inFAMOUS 3: Equestria

Cole woke up, and immediately tried to sit up, but he couldn’t.

“Ugh…that just hurt…”

He tried again, but this time he knew it wasn’t pain keeping him down. He was tied down to a table! A laugh bounced off the walls.

“Hello again Cole MacGrath…”

“Who are you?”

“Who I am does not matter at this point in time. All that matters is that you are at my mercy.”

Cole struggle, against the handcuffs that were tied to anchors under the table.

“Don’t bother struggling. Those ‘cuffs are unbreakable.”

“I can break these ‘cuffs.”

“You can’t break those ‘cuffs.”

He growled. “Watch me.”

His hands glowed brightly, and he turned on the Gigawatt Blades. He jerked his hands up, and the handcuffs snapped under the power and heat of the Blades. He broke the other straps holding him down, and he laughed.

“I just broke those ‘cuffs.”

“OH SHIIIIIITTTTT!!!!!”

He heard the sound of a pony galloping away, and he laughed again.

“Now… where the hell am I?”

Cole got up, and walked around a bit, and he smiled to himself when he found a crack in the wall.

“Hello beautiful…”

He stuck a grenade to it, and ducked behind the table that had restrained him. The grenade exploded, revealing the outside world.

“Yep, thought so. Still in Manehatten.”

He saw ponies going about their pony lives, a few noticing the explosion, but not many, and he smiled a little more.

“Well, this place is good to go.”

He stepped through the gap, and was greeted by cheering once more. He saw Jim standing a ways away.

“Hey Jim!”

Jim threaded his way through the crowd, and stood in front of Cole.

“Yeah?”

“So long, and thanks for the Blast Core.”

“You’re welcome.”

Cole leaped into the air, and soared over the admiring ponies using the Static Thrusters.

“It seems that I have to go take down the leader of the Terras… Or at least, that’s my guess.”

Cole landed on the rails, and shot back west, going faster than before, getting to Appleloosa in a fraction of the time it normally would have taken. Cole stopped, and stepped off the tracks, and he looked around. He could see that there was no longer any power.

“Oh great…”

The breath was knocked out of him as he was floored by a powerful blow that should have snapped his spine. He groaned, and then blacked out.

Cole groaned as he woke up, his head pounding.

“Ugh…what the hell was that?”

He heard a feminine laugh.

“Well, that was mah brother. He was the one that managed to knock ya out.”

Cole groaned again.

“Well, he certainly has a powerful kick…”

“Yeah, he does.”

“Who are you?”

“Ah’m Golden, but ev’ryone calls me Goldie.”

“And your brother?”

“Red.”

“The hell do you want with me anyway?”

“Well, Ah personally don’t have anything against you, but Red sure does.”

“Then would you mind bringing him in? I kind of want to talk to him.”

“No can do sugarcube. He does as he will.”

Goldie turned as she heard a masculine grunt behind her.

“Sis.”

“Yes Red?”

“Leave.”

She sighed, but acquiesced, leaving the two males behind.

“Well? What’re you doin’ back in mah town?”

“Your town? What are you the mayor or something?”

“More like the Terra Leader.”

“Huh. You don’t look like you have the brains to do that. The muscle, sure, but not the brains.”

“Shut it.”

“How about no? Put it this way…” Cole looked Red right in the eyes, “You have no chance against me. I’m here to put an end to the gangs, and then finish turning the power back on.”

“Oh, so you’re trying to fix what ya messed up, are ya?”

“It wasn’t my fault the power went out.”

“Yes, it was.”

“…”

“High noon. Town Square. Be there, or be killed.”

“Oh, a Western showdown. How…fitting.”

Red turned on his hind hooves, and left, slamming the door shut with a hard kick.

Cole got up a few minutes later, seeing an ornate clock saying that it was already eleven in the morning.

“Great, only an hour to get ready… and not a single volt of electricity, either.”

Cole got out his Amp, and gave it some juice, and it sparked back to life.

“Well, I’ve got this.”

Cole managed to open the door with a couple good shoves, and he walked out into the blazing Western sun. He kept his Amp in storage for now, leaving the current off. As soon as he stepped out into Town Square, he felt his power drain out of him, leaving him with only his Amp.

“Oh hell.”

Red finally came out of the main building in Town Square, grinning. In the sunlight, Cole could see the toned muscles and the fires of revenge in his eyes.

“This is gonna be tough.”

Cole stepped further towards him, and stopped about fifteen feet away from the Earth Pony.

“Cole McGrath! I challenge you to a duel to the death! No electricity, no guns, no nothin’. Just you, me, and our physical strength.”

“I accept!”

Cole growled, and then grinned, knowing he had a secret weapon. His Amp.

One of the townsponies stepped forward, reciting the rules.

“Both duelists will rely on physical strength, power, and they are allowed a single item into the battle. Red, will you use any items?”

“Eenope.”

“Cole?”

“Just my Amp.”

“Very well. Are the duelists ready?!”

“Yeah.”

“Eeyup!”

“FIGHT!”

Red charged at Cole, whirling around at the very end, and lashing out with a powerful buck. Cole caught one leg between the prongs of the Amp, and then jolted the leg, numbing it. Red stumbled back a bit, but shook it off after a few seconds. Cole could see another one of those red bars above his head. Red charged at Cole again, and then Cole caught the same leg with the Amp, this time twisting the Amp, snapping the bone. Red didn’t even wince. He just ran at Cole, intending to tackle him, and then bash his head into the ground, but Cole sidestepped at the last second, sweeping the pony’s legs out from under him, and Cole could see his health bar drop to half as Red slammed into a metal pole.  Cole fired off a single bolt of electricity using the power in the Amp, and he electrified the pole briefly, zapping Red. He jittered a bit, his muscles spasming, but he got up again.

“Health for days!”

Cole took the offensive, and unleashed a good ten-hit combo with the dead Amp, and then knocked Red to the ground, and brought the Amp down, trying to crack his skull, but Red rolled out of the way, and delivered a hard buck to Cole’s side, sending him skidding back a little, wheezing.

“Enough of this, Red. Just give up!”

“Never.”

Cole ran at the pony again, and used his absolute last bit of electricity, and activated the Gigawatt Blades, and he nailed Red with both, and they shocked him pretty well. He went flying, landing several feet away, his mane and tail smoking. He still got back up, but Cole could see the red bar was almost completely empty.

“Time to finish this.”

Cole charged at Red, and unloaded a twenty-hit combo on Red, draining his bioelectricity enough to spark the Amp, and deliver a finishing blow. Cole did a Jump Attack, pinning Red’s neck between the prongs of the Amp, and then he sparked it, paralyzing the pony, and he flipped the pony over him, slamming him into the ground, still pinned and paralyzed, and then Cole grabbed him by his neck, and squeezed, snapping his spine, but he was still not dead.

“You know what, go die.”

Cole grabbed Red by his hind legs, and then flipped him one last time, crashing his head down onto a sharp rock. Blood and skull fragments and brain matter flew everywhere.

The announcer pony took a breath before crying out, “FATALITY!”

Cole let go of the dead pony’s body, and then without another word, spun on one heel, and left the town, getting on the rails, heading back to Manehatten.