A loud metallic-like howl echoed in the city under the dark raining clouds. As soon as it stopped, sounds of weaponry and chaos returned to the dark chaotic city.
Soldiers of the nation and in neighboring countries joined forces to hold off the monsters from spreading in the city. So far, they held the creatures at the Rentelbud Pier, where the large bridge was located, and was a third of the city's size.
The soldiers were accompanied by tanks, firing their weaponry at the large numbers of crystallized creatures. In the air, fighter jets and helicopters aided the soldiers below, as they tried to take down the massive crystal dragon and the giant crystal wolf.
While the soldiers were busy holding off the monsters, the police were busy in different parts of the city, evacuating the residents through land and air transportation.
Behind a curtained window was an occupied apartment room, where two humans and a pony were staying.
“S-stay still, Rainbow...” Claire said, having a difficult time wrapping a bandage on the base of the pegasus' wing.
Rainbow Dash clenched her teeth and shut her eyes from the horrible pain the human was giving her. She understood that she was trying to patch her up, but it was too difficult to hold herself still from the pain she was trying to control. “Ugh...” she panted, slightly moving her injured wing once again. “W-wo-would you just hurr—”
“Done!” Claire said happily as she tied a tight knot to hold the bandage in place. She pulled her hands away from the wing and stared at her handiwork.
Rainbow blinked, and sighed in her greatest relief as she finally enjoyed how soft and comfortable the sofa was. Clouds are still better, but this'll do, she thought.
“Now, Rainbow,” Claire spoke, and the pegasus' ear turned to her, “you need to lay down and avoid using your wing for the time being.”
Rainbow's eyes opened and slightly turned her head towards her doctor. “The heck? How long should I ‘lay down and avoid using my wing’?”
Claire only blinked, and Rainbow planted a hoof on her face as she groaned.
“I'm assuming that...” Kronz spoke, but paused after a powerful explosion rocked the apartment building. He was still busy with his laptop. “...I'm assuming that Rainbow asked of how long will she stay grounded...”
“Oh, ah...” Claire raised a hand to give the pegasus the information, “uh...” she dropped her hand back to her knees. “...I have no idea...”
“No idea!?” Rainbow exclaimed, rising up on all four and glaring at the female. “What kind of a doctor are you!?”
Claire's eye twitched as she rose up, easily towering over the pegasus, even though Rainbow was standing on the sofa. She countered the equine's glare with her own. “I never said that I'm a doctor! I only took up nursing for two years! So don't blame me if I don't have a clue how long would your wing heal! Got that?”
The two females held each other glares for a moment, before Claire blinked and gasped. “W-wait...d-did I just...”
Rainbow blinked and arched an eyebrow. “So you do understand me!”
The two stared at each other again, completely ignoring another powerful explosion that violent rocked the room.
“Okay,” Claire broke the silence, “what you just said right now, I didn't understand. B-but earlier...”
“Hm...” Kronz loudly interrupted. “Maybe it's like...” he shrugged as he caught the two females' attention. “...I dunno...like Pokémon, maybe?”
“Poke a what now?” Rainbow arched an eyebrow at him in confusion.
Claire only stared at him with a confused look.
Kronz shrugged. “Hey, I'm just saying.” He returned his attention back on his laptop. “Maybe it's like the Pokémon show, where trainers can't understand the creatures until they create a bond or something...”
The two stared at him for a while, who was busy typing on his laptop's keyboard. After another loud explosion, the two turned to each other with arching eyebrows.
Just then, Kronz's phone rang.
“Everything's shit right now...” Bug groaned as he closed the thick metallic door behind him. After locking the door, he walked towards the nearest chair in the dimly-lit room and sat down. He stretched his legs and arms as he eyed his comrades in the room.
Blade covered his eyes with his bandana as he slept on a chair and leaning his head on the wall behind him, snoring loudly. Seth sat on a chair and was polishing his gun on the table. Xilfer was sitting on a chair, his eyes locked tight on a small shivering body of a female, who was tied on the far corner of the room.
“Tsk,” Xilfer rubbed his wound behind his shoulder. “We should have brought that cure maid with us...” With a sigh, he turned away from the shivering little girl and towards Bug. “Police are still around?”
Bug nodded. “Yeah. They're busy evacuating everyone to hell-knows-where instead of looking for our arses.
“Can't we just shoot them and throw explosions everywhere?” Seth snickered as he took aim on a wall and pretended to shoot. “Tchew, tsew!”
“Yeah, you'd love that,” Xilfer sighed. “They're already dealing with that anyway.”
“You mean the military are dealing with that,” Seth pointed out with a smile.
“I see no difference,” Xilfer responded as he took out his phone. “Time for the next phase of the plan...” he stood up as he browsed the names on his phone book.
“And that would be...?” Bug asked, eyeing Xilfer who was heading to the door.
“I'll tell you the details later,” Xilfer said as he opened the door. He turned to his comrades as he hit the call button on his phone. “And oh, none of you touch that girl,” he then glared at the pouting Seth, “don't even sniff her.”
“Aw...” Seth said, but Xilfer didn't hear it from the loud slamming noise of the door.
A crystal equine rushed towards the large blockade the soldiers have created. It's crystal figure glittered from the faint lights from the flashes up in the heavens and from the explosions in the area. It continued running towards the firing squadron, as it ignored the bullets that bounced off from its tough crystal body.
Finally, it leaped into the air, jumping over the tall barricade, and landed on the ground with a loud thud. Quickly, it turned towards the startled soldiers. Hissing with a mechanical-like voice, the crystal equine sprinted towards the soldiers.
Suddenly, the crystal equine stopped dead on its tracks mere meters away from the frightened soldiers. It hissed, sounding in pain, as it glowed in white. Several soldiers recovered from their shock, and took aim, as well as those nearby. Suddenly, a cracking noise echoed from the equine as it's blue crystal body began to glow into white. It fell on the ground, flailing it's crystal limbs.
As curious as they were, the soldiers still took aim.
Finally, the area was filled by a powerful shattering noise as the bright white glow faded. The soldiers gasped and froze. Before them, in the middle of the shattered blue crystal fragments, was a naked young man, lying unconsciously on the spot where the the crystal equine was flailing mere seconds ago.
He stirred, shivered and mumbled something as a soldier shouted something. As several soldiers ran to escort the young man away, Jay groaned, and mumbled yet again. “Sp—...”