Chapters What is my life like. Well, it's... strange to say the lease. That's thanks to an old friend of mine, Tyler. There's just something about him that yells "I DONT GIVE FUCK!" Oh well, he's seems like a ass at times, but ya get use to it. Anyways, enough about Tyler, lets get back to me. Like I said, my life is strange, and... painful. Unlike Tyler with his lively mood, I am just a big six feet giant that is pushed around, and is a giant train wreck. I wouldn't say my life is terrible, it's just hard. My family has thrown me out and doesn't even want to look at my face, my dog was ran over by a car right in front of me, and I was just dumped by my girlfriend, right after she had sex with some asshole jock. Fucking slut. But I always had a good friend or two right there behind me, ready to back me up. Like a real family. But even with this family, my life seems to run over even bumpier roads, and I cant take it! I just wish that something would come along, and give me a second chance. I guess that's just a dream, right?
Today was like any day, I got up, and went to school with my friend Tyler, and like always we get our self's into some kinda trouble, but today was just stupid. I just finished my last class of the day, and went to my locker to get a couple things, but before I could even open my locker, Tyler came running to my locker with a pissed off look. I raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong with you?" I asked. He raised a broken lock.
"That bitch Amanda stole my pot!" He growled.
"Oh shit, here we go." Mumbled. "How the hell did she even get it?"
"Hell if I know, but she got it, and broke my damn lock. That bitch!"
"How do you even know she took it?"
"Shaun saw her take it out of my locker."
"Why is it such a big deal, cant your brother give you more pot?"
"No, he cant till next week."
"Cant you wait till next week?"
"Fuck no, you know when I'm pissed pot calms me down."
"Well, where is she anyways?"
"The girls locker room." He grinned with devilish smile. 'Of course it is.'
"Let me guess, you want me to help you get your pot back, don't ya?" He slowly nodded with that smile still on his face. "How?" He raised a rubber snake. I gave a heavy sigh. "Great." I took the toy snake, and we quickly jogged to the girls locker room. "Ok, now what?"
"Simple, you run in screaming, and yelling that the snake is attacking you, and hopefully all of the girls will run out."
"That sounds like a bad plan."
"It's better than nothing."
"Fine, lets just get this over with."
"Ok,Ready?" Tyler asked.
"No." I said.
"To bad, now go!"
"I hate you." I growled. I pulled out a rubber snake, and walked to the girls locker room. 'What the fuck am I doing?' I took a deep breath, and swung the door open screaming like a girl. "AHHHHHHHH, SNACK!! GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF!! IT'S EATING MY SOUL!!" I screamed. All of the girls stopped dead, and screamed. They fled the locker rooms, and Tyler came sprinting in with a small crowbar. I dropped the snake, and ran to the door to watch for anyone. Soon I heard the locker bust open, and a loud roar of victory from Tyler.
"I got it!" He shouted.
"Good, lets get moving then." I said, and made my way out of the locker room, but stopped dead. To my horror I saw every one of the girls from the locker room holding bats, tennis rackets, and other objects. Soon Tyler rushed out next me, and did the same thing.
"RUN BITCH, RUN!" Tyler shouted as he jumped over a large metal fence. I followed, and looked back to see several half naked chicks flying around the corner with several blunt objects.
"Oh shit!" I shouted, and climbed over the fence. I landed on my back with a hard thud, but quickly jumped to my feet, and darted towards Tyler who was trying to open my car door.
"OPEN YOU WHORE!" He shouted. I ran around to the drivers seat, and flew into the drivers seat in the blink of an eye. I looked up, and saw that the angry mob of wet half naked girls were getting extremely closer. I pulled out my car keys, and started the car. The engine roared to life, and I stepped on the gas. I shot out of the parking lot, and drove towards the exit with huge smile. But that smile soon disappeared as looked to my right to see no Tyler. I looked at my mirror to see Tyler running full sprint towards the car with the mob hot on his tail. I slammed on the brake, and stopped car, and opened the door. Tyler jumped in, and I slammed on the gas. The car screeched, and we went flying out of the Schools parking lot.
Once we were on the road, I began to hear Tyler chuckling. I looked over to him, and saw him with a big fucking grin as he raised a small bag of pot. I looked at him for a second, and smiled. I shook my head, and begun to chuckle myself. "Happy now, was all that worth it?" I asked. He nodded slowly with that huge damn grin of victory.
"Hell yeah it was worth it, this was my last bag till next week." He said, and kissed the bag. I rolled my eyes, and turned back to the road. "Thought she was all slick, and shit, but I'm not haven that shit!" He said, and opened the bag, but I stopped him by slapping the back of his head. "Owww!"
"How many fucking times have I told you not to smoke that shit in my car?" I asked.
"Like a hundred times." He said, and closed the bag. "it's not that big of a deal you know?" He said.
"Yeah, sure, last time you smoked pot in this car, we got pulled over two seconds after you finished. We're just lucky that cop wasn't smart enough to smell it." I chuckled. He shortly chuckled, and relaxed. For a half hour we drove to the store, and then back to our apartment. Once we reached our apartment, we climbed up to our room, and saw a strange large box at the front door. I picked up the box, and Tyler opened the door. I walked in, and placed the box on the dinning room table. I sighed, and flopped onto the couch. "Fuuck, I'm beat." I moaned, and turned on the TV. Tyler soon entered the room, and sat down on the other side of the couch. I looked over, and saw him smiling while he was holding a bag of weed. He soon rolled up a bit of pot, and began to enjoy it. I just ignored him, and continued to watch TV. For the next hour, we just sat their relaxing, and began to hear a strange noise. I looked over to Tyler who was half baked off his mind. "You hear that." I asked. He slowly turned his head towards me, and smiled. '
"What?" I face palmed, and shook my head. Soon the noise got louder, and it sounded like it was in our apartment. I quickly got up, and walked into the dinning room. I stopped dead in my tracks as I saw the box that I placed on the table glowing red.
"T-Tyler, I think you got me high!" I yelled, and only heard the sound of him laughing. He soon walked in, and stopped right next to me. He was also frozen, and stared at the glowing box.
"What the hell is in there?" He asked. I shrugged.
"Not sure, but there's only one way to find out." I said. I walked up to the box, and slowly placed my hand onto the top of it. As soon as I touched it, I was sent flying into Tyler, and we both slammed into the wall. "O-ow." I moaned. I crawled onto all fours, and stumbled onto my feet. I looked over to Tyler to see him twitching. "You okay?" He soon looked up at me with a pissed off look, and replied.
"I just got crushed by a six foot giant that weighs two hundred pounds, you tell me." He growled. I rubbed my neck and gave a sheepish smile.
"Heh, sorry." I said. I looked back over to the box, and noticed that it stopped glowing. I slowly walked over to the box, readying myself for anything. Once I was close enough, I closed my eyes, and reached for it again. Soon my hand made contact, and nothing happened. I snapped open my eyes, and stared at the box. For the next couple of minutes, I just stood there staring at the box, but soon snapped out of it once Tyler walked up behind me.
"Is it safe?" He asked.
"Hope so." I said. "Hand me a knife." I said. Tyler quickly grabbed a knife, and handed it to me. I quickly cut open the box, and opened it. I raised an eyebrow once I saw two strange artifacts. The artifacts looked the same. They were both black crystals. Along with those crystals was a letter. I picked up the letter, and attempted to read it, but couldn't. It was all in some kind of strange language that looked alien to me. I grabbed one of the crystals on the left, and began to investigate it. There wasn't much detail to it. Tyler walked over, and grabbed the other crystal. We just stood there, trying to figure out what was going on. Soon, the crystal began to glow green, and purple, and green sparks began to shot out. Me and Tyler dropped the crystals, and quickly backed away. The sparks began to grow larger, and started to create a figure. Soon there was a bright light that made me look away. Once I opened my eyes, the light was gone. I looked back to the crystals, and froze. Right in the middle of the two crystals were two black figures with green, and purple eyes. Their eyes had smoke flowing out of them, and they both had large, evil grins planted onto both their faces. By the looks of it they were female by the looks of their smooth figures. I just stood there, paralyzed, and speechless at what I was seeing. Tyler had the same look planted on his face, but he started to back away. Both of the figures noticed this, look at each other, and giggled. I raised an eyebrow, and began to relax a bit. One figure noticed this, and drew her eyes onto me. I noticed her smile, and saw sharp vampire like teeth. They weren't ugly, monster like teeth, they had a cartoonish look to them. The room was silent as both of the figures stared at us, and just smiled. I cleared my throat, and spoke. "Uuh, Hi." I said. I heard Tyler face palm from behind me, and mutter something. I ignored it, and waited for a response. One of the figures walked up to me, and put her face in mine.
"Are you the two who awoke us?" She asked in a soft, but spine chilling voice. I gulped, and spoke again.
"Y-yeah, we are. Who are you, and what the hell is going on?" I asked with a straight face, but I could fell my heart racing.
"We are the daughters of Sombra, god of darkness, and shadows. We were sealed away into these crystals our father personally made for us." She said and backed up a bit. I am Shadow, and this is Darky.
"I told you not to call me Darky! It's humiliating..." Darky said. "It's Darkness." Soon Tyler pushed pass me, and spoke.
"Now hold the fuck on, what the hell is going on!? Did that bitch Amanda fuck with my pot?" He asked. Both of the visitors looked at each other, and begun to laugh. I actually began to chuckle a bit, but I quickly gained control, and stopped. Soon their laughter died down, and they just stared at me and Tyler.
"I can tell you two are going to be a riot." Shadow said. Me and Tyler both raised an eyebrow, and I spoke.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked a little concerned. It was her turn to look confused.
Didn't you read the note?" She asked.
"This note? I have no fucking idea what this bitch says." I said. They both stared at us, and face palmed.
"How do you not know Equestrian?" Darkness asked.
"Equestrian, bitch I speak English!" Tyler said with pride. Both of the sisters glared at him. I face palmed myself, and smacked him across the head. "Ow, what the hell!?"
"Show some damn respect before you get yourself killed." I muttered. Both of the sisters seemed to brush off the comment Tyler made.
"So none of you had any idea what that note said?" Shadow asked. We shook our heads. She sighed, and lifted up her hand that started to glow. Soon the note floated out of my hand, and landed into hers. She cleared her throat, and begun to read. "To those who free my daughters from their prisons will be granted powers from the crystals that were once their prisons. The crystals will grant you whatever you want, and will give you god like powers. But, there is a price. Once you accept these powers, everything you know and love will vanish, and you will take up your new life's with my daughters to rule Equestria, and cover the land with darkness. I would do this myself, but my powers are fading. Soon Celestia, and Luna will arrive to in-prison me. As the god of darkness, I gift you these powers to finish what I have started with the help of my daughters. By now their powers should have matured, and they should be ready. Bring Equestria to it's knees, and rule with a iron fist..." Shadow finished, and looked at us. I just stared at Darkness with my jaw hanging. I looked over to Tyler who had a blank look. "So, will you accept our fathers offer?" She asked. Tyler looked over to me. I motioned him over, and leaded him to the other side of the room.
"What uh, what ya say?" I whispered. He just looked at me like I was crazy.
"What the fuck do you mean 'what ya say'? I say no fucking way!" He whispered back.
"Dude, just think of it, we will have the power to do anything we want, and be able to make new life's for our selves. Even better, we'll have two sexy goddess with us for extra mussel." I whispered.
"Why the fuck would I want to start a new life, I'm happy with the one I got!"
"WELL I'M NOT!" I yelled. Tyler seemed to flinch, and backed up. I continued. "Ever since day one, my life has been nothing but living HELL! I've been stomped on, chewed up, and spit out by this fucked up life! I've tried Tyler, I've tried to fix my life, but nothing I do works. It just fucks it up more! And I'm tired of it! I'M TIRED OF BEING A FUCK UP!!" I screamed. Tyler just stared at me with shock. I turned away, and walked up to both of the sisters. "I accept your fathers offer." I said.
"And your friend?" Darkness asked. I clenched my fist, and grinded my teeth.
"He's staying here." I said.
"NO!" I spun around, and saw Tyler running towards me. Before I could react, Tyler's fist made contact with my face. I stumbled a bit, but quickly recovered. I rubbed the side of my face, and stared at Tyler with surprise. "You don't get to leave like that, you don't just leave me alone!" He yelled.
"Your not alone, you have family!" I yelled back.
"You are my family!" He yelled. I just froze, and stared at him. He continued. "You and me have been through a shit ton of things, and I'm not willing to lose a friend like you. Please just think about what your doing." He said. I just stood there, staring at Tyler with shock. I soon snapped out of it. I lowered my head, and sighed.
"I'm sorry Tyler, but I cant take it, please try and understand why I'm leaving." I said. I turned around, and saw Shadow, and Darkness sitting down with a bucket of popcorn, watching us like a show. Soon they both got up from their seats.
"Awww, I thought you two were gonna kiss." Shadow said.
"Shut up, and lets just go." I said. They nodded their heads, and they both snapped their fingers. Soon a large black portal opened, and the sisters began to walk towards it. I shortly begun to follow, and tried not to look back. Once I was close enough to enter, I felt a hand fall onto my shoulder. I looked over my shoulder, and saw Tyler with a small smile. He then raised up the two crystals, and spoke.
"We're gonna need these." He said. I smiled, and nodded. He handed me the crystal, and I took it. Before I could say something, Darkness poked her head out of the portal.
Are you two coming or not?" She asked. Me and Tyler shrugged, and entered the portal, and into our new lives.
[Crystal empire]
Cadence awoke from her bed, sweating bullets, and panting. She soon calmed down, and placed her hand onto her head. 'What in Equestria was that?' Before she could ask herself anymore questions, she felt a hand rest on her shoulder. She looked over, and saw Shining armor with a concerned look.
"Cadence, are you alright?" He asked.
"Y-yes, I'm fine, I just had a nightmare." She said.
"Well you should try and get more sleep. You have a big trip tomorrow for your visit to Ponyville." Shining armor said. Cadence nodded, and laid back down next to her husband, but as she fell asleep, she could have sworn she heard a group of voices.
My eyes snapped open, and I felt like I was naked in the snow. I looked around, and saw nothing but pitch black darkness. Soon there was a purple light, and I felt a force crash into my chest. I tried to scream in pain, but the pain muted my voice. The intense pain felt like it was eating through my flesh and bones. It felt like it lasted a million years, and never let up for a second. But soon the pain began to disappear, and I felt a comforting sensation flow through my body. I closed my eyes for a few minutes, and finally opened them to see that I was in some kind of cave. I slowly looked around me, and raised my arm. As soon as I did so, I saw black, and purple sparks run across my arm like a fire. I inspected my arm, and saw that their was a strange symbol on the palm of my hand. It looked like the two crystals me and Tyler had. It also seemed like a fists was holding onto them with a strong grip. I stared at the symbol, and finally snapped out of it. I continued to scanned my surroundings, and saw that there was a type of alter up head. Before I could walk towards the alter, a large portal opened, and Tyler came flying out screaming. I looked down at Tyler, and noticed that he was smoking. I quickly ran to his side, and helped him up to his feet. "Holy shit dude, what happened?" I asked. He looked up at me, and glared.
"Don't, ask." He said, and pushed away. He stumbled a bit, but finally regained control of his body. He looked around a bit, and looked back to me. "Where are we?" I shrugged.
"Beats me." I said, but quickly realized something. "Where's Shadow, and Darky?" As soon as I said that, I saw something glowing in Tyler's right pocket. "What the hell is that?" I asked. Soon I noticed something glowing below me, and looked down to see something glowing in my pocket. I quickly pulled whatever the item was, and saw that it was the crystal. It was glowing a dark purplish color. Soon black and purple sparks shot out, and Shadow appeared right in front of me. I jumped back in surprise, but quickly regained control of myself. Soon the same thing happened to Tyler, and Darkness appeared right next to Shadow. I looked over to Tyler who's eye was twitching violently.
"What the fuck!? What is this, Pokémon!?" He shouted. I face palmed.
"Here we go." I mumbled. I looked up at both Shadow, and Darkness with a straight face. "So, we here?" I asked Shadow. She nodded.
"If I'm correct, we're in our fathers old underground lair." She said, and looked around. "Place sure has gone to hell." She said and sighed.
"Well, what do we do now?" Tyler asked.
"We find our way to our fathers war planning room. " Darkness said.
"Then lets get going, I'm ready to start my new life." I said. Shadow and Darkness nodded, and started to walk towards the alter. I looked over to Tyler, and motioned him to follow. We both jogged, and caught up with Shadow, and Darkness. We reached the alter, and Shadow looked over her shoulder at us. She motioned us to come up, and we shortly did as she told us. We both walked up to the alter, and inspected it. It had a large snake like face, and two hand prints were in printed on both sides. I looked over to Shadow with a look of confusion. She rolled her eyes.
"Put your hands in both of those hand slots." She said. I hesitated for moment, but looked over to Tyler, and nodded. We both placed our hands into the slots, and waited. Before I could react, our hands were sealed by some kind of lock, and the alter began to glow red, and black.
"Oh shit." I looked over to Tyler who was completely freaking out, and trying to free jis hand.
"Fuck, fuck, FUCK! Get this shit off of me you damn sluts!" He yelled. I was about to attempt to him calm down, but soon I felt like a thousand needles shot straight into my hand, and dug through my flesh.
"RRRAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
I screamed in pain as the alter tore my hand apart. I pulled, and pulled as hard as I could, but this alter was like a damn animal.I looked over to Shadow, and saw a blank expression. Soon, the alter began to cease, and both of our hands were released. I fell to my knees, and stared at my bloody, shaking hand. Once I stopped thinking about the pain, and calmed myself, I looked up at the alter, and saw it glowing even brighter than before. I looked over to Tyler, and saw him glaring at both Shadow, and Darkness. "What the fuck was that!?" He yelled holding his hand.
"For us to enter our fathers lair, we needed the blood of unworldly creatures. And since your not from this world, you two are a perfect for the job" Shadow said.
"Well why the fuck did need to suck out that much blood!? Son of a bitch that hurt!" He yelled. I sighed, and looked at the alter.
"Relax, not like it killed us or anything." I said. I looked over to Shadow. "But next time, warn us about this shit, or else." I said in a low tone. She smirked, and raised an eyebrow.
"Is that a threat?"
"You tell me." I said. I glared at her for a second, but soon broke off, and looked at the alter. "Now what?" I asked. Right as I said that, the wall in front of the alter began to separate, and opened up a way to a large metal door. Both of the sisters began to walk towards the door. We shortly followed, but quickly at the same time flipped off the alter with our bloody hands. We soon caught up with Shadow, and Darkness, and made it to the door. They both lifted up their arms, and chanted something. Soon once they were done with their chant, the door slowly began to open. As it opened the entire cave started to shake. I kept my balance, but Tyler was cussing, and falling over. Once the door fully opened, the rumbling stopped, and everything was still. I looked over to Tyler and smiled as he lifted himself off of the ground. He noticed this, and flipped me off. I chuckled, and looked forward, and saw the sisters already halfway through the door. Me and Tyler quickly jogged to the sisters, and followed them through this large room. It was filled with odd objects, weapons, and artifacts. I blocked all of that out of my head, and continued to follow the sisters. "So, this is the place?" I asked,
"Yep, this is where we were born." Darkness said with a smile on her face.
"Looks like a shit hole." Tyler said. Me, and both of the sisters stopped dead in our tracks. I slowly looked at Tyler with the look "You fucking idiot" across my face. Darkness slowly spun around, and stared at Tyler with a insane ball shrinking look. 'Oh hell.'
"What did you say?" She asked. Tyler looked at me for advise. I shrugged and backed away.
"I-I said, this place looks like heaven." He said sweating. I face palmed. Darkness began to rise above him, still staring down into his eyes without blinking.
"That's not what I heard." She said, and... Smiled? Before I knew it, a giant hammer appeared in her hands, and smashed into Tyler. He went flying into a pile of crates. I just stared, and looked at Darkness. The hammer had disappeared, and she was wiping dust off of her hands. She noticed me, and smiled. "What do you think about this place?" She asked, with a insane smile. I jumped a bit, and smiled.
"I fucking love it!" I shouted, and gave a thumbs up. Her insane smile was replaced with a cheerful one.
"Good, at least you have some respect." She said and walked away. I looked at shadow, and threw my arms into the air.
"What the hell was that?" I whispered. She shrugged.
"Darkness loved this place when me and her were young, but to be honest, I hated it." She said. I looked over to Tyler.
"Is he going to be okay?" I said. She nodded, and raised her hand up. Her hand started to glow, and Tyler floated out of the ruble. She slowly lowered him down right next to me. I tried not to laugh at his face. It was just pure blown shock, and surprise. He snapped his head to me.
"What just happened?" He asked. I smiled, and shook my head.
"You learned your first lesson about Darkness." I said, and chuckled.
"If you two are done, can we please continue?" She said. I nodded, and followed. Soon we met up with Darkness, who was waiting for us by a large door. Once we approached the door, both of the sisters opened the door, and we entered. The room was huge, and had a large table with a massive map on top of it. All over the walls were smaller maps with writing on them. I walked up to the table, and inspected it. On the map was the Zebra kingdom, Gryphon kingdom, Minotaur kingdom, Equestria kingdom, and the Crystal empire. The last one caught my attention because it had a giant red circle around it.
"What's this place?" I asked, and pointed at the Crystal empire.
"That's the Crystal empire, our fathers main mission." Shadow said.
"What's so good about it?" Tyler asked.
"We're not sure, our father never told us his main goal about that place." Shadow said. She looked over to her sister, and pointed to the center of the table. Darkness nodded, and raised her hand into the air. They both began to chant again in this strange language. Me and Tyler just stood there waiting for something to happen. The chant went on for a few minutes, but it soon ended, and the center of the table began to glow. Soon two rings floated out of the table, and both of the sisters snatched them, and placed them onto their middle fingers.
"What are those for?" I asked.
"These are the rings our father left us. They contain a large amount of power that can help us."Darkness said.
"I though we just needed the crystals." Tyler said.
"The crystals are powerful, but their not powerful enough to help us reach our goal." Shadow said. "Wait, did you even test out your crystals?" She asked.
"No, not yet." I said, and pulled out the crystal. "How do I use it?"
"It's simple, you just hold the crystal, and concentrate as much as you can on the thing you wan." Darkness said.
I looked at my crystal, and closed my hands. I concentrated hard, and soon felt something in my other hand. I opened my eyes, and saw a large strange looking sword in my hand. I gave a wicked smile and looked at Tyler. "Look at this shit!" I said with joy, and swung the sword around. It felt good in my hands, and it was fast, real fast. "Try it Tyler." I said. Tyler nodded, and closed his eyes. Soon there was a bright flash, and a large bag of pot appeared in his hands. I face palmed, and looked at Tyler who had a huge smile.
"I fucking love this thing!" He yelled, and kissed the crystal. I rolled my eyes, and looked back at the sisters who were giggling a bit.
"Is there anything else this thing can do?" I asked.
"Yeah, you can grant yourself powers, and different items." Shadow said.
"Is there anything you cant do?"
"You cant summon living things." Darkness said.
"Awwwww." Tyler moaned. "There goes my hooker idea." He said with a huge frown. I rolled my eyes, and closed my eyes. I started to concentrate, and felt something grow on my back. I opened my eyes, and saw the sisters, and Tyler staring at me with shock and confusion.
"What?" I asked. Tyler pointed behind me. I looked over my shoulder, and smiled. There were two black massive dragon wings sticking out of my back. "Holy shit, this is awesome!" I shouted. "But their a little big." I said. I closed my eyes, and felt something sink into my spine. It didn't hurt, it just tickled. I opened my eyes, and saw that they were gone. "Well that's useful." I said.
"What about you two miss with your powers later when we get out of here." Shadow said. Me and Tyler nodded.
"Now where do we go?" Tyler asked.
"We go to the surface, then, to the Crystal empire." Shadow said.
"Why?"
"To finish what our father started." Darkness said with a dark tone. I looked at Tyler, and we both smiled.
"In other words, fuck shit up?" I asked. Both of the sisters gave a evil, wicked smile.
"What else for?" Shadow said, and both of the sisters began to laugh like maniacs. I just chuckled, and spun my sword in my hand.
"Sounds fun." I said.
"Then lets get a move on people." Tyler said. The sisters opened a portal, and we all walked through it, and walked out onto a massive mountain. I walked up to the top, and looked at the view. I soon noticed something large in the middle of the flatlands. It was a massive city. I looked back to Tyler and the sisters, and motioned them up. They walked up next to me, and I pointed at the city.
"Is that what we're looking for?" I asked. They both nodded.
"Yes, that's the place." Shadow growled. I smiled, and closed my eyes. I felt my wings shoot out my back, and stretch out in the air.
"Then lets raise some hell."
Last night I couldn't get any sleep. I have no idea why, I just kept hearing these voices. They talked about nothing but nonsense. For some reason, I could still here them whispering something. I don't know if it was because of the lack of sleep, or if I was just going insane, but I tried to block all of it from my mind, and focused on today. Today I am going to Ponyville to visit Twilight, and relax for once. Hopefully this trip will calm my nerves, and help refresh me. I've already packed my things, and had them taken to the trains. I spent a couple of minutes just staring down onto my city with a warm smile, even though I feel like a walking corps, I still have enough energy to look like a real princess for my subjects. All of the citizens walked through the streets with peaceful, and lively attitudes. Some walked by, and waved to me. I waved back with a smile. Soon a couple more minutes went by, and I heard the door behind me open. I turned around, and saw Shining armor. "Shining, come to see me out?" I asked, and walked up to him.
"Why of course my lady." He said in a gentlemen voice, and bowed. I rolled my eyes, and flicked him between his eyes.
"Stop that stupid gentlemen act would ya." I said, and chuckled. He looked up, and smiled.
"Aww, come on you know you love it." He said, and kissed my hand. "Now come on, your train is waiting." He said, and motioned me towards the door. We began to walk through the castle, and I started to have this strange feeling. I looked over to Shining armor.
"Shining, does today feel, strange to you?" I asked. He raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I mean do you feel like something is going to happen?"
"I have a feeling that the new recruits are gonna be a pain today, but other than that, not really." He said with a small smile. I sighed, and rubbed my forehead. Shining armor noticed this. "Didn't you get any sleep at all last night?" He asked.
"No, not at all." I said, and let out a small yawn.
"Why?"
"I just have been having these strange feelings lately, but I think it's just because I haven't gotten any sleep for the past two days." I said. "But now I'm having second thoughts about this trip."
"Now don't give me that, you need this trip. You need a few days with my sister." He said. We exited the main doors to the castle, and entered the train station.
"Yeah, your right. Besides, it's been awhile since me and Twilight were able to relax, and catch up." I said, and stepped onto the train. I turned around, and looked at Shining armor. "And try not to completely kill the new recruits today." I said with a smile. He rolled his eyes, and kissed my cheek.
"No promises, now have a good trip." He said, and stepped back from the train. He looked towards a guard, and nodded. Soon the train began to move, and I waved goodbye as the train left the city. I took my seat, and stared out the window, watched as the city got smaller, and smaller as we got further away from the city. As I closed my eyes to catch some sleep, I saw a quick vision of the city on fire, and four figures in the middle of the fire.
[Shining armors pov]
I watched as the train left the city, and heard a voice shouting my name. I turned around, and saw a royal guard running towards me. "Sir, the training ground is ready for the new recruits, do you want me to gather the troops?" He asked. I nodded.
"Yes, have all of the recruits grab their gear, and head down there asap." I said. He saluted, and ran off. "And if I'm there before they are, the whole platoon will be on night duty for a week with out a break!" I shouted. I began to walk towards the training grounds, and decided to take the long way through the streets. It was a pleasant say, and all of the citizens seemed to have a smile planted on their faces. The shops along the streets were drowning with business, and the children were running about with out a care in the world. I looked up in the air and saw flock of birds flying freely through the air. I felt a hand tug on my left arm, and looked down to see a small filly holding a basket of flowers with a sign saying "1 bit a flower". I smiled, grabbed my bag of bits, and took two bits out. She handed me two flowers, and I gave her the two bits. I took one of the flowers, and placed it in her hair. She smiled, thanked me, and went back to business. It brought a smile to my face, and made me not want to go to the training grounds. But if I didn't then all of the recruits would be like a group of clueless children. I started to speed up, and soon made it to the training grounds. Two soldiers who were standing next to the main entrance stood at attention, and saluted. I saluted back, and swung open the door. As soon as I did so, a full platoon of royal guards stand at attention. I slowly walked in, and inspected the troops. They looked, young, to young. I soon reached the middle, and turned to the troops. "Listen up recruits, you are here for one reason, and that reason is to protect the Crystal empire, and it's citizens. Now I know most of you have heard of the raging dispute with the Gryphon kingdom, and heard the rumors of war about to start. I will not lie, those rumors are true. Our kingdoms have not seen war ever since Celestia, and Luna won the war against Sombra. I am here to train you soldiers into a special force of the Crystal empire, that force is called the Crystal guardians." I said. The platoon was filled with whispering, and questions. I looked around the platoon, and saw worried faces, and a few hard faces that were blank of any expressions. I smiled at this, and pulled out my sword. Their attention snapped back to me, and I continued to speak. I will train, and mold you into the greatest warriors this planet has ever seen!" Right as I said that, I spotted a large object flying through the sky. Once it got closer, my eyes went wide. It was a giant ball of rock, magma, and fire. Before I could react, the massive ball of fire crashed into the tower. The tower was blown into large pieces that flew through the sky, and crashed to the ground. I looked back into the sky, and saw several more of the fire balls flying towards the city at great speed. "TO ARMS! READY FOR BATTLE!" I shouted, and ran out of the entrance of the training grounds. Once I exited the training grounds, I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of fire covering the city. I ran to the edge of the walls, and looked down to the streets to see ponies running inside the walls gates, trying to find safety, but several were engulfed in fire, and were crushed by the rocks.
"Sir, your helmet!" A guard yelled, and handed me my helmet. I quickly grabbed it, and placed it onto my head.
"Sargent Victor, have you and your squad help the citizens evacuate the city. Sargent Henry, and Sargent Sic, have your troops fly into the sky and find the source of these fire balls! The rest of you, move into the city, and set up a defense around the city! MOVE!" I barked, and sprinted towards the main gate of the walls with a group of troops. I pushed my way through the crowed. Once I made it past them, I regrouped with a few squads, but before I could ask for a update, I heard screaming from above. I looked up, and saw Sargent Henry falling, and smashing into the earth. Blood splattered all over the ground, and his limp body was a mangled mess. I tightened my grip on my sword, and looked up to see a dark figure flying through the smoke that covered the skies. More, and more screams echoed from the smoke, and several more bodies came falling lifelessly out of the smoke, and smashing into the ground. Soon the figure flew down through the smoke, and landed onto the ground. Blood covered it's armor, and strange sword. It's eyes were glowing bright red, and it had wings of a dragon. It scanned me, and my troops, and soon fixed it's eyes on me. Soon it began to laugh, and began to walk towards us. It just kept laughing like a mad monster, and spoke.
"Lets play."
[30 minutes earlier]
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"Goddamn it Tyler, do you need to smoke that shit now!?" I asked, and fanned the smoke away. Tyler smiled, and blew out a cloud of smoke.
"Hell yeah, it's not everyday a stoner gets a endless supply of weed." He said, and laughed. I rolled my eyes, and snatched the pot out of his mouth. "Hey!"
"Get ready dude, we're about to attack a city, that means there will be soldiers who will try and kill you. So what about you summon new gear, and powers to help you." I said. I pulled out my crystal, and focused. Soon I felt something cover my body, and opened my eyes to see my new armor . "Wicked." soon there was a flash, and I looked up to see Tyler in his new outfit, and gear. "Nice." He looked at me.
"Don't you have any guns?" He asked in a robotic voice.
"Of course I have a gun." I said. I focused, and felt something fall into my hands. I opened my eyes, and saw my weapon. We both inspected our gear, and armor for awhile, but soon Shadow walked up in black armor, and held a large curved spear.
"Are you two ready or not?" She asked. Tyler stood up, and put in a magazine into his strange rifle.
"Lets just get it over with, I got some weed to smoke." He said, and walked past Shadow.
"Yeah, hold on a sec." I closed my eyes, and focused. Soon I felt this new kind of energy flow through my body. I opened my eyes, and saw nothing. I got up, and ran up to the edge of the mountain. I focused, pulled my hand back, aimed for the city, and shot my arm forward. Once I did so, a massive ball of fire, and stone shot towards the city a great speed. I watched as the ball of death flew through the sky, and crashed into the city. I smiled, and looked back to Tyler, and the sisters. "Now I'm ready." I said. My wings shot out through my armor, and I shot into the air. I flew through the air at amazing speed, and fired more of the balls of fire at the city. Soon I reached the smoke that was hovering over the city, and began to slow down, and hover along with the smoke. I closed my eyes, and focused. Soon my hud on my helmet turned into thermal vision, and I saw several flying creatures with swords, spears, and crossbows flying through the smoke. "Must be the locals." I mumbled.
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I flew up a little higher, pulled out my sword, and dived towards the flying soldiers. "HERE'S DADDY!" I roared, and sliced through the leaders wing. The creature screamed in pain, and fell towards the ground. I swung myself around, and shot towards two more guards, and spun around in a full 360. My sword sliced clean through their throats, and sprayed blood all over my armor. Fast as lightning, I grabbed a near by creature by the wings, and spun around. I heard a satisfying crack, and threw him into two more poor souls. They held him up, but I slashed my sword into ones head, and sliced through the other ones head. They went limp, and fell to the earth with their creaming, injured friend. Three arrows went flying by my head, and I looked back to see three assholes with crossbows aiming at me. Before they could fire, I shot higher into the air, and hovered above the guards. They lost me in the smoke, and started to spin around in attempts to find me. I smiled, and dived. I plunged my sword into the first creatures chest, and grabbed the second one around the neck and snapped it like a twig. The last one spun around, aimed, and fired his arrow at me. I spun the poor bastard that I had around, and used him as a shield. The arrow shot into the creatures back. I pulled out my sword, and plunged my sword into his skull. I pulled out my sword, and let the body fall to the earth like the others.
"DIE YOU MONSTER!!" A voice screamed behind me. I spun around, and stabbed my sword into the pricks throat. His eyes widened, and filled with tears as horror covered his face. He gurgled, and struggled, but quickly went limp. I smiled under my helmet, and pulled my sword out of his throat. 'Why am I like this, what the fuck is wrong with my head, and why do I love this so much?' I thought, and looked down to see a larger group of the creatures. I decided to have some fun, and a slowly floated down to the earth. As I exited the smoke from the burning city, I saw several shocked, and horror filled face from the group of creatures, but one stood tall, and had no expression. 'Must be the leader.' I landed on a pile of ruble, and inspected the group a little bit, and walked towards them. For some reason, I started to laugh out loud. It just happened, I don't know why. I was having so much fun! Feeling my sword slice through the flesh of the weak, and watching their bodies go limp, and drain of life. It was, satisfying. I soon put all of my attention onto the creature in the front of the group. A insane smile crawled onto my face, and I licked my lips.
"Lets play."
I watched as Jacob shot into the air, and flew towards the burning city like a rocket. I looked to Shadow and Darkness. "How are we gonna get there in time to get some action?" I asked.
"I'll just open a portal, simple." Shadow said, snapped her fingers. Soon a portal opened, and showed a street of destroyed buildings, and burnt bodies laying motionless along the ground. "Lets go and have some fun." Shadow said. Both of the sisters jumped through the portal. I closed my eyes, and quickly followed. I felt the cool air from the mountains, and the peaceful sound of the wind flying through my ears be replaced with intense heat, and the sound of explosions, the fire crackling, and terrified voices screaming. I opened my eyes, and just stared at the sight. Now that I was through the portal, the scene was much clearer. Blood ran through the streets, and bodies of the dead laid over the streets like a blanket. The buildings were torn to pieces, and fire and magma poured out of the buildings. At first I was sick, and horrified, but I soon got over that, and got a little feeling. It felt, good. I felt like I should do even more damage, and bring death to this place. I have no idea what was going on in my head, but my soul just screamed for me to kill everything that isn't on my side. I soon heard the sound of metal clashing, and screaming come from down the streets. I turned on my thermal vision, and spotted both of the sisters fighting a large amount of soldiers. I was about to run to help them, but realized that all I have is a highly advanced sniper that was meant for long range. I aimed my rifle, but couldn't get a clear shot with the sisters fighting right in the middle of the soldiers. I pulled out my crystal, and focused. Soon I felt something on my back. I looked over my shoulder and saw a jet pack from halo on my back. I smiled, and launched into the air. I had a little trouble a bit, but soon I gained control, and made my way to a large building. I landed on the building, and aimed towards the mosh pit of death that the two sisters were in the middle of. I picked my target, and pulled the trigger. The bullet went flying through the air, and blew half of the soldiers head off. A couple of soldiers in the back looked around, trying to find the cause of their friends death. I quickly switched targets, and fired four more shots into four other soldiers. Each one went flying back as the bullets made contact with each of the soldiers. I continued to fire, and kill one by one as more of the soldiers poured into the battle with the sisters. Luckily I was there to help the sisters in their fight. They took care of the swarm of solders with spears, and swords, while I picked off the ranged soldiers from both the buildings, and the air. I was about to fire another shot, but felt like something was behind me, and shortly heard a battle cry coming from behind me. I spun around, and saw two soldiers flying towards me with spears. I aimed and fired one shot that blew half of one of the soldiers face off, but before I could fire another shot, the other soldier slammed into me, and sent me falling off the building. We both slammed onto the pavement, and begun to fight like animals. I pushed my rifle against his throat in attempts to choke the bastard, but he head butted me, and threw my rifle to the side. He began to bash my face with his fist, but I gave a hard left punch into his stomach, and another right punch into the side of his jaw. I pushed him off, balled up my fist, and smashed them into his skull. Once he was weak, I grabbed his face, and stuck out both of my thumbs, and plunged them into my preys eye sockets. He screamed, and begged for mercy, but I was to far gone in anger. I just dug deeper, and deeper into his skull, and twisted my thumbs as I did so. I could feel the blood flow out of the eyes, and soon felt the brain. With a final push, I ended the pricks life. Once I pulled out my thumbs, blood shot out, and covered my mask and armor. I huffed, and panted for air. I looked over to the sisters, and saw them finishing off the last of the soldiers. I pushed myself up to my feet, and grabbed my rifle. Once Shadow, and Darkness finished their work, they looked to me, covered in blood, and smiled.
"looks like you had fun." Darkness giggled. I chuckled.
"Meh, it could have been a lot more fun." I said, and looked around the sisters. They were fully surrounded by several bodies, and were drenched in blood from their victims. I shook my head. "Anyways, you see Jacob yet?" Before they could answer, there was a massive explosion that came from deeper in the city. I sighed. "That must be him, come on, lets go meet up with him." I said, and shot into the air. The sisters quickly followed, and we just sot through the city.
[Jacobs pov]
"NO, NO PLEASE, AHHHHHHHH-"
*CRACK!*
I snapped a guards neck in two, and threw him into a pile of burning bodies. Me and my new friends have been having just a grand time. Sadly, most of them left, or went to sleep, but I still have one friend with me who's ready to play. I stood in place, and watched my last friend having trouble stand as he held his side, and spat out blood. He pointed his sword at me, roared, and charged. I just stood there like a statue. Once he was five feet away from me, his horn glowed, and he disappeared. At first I was surprised, but I made a devilish grin under my helmet. I spun around, and ducked as his sword slashed over my head. I tightened my fist, and delivered a hard blow to his gut. I quickly repeated this for a few seconds, and soon grabbed him by the throat, and head butted him to the ground. Blood ran down his head, and he slowly looked up. I towered over him, chuckling, and looking at my sword. "Man, your friends sure did have a lot of blood. I wonder how much you have." I said, and raised my sword. I could see in his eyes that he struggled to move, but I knew he was to weak. I started to laugh, and was about to bring my sword down on him, but as I was about to do so, I felt a train smash into my back. I went flying, and slammed into a couple of dead bodies. I looked up, and saw a group of guards carrying their friend away. I smiled, and began to laugh even harder. "You can run, but you cant hide!?" I yelled, and pushed myself to my feet. Four or five guards blocked my way, and charged. I rolled my eyes, pulled out my rifle, and let loose. The spray of bullets tore all of the guards to pieces, and the guards fell dead. "Now, back to play time!" I laughed, and shot up into the air. I flew over the city, and spotted both of the sisters, and Tyler flying over the city while killing anything that was in their way. I dived down, and regrouped with them. "Hey, you guys made it!" I shouted. We all slowed down, and landed in front of a massive gate.
"Jacob, glade to see your alright." Tyler said.
"Of course I'm alright, these things are weak as hell." I chuckled, and inspected them. "Looks like you guys had fun."
"Same goes for you." Shadow said. "Anyways, have we cleared the city?"
"Almost, I think the last of the forces are in that large crystal castle." I said, and pointed at the massive structure.
"Lets blow that mother down then!" Tyler said.
"No, we came here to capture the city, not destroy it." Shadow said. Me and Tyler looked at each other, looked around the burning city, and back to Shadow.
"Serious?" I asked. She sighed in frustration.
"Lets just clear the rest of the city of these pest." I nodded.
"What about we go in teams? Me, and Darkness will go to the top of the castle to clear it out, and you two clear the bottom of the castle. That way they wont be able to retreat without dealing with two killers." I said.
"That could work, but how would I get up there?" She said, and pointed up.
"Simple, turn around." I said. She raised an eyebrow, and did as I said. I placed my hand on her back, and focused. I heard Darkness squeak, and opened my eyes to see Darkness with large black wings.
"Wait, I thought you could already fly." Tyler said.
"No, she's like a ninja who can jump building to building really fast." Shadow said. Darkness inspected her wings, and looked at me and smiled.
"This should be fun." She said, and stretched her wings out.
"Then lets get started people!" I shouted, and shot into the air. Darkness soon followed, and we were side by side flying up to the top off the crystal castle. I looked over to Darkness, and pointed to the left. She looked left, and saw a group of flying guards flying towards us. "Take care of them, and meet me at the top!" I yelled. She nodded, and broke off towards the guards. I doubled my speed, and shot up into the air. Soon I reached the top, and smashed through a stained glass window, and entered what looks like a throne room. As soon as I entered, I noticed the room was filled with guards. I floated above them, and saw fear burnt into their eyes. I slowly lowered myself to the ground, and landed. Once I did so, many guards either backed away, or stood in place frozen in fear. I scanned the room, and spotted my old friend who left early. I smiled under my helmet, and begun to chuckle in a evil tone. I closed my eyes, and focused. Soon I felt an amazing surge of energy flow through my body. I opened my eyes. "IT'S PLAY TIME!" I yelled, and slammed my hand onto the ground. As soon as I did, large spikes shot out of the ground, and impaled several guards. The silence of the room was replaced with several screams of pain. Soon enough, multiple other guards charged at me with war cry's. I pulled out my sword, and dashed towards the group. The first guard slashed at my head, but I quickly leaned back letting the sword barely touch me, and smashed my foot down onto his leg, making it snap like a twig. The bone shot out of the guards leg, and I quickly slashed the guards throat with one swift strike. I kicked the guard into a couple of his friends, and threw a hard left punch into a guards jaw who was charging from my left. I plunged my sword into his skull, and pulled out my rifle. I aimed behind me, and let loose a storm of bullets. I looked over my shoulder to see several guards falling limply to the ground. I smiled, and yanked my sword out of the guards skull. Another group of guards charged forward from both sides. I began to laugh like a mad man, and slammed my hand down onto the ground. The entire group was torn apart as the spikes crashed out of the ground, and helped me claim my victims. I rose to my full height, and looked around the room to see several guards looking at me with horror. I pointed my sword at them, and licked my lips. "Who's next?" Right as I said those words, all of the guards ran out of the room dropping their weapons. But to my surprise, my friend stayed with his sword drawn. My smile grew larger as the spikes dropped down back into the earth. I walked over the bodies, and chuckled. "I told you couldn't hide from me." I said.
"Who ever said I was hiding?" He said glaring at me. Soon his horn began to glow, and small blades of lightning appeared around him. I stopped, and readied myself. "I will not die without taking you with me you monster." He growled.
"Then let it begin." I said, and shot towards him. He reacted by firing those lightning blades at me with intense speed. I barely dodged each one, and jumped into the air. I dived down, and brought my sword down. He jumped back, and I only slammed my sword down onto the ground. I looked up, and saw his foot shooting towards my face. I was sent flying, and slid across the blood cover floor. I rolled, and stopped on my knees. I looked back up, and saw him charging at me. I jumped back to my feet, and bolted at him with great speed. He pulled back his sword, and swung. I fell onto my knees, and slid under the sword. Before I passed him, I grabbed his ankle, and pulled him down. He fell flat on his face, and I began to spin him across the floor. Soon I let go, and he flew through the air, and landed hard into the wall leaving a imprint. He struggled to his feet, and charged again. I rolled my eyes, and walked towards him. He slashed, but I blocked, and dodged every time. This continued for a few seconds, but I soon got bored, and grabbed his wrist. He struggled get free, and attempted to punch me, but I just stood there staring into his eyes. I spun him around, and kicked him in the spine. He hit the ground hard, started to cough up blood. I walked over him, and grabbed him by the hair. I leaned down on my knees, and raised him to my eye level. "How ya doing?" I asked in a cheery tone. He growled, and spited on my helmet. "Now that wasn't nice, you need to learn some respect." I growled, and punched him several times. Soon I stopped, and lifted him to his knees. I pulled out my sword, and chuckled. "Any last words?" He was breathing heavily in ragged breath. A tear rolled down his cheek, and he looked up at the ceiling.
"I'm sorry, my love..." He mumbled. My grin grew to the size of Jeff the killer, and I began to laugh. I lifted up my sword, and plunged it through his chest. He gasped in pain, and wheezed. Blood poured out of his mouth as I pulled out my sword. I didn't feel satisfied enough, and went in for seconds. I continued to plunge my sword through his chest, and laughed as I did so. His body went limp, but I just kept going, and going with a smile planted on my face. Soon I started to slow down, and finally came to a stop. I panted, and chuckled. I looked down at his body, and observed my prize. I looked around the room, and saw a throne. Tired, I walked over to the throne, and sat down. I relaxed, and pulled off my helmet. I just looked around the room, and chuckled. Soon Darkness entered from the broken stained glass window, and landed in the middle of the grave yard. She looked to me, and huffed.
"You didn't leave any for me!" She pouted. I rolled my eye, and heard screaming from behind the doors on the other side of the throne room. The door was swung open, and Tyler, and Shadow walked in covered in blood.
"About time you guys got here, jeez." I said. Tyler removed his mask, and flipped me off. I chuckled. "Well, looks like we own this bitch."
"Seems that way." Shadow said.
"So what do we do now?" Tyler asked.
"What we came here for of course." I said, and cracked my neck. "Plunge the world into darkness." I said, and raised myself from the throne, and walked to the broken window.
"But how, even though we have powers that can give us whatever we want, we cant just raise an army from thin air." Tyler said.
"Who ever said we couldn't?" I said, and looked at my crystal.
"We just need to bring a few toys to the party."
I watched the fire from the city glow in the dark, and slowly die down. The glow calmed my nerves, and sent me into my own world. The last of the bodies were disposed of by a few civilian Shadow, and Darkness captured. Me and Tyler spent the rest of the night relaxing, and trying to figure out a little more about our powers. Soon the sisters locked up the prisoners, and came to the throne room to join us. I used my crystal, and summoned a box full of whisky. "Man, I haven't had this stuff in ages." Shadow said with a grin.
"When did you ever drink?" Darkness asked.
"I broke into our fathers little stash." Shadow giggled. I broke open the box, and grabbed a bottle. I walked up to the throne, and flopped down onto the chair. Tyler summoned a chair, and two more for both of the sisters to relax in. I took a swig of my whisky, and smiled.
"Today, was fun." I said. Tyler and the sisters chuckled, and began to drink. We sat there for awhile, and talked. We mostly just talked about how many kills we got while the battle. Of course, I won. We asked the sisters about their past lives, but they just didn't talk about it. We shrugged it off, and told a couple of stories of our past lives. Like the one when Tyler came to school high on acid, and was caught trying to hump one of the cheerleaders in the locker room. Lets just say he couldn't walk straight for a month. Then there was the one when I got dragged into a big fight with a bunch of jock assholes who were picking on one of my friends, Shaun. I'll tell ya, we fucked them up, but they did a number on me since I was the biggest. Guess they thought that was a good idea. For a couple of hours we kept telling stories, and jokes, but soon Tyler brought up something.
"So Jacob, you said we'll have to bring some new 'Toys' to the party, what kind of toys?" He asked.
"Well, we cant summon any living creatures here to fight for us, right?" I asked, and looked at the sisters. They both nodded. "Then what about we bring in some technology, like robots, or droids." I said, and threw my whisky to the ground. "Just imagine it, a army of unstoppable killing machines that will only listen to us. Nothing can stand in our way!" I said with a crazy look. Tyler smiled, and chuckled.
"Not a bad idea, not a bad idea at all." He said, and took a swig of his drink.
"A army of machines do sound nice, and they should me programed to listen to whatever we say." Shadow said.
"Then it's settled," I said, and looked out the window. "Lets raise up an army." I said, and jumped out of the window. The wind blew through my face as I fell from the castle. Soon my wings shoot out, and I begin to slow down, and fly over the half destroyed city. "Now, where can we start?" I said scanning the outside of the city. Soon I found a wide open field, and decided that it would be the best place to start. I quickly flew towards the field, and landed right in the middle of the field. Shortly, Tyler and the sisters arrived.
"So, how are we gonna do this?" Tyler asked. I shrugged, and looked at the sisters.
"How are we gonna do this?" I asked. Both of the sisters gave me a look saying, "Are you serious?"
"your the one who came up with the plan, how did you not think about how to complete this plan?" Shadow asked.
"And didn't you say you got the hang of these new powers?" Darkness said. I shrugged.
"Do you know how to pull this off, or not?" I asked. They both sighed.
"Yes, we know." Shadow said.
"Just combine your crystals, and do what you did before." Darkness said.
"That simple?" I asked. They nodded. I shrugged, and pulled out my crystal. Tyler did the same, and we walked up to each other. "Ready?"
"Yep." He said, and stuck out his crystal. I raised mine, and connected them together. A few sparks flew, but we ignored them, and closed our eyes. Before I knew it, me and Tyler were both floating in this large black void. I looked to him, and he shrugged.
"The hells going on?" I asked.
"Hell if I know." He said.
"Maybe we need to focus, come on, lets try and think about a squad of droids, or robots." I said. We closed our eyes, and I felt like I was being sucked out of the void, and back into my body. My eyes snapped open, and I felt my legs turn into jelly. I fell two my knees, and started to sweat, and pant. I looked and saw Tyler doing the same thing. Soon Shadow, and Darkness walked up, and stared to our left. Confused, I decided to look to my left, and went wide eyed. There, marching towards us was a squad of robots . Soon they reached us, and the first one in the front offered a hand.
"Do you require any assistance sir?" The machine asked in a robotic voice. I stared for a moment, but soon I accepted. I stumbled to my feet, and regained control of my legs. I looked at Tyler and saw him on his feet with a amazed expression on his face. I looked back to the droid, and smiled.
"Thank you soldier." I said. "Listen up all of you, you now serve me, and my allies here." I said, and pointed to Tyler, and the sisters. " You have been brought here to fight for us, and to demolish any of our enemies without a second thought. You will be our main force. There will be more of your kind in the future, but for now you are it." I said. I looked over to Tyler. "You think you got a little more in ya for one last go?" I asked. Tyler sighed, and nodded. We repeated the process, and came up with three more squads of the droids. They were fully equipped, and ready to go. But for me and Tyler, we couldn't even stand, or move. Shadow, and Darkness looked down at us, and sighed.
"Need help?" Shadow asked.
"Yes please." I said. Shadow picked up Tyler, and Darkness picked up me.
"All droids, follow us to the castle!" Darkness shouted, and began to walk towards the castle. The droids marched in a ordered formation behind us. Soon we reached the castle, and Darkness ordered two squads of droids to guard the entrance, one squad to guard the prisoners, and the last squad to guard the throne room. Shadow took Tyler to his room that was across from hers.
"So, where are you sleeping?" Darkness asked. I moaned.
"Just put me in the throne room." I said. She shrugged, and did just that. Once we reached the throne room, she plopped me onto the throne. She was about to leave, but I stopped her. "Wait, before you catch some sleep, can you hand me a bottle of whisky? I think I can feel my right arm again." I said. She moaned, and took the last bottle from the crate, and walked up the stairs. I looked down onto the stairs, and saw the broken bottle of whisky. I was about to warn her, but it was to late. She tripped on the wet stairs, and fell towards me. Before I could react, she landed somewhere unexpected. My crotch area. Yeah, this is kinda weird. Time seemed to freeze as I slowly looked down, and saw Darkness dead still. Soon, she shot up to her knees, and stared at me. I looked at her, rubbed my neck, and blushed a bit. "Uhhh, watch out." I said with a sheepish smile. Soon her face turned cherry red, and she covered her face. For a few seconds she was like a statue. I felt my strength come back, and decided to see if she was ok. I leaned in to put my arm on her shoulder, but before I could, stuff went crazy. Right as I was about to touch her shoulder, I saw her right hand turn into a fist. In the blink of an eye, her fist went from her face, and straight into my pride, and joy. My body froze in place as the impact felt like it lasted for ever. My eye twitched violently, and my body screamed in pain. I looked down, and see Darkness glaring at me.
"Don't you DARE tell anyone about this, or this," She grabbed my boys as hard as she could, and squeezed. "Is coming with me. Understand?" I quickly nodded.
"Yes, yes, yes, I under fucking stand, JUST LET GO OF MY BABY MAKERS!!" I screamed in a high pitched voice. She soon let go, and I held onto my boys.
"Good, glad we understand each other." She said, and walked away. She exited the throne room, and I just thanked god that my boys were intact. I looked down between my feet and saw a half empty bottle of whisky. I snatched the bottle up, and chugged it down. I laid back in my throne, and sighed. I still couldn't believe that I was here, that I actually have a second chance to make my own life. A life where I choose, and follow what I believe in. Not a life where I am raised like an animal, and looked down on as a freak of nature. I'm actually free. And the best part, I have a good friend here with me. I closed my eyes, and drifted off to sleep with a smile. But for some reason, I felt like something bad would happen, not sure what though. I pushed that thought out of my mind, and drifted off to sleep.
[Apple acres]
Today was a normal peaceful day for the apple family. They woke up, had breakfast, and went off to do their own business. Apple bloom went off to find her cutie mark with her friends, Granny Smith relaxed outside in her rocking chair, and Applejack, and Big Mac went off to work in the fields. Everything was normal to the apple family. But for Applejack, she had a feeling that today was going to be interesting. Applejack put that thought aside, and focused on her work. She bucked tree, after tree, after tree like she always did, and collected all of the apples from the trees. She stacked the basket of apples onto a wagon, and Big Mac carried them away. Before Applejack could continue her work, she heard a familiar noise. Once she figured it out, she rolled her eyes, and looked up in a near by tree to see Rainbow Dash snoring on a branch. Applejack made a small evil smile, and snatched a random apple off the ground, and shot it towards Rainbow Dashes head. It made contact, and Rainbow Dash yelped in surprise. She nearly fell out of the tree, but she used her legs to hang off the tree branch. She gave a blank stare, and soon gave a sheepish smile. "Hehe, hey AJ, how's it hanging?" Rainbow Dash said. Applejack rolled her eyes.
"How many times have I told ya not to sleep in the apple trees?" Applejack glared. Rainbow Dash rubbed her neck.
"Uhhhh, eighty three times." She smiled.
"Lucky guess." Applejack chuckled. "Why are ya even sleeping, shouldn't ya be practicing, or something?"
"Yeah," Rainbow Dash said, and fell to her feet. "But I just couldn't sleep. I felt like something bad happened yesterday, it kept me up all night." She said, and yawned.
"Well, maybe ya can sleep in one of your clouds?" Applejack said, and pointed up.
"Well they don't have fresh apple for me to snack on." Rainbow Dash grinned. "Anyways, I guess I'll just try and sleep some where el-" Rainbow Dash was interrupted by a scream from the distance.
"What in tarnation was that!?" Applejack said.
"APPLEJACK, BIG MAC, HELP!!" The voice of Apple bloom echoed from the distance. Instantly, both Applejack and Rainbow Dash sprinted towards the cry's for help. Once they reached Apple bloom, they saw her and her friends with terrified looks planted on their faces.
"What's wrong?" Rainbow Dash asked. They all pointed their shaking hands down the road. Applejack, and Rainbow Dash looked down the road, and felt their hearts skip a beat. At the end of the road was single royal guard, covered in blood, and slowly limping down the road. Applejack froze, she didn't know what to do. She stood there for a few seconds, and finally snapped out of it. She quickly sprinted towards the guard, and caught him as he was falling down. She slowly lowered him down, and placed him on her legs for a pillow. Rainbow Dash quickly ran up, and got on her knee. "Hey, hey buddy, you okay?" She asked. The guards eyes slowly opened, and his mouth began to move, but no words came out. Applejack looked to Rainbow Dash.
"RD, fly to Twilight, and bring her here as fast as you can. HURRY!" Applejack ordered. As quick as a flash, Rainbow Dash was already in the air flying towards Ponyville. Applejack then looked to the girls.
"Girls, I need ya'll to get Fluttershy and bring her here." The girls nodded, and sprinted towards Fluttershy's shack. Big Mac soon arrived, and sprinted to Applejacks side. Before he could ask what happened, Applejack interrupted him. "No time to explain, help me get him to the house." She said. He nodded, and helped Applejack carry the guard back to the house. Once they reached the house, Fluttershy, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash were already waiting for her. Twilights eyes clearly showed shock, and worry as she saw the bloody, beat up body being carried by her friend and her brother.
"Applejack, who is that, and what in Equestria happened?" Twilight asked. The guards face was covered in blood, and dirt, so Applejack couldn't tell.
"No time, he's bleeding a lot right now. He needs help!" Applejack yelled as she felt the blood run down her hands. They quickly brought the guard inside, and placed him on the dinning room table. Fluttershy was scared, but stayed calm, and asked everyone to leave the room. Everyone did as Fluttershy told them, and left her to her work. For several minutes everyone heard screaming, and loud thuds. Big Mac was called in to hold the guard down as she did her work. For the next hour the noises got fainter, and both Fluttershy, and Big Mac exited the room, covered in blood. Big Mac had a blank expression across his face like usual, but you could tell he was holding back something. Fluttershy's eyes were overwhelmed with tears, and she lowered her head.
"I did all I could, whatever happened to this guard was to extreme for me, or even magic to help. He's still alive, for now. He is slowly dying, and I-I cant do a thin..." She said, and buried her face in her hands sobbing.
"If you have any questions for him, then go ahead and ask em, he's running out of time." Big Mac said, and walked out of the room. Everyone, but Fluttershy entered the room to see blood all over the table, and floor. Blood soaked rags, and tools were everywhere. Once Twilight saw the face of the guard, she froze.
"Flash Sentry?" She said in disbelief. Everyone walked up to him, and just stared. Soon Twilight spoke. "Flash, what happened, who did this?" She said with a tear running down his face. He was silent for a moment, but he soon spoke.
"It was a game..." He said in a quite voice.
"What?"
"It was all a game to him, he just laughed as he killed, and burned the city down." He said, and looked at everyone. "The laugh, his laugh, I can still hear it. I can hear him laughing over the screams of his victims. He just kept laughing, and laughing!" He shouted. "Dear Celestia, IT WAS PURE HELL! I watched all of my friends get cut down like nothing! My home is gone! Everything is gone! He'll come here and do the same! NO ONES SAFE!" He screamed with tears flowing out of his eyes, and went limp. Everyone just stared at the motionless body, and kept thinking about what he said. Applejack took off her hat, and lowered her head in respect, Rainbow Dash tightened her fist in rage, and Twilight just stared at Flash Sentry's dead corps. Twilight was speechless, and scared. The first thing to pop up in her head was her brother. He might be hurt, or worse, dead. Twilight quickly sprinted towards ponyville, and prayed that her brother was still alive.
"Please Shining Armor, please be alive."
[Celestia's thoughts]
Weeks have gone by since the news of the Crystal empire falling. Several nations were shocked to hear that an entire empire fell in just one day. The most that were shocked was all of Equestria. Celestia was deeply saddened to hear the news, and she worried what was to come of her peaceful lands. But she was also concerned about princess Cadence. Ever since she got word of the fall of her empire, her lips remained closed. She hasn't spoke a word for weeks, and everyone began to worry. All she did with her time was sit in the gardens, and stare at nothing but air. Many have attempted to talk to her, but they failed, and she remained in the gardens. Though Celestia was worried about Cadence, she knew she had to focus on several other problems that were growing in her kingdom. On the first week since the Crystal empires defeat, Celestia sent spies into the empire, but only one returned with news of an unstoppable force that was out of this world. Soon after the spy reported his discovery, he died. Celestia knew that her forces wouldn't be enough since the armies of Equestria haven't been at war for a thousand years, so she sent messages to all of the nations for a meeting. Several nations agreed to the meetings, but some refused. Some of the strongest nations came to the meeting, like the Gryphon kingdom. With their technology, Celestia knew her forces would be more equipped if she formed a alliance with the Gryphons. Then there was the Minotaur kingdom. If a alliance was made with them, then her forces could have a better chance with strong warriors beside them. Then finally the Zebra kingdom. With their numbers, and powerful potions, Celestia knew she would have a better chance in retaking the Crystal Empire. Celestia will be attending this meeting with Luna, and the main six. This meeting may decide the fate of all the nations, and Equestria.
[The meeting]
Celestia sighed, and opened her eyes to see her sister, and the main six looking a her. She smiled. "Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a peaceful night." She said. Unfortunately for Celestia, she hasn't had a good nights sleep for weeks, but she still tried to look refreshed and calm for her subjects. "Are they all here?" She asked. Luna nodded.
"Yes sister, they are all here, and are awaiting for us so we can start the meeting." Luna said. Celestia looked to the girls.
"Are you girls ready?" Celestia asked.
"Of course princess, we're always ready." Rainbow Dash said. The rest of the girls smiled, and stood tall. Celestia nodded, and walked towards the doors where the meeting was being held. She closed her eyes, and took one final breath, and opened the doors. The room went quite, and all of the leaders turned their attention to Celestia. She opened her eyes, and walked to her seat. She sat down, and soon her sister, and the main six followed. Once everything was calm, Celestia cleared her throat, and began the meeting.
"Welcome everyone, I thank you all for coming in these dark times. We all are here for one thing, and one thing only, to bring our nations together, and defeat whatever kind of force that threatens all of our homes." She said, but the Gryphon king interrupted.
"How do we know this 'Force' is any threat to us?" The Gryphon king asked.
"This force took the entire Crystal empire in just one day, isn't that proof enough!?" Rainbow Dash blurted. Celestia, put a hand on Rainbow Dashes shoulder, and slowly lowered her back down to her seat. She then turned back to the Gryphon king.
"Please, you must understand, this force can easily wipe us out if we are alone, but together, we can overcome this force." She said. The Gryphon king thought for a moment, and nodded.
"You may have a point, but I don't trust these filthy Zebras." He said pointing at the Zebra king.
"Us, you are the ones who raided our mines and farms, and nearly destroyed our capital. If anyone should not be trusted is you, you flying rat!" The Zebra king yelled in anger. The Gryphon king was about to say something, but Luna slammed her fist on the table.
"Enough, both of you! We are here to bring peace, and insure the safety of our nations! Not to cry like little fillies!" Luna shouted. They both remained silent, and sat down. Luna looked to Celestia, and nodded.
"I know we all have our differences, but this is no time for fighting each other. We have to ban together, and fight as one." Celestia said. Soon the Minotaur king rose from his seat.
"Celestia, I understand the situation, but I can not simply make an alliance. I have enough problems to deal with, and I can not focus on war. I have to focus on my people, and rebuilding our homes from our most recent civil war with the minotaur's from the south." The minotaur king said. Celestia nodded.
"I understand your situation, and know that your people come first, but there is a chance that what ever is coming to our lands, it may just destroy our way of life." The minotaur king thought for a moment, and spoke.
"Yes, yes, your right, for us to insure our peoples safety we must come together. I will join you Celestia, but only if you will promise me to help rebuild my nation, and to supply my nation with food and medical supplies." The minotaur king said. Celestia smiled.
"Of course, you have my word." Celestia said. The minotaur king smiled, nodded.
"Then we shall join forces!" He shouted. Celestia looked to the Zebra king, and the gryphon king.
"And you two?" Celestia asked. The gryphon king remained silent, but soon he spoke.
"I will join, but not to help you, but to insure the safety of my nation." He said. Celestia then looked to the zebra king.
"I am sorry Celestia, but I can not join you. I don not trust the gryphons, and I don't think I need any help in defending my country." He said, and rose from his seat. "Goodbye." He then walked out of the room, and everything was silent. Celestia sighed, and looked to the two kings.
"Well, shall we begin arrangements of our new alliance?"
The meeting carried on, and alliances were made with the kingdoms. Several convoys of supplies were sent to the minotaur's kingdom, and began the process of rebuilding. Soon the Gryphons started to ship weapons, and machines that would help their allies, like guns , tanks , and other kinds of equipment to reinforce Celestias armies. Now all Celestia can do is to keep training, and recruiting soldiers for the future battles, and pray that the Zebras can fight for themselves.
A few weeks have passed since the fall of the Crystal empire, and me and Tyler have now summoned a large army to protect the city, and a large army to start pushing out to take more territory. Since we thought it would be a good idea to start a factory so we wouldn't have to waste our energy trying to summon regular droids, we summoned about a hundred robot workers to start a mass production of assault droids. Luckily, since we have been improving our powers, a few hundred workers were not a problem. While the workers focused on the production of more soldiers, me and Tyler began to make a wicked idea to use our prisoners for our own use. We took a handful of prisoners, and planted chips into their spine. The chips were filled with a deadly poison that could kill a living creature in seconds. We promised the prisoners freedom, but their freedom would cost them. They were instructed to enter several different regions, and countries to collect information for us. At first they refused, but they quickly changed their minds once I tested one of the chips on a single prisoner. Lets just say, it got messy real fast. Once our spy's left the city, we started to focus on our defenses. The city was still badly damaged, and we already have the workers building more droids for our armies. We quickly decided to have half of our prisoners start rebuilding the city. Once we fixed that problem, we started to push a large force of droids out to capture more settlements, or just build more. There was some resistance, but our army of killing machines easily, and swiftly cut down the rebels. To our surprise, our forces took a few loses. The losses weren't a real damage in our forces, but we soon saw that there will be several more armies with better training. We came to the conclusion that it would take more than just assault droids to conquer all of the lands. So, we summoned stronger forces to help push out. Like air droids , some armored tankers . Once we summoned these forces, we had no problem taking over. Soon, Shadow, Darkness, me, and Tyler will start planning our campaign on the Zebra kingdom.
[Jacobs pov]
I yawned, and opened my eyes to see Shadow staring at me with a annoyed look. I raised an eyebrow. "What?" I asked. She stuck out her hand, and bitch slapped me! "OW!"
"That's what you get for not showing up." She glared.
"Showing up for what?"
"The meeting for our next move, now will you please get up, we have to get this started before Tyler gets to high again." She said. I groaned, and rose out of my seat. I followed Shadow out of the throne room, and we started to walk down the hallway filled with slaves, and droids.
"So, how has our productions been? I heard one of the prisoners tried to sabotage it last night." I said.
"Everything was thrown off a bit when we started looking for the bastard, but we quickly got rid of him, and continued our productions." Shadow said. I nodded, and looked around the halls. I smiled at the sight of slaves working, it brought satisfaction into my heart. Not sure why, but it just did. We soon reached the planning room, and saw Tyler and Darkness, and a few droid commanders waiting around a large table with a massive map spread out over it. I walked up to the table, and smiled at everyone.
"Morning everyone, I hope you got some sleep, or recharged last night. Today we push our forces into the zebra kingdom. Of course, me, Tyler, and both of the sisters here will be leading the main assault straight down the country. C-789, you and your forces will be moving in behind our forces to clear out anything left that we didn't pick up. C-903, and C-678, your forces will move through the east, and destroy anything that stands in your way. C-401, and C-583, you will be pushing through the west with extreme force. Our spies have reported a large force being trained as we speak. They may not have technology, but they do have the numbers, and the use of magic. We will crush the enemy, and take this country." I stabbed a knife into the map. "Lets get started." I said with a wicked smile. The droid commanders saluted, and walked out of the room to prepare their forces. Me, Tyler, and the sisters stayed in the room, and stared at the table.
"Amazing..." Tyler said. I smiled, crossed my arms, and looked at Tyler.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"I mean a couple of weeks ago, we were just normal high school students, but now here we are, leaders of a evil robot army." He said, and sighed.
"Well, we weren't normal, but I get what your saying."
"Was it worth it?" He asked. I raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean? Of course it was worth it." I said.
"How is it worth it? I mean don't get me wrong, I'm glad I came with you, but I feel like we should have stayed." He said. I sighed.
"Listen, I know your still not use to this new life, but you'll get use to it, I promise." I said. "And what about when we take the zebra kingdom, you, and me will summon a T.V, a nice couch, and some games, just fuck around like we did in our old world." I said. This seemed to bring a smile to his face, and he nodded.
"Sounds good." He said. We all left the planning room, and made our way towards the field where our forces are awaiting us. We all had separate groups of droids, and made our way to the groups. We all had the same amount of droids. One hundred assault droids, sixty tankers, and twenty air droids. Once we gathered our forces, we began our march towards the Zebra kingdom. I can already tell this is gonna be fun.
[Two days later]
For two days we marched, and finally made our way to the Zebra kingdoms borders, but before we could cross that border, we were surprised by a large force of Zebra looking troops with strange armor, waiting along a river. Luckily, our air droids spotted them before our land forces could be spotted by the army. We thought for a moment on how to attack, and decided to have our assault droids advance, and then our tankers follow up. Easy. So, we ordered all three hundred of the assault droids to march forward, and open fire once the enemy is in sight, and since I was bored, I led the attack. Tyler and the sisters waited with the tankers, and I went to have some fun. "Droids, lets have some fun!" I shouted, and pulled out my rifle. I began to walk, and soon reached the top of a large hill that was covering our forces. I looked over the field, and saw a massive force that was equipped with spears, bows, and arrows, clubs, and sling shots. I chuckled at the sight, and shook my head. Before I could signal the attack, the leader by the looks of it, walked forward.
"Strange creature, I order you to leave our lands, and go back to where ever you came from!" He shouted over the field. I laughed out loud, and pointed at him.
"What makes you think you can stop me!?" I shouted back.
"I lead a massive force that has been through the bloodiest of wars, we can easily defeat you!" He shouted. I fell to my knees, and nearly died of laughter. These guys actually thought they could beat me. It was kinda cute really, but their cuteness had to be stomped out. I calmed down, and rose to my feet.
"It's time to show you a real army." I said, and raised my hand into the air. "Droids unleash, HELL!" I roared, and shot down my arm. As soon as I did, the ground began to shake, and the entire droid army charged over the hill, firing their weapons. Before the enemy forces could react, they were quickly cut down. Soon the enemy force roared, and charged. The ranged units fired their arrows, slingshots, and some kind of glowing bottles. Once the bottles made contact, there was a huge explosion that sent several droids flying. I snapped my head back, and gave the signal for the tankers to advance. I then looked back to the field, and saw that both armies had clashed together. Blood was spraying through the air, the sound of metal echoed through the air, and screams of pain, and death flew through the air. I smiled, and shot out my wings. I shot into the air, and fire single shots at the range units. One by one they fell, and soon a massive explosion erupted in the middle of one group. Body parts, and blood shot out, and covered the grass. I looked back and saw the massive force of tankers firing their cannons, and mounted guns. I looked down on the battle, and really wanted to get covered in blood really bad. So, I sucked my wings back into my body, and dived down towards the battle. I pulled back my fist, opened my hand, and slammed into the ground. As soon as I made contact with the earth, and shot my hand onto the ground. Spikes fired out of the ground, and impaled all of the enemy forces. I focused hard so I wouldn't hit any of my droids, and succeeded. I raised to my feet, and pulled out my sword. I charged into the chaos. I slashed away, and felt the blood rain down on my body. I laughed, and laughed as I felt my sword tear through flesh and bone. All that I could hear was screaming of pure pain, and the sound of gunfire echo through my mind. It felt amazing. Soon I felt something tackle me to the ground, saw that it was the leader. I felt a evil grin melt into my face, and pushed him off. I jumped onto him, and stared into his eyes. "I wonder what you taste like?" I said, and opened my mouth. I lost control, and couldn't stop. I shot down, and dug my teeth into his neck. I hear his screams turn into gargling, and felt the blood flow into my mouth. I ripped, and tore through his flesh, and felt him trying to break free. Soon I ripped a large chunk of flesh from his neck, and swallowed whatever I had tore off. I gulped, and licked my lips. I looked back down, and saw a lifeless corps with a scarred face of horror. I smiled, and looked back up to see nothing but droids slaughtering the rest of the army. I raised to my feet, and cracked my neck. I looked back down to the dead leader one last time, and smiled. "Now that's an army." I chuckled. A droid marched up.
"Sir, the rest of the enemy forces are retreating, should we continue our engagement?" The droid asked. I shook my head.
"Naw, let em go, I want the rest of these bastards to know what's coming." I said. I turned around, and walked back to the hill. Tyler, and the sisters were waiting at the top. Tyler raised an eyebrow.
"Jeez dude, had to much fun did ya?" He said with a smile.
"Ya can never have to much fun Tyler." I said, and chuckled. "Well everyone, we won, and now we have a clear route into the Zebra kingdom. Soon, this entire kingdom will be filled with darkness." I said, and looked down at the field of war.
"It's the beginning of a new dawn."
[The Zebra kingdoms main capital]
The zebra king was walking through his city, viewing his peaceful citizens going about their business as if nothing was wrong. The children ran through the street with friends, and the citizens tended to their shops. Birds flew through the air, and the king just wanted to join them. Before the king could continue his walk, a guard came sprinting down the street with a worried look. Once the guard reached the king, he saluted, and handed him a scroll. The king opened the scroll, and read silently.
My lord, a lone soldier has made his way to the capital, and has dire news, please hurry back to the throne room as quickly as you can.
That was all the scroll had said, but the king knew it was for a good purpose. He began to quickly walk down the road, and wondered what had happen, though he had a good idea what it could be. Soon he reached the throne room, and swung the doors open. There he saw a bloody soldier, on his knees staring up at the ceiling. The king slowly approached the soldier, and froze once he saw his eyes. The soldiers eyes were dull, and empty of energy. The soldier looked up to the king. The king cleared his throat, and spoke. "Young soldier, what in the gods name happened?" The king asked. He was silent for a second, and spoke.
"Our forces were whipped out by the force that took over the Crystal empire. The leader, the leader led ungodly demons that slaughtered everyone without any second to waste. All I saw was blood, fire, and limbs flying through the air. It was, it was unlike anything I've ever seen, my comrades, my leader, they all fell. No matter how much bravery we had, we stood no chance." The soldier said with a blank stare. He just stared into the kings eyes, and looked to his bloody, dirt covered hands. "There is no hope, we all will end up like the Crystal empire. We'll just burn into ashes, as if we were nothing but bugs." He said with no life in his voice. The king just stared at the soldier, and tightened his knuckles.
"Where are you from, what army?" He asked with fear in his voice.
"Your brothers army sir." The king just froze in shock, and stared at the soldier. He kept wishing for this to be a dream, a nightmare, a sick joke. But he never woke up, it never ended, it was real. All of a sudden he was overwhelmed with anger, and bloodlust. He pulled out his sword, and aimed it at the soldier.
"You, you are a coward, a filthy deserter!" He screamed. The soldier just looked at the king, and smiled.
"Aren't we all?" He smiled. The king roared, and slashed his sword through the soldiers throat. Blood sprayed onto the floor, and onto the king as the soldier fell limply to the floor. The king spun around, and aimed his sword to a General.
"You, assemble your forces, and move towards the southern boarders! NOW!" He roared. In a flash the General dashed out of the throne room. The king looked back to the dead soldier, and gave one last slash into his corps. "I will tear this bastard apart, and end this. I swear it." He said, and waked to his throne. He dropped his bloody sword onto the ground, and sat down onto his throne.
"Let this war begin."
[Jacobs thoughts]
A week has gone by, and the zebras have shown hostile force. So far we have won every battle through out the week, but I am starting to see that these zebras are not as weak as they look. Everyday I get reports from the other armies from the east, and west that they need more droids. Even my forces are getting a bit banged up. True we are fighting on their land, so they know it better than we do, but damn. Oh well, so far we have extended our factories onto the land we've taken, so more forces are being supplied to other armies. Today we are about to attack a large city. Our spies have told us that this city is the countries top trading city, meaning if we take this city, their supplies would run low, and they will be even weaker. Me, and Tyler have come up with a strategy to split up with two massive forces, and assault the city from two sides, and of course the sisters wanted a piece of the action, so Darkness comes with me, and Shadow goes with Tyler. Simple. And hopefully this assault will go by fast so I can get some sleep. I'm fucking tired.
[Jacobs pov]
"FIRE!!"
The tankers fired their cannons, and began the hell on earth. As soon as the first shot hit, fire erupted from the city. I held out my crystal, and changed into my armor. The droids formed up into formation, and awaited orders. I looked to Darkness. "Darkness, take half of the droids, and follow behind us. I will lead the assault. Once we reach the city we'll begin to push through the streets, and make our way to the first rally point." I said. Darkness nodded, and ran off to collect her droids. I ran to the front of my droids, and raised my rifle. "Droids, MARCH!" I roared, and began to march towards the burning city. Soon arrows, and glowing bottles began to pass over head, and kill a few droids. I looked back. "SPREAD OUT, AND PICK UP THE SPEED!" I yelled. The droids separated from their formation, and began to quickly jog towards the city. I raised my rifle, and fired. The droids began to fire, and the zebras started to fall. Soon we reached the gate, and took cover behind some ruble. "Hold here until I open the gate!" I yelled. My wings shot out, and I flew to the top of the wall. Once I reached the top, I was greeted by several zebra soldiers. I closed my eyes, and focused. I felt my new powers flow through my body. My eyes snapped open, and I gave a insane smile. Time seemed to slow down as I raised my arm, and formed a sphere of wind in my hand. I roared, and fired the sphere in to the zebras. They screamed as they fell off of the walls to their death. I landed on the wall, and fired a barrage of bullets into a crowd of guards to my left. I heard a battle cry from my right, and quickly ducked as a sword nearly hit me. I pulled out my sword, and sliced the zebras throat open. Blood sprayed out like a sprinkler, and covered my armor. I raised to my feet, and ran towards the tower that controlled the gates. I looked over the wall, and saw that my droids were being quickly killed off by explosions, and other projectiles. I shot into the air, and formed a ball of fire, and rock. I aimed for the tower, and smiled. I soon fired my ball of fire and rock towards the tower, and watched as the tower was engulfed in flames, and exploded into pieces. Large pieces of the tower crushed several guards on the walls, and the chains that were holding the gate shot out like several tentacles slamming into the zebras, and sending them flying in several locations. I chuckled, and flew down to the earth, and regrouped with my droids. Hardly half of them were left, so I decided to bring a couple more droids, and a new toy. I closed my eyes, and focused. Soon I heard large metal foots steps, and opened my eyes. I gave a wicked smile once I saw my new heavy droids , and I laughed like a mad man. "If this don't send them running, then I don't know what will." I chuckled.
"Jacob!" I looked back and saw Darkness running over with her droids. "Nice droids. Anyways, I just got word that Tyler, and Shadow have just broken through, and are pushing through the streets to the rally point." I nodded, and cracked my neck.
"Then lets get a move on." I said. "Droids on me, heavy droids in front! Air droids move up to the roofs of the buildings and kill anything you spot!" I yelled. Right away the droids followed my orders, and formed up. "LETS GET MOVING!" I roared, and marched with the droids down the streets with the sound of gunfire, and explosions filling the air.
[Tyler's pov]
"MOVE UP!" I roared, and fired several rounds into several zebras. So far we have made it half way, and I summoned a lot more droids to swarm all of the streets. I ducked under cover, and reloaded my rifle. I looked over, and saw Shadow behind cover with her spear. I rolled my eyes. "Shadow, why don't you have a fucking gun!?" I roared over the battle.
"Why do I need one!?" She yelled back.
"We're in a fucking firefight! Usually you have a projectile weapon in a firefight!" I yelled, and popped of my cover. I fired three more rounds, and vaulted over my cover. "PUSH UP!!" I screamed, and charged forward while firing my weapon into the zebras. Soon Shadow caught up with me, along with a group of droids. We easily smashed through the enemies lines, and killed anything that stood in our way. It was sooooo fun feeling the blood, and bodies under my boots. It was kind of like a ball pit, but instead of balls they were dead zebras. Same thing. Anyways, the streets were covered in blood, and bodies, and even some injured solders. Soon the zebras were no where in sight. I didn't like it, not one bit. I held up a fist, and slowed down. The droids soon came to a halt, and scanned the area. I did the same, and found nothing.
"Sir, the area is cleared, should we continue?" One of the droids asked. I nodded.
"Yeah I guess, but keep a ey-" I was interrupted by several glowing bottles flying out of no where, and crashing down around us. The explosion was massive, and sent me flying. I slammed hard onto the ground, and lost my breathe. I looked up and saw multiple zebras charging out of the ally ways, and clashing with the droids, and Shadow. I quickly snapped out of it, and jumped to my feet. I closed my eyes, and focused. Soon I felt something appear in my hands. I opened my eyes, and saw a glowing katana in my hands. I gave a devilish smile, and shot towards the battle. I blasted into the air with my jetpack, and slammed down onto a zebra. I slashed three soldiers heads off, and gave a strong uppercut to another soldier to my left. I grabbed him by the head, and squeezed against his skull. Soon his brain popped like a grape, and his brains sprayed out. I quickly threw the corps into a group of zebras, and aimed my rifle with one hand. I pulled the trigger, and the bullet came flying out. The bullet flew through air, and into the first soldier, and exited three more behind him. I looked over my shoulder, and saw Shadow throwing several guards around like trash. But soon a sneaky zebra slashed at her, and she let out a loud yell. She fell to her knees, and quickly shot her spear into the zebras eye. I killed one more zebra, and darted towards her. Once I got to her, the droids had pushed back the zebras, and created a defensive potion around us. I kneeled down, and let her rest her head on my shoulder. I looked at her wound, and saw blood streaming down her back. "Shit your hurt bad, hold on let me-"
"No, no lets just keep moving." She said with weakness in her voice.
"Hell no, your going back to the camp. Just hold on." I said, and closed my eyes, and focused. I opened my eyes, and saw a medical droid . "You, take her back to the camp, and take care of her. You three droids, go with them. GO!" I yelled. I looked at Shadow who tried to protest, but couldn't. Soon the droid picked her up, and went flying down the street with the assault droids. I sighed, and looked down the street. "Alright droids, we're not that far from the rally point, lets get going!" I yelled, and ran down the street. The droids quickly followed, and we continued through the city. There was little contact, but several injured soldiers crawled through the streets with limbs missing, and screaming in pain. Some screamed for their loved ones, and some just screamed in pure agony. I blocked all of that out, and went right by them without any sympathy. Soon we reached a large opening, and saw the rally point. I smiled, and signaled the droids to pick up the speed. We sprinted to the rally point, and found nothing. Only bodies laid in a pile, and no droids were in sight. I scanned the area, and saw a large robots walking towards us from another street. I looked pass them, and saw Jacob, and Darkness leading their droids down the street. "Now what the fuck is this?" I said, and looked to my droids. "Make a defensive potion around the rally point, and be ready to move out." I said, and walked towards Jacob. He made signals with his hands, and his droids began to run to the rally point, and joined my droids. I pulled off my mask, and he pulled of his helmet.
"Any problems?" Jacob asked. I was about to reply, but Darkness caught up, and looked around for a second, and finally looked towards me with confusion.
"Where's shadow?" She asked. I rubbed my neck.
"She was injured when we were ambushed on our way here, and I sent her back to camp with some droids, and a medical droid." I said. As soon as ended my sentence, I could see the worry in her eyes. She dropped her weapon, and pulled my face close to hers.
"Is she alright, how did it happen, how badly injured was she, answer me damn it!" She yelled, with a small tear rolling down her cheek. I tried to push away, but she held tightly, and continued to stare at me with fear.
"Calm down, calm down, she's fine. A sneaky zebra got a lucky shot, that's all." I said. She seemed to calm down a bit, but still looked uneasy. "I promise." I said with a smile. She finally let go, and picked up her weapon.
"You better be right, or I swear I'll turn you into a slave whore for the prisoners." She growled. I gulped, and Jacob chuckled a bit. I nodded my head, looked to Jacob.
"So now what's the plan?" I asked. He shrugged.
"I guess all we have to do is push down the main street, and take the throne." He said, and looked towards the throne room. Me, and Darkness nodded, and we began to walk towards our droids, but before we could give the order to march, a droid came running up to us.
"Sir, a unarmed zebra surrendered, and wishes to speak to you. Should we execute him?" I looked over to Jacob, and shook his head.
"No, lets hear what this zebra has to say." He said. The droid nodded, and led the way towards the zebra. We soon reached the zebra, and saw that he was shaking, and had fear burned into his eyes. Once he saw us, he jumped a bit, but soon gained control, and held out a letter. Jacob took the letter, and began to read. Soon smile came across his face, and he began to laugh.
"What's it say?" I asked. He looked to me.
"They surrendered!" He shouted, and shook his head. "Easier for us." He said, and looked to the cowering zebra. "You two, take this zebra back to camp, have plans for him." Jacob said. The droids saluted, and dragged the zebra away towards the camp.
"So they just surrendered like that?" Asked, and snapped my fingers. He nodded.
"Just like that." he said, and snapped his fingers. "Now come on, lets go take this city."
[Jacobs pov]
I stood tall with a wide smile planted across my face as if it was a mask, and marched down the street side by side with Darkness, and Tyler, and with massive droid army close behind us. Smoke lingered all over the city, and the corpses of burned, and shredded bodies of both soldier, and civilians covered the streets. It was as if the streets were made of nothing but bodies. Soon I began to see the entrance of the throne room, and saw several civilians, and unarmed soldiers awaiting us. But what really stuck out was the massive group of children in front of the crowd, like a shield. I looked above the zebras, and saw a white flag flying through the air. Soon we reached the zebras, and I raised a fist, and ordered the droids to halt. I scanned the crowd, and saw fear, and hate in them. I smiled. "Where is your ruler leader!?" I shouted. For a moment there was no response, but soon the crowd made a path, and a zebra in golden armor approached. He was skinny as a twig, and wore a long purple robe. He seemed to be trying to keep his cool, but I saw right through that fake smile of his that he was scared shitless. I crossed my arms, and chuckled. "Your the leader?" I asked. He nodded.
"I am, and I wish to end this bloodshed. And to prove this, all of the citizens have agreed to sacrifice their children to you." He said, and gestured to the children. My brain stopped, and I felt like throwing up. These pathetic, scum sucking zebras are willing to give up their children's lives, just so they can continue living. I may be a cold blooded killer, but I hate the thought of this. I decided to keep my cool, and smiled. I looked behind the leader, and saw a small child with long hair hiding behind a female zebra. I then noticed the crown she wore. A devilish idea formed in my brain as I pointed towards her.
"What about her?" I said. The leader raised an eyebrow, and looked behind him, and snapped right back to me with fear in his eyes.
"No, no, that's my daughter. She is royal blood, pure blood. These are just peasant children. Surly their blood will quench your thirst." He said. I chuckled, and looked to the children, and saw fear, and confusion in their eyes. They had no idea what was going on, and were scared shitless. Some looked to their parents with tears in their eyes, and quietly pleaded for their help, but the parents only ignored them, and looked at me with smiles. I shrugged.
"They could, but why should I settle for poor blood, when I have rich pure blood right over there?" I said, and raised my crystal, and closed my eyes. I felt my body shudder, and I snapped my eyes back open. I focused on the girl, and noticed that her, and my hand began to glow. Soon she rose into the sky, and floated towards me.
"Sarah! SARAH!" The zebra female yelled with tears in her eyes.
"Mother, Father!" The child yelled. Soon I heard a mighty roar, and saw the leader charging towards me, but was quickly knocked back by a few droids. The child finally arrived to me, and I snatch her by the hair. She tugged, and pulled in a desperate attempt to escape, but I was to strong. I inspected the girl, and smiled.
"She'll do. And for the rest of the children, I'll take them as well!" I shouted. The droids marched, and pulled the children away, and gathered them up in a large group. I threw the girl to a droid, and she was dragged off screaming. I looked to the crowd, and spit on the ground. "You all make me sick! Your pathetic bugs that care only for them selves! You are willing to give a child's life, your child's life away so you can live! You are worthless! Your not even fit to be a slave! I mean for gods sake a SLAVE has more balls than you all!" I yelled, and pulled out my rifle, and looked to the leader. "And you, you think just because your child has 'Royal blood' means that her life is more important than all of those kids? BULLSHIT!" I roared, and aimed my rifle. "Your nothing but a little bug. I will raise them as equals, and they shall know true bravery." I said, and signaled the droids to ready their weapons. The droids took aim, and waited for my signal. "Hail to the king." I chuckled, and pulled the trigger. Soon, every droid began to fire, and blood, limbs, and screaming filled the air. Some of the zebras attempted to run into the throne, but the heavy droids fired their grenades. They landed, and sent zebras flying into the air. The king was torn apart, and fell motionless to the ground. Soon the gunfire, explosions, and screaming ended, and the sound of crying filled the air. I looked back, and walked through the droids, and reached the group of children. Most of them were crying, but the youngest ones only looked at me with confusion. I smiled, and kneeled down to my knee. "Don't worry little ones, I wont harm you. I would never harm you." I said. A small child with a yellow blanket walked up, and looked at me with teary eyes.
"Where's my mommy and daddy, why did they want to get rid of me?" He asked. I sighed, and placed my hand on his head.
"They were weak, all of them were weak. I will be raising you from now on." I said. He was about to cry, but I quickly closed my eyes, and focused. I opened my eyes, and held a small stuffed bear, and offered it to him. He smiled, and took the bear. I lifted him up on my shoulders, and looked that the children. "Today, you are all equals, you are all brothers and sisters. I will raise you, teach you, and ready you for the future." I said, and began to walk away from the throne room. The children soon followed. I looked to Tyler. "Burn this place, burn it till it's nothing. And take all of the resources." I whispered. He nodded, and signaled his droids to follow him. The children, Darkness, and my droids followed me out of the city, and we headed back to camp. I felt proud for what I did, but at the same time guilty. I know what it's like when your own family doesn't want you, and are ready to throw you away. I never want a child to go through what I did.
Soon we reached the camp, and I saw Shadow limping towards us with a smile. Darkness dropped her weapon, and ran towards her sister. "Shadow!" Darkness yelled, and hugged the shit out of her sister. Shadow, yelped, and pushed away.
"Easy, easy, I'm still a little hurt." Shadow said. She looked over her sister, and saw the children. "what the hell are they doing here?" Shadow asked. Darkness looked back, and sighed.
"Jacob has adopted these children." She said. Shadow looked at me, and laughed. I raised an eyebrow.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"There's no way you could ever be a father." She snickered. I flipped her off, and lowered the small child to the ground.
"Droids, take the children somewhere to rest." I ordered. They saluted, and led the children away. I walked away from the camp, and reached the top of the hill. I looked over the burning city, and smiled. Soon I felt something tug on my arm. I looked down, and saw the little child holding his yellow blanket, and his stuffed bear.
"Where did our parents go?" He asked. I smiled, and looked over to the city.
"I'm not sure, but you don't have to worry about them anymore." I said, and patted him on the head. He giggled, and held my hand. I smiled, and watched the city glow as the fires grew larger, and the night started to cover the land like a blanket. I looked down to the child, and chuckled.
"Welcome to the family."
A month has passed, and the zebras are slowly becoming a small little bug that will soon be stomped out. The children have grown to accept me as their new father, and have begun to go along with things. But the leaders daughter, Sarah, has been just a living hell to deal with. I rather face a goddamn god then have to deal with her, so that's why, I'm making Tyler take care of her. That'll teach him not to put a fucking torn apart ear in my beer. That asshole. Anyways, I have just gotten word from the other armies, and now know that they are right at the zebra kings doorstep. We are nearly there as well, but we have lost contact with our spies. They were lost in a large swamp that we have to go through. I've sent droids, but we lost contact with them as well. We're already late, so I have decided the enter the swamp, and clear a path. I was going alone, but Darkness wanted to come, not sure why though. All I'm going to do his make a path through he swamp. Oh well. Tyler, and Shadow will stay back with the army, and the kids. We will be taking spec ops droids. . Hopefully we will easily, and quickly clear a safe path for our main army, and reach the zebra kings doorsteps in time to help the other armies take it over. I'm still soooo fucking tired, and I just want to get this over with so I can finally get some goddamn SLEEP!
[Jacobs pov]
I opened my eyes, and yawned. "Goddamn my life." I mumbled, and slowly rose from my bed. I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck. "Fuuuuuuuuuuk." I moaned, and exited my bed. I grabbed my hoodie, and walked out of my tent. All fifty of the spec ops droids, and Darkness were all awaiting me. I raised an eyebrow. "What are you all doing here?" I asked, and stretched my arms.
"Aren't we clearing the swamp today?" She asked. I grinned, and slapped my forehead.
"Of course! How could I have forgotten?" I said. Soon my grin left, and I closed my eyes, and focused. I opened my eyes, and held a fresh cup of coffee. I took a sip, and looked at Darkness. "I'll meet ya at the edge of the swamp." I said, and walked past her, and the droids. I heard her groan, and start to march off with the droids. I walked through the camp with my coffee, and smiled to see the children run around. Sure this is a camp for an army of souls killers, but the children bring a little life to the place.
"Hey Jacob!" A small voice yelled. I turned, and saw Ricky running towards me with his blanket tied around his neck like a cape, and his stuffed bear in his right hand. I smiled, and kneeled to my knee.
"Hey little man, I see your the hero of the camp today." I said, and patted him on the head. "So, what adventures do you have planed today?"
"I'm gonna protect the world from the evil forces, and lead my own droid army!" He said, and struck a pose. I chuckled, and bowed my head.
"Well, sounds like I don't have to worry about being beaten. Your right there ready to fight them off." I said, and rose to my feet. "Well, I'll most likely be gone for the day, so you protect the camp, your brothers, and sisters while I'm gone. I'm counting on you." I said, and saluted him. He saluted back, and he ran off back to his brothers. I smiled, and turned to see Tyler walking towards me. "What's up?"
"That damn little girl is up!" He yelled, and yanked my coffee out of my hands, and took a big chug of it.
"Well, your welcome." I said. "What's wrong with her?" I asked.
"She a little brat! Give me this, give me that, this isn't warm enough, this isn't cold enough, I'll tear her apart!" He said, and threw the coffee to the ground.
"Calm down, calm down, if she's really that big of a deal, then have a droid watch her while you take a break." I said.
"I already did that, and every droid that did that killed themselves!" He yelled. I sighed, and put my hand on his shoulder.
"Well, your fucked." I said. "Well hopefully you can gain control. Anyways, I got to head out. I'll contact you if anything happens." I said, and began to walk away. "Good luck!" I shouted.
"Fuck you!" Tyler yelled. I chuckled, and made my way towards the edge of the swamp, but as I was almost out of the camp, I saw Shadow.
"Watch Tyler would ya?" I said while passing her. I head her sigh.
"What am I, his babysitter?" She asked.
"I guess so!" I said, and exited the camp. After an hour of walking, I finally caught up with Darkness, and the spec ops droids. She had a annoyed look placed on her face. As soon as I was close enough, she flicked my forehead. "Hey, what's that for?" I asked.
"What took you so long?" She asked.
"I was just relaxing." I said with a grin. She sighed.
"Whatever, lets just get this over with." She said. I nodded, changed into my armor, and I marched in front of the group.
"Alright droids, lets get a move on!" I shouted. I turned towards the swamp, and began to walk into the swamps misty forest.
[Two hours later]
"I fucking hate this place!" I yelled, and pulled my leg out of a pit of slime. We have been walking for two hours, and found a safe path, but still haven't found any of the lost droids, or spies. Guess they got sucked into the ground. Oh well, we found a path, and now we're heading back. But I feel like someone is watching us. The droids haven't picked anything up, but I just have a feeling like something bad is going to happen.
"Jacob!" I snapped out of my mind, and looked over to Darkness. "Jeez, I said your name like a hundred times. Come here and look at this." She said. I walked over, and raised an eyebrow. It was a pile of dead spies, and torn apart droids. At the top of the pile was a flag. A symbol of a scorpion was painted on the white flag, and blood stained the ground around the pile.
"Any idea who could have done this?" I asked. She was silent for a moment, but she soon spoke.
"This symbol, this symbol is the sign of the lost zebra tribe." She said in shock. I sighed.
"Mind filling me in on this 'lost tribe'?" I asked.
"The stories say they are a tribe of lost souls who were exiled from their lands, and were forced to live underground. They say the tribe escaped from their underground prisons, and covered the zebra kingdom with hate, war, and blood. A massive war broke out, and the lost tribe was sealed off in their underground prison for all of eternity. But a few say a small army of them had escaped, and awaited for the right time to strike. Shadow always told me stories about them, and how incredible fighters they were. But I always thought she was pulling my tail. She looked at me, and smiled. "But it looks like it was all true." I rolled my eyes.
"So they are a small army of zebras, big deal." I said, and rose to my feet.
"Jacob, it took three gods to stop them. All of the kingdoms came together to fight them, but they hardly even won. The only reason they won was because they had magic on their side." She said with a serious look.
"How long was the war anyways?" I asked.
"Three thousand years." She said with a blank expression. I just chuckled.
"Damn, wish I could have been there, sounds like some fun times." I said with a evil grin. Soon a spec ops droid approached us.
"Sir, several contacts are surrounding us." The droid said, and held out a scanner. He was right, several red dots were appearing out off thin air, and surrounding us.
"Shit." I mumbled, and pulled out my rifle. "Droids, rally up on me in defensive position!" I shouted. The droids jumped into action, and formed around me, and Darkness. I switched to thermal vision, and scanned the area. They were everywhere. They circled us like a pack of wolves, and several more came out of no where. I aimed my rifle. "On my mark!" I shouted.
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The droids aimed their weapons. and awaited my signal. After a few moments, everything slowed down, and a zebra covered in black armor, and several different bones, launched out of the swamp with a curved sword. I pulled the trigger, and everything snapped back to normal. The bullets tore through the air, and sent the zebra flying back. "FIRE!!" I roared. The air was filled with the sound of battle cry's, and rapid gunfire. Several of the zebras came charging out of the forest, and a lot more jumped into the trees firing arrows, and threw large ax's. Several of the charging zebras fell like a sack filled with rocks, but even more took their place, and continued the charge. Thanks to the spec ops droids armor, the projectiles did little damage, but some of the zebras got a lucky shot, and a few of the droids fell dead to the ground. "Aim for the zebras in the trees!" I yelled, and fired my rifle into the trees. Half of the droids aimed up at the trees, and unleashed a storm of lead. Several zebras fell out of the tree either dead, or injured. I put in a fresh magazine, and scanned the battle. They were closing in, fast. I pulled out my crystal, closed my eyes, and focused. My eyes snapped open, and I saw black swords attached to the droids backs. All of the zebras in the trees were dead so I put away my rifle, and pulled out my sword. "Lets cut these bastards to pieces!" I yelled. The droids drew their swords, and charged into the waves of zebras. I looked to Darkness, and smiled. She smiled back, and we both charged towards the battle. I shot into the air, and crashed down into the crowd of zebras. I was now in the middle of the horde of zebras, and began to slash away. I gave a hard blow into a zebras gut, and plunged my sword into his throat. I kicked the zebra off of my sword, and did a full 360. Every zebra that was around me fell dead to the ground, and blood rained down on me. Several zebras charged at me, and all together grabbed me. I felt their ax's, and swords crashed down onto my armor, and felt an intense rage flow through me. Soon my wings shot out, and sent the zebras flying. Several of them crashed into trees, and others into other zebras. I looked around, and saw that the remaining zebras were retreating. another soldier came from my left, and slashed at me, but I quickly dodged his attack and grabbed his jaw. An insane smile shot onto my face as I began to slowly pull the poor little zebras jaw apart. I could hear the sound of flesh tearing, and bone cracking. My victim struggled, and screamed in pain, but I was having to much fun. I looked into his eyes, and saw rage. Strange, they I always see fear, but this was new. Once the jaw was about to rip off, I gave a mighty roar, and pulled the zebras jaw right off. The zebra gurgled, and squirmed on the ground. Blood sprayed onto the ground, and onto my boots. Soon, the body ceased movement, and just laid still on the could, wet soil of the swamp. I stood tall, and gave a evil smile. My wings sunk back into my back, and I put away my sword. I scanned the battlefield, and felt happy. Bodies littered the swamp, and the blood mixed with the brown, muddy water. I gave a dark chuckle, and saw Darkness inspecting a dead zebra. "Droids, secure the area, and await further orders!" The droids saluted, and began to secure the area. I walked over to Darkness, and kneeled down besides her. "Haven fun?" I asked. She rolled her eyes, and pointed towards the dead zebra.
"Look, he has a scorpion on his armor, they all do." She said.
"So?" I asked.
"So that means they are part of the lost tribe!" She yelped, and clapped her hands.
"I thought they were incredible fighters." I said.
"They are incredible fighters."
"Then why aren't we dead?" I asked. She growled, and punched my arm. I chuckled, and raised to my feet. "Well, it's getting dark, lets head back." I said, and signaled the droids. Soon we got back onto the path, and continued towards the camp. Soon after hours of walking, we reached the edge of the swamp, but I froze when I saw a horrifying sight. The camp was engulfed in flames. I could hear gunfire, and explosions, and saw zebras charging through the camp. My rage overwhelmed me, and my wings shot out. I looked back to Darkness. "Find the children, and keep them safe." I said. She nodded, and I launched into the air like a rocket. Soon I was over the camp, and spotted Tyler, and his droids fighting off a horde of zebras. I roared with intense rage, and smashed into the earth, and sent the horde of zebras flying. I slowly rose to my full height, and saw Tyler holding his left arm.
"About damn time you made back." He said.
"Where's Shadow?" I asked.
"She's with the children." I sighed with relief, but I could still feel pure rage.
"Good, good, go find her, and take the children some where safe. Actually, take all of the droids, and retreat from the camp. I'll take care of these bastards." I said with a evil smile. He nodded, and gathered his droids. I heard a large roar, and turned to see a horde of zebras charging me. I grinned, and licked my lips.
"Lets have some fun!"
[Tyler's pov before the attack]
"This is to hot, take it back!" Sarah yelled, and threw a cup of tea at a droid. The droid began to shake violently, and quickly pulled out a pistol. I looked away, and heard a gunshot. I rolled my eyes, and pointed towards another droid.
"Your up!" I said. The droid saluted, and marched into the tent.
"Where's my tea!?"
"God have mercy on his robot soul." I said, and shook my head. I spawned a cooler of fresh beers, and snatched a beer out of the cooler. I took a sip, and laid back in my seat. I looked up, and saw Shadow walking towards me.
"How's the kid doing?" She asked. I was about to reply, but I was interrupted by a gunshot. I looked over my shoulder, and saw a dead droid being dragged out by another droid. "Well, that's a new record." I sighed. I looked over to a near by droid, and pointed at him. "Get in there." The droid saluted, and inched his way into the tent.
"I want my tea! WHERE'S MY TEA!?"
"God help me!"
I looked back towards Shadow. "Does that answer you question?" I asked with a smile. She chuckled, and spawned a seat. She sat down, grabbed a beer, and laid back.
"How long have Jacob, and Darkness been gone?" She asked. I shrugged, and took a sip of my cold drink.
"Not sure, maybe a hour, or two."
"They left in the morning, and now it's almost dark. I think they've been gone a little longer." She said.
"Whatever, I got this little shit crying about every little thing that doesn't please her." I said, and sighed. "Why did we even bring these kids? We're here to kill them, not adopt them." I said.
"Well Jacob seems to really care for them, any ideas why?" Shadow asked. I gave a heavy sigh, and looked at Shadow.
"Jacob... Jacob didn't really have a childhood. In fact, he spent his childhood on the streets." I said.
"So he was homeless?"
"No, he had a home, but he hated it. The place was a piece of shit, and it was filled with disgusting vermin, and I'm talking about his family. His home was falling apart, and none of the bills were paid because his parents kept buying fucking drugs, and other kinds of fucked up shit." I said with disgust. I chuckled a bit. "The place didn't even have any water, they used water from the sewer, and the fucking toilet was a BUCKET! I swear, you'd feel like you were in one of Hitlers camps. But his home wasn't the worst part, nope, it was his parents. Not only did they buy drugs, and shit, but they would beat Jacob like a goddamn dog. Every day he came to school with new injures, cuts, burn marks, and even broken bones. I still cant believe the school, or anyone else didn't notice."
"Wow, must have been tough." Shadow said.
"It was even tougher for me. I had to watch as my friend get beaten, and abused. I tried to tell others, but no one ever did anything about it. Luckily once me, and Jacob were old enough to move out, I helped him get a better job, and let him live with me. Man, his fucking smile was huge when he told off his parents, it was so satisfying for him, and me." I said, and smiled. "But to sum it up, Jacob still has a good heart, even if he's fucking nuts." I chuckled, and chugged the rest of my beer down.
"Well, he may be nuts, but he's still a complete idiot sometimes." She said with a smile. I smiled back, and chuckled.
"I guess so, but I may be the blame for that part." I grinned. She rolled her eyes.
"Should have known." She chuckled. I looked up at the sky, and sighed.
"This is boring, why does Jacob, and Darkness get to have the fun?" I asked.
"Well, clearing a path for the army isn't really 'fun'." She said. I shrugged. I was about to say something else, but Ricky popped out of no where.
"Hey Tyler, where's Jacob? Is he back yet?" He asked. I shrugged, rubbed his head.
"Not sure little dude, but he should be on his way back." I said with a smile. He huffed.
"But what if something happened, what if he in danger!?" He said with worry in his voice. I laughed, and shook my head.
"No way, that guy is a freaking machine, nothing can stop him but me." I said. He looked sad for moment, but soon he perked up, and nodded with a large smile.
"Yeah, your right, nothing can stop him!" He shouted. Me, and Shadow chuckled. Soon Shadow rose from her seat, and looked down at Ricky.
"Come on, lets go find the others. We'll play some games." She said. Before Ricky could say anything, a massive explosion shook the earth, and fire and pitch smoke filled the air. Soon gunfire, and the roar of an army was heard. I jumped to my feet, and looked to Shadow.
"Get Ricky, and the other kids somewhere safe, and take as many droids you want. Go!" I ordered. Before she could say a word, I changed into my armor, and bolted towards the battle. I met up with a platoon of droids, and rallied them to me. "What's the situation?"
"Sir, unknown contacts are attacking from the wood lines, and have already destroyed at least a hundred droids."
"So they aren't zebras?"
"They are zebras sir, but they are not in armor that is made for solders. They seem to be a rouge force."
"Great, a bunch of savages. Alright boys, I want heavy droids in the back, and regular droids in the front! We are going to push through the camp, and help push the enemy back! Lets move!" I shouted. The droids got into position, and we began to quickly move through the camp. Once we reached the frontlines, a horde of zebras were overrunning a group of droids. I gave the signal, and the platoon halted. "Ready to fire!" I shouted. the droids aimed their weapons, and waited for action. Once the group of droids were torn apart by the horde, the zebras began to charge towards us. I counted to three slowly , and aimed my rifle. "FIRE!!" I pulled the trigger, and let the first bullet fly through the air, and into the horde of zebras. Shortly, the droids let hell fly out of their weapons, began to tear down the zebras. Like a swarm of fly's being sprayed by bug spray, the zebras fell in great numbers. The heavy droids were doing most of the work with their massive guns, and grenade launcher's. But soon a glowing bottle crashed down in front of me, and I was sent flying back into my droids. I cringed at the pain, but I quickly recovered, and stumbled to my feet. I looked up, and my eyes went wide once I saw the wave of glowing bottles flying towards me, and the droids. "SHIT!" I screamed, and looked back to the droids. "GET DOWN!!" The droids separated, and only a few got into cover before the bottles crashed to the ground. Several droids were torn apart, and flung into the air by the multiple explosions. I was hit again, but this time I remained on the ground. I slowly pushed myself up, and saw more zebras emerging from the pitch black smoke. "Droids, on me!" I shouted. About twenty droids, and three heavy droids formed up on me in defensive position. But before I could give any other orders, a large blue beam tore through the air, and made contact with a heavy droid. The heavy droid burst into flames, and fell to it's knees with smoke, and fire flowing out of it. The horde of zebras halted, and made a path. Soon a tall, black figure walked through the path, and stood tall in front of the horde. The stranger was all in black, and had a wolfs skull for a helmet. He wore black armor, and held a strange staff with a blue crystal at the top. His face was covered, but I could still see his eyes. They were glowing red, and blue, and sent chills down my spine. I stood tall, and stared at the stranger. Soon he began to chuckle.
"Well, looks like your one of the beast that have been slowly taking over the zebra kingdom. I am honored." He said, and bowed. I raised an eyebrow, and lifted my rifle to my shoulder.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"That is none of you business!" He growled, and rose to his full height. "You are unworthy to stay on this land, and you shouldn't even be here. If you value your life, you will leave now!" He yelled. I just stared at him for a while, and burst out into laughter. Soon I regained control, and looked at the stranger.
"Well, here your answer... Fuck you." I said, and flipped him off. "I rather fucking be a damn sex slave, than run away from a fight. So lets go motherfucker!" I roared, and aimed my rifle. I pulled the trigger. The bullet made contact with his chest, but it was reflected by a purple shield that was covering his body. Before I could react, the stranger was right in my face, and his fist slammed into my gut. I shot into the air, and landed hard onto the earth. I looked up, and saw my droids being torn apart by a single man. "Fall back, fall back!" I shouted. The remaining droids pulled away from the fight, and helped me to my feet. "Let's move, and regroup." I said weakly. The Two droids helped me walk, and the rest covered us by firing into the horde of charging zebras. Whoever this guy was, he was nothing like a zebra. At this point, it doesn't matter, what matters is that we fight them back, and wait until Jacob, and Darkness get back. We quickly pushed through the camp, and made it to the center of the camp. A group of droids were holding position, and awaited my orders. "Hold this position, and kill anything that isn't on your side!" I shouted. I spawned some sandbags, and a medical droid. I was surprised at how fast the droid could heal. Sure I was still a bit banged up, but I was a lot better then before. Anyways, once I was ready, a large horde of zebras were charging through the camp towards us. I put in a fresh magazine, and smiled.
"Lets have some fun."
[Jacobs pov]
"Lets have some fun." I said with a wicked smile. I aimed my sword towards the horde, and charged. I shot towards the zebras like a bullet, and jumped into the air. I slammed down into the horde, and slashed away. A few zebras jumped onto my back, but I easily flung them off with my wings. I plunged my sword into the skull of a charging zebra, and did a 360 with the zebras dead corps still on the sword. The corps slammed into other zebras. Soon the corps slipped off of the blade, and went flying into three zebras. I twisted around, and ducked under a on coming blade. I quickly shot up, and grabbed the zebra by the throat, and squeezed until I felt, and heard a crack. I threw the body into the air, and gave a hard blow to a zebras chest. He fell like a sack of rocks, and didn't get back up. Soon I was being surrounded by more, and more zebras, and decided to get rid of these vermin. I closed my eyes, and shot into the air like a rocket. Soon I hovered above the crowd of zebras, and opened my eyes. I raised my hand into the air, and let a another ball of fire, and rock form in my hand. Once the ball of death was about to burst, I smiled, and looked down to the earth. "Say goodnight!" I roared, and shot the ball towards the zebras. I saw how they scattered like ants, but it was no use. Once the projectile made contact with the earth, fir swept across the camp, and the burning rocks crushed the fleeing zebras. From my view the fire looked like a virus spreading at great speed, and killing anything in it's way. Soon the chaos ended, and the remaining zebras began to retreat back into the swamp. I chuckled, and rubbed the sweat off of my forehead. "Now that was reeeealy satisfying." I said.
I cracked my neck, and was about to slowly fly back down to the earth, but I felt something slam into my back. I felt my breath disappear from my lungs, and felt the air blowing past my face at great speed. Soon I crashed down into the ground, and made a large crater. My vision was fucked, and I couldn't breath. My body was on fire, and I couldn't move. I couldn't even think. I felt blood run down my face, and saw a blurry figure with wings slowly approach me. I tried to move, but nothing happened. Soon my vision slowly came back, and I saw a strange figure with wings, black armor, and a glowing staff walking towards me.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, letting your guard down, really? Aren't you the top dog? Maybe they are just stories, and your nothing but I little bug with some powers, and a army." He said, and stomped on my chest.
*CRACK*
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Awww, did that hurt? Poor baby." He said, and pointed his glowing staff at me. "Time to go to slee-" He was interrupted by a signal bullet to his arm. He yelled in pain, and backed away. I looked over, and saw Tyler, Shadow, Darkness, and the spec ops droids. I heard him chuckle. "Well, this will have to continue another time my friends." He said, and raised his hand with a strange symbol. Soon a portal opened, and he walked through it, but before it closed, he looked back. "See ya later Jacob." The portal closed, and I saw Tyler, and the sisters surround me. They were saying something, but I couldn't hear anything anymore. My vision began to fade, and soon I was overwhelmed by the darkness.
"Fucking asshole."
[Memory]
"Piece of shit!"
*CRACK*
"AHHHHHHH!!!"
My body was engulfed in pain, and I felt my bones crack from every blow. The bullies were relentless at their attack, and just laughed like insane pricks while they pounded away at me on the ground. After one final blow, I spat out blood, and their attack ceased. I laid on the ground motionlessly, and soon felt a hand grab hold of my hair, and pull me up. Soon I saw the face of one of my attackers. He had red hair, and a large evil smile twisted around his face. "Wanna talk back to me now you worthless fuck?" He said. I glared into his eyes, and spat in his face. He let go of my head, and I a slammed back into the hard ground. I heard the bully chuckle. "I guess you need another lesson." He said. I couldn't see him, but I heard his, and several other foot steps slowly approached me. I closed my eyes, and waited for a world of hurt.
"HEY!!"
*CRACK*
The sound of fighting, and even more cracking filled my ears. "Holy shit, lets get out of here!" A voice said, and I could hear several footsteps running off. I laid still for a moment, and soon I felt someone's hand grab my shoulder, and gently turn me over onto my back. I groaned, and cringed from the pain. I blinked a couple of times, and soon saw a short kid with a smile on his face.
"Hey, you alright?" He asked. I just stared at him for a moment, but I soon nodded and attempted to raise myself from the ground, but failed. "Hold on." He said, and began to help me up. "Here, lean on me." He offered. I accepted, and he helped carry me to a old, rust metal bench. I slowly sat down, and looked to the stranger. He had a splatter of blood across his cheek. I looked over his shoulder, and saw a bloody metal pipe on the ground.
"W-who are you?" I asked.
"My names Tyler, and luckily I found you just in time." He said. I smiled, and chuckled.
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Who were those assholes anyways?"
"Some rich fuckers that think they own everything." I said, and coughed.
"Well, now those rich fuckers have fucked up faces." He said with a smile. I smiled back, and we both burst out into laughter. We soon calmed down, and he pulled out a wallet. "They dropped this while they were shitting their pants. Wanna get a Pizza?" He asked. I smiled, and nodded. He helped me up, and I began to walk on my own. "So, what is your name?"
"Jacob."
[Jacobs mind]
It was dark, and cold. I could feel soft grass brush against my neck, and face. I slowly opened my eyes, and pushed myself to my knees. I looked around me, and saw the night sky shine with peace. I groaned, and pushed raised to my feet. "Where am I?" I asked myself. I stretched my arms, and scanned my surroundings. There was a large path through the woods that led up a hill. With no other option, I began to follow the path. It was quite, but I felt like something was watching me. Well I guess that's not a shocker. Soon I reached the end of the path, and came across a strange shrine. I inspected the shrine, and saw the symbol of a moon. I walked towards the shrine, and saw the same language that was on the note the day I met the sisters. "Goddamn it." I mumbled. I closed my eyes, and focused, but once I opened them, nothing happened. "Well shit." I said.
"Having problems are we?" A low, but soft voice said. I spun around, and I was met by a figure. She looked like those, I think ponies. Her fur was a dark blue that almost matched the night sky, and she wore a long blue dress. The dress looked as if it were worn by the romans. She had a crown with the same symbol of the moon from the shrine. Her hair looked unnatural. It floated through the air, as if it was part of nature. I then soon noticed that she had a horn, and a pair of wings. A small smile was on her face, and her eyes were soft, peaceful, and loving. I tried to not focus on her eyes, but they were just so... I really don't know what they were, but they just kept pulling me in. Soon she cleared her throat, and I snapped out of it. "So, you are the threat that has been worrying my sister? Strange, you don't look like a threat." She said. I just stared at her with a blank look. I have no idea why, but I couldn't speak. She chuckled a bit, and walked forward. "But if you did destroy the crystal empire, than you must be a threat. But I see something in you, something good."
"W-what? Something good? Like what?" I asked. She smiled, and approached even closer. I attempted to back away, but the wall of the shrine was in the way. She leaned even closer, and raised her hand. It was glowing with a bright blue energy.
"That is what I'm here for, I will find the good in you." She said, and slowly placed her hand on my cheek. Soon I felt my body tense up, and my mind roam free with images of my past life. Soon enough all I could see was my life go by, but it wasn't my full life. It was my life with Tyler.
[Memory Age: 7]
I was in my room, sitting on the floor. I could feel my cheek stinging with intense pain, and I felt blood run out of my nose. Tears overwhelmed my eyes as I sobbed uncontrollably, and I could still here my parents laughing with their friends. My room was torn apart, and my window was smashed open. I could feel fear, but I soon could feel rage slowly sink into my body, heart, and mind. I whipped away the tears, and rose to my feet. I slowly crept to my door, and slowly opened it. I peeked around both corners, and quickly ran into my parents room. I silently walked to the bed, and pulled out a large box that was under the bed. I opened it, and I could feel my rage boil to extreme levels. Inside was a bag of coke, heroine, syringes, a crack pipe, and a few crack rocks. I pulled out all of the drugs, and ran towards the bathroom. Once in the bathroom, I quickly threw the drugs into the bucket of shit, and piss. I smiled, but soon the door swung opened, and my father was glaring into my eyes with extreme rage. I could feel my soul scream in horror, and I stumbled to my feet. "You little shit, what the fuck did you do!?" He shouted. I gulped, and answered.
"I-I got rid of the drugs, they were causing all of this. I wanted you two to change so we could be normal, and-"
"Shut up!" He screamed, and grabbed me by the throat. He raised his hand, and let my living hell continue. Soon the slaps turned into punches, and I was thrown out of the room, and into the wall. I tried to crawl away, but I felt a heavy object smash into my spine, and knock the air out of me. I looked up, and saw my fathers foot making contact with my gut. Blood shot out of my mouth, and soon I screamed for mercy, but it was no use. Soon my mother walked in with her friends, and I could see in their eyes that they already high. The friends pulled out their phones, and begun to record.
"What he do now?" My mother asked.
"This little bastard threw all of our drugs into toilet!" He shouted, and delivered another kick into my gut. Her eyes widened with rage.
"Then teach him a fucking lesson!" She yelled.
"What the fuck does it look like I'm doing!" He yelled back, and picked me up by the throat. I struggled, and attempted to escape his grip, but he was to strong. I could feel my throat slowly close up as he tightened his grip. Soon I could feel my body grow weak, and I my eyes were slowly closing.
"Alright, alright, let him go big guy." My mother said. My father huffed, and released his grip around my throat. I feel to the ground, and gasped for air.
"Get back in your room you little fuck, you aren't getting any food tonight, or tomorrow night. Now leave!" He shouted. I quickly jumped to my feet, and shot into my room. I slammed the door, and locked the door. I slid down the door, and sat down. I closed my eyes, and felt rage burst into my head.
"Get out, get out, get out!" I yelled, and opened my eyes to see the women. She stood their with shock across her face, and a few tears in her eyes.
"H-how could you-"
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!"
Soon the room was engulfed with flames, and I charged towards the woman. As I was charging, I turned into my older body, and grabbed her by the throat. I raised her into the sky, and glared at her with intense rage. "Don't you ever, EVER MAKE GO THROUGH THAT PAIN AGAIN!" I roared, and punched her in the gut with all my strength. I continued to deliver several blows to the gut until she spat out blood. I soon stopped, and pulled her close to my face. "Stay out of my head!" I said, and threw her out the broken window. Soon everything went dark, and I regained control of my mind.
[Jacobs pov]
My eyes snapped open, and I felt my body in extreme pain. I moaned in pain, and heard a gasp. "Jacob!" A small voice cried out. Soon Ricky popped up with a large smile. "Your awake!" He shouted. I stared for a moment, and smiled back.
"Of course I'm awake. Did you really think I go down that easy?" I chuckled. Soon Tyler, and Shadow quickly walked in. Shadow smiled, and Tyler sighed in relief.
"Thank god, I thought you would never wake up." He said. I chuckled, and yawned.
"How long have I been asleep?" I asked.
"Two days." He said.
"Two days? Damn, I still feel really tired." I said. I looked around the room, and raised an eyebrow. "Where's Darkness?" I asked. He smiled, and pointed to my left. I looked to my left, and saw Darkness sleeping in a chair near my bed.
"She's been there for two days waiting for you." He said. I stared at her for a few moments, and smiled.
"Two days huh?" I said, and leaned over my bed. I stuck out my hand, and flicked her on the nose. Her eyes snapped open, she yelped, and looked around the room with a pissed off look, but once she saw me her eyes widened, and her cheeks turned red.
"J-Jacob!" She shouted, and hugged me.
"OW!" I yelled. She quickly broke the hug, and gave a sheepish smile.
"Sorry." She said. I rolled my eyes, and smiled. I looked back to the others.
"So, what's been happing since I was asleep?" I asked.
"Not much, I've summoned more droids for our defense, and we've been fighting more of those lost tribe guys. Nothing special." He said. I sighed, and rubbed my cheek. "Hey, you alright?" Tyler asked. I was about reply, but felt something flow out of my nose. Reached for my nose, saw that it was blood. My eyes widened with shock, and I remembered my dream. I climbed out of my bed, and felt my hands begin to shake. I felt a hand lay on my shoulder. I looked over, and saw Darkness with a concerned look.
"You okay?" She asked. I nodded, and calmed down a bit.
"Yeah, just a little confused." I said, and whipped the blood away. I looked back to Tyler. "Where are the other kids?" I asked.
"They're laying down, why?" He asked. I closed my eyes, and changed back into my armor.
"I want you to watch over them again while I'm gone." I said.
"What!? But you just woke up." He said. I nodded.
"So, I'm still pissed about being beaten by that prick."
"So wait, you two are heading out again? Look at what happened last time!" Shadow shouted.
"Darkness isn't coming, only me and the rest of the spec ops droids." I said.
"Wait, what!? But you cant go alone, you'll be hurt, or killed!" Darkness said with worry. I chuckled, and pulled out my sword.
"Look, I don't want to see any of you get killed, so that's why I want you hear. I also don't want this camp to burn with you, and the children in it, so you, Tyler, and your sister stay here to make sure that doesn't happen." I said, put away my sword, and looked at her over my shoulder. "Besides, I want all the fun to myself." I smiled. She was about to protest, but I raised my hand, and silenced her. "Just stop, I'm taking the spec ops droids, and I'll find that son of a bitch. I want you all to set up some defenses around the camp, and wait for me." Said, and began to walk out of the tent, but I was stopped by Tyler. "What?"
"Don't get yourself killed, I really cant take that little girl." he said. I chuckled, and punched him in the arm.
"Stop worrying you bunch of babies, I'll be fine." I said, and walked out of the tent. "Spec ops droids form on me!" I shouted. Soon enough the droids ran to me, and awaited my orders. "Lets go hunting!" I shouted, and began to walk out of the camp, and into the swamp.
[???]
A dark figure watched from the edge of the swap, and a dark evil chuckle could be heard. Another dark figure walked up, and bowed. "Master, shall we attack?" A deep, demonic voice asked.
"No, I am enjoying this little show. Lets keep watching." A female voice said. The figure nodded, and vanished into thin air. The dark figure chuckled, and a glass of wine appeared in her hand.
"Let the battle of the gods begin."
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?'
