Alcatraz made his way past a small creek. Pushing onwards towards the village he saw from the mountainside. The creek gave a good sign that there was most likely people living nearby the water source. He trekked onwards towards the unknown, never stopping for a rest. It was a good thing the suit could power his internal organs too, God knows how he would eat with the suit still on him. Though, the satisfaction of eating would greatly quell his constant hunger that he's been feeling for days on end now. Alcatraz set his Nova in the magnetic holster that the Nanosuit offered for side arms, letting his arm loose and free.
Unexpectedly, the Nano warrior found his way into a swamp. The Nanosuit could easily go through the muck and slime that the swamp waters were infested with, but perhaps it was best to stay on dry land until he knew what was lurking underneath the surface of the muck. Luckily, there was a dirt path leading straight through the dense mesh of biological garbage. He was careful not to fall down from slipping or getting stuck, surprised that the mud was not as 'clingy' as it appeared.
The bio-soldier was walking for a continued time in the swamp, surprised that it was as large as it was. He'd been walking for and hour and the mess of dirty water and tangled lily pads was never ending. Perhaps he was in Florida, in the Everglades, or the Amazon. The question is, how did he get there? He left the questions for later, waiting to see if his suspicions were even remotely close. Out from under the deep thicket of the swamp, there was a large cry, just loud enough for human ears, but very audible in the Nanosuits high-tech equipment. The sound was south-east from where he was, a little off course from the village, but not too far off, making Alcatraz's curiosity further delve into the situation. The soldier went towards the direction of the sound, unable to resist a peek of what the area had to offer as far as enemies or friendlies.
The travel towards the mysterious sound was about a quarter mile, the intensity of the new growls and screams increase. He activated the 'cloak' ability the Nanosuit had, making him invisible in the current spectrum of light. Now camouflaged, the warrior went with caution towards the menacing cries. What he saw, wasn't what he expected. Another cry came from behind the mighty creature, a human sounding cry. Alcatraz unholstered his Silenced M12 NOVA, aiming at one of the heads the big monster had.
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Fluttershy continued running through the Froggy Bottom Bogg, frightened by the monster that was trying to catch her. She kept looking back at some points in time, trying to see if she was indeed outrunning the hydra. The hydra was relentless, not evening stopping for a second, making the whole ordeal worse. Fluttershy was getting tired, but still kept her pace to run away towards Ponyville, sure the hydra wouldn't leave the comfort of its own bog. Unfortunately, there was a giant thorn path covering the only way she had to get out of the swamp at that point. Afraid of losing her life at this point, the scared Pegasus screamed as loud as she could. The hydra seemed to do the same thing, but as a victory cry in succeeding in catching the poor pony.
The hydra lowered one of its many heads, the chosen one to take down Fluttershy. Before the head could crunch down on the pony, a little unidentifiable sound came from out of the thicket just to her left. Soon enough, five more sounds were coming from the same spot in rapid succession. This confused her, first the sounds, and now the hydra was no longer attacking her. Odd? A fully grown hydra is not easily distracted from a meal. Fluttershy just watched the mighty beasts blank expression. Suddenly, a sixth head came out from behind the hydra, alarming her greatly. She screamed and tried to run past the creature on the opposite side of the head. The hydra saw this and quickly turned its body, grabbing her by the back legs. The pain was unbearable, something she had never felt before. Before the hydra could finish her, however, another sound came from nowhere, a little less loud than before. The hydra stopped dead in its tracks, slowly tipping to one side.
Fluttershy was still stuck in the heads mouth, knowing full well that the hydra was going down. She braced herself the best she could, but you can only do so much with so little maneuverability. There was a loud thud when the hydra hit the ground, loud enough to be heard miles away. Perhaps somepony would come and look for her. Managing to open the hydra's now dead mouth, Fluttershy crawled her way out, trying to stand up, but falling back down from the pain of falling and the pain from the horrible bite. She slumped to the ground, tears coming to her eyes. As if it couldn't get worse, she noticed some bushes rumbling around, exactly where the sounds were coming from earlier. She was sure it was going to be something bad, but nothing came out at all. The crying pony wiped her eyes and tried to see what was moving the bush around, but she couldn't see anything.
Something started to touch her though, startling her greatly. It was cold and hard, something that felt like the metal on her pots and pans back home in the cottage. She let whatever happen, happen, knowing full well she wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Soon enough, she was lifted off the ground, presumably by the same thing that was touching her the whole time. The thing holding her, finally came into view as it appeared out of thin air. She stared at it, too scared to say anything, and too scared to do anything. The metal creature just looked at her for a moment, continuing its journey towards the village that it had seen earlier.
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Alcatraz carried the horse towards the village. He observed it trying to run back towards the town, so perhaps it belonged to somebody. He didn't care. He finally had a reason to enter the village if questioned by anyone why he was doing so. Win-win in his eyes.
The exit into the swamp was a relief to him. Luckily he won't run into any more dragon like creatures on his way towards a village.
Never thought I would run into that sort of thing...
Alcatraz noticed the horse he was carrying was passed out, making the job slightly easier than he had originally thought it out to be. He was considerably close to the town now, making him a little nervous about what to expect. He decided to wing it and just waltz in. The architecture was definitely human in nature, along with almost everything else about the town. The only problem being, there were no people. In fact, the whole town seemed deserted, yet the scent of freshly baked pastries filled the air. He noticed six more horses, similar to shape and size to the one he was carrying. Surprisingly, one of them talked.
"Let her go!" The one that talked was light purple in color, maybe lavender. It had... a horn and wings. He looked down at the horse he was carrying, realizing that this one too had wings, but lacked the horn that the one had. He did as directed and set her down gently, not wanting to piss them off more than needed. The purple unicorn/pegasus still having the angry stink look on her face. Her horn started to glow, as if ready to strike, but nothing was happening. An abrupt force wrapped itself around him, making him tense up and grit his teeth. (what's left of them that is)
"Got it." The lavender colored horse stated. When she announced her grasp on him, the other five went for the one he carried into the town with. He looked back at the one who was holding him with some sort of unknown power. "Now, what are you..."
Alcatraz ignored her and looked at the messages his Nanosuit was sending him. The suit's power systems were failing.