Joe and Nebula: A Tale of Two Evils

Joe and nebula: A tale of two evils chapter 3

In the days following joes awakening, twilight's brother had showed up in town to visit a single pony in particular. He had heard about what had happened and was coming to see for himself. Joe, in the meantime, had been practicing his flying. He didn't fly as much as he should have and he was out of practice. He was circling the farm from above, testing his speed when he saw a white pony with a long blue mane approaching the fence. Joe angled down and flew towards him. Landing next to shining armor with a dull thump that obviously surprised him.

"What can I do for you shining armor." Joe asked folding his wings.

"Oh, hi there. I heard about the stabbing." He said glancing at the fresh bandage on his shoulder. "I came here to teach you how to use one of these." He said drawing his sword. He then pulled another blade out of a second scabbard and hands it to Joe. He tested the edge. Razor sharp. The blade was light weight but balanced at the crosspiece. The Handel was a worn leather strap wrapped around a brass handle with a steel pommel.

"Uh, thanks shining. But, I won't just be able to carry around a sword at my hip around town or while working." Joe said giving him back the sword.

"I thought you would say that." Shining said taking back the sword. He them tossed him some work gloves. New ones that were a little longer and went up his fore hoof a few more inches. He pulled his off and put the new ones on. He flexed his hoof to test the movement and a wicked sharp blade came out from his wrist.

"GAAAAAHHHHH!" He jumped back. The blade receded into the glove. "What is this." Joe asked.

"That is a little item we gave the farmers of Canterlot to take care of any raiders. I call it the hidden blade." Shining armor said with a smirk. Joe stood back on his back hooves and flexed his hooves again and the blades shot out. About a foot and a half long each coming to a pointed tip. The double edged blade was razor sharp. Through closer examination there was a steel plate under the leather on his hoof and forearm. Shining armor took his sword and swung it down at Joe. Joe threw his hooves up to protect himself and the blade deflected off.

"Good, your a fast learner." Shining armor said with a smile.

"What the buck!" Joe yelled trembling.

"That's what the steel plates are for, blocking swords and daggers." Shining said.

"We'll a little warning next time would be great." He said.

"Alright, heads up." He said swiping his sword across. Joe ducked a second to late and sliced off a bit of his mane.

"Your really starting to piss me off." Joe said growling.

"Your enemy isn't going to give you a heads up." Shining said with a malicious smile. His horn shimmered and his mane turned black as well as his eyes and his scars appeared. Joe's heart stopped as shining armor transformed from the captain of the guard to the bane of his existence, nebula.

"Surprise!" Nebula said pulling his sword back. Joes fear turned to rage. He spread his wings and took to his element, the sky. Nebula saw this and shot a magical bolt. Joe ducked underneath it and swooped down at the white pony. Nebula readied his blade. Joe saw the cone of a sonic boom(only a rainbow when dash does it) formed i front of him. Then it burst, propelling Joe forward at impossible speeds. He plowed into nebula, throwing him to the ground and sending him over the fence. While the whit pony was daze Joe pinned him to the ground and began throwing right hooks into the jaw of the pony. The desperate pony's horn began to glow and shimmer but Joe delivered a quick uppercut, breaking the pony's concentration, and his jaw. Joe picked up the sorry excuse of a stallion and held him at hoofs length.

"Any last words, you twisted bastard." Joe said flicking his hoof, ensheathing the blade.

"Ya, look behind behind you." Nebula said, disappearing into thin air. Confused, Joe turned around and got tackled by the white pony. They rolled around in the dirt until nebula pinned the brown pony to the ground. He withdrew a dagger and started to lover towards his wings, Joe knew exactly what he was going to do. Joe pulled back his rear legs and slammed them into nebula's belly, sending him flying across the dirt road.joe hopped up and flew over to the pony that was now bleeding heavily from a cut on his cheek. He picked him up and flew towards ponyville. He was going to handle this scum correctly, by hand delivering him to the captain of the royal guard himself.

As he flew over ponyville, his baggage began to stir. Nebula opened his eyes and saw Joe holding him. He looked down to see ponyville. And the sight he feared the most, shining armor. The real shining armor. Nebula refused to be caught. He punched Joe in the shoulder where he had been stabbed. Joe dropped him and clutched his arm. The white pony spread his arms out and drew his blade. He was prepared to kill, and fast. He dropped onto shining armor's shoulders, hearing his leg crack and the shriek of supprise and pain from the captan envigorated the white pony. He drew the dagger up andlunged it into the back of the captain's neck, hitting his spinal cord. The guardsman dropped to the ground, unconscious.

Joe saw nebula stab the guards man and flew down to kill the sick bastard. Forgetting his pain he stuck out both blades a d tackled nebula. He pinned him and delivered what he thought was a killing blow. What he thought.