Foxes of War

POV...Marian

I sniffed the air as I hunted a group of Diamond Dogs. They were kidnapping Ponies, not rare with their raiding parties, but these guys smelled of ash and gore. I didn’t want their hostages killed.

“Why do I smell so much ash.” I huffed as I felt the Slayer Stone, as I called it, burn in my pocket. “Oh, why that now.” I huffed getting the stone out and looking at is. “Why are you acting up?”

It didn’t answer as I huffed and poured power into it, getting a Portal to open. I walked out of the way as two of the armored figures walked through, I recognized Hunter at least.

“So, this is her?” The other male asked, and Hunter nodded. “Hey there, you can call me Runner.” He told me.

“Hello, Marian at your service!” I said with a flourish and bow.

“Sorry about the sudden appearance, but, our token was acting upon us. We think someone on your side was calling us.” Runner explained. “Although, we suspect that it was meant for your friend, Todd.”

“Ah...well, right now I’m hunting some Diamond Dog raiders that smell of Ash and Gore. They’ve kidnapped some travelers.” I explained. “Weirdly, they don’t seem like Soldiers.”

“Slavers, maybe?” Runner suggested.

“But why the strong smell of Ash.” I groaned as I started walking, notching an arrow. “And they’re not going for caves or tunnels, they seem to be heading for a smaller Church in the district that held the poor of this city.”

“Sacrificial lambs. They’re trying to summon something to this World. Maybe some Demons from Hell.” Runner stated as he and Hunter got their guns out, ready to kill. “Can you lead us to this Church of theirs?”

“Yes, this way, watch the cracks in the sewers. Steven has been hunting down there lately.” I told them as we jogged through the ruins of the Twin Sister City. I learned the name from a book I found.

“Just get us to that Church, or it’s over for those poor fuckers.”

“Right, sorry,” I said, starting to run, keeping my beast under control even if was faster. Over the next five minutes, we got to the Church, hearing chanting and seeing blood sigils all over. “Crap.” I snarled going for the door, just before what looked like a huge, pink beast burst out, plowing me over. It just snorted as it stopped and turned for another pace.

“Pinky!” Runner shouted, gaining its attention. “Get behind it, it’s weak in the back!” He told me as the thing made a charge for him.

“Right!” I yelled before smaller beasts rushed out and I spotted the kidnapped Ponies panicking in the building as two huge monsters stared down hungrily.

Maliciously, Runner seemed to have dealt with the Pinky and went at the other two. He was using a Chainsaw and sawed the two in half within seconds.

“KILL THEM!” The Dogs yelled as an active red portal spawned more of those things. Hunter seemed to physically groan as the group of seventeen showed up, but neither looked worried.

Funnily enough, the things blinked in confusion. They looked at the two, muttered, one even pulled out a MAP of all things and pointed at one end then the other. Runner stopped his charge at this as the small things started chuckling and beefy looking brown ball with one eye and hulking arms spawned from the portal.

“Ah, shit! Pain Elemental!” Runner called out as that thing reached into its own mouth and threw a flaming, demonic skull at us.

“What is that? And why are the small one’s laughing!” I asked barely dodging the skull as it redirected to Hunter.

“Pain Elemental! It’s spawning in Lost Souls, those flaming skulls! They’re from the original DOOM game, Hell on Earth!” Runner explained to me, as he and Hunter fought against the Horde, trying to keep it all contained within the Church walls.

“Shit, but why are they laughing?” I asked as I fired on the Imps, I guess.

“Because they are from the Fortified part of Hell, not the invasion camp those Slayers know. They are fakes compared to Him!” The psycho dog yelled.

Of course, that was the last thing he would say, as Hunter sniped his head off, watching it blow into gory pieces.

“Okay, what did he mean?” I asked, getting confused as a second portal opened, this one gold, and a double Barrel poked out and blasted two imps near it. Next came an armored figure with a glowing red ax and they cleaved two bigger demons that just walked through the portal, those two looked like Reavers.

“A Crucible Axe?” Runner said in confusion.

The New guy ignored us as we all killed the demons the same, the Pain Elemental still being the pain in the ass here. The Knightly armored figure pointed at Runner and seemed to text something.

“BFG?” Runner questioned.

The Knight groaned as the Pain Elemental looked panicked now, “Yes but now it’s expecting it!” SHE snarled at him as she backhanded an imp.

“Oh really?” Runner asked, and before she could answer, both he and Hunter pulled out a BFG...each. That made everything stop in its track. “I doubt any of you fuckers were expecting TWO BFGs! Now, fuck off, or we all DIE!” Wait, what!?

“What the FUCK!?” The Knight herself exclaimed.

“In case it wasn’t apparent, we’re in close proximity to our targets, in an enclosed area. Not to mention, if we both shot off our BFGs, the shots would be combined and create an even bigger explosion, that could wipe out half of a very large city. None of us will survive it.” Runner explained as he and Hunter took aim. “So, tell me this; is it worth it?” Are they seriously gonna do it!? IM TOO YOUNG TO DIE!

Before she could give her answer, the Demons all pulled back and retreated, going back into Hell as the portal that brought them here, closed. Everything was quiet now. No more Demons, no more danger, no reason to use the BFGs to senselessly blow ourselves up over nothing.

“Huh...normally only he could get that reaction.” The Knight said before double tapping an Imp. “Now, who the fuck are you two and why the fuck does you look like Todd.” She snarled, pointing at them with her double barrel. However, she temporarily forgot that they still had their BFGs out, and aimed at her next, making her drop her weapons and raised her hands up. “... Fuck.”

“Excuse us for looking like your Boyfriend, Daisy.” Runner told her, surprising her as he somehow guessed her name.

“Okay, how the fuck did you know?” She asked still cussing.

“Excuse us, but, can you not cuss.” A mare asked, holding her hand over her child's ears.

“Shut the fuck up, bitch!” Daisy snarled.

“Daisy, I’m the Bat-shit, fucking insane one of my group. I see and do things differently. Now then,” he started, putting his BFG away and pulling out a Datapad. “I’m going to hand you the information that’s on this Datapad. You can read them in your own damn time. Just don’t try anything fucking stupid.” He told her, as Hunter lower his, but didn’t put away.

“Okay, sorry, I was hoping to find him here.” She sighed taking the Datapad. “Now, I’m going to guess Hell has tried to Invade your world but failed. The section trying to Invade here didn’t see you as much of a threat though.” She said looking over a pad. “Guessing you have not been around as long as Todd or fought them off multiple worlds.”

“Duty can be a bitch at times. And as much as we would like to, our priority was to keep them out of our world, parallel to this one. Although, it’s not as fucked up like this One is. Seriously, this World has Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Destiny, Warhammer 40K and whatnot here.” Runner said. “Their energy signatures are all over.”

“Heh, Todd said the same.” Daisy chuckled.

“Wait, what?” I asked confused now.

“Can the werewolf shut up?” Daisy huffed.

“Wait, how?” I asked her.

“I fight demons, Daedra gets in the way. I found things out.” She told me. “Look, Todd has been here a long time and has tried...to fix the fucked up stuff here. He said a lot of Displaced are placed on this world just to die. It’s like a...Dumping space for some serial killer...I think is how he described it. And the games they played and just meshed in.”

“And that’s what we all are, as well; Displaced. We’re the unlucky fuckers that are forced into something we never thought possible and wished it was a dream. Well, I guess some are even more unfortunate and are driven to insanity more easily. Also, that’s Todd’s friend, who used to be a guy, now turned girl.” Runner stated, surprising Daisy yet again.

“Uh...sorry,” Daisy said. “Well, Todd thinks I’m dead, then turned into The Icon of Sin by my father, who grieved and betrayed my world. I’ve been wandering Hell for a while.” She huffed.

This time, Hunter spoke up, so to speak. “His Tomb is within the Old Ruins. I tried to open it and free him, but the Mare on the Moon has the keys to releasing him. She won’t be returning after some time.” Hunter texted to her.

“Two years...just about,” I said. “It’s been a while.”

“I can wait.” She said before taking off her helmet. She was a yellow furred, red-eyed bunny.

“Daisy, about Todd’s armor, tell me; did the Wretch upgraded his Praetor suit to Mark II?” Runner asked her.

“Yes...he just upgraded mine after finding me. I was in some place called Tartarus.” She told us.

“That would be Equestria’s version of Hell; a prison dimension for the worst criminals to get locked up. As a matter of fact, in our world, our Night Sentinels are Demons from Tartarus. Look it up.” He told her. “Just to avoid confusion and misunderstanding.”

“Hmmm, think I was there. Hell is confusing in terms of travel. Or I was here, I’m unsure.” She said, sitting down.

“You know, I think it might’ve been him that gave us the blueprints for building the Night Sentinels’ armor and Hellshot weapons. He may have helped us back then, so he must know about us?” Runner theorized. “You see, none of us really had the means or blueprints to create either of the two, I searched through the entirety of our database, and found nothing.”

“He may have taken it from my World.” She said, rubbing her head. “Todd was very angry from what my Father did to it.”

“The Time/Space continuum inside the Hell Dimension can be very random at times. Not to mention, we were nowhere close to these Fortified Worlds. But I’m guessing they’d be considered ‘High Prizes of Hell’s Spoils’. Their Core Regions, one of sufficiency to their plans of Endless Conquest.” Runner said.

“You would be correct. My world held an energy they craved like no other, they use the power to expand their borders with force and tech.” She explained.

“Yeah, we were within the Outer Region territories. There wasn’t much, but that was ideal since not many would think of setting up forces on those Dead Worlds. So, no one would notice or bat an eye. Things were hidden from view.” Runner sighed.

“Yes, I would guess so. I need to get back to my camp. I’ll see you later if I find your world. Honestly.” The Bunny giggled before walking through her portal.

“Wow, okay.” Runner said, before looking at me. “You alright? Looks like your head is about ready to explode.” He asked me. “Couldn’t keep up, huh?”

“No...not really.” I mewled, holding my head.

“Eh, you’ll live. It’s not gonna kill ya.” He said with a shrug.

“Okay...Stop that brain.” I snarled, my Inner Beast bringing up some lewd images.

“What’s wrong?” Runner asked.

“My Inner beast is horny.” I huffed, sitting in a pew as the former hostages rushed back to the road and their stuff.

“Seriously? We only just met and your beastly side wants to fuck us?”

“Two years dry. And two...attempts by people forcing themselves on me did not help.” I mewled, curling up a bit. “The same thing happened to Victor...well, more after he left. I didn’t have a restful night.”

“Well, that sucks.” He snorted. “If there’s nothing else you have for us, we’ll be heading back to training.” He told me.

“Honestly, right now it’s either I do something to state the beast, have sex, go hunting, or send you back at this point,” I told them. “I don’t really need to clean a ruin.”

“Send us back.” He said.

“Sure,” I said. “Our Contract is complete,” I said, waving goodbye as they left.

I got up and started walking, bumping into Victor.

“Oof! Marian?! Oh, hey.” He said. “Guess I stumbled through another mirror?”

“Hello, Victor,” I said. “Or maybe the same one,” I said as the images of his bulge got back into my head. “Aug.”

“You Okay?” he asked, looking me over.

“I’m a Werewolf, and my inner beast is horny,” I explained flatly as I started walking home.

“Oh,” he said, retracting his helm to reveal he was fully a wolf.

“Huh, cool,” I said as I walked, with him keeping pace. “What’s new with you? I just had to deal with Demons.”

“They didn't violate you, did they?” He asked me.

“No, Doom Marines and I guess Todd’s Girlfriend, a Bunny named Daisy, took care of them” I explained.

“Oh. Guess he saved her.” Victor said.

“I guess so.” I chuckled as passed a large cave.

“Urara gave birth last month, triplets, two girls and a boy,” he said.

“That’s good, I’m glad for you!” I gushed as Solomon walked out and took a flight to hunt. He was a green Dragon the lived in that cave.

“Huh, neighbor?” he asked me.

“Yes. He just moved here.” I chuckled as we reached my Manor, and felt my armor was a little wet...below. “I need a shower.” I mewled, looking to the Bathhouse.

“I can smell that,” Victor said, his bulge notable. “Crap.”

I mewled at that and backed up just a little. He turned away, panting heavily, making me note the oversized chainsaw-sword on His back next to his other blade. “Uh...new sword?” I asked trying to change the topic.

“Y-yeah. Won it in a Melon Smashing Festival.” He said.

“Smashing?” I asked confused as sat in my chair, his erection not really going away. “What’s a Smashing Festival?”

“You know those Japanese Beach Festivals?” He asked, managing to control himself.

“I think so. Barely looked into Japanese culture...if only a little.” I explained.

“Well, there was This Melon game, where you take a Melon, blindfold a Guy, then carefully lead them to smash it. Of course, the One I went to had Melons that fight back by exploding…” he chuckled, looking at his Sword.

“Oh, I know that one!” I said with a smile that seemed to Dumbfound the wolf. “Never did it in a festival, but one time at the California State Fair!”

“Ah. Cool.” Victor Chuckled. “Well, the One I went to, it was kinda a Festival for fighters like Urara and I. One part was where we had to beat up these weird blokes who were cursed with This weird watermelon Curse,” I remarked. “After that came the exploding melons, and Then there were the club enhancements…”

“Nothing like that for me!” I chuckled, before going into a full on laugh.

“Yeah. A silver lining, free chainsaw-sword,” he said, propping it up. “Actually had fun.”

“All ways a good thing.” I chuckled as Silva and Shade walked in, a deer in Silva’s mouth. “Had a fun hunt?”

“Yes miss Marian, Silva had to fight off a pink thing. I think it was an imp.” She told me as I winced. They must be infesting the forest now.

“DOOM Demons?” he asked. “Explains the Knight I ran into.” he huffed. “Kinda funny when it saw my Chainsaw-sword.” he chuckled.

“It freaked out? They chuckled at Hunter and Runner, Runner’s another Doom Marine.” I explained.

“Oh, he was laughing for a bit till I pulled it out. Was rolling on the ground even.” He grumbled. He then grinned. “Crapped himself when he saw the Size of it.”

“Eh, the demons mostly seem to fear Todd on sight from what I heard,” I explained.

“They should. OG Doomguy?” He asked, as his dick twitched.

“Yes, I think so,” I said as Shade went out back to make the most of the deer. I did my best to ignore his erection.

Cool.” He said, idly attempting to push his erection down, and failing.

“How long does that stay up?” I asked, glancing at Shade. I’m sure she still know about sex so I wasn’t too worried about that, just that she was actually too young for it.

“Dunno.” He grumbled, crossing a leg. “Never had it half erect without plowing.”

I mewled at that. “Oh...um…” knowing I was blushing but the thought just made me nervous.

“I’ll go if you're nervous.” He said.

“Look, I was a guy before being displaced...the two out back didn’t exactly help my idea of sex as a girl a lot.” I huffed. “Just unsure with my new body.”

“Gotcha,” he said, pushing down his erection. “So, how have things been?” He asked me, trying to steer away from the uncomfortable subject.

“Okay, good, been learning to keep my Inner beast under control. I even had Rarity help with my fence and paths to keep Predators out.”

“Rarity knows Warding?” He asked me.

“Yeah, it’s great, she's been helping out a lot. Along with Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash...though dash seems distracted a lot.” I said, shrugging. “I’ve been paying Rarity back in forging lessons and furs.”

“Jewel Smithing I take it?” He asked me.

“Yes,” I told him. “Well, now Rarity should actually be walking over today. Said she ran into something yesterday.”

“Oh? Wonder what it is?” He chuckled.

“Poison joke. Some vines grew over the path.” Rarity said, looking rather shaggy.

“That was Fast,” Victor remarked. “No Evil Enchantress gag?” he stage-whispered to me.

“I know Zecora.” Rarity huffed at him as she sat down. “Why do you have such a large dick?”

“Void-Given. Suck it, Neffy.” he muttered with a grin.

“Eh, bouncing from Guy to Guy right now.” Rarity told me with a twinkle in her eye.

“Victor!” We all heard from the Direction of the Keep. Rarity tapped My shoulder motioning for me to go upstairs.

“Well, Mr. well endowed and horny seems a girl wants you.” Rarity told him as I mewled and moved to the stairs.