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// Rooftop Confrontation 
// Story: The Path of the Righteous Pony 
// by Steventheman 
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Fluttershy locked in fear. The walking tank advanced on her, before firing a purple wave of energy. Fluttershy was shaken from her frozen stance by the wave of burning plasma. Futtershy flew back, and slammed against a storage box. Fluttershy looked up at the Annihilator.

"If you're gonna kill me, kill me before I get bored." 

Fluttershy looked down the barrel of the Annihilator's cannon. She could see the inner workings of the gun assembling a projectile. She waited until the gun was ready. Just before the projectile fired, Fluttershy Stared.

The gun exploded. The annihilator didn't even flinch. Fluttershy stood up, and activated her lightsaber. She swiped at the Annihilator furiously, cutting large wounds in it's legs. The annihilator still didn't react to the ferocious attack. Fluttershy slowed down, and panted in exhaustion. The annihilator looked at Fluttershy, before starting to swipe at her with it's massive claws. Fluttershy jumped back, before jumping up, spreading her wings, and slashing the annihilator in the head. She jumped onto its head, and stabbed it repeatedly. The annihilator sparked. Fluttershy jumped away and took cover behind a storage box. The annihilator exploded in a brilliant blue and orange explosion. Parts of its armor flew away on fire. The room was completely devastated. Four large groups of nanomachines flew towards Fluttershy.

Fluttershy looked at herself and deactivated her lightsaber. She looked at her various wounds. With a grunt of pain, Fluttershy pulled some of the larger shards out of herself. Finally, Fluttershy kicked a nearby window out, and looked outside.

The Komato cityscape stretched impossible distances into the sky. Fluttershy looked in awe, before noticing a platoon of Komato rolling up in an APC and entering the building. Fluttershy leaned out of the window, spread her wings, and ascended to the roof.





Fluttershy landed on the rooftop. She saw a Komato there, looking over the city. His armor was black and purple. General colors.

"General Tor?" Fluttershy said.
"Hm?" Tor turned around. "It's you. Here to assassinate me?"
"I come with a mission from Valhalla."
Tor sighed. "You have caused much trouble for the Army."
"Your army has caused much trouble for me."
"Indeed." Tor looked upwards. "Samuel L. Jackson approached me with a similar deal. He offered me unlimited glory, as he offers you unlimited power. I took the deal. How foolish I was! He changed the deal and betrayed me. You are the instrument of his betrayal...As a Komato, I do not fear my own death. I do not fear anything you can possibly do. I will make a point to Valhalla." Tor picked up his gun, cocked it and flicked the safety off. "By killing you. I will show the Gods that I can best even them."

Fluttershy narrowed her eyes at Tor. "You cannot best the Gods of Valhalla. That is blasphemy."
Tor laughed. "You are so blind, pony."
"My name is Fluttershy Braveheart."
"You like to tell everyone you kill your name? How about the one hundred and sixty Komato you have killed? The crew of the ships you crippled? The guards of this prison? What about before you reached Komato space?"

Fluttershy shook her head. "They were in my way! If they surrendered, I would have spared them!"
"Words of a traitor's servant!" Tor said. He aimed at Fluttershy. Fluttershy activated her lightsaber. "I hope you have your affairs in order!"





Fluttershy dived behind an air conditioning unit. An arc of electricity exploded over her. When it stopped, Fluttershy charged at Tor. He swung his arm and knocked Fluttershy back. It was impossible to get close enough to him to get a good swipe at him with her lightsaber. Fluttershy sneaked as quietly as she could around the AC units, and the rooftop access. Tor looked around, waiting for her to pop up and charge again. "Where are you!?"

Fluttershy remembered how she defeated the Heavy. She flew up, and dived at Tor. As he raised his gun, Fluttershy slashed with the lightsaber. Some teal blood followed the lightsaber as Fluttershy landed behind Tor.  He turned around, a wound across his face. Fluttershy slashed again, and struck Tor's leg, taking it clean off.

"Mercy!" he cried. "I yield!"
"You...surrender?" Fluttershy said, deactivating her lightsaber.
"I will not die by the hooves of a pony!"
"You should've thought of that before you attacked me!"
"You are really blinded by your faith, aren't you?" Tor coughed. "You cannot even examine what you're currently doing. You're killing people under the orders of someone you don't even know exists!"
"Shut up!" Fluttershy shouted. "He does exist! He has spoken to me! He has given me amazing powers beyond my wildest dreams! I can use every firearm in the Universe! I can make things explode just by looking at them funny! Once I take your Element, I will grew ever more powerful! Unlimited power is at my hooves, and you think I don't know whether or not Valhalla exists?! I say it is you who is blind! You are blind to Valhalla's beauty! Deaf to its war cries! You will never join the armies in the Eternal Battlefields! You will never experience the joy of battle, and the heat of war, unless you repent now!"
"You find...joy in battle?" Tor asked flatly. "You wish to spend your afterlife eternally fighting?"
"I do not wish for it. I am destined for it."
"You're a sad, strange creature. You have my pity." Tor said condescendingly. He opened up his chestplate, and yanked a few wires out. His body flashed in a bright light, before settling again.

A spirit rose from the corpse. Fluttershy once again felt herself levitate in the air. Her eyes glowed a brilliant dark blue.

As Tor's spirit went to speak, two icy claws gripped him. Fluttershy watched as his spirit was dragged into a dark, cold portal. The portal closed.

Fluttershy landed back on the floor. Samuel L. Jackson's voice entered her head once again. "It is a great sadness to watch such a brilliant warrior reject his destiny. Still, you have bested him in combat, even if you did not land the killing blow. His element is yours."

Fluttershy looked at her body, as her wounds healed in the holy aura of Valhalla. "Thank you, Samuel L. Jackson."
"The Element of Glory feeds from your involvement in battle. The more enemies you slay, the stronger you will become."

Fluttershy's lightsaber activated, seemingly on its own. The blade was no longer blue. It was now a brilliant green. The blade of a Jedi Knight.

"You are halfway through your quest. You must now find The Boss of the Third Street Saints, a vicious gang. Once you obtain the Element of Style, you will finally be ready to obtain the Element of Audacity. May the motherfucking Force be with you."

Fluttershy blinked, and looked around. She wasn't on the roof anymore. She was in the cockpit of her ship. She looked at the console, stained with dry blood, and looked up at the sky. 

Engaging her ship to FTL, she lifted off, and zoomed into space.