Flash Mob, A mission to rescue Wild Side

Wild barked at Circle's words and turned away from the ponies that had appeared. She kept herself close to Circle, gently pressing against him. Of course, because she towered over him in this form, it might not have felt so "gentle" for Circle himself.

Biankha looked around for a place that would be used to store meat. She then found a secret door on the ground. She opened it and found alot of meat. "Hey Circle. I think I found the meat locker."

"Excellent. Wild, go eat up. That meat's probably a bit cold, but it's better than eating something that's alive."

The unicorn turned back to Tinago. He didn't really want to tell the zebra what he knew, but he had said that he would, and he wasn't going to break his word to Tinago. That would end badly for all parties involved.

"The red maned pegasus was my old best friend. After he returned to Ponyville and told me what he'd done, I...well, I tried to send him to The Void, and rightfully so. Unfortunately, he broke free of the portal and flew off. I honestly haven't seen him since, but I can guarantee you that he's nowhere in Ponyville."

As the situation unveiled itself, Tag only became more confused. "Wait, THAT'S Wild?" he asked "What... What am I missing here?" His head was spinning with more questions as to what was going on.

"So that's all you know? That's...well, it's not totally useless information. At least I know where not to look now."

Tinago threw his scimitar back to Asher, who caught it and put it back under his cloak. The pegasus across the room's confusion was a bit entertaining though.

"Yes, Full Circle, tell him what exactly is going on here. I think I'd like to hear it out myself."

"Hmmm, how best to explain this to you? Ah, there's an easy enough reasoning. Wild Side, usually an Earth Pony mare, is cursed with lycanthropy. Every time the full moon appears in Equestria, she turns into a large, wolf creature, hellbent on devouring everything in sight. Luckily for us, Wild isn't like most lycans, in the regard that she totally loses her mind when she transforms. There is still a piece of rational thinking within her right now that prevents all of us from being dead."

Circle's gaze focused upon Tag and Cosmic. He certainly hadn't wanted to put them in any kind of danger, but it seemed like it was just a bit too late for that now.

"Sorry for all the trouble I've put you two through today. I'll make sure that you're both rewarded a fair amount for what you've done."

The unicorn made a mental note of everypony that he'd brought into the Gorge. He'd brought five along, and three were in this room with him.

"Has anypony seen Lance or Moonlight since we started this?"

Speaking of Wild Side, she was currently busy eating the meat that had been so conveniently located. Well, less "eating" and more "messily devouring".

Ah, it was all coming together now. Livewire seeming to live here, Circle trying to save a wolf, and those two colliding when Livewire imprisoned the wolf in a room with what appeared to be...a pegasus with bat wings? Well, that certainly wasn't that strangest thing he'd seen this month.

"I think I understand perfectly, brother. Livewire kidnapped your mate, imprisoned and starved her against her will, then threw one of your hastily thrown together rescue team in there with the hopes that one of them would kill the other."

Yes, that sounded like something Livewire would do...well, would've done. The hybrid had faded away into thin air once the two other members of Circle's party suddenly appeared. All in all though, he had no more reason to be here, especially not if there wasn't any leads on the red maned pegasus. Then again, there was still one more thing Circle could tell him.

"What was the name of the pegasus that killed Chief Zeo?"

Circle's mind shook at the thought of that. Of course Tinago would want the pegasi's name. All he'd had to go on this far was a basic physical description. The unicorn opened his mouth to say the name.

"Blackened Maul."

Well, that certainly wasn't the right name. In fact, that was practically the opposite of the correct answer that Tinago was seeking. Why would he go out of his way to protect Glaive's name? It wasn't as though he owed the pegasus any favors anymore. It was already out there though, and there was no point in correcting it.

"That is the name of the one that killed our father. If you ever find him, tell him that Circle sends his greetings."

"Blackened Maul it is. That sounds like a powerful name. It may shed some light on how he was able to overpower Chief Zeo."

Tinago turned his back to Circle and started to head back to the melted cell, where Asher still stood. He spoke to his brother, but didn't look at him.

"You should return to the Zeorium Plains, brother. Your mother would no doubt like to see you. It's been over fifteen years since you left, hasn't it?"

He waved his hoof around at the hole, finally finding what he was looking for. A tiny, magically enhanced thread, that Asher had trailed from the top of the hole.

"Until our paths cross again, Full Circle."

The zebra allowed his companion to climb up first, before following suit, out of sight of the rest of the room.

'Once I find this Blackened Maul, he'll be shown no mercy. I'll end his existence.'

Circle stood silently for a second. Tinago was right. He should return the Plains. It'd been all too long, and he'd only left to escape Livewire. Speaking of the hybrid, he appeared to be...gone? No doubt an illusion again. He'd have to deal with that later though.

The unicorn opened a red portal in front of Cosmic and Tag.

"You two are free to go back to Ponyville now. You'll be paid once I return myself. I apologize for not doing it now, but I'm afraid that I don't have the bits on me."

He turned over towards Biankha. She'd been all too agreeable on this entire journey. She had no reason to be loyal to Circle, but all the same, she had been. He appreciated that.

"You can go with them in that portal, Biankha. I'm going to stay around here until Wild turns back, and it's probably not safe for anypony to be here except me."

Biankha thought about what she would do. She could leave and go find Film and explain why she did this. But...then suddenly she heard a crack coming from the door next to the 'cage'. She flew over to it and open it. She saw Moon, Lance, and a diamond dog outside. She closed it softly."Circle?" Biankha said. "You said that Livewire had a diamond dog friend right?"

"Yes....yes he did."

Right, if I Diamond Dog lived here, that's probably where Moonlight and Lance were; Dealing with her. If they were right outside the front door though, that'd seem just a bit too fortunate. At the current count, they still had seven ponies to her one Diamond Dog.

"At least we have strength in numbers at this point. It shouldn''t be too hard to overpower her, since we still have the element of surprise."

Lance stared up at the diamond dog before him. She was massive. Lance has seen and been with countless diamond dog's in his travels, but has never seen one this massive. "Ye pets?" Lance laughed, hopefully even though this one lived in a cave, it had manners. "Not a' all. Me an' ma friend 'ere are lookin' for somepony, we think they're in these caves. A've ye seen any otha' ponies?"

"This is my home and only my friends are here. So I would say most likely that pony isn't here, so please leave or you can be my pet."

Looking into her eyes Trinity licks her lips as she let out a giant laugh. Looking over at the other pony Trinity reached behind her and closed the door.

"So witch one are you going to pick my little pet."

As she waited for the two to give their answer she slashes at both walls to her side, the force from her attack made the tunnel wider than it was before.