Salt, Anger, And Booze

Salt, Anger, And Booze
Part 11: Not Again

By: Major Frostwing

There is that fucking beeping again. I slowly opened my eyes to only close them due to the sun hitting my eyes. "Oh what the fuck?" I muttered as my throat felt like it was being ripped in half. I slowly opened my eyes getting to a sitting up position. I ran my hand through my hair feeling that it was back to normal. I looked about my room seeing that I was in a hospital room.

I saw the door to my room open only for a nurse to enter my room. She wasn't paying attention as she walked right up to my heart monitor looking it over before writing something down. "I wonder when he will wake up?" I heard the nurse ask herself out loud as I rolled my eyes.

"How amount 5 minutes ago?" I asked as she let out a soft giggle.

"His heart rate would be elevated and not be this calm if he did wake up." She answered before she stopped looking over to me. I raised a hand giving her a wave.

"Yo." I said calmly as I saw her eyes roll into the back of her head as she passed out. "Oh god dammit..." I muttered face palming before I pulled the heart monitor pads off only for a loud beep to persist as an alarm started up. I gave a stretch before yanking out the IV in my arm.

I got to my feet walking up to the machine turning it off before picking up the nurse moving her to my bed. I looked at the wall clock smiling. "30 seconds... That's actually sad." I said as I pulled the doors to the room open just as a doctor was opening it with a crash cart behind him. "Glad to see you joined the party Doctor." I said as I pointed my thumb behind me. "The nurse fainted and you should probably make sure she is ok. Then you need to tell me where the fuck my shit is." I saw him nod as he motioned to a nurse to come forward.

"She will take you to a room where you can change." I nodded to the doctor moving him out of my way as I followed the nurse.

Once I got to the room that held me gear I swiftly changed. I felt a little out of it without my swords but I was confident that Celestia had them. "How long have I been out?" I asked the nurse as she looked at me with concern.

"You have been unconscious for the better part of 16 days... There was horrible damage to your abdomen and both of your lunges were hit by a blast of magic gladly the beam wasn't aimed 3 centimeters higher. Otherwise it would have hit your heart." I shrugged before looking down at my chest raising my shirt to see the ragged scar in the center of my chest and one about 5 inches below it.

"Well then guess I got luck on my side..." I said pulling my shirt down.

"As your nurse I have to ask how you are feeling. You seem as if something is troubling you." I rolled my eyes at her as I patted her on the head.

"What's bothering me is my personal nurse is not here right next to me. That and I have been asleep for 16 days. I want a cup of coffee and I want to talk to Celestia." I said as I made my way to the door.

"Sir you have not been cleared to leave the medical ward yet."

"That's nice." I said as I pushed the door open making my way towards the exit. I had some things that needed to be discussed with Celestia and the others. That and I want some fucking coffee... I live off that shit."

I had left the medical ward and had made my way towards the dining hall passing guards who all looked at me with unease. I ignored them as I kept walking. I stopped at a large grandfather clock looking at the time before shrugging. It was only 8:17 in the morning but whatever.

The dining halls doors were closed and had two guards standing on either side of it. I reached out for the door only for them to cross their spears. I looked at both of them before grabbing their heads. With an innocent smile I slammed their heads together dropping them to the ground knocked out. I rolled my neck before opening the doors to see Celestia, Twilight and her friends, Luna, Cadence, Shining, and Red.

I casually walked up taking hold of a chair against the wall slamming it down next to Red before sitting down. I saw an empty mug and a hot pot of coffee in the center. I took it before pouring myself a cup.

"I did not realize that you were discharged from the Medical Ward Jon. Celestia said as I held up a finger downing the entire mug of coffee before pouring myself a new cup.

"Yea I woke up today got dressed came straight here... Where is my shit?" I asked Celestia raising my cup to my lips.

"They are in a safe place." Celestia said calmly raising her cup of tea.

"Jon you can not talk to the Princess like th-" I raised my right hand snapping my fingers as A dark purple mist covered Twilight's mouth keeping her mouth shut.

"Twilight the adults are talking..." I said as I returned my attention to Celestia. "Princess I appreciate that you were so kind as to not destroy my weapons but I would like them to be returned to me." I said setting down my mug.

"I will return them after breakfast." Celestia said as I nodded. "Would you like anything to eat before then?" Celestia asked as a servant walked up to me.

"I just want coffee... and some white toast." I said as the servant gave me a weird look.

"Jon we all know that you are an omnivore you do not need to hold back for us." Celestia said as I snapped my fingers removing the hold on Twilight's voice.

"Toast and more coffee... please." I said as the servant nodded taking off to the kitchen.

"Jon are you feeling alright?" Red asked as I shrugged.

"I did take a blade to the gut a few weeks ago... Don't want to fuck up my stomach with eating a huge meal." Red smiled to me setting her hand over mine.

"That's a good idea." Red said as I went back to my coffee.

Breakfast went swimmingly if you could get past the point where the servant still brought me out my usual breakfast even though I didn't want it. I didn't yell I didn't come to blows with anyone I just ate my toast and drank my coffee before pushing the rest away.

"Darling you seem a little off are you alright?" Rarity asked as I rolled my shoulders.

"No... I am sore and I am missing Solaris and Umbra... I just want my gear back and some answers." I said as Celestia looked over her shoulder at me.

"What is it you want answers to?" Luna asked as I felt my shoulder crack.

"What happened to Chrystalis? The last thing I remember is the bolt of magic ripping through my chest. Also has the wedding happened yet?" I asked as Cadence and Shining both scratched the back of their heads.

"We decided to wait until repairs were finished and wait for you to wake up." Shining said as I cocked an eyebrow at him.

"Well you are supposed to be one of my groomsmen since Twilight is my best mare." I nodded before cocking my head to the side.

"I thought you hated me." I stated as if it was truth.

"Why would you think I hated you?" He asked as I gave him a look that said. 'Really Mother Fucker?'

"Do you want a list of why I think that?" I asked as he shook his head.

"We also wanted the one who helped save Equestria present at the wedding." Cadence said as I rolled my eyes.

"Wait a second." Rainbow said as she flew up right in my face. "You said you knew that this was going to happen. Why didn't you try to stop it?" She asked as I chuckled.

"I think shoving Umbra through Chrystalis' chest cavity when she looked like Cadence would have got me a one way ticket to my own execution." I said as they all thought about it. "Also The Real Cadence was being hidden somewhere and none of us knew. I let what happen happen and I knew if I dropped enough hints you all would eventually catch on that something was up. Twilight did after all." I said as Twilight looked at me with surprise.

"That's surprisingly thought out for you Jon." Celestia said as I rolled my eyes.

"Also Cadence. Dress, music, food, and party." I listed off as she looked at me confused.

"What about it?" She asked as I smiled.

"I saved all of it from being thrown out and having to be redone from scratch." I said as she looked even more confused. "Ask the girls." I said with a wave of my hand. "Now onto Chrystalis. I know I didn't kill her because I would remember Umbra sawing her head from her neck." I let out a sigh of contentedness before scowling. "If she is still alive and in this castle I got business with her."

"Chrystalis has already been exiled to the badlands with the rest of her hive." Celestia said as she looked back at me. "And no I will not tell you how to get to her." I let out an annoyed sigh. "She was defeated by Shining and Cadence with a shield of love and Harmony." I blinked twice before shrugging.

"I guess a good job is in order." I said lightly tapping Shining in the shoulder with my fist. "I guess without you two we all would have lost... So yea..." I noticed that everyone was looking at me with varying forms of shock. "Celestia where are my swords? Are we there?" I asked as Celestia stopped before a door opening it only to reveal a room with a vault door on the floor.

"This is where your blades are located. Sadly I had to destroy the corruption on Umbra so I could safely contain it." I shrugged as she opened the vault as two blades rose from it's depths. Celestia floated over my blades as I grabbed Solaris in my left hand and grabbed My de-corrupted Umbra in my right. I poured corruption into Umbra as it returned to it's normal form.

I saw Celestia hold out my holsters though they were modified to look more professional. I grabbed them as I slammed both blades in the ground before strapping my holsters on. I looked them over before nodding to myself sliding the blades home.

"I really wish you would stop putting holes in my floor Jon." I looked to Celestia before cracking a sly smile.

"At least it is an easy fix." I said before quickly making my way out of the room before I got yelled out.

I decided to check out the throne room and saw that most of the damage was repaired only a few stains of green and red were on the ground. "So few were destroyed... I wish I had more time with her army." I muttered as I dragged my fingers against a particular red stain.

"Jon you ok?" I heard Cadence ask as I glance over my shoulder at her.

"No... Chrystalis is still alive." I said as I got to my feet.

"She is in the badlands so she can't harm anyone." Cadence said with a tired smile.

"It's not that she can't harm anyone ever again... It's the fact that she was going to try and kill Red. I want her blood for that." I said as I felt my anger flare.

"You really like her don't you? I'm pretty sure you would have went for the kill if she attacked anyone else but you actively went and saved Red. That says a lot about how you feel towards her." Cadence said as she set her hand on my shoulder.

"What do you know?" I asked as I removed her hand from my person.

"I am the Princess of Love Jon. It's kinda my thing to know the matters of the heart. Below all that anger is a man who cares for those around him." Cadence said and for a second I felt the urge to strangle her. "I'll leave you alone for now Jon but you should tell her." Cadence turned away making her way towards the exit leaving me alone to my thoughts.