Brothers In Blood

CHAPTER XVI: SKYFALL

     You held on for dear life. Your eyes were shut so all you was complete darkness. Yeah you hated heights. A LOT. To such an extent that you’re now thinking why in the hell you just did this!

“What are ya doing?”

“Something stupid!”

     Man you can be an idiot sometimes…you opened your eyes just to see the small speck that was Ponyville. Sweet god you were high! Where the fuck are we going! The sound of ripping sent you out of your frightened trance. You looked up to see the fur on Discord’s tail ripping slightly. You held on tight with your left hand as you reached for a knife. Finding one on your back pocket, you started climbing upwards until you saw the scales on Discord’s tail. You grabbed one spike as you stabbed your knife into the tail for more grip.

     The roar of rage made you jump as Discord started to fly upwards. He looked over his shoulder to see you climbing up his tail, much to your dismay. Getting halfway up, his mouth started turning orange as he had his red eyes glaring at you. With a scared yell, you jumped off his tail, the blazing fire burning the hairs right off it. You jabbed your knife into his lizard leg, sliding downwards and creating a small gash. The blood sprayed on your helmet, blinding you. Wiping away the blood, you flinched when Sombra appeared in front of you, horn glowing brighter than the sun itself.

     You barely dodged Sombra’s attack as he burnt Discord’s leg. The beast roared in pain as hundreds of crystal shards impaled his leg. He started diving downwards, the rain and lightning showing off his hulking body. Sombra smiled at this and blasted you right in the chest, causing you to fall off of Discord’s leg. You barely avoided his tail as you dived after Discord, his paw holding Twilight and Celestia.

     Sombra stood on his back, blasting bolts of magic as you dived in the air. The wind was howling in your helmet as a shard caught you right in the knee, causing you to howl in pain. The black clouds around you disappeared, showing Ponyville directly below you three. It was still small but was growing larger by the minute. You pulled out your Lancer and started shooting at Sombra, breaking his concentration from firing magic. You passed by Discord’s tail, the smell of burnt flesh catching your nose as you kicked Sombra in the jaw.

     Discord started flying horizontally, causing you to grab the fur on his back so you don’t fall off. His wings flapped in a slow rate, causing the wind to not blow you off. Revving up your Lancer, you jabbed the chainsaw straight into Discord’s back blood and bone spraying into the wind. Discord roared in pain, the booming cry causing his back to vibrate. You started running along his back, dragging the Lancer on his back and slicing his skin.

     “CRY BITCH CRY!” you roared as you got to his wings.

     Before you could do anything, Discord shot upwards, sending you tumbling down his back and falling from the sky. He curved around and started flying at you, the rage in his eyes causing you to regret what you just did. His mouth glowed and before you knew it, a blast of heated fire made you bank to the side, the blaze burning your arm abit by just the heat alone. The blast passed by you and exploded on the surface below. You were both high up but it didn’t matter. If you didn’t kill this son of a bitch soon, Ponyville might turn into ash.

     You reloaded your Lancer and sprayed blindly, bullets pelting him in the face. He ignored the pain and blasted another blast of heated fire at you, the heat barely missing you this time. Aiming at his eye, you fired multiple shots, causing him to roar in agony as the heated led penetrated his eye. You sprawled your arms and legs out, slowing your decent until you were right infront of Discord’s face. As you revved up your Lancer to finish the beast, a bolt of magic sent you flying backwards, your chest burning in pain.

     Sombra grinned as he blasted another bolt at you, this time a giant crystal in the middle of the bolt. You banked to your right as the crystal barely cut your arm. Before you could react, Discord grabbed you, his eagle hand trying to squeeze the life out of you. He chuckled in rage as his mouth began to glow; the fire can be seen growing in his throat. Without hesitation, you reached for your Gorgon Pistol and squeezed your right arm out, pistol in hand. You fired off the SMG into Discord’s injured eye, blood now spraying out in the wind. He roared in pain, letting go of you and covering his eye. Sombra blasted you away from the weakened Discord, causing you to drop your pistol.

     As you fell, you Lancer floated beside you, causing you to lunge to it. Discord roared as he flew right past you, grabbing the Lancer away. You crashed into his leg, floating in the air dazed a bit. Getting back to life, you dived to your side as Discord fired upwards at you, the heat cutting through the dark clouds above. Ponyville was rapidly approaching now, gravity finally showing itself. You dodged a blast from Sombra again, the magic leaving a small gash on your arm.

     “WAKE THE FUCK UP YOU TWO!” you yelled at the unconscious Twilight and Celestia. “I know girls always say ‘five more minutes’ but THIS IS RIDICULOUS!”

     Discord shot upwards and grabbed you again, this time his right eye was closed, blood oozing from the bottom of his eyelid. He was now hovering, his red eye glaring into his soul. Next to you were Twilight and Celestia, still unconscious. Sombra chuckled, standing on Discord’s shoulder with a ridiculous grin on his face. You tried to get out of Discord’s grip just for him to squeeze you tighter.

     “Well isn’t this a surprise.” Sombra chuckled. “The hero that could save this pathetic land is now helpless with none of his friends to save him…”

     “Fuck you Sombra.” It’s the only thing you could think of. “I know you don’t want to kill me… This whole plot of your was so then I would lose myself in rage. You need me.”

     Sombra scoffed. “I don’t need you. You’re the only thing stopping me from purging this place into complete chaos!”

      You glanced over to Twilight and Celestia, not moving your head in the slightest. Twilight’s eyes slowly blinked, her mane covering half her face. You need to stall.

    “But look at me Sombra.” You growled. “I’m the only thing that can stop you. I’ve killed many of your army. Think of what you could do with me… You can’t kill me…”

     “You think this is my full army?” Sombra laughed loudly. “Chrysalis’ troops were just an example of my power… Once I destroy this land I’ll have the Griffins eating from my hooves, begging for mercy on their pathetic kingdom. Plus the Minotaur’s will have no chance from fighting me.”

     You chuckled. “Sombra you’re one brainless tyrant.”

     Before he could react Twilight shot a ray of magic at Discord, the bolt exploding on his face. He roared in pain, dropping you and Twilight. Before you fell, you grabbed his claw, getting on his arm and running upwards. With your Sawed-Off in hand, you leaped onto Discord’s face and shot the shotgun shells right into his eye. His whole eye exploded into pieces, blood coating your chest and helmet.

     “HELP!” you jumped off of Discords pained body, tossing a frag into his eye socket as you looked for the voice. Falling below was Twilight, screaming for help as she was scared out of her mind. Celestia fell right next to her, still unconscious.

     “I GOTCHA TWILIGHT!” you yelled as you dived after them. The sound of the frag exploding behind you made a grin form on your face.

     Grabbing Celestia first, you held the princess close to your chest. Before you could reach out to grab Twilight a rainbow streak zoomed right past you, grabbing Twilight and flying her to the tree house. Gravity was starting to make Ponyville come faster this time, like if Celestia was like dark matter or something. Discords injured body fell right beside you, blood oozing out of his eye socket. His giant size started to shrink, turning him back into his normal size.

     “W-What’s going on?” Celestia whispered as she started to come back to life.

     “Hold onto something Princess!”

     The roof to Sugarcube Corner had a giant hole in it, wood falling down to the main floor. And we just had this repaired after that beast broke the front window. You still forgave him for assaulting you and your wife since he was pretty much as strong as Big Macintosh but still… he broke the front door.

     “At least he left to go to the castle…” you whispered. “Then again… everyone did. It’s been kind of dead with all these dark clouds and the r-“ you froze at the sight before you.

      The whole front entrance was destroyed, cupcakes and cakes splattered all across the wall. The display case was destroyed, glass littered on the marble floor. A small crater crumbled the tile beneath the object in the center of the room. Even when you think he won’t destroy your store, he still manages to- Is that Princess Celestia!?

     Ugh you back hurts... it’s like you fell from the sky and survived. Curse you gravity and your painful ways to kill people. You shifted slightly, the sound of crushing glass and tile making you open your eyes to look around. All you was white, the color having small red marks on the- oh my god. Celestia’s face was inches away from yours, her cheeks turning a small hue of pink. Your eyes were both locked, although she couldn’t see your eyes due to your helmet.

     “You ok Princess…?” you barely managed. She looked at you blackly before her eyes widened.

     Celestia swiftly got right off of you, avoiding eye contact. Her face was now all red, her eyes darting from the floor to the walls.

     “Y-Yeah I’m fine.” She stuttered.

     You shook your head as you got up to your feet, ignoring the shock Mr.Cake. Celestia covered her mouth as she giggled at you.

     “What?” you asked, cracking your back.

     “You got a little… something…” she motioned at your chest. You looked down to see cupcakes stuck to your metal chestplate, icing and chocolate mixing with the blood. You turned around to see what you landed in only for Celestia to burst out laughing.

     “What now!” you growled.

     “Y-Your back!” Celestia barely could manage. Ignoring the still shocked Mr. Cake, you stormed upstairs and into their bathroom. Turning around so your back is at the mirror, you looked over your shoulder- SERIOUSLY!

     “WHAT THE FUCK!” you yelled. Your back had an assortment of pies, cakes, cupcakes and even pancakes sticking to it. Why are there pancakes? Because this is Pinkie’s home that’s why! A small hiss made you look down to see Gummy latched to your leg, his sucking making you wince. “Get off you stupid-“

     Not knowing where you are, you fell backwards into the tub, breaking the side of it due to your weight. Celestia was standing at the door. Well was actually laughing on the floor, tears of joy coming down her cheek. Her horn glowed and before you knew it, the shower head came to life, spraying water on your chocolate covered state. You looked up at the shower head, trying to not just rip it off and beat the princess with it-

     “Don’t forget to scrub Clay!” you turned to see Rainbow and Celestia dying on the floor, their laughs only fueling your rage.

     “When this is over...” You growled. “I’m killing you all…”

     “Thanks for allowing me to use your shower Mr. Cake.” You sighed, dropping a bag of bits in front of his frozen body. “Keep the change.”

     Your group stepped out of Sugarcube Corner, Celestia standing at your side. Rainbow said she would go get the rest from the castle. You and Celestia didn’t move as Sombra stood across the market, a grin on his face. Celestia went to run at him but you held your arm out.  When she looked at you confusedly, you nodded.

     “You’ve done enough Celestia.” You mumbled. “This is between me and him.” Stepping forward, the rain started to pick up, the wind blowing it against the side of your helmet. A crackle of lightning made Sombra’s grin glow in the rainy atmosphere.

     “It’s over Sombra!” you yelled over the rain. “Celestia will not fight you! One shall stand, one shall fall!”

     Sombra laughed. “Why throw your life away so recklessly Clayton.”

     “That is a question you must ask YOURSELF Sombra.” You growled, taking a step forward.

     You both didn’t move. The wind caused Sombra’s mane to blow in the wind. The smoke in his eyes blew in the winds direction, his eyes piercing into your soul. Ponies watched from the windows, their eyes glowing every time the lightning flashed. When the thunder roared you charged, mud being picked up by your boots.

     “I’ll crush you with my bare hooves!” Sombra roared as he galloped at you, horn pointed downwards at you.

     The both of you were running at each other in full speed, ignoring the watching eyes. Sombra leaped upwards, his hoof reared back to punch you. You jumped at him, your fist ready to break his face. In a blinding flash, your fist connected with his face, his hoof connecting with your helmet. The blast sent you both flying backwards, both of you sliding on the muddy floor. you helmet came off from the punch, the damaged metal falling right next to you. The rain fell down your face, stinging some of your wounds. The helmet protected you but you still got hurt.

     Getting to your feet, you charged at the injured Sombra, his swift dodge as your fist connected with the ground surprising you. A swift punch into your chest made your cough out all the air in your lungs, putting a grin on Sombra’s face. You glanced at his face only to get wide eyed as a face flashed right in front of it.

     “You seem scared Clay?” Sombra mocked, walking around your pained state. “Am I scary?”

     “No you just remind me of something...” You said coldly, looking at his face. Sombra’s face was replaced with your father’s killer. General RAAM. “And just the thought of him… makes me want to kill you EVEN MORE THAN BEFORE!”

     Sombra couldn’t react fast enough as you punched him a hard blow in the side of his face, blood spraying onto your face. You picked up his wounded state, RAAM still on your mind. You picked up Sombra by the neck, throwing him into a market stall. The wood exploded by the impact. You were in full rage mode, your anger consuming you completely.  Sombra barely dodged a punch, not realizing your elbow connecting with the back of his head.

     He fell forward onto a knee to the gut, the air escaping his lungs as his armor crumpled to your knee. He quickly teleported away as you shot your Gnasher at his previous spot, the dirt exploding by the impact. Sombra’s horn glowed a bright red as a ray of dark magic connected with your chest, sending you backwards and crashing into Twilight’s tree house. Sombra appeared over you, punching you repeatedly in the head. You grabbed him by the neck to stop, kneeing him right in the crotch. To everyone it was Sombra. But to you, it was General RAAM.

     And you hated that guy.

     You right hooked him right in the jaw, kicking off his dazed body. With him dazed, you leaped at him, delivering a punch in mid-air and right at his head. You kicked him out of the building dodging swiftly as a ray of magic was shot at you. Getting back to your feet, backed away from the sucker punch Sombra tried to give you and instead followed up with a heavy uppercut to the gut, his armor bending under your fist. Before you could follow up Sombra trapped your legs in crystals. He grinned before blasting you right in the chest, breaking the restraints and causing you to crash through the back of the library, the rain waking you up from your pain.

     As you got to your feet Sombra bucked you right in the jaw, causing you to fly upwards. His horn glowed as a ray of lightning flashed behind him. A red bolt of magic sent you crashing into the upstairs room of rarity’s boutique, mannequins and dresses falling to the floor. you grabbed the sewing machine and swung it at Sombra’s head, the machinery exploding into pieces. A dozen sewing needled impaled your arm, causing you to howl in pain. Sombra took advantage and jumped in the air, hovering right over you. A giant ray of magic shot out of his horn, sending you crashing through the floor.

      He landed on your scorched chest, the metal heated to the touch. Before he could punch you in the head with a heated horseshoe, you grabbed his leg and punched at his elbow, breaking the bone. He roared in pain as the bone stuck out of his fur, blood soaking his armor. You grabbed him by the neck and tossed him through the window and outside, the rain still falling. Sombra started to crawl away, crying in pain as you picked up your fallen Sawed- Off that just happened to be here.

     “It’s over Sombra.” You yelled, ignoring the pain from all the needles in your arm.

     “No more Clayton!” Sombra pleaded, his voice sounding like an old man. “Grant me mercy, I beg of you!”

     “You, who were without mercy, now plead for it?” You started to reload the barrel. “I thought you were a merciless tyrant!”

     “I am…” Sombra’s horn glowed, the light getting brighter and brighter as he laughed.

      With no warning, two large crystal walls shot out from the ground, one on your right and the other on your left. You dropped your Sawed-Off as the two walls started to close together. You held your arms out and stopped them in time, the walls trying to slowly crush you. The pain in your left arm from the needles started to make you lose your grip, only causing Sombra to chuckle. The walls started to push harder, causing veins to pop onto your skin as you held on for dear life.

     “I’m amazed you still fight on Clayton.” He hissed. “But your fight is useless. I’ve won!” his horn started to glow brighter as he charged up some magic. Looking down, you saw your shotgun resting on your foot.

     Without warning, you kicked the gun into Sombra’s injured leg, the metal hitting the bone. He cried in pain, losing his concentration. With the might on god you pushed away the crystal pillars and grabbed Sombra by the horn. He tried to kick you off but you just stomped on his broken leg, the crack of bones only making you pull harder on his horn. Your vision started to get white as his horn glowed brighter and brighter. Celestia was running over to you, yelling something you barely heard.

“MAGICAL DISCHARGE CLAY NO!”

     With one hard pull you heard Sombra’s horn break off, before everything went black.