A few hours later...
He lay in his bed, eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling. Every little detail, he noticed. A mosquito buzzed through the air. Bugs. Unlike many people, he didn't hate those kind of bugs. They were just doing what they were meant to do. No, he only hated the alien kind. The kind that killed his. Killed...more like completely obliterated. Everyone, everything remotely human. Millions of years of evolution went down the drain in less than a quarter of a century. Thousands of years of civilization, gone. Everything mankind had worked so hard for...Completely destroyed. He wondered what was the point then. What was the point of creating anything if it would be destroyed sooner or later? He shook his head. He was never one for philosophy. His take on life was simple.
"Live it while you've still got it." He said slowly, remembering his own words from just a year or so back. He remembered the first time he said those words. R&R with some of the guys.
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April 24th, 2664, 0237 hours.
They had left the area designated by their superiors. It was a risky move. But they knew they had earned it. The four of them slowly crept through the forest, nimbly avoiding the searchlights from airborne patrols. They knew the standard search procedure, and that placed them one step ahead of them. They would search an area for awhile and move on. And so they did. Once they were sure that they were clear, they climbed up the hill they had chosen before they left the compound. They had planned this three days in advance. Wolf, Eagle, Python and Tiger. Tiger didn't die until a few months later. When she was alive, she was funny, smart, playful...
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These memories were the only good that had come out of the whole ordeal. He laughed as he remembered another scene, taking place just a week before they enacted their plan and began their little trip...
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Wolf walked into the showers, towel resting on his shoulder. The steam hit him immediately. The heat was intense, he hadn't been in there for two seconds and he was already sweating. Greetings towards him immediately filled the air. His most recent achivement was a big one.
"Congrats on breaking thirty thousand man! Your face is plastered on all the major news nets!"
"It always is..." He nodded to Kestrel.
A familiar voice rang in the air.
"They can't help it. Since he has SUCH a pretty face." Tiger smiled as everyone else laughed at her joke. They usually never meant these petty insults. Just another way to relieve some stress..
"Can it Tiger, I'm not in the mood for this shit..."
"Ooh...feisty today. They give you the wrong dogfood or something?"
He threw his towel to the ground. The laughing stopped immediately.
"Tiger, I really don't want to do this right now..."
She backed off. She knew he wasn't in a good mood.
"Okay okay, lighten up a little! We're not in battle here! Sheesh..."
He sighed as he realised she was right. He could take out his frustrations on the bugs next time he met them in battle. Which would be sometime soon...
He looked back to Tiger, mustering his courage to apologise. He caught her right as she was removing her shirt. He smiled as a thought registered in his head. She did tell him to lighten up...
He howled loud enough for her to hear him over the running water. She looked back at him and gave him a sly smile.
"Aw shut up..."
After finishing her reply to his cat err...wolf (?) call, she walked into the shower she had claimed for herself. Wolf chuckled as he removed his shirt in turn. Before he managed to walk in, he heard a low growl from a certain shower stall... He looked back at Tiger to see her leaning over the door, staring at him with her eyes half closed in a seductive manner, purring like a kitten. Much to her dissapointment, he removed his pants after the door was closed behind him...
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He laughed as he remembered the good times they had together. That was definitely the most memorable. That and the conversation that followed.
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"I don't get it," Kestrel said.
"Here we go again..." Wolf interrupted.
Kestrel ignored him and continued.
"Why was it called the DEMIGOD project when they named us after animals? Why not something like Achilles, or Perseus or something like that?"
As he was scrubbing his back, Wolf replied.
"Two reasons:
One, there aren't enough demigods to name us all after, and two, you're only saying that because they wanted to name you after the size of your genitals, isn't that right, Mouse?"
The entire shower room errupted in laughter as Kestrels darkest secret was finally revealed. He stared at Wolf with a look that could kill.
"Thank you Wolf..."
"You're welcome..."He shot back, smiling at him.
"Mouse."
If everyone else in the room wasn't laughing before, they sure were now. Their laughter was interrupted by an alarm blaring throughout the base. Wolf could hear the helicopters lifting off.
"I'd hate to cut this short people, but duty calls..."
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His thoughts were interrupted by the door opening. He turned his head to look who it was. He scoffed as he saw who it was. Shining Armor was even more pale than usual. His eyes were glazed over and he wobbled when he walked. He was in bad shape.
"Coward..." He thought to himself.
Shining Armor walked over to him, nearly falling over.
"I...I'd like to say I'm sorry...:"
"Apology accepted. By me at least."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I accepted because I fully understand and would have done the same in your position. She, will be a lot harder..."
He nodded behind Shining Armor.
"She?"
He turned around to be met with the sight of Twilight standing in the doorway.
"What do you want here?"
"Twilie...I..."
Twilight scoffed.
"Forget it. Get out of my way..."
She pushed past her dumbstruck brother. He offered no resistance. She stood over him, tearing up as she realised he'd be all right.
"Ouch...It's gonna take awhile before those two make up..."Wolf thought to himself. Unbeknownst to him though, his thoughts were anything but private...
Deep within Everfree Forest...
A lone Unicorn chuckled as he considered the oportunity he had here. He just needed something to seize it...Then he realised he had the perfect tool for the job. Slowly he began to invade his mind.
Back at the hospital...
"How are you feeling?"
He brought a hand to his head
"I've been better, that's for sure..."
He saw his answer didn't satisfy her.
"I'm fine, really."
"Are you sure? Maybe it's just the drugs, maybe you just can't feel it! Or maybe you're just saying you're all right just to-"
She was interrupted by Wolf's hand on her mouth.
"It's okay Twilight. I'm fine. Really."
She sighed.
"You scared me to death."
"C'mon. You know me. You know I pull through. And I think that by now you should know that I'm very hard to kill."
"That's for sure..." Shining Armor commented.
Twilight turned around and nearly killed him as their eyes locked. He shut up instictively. Twilight turned back to Wolf.
"Ignore him..."
She leaned down to him, intent on receiving something she needed from him... He knew exactly what she wanted. He closed his eyes. A voice echoed through his head.
"I have you know." The pain that followed nearly knocked him unconscious.
Twilight had her eyes open and saw him wincing. She was worried she had hurt him. His eyes shot open and she noticed the difference. His eyes were blue. Now, they were completely yellow. She had seen something like this before... Before she realised what was going on, she felt his hand wrap around her throat. He was trying to choke her. He got up out of the bed, yellow eyes glistening in the light. Shining Armor sprang into action and reared up, trying to hit Wolf with his forehooves.. He was too slow though. Wolf dropped Twilight and grabbed Shining Armors left hoof and slammed his fist in his face. He flew backwards into the wall.
"Wolf! Stop it!" Twilight screamed at him.
"Fight it!"
He tried to punch her in the face, but she dodged just in time. Her horn glowed a bright purple and locked him in a magic bubble of sorts. She gradually decreased the diameter of the bubble in order to restrict his movements. It seemed to be working. His arm swung out and shattered the sphere. Twilight was sent flying backwards. He quickly pulled the tubes out his arm, the others following. He grabbed a scalpel off a nearby metal tray and slowly walked towards Twilight. He smiled at her whimpering. As he was halfway there, a yell echoed through the room as Shining Armor crashed into him with his full weight. They both crashed into the bed, grunting and deperately trying to get a shot at each other. Wolf had the advantage. He threw him off of him and jumped out of the bed. The door flung open and three security guards appeared in the doorway. With a quick motion of his hand, he sent them back flying into the hallway, the door slamming and locking behind them. Wolf brought both his hands to his head and screamed in pain as he fell to the floor. His left eye had returned to normal. Tears streamed from it freely as the other, still yellow looked around annoyed. In a deep voice, he yelled:
"ENOUGH!!"
His blue eye turned yellow as he got up again. He looked around and saw the familiar sight of a gun handle. He pulled it out of the holster and walked over to Twilight. His eyes were blue again, but he continued to move towards her, much slower. As he positioned himself over her, his arm slowly came up, grasping the gun. He whimpered.
"S-..St-Stop-Stop me..."
His gun slowly rose up towards her face. His finger positioned itself over the trigger. He fought it with every ounce of strength he had left. But he was failing.
He heard laughing in his head as an image popped into his head. A Unicorn laughing. He realised that it had let his guard down. He knew that he would fail, but he had an opening here. He had to take it. And so he did.
Everfree...
The Unicorn screamed as a sudden wave of pain overtook his head. He fought it, but he failed...
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The Unicorn was alone in a large forest. The trees towered above him as bats flew overhead. The only light was the full moon. He looked around nervously. A howl in the distance. Followe by another one, and another...Soon the howling had formed a chorus and was sending chills down his spine. He looked towards a bush to see a pair of yellow eyes staring at him. He looked around more. Every bush in sight was inhabited by the eyes. The howling resumed, much louder this time. Wolves jumped out of the bushes, their yellow eyes locked on him, snarling and gnashing their teeth at him. His heartbeat increased rapidly as his instincts told him to do one thing.
Run.
He tried, but he failed. They had surrounded him in a small clearing and were circling him. They lunged at him and each grabbed one of his hooves with their teeth. They sliced through the skin and the powerful muscles, causing him to nearly black out from the pain. They held him in place and suspended him in the air, stomach exposed. The forest faded away, replaced by a wall of black, the light illuminating him and his canine captors simply being absorbed by the wall of darkness. A figure began to emerge from it. It was Wolf. Wolf looked at him and snarled himself. He fell to his knees as his armor fell away in pieces, pushed away from the fur growing within. His arms slowly transformed into paws. His face transformed as well. When it was all finished, he had been transformed completely into a wolf. Only say, three times larger than the other ones. He positioned himself over the Unicorn, his snout meeting his muzzle. He snarled as he showed it his large, white, razor sharp teeth. The Unicorn whimpered as he went lower and lower, nearing his exposed stomach. He looked up into the Unicorn's eyes for one last time and growled, before ripping into it's exposed stomach.
It's screams of agony echoed around him...
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Lieutenant Darkmane rushed towards his screaming master.
"My Lord! Αre you alright?!"
The Unicorn inhaled as he snapped out of his trance. He calmed down as he realised he was alright.
"What happened my Lord?"
"He has...broken my hold on him. He is free once more..."
Ponyville Hospital...
As Wolf finally beat back the invader, his exhaustion caught up to him. He looked down to his body. He was bleeding, badly...He leaned towards his right, before falling over unconscious. The last thing he heard was Twilight screaming for him...