Back To Work

Back To Work
Chapter 9: Complications

By: Major Frostwing

After I left old Manehatten I found a town and was able to steal a map. Good thing too since Equestria has changed so much over the years... Some of it for the worse. The Griffon Empire, Diamond Dog territories, and a section of The Dragon Lands have been conquered. The country is getting to big to maintain it's self so that's why there was so much poverty around me.

I let out a sigh adjusting my cloak so the hood sat a little more over my face. A few kids were running away from an adult carrying what looked like bread.

"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SHITS!" The man yelled chasing after them. I reached out seizing the man by his arm.

"How much?" I asked pointing at the kids. The man looked at me confused before a wicked smirk appeared on his face.

"50 bits." He said as I pulled out a bag holding it out to him. He looked at me shocked at how much money was inside the bag before I stepped forward getting into his face.

"If I ever see you chasing kids with intent to hurt I will kill you in the most brutal fashion I can come up with. We fucking clear?" I asked as the man seemed to cower under my gaze. It might be from the fact I threatened his life... Or it might be from me moving my magic to my eyes corrupting them.

The man quickly scrambled away as I followed him with my eyes. I stood up straight retracting my magic with a pained grunt. "I'm fucking starving..." I muttered making my way towards the town exit. I felt something tugging on my cloak as I glanced down to see one of the kids holding a piece of bread out to me.

I knelt down setting my hand on their head smiling. "You risked yourself to get that. Keep it and enjoy it." I lightly ruffled their head before standing up only to hear the clatter of feet. "Run along now I have work I have to do. The world as we know it is about to go through a change." I turned away seeing a small group of five guards running up with the shop keep in tow.

"That him. That's the man who threatened my life." The guards drew their weapons training them on me.

"On the ground you are under arrest." The guard said as I cocked an eyebrow.

"What happened to investigating claims?" I asked rolling my wrist under my cloak.

"I SAID ON THE GROUND!" The man yelled as I let out a sigh.

"Nah I'm good with standing." I said as I began walking forward. "If you're gonna shoot then fucking shoot I got better things to do then slaughter the local law enforcement." I said annoyed.

"Open fire." The head guard ordered as they began firing their spell pistols at me. The bullets diffused against my shield before one pierced through hitting me in the chest. I stopped in my track as I felt electricity course through my body. That's not right. I said to myself. I looked down at my hands to see the magic construct flickering before they shattered. My eyes widened in alarm as I glanced up at the officers reload their spell guns.

"Fuck!" I took off in a mad sprint reaching the leader rather quickly before lashing out with a straight kick throwing him into his subordinates. I let out an angry growl before running out of the town as fast as I could.

Once I was at a safe distance I finally sat down looking at where my hands used to sit. Why is my magic constantly filling up? I asked as I tried to reconstruct my hands only for the action to burn in my chest. What the fuck is going on? I tried to force it only for the pain to get worse. "FUCK!" I yelled out as I cut off the spell. I looked down at my stumps roaring in frustration.

"I need to focus... I need to get to the Old Empire." I got to my feet walking towards my destination I moved as fast as I could without burning myself out.

It took me 3 day to get to the Old Empire but once I was there I only saw desolate ruins. "She destroyed each of the big cities with her stupid conquest." I felt my blood boil as I moved through the city hunting for anything that could tell me what I needed to know. That's when I saw it a large statue of Cadence standing tall head held high. I smiled up at the statue before walking up to it. I began to push the statue out of my way with my shoulder. The statue was quickly moved out of my way and a staircase was revealed. I looked into the darkness before making my way down into it's depths.

It was dark for quite some time before I made it to a well lit cavern. I saw a coffin sitting in the center of the room. "Time for your wake up call." I sad as I went to the lid knocking it off with my arm. I looked into the coffin with a smile.

"Twilight." I said as I looked at the blade piercing her chest. I tried to move the blade with my arms but couldn't get a good grip on it. "There has to be an easier way to do this." I muttered before it hit me. I lowered my head seizing the handle of the blade with my teeth. I pulled the blade out with a yank tossing it aside. I looked down at Twilight with a smile as I saw the wound on her chest slowly close up.

Twilight fluttered her eyes before waking up. "Morning Twilight." I said with a smile.

Twilight looked at me before her eyes went wide. "J-JON!" Twilight yelled out as she sat up hugging me tightly. I returned the hug as best as I could. "Jon what about the others?" Twilight asked as I shook my head.

"I will be collecting them as soon as I can find them but we have an even bigger problem." Twilight look at me confused before her eyes went wide.

"You're magic... It's still growing."

"That bitch took my hands so I don't have a good medium to use my magic. I tried using magic constructs and it worked for a few days but I can't do it anymore. I need an alternative." I said looking down at my arms.

"I think the best medium we can use would be crystals. Give me some time and I will be able to construct your new hands... They won't be permanent though. You will need to build new hands when the ones I make you fail." Twilight explained as I nodded my head. "Do you know how long we have been out?" She asked as I let out a heavy sigh.

"We need to find the others as soon as we can. There is a lot of shit that needs fixed and you are the ones who will fix all of it." I said before glancing towards the exit. "Let's get to work." I said as Twilight nodded to me before she set off to build my new hands.