Off the Grid Season 2

"DIE.....MAGGOT!!!!" The robot snarled with his gun pointed at the unconscious Stryker, until a rain of gunfire came across all his armor....forcing him to stop, and growl. The gunfire came from an AK47 that was retrofitted with a few minigun round's, until it was out of ammo forcing the being who carried the weapon to drop it. "YOOOUUU....I REMEMBER YOU!!!!!!!" The robot snarled, at Raptus, who had made it to the outside world....had finally tracked down Stryker. He held a very unusual weapon that looked like a powerful grenade launcher.

"Of course you do.....I'm the one who got away" Raptus growled.

"It was very Brave of you to return.....but a foolish choice....." The robot growled, as he pointed his gun at his new opponent. "This time.....I WILL END YOU!!!!!!" He said with hatred in his voice.

"Put your weapon down...before I PUT YOU DOWN!!!!!" Raptus snarled.

"Don't make me laugh.....VERMIN....I am powerful, you.....are weak" The robot growled.

"I am NOT weak!" Raptus growled, as he fired the flare round from his strange weapon which flew into the air. Raptus threw the weapon to the side, having only one shot in the barrel.

"Useless.....if you think that can defeat me" The robot snarled, as Raptus cackled.

"That wasn't meant to defeat you.....that was Rift Crawler bait" Raptus smiled, as a loud rumbling was heard, as a part of the ghost town began to rumble, and shake.

"What.....is a Rift Crawler?" The robot asked.

"You don't know what a Rift Crawlere is......Giant armored worm's that are a close cousin to the Tamed Sandworm's of the desert's, except this one live's in shadow's. They are terrifying creature's, but you wouldn't know the fear's of the weak" Raptus explained, as the robot rolled his dark evil eye's.

"Enough of your babbling.....say farewell" The robot told him, pointing his gun at Raptus.

"By the way.....they're attracted to light." Raptus mentioned, as he quicky dodged out of the way, while the Rift Crawler burrowed out of the shadow's, and attacked the giant robot, who struggled, and growled....trying to destroy the huge Rift Crawler that was attacking him. Raptus grabbed the unconscious Stryker, and fled from the city with him. The robot finally ripped the Rift Crawler in half with his bare hand's, but by that time the two ponies were long gone. The robot's angry roar echoed throughout the city, due to the ponies who had gotten away.

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Stryker was suddenly dreaming, as he was in a huge realm. He looked around, seeing nothing but a huge black ground, until he saw Clint a few feet in front of him. "Clint?" Stryker asked, as the blue earth pony pointed his gun at Stryker....not speaking a word. A singing rang throughout the shadow's, as Stryker threw his hand's up. "CLINT.....PUT YOUR GUN DOWN....IT'S ME.....STRYKER!!!!!!" The Sheriff shouted in his dream, but Clint only cocked his gun. The singing was now all around him, and once again.....Stryker heard Scarlett Twinkle's voice once more.

"Kill him Stryker....." The voice sang, as a gun appeared near him in his dream.

"W-What....no" Stryker stuttered, as more gun's appeared around him, the voice he was hearing getting louder.

"Kill him already" Scarlett Twinkle sang louder.

"No....that's not the right thing to do" Stryker grumbled, but the voice was persistent, showing rocket launcher's, and soon had a bunch of gun's surrounding him in a circle.

"Kill him already.....Kill him Stryker....." Scarlett Twinkle shouted.

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!!!" Stryker shouted, as darkness swallowed him, while Scarlett Twinkle's psyhcotic laughter rang through the darkness. The dream changed to the same room filled with blood jar's, as he heard that creepy clanking sound coming from nearby. Scalett Twinkle appeared behind him, as he turned to the Nightmare being, terrified as she raised her blade's, and then sliced him. This caused Stryker to wake up in a dark room, panting, and sweating from his nightmare.

"Easy there Sheriff" Raptus told him, as Stryker's senses began to return.

"W-What.....who......RAPTUS.....RAPTUS YOUR ALIVE......How?" Stryker shouted cheerfully, as Raptus smiled.

"Same way I've stayed alive all these year's.....I fought my way out of it" Raptus told him, as Stryker sighed.

"I thought you were dead.....how'd you make it out of there?" Stryker asked, but Raptus ignored the question.

"We got more urgent matter's on hand.....your wanted ALL over the Badland's...." Raptus told him, giving Stryker a wanted poster of himself, posted on it. ".....Vampra's put a bounty on your head. I spotted you eavesdropping on bounty hunter's, so chance's are wherever your headed, it's crawling with danger" Stryker explained to him.

"Then what do you suppose we do?" Stryker asked. Raptus looked from the hidden hole in an abandoned building that they had been in which had the two inside.

"I've got a plan" Raptus smiled.