A thud sounded from the back. The jeep convulsed. Twilight Velvet turned her head to the left, catching sight of a hostile mercenary jeep within jumping distance.

Their leader was no longer at the back.

“Daring!” Velvet began to warn. “Daring, I think Volt just–”

Daring grunted. As Velvet steered away from the mercenary jeep. she adjusted the rearview mirror. To the right of the jeep, Daring's form was supine on the floor, while Volt was poised to give Daring a lasting impression with her hind hoof.

“Oh, okay,” called out Velvet. “Never mind!”

With her forelegs, Daring deflected Volt's stomp. She shot two punches at Volt's surge protector, eliciting a guttural, pained gasp. Daring's wings then dragged her body backward, allowing her to send a hind leg to Volt's stomach. The earth pony stumbled back as Daring unsheathed her trowel and adopted a bipedal fighting stance.

From the driver's seat, Velvet could see a blazing blue flame in Volt's eyes.

“You were supposed to be easy pickings!” Volt drew her stun baton with her hoof. A flick sent bright yellow sparks dripping from the shaft.

Daring smirked. “Oh, the sting of underestimation. Now you know how your lackeys feel! But hey, less talk, more beating the shit out of each other!”

An art piece depicting a scene in Chapter 9 of Spectrum of Lightning, the first in a series of fanfics starring Top Action Mom and featuring tons of explosions, chases, and all-around guns-blazing action!