Beat felt hatred burning in his eyes while Lilly was cowering in fear behind him. The dark stallion took a step forward only to be blocked by the blue musician.

“Never thought I’d see you again.” He said in a rough tone.

“What do you want Thunderlane?”

“I’m not here for you.” He said as he looked at the shaking pink Pegasus. “Lilly get over here now!” He barked with rage in his voice. The mare was literally shaking in her hooves and tears formed in her eyes.

“She’s not going anywhere with you!” Beat said as he held out his hoof in front of the mare. Vinyl looked at him in surprise.

“I get it. You think it’s yours isn’t it?” The dark Pegasus said with a laugh.

“What’s he talking about Beat?” Vinyl asked.

“I’ll explain later. Get Lilly out of here and-” He was cut off as the dark stallion charged and delivered a quick uppercut to the stallion. Beat fired a volley of spells at him and made him fly up in the sky. “GO!” He ordered. Octavia and the other mares gave a reluctant nod and galloped with the pink Pegasus away from the two. Beat’s horn flared and shot a few blue bolts at the grey stallion who easily dodged them.

“Think I’m letting them leave?” Thunderlane said as he put a hoof to his mouth and let out a high pitched whistle. Three Pegasus stallions leapt from a cloud and chased after the group of mares. One of them closed in on Octavia. The Cellist took a fighting stance and delivered a series of punches and kicks to the grey stallion. Vinyl and the other mares blinked twice in shock.

“What? Twelve years of Hoof-boxing.” She said with a grin. The grey stallion quickly got to his hooves and charged while the other two converged on the other group. Velvet’s horn glowed and a brass trumpet appeared in her hooves. She turned around to face a charging brown stallion. Velvet’s horn flared and she blew through her instrument. The brown stallion was hit with a massive wall of sound that sent him flying back into a nearby building.

“Keep going!” Velvet yelled. Vinyl nodded and started to run with the pink mare behind her. Lilly felt a crippling pain in her stomach and collapsed.

“What’s wrong with you now?” Vinyl asked in an icy tone.

“Contractions.” She said with a groan.

“What?”

“I’m pregnant you idiot!” Vinyl felt her world stop as the words left her lips.

“Did Beat-”

“If you’re wondering if he cheated on you then no.” Lilly said as she slowly got to her hooves. Vinyl let out a sigh of relief. “I’m not sure who’s it is.” She said in a saddened tone. “Look, despite what you may think about me, I don’t want to hurt Beat anymore than I already have.” She said with another groan. “Can we please just get to the hospital?”

Vinyl nodded and helped the Pegasus mare to her hooves and the two hastily made their way towards the edge of town. Beat was firing spells left and right hoping to catch the dark Pegasus off guard. He looked around to see his sister and best friend struggling with their opponents. The blue stallion looked up to see Thunderlane about to dive bomb him when an idea came to him.

“Velvet, Octy.” He yelled as he dodged the enraged stallion. “Get them in front of me and keep back!” The two mares nodded and started to lead the stallions closer to the blue Unicorn. Beat closed his eyes and focused his magic. His horn was blazing a magnificent blue aura. Thunder lane held back for a moment and let his three associates charge at him. “THIS ENDS NOW!” He yelled. Octy and Velvet both jumped behind him as the three Pegasi charged at him.

Beat’s horn stopped glowing and the stallion dug his hooves into the ground. He took a deep breath and grinned. “To quote a friend of mine.” He said as the trio reached point blank range. “FUS ROH DAH!” As the words left Beat’s lips a massive blast of magic and sound struck the three ponies. The force was deafening and windows in the surrounding houses were shattered. The three Pegasi were sent flying into the ground each creating a crater. The blue stallion started to pant and collapse.

“Beat! Are you okay?” Velvet asked as she caught her brother.

“I’ll be okay, I just need to rest for a bit.” He said as he staggered. He looked over to the fallen Pegasi and his brain clicked. “Wait, where’s the other-” he was cut off as he felt a blunt object strike the back of his head. The two mares then felt a pair of hooves connect with their faces, knocking them away from the blue stallion. They looked up to see Thunderlane hovering over them with a steel crowbar in his hoof.

The grey stallion smirked and flew over to Beat’s unconscious form. He twirled the bat in his hooves and smirked. “Well, time to finish the job.” He said as he raised a bat.

“Hey ass hole!” Thunderlane looked over to see Vinyl holding what looked like a combination of a speaker and a cannon. “Taste my BASS CANNON!” She yelled as her horn flared and bright blue beam. The beam knocked the grey Pegasus stallion back through a nearby wall. Vinyl dropped the weapon and hurried over to the blue unicorn stallion. “Beat hold on!” She said as she held him in her hooves.

Thunderlane crawled out of the rubble and grunted. He looked over to see the white Unicorn mare crying over the musician. As he took flight he was soon trapped by a magical force. He looked to his right to see Shining Armor, Princess Cadence and Twilight Sparkle all with their horns flaring and angry looks strewn across their faces. Cadence and Twilight rushed over to Beat’s side While Shining trapped Thunderlane and the other three stallions inside a magical cage.

“You four are under arrest!” Shining said in a rough tone. Cadence’s horn ignited and scanned the blue stallion.

“Is he okay?” Velvet asked with tears in her eyes.

“I’m not sure. He needs to get to a hospital.” She said as she levitated him onto her back. “I’ll meet you girls there.” She said before vanishing in flash of pink light.

Author's Notes:

So Sorry for the short chapter and the length between updates!