"It Was My Job to Take Care of You....."

by Master4871


"Now the gate has been unlatched, headstones pushed aside. Corpses shift and offer room, a fate you must abide!"

"You are no father of mine!" Discord shouted.

Entropy was now walking up and down the long corridor sized carpet that lay in the throne room. He gave a quick glare at Discord, but resumed his pacing. At a moments notice, John walked in expecting progress on the research for his return to Earth. He found nothing. "Entropy, when are you going to get me home?" he asked.

"My top specialists are working on it as we speak John, just keep your composure and you will be rewarded."

"Okay, I'm just eager that's all." John walked over to the window that is positioned in the throne room. When he looked outside he saw not the usual colorful world of Equestria, but an already dark version of what looked like a living hell. This was not what he wanted, and this conflicted him greatly on his morals. He contemplated on whether this was right or not and of course, his mind chose the more peaceful approach and not this, hellish approach happening right at his doorstep. "I know it's only been a day since our truce, but be honest with me; do you really think you can get me home?"

"John, I made a promise and I for one keep the promises I make." Entropy fell for John's trap. John knew that Entropy found the promise conversations while sifting through his thoughts and memories and that the memory of Cortana would make him weak. Entropy was sadly mistaken. John was certain now what will happen in the hours ahead of him. Entropy was planning on betraying him, something commonly found with enemies that make temporary alliances just to get what they want. Entropy's goal: take over Equestria. And John knew just how to stop him.

"I'm going for a walk." John stated.

"Fine fine, it's not like you have done anything else around here since I came to power." Entropy was neglecting his composure, quickly gaining it back when he asked the Spartan if he would like company, to which the Spartan happily declined. Why? Because John planned on going where he was forbidden to go: the dungeon.


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When John arrived at the dungeon, he was quickly scooted out of the "Restricted Area" from several shadow guards. He let them do as they were ordered to do the first time, but when they denied him access a second time he gave each of them a quick punch to the jaw, knocking them out so he could infiltrate the dungeon.

However John had to remain still or the guards would see him. While trying to be sneaky he witnessed the most horrifying thing, he thought, he ever saw. A shadow guard was whipping a Celestial guard who forcibly pushed up against the wall. John couldn't tell at first, but eventually noted that the guard was a Pegasus, with his wings hacked off. The whip being used on the poor soul was tearing flesh from the guards body, flinging chunks of meat across the room. The shadow guard was amused but not done, for when the tortured guard fell from the excruciating pain, he was placed on a rack, where he was secured with tight straps. When the victim was secure he was tortured even more from the crushing force that the torturer was laying down upon him, crushing ever bone in his now frail body. The last thing the victim went through was the rack's true purpose. The second shadow guard standing next to the device increased the tension on the chains which gave the final, gruesome results. The now dead guard was split into five pieces: all the legs were torn apart from the body and the main body itself was now on the ground. This made the two torturers laugh hysterically. The next prisoner was called in and John was too familiar with him. Shining Armor was stood against the wall, muscles tensing from the pain he was about to receive. What made the whole experience worse was the fact the five Elements and the three princesses were forced to watch every gruesome detail of the tortures. John decided to take action and pulled his magnum out when the shadow guards weren't paying attention, aiming down the 2X scope. When the target's head was in sight he let loose a round in his head and instantly gave another round into the second head. When the tangos dropped John holstered his magnum and when to the prisoners.

"John, what are you doing here." A broken Celestia asked.

"This world is succumbing to evil and I intend to stop it."

"Why? We betrayed you and you're still trying to help us." Luna inquired.

"If I could stand fighting alongside Elites, why can't I help fight for my new home." John would regret saying what he just said at a later date, because he didn't intend on staying longer than he had to.

"Well we need to defeat Entropy the same way we defeated him last time. But how......hmm...I got it! Luna do you remember the last time we defeated him, that I had a special little box?" Celestia sporadically asked.

"Y-yes, why is that silly thing so important?" Luna replied.

"That, "silly thing" held our weapon against his tyranny."

"You don't mean the-"

"Yes, we must use-"

"No Cely we can't use it, it's not right!"

"Luna we have no choice."

After a quick moment pondering the dire situation, Luna came to a consensus and agreed with her sister.

"Wait hold on, what is this weapon you used on him?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"It was our old toy crowns." The answer was followed by very irritated glares from everypony else who heard the ludicrous scheme. "Our parents placed very powerful magic spells on them, that when used correctly gives us three free wishes. There are two that remain."

"Yes and we used the first on Entropy when he first took over." Luna finished.

"Okay it sounds like a plan, but we still need to get you up to the throne room undetected." John pointed out. "I'll go up and distract Entropy, while you guys follow at a reasonable pace behind me. When I give the signal you will use your magic and stop him." Everypony nodded in confirmation on the plan but one, Fluttershy, who was clearly upset, had not spoken loud enough for all the other ponies to hear. The only way she could get their attention was through action. When Luna saw this she went back for her, only to hear the grim reality of what was going on. Fluttershy was trying to tell everypony that when Entropy leaves his host, the hosting body does not come back to life, rendering Twilight dead. John and Shining Armor didn't know of this until now.

"What! No, there has to be another way, we can't lose Twiley!" Shining spat.

"Captain Armor, I'm sorry, but there is no other option here." John relayed.

"We can't just let her die!" Shining retorted back.

"Stop your quarrelling you two!" Celestia shouted, "There are two 'wishes' left on our crowns, combined, both wishes will do both jobs at hand. I can assure you Shining Armor that Twilight will be alright."

"We need to get this done. Entropy's betrayal will be soon if I am correct." John barked the information out to everypony else, giving them the rest of the plan while he was on the spotlight. As soon as all the others knew what was going to go down, John commenced the first stage.