Rainbow Dash ran as quick as she could, leaving a short-lived rainbow contrail behind her. True, it was not necessary for her to use her full speed, but Rainbow was not one to half-ass things. At least, not when it was something that she was actually passionate about. And she loved running. She would use her super-speed all the time if she could. Unfortunately, that turned out not to be an option. Using the magic too often ended up having consequences. Now, whenever she had the opportunity, she would go in with her whole ass.

After everyone went their ways to deal with things, something occurred to Rainbow: maybe the journal was at the park. While there were no changing rooms for someone to use (which in this case, meant that Sunset changed at school), but there was a backstage area where a book bag, and they were so busy trying to figure out what happened to Sunset Shimmer, none of them thought to look for her bag. That plus the fact it was closer to where they had met with The Dazzlings had Rainbow checking on it before going to the school.

What she saw made her come to a stop, staring with wide eyes.

On the stage was Sunset Shimmer, but not the Sunset Shimmer that she was familiar with. This Sunset stood on the stage, dressed in a wine colored suit with a pastel yellow dress shirt underneath. A black cape with red lining rested on her shoulders, and a top hat was placed on her head.

She was not alone on the stage either. Before her was a magic box, laying on its side, with the head and feet of a familiar blond pain in Rainbow's ass sticking out.

"Rainbow, baby!" Zephyr called out from his place in the magic box. "You gotta help me out here!"

"And now!" magician Sunset called out, "The Spectacular and Amazing Sunset shall saw her assistant in half!"

Sunset Shimmer then pulled out a chainsaw. With a hard yank of the cord, she started it up, the engine roaring to life as the chain started to spin.

Zephyr Breeze's eyes went wide at the sight of the machine made to chew through things a lot tougher than he was. He then let out a shriek so high pitched, that the dogs in the neighborhood started howling.

Two things went through Rainbow's brain as she watched. One was that as annoying as Zephyr was, he was Fluttershy's little brother, and she and their parents would be very upset if something were to happen to him. The other was that if she did save him, he would read into it as her liking him, which would make him pursue her all the harder.

"Don't worry!" Sunset called out as the chainsaw idled. "This won't hurt one bit." She then gave a wide, psychotic grin. "I won't feel a thing."

"I don't want to di-ie a vir--ir-gin!" Zephyr cried out.

Sunset revved up the chainsaw again as she lifted it high over her head.

"Wait!" Rainbow Dash called out. "This is actually safe, right? You're not actually going to saw him in half or anything, right?"

Magician Sunset stopped, lowering her chainsaw.

"...Well... this may be the first time that The Spectacular and Amazing Sunset has performed with an actual person." She shifted, licking her lips. "And none of the test dummies made it through in one piece..." She then straightened and grinned. "But hey, first time for everything, right." The chain revved back up as magician Sunset lifted it up once again.

That was so not the answer that Rainbow Dash was hoping for. If it had been a standard trick, she would not have worried about it at all. If it had been a trick "The Spectacular and Amazing Sunset" had done some times before, she would have been willing to risk it. As it was neither, however, Rainbow had to step in. She may have found Zephyr a creep, but that did not mean she wanted him to end up dead. Plus Fluttershy would be angry with her, and an angry Fluttershy could be very terrifying.

Activating her magic, Rainbow Dash used her super speed to push Zephyr Breeze out of the way, getting a good twenty feet from the stage before the chainsaw had started to move, much less for Sunset to notice.

Zephyr stopped screaming and blinked. His head shifted as he looked around.

"I'm alive," he called out, voice cracking.

His gaze then turned to Rainbow Dash, and his eyelids lowered as he smirked.

"I knew you liked me, Rainbow baby."

And with that, Rainbow Dash was already regretting saving him.

"Not wanting you dead is a very low bar," she grumbled as she undid the latches on the box.

As soon as the top lifted, Zephyr jumped out and went to grab Rainbow in a hug. This was immediately stopped by a punch to the stomach, causing him to whuff out as he doubled over, grabbing his now sore abdomen.

He was lucky. Rainbow had also been considering his diaphragm, and his crotch.

"I can still stick you back in the box," she warned.

"HEY!" magician Sunset shouted. "I'm still here!"

"Oh, right."

Rainbow ran back to Sunset, grabbed the chainsaw from her hand and let it shut off as she put it down (she kind of wished she had a tool so she could dismantle it at super speed like in the comics). She then ran back, grabbed Sunset, and shoved her in the magic box which Zephyr Breeze had previously been occupying.

Pulling out her phone, she took a quick picture, and sent it to the others, along with a message.

That done, she turned to Zephyr Breeze.

"I have some stuff to do, so I can't stay around," she stated. She then pointed a finger at him. "So, I need you to stay here and keep an eye on her until the others show up."

She took a step closer, eyes narrowing.

"Do not, under any circumstances, let her out of that box until they get here. Understand?"

Straightening up, Zephyr threw up a hand in a mock salute.

"You can count on me, Dashie baby."

Rainbow Dash let out a small hum as her lips pressed tight. She was pretty skeptical about that. Still, she was on a mission, and had to give him a chance.

She took off again, heading toward the school, and leaving the two of them there.

...

"I have to use the bathroom," called out Sunset.

"Oh, right," Zephyr said as he turned around. "Here, let me help you out of there."