Last time, Tangle greets her old friend Whisper with mares Lyra and Bon-Bon who are on the hunt for Mimic and Venjix who are requesting a showdown.

Outside a forgotten, Eggman Empire bunker, Whisper and Bon-Bon attempts to scan the interior. She is soon interrupted and annoyed by Tangle and Lyra who are pretending to sneak around.

"Stop it," Whisper urged to stop it.

"Sorry,' Tangle sheepily said.

"Anything?" Lyra asked.

"No, we can't see anything," Bon-Bon replied.

"So does we're clear to go down there.'

"We're walking blindly into their trap."

"Hah! They invited us here and now we back them until a corner... which both have over control got it, so find another way to get in or wait."

"No. Now or Never. Have to risk it."

"So, we'll be careful, just out of curiosity he seems to think a 'diamond cutter.' I assume you have a history with him?"

"Yes."

"Okay touchy subject, anything I need about those two."

"Mimic is dangerous, manipulative, stay on guard."

"Venijx. is ruthless and he is cunning, do try anything funny on him."

"Alrighty!"

The girls head to the back of the Eggman base, unknowingly watched by Mimic and Venijx.

"Well, you were," Venijx told him. "They would come though I wasn't expecting the lemur to tag along."

"That was always her weakness, she's ius using all the wisps a crutch... that you made me go on the run," Mimic said.

"No wonder why Eggman wants you to finish her off, and I get a huge bounty for capturing those two mares for him. They made a couple of messes at his bases."

"The sooner we get these done, the sooner I don't watch by the asshole.., Part me of wishes I could settle my fight with Whisper alone, but given circumstances and let your handicap."

And effectively shapeshifts into Jewel. Tangle opens the back entrance to the bunker and slowly walks in with Whisper.

"This is pretty boring for a trap," Tangle said being bored then got an idea. "Let them make their play at our pace! I'll go high!" she extends her tail to reach a metal storage unit. She gives a thumbs up to the disgruntled Whisper and the mare who sighs and continues to move through the bunker slowly. Tangle begins to silently narrate as she moves through the bunker while also thinking about Whisper's silence and how Mimic has clearly hurt her. She suddenly hears Jewel's voice and moves quickly towards the source.

"How the hell is Jewel here," Lyra exclaimed knowing that she is back safe and sound in Spiral Hill.

"Maybe they kidnap her to use as bait," Bon-Bon suggested.

"Who knows, now they asking for it!" Tangle exclaimed as the quartet soon find a safe and Whisper made sure that no know was behind him.

As the coast is clear, Whisper tells Tangle and the ponies that she will cover them while she went to rescue Jewel. As Tangle begins to enter the safe, she considers how worried Whisper must have been as she was speaking more than usual. When Tangle realizes that she did not have her Variable Wispon with her, "Whisper" kicks all three of them into the safe and locks it behind her. Tangle immediately pounds on the door, shouting at Mimic and Venijx to be fought in the open. She stops, knowing that if she continued she will use up all of the air in the safe. Whisper continues to move around and faces Tangle and Venjix. As the lemur cowers before her, Whisper demands her to prove that she is truly Tangle. Tangle shows Whisper a cut on her shirt that Mimic made after he had impersonated Jewel and tried to swipe at her; he soon ran and Tangle went to look for Whisper. The wolf lowers her Wispon and begins to think. Tangle excitedly leads Whisper onward to where Mimic ran off to. Whisper follows and as she turns the corner, she narrowly dodges an attack from an Egg Hammer with a wrecking ball.

"Tangle" stands on the Egg Hammer and laughs; he tells Whisper that not only can he replicate clothing, but he can also make it look damaged. The Egg Hammer continues to swing at Whisper. Once the wolf gets her mask scope on properly, she uses the Spikes Mode on her Variable Wispon to cut the chain of the Egg Hammer's wrecking ball. She then uses the Rocket Mode on the Wispon and shoots at the Egg Hammer's torso, destroying it. Both manage to jump off and throw a bomb in Whisper's vicinity. The wolf quickly uses her Wispon's Hover Mode to dodge the explosion. She swiftly dodges attacks from Venijx's laser gun and shoots it out of his hand with her Wispon's Laser Mode. With her Wispon's Cube Mode on, Whisper towers over Mimic. He compliments her shooting style but Whisper demands to know Tangle's location. Mimic claims that Tangle is in a safe space and says that he "can't say the same for the others". With this, Mimic begins to shapeshift into different members of the Diamond Cutters, taunting Whisper of how they were his friends as well but she failed to protect them. Whisper hits Mimic with her Wispon and remind him that he sold them out in the first place. Mimic begins to taunt Whisper again, believing that she has given up on her new friend. He reveals that Tangle is locked in a safe and if she hurries she may be able to rescue her before she runs out of air but doubts that they will make it out before his bombs explode. Mimic grins at Whisper while the wolf realizes she has an ultimatum in her hands. She runs away from Mimic, leaving him to walk out of the bunker and lock its entrance.

"Rest in peace, Whisper, this has been our last dance," Mimic said.

"And so long, Lyra and Bon-Bon, it been a blast," Venjix said.

Whisper manages to find the safe and uses her Wispon's Spikes Mode to open it.

"Oh, thank god," Tangle scrambles out and is helped up by Whisper and then helps the ponies.

"What happened?" Bon-Bon asked.

"No time! There are bombs!" Whisper said.

They soon see the explosions already detonating, so Tangle swiftly pushes Whisper, Lyra, and Bon-Bon into the safe and closes the door behind them as the entire bunker explodes. As the bunker is left in ruins and flaming debris, the safe lays on the ground barely scathed. Tangle punches the safe's door open with her tail and gasps for air.

"Well, crap, they weren't messing around there nothing left!" Tangle exclaimed seeing the destruction.

"Tangle, Lyra, Bon-Bon... go home," Whisper simply said.

"Wait, I know that I screwed up! Let Mimic and Venjix trick me it won't happen again!"

"No."

"Don't go at it alone. Let us prove we're not failures!" Lyra exclaimed.

"You're not!" Whisper replied to Lyra

"Then why?!" Bon-Bon asked.

"I won't lose another friend! I can't!" She shouted and goes to sit at the entrance of the safe while Tangle wipes away her tears then Tangle came by her side wiping her tears.

"Okay, you got hurt, very deep, and I'm guessing you're long overdue for talking about it. So let it out, I'll shut up and listen."

"Okay, I'll tell you everything."

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