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// Twenty Years on the Job 
// Story: Birth of a Hero 
// by ultspideyfan 
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'Twenty years on the job and I still haven't given up? Mary was right, I am crazy.' Kaine could feel the blood drip down on his mask. Something went off in his cranium, something that told him that he was in danger. 'Alright, come on Kaine, you got this, get up, get up before Sombra gets here!' Kaine tried to get up on his four legs, but the pain in his body was unbearable. 

"It's a pity. Twenty years of being Equestria's hero and now look at you. You can't even get up!" Sombra taunted Kaine. A dark aura surrounded Kaine's body, bringing him to Sombra. "It's a shame to see you like this. You really were a worthy opponent, but now, now you're nothing to me." Kaine laughed. 

"What are you going to do? Give me a trophy???" 

"You could call it that." Kaine didn't know what Sombra had meant by that. It was too late though. Sombra dug something into Kaine's stomach. Kaine looked down to see his own sword, inside of him. Sombra used his magic to twist the blade, causing Kaine to scream in agony. 

"Any last words, Spider-Mane?!" Kaine looked past Sombra, to see his Spider-Buggy's main weapon pointed at them. Kaine smiled underneath his mask.

"Yeah I got one. Boom." The rocket on the buggy shot out of the car. Kaine nor Sombra had enough time to get out of the way. 

Kaine's vision was blurry. He grasped his mask and lifted it off his face. Now he could see. His costume was torn to shreds, only the mask seemed to stay intact. He began to make his way to the buggy. However, that same tingle from before, had returned. Kaine turned around, but just as he did, Sombra was galloping towards him. 

Kaine didn't have enough time to react as Sombra struck him down with his magic. Sombra looked down to see, a piece of his sword sticking out of Kaine's stomach. His magic engulfed the shard and pulled it out. Kaine tried his best to not scream, but it was futile. Sombra smiled. He used the shard to slice Kaine's chest. "How does it feel?!"

"That's enough!" Sombra looked up to see Celestia and Luna, their horns glowing with energy. 

"I think it's time for you to be gone, you beast!" Luna yelled. Sombra didn't even get to react, Kaine had kicked him so fast that even he didn't see it coming! Luna and Celestia fired their magic at Sombra, the king screamed in pain. His body started to fade into a shadow. Celestia and Luna forced the shadow into the ground. 

"Heh, thanks, didn't know...how long...I could've...gone." Kaine collapsed, leaving Celestia and Luna, to fear for the worst.