Intro:
Moments Before The Announcement
TheRutherFord’s Comment
While the Pinkie Clones glomp their respective changelings, everyone else feasts on whatever food they can and tries to catch their second wind.
Rutherford the Wyvern scarfs down an apple pie while Solarkness eats one as well and sighs.
“Makes me wish for a Venison steak right about now,” the Timberwolf mutters.
“Yeah,” Rutherford agrees. “This whole situation makes me wish for a lot of things. Being free, not being wanted, seeing my mate again…”
Solarkness just shakes his head and with another bite, swallows his pie.
“There ain’t no place that’s gonna be safe, even if we somehow get out of this mess.”
“You can’t have that kind of attitude Sol. Heck, today is full of surprises. There was a jail break, we found out we were leaders of nothing and most of all, Brown Dog can actually be pretty competent.” They then look over to said Diamond Dog who is chugging a bottle of Apple Cider like there’s no tomorrow.
“…When he wants to be…But even still, you have to believe that we can still get out of this, and that when we do, our future isn’t hopeless.”
The Timberwolf looks over to the broken furniture, and bits of repaired wall covered in slime.
“Seems a bit hopeless to me.”
“Well not to me. I am going to make it out of this. And when I do, I’m going back to my clan and mate away from xenophobic ponies. You’re welcome to join me.”
The Timberwolf thinks about it and chuckles.
“Well, IF we get out of this, what’s so special about this place?”
“It’s a fertile farmland located between the sea and a large forest full of wild game, as far from Equestria and it’s ponies as you can get.”
“Oh gee, thanks,” Snap Drake replies next to him in mock hurt.
“You know what I mean,” the wyvern waves his claw.
“Yeah, I just like busting your chops. But yeah, away from anywhere in Equestria sounds good, heck I’d take the frozen north if it meant we get out of this.”
“You’re welcome to come along, all of you in fact…I promise you that my friends.”
“What’s being promised?” asks Changer as he comes up to the table.
“Dragon Boy is offering us a place to crash if we can survive all of Erised’s grandkids,” Brown Dog says as he walks up with a half empty bottle and belches.
“They’re no spawn of mine!” the Ink Moth replies indignantly.
“So wait, do you really mean you got a spot?” asks Kichi as he joins the table.
“Is everyone just listening in on my conversation?” asks Rutherford.
“Only the important ones, everyling else is making food or getting love, and I don’t think these Pinkie’s care what we say," Brown Dog explains.
“Too busy giving love, no time to listen,” responds the Pinkie hugging him for emphasis.
Kichi himself has his own Pinkie snuggling his back as he puts his hoof to his mouth in thought.
Kichi’s Comment
After thinking about it for some seconds, he says in a seriously dry manner,
"I will join too.”
“Yeah, alright, you’re more than welcome, just so long as you don’t kidnap any more ki-“ Rutherford is cut off.
“Because even if we get out of this, Celestia would still probably try to catch us. Hopefully if we’re out of the country they can’t put us back in jail.”
“Well we’d certainly make it harder for them,” Solarkness adds.
“Well…there any booze and females where you’re from?” Brown Dog asks.
“Um…of course?” he responds as if it’s obvious.
“K, Kool. I’m in.”
“It’s pointless to make plans as of now. We haven’t won anything yet,” Erised crossly points out.
“Oh let them have their false hope Grandpa! It’s better than being…whatever the tartarus your condition is,” Grey Rebl snarks with a roll of his eyes.
As the Knights have their little moments, with every one regaining their strength, they then suddenly hear the announcement.
Back To Present
ErisedtheinkMoth’s Comment
Just_another_guy’s Comment
"Crimson Knights, we await your answer!" Biff and Tannen say in unison as they watch them both fly up and perch on the nearest building.
The Knights just look at one another in awkward silence.
Raising an eyebrow at that display, Kichi points out
"For all you non changelings" Kichi points at the Duo "That's not normal"
"Yeah well, what is normal now a days?" Changer says looking outside at the horde of changelings and then at the group of possible lunatics defending from said horde in a half beaten bar!
"...Good point..." Kichi replies.
“Well normal or not, The Shining Twins outside mean business, Knight Bros, meeting time.” Brown Dog announces.
Heeding the call of their surprisingly impressive impromptu leader, the Knights all huddle together, leaving the other refugees in their own group.
"Alright gang, looks like they'll back off until they get an answer from us. And unlike Lord Humongous, they didn’t give us a time limit. "
"Good. We should use this time to take stock of our situation, and come up with a plan." Erised joins in, with Nines still hanging onto him.
“Sorry Pinks, Knights only,” Grey explains as he pries her off the pale changeling.
“Awww, but I wanted to hear the super secret plans,” she whines as she sullenly walks back to the other group.
“Wow harsh Grey. This love triangle between you her and Erised is getting brutal,” Rutherford chuckles smugly.
“Oh Go Buck Yourself!” Grey growls giving a braces filled snarl.
While everyone snickers Brown Dog raises his paws.
“Alright, we’ll be sure to put that one in the book, but yeah, Inky’s right, we gotta plan some stuff out.”
"Your semi competence is still unnerving. But yes, first of all, we need to know how many of them we still face. I have these two enthralled,” he says pointing to his two minions. “But that’s not much. How many did you all manage to kill?"
Everyone balks at the pale changeling.
"Uh zero. We don't do that whole... killing thing." Snap tells him, with the others nodding in agreement.
"Yeah. We might be criminals fighting for our lives, but we're not murderers." Brown Dog shakes his head at Erised, "Seriously, tone it down a notch or twelve."
"What? But that’s asinine! We were all apart of this organization after what Flag Burner did!”
“Well actually, we all kind of got bumped up to General because we were the only high ranking members of the fan club left after he beefed it,” Kichi points out.
“And not to mention that was only because these bugs wanted stool pigeons,” Solarkness adds.
“But…You three,” Erised points to Silver, Snap and Brown, “You tried to kill that movie director a few months back.”
They all cross their arms at that.
“That jagoff ruined Transformares and Ninja Turtles, what we tried to do wouldn’t have been considered murder in any definition of the word,” Silver responds indignantly.
“And besides, we kind of screwed that up,” Snap Drake adds.
“Not like we were actually trying,” Brown Dog sums up.
“I…Even you Grey?!" Erised says, grasping for some sort of morbid kinship.
"Don't drag me into your filth, you old roach." The janitor spits, "I beat the cleanliness into them until they were too weak to stand... and it was cathartic as Tartarus."
"You..." Erised clenches his teeth in frustration. "You idiots are bucking worthless! Do you hear me?! Worthless!"
"What's the big deal? So we didn't kill any of them. We still kicked their flanks! They're not gonna be getting up anytime soon. And those freaky twins outside know it" Snap points out, as evidence by all the destroyed furniture and windows around them and the ultimatum given.
"Sooner than you might think." Erised says in a low growl. "During raids, changelings often employ a tactic known as 'Infinite Legions'. When the first wave is exhausted, the second moves in to draw the enemy's attention while the first drags their injured to safety. By feeding on captured ponies, they can recover in time to relieve the second wave... and the assault continues until the enemy crumbles.”
“Well yeah, we know that, but we can do the same with our stores, love in ponies doesn’t last forever” Kichi points out.
"No, but neither will we! This is why we needed to finish them. Because now," Erised jabs a hoof at the force massing across the road, "we still have about 300 enemy combatants to deal with! Worthless... worthless... worthless..."
With that, Erised walks away muttering 'Worthless' over and over, his two ink-puppets angrily mimicking his movements.
“That guy’s got some real problems,” Candy mutters.
“Oh really? The crotchety old fart who openly admits that he wants to drive his own kind into extinction has problems?” snarks Grey.
“Yeah seriously. I may not like the Queen, but that doesn’t mean I want all the Changeling’s to die out,” Kichi mumbles.
“Well regardless of what he thinks, he does make some good points. How the heck are we going to win in this situation?” Rutherford speaks up.
“Well one thing’s for sure, we can’t go accepting their offer. I’d sooner trust Kersey to keep watch on my cookies than hope that they keep their word,” Brown Dog says causing the others to nod.
“You’re right on that account. But what should we do? Stay here? We must be doing something right if they’re even ATTEMPTING to negotiate,” Solarkness muses.
Kichi’s Comment
“Well noling likes their food to fight back, I think they might just be doing this for convenience,” Kichi shakes his head. “They don’t want to risk killing their food, so they’re trying to avoid armed conflict as much as possible.”
“Well then we’ve thrown a wrench into their little plans then haven’t we?” chuckles Snap Drake.
“Yeah, but maybe we should think outside the box…” Kichi then looks to Brown Dog.
"You are the one with more experience in tunneling right?”
Brown Dog folds his arms.
“That’s a stereotype that just so happens to be true, yes.”
“Well, Do you think you could make a tunnel for us to flee or at least one we can fight in?”
“Fight in a tunnel? That doesn’t sound very smart,” says Rutherford.
“Why? We could bottleneck them in there and then their numbers won’t mean anything.”
“Yeah, first of all, I’m one Dog,” Brown Dog points out, “Making a tunnel that big and that structurally sound for all of us to fight in by myself would take, oh…a couple of days.”
“Oh…” Kichi says as his ears go down.
“I mean, I could try to make a tunnel, but it’d be small, and we’d all probably be buried alive for our efforts.”
"Well shoot,” Kichi spits. “There goes that idea, because now that they have the rest of the town, we might not fare so well.”
“You really think so? I mean, all things considered our little band of rejects were able to hold them off, which is more than we can say for the Elements,” Grey asks.
“Even still, the Elements got their kicks in before being overwhelmed, but this will be different than Canterlot,” Kichi points out.
“How different?” asks Silver Strange.
“The Invasion at Canterlot was rushed because the Queen didn’t think she would be discovered. When she was, the majority of the force was still swarming the entire city. But this invasion actually has field officers like those two creepy guys out front, and in only twenty minutes they’ve practically taken the town.”
“Alright, so we can all agree that this was actually a better invasion force than the one at Canterlot. Somebody deserves a promotion,” Solarkness snarks.
“But we should worry about those two out front, and any more like them. Officers tend to have more power behind them. They call these kinds of Officers the Queen’s Chosen.”
Silver and Candy perk up at this.
“You really think they could be Chosen?” asks Candy.
“I wouldn’t put it past them. Heck, those two out front could be as powerful as the Crimson Vengeance for all we know.”
Several of the Knights shudder at that name.
“Oh yeah. You know, it’s weird but I kind of wish that guy was here to buck up their lives as well,” Rutherford muses.
“Well too bad, that…individual isn’t here, and nor will he come,” Erised grumbles as he walks back to the group.
“Had enough moping because we’re all not on the genocide train?” snarks Grey.
“Go die in a fire,” he growls.
“Oh dude, not cool!” Brown Dog chides while cupping Changers ears, causing said pony to roll his eyes.
ErisedTheInkMoth’s Comment
"Whatever!” The Ink Moth growls. “The larvae is right, if the field officers are Chosen, then we won’t be able to hold this place indefinitely, and that’s not even including the Legion tactics.”
“Well it’s not like we have many other choices,” Rutherford points out.
“True, but even still, a change in scenery might be beneficial. This place is barely holding together." Erised says motioning to the many times repaired windows with spare timber and changeling slime, and the massive hole boarded up with an open fire burning just outside.
"There's a problem however. Even fighting to our fullest extent, we can't possibly get EVERYONE to a new location and these ponies won't stand a chance."
Grey Rebl smirks at this.
"Well well, look who's got a heart of gold after all."
"Shut up Grey. If we really are going to fight our way out of this, we need to deprive our enemy of every resource we can. I'd sooner drink the life out of everypony here before I gave those vermin a single drop." Erised says with straight-faced conviction. Nothing about his tone says he's joking. "It would be a quick and merciful death compared to what you'd get from the Chrysalis Hive, and your bodies would aid us greatly as my puppets,” he says matter of factly to the town ponies causing them to grimace.
Before that plan, or offence to that plan can take place though, one pony bravely presents an alternative.
"N-now, there's no need to do that! T-there's a basement in this saloon!" he stutters. By his waistcoat and bowtie, the lanky stallion seems to be the owner. "We could hide down there; it's big enough to fit all of us, I think... I hope."
“Well why didn’t you say so in the first place?!” Erised chides.
“Yeah, in the future you ponies better have full disclosure so our psychopathic friends don’t try to eat you,” Brown Dog announces before Candy slaps Erised upside the head.
“And quit threatening the ponies we’re trying to save. It’s counter-intuitive!”
“Oh you little- *Smack* Ow! Quit hitting me!” Erised growls.
“Right, so I do like the plan of the ponies hiding in the basement. Once this place is breached though, we should try to find another refuge, and hopefully their attention will be drawn to us and not them,” Rutherford motions.
“Yeah alright,” Brown Dog agrees before looking to the Town Folk. “Attention ponies, buffalo, etc. Non combatants are to follow the owner and hide in the basement. To those that can fight, don’t be a weenie!”
And with that, several of the younger and weaker ponies start going down into the basement.
"They're not going to overlook a huge group of ponies simply disappearing." Erised points out, as he then turns to his ink-puppets.
"Deceive."
On his command, inky black tendrils ripple over his thralls as they transform into a duo of earth ponies in stetsons.
"Two diversions are better than one." Erised explains, looking over his transformed thralls. "Hopefully seeing some 'ponies' fleeing will draw them away."
"Hey! They're not the only changelings we've got here!" Kichi jumps forward and transforms as well. "I'll lead them away too, and then when they think they have me. BAM! I turn right around and give them a spanking they won't forget!"
"I guess I''ll help too." Silver says as he too takes a disguise. "I hope they're ready to have a bad time." he grins, his ponified eyes glowing bright blue.
"Y-yeah. I'll help too." Candy apprehensively dons her pony form.
"Count us in as well." the charismatic guard and his squad step up, along with the two buffalo. "Tis our duty to protect and serve Equestria and its people. To that end, let us stand together!"
"That's the spirit, bucko! Be the most distracting piece of meat you can be!" Solar gives him an encouraging slap on the back.
"How'd you know my name was Bucko?" the charismatic guard asks, bewildered.
"Save the heroic silliness." Erised growls. "When the spit finally hits the fan, we’ll break into three groups, head in separate directions, and try not to die too fast."
“Alright, and where are you going to run?” asks Grey.
“I can’t run, so I’ll stick with the ponies in the basement,” he responds.
The rest of the knights go silent at that.
“I’m not going to do anything to them,” he defends.
“Uh Huh,” Brown Dog replies not believing. “Yo Nines, you seem attached. Make sure the old buck doesn’t do anything creepy down there.”
“You got it Dog person who is the color Brown,” she salutes before latching onto Erised again.
“By the gods that’s adorable,” Brown squees before looking to Zappy. “What about you and your other sisters? You gonna fight, flee or stay?”
She scrunches her face in thought before declaring, “A little of all three I guess. Whatever helps those ponies.”
“Good to hear,” Snap Drake nods. “So we have a pink distraction, a guard distraction, and an us distraction. Three’s better than none, even if they’re not big and flashy.”
To that sentence, Changer suddenly puts a hoof to his chin.
“Hmmm,” he ponders.
“What are you hmming about?” asks Silver.
“Just a thought…” he then walks over to Kersey, and using a bit of broken glass, makes a cut on his arm, drawing a bit of blood.
“Well that’s quite a morbid thought,” Silver gags seeing the thickness of the blood.
“No not that, it…ugh whatever. Ink Moth,” Changer addresses the glomped Erised.
“What?”
“Can you identify anything within this blood using your powers?”
“That’s blood? That looks like Spaghetti sauce,” gags Candy.
Erised ignores this and analyzes the sample on the glass.
“Hmmm. It’s the fat one’s blood alright, though there are some…irregularities to it. Some foreign substance that pumps along with it…”
Both Brown Dog and Snap Drake raise an eyebrow at that.
“That stuff is still in him?” asks the pony.
“Apparently. As much as I despsise him, it could be an option,” Changer says.
Brown Dog shudders and says,
“Let’s call that option of last resort…”
“What are you three going on about?” asks a curious Erised.
“Something incredibly stupid, but besides that let’s summarize. We have a plan for the worst, we fight back as long as we can, but when it all goes down, we split up and hopefully confuse them, giving the ones in the basement a chance. That sound about right?” Brown Dog summarizes.
“Sounds about right,” says Solarkness.
“Luckily we won’t have to worry about that till we give our response back,” Rutherford sighs in contentedness.
“OI! CHANGELING’S!!!” comes a shout, causing all the knights and the remaining fighters to look over in shock at Kichi yelling out the entrance over Kersey.
Kichi’s Comment
"You say that you want love?! You sure that is what your Queen wants? Your Queen wants only revenge, and she’ll use any and everyling as a chess piece to win her game!”
"We do this for our Queen, and for the rest of our kind unbound,” Biff responds.
“We do this for the good of all our people unlinked one,” Tannen adds.
“We do this for the Hive deserter,” they respond in unison.
Oblvious to the rest of the Knights waving their hands and mouthing “NO!” Kichi shoots back.
“Really? You do this for a Hive under her rule? She’s the one who screwed up the invasion by doing a terrible job of disguising herself! Her own hubris brought this down upon us. And seriously, what is taking one town going to do? They’ll notice eventually, and then there won’t be anymore love.”
“This town is but a stepping stone to-“ Biff tries to explain, but Kichi keeps going.
“You can’t win against them, their two Princesses can move the sun and moon, they got the Elements of Harmony, not to mention plenty of other nations who are allies and would attack. There’s no love in that, so this whole plan is stupid! Just give up!”
The two Changeling brothers just look at Kichi silently before they both ask.
“Is that your answer then?”
“Yeah! The Queen definitely doesn’t really want love, but wa-“
“Very well then,” sighs Biff.
“We tried brother,” sighs Tannen.
They both then take deep breaths and yell.
“Hive! Take The Tavern and ALL Inside!!!”
And with that, hundreds of wing buzzes begin to sound off as Kichi looks out dumbfounded.
“Uuuhhh…”
Solarkness hits him over the head with a wooden claw.
“You Idiot! What the Buck Were You Thinking?!”
“I was, uh, trying to see if they would see reason for not starting a war?” he lamely admits.
“They’ve already been fighting a war these last three years!” Erised chides.
Then the overbearing sound of wings starts to descend upon the Tavern.
“Thanks Kichi! There goes our stalling time! Everyone, get ready!” Brown Dog orders.
“…Oops?” he nervously sputters.
You all feel the building shudder as many, many legs strike it, but as you all man the windows, debris starts falling from the ceiling.
GreyRebl’s Comment
Erised suddenly curses with a sneer.
“Kuh! They’re wizening up and breaking through the roof!” he warns as he tries to hobble his way to the basement and away from the fight, but he fails as the ceiling begins to suddenly snap and creak until---
Crash! Crash! Crash!
Changelings came crashing in hissing and snarling. The gang rush up to take them, but several are blasted back by fully charged Changeling magic.
“Guh! They’ve upgraded,” Solarkness growls holding a burn spot on his wooden chest.
As more stream in, Silver places interlocking bones over the breach, but it continues to get hammered.
The guards and town pony fighters then try to rush the invaders, but in the confusion, many of the Changelings disguise themselves, causing the guards to not know who to hit.
Three of them are pelted by the impostors, and two of them are sent flying out through a window, breaking it and allowing more to pour in.
“Crap!” Snap Drake yells as he begins breaking bottles over as many heads as he can hit.
Then, amongst the remaining Pinkies, they start taking their form. Which proves to be their downfall.
Grey Rebl uses his mop to get the interlopers.
“This one smells too buggy!” Thwack!
“This one doesn’t smell like apples!” Thwack!
“This one’s armor is too dull!” Thwack!
“This one is too old!”
His latest victim suddenly shouts,
“Of course I’m old! It’s ME you idiot!”
“I’LL CLEAN YOU ALL THE SAME!” And he pins Erised to the ground with his mop who groans angrily.
While Grey madly wails on who he thinks are Changeling enemies, Solarkness and Brown Dog come up with a plan. Using their keen sense of smell, they begin to take out the disguised changelings more efficiently, while Candy and Silver plug the hole with slime which keeps getting punched out. Several of the window defenses begin cracking under the might of changeling magic.
And Silver’s Bone plug is starting to fade.
ThePonySpartan’s Comment
Changer looks up at the roof breach and groans.
“They keep coming!” he then takes out his red book and looks at the spine.
"Only at 90%,” he then hears another breach and a scream as one of the Pinkie clones is dragged outside.
“Oh well, it'll have to do. Silver! Take down your barrier!" he yells as he throws the book up into the air.
“What? Are you…crazy?” Silver trails off as he sees the flames erupting from the book. At the last second, he lowers the barrier, allowing the book to unleash it’s payload through the hole. A dragon made entirely of fire.
As it flies up, it causes many of the Changeling’s to falter, giving Silver a chance to put back up the barrier.
“Well…that happened,” Solarkness mutters.
“Since when did you have that? It might have come in handy to know we had a fire dragon construct,” Rutherford points out.
“He’s not fully charged. He MIGHT last 7 minutes if we’re lucky, but hopefully he’ll incapacitate some Changelings for us and make our job easier.”
You all then hear multiple changeling magic blasts aimed upwards towards the dragon.
Biff and Tannen look up at the fire dragon as it attacks some of their troops.
““Hmm. It appears as though they have a magic fire dragon.”
“And there’s still one real one of ice inside.”
“It wouldn’t do to have chaotic flames spread and kill our food,” Biff muses.
“It wouldn’t do to have chaotic flames spread and kill our Hive Mates,” Tannen agrees.
They then fly up from their perch as both raise their arms in unison.
“Magic is overrated anyway,” they say in unison as their eyes glow green, and from Biff’s arm shoots a large beam of frost and ice, while from Tannen’s shoots a beam of concentrated green flame.
The being made of concentrated magic is struck as it begins to dissipate before the might of the Twin’s plasmid attack.
The dragon dissolves as his flames go out, causing wet ash to fall to the ground.
The Knights inside have their jaws dropped at this display.
“Oh Son of a B!$#%!!!” Grey yells. “That’s exactly the kind of plasmid power we were HOPING to make.”
“I believe that we did make that Grey,” Erised says grumpily as he pushes himself up from his mop. “But I think they took the real stuff for themselves…”
“But…My…Why is my dragon always getting one shotted?” Changer growls.
“Because Plasmids aren’t restricted by magic,” Grey growls.
“Well if that’s the case, why aren’t those two busting down the door themselves?” asks Solarkness.
“They’re using fire and ice, they probably don’t want to risk killing the ponies inside. You can’t eat love from the dead,” Kichi points out.
“Oh well that’s just bloody great. Those two outside can eat through magic. What the buck are we supposed to do now?” asks Snap Drake.
The attack then commences as more boards are ripped away, and Silver’s magic shields are battered.
One even manages to get his torso through the front door and attempts to drag Kersey off.
“OI! That’s our Fat Flank! Hooves off!” Brown Dog yells socking the changeling in the nose and trying to haul Kersey back.
“Well it looks like we’re going to have to implement the distraction thing now,” Snap Drake says worriedly.
“As if we’re going to last long out there either. We’re all doomed,” Erised says grumpily.
“Well what else are we going to do? It’s not like anyone’s coming to save us!” Brown Dog grunts.
As he says that, a whirring groaning sound permeates the air causing all the knight’s ears to stand up on end.
In the hole in the doorway, a big blue box appears, effectively plugging up the hole.
All of the Knights stare in awe at the newly appeared box, some of them recognizing it from the show it’s from.
Biff and Tannen notice it from outside and stiffen in alarm.
“What is that brother?”
“I don’t know brother.”
“Some new threat?” they muse together.
To prove them right, a pinkish spherical barrier goes outward from the point of the box, pushing back the changeling troops and surrounding the building.
Biff and Tannen’s eyes widen.
“This does not bode well,” Biff says.
“This does not bode well indeed,” Tannen mimics.
They then both look at each other.
“We need to tell Vicky and Mongo.”
Inside the building, the Knights take in the fact that a new more powerful barrier is around the wrecked tavern, and the changeling assault has been halted for the moment.
The door of the blue box is then opened and all the Knights see a Dark Pink Mare with a blonde mane and her horn lit up walk out, followed by a handsome stallion, and then…
They can’t believe it, they really can’t believe it. Many look at him in awe, Others in disbelief, and still a few of them look like they’re about to shout like fan fillies.
Because he’s here to save them. After all this time. The Hooded Offender has returned.
POV CHANGE: Bugze
You stand before the Crimson Knights, each and everyone you took in as the Crimson Vengeance. They look a bit haggard, and the room around them is broken up. They all stare at you in a mix of emotions as you stand between Jack and Mia, the latter of whom has put up a powerful bubble around the building. The others wait inside, waiting for your “Dramatic Entrance” to end.
“So…What’d I Miss?” you ask cheekily.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Outro:
Seeing how it IS Bugze, perhaps some comical misunderstandings are in order...
"CHANGELING!" you yell and tackle Kichi, mistaking him for an enemy changeling.
"Woah woah, he's on our sid-" Several interrupt trying to pull you off the foal-napper.
"I knew these Crimson Bastards couldn't be trusted!" you yell, not even listening to their justifications as you jump to conclusions and start whacking away at the Crimson Knights with your Boomstick.
"Darn it Bugze!"
This was a stalemate, and Kichi knew it... A new player joined and the other players were looking waiting to see what he was going to do. That this new player was someone that was rumored to be a criminal, and if the rumors were true, the bounty hunter that took all the knights to jail did not help.
As Kichi was waiting and looking, suddenly he was hit by something
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"And here is our reward for helping them..." Groan Kichi still recovering from the attack of the hooded offender
It was not like he was really a great fan of the offender, he mainly joined the fan club because it was a big power in progress and could make a good hiding hole, then of course Flag Burner declared the great ass and died trying to be a martyr, and the depressed offender decided to disband the club and dissapear even if there was still some that followed him.
Then he joined the Knights and managed to see the fantastic view of a secret jail, he manage to escape only to find that his queen used him and the other knights for her plans. Try to be the good changeling and he even try to give a warning to the other changeling, but he is ignored and begin the battle, and now to make it complete somehow the offender appear in a strange blue box.
All that did, was make very tempting to curse Lady Luck but if he learned something about the fearless idiot Offender, is that cursing Lady Luck is even worse.
It's then that a candle light and he have a idea.
"Guys, I think we found a ticket to get the hostages free" Say Kichi looking at the big blue box that was floating and that managed to get the offender inside.
As he looked the Blue Box, he could say that is was somehow familiar, as he remember something similar coming in one of his dreams about another dimension and a crazy offender talking to a doll.
It was as he say that he notices that many changelings try to dislike the Blue box and try to enter inside or hit it with magic, only to be zapped or the Blue box resisting the attacks, that he tought maybe it was not a good idea to try to take the strange Blue Box
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I liked many moments, too many good moments to choose just one... Also, I'm not good in art so don't wait for some art from me.
i think it would be entertaining if Grandbuggie walked in after Bugze mistakenly attacks the Crimson Knight changelings and ostracizing them only to fall in line after the elite changeling 117 steps up and backs the Hooded Offended. There might even be some hero worship going on with some of them, maybe Erised would look at his as an idol but still treat the rest with his usual disdain.
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You would be assuming correctly sir! Now I must go to bed cause school is a nightmare!
Won't Rutherford and Solarkness recognise the Crimson Vengeance's smell?
Anything wrong, and I change it...
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"Terrorism is a angry word, we do what we need, and for what I hear, you destroyed more trying to take us that us" Say Kichi looking to the Offender as he managed to evade one of the changelings that was after him.
"It's what you all are, criminals!" Shouted the offender
"Hello Kettle! Yes, I'm black too! Are you going to forget the little detail that you are the enemy number one of Celestia? Followed by Chrysalis, and us..." Asked calmly Kichi
"But..." Begin to say the offender
"Let's see... You destroyed the pizzeria, yes, you arrested me and free the foals, returning many of them to orphanages or the street, oh and let's not forget those that worked in the pizzeria that will need to search for another job because it will close... You destroyed half Applewood trying to capture Browndog, and let's not talk about how much you destroyed in your ego battle against a law officer when you tried to take Kersey, And that is when you tried to take us, should we talk about what you did before and after? Should we talk about what you did in the Gala? Or maybe about something more recent like how you got crazy in some mare. You call us terrorist, but seriously, you do more damage in Equestria trying to be good that by doing other things" Commented Kichi as a creepy silence for a couple seconds stopped the battle and they looked at both of them.
"How much of Appleloosa is going to stay after you try to be the hero again? Is going to still be Appleloosa or it's going to be a big hole with some ruins?" Asked Kichi putting salt in the wound until he is hit in the back by Browndog (Or someone else)
"Can't you stay in silence? This is the hooded offender" Ask Browndog
"For me as if it's Fausticorn walking down in a rainbow... It's his fault that we were sended to jail, he decided to search us because he wanted and we were forced to pay, meanwhile he got money and walk free as nothing. He selled us and try to look good when he is as worse as the queen" Comment Kichi a little angry as he kick one of the changelings in the face and knock him temporaly.
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Changer grits his teeth. "I didn't do anything wrong or illegal! ...Well before my supposed "death". But even so, I had a bounty on my head just by becoming a 'leader' in the knights. I literally stood there being picked on occasionally doing harmless things like playing video games and I got a bounty on me."
"Why did you even join a terrorist group then?!" You ask.
It was hard for Changer to live a stable life, without having a legal home or any history as a pony in Equestria. (He used to live with his teacher and used to be classmates with Cheerilee, Applejack and Rarity as foals in Ponyville when she took him in, but one night she suddenly vanished.) Because of this, had constantly travelled around Equestria, coming across the terrorist group who would take anyone in. Even if his secret was revealed, he wouldn't get thrown into jail for it.
"Long story short, I was looking for a place that would take me in."
"...Huh?"
Grandbuggy
"Y-you!" Changer says while staring at your grandbuggy. For the first time in a long time, he looks utterly shocked.
"Me?" Grandbuggy inspects Changer for a few seconds before widening his eyes in joy. "Oh it's you! Glad to see you're still alive even after the invasion on Canterlot... what was your name? Changer?"
In Changer's travels, he met up with Grandbuggy when the old bug saved him from a Manticore attack. Seeing how Grandbuggy was a changeling and that he saved his life, after some discussion Changer revealed to him that he was half changeling. But of course, they went down different paths, Grandbuggy wishing Changer luck.
"You know him grandbuggy?" You ask.
"Sure do! Although we're not that close as you may think. We met years ago before the invasion after I was kicked from the hive, got into some trouble. Before, you were a nuisance to have around! I had to do all the work back then, kicking those Manticore's behinds to save your life. But look at you now Changer, you've grown from a little weak colt into a strong cha- ...wait are you still keeping that secret?" Grandbuggy looks at Changer seriously.
Changer stares at him back. "It doesn't matter as much now. But yes, it's still a secret."
"Well, I'll leave it to you to let it out when ya need to."
"...Thanks."
"But you have gotten stronger. I'm sure you could beat my grandson easily if he didn't have that sexy mare in his noggin."
"WHAT?!"
"Specialist 117 was the Hooded Offender's grandbuggy the whole time?!" Kichi said.
"That old perv!" Candy yells in shock.
"Saw that coming." Silver said nonchalantly. "Wait... if I'm correct you had a grandson... Private 9001 who was always picked on in the hive... you don't mean.."
"That's correct, the Hooded Offender is 9001..." Changer thought to himself then smirked. "With you and your grandson on our side, we're sure to defeat these changelings."
Interaction with Bugze
"I've been thinking Hooded Offender, or should I call you Bugze as your prefer?"
"Anything is fine, just not my drone name or stupid nicknames."
Changer nodded before firing another fireball to his left. "I've come up with a theory involving you and... Nightmare Moon."
You falcon punch a changeling away. "Selena."
"What was that?"
"Her name is Selena."
"I see. Well, I've been thinking about all the holes in your situation."
"Holes?"
"Yes, for example, you don't seem to be evil, unlike 'Selena' and Luna when they were combined. You're more out of control. You seem to want good but cause havoc."
"...So what are you thinking?"
"Every pony is saying 'Selena' is evil and is trying to control you, but unlike Luna, you can fight back and keep control of your body longer."
"Yeah... they are."
"But, after looking into it further, if you were out of control from fighting against her magic, you wouldn't be focused on an enemy or protecting that daughter of yours, you would be focused on stopping her. So there's the question of why your focus when out of control is to obliterate the enemy. What I'm thinking is that you're trying to fend off Selena, fight your enemies, and protect your daughter at the same time. Or maybe perhaps this 'Selena' doesn't exist, but how would that explain a voice that sounded like Nightmare Moon coming out of your mouth? The answer: It doesn't. And that leads to my last and final theory, which would make me look crazy in the eyes of others..." Changer dodges a punch and blasts a changeling away before looking at you with multiple emotions.
You can sense suspicion the most, with curiosity and weariness not far behind. But what really surprises you is the small amount of sympathy and concern coming from him.
"Nightmare Moon... or Selena... isn't evil anymore. Is she...?" He asks. "She's not trying to take over your body and you two are at least allies if not friends."
You're surprised he hit it home. But seeing as he had the time in prison to think about things you don't think he has mind reading powers.
"Y-yeah... She isn't. And she also cares about me and my daughter."
Which, of course, is also yours.
And always will be.
"That explains you rampaging to protect your daughter. Your combined anger and care or love when she is in danger overwhelms you, and you grow out of control."
"I'm glad somebody-" Who didn't watch and looked into my entire dreadful life after the invasion. "-understands."
"No problem. Hopefully others will soon come to realize that too." He says before smirking. "But wouldn't that make you the target again?"
"Yeah... I guess."
They resumed fighting.
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Nice, but nobody knows that Grandbuggy and the Hooded Offender are related.
If you want to reveal that, sure go nuts (just add a more shocked reaction out of the Crimson Knights (especially the changeling ones) present).
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Alright, I'll edit it just now.
Band of Misfits - Grey Rebl’s Acceptance to the Hooded Offender
“I just want to know just one thing,” Grey suddenly blurts.
You narrow your eyes at him. “And what is that?”
“Are you the Hooded Offender or are you just a puppet?”
You grit your teeth at the question. There’s little need for context. The Hooded Offender is a being of great chaotic and destructive power, and wherever he goes, fire and turmoil is never too far. At least, that is what the stories go for the great masses. Sympathizers has seen him as a hero. But ever since the reveal of Selena’s’s involvement, the image of good and bad in the Offender has shattered. Is the person real? Are his actions all dictated by a former goddess? Is there even a Hooded Offender anymore?
You can only answer one thing to that:
“Neither. I’m me.”
You and Grey stare each other down until, finally, the grey unicorn backs off.
“Good enough, I guess,” Grey rubs his head irritably, “so fine. I’ll follow you. For now.”
“Good enough?” you question with a brow raised.
He just scowls. “I know what it’s like to be beyond ones own control.” Saying that, he briefly glances at Erised, who turns away. “I don’t care if you don’t want to reveal too much about what is going on with Nightmare Moon---I’d like to keep my nose clean---, but as long as you are your own person, then that’s good enough of something for me to follow. I at least can respect that much.”
You nod, appreciating it.
Grey then steps back, meshing in with the rest of the Crimson Knights. “Call for me if you need a mess to clean up.”
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Friends in need, indeed
In the outskirts of Appaloosa, distant from the bubble that holds the denizens inside, an army of battle-hardened buffalo lines up at the edge of a short cliff. In the middle of them are three figures. The Chief and his daughter, Little Strongheart, stare resolutely at the chaos happening within the bubble. The third...is a brown stallion with an hourglass as a cutiemark.
“So it’s true,” Strongheart breathes, “They’re in danger and we didn’t even notice.”
The Doctor shakes his head. “No surprise. The incident just started over 20 minutes ago.”
The Chief nods and his booming voice, thrumming with wisdom, “We thank you for warning us, friend. It would shame us with regret if we stand by when our own neighbors are under attack. We will never forget this debt.”
“Sending other into battle...I don’t like it,” the Doctor laments.
The Chief gives a side glance, perhaps miffed or insulted, but his eyes brimmed with understanding just as quickly. “You don’t have to like it. I too feel hesitation when sending my fellow warriors into danger. But remember this: We chose this.” He faced Appaloosa once more with the sternest visage of a father. “Tribe! Let us go. Our friends need us.”
The buffalo all as one stampeded down the cliff and towards Appaloosa, all the while the Doctor can only watch.
“Choice, huh?” he mutters. He looks down to see a handle with a button in his hooves. He frowns, but then a smile crosses face after a moment and with closed eyes, as if praying, lay a shaking hoof over the button. “Well, far be it for me to leave my friends to fight alone.”
For a moment, he found peace before he pressed it.
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ZZZZzeeeem!
Amidst the buzzing army of confused changeling, an deafening whirl of sound silences it, shaking the ground slightly. For a moment, there is shock and wonder and confusion at the odd sound. Just what can cause such a strange noise Then, the bubble that is trapping the fair town of Appaloosa...flickers. It then blinks to nothing.
The changeling twin sputters out commands, enraged and confused.
“Intel!”
“Report!”
“What is happening!?”
“Th-the barrier! We’ve lost control---but it’s powering on its own!”
”What?! That is impossible!”
More shaking. Before the twin changelings can inquiry any further, a turbulent tremor throws those thoughts into another universe, a different line of thinking in its place and it is one of creeping fear and trepidation. The quaking grows stronger and closer, and the changelings can’t help but feel that there is something in the air...something angry.
Suddenly, the barrier comes back, except with a certain shade of blue….Tardis blue. At this moment, they find themselves at an unsettling conclusion, that no longer are the Appaloosans trapped with the changelings...but now THEY are trapped in their with THEM.
Meanwhile, trapped in a pod with eyes closed, a certain proud Appaloosa with a stetson and a snazzy vest lay limp inside. Feeling the intimidating tremors, he didn’t feel a slight bit of fear. No, instead, he smiles. Even with thick and icky green goo inside, he opens his muzzle...and mouths a certain phrase that resonated in every single soul in the town:
“FOR AAAPAAAALOOOOOOOSAAAAAAA!!!!!!” The stampeding buffalo howled!
Appaloosa, ever since the start of the incident twenty minutes ago, erupts into chaos once more.
In the tavern, you nod at the Crimson Knights with a burning resolve that can’t be washed away. They return it in kind, be it with the same resolve, the will to live, or awe for the coming events.
“That’s our signal,” you say. “It’s time.”
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Boss Fight Team Comp. Proposal
The Brutus Maximum: Mongo Vs. The Frontline Powerhouses: Bugze, Captain Jack, Grey, Browndog, Snap, and Solarkness
The Swarm’s Organizers: Biff and Tanne Vs. The Elementalists" Aqua, Mia, Changer, and Rutherford, and Erised
The Hyper Telekinetic: Vicky Vs. The Backline Decoys: Silver, Candy, Charismatic Guard, Kichi, Kersey, and Grandbuggy
Moments Before In The TARDIS
The Doctor angrily chides Grandbuggy, and then laments that now because he was in Ponyville with the TARDIS for months, he can’t go back to get Derpy any time before now.
“Oh no, oh no. She must think the worst!”
“Ya, she thinks you dumped her and she’s trying to move on with her life,” you explain plainly causing him to lament more.
“Oh Ditzy…I’m going to have to make this up to her…somehow…”
During the introductions, someone asks.
“Wait a minute. Aren’t you supposed to be all mind controlled by Nightmare Moon, or was Shining Armor just bucking with us?”
You grit your teeth at that and answer them plainly.
“No, he wasn’t bucking with you. She IS in my head…” some of them seem kind of nervous, others seem vindicated by what they hear, but you continue. “But let me make one thing perfectly clear. She isn’t controlling me, she isn’t responsible for my actions, and She ISN’T evil. You idiots got that?”
They all kind of look at each other and back at you before Rutherford speaks up.
“Are you sure? Or are you just saying that because she’s making you?”
Facehooving, you declare a bit huffily.
“NO!”
“But I mean, come on, isn’t this the same crazy goddess that was gonna plunge the world into entire night and eats children?” asks Brown Dog.
Selena scoffs at that and you echo her scoff audibly.
“No, she’s not like that anymore. And she never ate children, Nightmare Night is kind of slanderous it turns out.”
“And, you’re positive that Nightmare Moon isn’t going to make you black out the sun?” asks Solarkness.
“Motherbucker, the fact that I’ve been running around for three years and the Sun is still shining should be your first clue!” you huff. “She’s changed! Her name is Selena, and quite frankly she’s the one person on this whole danged planet that I trust the most.”
Flatterer, Selena chuckles causing you to smirk.
“So yeah, I’m me as I’ve always been. And quite frankly, who would you rather fight with, me, or the Changelings who played you for fools for a year?”
“…Hold that thought Boss,” Brown Dog says before he gets the Knights into a huddle. “What do you think guys?”
“Well at this point, do we really have a choice?” asks Kichi.
“We’re already considered cultists and terrorists, not like they can charge us anymore,” Snap Drake points out.
(More Talks)
The huddle breaks and they look to you.
“Aside from surviving, is what else can you offer us?” asks Rutherford.
You groan at this before responding.
“I can offer…leniency…” you say vaguely causing some of them to raise their eyebrows.
“What’s that even mean?” one of them asks.
“It means maybe I won’t send you to jail…but at the same time, I’m not just gonna let you all go scott free…but there is middle ground options. But we can discuss those, IF you decide to help me.”
They consider this.
“Well, as long as there’s love to feed me, I’ll consider it,” Kichi bargains.
“Oh don’t worry little guy, I could give you all the love you’d ever need,” Jack flirts with lidded eyes causing Kichi to chuckle nervously and step back.
“Well, just so long as it’s just Kichi, don’t want to turn Erised’s and Grey’s love triangle into a square,” Brown Dog jokes.
“Oh just bucking stop it!” Grey growls.
“Never! Oh and I’m in too. How about you Snap?”
“Totally!”
Later
Erised smugly says,
“At last, we’ll finally be able to fight this thing right. No more holding back, with the Offender, we can kill all of those damned insects.”
“Uh, yeah no,” you say shutting off his rant.
He turns to you startled.
“No? What do you mean no?”
“No killing…I’m actually kind of glad most of you were following that rule already, but yeah, we’re doing this so that NOONE has to die, and that includes those changelings.
“But…but you’re the one…You know when to do what’s necessary and…”
“Oh give it a rest you old monster. Your spiel gets boring the second time you hear it,” comes a frustrated voice from behind you.
Most of the Knights tense up as a certain blue Unicorn steps through.
“Well hello dumbasses. Did you all miss me?” she asks cockily.
“YOU!” Erised croaks.
“WHAT THE BUCK IS SHE DOING HERE?!” growls Solarkness.
“You got water all over my floors!” Grey shouts.
“Didn’t I drug you and tie you up?” asks Kichi.
“Oh hey hot waterbender babe,” Snap Drake waves.
She just rolls her eyes at this, and before anyone can do anything, you speak up.
“Quiet down morons, Aqua here is my friend, and she’s going to help us get through this whole ordeal. So shut your pieholes!”
“B-But why are you hanging with her?” asks Erised extremely confused. “She’s one half of the reason we were put away. Her and that damnable Bounty Hunter that thought he knew better than you.”
You look at Aqua then back at him and chuckle.
“Heh, well hears the thing…”
(Que CV Reveal.)
Rest of the Crew Introductions.
POV Change: Grandbuggy
Several of the Knights fan over the Doctor who just rolls his eyes, but some take interest in Grandbuggy.
He even speaks with Changer for a bit.
“And listen kid, if you wanna do right by anything, you follow my Grandson, and you give up your quest of revenge. He can tell you himself it don’t work out so good.”
“You know why I can’t 117. After what the former Queen did. I have to find answers, I have to…”
“I know where they are kid. The both of them…” he says causing Changer to gape.
“Y-You do?”
He nods.
“How?”
“Hybrid families are kind of my thing. The last Queen was a nasty piece of work, so I gave a hoof when I could.”
“Wh-Where are…”
“After this is all over, I’ll let you know.”
He then pats his shoulder then walks to Erised.
“And hello to you Ink Moth, you still a genocidal nutjob like you used to be?”
Erised sneers, “Do I know you?”
“Probably not by name. I was still a lieutenant when you had your little breakdown.”
“It wasn’t a breakdown! I saw the truth! The hive-“
“Must die, because the rest of the world is too innocent and blah blah blah,” Grandbuggy then steels his eyes.
“Listen here and listen well old bug. There’s good and evil in every race on this planet. You cling to this notion that all Ponies are good at heart, and that all Changeling’s are rotten, and it’s pure bullspit!”
“Oh really? I’ll have you know that I have seen,”
“Oh get off of “Seeing” I’ve been around the cosmos, I’ve seen the best and worst of every race you know, and many you don’t. And I can say one thing’s for certain, not everyone is the same.”
“But the hive, for so long has been a poison. From generation to generation, all they do is,”
“Yeah, we leech off of the other races, and we enjoy it. But do you know why? Because it’s all the Hive has known. They never had a chance to see another side. The Hive Mind becomes a thing of comfort that is horrifying to be without, and they have been conditioned to feel that way. But if all Changeling’s are the same, then how do you explain Us? How do you explain my Grandson, and these other three?”
“Genetic defects.”
“No. They saw another way because they were already outcasts. But they LEARNED. Every one of those Changelings outside, they’re dangerous yes, but that’s because they know no other way. I won’t condemn them for an ignorance that’s been spread for generations.”
He then gets in his face.
“So drop the delusions of extinction. The dead can’t learn a new way. Beating those changeling’s asses will do a lot more to helping them learn than your little purge plans Ink Moth.”
He then starts to walk off.
“So kick some flank, and let your insane delusions go.”
Going Over Plans.
They discuss how they have to set up a new dome, rescue as many prisoners to cut off love supply, and then be able to defeat the Field Officers.
They all discuss their strengths and how making sure they are separated from one another is the best option, because all 4 at once could be troublesome.
“Why don’t you just Saddle Rager up and smash them all?” asks Kichi.
“Because I’m incapacitated at the moment,” you gesture to your chest disk. “So you guys are going to have to do some heavy lifting here…”
Also, Changer, Brown Dog, and Snap Drake share an idea with Bugze concerning Kersey.
"We need a doctor to help treat the wounded-"
"I'm a doctor."
You, Grey Rebl, Erised, Jack, and even Grandbuggy all facehoof as Quacksalver wakes up and stumbles over to your group.
"Wait, you know this quack?" you ask Jack and Grandbuggy.
"It's Doctor Quacksalver. I didn't spend 10 minutes at the Canterlot Royal Medical Institution for nothing." Quacksalver corrects.
"I've had quite a few resets at the hoofs of that moron." Jack responds, ignoring Quacksalver.
"Yeah, we lost a few changeings thanks to this 'Doctor's' help." Grandbuggy adds.
"Want me to knock him out again?" Grey Rebl offers.
"Unfortunately we need all the help we can get." Jack counters.
*ding* "Hey Doc-"
"Yes." the Doctor replies.
"Not you." you say to the Doctor before turning back to Quacksalver, "You see all those change- I mean patients outside?"
Quacksalver looks out the window then gasps, "It's a mass outbreak of grumpus-violentus! I need to perform Oldboy-ectomies, stat! Original-us and Remake-us!"
He then pulls out a "Burknomic Scapel" (i.e. a hammer) and a boxcutter out of his lab coat before charging out a nearby window yelling,
"THIS WILL ONLY HURT A BIT!"
"Hooded Offender, what have you done..." Erised comments.
"I'm sure he'll be fine." Mia reassures
Multiple screams can be heard outside followed by "Come back! I need to amputate your wings before the rage muscles block your air veins!"
"I wasn't talking about him..." Erised adds.
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"Yeah!", [Insert name of soempony who would be stupid enough to say what's coming next] "We got our equipment back, those bugs are underfed, we've secured all the entrances, and the buckign Doctor and Hooded Offender are with us! Nothing can possibly go wrong no-"
*Mongo smashes through the building Juggernaut-style*
"YOU JUST HAD TO BUCKING SAY IT!!!" everyone in the tavern yells at the [name] at the same time.
"Oh... my ba- *smack*" [CK name] apologizes before even Kersey's comatose hoof reflexively slaps him on the back of the head.
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One of the higher ranking changelings yells at changeling in question for "playing with his food".
"But the reference was right there! I had to make it!"
"*rolls eyes* You're almost as bad as Private 9001!"
Cue several changelings murmuring how they missed picking on him.
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"What about crippling them?" Grey Rebl asks.
"What?"
"Yeah, you said no killing, but technically ripping off the limbs, horns, and wings of those roaches won't kill them. Plus it'll keep them in jail longer than just knocking them out."
"We are in a war." Changer adds.
"And changelings are able to both fly and utilize magic." Erised adds, "Merely breaking off their horns or tearing off their wings would merely make them into pegasi and unicorns respectively while inflicting enough pain to knock them out of the fight."
"Uhhhhh..." you say uncertainly before Grandbuggy chips in,
"Fine, but within reason. No turning anyling into quadriplegics."
Chapter 82 is missing. It went straight from 81 to 83. Is that important or accidental? (Posted before reading the chapter)
8153006 That was accidental. Thanks for the catch
8153170 you're welcome :P.
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"Sincerely, I like more the pinkie love that your love... But if you want a hug..." Commented Kichi as he transformed in what seemed a copy of Bulk Biceps but in black and without the tiny wings
"Let me get you some love..." Commented Kichi as if trying to seduce Jack
"You know what? I think someone is calling me" Commented Jack as he left and Kichi returned to normal as the others looked to him.
"What? Is better to fight fire with fire... Like that, I managed to make him go away... I learned it from..." Kichi shivered
"Sincerely, it's not a good memory, just to say there are things worse that Discord and Chrysalis out there..." Commented trying to forget some bad memory as he looked to a empty space and shivered again
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"Nurse... Get me the next patient!" Shouted Quacksilver
The people looked to each other, waiting to see who talked until one offered and give him one of the knocked changelings, as Quacksilver took what seemed to be a mechanic manual for a carriage.
"Hmmm-mwaha ha ha awaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes, I've got it now!" the doctor declared, eyes lit by sparks of madness and creation.
"Nurse, hand me an alligator wrench, that burnt out vacuum tube at the end of the table, and a number fifteen Heterodyne adjustable." Shouted Quacksilver, and again they looked at each other.
"I also need a Piece of wire at least five centimeters long, chewing gum, hammer, your watch, tap handle, Frearson screwdriver, and a hacksaw. This is a emergency, this patient is very ill but you are in luck as I'm here" Shouted Quacksilver to those that looked the scene
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If anyone want to be traumatized, just search "Hapxier" in youtube
I have to give thanks for the last part to "Rorschach's Blot" and his story of "What If"
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After Aqua introduces herself to the Knights.
Rutherford: "I will agree to fight along side her on one condition."
Bugze: "And that is?"
Rutherford (Turning to Aqua): "She keeps the bloodbending away from my friends. I cannot stand such an unhonorable action to be used, however in a fight for survival I understand using the necessity (He nods towards Erised). I want her word she will not use it against us."
Aqua: "I promise that I will not use my waterbending to control you or the other Crimson Knights. You have my word."
Grandbuggy: "You better keep that promise girl. His clan take oaths like that very seriously. By the way Wyvern, how your old man? I have not seen him in about 50 years or so. He still hosting poker on Saturday nights with the Dragon Lord?"
Rutherford: "Um...yes? Wait, I think I met you before. You're Quick Fix, right?"
Grandbuggy: "Yep, I see you've gotten bigger. You still good at water bending?"
Aqua: "Wait, you're a waterbender too?"
Rutherford: "Yes I am, and yes I have."
Aqua: "Then why did you not use it during our fight?"
Rutherford: "While I can use it and have spent decades to perfect it, I prefer to use it as a last resort or to bring water to me to power my breath attacks. And before you ask, I refuse to use bloodbending."
TO ADD DURING THE FIGHT, AFTER A HOLE IN THE ROOF APPEARS. (Modified from an earlier suggestion I made a few chapters back)
Rutherford Looks up and sees a large hole in the ceiling. He turns to the others.
Rutherford: "Well gents, I think it is time to gain some air superiority. If you need me, send a flare through the hole."
This music starts to play for the air fight (Aces High - Iron Maiden) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9aQvjMS60
Rutherford then grabs Aqua and throws her on his back: "Hold on we're going for a ride."
With that, Rutherford shoots through the hole and charges through a small group of flying changelings, grabbing the lead one in his jaws while his bladed tail slices the wings off of another.
Aqua: "What in Tartarus do you thing you're doing?"
Rutherford: "The air is getting to thick with these bugs. We are going to thin them out a little."
Aqua: "So why did you grab me? couldn't you have gotten some of your changeling friends to help?"
Rutherford: "Too easy to mistake them for the enemy. Besides, with you, I can concentrate on the ones in front of me and you will be able to cover my six as well as alert me of any incoming blast."
Aqua: "Fine, doesn't seem like I have much of a choice at this point. but don't try to purposely get us killed."
Rutherford: "Wouldn't dream of it. Now let's see if we can't cause a bit of strife for these cockroaches."
Rutherford begins swinging his tail blade at the other flying changelings and causing them to crash into the ground with a painful crunch. He shoots beams of ice and boiling water on other groups of changelings trying to break into the tavern as Aqua uses her water whips and icicles to bring down the changelings that try to attack Rutherford from behind.
LATER ON IN THE FIGHT
Rutherford's beams are becoming smaller and he seems to be flying a bit slower.
Rutherford: "I'm running low on energy. How are you doing?"
Aqua: "I'm starting to run low on water."
Rutherford: "Blast! If we weren't in a damned desert, I could keep going a bit longer. Wait, is that what I think it is?"
Aqua: "The water tower?"
Rutherford flies over to a large water tower that a large group of changelings are massing under. He lands as quietly as he can on top of it (which is actually not quiet at all, but due to the fighting all over the town, no one seems to hear it)
Rutherford: "This tower is full of water. You can resupply and I can regain most of my power and still have enough for quite a few recharges...or....we can recharge now and use the rest for a massive attack. Let's recharge first."
Rutherford rips open a hole in the top of the water tower (next to some graffiti saying "Bugze Was Here" and uses his water bending to bring the water to him like a large straw and drinks a few gallons. Aqua does much the same, bending the water into some containers she had. Rutherford turns to face the changelings below him.
Rutherford: "Ah. Much better. Now let's see what I can do about you."
Aqua: "What are you planning?"
Rutherford: "How good are you at manipulating a large amount of water?"
Aqua: "I have moved more water than this easily. Why?"
Rutherford: "I think we might need to topple this tower. It should cause a bit of panic...especially if we freeze the changelings caught up in it. You game?"
Aqua: "What about the water supply for the town? Aren't they going to need it to survive?"
Rutherford: "From what I can gather, this is more like a reserve for drought or emergencies. The water in the tavern came from a different source. Plus wouldn't this count as an emergency?"
Aqua: "I guess so. I just feel bad about doing it."
Rutherford: "I will send them a generous donation for repairs when I get back home ."
Rutherford tears the hole he made earlier open wider, flies into the air, and starts bending the water with Aqua to force the water tower to start tilting towards the changelings. Once it tilts some more, the changeling stop whatever they were planning and look around at the sound of metal and wood creaking. They turn around too late as the tower falls upon most of them. Water begins to wash some changeling away as it spreads out.
Rutherford: "Alright everyone. Chill!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2WzkgkufyE
Rutherford fires a beam of ice into the soaking changelings, causing all of them in the water to freeze as well as cover the water tower and Aqua causes more several more soaking wet changelings to freeze while they tried to get away. From the distance he hears Brown Dog say: "Your pun was bad and you should feel bad!" He looks in the direction of the tavern and sees a flare shoot up from the building
Rutherford: "We better head back to the tavern. I'm sure the guys could use a pick-me-up and some heals.
As he heads back, he cuts through the wings of a few more changelings in his way, Aqua knocking more down along the way.