ESF: The Terror of Crowley

Crystal ran towards Mocha's cafe, closing the door behind her as Mocha walked back from the counter. Crystal checked to make sure she wasn't being followed. I raised an eyebrow. "Um, Crystal? Is everything alright?" I asked her. She shook her head.

"No. It's not. I had a dream last night.......about Galaxy." Crystal sighed. The door jingled and Luna walked in, concerned.

"You may not have to do the explaining, Ms. Harmony. I, too, have had the dream you had last night." Luna explained everything to us, Galaxy being taken captive by a red-eyed demon, what the demon's plans were, and that Galaxy's life could be on the line. I sighed and took a deep breath while Crystal was speechless, curled up in a ball on the floor and whimpering in an incoherent manner where we couldn't understand what she was saying. Mocha helped her up and comforted her. I looked at Princess Luna.

"So why did this demon want our friend, anyway?" I asked her. Luna sighed and sat down in one of the booths.

"He said that he took your friend captive so he wouldn't try to stop him like you all stopped Sombra, The Terror, Nightmare Moon, and Comet Nebula, Galaxy's departed brother." Luna explained. I gasped.

"Wait a second. Princess, can't demons with that kind of power to escape Tartarus resurrect departed souls?" I asked. Luna nodded gravely. "Fuck!" I cursed. I turned to my wife, who stood close to me. "Sunset, rally everypony up that's left in town. Joy, Valerium, Crimson, Novel, whoever. We're going to Tartarus to rescue Galaxy and then we're going to come up with a plan to beat Crowley." I said. Sunset nodded, kissed me gently, and ran to go rally what was left of our friends. Meanwhile, Crowley and Galaxy were chatting. Galaxy struggled against his chains still.

"Won't work, Nebula." The King of Hell said. Galaxy looked straight at him. "Those chains of yours are magic sealed. No matter how hard you try, they won't break. I took precautions before capturing you that day." Crowley explained. Galaxy sneered.

"You knew how big of a threat I was, so you made these chains to hold me and make sure I didn't escape. While I'll admit that is a clever move, my friend will stop you, you demon bastard." He said. Crowley chuckled. "Why?" Galaxy demanded.

"Why?" Crowley repeated. "Why?! I'm bloody Crowley! King of Hell!" He shouted. "You defeated my clients! Now the boss, me, has to mop up the bloody mess!" Crowley added. Galaxy swore that Crowley had an accent to him. "It's like the old saying. 'You want something done right, you have to bloody do it yourself!'" Crowley sighed. "As for your friends, I'll send one of my pals to hold them off." Crowley's eyes glowed a crimson red, and a black mist swirled around both Galaxy and the King of Hell. The mist took the shape of a young unicorn mare, roughly in her twenties with a ginger mane and tail, her coat white as the moon, and her eyes as black as death itself. The mare's black eyes switched to a luminescent blue. Crowley smiled. The mare's cutie mark was the knight chess piece, surrounded in flames. "Abaddon." Crowley smirked. Abaddon turned to Crowley.

"Hello, Crowley." She replied. Galaxy almost went speechless. Her voice was silky and seductive. "You summoned me?" She asked. Crowley nodded.

"Yes, Abaddon, I did. I need you to run a little errand for me. Mr. Nebula's friend will surely be on their way to rescue him. I need you to take care of them." Crowley asked. Abaddon looked at Galaxy and smirked.

"Consider it done." She replied, licking her lips hungrily at Galaxy. Galaxy gulped. Meanwhile, just as we reached Galaxy's cottage, an explosion occurred behind us. I turned around and gasped as a white unicorn mare stood in the crater of the explosion, her eyes black as sin.

"And just who are you?!" Mocha demanded. The unicorn smirked and laughed.

"Who, little ol' me? I am Abaddon, leader and commander of the Knights of Hell itself." Abaddon giggled. I growled.

"She's a demon, just like her boss. Let's take this bitch out and find Galaxy!" I shouted. Mocha agreed and fired a magic blast at Abaddon. Abaddon countered as her horn lit up green, just missing Mocha. "She knows the killing curse!" I shouted. Then, I could've sworn I heard barking. "The hell?" I asked as I put on my 3D glasses. What I saw almost gave me a heart attack when I saw what was standing next to Abbadon. "Holy Mother of Sin!" I exclaimed. Two huge dogs mostly made out of smoke stood on Abaddon's right and left sides. Abaddon smirked.

"Hellhounds." She giggled. "Crowley's pets, well, and mine." Abaddon said. I tossed everypony 3D glasses.

"Guys, put those on! You need them to see the hellhounds." I stated. Mocha put hers on and almost froze in fear. Abaddon giggled.

"Sick 'em, boys." She said in a seductive tone. One hellhound lunged, teeth bared. I tackled it head on, trying to pin it to the ground, kind of hard to do when the damn thing was mostly made out of smoke. I could see at least it's head and body, stating the damn thing was as tall as me, so this would be difficult. Sunset fired magic blasts at Abaddon as I wrestled the hellhound. I heard a ripping noise and saw the hound had gotten a chuck of my jacket.

"Oh come on! I just had this jacket fixed after the whole shadow Sombra encounter!" I groaned as I managed to get the hound in a headlock, depriving it's need for air. Big mistake, I realized, but too little, too late. The hound broke free and had me pinned on the ground, jaw snapping. I managed to keep the hound's jaw from my muzzle, but I knew my forelegs would give out soon. Sunset fired a blast at the hound and it yelped as it took a hard landing. "Thanks, dearie." I said to my wife. She smiled and continued fighting Abaddon. Crystal was trying not to get eaten by another hound. "Ah fuck, I forgot there was two of them." I groaned. The second hound had Crystal up a tree, whimpering and yelping every time the hound's jaw snapped. Mocha raced up beside me.

"Where's Galaxy when you need him?!" She asked as she fired a magic blast at hound number two. The hound took the hit and yelped.

"Good question." I replied, yelping as Abaddon's magic blast almost hit me. "That was close!" I shouted. "Valerium, get Crystal!" I said. The half dragon pony nodded and tackled the other hellhound viciously. Mocha's eyes were literal hearts when she stared at him.

"That's my husband." She said, swooning. I grabbed her and slapped her back to reality. "Why! What! Who!" She exclaimed, shaking her head. "Huh? What? What'd I miss?" She asked. I sighed. She then saw hellhound number one's back legs compress. "Uh....oh." She gulped as it lunged for her, pinning her and digging it's claws into her left foreleg. Mocha cried out in pain.

"Mocha!!!" Valerium shouted, tackling the hound that was pinning his wife. Abaddon sneered.

"Hounds, to me!" She ordered. The hounds fell back and the three of them dissolved into smoke. The rest of us ran over to Mocha, who's left foreleg was bleeding badly. Valerium held her as Crimson and Novel dialed an ambulance. I looked at the smoldering crater Abaddon appeared in.

"Looks like shit just got real." I said before helping Valerium with Mocha. I just hoped Galaxy was doing better than we were.