Harmony's Champion

A few short minutes have passed since I freed the captives, and right now, I was outside a high rise, where the mare I had "questioned", as well as those I freed, said the main part of the Order, including lists on its various members, was. Hide in plain sight, I guess. I mean, who'd expect a group like this to hidein a swanky high rise.

Now, so none can complain, here's the part of my morality that's relevant: I hate politicians, but it is their job to be aggravating, essentially. Same with the press. But people, or ponies, whichever you choose, like this, those that choose to be rapists, are, in my opinion, more worthy of what I'm about to do. I don't care what your public standing is, if you're a rapist, and choose to be one, which, let's be honest, is pretty much all rapists, I hate you. Even if you helped my family out personally, I would hate you.

Which is why I'm glad these are strangers I'm about to butcher, as I don't know them, and have no qualms. And if they have a family, they deserve better than the pieces of shit I'm going to kill.

Sorry, I tend to rant with stuff I hate or like in the extreme. Anyway, let's get going here.

I was on a two story building, looking at the main entrance, which wasn't guarded. Either they don't know what's going on, or hubris.

I have to agree, Harmony replied. Still, let us hope you finish before Celestia catches wind and teleports here.

You probably just jinxed it, even though it's only been a few minutes since I massacred them, I replied. With that, I jumped off the roof of the building, and made my way to the main door, which was, surprise, locked. Not that it was an issue, as I just sliced through the main lock, and walked into a lobby filled with guards. "What's up," I said before drawing my Lato and shooting each of them, twelve, just short of the Lato's fifteen magazine, total, dead. I then reloaded, and proceeded further into the building.

You're lucky I'm able to duplicate those projectiles with my magic, Harmony said, or you'd run out soon.

That's why I have a sword, I replied. From the lobby, I went and scanned the entire first floor, coming across mostly empty rooms, a gym and, well, a dungeon meant for the not-so-bloody kind of fun for the tormentors, if you know what I mean, as well as a few guards, who I killed with my Skana. From there, I went to the second floor, which is where I found what I was looking for.

More accurately, what I saw, to begin with, was a minotaur beating a mare. I don't know what it was over, but I fired a Lato round into his head. "You okay?" I asked the mare as she looked at the body in horror. When she nodded, I said, "Go downstairs, it's safe. Don't worry about the others here, I'll get them out."

I walked past her, and further into the building, killing guards as I found them. When I came across a master or mistress, guess why I call them that, with a "pet", the former met the same fate as the guards. All in all, when the second floor was cleared, thirty ponies and minotaurs were dead, and fifteen ponies were freed.

The third floor was where things got complicated, and I had to have Harmony help me out. The reason being is that this is when I encountered those, for lack of a better term with what I learned of a ritual, "heartless". They would be those ponies who had gone through the ritual and had a small version of the crystal heart appear out of them, and whoever held it had complete control over them. Every time I came across one, Harmony lent me her power, and severed that part of the link. Their soul was still there, but they no longer had to follow orders from the one who held it. More often than not, those holding them were with them, and, after some questioning, told me where they were so that I could return the souls. Again, for lack of a better term. In total, through the ten floors I went though, I freed about one hundred and fifty ponies, making my rage for the one leading this group grow due to the amount, killed three hundred and fifty guards, and one hundred and fifty masters/mistresses.

It was the top floor where I was now, after my arrows, blade, and gun had tasted blood of so many. I had freed every pony I came across, killed everything else that hadn't been enslaved, and was now outside the office of the leader of this group. Are you sure you wish to take him alive? Harmony asked.

Believe me, I wish him dead a thousand times over, I said, but I think the families of the ponies I rescued want him punished.

You did not seem to follow that when you were killing the rest.

Yeah, but that's because they didn't orchestrate this, they don't pay the guards, they don't pay the bills for this place. This guy is the one who does, the one who enabled this, and I will not give him the easy way out. With that, I kicked the door down, and, upon seeing two minotaurs and two ponies, fired a shot at each, doming them, leaving me pointing my Lato at a yellow unicorn dressed in a business suit, his hair being gray, and with three mares on their knees at his feet, another held in his arms between me and him.

"So," he said in a voice that was like oiled honey, "you're the one who's caused most of my organization to crumble in less than a day? I expected the princesses."

"They're too soft to do this," I replied, holding my Lato two handed at him. "Only reason I haven't killed you yet is because you deserve worse than death, and I'm sure that most of Equestria and i agree, the few being the members of your group I've yet to kill."

"And you won't," he said. "Because I have an offer for you: if you le me live, I'll have my people within the royal guard drug the Elements and the princess, and have them brought here for you. To do with however you please."

"You think I'm another one of your weak followers," I said. "I don't follow my base instincts. I have no desire to have any with me, and if I did, it most certainly wouldn't be by drugging them." I then lowered my Lato before placing it on my thigh. "Then again. . . it would be nice to put Celestia in her place."

"Like I thought," the unicorn said.

"But one thing," I said.

"What?" he replied before I reached for my sword, and then thrust it skyward. Radial blind. There was a small flash, and the unicorn let go of his captive.

"Gah, my eyes!"

I then leapt behind him, and thrust my sword through his spine, paralyzing him, and spinning forward, and cutting his horn off. I cleansed my blade with a flick, and then placed it on my back. From there, I pointed a palm in the direction of the mares, tendrils of rainbow energy coming from it and touching them in the forehead, causing a small flash, before the tendrils vanished. "You three all right, physically speaking?"

"Y-yeah," one, a dark blue unicorn mare with black hair and wearing short shorts and a t-shirt that barely covered anything. "What are you?"

"Just a friend," I replied. "Can you three walk?" They nodded.

"Then head to the first floor," I said. "I'll follow once I make sure he," I said, pointing to the stallion who had passed out from pain, "is secure and can't fight back."

They nodded, and left the room. "Okay, bitch," I said, turning to the unicorn. "Time to go." And, with that, I picked him up, and left the room, went to the ground floor, handed him to those I saved, telling them to hand him to the authorities, and wall jumped up to a two story building, and began to run southwest, towards Ponyville. Going to be a long run.