FoE: Riders of the wasteland
Episode 1 - riding into the Wastland
Episode 1 - riding into the Wastland
It has been 11 years since the SPP had been activated. Peace and hope had been restored among the residents of the equestrian wasteland. Yet, despite all the efforts made to obtain this peace, the darkness of the wasteland evils grow with the intention to return and snuff out the flames of hope and undo the paradise that many had sacrificed to obtain.
But even when the world is at its darkest hour, Heros are found in the most unlikeliest of places.
That is where our story begins
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Earth 2016, Atlanta
“Common! Guys! We're going to miss the Con if you don't hurry your slow asses up!” A short haired blond boy yells back as he rushes to the ginormous building ahead of him. He wore blue jeans, a red T-shirt with an unzipped blue hoodie layered on top of it.
“Jesus … Hold your horses Jonas, we're not all school athletes” a young man trailed after him, grasping his black fedora. He had a black short shaggy hairstyle under it, wore a black dress jacket with a white polo under it, and had matching dress pants to complete the outfit.
“Dammit.. Kano, Jonas, what the hell am I going to do with you two?” Another hooded boy sighed. He strolled at a decent pace behind the two racing boys with his hands in his black hoodie’s pockets.
The three reached the doors to the building.
“So… This is Atlanta’s 2016 comic con eh?” The boy commented.
Kano looked at him, “You sound disappointed, Liam, what's up?”
Liam huffs out in frustration, “It's those damn rumors going around involving that godforsaken merchant from Resident Evil 4. Apparently he can send anyone to anywhere in the universe if you buy something from him, while also turning the item you bought from him into the real deal and giving you its abilities.”
“Oh come on Liam, they're just rumors,” Jonas exclaimed. Liam gave him a skeptical look, “Like hell they are, have you noticed how many people have ended up disappearing at these things?”
Kano shrugged, “I honestly don't really care about the merchant. I would actually find it interesting if he really could do that.”
Liam scratched his head and sighed, “Nothing ever seems to worry you.” Kano smirked, “Hey, that's just how I am”.
“Well then, I guess you won't mind what happens next, stranger…” The three boys reared around to find an all too iconic hooded figure standing behind them.
They stood there in silence for a few moments, staring him down. “If he sends us to Silent Hill, I'm going to kick your sorry ass for jinxing us Kano,” Liam stated bluntly.
“Jesus, Liam, lay off me will ya.”
“You three boys surely know what's happening next?” The Merchant questioned.
Jonas merely shrugged. “Let’s see what you have in stock, it won't kill to test the rumor out… Wait, please tell me you have Items from Kamen Rider” he requested in anticipation. “Ah, a fan of the east I see, yes I have them on the racks today, and you three can have them for free.” The merchant confirmed, opening his coat and revealing the belts and items from various Kamen rider brands. Jonas fist pumped, “Hell yes! I'll have Axel’s belt and Gaia memory please” he requested. With that he received the two items from the merchant.
Kano shrugged, “Hell, since I'm trying to cosplay as Shoutaro Hidari, I'll go with Double along with the the Giaia memories for Kamen rider W.”
With that, Kano received the memories and belt, he took out the Joker memory a pressed it…
Joker
The echo was loud for everyone to hear it. Kano smirked, “that's what I'm talking about… Huh?” He looked at the merchants coat and saw a second set of memories along with another belt. “Eh? Hey, what's with the double” he asked. The merchant chuckled, “it's a surprise for where your going my friend”.
Everyone looked at Liam to see if he wanted anything. Liam was silent for a second before speaking, “you know what? To hell with it, if I'm doing this, I'm going with Wizard’s rings and belt to play it safe”.
“Then here is your belt, Mr. Mage,” the merchant said as he handed over the requested items. With that the three boys equipped the gear. “Hey isn't this where the merchant teleports us to god knows whe-” before Kano could finish, the three of them black out.
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Celestia gasped in astonishment. “W-what was that?”
“Huh… What was what, Celestia?” Littlepip asked.
“I-I don't know… I just felt a sudden surge of energy… I wonder what emitted it…”
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FoE: Riders of the wasteland
Episode 1: Riding into the wasteland
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The red pegasus mare ran as fast as she could. “After the bitch!” A voice yelled.
She picked up her pace in fear of her life. She traversed the ruins of Ponyville, climbing over and crawling under debri to escape her cruel assailants. “Oh sweet Luna, they're going to kill me”, she panicked. She ran into the hollowed tree of a library. She then shuts the door and pressed her back upon it. She waited for the hoof steps to grow distant.
She took a deep breath of relief.
Her ears then perked up at the sound of groaning, she walked around the library and found a pair of weird bipedal creatures sprawled on the floor in pain.
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Jonas opened his eyes to find himself standing in the middle of a road. “Well… I guess those who spoke of the merchant weren't full of shit after all.” He said aloud.
He took a look around. “It seems I'm in what looks like the Fallout universe… But, last time I checked, the DC ruins never had a castle” he pondered over the buildings on the mountain in the distance.
“I better find the others before we can determine where we are.” He then made his way down the road, towards the mountain.
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“Spike… Are you sure this is the one who caused one of the energy spikes?” A timid voice asked.
“I'm sure fluttershy, The amounts of magic emitting from it are absurdly high. the only ones I've ever seen with this amount of energy are Twilight, Celestia, and Luna” another replied.
Liam opened his eyes and allowed the light to pour into them. “Hey, everypony look, it wakin’ up” a southern voice addressed.
“Son of a bitch… I feel like I just got ran over by a carriage going 50 miles per hour.” Liam complained. He rubbed the back of his aching head. “Hehe… Sorry about that, I wasn't expecting you to just go off and fall from the sky” the southern accent apologized.
He looked up to the sources of the voices. He found himself surrounded by three ponies and a ginormous purple dragon. “.... Um… I have a pretty strong hunch that I'm in the place known as Equestria based on how most of you here are ponies” he assumed.
The cinnamon colored Pegasus stallion nodded, “that's pretty observant of ya” he complimented.
Liam chuckled “Well it's kind of a dead give away when you're as observant as I am… Hell, sometimes others take forever to figure something out even when the details are slapping them across the face.”
He then tried to stand up, “Hey, you shouldn't be trying to get up after a fall like that,” warned the black unicorn, her mane striped white with yellow and what seemed to be a red maroon.
“I'm ok, I'm more durable than I look,” he assured. He began stretching his muscles and started to take in his surroundings. It was a cave with wiring and computers hooked up all over the walls. “A cave… It's not my first choice for anyone to live in but who the hell am I to be judging?”
He then checked his gear, they didn't seem to remove the belt or the rings he had on him. he then noticed he was the only human at the current location. “Hey, was there any others like me when you found me?” He asked. They all looked at each other and then looked back to him. “Sorry, I'm sure you had friends but they weren't with you when we came along.” The timid cream colored Pegasus addressed. Liam smiled at her. Since he was a brony to an extent, he knew who she was. It was Fluttershy, the element of kindness, according to the main universe. “It's all right… Knowing my friends, they’ll make themselves known to the world very soon.”
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“I'm soo bored!” Complained Jonas. He had been walking for hours now and has found nothing so far. “I need to find something soon or I'm going to go insane.” He continued walking down the pathway.
“Eh? There are some ruins up ahead, I wonder what's to be found there… Hell, it's probably better than what I'm doing right now”. With that in mind, he made his way to the crumbling remains of the structure.
“Hmmm… If this is like Fallout, then I should look for supplies… Now where to searc-” his thoughts were cut off by an ear piercing scream. “Somepony help me!”
Another voice replied to the scream. “Shut up bitch, if I have to kill you then our client will be pissed from having one less slave to command.”
Jonas’ eyes widened at the mention of slave. “Yep, this is like fallout alright” he mumbled to himself.
He rounded a corner to find a group of… Unicorns… Surrounding a white earth mare… Jonas face palmed, his mind began to rant ‘I'm in the fucking fan-crossover universe with My Little Pony and Fallout, that's just dandy…. I don't know who to hate, Liam for getting me into the show… Or the merchant for sending me here for kicks.” Despite the situation’s absurd conditions, he still needed to help her.
It then clicked in his head. The Gaia Memory, he searched his pockets and found the items he bought. He smirked, “time to see what I can do now”.
He slapped on the Motorbike handle onto his waist. With that, a belt formed around him. He then rounded the corner.
“Hey” he spoke out for their attention. The ponies all glared at him, their were expressing both shock and spite. “The hell you want, freak.” One pony yelled.
Jonas taunts at their attitude, “Oh my, who took a piss in your cereal this morning?” A wide grin formed on his face.
“I don't know who are what the fuck you are, but you should move along, this didn't concern you” the leading stallion yelled.
“Oh, doesn't concern me, says the slave driver who can't put his ego away” the human challenged back. The stallion scoffed, “ah, look what we have here, a dead meat brat who likes to shit talk and play hero… Kill this little shit” he ordered.
To unicorns with combat knives rushed Jonas. He continuously dodged the endless slashes that came at him. He saw an opening in the defense of the pony to his right, he took it, knocking away the knife with his left hand and delivering a right hook, causing the unicorn to lose the telekinetic grip on the knife. He then spin kicked the stallion, knocking him down, he then turned to his right in time to duck under a vertical swipe from the other stallion. Jonas back flips to gain some distance, he then picks up a rock and chucks it at the pony. The unicorn cuts the rock, throwing a thick cloud of dust. Jonas then ran up to the now blinded stallion and drop kicked him, knocking him into a wall.
He run up to the dropped knife and threw it, nailing a third stallion, who was trying to enter the fray, square between the eyes, killing him. He then went back to roundhouse kick the stallion he knocked against the wall just moments ago, sending him falling back down sideways.
Jonas looked around him, two incapacitated and one dead, not bad for his first CQC scenario. He looked at the rest of the slavers.
“So… Who’s next” he asked, lax could be heard in his voice.
The leader maniacally grinned, “well, it seems our hairless friend has some moves… Let's see them save you from being pumped full of lead” with that, all the remains slavers pulled out guns.
“Any last words kid” the slaver said smugly. The innocent mare looked at Jonas, confused and frightened. She was shocked to see him look at her specifically and nod.
Jonas pulled out his Gaia memory. He then taped on it.
Accel!
Henshin!
Jonas then clicks his Gaia Memory into his belt and revs the Motorbike handle. To everyone’s surprise, the sound of an engine could be heard.
Accel!
He was then engulfed in a red light.
Everypony in the room was blinded. Gasps of astonishment could be heard.
“What the hell!”
“This energy, just who is this guy!?”
“Is he transforming into something?”
“What is this unsettling feeling?”
The earth mare stared in awe. Oddly enough, the light made her feel someone at ease. “Why do I feel… Happy?” She asked herself.
When the light dimmed down, a red armored figure was in the human's place.
The slavers were now in a great shock.
“How the heck did he do that”
“Is that some model of power armor?”
“Sweet Luna…”
“Just who the hell are you!?”
Jonas grinned under his helmet. His voice was slightly distorted in the helmet. “I Am a symbol of hope and justice, I am that which protects the innocent from scum like you, I am what tells others to stand up and fight for what is trusty right for the world….. I Am Kamen Rider!… Kamen Rider Accel!”.
His statement was loud and proud. Energy roared from him like the force of a waterfall. The Earth mare looked at him in amazement, he looked back. He smiled happily as the signs of hope glimmered in her eyes.
He then turned back to the slaver leader, “I'm giving you one chance… Drop your weapons now and your lives will be spared.” He rose his sword and got into stance.
“Like hell I a-” before the stallion could finish his reply, he was sucker-punched in the face with great force and speed. He was sent through the wall of the building and out into the surrounding wasteland. Before anyone could retort to that, Accel was already slashing through the crowd of enemies, blowing them away.
The white earth mare was now excited. This creature… This Kamen rider renewed a fire in her, a fire that had most likely faded the day the bombs dropped on equestria. She was filled with the determination that radiated from him. She felt something touch her hooves, she looked and saw the keys that were for the cages of the other slaves.
She looked up and saw the Kamen Rider staring back. “Free the others, I'll handle these punks.” He then turned around and slashed down onto a charging slaver. She nodded, picked up the key ring in her mouth, and ran for the cages.
She began to unlock each of the doors. “Go on outside and group up with each other until I get there.” She told them. The other slaves thanked her and ran out of the building. “Excuse me ma'am?” She turned around to see a small filly. “… um, who is that strange creature helping us escape?” She looked to see her pointing to the red clad warrior. “Apparently he is a warrior of justice” she smiled at the child. The filly tilted her head, Puzzled at the answer. “Dose that mean he's a good guy?”
She picked up the small filly and hoisted her onto her back. She then broke into a gallop and ran out to the exit, “yes… Yes it does” she happy confirmed.
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Phillip and Shotaro groaned as they both sat up. “Phillip… What happened?” Shoutaro asked. His partner scratched his head “I don't know… We were at home and then some light engulfed my vision… Now, my head is aching, like I have two sets of memories”. “Yeah, I remember… We were home… But yet I remember not being at ho-...” It clicked in his head. He stood up “The con!… I… No we, were at the con in America… yet we weren't, the owner of theses memories was… of course.. The merchant!” Phillip had caught on to what he was getting at. He also stood up “I remember now, too, he was dressed as you at the con and got our Gaia memories…. If his memories are right, He must have become part of both of us when the 5 of us were sent here.”
A voice chimed in, “umm I hate to raid on your parade… But who are you two?”
They both look to see a red Pegasus standing there. “Well… This is going to be hard to explain.” Shotaro stated. His partner nodded in agreement, “indeed”.
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Liam paced around the den with spike watching the monitors. fluttershy was there with them drifting into thought. Liam was getting very impatient, “I still don't see why I need to stay here”. Spike didn't take his eyes off the monitor. “Well, you are technically an alien, and in this day and age, a lot of ponies would jump at that, for the better or worse. There are the steel Rangers, the returning enclave forces, the remnants of Red Eye’s slavers, and whatever is left of the Godess’s followers. It would be a nightmare if any of them find out how to tap into the magical energy you're emitting.”. Liam sighs ”So I'm basically stuck here until you decide if I'm ok on my own or not.”. Spike nods,”that's the gist of it… Calamity and Velvet are off to the old ponyville ruins, one of the signatures that is similar to yours is emitting from there… If I'm right, one of your friends is probably there.”
“Liam… Do you mind me asking you something” fluttershy requested. The human faced the Pegasus “Yeah, what is it fluttershy?”
“You see quite calm, for one knowing how far you are from your loved ones… You must be scared right now” she explained.
He smiled at her, “yeah… Maybe I am a bit nervous… But I still know my friends are with me” he traced the left side of his chest, “they're in here… The chains that tie us together and support our bonds… We strive for friendships that could surpass the borders of life and death… Even though I'm this far from home, I can still hear their voices, I can still walk forward and cherish my memories of them.”
Fluttershy felt moved by his statement, “it must take a lot out of you to retain the strength to do that”. The boy lightly laughed,”it does, everyday is a moral and ideal war for me”.
Fluttershy seemed happy, “You should keep doing what you do best then… How you are now shows that it's working for you” she giggled
Liam lightly blushed “t-Thanks… I guess”
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“Soo, you two are aliens from a world of hairless bipedal creatures called humans.” The Pegasus recollected. Both Philip and Shotaro nodded in confirmation. “...and you two are here because one of you bought something from a shady Merchant…”
“Yes, that seems very accurate to what we have been telling you” Phillip replied.
It was Shotaro’s turn to ask something, “So… What's your story?... It seems you've been through a lot based on the brand burned into your ass”. Phillip elbowed Hidari. The Pegasus sighed at this,”it's alright, I knew you would bring it up sooner or later… Me and my Government are not at the best of terms as of now… The burned symbol is part of the punishment, i'm a exile to them and they would attempt to kill me on sight” she then looked back to the entrance. “One of their kill-teams are here, they really want me dead due to how much knowledge I have on their facilities.”
“Hmmm… May I ask you for your name?” Shoutaro asked. “It's scarlet Lily… What does it matter to you?” The mare asked back. Hidari picked up his fedora and adjusted if on his head. “Ms. Lily, I think we can help you with your persistent attackers… As for why a wanted your name, i'd like to know my allies’ names…” he then turns to Phillip. They nodded to one another.
Lilly was confused, she then saw Hidari pull out something and place it on his waist.
It seemed to be some sort of belt. “Are you ready partner” Shotaro asked. Phillip smirked, “It's been awhile since I've felt so much tension in the air”. A flash of light made a similar belt appear around his waist.
They both pull out small colored objects.
Cyclone!
Joker!
Henshin!
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“No sign of scarlet, sir” an armored Pegasus reported. “keep searching, if we go back empty handed, our asses will become command’s chewtoy said another.
“Where do you think she went off to, she couldn't have flown or we would have saw her” a third chimed in.
Little did they know, someone was watching them from the rooftops.
“There’s five of them, Shotaro”
“Indeed… 4 of them are heavily armored, they must be grunts, while the one in the military coat is what appears to be a higher ranking officer… Hmm? Who’s that.”
The figure drew its attention to to the ruins of an alleyway. There was. Cinnamon brown Pegasus with a strange saddle with guns attached to it. Next to it was a smaller black unicorn with white hair with yellow and dark red stripes going down it. The two seems to be hiding from the soldiers, or trying to ambush them.
“It seems we’re not the only ones out to take these guys down Phillip”
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Calamity checked the corner to see a headcount of the enemy soldiers. He got a total of five, that wasn't much of a big deal. He then noticed that they are too far out in the open to sneak up on or past. To only add to the pressure was the fact that their target destination was the library, and the only way to it without doubling back and going around was blocked off by these Enclave soldiers.
“damn” he muttered under his breath.
Velvet gave him a look of concern, “should we go around?”.
“Are you two lost?”
A duo of voices Asked from behind them. The two of them turn around to see a strange armored figure standing there,
It was half green, half purple. There seemed to be a silver V on the forehead of the mask.
Calamity stood between Velvet and the creature. He trains his weapons on it in case it becomes a threat. The creature, puts its arms up defensively.
“Whoa there, We’re not looking for trouble, we just noticed that you're not like those other Pegasus ponies, so we just came along to see whose side you're on in this situation.”
“Please sir, if you would be kind to tell us so we can be on our way”
The two ponies were taken aback by the two voices coming from the same body. Velvet managed to recover from the shock, ”um we’re sorry, we just don't see creatures like you around here”
Calamity lowered his guns but kept them ready just in case. “Care to tell us who ya are” he asked.
“Heh… Who are we? We're Kamen Rider… Now, if you'll excuse us, we have to fulfill a favor for a friend.”
With that, the figure jumped up and front flipped over the two ponies and then ran off towards the enclave soldiers. Calamity gritted his teeth, “does he have a screw loose! He’ll get killed out there!” The Pegasus flew off after the ‘Kamen Rider’. Velvet was not to far behind her husband in the pursuit.
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“Hey… Who is that?"
The squad of enclave soldiers looked to see a strange bipedal walking towards them.
“Now, Count up Your sins!”
It then broke into a run and began to charge them.
“What the hell!” One soldier exclaimed.
“Somepony shoot that thing!” Another yelled.
The group opened fire. It ducked and weaved past the bullets
“Phillip!”
“I'm on it!”
The Rider pulled out a yellow memory
And swapped it with the Cyclone memory
Luna Joker
The rider’s green half turned yellow. His arm then stretched out flailing, blocking the shots.
“What the fu-” the Pegasus couldn't finish his statement before his head was impaled by a projectile. The Other pegasi looked to the source of the shot and saw a cinnamon colored Pegasus in a black cowboy hat shooting down at them.
The rider finally reached the group and delivers a right hook to the nearest soldier, knocking him out cold. He then turned around to roundhouse kick another, launching him back a few feet.
The two others charged him. He started to block and reflect the incoming punching, kicking, and bucking. He back flipped to gain distance from the attackers.
“Shotaro!”
“Leave it to me!”
The rider pulled out another memory, it was a clad gray, and swapped out the Joker memory with it taking its place.
Luna Metal!
The purple half changed giving it a More metallic color, it also gave some sort of metal pole. He pulled the pole out and extended it to full size then began to twirl it to deflect the shots as the two pegasi trained their weapons and opened fire. The shots were blocked by the pole. While this happens they failed to remember that Calamity was on the building over yonder. He picked off one of the two with a well placed headshot.
The Kamen rider took the opportunity and stretched the pole out to nailing the other pony in the face with it, incapacitating him.
He then looked up at Calamity and gave him a thumbs up.
He looked back and took account of the ponies who were still alive. He began to ponder.
“Now… What do we do with you three?”
A thought then came to mind.
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Scarlet had finished gagging and tying the three ponies together. “Ok, these three aren't going anywhere anytime soon.” She stated.
“I don't see the reason these three get to live” Calamity Wondered. Shotaro glared at him, “if we killed them, we’re no better than them”.
“Y’all kidding me, right? Do ya know how dangerous this is” Calamity exclaimed. Shotaro puts his hands up in defense, “I'm just trying to not put blood on my hands as my first impression to this place”
While the two were butting heads, Philip walked up to Velvet, “I don't think we've been properly introduced, I'm Phillip” he extended his hand out to her. Velvet shook it with her hoof, “Velvet Remedy”. They both looked at the arguing human and Pegasus. “Sorry about Calamity, he could be a bit… Um, what's the word I'm looking for”. “Overly Protective?” Phillip assumed, Velvet nodded in agreement.
Velvet looked at the Blank paged book he held in his possession, “Phillip, I don't mean to sound rude or anything but isn't that empty book just dead weight for you?”. Phillip Noticed what she meant, “oh yes, your concern is justified, but you see…. I have an ability that makes me different than others in a very special way…. It's actually better if I demonstrate it… Tell me a Key word to something I wouldn't normally know by your standards… Maybe something that others View as a secret.” He recommended. Velvet seemed confused at this, “umm ok… If it means anything I can tell you to ‘look up’, Dj-pon3”. Phillip rose a finger to tell her to give him a moment. He then began to scroll through the blank book.
He then began to read aloud. “DJ Pon3 , Also known under the identity of a mare named Homage, Is a radio DJ of the Tenpony tower Radio station, she gives news updates to anyone who listens in to the broadcast, giving them advice and informing them of any heroic acts that have occurred across the wasteland. the name of DJ pon3 is actually a title passed down to her from each generation. Though She is a Female, she masks her voice to sound male over the radio… Her appearance is that of a steel gray unicorn mare with a Blue Mane, her cutie mark is a speakerphone… Huh? Cutiemark? I don't believe I know that word yet… I should look more into it later”
Everyone except for Phillip and and Shotaro were now dead silent and staring at Philip in shock and awe.
The human was confused, “What?... Did I miss something”. “DJ Pon3 is a bucking mare!?” Scarlet exclaimed. “How did ya know that… That was kept as a secret between her, me, Velvet, and a few others.” Calamity questioned.
Shotaro had a smug grin, “let me help elaborate for you, Philip has access to a very special place called the Gaia Library, it's a place stored with all the knowledge of the known world… So far, only Philip is known to have access to this place.”
“Wait… So he has access to all the knowledge in the world and can use it at any time?” Scarlet asked. Philip nodded, “that's what it means in a nutshell.”. Calamity and velvet looked at each other, then back. “Would you two mind following us to somewhere?” Velvet requested.
Shotaro rose a brow at this, “I don't know, does this involve something important to us?”
Velvet nodded “are both of you familiar with someone named Liam?”.
Shotaro and Philip glanced at her in surprise. “You know where he is?” Philip questioned.
“Even better, he’s staying with a friend of ours” Velvet explained.
Shotaro clasped his hands together, grabbing everyone's attention. “Well the, what are the five of us doing standing around here? Let's get moving” Philip looked back at the tied enclave soldiers. “You don't happen to know a place to put these three in, do you?” He questioned.
Calamity sighed, “leave that to me… I'll find a place for either the NCR or the Rangers to find em”.
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Jonas had finally regrouped with the freed slaves outside of the building after transforming back. There he saw the white earth mare from earlier, she was tending to the filly she had escorted out of the building. He approached her, “hey there” he greeted. She looked up to him in surprise. “Oh, Accel, you're not in your armor anymore.” She noted. Jonas scratched the back of his head, “please, call me by my real name, Jonas… Accel is just the name of my armored form” he chuckled. “Oh ok… That's right, I guess you deserve my name in return… I'm White Rose” she introduced herself.
“Nice to meet you rose… So, what are you going to do now that you're free?” He asked. Rose ponders at this, “I can't speak for everypony here, but I was thinking making my way over to Tenpony tower if possible, along with the company of this little one” she gestured to the child. She was a little Naval blue Unicorn With a silver mane. Jonas kneeled down to her eye level, “hey there.. What's your name?”. “M-My name is Mercury, sir” she replied timidly. He chuckled and lightly pats the Filly on the head. The small unicorns face starts turning red.
Jonas stands back up and looks to Rose, he whispers to her “I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that her parents are… Well you know”. Rose nods, “Yes, and as the one who plans to adopt her once we get to Tenpony, I ask of you to keep quiet about it, she greatly dislikes the subject being brought up, I know because she almost broke into tears earlier when I asked where they were”.
Jonas sighed, “it's that bad?... Damn slavers… did they at least go with decency?”. Rose glared at Jonas, giving him a look that said, ‘What the hell do you think?’. He swore under his breath, “Yeah… I guess that was a stupid question”.
Rose went back to tending to Mercury’s condition. Jonas thought for a bit. He then spoke again, “Mind if I tag along?”. Rose looked back at him in surprise, “c-come again?”.
Jonas smiled at her, “You heard me… I've got nothing better to do right now, so I might as well join you.”.
The mare stammered at this, “I… Um.. I-I just don't know what to say.., I didn't expect you to actually have that come across your mind.. I guess you can.”
“Brilliant, now do you know the status of the supplies that was looted from the raiders.” Jonas asked. Rose pulled up a wrist mounted computer. The human glanced at the device, ‘How did I not see that on her earlier?’.
Rose read over her inventory, “let's see, I've managed to salvage a saddlebag for me to use, and then I scrounged a few health potions, a combat knife, a 9mm along with 25 full boxes of ammunition for it, 6 rad-aways, 10 bottles of fresh water, 4 fresh apples, 12 rations, and a map of the routes the slavers use”. Jonas rose an eyebrow, “what's the map for?”.
Rose brung down the device, “so we can limit the number of encounters with any other slave groups, I'm not going to have my freedom taken away again just because of a wrong turn”.
She went back to Mercury to pick her up and onto her back. The filly wrapped her front hooves around the mare’s neck so she wouldn't fall off.
Jonas moved to the side and gestured politely to their target pathway, “ladies first” h joked. She grinned and began to move forward ahead.
Jonas allowed her to pass by before trailing behind her.
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Off in the distance, a figure watched the trio break off from the group of freed slaves. “Hmm, this creature… He is very interesting, but the true question is whose side will he pick for the battle of judgment for our world’s fate” she pondered. “Sister!”, another figure flew in. “Yes... What is it?” She asked. “The ones we once called allies draw near, they seek the same energy we had sensed.” The other informed. She swore under her breath, “damn, for naive fools who still follow our former Godess's teachings, they can mobilize quickly… What of your search?”. “Two of the three other sources of the energy are converging upon the ruined town that lies ahead” The other replied. “I see… Let us depart for now… It's not safe for us to intervene now… All we can do is hope our former sisters fail in obtaining this energy”, with that the two took off to the skies and away from their vantage point they were using to observe. The figure thought one last thing before diving her thoughts to escaping,”Whoever you are, I wish you the greatest of luck… You’ll need it”.
Author's Note
As a side note, Hidari and Shotaro are the same person if you haven't figured it out yet. Also, how do you like the way I wrote Philip into the story, was it done well, or did I write my hide into a corner? Please do tell me, I want to try my best with this concept.
Episode 2 - Rage of a Child, Phantoms of the Despair, and the Power of a Wizard... It's Showtime!
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FoE: Riders of the wasteland
Episode 2 - Rage of a Child, Phantoms of the Despair, and the Power of a Wizard... It's Showtime!
Author's Note
Ok, I've tried to make this chapter a little longer, I also tried to introduce an over arching villain in this one.... And you can already tell who it is by the title of the chapter, but not everyone can put two and two together. As for who the gates are in this episode.... You might be mad at me for who I'm setting up here, but then again I'm not going to make any friends here weather I try to have her conflict occur now or later, but I digress. Only one of two gates will be the main focus for this episode, the other is just considered a gate to foreshadow future events, Which won't be brought up until 3 episodes from now.
As for requests from certain writers, as much as I love to do a crossover, I already have the plots for the first two arcs set up and ready to write in detail, I don't want to risk messing it up. Not only that, this is my first story here, to blindly do a crossover now would be suicide. Maybe next time.
Now with that out of the way, on to the story.... And I Hope this is received as an improvement among you....
Episode 2 - Rage of a Child, Phantoms of the Despair, and the Power of a Wizard... It's Showtime!
She observed the wreckage of the slaver convoy. Ponies groaned in pain as they lay there on the floor around her. She grits her teeth in frustration. “Of all the incompetence…”, a voice cuts her away from thought. “Sister… I've found him”, she turns to see an slicker holding the slaver boss in a telekinetic grip. She grasps him with her own aura and pulls him forward. “What happened here” she spat at his face. “W-we were intercepted… A-an armored figure helped free the slaves… There was nothing we coul-” his reply was cut off as she tightens the grip around the base of his neck. “... I don't care about most of the slaves in general, what's angering me Is that you let it open up the cages for all the gates we had you hunt down to bring to our allies to strengthen our forces and alliance… Along with the unicorns that were meant for us!” She boomed. The stallion winced in fear.
“The fact that you still breath is because your imbecile goons managed to recover some of the captives… But if it were up to me, I would have you grounded into dust to scatter to the Wind!”, she rose a hoof to strike him until something grabbed it.
“Whoa there lady, let's not batter the goons, we still need them to find the gates for us” a voice explained.
She looked to see a red/orange/steelish gauntlet-like appendage of some sort grasping her hoof. She then looked up the length of the arm to face the one that it belongs to. She found herself looking at a mask like face.
“Damn it, all you girls lash out at people more than I do… as idiotic as these dumbasses are, we still need them… The deal was you persuade the slavers to go out of our way to find certain gates for us and in return, we supply the phantoms we make from the gates to help you and throw in any spare unicorn captives we come across for you to convert, not you kill off and beat the ever-living shit the slavers leaving us without means to find targets” it continued.
She scowls, “very well, Pheonix, We will spare this pathetic foal for now… You and your master better hold your end of the bargain.” She then released the stallion, letting him fall to the floor. “Get out of our sight” she stated. He fumbled to get back up and then ran off.
“That's better… hey, medusa? How long have you been long have you been looking at those?” he took note to another creature, who was leaning backwards onto a wall, using it as support, looking through a set of pictures.
“I'm counting through the gates that were among the escaped slaves, we’ve managed to hunt down a few of them… Which leads to something I have for you” she addresses the alicorn. “How may we be of service” she replied.
Medusa handed her one of the images. The alicorn grasped it with her magic. “We've located one of the escaped gates, it's heading towards a nearby wrecked village, and we also found another potential gate in the village, we ask of you to take some of our phantoms with you to bring them to us or drive them to despair and give birth to a new phantom” medusa explained.
The alicorn observed the photo, it was a young naval blue unicorn filly with a silver mane. “Her name is Mercury” she continued.
“What about the other one” The alicorn questioned. Medusa mused, “I think you'll love what our scouts have found… She is a founder of a group of sorts, and it's said she also the founder of the Followers of the apocalypse and is the current bearer of something known as the Element of Kindness …”
“What is her name?” The alicorn asked.
“.... Velvet Remedy”
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Episode 2 : Rage of a child, Phantoms of the dispair, and the power of a wizard, it's showtime!
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The three ponies and two humans had been walking for a few hours. The dusk of the evening was growing darker with each passing minute.
Shotaro was taking in the surroundings.
Calamity and scarlet were conversation going on the Returning enclave forces, Velvet was staying silent, and Phillip was reading.
Phillip had been researching the data on the world he and Shoutaro were now in. “So, any leads on this place” the detective questioned, looking back at his partner. “Well… I'll say that I've had some interesting results…. With the shape of the countries as an exception, most of this world is both a parody of our world’s settlements, only with their names being a play on what dominant race is living there, and a parody of various mythological lores… Fillydelphia, Las Pegasus, and Manehatten are a few examples of this… The ruins we are walking through right now used to be a place called Ponyville”. Shoutaro chuckled as he looked back forward, “what's next, instead of Japan, they have Japony”.
Phillip gave him a slight grin, “Yes, they do”. Shoutaro looked back at Phillip, shocked at the response, “You're screwing with me” he said in disbelief. Phillip gestured to his book “I couldn't come up with this stuff even if I tried to, I'm just reading the knowledge that's in front of me”.
Shoutaro sighed, “Cripes, This is just getting more ridiculous the more I think about it” he pinches the bridge of his nose. Phillip shrugged, “I'm not sure, we've been through worse scenarios, and your half boiled attitude gave those situations some extra challenge due to how much you liked trying to tap into your inner detective persona of yours”. “Oi! Don't call me half boiled” Shoutaro shot back. Phillip had a sly grin form on his face, “whatever… clumsy Half boiled detective” he taunted.
Scarlet couldn't help but hear the conversation and snicker, “It would be surprising if those two aren't related” she whispered to calamity. “I know… If only it was that simple with my folks” he somberly muttered. Scarlet had couldn't hear is silent regrets, “I'm sorry, what was that?”. Calamity shook his head, “it's nothing…. I'm just deep in thought”.
“Hey, heads up… I think there's someone up ahead”, advised Shoutaro. He points to a dark figure ahead of them.
Calamity squinted as he looked at it. It was to dark to see it full detail, but he could make out a slender build in its body, it was pony shaped, so it was probably a mare. It had a horn that was easy to see due to its length in the silhouette…. Something was stretching from her sides, they look like…
His eyes widen, “Get down!” He grabbed velvet and they both lunged to the side, as did everyone else, when the figure shot a raw magical blast at the party. It exploded right in front of them throwing dust into the air.
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Liam opened his eyes. He had been napping for quite a while right outside the residence of the dragon who is housing him for the meantime.
“Liam?”. He sat up and looked towards the entrance, there, he saw fluttershy standing there. “Can you come inside? There's something … Peculiar happened” She informed. He stood up and took another glance up in the sky. The stars glimmer as the night draws near.
He then made his way through the entrance.
Inside Spike was waiting. “So, what is it” he asked.
“Something's going on right now in ponyville, I couldn't see since the spritebots were purposefully taken out by someone or something…. Whatever it is, it knows I'm watching through them” Spike explained.
“Did you get any images to help You identify it” Liam questioned.
Spike shook his head, “no, who ever this is, they planned it out well… I think the others could in trouble”. Fluttershy gasped in fear. Liam clenched his fist.
“I need to see for myself, I'm going out there to check it out” he addressed. He then made his way to the exit. Spike was fast and moved to stand in his way, “no, I can't let you do that, we've been over why you can't go back out there” he insisted. “If lives aware in danger, i can't just stand here twiddling my thumbs” Liam shot back. Spike growled, “You'll get yourself killed out there! You're not even armed!”
Liam gritted his teeth, he pulled out one of his wizard rings and touched the side of his belt with it. A voice then echoed from it.
DRIVER ON!
Connect Please!
To spike and Fluttershy’s surprise, A magical Circle formed to the side of Liam, he reached inside of it and pulled out something that looked like a gun. “Just let me help, that's all I'm asking… I promise I'll explain this later, but right now, lives could be in danger and I'm not going to wait for a pile of corpses to emerge because we did nothing” Liam Then walked past the dragon and out of the lair.
All was silent for a few moments. Spike was still in shock, even though it was a fraction of the power that he discovered within Liam, he had felt the mass amounts of magic that had poured out of the circle when the human had effortlessly summoned it. It almost felt nostalgic, like when twilight use to use him to test new spells. “Liam… Just what are you?” He muttered to himself.
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(Realm of dreams)
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“Hehehehahahahaha, daddy stop it, it tickles”
“Only if you get yourself ready young lady… You've slept enough for one morning”
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“Come on Mercury, I want to make it to town before those pesky haggling merchants try to raise prices again”
Coming mommy
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“Hey… Who are you”
“Just hand over the filly and will be on our way buddy”
“You're not taking our daughter!”
“You're not in any position to play hero fuckwit”
*click*
“Stop!!”
!*Bang*!
Daddy!!!
“Stop it, stop it right now, why are you doing this just st-”
!*Bang*!
Mommy!!
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….
“Hey there it's alright now”
….
“My names White Rose… What's yours”
… M-Mercury
“That's a sweet name… Now how about we find your parents… I'm sure they're around somewhere”
*sniff*…. *sobs*
“Hey, there's no need to cry, I just said I'll help you find them”
*sobs* they wouldn't wake up… Why didn't they wake up!?
“!!”
*Cries* why… Why…
“...” *hugs*
!?
“There, there… It's ok… you don't need to cry anymore”
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(Dream end)
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Mercury stirs in her sleep as the memories ran through her dreams and played over and over again in her mind.
Jonas, And Rose, with Mercury in tow, walked into the ruins of a desolate town. “I'll admit that this place has probably seen better times” Jonas said, he looked around at the desolate buildings as he passed by them. Rose observed with him, “this place used to be full of life, but that was long ago, before the war destroyed everything.” She said somberly.
Mercury was stirring more in her sleep as she rode on the back of Rose. “She’s wiped out, I can't blame her, I would be tired after living through a stressful experience like she had.” The human noted.
“Jonas… What do you plan on doing after escorting us to Tenpony?” Rose asked. Jonas scratched his head, “I don't know, I would probably go and look for my friends.”
Rose looked up at him, “What are they like; your friends”. “Well, Liam is blunt at times, but he is very caring, and usually likes to talk to an extent, And Kano, his personality is all over the place, he can be smug at times and also try to act cool and smooth, but then he'll be all but hurt if his pride is damaged…. Let's just say we're an interesting bunch.” He explained.
Rose smiled, “I can see just based on your outgoing nature, the Wasteland Could use more like you”. Jonas laughed, “Yeah, just with less transforming into a armored heroes who can run up to you and falcon punch you before you can say…. Holy Shit!” He tackled Rose and Mercury out of the way of an oncoming energy blast.
Dust, dirt, and debri were thrown into the air. “What the hell!?” Coughed Rose. “Mmmmnhh, why is everypony so loud, I'm trying to sleep.” Mercury said groggily.
A figure could be seen in the dust. It was the shape of a pony. When it finally cleared, it revealed a light green alicorn with a dark green mane who was glaring at the trio. Rose became worried “Shit, not one of them”.
“We have come for the child”, the alicorn stated. She gestured at the sleepy filly. “Yeah, no… I don't do deals with trigger happy bitches who would shoot first and then request one-sided demands.” Jonas pointed out.
The mare charges her horn with magic, “This is not a request…. This is a inevitably” she scowled.
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The roaring of an engine could be heard across the Wasteland. “Who knew I could find a way to use the magic here as a way to boost my ability to summon the Machinewinger all the way out here in another dimension…. Convenience strikes again I guess” He said in delight. “Now, if I'm correct, ponyville is only 10 more miles ahead… Wait… Who's that ahead?” He wondered as he saw something in the distance.
He sped across the wasteland a little farther until he slowed down, he then stopped and faced a more noticeable figure that was in the pathway. The moonlight shined of the figure’s mask. His white robes and golden trims also glimmered in the nightlight.
Liam deadpan end at the figure, “.... You gotta be kidding me... I knew other beings might have been sent here like me and my friends… But you are the last person I was expecting, let alone wanting, to show up to this burnt hell… Or do you prefer me calling you a phantom”. Liam had dismounted the Machinewinger and approached the one standing between him and ponyville.
“So you are the successor… Hmm, I never expected you to be such a young boy” the figure said. “But then again, looks can be deceiving” he mused.
Liam scowled at him, “cut the crap Wiseman, how the hell did you even get here… Actually, how did you even gain access to this world at all is the better question.”
Wiseman gestures to the Wasteland around them, “the magic of this desolate world, do you can feel it as well?”. Liam simply nodded, he did feel a strong magical presence, courtesy of the abilities he now had. The robed figure continued. “Unlike earth, this world is rich with magical essence, and there are plenty of gates among the races here, especially the unicorn and alicorn races... We were drawn here by the power held within this realm, I'm sure others had heard its roar, like the sound a massive waterfall, uninterrupted”.
Liam shrugged, “so you went out of your way to meet me to rant your interests in this world?... Or is there something else you have to meet me for.”
The white wizard then suddenly tossed an object in black wrapping to Liam, luckily the boy had quick reflexes, “You seem like a worthy successor to the original wizard, I would like to test that theory… Not only that, we aren't the only ones who have come to the be on this world, thus, you will need that in the future for the oncoming storm…” he refers to the item that is now in Liam's had, “Now it is best you hurry, there are two gates not far from here that are under the threat of being consumed by despair… In the meantime, I await our next encounter, farewell for now, Wizard” With that, Wiseman turned and began to walk away.
Liam looked at the bulky wrapped object, or seemed box-like. he then began to tear off the covering to see what was being concealed. His pupils shrunk to the size of grains of sand as he looked at what was now before him.
It was the Magic ring box from the show… How did Wiseman of all people find it.
“Hey! how the hell did you obtain thi-” he stopped mid-sentence, the the one he was just talking to had vanished into thin air.
It was just him now under the light of the moon… it was silent, not a single noise.
Liam sighed, “Weather it's in person or in the show, I'm never going to understand that guy’s behavior… Just what is he playing at with this, I’f he wanted me out of the equation, we would have fought me here and now… So why stall… There's probably more to this than meets the eye here?” He deduced.
He turned back and made his way back to the Machinewinger. He opened a seat compartment and placed the box into it before closing it back up. He then got onto the seat and started the rider machine. The engine roared to life.
“Gates here in equestria, this just keeps getting more complicated by the hour… and I have a hunch that this is just the beginning of the raging shitstorm that's about to hit us” He pondered. He then sped off down the path to the ruins of Ponyville.
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“The hell was the crazy bastard doing! Shooting at random passersbys” Shoutaro coughed as he stood up. “I think they were expecting us with ill intent in mind, and they took us by surprise… That or they are just simply crazy and out for blood” Phillip assumed. “Goddamit, first Enclave, then alicorns, For luna’s sake, might as well throw hell hounds into the mix.” Ranted Scarlet.
The dust began to clear to reveal that a building had been caught in the blast. The ruble blocked the pathway in front of them. “Hey, where are the others?” Scarlet questioned looking around. “Most likely on the other side of the collapsed building.” Phillip assumed. Shoutaro picked up his fedora and dusts it off before adjusting it back onto his head, “well then, we’re going to have to find a way to get around this somehow…. But first, we need to know what we are dealing with here… Phillip…” He looked to his partner. Phillip nodded, “starting keyword search now” he addressed. He then closes his eyes.
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When Philip opens his eyes, he finds himself within a white void along with endless rows of bookshelves . “I'm in” he informs”
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Shoutaro paces back and forth. “Ok, let's start with the word ’Horn’.”
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Philip nodded as most of the bookshelves scattered out of existence while a select few had lined up in front of him. Philip walked up to the shelf in the front and picked up a book.
“Bulls, Rams, buffalo, Deer, Unicorns, Goats, Chimera’s…. Wait, Chimera’s?” Philip said, intrigued by the name.
“Philip, focus please”, Shoutaro’s voice echoed throughout the empty space.
“Oh right, sorry… Let's see… We need to narrow it down more, there are to many possibilities”
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Shoutaro nodded, “ok, next keyword, ‘Wings’”.
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Most of the remaining shelves had disappeared, leaving only two left. “That's much better” Philip said. He picked up another book and flips through it. “Let's see, dragons, Draconequus… Let's add the word pony”. One bookshelf removed itself, leaving only one. Philip picked up another book, “Ah, here we go… Alicorns, they are a combination of the three pony races… before the war there wasn't that many, most we exclusive to titles like Godess or some form of royalty like princess or queen…. Most of equestria was ruled by two particular alicorns, Princesses Celestia and Luna, Princesses of the heavenly embodiments of the sun and moon. They are no longer alive now due to a chemical bombing that had happened during a war with the Zebra empire, well only Luna died, Celestia lived long enough to upload herself to some sort of supercomputer…. Hmmm, I'll need to look up that as well when I get the chance… Anyway, though both sisters are considered dead, there are still alicorns walking the wasteland, but these ones are artificial… They have no cutiemark sand are divided into three variants…. Shoutaro, what color was the pony’s coat and mane?” Philip asked in a sudden worried tone.
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Shoutaro scratched his head, “I don't know, I barely got a glimpse at em, I think it was blue or purple for the mane, the coat was to dark to see in detail though.”
Philip sighed, “that's going to be a problem for us… There are three certain types of alicorns in this day in age according to the current recorded information… they are all skilled with offensive spells, have decent knowledge on how to fly and have a healing factor that triggers when exposed to radiation, but each also has a unique ability that is identified by the color of their mane and fur… Green represents superior power in defensive spells, like shield spells, Dark purple signifies the ability to teleport, and Blue…
“... Invisibility spells…” Scarlet finishes, she gestures to a transparent body of distorted air that was lurking in the rooftops above them.
It jumped down to ground level and decloaked revealing a naval blue alicorn.
“We won't let you interfere” she growled.
Shoutaro and Philip wasted no time in pulling out their drivers and Gaia memories.
“Just watch us” Shoutaro retorts.
Cyclone!
Joker!
Henshin!
Philip places the cyclone memory into his driver’s slot, only to have it disappear and then reappear in Shoutaro’s driver. the detective fully slotted the memory in then inserts his own memory. He then flips the drivers sides down, making it form the shape of a W. Philip collapses afterward. Scarlet had caught the body in time before it made contact with the ground. “By Celestia’s mother, your heavy” the mare comments.
Cyclone! Joker!
A gust of wind blew around them violently, obscuring everyone's view. As it calmed down, it revealed the form of Kamen Rider double.
“So be it” the alicorn scoffs. She charges up her horn as the Kamen rider gets into a fighting stance.
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Calamity coughed up as the dust settled. Velvet was right next to him. “You alright?” He asks in concern. She nodded, “I think so… It's been awhile since we had to deal with alicorns like this”. “I wonder what these ones want.” The Pegasus wondered. He looked to where the alicorn stood, she was more visible now to show her dark purple mane. She pointed to Velvet Remedy, “You are to come with us immediately”. “W-what” Velvet asked in confusion. “Are you deaf, you are to come with us, or else” the alicorn threatened, charging her horn. Other figures revealed themselves, they stood on two legs but they weren't like the humans that they met before. They had a more gray monstrous touch to their appearance. “Dammit, they have us surrounded” calamity grumbled.
“What happens if I say no” Velvet asked. “Then we will kill your comrades and take you by force” the alicorn answered. “...and if I say yes?” Velvet questioned again. Calamity was taken by surprise at this, “Velvet! y'all can't be serious with this now, right”.
“Hmmm, we suppose we could let them live… But that comes down to other matters.”
She mused. Velvet stood up walked forward.
“Velvet don't” Calamity plead. She turned back to him and weakly smiled, “It's ok.. I’m sure you'll find a way somehow, but if I don't do this now, you could get seriously hurt, I don't want to risk that”.
“Don't bother, phantoms would kill you anyway to make more of themselves” a voice said. A sudden roar of an engine drowned all other noise in the area.
Liam then came down from the rooftops, riding a Motorbike of some sort, much to everyone’s surprise. “Liam!?” Velvet exclaimed. “Boy, what in the blasted hell are you doing” Calamity shouted. The human road through the mass of creatures, running a few over, only to stop between them and velvet. “I'm saving your sorry asses” Liam counters, he then dismounts the bike and faces the mass that stood before him.
“Oh? A hairless ape? You think a hairless ape can stop us” The alicorn laughed, “what an absurd notion”. Both Velvet and Calamity notice Liam pulling something out of his pocket and placing it on his hand.
Driver on!
Connect please!
To everyone’s shock, a magic circle appeared and Liam pulled a gun from it. He aims it at the alicorn. “Not an ape… A Wizard” Liam replies. He then opens fire. Surprisingly, he took out a bulk of the enemies, but the alicorn took to the skies and landed on a rooftop. The mass of monsters began to rush him. He began to smoothly dodge the punches and swipe thrown at him. “Typical Ghouls, you guys always act like the brainless cannon fodder, attacking without thinking” he comments, he delivers a low kicking swipe, tripping a couple of the beasts. He then turns to grab a punch from another to then reroute the momentum to flip it onto its back. He turned to shoot five more with his gun.
He turned to clothesline another that attempted to charge him.
“Oi! Is that all you got” he taunted the Alicorn. She grits her teeth, “I'll send you to oblivion!” She roared. She shot a blast of raw energy at him. The human nearly managed to dodge it in time.
“Ok, I think it's time to pull out the big guns.”, Liam places the red ring on his left hand onto the driver.
Driver On!
Henshin!
Liam reaches out to the left of him.
Another circle spears to his side, but this one was bright red unlike the last one. It then began to trace itself across Liam’s body as it moves to the side. His figure was being engulfed in a bright flame as this happens.
Flame Please!
~Hi hi hi hi hii hiii~
When the flashy process ended, ruby red and black armored figure was in the place Liam once stood.
Velvet and Calamity were awestruck at the sight of the human’s new appearance. “Liam… Is that you?” Velvet questioned. The figure looked back at the unicorn and Pegasus. He gave them a friendly thumbs up. “Yep, it's me alright” he then turns to the alicorn. She was equally surprised, “w-who are you, that intense magical power… You shouldn't be capable of that type of feat, you're not a unicorn! W-what are you!” She demanded.
Liam looked over himself, “Hero, vigilante, enforcer of justice… We go by many names, But we all can agree on one official title for ourselves, and that is the title of Kamen Rider!” He announced. Velvet and calamity were surprised to hear that name again, Kamen Rider.
Liam summoned a sword, via Driver, and then pointed it at the Alicorn. “You're not laying your hooves on Velvet or Calamity, it is my duty to prevent the creation of more phantoms, and I will cut you down if needed.” He elaborated.
More ghouls appeared, surrounding the Rider. He looked around. They're determined, he can give them that at least. He looked to Calamity, “get velvet out of here, she’s the main target.” He orders. Calamity nodded as he stood up and rushed to his wife’s aid. “Come on, we need to regroup with the others” he explained. Velvet nodded, the two then look to Liam, “y’all better not die on us, ya hear, you owe us a lot of answers” calamity informed. The two then ran off.
Liam nodded, “you two watch yourselves as well”. He then turned his attention back to the horde that surrounded him.
“Ok… It's Showtime!”
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Jonas was thrown through the window of what was once the carousel boutique. “Shit… This girl packs a punch, I guess that I'll need more than martial arts to beat her”. He pulls out his Gaia memory.
Accel!
Henshin!
A red light shines within the building before Kamen rider Accel jumps out from the window and charges the alicorn. The mare conjures a shield for protection as he slashed at her. The barrier held against the endless barrage.
“It's pointless to resist!” She yelled. The alicorn let out a magical butt that threw the rider back. He stood back up and rushed the pony again. “You're a Persistent little parasite” She spat. She then shot a barrage of magical blasts at Jonas. He began to straff past the shots. As he did this he noticed something. She couldn't cast offensive and defensive spells at the same time.
He smirked under his helmet when a plan started to form in his head.
“Wow! For an all powerful being, your aim is pretty shoddy!” He taunted. The alicorn growled, “w-what did you say, brat!”. She shot some more and the rider dodged some more.
“I mean seriously, you have all this power yet your too cross-eyed to cast your spells in the right direction” he continued. “Shut up you ape!” She yelled. She madly shot more, trying to hit her target. Jonas chuckled, he was starting to gain speed as he charged the alicorn who now forgot to put up her shield since he was closing in.
He ran up and kicked the mare back into a wall. He then brought up his sword and began to slash at the mare. After a few cuts, he grabbed her with one hand and threw her to the side into an oddly colored pool of water that had accumulated over time.
“Jonas you idiot!” Rose yelled. Jonas turned to the mare, “What, I beat her didn't I?”.
“You threw her into a pool full of Balefire radiation, you practically healed her fully!” The earth pony retorted.
“Wait, I did what!?” Jonas said in surprise. Before anyone could act, The alicorn launched our of the pool, ramming him into a building. The structure then collapsed on both of them.
Rose simply facehoofed. Mercury was cowering on the mare's back. Rose notices this. “Hey, it's going to be ok” she reassures the filly.
Both Rider and Alicorn emerge from the rubble. “I’LL END YOU” the alicorn roared.
“Bitch, I like to see you try!” The human shot back.
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Double was struggling as he traded blows with the alicorn. It was next to impossible to see her everytime she disappeared.
“Dammit, we're getting nowhere with this” Shoutaro’s voice echoes. “I have an idea” Philip said. He then trades out the cyclone memory with a red memory.
Heat! Joker!
The rider’s green half turned a crimson red.
“Phillip! We've been over this already, you need to warn me when you do that” Shoutaro retaliated. “Now is not the time, head to that building” Philip said. “Which building?” His partner asked. “The rundown supermarket.” Philip elaborated.
“What are we going to Haggle her into forfeiting the fight” Shoutaro joked. “Can you not joke right now and head to the building” Philip yelled. “Ok, ok…” Shoutaro replied.
The Kamen rider ran for the building, dodging any shots that were made by their invisible foe.
“Ahh… I see now” Shoutaro stated as they entered the building. Double then pulled out a blue memory and replaced the joker memory.
Heat! Trigger!
A gun then appeared In double’s hand.
“You can't hide from me” the alicorn giggled. Her voice echoed.
“We're not hiding…” Philips voice simply stated.
“... But you're the one that's about to be found” Shoutaro’s voice retorts. Double aims his weapon and shoots flaming bullets at the shelves of old or rotting items, setting them ablaze. The smoke from the fire started to build up until a sudden ringing sounded throughout the building. The sprinklers on the ceiling then went off, pouring water down.
An outline of a pony formed as the droplets fell. “W-what?” The alicorn said in shock. Double flicked his left wrist, “you May be invisible…” Shoutaro explained.
“...but you are still a solid object!” Philip finished. Double then shot the outline formed In the improvised rain. The Alicorn screamed in pain. “Gotcha!” Shoutaro exclaimed.
The mare dropped the spell, revealing her visible self, and then collapsed. She had suffered multiple scratches and burns from the unexpected barrage of shots, “Y-you Foals… You’ll never escape us, the others will find you and hunt you down” she spat in pain.
“Oh yeah? we’ll be waiting then… But now you should take a nap” Shoutaro replied.
With that, alicorn passed out. “We should go check up on the others Philip” Shoutaro recommended. “Yes, I think it's best we regroup now before more show up” his partner agreed.
Double then walked off, leaving the unconscious pony, His left half flicking its wrist.
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Liam was flashing through the waves of ghouls as they attempt to land a hit on him,
Big please!
Liam puts his arm through the magic circle, increasing the size ten fold, and swung the massive fist down. He caused a shockwave that knocked down most of the enemies and crushed a few with his massive fist.
His hand returned to normal size just in time for him to duck under a punch intended for him and counter with a backslash. The ghouls continued to attack him and he continued to knock them down.
“That's it! I have lost my patience with you!” The alicorn yelled. She teleports down to him and bucks him with immense force, knocking him into a wall. “Well, I'm gonna feel that in the morning” Liam groaned. The alicorn shot out a blast of magic at the Rider. luckily, Liam was able to roll out of the way.
He then pulled out a blue ring.
Water Please!
The color of the rider’s armor had changed from red to blue.
Bind Please!
Chains then erupted from the ground, surrounding the alicorn. “W-what, I-I can't move” she exclaimed.
“I think it's Time to wrap things up” Liam commented. He switches back to his original form and adjusts the wizardriver’s hand-like emblem.
Very nice strike kick!
He then jumps up into the air and begins to decent down at the alicorn with his foot extended out at an angle. The alicorn could only watch as he came at her at abnormal speed.
The Best!
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An explosion could be seen and heard in the distance. Calamity and Velvet could feel the ground slightly shaking. “What is he doing over there” calamity exclaimed.
“That's the result of a rider kick if we Ever saw one” a voice said. “Yes, but who is the rider that is doing the kicking”, another asked.
They turn to see Kamen rider double walking up to them. Scarlet was following close behind, straining to carry the limp body of Philip. “A little help would be nice” The mare hinted. Calamity and velvet galloped to her aid. “We’ll go check it out, you three stay here” Shoutaro ordered. The rider then ran off towards the source of the explosion.
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Jonas was thrown across the air and into a pile of Rubble. “Just stay down already, ape” The alicorn demanded. He simply stood up, “nah, I'll just stick with being the pesky brat that foils your plans” he mused. He then charged the mare again only to be knocked back by another sheild. “You're such a coward, fight fair dammit!” He spat.
The sheild expanded, launching him Into a wall of another building.
The alicorn turned to Rose and Mercury. “Don't even think about it” Rose threatened, she got into a defensive stance.
The alicorn giggled, “Or what? you're an earth pony, you have no magic.”. Her horn then lit up. Rose was lifted off from the ground, dropping Mercury. She was then launched to the side into a rock. She screamed in pain. “All the trouble you put me through was for nothing” the alicorn mocked. Jonas charged her again, “leave her alone you bi-” he was cut off by another expanded sheild, launching him back again.
She then picked Rose back up and began to choke her out. “I'll snuff out your pethetic existence” she laughed.
Rose coughed and gasped for air. Mercury watched in fear as she was being suffocated.
“R-run” Rose gasped to the filly. The alicorn tightens her magical grip around the mares throat.
Mercury still didn't move. She felt a dark memory reforming. She started to see images of the blood returning, the gun shot… The bodies.
“Leave her alone…” She mouthed. No one saw her do this.
Jonas charged the alicorn only to be bucked by the mare and knocked back again.
Mercury started to shake now. What was this feeling, it felt so dark. She hasn't felt this feeling since her last moments spent with her parents. She didn't know what it was then, and she didn't know what it was now. “Stop it..” Her voice was only a tiny bit louder, but still, nobody heard her.
The grip tightens around Rose’s neck more.
Mercury felt like she was about to erupt like a volcano. Her mind raced the emotion grew, becoming more familiar. She felt the pressure transferring to her horn. “Stop choking her” her voice was more audible, it was filled with venomous spite. This time, the Alicorn heard a dark mumble. She turned to the filly that was glaring angrily at her. A white aura was building in mass around the child's horn, “pardon… You want to fight me little one, fine, give me your best sho-”, Mercury snapped, “SHUT UP AND DROP MY MOTHER, YOU BASTARD!” She screamed. She shot a massive beam of raw magical energy. Mercury then finally remembered the feeling she had… It was hate… It was hate for all that was happening to her. She hated it, she wanted it all to disappear. She wanted the ones who caused it to disappear.
The alicorn stared at awe at the sudden mass of power that was about to collide with her, she dropped Rose and threw up a shield. The beam tore through it and then through her. She gasped in pain. When the light dimmed down, the alicorn was standing in shock. She felt a warm feeling. She looked down at herself, her upper torso was torn open, bleeding out.
“H-how…” She weakly gasped. The Alicorn then went limp and collapsed. The filly panted, looking at the dead pony. It took a few moments for the thought to sink in. Her eyes widened, she just killed Somepony.
Rose coughed and took in the air in deep breaths. “W-what happened” she then noticed the corpse. She then looked to the now traumatized Mercury. They locked gazes. Tears filled the filly’s eyes, “I-i didn't mean to…”.
It took a couple seconds for it to click in her head. Mercury had just taken a life. “Goddesses” she muttered in disbelief.
She stumbled as she stood up before breaking into a gallop to the filly. She embraced her. “Hush now, it's ok… It's not your fault.” She reassures the sobbing child.
Jonas had risen to his feet again and witnessed the events that had happened. Though the sudden expiration of the alicorns life was surprising, he saw something else . He walked up to the too. He kneeled down to Mercury. “Mercury, can I check behind your ear for a moment” he asked calmly. Though she killed the alicorn, there was something else he was worried about. Something he managed to barely catch a glimpse of when She snapped. The filly weakly nodded and layed her head on Rose’s chest.
Jonas reached for the ear and tugged it forward revealing something behind it. Though the others couldn't see it through his visor, his eyes grew so wide it almost hurt at what he saw. There were small glowing dark purple cracks behind her ear. He mentally sighed in relief. They seemed to be closing up now . But the fact still remained on what he was seeing. He had watched Kamen Rider Wizard with Liam and Kano, and though he didn't remember all the details like Liam did, he knew one plot relevant thing and that was the creation of phantoms which means this sign on the filly meant one thing, Mercury was a gate. it seems she resisted despair and overcame the phantom inside, her little frightening outburst showed that, but it still bothered him. The alicorn specifically demanded they handed Mercury over, and it can't be a coincidence that she was a gate. It also worried him that the birth of a phantom is possible in this world, he would bet his hide that there are many out there in the wasteland that would give in to despair. He would need to be more careful now, for all he knew, other enemies from the Kamen rider brands could show up. Worms, undead… Hell, since he can transform in this world, Dopants could possibly be a thing in this world and make his life miserable.
“I-is everything alright” Rose asked. She noticed his dead silence. Jonas snapped from his train of thought and looked at her. He then looked back at the ear and noticed that the cracks were now gone. “It nothing…. It's nothing at all” he lied, She didn't need to know. Mercury had resisted despair and contained her inner phantom, her dying and changing into a monster was no longer a problem. Telling them now would build unneeded fear among the group, but it would be a smart idea to find Liam since he had the Wizardiver and the wizard rings. The rules of the existence of gates may be different here than on earth, like how unicorns can already use magic without needing to undergo the trials that test their hope, unlike humans. The sure way for a gate to resist despair might be different here as well, so it wouldn't hurt to have one of the rings nearby just in case… That is if one of the rings he bought was one of the rings used to bring gates back from despair and transfer people to the underworld, but he’ll cross that bridge in due time.
“The hell happened here!” A voice exclaimed. Jonas stood up and turned around to see a Cinnamon brown Pegasus in a black cowboy hat, a black unicorn with a white mane with a red and yellow stripe running through it, and a Bright red Pegasus mare carrying the unconscious body of…. Philip from Kamen Rider W?. Jonas facepalmed his blue visor, “You gotta be freaking shitting me” he said in a blunt tone.
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Liam stood over the burnt pavement that was once the alicorn that had attacked him. He dusted himself off. He then felt a strong presence of magical energy nearby. “The hell is that?” He muttered.
“Liam” a robotic voice called out. He looked to see a floating spherical bot with wings that resembled that of a fly. “Are you receiving me Liam?” The voice echoed through the machine. It sounded oddly familiar. “Spike?” He questioned. “That's right! I manage to get some of the sprite bots working again, But please call me watcher, you don't know who could be watching us” The voice warned. “Sure, watcher…. Also, sorry for my little episode back at your place” Liam apologized. “No, I was at fault too, I underestimated your abilities…also, that was quite the stylish performance” The bot chirped. “Oh so you saw that… Hehe… It was a bit showy wasn't it.” The rider embarrassingly chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. “Yes I did, you were like one of those heroes from the comics I used to read when i was a kid” The voice compliments. “Yeah, that's kinda how most riders are like in their profession” Liam explained. “... And your catchphrase, ‘It's Showtime!’, that delivery was very great” He continued. “Ok, I think we should stop the fanboying before you start giving off a tangent like you're a member of congress” Liam nervously chuckles. “A member of what now?” spike asked in confusion. The human shook his head, “never mind… Anything you want to tell me before I head off to meet up with the others?”
“Yeah… Somepony tipped off DJPon3 about a figure on some sort of motor vehicle, riding across the wasteland, it was announced not to long ago, did you happen to have anything to do with that?” The dragon asked through the machine. Liam shrugged, “I managed to bring something over from my world” he gestured to the bike behind him. “I see, you do know that drawing attention to yourself is a bad idea right now, you may have proven yourself to be capable to fend for yourself in your own way, but the last thing you need is multiple factions out for your head, and I don't think you killing an alicorn earned you any brownie points with any faction that features the alicorn race, such as the new unity, some NCR settlements, and some small alicorn factions… For now, I think you should gather the others and head back here” Spike replied.
“Oi, I appreciate the concern, but you're not the boss of me” Liam interjected. “Well I'm one of the only few allies you currently have here though” the drake replied smugly. Liam rose his finger to object but then stopped and then puts it back down, “well played… I hate you for that, but still, well played.”.
“Liam” a duo of voices call out, he turns go see Kamen rider double running to him. “Wait… Kano!?” He exclaimed. “Well…” One voice started. “... Close, but Not exactly” another finished.
Liam tilts his head in confusion, “eh?”.
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(Later, inside spike's lair)
“The hell is this bullshit?!” Liam exclaimed. “Hey I'm just as confused as you are buddy” Jonas replied. “How!?... What type of being or force cause this, beings don't just fuse through universes like it's an episode of DBZ” He retorted. “Well whatever it is, we're stuck with it until we can get Kano back in some shape or form… That is if we can” Jonas sighed.
Spike scratched his head, “umm… If you two are done, we could use that explanation you promised us”. The four humans looked among each other before looking at the ponies. “You might want to sit down, this will take a bit to explain” Jonas warned.
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...So the four of us explained each of our respective stories after explaining the existence of the Kamen riders, me and Philip told our story last. We told them about earth, the Gaia memories, and the dopants, and how me and Philip hunt them down to protect the innocent. Liam explained the existence of phantoms and gates and the rules of magic for the citizens of earth.
I honestly feel bad for Jonas, Rose scolded him relentlessly when she found out that her adoptive daughter was a gate when Liam gave his exposition to everyone, and how he knew the whole time without telling her.
We still have yet to figure out how we're going to get home. But for now, a new mystery is at hand… How did Phantoms gain access to this world, did they have assistance? Or were they here before us. It also makes me think, what if there are Gaia memories around, will dopants be showing up as well? What does this world have in store for us, Could other riders be here under similar circumstances?
I have yet to find these answers but I intend to seek them ou-
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“Oh my Faust, are you Monologuing and trying to act smooth!?” Scarlet exclaimed. Shoutaro was taken by surprise, he fell back and ou to his hindquarters. The mare laughed at this. “I-um…. Y-yeah” the detective said embarrassingly. “Why” she asked. “Well, back on earth, that's how I usually run my business, detectives need to be hardboiled ya know.” He explained
“You seem too soft-boiled for that train of thought” She snickered. “Oi, don't call me that!” Shoutaro objected. “Nah, I think of him to be more half boiled” Philip smugly said from the back of the room, not taking his eyes off his book. “You stay out of this” The detective retorts back to his partner. His face was turning red. Most of the others in the room shared a collective laugh or snicker at his expense. “Come on Shoutaro, they're on a ‘roll’ with these egg puns” Jonas added. “Goddamit Jonas that was just terrible” Liam huffed.
The boy shrugged, “hey, at least I'm trying” he laughed.
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Next time on Rider’s in the wasteland
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Guys! A new energy signatures popping up!
Where is it coming from
Let me see…. Oh no
Oh no? What is it?
I was able to pick up one, but it’s coming from someplace that I would never expect it to be.
Where?
The moon…. And it's moving from it to the planet's surface at high speed and it's predicted impact zone is near New Pegasus, and right by a suspected hidden steel ranger base… I think i need to go lay down...
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“Whoa!? A white unicorn with synthetic limbs!? That's awesome!”
What... who!?
Stop right there! Hand the cybernetic pony over and get on your knees
“I don't think so! Henshin!”
“SPACE KIITAA!”
What the hell!?
Just who are you
“I'm Kamen Rider Fourze, Let's settle this, One on one!”
(Next time, episode 3: The man that descended from the moon, Space is Awsome!)
