The robots opened fire, spraying the clearing with bullets. Four of the guards didn't make it to cover and were gunned down while Sniper saw the rest of them get to safety from behind a tree.
He quickly jumped out and scoped on the Engineer Bot's head, pulling the trigger and watching it's head explode, moments later he jumped back behind his cover.
"FREEDOM!" Demoman yelled as he charged into the fray, smashing a soldier out of his way with his shield and shoving his blade through the head of a Spy. Scout sprinted in to his aid, blasting away with his Scattergun. The rest of the team surrounded the remaining robots and quickly finished them off, only then did the guards peek out of their hiding places.
Sniper could feel the ground starting to tremble beneath his feet and he could hear the sound of clanking metal.
"Run!" Sniper yelled and started doing so just as another metal battalion burst through the trees with a tank in tow.
"Ah, goodnight Irene!" Engineer cursed, placing his Sentry Gun and whipping out his shotgun, "I'll hold 'em off, get going!"
Sniper could hear a lot of gunfire as he sprinted for his life which abruptly cut out after a short while to move on to an explosion and then a single shot, most likely marking Engie's defeat.
Sniper felt an anger that he'd felt just once before, and that he had hoped never to feel again. He saw red, literally. Images flashed before his eyes, images of his parents being brutally murdered when he was just 14 years old. The anger he felt now was only truly subdued when he'd been adopted by a different family that loved him just as much.
Sniper knew that what was coming next wasn't going to be nice as he'd stabbed the murderer to death with a cutlery knife as soon as he got the chance. He was at the back of the group, so when he stopped running no one noticed. Sniper spun on his heel and charged back towards the clearing, not bothering with his weapons.
The type of robot didn't matter, all he could see was a target when he saw one. He tore through the robots like they were wet paper. Sniper punched his enemies apart till his fists were bloody, and still he didn't stop.
Sniper knew that the tank had to be stopped, so he took one of the de - activated robot soldier's rockets, punched a hole in the tank's bomb cover and threw it in.
KA - BOOM!!!!
Shrapnel flew in every direction, some pieces cutting into Sniper but he didn't care. All that mattered to him after his one - sided battle was giving Pyro and Engineer a decent burial though his anger had not yet subsided.
When Demoman broke out of the tree line he saw what he swore was the strangest town he'd ever seen. There was a giant tree with a door, a balcony and windows, and there was a building that seemed to be made of cake and sweets. One building seemed to be a carousel and there was some kind of cloud formation floating high above too.
Demo and the rest of the group slowed to a stop and he looked around him, making sure that the remains of his team were still with him.
"Me, Scout, Soldier, Heavy, Medic, Spy and.... Huh? Where's Sniper!?" Demolition-man yelled, about to run back into the robot - infested forest. But, before he could go back in, Heavy grabbed Demoman and restrained him. He looked up at Heavy but only got a shake of the head in response, letting him know that it wasn't a good idea to run back in.
Demo had just lost his best friends in under a day and didn't pay attention to anything or anyone as they trudged down the path to the town.
Rainbow Dash could feel the oppressive atmosphere as the group walked towards Ponyville. The mercenary known as Demoman was especially sad and kept sending glances back towards the Everfree Forest as if hoping that his friends would all come walking out, alive and fine. She couldn't help but feel like it was partly her fault that the humans had been cut down from 9 to 6 in under a day and vowed to make it up to them somehow.
Dash could see everypony going about their daily business in town but they all stopped and stared once they spotted the RED Mercs. She could tell that the mercenaries were quite conscious of the looks that they were getting as they kept casting nervous glances into the crowd. Some ponies were glaring at them spitefully and somepony threw an empty bottle which collided with Demo's head.
SMASH!!
Demoman was brought out of his stupor when he felt a bottle smash over his head. His sadness was slowly flooded with a rising anger. Images of bloody bar fights he'd been in flashed past his mind's eye, they weren't pretty. Demo could feel a hot sensation in his remaining eye, slowly growing in heat as he got angrier and angrier.
From the horrified looks he was getting from ponies and the slightly less horrified looks from his team mates, he could tell what was happening. He could feel his sanity slipping away as his other personality took a hold.
Snap!!
Demolition-man whirled round just in time to see a tree flying through the air towards him.
THUD!!
After having buried his dead comrades, Sniper had realised he was completely lost and therefore started to wander the forest, brooding over the deaths of his friends. His thoughts were interrupted by heavy footfalls headed in his direction. He looked up in time to see a giant metal boot leering down on him. Sniper rolled out of the way and then jumped onto the metallic appendage as soon as it hit the ground. The Giant Robot Heavy swung it's leg around in a vain attempt to get Sniper off of it but he still clung on and continued to climb upwards.
SNAP!!
The leg collided with a tree and snapped it, sending it flying out of the forest. Sniper heard the faint sound of it hitting the ground quite a way away but he still continued to climb. Sniper's still red vision picked out a giant fist heading towards him, he only just jumped out of the way in time, sending the fist straight into the stomach of the Giant Heavy.
The giant beast sank to it's knees as Sniper drew his kukri. He took a running jump, latched onto the head of the Giant Robot Heavy and repeatedly stabbed the robot's face with his blade until it deactivated. He hopped off as the dead bot fell down and then sank to his knees, his vision returning to normal.
"Ehhh.... It needs to be about 20% cooler," said a robotic voice.