//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Payback - Part 2 // Story: My Zodiac // by xd77 //------------------------------// Thunder Clash and his buddies were strolling down the sidewalks of mid-Canterlot snickering and hoof bumping for their terrible act they had just committed to a colt and his filly friend, they had stolen money from them and now they were plotting to do it again to another kid, Thunder Clash couldn't have felt more cooler about himself since he thought he had all the respect and attention given back to him even though he had been punished by his father for trying to force it by beating on Zodiac, but that didn't really seem to stop him since he was determined to be #1 in Canterlot and wanted to keep it that way. "Did you all see the look on that little dork's face, I thought he was gonna explode." One buddy said. Thunder Clash snickered wickedly, "Yeah, he's probably crying home to his mommy." They snickered and laughed until.......... "Ahem." said a voice from behind, they suddenly turned and saw Zodiac staring angrily at them. "Well if isn't Prince Poopiac!" Thunder Clash said as he and his buddies walked up to him. "What do you want loser?" one of his friends asked. Zodiac stuttered, but kept his place, "I-I saw what you did to that colt." Thunder Clash grabbed Zodiac and pinned him to the ground, "Listen Prince Tattletale, I told you not to give me orders, but it seems you're asking for it, and now you're gonna get it!" Thunder Clash raised his right forehoof up and was about to pound Zodiac until...... "HEY!!!!!!!" said another strange voice, this time they looked into an alleyway and in the shadows stood a silhouetted creature that had what looked like bat wings, this creature stepped out of the shadows and revealed himself, it was Nathan with an angry stare of his own. "Ah' believe y'all have somethin' that belongs to those kids." he said, Thunder Clash and his friends were amazed, they had never seen a creature before. "Guys do you see what I see, a talking two legged monkey with wings?" Thunder Clash asked. "Yep, but he's not going to be around to see us do our next round, to him that is!" one of his friends said as he walked up to Nathan and attempted to grab him with his hoof, but Nathan managed to evade his grasp by flying away from him. "Ha, missed me!" Nathan teased as he landed back down to the ground, they were even more surprised that his wings were real and he could actually control them, but Thunder Clash actually managed to not let it stop him, so he picked up Nathan with his magic and pulled him closer to him. "Listen, I don't know who you are, what you are, or where you came from, but unless your deaf, you should just back away and forget what you saw because I will not be losing anymore to ponies or creatures who take my respect away." "After what ya' did to Zodi the other day and taking that colt's money, ya' think ya' have the audacity to get respect?!" "You're darn right I do!" Thunder Clash scowled, gluing his eyes and snout straight into Nathan's, but luckily Nathan still wasn't scared and Zodiac couldn't believe it, he was actually being brave! "You show him Nathan!" he screamed, he managed to get Thunder Clash's attention though. "Hey squirt, when I'm done pounding this dork, I'm striking you a second time!" he warned. "Over mah' dead body!" Nathan said managing to stand his ground, that's when Thunder Clash and them soon managed to draw a crowd including the colt who's money he stole and his fillyfriend. "You're in Tartarus little dork!" he said striking Nathan with his hoof, Nathan soon landed on the ground, but Thunder Clash picked him back up. "And I am the Cerberus!" he said taking another buck at Nathan. "Come on Nate." Zodiac said, he soon saw Nathan get right back up at his feet and stare down Thunder Clash. "You ain't the Cerberus...." Thunder Clash turned away for a second to spit on the ground then he stared back at Nathan. "You're practice." Thunder then tried to take a third swing at him, but this time, Nathan was able to dodge it with quick reflexes, he then head butted Thunder once to back him away then another one to where he actually fell backwards onto a table behind him causing a cup of sticks to fall off and collapse on top of him. But it only got worse over that, for Thunder Clash's henchmares tried to go after him as well, but Nathan kicked them both to the curb and they fell onto the street. But just as Nathan and Zodiac thought they had won, it only got worse for they had accidentally started a brawl as Thunder Clash grabbed Zodiac and attempt to beat him, but Nathan kicked him out into the crowd that was watching and fall on top of a Pegasus, causing the crowd to go crazy and thus a fight was on.