//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: Sacrifice // Story: Mare vs Machine // by Slingshot619 //------------------------------// Lulz Scout is dead. I don't know why you guys keep saying Scout will respawn, but here's the truth. Scout isn't in this chapter. Get the message? He's dead. Gone. Went to heaven. This chapter might be a bit shorter because I'm kinda lazy today. Rainbow Dash woke up feeling sore and tired. She hadn't gotten much rest from last night, she looked at the picture that stood beside her bed. She remembered this portrait, it was when Scout had first brought her out on a date. On the picture Scout looked brave, confident, as if he was ready to take on anything in the world. Rainbow remembered those icy blue eyes, the way he would play tricks on her. Rainbow Dash put the picture down and headed for the bathroom. She looked in the mirror and found out her eyes were still red and puffy from crying. She chuckled upon remembering her adventures with Scout, she always wanted to try new things. Either that or she was just really horny all the time. Rainbow Dash shook it off and put on her brave face. She leaped out the door and soared through the sky. With the wind blowing in her ears, and her rainbow mane whipping around she flew towards Scout's final resting place. Rainbow walked up to the grave and stared at it for a while. The tombstone simply said Here lies Scout he ran fast and died. Rainbow looked on, hoping for something, anything, to show that he was still alive. It was kinda ironic having his own giant metal twin crush him. Rainbow sighed and flew off to clear the clouds. She cleared the pesky clouds and earned another easy 200 bits. Rainbow had pestered Medic to see if there was anything he could've done. But, Medic told her that his Medigun could heal wounds, not cheat death. After clearing the clouds Rainbow Dash went to take a nap on the clouds. In a complete reenactment of last night, she couldn't get any sleep. She tossed and tumbled, basically did everything that she could. Rainbow Dash flew back to her home instead, she didn't want anyone to see the emotional side of her. She trudged into her home and went into her bedroom. She leaped onto her bed and let out the tears. She didn't want to see anyone, not Pinkie, not AJ, Not Twilight, not anypony. She just wanted to be alone. Meanwhile...... Heavy and the team stood at the ready, the next wave could come at any moment. Then, a batch of robotic Demoman burst through and charged. Heavy's eyes glowed with hatred, He was absolutely merciless, bashing heads and basically causing all out hell. The others were no different, they fought bravely and did not stop. Even Medic was kicking ass with his bonesaw. Engineer was seen smashing heads with his wrench, Pyro blasted everything except the other team, and Demoman was l;aunching grenades left and right. By the time they were done, the robots had been reduced to nothing but scraps. They heard the familiar giant metal footsteps and they prepared. This time however, It was two giant Heavies, accompanied by a tank. The team was exhausted but they tried their best. Basically speaking, they got their ass handed to them. They had already wasted their ammo and energy on the robots, but this was too much. Enginner tried to find a weak spot, Spy was trying to sap the thing, Heavy kept bashing his giant metal counterparts, but the machines simply shrugged off the bullets and forged on. Basically speaking they did not give a damn. The team stopped and watched in horror as the giant metal monstrosities stomped towards Ponyville. Out of nowhere, a blue pony charged towards the metal giants in what could have gone down as one of the most badass moments in history. One of the giant metal Heavies turned to blast him with his minigun, but the pony leaped and grabbed the huge gun, swinging it towards the other Heavy. The minigun fired and the other Heavy was riddled with bullet holes, then he seemed to shift weight, causing the minigun to fire at the tank, the tank blew up in a enormous cloud of smoke, the Heavy stumbled for a while before collapsing. The team stared, they gave a moment of silence for their unsung hero. The now probably dead hero who saved Ponyville. Shortly afterwards...... Rainbow Dash had eventually cried herself to sleep, she woke up when she heard footsteps. Rainbow didn't bother to get up. Since Scout died nobody came here except Derpy. Rainbow sighed, she went tried to fall asleep again. Just as she was about to doze off, the sound of walls banging woke her up. She panicked, Derpy never came in her house. And Scout was dead, so who could it be? Rainbow Dash froze when she heard the footsteps right outside her door. The doors flew open and Rainbow Dash could only stare at the figure in shock and disbelief, it was a completely black pegasus pony, he had a fit slim body and a familiar mane. Rainbow felt like she should remember this pony. The pegasus gave a sly grin and took a step forward. I told you he wouldn't be in this chapter.