"So, you've defeated my pet. I'm impressed." A mock tone came from the top of the hill, causing Azuro to tense. The voice was doubled over, reminding me highly of The Queen Of Blades.
"Gengena..." He breathed, taking a step back. I stepped forward, bringing my sword to bare as Gengena teleported from the top of the hill to two yards in front of me. her silky, jet black hair floated in the breeze and wake of the teleport, revealing a pale, lightly freckled face with vibrant, crystal blue eyes. She was insanely beautiful. It was a shame she had to die.
"I'll give you one chance," I said, glaring daggers into her, "Go back to hell with all of your demon horde, or we'll make you." I said icily, narrowing my eyes. I got a cold laugh in response. Typical cocky villains. I gritted my teeth and let a low growl escape.
On the bright side, you're not fighting the big boss on your own.
Thanks, brain. But as if on fucking cue, thousands of demos rushed over the hill like a tsunami.
"Jack," Rarity's warning tone came through my coms, "Need I remind you of your lack of armor?" She said, her voice changing to worry.
"I can't back out now." I pointed out.
"No. . . I suppose you can't, but what I can do is air drop you some new armor via Pegasus." She said.
"Right. That'll work." I said with a smile.
"Just stay alive for five more minutes until I can scramble them." She said with a sigh, inciting a smirk from me.
"Have a little faith." I said with mock hurt in my voice. A small boost from my wings, that somehow were back to health (making me thank Twilight later), put me in the air above the rushing demon horde and Gengena. She flashed me a smirk of her own and slowly floated to eye level with me.
"So you can fly AND teleport? No fair." I smirked with mock accusation as we began to circle each other.
"I can do a lot more than that." She taunted seductively.
Nope!
Calm down, Jimmies, you'll be fine.
"Why don't I test that theory?" I said and charged her with a horizontal slash, only to cut into thin air.
"You'll have to try harder than that." Her lips barely touched my ear, but I could feel her smirk as the shivers ran down my spine. I growled and flicked my sword to where she had been, only to be met with thin air once more.
''Tsk, tsk. So testy." She mocked from behind me. My free hand snaked towards my handgun as my sword shot to where she had been, with similar results. This time, my handgun pumped out a round behind me. I smirked upon hearing a startled gasp after the laser met her flesh. I turned to see her holding her bloody chest.
"Dead already?" I taunted.
"No, just fucking with you." She smiled, "Though, that did sting a bit." She teased, then shot her arm towards me as energy flowed through it, letting a bolt that looked eerily like my handgun's round fly towards me.
"So you're one of those villains. Like the ones who spit bullets out." I said with a roll of my eyes, "I might have to kill you souly for that cliche." I added, bolting forward with my sword extended, only to be met with thin air once more.
"You know, you're really starting to annoy me." I growled.
"Aww, poor baby." She mocked.
"Jack! I'm dropping your armor. Also, a little present that you'll find most useful." Rarity's promising voice filled my ears.
"Thanks." I smiled.
"Insane already? That's a shame." Gengena smirked, I didn't even get to have my fun with you." She mock whined.
"You'll have to do better than that to drive me to the wacko-basket!" I smirked.
"Armor coming in, six o'clock." Rarity said right before something slammed into my back. Immediately, the object began to spread out from my back like a tsunami washing over my body until the last armor shard clicked into place.
"Kill her dead, Jack!" A familiar Pegasus exclaimed before throwing an EMP at me and dropping into the demon fray below.
"Thanks, Ditzy!' I called after her before turning my attention to the device she threw at me. "Um, Rarity? What am I going to do with this?" I asked, rolling the EMP around in my palm.
"It' specially modified. I added a few special somethings and got Twilight to enchant it with some of Azuro's dire-" She didn't get to finish, or she did, but I couldn't her over my armor getting cracked. It caught me off guard and, thankfully, didn't hurt too bad. I guess that protection spell of Luna's was still in place. I righted myself and found Gengena standing close to me.
"You wanted me to just let you finish your preparations? Hypocritical, Jacky." She laughed. The name reminded me of Pinkie and Applejack, farther reminding me of just who caused their unnecessary deaths. Cold rage began to course through my veins.
"I suppose it would've been a bit cliche.'' I said with a cough.
"Pull the EMP's pin on my mark." Rarity commented venomously. I attached my new toy to my chest and jumped forward with another slash, only cleaving air.
"Mark!" Rarity shouted. My arms shot up to my chest and pulled the pin. A wave of purple and gold energy passed over the entire battlefield, causing Gengena to flicker back into existence where she had been before the teleportation.
"What the..?'' She asked no one in particular. I smirked and flipped my blade to the opposite hand. I took a swing, carving air until the blade sunk into flesh with a sickening squelch. A cry of pain accompanied mine of joy as she threw herself back, bleeding from a shoulder wound she was holding while her hair obscured her face.
"Not so smug now, are we?" I taunted as black blood slipped from my blade. She started to let out a chilling laugh, throwing me off and sending chills down my spine.
"My blood is black, ya know." She said softly before bolting at me in the blink of an eye.
"Shit!'' I exclaimed, barely bringing my sword up in time to block her fist. It should've cleaved straight through it, but after passing through the flesh, it stopped dead. I blinked in confusion, only to have my incompetence punished by a sledgehammer-style kick to the chest, cracking my breastplate and throwing me back at least twenty feet.
Armor fifty percent.
"Shit." I panted, barely recovering before blocking a another punch with my sword and avoiding a very detrimental kick to the groin. I silently thanked Celestia, then delivered a hard kick of my own. I let out a small gasp upon impact as pain arched up my leg and set my nerves on fire. She laughed and curled her lips into a smirk of victory before slamming me away. I spread my wings against the wind, stopping myself from doing multiple summersaults and bringing my blade to bear from instinctive paranoia. Luckily, she wasn't on top of me. Actually, she seemed to be frozen mid-charge. I raised an eyebrow, curious as to what was going on.
"You have impressed me immeasurably, human." A disembodied voice thundered.
"Oh damn it!" I groaned, "Not another fucking transdimensional asshole. Haven't I been through enough yet?" I asked in rhetorical exasperation. The deep voice just laughed. And quite heartily at that. I was glad somebody found my situation funny, cause I sure as hell didn't.
"No, not just yet. My daughter is out of control." He paused. An object the size of my trunk descended in front of me. It looked like a giant, mechanical, flaming skull with tusks and four glowing red eyes. "Do me a favor and put her in her place for me." He said.
I could feel his smirk as I reached out to grasp the object. The second my flesh made contact with the floating skull, it disappeared, flowing into me and filling me with power. I felt stronger, faster, smarter. . . Invincible. I laughed heavily as my palm caught Gengena's fist. Her eyes widened in shock as my strength flowed. I began to squeeze her hand, crushing the bones and laughing at her cry of anguish. At the time, I didn't care. I felt like I could take on the world, and then some. I looked at her, feeling the fear radiating from her body as insanity coursed behind my eyes. I brought a hard boot into her gut, shattering whatever armor she had under that skin and throwing her higher into the air. With a laugh, I shot up above her, catching her by the throat and bringing an insanely powerful right hand into her ribs, powderizing the bones. She couldn't even cry out as I repeated the process multiple times, making sure to pulverize any internal organs she may have had. I threw her in the direction of the portal, flying to intercept her. She struggled to right herself before being caught by her throat again, by me. I held her high, a bloodthirsty smile on my face.
"Give me one good reason not to kill you here and now." I said with a mad laugh.
"Be-Because... I'm t-the one in control... O-O-Of the de-mons," She coughed out, "A-And I can... Send them back." She spat blood towards the ground. I laughed.
"Sure, cause you'll definitely call them off. I've got a better idea." I smirked and tightened my grip on her throat. I wasn't going to talk about my plan, cause that's how it usually gets spoiled.
"Well it's going to have to wait." She said, color returning to her face as she kicked me away. She must have been fucking with me the whole time. What a bitch. I spun in the air, righting myself and catching a flying fist while blocking a knee to my abdomen. I slammed my forehead into her skull, throwing her back and charging the Lord with malice.
"You can't win!" I claimed, hammering my fists into her ribs and drilling her gut. She responded by grabbing me by the back of my hair and slamming my nose into her knee.
"Want to bet?!" She challenged and kicked me away. I spread my wings and threw myself back at her, recklessly pounding my fists at the demon. I whipped around and sliced my wings at her, succeeding in cutting into her flesh. She staggered back, allowing me to nail her jaw with my knuckles. This threw her back closer to the portal. I slammed my feet into her gut, doubling her over and catching her by the throat. I lifted her up and tightened my grip. She threw her knee into my gut, doubling me over and flying down into the demon fray. I almost followed her, but stopped when I lost sight. She burst out of the fight two seconds later, carrying a struggling, grey mass. I immediately recognized the mass as Ditzy.
"You know, she almost smells like her daughter. . . Though she lacks a certain spice." Gengena commented evilly, lifting Ditzy up in front of her.
"Jack!" She screamed, fear very apparent in her tone.
"Don't worry, Ditzy. You'll be fine." I said evenly, glaring daggers at the demon behind my friend. I got a small, terrified nod from the grey Pegasus in response.
"So sure, are we?" Gengena smirked vilely. I narrowed my eyes, trying to be as intimidating as possible.
"You wouldn't dare." My voice dropped to deadly octaves.
"Alas! You have found my one weakness!" She spoke in faux-desperation, "Not daring!" She melodramatically stated, then began to laugh maniacally. She stopped suddenly, her eyes fixing on me. "You're not strong enough. You never were." She spoke and placed one hand on top of Ditzy's mane and the other on her chin, "And now that will cost your friend her life." She spoke softly and then snapped her hands in opposite directions, cracking Ditzy's neck.
"NOOO!" My cry pierced the heavens. Time seemed to stand still as warm liquid dripped down my cheeks and Ditzy's limp body began to fall, empty eyes seeming to ask me why I couldn't save her. Another cry joined mine, this one being female. A light lavender blur slammed into Gengena, knocking the wind out of her and throwing her skyward. The blur carried with the demon, seeming to beat the ever-loving fuck out of her in midair. After I got over my initial shock, I shot up towards the fight, seeing Dinky wailing on Gengena. I threw myself into the brawl, kicking Gengena hard in the chest and sending her flying in the opposite direction of Dinky. I grabbed Dinky, holding her close as she shook with rage and tried to charge from my grip. A light purple aura encompassed her, making me come to the conclusion that she was holding her self aloft with her pure hate-fueled magic.
"Jack! Let me go! I have to kill this bitch!" Her voice was full of fire, not a hint of backing down.
"You won't survive. The only reason you're still alive is due to the fact that you got the drop on her." I said evenly, despite the war of emotions raging inside my skull. I had to stay strong, for Dinky.
"Little worm caught me off guard." Gengena's voice found my ears. I turned in time to see her spit out some blood and pop her neck.
"Dinky. Get out of here." I spoke fearfully.
"But-"
"Don't you dare argue with me. I lost your mother, and I'm not about to lose you." I stated firmly. She glared, momentarily, then tried to lowered herself back into the fray below. I say tried because, well, Gengena didn't exactly plan on letting her little stunt go unpunished. The demon attempted to shoot down and grab Dinky, but only met with me as I sunk my blade in her flesh. She gasped, pulling it out of herself by kicking off of me. She held the bleeding wound tightly as I tumbled backwards, Dinky catching me and helping me right myself.
"You okay?" She asked with worry.
"Been through worse." I said with a smirk, pulling out of her grip. "Now go, I'll kill this bitch once and for all." I said venomously. She nodded, flying back down into the battle and using her rage to her advantage with flying bombardments of magic.
"So. You and I, once again." Gengena said, grabbing my attention.
"What do you say we end this, you pack up your demons and go, or I will end you myself." I said, giving her one last ultimatum.
"I've got a much better idea. How about I kill you, all these ponies, and take over this planet?" She said, then looked up to the sky thoughtfully. "Yeah, I think I'll do that." Sarcasm dripped from her voice. She shot forward and I intercepted her fist with a palm, still feeling whatever that thing was coursing through my veins. She tried to flip over me, but I countered by slipping my hand to her wrist and flicking her downwards. She sailed through the air, but curved upwards before impacting on the ground, carving a small path into demon and pony alike with the force of her sudden stop. She darted back up to me, attempting to nail me in the gut, but I sidestepped and slammed my knee into her own gut. She coughed, but twisted on a dime and slammed her fist into my face, causing me to sail backwards. I recovered, just in time to see her charging me with her fist raised.
I've had enough of this. I thought and shot my hand forward, slamming it to her neck and lifting her up. She struggled, but it was futile due to the strange power coursing through my veins.
"What are you going to do to me?" Her fear invaded her voice.
"Make you pay." I said and flicked my wrist, sending a resounded crack throughout the entire battlefield. I felt the body go limp and then tossed it through the portal, watching it disappear behind the red aura. I flew down towards the portal, grabbing the metal head in the eye sockets and tearing it off the metal frame. The portal flickered and sent out a massive red shockwave, disintegrating all of the demons that were left unkilled. After the light show was over and all the demons were gone, I gripped the head and smashed it into its metal frame, destroying it completely and tossing it across the planet to regions unknown. I suddenly felt VERY dizzy. I tried to lower myself to the ground, but my head spun and I was blacked out before I even hit the dirt.