War of the Worlds

"Like me, you say?" said Aiden curiously.

"Yeah, like you! Although, when I'm through with you, you will look nothing alike!" Screamed Rainbow Dash, and she flew towards Aiden with a quick burst of speed, ready to take him down.

"Rainbow, No!" screamed Twilight, but she was too late.

Suddenly, Rainbow hit the wall. Wait, the wall? Rainbow seemed to be flying towards Aiden, but she hit the wall behind him. But, Twilight didn't remember seeing him move, and either way, he never would have been able to move fast enough to dodge Rainbow.

As Dash started to recover, Aiden walked slowly over to her, and raised his sleeve, asking, "Did they have a tattoo just like this?" Dash looked at him, and then looked down at the tattoo. She nodded her head, and struggled to get up.

"Crap." said Aiden. "He's moving even faster than I'd anticipated." He turned to Twilight and said, "I assume this 'Sweet Apple Acres' is a farm of some sorts. Which direction is it?"

Twilight replied, "I can't tell from this basement, we will have to get above. What do you plan to do? And who is this 'He' you made mention of?"

Aiden walked over to his bag and pulled out the box again. He pulled out one of the orbs and activated it. He said to Twilight, "You might want to stand back." The clothes-rack appeared again, and this time, he picked a black leather jacket that had some loops in the back. He deactivated the orb, and pulled another one out. This time, though, a weapons-rack is what came out of the orb. He pulled out Two small swords, each about 2 1/2 feet long, and slipped them through two of the loops. He then pulled one of the curved sticks that he'd warned Twilight about off of the rack, and checked it for something. satisfied that it was working, he put it it the last loop on the back of his jacket, and deactivated the orb. finally, he walked to his bag and pulled out two more of the curved sticks, each smaller than the last big one. he put them in his pockets, and looked satisfied with his work.

"Oh, crap. I forgot." Aiden said, and took off his jacket. As he set the jacket on his bed, he looked at the wristband and said, "Eva, full gauntlet mode." at that command, the wristband made a noise, like a machine working and changing. the wristband started to stretch and assemble, disassemble and grow, than reassemble, until it went all the way to his elbow. once it was done, all of his right arm, from his fingers to his elbow, was covered in a battle wristband. He saw Twilight's look of amazement and said, "Pretty cool, huh?" He turned his attention back to the wristband and said, "Eva, status on your guantlet."

The wristband responded, " energy readout fully operational. matter storage at full capacity. Battle visor fully charged..." She said many other things that Twilight didn't understand, and she was very curious as to what Aiden really was.

Finally, Aiden put his jacket back on and said, "All right, take me up above."

Twilight asked, "What do you plan to do?"

Aiden said, "No time to explain, we need to hurry!" At that, he started to run towards the stairs. Twilight followed, yelling to the guards to let him through. When they got to the main floor, Spike was just waking up, and had no idea what was going on. Frankly, Twilight had no idea what was going on, but she didn't want him to worry anymore.

When they got outside, Aiden looked up at the sky. The sky was dark, and Twilight remembered that there was supposed to be a huge storm today. "Eva, what's the weather look like today?" said Aiden to the wristband.

The wristband responded, "A huge storm has been predicted. Almost guaranteed thunderstorm." Aiden looked somewhat disappointed. "If only we could somehow get that lightning to hit around the farm."

Rainbow chimed in, "I could get the strongest clouds to the farm, but I don't see why I should help you..."

Aiden looked at her and said, "If you want your friends to live, you'll help me. Otherwise, we will die before I could even get to hate that attitude."

Dash looked at Twilight. "Do what he suggests, if you can. I'll help any way that I can too." said Twilight.

Aiden said, "You can point me in the direction of the farm."

Twilight showed him the direction of the farm, and Aiden looked at Eva and asked, "How much energy will i have left once i get there?"

Eva responded, "Less than 25 percent." Aiden smirked and said, "It's been a while since I had a fight like this. I'm not gonna lie, I feel excited." At that, he ran, ran faster than anything should be able to run. By the time Twilight had noticed he was gone, he was already near the edge of Ponyville and on his way to Sweet Apple Acres.

Twilight and Dash flew up into the sky, and Dash said, "I hope your new 'friend' is as willing as he claims to be."

Twilight looked toward where he ran and said, "Yeah....me too."

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Meanwhile, at the farm

Big Mac lay on the ground, stabbed through the shoulder by one of the two creatures. They walked slowly toward the group, smiling as they walked. In one hand they each held a long, black sword, and they had the same mark on their right arm. They had chased the whole Apple family into the field, after setting their barn on fire. Big Mac had tried to stop them, and he paid for it by being stabbed by those things. As they walked toward the frightened group, Applejack Got in front, ready to protect Granny Smith and Applebloom at all costs, despite her fear.

The lead creature chuckled and said, "Well,well, C57. One of them has heart after all!"

The one the creature called C57 said, "This is such a waste of our time. They send us on a simple scouting mission, and we are faced with simpletons like these? We could take on the entire planet by ourselves!"

The lead creature said, "Why don't you wait here, I'll have my fun with these creatures." The creature then turned it's attention to Applejack and said, "Run."

Applejack didn't need a second invitation. She turned and said, "Run y'all!" to them, and picked Granny Smith up to help her. She made sure Applebloom was in front, and made sure that Granny could keep up.

She turned to look back at the creature, and it was getting even closer. "Run faster, Applebloom! I don't know what in tarnation this thing is, but I don't intend to stick around and find out!"

Then, disaster struck. Applebloom got her hindleg stuck under a root, and fell. Applejack stopped, turned around, and ran back for Applebloom, just as the creature caught up to her. Knowing that she would not be able to get Applebloom out in time, Applejack covered her with her body, just as the creature raised it's sword for the final kill.

Cringing at what she knew was going to happen next, she quickly yelled, "I love ya' little sis'!" And prepared for the worst. She closed her eyes, and heard the clang of metal on metal and the sound of thunder exploding in her ear.