//------------------------------// // ACT 4 King Sombra PART 4 // Story: The Great Fandom Man! // by Jake Witt //------------------------------// "I flipping hate Adam Sandler!" Fandom Man screamed as we ran through the sand. Behind our small group a few miles behind and gaining ground was a giant pixel Pac Man with tiny Pac Men in front. "How is One Kick Man out of sight already?!" I rolled my eyes as I messed with my ultimatrix dial and flew by them with my awesome new metal wings. "Bob is an armless One Punch Man with nothing to do, but run on a track and do push ups with his head. What do you think?!" One pony with us... Captain Party Favor? He gave a worried, "I think we should've gone back for Dora!" Rouge was quick to say, "She screamed 'Me empujaste! ¡Eso es! Yo iba a decapitar a usted, pero ahora voy a hacer de su vida un infierno!' Which means 'Run you fools and avenge me!' in Spanish." "...I don't think-" "Yeah, you don't. That's why you have machines and Celestia." A pegasus private looked down at Fandom Man, "At least we have Diego." Diego drove past everyone with his Rescue Pack-turned-ATV. "It should've been Diego." Nurse Sugar Bell galloped as she held Red the Pokemon Master on her back. He stopped Twitching for some time, mumbling about the "Helix" while wearing his straight jacket. The nurse was great at cooking, but that's not why she was needed. Brock was the cook and he only agreed to join "Project: Harmony Quest" as long as someone had an eye on his possessed friend Red. This guy was so insecure that he constantly screams and faceplants into walls. The mumbling stopped being creepy as "waka waka waka" drew near. It was a simple, annoying sound. Why did it belong to a giant Pac Man monster?! The group of unicorn Crystal PrePSs created shield counter measures as a wave of sand became visible. A Crystal PrePS is a Crystal Prenotice Pony Servant... it was a rushed name. A willing Crystal pony can volunteer on short-notice services from cleaning to guarding... with pay! C. PrePS Leader Twinkle Toes forced more power into his dash, catching up to O. Conners. "Sir... Knight... HELP US!!!" He frowned, replying, "I almost found it; one moment-" Fandom Man began to glow green as he transformed into Ditto Gravattack, rolling into a ball and cloning himself as he increased his body's gravity. The planetoid aliens grabbed everybody, supporting the slower ponies and speeding their pace slightly. "Great! Now I need to either change or one-up you!" One Ditto Gravattack asked in a deep yet childish sounding voice, "Are you not the gritty war-torn warrior stereotype?" O. Conner screamed an unnecessary scream as he slammed the ultimatrix's dial down, "Go! Flash Echo Echo!" "Now you're just stealing an earlier idea-" All of the Fandom Man looked around, realizing the group was out of his gravity field. They all merged back into one before shifting into a Super Saiyan. Fandom Man used his gained power to catch up with everyone... grabbing armless One Punch Man as he passed. Far in front was a dust storm of Flash Echos carrying ponies, Displaced, and Red. Red is no mere Displaced. (Fandom Man P.O.V.) Bob screamed but I didn't understand why until I saw his foot pointing behind us. Quickly passing to my left were glowing yellow balls twice the size of my head as it is now with the spiked hair standing on my scalp. My enhanced vision from my scouter revealed this to be a Pac Man... move... in... Super Smash Brothers... The giant ball of death ate the pellets, catching up to my group faster than I could. I upgraded to Super Saiyan three, blazing through the sky. One Kick Man squirmed in my grasp before using his trained monkey-like feet to mess with my ultimatrix, but I could care less with the worry in my grasp. "Saitama x Genos Program installed." the ultimatrix chirped on my chest as the ring popped outwards and began to spin rapidly before slamming back down as a thick, spikeless, red ring with four yellow lines forming an "X". I noticed an increase in speed instantly as I caught up to the giant Pac Man, "Thanks for the boost, girls." "It's not us! I'm still repairing damage brought upon by our change in points in timelines." Cortana replied. "Go back in time then switching timeline would be safer than our stunt!" "And I'm repairing while integrating the damage Bob made to the ultimatrix." Rouge added. "What did he do?!" "Saitama x Genos Program. It basically allows us the powers of One Punch Man and his cyborg companion Genos in case of emergencies. Currently it's an emergency so big the safety is off. I'm making sure we don't explode from the power." In my arms, I heard, "Punch it." "Excuse me Bob?" I asked. Bob used his armless body to fix his position so I wasn't talking to his knees, "PUNCH PAC MAN IS HIS PIZZA SLICE WAKKA WAKKA FACE!" (Random P.O.V.) Fandom Mangave a sage nod as he deposited Bob with everyone else. "What is he doing?!" Party Favor asked in shock. "Finishing the job." Bob said with an odd face. Fandom Man dropped out of his Saiyan form, but kept what he called "the One Punch" equipped with bungie boots. "Tell me when." "JUST DO IT!" I jumped at the voice before realizing and turning to see Shia Labeouf with blood all over him and a pony leg teleport away. "Dang it, Shia!" Fandom Man screamed before punching Pac Man from above, obliterating it while making a huge hole in the sand. When he landed, a locked chest was sent to his inventory. "...and I think I found a "Holes" reference. I'm fine with this." His fist smoked as he turned to the tiny Pac Men with limbs. "Serve me or leave." They chose the latter, scrambling to retreat in every direction. "Onwards to Canterlot so we can reach Ponyville?" O. Conners reformed himself to normal, screaming. When he finished, he kindly asked a very dumb question. "We were going to Canterlot?"