Avengers: War for Equestria
Chapter 21: "Attack on Seaquestria"
Previous ChapterNext ChapterMoving out as fast as they could, Tony's faction of the Avengers advanced towards the source of the disturbance near the kingdom of Sequestria. Once they arrived, they found nothing was happening. However, they found a platoon of Hippogriffs down at the beach as well as up on the cliffs with spears drawn and pointed right at the water.
"Seems to me like Novo isn't wasting any time," remarked Twilight with Julia sitting on her back. "Tony, we'd better fly down and join them."
"You got it, your highness," replied Tony, flying down to join the Hippogriffs, Twilight, Fluttershy and Applejack on the cliff, while the rest of his crew along with Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Starlight made their way down to the beach. Once they landed on the beach, Tony, Twilight, War Machine and Fluttershy were met by Queen Novo in her hippogriff form.
"Thank you for coming," she said urgently to Twilight, who joined Novo at her side. "We're not taking any chance with the disturbance."
"Has Seaquestria been evacuated?"
"Yes, honey. Everyone that has been evacuated has been evacuated."
Looking down, they saw a group of Seaponies transform into Hippogriffs and head out of the water towards Hippogriffia, the capital of the Hippogriffs.
"Where's Skystar?"
"She's still grounded for defying me, but that's a good thing in these circumstances. The last thing I want is to have my child near that monster that is lurking around down there."
"HOMER," ordered Tony from inside his armor. "Scan the area surrounding Seaquestria. Keep an eye out for any sea creatures that pose a threat."
"Yes, Mr. Stark."
"Who is this metal creature?" wondered Novo, looking over at Tony in his Iron Man armor. "Is he a friend?"
"Yes, he is, Queen Novo," answered Twilight. "In fact, these humans are friends of ours."
"Indeed," Novo remarked, taking a keen look over at Julia, who acknowledged her presence. "We'll get to know each other later once this intruder is dealt with."
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For several minutes, they all waited for HOMER to complete his report. Finally, they got their answer.
"So it appears, Mr. Stark," said HOMER. "That the creature in question is approximately 25 miles of Seaquestria. A rather disgusting creature when you think about it."
"In what way disgusting, HOMER?"
"The creature has the head of a great white shark and the body of a kraken."
A sickening feeling fell over Tony when he heard what HOMER had described to him.
"Okay," he said to his team over the radio. "So, the creature is really a mix between a Great White Shark and a Kraken."
"Is it like the Kraken from Pirates of the Caribbean?" asked Peter, reporting from down on the beach with Natasha, Thor and the Hulk. "You know, the one who killed Jack Sparrow only to be killed by Davy Jones?"
"Something like that, kid," answered Tony, his voice showing that he wasn't in the mood for pop culture references. "Just be ready to make sure that beast doesn't get on dry land, understood everybody?"
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Just then, everyone looked to see a red fin peak out from underneath the ocean and all of the Hippogriff forces readied their weapons.
"Ready your weapons!" shouted Novo to her troops. "Do not fire unless we are fired upon, understood?"
"What do you want us to do?" wondered Twilight.
"Honey, just be in reserve unless you are otherwise needed," ordered Novo, giving Twilight a stern, but worrisome glance. "Who knows what damage this monster is going to do."
Suddenly, the fin began turning towards the shore and this was the signal for everyone to get ready for a counterattack. As they got ready, Tony kept a close eye on Jim, who was already starting to shake from fear of the water.
"Come on, Rhody," Tony whispered to himself. "Don't chicken out on me now."
But Jim was already starting to panic from the fear of the water. All he wanted to do was to not go in the water in any way.
"Ready your weapons!" cried Novo to her troops, raising a wing as the creature got closer and closer. "Aim! FIRE!"
Acting on her orders, the platoons on the beach and the cliff fired their spears and harpoons at the creature. No sooner did they fire their weapons did they see a pair of giant tentacles reach out of the water and grab some of the spears, breaking them in half. Twilight aided in the attack by firing several magic blasts from her horn. For several minutes, they kept firing spears at the creature, however it was no use.
"It's not stopping!" shouted Thor over the radio to Tony. "We need to go into the sea and confront it!"
"What do you think, big bird?" asked Tony to Novo. "Do we get our feet wet?"
Without hesitation, Novo nodded and complied that they could do just that.
"Yes we do, Thor, go now!" Tony shouted and at that moment, the forces on the beach transformed into seaponies and charged towards the creature with Thor leading. At that moment, the creature pulled its head out of the water and let out a loud, thunderous roar revealing its Great White Shark head with razor sharp teeth.
"BOW TO THE GREAT AND POWERFUL SQUIRK!" the creature roared as the seapony forces threw several more spears at Squirk, who quickly grabbed hold of them and deflected them into the water below. Reacting fast, Thor jumped into the air and wielding his hammer attempted to strike Squirk on the head, only to be knocked back. Using his Norse powers, he managed to land on the surface of the water and fire a blast of lightning, striking Squirk at the bottom of his mouth. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!"
"All right, Mr. Stark," Peter asked. "Do we go?"
"Negative, Peter," Tony answered. "He looks to be too much for you! Jim and I will take the point."
"All right, go get them!"
"Come on, Jim! Let's go!" called Tony and reluctantly, Jim took to the air hoping he wouldn't be sent into the water.
Aiding their Norse friend, Iron Man and War Machine aimed their weapons and fired at Squirk, but the creature took notice and attempted to strike at them with it's tentacles while also slamming down Seaponies left and right. Novo watched in horror as her forces were being slammed by the tentacles.
"All right, they're going to need help!" cried Julia, testing out her webbing from her arms. "Maybe we can help from the beach."
"You heard Mr. Stark, Julia," remarked Peter over the radio. "We are to be in reserve."
"I don't care," cried Julia, jumping down to join her comrades on the beach. "We're helping Tony and the others!"
"But, Julia…" protested Tony.
"Zip it, Tony!" snapped Julia, who immediately wasted no time in combating the creature, firing her web slinging at Squirk, trying to get it tangled up in her webbing. Following by her example, Peter also joined in, firing his webbing at Squirk. However, their webbings were ineffective against the creature.
"Might as well wait until he gets closer to shore!" advised Peter to Julia.
"Can we draw him closer?" she asked.
"Let's try it!" cried Starlight, using her magic to try and lure the beast to shore. "He's too strong! Care to give me a hand?"
Again using their webbing, Julia and Peter tried to pull Squirk in with their powers, but the beast was too strong.
"You're impudence is amusing!" Squirk laughed and opening his mouth, fired a blast of black ink. "Take this!"
Quickly activating a shield spell, Starlight managed to protect herself and her friends from the blast. Laughing, Squirk threw his tentacles around knocking down the seaponies and Avengers left and right.
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"Sire," called a messenger donkey racing into the throne room towards Grogar and his band of fellow villains. "The creature Squirk, he's on the attack towards the Hippogriffs!"
"Indeed," laughed the demonic goat, glancing over towards Lavan. "Now is the time for him to demonstrate his power to us."
"Hooray," sighed Lavan, uninterestingly not caring for this news.
"All right, my friends," said Grogar, activating his viewing globe and motioning for his comrades to come over. "Let us watch and see how the terror of the sea can prove to be a valued asset to our team."
So, they all watched, except for Chrysalis and Lavan, Squirk carry out his attack on Seaquestria and soon, another member of the Nine Circles of Death would soon be instated…
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