inFAMOUS 3: Equestria

Cole and John looked at each other, and had an entire conversation with their glances.

“You know what to do when you get there Cole?”

“Yeah. Find the Conduits, activate them, and don’t get killed.”

“Perfect”

As John changed form, becoming the Beast, all of New Marais went dark.

Ready Cole?

Yeah. Go for it!

The Beast’s hands now rested on the ground, one on either side of Cole, surrounding him. A field of energy began to gather between them, the sphere of power encasing Cole. The charge gathered, causing Cole’s hairs to stand on end, a rare thing, as they are usually pretty electrified to begin with.

ION FIELD!

Those were the last two booming words Cole heard before he blacked out.

***Meanwhile, in Equestria***

Dark thunderclouds built over the Everfree Forest. They grew in size and number until the entire forest was covered with pitch-black clouds. A single bolt of lightning struck the ground in the middle of the Everfree. It was a few feet across, which was huge by the standards of lightning bolts. It incinerated everything within a few hundred feet of it, the sheer power behind it creating a huge blast of thunder, the force of it flattening a good chunk of the Forest.

The thunderclap was heard from Appleloosa to Manehatten, and could be heard in Canterlot as well. In the center of the blast, the origin of the destruction was one thing, one man. In the crater rested Cole MacGrath.

***Time Passes***

Cole awoke, clutching his head.

“Ugh…this is like Empire City all over again….”

After a few minutes, he struggled to his feet. He surveyed the destruction.

“Well, at least it wasn’t the heart of a city….”

His ears were ringing, and he felt completely drained. He felt like he was back in powered-down Flood Town. He looked at himself, and saw that he looked almost exactly as he did just after the Ray Sphere first detonated…but not as scarred. Even drained, he could feel his power layout had been completely mixed up. His Evil Karma Level 3 powers were still there, but so were some good Karma powers.

“Weird…”

***Meanwhile, in Canterlot***

Twilight had been woken by Celestia, and was in the center of the drama that was playing out all around her. Several ponies were accusing her of being the mastermind behind the lightning bolt that had utterly destroyed most of the Everfree Forest, but every one of those ponies fell silent when one of them suddenly collapsed, convulsing, his mane and tail smoking. Twilight disappeared in a flash of light.

***Back in the Everfree Forest***

Cole saw a flash of light, and started towards it, his Amp, dead but still useful for bashing heads, held to one side, ready to be swung if the cause of the light was another enemy. He almost swung when he felt a tap on the shoulder, but stopped himself when he saw something remarkably impossible standing in front of him. He was looking at a horse, but not just any horse… This horse had a horn and wings! He rubbed his eyes, confused.

“I must be seeing things… I thought I was done with that tar…”

“You’re not.”

Cole blinked, staring at the thing, and took a single shocked step back.

“And you can talk too. Why the hell not? This is just wonderful…. First Reapers with their conversion tar and Sasha, then the Corrupted and the Ice Men. Why not talking horses next?”

He shook his head, sighing. “Honestly…I keep getting into deeper and deeper piles of shit, don’t I?”