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The stallion looked up at the princess with a pained expression on his face. It was in his nature to worry; that was his duty, but he understood her point. He wasn't going anywhere for quite sometime. Moving had become an impossibility. At least, he helped somepony again. He had bought enough time and wasted enough of Shining's misplaced power to make it easy. "You... wouldn't happen to have.... a spell for pain...." he panted heavily while staring at her with practically pleading eyes.

Wick groaned when Celestia teleported him away. He kept falling in and out of consciousness, momentarily peering up at the princess as he rolled his head. He was clearly in a lot of pain; and to make matters worse, Shining's spells left magic resistant wounds. It would take time; he just hoped it all wasn't for naught. "Ignis..." he mumbled to the princess, making the horrendous mistake of trying to sit up. The pegasus whimpered and fell back to the floor. Shining recoiled from the hit. In the moment immediately following the strike, his gaze returned to its normal softer state. "I ... I ...." he stuttered, his true self temporarily realizing the extent of what he had done. He could no longer use magic, thanks to Celestia's spell, and the dramatic weakening of his power made the seed far less aggressive. "Make sure I can't leave, and make sure Wick's okay..." he blurted.

"You won't allow anypony to be hurt? Are you stupid, Celestia? Maybe you missed the crumpled mass of useless on the floor. Allow me to demonstrate." Another bolt ripped into Wick's other kneecap, dragging the pegasus momentarily back from the unconscious realm for long enough to wail. "You're a little late for that, but you're just in time to watch another fall to the sands of time." Wick's head hit floor. He could feel himself slipping back to sleep. "Princess... Ignis...." he panted, trying to get the full extent of his plan to them before it was too late. "He's at ... magic supply... limit."

Shining put up a barrier and couldn't care less about the attacks. He knew the unicorn did not want to hurt him, which gave the prince a decided upper hoof. His tainted mind, however, was fixated on something else entirely, and a discorded grin spread his lips as he thought about it. He launched a retaliatory magic strike and watched as Wick, once again, positioned himself in between the bolt and Ignis. The pegasus's wrist popped from the shot, shattering from the protective course of action. Armor laughed. "You shouldn't talk down to ponies who are trying to save you," the stallion remarked arrogantly, "but if you want me all for yourself...." A scream broke from Wick's lungs as another shot tore through his kneecap. The stallion fell to the floor as pools of red gradually soaked his grey coat. He was out - his pain threshold greatly exceeded by the damage inflicted. "Can't fly; can't walk..." Shining taunted Ignis. "I guess you'll have to take the ol' colt out to pasture and end it for him." The controlling spell had transformed into a sadistic seed that left Shining Armor in a state unprecedented in Equestria. "You're not worthy of being by plaything, Ignis... That pegasus is a failure; he's shown it over and over again, and now he has betrayed me. Maybe I'll just execute him for treason right in front of your stupid face." He smirked and placed a secondary barrier around Wick. "Unless of course... you're willing to bow to your king."

"Oh look! It's my worthless brother-in-law," Shining quipped. He stood back up and brushed his coat. "Why she ever accepted such a lowly unicorn into our family I will never understand." The prince charged a spell of his own and fired two bluish bolts at the pair. The anger in his tone grew all the more dominant as he spoke, and it was clear from the cool fire glare painted upon his irides, that the Shining Armor they knew had been repressed by the seed of betrayal. "You'll never cut it out from under my shadow." Wick slid in front of Ignis and yelped as he took both strikes. They burned him, hurling jets of pain that made the pegasus release an agonizing grunt. He hoped to Celestia that Ignis wouldn't ask him why he did it or what is plan was. He was too busy trying to stay on his hooves. Hopefully the plan would be clear. Until the princesses returned with a solution, Ignis's magic was the only thing that had a chance of keeping Shining in check. In the meantime, Wick had only one course of action: be the guard's shield.

"Shining! What are you doing?" Wick sidestepped the charging prince. This is getting ridiculous. "You have to fight the seed! What would Cadence think of she saw you acting like a no-good delinquent!?" The stallion snapped his head to glare at the pegasus. "Cadence left us here, as did the other princesses! This is my kingdom now, and I don't want some scrawny, annoying coward getting in my way..." Armor's voice was gruff and twisted. It exited his lungs in raspy heaves that even set Wick a bit on edge. "I see now that you're just like them. I'll tell you what, Zero," he said, putting particular emphasis upon the Dark-Op's designation. "I'll do you a favor and send you to join your sister." Wick's eyelids lowered from the weight of the prince's comment. He wasn't in peak physical condition, and he was out of cloud fragments. Not to mention, time was certainly against. him. I hope you all figure this out soon, he thought. I'm in no condition to take on a unicorn of his stature.

Shining pushed away from Wick. The princesses were gone, and the two of them stood alone in the library. "Maybe it's time a stallion ruled over Equestria," Armor spat as the seed of betrayal continued to grow in his mind. His statement caused Wick to lower his stance. "None of this would have happened if they had just stayed in my damn barrier and let me cast my spell. They can't even do that. They can't even let the shield be a shield!" He was practically wailing as he started to trot around the room. "Why do we serve ponies who don't even want to be served? How can you love a mare who won't even let you do your job? Maybe, I should just use a spell that will wipe everything off the map!" Wick's stare softened. He could see that Shining was desperately trying to maintain control of himself, but time had run out. Whatever the others were doing to save Cadence, they needed to do it soon. "You know I won't let you do that," the pegasus responded, "and you know that isn't what you want either."

Kinda hard to not include this one. Set the TARDIS for the 50s people, and activate a fitting song for a time travel reference.

How can one not appreciate Chicago? That's like tragedy panda in a sad nutshell. Whooooooosh In the meantime, some Doobies.

The one issue is that I have no idea what's going on any more. lol Kind of makes involvement lacking...

"How dare you call my bride mad!" Shining shouted at the ponies. "How dare you all! How dare you after all she's done for you, you ungrateful little twits!" He recoiled when Wick punched him directly in the snout and dropped to the floor. "Get your bucking act together, Shining," he roared. "You need to hold it together a little longer. I still have my idea to try." He turned and looked around. "Dissy, if Celestia's given up, then I'm counting on you."

Shining spun around and growled. "What's little Wicky going to do? You can't even fly without .... " Shining stopped. His tainted words had obviously stabbed the stallion's nerves. "Wick... I'm ... not sorry in the slightest! You're a useless runt without your wings being propped up by the dark truth." The pegasus's heart raced as he looked away from the others. His limbs trembled from the harshness of Armor's shouts. How could he possibly help a pony after being spoken to like that. "I need to build something," he said to Celestia. "I need to measure the energy profile of their magic." Wick's ears perked to Cadence's words. "Princess, is something wrong with the heart?"

Wick grew worried when Shining Armor finally regained the strength to hold himself up. The stallion proceeded to walk towards his wife. "Cadence... what do we have to do?" He twitched as the seedling grew and continued in a loud, angered voice, " ... to get you to shut ..." He slammed his hoof down and groaned. "Cadence, we have to get back..." Wick stood there, pondering what he could do. In the back of his mind, he had an idea, but he had never actually put it into practice before, and it would take quite some time to build. Probably too much time. "Your Majesty," he addressed Celestia. "I think I have an idea, but the implementation is a bit beyond my current skills and understanding."

I can't remember if I did this here already. Oh well, here's a picture of me doing the lecture thing. Have fun with that. FOR SCIENCE!

Morning ponies... enjoy the sweet sounds of CCR this fine day. It's the song that NC dominated in the first stream fundraiser.

And RD92 spits out some good ones. This is Wing T.F. McCallister, checking in on Retro Derpy's leet sauce thread to deliver some KPFA glory. I think I'll hit up a MJ double play and toss in one of my personal favorites from the KoP.

Wing was quite happy to find another pony out in this mess with him. For his life, the stallion could not remember why he had decided to go out in the storm for such a foolish experiment. Bad weather always made him a bit down, and this case was no exception. Thus, the finding of some company brought a smile to his countenance, and the physicist willingly showed it. He was about to respond to his fellow pegasus before a stranger arrived at the front door. "Hello Ms. Misty Leaves," he answered before the owner had to fly off. "I am Wing, and I'm sorry to trouble you during such a hectic hour. It was definitely not my intention to be an intruder today. I hope it's okay if I ride out the storm." He assumed that based on her offer to help that he was welcome -- at least for now. With that, Wing did not hesitate to get himself out of the rain and inside the cottage. He was certainly surprised to see the collection of ponies that had gathered inside the abode. The storm had certainly done quite the job at driving many to the home. It was no wonder that Misty Leaves was frantically scrambling between doors. Despite the population of ponies, the question of a younger unicorn perked his interest in particular. "Hello, Miss Luminescence. I agree with that conclusion. This storm is certainly not normal for this area, at least not in terms of severity." The pegasus lifted his muzzle to glance around at the collection of others crowding the room. "And hello to everypony, I hope you all managed to make it here with some proper level of safety." The scientist suddenly realized just how wet he had become, and he shivered as the evaporation chill rolled over his limbs and back. His coat had been soaked, and water was now dripping onto the cabin floor. He recoiled, somewhat embarrassed that he was making a mess in another pony's place. "Oh dear," he spoke, lifting one of his black hooves from the floor. "I think I may be in need of a towel as well."

Wick grumbled and lifted his head. "Dammit, Dissy," he shouted. "What's it going to take for you to fix this? This isn't something that we can just let happen. This could be serious. We need them back. So what's it going to take? Prank volunteer? A set of Bolt goggles to replace those cheap knockoffs you hacked into existence? What?" His agitation grew as he hoofed the loud of the slouching prince. "C'mon..."

Time for a tribute to my hometown all you fabulous ponies. Queued up before the lawsuit that changed their name.... the Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5aD6m7ub0

Hello script ponies, and you're listening to KPFA ... recently relocated back to Chicago after 5 great years. I guess that means I can go with WING Chicago. hehehe X3 horrible. KPFA it is. Why don't we take the TARDIS to 1978 (I'm a Dr... I can do it X3) for the sweet sounds of the Jacksons getting funky? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjW1iq4IO2k

Yeah... but... it was still nice to see a pony try. X3

Lolnus was trying very hard to hold the line. It was quite admirable.

"Yeah, Celestia," Shining chided. "Why are you being such a total bi...." He shuddered and shook his head, grinding his teeth. "Sorry, Your Majesty." Wick huffed and looked over his shoulder at the fallen knight. "It's okay Shining," the pegasus replied. "We know it's not really you. Just try to keep calm for now."

Shining grinned devilishly and looked to Celestia. "What's the matter, Princess? Maybe you're a little jealous that I didn't direct that playful banter at you..." He grunted when Wick shrugged his shoulders in response. "Oh, I'm sorry peasant. Am I becoming too much for you to...." He squinted and let out a long breath. "I'm sorry," he continued. "I'm really trying to keep it together... but what can I say? I know I've the envy of Equestria."