//------------------------------// // Punishment // Story: No Safe Haven // by Rexzilla //------------------------------// Celestia looked down across the land watching the now two headed Cerberus stand over the limp body of the Jaeger. It sniffed at the body making sure it was down for the count, then looked towards the castle. Celestia knew what was to come. "Sister. Get everypony far away from Cantrlot. Now." "But." Luna was cut off by her older sibling. "Not now, Luna. We have to get them all to safety before it gets here." Luna obeyed her sister. She was right, with their new comrades gone they had no way to stop the monster. _______________________________________________________________________________ "Everpony move west! It's the quickest way!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she and the other weather ponies helped evacuate the town. Twilight and the other four where at Fluttershy's cottage watching the threat move to the outside of Ponyville. Cerberus pushed into the outskirts of Ponyville, crushing a couple houses. Fire erupted from each one showing no signs of survivor's. The giant claw's dug deep into the ground, crushing and shredding anything in their path. The five ponies huddled inside the cottage hoping that the monster wouldn't roam over to that area. Off in the distance they could hear ponies screaming in pain and fear. Fluttershy began crying harder than ever before while Applejack and Rarity tried soothing her as much as possible. The air was filled with dust and smoke as the beast pushed onward toward the main part of the town. "Twilight, do you have any idea what that thing wants?" Applejack asked from across the top floor while Twilight watched the incident from the balcony. "Twilight, what do we do?" A panicking Rarity asked. Twilight just stared out at the chaotic mess. A building went up in flames sending off a bright light that lit up the surrounding area. It turned and crushed through another block of buildings resulting in a similar fate. "Twilight!?" Rarity was anxious at this point. "Twilight! Do something!" "There isn't anything we can do." Twilight replied. Starswirl the bearded warned us of this. This was meant to be." Rarity sat there staring with her jaw hanging open in disbelief of what she just heard. "Darling, what has gotten into you? We have to leave or we are done for?" Twilight just stared endlessly at the town. A look in her eyes. One that Rarity never seen in Twilight's eyes before. ____________________________________________________________________________ Out of nowhere a low rumble broke through the air, followed by a series of loud thud noises. Rarity looked over to where it was coming from and seen another monster. This one, however, appeared to be very ugly, looking like a brute instead of a fashion model. It sounded the thick noise a second time, this time catching the dogs full attention as it slowly turned around to meet its new chew toy. It let out an equally loud roar and rushed the Jaeger. Trashed buildings were shattered by its steps while it barreled in on the Russians. The outside heads clamped down on the fists, barely putting dents in them. This action was exactly what the pilots wanted it to do. "Tesla coils, engage!" Sasha shouted in Russian. The began pulsing with green electrical currents as the voltage began frying the insides of the dogs mouth. The mighty Cherno Alpha lifted both of its fists over the reactor that sat atop the Jaeger. The hound shook wildly in mid air as it was unable to grip anything nor effectively bite a vital part of the Russian giant. Sasha and Aleksis took a step forward, bringing the opponent down onto the ground with a force so great it shook the surrounding land causing already weakened buildings to collapse. Cherno walked up to the battered foe, placed a foot on its last surviving head, and pressed most of their weight on feeling the crunching from the shattering skull. _______________________________________________________________________________ Rarity looked in awe as blood and brains spilled out onto the ground. She felt sick, like she was going to vomit. She turned around to where Twilight was standing. As she looked, she realized that the place her friend was standing, was empty. Twilight was gone.