The group quickly turned around to see dozens of cockatrices slithering out of each tunnel.
"They're everywhere." Fluttershy said meekly. "What are we going to do?"
"I don't know." Twilight said quietly, the stream of creatures not giving any hint of slowing.
"Well there's no use standing here." Tex grunted angrily.
A sudden, louder shriek echoed through the tunnels, causing the flow of cockatrices to stop. They began staring around with looks of uncertainty. Another shriek, this time even louder and closer echoed through the cave. This time a large amount of the cockatrices slithered back through the tunnels, though the twenty largest ones stayed planted in their spot.
"Where are they going?" Pinkie Pie asked. She gasped and started making their way towards them. "Maybe the loud one said that he's having a party and we're all invited!"
There was now a low hiss echoing through the cave. The sound bounced off the walls, confusing the group as to which direction the noise was coming from. A large cockatrice began to slither out of one of the tunnels, eyes glowing bright red. It moved slower than the other cockatrices, but it wasn't until it fully emerged that they saw it had no tail.
"Uh oh..." Tucker said quietly.
"What did you do?" Tex hissed, keeping her eyes on the hulking creature.
"I may or may not have cut it in half..."
"And it's still alive?" Tex asked with no sign of fear or concern in her voice.
The large cockatrice was now twenty feet away, eyes focusing on Tucker as it began to plan it's next move.
"Oh shit, I think he remembers me." Tucker said as he quickly started to back away.
The cockatrice noticed this and let out a deafening shriek before lunging towards Tucker. Rainbow Dash quickly sprung into action and tackled the cockatrice out of the air, pinning it to the ground. The cockatrice hissed and flapped it's wings, intending to slam Rainbow Dash against the roof of the cave. Rainbow Dash took this into account and quickly rolled off of it's belly just before it hit, but the cockatrice was too close to the ceiling to brake so it slammed into the roof, dazing it for several seconds. The other cockatrices then began to charge at the group, taking advantage of the fact that they were almost entirely focused on the larger cockatrice.
"We need to get out of here." Twilight said as she saw one of the creatures jump towards them. Twilight used her magic to grab it out of the air, then threw it towards a small group of cockatrices, knocking most of them down.
"Where is the way out?" Rainbow Dash asked sharply as she bucked a cockatrice in the throat. "There's like half a dozen paths!"
"I'm willing to bet that it's the way they aren't coming from." Tex said as she twisted a cockatrice's neck, killing it instantly.
Twilight looked around an noted the tunnels in which some cockatrices came from. Much to Twilight's frustration, each tunnel had a a few cockatrices blocking the path, making Twilight unsure which tunnel was the right way out. Her eyes shot open and she looked at the small puddle of dried blood and scales and began to look around frantically.
"What are you looking at?" Tucker asked as one of the cockatrices tackled him to the ground.
"That way!" Twilight said as she shot a bolt of magic towards one of the tunnels, knocking the cockatrices in it's path out of the way. "There is a small trail of cockatrice blood leading that way."
"You heard her! Move your asses now!" Tex yelled as she and the others began making their way to the tunnel.
The large cockatrice hit Twilight in the side of the head, causing her to fall to the ground. Before she could get back up she began to get dragged away by one of the smaller cockatrices. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash turned back and started making their way to her.
"Run!" Twilight snapped as she kicked the cockatrice off of her.
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy nodded hesitantly and followed the others through the tunnel. Twilight began to use her magic to fight the cockatrice, but it wrapped around her thigh and began to look into her eyes, causing her to lose focus. Twilight, realizing the rate at which her strength was diminishing, quickly began struggling to get free of it's grip, but every time she moved it allowed the cockatrice to tighten it's grip even further. Twilight looked back into the cockatrice's eyes and felt her a numbing sensation pass through her legs and up to her waist. Panic began to set in as she tried to shake it free one more time, but to no success.
"Oh no you don't." A voice said, tackling the cockatrice off of Twilight.
Twilight gasped and stared at the ceiling, happy to just be able to breathe. She slowly sat up and looked at her legs, which were now losing their stone like appearance. She looked up to see the figure wrestle the cockatrice to the ground. The hoof of the figure shot towards the cockatrice's throat, quickly followed by the sound of a sickening crunch. The cockatrice went limp and the figure began to walk towards Twilight, ignoring the large and tailless cockatrice. Twilight's vision came back to focus and she saw Tex staring at her uncertainly.
"Can you move?" Tex asked.
"Yes, I-I think so." Twilight said in a rough voice and began rubbing her throat. "Why did you came back?"
"If anybody is going to kill you, it's going to be me." Tex chuckled darkly as she helped Twilight up to her hooves. She turned around when the large cockatrice shrieked, calling the other cockatrices back to the cave. "Keep them off my back and I'll keep them off yours."
"Right." Twilight nodded, beginning to feel her strength return to her at an incredible rate as a large amount of cockatrices surrounded them. "And Tex?"
"What?"
"Thank you."
"If you tell anybody I came back to help you I will literally slam your skull into the ground." Tex said quietly.
"I know." Twilight smirked.
Tex and Twilight stayed back to back for nearly half an hour, fending off the onslaught of cockatrices. Twilight knocked them away with precision, and while they were dazed Tex would finish them without mercy. Dozens of cockatrices retreated, knowing that they would be slaughtered if they remained. The large cockatrice remained with nearly a dozen other cockatrices.
"How are you holding up?" Twilight panted as she shot a weak bolt of magic at one of them.
"Barely." Tex grunted as she threw her hoof at the cockatrice.
The large cockatrice noticed their state and shot towards them, shrieking loudly at his soon to be victory. The creature shot to the ground by a red blur and maniacal laughter echoed through the cave. Tex, Twilight and the remaining cockatrices turned to see a red pony fighting, and winning, against the beast.
"O'Malley?" Tex asked, shocked.
"Hello Allison." O'Malley said as he stabbed his hoof though the cockatrices stomach.
The cockatrice began to writhe in pain, trying to throw O'Malley off of it's body, but O'Malley held on to the cockatrices insides so every time that it thrashed, it injured nothing but itself. After a few minutes of thrashing, O'Malley stuck his second hoof in and grabbed hold of it's heart. O'Malley looked at the heart, which kept a slow beat even after it had been ripped out. The cockatrice hissed once more and managed to shake O'Malley free.
"What are you doing here?" Tex asked nervously.
"Saving the day, it seems." O'Malley chuckled morosely. he looked over at the cockatrice, which was still somehow coming towards them. He tossed the heart on the ground and stomped on it. The cockatrice's eyes shot open and it fell limp, and once the remaining few cockatrices witnessed this, they quickly slithered away at an incredible speed. "Well that was fun. Wish it put up more of a fight though. Ah well, hopefully Sigma brings me more joy in the pain department."
"You want to kill Sigma?" Twilight asked as she slowly backed away from O'Malley, knowing how dangerous he is.
"What? Don't tell me you think I'm heartless." O'Malley said, booming with laughter. "Ah, my wit provides me with great amusement. But to answer your question, no, I do not want to kill Sigma. I wish to watch him suffer painfully, that is all."
"You and me both." Church said as he entered the tunnel. Twilight and Tex smiled weakly at Church. Twilight opened her mouth to greet him, but Church interrupted when she saw that she was having a hard time speaking. "As soon as O'Malley heard something he sprinted ahead of us to take part in the action. He loves seeing things in pain even more than Tex does."
"It's the little things." O'Malley said dryly, pretending to wipe a tear out of his eye. "Now let's leave this place, the others are outside."
I like how now that I'm aiming for 1.2k words per chapter I'm reaching 1.4-1.5k words.
Nice Job!
I really Hope you have O'Malley pull a fast one have him Hijack Sigma's Plot seeing as how O'Malley just doesn't work as a good guy
Keep up the amazing work!!!
Out of all the A.I.s, O'Malley would be the last one I would want to encounter in a dark alley.
...i wanna go kill something now.
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I FOUND YOU, PRAISE THE SPICE
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Does Omalley really ever do anything evil on purpose mostly he just causes minor inconvinces and pain alot like tex
FINISH HIM!!!! Winner: O'Malley!
if o'mally and tricky the clown were to meet the outcome would be...... apocalyptic at best and thats the best case senario soooo yeah
[Reads title.] i wonder what that could mean. [Reads rest of chapter.] I don't get it!
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In Mortal Combat, the announcer would scream "Finish Him" and there is a move where a fighter tears the heart out of the enemy.
Wow... every single damn time this story updates, it hits top. I'm surprised, amused, annoyed, and amazed at this..
Surprised because it happens EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME!
Amused, because it means all I have to do is look at the top, and everytime its there, I can say, "Welp, time to read MLC:BiM"
Annoyed because again, it happens EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME!
And amazed because this story has enough active trackers that it hits top everytime it updates.
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The name of the fighter is sub zero
Hey im early for the first time ever this calls for the sword raising(gets peice of shit on a stick)
(raises it) I HAVE THE POWER OF EARLINESS (shit the falls on face) Well cant waist goid shit
(throws at gaint fan won in a cracker jack box) Aslo fun fact july 21 is tbe day tolkien puplished Lord of The Ring:felowship of the ring
I love this story so much, i remeber when it wasnt even a hunderd pages but im complety insane so disregard ever thing i said except fir the lord of the rings thing, thats true, now of to my underground bunker that may or may not have a machine rhar makes pringles out of carbon doixide
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I know it was sub zero, but since he didn't catch the reference I felt it meant that he was unfamiliar with the fighters so there was no point in saying his name.
789189 I lied. I totally got it! Mwhhaha1 Flawless deception! Oh yeah!
My comment has so many errors its not evrn funny oh well just a pet peve of being crimanly insane, darnit popy cant you see im busy? What do you mean there men at the door holding a straight jacket? Can you tell them im not here or that im busy at the moment? Man my roommate popy the penguin is so silly i rember when -thhft- i feel fuuny
This is the CAI please diregard everything thus man is saying, he is insane and is being put in a mental instution. Thank you for your coeoperation because knowings half the battle, GI JOE!!!!!!!
Dayum! O'Malley needs to meet Necky!
I finally just caught up. I was unaware that Red vs. Blue was free to watch online, and starting its 10th season!
Thank you DarkWing for the link you provided and for the 133 chapters that has been a blast to read
The past week has been fun but now i get to wait like everyone else...
Witch is churches power again i dont remember was it sniping or was it the sword or is it just memory or something of the sort?
O'Malley is awesome. You have gotta admire a guy who loves his job.
And who else thought of Indiana Jones when he ripped out the cockatrice heart?
"If anybody is going to kill you, it's going to be me."
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789815 I was thinking of Mass Effect 2 for that line. I convinced Jack to help Miranda so that she could kill her at a more convenient time.
RENEGADE, WHY U SO BADASS?
I cam back for you...lol
I have only read the title... I hope there's a fatality involved!
Edit: O'Malley... I love you... with ALL the homo!
789740 Current Church is Epsillon mimicking Alpha Church. Epsilon's ability is memory, or in this case the ability to make all the other A.I.s remember why they hate him. It's kind of an unfortunate power at the moment. Alpha Church was a terrible sniper. The Energy Blade (Sword) is Tucker's thing.
789374 I think there's a rule against roleplaying in the comments section.
789811 Personally I thought of Killua from HunterXHunter, but I can see where you're coming from.
Strange that the Cockatrice lasted so long after losing it's heart. Maybe the connection is magical rather than physical?
This reminds me why I loved O'Malley. So over the top and just loves being bad.
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o'malley ripping out he heart lol
The unstoppable bad-ass team :D
1271049 oh my god someone quick make a mortal kombat/mlp crossover that would be awsome
You capture O'Malley so well
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It's annoying to be honest. I unfavorited this because of the amount of updates I recieved almost dayly. It's not anything impressive. 2k words a day or more is however a little more impressive and less annoying because of less frquent updates.
It took me months to get back to this. That's why I didn't comment earlier.
Im a little confused on Omegas voice, is it the deep scary as shit voice he normally has or is it the voice he had when he was in control of Doc.
2208550 I'm imagining it as the one he had when he possessed Doc, I like that one
2276508 lol i am imagining him with a scottish accent, for some reason, probably has something to do with the name "O'Malley"