//------------------------------// // Problems and Gloating // Story: Primevals and Conduits // by KukriRyuTsukino //------------------------------// Two ponies looked over the human as he rested. “This has to be him.” Whispered one of the two. “Yeah, makes sense that this stallion ain't really a pony. No pony can ever have the power he has.” Whispered the other while picking up two rings and putting them on the index fingers of Delsin. The other pony wrapped him up in rope and lifted him into the air with their magic. “Let's get him to the boss. Hopefully we get a reward for this.” “What are you talking about? We get him to one of our targeted warehouses and set up a crystal video link to the boss. If he breaks free then not only will the boss get screwed, everypony will loose all of their bits from the jobs we've done. Now I know why I'm called the brains in this team.” Grumbled the pony as he/she flapped their wings and the two exited Delsin's hideout. Hours later, Luna was in her private royal carriage in the Friendship express. She was still looking on dreamily to the thought of Delsin. He wasn't afraid of her and his power held a fearful prospect that made her shiver in excitement. It was then she realized she didn't know where he was or where they would meet. She cursed her foolishness and began thinking of ways to find him. When the train arrived, she tried to lock onto his signature but found it to be several leagues away in the direction of Las Pegasus. How he could go from one side of Equestria to the other, she had no idea. Even for her and her sister it took a lot of magic to teleport from Manehattan to Baltimare. She frowned and went to the conductor and told him to make the next destination of Las Pegasus. She knew something was wrong. Very, very, wrong. Delsin stirred from his sleep with his body feeling very stiff. He tired to stretch but the feeling or serrated chains digging into his skin stopped that. “The hell?” He slurred as his eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room. It was clearly night time now if the sounds of crickets were anything to go by. “Look, He's finally getting up. Get the connection ready.” Said the voice of a stallion. “Yeah, yeah, don't get your stallionhood in a twist.” Suddenly, a pair of spotlights came on and were aimed right at his face. This blinded him as he growled. He knew he could use his power to escape the chains with ease but he wanted to get some info before he did so. “Ahh, the thorn in my side, finally brought before me. Hmph, I imagined you'd be taller. Nevertheless, you've been quite the bother to my operations. And I do not appreciate that. Now I want you to feel my rage.” There was the feeling of an axe going into his knee that made Delsin cry out in pain. Luna gasped as her eyes widen. “He's in danger.” She whispered under her breath. She went to the front of the train and told the Conductor to go faster. “But your majesty, we're already pushing the engine as is!” He wilted under her glare and he pushed the level that controlled the speed of the train. If it was just the engine and royal carriage, the speed it was going into would have been fine for the engine. But with several more cars, magical sparks flew off of the engine as it sped down the tracks. ‘I'm so getting fired.’ Thought the stallion as he was going against some of the rules of the rails. His left leg had been torn off and it was leaking Video power like it was his blood, his right soon to follow if it took another swing of an axe. When his left leg was torn off, it turned into pure video and vanished which shocked those that had seen it. “Whoever you are, your gonna die.” With that, one of his tortures, lit him on fire. Delsin yelled in pain before it slowly turned into a laugh. “You fucked up bitches!” Delsin Smoke Dashed out of the chains, leaving the rings, and chains behind. Delsin took the chain and whipped at the lights, making the area turn into blackness with a purplish rectangle with a white stallion with a blue mane who was wearing a mask. In the short silence, he heard a mare crying and pleading for the pony in the screen to let him go. This stallion, had made a mare, his sex slave. If there was one thing Delsin couldn't stand, it was rapists. “You fucked up greatly, you know that? And let this get into your thick, overly righteous, skull. You will have no mercy.” With that, he shot a Cinder Missile the screen, shattering it. Fancy Pants hadn't been scared in a long time. But that… thing, terrified him. It wasn't a stallion, or a pony. That… thing, was a monster. A killer with no remorse. Fancy bit his lip and wrote on a notepad. ‘Hire more meat shields protection.’ Fleur in her corner saw this and for the first time in decades, smiled and honest smile. If Fancy was scared, her salvation was close, very close. All she had to do was endure and wait. Delsin tried to find his tortures but they seemed to have ran away when he used Smoke Dash to escape his confinement. He grunted and went back to the chair, having his arm wrapped in the glow of his smoke power. He picked up the two rings and pocketed them. Whatever they were, they had put them on him to do something. Maybe restrain his powers? He didn't know but they had failed, but that didn't mean they were faulty. Just as he was about to leave there was the breaking of metal and wood and moonlight flooded the room from above as Luna came down with her eyes glowing and her horn lit up in her brilliantly blue magic. “Who dares hurt thine friend!? Ye shall be sent to the deepest depths of Tartarus!” She yelled with a voice that somehow generated a gust of wind that he could smell her breath inside the wind it generated. It smelled like… chocolate? Or something related to chocolate and sweets. “Luna, I'm fine. They ran off when I escaped.” He said gesturing to the chair and the chains. Luna looked at him and before he could blink she was checking over his body. “Delsin, are you alright!? Your not hurt are you!?” She finished with grabbing his face and checking for anymore injuries there. Delsin smiled and said. “I'm fine Luna. Thank you for caring.” Luna sighed and hugged him close, his face being the same level as her breasts as his head was put right between them. He blushed and tried to move away but Luna didn't notice and he resigned to his fate. Of all the things that could kill him, being smothered by breasts of an anthro pony princess was not one he would have thought of. When Luna released him about a minute later he gasped for air a bit dramatically. Luna didn't see it that way and gasped. “Oh dear, I'm sorry Delsin, I didn't mean to suffocate you.” She said patting his back lightly. “I- It's alright Luna. A bit awkward but I'm fine.” He reassured her. Luna sighed in relief and hugged him again, a lot more gently this time though. Delsin returned the hug this time. It felt nice to finally be able to relax in the comfort of a friend. Friend. Did he really consider Luna a friend, after only knowing her for about two days? It was hard to say, but her protective and kind nature was refreshing from a human’s nature. Once Luna let Delsin go she put on a stern look. “Do you know who ponynapped you?” Luna asked Delsin shook his head and Luna sighed. “Course, well, I shall make sure that never happens again. Come Delsin, I shall take you back to Manehattan, that is, if you have chose to remain a vigilante.” Luna said looking back at him since she had began to walk to the exit. “Actually, I've put a lot of thought into it and… yes, I'll come with you to Canterlot.” Luna smiled widely and did a small dance that made Delsin laugh. Hearing his laugh, Luna stopped and blushed. “I swear Luna, sometimes your just adorable.” He said patting her shoulder and walking past her. Luna had to keep herself from ‘squee’ing. The two walked through the streets of Las Pegasus, gaining stares from everyone. Pony, Minotaur, Gryphon, and adolescent dragon alike. One was drunk and cocky enough to grope Luna’s ass. Delsin saw this and before Luna could act Delsin shot him in the head with a Smoke Shot and subdued him. The efficiency and speed of which Delsin did so amazed Luna. ‘He's so strong~’ Luna thought with a blush. Delsin grabbed her hand and ran away from the crowd. Once they got to the train station, he stopped running and began walking. “Thank you Delsin. Though did you have to do shoot him in the head?” Delsin nodded and used a vent to get to the top of the station. Luna flew up and continued to walk next to him. “Well, our train is here. Come, you will be joining me in the Royal Coach.” Delsin’s eyes widen a bit but follows her, a yawn coming from his mouth as he did so. Luna noticed this and once Delsin was sitting on a couch, she used her magic to put him to sleep. He snored quietly as the train began to pull out of the station to head to one last stop before Canterlot. Ponyville.