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A/N: I'm in for a world of hurt. I just know it.
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The Moment No Pony was Waiting For
Season 3
E Side 4
If the number of parts ever surpasses that of the normal chapters, can these still be called "Side Battles"?
Whether it's a fight against a spin-dashing blue blur or a master student of the arcane, supervillains are an inevitable conflict set piece against the kick*ss heroes.
In order to help us tackle this massive Side Battle undertaking, we're calling in the guys that know canon when they see canon. Thanks for the assistance, W and B.
It's no trouble at all. We're more than happy to do our part.
Yeah! Who do we get to see kill each other this time?
It looks like it's the Mean Six from the fan fiction story CRISIS: Equestria.
Their canonical opponents are the Deadly Six from Sonic Lost World.
To make sure they get off their butts, we'll start with the least motivated members of each team. First up on team Deadly Six is the one with shadows, Zor.
From the Mean Six, we'll start with the crushing apathy, Grayscale Force. Gentlemen, if you're ready...
She's N and I'm F.
He's W and I'm B.
And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills...
... to find out who would win a Death Battle.
---Death Battle---
Grayscale Force
-Clone of Rainbow Dash
-The Element of Apathy
-Gravity manipulation over objects within a certain field of space; power uses her wings and interferes with flight
-Extremely intelligent and logical
-Seeks results regardless of methods
-Prefers to end battles quickly so that she may take a nap
"Say 'hello' to the ocean for me."
In case it wasn't obvious, heavy spoilers will be revealed.
Twilight Sparkle's posse the Mane Six end up in the hostile world of New Pandemonium and its leader Silvertongue. In order to get back home, the bearers of Harmony will have to undergo new trials, master new powers, and defeat their greatest threat: themselves.
Well, they're more like clones created to be their exact opposites. Silvertongue was kind of a manipulative bastard when it came to making children.
The Mean Six's original purpose was to corrupt the Mane Six's elements and turn them into weapons against their home of Harmonia. Due to their violent tendencies, however, they quickly threw their father's plan into the trash and decided to eliminate their original counterparts instead.
They're like an anti-anti-malware program multiplied by six.
Rainbow Dash's clone and opposite is Grayscale Force the Element of Apathy. While her flight and speed reach similar levels to that of Dash, the similarities end there.
In a situation where Dash would charge in head first with hooves kicking, Force prefers to hang back and think. She is one of the Mean Six's most intelligent and carries the sarcasm to match her wit.
However, she rarely uses her vast intellect for anything other than ending a fight as quickly as possible. She cares not about whether she'll win or lose. She only cares about finishing her nap.
Are we sure Force is Dash's opposite?
Absolutely! In this particular story's universe, Rainbow's loyalty pushes her to stand up to enemies and protect her friends. In contrast, Grayscale couldn't care less about what happens to her fellow clones because she deems them all to be nothing, including herself.
I guess that black hole of a personality is why her power revolves around gravity. Within a certain field of space, she can affect the gravity of all objects and make them weigh as much or as little as she wants.
However, utilizing this power to its fullest requires full concentration from her wing muscles, making it difficult to use simultaneously while flying.
In spite of what her motivations may be, she prefers a fair fight against someone that can give her an actual challenge. Even if the atmosphere around her threatens to kill her, she'll keep pushing on.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty when it comes to danger. No matter what path she may take toward her destiny, Grayscale's only concern is with the results she gets.
"Beating you doesn't mean anything anymore anyway. So why should I care?"
---Death Battle---
Zor
-One of the Zeti
-Always carries a blue rose
-The spy for the group
-Powers are "so dark and foreboding that even the others refuse to use them"
-No sense of humor
-Moody and pessimistic
"Giving bad news is the one thing I enjoy."
Resuming his plans to turn local wildlife of the Lost Hex into his robotic army, Dr. Eggman decided to call in some help.
From the most ridiculous bunch of villains I've ever seen. Seriously, their leader looks like a red Bowser!
Known as Rokkishu in Japan, the Zeti are a villainous gang that formed several years ago. In order to avoid feeling pain from the Cacophonic Conch, the Deadly Six reluctantly agreed to help Eggman.
B's tone becomes sarcastic.
Oh, right. Heaven forbid they feel the pain of a Spongebob Squarepants oracle shell.
Are you done?
*sigh* Yeah, I'm done.
For this battle, we'll be focusing on Zor, the Deadly Six's personal spy and field agent. He is one with the shadows, both physically and mentally.
He can bend darkness to his whim, shoot energy projectiles, and *eff* up magnetic fields. He can jump really high, fly long distances, and take the punishment from Sonic's homing attacks like a bored son of a b****.
Zor outright hates anything that's happy or speedy. He takes pleasure in causing other people pain and he's constantly complaining about everything wrong with his life.
His obsessions include a blue-petal rose, giant mechanical owls, and reminding people that everyone dies eventually. Imagine Raven with just barely enough morphine to be considered overdosed, except conscious.
Zor is misery incarnate.
"Only the Reaper wins in the end."
---Death Battle---
All right, the combatants are set.
Let's settle this debate once and for all.
It's time for a-
Death Battle!
---Death Battle---
A giant disembodied hand that resembles a white glove glides through the air. Its color stands out against the night sky. After a few seconds, it comes across a sleeping pegasus pony atop a cloud. The fingers on the glove curl up until only the index finger is pointing out. The glove pokes the pony.
The pony slowly lifts her head. She blinks in annoyance before laying back down. The glove rearranges its fingers' positions. The index, ring and pinky fingers extend. However, the thumb and middle finger curve into an "O" shape. In an instant, the middle finger extends. The pony is sent spinning slightly before regaining her balance in flight.
A slightly more sporadic gloved hand floats down toward the ground. Somehow it cackles loudly without a mouth and performs a rapid tapping motion against the head of the other combatant. The small Zeti barely pays attention, focusing more on a single blue petal floating down from his rose.
The pegasus shows up in the arena at the top of a tree. "Let's get this over with. I'm falling behind on my napping schedule."
The Zeti looks up and sighs. "I guess it was inevitable that we were going to fight."
"FIGHT!"
Grayscale scoffs lightly. I don't have to put up with this.
She unfurls her wings slightly as a strange power emits from them. This "field" spreads out around her and passes right on through Zor like it's nothing. Whatever this power is seems to lift him right off the ground and sends him sailing straight up. Grayscale resumes a normal fluttering of her wings.
We cut to Zor somewhere at the edge of the arena's ionosphere.
"Hello, darkness my old friend," he says in a down-tone. He makes a sudden U-turn and flies right on down at a leisurely pace. How he does so without wings or pixie dust is beyond me.
Zor lands on a giant statue in the shape of an owl. The night sky somehow gets even darker than when it started. I can't see what's going on in the arena because it's so dark. Maybe... Force rumbles as she unfurls her wings again. I can barely make out the purple streamline that zigzags around the screen. I think it's hitting the owl and Zor from multiple directions in less than a second.
Grayscale opens up her field again. However, it seems a bit different this time. Some of the trees timber down and crash through the ground, destroying the grass and terrain in the nearby area.
"We're all going to die someday," Zor's voice echoes over the audio.
There's a loud squish as the screen brightens up via moonlight and stars in the night sky. Where a Zeti once was, there is now a really grossly colored pancake.
"To hell with this," mutters Force as she falls onto her back and starts snoring really loudly.
"K.O.!"
---Death Battle---
Ha ha ha! What the hell was that? Ah ha ha ha!
Grayscale Force had the speed advantage, a skill that Zor specifically hates to witness and deal with.
She also has a bit more of an aerial advantage since Zor prefers to slip away in the shadows rather than fly as fast as he can.
He's a bit of a pushover when it comes to actually fighting. Though using the powers of darkness sounds bad*ss, he doesn't quite have it in him to follow through with his death dogma considering he was still alive after so many years.
While Force doesn't particularly care for fighting either, she'll at least take the measures she deems necessary to finish it as quickly as possible.
The gravitational power kept in her wings was enough to overpower her enemy on top of her natural speed.
Looks like the Force was strong with this one.
Emo pancakes, anyone?
The winner is Grayscale Force.
---Death Battle---
Next time on Death Battle...
Where did that big guy get such a huge sandwich? Cha.
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