around the building making her way to the upper levels and seeing one of the office lights on with the door open, she walks over seeing me reading a file in my hand.

“James?” She calls out to me to get my attention. “Oh, hi Pinky.” I responded.

“What are you doing?” She asks me. “Trying to get some answers.” I respond by putting the file on the dust-covered desk.

“You never like being relaxed for one second?” She asks me, making me take a deep breath first before answering.

“It's the way I am, always working on something or trying to find answers to what popped into my head.” I answered her question.

“James, sometimes you should take time to slow down and look around from time and time; If you don’t, you could miss what is right in front your eyes.” She tells me.

I remove my sunglasses and my hat, put them on the desk, and rub my forehead a little. “I have a lot on my mind, and I don’t want to talk about right now.” I said out loud.

“James, I’ve been hearing a lot of things about you from others about what happened during your time before joining the Silenzers and said about what happened to others you have known. But you are still a mystery to even me and my friends.” She tells me.

I take a deep breath rubbing my eyes before answering her. “What do you like to know?” I asked her.

Other than what I already from you and others that you know have told me. But there are things that are missing that have been left a mystery to everyone even to the friends.” She tells me.

“Pinky, my real name isn’t James, but I never when by my real first for many years now. The name I’ve been going by is my middle name. I’ve never liked my first name when by my middle name as far I can remember now.” I tell her nearly shocking her.

“Then what is your real name?” She asks me. “I tell you, but I have to whisper it into your ear.” I answered her question.

She walks over to me, and I whisper in her ear my real first name.

“For now, keep calling me James.” I told her.

“Will do James.” She tells me grabbing my hand and feeling the warmth coming off her.

“James, Twilight, and Spike minted something about the money you stole from when you were at the archives searching for a way to get us back home?” She asks me

“I didn’t steal any money from them. They were just but hurt about losing to me during a race a few days before in Las Vegas. They never expected an outsider to just show up and showed them something that a few rookies of some powerful people in the city.” I answered her question the best I recall from what happened.

“With that short time, we were there. I thought we would run in with them. I guess they were too busy to notice.” I said out loud picking up the file I was reading.

“Those guys' egos were bigger the size of their engines.” I said out loud opening the file and trying to read it some more.

“I’m guessing someone I know about big egos.” She said out loud, getting my attention. “Is it Rainbow?” I asked her.

“No, but she does have a big ego. But the one I’m talking about somepony is friends with Twilight’s student back home.” She tells me answering my question.

“Before she became friends, she meets Twilight long before she became the person you know now. She challenged her and lost, making her take her revenge on her and the rest of the town. She takes my mouth away during the whole thing. Yes, I was pissed about it and still hold a grudge about it. But over time she loosens up over time being friends.” She tells me.

“Wow, that’s a big ego.” I responded to that still reading the file.

“James, you remain me of myself back on the family rock farm.” She tells me. “I hardly ever see you smile. Why is that?” She asks me.

I stop reading and take a deep breath before answering.

“With everything that has happened to me over the years, seeing both of your folks pass away before showing them what you were made off and having to prove yourself to get over every obstacle that’s lays before you. I nearly gave up a few times but something kelp me going never give up on something I know is right to my heart and soul.” I answer her question to hold back the tears in my eyes.

“That’s one reason I don’t let people get too close knowing something will happen to them and I have to fight the right way to deal with it in the end.” I tell her wiping away the tears.

“But I think that it is time for a change.” I said out loud before going back to reading the file.

“I know, I know James.” She tells me.

“Did you find anything?” She asks me. “I’m right this place used to be a diamond mine one of the early ones and the size of this is one of the biggest. The planning of this building has built-in filters to make the air inside breathable for the staff. I’ll going over this file one name came up again and again.” I answer her.

“What is that?” She asks me. “Alpha and Omega Mining Co. one of the biggest companies that use one of the mining companies before going belly up from a series of lawsuits from both its workers working the miles and the government running an investigation on all the mines both active and abandoned. After they when belly up and conglomerate that runs it had no choice to shut it down leaving them to rot.” I tell her answering her question from what I know reading the file.

“How did you know that?” She asked me. “During my time here with the Silenzers I learn a lot of things about what happened on these worlds.” I answered her question without hesitation.

“Plus, I like to find answers to things that don’t fully understand. Even if I don’t like the answer in the end.” I tell her closing the file and put it on the desk.

“The old progress of diamond mining during the early miles is not just dangerous for everyone who worked and the region around the mine. The progress release toxic into the air and don’t notice it until six months after the drills start running.” I tell her rubbing my eyes.

“You, ok?” She asks me seeing me rubbing my eyes too much during the whole time. “I must be tired being up sent early this morning.” I answer her rubbing the tiredness from my eyes.

“James, there is something bugging my mind ever scent Danny and Duke told me about after you activated him.” She tells me. “What is that?” I asked her with a confused look on my face.

“They said one day he just disappeared and joined up with the Reds and became their leader changing his name. They also mention the others didn’t like him because of what he is.” She tells me. “What are you getting at?” I asked her.

“What I’m getting at is, how did he leave?” She finally asks me. “To answer that question, it started with the pitch idea I gave to the Grand Leader and the other department heads and was given the green light which took three years to finish the project. The other department heads wanted to pull the plug during the whole time. The mind was the longest to make but the AI coding wasn’t going to be finished in time and I use a method that feels more like black magic copying every bit of my mind to finish the code. The pain I felt what like dying during the whole time. There are times I still feel the pain from it going through my mind feeling like small headaches. After he was activated during the presentation, I saw him screaming in pain seeing me going into a panic seeing me for the first time.” I tell her my side of the story.

“Then what happened?” She asks me.

“The others didn’t like him and feared him thinking that he would kill them in the end. But I felt like I failed in the project of how it turned out during the whole thing. The day before he disappeared, I was on the phone talking about what to do with him. I suggested whipping his mind and starting from fresh but wanted to take away his free will and I disagree. I’m guessing he overheard the conversation and felt betrayed, and he found a way out to escape well anyone knowing or seeing him. Then the day of the attack that changed everything, Me, Danny, and Duke were heading to the main headquarters by helicopter with Danny piloting it. The Grand Leader wanted to see me in his office, come to find out where he is, and offered me something that I never thought of, he offered me to be Grand Leader of the Silenzers. But the Reds attacked before it was essential to the others. After the attack I thought I was the only one left of the old order that was still alive. Until Danny found me not long after you came through here.” I answered her question.

“How long has it been?” She asks me. “It has been well over a year of keeping my head down only having a few problems during that time. Not knowing who was coming after you either a cop or someone from the Reds.” I answered her question by telling more than before.

“Now I know why you were in a hurry to close the portal when we came here the first time.” She tells me hearing someone's footsteps in the hallway.

“James, Pinky; you up here?” The voice calls to us sounding like Fluttershy's voice. “Yes, we’re in here.” I call out to her making her follow my voice towards the office where we are.

“James, Danny said he’s ready to go with that leg gotten charged up a little bit.” She tells us making us ready to move.

Back near the main airlock.

Danny just unplug his leg from the charger put the charger in his coat pocket and take a deep breath before standing up. “Ok, things could be worst.” He thought out loud.

Looking over seeing the breathing device that James gave to him knowing that things are about to change in a matter of days before seeing Rarity walking past breaking his train of thought.

His brother was going through something on a nearby terminal seeing a map layout of the mines and building. “It looks like a path from one of the mine tunnels leading out of the region.” Duke said out loud looking at the map.

“Really can we take it?” Danny asks him. “Both yes, and no.” He answers his brother’s question. “Why is that?” Danny asks him.

“The size of the tunnels is going to be tight for not just our vehicles, but also John’s truck will be impossible even without a trailer.” Duke answers again.

“Plus, the toxins in the air are going to be too much for the simple breathing devices we found. The one we need is built for the miners deep in the tunnels.” Duke said that statement finally finishing his train of thought.

Me, Pinky as well Fluttershy made our way toward the main airlock seeing everyone is there except for one. “Where’s John?” I ask out loud, making everyone realize that he is missing.

I get on the radio checking to see if he is still in his truck out there. “John, you there?” I asked over the radio waiting for a response. Nothing on the other end, I ask again. “John, pick up the radio; if your still in that truck of yours?” I waited again for a response.

“Yes, I’m here in my truck. Just resting my eyes for a few minutes.” John responds over the radio.

“Ok, John we’re coming out and I got something for you.” I told him over the radio. “If it’s one of those breathing devices, I already have one of those when I through this region the first-time years ago.” John responds.

“That’s just dumb luck for us.” Rainbow said out loud with a sarcastic tone in her voice.

“Rainbow.” Twilight calls out getting her attention for the remark.

“Ok, Spike, Rainbow don’t take off your facemask until we are safely out of the region.” I tell them grabbing my breathing device before putting it on.

We slowly made our way through the main airlock making our way toward our vehicles. I looked over seeing John’s truck hasn’t even been turned off during the whole time we were inside.

Every small breath sounds louder than without it. But it's making the air around me breathable.

I was the last one to enter my car seeing the young pup lying in the passenger seat, but he wasn’t moving I began to worry about him. I quickly started the car letting the air circulate quickly frittering the air. I put my arm over him and rub him hoping he’s alright, then he slowly starts to move on his own I remove my facemask turning off the device.

“Good, I was fearing the worst for you, I forgot you were out here.” I said out loud.

The young pup breathing quickly turns back to normal and the convey slowly made out of the region.

Here's the 57^th Chapter in the Story and it's a big one I wasn't trying to make it this big, it just happened after I got done writing the chapter it just the editing took a few days to go through. I hope that I don't do a chapter this big again. But if I do, I just got into it and just keep going longer than I thought it would have been. Also, the software I use to edit didn't try to fight me as must this time, but there was some.

Now, best for me to get back to work with the next chapter.

This is James Cribb
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