Off the Grid Season 4

At The Grid itself, Lance was talking with Regalias who not only had changed to the point, where good almost no longer resided within his body, as Lance himself scoffed. "I've liked what you've done with the place....the Nazis tapastry is quite nice" Lance told him, as Regalias smiled looking at him....looking a bit like an Equestrian Hitler than an actual pony.

"Ya like it.....my testament to our greatest victory during The Great Nightmare War" Regalias, as Lance scoffed.

"Your victory? Last time I remember correctly it was Stryker who defeated the monster, known as Daybreaker, and Twilight Sparkle was the one who sacrificed herself to defeat Nightmare Moon" Lance told him, as Regalias scoffed.

"Eh....whatever....speaking of Stryker, how is he?" Regalias asked, as Lance spoke.

"He's dead" Lance replied, as Regalias faked a sigh.

"Oh" He told him, as Lance spoke again.

"He's gone to the Alicorn's above....you seem a little sad Regalias" Lance told him, as Regalias faked his next word's.

"A fellow pony has died.....that doesn't quite make me happy" Regalias replied, as Lance scoffed.

"That's quite ironic coming from you....it seem's you have changed for the worse Regalias, you always did steal ponies credit for yourself" Lance snarled, as Regalias scoffed.

"I did what I had to do....but I don't take pride in those decision's, Vampra's gone now, and The Grid is safe" Regalias pointed out.

"Speaking of Vampra, her stupidity has cost quite a fortune in our last operation...we'll be requiring compensation for those losses" Lance told him, as Regalias scoffed.

"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.....Don't forget your talking to the New High Lord" Regalias threatened.

"Don't think because Vampra's gone you can act all high, and mighty.....your position...is a DISPOSABLE one" Lance snarled back, as he unsheathed his wristbracer.

"ALRIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH OUT OF YOU.....DRACONE....ESCORT LA....GOOOOHHH!!!!!!" Regalias cried out, as Lance lifted Regalias, and threw him to the ground with a powerful throw.

"LORD REGALIAS!!!!!!!" Dracone shouted, only to get slashed back into the wall by Lance. Regalias let out a scream, as he was picked up by Lance, and slammed onto the table which then cracked in half from another powerful hit from Lance.

"See.....disposable....my Captain, Lucius is in charge now....if you want to keep your comfortable position here, you best remember that. We have no further need of ponies from The Grid, your tribute instead will be, as before....oh, and one last thing, we're watching you" Lance told him, as he walked out of Regalias's office.

"Are you alright sir?" Dracone asked after recovering from being thrown into the wall, as Regalias growled.

"Make preperation's to fortify our defenses we're not giving them what they want" Regalias ordered.

*****
Clint, and Pixel were fast asleep in the bed's that they had been given for the night....until Pixel woke up with a very loud shout. "STRYKER!!!!!!!" Pixel screamed, waking up, as Clint immedietly woke up, hearing Pixel's scream.

"WHA...HA....HUH?" Clint shouted, now jarred awake. "Did you have another nightmare?" Clint asked, seeing Pixel sweating, and panting nervously.

"Y-Yeah....but, it felt so real" Pixel told her, as Clint nodded.

"AAAAHHH.....but it Wasn't eh....ok, try to calm down, and go back to sleep, we need to spend tommorow gathering supplies for the trip back to The Grid" Clint told her, as Pixel sighed.

"O-Oh....Ok" Pixel shrugged off, as she layed herself back down, closing her eye's, and falling asleep.

The next morning, Clint, and Pixel journeyed to a shop he hadn't been in a long time. The shop was not only a weapon's trading post, but also a small bar, run by a spicy MILF who had been watching over the shop for a long time. She was washing, and cleaning the dishes like she alway's did, until she heard the door to the bar open. "WE'RE CLOSED!!!!!" She shouted, as the door shut with Clint walking inside.

"Even for your favorite pony?" Clint asked in a more friendly tone, as she turned around, her voice becoming absolutely friendly.

"Well fluff ma' tail, and pull my ear's, if it isn't CLINT!!!!!!" She said excitedly, as Clint smiled.

"Hey Tammy" Clint replied with a very heart warming tone.

"Ya' never call anymore....hold up....where's my girl Sinon?" Tammy asked, wanting to see her daughter again, as Clint let out a sad sigh.

"She's....uh.....not around anymore" Clint sighed, as Tammy looked at him confused.

"Whaddya mean?' Tammy asked, as Clint spoke again.

"She's gone....Tammy" Clint replied, as Tammy gasped.....not only to hearing his news, but she also gripped her chest, feeling the pain of how those word's stung her, but also didn't want to cry becasue of how much they had cared for each other.

"Clint.....I'm.....I'm so sorry" Tammy replied.

*****
In another shop, Pixel was talking with a trader, trying to see what she had to offer for value to sell for supplies. "Ummm.....how 'bout this, will this do?" Pixel asked, pulling out a magnifiying glass to trade, as the masked trader facepalmed himself.

"Ugh.....for the last time kid, I told you I can only trade item's with you if it's something of Equal, or Greater value, and frankly.....All you've shown me so far is trash" The trader groaned.

'What about my Grid....." Pixel started, but the trader cut her off.

"NO GRID CREDIT's are excepted here....now if you want me to sell that sword of yours, that's a different story" The trader told her, as Pixel looked at her sword, and then turned back to the trader.

"I can't give you my sword" Pixel replied.

"Well I'm sorry to say kiddo, but no deal" The trader told her, as Pixel stopped him.

"H-Hold on I'm sure I have something in here" Pixel told him, as she began digging through her bag to find something she could trade with.

"Hmmf.....sure you do" The trader grumbled, until Pixel heard a loud clunk....finding something in her bag. She pulled out the same, shiny golden cup, that Stryker had retrieved for Scarlett Twinkle that teleported around, as she pulled it out of her bag.

"Then....how about this?' Pixel asked, holding the artifact in her hand's. The trader looked at her with a fearful look before speaking.

"WHERE.....DID YOU......GET THAT!?!?!?!?!?!?" The trader shouted with shock.

"It was in my bag" Pixel replied, as the trader could not believe her cluelessness.

"DO YOU HAVE......ANY IDEA....WHAT THAT IS!?!?!?!?!?!?" The trader asked, as Pixel shrugged.

"Uh.....no?' Pixel asked curiously.

"That is the most incredibly evil artifact of a time, and place in a past kingdom called Equestria.....the Blood Chalice of Kra'theliak. It is said that incredible sinister chalice's power is able to summon, or even open a portal to the blood dimension, twisted hell know as "The Nightmare Realm" a very tainted chalice" The trader explained, as Pixel stared at it for a long time then turned to the trader with a smile.

"ALRIGHT.....how much you want for the tainted chalice?" She asked in a friendly tone.

"Whoooooaaahhh no thank's kiddo.....I don't want anything to do with that fucking artifact" The trader replied, having his hand's in the air.

"Why not....it's a solid piece of gold" Pixel told him.

"THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A CURSED, AND EVIL ARTIFACT NOW GET OUTTA MY SHOP!!!!!!!!!" The trader shouted. Pixel was booted out of the shop, as she took a look at the chalice herself, then walked off to find Clint with the chalice in hand.

*****
Clint, and Tammy had time to mourn Sinon's death, and also catch up on other thing's. After that Tammy decided to help them out with a few weapon's she made for him, and also giving him other supplies to help him on his journey. Tammy placed a big suitcase on her desk, and opened it up, pulling out a strange modified pistol. "Take a lookie here....it's a Modfied Calico M960, 100 round Hei-Coolo magazine, fully automatic" She told Clint, handing him the pistol, as he looked at the weapon.

"Custom ordered by Sinon" Tammy told him with a sigh.

"Oh.....n-no...I can't take this" Clint toldher, trying to give her the pistol back.

"Clint.....she'd want you to have it" Tammy told him with remorse, as he took the pistol, and looked down. "She'd also.....want you to have this" Tammy told him, as she handed him a better version of his cannon revolver that he gripped with passion, as she smiled. "She knew how much you looooveeed revolver's, revolver's, revolver's, revolver's....stubby little pony she called ya" Tammy giggled.

"I don't know what to say....I...I...I...I...I don't have the credit's for this" Clint told her, as Tammy waved that off.

"Aw shux Clint you can pay me back after your next job" Tammy smiled, as Clint looked a little down. "What's wrong Clint, ya' too touched for word's?" Tammy asked.

"N-no Tammy....I'm not coming back" Clint told her, as Tammy looked at him with suprise.

"Whaddya mean?" She asked, as Clint looked up at her.

"I'm going home" Clint told her, as Tammy looked at him suprised.

"O-Oh" Tammy realized, as he tried to hand her both revolver's.

"I can't take these" Clint told her, as Tammy shook her head.

"N-No....i-it's okay, consider them a parting gift" Tammy told her, as Clint looked at her.

"So.....I guess this is goodbye then?" Clint asked, as Tammy tried to put on a happy smile.

"Ya' sure making it sound like it" Tammy told him, as Clint sighed.

"Bye Tammy.....thank's for everything" Clint told her, as Tammy gave him a slight wave.

"Goodbye Clint" She told him, as Clint walked out the shop, and closed the door. Tammy looked over at the table that Sinon used to sit at, and it felt like her daughter was trying to tell her to go with him. Tammy sat there for a few minute's, alone with her thought's.

*****
At the power grid of Vanguard outpost, two guard's were watching over the power grid, as they made sure to get the power for the places, working the way it should be. The door to their area was soon opened, as the female shark pony Pixel bumped into before, walked in holding her two scrambling devices. "Good evening gentlemen, quite the chilly night outside isn't it....I've brought you some hot tea, would you care for a cup?" She asked, holding a mug filled with tea, along with an empty cup.

"Where's your ID tag?" The first guard asked.

"Yeah this is a restricted area" Another agreed, as the shark pony smiled.

"Oh....where are my manner's?" She asked, before immedietly pulling out a gun, and shooting them, as they fell to the ground dead. She hooked the central outpost's system's to her hacking devices, while sipping on her tea, and revealing the Raven gang tattoo on her arm. When she had it correctly hooked up, she used the deivce to connect the mainframe to Mortis. "Good evening Mortis" The female shark pony smiled, as the advanced robot turned it's system's on.

"Good evening to you Adjative, got anything juicy for me?" The robot asked, as Adjative giggled.

"Well I wouldn't know what a robot like yourself would consider juicy....but I do have with me....the codes to every electronic terminal of Vanguard Outpost, sending the data bounty.....now" Adjative informed him, as the million's of code, flooded the advanced robot's AI, giving him complete access to Vanguard's defenses. "As for desert.....we have....." She replied, as she fed him a security feed of Pixel, but mostly focusing the camera on Pixel's sword.

"Ah....the holy sword Excalibur....last to be claimed by Vampra, and locked up in her collection" Mortis realized, as Adjative smiled.

"I don't know anywhere else she could have gotten it" She shrugged, while the robot himself oberseved her statement.

"You have a good point, I'll report to the Captain well done Adjative" Mortis told her.

"Alway's a pleasure" Adjative smiled, as she turned the communicator off. She then heard a groan, as one of the guard's she gunned down began to crawl away with his critical wound in the chest. "Oh....how sloppy of me" Adjative said cheerfully, before raising her gun, and shooting the injured guard in the head, killing him.

*****
"Captain, Adjative has succesfully infiltrated the outpost security system's.....we are ready to mobolize on your command" Mortis told Lucius who had a smile on his face.