In an instant the whole world stopped and everything was silent. My mind went into auto pilot as I rocketed as fast as I could towards the sound of the screams. Energy conservation and self-preservation be damned I will NOT let another innocent child die again.

My feet pounded on the dirt road kicking up a cloud of dust in my wake as I ran. Houses and shops flew by in a blur as I homed in on the source of the scream. I ran and ran twisting and turning through the maze of streets as I got closer and closer to the source of the screams.

Rounding a finally corner I spotted what looked like a herd of ponies adorned in strange black armour, the helmets had some kind of hair tuft on the top similar to what Romans had on their helmets.

Wasting no time, I charged straight toward the armoured equines brandishing my axe as I yelled a battle cry. The ponies all twisted around to face me, allowing me to see their features in clearer detail. Four of the ponies had wings, four had horns and another four had neither. The pegasi, as I could now see them for what they were, leapt into the air while the unicorn formed some sort of defensive line around something behind them and proceeded to form strange, coloured clouds around their horns. The four normal ponies crouched low before charging toward me as the pegasi dived down toward me at the same time.

The pegasi reached me first with the lead one going straight for my head. With a furious yell I swung my axe with all the strength I had at the pegasus, striking it in the in the side of the head with a resounding crunch of metal and disintegrating bones as its skull caved in from the impact and catapulted the flying equine across the open square and straight through the wall of a shop.

I was too slow to recover and the second pegasus slammed into my chest knocking the wind out of me and throwing me back a few feet knocking my axe out of my hand in the process. The edges of my vision went red as rage and adrenaline coursed through my system. I jumped up into a defensive crouch as time slowed. The pegasus that had knocked me over was busy recovering from the impact but the remaining pegasi and ponies didn’t slow their charge at all.

Clenching my fists I charged straight at the approaching squad yelling as I ran. The first pony I reached tried to kick me with one of its front legs, but I dodged to the side before punching it in the side knocking it over and causing its armour to ring like a bell.

Acting on my well-trained instincts I twisted back around before catching one of the charging pegasi in my left hand. Using its momentum I slammed it head-first into the ground with a crunch as its neck shattered under the impact.

With my hold still on the corpse I swung it around into one of the charging ponies sending it and the corpse careening off to the side. As I recovered from the swing a bolt of light struck me in my shoulder creating a scorch mark on my bandoleer. Looking up from the impact of the bolt I spotted one of the unicorns with its head lowered and its head pointing in my direction.

The pegasi and ponies still standing had stopped their charge and just stood before me. They seemed almost hesitant to continue their assault but with their helmets it was impossible to tell. My mind however was not focused on what these creatures were feeling, I had to find those kids, and nothing was going to stand in my way. The ponies and I stood there for a few seconds before a voice suddenly spoke up.

“Stand down beast and surrender yourself to the Dark Empire or be destroyed!”

The glowing clouds on the unicorns’ horns started to glow brighter and the pegasi and normal ponies fell into some kind of formation as the voice finished. I glared at in the direction of the voice which appeared to be coming from the unicorns or most likely what was behind them.

I stood my guard studying the formation of the ponies before me. The two remaining pegasi were hovering to the left and right of their earth bound conterparts while the remaining normal ponies were standing close together in a crouch similar to that of a bull before it charged. As I stood there, I noticed that the pegasi were slowly moving further away from the ponies in the centre.

A smug grin slowly worked its way onto my face as I realised the ponies’ intentions. Reaching down I unclip the MAC-10 from my belt with my right hand before speaking up to whoever addressed me previously.

“Then come.”

The pegasi rocketed off to the sides as the last word left my mouth before they turned simultaneously and shot towards me with one coming from my right and one from my left. In a near instantaneous movement, I raise my right arm and without looking fire a shot at the pegasus and then swinging my fist, with the gun still in my hand, and nail the pegasus coming from my left in the face just as it reaches me.

I then draw my attention to the remaining two ponies charging at me and fire two more shots downing the duo just as quick.

I look back towards the unicorns and see that only three are standing ahead of me. As I realise this the missing unicorn rams into me from the right stabbing its horn into my side as the force of the impact hurls me through the air before I smash down into the dirt knocking the gun out of my hand in the process.

I groan from the impact, I was definitely gonna bruise from that. I start to rise to my feet when I spot the unicorn charging toward me in my peripheral. As I struggle to get up my hand brushes against the handle of my axe.

I grab the axe in my hands and swing it just as the unicorn comes into range. The axe head tears straight through the unicorn’s neck ripping its head clean off. The lifeless body of the unicorn crashes into me as it continues forward knocking me back down.

I grab the lifeless body and throw it off to the side as I get back up grabbing my discarded gun in process.

The remaining unicorns had spread out slightly and their horns were glowing brighter than ever. The unicorns then start firing bolts of energy from their horns similar to what hit me previously. I try to jump out of the way of the first bolt but my right leg collapses under me. Looking down I spot a growing pool of blood.

Time was running out I had to finish this fight now. I drop my axe on the ground and move the gun to my left hand and summon my mic in my right.

One of the energy bolts strikes me in the shoulder searing my skin slightly but I barely feel it due to the adrenaline coursing through my veins.

I raise myself to my knees and throw my mic at the one unicorn while shooting at another. Both projectiles hit their mark downing the two unicorns simultaneously. I quickly bring my gun around to the last unicorn before placing a shot right between its eyes snapping its horn clean off.

I let out a sigh of relief as the final body strikes the dirt, the whole fight couldn’t have lasted more than two minutes yet for me it felt like hours. I slowly rise to my feet making sure not to agitate the hole in my stomach; now that my adrenaline started to wear down, I became increasingly aware of my injuries as the pain finally started to register.

I look around for any sign of the kids I heard scream, my eyes search fervently across the small market area before movement behind one of the unicorn corpses catches my attention.

Using my axe as a makeshift crutch I limp my way over to where I spotted the movement, keeping my gun in my off hand just in case. As I slowly approach, I spot what looks like orange fur sticking out just over the unicorn corpse. I raise my gun and slowly limp closer before finally spotting the source of the fur.

There on the ground bound in fur are two small ponies one a pegasus with bright orange fur and a purple mane and tail as well as a normal yellow pony with a red mane and tail; in the yellow pony’s hair is a tattered pink bow. Both ponies look slightly malnourished with their ribs showing slightly through their skin.

Looking at their faces I see two pairs of enormous eyes looking at me in fear.

“P-p-p-lease d-don’t h-h-hurt us.”

Author's Note

Well here's the next chapter.
Its my first time writing a proper fight scene so please let me know where I can improve to make future fights more exciting.
As always please give me feedback on how I can improve my writing