Fear Takes Control

by Rezas

Settling a score.

Previous Chapter

Kumu teleported into the middle of ponyville, the statue of Celestia next to him, and carrying Betty, who clung to him in her sleep. Kumu held a hand out, putting cameras hovering above himself, connecting to screens all across the world.

“Beings of Equus!” He shouted, for them all to hear, Betty wearing magic earmuffs. She mumbled in her sleep, curling close to him. “I have today, an execution to show you. Viewer discretion is advised.”

Turning to the statue, he shot another rainbow beam at it, returning Celestia to her battered but animate state. “This is Celestia, the mare who moves the sun, the mare who ‘loves’ her subjects… as tools.” Kumu said. Betty seemed to smile in her sleep. “Today, she dies.”

Kumu kicked Celestia down onto her front, keeping her there with an armoured boot. “Her list of crimes are as follows. Multiple accounts of dark-ritual usage, multiple accounts of sacrificing, murder, brainwashing, and attempted serious neglect of a foal.” Kumu said, stomping on her spine a bit, making her cry out in pain.

“For all of these, she dies.” Kumu said.

“I-i-i… d-d-did… w-what I d-did… f-for the greater-” Celestia tried to say, but got a boot to the head. Betty giggled in her sleep.

“No one wants to hear it, parasite.” Kumu said coldly. Making a bed appear, he gently set Betty in it, who reached for him, before turning to Celestia. “Now, here is the part where I kill her, and drop her right into Hell. Not Tartarus, Hell.”

“W-what in the Tartarus is hell?” A random pony asked.

“Tartarus… a thousand fold. On a good day.” Kumu replied. Raising up his arm, his axe formed in it. With one hand, he swung it down, cutting off Celestias ass. “Huh, coulda sworn that was her head. She seems to talk from there often.”

Shrugging, he raised the axe again as Celetstia screamed in pain. Annoyed at the noise, he lowered it again, cutting her head off this time. Maybe. Coulda been another ass. Betty sat up, headphones off, before seeing the dead Celestia.

“Oh… I didn’t get to see the good part…” Betty said, disappointed. In response, Kumu snapped his fingers, restoring Celestia to how she was a couple seconds ago. Looks like someone SAVEd.

“Y-y-you can use DETERMINATION now?!” Betty asked, wide eyed.

“Of course. I have like, nine rainbow SOULs in me.” Kumu replied with a shrug. He then proceeded to do over the execution exactly the same way.

“Are you sure you got her head this time? You coulda hit her ass again,” Betty said with a mischievous smirk.

“All of her is a ass, really,” Kumu replied with a simple shrug.

“So there’s no missing it?” Betty replied with a giggle. Kumu simply shook his head, before grabbing the SOUL before it could escape. It was a dark rainbow SOUL. Draining it dry of the good bits, what few there were, like maybe two, Kumu slashed with the axe, opening up a fiery hellscape that he tossed the rest into, closing it soon after.

Betty tilted her head. “Did you just throw her in the netherrealm from mortal kombat?” She asked.

“No, I threw her into Hell. The worst Hell.” Kumu told her. The ponies were terrified of the two strange beings, especially the tall armoured one. Not caring for them in the slightest, Kumu picked Betty up bridal style. “Let’s get outta here,” He said, opening a portal above him to the nearest connected world, going through.

They appeared in a modern like world. A world with no magic portals, no banished sirens, no magic geodes. A perfectly mundane world, except for the fearling and her soul. Kumu set Betty down, smirking.

“Finally… we're free, Betty. None of those bigots from equestria can touch us here,” Kumu said, setting her down on the top of the building.

“So we don't have to fight anymore?” Betty asked looking hopeful as kumu had known of one of her secret wishes not to actually have to fight anymore. Despite all her bravado, all the endless killing got… depressing, after a while.

“No more fighting,” Kumu replied, hugging her. “Now we start a new life… preferably far from any and all idiotic beings.” Kumu said, grimacing a bit. Where there is Civilization, there are idiots. With that, Kumu carried Betty into the wilderness.

The End.


Author's Note

Welp, finished something. Whole it's the end of this tale, you guys know me. There'll be another, one day. For now, this one is complete... Still open for crossovers though just message me on this!