The Wildcard

by Crimson Blade79

Brutality and Worry

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Spike hesitated for a moment, not sure if he should answer Angelina's question. Spike thought to himself, 'Should I help her, she did save me after all. I'll do it, it's the least I can do.' He then said to Angelina, "I'll show you the way out of this cave if you promise to carry Rarity and protect us from anything else?"

Angelina pondered, 'Why does he act so hostile towards me? I saved his life for fuck's sake. I'll do it anyway, maybe when we get out of this damn cave he can get me information on Gray Fox. That sounds like a stupid name for a sword but I won't judge, it sounds like a pet name for a sword though or the name could hint at something else.' She then stretched and began to smoke another cigarette. After she did all that, she picked up Rarity and hoisted her over her shoulder. Angelina then said, "Lead the way dragon boy, the sooner we're out of this cave, the better."

Spike then responded with confidence, "Alright, follow me. I know this place like the back of my claw." He then began to walk down one of the tunnels behind him.

Angelina stared at Spike as she followed him and thought to herself, 'Is he trying to impress me with bravado. Sorry but I'm not into dragons thank you very much.'

Spike looked back at Angelina and noticed the cigarette in her mouth which made him ask, "What's that thing in your mouth?"

Angelina answered casually, "It's called a cigarette, have you never seen one before?"

Spike responded, "I never heard of that before. What's it made of?"

Angelina replied, "Nicotine, pesticides, and other chemicals that cause cancer."

Spike looked shocked and exclaimed, "Those things cause cancer?!"

Angelina responded cooly, "Eeyup, been smoking them since I was fifteen years old. My doctor once said that if I keep smoking the rate I'm going, I'll have lung cancer by the time I'm thirty-five."

Spike asked, "How old are you right now?"

Angelina answered, "Nineteen years old and don't say I look older than I actually am or I'll smack you."

Spike winced at the last bit of Angelina's answer but calmed down and thought to himself, 'She's so young, or at least compared to the rest of my friends. I wonder what she is, where she's from? I didn't even bother to ask her name, how rude of me.' He then asked Angelina, "What's your name?"

Angelina answered, "My name is Angelina Blackburn."

Spike then asked, "What are you, where are you from?"

Angelina answered with unusual precision, "I'm a human from the United States of America."

Spike looked curious and responded, "I've never heard of that place before, where's it at?"

Angelina replied yet again, "On a planet called Earth so no I'm not from around here."

Spike gasped as he stopped in his tracks, "Are you an alien?!"

Angelina stopped too and snickered after she puffed her cigarette, "Hell no, I'm not an alien. I'm from another dimension, I think, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to call myself here." She then thought to herself, 'Oh God, am I going to be stuck here? I sure as hell hope not.'

Spike began to walk again and pondered, 'She does make a point. I don't know what to call her either, other than her name of course. I mean what kind of inconsiderate idiot wouldn't call someone by their name.' He then saw the final intersection that would lead him and his new friend out of the cave and said to Angelina, "We're almost there, maybe when we get out of here you could meet my other friends."

Angelina thought to herself, 'Is he trying to ask me out on a date, he's so short. No that can't be right, I think he does want me to meet his friends. Maybe when I meet his friends, I could ask them all about the sword I'm looking for.'

Angelina's train of thought was cancelled when a huge diamond dog jumped down from the top of the cave and right into the middle of the intersection. Spike and Angelina leaped back when he landed. Angelina then carefully layed Rarity down as quick as possible. This diamond dog appeared to be 6 feet tall and wore a red tank top, black eye patch, brown pants, and black boots. Although there was something oddly familiar about this creature to Angelina but she couldn't put her finger on it. The diamond dog then roared at Angelina and exclaimed, "You killed my comrades!"

Angelina replied smugly, "And I enjoyed every minute of it."

Spike then laughed nervously and said to the diamond dog, "I'm sure she didn't mean that." He then whispered to Angelina, "What the buck are you thinking? Are you trying to get us killed?"

Angelina whispered back, "I'm trying to get him riled up, he'll lose focus where I can kill him easily."

Spike asked in a whisper, "Is violence your solution to every problem?"

Angelina whispered back, "Not every problem but most of them, including this one."

The diamond dog shouted, "Don't you ignore me murderer! I will avenge my comrades or my name isn't Wild Dog!"

Angelina jested, "Wild Dog huh, sure it isn't Mad Dog because you seem to be throwing a big old tantrum."

Wild Dog then became enraged and charged at Angelina and tried to grab her but Angelina slid under him and punched his balls. Wild Dog yelped in pain and held his groin in pain but soon shook off the pain as he heard Angelina preparing to punch him in the back. Wild Dog then proceeded to backhand Angelina in the face sending her spiraling into a dead end tunnel and making her slam into the wall at the end. Angelina rubbed the spot on her face and became furious as she found out that Wild Dog knocked her cigarette out of her mouth. She then sped towards Wild Dog with an impossibly fast pace and delivered a powerful right hook to his jaw which caused his head to become disconnected from his body. Blood began to spurt out of both Wild Dog's head and the place where it used to be. Wild Dog's head then bounced all the way to the cave's exit which for some reason is also the entrance.

-A few minutes before Arrival....-

It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. Birds were singing, flowers were blooming, and Twilight Sparkle's treebrary stood tall and proud. On the balcony of the treebrary, Twilight sat on a chair swaying her legs and sometimes shifting in her chair. She was waiting for Spike to come back from his trip to gather gems with Rarity and was beginning to worry for him.

Twilight shifted in her chair yet again and thought to herself, 'Where are you Spike, why aren't you back yet? You're usually here by now.' She then waited another minute and wondered, 'What time is it?' When Twilight walked inside her treebrary, she went downstairs and looked at the clock. The clock was an analog clock that hanged near the center of the treebrary and hanged above the shelf that was in front of the treebrary's front door. The clock read 2:30 which only managed to make Twilight's worry worsen. She then thought to herself, 'He shouldn't have been gone this long. Oh I hope he's okay but what if he's not, what if he's hurt, what if he's trapped, what if he's...' Twilight didn't want to have that last grim thought in her mind but it still lingered which added to her worry. Another minute passed and Twilight couldn't take it no more as she ran out of the front door with all of the strength she could muster and yelled, "I'm coming Spike!"

-One minute later-

Twilight ran all the way too the cave where Spike and Rarity were at. The cave seemed to be longer and wider than it is tall. It was rather spacious and seemingly taller on the inside for some reason, giving you the impression that this cave was defying the laws of physics. Twilight then began to hear the sounds of fighting and roars. She was about to run inside when Mad Dog's head rolled right in front of her, causing the poor mare to scream.

Twilight then thought to herself, 'Stay calm, stay calm, you need to find Spike and bring him home.' She examined the head a little more and thought, 'This is the head of an alpha diamond dog. If it's dead, something very dangerous is in that cave but if it's still in there and Spike is in there too... Oh dear Celestia, Spike is in trouble!' Twilight then ran into the cave yelling, "Spike, where are you?!"

-Meanwhile-

Wild Dog's body fell on the ground and Angelina was now drenched in blood with Spike looking at her with awe and slight disgust. Angelina then asked Spike as he lifted Rarity over her shoulder, "You want a ride too, I can see light coming from that one very long tunnel." She said the last part pointing at where she sent Wild Dog's head flying.

Spike pondered that option for a moment and began to feel his feet aching. He then thought, 'Well I guess it wouldn't hurt.' He then walked in front of Angelina and said, "Hoist me up."

Angelina used her right arm to hoist Spike over her right shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do but once we get out of this cave, I need you to point me out to where your friends are."

Spike simply responded, "Okay."

They then heard Twilight's voice echo out in the cave, "Spike, where are you?!"

Angelina thought, 'I should call Spike Scooby Doo sometimes. Who is that though, the person who's making that sound?' Angelina looked over her right shoulder to Spike and asked, "Do you know who that is?"

Spike answered, "That's Twilight. She sounds like she's near the exit, let's go to her. She couldn't have come this far yet."

Angelina replied, "Good idea, I'll follow the noise." When Angelina began to walk down the path, Spike fell asleep. Angelina looked at the sleeping dragon and thought, 'Aww, he's cute when he's asleep.' Angelina continued on and heard Twilight echo the same phrase as before and began to follow the sound. She eventually found a purple unicorn who Angelina assumed was Twilight.

Twilight looked at Angelina and gasped, now forming tears in her eyes as she saw both Spike and Rarity hanging over Angelina's shoulders covered in blood. She lit up her horn and shouted, "What did you do to them?!"

Angelina thought to herself, 'The fuck is she talking about?' She then looked at herself and saw that she was covered with blood along with Spike and Rarity. Angelina looked to Twilight and her simple reply was, "Well shit. I can explain."


Author's Note

Oh man, Angelina got herself into deep crap. How's she gonna get herself outta this one? Comment below if you have an answer.

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