//------------------------------// // The Dirty Axe // Story: Why so VG? // by dereturd //------------------------------// Wildcat woke up, the sun was rising and shining. He stretched and yawned. He stood up and saw his mane, shirt and pants ruined. "Heh." He muttered. "Might as well fix myself." He was about to start looking for a mirror, but then he saw Evan. Sleeping and snoring on the table, his face sunk in his book. His hooves on the table and his back and was hunched. He groaned, and quickly walked up to him, he grabbed his pistol, then whipped him in the head. Waking up Vanoss. "Huh? Whu? Hey!" He said angrily, looking at Wildcat who looked annoyed. "Why the fuck did you hit me?" He said, rubbing his eyes under his shades. He raised his forelegs, he replied. "Why the fuck are your sleeping here? The fuck?" "Well, reading this is the only fucking solution." Vanoss sighed, and stood from his chair, scratching his ass. "If you need me, I'll be stuck here drinking latte." Evan left the guest room and in the kitchen, Wildcat stood there, thinking what would be a good way to get him up all day before they cleanup shit. And he got what he needed. He grabbed his phone and texted his friends. Planning something for him and them. Evan looked around the library, there was no sign of Twilight or Spike. Well, he did think that they were still asleep. Besides it was 7:23 in the morning anyway. He proceeded towards the kitchen. He opened a cabinet, and grabbed a mug. Seeing there isn't any coffee machine or many ways he could make some latte, he decided he would stick for some coffee instead. Back at his home, he didn't need any coffee beans or that crap. He would just use powder instead. Unfortunately there wasn't any coffee brands he had right now, so he has to use the ones that are available. He grabbed a saucepan, and put some water in it, he started the oven and brewed some heat onto the pan. KNOCK! KNOCK! "I'll get it." Evan announced, he trotted to the door and opened it to see the girls, up and bright. "Mornin' Vanoss!" Applejack greeted. "Morning AJ, morning girls, what you doing here?" He asked casually, after he stood aside the door as he gestured the girls to come in. Wildcat joined Vanoss, and stood by his side. "Well we're simply here to wake Twilight up, we've got a lot of cleanin' to do." Applejack replied. While Evan closes the door. "So we're supposed to help right?" Wildcat asked. "It's up to you, you guys did a lot yesterday. Especially Vanoss." Rainbow said. Evan, out of the corner of his eye, can see the pan smoking, he quickly sprinted to it, cooled down the oven and turned it off. He opened the lid, to see smoke rising, and water boiling. He closed it again and turned to the girls. "Uhh, sorry there." He chuckled, scratching the back of his head. "But uh, it's okay for me to not do anything." He said, walking back to the group. "Evan, I know how we can do our morning." Wildcat said. Confused, he replied. "Okay.. We'll talk about it later." The mares as well were confused, curious included. "Well, what about it?" Pinkie spoke up and asked. "It's a surprise for Evan." Wildcat smiled at the red earth pony. "Welp, I'm gonna go ahead and wake her up now, if you don't mind." Vanoss said, trotting towards the stairs and into the room where she and Spike sleeps. Wildcat turned to the mares again. "Go ahead and take a seat, I got some things to do." He said, as he grabbed his phone, letting a 'ding!' ring out. He opened and checked the notification, and saw the the messages there is. Lui Are all of us goin to ask permit? Jonathan It's at the farm? But the last one got his attention. Craig GUYS I FOUND BROCK Confused, he puts away his phone and was about to leave the door until Rarity called his attention. "Tyler darling, where are you going?" He turned to them and her. "I gotta check something out." He quickly said, leaving the library and to Carousel Boutique, where Mini currently stays at. He reached the place, he quickly knocked on the door, only to be responded by Delirious' mask. "Come in, we actually got Brock!" He said, as he walked in and closed the door behind him, the entire crew was blocking his view, they looked at Tyler, then stood aside. To actually see Brock, or Moo Snuckel referring to his YouTube channel. He was sitting on a stool, feeling like he's carsick. He's a unicorn, since they can see a horn on his head. He had the same type of coat as Mini, except it's a little shady. He has the same hair style from his GTA V character, also wearing a rainbow undershirt, with sunglasses as his cutie mark. He looked at Tyler, who was still dizzy. "Tyler? Before, it was you guys and now him?!" He said. Nogla stood and whispered to Tyler. "We told him everything but he still doesn't believe it." Wildcat slapped his hoof away he trotted and talked to Moo. "Alright Brock, what's it take you to actually think this is real?" He asked. "I'll only see it's real if Evan shows up." "What makes you think that?" Mini asked. "Because he's the last guy who needs to show up.He's also the one of the first people I met on Youtube before you guys." People know by now 'Seeing is Believing.' That is how Brock feels right now. "Speaking of Evan, where the fuck is he?" Marcel asked, all of them looked at Wildcat, since he sleeps in the same place with Vanoss. "What?" He asked stupidly. Brock stood from the stool. "Can you take me to him?" He requested. "Okay, come on guys." Wildcat simply said, gesturing to go outside. As he and the crew left the boutique, going back to Golden Oak Library. "Why do you need to see Vanoss to actually believe this is real?" Delirious asked. "We have a bond, all of us do, don't we?" Brock replied, looking back at Delirious who looked forward instead. They were still away from the library, only to see Vanoss out the door with a mug on his blog, sipping his coffee. "Hey Evan!" Wildcat yelled, sure enough, his voice was loud enough to startle Vanoss, he quickly approached them. The group and Evan met. Wildcat was the first to speak. "Yo, did you not see your phone?" Evan only shrugged. As the group stood aside except Tyler, blocking something from Vanoss' view. "Well, we got some news for you!" Tyler said, smiling under his mask. He also stood aside and gestured like he was showcasing something. And then there was Brock. "Brock?!" "Evan?" They both questioned. As they shared a small laugh. Vanoss then spoke in a soldier voice. "So you're here now?" "Yup, so now.. this is real." He paused mid-sentence. He looked back at his friends/crewmates. Who were really happy to see him. "Eeyup." Vanoss said. He turned to Wildcat. "So, what's today's plan?" He asked. "Thought you'd never say that, it's a surprise for you!" He said, throwing his forelegs up in the air. Vanoss stood there not really excited, sipping his coffee. But it's true that the few past days had been boring. He really wanted them to have a break. So it might come true today, at his perspective that is. "I'll call you later to see what we're doin'!" "Yay." He said, slow clapping. Mostly struggling because of his mug on his hoof. "Come on guys!" Wildcat said. Gesturing to 'follow me!' as they left to the northwest. Vanoss sipped his coffee before turning around and trotting back to the library. The group came upon the sight of Sweet Apple Acres. They can see Big Mac and Apple Bloom working around in the orchard. It's a good thing they got to know the town better. But when it came to Lyra and Bon Bon, they really had a bad attempt to do so. They came in closer to the barn and farmhouse. At that distance, they can see Granny Smith, the pony they need to talk to. The group stopped when they stepped hoof on the front porch. Granny Smith was sitting on her rocking chair, sleeping. "Oh shit, Granny's sleeping." Delirious said in a low volume. Wildcat slapped his cheeks, letting him mumble a small 'ow!', rubbing his cheek to stop the pain. Wildcat stepped forward and spoke to!the old pony. He cleared his throat before talking. "Um.. Granny Smith?" As her said that, the green pony panicked, thinking and acting like she was in a middle of a war. "What happened?" She said, then turned to the crew. "Ah, hellu ther' fellas! What brin's you here in Sweet Apple Acres." "We just happen to come by to.." Wildcat scratched his head. "borrow your corn maze for a while?" "Why sur'! As long as you don't mess up our corn, it'll be in a fine shape! Feel free tuh' do with it for now." She said, as the crew cheered in joy. Now their able to do what they need to do. "Thanks Granny!" Wildcat said, as they left to the corn maze. Vanoss said goodbye to the mares, leaving him at his please in the library with Spike. Suddenly his phone rang, and his 'piano riff' ringtone played in the background. He was being called by Tyler. He answered it and talked to him. "Hello?... There? Ok then. See ya." He ended the call, and kept his phone. Finishing his coffee with one last sip. "Spike?" He called out loud. "Yeah?" The purple Drake responded. "How many times have you stayed here alone?" "Uhh.. Eleven times?" "Good, I need you to stay here for now. I'ma do some shieee.." He did remember he was talking to a young Drake. ".. shieemalaboo." He said stupidly. Leaving the library with his mug on the coffee table. He stopped in his tracks, he was close to where he has to go. He just told him to go at Sweet Apple Acres, but there was no sign. They instead messaged him the coordinates. Good thing he can use maps for help of course. He continued, the last steps ended up in front of them. They were lined up in front of him. He was confused, what the legit fuck is going on? "Yo Evan." Wildcat called out, be grabbed his hatchet and tossed it to Evan. Simply catching it on his hooves. "The fuck?" Wow, he was dense as shit. "DUDE! WE'RE PLAYING MURDER MAZE!" Wildcat yelled, Evan gasped in surprise. He sounded REALLY stupid. Some of his friends chuckled and snorted. "You act so damn stupid!" Mini yelled in front of his face. "Are you fockin' following a damn script?!" Nogla yelled. "OKAY! O-Fucking-Kay. We calm THE FUCK DOWN! And have some damn fun." He said, his friends cheered. Finally they get to have a break altogether. "ALRIGHT!!" Vanoss quickly yelled, shit that escalated really damn quick. "Welcome.. To Murder Maze!" "Anyway, today. We're gonna have some fun! This time, it's more immense and intense! We don't have third person, we don't have stupid controllers. We got our minds!" Vanoss said. "So who's the first to die?" He sneaked past Marcel, he tossed him the hatchet. Marcel almost panicked but luckily caught it. "Marcel's the first murderer. He hasn't played this shit for a while." "WHAT?!" He exclaimed, his friends laughed, snorted and insulted him. "Marcel is death!" Delirious said, which his voice cracked when spoke the word death. Everyone including Marcel laughed. While some are still there they were also saying some things like 'good luck!'. "Stop complainin' motherfucker!" Evan yelled, before dashing into the maze and hiding from the killer. Marcel sighed, and counted to 5. "..2-1! HERE COMES BASICALLY." He said menacingly. "Also guys, we also have ear pieces so we can do commentary on shit." Vanoss said. Saying that sentence rang through the networks of earpieces his friends wore. "I'm getting a vibe that he's coming my way." Lui spoke, his friends getting the response. Nearby hoofsteps can be heard, and so does Lui making noise. The sound got closer, as he and Mini met. "Oh hey!" "Oh good!" They both said. "We gotta group up." Mini said, both got in pair and roamed the maze. "I-..-I don't like this!" Delirious yelled. "HEY!!" A sudden voice yelled. So Delirious reacted by screaming and running for his life. He heard the voice sounded almost like Marcel. A flash of light was shining on him, then passed in front. "OH GOD!!" He kept on yelling, knowing Marcel might get him. Considering they all have Gmod powers where they can run at lightspeed. Either way he did prank him the day they got to Ponyville. So it's no surpise if he showed no mercy to the masked pegasus. Continuing on, he turned a sharp left to the corner as he can still hear hoofsteps follwing his trail. More likely running after him. His hooves stepped and ran through the dirt. Making slight dust as his speed strikes. He attempted to turn tail but instead smash onto the hard wall of the corn maze. The feeling felt like what it was back in GTA. "HEY DELIRIOUS!!" The voice exclaimed, sure enough it was Marcel. "OH GOD!!" Delirious closed his eyes and got ready for impact. Then the pain processed throughout his entire body. He screamed in agonizing pain, while the murderous bear hat pony laughed like the murderous maniac he's supposed to. Blood splashed on the walls of the maze, the ground and so did on Marcel. He laughed manically, alerting and intimidating the others. "OH SHIT!" "I'M SCARED!!" "OhGodohGodohGodohGod." "I DON'T WANNA DIE!!" They all screamed in fear. Playing the part their supposed to. "Who's next?!" Marcel asked scarily, asked he turned to see Vanoss and Nogla standing and peeking out the maze wall. "AGHH!!" Marcel yelled and chased after them, causing the duo to also run and scream. "NOGLA DON'T TURN AROUND AND KEEP RUNNING!!" Vanoss yelled to his friend, but the paper bagged unicorn did the opposite, he turned as he saw the earth pony with the hatchet on his mouth. Causing Nogla to only scream some more and take more speed than Vanoss. They took sharp turns all the way. And no matter how slick or professional their drifting is, they can't get him off their back. "Hey guys!" A voice called out, they turned right as it was the only way around. Only to see the dark shadow of a blue pegasus with a mask. Delirious really looked fucked even after he respawned, he held a hatchet with his right wing gripping tightly. "HAGGHH!!" He yelled, the duo quickly spread out whilst he ran after Vanoss' way. Nogla went back to Marcel's road, encountering him as Marcel slashed his hatchet at Nogla. Staggering from the attack and in pain. "OH SHIT- OHHH!!" He screamed as how Delirious is, only he screamed like he was getting raped. His friends lightly laughed and chuckled at his yell. Vanoss kept on running, he never did stop. He doesn't know how he's running like in Gmod without saying 'shift'. He panted and panted. Delirious kept on laughing, Vanoss turned a corner to encounter Mini, Brock and Lui. "HEY!! RUN!" He yelled, as he drifted left and out of their way. "HI!!" Delirious shouted, raising his right wing as Mini and Lui book it. "Oh no." Was all Brock said before thumping violently on the ground. Delirious laughed and kept on beating Brock's body before fading into thin air. He stopped on his tracks and looked left and right. Sure enough they spread out. "I WANT BACON!!" He yelled furiously, running towards a random direction which is straight ahead. Vanoss stopped and grasped for air, getting exhausted from all that running. He leaned on the corn maze's wall. His left hoof on his stomach. Clearly drained from all that running and galloping. He sat down, he looked at his surroundings and environment. When he looked right, he saw a hind leg ran by. Alerted, he yelled. "Hey! Who's there?" He looked around the corner. Only to see a glimpse of Wildcat's pants running right. "Hey Wildcat! Hey piggie!" He yelled, he stood and ran after him. "Wait, what?" Wildcat yelled out. He looked around, was about to turn to the next corner until he saw Evan sprinting his way. "Hey!" They both yell, Wildcat approached Evan, the red earth pony then saw a green unicorn with a hammer bash Wildcat's head, the thick metal only let the pig fall and plop on the ground sitting. "OH SHIT!!" He quickly reacted, turning around to only encounter Delirious about to slice his head off. "AHHH-" He was cut off. Literally cut off. The audio from everyone's earpiece went static. His body fell acting like he got clotheslined. Delirious laughed and continued to smash Evan's glasses. Both bodies disappeared, the two killers continued to roam. Only Mini and Lui are left to hunt. And that's Brock, Evan and Tyler's job to handle. Both the pig and the owl spawned outside the maze. The red earth pony sighed, as he grabbed his machete. Swinging it a few times before getting into stance. As soon as he was about to plan to jump into the action, he got hit on the head by Wildcat's crowbar. "OW! THE FUCK WAS THAT SHIT FOR?!" He yelled angrily. "THAT WAS FOR LETTING ME GET KILLED YOU FUCK!!" Tyler yelled back, their small argument rang through the ear pieces of their friends. Some listened, some ignored it. The ones who listened chuckled at their use of actions and words. Vanoss was rubbing his head, it hurts more combined with his death. After they finished their small conflict, they continued to head in the maze and started searching. Now what stopped Mini is when he heard a lot of footsteps, and he means A LOT of footsteps. "Why d'ya stop?" Lui spoke, his voice asking. Mini only replies by 'shushing' the masked pony. They walked about cautiously and slowly. "RAHH!!" As if on cue, after some walking a yell went on by. Alerting the last survivors, and made them run for their lives. Even though they're technically invincible. Mini tried running on two legs, but it happened to fail and so he fell down on his stomach. Lui stopped, he reached out for Mini but the taxman was pulled by a blue shade of somepony, he yelled for help, his name as well, but instead made the masked colt turn and gallop again, followed by the voice of screaming. Lui kept mumbling to himself stupid things, which the others couldn't even make out what he says. His pace suddenly slowed down, he got calmer and he felt safer, in his perspective. Minutes had passed since Mini was skinned to death. Then a voice called. "Lui, where the fuck are you?" A familiar voice called. Sure enough, he also heard the voice nearby. He avoided the close source, hiding behind the thick wall of the corn maze. "We want some monkey chops!" Another crooked voice said through the earpiece. Making him even more paranoid. "I'll use that cigarette as a trophy!" Another one yelled, he quickly realized his mask, having a cigarette on the mouth. He quickly held it, before moving again. Now he was in the center of the maze. With four dark opening, with intimidating scaring voices. He was scared, whilst in his squeaky voice. He was moving around, scared. Then white eyes spurred in the darkness. More and more appeared, before it completely almost surrounded all openings. Then a voice simply said a word that can shake someone and somepony. "Die." Then screams came at it. About almost all the crew charged at Lui, with their weapons on mouth or on their hoof. Then somehow, Lui managed to escape the surrounding attack by ducking at the last second. Now on the floor with every of his crew mates smacked each other. He completely booked it, each and everyone sparked an argument. Lui was looking back and not forward, letting him bump into something. He was wounded, dirty and all over the place. Lui backed up, and his pupils shrunk at his grin. "Remember me?" Was all Mini said before eviscerating Lui. The childish screams came about, getting the entire crew's attention. Mini was just chopping up Lui's corpse. "There he is!" "Gimme that Lui chops!" "Looks weh got de dinner!" That was all they muttered before chopping up Lui as well. They happen to play again, only this time, Delirious as the killer. Obviously, he had most kills and was the first to die. This time, they had different pairs. Lui with Nogla, Brock with Tyler and Marcel with Mini. Except for Vanoss. He was with himself, able to hold off for a while all himself. According to him. Now he leaned on the maze's thick walls. Peeking out to his left as he sees nothing but twists and turns. His pony body going back to his overing position, before looking to his right and seeing Rainbow Dash hovering in front of him. "What the-? The hell you doin' here?!" He exclaimed. "Trying to find you." She simply replied. "For what reason?" He asked back before looking out. "Cleaning up the town. We gotta go." She puts out her hoof, only for it to be slapped away by Vanoss'. "Can't Skittles, gotta play this shit-" SCREAM! They turned to the source, it was behind Rainbow. Mini and Marcel appeared as they try to run from whatever was chasing them. Perhaps Delirious. "Evan, fucking run!" Mini yelled. And with that choice of words, he knew what they meant and booked it. Along with Dash of course. He turned the corner and ran straight, with Dash flying along his side. "What's going on?" She asked. "We're getting chased by a murderer as of now." He said, shivering Rainbow's spine as she ran down instead of flying. They turned a corner and leaned on the maze's wall. Dash followed his actions, and tried to stand with two legs. Then he anticipated this question for the least, "Why'dja call me 'Skittles' earlier?" "You're basically the candy in our world, it's rainbow candy to be precise. Their tagline is- 'Taste the Rainbow.'." He explained. "Is it good?" "You can say tha-" "HI!!!" A crooked voice yelled, as the blade of the hatchet hit the maze's walls, and Delirious used it to move and show his face to the two. "Okay, RUN!!" Evan yelled, turning right as Dash smacked unto the wall. She regained her consciousness and looked back at Delirious in a proning position. "Even though you aren't supposed to join the game, I'll still kill you for joining Evan!" The masked pegasus scream, Dash backed up and covered her vision. Fearing death was this early. "OW!" Delirious' voice yelled. Dash lowered her foreleg to only see Vanoss standing on 2 legs with a rock on his hoof. "You want her? You gotta get me first fucker!!" He said, midway he ran for it as Delirious chased him. Dash stood up, and cleaned herself from the dust. Surely enough, she heard another batch of hoofsteps. Only as Nogla and Lui coming out as a result. "Whoa Dashie, the hell you doin' here?" Nogla asked. "Trying to get Evan to clean up the town. I'm guessing you're part of the game?" She asked, receiving a nod from the 2. "And note to self, never get near Delirious." "Why?" Lui spoke up. "He... almost killed me." After the sentence, the 2 suddenly perked up. "Okay, he maybe playing his part, but HE'S NOT GOING TO KILL ANYONE!!" Lui screamed in his serious voice. "Who else joined you Dash?" "Uhm.. My friends?" She gave a nervous smile. She should've lied instead. "Oh my God!!" The 2 colts yelled. "That's it! Dash, you and I will stop Delirious! Lui, gather a crowd, half of them evac her friend. The others call em' out to stop the game and help stop Delirious! " Nogla ordered, Lui nodded and galloped away from the remaining pair. Rainbow started hovering, as Nogla left and followed suit. Vanoss kept on running and running. Never looking back, never stopping ever again. Though his expression wasn't really scared, he was Determined to continue and stall for Rainbow to get away. Only this time, he stopped. He stopped running. He panted, leaned on the wall behind him and glared at the masked pegasus with a smirk under his mask and a hatchet. But under Evan's shades, his eyes shined red. But he saw that Delirious' eyes was glowing and smoking red. Was it sore? Was he hurt? Was he hallucinating? All questions lost as the pegasus leapt and yelled at him with a hatchet on hoof. Vanoss moved fast, rolled under his attack and got back up. Delirious turned to him like a hawk, his wings flared, but Vanoss tackled him through the wall of the maze. They broke through. They broke through another wall again, Vanoss tackled Delirious officially, he sat on him and gave him jabs and punches. Delirious, after 5 hits, had enough. He kicked up his hind legs as Vanoss was knocked into the broken wall. The pegasus sprung up and raised his hoof holding the hatchet high, he was about to eviscerate Evan. But he made his move, posing a punch towards Delirious. Before the hoof could even hit Delirious, a beam of lethal magic hit him. Launching to Vanoss' side. He stopped and looked to his right, where the beam had originated from. It was from Twilight and her friends. They managed to cross paths with them. "Why are both of you fighting?!" The alicorn yelled. "Get outta here! It's not saf-" He was cut off by Delirious who happened tackle him back. His hind leg stepped unto his left hoof. He was about to swiftly strike until a lasso wrapped around his neck. Applejack strained him, as Pinkie bear hugged him, he tried to pry himself off, but instead happen to hit Pinkie on the shoulder, getting a small gash on the arm. She winced in pain, for the first time, she lost all confidence and felt hurt, physically and emotionally. She backed off, as Delirious slashed off the rope of Applejack, making her fall from trying to stop him. Evan stood up, quick and fast. He had to protect from Delirious' actions. First of all, why was he this aggressive in the first place. He was Determined to get them safe, especially Rainbow, and get the others to help him. For now, he had to hold him off and get the others to leave. He clotheslined him, making fall on his back. He continued to hit him with his forearm, again and again. The pegasus retaliated by punching him with his free left foreleg. He stood into his stance, and so did Evan. They ran to each other, both formed their punches. Delirious going to hit him on the stomach while Vanoss going to hit him on the face, mask first. Both collided with their attacks, as they fell on the ground. Tired and wounded from fighting each other. Delirious' red glow in his eyes faded, as he closed his eyes, losing grip on his hatchet, blacking out. Vanoss tried standing up, the mares behind him were there. Never said a word, and never acted since both attacked each other again. Pinkie was hurt, frowning from the gash and hurt. Fluttershy about to tear up, Applejack was biting her lip, Twilight and Rarity? Jaws agape. Evan approached Delirious' body. Breathing in and out from all the blows he receieved and gave. He crouched down unto his body, and grabbed him by the waist. He turned to the mares. Chuckling and grinning. His eyes shimmered red again. Then said, "That was fun." After that, the group and the mane 6 regrouped, the mares were not happy. They can't even describe how they feel. But the group? The first round was fun, but in the 2nd round? They turned serious in that topic. Vanoss trotted to sugarcube corner to lay Delirious on the couch. The others started cleaning up the maze, and tried to cover up the tracks their mess made. As Vanoss layed down Delirious' body on the couch. He put the hatchet on the coffee table, the dirty axe. He sat down on the chair near the sofa. Sighing and taking in a breath as he smiled, his eyes under his broken shades felt relieved. Next time, he learned to play a different game instead. "Hey, you got a minute?" A voice called. He perked up, and saw Rainbow there standing, looking worried. "Yeah. Why?" The pegasus approached him, as Evan stood from the chair he was sitting on. "Listen, I owe you a thanks." "For what?" Yup, he was dense as the widest rock in the world. "For saving me earlier. I.." She paused, scrathing the back of her head. "..nearly died." "I didn't want to risk anyone dying in front of me. I wanted to keep anyone safe and get home." He sighed, looked up at the ceiling. Sucking in another breath. "You don't know how I feel right now." "Maybe, but I think you deserve this." "Deserve wha-" Rainbow stopped him by hugging him. He was surprised, then slowly, raised a leg and hugged her. Before they parted, Dash said this to him, "Don't die on me now." She smiled, they parted. "I won't." He smiled back.