//------------------------------// // Chapter 17 // Story: I am the hammer. The edge of his sword... and unfortunatly, the partner of a purple unicorn with wings. // by ThatRarityIsaSpy //------------------------------// "Oh.... when can we get out of here?" Fluttershy asked nervously the first moment they landed on Pandemonium. A blasted hellscape of a world, where oceans of fire dominated the landscape. "Don't worry." The Emperor's voice rang. "I doubt you will come to harm... especially since you have your elements with you. They should deter the majority of the daemons." "Daemons....?" "Aye...." The Emperor said. "Daemons. Stick together." "So... how does this voice thing work anyways?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Think of this as a piggyback ride.... save for the fact I am not actually with you. But I am. I can see what you six see, and I can speak to you, though physically, I am not beside you. Now then.... I got some bad news." "Ah... bad news?" "Yeah.... we're landed you in the wrong spot. The good news is, you aren't too far from it. See the highest peak?" Gulp* "Yeah." "Get to it. As far up as possible. Then... fire your elements into the skies. The warp storm will be cleared, and the Imperial Fists will land. Good luck. I will stay with you for as long as this takes." ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "You know, why couldn't have he gotten himself down and blew up this world or something?" Rainbow Dash asked. "With all those techno, big ships they have up there, why not do that exterminate thing they do." "Exterminatus? Well... The Emperor mentioned that'd it wouldn't work on daemon worlds. Also, the warp storm means he and his men can't get through, but we still can.... safely." "Ah... speaking of safety and all..... THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM CHAOS SPACE MARINES!" Applejack said. Everypony quickly threw themselves down behind a mound of earth and hoped that they wouldn't be seen.... well, everyone except for Pinkie Pie who couldn't wait to get a peek..... "Bloodfathers." The Emperor said to himself. "What are those?" "The closest thing Khorne has that can be comparable to having sorcerers." The Emperor said. "They are skilled warriors, every one of them. Made even better with their psyker powers. Rest assured, they won't ever try and use their magic to kill you for fear of tempting Khorne's displeasure, but by no means try to get close to them. Hurry.... move!" Everypony promptly ran as fast as their hooves could carry them to the highest peak of pandemonium. Eluding various daemons and chaos space marines along the way. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ At the highest peak of Pandemonium, was a brass throne. Upon the brass throne, was the mightiest champion of Khorne. The Daemon Primarch Angron. At the bottom of his throne, stood various champions that the Blood God once again found use for. Angron could smell the scent of an intruder... or intruders. The daemon Primarch grinned wolfishly. Turning to the flesh hounds at his throne. "Seek out these intruders. Tear them apart." Behind him, Angron took a look back to see the nine massive portals to the immaterium. From them, legions of chaos space marines poured forth. "And I say... those chaos space marines have no sense of fashion whatsoever!" Try Slannesh. Twilight thought as she listened to Rarity complaining. "Ah don't think it's any of their fashion we should be worried about.... I think it's their pointy things and bolters." "How could they try and kill for fun?! What would their mothers think of them?!" "I think their mothers would probably be terrified of them.... for obvious reasons." "And....." "Pinkie?" "I just got a pinchy knee!" "That means something....." Rainbow Dash didn't get to finish her sentence. She only had her mouth open as she heard the roar. An entire pack of flesh hounds were almost upon them. They did the only thing they could do. Run.... straight into the mountain. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "TWILIGHT?!" "WHAT?!" Twilight asked. "Is it me or has the number of chaos space marines and daemons been increasing since we've been approaching the mountain?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "CURSES!" The voice of Sigmar rang out. "Those simpletons may not be as stupid as they look! Be careful when you go up! I doubt that followers of Khorne might try to be sneaky, but don't count on that!" "WHAT?!" "Yeah.... I know... just try and get up on that mountain as fast you can! There is no time to dilly-dally!" "I don't like this Twilight!" Applejack said as she turned around. "Is it me or is there even more of them now?!" "IF ONLY I COULD FLY!" Rainbow Dash said. Surprisingly, no one saw them......... yet. "We're almost up there!" Twilight said. "We go up there and we're sa......" She stopped talking and running right them. Not coincidentally the flesh hounds did too. Twilight and her friends soon fond that they were staring at a massive daemon. Angron sneered at the pathetic lot in front of him. "You really didn't think we found out the moment you came here? Your very presence is like waving a flag." To their horror, they soon found out that the entire way down the mountain was covered by thousands of chaos space marines and daemons. To their front was Angron, rising from his throne and grabbing a hold of a massive axe. To everyone and every pony's surprise.... Angron didn't just jump and mutilate them all in one blood multi-colored mess. No. "Listen beasts of the false Emperor.... my offer will not be made again. You are unworthy of my wrath. You and all your pathetic kind. Raised in paradise.... using the pretentious and lazy ways of magic and sorcery to tend to your needs.... hiding behind the armies of The false Emperor for protection. Go home. You and your kind sicken me. You belong as some toy to young children, you live your lives as such. Leave. If The Emperor is as mighty as they say he is.... why doesn't he come down here personally and fight?" You know.... he had a point there. But..... "You dare look down upon us you filthy brute?!" "Don't think I can't buck a few big guys like you! Why... you think picking on those smaller than you makes you a big tough warrior?" "You should be ashamed of yourself!" [Unintelligible retorts made by Pinkie Pie] "Alright tough guy, I think I can take you on!" "Princess Celestia, Luna and The Emperor entrusted this task to us. We are not afraid of you! We have the elements right here! It is you who should be afraid!" "Me? Afraid? Even now, you humor me.... if you so wish for death. Then come to me. I will give it you."