My Little Destroyah: Rise of the Crystal King

Ch.04

Boreas the great scorpion had been alive for centuries now. The caverns below the empire where colonized long before any ponies reached the spire. They quickly learned to fear him and his children. When Sombra was in power he cared not for the beast and sent ponies to their deaths. The creature rarely fed but it wouldn't pass up a free meal. But once the Empire disappeared the caverns remained and the demon continued to expand and grow. The crystal ice scorpion was immensely strong now and a true nightmare. Now that very same scorpion was screaming at a hell demon purified by the elements. Saliva flew from its dribbling maw as the creature screamed its might echoing around the caverns. Its great stinger held menacingly over its horrid head like an ax waiting to fall. Boreas slammed his left claw into the ground right at Destroyah.

The kaiju fast on his claws dashed out of the way as the claw slammed into the rock raising it and splintering it from the impact. But Boreas wasn't done. It swiped its claw to the side attempting to slam it into the kaiju. But as nimble as ever the demonic pony lifted himself into the air with a pump of his wings and landed on the claw as it came by. Destroyah leaped off as the creature tried in vain to snap at him. He dashed by the scorpion's legs and blasted at them with his micro oxygen breath. Needless to say the kaiju was truly shocked when the beam was reflected off of the crystal structure that coated the beast's legs. Boreas grunted only mildly miffed as it brought its stinger down. The ground shattered on the impact as the deadly appendage missed the kaiju by inches. Destroyah bolted around Boreas at lightning speed moving in for quick shallow slashes. The scorpion merely grunted hardly hurt but more so annoyed.

Destroyah realized he was getting nowhere. The beast's natural and crystalline hide where just too think. The demon understood this remembering the griffon's futile attempts to get their claws through his own thick hide plenty of times during the war. Destroyah ran along the side of the scorpion and swung his horn katana slicing it through Boreas' crystal hardened legs. The blade met resistance but still passed through. It did not cut the crystal but rather the crystal gained a light yellow color showing signs of stress. Boreas grunted in pain and swiped at Destroyah. The kaiju bolted out of the way and came by for another pass. He swiped again and the crystal turned a  darker shade of yellow. Now Boreas was annoyed to no end. He slammed his claw and tail into the ground hoping to squish the kaiju or at least disrupt his passing. Of course he failed at both. The nimble demon avoided the slams and came by again still. The crystal was now turning red. Destroyah came by one more time and the crystal on Boreas' right legs shattered exposing meaty flesh.

Boreas collapsed under his own weight. Destroyah climbed up the beast's claw and onto its grotesque head. The demon grabbed one of the scorpion's large teeth and yanked pulling the tooth out. Destroyah leaped down and slammed the tooth into its mouth on the way down. Boreas screamed in pain and spit the tooth out. Destroyah ran up the beast's other side as it got up attacking the other set of legs that where still coated in crystal. It was rinse and repeat with the other set. In pain and bleeding it was very hard for Boreas to even attempt to stop Destroyah the torpedo of death. Again the crystal shattered but rather than collapse again Boreas shrieked and climbed up to the cavern ceiling. He swiped his tail creating and throwing spears of ice. Destroyah ran around dodging the deadly spires. One slammed into the ground creating a small fissure exposing magma below and creating a steam vent. Destroyah ran over to it and jumped pumping his wings once in the steam. Destroyah gained a tremendous amount of speed with the heated air aiding him. As he flew up he activated his horn katana and dodged massive ice spires curtacy of Boreas. But distance was closing quickly and there was little either could do to avoid a collision. Destroyah slammed into the scorpion's back at high speed shattering its crystal armor. Boreas was detached from the ceiling and both fell towards the ground. Boreas hit the ground as Destroyah hovered in the air. Boreas flipped over onto his feet and Destroyah landed on his back. Boreas feeling the kaiju on his back stabbed at Destroyah with his tail. Destroyah leaped out of the way and grabbed the scorpion's tail. Before it could retract Destroyah slammed that deadly stinger into Boreas' head ending the abomination's life. Boreas wriggled around in its death throes. As the great creature died its body turned to ice.

Destroyah roared in victory and smashed the world's largest ice sculpture. The shards of ice quickly melted and dissolved but one chunk remained. The tip of the scorpion's stinger. It was actually a crystal throbbing with nuclear energy. It was a power surge crystal. Destroyah scooped it up in his mouth and left the deadly caverns behind him, flying back in victory.

to be continued...