A New Look At Death
Prologue
Load Full StoryNext ChapterLooking around for any possible threat, Malekh was on edge. Any the training that he had to go through made sure he was always on edge. Wasn't always fun though. But he still made sure to focus on everything that he could. His partner who was just trying out was watching the other side of the building that they were staking out at. He hadn't earned a name yet but he was trying desperately. Malekh was just like him at one point but rose up the ranks, now he was a legend in his branch of the CIA. Whenever he was called for an assignment he made sure it was done perfectly with no trace that he was there.
Of course that usually meant killing the target, hiding the body, and teleporting the fuck out of there. Only a handful of times he was caught and had to fight his way out and even then he only got out with a few scrapes and bruises. But he never left without making sure that he killed who he was supposed to and maybe a few guards that got in the way.
"I got movement." The trainee reported making Malekh turn around to look. Sure enough their target made himself known. "What do we do sir?" he asked
"I want you to keep me covered as I go get a closer look." Malekh said pointing down to an archway that was relatively close to the target. "How good are you with that sniper of yours?" He asked eyeing it.
"Pretty good sir, I was one of the most accurate of the trainees." He said a boastful smirk coming to his face.
"Well let's see how well that aim is then. Wait for my signal and take the shots I point out to you. Got it?"
"Yes, sir."
He jumped down to a small platform and then down to the ground with little to no sound and made his way to the archway that he had pointed out. Seeing a guard at the entrance gave him the opportunity to get his wrist blade bloody so he took it. Slowly creeping up on the guard he was just about to stab him I the back when he was shot in the head with a bolt.
He turned to glare at the trainee only to realize that he wasn't there anymore. Looking around the rooftops he saw him across the pathway from their target, with a smirk on his face lining up the shot. As he was doing that Malekh was quickly moving through the crowd trying to get to the front to give him a distraction.
As soon as he was in the front he gave the signal and the bullet went flying.
Into Malekh's chest.
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna where sitting in the sitting room where they always have their afternoon tea. It's more of a time specifically reserved so that the two sisters could talk. But suddenly the sky seemed to go into a heavy overcast.
"What is this?" Celestia asked looking out of the window and into the sky as a tornado seemed to start forming. "GUARDS!" She called.
One of the royal guards stationed at the door opened it and looked at her. "Yes your highness?" He asked.
"Why is there a tornado forming in the middle of the Everfree forest?"
"I do not know Princess." He replied after a moments thought.
As soon as the tornado touched the ground it suddenly dissipated leaving no trace whatsoever. This baffled the two alicorns greatly so as a precautionary measure Princess Celestia sent ten guards to investigate the site that of the touch-down.
Malekh was lying on the ground wondering what just ripped through his body. All he remembered was the bullet somehow breaching through his vest and a sharp pain, then, nothing! Like his body just registered the pain like a pinch. But for some reason he could barely move.
Trying to move his arm caused such a great level of strain that he could only get it an inch off the ground before it hurt too much. "What the absolute FUCK happened!?" He asked to no one in general, so, naturally he was surprised to get an answer.
"I don't exactly know but it looked like you just got out of a shredder!" A voice from his left exclaimed.
He tried to turn his head only to realize he couldn't. So, he did the only logical thing to do in this situation, "Who are you?" He asked.
"That's not important. But what is important is that we get you to see the Princess' before they get too impatient." But before he got too close he asked, "What are you? I've never seen anything like you before!"
Malekh was then picked up by what looked to be a pink glow. "So you guys have magic?" He asked not really curious. Just wanting to start a conversation.
"Yeah, do you?"
"A little. But I don't think I can do much in this condition."
That got him to chuckle. But then he stopped and asked, "So seriously. Some kind of hairless ape or something?"
That puzzled Malekh. 'What does he mean? Am I not where I thought I was?' He thought, but decided to play along thinking that I was just some kind of test. So he responded with, "I'm a human, male, about six-foot-three, I wouldn't say that I'm buff, but I am toned well enough." He stopped then continued, "Is that enough for you?"
"Hehe. That's actually more than I was expecting." He chuckled and then said, "You really aren't from around here are you?"
"What do you mean by that? What is 'here' exactly?"
"Here is the Everfree Forest. As for where you are exactly... about three kilometers from PonyVille." He said, causing Malekh widen his eyes in shock.
"I'm not in Italy? How is that possible? Last thing I remember was getting shot then... nothing!" He mumbled to himself.
Back in the castle Celestia and her younger sister, Luna where waiting in the throne room where they told Shining Armor to meet them if his squad found anything. So they where there, waiting.
Finally after about two hours of waiting Shining Armor trotted in with what looked like a hairless ape in his magical grasp. He bowed and set it down in front of the two sisters before saying, "It said that it was something called a human. But don't know what that is so... I'm just going to take it's word for it."
"I'm a 'he' not an 'it'. I thought you got that already." He said with his eyes closed.
The Princesses went wide-eyed at the revelation that this creature could speak. But not only that but their dialect as well. So with that in mind they tried communicating with 'him'.
"What is your name?" Celestia asked slightly tilting her head at him.
"Yours first lady." He responded with a grunt.
Again they went wide-eyed. Not only that it was true that he could speak but his blatant disrespect!
"YOU WILL SHOW US RESPECT CREATURE!" Luna yelled using the 'Royal Canterlot Voice' making him jump.
"OW!" He yelled back. "You almost blew my fuckin' ear-drum out with your yelling! Cool your shit!" By now he had raised his arm to his ear and stuck his finger in it.
"Please excuse my sister, she wasn't expecting that response exactly." The white alicorn said, shooting a small glare to Luna. "Anyway I am Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria, and the one that yelled is my sister Luna, the other co-ruler."
"Well. That was an interesting turn of events. Well my name is Malekh, and uh... I served in the CIA of my country - before I was betrayed - and now I'm here, I guess." Before Celestia could say anything he continued with, "Do any of you know healing magic? My body hurts like a bitch. And apparently I survived a tornado, or some bullshit like that."
"You know of magic?" Luna asked.
"Hey she's not yelling anymore! That's great! But yeah I know of magic." He replied, showing clear signs of aggravation and overall grumpiness. "I have some, but I need to be healed before I can do anything. If I do 'might die. Don't really want that. Yet." He added.
The Princess of the day nodded and said, "Shining, can you take our guest to the infirmary and stay with him to see how he reacts. We don't want another panic in there."
"What's that supposed to mean?" The human asked.
"Nothing, just a precautionary measure. For your safety, and others." She answered with a smile that he couldn't see.
"Yeah, sure..."
Well this is where I go back to my statue before Sun-butt notices and gets angry and calls her student on me... The rest of this human's story is just that - HIS story. In other words I'll let him tell it. Buh-by for now!
-Discord
Author's Note
As always constructive criticism is helpful!
Wait... DISCORD brought him here?! Well let's see where this goes eh?
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