Shipwrecked
Day 5.5 A New Enemy, An Old Ally
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"New plan… back into the hall" Lex said calmly as he ducked under the first construct's mace, letting it slam into the wall beside it. The area which it struck seemed to shimmer with blue lightning for a second before fading.
"Already in here!" Rarity called out, causing the man to glance behind him to see the mares watching about fifty feet behind him.
"Watch out!" Pinkie called out, making Lex look forward just as a vibrant blue bolt of energy slammed into his chest and sent him several feet backwards and onto his back.
"Th-That's different" he groaned as he quickly scrambled to his feet while clutching his chest where he was struck. He didn't have much time to contemplate his next action as a construct lunged forward with a pair of falchions. The man managed to dodge one of the blades only for the second to clip his arm. As it did, Lex felt as if a surge of electricity rushed through his arm making him cry out in pain. "Not good" he growled as he quickly exited the hallway while clutching his bleeding arm.
"What do we do?" Applejack asked rhetorically as Lex looked around the room as the eight constructs entered. First the one with the two falchions, then the mace wielding one which was quickly followed by one with a greatsword. The four one out wielding a battle axe and shield while the fifth greataxe. The sixth was cloaked in robes over the full plate and wielded a long staff which had a diamond at the end which crackles with energy.
The seventh construct had a flail with an extraordinarily long chain that was wrapped around it's left arm. And the last one had no weapons but it's fists had large spikes on its knuckles. The construct with the staff and robes appeared to be different, it's body had wooden parts and it moved more naturally then the others.
Before a second thought passed through Lex's mind he threw his dagger at robes construct, watching it pierce it's shoulder effortlessly. The construct stumbled back and sank to its knee while clutching the dagger. "I'll keep them distracted, you lot go around" Lex said as he moved forward towards the greatmace construct.
"Are ya crazy!" Applejack shouted as the man sidestepped attack of the mace wielding construct.
"Probably" He called back as he slammed his shoulder into a hunk of metal in an attempt to off balance it. This didn't work as intended as the man side tackled the construct but only succeeded in shifting it a few inches.
"Behind you!" Rarity called out as Lex stepped to the side just as a greataxe zoomed down passed him and sunk deep into the mace construct.
"Thanks but get going!" He responded as he watched the greataxe construct rip it's weapon free, severing one of the arms of the mace construct as a surge of flames erupted around the weapon. "Well aren't you a great friend" Lex teased.
The greataxe construct quickly continued his attempts against Lex as the mace construct swung wildly at Lex. Again Lex managed to evade the attacks, allowing for the greatmace to slam into the side of the greataxe construct. As the great weapon slammed into the construct, I brilliant flash of lightning surged out moments before the greataxe construct fell apart into pieces. The mace construct then seemed to stumble over by the momentum of it's attack and fall prone.
"You managed to trick them!" Pinkie shouted out from behind Lex, making him turn to see the group still standing in the hall.
"Oh my stars, fucking go I have this!" He growled as four white glowing projectiles slammed into his body. "Motherfucker! You lot just go and save your friend!" He growled as he clutched one of the areas struck and felt his burnt skin. "Great" he grumbled as he turned back to the constructs. As he did, the duelist construct had managed to get up close and lunged at him. By sheer luck, the construct managed to barely miss impaling the man and only grazed across his torso. Lex gritted his teeth as he felt the lightning surge through him while he moved passed it and ran towards the greataxe on the ground.
He managed to wrap his hands around it and lift the great weapon with a decent effort. "Okay now I can fight back!" He stated as he moved towards the Mace construct as it was pushing itself up off the ground. The construct barely got a few feet off the ground before Lex slammed the greataxe down on it, causing it to fall apart into pieces while an explosion of fire rippled out from the weapon. The flames didn't afflict Lex but seemed to force the duelist construct backwards.
"Wooo you got another one" Lex heard, making the man groan once more.
"Holy shit can you lot just go save your friend already instead of watching me!" He shouted at them without looking at them. He focused all his strength into his arms and groaned as he lifted the weapon. His body was burning from the cuts that afflicted his form but he pushed through the pain.
"But I thought…" Pinkie started before Lex interjected and pointed towards her.
"We are not friends as I have just met you. I barely know you or your friend's… " he began his rant before it was cut short by a sharp pain ripple through his body. The pain changed quickly as the sound of ripping cloth and flesh was heard as two feet of steel punctured his abdomen just below his liver. The sudden impairment occurred in a matter of milliseconds as the man, with all his strength, swung the great axe around in his right hand and cleaved the duelist construct's head from its shoulders.
The man fell to his knees as the construct crumbled, the constant electrifying of the sword that had pierced his body made every movement agony. He figured it was a bad idea but he couldn't focus while being electrocuted, so he wrapped his hands around the blade before he began pushing the weapon back through the wound.
"We're coming to…" someone shouted but Lex couldn't make out who through the sparking of lightning.
"NO! JUST FUCKING GO… YOU LOT KEEP DISTRACTING ME" Lex shouted as he did his best to reach around behind him. He managed to find the other side of the weapon, where he tried his best to remove it. He was so focused on removing the weapon that he failed to notice a set of iron boots stop in front of him.
"We leave you alone for a single moment and look what happens." A silvery female voice echoed within Lex's head causing him to look around him. The entire world seemed to be frozen in time mid action.
"W-what is this?" Lex asked as he painted hard.
"An intervention of sorts" the Silvery voice replied again within his head. the voice seemed so familiar but he couldn't place it.
"W-wait… w-what are you helping me" Lex asked concerned while doing his best to ignore the pain within him.
"Well it's simple really." The voice replied as Lex felt a pair of soft hands rest on his shoulders. "You are an incredible asset to the Court and so it has been unanimously decided that you must not die… especially since we went to such effort to resurrect you" the voice explained as he felt on of the hands drift down his wounded arm, stopping at the laceration. "Really? We just gave you this as well, Kora spent hours making this" the voice scolded.
"S-sorry… didn't intent to be attacked" Lex stated as he felt the being behind him press two fingers into the wound, causing him to growl in pain for a second before the pain vanished. "W-what did you do?" He asked as he turned his head to see the wound and saw that a thick layer of hardened sap had formed over the wound. "Is that sanitary?" He asked only to watch the sap disintegrate, revealing undamaged skin.
"Of course it is" he heard the voice state as he felt the hand return to his shoulder. "This will hurt" she warned as her other hand drifted down his back.
"Wait! Let me…" Lex started, realizing what was happening but he couldn't finish his sentence before the sword was fully torn from his body. The man unconsciously tried to curl up from the pain but being behind him held his tightly.
"Now to fix you up" she replied in a sing song tone as she placed her hand against the wound. As she did, the injured man looked down to the exit wound. He was taken back as a vibrant green light glowed through the wound shortly before vines emerged. The vines writhed for a couple seconds before they latched onto the edges of the wound and began pulling it closed.
"What the fuck?" He asked as he noticed he couldn't feel the pain from the wound or the skin around it at all. After a second of holding the skin together, a thick translucent green sap began seeping from the wound and forming a kind of seal.
"There we go" the voice said as the sap hardened. "Good as new" she stated as the sap fell away, revealing undamaged, unscarred skin.
"Why are you helping me?" Lex asked confused only for a sigh to echo through his head.
"I told them, use a more powerful Resurrection spell so we wouldn't have this problem… I'm getting sidetracked… just know that you are incredibly important to the Court" she explained.
"Wait, what court?" He asked as the falcon that penetrated him was placed in front of him. As it landed deep blue energy coiled around it before it was sucked into it, inscribing the blade with depictions of the seasons, fairies, plants and stars. "What the hell happened to the sword?"
"The weapon is now temporarily empowered with my magic and I shall answer your questions when you are not surrounded by enemies." The voice stated.
"Huh? Why is…" Lex asked as he looked behind him. As he did, he noticed the greatsword construct attacking in a downward strike. Lex dove to his left as the sword came down and slammed into the cobblestone and causing a thunderous roar to emanate from where it struck.
"Are you okay Lex?" He heard one of the mares call out as the man got to his feet while picking up the sword. The man shook his head and grumbled as he glanced around the room at the remaining enemies.
"Shit how am I meant to do this?" He muttered to himself as he kept his distance from the greatsword construct.
"I recommend dealing with the Warforged" the silvery voice advised inside of his mind.
"The what?" He replied quietly as he dodged a magical bolt of fire.
"The caster" The voice advised as Lex looked to the robed construct that seemed to be looking at him with malice. "It would appear that it is controlling the constructs and making them focus on you"
"Why me?" Lex asked confused.
"Well you did injure it" the voice explained.
"Oh right" Lex grumbled as he remembered. "Better finish the job," the man said as he ducked under the greatsword construct as it swung horizontally. The man slashed across it's hip, letting the magic weapon cleave through the metal effortlessly. The suit of armour stumbled off balance for a moment before twisting its body to strike the man with its fist bit as it did, it's hip buckled mid turn from the sheer weight.
"How?" a voice that resembled stressed metal groaned out of the Warforged. "How are you able to move?" The voice demanded as Lex looked to the caster.
"What can I say? I'm a badass" Lex chuckled as he glanced to the Construct next to him which was trying to keep itself together and prepare another attack. "Maybe we can talk this out buddy?" He asked the caster as he beheaded the greatsword construct.
"And why should we talk? You have invaded my master's home!" The warforged explained.
"Do you honestly think we can talk on Nightmare Moon? We just want to talk to her" Lex explained as the caster cocked its head and raised its hand causing the remaining constructs to stop.
"Who?" It asked confused.
"Nightmare Moon… your master?" He replied.
"There may be other forces at work here" the female voice theorized in Lex's mind.
"My master is no Nightmare Moon… no my master is a powerful user of magic which is beyond your comprehension meat sack" The Warforged explained in a high and mighty tone of voice… well as best one can with a voice that sounds like a grinder against sheet metal.
"Did you just call me Meat sack?" Lex asked.
"That is what your concerned about?" The voice asked him.
"Well you are frail and covered in meat… and kind of a bit overweight" the Warforged explained while pointing to Lex's belly.
"What the fuck!" Lex growled.
"Please focus on the real threat here"
"Motherfucker it's the jacket that making me look wider than I am!" Lex shouted.
"A common excuse" the caster retorted with a chuckle. "Besides if you are having difficulty with me then you have no chance against my master" It continued to laugh as each of the remaining constructs gave weird chuckles. Gritting his teeth in anger, Lex launched himself forward toward the Warforged.
The caster seemed to take a second to realize the danger and attempt to raise a barrier by rotating his glowing staff in a sequence but Lex slashed at it mid sequence. The magical sword again effortlessly sliced through the staff and for a moment nothing really happened. that changed in as a microsecond later a piercing white light began to radiate from the staff as the staff began to splinter and ripple.
"I forgot you are an idiot" the voice stated in Lex's head as the brilliant radiant white light began to expand before erupting in an explosion. Lex noticed this, dropping the sword as he used his arms to protect his head from the blast.
The blast had enough force to send the Warforged tumbling back hard a couple feet while Lex kept his footing and slid backwards. He was completely unharmed save for being blinded by the light. Over his arms and torso was a white translucent barrier that was smoking from the explosion but seemed intact.
"Thank the stars you have that ring" the voice stated as Lex rubbed his eyes, causing the barrier to dissipate.
"What? What happened?" He asked quietly as he rubbed his eyes.
"You managed to activate your ring that has a protection spell attach to it." She explained. "Good thing or else you would have ended up like your opponent"
As Lex's vision returned he watched as the caster struggled to prop itself up and seemed to glare at him. It's body was a wreck as glowing fluid poured from its body from where it's left arm was. Parts of its chest, face, neck, 80 percent of its left arm and parts of its legs were completely disintegrated.
"Y...you inso… Kill...im" the ruined being attempted to scream with its damaged voice box. It's voice sounding like tearing metal mixed with nails on a chalkboard.
"Time to move Lex" the voice advised, gaining a nod from Lex as he noticed the heavily damaged floor begin to crumble. "Run!"
Lex turned and ran away from the crumbling floor only to find a metal palm slammed into his sternum with enough force to knock him onto his ass. The attack forced all the wind from the man's lungs, leaving him gasping and trying to regain his composure as the unarmed Construct stepped up to him as prepared to kill him. Well it would have if the floor around twenty feet from the explosion gave out, causing the caster, the remaining constructs and Lex to begin falling.
The man dropped about fifteen feet before a rainbow blur sudden tackled him midflight and pulled him up out of the pit. He didn't have time to comprehend what was happening before he landed on his back by the group of mares with a familiar blue mare on top of him.
"There… now we're even" She panted as Lex gave her a thumbs up. "Your surprisingly light" she added.
"Thanks" He said with a groan. "I'm just gonna lay here in pain... you take your friends to save the other one" He said as clutched his sternum.
"Good plan… we'll be back soon" She said as she climbed off of him. "And try not to run off" She advised as Lex gave her another thumbs up.
"Lex are you okay?" Rarity asked.
"I'll survive, just go help your mate" he grumbled.
"You heard him, let's go" Dash said as there was a group confirmation before they left the room while Lex rolled his eyes.
After several minutes the sound of faint footsteps were heard approaching him. "Thankfully your bag didn't fall into the random bottomless pit underneath a throne room" the voice stated with a hint of concern.
"Yea I was wondering about that" Lex said with a cough.
"Yea it's weird but not my problem," she stated.
"Thank you for helping me" Lex said with a thumbs up as a woman with braided chestnut hair with flowers, vines and thorns mixed through it. She had glowing golden eyes a slender face with a similar tattoo on her neck as the one on Lex and the bag. her body was covered with plants and vines which barely covered her bronze skin. One of the things that Lex noticed was the set of pointed ears she had. "Amara" Lex said with a smile.
"Finally remembered me" She teased with a warm smile. "I'd love to stay and help some more but I have to go. she said before she vanished in a flash of green light. Lex watch the spot where she was before he looked up at the ceiling.
"I think my sternum is broken" he groaned whole holding his chest. "I guess this is better than getting impaled… wait how am I gonna explain that to those mares… do I really need to?" He muttered to himself as laid on the floor, feeling the coldness begin to spread up from his back.
"N...No i cant…" he growled as, with great strain, pushed himself up into a sitting position, feeling a sharp pain on the side of his chest as he did so. "and she didn't heal that" he growled as he propped himself up on his left arm while allowing his right arm to explore his side. He gave a hiss of pain as his fingers came into contact with where the caster had blasted him. "Damn that is gonna leave a mark" he grumbled as he attempted to get up off the floor but failed, falling onto his back hard. He gave a sharp gasp of pain while laying there.
"Talk to them, there is no need to fight… fucking great plan." He said sarcastically as he pushed himself up again while resting on his arms. "Well talking did help… up until metal boy and his merry band of iron assholes rocked up" he grumbled as he tired once again to stand up, managing to get onto one knee. "And then those bloody mares are like 'Oh we will be your cheer squad.' Star a-fucking-bove i don't just tell people to get lost cause im a dick… I hope" he ranted as he managed to get to this feet. "No it's to make sure I don't have to watch out for you… and also so I don't get distracted" he continued to rant as he rubbed the area he was impaled and flinched.
"Amara… thanks for the heal but you just gave me so many more fucking questions to not sleep over" he groaned as he rolled his eyes. It took a few minutes but the man managed to calm himself down to a degree. "Alright battle plan, what do I do now?" He asked himself as there was a crackling sound emanating from the pit. "Oh great, it's not even fucking morning yet and I have to deal with my crap." He growled as he looked around the room for a weapon but to his surprise, it appeared all the weapons had fallen into the pit. "Just my luck" he sighed angrily as energy began to arc out of the hole, completely eviscerating sections of the floor and wall around Lex as he prepared himself for whatever was to come.
Author's Note
So unfortunately my internet for my PC died, so that is why there isn't a space at the start of paragraphs. (I know weird to worry over but I like it)
So in short here is the new chapter I hope you all enjoy and drop any suggestions
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