//------------------------------// // Showing his softer side // Story: The Last Human (Book 1) // by Lady Maria //------------------------------// As the introduction of Sombra was over Xavier left once more to the streets below the Hellbringer. Xavier walked past several guards who asked where he was going. Xavier told them but when they asked to accompany him he denied the guards and told them to return to their posts. Xavier was really uncomfortable when he had more then one person more then a foot away from him. Plus if Xavier wanted to so something fun he couldn't have his guards getting in the way. So Xavier eventually made it out of the Hellbringer and into town square. As soon as Xavier set foot in town square every crystal pony there stopped dead in their tracks. They all stared at their new overlord in fear, none of them had been this miserable not even during King Sombra's rule. They hadn't seen sunlight in days thanks to the buildings towering over them and the rules had been extremely strict for the most part preventing any kind of happiness or enjoyment. Xavier pushed through the crowd as he walked straight through the middle of town square. Any pony withing ten feet of Xavier backed away in fear Xavier sighed as he felt a void in his heart. One that had been there ever sense he was taken away by the government. He was missing friendship, admiration, and most importantly the love of his own family. Xavier stopped wallowing in these thoughts as he straightened his back and moved forward. He had already gone too far there is no possible way he would ever be loved at this point, redemption was for those who had a soul and Xavier had no such thing. Xavier got out of the crowd as he turned down several alleyways and then snapped his fingers making his armor change into a long black leather trench coat with fancy black pants. Along with that Xavier had Gothic steel toed boots that had sharpened spikes at the end. Xavier finished the look off with two black leather gloves, a large black fedora, and a demonic looking cane with multiple hidden weapons in it. Xavier walked forward and enjoyed the silence for a few minutes before multiple screams pierced the air. Xavier narrowed his eyes and bolted towards the screams. After turning down several alleyways and sprinting through them he came to his destination. There were six to eight criminal like ponies and griffins. Xavier scowled at the sight as he saw at the end of the alleyway a mother protecting her son and daughter. Xavier remembered a situation all to familiar happened to him, this enraged Xavier seeing these scumbags about to beat the shit and maybe even rape these innocent ponies. Xavier wasn't just going to sit there and let this happen no. Xavier was going to kick all their asses as shove their heads up each other's butts! "Excuse me you seven mind backing the fuck away from those ponies?" Xavier asked practically hissing at them as they turned to face their armored ruler. "Well lookie what we have here its our new leader! And he's come out of his mansion to take a walk! Well sire I hate to tell you but you came to the wrong neighborhood!" The lead griffin as his goons drew their swords and knives. "Are we going to have a problem here gentlemen? Because I hope I don't have to resort to violence here." Xavier says as politely as possible as he taps his cane several times as it becomes a large pistol then duplicates itself. "You fight us?! HA! You're funny you know that?" The griffin laughed as Xavier picked up his pistols and loaded a few electric shots into them. "I am giving you one last chance to back down or you will face more then just defeat." Xavier says as he cocked his gun and wait for their response. "Not a chance in hell Human!" The griffin spat as Xavier smiled as he crouched down a bit and darted forward using his gun to shoot the stun shots at the leader of the gang. The lead griffin fell down twitching as the shots in his legs and a few that clipped his skull electrocuted him to death. "Now gentlemen I will give you three seconds to get the hell out of my sight before I place judgement upon you're sorry ass." Xavier threatened as another griffin charged forward two feet only to be shot to death by Xavier. Xavier changed the clip to his gun and put in explosive bullets. As Xavier was reloading one of the ponies charged forward and was blown back by Xavier's psychokinesis. Xavier finished loading the gun and shot the downed pony as his right leg exploded seconds after. Xavier sat there quite board of this whole event waiting for the others to make a move. Xavier put a regular clip into his second pistol and out the first one away. The other thugs who weren't much smarter then the others that were either dead or dying charged forward to only be shot by dozens of bullets and crippled almost instantly. "Now sense you idiots are done being thick and painfully stupid I can now send you all to Death row prison." Xavier said as some of the others started screaming as Xavier teleported each one away to the prison not bothering to heal their injuries. Xavier sighed as he looked at the mother and her two little ponies who had passed out from fear. Xavier went over and levitated each of them in the air as he warped back to the Crystal palace. Hours later the mother of the family finally awoke, she looked around and saw that she was in a royal bedroom as she had her children next to her in bed. Xavier was sitting at the end of the room reading a book as he looked up to see her. "Oh it seems you are awake well that's good." Xavier says as he walks over as the mother backed up against the bed frame trying to inch away from Xavier. "P-please leave us alone!" She begged as Xavier walked forward still. "Please madam do not fear me. I saved you from those six crooks that were about to rob you and do lord know what to the rest of you're family." Xavier says as the mare calms down a bit and cocks her head. "W-why would you save myself and my children?" The mare asked as Xavier sighed. "It is a long painful story that took place over three thousand years ago. I do not wish to even think about what happened to me back then..." Xavier says as he clenched his fist then relaxed and let go of his anger, "Miss what is you're name?" Xavier asks as he finally calmed himself down. "M-my name is Crystalline Star." She replies as Xavier smiles warmly at the name. "Well that is quite the name ms. Star." Xavier responds as he kneels down to her height taking off his helm but not before making his eyes look like any normal human's would. Xavier looked up at her with his pale green eyes showing her what his eyes looked like when he was little. "Oh my... You look a lot less terrifying without that hat." Crystalline Star says making Xavier chuckle a bit. "Yes Ms. Star the hat was to intimidate my enemies if I had to battle. You fear something the most when you can't tell what it is." Xavier said exploiting some of his impressive arsenal of knowledge and facts. "Well aren't you smart!" Crystalline Star says as she giggled a bit. "Well yes that happens when you are experimented on by you're own kind to be the ultimate weapon of mass destruction." Xavier said as a look of worry crossed Crystalline Star's face. "Weapon of mass destruction?" Crystalline Star asked a bit worried. "Yes I was experimented on by my own kind to become a weapon they could use whenever they pleased making me kill thousands of Alicorns with my bare hands. I had no control over this and eventually my adoptive parents tried to stop me and shake me out of this trance, but not knowing I couldn't hear them they continued talking to a demon that would only kill them in the end..." Xavier said as tears came to his eyes as he felt regret and sadness for the first time in thousands of years. "That's horrible!" Crystalline Star says as she goes over and hugs Xavier's neck making him cry silently. "Do not feel bad for me I am not worth weeping over or even caring for, I am a horrible person who has killed millions of innocent beings with his bare hands." Xavier says as Crystalline Star looked at him. "Don't you say that about yourself! You were forced to do what you did and to even further prove you had goodness in you're heart you saved my children and I from those horrible crooks you are anything but evil sire!" Crystalline Star scolded as Xavier lifted his head to look at her. "I'm sorry these last two days I have just found that out about myself and I don't know how to comprehend and deal with this correctly. I mean I'm a basic human super computer I have an IQ of 500!" Xavier says as I whimpers scared of his own feelings that he couldn't understand. "Hey its okay. Its new for you this is normal occurrence in life. Think about it as you are a foal just learning to walk or cast magic. The unknown scares you and that's okay!" Crystalline Star says as Xavier sighs relaxing a bit. "You're right Ms star it is okay, I am human and I am far from perfect. That makes me unique and I am proud of it!" Xavier says as he got up and stood to his full height once more. "Um Lord Xavier may I ask you a question?" Crystalline star asks as Xavier looks at her. "Please just call me Xavier mam and yes you can ask me anything you like." Xavier says as he puts his hat on his head. "Why did you save us? We are mere commoners compared to you and our intelligence is inferior to your's." Crystalline Star asks. "When my adoptive parents King Solaris and Queen divine moonlight adopted me I was brought home and stayed there for maybe three to four hours before the government sent soldiers to kidnap me. I saw what was about to happen to you and it reminded me too much of that awful memory of mine." Xavier says as he gritted his teeth in anger remembering the thugs that he wiped the floor with hours ago. "Well I must thank you Xavier, if it wasn't for you those thugs would have robbed us or done something even worse." Crystalline Star says. "You are welcome also this will be you're new home now so I can make sure you are safe. I will also have some of my drones move everything you own up here for you." Xavier says as he smiles lightly. "Well thank you Xavier you have no Idea what this means to my children and I!" Crystalline Star says as she hugs Xavier once more before walking into the kitchen. "Well I will see you later Ms Star I have to return to the Hellbringer and deal with the chaos Discord, Chrysalis or even Sombra might have caused." Xavier says as Crystalline Star walks back into the room with a look of fear on her face. "K-King S-Sombra? H-how is he still a-alive?" Crystalline Star asked fearfully. "Honestly I do not know from what the books said he died by exploding but I was not there to witness the event so I wouldn't know. But I assure you that he is under my control and if he does anything to harm you I will make him know the meaning of pain." Xavier says as his voice became extremely serious as he spoke the last part. "O-okay just please keep him under control" Crystalline Star says as she shivered and left the room again. Xavier sighed as he walked out of the room and warped to the Hellbringer's control tower. As Xavier appeared in his throne like chair he looked at Sombra and Discord who where hand/hoof wrestling and Chrysalis who was reading one of his tomes. The room was a complete wreck and it was messy and disorganized. Xavier's eye twitched a the sight his OCD was kicking in and it was raging like a fucking bull would in a stampede. "What do you think you all are doing?!" Xavier snapped at them as they all stopped what they were doing and returned the control room back to the way it was. "I am sorry Lord Xavier this will not happen again!" Chrysalis said quickly trying to avoid trouble. "It better not... And if I ever catch you reading one of my tomes again I'll break you am I clear?" Xavier asked in a dangerously low voice. "C-crystal!" Chrysalis stuttered. "Hahahah crystals." Sombra laughed as he licked his lips. Xavier scowled as he back handed Sombra hitting him with enough force that it sent his muzzle right into the table breaking his nose: "Shut it Sombra I've got something I need to talk to you about later!" Xavier snarled as Sombra lifted his head up using his magic to fix his nose. "Owww Jesus Christ what the hell Xavier?!" Sombra shouted. "Do not use that tone of voice with me you stupid unicorn! I have had enough shenanigans today and the fact that I came here and saw this room a wreck made my OCD rage like a forest fire!" Xavier hissed as Sombra flinched as his master chewed him out. Xavier calmed down a bit and sighed, "Now our next goal in our conquest here is to start a war. But this is not just any old war you three. No this is a world war! This is a war that will have all nations at each other's neck causing so much death destruction and chaos that it will make us powerful enough to take over this world without even breaking a sweat!" Xavier said making the others smile in a twisted evil manor. "Well how exactly are we going to start this war?" Discord asked chuckling darkly. "Well I am about to tell you." Xavier says as he looks at the read smiling then silently says 'cliffhanger' then smiles mischievously as the chapter ends.