One time in Canterlot City, at Havencroft a rehab for super-villains, Dr. Elena was talking to Jeremiah Axel or he takes the name Plasma about their progress.

"Jeremiah, I'm proud of you, you made tremendous progress. You continued therapy, but I know you do great out there."

"Owe, Doctor. Thanks."

As Elena head back into the building, Plasma conjures a small boat of electricity on a phone booth a made a call.

"I'm out!"

"Excellent, Axel, I'm so please." The person who replied was Gearhead calling from the Cellar.

"You're the person who wrote to me in Havencroft, Doctor Navel."

"Given your special case. An interest that should benefit both."

"Yeah, love the idea of double team you know who!"

"Double team? We can do better than that?"

Later the night, Black Falcon who was put in charge of dinner for the convicts was headed to their cells and one to Beatdown and one to Queen Toxic.

"Are kidding me?! A sandwich!? This has to be a joke, right?! Toxic Sludge, Feathers, I can't eat food no more!" She threw the sandwich at the door.

"Just save room for dessert, Rainboom a la mode," Black Falcon smiled.

Just outside of the prison island, Plasma retracted his mask and began to short the generator. Two guards took notice and ran straight to him.

"Freeze!" one of them said until Plasma fired a thunder blast at both of them knocking them out, then fire another one at the generator destroying it, causing the power to short, which the cells that were designed for Beatdown and Queen Toxic powered down.

"Do not approach wall... or..." the voice stammered until it was silent and alarm came on.

"Finally that bitch shuts up!" Beatdown exclaimed rammed right through it then Queen Toxic emerged on the other side.

"Hell yeah!" Both high-five each other as they made their way to other cells and free Blowtorch, Black Falcon, Gearhead, and Dark Wolf, and head outside.

"Stop right there!" A prison guard said as they fired voltage lines at Beatdown, who felt a little jolt.

"Tickles," Beatdown exclaimed as plowed right through them on the other side Plasma blew up the wall to see them.

"Ahh, Axel it's good to see you," Gearhead said.

"No offense, doc, I go by Plasma now," Plasma pointed out.

"I understand completely if you would do the honors?"

Plasma charge Gearhead power core that his robot eye was glowing then a helicopter came down showing Prism's right-hand man, Zavis.

"Hello, gents," Zavis greeted as his men handed the gear for Blowtorch and Black Falcon. "As promised your gear, as for the escape the last boat off the island is that way."

The villains headed for the boat and Zavis' chopper took off as they made it to Canterlot City.

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Hours into the afternoon, Rarity somewhat overslept and headed into the city as Ice Breaker feeling conflicted about her fight with Sasha.

"Isn't that just great, I tried to help people but in the process, I push the ones who are close to me away, and Sasha was the oldest person I had," Rarity exclaimed as look through the city. "Just because I hang out with friends who are rustic doesn't mean I drop my standards, I wanted to hang out with those who really care about me and who want nothing in return."

"Uh, Rarity," Rainbow spoke through comms. "We got trouble, want to come along."

"No worries, Rainbow on my way."

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Meanwhile, at the Canterlot Theater, the police set up a blockade for the escaped convicts.

"Freeze, Beatdown!" One of them said as Beatdown came right at them.

"Ah, Beatdown," Tornado shouted as the Rainbooms showed up. "I knew there was no prison wide enough to hold you."

"Wide enough, funny," Beatdown chuckled a bit.

"I knew they talk traded in the slammer but sense a humor?" Tornado said then Pheonix got a vision.

"Ice Breaker, look out!" Pheonix tackled avoiding an attack from Queen Toxic.

"Why gives you the right to sneak attack like that!?" Ice Breaker asked.

"My bad ice queen, was I supposed to wait my turn?" She asked.

"Wait you two are partners again?" Cyber Witch asked.

"Us two?" Queen Toxic implied as Blowtorch walked up.

"You're not getting off that easy, ladies," Blowtorch said as Black Falcon landed, Plasma slid across a pannel and Dark Wolf came from the sewers and Gearhead landed.

"So then, any last words?" Gearhead asked.

"We're screwed," Sparkplug said as the villains prepared to attack.

Dark Wolf came right at them, but Vine caught him with her roots and threw him aside. Blowtorch fired a laser at her which was deflected but Ice Breaker Gem s shield but the blast missed Black Falcon who fighting off Tornado. Both Sparkplug fire bolt after bolt then Sparkplug came right at right her which an electric punch. Beatdown hoisted Rock Roller in the air and threw her right into a building then started to beat savagely on her then Rock Roller dodged an incoming punch then punch his gut.

"Alright, time for you to get grounded!" Tornado exclaimed as she launched Black Falcon's back and punch her engine but only to hurt.

"Nice try, I already picked up on your tricks, my tech protect by reinforced steel!" Black Falcon crashed her into a wall.

"In fact, none of your former methods will work a second time!" Gearhead said as blasted the others then Queen Toxic grabbed all of them and threw them to the ground.

"Clean up on Aisle 7!" She exclaimed.

"Okay this bad, we're getting our asses kicked!" Tornado exclaimed.

"Any ideas?" Rock Roller exclaimed as they got up.

"We can't beat them if they're working together, time to bail!" Cyber Witch threw a smoke bomb on the ground blinding the villains once it clears they were gone.

"Damnit!" Beatdown growled in anger.

"Let them run, they are delaying the doom," Gearhead said.

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Later the criminals were at a fancy restaurant that they broke into and had dinner.

"A toast to Rainbooms culminating defeat," Black Falcon said as she hold up a glass.

"Defeat?" Blowtorch asked. "Seems a job ain't done till it's done."

"I was topside, you yahoos, lost them were you search the sewers for them, the next time I that rockhead I'll smash her myself!" Beatdown exclaimed.

"Man, what's with you and revenge? I all want is a big score!" Dark Wolf said.

"This obsession with any of them is a mere annoyance, it Spitfire who her my wrath."

"If that's how to want to play it, I'll take my business elsewhere!" Blowtorch exclaimed.

"What are doing!?" Plasma stopped all of them. "I need a cure but the only way to get what we want is to trust the doc."

"Thank you, Plasma, yes gentleman and ladies we are flustered but they will be crushed."

"How? They're long gone by now!"

"We simply force a situation where they play the heroes, they'll show, they can't help themselves, check please."

"It's on house," The waiter said.

"How kind and wise."

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"Be on the lookout girls, the escape criminals are holding hostages at the Horseshoe in Canterlot City," Pheonix said as they approached the area. "They caught us off guard once there ain't going to do it again."

Little do they know, Black Falcon saw them, coming.

"Dark Wolf, there coming!"

"Heard," Dark Wolf replied and did Sonic Howl that made the girl wince then Beatdown plowed through following Plasma doing an electric blast then Gearhead trap them all.

"Well, you call it, doc," Blowtorch exclaimed seeing them. "Guess some folk is too dumb to live."

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"Beatdown, you first dibs, so what will do her," Gearhead holds Rock Roller. "A full-on assault or strangle her neck?"

"That's easy, punching bag," Beatdown said while Rock Roller glared at him

"What's the matter, to scare to crack a joke!"

As Beatdown came right she, Cyber Witch, and the others broke free, Ice Breaker froze his eyes, then Rock Roller broke free and did a geoblast to Gearhead.

"I got them!" Plasma fires a thunderbolt but sends all of them to the park.

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"Winguard, Jones, secure the hostages in the bank," Clay said. "Lawson, Harley with me."

As the police headed into the park, Gearhead fired a seismic blast at them only to dodge, and avoid Blowtorch laser blast, but that Cyber Witch and Ice Breaker to the underground, but not before Cyber Witch dragged Geardown with her grapple, that caused Queen Toxic to punch him and lost her solid form.

"Look out!" Ice Breaker summons a gem shield to avoid both Blowtorch and Plasma attacks.

Cyber Witch threw two Flash Sparkle Stars that blinded them, allowing her to use her magic and slammed both their face on the beam. Queen Toxic punched both of them sending them back and quickly regaining their footing.

Queen Toxic created a giant axe and charge forward then Black Falcon swooped down and did the same. Cyber Witch pulled both her and Ice Breaker out of danger causing the two villains to crash into each other.

On the top side, Beatdown grabbed hold of Vine and Rock Roller and threw them Vine send two vine lines on the structure just Rock Roller brought her shield and came back at Beatdown knocking him off balance. Both Blowtorch and Plasma got and fired at both of them, forcing them to dodge, just as they were doing that, Sparkplug threw her Sticky Bomb in their arms, catching them off guard, which allowed Rock Roller and Vine to throw their respective roles at the two and pulled them down casung them to fall. Beatdown turned around and look at them.

"Come and get some!" Sparkplug motioned for him to bring it. "We're not scared of you!"

"You ask for it!"

Beatdown shouted then charged right at them making them dodge them, then Sparkplug threw a Sticky Bomb at his face. Blowtorch and Plasma fired at them.

"Hold on, tight!" Vine hugged all of them as she used her chameleon spirit to make them invisible that hit Beatdown instead.

"Oh, man!"

"Damn it! Keep shooting!"

Both continue to fire at them, the three got behind Beatdown, as Rock Roller holds him.

"Move in, I got you!"

Blowtorch told Plasma to move in forward and fire at their blindside but Rock Roller thew beatdown on him.

"Crap!"

"Dogpile!" Sparkplug exclaimed as Beatdown lay down on Plasma.

"Hey, Hothead, over here!" Tornado grabbed his attention and fire his laser at her.

"What the hell happened?" Queen Toxic asked.

"Toxic, help Plasma," Gearhead said.

"Get him off!" Plasma said then nearing shock Queen Toxic.

"I'm trying to turn down the juice!"

"Shit, we gonna a runner!" Black Falcon tries to stop Tornado from escaping.

"BF! Move it, I don't take out another of our own!" Dark Wolf exclaimed

Black Falcon move away, which gave him a clear shot, and spat an acid blast making Tornado dodge it and got Black Falcon's back.

"Witch, I'm on his back, it helps to figure out how to stop her!" Tornado exclaimed.

"Take out her headgear!"

"On it, this is your stop!" Tornado said as she pulled the headgear off Black Falcon's head forcing her to the ground.

"Now I got you!" Blowtorch charged his laser only for Cyber Witch to throw a Sparkle Star at hit one of his blasters shorting it out. "What in blazes!?"

Queen Toxic came right at her, but Cyber Witch dodged out of Blowtorch's laser blast that tore through her then Pheonix came right behind and kicked him right Queen Toxic made her melt since she can't handle extreme heat then Ice Breaker froze her, and the incoming Dark Wolf solid.

"Dodge this!" Blowtorch came right at them with a punch but Phenoix created a barrier that cause an explosion and sent him back.

"I knew you had to get serious we came for you," Gearhead said as girls prepare themselves. "Just as I knew you spend your stamina fighting my allies. Leaving me to deliver the coup de grace, Apologies Beatdown was doing this my way!"

Gearhead fired his laser only to be deflected by Ice Breaker's gem shield.

"Your powers have always interested me, I going to enjoy finding what makes them tick."

"Too bad, you won't have a chance to do so!" Tornado said as the girls fired their magic blasts at him knocking him out.

"Well, it's like handle it pretty well," Clay said as the cops rounded them up.

"Aww, no problem, Chief! The Rainbooms are always here to help!" Sparkplug exclaimed as they left.

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