Pain. It had become Sunset Shimmer's entire world. She had come to this primitive magic less world to rule it with an iron hoof. But in less than 24 hours, she was a prisoner of these savage monsters.

She had tried to be defiant at first, but in the three long agonizing years that she had spent in conditions that would be cruel for livestock, her will had broken. She had even offered to lead her captors to Equestria if they would just let her go, but they refused to believe that she was a magical Unicorn from another world.

To them, she was a Diclonius. A mutant strain of humans possessing psychokinetic invisible limbs called vectors that were basically made of solid vibrations in the shape of tentacles with hands. Diclonii could mentally raise or lower the vibrational frequency of their vectors to interact with solid objects, move through solid objects, or cut solid objects apart like vibrating sword whips.

Diclonii also had another, more dangerous ability. They reproduced parasitically by spreading a virus that caused humans to produce Diclonius children. If left unchecked, such a virus could potentially wipe out the human race completely... Sunset didn't see a downside there.

It didn't take her long to realize she wasn't just being punished here. The bitch called Kurama may actually think he's doing the right thing, but most of the other humans here were simply cruel.

The experiments they did were non productive, they had already gained all the information they could from shooting cannonballs at naked girls chained to the wall long ago, but they kept doing it. They say it's to monitor fluctuations in their vectors power, but Sunset didn't believe that.

They would also be infected with various illnesses, to test their immune systems. Which were thankfully strong enough that Sunset never stayed sick for long.

Of course, the tests were nothing compared to the showers. Sunset, and presumably the others, were sprayed down with a fire hose from a 5 meter distance by a man who, when no one else from the facility was watching, would focus his attention on his targets privates. Sunset couldn't believe that she had lost her innocence to a bucking hose. He was definitely the one she hated the most.

It was during one of these showers that it finally happened. Sunset was left dripping wet, freezing cold, and quivering in shameful pleasure as the lecherous bastard cleaned himself off and pulled up his pants. "Ha, you got yourself dirty again you filthy horny slut! You must really love my hose! But I guess it is better than the cannon balls, isn't it? Hey, they ever shoot you in the snatch?"

Sunset used to curse, promise death and pain. Then she used to plead, scream for help, pray for Celestia to come save her. Now, all she did was wait for him to finish.

"Don't worry you horny bitch, I'll get you nice and cle-" The lech was interrupted by the sound of a door opening. It was then that Sunset and her tormentor, both absorbed in their own thoughts, realized that an alarm had been going off... because a Diclonius had gotten loose.

The naked woman stared at the hose bearing lech through the metal helmet they were all forced to wear when confined to their cells. In spite of it, Sunset could sense the hatred pouring from her obscured eyes.

The lech barely had time to scream before his balls pulped. Causing him to fall silent as the shock briefly paralyzed him. The Diclonius threw him into Sunset's lethal range and walked away. Humming to herself. "La-la-laaaa-la-la la-la-laaaa-la-la-la-laaa la-la-la-laaaa..."

Sunset stared after her for a moment before a wet slap told her the lech was trying to crawl away.

Oh no you don't! A surge of vengeful fury ignited inside of Sunset Shimmer as she seized the lech by the throat and grabbed the keys to her shackles from him. As she unlatched herself, she thought of every lecherous grin and promise he gave her before sedating her. Every bruise and hickie she woke up with.

Her shackles hit the floor as sunset stretched and massaged her wrists and ankle while the lech wriggled in her grasp. "Now then, let's clean you up."

Using two of her vectors as crutches, Sunset dragged the dying man over to his precious hose and shoved the nozzle down his throat, breaking his jaw in the process.

Her vectors held the lech and his hose in place as she turned the water on. Forcing him to drink several gallons of water as he struggled to breath through his nose despite the large object in his throat. Blood continue to pour from his groin, and it wasn't long before he started to pass out.

"Not yet bitch!" Sunset snarled as she slit his belly, causing the water to spill out of his ruptured stomach. She grinned as his eyes shot open from that final shock before he finally succumbed with a few errant twitches.

Sunset held him there until the water washed all the blood from his guts and her leg. "Allll clean." She sang.

Sunset dried her body with the lech's lab coat before running to catch up with her rescuer. She followed the sounds of cannon fire and found her cutting through a squad of soldiers. Sunset knew she didn't need any help, but she wanted to rip into these bitches too.

Sunset launched herself forward with her vectors. Speeding past the other Diclonius and cutting off the soldiers who were trying to run. With nowhere to go, the men started screaming frantically. Desperately firing their weapons to no effect until there was only one left, who had dropped his weapon and crawled against the wall, trying to make himself as small as possible.

It didn't work. The other Diclonius cut him in half while Sunset crushed his skull. Spattering both women with blood. "Payback, bitch!"

The other Diclonius didn't respond, she simply walked into the elevator the soldiers had been trying to reach. Sunset followed her, taking note of the fact that the other Diclonius didn't seem willing to wait on her.

The elevator closed just as Sunset entered and began climbing up. They were all held under ground, and each elevator only went up one floor for exactly this scenario. Sunset and her new friend would have to fight their way up every single floor to get out.

Sunset didn't have time to ask the other Diclonius her name or plan before they reached the next floor. The doors didn't have a chance to open before soldiers on the other side fired their cannons. The Diclonii had expected this and already had their vectors up, rendering the attack pointless. All those cannon balls they shot at us to see how strong our vectors are, and they're still using these pathetic weapons? Sunset thought to herself.

The doors to the elevator opened. Revealing the two Diclonii to be completely unharmed and holding several of the tooth shaped cannonballs suspended in the air.

The other Diclonius dropped the cannonballs she had caught. Sunset had a better idea. "I think these are yours." She said with a grin as she threw the projectiles back.

A rush of euphoria rippled through Sunset's mind as she saw the display of power play out. Men were struck in the head, body, and limbs. Screaming in pain as they fell to the ground or falling silently in some cases.

The other Diclonius silently moved on, beheading and bisecting the wounded soldiers as she passed.

Sunset was absolutely giddy. She was back in full swing, but she was not ignorant as she was before though. She knew that the only way to survive was with allies... with friends. She would've devoted herself wholly to Celestia's teachings if Celestia had come to rescue her. But she was more than happy to help another like minded soul get her revenge on these vile humans.

She didn't know a lot about her new ally, and now wasn't the time to start a conversation, but she didn't seem like she'd object to Sunset having her way with the human world.

Sunset blinked as she realized she wasn't thinking of betraying this girl to seize power later, or returning to Equestria to get her revenge on Celestia. If anything, she missed her old teacher.

Now that she had a moment to think, she realized that even if she escaped, the two of them alone wouldn't last long if there were more Diclonii like the child who cut off Sunset's leg three years ago. The best option was to get out.

The other Diclonius reached a bloody vector to open the next elevator. "Hey, when we get out of this place, I know where we can go so they can't find us."

The other didn't pause, but she did at least turn her head and, after a pause, nod to Sunset.

The two Diclonii entered the next elevator and ascended. "... I'm Sunset by the way." Sunset said as they waited for the elevator to stop and the cannonballs to start flying again. "... Lucy."

"Hurry!" Kurama shouted at the men behind him as he ran to the elevator, desperately trying to cut off the monsters who would slaughter the human race if he allowed them to escape.

The dozen men he brought with him took up positions and chambered their MP5s. Kurama grit his teeth. The 50cals were locked behind a coded gate that was taking too long to open. Kurama couldn't count the times he had pleaded with the General Director for better weapons. Hell, even cheaper weapons like American shotguns had a better chance at stopping Diclonii than 9mm submachine guns...they might as well be airsoft guns.

But they were all he had to work with, so he ordered each of his men to aim for a different limb. If they could hurt the Diclonii then there would be a brief window where their vectors couldn't protect them. That was the only chance he had.

The elevator opened. The men tensed but didn't fire yet, per Kurama's orders. Their weapons only had a chance if they had every possible advantage, especially accuracy.

The monsters stepped out, and Kurama couldn't have imagined a worse combo.

Lucy, patient zero, the original Diclonius who started killing humans indiscriminately at the age of 9 when she slaughtered four children her own age.

Yet as disturbing as Lucy was, Kurama would freely admit that he was tempted ignore her in favor of the other. Sunset Shimmer glared at him with a feral smile. "I was waiting for you bitch. Where's your brat?"

Kurama didn't answer, he prepared to give the order when-

CRASH!!!

All the intensity of the room briefly vanished at the sound someone tripping and falling directly in between the two opposing sides. Kurama tried to wrap his head around what just happened. When he did... His blood froze.

"Kisaragi!!!" Kurama shouted as he recognized his personal assistant. A scatterbrained woman who had no right or reason to be in a place like this. Kurama should've fired her long ago, but her clumsy antics had often proven to be the only thing he could look forward to in his new grim life.

The woman started when her name was shouted. "Chief Kurama!! I-I'm so sorry sir! I'll clean it up right away!" Kisaragi said as she collected the shattered plate and tea cup she had been carrying...to Kurama... while blissfully unaware of the alarms and sirens going off all around her and, more importantly, the two murderous Diclonii right behind her!

Kurama tried to run towards her, but his men stopped him. KISARAGI RUN!!!" He shouted as tried to break free.

The woman paused to stare at him with a confused expression as the Diclonii walked towards her. "Why? What's going on?"

"JUST RUUUUN!!!!" Kurama shouted as Lucy grabbed Kisaragi's shoulder with a bloody vector. Kisaragi finally turned her head in the danger's direction, but was quickly snatched off her feet and suspended between the humans and Diclonii.

"Aw, you have a friend." Sunset cooed sweetly before turning her sweet smile into a sadistic grin. "If you don't want to get her back in pieces, make a hole bitch."

The soldiers hesitated for a moment. "Sir, what are our orders?"

Kisaragi made a sound. It could've been a plea for help, or just a request to know what was happening. Either way, Sunset seized her throat with a vector, drawing blood in four places. "Well bitch, what are their orders?"

"He won't do it." All eyes turned to Lucy, her obscured face still radiating pure malice. "Innocent lives are acceptable losses for the sake of humanity, right."

Kurama grit his teeth. "Right. I'm sorry Kisaragi, but I can't afford to let them pass. Fi-" Sunset didn't wait for the command.

Kisaragi flew into one side of the squad while Sunset flung herself into the other. Blood and limbs flew in every direction as Kurama dove for Kisaragi. Seizing the opportunity to get her out of danger.

Kurama grabbed the woman's shirt and pulled her up into a run, the soldiers already breaking rank and running for their lives.

"AAAHH!!" Kisaragi screamed in pain as her motion ceased. Kurama turned to see Lucy, she had grabbed Kisaragi by the hair and was pulling her towards her like the catch of the day.

"NOOO!!!" Kurama shouted as he drew his sidearm and aimed at the Diclonius Queen, only for his pistol and the hand holding it to be crushed.

Kurama didn't have time to scream before he was slammed into the wall with a vector around his throat. "The sweet memories. That's the same hand I broke last time, isn't it bitch. Well, I'm not letting you come after me aga-"

"NO!" Lucy shouted, shocking Sunset. "No? What do you mean no!? He'll just come after us again!" Sunset shouted.

Lucy held Kisaragi helplessly in front of them. "Because I keep my promises."

Kurama tried to shout something, but Sunset's vector prevented the words from escaping. All he could do watch helplessly as Kisaragi's head twisted 360 degrees and popped off like a jar lid.

Sunset loosened her grip and stepped back as the woman's body fell to the floor. "Sheesh! Am I missing something?"

"He killed my best friend...my only friend. He promised to spare her if I surrendered quietly...and he lied." Lucy hissed venomously as she wiped Kisaragi's blood from her vector onto Kurama's jacket as he snarled at her.

"So I promised to kill everyone he loves so that he knows what it feels like to be alone. And he has to live with that." Lucy emphasized to Sunset.

Sunset sighed and threw her hands up. "Fine. It's not like he believes we're going where I'm leading you...but the bitch does owe me a leg." Sunset gestured at her missing leg to emphasize her point.

Lucy thought about it for a moment before nodding and walking past the two of them as Sunset seized Kurama's leg with a vector. "Make sure your brat knows I'm ready this time."

The sound of tearing flesh and snapping bone was drowned out by Kurama's scream of pain until Sunset Shimmer clubbed him with his own severed leg, knocking him out cold.

Sunset wasn't too concerned about catching up until she heard loud thunderous bangs. She ran to the source and found Lucy slamming her vectors into a set of large metal doors.

"AIM FOR THE SEAM!!" She shouted over the noise as she started trying to spear her vectors through the seam of the doors. "IF WE CAN MAKE A GAP HERE, WE CAN PULL THEM APART!!"

Lucy nodded and followed Sunset's lead, forming a gap large enough for the two horned women to grab one door each with all four of their vectors. "On three." Sunset stated. "One, two, THREE!!"

Metal shrieked in protest as the doors slowly began to move. Sunset grit her teeth and shut to fight the strain as her vectors were pushed to the limit.

Suddenly, she realized light was hitting her eyelids from a new source, she paused for a moment to see where it was coming from.

Lucy gave no notice until Sunset tapped her shoulder with a vector and pointed out the door that had opened behind them. "So...trap?"

Before Lucy could respond, shots rang out behind them. About 20 or so more soldiers were coming up behind them.

Maybe we shouldn't have spent so much time dealing with that bitch. Sunset thought to herself as she shielded herself from the onslaught of flying metal teeth.

Then, a human pushed his way to the front of the pack with much bigger cannon than any Sunset had seen. The cannon aimed right at her and fired. She barely registered being snatched to the side as agonizing pain akin to a magical overload erupted inside her head. She heard a loud metallic clang behind her as she fell on the rocky floor outside and realized that the cannonball had punched right though her vectors and into the large metal doors behind where she had been standing.

Oh buck! Where did that come from!? Sunset thought to herself as she scrambled away from the open door the undoubtedly running towards. She didn't even bother putting her foot on the ground. She just crawled on her vectors like a spider.

She quickly ran past Lucy, briefly wondering if this is what the Pegasai feel when they're flying. She was torn from these thoughts when she realized she was heading straight for a cliff.

Sunset halted...but Lucy didn't. Sunset could only grunt in surprise as she tackled over the edge. Time seemed to slow down...which is how Sunset saw the human with the super cannon aiming at them in time to react.

Knowing she couldn't stop this cannon, she decided to angle her vectors in order to deflect the round from her and Lucy.

The effort paid off. She felt the same pain as her vectors were overstrained and disappeared, but the cannonball veered away from them. Giving Sunset a brief victorious euphoria before she found herself underwater.

Author's Note

This one really ran away from me once I got going, but I'm gonna end it here...and start writing the next one immediately.

I've got a pretty good idea where I want this story to go now, and I've a neat idea for a twist that might take a few of you by surprise.

Leave your thoughts in the comments below, and I'll see you all in the next one.