Off the Grid Season 2

When the machine powered on, all of the ponies began screaming in agony from the pain, and finally the floor gave way, as the machine used a lot of power to use what was left of it. Down in a black pit of where the machine, and Stryker had fallen into....the place was a mess. Some of the boxes were on the wall's, and were completely empty, or had life, and magic drained ponies merged with the tear in the box. There was a lot of steel rubble down there, as broken light's above flickered on, and off.

There were a lot of dead lifeless ponies in the skewered boxes that hung in different position's. The place was filled with blood, oil, broken metal, machinery, and death. Stryker groaned, and sat up, feeling blood on his eye, and realized it wasn't his own. He quickly wiped it off, allowing him to see, and looked at the wreckage he was in. "Oh....no" Stryker mumbled, seeing what had happened. The machine hissed loudly, as Stryker sighed. "Raptus.....how could you?" Stryker asked, shaking his head in dissapointment...his friend, betraying him. Stryker began to walk away, to see if he could get out if the place, until a loud thump was heard.

"Huh?" Stryker asked, looking at the machine that had sealed Raptus inside. Bright blue lightning began igniting around the machine door, as Raptus exploded out of the machine angrily. "It can't be" Stryker gasped, seeing Raptus in his new body. Raptus stood up, and floated with the newfound power in him. The transformation turned him into an Alicorn, his skin had turned white like Celestia's, he had a huge horn, and now even had wing's. His eye's were now blank red slit's that seemed very narrow, as he looked at his new, and imrpoved body, while feeling the immense power course through it.

"Raptus?" Stryker asked, as the Alicorn looked at him with a disturbing glare.

"Can you feel it Stryker.....my power?" Raptus asked, as he raised his hand, and let powerful bright blue lightning bolt's generate from his hand. Both Raptus, and Stryker heard a groan, and coughing as a very weak, and bloodied pony from the machine disaster, began weakly crawling toward's them.....whimpering for help. "Help.....me" The pony begged from Raptus who only looked at him with a growl.

"I need more" He said coldly, as he picked up the red bloodied pony.

"RAPTUS NOOOOOO!!!!!!" Stryker shouted, as the pony screamed in agony, being drained of it's life force, and magic beyond what his body could handle, as it exploded in a mess of blood, and gut's. Gunfire rang across Raptus's face, as Stryker felt instinct kick in, as he began to open fire against his old friend.

"Futile" Raptus snarled, as he charged at Stryker, using his Alicorn magic to grab Stryker from afar, and threw him hard....making him impact the ground very roughly. Raptus continued using his Alicorn magic, and began bashing Stryker with everything he had, before raising him up with his arm. "Do you see Stryker.....this is what Real power feel's like" Raptus told him, and slammed Stryker into the ground again, before picking him up to face him. "I have the power to change the woooorrrllldd" Raptus smiled.

Stryker grunted, as he pointed his plasma rifle at Raptus's face, point blank. "This.....power doesn't belong to you....you stole it from the lives of the innocent!" Stryker growled.

"They were weak.....but now they can serve to make me strooooonnngg!" Raptus sang, as Stryker growled.

"Your obsession with power has corrupted you" Stryker spat in disgust.

"Has it......feel's gooood" Raptus cackled, as he threw Stryker with all his might against a wall, which broke away, and left him in a darkened place. His plasma rifle had been dropped, and a little clink got Stryker's attention, as that same golden chalice that he had given to Scarlett Twinkle appeared again, and rolled around. Scarlett Twinke's laugher echoed from the cup, as the chalice began acting weird, creating voices that only Stryker could hear. The cup began oozing the same black, blood like liquid that Scarlett Twinkle spilled onto Stryker before the two departed, and was now being absorbed into his body.

"My pooooooor little prince.....so WEAK, AND HELPLESS!!!!!" Scarlett Twinkle shouted, her voice echoing in the darkness without her being present, as Stryker woke up, hearing the sound of Scarlett Twinkle's voice, while seeing light's all around him. "I almost feel sorry for you" Scarlett Twinkle cooed. Stryker growled, as the light's turned into jar's of blood.

"Come on out.....I know your here.....I need your help" Stryker called out into the darkness.

"Oooooohhhhhh......your asking meeeeeee for help?" Scarlett asked

"I can't beat him alone" Stryker growled.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" Scarlett laughed in response, as Stryker growled.

"It pain's me to say it....but I can't do this without you" Stryker told her.

"Aaaaaannnd what makes you think....I'n going to help you?" She asked, the dark place flickering like the shadow's were speaking in Scarlett's voice.

"I don't.....but I'm desperate....I can't let Raptus get away with this" Stryker told her.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Her phsycotic laughter, and normal laughter were mixed together, as the shadow's once again consumed Stryker. He immedietly felt Scarlett Twinkle's hand's wrap around his face, as she turned to face him, and pressed her whole body against his, as Stryker began entering a unusual transformation. Stryker came out of the shadow's as Raptus looked at him.

"About time Stryker......let's FINISH THIS.....I'll let you join the rest of your fallen....pony brethren" Raptus growled, as he suddenly saw Stryker's change. The Sheriff himself had his horn's grown, instead of being armed with his plasma rifle, his robot glove had morphed into a Nightmare Cannon gun that seemed to be fused with his body. Stryker looked at his opponent with his eye's jet black, his pupil's shrunk, and blood red, while his eyes bled.

"It's time....to put, an end to your hunger for power" Stryker snarled in a demonic voice.

"Don't make me laugh Stryker....your weak, and powerless" Raptus snarled, as a demonic cackle echoed from Nightmare Stryker.

"Well considering who I am.....you could say your right.....I am weak...." Nightmare Stryker paused, as Raptus scoffed.

"Pathetic" Raptus reminded him.

"But....unlike you....I am strong enough to acknowledge my weakness.....and of who I am, and rely on the strength of those who would help" Nightmare Stryker told him.

"Your alone Stryker" Raptus told him as a sinister smiled spread across Stryker's face, knowing who was still in the shadow's behind him.

"I am never.....alone.....right Princess?" Stryker asked, as Scarlett Twinkle burst out of the shadow's with her claw's at the ready. She sprinted at Raptus with full speed, her psychotic cackling echoing around the place.

"WHAT THE....." Raptus said startled, until Scarlett slashed at Raptus who immedietly blocked her powerful blow, as she came to a stop, and cackled with a smile, while shooting Nightmare Stryker a flirty wink.

"Right.....my prince" Scarlett cackled, as she charged again. Raptus tried to get a blow on her, but she was lightning fast. His attack's bounced off her deadly claw's, as she took off with lightning speed again.

"GAAAHHH.....STAY STILL, AND FIGHT ME.....NIGHTMARE BEING!!!!!!" Raptus roared, searching through the darkness to find her. Ratptus charged at Nightmare Stryker, until Scarlett Twinkle appeared out of nowhere with a psychotic laugh, as her claw's scratched Raptus a lot....forcing him back. A huge gunshot rang from Stryker's fused cannon gun, as he pushed the Alicorn back with superior firepower. Immedietly, Stryker, and Scarlett Twinkle stood back to back, ready for battle.

"He's got to have a weak spot" Nightmare Stryker told her.

"Oooooohhh.....I think our Nightmare vision can fix that" Scarlett Twinkle cooed seductively, as she zoomed in on Raptus's body, and found the weak spot of where his arm had been severed before his transformation. "Time for fun my Prince" She sang, as she charged at Raptus with full speed, and used the skill of her claw's to avoid his blow's, and gave him multiple slashes, while Stryker helped out with the gunfire of his cannon.

"AAAAAHHH....RRRRRR!!!!!" Raptus roared, feeling blood oozing from his arm from a deadly scratch he got from Scarlett Twinkle. He attempted to slam her into the ground, but missed due to the mare's speed. Scarlett Twinkle slashed him in the back, and a powerful cannon shot from Stryker giving him a huge, critcial wound, as Raptus roared in pain.

Scarlett Twinkle came to a stop, and raised her arm's fully, as she readied her huge claw's. She charged at Raptus again, and slashed his leg's, giving him more deep wound's, and powerful bullet round's rang from Nightmare Stryker's weapon. Raptus roared in pain, as he collapsed on his hand's, and knee's. "NOOOOOOOO.....IT CAN'T BE.....HOW DID YOU FIND A NIGHTMARE BEING STRYKER......WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME.....MY STRENGTH.....MY MAGIC......MY POWER......" Raptus groaned, as Stryker stood in front of him at his defeated friend.

"This power was never your's to begin with." Stryker told him, as he charged up a powerful shot, and discharged it point blank, throwing Raptus against some of the rubble of the destroyed machine nearby.

"NOOOO....IT CAN'T END LIKE THIS!!!!!!" Raptus groaned, as he desperately threw a bomb at Stryker which immedietly began a countdown when touched. Stryker caught the bomb with ease, and threw it back, pinning Raptus to the wall, the beeping on it getting faster.

"Goodbye Raptus......see you in hell" Stryker snarled.

"STRYYYYYKKKKKEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!!!!" Raptus screamed, until the bomb detonated with a huge explosion, as Scarlett Twinkle immedietly raced forward, and protected Stryker with their combined power. The smoke, and debris cleared, as there was now no sign of Raptus at all, as Scarlett Twinkle lifted herself off of him.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA......that was fuuuuuunnnnn" She cooed in her singsony voice. The entire building began rumbling causing them to look up.

"Ooooohhhh....I don't think the building liked that very much" Scarlett Twinkle told him, as Nightmare Stryker sighed.

"Were not going to make it out of here" He told Scarlett Twinkle who laughed in response.

"Not by yourself your not" She smiled, as she picked him up bridal style, as he gave her a confused, yet unamused look.

"Seriously?" Stryker asked, as Scarlett Twinkle giggled, before leaping out of the hole, and running full sprint out of the underground facilty, as it finally exploded. Stryker looked at her, slowly turning back to normal with him clutching his plasma rifle that she had recovered for him. "You can let me go now" Stryker told her, as the mare immedietly dropped him, and giggled.

"Sooooo....what are you going to do now?" Scarlett Twinkel asked, as Stryker still remebered everything that had happened when he was in his Nightmare form.

"I'm gonna find Pixel.....she's all I have left....couldn't save anyone" Stryker sighed, as Scarlett Twinkle scoffed.

"Boo-hoo.....all my friend's are dead.....yeahahahahaha!!!!" She laughed, as Stryker snapped at her.

"GO AWAY.....YOUR NOT STUCK IN MY HEAD ANYMORE......SO LEAVE....I never want to see you....OR HEAR YOU EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!" Stryker roared. Scarlett had stopped laughing, as she soon raised his chin up, and stepped closer to him. Stryker eye's went wide with shock, as her lips pressed against his in a deep kiss. Stryker liked, and disliked it at the same time. The kiss itself seemed to make his skin crawl, but a part of him enjoyed. After she seperated, she gave him a predatory gaze.

"You betcha....that you probably will.....but until that day.....bye bye....my lovely little prince" She winked, as her entire body faded from view leaving Stryker alone.

"Good riddance" Stryker snarled, but then let out a deep sigh, as he looked around. "Where are you.....Pixel" He said to himself, as he began walking away from the destroyed underground facility.

To be continued in Season 3