//------------------------------// // Behold the Power // Story: Rage of Broly // by chaos2012 //------------------------------// Celestia and Luna stared at Broly for what seemed like minutes before the silence was broken by the echo of laughter. They were confused at why Broly suddenly threw his head back and had begun laughing like a maniac. Frowning, Luna took a step forward. "Do you find something amusing in us fighting?" "Actually, I do." Broly chuckled, "You two are quite powerful, and are perhaps some of the strongest fighters in the universe. Since you knew who I was shows that you were able to sense me before this." "We did sense you, your power was detected several weeks ago..." Celestia answered, "In fact, we watched your fight against the warrior Goku and his allies." Hearing that name made Broly's blood boil. Gritting his teeth and clenching his fists together, he glared at the princesses. "You watched me fight with Kakarot?" Luna cast a cocky grin, "yes. We also saw that you were defeated by him and left on that planet. I believe you should have stayed there and died." Growling, Broly wanted to fly over there and snap that ponies neck for the comment. Instead, he held himself back and laughed again. "So, if you say that you watched the battle, then I assume you realize that I haven't even reached my full power level." Both alicorns eyes went wide when they heard that. They had known his final form was not activated, but when they saw him like this they believe he just couldn't reach it due to his injuries that he sustained. Luna swallowed the small lump in her throat before she tried to speak again. "Y-you are just saying that to try and intimidate us. I doubt you can defeat us." “Are you saying that you two have not been using your full power against me this whole time?” Luna hesitated for a second before speaking. “We have much more strength than you can realize. ” A grin spread across the Saiyan's face. "Then let us find that out." Broly shut his eyes, then began focusing the Ki stored deep inside of his body, allowing it to be released. "Rrraaaaaaaarr!" He screamed out as he threw his head back in the air. A bright green glow suddenly enveloped his entire body, lighting the entire area up as his loud voice carried across the sky. The sky above the city began to suddenly shift, the clouds pulling tighter around the center. The immense pressure of Ki was actually changing the composition of the clouds, the energy inside of them growing and causing them to turn dark. Soon, the area was covered in a dark shadow, illuminated by the glow from the Saiyan and the flashes of lightning that began to burst out of the clouds all over the entire area.. Celestia and Luna stared in horror as they felt the energy being emitted from Broly continue to grow stronger around them. Hearts ramming inside their chests, they were frozen in place as the ground beneath them they watched the Saiyan scream out into the sky as his power increased beyond anything they had ever experienced in such a dark being. --- Miles away, Canterlot became a massive place of panic in an instant. Out of nowhere, an enormous force began shaking the entire city, rumbling the streets and buildings all throughout. The sheer intensity of the force that rocked the once still area was enough to shatter many of the windows and cause the tall structures to sway to dangerous lengths of near breaking. Guard ponies tried to keep their nerves intact as they helped guide the citizens out of the crowded areas and into the open away from the structurally unsound edifices. Despite what they tried to do, however, every soldier was terrified inside of their hearts as they attempted to understand just what was happening. Twilight hobbled back and forth as she tried to catch her footing against the shaking. “What in Equestria is happening here!?” “Ah have no clue what is happenin’!” Applejack yelled out as she tried to keep her hat on her head. Fluttershy was whimpering on the ground as she curled into a tight ball and jumped under a bench nearby. “Wh-wh-what is this?” she whispered. While all of her friends were freaking out, Pinkie Pie just happened to be enjoying the new sensation as she bounced across the ground. “I dOn’T kNoW WhY yOu DoN’t LiKe ThIs!” she said as she vibrated. “ThIS fEeLs AmAzInG!” “Pinkie, how does this not frighten you!?” Twilight screamed out, “Something terrible is happening right now!” “You think it is Discord? I bet he would do something crazy like this!” Rainbow angrily yelled as she flew in the air. Even though she wasn’t touching the ground, she could feel the air itself seem to vibrate as the city trembled under the great force. “No, I don’t think this is Discord. He was into just making things weird. He never did anything like this.” Twilight explained. Despite wanting to prepare themselves for anything with the elements of harmony, she knew it was impossible to reach them. The room in which the princesses sealed the elements inside could only be opened by the two of them, leaving Twilight and the other bearers helpless to do anything except wait. ‘This isn’t good. This isn’t good. Where are you, Princess?’ She said to herself. “What in the world is that?” Rarity shouted out over the rumbling of the ground. When all the others turned her direction, they were equally shocked. Massive storm clouds were gathered in the far distance. The bright bolts of lightning flashing constantly were heard even from their position. The strangest part about it was the storm itself; the clouds were visibly moving and shifting on their own, completely against the way clouds worked in all of Equestria. Another extremely odd feature was that the storm seemed to be growing out from its position, another impossible feat for clouds. Twilight had no explanation for what she was witnessing. “Girls, I feel like something bad is going to happen.” All of them were so distracted by the storm, that none of them noticed the object coming towards the ground behind them in the distance. --- “Rrraaaaaaahhhh! RRRR! Rahhh!”The ki around him was now splitting the ground outward, creating fissures twenty feet deep. The many crippled buildings scattered in the once great and regal city of Hoovesdale began splintering and collapsing to the ground from the earthquake rocking the equestrian landscape. Rocks floated up in the air, being carried by the sheer force shifting through the area. Celestia had to brace her legs tight as she stumbled backwards. She noticed that her sister was having the same problem that she was. Her concern however wasn’t with her uneven balance; her mind focused entirely on the figure that was causing the calamity to her world. While she wanted to try and do something, she was too terrified to even move as the saiyan continued to charge his unbelievable power. “This can’t be happening.” She whispered to herself. “RrraaaaaaAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! Raahahahahahaaahha! Muahahahahahhaha!” Broly’s cold laugh rang through the sky, overpowering the loud crashes of thunder of the lightning bursting all around. Then, he felt him reach the level. The level of power that he needed. ‘Now, this world shall tremble under my power.’ Music link The glow and sounds around Broly subsided, almost seeming to freeze time as an eerie calm fell to the area. The two alicorns stared as the saiyan simply stood in his spot unmoving, until he screamed out louder than ever before as his eyes glowed green. “RRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” his scream rang inside of their ears, and then- BOOOOM! A massive green explosion enveloped the warrior, obliterating the ground around him as it spread outward. The flash was so bright it caused both princesses to hide their eyes behind their wings, shielding them from the blinding light. After it cleared, they opened their eyes, but the sight they saw was much worse than before. Broly's body appeared to have nearly tripled in size as he floated inches off of the ground. His muscles were engorged beyond the normal proportions that his body should have had. Shoulders bulged up to near the top of his head, looking almost uncomfortable. Even his height had grown, making him taller than even Celestia by two feet. The true power that he had inside of him was awakened. The two sisters stared in terror as Broly ended his grunting and grinned at them. His now white eyes stared through their souls, causing a shiver to run down their spines. The nightmare that had been tormenting them for weeks had now come true. Even as he stood before them, it seemed too incredible to believe. Broly lifted a finger and pointed at his trembling opponents. "Now Celestia, I choose you to be the next of my victims!" His cold voice said. The next instant, he launched out from his spot and barreled down towards the princesses much faster than he had moved before. The two alicorns barely had enough time to jump out of the way as the monstrous Saiyan crashed into the spot had been moments before. As Celestia flew up into the air, only to have a massive hand reach out and grab her by her back leg. Yelping out as she was yanked back down, she was quickly silenced by another fist connecting with her stomach. Buckling over as she lost all air, she then felt herself being spun like a frisbee and chucked outward. Luna kicked off of a small rock outcropping and flew towards Broly. Blasting a bolt of lightning from her horn, she watched in shock as he simply flew towards her, the attack striking his chest with no apparent effect. As he tried to punch her in her face, Luna ducked under it as the gigantic arm brushed past her mane. Bringing her own hoof foreword, she punched him right in the chin. As she connected however, she gasped when she saw he didn't even blink. "Hehehe, how pathetic." Broly chuckled as he buried his fist into Luna's abdomen, lifting her four feet off the ground. She coughed as a small stream of blood came out of her mouth, but was immediately grabbed by the neck and thrown outward through a tree that was standing nearby. As he watched the blue alicorn bounce across the dirt, Broly turned to see Celestia flying towards him. "Ah, I like that you want some more!" Celestia conjured several spheres of condensed magic and shot them forward. The yellow balls spun through the air in a tight formation before colliding with each other inches from where Broly was standing. The explosion from the magic blasted rock and dirt high in the air, raining back down on the area. Celestia smiled at her attack... Only to have it fall off her face as Broly flew through the cloud of smoke without a single mark on him. Broly brought his right hand up to his left shoulder and swung out to smack Celestia with a backhanded blow. She quickly ducked under it, but was met with Broly's left hand following quickly after with a Ki blast charged up. She screamed out as his open fist and ki smacked into the side of her body and blasted her across the area. When she skidded to a stop in the dirt, she cringed at the burn mark on her side. Her concern with her pain faded as she heard Broly charging at her like a mad buffalo. The charging Saiyan laughed as he saw the fear in the ponies face before him. His mind relished the images that were being created as he pictured unleashing his strength upon her weak form. He was in such a trance of thrill and pleasure that he did not notice the ball of blue magic coming from the side and striking him in his face. Digging his heels into the ground, Broly turned to see Luna flying through the sky towards the center of the wrecked city. Grunting, he turned and flew after her. "Looks like she wants to die first." (Music ends) --- In the wreckage of Hoovesdale, Shining Armor struggled as he hobbled down the street on his three good legs. His injured limb hung limp on his side, still out of its socket. He had felt the massive change of pressure in the atmosphere after the immediate fight the princesses had with the strange being. Now that the explosions had continued, he knew he had to get out of the city. He grimaced as he continued to hobble down the obliterated street between the crumbling buildings of the once peaceful and quaint town. His mind was racing as he recounted what had happened to him. 'Who in the world was that monster? How is he so powerful? And... How does the princess know who and what he is?' That last question he asked himself was perhaps the most troubling to him. Princess Celestia claimed that she knew what kind of creature he was despite the fact that he had never even heard of anything like it. Not only that, she knew him by name! Unless it was something that he missed, the princess had been keeping a secret from himself and the other guards. His thoughts were broken when he saw Luna flying towards him. "Princess!" He called out. Luna looked down to him, but before she could speak, Broly burst through the side of the building and clasped a fist around her face. Flying across the street, he slammed her face into the side of the other building and drug her through the stone facing of the wall, crumbling the structure as they passed it. Once through the entire building, he let go of her andwatched as she flopped down onto the ground. He laughed at the cuts and bruises all across her body, steadily sapping her strength. Shining gazed in horror at the transformation Broly had undertaken. The sheer size of the hulking behemoth towered high above his own head, overshadowing his own seemingly petite form. His heart skipped several beats as Broly turned his head towards him, his cold eyes piercing his own gaze. “So, I see that you are still alive. I’m impressed.” The tall warrior commented. Shining felt his blood run cold as Broly rushed forward and grabbed him by his one good foreleg and lifted him off the ground. He tried to focus his horn to teleport, but his exhausted body was too worn out to conjure another spell. As he attempted to thrash out of the strong hand, the sudden tightening of the grip and the feeling of his leg bone cracking sent overloading waves of pain to his mind, pushing out all other feelings as he screamed out in agony. “Broly!” The smiling saiyan turned to the sound of his name to see Celestia landing on the ground next to her semi conscious sister. Broly laughed as he shook the screaming stallion in his hand. “Would you like to have your pet back, Celestia?” Tossing the crippled Shining Armor through the air, he laughed hysterically as the pony landed with a hard thud into the dirt and skidded towards the two alicorns. Celestia had so many emotions coursing through her body as she bent down to her injured sister that she was having a hard time deciphering which one was the strongest. Fear, anger, concern, hatred, adrenaline. All were spinning inside in a swirling mass at the same time. After spacing out for a few seconds, she finally swallowed and spoke. “Why do you do this? What purpose does causing this destruction serve you?” Broly stared at her for a moment before chuckling to himself. “Why do I do this? Answer me this, Celestia, have you felt free before?” Celestia lifted an eyebrow to what he said. “What do you mean? You are pointlessly taking innocent lives.” “There is always a point to things that I do. The countless peoples, villages, cities, nations kingdoms… planets I have ravaged mean everything to me despite what you believe. If it were not for them, I would not be able to feel the freedom of complete annihilation…” Broly paused as he took a deep breath, his body in bliss as he spoke. “For my joy is immense when I hear the cries of anguish, and my heart feels content when I watch the hellfire rising over a once peaceful and untainted land.” Celestia felt sweat drip down her fur as the warrior continued his speech. “Not one fiend or demon lord has ever created this much widespread damage and enjoyed every waking second of it in the process! No god of war or army of thousands has tasted the fruits of carnage as much as I have, and kept wanting more, and more!” Broly grinned as he watched the white princess trembling under his gaze. “Now Celestia, you must be wondering why I am even telling you this.” “This is simply to let you know that I am no cold hearted monster. I am never more happy than when I see someone like you in despair as you stand over your injured and crippled sister! Hahahaha!” Broly’s cold voice echoed across the destroyed city as the three ponies lay in terror under his gaze. the tall warrior lifted an arm up and turned his open palm towards them as his green ki built up. “I thoroughly enjoyed the small challenge that you gave me today. Now die, like the rest of this world will.” Before he fired, however, he stopped himself and stared past the ponies and gave a perplexed look. Confused, Celestia turned around to view the sight. As like Broly, she was also dumbfounded by what she saw...or in better terms, who.