The silence between the two groups was thick. Nopony dared break it, lest it start the fight. The three robed figures stood there, their hoods covering their eyes. While they would prove much more difficult, all they had to do was stall and kill the others. The group that has souls in it stood with determined faces on. Well, all of them but Fluttershy.

The silence was only broken by the sounds of hoofsteps approaching. In a few seconds, ponies of all kinds crowded the room. Two dozen in all.

"Well fuck." Katar said.

Once the words left is mouth, Silent rushed them. She was closely followed by Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Katar.

The three assassins backed out of the brawl, so they wouldn't waste their energy.

Silent struck first, using her speed to headbutt the first pony. Once he was on the ground, she turned her attention to another who was about to hit her. Using the bone-breaker that Kater did earlier, she destroyed his foreleg before moving onto another.

Applejack sprinted into the nearest pony, knocking her down. A colt that was a bit bigger than her rushed her and was about to tackle Applejack, but he never made it because Applejack bucked him in the face.

Pinkie Pie seemed like she wasn't even taking this seriously because all she did was shoot her party cannon at ponies. To this day, nopony knows where she got it from.

Rainbow Dash was busy fighting three earth ponies at the same time. Using her speed, she was making them feel the rainbow punches that she did against Sigma.

Rarity wasn't doing much more than dodging and getting a few quick strikes in. While she may not have been doing much damage, it was pissing off the pony she was fighting.

Katar, like the girls, wasn't doing anything lethal. The majority of his attacks consisted of a quick nerve strike to stun an opponent so he could move on to the next one.

Fluttershy cowered in the corner, like the good little mare she is.

One action montage later

The six fighters regrouped in the center of the room that was filled with dead, dying, or unconscious ponies. The assassins stood on the far side of the room. They hadn't moved an inch since the fight started.

"If death is the option you want, then by all means, continue on this path." Octavia said.

"Y'all ain't nothin' compared ta us." Applejack smirked.

"Then let us prove you wrong." The young colt said, rushing them.

Octavia sighed. "Your an idiot Starscream."

Scootaloo woke up with a headache that would spell doom for complex thought.

Where am I? Ow, it hurts to think.

It took her a good half minute to remember what happened. She shot her eyes open immediately and regretted it.

Really Scootaloo. What did Applebloom say about going full derp on yourself?

"This is all your fault Trixie."

"How is this Trixie's fault? Your the one who made them aggressive AND because of such actions, you have put not only Trixe and yourself in danger, but also Scootaloo."

Scootaloo moaned at the volume. "Please, shut up."

Twilight smirked. "I'm not in danger, it's only a matter of time before my friends find me and Scootaloo. And once that happens, we can leave you to rot in this cell."

Trixie laughed. "If you think your friends can do anything here, your wrong. Trixie used to work here and the ponies that this place employs are far more dangerous than anypony in Equestria."

"Shut up." Scootaloo whined with more volume.

"My friends will find a way."

"Your 'friends' will end up in this place just like we are. The only ponies we can rely on right know are ourselves." Trixie snapped back.

"Will you both SHUT UP!" a fourth voice yelled. "For the queens sake, you somehow got even more annoying than last time Trixie."

Trixie froze in place.

It can't be, thats impossible. I thought Sigma killed it.

Twilight was staring at the pony in front of her. "What are you?"

"I, my dearest student of Celestia, am an alicorn. I am Sodalg." said the voice.

To call this being an alicorn, or even a pony, was like calling a cockatrice docile. The 'pony' in front of Twilight had the head and horn of a pony, the body of a griffin, the wings of a changeling, and the tail of a manticore.

And I thought Discord was messed up. At least he had a species name. This isn't natural and even scientifically possible.

All this thinking made Twilight remember a joke Rainbow tried telling her about mixing a dragon with a chicken.

"Impossible, Trixie knows that Sigma killed you for what you did to him."

"He tried, but failed." Sodalg stated simply. "And you will be my newest test subjects."

Trixie gulped. Sodalg noticed this and said. "Don't worry, I seldom end up killing them anymore. And I won't be swapping body parts anymore. All these tests are going to be doing is affecting your muscles, nerves, bones, magic, and brain."

This didn't help Trixie and it made Twilight nervous. Seeing this, he said. "It isn't going to be like diving into research I've never done before. After all, I successfully split Sigma's conscious mind in two, made Razor Wing have a basic for of communication as well as other things. I even fixed the problem that changelings can only feed off of love. Now if you excuse me, I have to set things up."

Once he left, Twilight turned to Trixie and asked. "What happens to the failed experiments? What happens to the ones that work?"

Trixie shrugged. "The same thing."

The boss was currently busy beating the shit out of Sigma. Punch after punch he struck.

This ow guy ow can hit ow hard ow.

There was a break in the beating. Sigma, tied to a metal chair, scoffed at the damage. "That all you got you old peice of skat?"

The boss laughed. "I'll break every bone in your body."

But he would have to wait a second because a report came in via messenger. "Sir, the extra security forces were wiped out in only a couple minutes and the bounty hunters have their hands full. What should we do?"

He looked at the messenger and said. "Send in Agents Xero and Mane to deal with it."

The messenger gulped. "Y-Yes sir."

The fight downstairs was going decent to say the best. Rarity was nursing some bruised ribs, one of Rainbow's wings was missing some primaries, Applejack had a sprain hoof, Katar's nose was completely broken, and Silent Night's right eye was swollen shut. Pinkie Pie was the only one uninjured and she was currently trying to help Fluttershy stop crying.

Injuries on the otherside ran deeper. Vinyl's horn was cracked, and she had three broken ribs. Octavia had a broken elbow joint on her left foreleg and a concussion. Starscream had a broken wing and a minor skull fracture. Despite all of this, they fought on.

Fortunately, Starscream ran face-first into Silent. She knocked him down and had her hooves around his neck, choking him. The other two were kept busy by Rainbow, Katar, and Rarity. The poor colt was about to pass out when a flying tank tackled Silent off of him.

Silent shook her head to clear it and when she saw what had knocked her halfway across the room, she shit bricks.

"How nice of you to drop by Silent, Katar."

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