Starting Over 3: Return Of Spectra

Shadow nervously nodded. "Okay then. Follow us. We'll lead you into town."

Spetsnaz nodded and turned to his group. "Okay. We all remember our mission?"

Shadow got a look at The Blood Hunters while they were in discussion.

Spetsnaz was a grey coated unicorn with a red mane and tail. He wore a military uniform and had a cutie mark of 6 skulls.

An earth pony with a brown coat and a darker brown mane was big and had a lot of muscle on him. He rivalled Big Mac in size. His cutie mark was a weight with "10 t" written on it.

Another earth pony had a purple coat with burns. His mane was also purple but spiked up like he was shocked with electricity. He was looking around madly and had a wild grin on his face. His cutie mark was a stick of dynamite.

A pegasus had a dark grey coat with a light grey mane styled in an emo sort of way. He had swords by his side and a jacket with a knife holder. His cutie mark was a katana much like one of the ones he carried with him.

Another pegasus had a sort of mechanism attached to him with what looked like a bow and arrow but it was controlled by the mechanism. His mane was orange and his coat was red. He wore a black cape and a black Akubra Hat. His cutie mark was a crosshair.

The last one was a pegasus with a grey eccentric mane and a white coat. He wore a scientist vest and some glasses. His cutie mark was a hydrogen atom.

Shadow had no idea who these ponies were, but he was sure that they were a force to be reckoned with.

Spetsnaz looked to the brown earth pony.

"Charger, don't get too excited. Remember what happened last time?"

Charger looked down. "Sorry. I just saw the cute bunny rabbit and I-"

"Oh, Charger. Come on! You're the strongest pony we've ever met and you like bunnies!?"

Spetsnaz turned to the sword wielder. "Edge, don't go running off like you normally do."

Edge rolled his eyes. "Whatever."

Spetsnaz turned to the one with the mechanism.

"Don't shoot any birds on the way again, Dead Shot."

Dead Shot lifted his hat. "Mate, ya think a pony with a crossbow wouldn't shoot stuff on his journeys ya bloody bonkers."

Spetsnaz sighed and turned to the crazy pony. "Now, Loki. There's no explosives nearby so keep calm."

Loki continued to look around wildly. "Sorry, boss. I can't help it! You...never know when something....goes KABOOM! HAHAHAHA!"

Loki rolled around on the ground laughing like a mad stallion. Spetsnaz sighed and looked to the other unicorn of the group.

"Brain Teaser, you know what to do and what not to do. So I'm not even going to bother telling you what to do."

Brain nodded. "Thank you, sir. I must admit, I am much more mature then most of you."

Spetsnaz chuckled. "I'm mature!"

All of the Blood Hunter's were thrown into hysterics. Even Edge was laughing.

"Oh, boss. You? Mature? Get realistic,"

Spetsnaz was wearing a calm face the whole time, before laughing himself.

"Yeah, I guess I'm not."

When the Hunter's were done laughing, Spetsnaz turned to Shadow.

"Lead the way."

Shadow nodded and walked towards Ponyville with the Hunter's and Aeb behind him.

"Hold it!"

Two dark coloured unicorns jumped out from behind two tree's with spears.

"Shadow Nova, King Cruor wishes to meet with you. You will come with us. Or else."

Shadow was about to invoke Kaor before a crossbow bolt whizzed past him and slammed into one of the guard's chest. Edge zoomed past Shadow at an incredible speed and stabbed into the others chest with his dagger. Edge removed his dagger and walked back to his team, leaving Shadow and Aeb in shock. Spetsnaz laughed.

"Edge and Dead are our best men. Not sure if I introduced ourselves properly enough. The Blood Hunter's are the most dangerous bounty hunter's in Equestria according to those we hunt."

Shadow lifted his jaw from the floor and looked to Spetsnaz.

"What on Equestria are you doing here then? The only bad guys around are-"

Brain interrupted him. "Are the Darkane and their king, yes. We are here to hunt them. For fun, not for bounty. But a bigger question is, what do they want with you?"

Shadow looked to Aeb and opened his mouth to speak.

"We have you now!"

More Darkane jumped out from all around. Shadow, Aeb and the Hunter's huddled into a circle in the middle of them. Edge smiled wickedly and leaned towards Charger.

"They hate bunnies."

Charger's eyes grew wide and he roared. "NOPONY HATES BUNNIES!"

Charger ran forward and started smashing Darkane in the face. Dead loaded his weapon whilst Edge had already killed 3 Darkane. Loki was charging towards a Darkane group with a stick of TNT and an evil look on his face.

"Kaboom kaboom kaboom KABOOM!"

He stopped and threw the stick at the group. They tried running away from the stick but it exploded before them. Spetsnaz was fighting off a few with his bare hooves. He was using a form of martial arts. Shadow HAD to get hi to teach him those moves. When all of the Darkane were out, Shadow looked to Spetsnaz.

"We have to get out of here and find my friend, Spectra Speed."

Brain had a spasm. "WHAT!? THE Spectra Speed?! You are friends with the Blue Rage himself?!"

Shadow looked at him weirdly before nodding slowly. "Yeah? Is that a problem?"

Brain started smiling a lot like Loki. "Are you kidding!? This is great! I must examine him! He would be use-GAH!"

Shadow was holding him up against a tree with a hoof. He stared at him darkly.

"My friend is NOT YOUR EXPERIMENT!"

Shadow dropped him to the ground, leaving him coughing. Brain nodded.

"Fine. I'll gather observations and notes as we interact."

Shadow laughed and began walking towards Ponyville with the Hunter's and Aeb in tow.

"You might like a friend of mine, Brain. Twilight Sparkle."

Brain began blushing furiously. "Oh, her? A mare like her wouldn't be interested in a stallion like me."

Edge laughed and elbowed Brain. "Somepony has a crush~!"

Brain shook his head violently. "N-n-no w-way!"

The Hunter's laughed and continued to follow Shadow out of the Everfree. They continued walking as Shadow talked.

"Alright. We go tell Spectra about the Darkane and- WOAH!"

They looked to the distance and saw Dark-Red fighting off a whole bunch of Darkane around Twilight's Library.

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

Shadow ran towards him and the Hunter's followed. Dead was loading crossbow bolts and Edge was already ahead of everypony else and after the Darkane. Charger ran forward and so did Spetsnaz. Aeb chased after Shadow, who was in Kaor Form. When Shadow reached the library there was a whole load of Darkane trying to get past Dark-Red, who had raised a wall of energy to prevent them from getting in. Edge, Dead and Charger were taking out Darkane with ease whilst Loki was disappearing and reappearing in different spots like Pinkie Pie setting up TNT sticks. Spetsnaz was trying to make his way to Dark-Red's wall and Brain was on the sidelines. After a whole lot of smashing and brawling, Shadow walked up to Dark-Red, who was kneeling in front of the library. The smart Darkane retreated, the dumber stayed to be slaughtered. Shadow put a hoof on the pegasus' shoulder. Dark-Red looked up to him with a glare.

"They took Nitro."

Shadow shook his head.

"Be thankful I found these guys otherwise I wouldn't be here. They tried taking me as well."

Dark-Red's eyes flickered and he became Spectra once more. He stood up and looked to the Hunter's.

"Who're all you?"

Brain looked like he would faint from the excitement.

"The Blue Rage! The Dark Red Warrior! It is an honour to-"

Spetsnaz glared at Brain, making him cower.

"Sorry."

Spetsnaz sighed and looked to Spectra. "Your pretty famous amongst Equestria's underground. But you need to know something. Your friend here is in trouble."

He pointed to Shadow. "The Darkane want him badly. They sent a lot after us just for him."

Spectra looked to Shadow. "They must know about Kaor. A thing like him would be a massive weapon to them. We have to find they're base fast. Any idea's?"

Brain raised a hoof. "I have a great idea!"

Spectra nodded. "Okay, huddle up everypony. Let's hear it."

Spetsnaz, Shadow, Aeb and Spectra all huddle up and try to form a plan. The other Hunter's waiting on the side for their leader to be done. They may think he's a dick, but he's their leader nonetheless.

-----Darkane Castle-----

Requiem ran into the throne room holding an unconscious Nitro Pressure in his magical grip behind him. He walked close to the throne and bowed before Cruor.

"My lord. We have obtained the genius pegasus."

Cruor looked down at his right-hoof pony. "And what of Shadow?"

Requiem looked down in shame. "My lord, the legendary Blood Hunter's fended us off. We could not take them."

Cruor gave Requiem a disappointed look. "Ah, well. If it was those bounty hunters I can understand. But we must have him!"

Requiem nodded and dropped the unconscious pegasus before him. Cruor slammed his hoof on his throne and chains wrapped around Nitro's hooves. Requiem took his place next to his king and waited for Nitro to awaken. When he did, he frantically looked around. Amazingly, his glasses remained on his face the entire time. He looked to Cruor with fear.

"W-What did I do?"

Cruor smiled. "It's what your going to do that is amazing."

Nitro was about to reply, before a drone ran in. "My lord, Shadow the unicorn is wandering the Everfree alone!"

Cruor lost his smile. "Bring him to me!"

The drone saluted. "Yes, sire!"

He ran back out the throne room. Nitro gave Cruor a glare. "What do you want with me?"

Cruor smiled. "Two reasons. Your genius might be needed. And the other reason..."

Cruor smiled evilly. "...is bait."

-----The Everfree Forest-----

The Blood Hunter's were hiding in the foliage around Shadow as he walked. Spectra and Aeb, who changed into a pegasus, were up high observing. They were waiting for the Darkane to spring an ambush to grab Shadow. And let them take him to their castle. Brain came up with the idea but Spetsnaz planned it out.

"Hold it!"

Darkane drones jumped in front of Shadow with spears aimed at him.

"Shadow Nova, come with us if you want to live."

Shadow pretended to look scared. "O-Okay! Just don't hurt me!"

The drones picked Shadow up in their magic and walked with him. The Hunter's and the 2 pegasus followed. The drones stopped at a great big cliff face, confusing everypony. One of the drones held out a hoof.

"Darkane Over Equestrian."

Suddenly, a big set of doors appeared in the cliff face. Spectra watched in awe at the sight. He didn't understand complicated magic. The drones walked in through the doors and the Hunter's sprung out of their hiding spot and followed them in. Spectra and Aeb followed behind.

They found themselves surrounded immediately by an army of Darkane with King Cruor standing in front of them, next to him was Nitro and he looked in bad shape. Each of the drones had a spell charged, The Blood Hunter's had their hooves raised to show they had no weapons. Spectra sighed in defeat and lowered down to the ground and raised his hooves, Aeb followed suite and did the same

King Cruor stepped forward with a massive smile.

"Spectra Speed. I knew you would come for your friend. It was all a trap. Now, you've lost. Devotion to your friends got you killed."

Spectra grinned. "Least I have friends."

Cruor ignored him and walked up to Spectra. He grabbed the side of Spectra's head and moved it to the side. Spectra was sweating like crazy. He knew what he was about to do. Cruor retracted his fangs and whispered in Spectra's ear.

"I win."

He chomped down on Spectra's neck, causing him to gasp in pain. It felt strange to have your blood sucked. It sorta felt like water rushing out of your body. Nitro and Shadow were watching in shock whilst the Blood Hunter's looked ashamed that they were fooled so easily. Cruor stopped and let Spectra fall to the ground.

"Take them all to the dungeons. We have a kingdom to take over."

Spectra saw Cruor's eyes glow dark red while lying on the floor, too weak to move. A Darkane picked him up in his aura and threw them all into the dungeons. Aeb looked down at Spectra in shame.

"We lost."