Chapters Delsin Rowe sat on top of the Space Needle in Seattle, his Neon power making the trip very easy. Every now and then he would stop some drug dealers or just practice his parkour by mixing it with his powers. After the downfall of D.U.P. it was surprisingly peaceful in Seattle. He would heal some people every now and then but otherwise, all he could do was explore.
“Hey D, what you doing up here?” Asks Fetch as she comes up next to Delsin.
“Ah you know, just taking in the view of my work.” He gestured to the graffiti he had put up during his rebellion of D.U.P. Fetch looks out and nods.
“Pretty good. Can't wait to see what you'll do next.” Fetch said as she nudges his shoulder. Delsin chuckles before he spots something up in the sky.
“Hey Fetch, what's that?” He says standing and pointing at the small red ball in the sky that was slowly getting bigger.
“Don't know, probably just an asteroid… though that looks a bit too big to just burn up.” Fetch says as she stands as well. That watch as it begins to get bigger and bigger, faster and faster. In unison together they say with wide eyes.
“Oh shit.” Delsin takes command and tells Fetch to get Eugene, reluctantly Hank, and if possible Augustine. The latter was going to be pretty much impossible since Augustine was now in her own jail for Conduits.
“Meet up at D.U.P. tower, I have a plan that is pretty insane.” Delsin says as he uses his light speed too quickly run to said tower. When he gets there, Hank, Fetch, and Eugene are already there. “Hey guys. We have a problem.” People were already pointing at the asteroid that was quickly approaching the city.
“By my calculations, we're right in the place of first impact.” Eugene said in his ‘Angel Armor’. “What plan do you have to stop it or destroy it?” Eugene asks Delsin.
“Well, I know for sure that even if we used our powers together, that we can't stop it. But what if I used the four I have, all at once.” Delsin suggested. Their eyes go wide.
“That's suicide!” They exclaim all at once.
“Using all that power at once will destroy your body. I know you're the first Conduit to be able to absorb other conduits but no Conduit can hold that much power! At least all at once.” Eugene said in his ‘Angel Armor', his voice coming out slightly distorted.
“It's worth a shot right?” He said with a smile. Fetch gives him a hug with a sad smile on her face.
“Your insane kid. Godspeed.” Hank said holding out his hand that was surrounded with swirling smoke energy. After Fetch released the hug, she grabbed the same hand that Delsin had used to grab Hank's hand.
“You better come back.” Fetch said as Delsin began to feel his body absorb both of their powers.
“To infinity and Beyond.” Quoted Eugene. To their surprise, a fourth hand joined them.
“You better not fuck this up.” Augustine said looking away from him. They didn't ask questions and Delsin groaned as he absorbed their power. He body began to glow with the mixture of all of their powers combined as he let go of them. He huffed before in a flash of light, he was halfway up the tower, running towards the meteor. Cracks appeared with every step as his body was surrounded in concrete.
Everyone watched as the meteor was almost touching the tower when it exploded. Though it didn't completely destroy it, small fragments hitting buildings. Some would have hit civilians but the four Conduits used their power to protect them and heal them.
Days later, there was no sign of Delsin. Everyone gave up but Fetch. She ran and ran across every inch of Seattle, looking for him. Though there wasn't a chance she would ever find him. For he was now gone from Earth, but he was still very much alive.
Delsin woke up in field of soft grass. The blades tickling his neck. “Ugh, what happened?” He asked himself as he stood on shaky legs. It felt like when he absorbs a new Conduit power. His entire body in pain. His red beanie cap was slightly singed as well as the rest of his clothes. When he got himself reoriented he looked around his surroundings, he noticed that he was surrounded by snow, but in a 5 foot radius from him the snow had melted.
“Weird. I don't think Seattle ever got snow before.” He said picking some up. He made a snowball and threw it in a random direction. “Damn is it cold though.” He looked in all directions before seeing a city that was to the east. “That looks like my best bet.” And with that, he made his way to the city.
When he got close to the outskirts, he heard the sound of glass shattering. “Robbers? That's new.” He looked and saw smoke coming from the chimney and he smiled.
“Finally.” He used his skills in parkour to make his way to the top of the building and absorb the smoke. Suddenly his body didn't feel cold anymore. “Ahh, that's more like it.” He looked over the edge to see… anthro ponies? There were two unicorns and a pegasus, all wearing ski masks and the unicorns using their magic to hold up the bag that must have been filled with cash. They all had on black coats over their fur to protect them from the cold.
Delsin smiled and used his Sulfur Bomb to make them begin to cough and drop the bag which clanged loudly when it hit the ground. He dropped down and subdued all of them with ease. “What the Tartarus are you!? And what did you do to my friends!?” Yelled a huge stallion that was a head taller than the rest of the ones he had subdued.
“Just made it so they couldn't escape till the police arrive.” Delsin said calmly as he prepared a Smoke Blast. The pony growled and prepared to charge but was thrown back when Delsin unleashed his Smoke Blast. “And I don't think you'll go down as easily as they did.” Delsin joked as he watched the pony get up.
At a speed that was surprisingly fast for a stallion his size he tackled Delsin and pinned him to the ground. Delsin put his hands together underneath the stallion and used a Cinder Missile that launched him high into the air. “And to now to finish this.” He used a vent on the side of the building to get to the top of it so he was above the stallion that was beginning to feel the pull of gravity.
He used his Smoke Slam to effectively break some bones in the stallion. “Ooh, maybe that was a bit much.” Delsin cringed at the still breathing body of the stallion as he bled lightly from several areas. At the sound of sirens he knew it was time to make his escape. He Smoked Dashed through another vent and he was on top of another building, watching as instead of police, guards in golden armor arrested the robbers.
Delsin backed up before sitting near the door to the roof. “Well, I destroy a meteor and get transported into a land ruled by intelligent ponies. Cause that makes perfect fucking sense!” He yells that last part out. He sighs before standing and uses his Smoke Dash to fly across the buildings. The further he went in though, the worse the crime got, and it was very hard to travel using his Smoke Dash and Smoke Thrusters. He would need to find a neon sign or something so he can travel easier.
He had already taken down several criminal groups when he realized that the ponies that were supposed to be stopping this kinda shit was slow as hell to respond. Especially in the winter weather. “Time to be Superman.” Delsin said as he had climbed the tallest building and he was now on top of a tower that overlooked something similar to Times Square.
And seeing as his spray cans were brought along with him, he decided to mark the biggest billboard there. “Now that, is art.” Delsin said pocketing his spray can. He absorbed an electronic billboard and used Video Surge to fly off, leaving the ponies to wake up tomorrow and see his handiwork.
Little did he know, that would be the final straw.
Awakening to a New Adventure
The ponies point and cringe at the red and blue billboard that has been defiled. It looked like two black birds making a star with their bodies with one side being red and the other blue. How somepony was able to make something like that with paint that fast was almost impossible. Guards were sent to scrub it clean but their cleaners couldn't scrub away the paint.
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After all that had happened last night they had sent word of their findings to Canterlot. But when Celestia sees the pictures and reads the reports, she is quick to call for her sister. Not many things frighten Celestia, but this, this was otherworldly. She paced in the throne room for several moments, her long white dress almost dragging along the floor when there is a knock on the throne room doors. “Please enter.” Celestia says absent mindlessly.
Luna enter the throne room with a small bit of bedhead in pajamas fit for a foal and not a princess. The upper half was made with the finest black silk covered in cresent moons while the bottom half was made of the same silk but in a dark purple. Most of it hanging loosely from her form. The only exception being her D-cup sized breasts and slightly big ass. “Guards, leave us.” Celestia says and they nod, leaving through the door Luna entered.
“May I ask why you have woke me from my slumber sister?” Luna asks as she lets out a yawn. Celestia nods and gave Luna the report. Luna just raises an eyebrow. “And this concerns me, why?” Luna asked Celestia. Celestia huffs and points at the artical that describes the beat down of the large Earth pony stallion.
“Whoever did this was able to beat down that Earth pony with ease. The first three were caught by surprise but the Earth pony had a fighting chance. Even a unicorn would have trouble fighting this stallion.” Celestia said with worry.
“And he was a criminal. If you ask me your guards are lacking in both skill and effectiveness. Before my banishment, the guards were feared warriors, that no pony would dare commit a crime. If anything, I half expected this to happen eventually. Somepony got sick of the ineffectiveness of your guards and decided to take it into their own hooves.” Luna said with a smug smile.
“Yes, but what is with the billboard then?” Celestia pointed out. Again, Luna shrugged.
“A marking of sorts. He or she must have done it so that ponies know to fear him or her.” Luna said turning to walk out.
“Then what about the creature who calls himself, ‘Delsin Rowe’?” Asks Celestia, pointing to the interrogation reviews of the report. Luna pauses and reads the article.
“Hmm, this ‘Delsin’ is not an Unicorn. But then, how can he do the things he do?” Asks Luna with her curiosity piqued. Celestia shakes her head while adjusting her dress.
“That's what we are all curious about. Not only that but it seems to surround the element of fire. Look at some of the pictures taken. A small smoke vortex is pushing them down. In just one night alone over 10 robberies were stopped and over 60 robbers were subdued with minimal injuries. They all tell tales of a smoke bomb then the Earth Pony comes out of nowhere and easily defeats the rest of them. Sometimes turning into smoke and going into a vent, only to appear at the top of the building.” Celestia says.
“Hmm, I guess it stands to reason that he uses the ventilation system to travel. This stallion is growing as an enigma. Smoke Magic on a level that puts show ponies to shame. Using said magic to defeat bad ponies. And defilling billboards with ease and effectiveness. And all from a single Earth Pony.” Luna points out. Both sisters went into silence for a moment.
“Wait, he did all of this at night, so it may stand to reason that my guards and maybe myself will catch him if we watch out for him during the night.” Luna suggests. Celestia was going to retort but it fell dead on her tongue. Luna had a good point, but she did have to say this.
“And what do you plan to do when you find him? It is obvious that he can go almost anywhere without being spotted. And there is the problem of containing him.” Celestia listed off. Luna knew the reason she was spouting such reasons. Luna laid her hand on Celestia's shoulder and the older alicorn stops ranting.
“It is alright Tia, remember, I always was the stronger of the two of us when it came to fighting hoof-to-hoof. If it comes to that I shall be fine. I am not the filly I was so long ago.” She ends this by hugging Celestia. Celestia returns the hug and sighs.
“I know Lulu, I just don't want to see you get hurt.” Celestia kisses Luna on her forehead. “Just promise you'll be careful.” She asks her younger sister.
“Of course Tia. Now, I shall go get some rest, good day dear sister.” And with that, Luna teleports back to her room to rest until it is time for her to travel to Manehattan. Elsewhere in Canterlot, a white stallion with a blue mane and gold rimmed monocle fires a blast of magic at the tea set his slave mare brought him. He roars in anger as the grunt whimpers in fear.
“How!? HOW!? How could they all have failed!? It was the one night that I relied on to keep a steady income! And all of you bucked it up!” Fancy Pants yells as his small strands of his mane became disheveled. Fleur whimpering in her corner as she was chained to a pole in the ground and ceiling. Her naked body covered in bruises but only in places that would be covered by what the public thinks is her, ‘normal’ clothing.
“H- He just came out of nowhere sir, u- used some kind of magic w- we've never s- seen before. W- we had n- no chance t- to react.” The Earth pony said as his knees shook.
Fancy growled and sat in his fancy swivel chair. “Find him, and if possible bring him to me, Alive. If not, I want to be the one that burns his corpse. Now get.” The stallion nodded in fear and ran out the door, closing it. “Now my lovely Fleur, where were we?~”
Fancy got up from his chair and began to pull his pants down. Fleur sent out a prayer that whoever was brave enough to stand up against her captor's goons, was brave enough to stand up to Fancy Pants.
Delsin had found a nice abandoned warehouse to set up shop. Already cardboard cutouts were spread all over the place. Currently he laid in his makeshift hammock, trying to get some rest. “... Why do I feel like someone is talking about me. Oh well.” He yawned and closed his eyes to get some sleep, his leg hanging over the side of the hammock as he began to softly snore.
It was night now, guards had been posted near shops, banks, and billboards that haven't been hit yet. Luna herself was hiding at the Times Square billboard that already had been hit. She saw something blue out of the corner of her eye and with wide eyes saw the suspected Earth pony flying around with wings of bright blue pixelated energy. He was gliding, giving the wings a flap every once in awhile. He was amazingly fast as he zoomed down the road.
Delsin smiled as he flew through the streets. There wasn't as much crime as last night so he was just going to tag some buildings and then head back. Though his grumbling stomach told him he would need to eat soon. He spied what looked like a bar and landed outside. He slid his cap down so it was a bit harder to see his face.
He went inside and looked around. The place was mostly empty with a few stallions at a table, a mare at the bar, and the bartender who was a mare. Delsin sat at the bar's farthest end away from everyone. The barista noticed him and santured over.
“What can I get ya hun?” She asked him with a slightly bored tone.
“What's there to eat?” Delsin asked her. The barista was a bit surprised but looked up at the board and said.
“Uh, we have hay fries, peanuts, and olives. This isn't exactly a restaurant.” She said with a confused tone. Delsin sighed. He wasn't a big fan of olives and fries made out of hay just sounded disgusting so he had to choose the peanuts. The barista nodded and left him before coming back and giving him a bowl of peanuts.
“Anything else hon?” She asked him. Delsin shook his head.
“No thanks ma'am. But would it be okay if I asked your name?” This came as a shock to the mare. Nopony ever asked for her name.
“Uh, my name is Soft Cider. I know it's a bit of a weird name but, that's what it is.” Cider said with a shrug. Delsin shook his head.
“It's a nice name. My name is Delsin.” Before he could realize it he had finished the peanuts. “So, do you know the name of the city? I'm a bit new here.” Cider shrugged and responded with.
“Manehattan, Equestria.” She was stopped by the stallions calling her over to refill their drinks. She sighed and picked up a pitcher full of some kind of drink. “I'll be right back Delsin.” She went over to the stallions and his blood began to boil when they started to grope her.
He got up and just as another stallion was about to slap her ass he grabbed his arm. “Hey, what's the big-” The stallion was cut off as Delsin punched him square in the face, the sounds of his jaw cracking a little making itself known.
“You all better apologise.” Delsin said in a threatening tone as Cider went behind Delsin and the mare watched them. The remaining 4 stallions got up and to his surprise one of them had a gun that had some kind of glowing crystal inside it.
Before Delsin could react the gun was aimed at his chest and was fired. Delsin flew back, a hole in his chest. Cider yelped and ran behind the bar. Their eyes widened when Delsin began to chuckle. “Wow, that was pretty powerful.” A long pink and purple neon sword came from his left arm.
“And thanks for the boost.” He slashed at the arm of one of the stallions, the sword cutting right through it and cauterizing the wound. The stallion collapsed in pain as he clutched the stub that used to be his arm. And faster than any of them could do anything, he shot the same purple stuff at their hooves and they were encased in the stuff, their limbs immobilized.
He smiled at his handiwork before the cold barrel of a rifle was pressed against the back of his neck. “You are under arrest by order of the Princesses.” Delsin could tell it was mare from the bar who was a unicorn thestral.
“Guess I should have known. You did a good job, but you haven't caught me yet.” Faster than any of them could react he was out the doors and ran up the side of the building, a trail of neon blue in his wake that was dispersing fast.
The thestral mare growled and said into a crystal. “I lost the target. He seemed to get some kind of power boost when he gets hit by our magic weapons. He is stunned for a few seconds but comes back twice as powerful.” She turned off the communicator and sighed. “I need a drink after this.”
Outside Princess Luna was flying high above, following the trail left by the stallion by herself. She followed him to a warehouse that had been abandoned along the edge of the city. She landed outside, sneakily making her way around to a window. Looking inside through a very dirty window she saw cardboard stencils, spray cans, and a hammock.
“This must be where he has set up camp.” Luna whispered to herself as she sunk lower as the stallion came into the room.
“Damn. They're onto me. Oh well, not like they'll ever be able to hold me. If I can take on D.U.P. I can take on these fuckers. But what did that mare mean by princesses? Maybe those are the rulers? I don't know. Just focus on the baddies and try not to hurt the guards. Yeah, like that will be easy.” He took a piece of carboard and began to cut into it using a pocket knife, making it into a stencil that he would use later.
Luna focused her magic and teleported into the room and while the stallion was dazed, used her magic to make a magical dome around him, keeping him from running away. “Delsin Rowe?” Princess Luna said to the stallion.
“Fuck.” Delsin cursed under his breath. “Alright. You caught me… Not!” He put his hands on the dome, and to her surprise, he absorbed it. “Oh yeah! Now that feels good!” He was about to run when Luna raised a hand and said in a pleading tone.
“Please! Wait. I just want to talk.” She said. She knew it was unbecoming of a princess to sound like that but she was desperate. To her surprise Delsin did stop.
“Alright. But no more of that teleporting shit.” He said pointing a finger at her. Luna nodded and Delsin sat on a table. “Take a seat.” He said gesturing to his hammock. Luna does so. “Now then. What do you want to ask?” Delsin asked as he went back to cutting his soon to be newest stencil.
“Who are you? And what are you?” Luna asked. Delsin just raised an eyebrow and shrugged.
“My name is Delsin Rowe of the Akomish Tribe. And I'm a Conduit, or as the D.U.P. call me, a Bio-Terrorist which is completely false.” Delsin says with a bit of rage. Luna just got a more curious expression.
“What is a ‘Conduit’?” She asks. Delsin shrugs.
“I think it's some kind of Sub-species of human that can control specific elements of nature. Me? I'm a Conduit for Conduits. I don't absorb elements, I absorb the powers of other Conduits.” Delsin says as he closes his fist, stones covering it that came from inside him.
“Amazing. We have no magic like that.” Delsin raises his eyebrow once more.
“What the hell are you talking about? This isn't magic.” He says as he entraps Luna's body. He jumps from the table as her eyes widen in fear. “Now I know you didn't come here just to talk. After all, that little spy of yours said for me to be arrested. Now tell me, why are you here?” Delsin asks as he gets into her face.
“W- we r- really did wa- want to talk! O- our si- sister wa- wants you cap- captured.” She stuttered. Delsin glares at her one last time before removing the concrete surrounding her.
“Fine. But if you rat me out, your hide is first.” Delsin says as he sits on the table once again. Luna nods fearfully. “Now let me ask you this. Who are you and who is your sister.”
Luna gulps and says. “M- My name is Pr- Princess Luna. M- My sister is P- Princess Celestia.” Luna was always the one to face fear in the face. But this Delsin, no, this being was a monster that could kill her with just a thought. “W- we live in C- Canterlot, n- near P- Ponyville.” Delsin nods and gestures for her to ask something.
“Why have y- you come here?” Delsin just shrugged.
“Closest thing to civilization from where I first woke up here.” This caught Luna's attention but Delsin cut her off with a question of his own. “So your a princess, huh? What are you the princess of exactly?” Delsin half joked.
“The M- Moon and Equestria.” Luna said. Delsin barked a laugh.
“‘The Moon’? Ha! You can't be the ruler of something that's millions of miles away!” This made Luna a bit mad.
“Yes we are! We control the Moon and help it rise and set at the beginning and end of each day. So does our sister with the sun.” Delsin just scoffs and rolls his eyes. His stomach rumbles and Luna notices this. “How long ago was the last time you ate a proper meal?” Luna asks him with a bit of sympathy.
“... Two days ago.” Delsin reluctantly says. Luna's eyes widen.
“You must be starving! How are you even standing right now?” Delsin sighs.
“I don't focus on it and the hunger pains don't bother me.” His stomach gurgles and he clenches his stomach. “Damnit.” Luna gets up and teleports out of the room. A few minutes later she returns with a bag of delicious smelling food. Luna was going to say something but Delsin takes the bag and begins to scarf down the food.
Luna giggles a bit as some of the ketchup from the hay burger drips down his chin. In under a minute all the food is gone. Delsin sighs and pats his stomach. “Fuck yeah, that hit the spot.” Delsin let's out a small burp and crumples up the bag.
He takes out a zippo lighter and lights it on fire. Luna's eyes widen as he drops it on the ground. Luna was going to put it out but Delsin held up a hand. Once the smoke got a little thicker, Delsin put his hands towards the smoke and all of it goes into him. “Simply amazing.” Luna says in wonderment.
Delsin shrugs and Luna asks. “What does it feel like?” Delsin has to pause.
“It… it feels like your body is submerged in a hot tub but it isn't wet. And you can feel the heat coming from inside and outside at the same time. And you can feel the energy filling you like just woke up from a nap or drank some coffee. It's really hard to describe, sorry if it isn't that good.” He says. They turn silent when some glass shatters from somewhere in the warehouse.
“Discord Damnit Wrecker! Your gonna alert the guards!” Whisper shouts a mare.
“Sorry Boss.” Says a deep voice of a stallion. Delsin smiles and climbs up into the framework of the ceiling. Luna flaps her wings and follows. Delsin is crouching and walking along the iron beam till he sees a huge group of ponies setting up equipment of all kinds.
Weapon crates, boxes filled with explosives, and so much more. “Sweet Faust.” Luna whispers breathlessly. She looks to Delsin but just sees a smile on his face. Before she can say anything he jumps and his left fist brighten with orange energy and a few feet above the ground a ring of orange energy comes from him.
A massive explosion goes out from him as the ground cracks underneath him. Equipment and ponies fly everywhere as they are tossed about.
“What the Tartarus was that!?” Says the mare from before.
“It's that Delsin Bucker, Get him!” Says another mare as she points at Delsin.
Crates are opened and to Luna's astonishment one of them pulles out a magic crystal rocket launcher. Delsin's hands glow and a huge plume of smoke sends some of them flying away. The rocket is fired and Delsin takes his chain and slashed at it, the chain wrapping around the overloaded crystal and sent it back to it's sender.
“Shit! I didn't even think that was going to work! Hahazzzz!” Delsin was shot with an lightning spell and he falls to the ground, twitching. He's about to get up but a huge stallion steps on him. Delsin groans in pain and uses a Cinder Missle right at the crouch of the stallion. “Fuck… you.” Delsin wheezes and gets up.
What must have been the lead mare walks up to his swaying body that was letting out glowing pieces of ash. “You know, last night, you were a huge bother to the boss and he wants a few words with you.” Delsin smirks and before any of them can realize it, he had jumped high into the air and turned into three fireballs. At the peak he reforms and uses his smoke thrusters to smash into the ground.
A huge dome expanding and destroying all of their equipment and severly injuring all of them. “Mother of Faust.” Luna says at the destructive power of Delsin Rowe. He had just defeated a small army of goons by himself in a few minutes. And yet, he did not kill anyone. More glass shatters as her Night Guards bust in through the many dirty windows.
They all point their weapons at him and he groans. He's about to neutralise them when Luna's voice booms out. “Stand down!” She drops from the ceiling and holds up a hand. “This…” Luna says but doesn't know what his kind is.
“Human.” Delsin says looking up at her slightly.
“This Human is under our protection. He has protected me from the ponies that were planning to use this building as a base of operations. Those that try to harm him or capture him will face me. Am I clear?! ” She says in a booming voice. The guards look to one another but they nod and bow.
“Yes Princess.” They say in unison. Delsin was a bit surprised at her deceleration but ran with it.
“Now arrest these ponies and get the injured ones to the hospital. And one of you get Delsin some food please. He is very hungry.” The night guards nod and went to work, one leaving to probably get Delsin some more food. Delsin taps Luna on the shoulder and she turns to him.
“Thanks Luna. I really didn't want to hurt any of them.” Delsin says as he picks up the lead mare. “You might want to take this one into questioning, she seemed to be the one in charge of this operation. But there is always someone higher.” His mind went back to Augustine and he growls.
“Indeed. We shall have my top guard interrogate her. Though we might have to do so ourself.” Luna said looking at the mare in Delsin's grasp. Delsin nods and gives the mare to a guard. “Delsin, can we propose an offer?” Luna asks him.
Delsin looks at her with a quizzical look and says. “Eh, sure. What's on your mind?” Delsin says sitting on the chest of the large stallion.
“We want to extend an offer to be my personal guard. You capability in fighting is far above my own guards. And of course you shall get your own quarters and you can still go out and fight crime, but legally.” Delsin did a double take. This mare he just met offered him a job, a job that was pretty damn important.
Plus, if he did take this job he would have more resources to stop criminals. But then again, he would now have limits. “I don't know Luna, let me think about it. Come and find me, or I'll find you, tomorrow. I'll have your answer then.” With that, Deslin employed his Smoke Dash to depart, leaving Luna inside to deal with his mess.
“Mother Bucker! I want his bloody carcass on my doorstep by yesterday!” Fancy Pants yelled as his mane was a mess. He had bloodshot eyes and his clothes were ripped in places where he clawed at them. This creature, no, this obstacle was crippling his empire. And he was not happy with that.
Fleur cowered in her corner as Fancy thrown things around his room like a crazed man. “W- We're trying boss. B- but he's just too powerful. W- We don't have the weaponry to stop him.” Whimpered a stallion. Fancy swiveled and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Blood pooling around his nose.
“Don't give me that Bullshit! I've given you the top weapons on the black market! You can't get any better than this! I don't how, but I want this mother bucker dead. Overload the Celestia damn weapons for all I care!” With that snarled, Fancy lifted the stallion with his magic and threw him out of the room.
Fleur knew that it was her turn now. With no one else or anything else to take his anger out on, she was his new target. ‘When we first met, he was such a nice stallion. Where has my Fancy Pants gone?’ Fleur thought as she was once again the target of his abuse. Punches, kicks, and being used like a cum dumpster.
‘Please, someone save me.’ She thought as she was used, tears spilling from her eyes as an unwanted orgasm tore through her body.
Delsin sat on top of the Statue of… ponykind? He didn't know. It was the Statue of Liberty but replaced with a pony. “Fucking hell. Be a vigilante and be on the run that will end up with twice the amount of ponies after my ass. Or be a guard but with the normal amount of criminals on my ass and having to follow orders.” Delsin was having an inner war with himself.
Ever since he became a Conduit, everyone wanted him dead. But here, he could start over. Be a hero. Like Superman. He sighed and looked into the night sky, thinking of what his brother would say. “Yeah. He's right. I gotta do this.” He stands and uses Video surge to give him wings, then begins his flight to the city of Manehattan.
In the city of Canterlot, Celestia was looking at her sister like she had grown a second head. “Wait, run that by me again, I think I have misheard you Luna.” Celestia says cleaning her ears.
“I offered him a job as my personal guard and a place to stay. Sister, with a being this powerful, it is best to make him our ally rather than an annoyance, or worse, an enemy.” Celestia knew her sister was right. And sometimes she hated that. Celestia sighed and said.
“Your words ring true. But who knows, maybe this is just a front and when he gets the chance, he'll strike! I just don't trust him. He even encased you in stone! How can you not trust him?” Celestia expresses. She was running out of excuses, and fast.
“Yes, but he released me soon afterwards. He was just trying to intimidate me. And besides, you should have seen him in battle. I don't think I've ever been so wet.” Luna says with a blush. Celestia blushes and yells out.
“Luna! Don't tell me you're… infatuated with him!” Luna looks away only confirming he worries. “Luna, you know that old law! If one of us finds a mate we have to share!” Luna sighed and rolled her eyes.
“Yes, and that law was made by the council. And we know that if we suggested to take it down they would disagree. Trust me Tia, at least meet him, he may surprise you.” Celestia sighs in defeat, though she had a secret herself.... as Twilight wasn't the only student she had now, though the other was far to the south, engaged on not only a goodwill mission, but also an investigation mission.
“Okay. But if I don't like him you can not go after him. At least until I find a way to void that law.” Celestia said fondly before she hugged her sister and walked away, her mind clouded with worry.
Luna squeed and teleported to her room. “Tomorrow, hopefully he has chosen to protect us tomorrow.” The mirror in her room shone and her opposite came into view.
“Well, well, I haven't seen you this happy since your time as me.” Nightmare Moon said checking her own fingernails which were sharpened to a point that they could be used as a deadly weapons. Luna scoffed at her comment.
“Yes well, you should have seen him. I wonder if he likes our night.” Luna said like a school filly thinking about if her crush was thinking about her. Nightmare obviously took note of this.
“Oh don't tell me your crushing on wondercolt.” Nightmare groaned. Luna didn't pay attention to this and got out a sketchpad from her bedside stand. “And your going to make a sketch of him and yourself. Let me guess, on your balcony looking at the night sky?” Luna perks up and says.
“Oh! That's a perfect idea!” Nightmare facepalms and the mirror goes back to being normal. Through the morning Luna first makes the outline of herself and Delsin before putting the sketch pad away and going to sleep.
Meanwhile in the Badlands of Equestria, the hive of Queen Chrysalis is on the brink of destruction. Flames engulf changeling drones as they try to run from the intruder. Several dozen changeling guards surround the Queen as she stares on in fear and pain as the hive mind letting her know every single death her children are going through.
Claws scrape against the ground as a group of dragons enter the throne room of the hive. Their leader, Garble. “Well, well, well, looks like the Queen is hiding behind her walls, let's knock ‘em down boys.” The dragons are barely even scratched at the poor weapons the changelings have. The Changeling Queen let's out a tear as she prepares to teleport.
“I'm sorry my children.” She whispers as the tear hits the ground. And with a flash of her green magic, she's gone. Garble smiles and sits on the throne.
“It's time for some new dragon lands. You better get ready Spike, I'm coming for you. And then, the rulers.” He says to himself and then the others. “All of you, get as many on our side as possible. Tonight, the Changelings. Next month, those damn ponies.” He smiles devilishly as he laughs in triumph.
Outside a few miles away. Queen Chrysalis exits her teleport. She tripped on a rock and she fell onto the hard and dusty ground. Tears spilled from her eyes as she still felt each and everyone one of their deaths. “I can't go on, I'm a failure of a Queen. I have failed to feed my children and to protect them. Yet, why do I still live?” She looked up and with reluctance, knew what she must do, even if it broke the most basic of things taught to Changelings when they were larvae.
Don't reveal yourself to ponies unless they have figured you out themselves. Little did she know, someone would help her without being racist like the other species of the world.
Two ponies looked over the human as he rested. “This has to be him.” Whispered one of the two.
“Yeah, makes sense that this stallion ain't really a pony. No pony can ever have the power he has.” Whispered the other while picking up two rings and putting them on the index fingers of Delsin. The other pony wrapped him up in rope and lifted him into the air with their magic. “Let's get him to the boss. Hopefully we get a reward for this.”
“What are you talking about? We get him to one of our targeted warehouses and set up a crystal video link to the boss. If he breaks free then not only will the boss get screwed, everypony will loose all of their bits from the jobs we've done. Now I know why I'm called the brains in this team.” Grumbled the pony as he/she flapped their wings and the two exited Delsin's hideout.
Hours later, Luna was in her private royal carriage in the Friendship express. She was still looking on dreamily to the thought of Delsin. He wasn't afraid of her and his power held a fearful prospect that made her shiver in excitement. It was then she realized she didn't know where he was or where they would meet.
She cursed her foolishness and began thinking of ways to find him. When the train arrived, she tried to lock onto his signature but found it to be several leagues away in the direction of Las Pegasus. How he could go from one side of Equestria to the other, she had no idea. Even for her and her sister it took a lot of magic to teleport from Manehattan to Baltimare.
She frowned and went to the conductor and told him to make the next destination of Las Pegasus. She knew something was wrong. Very, very, wrong.
Delsin stirred from his sleep with his body feeling very stiff. He tired to stretch but the feeling or serrated chains digging into his skin stopped that. “The hell?” He slurred as his eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room. It was clearly night time now if the sounds of crickets were anything to go by.
“Look, He's finally getting up. Get the connection ready.” Said the voice of a stallion.
“Yeah, yeah, don't get your stallionhood in a twist.” Suddenly, a pair of spotlights came on and were aimed right at his face. This blinded him as he growled. He knew he could use his power to escape the chains with ease but he wanted to get some info before he did so.
“Ahh, the thorn in my side, finally brought before me. Hmph, I imagined you'd be taller. Nevertheless, you've been quite the bother to my operations. And I do not appreciate that. Now I want you to feel my rage.” There was the feeling of an axe going into his knee that made Delsin cry out in pain.
Luna gasped as her eyes widen. “He's in danger.” She whispered under her breath. She went to the front of the train and told the Conductor to go faster.
“But your majesty, we're already pushing the engine as is!” He wilted under her glare and he pushed the level that controlled the speed of the train. If it was just the engine and royal carriage, the speed it was going into would have been fine for the engine. But with several more cars, magical sparks flew off of the engine as it sped down the tracks.
‘I'm so getting fired.’ Thought the stallion as he was going against some of the rules of the rails.
His left leg had been torn off and it was leaking Video power like it was his blood, his right soon to follow if it took another swing of an axe. When his left leg was torn off, it turned into pure video and vanished which shocked those that had seen it.
“Whoever you are, your gonna die.” With that, one of his tortures, lit him on fire. Delsin yelled in pain before it slowly turned into a laugh. “You fucked up bitches!” Delsin Smoke Dashed out of the chains, leaving the rings, and chains behind. Delsin took the chain and whipped at the lights, making the area turn into blackness with a purplish rectangle with a white stallion with a blue mane who was wearing a mask.
In the short silence, he heard a mare crying and pleading for the pony in the screen to let him go. This stallion, had made a mare, his sex slave. If there was one thing Delsin couldn't stand, it was rapists. “You fucked up greatly, you know that? And let this get into your thick, overly righteous, skull. You will have no mercy.” With that, he shot a Cinder Missile the screen, shattering it.
Fancy Pants hadn't been scared in a long time. But that… thing, terrified him. It wasn't a stallion, or a pony. That… thing, was a monster. A killer with no remorse. Fancy bit his lip and wrote on a notepad. ‘Hire more meat shields protection.’ Fleur in her corner saw this and for the first time in decades, smiled and honest smile. If Fancy was scared, her salvation was close, very close. All she had to do was endure and wait.
Delsin tried to find his tortures but they seemed to have ran away when he used Smoke Dash to escape his confinement. He grunted and went back to the chair, having his arm wrapped in the glow of his smoke power. He picked up the two rings and pocketed them. Whatever they were, they had put them on him to do something.
Maybe restrain his powers? He didn't know but they had failed, but that didn't mean they were faulty. Just as he was about to leave there was the breaking of metal and wood and moonlight flooded the room from above as Luna came down with her eyes glowing and her horn lit up in her brilliantly blue magic.
“Who dares hurt thine friend!? Ye shall be sent to the deepest depths of Tartarus!” She yelled with a voice that somehow generated a gust of wind that he could smell her breath inside the wind it generated. It smelled like… chocolate? Or something related to chocolate and sweets.
“Luna, I'm fine. They ran off when I escaped.” He said gesturing to the chair and the chains. Luna looked at him and before he could blink she was checking over his body.
“Delsin, are you alright!? Your not hurt are you!?” She finished with grabbing his face and checking for anymore injuries there. Delsin smiled and said.
“I'm fine Luna. Thank you for caring.” Luna sighed and hugged him close, his face being the same level as her breasts as his head was put right between them. He blushed and tried to move away but Luna didn't notice and he resigned to his fate. Of all the things that could kill him, being smothered by breasts of an anthro pony princess was not one he would have thought of.
When Luna released him about a minute later he gasped for air a bit dramatically. Luna didn't see it that way and gasped. “Oh dear, I'm sorry Delsin, I didn't mean to suffocate you.” She said patting his back lightly.
“I- It's alright Luna. A bit awkward but I'm fine.” He reassured her. Luna sighed in relief and hugged him again, a lot more gently this time though. Delsin returned the hug this time. It felt nice to finally be able to relax in the comfort of a friend. Friend. Did he really consider Luna a friend, after only knowing her for about two days? It was hard to say, but her protective and kind nature was refreshing from a human’s nature.
Once Luna let Delsin go she put on a stern look. “Do you know who ponynapped you?” Luna asked Delsin shook his head and Luna sighed. “Course, well, I shall make sure that never happens again. Come Delsin, I shall take you back to Manehattan, that is, if you have chose to remain a vigilante.” Luna said looking back at him since she had began to walk to the exit.
“Actually, I've put a lot of thought into it and… yes, I'll come with you to Canterlot.” Luna smiled widely and did a small dance that made Delsin laugh. Hearing his laugh, Luna stopped and blushed. “I swear Luna, sometimes your just adorable.” He said patting her shoulder and walking past her. Luna had to keep herself from ‘squee’ing. The two walked through the streets of Las Pegasus, gaining stares from everyone. Pony, Minotaur, Gryphon, and adolescent dragon alike.
One was drunk and cocky enough to grope Luna’s ass. Delsin saw this and before Luna could act Delsin shot him in the head with a Smoke Shot and subdued him. The efficiency and speed of which Delsin did so amazed Luna. ‘He's so strong~’ Luna thought with a blush. Delsin grabbed her hand and ran away from the crowd. Once they got to the train station, he stopped running and began walking.
“Thank you Delsin. Though did you have to do shoot him in the head?” Delsin nodded and used a vent to get to the top of the station. Luna flew up and continued to walk next to him. “Well, our train is here. Come, you will be joining me in the Royal Coach.” Delsin’s eyes widen a bit but follows her, a yawn coming from his mouth as he did so.
Luna noticed this and once Delsin was sitting on a couch, she used her magic to put him to sleep. He snored quietly as the train began to pull out of the station to head to one last stop before Canterlot.
Ponyville.
Delsin woke from a sharp poke to his side. But from previous experiences, instead of groaning, he shot up and took the chain off his arm, prepared to attack. Luna looked at him with wide eyes, her finger pointed at him. Delsin recognized it as the origin of the sharp poke. He wrapped the chain around his arm and apologised.
"Sorry Luna. Past still haunts me, you know." Luna nodded as she put her hand down.
"Yes, though I know not many ponies who would react like you did." Delsin shrugged and stretched, the couch having not done any favors for his back. The small cracks and pops made Luna flinch at the sound.
"So, we at your home yet?" Delsin asked while turning to Luna.
"Not exactly. The engine retained some damage so they need to make some repairs. Just so the train can reach Canterlot. After that the train will go to Dodge Junction for complete repairs." Delsin nodded and followed Luna to the train car exit.
Before he left the train car he heard gasps and peaked out to see ponies bowing to Princess Luna. Then he stepped out. More gasps, but this time the ponies scattered. "Well, can't say I didn't expect that. Hoped the blue of my jacket would have made them think I was a bit peaceful but guess not." Delsin said whilst pointing to the large white and blue eagle on his black leather jacket.
"What exactly does that mean?" Luna asked, looking at the design.
"The eagle means freedom. The colors can stand for anything really." Delsin said as he turned back to Luna.
"Interesting. I shall keep that in mind. Anyway, let us go. I don't think the ponies will warm up to you if you just stand there." Delsin nodded and followed the lunar princess, looking around the now empty town.
"Damn, and I thought word travels fast in my world." Delsin laughed at his own joke, thinking it pretty fun but only serving to confuse Luna. "So who are we meeting here?" Delsin asked as he looked around, changing the subject quickly.
"Somepony who used to be my sister's protege." Delsin just looked at her a bit confused.
"What's a pro-to-jay?" Asked Delsin. Luna rolled her eyes and said.
"Protegè, it's another word for student." Delsin just nodded at this info.
"Cool, cool, so what's so special about her anyway?" Luna thought on it a bit and said.
"Well, she was one of the ponies who freed me from my dark self, Nightmare Moon. She bears the Element of Magic. And many other things." Delsin nodded, though not even having a single clue what she was talking about.
"Huh, interesting." Delsin said lamely. "Well, hope she won't freak out when she sees me." The two soon arrived at the Tree Library with Princess Luna knocking on the door.
"In a second!" Came a male's teen voice from inside before the front door opened up to show a dragon with a blue T-shirt and black pants. When he saw the princess he bowed slightly. "Oh, hey Princess Luna. Are you here to see Twilight?" The dragon teen asked.
"Greetings Spike. And yes, I am here to introduce my new friend to her." Luna said as she gestured at Delsin. Spike looked at the human and tilted his head.
"Your new friend is a thug?" Before Luna could scold the dragon, Delsin cut in.
"Thug, huh? Eh, I've been called worse. Though I guess that's coming from a lizard." Delsin said with a smirk, knowing just what buttons to press. Spike growled and answered with.
"I'm a dragon. And what are you, a hairless earth pony?" Spike jabbed. Just before the two went to throw any punches, Luna stepped between the two.
"Stop it you two! Your squabbling like foals." Luna said with a disapproving scowl. Spike looked away grumbling his annoyance. But soon getting over it he led the two inside, where Twilight was reading a book on the couch near the middle of the floor. A wooden coffee table with a wooden horse head in the middle of said table.
"Spike, who was- Princess Luna!" Twilight jumped up and began smoothing out her clothes. "Oh, I must be a mess. I'm so sorry for not preparing for your visit, princess." Twilight apologized as she went to the kitchen. "Would you like some tea? I think I still have some in the fridge."
"That would be lovely Twilight, but I am here to have you examine a friend of mine that possesses… very strange magic." Luna said to the annoyance of Delsin.
"I told you, it's not magic! At least… I'm pretty sure that is." Delsin grumbled, still having not known how he got his powers. Or… did he always have them? And it took him touching Hank and absorbing some of his power to unlock his own powers? He didn't know and at the time when he had got them, didn't care.
"Alright, and what do you mean strange magic?" Twilight said, holding a glass pitcher before looking up at Delsin. When she did, the pitcher dropped from her grasp. Quickly, Delsin employed his Smoke Dash over to her and caught the pitcher before it hit the floor. But to do so he had to reach down and this had put him in the awkward position of having his face right next to her crotch.
Looking up at her, he chuckled before standing back up to full height, standing only a few inches taller than the lavender mare. "Heh, sorry. Umm, here's your pitcher." Delsin said awkwardly as he put the pitcher back into her hands before slowly stepping away. Twilight just looked at Delsin the entire time.
"Wha- but- HOW?" She shouted in disbelief. Delsin just shrugged.
"I was hoping you could find that out Twilight." Luna said with a soft smile to try and calm the young unicorn.
Twilight took a few deep breaths before saying. "Fine. But does Celestia know about him?" Twilight asked the lunar alicorn. Luna nodded an affirmation.
"Yes, though she does not agree with me on my decision." This caught the attention of Delsin.
"Wait, what do you mean?" He asked, looking up at her with a small glare.
"Sister wanted to throw you in the Dungeons, or Tartarus. But I was able to convince her having you as an ally is better than having you as an enemy." This… made a lot of sense to Delsin. Why make an enemy when you can have an ally? But to him this just made it seem like he was being used. This led down the trail of his memories of how he had been betrayed.
"So that's all I am, huh? A soldier for you to send out into battle.? Should've known." Delsin said to Luna as he glared at the taller alicorn. This caught both Twilight and Luna off guard. Luna was about to speak up, but was cut off by Delsin. "Shut it princess, I don't wanna hear it." He said turning and storming out the door, slamming it behind him. This left the main room of the library deathly quiet.
But it was soon broken by the sob that came from the Lunar princess. Before Twilight could try and console Luna, the princess turned to her with tears coming from furious glaring eyes. "Why couldn't you just keep your bucking mouth shut Twilight!? Why do you always have to bring up my sister!? I AM A PRINCESS AS WELL! DOES MY TITLE NOT MATTER ANYMORE!? WHY CAN'T YOU TRUST MY JUDGEMENT LIKE YOU TRUST MY SISTER'S!?" She yelled with growing rage.
Twilight could only back away, tears beginning to form in her own eyes. Spike on the other hand had snuck away, rapidly writing on a scroll that when finished, he sent to Celestia.
Unforeseen Shocks [Part 1 of 3]
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Katrina Amber Isley , or as most heroes knew her, EpsilonSigma, had been making a name for herself recently, having put away villains such as the Hive Five, made up of the muscular Mammoth, the illusionist Shimmer who happened to be Mammoth's sister, as well as the bald dwarf genius and hacker Gizmo, magic user Jinx, and the psychotic psychic Psimon. She'd been able to drive out and discover that Queen Bee and her HIVE offshoot were, in truth, being manipulated by Brainiac within the Metropolis STAR Labs.
Currently, the dark violet haired woman had her wrist mounted thermal blasters and dual pistols on her person, the former clasped around her forearms with the latter on either hip. She had a very strong reflex bow over her back, ready for use. Though she had not mentioned it to either Batman nor Robin, she had felt a very strong connection to Pamela Isley… the infamous bio-terrorist Poison Ivy. She was certain that the dark auburn-burgundy haired villainess had felt the same connection.
As she knocked out Felix Faust's Magents, as well as sending various risen Mummies back to their rest, she could feel the same tingling sensation at the base of her neck, signalling that she wasn't alone. However, she was so focused, she ignored the sensation, distracting her thoughts with other things, such as what Batman had revealed to her… that she'd been, in fact, injected by no less than FOUR different Exobytes, altering her very DNA. She had been injected with genetic material from one Kara Zor El, as well as Teth Adam, Dinah Lance, and, unexpectedly, Pamela Isley. They were better known as Supergirl, Black Adam, Black Canary, and Poison Ivy.
Her teeth gritted as she spotted Felix Faust and Black Adam. "Don't trust Faust, Adam. Whatever he has offered always comes with strings. Did he tell you where he originally gained his longevity?" she barked from the top of the walkway.
"For Isis, I would burn the world, you plebian trash," Black Adam shouted. "She needs more of your power if she is to return from the world beyond, Black Adam," Felix Faust said with feigned humility.
With a yell of "SHAZAM!!" Black Adam sent a surge of the magical lightning from the ancient Egyptian deity Aton into the skeleton. Katrina facepalmed as Isis was resurrected… as a revenant. "You fucking idiot," she grumbled as she saw the magical force being siphoned into Faust. Her eyes narrowed as that power did not belong to him as her eyes, normally a soft aquamarine-amethyst, for just an instant, shifted to a charcoal onyx crackling with golden lightning… unaware that in that instant, her eyes and those of the weakened Teth Adam were identical as she heard Faust gloating about finally having the 'power of the sorcerer Shazam'.
"Faust… that power was channeled through Shazam, perhaps… but it wasn't his… doesn't feel like it. I should know," she said as she saw the Revenant Isis let her decaying feet touch the ground before her eyes widened slightly, noticing what Faust held in his other hand.
"It belonged to the ancient deities whom you know you hold no respect for… Shu… the God of Peace and the Wind, Horus, the God of Kingship and the Sky, Amun, the ancient Sun Disc and Amon Ra, the Sun Father, Thoth, the God of Cunning, and Mehen, the God of Protection who watched over the Sun Father each night," she barked. She saw Teth Adam's look of surprise and respect as the man struggled to his feet. "I hate to say it, Adam, but the Isis before us is little more than a puppet to Faust's desires. We must put her back to rest," she said with a grimace. "And reclaim that dagger from Faust… those hieroglyphs have Anubis' name engraved upon the blade," she finished grimly.
She slid down the sandstone ramp as she spoke. Her eyebrow rose slightly as the Revenant Isis turned, hovering slightly off the ground. "ARE YOU HERE TO OFFER YOUR SOUL TO ME?!?" the Revenant demanded in a haunting voice. She wasn't surprised when Teth Adam tried to get the attention of 'Isis' only for the Revenant to telekinetically shove him back several feet. Her eyes flared with dark, corrupt energy.
Her head tilted before she vaulted back from the good twenty scarabs that broke through the dry clay soil. She knew that gaze… Faust's gaze. Each scarab was easily a foot across with their length being close to three times that. Their shells were mostly a warm dull emerald.
Her eyes narrowed as she took a deep breath before her eyes glowed amber-scarlet for a moment. When she exhaled, the blast of air manifested as a supersonic shockwave that blew back the scarabs. She froze for a second, startled, before leaping back with inhuman speed and power, easily clearing two-thirds of the sandstone ramp whilst evading the sorcerous blast from Isis' Revenant. She began firing swiftly, her thermal blasters doing very little outward damage shy of burning away the outer covering of wrappings to reveal Isis in her ceremonial Khandaqi garb which, to her, had very Egyptian roots, although that was understandable as Khandaq was an offshoot of what had been Ancient Egypt.
She drew her dual pistols, thankful they didn't employ traditional bullets, but closer to a form of ultraviolet radiation in the form of densely formed laser bullets.
That, to her interest, was proving effective. She noticed the pained look on Teth Adam's face though whether or not it was from seeing his wife like this or the fact that she was effectively being hurt, she couldn't tell.
She focused as a surge of thorny vines shot through the dusty clay, managing to restrain the Revenant for only a few seconds before she ripped them apart before summoning more Revenants in the form of numerous mummies. She was mildly startled as a pale golden topaz blast of energy blew apart two of the mummies.
"Mummies… why'd it have to be mummies?" a dry voice deadpanned. The speaker was a white haired, chocolate skinned male. He began hurling sorcerous blasts at the mummies in rapid succession even as her high energy plasma bullets ignited them.
"Hey, you could have shown up earlier... you know like when I was stomping Faust's Magents into the ground?" she commented dryly even as she shivered as she felt the healing energy rush through her body.
Author's Note
A cloaked form walks into a spotlight, his dark fingered gloves clasped. His cloak is a deep coppery gold, edged with crimson.
"I know I'm evil... leaving it on a huge cliffhanger and not revealing what these two have to do with Delsin... heh... that would be" "SPOILER Warnings!!"
blinks a few times at Pinkie's grinning face where its staring at him over his shoulder.
"Which you won't get... yet. All will be clarified... in time." he claims ominously as a low, growling chuckle escapes him as the spotlight goes dark.
Unforeseen Shocks [2 of 3]
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Epsilon Sigma grunted as she shattered the last of the scarab shells with a strong axe kick before she felt Isis firing a blast at her before she began peppering the mummies with arrows that held seeds reservoirs within the shafts aiming at the joints and eyes.
She heard the soft click before thorny vines ripped through dessicated flesh and dry bone as limbs fell and heads exploded into large blooming gardenia flowers, feeling surges of shimmering, faintly glowing pollen that healed wounds and restored energy from Isis' attacks. She saw her ally glance her way as he deflected dark sorcery blasts from Revenant Isis and responded with his own. Her eyes flickered to Faust, seeing him dart towards an archway before her eyes widened slightly as a spear of redwood impaled Faust from behind and out of his chest before close to two dozen thorns as thick as her thumb erupted from his joints and muscles, including a thick one ripping out of the back of his neck and mouth. She watched him drop to his knees, his dark purple and indigo robes swiftly growing wet with red.
She spun as she saw none other than Poison Ivy… her sister… walking down the sandstone ramp as Isis shrieked, spotting a glimpse of both Batman and Robin. She recovered her arrows, sheathing them in her quiver as she overcharged her thermal blasters before unloading rapid blasts at Isis, noticing that there was a building glow in Isis' chest. However, there was next to no time to react as Isis exploded violently. Her eyes widened slightly as she felt arms and breasts pressed against her back as Ivy hugged her from behind even as a giant bloom engulfed them.
"The Green cleared my mind… hopefully for good," she heard Ivy whisper, "though how did I forget about you, my little Amber Flower?" she finished.
"Pamela?" Katrina said softly, turning in her sister's arms as she felt the heat of the sustained explosion on her back as she hugged her back, hearing soft whispers within the flower, almost like drawling voices. She noticed the strain on her sister's face before she closed her eyes before reopening them,her dark amethyst irises glowing a brilliant iridescent emerald, the edges bleeding to a silvery white. The faint tendrils of dull bronze and golden flame gleaming around the edges of the blossom petals, which were as thick as plywood yet soft as silk, finally faded after what seemed like an eternity. As she felt her consciousness fading, she heard the drawling voices loud and clear.
"You will be Our Emissaries to a world we have felt, but lack a clear connection to. Perhaps with time, you may prove worthy to join Us, Child of Stars."
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His brown eyes narrowed slightly under the moonlight, circling around the edges of the clearing, noticing that there were blue flowers he presumed were tulips, but he had a sneaking feeling that they weren't what they appeared. He noticed that there was roughly a six inch diameter ring around the giant blossom where the blue flowers did not grow, almost as if the flowers themselves were reluctant to touch the scorched blossom.
"Damn it… not enough room to land close to that… without touching those flowers," he deadpanned with a glare at the flowers.
"Best you do not touch nor smell, for Poison Joke tends to make egos swiftly fell. Though from what that giant bloom arose, I do not know, for it feels part of the surroundings close," a rhyming voice said softly as a cloaked feminine form seemed to melt from the trees behind him, a basket over one forearm.
Delsin blinked, spinning. Fortunately for him, his foot fell just shy of the blue flowers, leaving them undisturbed. Smoky cinders swirled his fingers, wreathing his wrists and forearms. His gaze shifted as a large sepal fell to the ground with a heavy thud. His eyes widened slightly as he could visibly see the flowers shifting out of the way before a small cloud of mingled ashes and dust flew, soft white petals forming effective curtains that swayed in the cool breeze.
Meanwhile, Spike was watching Princess Luna staring at Twilight with a glare before she turned away and stalked out of the door into the sitting room, hoping Princess Celestia would show up to defuse the problem before he saw Twilight stiffen. He felt a powerful surge of magic almost like when he'd felt the Elements of Harmony triggered close to eight months before, purifying the Nightmare from Princess Luna. However, in a way he couldn't explain, precisely, the surge felt ancient, much like something that had just awoken and was just waking up fully.
"WHAT THE BUCK?!?" Luna's voice rang out, making them both jump. Clearly, the Princess of the Moon and Dreams had felt it as well. Spike, though, gasped as he saw a few vines crawling along the wood, white flowers blossoming as if the tree Golden Oaks Library resided within were greeting somepony. His gaze drifted to the window, his eyes widening. "Twilight... Princess Luna!!" he said sharply, his voice a startled cry as a bright golden arc of lightning struck deep within the Everfree Forest.
In that second, Delsin saw someone in heavily battered and cracked dark navy and purple armor stagger out of the curtains, the golden accents quite noticeable upon her armored suit. Her hair fell to her round bubble ass, a bright, unruly crimson burgundy with golden highlights, though around the middle of her back, it noticeably deepened to a rich reddish purple, the tips a deep amethyst. Her eyes fluttered open, her irises flickering between a rich bluish amethyst with hints of bright emerald green and a shocking bright crimson that faded to an almost pale red nearer her glowing golden pupils. She bared her teeth before coughing several times, the sound a harsh, hacking sound as the pale blue petals of the Poison Joke were dotted with crimson lifeblood. He saw, out of the corner of his eye the cloaked woman start to take a step towards the obviously injured woman before his eyes widened slightly as vines wrapped tight around his forearms before jerking his arms behind his back as a second woman stepped from the petal curtains, her hand engulfed in a odd emerald aura.
Author's Note
"Hmmm... seems Pammy is rather irritated, hai? Though considering that her teacher whom she'd learned biology stole her work, then attempted to murder her just to keep his secret, her dislike of most men is understandable. You'd think he'd have thought 'oh, my student is a genius. Maybe I should help her and see if she would want to release this knowledge together' instead of stealing and plagiarizing her work. This is why I observe mortals and demimortals rather than interact with them... save in very stunningly stupid situations... which again proves my point," the cloaked figure sighs, sipping a glass of tea.
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