The Smiling Warrior

The screams of ponies filled the air as the trio rushed to the site of the explosion. "Tempest there's probably going to be a fight, think you aren't too rusty?" Jack asked looking to the mare in question.

Her bracelets glowed as two blades appeared in her hands. "I don't know, think you can keep up?" She shot back confidently, a spark appearing in her eye.

Trixie pointed ahead of the two. "There, I see somepony." She said rushing ahead quickly followed by the pair. Reaching the spot showed a yellow furred mare under a piece of broken stand. "Carrot Top are you okay?" She asked working on lifting the weight with her magic.

"Does it look like I'm okay?" Carrot shot back, anger etched across her face. Taking a breath she calmed down. "Sorry, just please get this off. I don't know how my leg is doing, it's gone numb." She said her voice much more level.

Jack and Tempest got on either side of the wooden wall and heaved with the help of Trixie's magic, clearing enough for Carrot to crawl out. "Trixie, take Carrot to safety and find the elements. I'll take Tempest and find who is responsible for this." Jack ordered earning a nod from The blue unicorn.

"How will we find you?" She asked before taking off.

Jack put on his signature grin. "Why just follow the sounds of fighting." He stated as if it was obvious. With that everyone went their separate directions. Another explosion rocked the area followed by a war cry to the left of the two. "I think that's our bad guy." Jack said running in that direction. When the two got to the new crater what they saw made them pause. Two massive golem like creatures stood across from them. One looked to be made of rock and stone while the other of metal and iron. The rock golem raised a giant war hammer with a head twice Jacks size above it's head ready to let it slam a familiar filly. "Dinky!" Shouted Jack rushing forward with a burst of speed while summoning magic into his palm.

Dinky had closed her eye's waiting for the end when she heard a grunt above her. Opening her eye's revealed Jack crouched slightly with his hands pressed to the hammers face holding it up. "Jack!" She yelled, her eye's like saucers at the power Jack was showing.

Jack did his best to look at her with a smile. "Getting into trouble again are we? If you could do me one favor?" He asked.

"What?" She replied.

"RUN!" He shouted as he was pushed to a kneeling position as one of his legs faltered. Dinky took off not daring to look back as she heard another explosion.

Tempest had seen the trouble Jack had gotten into and once Dinky had gotten far enough away she launched herself at the monster with a magically charged kick sending a minor explosion out that took of half its face. "Jack are you okay?" She asked backing up to the human.

"Give me like *huuuh* Five hoo boy...uh five minutes." He breathed out trying to stand up. "Lucky! Brave! I don't care which one just tell me what the fuck these things are! Nothings hit that hard before." He said to the air which made Tempest glance his way before focusing back on the two.

Brave appeared decked in fully plate armor that practically radiated heat. "Those would be the blood brawlers. They are enemies we had killed a long time ago with different heroes we had trained. The fact they are here is bad news." He said with anger in his voice.

Lucky appeared next in dark black assassin gear, his smile gone. They killed four of the hero's we had brought before they fell themselves." He added, pointing his sword at them. You need to stay away from them till the help Celestia is bringing arrives. They are too strong for you to kill alone." He stated grimly.

Looking ahead at the two monsters Jack sighed. "Sorry guys but I can tell these guys won't let me do that and besides I need to keep their attention as long as possible so everyone can escape." Jack said resting a hand on Lucky's shoulder. Again he stepped closer to the brawlers. "Tempest, please for the love of all that is holy do not get caught by one of them or you will die." He stated readying a fighting stance.

"No you don't say, I was feeling like seeing how they hit." She replied sarcastically as more blades spun around her. The two charged forward but quickly had to change direction when the metal beast slammed its axe into the ground creating a divide. Jack ducked under the swing of the rock monster sending shot after shot into it's arm till it broke off making the hammer crash to the ground. Tempest on the other hand sliced her way up the arm of the metal one that she had jumped on, gouging holes into it. Both beasts roared with anger at the damage before each taking swings at the offending attackers.

Jack if you are really serious in fighting these things then you need to know how to kill them. Each have a crystal in their chests where a heart would be that if you don't destroy they will keep coming back. Brave stated in Jack's mind.

Celestia had never flown this fast in centuries. She and her sister had collected the people they needed and were rushing for Ponyville as fast as possible, hoping they weren't to late to stop the danger. They saw a flash of energy come from Ponyville only making her fly faster. "FUCK,FUCK,FUCK,FUCK,FUCK!" She shouted in her mind, worrying about her new lover and all the residents there.

Discord and Luna were racing next to each other as Luna filled in the details to god of chaos. "So what you are saying is you two left a book that can bring to life anything that could die no matter the world in your old abandoned castle!" He shouted over the winds.

Luna scowled before replying "We never expected anypony to figure out it even existed. Only my sister and I were the last living members who knew about it." When she looked to their destination she could see more flashes of light. "I just hope we can lower how much damage is around." She whispered to herself.

Jack was furious. No he was passed furious, he was pissed. These monsters had taken everything they threw at them and healed faster then they could dig for the crystals. "Just.Fucking.Die!" He shouted sending a shot into the chest of the metal brawler, tearing it apart to reveal the target only to have it covered again. "AAGGHHHGHGHH!" Jack shouted in rage feeling his body turn into beast form. Charging at the brawler he leaped at it, sinking his teeth into the metal with a vicious crunch, tearing as quickly as he could in to it's chest finding the crystal. With an animalistic screech he crushed his jaws over it shattering the gem, not hearing the warning cries from the Omegas. The brawler gave one last war cry before death took over it as the crystal exploded with searing hot beams, one gouging across Jack's eye. The form of the monster fell apart as Jack's form rolled out, smoking rising from his wound.

The other brawler which had been preoccupied with Tempest noticed his brother's death. With a outburst it threw Tempest to the side into a cart and charged Jack. The now enraged brawler kicked Jack and sent him flying into the stage, splintering it to pieces as the structure collapsed on top of him. The creature then began to pick up pieces of his fallen brother and meld them to its own form creating an even larger creature now with a glow of power rolling from it.

Jack, you shouldn't have done that!" Lucky shouted at his human carriers form. You have to kill both at the same time or they fuse!" He explained.

Jack's remaining eye shot open to stare at the Omega making Lucky take a step back. "Why didn't you tell me!" He shouted back rushing into the fight as the elements and Trixie arrived.

"JACK!" They cried watching him charge the now single monster. Fluttershy looked near them and saw Tempests limp form in the cart, with a gasp she rushed forward checking her wounds. "Oh thank Celestia." She whispered when she saw nothing was fatal and she had just been knocked out.

"Girls, I need you to put a barrier around this thing till the help arrives. Can you do that?" Jack's beast form growled out after being thrown again. He rushed back in to keep the brawlers attention. Some of the bone armor he had was broken or cracking leaving gaps for the monster to hit.

"Alright ladies it's time to be heroes again." Twilight commanded summoning her tiara while the others followed suit. With a rainbow pattern swirling around them they send off the blast at the offending beast causing it to stumble back as a gem like shield appeared around it. They tried striking the surface but it bounced off, going again and again striking the shield trying to break it with no avail.

Jack was breathing heavily when he reverted back to his human form, falling to the ground. "Thanks... girls." He wheezed out, a cough raking through his body as some blood came out. "Oh that's not good." He grunted trying to stand but falling over again.

Fluttershy and Rarity rushed over to look over him. "Rarity, take my emergency kit and sew up any open cuts you see on him." Flutters ordered, all her shyness gone. She and Rarity worked in silence for a moment covering any marks or wounds on Jack's battered body till they had him stable. "Okay, you'll survive." She sighed after sitting back.

Celestia and the others finally arrived to see the destroyed area. "What in Tartarus happened here." She said looking over the area with shock till her eyes fell on Jack. "Oh no,no,no, are you ok?" She asked rushing over. Grimacing at his eye she looked over his body.

"Hey there sunshine, nice of you to visit." Jack tried to tease and put on a smile but groaning when he tried to look to her. "Big guy over there. He has a gem like thing in his chest. It has to be destroyed to kill him." He shouted through a coughing fit to the guards. Each gave a nod and marched closer to the enemy drawing their weapons, ready for anything. If it did this kind of damage to Jack then it wasn't some play thing.

Discord and Luna were looking at the surrounding area, scanning for any traces of the book. "Where is it.." Discord muttered to himself. "Something that powerful must be oozing a trail." He said scratching his chin.

The cloaked figure smiled from the edge of the tree line, watching as all of these events unfolded. "Perfect, they're all here." He whispered flipping through the book to the page he wanted. With a hushed voice he cast the spell needed to make the fun last a little longer.

The group had collected to go over what they knew about the situation while the guards watched the magic cage. That is until one noticed a crack on it and seeing the monster raise its hammer end to it. "Everypony back!" He shouted ducking to the side as the weapon connected with the cage.

BOOM!

The monster gave a roar charging at them with it's weapon already raised. Jack looked up and tried to stand to help fight but was pulled back down by Spike. "Sorry Jack, but you aren't in any condition to fight." Spike apologized holding him down.

Celestia and Luna stepped forward. "Let us take your place." Luna said summoning her battle armor. With a cry the sisters charged the monster joining in the fray as Jack and the others looked on. Each warrior delivered blow after blow on to the beast, tearing chunks away but never doing enough to get a clear shot at the crystal inside. The brawler attacked with his weapon sending each one flying, stomping or swinging to keep them away long enough to repair itself.

The fight raged till everypony was tired and faltering. Then Celestia made an error. She was thrown into her sister knocking both to the ground. Using this opportunity to kill the beast raised it's weapon and swung with the axe side downward. Time slowed for Jack as he watched, he felt his heart beat quicken as a flood of power rushed through him and a voice in his mind whispered. "Save them." as he felt his body charge forward, an armor like nothing he had seen before began to build on him but had not quite finished when he reached them and swung them to the side leaving him in their place.

The blade exploded on contact with his body.

The ground threw up a cloud covering the hero and monster but they all could hear the cry of pain followed by a crash of a large object to the ground. As the dirt covering the two moved out of the way they saw Jack clad in Darkened metal with white highlights across his body, with legs like that of a standing animal, and a helmet that seemed to mix rabbit with lion's mane. He raised a hand as a hammer appeared. Clenching it in his fist he swung it down, blowing a hole into the monsters chest, then another, and another till the crystal's glow poured out. With a battle cry he swung once more crushing the fake heart, sending waves of light out into the sky as the beast finally died.

Jack fell off the disintegrating corpse to the ground, not moving an inch. Everyone rushed to his side that could finding him unresponsive.

"Get him to the hospital now!" Ordered Luna to Discord. The god picked him up gently as the armor fell of him and teleported to the Ponyville hospital, commanding the doctors there to prepare an operation room. The others rushed after, some having to hobble to the destination, hoping they weren't too late.