//------------------------------// // Season 1, Chapter 2: This time we get our cutie marks pt.2 // Story: Armor Fillies // by MarkTheWolfpony //------------------------------// Imp breathed heavily out of fear. His hooves were shaking out of control, He slowly put one of his hooves on his face. “Not him.” He continued to silently panic. “Hey!” Scoots put’s her hooves on his shoulders, trying to calm him down. “Tell me what is going on! Who is this ‘him’? Are you talking about Warp?” She kept asking questions, but got no answers. “I’m sorry,” Imp said as He grabbed her hooves and put them down. “I have to go!” He ran out, knocking into a bunch of ponies on the way while the CMC gave chase. Once he made it out of the crowd, he bumped into an earth pony which happened to wear the same black and white suit and sunglasses. The three caught up with him, but noticed he was very scared when he looked at the stallion. “Going somewhere?” The stallion asked in a deep tone. “Dang nabbit!” Imp pounded his hoof on the ground. “Hey, let him go somewhere.” Applebloom headed up to face him, but she was threatened by a strange metal staff with glowing green lines all over it. “I suggest you don’t do something rash.” The tone of the stallion’s voice made her back away in fear. “You see,” he continued, “I was attacked.” The entire crowd gasped. “During one of my latest experiments, I was ambushed by someone.” He held up a picture and made a light with his magic so the audience to see. It showed him confronted by what looked like a small foal with the kind of armor the royal guards use. “Luckily, I wasn't harmed. But, I managed to cast a tracking spell when I tried to blast him. The big surprise is that he is here in the crowd.” The townsponies began to panic a bit, looking at each other warily. “What should we do!” The mayor panicked, her body darting back and forth sporadically. The stallion looked at her with a smile. “Simple,” He clapped his hooves together, giving the signal to every one of his stallions to bring out their staffs . The entire crowd formed a circle as they closed in around them. Needless to say, the Mayor was not happy about this. “What is the meaning of this?!” The Mayor stomped her hooves, glaring down at Warp. “It’s simple, really,” He grinned as his laughter grew more maniacal. “I’m taking the entire town prisoner. I know he is here, so I might as well catch the entire batch.” He clapped his hooves together. More and more of his stallions form up, closing any chance to escape. The Mayor was shocked from hearing this, but before she could protest, a loud voice rang out behind him. “THERE IS NO WAY WE ARE GONNA LET YOU DO THAT!” He turned around, seeing five very specific ponies on stage. “Well, what do you know.” He grinned widely. “I knew I was gonna meet the Elements of Harmony.” “Oh really.” Rarity’s eyes sparkled bright as a star. “Well, we are known as the Elements-” Before she could finish, Rainbow Dash spoke up. “There is no way we are letting you do this without a fight!” She put her forelegs up, throwing a few punches in the air. “YEAH!” Pinkie shouted. “Oh really?” Warp turned around and walked towards the crowd. “Don’t you care about your friend...?” He clapped his hooves together, getting two of his stallions up on stage with a bag. They spilled the contents, and the rest of the Mane Six were shocked to see who it is. “I believe this mare and baby dragon happen to be your friends, am I wrong?” Warp’s grin grew wider and he let out a soft chuckle. “TWILIGHT! SPIKE!” the Element Bearers shouted. All of them stood there, jaws gaped. They couldn’t looked away, seeing Twilight and Spike bruised and helpless. The five were about to leap into action, but two Stallions jumped right next to the unconscious bodies, staffs already out and center. “Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you.” Warp waved his hoof back and forth as if scolding them. “You don’t want your friends to get hurt even more, do you? These staffs have very high power with intensity enough to...” He paused. “...Shall I say, end a pony’s life. I knew that I would have to face the Elements of Harmony, and this one right here knows Celestia closely. Can’t have her interrupting my hunt.” The rest of the five froze, hesitant to make any rash moves. Warp’s henchmen surrounded the citizens. The CMC panicked, not knowing what was going on. As they approached, Sweetie Belle noticed Imp holding a small looking blue ball. “What is that?” Sweetie Belle asked worriedly “When I throw this, I want you to cover your eyes.” Imp pulled back his hoof, looking straight up in the sky. “Why do we need-” Sweetie Belle’s sentence was cut abruptly. “GET DOWN!” Imp launched the blue ball into the air, quickly pulling the crusaders down. The ball made a small static noise, covering the entire area with a bright, blinding white light. “NOW RUN!” He and the CMC fled as fast as they could. Everypony else wiped their eyes, with their vision intact. Unfortunately every citizen started panic a wide rate, catching all of Warp’s stallions off gaurd. “ROUND UP EVERYPONY! DO NOT LET A SINGLE PONY ESCAPE!” Warp shouted out the command, and all his stallions began rounding up the citizens. They each pressed buttons on their staffs setting them to stun, zapping every pony on sight. During this time, Imp and the CMC managed to avoid getting caught, and hid in an alleyway. “We have to go back!” shouted Applebloom. “My sister is in trouble!” She held her worried face, unable to control her feelings with the panicked ponies running around from afar. Sweetie’s eyes started to water, her head darting back in the direction they had come. “RARITY!” She sniffled. “Ya!” Scoots shouted. “We can’t just leave Rainbow and the others there!” She pointed both of her hooves in the direction they came from. Imp turned around to face them. “I’ll handle this.” (new paragraph) The three were confused as to why he responded like that, but they suddenly heard a noise coming from behind them. Two of Warp’s stallions, earth ponies, had found them. One tugged his shirt, showing off a microphone implanted in a buttons. “We found some runners. We’re going to capture them now.” Their staffs were out in the open, aimed and ready to emit a discharge of electricity. The four ran the other way, but four pegasi blocked their path as well. The stallions slowly closed in on them. “Do as we say and we won’t hurt you,” one stallion said. The CMC shivered in fear, not knowing what to do; yet during all this, Imp kept a straight <- (maybe stern, or something similar?) face. He walked up to the stallions very slowly. “Hey! What are you doing!?” Applebloom called after him. She started to follow, but Imp’s unsettling face stopped her in her tracks. “Looks like I have no choice.” He took a deep breath, placing his tail right on his cutie mark “ARMOR UP!” A shining light appeared in front of everybody. Applebloom put her hoof over her eyes and manages to get a little peek of what is going on. What she saw was something that she had never seen before. Armor that seemed to be like the royal guard’s came down from above and attached to the colt’s body. The armor covered his head. Shades covers his eyes, hiding his identity. It also covered his flank, chest, and hooves. The light faded, showing Imp now clad in armor. The crusaders’ and the henchmen’s jaws dropped in shock when they saw all armor on the colt. “It’s him!” One guard shouted and pointed at Imp. “It’s the one that the boss is looking for!” “Alright everybody, let’s get this colt to the boss.” All the stallions brought out their staffs and began to attack. Imp smiled confidently. “Well, this should be fun.” He spread his forelegs, and in a quick flash objects appeared on both of his hooves... which, to everyone’s surprise, were two yo-yos “All right! Time to kick some flank!” The earth pony guards struck first. They threw both of their lances at Imp, but he reacted quickly enough to dodge them. He threw his first yo-yo at one of the guards, and knocked him out. He then threw the other yo-yo at the second guard, but he dodges it (maybe just “missed”?). One of the pegasi went on the attack. He deflected every attack using his staff, matching the yo-yos’ speed. Soon, the other three pegasi surrounded Imp, but he knew they would do this. He pushed away the one that he had been fighting and spread (maybe “slung”?) his yo-yo enough so he could spin them around and around. All of the henchmen took multiple hits in the face, which instantly knocked them out. “Well, you guys seems to live up to your titles,” Imp grinned. The remaining henchmen tried to make their escape, but didn’t leave unnoticed. “Where do you think you are going!?” Imp launched both of his yo-yos at them. The yo-yos wrapped around the fleeing henchmen, and pulled them back before slamming them together, which knocked them out. (new paragraph) Imp took a deep breath after the fight was over. “Well, that should be all of them.” He went back to see if the CMC were ok. Mostly, it was Applebloom he was concerned about. As he approached, they surrounded him, each filled with shocked awe. “THAT...WAS...AWESOME!” Scootaloo excitement was uncontrollable. “Ya! You were, like, kicking butt and stuff!” Sweetie Belle grabbed him by the shoulders. “You were amazing!” “We'll all be darned.” Applebloom rubbed her head. “Why, with that armor you are wearing, I reckon that you're some kind of superhero.” Imp’s cheeks burned red, gushing for such kind words. “Oh, it’s nothing.” His head shook rapidly, with his face looking a lot more serious. “Look you girls, you’re gonna need to hide!” “What! Why!?” The three shouted simulation . “Because I don’t want you to get involved in this.” He pushed past them and walked away. “This is a job for an armor filly--or in my case, colt--and I don’t want any of you to get hurt.” But the three ran up to him. Scootaloo planted herself directly in his path. “Look! There are clearly things here that cannot be done by yourself. So that is why we are going to help.” With all that excitement within her, he wondered if they had listened at all. “Umm, did you not hear-” But he was interrupted when the other two pushed him back onto his flank. “Come on crusaders! Let’s move out and save the town!” Applebloom shouted. “Wait! You don’t...understand...Wah!” Without hesitation, the four ran back to the town square, ready to save the others. But once they got there, everyone was gone. “Where is everybody?!” Sweetie Belle shouted. Imp gritted his teeth. “It seems we are too late.” “Sir! All the citizens are here and accounted except for for these four.” The henchman showed Warp a list, and as Warp read it, he noticed something. He smiled and thought it was time to talk with with his favorite group of ponies. When he approached them, they were not happy to see him. “Take one step and I’ll!...Ouch!” Rainbow Dash tripped over her shackles, with the intense pain making it hard for her to come back up. Warp circled around them. “Ahh, don’t be that way. After all, you got your friends back in one piece, even if they have some scars.” He snickered. “Besides, all of you are gonna play a part in my plans, as I’ve got a new interest in mind…that being the remaining fillies and that one colt. You should know, since I heard you have great relations with the three.” Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack widened their eyes in shock, knowing which fillies he was talking about. “Take them to their special cell,” Warp ordered. The guards tasered the prisoners, forcing them to move. “Ow! Watch where your point- OW!” Rainbow quickly caught up with the others. “Well, this should be interesting.” He smiled deeply, his eyes twinkling with malicious intent.