Salt, Anger, And Booze

Salt, Anger, And Booze
Part 13: GOD DAMMIT!

By: Major Frostwing

Celestia took Jon to the infirmary where she saw the Elements all sitting in what looked like a waiting area each with their own injuries. She silently set Jon on a stretcher as a few doctors moved forward taking Jon into a emergency room. A few walked forward to help Celestia but she stopped them. "Use all of your time to insure that he is alright." Celestia ordered as they bowed to her.

"Princess Celestia!" Twilight yelled as she ran up to Celestia looking over the injuries she sported.

"I am alright my student nothing to concern yourself about." Celestia said with a smile. It was a smile that calmed the soul but Twilight still looked worried.

"But Princess you are still bleeding." Twilight said as Celestia set a hand on her shoulder.

"Twilight I will be fine Jon is in worse a state than me." Celestia said as she looked to the emergency room door. "I did cut his eye out..." Celestia seemed to deflate slightly at saying what she had done to Jon. "But what about you my student? What has happened to you and your friends?" Celestia asked as Twilight scowled.

"Jon took us all out without even breaking a sweat." Twilight said crossing her arms. "He caught my spell and threw it back at me." Celestia sighed.

"Redirecting a spell is a simple thing my student. I taught you how do do it." Celestia said as Twilight shook her head.

"He didn't redirect my spell Princess. He. Caught. It. With his hand." Twilight said as Celestia's eyes widened slightly. "That should be impossible Princess. The magical energies should tear apart flesh if caught or the spell would activate on contact. He did something impossible." Twilight said as Celestia stared at the emergency room a little more than afraid.

"Twilight. Jon is to stay at your home. He is to stay with each of you at all times. Do not let him be alone." Celestia said as she began walking towards one of the rooms to get her wounds bandaged.

I awoke to darkness and that fucking beeping again. I slowly opened my eyes to see only darkness in one eye and the infernal machine that was my heart monitor. I reached over taking hold of the top of the machine. With unrestrained anger I lifted the machine throwing it straight into the wall across from me. The machine exploded into parts as it collided with the wall.

I reached to my right hand yanking out the IV out as I kicked the covers off. "FUCK!" I yelled as I flipped the bed I was in moments before. A doctor opened the door seeing me as I walked over to the remains of the heart monitor. I looked over to the doctor as he stared at me in wide eyed shock. "THE FUCK ARE YOU LOOKING AT!?" I yelled picking up the remains throwing the against the wall next to the doctor.

The doctor covered his head as he ran out of the room. I reached up setting my hand over the bandages covering my left eye. "What the fuck?" I muttered as I picked up the bed flipping it back over sitting on it with a huff. "I lost in such a pathetic way." I said out loud falling on my back on the bed sighing.

"It was a hard fight Jon." Celestia said at the door of my room. I looked at her with my right eye glaring at her. "You made me take the fight seriously which is a feat in it's own right." She said entering the room. I saw the bandages over her cheek and all across her torso. I also noticed the two black eyes she sported.

"You cut out my eye." I said flatly as I leaned my head back.

"And you put your hand in my stomach I say it was a fair trade."

"Yea... My eye will heal eventually." I said as I set my hand over my left eye. "How long have I been out?"

"I brought you in a few hours ago." She said with a small smile.

"Good. I didn't lose days or weeks to a failure on my part... I wish you threw at least on energy bolt. Would have loved to see the look on your face." I said with a smile as her eyes widened.

"Where did you learn how to do that?" Celestia asked in barely a whisper.

"Nightmare taught me everything I would need to do what I need to do. Corrupting objects, my magic, negating spells thrown my way, and healing from injuries. Everything necessary to win a fight. I can catch spells thrown my way by doing one simple thing. If my magic is stronger I can catch whatever you throw at me." I explained as I held up my right hand showing it to her. A dark purple mist encased my hand before solidifying into a black claw.

"Are you here to actually help us? Or destroy us all?" Celestia asked as I let out a sigh.

"I am just a guy thrown into a different world and decided to make a deal with a devil to survive. I help you and you help me." I dismissed my magic flexing my hand slowly. "As long as you are willing to help me I will help you." I reached up unraveling the bandages over my left eye. A light sting rocketed across my face as I slowly opened my left eye. I looked to Celestia with a smile. "You still want to help a monster like me?" I asked as she nodded.

"As long as you remain my ally then yes." I opened my left eyes seeing that the world was blurry in my left eye. It was slowly clearing up.

"My eye is still healing but I can at least still see."

"The corruption is spreading Jon. soon enough there will be nothing we can do to fix it. You will be corrupted by the dark magic flowing through you and you will have to be sealed away." I shrugged to her giving a tired smile.

"When that time comes... I won't even resist." I got to my feet stretching my arms back and legs. "Let's get out of here and get some ice cream. I know we both could use some after that fight." She smiled as she got to her own feet showing me the way to the kitchen.

I sat on the counter of the kitchens with Celestia next to me each of us having our own tub of ice cream. Twilight and the other girls were standing before us as me and Celestia both continued to eat.

"So what do you want Twilight?" I asked as I scooped another spoonful of vanilla ice cream into my mouth.

"I want some answers Jon. Why would you even want to fight Princess Celestia? Twilight asked as I looked to Celestia out of the corner of my right eye. She was keeping her composure pretty well.

"Simple really. I needed to see if she could beat me." I said as I set down my ice cream before leaning on my knees. "We all know that I can't be cured of the corruption without it either killing me or sealing me away. I needed to see if Celestia could put a stop to whatever I throw at her. And she did what I needed to test." Twilight was about to retort when I let out a tired sigh.

"I have maybe a year left Twilight. After a year I might be gone and the only thing left will be Nightmare. You six will have to put me down when that time comes." I looked to all of them cracking my left eye open to show them what has changed now. My left eye had shifted back to it's original form but the white part of my eye has now shifted to a dark purple.

"Jon..." Twilight began as I closed my eye looking away from them.

"Eventually you will all be either my saviors or my killers. I'm happy with either outcome." I felt arms wrap around my torso which brought my eyes down. Pinkie was hugging me tightly.

"We don't want you to go Jon." Pinkie said as I looked at her. "We know you don't want to be mean to us Jon you just need us to dislike you enough that when the time comes it will be easier for us to stop you." I closed my eyes removing Pinkie's arms from my body before jumping down from the counter.

"I guess you saw through my plans... What gave it away?" I asked as they all watched me.

"The wedding." Twilight said as i let a click with my tongue.

"You were trying to make all of us feel better after what Chrystalis did to us when she was Cadence. It was out of character for you Jon." Twilight explained when Rarity stepped forward.

"Nurse Red Line. You are never mean to her." Rarity pointed out as I scratched the back of my head with a sigh.

"So what do you want me to do now? If I start being nice to you all now it would only be harder on all of you when the time comes." I say with a defeated sigh.

"We'll find a way to cure you Jon it won't have to come to that." I rolled my eyes storming off.

"I'm not an Optimist Twilight. I don't see the up side here..." I turn away from them setting my hand on the door shoving it open. "Either we fix this before it happens or... I die." I step through the doors closing the doors silently behind me.