The Soul Reaver

A/N: And now for the second part of The City Investigations!

(Dean's Team - Noble quarter)

Was it a good Idea to split up? For all I know, the perpetrator could be attacking one of us and pick us off individually...

NO! I have to trust them. They're grown men... well, one of them is.

It looks like this place is the noble quarter, the houses look too regal to be anything else. I can't help but think this would have been a great place to be a sneak-thief.

"Dean? What do you want us to do?" Twilight asked as we stopped in the square of this sector. I look to them, and began to look around. The houses were big, and odds are, the weapons could very well be inside them. With that in mind, I turn to the ponies.

"Okay, it's B and E time! What we're going to do, is investigate as many houses here as we can. The wraith weapons might be inside one of these houses, so we need to move fast! Rainbow dash, you're fast on you own, so go through as many houses as you can, as fast as you can while looking for weapons that have similar symbols to my sword!" Rainbow dash saluted and took flight. I looked to twilight and she had an excited smile on her face. I chuckled lightly. "Okay twilight, you're with me. I don't want you getting hurt here." I tell her. It's time I start repaying my debt.

"Dean, I'm not a little filly! I can take care of my self, you saw that when we fought that Spirit." Twilight laughed. I shook my head, at least she didn't argue any further.

With that, we enter the first house we see, and boy does it look decrepit. It's a rather large foyer, complete with a set of stairs that lead up to the second floor. Doors off to the side led to who knows where. I look to twilight with an annoyed expression.

"This may take us awhile..." Twilight sighed. I couldn't agree more.

We headed off towards the back of the house and searched the rooms we came across as we went by. each room yielding no results.

Kitchen, no. Bedrooms, no. Dining hall, no. Library, I think I saw Twilight shit bricks, but no.

We finally came to the ballroom, much to twilights chagrin.

"Oh come on Dean, that was a filled library waiting to be studied!" Twilight argued. I stared at her.

"Twilight, this is neither the time, nor the place." I sighed.

"we could have at least read a few of the books there."

"Twilight, I had to drag you out of there. Literally, I had to drag you out! You just wouldn't let go of the floor boards, which I still want to know how you did that!" I shouted. Seriously, she has hoofs! How do you HOLD onto something!?!

"I've told you a thousand times Dean, it's magic!" Was twilights reply. I felt my eyes twitch furiously.

"No. If this were a fantasy book, that would have been an acceptable answer. But this is reality, you do not get a cop out answer like that!" I rebuked. The argument would have gone on longer if we didn't hear the sound of a throat clearing

"You know, it's rather rude to break into peoples houses sir." A british voice interrupted our search. I turn towards the source and see a fairly tall man in his early thirties. His skin was a light blue, like a corpse. He wore an elegant tuxedo with coat tails, dress gloves, and had short brown hair. his eyes were a cold steel grey that held back something dark. ...

"Aw shit, who the hell are you?" I ask with annoyance. Odds are, this asshole is the reason why we're here.

"Me? Why, I'm Zachary Saint Rivers! Might I inquire on who you are, good sir and madame?" He asked with a polite smile along with an eye smile. This guy rubs me the wrong way... And there's that stench! it smells like something died in here!

"I'm Dean, that's all you get." I say with a dark undertone.

"Dean! He's just being polite!" Twilight scolded me. She either doesn't have a good judge of character, or she can't smell that disgusting stench, and I know she can smell that god-awful stench. "You'll have to excuse my friend, he can be very blunt. I'm Twilight Sparkle, nice to meet you." She greets. I take a close look at the man, to try to find anything strange on him. A weapon, anything.

I saw a red ring with black spots on his neck. My eyes widened in shock.

"Shit, Twilight get out of here!" I shout. She stares at me in confusion. "Dammit, just go!" I yell at her. She looks hurt, but leaves.

Watching her to make sure she gets out, I turn back towards the Englishmen.

"So, you figured me out?"  Zachary said with narrowed eyes and a creepy smile. I looked at him with a dark smile.

"Kind of hard not to, with that nasty ass stench. Bubonic plague?" I ask casually. He laughs loudly and nods.

"Yes, I'll admit it is a rather disgusting sight. But you do know I'm not contagious, right? I'm already dead, the sickness has no use of me anymore, and this is a new vessel." He tells me. I shook my head and sighed.

"Better safe then sorry. Who're you working for?" I ask with hidden malice. Of course, the guy picks up on it, since he's just all smiles.

"Well, I like to call him Tom. His real name is just too strange for me. Besides, Tom is so much more catchy, wouldn't you agree?" I couldn't help but nod. He smiled wider, showing some teeth. "Well, I'm glad we can agree Mr.Marcelo. But you do realize I have to kill you, right?" He asks as he takes off his gloves to reveal blue skin like his face, along with black nails. I just smirked back at him.

"Well," I pull out my wraith blade as it ignites from the hilt. "You wouldn't be the first and I doubt you'll be the last." I said cockily. Zachary just smirked even wider. His black nails then became longer and sharper, making me stare at him with annoyance. " You really want to screw me over, don't you?" I ask. he looks at me with confusion.

"I'm sorry... but I don't exactly fancy men."  he said rather creeped out.

WHAT.

I shook my head in anger. "Lets just fight already!" I sigh.

With that, we charged at each other.

(Dean V. Zachary)

Rebel 1, ACTION!

(Dean V. Zachary Theme - Dark Saint [Lost Oddysey])

He tried a downward swipe with his claws but I parried it away. I tried a horizontal swing, but he stepped backwards and lunged at me. He tackled me to the ground, but using his own momentum I planted my feet into his chest and launched him into the wall behind me.

He actually flipped in midair and landed on the wall! Time seemed to slow As I looked at him in surprise. His grin had turned from playful to feral as I saw Insanity in his eyes. He propelled himself off the wall and soared towards me with his claws out. I parried his swipe as he flew past me, but almost immediately he flew back and swiped again. I dodged and tried a stab at him, but he parried it away.

"Come now Marcelo, as that really all you have?" He taunted. Okay, this asshole was stealing my trolling schtick!

"Screw you!" I retort. This guy is pissing me off! I felt cold air surround me as I grew angrier, immediately, an idea came to me. I concentrated for a second and felt the air gather into my blade. Oh~ yeah... I felt a rather evil grin come across my face.

I swung my sword downward, and launched my new attack. "ARCTIC DAGGER!" A wave of Ice shot from sword towards the surprised Brit. A trail of Ice was left as the wave moved forward at great speeds. Zachary wasn't fast enough to jump out of the way, as the wave rushed over him. I saw him receive multiple cuts on his person, along with blood rushing out of those wounds as he hunched over. I thought I had him.

"How do you like that, maggot whore!?" I jab with a smirk. I began to hear him laugh as his body began to shake. Finally, He turned up and he began laughing maniacally.

"WELL IT CERTANLY HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN MY BLOOD!" He shouted with insanity written all over his face. His grin was something a beast would give its prey.

I felt that same smirk on me.

"Oh it's just started Meat-bag." I laugh. His smirk grew wider as his arms began glowing green. He moved them in a circle as a projectile was formed.

"Good, that's just the way I like it! PLAGUE WHEEL!" He exclaimed with sick glee. As the name implied, a wheel was launched at me with even greater speed than my Arctic dagger. Behind it trailed a sickly green flame and it looked like the carriage wheel form a sixteenth century carriage wheel. It struck me in the chest and made me skid across the stone floor of the ballroom. I got up quickly enough to jump out of the way of Zachary trying to impale me with his claws.

I tried to get some distance from him as he tried to get his claws out of the floor. It took a few seconds before he got out but I was preparing another Idea of mine. I turned off my wraith blade and held the hilt out in front of me. Cold air gathered around the hilt and it began to form a bow. Finally, it was fully formed and I was stringing back three Ice spike. He looked at me with mild annoyance as I smirked at him.

"Arrows of Ice!" I launched the Ice spikes, but he was even faster.

"Plague carriage!" A giant carriage formed from nothing and rammed into me while destroying my Ice spikes. I skidded across the floor and slammed against the wall. Pain clouded my vision. I looked at the carriage through blurry vision and was able to make out three skeletal horses that glowed green. I heard footsteps slowly make their way towards me.

Well, shit.

(With Twilight)

"Dean didn't have to yell at me..." Twilight huffed. Honestly, she had every right to be angry. That man was just introducing himself, why did he get so anxious? She was waiting outside so she could give Dean a piece of her mind. She stopped to think about it, and she began to become less and less angry. 'Maybe he didn't have a good feeling about him. He's kind of more of a judge of character then I am anyway. I mean when Zecora tried to warn us about the poison joke, I did believe everyone else until I was proven wrong. I guess I should trust Dean to take care of-'

"PLAGUE CANNON!" an explosion pierced through the wall she was just at and Dean flew through it. writhing in pain. She turned in shock to see Zachary without his coat torn in places revealing more of his diseased flesh.

'Oh dear celestia...' Twilight held a hoof to her mouth as she looked at the sores. But she shook it off and stood beside Dean to protect him.

"Damn it Twilight, I told you to get out of here!" Dean shouted from behind her.

"No! Dean your injured, I can't just leave you here!" She argued. Zachary began laughing.

"Oh how adorable! The lady staying at her knights side even at his timely death!" He mocked. Twilight felt heat rush to her cheeks but she held her ground. Her horn began glowing as she prepared a spell.

Zachary smirked and began the motions for his plague wheel. "Plague wheel!" He sent it soaring towards twilight but she encased it in her own magic and sent it back towards Zachary who was in shock. He gave her too much time to prepare. The wheel smashed into his stomach as he was sent flying. He got up and winced.

"Dammit... I guess I have to leave for now." With that, he jumped on top of the house and took off.

Twilight heard a clatter on the ground and looked to find a duel set of some sort of object.

Twilight grasped the two objects in her magic and she floated it towards her to inspect them. Before she could take a closer look, Dean snatched them out of the air.

"You don't need to be messing with this." Dean groaned out in pain. Despite his injuries, he still held that persistence.

"Dean! Are you okay?" She asked. She felt foalish for asking that. Of course he isn't alright.

Dean rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah, i just feel like rainbows and gum drops." Then there was his sarcastic side. It was even worse since he's in pain.

"Come on Dean. We need to get to the square." Twilight propped her self beside the wraith to make sure he doesn't fall. He laughed lightly and smiled at her.

"Geez. I thought I was supposed to be the knight." He smiled at twilight. twilight blushed as they made their way back towards the square to wait for Rainbow dash.

"Come on Dean, those injuries of yours are getting to your head." she said rather embarrassed. With Dean in her care, they made their way back to the square.

(Tech's Team - Slums [Tech's POV])

Just who was this guy? He sounded brazilian, that much was certain, but the amount of power he's radiating, it's just unbelievable!

"So tell me hijo, what is your name?" Cress's deep voice interrupted my thoughts. I shook my head and looked back to him.

"My name is Techno Bassboost." I answer. I saw his golden eyes widen a bit, before going back to that calm smile.

"Well then. That name is quite familiar. You wouldn't happen to have a sister, would you?" He asks. My eyes widen in surprise. What does he know about her?

"Yeah, what about her?" I say with a glare. His smirk just widens.

"How about a deal?" He stabs his gunblade into the ground and took off his coat. "You fight me without your weapons, and depending on how well you do, I might just tell you what I know." He offered as he rolled up the sleeves of his dress shirt. I thought it over, and it seemed like a fair deal. That didn't mean I would just accept it without any questions though.

"What's the catch? Obviously you have something up your sleeves." I point my finger at him. He began to laugh.

"A cute choice of words niño." He began to glow with a golden aura. " I wish to play a game. If you can land three hits on me, I'll give you your information." He then stomped the ground and forced it to quake. The wind began to pick up as Cress began gathered his power.

I turn back to the ponies with me. "Get out of here! This is between me and him!" Rarity looked like she was about to protest, but applejack stopped her and nodded. They both took off into the ruins of one of the buildings.

"Cthulu's Strength!" I saw his muscles expand even more. He looked like Dudley from street fighter with all of the muscle on him.

Okay, lets hope I can do this...

(Tech V. Cress)

Rebel 1, ACTION!

(Tech V. Cress theme)

As soon as Cress disappeared from my vision, I felt tense all over. I readied myself for whatever he was going to throw at me. Warning bells went off in my head, and I jumped backwards to dodge a right hook. He stopped right in front of me and threw a flurry of punches. I dodged them left and right, but it was really hard to keep up with attacks.

I found the right time for a jab, and I took it. He just parried it with his arm and countered with a jab of his own. Have you ever been hit by a chunk of metal? well, that's what it  felt like as I skidded across the tiled floor. I got up to see Cress standing there looking at me with a calm smile.

"Really now Techno, why aren't you trying harder? You need to fight me with the intent to kill. You've done it before." My eyes widened. How did he know about that...?

He noticed my shock, since he began to laugh his ass off. It really started to piss me off. While he was still laughing, I ran up to him while he was distracted and prepared on one the attacks I thought of. My fists glowed a neon orange as I prepped it.

"LUNAR LANCE!" I uppercutted him into the air, releasing a small shockwave from the impact. He flew into the air a few feet, and I readied myself for the next part of the attack. I felt power gather into my fist as he descended. when he was right right in front of me, I punched him straight into the gut, sending him flying. He skidded across the ground letting tiles fly. He jumped up from the ground and looked at me with an amused smile.

"Well, two in one. One more, and you get the information." He chuckled, and disappeared once more. I wasn't ready for him to appear so fast, as I felt a fist strike me in the back of the head. I stumbled forward, and he teleported in front of me. He uppercutted me I flew into the air. He then actually juggled me by launching kicks upwards into my stomach.

He was kicking my ass! I felt my body hit the ground as he finished his combo. I slowly got up as pain ran through my body. He's just too powerful... If he hits me again, I think I might be finished...

"Why don't we let this attack decide it, hmm?" he asked casually. He really didn't feel anything I threw at him! I felt my anger rise up inside me. Dammit, I won't lose!

I gathered more power from my soul to launch my first attack. He recognized my stance and actually laughed.

"Well, you want to use that, huh? Oh, alright. I think I'll humor you by using it too." Surprisingly, He shifted into the exact same stance as me. I didn't let it bother me, since I need to concentrate. I charged at him and he charged as well. We finally met in the middle and unleashed our attacks.

"Gatling fist!/Gatling fist!" We traded blow for blow, our fists colliding with each other. I felt his stamina drain into me, but it wasn't enough to hide the pain my hands were in. Shockwaves began to actually form an indentation into the ground where we were standing. Finally, the attack was coming to a close as I let loose one final punch. I felt my hand strike him in the face, but he also managed to hit me as well. I was sent flying backwards. I felt blood actually run down my brow as I lay there.

Geez, I really took a beating...

I saw Cress actually walking over to me. He had a small frown, but he looked actually shocked. He stopped in front of me and kneeled down.

Looks like this is it.

To my surprise, he actually picked me up and took me to the ponies. I felt myself slowly losing conciousness as I began to drift in and out of sleep.

"You let him down you ruffian!" I heard Rarity's voice yell.

"Calm yourself Miss Rarity. I'm merely bringing him to you. I take my deals very seriously. Well, this one, anyway." I heard Cress's voice.

"Listen to me Tech. Your sister is a sentiment. She is the final one for you to defeat. Nex was the one who took her soul and fashioned it to become his servant. And... I regret to say that it was my son that killed you and your sister. please forgive him, he wanted to free me. He really is a good boy, just forced into the worst of situations..." I felt something placed into my hands. It felt like a thin cylinder, like a staff. "Here. This is the weapon I was told to safeguard. You're a wraith, there's no reason for me to anger Death any further than I already have." With that, his footsteps began to fade away. He must have left.

I began to fade away, hearing the panicked voices of the ponies I was told to safeguard.

What a pain in the ass.

And like that, I was gone.

To be Continued...

A/N: And there you have it! Hope you enjoyed it!

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