The Black Ball Room

by Lab Matt

5. The Red Menace

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YOU GUYS ARE NOW GOING TO FINISH THIS THING OFF:
IMP ALIEN
CHARACTERISTICS: SMALL, MISCHIEVOUS
LIKES: EATING, SLEEPING
FAVORITE QUOTE: "FUCK YOU!"

"Rude!" Goldie said.

The screen of the Black Ball had the mugshot of a red-skinned humanoid creature with piercing yellow eyes, a big hook nose, pointy chin and a tuft of dark brown hair on top of its egg-shaped head. The ball opened up and Sunset and Pearl, the only members of the team not wearing their suits, picked the briefcases with their names on them and changed themselves together on the corridor to save time.

"How are you holding up?" Sunset asked as she unhooked her bra and placed it on top of the cabinet.

"Better. Not good, but better." Pearl answered as she removed her jeans and panties.

"What about the police? Came knocking on your door yet?"

She nodded after putting on the upper part of her suit, which covered her neck, shoulders, arms and chest. "Uh-huh. I told them the last time I saw her was at the club." she then wore the gloves of the suit.

"Yeah, I was going to ask you about that." Sunset said as she put on the lower half of the suit, covering her legs, hips, abdomen and back. "When you first arrived, you mentioned something about a fire. What was that all about?"

"We were dancing in a club. We used to go every once in a while just to have a good time." she sat down to put on the boots of the suit. "But then there was an accident, probably backstage, and the whole thing caught on fire. Clap and I locked ourselves in the girl's bathroom and, next thing we know, we're here."

"I'm really sorry for your loss. Losing a close friend must be horrible." Sunset said as she wore her leather jacket over her black suit, thinking about how it would feel to lose one of her dear friends.

"It is. It definitely is."

They went back to the main room, where Treble and Goldie tried to explain the benefits of the suits. A few of the newcomers chose to listen, but most paid no heed to their warnings. One of the suitless newcomers was transferred first.

PLEASE WAIT
00:59:58

"Hope?" Sunset Shimmer called.

"Yes?" she looked up at the girl who "adopted" her.

Sunset Shimmer looked at her for a few moments and took a deep breath, then squatted beside Hopewell and placed a Gib Gun on her hand. "You point this at the bad guys, then pull this first button. If the skeleton of the bad guy is showing on this screen on the back, you pull the second button, alright?"

She looked in awe at the weapon she was holding. Sunset Shimmer never prohibited her from using any of the guns, but knowing that she trusted her enough to give her one herself was thrilling, and made her feel special. She looked at her, smiled and nodded. Sunset grabbed Hope's shoulders.

"But only on the bad guy, you hear me? If you pull the first trigger and a person who is not the bad guy is on the screen, you let go of that button immediately!"

Hope nodded again before she started to disappear, as she was the next person being transferred.

* * *

"I'm free!" the man said as soon as he realized he was no longer in that small apartment, but back outside. "If I double time my way home, I can still hit the clubs tonight."

While walking down the street, he heard some unusual noises coming from an alley. Normally he would just ignore it and keep walking, but this time there was a trail of blood leading to said alley. A normal person would run as fast as possible from the vicinity, but his curiosity was stronger than his common sense; he followed the trail and found the creature he previously saw on the black sphere.

The Imp Alien couldn't be over 2 ft tall when standing. He was a chubby little creature with no clothes on, exposing his buttocks and short spaded tail to the world. He was also punching a pile of gore in front of him and, judging by the remains, it used to be a dog.

"Fuck you." the Imp muttered to himself in a raspy voice as he kept beating the bloody meat to a pulp. "Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you."

After seeing that disgusting scene, he turned around, kneeled and threw up on the sidewalk, then proceeded to cough. That startled the imp, who immediately jumped on the young man.

"FUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!" the imp yelled as he sat on the man's back and proceeded to punch the back of his head with a strength that seemed improbable for someone his size.

The sight of the man being beaten to a pulp by their target was the first thing Hope saw when transferred there. She immediately pointed the Gib Gun at him, but didn't immediately pulled the trigger. The imp stood up, revealing to the young girl that all that it was left of the guy's head was a pool of blood and chunks of what used to be his skull and brain. The alien turned around and sprinted toward her.

"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"

Hope screamed and pulled both triggers before falling on her rump. The red monster jumped toward her, but exploded in midair before coming too close. Goldie was the next person to be transferred.

"You did this?" she asked, pointing at the chubby red arm lying next to them. Hope, still shaking a little, nodded. Goldie patted her head. "Good girl, good girl."

"FUCK YOU!"

They looked back and saw a small group of imps running toward them. Goldie pressed a button on her Controller, turning invisible.

"You're finally becoming a Hunter like us, I won't stand in your way and halt the progress. Have fun!"

"Wait wait wait wait!" Hope begged, but Goldie had already left and the Imp Aliens were getting closer.

When Sunset was finally transferred, the first thing she did was look around for Hope.

"Hope, where are you?" she called, but did not obtained an answer. Fearing the worst, she ran around calling for her. Fortunately she met the little girl soon after, who ran out of an alley to hug her.

"I did it!" she said, pointing at where she came from. "Look, look, I did it."

Looking at where Hope was pointing, Sunset saw the remains of Imp Aliens, all of them finished by the little girl and her new gun.

"They wanted to hurt people, so I hurt them first. I did good, right?" she asked with a huge smile. "Right?"

Sunset Shimmer, surprised with the progress the young girl made, stared at the results with her mouth agape.

"Good work, Hope." she praised, almost not believing that she dispacted all those aliens all by herself in such short span of time.

One of the Imp Aliens tried to jump on Treble from behind, but landed face first on the paved street when the blue-haired boy stepped out of the way. He then kicked the naked creature toward a pile of dead Imps.

"Put on some clothes, fucker." he said. "I don't wanna see your red junk." he pointed his Gib Rifle at the survivor, but raised an eyebrow when he noticed that the little monster was scooping up the remainings of his fallen comrades and shoving them in his mouth. "What the fuck...?"

The little devil kept eating, even when his stomach had swelled to a point that it appeared to be about to burst. Suddenly the alien's legs grew bigger and longer than the rest of the body they belonged to but, instead of the chubby legs they were before, they now looked like the legs of an athlete, extremely ripped with bulging muscles. The upper body also grew bigger and stronger, even though his stomach was still bloated, and his face now looked more intimidating, with a bigger mouth and long, sharp teeth with four giant fangs that couldn't fit inside his mouth.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck!" Treble cursed as he repeatedly shot the now 8 ft tall monstrosity.

The grown Imp Alien slowly walked toward Treble, still adjusting himself to his new body; the shots caused him some damage, but so small that could barely be considered "damage" seeing as they only caused small ruptures on his skin. After understanding more or less how his evolved body worked, the alien started to pick up the pace, walking toward Treble at a much faster speed.

"Nope!" Treble said as he turned around and ran.

"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!" the Imp Alien yelled - his voice now much deeper - before chasing the blue-haired boy.

Roll and Pearl were working together against the Imps, Pearl using her Web Gun to hold them in place while Roll shot them with his Gib Rifle. During this combat, Pearl discovered exactly how the Web Gun worked: the first trigger was used to lock on target, as expected. The second trigger shot three small missiles connected by a triangle-shaped energy rope out of the barrels of the gun, which wrapped themselves around the target; after the target was bound, the missiles flew to the ground, burying themselves and completely immobilizing the target. Only then the third trigger would become available, and the result was instantaneous: the alien bound by the Web Gun was transferred away, but not to the room or another location; once an alien is transferred by the Web Gun, it never comes back.

"Not bad for a newcomer." Roll said with a wink.

"Who are you calling a newcomer? We entered this at the same time." she said as she shot at the last Imp Alien, which was then finished by Roll.

"But you made zero points last time, so this counts as your first mission."

"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"

Startled by the sudden scream, they looked around for its source, finally noticing Treble running toward them with a tall and brawny Imp Alien getting closer and closer to the boy. Before he could scream for help, the monster kicked him on the back, making Treble not only kiss the ground, but slide several feet away, leaving behind a long ditch on the paved street, and finally stopping after crashing against a building. He got up soon after, but noticed that the blue gel was leaking from the caps of his suit. Knowing that another direct hit would mean his demise, Treble hid inside the building.

Realizing the danger, Pearl immediately shot him with her Web Gun, successfully binding the giant Imp. Roll tried shooting at it, but the damage was still mininum.

"What the fuck? Why isn't it working?" after a couple more shots, Roll gave up. "Ok, you try it."

But before Pearl could press the third trigger, the red devil used sheer brute strength to free himself from the binds.

"FUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"

Roll and Pearl screamed.

Goldie watched in disgust as dozens of Imp Aliens fought amongst themselves, slaughtering each other and devouring their corpses. That disgust turned into terror when she saw the Imps growing bigger and stronger in mere seconds. She tried shooting them with her Gib Rifle, but the results were not very satisfactory. Realizing that this was a fist fight, she threw her Gib Rifle on the ground and cracked her joints.

"A little blonde cutie from Earth against a gang of budybuilders from outer space with the biggest cocks I've seen in my entire life? Can't say the odds are in my favor..." she thought out loud before assuming a kung fu fighting stance. "But you bet your sweet asses I'll try!"

Goldie's suit's strength enhancer activated immediately, and she charged toward the group of beefed up Imp Aliens. They tried punching and kicking her, but while Goldie had problems avoiding fast blows like the ones she received from the Harpy Aliens during the previous mission, dodging attacks from a bunch a big bad and slow brutes was too easy. She tried attacking them, but their muscles were just too tough for even the suit to cause much damage, so most of the aliens ended up hitting each other while trying to hit the blonde girl in the middle of the group.

She discovered their weakness by accident: after missing another hit, one of the giant Imp Aliens accidently punched his buddy in the stomach. At first it didn't look like a big deal, but the one who received the blow puked out all the Imp meat he ate not long ago, soon returning to his previous, feeble form. Goldie immediately jumped on the creature, killing it by smashing his skull. But that one moment of distraction cost her the victory, for one Imp Alien punched her from behind, throwing her dozens of meters away; she then crash-landed inside a closed convenience store. Sunset Shimmer and Hope, who were in the general vicinity, followed the noise and found her lying under toppled shelves, her suit broken and leaking the blue gel.

"Th-Th-The stomach..." she managed to said. "H-Hit the... The stom..." she passed out before finishing the sentence.

"What--" before Sunset could finish sharing her thoughts with Hope, they heard what sounded like a herd of bulls approaching them; it wasn't an actual herd of bulls, but the sound of several Big Imp Aliens running together was very similar. They dug up Goldie and ran, Sunset carrying the blonde on her back. They then jumped on top of a fast food restaurant, where they could catch their breath.

"FUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!" they all yelled in unison.

"What do we do?" Hope asked.

"You stay here with her." Sunset ordered. "I have a plan!"

"What are you going to do?"

Roll and Pearl were hiding under cars in a parking lot, praying that the Big Imp Alien wouldn't think of looking there. They heard several aliens yelling "fuck you" in the distance, and that appeared to have caught the monster's attention, for he soon gave up on his chase and followed the noise. They crawled out of their hiding spots soon after.

"Where do you think he's going?" Roll asked.

"Do you really want to know?" Pearl asked, still shaking in fear of the thing that followed them down several blocks with an erection that would surely give her either nightmares or wet dreams for weeks.

"As a matter of fact, I do. Let's go!" he grabbed Pearl's hand and dragged her along, running toward the same direction the creature went.

"Are you insane? Did you even hear that? How many of them do you think were screaming? If a bunch of basketball player-sized heavyweight boxers tell you to go fuck yourself you just sit there and say 'fuck you' back?"

"I might!" Pearl groaned. When they reached their destination they hid behind a wall, peeking at the scene taking place not many meters away from them:

Sunset Shimmer was running in the middle of a group of Big Imp Aliens and, every time she saw an oportunity, would either kick, punch or elbow the stomach of one of them, forcing them to throw up and shrink. Sometimes she would deal with the little aliens herself but, most of the time, it was Hope who took care of them, shooting at them from the roof of the fast food restaurant with Goldie's Gib Rifle.

"Wow!" Pearl said. "Now that's a girl who knows how to kick ass."

"And here I thought she was just another wimp because all she did last time was steal my kills." he clapped his hands. "Bravo, Sunset Shimmer. Bra-fucking-vo!"

The last of the Imp Aliens was dispatched by Sunset Shimmer herself, who kicked him so hard that his head crashed through the wall of the restaurant, but his body stood in place, only falling to the ground a few seconds later. The targets were also apparently the Big Bosses of the mission, because Goldie was transferred soon after Sunset Shimmer killed the last of the Imps.

* * *

"That! Was! Awesome!" Pearl jumped on Sunset Shimmer, hugging her as tightly as possible.

Sunset Shimmer blushed lightly. "It wasn't a big deal, really."

"Not a big deal? You were brawling monsters nearly twice your size. That was amazing."

"I couldn't have done it without Hope or Goldie."

"Huh, you're actually giving me credit?" Goldie asked, sounding genuinely surprised.

"Of course! After all, you're the one who discovered their weakness all by yourself. You did great, Goldie!"

"Yeah, I did, didn't I?" Goldie said with a smug smile.

TIME TO SHARE THE POINTS
00:00:00

PIPSQUEAK
24 PTS / TOTAL 24 PTS
ONLY 76 MORE AND YOU'RE DONE

Hope jumped up and down in happiness. Sunset Shimmer clapped her hands.

TWEEDLEDUM
6 PTS / TOTAL 6 PTS
ONLY 94 MORE AND YOU'RE DONE

Pearl rolled her eyes. "Could you not call me that, please?"

CAMPER
9 PTS / TOTAL 49 PTS
ONLY 51 MORE AND YOU'RE DONE

They all gathered around the Black Ball when the next points were awarded, all of them looking at it in awe.

JAIL BAIT
15 PTS / TOTAL 104 PTS
PLEASE CHOOSE FROM THE 100 POINTS MENU

Sunset Shimmer was the first to applaud, soon followed by Hope and all the others, cheering and complimenting her. Goldie jumped on Treble's arms and kissed him deeply.

"I made it." she said, her eyes moist with tears. "I fucking made it, Treble!"

"Yes, I can see that. Job well done, sugarlips!"

"Guys, guys, look at this!" Roll called. They all looked back at the Black Ball, which was now showing a different text:

100 POINTS MENU
1. YOU WILL BE FREED ALONG WITH YOUR MEMORIES ERASED
2. YOU WILL BE GIVEN AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL WEAPON
3. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REVIVE A HUMAN BEING FROM THE MEMORY

"We... We have options?" Treble asked, surprised.

"Looks like it, yes." Pearl said.

"What does it matter now, love? I'm sure you made 100 points too, we're free now."

"Yes, I suppose."

"But... It also says that I'll lose my memory. Does... Does that mean I'll forget you?"

Treble pondered for a few moments. "Tell you what, you go grab your phone and write down a reminder for us to meet at... Hm... That cafe you love so much, how about that?"

"That sounds perfect!" she ran to the corner of the room where she usually dropped her clothes after arriving there and dug out her phone. After tapping on it for a few moments, she wore her clothes and kissed Treble another time. "See you there, handsome!"

"I miss you already."

She then turned to the black sphere and squatted in front of it. "BB, I choose the first option. Get me the fuck out of here!"

The Black Ball granted her wish and started transferring her but, instead of starting from the head and going down, this time BB started by transferring her feet and going up. It didn't took long for her to be completely gone.

ROCKSTAR WANNABE
21 PTS / TOTAL 107 PTS
PLEASE CHOOSE FROM THE 100 POINTS MENU

"Now we can finally be together, my love." he said.

"That's good, right?" Sunset Shimmer patted him on the back. "You and Goldie can now be together forever, and you don't need to fight or fear for your life anymore."

"What? Goldielocks?" he bursted into laughter. "Fuck that dumb bitch."

That last statement caught all of them by surprise.

"Wh-What do you mean?"

"I mean every word of what I said: Fuck! That! Dumb! Bitch!"

"But aren't you her boyfr--"

"Her boyfriend? That was just an act to stay on her good side. That girl was psycho! You never met the real Goldielocks because I was always there to keep her at bay. Do you even know what happened between us? Back when we first entered the game, I had another girlfriend, her name was Midnight Glow. One night, Goldielocks was in trouble so I helped her, and that was the biggest mistake of my entire life. Ever since then she never left me alone, despite the fact that my girlfriend couldn't stand her and was always telling her to fuck off. But on the very next mission she did the unthinkable: as soon as my girlfriend's suit broke, she shot her. I shit you not, she shot her in cold fucking blood!

"That was so unnerving that our entire crew lost focus on the mission and ended up getting killed by the aliens, except Goldielocks and I. She confessed her feelings and threatened to do the same to me if I didn't accepted her as my girlfriend. I wanted to live, so I took the only sane option!" he then looked at the Black Ball, which was now showing the same 100 Points Menu from before. "But then, Lady Destiny decided to be on my side for once. First BB chose to show her points before mine, and then she actually left. And not only that, but look at the third option. I can revive someone. I can bring my one true love back to life!" Treble kneeled and placed his hand on the Black Ball. "But just to be sure... BB, show me the human beings you have in the memory."

The text was then replaced by a wall of pictures, but not the cartoonish versions of themselves that were shown when they receive the points, but actual mugshots of the people who died and were sent to the room. Looking at the bottom, they saw a few faces they recognized, like Clapperboard. The nicknames Black Ball game them could also be seen under their faces and, as Sunset Shimmer had theorized in her mind, Clapperboard was called "Tweedledee". They also noticed that their own faces were also there, in order of arrival.

Sunset Shimmer found it weird when she noticed that her face was nowhere near Hope's, considering that they arrived during the same mission. Her face was actually higher on the wall of mugshots, and she was sure it was her when she saw that the picture was labeled as "Momma Sunny".

"Look, Sunset, I found you!" Hope said, pointing at one of the pictures on the first row.

"What do you mean? I'm--" her heart nearly skipped a beat when she saw that Hope wasn't mistaken and her picture was indeed on the first row of pictures. "No, that can't be right. I'm down there, look!" she pointed at the general direction of the picture she found first, while still looking at the picture on the first row. She then noticed that this Other Sunset Shimmer had a different name. "'Killer Queen'?"

"Unless you're actually a blue-haired boy who looks like a total faggot disguised as some hottie with delicious-looking bacon hair, I don't think that's you." Pearl said.

"What are you talking abWHAT?!" the shock of her discovery made Sunset Shimmer fall on her rump. She wasn't pointing at her picture, but instead at the picture right beside hers. "Th-Th-That's Flash Sentry!"


Author's Note

When apart from each other, Goldielocks still has a degree in badassery while Treble is a little pussy when he doesn't have a suit to hide inside. If I keep empowering women and degrading men like that people will start thinking that I'm a feminist! But let's be honest, FiM was always about girl power and trophy husbands.

Only people who know Gantz will understand what I'm talking about so, if you for some strange reason haven't read it yet, go read the manga, then come back here. Seriously, the Y-Gun is the second most OP weapon in the game, only losing to the Z-Gun, which is SUPPOSED to be OP. How come Kato is the only one using it? Well, I have no right to talk about this since Pearl is the only one using it, but my point stands.

P.S.: I've been uploading a new chapter every two days because this was my week off from college. Don't expect me to be so generous from now on, because I probably won't!

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