Trisha arrived at an abandoned barnhouse. She knocked on the cellar door. "What's the password?" someone asked.

"Pumpernickel." Trisha replied. "Why do we even have that password?" She asked herself. The cellar doors opened and a white male pegasus walked up to her. "You have news about the portal?"

Trisha saluted. "Yes, Captain Gallus, sir! It is located at Drillsbury Farms!" she shouted. "When do we make our move?"

"Tonight, I will send our finest to collect the portal and keep it in under maximum security here." Captain Gallus answered.

"And who might they be?" Trisha asked.

"The pegasi with the best training in our corps." Gallus respond. "Get ready, for you are coming with us."

"But the gem is being guarded by a female werewolf and there is someone from my school called Glenda Hailplume also looking for it." Trisha warned.

"The werewolf will not be a problem for us. As for Miss Hailplume, we looked through email addresses and found she lives with her aunt and uncle at a human's house named Norton Schnell. He is a health insurance employer who works at "Orca Care". He probably is the one who sent Glenda over there. We found out his father once went missing during the sixties while on a trip through the Sonoran Desert and appeared a few weeks later. We guess he is an experiment of Guardaria and Mr. Schnell inherited the mutations which is why he sent Glenda to fetch it for him, or at least to see if it was even there. Someone brought it over to Farmer Ruben Drillsbury and we think one of the people has been to Guardaria, found it and is safeguarding it. We currently do not know if any of them work for the Emperor Arvette but we must be ready to make our move now." Gallus informed.

"Yes, sir!" Trisha saluted once more.

***

It was night when Trisha and the pegasi army arrived. Trish saw some pegasi were circling the barn above Drillsbury Farms and 95% of them were circling the perimeter. Trisha was using her tigress vision to see into the night. She noticed a flickering green light inside a barn. "I see a green light inside of the barn I was inside when the werewolf chased us out. It must be in there!" Trisha said through her walkie-talkie.

"Are you sure?" Captain Gallus asked over it.

"Absolutely." Trisha said.

Captain Gallus said, "To the barn!" Several pegasi followed his directions and surrounded the barn. The barn doors flew open and a man in black armor appeared. He had smooth black hair, skin the color of white chalk, and glowing green eyes.

Gallus yelled through the walkie-talkie, "GET OUT OF THERE!" to the pegasi but the stranger swiftly stroked each of the pegasi on the nose.

"Children, follow my command." he said. The winged horses wings fell off them. There fur turn black. There eyes glowed green and their teeth became serrated.

Trisha was mortified. "What's happening to pegasi?"

"They were changed into Mora. That Demon is named Markus and through his trance he made them offers of what they really wanted and they took the bait. Consider them enemies now." Gallus said. "And Trisha, you are getting a demotion!" Trisha bowed her head in disappointment over her miscalculation some of the remaining pegasi escaped before Markus could do anything to them.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Trisha heard guns going off and noticed for the first time the lady werewolf standing beside Stanley, Farmer Drillsbury, and a female pegasus. Trisha growled, "I'll have them all sent to justice for this!

***

The pegasus shouted, "Hold your fire till you see the green in Markus's eyes, otherwise he'll use more Mora as a shield. Stanley loaded his gun with crystal bullets. "Did you charge them with your spectroit energy, Stanley and Nellie?" Girda asked.

"Yes, ma'am." Nellie said.

"Double checked." Stanley answered.

"Hold it--steady--NOW!

BOOOOM!

A huge flash of light shot from the sky and disentegrated Markus. Some of the Mora were also killed. "What the hell happened?" Nellie cried out.

"Someone did our job for us." Drillsbury said.

"So Markus is dead." Stanley asked.

"Yes, until he regenerates back on his planet." Girda nodded.

"And the Mora?" Nellie asked. "They weren't always demons."

Girda sighed. "I really don't think so. If they survived, they also will regenerate as Mora on the demon planet Zibzu as a whole new species. I don't know how the magic is reversed. For now, we have intruders to deal with."

"And I recognize them!" Nellie growled. She pointed at a flying circus train flying above their heads. There were cannons on top of one of train cars with Glenda Hailplume standing behind one. The griffoness had a look of sheer joy of how she obliterated so many demons. They were heading towards Drillsbury's house.

"Shoot! Rosita's in there and she's holding the portal!" Stanley gasped. He ran towards the house and saw a female white pegasus heading there too. Stanley was able to get inside the building first. He was about to run upstairs when the pegasus entered the front door.

"Halt!" she said.

"You ain't taking me in!" Stanley said as he aimed his rifle at her. "These are spectroit-charged crystal bullets but they can still kill anything organic!"

Trisha entered the front door. "Courtney, I can explain why I am here!" the weretigress gasped.

Courtney looked at her. "I know about your blunder and it was a miscalculation. We don't know if the Mora will regenerate so we have to do some work to reverse demonic transformations." she gave Trisha an understanding look.

The window shattered and two figures appeared. One was a lady with black hair, the eyes of a tiger, the legs of a goat, long serrated fingernails, and the fangs of a wolf. She was wearing a dirty white gown with mud stains all over it. Next to her was a man with a swollen bald head, eyes like that of a bee, grasshopper legs, and talons for hands. He was dressed in a green truck suit and was holding a sledgehammer. "Courtney!" she said.

"Sheila!" Courtney gasped. "It's been forty years since I tried to rescue you."

"You know these Scruvers?" Stanley asked. Rosita peeked down the stairs and saw the five people downstairs. She was clutching a massive ruby in her hands. Stanley looked up at her with a look of fear. Sheila looked from him to Rosita. "Leave her alone! She has nothing to do with whatever this Courtney person had done to you."

Sheila asked Rosita, "Don't you know what a Scruver is? You are looking at them! We are experiments that mutated so badly that we are left like garbage in the Wastelands. The Emperor has recruited me and Brewster to avenge us by allowing us to seek retribution against those who wronged us."

Courtney said, "I couldn't find you, Sheila Prowlinton, I found your brother because he made himself noticeable enough to find me. Steve told me you wanted to wait somewhere else till someone could find you."

Trisha asked, "Are you talking about my stepfather? He is a kind man he adopted me as his stepdaughter."

Sheila said, "Ah, so you think the guy truly loves you, eh? He thinks by doing good deeds makes him a saint? Well, you should know no good deed goes unpunished!" Sheila grabbed Courtney by the head and twisted it with immense strength and speed. There was a sickening cracking noise and Courtney collapsed on the ground, dead.

Rosita let out a scream. Trisha's eyes welled up with tears and rage. Stanley aimed his rifle at Sheila and pulled the trigger. Their was a clicking noise and nothing happened. He used up all his bullets!

"SHOOT!" Stanley groaned.

"You dare pull the trigger on someone who is the one wronged and seeking retribution?" Sheila asked. She smiled at Stanley. "I like your style, kid, but I have to get rid of you too." She looked at her companion. "Brewster, he's all yours!"

Brewster charged after Stanley. Stanley ran into the kitchen and kicked the door closed. Seconds later, Brewster smashed through the door with his hammer. He next looked for a hiding place but couldn't find anywhere. He grabbed a chair and moved it in front of himself to slow Brewster down. Brewster is response smashed the chair to kindling with his hammer. Brewster with a blank expression on his face began to sing a sickening song:



Scared man, puny little young lad,

Scared man, I'll bash your noggin in

Bash your head, Bash your head

Scaredy man. Oooh,



Stanley looked around for a weapon. He grabbed a jar of flower and threw it at Brewster. Brewster swung the hammer and smashed the jar. He continued singing:



Scared man, puny little young lad,

Scared man, I'll break off your arms

Break your arms, Bash your head

Scaredy man. Oooh,



Stanley moved into then next room and found himself in a hallway. He found a vase of flowers and tossed that, once again, Brewster breaking it and getting another part of the song:



Scaredy man, puny little young lad,

Scaredy man, I'll crush your legs

Break your arms

Bash your head

Scaredy man

Ooh!



"You are a terrible singer! You even make "Alouette" sound even sicker!" Stanley yelled.



Brewster swung his hammer into a wall, putting a hole into it. Stanley paled. Brewster sang a final part:



Scaredy man, puny little young man

Scaredy man, I'll collect your toes

Crush your legs

Break your arms

Bash your head

Scaredy man

Ooh!



A man with auburn hair stood in front of Stanley. He was dressed like a circus ringmaster in a green coat. He looked at Stanley's look of fear. "This guy's bothering you?" Stanley did not reply. The man raised a pistol at Brewster's head and pulled the trigger. BANG! Brewster crashed on the floor, dead and defeated. Sheila ran in and saw Brewster. She shrieked in rage. Stanley ran out the back door.

"Rosita!" he called.

"I'm here!" she ran over to him. She handed him his rifle. "You dropped this."

"Thank you." Stanley said. "We need to open the portal and beat the others. We are officially in a race now!"

Rosita asked, "Are you sure?"

"No. But what choice do we have?" Stanley replied. Trisha left the house aided by a female Clydesdale pegasus.

"There they are, Carmin!" Trisha said.

"Halt!" Carmin galloped towards them.

Stanley gave Rosita a look of urgency. "I know how to open it! Give it to me, quick!"



End of Chapter