Ridge vs. Robot

Freedom approached the oncoming horde with no fear or hesitation as he raised his flamethrower, after he had looked at the locket his determination and courage had returned to him after his short period of doubt and fear. The robots were falling incredibly fast to Freedoms flamethrower which immediately struck him as odd, why were they falling so quickly? Could it be that the end was drawing near on this battle?

“Watch out!” Yelled Diamond from next to him as she uncloaked and quickly stabbed one of the scouts which had managed to get past Freedom’s wall of fire “You shouldn’t be out here on your own, you should know that we have to work as a team” the two of them slowly turned back to back as the hordes of robots continued to seep from the area around them.

“Thanks for the save, but I can handle myself” Spat Freedom as he resumed burning the robots around him “I only want to stay alive”

“Then the best way to stay alive is to fight together, and the best way to fight together is back to back” Replied Diamond as she managed to fire off a good few rounds from her revolver “You’re not the only one that wants to stay alive here”

“For different reasons” Barked Freedom back as a few robots fell to the intense wall of flame. “I only want to stay alive so I can kill all of you after” he drew his fire axe from his back and crushed a group of robots beneath it, Diamond pulled her sapper out and tossed it into the crowd causing them to malfunction and collapse.

“I need to stay alive if you want to kill me” Stated Diamond as she shot a few revolver rounds over the top of Freedom’s head “So let’s work together, not to stay alive but to kill each other later” they both grinned wildly.

“I like your thinking” Grinned Freedom “You’re on!” they stood in a more alert back to back position and resumed the hail of gunfire and flamethrower fire into the seemingly endless horde.

Magnum slowly wandered up the road as a tumbleweed blew past his legs. He carried with him the modified minigun as he thought about the ponies he had met today and his life in general.

“These ponies, they’ve accepted me” Grunted Magnum “They’ve helped me through thick and thin”

Memories of the teamwork they had all shared went through his mind at the precise moment and his pace began to increase.

“I don’t intend to be the loose end of this team” Grinned Magnum as he broke into full sprint “I’ll kill every one of these robots so my friends don’t have to”

“That’s good” Smiled Dark Cloud as he appeared next to magnum, running backwards beside him “That kind of positive thinking works wonders for the mind, also for your team” he had a red box in front of his face as he ran which may have explained why he was running backwards in the first place.

“So what have you got there?” Inquired Magnum as he turned the corner and stood before a street full of robots.

“Something that’ll help us in this kind of situation” Grinned Dark Cloud wildly “You ready?”

“You know it” Replied Magnum as he hoisted his minigun and aimed at the crowd “Fire!” a hail of gunfire from the minigun struck the robots as Dark Cloud swung the box upside down and placed two sentries either side of Magnum to prevent the horde from reaching him.

“Only issue now is ammo, and I can sort that with a simple dispenser” Cheered Dark Cloud over the sound of gunfire and crashing of dead robots “Let’s do this” Dark Cloud spilt the contents of the scrap metal satchel to the ground and began hammering at it whilst a dispenser began to shape up behind Magnum.

Chain Hoof inhaled deeply as Star Whistle used the healing gun on him.

“You ready for this?” Smiled Star Whistle as she looked at the swarm of robots that approached them.

“You bet I am” Grinned Chain Hoof as he raised his grenade launcher “Let’s do this Star Whistle, not because we want to go home... but because it’s damn fun” he leapt towards the enemy launching grenades as he did so and was followed by a very nervous Star Whistle who struggled to keep up with the reckless ponies charge. Crowds at a time fell to the continuous grenade barrage which struck them before they could even see what was coming.

“Do you have the feeling this is too easy?” Inquired Star Whistle nervously as she ducked to avoid an oncoming chunk of shrapnel “Or are we just getting better at this?”

“I think it’s too easy...” Began Chain Hoof only to be interrupted by a wall being knocked down to reveal the single most largest robot they had seen during the entire battle.

And it had a minigun.

Twister and Rilik watched as the huge robot towered over every structure in sight as practically all the robots around them stopped in their tracks and began to disintegrate before the dust flew towards the robot repairing every dent it had in its metal.

“What in Harvests name is happening...” Muttered Rilik in awe of the scene before him

“I don’t know where in Equestria that is, but I’ve gotta agree this is one helluva scene” Interrupted Twister as he dropped his bat.

“We’re gonna have to stop that aren’t we?” Stated Rilik, dumbstruck

“Probably...” Replied Twister, there were hoofsteps from beside them and Magnum with Dark Cloud approached.

“You guys seein’ this to?” Inquired Magnum as he looked at the giant robot “Or have I had to much cider again?”

“We better take that thing down, and fast” Replied Rilik, completely ignoring Magnum’s question “I have the feeling this is gonna be more frustrating than that tank” and with that an alarm sounded and Sky Gaze’s voice was broadcasted through an old speaker system.

“Tank has entered the area!” Yelled Sky Gaze as the sound of tank tracks echoed throughout the entire mining encampment “Half go for the robot, half for the tank. We’re gonna have to prioritise who goes where though, that could make or break us”

“Dark Cloud, Twister” Stated Rilik “You two go for the robot. That would slow him down,  Magnum and I will go after the tank to destroy it quickly and then help you with the robots” Dark Cloud and Twister nodded before breaking into a sprint towards the robot.

“You ready to destroy this tank?” Asked Magnum eagerly

“I’m more than ready” Replied Rilik as he loaded multiple rockets into the barrel of the launcher “I’ll land constant barrages on it, you maintain a steady flow of bullets into it” Magnum nodded and they both ran towards the tank.

Freedom and Chain Hoof began their sprint towards the tank.

“You have much experience in killing?” Asked Freedom as he hopped over a pile of dead robots.

“Got an experience of being dead” Replied Chain as he attempted to close the gap between them “Not a very nice experience as it turns out”

“I’d assume so” Chuckled Freedom as he slowed down for Chain to catch up “How do you think Star Whistle and Diamond will be back there?”

“They’ll be fine” Assured Chain “They both know how to handle themselves in a battle extremely well”

Meanwhile at the base of the robot Diamond had thrown a sapper towards it and also stabbed its foot quite a few times.

“This thing isn’t dying!” Yelled Diamond angrily as her efforts were to no avail “What do I do?” the foot began to lift off the ground and hung above Star Whistle who had no idea it was there, it began to lower itself as Diamond barged Star Whistle out of the way of the foot but was unable to escape from the approaching foot, she was ready to accept her fate at the foot of this metal monstrosity. She forced her eyes closed as her life began to flash before them.

At first there was nothing, but then there was the sound of metal making contact with something and Diamond quickly glanced upwards to see Twister standing on two legs holding his bat up to the foot of the robot and stopping it from moving.

“What in Equestria... how is that even possible....” Murmured Diamond

“’sup” Grinned Twister “Got Dark Cloud to fill my bat with Titanium, won’t break that easy anymore” he pushed the bat upwards and threw the robot off of balance.

“I told you it’d work!” Yelled Dark Cloud’s voice as he trotted towards the scene, a satchel swinging by his side as he did so “How’s that metal hoof working out for you as well?”

“Metal...” muttered Diamond as she looked at Twister

“What?” Smiled Twister “Good for punching...”