The ocean of Darkness was only pierced By the Light sounds of droplets hitting the ground. The squad moved in unison perfectly silent. They had finally made it past all whores of sleeping demons but the mission was far from complete.
Now they were in the large far more open room but still just as dark. A lingering odor made breathing near impossible for the cats. One of them brought out a map. He studied it doing his best to recall everything he could. He then looked around seeing whether the place was on the map and how things corresponded. He looked back down at the map to a large circular area that was their destination. But they were far off from where they needed to be and they knew how long to travel so they continued quietly.
As they opened another door, two of the creatures stood silently in the dark. Their breath was hard and long and could be heard by all of them. Its shoulders violently moved up and down as its lungs kept up with stress. The creatures did not stand like them. They walked on 4 legs sometimes but mostly these creatures stood only on two and sometimes 6. Their limbs varied from only one to as much as 10. Their figures were slammed and bony with not much detail on the outer skin.
The two that stood in their path and now fighting the soldiers at least not on their own. One of the cats could easily take out one of them on their own and even more. However, the creatures had strength in large numbers that far exceeded the squads. If one of the creatures or to wake up then it risks alerting the rest of them. While the cats had a good chance of winning an all-out bloodbath they prefer to keep it safe and tight only using violence as a last resort. This would be a time for violence.
The tall gray cat moved up closer to the creature he looked around to see how many were there but it seemed to only go to. Being that close to the creature it started to twitch as his footsteps became almost loud enough for it to hear. He stopped and turned to the squad signaling for one of them to follow him.
One of the cats who had a special pink tint to their armor walked up beside him slowly. The cat was a bit smaller than the rest of them, at least on four legs. She wasn't as large as the rest of the cats but for this particular mission that was a good thing. Cuz like footsteps made no sound in the Darkness and the creature never even knew she was there.
She slowly walked away up towards the second one until she was nearly face-to-face with it. Its eyes were closed but she could still see them through with transparent eyelids. To turn back to the large gray cat who gave her a slow nod. He lifted three fingers and slowly dropped them down when none of his fingers remained. He pulled out his sword from his back and the pink cats followed his actions. With a Swift Silent strike, both cats swung down hard straight on the head of the creatures. They dropped instantly letting out a small instant shriek. The sound of their bodies hitting the ground was the only sound that echoed.
The gray cat looked around to see if their presence had been known. The silence was his only response. Both cats nodded at each other acknowledging their success. The cats took note of the rest of the squad and they continued into the darkness ready to face the demons of the night. They would have to by Arch as much time as they could.
Luna screamed as she ran across the desert floor. The cold dead sand flew everywhere as the giant black creature trailed behind the Lunar princess. Luna shot a beam at the creature only for it to doge it. The lunar princess’s hooves couldn’t outpace the 9-foot monster that raced after her. The creature lunged at the pony and caught her hind leg. The pony tripped and rolled down a small hill.
The creature ran forward with its claws ready to kill. Luna screamed as she saw the large creature approach her. Out of nowhere, a large stream of flames scorched the beast. The creature stumbled backward as the intense light scorched it. Luna turned to see Discord with a small army of dragons.
“Luna! Run!” Discord screamed.
Luna got up and ran towards him without looking back; Discord quickly followed. The dragons were quickly taken down and ripped apart. The creature roared out as it gave chase to Luna and Discord.
“You can use your magic with them?” Luna yelled.
“No…Kinda...Not really.” Discord’s words were slurred and mostly nonsensical as he gasped for air. “I can do some things but most of my abilities don’t work around them!”
“Can you teleport!?” Luna yelled out.
“Kinda…”
"Why are you so useless!"
"That really hurts Luna!"
Arch jumped onto the side of the shack as he avoided one of the creature’s large claws. He backflipped onto the roof and landed hard on his hind legs. The creature followed in pursuit as it leaped after him. Arch ducked to avoid the creature’s claws and slid across the roof. He turned to do a 360 spin followed by a kick. His leg connected with the creature’s face and sent it flying off of the roof. Two more of the creatures jumped onto the roof, ready the strike.
Luna and Discord continued to back up as the creature broke its way through the wall of fire. Luna desperately tried using any of her abilities. She couldn’t use magic for anything more than shooting a beam and simple teleportation. Her strength wasn’t enough to put the creature down or good. Discord could only summon certain animals to help stall the beast. The fire pushed the monster back for a moment, but the two were quickly running out of time.
“Discord!” Luna yelled. “Do you have anything else you can?”
“To be honest, I’m doing everything I can.
The creature continued to push through the fire until it was only a few feet from them. They both screamed as it lunged at them for the kill. They were shocked when the creature dropped to the ground. They both looked up in awe at the tall gray armored cat. He slowly walked up to the duo of scared children. He held a large metal weapon that he used to kill the creature from afar.
“May I be of some service to you two?”
“What the hell is that?” Capper’s young and eager voice illuminated the room.
The group now stood inside the small shack with a group of armored cats.
“It’s called a blazer,” answered the gray cat. As you can see, it’s very useful against the fallen.
“I wish we had weapons like that,” Discord whined.
“I bet you do,” Arch chucked. “But it’s the weapon of the guardians.”
“Ya Ya I get it,” Discord groaned.
“Well, Arch,” the gray cat said as he walked up to Arch. “It took you long enough to bet back.”
“Ya, it took a little longer than I thought.”
“Did you run into much trouble?” The gray cat took his clip out of his weapon and replaced it with another one.
“Several of the fallen caught up with me. They were very eager to kill this one.” Arch patted Capper on the back.
“Is this Capper?” Asked the gray cat.
“Yes, it is, the one and only.”
The gray cat walked up to Capper and smiled. “So this is the desolate one?”
“Capper Dapperpaws,” Arched said as he nodded.
“And this is Princess Luna of Equestria.” Arch pointed forward Luna who puffed out her chest in pride.
“Princess,” the gray cat said as he bowed. “It’s an honor to meet you.”
“The pleasure is mine,” Luna said as he chuckled.
“Why have you come out all this way?”
“That’s a great question,” Spike groaned.
“Well, I’m here to help my people, and stopping these things will prevent the death of the land I call my home.”
The gray cat paused as he looked over to Arch who only gave him a shrug in return. “Well, I suppose it’s a noble cause. However, there isn’t much you can do princess.”
“Well, what a surprise,” Spike chuckled.
“Well surely there’s some way I can help,” Luna smiled.
The gray cat laughed as he walked over to Capper. He put his paws on Capper’s shoulders as he looked over to Luna. “Everything that happens now depends on this one.”
“Really,” Discord laughed.” How is this one going to stop an entire army of these demons?”
“They’re not demons,” the gray cat corrected. “And he’s not going to take them on. All he needs to do is use this sword of his and unlock one little chest.”
“Umm….come again.” Luna gasped.
“The Fallen were locked away long ago behind a gate. The gate is the only thing that keeps them from devouring the living world. That gate has been broken and now they’re spilling into our world.” The gray cat pulled Capper’s sword out and held the stone sword out. “There’s a chest that was hidden away and locked. This chest holds the secrets of the Fallen and the answers of how to close it. This sword is the only way to open that chest.”
Arch stepped forward and drew his sword. “Each weapon has an owner, and they only work with their guardian. Only Capper can open the chest."
“So all of this really is dependent on Capper,” Discord stated.
“Yup.”
“Well, we’re screwed.”