A Search For Something More

Chapter 8: To Interrogate an Ex-Siren

Octavia and I reluctantly and painfully separate from our embrace and stand up to face Rainbow Dash who has her eyebrow raised. Sunset Shimmer stands next to her with a grim face that I'm sure is fake.

"Rough Draft, what in the world are you doing here?" Sunset Shimmer asks.

"I don't answer to the likes you," I grumble.

"Rough Draft!" Octavia hisses in my ear. "Not now!"

"Hey! You have no right to right to talk to her like that!" Rainbow Dash exclaims. "And she's right! What in the world were you two thinking, going after The Dazzlings!?! You could've gotten hurt or worse!"

"Tavi!" Vinyl shouts as she enters the building with Bon Bon and Lyra following her. "We got a text from Doc that you split up and came as soon as we could with sca -"

Rainbow Dash and Sunset Shimmer turn around to face them with Dash still holding my scanner. Vinyl, Lyra, and Bon Bon slow down, realizing we have been caught.

"Aw crap," Vinyl whispers under her breath.

"Seriously, DJ PON-3?" Rainbow Dash exclaims. "You were in this t -"

"Wait a minute, did you just talk?" Sunset Shimmer realizes. Vinyl's eyes widen underneath her shades as she realizes her second mistake.

"Aw double crap," she mutters. "There goes my image."

Nice priorities there Vinyl.

Both Sunset Shimmer and Rainbow Dash stood there agape. Rainbow Dash is the first to react.

"You know what? Forget it! It's not important! What's important is that you five are chasing the Dazzlings who just escaped prison with tasers and these...radar thingamajigs!"

Before Vinyl can answer we all hear a groan and we suddenly remembered that the Blue Dazzling is still there. Her eyes are shut and she wraps herself into a ball still wincing and whimpering from the pain from my taser. Tears begin to come out or her eyes as she whispers, "Dagi...why did...Aria...help...please..."

At that moment my heart sinks. I feel nothing but guilt for this girl. I saw how scared and helpless she is when the verdict was announced but back then all I thought about when they escaped was the mission and the fact that they were the girls who manipulated us and controlled our minds not even a month ago. Yet there is this poor, blue girl scared, abandoned and in pain from 50,000 volts running through her body. It is in this moment that I accept that this girl may not really as evil as we depicted her to be and she needs help. I turned to Octavia and I see in her eyes that she has the same idea.

Ignoring the pain in my back, I step forward and say, "Look, guys, we can argue about this for a while, but right now we're in the middle of a barely lit abandoned building and me, Octavia, and this girl have either been beaten up or tased. So can't we hold off the fighting until we go somewhere safe?"

All five of them looked at me in surprise before Rainbow Dash reluctantly sighs, "Fine. But we better get some answers."

"Better than staying here," Vinyl agrees. We turn to the exit as Lyra helps me walk and Bon Bon helps Octavia. Vinyl texts Doc and Derpy of the situation and tells them to meet up at her house. Sunset Shimmer picks up the unconscious Dazzling and carries her bridal style.

When we make it outside, Rainbow Dash asks. "so where are we going?"

"I got a spot where we can keep the Dazzling contained and some first aid at my place. We'll head there," Vinyl suggests.

"You what!?!" Sunset Shimmer exclaims. "You mean you actually planned to capture three teenage girls who ar-"

"Ugh, for the love of heaven, can we please hold of the bloody fighting until we're at VINYL'S HOUSE!?!" Octavia snaps, making all of us jump in fear. For an awkward moment, nobody moves a muscle, afraid that Octavia is going to attack them.