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// 41. We Found Him 
// Story: Guardians of the Elements of Harmony 
// by mcb893 
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Unknown location... Forty Two Hours after the liberations of Vanhoover and Neigh York...

Mercuito laughed as he watched another pony get whipped. This was completely entertaining. He had waited for a very long time to see these nuisances get what they deserved. It was about time.

"Please!" The pony cries as it coughs more blood from it's mouth. Mercuito just laughed and ordered his minions to torture her even more. With another crack of the whip, blood flew like firecrackers from the neck of the unicorn. Mercuito sighed with satisfaction as he leaned back in his chair and nodded. Being enslaved to the darkness for over 700 years had made him crave the blood of more innocent ponies, and he would get it. Even if he had to kill all of those "humans". He knew them well. In his prison of darkness, he had been forced to witness diabolical acts, which he didn't mind at all. Except that he could never reach out and taste the blood of the strange "humans" that he saw get wounded all the time. What a vile, disgusting species they were, just like these infernal ponies. All with their "love and care". It was sickening. Soon enough though, all of those pathetic creatures would bow down to him, as the true ruler of Equestria.

Canterlot...

Princess Celestia stared angrily at the creature. This vile gathering of the darkness was responsible for killing her ponies, the ones that she was supposed to protect. She knew that deep down, Luna had these same feelings. Even so, it wasn't it's fault that it was doing this. It was the doing of his evil master, Mercuito. That disgusting creature, his idea of a perfect society was one ruled with an iron hoof, with evil and corruption being it's foundations.

"These things aren't intelligent, I don't see how we're going to break it." John said as he walked around it. He kneeled down and observed it, while it tried to break it's chains and escape.

"Intelligent or not, I will discover where this devil is hiding. He has been eluding for far too long." The Princess said as she glared angrily at the mass of darkness. She squinted and began to focus. She focused all of her energy on the creature, trying to gain access to it's mind. This was a special spell, which was not to be used on anypony but those that were extremely dangerous. This definitely qualified. The Chaos Bringer began to shake violently, and growled as though in pain. The Princess grit her teeth and growled. She had to keep going, otherwise it's mind would be unreachable, and that was something she did not want. The Chaos Bringer continued to shake, and it's own memories began to collect in the mind of Celestia...

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Moore watched as the Chaos Bringer continued to have it's strange seizure like episode. He wasn't sure what Celestia was trying to accomplish here, but he knew that she knew what she was doing. Next to him, Luna stared angrily at the black creature, with hatred defining her face. Moore could relate to her feelings. Because of these demons, innocents had died, cities lay in smoldering ruins, and one of his one guys... A friend... Was dead. Hank had not deserved to die. When he put that bullet through Mercuito's head, it was going to be for him. The Chaos Bringer continued to shake until Princess Celestia smiled and her horn stopped glowing. She reared back slightly, and the Chaos Bringer hit the ground with a thud, panting.

"Get what you need?" Moore asked as he pulled out his Berretta. The Princess nodded, and Moore smiled. Aiming his sights, he placed them right on the Chaos Bringer's head and pulled the trigger. The darkness swirled around for a little while before it vanished into the castle air, and the chains hit the ground with a distinct clink sound. Moore spun his Berretta around on his finger for a while before placing it back at his side. The Princess walked up to Moore and smiled.

"Get planning Staff Sergeant. You'll be on your way to Las Pegasus soon."