The Soul Reaver

A/N: Here we are! We're getting closer to the end of the arc! Let's do this!

AA/N: Another fun thing, we got more people participating! Here's one guy's here, and here.

Check these out, they definitely deserve some attention!

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

I woke up with a gasp, and I spot Death looming over me. The ponies were staring at the aspect with fear, and I couldn't blame them.

"D-Death! What are you doing here?" I ask with hesitance in my voice. Death facepalmed and stared at me hard, making me gulp loudly.

"For one, I don't like it when my wraiths get defeated. Cress wouldn't have killed you, but he has been a thorn in my side for too long." He then held up a chunk of a glowing ball of flames. "So I fed you a soul to regenerate your vessel and get it back to functioning order. You'd be surprised what a single soul can do for a wraith, especially when you haven't fed for two days." Death sent a glare my way that made me shiver. His glare lightened and he looked at me with, surprisingly, concern.

"Are you alright, though? I understand that you found out a piece of information that is..." He looked downwards for the right words. "Troubling." He finished. I knew what he was talking about too. My fist clenched in rage, but I repressed the urge to lash out. It wouldn't help me in the end. I nodded my head with a grim expression on my face.

"Mr. Death..." My boss and I turned to Applejack, me with surprise and Death with a raised eyebrow on his wrinkled face. She had a worried look that held determination. "Tech just got beat by that cress feller, it ain't right to force him into a fight so quickly! Especially when it's his family he has to fight!" Applejack stomped her forehoof into the ground in anger. Well, I'll admit I was a bit touched, but this is something that has to be done.

I shook my head before Death could say anything. I turn towards the cow-pony with a small smile. "Look AJ, It's because she's family that I have to do this. She doesn't deserve what she's going through, if anything it should have been me..." Old memories surfaced, leaving a bitter taste in my mouth. I shook my head and stared into her emerald eyes. "But I'm her older brother, and it's my duty to put her back down..." Just saying that left a horrible feeling in my chest. I honestly never thought that those words would come out of my mouth...

I felt Rarity place a comforting hoof on my leg. "Darling, are you sure you want to go through with this? We are talking about killing your only family member." She sounded fairly distressed. I nodded my head with grim determination. I turned towards Death.

"Tell me where she is. I want to do this myself." I tell death. He nodded and pointed to the east, further into the slums. I nodded and advanced forward.

"Be careful sugercube!" I heard Applejack call out. I turn back with a frown and nod, and resume my trek to find what was what was once my sister.

(Tech - Deeper slums)

The area became worse and worse as the statues were wrecked, broken to pieces and missing limbs. I can only assume that this is my sister at work...

It was a rather repressive feeling that went through the air. I felt a sort of soft pressure around my chest, like someone resting on it. While it was supposed to feel comforting, all it really did was make me feel very put off and creeped out. It wasn't until twenty minutes into delving deeper into this section of the city did I come across a rather large tree. I'm not kidding when I say this, it was friggin huge! But... what caught my eye though was the small figure sitting on one of the branches.

She's here. I saw her jump down from the branches with ease and she slowly made her way towards me. She was wearing a white hoodie with the baggiest navy blue sweat pants, and small strands of dark blue hair was hanging out of the shadows that the hood made.  Trance Bassboost, my little sister, was a sentiment.

And here I am, sent to destroy her and devour her soul.

"Hello brother..." A soft familiar voice whispered into my ears. I knew it was her that was speaking, since the sentiment tilted her head.

I had to steel myself for this.

"Another sentiment? What a pain in the ass..." I groaned. The sentiment rushed forward and enveloped me in an embrace.

"Brother! I never thought I would see you again! Especially after that man killed us!" She exclaimed. I felt my eyes get watery, but I held a cold demeanor. I pushed her off of me and held an aggressive stance. The spirit took notice of it and tilted her head again.

"But brother... Don't you miss me? We can be together forever now! Mr. Nex brought me back to life!" She sounded very sad. But I shook my head.

"Shut up." I said coldly.

"I thought you and I were a goner! Especially when that bullet passed through my head, and when Mr. Nex came and found me and gave me a chance, I had to take it!" She kept trying to convince me it's her.

It would have worked, if I didn't already know she wasn't the same. Still... If this keeps going on, I don't know what will happen...

"Shut up..." I said louder this time.

"And didn't it feel wonderful to be brought back to life Tech? If you just help us, we could make this world a better place!" Once more, she tried to convince me, but it just wouldn't work. Not anymore.

"I told you to shut up!" I was shouting this time.

"But Tech-" I couldn't take it anymore.

"SHUT UP! That face, that voice... DON'T YOU DARE TALK TO ME LIKE THAT! I'm here to destroy you, that's all there is to it, there is NOTHING! That we need to talk about!" I practically shouted with all of my being.

The sentiments head lowered, but then raised and went into a combat ready stance.

"I see... So, how do you prefer? Gentle? Or a little more rough?" She asked with a hint of glee.

"Bitch..." I growl out as I prepared my knuckle knives.

(Tech V. Trance)

Rebel 1, ACTION!

(Tech V. Trance Theme)

Trance rushed forward and lashed out a kick at me, with which I blocked with my arm.

I forgot she was into all the kicking techniques...

I let loose a small flurry of punches, and she blocked them, but I saw small green orbs dance out and enter my body, filling me with energy and adrenaline. She jumped backwards and lashed out a kick to my chest, which made me slide on my feet backwards. I my soul wavelength gather into my fist, and I saw Trance's own energy gather into her left leg.

We both charged forward with our techniques.

"Gatling fist!/Gatling kick!" for every fist I threw, trance would parry it with a kick of her own. This is really starting to piss me off...

'Use your first restriction.' Death's voice interrupted my thoughts as I dodged another kick. the hell...?

'Repeat after me.' He commanded and I listened. before he began, I gave a haymaker to my sisters head and sent her flying backwards so I could do this uninterrupted.

"Now releasing the first restriction...' A silver fire enveloped me, but I didn't panic at the sight. I felt my power increase exponentially. "Limiter one, removed!" with that said, the fire bursted off of me and I felt myself become stronger. This must have been the limiter Dean explained to Jay and I last night...

Trance teleported in front of me, but the restriction release enhanced my reflexes just as much as my raw power. When she lashed out a leg, I blocked it and countered with a jab. She blocked it as well and lashed out her own counter. as the blows connected, an audible 'BOOM' could be heard through the alley walls. this continued for a minute before I she finally lashed out an attack of her own.

"Coup de grace!" She began a combo with her legs, she in my shoulders, my legs, and my ribs, leaving me stunned for a short while which allowed her to wind up an attack. Her pink soul wavelength gathered into that leg and she struck me dead in the ribs. I felt more than just a single kick though, as the air actually rended with an arch of lightning around the sole of her foot, creating more force that it made it feel like more than one.

I was sent flying into a building, leaving a human shaped indentation in the wall as I fell forward. I got up quickly to avoid an ax-kick to the ground that left cracks in the stone floor. I felt an Idea come to me at that exact moment.

Let's see if it works.

I felt my body gather power as Trance got closer and closer. Right when she was on me, I brought my fist to her chin and stunned her a little bit. That was all the time I needed. I grabbed the back of her head and slammed my fist into her gut.

"Moon cyclone!" I began to circle her and let loose a flurry of punches with just one fist into her head.I made a full 360 around her and let loose three final punches before I gathered more energy into my fist.

"Dancing moon shadow!" Silver energy gathered around my fist as I uppercutted her. The energy exploded and sent small volleys of energy that resembled fists into her. She was knocked into the air and I began my second part of the attack by unleashing a volley of punches on her as she fell to the ground, and punched her in the chest and sent her flying into the ruins of a building.

"How do you like that!?!" I shouted with fury. All of the sudden, she flew out and landed a single kick to my stomach. Blood and spittle flew from my mouth onto the ground

"Vulcan kick!" I was immediately knocked back a distance into another building.

As I got up, I frantically tried thinking of a strategy to defeat Trance, but nothing came to mind.

'Use your second restriction state.' Death whispered. Or I could do that... Geez, I really need to get better at this.

Trance teleported right in front of me and lashed out a flurry of kicks, but I blocked them, and retaliated with a right hook that knocked her back, giving me enough time to enter my second restriction state.

"Releasing restriction level 2!" The same silver fire from before surrounded me, and I felt empowered even more than before. "Restriction level 2, released!" the fire erupted off of my body, and I felt an idea come to me almost instantly on how to end this fight. Trance jumped to her feet, and charged me. As soon as she was close enough, I grabbed her by the hoodie, and began to release haymaker after haymaker on her. Some to the head, and some to the stomach. Finally, I let her go, leaving her in a daze. I began to charge a large amount of energy in my right hand, and let it erupt into a giant silver ball that encased us both.

"Lunar..." The ball of energy nearly blew Trance away, but I had a hold of her to stop her from getting away. "Dragon..." I smashed my elbow into her stomach, feeling spittle hit my face. I then charged another large amount of energy and concentrated it into the palm of my hand. I then smacked my elbow with said palm, and a beam of my soul wavelength shot through it and pierced Trance through the stomach. "DANCE!" I finally finished my attack, which resulted in her flying backwards into a building and leaving an indentation of her body. I fell flat on my face from using so much energy, and I began to crawl to the body of Trance.

(OST)

Finally, I got to her, and she was barely alive, a sort of black mist leaking from her stomach.

"B...Brother?" I heard her voice whisper quietly. I sat up the best I could, and I held her.

"It's... It's alright trance... You'll be fine. You'll finally get to be with all the angels. Just as you were supposed to." I whispered back, tears falling freely. I... I couldn't hold them back anymore. I felt a hand stroke my face lightly.

"Don't cry... Big bro. Big brothers don't cry, remember? So please, don't be sad." She whispered back. The shadow that originally covered her face started to fade, revealing her bleeding face and bright blue saphires and a sad smile. So beautiful... So beautiful yet robbed of the chance to grow. The tears began to fall more freely.

"Trance... Remember. I'll always love you, no matter what. I'll find some way to visit you, even if I have to bust down the gates of heaven by myself!" I embraced her head against my chest. I felt her arms wrap around me as well.

"Brother... Just move on. I'm dead now, you don't have to worry about me anymore." She whispered. As soon as she said that, her body began to slowly fade away.

"Wait, no!" I tried my hardest to try to keep her together, but it was all in vain. My hands began to go through her body, and she was slowly condensing into an electric blue ball.

"Goodbye Bro... I'll miss you." With that, she finally condensed fully into the ball that was her soul.

No... no...

I began to weep. I just killed my sister, with my own fucking hands. I fell to my hands and knees and began punching the ground with all of my strength. this continued on for awhile, until I began to hear a voice from behind.

"Sugercube?" I turned and saw Applejack with tears streaming down her face. I just stared at her and nodded, tears falling silently. She nodded back and trotted towards me. She then embraced me, and I welcomed it. I began to fully weep, allowing the Applejack's comforting embrace.

"I'm sorry..." I looked up and saw Death with Trance's soul in his hand. Both Applejack and I got up, I in anger most of all. I stomped forward and grabbed death by his coat.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?!" I shouted in his face. He remained impassive as he normally does, but I could see a flash of sorrow in his eyes.

"What would you have done? Try to find some way to save her from her fate? you and I both know that wouldn't have worked, even if you're new." He said with a somber tone in his voice. The worst of it all, is that he was right. At that point, Trance glorified Nex. Even if I found someway to save her, she wouldn't have been the same as before. I let go of his coat, and my sobs continued.

I looked at the soul of trance that was being held by deaths hands. I looked at him with a pleading look and he nodded.

I reached out and grabbed the ball that had lightning arching from it, and it felt cool to the touch. I stared at it, dreading what it was that I was going to do. I looked at Death for support and he placed a hand on my shoulder and nodded.

I quickly shoved the soul into my mouth, and a blissful feeling washed over me. It was then followed by an Ice cold feeling, like first stepping into a cold shower. I felt sick to my stomach afterwards, immediatly wishing I could throw up to take back what I just did.

"Tech... This ordeal wasn't normal for any wraith to go through... you were the first to actually go through something like this. If you wish to take an absence, I would understand." Death said reassuringly. I though over the idea, and I shook my head.

I decided what I was going to do.

"No... I'm not going to just sit around with my thumbs up my ass. Death," I looked up to death with a fierce determination. "Send me to someone, anyone, that can help me train. I'll never let this happen to ANYONE else." I Vowed to him. I saw a rather proud smile on his face, something I'm guessing is really rare, seeing as how foreign it looks on him.

I felt a nudge on my leg and saw Applejack with a sad smile. "ah understand why you're doin' this Tech. I'll let the others know what's happend, oh, and Mr. Death?" Applejack reached under her hat and pulled out the wraith weapon I won from Cress. She hoofed him the cylinder, with which he happily accepts. "Try to keep a closer eye on these things, wouldja?" She teased lightly. Death chuckled, but took it in good humor. Applejack tipped her hat to me. "Well, I guess I'll see ya later Tech. Be careful." She warned me. I nodded, and with that, Death and I disappeared.

A/N: This chapter was dedicated to finish off the last sentiment, and to show a bit of character development in Tech, since the other two had their time to shine. Let me know what you guys think in the comment section below! See ya!

AA/N: In case y'all didn't see in the last chapter, I have a group dedicated to this universe. If you wish to join in on the fun, please feel free to Join.