//------------------------------// // Interval 09- Vengeance // Story: My Little FEAR [First Encounter Assault Recon] : Slow-mo is magic // by JustDing //------------------------------// "I feel so sorry for Shining Armor and Princess Cadance. They had to abort the wedding..." Fluttershy muttered in pity. They sat in the Royal Gaurd sector of the castle. Shining Armor decided to stay in Cadance's room to not to let her alone. She did not like Queen Chrysalis, but she could not bring the terrorfied face of the dead Queen out from her mind, before she died. It was filled up to the brim with pain and fear... INTERVAL 09 VENGEANCE Applejack looked over to Michael, who buried his face in his hands. "It's hopeless...", Michael muttered. Twilight heard his words and she walked "Don't hang your head down, we'll use the elements of harmony on her." "The best thing which could happen is Alma finds her peace... the worst could be that Alma absorb the energy..." he shook his head, "It's hopeless...", he repeated "The elements of harmony are stronger than Princess Celestia. There's no chance that Alma can survive this!" Rainbow Dash said. "Yes, I hope... but you can't kill easily someone who is already dead...", Michael muttered. Twilight was in thoughts as she heard what he said. If Alma would be really powerful enough to overcome the elements of harmony then they all were screwed up... She asked "Did you make attempts to... destroy Alma in your world?" Michael shuddered as he recalled the thoughts in his mind, then he said "Yes, we used a machine, called telesthetic amplifier. It's like the elements of harmony, it increases the...telepathic abilities of someone." "What happened in your world, before you end up here?" Twilight asked. Michael sighed and he started to tell her the whole story... ---- "Becket, power up the amplifier," Keira said. Michael went to the console and pulled the three levers. The console emutted a beep sound, to indicate that the amplifier was going to be powered. "That's it! According to Snake Fist, it will take a few minutes to reach full power.", Keira said as she went to Michael. The bridge extended to the telesthetic amplifier, which was open at that point. Then Michael went over the bridge and sat himself down on the chair. " Keira, I'm a little bit nervous.", Michael said as she strapped him in the chair. She tried to make him comfort "I would be nervous, too! But I believe that we make it out in one piece." Suddenly, the energy was switched off. Genevieve pushed the levers back and stumbled to Keira and the strapped Michael. Keira was confused "Aristide? What's wrong with you, we have to stop Alma!" "That's exactly what I intend to do!" Genevieve said and pointed the pistol at Keira. Keira looked to Michael and explained "But Becket is not strong enough without the amplifier. She will absorb him!" A grin appeared on Genevieve and she walked up to them "... and then we will lock them away..." Keira could not contain herself longer "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! Why are you doing this?" "Without Alma I don't have any leverage. Without leverage, I don't have a future.", Genevieve explained. "I can't believe it! The city is a smoldering ruin!", Keira bellowed at Genevieve, "And you are worried about your fucking resume!" "Listen!" Genevieve said, but she was interrupted by Keira "No! You listen! We are doing the Halford's way!" and Keira turned to Michael... *BANG!* Genevieve released a 9 mm bullet into her stomach, in the unarmored section. The hit woman stumbled backwards on Michael. Then she fell to the ground and whimpered in pain. She curled herself together on the floor, until her movements ceased... "Keira!" Michael yelled in grief. "I'm sorry it came to this. I really am. I'm not a bad person. I just don't have a choice...", Genevieve muttered and stumbled to Michael. She smiled to him "You have a date with destiny, Sergeant Becket... let's not keep her waiting..." but suddenly her attention was put at something behind the chair... *SLAM!* A large tentacle hit Genevieve and she fell backwards across the bridge. She grunted in pain. Alma, in her mangled adult form, walked slowly from behind the chair up to Michael. She looked over to Genevieve, who summoned her whole strength to pull herself up to a button at the bridge and pushed it. Alma changed her appereance to her healthy version. With an instant, she leaned over to Michael. Tentacles were appearing everywhere in the teleshetic amplifier. Before Alma kissed the paralyzed Michael, she switched back to her mangled form... ...and then the true horror began for him... **** "So... she tried to rape... you?" Twilight asked, fearing that she could hurt his feelings due of the not so romantic encounter with horny Alma. "Yes... and everyone just cares about having a lot of money... the lifes of others don't count for the Armacham Technical Corporation.", Michael said. "Arma...kam... Technical Corporation?", Twilight said puzzled. "A company which manufactures armory and have his fingers in gen manipulation and biological warfare..." "Who was Halford?" Rarity asked. "Terry Halford was a scientist and..." Michael was suddenly interrupted by Rainbow Dash "Baaa... Egghead!" Michael raisesd his volume "And he gives me informations about how to destroy Alma... before a Assassin beheaded him!" he looked at her. He was slighty angry at her because she jumped too quickly on conclusions. Rainbow Dash's face went pale... "How we can destroy her... I mean Alma? Is there another option to the elements of harmony.", Twilight asked, hoping that there was an solution. "We will need a telesthetic amplifier... but on this world, there's no such a machine...." Michael said. Princess Celestia stepped in the roomhe said "Sergeant Becket, we all have to thank you. Without your help, the mane six wouldn't last longer under us..." Michael smiled "Well, to my luck I found that APC and...," his face frowned, "How the heck did a APC get here?" Princess Celestia hummed in thoughts, "Sorry, Sergeant Becket that I didn't told it to you earlier, but I didn't know that this is an vehicle from your world. When I was a little foal... my parents found that APC thingy in a chasm near Canterlot. They brought it to the courtyard of the castle. Well, it was my playground in my foalhood. But when I was older, I brought it to the caves and forgot it..." Michael fell back on his chair and he ran his fingers through his short, brown hair. "That means that objects from my world are teleported to this world, but to different timelines.", he said wondering. "How you managed to come to our world..?" Princess Celestia asked. Michael collected his memorys and says "Maybe Alma gained so much power because of... her... rutting on me, that her telesthetic abilities opened a portal or something in that way... with some 'help' of the telesthetic amplifier." Then he shook his head and looked to the princess "Haha... playground... you were playing on a weapon storage!" She raised an eyebrow "...weapons...?" "Yes, the APC contained a particle weapon, some firearms and some explosives... but that does'nt matter. We have a APC! That's a great gift from my homeworld! I'm surprised that the APC is still in a great shape...†"Uhm, my parents repaired it with their magic and made it unbreakable...", Celestia said. "Haha... I wondered why the weapons looked like they were manufactured just a day ago... and what now?" Princess Celestia said "Well, the real reason why I came to you is because it's time that we bring the mane six back to ponyville. My sister is already waiting outside..." ---- Princess Celestia woke up with a grunt of pain. She opened her eyes. The sun was already setting, giving the trees around her a chilling sight. The sky was cloudy.  She tried to stand up. Through her left foreleg drove a severe pain. It was not broken, but a big and deep cut was on her leg.  Now she knew what happened. -Music (Please open new Tab)-          The chariot chrashed into the Everfree Forest, because suddenly, without any warnings, the Royal Guards who were carrying the chariot, were dissolving in thin dust. And somehow she has lost her consciousness... She looked around and yelled for Michael Becket and the names of the mane six. No response. Then she heard a moan. It was Princess Luna, who moved some broken pieces from the chariot off from her body. Princess Celestia sighed in relief "Sister! I am so glad that you are okay..." Luna smiled weakly to her sister, as suddenly her ears were starting to bleed... "Luna...?" Princess Celestia asked, her eyes widening in shock. Princess Luna started to scream in pain as the flesh in her face melted off. She held her forehooves to her face... her eyes were spilling out. Her beautiful darkpurple mane fell out and her fur changed it's colour to black... because her whole skin began to bleed. *SPLOSH!* Her whole flesh exploded like a waterballon and soaked Princess Celestia's white fur. "LUNA!" Princess Celestia yelled. Luna's bloodstained skeleton stood there for some seconds, before it fell to the ground. While Celestia stared at the skeleton of her sister, Alma appeared in front of Celestia, in her children form. Alma liquified Luna's flesh, but slowly. Her eyes were showing pure unrestrained bloodlust. Darkness surrounded Princess Celestia and then she could not see anything... just two red glowing eyes, piercing through the darkness. **** "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Princess Celestia screamed, but she kept her eyes closed. Michael turned to the screaming Princess and started to shake her at her shoulders "Celestia! Wake up!" But Celestia continued screaming in her sleep while tossing herself around. The mane six and Princess Luna were looking in horror to Princess Celestia. They were on the way to Ponyville, as Princess Celestia drifted off to sleep. "Royal Guards! Land the chariot NOW!" Michael commanded and he turned back to Celestia. Then he did the propably worst thing but with the best intention. He lunged out with his right flat hand... ...and slapped Celestia's left cheek. Princess Celestia's eyes went open in one instant and she looks around. Her eyes were watering up as she yelled frantically "Where's my sister?" Princess Luna rushed to her sister and was about to ask her what happened, but Celestia wrapped her hooves around her little sister, silencing her. Then she felt a pain on her cheek and she looked to Michael. Then she looked to the mane six, who were looking mouth agape at Michael. They could not believe that Michael just slapped the Princess of the sun. "Did you slapped me?" asks Celestia, a angry hint in her voice. "Yes. You were screaming in your sleep and I didn't see another way to wake you up," Michael said. "... If there was really no other choice...", Celestia muttered, "I... suffered a very... bad nightmare... I saw that Alma killed Luna... It was so horrible and it felt so... realistic..." Celestia said and she held Luna even tighter. "Uhm... let's have a little break," Michael suggested. "Permitted." They all were stepping out, with the exception of the Princesses. The Royal Guards were unbounding themselves from the chariot and sat down on the ground to catch their breathes. They were somewhere in the Everfree Forest. But they did not know that were around the area of the Old Ruins. Michael looked around and tries to find out where they were. The castle was not far away, that meant that they were just three to four kilometres away from Canterlot. "When even Princess Celestia was psychically attacked by Alma, than that means Celestia doesn't have much time now...," Michael thought loudly to himself. Suddenly, the air in front of the chariot became distorted and it turned it's colour to black. Then six leg-less creatures with yellow glowing eyes were emerging from the blackness. They were emitting a steady growl sound as one of them floated directly up to one of the Royal Guards. *SPOOF* The creature just dissolved in blue smoke, but several lacerations were appearing at the body of the Royal Guard. The Guard screamed in pain and started to buck in random directions. The other five creature were heading to the princesses. Princess Celestia pushed her little sister behind her, an act of protecting her sibling. But before the monsters, called nightmares, could to any harm to the princesses, a steady very fast rythm of thunderclaps was heard and the nightmares were disappearing in blue smoke. Michael finished off the nightmares with a submachine gun which he had found in the APC. "Huh... its good that I'm ready for anything anytime..." Michael said and walked to the injured Royal Guard, to examine his wounds. "Oh shit... we need a medic.", Michael determined as he realized that the Guards wound was deep. Like on clue, Fluttershy rushed to the injured Royal Guard "I could take care of him..." Michael patted Fluttershy's head and went back to the princesses. They were still looking to the places where the nightmares came from. "Princesses... You are probably the next targets of Alma. She already attacked you psychically and physically," Michael said but the Princesses did not respond. Instead of that, they were looking to Michael with big eyes. "Princesses, is everyth...UNGH!" Michael as he is suddenly pushed to them by Celestia's magic and they hugged him. "Please, Michael... protect us from that monster! We don't know how to continue our lifes in safety..." Celestia sobbed, her hope of a peaceful life shattered slowly. Michael face was screwed to a painful grimace "Just stop hugging me and I'm able to protect you... from most threats..." Princess Celestia stopped hugging him and tried to plant a kiss on his forehead, but he dashed quickly out of her reach. "Sorry, but I am not used to be kissed..." Michael said, thinking about the kiss he received from Alma... "Uhm okay!" Princess Celestia muttered. After a half of a hour, they were ready to take off. The injured guard recovered a little due fo Fluttershy's grateful first aid work. The next day... Michael went into his chamber and placed the new weapons into his own little armory, which he found in the APC. He had now to add a Andra FD-99 Submachine gun, a ASP Rifle and a Type-7 particle weapon. A knock on the doors was heard and Michael quickly closed his cupboard where his weapons were placed. "Identify yourself!" yells Michael. He knew that this was ridicoulus to ask everytime who knocked on his door, but whatever. "It's us, the princesses!" Luna yelled. "Come in, highnesses!" yells Michael back. The door opens and Celestia and Luna are trotting in. "Sorry... but we feel safer when we are around you..." Celestia said. Michael sighed and thought to himself "Living beings are tending to die when they're around me..." "What is that?" Celestia asked and pointed at the ASP Rifle, which Michael had forgot to place it in the cupboard, with her hoof. Michael took it and said "This is a weapon from my world... can pierce through armor like butter. Think of my sniper rifle, firing automatic." "Oh...uhm...okay," Celestia muttered, hoping that he would only use it for dangerous situations. The princesses were sitting on Michael's bed, while he cleans his weapons. He put the ASP rifle apart and cleaned the weapon carefulle with a dry cloth. The princesses were watching his action with great interest. After a while he put the parts together and placed the rifle into the cupboard. *PING!* A scroll appeared out of thin air in front of her face. A wave of hope washed over her face. "It's from Griffon General Thor! I hope that he accepted our peace offer," Celestia said and opens the letter with her telekinetic. However, her face frowned as she was reading the text. "What is it, Tia?" Luna asked curiously. "No...I don't believe it... He sent us a ultimatum. He wants to accept our peace offer when I... WE leave the throne... If not, he will attack canterlot," Celestia said shocked. They do have enough problems. Alma, a dead changeling queen and now a griffon general wanted to kick the princesses from the thrones. Suddenly, the princesses were hearing a loud clap. They looked to Michael, who just facepalmed with a groan of frustration. "And again... a General who thinks he's totally awesome and can throw royaltys from their thrones... who is this guy?" "General Thor is a griffon. He comes from the Griffon State, which is a democratic land far away of Equestria.He thinks that ponies are not strong enough to coorporate with the Griffon State. And he thinks that alicorns are responsible for the weakness of the ponies," Celestia said, "And I he will try to attack us sooner or later..." "Don't worry Princesses. I will take care of him if he even tries to look at canterlot," Michael said. "Thanks Michael, but just don't be so rough.", Celestia said. He went back to his cupboard and took out his AR "So, now I have to make my rounds around the castle. See ya later, Tia and Luna!" and he went out from his room. "Enjoy your work, Becket. We will head to our rooms later!" Celestia said smiling. ... Some hours later and he finds nothing out of the ordinarys. At a crossing he meets female pony servant Serving Star, the pony who found the remains of a Royal Guard who has been killed by one of Alma's appariations. He said "Good evening, Mrs Star." She smiled and said "Good evening to..." She never managed to finish the sentence. *BANG!* Blood spread out everywhere. She fell to the ground, a big red hole was embedded into her chest. "Yes, I hit one!" someone yelled. Michael immediately flipped over a nearby cupboard to the direction of the enemy and searched cover behind it. He did this out of instinct and year-length practise. "30 Bits for the first who killed that bald monkey!" another enemy yelled. Michael peeker carefully over the cupboard, only to see two griffons. He knew what a griffon was, but he never saw one before... and they were carrying... winchester rifles? And they were seeming to wear white armor. Michael managed to get a look through a nearby window. A large crowd of flying creatures were flying to Canterlot from the west. But this time, it were not changelings. It were griffons. MANY griffons. And many of them were carrying rifles...