=Harmony League of Equestria= >Equestria: The Kingdom of Harmony. Established over a thousand years ago and still standing to this day. >Ponyville: An idyllic town in the Equestrian countryside that houses many of the brave defenders of Harmony. >You are one of those defenders. >You creep along the support beams on the ceiling, watching the scene below you. >The Brotherhood of Evil Dogs had broken into the First Ponyville bank roughly a half hour ago. >You were forced to play it safe from the rafters, you couldn't risk going down there. >Not with that many thugs and certainly not with that many Metas. >Firo, Roverlanche and Quickspot all stand in the center of the room, directing their hired thugs around and stealing everything that wasn't nailed down. >"Get chairs! They shiny!" Firo cries. >The thugs in turn lift the brass chair off the ground and carry it to one of the carriages outside. >As the dogs begin to cart off the last of the loot, you make your move. >You leap from the perch you were on and land on the back of one of the thugs. >"It's him!" one of them shouts. >The rest of their cohorts jump back in shock and surprise, dropping their money before lunging at you. >Dogs never did know when to lie down. >A few blocks, chops, kicks and broken bones puts the dogs down. "Is that it?" >Firo and his cronies back up a step. >"Get to carriages! Leave them!" >The Brotherhood and their thugs turn tail and run to the front door. >Dammit! >You bound after the dogs, getting to the door just in time to catch the dust cloud from seven carriages peeling off. >Damn...you were only able to tag one of those... >Hmm...it -is- Meta issue... >You put a finger to your ear and cue your com-link. "Batmanon to all points, The Brotherhood of Evil dogs has robbed the First Ponyville. I could use some backup." >A double flanged voice full of authority comes over the Com. "On our way, Batmanon." >You run out of the bank and grapple onto the roofs, hoping that your ability to evade corners would help you catch up to the thieves. >The carriages moved and breakneck pace through the Ponyville streets, the dogs inside peering up at the sky in anticipation and fear. >The team would be here soon. >On cue, twin streaks of hot red hit the front wheels of the first carriage, disintegrating them and causing the carriage to smash into the ground and skid on a straight path to a nearby house. >Or would have if a white and orange blur hadn't smashed into the ground in front of it. >She skidded along and into the ground as the force pushed her hooves deeper and deeper into the road. >Mere inches from the house, both mare and carriage come to a stop, sparing the innocent family inside. >She huffs and climbs out of the hole her hooves dug, walking to the rear of the carriage and throwing it open. >Diamond Dogs are thrown high into the air and out of the carriage as she rails against them. >"Y'all almost wrecked that poor families' house! What've ya got to say fer yourselves!?" >You cue your com. "Letting them get to you, Powerjack?" >She tosses the last of the gods onto the ground behind her. >"Just don't have too much sympathy for folks who'd hurt a family, Batmanon." >Powerjack was always more domestic than you...comes with actually having a family. >That was one of seven carriages down. >Immediately after you turn your attention back to the carriages, one of them veers off and crashes into a lamp post. >You could hear screaming and shouting on the inside of it, as well as various lame jokes and whoopee cushions. >Several of the dogs are thrown from the back of the carriage, a red and black suited ball of energy bouncing around them on the outside. >"So do you guys think it's be Chimmycherry or Cherrychanga? I've been trying to figure it out for MONTHS now!" >A dog crawls away from the pile of its friends only to be intercepted by its bubbly attacker. >"Hey! Are you trying to get away! You can't do that, it'll ruin the pace!" "Pinkiepool, what are you talking about?" >Pinkie cues her com. "The pace, Batmanon! We need to be considerate of the people reading this!" >Oh, she was in one of THOSE moods. "Just detain the criminals, Pinkiepool. You and I will take you to Professor C later." >She thought all of your lives was a book again, it was common with her. >Pinkie was a good friend, but boy did she have some weird ideas sometimes... >Four chariots remain. >You grapple over to the next roof and cut across around the turn, getting you ever closer to them. >One chariot pulls ahead of the others, apparently intent on escaping from the city as fast as possible. >A small blob of black, silver, and pink flutters high over your head and lands in the path of the oncoming vehicle. >To the naked eye, it would seem that a shy little filly wondered into the path of certain death. >The chariot speeds towards her. >She shuffles her wings. >The chariot bounds and bops as it draws closer. >She plays with a rabbit. >The chariot bounces over the road and screams towards her, bringing the very sounds of Tartarus with it. >The mare opens her mouth and speaks a word, a word so soft that not even the most delicate of flowers would move were she not who she is. >"stop" >Waves of hypersonic force echo off of her and slam into the chariot. >The other members of your team knew bloody well to throw their hands over their ears in preparation. >The Dogs didn't. >The energy ripples across them and tore the chariot to pieces, sending small splinters over the dogs in waves. >The canines crash into the ground and skid to only a few inches from the mare, passed out cold. "Nice work, Pink Bolt" you say over the com. >You know she can't say anything back to you, but you see her nod as you run past. >You continue down the rooftops after the Dogs, the last trio of carriages heading for a fork in the road. >The rightmost one breaks off down the fork, heading towards Sweet Apple Acres and out of town. >Damn! >You cue your com. "One of them is getting away! Heading for the orchard!" >A voice full of bravado and almost masked by the sound of rushing air. "I got 'em!" >From beyond a far off mountain, a red blur flies low over the landscape. >A rainbow colored boom streaks out from behind the blur as it enters the town limits. >It catches the carriage and spins around it at an almost astonishing speed before rocketing towards town square. >It reaches the square and two Diamond Dogs are deposited in front of town hall before the blur goes back for another trip. >The second time present the third dog an all the money they had stolen. >The third and forth present the dismantled parts of the carriage. >The dogs were hogtied in the blink of an eye by the red blur before it stopped dead in its tracks and tightens the knot. >The Dash: The fastest flier there was. >She whips her hair back out of her face and gleams. "Don't worry Batmanon, I got these guys for ya." "Good work, watch them for us." >"You got it, bro!" >That left only three... >You're getting close to the edge of town now, where the fields open up and the dogs could lose you. >You HAVE to stop them before that happens. "Come on, team! Double time!" >"On it!" a voice calls over the com. >The ground of Ponyville shakes with a rhythmic thumping from a boutique at the other end of town. >Dust and dirt is kicked up in her rampage, leading to a cloud of debris that can be seen from Cloudsdale. >From a side street, a large white mare in deep red armor smashes into one of the carriages, sending it flipping into the wall with its contents spilling out. >The Dogs inside crawl out beaten and battered by their flight, stopping at the white hoof that slams down in front of their faces. >"Wh-who are you?" they ask. >She stomps her foot again, cracking the ground a bit. >A voice full of class and pomp speaks. >"Why, are you insinuating that you do not know ME?" >"The Hunter of Gems? The Most Famous Fashionista in all of Equestria? The Unstoppable Beacon of Generosity?" >Laying it on thick, as always... >She stomps once more. "Open your ears, you covetous canines!" >Her helmet is levitated off, revealing her deep purple hair. >"I'm the Rarinaut, darling!" >Only two more to go. >Rarinaut's attack herded the two remaining carts into a dead-end street. >One who's end you were coming up on fast. >The cart drivers panic and throw their comrades to the wind, interested only in saving themselves as they speed down the road. >From up above, the sound of billowing cloth could be heard as a lone figure floats in the air and casts a shadow over the ground. >With a flick of her horn, the lead carriage was lifted from the ground and taken to the air. >The dogs inside panicked even further, Firo sticking his body out of the window to throw fire at his attacker. >That fire was met with its emerald cousin as a small purple drake flew down to meet him. >The pyrokenetic duel only lasted a moment before Firo was pushed back inside by the green flame. >Spikeheed was not one to be outdone by a Dog. >The purple glow flips the carriage upside down before smashing it into the ground below, incapacitating the Dogs. >The caped figure floats down and meets you by the carriage. >"Good to see you again, Batmanon." she says in her double-voice. "And you, Doctor Sparkle. Always a pleasure." >Her cape wraps itself around her at seemingly its own accord as Spikeheed lands on her back. >Wheels against dirt from ahead draws both your attentions to the last carriage. >Roverlanche sticks his head out of the window. "Ponies not stop me!" >He extends his arms and causes the ground to rumble beneath your feet as his carriage gains speed towards you. >"Batmanon?" Doctor Sparkle says. >Sigh...she knew you too well, it seems. >You pull a detonator out of your belt and press the plunger, setting off the charges underneath the front two wheels of the carriage and sending it flipping end over end into a fountain. >"How's it look, y'all?" came a voice from behind you both. >Power Jack and the rest of the League meet up with you. "Let's find out, shall we?" >You walk over to the fountain and throw the door open. >Roverlanche is laying in a heap on the "floor", his loot in piles around him. >You grab him by the scruff of his collar and hoist him up. "You Dogs aren't smart enough to pull this off on your own, who are you working for?" >You shake Roverlanche back and forth trying to get an answer out of him. >What you get, however, is a small magical crystal. >The crystal activates as it hits the ground, projecting the image of an older earth stallion with a bald head. >"I need you and your pack to..."occupy" the Harmony League for a while." >Each member of the team grimaces at the projection. >"In addition to whatever spoils you may obtain from your distraction, you will be handsomely compensated after the job is done. That is all." >The image fades away, the crystal cracking systemically afterwards. >Every member of the team turns round to glare at the imposing sky scraper that towered above all of Ponyville and almost all of Equestria itself. >The magical enterprises mogul that had done so much for the world while at the same time housing one of the Harmony League's most dangerous enemies, Power Jack's in particular. >Rich-Corp.