//------------------------------// // The Raid. // Story: The Techno Crystal War. // by SolidFerret //------------------------------// [A/N] Heavy Sharp Edge combat in honor of Metal Gear Rising. The large bundle moved through the halls of the castle. Some cringed at the thought of their escape whilst losing their loved ones. The rebels were glad to pull the raid they been waiting a thousand years to make. Sharp Edge ran along side the rebel leader. But more crystal beasts were formed. Instead of cowering in fear, Nova Burst readied his magic. The pegasi readied their wings. Caramel stood by the crystal ponies in his group. Sharp Edge looked at the leader and nodded. His horn glowed and a magic blade appeared at his side. "Let's do this." He said as he charged with the others. Edge already had a target. The beast leading the charge. Edge simply went in preparing to dodge. When the beast swung, he dashed to his left and began to swipe his head in motion for the blade to follow. Several strikes were landed, only chips of the crystal skin fell away. Edge then stood on a fore hoof and twirled around. He leaned forward and his hind hoof caught the blade and swung it around him to finish his target off. The beast fell in two as it disintegrated into nothing but crystal dust. Edge stared at the bile and stomped a hoof to scatter it, giving a "Hmph" before running to his allies. "I know they're here. I know my forces won't hold them." Sombra said as he stared at the clearing sky. The sun shined att he kingdom as dusk set in. "But I have something they would never prepare for." He laughed menacingly as his magic sparked. The beasts kept on appearing. Edge saw that a few of the crystal ponies were taken instead of killed. Perhaps to be Sombras' slaves. But something new came to assist the beasts. Dark crystal replicas of ponies seemed to appear from nowhere. Edge kept up his hind hoof combo. He approached one pony who's horn grew to a spike. Edge smirked at the idea of a sword fight and swung his blade. It was reflected his attack and swung. Edge jumped back and ducked to avoid the swings of the dark crystal pony. Edge soon find a moment to strike. He swiped his head and the blade followed through. To deliver the finishing move, he jumped and did a flip and caught the blade with the same hoof and finished the flip while swinging his blade to cut his opponent down the middle. Edge landed on the ground and hoped that his friends were putting up a better fight then him. But most of his allies were taken. The rebel leader was gone and two ponies that came with him from the shelter were also missing. Edge kept at the fight. Most of the rebels were taken by beasts and only five remained. Soon the last beast fell. The remaining ponies quickly gathered themselves. "Let's just hurry." Edge said to the remaining ponies. The group took off at full speed. But soon found themselves in a very large room. A stair way showed a way upstairs. Before the group could run to it, a rumbling was shook the room. A large crystal came from the ceiling. It simply shattered an outer-layer. a large chunk fell from it and hit the ground. The chunk began to move. Limbs out-folded and legs appeared from it. It stood up as the head appeared. This thing was a monster. It was almost as tall as the room. IT roared down at the group. "You guys go." Sharp Edge said. "I'll take care of this and meet you both up there." They left without abjection. But once they were all up the stairs, the pathway was sealed with a wall. "I'll cross that bridge when I get there." Edge mumbled. The monster roared down at Edge as he brought up his fist. Anticipating an attack, Edge began to wait for him to swing. Instead, several small crystals shot out at the end of its fist. Edge ran and used his magic blade to deflect the shots. He had to find some sort of weakness to the monster. "The legs." Edge noticed how thin they were. He could easily cut them down and get closer to the monsters thin neck. But the suppressive fire prevented him from doing so. "Then I'll charge right at him." Edge said. Soon, the monster aimed his second fist and fired more crystal bullets at Sharp Edge. The monster was shocked to see Edge deflect them with his blade and run at the monster instead of running around him. Edge ran to the monsters legs. It tried to stomp on him, but Edge quickly dashed to the side and swung his head. The blade cut through the leg and the monster screamed as it fell down to the ground. But it wasn't over. The beast sat on the ground and swung it's massive arms at the pony. Edge needed to find another moment to strike. The monster was still very tall despite it not standing. The monster slammed his fist on the ground near Edge. Edge dodged again and remembered when he first fought one of the beasts. How he ran up its arm and cut its head off. Edge waisted no and jumped on its arm. Edge had a thought about it swinging its arm and throwing him off. He slashed his blade in front of him to cut away at the monsters arm. When he got to the shoulder, he jumped and whipped his head and decapitated the monster. The corpse fell and hit the ground. To Sharp Edges surprise, the floor disappeared just as the body became crystal dust. Edge looked down and saw a long flight of stairs. "Better to find a new way going down than never finding a way up." Edge said as he began his stroll down the stairs. "Come on. We're almost there." Hard Chord urged the group as they trudged up the stairs. Some complaining about how tiring it was. While Soarin and Notes fought the urge to fly ahead to hopefully save the others. "We should be almost there." Hard Chord said back to the group. Just as the group made it to the top. Notes lost it and charged for his wife. "No Notes don't!" Nova yelled to him. To late. A red burning rope caught him by the hoof and dragged him away. A wicked laugh came from the mare who caught him. "I'd always knew you'd come. But to foolishly charge without expecting trouble, pathetic." The others saw King Sombra approach them. "I'd never thought I'd see the resistance from my time again." He commented on the ponies with bandannas on. "But it look like you'll fail like last time." He said. Sharp Edge finally reached the bottom of the stairs. He caught his breath and simply saw a door on the wall. Without thinking, he threw it open to find a decimated kingdom. Fires were burning, buildings crumbled, yells of fear rang through the air. Edge stepped out and looked down to see a pink maned Pegasus surrounded by beasts. "NO!" He yelled. He may have failed the kingdom, but he wouldn't lose Fluttershy. He jumped with his blade and slashed. Edge hit his head on the wall as something shattered. A gem was broken at the top of the door and it opened. Edge stepped out cautiously, afraid to see what he just saw. He was surprised to see the sun setting from behind the crystals surrounding the city. But to his dismay, more steps awaited him. He sighed and trudged up them. Until he realized that his friends were up there. He took off at full speed and ran up the stairs. He made it to the top at a very fast rate. So fast that he needed to catch his breath. But it got caught in his throat when he saw his friends charging Sombra one at a time. Soarin charged but was blasted away by magic. Caramel tried but was repelled by the same magic blast. It was the same process. "SOMBRA!" Edge yelled. Sombra blasted a crystal pony before turning over to Sharp Edge. "Take me on. One on one." Edge said. Sombra grinned evilly and forced the others away with a magic blast. Sharp Edge approached him. Crystals rose above him and Sombra. Edge readied his magic blade as Sombra prepared his magic. The final battle had begun.