//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Starcider Crusade // Story: Demonoid Overlord // by Reizthefakebrony //------------------------------// In the forsaken graveyard that marked the birth of the Demented 6, Starcider wandered with disinterest, but not without any glimpse of glee. She walked two legged, wielding her genoscissors and inspecting each one of the tombs. Her search for Twilight and her group brought her to nowhere, unaware of the fact that they were possessed by TF2 ghosts and turned into the Elements of Insanity. "I can't believe in this place there's a concentration of magic in this point." Starcider said. "Except that it's a mockery that resembled magic that generate multiple non living things." She paused. "Not that I care about it. GYAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Suddenly, a blur passed nearby her, accompanied by a shotgun-cocking noise. "Huh?" Starcider looked at the source but there was nothing. Another noise was emitted. "Ok, what's up?" Starcider turned her head at her right and was met by Pinkis Cupcake smiling maniacally. "Oh, crap! It's Puffy!" "What?" Pinkis said confused. "No. It's Pinkis Cupcake. And I'm going to eat you." As Pinkis laughed, Starcider face assumed a very grim one. "What a surprise. I know who you really are, you bastard." In one of the many halls of the Mann Manor, Brutalight and Fluttershout were discussing about the book regarding the exorcism. They looked very unsure about what to do. "So you were planning about using this book, soon or later." Fluttershout said with interest. "That's right, but... I am very undecided with that," Brutalight replied. "Brutes, I don't think the others will be ok. After all, we were so accustomed to these powers that we decided to not turn back to normal. Well except for Applepills, who seemed quite unhappy with that, recently." "That should remain a secret." "Even so, how did that book ended up in the library?" "Why this-" The conversation was then interrupted by a crashing sound coming from outside the room. Pinkis ended up flying through the roof obliquely, crashing through a window and the roof of a corridor. This while Starcider jumped at a ridiculous height and entered the corridor. She looked forward and saw multiple pony drones charging at her. Starcider didn't made them wait as she summoned multiple energy scissors above her head that whizzed toward her targets, piercing through their heads and making them explodes. Starcider rushed toward the room at the end of the corridor. "Twilight Sparkhole! Where did you go?!" Starcider whimsically shouted. Arrived, Starcider slammed the doors and found another corridor with other drones, that she provided to slice into pieces during her run. She arrived at the end of it and entered in the hall where she found Brutalight and Fluttershout. Before one of the two elements could react, Starcider summoned a violet energy scissor and launched at Fluttershout. The scissor unleashed a field of electricity that shocked her and made her flop defenseless. Brutalight glared back at the aggressor. "You choose a good day to put make an-" She froze. "Wait, where did I saw you?" "So you did remembered me, Twilame," Starcider said with fury, "YOU STOLE MY VILLAGE!!" "..... Starlight Glimmer?" "Forget that. It's Starcider Glimsho. And... What was your name again? Brutalight?" "That's right. And you have choose the time to mess with me just because we have ruined your stupid utopia. Let me have the pleasure to rip your arrogance into shreds." Alex wandered nearby the Mann Manor to investigate both Starcider's whereabouts and the Elements of Insanity location. The rumors of the fight coming from the upper floors echoed through the halls, getting his attention. "I think I have found our madmare," Alex said with a grim tone. "Are you sure you want to retrieve this idiot?" Aidan asked. "I have to do it. Even if it's a pain in the ass." Brutalight summoned her two volcanic swords and launched at Starcider, who just deflected them. Starcider summoned an ark of multiple energy scissors and rushed toward Brutalights. The energy scissors whizzed toward her as she got closer to the violet alicorn. The latter creates a barrier around her that deflected the projectiles. Starlight swung her genoscissors at the barrier and shattered it into astral pieces. She was about to hit Brutalight, who teleported behind her, armed this time with a katana and ready to strike. She perceived that and blocked the surprise attack. Their weapons clashed, and then stopped. Brutalight flew above her and tossed her katana while forming another barrier around her. Starcider, in response, spiraled herself through the air as fast as a lightning, with her Genoscissors creating the vacuum drill around her, shredding the katana into pieces and flying toward the demonic, multicolored alicorn. Despite the barrier, Starcider's spiraling shredding torpedo managed to get through the barrier. One second before the drill reached her, Brutalight immediately glowed her horn and teleported away from her. Starcider's vaccum drill continued it's flight trajectory until she stopped her rotatory motion and landed gracefully. Brutalight sweated cold. She knew that her opponent was strong when she was Starlight Glimmer, but not this strong. Not wanting to screw around, she glowed her horn in a white light and wrapped Starcider in a white aura. But nothing happens and Starcider exploited this moment to summon a violet genoscissor and toss it at her, causing it to explode into the field of electricity that paralyzes Brutalight, who moaned loudly and fell on the floor. "You.... Damn.... Little...." Brutalight said weakly. "I had almost defeated her?" Starlight said incredulous. "My horn is on fire?" She paused. "GYAHAHAHAHAHAH!" At one point Starcider stopped laughing as she heard Fluttershout voice making her anger known. "I have enough... of... your.... SHIT!" Fluttershout launched a ultrasonic soundwave from her mouth at Starcider, who instantly moved away from it's trajectory. "You have the nerves to appear in front of us. Not only that, but you have assaulted us and tried to kill us. All of that while making any kind of sexual innuendos. Are you this low?!" "I didn't remember you being a badmouth." Starcider commented. Flutteshout galloped toward Brutalight, who was having a migraine. "Brutes. Hold on." "No... not... now...." Brutalight said, a second before Twilight's voice took her place. "Starlight... I know how you feel." "Huh?" Starcider looked confused. "I know about your wounded pride, but vengeance won't resolve nothing," Twilight said. "Trust me, neither I wanted to kill-" "Shut up, you damn blueberry little shit," Starcider retorted and then face hoofed. "I don't care if you are cursed to share your mind with other monsters or not. I came to avenge my misfortune and that is what I am going to do. So call back the other you and resume were we left off." Twilight's neck snapped and Brutalight returned. "Fine, but don't even hope to survive me," She slowly rose up, ignoring the pain of her mangled legs and hoovered in the air. "Time to slain your ugly face. You are even more disgusting than Kreig." "Ohoho, not really." Starcider said as she slowly rotates her arms and summoned a giant ark composed by a multitude of platinum energy scissors floating above her. "SCISSOR MANDA-" Her action was interrupted by a pink blur, causing the scissors to disappear. Starcider was slammed against the floor and then held by none other than a upset Pinkis Cupcake. "Argh! It's Puffy again!" Starcider mocked. "Quiet, you stupid loud mouth," Pinkis said. "Tell me about being launched through the walls and being sunk into a junkyard. That's not funny." She turned to Brutalight. "Can I eat this sucker?" "You can have her." Brutalight said gleefully. Pinkis was about to bite. However, Starcider grinned as a circle of energy scissors appeared above them and fell on the wooden floor, piercing it and making it crumble. Both the mare freaks ended up falling on the lower floor. As Pinkis crashed, a black vortex appeared, sucking Starcider before it shrunk back to nothingness, Fluttershout galloped toward the hole and then flew down to where Pinkis fell. The pink pony was stunned and irritated but mostly confused. "Who the heck just happened!?" Pinkis asked.