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// Chapter 51 - Fighting and Leaving 
// Story: The True Me 
// by lightningman 
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"Probably best he jumped ship," Samson muttered with a tick in his brow, turning away from the carnage left behind. "Fluttershy wouldn't be the only thing he'd be dealing with. Now, if you'd all excuse me, I'm going to go try and settle this before any more lives have to be taken." With that, he started towards where the other manticores had run off to.
"Might as well come with you." Said Nathan.
"Doesn't seem like I have anything better to do right now," Alex said, following them.
Just then there was a crack as Lightningman appeared in a fresh suit and smelling much better. "There we go. What did I miss?"
"A lot." Said Nathan. "First off, Manticore's started looking for a colt named Silent, who then tricked them into fighting Thomas, who killed two of them making them go back to chasing Silent. Then Thomas left fearing the wrath of Fluttershy, can't blame him there. Now we're all going to fight a bunch of Manticore's with Silent." He said.
"Also, Sage is getting his stuff. Although, he might already be helping Silent if his speed back at the library is anything to go by." Alex added.
I frowned at the news. "Ok. but I wanted to give him a card so he can call me when he needs me. ehh. ill give it to him later."
"Not to be a stick in the mud,"Chris said, the silver orb floating up next to them."Buuut, we may want to catch up before Samson can screw something up in a temper."
"Right. I also had an idea about that psycho dude in his head." I nod
Chris jerked back for a moment before zooming to catch up with the superhero."How did you know about that!?"The orb half demanded, hysteria already forming in his voice.
I give him a deadpan look. " I was in your head. There's clearly another person in there. I just took to calling him psycho because of your powers."
The orb shimmered in what seemed to be a shiver before replying."He's sealed,"Chris murmured."There's no way he can get to us...."The voice didn't sound very sure as it shook, the orb's light dimming slightly.
"Well, if worse comes to worst, the Author can completely unlock my power and I can seal him up tighter than Fort Knox in a black hole," Sage said, suddenly appearing with his swords in his hands.
"First of all, holy (bleep)!" Alex shouted. "Second, are those swords Sandalphon and Nehema from Date A Live?"
"Someone knows their anime weapons."
In Sage's left had was Sandalphon and in his right was Nehema.

Sandalphon:
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Nehema:
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"Lightningman; when I leave, give Thomas's card to me. I've got a gut feeling I'll see him again soon." Said Nathan. "Now, let's go fight some Manticores." He said. I nod. 
"alright." I put my hands on their shoulders and apparate us all to the manticores. I quickly form a megaphone with my aura and yell "STOP!!"
"You guys certainly took your time," Samson greeted, kneeling on the ground as Pink Static sparked over him and was starting to pulse through the ground toward the manticores.
"Hey. I needed a shower." I shrug as I walk towards the manticores. I frown at them and speak. "παιδιά. Αφήστε. Δεν θέλεις να μας πολεμήσεις. Ένας από μας θα μπορούσε να σε σκοτώσει χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη. Τι θα συμβεί όταν είμαστε τρεις;"
"Three? Counting Silent, there are six of us here." Sage said.
"How did you...?"
"Spent a few centuries in a Greek dominant world. Had to learn the language quickly or I would've been picked out like a large black dot against a white background." Sage replied. "Also, who do you refer to when you say 'One of us could kill you without a second thought'? And where did Thomas go? He would make our numbers seven instead of six."
"I said Three? I thought I said 5." I shrug. "Im not very good at Greek."
"We dont need seven people tho, the five of us is overkill for this amount of Manticore's." Said Nathan.
"(Beep) that. Even with just Spirit Energy, I, myself, am overkill for just 5 manticores. I could beat their (beep)es in a heartbeat. Literally." Sage said.
"I'm kinda the same. While I can't beat them solo, Yolkendov and Ragnarok certainly can, even with their powers sealed." Alex said.
"I can seriously just put bullets in all there heads." Said Nathan. "Me, the weakest one here, can kill all of them easily." He said.
"Or we could take the pacifist route and wait for me to finish my nature spell so we don't have to do any morekillingtoday!" Sam said through gritted teeth, the pink-colored electricity reaching one of the manticores and establishing a mental link with the monster.
"Exactly." Sage said.
"Heh. I can only imagine what you'd tell the girls. 'Hey girls! I just got back from kicking some Greek mythological butt with a God, a Demon King, a guy in a WarMachine suit, a Power Ranger, a colt with the deepest voice I've ever heard, and a guy that's biologically half lightning!'. Sounds like another bar joke, except with more (beep) kicking." Alex joked, looking at Nathan.
"Our lives are probably gonna be filled with bar jokes like that." Said Nathan.
"A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt. He says to the bartender 'A beer please, and one for the road.'." Sage joked. "There's your bar joke. Would you like another?"
"No, I think I've had enough today, it's not even 5PM yet." Said Nathan.
"It's 5 o'clock somewhere~" Alex sang.
"True enough." Said Nathan.
"One down," Samson muttered as the manticore he'd been communicating with made its way back towards the Everfree. "And now for the others." Another burst of Pink Static sent a shockwave of the colorful electricity dancing over the ground towards the remaining monsters.
"The peaceful approach, I am both pleased and annoyed with that solution." Said Nathan.
"Peaceful approach, huh... Gabriel: Solo!" Sage declared. A huge church organ rose from the ground behind Sage, with the keyboard rising in front of him. "Ya'll might wanna cover your ears. Solo is a hypnotizing ability that uses sound waves."
Gabriel (Solo):
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"Well (beep), better hop to it." Alex said, summoning a pair of earplugs and putting them in his ears.
"huh." i cover my ears.
"This is gonna be interesting." Said Nathan as he turned off his audio receptors.
"Fire at will," Sam muttered, Green Static dancing over him alongside the pink before a wall of air surrounded and condensed around his head. The silver orb that was Chris hesitated a moment before flying towards the young man, fusing with his body with only a small jerk from the ranger. Sage disappeared from his spot, reappearing a moment later. 
"Silent's good now."
"Hold on a sec." Alex said, throwing up a sound deflecting barrier with a net-like dome of fire on the outside to keep onlooking ponies out. "Alright, hit it!" Sage nodded before lifting his hands to rest just above the keys. 
"Sing, Gabriel, sing." With those words, he slammed his hands upon the spectral keyboard.

When he finished, he lifted his head and revealed his eyes, which were closed and previously hiding in the shadow of his hair. Alex took that as the cue to lower the barriers. "Leave, and never return." Sage said, eyes open and glaring at the remaining manticores, all of whom turned away and strode back to the Everfree, disappearing into the dark forest. Alex removed his earplugs as Gabriel sunk back into the ground.
"Well that's over." Said Nathan as he turned his audio receptors back on.
"d... did you just do a naruto song?" i blink a few times. "never liked it, but i will admit it was a good instrumental."
Sam groaned as he got to his feet, wiping the sweat from his forward. "You can get out now," he murmured tiredly, Chris' orb leaving his body quickly as the Green and Pink Static died down around him. "Whew... that was exhausting...."
"Funny story there. This body of mine is descended from Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Chouji, Shikamaru, Ino, Kiba, Hinata, and all of the other academy students that made a reappearance in later episodes. I was actually born with the name Masaru Uzumaki Uchiha. My grandmother on my dad, Keiichirou Uzumaki's, side was a Hyuuga and my grandmother on my mom, Minami Uchiha's, side was a Yamanaka. My grandma was part of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. So, yeah, my sis and I had some serious stuff to live up to, and boy did we do so. We became so powerful individually that the Hokage was forced to have us leave. Four years, one war, the death of a goddess, and two new Rikudo Sennins later, I was wearing a custom made Hokage robe, the hat, and sitting in my new office for the first time." Sage said.
"You off your soap box?" Alex asked.
"Yep, sorry."
"you lost me as soon as you started saying the names. like i said. never liked it."
"Eh, to each their own." Sage said.
"So, now that that's done, what next? To be honest, I'm a little disappointed by the lack of fighting, but getting to see not only Sandalphon and Nehema in person, but Gabriel too, was a nice experience." Alex said, crossing his arms.
"now you get these." said the author as a bag of baked goods dros in front of them.
"Sweet, sweets!" Sage said before he was stopped by Alex's magic.
"Share." Alex said, staring at Sage with a deadpan expression.
"Oh, fine. Killjoy. Not like I wasn't planning to in the first place." Sage said, picking up the bag and taking a baked good before passing the bag to Alex, who also took a baked good before handing it to Nathan.
"Hold on." Said Nathan as he threw the bag into the air then turned into his cop car mode and his holoform stepped out of the car and cought the bag then took a sweet out of the bag. "Not bad." He said after he took a bite.
"You gonna pass the bag or lay claim to the whole thing?" Samson questioned jokingly, quirking an eyebrow as he grinned.
"Here ya go." Said Nathan passing the bag to Samson.
"Thank you, sir," the ranger said, taking the bag before reaching into it. He pulled out a pastry with a spark in his eye, biting into it before holding the bag out to Lightningman. "Et tu, Lightning?"
"Ehh. What the hell. It's not a peanut butter or sugar cookie. So I'm fine." I begin to eat. "Also, not allergic, I just don't like them." There as a distinctive gasp from somewhere and some wind rushing as I said that.
"Aaand cue that one episode from season 7, but with far less RD and pie, and a lot more lightningman and cookies. Possibly." Sage said.
"Season 7?" Alex asked.
"Well, yeah. Haven't you heard of season 7 yet? The finale was recent."
"Nope. Got displaced sometime after season 4 ended. 'Woke up', per se, a few days before EQG."
"Then you're in for a treat. If your Equestria is anything like the source verse, you'll meet Starswirl at some point. Also, Pinkie's possibly related to the Apples." Sage said.
"Well (beep)."
"Oh... Um... I also haven't fully watched season 7 yet. I'll need to catch up when I get back home in the Equestria Girls Universe."
"Wait, what?" Asked Nathan. "Your from the EqG world?, And the show still exists there?" He continued.
"well, i believe so. im from the future relative to this time. so the first equestria girls could either still be the past, or its the correct time. either way, it should be home."
"And here I thought things were complicated in my world," Sam said, scratching at his temple for a moment before he let his eyes fall and crossed his arms. "Speaking of, I should probably be getting back. There's... something I-WEneed to take care of...."
"ok. here." i hand you an Unknown Shores card. "simply say where you want to go and youll be there. but to go across dimensions you need to known the coordinates. I believe yours are MLP-PR1352. And if you need my help, simply say 'request MLP-D901'"
"Thanks," Samson said, taking the card and holding it up for a second. "Hope you enjoy trashing bots as much as you enjoy kicking the (beep) outta would-be princes. Anyway, I'll see you guys around." He stopped and cleared his throat. "MLP-PR1352." A portal opened up behind him and, with a small wave of his hand, he turned and walked through it, the doorway closing behind him.