The town was almost deserted. Three ponies were all that remained. One, an orange earth pony with a blond mane and tail wearing a stetson hat. The second was a huge red earth pony with an orange mane and tail wearing his ever present yolk. The third was a khaki colored unicorn with a black mane and tail with a blue ribbon braided in to both. The latter was sitting beside a massive humanoid machine.
“So, uh, Jynx” Applejack said, “What all can we expect ta be comin after us?”
With great pain the unicorn tied to recall her time in Tartarus, “It's hard to remember. All I could focus on was the pain.”
“Ya ain't gotta say nothin if ya don't wanna.” Said the farm mare.
“The ones I remember the most were the imps. Little bipedal creatures that stand as tall as an average pony. They were the ones that did the most. Their sadistic little bastards, cutting me open, t-tearing out m-my insides, ev-even making me e-e-eat some of them.” She started hyperventilating.
Applejack put her forehoof on her shoulder, “Relax there, sugarcube. It's alright now, ya ain't gotta say nothin else.”
Jynx took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves. When she finally relaxed she did a quick inspection of her gundam. The sun had risen already so she knew the battle had begun so she grabbed the line and was lifted into the chest of the mechanical monster.
From with in the metal man she saw the couple getting ready themselves. The machine linked with her in a way that she became the machine. When she stood, it stood, when she flexed it flexed. It was an intoxicating feeling being a hundred feet tall with the capacity to destroy dragons in a simple flash of light. Of course she could only fire that flash of light every ten minutes but it's power was devastating. Then there's the beam sword. It's what she modeled the first gauntlet she made Shiro after.
She waited and waited knowing that soon she would be facing things she thought she would never have to see again. Unfortunately she didn't have to wait long. She saw several scattered specs approaching quickly.
“They're coming.” She said to the Apples.
As they got closer she could make out some of the things. Ogres and trolls were the ones she was focusing on as the smaller creatures could be dealt with by the two vampire hunters on the ground. She drew the beam sword and stood ready. The ogres were the tallest but still only came to her “stomach”. She slowly advanced toward the beasts until the first was with in range. A swift swing of her blade and filet of troll was served up nice and hot.
“You two take care of the little ones.” Jynx said to AJ and Big Mac, “I got the bruisers.”
“Way ahead of ya!” The earth pony mare called back.
Jynx used her boosters to fling herself forward into a group of about six. She landed bringing her foot down on a troll as she swung her sword to her right splitting two ogres in half. Another troll was launched into the air by the shield and landed as a broken grease spot some distance away. One more swing of the energy blade dispatched the two that remained.
A short victorious yell was all she could do before the ground shook with a resounding boom of something large landing. Jynx turned around and was confronted by a gargantuan creature. It's legs were replaced by what looked like six snake tails ans an upper bode that resembled a deformed human.
“You are the one!” It said in a booming voice, “You killed my favorite son! I can still smell the blood of Nidhogg on you.”
“Buck my life.” Jynx grumbled.
She retracted her sword and drew her beam rifle, pointing it right at Typhon. Before she could fire, though, the beast tackled her to the ground, knocking the weapon out of her hand. She fell onto her back, driving her knee into the monster's stomach, and threw him over her. She got to her feet and as Typhon rose. He charged with a massive right hook, striking the war machine in the face, and sending her flying back. Jynx managed to stay up only to receive an uppercut to the chin. She was launched into the air but was stopped when Typhon grabbed her foot and slammed her back down.
“Damn he's strong.” Jynx aid to herself.
She fired her boosters to dodge another strike and get to her feet. This time she charged him. He attempted to meet her with another punch but Jynx ducked under it. Without slowing she grabbed his face and slammed him to the ground, carving a long trench in the dirt. She drew her sword and thrust it down aiming for it's heart, unfortunately she didn't find her mark. It grabbed her arm and squeezed until a breaking sound was heard. With a jerk, the monster ripped the arm off at the elbow.
“Goddess dammit!” Jynx yelled in anger at the damage to her favorite toy, “You son of a bitch!”
The unicorn swung the shield at the beast, severing one of it's serpent-tail legs with the bladed edge. Typhon yelled in pain and threw Jynx off him. The two giants faced each other once more, both wary. The titan charged again, but Jynx was expecting that. Compartments on both shoulders opened, launching six rockets. All but two found their target. Typhon howled in pain as blood poured from wounds on his chest and abdomen.
“Do you know who I am!” He yelled, “I am Typhon, Father of Monsters. You are a sniveling little mortal in a fancy suit of armor. You can not defeat me.”
Jynx raised her shield in front of her. He took this as an invitation and went for her again. She raised her shield to block the strike but instead he grabbed the defensive tool on the un-bladed edge and yanked it away. He then grabbed her head and pulled with all his strength, tearing it off as well. Jynx's world went black. The gundam fell back with a crash, Jynx no longer connected to it. All she could do was sit and wait for the inevitable.
A blast came from outside. What ever it was, it was powerful and close enough to shake the robot. The sound was soon followed by a bang on the hatch. It was torn away, letting blinding sunlight in. Jynx squinted to try to get a better look at the figure looking down at her.
“You all right Mrs. Charm?” Came the deep drawl of Big Macintosh.
“Mac, is that you?” Jynx asked.
“Eeyep. Yer safe now. Come on.” He said and helped her from the wreckage.
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For these short chapters, would you prefer I put two chapters per post and take a little longer or would you rather they come out quicker but short?