//------------------------------// // (LUNA) Badass Blue Diary (a.k.a. Rise of the Epic Scout) // Story: Equestria Fortress 2 // by nightelf37 //------------------------------// For once, this chapter is not centered on EqU, but on LUNA. Why? I just want to. This chapter is somewhat based on Crash Maul's Rise of the Epic Scout. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 At Watchtower… LUNA Team Blue Diary's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Scattergun 2° Weapon - Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Melee Weapon - Justice and Retribution Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None Raindrops's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Rocket Launcher 2° Weapon - Royal Canterlot Hallmark Melee Weapon - Shovel Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None Ditzy Doo's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Flame Thrower 2° Weapon - Flare Gun Melee Weapon - Fire Axe Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None Carrot Top's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Grenade Launcher 2° Weapon - Stickybomb Launcher Melee Weapon - Frying Pan Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None Bonbon's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Minigun 2° Weapon - Sandvich Melee Weapon - Frying Pan Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None Cheerilee's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Shotgun 2° Weapon - Pistol Melee Weapon - Southern Hospitality Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None Lyra Heartstrings's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Syringe Gun 2° Weapon - Medi Gun Melee Weapon - Amputator Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None Pokey Pierce's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Sniper Rifle 2° Weapon - Jarate Melee Weapon - Bushwacka Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None Trixie Lulamoon's Loadout: 2° Weapon - Revolver 2° PDA - Cloak And Dagger Melee Weapon - Knife Hat - Standard Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None RED Team RED Scout's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Baby Face's Blaster 2° Weapon - Bonk! Atomic Punch Melee Weapon - Bat Hat - Front Runner (Stylin' Style) Misc. Item 1 - Summer Shades Misc. Item 2 - None RED Soldier's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Black Box 2° Weapon - Reserve Shooter Melee Weapon - Equalizer Hat - Honcho's Headgear Misc. Item 1 - Fancy Dress Uniform Misc. Item 2 - None RED Pyro's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Phlogistinator 2° Weapon - Shotgun Melee Weapon - Axe Hat - Hottie's Hoodie Misc. Item 1 - Last Breath Misc. Item 2 - None RED Demoman's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Loch-n-Load 2° Weapon - Scottish Resistance Melee Weapon - Scottish Handshake Hat - Scotch Bonnet Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None RED Heavy's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Brass Beast 2° Weapon - Shotgun Melee Weapon - Fists Hat - One-Man Army Misc. Item 1 - Apparatchik's Apparel (Outdoorsmen Style) Misc. Item 2 - None RED Engineer's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Widowmaker 2° Weapon - Wrangler Melee Weapon - Southern Hospitality Hat - Texas Ten Gallon Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None RED Medic's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Syringe Gun 2° Weapon - Quick-Fix Melee Weapon - Vita-Saw Hat - Otolaryngologist's Mirror Misc. Item 1 - Physician's Procedure Mask Misc. Item 2 - None RED Sniper's Loadout: 1° Weapon - Hitman's Heatmaker 2° Weapon - Razorback Melee Weapon - Bushwacka Hat - Liquidator's Lid Misc. Item 1 - None Misc. Item 2 - None RED Spy's Loadout: 2° Weapon - Ambassador 2° PDA - Dead Ringer Melee Weapon - Your Eternal Reward Hat - Fancy Fedora Misc. Item 1 - Business Casual Misc. Item 2 - None EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 At least that's what the Arena match would've been were it not for one thing. The rest of LUNA had gotten food poisoning from something Tony had ordered at a fast-food store. Of course, he chose salads and other meat-free products. However, they turned out to be of questionable quality. Only Blue Diary was spared from the poisoning thanks to a strong stomach. Trixie only managed to fare better than the rest due to her preference for strange food combination, but only just. And Dinky had been spared from the food poisoning as well as she had been given a (meat-free, of course) "kiddie meal", which had thankfully been safe. They were about to have an Arena match with RED, who had just returned to the present thanks to Merasmus. Even with all of Joey's medical expertise, he couldn't get them all back into shape in time. Fortunately, Tony's "Copyspawn system" can generate simulation bots even without the original present unlike Thenam's. Unfortunately, it had gone glitchy thanks to a saboteur, as it was discovered after the fight. As a result, Blue Diary was now accompanied by eight strange clones, and he noticed strange things about them. For one, their colors were those of their counterparts in EqU save the LUNA Heavy, who had Zecora's colors. The Soldier had Applejack's colors, the Pyro Fluttershy's, the Demomare Rarity's, The Engineer Pinkie Pie's, the Medic Rainbow Dash's, the Sniper Spike's, and the Spy Twilight Sparkle's. While everypony else had to rest on beds, Dinky and Trixie was at a viewing room in the semi with Tony as he watched Blue's progress on the screens, the latter still feeling a little queasy. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Needless to say, it was a very bad start. While the REDs were already on the move forward, only Blue did among the LUNAs. He realized this shortly after and scooted back, seeing them all lined up. From what he could see, the Soldier had her face bloated, the Pyro was 'not-quite-there', the Demomare's eyes were spinning, the Heavy was spaced out, the Engineer's head was jittering and grinning, the Medic's face was in a permanent frown, the Sniper had his hat and shades flipped, and the Spy somehow put a lot of pine cones in her mouth. For the life of him, Blue could not figure out how she managed to do that and doubted the real Trixie would so something so embarrassing (at least he figured she'd find it so). And back in the LUNA semi, Trixie indeed had such thoughts and wondered where they came from in the first place. Blue could find no words for this except… "Oh, for crying out loud!", he cried out as he smacked himself in the face, then gave an order as his mech-hand pointed outward. "Come on, let's go!" What happened next was something he didn't expect from the LUNA Soldier, even if he very well knew it wasn't Raindrops; she seemed to swallow up the air in her mouth, give a scream, and then zip leftward in a speed not possible for the jasmine-coated pegasus even at her best, dropping her rocket launcher in the process. She plowed past the Sniper in front, knocking him down, then the Spy from behind, who ended up spitting out and swallowing a few pinecones at the same time. As she proceeded to choke, the LUNA Soldier then flew out of the respawn area in normal speed and onto the pipe ahead. Just as she was halfway through, she was shot in the head and her body went sailing down. Somewhere at the external ring, the Sniper gave a wave as he chuckled. Blue gave a gulp at this. Normally, clones disappear in a flash of light in the same manner as they do when sent away. He hoped the Respawn system would still protect him; dying out here for real didn't sit well with him. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Though they did not know it yet, the Administrator had activated one aspect of Realism Mode, its effects washing over them seconds before the Soldier pony went crazy. The aspect activated was the wounding part; the buildings will stay safe. And she knew this team wasn't the same one as before. One, this team had no little fire-breathing reptile as their Demoman. Two, their Medic is more willing to kill and has a horn instead of wings. Three, their Pyro's speech is muffled unlike the one in pink and had wings, and she still couldn't figure out how that pony could do that. Four, their Heavy was definitely female and uses a frying pan instead of a blade of energy from the horn, which she doesn't have. There were a few more reasons as well, though she couldn't bother to come up with them as of yet as she watched the battle in wherever she was. One team of ponies was problematic enough; she will not tolerate another. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Back at Watchtower… The LUNA Sniper got up on his feet, 'replaced' his hat, then 'picked up' his rifle as the rest of the team got moving. He got himself positioned and aimed at the RED Sniper. He 'pulled' the trigger. BLAM! And he immediately went down. As it was, he had positioned his rifle so that he was looking not through the scope, but through the barrel. Under a stone arch in the center valley, the LUNA Demomare ran before stopping and looking up. The RED Soldier was headed her way, Equalizer up. "If you know what's good for ya, you will run!", he said. She ignored the warning and aimed her grenade launcher at him, though her jittering vision made it harder to lock onto him. "Gonna kill you and I'll keep killin' you and I'll never, cause you're 'onna be dead and then I'm gonna kill you.", she said in a slurred tone akin to the RED Demoman's. Before she knew it, he had closed the distance and brought down his Equalizer on her eye, killing her instantly. He then left the pickaxe there as he switched to his Black Box. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Back in the Respawn area… The LUNA Spy was just recovering from her pinecone problem, breathing heavily. The LUNA Heavy and Medic haven't moved from their positions either. The latter then turned to the former and had a thought. She then switched from her Syringe Gun to her Medi Gun, then walked so that she was behind the Heavy. With a cry, she 'pulled' the handle…which broke and hung on a separate arcanokinetic grip. The Medi Gun sparked electricity, then blew up, burning the LUNA Heavy's tail and sending her running and dropping the minigun. The LUNA Medic was rendered without a stitch on her body (the 'cards' they use to 'transform' are only on the originals). As for the LUNA Spy, she had managed to leave the area before then. The LUNA Heavy continued running until she found a pool, and jumped in. A second after surfacing, she let out a sigh of relief, only to get burned in the head by the RED Pyro, who gave a maniacal laugh. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Elsewhere… The LUNA Pyro and Engineer stood idly before the latter then—with a special property found in all Engineer wrenches—produced a toolbox and dropped it on the Pyro, knocking her still as she tipped over. "Building a Sentry.", she said as she swung her wrench. However, due to the toolbox hitting the Pyro's head, it had landed out of her reach, but she didn't even seem to notice, not even as a RED stickybomb landed on her helmet and another on the Pyro. The RED Demoman detonated them from a distance as he rested the weapon on his shoulder, giving a two-fingered salute to them. He then noticed the LUNA Scout Blue Diary headed up the stairs to the shack, keeping low given the circumstances and the Sniper. Once he was inside, he looked over the window overlooking the RED Respawn area…and saw the RED Engineer and his Level 1 Sentry, which immediately found him and opened fire. A few round hit his shoulders and he fell over. By the time he got up, the RED Soldier and Demoman were aiming their weapons at him, the Pyro joining shortly. Blue immediately aimed at them with his scattergun, but its barrels were suddenly shot off and they fell to the floor. He turned to see the RED Scout sitting on a window sill, holding his Baby Face's Blaster. "Is that all you got, moron?", the RED speedster taunted. "Not quite.", Blue replied as he got up on his hind legs and took out his pistol. Before he could fire, he was suddenly grabbed from the back and lifted up. It was the RED Heavy, and he pulled the gun away, breaking part of the mech-arm in the process. "Let us wrestle, little pony!", he said as he successfully pinned him, straining his wings against the remaining mech-arm. From his peripheral, as he heard the Heavy laugh, Blue could see the Pyro clapping like a little girl. He was then hurled out of the window. Without the Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol to protect him from fall damage, he crashed into the pipe before landing on the ground. The fall distance was so short he hadn't been able to open his wings to fly, and having them temporarily sprained against the Heavy's back didn't help. He got up pretty quickly, grateful for the relatively sturdy body of a pony, even if it was of a pegasus pony. Unfortunately, he sprained his front left leg and he let off a cry of pain. "Ooohhhh, run, run, I'm coming for you!", he heard the Heavy say as he and the other REDs descended the stairs after him. Without much choice, Blue fell back, making his way to the Respawn area. He stopped for a while to rest as he made his way up the incline to the side, opting not to fly up lest the Sniper get him. Inside the Respawn area, he saw the LUNA Medic. With a smile, he prepared himself, hearing the other REDs already coming from behind, then zoomed to safety as fast as he could. Just before he could get indoors, a bullet whizzed past his head…and struck him on the left wing. He stumbled from the pain, knowing that the Sniper had hit him. Still, he dragged himself forward until he could reach the long pillar that divided the entrance. "Medic!", he cried out. "I need help!" When the LUNA Medic turned to face him, he saw something wrong. She was colored in Lyra's colors. The actual LUNA Medic that was his ally lay on the floor behind, with the Your Eternal Reward sticking out from her back. For some reason, her body hadn't disappeared. "Oh, great…" The LUNA Medic then transformed into the RED Spy, who walked towards him with a cigarette in his teeth. "Medic! Medic! Medic!", he said in a mocking tone before giving off a maniacal laugh, and then drawing his Ambassador and aiming it at Blue's head. Blue didn't wonder why he was receiving specific wounds. He didn't wonder how the RED Spy is able to enter the BLU Respawn area. He didn't wonder if the Respawn system will save him. He just glared back at the Spy, who gave off a grin as his teeth bent the stick of tobacco upward. The grin turned into a frown upon realizing Blue wasn't going to cower. The grin resumed as he pointed the Ambassador down at the LUNA Scout's stomach. Blue braced himself for impact. Two shots rang out as the RED Scout and Demoman entered. As the Spy walked out shortly after, the RED Heavy stopped short, his Medic bumping into him. The Heavy saw the Spy leave, then turned around to see his Scout and Demoman taunting Blue. He turned to leave, angered that he was denied the chance to tear the pegasus down. Inside the Respawn area, Blue's vision was fading and he could feel his life signs fade too. Why wasn't his card sending him away to the limbo room, where Medi Gun beams would heal him up? Why was he… He couldn't focus more as he heard the RED Demoman drink from his Scottish Handshake before the RED Scout thrust his Bonk! can into it with intent on doing a toast. Unfortunately, the bottle proved to be somehow more fragile and its top half fell onto him. The can followed a second after. "Don't come wide with me, ya pint-sized mutt!", Blue heard the Scotsman say amid the Scout's laughter before his consciousness failed him. I'm… sorry… Raindrops… EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 "No! Blue Diary!" It was Trixie who cried out in distress as she saw Blue Diary not get sent away while covering Dinky's eyes with her hat once things started getting bloody. Tony was frantically typing at a keyboard, muttering to himself. "No, no, no. How could this happen?" "You said the Respawn system was safe!", Trixie accused him. "It is! I think that wave that washed over us had something to do with it." "You mean that invisible one before Blue entered Watchtower?" Just then, Joey came in, a Sapper hanging in one hand, which nobody noticed until later. "Did anybody notice an invisible wave wash over?" "Yes. Why?" "Well, don't you think that could've been the cause?" "That's my theory. Looks like I have to use…it to save him." "What is…it?" "You'll find out shortly." EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Blue Diary didn't know what was happening, but he certainly knew it must be something akin to where he met Chronicle and Timerity after they had lost to Discord and Eris respectively after they fought them in revenge for their friends. They had been foolhardy to think they had a chance, but he couldn't blame them; he would've done the same in their place. He found himself in a blank vortex, where there was nothing to see for miles. Just then, a blue light appeared, and from there emerged a dark brown glass rum bottle, apparently made by the DeGroots back in 1680. And then another light appeared, this time heralding a can of Bonk! Atomic Punch, Cherry Fission flavor. Personally, he preferred Blutonium Berry, though he has considered trying the Nuclear Rainbow flavor EqU has. The two drinks stopped right in front of him, then started revolving around each other like in a circle. I must be going crazy., he thought as a white light shone right in front of him, blinding him. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Back in reality… From the two bullet holes where the RED Spy's Ambassador shot Blue Diary, beams of light shone through them. The card on him started to beep as his body started to float up, his legs hanging limply. Lyre-shaped rings similar to the aura given out when Lyra performs the Medicating Melody were emitted from the wounds. And then his body began to convulse and tilt as an ÜberCharge coat covered him. Once it ended, he was down on all fours and kneeling. As he got up, feeling good as new, he heard a voice through the still-working comms system. It was Tony. "Crais! Thank goodness you're alive." "What happened?", the LUNA Scout asked. "For a minute, I left like I was dying." "You were. That's why I activated the Emergency Life Protocol." "Emergency Life Protocol?" "In the event the Respawn system doesn't work, the Emergency Life Protocol can be manually activated to save someone from certain death. Unfortunately, it will disable your card, meaning any further death will be final. It'll take a while for me to set up the second Protocol to teleport you out of here. Stay out of sight until then." "No." "No?" "I plan on taking these guys down. Tell me, are my abilities inhibited?" "Um, no." "That's all I need to know." With that, he hovered out of the Respawn area, and made his way to the pipe leading to the shack. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Up at the shack, the RED Sniper gave a nod to the RED Pyro, who was just leaving through the western exit to look for the LUNA Spy, who hadn't been seen since their take-down of Blue Diary. as he turned back to the window, he suddenly saw said pegasus waving at him. He quickly took out his rifle and aimed. "That'll slow yer down, ya twitchy hooligan!", he said. He then fired a bullet, only for it to miss as Blue spun out of its way, jump down to the bottom of the pipe, and sail under it before flying back up to the top and charging forward. "Holy dooley!" As Blue made his way to the stairs, the Sniper aimed his rifle there, ready to blow his head off the second he emerged. "Cheatin' only gets ya so far.", the assassin whispered to himself. Unfortunately for him, he forgot one thing, mostly due to the pegasi not doing it so often; Blue Diary can fly. And that's what he did. Ascending the watchtower, he entered through the window and bucked the Sniper at the side. This caught the RED Pyro's attention as he then started heading back. The Sniper managed to get up, then draw his Bushwacka. Blue replied by crossing his forelegs together, then stretching them outward, summoning his two swords, Justice and Retribution, in the process. Fortunately, the red bands he wore to keep the blades on didn't disappear when he dons the Scout uniform, as it does with Trixie's cape and hat when she dons the Spy uniform. The Sniper did not show any signs of intimidation and charged with a side swing. Blue easily parried it by raising Justice, his left-hoof sword. Then he swung Retribution, his right-hoof sword, but the Sniper managed to pull away in time, but was forced to drop his blade in the process. Blue didn't let up for a second as he then charged forward and—to the Sniper's surprise, since he expected a sword swing—flipped to kick him in the chin. As he did that, Blue glanced the RED Pyro coming his way and landed on the floor, one hoof on the Bushwacka, flipping it into the air. As he saw the Pyro appear, he used one of his sword's special abilities; they are capable of manifesting energies that can shape-shift into any form he desires. To some extent, they work a bit like unicorn telekinesis. Using the aura of one of his swords, he 'grabbed' the Bushwacka and 'hurled' it at the Pyro, cleanly decapitating him. "Tony, tell me everything about the Dead Ringer.", Blue said. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Outside, on the other side of the tower… The RED Demoman was choking the RED Scout in an attempt to get him to stop laughing, which he hasn't done since smashing his bottle with his Bonk! can. "How's that feel, ya blockhead?", said the Scotsman. Both of them stopped when the Pyro's head landed on the Scout's. The Demoman then frowned and looked up. Having an idea on what's going on, he primed his Scottish Resistance and fired stickybombs in the room. Once he thought he set enough, he then detonated them. A few seconds later, both he and the Scout peeked over and saw only dismembered parts of the Sniper and Pyro. Not a sign of the white Scout pony anywhere. The Demoman walked in to try and find out where he was. The answer; the hole in the roof. Blue—listening to Tony's intel as he went—then landed on him by his hind legs, standing like a human being. He then turned to face the Scout, who fired his Blaster, and quickly disarmed him by hitting it with Retribution by the flat end before the shots could hit him. He also 'held' the Sniper's Razorback with the mech-arm. He then bent down to the Scout's face with angry eyebrows, then opened his eyes wide with a harsh glare. It was nothing compared to the Stare by EqU's Fluttershy, but it got the job done and he screamed like a girl before running and bumping into the Soldier along the way, making him spin around and almost fall. The Demoman meanwhile got up and aimed his Loch-n-Load at Blue, the both of them at a stand-off. The pegasus started by bucking one of the Pyro's boots, which hit the Demoman on the neck and backed him a fair distance. He then charged forward as the one-eyed Scotsman aimed again. And right behind, the Soldier had jumped up, ready to fire a rocket. The Demoman launched his grenade, Blue strafed it easily mid-flight, one of his few unique abilities, just as the Soldier's rocket escaped the Black Box. The two explosives collided, sending the Demoman to the wall behind him, and the Soldier into the window, the force of the impact flipping his body out of it and dropping his hat. He landed face-up on the Scout, who had been struggling to catch his breath. Back in the tower, Blue had escaped much of the damage by putting the Razorback in the way of the blast and reinforcing it with a magical aura coming from Justice, having dismissed Retribution. He then located the Baby Face's Blaster he knocked off from the RED Scout's hands. "Oh, that smarts.", he heard the Demoman groan. Quickly switching the Razorback and getting it around his left front hoof, he got the Blaster onto his mech-arm, and discarded the empty shell. He then saw him pick up the Loch-n-Load and aim it at him. Blue stuck the Blaster into its bottom barrel and fired. The weapon shook before exploding, blowing off the Demoman's chest and leaving his head, lower body, his gun's barrel, and the hand holding it midair before gravity took hold and brought them down. By that time, Tony was done telling about the Dead Ringer. Blue thanked him as he then proceeded to head down the stairs, discarding the empty shell. Upon landing on the ground, he aimed the Blaster at the recovering Soldier, only to hear a familiar whirring in the distance. He turned to see the Heavy with his Brass Beast, ready to fire. Thinking quickly, and confident in his swords' magic, he used the Razorback as a shield and 'reinforced' it once more. Every bullet hit, but the aura coming from Justice didn't let any pierce through. However, he saw the top portion about to break through and quickly ducked his head to avoid the damage, although the bullets knocked off his hat. Curiously, the bullets stopped when that happened. The Heavy had stopped firing, the Medic looked over him, and the Soldier—who had covered his face with his arm—looked over as well. Blue popped his head upward, and the Heavy gave a laugh before spinning up his minigun. Immediately, the pegasus ditched the Razorback and 'hurled' it with Justice. By a stroke of luck, he intended to conk the Heavy on the head with it, but it ended up lodging itself into the spinning barrel of the gun, jamming it. He then zipped upward, dodging the Soldier's attack with the Reserve Shooter. After scaling a nearby support, he then jumped off of it and landed on the Soldier, hind hooves down, slamming his face into the ground. The Scout had recovered, his Front Runner hair now in Indifferent Style for some reason. After Blue then shot off the Soldier's head with the Blaster, he turned to his RED counterpart, who quickly turned to run. Unfortunately for him, Blue had grabbed onto his messenger bag with his teeth, and his grip was strong. The pegasus then pulled back, getting the RED Scout flying over to him, then beheaded him with Justice, sending the rest of his body flipping over to the pool behind him and slamming into the rock on the other side. Blue then picked up the Reserve Shooter in his hooves and looked up to see the Heavy try to dislodge the Razorback off of his Brass Beast. Meanwhile, at the pipe above Blue, the RED Spy was creeping along it, followed by his LUNA counterpart, who had been hiding around with the Cloak and Dagger. And behind the pegasus, the RED Engineer had hauled his Sentry down and it began unloading itself. The Heavy managed to get the wooden shield off as he then primed his gun once again. "I am not done with you yet!" Blue's reply to this was to aim the Reserve Shooter at him and shoot him in the shoulder, using Justice's aura. The shot forced the Heavy to stop as he knelt down and put a hand on it. His Medic was already at work healing it up. Blue then aimed the Blaster upwards and shot the descending Spy. He then proceeded to reload both guns. Meanwhile, the Engineer's has been upgraded to Level 3. Blue turned again to see the Heavy-Medic duo cross under the arch in his view, the former revving up his gun. And to his right, he felt that the RED Spy had survived using the Dead Ringer and was ready to fire again. As one, the three guns let loose their bullets (a flurry in the Sentry's and Brass Beast's case and a single round in the case of the Ambassador). The pegasus spun and jumped, easily evading all of the bullets. As he rotated, he used the Blaster's last round to shoot the Spy, although he knew he had a Dead Ringer and will be back soon. He then landed on the water and began flash-stepping side-to-side, evading the Brass Beast's and Level 3 Sentry's bullets. Unlike his brother Chronicle, this was not a spell, but an innate ability of his. With it, he can match Rainbow Dash's speed, but can only do it in bursts and cannot use them consecutively to move in one general direction and mimic forward (or backward or any one-directional) flight. The Heavy had his mouth open from seeing such phenomenal speed and agility (none of them have seen Rainbow Dash at her best, though) and gritted his teeth as he continued firing. One second after his (as well as the Sentry's) ammo ran out, Blue zipped up to the Heavy's face, making him gasp in surprise and lift up the Brass Beast to crush him. Around the same time, the Sentry fired its rockets. As the Heavy brought his weapon down, Blue zipped to the left just in time for it to smash itself onto the rockets, which detonated, sending the Brass Beast flying. The Heavy raised his arm up and looked up on seeing his weapon leave him. As he did that, Blue went around from behind, discarded the empty Blaster, and kicked the RED Medic in the knee, eliciting a cry of pain from him as he took his Vita-Saw and the doctor fell to the ground. Blue then stuck the pointy end into the Heavy's neck, making him choke. The pegasus also noted that his brother would never resort to such painful measures, preferring to end his opponents quickly. Then, Blue picked up the Medic and started running towards the RED Engineer, who—after resupplying his Sentry—looked over and saw that the pegasus was using him as a shield to hide behind; another measure Chronicle would never resort to. Seeing that his Sentry wasn't firing, the Engineer took out his Wrangler and directed his Sentry to aim at Blue, who summoned Retribution. Despite the Medic's frantic pleas, he fired, tearing his teammate apart. Blue shielded the Medic's body as much as he could with Retribution's aura, but he knew it wouldn't last as body parts began to fly out. Blue then slid under the failing now-corpse as it broke into half. Reaching the Sentry's base, he pushed it with his hind leg, tipping it over. It fell on the Engineer, who had to let go of his weapons as his head ended up between its body and the rocket launcher. Upon dropping the Wrangler, the Sentry launched another salvo of rockets. The launcher then retracted back into its body, squashing the Engineer's head in the process. He then turned back to glance at the Heavy, who cried out before falling dead from his injury. Blue did not allow himself to calm down as he then sensed somebody run by. And it wasn't the LUNA Spy, who was apparently just standing around somewhere and being useless. Blue immediately aimed the Reserve Shooter around, and then he heard the RED Spy's laugh echo around the place. He then heard him clear his throat a fair distance behind him. Blue quickly turned and fired the shotgun's last round on the Spy, felling him. And then the Spy appeared again, having used the Dead Ringer once more. He gave off a laugh as he held his arms in an akimbo position, then raised his Ambassador and let fall the remaining bullets in the revolving chamber, prompting a raised eyebrow from the pegasus. The Spy then discarded the gun before taking out his knife and throwing it behind him as well. "Let's settle this like gentlemen!", he said as he cracked his knuckles, then urged the LUNA Scout on with an inviting finger. Blue remained suspicious as he continued to aim the shotgun. The Spy then gave a smile and the pegasus could swear he saw the Cheater's Lament on his head. Of course, he didn't believe him one bit, but he discarded the Reserve Shooter and dismissed Retribution before flying over across the pool to him. Blue started by grabbing the Spy by the suit with his mech-arm, also fishing for something in particular. "I don't need my swords to defeat you.", he said as he reared up his right hoof for a punch. He saw the Spy give a devious grin, then pushed off the mech-arm as he swerved his head to the right to dodge the hoof, which knocked off the cigarette in his mouth. He then spun his body completely in that direction, drawing out the Big Earner from his sleeve, then stuck it into his neck. As the pegasus went blank and fell to the ground, the Spy took out his Disguise Kit and took out another cigarette from it. He then put it in his mouth, the closed the kit. "Weren't you supposed to be good at dodging?", he taunted before giving off a haughty laugh, which was stopped short upon hearing a familiar uncloaking sound. Blue Diary appeared from behind, having taken the Spy's Dead Ringer with his mech-arm, tucked it underneath his messenger bag to conceal it, and pushed it into his body to make sure it worked on him. The pegasus then took it out and flung it into his left hoof as the Spy searched himself to realize his pocket watch was gone. "You know, I'm not brash and arrogant like your Scout, the BLU team's, or that other pony whose hair make those two cry if what you and the BLU Spy said about them is true.", Blue said as he crushed the Dead Ringer between his hooves, hearing the Spy groan. "In fact, I'm more suited for assassination. Problem is—" He was interrupted when the Spy swiftly turned around and took out the Enforcer to kill him as he spoke. But Blue already flash-stepped right behind him. "—nopony in m group's as fast as I am, so I settled for the Scout. And because you interr—" He then zipped around again as he sensed the Spy turn again. "—upted me, twice…" Blue extended a hoof forward, then summoned Retribution, part of it appearing in the Spy's skull, instantly killing him by telefrag. "…this is what you get." "Victory!", Tony's voice cried out as Blue withdrew his sword from the dead Spy's head. This was another thing he hid from his siblings and asked his parents to keep secret. Unlike Timerity, Chronicle, and their eldest brother whom none of them talked about much, he didn't work primarily as a bodyguard. Given the corruption of the Night Court in his assigned world, he utilized his skills for assassination. And what he had said to the RED Spy was true, and that was why he left the Spy position to Trixie. The LUNA Spy, staying out of the fight the entire time, then appeared right next to Blue. The pegasus turned to her and said, "You were of no help." A second later, the Brass Beast found its way back to the ground and promptly crushed her. He wasn't phased at all at this sudden death, then contacted Tony. "Tony, can you explain why we were able to give each other specific limb injuries? Isn't that supposed to be impossible around here? And the bodies the clones leave behind. Shouldn't they disappear like we do when we get sent away?" "I was trying to find that out while you kicked RED ass there.", came the reply. "From what I can figure out, something inside Watchtower activated and this happened. Nice job on securing Watchtower." "Don't do anything like that again!", Blue heard Trixie. "Think of those you'll be leaving behind when you get yourself killed!" "I understand, Trixie. I will not do anything like this again. I promise." EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 And that's it for now. The reason I expanded on Blue Diary here is because while it's okay to base a fanfic off the canon show, which is what SC:FiM is doing, it's not okay to base to base a fanfic off another fanfic. Chronicle's 'story' takes place in the canon universe while Blue's takes place in the Lunaverse. Check this chapter to understand more on that particular issue. As for why the RED Team seems to be OOC from what they are during the "baby Scout" mini-arc, I'll go out on a limb and say "a wizard did it". Specifically, Merasmus. But before I end this chapter, here's a bonus. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 Taunts Shred Alert ------------------------------------- The user gets up on two legs (applies for ponies only as Spike is already on two legs), pulls out a black v-shaped guitar with team-colored decals (everypony's respective colors for EqU and dark-blue for LUNA), and plays a quick metal riff accompanied with pyrotechnics and spotlights, finishing off with a lightning strike or any of the following, depending on the user. Blue Diary and Chronicle: A flat expanding circle depicting the Story Crew emblem before it fades. Rainbow Dash: Multicolored lightning strike. Derpy Hooves and Ditzy Doo: An explosion of bubbles and letters. Pinkie Pie: An explosion of balloons and confetti, as well as the last sound being replaced by the sound of kazoos and party favors. Spike: The pyrotechnics are green like his own fire. Lyra Heartstrings: Three wavy musical staffs littered with musical notes. Fluttershy: An explosion of butterflies similar to the one on her cutie mark. Pokey Pierce: A giant drill-shape colored in his aura that soars all the way to the sky. Trixie Lulamoon: An explosion of fireworks, firecrackers, and fancy lights. Her hat and cape also appear for the duration of the taunt. EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2—EF2 See ya on Third!