The Wildcard

by Crimson Blade79

Viva Las Vegas

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Ah Las Vegas, city of fun, vibrance, and beauty. When it turns dark however, it becomes the city of greed, lust, and organized crime. Hard to believe a city like this is in the Mojave Desert am I right? Wait, where are my manners, I bet you didn't come here to listen to me ramble on about Las Vegas right? I thought so, now let's find our main character shall we. Be prepared for a sudden shift in writing style for I am about to enter third person view.

Deep within the city of Las Vegas, there's a few little hotels, motels, and apartments that appear to be in a rundown state. In one of the apartments, a woman with dirty blonde hair in a ponytail and pale blue eyes walks out of a door on the far left on the top floor of her apartment. Her name is Angelina Blackburn, a nineteen year old with a rugged and edgy look. She wears a black leather jacket, a red scarf, black pants, black gloves, a gun holster that appears to be holding a handgun, and black boots. She then proceeds to take a cigarette out of a little blue package she pulled out of her right pocket and begins to light it up with a lighter. She breathes in and puffs out a billow of smoke. Her phone began to ring from her right pocket of her pants.

Angelina picks up the phone and answers, "Hello? Who's this? How did you get my number?"

A man's voice emanated, "Let's just say I've heard of you before. Reason why I called is because I'd like to meet you, I may even have a job for a woman with your talents."

Angelina said in frustration, "You still didn't answer my question. Who are you and how did you get my number?"

The man replied, "Meet me at the Pepermill Fireside Lounge and I'll tell you everything you want to know."

Angelina began to get fed up and said, "Now who do you think-" She was interrupted by the phone hanging up and she said, "Son of a bitch. Well, I have nothing better to do with my night so I might as well find this creep and if I don't like him, I'll put a bullet in his brain."

Angelina then began to walk downstairs passing by various doors of her neighbors, being careful not to make too much noise. After several seconds, she finally reached the bottom floor and exited the apartment. In front of her now was her motorcycle that she parked in front of the building. The motorcycle was a sleek model that was jet black, had a blue flame design, and had a motorcycle helmet at the back of it that looked like a blue skull. Angelina then proceeded to put on the helmet and drive off to the Pepermill Fireside Lounge.

Angelina drove rather quickly down the roads of Las Vegas, it was also surprisingly busy with traffic flow that didn't look like it would ever stop. When she finally reached the place mentioned by the mysterious caller, she was shocked to see how colorful the place was as it was lit with neon lights and it was rather exotic to say the least. The sign at the front said 'Peppermill Fireside Lounge, 24 hour resteraunt and bar'. Angelina was surprised she never found this place sooner but she decided to shrug off that feeling and enter the bar. It was even more bright on the inside than the outside and it appeared even more bizarre. It even had a little fire at the center of the place. When Angelina saw the menu, it had a lot of variety and it had pretty much every drink she ever knew. The menu also had an impressive variety of food ranging from pizza to steak.

Angelina sat at one of the bar counters and attracted the attention of the bartender. The bartender was a Caucasian man with a white shirt and a black apron but there wasn't really anything else interesting about him. The bartender walked to Angelina and asked, "What can I getcha miss?"

Angelina saw a menu pamphlet and began to read it. She decided what she wanted and asked the waiter, "I'd like a scorpion drink and a medium sausage pizza."

The bartender took out a little notepad and began to write on it with a pen. He then responded, "Your order will be ready shortly."

After about five minutes of waiting, Angelina got a little impatient but when she was about to just walk around, a man with a black hoodie came and sat right next to her. The man appeared to have no face considering that the hood on his hoodie shaded his entire face and he also wore blue jeans, crimson gloves, and white sneakers. The man then said to Angelina, "Hello, I see that it didn't take you very long to find this place."

It was at this moment that Angelina realized that this was the man that talked to her on the phone but before she could say something, the bartender came back and gave her what she ordered. After the bartender left, Angelina said as she began to eat her pizza, "What do ya want creep? You better not be some sort of stalker."

The man said as he waved his hands, "Whoah hey now, I'm no creep, just a guy with an offer that's all."

Angelina ate another slice of her pizza and asked, "Okay, what's this little offer of yours?"

The man said in an excited voice, "I knew you would see reason. So I need you to go to some strange land and recover an item of extreme value."

Angelina ate the last slice of her pizza and urged, "Go on."

The man said, "Oh right, so this item is a sword called Gray Fox. A rather legendary weapon that could be worth a lot of money and I'm willing to pay you for recovering it for me."

Angelina's interest was perked as she thought to herself, 'If I get enough money from this job, I'll be able to move out of my shitty apartment.' After some careful consideration, Angelina said, "I accept the offer but on one condition."

The man responded, "Name it."

Angelina said, "If I get this sword, promise me that you'll pay me as much as that sword is worth to you."

The man said as he snapped his fingers, "It's a deal. How about we meet outside after you finish your drink? We'll begin our final preparations then."

Angelina then said, "Okay, I'll meet you outside but you better not be screwing with me." After the man left the bar, Angelina looked back at her drink but something seemed off about it but she didn't feel this way about it just a few seconds ago so she began to drink her drink. When she finished drinking, she left the bar but she felt dissy. Angelina groaned, "What's wrong with my head? Did someone slip a Micky in my drink?" She then collapsed onto the ground.

Angelina began to wake up to find that she wasn't at the bar anymore but she didn't know where she was at. All she could see around her was darkness, a void. When she looked forward however, she saw a figure with crimson armor and a blue cape with his back facing her as if he never knew she was there. Just as Angelina was about to say something, the figure turned around revealing that it had a black visor and strange symbols on it's shoulders and chest plate.

The figure announced, "My name is Crimson Blade79 and welcome to the void."

Angelina recognized the figure's voice, it was the man she met at the bar. Angelina then asked with malice, "Why the hell did you drug me? Why bring me here?"

Crimson Blade79 answered, "I drugged you so you wouldn't resist me pulling you into the void. As to why I brought you here, I simply did so to prepare you to retrieve the blade I seek because here I am at my most powerful for I am a Void God."

Angelina asked, "What's the real reason you want me to retrieve this blade?"

Crimson Blade79 answered, "Because if the other Void Gods find out I lost my sword, I'd be a laughing stock. That sword belongs to me by the way. Although I've gotten bored of it as of late."

Angelina was now furious and yelled, "Then why the hell do you want me to get that sword?!"

Crimson Blade79 answered, "Because I want you to have it for you will be my champion. Once you retrieve the blade, you will give it back to me so I can copy it in order to forge a new blade for myself."

Angelina yelled, "Are you insane?! What would that accomplish?! Why not retrieve your sword yourself?!"

Crimson Blade79 replied, "Because Void Gods are not supposed to go to the realm for which I have lost my sword. It's against Void God law, it was formed two million and thirty-six years ago. If you retrieve my sword, I'll get both a champion and a more powerful weapon, that's what I will accomplish."

Angelina insulted, "You're a dick!"

Crimson Blade79 responded, "You're not the first to call me that, this I know." He then lifted his right hand towards Angelina and said, "I now bestow upon you great power from DBZ universe 1-12 and beyond. You will now be able to accomplish almost as much as I would be able to accomplish."

Angelina felt energy course through her veins, she liked this feeling because it made her feel powerful. She then asked, "Where will you be sending me?"

Crimson Blade79 answered, "I'm not just gonna tell you where, I'm also going to tell you when. You will be going to planet Equus in a kingdom named Equestria in the timezone I labeled Season 4."

Angelina processed what Crimson Blade79 was telling her, all of these things that he mentioned sounded familiar like she's heard of it before. Angelina then said with determination, "I'm ready."

Crimson Blade79 said, "Alright, be prepared for a fight because someone important seems to be in danger and I would like you to help her before you set off to find my sword."

Angelina scoffed, "Whatever, I'll save her. It'll give me a good workout anyways."

Crimson Blade79 said, "Excellent, I'm sending you now." He then lifted his left hand and Angelina vanished from sight. Crimson Blade79 then summoned a golden throne, a wide table, and a flat screen TV. He then sat on the throne and turned on the TV. Crimson Blade79 said as he watched, "This is going to be entertaining."

Angelina appeared in a cave that appeared to have many tunnels. When she looked around, she saw dogs that appeared hostile and a white furred pony with a purple mane. She was also accompanied by a tiny dragon with purple and green scales. Angelina observed all of them and assumed that the white pony was the one she was sent to help.

One of the dogs punched the white pony and threatened, "Give me all your gems or there's gonna be trouble."

The dragon said, "Hey! Don't punch Rarity you good for nothing diamond dogs!"

Another diamond dog laughed and punched the dragon. He then mocked, "Oh look, Spike the baby dragon wants to be a hero."

The last diamond dog laughed and joked, "Yeah, what's next, the bitchy pony wants to be a hero next?"

Angelina decided she had enough of what those dogs were saying and yelled, "Hey! Why don't you pick on someone about twice your size?!" She wasn't wrong about that remark, the smallest dog out of the three is about half her hight and she's 5 feet and 10 inches tall.

The first diamond dog looked at her and mocked, "Whoah, that's a huge bitch."

The second one snickered and said, "Yeah but nobody messes with us."

The third one said, "Let's teach her a lesson. I'll go first."

The third diamond dog ran towards Angelina but she didn't move until he jumped up and prepared to punch her in the face. When the diamond dog threw his punch, it was immediately caught by Angelina's hand and she twisted his arm in an unimaginably painful position that caused the diamond dog to scream in pain. Angelina then proceeded to put a cigarette in her mouth and lit it. After she smoked it for a quick second, she jammed the cigarette into the diamond dog's right eye which caused him to scream in intense pain. The other diamond dogs and their intended victims watched in horror at what transpired.

Angelina then threw the diamond dog into the air and when he came down far enough she punched him with enough force to form a new tunnel in the cave. She then stared at the hole in awe and said, "Whoops, I guess I don't know my own strength anymore." She then turned back to the remaining diamond dogs who stared at her in horror while Rarity and Spike stared with a mix between horror and awe. Angelina then asked in an intimidating tone, "Who's next?" The diamond dogs were too scared to even move now and Angelina said, "Aw screw it, I'll just put you out of your misery and put you down like the filthy dogs you are." She then pulled out her hand gun and proceeded to shoot the other diamond dogs in the head which caused their brains to splatter everywhere.

Rarity screamed and fainted while Spike asked, "What have you done?"

Angelina answered like it was obvious, "I saved your asses, that's what." She then looked around and asked Spike, "You wouldn't happen to know the way out of the cave now would you?"


Author's Note

Not even one minute and the main character already messes up the Canon timeline. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this. I'll write more chapters and feel free to comment below.

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