//------------------------------// // Chapter 21 Primal fight // Story: The metal HAWKEN // by NinjaTurtle //------------------------------// Chapter 21 Primal fight -------------------- Twilight, Canterlot castle -------------------- Twilight was standing there stunned at the entrance Connor Irons had made. On one side, he had come to save them and all of Equestria. On the other side, however, he had brutally murdered multiple Changelings without hesitation or any looks of regret. As Connor stood there, she could see the rips in his clothes and cuts and bruises on his body. None looked to be serious but Connor did look slightly out of breath. He had something stuffed down his back, which from her angle, she couldn't see. "How is this possible? There is no way you could of defeated my Titanlings. It's not possible. " Queen Chrysalis said, looking at him. "Well, it is possible, otherwise I wouldn't be here. " Connor said back with a smirk on his face. "Grrr. You shall pay for the changelings you have taken. " the queen said as she started to get angry. "You shouldn't have sent them on a suicide mission, then. Unlike the ponies here, I have no problems fighting back. " he said. He put down his minigun which he then pushed to the side. It slid across the floor with a push from his leg and scraped the floor as it left scratch marks. "Your weapons shall not save you this time. Neither will the metal monster of yours, beast. It shall not survive the hive. " Chrysalis said. "Really? Because, last time I checked, he was fine. Your hive must not be as strong as you think it is. " Connor pointed out, continuing to anger the Changeling Queen. "Fine, I shall deal with you myself, then. " Chrysalis said. She charged up her horn as if she was going to blast something. "Bring it on. " he taunted. Chrysalis released her magic dead center on Connor's chest. He flinched out of reflex as the magic hit, then flowed around him like a log in the river. The blast carried on behind him, hitting the floor. When she looked at him, the magic seemed to have no effect at all. "Takes more than magic to stop me. " Connor said. He charged forwards. Chrysalis turned around and went to buck him. Connor sidestepped and avoided it. He threw a punch that landed on the back of Chrysalises head. He then kicked her in the face. Connor moved around Chrysalis till they were facing each other. Connor advanced this time. He held his arms up in a defensive way, then snapped them out in punches. The punch was dodged and Chrysalis countered with a hoof to the gut. Connor grunted. He folded his arm and knocked his elbow with her head. As Chrysalises head was knocked down, Connor brought his knee up hard and hit her in the jaw. He backed away, moving himself around, looking for an opening. Chrysalis backed up as well, trying to regain balance and to charge her horn up. She shot him again once she was ready. Connor raised his arms up and blocked it. As he blocked it, Chrysalis charged. Connor had enough time to avoid a head on collision but was still knocked by it. She stopped and reared up, sending a buck at him. He stepped back narrowly dodging the kick. As they attacked, blocked and countered, Twilight sparkle pulled herself together. "Girls, we need to help the princesses. Quickly. " she said quietly. They all nodded and split up. Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy helped Luna. Twilight, Rarity and Pinkie Pie went to help Celestia. "Princess, are you alright? " asked Twilight. "Yes, I will survive. Connor's weapon has wounded my hoof though. " Celestia said. Looking at the hoof, it was bleeding badly for such a small hole. The projectile had gone straight through, hitting bone and muscle along the way. "I shall use some fabric as a temporary bandage, Princess. " Rarity said, using some material provided by pinkie who had it in case of a 'fabric emergency'. While Rarity bandaged the injury, Twilight and Pinkie Pie started to get the glue that held down the princess off. It was a mostly stiff, goo-y substance. She used her magic to pry it off. Most of it came off after a good minutes of tugging. "Look out, Twilight! " Celestia said. Pinkie Pie and Twilight looked up as they were pulling the last one off. Connor nearly rolled into them, having just been bucked square on. He got up slowly. His breath was ragged and deep. He was cut and bruised, every open area showing them in detail with her close proximity to the human. Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity and Celestia got a look at his face. It didn't contain the normal happiness that it normally had, but was replaced with a dangerously focus stare. It gave her the chills as the humans stare reminded them more and more of a hunting predator than an intelligent ape. Connor pounced forwards, charging at a surprised Changeling Queen. He twisted his torso a full 90° to the left to avoid a hoof aimed at his chest. He then punched her in-between the eyes with his right arm as he twisted his torso back to normal. Twilight and Pinkie Pie removed the last of the glue as Celestia was helped up. She was unable to use her injured hoof. Luna was already up and was watching the fight with wide eye interest. She watched as the human contorted his body in ways only he could and fought with speeds that made pegasus's look slow. Connor grabbed a right hoof in his left hand as it was swung. He then gripped it, using the holes in her legs to help. He put his right foot on her chest and pushed sharply. He let go of the leg as her body slid backwards. She went to get up, but was kicked in the torso, sending her sliding. This time she got up, Chrysalis put energy into her horn and swung her head in a sliding movement. The magic formed a blade, cutting into the floor and ceiling. Connor dodged it and advanced on her. Chrysalis made another magic blade wave that went horizontal. Connor dropped back, sliding feet first under it, then getting back on his feet and carried on advancing quickly. --------------------- Chrysalis, Canterlot castle --------------------- Chrysalis was getting tired of the human, who was more of a nuisance than she suspected. She blasted him with magic again. The results were the same as it hit dead center in his face as it left no mark. Chrysalis moved in to hit him as it was the only way to do any reasonable damage. Connor blinks a few times before moving again. He didn't move fast enough as she threw a hoof into his chest. He grunted and reacted by punching her with his weird paws. Chrysalis stepped back and turned around to buck him. Connor saw this and dodged at the last second. As he moved around Chrysalis, he placed himself at her side. He then kicked her. The beast then quickly raised its leg up, over her body, before forcing it down and hitting her back. Chrysalis side stepped and regained her stance. He moved in while keeping his upper appendages, which she guessed were arms as they were similar to minotaurs, up and in a guard position. He twisted his body the moment he was in range and kicked Chrysalis round the side of the head. As that leg landed, he picked it up and swung it the other way, kicking her in the face again. She caught her balance in time to see the beast about to throw a punch. She only just moved her head down in time to avoid it but she lost balance in her front hooves. Chrysalises head moved forwards. Gasp. The human moved back, his left hand over the lower right part of his torso. As he did so, he breathed deeply and looked down at his wound. Chrysalis could feel his blood on her horn as it moved down it. It was warm. Connor stood there for a few seconds. She and the pathetic ponies behind her looked at him, wondering what he would do. Connor looked at Chrysalis before falling to the ground. At this, Chrysalis turned to the ponies with a evil smile. "Looks like I have defeated the only thing stopping me from taking Equestria. Now there is no one to stop me. " she said as the ponies looked at her with a mixture of emotions. "You'll not get away with this, Chrysalis! " Twilight said in an attempted to sound confident. "Yeah! You won't get away with this. " said Rainbow Dash, staring her in the eyes. "Darn right. Ya gonna pay for this here mess. " Applejack stated, joining the others in there attempts to either intimidate her or make themselves feel better. "Thou shall see justice if you continue. And I will make it as unpleasant as possible for your crimes. " Luna said, standing up straight in dignity if only to make herself feel good. "You think you can stop me. Canterlot is mine by now and I will soon rule Equestria and have all the love my hive will ever need. The hive shall feed till full on your little ponies and there is nothing you can do about it. " Chrysalis monologues, not paying attention to the ponies. She then looked at them to see a mixture of emotions. One of the more dominant ones being fear, which she could taste from where she stood. "Hahahahahaha. I can taste the fear on your faces. Now you understand that you have no hope or way to escape, you finally accepted your fates. " she said. The ponies didn't move. Chrysalis stopped to think of why they, all of a sudden, froze in place. Once she stopped, she could feel it. It wasn't temperature or sound. She couldn't smell anything and, although it was present, she couldn't sense any movement. She could sense an emotion though. An emotion so strong it crowded her emotions sensing abilities. An emotion so raw, it could overpower any love she had ever absorbed. An emotion so bitter, Chrysalis almost gagged. She turned around slowly to see the source of all this emotion, but was met with a nightmare-ish figure standing there. It radiated anger and rage from every fibre of its body. She saw that Connor Irons had got up. He had his head down so that she couldn't see his face. The beast had his back hunched a little while his left hand was still over the stab wound. The right arm was dangled down by his side. He slowly raised his head, letting everyone in the room see his face. On it was a face of primal rage. It made angry manticores look like evil kittens and deadly hydra's look like annoyed lizards. His wide eyes shook wildly but we're focused on Chrysalis, who was now staring into his eyes. Connor was showing his teeth. They weren't as sharp or deadly as any other predator but the meaning was still there. Chrysalis saw him use his right arm to grab a handle for something behind his back. She had noticed it but forgot to see what it was. He took a few steps. His legs wobbled and shook at the action of keeping himself standing. He got close enough and then stopped. Before she could register any movement, Connor pulled out the item and swung. Smack! The thing hit Chrysalis on the side of the face as her head was whacked to the right. It cracked the thin chitin shell and might have broken her nose. She could feel her green blood slowly leak from the cracks. Chrysalis looked at Connor in time to see the object in his hand. He was now holding a wooden bat with two hands. On the bat, it had some of her blood staining the sides as well as some splinters which were shaken loose by the first swing. He was winding up for another swing before Chrysalis had regained enough concentration to do anything about it. Whack! The second swing was much harder as her head was hit to the left. It shattered the chitin shell on the other side of her face which was bleeding and was holding onto nothing but her skin. She was also certain now that the beast had broken her nose now that her head had stopped moving. Smack! Snap! She couldn't look up before the bat was smashed straight down on her head. She was sent, chin first, to the floor. In front of her, as she opened her eyes, was a red covered, hole filled, sharp and long cone. It had her green blood at its base, which told her what she feared. The monster had completely snapped her horn off. She was already in so much pain, she didn't scream, no matter how much she wanted to. She tried to get up, but only managed to get the front part of her body to stand as her back legs gave out. She looked up one more time to see Connor already sending the bat down with as much force as he could muster. She closed her eyes. When it hit, she didn't feel it. She soon fell unconscious, not sure if she'd wake up. --------------------- Luna, Canterlot castle --------------------- Luna watched in horror as Connor beat the Changeling Queen to death with a bat. He had stopped and stood there motionless. He dropped the bloody and broken bat to the floor. The only movement was his chest moving as he breathed and his legs that shook slightly. "Connor? " she asked. There was no reply. Luna tried again a tiny bit louder. "Connor, are you alright? " . There was still no reply or recognition that she had said anything. "Connor? " she tried once more. After a second, there was a reply. Connor collapsed to the floor. End of chapter 21