The sharp pain of the glass puncturing my skin was quickly drowned out by adrenaline, I shot a glare to Nightmare Moon

“Kill Her, Icarus” I dashed forwards with Icarus as he outsped me and slashed at NM, as she jumped back, her eyes widening in response to the request

IBM’s can only be seen by Non-Ajin’s under the threat of death, or when the IBM is aiming to kill

But that dodge lead her straight to me

I charged the shit out of an uppercut, imbued with Limb Strengthening magic

I felt my forehoof shatter, yet I gritted through the pain and used my magic to lift up a beer bottle from my bag, smashing it against the ground and taking advantage of the recoiling Nightmare Moon by launching the sharp edge of the bottle into her neck
“You made me waste some good alcohol…” I say, as she disappears into mist before she gets stabbed

I take a deep breath and begin doing the only thing I can

Think

Fighting is a game

A game of time

A fight usually only lasts a minute or two, meaning that when you fight, every single second is worth its weight in diamond

The faster you move, the more you can do in a second, the more a second is worth

Time is given equal to everyone, however that isn't true in a fight

All you need to do, to win any battle, is to give yourself more “Seconds”

That's harder than it sounds like though-

I duck my head to dodge a beam coming from Nightmare Moon's horn, Icarus sprinting animalistically to get another shoddy attack off on her

Whilst Immortality IS a broken ability, it’s as fair as it can be in combat, as it takes two seconds for me to revive myself

And for someone well versed in the art of violence, those two seconds can be used to kill me a hundred times over, or at least incapacitate me

NM dodges back, as I stay where I am and calm my breathing

Well, I guess it's about time I take over

I need to be calm to take control

I close my eyes and my vision quickly synchronises with Icarus

Then my touch

Then my movements

“It’s been a while since I’ve done this” Both me and Icarus said at the same time

The distortion made a really weird effect on my voice

Controlling both bodies at the same time is really fucking hard

But unlucky for NM, i’ve had nothing but time to practise during my time alive

“Whoo… time to Multitask” We mutter, as I try and move my legs to get me to Twilight

I glance at Twi in order to find a path for my body to move

Wait a second…

I recognise that glint in her eyes…

“Twilight… You’ve figured something out haven't you?” My voices mumbled in synchronicity

“I…I think I have… I need you to buy me a little time, Demi” I nod my head and a nervous grin spreads across my face

“How long”

“30-? No, twenty seconds or so?”

“Fuck…”

{BATTLE OF TWENTY SECONDS - BEGIN}

I swallow the saliva stuck in my throat

{1st Second}

Icarus was standing right in front of me, with Nightmare Moon ahead of him a few metres away

{2nd Second}

I make Icarus dash forwards, and I follow

NM does the same and by the-

{3rd Second}

We reach each other

I relinquish control of Icarus in order to get more control over my magic

Bringing the bottle up, I prepare for a stab above Icarus

{4th Second}

Icarus winds the hell out of a slash at NM’s hooves, and she jumps up

{5th Second}

I launch the bottle straight into her neck yet again

{6th Second}

She dematerialised, before reappearing behind me, charging her horn into my back

Icarus moves wing around me to shield the impact

{7th Second}

I buck my hind legs at her, but the strain on my forehoof that had shattered was immense

The pressure caused some of the broken bones inside to jut out

{8th Second}

Icarus moves his wing up, her horn trapped within the IBM flesh, unable to pull out, allowing the perfect stage for me to attack

{9th Second}

I had overestimated my body

The pressure on my broken forehoof was too much, and the attack didn't do much because of my unstable footing(?)

{10th Second}

Nightmare Moon charges a beam swiftly, that blew a hole in the wing big enough for her to let her horn get released

{11th Second}

I recover from the fall and formulate a plan as Icarus buys time for me

I start setting up a spell, multitasking both holding the beer bottle and this new spell in my mind

A slash from Icarus

{12th Second}

A Dodge from Nightmare and a counterattack

{13th Second}

Icarus staggers back, and I run under his legs, The broken bottle in my magic, Piercing her throat

{14th Second}

She flinches back and is able to minimise damages, she snarls at me and flaps her wings, ascending into the air

{15th Second}

Icarus grabs onto one of her hooves and tries to slam her into the ground

{16th Second}

I use this opportunity to smash the sharp end of the beer bottle straight into the alicorn s throat

{17th Second}

She dematerialised into mist yet again

{18th Second}

“Gotch’ya!” I yell, as I set up a shield spell at her location, which traps her mist form

A near transparent silver ball made of mana encased her mist form

I use all my mental power to shrink the barrier to stop her from rematerializing into a pony again

{19th Second}

Sweat drips down my furry forehead as I feel my consciousness fading

{20th Second}

20 seconds, on the dot

The force of Nightmare Moon attempting to break out of the shield spell was putting immense strain on both my brain, and mana reserves

Blood runs across my lips from my now bleeding muzzle as I collapse onto the ground, the silvery barrier shattering and spreading thinly, mixing back into the air

It was too much

The combined forces of both Nightmare Moon rebelling against my spell and the stupidly large amounts of pain coursing through my body from the broken forehoof caused me to collapse onto the ground

{21st Second}

My vision blacks out, but I manage to catch a flurry of technicolour light assaulting the form of the Alicorn before me

And I die for the third time today

Author's Note

First time ever writing a battle scene. Not the most proud of it, but I find the formatting of it to work quite well. The dialogue feels sloppy and all around this is a below average chapter (even by my standards) but I wrote it, and so therefore, I'm gonna post it

EDIT: So, I changed the title of this chap, and that's because this chap was ASS. Hella ass. Uber duper ass. I guess I felt rushed and like I should try and pump out the next chapter regardless of quality. I then remembered that I don't give a shit about a schedule because all this story is, is something I can use to improve my writing skill. Which means that if I'm not proud of the final result, I should try again. Currently I'm rewriting this chapter, and I will be deleting this chap and posting the rewritten version whenever I Can