Equestria Girls HATRED Special

Sunset Shimmer and Not Important approached the gate entrance of the army base. A long rectangular sign stood above the entrance, it read ‘Fort OConnor West Gate.’ A long flagpole stood on the right side of the entrance with an American flag waving in the wind. Two guards stood at the entrance, one in the booth and one standing outside. Not Important stopped the car at the booth.

“May I see some identification please?” he asked Not Important.

Not Important pulled out the identification card of the soldier he’d killed downtown and showed it to the guard in the booth.

“Welcome back to base, Drake.” The guard greeted him after reading the ID card. Then he noticed Sunset sitting in the front passenger seat. “Hey, is that your kid? You’ve talked about her so many times.”

Not Important glanced over at Sunset and smiled. “Yeah, that’s my girl.” He answered. Then he leaned closer to the guard’s ear to say something he didn’t want Sunset to hear. “By the way, try not to mention what happened downtown to her.” He whispered. “She’s been having a rough time this year and she doesn’t need any more stress. Okay?”

The guard thought for a moment, then nodded his head in agreement. “Just go to Barracks 12, your platoon is located there. Merry Christmas, miss.” He greeted Sunset warmly, and then waved his hand to let them enter.

After going through the gate, Not Important turned right into the parking lot and parked the car. Sunset and Not Important dismounted from the car and started looking for Barracks 12.

“This is exciting, I get meet all your fellow comrades in the army.” Sunset said.

“Yeah, that sounds great.” Not Important replied in an uneasy and nervous tone.

Sunset noticed this. “Are you okay?” she asked.

“It’s nothing.” He replied. There was a possibility that this might not work, and if it didn’t, Sunset would find out the truth about him and his plans would fall apart.

Sunset assumed he was worried he might not make a good impression. “Don’t worry, if we show them the wonderful things we can do, then they will like us and come to accept us. We won’t be outcasts anymore.” She told confidently and smiled.

Not Important smiled back. For now this girl didn’t suspect a thing. If the soldiers could be just as easily fooled as her then this might be a little too easy.

Finally, they found the barracks. Not Important knocked on the door which was answered by one of the soldiers inside. For a moment he took a long look at the two and then greeted them. “Drake, welcome back. I see you brought someone else too. Well come in or you’ll catch your death of cold.” And he led them both inside. The inside of the barracks was filled with soldiers sitting on their beds drinking beers or standing against the walls or corners chanting with one another about their family lives. There was a little Christmas tree sitting in one of the corners.

“It’s good to have you back, Drake.” Said another soldier, then he noticed Sunset. “Who’s this? Don’t you need the colonel’s permission to bring a date to the base?” he asked jokingly.

This was good, none of the soldiers suspected a thing. Not Important motioned a couple of them to talk to in private, away from Sunset. “Any of you guys remember when I told you about my daughter?” he asked them quietly.

“Yeah, you’ve mentioned her before.” One of them answered.

“I forget, did I ever tell you her name or show you a picture of her?”

“No, not really.” Another one answered.

“Perfect!” Not Important thought for a moment. “Well boys, I’d like to introduce you to my little girl, Sunset Shimmer.” He introduced them to Sunset.

“Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” One soldier shook Sunset’s hand.

“Nice to meet you too.” Sunset replied a little shyly. Pretty soon all the other soldiers were coming over to make her acquaintance.

After about a half hour of introduction, Not Important decided it was time the girl fulfilled the purpose she was brought here to do. “Attention, everyone.” He announced gaining the attention of everyone in the barracks. “Did I ever tell you that Sunset here is a very talented singer?” He waited for a response, when he didn’t get one he preceded. “Well, I thought it would be a good idea to have her sing a few holiday songs for us all this year. If that’s okay with you, Sunset?”

Sunset saw that everyone in the room was all staring at her waiting for an answer. She could see that they all wanted her to show them her special singing talent. For some reason, something inside her was telling her not to sing. But what harm could a little singing do? They were here to bring the holiday spirit to these brave men and women who put their lives on the line for their country right? “Alright, I know a few good ones.” After hear this, everyone cheered in happiness and excitement. Sunset stood with her back against a wall so everyone could watch her and started singing Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Everyone watched and listened with enjoyment, the girl indeed had a good singing voice. It wasn’t long before the magic inside her started reacting to her singing, and soon she sprouted her ponytail and ears from her hair and her body started levitating and emitting a warm, glowing aura. Everyone’s attention was completely fixated on this.

“What is she, some sort of magician?” one soldier asked Not Important. “The boys have got to see this. Keep going kid, we’re just gonna get the other guys about this.” And so Sunset continued to sing and show off her magic power to the surprised and excited soldiers while a couple soldiers and Not Important stepped out to other nearby soldiers in the base to come see the spectacle that was going on in Barracks 12.

Not Important separated from the others and started looking for the ammunition bunker instead. He couldn’t believe how well this had all worked out. “And these are the warriors meant to protect our country?! Fucking idiots!” He finally found the ammunition bunker, but there was a guard standing watch over the entrance. Luckily, there was no one else around. He approached the bunker, but was stopped by the guard.

“If you want to enter, I’ll need to see some identification.” He told Not Important.

“Right, let’s see…” Not Important started searching around in his uniform. Then with swift movement, drew his combat knife, and slashed the guard’s throat before he could even scream. “There’s my identification.” He said to the lifeless body lying at his feet. He put his knife away, and entered the bunker. Inside, he came across a room that contained all sorts of ammo, guns, grenades, rocket launchers, and heavy artillery. He kicked open a crate that was sitting in the middle of the floor. Inside were the things he needed in order to complete his crusade, C4. “Two charges should be enough to blow up those fucking parasites.” He thought as he picked out two explosives. “Time to change into something more comfortable.” He then disregarded the army jacket he was wearing and put on the dark, long coat he had started this crusade with. He stuffed the explosives in his coat, picked out a couple guns and a rocket launcher. “Now let’s go back.”

Back at Barracks 12, more soldiers from other nearby barracks had gathered there to watch the strange magical singing girl. Once Sunset was finished with her song, her ponytail and ears disappeared, her feet were planted back on the ground, and the glowing aura around her vanished. Everyone stared at her for a moment, and then erupted in thunderous applause and cheers. Sunset felt so pleased with herself. For the first time in over a week, she received positive attention and no hostilities from other people.

“Fantastic kid!” yelled one soldier.

“Awesome!” cheered another.

“This must be one of those holiday miracles everyone talks about, don’t you think?” a soldier said to his comrade.

“Hey, where’s Drake?” another soldier asked noticing that Not Important was not in the room. Soon Sunset and the other soldiers noticed too and started looking around.

“I hate to break it to you, but I’m afraid your fellow brother-in-arms, Drake, died earlier today.” Not Important announced in a rather ominous tone of voice as he entered the barracks and caught everyone’s attention. He had both arms hidden behind his back. Instantly, Sunset realized something wasn’t right. For starters, Not Important was wearing his long black coat instead of his uniform. Also, he didn’t seem like the kind and compassionate lonely man that had saved and taken her in, now he seemed like something much more sinister. “But I’ve come to deliver some gifts to his friends.” Not Important spoke again and pulled both arms from behind his back and revealed two grenades, one in each hand. Everyone gasped in terror as he pulled out both pins with his thumbs and threw the grenades at the crowd.

KABOOM!

Almost the entire barracks was blown to bits. Sunset regained her senses and found that she was pinned against the floor with a fallen beam on top of her legs. She looked around and saw in horror that inside what was left of the barracks was filled with the charred and dead remains of all the soldiers that she’d entertained and made acquaintances with. Then she noticed that one badly burned soldier was still alive and was trying crawl away while crying for help. But then Not Important emerged from the smoky ruins, without a scratch, and walked right up to the wounded and desperate soldier. Sunset could only watch in horror as Not Important raised his foot and stomped the poor, helpless soldier’s head flat. She couldn’t believe what was happening, the man that she had come to see as her only true friend and father figure had suddenly turned into an emotionless, remorseless killer.

Pretty soon the rest of the base was on high alert and all the guards and troops were grabbing their firearms and rushing to combat the lone attacker. “SHOOT HIM!” yelled a soldier to his comrade and they opened fire on Not Important. “EAT THIS!” yelled another soldier as he fired his weapon. But the resourceful killer was already prepared, he held up a new assault rifle he got from the ammunition bunker and quickly gunned down everyone in his path.

Not Important was soon met with fire from some soldiers who had taken refuge behind a couple walls of sandbags making it hard for him to gun them down with his guns. However, he had a little surprise; he reached behind a bush and grabbed a rocket launcher that he took from the ammo bunker and put there before going back to Barracks 12. With the rocket launcher, he blew away the sandbag walls and the soldiers behind them.

Finally, a Humvee arrived and out came four soldiers. “DIE YOU FUCKING PSYCHO!” yelled one of the troops as he fired his rifle. His comrades soon joined him in sending a barrage of bullets at their target. But Not Important was able to avoid getting hit in any major arteries and soon returned their bullet barrage with his own. In almost ten seconds, all four troops went down. One was still alive and tried to crawl away, but Not Important walked right up to him and grabbed him by the collar of his bloody uniform. “I’ll see you in Hell!” the soldier spat in Not Important’s face. Then the ruthless crusader took out his pistol, shoved the end of the barrel into the soldier’s mouth, and blew the back of his head out.

Not Important took a moment and looked around at the damage he had caused. The entire base now looked devoid of life, just the way he planned it to be. “One man conquering an army base!” he thought proudly to himself. “Nothing compares to this feeling. Absolutely nothing!” Then he turned his attention in the direction of the nuclear power plant which was about a mile away. “The power plant nearby. Built for their comfort and prosperity.” He gave a sinister chuckle. “Now it will become their doom! A much better use of it.” And with that, he started walking toward the Humvee the troops had arrived in.

“Why?” Not Important heard in a small horrified voice. He turned around to see Sunset Shimmer, who had managed to finally get free of the wreckage of Barracks 12, standing a few feet from him, staring with eyes filled with tears, shock, and horror. “Why would you do this? You said we were here to make things here better for everyone!”

Not Important didn’t look bothered at all by how upset the distraught teenager was. “This is a better place now. Devoid of those worthless parasites!” he said in an unfeeling tone.

“These people didn’t do anything to you!” Sunset cried. “How could you be so cruel? How could you lie to me?”

“You had already heard about the things I’ve done but never suspected me for an instant.” Not important replied.

Then it all came clear to Sunset, what her friends had told her about the terrorist attack downtown and the mass killings. “The downtown massacre and the murders, it was you all along!” she said in horrific realization.

“You’re finally figuring it out, but now it’s too late.”

“You’ve killed so many people! So why did you save my life?”

“When I first saw your magic power when I found you, I knew that you weren’t human.” Not Important explained. “I thought it could be useful in helping my crusade. So I brought to a nice home and learned about your miserable life and how your magic worked. After that, it was easy to convince you that, out of all the people in this entire fucking world, I was the only one who could be your friend.” He gave a sadistic chuckle.

Sunset couldn’t believe what she was hearing. The one person who had taken her in when no one else did, the one person who had given her a purpose to live, the one person who had given her hope was just using her all along. She felt like she had been punched real hard in the stomach. “Please don’t do this.” She pleaded. “I know you how you feel. Like it’s better to be alone, better to be feared than loved, better to hate your fellow humans than have them as friends. Trust me, I’ve felt those same feelings and they only bring you nothing but misery. But we all have a choice, just because someone treats you like an outcast or a monster, it doesn’t mean you are one. You are who you chose to be. I know you’ve destroyed tons of lives, but you can still save some by giving up this path of hatred. There may still be a chance of salvation for both of us. A wise friend once told me to stay strong, be yourself, and find your family. Now I give you that offer. Not Important, or whatever your real name is, will you accept my friendship?”

This girl was full of surprises, after everything he’s done and the way he used her, she still thought he had a chance at redemption and wanted to be his friend. “Sunset.” Not Important said in a surprised and gentle tone as he gently put a hand on Sunset’s shoulder and gave her a warm smile. Sunset’s face lit up; perhaps there was hope after all. Suddenly, Not Important pulled her closer and kneed her hard in the gut. Sunset let out a gasp of pain as she felt the wind knocked out of her. She collapsed on the ground clutching her stomach and shedding tears of pain. Not Important laughed sadistically as he pinned her head to ground with his foot. “Not too bright are you girl? You’re an even bigger idiot than your bitchy friends, and that’s saying a lot.” He took his foot off of Sunset’s head and knelt down to whisper something in her ear. “You know, I also lied about the thieves that broke into our house. It was actually your ‘friends’ who found out about my true plans and tried to warn you. So I had to knock you out and burn down the house with them inside it.”

Sunset’s eyes went wide with horror. She lifted her head up to look him dead in the eye to see if he was lying. “You…killed…my…friends?” she stuttered with tears streaming down her cheeks as she saw the truth in the man’s cold, wicked eyes.

“Now that we’ve taken care of this military base, I have some a couple gifts to deliver at the power plant. I’m sure they’ll have a bang with them.” He chuckled maliciously. “I won’t need you for this one; you’ve served your purpose. You know, I was going to kill you as soon as we had ‘spread our holiday magic’ here, but I’ve changed my mind. Don’t worry; I’ll be sure to let the people there know that you helped me pick out these gifts for them.” He said as he held out one of the C4 for a moment. Sunset saw the explosive and lowered her head in shame. “Merry Christmas. Enjoy it while it lasts.” Not Important said unsympathetically as he hopped into the Humvee and drove off into the direction of the power plant, leaving Sunset alone to think about what he’d just told her.

After the Fall Formal and Anon-a-Miss, Sunset felt like she finally hit rock bottom. In her attempt to find a happy ending to her sad story, she had unwittingly helped a deceitful madman bring death and destruction to everyone. She let out a loud, tearful scream of despair that echoed through the night.

Not Important heard Sunset’s scream as he drove on his way to the power plant. All he gave was a smile of cruel satisfaction.