It was soon dusk, after they left Celestia’s house, the girls left towards home so they could get some sleep. They traveled together down the street, then split up at the intersection in groups of three afterwards. Pinkie traveled with Rainbow Dash on the left, Rarity and AJ to the left and Sunset, Fluttershy and Twilight went straight ahead. Their houses were all in vaguely the same direction, so they can easily cover each other if they get jumped.

"Mmm, that pizza was good. I'm stuffed. I'd better burn off some calories or I won't fit in my clothes anymore," Sunset said.

"I think Celestia family comes from some serious money to be ordering 6 extra large pizzas. I can understand that her son, the big one, would wanna eat somewhat that much, but Celestia and her other son? I don't think so. It's a good thing we were there," Twilight said.

"I wonder… why didn't they eat the last box and why couldn't we take it with us?" Fluttershy asked, confused.

"Didn't you hear? The boys have a friend who's crazy about pizza and wanted to save him a whole box when they get home," Sunset said.

"Really? I thought they lived with their mom," Fluttershy said.

"Nope, they're full-grown adults. Albeit just starting out, but they're still adults. They said they live somewhere in the city, but won't say where," Sunset said. "If they didn't wanna tell us, I wasn't even gonna bother using my geode. Trust me, there are some things I don't need to know and Pinkie Pie and Principal Celestia are good examples."

"Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie. And I wouldn't want to pry in on Principal Celestia's secrets either. She'd probably get her whipping stick out on us," Twilight said, rubbing her cute booty.

"Hey girls… look up there," Fluttershy said pointing at the sky. Twilight and Sunset turn their attention to the sky above. At first they only saw stars, but their jaws dropped at the sight of some winged being flying across the sky. It was hard to tell what it was because he was so high up there. Then all too quickly, he sped up and disappeared out of sight.

"What was that?" Sunset asked.

"Oh… my… gosh… I think we may have stumbled upon an otherworldly being!" Twilight said, fangirling and squealing with excitement.

"Awww, she's showing off her adorkabetes again," Fluttershy said, making Twilight blush and giggle nervously.

While the girls were questioning what they had just seen, Sunset later hears her phone rang in her pocket. She takes it out and answers it. "Hello, who is it?" she asked.

“Hey! It's me Inferno! Remember we met in Principal Celestia’s office.” A voice replied at the end, which revealed Inferno's voice from the reply.

“Inferno? How did you get Sunset’s number?” Twilight said.

“Oh… Yeah, Celestia gave me all your phone numbers so I could contact you.” Inferno replied.

Sunset shook her head. "She's good. But anyways, what'd you want to talk about?"

"I thought I'd call and tell you the latest updates on your gear. They should be ready by lunch the next day. Your suits still need a few modifications and I still have to sort out your new equipment. But that’s not all.” Inferno explained. “I'm even on a stake-out for your own secret ninja hideout.”

“Our… secret... ninja hideout?” Fluttershy replied.

“Yeah. Celestia said you guys can’t train at her place cause it’ll draw some eyes and it’ll put her sons at risk. So she’s given me a task to find a place to call our own, for training and base operations.” Inferno stated.

"But if that's the case, what about our own homes and our families? Won't they get worried?" Sunset asked. "I mean, I live by myself, but the others have parents. How do we sort things out with them?"

“No no no, it's not gonna be a permanent transfer home, it's just gonna be your place to hangout. Celestia has already informed the other’s parents about the place and its ‘purpose’ and promised them that you'll be home before curfew ends.” Inferno explained.

"Okay, that's good to know. Best to be on the safe side. I wouldn't want my own kids to be in danger if people found out where we were training where we slept." Sunset said.

“It won’t be a problem, besides I found the perfect place to use as a hangout. It's an abandoned factory, void of everything inside, on the far end of town, but is about 10 blocks from your homes.” Inferno stated. “And no one has ever set foot in it or has gone near it.”

"Oh… I see. Well, as long as it's secret, I'm okay with it. Thanks for the heads-up, Inferno," Sunset said.

“No problem, stop by at the place so you guys can see it for yourselves. I'll send you all the coordinates through text. See you later.” Inferno later hung up.

Sunset put her phone back in her pocket and looked at the girls. "That was Inferno, our suits are almost done and I've been told by him from Celestia that we're gonna be training at an old abandoned factory 10 blocks away," she whispered.

“Wait, Celestia is training us at a different isolated place? And you say it's been abandoned for a long time?” Twilight had repeated what Susnet had said.

“Yep,” Sunset replied.

“Are we sure its a good place for us to train?” Fluttershy asked.

“Well as long as Rarity doesn’t complain about the factory’s poor and ‘filthy’ condition, then it's the only place we’ve got.” Sunset states.

"And we know how she can get from being around establishments like that," Fluttershy pointed out, trying not to laugh.

“I know, right.” Twilight chuckled with the animal lover. “Even at the sight of a speck of dirt on her dress, she loses her cool for an hour.”

"Imagine the idea of her entire line of work being splattered with mud. She'd have a heart attack and rant on about it for months at a time," Sunset joked, making the other two laugh.

After the three had their laughs, they continued their march home. Once they were close to the area where their houses are, the three went their separate ways and reached their houses before nightfall.

The next day started out as a relaxing day for the girls. Having finally earned a weekend break from the difficult training, they decided to meet up at the mall and have a little lunch. The girls were out in the food court, having some burgers and fries, having a good laugh, telling jokes about what's been happening outside of training.

"Wait, wait, listen to this! Do you remember that guy who used to try and win my affections with those cheesy lines?" Twilight asked.

"You mean Timber Spruce?" Rainbow asked.

"Yeah, apparently he tried the same lines on Sugarcoat and he came back with a big shiner on his left eye and a few missing teeth," Twilight said. Hearing this funny story made Rainbow laugh out loud.

"BULLSEYE!!!" Rainbow said.

"I forgot, why did you two break up again?" Fluttershy asked.

"She got tired of him using science as a way to pick up girls or to make himself look cool. That's not what she wants in a boyfriend," Sunset pointed out. "Just like how I'd rather not have a boyfriend who tries to look or sound cool and wind up tripping on his own feet."

"Is that why you and Flash never got back together?" Applejack asked.

"That's right. He took alright, surprisingly. He didn't mind that we would be nothing more than just good friends," Sunset said.

"You two are lucky, you know that? You got the guys chasing you while we're left with squat," Rainbow said.

"Nonsense, Rainbow. You'll find someone. Anyways, you wouldn't believe the scuffle my parents got into last night," Rarity said. "My dear father gave my mother a smack right across her posterior and she gave him a pie to the face,"

Pinkie let out a loud guffaw. "That's what I call a "Sur-PIE-s," she said, making the girls and herself laugh about the stick situation her dad got into.

"Ah take it he slept on the couch?" Applejack asked.

"Why of course. You must never smack a lady up her tushy with a fresh pie still in hand," Rarity pointed out, waving her finger.

"Speaking of pie, I think I'll get me some dessert after this. But right now, I'm getting a refill on my drink," Sunset said. She took her empty cup and headed over to the fountain drink dispenser for a well-deserved 2nd helping.

Or at least she was about to until she bumped into someone and wound up falling with them. She got up and dusted herself off. "I am so… so sorry about that!" She instantly apologized and bringed her hand to the person to help them up.

"Forget about it, no one got hurt," a familiar male voice said. Sunset blinked in surprise when she saw who she bumped into. She recognized the long, red hair, snow white skin, sapphire eyes and scars under his eyes.

"Eternal Flames?" Sunset asked.

"Sunset Shimmer?" Eternal asked.

"I didn't know you were gonna be here. Where's your brother?" Sunset asked.

"He's back at our place, working on some new material. I won't say what it is because it's top secret, but anyways, are you here for lunch as I am?" Eternal asked.

"Yeah, I'm having lunch with the girls right now. I was just getting a refill on my drink, you wanna join us?" Sunset asked.

“I would love to, but i have a lot of… uh, chores to do back at home. But if I have free time, I would join with you and the girls,"

"I see. That's a shame. Well, when you do have free time, let me know. Here," Sunset then gets out a piece of paper and writes on it before handing it to Eternal. "Just give me a call whenever you're wanting to hang out."

"Ok, see you around.” Sunset replied with a smile. Eternal was about to leave when suddenly, there was a bunch of screaming and running coming from the otherside of the mall.

"What the hell?" Sunset asked in surprise.

Soon crowds of people were stampeding through the food court, with a few crashing into tables and tripping each other. The girls bailed their table when 3-4 people charged into the table, spilling their food on the ground.

"Hey! That was our lunch, you jackasses?! What the hell?" Rainbow asked, slightly mad.

"Freaky men in trench coats! Guns ablazing! Stealing computers and some other tech! Run for your lives!" the man said, spooked before running off.

“Did he say ‘men in trench coats’?” Fluttershy said in confusion.

"We've gotta put a stop to this, let's get them!" Rainbow said, about to run off before AJ stopped her dead in her tracks.

"Hold it there, Rainbow. We're out in the open! We ain't got our gear," AJ pointed out.

“What? Look around there’s no one in the mall anymore. They all ran in that direction, so we won’t get caught.” Rainbow rebutted.

“Even so, Rainbow. We can’t risk revealing our identities.” Sunset said.

"Then why don't we try and save the day… incognito?" Rarity suggests, gesturing to the many clothing stores in the mall.

"Rarity, I could kiss you right now," Rainbow said, making the fashionista blush.

"Less flattery, more changing!" Sunset said. "Move out, girls!" The girls nodded on command and split up on different floors of the mall, entering whatever clothes stores. They grabbed some outfits and headed straight for the fitting rooms, getting their normal clothes off and changing into their incognito outfits.

Once they found their disguises, they all rushed over to the computer tech store in the east side section of the mall. There, they spotted the men in trench coats stealing multiple pieces of tech; including motherboards and hard drives.

“Ok, I’ve seen guys rob banks and gas stations, and they all steal one thing: money. So what kind of reason are these guys stealing a bunch of techno gadgets and other figamajigs?” Rainbow said in confusion.

"Ah dunno, but they ain't gettin' anythin' on our watch." AJ said.

"Remember, girls. We can't let them see us. Ninja rule 101. Let's take them out swiftly and effectively without arousing suspicions," Sunset said.

“ON IT!” Rainbow shouted as she charged forward to the closest trench coat individual, much to Sunset’s dismay. Rainbow moves at blazing speeds all around the store while zooming past the men in trench coats, landing quick blow after blow. And soon as she stopped in front of the three men; with a cocky smile, expecting the men to be knocked out for the count.

But instead, she felt her hands hurt like crazy, as if she hit something really hard like a wall. Then she looked up, and to her surprise, the three trench-coat men were still standing. And were now staring at her.

To provide cover, Applejack moves in quickly and uses her super strength to knock the men back with a swift kick, punch and a throw. All three men crashed against the wall, making a loud clanking sound which struck AJ as odd. "That's weird. These men are harder than steel,"

The others then joined the two as they saw the three men stand up again, only this time they weren’t wearing their hoods, revealing their faces… their metal, android faces. Soon they remove the trench coats, revealing the rest of their heavily armored, endoskeleton-like bodies.

The girls were left stunned and surprised by the three culprits’ true identities.

“What… the… heck?!” Rainbow said with shock.

"You don't see that every day," Fluttershy said, shocked beyond belief.

"I'd take a regular band of crooks any day, but this is just way too freaky," Rainbow said.

"Well, when in doubt, LIGHT HER UP, LADIES!!!" Pinkie shouted. Joining their hands together, they try to focus their energy into one big rainbow blast. But their android foes didn't give them the chance and shot neon lasers at them, breaking their focus. The girls ducked behind a desk as they were being shot at. "So much for that plan!"

"How are we going to stop them?" Rarity asked.

“We’ll just have to smash them into pieces. There’s 7 of us and only three of them. We have them outnumbered.” Rainbow stated.

Just as she said that, the 3 armored droids each raised up their arms and suddenly, their hands shifted into small pulse cannons, charging up for a blast.

"Me and my big fat mouth," Rainbow mumbled to herself.

"TAKE COVER!!!" Pinkie shouted before the girls got out of the way of the blasts. The force of the pulsing shockwaves blew away multiple objects as well as shattered some of the glass windows in some of the stores. The androids kept firing their cannons while moving searching for the girls.

"How are we gonna stop them? They're not stopping!" Rarity panicked slightly.

“And how ‘r we gonna stand up ta’ their arm cannons?” Applejack asked.

“Actually, Applejack, they’re not just arm cannons. They’re highly advanced XL-1 electric pulse heavy blasters, with an energy of 300 gigajoules.” Twilight explained and soon she is met with expressionless stares from her friends. “What?”

"In English?" Rainbow asked.

“If we get hit by those beams, we’ll be completely vaporized.” Twilight stated. “As in we turn to atomic dust.”

"But… I'm too young and pretty to die!" Rarity panicked more.

"This can't be how it ends, can it?" Fluttershy asked, terrified. While some of the girls were speaking out in fear, a sudden battlecry caught their attention and before they knew it, they noticed a strange man in a red and black armored suit charging in. In his hand, he had what looked like a fiery chain.

"Stop! What are you doing? If you get hit, you'll--" but Twilight's warning wasn't quick enough as one of the droids shot this reckless, but brave hero with their cannons. But… instead of being vaporized, he was simply blown back and his armor lit up like a pinball machine as if it had absorbed the damage. "No way… how?"

"You girls get to safety, I'll try to stall for time!" the man in the armored suit ordered. Then, he gave his flaming chains a swirl over his head like a lasso. He then threw his chain at one android, trapping them in a fiery grip and held him in place. "Go! GO!" the girls couldn't really tell what his real voice was because he was using a voice modifier to make him sound like he was some kind of machine.

But they had no time to waste and quickly got out of the line of fire. And soon they make their swift escape without being detected by anyone, not before Sunset looks back to see their mysterious savior tear one of the androids’ head off its body as they continue to battle the other two; soon later, Sunset joins up with the girls outside.

The armored fighter then puts his entire strength into pulling the trapped android in for a loop. He swings the android around and around and around, slowly picking up speed and leaving a trail of fire before he slams the android down on the floor, smashing it into hundreds of pieces.

But before he could regain his momentum, the two remaining droids blasted him with their cannons, knocking him back twice as far, hitting the main doors to the exit. He grunted and fell against the floor.

He attempts to get up and takes up a fighting stance the girls instantly recognized. His fighting stance was similar to Principal Celestia's.

“Hey, isn’t that the stance that Celestia takes before….” Fluttershy said just as the armored fighter makes his move. He charged straight for the androids, then while keeping a sharp watch on him, the girls saw him fake to the right just in time before the cannons got him. He leaps into the air and his armored wrists pull out spiked gauntlets and his leggings pull out spiked leg guards, perfect for dealing twice the damage.

The armored fighter slams both fists on one of the androids's head, crushing it. He throws a barrage of swift punches and kicks, scratching and tearing up the rest of the android's body until it was nothing but a pile of scrap metal. The armored fighter backed off to avoid a close-ranged blast from the final android.

As the girls watched the battle from afar, Twilight then notices something from the debris from the fight; a broken wire that was still live and sparking with electricity. This soon gave Twilight an idea as she turned to Rainbow Dash.

“Dash, do you see that broken electric wire there.” She pointed her hand to the wire to show Rainbow.

“Yeah, I see it… but why are you showing me that?” Rainbow asked.

“I need you to use your speed to rush in, grab the wire, and shove it into the back of the android’s head. The electricity of the wire should be enough to fry the android’s systems and force it to shut down.” Twilight explained. “Applejack and Pinkie, you two create a distraction, get the android’s attention as soon as Rainbow delivers the package.”

"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie said.

"Y'all can count on us!" Applejack added.

“Good. On my signal… ready… NOW!” Soon Applejack and Pinkie rushed in after the android, with the farm girl delivering a roundhouse kick to the android’s abdomen and Pinkie attacking it from behind. While it wasn’t enough to damage the android’s armor, but that wasn’t their intention at all.

As the android was distracted, Rainbow immediately took her chance and sped straight into the battle zone. She reached out for the electric wire and in a swift motion, she pounces on the android’s back and then jabs the wire into the side of its neck. As planned, the unstable electric current of the wire, causes the android to short-circuit and malfunction. Jerking around and shaking as it’s systems and wiring were completely going haywire. Soon the android instantly shuts down and falls to the ground with a loud, metal thud; with its body emitting smoke from its fried circuits.

"Woo-hoo!!! WE DID IT!!! WE BEAT THE BADDIES!!!" Pinkie said.

"Technically, that armored fighter took down the majority o' those androids, we merely finished off the last one. But… where is he?" Applejack asked, looking around, seeing that the fighter had just vanished.

"Hey, look! Over there!" Fluttershy pointed over to one of the restaurants where a young man with long red hair and white skin was laying. The other girls gasp and recognize him as their principal's son, Eternal Flames.

"Oh no!" Sunset exclaimed before reverting back to her regular clothes and checking up on Eternal's condition. She reaches him and helps him up from the floor. "Eternal? Are you okay, did you get hurt anywhere?" she asked, trying to make him up.

Eternal stirs and wakes up. "Did someone get the license number of the truck that hit me?" he asked, looking around. "Whoa, no one told me there'd be a tornado in here. Oh, hey Sunset," he said, clearly sounding like he's in a daze. Sunset was relieved to see he wasn't injured.

"You scared me. I thought you had gotten out when those… uh… men in trench coats attacked this place," Sunset said.

"I guess it's just my rotten luck. You're a real lifesaver, you know that?" Eternal complimented.

“Oh… well, I don’t know about that?” Sunset replied as her cheeks turned a bit pink from his compliment, giggling a bit.

"Uh-oh, Sunset's got a boyfriend," Pinkie teased, sing-songy. Sunset's grip on Eternal loosened and accidentally dropped him before turning to Pinkie.

"That's not true at all, we've barely just became friends!" Sunset exclaimed, embarrassed.

"Oh yeah, keep telling yourself that, Sunset.” Rainbow joined in on the teasing with Pinkie. Soon Sunset was overloaded with embarrassment and soon she grabbed onto the arms of both of them and dragged them away from the restaurant. The others and Eternal watch what looks to be Sunset shouting and berating Rainbow and Pinkie, even though they were too far away for the others and the boy to hear her shouting.

"You're a really lucky guy, Eternal. Those men in trench coats were packing some serious heat and you were fortunate enough to not get vaporized." Twilight pointed out.

"But whatever they blasted me with, I think they gave me a major headache. My ears are still ringing from the impact," Eternal said, rubbing the back of his head. "Or maybe it was just from Sunset dropping me after her two friends teased her about me being her boyfriend."

"Does it bother you?" Fluttershy asked.

"No, but it's just she said, we've barely become friends. I'm a man of standards and I prefer to take things slow before I consider dating someone," Eternal replied.

“Wha… Wait? They managed to blast you, but you were, you would have been a pile of dust?” Twilight said. “How is it that you survived?”

“Maybe those androids have a stun setting to their fancy pulse cannons. As a way to render an individual to be unconscious and taken alive.” Rarity stated, which caused the others and Eternal to stare at her in disbelief. “What? I’m not just a pretty face, you know.”

"Androids? Sunset said they were men in trench coats, don't tell me you girls were crazy enough to fight these "androids." If they ever were androids," Eternal asked, confused.

“WHAAAAAAAT. No… that’s just ridiculous. We just saw them take off their disguises when everyone left the mall. And we choose to remain hidden because I theorized that the weapons they possessed would disintegrate us in seconds.” Twilight replied.

"Oh, I see… I guess that makes sense," Eternal said as he stood up dusting himself off. "The only thing left for us to do now is to call the cops. I might as well do so." he takes out his phone and was about to call the cops, until…

"No, wait! We'll take care of that, you just head on home and try to recover. You've been through enough today and you deserve a little break," Twilight insisted. Eternal was confused as to why they would handle this, but then Eternal shrugged and tucked his phone back in his pocket.

"If you insist. You girls be careful and… tell Sunset I said thank you. Good luck, girls," Eternal said before walking out of the mall, completely out of their line of vision.

"He sure don’t look too shaken up from the experience. Makes ya wonder if he's been through worse than this," Applejack said.

"Well, if he's used to this, he's sure got a lot of backbone," Twilight pointed out.

As the girls were chatting, Sunset, Pinkie, and Rainbow rejoined with them after Sunset was drilling them for embarrassing her.

“Hey girls, sorry for the temporary sidetalk and… hey, where’s Eternal?” Sunset asked

"Oh, we told him he should head home. He also said thank you for saving his life. We needed to make sure he was out of sight so we can take this functioning android back to Inferno. Maybe he can run a few tests on it so we'll know what we're up against," Twilight said.

“Do you mean the one we fried with the electric wire, or the other two that the armored vigilante smashed into itsy-bitsy pieces?” Pinkie asked.

“We’re taking the fried one, Pinkie.” Rainbow said.

“Okie Dokie!” Pinkie responded.

"Leave it to me. Ah can carry this heap o' scrap," Applejack said, going to the android and carrying this heavy piece of machinery with one hand.

“Ok, now let's get it out of here before anyone else spots us.” Sunset stated. And soon the girls quietly left the mall, carrying the broken android out of the area.

Once they had left the mall and stopped in an alleyway, Sunset then reached for her phone and dialed up Inferno’s phone number and placed the phone on speaker. They all waited for a few minutes before finally they heard Inferno’s voice answer.

“Hello, who's this?” he asked, while the girls also heard the sound of construction going on from his side.

"Inferno, this is Sunset. It's very urgent we see you about some important matter. Where are you right now?" she asked.

“Remember the place I told you guys about.” Inferno replied. “Well I'm at that place right now, setting up everything. But since you said you have something urgent, then we’ll have to discuss it in a remote place. I’ll send you the coordinates of the place I'm at, be there as soon as possible and don’t be seen.” He stated, while Sunset and the girls each receive text messages which had the coordinates to their new hideout.

"Understood. We'll be there right away," Sunset replied before hanging up. "Come on, girls. We've got some goods to deliver."

They then left the area, following the coordinates that Inferno sent them and traveled undetected all the way to their new hideout.

After walking a few hours, across 10 city blocks undetected, the girls finally arrived at the place that Inferno told them to meet him; which was also their new hideout and place to train. And Rarity can’t help but be cringed at the site of the abandoned factory building and its ‘hideous’ look.

“Ugh! This place is absolutely revolting!” Rarity said in disgust.

"You called it, just like you said," Sunset whispered to Fluttershy, who giggled.

"Rarity, not all hideouts are meant to stand out like yer line o' dresses," Applejack pointed out. "We should be grateful we're even gonna train in a place where no one'll find us."

“Well now that we’re here. Where’s Inferno?” Twilight asked, just as the warehouse door to the building opened up slowly.

The girls all tensed up and got in their battle stances. Soon as the door opened all the way, the girls then relaxed their fists a bit when they saw Inferno standing in the doorway.

"Phew, are we ever glad to see you, Inferno," Sunset said.

“I'm surprised you guys took so long? I'm guessing the reason is that the beautiful girl there is carrying an android.”

“Awww why thank you- Wait? I'm not the one carrying the android, Applejack is.” Rarity replied.

“That’s what I meant.” Inferno stated.

Applejack felt her cheeks turning pink from his compliment. "Come on now, Ah ain't that pretty. But yeah, we need ya to take a look at this here android. We've never seen anythin' like it in our whole entire life. Since ya might know more 'bout this, we figured you can tell us what we're dealing with," the cowgirl then showed the android to Inferno a little bit closer.

Inferno’s expression suddenly changed, as he looked a bit surprised when he saw the android clearly. The girls were also a bit surprised by his change of expression.

“We should discuss more while we’re inside,” He said while he gestured to them to enter the building. The girls were a bit confused,but they didn’t question him and they followed him inside, entering the building. Once they were in, Inferno shuts the doors behind them and then leads the group deep into the factory.

They all then stopped at a metal door which had a hand scanning device on the wall next to it. Inferno placed his hand on the scanner and soon the door unlocked and later opened it. Once he did, the girls were shocked by what they saw next.

The interior of the building was much cleaner than it was outside. There were also many setups in it; like the massive computer, an armory, a medical bay, a kitchen and dining table, and an indoor dojo where they could train.

"Whoa! You and Celestia plan for EVERYTHING! This… is… AWESOME!!!" Rainbow shouted in excitement.

“Thank you for the compliment, Rainbow Dash. I truly like to feel appreciated after I had spent hours alone setting up this place. I even set up the computer to detect any and all possible crimes being committed around the city. And as an added bonus, I fitted these tiny watches with a notifier and radar to let you girls know where and when a crime is active. And no matter how far you are, the computer can pinpoint exactly where you are and guide you back here if you ever get lost,” Inferno explained.

"Ah'm mighty impressed ya made all these fancy gadgets n' gizmos all on yer own, partner. Ya must be mighty tired and hungry after all that back-breakin' work," Applejack said, proud but concerned for the young inventor.

“Nonsense, I'm not tired at all; in fact, I'm…” Before Inferno could even speak more, he soon stumbled a bit and nearly fell to the floor, but Applejack caught him before he would hurt himself. “Ok… maybe... I may have spent hours setting up the place without taking a break… or eating, or drinking, or sleeping.”

"First thing's first, yer gonna rest up an' Ah'm gonna cook up somethin' to fill ya right up. Yer a hell of a hard worker. Ah like that about you, sugarcube," Applejack then carries Inferno over to the dojo and sets him down in the guest room. She rested his head on a bed, then tucked him in before patting him on the head. "Good job, Inferno." she whispered.

“Dang, he did all of this without even stopping to eat or sleep? That’s brutal.” Rainbow said with concern.

"Yeah. An' that's why we should hold off on him lookin' at the android. Ah'll stay here and wait 'til he wakes up and fix him up somethin' to eat," Applejack said.

“Ok Applejack, give us a call when he’s awake. We’ll be heading back to our homes to rest up as well.” Sunset said. “Are you sure your family will be okay if you’re gonna be out late.”

"No need to worry. Today's a free day fer mah family, an’ I'm sure my family will understand that Ah’m watching over a friend fer a bit," Applejack stated.

"Okay, if you say so. Be careful on your way home when you head out, see you later," Twilight said before the other girls left their new hideout. Leaving Applejack alone with Inferno.

After her friends had left, Applejack went into the dojo again, just to check on Inferno again. As she stood right next to the slumbering teen, he shrugs around a bit as he opens his eyes, barely; with Applejack in his vision.

“Oh… Are you an angel?” Was the one thing he said before he then passed out from exhaustion, again. Applejack blushed again and took her stetson off and placed it over her chest, feeling flattered.

"Aww shucks, yer too kind, Inferno," she whispered to herself, embarrassed. 'Ah never knew Ah was that beautiful in his eyes. In fact… no one's ever told me how beautiful Ah looked… except fer mah friends. Could he be… no, there's no way. Ah'm probably not his type… but then again,' she thought as she took one more look at the sleeping, charming young man. In that moment, her heart felt like it was beating faster than a hurdle o' rodeo bulls.

Meanwhile, back in the city, at the very top of this extremely tall tower, two young individuals were chilling in a living room. These two individuals were young adults, resting on a couch, big enough to seat 7 to 10 people in total. They had a giant plasma screen TV with blu-ray player, surround sound speakers and a couple of game consoles. Glass windows twice their natural height give them a perfect view of the entire city. They were at least 50 to 70 stories high.

One of these young adults was a man with bright yellow skin, hazel green eyes and long, silver hair, wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt and brown pants. The other one was Heat Blitz. Both boys were playing a game of Gran Turismo on one of their older consoles.

"How do you even manage to make those sharp turns? These tracks are nearly impossible. I was barely able to get used to the High Speed Ring," Heat said, trying to pass up his friend.

"Trust me, I had a hard time doing so when I played this game a long time ago. The trick is to take your thumb off the X button at just the right time while lightly tapping the Square button a couple times or even holding it, but not too long or you're gonna spin out," his friend said.

"Which car would you say is the fastest in your opinion?" Heat asked.

"Hmm, probably the Acura NSX, and Chevy Corvettes old and new. But it ain't always about speed that wins the race," his friend said. Just then, they heard the alarm buzzer going off. "Who could that be?"

"It's probably my brother, I'll check," Heat gets up from his seat and checks the camera footage while his friend pauses the game. As he predicted, Eternal had come home. "Yup, he's here. Computer, Eternal Flames has come home."

"Yes, Heat Blitz. Granting access now," a digital voice said before Heat saw his brother enter the building and ride up the elevator. Minutes later, the elevator bell rings and Eternal enters the living room, yawning and stretching his body.

"Hey, bro. How was your day?" Heat asked.

"We heard about the struggle that took place in the mall, were you okay by yourself," Heat's friend asked.

"Yeah, don't worry, Israel, I took care of the bozos who were trashing the joint. But they were all bad news. I've never seen anything like it before," Eternal replied.

"What did they look like?" Israel asked.

"They looked like giant humanoid robots. They had these weird cannons that vaporized anything that was shot close enough. Anything farther would've just been shot back. If I hadn't worn my suit back there, I'd be dead," Eternal said.

"What? Are you crazy? You should've called us!" Israel said, shocked.

"Eternal, we're supposed to be a team, that's why our dad and Israel's dad funded the money to get us our new living HQ," Heat said.

"I know, but I was in a hurry. They caught me by surprise and… not everyone left the mall," Eternal said.

"What do you mean by that?" Heat asked.

"There were… 7 oddly-dressed girls there, trying to take them down," Eternal said.

"7 girls? Wait, wasn't there something similar about that on the news yesterday? You know, when those bank robbers got their asses handed to them?" Israel asked.

"Yeah, why? Do you think there's a connection?" Heat asks.

"Could be. And I hope there's a connection. Crime in the city's getting way too bold with only us being on the job," Israel said.

"It's true, we might have founded the Victory Squad, but we're still only 3 people. I was barely able to hold my own against those monsters," Eternal stated.

"Hmm… we're gonna have to figure this mess out eventually. But until then, what do you say we just get something to eat? I'm starving," Israel said.

"Alright, but no pizza this time," Eternal pointed out.

"Yeah, we've had to throw out nearly 10 pizza boxes this week," Heat said.

"Oh alright. What should we have?" Israel asked.

"Hmmm… how about something simple. I got an inspiration to make something called a chaliapin steak rice bowl," Heat mentioned. Just then, Israel's eyes widened, followed by a sly smirk on his face.

"Have you been watching my Food Wars DVDs?" he asked. "You know the people in that show make those sexual moans during their food-gasm and are stripped naked." Israel said.

"I was just watching it to try out some new recipes!" Heat yelled out embarrassed.

“Next time, Israel… Hide your stuff before someone gets into it.” Eternal suggested.

"Hehehe… yeah, my bad," Israel said, sticking his tongue out and lightly bumping his fist against the side of his head.

Meanwhile, at the occupied CSRC facility, legions upon legions of androids were manufactured in a matter of minutes. While the ones already made, held the working staff in the facility hostage; to prevent anyone from alerting the world of what they were doing.

And as the facility was continuing its function, in one of the laboratories in the building, a few robotic designers were forced to their will in making Zoor her very own body. Since her first one wasn’t suited for reaching her goals.

As the process continued on, two androids that were different from the other androids in the building, had entered the room and kneeled down before their empress as her body was in her half stage of completion.

Zoor’s eyes looked down at her two elite guards, not moving her, incomplete, head. “What do you have to report.” She demanded.

The two androids only responded with sounds and chirps since none of them have a voice just like her. So instead Zoor accesses their memory banks to see what they have seen.

As she looks into the memory logs, she witnessed the events of the heist at the Canterlot Mall. And witnessed how three of her soon-to-be mighty legions were terminated by an armored individual… and 7 disguised humans. Zoor then felt something that was new to her… it was pure rage. After seeing enough, Zoor exits out of the 2 androids’ memory banks and returns back to her crippling body.

“It seems that… We have pests to exterminate. I want to know who they are and what level of a threat they are to our goal.” She said. “Cause if they want to start a war with me.... Then it's a war, they’ll get. I will not have these filthy vermin foiling my plans with their stubborn, futile antics.”

The androids bowed their heads in reply and left the room without delay. Leaving the humans in the room to continue on with constructions of Zoor’s body. The rogue AI is left wondering and furious about these new arrivals in Canterlot City. And soon she scours the interweb, searching anything that relates to the pests that she had seen.

And after searching through many files, she finds a news article that describes a bank robbery yesterday, where a gang of armed robbers were apprehended by police. Yet, the leader of the operation had stated that they were stopped by… 7 female ninja.

While this seems a bit useless. But to Zoor, it was all a coincidence. In her android’s memory banks, she had seen 7 disguised individuals at the heist that have been all identified as female, and the way they fought were similar to the fighting style and martial arts that were formed in the old history of Japan… the time where Ninja had existed.

“So… I guess i’m gonna be exterminating me some… Ninjas.”