Back To Work

Back To Work
Chapter 6: The Fall

By: Major Frostwing

I stood there looking down at my chest seeing a sword embedded in my chest right where my heart sat. I felt the heat of the injury before it seemed to go cold my limbs felt as if they were made of lead. I reached up to to try and grab the sword but before I could grasp it a blade went through my wrists taking them right off. Celestia, Luna, Twilight, and Cadance stared at me with wide eyes.

The edges of my vision darkened as I looked at my arms and the blade in my chest. "How?" I asked as my arms drooped to my sides.

I looked at the princesses and the last of my friends as four identical swords pierced them from behind in the same spot as mine. "How...?" I asked out loud as I fell on my side my body finally giving out on me. I tried to stay awake for as long as possible and I finally saw them. A woman walked out of the shadows before standing over me.

"Blades forged of Griffon Steel. Carved with Draconic Runes. Blessed by Minotaur shamans. These blades can't kill any of you but they will lock you all in your death states. I told you Jon I would cleanse the taint that you have left on this world" The woman said as she knelt down grabbing me by my hair lifting my head up. "I warned you."

"I... Will be" I coughed hard as my body grew more and more cold. "Back." I smiled as I spat a glob of blood right on her cheek. She smiled as everything faded into darkness.

-Unknown Time In The Future-

Three children were exploring the outskirts of the city of Old Manehatten. The city it's self was in disrepair almost completely abandoned except by those that were bandits or the homeless just trying to find a place to sleep.

"W-WAIT UP!" One of the children yelled as the other two continued running forward hopping over cars as they continued on. "COME ON GU-" The child never got to finish her sentence due to the ground underneath her giving out. The other kids glanced back to see their friend disappear into the ground.

"BELLE!" The lone male of the group yelled as he ran back to see their friend in a strange hole.

"Hey Buck is she alright?" The other female asked as she skidded to a stop at the hole.

"I-I'm ok Scoots." Belle said as she got to her feet dusting off her shorts. "Help me up and out of here." Belle said as Buck and Scoots looked around for anything to help their friend.

"We can't find anything up here." Scoots said with a huff of annoyance.

"Uh... Guys... There is something down here." Belle said as the others looked down at their friend. "It's a set of stairs leading deeper into the ground."

"Should we go check it out?" Scoots asked as Buck nodded his head.

"Could be fun." Buck said as he jumped down into the hole. Scoots rolled her eyes as she jumped down after him.

"What is going on down here?" Belle asked as Buck pulled a flashlight out of his backpack.

"Let's go and see." Buck said as he began to walk down the stairs. The girls were a little more hesitant.

"Buck something ain't right here. We shouldn't be here." Belle said as Scoots nodded her head.

"Come on we could get our cutie marks in exploring tombs are something." Buck said as he looked over his shoulder at the girls only to see them standing there staring at something in the distance. Buck slowly turned around to see something being illuminated by magical lights. It was a body being strung up by chains and hooks. A sword was embedded deep into it's chest.

"Buck... We need to leave now..." Scoots said as Buck kept moving forward

"Buck?" Belle asked as he reached where the creature was being held.

"Guys... we need to help this man." Buck said as Belle and Scoots looked at him like he was crazy.

"Remove the blade and release him." A voice said into their minds.

"WHO SAID THAT!?" Scoots demanded.

"You know him... You can feel it in your soul." The voice said before fading away.

Something gripped the three children's souls. "Why does he look so familiar?" Belle asked as she put her hands on her head.

Buck reached up about to seize the blade when the sounds of boots filled the room. "UNDER ORDER OF QUEEN SERENE YOU ARE ALL UNDER ARREST! STEP AWAY FROM THE TRAITOR!" The leader ordered as the three looked around to see they were surrounded.

"Remove the blade. Quickly!" The voice demanded in their heads.

Buck quickly seized the blade ripping it out of the body only for nothing to happen.

"TAKE HIM OUT!" The captain ordered as they all raised their weapons about to fire when something made them pause. A chuckle caught their attention as they all looked around as the chuckle echoed in the room.

"Who is laughing?" One of the soldiers asked when the laughter only got louder and louder before it became full blown manic.

"SHOW YOURSELF!" The Captain demanded before a strange sound caught his attention. It was the sound of dangling chains. He looked up at saw that the traitor was missing. "THE TRAITOR HAS VANIS-" The captain was quickly caught off guard by a blade being shoved into his throat.

"Oh this is new." A voice said as everyone turned to see the man that was hanging from the chains was now standing in the middle of their ranks. "It has been so long since I have been able to move I almost forgot how it felt to kill a little shit like that." The man said as he turned to face them all a magic construct on the end of each of his arms.

"Oh do you like?" The man asked raising his "Hands". "Not as good as my real hands but they do allow me to focus my magic though a lot weaker than before." He explained before rolling his wrists.

"KILL THE TRAI-" A soldier began to yell before his head collapsed on it's self.

"Shut the fuck up I am trying to explain some shit." The man said with an eye roll. "Now where was I?" The soldiers opened fire only for their bullets to freeze in midair. "Oh that's right." The man spun his hands before pushing out launching all the bullets out riddling the shooters with their own bullets. "Killing the fucks who were aiming their guns at me." The man stretched his arms before letting out a sigh of contentedness.

"Who the hell are you?" Scoots asked as the man tilted his head looking behind him to see two little girls before he looked back at where he was held to see Buck. They looked so familiar to the man but he only shook his head. They were long dead anyway.

"Oh fuck didn't see you guys there." The man said before shrugging. "Are you the ones who finally pulled that wretched blade out of my chest?" He asked pointing at the blade in Buck's hand.

"Uh... yea." Buck answered as the man quickly walked towards Buck startling the poor child as he raised the blade ready to fight.

"Can you be a good chap and fucking throw that blade my way I am going to need it." The man said holding his hand toward Buck who only took a step back.

"What are you going to need it for?" Buck asked as the man rolled his eyes.

"I am going to go kill the bitch that put that blade in my chest with that fucking blade... Actually fuck that I got something better." Jon rolled his wrist as a pitch black blade appeared out of thin air in his hand. "Keep the blade as a memento." The man said putting his blade on his shoulder. "Anyway it's been real kid but I gotta run and slaughter a bitch."

"Who are you?" Buck asked as the man stopped for a second seeming to ponder his answer.

"I could lie to all of you but that sounds boring. My name is Jon and I got work to do. It has been a very long time."

"Wait... You mean Jon The Traitor? The one who killed the Sun and Moon? The one who our Queen Serene defeated and took back the sky?" Belle asked as Jon froze mid step.

"Kid... Now I got some questions and I am gonna need some fucking answers. Because I am not the one to kill Cadance, Celestia, Luna, or Twilight." Jon said calmly but he was anything but. "So I suggest you start talking."