//------------------------------// // Chapter Six: Crazy Powers Are Crazy, Part One // Story: Piraka Don't Play Fair // by The Warmaster //------------------------------//      Hakann's  POV    “So, Zaktan, what exactly are we going to be doing today?” I asked as I sat down at the table. The rest of the Piraka looked at him expectantly as the emerald green Piraka sat down at the head of the table.    “Well, in order to run our orginization, we first need to recruit the first members, don't we?” Zaktan smirked. “I say we split up into groups of two, head off to different areas, and search around for ponies or other species who will be willing to join us. Though, if there is a gang or something, why not….convince them to join them.” He added, his grin growing wider. The others nodded, smirking as well.    “But what if we are in trouble and need assistance?” I asked, and Zaktan chuckled.    “Hakann, if any of us were to need assistance for ponies, especially like the incompetent guards of this world, then you aren't really worth saving.” He joked, earning chuckles from the others. “But, in all seriousness, just get out of there. If your trapped, then use whatever is necessary to get out. Or, in Avak's case, just don't let them get close enough to use close combat.” He added, earning lots of laughter, and a grumbling Avak. “Stick to the shadows, and don't get caught. We meet here in two days.” Zaktan finished, taking a bite out of his steak. ÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ 2 hours later    “So, Vezok, do you know why he sent us two together?” I asked the blue Piraka as we walked towards Manehattan.    Vezok snorted. “Probably because of how well the original Hakann and Vezok worked together.” He replied, glancing around.    “What, you mean like before they were Dark Hunters? When they infiltrated the Toa Tower?” I asked, uneasiness creeping into my voice.    “Yeah, but don't worry, I won't throw you to the ponies as a distraction.” Vezok replied, and I let loose a sigh of relief. “But if I have to to escape… probably.” He added, making my sigh of relief get caught in my throat. I choked, and he laughed. “Don't worry, if that does happen, I'll gather the others and we will come spring you.” He smirked, and I glared at him.    “I swear, Vezok, your just as bad as the original.” I snarled. He only laughed.    “Well, that's why you guys had me dressed up as Vezok, right?” He pointed out, and I groaned before nodding.    “Well, here we are. Manehattan.” I said, looking up at the massive buildings. “It looks alot like New York.” I added, glaring at the buildings.   “Yeah, but haven't you realized yet that all the pony town names are puns?” Vezok asked, stepping into a dark alleyway. I followed after.    “So, how exactly do we find criminals to join our group?” I asked Vezok as we gazed at the streets. Suddenly, alarms went off from the bank, which just happened to be right in front of us. A group of ponies burst out the doors, bags of money in their mouths, and a few of them had a random assortment of weapons in telekinetic grips. Mostly just swords.    I facepalmed. “Well, there's our answer.” Vezok said, before grabbing them as they passed by. Bats and other types of weapons immediately began smacking into Vezok’s armoured body, but did little damage. I snorted.    “Hey, we're not with the cops or anything, just calm down!” I snarled at them, and they stopped assaulting Vezok, who looked like he wanted to strangle them all, before looking at me.    “Wait, you're one of dem’ Piraka or somethin, right? Those chumps who stole the Crystal Heart?” One of them, possibly the leader, asked, fear settling into his eyes.    “Yeah, and we got a proposition for ya.” I answered, and he nodded.    “What kind o’ proposition we talkin here?” He asked, raising his eyebrow.    “Well, me and my buddy here, Vezok, are looking for new members for our crime organization. We saw you robbing that bank, and want to you to enlist.” I explained, gaining a curious look from the rest of them.    “Oh? And why should we join ya? For all we know, youz is just some basic wannabe robber who got lucky.” The leader asked, and I chuckled.    “Well, sir, I can safely say that we aren't rookies. Also, by talking to us, your time to get away from the cops before they get here just diminished greatly by talking to us.” Vezok chuckled, and the pony, a Unicorn, now that I took a look at him, gasped in surprise. I chuckled heartily.    “You join us, we save your flanks. Deal?” I asked. Suddenly, a voice rang out.    “Hey, there they are!” A somewhat gruff voice yelled, and the robbers turned to see a group of guards blocking the alley. “You are under arrest!” One of the, said, glaring at the robbers, with a spear in in his hoof. He had yet to notice me and Vezok, as we hid in the shadows. The robbers turned to us.    “Ok, it's a deal! Just get us out of this mess!” The leader of the robbers said.    “Who are you talking to, criminal?” The guard asked, annoyed at being ignored. I stepped out into the light.    “He was talking to me, bud.” I growled, magma launcher in claw. The guard's eyes widened and he stepped back, before turning to the rest of the guards.    “Alert the rest of the guard! We've got Piraka in the city!” He ordered, and a guard nodded, eyes filled with fear at the sight of me, before running off. The rest of the guards pointed their spears at me. The leader of the guards cleared his throat. “Hakann of the Piraka, you are under arrest for theft, resisting arrest, harming multiple guards by resisting arrest, stealing a national treasure, and assaulting royalty. You are to come with us immediately.” The guard ordered, his voice trembling in fear. I chuckled.    “Sure, bud! Take me away!” I lied, holding my claws out.   He blinked. “Really?” He asked, and I chuckled.    “Of course not.” I hit them all with a mental blast, and the guards groaned, before collapsing in pain, clutching their heads. The Unicorns, I noted, fell down before the Pegasi and earth ponies. I turned to the robbers.    “Come with me if you want to not go to jail.” I said, grinning, before running out to the streets. Vezok groaned, before following. The robbers chased after me eagerly.    Guards immediately  swarmed around me, and I growled. “Get out of my way!” I roared, and fire shot out of my hands, forming a shield around me and the others. Vezok stared at me in shock.    “Hakann, how the hell are you doing that?” He asked, and I looked around. Fire was being emitted from my hands, and said fire was currently swirling around us in a defensive barrier. I looked back to Vezok     “Heck if I know.” I shrugged, and Vezok looked at his own claws. “We should probably get moving, before this runs out. Or I could cut the fire somehow, and we fight off however many guards there are beyond this. Your choice.”    “And how would we get out without fighting them? There's no other way!” He asked, raising an eyebrow. I kicked at the sewer entrance below me, and looked down, before looking back up at Vezok and grinning.    “Well, it's  either go through a bunch of horse sewers or fight off a possible army of guards, however incompetent they are. I'll take the sewer in all honesty.” He grumbled, opening the sewer thing and pushing the robbers inside.  “Get going you little shits!” He growled as he kicked one of them in. The others followed, and before long it was just Vezok and me.  Vezok looked up at me. “You better get your ass in here once I get down.” He growled as he slipped in. I chuckled.    “Of course, I care too much about self-preservation to get caught out here.” I joked, stepping into the sewer entrance. I cut off the fire, and closed the sewer entrance thing shut.    “Alright, so I guess we find our way out of here before the guards start coming down here.” I grumbled, and together the group set off. About five minutes after, I heard guards yelling at each other about how bad it smells down here, and I also heard the sound of a guard being shoved down the entrance.    “We are about to have company.” I relayed to Vezok, who snorted indignantly.     “We always have company.” He chuckled. Suddenly, three guards burst out from behind us, spears at the ready.    “Freeze!” one of them said, and before I could act, Vezok shot his hands out, and a swirling mass of sewer water gushed into the two pony guards, knocking them off their feet and back the way they came. I glanced at Vezok.     “Well I guess we should probably tell Zaktan about this, don't  you think?” I asked, and he nodded. We set off again, and every time we were interrupted by a group of guards, either I'd  set the area around them on fire and we'd  leg it, or Vezok would send them back with sewer water. Other than  that, it was uneventful. When we arrived at one of the exits, which led into the ocean, Vezok grabbed my shoulder.    “If I can control water, I bet you I can make us a air bubble.” He told me, and focused on the ocean.       “You two are some real weird ponies, yknow  that?” The robber peace asked, looking up at me. I shrugged.    “Firstly, we aren't ponies. Secondly, we are a race called Skakdi, and currently there are only six in this world, including us. Thirdly, we are Piraka, and do whatever the fuck we want. Any more questions?” I replied, showing off my teeth. He gulped before nodding. And in that instant, I looked out to the sea to discover that we were surrounded by guards, and Celestia, if my reading was correct, lead them, horn glowing as she hovered in the air.    “Piraka, you are to surrender yourselves at once!” She ordered, and I chuckled.    “Yeah, sorry, but not happening on two accounts.” I told her, and she raised an eyebrow. “First, I'm a Piraka, and Piraka don't listen to no one but themselves.  Secondly, fuck you.” I hit her with a mental blast, causing her horn to flicker and her to cry out in pain before falling a few feet, before rising up again, except this time she was pissed.    “If you will not come peacefully, we will have to use force.” She growled, grinding her to teeth. I chuckled. I've been doing that a lot, now that I think about it.    “If I wanted to, I could kill everypony here. However, I swore never to kill unless it's necessary, so I'll  just have to leave them unable to fight, which would take longer, but is still easy. But alas, our ride is here, so tata!” I told her, before letting loose a gout of fire, blocking the guards and Celestia off from us entirely. I turned to Vezok, who nodded, before grabbing a few of the robbers and jumping off the edge and into the water. Vezok grabbed the rest, and did the same. When we landed in the water, a bubble of air formed around us, and I grinned as we began to head back to the headquarters.