An Amazing Beginning

'Holy shit.' I looked at the burning hotel in horror over the shock of how it looked just like it did earlier when I was having that vision. 'It really is happening!' my thoughts were swarming with questions about this. I hoped and prayed it wasn't true when I ran here, but it was.

And the Cutie Mark Crusaders were in the middle of it.

*As a famous antihero you all know and love says, que the music.*

Huh? Who said that???

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...Ugh, nevermind.

Not wasting anytime or thinking about my actions, I jumped through a window, into the burning building. Using my new senses to find out where the ponies were easy as I could sense the ones still inside. Getting to them was the hard part. I heard crying in the room I jumped in and ran towards it and saw a little filly with a light-yellow colored coat and red mane with a pink bow in it being crushed by a wooden board from the roof. I grabbed it with both hands and lifted it off of her, throwing it away from the pony.

"Who are you?" the little filly asked in surprise over my impressive strength.

"Just a guy saving you Appebl-er kid" I looked back at her, then lifted her up in my arms and carried her back out the open window I came in.

Moving out into the grass I gently put her down and ran back inside. Others ponies weren't too far thankfully as I sensed them in a closet. I opened the door and ran in grabbing the injured pony I saw along with two other running out behind me. I shouted at them but they didn't come back as I heard a window breaking, at least they got out.

I dropped the other pony outside next to Applebloom and went right back in with three others. A filly and two colts wrapped in my arms all unconscious but still breathing.

Running up the stairs as I heard the shouting of Sweetie Belle screaming for Scootaloo as I broke open a set of double doors leading to a burning library.

The pure white filly with a curly light purple mane stood in the middle of collapsed bookcases, trapping her in the middle. I jumped in the middle and grabbed her. At first she screamed and frantically hit my arms as I covered her head as the smoke grew stronger all around, making it hard to see. I saw a big window and ran to it, looking out. Shattering the glass with a jumping kick and back outside, landing with the filly safe.

I heard the shouts of ponies as I went to the kitchen, looking the worst from the giant hole in what's left of the floor. I jumped over to where they were and told them I knew a way out but were too scared to move. Not asking for permission as I ran to the other side of the room and smashed the wall to create a new hole, telling them to move it and they did.

With two of the crusaders and the filly and colts along with the ponies I just got out, that made twelve ponies rescued. But there were at least fifteen more from what I can hear.

A big stallion noble looked at me with complete terror and then fainted as I picked him up with a mare I assume to be his wife demanding I let them go or they'll order my execution. I ignored her of course and dropped them in front of the building safely.

I heard a bunch of sirens as I ran out again with my makeshift kilt on fire, holding an unconscious stallion with one of his bones sticking out of his back leg, over my shoulder. I quickly moved to the medic ponies "Here, this guys pretty messed up." I told them after putting him on a gurney quickly patting the flames off my kilt.

A mare who was thrown against a wall with the left side of her whole body totally scorched was barely alive when I found her in the partially destroyed bathroom with a stallion who had a pieces of wood impaled through his forehooves and side was bleeding badly in the dining area.

I picked them both up as I sprinted through another wall, already on the verge of collapsing after the dining entrance collapsed behind me. The stallion passed out from blood loss shortly after I took him to one of the medical gurney's. The mare was still in tears of pain but was relieved to be alive from the look she gave me.

'Seventeen ponies rescued, twelve to go.' The basement thankfully wasn't affected by the fire as I found what looked like a family of five earth ponies huddled in the corner. The mother held her three children in her grasp as she looked up at me in terror with her husband standing defensively between us.

"Who or what are you!?"

"The guy saving your skins. Now come on the buildings about to collapse."

He of course didn't trust me but his wife seemed to be keen on listening as she convinced him back off as I then led them all out.

'Only seven left.' *VVVVRRRRIIII* spider-sense went off as I heard a collapsing structure in the front entrance finally cave in. The window and door I came into were now completely blocked off and I heard more screams as I leaped through another window, using my midair momentum catching a unicorn mare before she was impaled by a wooden spike on the ground.

I then threw her out the window as the lobby's roof gave out and I caught it with my hands. I lowered my right arm into a fist while my other held the roof as I punched threw the wood and freed myself.

Six ponies were still stuck in here and I need to get them out as another one of those out of body visions flashed through my sight again, telling me the hotel was about to collapse any second now.

'Move it Jason, move it now!' I found the other ponies on the top floor of what was left of the roof of the hotel structure. Unfortunately, casualties were everywhere as bodies were seen all over. I focused on the task at hand as I saw three pony pegasus mares trying to get a fourth one out of the trapped floor underneath.

I lifted it up quickly telling them to get out now and they did without a second to waste as more of the roof collapsed behind us.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH" I then heard a scream from the roof that was immediately silenced afterwards. Not wasting anytime, I ran up, jumping and vaulting as I ran to the screaming.

Then another vision passed by, and I felt time slow down to a crawl, showing a Minotaur with large battle scars covering his whole body with a prosthetic left claw like hand and four other goons with him. One was a Zebra male who had a whip, another was a Diamond dog with a missing right arm, holding a club in his hand. The last goon was another pony mare I recognized right away was Lightening Dust, the rival of Rainbow Dash, holding a dagger by the handle between her teeth. All four of this little band looked at two ponies huddled in a corner.

Rarity, Sweetie Belles older sister had an injured left leg, her horn was also cracked as she tried casting a spell with it but nothing happened as it fizzled out. Scootaloo was in her grasp as they both clenched their eyes tight awaiting the inevitable with the bad guy's weapons aimed to kill.

I felt my rage over all of this, the death, the destruction.

The suffering of the innocent.

Moving faster than I ever did as the four goons slowly, very slowly in motion, were on the verge of killing one if the heroes of Equestria and an innocent child. I on the other hand was practically a blur as everything around me almost froze in place as I kept running. My enhanced muscles not even straining as I moved without a second to lose.

I reached the room just above them and slammed through the roof right in front of the two ponies just seconds before the thug's weapons struck. The aftershock knocked the four thugs on their hindquarters as I went right for the leader.

Not giving any of them time to react as I punched, kicked and threw the minotaur around like a ragdoll all over the place until I was sure he was out. Not too hard as I didn't want to kill any of them just yet as I then went for the Zebra next, using both my legs wrapped around his body as I slammed him down with a backflip on the floor.

Lightning Dust despite her shock over my sudden appearance, managed to jump away from my uppercut I was delivering, but my foot slamming into her head after she threw her knife at me. I managed grab her by her tail, which threw her off guard as she was sent flying towards the diamond dog.

I stared at all directions as the knocked-out goons were taken down swiftly *VVVVRRRRIIII* until my spider sense went off again as I dodged the fist aimed right at my head. The battle-scarred Minotaur managed to get back up from the beatdown I gave him and charged back in action.

Moving faster than I anticipated for such a big guy as he grabbed my head covering my face, slamming into the floor, causing the rest to collapse all around us.

*Song should end right here*

All the ponies outside watched in horror as the building collapsed with a loud tumble. The royal guard pushed them all back as a giant cloud of smoke rose up, covering the entire structure. Until a noise was heard as a large shadow from the dust rose and walked out. The Minotaur ran with me still in his grasp as I kicked and punched his arm, but his grip still remained strong on my head as I was tossed out in the street.

I landed on my feet skidding a little, as the Minotaur let out a roar, charging at me with horns lowered at my torso. I slid between his legs, jumped behind and kicked his back. He flipped around with his clawed hand intending to slice my head off. I grabbed it with both hands and jammed it in the stony road as it was my turn to go on the offensive, aiming at is face with rapid punches in his face still holding back but not as much as before. Though it seemed to do little to him and piss him off.

With a loud yell and firm tug, his clawed hand was free, making me jump back as he moved like a rampaging bull at me, both his arms swinging like crazy at me. I moved back as he kept running to me, his fist trying to land a punch, while his claws tried slicing me to ribbons. I did land a few hits here and there but the guy moved too fast to land any decent damage on him.

'I need to slow this guy down somehow.' I kept dodging as he kept moving towards me, attacking at the same time with no sign of slowing down. Even with my new super strength I knew I couldn't dodge this guy forever. I decided to punch harder and faster than before with a right jab to his face. This managed to back him up a few steps as he then shook his head and glared back at me.

He let out a roar as he jumped forward, forcing me to dodge to the side. I then kicked his side where his ribs were, knocking the wind out of him temporarily. He recovered quickly as he then slammed his hoofed leg in the ground, causing a slight tremor that I felt, but managed to keep my balance.

'Jeez, this guy doesn't mess around.' I stood back as he charged again 'Too bad he's all offensive with me though.' I jumped over his head at the last second, catching him off guard briefly with a kick to the back of his head as an added bonus. I then ducked under his legs again, punching his nuts in the process, causing a shout of pain as he knelt down.

I then grabbed both his horns as he was recovering, slamming my knee as hard as I could in his nose. Blood gushed out as he screamed in pain, holding his nose in both his hands.

As he uncovered his face, his eyes became bloodshot. 'Uh oh.' If this guy was mad before, this was going to be a very painful experience now for me, I can tell.

He then grabbed the stone road as it started to break under his grip. A huge chunk of stone was lifted out as he then threw at me. I managed to get out of way until I looked back as everything slowed down again as I looked back at the crowd of ponies.

They all ran as it headed to them fast and hard but will never make it clear in time.

'SHIT' I was still in mid air and if I wasn't. it was approaching too fast for me to catch on foot. Another vision passed though my eyesight again as I saw what to do.

Reaching both my hands out, I push my middle and ring fingers into my palm as I aimed at the boulder.

*THWIP*

A string of white from my wrists comes out, attaching itself to the boulder stopping its trajectory as I then threw it back with a forward midair roll to the Minotaur.

*CRACK*

It shattered on impact against his head, throwing him off his feet.

I looked at both my wrists in surprise 'I have organic web shooters?' I thought grossed out 'Nasty, hope I don't have the ability to lay eggs next.'From what I heard about spider eggs on the Discovery channel, that number goes up in the millions.

*VVVVRRRRIIII* "WOAH!!!" the clawed prosthetic hand was thrown at me as I ducked. One of the blades only an inch from my left eye and even closer but not quite touching my face. I noticed that it was also attached to a chain at its end from the stump of the Minotaur's arm as I looked back at the rampaging beast.

Moving back to its owner as quickly as it came as he moved to me again. Only this time he kept his distance as he readied another throw from his claw. I readied myself as I shot a web at his face, only to raise his other arm to block it. The webbing attached to his arm in a splat as he was distracted by my sudden new ability.

I shot another web and another and another all splattering his arm, until it looked like it was in a cast stuck on his chest. I then used a trick I saw Spider-man use on an old ps1 game by shooting both webs out of my wrists at the same time with a white ball of webbing heading impacts his face with a hard splat covering his whole head.

I took this opportunity to rush him as he tried pulling the web off his face. Punching and kicking in different parts of his body fast and hard, until he fell to the ground again.

"rrrrRRRAGGGH" *RRIIIPPP* only to get right back up again, tearing the webbing off in the process 'Why won't this guy stay down already!?'

It looked like he was about to charge me again for a moment until I saw him turn his head slightly, looking behind me.
I followed his eyes and widened at who he was looking at. Rarity stood hiding behind a partially collapsed wall with Scootaloo next to her and witnessed the whole thing. I glared at him, daring him to try something stupid'That's it, no more holding back' I thought as I readied for another charge from him. Holding back on this guy was now out of the question if he went for them.

And he did.

I managed to jump on his back as he ran at them. Aiming for the back of his shoulders I jabbed my claws in the fur covered skin as he screamed in pain. He tried reaching out to grab me but with my claws dug into his shoulder blades it became hard for him to reach me.

I'm honestly thankful that his attention was directed back at me now, though I might end up regretting it. Then he decided to get me off in way I knew was going to leave me sore for a long time. He jumped in the air as he then slammed his back into the ground with me still attached. Even with my spider-sense telling me what he was doing, my claws were still deep in his flesh, making it impossible for me to get off in time.

I felt the wind knocked out of me with pain from my whole body as I was crushed underneath this behemoth. My claws were still buried into his shoulder blades as I struggled for air as I tried to get him off but he pressed further in to the ground.

I screamed in pain completely subdued as the monster crushed me under him. I pushed with both my arms and legs as best I could but he wouldn't budge. I even tried digging my claws in more until it felt like it was in his shoulder blades now but that just made him press down harder.

I was on the verge of blacking out now as I felt myself cease to move, I had to think of a way out now or it was over for me. I pushed with all my strength one final time but still he pressed down harder as I felt my bones start cracking with me screaming and I knew it was over. With a final rush of adrenaline, I tried digging my claws, hopefully digging into his bones some more would at least distract him enough, even if it's pointless.

Then I used all the energy I had left on him as I saw a blue flash from on top of me as I then felt relief from being crushed. I sucked air back into my lungs quickly as I got out of the ditch I was in. Quickly getting up as I coughed up some blood as I looked around for the Minotaur but he disappeared.

That's when I heard a soft shouting get louder and louder as I looked up.

*VVVVRRRRIIII* "WOAH!!!"

I jumped out of the way as the minotaur landed with a loud thud where I was a second ago, making an even bigger ditch in the road with a loud crack in the stone. 'Well, that had to hurt.' A slight tingle I felt and small cracking sound made me look at my hands in surprise once again over my new powers.

Electrical lines were dancing around my hands and not hurting me at all.

'What? I got electrical powers now?' Okay I can see why I had the ability to stick to walls and a stronger body, but this was not one power I was expecting in the least. 'This is absolute insanity, I mean come on how can a spider shoot lightning bolts anyways? Unless of course it's magic which makes sense.' That was a question I had to ask a certain old lady about too, but first things first.

I looked back to where Rarity and Scootaloo along with the other two Crusaders were and saw that Rarity was lying on the ground. I rushed to her with Sweetie Belle trying to shake her awake with tears in her eyes. She looked at me as I kneeled next to them both.

"S-she's not breathing." she said entirely helpless. I moved the unicorn on her back and put my ear on her chest.

Just like the filly said, no heartbeat. Now I had to move.

"Stand back girls." They moved out of the way as I then opened Rarity's mouth and placed mine on hers, breathing in gulps of air and sending it to her lungs. Then getting up, putting both my hands on her chest as I gently pushed repeatedly. I have no training in CPR but I did have a basic understanding of how it works in case it was needed. I compressed her chest as steadily as I could, trying to get her blood flowing again 'One hundred to one hundred compression per minute, just like you remember Jason.' While this wasn't human biology I was working on, it was all I got right now.

Rarity was still not breathing so I did repeated the process again. Still she was unresponsive 'No nononono, come on. come on, don't give up on me.' I was on the verge of tears myself as I tried a third, hoping third times a charm this time but still the pony didn't budge. "Come on, come on, COME ON!" I was on the verge of tears myself as I tried again. Still no reponse but I kept trying. "Come on Rarity. You can make it." The fifth time I tried with the same exact results collapsing my resolve to save her.

It was no use, she was gone. The fillies behind me held each other and cried as I kept trying.

"No no no." as I was pressing in her chest again, another spark from my fingers caused a sudden convulsion in her from electrical shock. Then I knew what to do.

With both my hands on her chest again I concentrated. 'Please let this work.' I felt the electricity flow through my fingers as it passed through the mares body again. I tried again and felt her rise but still no response. Finally I tried a third time, hoping and praying it was enough.

Still the mare was not even moving. It was too late she was gone.

No, DAMMIT NO! I looked back at the fillies with tears in their eyes as I gave them all a look they knew was hopelessness. It broke the dam for all of us as Sweetie ran back up and hugged her dead sister in her hooves.

"*GASP* *COUGH* *COUGH*" Rarity finally jolted up with eyes wide open, gasping for air, making us all jump back in surprise.

She leaned forward as if about to hurl and looked at her sister. Sweetie stared wide eyed at her sister in shock unsure if what she was seeing was real or not.

"*COUGH, COUGH*." she looked at sweetie as she grabbed her in her forehooves and hugged her. "Oh my darling little sister, your okay." Rarity's eyes clenched with tears as she hugged her sister tightly. Sweetie just stood stock still, unable to react.

"S-sis?" The filly was lost as the mare let her go and looked with her hooves still on the filly's shoulders. She looked at her sister and smiled.

"Yes Sweetie." she looked at her little sister, confused as to why she was staring at her like she's seen a ghost. "Is everything okay darling?" The question broke the little filly out of her stupor.

"SIS!!!" Sweetie shrieked and hugged her back tightly, bawling her eyes on her chest, catching Rarity off guard. She hugged her gently as the other fillies came up with complete shock on their features. With that, they hugged the mare too knowing she was okay.

"Okay, can somepony tell me what happened here?" Rarity asked the fillies desperately hugging her. Trying to piece together what happened.

"Rarity." Sweetie said with tears still in her eyes. "You died." This caused disbelief and shock to appear on her face entirely.

"What, what do you mean I died?" not quite believing what she was hearing, thinking that she was pulling some sort of cruel joke on her as she glared at sister "That's not funny girls."

"No Rarity, you, you were really gone." Sweetie said getting her attention. "I checked your pulse, you weren't breathing."

Realization came to her as she then lifted a hoof to her cracked horn. It all came back to her as the hotel they were staying in came to her line of sight. She looked at the girls again, seeing if there was any hint of deceit at all. Only relief on the fillies was seen.

"But...then....then how am I....?" she stood up finally on shaky hooves, still processing what has happened as she looked at the area they were in. "I...I remember fighting those four brutes, but then my horn got damaged in the fight by that minotaur's bladed claws and then, then everything just....went black." she spoke more to herself than the fillies as she stared at the collapsed building.

"You got saved by this hairless creature." Applebloom said behind her. The mare then turned back to the filly.

"Hairless creature? What hairless creature?"

"This creature walking on two legs brought you back." Scootaloo said as she approached her "He zapped you and you came back."

"Zap me? Like with lightning?" fear dotted Rarity as she said this. "Did he use some sort of medical device?"

"No it was his claws that did it." Sweetie spoke while shaking her head at her. "They were glowing and he just zapped you until you came back to life."

"I see. Well it seems I owe him my life. So where is this....strange creature at." looking around.

He's over....huh?" She turned to where I was, only to see an empty street.

While the fillies explained the situation to Rarity I was already hiding in the shadows, away and out of sight. But now that they noticed, I thought it best to not stick around anymore.

I even checked the minotaur to see if he was still down. Thankfully yes and he has some new singeing scars on his shoulders to show for it.

Unaware of what was going on, a cloaked figure witnessed the whole thing.

"Hmmm, just what in Equestria are you." the figure spoke in a male voice as I fled from the scene

Though I had a feeling something very bad was about to happen.

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"Better call some 'professionals' on this one." he then grabbed a crystal out of his cloak "Hey, it's me, I got something you'll need to see."