The strangers. *Re-done*

"FUCKING SWAMP!!" I roared, and pulled my foot out of a pit of slime. I sighed, and looked back to one of the droids. "You pick up anything yet?" I asked.

"Negative sir, no life signal's have been located, but we may have found a trail that will lead us straight to our enemy." He said, and pointed to his left. I looked around for a trail, but I couldn't find one.

"What trail?" I asked. He soon pointed up at the trees.

"The trees have several marks in them, so it could be possible that they sometimes use the trees for faster travel through the swamp." He said. I thought for a moment, and grinned.

"Well then boys, lets follow the trail. I want three droids in front, and I want five droids on the left and right. Keep your scanners on, and your weapons up, I have a feeling we'll be right in their nest soon." I said. The droids got into their positions, and we began our march deeper into the swamp. As we marched I began to notice strange markings on the ground. I stopped, and held up a fist to signal the Spec op droids to halt. I knelt down, and inspected the marking. Soon I motioned over one of the droids. "Hey, scan this, and see what made this." I said. The droid did so, and soon spoke.

"It seemed to have been made by a strange creature sir. My scanners can not pick up what kind of creature it was, but it was heading east, or west." He said. I thought for a moment, and sighed.

"If it's not a zebra then fuck it." I said, and rose to my feet. "Lets move!" I shouted, and we began our march again. As we marched on I started to see more of the same markings. I soon ignored them, and kept my guard up. Hours past, and we came across a strange temple. It looked like it was empty, but I felt like there was something hiding in side. I sent two of my spec ops droids towards the temple, and they kick down the door. A few moments passed, and one of the droids came out, and gave the all clear. We quickly moved into the temple, and found several bodies hanging from the ceiling. They looked burnt, and torn apart. My wings shot out, and I flew up to the ceiling. I cut one of the bodies down, and landed back down to earth. I began to inspect the body. It was a member of the lost tribe, I could tell because of the symbol on his chest. His throat was ripped out, and it looked as if large chunks of flesh were missing from the bones. His eyes, and tongue were missing. Smoke was still coming off of his body. "What the hell happened to you?" I mumbled to myself. I rose to my feet, and looked around the room. I spotted something at the end of the temple. I quickly made my way there, and saw a large crack in the ground. I made a strong fist, pulled back my arm, and smashed it through the crack. The ground shattered into pieces, and revealed what looked like a under ground trail. I jumped down, and saw only pitch black. I closed my eyes, and felt something cover my left hand. I opened my eyes to see bright blue fire covering my hand, and looked back up to the droids. "Half of you of you come with me, the rest of you keep watch, and set up around the temple." I said. Four droids jumped down, and the others quickly went to their objectives. I pulled out my sword, and began to walk down the dark tunnel. As I walked through the tunnel, I began to feel chills run down my spine. There was something wrong with this place, something very wrong that sent this vibe of pure hell into me. I shuddered a few times, but kept my cool. After a few minutes of walking I saw a dull light glow at the end of the tunnel. As we neared the dull light, the smell of death, and rotten flesh filled the air. I gagged a few times, and reached the end of the tunnel. I looked to the dull light that was a small glowing orb, and grabbed it. Instantly the darkness was washed away as several other orbs of light came to life, and showed a room full of dead, rotting corpses. I scanned the room of corpses, and quickly spotted a large door at the end of the room.  "Keep your guns up, and stay close." I said, and began to walk over the rotting bodies. As we walked through the room the stench got stronger, and I began to gag again. But soon I sucked it up, and reached the large door.

I went to touch the door, but before I could react my body froze, and I began to feel my brain turn to mush as I fell to my knees. Soon so many emotions began to rush into me. Rage, horror, sadness, dread, and soon pain. My body felt as if red hot needles had slowly dug through my flesh, and released acid into my body. I tried to scream, but nothing came out. My body shook violently, and soon hundreds of images filled my eyes. It was a scene of Zebras being pushed into the door by other armored Zebras, and Ponies. Men, women, and children screaming, begging, crying for mercy , but no matter how much they pleaded they were forced into the doors. If they did not do as they were told they were quickly cut down. Soon the images stopped, and only silence filled the air. I just knelt there, panting, and staring wide eyed at the door trying to figure out what happened. I soon rose to my feet, and rubbed the back of my head. "What the fuck was that?" I asked myself.

"The past you idiot." A voice said from behind. I spun around, and saw him. The fucker who attacked us, and got off a lucky shot on me. I grinned, and placed my sword on my shoulder.

"Ah, there you are, ready for a rematch?" I asked. He only chuckled. Soon a strange light began to fill the room. I looked around for the source, but found nothing. That is until a loud buzzing filled the room. I looked down, and went wide eyed. A large circle with strange writing on it laid on the ground surrounding me. Soon smoke came off of the circle, and it began to glow.

"Lets get started, shall we?" He chuckled, and snapped his fingers. Before I knew it I was completely engulfed in a bright light, and felt like I was drowning in a pool of lava. I roared out in pain, and felt myself fly back into the wall with extreme force. I fell onto my knees, and breathed deeply, trying to regain my breath. I looked up, and everything was blurry, but I could see my droids with their swords drawn charging the stranger. I tried to push myself up to my feet, but I felt some kind of force on my shoulders that kept me on my knees. I struggled, and used all of my strength to fight this force. But as I was doing so my vision returned, and I watched the fight with my droids and the stranger. One by one my droids fell to the swift, and deadly stranger. The strangers speed, and agility shocked me. It was like nothing I've ever seen. But as the fight went on, seven droids were left, and they formed a shield around me. One of the droids ran to me, and helped me to my feet. I stumbled a bit, but soon I straightened myself out. Another droid handed me my sword, and reformed into the shield around me. I grinned under my helmet, and chuckled.

"Nice shot asshole, ya really got me there." I chuckled weakly. He chuckled as well, and shrugged.

"It's easy to catch a rat." He said. I raised my sword, and pointed it towards him.

"Enough talk, lets just finish this shit. I got a world to rule." I said, pushed through my droids, and charged towards my enemy. He raised his staff, and we clashed sending sparks flying, and a wave of energy shot through my body. I pushed back, and kicked him in the gut making him slide back. I jumped into the air, and shot towards him with amazing speed, but his speed was greater. He disappeared in front of me, and my sword only smashed into the ground. I was confused, and shocked at the speed, but before I could even move something slammed into my side, and sent me flying into the wall making an imprint. I quickly recovered, and shot towards the stranger who only shot some kind of bolt of energy at me. I duct just in time, and continued my charge. As soon as I was close enough I slashed at him, but he leaned back, dodging my attack. He then hit my arm up, and slammed his staff into my chest. A surge of electricity flowed into my body, and I roared. He chuckled, and pulled out a strange curved blade with what looked like a dragon on it. He raised it into the air, and begun to laugh like an insane bastard.

"Your mine!" He yelled. He shot the blade down, but the sound of a gunshot echoed, and the blade flew out of his hand. He jumped back, and the pain of electricity stopped. I stumbled back, and coughed violently. I looked to my left, and saw one droid with his rifle drawn, and aiming towards the stranger. I grinned, and rose to my feet. I launched at him with great speed, and slashed at him. As I was hoping he duct, and I shot up my knee. My knee slammed into his head, and his head launched back into the air. I gave a solid punch, and heard a loud crack. He stumbled back, but he quickly regained his balance, and stood straight up. He raised his hand which soon began to glow bright white. Preparing myself, I awaited for an attack, but before anything could happen my droids charged past me, and towards the stranger. In a flash they were destroyed when to massive chunks of rock shot out of the wall, and smashed into the droids. I leaped over the pile of dead droids, and broken rubble, and slashed down with great force. My sword slammed into his staff, and he pushed of, and slammed his staff into the ground. The next thing I knew a giant blade shot out of the ground, and completely smashed through my armor, and dug it's way into my right shoulder. I roared in pain, and broke the blade in half with one great punch. I stumbled back, and ripped the blade out of my shoulder. I breathed heavily, and felt sweat run down my face. I also felt the blood from my wound run down my arm, and drip onto the floor. I cringed to the pain, and looked up to see the stranger with a new weapon. He held his glowing staff in one hand, and held a large hammer in the other. I sighed, and chuckled.

"Well, that fucking sucks." I said. He chuckled, and shook his head.

"Pathetic, truly pathetic Jacob. Aren't you the bringer of death, or was I mistaken for your friend?"" He said. I just glared at him, and stood tall. I raised my hand up, and focused. Soon a large ball of fire, and rock formed, and a grin appeared on my face.

"Don't worry asshole, I'm just getting warmed up." I chuckled. He just laughed, and got into a battle stance.

"Then lets start the real fight." He said. In a flash I slammed my hand into the ground, and fire shot out of the ground. Soon the ground under the stranger began to collapse, he stumbled back a bit, but soon a large explosion erupted, and he was sent flying back. I then bolted through the fire, and leaped over the large hole filled with fire. He was stumbling back onto his feet, and before he could defend himself I slammed my fist into his face, and sent him crashing back down into the ground. I grabbed him by the back of his neck, and slammed my knee into his face several times. I then raised him into the air, and threw him into the wall with so much force the entire room shook. He landed on the ground, and rose to his feet, but as he looked up my sword was inches away from his face. The lucky bastard dodged my sword, and slammed his hammer into my gut. I went flying a bit, but I landed on my feet and raised my sword to block his attack. His hammer smashed into my sword, and a force from the blow sent me to my knees. He slammed his foot into my chest, and I fell onto my back, and I looked up to see his hammer shooting straight towards me with great speed, and rolled over just in time for the hammer to miss me. I jumped to my feet, and shot my sword into his leg. He roared, and before I knew it an intense source of power slammed into the side of my head. I was sent flying, and slammed into the ground. My vision was blurry, and I could now feel blood, and sweat running down my face. I rolled onto my back, and looked up to see a blurry figure. Soon my vision returned, and I could see the stranger ripping out the sword, and breaking it in half. The stranger then turned towards me, and chuckled. Soon he raised his hand towards his mask, and ripped it off. My eyes went wide in shock, and only confusion filled my mind. The stranger, is a human.

His face was covered in scars, and evil grin laid on his face. A stubble of brown hair covered his chin, and his eyes were bright blue, and red. Blood ran down his face, and his nose was clearly broken. I crawled onto my feet, and stumbled a bit, but I quickly regained my balance. We just stood there for a bit, and just stared at each other. But soon I broke the silence, and spoke. "W-what the fuck?" I said. He only chuckled.

"Surprised?" He asked, and laughed.

"I-I don't understand." I said. He groaned, and rolled his eyes.

"Of course you don't." He said, and raised his hand into the air. "I would love to explain, but what's the point? You'll be dead in a few seconds." I was about to say something, but soon a bright light appeared below me, and I looked down to see another symbol, but this one was bigger. Before I could move, he snapped his fingers, and I was engulfed in another massive explosion, and I was sent crashing into the wall. I spat out blood, and gasped for air as I choked on the blood that leaked out of my mouth, and cringed at the ungodly pain I had felt in my bones. I fought through the pain, and slowly rose to my full height. I felt blood run down my face, and licked my lips, tasting my blood. I smiled, and chuckled.

"Geez, that fucking hurt." I chuckled, and closed my eyes. I soon felt something in my hand, and opened my eyes to see a black curved sword. "And now I'm a little pissed." I chuckled. The stranger chuckled as well, and cracked his neck. Without any words, we both lunged at each other, and continued our battle.

[Tyler's pov  hours earlier ]

I watched Jacob, and the droids march out of the camp, and sighed.  I was tired after waiting for his ass to wake up, and just felt like falling over. I turned around, and headed for my tent. As I was walking, I saw Darkness, and Shadow playing with a few of the children. To me that's strange. Two demons of pure evil are playing tag with children, and they look like they are having fun. I shook my head. I was about to walk away towards my tent, but I was stopped by a small voice. "Tyler!" I looked down, and saw Ricky running towards me with a smile. I sighed, and put on the best smile I could muster up.

"Hey little dude, having fun?" I asked. He nodded, and grabbed my arm.

"Come play with us." He said, and begun to pull me towards the 'Fun'. I was about to pull back, but I decided why the hell not, and followed him. Shadow, and Darkness saw me, and smiled.

"Hey Tyler." Darkness said, and pulled one of the laughing kids over her shoulder. "Whats up?" I shrugged, and rubbed my neck.

"Oh not much, just leading a droid army, and getting high off my ass while doing it." I said, and smiled. She rolled her eyes, and pulled up another laughing child onto her other shoulder.

"Come my little pretties, back to the cave to cook you up!" She shouted in a wicked voices, and carried the laughing children away. The rest of the children followed her, and left me, and Shadow alone. I sighed, and let my smile disappeared.

"Thank god." I said. Shadow chuckled, and lightly punched my arm.

"Oh come now, you have to admit they are cute when their happy." She said.

"I guess, I'm just not use to kids." I said, and rubbed my eyes. Me and Shadow talked for a bit, but soon I could feel my brain scream to me to lay the hell down. "Do me a favor, and keep the camp in order, I need some sleep." I said, and yawned.

"Uh, sure, I'll call you when something seems wrong." She said. I nodded, and walked away towards my tent. A few minutes, and I finally made it to my tent. I entered the tent, and moaned.

"Fuck this shit." I said, and fell to my bed. I closed my eyes, and nearly fell asleep, but something startled me, and I quickly sat up. In the entrance of the tent was Sarah, looking at me with a sad face. I raised a eyebrow in confusion, and sighed. "What do you want?" I asked. She looked to her feet, and clenched her fist. I rolled my eyes, and stood up "What? You want your damn tea?" I asked. She was silent again, but she soon raised her head, and opened her hand to show a golden locket. "What is that?" I asked.

"A-a locket my father gave me for my birthday, he said it was a sign of purity." She said. I shrugged.

"Alright, why should I care." I asked in a annoyed tone. A single tear rolled down her face, and opened it, but before it opened it broke in half.

"I-it broke." She said. "Those filthy peasants broke it." She said. I chuckled, and shrugged.

"One, they're not peasants, and two it's not my problem, should have been more careful with your things." I said. She glared at me, and stomped the ground.

"It is your problem, your the ones who took me away from my home!" She yelled. I laughed, and slapped my knee.

"So, doesn't mean I have to care about you." I said, and laughed even more.

"Then why didn't you kill me!?" She yelled.

"Because that's not the way I roll." I simply said. Tears seemed to fill her eyes, and she broke down crying. I gave a confused look, and looked around for a way to get out of this, but found nothing. "W-what did I say?" I asked. She didn't answer, and only continued to bawl in the middle of my tent.

"What's going on here?" I looked to the entrance of the tent, and felt happy for a second as Shadow stood in the entrance. That didn't last long as I noticed her deadly glare. I gulped, and gave a sheepish smile.

"Uhh, help?" I asked. She crossed her arms, and huffed.

"What did you do?" She asked. I was about to defend myself, but Sarah spoke first.

"I want to go home! I want my mom, and dad! I want my room back, and my dolls! I want my life back!" She shouted with tears flowing out of her eyes. She continued to cry, and I rubbed my neck, actually feeling bad. Just a little though. Shadow walked up to the crying girl, and started to comfort her. She looked at me, and shook her head.

"Not my fault." I said, and laid back down on my bed.

"Whatever, we'll talk about this later." She said, and led Sarah out of the tent. I sighed.

"What the fuck did I say?" I said. I closed my eyes, and nearly fell a sleep, but before I could fall into a blissful slumber a massive explosion filled the air, and the earth violently shook. I stumbled out of bed, and quickly bolted out of my tent. I searched for the cause of the explosion, and instantly saw a massive cloud of smoke coming from the swamp. Soon gunfire could be heard from the swamp, and a large black dot shot out of the smoke cloud. Soon that small black dot grew, and grew as it shot like a rocket towards the camp. I quickly changed into my armor, and sprinted through the camp gathering several droids for battle. As I was doing so that black dot started to look like a person, and soon it hit me. "JACOB!" I roared, and shot into the air with my jet pack, but I wasn't fast enough as Jacob crashed into camp, and skidded across the earth like rock. Soon he came to a stop, and slammed into the ground like a rag doll. I landed on the ground, and quickly spun around. I bolted towards Jacob through the smoke that filled the camp, and could hear the roar of an army fill the air. "ALL DROIDS TO BATTLE!" I roared as sprinted through the camp. The droids charged towards the battle, and a few started to follow me. Soon I reached Jacob, and saw both Darkness, and Shadow kneeling down next to Jacob. He was a mess. Chunks  of his armor were missing, and burnt flesh, and armor covered his body. He held a black curved blade, and his helmet had large cracks in it, blood covered his armor, and he was motionless. Fear filled my soul as I stared at my motionless friend, and knelt down next to him. "J-jacob?" I said. He said nothing, he only laid there. Soon a large puddle of his blood surrounded him, and he coughed a couple of times. "Jacob, Jacob you alright?" I asked. Jacobs head slowly moved, and I could feel him staring at me.

"D-do I look alright?" He said in a weak voice. He slowly sat up, and place his hand on his ribs. "That fucker!" Jacob growled.

"What happened?" Darkness asked.

"That son of a bitch got a lucky shot off on me." Jacob said, and coughed a few more times. "That dick."

"You think you can still fight?" I asked. Without any words he stumbled to his feet, and pulled out his rifle.

"I'm hurt Tyler, but I'm not dead yet." He chuckled. I nodded, and looked to the sisters.

"You two stay with Jacob, I'll head up to the front lines." I said. They nodded, and I quickly spun around, and bolted towards the battle. The sound of war grew louder, and louder as I ran towards the front lines. I was half way, but a massive explosion erupted in front of me, and I was sent flying back. I landed hard onto my back, and slide across the ground. I quickly jumped to my feet, and looked up to see the stranger shooting towards me with intense speed. I leaped off the ground, and flew backwards with my jet pack. The stranger crashed into the ground in front of me, and sent a blast of energy that sent me spiraling out of control. I slammed into the ground, but quickly got onto my feet. I raised my rifle, and instantly fired several shots towards the stranger. He blocked my shots with a shield of energy that came from his staff, raised his new large hammer onto his shoulders, and chuckled. Soon I noticed something. His mask was gone, and a human face was visible. My eyes were wide in shock, but I quickly shook it off, and focused on the fight. I threw my rifle over my back, and pulled out my sword. I cracked my neck, and pointed my sword towards the stranger. "Come on asshole, I've been bored all day so lets have some fun." I said with a cocky grin under my helmet. He gave an evil smile, and chuckled.

"Time to stomp a bug out!" He growled, and shot into the air. I quickly followed, and we clashed together. Once we came into contact a massive wave of energy surged through the camp, and I was sent crashing into the ground. I was little surprised my his power, but I quickly jumped to my feet just in time to dodge his hammer. He smashed into the ground, and slashed his staff at me, and I jumped back, and shot my sword down onto his staff. I gave a hard kick to his face, causing him to stumble back. I charged at the stranger, delivered a hard upper cut, and shoot my sword into his left arm. He roared in pain, but quickly pulled out my sword, and head butted me. I stumbled back, and charged again. I smashed my sword into his hammer several times with amazing speed, but he returned a blow with his hammer, pushed away, and smashed his hammer into my gut, sending me flying back. I smashed into the ground, and stumbled onto my feet. I looked up, and only found another blow from his hammer to my chest. I would have went flying again, but in the blink of an eye he slammed his hammer into my gut, and I crashed into the ground. I coughed up blood, and felt my bones cry out in pain. I looked up, and saw his hammer flying towards my head. I rolled over just in time as the hammer crashed into the ground. I quickly crawled away, and stumbled to my feet. I breathed heavily, and ripped off my helmet. I tried to catch my breathe, but I didn't have the chance as vomit escape from my throat, and emptied onto the ground. The stranger laughed hard, and mocked me. I threw my helmet aside, and took long, raspy breathe.

"I-I'm kinda getting sick of this." I said. He smiled ear to ear, and cocked his head sideways.

Same here, lets end this." He said, and began to walk towards me. I closed my eyes, and took a deep breathe.

"Hurry up Jacob."

[Outside of the camp]

A figure stood outside of the battle, laughing in a comfy chair, and held a glass of wine. "Oh how divine!" The figure shout, and laughed even more as she watched the two armies clash together. She took a sip of her drink, and giggled. Oh I do love seeing some good old bloodshed. Don't you agree?" She asked. Soon a larger figure walked up, and grunted.

"It's nothing I've never seen before." The other figure said in a deep voice.

"Oh don't be like that. Honestly, out of all the people, I thought you would enjoy this the most." She said.

"Who ever said I wasn't enjoying it?" He chuckled. They watched the battle rage on, and soon a small her figure appeared.

"Master, shall I take care of Jay?" The figure asked.

"Why would I want you to do that? It's one of the most entertaining part of the battle." She said.

"I agree master, but if he kills one of the Humans, our plan will be ruined, and the Lord will be angry with us." He said with fear. She sighed, and waved at him.

"Very well, end that little lab rats life." She said. The figure bowed, and disappeared.

"Do you really think they're the ones he's spoken of?" The larger figure asked.

"Who knows."She said, and took one last sip of her drink. "But I do know that these humans are very, very entertaining."

[Tyler's pov]

I ducted as the stranger swung his staff over my head, and shot my sword towards his gut. He deflected my sword with his hammer, and slammed his foot into the ground. The earth below me shot up, and sent me flying into the air. I landed on my back, and tried to get up, but before I could the stranger slammed his foot into my face, and sent me skidding across the ground. I shot my sword into the ground, and stopped myself. I looked up, and screamed in frustration as I saw him only meters away from me, ready to crush me with his hammer. I rolled to the left, and jumped to my feet. "This shit is getting on my fucking nerves!" I shouted, and slashed several times at the stranger. He blocked every attack with his staff, and hammer, and only laughed. I finally pulled back, and slammed my sword into his staff with all my might. He stumbled a bit, and I took this moment to slam my fist into his jaw, and grabbed him my the throat. I then slammed him into the ground, and shot my sword towards his head, but he rolled to his left, and kicked my legs. I fell to the ground, and tried to get up, but the stranger had slammed his hammer onto my back. He rolled me over, and slammed his foot into my gut, and grabbed me by my leg, and threw me high into the air. I tried to gain control, but his hammer slammed into my back, and the last thing I remember was flying towards the ground, and blacking out. I soon woke up, but I felt all of my energy flow out of my body, and just laid there on the ground. All I could feel was intense pain surge through my body, and wanted to scream out, but the pain made me numb. Soon the stranger grabbed my neck, and raised me into the air so we were face to face. An evil smile laid on his face, and a curved blade slowly approached my face.

"Really now, was that the best you could do? Your friend put up a real fight, and you fight like a damn child." He said, and chuckled. He shrugged. "Oh well, you'll have to do." As he said that, the stranger plunged his blade into my gut, and my eyes went wide with shock. The blade completely broke through, and I could feel the blade dig deeper, and deeper. He twisted the blade, and I roared in pain. His smile grew larger every fucking second I screamed, and soon began to laugh. "Oh yes, scream, SCREAM UNTIL YOU CANT SCREAM NO MORE!!" He yelled. I tried to stop screaming, but the pain was unlike anything I've ever imagined. It was like a thousand hell's shooting into my body at once, and unleashing ungodly pain. As I was screaming the stranger began to speak. "By the seven gods of the great order, I call on to you for your wisdom, and guidance to infect my foe so he serves one master until his final breathe." He said, and began to chant in a strange language. Soon he broke the blade in half, and threw me to the ground. As I laid on the ground I began to hear several voices, and felt some kind of energy enter my mind. The stranger towered over me, and shook his head with the same smile on his face. "Well your no prize, but you should do." He muttered, and raised his foot into the air. "Say goodnight!" He shouted, and shot his foot down towards my head, but before he could make contact, something blasted him away, and he slammed into the ground. I looked to my left, and saw some kind of hooded figure. He wore black, and red armor, and held short swords with glowing symbols carved into them. His face was covered, but his eyes were deep red, and had an empty look to them. "Reklow! What the hell are you doing!?" The stranger shouted.

"You have become useless to the order now, so your to be killed." The hooded figure said. The stranger only laughed.

"You think I need the order to gain power?!" He laughed. "Once I kill you, I'll kill the whole order, and the Lord!" He shouted, and charged towards the hooded stranger. In I didn't even have time to blink before the hooded stranger was behind the stranger, who had stopped dead in his tracks. The look of horror, and confusion covered his face as he just stood there. Soon blood shot out of him, and he let out a scream of pain as he fell to the ground, and laid motionless. blood  circled him, and only the sound of the battle could be heard. The hooded stranger looked to me, and disappeared. I laid there, and stared at the dead stranger. I tried to move, but my whole body was numb, and I couldn't move. Fuck it, I didn't get to nap earlier, so here's my chance. I slowly closed my eyes, and gave a mental sigh.

'Why can't things be easy?'