The Magic of Friendship, Love, and Guns

by TheRedHood

The Crystal Empire Part 4

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Sombra glared at Jason as he summoned his black scythe. Jason responded by summoning the All-Blades.

“You insignificant, worthless, fool! You dare oppose me?!” Sombra disappeared in a cloud of black mist and appeared behind Jason, swinging his scythe to take Jason’s head, but Jason quickly ducked under the swing and swung his blades back. Almost hitting Sombra if he didn’t block in time. Jason then backflipped over Sombra and the two engaged in fierce combat.

“Fool! All my time locked away in the ice has given me time to perfect my skills in combat,” Sombra boasted while slashing at Jason’s neck, only to have Jason lean away before blocking with the All-Blades. “What makes you think you can possibly take me on?!”

“This,” Jason smiled while pointing his gun between Sombra’s forehead. “High-Ex!” The gun beeped in recognition before Jason pulled the trigger.

The explosion sent Sombra flying back but he used his scythe to stab the ground and stop himself, he glared at Jason and growled angrily.

“You…YOU… HOW DARE YOU?!” Sombra powered up his horn and fired at Jason. Jason rolled to the side and looked at Sombra, his eyes widening as he saw the advanced looking badge on Sombra and could recognize the color scheme of it. Jason took out his pistols and aimed at Sombra, firing the high explosive rounds at the dark King. Sombra activated a shield to defend himself, but the explosive rounds were so strong that it shattered his shield and sent him crashing into a wall. Sombra grunted and looked up, only to wince as he felt something slash at his cheek. Sombra’s eyes widened at the feeling, slowly bringing his hand up to his cheek and touching it, looking down to see…blood. His blood.

Gods don’t bleed,” Jason mocked while holding up a batarang. “A friend of mine helped enchant these things. So they can hurt fuckers like you.” Jason smirked as he watched Sombra have a mental breakdown after seeing his own blood.

“YOU BUCKING WORTHLESS, LOW-LIFE, INSIGNIFICANT, DISGUSTING WORM!” Sombra shouted as he summoned black shadow-like wings and soared at great speed towards Jason, now wielding two longswords made of black crystal. Sombra swung at Jason but Jason countered his attack and knocked one of the swords out of Sombra’s hands. Sombra summoned another and continued slashing at Jason with murderous intent in his eyes. Jason gritted his teeth and started to lose ground. Using the All-Blades to block and counter as Sombra was like a relentless storm of steel. The two locked blades and glared at each other. It was a stalemate until Jason pushed forward and caused Sombra to lose his balance. Jason then sent a surge of electricity at Sombra using the bat symbol on his chest, electrocuting the dark king and damaging his badge. Sombra flew back and groaned loudly, looking down at himself to see himself fading from his physical form to his mist form.

“Seems like you’re almost out of steam,” Jason said mockingly as he twirled his sword. “You won’t hurt anyone else once I’m done with you.”

Sombra growled in anger as he clenched his fists, glancing over at Cadence, who was on her knees watching, and lunged at her. His eyes glowing green as he raised a sword. Time slowed down as Sombra grew closer to Cadence, she was too weak to use her magic as she went wide eyed, seeing death draw closer to her. Jason ran towards Cadence, hearing his heart beat faster and faster. Sombra lifted his blade and struck. Blood dripped down from the tip of his blade…but it wasn't Cadence's blood. Jason had thrown himself in front of Cadence and grabbed Sombra’s sword with his hands, but was stabbed in his side. Jason groaned in pain as he stared at Sombra.

“How does it feel to die?” Sombra smirked as he laughed triumphantly. Jason chuckled.

“Been dead, done that. How does it feel to lose an arm?” Jason asked. Sombra was confused until Jason grabbed Sombra’s arm and used the All-Blades to cut off his right arm.

“AAAAAAAAGHHHHH!” Sombra howled in pain as he stepped back. Jason chuckled and then groaned, falling down as he panted. Slowly pulling out the sword.

“Jason!” Cadenced rushed to his side and panicked when he coughed blood and clutched his wound. “Oh my stars! It will be okay, just stay with me!”

“Fuck, this hurts…!” Jason grunted. He then remembered one of the capsules given to him that held a medical foam that would close the wound. He reached into his jacket and took out a capsule and broke it over the wound. The foam covered the wound and stopped the bleeding but sizzled upon exposure as the medical properties were closing the wound.

“Shit! That stings even worse!” Jason barked as he pulled off his helmet and set it aside.

“A-Are you okay?” Cadence asked. Jason looked back up at Cadence and the mare found herself lost in his blue eyes, despite the circumstances.

“Don’t worry about m-me. I’ve been through a lot worse.” Jason coughed up a bit but smiled at her. Not wanting Cadence to worry about him, despite the fact he was injured he didn’t want others to worry about him.

“Jason!” By the doors Twilight and the others all stood. Rushing over to Jason as they had a look of fear in their eyes as they saw the blood and his wound. Twilight slowly looked at Sombra, who was slowly recovering from his injury, and…something snapped.

“You…you hurt…you…” Twilight gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. Slowly getting up as she looked down. “I’m…going…TO BUCKING KILL YOU!” Suddenly Twilight’s hair erupted into flames, her coat turned a light yellowish color, and her eyes turned blood red. She screamed as she then fired a powerful fiery beam of magic at Sombra. Sombra went wide eyed and summoned a shield, but it was too weak to withstand the magic as it sent him flying into the throne and broke it. Coughing up blood, Sombra fell to the ground. But Twilight didn’t let up. She teleported towards Sombra and reeled her fist back, bringing her fist down on his head and crushing his face down into the ground, cracking it. Twilight grabbed Sombra with her magic and started to slam him across the room like a rag doll. While this was happening Spike looked up and saw the Crystal Heart.

“Rainbow Dash, get me up there!” Spike said, Rainbow Dash wiped away her tears and looked up, nodding as she grabbed Spike and took out.

Twilight kept beating Sombra with her magic, the dark King then felt something he never felt before…fear. Helplessness. Twilight lifted him up and glared at him, grabbing his badge and crushing it, Sombra then returned to his mist form as Twilight was shook to her core at seeing Jason.

“You…will…pay…” Twilight then collapsed as she went back to normal.

Sombra hissed in anger as he looked down at Twilight, wanting to tear her apart for humiliating him, until he felt a great surge of magic nearby. Looking up he saw the Crystal heart shining brightly and saw Rainbow Dash and Spike going after it. He roared and started heading towards them. Jason saw Sombra leave and groaned loudly. Reaching into his jacket he pulled out a vial full of a strange green liquid. Jason then injected himself with it in his neck. His eyes glowed green and his body pulsed a bit, almost growing bigger.

“RRRAAAAAAGH!” Jason roared loudly as he stood up, running and jumping out the window, using his grappling hook to scale up the dark crystals around the castle to make his way up to King Sombra. The adrenaline allowing Jason to ignore his wound and push himself. Sombra roared and fired up his horn, but before Sombra could attack Jason flew down with the All-Blades and stabbed Sombra, making Sombra roar in pain. Spike grabbed the Crystal Heart and Rainbow Dash flew down towards King Sombra, the Crystal Heart shined and the ponies saw the glow once more. Hope and love for a better tomorrow powered the Crystal Heart. Spike then hit Sombra’s horn with the Crystal Heart and a powerful blast of magic erupted.

“AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!” Sombra screamed as he began to dissipate. “THIS IS NOT OVER!!! I SHALL RETURN!!! AND I SHALL MAKE YOU SUFFER!!!”

“AND WE’LL BE HERE! TO SEND YOUR SORRY FUCKING ASS BACK TO HELL!” Jason shouted as he was then blown back. He crashed into a dark crystal and fell. A wave of magic blew up and it started to revert everything back to normal. Fixing all the damages and the ponies changed to their true form of crystal ponies. Jason then fell down to the ground, crashing in a cart. His eyes closed as he succumbed to his wounds. But something strange happened, something…some strange black mist appeared around his body and then disappeared.

Cadence and the others all gasped as they saw they changed into crystal ponies as well. Twilight soon woke up and groaned, looking around and gasping at what she saw. They all celebrated their victory and saw Shining Armor walk into the throne room.

“Shining!” Twilight ran over and hugged her brother.

“Shining Armor! B-But I-I saw Sombra…”

“I was able to catch myself on one of his dark crystals to stop my fall.” Shining Armor lied. But that wasn’t what happened.


A few minutes earlier


“AAAAAAH!” Shining Armor screamed as he was falling, seeing the ground growing closer and closer, closing his eyes as he waited for the end, but it never came. Something grabbed him and dropped him on the roof of a building. Shining Armor looked up and saw what saved him. It was a creature that was like Jason, but this one wore black and orange armor, a black and orange mask but could only see one eye. And Shining Armor could tell that this creature was ready for war from all the weapons he saw strapped on it.

“W-Who the buck are you?” Shining asked.

“To you? I'm Jesus because I just saved your ass.” The man said, reaching down and lifting Shining back up to his hooves “We need to talk.”

“I don’t have anything to say to you and your kind.” Shining Armor said harshly. “I gotta get back to the throne room!”

“Then I guess you don’t want to get rid of Red Hood then.” The man turned and was about to walk away.

“Wait! What do you mean?” Shining Armor asked. The man turned back at him.

“Back in our world, Red Hood is a dangerous individual. He is wanted by nearly every major government organization in the world. He has killed hundreds if not thousands of people.” The man told Shining Armor, after hearing this Shining Armor’s blood boiled.

“I knew it! That bucking monster! I knew he would harm my sister!” Shining Armor shouted.

“If you help us, we can get rid of him. You will never have to see him again. You will be hailed as a hero.” The man told him.

Us?” Shining asked.

“Hello, Mr. Armor.” A voice said, Shining jumped and looked back to see a human man, also like Jason, but some small strange flying device was projecting the man. He was a bald man with white skin and green eyes and had a bit of a muscular build. “I am Lex Luthor. Pleasure to meet you.” The man introduced himself.


Back to the present


“I’m so glad you’re okay.” Twilight hugged him, then she pulled away. “W-Wait…where is Jason?”

“We saw him stab King Sombra but after that we didn’t see him." Spike said.

“We gotta find him,” Applejack said, they all agreed and went out. The crystal ponies all celebrated their freedom but Cadence had ordered the guards to search for Jason.

“I found him!” A guard shouted, Rainbow was the first flying towards him, she gasped as she found him. Soon the others came as well and gasped in horror at his state. All of them were crying out to him but the guards held them back. Carrying Jason and taking him to the infirmary. Jason’s herd, Cadence, and Spike followed close behind him. Jason slowly opened his eyes, his vision blurry but he could make out his herd. A small smile on his face as he saw that they were okay before he lost consciousness again.


Later that night


Jason would spend the rest of the day getting his wounds treated, the doctors and nurses using some of their magic to help heal his broken bones, his herd and Spike staying by his side the whole time. Cadence wanted to stay as well but she had to make sure the ponies were fine and helped with making sure all traces of King Sombra were gone from the kingdom. After some time nightfall came.

Jason groaned as he slowly opened his eyes. He couldn’t move around much and looked down to see most of his body covered in casts. Once his eyes adjusted to the light, he saw his herd and Spike sleeping around him, which made him smile.

“You’ve awoken.”

Jason looked to the other side to see Cadence, of all ponies, stand by his bedside as she spoke in hushed whispers, as to not wake the others.

“Don’t speak, just listen,” Cadence whispered. “Jason, words cannot express how thankful I am for what you have done today. This kingdom has been freed from its thousand year-long nightmare. You’ve shown great courage, more than I have seen in quite some time.” Jason couldn’t really tell in the dark, but he could swear he saw Cadence blushing a little. “You came to my aid when I needed it most. To be honest, I didn’t expect myself to call out for you, let alone expect you to answer as soon as I did.” Her smile became a frown and her ears drooped and pinned to her head. “I’ve always wanted a strong and dependable stallion to fall in love with, and Shining had been so good to me before we got married. Now it feels like he’s a stranger most of the time.” Cadence looked back at Jason as he laid there in silence. “After meeting you today, and seeing how far you would go for your loved ones…I believe I must make the hard decision for my own sake.” Cadence stepped forward, leaned down while brushing her mane to the side and kissed Jason’s cheek. “Just a little something as thank you for your efforts. And for allowing me to have the courage for what I am about to do next.” She stood up straight and quietly made for the door. She glanced over her shoulder and smiled again. “Rest well, hero of the Crystal Empire, I shall see you tomorrow.”

Jason was honestly surprised by this as he watched the Princess walk away, her words stuck with him as he didn't know what she meant but he smiled softly. He was just glad that they were all safe and that Equestria was safe as well. Jason closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.


A few days later


“And that should do it.”

Jason waited patiently as the doctor unwrapped his arm and Jason opened and closed his fist.

“I’m honestly quite shocked,” the stallion doctor said. “You should at least have taken a few more weeks, at most, to heal completely. Yet all your bones have reset and mended together, your organs are back in place, and the concussion in your head has faded away. Can all humans heal as quickly as you?”

“No. Just the few perks of getting beaten, blown up, and taking a dip in a pool of ancient water.” Jason laughed as he saw the confused look on the doctor’s face. Jason put on his clothes and armor as he put his helmet back on. Finally walking out of the infirmity and seeing his herd once more. They all quickly hugged him as they were relieved to see him well again.

“Why do you always scare us like that?!” Rainbow Dash asked as she hit his shoulder, only to realize something. “Did…did you get bigger?” She felt his biceps and went wide eyed as he felt much more muscular than before.

“I took this thing called Venom, it’s a drug from my world. I made some changes to it,” Jason said.

“What kind of changes?” Applejack asked as she was also groping Jason, blushing as her hands ran up and down his muscular arm.

“It does enhance my strength, my stamina, and muscle mass a bit. But unlike the original dose, I don’t become a mindless animal,” Jason explained.

“Increased Stamina, you say~?” Avril giggled while looking down at his crotch. The mares all then looked down as well, their faces red as they were having some very naughty fantasies about their sexy lover.

“Guess you’ll see later.” Jason chuckled. “I’ll meet you all at the train station, just wanna speak with Princess Cadence.”

“When I last spoke with her, she was up in her room,” Twilight said as she then gave him directions to Cadence's room. Jason nodded as he headed up to Cadence's room. Knocking on her door .

“Princess Cadence? It’s me, Jason.”

“FINE! BE THAT WAY! I NEVER SHOULD’VE MARRIED YOU ANYWAY!” The doors slammed open and Shining stomped passed Jason. “OUT OF MY BUCKING WAY, FREAK!”

Jason would’ve told the jerk off it he hadn’t heard crying from inside the room. Jason pushed his anger aside and looked to see Cadence on the floor, burying her face in her hands and sobbing uncontrollably.

Jason walked over to Princess Cadence and sat down, wrapping an arm around her and rubbing her shoulder. Cadence soon buried her face in his chest as she sobbed. Jason held her close.

“I got you. Don’t worry.” Jason said, taking off his helmet and setting it down. He didn’t ask why as he had a feeling what happened, but knew it wasn’t his place to say anything. But Jason wanted her to know that he was there to comfort her.

“I…I wanted it to be peaceful…” Jason looked down to see Cadence’s hand open up to reveal two wedding bands. “But…the things he said…he left me so hurt! I still wanted to be friends…b-but-!” Cadence went back to bury her face into Jason’s chest. She let the rings fall from her hand and they hit the floor.

Jason looked down at the rings and reached down to grab them, holding Cadence’s hand.

“Back home, I…didn’t know much about love, especially romantic love. Just flings, on and off, and one night stands. Anyway, I thought I would never find love…now look at me. Got a herd of beautiful women, I mean mares, and a beautiful wolf, who loves me and whom I love back. There is someone who is gonna show you all the love and dedication you deserve, Cupid. Trust me.” Jason placed the rings in her hands. “Besides, only a dumbass would throw away the love a mare like you gave to him.” Jason smiled at her.

Cadence looked up at Jason thrower tear stained eyes. “What am I gonna tell Twilight? If I’m not married to Shining anymore…I’m not her sister-in-law anymore either.”

“Oh shut up.” Jason flicked her forehead. “You love and care about Twilight and she loves and cares about you. Whether you’re married to her brother or not you two are family. Family isn’t of blood or marriage or whatever the Hell. It’s the bond and love you have for those close to you.” Jason wiped away her tears. “Twilight loves you, Cadence. You’re important to her. And if you’re important to her, you're important to me.”

Cadence gasped at the last statement he said as she felt her heart skip a beat once again. Unlike Shining, Jason’s words were genuine and full of passion. Her cheeks warmed up a little and she bit her bottom lip.

“Jason…I-”

“Cadence!” Both Jason and Cadence jumped when Twilight suddenly burst into her room. The librarian mare already had tears streaming down her cheeks. “Tell me it isn’t true! Please tell me you didn’t just leave my brother!”

“Twilight, honey, calm down. Let Cadence have a chance to explain herself,” Jason said, not wanting Twilight to say or do anything she might regret without hearing what Cadence has to say.

“Just…please tell me why?” Twilight said, doing her best not to be upset with Cadence.

“There’s no other way to say this Twilight, so I’ll just say it.” Cadence stood up and smoothed out her dress. She took a deep breath and looked into Twilight’s eyes. “I no longer am in love with Shining. He and I have become more distant than even I imagined, since we got married, and I had to make a hard decision so I could think about my future. In the end, I’m glad I left him.”

“You are?!” Twilight yelped.

“Twilight, please understand, you should’ve heard the choice words he said to me when I told him I wanted a divorce. It still wrecks me to my core because of the things he said, but I know now I would’ve had to deal with that kind of behavior for the rest of my life. I didn’t want that, so I chose the only way out I could think of. And before you say anything, I doubt even Auntie Celestia or Auntie Luna could’ve said or done anything to change his or my mind.”

“Twilight, I know you love your brother, but if he truly was treating Cadence the way she says he was treating her, she had to do what she had to. Don’t hate her for what she did. Just talk with your brother, but don’t be mad at Cadence. I know you care for her, and cares for you, too.
Jason said as he walked over to Twilight and held her hand, kissing her cheek.

Twilight frowned and nodded reluctantly. “Can we still be sisters?”

Cadence smiled and hugged Twilight. “You’ll always be my little sister.”

Twilight hugged her back and left the room to speak with Shining. Once she had left, Jason noticed Cadence resisting the urge to cry again.

“Go ahead and cry, you’ll feel better. Trust me.” Jason told her, stumbling a bit in surprise as Cadence hugged him and cried on his shoulder. Jason wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back. Being careful not to touch her wings. “There there, Cupid.” He said as he used one hand to gently stroke her mane.

“You keep calling me Cupid.” Cadence looked up at Jason as she wiped her eyes again. “What does it mean?”

“Well, in my world we have this little mythology thing where Cupids are like, uh, spirits or angels of love. And they would appear to help others find their true love. Twilight told me a bit about you being a Princess of love, so I figured Cupid would be a good nickname. That or love-butt or heart-butt.” Jason chuckled at the other possible nicknames for her.

Cadence paused for a moment after calming down until she got a mischievous idea. “Is that so?” She turned around and glanced at her rear as she stuck it out for Jason. “You think my butt is shaped like a heart?”

“Wait, what?” Jason blushed slightly as he looked down at Cadence”s butt, truth be told it actually was shaped like a heart. A fine ass for a princess. Jason looked at Cadence. You are playing a dangerous game, Heart-Butt." Jason playfully winked at her as he walked over to the bed to grab his helmet. “And yes.” He answered her question.

As he left, he heard Cadence squeal a bit, making him chuckle. As he made his way back to his herd, he overheard some of the guards muttering to each other.

“He just left?”

“Last I heard, yeah. Some of the staff saw him just walk out the front door.”

“Did he tell anypony where he was going?”

“Nope, just left without a word.”

“What about his wife?”

“Ex-wife, more like it, heard she had decided to leave him.”

“Eish, well then I guess he’s taking it pretty hard.”

“Definitely, who wouldn’t?”

“Yeah, good point.”

“Yeah…you think the Princess is ready to move on?”

“Dude, really?”

Jason shook his head at the guards stupidity and walked out, heading towards the town square. Jason started thinking back about what he saw on Sombra. That badge was way too advanced for it to be from Equestria, and he could only think of one person responsible for it.

“If that bastard is here, he better have brought an army. No way in Hell is he hurting anyone here,” Jason said to himself as he met up with his herd.

“Wait.” A guard said as he came up to Jason. “Shining Armor wanted me to relay a message. He said that he will battle you in the arena tomorrow.”

“He still wants to do that? Hell, I’ll gladly kick his ass.” Jason smirked.

“You’re goin’ fight Shinin’ Armor? Applejack asked.

“Hey, he wanted this fight. So I’m gonna give him one,” Jason said. “Besides, I wanna test out my skills. Don’t wanna get rusty.” Jason smirked as he cracked his knuckles.

“Jason, please don’t hurt my brother,” Twilight said as she followed him. “He may be a selfish jerk at the moment, but he’s still my brother!”

“Twilight, I know, but he wanted this fight. So I ain’t holding back,” Jason said as he cracked his shoulder and headed back to the castle.


Elsewhere

Flying over the ocean


The Royal Sisters ship, carrying millions of bits, priceless sculptures, and artifacts were being transported. It was guarded by a hundred of the best soldiers in Canterlot and had a few Wonderbolts flying overhead. The waters were clear, but suddenly a strange fog rolled in. A stallion pegasus pony that stood at 6’3 with a gray coat, silver and white mane, and a goatee in gold and silver armor stood watch with a large ax in his hand. Iron Giant.

“Stay alert! Keep your eyes peeled for anything out of the ordinary!” Iron Giant ordered his men. The Wonderbolts started to fly in circles to clear out the fog. The fog started to let up when a guard saw something strange. He walked over and saw a grappling hook on the side of the ship.

“What the-”

RATATATA!

Gunshots rang out as the guard was filled with holes and fell down, dead. Suddenly, armed men started to board the ship. The gunshots brought all the guards to attention as they grabbed their weapons and prepared to fight off the pirates, but the pirates’ strange new weapons quickly tore the guards down, dropping dead the second the flash went off.

The Wonderbolts swooped down and with their great speed, maneuverability, and agility they were able to throw some of the pirates off the ship. One Wonderbolt tried to punch a larger pirate in the face, but the large pirate grabbed the Wonderbolts by the head. His large hand wrapping around his whole head, the pirate then lifted the Wonderbolt over his head and brought him down hard on his knee. A loud, sickening snap was heard as the Wonderbolt let out a blood curtly scream. The large pirate then threw the now broken Wonderbolt to the side and cracked his knuckles.

Some of the pirates started shooting, able to severely cripple three of them as only four Wonderbolts remained. The remaining Wonderbolts all flew around the large pirate, which appeared to be the leader. Throwing punches and kicks at him. The leader grunted as he tried grabbing them but they were too fast. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, when one Wonderbolt was speeding towards him she bucked his face, but the pirate grabbed her hoof and swung her around, using her to bash another Wonderbolt into the water. The large pirate started using the mare as a living bat to attack the others. Grabbing another Wonderbolt by the head he bashed both of their skulls together and let their unconscious bodies drop to the floor. The other pirates began storming the rest of the ship, gunning down any guards they came across.

Iron Giant used his massive ax to cut down the pirates, moving behind cover and waiting for them to get close enough for him to strike. He didn’t know what weapons these pirates were using, but he knew they were dangerous and had distance against him. Iron Giant slashed three pirates in half, using one pirate as a meat shield and walked towards one of them shooting at him. Once close enough Iron Giant grabbed the pirate and started bashing his head against the railing. Cracking his skull open and dropping the now dead body into the ocean.

“You fight with your strength and show no fear in the face of death. I respect that in a warrior. And I will grant you a warrior’s death.” The leader of the pirates said as he stepped forward. Iron Giant wiped some blood off his hand and cracked his neck.

“You’re the one who is going to die!” Iron readied his ax. The large pirate smirked as he pressed a button on his wrist and suddenly he started to change. His muscles grew even bigger, and his height increased, now standing at 7’4 feet tall. Iron Giant was stunned by this sudden change, now having to actually look up at somepony.

“Rrraaagh!” The pirate roared as he charged at Iron Giant. Iron Giant snapped from his daze and swung his ax, but the pirate grabbed his ax and lifted Iron Giant up along with his ax. Still running, the pirate tackled Iron Giant through the steel walls of the ship and tackled him down below to the cargo hold. Crashing hard to the ground as Iron Giant felt his ribs broke, his back broken, and the wind knocked out of him. Iron Giant coughed up blood as the large pirate looked down at him.

“Pitiful.” The pirate then lifted up his massive boot and stomped on Iron Giant's head, smashing his skull like a watermelon.

“IRON GIANT!” A female wonderbolt cried out.

As the gunmen aimed for her, the remaining guards and wonderbolts charged at them.

“Captain! Get out of here!” One guard said.

“What?! I’m not going anywhere!” The mare snapped.

“We can’t lose you too! You need to inform the princesses! Please go!” A fellow wonderbolt pleaded as she was hit in the head with the butt of a gun.

The wonderbolt leader bit her bottom lip almost to the point it bled. She flared her wings and took off at high speeds through the clouds. Some of the men took aim, but the pirate leader held up his hand.

“Let the little mouse flee, I want these creatures to know of me anyway,” the leader ordered.

The large pirate then pulled out a device and called someone, soon a hologram of Lex appeared.

“Luthor, it’s done. We took control of the ship and left one to report back about what happened,” The man said

“Excellent work. Take the ship and head to the rendezvous point. We will gather what we can and move on to the next phase of the plan,” Lex said.

“Remember. I agreed to help you as long as I get my revenge on him.” The man sneered as he remembered his humiliating defeat.

“Yes yes, don’t worry. You will get your revenge soon,” Luthor said. The man then hung up and ordered his men to steer the ship as they headed off.


In Manehattan


A group of stallions were huddled together inside an old run down apartment as they searched the bag they had stolen off an elderly mare.

“Hahaha, I knew those old cunts were well-off!”

“We can finally get ourselves some real whores with these at the bars!”

“Damn right!” The thugs all laughed but seemed to yelp as they saw a bat fly by their heads and perch itself at the window.

“Sweet Celestia, somepony open the bucking window and let the flying rat out.” One stallion stood up and walked over to the window and opened it to let the bat fly out to the raining city. A loud thunder rang out, and inside the room with the thugs…was a tall, dark figure lurking behind them. All that was seen was white eyes. The stallions then turned around and shrieked in fear as they stumbled back. The tall dark figure narrowed it’s eyes at them, glaring into their very souls as one stallion wet himself. Thunder clapped once more, screams were heard until suddenly…silence.


Author's Note

Hey there everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the story and staying safe! Looks like Lex and his crew are making their move and the Dark Knight has appeared! Don't forget to tell me what you think in the comments. I love you all!

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