:The Rift:

'It's been two months, two months since I spared that woman and still I have yet to find out any answers as to what my true nature really is. I am a machine created solely for destruction, yet these memories, human memories, continue to plague my mind. What are they? Why are they there? Am I really a machine or am I somehow human? It's not logical...it just can't be...'

Fulgore looked down at his clenched metallic fist and continued to ponder on the memories that echoed within.

He would see a man, holding a baby boy in his arms, with a woman sitting next to him on his left, and a much larger man on his right. The woman seemed familiar but he never knew her, the larger man however, he knew all too well, for he had encountered him only recently. Chief Thunder. He had battled the large man to a draw at first, but eventually he gained the upper hand, and was on the verge of delivering the killing blow...but he couldn't do it. Something stopped him. The memories flashed through his mind again and halted him in his advances from finishing off Thunder.

He had run away. Every time he would come across another familiar foe, every time he would have them beaten, the memories would come back, the memories would stop him from killing them. He could never ignore his imperative to destroy, but those human memories would come back over and over again, interfering with his machine logic and stopping him from doing what he was created to do.

Only recently, Ultratech had tracked him down and attempted to take him back, but he knew their motives, he knew what their goals were, and despite his struggle within, he was able to find the free will to defy them. Any troops that were thrown at him were immediately taken down, unable to match his superior weaponry and power. Previous Fulgore models were used, but thanks to his own advanced technology and equipment, they posed little challenge to him.

Though, despite his victories over them, Fulgore was by no means invincible, and it was only a matter of time before Ultratech and Aria would find the advantage they'd need to take him down. So he fled while he still could, to get as far away as possible and continue to find out his true purpose.

'They desire to use me for their own purposes, but I will not let them use me, no, I will not. I need to know, am I really just a killing machine? Or, am I capable of something other than just destruction?'

Fulgore was dragged out of his thoughts as he heard someone screaming. He looked down at the old abandoned temple below. With curiosity getting the better of him, he leaped down from where he stood and crashed through the roof with ease.

He slowly stood up and looked around for the source of the scream, scanning the temple, which was suddenly dark, for signs of life. He found someone, standing not far ahead on the opposite side, their back facing him. It was a human male, in fact, he looked rather familiar, just like the past few humans he came across.

The man let out a deep and evil chuckle, slowly raising his hand in front of him as it was engulfed in dark, shadowy energy.

Fulgore let out a metallic growl, trying to get the man's attention.

He got his wish, as the man slowly looked over his shoulder at the slightly taller cyborg, staring at him with evil pupil-less eyes.

The common human would normally recoil and be intimidated, but Fulgore, from what he knew so far, wasn't human, nor was he fazed even in the slightest.

"Ha...so Ultratech's pathetic weapons continue to walk free." The man said in a very deep voice.

Fulgore started a scan, hoping to find information on the man in his database, he knew he had seen the man before but he seemed much different, he had to be sure it was the same one.

Subject Name: Jago
Age: 30
Occupation: Warrior Monk of Tibet

Jago.

Yes, he knew the name. Fulgore started recalling several memories of a battle between him and the warrior Monk, but something was odd. He looked different, far different from the images his scanners brought up, he looked, menacing.

Jago turned to face him fully and grinned behind his mask. "Fulgore, I remember you. I'm sure you have already processed your familiarity with the once proud warrior monk that stands before you but rest assured, the Jago you remember is no more. I am Gargos, now and forever more!" He laughed.

Gargos.

Fulgore started accessing his database to find information on the name, little information could be found. From the information he had found however, it stated that Gargos was the name of a Gargoyle who was captured by Ultratech. The previous president of the corporation, Robert Sheridan, had offered to share some of his power with Gargos in exchange for help with the tournament that would later be named 'Killer Instinct'.

Nothing more could be found on the name, Gargos was at most, an enigma.

Gargos chuckled as he knew Fulgore was most likely attempting to find information on him. "You're wasting your time, you will find nothing on me."

Fulgore looked up at the dark man. It was obvious at this point that Jago was being controlled by Gargos. Fulgore had a free will of his own now, and he knew what it felt like to be ordered around and commanded like some servant. It was for this reason, he felt the desire to free Jago from Gargos, but knowing the stance the dark man was in, Fulgore knew it wasn't going to be easy.

Letting out his metallic growl again, Fulgore readied into a fighting stance as he glared at his opponent.

Gargos chuckled. "Fool, you think you can defeat me? By all means, feel free to try, but expect NO MERCY!" Raising his hand engulfed in shadow energy, Gargos threw it forward as the energy shot out of it like a dark fireball. "ENDOKUKEN!"

Seeing the dark blast coming towards him, Fulgore threw his arms forward and fired an Energy Bolt in retaliation. Both blasts collided and exploded against one another.

As Fulgore prepared to make his next move, Gargos shot through the cloud of smoke and delivered a swift Wind Kick to the cyborg's chest before unleashing a flurry of kicks and punches.

Fulgore felt little pain but the strikes were enough to affect him to the point of bringing him to the stone floor.

Gargos jumped back and crossed his arms over his chest, shaking his head as he chuckled. "Over so soon?"

Jumping back to his feet, Fulgore growled at the dark man before raising his arms into the air. Gargos's eyes widened as he watched the cyborg vanish into a black fog, only to end up roaring in pain as he felt a hard metal fist slam into his back.

Falling forward, he pushed his hands against the stone floor and quickly flipped himself over and back to his feet. "I forgot you could do that."

Fulgore fired his laser eyes at the dark man, intent on ending the fight as quickly as possible, but it was easier said than done. Gargos pulled his fist back, letting it be engulfed in shadow energy, before firing it forward into a shadow fireball, this time it was much larger than before and it broke through Fulgore's lasers with ease.

With no time to counter, Fulgore used his arms to shield himself and felt the large shadow blast explode against his form.

Gargos shot forward once more and lowered himself to one knee as he reached the cyborg. As he moved his arms aside, Fulgore noticed too late that the dark man had already reached him and was unable to block in time. Gargos shot upwards, delivering a powerful uppercut that sent Fulgore flying into the air, only to slam back down onto the stone floor.

The cyborg concluded that winning the fight may end up proving more difficult than he previously thought.

Recovering from the pain in his body, Glacius finally managed to stand tall as he looked down at his defeated opponent.

Sadira let out weak painful gasps as she attempted to stand, but she had little strength left, standing was too difficult for her weakened body.

Glacius narrowed his eyes at her as she took in heavy breaths, feeling only pity for the human. 'It's over, I will not kill you, but I will not allow you to abuse my technology any further to accomplish your evil goals. Return it at once, and I will let you leave in peace.' He said to Sadira via telepathy to her mind.

Hearing his thoughts loud and clear in her head, Sadira glared at the tall ice alien before looking at the device in her hand. Unwilling to fail in her mission, Sadira slammed her other hand onto the switch of the device, sending a signal to activate the aliens lost power core.

Paired with the Ultratech device in her hand, the searing energy of the core slowly opened up a large dimensional rift right next to them.

Smirking, Sadira eventually collapsed to the icy ground and murmured through ragged breaths, "My mission is complete. The path is open."

The dimensional rift slowly started to get bigger, ascending higher and higher into the sky as Glacius watched on shock, his horror only enhanced as he saw the device Sadira used to open it get sucked in as well.

Eventually, the pull of the rift became more powerful than Glacius had anticipated, as he felt himself being dragged towards it. Acting fast, the alien merged his feet with the ground to keep himself in place. At the corner of his eye, he could see Sadira's motionless body sliding across the icy ground, getting pulled towards the rift.

Using his abilities, Glacius melted himself into the ground and quickly shot up in front of Sadira, grabbing her motionless body and holding her tight as he merged his feet with the ground again to keep them both from getting pulled into the rift.

Again, The Rift only grew larger and larger and continued to ascend into the sky until it was eventually higher than the peak of the mountains. Glacius could feel Sadira slipping from his arms and tightened his grip more as he looked up at the large rift. 'Unless something gets pulled into that rift, it will remain open, and it will only continue to grow larger and larger. If this keeps up, it will grow large enough to swallow entire planets, but what can I do?!'

Fulgore followed Gargos outside the temple, launching himself through the ceiling as Gargos leaped from one area to another until they both ended up outside on mountainous ground.

Gargos smirked as Fulgore growled at him. "While your fighting capabilities are impressive, they are by no means superior than my own. You are merely delaying the inevitable."

Pulling his metal fist back as his plasma blade spun around his wrist, Fulgore dashed forward, thrusting his plasma blade in front of him and towards his opponent.

Gargos bent down and slid forward at amazing speed, striking Fulgore's legs and forcing the cyborg off his feet. The dark man quickly continued his attack and spun around, pulling his fist back and hammering it upwards into Fulgore's metal gut, launching him into the sky.

Fulgore growled as he flew into the air, quickly retaliating with a barrage of lasers from his eyes.

Gargos scowled at the stubbornness of his opponent and leaped backwards out of the blast zone, smirking as the barrage of lasers pulverized part of the mountainous ground he'd stood on into chunks and pieces.

Feeling a heavy wind pick up, Gargos decided to put an end to the fight and started channelling his power. The tattoos on his body began to glow and a dark, shadowy aura engulfed his entire body.

Grinning deviously, Gargos clenched his fist and pulled it back as it was engulfed by shadow energy. However, as he looked up at his opponent, his eyes widened slightly as he saw a red glow emitting from Fulgore's chest.

With his Reactor fully charged, Fulgore growled as his entire body charged up, and with a mighty roar, the cyborg fired a massive red beam from his chest that shot right towards its designated target.

"WHAT?!" Gargos quickly fired three miniature shadow fireballs to stop the beam but they were destroyed with ease, no match for the beams superior power. "FOOL!" Acting fast, Gargos jumped aside and rushed to a higher point of the mountain in order to get away.

Fulgore growled in frustration as he watched Gargos escape the blast zone of his beam, the area the dark man previously stood on was now decimated into a small crater.

With ground level coming closer to his sights, Fulgore quickly repositioned himself and crashed feet first into the mountainous ground.

Gargos pointed a finger at him and said, "That was an impressive display, but I think we've let this run on long enough. It's time to end this!"

Channelling his power once more, Gargos readied himself into a stance, as did Fulgore, neither fighter willing to stop until they had defeated the other.

However, before the two could strike each other again, the heavy wind began to pick up, growing stronger and stronger, so much so that even Fulgore found himself starting to feel it.

"What is this?" Gargos stood straight and looked around, wondering what could be causing such a heavy gale.

Fulgore's scanners detected something, the cyborg turned to his left and saw a large purple glow in the distance, just hovering over another part of the mountainous region.

Gargos noticed this and turned to the glow as well. "What is that?"

Neither could question the glow further, as it continued to grow, and the winds continued to pick up. Gargos yelled in surprise as he was suddenly getting dragged towards it, whereas Fulgore continued to stare at the glow in curiosity, almost unaware that his body was slowly scraping across the rocky ground.

A boom like thunder echoed through the air, and Gargos felt his strength waning, unable to keep himself from being dragged much longer. Unwilling to go out alone though, he quickly summoned up the last of his strength and launched himself towards Fulgore.

Fulgore saw him but wasn't fast enough to stop the dark man from slamming into him.

With both of their feet no longer on the ground, they now found themselves flying through the air towards the glow.

Glacius cursed in his mind as the pull of The Rift continued to grow more powerful with every passing second. He was losing all strength in his arms, unable to hold onto Sadira much longer, and the strength in his legs was fading just as fast; he knew it was only a matter of time now before he and the near-dead assassin were pulled into The Rift.

The only things that continued to get pulled inside were rocks and small chunks of ice, but that wouldn't be enough to satisfy the hunger of the large Rift.

Suddenly, just as he was about accept his fate, Glacius heard a faint roar, as well as catching something at the corner of his eye. Looking up ahead, Glacius' eyes widened when he saw two figures flying towards The Rift at breakneck speed.

Although they were high up in the sky, his enhanced sight was enough to identify both of them; Jago and Fulgore. He remembered fighting those two not too long ago, and now it looked like they were unfortunate victims of his and Ultratech's technology.

He desired to save them from their fate, but he knew that if he attempted to do so, he would fail, and he and Sadira would only share their fate. Not that it mattered, as it seemed he and the assassin would get dragged in any moment now.

Cursing in his head once more, Glacius bowed his head in apology as he listened to the faint roar of Jago grow quieter. Looking up, Glacius watched in pity as Jago and Fulgore were swallowed up by The Rift.

To his surprise however, the moment the two of them disappeared, The Rift began to shrink, growing smaller and smaller, the pull growing weaker, until, in a flash of light, The Rift vanished, gone in the blink of an eye.

No longer needing to keep himself against the ground, Glacius unmerged his feet from the ice and stood up, still holding Sadira in his arms. 'What happened?'

He had vast knowledge of the capabilities of his own technology, as well as Earth's, but never had he seen something like this before.

And yet, despite all the confusion over The Rift, two questions burned in Glacius' mind. 'What happened to them? Where did they go?'

Twilight Sparkle awoke with a sharp gasp. The horrible feeling that plagued her mind immediately went away as quick as it had come, allowing the young Princess to take in several relieved breaths as she looked out the window of her new castle. Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Twilight smiled as she saw the moon descend, the starry night grow brighter, as the sun began its ascent into the morning sky.

With a loud yawn, Twilight got out of her bed and walked outside onto her balcony. She smiled as she looked at the beautiful land in the distance and turned to the small town below. The town of Ponyville was quiet but in a few moments it would soon be very active, as it usually was. "The beginning of another day..." She muttered happily as she looked up at Canterlot Castle in the distance.

As she pondered on what activities she should do today, she wondered if her friends were awake yet. They probably were, with the exception of Rainbow Dash of course; the prismatic Pegasus would probably be too lazy to get up this early. It didn't matter much, she was merely looking forward to another peaceful day in Equestria.

With one more loud yawn, Twilight gently brushed a forehoof along her mane and turned around. "Well, I should probably go and see if Spike is up; I'll bet he's already started cooking something for breakfast."

As the young Princess re-entered her room to begin her day, she failed to notice the faint dark glow that hovered over the Everfree Forest.

Author's Note

Ok so after some persuasion from some people, I decided to reboot this story into an actual Killer Instinct/MLP crossover, I actually have to admit I like the ideas and suggestions they shared with me so I went along with it. If you favorited this story before I made this change then I apologise and hope that it will still meet up to your expectations, and to the people who were demanding this change, well, here you go, just don't ask me to add in Eyedol because in this KI Canon, he is long gone. Also a quick thanks to Epic Brony 4 Life for helping me correct some mistakes resulted from my shitty writing skills. As usual, feel free to leave some suggestions or let me know if you think there's any improvements you think could be made to better the story.