My Little Madness: Has Nothing To Do With Spartans

The Auditor cursed himself for his petty mistake.  He had underestimated her power, and now she was gone.  But he knew where she had gone.  She couldn't have returned to the palace he had entered this dimension in.  His army had overrun it long ago.  But there was a quaint town on the horizon, which was untouched...  so he mobilized his armies, and set them on their path.

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"So, ya' from around here?"  Apple Bloom asked.

"No, but long story short, 'foreign' doesn't even come close."  Deimos responded.

"But ya ain't gonna hurt anyone, are ya?"  Apple Bloom said.

"No.  Unless I have to."  Deimos said coldly.  They eventually arrived at the Apple Family Farmhouse.  They walked onto the porch.  "Apple Bloom, go in first.  Tell them about me, and then I'll come in."

"Alright, Mr. D!"  Apple Bloom said, and went into her house as Deimos rounded the corner and peered in the window.

"Hi Applejack!"  He heard Apple Bloom say to a larger orange pony.  That must be her older sister she told him about.  "Hey Granny Smith, Hi Big Mac!"  She continued.  Granny Smith was probably her grandma she lived with, and 'Big Mac' should be her brother.  He kept discreetly eavesdropping until Apple Bloom finished telling them about him.  But as they conversed, he noticed a swath of humans approaching.  It must be the Auditor.  He ran off towards the spot Sanford and him agreed to stash some of their supplies.

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"So this Day-most feller, you say you found 'im in the field?"  Applejack said.

"Yeah!  He seems real nice!"  Apple Bloom said.

"You say he was stealin' our apples?"  Applejack said.

"Yeah, but... I trust 'em!"  Apple Bloom replied.

"Well, sis', Ima gonna trust you on this right now, okay?"  Applejack responded, and opened the door.  There was nobody there.

"Uhm... Apple Bloom, there's nopony here."  Applejack said.

"But, he said to go in and he'd wait outside!"  Apple Bloom said.

"Well, looks like you got played.  He probably ran off with our apples when ya took your eye offa him."  Applejack chastised.

"Sorry.  He was really nice."  Apple Bloom apologized.

"Well, it's alright sis.  He couldn't a taken that much."  Applejack said, and turned to close the door, when she saw a figure sprinting towards the door lugging some sort of giant pipe or something behind it.

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Deimos was just going to make it.  The Auditor's men were just over a mile away, but he was in view of the farmhouse, with his minigun he had stashed in a cave.  He darted to the door, and greeted the orange pony at it.

"Hi...  I'm Deimos.  Apple Bloom told you about me.  We don't have much time.  Get Big Mac out here!"

"You're Deimos?  And wait, how do ya know who mah brother is?"  Applejack questioned.

"I eavesdropped.  But listen, get him and a screwdriver out here now."  Deimos ordered.  Applejack ran inside and dragged her brother outside.  Deimos ran over to him, and told him to stay still.  He lifted his minigun, and wedged it in Big Mac's harness.  He got  the screwdriver, and fashioned a makeshift trigger for Big Mac.

"Alright, big guy.  Listen here.  When the other humans come, point that thing on your back at them, then tug on this rope here.  It's going to make a loud noise, but try to keep it steady.  Alright?"  Deimos instructed.

"Eeyup."  Big Mac replied, just as the Auditor's armies began to flood into the family's orchard.  Big Mac pointed at them, and yanked the rope attached to the strange thing on his back.  It began to whir, and shot out a stream of laser-like tracer rounds, tearing through the front lines of the army, and sawing down the trees that they attempted to hide behind.

"The trees!  I can't damage them!  They're our lives!"  Big Mac said.

"It's the trees or everyone.  Just keep shooting!  And get behind that rock, I'll cover your back!"  Deimos advised.  Big Mac reluctantly nodded, and began strafing towards the rock, still firing.  Deimos pull out his pistol, and picked off the stragglers.  They reached cover, and took note of their surroundings.  Deimos ran out from cover, and began picking up weapons and ammunition.  They had taken down 34 men, and a pair of apple trees.  As Deimos reached for an assault rifle on the ground, a rope wrapped around it, and it flew away, towards the orange pony, who had fashioned herself a similar harness to Big Mac's, and swung her rifle into it.

"I'm Applejack, if you're wonderin'"  Applejack said, and slid into cover with them.

"Applejack, get inside."  Big Mac said.

"No, I'm a full grown mare, and I can handle this stuff just fine!"  She said, and used her lasso to switch the clip on her rifle, and making a show of it, just in time for a pair of MAG Agents to appear in a burst of black flame.  Applejack tugged on the trigger, and a tongue of fire reached out from the rifle, bullets impacting the MAG Agents.  They shrugged it off, and continued on.  One of their rebreathers was slightly askew, and Applejack had an idea.  She lassoed around the rebreather, and tugged it off.

The MAG Agent tugged at its mouth, as it was deprived of the pure nitrogen it breathed.  It slowed its actions, and topple to the ground.  Big Mac began to empty his minigun into the other Agent, tearing its head apart, and leaving a few gory strips of it laying on the floor around it.

"Are they gonna be okay?" Applejack asked.

"No.  They're dead."  Deimos said.

"Ya-you mean we killed them?  I-I can't kill someone!"  Applejack said, surprised.

"Listen, if we didn't kill them, they would've killed us.  Do you think you might know why they're here?" Deimos said.

"Well, Princess Celestia is in town.  She seems a bit stressed or somethin'."  Applejack said.

"Who is this Celestia?"  Deimos replied.

"Our leader."  Applejack said.

"Oh shit.  I'll be back with help."  Deimos said, and sprinted off.  "Oh, and if they come back, just use what I taught you!"  He shouted as he sprinted off towards the Everfree forest.

Chapter Body Count: 36 (38, counting the trees.)