OC Apprentice Finale Pt. One

Despite the constant cheering and screaming from the crowd. Everything was silent to Reneigah as she tried to wake Coalstone from his unconsciousness. She had seen his fight backstage and she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t impressed by her friend’s strength and endurance. Not wanting to be in the way, she stepped aside to let the medics take care of him. Everything else was silent to her, not even the roaring crowd made a sound to her. She was still too shocked by what she saw. Then her head scanned upwards to catch the glare of an angry Candle Light. Obviously, her and Coalstone had disappointed her with their survival and Reneigah smiled at the twisted Co-Manager. They had won. She and Coal had beat her scheme and were the most powerful ponies standing. Granted, one was knocked out on the floor on a stretcher, but they were the most powerful.
But what concerned Reneigah was Candle’s lack of action. She didn’t rise from her seat, she wasn’t screaming in anger, and she wasn’t pounding her armrest. She simply stared Reneigah down with fiery eyes. Reneigah felt small compared to the goddess. But she wouldn’t let Candle get to her head. She had won. She and Coal beat her challenge and that was that. It was all over, and while Gob wasn’t present to see it, she was still proud.

Reneigah froze, and so did the rest of the attendees in the arena. Her eyes were wide as she saw the eerie blue smoke fill the grounds beneath the wrestling ring she stood in. Her head slowly turned to see a cloaked man with a hood over his head. Next to him stood a lean feminine figure. This confused Reneigah, what were these two doing here? Who were they? Was this all a part of Candle's plan? She looked back up to Candle for somewhat of a hint of what was going on, but she only saw a confused goddess staring at the two newcomers who made their way down the ramp. The two slowly walked closer and closer to the ring where Reneigah was able to get a better view of the maiden who stood next to the cowled man. The woman seemed to be wearing a women's dark green suit with black heels and a black tie. Her long black hair draped down her back in a mighty neat way and her eyes seemed to glow with a healthy green color. This was no other than the CEO of VeggieCO herself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you all to the main event! Where there will definitely be violence! Action! Bloodshed! Please, sit back, and enjoy the slaughter!" The suited woman called out into a microphone. The two entered the ring and looked to approach Coalstone and Reneigah before a voice called out.
"You will leave immediately, Veggie!" Appearing before Reneigah and the now somewhat conscious Coalstone was Candle Light without her suit coat, looking to throw down with the goddess of vegetation.
"What's the matter now, Candle? I thought you wanted these swine dead."
"I did. But Gob told me it was my top priority to kill you on sight if you posed a threat to him or any of his belongings, and it is my duty to fulfil his request!" Candle's fists were suddenly engulfed with flame as she threw her first punch. Before her blazing knuckles could make contact, a thick spiky vine sprouted from nowhere and wrapped around Candle's right wrist and yanked down, pulling her to the ground. Reneigah tried to make an effort to stop Veggie, but the man who stood next to her in the ring quickly stopped Reneigah and grabbed her by the throat. She noticed he had bulging green veins running through his arm. He lifted his hood off and his eyes were rolled back, staring into her soul. Reneigah was horrified and was on the verge of tears until Coalstone staggered towards the man who held his grip on Reneigah and tackled him to the ground.
"Now we can't have any of that, now can we?" More of Veggie's pointed vines burst from the mat and grabbed Coalstone by his ankle and yanked him down to the mat. The spikes were agonizing and the vine wasn't making things better as their grip tightened. Reneigah was about to help her ally when yet one more vine wrapped around her waist. Reneigah's eyes widened as she felt the spikes stab into her midsection and the vine begin to tighten like a deadly boa constrictor. She was yanked down to the floor, inches from death (once again) as she began to feel like she was bleeding out. Veggie's laughs were horrible and bird-like. It was over. There was nobody left to save them.
"Yeah, okay, we've seen this done before in countless stories and movies, let's just get it over with, yeah?" A familiar voice boomed throughout the arena. Reneigah almost forgot she was just stabbed when she noticed the voice. A faint smile grew on her face as she came to a conclusion as to who it was. Right before their eyes, in the center of the ring, stood Gob wearing a velvety red smokers jacket, black slacks, dress shoes, and in his left hand was an old looking but still shined pipe. "Jesus, I can't go one night without you all causing mayhem and a ruckus! Candle, what have I told you before about losing your temper? I leave for a day and here you go, wanting to kill people again! Tisk tisk! Coalstone, you're looking horrible... Like, worse than usual. What, did you get beat up by the neighborhood bullies again? And Reneigah... Oh... Jokes aside, you don't look too good." Gob took a drag of his pipe and knelt down to Reneigah. Veggie stood behind Gob. Dumbfounded by the god's sudden appearance.
"Gob... I'm... Dying! Help me!" Reneigah gasped as she reached out for Gob. Gob's eyes became more serious as he assessed the situation and realized it's severity. Then his eyes turned a brighter blue and his hand waved over Reneigah's midsection. Instantly, the vines dried out and died, her wounds were healed and she felt like nothing had happened at all. Gob arose to a standing pose and took one last drag from his pipe.
"You... Ms. Veggie, have hurt my contestants... My friends." Gob muttered. "Now, on normal circumstances, I wouldn't mind. Heck, I'd give pointers on how to torture them on a personal and emotional level. But this is different." Gob conjured up a glass of what seemed to be brandy and took a swig. He swirled the glass all the while looking away from Veggie. "I leave for one day and this crap goes down? Without me or my help? Goes to show when you let someone borrow a broken toy, they'll just break it even more. It's up to its owner to keep it somewhat intact..." Gob took the last swig from the glass before throwing it and his pipe away. "Now Candle," Gob waved his hand and set his Co-Manager and Coalstone free from their trap. "Take these two to safety. I have to retrieve a toy of mine." Instantly, Gob turned towards Veggie wielding two large silver revolvers and fired them almost as quickly as a Gatlin gun. The bullets struck and pierced Veggie as she fell to the mat. Not dead, but wounded. Gob then began to walk towards Veggie who moaned and groaned with pain.
"See, when I left, I learned a big lesson. See, before I saw myself as a huge winner. I'm successful. Heck, I think I am the pure definition of success. However, I learned that part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something more productive. See, I left mainly for two reasons. I had to really think about my situation and my actions, and my girlfriend told me so...
*Gob winks towards the camera with three fingers held up.
Anyway, I learned that being a winner means you gotta learn to walk away from certain things to assure the constant win. To make sure your streak of success isn't broken. And hun," Gob stopped before Veggie's head and pointed his silver revolver at the back of her head as he pushed her back down with his foot. "Your streak was just broken..."

END OF PART 1 of 2

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[Thunderbolt Sentinel]

Can't wait for part two.