With huge but familiar pain Rawhorn managed to open on eye, his gray eye, looking carefully around without moving to prevent the young human from detecting his return to consciousness, after assuring no enemy presence within sight Rawhorn moved his neck, slowly and painfully, to his luck the human again committed the mistake of not finish him off. With more pain Rawhorn rode to his feet, twice he fell before finally managing the deed, he observed his surrounding, not a single soul present, a explosion of magic at the distance told him that the battle was still on, Adagio, as annoying as Rawhorn saw here was still resisting, that already was more than what Rawhorn could say about himself, his energy was spend, his body broken and collapsing, his pride was nowhere nearby, he fought two human mares and barely won only to be demolished by another human, younger than himself, less experienced, even if he had magic assistance so did Rawhorn, at the end everything culminated in one desperate all or nothing move that the human not only avoided but turned in his favor.

Rawhorn took one tentative step forward and his body screamed to stop, to surrender to sweet sleep and let destiny carry on without him, even his mind flickered between duty and oblivion, at the end, the image of his lady unicorn pushed any though of giving up away and put pain behind resignation.

As Rawhorn approached the entrance of their hideout he heard a female voice speaking. "Yes, it was amazing, one moment the girls were injured and in bad shape, then the next they all were back to full form, no injuries and full of energy, they then went back for Sunset and Aria... yes Big Mac is with them too, he took down some huge guy that was with them and left... I hope so too, they should be back soon... Will do Principal Celestia, we'll call you back soon, good bye".

The single female finished the conversation and Rawhorn's mind worked his next action, with his body in the current state he couldn't risk run into another magic enhanced human, he needed to make sure the gem was delivered to Abigail in Equestria. The human hasn't noticed his presence so a plan formulated in his head, Rawhorn didn't like to resort to tricks or underhanded tactics but when that was the last option morals were pushed aside for victory. With his mind made Rawhorn stalked his way to the woman.

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Adagio dodged blasts from Sunset and Pinkie and Fluttershy, her speed allowing her to move away before any of the girls could zero on her, unfortunately for the siren, speed was the forte of another of the Rainbooms. Rainbow Dash flew past her and started blasting front her new advantage point moving from side to side without losing speed while Adagio was forced to reduce hers to avoid the upcoming fire, inevitably, she was blasted several times and her time ran out.

Losing both her siren form and with it her wings Adagio bounced over the hard floor several times before traction finally stopped her, her skin was bruised and bleeding where she stroke the ground and she could feel her bones about to break, how they didn't with the way she landed was beyond her mind and right now it was the least of her worries, before she could even rise her head her body was lifted by an invisible force, next, she was tossed against a wall where she remained pinned, her body didn't fell to the floor as she expected, it was then that she saw the non Princess Twilight holding out her hand in a gripping gesture.

"hold it still Twilight!". Sunset ordered while she came close to where Adagio was kept immobile, even without trying Adagio could tell that escape was impossible, with no magic and with her best moves used already there was no way she could even intent it.

Soon the rest of the gang surrounded her and Adagio prepared herself mentally for what was coming from the Rainbooms but not from Aria, she strode between the others and landed a punch to her nose followed by another to her cheek. "Where is it? Where are you hiding it?! You know what? Forget it, its not like you can stop me".

Aria started searching for the gem inside her clothes, only when the sound of ripping cloth filled the air did someone moved and stopped her, Adagio wasn't surprised when that person was turned out to be Sunset Shimmer. "Calm down Aria, we have her beat and restrained, she can't get away this time, no point in punish her anymore".

Aria's answer was to push Sunset away. "Speak for yourself! This bitch has Sonata prisoner, you saw it didn't you? Plus, she almost killed you twice now, don't tell me that you don't want to smack her until she lose all her teeth!".

Sunset was caught off guard by the question, her shock didn't stop the feeling of wrongness growing in her, of course she was mad, like Aria said, Adagio attacked her and almost killed her in two different chances, she hurt friends and people she knew, lastly her minion almost killed Big Mac as well. "I... Yes! I want to hit her, kick her and do so much more... but". Sunset turned to look for the pair of green eyes that she knew she would find looking back, as well as the soft smile that always provided the emotion she needed in any moment. "As much as I want payback for everything I doubt there's gonna be enough of her for everyone here to get a shot at her, besides, if we break her face how is she gonna tell us what happened with Sonata?".

Aria seemed ready to continue the argument but after a few seconds watching Sunset directly her glare cooled down. "Tch! Fine, but just because I wanna know what happened with that dimwit". Aria stepped away from Adagio, one step, before sinking the tip of her elbow into Adagio's eye socket.

"Aaargggg! You bitch! I'll kill you! I'll kill you all!". Adagio cursed and despite knowing that she was contained some of the girls still flinched when she trashed trying to break free.

Aria didn't, she stood there, her eyes scanning the other siren girl, until her sight felt over her cleavage. In a single instant Aria reached over Adagio's black leather blouse and pulled with all her strength, the fabric broke letting the front of the siren bare for everyone to see, the small blue gem that once again felt to the floor was ignored for the view that Adagio was unwillingly providing, her breast were at full view of the group, including the only male present, but all eyes weren't focused there but to the hideous burn scar that covered part of Adagio's abdomen and the underside of her breasts.

"Wha-what happened to her?". Asked Rarity as her hand ran over her own chest as if the scar was printed in her own body.

"Stop looking you bitches! I'm not your fucking freak show!". Adagio demanded.

Aria picked up the gem from where it fell. "You heard her royal Assness, she doesn't need our sympathy, nor does she deserve it". Aria turned to the captive woman with not a single ounce of mercy in her eyes. "So... If you're not gonna beat the living hell out of her and I doubt you're gonna turn her in to the Police then what's your plan Shimmer?".

"You're right about that, we can't just hand her over to the CPD without explaining what happened and about magic so... I'll take her to Equestria and to Princess Twilight, she's in charge of dealing with those problems so she'll know what to do with her".

"Hmm, well I hope they send her to Tartarus or some other horrible place for all eternity, but not before she explains what happened with Sonata and how to revert it".

"I cannot allow that". A very deep and pained voice said, all eyes turned to find the source, walking, or more accurate, limping a dark man with white hair and a face as battered as Adagio's came closer, next to him and with an expression of guilt and fear was Cheerilee.

"Lee!". Aria saw with horror the hand of the man gripping the neck of the librarian and her heart almost stopped.

"I'm... I'm sorry guys, I didn't saw him approaching and-".

"Quiet! I may be injured but I'm still strong enough to break her neck of crush her wind pipe". Rawhorn commanded making Cheerilee more afraid and a few tears were running down her face already.

"Ya bastard! What the hell ya think yer doin!". Big Mac walked in front of the group. "Ya hurt her and ah ll kill ya for good this time!".

"Mac, calm down"

"Hold it there Brother". Both Sunset and Applejack prevented Big Mac from moving further near the villain.

"Lee! Everything is gonna be alright! I swear!".

"I you want your friend back and safe then listen carefully, first let her free". Rawhorn pointed his sight at Adagio.

"Screw that! We are not letting that psycho go!". Rainbow howled from among the rest of the group.

"Gaaah!". Cheerilee screamed when she fell the grip growing stronger around her neck.

"I'm not playing games here, the life of your friend for Adagio and the gem, you have 10 seconds to decide.

"What do we do Sunset? Miss Cheerilee is in danger because of us". Asked Fluttershy.

"There's nothing to decide, her life comes first, Aria?". Sunset looked for Aria's opinion.

Aria was with her back turned, her eyes not leaving the form of her roommate afraid that if she turned away she wouldn't see her alive again. "I... We... Let the bitch go, Sparkle". Twilight nodded and her hand started opening but another hand stopped her.

"Wait, how the hell do we know that yer not gonna hurt her or ran away with her after ya get what ya want?". Asked Applejack. " Ya came here to cause harm, ah don't see why trust ya now".

"Apple!". Aria yelled to Applejack worried for Cheerilee's safety.

Rawhorn remained quiet inspecting the scene, first to the injured Adagio then to the man who he fought not to long ago, when his eyes set into the female figure next to him his eyes went wide, his lady, no, that wasn't her, her Equestria counterpart, but she looked different, wings and a horn made me of light! Was she... A princess, his sight most have lingered too long over the redheaded Rainboom because she took an involuntary step back and the male human moved forward completely covering her from his eyes.

It took a bit for Rawhorn to put his feelings under control but soon his mind went back to mission mode. "You have complete advantage over us, speed, flight, magic and knowledge of this world, we'll need to take her with us untill we make sure you are not following us, only then we will release her, safe and unharmed, you have my word, for whatever is worth for you".

"That's bullshit, Adagio will hurt her the moment she no longer needs her and your word is worthless, so no deal". Rawhorn could see the fake bravado in the siren's words, she was worried and bluffing but the fact that they were in disadvantage was completely true.

"Here". A metal object landed at Adagio's feet. "Those are the keys for mah truck, its parked outside, with that ya can move around at good speed and we won't interfere either, ya have mah word, for whatever is worth for ya, just let her go". Both Sunset and Applejack turned to look at Mac and his call expression. Twilight shook slightly but nobody noticed.

Rawhorn stood quiet, thinking, checking every possibility, stealing glimpses of Sunset from time to time, finally he took the gamble. "We'll take the vehicle and the gem, the girl stay with us untill we reach it, then she will be freed, unharmed".

"Fine!". Aria growled.

Sunset looked at Twilight and after a nod Twilight let Adagio free from her telekinesis. Adagio stood up and took the keys in the floor she then walked toward Aria who still had the gem. "This isn't over! Sooner or later I'll have my revenge, so, enjoy your time with your new buddies".

"You're right, this isn't over". Adagio managed a smile even when her entire face hurt, she took the gem from Aria and walked where Rawhorn and their hostage were.

"This... truck? Do you know how to operate it?". Asked Rawhorn once Adagio was next to him.

"Yes, but... are we really gonna let her go just like that?". Adagio asked watching Cheerilee as she struggled walking with a hand around her neck.

"Think clearly, we are outnumbered, without magic left, injured and in their world, the only thing keeping them at bay is this girl's life, we hurt her or kill her by mistake and you can add hatred to our disadvantages, then there will be nothing stopping them from coming for us".

"Grrrh, still, we... failed".

"Hmm, as long as we return with the gem, our mission is still a success, as bad as it looks, yet... many unexpected factor pilled up, that girl the... Sunset of Equestria, did you knew that she was a princess?".

"Of course not! If I did I would have planned something else, I didn't know about Aria either".

"I see, what about your two companions, they must be still alive".

"Leave them be, the gem takes priority, doesn't it?".

"Correct, there's the vehicle I believe".

"Is that it? Answer the question you". Asked Adagio to Cheerilee.

"Ye-yes, that's Big Mac's truck".

"So that's his name, I'll remember it". Said Rawhorn.

"I'll turn on the engine, you don't let the girl go yet". Adagio said as she walked toward the Pick-up truck.

In the moment that Rawhorn was left alone with the captive librarian he started talking again. "Human girl, the girl with the red mane".

"You, you mean Sunset?".

"Yes, her, is she? Happy? Here? In this world?". Rawhorn asked with some level of awkwardness.

Cheerilee was caught off guard by such a question while the man still had his hand around her neck, she considered what to say, was ok to reveal something personal about a friend to someone dangerous? Of course it wasn't but she didn't knew how violent he could get if not answered. "I... don't know how much happiness she have, but I believe that... she's immensely". After informing him Cheerilee waited afraid of his reaction, she felt his fingers twitch around her neck but his grip never grew.

"I see, is the human male, Big Mac, is he her lo-". The conversation was interrupted when the engine came to life.

"Rawhorn! Let's go! I don't want to stay here for another minute!".

"Understood". Rawhorn turned to the girl and released her just pushing her away. "We kept our part of the deal, now begone". After that he turned tail and boarded the truck with Adagio behind the wheel, she quickly drove around the other two cars and soon was in the dirt road driving away from the compound.

Cheerilee waited for a few more seconds before daring release the breath she was holding and not a second later she was impacted by Aria in a crushing hug."you are ok! You are ok!".

"A-ria? Yeah, yes I'm fine". The whole group appeared from around a corner and Sunset and Rainbow came down from the air landing with the rest.

"Where you guys already here?".

"Of course, you didn't think we would let you out of our sight didn't you?". Sunset assured Cheerilee.

"Yeah! Of we did, punk girl here wouldn't have forgiving us".

"Shad up!". The girls laughed together, a laugh full of pent up tension and stress that was finally let go, even Aria seemed to relax despite knowing that Adagio was once again free.

Big Mac walked away from the group, watching the road from where the two equestrians drove away, his jaw set tight and his face in a frown. Twilight walked next to him. "Miss Twilight, is that thingy ya put in mah truck way ago still workin?".

"Ah yes, for a moment there I thought that you forgot about it". Twilight took her cellphone out of her outfit and clicked a few buttons, then Mac's own reacted and he too tapped a command on it.

"What are ya two doing over there?". Applejack approached the duo and Twilight turned to answer.

"Oh! It just that a while back Big Mac asked me to improve his truck with some of my tech, it took a lot of testing but at the end I installed a killer switch and a tracking/recording system against theft, it all came perfectly".

"Eeyup, except for the part were mah truck became sentient and started talking about finding a gizmo called the 'All spark' and its leader Optimus somethin".

"Ok, I told you already that that wasn't my fault, your truck is very normal eith-".

"Ok ok ah get it! So...".

"Oh right right so, we can turn off the truck and lock them inside and with Big Mac's phone we can track them".

"Nice trick Twilight! Then what are you waiting big guy? Do it!". Rainbow celebrated.

"Nope".

"What! Why not? We can totally kick their butts right now!".

"Nope". Big Mac said again.

"Rainbow, look". Sunset walked next to her and took her hand in hers putting it where everyone could see it. Her hand was shaking uncontrollably, not only here but even Pinkie saw hers and found it equally stressed, so did Rarity and Applejack.

"Ya girls are very brave, but what happened just now was way too much, even if ya have already experience with magic and fought danger ya never felt it in the flesh like today, ya are very powerful for normal folks like Cheerilee and mahself, but yer young, barely adults, and even then ah almost did and Cheerilee was involved as well".

"Big Mac is right girls, this just show how dangerous things may get if Adagio and that man come back or someone else with evil intensions".

"So, are you suggesting that we shouldn't get involved in magic business anymore?". Asked Rarity.

"Nope, not entirely, what ah am trying to say is that if things get like this we're gonna need to step up to the challenge, that mean learn for real how to use that magic of yours and be better prepared for if they come back".

"WHEN they come back you mean, I know Adagio and this defeat only adds fire to her hatred, she will come back, and I doubt she'll come back alone". Aria said after making sure that Cheerilee was fine.

"We probably need to plan what are we going to do from now on and... wait, what did you mean with 'we' ".

Big Mac smiled and walked back to the group taking both Sunset and Applejack each under one arm." Ah am not gonna let mah sister and girlfriend run around fightin invasions and wild magic by themselves, ah am helpin them anyway ah can". Sunset smiled returning the hug with both arms and wings while Applejack did the same for a bit before breaking away.

"Speaking of that, don't think for a minute there that ah have forgotten that your two were dating in secret! And about the bab-!".

"Hey has anyone seen Fluttershy?". Pinkie interrupted by popping right between the three.

"Pinkhair is over there". Aria pointed to lonely figure kneeling next to the imposing alligator, the big reptile laid on its belly unmoving, the girl sweetly but sadly sang to her animal friend while patting his leathery snout.

Applejack removed her hat and slowly walked over her friend, the rest did the same, even Aria presented a look of sadness, despite his feral and dangerous appearance she could almost seen the beast letting the shy girl sleep next to it without any problem, the animal died helping them, another thing that Adagio and her gang had to pay for.

"I'm sorry Fluttershy, maybe if I could have come sooner this wouldn't have happened". Sunset put a supporting hand over Fluttershy's shoulder.

"It's alright, you didn't did this, it was me, the man told me so, he was... right, it was me who called him".

"Fluttershy , you didn't kne-".

"But I did! My power... you can do things by yourselves, run fast, be strong, summon shields, but I... I involve animals, they help me because I asked them to, I put them in danger, I can't do that again".

Fluttershy let tears run down her face while one by one she felt hands been placed in her back and shoulders. "We're sorry Fluttershy, we are the ones who ask you for their help, your burden is our too, we are friends till the end, remember?".

"I know, thank you, to all of you, Canterlot is my home, is where my dear critter friends live, where my friends are, we we are, I... I want to defend it, but I can't do it like before, so..." Fluttershy removed her tears and looked at Aria with determination.

"Wha-what".

"Aria, would you, would you teach me how to use magic like you did, the magic blast and any other thing that you know, please". Aria's jaw almost dropped, was a Rainboom asking for her to teach magic?

"Ya know, Shy is right, if it wasn't for Big Mac and Aria ah doubt we would have won, the bad guys are getting tougher, we must do the same if we want a peaceful Canterlot". Applejack said while the rest also thought about the outcome of the battle.

"What do we do about him? About the whole place, this is Rich's property remember? When they show up their going to find the place looking like a warzone!". Asked Rarity looking at the alligator and the surrounding.

"Nothing we can do, unless you have enough money to pay for the damage, not to mention how to explain what happened here, they'll think you're crazy and still would snatch anything you have to make for the repairs". Aria said trying to convince everyone to drop the issue.

"That's kind of... evil you know".

"As far as I see it we just saved the whole city from nightmare inducing bugs and a group of other-world terrorists so they should be thanking us for the service".

"Aria is right, unfortunately, non of us can pay for all of this and dealing with the police will only bring more complications into the trouble". Cheerilee agreed.

"Ok, guys could you help me getting him out of here?".

"Sure thing Sugarcube, Twilight, give me a hand will ya?".

"Coming, Big Mac, your truck stopped moving a few minutes ago, the tracking should tell you where was abandoned".

"Thank ya kindly". Twilight nodded and left to help Applejack carrying the reptile out of the compound. Big Mac checked his phone and was surprised when the map show him a map of the area, the part where this truck was abandoned wasn't as far as he expected, but what got his blood cold wasn't that, now it was his hand shaking and Mac did his best not to drop his phone.

He took a deep breath, close his eyes and wondered why, was there a meaning behind this or was just random coincidence, his hand trembled again but a smaller more delicate hand took his. "Mac? What's going on?".

Mac didn't need magic to know who was touching him, a sad smile came to him and his pulse calmed but not completely. "They... They left mah truck near the bridge outside the city limits". Sunset listened, he was better but not quiet yet. "A small road that was blocked after... after mah parents accident, they... they died in there".

END OF CHAPTER 25.

Author's Notes:

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter, got back to work this week after the last therapy for my eye and now I'm at 100%, I'm still gonna make a lot of mistakes though.
Anyway, so far no one has guessed the identity of all the eggs in PokePon, you could be the first, Hasta la próxima!

NEXT CHAPTERS:

1) Fruits of love chapter 26
2) Fruits of love chapter 27
3) Bad Girl's Fun Times: Rainbow's rodeo chapter 2
4) PokePon chapter 4.