Strike 22- War of Shadows: WRONG TARGET!!
When Lightning Strikes- WRONG TARGET!!
Friendship Express
“Why hello there, Kiddies.” The cloaked human said in a low, but menacing voice as he and the orange filly by his side “greeted” Lance, Lee and the rest of their crew. On instinct, Lance had electricity channel through his arm, but not in an attacking motion. More of a way to look intimidating as he grabbed one of his guns with his right hand and his septima energy blade with his other hand.
“Who… the hell… are you?” He growled, wanting answers.
But instead of the intended effect, the man laughed. “Haha! That’s cute!”
Two cloaked ponies came out of nowhere, “HI/HEY!” They said in unison. They sounded like Pinkie, which scared Twilight a bit.
“Diane, Surprise, give them some room.” Whispered the filly.
The two backed off, and pulled their hoods off. The one to the right had a blond mane, and purple eyes. Her coat was pure white, and her bright smile rivaled Pinkie’s. The second was dark pink, with dull blue eyes and a straight black mane. A sick smirk chilled the group to the core.
“You may call me Darth Folteren... I’m your backup...”
“Wait… you must be the guy that Time mentioned-.” Before Lance could say anything else and put his weapons away, The Pinkie Pie that Lance and Lee knew came out alongside them and saw both Diane and Surprise.
Her eyes dilated, and she ran up to them. “Ohmygosh! Therearetwomoreofme! Isn’tthatawesome!”
“Toxin, calm yourself.” Sunset told Pinkie, making sure that she would settle down and not do anything reckless. “We have some bigger things to focus-.”
“Thinkofalltheparty’swecouldcomeupwith! OhthatremindsmethatInevergaveLanceyandLeeaparty! Youguyswannahelp!?”
The blond, which everyone assumed was Surprise yelled “Yay! I’d love to help!”
The raven maned mare moaned as her smirk faded. “Damnit, I wanted to kill something…”
This made Pinkie back off a bit, “Wh- what?”
“Don’t mind her, she’s insane.” Said Folteren.
“Am not! You guys are! I’m perfectly normal!” Diane protested.
Folteren sighed, “She is… She’s nice once you get to know her though.”
Folteren turned his head to the left, which everyone mirrored, to see Diane killing ants with a Lightsaber.
“... Most of the time…”
“Well… that’s… good to know I guess. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Lance and this here is Lee, Pinkie, Twilight, Sunset, and my partner Lumen.” The Adept finished by pointing at the Breezie on his shoulder. “I guess you are aware of the current situation?”
“Yeah… Psychopath wants to destroy the multiverse… I think our back ups almost here. Oh, and this is Scootaloo.” Folteren pointed at the filly, “She wanted to come here.”
“Really? You brought a filly here?” Twilight asked. Folteren chuckled.
“She wanted to come, and I needed to keep an eye on her since her guards sick.” The sith shrugged, “Animatronics… Unreliable pieces of crap.”
“Wait? Animatronics? Is Freddy here?” Lance asked. He remembered his last encounter with them and the golden bear and hearing that made him think that they were pulled into this conflict as well.
“Fred? Haven’t seen him since I gave Bonnie a shoto- that’s a lightsaber.”
“You gave Bonnie a lightsaber?” Lance asked, the Adept being a little jealous, yet concerned.
“Sure. I also gave Freddy my Discord…” Hearing that made Lance remember when Freddy used to be the Spirit of Madness before reforming himself. Now, the bear was going to be an uncle for his kids. Those were the times. At that moment though, the train began to slow down and Canterlot was soon coming into view.
“I think we arrived at our destination.”
Folteren seemed to be in a world of his own, but snapped out of it. “So, you know Freddy. How? Did he help you out? Saved me from Changelings, and from fighting the Elements.”
“Wait, wait! What!? You fought me and my friends!?” Twilight asked.
“Actually, I took over Equestria with the help of half.”
Twilight was originally shocked by this, but soon, Lance tapped her on the shoulder, reminding her that they were from a different world and with different worlds comes different changes of events and people. Soon though, Folteren was curious about the Azure Striker.
“What are you? Some kind of Dark Jedi? You aren’t a Sith, I’d feel your power.”
“I’m an Adept. My Septima, or as you would call it power, is Lightning and Electricity and my hand to hand weapon allows me to channel that energy into a blade. It’s a bit confusing, but I’m not a Jedi.” Lance assured Folteren, not wanting to get on his bad side. “Plus, I mostly use my guns instead of my blade at times.”
Folteren scratched the back of his head. “I guess that’s cool. So… Were you Displaced by Time Spinner too?”
“Yeah…” Lance sighed. “He hit me in the back of the head with a frying pan along with Solaria and my partner Kai.”
“He’s Lee’s Displacer.” Twilight remarked.
“Solaria? Kai?” Folteren asked.
“Oh Solaria is the secret identity that Sunset has. We’re from Maretropolis,” Lance told him, pointing at her and himself and then took out Kai’s Pokeball. “Kai is my Blaziken partner that Freddy gave me and let me raise from when he was a Torchic.”
Folteren facepalmed, “Oh this is ridiculous. A Pokeball? Kinda cruel, don’t you think?” A Mudkip popped out of Folteren’s cloak. “I keep Waffles in his own pond.”
Lance raised an eyebrow as he let Kai out of the Pokeball. “You named your Mudkip Waffles?”
“Nope, Freddy gave the name and shoved this little dude in my face and told me to take care of him. I didn’t get a choice, but I don’t regret it. He really likes human food though...” Folteren pat Waffles’ back, and the water Pokemon hopped down, making a squeak. “He’s also a troll.”
“Right. Kai here was a little impatient himself, but another Displaced named Zinnia was able to help us trust one another… even after our Pinkie decided to ship the Combusken form of him by mail after I forgot him on my trip to Sun Fransokyo… Not our brightest moment.”
“Waffles is a bit too laid back-” The dark lord was interrupted by the sound of water, and glared down at the little pokemon. “Stop using water gun on Twilight!”
Waffles stopped, and skipped until he was under a seat. Twilight was soaked, and growling. Scootaloo started laughing along with Surprise and Diane. Lance and Kai facepalmed themselves, looking at Mudkip. “You do realized that you also soaked Lee right?”
The Pokemon just curled up in a ball. Folteren removed his hood and mask. He had yellow eyes, and brown hair. “Like I said, he’s a troll, but also a bit of a jerk unless you’re Shadow, Scoots, or me. He’s squirted a member of a cult, Goldie - a replica of Freddy - , several battle droids, and even Rainbow Dash at one point. I tend to keep him away from Chrysalis, and the other rulers during meeting. And when I’m bored, I just watch him go into Ponyville and ruin others day.”
“Have you considered training him?” Lance asked, the mega bracelet on his wrist becoming slightly visible. “Maybe he’s trying to tell you that he wants to evolve.”
“My sister Shadow’s doing that! And no, he’s been that way since Mr. Fazbear gave him to us.” Scootaloo said.
The train slowed nearly to a stop right outside of Canterlot. Lance soon turned to face the nearest door as it slid open
“Well, guess we gotta take care of some dush.” Folteren mumbled.
“Ladies first?” Lance offered, letting Diane, Surprise, Twilight, Pinkie and Sunset out of the train before Lance and Folteren stepped out, with Scootaloo between the two of them. Waffles hopped over to the others.
Ponies stared at the humans, and a guard tried to arrest them, only for Folteren to shock him. “Get out before I filet you.”
“Hey, take it easy. No need to scare them more. This world’s already in a state of panic.” Lance reminded the Sith Lord, pointing at the cracks in the sky. “A lot of things are going on that might worry some ponies, so let’s just try to not make them scared sh*tless.”
“I don’t care. We’re on a deadline. The others will meet us at the caves beneath Canterlot. I’d ask if you knew, but you’re not living here… I don’t like the name Canterlot. I renamed it Terran…”
“You WHAT!?” Twilight yelled.
“Easy, both of you.” Lance said, trying to make sure the two of them don’t begin arguing. “And to answer your question, Time Spinner only told us who, not where or when.”
Folteren sighed, “Whatever… Anyway, we need to get down there because that’s where Killjoy’s base is. Time isn’t able to help, but I think… eight Displaced, and a bunch of non-Displaced can beat this moron.”
“I’m gonna go suit up. Come on Pinkie.” Twilight said as her and the party mare left.
Scootaloo looked at Lance’s wrist closely, “What’s that?”
Lance turned to look at the filly as she bumped it with her hoof. “Oh this is my Mega Bracelet. It allows Kai to Mega evolve when situations can get out of hand.”
“Mega evolve?” Scootaloo asked.
Folteren growled, “Pokemon… What’s next, alternate worlds?”
As the group waited, Folteren asked. “So… You seen Freddy recently? How’s he been?”
“Great actually. Although, he’s been… a bit down in the dumps. He told me about how he became insane and that his real name was Calvin. But all and all, he’s now Uncle Fazbear and helping me and my fiance’ look over my kids.” Lance told him. “Although, it’s been awhile since I last saw the Animatronics.”
“Calvin, huh? And congrats. Who’s the lucky bride?” Folteren smirked.
“Her name is Max. Max Caulfield last time I remembered. She’s quite an interesting person. Also likes to disguise herself as Celestia to play tricks on me.”
Folteren’s smile faded, “I don’t like that b*tch…” He shook his head, “This Max sounds nice. I’d love to meet her and the kids. And don’t worry, I’m actually good with them. I’ve got three, including Scoots, and Shadow.”
“I got four and a fifth on the way. Light Sweet, Golden Spark, Lucky, and a filly Rainbow Dash.” Lance replied, showing a picture of the family by the memorial statues of the princesses in Max’s world. “Here’s a look at them.”
“Aww! They’re cute! But beware…” Folteren paused, “Of puberty. I have a teen, and oh gosh I wish I didn’t teach her the dark side. Our fights are pretty heated.”
“Right… I’m just waiting until Max is done with her pregnancy.” Lance sighed. “Unlike our other children, our fifth one is actually human. But let’s worry about family later. I think Lee and Toxin are getting Antsy.”
Folteren pulled out a couple pendants, “Wanna fix that? These are built to give me a pony disguise. They need a week to get used to a universe, and that’s why I didn’t use it. It changes the race of a pony and/or human into anything. I used it to become Pinkie’s Granny Pie.”
“Thanks, but I’ll pass,” The Adept insisted. He had a feeling that they were getting closer. It was a chill through his body that he couldn’t ignore so easily. “Hey, did Time give you a description of what Killjoy looked like?”
“He said Sunset knew,” Folteren remarked as he started messing with the ground, “Other than that, he said that Kill was able to mess with reality, control mindless creature, and create illusions.”
“So like possess others? Mind Control?” Lance wondered. He remembered that a Jedi can do a Jedi Mind Trick, but he didn’t think that applied to the current situation.
“Killjoy ain’t no Jedi. He’s a humanoid voidwalker, like Displacers, but Kill doesn't Displace people, he kills worlds, and he’s mess with some Displacers plan. Time said he wanted us to kill him so those Displacers would give him stuff.”
“Right-.” That’s when Lance noticed that something was off. Scootaloo, who was by the two of them earlier, was nowhere to be found. “Hey, wasn’t Scootaloo by us earlier?”
Folteren looked around, then shrugged. “I think she got bored. I’ve done that before… Hey, Sunset. Mind finding her?”
“I thought she was with Twilight and Lee?”
“No, Pinkie and Toxin went together to suit up… Time told me about the Symbiotes.” Folteren pulled up a rock, and an entrance appeared on the ground. “Mind finding her? It’ll be like saving a cat from a tree.” He teased.
Venom and Toxin jumped off a room of a near by building. “We’ll help ya!”
“Thanks girls.” Lance smiled, watching Sunset and the two other ponies began to look for her. “I’m betting she’s the curious type?”
“Pretty much. Venom’ll have to stay, but Toxin’s good.” Folteren said as he descended.
“Any idea why she might’ve ran off?” Lance turned to Toxin, who was right next to him. What he heard her say though was… out of the ordinary.
“A pack of scorpions chased her into a cake?”
“Nah, it’d be a lava rat...” Said Diane.
“Oh, oh! A Llama!” Surprise chimed.
“Boredom.” Folteren mumbled.
“Hey, why don’t we make the search easier by splitting up? Pinkie can look up top with Diane, Sunset and Surprise while Venom, Folteren, Kai and I can check inside here? We can cover more ground like that.” The Adept suggested to the Sith lord.
“She wouldn’t be down here. This is where Killjoy will be, and where Violet, Tara and the others will be.”
“Did you tell her that?”
Folteren’s eye twitched, “I just opened the path, I think… She might have gone in here when I wasn’t looking… Fine. We’re still on a deadline.”
And so the Displaced want down. Venom then asked, “And Lumen? You never said.”
“Lumen always stays with me.” Lance replied. “It’s kind of obvious. She’s my sidekick after all.”
“Let’s just get down there…” Folteren groaned.
When they arrived, they saw a female red robot, an evil looking dude, and six girls in the corner. Lance noticed the girls first before any of the others and decided to walk in that direction, letting everyone else do what they pleased.
Folteren was the first to speak, “Guys! Now that we’re all here, let’s introduce ourselves! Vive, you’re up!”
The robot sighed, “I’m Chaos Jenny, or Violet “Vive” Hope.”
The evil looking dude stepped forward, “Names Cole MacGrath.”
The girls all stood up. The pink one spoke, “Names Tara Smith, Blossom, Spirit of Knowledge and Wisdom.” She pulled a white haired, and white eyed girl in front of her, “And this is my daughter Bell.”
The light blue one spoke next, “Hiya! I’m Mable Smith, Bubbles, Spirit of Nature and Harmony!” She pulled a darker blue girl in a hug, “And this is Breannin! My girl!”
The green one smiled proudly as she pulled a raven haired girl next to her. “And I’m Amber Connors, Buttercup, Spirit of… Something violent… And this is Barasia!”
Lance took initiative to speak next. “I’m Lance Walker. Back in Maretropolis, I go by Gunvolt, but Lance is fine. With me are my companions Lumen and Sunset Shimmer along with my partner Kai.” The Blaziken himself bowed as a sign of respect to everyone else around him.
“At least SOMEONE has respect.” Chaos said, glaring at Cole.
“You love me!” He replied.
‘Creepy...’ Lance thought to himself, before turning back towards Folteren and Twilight. But he soon noticed that Twilight… or in another case, Lee… wasn’t acting normally.
Twilight’s eyes were wide. “D-... Did you s-say Connors...?”
Buttercup nodded, “Yeah… Why do you as-” She seemed to notice the Symbiote on Twilight. “L-Lee?”
Lee jumped off of Twilight and embraced Buttercup as best he could.
Folteren facepalmed, “Oh, I forgot to mention Lee’s sister is here…”
“Wait a minute… You knew?” Lance turned, asking him. “Why didn’t you mention it earlier?”
“I forgot! It was a minute to you, but three weeks for me!”
Lance just sighed as he watched brother and sister reunite with one another. But the only pony in the room that wasn’t comfortable was not him, but Lumen. She heard a deep menacing laugh that quietly echoed around the room. “L-lance…”
“What is it Lumen?”
“I f-feel scared.”
Instinct soon kicked in for the Adept as out of the corner of his eye, he saw something that wasn’t in the room a few moments ago. A humanoid figure that looked like he came straight out of the void.
“He’s here!”
Everyone backed up from Killjoy as he laughed, “Wow! Is this all Stopwatch could come up with!? A tin can, a freak, six girls, a gender confused Adept, Pinkie wannabes, and a goth prince!”
“Screw you, Nocturne!!” Lance shot back, tempted to grab hold of his weapons, but restrained himself.
“I’m not goth!” Yelled Folteren as he pulled two metal rods from his sides. Beams of red and purple shot out of them, and the clones turned their own red beams on.
“You ever heard of ‘don’t judge a book by it’s cover’? I’ll rip that smirk off your face!” Chaos said as a blaster-like weapon came out of her arm.
Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup got into battle stances, and Lee retook his position on Twilight.
“Pathetic…” Killjoy mumbled as three cracks opened, and out came zombie-ponies.
“Gynoid! Hold them back!” Yelled Blossom, and Bell, Breannin, and Barasia stepped towards them, raised their arms, and beams of energy spat at the undead ponies. There were three, so the Gynoids held them off.
“Well. What else do you got!” Challenged Cole, only to get slapped by a fish at the hands of Chaos.
Killjoy just growled, and four more of him appeared… Only for the Powerpuff Girls to knock the copies away and fight them. Killjoy was surprised, but shook it off as he headed towards the Adept, Sith, Klyntar, Chaos, and Cole. A psychotic gleam in his eyes.
Lance stepped forth, in front of Cole since he was on the ground and took initiative. It had been quite some time since his skill set had recharged and now seemed like the best chance to catch the voidborn by surprise. Electricity began to form around him as he swiped away two Skill Points and the lightning went forth in a stabbing motion.
The Electric sword went forth, shocking Killjoy a little bit, but not so much as for him to back down. That’s when something else passed Lance, causing him to be knocked backwards.
Venom, with Penance out, sent the Scythe at the voidborn. His Scythe met flesh, and they tore Killjoy’s arm off.
But as Venom was about to attack again… Killjoy disappeared. Only to be replaced by a screaming Scootaloo, whose wing was not attached to her body.
“SCOOTALOO!!!” Folteren screamed.
“Sh*t!! That was an illusion!!” Lance growled. “Is anyone a doctor!?”
The clones ran to the fallen filly, picking her up and backed to a more defensive stance. Venom didn’t seem fazed at all.
“What the hell!?” Folteren growled, “Shouldn’t you have sensed there was danger!? You have a spider sense!”
“Yeah, but it’s not my fault she went missing! If you were a better parent, she wouldn’t have gotten kidnapped...”
“What!?” Folteren backed off a bit.
Lance began to notice something though. Lee’s behaviour, unlike before, was different. A LOT different. He was acting in ways that he wouldn’t have during the last two times he met. If Killjoy made Lee fall for that illusion, then could he control them? He was unsure of the theory, but whatever was going on, Lee was making things worse.
Moving towards the clones, he used the remaining skill point he had to use [Galvanic Patch], a healing skill that helped him heal the filly’s wounds. However, with his back turned, something new began to brew and it was between Lee and Folteren.
“You’re worse than Celestia! You hurt my daughter, and you don’t even care!” Folteren growled.
Venom rolled their eyes, “Like I care. She isn’t my Scootaloo, so why should I care?”
Folteren had enough. Electricity surged through the Sith’s hand, and he let loose a torrent of Force Lightning on Lee and his host.
Lee recoiled, then readied their Scythe. “We’ll protect my world no matter what!”
‘I don’t know what’s wrong… I didn’t mean that!’
Killjoy groaned, “Man… Something's… Wrong…” The voidborn opened a portal, “I’ll see you all soon!”
“Oh hell no you don’t-!” Lance yelled, shooting a fast paced Dullahan charged shot towards him, which disappeared with the closing of the portal. “Pfft… coward.”
The crack started to seal, but Folteren was still mad. “I’LL KILL YOU!!!”
Venom shook their head, “Wh…? Why do we feel weird...? Wait, is Scootaloo ok!?”
“Folteren stop!!” Lance shouted. “Killjoy must’ve put him under some kind of mind control that fades when he leaves. They didn’t-”
Folteren ignored Lance, and used his lightsabers to slash Venom. Unfortunately, Venom didn’t have any protection against lightsabers, but with Venom’s sharp skills, they ducked… But they weren’t fast enough.
“AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!” Twilight screamed.
“LEE!!! TWILIGHT!!!” Lance hollered, rushing to them and taking out his own weapon. “That is enough!! I’m not letting you try to harm my friends anymore, you bastard!! I even tried to heal Scootaloo and THIS is what I get!? That is just Low...”
Folteren backed up a bit, “I-...”
Lee jumped off Twilight and onto Folteren. Folteren didn’t like this, so he used the force to push off Lee. Lee only flew off the Sith, and Lee tried jumping on him again. Folteren tried cutting him, but Lee just took it without flinching. Lee was pushed off by Folteren’s force push again, but this time, Lee stayed off.
Buttercup ran over to see what was going on, only to see Lee fighting Folteren. She ran to help Lee, and the Symbiote attached to her.
Lance meanwhile gritted his teeth. “Alright, I’ve had enough. This charade ends now! EVERYPONY COVER YOUR EARS!!” He threw what almost looked like a rubber ball on the ground until it went off with a piercing sound that hurt everyone’s eardrums. It was the only Flashbang that Lance had, but it was the only other trick he had to deal with a Symbiote since they were HIGHLY affected by loud noises.
Lee was a pile of goo, and Folteren stood shaking. A pop sound announced the arrival of another Displaced… Or Displacer…
Time Spinner walked out with a bag of popcorn, “Wow! You not only messed up on capturing Killjoy, but you started a rivalry.”
And just then, Buttercup blasted Folteren to the side. The Sith countered by pulling out a blaster pistol and shooting the Transhuman in the eye. Buttercup recoiled, and the others joined. Surprise and Diane attacked the Gynoids, Chaos and Cole started attacking Blossom and Bubbles. Lance was about to intervene, but Time Spinner pulled him back.
“This is a fixed point. You can’t stop it. Nobody dies though. Trust me. Oh, and I told your fiancee I’d keep you safe. If you went in there to stop it, you would have gotten a Scythe and Lightsaber through your chest.”
Lance sighed. “Yeah, but still. I hate myself for this. I wasn’t able to stop them from trying to kill one another…… But maybe… there’s something you and I can do.” The last part caught Time’s attention and his curiosity.
“What would you have me do? It’s a fixed point, but I will intervene. They are my Displaced.”
“It’s not what I would have you do, but rather what I would do for you. I have a suspicion of where Killjoy might be going to. The point where he caused this whole calamity in the Everfree. You helped me with making sure I could help Lee, now I’ll help you…… by making Killjoy pay for all the pain he has caused.”
Time patted Lance on the back, “That’s a good plan. We’ll discuss more after I stop this.” The Displacer said as he disappeared.
When he reappeared, every Displaced froze. “Man I love this…” He mumbled, “Alright! You guys are killing each other, but there will be no end until both sides are gone! What about… A game! Everyone lives-.”
“You’re making this sound like Defense of the Ancients.” Lance deadpanned, leaning against a wall and calling Kai back to his Pokeball. Time rolled his eyes.
“Everyone lives, but the winner get’s to injure the other severely… Who’s in?”
Lee shrieked, “Fine!”
Folteren growled, “Fine…”
Time smirked, “Kay! I’ll call it the War of Shadows! But it looks like friends and family are a bit hurt…” He looked to the one winged pegasus filly, and hornless mare. “Let's get that fixed up.”
The mare and filly began to float. Scootaloo’s remaining wing became more leathery and black, and her stub grew a new one, but they weren’t pegasi wings, they were bat wings. While Twilight’s stub grew a new horn, but this one was black, and sharper.
“Now, those who participated in this endeavor will be in charge of either side. The Powerpuff Girls shall be the generals of the… Alliance, while CJ and Cole will be the generals of the… Empire. Lance may join either one and a general. And no, this won’t take out of your lives. It’ll happen later, and I’ll even send some people back in time to get some volunteers.” Time Spinner continued, “As a prize, everyone will gain an Insanity, or Sanity gem that enhances their powers.”
One of the people in the crowd soon raised a hand, asking about Lance and what side he would be on, He just stayed quiet, his only answer being “I have other business to attend to right now and a family to raise.”
“It’ll be months later for you. And I never said when.” Time said, “But if you change your mind, just give me a call…” Time levitated a white sleeveless hoodie towards Lance, with a pair of clock like hands on the back on it. “It was all I had…”
“It’s alright. Thanks!”
“Well, if that’s all…” The Displacer clicked his fingers, and everyone from another world like Buttercup, Surprise, Chaos, etc. Lance, Lee, and Time Spinner were the only ones left.
“Before I send you home Lance, I’d like to talk to you.” Time said.
“Sure thing.” He replied, following him out of the small corridor. A crack opened, and Time stepped through it. Lance followed, and found himself in a small cabin, or run down house. The crack sealed up behind them, and Time sighed.
“Home sweet home…” He mumbled.
“Wow… this is a pretty nice place you have.”
“It’s a bit rundown after the raiders blew it up, but I’ve fixed it up… I live in a Fallout Equestria. I’ve got a little village, and a mane six to take care of. It’s a fun life, battling super mutants and deathclaws… I gave my Pipboy to Folteren though… Oh well…”
“Say, can I ask you something?” Lance asked Time, who nodded. “Last time we met, you said that you would deliver the message to Max. Power ponies honor. Were you with them previously?”
Time seemed to slow a bit. He responded with, “Oh, that bit me in the butt…” He sighed. “Yes… I lived in yours before you. But… I haven’t been there in years though…”
“So you knew the girls before I was part of the team?”
Time smirked, “With them!? I founded them! I brought them together! Ask them who Stopwatch was, and they’ll tell you I was a hero and sacrificed myself! I bet they still have my eyeball!” Time started laughing like a maniac, “I guess they put it in a museum… I think they dedicated an orphanage in my name when I was there… New Hope I think…”
“You never told me that you lost your eye.”
Time turned to Lance and pointed at the black void where eis left eye once was, and said sarcastically, “I thought you’d see it.”
“Must’ve been the lighting late at night. Really affects what I can and can’t see.”
Time laughed, “Hah! You humans never cease to humor me…”
“Guess so… So there was something you needed to talk to me about?”
Time scratched his temples, “I just told you I was around before you… And you want to change the subject?”
“I was going to ask about what was it like then, but I knew that you needed to talk to me about something important right now.”
“I was going to tell you…” Time paused, “I’m thirsty, are you? What do you want, I’ve got Nuka Cola, and… I think chocolate milk… I’m not sure…”
“Have any water bottles?” Lance asked, taking a seat on a nearby chair.
“Sure, I’ll go get it.” Time said as he left the room. When he returned, he held a bottle of water, along with a Nuka Cola. “I love Nuka Cola, and Dash would too. Good non-alcoholic beverages are hard to come by, even for a time traveler like me.”
“I see what you mean. Wait... you said that you founded the power ponies, but now, you’re a time traveler? How does that happen?” Lance asked, a little lost in translation.
“Well, first up, I was Displaced… different than ordinary Displaced. My Displacer turned me into a male version of herself. I kept my powers, along with a few new ones. I was around the neighborhood when Twilight got her powers… Thought I was a monster at first, but after a little bit, I was able to calm her. I helped her master her powers. A psychopath named Delirious appeared, and the other arrived. Dash was scared of her powers, Applejack was a… Sorry excuse for a hero, Pinkie was new to her powers, and Rarity kept hitting everyone BUT the enemy. After we beat him, I formed the team and trained Zapp and Fili-Second, and Twi helped Radiance and Mare-velous.”
“I ended up the leader and brought more members to the team like Gadget, Daring, Reaper, and Raindrops. We used a facility to house our enemies called The Zero Zone. We sent one hundred bady’s before I left…”
“Amazing… But… Why did you have to leave?” came Lance’s next question for Time.
A dark smirk appeared on Time’s face, “The one who took my eye used a spell to banish me from that universe. Now, I live here until I can kill Roach.”
“And how does Killjoy play into this? Are he and Roach related somehow?” Lance asked. He was doing his best at trying to acquire the right information he needed to process what was going on. “If they are, then I can help you kill both of them.” The Adept knew that what he said might have sounded wrong to some people. But there was a different between Killjoy and them. Killjoy was a monster. A cause of conflict. His end would fix everything that he had damaged. All the cracked and fractured worlds. All the harmed Displaced. Everything.
Roach sounded like he was exactly the same thing. If he brought Time back… then maybe he could help him. Lance, despite being fully trained, was still uncertain of numerous things. Sunset was his mentor, but he needed advice from a true leader. No wonder Time sounded like the perfect fit.
“Heh… You could say that. Like I said before, my Displacer made Killjoy, and four others. Roach is the second only to Izra in power terms. Killjoy is the weakest, then there’s Flaze, Warzone, Roach, and Izra.”
“Then let’s knock each of their heads one at a time. Let’s send them a message. Stopwatch is coming back.” Lance finished his water, crushing the plastic bottle with his hands before throwing it away. “It’s hunting time.”
Time sighed, “It isn’t that simple… Roach is still in your world, pretending to be a prisoner at The Zero Zone. Flaze isn’t a problem because she’s left the others, Warzone is waiting, and Izra hasn’t come out.”
“Then we work our way up. Killjoy is first.” Lance smirked. “And I might have a feeling of where he could be. Sunset told me that she saw him in the Everfree the night before everything in Lee’s Equestria got fractured. Something tells me that he might be going back. But before we do, tell me something… Is there something specific I need to kill a voidborn?” The Adept knew that certain requirements were needed to kill certain creatures. Hence, Silver bullets.
Time chuckled, “Killjoy may be the weakest, cowardice, and a bit stupid, but he wouldn’t go back. He’ll hide until he’s called to action. It’s all a chess game, and Killjoy’s the rook. I’ll deal with this.”
“Yet, I’m the piece and you are the player. So, what play should we make?” Lance asked, reloading his guns.
“I think I’ll send you after Izra’s queen. Roach. All you have to do is watch him. I can’t, since I was banished. He’s too strong for you and the Power Ponies, but if he gets out, use my token and I’ll send someone who can deal with the bastard.”
“You got it, boss.”
Time stood up, “I’m not the boss of you… You do this of your own free will… Don’t tell the others about me though… I’ve ruined their lives enough...”
“You sure. It sounds like you’re the reason why all of this began. They have a lot of things to thank you for.”
“... They think I’m dead… When I was banished, it looked like I disintegrated... They think I’m dead, and I’d rather not give them more pain…” Time picked up his golden locket, “I don’t think they need me anyway. From what I see, you’ve never heard of me, so they moved on.”
“Don’t say that. There should be somepony that cares for you. Did you have a family of sorts?” Lance asked. “Surely, there has to be somepony who still believes.” At that moment, he decided to take off his coat and leave his polyester shirt on and putting on the white hoodie that Time gave him over it. “What about Pinkie? She seems to be the kind of pony that doesn’t give up on her friends.”
“Heh… You’re right… She wouldn’t…” Time sighed, then mumbled. “Loves a b*tch…”
Before they continued, Lumen made her presence known. “Is it just me or am I being ignored this whole time?”
“No, you were just quiet.” Time said.
“Right…” The Breezie said. “Still though, can someone explain to me what the plan is with Killjoy? I kind of…… dozed off.”
“Like I told Lance, I’ll deal with the spineless twerp. I’ve been meaning to use my sniper kit since Twi came back from Vault 101…” Time stood up, “Would you like something to drink?”
“Nah. I’m okay. I just wanted to get caught up to speed.”
“I have a question though,” Lance asked. “Does Roach have control over any other magics besides the one that banished you?”
“There are things even I don’t know… I think he’s as powerful, if not more so, than Discord. That’s why you’d need my backup…” Time cleared his throat. “Why don’t you help Lumen catch up. I’ll go get Sunset and fill her in.”
Lance nodded. He didn’t like his odds of going up against Roach unprepared. But, he still had a few tricks for if things were to get out of control. Especially thanks to the gem that he had from Loki. Speaking of which, he was curious to see if the new hoodie that Time had given him had any special abilities that would assist him in combat scenarios. He thought of one being the Witch Time ability in Bayonetta, where time would stop on an enemy and allow for him to get a few extra hits. But Lance decided to not keep his hopes up.
He filled Lumen in. Everything from the five voidborn’s, to Time being Stopwatch. Once he was done, Time came back with Sunset in tow, along with a brownish mare with silver eyes and a white mane.
The mare spoke, “So you’re the new Power Pony? Huh… I thought he’d look more heroic…”
“You’re idea of heroic is Iron Man doofus.” Time shot back. He looked at Lance and said, “Don’t mind Spanner, she’s mad. I gave an airship she made to your girlfriend.”
“Wait… So you’re Time and She’s Spanner? What is this, Split personality?” Lumen asked, Solaria now approaching Lance from his left side.
“My name’s Silver Spanner! My ‘split personality’ would be Gadget. I’m an ex-Power Pony.” Spanner growled.
“Like I said, don’t mind her.” Time said. “Yeah, she was from that world too… She was the techy before Hum… Uh… Drum?”
“Humdrum. That’s right.” Solaria replied. “He’s been working pretty hard with trying to make gadgets that coincide with our powers. He even made Lance’s blade.” The Adept, upon hearing that, took it out and gave a brief and simple demonstration.
“Still though, we’re getting sidetracked.” Lance said. “Time, you may continue.”
Time scratched his head. “Uh… Right? I can’t remember what we were talking about… Remind me?”
“How I was going to load a Voidborn with 9000 volts of electricity?”
Time tapped the side his head with a finger, “You’ll need more than that… I couldn’t kill him with all of my powers. From what I remember, he could just find a way to block it… But like I said, he shouldn’t be a problem. He wants to be captured, and you wouldn’t even fight him.”
“What if we found a way to dismember him from his powers. Cut him off. He has to have some sort of Kryptonite.” Lance said. “He uses magic right? Time, do you remember the gem that I used to disrupt the magic of Clover when she tried to go after Lee?”
“Yes… But that isn’t the problem… The problem is, he doesn’t use only magic. He has other powers, AND he’s locked up. It’d be murder. That’s what he wants. You’ll need to wait until he’s out, and that’ll take time… Not me, mind you.”
“I understand. How much time should we allow? That way we have time to prepare for the worst.” Lance asked. “Not to mention deal with the mess that Nova and Sumeragi had already caused with breaking out all the villains in Solace Asylum.”
“It shouldn’t be soon. Focus on that, and any immediate threats. I find knowing everything that’s going to happen has unforeseen side effects… But I think it’ll be around the time of the War.” Time chuckled.
“You mean the War of Shadows… Oh I get it, when the war is over, Killjoy will be dead. Which means that Roach will somehow know right?”
“Killjoy will, hopefully be dead yes. And then I’ll go up the foodchain to Warzone, then Roach. And finally Izra.”
“Let us know when the war is done. That way, we’ll prepare for Roach once we’re done cleaning up the streets.” Lance replied. “I’ll miss you Time. We might’ve gotten off on the wrong foot, but now, you’re like a member of what I call family. I’ll miss you.”
Time shoved his hands in his pockets, “You aren’t gonna have your kids call me uncle, are you? Cause I’ll totally be ok with that!” Time laughed, “And now you see what I mean…”
Lance smirked as the rift that was behind them to their world tore open. “I’ll check with Max on the uncle part. Uncle Time.”
“You and I aren’t so different!” Time Spinner laughed, “And call me Surge!”
“Alright Surge. Hope to see you back in Maretropolis soon!” Lance smiled. Running into the crack and leaping forth head first with Lumen and Sunset followed right behind him. Soon, the crack closed behind them, leaving Time and Spanner as the only ones in the cabin.
“Love you Pinks…” Time mumbled. Silver gave the Displacer a sad look.
“You’ll see her again! Don’t worry, we’ll get back!”
Time sighed, “That’s just it… I don’t want to go back…”
He then turned and left the cabin.
Silver sat on her haunches, “But I do…”
Unknown Location
Down through the deep and darkened corridors of a long steel hallway, two ponies walked through the hall. Talking amongst themselves.
“Are you sure something like this could work, Lauren?”
“I assure you, Mr. Armor. This will work.” The mare replied, a stern tone to her already serious voice as she looked at Shining Armor. Captain of the Royal guard.
“We are talking about criminals here. And not just petty criminals either. You’re talking about murderers, con artists, assassins and even a bounty hunter from Appleloosa. You expect them to even listen to you?”
“Oh they will comply. I can guarantee you that.” She turned her head, noticing another pony in the hall. “Mr. Armor, I would like you to meet one of the members of the team. This here is Clayton.”
The stallion stepped closer to Shining and gave him a hoof shake. “Good to meet you Captain, I’m the warden for Zero Zone prison.”
“Nice to meet you as well.” Shining replied. Soon, Lauren turned to the two stallions and had them follow her down another hallway to the left out into an open room. Almost wide enough like a gymnasium, but in the center contained a single individual. He was held up by chains and from the first sign of it, looked nothing like a pony or any other creature known to Equestria. An odd cloak covered what was suppose to be his arms.
“Gentlecolts, This here is McCree. He’s a human who had shown up in Appleloosa almost seven years ago under unknown circumstances. He’ll be the last member of the task force-.”
The words that rounded out that sentence caused the black haired human’s ears to twitch. He heard what she said and was not a fan of it. “Has he decided to join?” He heard one of the stallions say.
“Not yet, but I’ll be sure to make him comply.”
“Comply to what?” The human mumbled. Catching the stallions by surprise.
Clayton was the first to respond. “You’re giving him a choice?”
“It ain't a choice if I’m going to die either way.” The human snarled. This detail caught the stallions attention. Especially with the last part and what the Unicorn mare said earlier about them being “expendable”.
“McCree… Or should I say your actual name?” The Mare responded, walking down a flight of stairs and getting closer. She held up what looked like a leather wallet in a magical grip in front of her as she got closer. “You kept this on you, even though you don’t use it. Why?”
“It’s a memento… To the life I had before. To the family I had before. Nothing much to it. Now, what does this have to do with me now?”
“Hmm… I would say otherwise,” Lauren Order replied. “Did you have any children…?”
“One… but I don’t know anything about him anymore. I haven’t seen him in years.”
“Does he have a name?”
“......... Lance.”
The mare smiled. She was now getting somewhere. “That’s a nice name… Now… Mr. Walker… what would you do if I said that I can reunite you with your Son again?”
“It wouldn’t be much of a reunion…” He snapped back. “Where’s your proof? I want proof that my son is alive before I’m tasked to be part of your Suicide Squad.”
“That Adept? Lance Walker? Huh, I guess that apple fell far from the tree.” Clayton snickered.
“Adept?” Shining asked, turning towards Clayton.
“Gunvolt?” Clayton raised an eyebrow, “Wow, you don’t do your homework...”
“I don’t get to go into the city much. Mostly because I’m assigned to other parts of Equestria.” Shining admitted. “All I was told was of a task force that could help do missions others claim would be impossible.”
“Power Ponies got ‘em… Looks like that Stopwatch fella and this guy… Just without the beard and had a blond mane.”
Lauren overheard the two of them and sighed. “You forgot to mention his electrical powers. But otherwise, you’re spot on. So… about my offer… what do you say?”
The human, formerly known as Brandon Walker, now known as McCree looked as the Unicorn with a defiantly eager gaze. “If it’s going to have me see my boy again, I’ll take it.”
“Great, I’ll get Tree-brains and crazy over here…” Clayton said. Lauren sighed as she unchained the bounty hunter by him and got him off of his feet. They had a lot of work ahead of them that needed to be done.
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... They had to include the BAMF buckle, didn't they? Any way, this story has become rife with displaced characters, so, I am seriously considering stopping here for one reason. One of them will be forgotten at one point or another, and then be side lined so very hard. Or the story will become a confused and jumbled mess that makes no sense without a six month graphing and plotting course to make sense of things.
.... MAX MUST MEET HIM! I DON'T CARE HOW WE HAVE TO MUCK WITH TIME OR THE FABRIC OF REALITY, SHE. WILL. MEET. HIM.
Well looks like I know what I'm doing for my next chapter. I just know that james del light is going to have fun with the heroes.
Sounds like shit got real...and is about to go off the deep end.
6345389 Meet who?
6346608 Who else? Lance's father.
6346652 Ah... Sorry... So... Good luck with that.
6345250 It's McCree from the new game Blizzard Entertainment is making called "OverWatch"
6345389 It will happen one of these days
6345351 Next chapter is focused on just Lance and the gang. These past three chapters were just a prelude to the War of Shadows that Bronyparasite is hosting.
6347853
I can see Max trying to be serious and then feeling how ripped he is and coming on to him.
6347850 sorry they look similar
6348024 Erron Black covers the bottom half of his face
6347964 I would think that he helps her find Lance and then, two emotional reunions happen along with a gunfight
OH.MY.GOD I love this fandom! And then McCree....someone please make a story with overwatch apart from Frostthewolf
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6349654 Or maybe it's the start of something more (Seriously, I was actually considering expanding upon Watching Over Us because I've been having a LOT of ideas for it recently. Have you seen the newest character, Lucio?)
6350190 Thanks
6349764 ah yes the dj support Lucio i think he and vinyl would get along fine
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6351068 What I was thinking!
6351252 have you heard the songs that lucio plays passively?
6351282 Nah. They're actual tracks?
6351435 yeah theres rejuvenencia and we move together as one
6352784 Sweet. I gotta check em out
Dang, that was insane!
Is that Lauren pony trying to create the Suicide Squad?