Ridge vs. Robot

Rilik sat atop one of the remaining buildings and observed the robots as they began to run towards the hatch, Twister appeared from nowhere next to him and rested his bat on the back of his neck before speaking.

“You seem really obsessed with getting home” Twister happily observed

“I’ve been trapped in this world for more time than I’d care to imagine” Retorted Rilik as his visor stared onwards into the setting sun, Twister turned to him and watched as the sun caught the visor and glinted in an oddly picturesque way.

“You must really miss home” Replied Twister as he  adjusted his gaze to the setting sun as well “I’d miss it too” Twister closed his eyes and thought back upon his life before he was interrupted by the sound of Rilik speaking.

“It’s not just that... a friend of mine was killed in this world, and I intend to get my revenge at some point” He replied in a somewhat angered tone “After this is all done I’d watch yourself, you could be the next I kill” Twister opened his eyes and looked over Rilik who was now stood up and loading his shotgun.

“Violence rarely solves anything” He stated before he leapt down from the building and into the wave of robots that approached.

“I don’t want it to solve anything” Thought Rilik aloud “It’s just damn fun to kill” he pumped the shotgun and leapt down from the roof and joined Twister.

Magnum placed his minigun on the ground as he cursed the invention for having such an obnoxious habit of overheating at a vital moment, Dark Cloud managed to overhear this and stepped towards Magnum.

“I could help you with that” Stated Dark Cloud as he raised an eyebrow, the minigun seemed to be in a rather primitive form and it could do with some much needed upgrading as it was so the invitation of help from the engineer of the team was more than a life saver for Magnum.

“That would be helpful” Stated Magnum in his monotone voice

“I’ll be but a moment” Smiled Dark Cloud as he began hitting the weapon with the wrench he had used to build everything else with.

Chain Hoof was sat polishing the barrel of his grenade launcher as he re-evaluated his original outlook of living, it was a lot nicer than he had remembered and for certain a lot more comfortable than being stuck in a coffin under the ground. He looked up and saw the medic of the team wandering towards him, she gave a sheepish smile as she approached and sat next to him.

“You don’t seem to talk to many ponies” Star Whistle inquired in a hushed tone “Why?” Chain Hoof rolled his eyes, this question was bound to come up at some point and he hated answering the question more and more.

“I’m dead” He simply stated in a soothing voice as he resumed the polishing of the launcher.

“What do you mean?” Inquired Star Whistle in a confused tone

“I was dead before I came here, I feel as though the dead should remain silent” Stated Chain as he put down his launcher and looked to the clouds.

“You don’t have to, your input could be extremely beneficial to us all” Smiled Star Whistle “That way we can get this over with quickly and all go home”

“I don’t want to return home to that dark, desolate fate of mine” Replied Chain grimly as he got up “Now, we should really be preparing, should we not?” he offered Star Whistle a helping hoof to get up and he turned to face the noises of Rilik and Twister fighting. Star Whistle looked at him for a moment before deciding now she knew this pony a little better – even if she only knew so much about him it would surely be the start to a new friendship.

Freedom leant against the wooden wall of a remaining building as he looked over a small silver locket that had been hidden using an invisibility spell, the locket was a love heart shape and inside was a picture of a mare. Diamond had been watching Freedom for some time now and was starting to creep her out more than a little bit.

“Don’t dwell on the locket” Smiled Diamond as she broke the awkward silence between the two, Freedom looked up with pure spite in his eyes.

“Leave me be” He stated, his voice brimming with anger and pain “I’ll do my job when the robots come” Diamond rose her eyebrow at this.

“I’m not worried about the robots getting here” She replied “I’m worried that you’ll stop doing your job properly if you keep locking your mind on that locket” Freedom looked up at Diamond.

“I’ll do my job to a better standard than anypony else on this team” Spat Freedom as he tucked the locket away “None of you know what I’ve been through or what I face” he turned away from Diamond and began to walk away.

“Well then, what have you been through?” Inquired Diamond, Freedom stopped in his tracks as the shock of being asked this caught up with him.

“More than I’d care to tell you” Replied Freedom before he resumed a steady stroll away from Diamond “More than you could probably imagine, to”

Twister was backed into a corner by the ranks of the various robots running towards him they raised their metallic bats as the scene played in slow motion, the bat was about to make contact with Twister’s head but was halted when Rilik unloaded a shotgun round into the robots heads and kicked their arms away.

“I’m not watching another death, don’t back yourself into a corner like that” Firmly stated Rilik as his attention returned to the attackers that charged towards the pair.

“Thanks...” Replied Twister as he picked up his bat and leapt over Rilik’s head.

“Damn equines...” Muttered Rilik before firing a rocket into the crowd of robots.