Caring Sparkle (Under Revision)

Kristan and Twilight ran down the hall, both eager to rest once in the armory. Besides the enemies that were behind them, which was currently being dealt with by Marcus and Tyler, there was no sight of any other monsters. The empty hall sent an uneasy feeling of paranoia down Twilight's spine

"Kristan, are Marcus and Tyler going to be okay by themselves?" Twilight asked, feeling like it was a mistake to leave them.

"Oh yeah," Kristan giggled, " they'll be fine. When those two are together, everyone knows to stay clear of making them angry. Some of the guards spread a rumor that if they were to go to hell, they would take over and overthrow the Devil himself. And, to be honest, I wouldn't doubt it."

Twilight didn't quite understand the words hell or Devil, but she understood what Kristan was trying to say. There were many questions Twilight had about this world, but they could wait until a better time. Right now, all Twilight wanted was to get to the armory so she could relax.

Almost as if Celestia herself was granting her wish, the large, metallic door to the armory came into sight. "Thank Celestia, we finally made it."

"I don't know who this Celestia is, but if she made it this easy for us I'll have to treat her to a drink," Kristan laughed as she put in the code for the door.

The smile quickly disappeared from Kristan's face as a large hand flew out of the room, grabbing Kristan by her left leg. Lifting Kristan into the air, the giant monster from earlier emerged from the large door frame.

Twilight sent a shockwave of magic straight towards the giant's face. The giant seemed unfazed as chunks of flesh were ripped from the lower portion of it's face. With a deep grunt, the monster used its free hand to back-hand Twilight, sending her  flying into the wall.

Looking through the blood that was now flowing down her face, Twilight could do nothing but watch as the monster tightened its grip on Kristan's leg. The loud crunch of bones breaking, followed by Kristan's pain-filled screams, sent a fierce chill down Twilight's spine. The monster seemed to play with the broken limb as it loosened and tightened its grip over and over, almost as if grinding the bones to dust. It wasn't long before the immense pain made Kristan pass out. Bored without the screams of its victim, the giant released it's grip.

Time seemed to slow down as Kristan fell to the floor. Reaching out her hoof, Twilight felt completely useless as her friend hit the floor with a loud thud.

"KRISTAN!!!!!" Twilight screamed at the top of her lungs. Using every bit of strength that she had, Twilight pushed herself off the ground. Ears reared back and hair standing up, Twilight charged towards the monster. With a leap into the air, Twilight smashed a hoof into the monsters face. The force was just enough to make the monster stumble backwards. Twilight took another charge at the monster, smashing her bleeding forehead into the giants gut. Though the force did nothing, the monster deffinately felt Twilight's horn puncture through its abdomen.

Roaring with rage, the monster swung its massive hand downward, smacking Twilight into the tile floor.

Lifting her head, Twilight struggled to focus her eyes on her target. Everything went red as blood ran down her face. "Big brother... I need you..."

The monster laughed as it raised its fist for the final blow. Twilight closed her eyes as the massive fist sped downwards at her.

Twilight's eyes opened wide as she heard the monster's pain-filled screams. Standing in front of her, wielding a long, black scythe, was a familiar face.

At the last moment, Tyler had sliced through the monster's arm. The giant screamed, almost as if in terror, as it looked at where its arm used to be.

"Don't sound as if you know what true pain is," Tyler made another swift swing with his scythe, cutting clean through the giant's legs. The giant hit the floor, almost breaking straight through.

"Marcus, is Kristan okay?" Tyler asked without taking his eyes off the monster.

Twilight looked behind her to see Marcus knelt over Kristan. "It's not good. Her leg is completely shattered. It looks like she passed out. Probably due to the severe pain."

Tyler's body shook in rage. "You brutally beat my friends, nearly killed them..." Tyler smashed the heel of his boot into the giant's eye, crushing straight through.

The giant sent a horrible shriek through the hall as blood ran from its eye. In its other eye, you could see the sheer terror and immense pain it was feeling. It attempted to crush its attacker with its only remaining arm, only to have it sliced off as Tyler swung the scythe straight through the bone and flesh.

"Marcus, get Twilight and Kristan into the armory and shut the door. I don't want any of you to see this." Tyler demanded with a cold, merciless tone to his voice.

"T..Tyler..." Twilight struggled as she pushed herself off the floor.

"I said now, Marcus!" Tyler roared, his voice almost challenging that of Luna's royal voice.

"Come on, Twilight. You don't want to see this," Marcus put his hand on Twilight's back.

Fearful of seeing what Tyler was going to do, Twilight did not argue as she turned her back and limped for the door. Once Twilight was inside, Marcus picked Kristan up in his arms. Stopping right outside the doorway, he looked back at his friend. "Tyler, when you come in, I want you to be yourself again. Twilight won't be able to handle you how you are right now.... Missy wouldn't want to see you like this...."

As Tyler heard the door shut behind him, the monster's screams faded from his thoughts as he looked towards the ceiling. "Our Father, who art in heaven..."

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